( behartzea)

du/ad.

1. (premiatu, bortxatu) to compel, make, force, coerce, oblige; i-r e-r egitera \behartu to make sb do sth | to {compel || force} sb to do sth | to coerce sb into doing sth; hori egitera \behartuta nengoen I was forced to do that; garbi dago horiek ingelesera behartzea isiltasunera kondenatzearen parekoa litzatekeela it's clear that forcing them to speak in English would be akin to condemning them to silence; egin nahi dut baina ez \behartuta I want to do it but not if I'm forced to; Estoniako errusiarrek ez dute estoniera ikasiko \behartuta ez badaude the Russians in Estonia aren't going to learn Estonian unless they're {forced || obliged} to; gizalegeak horretara \behartuta compelled to do so by common courtesy; agindu honek guztiok behartzen gaitu this command binds us all

2. (behartsu bihurtu) to impoverish, make destitute; goseteak guztiz \behartu zituen the famine make them totally destitute

3. (I) (NG) (trokatu) to dislocate; besoa \behartu du he's dislocated his arm

4. (bortxatu, h. g. indarrez \behartu) to rape, violate formala. da/ad.

1. (behartsu bihurtu) to become {impoverished || destitute}

2. to sprain, become sprained; zangoa \behartu egin zait I sprained my leg

3. (NB) e-z \behartu to depend on sth; belaontzia ibiltzeko haizeaz behartzen da the sailboat depends on the wind to sail

iz.

a. ( bizkortasuna) strength \indarra galdu to lose strength ; saioaldi horrek \indarrik gabe utzi zuen that attempt sapped him of all his strength; ez du zama hori eramateko \indarrik he hasn't got the strength to carry that load; i-i \indarra eman to give sb strength; orain \indarrean dago now he's strong; \indarrez bota zuen harria eta baita kristala puskatu ere he hurled the stone with his might and broke the window; \indarrez igurtzi behar duzu you have to rub it hard

b. ( efektu) effect, strength; \indar handiko erremedioa strong remedy

c. ( boterea) strength, authority, power ; Elizaren \indarra the {strength || authority} of the Church; telebistaren \indarra the power of television

d. (irud.) energy; horretarako \indarrik ez daukat I don't feel up to it; jende askok \indar gehiegi xahutzen dute arauen aurka gaizki-esaka many people expend far too much precious energy in protesting the rules

a. ( kolpeari d.) force

b. ( argudiobideari d.) strength, force

c. ( alkoholari d.) strength

3. Tek. Fis. force, power; \indar magnetikoa magnetic force

4. Leg. force, effect; \indarrean dagoen legea the law in force

5. Ele.

a. power, energy, current; \indar hidraulikoa hydraulic power

b. [ izenen aurrean ] power-; \indarretxe power station

6. ( behartzea) force, compulsion; \indar nagusi force majeure

7. ( bortizkeria) force, violence; \indar bortitzez baliatu to use brutal force; \indarrez baliatu gabe without using {violence || force}; \indarrez sartu ziren i. ( lapurrak etxera, e.a.) they broke in ii. ( erasoan, e.a.) they burst in; \indarera jo to resort to force; Tudjman prest zegoen Eslavonia \indarrez hartzeko Tudjman was ready to march into Slavonia

a. Mil. force; \indar aliatuak allied forces; \indar armatuak armed forces; lehorreko eta itsasoko \indarrak land and sea forces; espedizio \indar expeditionary force

b. (Pol.) force; oposizioaren \indarrak opposition forces