( sekulako)

il.

1. ( betierekoa) eternal, perennial

2. ( bikaina) excellent

3. ( egundoko, handi-handia) huge, great

4. ( zoragarria) delightful, great il. e. adb. forever

para siempre; eterno, cosa inaudita; el no va más; pintiparado

iz.

1. snow season

2. snowfall; hil honetan sekulako \elurteak izan dira this month's snowfall has been unprecedented; urteko lehen \elurtea the first snowfall of the year; \elurtean ganadu gehiena galdu zen in a snow storm most of the cattle were lost

[from e-zer (what)] izo.

a. ( baiezkoan) something; anything; \ezer zen guztia eraman zuten they took everything that was worth anything; \ezer bailitzaion as if it mattered to her; \ezer baino lehen, gertatutakoa azaldu nahi nizueke before anything, I'd like to explain to you what's happened; \ezer baldin bada modan munduan orain, Internet da if anything is fashionable on the world scene today, it's the Internet

b. ( galderazkoan) ; ba al duzu \ezer ere? do you have anything at all?; \ezer eraman al du? has (s)he taken anything? ; nahi duzu \ezer? do you want something?

2. ( ezezkoan) nothing; anything; \ezer ez daki she knows nothing | she doesn't know anything; \ezer ez dagoen lekuan, eskuak garbi, \ezer dagoen lekuan, begiak argi where there's nothing, his hands are clean, where there's something, watch out ; \ezer berririk ez dago there's nothing new; ez du \ezertarako baliorik it's good for nothing

3. \ezer ez nothing; \ezer ere ez nothing at all; zer esan duk? — \ezer ez what did you say? — nothing

4. (esa.) \ezer gutxi daukagu we have next to nothing; \ezer batean saldu zuten they sold it for {next to nothing || a song}; \ezertara ez etorri to have no bearing | to be irrelevant; haginetako minak \ezertarakok gauza ez zarela uzten zaitu a tooth ache can lay you up; \ezer ez eta festa a big fuss about nothing; sekulako propaganda egin zuten, baina gero... joan eta \ezer ez eta festa they came out with a great advertizing blitz but then when we went, there was no big deal; \ezertan hartzen banauzu if you think anything of me; Van Goghen lana ez zuten \ezertan hartu they thought nothing of Van Gogh's work

iz.

1. ( mesprezu) disdain, scorn

2. connivance, collusion; holako astakeriak zure \ezikusiz egin dituzte they've committed such stupidities with your connivance io. ( banako, sekulako) rare, unusual; mirari \ezikusia a rare miracle

il.

1. not any kind of, of any kind; ez zuten \inolako laguntzarik eman they didn't give any help {whatsoever || at all}; \inolako zalantzarik gabe without the slightest doubt

2. ( sekulako) tremendous, terrific; \inolako trebetasuna du artean she's got a tremendous talent for art

iz. \kontra handia egin zion etsaiari he struck a great blow against the enemy; zintzoak \kontra du beti gaiztoa the good person always has the evil one as his foe

post.

1. ( oro.) [- (r)en ] against; faxismoaren \kontra gaudenok those of us who are against fascism ; Jauna, barkatu Zure \kontra egin ditudan bekatu guztiak Lord, forgive me for all the sin I have committed against Thee ; hamar baten \kontra ten against one ; Orreagan euskaldunek sekulako garaipena lortu zuen frankoen \kontra In Roncevaux the Basques gained a momentous victory over the Franks

2. ( euskarri gisa) [ -(r)en ] against; hormaren \kontra utzi zuen she left it against the wall; mutilak sudurra kristalaren \kontra jarri zuen the boy pressed his nose against the glass

3. ( konponbide gisa) [ -(r)en ] for; eztularen \kontrako erremedioa a remedy for coughs

4. ( ondoan, bertan bermatuz) against; lokartu zen murru zahar baten \kontra he fell asleep against an old wall