1 (permit) permiso; (m) licencia; (f) (Aut) permiso de conducir; (m) carnet (de conducir); (m) he hasn't got a licence for a handgun Smith, who did not have a licence, admitted driving without due care and attention a licence [to] do sth neither man had a licence to import birds it gained a licence to operate as a bank from the Bank of England in 1981
dog licencedog licencia para tener licencia; (f)
export licenceexport permiso licencia de exportación; (m)or (f)
fishing licencefishing permiso licencia de pesca; (m)or (f)
full licencefull (Aut) carnet permiso de conducir (definitivo); (m)or (m)
import licenceimport licencia permiso de importación; (f)or (m) The painting was returned to Spain on a temporary import licence to [lose] one's licence
he lost his licencelost (Aut) le retiraron el carnet permiso;or
provisional licenceprovisional (Aut) permiso o licencia de conducir que se obtiene antes de sacarse el carnet definitivo I never drink because I can't afford to lose my licence A barman may lose his licence if he serves a drink to an under-age drinker
they were married by special licencespecial se casaron con una licencia especial It is possible to marry in a church outside the parish in which either you or your fiance reside if you obtain a special licence The Ministry of Foreign Trade issued a special licence to the manufacturer of Semtex
to manufacture sth under licenceunder fabricar algo bajo licencia ...a company which made the Mig-21 jet fighter under licence from Russia They decided to have it built under licence in Switzerland [without] a licence he is accused of possessing a shotgun without a licence those caught driving without a licence can be jailed for six months He was summoned to court for using a television at home without a licence he will be issued with a temporary licence
2 (freedom) (pejorative) such a policy would give people a licence to break the law una política semejante serviría de excusa para que la gente violase la ley
being depressed doesn't give you (a) licence to upset everyone around you to give sb (a) licence [to] do sth the curfew could give (a) licence to the police to hunt people as if they were animals
to give sb a licence to kill darle a algn licencia para matar the policy effectively gives the security forces a licence to kill He claimed that the policy effectively gave the security forces a licence to kill "Dropping the charges has given racists a licence to kill," said Jim's aunt
it's a licence to print money es una mina de oro Running a television company may no longer be a licence to print money, but it is still highly rewarding
artistic/poetic licenceartisticpoetic licencia artística/poética
you can allow some licence in translationin se pueden aceptar algunas libertades al traducir
3 (immorality) libertinaje; (m) a world of licence and corruption It is this distinction between freedom and licence that many parents cannot grasp.
