1 (between two people) pacto; (m) he had broken their unwritten pact on the strength of what one person had told him his pact of silence about the unfortunate incident between them seemed the least he could do to protect her
to make a pact (with sb) hacer un pacto (con algn)
to make a pact with sb
to make a pact with the Devil hacer un pacto con el diablo
the two lovers made a secret pact not to reveal their affair to the police We made a pact, remember? I said I wouldn't tell on you if you didn't tell on me
to make a pact (not) to do sth acordar (no) hacer algo; pactar (no) hacer algo
we made a pact to share the prize if either of us won they made a pact not to tell her mother he was accused by his fellow MP's of making a pact with the Devil when he agreed to a coalition with the conservatives, lured by the prospect of power in the short term
2 (Pol) (Comm) pacto; (m) especially (Economics) (Ind) convenio; (m) electoral pact pacto electoral; (m)
a social pact Mexico's free-trade pact with the United States the government's pact with the unions will be tested to its limits by the current wave of unrest over pay he stunned viewers when he ruled out any pact with the Ulster Unionists the party has formed an electoral pact with other non-socialist parties
non-aggression pact pacto de no agresión; (m)
last month he signed a new non-aggression pact with Germany..
