1 (formal) (go) [+person, vehicle] avanzar; [+plan, project] desarrollarse; [+events] transcurrir he was proceeding along the road avanzaba por la calle; things are proceeding according to plan las cosas se están desarrollando conforme estaban previstas; the march proceeded without incident la marcha transcurrió sin incidentes
negotiations are proceeding slowly cars should proceed slowly the ideas were not new - their development had proceeded steadily since the war efforts to reform the Interior Ministry have not yet proceeded very far she climbed the steps and proceeded along the upsta irs hallway the counting of votes is proceeding smoothly
2 (go on, continue) seguir; continuar proceed! ¡siga!; ¡continúe!; ¡proceda!; (formal) to proceed on one's way seguir continuar su camino;or before we proceed any further antes de seguir adelante
the ship was allowed to proceed after a search the text proceeds thus charges has been delayed until November because the defence is not ready to proceed consult your local borough surveyor and proceed from there
to proceed to sth: let us proceed to the next itemto pasemos al siguiente punto to proceed to blows llegar a las manos
to proceed to business she's ready to proceed to the next stage (to place) we proceeded to London proseguimos viaje a Londres; we proceeded to the bar nos dirigimos al bar
to proceed to do sthto do pasar a hacer algo she proceeded to outline my duties pasó a hacerme un esquema de mis obligaciones; he proceeded to drink the lot acto seguido comenzó a bebérselo todo
we can then proceed to compare the results he proceeded to give the boy a thrashing I then proceeded to tell her the whole story he asked for ice for his whiskey and proceeded to get contentedly drunk after taking details of your symptoms the doctor will proceed to examine you I give him the broken toy and he proceeds to smash it up further
to proceed with sthwith seguir adelante con algo they did not proceed with the charges against him no siguieron adelante con los cargos contra él; proceed with your work sigan con su trabajo
they proceeded with their plan you may proceed with the next exercise the group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed prosecutors decided not to proceed with the case Ukraine is proceeding with its plans to create its own army they asked the police if they could proceed with their filming
3 (act) proceder; obrar we should proceed with caution debemos proceder obrar con precaución;or
I am proceeding on that assumption how should we proceed? the council is due to meet in early August to decide how to proceed I was told they had agreed and I am proceeding on that basis
4 (formal) (arise) to proceed from sthfrom sounds proceeded from the box unos ruidos procedían provenían venían de la caja;oror this proceeds from ignorance esto proviene de la ignorancia
the bests results proceed from thorough preliminary research unintelligible sounds proceeded from his mouth
5 (Jur) to proceed against sbagainst demandar a algn government lawyers say they can still proceed against the four police officers it had been decided not to proceed against the men the authorities will be hesitant to proceed against your wife
