state

el estado

declarar

state(steyt)

noun

1. (condition)

a. el estado

(M)

The breakup put her in a terrible state of depression.

La ruptura la puso en un estado terrible de depresión.

The current state of the government is favorable.

El estado actual del gobierno es favorable.

2. (stage)

a. el estado

(M)

Ice is water in a solid state.

El hielo es agua en un estado sólido.

3. (political)

a. la nación

(F)

(country)

Russia is a proud state with a rich history.

Rusia es un estado orgulloso con una historia rica.

b. el estado

(M)

(area within a country)

She lives in the state of Virginia.

Ella vive en el estado de Virginia.

4. (government)

a. el estado

(M)

Smith said that the state was guilty of ill-treating its citizens.

Smith dijo que el estado era culpable de maltratar a sus ciudadanos.

transitive verb

5. (to declare)

a. declarar

He states that he is innocent.

Él declara que es inocente.

6. (to present)

a. exponer

They stated all of the new rules to the employees.

Les expusieron todas las reglas nuevas a los empleados.

adjective

7. (of political subdivision)

a. estatal

The park is state property.

El parque es propiedad estatal.

state

[steɪt]

noun

1. estado (m) (condition, situation)

• I am not in a fit state to travel no estoy en condiciones de viajar
• a state of emergency un estado de emergencia
• state of health estado (m) de salud
• state of mind estado (m) anímico
• in a state of terror aterrorizado(a)
• in a state of shock en estado de shock
• to be in a terrible state estar en un estado terrible
• to lie in state yacer en la capilla ardiente (before funeral)
• the state of the Union Address el discurso sobre el estado de la nación (Estados Unidos)

2. estado (m) (country, administrative region)

• the States (familiar) (los) Estados Unidos (the USA)
• state control control (m) estatal
• state Department (política) Departamento (m) de Estado (Estados Unidos), = Ministerio de Asuntos or Relaciones Exteriores estadounidense (Am)
• state highway ≅ carretera (f) nacional (Estados Unidos)
• state occasions ceremonias (f pl) de gala
• state school colegio (m) estatal or público
• state secret secreto (m) de Estado
• state sector sector (m) público
• state visit viaje (m) oficial or de Estado

transitive verb

3. declarar (declare); indicar (one's name and address); exponer (reasons, demands, objections)

• to state the obvious decir una obviedad
• as stated earlier/above como se hizo constar antes/más arriba

STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS La constitución estadounidense estipula que el presidente debe mantener informado al Congreso sobre el estado de la nación. Por ello, cada año el presidente pronuncia un discurso que es radiotelevisado, en el que recoge los puntos principales de su gestión y las medidas que su administración tiene previsto adoptar en el futuro.

STATE SCHOOLS En el Reino Unido hay dos tipos principales de centros públicos de educación secundaria: las “comprehensive schools” y las “grammar schools”. Las primeras fueron introducidas en 1965 por los laboristas, con el fin de democratizar la enseñanza y garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades para todos los estudiantes, cualesquiera que fueran los ingresos de sus padres y su origen social. Hoy en día, el 90% de los alumnos de secundaria asisten a ellas. La calidad de la enseñanza varía enormemente según los centros y es bastante normal que ciertas familias se muden a una zona que tenga una buena escuela. Las “grammar schools”, a las que asisten menos del 5% de los estudiantes, imparten una educación más tradicional y se centran en preparar a los alumnos que tienen previsto continuar sus estudios. Para acceder ellas, los alumnos tienen que hacer un examen a los 11 años.

state [steɪt]

noun

1 (condition) estado (m)

the link between the state of the economy and crime rumours about the state of their marriage

the current state of the housing market el estado actual del mercado inmobiliario

People are not buying because of the poor state of the economy the precarious state of the country's finances I'd like to know the state of my account

if this state of affairs continues si las cosas siguen así

it is a sorry state of affairs when ... es una situación lamentable cuando ...

state of alert estado (m) de alerta

Pete is consumed by bitterness. It's a sad state of affairs state of emergency to declare a state of emergency

state of grace estado (m) de gracia

state of health (estado (m) de) salud (f)

what has her state of health been like recently?

to be in a bad or poor state estar en mal estado

to be in a good state estar en buenas condiciones; it wasn't in a fit state to be used no estaba en condiciones de ser usado; he's not in a fit state to do it no está en condiciones para hacerlo

in a comatose state

he arrived home in a shocking state llegó a casa hecho una pena; she was in no state to talk no estaba en condiciones para hablar

you're in no state to go out When you left our place, you weren't in a fit state to drive

state of mind estado (m) de ánimo

he was in an odd state of mind estaba raro

the state of the nation el estado de la nación

in his annual state of the nation address, the Mexican president ... a debate on the state of the nation which had been set down for 2 February 1778

state of play (Dep) situación (f) del juego

what's the state of play? ¿cuál es la situación?

state of repair estado (m)

90% of the Borough housing stock is in a very good state of repair The building was in a bad state of repair

state of siege estado (m) de sitio

state of war estado (m) de guerra

state of weightlessness estado (m) de ingravidez

2 (poor condition)

you should have seen the state the car was in tenías que haber visto cómo estaba el coche

just look at the state of this room! ¡mira cómo está esta habitación!

the flat was in a right state after the party el piso estaba hecho un asco después de la fiesta (informal)

I must have looked in a bit of a state

3 (agitated condition)

to be in a state estar nervioso

I was in a terrible state because nobody could understand why I had this illness

his wife is in a terrible state su mujer está nerviosísima

to get into a state ponerse nervioso

Get your facts right before you get into such a state

now don't get into a state about it no te pongas nervioso

4 (region, country) estado (m)

he was brought up in a southern state

the State of Washington el estado de Washington; the State of Israel el estado de Israel

Albania, Europe's only remaining communist state derechos autónomos de cada estado de los EE. UU.

the States (USA) los Estados Unidos

a state within a state un estado dentro de un estado

5 (government)

the State el Estado

the state does not collect enough revenue to cover expenditure worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones

affairs of state asuntos (m) de estado

the State and the Church agree on this issue

Secretary of State (US) SecretarioaSecretaria (m) (f) de Asuntos Exteriores;a Secretaria Secretary of State for Education (Britain) SecretarioaSecretaria (m) (f) de Educación;a Secretaria

6 (rank) rango (m); (office) cargo (m)

every state of life

the state of bishop la dignidad de obispo

7 (pomp)

to dine in state cenar con mucha ceremonia

to lie in state estar de cuerpo presente

to live in state vivir lujosamente

robes of state ropas (f) de investidura

transitive verb

1 (say, show)

state your address and telephone number (on form) escriba su dirección y número de teléfono; (orally) diga su dirección y número de teléfono

cheques must state the amount clearly

as stated above como se indica más arriba; to state that ... [+rules, law] estipular que ...

the rules state that the rules clearly state that the law states that

it is nowhere stated that ... no se dice en ninguna parte que ...; the article stated that she had been interviewed by the police el artículo afirmaba que la policía la había interrogado; it must be stated in the records that ... tiene que hacerse constar en los archivos que ...

2 (declare, affirm) declarar

he has stated his intention to run for President ha declarado su intención de presentarse como candidato a la presidencia

he stated that he had never seen her before

he has publicly stated that ... ha declarado públicamente que ...

he has publicly stated that he is interested in playing for England

3 (expound on, set out) [+views] dar; expresar; [+facts, case, problem] exponer

he was asked to state his views on the subject se le pidió que diera or expresara su opinión sobre el asunto

he wants to state the facts as they occurred, without them being blown out of proportion by the media

I'm simply stating the facts simplemente estoy exponiendo los hechos

he says the controversial party should be allowed to state its case on TV

to state the case for the prosecution exponer los argumentos de la acusación

modifier

(Pol) [+policy, documents, security] del Estado

he never has a day's respite from state business, and last year fulfilled 650 official engagement

[+capitalism, socialism, visit, funeral, business] de estado

state aid (n) ayuda (f) estatal

state apartments (n) apartamentos destinados a visitas de mandatarios

state bank (US) (n) banco (m) estatal or del Estado

state banquet (n) banquete (m) de gala

state benefit (n) subsidios (m) del Estado; subsidios (m) estatales

those receiving or on state benefit aquellos que cobran subsidios del Estado or estatales

she is now on state benefit to claim state benefits

State Capitol (n) (US) edificio donde tiene su sede el poder legislativo de un estado

horses were used to accompany the State coaches carrying the Queen and other members of the Royal Family

state control (n) control (m) público or estatal

to be/come under state control pasar a manos del Estado

State Department (n) (US) Ministerio (m) de Asuntos Exteriores

state education (n) enseñanza (f) pública

State Enrolled Nurse (n) (Britain) (formerly) enfermeroaenfermera (m) (f) diplomadoadiplomada con dos años de estudios;a enfermera a diplomada (con dos años de estudios)

state fair (n) (US) feria (f) estatal

state funding (n) financiación (f) pública

state highway (n) (US) carretera (f) nacional

state legislature (n) (US) poder (m) legislativo del estado

state line (n) (US) frontera (f) de estado

state militia (n) (US) [of specific state] milicia (f) del estado

the other part of the Second Amendment refers to the rights of states to raise a militia, and they suggest that the Second Amendment really relates to the rights of citizens in a state militia to bear arms State of the Union Address

state occasion (n) acontecimiento (m) solemne

the Queen only wears her crown on state occasions

state ownership (n)

they believe in state ownership of the means of production creen que los medios de producción deberían estar en manos del Estado; son partidarios de que los medios de producción estén en manos del Estado

elements of socialism such as state ownership and central planning to restore privatised corporations to state ownership it intends to take bigger industries out of state ownership and transform them into joint stock companies

state pension (n) pensión (f) del Estado; pensión (f) estatal

state police (n) [of country] policía (f) nacional; (US) [of specific state] policía (f) del estado

Michigan State police

state prison (n) (US) cárcel (f) estatal; prisión (f) estatal

State Registered Nurse (n) (Britain) (formerly) enfermeroaenfermera (m) (f) diplomadoadiplomada con tres años de estudios;a enfermera a diplomada (con tres años de estudios)

State Representative (n) (US) (Pol) representante (m) del estado

state school (n) (Britain) colegio (m) público; escuela (f) pública

state secret (n) secreto (m) de estado

And what exactly do you do? Or is that a state secret you only share with your husband? Britain's match plan was no state secret

state sector (n) sector (m) estatal

State Senator (n) (US) senadorasenadora (m) (f) del estado;a senadora

state subsidy (n) subvención (f) estatal

state tax (n) (US) [of specific state] impuesto (m) del estado

state trooper (n) (US) [of specific state] policía (m) del estado

state university (n) (US) universidad (f) pública

to go on make a state visit to a country