( joera izan)

iz.

a. tendency, inclination; e-r egiteko \joera hartu to take to doing sth; jendeak \joera Zarautza hartu du people have taken to coming to Zarautz; e-r egiteko \joera izan ( du/ad.) to tend to do sth | to be inclined to do sth; hori egiteko \joera dute they tend to do that

b. trend; egungo literaturaren \joerak current literary trends

c. ( nor berea) inclination, bent, proclivity, propensity, leaning

2. ( portaera) behaviour (GB), behavior (USA)

a. Naut. course, bearing; \joera aldatu to change course; \joera hartu to take a bearing | set course

b. Met. wind direction; \joera aldatu to change direction; haizearen \joera direction of the wind

c. ( urari d.) course, current

4. \joera handiko bidea a well-trodden path

5. ( oldar) \joera eragin dio the mood struck him that way

6. Leg. appeal, recourse

1. to long for, wish, be eager; \aiher izan naiz joatera I'm eager to go; lehena izan \aiher izan da he longs to be first

2. ( susmatu) to suspect

3. ( joera)

a. to tend,

b. to be predisposed; ongira izan zaitez \aiher izan eta ez gaizkira be predisposed to good and not to evil; semea ez zait heldu ilunduta etxera eta \aiher izan naiz ateak ixteko my son hasn't come home at dusk and I just might lock the doors

4. [ zaio ]

a. ( jazarri) to be after; eritasun bat \aiher izan zaizu you're being dogged by a disease

b. ( zaletasun handi bat) ; ardoari \aiher izan natzaio I'm fond of wine

5. ( gorrotatu) [ zaio ] to loathe, despise, abhor, detest; unaia \aiher izan unaiari cowherder loathing cowherder; Elizari \aiher izan zaio he loathes the Church; Erregea \aiher izan zitzaion ministroari the minister loathed the King

iz.

1. ( kolpea) hit

2. Kir. shot; \jo laburra short shot; \jo luzea long shot; \jo luzeko pilotaria a jai-alai player with a long shot; \jo huts missed shot; zer \jo ederrak egiten zituen! what beautiful shots he made!

3. (irud.)

a. atearen \joa knocking at the door

b. umearen \jo kicking (in the belly)

c. bihotzaren \joa the beating of a heart | the heartbeat

4. ( astoarena) heehaw io. worn out, exahausted du/ad.

1. ( kolpea eman)

a. to hit, strike; Joanesek \jo nau! Joanes hit me!; \jotzera egin to attack | to charge

b. ( ukabilaka) to punch, sock

c. ( kolpatu) to pound, beat; dinbi-danba \jo to beat to a pulp

d. i-r ostikoz \jo to kick sb

e. ( atea) to knock

f. ( garia) to thresh, thrash

2. ( kaltetu, eraso, e.a.)

a. Med. to strike; malariak \jo zuen he was struck down by malaria

b. ( desegin, suntsitu) to deteriorate, devastate; sitsak \jotako arropa moth-eaten clothes; harrak \jotako sagarrak worm-infested apples | worm-eaten apples

c. (irud.) zorigaitzak \jo zuen he was struck by bad luck

d. (esa.) eleberriaren pasarte batek \jo ninduen begietan a passage in the novel caught my eye

3. ( indarrez ukitu)

a. to hit, strike; horma \jo arte ez zen gelditu it didn't stop until it hit the wall; konortea galdurik lurra \jo zuen he hit the ground when he lost consciousness; tximistak \jo zuen he was struck by lightning

b. ( gauza batez, tresna batez, e.a.) to strike; burdina \jo to strike iron; ezpataz \jo zuen he struck him with his sword; zuhaitza aizkoraz \jo to chop a tree (with an axe)

c. (esa.) bihotzean \jo ninduen it hit me where it hurt; loak \jotzen nau I'm falling asleep; ihortziak \jo balu bezala as if struck by lightning

4. ( soinua atera)

a. ( inork musika tresna) to play; danborra \jo to {beat || play} the drum; txistua \jo to play the txistu flute

b. ( inork musika) to play; Brasilgo musika \jo to play Brazilian music; Mozart-en sinfonia bat \jo to play a symphony of Mozart's

c. ( ordulariari d.) to strike; ordu batak \jo du it's struck one ; hamabiak \jo zuten the clock struck twelve; goizeko bostak \jotzen ari zenean when it was striking five in the morning

d. oilarrak \jo zuen the cock crowed

e. ( soinu egin) to ring; kanpaiak \jo zuen the bell rang; txirrinak \jo zuen the bell {rang || buzzed}; telefonoak \jo zuen the phone rang

5. ( iritsi)

a. to hit, reach; non \jo du lehenbizi itsasontzia honakoan? where did the ship stop at on its way here?

b. ( xede, muga) to reach, hit

c. (irud.) {lur || erreka} \jo to hit rock bottom; zurian \jo nuen I hit the target; hogei urte \jo ditu he's reached twenty

6. ( ibili) to travel, go across; bazter asko \jo ditu he's {been || travelled} to many countries

7. ( inorantz joan)

a. to head (- ra: for), make one's way ( -ra, aldera: to) ; itsasontziak Australiara \jo zuen the ship {sailed || headed} for Australia; Walensak goizeko 4 t'erdietan \jo zuen ontzioletara Mercedes auto batean eta bi bizkarzainek lagunduta Walesa headed for the shipyards at four thirty in the morning in a Mercedes, accompanied by two bodyguards; aurrera \jo baino lehen before going ahead; nondik \jo ez nekiela in which I didn't know where to turn; egun guztia \jo hona eta \jo hara spending the whole day going to and fro; \jo goiak \jo beheak going every which way

b. ( leiho batek, e.a.) to look out on, face; leihoak hegoaldera \jotzen du the window faces south

c. \jo horra eta \jo hara || \jo bat eta \jo beste || \jo Ondarro eta \jo Mutriku to go to and fro | to go from one place to another

8. ( zer edo zer lortu, jakin, edo konpontzeko)

a. ( p.) to turn to; larrialdietan gurasoengana \jotzen dut I turn to my parents in times of trouble ; poliziarengana \jo zuen he went to the police

b. ( lana, hiztegia, telefonoa, liburua, e.a.) to refer to, consult; zenbait duda-muda argitzeko, hiztegi batera \jotzen dut to clear up some doubts, I refer to a dictionary

c. ( auzitegia) to resort to, refer to, take recourse to; gora \jo to appeal

d. to turn to, resort to; taldeak izubidera \jo zuen the group resorted to terrorism

e. \jotzen duenak \jotzen duela whatever happens

9. ( sexuari d.) larrua \jo hitz itsusia. to screw, fuck hitz itsusia.

10. ( joera izan) to be inclined; edanera \jotzen du he tends to drink; horretara \jo dute ere euskaraz ari direnean they're inclined that way even when speaking Basque; nahiz eta elkarren berri ez jakin, nolabait helburu batera \jo zuten even though they did not know about each other, they tended towards the same goal

11. ( kopuruei d.)

a. to reckon, calculate, estimate; zenbat urte \jotzen dizkiozu maisuari? how old would you reckon the teacher to be?; zenbat balio duela \jotzen duzu? how much do you reckon it's worth?; behetik \jota conservatively estimated; gehienez \jota at most

b. to boil down, come down (- ra: to) ; badago liburu guztiak bitara \jotzerik all of the books can reduced to two volumes

c. sariak miloiraino \jotzen du the prize amounts up to a million

12. Met.

a. to blow; haizeak \jotzen du the wind is blowing; bihar haizeak ere hotz \joko du, iparraldetik etorriko baita tomorrow there will be a cold wind blowing as it will be coming from the north

b. hemen eguzkiak \jotzen du the sun beats down here

13. ( gehitu) to add; \jo ezazu hau lehengo zerrendara add this to the list

14. ( eman, suposatu) to assume, suppose; \jo dezagun hori egia dela let's {assume || suppose} that's true

15. -tzat \jo to consider as, take for; galdutzat \jo behar dut borroka hau I should consider this fight a losing proposition; mirarigarritzat \jo zuten they considered it miraculous

16. ( ekin) to get to, take to; lanari \jo zion he got down to work

17. (+ eta) \jo eta ke busily, actively, up a storm; lanean ari dira \jo eta ke they've working up a storm | they're working like the dickens; \jo eta \jo ari dira they're having at

18. \jota dago (s)he's exhausted

iz.

1. ( hitz etorria) eloquence, glib, fluency, palaver formala. ; \ekarri ederra du he's glib | he's got the gift of gab ; ez daukat modurik haren \ekarriari erantzuteko I'm unable to answer his glibness; \ekarri handiko hizlaria an eloquent speaker ; \ekarri oneko well-spoken, articulate, eloquent

2. ( irabazia) income, earnings; aitaren \ekarria ez zen nahikoa etxeko gastuei aurre egiteko Dad's income wasn't enough to meet household expenses

a. ( lilura, joera) propensity, liking, penchant

b. inclination, fondness, liking, bent

a. ( fruitua) fruit, product

b. ( zeremana) contribution; Aita Barandiaranen \ekarria Aita Barandiaren's contribution

c. ( emaitza) production; baratza honek \ekarri onak izan ditu this vegetable garden's had a good yield

5. (G) ( zurrustada) spurt, jet, gush

6. ( zeremana) contribution du/ad.

a. to bring, fetch, get; \ekarri hona! bring it over here!; berriz \ekarri to bring back; zer dakarzu? what are you bringing? egunero zer ekartzen duzu? what do you bring every day? ; \ekarri! hand it over! ; \ekarriko ditut behiak tegira I'll bring the cows to the stable

b. ( garraioek) to carry, transport

c. to hold, bear; burua gora ekartzen du he holds his head high

d. ( izen) to bear \ekarri behar duzu arbasoen izena you must bear your ancestors' name; Georges Pompidou zenaren izena dakarren erakundea the organization that bears the name of the late Georges Pompidou

e. (l andareak, animali mota) to introduce ( -ra: to)

2. ( aldizkaria, egunkaria) to carry, have, print ; egunkari honek ez dakar ezer Mongoliako politikari buruz this paper doesn't carry anything about Mongolian politics

3. ( sorrarazi, behartu)

a. to bring up; hori erran nion, solasak \ekarririk I told him that as it came up in the conversation; arazoak besterik ez dizkizu ekartzen it {causes || brings} you nothing but problems ; erabaki horrek kalteak \ekarriko ditu that decision will bring about harm

b. ( behartu; bultzatu) to make, bear down on i-r e-r egitera \ekarri to bear down on sb to do sth ; honek nakar zuri idaztera that {made || induced} me to write you ; mendera \ekarri to subdue

c. ( gorrotoa) to bring about, stir up, cause, give rise to ; eztabaida horiek gorrotoa dakarte those arguments cause hatred

d. gogora \ekarri to remind ; egoera horrek Lehenengo Mundu Gerra gogora dakarkit that reminds me of the First World War

4. ( aipatu, aitatu) to quote, cite; ekartzen dizkizut haren hitz berak I'll quote you his very words ; istorioak ekartzen du the story mentions him ; nitaz dakarren lekutasuna the testimony referring to me

a. ( lege) to invoke, evoke

b. ( salapen, e.a.) to bring ; ez zen salapena \ekarri the charge wasn't brought

a. ( eman) to hand, pass; \ekarri plater hori! hand me that plate!

b. ( maitatasuna, obedientzia, e.a.) to have, bear; gurasoei obedientzia \ekarri behar diegu we must obey our parents ; gurasoei begirunea \ekarri behar diezu you must have respect for your parents ; gain-gaineko amodioa ekartzen dio she loves him intensely

7. ( suposatu) to mean; gerlak heriotza dakar berarekin war means death; horrek diru asko dakar berarekin that means a lot of money

8. ( sinestarazi) to bring round, persuade; nahi dudanera \ekarriko dut I'll bring her round to what I want

9. ( nozitu, oinazetu) to suffer ; min handiak \ekarri ditu she's suffered great pain

10. ( tratatu) to treat gogorki ekartzea mistreatment

11. ( itzuli) to translate (- ra: into)

12. ( landareak, alea) to bear, produce

13. ( gutxitu) to bring down, reduce nire zorra hutsera \\ erdira \ekarri nahi dut I want to bring my debt down to zero \\ by half

14. ( gertu izan) to be near; euria dakar it's going to rain | rain's just around the corner ; laster umea dakar she's going to have a baby soon

15. Mat. to multiply; bi hamarrek ekartzen dute hogei two multiplied by ten equals twenty

16. ( joera ukan) to tend towards; hordikeriara \ekarria with a propensity for drunkenness

17. Kir. (pilota) to return; aise \ekarri\\\ekarridu Galartzak sakez botatakoa he easily returned Galartza's serve

18. ( jarraitu) to follow egunak eguna eta ez dira elkar iduriak one day follows the next and they're not alike Oharra: ekarri duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., gogora ekarri aurkitzeko, bila ezazu gogora adieran

iz.

a. crowd, attendence; hori jendearen \emana! what a crowd!

b. ( joritasuna) profusion, mass; hau da euriaren \emana what a lot of rain!

2. yield; \eman handiko high-yielding

3. ( xahupena) expense; hartu-\emanak income and expenses

4. ( joera) inclination, propensity io. tending, inclined (- (r)i: to) ; ardoari \emana fond of wine; Jainkoari \emana da he's very devout du/ad.

1. ( oro.)

a. to give; nik zuri liburua ematen dizut I give you the book | I give the book to you; nik zuri liburuak eman nizkizun I gave you the books |I gave the books to you; berriz \eman to give back; atzera \eman (G) to give back ; egun on Jainkoak demaizula formala. may God bid you a good day

b. ( baimena) to give, grant, concede

c. ( gauzak) to give, hand, hand over, pass

d. ( eredu, jarraibidea) to set

e. ( fondoak) to designate, destine (-rako ; for)

f. ( kolpea) to give, deal, strike

g. ( arrazoia) to give, cite

h. ( oihua, garrasia) to give out, utter

i. ( janaria) to give ; i-i jateko \eman to give sb something to eat | to feed sb ; babarrunak \eman zizkiguten they gave us beans (to eat) | we were given beans {for lunch || to eat}

j. ( sakramentua) to administer

2. ( kalkulatu) to reckon, calculate

a. ( uzta) to yield, give

b. ( atsegina, laketa) to give, provide with

a. Antz. ( ekitaldia) to give, put on

b. Zine. to screen, show

5. (I) ( jarri) to put; hoberena sutara ematea izanen da it would be best to throw it out and burn it; orea labera \eman ezazu put the dough in the oven

6. ( itzuli, bihurtu) to translate; munduko hizkuntza nagusietean emandako liburua da it is a book translated into the world's chief languages

a. -tzat \eman to consider, deem as, regard as; lapurtzat ematen dute they consider him a thief | they take him for a thief | he is {taken || considered} to be a thief; ontzat \eman to approve, sanction

b. bere burua hiltzat \eman zuen he played dead

8. ( jo)

a. ( oro.) to hit, clobber; \eman! let him have it! | hit him; emango dizut, e! I'm going to clobber you!; emaiok ea isiltzen den hit him so he shuts up!; jo ezak \eman ahala! hit him with all you've got!

b. zaplaztako bat \eman to slap, whack; -(r)i ukondokada \\ belaunkada bat \eman to elbow \\ knee sb i-i burukoa \\ ipurdikoa \eman eman to hit sb on his head \\ bottom

c. ( pilota) to hit, hit back

9. ( antza izan)

a. ( oro.) to look like; etxe horrek nirea ematen du that house looks like mine

b. ( iruditu) to seem, look; gizon horrek ez du ondo ematen that man doesn't look well; gaztea ematen du she looks young; gaizki ematen du it looks bad

c. ( etorri, egoki izan: + gaizki, ongi, e.a.) to fit;look; zein gaizki ematen dion soineko horrek! my, how bad that dress looks on her!

a. ( etxea, eraikuntza, gela) to face, look out on; gelak itsasora ematen du the room looks out on the sea

b. ( besoa, begia) to face; besoak zerurat \emanik, oihu egin zuen with her arms stretched toward the sky, she screamed

11. ( joera ukan) to be inclined; onerat \eman du he's started to recover ; eurira \eman du it's started to rain

12. ( ekin) to start, begin ; lanari \eman to start working ; edanari \eman to take to drinking ; bideari \eman zion he hit the road ; negarrari \eman to break down in tears

13. ( denbora) to spend, occupy; zertan emanten duzu denbora? what do you spend your time on?; igandea lotan \eman nuen I spent Sunday sleeping; han hiru aste eman nituen I spent three weeks there; zortzi ordu ematen ditu lanean she works eight hours a day

14. ( suposatu) to suppose, imagine; demagun egia dela let's suppose it's true

15. ( eraman, eragin) to affect, grip ; beldurrak \emanik ihes egin zuen gripped by fear, it ran away; itzuli zen, goseak \emanik it came back, driven by hunger

16. bere burua \eman zuen he gave himself up

17. ( apustu egin) to bet ; \eman nezake bizia I would bet my life \eman nezake hori gezurra dela I'd bet it's a lie da/ad.

1. to reach, attain; Errege nekez \eman zen horretara the King struggled to reach that

2. ( hasi) to begin, start ; mintzatzen \eman zen he started to talk

a. to dedicate o.s.; take to; eman natzaio irakurtzeari I have taken to reading

b. to take to; ihesari \eman zen he ran away

4. (I) ( jarri) ahozpez \eman gaitezen let us prostrate ourselves

5. Kartak. to deal; nor da ematen? who's dealing? Oharra: eman duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., aurpegia eman aurkitzeko, bila ezazu aurpegi adieran

da/ad.

1. ( izan)

a. to be; txoria kaiolan dago the bird is in the cage; txoria kaiolan egoten da the bird is usually in the cage ; bi urte \egon zen African he was two years in Africa; Roosevelt Etxe Zurian \egon zen 15 urtez Roosevelt was in the White House for 15 years

b. ( etxean) to be in, be at home; Amaia al dago? is Amaia {in || there}?; kanpoan dago she's {out || away}

c. ( egoera, osasunari d.) to be; ondo zaude? are you {well || all right}?

d. ( kokatu) to stand, be; Udaletxea enparantza nagusian dago the Town Hall {stands || is} in the main square

a. ( egoera adierazten duen izenari d.) ados \egon to agree; eri \egon to be sick; gatibu daudenak those who are held captive

b. ( adb. bati d.) bizirik \egon to be alive; lotan \egon to be asleep; bi orduz \egon dira zain they've been waiting for two hours

c. to be; dagoen dagoenean as it is; zegoen zegoenean utzi zuen he left is as it was

c. ( + -ta, -a, -rik) egina dago it's done; dena ongi antolatuta dago everything is well organized; paperean bilduta dago it's wrapped in paper; asko ikasia nago I've learnt a lot

a. ( iraun) to remain, be, stay, keep on idatzi izan dut, eta lehengoan nago oraindik, uste hori ez dela zuzena I've written about it and I still believe that conviction is wrong; ni oraindik lehenean nago I still feel the same way as before ; gauden euskaldunak! let us stay Basque!

b. ( itxaron) to wait; \egon pixkat! wait a moment!

4. ( atxiki) [ -(r)i ]

a. to go with, correspond to; eltze estalki hau dagokio the lid goes with that pot; oinetako honi dagokion laguna the mate that goes with this shoe; erakunde horri dagokion dirulaguntza the aid {which corresponds || corresponding} to that organization

b. ( egokia izan) to befit, correspond to; Haren izen santuari dagokionez as befitting His holy name; auzi honi dagokionez, hau da nire iritzia as far as this matter {is concerned || goes}, this is my opinion; haur nintzenean, haurrari dagokionez hitz egiten nuen when I was a child I spoke as {that befitting a child || like a child}

c. ( aipatu) to refer to; horri nagokio that's what I'm referring to; Atxagak idatzi duen liburuari nagokiola, nik... in referring to the book written by Atxaga, I...

5. (+ -tzen) Lagunart. to be ; hori egiten zeudek they're doing that

6. (I)

a. ( uste ukan) to believe, be confident; (ba)nago irabaziko dutela I'm confident that they'll win | I believe that they'll win; banengoen, ba! I thought so!

b. ( nor bere buruari galdetu) to wonder; (ba)nago nola ez diren galtzen I wonder how they don't get lost

7. ( nor gabe, pertsonarik gabe)

a. ( informazio berria ematen denean) there + be; mahai gainean katu bat dago there is a cat on the table; mahai gainean katu batzuk daude there are cats on the table; mahai gainean katu bat zegoen there was a cat on the table ; mahai gainean katu bat egongo da \\ litzateke there will \\ would be a cat on the table; ez dago bananarik there aren't any bananas; jende asko zegoen bileran there were many people at the meeting

b. ( + -tze) badago hori egitea (G) that can be done; ez dago hori egiterik that can't be done; hara joaterik ez dago there's no going there | you can't go there

c. ez dago esan beharrik it goes without saying

8. ( joera ukan) to tend, incline; nora dago zure iritzia? how are you inclined about it? | what are your leanings? Oharra: egon duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., pozik egon aurkitzeko, bila ezazu pozik adieran

[from Rom. "voluntate"] iz.

1. will, willpower, determination; \borondatearen indarra willpower ; \borondate hartu to be willing

2. (nahia) will; egin bedi Zure \borondatea thy will be done ; Jaunaren \borondatea the will of the Lord ; \borondate on good will; \borondate txar ill will; \borondate gabe emateak ez du balio {giving unwillingly || begrudging} doesn't count; emaztearen \borondatearen kontra against his wife's wishes ; elkarri \borondaterik ez dioten senar-emazteak a man and wife who don't love each other | an estranged couple ; \borondatez voluntarily; ez \borondatez unwillingly

a. (joera) inclination, propensity; onerako \borondaterik ez du sekula izan he's never had any inclination to do good

b. (onginahi, maitasun) good will; elkarri \borondaterik ez dioten senar-emazteak husbands and wives who bear no good will towards each other

4. (oniritzi, baimen) consent, permission; gurasoen \borondaterik gabe without parental consent

iz.

1. rush, hustle; ez ezazu irakur liburu hau \lehiaz do not rush to read this book; ez zuen lanean hasteko \lehia sutsurik he wasn't in a particular rush to get to work; \lehia gaitza berantgarri (atsot.) haste makes waste (atsot.)

2. ( joera bizia, irrika) inclination, penchant

b. passion, desire; horrela aseko dute beren \lehiaa in that way they will satisfy their desires

3. ( ardura) industry, diligence, assiduity, enterprise; japoniarren \lehia gureganatu behar genuke we should emulate the diligence of the Japanese

b. fervor, vigor

4. ( norgehiagoka)

a. competition; elkarren \lehian ari ziren, nor gehiago helduko they were competing to see who would get there first; \lehia larriagoan ibili behar dugu Asiako industriekin we should compete more fiercely with the industries in Asia

b. contest; idi-\lehia oxen-drawn contest

5. ( borroka) dispute, fight; haserre handiak eta \lehia gogorrak izan ohi ziren auzokideen artean there was usually great acrimony and serious disputes among the neighbours