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  • 1 Tibetan literature (Body of largely religious and occult writings that has developed since the 7th century, when Tibetan became a written language)

    Религия: тибетская литература

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Tibetan literature (Body of largely religious and occult writings that has developed since the 7th century, when Tibetan became a written language)

  • 2 when

    when ⇒ Usage note: when, US hwen
    A pron
    1 ( with prepositions) quand ; by when? avant quand? ; from when until when? de quand à quand? ; since when? depuis quand? also iron ;
    2 ( the time when) that was when it all started to go wrong c'est à ce moment-là que tout a commencé à mal aller ; that's when I was born ( day) c'est le jour où je suis né ; ( year) c'est l'année où je suis né ; now is when we must act c'est maintenant qu'il faut agir ; he spoke of when he was a child il a parlé de l'époque où il était enfant.
    B adv
    1 ( as interrogative) quand (est-ce que) ; when are we leaving? quand est-ce qu'on part? ; when is the concert? c'est quand le concert? ; when is it possible to say/use…? quand est-ce qu'on peut dire/utiliser…? ; when do the first rains come? quand commence la saison des pluies? ; when was it that he died? quand est-ce qu'il est mort? ;
    2 ( as indirect interrogative) quand ; ask him when he wrote the letter demande-lui quand il a écrit la lettre ; I wonder when the film starts je me demande à quelle heure commence le film ; I forget exactly when ( time) j'ai oublié l'heure exacte ; ( date) j'ai oublié la date exacte ; there was some disagreement as to when… tout le monde n'était pas d'accord sur la date à laquelle… ; tell me ou say when ( pouring drink) dis-moi d'arrêter ;
    3 ( as relative) on Monday/in 1993 when lundi/en 1993 quand ; at the time when ( precise moment) au moment où ; ( during same period) à l'époque où ; the week when it all happened la semaine où tout s'est passé ; on those rare occasions when les rares fois où ; there are times when il y a des moments où ; it's times like that when c'est dans ces moments-là que ; it's the time of year when c'est la période de l'année où ; one morning when he was getting up, he… un matin en se levant, il… ;
    4 ( then) she resigned in May, since when we've had no applicants elle a démissionné en mai, et depuis (lors) nous n'avons reçu aucune candidature ; until when we must stay calm d'ici là nous devons rester calmes ; by when we will have received the information d'ici là nous aurons reçu toutes les informations ;
    5 ( whenever) quand ; he's only happy when he's moaning il n'est content que quand il rouspète ; when on holiday you should relax quand on est en vacances il faut se détendre ; when I sunbathe, I get freckles chaque fois que je prends un bain de soleil, j'ai des taches de rousseur ; when necessary quand c'est nécessaire ; when possible dans la mesure du possible.
    C conj
    1 ( at the precise time when) quand, lorsque ; when she reaches 18 quand elle aura 18 ans ;
    2 ( during the period when) quand, lorsque ; when he was at school/just a trainee quand il était à l'école/simplement stagiaire ; when you're in your teens quand on est adolescent ; when sailing, always wear a lifejacket quand on fait de la voile, il faut toujours porter un gilet de sauvetage ;
    3 ( as soon as) quand, dès que ; when he arrives, I'll tell him quand or dès qu'il arrivera, je le lui dirai ; when drawn up, the plan… quand le projet sera rédigé, il…, une fois rédigé, le projet… ;
    4 ( when simultaneously) quand ; I was in the bath when the phone rang j'étais dans mon bain quand le téléphone a sonné ;
    5 ( when suddenly) quand ; I was strolling along when all of a sudden… je marchais tranquillement quand tout d'un coup… ; hardly ou scarcely ou barely had I sat down when je venais à peine de m'asseoir quand ;
    6 (once, after) quand, une fois que ; when you've been to Scotland, you'll want to go again and again quand or une fois que vous aurez visité l'Écosse, vous aurez forcément envie d'y retourner ;
    7 ( when it is the case that) alors que ; why buy their products when ours are cheaper? pourquoi acheter leurs produits alors que les nôtres sont moins chers? ;
    8 ( whereas) alors que ; she became a nun when she could have been an actress elle est devenue religieuse alors qu'elle aurait pu devenir actrice ; he refused when I would have gladly accepted il a refusé alors que j'aurais été ravi d'accepter.

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  • 3 when the CD became a success the other record companies suddenly sat up and took notice

    when the CD became a success the other record companies suddenly sat up and took notice
    toen de cd een succes werd, schrokken de andere platenmaatschappijen wakker

    English-Dutch dictionary > when the CD became a success the other record companies suddenly sat up and took notice

  • 4 when the dust settles

    разг.
    когда всё уляжется, успокоится, когда страсти улягутся

    When the dust settles, it won't amount to a hill of beans. (E. Caldwell, ‘Trouble in July’, ch. 1) — Когда все успокоятся, то окажется, что это дело яйца выеденного не стоит.

    When the dust settled, it became clear that the main sin the two were committing was wishing get married. — Когда страсти улеглись, стало ясно: главная их провинность заключается в том, что они хотят пожениться.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > when the dust settles

  • 5 when firmly pushed the door became unstuck

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > when firmly pushed the door became unstuck

  • 6 after (till или when) the dust settles

       paзг. кoгдa вcё уляжeтcя, уcпoкoитcя, кoгдa cтpacти улягутcя
        ◘ When the dust settles, it won't amount to a hill of beans (E. Caldwelf). When the dust settled, it became clear that the main sin the two were committing was wishing to get married (Daily Worker)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > after (till или when) the dust settles

  • 7 become

    past tense - became; verb
    1) (to come or grow to be: Her coat has become badly torn; She has become even more beautiful.) volverse, ponerse, convertirse
    2) (to qualify or take a job as: She became a doctor.) hacerse, llegar a ser
    3) ((with of) to happen to: What became of her son?) ser de
    4) (to suit: That dress really becomes her.) sentar bien, quedar bien
    •
    - becomingly
    become vb
    1. hacerse / convertirse en / llegar a ser
    2. hacerse / volverse / ponerse
    she became angry se puso furiosa / se enfadó
    tr[bɪ'kʌm]
    intransitive verb (pt became tr[bɪ'keɪm], pp become tr[bɪ'kʌm])
    1 (with noun) convertirse en, hacerse, llegar a ser
    ■ to become a doctor/teacher hacerse médico,-a/maestro,-a
    2 (change into) convertirse en, transformarse en
    ■ to become mad volverse loco,-a, enloquecer
    ■ to become fat ponerse gordo,-a, engordar
    ■ to become angry ponerse enfadado,-a, enfadarse
    ■ to become sad ponerse triste, entristecerse
    ■ to become deaf quedarse sordo,-a, ensordecerse
    ■ to become blind quedarse ciego,-a
    1 dated (suit) sentarle bien, favorecer
    2 dated (befit) ser propio,-a de, convenir
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    what has become of...? ¿qué ha sido de...?
    ■ what has become of your sister? ¿qué ha sido de tu hermana?
    become [bɪ'kʌm] v, - came [-'keɪm] ; - come ; - coming vi
    : hacerse, volverse, ponerse
    he became famous: se hizo famoso
    to become sad: ponerse triste
    to become accustomed to: acostumbrarse a
    become vt
    1) befit: ser apropiado para
    2) suit: favorecer, quedarle bien (a alguien)
    that dress becomes you: ese vestido te favorece
    p.p.
    (Participio pasivo de "to become")
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: became, become) = convenir v.
    (§pres: -vengo, -vienes...-venimos) pret: -vin-
    fut: -vendr-•)
    • convertirse v.
    • convertirse en v.
    • devenir v.
    (§pres: -vengo, -vienes...-venimos) pret: -vin-
    fut: -vendr-•)
    • hacerse v.
    • llegar a ser v.
    • ponerse v.
    • resultar v.
    • volverse v.
    bɪ'kʌm
    1.
    (past became; past p become) intransitive verb

    to become arrogant/distant — volverse* arrogante/distante

    to become famous — hacerse* famoso

    she soon became bored/tired — pronto se aburrió/se cansó

    to become a lawyer — hacerse* abogado


    2.
    vt
    a) ( befit) (frml) (often neg) ser* apropiado para
    b) ( suit) favorecer*
    Phrasal Verbs:
    [bɪ'kʌm] (pt became) (pp become)
    1. VI
    1) (=grow to be)

    to become ill — ponerse enfermo, enfermar

    to become old — hacerse or volverse viejo

    to become red — ponerse rojo, enrojecerse

    it became known that... — se supo que..., llegó a saberse que...

    2) (=turn into) convertirse en, transformarse en
    3) (=acquire position of) (through study) hacerse; (by promotion etc) llegar a ser
    2.
    IMPERS VB

    what has become of him? — ¿qué ha sido de él?

    what will become of me? — ¿qué será de mí?

    whatever can have become of that book? — ¿dónde estará ese libro?

    3.
    VT (=look nice on) favorecer, sentar bien
    BECOME, GO, GET The translation of become/go/ get depends on the context and the type of change involved and how it is regarded. Very often there is more than one possible translation, or even a special verb to translate get + ((adjective)) (e.g. get angry - enfadarse), but here are some general hints.
    Become {etc} + adjective
    ► Use pon erse to talk about temporary but normal changes:
    I got quite ill Me puse muy malo
    He went pale Se puso blanco
    You've got very brown Te has puesto muy moreno
    He got very angry Se puso furioso ► Use vol verse to refer to sudden, longer-lasting and unpredictable changes, particularly those affecting the mind:
    He has become very impatient in the last few years Se ha vuelto muy impaciente estos últimos años
    She went mad Se volvió loca ► Use que dar(se) especially when talking about changes that are permanent, involve deterioration and are due to external circumstances. Their onset may or may not be sudden:
    He went blind (Se) quedó ciego
    Goya went deaf Goya (se) quedó sordo
    Q uedar(se) is also used to talk about pregnancy:
    She became pregnant (Se) quedó embarazada ► Use hac erse for states resulting from effort or from a gradual, cumulative process:
    They became very famous Se hicieron muy famosos
    The pain became unbearable El dolor se hizo insoportable ► Use lle gar a ser to suggest reaching a peak:
    The heat became stifling El calor llegó a ser agobiante
    Become {etc} + noun
    ► Use hac erse for career goals and religious or political persuasions:
    He became a lawyer Se hizo abogado
    I became a Catholic in 1990 Me hice católico en 1990
    He became a member of the Green Party Se hizo miembro del Partido Verde ► Use lle gar a + ((noun)) and llegar a ser + ((phrase)) for reaching a peak after a period of gradual change. This construction is often used to talk about professional accomplishments:
    If you don't make more effort, you'll never get to be a teacher Si no te esfuerzas más, no llegarás a profesor
    Castelar became one of the most important politicians of his time Castelar llegó a ser uno de los políticos más importantes de su época
    Football became an obsession for him El fútbol llegó a ser una obsesión para él ► Use con vertirse en for long-lasting changes in character, substance and kind which take place gradually:
    Those youngsters went on to become delinquents Aquellos jóvenes se convirtieron después en delincuentes
    Over the years I have become a more tolerant person Con los años me he convertido en una persona más tolerante
    Water turns into steam El agua se convierte en vapor ► Use que dar(se) + ((adjective)) to talk about changes, particularly when they are permanent, for the worse and due to external circumstances. Their onset may or may not be sudden:
    She became a widow (Se) quedó viuda ► To translate hav e turned into {or} have become {etc} + ((noun)) in emphatic phrases particularly about people, you can use estar hecho un(a) + ((noun)):
    Juan has become a really good pianist Juan está hecho todo un pianista For further uses and examples, see become, go, get, turn
    * * *
    [bɪ'kʌm]
    1.
    (past became; past p become) intransitive verb

    to become arrogant/distant — volverse* arrogante/distante

    to become famous — hacerse* famoso

    she soon became bored/tired — pronto se aburrió/se cansó

    to become a lawyer — hacerse* abogado


    2.
    vt
    a) ( befit) (frml) (often neg) ser* apropiado para
    b) ( suit) favorecer*
    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > become

  • 8 anticuado

    adj.
    old-fashioned, archaic, out-of-date, antiquated.
    f. & m.
    old-fashioned person, fuddy-duddy, fuddy, lame.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: anticuar.
    * * *
    1 antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete, out-of-date
    * * *
    (f. - anticuada)
    adj.
    old-fashioned, outdated
    * * *
    ADJ [maquinaria, infraestructura, tecnología] antiquated; [moda] old-fashioned, out-of-date; [técnica] obsolete
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.
    Ex. Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    ----
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.

    Ex: Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.

    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.

    * * *
    anticuado1 -da
    ‹persona/ideas› old-fashioned, antiquated; ‹ropa› old-fashioned; ‹sistema/aparato› antiquated
    anticuado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    * * *

    Del verbo anticuarse: ( conjugate anticuarse)

    anticuado es:

    el participio

    anticuado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    old-fashioned
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    anticuado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino old-fashioned, antiquated

    ' anticuado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anticuada
    - apolillada
    - apolillado
    - antiguo
    - atrasado
    - pasado
    - zanahoria
    English:
    antiquated
    - date
    - fuddy-duddy
    - old
    - old-fashioned
    - outdated
    - outmoded
    - dated
    - out
    - time
    * * *
    anticuado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [persona, ropa] old-fashioned;
    esa técnica está anticuada that method is out of date;
    mi módem se ha quedado anticuado my modem is out of date
    ♦ nm,f
    old-fashioned person;
    mi madre es una anticuada my mother is very old-fashioned
    * * *
    adj antiquated
    * * *
    anticuado, -da adj
    : antiquated, outdated
    * * *
    anticuado adj old fashioned

    Spanish-English dictionary > anticuado

  • 9 vergonzosamente

    adv.
    shamefully, bashfully; confoundedly.
    * * *
    1 shamefully, ignominiously
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=con timidez) bashfully, shyly; (=con modestia) modestly
    2) (=deshonrosamente) shamefully, disgracefully
    * * *
    = sheepishly, self-consciously, disgracefully, shamefully, abjectly, embarrassingly.
    Ex. 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.
    Ex. 'Thanks a bunch!' he said, smiling self-consciously.
    Ex. The increasing efficiency of machine printing did reduce the average price of reprints and of popular works but new literature remained disgracefully expensive.
    Ex. He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex. The author examines the dominance of liberal anticommunism in McCarthyism, when professed liberals ' abjectly betrayed their own principles'.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *
    = sheepishly, self-consciously, disgracefully, shamefully, abjectly, embarrassingly.

    Ex: 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.

    Ex: 'Thanks a bunch!' he said, smiling self-consciously.
    Ex: The increasing efficiency of machine printing did reduce the average price of reprints and of popular works but new literature remained disgracefully expensive.
    Ex: He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex: The author examines the dominance of liberal anticommunism in McCarthyism, when professed liberals ' abjectly betrayed their own principles'.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    A (tímidamente) shyly, bashfully
    B (ignominiosamente) disgracefully, shamefully
    * * *
    1. [sin honra] shamefully, disgracefully
    2. [con timidez] bashfully

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzosamente

  • 10 Caetano, Marcello José das Neves Alves

    (19061980)
       Marcello Caetano, as the last prime minister of the Estado Novo, was both the heir and successor of Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. In a sense, Caetano was one of the founders and sustainers of this unusual regime and, at various crucial stages of its long life, Caetano's contribution was as important as Salazar's.
       Born in Lisbon in 1906 to a middle-class family, Caetano was a member of the student generation that rebelled against the unstable parliamentary First Republic and sought answers to Portugal's legion of troubles in conservative ideologies such as integralism, Catholic reformism, and the Italian Fascist model. One of the most brilliant students at the University of Lisbon's Law School, Caetano soon became directly involved in government service in various ministries, including Salazar's Ministry of Finance. When Caetano was not teaching full-time at the law school in Lisbon and influencing new generations of students who became critical of the regime he helped construct, Caetano was in important government posts and working on challenging assignments. In the 1930s, he participated in reforms in the Ministry of Finance, in the writing of the 1933 Constitution, in the formation of the new civil code, of which he was in part the author, and in the construction of corporativism, which sought to control labor-management relations and other aspects of social engineering. In a regime largely directed by academics from the law faculties of Coimbra University and the University of Lisbon, Caetano was the leading expert on constitutional law, administrative law, political science, and colonial law. A prolific writer as both a political scientist and historian, Caetano was the author of the standard political science, administrative law, and history of law textbooks, works that remained in print and in use among students long after his exile and death.
       After his apprenticeship service in a number of ministries, Caetano rose steadily in the system. At age 38, he was named minister for the colonies (1944 47), and unlike many predecessors, he "went to see for himself" and made important research visits to Portugal's African territories. In 1955-58, Caetano served in the number-three position in the regime in the Ministry of the Presidency of the Council (premier's office); he left office for full-time academic work in part because of his disagreements with Salazar and others on regime policy and failures to reform at the desired pace. In 1956 and 1957, Caetano briefly served as interim minister of communications and of foreign affairs.
       Caetano's opportunity to take Salazar's place and to challenge even more conservative forces in the system came in the 1960s. Portugal's most prominent law professor had a public falling out with the regime in March 1962, when he resigned as rector of Lisbon University following a clash between rebellious students and the PIDE, the political police. When students opposing the regime organized strikes on the University of Lisbon campus, Caetano resigned his rectorship after the police invaded the campus and beat and arrested some students, without asking permission to enter university premises from university authorities.
       When Salazar became incapacitated in September 1968, President Américo Tomás named Caetano prime minister. His tasks were formidable: in the midst of remarkable economic growth in Portugal, continued heavy immigration of Portuguese to France and other countries, and the costly colonial wars in three African colonies, namely Angola, Guinea- Bissau, and Mozambique, the regime struggled to engineer essential social and political reforms, win the wars in Africa, and move toward meaningful political reforms. Caetano supported moderately important reforms in his first two years in office (1968-70), as well as the drafting of constitutional revisions in 1971 that allowed a slight liberalization of the Dictatorship, gave the opposition more room for activity, and decentrali zed authority in the overseas provinces (colonies). Always aware of the complexity of Portugal's colonial problems and of the ongoing wars, Caetano made several visits to Africa as premier, and he sought to implement reforms in social and economic affairs while maintaining the expensive, divisive military effort, Portugal's largest armed forces mobilization in her history.
       Opposed by intransigent right-wing forces in various sectors in both Portugal and Africa, Caetano's modest "opening" of 1968-70 soon narrowed. Conservative forces in the military, police, civil service, and private sectors opposed key political reforms, including greater democratization, while pursuing the military solution to the African crisis and personal wealth. A significant perspective on Caetano's failed program of reforms, which could not prevent the advent of a creeping revolution in society, is a key development in the 1961-74 era of colonial wars: despite Lisbon's efforts, the greater part of Portuguese emigration and capital investment during this period were directed not to the African colonies but to Europe, North America, and Brazil.
       Prime Minister Caetano, discouraged by events and by opposition to his reforms from the so-called "Rheumatic Brigade" of superannuated regime loyalists, attempted to resign his office, but President Américo Tomás convinced him to remain. The publication and public reception of African hero General Antônio Spinola's best-selling book Portugal e Futuro (Portugal and the Future) in February 1974 convinced the surprised Caetano that a coup and revolution were imminent. When the virtually bloodless, smoothly operating military coup was successful in what became known as the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Caetano surrendered to the Armed Forces Movement in Lisbon and was flown to Madeira Island and later to exile in Brazil, where he remained for the rest of his life. In his Brazilian exile, Caetano was active writing important memoirs and histories of the Estado Novo from his vantage point, teaching law at a private university in Rio de Janeiro, and carrying on a lively correspondence with persons in Portugal. He died at age 74, in 1980, in Brazil.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Caetano, Marcello José das Neves Alves

  • 11 atávico

    adj.
    atavistic, backward, atavic, regressive.
    * * *
    1 atavistic
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo atavistic
    * * *
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo atavistic
    * * *

    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    atavistic
    * * *

    atávico,-a adjetivo atavistic
    ' atávico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atávica
    * * *
    atávico, -a adj
    atavistic

    Spanish-English dictionary > atávico

  • 12 embarazosamente

    adv.
    1 difficultly, cumbersomely.
    2 with difficulty.
    3 embarrassingly.
    * * *
    ADV (=molestamente) awkwardly, inconveniently; (=violentamente) embarrassingly
    * * *
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *

    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    embarrassingly

    Spanish-English dictionary > embarazosamente

  • 13 lamentablemente

    adv.
    1 lamentably.
    2 regrettably, deplorably, sadly enough, lamentably.
    * * *
    1 regrettably
    * * *
    ADV regrettably, unfortunately
    * * *
    = regrettably, unfortunately, pitifully, sadly, regretfully, lamentably, embarrassingly.
    Ex. There is an extensive theory of the evaluation of indexes and indexing, but regrettably there is not space to treat this topic at any length in this work.
    Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex. To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.
    Ex. Sadly, the information network has not so far been able to respond adequately to the special needs of business.
    Ex. In the library I used to work at, they recently -- and regretfully -- discarded the card catalogs.
    Ex. The 1960's are often viewed as lamentably as the 1950's are memorably.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    ----
    * lamentablemente + Adjetivo = woefully + Adjetivo.
    * * *
    = regrettably, unfortunately, pitifully, sadly, regretfully, lamentably, embarrassingly.

    Ex: There is an extensive theory of the evaluation of indexes and indexing, but regrettably there is not space to treat this topic at any length in this work.

    Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex: To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.
    Ex: Sadly, the information network has not so far been able to respond adequately to the special needs of business.
    Ex: In the library I used to work at, they recently -- and regretfully -- discarded the card catalogs.
    Ex: The 1960's are often viewed as lamentably as the 1950's are memorably.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * lamentablemente + Adjetivo = woefully + Adjetivo.

    * * *
    sadly, regrettably
    * * *
    unfortunately, sadly
    * * *
    adv regretfully
    * * *
    : unfortunately, regrettably

    Spanish-English dictionary > lamentablemente

  • 14 penosamente

    adv.
    sorrowfully, sorely, painfully, grievously.
    * * *
    1 (con trabajo) laboriously
    2 (con pena) painfully
    * * *
    ADV arduously, laboriously, with great difficulty
    * * *
    adverbio with difficulty, laboriously
    * * *
    = dreadfully, embarrassingly.
    Ex. However, economic resources are dreadfully finite.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *
    adverbio with difficulty, laboriously
    * * *
    = dreadfully, embarrassingly.

    Ex: However, economic resources are dreadfully finite.

    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    with difficulty, laboriously
    * * *
    adv with difficulty

    Spanish-English dictionary > penosamente

  • 15 secularizar

    v.
    to secularize.
    * * *
    1 to secularize
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to secularize
    * * *
    = secularise [secularize, -USA].
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to secularize
    * * *
    = secularise [secularize, -USA].

    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    vt
    to secularize
    * * *
    to secularize
    * * *
    v/t secularize

    Spanish-English dictionary > secularizar

  • 16 Hamilton, Harold Lee (Hal)

    [br]
    b. 14 June 1890 Little Shasta, California, USA
    d. 3 May 1969 California, USA
    [br]
    American pioneer of diesel rail traction.
    [br]
    Orphaned as a child, Hamilton went to work for Southern Pacific Railroad in his teens, and then worked for several other companies. In his spare time he learned mathematics and physics from a retired professor. In 1911 he joined the White Motor Company, makers of road motor vehicles in Denver, Colorado, where he had gone to recuperate from malaria. He remained there until 1922, apart from an eighteenth-month break for war service.
    Upon his return from war service, Hamilton found White selling petrol-engined railbuses with mechanical transmission, based on road vehicles, to railways. He noted that they were not robust enough and that the success of petrol railcars with electric transmission, built by General Electric since 1906, was limited as they were complex to drive and maintain. In 1922 Hamilton formed, and became President of, the Electro- Motive Engineering Corporation (later Electro-Motive Corporation) to design and produce petrol-electric rail cars. Needing an engine larger than those used in road vehicles, yet lighter and faster than marine engines, he approached the Win ton Engine Company to develop a suitable engine; in addition, General Electric provided electric transmission with a simplified control system. Using these components, Hamilton arranged for his petrol-electric railcars to be built by the St Louis Car Company, with the first being completed in 1924. It was the beginning of a highly successful series. Fuel costs were lower than for steam trains and initial costs were kept down by using standardized vehicles instead of designing for individual railways. Maintenance costs were minimized because Electro-Motive kept stocks of spare parts and supplied replacement units when necessary. As more powerful, 800 hp (600 kW) railcars were produced, railways tended to use them to haul trailer vehicles, although that practice reduced the fuel saving. By the end of the decade Electro-Motive needed engines more powerful still and therefore had to use cheap fuel. Diesel engines of the period, such as those that Winton had made for some years, were too heavy in relation to their power, and too slow and sluggish for rail use. Their fuel-injection system was erratic and insufficiently robust and Hamilton concluded that a separate injector was needed for each cylinder.
    In 1930 Electro-Motive Corporation and Winton were acquired by General Motors in pursuance of their aim to develop a diesel engine suitable for rail traction, with the use of unit fuel injectors; Hamilton retained his position as President. At this time, industrial depression had combined with road and air competition to undermine railway-passenger business, and Ralph Budd, President of the Chicago, Burlington \& Quincy Railroad, thought that traffic could be recovered by way of high-speed, luxury motor trains; hence the Pioneer Zephyr was built for the Burlington. This comprised a 600 hp (450 kW), lightweight, two-stroke, diesel engine developed by General Motors (model 201 A), with electric transmission, that powered a streamlined train of three articulated coaches. This train demonstrated its powers on 26 May 1934 by running non-stop from Denver to Chicago, a distance of 1,015 miles (1,635 km), in 13 hours and 6 minutes, when the fastest steam schedule was 26 hours. Hamilton and Budd were among those on board the train, and it ushered in an era of high-speed diesel trains in the USA. By then Hamilton, with General Motors backing, was planning to use the lightweight engine to power diesel-electric locomotives. Their layout was derived not from steam locomotives, but from the standard American boxcar. The power plant was mounted within the body and powered the bogies, and driver's cabs were at each end. Two 900 hp (670 kW) engines were mounted in a single car to become an 1,800 hp (l,340 kW) locomotive, which could be operated in multiple by a single driver to form a 3,600 hp (2,680 kW) locomotive. To keep costs down, standard locomotives could be mass-produced rather than needing individual designs for each railway, as with steam locomotives. Two units of this type were completed in 1935 and sent on trial throughout much of the USA. They were able to match steam locomotive performance, with considerable economies: fuel costs alone were halved and there was much less wear on the track. In the same year, Electro-Motive began manufacturing diesel-electrie locomotives at La Grange, Illinois, with design modifications: the driver was placed high up above a projecting nose, which improved visibility and provided protection in the event of collision on unguarded level crossings; six-wheeled bogies were introduced, to reduce axle loading and improve stability. The first production passenger locomotives emerged from La Grange in 1937, and by early 1939 seventy units were in service. Meanwhile, improved engines had been developed and were being made at La Grange, and late in 1939 a prototype, four-unit, 5,400 hp (4,000 kW) diesel-electric locomotive for freight trains was produced and sent out on test from coast to coast; production versions appeared late in 1940. After an interval from 1941 to 1943, when Electro-Motive produced diesel engines for military and naval use, locomotive production resumed in quantity in 1944, and within a few years diesel power replaced steam on most railways in the USA.
    Hal Hamilton remained President of Electro-Motive Corporation until 1942, when it became a division of General Motors, of which he became Vice-President.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    P.M.Reck, 1948, On Time: The History of the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation, La Grange, Ill.: General Motors (describes Hamilton's career).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Hamilton, Harold Lee (Hal)

  • 17 Brinell, Johann August

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 1849 Småland, Sweden
    d. 17 November 1925 Stockholm, Sweden
    [br]
    Swedish metallurgist, inventor of the well-known method of hardness measurement which uses a steel-ball indenter.
    [br]
    Brinell graduated as an engineer from Boräs Technical School, and his interest in metallurgy began to develop in 1875 when he became an engineer at the ironworks of Lesjöfors and came under the influence of Gustaf Ekman. In 1882 he was appointed Chief Engineer at the Fagersta Ironworks, where he became one of Sweden's leading experts in the manufacture and heat treatment of tool steels.
    His reputation in this field was established in 1885 when he published a paper on the structural changes which occurred in steels when they were heated and cooled, and he was among the first to recognize and define the critical points of steel and their importance in heat treatment. Some of these preliminary findings were first exhibited at Stockholm in 1897. His exhibit at the World Exhibition at Paris in 1900 was far more detailed and there he displayed for the first time his method of hardness determination using a steel-ball indenter. For these contributions he was awarded the French Grand Prix and also the Polhem Prize of the Swedish Technical Society.
    He was later concerned with evaluating and developing the iron-ore deposits of north Sweden and was one of the pioneers of the electric blast-furnace. In 1903 he became Chief Engineer of the Jernkontoret and remained there until 1914. In this capacity and as Editor of the Jernkontorets Annaler he made significant contributions to Swedish metallurgy. His pioneer work on abrasion resistance, undertaken long before the term tribology had been invented, gained him the Rinman Medal, awarded by the Jernkontoret in 1920.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Member of the Swedish Academy of Science 1902. Dr Honoris Causa, University of Upsala 1907. French Grand Prix, Paris World Exhibition 1900; Swedish Technical Society Polhem Prize 1900; Iron and Steel Institute Bessemer Medal 1907; Jernkontorets Rinman Medal 1920.
    Further Reading
    Axel Wahlberg, 1901, Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute 59:243 (the first English-language description of the Brinell Hardness Test).
    Machinery's Encyclopedia, 1917, Vol. III, New York: Industrial Press, pp. 527–40 (a very readable account of the Brinell test in relation to the other hardness tests available at the beginning of the twentieth century).
    Hardness Test Research Committee, 1916, Bibliography on hardness testing, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
    ASD

    Biographical history of technology > Brinell, Johann August

  • 18 gdy

    conj. 1. (o jednoczesnym zdarzeniu) when, as
    - ściemniało się, gdy wrócili do domu it was getting dark when they got back home
    - gdy wkręcała żarówkę, ktoś zadzwonił do drzwi when a. as she was screwing in a new light bulb, someone rang the bell
    - odwiedzę cię, gdy będę w mieście I’ll come and see you when I’m in town
    - podczas gdy rozmawiali while they were talking
    - on lubi koty, podczas gdy ja wolę psy he likes cats while a. whereas I prefer dogs
    2. (o wcześniejszym wydarzeniu) when, after
    - przyjdę do ciebie, gdy skończę pracę I’ll come and see you when a. after I finish work
    - gdy tylko as soon as
    - gdy tylko pies usłyszał hałas, schował się pod łóżkiem as soon as the dog heard the noise, he hid under the bed
    - gdy tylko ona przyjedzie, zaraz do ciebie zadzwonię I’ll phone you as soon as she gets here
    3. (rozwijające) when
    - lata, gdy mógł pracować całe noce the years when he could work all night long
    - z chwilą, gdy wylądowali w Rzymie the moment they touched down in Rome
    - teraz, gdy jesteś już żonaty… now that you are a married man…
    - wtedy, gdy mnie zobaczył… when he saw me…
    4. (określające warunek) when
    - ona otrzyma dyplom, gdy złoży ostatni egzamin she’ll receive her diploma when she passes her last exam
    ■ gdy chodzi o niego/to when it comes to him/that, as far as he’s/that’s concerned
    - gdy mowa o nim/tym as to him/that, as far as he’s/that’s concerned
    - wtedy i tylko wtedy, gdy only when
    * * *
    conj
    ( kiedy) when, as

    spała już, gdy wróciłem — she was asleep when I returned

    podczas gdy — ( (wtedy) kiedy) while; ( natomiast) whereas

    teraz, gdy... — now that..., ( jeżeli) when

    gdy raz zaczniesz, nie wolno ci przerwać — once you start you mustn't stop

    * * *
    conj.
    1. ( wprowadza zdanie okolicznikowe czasu) when; ( także) as soon as; obudziłem się, gdy było już jasno I awoke when it became light; zadzwonię do ciebie, gdy tylko będę mógł I'll call you as soon as I can; były to czasy, gdy kobiety chodziły w długich sukniach they were the days when women wore long dresses; teraz gdy już wszyscy jesteśmy razem now that we're all together.
    2. (= jeżeli) if; gdy chcesz oglądać program satelitarny, musisz przełączyć kanał if you want to watch something on satellite, you'll have to change the channel.

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

  • 19 son

    m.
    1 sound (sonido).
    2 Cuban song and dance of African origin.
    3 melody.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person plural (ellos/ellas) present indicative of spanish verb: ser.
    * * *
    1 (sonido) sound
    2 figurado (modo) manner, way
    \
    ¿a son de qué? whatever for?, why?
    en son de paz in peace
    sin ton ni son without rhyme or reason
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) (Mús) (=sonido) sound; (=sonido agradable) pleasant sound
    2) (=rumor) rumour, rumor (EEUU)

    corre el son de que... — there is a rumour o (EEUU) rumor going round that...

    3) (=estilo) manner, style

    ¿a qué son?, ¿a son de qué? — why on earth?

    en son de — as, like

    en son de broma — as o for a joke

    4) LAm Afro-Cuban dance and tune
    II
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( sonido) sound

    al son del violín — to the strains o to the sound of the violin

    bailar al son de la música que me/te/le tocan — to toe the line

    b)

    en son de: lo dijo en son de burla she said it mockingly o in a mocking tone; venimos en son de paz — we come in peace

    2) ( canción latinoamericana) song with a lively, danceable beat
    II
    * * *
    ----
    * en son de guerra = on the warpath.
    * en son de paz = peacefully.
    * hablar sin ton ni son = talk through + Posesivo + hat.
    * lanzarse sin ton ni son = dive + head-first.
    * sin to ni son = for no good reason.
    * sin ton ni son = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, without rhyme or reason.
    * venir en son de paz = come in + peace.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( sonido) sound

    al son del violín — to the strains o to the sound of the violin

    bailar al son de la música que me/te/le tocan — to toe the line

    b)

    en son de: lo dijo en son de burla she said it mockingly o in a mocking tone; venimos en son de paz — we come in peace

    2) ( canción latinoamericana) song with a lively, danceable beat
    II
    * * *
    * en son de guerra = on the warpath.
    * en son de paz = peacefully.
    * hablar sin ton ni son = talk through + Posesivo + hat.
    * lanzarse sin ton ni son = dive + head-first.
    * sin to ni son = for no good reason.
    * sin ton ni son = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, without rhyme or reason.
    * venir en son de paz = come in + peace.
    * * *
    son1
    A
    1 (sonido) sound
    al son del violín to the strains o to the sound of the violin
    bailar al son de la música que me/te/le tocan (literal) to dance to the (sound of the) music; (obedecer) to toe the line
    2
    en son de: lo dijo en son de burla she said it mockingly o in a mocking way o in a mocking tone
    venimos en son de paz we come in peace
    venían en son de guerra they were on the warpath
    B (canción latinoamericana) song with a lively, danceable beat
    ser1 (↑ ser (1))
    * * *

     

    Del verbo ser: ( conjugate ser)

    son es:

    3ª persona plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    ser    
    son
    ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
    1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be
    ◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;

    es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
    es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
    era cierto it was true;
    sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
    que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;

    (+ me/te/le etc)

    ver tb imposible, difícil etc
    2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;

    es viuda she's a widow;
    ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
    3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;

    ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
    4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):

    soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
    es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
    no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
    5 (hipótesis, futuro):

    ¿será cierto? can it be true?
    verbo intransitivo
    1

    b) (liter) ( en cuentos):

    ◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …

    2
    a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):


    ¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?

    ◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;

    ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
    ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
    3 ( sumar):
    ◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;

    son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
    somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
    4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) son para algo to be for sth;

    ( en locs)
    ◊ a no ser que (+ subj) unless;

    ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
    como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
    hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
    el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
    puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
    de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
    ¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
    es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
    es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
    lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
    estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
    o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
    o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
    o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
    (ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
    sea como sea at all costs;
    sea cuando sea whenever it is;
    sea donde sea no matter where;
    sea quien sea whoever it is;
    si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
    ( en el tiempo) to be;
    ◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;

    serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
    ver tb v impers
    son v impers to be;

    son v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
    fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) ( ente) being;

    ◊ son humano/vivo human/living being

    b) (individuo, persona):


    2 ( naturaleza):

    son sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) ( sonido) sound;

    ◊ al son del violín to the strains o to the sound of the violin

    b)

    ◊ en son de: lo dijo en son de burla she said it mockingly;

    venimos en son de paz we come in peace
    2 ( canción latinoamericana) song with a lively, danceable beat
    ser
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
    ser humano, human being
    ser vivo, living being
    2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
    2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
    ya es la una, it's one o'clock
    3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
    (al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
    son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
    Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
    4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
    5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
    6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
    es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
    7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
    es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
    8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
    ¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
    9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
    10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
    11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
    12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
    13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
    (adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
    esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
    15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
    es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
    no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
    16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
    17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
    ♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
    como sea, anyhow
    de no ser por..., had it not been for
    es más, furthermore
    es que..., it's just that...
    lo que sea, whatever
    o sea, that is (to say)
    sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
    ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
    son sustantivo masculino
    1 (sonido) sound
    2 LAm (ritmo cubano) son
    ♦ Locuciones: bailar al son que le tocan, to toe the line o to do everything one is told to do
    hacer algo sin ton ni son, to do sthg any old how
    venir en son de paz, to come in peace
    ' son' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abandonar
    - abdicar
    - abuelo
    - adicta
    - adicto
    - alma
    - amenaza
    - ansiedad
    - asesinar
    - astilla
    - bailar
    - bicho
    - carnal
    - coherente
    - comestible
    - como quiera
    - comoquiera
    - concluyente
    - condición
    - conocida
    - conocido
    - conquista
    - consistente
    - consuegra
    - consuegro
    - contaminante
    - cosa
    - Cristo
    - criticón
    - criticona
    - debilidad
    - directoria I
    - directorio
    - díscola
    - díscolo
    - discorde
    - divertida
    - divertido
    - doméstica
    - doméstico
    - dos
    - dudosa
    - dudoso
    - enamorada
    - enamorado
    - entendida
    - entendido
    - ser
    - escollo
    - escorzo
    English:
    action
    - after
    - alike
    - also
    - amount to
    - amusement
    - and
    - antihistamine
    - Arabian
    - archery
    - arrangement
    - attention span
    - baby-sit
    - be
    - border
    - breeding ground
    - butt in
    - by
    - call
    - carefree
    - certain
    - chance
    - check up on
    - colour
    - come up to
    - common
    - compare
    - conflicting
    - construe
    - cornerstone
    - crepe
    - criticize
    - danger
    - daylight
    - diametrically
    - differ
    - discouraging
    - disown
    - distracted
    - doubtful
    - dune
    - dutiful
    - easy
    - enemy
    - exact
    - exploit
    - father
    - flamingo
    - footnote
    - for
    * * *
    ♦ ver ser
    ♦ nm
    1. [sonido] sound;
    se escuchaba el son de una gaita the sound of bagpipes could be heard;
    bailar al son que tocan: ése baila al son que le tocan los de arriba he does whatever his bosses tell him to do
    2. [canción y baile] = Cuban song and dance of African origin
    ♦ en son de loc prep
    lo dijo en son de burla/disculpa she said it as a taunt/by way of an apology;
    venir en son de paz to come in peace;
    venir en son de guerra to come with warlike intentions
    SON
    The Cuban music known as son evolved from a fusion of African and Spanish musical influences in the late 19th century, and is the basis of much of today's Caribbean music, such as salsa or mambo. Before the 1920s, when it became widely popular, son was mostly enjoyed by the lower classes and was once even banned for being immoral. A son group usually consists of the “tres” (a double-stringed guitar), bongos, “claves” or “palos” (a pair of sticks which are struck together to give a beat), a normal guitar, a bass guitar and voice, although there are many variations. Among the greatest exponents of son were Benny Moré (1919-63) and Arsenio Rodríguez (1911-72).
    * * *
    I m sound;
    al son de to the sound of;
    en son de broma jokingly;
    en son de paz in peace
    II vb → ser
    * * *
    son nm
    1) : sound
    al son de la trompeta: at the sound of the trumpet
    2) : news, rumor
    3)
    en son de : as, in the manner of, by way of
    en son de broma: as a joke
    en son de paz: in peace

    Spanish-English dictionary > son

  • 20 Foreign policy

       The guiding principle of Portuguese foreign policy since the founding of the monarchy in the 12th century has been the maintenance of Portugal's status first as an independent kingdom and, later, as a sovereign nation-state. For the first 800 years of its existence, Portuguese foreign policy and diplomacy sought to maintain the independence of the Portuguese monarchy, especially in relationship to the larger and more powerful Spanish monarchy. During this period, the Anglo- Portuguese Alliance, which began with a treaty of commerce and friendship signed between the kings of Portugal and England in 1386 (the Treaty of Windsor) and continued with the Methuen Treaty in 1703, sought to use England ( Great Britain after 1707) as a counterweight to its landward neighbor, Spain.
       As three invasions of Portugal by Napoleon's armies during the first decade of the 19th century proved, however, Spain was not the only threat to Portugal's independence and security. Portugal's ally, Britain, provided a counterweight also to a threatening France on more than one occasion between 1790 and 1830. During the 19th century, Portugal's foreign policy became largely subordinate to that of her oldest ally, Britain, and standard Portuguese histories describe Portugal's situation as that of a "protectorate" of Britain. In two key aspects during this time of international weakness and internal turmoil, Portugal's foreign policy was under great pressure from her ally, world power Britain: responses to European conflicts and to the situation of Portugal's scattered, largely impoverished overseas empire. Portugal's efforts to retain massive, resource-rich Brazil in her empire failed by 1822, when Brazil declared its independence. Britain's policy of favoring greater trade and commerce opportunities in an autonomous Brazil was at odds with Portugal's desperate efforts to hold Brazil.
       Following the loss of Brazil and a renewed interest in empire in tropical Africa, Portugal sought to regain a more independent initiative in her foreign policy and, especially after 1875, overseas imperial questions dominated foreign policy concerns. From this juncture, through the first Republic (1910-26) and during the Estado Novo, a primary purpose of Portuguese foreign policy was to maintain Portuguese India, Macau, and its colonies in Africa: Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea- Bissau. Under the direction of the dictator, Antônio de Oliveira Salazar, further efforts were made to reclaim a measure of independence of foreign policy, despite the tradition of British dominance. Salazar recognized the importance of an Atlantic orientation of the country's foreign policy. As Herbert Pell, U.S. Ambassador to Portugal (1937-41), observed in a June 1939 report to the U.S. Department of State, Portugal's leaders understood that Portugal must side with "that nation which dominates the Atlantic."
       During the 1930s, greater efforts were made in Lisbon in economic, financial, and foreign policy initiatives to assert a greater measure of flexibility in her dependence on ally Britain. German economic interests made inroads in an economy whose infrastructure in transportation, communication, and commerce had long been dominated by British commerce and investors. Portugal's foreign policy during World War II was challenged as both Allied and Axis powers tested the viability of Portugal's official policy of neutrality, qualified by a customary bow to the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance. Antônio de Oliveira Salazar, who served as minister of foreign affairs, as well as prime minister, during 1936-45, sought to sell his version of neutrality to both sides in the war and to do so in a way that would benefit Portugal's still weak economy and finance. Portugal's status as a neutral was keenly tested in several cases, including Portugal's agreeing to lease military bases to Britain and the United States in the Azores Islands and in the wolfram (tungsten ore) question. Portugal's foreign policy experienced severe pressures from the Allies in both cases, and Salazar made it clear to his British and American counterparts that Portugal sought to claim the right to make independent choices in policy, despite Portugal's military and economic weakness. In tense diplomatic negotiations with the Allies over Portugal's wolfram exports to Germany as of 1944, Salazar grew disheartened and briefly considered resigning over the wolfram question. Foreign policy pressure on this question diminished quickly on 6 June 1944, as Salazar decreed that wolfram mining, sales, and exports to both sides would cease for the remainder of the war. After the United States joined the Allies in the war and pursued an Atlantic strategy, Portugal discovered that her relationship with the dominant ally in the emerging United Nations was changing and that the U.S. would replace Britain as the key Atlantic ally during succeeding decades. Beginning in 1943-44, and continuing to 1949, when Portugal became, with the United States, a founding member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Luso-American relations assumed center stage in her foreign policy.
       During the Cold War, Portuguese foreign policy was aligned with that of the United States and its allies in Western Europe. After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the focus of Portuguese foreign policy shifted away from defending and maintaining the African colonies toward integration with Europe. Since Portugal became a member of the European Economic Community in 1986, and this evolved into the European Union (EU), all Portuguese governments have sought to align Portugal's foreign policy with that of the EU in general and to be more independent of the United States. Since 1986, Portugal's bilateral commercial and diplomatic relations with Britain, France, and Spain have strengthened, especially those with Spain, which are more open and mutually beneficial than at any other time in history.
       Within the EU, Portugal has sought to play a role in the promotion of democracy and human rights, while maintaining its security ties to NATO. Currently, a Portuguese politician, José Manuel Durão Barroso, is president of the Commission of the EU, and Portugal has held the six-month rotating presidency of the EU three times, in 1992, 2000, and 2007.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Foreign policy

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