( bururatu)

du/ad.

1. (buruan jarri) to get... on one's head

2. (burutu, bukatu)

a. (plana) to carry out

b. to finish da/ad. [ zaio ]

1. (gogoratu) to recall, remember, come to mind; oraintxe \bururatu zait gertatu zitzaidana only now can I recall what happened to me

2. (buruan sartu) to occur; haien bila joatea \bururatu zitzaion it occured to her to go get them

ocurrirse, venir a la mente, recordar

bururatu

iz.

1. Anat.

a. head; \burua gora ekarriko du he'll come with his head held high; \burua behera ekarriko du he'll come with his head hanging low; \burua hautsi zion he smashed his head in

b. (esa.) \burutik oinera from head to foot; \burua egingo nuke egia dela I'd bet my life it's true; ez du \bururik ez buztanik it makes no sense at all; \buru eta bihotz heart and soul; \buru agertu i. to uncover one's head ii. (nabaritu) to stand off, make o.s. conspicuous; bere \burua aitaren aurrean agertu zuen he appeared before his father; \burua jaso to raise one's head

2. (gauzakiei d., e.a.)

a. Tek. head

b. head; orratzaren \burua the head of a needle

c. (ezpatari d.) pommel

d. (oheari d.) bedstead

e. (etxeari d.) top

3. Nekaz. head; hogei \buru dituzte abeltegi hartan they've got twenty head of cattle in that corral

4. (amaia)

a. end; kale \buruan dago it's at the end of the street; \burutik \burura i. from end to end ii. (liburuari d.) from cover to cover; \bururen \buru (I) from beginning to end; -(r)i \buru eman to put an end to; \burutan atera to carry out |to finish

b. (hatzari d.) tip; hatz-\buru fingertip\buru

5. (aurrekoalde) head; manifestazioaren \buru\\\buruzebilen he went at the head of the demonstration

b. liburaren \buruan at the beginning of the book

6. (nagusia)

a. head, leader; sail\buru department head | head of the department; Elizaren \burua the head of the Church ; familiaren \burua the head of the family; nor da etxe honetako \buru\\\burua? who is the head of this household?; nik, bederen, posible ikusten dut, noizbait, nekearen nekez, Sri Lankako Gobernu batek, nornahi duela \buru, amore ematea autodeterminazioaren eskakizunari I, for one, think it possible that some day, after a great deal of strife, a government in Sri Lanka, whoever heads it, will give in to the demand for self-determination

b. (bilerari, bilkurari d.) \buru izan to preside (- (e)an: at) ; \buru ibili to preside; \buru dabilen apezpiku \\ apezpikutza \\ agintari \\ apaizgodun aitzindari presiding Bishop \\ Bishopric \\ authority \\ priesthood leader

7. (adimena)

a. mind, head; \buru argia du she's got a bright mind; \burua behar da horretarako you've got to have a mind for that; \burutan hartu to bear in mind; bihotz euskaldunaren eta \buru erdaldunaren arteko borroka amaigabea the never-ending struggle between the Basque-speaking heart and the {Spanish-speaking || French-speaking} mind

b. (esa.) i-i \burua berotu i. to rile up, stir up ii. (zirrara eman) to excite; edariak \burua berotzen du drink excites you iii. (kezkatu) to worry ; \burua galdu to lose one's mind ; i-i \burua hartu i. (alkoholak i-r, e.a.) to cloud; pattarrak \burua hartu zion booze clouded his mind ii. (beti berdin pentsarazi) to get to one's head ; i-i \burua jan to brainwash sb ; -(r)i \burua zoratu to go mad; \buruak eman to occur; \buruak ematen dion guztia egin behar du he's got to do whatever strikes his fancy; \buruan erabili i. to think of | to ponder about; zer edo zer erabiliko du \buruan dirurik ez galtzeko he'll of think something so as not to lose any money ii. (azpikerietan ibili) to plot ; \buru(t)an hartu to take into consideration |to give thought to; \buruan gatza izan (du/ad.) to be bright; \buruan sartu i. (bururatu, otu) to get... into one's head | to get the idea ii. (hartu, ulertu) to understand, grasp; horrelako gauzak ez dira nire \buruan sartzen I simply can't understand such things; \burutik egon to be {mad || crazy || nuts}, be off one's rocker; \burutik {igaro || pasa} i. to go through one's mind ii. (aurrez susmatu) to have a feeling; susmo txar bat igaro zitzaion \burutik she had a terrible foreboding; \burutik jauzi to go {crazy || mad}, crack up ; \burutik joanda crazy, mad ; \burutik {kendu || atera || bota} to forget; ezin zuen \burutik kendu he couldn't get her out of his {mind || head}; beldurra \burutik kentzeko in order to get over the fear

8. (oroimen) memory, head; \buru txarra du he's got a bad memory | he's got a head like a sieve

9. (jatorri) origin; bekatu guztien \burua the origin of all sins

10. Geog. Naut. cape

b. (mendikoa) top, peak

11. Landr.

a. (gariarena) ear

b. (artoarena) cob, ear

12. Mat. \burura gorde to carry; hamar gehi hamaika hogeita bat eta \bururako bi ten plus eleven equals twenty-one carry two

13. (arma) warhead; \buru nuklear nuclear warhead

a. self; nire \buruari esan nion... I said to myself...; bere \burua garbitu du he killed himself; bere \burua trenari bota zion he threw himself against a train; \burua zuritu to justify oneself; nork bere \buruaz beste egin to kill o.s. | to commit suicide; begi zorrotzak izan ditut hutsak ikusteko, batez ere, huts horiek geure \buruarenak, neronenak barne, direnean I've kept a sharp eye out for mistakes, especially mistakes committed by ourselves, including my own

b. ez dut nahi zuekin \burua bat egin I do not wish to join you

c. [izenen aurrean] self-; \burujabetasun independence

interj. bang!, bam!; eta zer egingo, eta zer egingo, eta \dapa!, dena bururatu zitzaion and in thinking and thinking about what to it, bam, it all came to him

iz. illness; \erialdian bururatu zitzaion it occured to him during an illness

iz.

1. ( gaitasunari d.)

a. ( oro.) talent, gift, flair

b. ( mintzamenari d.) eloquence, gab, fluency; \etorri handiko hizlaria an eloquent speaker; laburra dut \etorria I'm at a loss for words

2. ( idazleari, poetari, olerkariari d.) inspiration

3. ( jitea) character, genius

4. (e tekina) profit, product

5. ( ur kopurua) flow; ibai baten \etorria the flow in a river; \etorri txikiko urlasterra shallow rapids; Zarauzko itsasoaren ur azpiko \etorri indartsua the strong undercurrent of the sea in Zarautz

6. ( senipartea) inheritance da/ad.

1. ( jin)

a. to come (- ra: to | -tik: from) ; egunero etortzen da Zarautza she comes to Zarautz every day; Zarautza dator she's coming to Zarautz; Zarautza etortzekoa da she's coming to Zarautz | she's going to come to Zarautz ; betoz hona! let them come here!; etor bedi Zure erreinua Thy kingdom come; urrundik \etorri to come from afar; hator, hator mutil etxera! come, come home boy!; baserritik \etorri berria zen he had just come off the farm; gure etxera \etorri zen he came over to our house

b. ( + - tzera) hona \etorri nintzen euskara ikastera I came here to learn Basque

c. (+ -tzera) hona \etorri nintzen euskara ikastera I came here to learn Basque; bazkaltzera \etorri zirenak those who came for dinner

d. datorrena datorrela! let the chips fall where they may!

2. ( jatorri izan) to come (- tik: from) ; hitz hori gaskoitik dator that word comes from Gascon; nondik dator zure haserrea? how come you're angry?

3. ( gertatu) to happen, befall; laster dator eguna the day is fast approaching ; egun ederra dator we're in for a splendid day ; arazo asko zekozkion a lot of problems befell him; zorigaitza \etorri zitzaion he ran into some bad luck

4. ( bururatu) to occur, come; gero Mongoliara joateko ideia \etorri zitzaion then the idea of going to Mongolia {occurred || came} to him; logura \etorri zitzaion she was overcome by sleep; buruko min handia \etorri zitzaion she came down with a big headache

5. ( denbora) orduak joan, orduak \etorri, Maritxu ez zen agertzen the hours went by and Maritxu didn't show up

6. ( komeni izan) i-i ongi \etorri to suit sb fine; ez litzaiguke gaizki \etorriko it wouldn't do us any harm | it wouldn't be a bad thing for us

b. ( arropa) to fit; berokia txiki samar datorkizu sorbaldetan the coat is rather small on you in the shoulders; soineko hori gaizki datorkio that dress doesn't fit her very well

7. ( egokitu)

a. to correspond; batzarrean hitz egitea ez datorkit niri it's not (right) for me to speak in the assembly; zuri datorkizu hastea it's your turn to begin; hori ez datorkit niri that doesn't apply to me

b. zure biziera ez datorkio zure hazierari your lifestyle is incompatible with your upbringing

8. i-kin bat \etorri to agree with sb; zurekin bat nator I agree with you

b. ( gauza) to match, go with; kolore hauek ez datoz {erara || ongi these colours don't {match || go well together}

c. -(r)en esanera \etorri to give in to, condescend; besteren arrazoietara etortzeko to come to agree with the reasoning of others; ez nator haren esanetara I don't agree with what (s)he's said

d. (hazi, ongi moldatu) to come along, be doing; landareak ongi etortzen dira the plants are coming along fine

9. ( agertu, e.a.) to come; bilduta datoz they come wrapped up

10. ( elkarrekin konpondu) ez datoz ondo elkarrekin they don't get on (GB) | they don't get along (USA) ; honekin gaizki nator I don't get on well with him; ederki etortzen gara elkarrekin we get on splendidly (GB) | we get along fine (USA)

iz.

1. illness; \gaitzaldian hori egiteko ideia bururatu zitzaion the idea for it come to him during his illness

2. bad time

1. ( p.) (I) formala. to talk, speak; apaizarekin \mintzo izan denean when she is talking to the priest; ni neroni naiz zurekin \mintzo izan naizena I'm the one who's talking to you; Aita ez da \mintzo izan berak ikusi dituen gauzez Father doesn't talk about things he's seen himself; bere buruarekin \mintzo izan balitz bezala as if he were talking to himself; bururatu zitzaidan Jainkoari \mintzo izan nintzaiola it occurred to me as I was talking to God ; \mintzo izan denak ereiten, isil dagoenak biltzen (atsot.) talk is silver, silence is gold (atsot.)

b. to say; ero hori, zer \mintzo izan zara? you lunatic, what are you saying?

2. ( gauza) to speak, talk; haietaz \mintzo izan den liburu batean in a book which speaks about them

[from Lat. "votum"] iz. request du/ad. (B) Arkaismoa. to plead, beg of; \otu ez egiok ohean andreari do not plead with your wife in bed da/ad. [ zaio ] (B)

1. ( bururatu) to occur to, come sb's mind; han nengoela, zenbait gauza \otu zitzaizkidan several things occured to me when I was there ; ez dakit nola \otu zitzaion ere gure Praiskuri andre harekin ezkontzea I don't know what got into Praisku to marry that lady; askotan \otu zitzaion nagusi zikoitz harengandik hanka egitea he often thought of running away from that miserly master

2. ( gogoak eman) to feel like it; \otutzen zaionean egingo du when he feels like it, he'll do it