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  • 4 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 During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.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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  • 5 война

    ж.

    гражда́нская война́ — civil war

    партиза́нская война́ — partisan / guer(r)illa [gə-] warfare

    Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ — the Great Patriotic war

    мирова́я война́ — world war

    морска́я война́ — naval warfare, sea war

    хими́ческая война́ — chemical / gas warfare

    возду́шная война́, война́ в во́здухе — air warfare, war in the air

    термоя́дерная война́ — thermonuclear war / warfare

    начала́сь война́ — war broke out

    объяви́ть войну́ (дт.) — declare war (on)

    вести́ войну́ (с тв.) — wage war (on / against), fight a war (against)

    находи́ться в состоя́нии войны́ (с тв.) — be at war (with)

    сража́ться на войне́ — fight in the war

    война́ с бе́дностью [нарко́тиками] — war on poverty [drugs]

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    холо́дная война́ — cold war

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > война

  • 6 борьба

    ж.
    1) (конфликт, столкновение) struggle, conflict; strife

    о́страя / ожесточённая борьба́ — bitter / fierce / violent struggle

    борьба́ противополо́жностей филос. — struggle / conflict of opposites

    кла́ссовая борьба́ полит. — the class struggle

    фракцио́нная борьба́ полит. — factional strife / struggle

    2) (с тв., про́тив рд.; преодоление противника) struggle (with, against); ( схватка) fight (with, against)

    вести́ борьбу (с тв.) — struggle (with, against); wage [carry on] a struggle (with, against)

    3) (с тв.; подавление чего-л нежелательного) struggle (with, against); effort to combat / reduce (d); war (on); тех. control

    борьба́ с бе́дностью — struggle against [war on] poverty

    борьба́ с недоста́тками — drive / effort to correct one's shortcomings

    борьба́ с авари́йностью — effort to bring down the accident rate

    борьба́ с вреди́телями с.-х. — pest control

    борьба́ с загрязне́нием (окружа́ющей среды́) — pollution control

    борьба́ с обледене́нием — ice control, deicing

    борьба́ с пожа́рами — fire-fighting

    борьба́ с шу́мом — noise control

    4) (за вн.; попытка добиться чего-л) struggle (for); ( состязание) contest (for)

    борьба́ за справедли́вость — struggle for justice

    конкуре́нтная борьба́ — competition

    5) спорт wrestling

    класси́ческая борьба́ — Graeco-Roman wrestling

    во́льная борьба́ — freestyle wrestling

    борьба́ рука́ми — arm / Indian wrestling

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    борьба́ за существова́ние биол. — struggle for existence

    борьба́ не на жизнь, а на́ смерть — a life-and-death struggle

    душе́вная борьба́ — emotional conflict

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  • 7 miseria

    f.
    1 poverty (pobreza).
    2 misfortune (desgracia).
    3 meanness.
    4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).
    5 pittance (poco dinero).
    le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing
    6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.
    7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.
    8 hardship.
    * * *
    1 (pobreza) extreme poverty
    2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness
    3 (tacañería) meanness
    4 familiar (dinero) pittance
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution
    2) (=insignificancia)
    3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess
    4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl
    * * *
    1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
    2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount
    3) ( desgracia) misfortune

    estar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)

    llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money

    * * *
    = destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.
    Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
    Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.
    Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.
    Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.
    Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.
    Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
    Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.
    ----
    * en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.
    * hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.
    * miseria absoluta = grinding misery.
    * miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.
    * pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.
    * salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.
    * vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.
    * * *
    1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
    2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount
    3) ( desgracia) misfortune

    estar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)

    llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money

    * * *
    = destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.

    Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.

    Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.
    Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.
    Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.
    Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.
    Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
    Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.
    * en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.
    * hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.
    * miseria absoluta = grinding misery.
    * miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.
    * pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.
    * salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.
    * vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.

    * * *
    A (pobreza) poverty, destitution
    vivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject poverty
    B
    (cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittance
    mira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)
    C (desgracia) misfortune
    las miserias de la guerra the miseries of war
    estar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)
    está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)
    llorar miseria(s) (CS fam); to complain about not having any money, to plead poverty
    * * *

    miseria sustantivo femenino
    1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
    2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;

    3 ( desgracia) misfortune;

    miseria sustantivo femenino
    1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
    2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
    3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
    ' miseria' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sordidez
    - villa
    English:
    bread line
    - chicken
    - misery
    - peanut
    - penury
    - pittance
    - plunge
    - poverty
    - squalor
    - starvation
    - untold
    - wake
    - want
    - wretchedness
    - abject
    - down
    - shantytown
    * * *
    1. [pobreza] poverty;
    viven en la miseria they live in poverty
    2. [desgracia]
    las miserias de la guerra the hardships of war
    3. [tacañería] meanness
    4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness
    5. [poco dinero] pittance;
    le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;
    CSur Fam
    llorar miseria to plead poverty
    6. Comp
    RP Fam
    a la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;
    después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead
    * * *
    f
    1 poverty
    2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery
    * * *
    1) pobreza: poverty
    2) : misery, suffering
    3) : pittance, meager amount
    * * *
    miseria n (pobreza) poverty

    Spanish-English dictionary > miseria

  • 8 luchar

    v.
    1 to fight.
    luchar contra to fight (against)
    luchar por to fight for
    2 to fight against.
    Nos luchó la aldea vecina The neighboring village fought against us.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to fight
    2 DEPORTE to wrestle
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VI
    1) (=combatir) to fight; (=esforzarse) to struggle ( por algo for sth)

    luchar con o contra algo/algn — to fight (against) sth/sb

    luchaba con los mandos — he was struggling o wrestling with the controls

    2) (Dep) to wrestle ( con with)
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) (combatir, pelear) to fight
    b) ( para conseguir algo) to struggle, fight
    c) ( lidiar) to wrestle, struggle
    2) (Dep) to wrestle
    * * *
    = fight, grapple, struggle, battle, campaign, wage, fight back.
    Ex. This article deals with the cultural elitism implicit in a willingness to fight censorship of books but not videos.
    Ex. For some groups it is entirely unreasonable to expect them to grapple with the full 638 pages of AACR2.
    Ex. Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.
    Ex. Instead we find ourselves battling to maintain the status quo and not end up with a worse mess than AACR1 and superimposition.
    Ex. Libraries must campaign more actively for funds.
    Ex. It is as if libraries find themselves once again mired down in the bureaucratic information policy firefights waged during the Reagan and Bush administrations (1980-1992).
    Ex. In the meanwhile, librarians could fight back by means of their chequebooks but need to be alert to the strategies by which vendors could take over their functions.
    ----
    * comenzar a luchar contra = begin + war on.
    * luchar a brazo partido = fight + tooth and nail.
    * luchar a muerte = fight to + death, get into + a fight to the death.
    * luchar con = grapple with, wrestle with.
    * luchar con el ausentismo = combat + absenteeism.
    * luchar con los efectos adversos de = combat + the effects of.
    * luchar contra = combat, contend with, turn + the tide on, brave.
    * luchar contra corriente = labour + against the grain.
    * luchar contra el absentismo = combat + absenteeism.
    * luchar contra el analfabetismo = fight + illiteracy.
    * luchar contra el fraude = combat + fraud.
    * luchar contra el racismo = combat + racism.
    * luchar contra la delincuencia = take + a bite out of crime.
    * luchar contra la inflación = combat + inflation, fight + inflation.
    * luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.
    * luchar contra los elementos = brave + the elements.
    * luchar contra molinos = tilt against/at + windmills.
    * luchar contra un fuego = fight + fire.
    * luchar con uñas y dientes = fight + tooth and nail.
    * luchar cuerpo a cuerpo = clinch.
    * luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle.
    * luchar hasta el final = battle + it out, fight until + the end.
    * luchar hasta la muerte = fight to + death.
    * luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.
    * luchar por = crusade for, war (over), battle + it out for, scramble.
    * luchar por la justicia = fight for + justice.
    * luchar por la supremacía = battle for + supremacy.
    * luchar por los derechos = campaign for + rights.
    * luchar por una buena causa = fight + the good fight.
    * luchar por una causa = champion + cause.
    * luchar por una causa perdida = fight + a losing battle.
    * luchar una batalla perdida = fight + a losing battle.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) (combatir, pelear) to fight
    b) ( para conseguir algo) to struggle, fight
    c) ( lidiar) to wrestle, struggle
    2) (Dep) to wrestle
    * * *
    = fight, grapple, struggle, battle, campaign, wage, fight back.

    Ex: This article deals with the cultural elitism implicit in a willingness to fight censorship of books but not videos.

    Ex: For some groups it is entirely unreasonable to expect them to grapple with the full 638 pages of AACR2.
    Ex: Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.
    Ex: Instead we find ourselves battling to maintain the status quo and not end up with a worse mess than AACR1 and superimposition.
    Ex: Libraries must campaign more actively for funds.
    Ex: It is as if libraries find themselves once again mired down in the bureaucratic information policy firefights waged during the Reagan and Bush administrations (1980-1992).
    Ex: In the meanwhile, librarians could fight back by means of their chequebooks but need to be alert to the strategies by which vendors could take over their functions.
    * comenzar a luchar contra = begin + war on.
    * luchar a brazo partido = fight + tooth and nail.
    * luchar a muerte = fight to + death, get into + a fight to the death.
    * luchar con = grapple with, wrestle with.
    * luchar con el ausentismo = combat + absenteeism.
    * luchar con los efectos adversos de = combat + the effects of.
    * luchar contra = combat, contend with, turn + the tide on, brave.
    * luchar contra corriente = labour + against the grain.
    * luchar contra el absentismo = combat + absenteeism.
    * luchar contra el analfabetismo = fight + illiteracy.
    * luchar contra el fraude = combat + fraud.
    * luchar contra el racismo = combat + racism.
    * luchar contra la delincuencia = take + a bite out of crime.
    * luchar contra la inflación = combat + inflation, fight + inflation.
    * luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.
    * luchar contra los elementos = brave + the elements.
    * luchar contra molinos = tilt against/at + windmills.
    * luchar contra un fuego = fight + fire.
    * luchar con uñas y dientes = fight + tooth and nail.
    * luchar cuerpo a cuerpo = clinch.
    * luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle.
    * luchar hasta el final = battle + it out, fight until + the end.
    * luchar hasta la muerte = fight to + death.
    * luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.
    * luchar por = crusade for, war (over), battle + it out for, scramble.
    * luchar por la justicia = fight for + justice.
    * luchar por la supremacía = battle for + supremacy.
    * luchar por los derechos = campaign for + rights.
    * luchar por una buena causa = fight + the good fight.
    * luchar por una causa = champion + cause.
    * luchar por una causa perdida = fight + a losing battle.
    * luchar una batalla perdida = fight + a losing battle.

    * * *
    luchar [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 (combatir, pelear) to fight
    lucharemos contra los invasores we shall fight the invaders
    luchar cuerpo a cuerpo to fight hand to hand
    2 (para conseguir algo, superar un problema) to struggle, fight
    lucharon por la paz they fought for peace
    luchó valientemente contra la enfermedad he struggled o fought bravely against his illness
    ha luchado mucho para salir adelante en la vida he has struggled hard to get on in life
    3 (lidiar, batallar) to wrestle, struggle luchar CON algo; ‹con maletas/bultos› to wrestle o struggle WITH sth
    B ( Dep) to wrestle
    * * *

     

    luchar ( conjugate luchar) verbo intransitivo
    a) (combatir, pelear) to fight



    luchar por la paz to fight for peace
    c) ( batallar) luchar con algo ‹ con problema› to wrestle with sth

    d) (Dep) to wrestle

    luchar verbo transitivo to fight wrestle
    ♦ Locuciones: luchar con uñas y dientes, to fight nail and tooth
    ' luchar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arena
    - batirse
    - disputarse
    - pelear
    - pelearse
    - batallar
    - competir
    - desesperación
    - desmayo
    - patria
    - pugnar
    - pujar
    English:
    antihistamine
    - antipollution
    - battle
    - combat
    - contest
    - desperately
    - escape
    - fight
    - flounder
    - slog out
    - struggle
    - together
    - wildly
    - wrestle
    - forth
    - strive
    * * *
    luchar vi
    1. [combatir físicamente] to fight;
    luchar contra to fight (against)
    2. [enfrentarse] to fight;
    luchar contra to fight (against);
    luchar por to fight for
    3. [esforzarse] to struggle;
    llevo todo el día luchando con esta traducción I've been struggling o battling with this translation all day long;
    tuvieron que luchar mucho para sacar a su familia adelante they had to struggle hard to provide for their family
    4. [en deporte] to wrestle
    * * *
    v/i fight ( por for); fig
    fight, struggle ( por for)
    * * *
    luchar vi
    1) : to fight, to struggle
    2) : to wrestle
    * * *
    luchar vb
    1. to fight [pt. & pp. fought]
    2. (de lucha libre) to wrestle

    Spanish-English dictionary > luchar

  • 9 voto

    m.
    1 vote.
    tres votos a favor/en contra three votes in favor/against
    pide el voto para el partido conservador she's asking people to vote for the conservative party
    voto afirmativo vote in favor
    voto en blanco unmarked ballot
    voto de calidad casting vote
    voto de castigo vote against one's own party
    voto de censura vote of no confidence
    voto de confianza vote of confidence
    voto por correspondencia o correo postal vote
    voto a favor vote in favor
    voto nulo spoiled ballot
    voto secreto secret ballot
    voto útil tactical voting
    2 vow (religion).
    hacer voto de to vow to
    voto de castidad/pobreza/silencio vow of chastity/poverty/silence
    3 prayer, plea (ruego).
    hacer votos por to pray for
    votos de felicidad best wishes
    4 wish.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: votar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) vote
    2 RELIGIÓN vow
    3 (deseo) wish
    4 (blasfemia) curse, oath
    \
    formular votos por el éxito de / hacer votos por el éxito de to express one's wishes for the success of
    hacer voto de castidad to take a vow of chastity
    por mayoría de votos by a majority vote
    tener voto to have the right to vote
    no tener ni voz ni voto to have no say in the matter
    derecho al voto the right to vote
    voto de censura vote of no confidence
    voto de confianza vote of confidence
    voto de silencio vow of silence
    voto por correo postal vote
    voto secreto secret ballot
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) vote
    2) vow
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Pol) vote

    dar su voto — to cast one's vote, give one's vote (a for)

    voto de censura — vote of censure, vote of no confidence

    voto secreto — secret vote, secret ballot

    2) (Rel) (=promesa) vow; (=ofrenda) ex voto

    hacer voto de — [+ infin] to take a vow to [+ infin]

    3) (=juramento) oath, curse; (=palabrota) swearword
    4) pl votos (=deseos) wishes, good wishes

    hacer votos por el restablecimiento de algn — to wish sb a quick recovery, hope that sb will get well soon

    hago votos para que se remedie pronto — I pray that it will be speedily put right, I earnestly hope that something will soon be done about it

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de elector) vote

    el electorado emite hoy su voto — (period) the electorate will go to the polls today

    votos a favor/en contra — votes for/against

    b) ( votación) vote

    por voto a mano alzada — on o by a show of hands

    c) ( derecho) vote
    2) (Relig) vow
    * * *
    = ballot, vote, vow.
    Ex. The board consists of seven members elected by popular ballot for three-year terms.
    Ex. The councilor with the most votes becomes mayor, a position that confers little beyond title and gavel.
    Ex. This type of attitude is tantamount to a vow to never again patronize the offending library.
    ----
    * conceder el derecho al voto = enfranchise.
    * con derecho a voto = eligible to vote.
    * dar un voto de confianza = give + Nombre + some latitude.
    * derecho al voto = suffrage, voting rights, right to vote, the.
    * derecho a voto = voting rights, suffrage, right to vote, the.
    * derecho de voto = suffrage, voting rights, right to vote, the.
    * emitir + Posesivo + voto = cast + Posesivo + vote.
    * emitir un voto = cast + ballot, take + vote.
    * escrutador de votos = scrutineer.
    * ganador de votos = vote-getter.
    * no tener ni voz ni voto en = have + no say in.
    * renovar los votos = renew + Posesivo + vows.
    * tener voto sobre = have + a say in.
    * voto de censura = vote of no confidence.
    * voto decisivo = deciding vote, casting vote.
    * voto de confianza = vote of confidence, public trust.
    * voto mediante representación = proxy vote.
    * voto popular, el = popular vote, the.
    * voto por correo = postal ballot.
    * voto secreto = secret ballot.
    * voto unánime = unanimous vote.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de elector) vote

    el electorado emite hoy su voto — (period) the electorate will go to the polls today

    votos a favor/en contra — votes for/against

    b) ( votación) vote

    por voto a mano alzada — on o by a show of hands

    c) ( derecho) vote
    2) (Relig) vow
    * * *
    = ballot, vote, vow.

    Ex: The board consists of seven members elected by popular ballot for three-year terms.

    Ex: The councilor with the most votes becomes mayor, a position that confers little beyond title and gavel.
    Ex: This type of attitude is tantamount to a vow to never again patronize the offending library.
    * conceder el derecho al voto = enfranchise.
    * con derecho a voto = eligible to vote.
    * dar un voto de confianza = give + Nombre + some latitude.
    * derecho al voto = suffrage, voting rights, right to vote, the.
    * derecho a voto = voting rights, suffrage, right to vote, the.
    * derecho de voto = suffrage, voting rights, right to vote, the.
    * emitir + Posesivo + voto = cast + Posesivo + vote.
    * emitir un voto = cast + ballot, take + vote.
    * escrutador de votos = scrutineer.
    * ganador de votos = vote-getter.
    * no tener ni voz ni voto en = have + no say in.
    * renovar los votos = renew + Posesivo + vows.
    * tener voto sobre = have + a say in.
    * voto de censura = vote of no confidence.
    * voto decisivo = deciding vote, casting vote.
    * voto de confianza = vote of confidence, public trust.
    * voto mediante representación = proxy vote.
    * voto popular, el = popular vote, the.
    * voto por correo = postal ballot.
    * voto secreto = secret ballot.
    * voto unánime = unanimous vote.

    * * *
    A
    miles de electores emiten hoy su voto ( period); thousands of people will be casting their vote o will be voting today
    votos afirmativos/negativos votes in favor/against
    votos a favor/en contra votes for/against
    voto de una mayoría calificada (UE) qualified majority voting
    se decidió por voto secreto it was decided by secret ballot o vote
    por voto a mano alzada on o by a show of hands
    el derecho al voto the right to vote
    Compuestos:
    voice vote
    casting vote, tiebreaker ( AmE)
    protest vote
    vote of no confidence
    vote of confidence
    sympathy vote
    blank o spoiled ballot paper
    voice vote ( in US)
    postal vote, absentee ballot ( AmE)
    ● voto táctico or útil
    tactical vote
    B (derecho) vote
    las mujeres no tenían voto en aquella época at that time women didn't have the vote o the right to vote
    C ( Relig) vow
    hacer los votos solemnes to take solemn vows
    Compuestos:
    vow of chastity
    vow of obedience
    vow of poverty
    D ( frml)
    (expresión de un deseo): hacemos votos por su pronto restablecimiento we wish him a speedy recovery, we hope he recovers quickly
    hago votos para que logren su propósito I sincerely hope you achieve your goal
    con mis mejores votos de felicidad para el futuro with best wishes for your future happiness
    * * *

    Del verbo votar: ( conjugate votar)

    voto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    votó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    votar    
    voto
    votar ( conjugate votar) verbo intransitivo
    to vote;
    voto por algo/algn to vote for sth/sb;
    voto a favor de/en contra de algo to vote for/against sth
    verbo transitivo ‹ candidato› to vote for;
    ‹reforma/aumento› to approve, vote to approve
    voto sustantivo masculino
    1 ( en general) vote;
    ◊ voto secreto secret ballot o vote;

    por voto a mano alzada by a show of hands;
    voto de confianza/censura vote of confidence/no confidence;
    voto en blanco blank ballot paper;
    voto por correo postal vote, absentee ballot (AmE)
    2 (Relig) vow;

    votar
    I verbo intransitivo to vote
    votar por correo, to vote by post
    II verbo transitivo to vote: votó al partido X, he voted for the X party
    voto sustantivo masculino
    1 Pol vote
    tener (derecho a) voz y voto, to have the right to vote
    derecho de voto, right to vote
    cinco votos a favor y un voto en contra, fives votes for o in favour and one vote against
    Parl (en caso de empate de votos) voto de calidad, casting vote
    voto de castigo, protest vote
    voto en blanco, blank ballot-paper
    voto nulo, spoiled ballot-paper
    voto secreto, secret ballot o vote
    2 Rel vow
    voto de castidad, vow of chastity
    hacer votos por alguien o algo, to pray for, to wish
    ' voto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    afirmativa
    - afirmativo
    - bloque
    - derecha
    - desplazarse
    - ejercer
    - oposición
    - refrendar
    - urna
    - votar
    - votación
    - voz
    - decisivo
    - derecho
    - emitir
    - nulo
    - por
    - sufragio
    English:
    ballot paper
    - canvassing
    - cast
    - deciding
    - floating
    - franchise
    - nineteenth
    - no
    - popular
    - say
    - solid
    - vote
    - voting booth
    - voting paper
    - vow
    - disenfranchise
    * * *
    voto nm
    1. [en elección] vote;
    tres votos a favor/en contra three votes in favour/against;
    personas con derecho a voto those with the right to vote;
    tiene más del 20 por ciento de la intención de voto he has the support of more than 20 percent of people intending to vote;
    pide el voto para el partido conservador she's asking people to vote for the conservative party
    voto afirmativo vote in favour;
    voto en blanco unmarked ballot;
    voto de calidad casting vote;
    voto de castigo vote against one's own party;
    voto cautivo captive vote;
    voto de censura vote of no confidence;
    voto de confianza vote of confidence;
    voto por correo postal vote;
    voto nulo spoilt ballot;
    voto secreto secret ballot;
    voto útil tactical voting
    2. [derecho a votar]
    el voto the vote;
    obtuvieron el voto tras la guerra they got the vote after the war;
    tener voto to have a vote
    3. Rel vow;
    hacer voto de to vow to
    voto de castidad vow of chastity;
    voto de pobreza vow of poverty;
    voto de silencio vow of silence
    4. [ruego] prayer, plea;
    hacer votos por to pray for;
    hago votos por su pronta recuperación I wish him a speedy recovery;
    votos de felicidad best wishes
    5. Chile, Cuba, Méx, RP [papeleta electoral] ballot paper
    * * *
    m
    1 POL vote
    2
    :
    votos pl REL vows
    3
    :
    hacemos votos por su recuperación fml we are hoping for his recovery
    * * *
    voto nm
    1) : vote
    2) : vow (in religion)
    3) votos nmpl
    : good wishes
    * * *
    voto n vote

    Spanish-English dictionary > voto

  • 10 hambre

    f.
    1 hunger (apetito).
    tener hambre to be hungry
    matar el hambre to satisfy one's hunger
    morir o morirse de hambre to be starving, to be dying of hunger (literalmente) to be starving (tener mucha hambre)
    pasar hambre to starve
    hambre canina ravenous hunger
    2 famine (epidemia).
    * * *
    (Takes el in singular)
    1 hunger, starvation, famine
    \
    entretener el hambre figurado to stave off hunger
    hambre y sed de justicia figurado hunger and thirst for justice
    matar de hambre a alguien to starve somebody to death
    matar el hambre figurado to stave off hunger
    morirse de hambre to die of starvation, be starving
    pasar hambre to be hungry, go hungry
    ser más listo,-a que el hambre figurado to be a cunning devil
    ser un,-a muerto,-a de hambre peyorativo to be a good-for-nothing
    tener hambre to be hungry
    salario de hambre starvation wages plural
    * * *
    noun f.
    •
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=necesidad de comer) hunger

    • estar con hambre — to be hungry

    vengo con mucha hambre — I'm terribly hungry, I'm starving *

    • dar hambre a algn — to make sb hungry

    • entrar hambre, me está entrando hambre — I'm starting to feel hungry, I'm getting hungry

    • matar de hambre a algn — to starve sb to death

    • morir de hambre — to die of hunger, starve to death

    • padecer o pasar hambre — to go hungry

    • quedarse con hambre, se han quedado con hambre — they are still hungry

    • tener hambre — to be hungry

    tener un hambre canina o de lobo — to be ravenous, be ravenously hungry

    muerto, salario
    2) (=escasez general) famine
    3) (=deseo)

    tener hambre de justicia/triunfos — to be hungry for justice/victory

    * * *
    femenino‡
    1)
    a) ( sensación) hunger

    me muero de hambre — (fam) I'm starving (colloq)

    matar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going; ser más listo que el hambre (fam) to be razor sharp (colloq); tengo/tiene un hambre canina I/he could eat a horse (colloq); a buen hambre no hay pan duro — beggars can't be choosers

    2) (liter) (ansia, deseo)
    * * *
    = starvation, hunger.
    Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.
    Ex. This article highlights bibliometrically the degree of fit between the national research effort and the social aim of agriculture, (to prevent hunger and poverty).
    ----
    * con hambre de poder = power-hungry.
    * con un poco de hambre = peckish.
    * despertar el hambre = work up + an appetite.
    * engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.
    * entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.
    * estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.
    * huelga de hambre = hunger strike.
    * juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.
    * más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
    * más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
    * matar de hambre = starve to + death.
    * morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.
    * morirse de hambre = starve.
    * muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.
    * padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.
    * pan para hoy y hambre para mañana = rob Peter to pay Paul.
    * pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger, go + hungry, starve.
    * retortijón de hambre = hunger pang, pang of hunger.
    * sentir hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.
    * tener hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.
    * tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.
    * * *
    femenino‡
    1)
    a) ( sensación) hunger

    me muero de hambre — (fam) I'm starving (colloq)

    matar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going; ser más listo que el hambre (fam) to be razor sharp (colloq); tengo/tiene un hambre canina I/he could eat a horse (colloq); a buen hambre no hay pan duro — beggars can't be choosers

    2) (liter) (ansia, deseo)
    * * *
    = starvation, hunger.

    Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.

    Ex: This article highlights bibliometrically the degree of fit between the national research effort and the social aim of agriculture, (to prevent hunger and poverty).
    * con hambre de poder = power-hungry.
    * con un poco de hambre = peckish.
    * despertar el hambre = work up + an appetite.
    * engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.
    * entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.
    * estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.
    * huelga de hambre = hunger strike.
    * juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.
    * más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
    * más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
    * matar de hambre = starve to + death.
    * morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.
    * morirse de hambre = starve.
    * muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.
    * padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.
    * pan para hoy y hambre para mañana = rob Peter to pay Paul.
    * pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger, go + hungry, starve.
    * retortijón de hambre = hunger pang, pang of hunger.
    * sentir hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.
    * tener hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.
    * tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.

    * * *
    f‡
    A
    1 (sensación) hunger
    tengo hambre I'm hungry
    tengo hambre de algo dulce ( fam); I feel like something sweet
    pasamos un hambre horrible ( fam); we were starving ( colloq)
    el ejercicio da hambre exercise makes you hungry
    me muero de hambre or tengo un hambre que me muero I'm starving ( colloq)
    allí la gente se muere de hambre people are starving to death there
    matar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going o to stop him feeling hungry o ( colloq) to keep the wolf from the door
    se ha juntado el hambre con las ganas de comer or se juntaron el hambre y las ganas de comer ( hum); one is as bad as the other, they're two of a kind, they're a right pair ( colloq)
    ser más listo que el hambre ( fam); to be razor sharp ( colloq)
    tengo/tiene un hambre canina I'm/he's ravenous, I/he could eat a horse ( colloq)
    a buen hambre no hay pan duro or ( RPl) cuando hay hambre no hay pan duro or ( Col) a buen hambre no hay mal pan beggars can't be choosers
    muerto2 (↑ muerto (2))
    2
    (como problema): el hambre hunger
    una campaña contra el hambre a campaign against hunger
    pagan sueldos de hambre they pay starvation wages
    B ( liter) (ansia, deseo) hambre DE algo:
    tienen hambre de justicia they hunger for o after justice
    su insaciable hambre de riqueza/poder his insatiable desire o hunger for wealth/power
    su hambre de cariño her hunger o longing for affection
    * * *

     

    hambre feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular


    pasar hambre to go hungry;
    morirse de hambre to starve to death;
    me muero de hambre (fam) I'm starving (colloq)


    hambre sustantivo femenino
    1 (apetito) hunger: tengo mucha hambre, I'm very hungry
    2 (inanición) starvation: miles de personas mueren de hambre, thousands of people are starving
    (mal, desgracia) famine: el hambre asola el país, famine is ravaging the country
    3 fig (deseo intenso) hunger: tiene hambre de victoria, she's hungering for victory o she's thirsty for victory
    ♦ Locuciones: ser más listo que el hambre, to be as smart as they come
    se juntaron el hambre y las ganas de comer, they are one and alike
    ' hambre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abalanzarse
    - aguzar
    - canina
    - canino
    - consigo
    - de
    - desfallecer
    - el
    - engañar
    - feroz
    - gana
    - huelga
    - impasible
    - matar
    - morir
    - morirse
    - muerta
    - muerto
    - no
    - paliar
    - quitar
    - saciar
    - secuela
    - solitaria
    - tener
    - aplacar
    - bárbaro
    - bestial
    - calmar
    - consumido
    - entrar
    - horroroso
    - insatisfecho
    - mucho
    - padecer
    - pobre
    - sentir
    - un
    English:
    be
    - bet
    - expect
    - famine
    - famished
    - how
    - hunger
    - hunger strike
    - hungry
    - pang
    - peckish
    - ravenous
    - starvation
    - starve
    - starving
    - strike
    - feel
    - go
    - half-
    - horse
    - stricken
    - subsistence
    * * *
    1. [apetito] hunger;
    [inanición] starvation;
    tener hambre to be hungry;
    me ha entrado hambre I'm starting to feel hungry, I'm getting hungry;
    prepara una buena cena, que venimos con hambre make sure there's plenty for dinner because we'll be hungry when we arrive;
    me voy a tomar un yogur para entretener o [m5] engañar el hambre I'm going to have a yoghurt to keep me going (until my next meal);
    matar el hambre to satisfy one's hunger;
    Fig
    nos mataban de hambre they had us on a starvation diet;
    morir o [m5] morirse de hambre [literalmente] to be starving, to be dying of hunger;
    [tener mucha hambre] to be starving;
    pasar hambre to starve;
    durante la posguerra, la población pasó mucha hambre in the years after the war, people often went hungry;
    me he quedado con hambre I'm still hungry;
    se juntan el hambre con las ganas de comer it's one thing on top of another;
    ser más listo que el hambre to be nobody's fool;
    a buen hambre no hay pan duro, RP [m5] cuando hay hambre no hay pan duro [de comida] hunger is the best sauce;
    [de mujeres, placeres] beggars can't be choosers hambre canina ravenous hunger
    2. [problema] famine;
    el problema del hambre en la región the problem of famine in the area;
    una campaña contra el hambre a campaign against hunger
    3. [deseo]
    hambre de hunger o thirst for;
    se destaca por su hambre de justicia his hunger for justice sets him apart;
    su hambre de poder es insaciable his hunger o thirst for power is insatiable
    * * *
    f hunger;
    tener hambre be hungry;
    pasar hambre be starving;
    morirse de hambre fig be starving;
    ser un muerto de hambre be on the bread line; en relaciones have no luck with the opposite sex
    * * *
    hambre nf
    1) : hunger
    2) : starvation
    3)
    tener hambre : to be hungry
    4)
    dar hambre : to make hungry
    * * *
    También existen los términos starvation que se refiere al sufrimiento o a la muerte provocados por el hambre y famine que es la falta extrema de alimentos que afecta a un gran número de personas
    se murió de hambre she starved to death / she died of starvation
    ¿tienes hambre? are you hungry?

    Spanish-English dictionary > hambre

  • 11 muerto

    adj.
    1 dead, deceased, defunct, demised.
    2 dead, asleep, benumbed, numbed.
    3 dead-like, slothful, sluggish.
    4 dead, without electricity.
    5 discharged, without charge.
    f. & m.
    1 dead person, corpse, dead man.
    2 speed ramp, sleeping policeman.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: morir.
    * * *
    1 familiar drag, bore
    ————————
    1→ link=morir morir
    1 (sin vida) dead; (sin actividad) lifeless
    2 familiar (cansado) tired, worn out
    3 (marchito) faded, withered
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 dead person (cadáver) corpse
    2 (víctima) victim
    1 familiar drag, bore
    \
    dejar muerto,-a a alguien familiar (de cansancio) to finish somebody off 2 (de asombro) to leave somebody dumbfounded
    caer muerto,-a to drop dead
    cargar con el muerto to be left holding the baby
    cargarle el muerto a alguien to pass the buck to somebody
    hacer el muerto (en el agua) to float on one's back
    hacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead
    'Muerto en combate' "Killed in action"
    no tener dónde caerse muerto,-a not to have a penny to one's name
    ser un/una muerto,-a de hambre to be a good-for-nothing
    ¡tus muertos! tabú up yours!
    medio muerto,-a half-dead
    * * *
    1. (f. - muerta)
    adj.
    2. (f. - muerta)
    noun
    * * *
    muerto, -a
    1.
    PP de morir
    2. ADJ
    1) [persona, animal] dead

    • muerto en acción o campaña — killed in action

    • dar por muerto a algn — to give sb up for dead

    • ser muerto a tiros — to be shot, be shot dead

    • vivo o muerto — dead or alive

    - estar muerto y enterrado
    ángulo, cal, lengua, marea, naturaleza, punto, tiempo, vía
    2) * [para exagerar]
    a) (=cansado) dead tired *, ready to drop *

    después del viaje estábamos muertos — we were dead tired o ready to drop after the journey *

    b) (=sin animación) dead
    c)

    • estar muerto de algo, estaba muerto de la envidia — I was green with envy

    me voy a la cama, que estoy muerta de sueño — I'm going to bed, I'm dead tired *

    estoy muerta de cansancio — I'm dead tired o dog tired *, I'm ready to drop *

    • estar muerto de risa — [persona] to laugh one's head off, kill o.s. laughing; [casa] to be going to rack and ruin; Esp [ropa] to be gathering dust

    estaba muerto de risa con sus chistes — I laughed my head off at his jokes, I killed myself laughing at his jokes

    3) (=relajado) [brazo, mano] limp
    4) (=apagado) [color] dull
    3. SM / F
    1) (=persona muerta)
    [en accidente, guerra]

    ¿ha habido muertos en el accidente? — was anyone killed in the accident?

    el conflicto ha causado 45.000 muertos — the conflict has caused 45,000 deaths o the deaths of 45,000 people

    el número de muertos va en aumento — the death toll o the number of deaths is rising

    • doblar a muerto — to toll the death knell

    • los muertos — the dead

    • tocar a muerto — to toll the death knell

    ni muerto * —

    resucitar a un muerto —

    esta sopa resucita a un muerto — hum this soup really hits the spot *

    2) * (=cadáver) body

    • hacer el muerto — to float

    ¿sabes hacer el muerto boca arriba? — can you float on your back?

    • hacerse el muerto — to pretend to be dead

    4. SM
    1) * (=tarea pesada) drag *

    ¡vaya muerto que nos ha caído encima! — Esp what a drag! *

    lo siento, pero te ha tocado a ti el muerto de decírselo al jefe — I'm sorry, but you've drawn the short straw - you've got to tell the boss

    ese muerto yo no me lo cargo, yo soy inocente — I'm not taking the blame o rap *, I'm innocent

    a mí no me cargas tú ese muerto, yo no tengo nada que ver en este asunto — don't try and pin the blame on me, I've got nothing to do with this

    2) (Naipes) dummy
    DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS 2 November, All Souls' Day, called the Día de los Muertos elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world and Día de los Difuntos in Spain, is the day when Christians throughout the Spanish-speaking world traditionally honour their dead. In Mexico the festivities are particularly spectacular with a week-long festival, starting on 1 November, in which Christian and ancient pagan customs are married. 1 November itself is for children who have died, while 2 November is set aside for adults. Families meet to take food, flowers and sweets in the shape of skeletons, coffins and crosses to the graves of their loved ones. In Spain people celebrate the Día de los Difuntos by taking flowers to the cemetery. 20-N N 20-N is commonly used as shorthand to refer to the anniversary of General Franco's death on 20 November 1975. Every year supporters of the far right hold a commemorative rally in Madrid's Plaza de Oriente, the scene of many of Franco's speeches to the people.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR]
    a) <persona/animal/planta> dead

    muerto y enterrado — dead and buried, over and done with (colloq)

    ni muerto or muerta — no way (colloq), no chance (colloq)

    b) (fam) ( cansado) dead beat (colloq)
    c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo)

    muerto DE algo: estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq); estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq); muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa — he was laughing his head off

    2) (como pp) (period)
    3)
    a) <pueblo/zona> dead, lifeless
    b) ( inerte) limp
    c) <carretera/camino> disused
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino

    lo juro por mis muertos — (fam) I swear on my mother's grave

    cargar con el muerto — (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work

    2) muerto masculino ( en naipes) dummy
    * * *
    = dead, deceased, dulled, dead and buried, dead and gone.
    Ex. The newcomer to the subject may be forgiven for concluding that the concept of post-coordinate indexing is dead.
    Ex. Deceased persons of high renown in these fields will also be included.
    Ex. Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.
    Ex. The article 'Is horror dead and buried?' discusses the current state of the horror fiction market, and how predictions of its collapse have failed to materialize.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Who's gonna take out the garbage when I'm dead and gone? New roles for leaders'.
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    * ángulo muerto = blind spot.
    * bebé que nace muerto = stillbirth [still-birth].
    * caerse muerto = drop + dead.
    * cargar el muerto = pass + the bucket.
    * causar muertos = take + a toll on life.
    * comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.
    * cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.
    * dado por muerto = presumed dead.
    * declarar muerto = declare + dead, pronounce + dead.
    * doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.
    * el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.
    * estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.
    * estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.
    * estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.
    * estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.
    * fingir estar muerto = feign + death.
    * hacerle una paja a un muerto = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * hacerse el muerto = play + possum, play + dead.
    * hombre muerto = goner.
    * lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.
    * manuscritos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.
    * Mar Muerto, el = Dead Sea, the.
    * más que muerto = dead and buried.
    * materia muerta = dead matter, inanimate matter.
    * muerto de cansancio = tired to death.
    * muerto de curiosidad = agog.
    * muerto de frío = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).
    * muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.
    * muerto en combate = killed in action.
    * muerto en vida = living dead.
    * muertos, los = slain, the, dead, the.
    * muerto viviente = living dead.
    * muerto y bien muerto = dead and buried.
    * nacido muerto = stillborn.
    * ¡ni muerto! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.
    * no acercarse a Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no hacer Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.
    * número de muertos = death toll.
    * oler a perros muertos = stink to + high heaven.
    * pasar el muerto = pass + the bucket.
    * punto muerto = stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.
    * resucitar a los muertos = raise + the dead.
    * revista muerta = inactive journal.
    * rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.
    * supuestamente muerto = presumed dead.
    * tema muerto = dead issue.
    * tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).
    * tiempo muerto = downtime, time out.
    * tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.
    * trabajar hasta caer muerto = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR]
    a) <persona/animal/planta> dead

    muerto y enterrado — dead and buried, over and done with (colloq)

    ni muerto or muerta — no way (colloq), no chance (colloq)

    b) (fam) ( cansado) dead beat (colloq)
    c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo)

    muerto DE algo: estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq); estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq); muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa — he was laughing his head off

    2) (como pp) (period)
    3)
    a) <pueblo/zona> dead, lifeless
    b) ( inerte) limp
    c) <carretera/camino> disused
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino

    lo juro por mis muertos — (fam) I swear on my mother's grave

    cargar con el muerto — (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work

    2) muerto masculino ( en naipes) dummy
    * * *
    = dead, deceased, dulled, dead and buried, dead and gone.

    Ex: The newcomer to the subject may be forgiven for concluding that the concept of post-coordinate indexing is dead.

    Ex: Deceased persons of high renown in these fields will also be included.
    Ex: Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.
    Ex: The article 'Is horror dead and buried?' discusses the current state of the horror fiction market, and how predictions of its collapse have failed to materialize.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Who's gonna take out the garbage when I'm dead and gone? New roles for leaders'.
    * ángulo muerto = blind spot.
    * bebé que nace muerto = stillbirth [still-birth].
    * caerse muerto = drop + dead.
    * cargar el muerto = pass + the bucket.
    * causar muertos = take + a toll on life.
    * comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.
    * cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.
    * dado por muerto = presumed dead.
    * declarar muerto = declare + dead, pronounce + dead.
    * doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.
    * el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.
    * estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.
    * estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.
    * estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.
    * estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.
    * fingir estar muerto = feign + death.
    * hacerle una paja a un muerto = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * hacerse el muerto = play + possum, play + dead.
    * hombre muerto = goner.
    * lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.
    * manuscritos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.
    * Mar Muerto, el = Dead Sea, the.
    * más que muerto = dead and buried.
    * materia muerta = dead matter, inanimate matter.
    * mosquita muerta = butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
    * muerto de cansancio = tired to death.
    * muerto de curiosidad = agog.
    * muerto de frío = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).
    * muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.
    * muerto en combate = killed in action.
    * muerto en vida = living dead.
    * muertos, los = slain, the, dead, the.
    * muerto viviente = living dead.
    * muerto y bien muerto = dead and buried.
    * nacido muerto = stillborn.
    * ¡ni muerto! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.
    * no acercarse a Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no hacer Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.
    * número de muertos = death toll.
    * oler a perros muertos = stink to + high heaven.
    * pasar el muerto = pass + the bucket.
    * punto muerto = stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.
    * resucitar a los muertos = raise + the dead.
    * revista muerta = inactive journal.
    * rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.
    * supuestamente muerto = presumed dead.
    * tema muerto = dead issue.
    * tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).
    * tiempo muerto = downtime, time out.
    * tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.
    * trabajar hasta caer muerto = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.

    * * *
    muerto1 -ta
    A [ ESTAR]
    1 ‹persona/animal/planta› dead
    sus padres están muertos her parents are dead
    resultaron muertos 30 mineros 30 miners died o were killed
    se busca vivo o muerto wanted dead or alive
    lo dieron por muerto he was given up for dead
    soldados muertos en combate soldiers who died in action
    lo encontraron más muerto que vivo ( fam); when they found him he was more dead than alive
    muerto y enterrado dead and buried, over and done with ( colloq)
    ni muertoor muerta no way ( colloq), no chance ( colloq)
    caer v pron A 2. (↑ caer)
    2 ( fam) (cansado) dead beat ( colloq)
    3 ( fam) (pasando, padeciendo) muerto DE algo:
    estábamos muertos de hambre/frío/sueño we were starving/freezing/dead-tired ( colloq)
    estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff ( colloq), he was rigid with fear
    muerto de angustia sick with worry
    muerto de (la) risa ( fam): estaba muerto de risa delante del televisor he was sitting in front of the television laughing his head off o killing himself laughing
    un vestido tan caro y lo tienes ahí muerto de risa that's a really expensive dress and you leave it just gathering dust ( colloq)
    B ( como pp) ( period):
    fue muerto a tiros he was shot dead
    las dos personas que fueron muertas por los terroristas the two people killed by the terrorists
    C
    1 ‹pueblo/zona› dead, lifeless
    2 (inerte) limp
    deja la mano muerta relax your hand, let your hand go limp o floppy
    3 ‹carretera/camino› disused vía1 (↑ vía (1)), lengua, naturaleza
    muerto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    A
    (persona muerta): hubo dos muertos en el accidente two people died o were killed in the accident
    las campanas doblaron or tocaron a muerto the bells sounded the death knell ( liter)
    lo juro por mis muertos ( fam); I swear on my mother's grave o life
    hacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead, play possum
    cargar con el muerto ( fam): como nadie se ofrece, siempre tengo que cargar con el muerto nobody else volunteers so I'm always left to do the dirty work
    se fueron sin pagar y me tocó cargar con el muerto they took off and left me to pick up the tab ( colloq)
    ese muerto no lo cargo yo don't look at me! ( colloq)
    cargarle el muerto a algn ( fam) (responsabilizar) to pin the blame on sb; (endilgarle la tarea) to give sb the dirty work ( colloq)
    está como para resucitar a los muertos it goes right to the spot o really hits the spot ( colloq)
    hacer el muerto to float on one's back
    levantar el muerto ( fam); to pick up the tab ( colloq)
    poner los muertos: en esa guerra nosotros hemos puesto los muertos we provided the cannon fodder in that war
    un muerto de hambre ( fam): no comas de esa manera, que pareces un muerto de hambre don't eat like that, anyone would think you hadn't had a meal in weeks
    una chica tan bien y se ha casado con ese muerto de hambre such a nice girl and she's gone and got married to that nobody ( colloq)
    el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo dead men have no friends
    B
    * * *

     

    Del verbo morir: ( conjugate morir)

    muerto es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    morir    
    muerto
    morir ( conjugate morir) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/animal] to die;


    murió asesinada she was murdered;
    muerto DE algo ‹de vejez/cáncer› to die of sth;
    murió de hambre she starved to death;
    ¡y allí muere! (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
    b) (liter) [civilización/costumbre] to die out

    morirse verbo pronominal [persona/animal/planta] to die;

    se me murió la perra my dog died;
    no te vas a muerto por ayudarlo (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq);
    como se entere me muero (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq);
    muertose DE algo ‹de un infarto/de cáncer› to die of sth;
    se moría de miedo/aburrimiento he was scared stiff/bored stiff;
    me muero de frío I'm freezing;
    me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq);
    me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq);
    se muere por verla he's dying to see her (colloq)
    muerto -ta adjetivo
    1 [ESTAR]
    a) ‹persona/animal/planta› dead;


    resultaron muertos 30 mineros 30 miners died o were killed;
    caer muerto to drop dead
    b) (fam) ( cansado) dead beat (colloq)

    c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo):

    ◊ estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq);

    estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq);
    muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa he was laughing his head off
    2
    a) ‹pueblo/zona› dead, lifeless

    b) ( inerte) limp

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 ( persona muerta):
    ◊ hubo dos muertos two people died o were killed;

    hacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead;
    cargar con el muerto (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work;
    cargarle el muerto a algn (fam) ( responsabilizar) to pin the blame on sb;

    ( endilgarle la tarea) to give sb the dirty work (colloq);

    2
    ◊ muerto sustantivo masculino ( en naipes) dummy

    morir verbo intransitivo to die
    morir de agotamiento/hambre, to die of exhaustion/starvation
    muerto,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin vida) dead
    2 (cansado) exhausted
    3 (ciudad, pueblo) dead
    horas muertas, spare time
    Dep tiempo muerto, time-out
    4 (uso enfático) muerto de frío/miedo, frozen/scared to death
    muerto de hambre, starving
    muerto de risa, laughing one's head off
    5 Auto (en) punto muerto, (in) neutral
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (cadáver) dead person
    2 (tarea fastidiosa) dirty job
    3 (víctima de accidente) fatality
    4 fam LAm empty bottle
    ' muerto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dar
    - desaparecida
    - desaparecido
    - fiambre
    - fosa
    - interfecta
    - interfecto
    - muerta
    - punto
    - reposar
    - resucitar
    - risa
    - seca
    - seco
    - tiempo
    - velar
    - yacer
    - caer
    - carroña
    - disecar
    - sepultar
    English:
    accidentally
    - body
    - born
    - coast
    - convulse
    - dead
    - Dead Sea
    - dead weight
    - deadbeat
    - deadlock
    - death
    - envy
    - for
    - fur
    - good
    - half
    - half-dead
    - impasse
    - late
    - life
    - name
    - neutral
    - parched
    - penny
    - play
    - possum
    - read
    - sick
    - stalemate
    - stand-off
    - stiff
    - stillbirth
    - stillborn
    - stone
    - be
    - brain
    - carcass
    - famished
    - fatality
    - fear
    - flop
    - free
    - grind
    - half-
    - petrified
    - pronounce
    - stab
    - still
    - stuck
    * * *
    muerto, -a
    ♦ participio
    ver morir
    ♦ adj
    1. [sin vida] dead;
    caer muerto to drop dead;
    dar por muerto a alguien to give sb up for dead;
    varios transeúntes resultaron muertos a number of passers-by were killed;
    este sitio está muerto en invierno this place is dead in winter;
    estar muerto de frío to be freezing to death;
    estar muerto de hambre to be starving;
    estar muerto de miedo to be scared to death;
    estábamos muertos de risa we nearly died laughing;
    Fam
    estar muerto de risa [objeto] to be lying around doing nothing;
    estar más muerto que vivo de hambre/cansancio to be half dead with hunger/exhaustion;
    Am
    estar muerto por alguien [enamorado] to be head over heels in love with sb;
    no tiene dónde caerse muerto he doesn't have a penny to his name;
    muerto el perro, se acabó la rabia the best way to solve a problem is to attack its root cause
    2. Fam [muy cansado]
    estar muerto (de cansancio), estar medio muerto to be dead beat;
    estoy que me caigo muerto I'm fit to drop
    3. Formal [matado]
    fue muerto de un disparo he was shot dead;
    muerto en combate killed in action
    4. [color] dull
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [fallecido] dead person;
    [cadáver] corpse;
    hubo dos muertos two people died;
    hacer el muerto [sobre el agua] to float on one's back;
    hacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead, to play dead;
    las campanas tocaban a muerto the bells were tolling the death knell;
    Fam
    cargar con el muerto [trabajo, tarea] to be left holding the baby;
    [culpa] to get the blame; Fam
    cargarle o [m5] echarle el muerto a alguien [trabajo, tarea] to leave the dirty work to sb;
    [culpa] to put the blame on sb; Fam
    un muerto de hambre: se casó con un muerto de hambre she married a man who didn't have a penny to his name;
    el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo life goes on (in spite of everything)
    2.
    los muertos [los fallecidos] the dead;
    el ejército derrotado enterraba a sus muertos the defeated army was burying its dead;
    resucitar de entre los muertos to rise from the dead;
    Vulg
    ¡(me cago en) tus muertos! you motherfucker!
    ♦ nm
    [en naipes] dummy hand
    * * *
    I part → morir
    II adj dead;
    muerto de hambre starving; fig, desp penniless, down and out;
    muerto de sueño dead-tired;
    más muerto que vivo fig half-dead;
    no tener dónde caerse muerto fam be as poor as a church mouse fam
    III m, muerta f dead person;
    hacer el muerto en el agua float on one’s back;
    colgar(le) a alguien el muerto fig get s.o. to do the dirty work
    * * *
    muerto, -ta adj
    1) : dead
    2) : lifeless, flat, dull
    3)
    muerto de : dying of
    estoy muerto de hambre: I'm dying of hunger
    muerto, -ta nm
    difunto: dead person, deceased
    * * *
    muerto1 adj dead
    muerto2 n dead person / dead body [pl. bodies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > muerto

  • 12 scenario

    m (pl -ri) screenplay
    fig scenery
    * * *
    scenario s.m.
    1 (teatr.) scenery [U] (anche fig.), set: lo scenario è grandioso, the scenery is imposing
    2 ( ambiente) background, backdrop: il delitto si è consumato su uno scenario di miseria, the crime took place against a background of poverty
    3 (canovaccio di commedia, pellicola ecc.) script, screenplay, scenario*
    4 ( gergo giornalistico) scenario*: dopo le elezioni si possono delineare due possibili scenari, after the election there are two possible scenarios.
    * * *
    pl. -ri [ʃe'narjo, ri] sostantivo maschile
    1) teatr. scenery, set, scene
    3) fig. (situazione) scenario*, scene, setting

    lo scenario politico, culturale — the political, cultural scene o setting

    * * *
    scenario
    pl. -ri /∫e'narjo, ri/
    sostantivo m.
     1 teatr. scenery, set, scene
     2 (paesaggio) il maestoso scenario delle Alpi the majestic landscape of the Alps
     3 fig. (situazione) scenario*, scene, setting; lo scenario politico, culturale the political, cultural scene o setting; avvenire in uno scenario di guerra to take place against a backdrop o background of war.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > scenario

  • 13 दुर् _dur

    दुर् ind. (A prefix substituted for दुस् before words beginning with vowels or soft consonants in the sense of 'bad'. 'hard' or 'difficult to do a certain thing'; for compounds with दुस् as first member see दुस् s. v.).
    -Comp. -अक्ष a.
    1 weak-eyed.
    -2 evileyed.
    (-क्षः) 1 a loaded or false die.
    -2 dishonest gambling.
    -अक्षरम् an evil word; श्रुतिं ममाविश्य भवद्दुरक्षरं सृजत्यदः कीटकवदुत्कटा रुजः N.9.63.
    -अतिक्रम a. difficult to be overcome or conquered, unconquerable; सर्वं तु तपसा साध्यं तपो हि दुरति- क्रमम् Ms.11.2.38; स्वभावो दुरतिक्रमः 'nature cannot be changed'; स्वजातिर्दुरतिक्रमा Pt.1.
    -2 insurmountable, impassable; B. R.6.18-19.
    -3 inevitable. (
    -मः) an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    -अत्यय a.
    1 difficult to be overcome; स्वर्गमार्गपरिघो दुरत्ययः R.11.88.
    -2 hard to be attained or fathomed; स एष आत्मा स्वपरेत्यबुद्धिभिर्दुरत्यया- नुक्रमणो निरूप्यते Bhāg.7.5.13.
    -अदृष्टम् ill-luck, misfortune.
    -अधिग, -अधिगम a.
    1 hard to reach or attain, unattainable; Bhāg.3.23.8; दुरधिगमः परभागो यावत्पुरुषेण पौरुषं न कृतम् Pt.1.33.
    -2 insurmountable.
    -3 hard to be studied or understood; इह दुरधिगमैः किञ्चि- देवागमैः Ki.5.18.
    -अधिष्ठित a. badly performed, managed, or executed. (
    -तम्) improper stay at a place.
    -अधीत a. badly learnt or read.
    -अध्यय a.
    1 difficult of attainment; सहस्रवर्त्मा चपलैर्दुरध्ययः Śi.12.11.
    -2 hard to be studied.
    -अध्यवसायः a foolish undertaking.
    -अध्वः a bad road; स्वयं दुरध्वार्णवनाविकाः कथं स्पृशन्तु विज्ञाय हृदापि तादृशीम् N.9.33.
    -अन्त a.
    1 whose end is difficult to be reached, endless, infinite; संकर्षणाय सूक्ष्माय दुरन्तायान्तकाय च Bhāg.
    -2 ending ill or in misery, unhappy; अहो दुरन्ता बलवद्विरोधिता Ki.1.23; नृत्यति युवति- जनेन समं सखि विरहिजनस्य दुरन्ते (वसन्ते) Gīt.1; इयमुदरदरी- दुरन्तधारा यदि न भवेदभिमानभङ्गभूमिः Udb.
    -3 hard to be understood or known.
    -4 insurmountable.
    -अन्तक a. = दुरन्त q. v. (
    -कः) an epithet of Śiva.
    -अन्वय a.
    1 difficult to be passed along; Mb.14.51.17.
    -2 hard to be carried out or followed.
    -3 difficult to be attained. or understood; बुद्धिश्च ते महाप्राज्ञ देवैरपि दुरन्वया Rām.3. 66.18.
    -4 not suitable, improper; वचो दुरन्वयं विप्रास्तूष्णी- मासन्भ्रमद्धियः Bhāg.1.84.14.
    (-यः) 1 a wrong conclusion, one wrongly inferred from given premisses.
    -2 (in gram.) a false agreement.
    -अपवादः ill report. slander.
    -अभिग्रह a. difficult to be caught.
    -अभि- मानिन् a. vain-glorious, disagreeably proud.
    - अवगम a. incomprehensible; Bhāg.5.13.26.
    -अवग्रह a.
    1 difficult to be restrained or subjugated; भक्ता भजस्व दुरवग्रह मा त्यजास्मान् Bhāg.1.29.31.
    -2 disagreeable.
    -अवग्राह a. difficult to be attained; Bhāg.7.1.19.
    -अवच्छद a. difficult to be hidden; हेतुभिर्लक्षयांचक्रुराप्रीतां दुरवच्छदैः Bhāg.1.62.28.
    -अवबोध a. unintelligible. Bhāg.1.49.29.
    -अवसित a. unfathomed, difficult to be ascertained, द्युपतिभिरजशक्रशंकराद्यैर्दुरवसितस्तवमच्युतं नतो$स्मि Bhāg.12.12.67.
    -अवस्थ a. ill off, badly or poorly circumstanced.
    -अवस्था, -स्थानम् a wretched or miser- able state; Bhāg.5.3.12.
    -अवाप a. difficult to be gained or fulfilled; Ś.1.
    -अवेक्षितम् an improper look.
    -अह्नः a bad day.
    -आकृति a. ugly, mis-shaped.
    -आक्रन्द a. crying bitterly or miserably; किं क्रन्दसि दुराक्रन्द स्वपक्ष- क्षयकारक Pt.4.29.
    -आक्रम a.
    1 invincible, unconquer- able.
    -2 difficult to be passed.
    -आक्रमणम् 1 unfair attack.
    -2 difficult approach.
    -आगमः improper or illegal acquisition.
    -आग्रहः foolish obstinacy, head- strongness, pertinacity; ममाहमित्यूढदुराग्रहाणां पुंसाम् Bhāg.3. 5.43.
    1 hard to be performed.
    -2 incurable (as a disease).
    -आचार a.
    1 ill-conducted, badly be- haved.
    -2 following bad practices, wicked, depraved; अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् Bg.9.3. (
    -रः) bad practice, ill-conduct, wikedness.
    -आढ्य a. not rich, poor.
    -आत्मता vileness, baseness, wickedness.
    -आत्मन् a. evil-natured, low, wicked, vile, base, mean; ये च प्राहुर्दुरात्मानो दुराराध्या महीभुजः Pt.1.39. (-m.) a rascal, villain, scoundrel.
    - आधर a. difficult to be withstood or overpowered, irresistible.
    -आधर्ष a. hard to be approached or assailed, unassailable जगन्नाथो दुराधर्षो गङ्गां भागीरथीं प्रति Mb.
    -2 not to be attacked with impu- nity.
    -3 haughty. (
    -र्षः) white mustard.
    -आधारः an epithet of Śiva.
    -आधिः (m.)
    1 distress or anxiety of mind; निरस्तनारीसमया दुराधयः Ki.1.28.
    -2 indignation.
    -आधी a. Ved. malignant, thinking ill of.
    - आनम a. difficult to bend or draw; स विचिन्त्य धनुर्दुरानमम् R.11.38.
    -आप a.
    1 difficult to be obtained; श्रिया दुरापः कथमीप्सितो भवेत् Ś.3.13; R.1.72;6.62.
    -2 difficult to be ap- proached; Pt.1.67.
    -3 hard to be overcome.
    -आपादन a. difficult to be brought about; किं दुरापादनं तेषाम् Bhāg.3.23.42.
    -आपूर a. difficult to be filled or satisfied; Bhāg.7.6.8.
    -आबाध a. hard to be molested. (
    -धः) N. of Śiva.
    -आमोदः bad scent, stench; शवधूमदुरामोदः शालिभक्ते$त्र विद्यते Ks.82.22.
    -आराध्य a. difficult to be propitiated, hard to be won over or conciliated; दुराराध्याः श्रियो राज्ञां दुरापा दुष्परिग्रहाः Pt.1.38.
    -आरुह a. difficult to be mounted.
    (-हः) 1 the Bilva tree.
    -2 the cocoanut tree.
    -3 the date tree.
    -आरोप a. difficult to be strung (bow); दुरारोपमैन्दुशेखरं धनुर्दुर्निवारा रावणभुजदण्डाः B. R.1.46-47.
    -आरोह a. difficult of ascent.
    (-हः) 1 The cocoanut tree.
    -2 the palm tree.
    -3 the date tree.
    -आलापः 1 a curse, imprecation.
    -2 foul of abusive language.
    -आलोक a.
    1 difficult to be seen or perceived.
    -2 painfully bright, dazzling; दुरालोकः स समरे निदाघाम्बररत्नवत् K. P.1. (
    -कः) dazzling splendour.
    -आव(वा)र a.
    1 difficult to be covered or filled up; दुरावरं त्वदन्येन राज्यखण्डमिदं महत् Rām.2.15.5.
    -2 difficult to be restrained, shut in, kept back or stopped.
    -आवर्त a. difficult to be convinced or set up; भवन्ति सुदुरावर्ता हेतुमन्तो$पि पण्डिताः Mb.12.19.23.
    1 evil-minded, wicked, malicious, स्फुटनिर्भिन्नो दुराशयो$धमः Śi. उपेयिवान् मूलमशेषमूलं दुराशयः कामदुघाङ्घ्रिपस्य Bhāg.3.21.15.
    -2 having a bad place or rest. (-m.) the subtle body which is not destroyed by death (लिङ्गदेह); एतन्मे जन्म लोके$स्मिन्मुमुक्षूणां दुराशयात् Bhāg.3.24. 36.
    -आशा 1 a bad or wicked desire.
    -2 hoping against hope.
    -आस a. difficult to be abided or associated with; संघर्षिणा सह गुणाभ्यधिकैर्दुरासम् Śi.5.19.
    1 difficult to be approached or overtaken; स सभूव दुरासदः परैः R.3.66; 8.4; Mv.2.5; 4.15.
    -2 difficult to be found or met with.
    -3 unequalled, unparalleled.
    -4 hard to be borne, insupportable.
    -5 difficult to be conquered, unassailable, unconquerable; जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् Bg.3.43. (
    -दः) an epithet of Śiva.
    -इत a.
    1 difficult.
    -2 sinful.
    (-तम्) 1 a bad course, evil, sin; दरिद्राणां दैन्यं दुरितमथ दुर्वासनहृदां द्रुतं दूरीकुर्वन् G. L.2; R.8.2; Amaru.2; Mv.3.43.
    -2 a difficulty, danger.
    -3 a calamity, evil; अपत्ये यत्तादृग्- दुरितमभवत् U.4.3.
    -इतिः f. Ved.
    1 a bad course.
    -2 difficulty.
    -इष्टम् 1 a curse, imprecation.
    -2 a spell or sacrificial rite performed to injure another person.
    -ईशः a bad lord or master.
    -ईषणा, -एषणा 1 a curse, an imprecation.
    -2 an evil eye.
    -उक्त a. harshly utter- ed; Pt.1.89.
    -उक्तम्, -उक्तिः f. offensive speech, reproach, abuse, censure; लक्ष्मि क्षमस्व वचनीयमिदं दुरुक्तम् Udb.
    -उच्छेद a. difficult to be destroyed.
    -उत्तर a.
    1 unanswerable.
    -2 difficult to be crossed; दुरुत्तरे पङ्क इवान्धकारे Bk.11.2; प्राप्तः पङ्को दुरुत्तरः Ki.15.17.
    - उदय a. appearing with difficulty, not easily manifested; यो$ नात्मनां दुरुदयो भगवान्प्रतीतः Bhāg.3.16.5.
    -उदर्क a. having bad or no consequences; N.5.41.
    -उदाहर a. diffi- cult to be pronounced or composed; अनुज्झितार्थसंबन्धः प्रबन्धो दुरुदाहरः Śi.2.73.
    -उद्वह a. burdensome, unbear- able.
    - उपसद a. difficult of approach; Ki.7.9.
    -उपसर्पिन् a. approaching incautiously; एकमेव दहत्यग्निर्नरं दुरुपसर्पिणम् Ms.7.9.
    -ऊह a. abstruse; जानीते जयदेव एव शरणः श्लाघ्ये दुरूहद्रुते Gīt.
    -एव a. Ved.
    1 having evil ways.
    -2 irresis- tible, unassailable. (
    -वः) a wicked person.
    -ओषस् a. Ved. slow, lazy.
    - ग 1 difficult of access, inaccessible, impervious, impassable; दुर्गस्त्वेष महापन्थाः Mb.12.3. 5; दुर्गं पथस्तत्कवयो वदन्ति Kaṭh.1.3.14.
    -2 unattain- able.
    -3 incomprehensible.
    -4 following wicked path, vicious; Rām.2.39.22.
    (-गः, -गम्) 1 a difficult or narrow passage through a wood or over a stream, mountain &c., a defile, narrow pass.
    -2 a citadel. fortress, castle; न दुर्गं दुर्गमित्येव दुर्गमं मन्यते जनः । तस्य दुर्गमता सैव यत्प्रभुस्तस्य दुर्गमः ॥ Śiva. B.16.61.
    -3 rough ground.
    -4 difficulty, adversity, calamity, distress, danger; निस्तारयतिं दुर्गाच्च Ms.3.98;11.43; मच्चित्तः सर्व- दुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि; Bg.18.58.
    (-गः) 1 bdellium.
    -2 the Supreme Being.
    -3 N. of an Asura slain by Durgā (thus receiving her name from him). ˚अध्यक्षः, ˚पतिः, ˚पालः the commandant or governor of a castle. ˚अन्तः The suburb of a fort; दुर्गान्ते सिद्धतापसाः Kau. A. 1.12. ˚कर्मन् n. fortification. ˚कारक a. making difficult. (
    -कः) the birch tree. ˚घ्नी N. of Durgā. ˚तरणी an epithet of Sāvitrī. सावित्री दुर्गतरणी वीणा सप्तविधा तथा Mb. ˚मार्गः a defile, gorge. ˚लङ्घनम् surmounting difficu- lties. (
    -नः) a camel. ˚संचरः
    1 a difficult passage as to a fort &c., a bridge &c. over a defile. ˚संस्कारः Repairs to the old forts; अतो दुर्गसंस्कार आरब्धव्ये किं कौमुदीमहोत्सवेन Mu. ˚सिंहः N. of the author of कलापपरिशिष्ट. ˚व्यसनम् a defect or weak point in a fortress. (
    -र्गा) an epithet of Pārvatī, wife of Śiva.
    -2 the female cuckoo
    -3 N. of several plants. ˚नवमी the 9th day of the bright half of कार्तिक. ˚पूजा the chief festival in honour of दुर्गा in Bengal in the month of Āśvina.
    -गत a.
    1 unfortunate, in bad circumstances; समाश्वसिमि केनाहं कथं प्राणिमि दुर्गतः Bk.18.1.
    -2 indigent, poor.
    -3 distressed, in trouble.
    -गतता ill-luck, poverty, misery; तावज्जन्मातिदुःखाय ततो दुर्गतता सदा Pt.1.265.
    -गतिः f.
    1 misfortune, poverty, want, trouble, indigence; न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद् दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति Bg.6.4.
    -2 a difficult situation or path.
    -3 hell.
    -गन्ध a. ill-smelling.
    (-न्धः) 1 bad odour, stink
    -2 any ill-smelling substance.
    -3 an onion.
    -4 the mango tree. (
    -न्धम्) sochal salt.
    -गन्धि, -गन्धिन् a. ill-smelling.
    -गम a.
    1 impassable, inaccessible, impervious; कामिनीकायकान्तारे कुचपर्वतदुर्गमे Bh.1.86; Śi. 12.49.
    -2 unattainable, difficult of attainment.
    -3 hard to be understood. (
    -मम्) a difficult place like hill etc; भ्राम्यन्ते दुर्गमेष्वपि Pt.5.81.
    -गाढ, -गाध, -गाह्य a. difficult to be fathomed or investigated, unfathomable.
    -गुणितम् not properly studied; चिराम्यस्तपथं याति शास्त्रं दुर्गुणितं यथा Avimārakam.2.4.
    -गोष्ठी evil association; conspiracy. वृद्धो रक्कः कम्पनेशो दुर्गोष्ठीमध्यगो$भवत् Rāj. T.6. 17.
    -ग्रह a.
    1 difficult to be gained or accomplished.
    -2 difficult to be conquered or subjugated; दुर्गाणि दुर्ग्रहाण्यासन् तस्य रोद्धुरपि द्विषाम् R.17.52.
    -3 hard to be understood.
    (-हः) 1 a cramp, spasm.
    -2 obstinacy.
    -3 whim, monomania; कथं न वा दुर्ग्रहदोष एष ते हितेन सम्य- ग्गुरुणापि शम्यते N.9.41.
    -घट a.
    1 difficult. कार्याणि घटयन्नासीद् दुर्घटान्यपि हेलया Rāj. T.4.364.
    -2 impossible.
    -घण a.
    1 closely packed together, very compact.
    -घुरुटः An unbeliever; L. D. B.
    -घोषः 1 a harsh cry.
    -2 a bear.
    -जन a.
    1 wicked, bad, vile.
    -2 slanderous, malicious, mischievous; यथा स्त्रीणां तथा वाचां साधुत्वे दुर्जनो जनः U.1.6. (
    -नः) a bad or wicked person, a malicious or mischievous man, villain; दुर्जनः प्रियवादी च नैतद्विश्वास- कारणम् Chāṇ.24,25; शाम्येत्प्रत्यपकारेण नोपकारेण दुर्जनः Ku.2.4. (दुर्जनायते Den. Ā. to become wicked; स्वजनो$पि दरिद्राणां तत्क्षणाद् दुर्जनायते Pt.1.5.). (दुर्जनीकृ [च्वि] to make blameworthy; दुर्जनीकृतास्मि अनेन मां चित्रगतां दर्शयता Nāg.2).
    -जय a. invincible. (
    -यः) N. of Viṣṇu.
    -जर a.
    1 ever youthful; तस्मिन्स्तनं दुर्जरवीर्यमुल्बणं घोराङ्कमादाय शिशोर्दधावथ Bhāg.1.6.1.
    -2 hard (as food), indigestible.
    -3 difficult to be enjoyed; राजश्रीर्दुर्जरा तस्य नवत्वे भूभुजो$भवत् Rāj. T.5.19.
    -जात a.
    1 unhappy, wretched.
    -2 bad-tempered, bad, wicked; Rāj. T.3. 142.
    -3 false, not genuine. ˚जीयिन् a. one who is born in vain; यो न यातयते वैरमल्पसत्त्वोद्यमः पुमान् । अफलं जन्म तस्याहं मन्ये दुर्जातजायिनः ॥ Mb.
    (-तम्) 1 a misfortune, calamity, difficulty; त्वं तावद् दुर्जाते मे$त्यन्तसाहाय्यकारिणी भव M.3; दुर्जातबन्धुः R.13.72. 'a friend in need or adversity.'
    -2 impropriety.
    -जाति a.
    1 bad natured, vile, wicked; रुदितशरणा दुर्जातीनां सहस्व रुषां फलम् Amaru.96.
    -2 out- cast. (
    -तिः f.) misfortune, ill condition.
    -ज्ञान, -ज्ञेय a. difficult to be known, incomprehensible. उच्चावचेषु भुतेषु दुर्ज्ञेयामकृतात्मभिः Ms.6.73. (
    -यः) N. of Śiva.
    -णयः, -नयः, -नीतिः 1 bad conduct.
    -2 impropriety
    -3 in- justice.
    -णामन्, -नामन् a. having a bad name.
    -णीत a.
    1 ill-behaved.
    -2 impolitic.
    -3 forward. (
    -तम्) miscon- duct; दुर्णीतं किमिहास्ति किं सुचरितं कः स्थानलाभे गुणः H.
    -दम, -दमन, -दम्य a. difficult to be subdued, untamable, indomitable.
    -दर्श a.
    1 difficult to be seen.
    -2 dazzling; सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मन Bg.11.52.
    -दर्शन a. ugly, ill-looking; दुर्दर्शनेन घटतामियमप्यनेन Māl.2.8.
    -दशा a misfortune, calamity.
    -दान्त a.
    1 hard to be tamed or subdued, untamable; Śi.12.22.
    -2 intractable, proud, insolent; दुर्दान्तानां दमनविधयः क्षत्रियेष्वायतन्ते Mv.3.34.
    (-तः) 1 a calf.
    -2 a strife, quarrel.
    -3 N. of Śiva.
    -दिन a. cloudy, rainy.
    (-नम्) 1 a bad day in general; तद्दिनं दुर्दिनं मन्ये यत्र मित्रागमो हि न Subhāṣ.
    -2 a rainy or cloudy day, stormy or rainy weather; उन्नमत्यकालदुर्दिनम् Mk.5; Ku.6 43; Mv.4.57.
    -3 a shower (of any- thing); द्विषां विषह्य काकुत्स्थस्तत्र नाराचदुर्दिनम् ॥ सन्मङ्गलस्नात इव R.4.41,82;5.47; U.5.5.
    -4 thick darkness; जीमूतैश्च दिशः सर्वाश्चक्रे तिमिरदुर्दिनाः Mb. (दुर्दिनायते Den. Ā. to become cloudy.)
    -दिवसः a dark or rainy day; Pt.1.173.
    -दुरूटः, -ढः 1 an unbeliever
    -2 an abusive word.
    -दृश a.
    1 disagreeable to the sight, disgusting; दुर्दृशं तत्र राक्षसं घोररूपमपश्यत्सः Mb.1.2.298.
    -2 difficult to be seen; पादचारमिवादित्यं निष्पतन्तं सुदुर्दृशम् Rām.7.33.5.
    -दृष्ट a. ill- judged or seen, wrongly decided; Y.2.35.
    -दैवम् ill-luck, misfortune.
    -द्यूतम् an unfair game.
    -द्रुमः onion (green).
    -धर a.
    1 irresistible, difficult to be stopped.
    -2 difficult to be borne or suffered; दुर्धरेण मदनेन साद्यते Ghat.11; Ms.7.28.
    -3 difficult to be accomplished.
    -4 difficult to be kept in memory. (
    -रः) quicksilver.
    -धर्ष a.
    1 inviolable, unassailable.
    -2 inaccessible; संयोजयति विद्यैव नीचगापि नरं सरित् । समुद्रमिव दुर्धर्षं नृपं भाग्य- मतः परम् ॥ H. Pr.5.
    -3 fearful, dreadful.
    -4 haughty.
    -धी a. stupid, silly.
    -नयः 1 arrogance.
    -2 immorality.
    -3 evil strategy; उन्मूलयितुमीशो$हं त्रिवर्गमिव दुर्नयः Mu.5.22.
    -नामकः piles. ˚अरिः a kind of bulbous root (Mar. सुरण).
    -नामन् m. f. a cockle. (-n.) piles.
    -निग्रह a. irre- pressible, unruly; मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् Bg.6.35.
    -निमित a. carelessly put or placed on the ground; पदे पदे दुर्निमिते गलन्ती R.7.1.
    -निमित्तम् 1 a bad omen; R.14.5.
    -2 a bad pretext.
    -निवार, -निवार्य a. difficult to be check- ed or warded off, irresistible, invincible.
    -नीतम् 1 mis- conduct, bad policy, demerit, misbehaviour; दुर्णीतं किमि- हास्ति Pt.2.21; H.1.49.
    -2 ill-luck.
    -नीतिः f. mal- administration; दुर्नीतिं तव वीक्ष्य कोपदहनज्वालाजटालो$पि सन्; Bv.4.36.
    -नृपः a bad king; आसीत् पितृकुलं तस्य भक्ष्यं दुर्नृप- रक्षसः Rāj. T.5.417.
    -न्यस्त a. badly arranged; दुर्न्यस्त- पुष्परचितो$पि Māl.9.44.
    -बल a.
    1 weak, feeble.
    -2 enfeebled, spiritless; दुर्बलान्यङ्गकानि U.1.24.
    -3 thin, lean, emaciated; U.3.
    -4 small, scanty, little; स्वार्थोप- पत्तिं प्रति दुर्बलाशः R.5.12.
    -बाध a. Unrestrained (अनिवार); दुर्बाधो जनिदिवसान्मम प्रवृद्धः (आधिः); Mv.6.28.
    -बाल a.
    1 bald-headed.
    -2 void of prepuce.
    -3 having crook- ed hair.
    -बुद्धि a.
    1 silly, foolish, stupid.
    -2 perverse, evil-minded, wicked; धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः (समा- गताः) Bg.1.23
    -बुध a. wicked-minded, silly; Mb. 11.4.18.
    -बोध a. unintelligible, unfathomable, inscru- table; निसर्गदुर्बोधमबोधविक्लवाः क्व भूपतीनां चरितं क्व जन्तवः Ki. 1.6.
    -भग a.
    1 unfortunate, unlucky; श्रीवल्लभं दुर्भगाः (निन्दन्ति) Pt.1.415.
    -2 not possessed of good features, ill-looking.
    -भगा 1 a wife disliked by her husband; दुर्भगाभरणप्रायो ज्ञानं भारः क्रियां विना H.1.17.
    -2 an ill-tempered woman, a shrew.
    -3 a widow;
    -भर a. insupportable, burdensome, heavily laden with (comp.); ततो राजाब्रवीदेतं बहुव्यसनदुर्भरः Ks.112.156.
    -भाग्य a. unfortunate, unlucky. (
    ग्यम्) ill-luck.
    -भावना 1 an evil thought.
    -2 a bad tendency.
    -भिक्षम् 1 scarcity of provisions, dearth, famine; Y.2.147; Ms.8.22; उत्सवे व्यसने चैव दुर्भिक्षे... यस्तिष्ठति स बान्धवः H.1.71; Pt.2.
    -2 want in general.
    -भिद, -भेद, -भेद्य a. firm; सुजनस्तु कनकघटवद् दुर्भेद्यश्चाशु संध्येयः Subhāṣ.
    -भृत्यः a bad servant.
    -भिषज्यम् incurability; Bṛi. Up.4.3.14.
    -भ्रातृ m. a bad brother.
    -मङ्कु a. obstinate, disobedient.
    -मति a.
    1 silly, stupid, foolish, ignorant.
    -2 wicked, evilminded; न सांपरायिकं तस्य दुर्मतेर्विद्यते फलम् Ms.11.3.
    -मद a. drun- ken, ferocious, maddened, infatuated; Bhāg.1.15.7.
    -दः foolish pride, arrogance.
    -दम् the generative organ; ग्रामकं नाम विषयं दुर्मदेन समन्वितः Bhāg.4.25.52.
    -मनस् a. troubled in mind, discouraged, disspirited, sad, malancholy; अद्य बार्हस्पतः श्रीमान् युक्तः पुष्येण राघवः । प्रोच्यतै ब्राह्मणैः प्राज्ञैः केन त्वमसि दुर्मनाः ॥ Rām. [दुर्मनायते Den. Ā. to be troubled in mind, be sad, meditate sorrowfully, to be disconso- late, become vexed or fretted; Māl.3].
    -मनुष्यः a bad or wicked man.
    -मन्त्रः, -मन्त्रितम्, -मन्त्रणा evil advice, bad counsel; दुर्मन्त्रान्नृपतिर्विनश्यति; Pt.1.169.
    -मरम् a hard or difficult death; Mb.14.61.9.
    -मरी a kind of दूर्वा grass.
    -मरणम् violent or unnatural death.
    -मर्ष a.
    1 unbearable; Bhāg.6.5.42.
    -2 obstinate, hostile.
    -मर्षणः N. of Viṣṇu.
    -मर्षित a. provocated, encouraged; एवं दुर्मर्षितो राजा स मात्रा बभ्रुवाहनः Mb.14. 79.13,
    -मर्याद a. immodest, wicked.
    -मल्लिका, -मल्ली a minor drama, comedy, farce; S. D.553.
    -मित्रः 1 a bad friend.
    -2 an enemy.
    -मुख a.
    1 having a bad face, hideous, ugly; Bh.1.9.
    -2 foul-mouthed, abusive, scurrilous; Bh.2.69.
    (-खः) 1 a horse.
    -2 N. of Śiva.
    -3 N. of a serpent king (Nm.)
    -4 N. of a monkey (Nm.)
    -5 N. of a year (29th year out of 6 years cycle).
    -मूल्य a. highly priced, dear.
    -मेधस् a. silly, foolish, dull-headed, dull; Pt.1. (-m.) a dunce, dull-headed man, blockhead; ग्रन्थानधीत्य व्याकर्तु- मिति दुर्मेधसो$प्यलम् Śi.2.26.
    -मैत्र a. unfriendly, hostile; Bhāg.7.5.27.
    -यशस् n. ill-repute, dishonour.
    -योगः 1 bad or clumsy contrivance.
    -2 a bad combi- nation.
    -योध, -योधन a. invincible, unconquerable. (
    -नः) the eldest of the 11 sons of Dhṛitarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī. [From his early years he conceived a deep hatred for his cousins the Pāṇḍavas, but particularly Bhīma, and made every effort he could to compass their destruction. When his father pro- posed to make Yudhiṣṭhira heir-apparent, Duryodhana did not like the idea, as his father was the reigning sovereign, and prevailed upon his blind father to send the Pāṇḍavas away into exile. Vāraṇāvata was fixed upon as their abode, and under pretext of constructing a palatial building for their residence, Duryodhana caused a palace to be built mostly of lac, resin and other combustible materials, thereby hoping to see them all destroyed when they should enter it. But the Paṇḍavas were forewarned and they safely escaped. They then lived at Indraprastha, and Yudhiṣṭhira performed the Rājasuya sacrifice with great pomp and splendour. This event further excited the anger and jealousy of Duryodhana, who was already vexed to find that his plot for burning them up had signally failed, and he induced his father to invite the Pāṇḍavas to Hastināpura to play with dice (of which Yudhiṣṭhira was particularly fond). In that gambling-match, Duryodhana, who was ably assisted by his maternal uncle Śakuni, won from Yudhiṣṭhira everything that he staked, till the infatuated gambler staked himself, his brothers, and Draupadī herself, all of whom shared the same fate. Yudhiṣṭhira, as a condition of the wager, was forced to go to the forest with his wife and brothers, and to remain there for twelve years and to pass one addi- tional year incognito. But even this period, long as it was, expired, and after their return from exile both the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas made great preparations for the inevitable struggle and the great Bhāratī war commenced. It lasted for eighteen days during which all the Kauravas, with most of their allies, were slain. It was on the last day of the war that Bhīma fought a duel with Duryodhana and smashed his thigh with his club.] मोघं तवेदं भुवि नामधेयं दुर्योधनेतीह कृतं पुरस्तात् न हीह दुर्योधनता तवास्ति पलायमानस्य रणं विहाय Mb.4.65.17.
    -योनि a. of a low birth, न कथंचन दुर्योनिः प्रकृतिं स्वां नियच्छति Ms.1.59.
    -लक्ष्य a. difficult to be seen or perceived, hardly visible.
    -क्ष्यम् bad aim; मनः प्रकृत्यैव चलं दुर्लक्ष्यं च तथापि मे Ratn.3.2.
    -लभ a.
    1 difficult to be attained, or accomplished; R.1.67;17.7; Ku.4.4;5.46,61; दुर्लभं भारते जन्म मानुष्यं तत्र दुर्लभम् Subhāṣ.
    -2 difficult to be found or met with, scarce, rare; शुद्धान्तदुर्लभम् Ś.1.17.
    -3 best, excellent, eminent.
    -ग्रामः a village situated close to a large village and inhabited by the free-holders (अग्र- हारोपजीविनः); Māna.1.79-8.
    -4 dear, beloved.
    -5 costly.
    -ललित a.
    1 spoilt by fondling, fondled too much, hard to please; हा मदङ्कदुर्ललित Ve.4; V.2.8; Māl.9.
    -2 (hence) wayward, naughty, illbred, unruly; स्पृहयामि खलु दुर्ललितायास्मै Ś.7. (
    -तम्) waywardness, rudeness.
    -लेख्यम् a forged document. Y.2.91.
    -वच a.
    1 difficult to be described, indescribable. अपि वागधिपस्य दुर्वचं वचनं तद् विदधीत विस्मयम् Ki.2.2.
    -2 not to be talked about.
    -3 speaking improperly, abusing. (
    -चम्) abuse, censure, foul language.
    -वचस् n. abuse, censure; असह्यं दुर्वचो ज्ञातेर्मेघा- न्तरितरौद्रवत् Udb.
    -वर्ण a. bad-coloured.
    -र्णः 1 bad colour.
    -2 impurity; यथा हेम्नि स्थितो वह्निर्दुवर्णं हन्ति धातु- जम् Bhāg.12.3.47.
    (-र्णम्) 1 silver. दुर्वर्णभित्तिरिह सान्द्रसुधासुवर्णा Śi.4.28.
    -2 a kind of leprosy.
    -वस a. difficult to be resided in.
    -वसतिः f. painful residence; R.8.94.
    -वह a. heavy, difficult to be borne; दुर्वहगर्भखिन्नसीता U.2.1; Ku.1.11.
    -वाच् a. speaking ill. (-f.)
    1 evil words, abuse.
    -2 inelegant language or speech.
    -वाच्य a.
    1 difficult to be spoken or uttered.
    -2 abusive, scurrilous.
    -3 harsh, cruel (as words).
    (-च्यम्) 1 censure, abuse.
    -2 scandal, ill-repute.
    -वातः a fart. ˚वातय Den. P. to break wind or fart; इत्येके विहसन्त्येनमेके दुर्वातयन्ति च Bhāg.11.23.4.
    -वादः slander, defamation, calumny.
    -वार, -वारण a. irresistible, unbearable; R.14.87; किं चायमरिदुर्वारः पाणौ पाशः प्रचेतसः Ku.2.21.
    -वासना 1 evil propensity, wicked desire; कः शत्रुर्वद खेददानकुशलो दुर्वासनासंचयः Bv. 1.86.
    -2 a chimera.
    -वासस् a.
    1 ill-dressed.
    -2 naked. (-m.) N. of a very irascible saint or Ṛiṣi, son of Atri and Anasūyā. (He was very hard to please, and he cursed many a male and female to suffer misery and degradation. His anger, like that of Jama- dagni, has become almost proverbial.)
    -वाहितम् a heavy burden; उरोजपूर्णकुम्भाङ्का सदुर्वाहितविभ्रमा Rāj. T.4.18.
    -विगाह, -विगाह्य a. difficult to be penetrated or fathomed, unfathomable.
    -विचिन्त्य inconcei- vable, inscrutable
    -विद a. difficult to be known or discovered; नूनं गतिः कृतान्तस्य प्राज्ञैरपि सुदुर्विदा Mb.7.78. 2.
    -विदग्ध 1 unskilled, raw, foolish, stupid, silly.
    -2 wholly ignorant.
    -3 foolishly puffed up, elated. vainly proud; वृथाशस्त्रग्रहणदुर्विदग्ध Ve.3; ज्ञानलवदुर्विदग्धं ब्रह्मापि नरं न रञ्जयति Bh.2.3.
    -विद्ध a. Badly perforated (a pearl); Kau. A.2.11.
    -विद्य a. uneducated; Rāj. T.1.354.
    -विध a.
    1 mean, base, low.
    -2 wicked, vile.
    -3 poor, indigent; विदधाते रुचिगर्वदुर्विधम् N.2.23.
    -4 stupid, foolish, silly; विविनक्ति न बुद्धिदुर्विधः Śi.16.39.
    -विनयः misconduct, imprudence.
    -विनीत a.
    1 (a) badly educated, ill-mannered; ill-behaved, wicked; शासितरि दुर्विनीतानाम् Ś.1.24. (b) rude, naughty, mis- chievous.
    -2 stubborn, obstinate.
    (-तः) 1 a restive or untrained horse.
    -2 a wayward person, reprobate.
    -विपाक a. producing bad fruit; श्रितासि चन्दनभ्रान्त्या दुर्विपाकं विषद्रुमम् U.1.46.
    (-कः) 1 bad result or conse- quence; U.1.4; किं नो विधिरिह वचने$प्यक्षमो दुर्विपाकः Mv. 6.7.
    -2 evil consequences of acts done either in this or in a former birth.
    -विभाव्य a. inconceivable; also दुर्विभाव; असद्वृत्तेरहो वृत्तं दुर्विभावं विधेरिव Ki.11.56.
    -विमर्श a. difficult to be tried or examined; यो दुर्विमर्शपथया निजमाययेदं सृष्ट्वा गुणान्विभजते तदनुप्रविष्टः Bhāg.1.49.29.
    -विलसितम् a wayward act, rudeness, naughtiness; डिम्भस्य दुर्विलसितानि मुदे गुरूणाम् B. R.4.6.
    -विलासः a bad or evil turn of fate; U.1.
    -विवाहः a censurable marriage; इतरेषु तु शिष्टेषु नृशंसानृतवादिनः । जायन्ते दुर्विवाहेषु ब्रह्मधर्मद्विषः सुताः ॥ Ms.3.41.
    -विष a. ill-natured, malignant. (
    -षः) N. of Śiva.
    -विषह a. unbearable, intolerable, irresistible. (
    -हः) N. of Śiva.
    -वृत्त a.
    1 vile, wicked, ill-behaved.
    -2 roguish. (
    -त्तम्) misconduct, ill-behaviour. दुर्वृत्तवृत्तशमनं तव देवि शीलम् Devīmāhātmya.
    -वृत्तिः f.
    1 misconduct.
    -2 misery, want, distress.
    -3 fraud.
    -वृष्टिः f. insufficient rain, drought.
    -वेद a. difficult to be known or ascertained.
    -व्यवहारः a wrong judgment in law.
    -व्यवहृतिः f. ill-report or rumour.
    -व्यसनम् 1 a fond pursuit or resolve; Mu.3.
    -2 bad propensity, vice; तेन दुर्व्यसनेनासीद्भोजने$पि कदर्थना Ks.73.73.
    -व्रत a. not conforming to rules, disobedient.
    -हुतम् a badly offered sacrifice.
    -हृद् a. wicked-hearted, ill-disposed, inimical; अकुर्वतोर्वां शुश्रूषां क्लिष्टयोर्दुर्हृदा भृशम् Bhāg.1.45.9. (-m.) an enemy.
    -हृदय a. evil-minded, evil-intention- ed, wicked.
    -हृषीक a. having defective organs of sense.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > दुर् _dur

  • 14 mal

    adj.
    1 bad, evil.
    2 bad, poor.
    3 bad, deficient, low-quality.
    adv.
    hacer algo mal to do something wrong
    has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelled that word wrong
    hiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell him
    portarse mal to behave badly
    la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badly
    mal vestido badly dressed
    oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well
    esta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properly
    Haces las cosas mal siempre! You always do things badly!
    3 hardly.
    mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know it if you don't tell him
    4 barely, hardly.
    Mal pudimos dormir esa noche We could barely sleep that night.
    m.
    1 harm, damage (daño).
    no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a while
    mal de ojo evil eye
    2 illness.
    mal de altura o montaña altitude o mountain sickness
    el mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease
    3 evil.
    4 wrong.
    * * *
    1 evil
    2 (daño) harm
    3 (enfermedad) sickness
    2 (enfermo) ill, sick
    ■ me encuentro mal I feel ill, I don't feel well
    4 (difícilmente) hardly, scarcely
    ■ como sigas así, acabarás mal if you keep on like that, you'll end up in trouble
    \
    a grandes males, grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measures
    de mal en peor from bad to worse
    estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody
    mal que bien one way or another
    mal que les (te, etc) pese whether they (you, etc) like it or not
    menos mal que... it's a good job that..., thank God that...
    no hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on forever
    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
    mal de altura altitude sickness
    mal de ojo evil eye
    mal de la rosa pellagra
    mal de la tierra homesickness
    mal francés syphilis
    * * *
    1. adv.
    1) badly, poorly
    2. noun m.
    1) evil
    3) harm
    5) illness, disease
    3. adj.
    * * *
    1. ADV
    1) (=imperfectamente) badly

    oigo/veo mal — I can't hear/see well

    si mal no recuerdo — if my memory serves me right, if I remember correctly

    2) (=reprobablemente)

    • hacer mal, hace mal en mentir — he is wrong to lie

    3) (=insuficientemente) poorly

    este disco se vendió muy mal — this record sold very poorly, this record had very poor sales

    • comer mal, en este restaurante se come mal — the food isn't very good in this restaurant

    la niña come mal — the girl isn't eating properly, the girl is off her food

    4) (=sin salud) ill

    encontrarse o sentirse mal — to feel ill

    5) (=desagradablemente)

    ¡no está mal este vino! — this wine isn't bad!

    • caer mal algn, me cae mal su amigo — I don't like his friend

    • decir o hablar mal de algn — to speak ill of sb

    • llevarse mal, me llevo mal con él — I don't get on with him

    • oler mal, esta habitación huele mal — this room smells (bad)

    • pensar mal de algn — to think badly of sb

    • saber mal, sabe mal — it doesn't taste nice

    6) [otras locuciones]

    • estar a mal con algn — to be on bad terms with sb

    • ¡ menos mal! — thank goodness!

    menos mal que... — it's just as well (that)..., it's a good job (that)...

    • ir de mal en peor — to go from bad to worse

    • mal que bien — more or less, just about

    mal que bien lo hemos solucionado — we've more or less o just about managed to solve it

    • tomarse algo (a) mal — to take sth the wrong way

    2.
    CONJ
    3.
    ADJ ver malo 1.
    4. SM
    1) (=maldad)

    combatir el mal — frm to fight against evil

    2) (=perjuicio) harm

    el mal ya está hecho — the harm o damage is done now

    ¡mal haya quien...! — frm a curse on whoever...!

    • dar mal a algn — to make sb suffer

    • darse mal — to torment o.s.

    rebajamos los precios, como mal menor — we cut the prices, as the lesser of two evils

    esa solución no me satisface, pero es un mal menor — I'm not happy with that solution, but it could have been worse

    • parar en mal — to come to a bad end

    3) (=problema) ill
    4) (Med) disease, illness

    mal francés — ( Hist) syphilis

    5)
    6) LAm (Med) epileptic fit
    * * *
    I II
    adjetivo invariable
    1)
    a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)

    estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)

    me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill

    b) (incómodo, a disgusto)

    ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?

    2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)

    no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)

    3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> bad

    aquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

    estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph

    la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive

    5) ( incorrecto) wrong

    está muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her

    estamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice

    III
    1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badly

    se expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly

    3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill

    hablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody

    4)
    a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly

    te han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed

    portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave

    hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)

    comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)

    mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other

    mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not

    menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart

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    IV
    1) (Fil) evil

    el bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong

    2) (daño, perjuicio)

    lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)

    3) (inconveniente, problema)

    mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)

    4) (Med)
    a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness
    b) ( epilepsia)

    el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy

    5) ( pena) trouble
    * * *
    = ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.
    Ex. Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.
    Ex. He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.
    Ex. In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.
    Ex. Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex. In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.
    ----
    * eje del mal = axis of evil.
    * el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * evitar el mal = shun + evil.
    * fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.
    * hacer el mal = do + evil.
    * mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.
    * mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.
    * males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.
    * origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.
    * para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.
    * tener mal de amores = be lovesick.
    * * *
    I II
    adjetivo invariable
    1)
    a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)

    estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)

    me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill

    b) (incómodo, a disgusto)

    ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?

    2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)

    no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)

    3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> bad

    aquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

    estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph

    la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive

    5) ( incorrecto) wrong

    está muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her

    estamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice

    III
    1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badly

    se expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly

    3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill

    hablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody

    4)
    a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly

    te han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed

    portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave

    hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)

    comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)

    mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other

    mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not

    menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart

    •
    IV
    1) (Fil) evil

    el bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong

    2) (daño, perjuicio)

    lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)

    3) (inconveniente, problema)

    mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)

    4) (Med)
    a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness
    b) ( epilepsia)

    el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy

    5) ( pena) trouble
    * * *
    = ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.

    Ex: Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.

    Ex: He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.
    Ex: In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.
    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.
    Ex: Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex: In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.
    * eje del mal = axis of evil.
    * el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * evitar el mal = shun + evil.
    * fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.
    * hacer el mal = do + evil.
    * mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.
    * mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.
    * males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.
    * origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.
    * para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.
    * tener mal de amores = be lovesick.

    * * *
    mal1
    ver malo1 (↑ malo (1))
    mal2
    A
    1 (enfermo, con mal aspecto) estar mal to be bad o ill; (anímicamente) to be o feel low ( colloq), to be o feel down ( colloq)
    me siento mal I don't feel well, I feel ill
    hace días que ando mal del estómago I've been having trouble with my stomach for some days now
    lo encontré muy mal, pálido y desmejorado he didn't seem at all well, he looked pale and sickly
    está muy mal, no se ha repuesto de lo del marido she's in a bad way, she hasn't got over what happened to her husband
    ¡éste está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the head
    esas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me
    2
    (incómodo, a disgusto): ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?
    tú allí estás mal you aren't comfortable there
    (refiriéndose al atractivo sexual): no está nada mal he's/she's not at all bad ( colloq)
    C (desagradable) ‹oler/saber› bad
    aquí huele mal there's a horrible smell in here, it smells in here
    no sabe tan mal it doesn't taste that bad
    esta leche huele mal this milk smells bad o off
    D
    (insatisfactorio): los soufflés siempre me quedan mal my soufflés never turn out right
    estoy or quedé or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photo
    le queda mal ese peinado that hairstyle doesn't suit her
    la casa no está mal, pero es cara the house isn't bad o is quite nice but it's expensive
    sacarnos un millón no estaría nada mal I wouldn't mind winning a million
    E (incorrecto) wrong
    la fecha está mal the date is wrong
    creo que está muy mal no decírselo I think it's very wrong o bad not to tell her
    está mal que le hables en ese tono it's wrong (of you) to speak to him in that tone
    estuviste muy mal en no ayudarlo it was wrong of you not to help him
    F (indicando escasez) estar mal DE algo:
    estamos mal de dinero we're hard up ( colloq), we're short of money
    estamos mal de arroz we have hardly any rice (left), we're low on o almost out of rice
    mal3
    A (de manera no satisfactoria) ‹hecho/organizado/pintado/vestido› badly
    canta muy mal she sings very badly, she's a very bad singer, she's very bad at singing
    se expresó mal he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly
    te oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you, I can't hear you very well
    en el colegio se come muy mal the food's terrible at school
    le fue mal en los exámenes his exams went badly
    de mal en peor from bad to worse
    B
    (desventajosamente): se casó muy mal she made a bad marriage
    vendieron muy mal la casa they got a terrible price for the house
    el negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing very well
    C (desfavorablemente) badly, ill
    no hables mal de ella don't speak badly o ill of her
    piensa mal de todo el mundo he thinks ill of everyone
    D
    1 (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly
    lo has hecho mal you've done it wrong
    mi nombre está mal escrito my name has been misspelt, my name is spelt/has been spelt wrong(ly)
    te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informed
    te entendí mal I misunderstood you, I didn't understand you properly
    obró or procedió mal he acted wrongly o badly
    haces mal en no ir a verla it's wrong of you not to go and see her
    me contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner
    si te portas mal no te traigo más if you behave badly o if you misbehave I won't bring you again
    E
    (difícilmente): mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado you can hardly say o I don't see how you can say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it
    F ( en locs):
    hacer mal ( AmL) (a la salud): los fritos hacen mal al hígado fried food is bad for the liver
    comí algo que me hizo mal I ate something which didn't agree with me o which made me feel bad o ill
    ver tb mal4 m B. (↑ mal (4))
    mal que bien or ( Chi) mal que mal ( fam); somehow or other
    mal que me/te/nos pese whether I/you/we like it or not
    menos mal: aceptaron tu solicitud — ¡menos mal! they've accepted your application — thank goodness!
    ¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!
    ¡menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing o ( BrE) a good job she didn't find out! ( colloq)
    estar a mal con algn to be on bad terms with sb
    tomarse algo a mal to take sth to heart
    traer vt B. (↑ traer)
    Compuesto:
    mal nacido, mal nacida
    masculine, feminine swine ( colloq), rat ( colloq) ver tb maleducado1 (↑ maleducado (1)), maleducado2 (↑ maleducado (2))
    mal4
    A ( Fil) evil
    el bien y el mal good and evil, right and wrong
    líbranos del mal deliver us from evil
    B
    (daño, perjuicio): no le perdono todo el mal que me hizo I can't forgive her all the wrong she did me
    le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo you're doing her a disservice o you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time
    el divorcio de sus padres le hizo mucho mal her parents' divorce did her a lot of harm
    lo que me dijo me hizo mucho mal what he said hurt me deeply o really hurt me
    ver tb mal3 adv F. (↑ mal (3))
    C
    (inconveniente, problema): los males que aquejan a nuestra sociedad the ills afflicting our society
    la contaminación es uno de los males de nuestro tiempo pollution is one of the evils of our time
    a grandes males grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measures
    no hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on for ever
    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
    mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos: … pero a mucha gente le pasó lo mismo — mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos … but the same thing happened to a lot of other people — so that makes you feel better, does it? ( iro)
    todos mis amigos suspendieron también, así que mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos all my friends failed too, so that's some consolation, I suppose o so that makes things a bit better, I suppose
    quien canta sus males espanta problems don't seem so bad if you keep cheerful
    Compuesto:
    (entre dos alternativas) lesser of two evils
    eso fue un mal menor porque se podría haber matado in fact he was lucky o he can count himself lucky, he could have been killed
    D ( Med)
    1 ( liter) (enfermedad) illness
    2
    (epilepsia): el mal (enfermedad) epilepsy
    cuando le da el mal when she has a fit
    Compuestos:
    Alzheimer's disease
    ( fam):
    tiene mal de amores he's lovesick
    Chagas' disease
    altitude sickness, mountain sickness
    evil eye
    le echó el mal de ojo or (CS) le hizo mal de ojo she gave him the evil eye
    Parkinson's disease
    ( euf); syphilis
    E (pena) trouble
    no me vengas a contar tus males don't come to me with your troubles
    * * *

     

    mal adjetivo: ver
    ◊ malo

    ■ adjetivo invariable
    1 [estar] ( enfermo) ill;
    ( anímicamente) in a bad way (colloq);
    ( incómodo) uncomfortable;

    ¡este está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the head;
    esas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me
    2 (fam) ( en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al aspecto):
    ◊ no está nada mal she's/he's/it's not at all bad (colloq)

    3 ( insatisfactorio): estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photograph;

    4 [estar] ( incorrecto) wrong
    5 ( indicando escasez) estar or ir mal de algo ‹de dinero/tiempo› to be short of sth
    ■ adverbio
    1 ( de manera no satisfactoria) ‹vestir/cantar/jugar› badly;

    te oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you;
    el negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing well;
    de mal en peor from bad to worse
    2 ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill;
    ◊ hablar mal de algn to speak badly o ill of sb

    3

    ◊ te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informed;

    te entendí mal I misunderstood you
    b) ( de manera reprensible) ‹obrar/partarse› badly;


    me contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely
    4 ( desagradable) ‹oler/saber› bad;
    ◊ aquí huele mal there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

    5 ( en locs)
    ◊ hacer mal (AmL) ( a la salud): esto hace mal al hígado this is bad for the liver;

    el pescado me hizo mal the fish didn't agree with me;
    menos mal: ¡menos mal! thank goodness!;
    ¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!;
    tomarse algo a mal to take sth to heart
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    1 (Fil) evil;

    2 (daño, perjuicio):

    3 ( cosa dañina) ill, evil;

    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
    4 (Med) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness;

    mal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness, mountain sickness
    5 ( pena) trouble
    mal
    I adj (delante de sustantivo masculino) bad
    un mal momento, (inoportuno) a bad time: está atravesando un mal momento, he's going through a bad patch ➣ malo,-a
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 evil, wrong
    más allá del bien y del mal, beyond good and evil
    2 (perjuicio) harm: me ha hecho mucho mal, it really hurt me
    mal de ojo, the evil eye
    3 (dolencia) illness, disease: padece un mal incurable, she suffers from an incurable disease
    III adverbio
    1 (de mala manera, incorrectamente) badly, wrong: oye muy mal, she can hardly hear
    todo me sale mal, everything I do turns out badly
    me siento mal del estómago, I've got an upset stomach
    menos mal que estás aquí, it's a good job you are here
    2 (difícilmente) scarcely, hardly: si no me lo cuentas, mal puedo yo ayudarte, if you don't tell me I can scarcely help you
    ♦ Locuciones: llevar uno mal algo, to take sthg badly: lleva muy mal la muerte de su padre, he took the death of his father really badly
    mal que, even if: tendremos que ir mal que nos pese, whether we like it or not, we'll have to go
    mal que bien, somehow or other: mal que bien vamos tirando, we're managing quite well somehow or other
    ponerse a mal con alguien, to fall out with sb
    tomar uno a mal, to take sthg badly: no te lo tomes a mal, don't take it badly
    ' mal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agüero
    - añadidura
    - apestar
    - apestosa
    - apestoso
    - atufar
    - avenida
    - avenido
    - azotea
    - berrear
    - bicho
    - bien
    - caber
    - cabeza
    - caer
    - café
    - calcular
    - caldo
    - camino
    - cantar
    - carácter
    - cardo
    - chabacana
    - chabacano
    - chapuza
    - comportarse
    - comunicada
    - comunicado
    - conservarse
    - contraluz
    - contraria
    - contrario
    - criada
    - criado
    - daño
    - desastre
    - desencajada
    - desencajado
    - deslucir
    - despertar
    - día
    - dinero
    - educada
    - educado
    - efecto
    - empañarse
    - encajar
    - encaminada
    - encaminado
    - encontrar
    English:
    abuse
    - acquit
    - act up
    - agree
    - along
    - amulet
    - astray
    - bad
    - bad-tempered
    - badly
    - barring
    - best
    - bile
    - cheap
    - cloud
    - come off
    - condition
    - deal
    - deliver
    - disagree
    - disapprove
    - disrepair
    - do
    - do with
    - doom
    - downhill
    - embody
    - evil
    - evil eye
    - fit
    - flare up
    - foolish
    - foot
    - frown on
    - gnawing
    - go
    - go down
    - go off
    - god
    - going
    - good
    - greasy
    - grief
    - grim
    - grin
    - grumpy
    - half-baked
    - hash
    - health
    - hinder
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    ver malo
    ♦ nm
    1. [maldad]
    el mal evil;
    Literario
    las fuerzas del mal the forces of darkness o evil
    2. [daño] harm, damage;
    nadie sufrió ningún mal no one was harmed, no one suffered any harm;
    ¿no le hará mal al bebé tanta agua? all that water can't be good for the baby;
    no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a while;
    mal de ojo evil eye;
    echarle o CSur [m5] hacerle (el) mal de ojo a alguien to give sb the evil eye;
    Arquit el mal de la piedra = the problem of crumbling masonry caused by pollution etc
    3. [enfermedad] illness;
    Fig
    esto te curará todos los males this will make you feel better;
    tener mal de amores to be lovesick
    mal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness;
    mal de montaña mountain sickness;
    Ven mal de páramo altitude sickness; Fam el mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease
    4. [problema, inconveniente] bad thing;
    el hambre y la pobreza son males que afectan al Tercer Mundo hunger and poverty are problems o ills which affect the Third World;
    entre las dos opciones, es el mal menor it's the lesser of two evils;
    un mal necesario a necessary evil
    5. Comp
    del mal, el menos it's the lesser of two evils;
    la crisis pasará, no hay mal que cien años dure the recession will end sooner or later, these things never last forever;
    a grandes males, grandes remedios drastic situations demand drastic action;
    mal de muchos, consuelo de todos o [m5]de tontos: he suspendido, pero también mis compañeros – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos I failed, but so did my classmates – it doesn't make it all right, just because they did too;
    lo mismo pasa en otros países – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos the same thing happens in other countries – that doesn't make it any better, though;
    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
    ♦ adv
    1. [incorrectamente] wrong;
    obrar mal to do wrong;
    portarse mal to behave badly;
    juzgar mal a alguien to misjudge sb;
    está mal hecho [un informe, un trabajo] it hasn't been done properly;
    [un producto, un aparato] it's badly made;
    eso está mal hecho, no debían haberlo aceptado it was wrong of them, they shouldn't have accepted it;
    está mal eso que has hecho what you've done is wrong;
    hacer algo mal to do sth wrong;
    has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelt that word wrong;
    hiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell him;
    está mal que yo lo diga, pero esta sopa esta buenísima this soup is delicious, although I say so myself
    2. [inadecuadamente, insuficientemente] badly;
    creo que me he explicado mal I'm not sure I've explained myself clearly;
    oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well;
    el niño come bastante mal the boy isn't eating properly o very well;
    calculé mal el tiempo I miscalculated the time;
    canta muy mal she sings terribly, she's a terrible singer;
    esta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properly;
    andar mal de dinero to be short of money;
    andamos mal de azúcar we're running out of sugar;
    la empresa/el equipo va mal the company/team isn't doing very well;
    va mal en la universidad she's not doing very well at university;
    le fue mal en la entrevista his interview didn't go very well;
    el sueldo no está nada mal the pay's pretty good, the pay isn't at all bad;
    ese chico no está nada mal that boy's not bad o pretty nice;
    la reparación quedó mal it wasn't repaired properly;
    me quedó mal el retrato my portrait didn't come out right;
    la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badly;
    la fiesta salió mal the party was a failure
    3. [desagradablemente, desfavorablemente]
    encontrarse mal [enfermo] to feel ill;
    [incómodo] to feel uncomfortable;
    estar mal [de salud] to be o feel ill;
    [de calidad] to be bad;
    hablar mal de alguien to speak ill of sb;
    oler mal to smell bad;
    ¡qué mal huele! what a smell!;
    Fam Fig
    esto me huele mal this smells fishy to me;
    pasarlo mal to have a bad time;
    pensar mal de alguien to think ill of sb;
    saber mal to taste bad;
    Fig
    me supo mal que no vinieses a despedirme I was a bit put out that you didn't come to see me off;
    me sabe muy mal que hablen a mis espaldas I don't like it that they talk behind my back;
    sentar mal a alguien [ropa] not to suit sb;
    [comida] to disagree with sb; [comentario, actitud] to upset sb
    4. [difícilmente] hardly;
    mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know if you don't tell him, how's he supposed to know if you don't tell him?
    5. Comp
    estar a mal con alguien to have fallen out with sb;
    ir de mal en peor to go from bad to worse;
    no estaría mal que… it would be nice if…;
    tomar algo a mal to take sth the wrong way
    ♦ mal que loc conj
    although, even though;
    mal que te pese, las cosas están así whether you like it or not, that's the way things are;
    mal que bien somehow or other
    * * *
    I adj → malo
    II adv badly;
    mal que bien one way or the other;
    ¡no está mal! it isn’t bad!;
    ¡menos mal! thank goodness!;
    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining;
    hacer mal en hacer algo be wrong to do sth;
    ir de mal en peor go from bad to worse;
    estar a mal con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;
    hablar mal de alguien speak ill of s.o.;
    poner mal a alguien criticize s.o.;
    ponerse a mal con alguien fall out with s.o.;
    tomarse algo a mal take sth badly;
    ponerse mal get sick
    III m MED illness;
    el mal menor the lesser of two evils
    * * *
    mal adv
    1) : badly, poorly
    baila muy mal: he dances very badly
    2) : wrong, incorrectly
    me entendió mal: she misunderstood me
    3) : with difficulty, hardly
    mal puedo oírte: I can hardly hear you
    4)
    de mal en peor : from bad to worse
    5)
    menos mal : it could have been worse
    mal adj malo
    mal nm
    1) : evil, wrong
    2) daño: harm, damage
    3) desgracia: misfortune
    4) enfermedad: illness, sickness
    * * *
    mal1 adj bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    mal2 adv
    1. (en general) badly [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    2. (de manera desagradable) bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    3. (enfermo) ill [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    me encuentro mal I don't feel well / I feel ill
    mal3 n
    1. (daño) harm / wrong
    2. (maldad) evil
    3. (problema) problem

    Spanish-English dictionary > mal

  • 15 Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius

    SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering
    [br]
    b. c. 1590 St Maartensdijk, Zeeland, the Netherlands
    d. 4 February 1656 probably London, England
    [br]
    Dutch/British civil engineer responsible for many of the drainage and flood-protection schemes in low-lying areas of England in the seventeenth century.
    [br]
    At the beginning of the seventeenth century, several wealthy men in England joined forces as "adventurers" to put their money into land ventures. One such group was responsible for the draining of the Fens. The first need was to find engineers who were versed in the processes of land drainage, particularly when that land was at, or below, sea level. It was natural, therefore, to turn to the Netherlands to find these skilled men. Joachim Liens was one of the first of the Dutch engineers to go to England, and he started work on the Great Level; however, no real progress was made until 1621, when Cornelius Vermuyden was brought to England to assist in the work.
    Vermuyden had grown up in a district where he could see for himself the techniques of embanking and reclaiming land from the sea. He acquired a reputation of expertise in this field, and by 1621 his fame had spread to England. In that year the Thames had flooded and breached its banks near Havering and Dagenham in Essex. Vermuyden was commissioned to repair the breach and drain neighbouring marshland, with what he claimed as complete success. The Commissioners of Sewers for Essex disputed this claim and whthheld his fee, but King Charles I granted him a portion of the reclaimed land as compensation.
    In 1626 Vermuyden carried out his first scheme for drainage works as a consultant. This was the drainage of Hatfield Chase in South Yorkshire. Charles I was, in fact, Vermuyden's employer in the drainage of the Chase, and the work was undertaken as a means of raising additional rents for the Royal Exchequer. Vermuyden was himself an "adventurer" in the undertaking, putting capital into the venture and receiving the title to a considerable proportion of the drained lands. One of the important elements of his drainage designs was the principal of "washes", which were flat areas between the protective dykes and the rivers to carry flood waters, to prevent them spreading on to nearby land. Vermuyden faced bitter opposition from those whose livelihoods depended on the marshlands and who resorted to sabotage of the embankments and violence against his imported Dutch workmen to defend their rights. The work could not be completed until arbiters had ruled out on the respective rights of the parties involved. Disagreements and criticism of his engineering practices continued and he gave up his interest in Hatfield Chase. The Hatfield Chase undertaking was not a great success, although the land is now rich farmland around the river Don in Doncaster. However, the involved financial and land-ownership arrangements were the key to the granting of a knighthood to Cornelius Vermuyden in January 1628, and in 1630 he purchased 4,000 acres of low-lying land on Sedgemoor in Somerset.
    In 1629 Vermuyden embarked on his most important work, that of draining the Great Level in the fenlands of East Anglia. Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, was given charge of the work, with Vermuyden as Engineer; in this venture they were speculators and partners and were recompensed by a grant of land. The area which contains the Cambridgeshire tributaries of the Great Ouse were subject to severe and usually annual flooding. The works to contain the rivers in their flood period were important. Whilst the rivers were contained with the enclosed flood plain, the land beyond became highly sought-after because of the quality of the soil. The fourteen "adventurers" who eventually came into partnership with the Earl of Bedford and Vermuyden were the financiers of the scheme and also received land in accordance with their input into the scheme. In 1637 the work was claimed to be complete, but this was disputed, with Vermuyden defending himself against criticism in a pamphlet entitled Discourse Touching the Great Fennes (1638; 1642, London). In fact, much remained to be done, and after an interruption due to the Civil War the scheme was finished in 1652. Whilst the process of the Great Level works had closely involved the King, Oliver Cromwell was equally concerned over the success of the scheme. By 1655 Cornelius Vermuyden had ceased to have anything to do with the Great Level. At that stage he was asked to account for large sums granted to him to expedite the work but was unable to do so; most of his assets were seized to cover the deficiency, and from then on he subsided into obscurity and poverty.
    While Cornelius Vermuyden, as a Dutchman, was well versed in the drainage needs of his own country, he developed his skills as a hydraulic engineer in England and drained acres of derelict flooded land.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1628.
    Further Reading
    L.E.Harris, 1953, Vermuyden and the Fens, London: Cleaver Hume Press. J.Korthals-Altes, 1977, Sir Cornelius Vermuyden: The Lifework of a Great Anglo-
    Dutchman in Land-Reclamation and Drainage, New York: Alto Press.
    KM / LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius

  • 16 Kampf um den Absatz

    Kampf um den Absatz(markt)
    fight for the market, marketing fight;
    • Kampf gegen die Arbeitslosigkeit struggle for jobs;
    • Kampf gegen die Armut struggle with poverty;
    • Kampf gegen soziale Ausgrenzung fight against social exclusion;
    • Kampf mit der Bürokratie bureaucratic hassle (US sl.);
    • Kampf um den Geldbeutel pocketbook battle;
    • Kampf um den Haushaltsvoranschlag budget fight;
    • Kampf der Kulturen struggle between cultures;
    • Kampf um Umsatzzahlen battle for sales;
    • Kampfabstimmung crucial vote;
    • Kampfaktionen der Arbeiter labo(u)r disturbances;
    • Kampfansage challenge, declaration of war;
    • Kampfbereitschaft der Arbeiter labo(u)r militancy;
    • Kampfbereitschaft der Gewerkschaften union militancy;
    • Kampfeinsätze bei der Krisenbewältigung (WEU) military action for handling crisis.

    Business german-english dictionary > Kampf um den Absatz

  • 17 Kampf um den Absatzmarkt

    Kampf um den Absatz(markt)
    fight for the market, marketing fight;
    • Kampf gegen die Arbeitslosigkeit struggle for jobs;
    • Kampf gegen die Armut struggle with poverty;
    • Kampf gegen soziale Ausgrenzung fight against social exclusion;
    • Kampf mit der Bürokratie bureaucratic hassle (US sl.);
    • Kampf um den Geldbeutel pocketbook battle;
    • Kampf um den Haushaltsvoranschlag budget fight;
    • Kampf der Kulturen struggle between cultures;
    • Kampf um Umsatzzahlen battle for sales;
    • Kampfabstimmung crucial vote;
    • Kampfaktionen der Arbeiter labo(u)r disturbances;
    • Kampfansage challenge, declaration of war;
    • Kampfbereitschaft der Arbeiter labo(u)r militancy;
    • Kampfbereitschaft der Gewerkschaften union militancy;
    • Kampfeinsätze bei der Krisenbewältigung (WEU) military action for handling crisis.

    Business german-english dictionary > Kampf um den Absatzmarkt

  • 18 sich

    abkühlen, sich
    (Konjunktur) to cool off.
    abmelden, sich
    to notify one’s departure.
    absprechen, sich
    to come to an arrangement, to agree;
    • sich mit seinen Mitarbeitern absprechen to consult with one’s fellow workers;
    • Schadenersatz absprechen to disallow damages.
    abwechseln, sich
    to take turns, to alternate;
    • jährlich abwechseln (Vorsitz) to rotate every year;
    • in Schichten abwechseln to rotate shifts.
    aneignen, sich
    to acquire, to appropriate, to adopt;
    • sich Geld aneignen to embezzle funds, to misappropriate (convert) money;
    • sich einen Namen aneignen to adopt a name.
    auspendeln, sich
    (Zinssätze) to stabilize at a certain level.
    auswirken, sich
    to bear upon, to take effect;
    • sich auf das Betriebsergebnis auswirken to come through into the results;
    • sich kostenmäßig auswirken to make a showing on costs;
    • sich in einer Preiserhöhung auswirken to result in a price increase;
    • sich schnell auswirken (Investitionen) to pick up quickly;
    • sich ungünstig auswirken to have an unfavo(u)rable effect;
    • sich voll auswirken to be in full swing;
    • sich als Vorteil auswirken to turn out to be an advantage.
    behaupten, sich
    to stand one’s ground, (Kurse) to hold their ground, to keep its head, to keep (remain) steady, to remain firm;
    • sich gut behaupten (Wechselkurs) to hold fairly steady;
    • weiterhin hohe Kurse behaupten to continue to rule high;
    • seine Rechte behaupten to safeguard one’s rights;
    • sich am Schluss behaupten oder leicht abschwächen (Börse) to close steady to slightly lower;
    • sich in seiner Stellung behaupten to hold one’s position;
    • seine Stellung im technologischen Wettbewerb behaupten to keep up in the technology race.
    behauptend, sich
    (Preis) steady.
    behelfen, sich
    to make shift, to manage, to resort to expedients;
    • sich ohne Sekretärin behelfen to do without the services of a secretary.
    belaufen, sich
    to come (mount up, run) to, to reach, to rise, to run into, to make;
    • sich auf 10.000 Euro belaufen to foot up (figure out) to euro 10,000 debts;
    • sich auf das Doppelte des Voranschlags belaufen to come to double the estimate;
    • insgesamt belaufen to aggregate, to total;
    • sich ungefähr belaufen to come near to.
    bereichern, sich
    to line one’s pockets, to make one’s pile;
    • sich an Kinderarbeit bereichern to exploit child labo(u)r;
    • sich öffentlich bereichern to enrich o. s. from public office.
    beruhigen, sich
    (Börse) to settle down, (politische Lage) to become stable, to ease;
    • Gläubiger mit einer Ratenzahlung beruhigen to put off a dun with an instal(l)ment.
    bewegen, sich
    (Preise) to range (vary) from... to...;
    • sich abwärts bewegen to be on the downgrade (skids, US);
    • sich fast einheitlich um die 20% bewegen to cluster around the 20 per cent mark;
    • sich entsprechend der Preisindexziffern bewegen to move in sympathy with the index figures of prices.
    bewerben, sich
    to apply for, to stand as a candidate for (Br.), to run, to [run as a] candidate, to seek, to go up (Br.), (um Lieferungen) to make a bid for, to tender, (um einen Preis) to compete for;
    • sich um ein Amt bewerben to run (stand) for an office (US);
    • sich um einen Auftrag bewerben to make a tender;
    • sich persönlich bewerben to make a personal application;
    • sich um eine Stelle (Stellung) bewerben to apply (run) for a position, to put in for a post (job, fam.), to compete for a job.
    bewähren, sich
    (Artikel) to stand the strain (test);
    • sich nicht bewähren to prove a failure.
    drehen, sich
    (Börse) to turn;
    • sich um ein Thema drehen to run on a subject.
    durchschlagen, sich
    to shift for a living;
    • kostenmäßig durchschlagen to make a showing on cost;
    • auf die Ladenverkaufspreise durchschlagen to work through to prices in the shops;
    • direkt auf die Preise durchschlagen to feed straight through into the prices.
    eignen, sich
    to qualify, to be suitable (qualified);
    • sich als Kapitalanlage eignen to be suitable for investment.
    einbürgern, sich
    to become established;
    • teilweise einbürgern to denizen;
    • wieder einbürgern to repatriate.
    einigen, sich
    to agree, to come to terms, to settle an issue (Br.);
    • sich über die Bedingungen einigen to agree upon the terms;
    • sich mit seinen Gläubigern einigen to compound with one’s creditors;
    • sich auf die Gründung einer Gesellschaft einigen to agree to form a company;
    • sich gütlich einigen to settle a matter amicably, to come to an amicable arrangement;
    • sich auf einen bestimmten Preis einigen to agree on a certain price;
    • sich vergleichsweise einigen to reach a settlement.
    einmischen, sich
    to intervene, to interfere, to meddle, to barge in (fam.);
    • sich in die Angelegenheiten eines Nachbarlandes einmischen to intervene in the affairs of a neighbo(u)ring country;
    • sich unaufgefordert (ungefragt) einmischen to meddle.
    einpendeln, sich
    (Kurse) to even out, to settle down.
    einschiffen, sich
    to embark, to get (go) aboard, to join one’s ship, to go on board, to [take] ship.
    einwählen, sich
    (Computer) to plug into.
    emporarbeiten, sich
    to work one’s way up, to win one’s way from poverty.
    entschließen, sich
    to determine, to decide, to make up one’s mind, to resolve;
    • sich zu einem Kauf entschließen to decide on buying.
    ereignen, sich
    to occur, to happen, to take place.
    erholen, sich
    to recreate, to convalesce, to recuperate, to pick up, (Industrie) to be reviving, (Kurse) to look (pick, prick) up, to recover, to revive, to rally, to rise, to improve, (Markt) to improve, (sich schadlos halten) to make up for one’s losses, to repay (reimburse, recoup) o. s.;
    • sich bei jem. erholen to draw (reimburse o. s.) upon s. o.;
    • sich von einem geschäftlichen Fehlschlag erholen to recover from a business setback;
    • sich beim Giranten erholen to have recourse to the endorser of a note;
    • sich von den Nachwirkungen des Krieges erholen to recover from the effects of the war;
    • sich bei den Schlusskursen erholen to be improving at the close;
    • sich schnell erholen (Kurse) to brisk up;
    • sich wieder erholen (Kurse) to be picking up again, to experience a recovery;
    • sich finanziell wieder erholen to recover financially (one’s strength), to recuperate;
    • sich für eine Zahlung erholen to cover o. s.
    etablieren, sich
    to establish o. s., to set up shop for o. s., to start a business.
    festigen, sich
    to consolidate, (Börse, Kurse, Preise) to [become] firm, to steady, to stiffen, to strengthen, to harden, to stabilize;
    • Dollarkurs festigen to strengthen the dollar price;
    • seine Stellung festigen to strengthen one’s position, to solidify one’s place;
    • Währung festigen to stabilize the currency;
    • sich erneut im Vergleich mit anderen harten Währungen festigen to strengthen again against other major currencies;
    • Wechselkurse festigen to stabilize exchange rates.
    freizeichnen, sich
    to contract out, to exempt o. s. from a liability.
    gesundschrumpfen, sich
    to shrink to profitable size;
    • sich gesundstoßen to make a packet (fam.).
    heraufarbeiten, sich
    to work one’s way (o. s.) up (o. s. into a good position).
    herauskristallisieren, sich
    to crystallize, to take shape;
    • sich herausmachen (Firma) to make good progress;
    • sein Kapital herausnehmen to withdraw one’s capital;
    • Gehälter aus dem Preisindexsystem herausnehmen to disindex salaries from the price index;
    • Geld aus jem. herauspressen to squeeze money out of s. o.;
    • weitere Steuern aus dem Volk herauspressen to screw more taxes out of the people;
    • Gewinne aus einem fallenden und überbesetzten Markt herausprügeln müssen to be forced to slug it out in a slumping and overcrowded market;
    • Geld herausrücken to cough up (US sl.), to fork out (sl.);
    • Zahlungen herausschieben to postpone payment;
    • herausschinden to eke out;
    • Geld aus jem. herausschinden to extract money from s. o.;
    • zusätzliche Urlaubswoche herausschinden to wangle an extra week’s holiday;
    • Geld aus einer Sache herausschlagen to get one’s money’s worth;
    • allerlei Vorteile herausschlagen to gain all kinds of advantages;
    • Unfähige herausschmeißen to weed out the incompetents;
    • heraussetzen (Mieter) to evict, to eject, to turn out.
    herausstellen, sich
    to turn out, to prove;
    • besonders herausstellen (Presse) to feature (US coll.), to highlight (US);
    • sich als Fälschung herausstellen to prove to be a forgery;
    • groß herausstellen to give a build-up;
    • sich als sehr hoch herausstellen (Kosten) to come rather high;
    • sich als missglückt herausstellen (Anlage) to turn sour;
    • sich als Vorteil herausstellen to turn out to be an advantage.
    hinschleppen, sich
    to drag on.
    konkretisieren, sich
    (Forderung) to crystallize.
    konstituieren, sich
    (parl.) to assemble;
    • Ausschuss konstituieren to appoint a committee;
    • sich als eingetragene Gesellschaft konstituieren to form themselves into a registered corporation.
    kreuzen, sich
    to intersect, (Interessen) to clash, to run counter, (Straße) to cross.
    kristallisieren, sich
    to crystallize.
    kräftigen, sich
    (Kurs) to improve, to recover, (Markt) to strengthen;
    • Dollarkurs kräftigen to strengthen the dollar price.
    lebensversichern, sich
    to assure one’s life with a company (Br.);
    • sich für 20.000 L lebensversichern to insure (assure, Br.) o. s. for L 20,000;
    • sich gegenseitig lebensversichern to insure one’s own life for the benefit of the other;
    • seine Schlüsselkräfte lebensversichern to take out life policies on one’s key man.
    liieren, sich
    (Gesellschafter) to unite, to join, to associate, to become a partner.
    massieren, sich
    (Aufträge) to pile up.
    niederlassen, sich
    to set up for o. s., to take up one’s abode (domicile, residence), to locate, (Wohnsitz) to settle down;
    • sich als Anwalt niederlassen to settle down in the practice of law;
    • sich als Arzt niederlassen to put up (hang out) one’s shingle;
    • sich als Buchhändler niederlassen to establish o. s. (set up business) as a bookseller;
    • sich für dauernd niederlassen to settle down for good;
    • sich geschäftlich niederlassen to establish o. s. as a businessman, to set up for o. s., to set up shop, to set o. s. up in business;
    • sich im Hauptgeschäftsviertel niederlassen to fix one’s residence in the city;
    • sich widerrechtlich niederlassen to abate.
    rentieren, sich
    to pay [its way (for costs)], to pay well, to bring a return, (Betrieb) to be profitable, (Ware) to leave a margin;
    • sich gut rentieren to yield good profits;
    • sich nicht rentieren not to be worthwhile;
    • sich noch rentieren to break even;
    • sich gerade noch rentieren to wash its face (Br. sl.);
    • sich in zehn Jahren rentieren to pay its way in ten years.
    stabilisieren, sich
    to become stable;
    • Preise stabilisieren to stabilize (peg) prices.
    treffen, sich
    to meet, to gather, to assemble;
    • Abkommen treffen to come to an agreement (terms);
    • Anordnungen treffen to prescribe;
    • Auslese treffen to cull;
    • Buchung treffen to pass (effect) an entry;
    • Freigabeverfügungen für die Wirtschaftshilfe treffen to loosen its grip on the economic-aid purse strings;
    • auf Öl treffen to strike oil;
    • Steuerzahler heftig treffen to clobber the taxpayers;
    • Übereinkommen treffen to compact;
    • Übereinkunft treffen to come to an arrangement;
    • Verabredung treffen to make (fix) an appointment;
    • Verbraucher unmittelbar treffen to fall directly onto the consumer;
    • vorläufige Vereinbarung treffen to make a provisional arrangement;
    • Vorbereitungen (Vorkehrungen) treffen to make preparations;
    • Vorsichtsmaßregeln treffen to take precautionary measures.
    unterordnen, sich
    to subordinate o. s.
    verausgaben, sich
    to spend beyond one’s means, to run short of money.
    verbürgen, sich
    to [a]vouch, to undertake, to warrant, to guarantee, to stand surety, to bail;
    • sich für einen Bericht verbürgen to warrant a report;
    • sich für jds. Ehrlichkeit und Zuverlässigkeit verbürgen to warrant s. o. an honest and reliable person;
    • sich für eine Schuld verbürgen to answer for a debt;
    • sich für jds. Zahlungsfähigkeit verbürgen to vouch for s. one's ability to pay.
    verkalkulieren, sich
    to miscalculate, to overshoot.
    vermehren, sich
    to multiply;
    • sein Vermögen vermehren to enlarge one’s fortune;
    • Zahlungsmittelumlauf vermehren to expand the currency.
    verschulden, sich
    to run into debt, to take on debts, to involve o. s. (get into) debt, to outrun the constable (Br.), to run up a score (Br.);
    • sich kurzfristig erheblich verschulden to borrow heavily on a short-term basis;
    • sich erneut verschulden to run into debt again;
    • sich total verschulden (Staat) to plunge into debt;
    • sich ungewöhnlich verschulden to go into debt at a record chip (US).
    verschätzen, sich
    to be out in one’s calculation[s] (estimate).
    verspekulieren, sich
    to lose money by bad investment.
    verspäten, sich
    (Schiff, Zug) to be overdue (behind schedule, US).
    versteifen, sich
    (Markt) to tighten [up].
    verzweigen, sich
    to branch out.
    zurückhalten, sich
    to keep a low profile, (Börse) to stay on the sidelines, (Verbraucher) to hold back, to resist;
    • Aktien in Erwartung von Kurssteigerungen zurückhalten to hold stocks for a rise;
    • Informationsmaterial zurückhalten to hold back information;
    • Mittel zurückhalten to bottle up funds;
    • sich mit der Verwirklichung geplanter Kapazitätsausweitungen zurückhalten to hold back on bringing in planned new capacity;
    • restliche Ware zurückhalten to hold over the rest of the goods;
    • Waren unberechtigt zurückhalten to wrongfully detain goods.
    zurückmelden, sich
    to report one’s return;
    • sich vom Urlaub zurückmelden to report back from leave (one’s return).
    zusammenschließen, sich
    to amalgamate, to merge, to combine, to consolidate (US), (pol.) to unite, to fuse;
    • Arbeiter in einer Gewerkschaft zusammenschließen to unite workers in a trade union;
    • Firmen (Gesellschaften) zusammenschließen to consolidate business companies;
    • sich zu einem Kartell zusammenschließen to join a cartel;
    • sich in einem großen Unternehmen zusammenschließen to merge into one large organization;
    • sich zu einem Verein zusammenschließen to club.
    ändern, sich
    to vary;
    • Eintragung ändern to rectify (alter) an entry;
    • nachträglich ändern (Wechsel) to alter materially;
    • zweckentsprechend ändern to adapt.
    überschneiden, sich
    to overlap, to intersect, (Ereignisse) to clash;
    • sich mit einem anderen Termin überschneiden to clash with another date.

    Business german-english dictionary > sich

  • 19 mover

    v.
    1 to move.
    el fútbol profesional mueve mucho dinero a lot of money changes hands in the world of professional soccer
    Ricardo movió el auto Richard moved the car.
    2 to shake (menear, agitar) (caja, sonajero).
    la vaca movía la cola the cow was swishing its tail
    el perro movía la cola the dog was wagging its tail
    3 to do something about.
    4 to energize, to activate, to power.
    La gasolina mueve el auto Gasoline energizes the car.
    * * *
    (o changes to ue in stressed syllables)
    Present Indicative
    muevo, mueves, mueve, movemos, movéis, mueven.
    Present Subjunctive
    mueva, muevas, mueva, movamos, mováis, muevan.
    Imperative
    mueve (tú), mueva (él/Vd.), movamos (nos.), moved (vos.), muevan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    5) stir
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=cambiar de posición)
    a) [+ objeto, mano, pierna] to move

    • mover a algn de algún sitio — to move sb from somewhere

    de aquí no nos mueve nadie — we're staying right here, we're not moving from here

    "no nos moverán" — "we shall not be moved"

    b) [en juegos] [+ ficha, pieza] to move
    2) (=agitar) to stir

    muévelo para que no se pegue — stir it o give it a stir so that it doesn't stick

    • mover la cabeza — [para negar] to shake one's head; [para asentir] to nod, nod one's head

    3) (Mec) (=accionar) [+ máquina] to work, power
    4) (=incitar)

    • mover a algn a algo — to move sb to sth

    • mover a algn a hacer algo — to prompt sb to do sth, move sb to do sth

    ¿qué fue lo que te movió a actuar de ese modo? — what prompted o moved you to act in that way?

    5) (=agilizar) [+ asunto, tema] to push; [+ trámite] to handle

    • mover una guerra contra algn — to wage war on sb

    • mover un pleito contra algn — to start proceedings against sb

    6) [+ dinero] to move, handle

    esta empresa mueve miles de millones anualmente — this company moves o handles thousands of millions each year

    7) * [+ droga] to push
    2. VI
    1) [en juegos] to move

    ¿con qué ficha has movido? — what piece have you moved?

    ¿a quién le toca mover? — whose move is it?

    2) (=incitar)

    • mover a algo, esta situación mueve a la risa — this situation makes you (want to) laugh

    3) (Bot) to bud, sprout
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move
    b) (Jueg) <ficha/pieza> to move
    c) ( agitar)

    movió la cabeza — ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head); ( negando) she shook her head

    d) ( accionar) to drive
    e) ( manejar) < dinero> to handle
    f) (fam) < droga> to push (colloq)
    2) (incitar, inducir)

    ¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? — what moved him to do that?

    2.
    mover vi
    1) (Jueg) to move
    2) (incitar, inducir)

    mover A algo: su situación mueve a la compasión — his predicament moves one to pity

    3.
    moverse v pron
    1)
    a) ( desplazarse) to move

    no te muevas de ahí — stay right where you are, don't move

    b) ( menearse) to move

    dejá de moverte — stop fidgeting, stop moving about

    2)
    a) ( alternar) to move

    se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel — she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail

    c) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)
    * * *
    = shift, move, wiggle.
    Ex. In general, then, a post-co-ordinate index is simpler to produce than a pre-co-ordinate index, because it shifts the responsibility for co-ordination of index terms to the searcher.
    Ex. This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.
    Ex. I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.
    ----
    * el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.
    * estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.
    * la fe mueve montañas = faith will move mountains.
    * mover Algo = make + Nombre + spin.
    * mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.
    * mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.
    * mover la cabeza = shake + head.
    * mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.
    * mover la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás = jerk + head.
    * mover lateralmente = move from + side to side.
    * mover montañas = move + mountains.
    * moverse = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave.
    * moverse de aquí para allá = move about.
    * moverse en el sitio = shuffle.
    * moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.
    * no moverse = stay + put.
    * sentarse sin moverse = sit + still.
    * sin moverse del sitio = in place.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move
    b) (Jueg) <ficha/pieza> to move
    c) ( agitar)

    movió la cabeza — ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head); ( negando) she shook her head

    d) ( accionar) to drive
    e) ( manejar) < dinero> to handle
    f) (fam) < droga> to push (colloq)
    2) (incitar, inducir)

    ¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? — what moved him to do that?

    2.
    mover vi
    1) (Jueg) to move
    2) (incitar, inducir)

    mover A algo: su situación mueve a la compasión — his predicament moves one to pity

    3.
    moverse v pron
    1)
    a) ( desplazarse) to move

    no te muevas de ahí — stay right where you are, don't move

    b) ( menearse) to move

    dejá de moverte — stop fidgeting, stop moving about

    2)
    a) ( alternar) to move

    se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel — she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail

    c) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)
    * * *
    = shift, move, wiggle.

    Ex: In general, then, a post-co-ordinate index is simpler to produce than a pre-co-ordinate index, because it shifts the responsibility for co-ordination of index terms to the searcher.

    Ex: This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.
    Ex: I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.
    * el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.
    * estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.
    * la fe mueve montañas = faith will move mountains.
    * mover Algo = make + Nombre + spin.
    * mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.
    * mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.
    * mover la cabeza = shake + head.
    * mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.
    * mover la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás = jerk + head.
    * mover lateralmente = move from + side to side.
    * mover montañas = move + mountains.
    * moverse = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave.
    * moverse de aquí para allá = move about.
    * moverse en el sitio = shuffle.
    * moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.
    * no moverse = stay + put.
    * sentarse sin moverse = sit + still.
    * sin moverse del sitio = in place.

    * * *
    mover [E9 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (trasladar, desplazar) to move
    2 ( Jueg) ‹ficha/pieza› to move
    3
    (agitar): no muevas la cámara keep the camera still
    el viento movía las hojas de los árboles the wind shook the leaves on the trees
    está vivo, acaba de mover la mano he's alive, he just moved his hand
    movió la cabeza (asintiendo) he nodded (his head); (negando) she shook her head
    mueve la cola cuando está contento it wags its tail when it's happy
    4
    (accionar): el agua mueve la rueda del molino the water turns o drives the millwheel
    5 (manejar) ‹dinero› to handle
    la Bolsa movió casi 300 millones de pesos dealings on the Stock Market amounted to almost 300 million pesos, almost 300 million pesos were moved o handled on the Stock Market
    mueve enormes cantidades de dinero he handles huge amounts of money
    6 ( fam); ‹droga› to push ( colloq)
    B
    (incitar, inducir): actuó movida por razones políticas her actions were politically motivated
    mover a algn A algo:
    ¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? what moved o prompted him to do that?
    me preguntan qué me mueve a escribir este tipo de poema I am asked what it is that inspires o moves me to write this kind of poem
    aquellas imágenes los movían a compasión they were moved to pity by those pictures
    ■ mover
    vi
    A ( Jueg) to move
    te toca a ti, yo acabo de mover it's your turn, I've just moved
    B (incitar, inducir) mover A algo:
    su situación mueve a la compasión his predicament moves one to pity
    A
    1 (desplazarse) to move
    no me he movido de aquí en toda la tarde I haven't moved from here o I've been right here all afternoon
    no te muevas de ahí stay right where you are, don't move
    no pienso moverme de aquí hasta que me atiendan I have no intention of moving (from this spot) until I get some service
    ¡no te muevas! te voy a sacar una foto don't move o keep still! I'm going to take your photograph
    no puedo moverme, me duele todo I can't move, I ache all over
    aunque me ve tan ocupado ella no se mueve she can see I'm busy but she doesn't lift a finger to help ( colloq)
    deja de moverte, me estás poniendo nerviosa stop fidgeting, you're getting on my nerves
    no se le mueve un pelo durante la pelea he never has a hair out of place throughout the fight
    B
    1 (alternar) to move
    ella se mueve en las altas esferas she moves in high circles
    yo no me muevo en ese ambiente I don't move in those circles, that's not my scene ( colloq)
    2
    (hacer gestiones): si no te mueves no conseguirás encontrar piso if you don't get moving you'll never find an apartment ( colloq)
    se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail
    3 (apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on ( colloq)
    si no nos movemos, vamos a perder el tren if we don't hurry up o get a move on, we'll miss the train
    * * *

    mover ( conjugate mover) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move

    b) (Jueg) ‹ficha/pieza› to move

    c) ( agitar):


    el viento movía los árboles the wind shook the trees;
    movió la cabeza ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head);

    ( negando) she shook her head;


    2 ( inducir):

    verbo intransitivo (Jueg) to move
    moverse verbo pronominal


    la lámpara se movía con el viento the lamp was moving o swaying in the wind

    mover verbo transitivo
    1 to move: movimos la mesa, we moved the table
    mover la cabeza, (afirmativamente) to nod
    (negativamente) to shake one's head
    2 (empujar, decidir) aquello me movió a viajar, that led me to travel
    le mueve la codicia, she's driven by greed
    no sabemos qué le movió a hacerlo, we don't know what made him do it
    3 (activar) to drive: el aire mueve las aspas, the wind drives the sails
    ' mover' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrancar
    - ayudar
    - bigote
    - cabecear
    - tocar
    - avanzar
    - dar
    - desplazar
    - echar
    - mueva
    - pala
    English:
    dart
    - displace
    - ease
    - flick
    - fly
    - get back
    - heave
    - hustle
    - jerk
    - manhandle
    - move
    - move back
    - pass
    - pound
    - prompt
    - pull
    - roll
    - run
    - shift
    - shoot
    - shovel
    - sideways
    - slink
    - sneak
    - softly
    - speed
    - spring
    - stick
    - stone
    - string
    - struggle
    - to
    - twitch
    - whip
    - whisk
    - wiggle
    - drive
    - furniture
    - jiggle
    - jog
    - man
    - mover
    - play
    - ply
    - stir
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [desplazar, trasladar] to move (de/a from/to); [mecánicamente] to drive;
    el viento mueve las palas the wind drives o turns the blades;
    Informát
    mover un fichero to move a file;
    mover una ficha [en juegos] to move a counter;
    el fútbol profesional mueve mucho dinero a lot of money changes hands in the world of professional soccer;
    ese cantante mueve masas huge numbers of people go to see that singer wherever he performs;
    Esp
    mover ficha: ahora le toca al gobierno mover ficha it's the government's move, it's the government's turn to make the next move
    2. [menear, agitar] [caja, sonajero] to shake;
    [bandera] to wave;
    movía las caderas she was wiggling o swinging her hips;
    la vaca movía la cola the cow was swishing its tail;
    el perro movía la cola the dog was wagging its tail;
    mover la cabeza [afirmativamente] to nod;
    [negativamente] to shake one's head;
    muévelo bien [removiéndolo con cucharilla] stir it well;
    [agitándolo con las manos] shake it well
    3. [impulsar]
    mover a alguien a hacer algo to make sb do sth, to prompt sb to do sth;
    ¿qué te movió a hacerlo? what made you do it?, what prompted you to do it?;
    eso fue lo que nos movió a la huelga that was what made us strike o prompted us to strike;
    sólo la mueve la ambición she is driven solely by ambition;
    mover a alguien a compasión to move sb to pity
    4. [hacer trámites con] to do something about;
    hay muchos interesados en mover este asunto there are several people who are interested in doing something about this issue
    ♦ vi
    1. [en ajedrez, damas, juego de mesa] to move;
    tú mueves it's your move
    2. [provocar]
    su triste mirada movía a compasión her sad gaze made you feel pity for her
    * * *
    v/t
    1 move
    2 ( agitar) shake
    3 ( impulsar, incitar) drive
    * * *
    mover {47} vt
    1) trasladar: to move, to shift
    2) agitar: to shake, to nod (the head)
    3) accionar: to power, to drive
    4) inducir: to provoke, to cause
    5) : to excite, to stir
    * * *
    mover vb to move

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