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  • 21 выбить дурь

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выбить дурь

  • 22 выбить дурь из головы

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выбить дурь из головы

  • 23 выколачивать дурь

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выколачивать дурь

  • 24 выколачивать дурь из головы

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выколачивать дурь из головы

  • 25 выколотить дурь

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выколотить дурь

  • 26 выколотить дурь из головы

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выколотить дурь из головы

  • 27 вышибать дурь

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вышибать дурь

  • 28 вышибать дурь из головы

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вышибать дурь из головы

  • 29 вышибить дурь

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вышибить дурь

  • 30 вышибить дурь из головы

    • ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ <ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ, ВЫКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВЫКОЛОТИТЬ> ДУРЬ из кого (ИЗ ГОЛОВЫ чьей, у кого) coll, occas. rude
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often infin (with надо, пора), fut (1st pers sing, used as a threat), or subjunctive]
    =====
    ⇒ by using strong measures, to force s.o. to give up a bad habit, relinquish a wrong idea, cease to engage in some reprehensible behavior etc:
    - X выбьет дурь из Y-а (у Y-а из головы) ≈ X will knock the nonsense out of Y's head (out of Y);
    - X will knock (pound, talk) some sense into Y's head (into Y).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Слушай ты, мыслитель, я из тебя эту дурь окопную быстро вышибу..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "Listen, philosopher, it's not going to take me very long to knock your shellshock out of you" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вышибить дурь из головы

  • 31 scharf unterscheidend

    scharf unterscheidend
    discriminating;
    • scharf durchgreifen to take drastic measures;
    • scharf kalkulieren to calculate closely;
    • scharfe Analyse trenchant analysis;
    • scharfer Konkurrenzkampf keen (cutthroat) competition;
    • scharfe Kritik severe criticism;
    • scharfen Protest einlegen to raise a strong protest;
    • scharfer Wettbewerb severe competition;
    • in scharfem Wettbewerb in close contest.

    Business german-english dictionary > scharf unterscheidend

  • 32 indgreb

    sg - índgrebet, pl - índgreb
    вмеша́тельство с
    * * *
    * * *
    (et -)
    (fra myndighed etc, for at hindre noget) clamp-down ( mod on, fx tax evasion);
    ( uberettiget formindskelse) encroachment (i on, fx their rights);
    ( forstyrrende) interference (i with, in, fx their plans);
    (med.) operation;
    ( maskinteknisk) gear, mesh;
    [ foretage effektive indgreb mod] take energetic action (el. strong measures) against, clamp down on;
    (fig) interfere in, encroach on.

    Danish-English dictionary > indgreb

  • 33 krachtig optreden/handelen

    krachtig optreden/handelen
    take vigorous action/strong measures

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > krachtig optreden/handelen

  • 34 peso

    m.
    1 weight.
    tiene un kilo de peso it weighs a kilo
    peso atómico atomic weight
    peso bruto gross weight
    peso ligero lightweight
    peso medio middleweight
    peso molecular molecular weight
    peso mosca flyweight
    peso muerto dead weight
    peso neto net weight
    peso pesado heavyweight
    2 weight (fuerza, influencia).
    su palabra tiene mucho peso his word carries a lot of weight
    3 burden.
    el peso de la culpabilidad the burden of guilt
    quitarse un peso de encima to take a weight off one's mind
    4 scales (balanza).
    5 shot (sport).
    6 peso (moneda).
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pesar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) weight
    2 (balanza) scales plural
    3 (carga) load, burden
    \
    de peso (pesado) heavy 2 (importante) important 3 (influyente) influential 4 (convincente) strong, powerful
    caerse por su propio peso to be self-evident, be obvious
    hacer el peso familiar to convince
    ganar peso to put on weight, gain weight
    perder peso to lose weight
    quitar un peso de encima de alguien to take a weight off somebody's mind
    peso bruto gross weight
    peso gallo bantamweight
    peso ligero lightweight
    peso neto net weight
    peso pesado heavyweight
    peso pluma featherweight
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Fís, Téc) weight

    ¿cuál es tu peso? — how much do you weigh?

    un vehículo de mucho/poco peso — a heavy/light vehicle

    • las telas se venden al peso — the fabrics are sold by weight

    • coger peso — Esp (=engordar) to put on weight; (=levantar peso) to lift weight

    • no dar el peso — [al pesarse] [boxeador] not to make the weight; [recién nacido] to be below normal weight, be underweight; [en una categoría] not to make the grade, not come up to scratch

    • sostener algo en peso — to support the full weight of sth

    • falto de peso — underweight

    • ganar peso — to put on weight

    • perder peso — to lose weight

    - valer su peso en oro

    peso específico — (lit) specific gravity; (fig) influence

    peso molecular — (Quím) molecular weight

    peso muerto — (Náut) (tb fig) dead weight

    2) (=acción)
    3) [de culpa, responsabilidad] weight

    • quitarse un peso de encima — to take a load o weight off one's mind

    me quitarías un buen peso de encima — it would be a weight off my mind, you would take a weight off my mind

    4) (=importancia) weight

    • de peso — [persona] influential; [argumento] weighty, forceful

    razones de peso — good o sound reasons

    5) (=balanza) scales pl
    6) (Med) heaviness
    7) (Dep)
    a) Esp (Atletismo) shot
    b) (Halterofilia)
    c) [Boxeo] weight

    peso completo — CAm, Méx, Ven heavyweight

    peso ligero, peso liviano — Chile, Ven lightweight

    peso medio fuerte — light heavyweight, cruiserweight

    8) (Econ) peso
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Fís, Tec) weight

    perder/ganar peso — to lose weight/gain o put on weight

    tomarle el peso a algo — to weigh something up

    b)
    2)
    a) ( carga) weight, burden

    quitarle un peso de encima a alguien — to take a load o a weight off somebody's mind

    me he quitado un buen peso de encima — that's a real load o weight off my mind

    b) ( influencia) weight

    las asociaciones de mayor peso — the most important associations, the associations which carry the most weight

    c)

    de peso — < argumento> strong, weighty; < razón> forceful

    3) (Dep)
    a) (Esp) ( en atletismo) shot

    lanzamiento de peso — shot-put, shot-putting

    b) (Esp) ( en halterofilia) weight
    c) ( en boxeo) weight
    4) ( báscula) scales (pl); ( de balanza) (Chi) weight

    no tiene un peso — he doesn't have a cent o penny

    * * *
    1)
    a) (Fís, Tec) weight

    perder/ganar peso — to lose weight/gain o put on weight

    tomarle el peso a algo — to weigh something up

    b)
    2)
    a) ( carga) weight, burden

    quitarle un peso de encima a alguien — to take a load o a weight off somebody's mind

    me he quitado un buen peso de encima — that's a real load o weight off my mind

    b) ( influencia) weight

    las asociaciones de mayor peso — the most important associations, the associations which carry the most weight

    c)

    de peso — < argumento> strong, weighty; < razón> forceful

    3) (Dep)
    a) (Esp) ( en atletismo) shot

    lanzamiento de peso — shot-put, shot-putting

    b) (Esp) ( en halterofilia) weight
    c) ( en boxeo) weight
    4) ( báscula) scales (pl); ( de balanza) (Chi) weight

    no tiene un peso — he doesn't have a cent o penny

    * * *
    peso1
    1 = balance, weighing scales, scales.

    Ex: Officials are hopeful that all delivery men in the city will be equipped with balances within a month.

    Ex: Weighing scales are also sometimes used to measure force rather than mass.
    Ex: It indicates the changes and limitations which fill the other pan of the scales and which are frequently only discovered by bitter experience.
    * peso de baño = bathroom scales.

    peso2
    2 = burden, load, weight, toll, term weight, body weight.

    Ex: In information retrieval applications it was more usual for one organisation to carry most of the burden of development of the system, and then to market it to others.

    Ex: By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 kN/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.
    Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex: Quite apart from the great toll of unasked questions, any hint of mutual antipathy between enquirer and librarian is fatal to the reference interview.
    Ex: Applications of these methods facilitate more effective assignment of term weights to index terms within documents and may assist searchers in the selection of search terms.
    Ex: The effect of Christmas time on body weight development was investigated in 46 obese patients.
    * aliviar a Alguien del peso de = relieve + Nombre + of the burden of.
    * aliviar de un peso a = relieve + the burden (on/from).
    * aumento de peso = weight gain.
    * castigar con todo el peso de la ley = punish + to the full extent of the law.
    * coger peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.
    * con todo el peso de la ley = to the full extent of the law.
    * control del peso = weight control.
    * de peso = weighty, of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].
    * de poco peso = pat, feeble.
    * exceso de peso = overweight.
    * falta de peso = underweight.
    * ganar peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.
    * gran peso = heavy weight.
    * hundirse bajo el peso de = collapse under + the weight of.
    * hundirse por el peso = bog down.
    * hundirse por su propio peso = sink under + its own weight.
    * ley de pesos y medidas = weights and measures act.
    * ligero de peso = lightweight [light-weight].
    * llevar el peso = undertake + burden.
    * perder peso = lose + weight.
    * pérdida de peso = weight loss.
    * peso al nacer = birthweight.
    * peso atómico = atomic weight.
    * peso de la prueba, el = burden of proof, the.
    * peso de la responsabilidad, el = burden of responsibility, the.
    * peso de nacimiento = birthweight.
    * peso específico = weight, specific gravity.
    * peso molecular = molecular weight.
    * peso muerto = dead weight.
    * peso pesado = heavy weight [heavyweight], big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat.
    * por debajo del peso normal = underweight.
    * problema de peso = weight problem.
    * quitarse un (buen) peso de encima = get + a (real) weight off + Posesivo + chest.
    * quitarse un peso de encima = take + a weight off + Posesivo + mind, take + a load off + Posesivo + mind.
    * quitar un peso de encima = remove + burden from shoulders.
    * quitar un peso de encima a Alguien = lift + a weight off + Posesivo + shoulders.
    * se cae de su peso que = it goes without saying that.
    * soportar el peso de Algo = carry + the burden.
    * soportar un peso = take + load.
    * tener que cargar con el peso de = be burdened with.
    * tener que cargar con el peso de la tradición = be burdened with + tradition.
    * todo el peso de la ley = full force of the law, the.
    * vector de peso específico = weighted vector.

    * * *
    1 ( Fís, Tec) weight
    sistema de pesos y medidas system of weights and measures
    a ti no te conviene levantar esos pesos you shouldn't lift (heavy) weights like that
    perder/ganar peso to lose/gain o put on weight
    vive preocupada por el peso she worries about her weight all the time
    tomarle el peso a algo to weigh sth up
    valer su peso en oro to be worth one's weight in gold
    caer v pron A 2. (↑ caer)
    2
    al peso ‹venta/compra› by weight;
    ‹vender/comprar› by weight
    Compuestos:
    atomic weight
    gross weight
    ( Fís, Quím) specific gravity
    su peso específico en la empresa es bien sabido por todos everyone knows he carries a lot of weight in the company
    molecular weight
    deadweight
    net weight
    B
    1 (carga, pesadumbre) weight, burden
    está abrumado por el peso de tanta responsabilidad he's overwhelmed by the burden of so much responsibility
    lleva el peso de la empresa he carries the burden of responsibility for the company
    el peso de la prueba recae sobre el fiscal the onus of proof lies with the prosecution
    quitarle un peso de encima a algn to take a load o a weight off sb's mind
    me he quitado un buen peso de encima that's a real load o weight off my mind
    2 (importancia, influencia) weight
    las asociaciones de mayor peso the most important associations, the associations which carry the most weight
    su papel tiene poco peso her role is fairly minor
    la agricultura es una actividad que tiene poco peso en la economía agriculture does not play a very important role in the economy
    la Iglesia ejerce un peso moral muy fuerte en nuestra sociedad the Church exercises a very strong moral influence in our society
    todo el peso de la ley the full weight of the law
    3
    de peso ‹argumento› strong, weighty;
    ‹razón› forceful
    tiene amistades de peso en la dirección she has influential friends on the board
    C ( Dep)
    lanzamiento de peso shot-put, shot-putting
    levantamiento de pesos weightlifting
    3 (en boxeo) weight
    Compuestos:
    bantamweight
    ● peso ligero or liviano
    lightweight
    ● peso medio or mediano
    middleweight
    flyweight
    ( Dep) heavyweight
    un peso pesado de la literatura/política a literary/political heavyweight
    featherweight
    welterweight
    D
    1 (báscula) scales (pl)
    2 ( Chi) (de una balanza) weight
    nunca tiene un peso he never has a cent o penny
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    Del verbo pesar: ( conjugate pesar)

    peso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    pesó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    pesar    
    peso
    pesar 1 sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (pena, tristeza) sorrow;

    a peso mío or muy a mi peso much to my regret

    2

    a peso de todo in spite of o despite everything;
    a pesar de que even though
    pesar 2 ( conjugate pesar) verbo intransitivo
    1 [paquete/maleta] to be heavy;

    no me pesa it's not heavy
    2 ( causar arrepentimiento) (+ me/te/le etc):

    me pesa haberlo ofendido I'm very sorry I offended him
    3

    pese a que even though;
    mal que me/le pese whether I like/he likes it or not
    verbo transitivo
    a) ‹niño/maleta› to weigh;

    ‹ manzanas› to weigh (out)


    pesarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to weigh oneself
    peso sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (Fís, Tec) weight;

    ◊ ganar/perder peso to gain o put on/lose weight;

    peso bruto/neto gross/net weight
    b)


    2
    a) (carga, responsabilidad) weight, burden;

    ◊ quitarle un peso de encima a algn to take a load o a weight off sb's mind



    c)



    ‹ razón› forceful
    3 (Dep)
    a) (Esp) ( en atletismo) shot;


    b) (Esp) ( en halterofilia) weight;



    ◊ peso ligero/mosca/pesado/pluma lightweight/flyweight/heavyweight/featherweight

    4 ( báscula) scales (pl)
    5 (Fin) peso ( unit of currency in many Latin American countries);
    ◊ no tiene un peso he doesn't have a cent o penny

    pesar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (tener peso físico) to weigh: esa carne pesa dos kilos, that meat weighs two kilos
    2 (tener peso psíquico) to have influence: sus opiniones aún pesan en el grupo, his opinions still carry weight in the group
    3 (causar arrepentimiento, dolor) to grieve: me pesa no haber ido con vosotros, I regret not having gone with you
    II vtr (determinar un peso) to weigh
    III sustantivo masculino
    1 (pena, pesadumbre) sorrow, grief
    2 (remordimiento) regret
    ♦ Locuciones: a pesar de, in spite of
    a pesar de que, although ➣ Ver nota en aunque
    peso sustantivo masculino
    1 weight
    ganar/perder peso, to put on/lose weight
    Quím Fís peso específico, specific gravity
    2 (carga, preocupación) weight, burden
    3 (influencia) importance
    4 (utensilio) scales
    ♦ Locuciones: quitarse un peso de encima, to take a load off one's mind
    de peso, (una persona) influential, (un argumento) convincing
    ' peso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adelgazar
    - aligerar
    - bruta
    - bruto
    - carga
    - cargar
    - exceso
    - kilo
    - lanzamiento
    - levedad
    - ligera
    - ligero
    - mantener
    - medida
    - neta
    - neto
    - onza
    - pesar
    - ponderar
    - según
    - sopesar
    - soportar
    - sostener
    - sustentar
    - tara
    - vencerse
    - aguantar
    - arroba
    - aumentar
    - aumento
    - cargado
    - controlar
    - convertir
    - distribuir
    - equilibrar
    - estacionar
    - exceder
    - gordura
    - igual
    - justo
    - lanzador
    - levantar
    - mínimo
    - moneda
    - perder
    - propina
    - rebajar
    - unidad
    English:
    avoid
    - back
    - bear
    - compelling
    - dead weight
    - feather weight
    - flyweight
    - gain
    - heaviness
    - heavyweight
    - hold
    - lb
    - lift
    - lighten
    - lightweight
    - load
    - middleweight
    - outweigh
    - overweight
    - pound
    - quibble
    - shed
    - shot
    - stand
    - sustain
    - weight
    - weight-watching
    - welterweight
    - clout
    - dead
    - excess
    - hundred
    - lose
    - over
    - peso
    - put
    - slim
    - stone
    - strain
    - strong
    - support
    - under
    - weighty
    * * *
    peso nm
    1. [en general] weight;
    tiene un kilo de peso it weighs a kilo;
    ganar/perder peso to gain/lose weight;
    vender algo al peso to sell sth by weight;
    de peso [razones] weighty, sound;
    [persona] influential;
    caer por su propio peso to be self-evident;
    pagar algo a peso de oro to pay a fortune for sth;
    valer su peso en oro to be worth its/his/ etc weight in gold
    peso atómico atomic weight;
    peso bruto gross weight;
    Fís peso específico relative density, specific gravity; Fig
    tiene mucho peso específico he carries a lot of weight;
    Quím peso molar molar weight;
    peso molecular molecular weight;
    peso muerto dead weight;
    peso neto net weight
    2. [sensación] heavy feeling;
    siento peso en las piernas my legs feel heavy
    3. [fuerza, influencia] weight;
    su palabra tiene mucho peso his word carries a lot of weight;
    el peso de sus argumentos está fuera de duda there is no disputing the force of her arguments;
    el vicepresidente ejerce mucho peso en la organización the vice president carries a lot of weight in the organization
    4. [carga, preocupación] burden;
    el peso de la culpabilidad the burden of guilt;
    quitarse un peso de encima to take a weight off one's mind
    5. [balanza] scales
    6. [moneda] peso
    7. Dep shot;
    8. [en boxeo] weight
    peso gallo bantamweight;
    peso ligero lightweight;
    peso medio middleweight;
    peso mosca flyweight;
    también Fig peso pesado heavyweight;
    peso pluma featherweight;
    peso semiligero light middleweight;
    peso semipesado light heavyweight;
    peso welter welterweight
    9. Am Fam [dinero]
    en ese trabajo no gana un peso she earns next to nothing in that job;
    no tengo un peso I'm broke;
    ¿cuánto te costó? – no mucho, dos pesos how much did it cost you? – not much o next to nothing
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    m
    1 weight;
    ganar peso put on o gain weight;
    perder peso lose weight; fig become less important;
    de peso fig weighty;
    por su propio peso it goes without saying;
    se me quitó un peso de encima it took a real load off my mind
    2 FIN peso
    * * *
    peso nm
    1) : weight, heaviness
    2) : burden, responsibility
    3) : weight (in sports)
    4) báscula: scales pl
    5) : peso
    * * *
    peso n
    1. (en general) weight
    tiene cinco kilos de peso it is five kilos in weight / it weighs five kilos
    2. (deporte) shot

    Spanish-English dictionary > peso

  • 35 Historical Portugal

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

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    I Adj.
    1. (hart, unerbittlich) severe (auch Blick, Kritik, Maßnahme, Strafe, Richter, Winter etc.); (unnachsichtig) stern (auch Blick, Gesicht); (hart) auch harsh, hard; (unnachgiebig) rigid; Lebensführung, Charakter, Stil: austere; Frisur, Kleid: severe; strenge Worte harsh words
    2. Person, Diät, Disziplin, Erziehung, Vorschrift etc.: strict; Anforderungen, Prüfung: rigorous; Maßnahme, Regel: strict, stringent; streng sein zu oder mit jemandem be strict with ( oder hard on) s.o.; streng gegen sich sein be hard on o.s.; unter einem strengen Elternhaus leiden be given a strict upbringing; er ist streng, aber gerecht he is strict but fair; strenger Aufbau eines Dramas etc.: tight structure; strengste Diskretion absolute discretion; strenger Katholik strict Catholic; strenge Sitten strict morals; strenges Stillschweigen strict secrecy; strenge Trennung strict division ( oder separation); strenge Untersuchung rigorous investigation; Regiment 1
    3. Geschmack, Geruch: acrid, pungent
    II Adv.
    1. severely; streng geschnitten Gesicht: with severe features; Kleid, Frisur: severely styled; jemanden streng ansehen give s.o. a severe look; streng durchgreifen take stringent ( oder rigorous) measures; streng erziehen bring up strictly
    2. (genau) strictly; streng genommen strictly speaking; streng befolgen, sich streng an etw. halten adhere strictly to; etw. streng nehmen take s.th. seriously; streng geheim top secret; streng vertraulich in strict confidence; auch amtlich: strictly confidential; streng Diät leben follow a strict diet; streng( stens) verboten strictly forbidden ( oder prohibited); streng katholisch sein be a strict Catholic; jemanden streng bewachen keep s.o. under close watch ( oder surveillance); streng sachlich betrachtet from a strictly objective point of view; streng unterscheiden zwischen make a clear(-cut) distinction between; Vorschrift
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    severe; stringent; stern; exacting; austere; rigorous; strict
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    strẹng [ʃtrɛŋ]
    1. adj
    1) strict; Regel, Kontrolle strict, stringent; Maßnahmen stringent; Bestrafung severe; Anforderungen rigorous; Ausdruck, Blick, Gesicht stern; Sitten, Disziplin rigid, strict; Stillschweigen, Diskretion absolute; Mode, Schnitt severe; Kritik, Urteil harsh, severe; Richter severe, stern; Lebensführung, Schönheit, Form austere; Examen stiff
    See:
    2) (= durchdringend) Geruch, Geschmack pungent; Frost, Kälte, Winter intense, severe
    3) (= strenggläubig) Katholik, Moslem etc strict
    2. adv
    1) (= unnachgiebig) befolgen, einhalten strictly, rigidly; tadeln, bestrafen severely; vertraulich, wissenschaftlich strictly

    streng gegen jdn/etw vorgehen — to deal severely with sb/sth

    2)

    (= intensiv) streng riechen/schmecken — to have a pungent smell/taste

    3) (Sw)
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    1) (severely simple and plain; without luxuries or unnecessary expenditure: an austere way of life.) austere
    2) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) hard
    3) (very strict, and not likely to change: rigid rules; rigid discipline; rigid views on education; a stern, rigid headmaster.) rigid
    4) (strict: a rigorous training.) rigorous
    7) (strict or harsh: a severe mother; severe criticism.) severe
    9) (harsh, severe or strict: The teacher looked rather stern; stern discipline.) stern
    11) (severe, stern, and compelling obedience: This class needs a strict teacher; His parents were very strict with him; The school rules are too strict; strict orders.) strict
    12) ((of rules etc) very strict, or strongly enforced: There should be much more stringent laws against the dropping of rubbish in the streets.) stringent
    14) ((of control etc) strict and very careful: She keeps (a) tight control over her emotions.) tight
    * * *
    [ʃtrɛŋ]
    I. adj
    ▪ \streng [zu jdm] sein to be strict [towards [or with] sb]
    eine \strenge Erziehung a strict education
    2. (unnachsichtig) severe
    ein \strenger Verweis a severe reprimand
    \strenge Disziplin strict [or stern] discipline
    \strenge Kontrolle strict [or stringent] control
    3. (strikt) strict
    \strenge Einhaltung der Vorschriften strict observance of the rules
    \strenge Anweisung strict instructions
    eine \strenge Diät/Überprüfung a strict diet/rigorous examination
    \strenge Bettruhe complete [or absolute] [bed] rest
    4. (durchdringend) pungent
    5. (extrem kalt) severe
    \strenger Frost/Winter sharp [or severe] frost/severe winter
    \strenge Kälte intense cold
    6. (konsequent) strict
    ich bin \strenger Antialkoholiker/Vegetarier/Katholik/Moslem I am a strict teetotaller/vegetarian/Catholic/Muslim
    7. SCHWEIZ (anstrengend) strenuous, demanding
    II. adv
    1. (unnachsichtig) strictly
    wir wurden sehr \streng erzogen we were brought up very strictly
    \streng durchgreifen to take rigorous action
    kontrollieren Sie nächstens \strenger make a more rigorous check next time
    2. (strikt) strictly
    ich verbiete Ihnen \strengstens, so etwas noch einmal zu machen! I strictly forbid you to do anything like that again!
    \streng genommen strictly speaking
    es mit etw dat \streng nehmen to be strict on [or about] sth
    du solltest es mit seiner Erziehung \strenger nehmen you should take his education more seriously
    3. (durchdringend) pungently
    was riecht hier so \streng? what's that strong [or pungent] smell?
    der Käse schmeckt mir doch etwas zu \streng the cheese is rather too strong [or sharp] for me
    * * *
    1.
    1) (hart) strict <teacher, parents, upbringing, principle>; severe < punishment>; stringent, strict <rule, regulation, etc.>; stringent < measure>; rigorous <examination, check, test, etc.>; stern <reprimand, look>
    2) nicht präd. (strikt) strict <order, punctuality, diet, instruction, Catholic>; absolute < discretion>; complete < rest>
    3) nicht präd. (schnörkellos) austere, severe <cut, collar, style, etc.>; severe < hairstyle>
    4) (herb) severe <face, features, etc.>
    5) (durchdringend) pungent, sharp <taste, smell>
    6) (rauh) severe < winter>; sharp, severe < frost>
    2.
    1) (hart) <mark, judge, etc.> strictly, severely; < punish> severely; <look, reprimand> sternly
    2) (strikt) strictly
    4) (durchdringend) < smell> strongly
    * * *
    A. adj
    1. (hart, unerbittlich) severe (auch Blick, Kritik, Maßnahme, Strafe, Richter, Winter etc); (unnachsichtig) stern (auch Blick, Gesicht); (hart) auch harsh, hard; (unnachgiebig) rigid; Lebensführung, Charakter, Stil: austere; Frisur, Kleid: severe;
    strenge Worte harsh words
    2. Person, Diät, Disziplin, Erziehung, Vorschrift etc: strict; Anforderungen, Prüfung: rigorous; Maßnahme, Regel: strict, stringent;
    mit jemandem be strict with ( oder hard on) sb;
    streng gegen sich sein be hard on o.s.;
    unter einem strengen Elternhaus leiden be given a strict upbringing;
    er ist streng, aber gerecht he is strict but fair;
    strenger Aufbau eines Dramas etc: tight structure;
    strengste Diskretion absolute discretion;
    strenger Katholik strict Catholic;
    strenge Sitten strict morals;
    strenges Stillschweigen strict secrecy;
    strenge Trennung strict division ( oder separation);
    strenge Untersuchung rigorous investigation; → Regiment 1
    3. Geschmack, Geruch: acrid, pungent
    B. adv
    1. severely;
    streng geschnitten Gesicht: with severe features; Kleid, Frisur: severely styled;
    jemanden streng ansehen give sb a severe look;
    streng durchgreifen take stringent ( oder rigorous) measures;
    streng erziehen bring up strictly
    2. (genau) strictly;
    streng genommen strictly speaking;
    streng befolgen, sich streng an etwas
    halten adhere strictly to;
    etwas streng nehmen take sth seriously;
    streng geheim top secret;
    streng vertraulich in strict confidence; auch amtlich: strictly confidential;
    streng Diät leben follow a strict diet;
    streng(stens) verboten strictly forbidden ( oder prohibited);
    streng katholisch sein be a strict Catholic;
    jemanden streng bewachen keep sb under close watch ( oder surveillance);
    streng sachlich betrachtet from a strictly objective point of view;
    streng unterscheiden zwischen make a clear(-cut) distinction between; → Vorschrift
    * * *
    1.
    1) (hart) strict <teacher, parents, upbringing, principle>; severe < punishment>; stringent, strict <rule, regulation, etc.>; stringent < measure>; rigorous <examination, check, test, etc.>; stern <reprimand, look>
    2) nicht präd. (strikt) strict <order, punctuality, diet, instruction, Catholic>; absolute < discretion>; complete < rest>
    3) nicht präd. (schnörkellos) austere, severe <cut, collar, style, etc.>; severe < hairstyle>
    4) (herb) severe <face, features, etc.>
    5) (durchdringend) pungent, sharp <taste, smell>
    6) (rauh) severe < winter>; sharp, severe < frost>
    2.
    1) (hart) <mark, judge, etc.> strictly, severely; < punish> severely; <look, reprimand> sternly
    2) (strikt) strictly
    4) (durchdringend) < smell> strongly
    * * *
    adj.
    austere adj.
    draconian adj.
    rigorous adj.
    severe adj.
    strict adj. adv.
    austerely adv.
    severely adv.
    sternly adv.
    strictly adv.
    stringently adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > streng

  • 37 scharf

    scharf <schärfer, schärfste> [ʃarf] adj
    1) ( gut geschliffen) Messer, Klinge sharp, keen ( form)
    \scharfe Krallen sharp claws;
    \scharfe Zähne sharp teeth;
    etw \scharf machen to sharpen sth
    2) ( spitz zulaufend) sharp;
    \scharfe Gesichtszüge sharp features;
    eine \scharfe Kante a sharp edge;
    eine \scharfe Kurve/ Kehre a hairpin bend;
    eine \scharfe Nase a sharp nose
    \scharfe Gewürze/\scharfer Senf hot spices/mustard;
    ( sehr würzig) highly seasoned;
    \scharfer Käse strong cheese;
    ein \scharfer Geruch a pungent odour [or (Am) -or]; ( hochprozentig) strong;
    einen S\scharfen trinken to knock back some of the hard stuff
    4) ( ätzend) aggressive, caustic [or strong]; s. a. Sache
    5) (schonungslos, heftig) harsh, severe, tough;
    \scharfe Ablehnung fierce [or strong] opposition;
    \scharfe Aufsicht/ Bewachung/ Kontrolle rigorous [or strict] supervision/surveillance/control;
    ein \scharfer Gegner a fierce opponent;
    \scharfe Konkurrenz fierce [or keen] competition;
    \scharfe Kritik biting [or fierce] criticism;
    \scharfe Maßnahmen ergreifen to take drastic [or harsh] measures;
    ein \scharfer Polizist a tough policeman;
    ein \scharfer Prüfer a strict examiner;
    \scharfer Protest strong [or vigorous] protest;
    ein \scharfes Urteil a harsh [or scathing] judgement
    6) ( bissig) fierce, vicious ( pej)
    \scharfe Auseinandersetzungen bitter altercations;
    etw in schärfster Form verurteilen to condemn sth in the strongest possible terms;
    ein \scharfer Verweis a strong reprimand;
    \scharfer Widerstand fierce [or strong] resistance;
    eine \scharfe Zunge haben to have a sharp tongue;
    sehr \scharf gegen jdn werden to be very sharp with sb
    7) inv ( echt) real;
    mit \scharfen Patronen schießen to shoot live bullets;
    \scharfe Schüsse abfeuern to shoot with live ammunition;
    eine \scharfe Bombe a live bomb
    8) (konzentriert, präzise) careful;
    \scharfe Betrachtung careful [or thorough] examination;
    \scharfe Beobachtung astute [or keen] observation;
    \scharfer Blick close [or thorough] inspection;
    ein \scharfer Analytiker a careful [or thorough] analyst;
    eine \scharfe Auffassungsgabe haben to have keen powers of observation;
    ein \scharfes Auge für etw haben to have a keen eye for sth;
    ein \scharfer Beobachter a keen [or perceptive] observer;
    \scharfe Intelligenz keen intelligence;
    ein \scharfer Verstand a keen [or sharp] mind
    9) opt, foto sharp;
    \scharfe Augen keen [or sharp] eyes;
    eine \scharfe Brille/ Linse strong [or powerful] glasses/a strong [or powerful] lens;
    \scharfe Umrisse sharp outlines;
    das Foto ist gestochen \scharf the photo is extremely sharp
    10) ( schneidend) biting;
    ein \scharfer Frost a sharp frost;
    \scharfe Kälte biting [or fierce] cold;
    \scharfe Luft raw air;
    eine \scharfe Stimme a sharp voice;
    ein \scharfer Ton a shrill sound;
    ein \scharfer Wind a biting wind
    11) ( forciert) hard, fast;
    in \scharfem Galopp reiten to ride at a furious gallop;
    in \scharfem Tempo at a [fast and] furious pace;
    ein \scharfer Ritt a hard ride
    12) (sl: aufreizend) spicy ( fam), naughty ( fam), sexy ( fam)
    auf jdn \scharf sein ( geil) to fancy sb ( fam), to be turned on by sb ( fam), to be keen on sb, to have the hots for sb (Am); ( jdm übelwollen) to have it in for sb;
    auf etw \scharf sein to [really] fancy sth ( fam), to be keen on sth
    13) (sl: fantastisch) great ( fam), fantastic ( fam), terrific;
    ein \scharfes Auto a cool car;
    [das ist] \scharf! [that is] cool!;
    das ist das Schärfste! (sl) that [really] takes the biscuit [or (Am) cake] ! ( fig)
    14) fball ( kraftvoll) fierce
    15) ( aggressiv) fierce;
    ein \scharfer [Wach]hund a fierce [watch]dog
    etw \scharf schleifen to sharpen sth;
    \scharf gebügelte Hosen sharply ironed trousers [or (Am) pants];
    ich esse/koche gerne \scharf I like eating/cooking spicy/hot food;
    \scharf schmecken to taste hot;
    etw \scharf würzen to highly season sth
    3) ( heftig) sharply;
    etw \scharf ablehnen to reject sth outright [or out of hand], to flatly reject sth;
    etw \scharf angreifen [o attackieren] to attack sth sharply [or viciously];
    etw \scharf kritisieren to criticize sth sharply [or harshly] [or severely];
    gegen etw \scharf protestieren to protest strongly [or vigorously] against sth;
    etw \scharf verurteilen to condemn sth strongly [or harshly];
    4) (konzentriert, präzise) carefully;
    ein Problem \scharf beleuchten to get right to the heart of a problem;
    \scharf analysieren to analyze carefully [or painstakingly] [or thoroughly];
    \scharf aufpassen to take great [or extreme] care;
    \scharf beobachten to observe [or watch] carefully [or closely];
    \scharf hinsehen to look good and hard;
    etw \scharf unter die Lupe nehmen to investigate sth carefully [or thoroughly], to take a careful [or close] look at sth;
    \scharf sehen to have keen [or sharp] eyes;
    etw \scharf umreißen to define sth clearly [or sharply];
    5) ( in forciertem Tempo) fast, like the wind [or devil];
    \scharf reiten to ride hard
    6) ( streng) carefully, closely;
    etw \scharf bekämpfen to fight hard [or strongly] against sth;
    jdn \scharf bewachen to keep a close guard on sb;
    gegen etw \scharf durchgreifen [o vorgehen] to take drastic [or vigorous] action [or to take drastic steps] against sth
    7) ( abrupt) abruptly, sharply;
    \scharf links/ rechts abbiegen/ einbiegen to take a sharp left/right, to turn sharp left/right;
    \scharf bremsen to brake sharply, to slam on the brakes;
    Fleisch \scharf anbraten to sear meat
    \scharf geladen sein to be loaded [with live ammunition];
    \scharf schießen to shoot [with live ammunition]
    9) opt, tech ( klar) sharply;
    das Bild/den Sender \scharf einstellen to sharply focus the picture/tune in the station
    10) ( geil)
    jdn \scharf machen to turn sb on ( fam), to make sb feel horny (sl)
    WENDUNGEN:
    es \scharf auf jdn haben ( ÖSTERR) to have it in for sb

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > scharf

  • 38 defender

    v.
    1 to defend.
    defender los intereses de alguien to defend somebody's interests
    defendió su teoría con sólidos argumentos he supported his theory with sound arguments
    Elsa defiende su posición Elsa defends her position.
    Elsa defiende los derechos humanos Elsa defends human rights.
    2 to protect (proteger) (del frío, calor).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ENTENDER], like link=entender entender
    1 (gen) to defend (contra/de, against)
    2 (mantener una opinión, afirmación) to defend, uphold; (respaldar a alguien) to stand up for, support
    3 (proteger) to protect (contra/de, against/from)
    4 DERECHO (algo) to argue, plead; (a alguien) to defend
    1 (espabilarse) to manage, get by, get along
    ■ ¿qué tal se defiende en inglés? how does she get by in English?, what's her English like?
    \
    defender una causa DERECHO to argue a case
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT (Mil) [+ país, territorio, intereses] to defend; [+ causa, ideas] to defend, champion; (Jur) to defend

    el Real Madrid defiende el título de campeón — Real Madrid are defending the championship title, Real Madrid are the defending champions

    defiendo la tesis doctoral el mes que viene — I'm having a viva on o (EEUU) I'm defending my doctoral thesis next month

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( proteger) <guarnición/nación> to defend, protect; < persona> to defend

    siempre defiende a su hermana — he always defends o stands up for his sister

    defender a alguien de algo/alguien — to defend somebody against something/somebody

    b) < intereses> to protect, defend; <derechos/título> to defend
    c) (Der) to defend
    d) <idea/teoría/opinión> to defend, uphold; <causa/ideal> to champion, defend

    defender la tesis — ≈to defend one's dissertation ( in US), ≈to have a viva on one's thesis ( in UK)

    2.
    defenderse v pron
    a) (refl) ( contra una agresión) to defend o protect oneself; (Der) to defend oneself

    defenderse de algo/alguien — to defend oneself against something/somebody

    b) (fam) ( arreglárselas) to get by (colloq)
    * * *
    = advocate, argue, argue + in favour of, be + Posesivo + contention, contend, defend, espouse, maintain, make + apology, make + a case for, plead for, put + the case for, uphold, crusade for, preach, preach, champion, speak up for, speak up for, articulate + the case for, present + case for, mount + defence, strike + a blow for, raise + the flag of, come down in + favour of, stick up for, stand by, rally (a)round, rally behind, stand for.
    Ex. In order to understand the citation order that PRECIS indexing advocates it is necessary to examine the function of the operators more closely.
    Ex. Cutter argued that when it could be established that the second term was definitely more significant then inversion of headings was acceptable.
    Ex. Despite the present financial straits of developing countries, she argues in favour of long-term plan for the acquisition of relevant rare book material.
    Ex. It is our contention that an understanding of such basic principles is fundamental to an appreciation of the many and varied contexts that the individual is likely to encounter.
    Ex. The author contends that it is possible to view the search conducted with the aid of a series of menus as having strong similarities with the search through the hierarchy of a enumerative classification scheme.
    Ex. A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.
    Ex. Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.
    Ex. They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.
    Ex. My perspective, for which I make no apology, is that of someone who works daily with the nitty-gritty of cataloging, as many of you do.
    Ex. This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.
    Ex. I would plead for more standardization, not less, because I think whatever we do is going to be imperfect.
    Ex. A more moderate approach is found in the writings of Olding, who puts the case for multiple entry very concisely in a short pamphlet.
    Ex. It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.
    Ex. There are also dedicated individuals within government who have found a niche from which to crusade for school libraries.
    Ex. A major failing of the information industry is that its members tend to preach to one another whereas what they should be doing is talking to everyone else outside the information industry.
    Ex. A major failing of the information industry is that its members tend to preach to one another whereas what they should be doing is talking to everyone else outside the information industry.
    Ex. In particular he championed free photoduplication of library materials as a natural extension of library services to patrons at a distance.
    Ex. Many people voiced fears that volunteers would be used to take over paid jobs from the workforce, but others spoke up for volunteers saying that in many cases they had created extra jobs for the permanent staff.
    Ex. Many people voiced fears that volunteers would be used to take over paid jobs from the workforce, but others spoke up for volunteers saying that in many cases they had created extra jobs for the permanent staff.
    Ex. Moreover, in addition to quantitative measures, qualitative indicators of benefits should be considered so as to present a complete picture when articulating the case for a library's total positive impact.
    Ex. An MP, a barrister, and a financial consultant present the case for charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on books.
    Ex. The author mounts a spirited defence of the National Library of Australia future collecting priorities.
    Ex. In an effort to save US culture, strike a blow for reading, and correct well intentioned but misguided notions about the Internet making libraries obsolete, offers ten reasons why the Internet is no substitute for a library..
    Ex. The Augustinian order kept his theological tradition, and raised the flag of the Augustinian thought before and after the German reformer.
    Ex. The author comes down in favour of adding notes to cataloguing records on the grounds that the educational purpose that they are intended to serve is clear.
    Ex. He states that he has always admired Woody Allen, explaining that when he first saw his films he was happy to see that someone was sticking up for the little guy.
    Ex. It's hard to believe she stands by a man who gets his kicks out of beating her black and blue everynight.
    Ex. I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.
    Ex. The second group, who rallied behind McCarthy, was composed of students and intellectuals who were vociferous against the war.
    Ex. I will stand for your rights as my forefathers did before me!.
    ----
    * defender a = put + a word in for.
    * defender a Alguien = stand up for.
    * defender Algo = argue + Posesivo + corner.
    * defender el fuerte = hold + the fortress.
    * defender el honor de Uno = defend + Posesivo + honour.
    * defender enérgicamente = be vociferous about/in.
    * defender la causa de = further + the cause of.
    * defender la necesidad = articulate + the need.
    * defender la necesidad de = support + the case for.
    * defender lo indenfensible = defend + the indefensible.
    * defender los derechos de Uno = stand up for + Posesivo + rights.
    * defender los intereses = defend + interests, lobby for + interests.
    * defender los intereses de = go to + bat for, bat for.
    * defender los principios de Uno = stand up for + Posesivo + principles.
    * defender + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * defender + Posesivo + caso = take up + Posesivo + case.
    * defender + Posesivo + causa = advance + Posesivo + cause.
    * defender + Posesivo + idea = support + Posesivo + case.
    * defender + Posesivo + postura = argue + Posesivo + case.
    * defenderse = bite back, stand up, strike back, fight back, fight for + Posesivo + life.
    * defenderse de ataques = ward off + attacks.
    * defenderse por uno mismo = fend for + Reflexivo.
    * defender una causa = promote + cause, support + cause, champion + cause.
    * defender una idea = champion + idea.
    * defender un argumento = support + view.
    * defender un opinión = support + view.
    * saber defenderse = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( proteger) <guarnición/nación> to defend, protect; < persona> to defend

    siempre defiende a su hermana — he always defends o stands up for his sister

    defender a alguien de algo/alguien — to defend somebody against something/somebody

    b) < intereses> to protect, defend; <derechos/título> to defend
    c) (Der) to defend
    d) <idea/teoría/opinión> to defend, uphold; <causa/ideal> to champion, defend

    defender la tesis — ≈to defend one's dissertation ( in US), ≈to have a viva on one's thesis ( in UK)

    2.
    defenderse v pron
    a) (refl) ( contra una agresión) to defend o protect oneself; (Der) to defend oneself

    defenderse de algo/alguien — to defend oneself against something/somebody

    b) (fam) ( arreglárselas) to get by (colloq)
    * * *
    = advocate, argue, argue + in favour of, be + Posesivo + contention, contend, defend, espouse, maintain, make + apology, make + a case for, plead for, put + the case for, uphold, crusade for, preach, preach, champion, speak up for, speak up for, articulate + the case for, present + case for, mount + defence, strike + a blow for, raise + the flag of, come down in + favour of, stick up for, stand by, rally (a)round, rally behind, stand for.

    Ex: In order to understand the citation order that PRECIS indexing advocates it is necessary to examine the function of the operators more closely.

    Ex: Cutter argued that when it could be established that the second term was definitely more significant then inversion of headings was acceptable.
    Ex: Despite the present financial straits of developing countries, she argues in favour of long-term plan for the acquisition of relevant rare book material.
    Ex: It is our contention that an understanding of such basic principles is fundamental to an appreciation of the many and varied contexts that the individual is likely to encounter.
    Ex: The author contends that it is possible to view the search conducted with the aid of a series of menus as having strong similarities with the search through the hierarchy of a enumerative classification scheme.
    Ex: A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.
    Ex: Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.
    Ex: They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.
    Ex: My perspective, for which I make no apology, is that of someone who works daily with the nitty-gritty of cataloging, as many of you do.
    Ex: This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.
    Ex: I would plead for more standardization, not less, because I think whatever we do is going to be imperfect.
    Ex: A more moderate approach is found in the writings of Olding, who puts the case for multiple entry very concisely in a short pamphlet.
    Ex: It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.
    Ex: There are also dedicated individuals within government who have found a niche from which to crusade for school libraries.
    Ex: A major failing of the information industry is that its members tend to preach to one another whereas what they should be doing is talking to everyone else outside the information industry.
    Ex: A major failing of the information industry is that its members tend to preach to one another whereas what they should be doing is talking to everyone else outside the information industry.
    Ex: In particular he championed free photoduplication of library materials as a natural extension of library services to patrons at a distance.
    Ex: Many people voiced fears that volunteers would be used to take over paid jobs from the workforce, but others spoke up for volunteers saying that in many cases they had created extra jobs for the permanent staff.
    Ex: Many people voiced fears that volunteers would be used to take over paid jobs from the workforce, but others spoke up for volunteers saying that in many cases they had created extra jobs for the permanent staff.
    Ex: Moreover, in addition to quantitative measures, qualitative indicators of benefits should be considered so as to present a complete picture when articulating the case for a library's total positive impact.
    Ex: An MP, a barrister, and a financial consultant present the case for charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on books.
    Ex: The author mounts a spirited defence of the National Library of Australia future collecting priorities.
    Ex: In an effort to save US culture, strike a blow for reading, and correct well intentioned but misguided notions about the Internet making libraries obsolete, offers ten reasons why the Internet is no substitute for a library..
    Ex: The Augustinian order kept his theological tradition, and raised the flag of the Augustinian thought before and after the German reformer.
    Ex: The author comes down in favour of adding notes to cataloguing records on the grounds that the educational purpose that they are intended to serve is clear.
    Ex: He states that he has always admired Woody Allen, explaining that when he first saw his films he was happy to see that someone was sticking up for the little guy.
    Ex: It's hard to believe she stands by a man who gets his kicks out of beating her black and blue everynight.
    Ex: I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.
    Ex: The second group, who rallied behind McCarthy, was composed of students and intellectuals who were vociferous against the war.
    Ex: I will stand for your rights as my forefathers did before me!.
    * defender a = put + a word in for.
    * defender a Alguien = stand up for.
    * defender Algo = argue + Posesivo + corner.
    * defender el fuerte = hold + the fortress.
    * defender el honor de Uno = defend + Posesivo + honour.
    * defender enérgicamente = be vociferous about/in.
    * defender la causa de = further + the cause of.
    * defender la necesidad = articulate + the need.
    * defender la necesidad de = support + the case for.
    * defender lo indenfensible = defend + the indefensible.
    * defender los derechos de Uno = stand up for + Posesivo + rights.
    * defender los intereses = defend + interests, lobby for + interests.
    * defender los intereses de = go to + bat for, bat for.
    * defender los principios de Uno = stand up for + Posesivo + principles.
    * defender + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * defender + Posesivo + caso = take up + Posesivo + case.
    * defender + Posesivo + causa = advance + Posesivo + cause.
    * defender + Posesivo + idea = support + Posesivo + case.
    * defender + Posesivo + postura = argue + Posesivo + case.
    * defenderse = bite back, stand up, strike back, fight back, fight for + Posesivo + life.
    * defenderse de ataques = ward off + attacks.
    * defenderse por uno mismo = fend for + Reflexivo.
    * defender una causa = promote + cause, support + cause, champion + cause.
    * defender una idea = champion + idea.
    * defender un argumento = support + view.
    * defender un opinión = support + view.
    * saber defenderse = hold + Posesivo + own.

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    defender [E8 ]
    vt
    1 (proteger) ‹guarnición/nación› to defend, protect; ‹persona› to defend
    siempre defiende a su hermana he always defends o protects o stands up for his sister
    defender a algn DE algo/algn to defend sb AGAINST sth/sb
    la defendió de las acusaciones/de sus atacantes he defended her against the accusations/against her attackers
    2 ‹intereses› to protect, defend; ‹derechos› to defend; ‹título› to defend
    3 ( Der) ‹caso› to defend; ‹acusado/cliente› to defend
    4 ‹idea/teoría/opinión› to defend, uphold; ‹causa/ideal› to champion, defend
    defender la tesis ≈ to defend one's dissertation ( in US), ≈ to have a viva on one's thesis ( in UK)
    1 ( refl) (contra una agresión) to defend o protect oneself; ( Der) to defend oneself defenderse DE algo/algn to defend oneself AGAINST sth/sb
    2 ( fam) (arreglárselas) to get by ( colloq)
    me defiendo bastante bien en francés I can get by quite well in French
    ¿sabes jugar al tenis? — bueno, me defiendo can you play tennis? — well, I'm not too bad ( colloq)
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    defender ( conjugate defender) verbo transitivo
    to defend;
    ‹ intereses› to protect;
    defender a algo/algn de algo/algn to defend sth/sb against sth/sb
    defenderse verbo pronominal
    a) ( refl) ( contra una agresión) to defend o protect oneself;

    (Der) to defend oneself;
    defenderse de algo/algn to defend oneself against sth/sb
    b) (fam) ( arreglárselas) to get by (colloq);


    defender verbo transitivo to defend [contra, against] [de, from]
    ' defender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    defensa
    - defensor
    - defensora
    - muerte
    - resguardar
    - uña
    - unirse
    - valedor
    - valedora
    - defienda
    English:
    argue
    - defend
    - defender
    - guard
    - leg
    - plead
    - speak up
    - stand up
    - stick up for
    - uphold
    - advocate
    - champion
    - speak
    - stand
    - stick
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [país, ideas] to defend;
    [amigo] to stand up for; Dep [contrario, delantero] to mark;
    defender a alguien de algo to defend sb from o against sth;
    defender los derechos/intereses de alguien to defend sb's rights/interests;
    defendió su teoría con sólidos argumentos he supported his theory with sound arguments;
    defender la tesis [en universidad] Br ≈ to have one's viva, US ≈ to defend one's dissertation;
    Dep
    defender el título to defend the title;
    defender algo a capa y espada to defend sth tooth and nail
    2. [reo, acusado] to defend
    3. [proteger] [del frío, calor] to protect (de against)
    ♦ vi
    Dep to mark;
    defender al hombre to mark man for man, to man-mark;
    defender en zona to use a zone defence
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 defend (de against)
    2 en fútbol mark
    II v/i en fútbol mark
    * * *
    defender {56} vt
    : to defend, to protect
    * * *
    1. (en general) to defend
    2. (proteger) to protect

    Spanish-English dictionary > defender

  • 39 grado

    m.
    1 degree.
    grado centígrado degree centigrade
    2 degree.
    quemaduras de primer grado first-degree burns
    mostró un alto grado de preparación he was very well prepared
    en menor grado to a lesser extent o degree
    en grado sumo greatly
    3 grade (rango).
    4 year, class (education).
    5 score, grade.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gradar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) degree
    2 (estado) stage
    3 EDUCACIÓN (curso) class, year, US grade
    5 (peldaño) step
    6 MILITAR rank
    7 LINGÚÍSTICA degree
    \
    de buen grado willingly, with good grace
    de mal grado unwillingly, with bad grace
    en sumo grado to the highest degree
    en tal grado so much so
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=nivel) degree

    quemaduras de primer/segundo grado — first-/second-degree burns

    • en alto grado — to a great degree

    • de grado en grado — step by step, by degrees

    • en mayor grado — to a greater degree o extent

    • en menor grado — to a lesser degree o extent

    • en sumo grado o en grado sumo, era humillante en sumo grado — it was humiliating in the extreme

    • en grado superlativo — in the extreme

    • tercer grado (penitenciario) — Esp lowest category within the prison system which allows day release privileges

    2) (Geog, Mat, Fís) degree
    3) [de escalafón] grade; (Mil) rank
    4) (=etapa) stage
    5) esp LAm (Educ) (=curso) year, grade (EEUU); (=título) degree

    colación de grados — Arg conferment of degrees

    6) (Ling) degree of comparison

    adjetivos en grado comparativo — comparative adjectives, comparatives

    adjetivos en grado superlativo — superlative adjectives, superlatives

    7) (=gusto)

    • de (buen) grado — willingly

    • de mal grado — unwillingly

    de grado o por (la) fuerza —

    otros muchos países entraron en guerra, de grado o por la fuerza — many other countries were forced willy-nilly to enter the war

    pues tendrás que ir, de grado o por la fuerza — well you'll have to go, like it or not

    8) [de escalera] step
    9) pl grados (Rel) minor orders
    * * *
    1)
    a) (nivel, cantidad) degree

    el asunto se ha complicado en or (AmL) a tal grado... — things have become so complicated...

    en grado sumo: me preocupó en grado sumo it caused me great concern; nos complace en grado sumo comunicarle que... — it gives us great pleasure to inform you that...

    b) ( de parentesco) degree
    2) ( de escalafón) grade

    de buen/mal grado — willingly/unwillingly

    4)
    a) (Fís, Meteo) degree
    b) (Geog, Mat) degree
    c) (Vin) degree
    5)
    a) (esp AmL) (Educ) (curso, año) year
    b) ( título)
    * * *
    = degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], magnitude, range, rate, scale, to what extent, grade, quotient, degree.
    Ex. This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.
    Ex. The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
    Ex. As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.
    Ex. Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.
    Ex. Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.
    Ex. Whether, in the future, the co-operatives will be able to fund appropriate developments at a sufficiently rapid rate remains an unanswered question.
    Ex. Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.
    Ex. Clearly an index must permit access to a document by its central theme, but, to what extent should access be provided to secondary or subsidiary topics considered within a document?.
    Ex. The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex. One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the 'aggravation quotient'.
    Ex. In cartography reference system is the method by which one can locate a place on a map, eg (a) degrees of latitude and longitude; (b) a grid reference.
    ----
    * alumno de cuarto grado = fourth grader.
    * asesinato en primer grado = first-degree murder.
    * bebida alcohólica con muchos grados = hard drink, hard liquor.
    * cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.
    * cierto grado de = a degree of.
    * de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.
    * de grado básico = junior grade.
    * delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].
    * de primer grado = in the first degree.
    * de segundo grado = second-degree, in the second degree.
    * el grado de = the extent of.
    * el grado de + Nombre = the breadth and depth of + Nombre.
    * el grado en que = the extent to which.
    * en cierto grado = something of.
    * en diferente grado = differing, in varying measures.
    * en distinto grado = in varying measures, differing, to varying degrees.
    * en diverso grado = to varying degrees.
    * en diversos grados = to varying extents.
    * en este grado = to this extent.
    * en grado mínimo = minimally.
    * en mayor grado = to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a greater extent, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.
    * en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.
    * en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.
    * en sumo grado = in the extreme.
    * en tercer grado = in the third degree.
    * en un grado bastante aceptable = to a fair extent.
    * en un grado sumo = in the extreme.
    * escala que consta de nueve grados = nine-point scale.
    * girar 180 grados = move + 180 degrees.
    * grado centígrado (ºC) = degree centigrade (ºC).
    * grado de aceptación = acceptance rate.
    * grado de acidez = pH, ph value.
    * grado de adecuación = degree of fit.
    * grado de citación = citedness.
    * grado de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * grado de compleción = completeness.
    * grado de escepticismo = degree of skepticism.
    * grado de integración = scale of integration.
    * grado de no citación = uncitedness.
    * grado de pertinencia = recall tendency.
    * grado de precisión = degree of detail.
    * grado de proximidad entre dos = betweenness.
    * grado de relación = relatedness measure.
    * grado medio = middle grade.
    * grado superlativo = superlative.
    * hasta tal grado que = so much so that.
    * salón de grados = conference room.
    * tomarse Algo de buen grado = take + Nombre + in good humour.
    * un cierto grado de = a certain amount of, a modicum of.
    * vida + dar un giro de 180 grados = turn + Posesivo + life around.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (nivel, cantidad) degree

    el asunto se ha complicado en or (AmL) a tal grado... — things have become so complicated...

    en grado sumo: me preocupó en grado sumo it caused me great concern; nos complace en grado sumo comunicarle que... — it gives us great pleasure to inform you that...

    b) ( de parentesco) degree
    2) ( de escalafón) grade

    de buen/mal grado — willingly/unwillingly

    4)
    a) (Fís, Meteo) degree
    b) (Geog, Mat) degree
    c) (Vin) degree
    5)
    a) (esp AmL) (Educ) (curso, año) year
    b) ( título)
    * * *
    = degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], magnitude, range, rate, scale, to what extent, grade, quotient, degree.

    Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

    Ex: The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
    Ex: As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.
    Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.
    Ex: Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.
    Ex: Whether, in the future, the co-operatives will be able to fund appropriate developments at a sufficiently rapid rate remains an unanswered question.
    Ex: Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.
    Ex: Clearly an index must permit access to a document by its central theme, but, to what extent should access be provided to secondary or subsidiary topics considered within a document?.
    Ex: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex: One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the 'aggravation quotient'.
    Ex: In cartography reference system is the method by which one can locate a place on a map, eg (a) degrees of latitude and longitude; (b) a grid reference.
    * alumno de cuarto grado = fourth grader.
    * asesinato en primer grado = first-degree murder.
    * bebida alcohólica con muchos grados = hard drink, hard liquor.
    * cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.
    * cierto grado de = a degree of.
    * de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.
    * de grado básico = junior grade.
    * delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].
    * de primer grado = in the first degree.
    * de segundo grado = second-degree, in the second degree.
    * el grado de = the extent of.
    * el grado de + Nombre = the breadth and depth of + Nombre.
    * el grado en que = the extent to which.
    * en cierto grado = something of.
    * en diferente grado = differing, in varying measures.
    * en distinto grado = in varying measures, differing, to varying degrees.
    * en diverso grado = to varying degrees.
    * en diversos grados = to varying extents.
    * en este grado = to this extent.
    * en grado mínimo = minimally.
    * en mayor grado = to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a greater extent, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.
    * en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.
    * en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.
    * en sumo grado = in the extreme.
    * en tercer grado = in the third degree.
    * en un grado bastante aceptable = to a fair extent.
    * en un grado sumo = in the extreme.
    * escala que consta de nueve grados = nine-point scale.
    * girar 180 grados = move + 180 degrees.
    * grado centígrado (ºC) = degree centigrade (ºC).
    * grado de aceptación = acceptance rate.
    * grado de acidez = pH, ph value.
    * grado de adecuación = degree of fit.
    * grado de citación = citedness.
    * grado de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * grado de compleción = completeness.
    * grado de escepticismo = degree of skepticism.
    * grado de integración = scale of integration.
    * grado de no citación = uncitedness.
    * grado de pertinencia = recall tendency.
    * grado de precisión = degree of detail.
    * grado de proximidad entre dos = betweenness.
    * grado de relación = relatedness measure.
    * grado medio = middle grade.
    * grado superlativo = superlative.
    * hasta tal grado que = so much so that.
    * salón de grados = conference room.
    * tomarse Algo de buen grado = take + Nombre + in good humour.
    * un cierto grado de = a certain amount of, a modicum of.
    * vida + dar un giro de 180 grados = turn + Posesivo + life around.

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    A
    1 (nivel, cantidad) degree
    otro ejemplo del grado de confusión reinante another example of the degree of confusion that prevails
    depende del grado de libertad que tengan it depends on how much freedom o the degree of freedom they enjoy
    el asunto se ha complicado en or ( AmL) a tal grado que no le veo solución things have become so complicated that I can't see any solution
    en grado sumo: la noticia me preocupó en grado sumo the news worried me greatly o caused me great concern
    nos complace en grado sumo poder comunicarle que … it gives us great pleasure to be able to inform you that …
    son primos en segundo grado they are second cousins
    un oficial de grado superior a high-ranking officer
    medio1 (↑ medio (1))
    C
    (disposición): de buen grado readily, willingly, with good grace
    de mal grado reluctantly, unwillingly, with bad grace
    D
    estamos a tres grados bajo cero it's three degrees below zero, it's minus three degrees
    2 ( Geog, Mat) degree
    a un ángulo de 60 grados at an angle of 60 degrees, at a 60° angle
    25 grados de latitud/longitud 25 degrees latitude/longitude
    3 ( Vin) degree
    un vino de 12 grados a 12% proof wine
    Compuestos:
    ● grado centígrado or Celsius
    degree centigrade o Celsius
    degree Fahrenheit
    E
    1 ( esp AmL) ( Educ) (curso, año) year, grade ( AmE), form ( BrE)
    2
    (título): tiene el grado de licenciado he has a college degree ( AmE), he has a university degree ( BrE)
    F ( Ling) degree
    grado positivo/comparativo positive/comparative degree
    G ( Der) stage
    el juicio se halla en grado de apelación/revisión the trial is at the appeal/review stage
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    grado sustantivo masculino
    1 ( en general) degree;

    grado centígrado or Celsius/Fahrenheit degree centigrade o Celsius/Fahrenheit;
    el grado de confusión reinante the degree of confusion that prevails;
    en grado sumo extremely
    2 ( de escalafón) grade;
    (Mil) rank
    3 ( disposición):
    ◊ de buen/mal grado willingly/unwillingly

    4
    a) (esp AmL) (Educ) (curso, año) year

    b) ( título):

    ◊ tiene el grado de licenciado he has a college (AmE) o (BrE) university degree

    grado sustantivo masculino
    1 degree
    2 Mil rank
    3 (gusto, voluntad) desire, will
    ♦ Locuciones: de buen/mal grado, willingly/reluctantly
    ' grado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    categoría
    - coeficiente
    - colmo
    - ecuación
    - insolación
    - jerarquía
    - mayor
    - medida
    - menor
    - menos
    - mínimamente
    - poder
    - punto
    - superior
    - décima
    - enfadado
    - enfadar
    - enojado
    - enojar
    - extensión
    - grande
    English:
    accurately
    - degree
    - extent
    - extreme
    - first-degree
    - grace
    - grade
    - grind
    - insofar
    - may
    - optimum
    - point
    - rank
    - registrar
    - subaltern
    - commission
    - freely
    - lesser
    * * *
    grado nm
    1. [de temperatura] degree
    grado Celsius degree Celsius;
    grado centígrado degree centigrade;
    grado Fahrenheit degree Fahrenheit;
    grado Kelvin kelvin
    2. [de alcohol]
    ¿cuántos grados tiene ese whisky? how strong is that whisky?;
    alcohol de 90 grados 90 degree proof alcohol
    3. [índice, nivel] degree;
    el candidato mostró un alto grado de preparación the candidate was very well prepared;
    un fenómeno que afecta en menor grado a las ciudades a phenomenon that affects cities to a lesser extent o degree;
    eso depende del grado de intransigencia de la gente that depends on how prepared people are to compromise;
    están examinando su grado de ceguera they're checking to see how blind she is;
    la situación empeoró en tal o Am [m5]a tal grado que… the situation deteriorated to such a degree o to such an extent that…;
    en grado sumo greatly
    4. [en escala] degree;
    quemaduras de primer grado first-degree burns;
    asesinato en segundo grado second-degree murder
    5. [rango] grade;
    es primo mío en segundo grado he's my second cousin
    6. Mil rank
    7. Educ [año] year, class, US grade
    8. Educ [título] degree;
    obtuvo el grado de doctor he obtained his doctorate
    9. Ling degree
    grado comparativo comparative degree;
    grado superlativo superlative degree
    10. Mat [de ángulo] degree
    11. Mat [de ecuación]
    una ecuación de segundo grado a quadratic equation
    12. [voluntad]
    hacer algo de buen/mal grado to do sth willingly/unwillingly;
    te lo prestaré de buen grado I'd be happy to lend it to you
    * * *
    m
    1 degree;
    2
    :
    de buen grado with good grace, readily;
    de mal grado with bad grace, reluctantly
    * * *
    grado nm
    1) : degree (in meteorology and mathematics)
    grado centígrado: degree centigrade
    2) : extent, level, degree
    en grado sumo: greatly, to the highest degree
    3) rango: rank
    4) : year, class (in education)
    5)
    de buen grado : willingly, readily
    * * *
    grado n degree

    Spanish-English dictionary > grado

  • 40 devoir

    devoir [d(ə)vwaʀ]
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    • elle lui doit 200 € she owes him 200 euros
    • il lui doit bien cela ! it's the least he can do for him!
    • à qui doit-on la découverte du radium ? who discovered radium?
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       a. (obligation)
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    ► Lorsque devoir exprime une obligation, il se traduit généralement par to have (got) to lorsqu'il s'agit de contraintes extérieures ; notez que to have got to ne s'utilise qu'au présent. must a généralement une valeur plus impérative ; must étant défectif, on utilise to have to aux temps où il ne se conjugue pas.
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    • je ne peux pas aller au cinéma, je dois travailler I can't go to the cinema, I've got to work
    • si je rentre tard, je dois téléphoner à ma mère if I stay out late, I have to phone my mother
    • je dois téléphoner à ma mère ! I must phone my mother!
    • Martin avait promis, il devait le faire Martin had promised, so he had to do it
    • dois-je comprendre par là que... am I to understand from this that...
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    ► Lorsque devoir est au conditionnel et qu'il exprime une suggestion, il se traduit par should.
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    ► Lorsque devoir exprime une fatalité, il se traduit généralement par to be bound to.
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    • cela devait arriver ! it was bound to happen!
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    ► Lorsque devoir exprime une prévision, il est souvent traduit par to be going to.
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    • son train doit or devrait arriver dans cinq minutes his train is due to arrive in five minutes
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    ► Lorsque devoir exprime une hypothèse, il se traduit par must dans les phrases affirmatives.
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    ► Dans les phrases négatives, on utilise généralement can't.
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    3. <
    • j'en ai informé mon chef, comme il se doit I informed my boss, of course
    • on a fêté l'événement, comme il se doit and naturally, we celebrated the event
    4. <
       a. ( = obligation) duty
    • il est de mon devoir de... it is my duty to...
       b. (scolaire) ( = dissertation) essay ; ( = exercice fait en classe) exercise ; (fait à la maison) homework uncount
    • devoir surveillé or sur table written test
    * * *
    Note: Lorsque devoir est utilisé comme auxiliaire pour exprimer une obligation posée comme directive, une recommandation, une hypothèse ou un objectif, il se traduit par must suivi de l'infinitif sans to: je dois finir ma traduction aujourd'hui = I must finish my translation today; tu dois avoir faim! = you must be hungry!
    Lorsqu'il exprime une obligation imposée par les circonstances extérieures, il se traduit par to have suivi de l'infinitif: je dois me lever tous les matins à sept heures = I have to get up at seven o'clock every morning
    Les autres sens du verbe auxiliaire, et devoir verbe transitif et verbe pronominal, sont présentés ci-dessous

    I
    1. dəvwɑʀ
    verbe auxiliaire
    1) (obligation, recommandation, hypothèse)

    il a dû accepter — ( obligation) he had to accept; ( hypothèse) he must have accepted

    il doit absolument éviter l'alcool — it's imperative that he avoid alcohol, he really must avoid alcohol

    je dois dire/reconnaître que cela ne m'étonne pas — I have to ou I must say/admit I'm not surprised

    dussé-je en mourir — liter even if I die for it

    cela devait arriver — it was bound ou it had to happen


    2.
    1) ( avoir à payer) to owe [argent, repas]

    devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un — to owe something to somebody, to owe somebody something

    combien vous dois-je? — ( pour un service) how much do I owe you?; ( pour un achat) how much is it?

    devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un — to owe something to somebody, to owe somebody something


    3.
    se devoir verbe pronominal

    se devoir à quelqu'un/son pays — to have a duty to somebody/one's country


    4.
    comme il se doit locution adverbiale

    faire quelque chose/agir comme il se doit — to do something/to act in the correct way

    comme il se doit, elle est en retard! — as you might expect, she's late!


    II dəvwɑʀ
    nom masculin ( obligation morale) duty

    il est de mon devoir de — it's my duty to; École ( exercice fait en classe) test; ( fait à la maison) homework [U]

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    d(ə)vwaʀ
    1. nm
    1) (= obligation) duty

    Aller voter fait partie des devoirs du citoyen. — Voting is part of one's duty as a citizen.

    2) ÉDUCATION (à faire chez soi) piece of homework, homework no pl (à faire en classe) exercise
    2. vt
    1) (= être redevable de) [argent] to owe

    devoir qch à qn [argent, respect] — to owe sb sth

    Je lui dois de régler cette affaire le plus rapidement possible. — I owe it to him to sort this matter out as quickly as possible.

    Il doit le faire tout de suite. — He has to do it immediately., He must do it immediately.

    Je dois partir. — I've got to go., I must go.

    je devrais faire... — I ought to do..., I should do...

    Tu n'aurais pas dû... — You ought not to have..., You shouldn't have...

    Cela devait arriver un jour. — It was bound to happen some day.

    Il doit partir demain. — He is to leave tomorrow., He is due to leave tomorrow.

    Le nouveau centre commercial doit ouvrir en mai. — The new shopping centre is due to open in May.

    Il doit être tard. — It must be late.

    Tu dois être fatigué. — You must be tired.

    * * *
    I.
    A nm
    1 ( obligation morale) duty; avoir le sens du devoir to have a sense of duty; homme/femme de devoir man/woman of conscience; agir par devoir to act out of a sense of duty; faire son devoir to do one's duty; je n'ai fait que mon devoir I only did my duty;
    2 ( obligation imposée par la loi ou les convenances) duty; manquer à tous ses devoirs to fail in all one's duties; le devoir m'appelle! duty calls!; se faire un devoir de faire to make it one's duty to do; il est de mon devoir de it's my duty to; se mettre en devoir de faire qch to set about doing sth; voter est un droit, c'est aussi un devoir voting is not only a right, but also a duty; ⇒ réserve;
    3 Scol ( exercice écrit) ( fait en classe) test; ( fait à la maison) homework ¢; faire ses devoirs to do one's homework; fais tes devoirs avant d'aller jouer do your homework before going out to play; j'ai un devoir d'anglais demain I've got an English test tomorrow; j'ai un devoir à rendre pour lundi I have a piece of homework to hand in on Monday.
    B † devoirs nmpl ( hommages) respects; présenter ses devoirs à qn to pay one's respects to sb; les derniers devoirs rendus à qn the last respects paid to sb.
    devoir d'ingérence Pol duty to interfere in the affairs of another nation; devoir surveillé or sur table Scol written test; devoir de vacances holiday homework (done from workbooks).
    II.
    devoir verb table: devoir
    ❢ Lorsque devoir est utilisé comme auxiliaire pour exprimer une obligation posée comme directive, une recommandation, une hypothèse ou un objectif, il se traduit par must suivi de l'infinitif sans to: je dois finir ma traduction aujourd'hui = I must finish my translation today; tu dois avoir faim! = you must be hungry!Lorsqu'il exprime une obligation imposée par les circonstances extérieures, il se traduit par to have suivi de l'infinitif: je dois me lever tous les matins à sept heures = I have to get up at seven o'clock every morning.
    Les autres sens du verbe auxiliaire, et devoir verbe transitif et verbe pronominal, sont présentés ci-dessous.
    A v aux
    1 (obligation, recommandation, hypothèse) tu dois te brosser les dents au moins deux fois par jour you must brush your teeth at least twice a day; je dois aller travailler I've got to go to work; je devais aller travailler I had to go to work; il doit accepter he has got to accept; il a dû accepter ( obligation) he had to accept; ( hypothèse) he must have accepted; tu ne dois pas montrer du doigt! you shouldn't point!; ces mesures doivent permettre une amélioration du niveau de vie these measures should allow an improvement in the standard of living; le texte doit pouvoir être compris de tous the text should be comprehensible to everyone; il doit absolument éviter l'alcool it's imperative that he avoid alcohol, he really must avoid alcohol; je dois dire/reconnaître que cela ne m'étonne pas I have to ou I must say/admit I'm not surprised; je dois avouer que j'ai hésité I have to ou must admit I did hesitate; vous devrez être attentif à cela you'll have to ou you must watch out for that; tu devrais réfléchir avant de parler you should think before you speak; on devrait mettre cet enfant au lit this child ought to be put to bed; elle ne doit pas être fière! she must be ashamed of herself!; ils ne doivent plus lui faire confiance they can't trust him any more; je devais avoir 12 ans à ce moment-là I must have been 12 at the time; ils doivent arriver d'une minute à l'autre they're due to arrive any minute;
    2 ( être dans la nécessité de) l'entreprise va devoir fermer the company will have to close, the company is going to have to close; encore doivent-elles faire leurs preuves they still have to prove themselves; dois-je prendre un parapluie? should I take an umbrella?, do I need to take an umbrella?; dussé-je en mourir liter even if I die for it; il a cru devoir partir he felt obliged to leave;
    3 ( exprime une prévision) elles devaient en parler they were to talk about it; le contrat doit être signé à 16 heures the contract is to be signed at 4 pm; cet argent devait rester disponible this money was to have remained available; à quelle heure doit-il rentrer? what time should he be home?; à quoi doivent-ils s'attendre ensuite? what are they to expect next?; nous ne devons pas partir cet été we're not intending to go away this summer; je dois le voir demain I'll be seeing him tomorrow; je dois m'absenter prochainement I'll have to leave shortly; nous devions partir quand il s'est mis à pleuvoir we were about to leave when it started raining, we should have left but it started raining;
    4 ( exprime la fatalité) 10 ans plus tard, il devait sombrer dans la pauvreté 10 years later, he was to be found languishing in poverty; ce qui devait arriver arriva the inevitable happened; cela devait arriver it had ou it was bound to happen; nous devons tous mourir un jour we all have to die some day; elle devait mourir dans un accident de voiture she was to die in a car crash.
    B vtr
    1 ( avoir à payer) to owe [argent, repas]; devoir qch à qn to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth; il déteste devoir de l'argent he hates owing money; combien vous dois-je? ( pour un service) how much do I owe you?; ( pour un achat) how much is it?; j'ai payé la veste mais je dois encore la jupe I've paid for the jacket but I haven't paid for the skirt yet;
    2 ( être redevable de) devoir qch à qn to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth; devoir qch à qch to owe sth to sth ; il doit tout à sa femme he owes it all to his wife; je te dois d'avoir gagné it's thanks to you that I won; c'est à votre générosité que nous devons de ne pas être morts de faim it's thanks to your generosity that we didn't die of hunger; ⇒ chandelle;
    3 ( avoir une obligation morale) devoir qch à qn to owe sb sth; il me doit des excuses he owes me an apology.
    C se devoir vpr
    1 ( avoir une obligation morale) se devoir à qn/son pays to have a duty to sb/one's country; je me dois de le faire it's my duty to do it, I have a duty to do it;
    2 ( réciproquement) les époux se doivent fidélité spouses owe it to each other to be faithful;
    3 ( par convention) un homme de son rang se doit d'avoir un chauffeur a man of his standing has to have a chauffeur.
    D comme il se doit loc adv
    1 ( comme le veut l'usage) faire qch/agir comme il se doit to do sth/to act in the correct way; il plaça les convives comme il se doit he seated the guests as was proper;
    2 ( comme prévu) comme il se doit, elle est en retard! as you might expect, she's late!
    I
    [dəvwar] nom masculin
    2. [impératifs moraux] duty
    3. [tâche à accomplir] duty, obligation
    faire ou accomplir ou remplir son devoir to carry out ou to do one's duty
    ————————
    devoirs nom masculin pluriel
    ————————
    de devoir locution adjectivale
    homme/femme de devoir man/woman with a (strong) sense of duty
    ————————
    du devoir de locution prépositionnelle
    II
    [dəvwar] verbe auxiliaire
    1. [exprime l'obligation]
    il doit he has to, he needs to, he must
    dois-je être plus clair? do I need ou have to be more explicit?
    je dois admettre que... I must admit that...
    il ne doit pas he must not, he musn't
    2. [dans des conseils, des suggestions]
    il devrait he ought to, he should
    3. [indique une prévision, une intention]
    il doit m'en donner demain he's due to ou he should give me some tomorrow
    [dans le passé]
    4. [exprime une probabilité]
    il/cela doit he/it must, he's/it's got to
    il doit être fatigué he must be tired, he's probably tired
    il doit y avoir ou cela doit faire un an que je ne l'ai pas vu it must be a year since I (last) saw him
    5. [exprime l'inévitable]
    la maison où elle devait écrire "Claudine" the house where she was to write "Claudine"
    [exprime une norme]
    je l'aiderai, dussé-je aller en prison/y passer ma vie I'll help him, even if it means going to prison/devoting my life to it
    ————————
    [dəvwar] verbe transitif
    1. [avoir comme dette] to owe
    devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un to owe somebody something, to owe something to somebody
    2. [être moralement obligé de fournir]
    3. [être redevable de]
    c'est à Guimard que l'on doit cette découverte we have Guimard to thank ou we're indebted to Guimard for this discovery
    ————————
    se devoir verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)
    [avoir comme obligation mutuelle]
    les époux se doivent fidélité spouses ou husbands and wives must be faithful to each other
    ————————
    se devoir à verbe pronominal plus préposition
    ————————
    se devoir de verbe pronominal plus préposition
    tu es grand, tu te dois de donner l'exemple you're a big boy now, it's your duty to show a good example

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