he's completely overwhelmed

v/refl (trennb., hat -ge-): sich hineinsteigern (in + Akk) in Wut etc.: work o.s. up (into); in Problem etc.: get all worked up (over); in Arbeit etc.: get completely wrapped up (in); in Idee etc.: go completely overboard (for); in Rolle etc.: get completely involved ( oder caught up) (in); in Kummer, Schmerz: become completely overwhelmed (by)

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to wind up

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vr sep

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▪ sich akk in etw akk \hineinsteigern to get into sth, to allow oneself to be overwhelmed by sth

sich akk in Wut/Hysterie \hineinsteigern to work oneself [up] into a rage [or state of rage]/ into a state of hysteria

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hineinsteigern v/r (trennb, hat -ge-):

sich hineinsteigern (

in +akk) in Wut etc: work o.s. up (into); in Problem etc: get all worked up (over); in Arbeit etc: get completely wrapped up (in); in Idee etc: go completely overboard (for); in Rolle etc: get completely involved ( oder caught up) (in); in Kummer, Schmerz: become completely overwhelmed (by)

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dépassé, e [depαse]

past participle of  dépasser adjective

( = périmé) out of date ; ( = désorienté) (inf) out of one's depth attrib

• il est complètement dépassé par les événements he's completely overwhelmed

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dépassée depɑse adjectif

1) ( qui n'a plus cours) outdated, outmoded

2) ( vieux jeu) [personne] out-of-date (épith)

3) (colloq) ( débordé) [personne] overwhelmed

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1) (modèle, technique) outmoded

2) (personne) fig out of one's depth

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dépassé, dépassée

A pp ⇒ dépasser.

B pp adj

1 ( qui n'a plus cours) [idée, méthode, procédé, technique] outdated, outmoded;

2 ( vieux jeu) [personne] out-of-date ( épith); tu es dépassé, ça ne se fait plus you're out of date, it isn't done any more;

3 ○( débordé) [personne] overwhelmed; être dépassé par les événements to be overtaken by events.

( féminin dépassée) [depase] adjectif

[mentalité, technique] outdated, old-fashioned

tu es dépassé, mon pauvre! you're behind the times, my friend!

1 to confuse.

me confundes con tanta información you're confusing me with all that information

María los confundió sonriendo Mary confused them by smiling.

Ella confundió las razones She confused the reasons.

María confundió la razón real Mary confused=muddled the real reason.

2 to mix up.

3 to confound.

4 to scramble, to put in disorder, to confuse, to mess up.

María confundió los papeles Mary scrambled the papers.

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► verbo transitivo

1 (mezclar) to mix up

2 (equivocar) to confuse ( con, with), mistake ( con, for)

■ confundí un libro con otro I confused one book with another

3 (no reconocer) to mistake ( con, for)

■ la confundí con su hermana I mistook her for her sister

4 (turbar) to confound, embarrass

► verbo pronominal confundirse

1 (mezclarse) to mingle; (colores, formas) to blend

■ los ladrones se confundieron con la multitud the thieves mingled with the crowd

■ la figura se confunde con los árboles the figure blends into the trees

2 (equivocarse) to get mixed up, make a mistake

■ me he confundido I have made a mistake

■ me confundí de calle I got the wrong street

■ se ha confundido de número you've got the wrong number

3 (turbarse) to be confused, be embarrassed

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- confundirse

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1. VT

1) (=equivocar) to confuse

2) (=mezclar) [+ papeles] to mix up

3) (=desconcertar) to confuse

4) (=turbar) to overwhelm

confundirse

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verbo transitivo

a) ( por error) <fechas/datos> to confuse, get... mixed o muddled up; < personas> to confuse, mix up

b) ( desconcertar) to confuse

c) ( turbar) to embarrass

confundirse v pron

a) ( equivocarse)

b) (mezclarse, fundirse)

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= confound, puzzle, baffle, perplex, cloud, muddle, obfuscate, snarl up, nonplus, obnubilate.

Ex. To treat these reports differently only because some are serial and the others are monographic in form is to play havoc with the integrity of the catalog and to confound its users.

Ex. The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.

Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.

Ex. If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.

Ex. Whilst library schools should continue to concentrate upon traditional priorities and the obsession with machines and techniques should not cloud those priorities.

Ex. But even when valid averages and unit costs are examined, Simpson's Paradox can arise to muddle expectations.

Ex. Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges 'lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.

Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.

Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.

Ex. Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.

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* confundir (con) = confuse (with).

* confundir las diferencias entre = blur + the boundaries between.

* confundir la situación = cloud + the view, cloud + the picture.

* confundir la velocidad con el tocino = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.

* confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.

* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.

* confundir los papeles = blur + roles.

* confundir + Nombre + por + Nombre = mistake + Nombre + for + Nombre.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* que confunde = confounding.

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verbo transitivo

a) ( por error) <fechas/datos> to confuse, get... mixed o muddled up; < personas> to confuse, mix up

b) ( desconcertar) to confuse

c) ( turbar) to embarrass

confundirse v pron

a) ( equivocarse)

b) (mezclarse, fundirse)

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confundir (con)

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confundir [I1 ]

1 (por error) ‹fechas/datos› to confuse, get … mixed o muddled up; ‹personas› to confuse, mix up

nos confunden la voz por teléfono people get our voices mixed up o confused on the phone

no confundas los dos términos don't confuse the two terms

confundir algo CON algo to mistake sth FOR sth

confundió el pimentón dulce con el picante she mistook the sweet paprika for the hot

confundir a algn CON algn to mistake sb FOR sb

la gente siempre me confunde con mi hermano gemelo people always take o mistake me for my twin brother

creo que me confunde con otra persona I think you are getting me mixed up o confused with somebody else

2 (desconcertar) to confuse

no confundas al pobre chico con tantos detalles don't confuse the poor boy with so many details

tantas cifras confunden a cualquiera all these numbers are enough to confuse anyone

el interés que demuestra por ella me confunde I'm baffled by his interest in her

3 (turbar) to embarrass

se sintió confundida por tanta amabilidad she was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness

(equivocarse): siempre se confunde en las cuentas he always makes mistakes in the accounts o gets the accounts wrong

me confundí de calle/casa I got the wrong street/house

se ha confundido de número you have o you've got the wrong number

(mezclarse, fundirse): se confundió entre la multitud he melted into o disappeared into the crowd

una gran variedad de colores se confunden en el cuadro the painting is a fusion of many different colors, many different colors are blended together in the painting

unos policías de civil se confundían con la multitud plainclothes police mingled with the crowd

se confundieron en un apretado abrazo ( liter); they melted into a close embrace ( liter)

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a) ( por error) ‹fechas/datos› to confuse, get … mixed o muddled up;

◊ me confundió con mi hermana he mistook me for my sister

b) ( desconcertar) to confuse

c) ( turbar) to embarrass

a) ( equivocarse) to make mistakes/a mistake;

◊ me confundí de calle I got the wrong street

b) ( desconcertarse) to get confused

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♦ vt

1. [trastocar]

confundir dos cosas to get two things mixed up;

siempre lo confundo con su hermano gemelo I always mistake him for his twin brother;

creo que me está confundiendo con otro I think you're confusing me with someone else;

confundir la velocidad con el tocino to mix up two completely different things

2. [desconcertar] to confuse;

me confundes con tanta información you're confusing me with all that information

3. [mezclar] to mix up

4. [abrumar] to overwhelm;

tanta simpatía me confunde I'm overwhelmed by all this friendliness, all this friendliness is overwhelming

♦ See also the pronominal verb confundirse

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1 confuse

2 ( equivocar) mistake ( con for)

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confundir vt

: to confuse, to mix up

♦ See also the reflexive verb confundirse

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confundir vb

1. (mezclar) to get mixed up

2. (equivocar) to mix up / to mistake

3. (dejar perplejo) to confuse

несов. - тону́ть, сов. - утону́ть

1) ( погружаться в воду) sink; (о судне тж.) go down

2) (гибнуть - о человеке, животном) drown

3) (погружаться во что-л вязкое, мягкое и т.п.) sink

4) ( становиться едва заметным) be lost

5) (в пр.; испытывать трудности из-за наплыва чего-л) be swamped (with), be flooded (with), be snowed under (with), be overwhelmed (by)

I

• В МОЕЙ <твоей и т. п.> ВЛАСТИ < ВОЛЕ>

[PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula; fixed WO]

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1. [subj: infin or это; often neg]

⇒ (doing sth. is) within s.o.'s ability, authority etc:

- сделать X не в Y-овой власти≈ it's not (with)in Y's power to do X;

- Y is not in a position to do X;

- Y doesn't have the wherewithal to do X.

     ♦...Если б статья была в своё время опубликована, то не в вашей власти было бы ограждать читателя от знакомства с ней... (Битов 2)....If the article had been published in its own day, you wouldn't be in a position to shield the reader from an acquaintance with it... (2a).

2. Also: ВО ВЛАСТИ кого [subj: usu. human or collect]

⇒ (a person or thing is) under s.o.'s control completely, (a person is) dependent upon or defenseless against s.o.:

- X был во власти Y-a ≈ X was in Y's power;

- X was at the mercy ofY;

- X was in Y's hands.

     ♦ Насмешка Пугачёва возвратила мне бодрость. Я спокойно отвечал, что я нахожусь в его власти и что он волен поступать со мною, как ему будет угодно (Пушкин 2). Pugachev's taunting manner restored my courage. I answered calmly that I was in his power and he was free to deal with me in whatever way he thought fit (2a).

     ♦ "Голова моя в твоей власти: отпустишь меня - спасибо; казнишь - бог тебе судья..." (Пушкин 2). "My life is in your hands: if you let me go, I'll be grateful; if you execute me, God shall be your judge..." (2a).

II

• ВО ВЛАСТИ < ПОД ВЛАСТЬЮ> чего

[PrepP; these forms only; the resulting PrepP is subj-compl with copula (subj: human)]

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⇒ (a person is) overcome by sth., fully absorbed in sth. (that elicits a strong emotional response):

- X во власти Y-a ≈ X is in the power < the grip> of Y;

- X is overpowered (gripped, overwhelmed) by Y;

- X is under the spell of Y.

     ♦...Я молчу, я весь во власти необыкновенного ритма и серебряного звука трубы (Казаков 2)....I'm quiet, I'm entirely in the power of that extraordinary rhythm and the silvery sound of the trumpet (2a).

     ♦...Она опять во власти какой-то навязчивой идеи, смотрит в одну точку с тем же сосредоточенным, напряжённым, упрямым выражением (Рыбаков 2)....She was obviously in the grip of some new obsession, gazing at a single spot with her fixed, tense, stubborn stare (2a).

     ♦ "Он сидит ночью один, весь во власти охватившей его душу любви - единственной, неповторимой любви..." (Катаев 3). "He sits there alone in the night, completely overpowered by the love that has taken possession of his soul, unique, inimitable..." (3a).

1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.

2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.

3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.

4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.

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► adjetivo

1 (ideas) confused

2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused

3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred

4 (mezclado) mixed up

5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed

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1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

2) (=desconcertado) confused

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- sa adjetivo

a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused

b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

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= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.

Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.

Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.

Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.

Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.

Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.

Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.

Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.

Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.

Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.

Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.

Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.

Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.

Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.

Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.

Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.

Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.

Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.

Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.

Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.

Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.

Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.

Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.

Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.

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* de manera confusa = hazily.

* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.

* masa confusa = mush.

* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.

* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* ser confuso = be deceiving.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

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- sa adjetivo

a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused

b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

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1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy

dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation

las noticias son confusas reports are confused

2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused

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◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

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confuso, -a adj

1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;

2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;

estar confuso to be confused o bewildered

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adj confused

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confuso, -sa adj

1) : confused, mixed-up

2) : obscure, indistinct

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confuso adj

1. (persona) confused

2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

f mind

malato di mente mentally ill

avere in mente di fare qualcosa be planning to do something, be thinking about doing something

tenere a mente qualcosa bear something in mind

non mi viene in mente il nome di... I can't remember the name of...

mi è uscito di mente it slipped my mind

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mente s.f.

1 mind: mente malata, sana, unsound, sound mind; mente acuta, keen intellect; mente debole, weak mind; mente aperta, open mind; mente ristretta, limitata, narrow mind; è una persona dalla mente aperta, he is an open-minded (o broad-minded) person; avere una mente matematica, to have a mathematical mind; il potere della mente, the power of the mind; la mente umana, the human mind; la sua mente fu sconvolta dal dolore, his mind was overwhelmed with grief // malato di mente, mentally ill person // ho rivisitato con l'occhio della mente i luoghi della mia infanzia, I thought back to the places of my childhood // avere in mente di fare qlco., to be thinking of doing sthg.: aveva in mente di cambiare l'arredo, he was thinking of changing the décor; adesso ti dico quello che ho in mente, I'll tell you what I have in mind (o what I'm thinking of) // ficcarsi, mettersi in mente di fare qlco., to take it into one's head to do sthg.: ormai si è ficcato in mente di partire e nessuno lo fermerà, now that he's taken it into his head to leave, no one can stop him; devi metterti in mente che le regole sono queste, you've got to get it into your head (o mind) that these are the rules // togliti di mente quell'idea!, forget about that idea! // che cosa ti è saltato in mente?, what on earth got into you? // non mi venne in mente allora, I didn't think of it (o it didn't cross my mind) at the time; gli venne improvvisamente in mente di dover fare una telefonata, it suddenly struck him (o occurred to him) that he had to make a phone call // ho sempre in mente le tue parole, your words always come to my mind // non mi passò nemmeno per la mente di scrivergli, I never dreamt of writing to him // tenere a mente qlco., to bear (o to keep) sthg. in mind: tieni a mente tutte le istruzioni, keep all the instructions in mind; mi è proprio uscito di mente, it just slipped my mind // ora che mi viene in mente..., now I think of it...; ora che lo vedo, mi viene in mente chi è, now that I see him I remember who he is // aguzzare la mente, to sharpen one's wits // calcolare a mente, to calculate mentally // le sue spiegazioni mi hanno illuminato la mente, his explanations enlightened my mind // è uscito di mente, (impazzito) he's gone out of his mind // a mente fredda, in cold blood, (con calma) calmly: agire a mente fredda, to act in cold blood; considerare qlco. a mente fredda, to consider sthg. calmly // a mente fresca, riposata, with a clear mind: riesaminerò il tutto a mente fresca, I'll go over everything again with a clear mind // mente sana in corpo sano, (prov.) a sound mind in a sound body

2 (attenzione) attention, mind: non riesco a concentrarmi, ho la mente altrove, I can't concentrate, my mind keeps wandering; applicare la mente a qlco., to keep one's mind on (o to pay attention to) sthg. // ''Non trovo i miei occhiali'' ''Prova a fare mente locale'', ''I can't find my glasses'' ''Try and remember where you left them''; so di averti già visto ma non riesco a fare mente locale, I know I have seen you before but I can't remember where

3 (estens.) (cervello) mind, intellect, brain: le migliori menti d'Europa erano presenti al congresso, the best brains (o minds o intellects) of Europe were present at the congress; la mente della banda è una donna, a woman is the brains behind the gang; nel suo campo è una mente, he is an authority in his field // il braccio e la mente, (fig.) the brawn and the brains.

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sostantivo femminile

1) mind

2) (persona dotata) mind

3) (chi organizza)

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mente

/'mente/

sostantivo f.

 1 mind; a mente fresca, lucida with a clear mind; malato di mente psychiatric case; avere qcs. fisso in mente to have sth. on one's mind; ho in mente qualcosa per questa sera I have something in mind for this evening; non era quello che aveva in mente that was not what she had intended; mi chiedo cosa le passi per la mente I wonder what's going on in her mind; che cosa ti salta in mente? whatever are you thinking of? tenere a mente to retain; tornare alla mente to come back o to mind; fare venire in mente qcs. to bring o call sth. to mind; non mi venne in mente di fare it didn't occur to me to do; mi era sfuggito di mente it had slipped my mind; mi era completamente passato o uscito di mente it went right o clean o completely out of my mind

 2 (persona dotata) mind

 3 (chi organizza) era lei la mente dell'operazione she was the brains behind the operation

IDIOMS

a mente by heart; a mente fredda in the (cold) light of day; fammi fare mente locale let me try and remember, let me place it (in my mind).