cries for

nadie lo ha llorado — nobody mourned o lamented his death, nobody mourned him

me dieron o me entraron ganas de llorar — I felt like crying

se puso a llorar desconsoladamente — she began to cry o weep liter inconsolably

Rosa lloraba en silencio — Rosa cried o wept liter silently

• llorar de algo — to cry with sth

• echarse a llorar — to start to cry

• hacer llorar a algn — to make sb cry

• llorar por algo/algn: no llores más por ella, es una idiota — don't cry over her anymore, she's an idiot

lloraba por cualquier cosa — she would cry at o over the slightest thing

• romper a llorar — to burst into tears

el concierto fue como para llorar — the concert was enough to make you cry o weep

ser de or para llorar — to be enough to make one weep

ser de or para llorar — to be enough to make one weep

Ex: As Feng swept by with an almost inaudible 'Good morning, Jeanne' escaping from her lips, Leforte thought she detected the tell-tale indications of crying on her face -- the red, swollen eyes, the puffiness.

requerir a algn que haga algo — to request o ask sb to do sth

requerir de — esp LAm to need, require

requiere paciencia — it requires o demands patience

requiere paciencia — it requires o demands patience

Ex: For some while there have been calls for an abbreviated version of AACR, for small libraries and for non-cataloguers.

póngase en contacto con nosotros si necesita más información — get in touch with us if you need o frm require more information

• necesitar hacer algo — to need to do sth

• necesitar que + subjun —

• necesitar de algo — to need sth

no necesito comprarlo hoy — I don't need to o I needn't buy it today

no necesito comprarlo hoy — I don't need to o I needn't buy it today

Ex: However, this work still cries for expansion, and it must also become more systematic.

Ex: I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.

pegar o lanzar un grito — to cry out

el grito de Dolores — the proclamation of Mexican independence (1810)

gritos de protesta — shouts o cries of protest

a grito limpio or pelado — (fam) at the top of one's voice

pedir or estar pidiendo algo a gritos — (fam) to be crying out for something (colloq)

poner el grito en el cielo — (fam) to hit the roof o ceiling (colloq)

ser el último grito — to be the last word in fashion

el grito (de Independencia) — declaration of independence ( in some Latin American countries)

gritos de protesta — shouts o cries of protest

a grito limpio or pelado — (fam) at the top of one's voice

pedir or estar pidiendo algo a gritos — (fam) to be crying out for something (colloq)

poner el grito en el cielo — (fam) to hit the roof o ceiling (colloq)

ser el último grito — to be the last word in fashion

el grito (de Independencia) — declaration of independence ( in some Latin American countries)

Ex: The cry is often heard that it is impossible to put nonbook materials on open shelves because they will be stolen.

no entiende nada — he doesn't understand a thing o anything

• nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all

-¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"

• estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it

• no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need

• hace nada — just a moment ago

• no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike

• quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

• no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

• no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

• no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matter

• antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call

• a cada nada — LAm * constantly

• casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing

• como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spoken

• de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"

• dentro de nada — very soon

• nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"

estas flores aparecen nada más terminado el invierno — these flowers come out just after the winter o as soon as the winter is over

nada más que estoy muy cansado — And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired

• (nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...

• ni nada — or anything

pues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!

• para nada — at all

• por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at all

¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!

pues no eres tú nada ambicioso — iró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.

una mirada/sensación de angustia — a look/feeling of anguish o distress

cada vez que voy en metro noto una terrible sensación de angustia — every time I travel by underground I feel terribly anxious o I feel a terrible anxiety

angustia existencial, angustia vital — (Med) state of anxiety; (Psic) angst

ser un angustias — * to be a worrier

Ex: The reason for his distress seemed to have been twofold: he derived comfort from reading the roll and he would have found it very embarassing to admit at the end of his journey that he had lost it.