1 paz; (f) a lasting peace the President spoke of /a shared commitment to world peace/ in times of peace the Nobel Peace Prize after a long (period of) peace, war broke out a fresh attempt to negotiate peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina he campaigned for peace and against the spread of nuclear weapons a period of relative peace in the country's industrial relations the search for this elusive inner peace I had a wonderful feeling of peace and serenity as I gazed at the mountains the peace of the Lord be always with you he chose to return to the relative peace of his childhood village the Peace of Basle a negotiated peace in Europe
2 to be at peaceat (euphemistic) (dead) descansar en paz he is at peace to be [at] peace ([with] sth/sb)
Egypt is at peace with Israel Egipto está en paz con Israel; a world at peace un mundo donde reine la paz donde haya paz;or
my dream is one of a world at peace
I am at peace with my conscience estoy en paz con mi conciencia
I felt at peace with the world she felt at peace here as in a quiet safe refuge times were good then - the country was at peace you will never be at peace until you find out the truth I want you to be at peace - I don't think you will be happy until you know he died at peace with his family they make you relax - they make you feel at peace with the world a child of grace, at peace with her surroundings
to be at peace with o.s. estar en paz consigo mismo
I was feeling calm, relaxed and at peace with myself once I knew I was forgiven I could be at peace with myself at last
we come in peacecome (old-fashioned) (humorous) venimos en son de paz don't shoot, we come in peace
to disturb the peacedisturb perturbar la paz; (Jur) alterar el orden público the crisis in Asia should not be allowed to disturb the peace of Europe he spoke softly so as not to disturb the peace of the evening the police arrested him for disturbing the peace the youths were littering the beaches and disturbing the peace
he gave her no peace until she agreedgave no la dejó tranquila en paz hasta que accedió;or
to hold keep one's peaceholdorkeep guardar silencio speak now or forever hold your peace hable ahora o calle para siempre
people who knew about this evil man but held their peace I felt it politic to keep my peace and play the attentive listener the role of the navy in war and in peace I took a week off so I could write in peace
to keep the peacekeep (gen) mantener la paz el orden;or (Jur) [+citizen] respetar el orden público; [+police] mantener el orden público he was bound over to keep the peace the first UN contingent assigned to help keep the peace in Cambodia I looked on as an arbiter and kept the peace how did your mother succeed in keeping the peace between these two very different men? the police are there to enforce the law and to keep the peace.
to leave sb in peaceleave dejar a algn tranquilo en paz;or go away and leave us in peace one more question and I'll leave you in peace
to live in peace (with sb)live vivir en paz (con algn) they seem unable to live in peace with their neighbours that will allow the refugees to go home and live in peace, free from oppression if you can't live in peace with your little brother then get out of the house
to make peace (with sb)make hacer las paces (con algn) he could appoint or dismiss his government, declare war, make peace, change any law he dislikedappoint or dismiss his government, a month later Russia made peace with Britain on 9 September 1849 the Navajo made peace with the United States government they tried to convince Chiang Kai-shek to make peace with Tokyo the Germans are reduced to making peace on our terms she finally made peace with her father she went to her mother's room to make peace all of a sudden she seemed to want to make peace and patch up our quarrel to make [one's] peace with sb the President ought to seize this opportunity to make his peace with political parties and negotiate a speedy return to democracy he was obliged to make his peace with the salesman
peace of mindmind tranquilidad (de espíritu); (f) you should find out the truth, if only for your own peace of mind the main appeal these bonds hold for individual investors is the safety and peace of mind they offer he began to insist upon a bullet-proof limousine, just for peace of mind peace and [quiet]
anything for the sake of peace and quietquiet lo que sea por un poco de tranquilidad the peace and quiet of the woods la tranquilidad del bosque
/all I want is some peace and quiet/ and to spend a couple of nice days with my grandchildren I shall need some peace and quiet in which to practise
in times of peacetimes en tiempos de paz
