( zentzu)

iz.

1. ( esanahia) meaning, sense; \zentzu zabalean in a general sense; \zentzurik zabalean hartuta in the broadest sense ; ez du \zentzurik it doesn't make any sense | it makes no sense

a. common sense, horse sense; \zentzu handiko gizona da he's a man with a lot of common sense

b. ( zuhurtzia) wisdom

3. ( konortea) nor bere \zentzura etorri to come to; \zentzua galdu i. to lose consciousness, faint ii. ( zoratu) to become delirious

sentido,/ juicio, cordura

[from *ibar-haize ?? (valley wind)] iz.

1. Met. ( haize hotza) north wind; \iparra egiten du a north wind is blowing; kanpoan \iparra dabil outside a north wind is blowing; \iparrak neguan elurra the north wind brings snow in the winter; leihora joan zen, \iparra ala hegoa zenentz jakitera she went over to the window to see whether there was a north or south wind blowing; \ipar beltza icy north wind; \ipar zuria cool north wind

a. ( iparraldea) north; \iparretik hegora from north to south

b. [ izenen aurrean ] north-; I\ipar Afrika North Africa; I\ipar Amerika i. ( zentzu espainolean, USA) America ii. ( zentzu ingelesean, frantsesean, Panamatik Alaskarainokoa) North America ; I\ipar Atlantikoa the North Atlantic ; I\ipar Euskal Herria the Northern Basque Country | the French Basque Country; I\ipar Itsasoa the Artic Ocean ; \ipar Korea North Korea

du/ad.

a. to change, alter; Ameriketarakoan izena \aldatu zuten when they got to America they changed their name

b. ( jantzia) to change

2. ( trukatu) to exchange, swap

3. Met. to change; haizeak \aldatu du the wind' s changed

4. ( eraldatu) to change, transform; antza \aldatu zuten they changed its form; gure gizartea \aldatu behar dugu we must change our society

5. ( leku batetik bestera)

a. to transfer, move; bulegoa Galdakaotik Bilbora\aldatu zuten they transferred the office from Galdakao to Bilbao

b. to change around; haltzariak lekuz aldatu zuen she changed the furniture around

6. ( bihurtu) to change into; zilarre-tik urrera \aldatu zuen he changed silver into gold

7. ( landatu) to plant; Txominek pinuak \aldatu ditu beheko belardian Txomin has planted pine trees in the pasture below da/ad.

1. to change, alter; asko \aldatu da a lot has changed

2. ( zentzu abstraktua) to change, transform; gauzak \aldatu dira things have changed; kolorea \aldatu zitzaien their colour changed |the colour changed on them

3. ( leku batetik begira)

a. to move; etxe horretara \aldatu ginen we moved to that house

b. ( e-z) to move; etxez \aldatu dira they' ve moved

iz.

1. ( albo)

a. side; \alde askotako multilateral; \alde bateko unilateral | one-sided; \alde biko bilateral | two-sided | double-sided; \alde biko kontrata bilateral contract

b. ( eskualdea, lekua) place, area; \alde guztietan everywhere ; \alde batetik bestera from one place to another; alderik \alde from place to; aldez \alde from place to place

c. Mil. flank

d. ( disko, kaseteari d.) side; A \aldea side A

e. (d iamanteari d., e.a.) side, facet

2. ( zentzu abstraktuan)

a. ( itxura) aspect, angle, point; \alde batetik merkea da on one hand it' s cheap; \alde ongi dago baina bestetik oso gaizki on one hand it is correct but on the other it is very wrong; \alde honez from this point of view; hitz hori bi \aldetan aditzen da that word can be understood two ways

b. ( auziari, eztabaidari d.) side, stand, position; nire \aldea hartu zuen she took my side; \alde bat hartu to take sides

c. \alde batera once and for all

3. - alde

a. region, area; Durango\alde Durango region

b. zone, area; mendi\alde moutain {area || zone}; hego\alde southern area

c. leiho hau hego\aldera da this window faces south

4. ( diferentzia)

a. difference, disparity; zer \alde dago haien artean? what difference is there between them?; haien artean \alde handia dago there' s a big difference between them

b. ( tartea) distance, interval, span, stretch

c. advantage; i-i \aldea kendu to pull ahead of

5. ( norbaitena) side; aitaren \aldeko ahaideak relatives on my father' s side

6. (z.o.) jenderik onena \alde dute they' ve got the best people with them post.

1. [+ -(r)en]

a. for, on behalf of; asko egin dute euskararen \alde they' ve done a lot for Basque; gure osabaren \aldeko hileta our uncle' s funeral

b. for, in favour of (GB), in favor of (USA) ; i-en \alde jarri to come out in favour of sb; "Nafarroa euskararen \alde" "Navarre is for Basque"

c. on; zaldi horren \alde egin dut apustua I' ve bet on that horse

2. [0] except for, with the exception of, barring; aita \alde beste guztiak all except for father

3. ( -tik) away from; nire etxea herritik \alde dago my house is away from the town

iz. ( soroetan) clearing io.

1. ( p.: itxura)

a. ( mehea) thin Oharra: ikus oharra mehe sarreran ; gizon \argalaren itxura zuen he had the figure of a thin man

b. ( mehea) (z.o.) slim, slender

c. ( mehe eta txikia) slight

2. (irud.)

a. ( ahalegina) tenuous, feeble, half-hearted; zein \argal ziren haien ahaleginak how feeble their efforts were!

b. ( lurra) poor, exhausted, thin; lur \argala thin topsoil

3. ( ahula, indar gutxikoa)

a. ( gorpuzkera) weak, feeble; sengo gaudenok \argalen ahuleriak eraman behar ditugu those of us who are strong must bear the frailities of the weak

b. ( osasuna) poor, frail; ailing, sickly

4. ( barreiatu) scattered, dispersed; izarrak \argal badira, biharamunean eguraldi ona, usu badira, euria if the stars are scattered, the weather the next day will be fine, if they' re clumped together, there' ll be rain adb.

1. (NG) sparingly, meagrely (GB), meagerly (USA) ; \argal erein to sow sparingly

2. ( gutxitan) seldom, infrequently

adb.

1. ( oro har) commonly, generally; \arruntean, nahi dutena lortzen dute generally they get what they want; zentzu honetan mundu guztiak deitzen du, \arruntean, "Gure Andrea" in this sense these people generally call her "Our Lady"

2. ( erabat, guztiz) totally, completely, utterly; uholdeak herrixka \arruntean eraman zuen the flood utterly swept the village away; oihana \arruntean ebaki zuten they chopped the whole forest down

io.

1. double; letra \bikoitzak double letters

2. (zentzu biko) ambigious

adb.

1. (ikasi) by heart; dena \buruz ikasi zuen he learnt everything by heart

2. (erori) headlong

3. (zentzu onez) sensible; ez dakit \buruz ala burugabe jokatu ziren I don't know if they've acted wisely or foolishly

4. neure \buruz etorri naiz I've come on my own accord post.

1. [ -(r)i ]

a. (-z) about, concerning, with respect to; ekonomiari \buruz hitz egin zuen hizlariak the speaker spoke about the economy; liburu bati \buruz galdetu ziguten we were asked about a book

b. (begira)

a. facing

b. looking at

c. (aldera) towards; amari \buruz itzuli zen he turned back towards mother; herriari \buruz abiatu zen she headed towards the town

2. [ -ra ] (I)

a. (aldera) towards, in the direction of; Altz—r—k—rat \buruz abiatu ziren they headed towards Altz—r—k—

b. (beha, begira) looking at; mendietarat \buruz looking at the mountains

1. to scatter about, disperse, strew about; bildu ezinik beren ahalmen eta zentzu \deslaituak unable to recollect their diffuse powers and faculties

2. to stray, leave ; arimak, gorputza \deslaiturik the soul, having left the body

adb.

1. ( era ederrean) beautifully, wonderfully

2. ( maisukiro) masterfully, majestically

3. ( ongi) nicely, fine, well; oso \ederki kantatzen du she sings very well; \ederki afaldu genuen we had a fine dinner; \ederki asko pasa genuen jaian! we had quite a good time at the festival

b. ( zentzu ironikoan) quite; \ederki kostata, baina azkenean bukatu nuen it was rough going, but in the end I finished it

4. oso \ederki! fine! | great!; \ederki, bihar joango gara {fine || great}, we'll go tomorrow; \ederki eman ere! just what I needed!

io.

a. ( mehea, xehea) slender; aurpegi \fina slender face

b. ( zatia) thin

2. ( mehetasunari, leuntasunari d.) fine, smooth; gazte larru \fina a youth with smooth skin; gorputz ederra eta aurpegi \fina zuen she had a beautiful body and an exquisite face

3. ( p.)

a. ( jokabideari d.) fine

b. ( lanbideari d.) fine, hard-working

c. ( dotorea) refined, fine, debonair

d. ( zintzoa) fine, upright, honest; gizon ona eta \fina a fine and upright gentleman; kristau gazte \fin bat a fine young Christian; zerbitzari \fina eta leiala a fine and loyal servant

4. ( zolia, zorrotza)

a. ( umorea) subtle, dry

b. ( adimena) shrewd, acute, keen

c. ( zentzu) keen, sharp, fine, excellent

5. ( bikaina)

a. ( oro.) excellent, exquisite, superb

b. ( ardoa, fruitua) choice, quality

c. ( tabakoa) select

d. ( artilea) high-grade

e. ( urrea) fine, pure

6. ( ardura handiz landutakoa) exquisite, fine, delicate; haren pipa beltz \fina his exquisite black pipe adb.

1. urbanely, in a refined manner

2. beti \fin jokatzen duen gizona a man who always plays fair

iz.

1. Lit. end

2. azken \finean in the final analysis | in the end

adb. ill, sick; umea \gaixorik dago the child is sick

to be hungry; \goseak egonak nago I'm hungry

iz. cold; coldness; \hotz egiten du it's cold; \hotz handia egiten du it's very cold; \hotzak nago I'm cold ; \hotzez dardarka daude they're shivering with cold; neguaren \hotzarekin with the winter cold io.

1. ( oro.) cold; izotza baino \hotzago colder than ice; harria bezain \hotza as cold as stone; janari \hotzak cold food; eguraldi \hotza cold weather; negu \hotzean during the cold winter; espetxe ilun \hotz honetan in that cold, dark prison; izerdi \hotza zerion gorputz guztitik he was breaking out in a cold sweat

2. (irud.)

a. ( p.) cold, indifferent, unconcerned

b. ( gogorik gabe) gogo \hotzaz indifferently

c. ( bihotza, hoztasuna duena) cold, hard

d. ( harrera) cool

e. (esa.) Gerra H\hotz Cold War; odol \hotzean in cold blood; Amaiak burua \hotz eduki zuen Amaia kept her cool adb. coldly

iz.

1. Arkit. roof frame

2. ( zumezko atea) wicker gate

3. ( hesia) wooden fence

a. ( ohola) board, plank

b. ( habea) beam, rafter

iz. ( janaria gordetzekoa = I buata) can (USA), tin (GB)

iz.

a. ( ugazaba) iz. boss, employer; nire \nagusia da he's my boss; seme \nagusi heir; \nagusien eta langileen arteko gora-beherak problems between the employers and workers

b. ( zentzu zahar samar batean) master; morroi haren \nagusia etorri zenean when that servant's master came; \nagusia al dago? is the master in?

c. ( burua) head, chief; fraide-etxeko \nagusia the head of the friars' convent

d. ( jabea) dukea baserri horren \nagusia zen the duke was the owner of that farmhouse; nor da alor hauen \nagusia? who is the owner of these fields?

e. ( animalia) master; txakurrak ere abiatu ziren beren \nagusien atzetik the dogs also started running behind their masters

f. (esa.) txalupan \nagusi asko, arrauntza gutxi many chiefs, no Indians; nolako \nagusi, halako langile (atsot.) the worker is as good as his boss; \nagusia etxetik kanpo mutilak \nagusi (atsot.) when the cat's away, the mice will play (atsot.) ; irakurlea da \nagusi, inor izatekotan, eta idazlea zerbitzari the reader, if anyone, is the boss and the writer is the servant; zuzentasuna gerta dadin \nagusi so that justice might prevail; horretan da \nagusi that's his cup of tea | that's up his alley; nor atera zen \nagusi? who came out on top?

2. ( ez ume)

a. adult

b. (esa.) ez \nagusi ez mutil neither fish nor fowl

3. (I) ( maisua) schoolmaster, teacher

4. Naut. main sail io.

a. main, chief, principal; horixe da gure xede \nagusia that is our main goal; aldare \nagusi main altar;

b. Kale N\nagusia i. (GB) High Street ii. Main Street

2. (Gram.) main; perpaus \nagusi main clause

[ du/ad.]

1. to want, wish (for); zein \nahi izan duzu? which one do you want? ; ez dut gehiagorik \nahi izan I don't want any more; zigarrorik \nahi izan al duzu? would you like a cigarette?; ezkon ezak seme \nahi izan duanean eta alaba ahal dagianean marry off your son when you want and your daughter when you can; \nahi izan duzun bezala as you wish | as you please; etorri \nahi izan duzunean come whenever you want ; \nahi izan eta behar dugu atsedena we want and need a break ; umeak zurekin \nahi izan du the baby wants you ; autoengatik zenbat \nahi izan dute? how much do they want for the car?; \nahi izan duenak \nahi izan duena esango du baina horrela da they can say whatever they want but that's how it is; hor dago nire arazoa: \nahi izan baina ezin therein lies my problem: I want to but can't; zer gehiago \nahi izan duzu? what more do you want?; ez da aski \nahi izan izatea wanting it is not enough; \nahi izan izatea ez da beti ahal izatea wanting to do it does not mean always being able to; edonor ia edonon bizi liteke, \nahi izan izan behar da anyone can live almost anywhere, it's a question of wanting to; nahi ez izatekoa da it's undesirable; Jainkoak hala \nahi izanrik God be willing; gaur jostailu hau \nahi izan du eta bihar beste horiek \nahi izanko ditu today he wants this toy and tomorrow he'll want those others

2. ( + aditza)

a. (+ era bukatua) etorri \\ joan \nahi izan dut I want to come \\ go; ikusi \\ egin \nahi izan dut I want to see \\ do it; eman \nahi izan dizut I want to give it to you; gizon horiek hil \nahi izan zaituzte those men want to kill you; Mongoliara joan \nahi izan nuen baina emazteak ez zuen \nahi izan I wanted to go to Mongolia but my wife didn't want to; hori egin \nahi izan izan dute they've wanted to do that; jakin \nahi izan nuke noiz etorriko diren I'd like to know when they're going to come; zurekin joan \nahi izan nuke I'd like to go with you

b. (+ era bukatu gabea) haiek egitea \nahi izan dut I want them to do it; haiek egitea \nahi izan nuen I wanted them to do it; haiek etortzea \nahi izan dut I want them to come; haiek etortzea \nahi izan nuen I wanted them to come; zer \nahi izan duzu (nik) egitea? what do you want me to do?; nola \nahi izan duzu milaka urteko historia 10 minutu eskasetan azaltzea? how do you expect me to explain a history that's thousands of years old in a measly 10 minutes?; haiek joatea \nahi izan nuke I'd like them to go; ez nuke \nahi izan, inola ere, ohitura hori galtzerik I wouldn't want, by any means, that tradition to become lost; hori egia dela sinestarazi \nahi izan digutenek beste zerbait esango lukete those who would have us believe that is true would say otherwise

c. (+ menpeko perpausa) zer \nahi izan duzu egin dezadan? formala. what will you have me do? | what do you want me to do? Oharra: ikus oharra want sarreran

3. ( zentzu absolutua)

a. ez dut \nahi izan! I won't!; baina ez zuten \nahi izan but they refused | but they were unwilling

b. ( ezkontzan) \nahi izan dut I will | I do; \nahi izan? — ez eskerrik asko want any? — no thanks; lagundu, ateak ez du ireki \nahi izan! help, the door won't open!

4. esan \nahi izan izan [ du/ad.] to mean, zer esan \nahi izan du hitz horrek? what does that word mean?; horrekin zer esan \nahi izan duzu? what do you mean by that?

iz.

1. ( baserritarra) peasant, farmer

2. ( morroia) farmhand i Peasant ere esan liteke, baina zentzu txarra du edo pobreziaren —abardura.

adb. since when