(zenbatu gabe)

[from *bade ?] iz. ( \bata)

a. one; \batak bestea one another; \bata bestearen gainen one on top of the other; \bata ona da eta bestea txarra one is good and the other bad

b. \bata bestearen ondoren one after another

2. \batak some; \batak etorri ziren baina besteak ez some came but others didn't

3. bere \batean dirau he's sticking to his guns | he's not budging zen.

a. (zenbakia) one; etxe \bat erosi zuen, ez etxe bi he bought one house, not two; horietako \bat one of those

b. (gutxi gora behera, zenbakiekin erabiltzen da) about, some; hamar \bat pastel jan zituen she ate about ten cakes

2. (edozer dela adieraziz)

a. a, an; kalean neska \bat ikusi nuen I saw a girl in the street

b. (zenbatu gabe) litro \bat esne a litre of milk; liburu pare \bat a couple of books

3. (izenorde gisa) one; \batek badaki! who knows!; zuk ere baduzu, \bat\\\batberak du bere you also have it, each one has his own; bi hitz horiek gauza \bat esan nahi dute those two words mean the very same thing

4. (izen propio baten ondoren, azpimarratzeko) a; Romeo \batek Julieta \bati bezala like a Romeo to a Juliet

5. (+ -ren \bat +)

a. (oro., izen) a certain; gi-zonen \bat etorri zen zutaz galdezka a certain man came asking about you; baten \bat someone | someone or the other

b. (zenbaki ondoren) some, around; ehunen \bat litro some one hundred litres; zazpiren \bat gizon some seven men |about seven men (or so)

c. (susmagarri) gurpilen \bat ba zulatu zitzaion some wheel blew out on him

6. (esa.) \bat edo beste one or the other; \bat edo \bat i. one or the other ii. (nor edo nor) someone; \bat banaka every other one junt. (+ era bukatuarekin) [ batez bat || batez batean || batez batera]

1. (orduko) as soon as; hori horiek esanaz \bat amonak negarrari eman zion the moment that grandma heard those words she began to cry hitz horiek esanaz \bat, irrifarrez hasi zen he began to smile as he said those words; hori esanaz batera hasi zen dantzan when he said that he started dancing

2. (batera) together with

zenb.

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) a lot (of); esne(rik) \asko a lot of milk; \askorik much; ez dute ardo \askorik edaten they don' t drink much wine; denbora \askoan etorri gabe without coming for a long time

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin, pluralean direnak)

a. many -s; gizon \asko (H), \asko gizon (L) (NG) many men; gizon \asko etorri {da || dira} many men have come; gizon \asko ikusi {dut || ditut} I have seen many men; toki \askotan gertatzen diren gauzak things that happen in many places; toki \askotako berri daki he knows about a lot of places; amerikar \askoren bihotzean dago he' s in the heart of many Americans ; hori gertatu zaio jende \askori that has happened to a lot of people;

b. (B) any other; \asko gizonek holakorik esango balit, saplasteko bat emango nioke if any other man said such a thing to me, I' d punch him one

3. ( elipsia, izena ezabaturik) many; \askok dakite hori many know that; zuetariko \askok egiten dute gauza berbera many of you do the very same thing adb.

a. a lot; \asko dakite they know a lot; \asko irakurtzen zuen she read a lot

b. ( diruari d.) \asko balio du it' s worth a lot

2. strange, odd, funny; \asko da hori gertatzea it is funny that should happen

3. Zah. ( aski) quite, exceedingly ; \asko goiz heldu ziren they arrived quite early ; ez dakit hori \asko den ala ez I don' t know whether that is enough or not; \asko eder da | eder \askoa da she is quite beautiful

zenb. [+3]

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) so much; \hainbeste ur so much water; \hainbeste gorroto dio etsaiari he has such hatred for the enemy

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin) so many \hainbeste liburu so many books; \hainbeste mongoliar so many Mongolians; \hainbeste gauza dira han there are so many things there

3. ( izenik gabe) so many; \hainbestek uste dute hori so many think that

4. ( adb. gisan)

a. so much; ez nuen uste \hainbeste balio zuenik I didn't think it was worth so much

b. \hainbeste kostako da it will cost so much

5. (esa.) beste \hainbeste another so many

il.

a. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin, bai eta izen pluralekin ere) such; \halako ardoa ona izaten da such wine is usually good; \halako gizonak indartsuak izaten dira such men are usually strong

b. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin baina soilik singularrean) such a; \halako gizona gaitzesgarria izango litzateke such a man would be despicable

c. ( izenik gabe) \halakoa nahi dut I want such a {one || thing}; ez dut \halakorik ikusi I haven't seen such a thing \halako batean i. one day ii. ( noizbait) some day

2. (+ nolako) like; nolako aita, \halako semea like father, like son

3. ( gehiago ez den zerbait adierazteko) such a honelakoek eta \halakoek diotenez as such and such people say ; honelako egunetan eta honelako lekuetan, \halako bekatua egin nuen on such a today in such places I committed such a sin

4. ( + kopurua) times; gaur emango bazenit, \halako bi \\ hiru itzuliko nizuke if you gave it to me today, I would pay you back two \\ three times over

5. ( deigarria) you...; ergel \halakoa! you fool!; berritsuok \halakook! you tattletales!

il. (= honelako, horrelako)

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin, baita izen pluralekin ere) such; \holako ardoa ona izaten da such wine is usually good; \holako gizonak indartsuak izaten dira such men are usually strong

b. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin baina soilik singularrean) such a; \holako gizona gaitzesgarria izango litzateke such a man would be despicable

c. ( izenik gabe) \holakoa nahi dut I want such a {one || thing}; \holako batean i. one day ii. ( noizbait) some day

2. (+ -bait) like; \holako zerbait something like {that || this}

il. [+1]

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin, bai eta izen pluralekin ere) such; \honelako gizonek ez dute ezertarako baliorik such men are absolutely worthless

b. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin baina soilik singularrean) such a; \honelako neskak ez luke hori egingo such a girl wouldn't do that

c. ( izenik gabe) \honelakoa nahi dut I want such one like this; ez dut \honelakorik ikusi I haven't seen such a thing; \honelakoak nahi dituzte they want ones like this

2. ( gehiago ez den zerbait adierazteko) like this; \honelako edo halako bizimodua hartu banu, izango nintzen zintzoa if I had lived a life like this or like that, I would have been good

zenb. [+1]

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) so much; \honenbeste ur daukagu we have so much water; \honenbeste gorroto diogu etsaiari we have such hatred for the enemy

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin) so many; gizon honek ez du \honenbeste gauza this man hasn't got so many things; \honenbeste liburu dut etxean I have so many books at home

3. ( izenik gabe) few; \honenbestek uste dugu hori hori egia dela so many of us think that is true

4. ( adb. gisan) so much; ez nuen uste liburu honek \honenbeste balio zuenik I didn't think this book was worth so much; guk ere egin genezake beste \honenbeste we could do another so many

il. [+ 2]

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin, bai eta izen pluralekin ere) such; \horrelako ardoa ona izaten da such wine is usually good; \horrelako gizonak indartsuak izaten dira such men are usually strong

b. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin baina soilik singularrean) such a; \horrelako gizona gaitzesgarria izango litzateke such a man would be despicable

c. ( izenik gabe) \horrelakoa nahi dut I want such a {one || thing}; ez dut \horrelakorik ikusi I haven't seen such a thing; Duvoisin, J. Etxepare, eta \horrelakoak Duvoisin, J. Etxepare, and suchlike

2. (+ -bait) like; \horrelako zerbait something like that

adb. (I) (NG) (= gehiegi)

1. too much, excessively; lurreko ondasunei \sobera atxikitzea excessively hanging on to worldly possessions; \sobera nuen eta mozkortu I drank too much and I got drunk

2. overly; \sobera jakintsu izanez, azeria gabetu buztanez the fox lost his tail for being too smart; \sobera erran du she's said too much zenb. ( gehiegi)

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) too much; diru-gose \soberak galdu du gizon hau too much greed has ruined this man; ez dugu nahi izan \sobera lan hartu we haven't wanted to take on too much work

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin, pluralean) too many; etxe \sobera too many houses

3. ( izenik gabe) too much; aski eta \sobera dut I've got more than enough; hori \sobera da that's too much io. excessive; urak esnea galtzen du, eske \soberak adiskide (atsot.) lend your money and lose a friend; mahats-ardoak doiak ditu flakoak azkartzen; \soberak azkarrak flakatzen the right amount of wine strengthens the weak; too much of it weakens the strong

izo.

a. \zer? what?; \zer diozu? what are you saying?; \zer arren? why? | how come?; \zer ba? how come?; \zer dela eta? for what reason? eta niri \zer? what about me?; zuri eta niri \zer? what do I have to do with you?; nire eta zure artean \zer? what do I have to do with you?; hau \zer dela? guess what it is?; \zeri eta \zertara how? | what for and to what end?; \zeri dagokiola etorri zara? for what reason have you come?; \zertatik \zertara erori zaren! how is it that you fell!

b. eta niri \zer? what about me?

2. \zer gerta ere whatever might happen | whatever should happen | whatever happens ; \zer ikus ere whatever might be seen

3. → zeren, zertan, zertarako, zertarik zenb. [ erak. ]

a. what; \zer liburu? what book?; \zer gauza nahi duzu? what thing do you want?

b. ( zeharkako gelderetan) ez dakit \zer nahi duten I don't know how much they want

2. (+ aditzera bukatu) ez dago \zer eginik there's nothing to do; ez dago \zer esanik there's nothing to be said | no comment; ez du \zer izuturik he's got nothing to be frightened of; \zer galdurik ez dute they've got nothing to lose

3. ( harridura)

a. \zer ondo! how nice!

b. ( zenbatzeko modukoa) what a; \zer gizona! what a man!

c. ( zenbatu ezinezkoa) what; \zer zorigaitza! what bad luck!

iz. [ -r- ]

a. reason; \zerik gabe without reason; beste \zerik barik for no reason whatsoever

b. eskerrik asko — ez dago \zerrik thank you — don't mention it | you're welcome

2. (Psik.) \zera the id

3. Lagunart.

a. ( p.) what's-his-name gizonezkoa., what-d'ye-call-him gizonezkoa., what's-her-name emakumezkoa., so-and-so, what's-his-face Lagunart. ; hi, \zera, arin etorri you, fellow, come quickly; atzo ikusi nian \zera... ahaztu zaidak haren izena! yesterday I saw what's-her-name...I've forgotten her name

b. ( izenondo gisan) gizon \zer bat some kind of a man

c. ( leku) \zerera joan dira they went to some place; \zereko \zerarekin ezkondu zen she married some guy from some place

4. Lagunart. ( gauza)

a. stuff, thing, something or the other, thingamajig, thingamabob (GB), watchamacallit Lagunart., what-d'ye-call-it Lagunart. ; \zer denik ere ez not a thing; \zer bat ikusi diat kalean I saw somethng or the other in the street; gero egurrezko \zer bat ekarri ziaten later they brought a wood {thing || what-d'ye-call-it || thingamajig}; larruzko \zer asko egiten ziaten they made a lot of leather {stuff || things}; lege honek eskatzen dituen \zerakin, eskubidea zeukak according to the stuff required by this law, he has the right

b. ( makina, tresna) thing, gizmo Lagunart.

c. \zereko \zera it ; \zereko \zera egiten zuten egongelan they were doing it in the living room

d. \zerak [ izen plurala ] stuff, things; bere \zerak hartu zituen eta alde egin he got his stuff and left

5. (irud.) \zer edo \zer something; ikus dezagun \zertarainoko indarra duen bihotzean let's see how strong his heart is

6. bai \zera I bet! | for sure!; ez dugu hori egin beharrik — bai \zera we don't have to do that — the hell we don't!; badakit kantari hori oso gogoko duzula — bai \zer! I know you like that singer a lot — yeah, right! (iron.)