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hear something on the radio

1 radio

f.

1 radio (medio).

oír algo por la radio to hear something on the radio

radio digital digital radio

radio pirata pirate radio

2 radio (transistor). (peninsular Spanish, Southern Cone)

radio despertador clock radio

f. & m.

1 radio, radio set, wireless set.

2 radius.

3 radium, Ra.

4 radio.

5 radiogram.

m.

1 radius (anatomy & geometry).

en un radio de within a radius of

radio de acción range; sphere of influence (figurative)

2 spoke.

3 radium (chemistry).

4 radio. ( Latin American Spanish salvo Southern Cone)

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: radiar.

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radio

► nombre femenino

1 (radiodifusión) radio

■ lo oí por la radio I heard it on the radio

2 (aparato) radio, wireless

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar (persona) radio operator

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FRASEOLOGÍA

radio galera crystal set

radio pirata pirate radio station

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radio

► nombre masculino

1 QUÍMICA radium

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radio

► nombre masculino

1 (de círculo) radius

■ en un radio de 10 metros within a radius of 10 metres

2 (de rueda) spoke

3 (campo) scope

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FRASEOLOGÍA

radio de acción figurado field of action, scope

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1. noun f.
radio
2. noun m.
1) radium

2) radius

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SM

1) (Mat) radius

en un radio de 10km — within a radius of 10km

de corto radio — short-range antes de s

de largo radio — long-range antes de s

radio de acción — [de autoridad] jurisdiction, extent of one's authority; (Aer) range

un avión de largo radio de acción — a long-range aircraft

radio de giro — turning circle

2) [de rueda] spoke

3) (Quím) radium

4) (Anat) radius

5) (=mensaje) wireless message

6) LAm = radio II
II
SF radio

por radio — by radio, on the radio, over the radio

hablar por radio — to talk on the radio

radio digital — digital radio

radio libre — pirate radio

radio macuto * —

enterarse de algo por radio macuto — to hear sth on the grapevine

radio pirata — (=sistema) pirate radio; (=emisora) pirate radio station

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masculino

1)

a) (Mat) radius

b) (distancia, área) range, radius

en un radio de diez kilómetros — within a ten kilometer radius

c) ( de rueda) spoke

- radio de acción

2) (AmL exc CS) (Rad) radio; ver tb radio II

3) (Anat) radius

4) (Quím) radium
II
femenino

a) ( medio de comunicación) radio

transmitir por (la) radio — to broadcast on the radio

se pusieron en contacto por radio — they established radio contact

escuchar la radio — to listen to the radio

lo dijeron por la radio — they said it on the radio

b) (CS, Esp) ( aparato) radio

apaga la radio — turn off o switch off the radio

c) ( emisora) radio station

- radio pirata

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I
masculino

1)

a) (Mat) radius

b) (distancia, área) range, radius

en un radio de diez kilómetros — within a ten kilometer radius

c) ( de rueda) spoke

- radio de acción

2) (AmL exc CS) (Rad) radio; ver tb radio II

3) (Anat) radius

4) (Quím) radium
II
femenino

a) ( medio de comunicación) radio

transmitir por (la) radio — to broadcast on the radio

se pusieron en contacto por radio — they established radio contact

escuchar la radio — to listen to the radio

lo dijeron por la radio — they said it on the radio

b) (CS, Esp) ( aparato) radio

apaga la radio — turn off o switch off the radio

c) ( emisora) radio station

- radio pirata

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la radio

= airwaves, the

Ex: The idea of teletext is to supply, over the airwaves, such items of information as news flashes, the latest sport results, and commodity prices.

radio¹

¹ = radio, radio set.

Ex: Some subjects have changes in usage over time, e.g. wireless, radio, transistor.

Ex: A spider web of metal, sealed in a thin glass container, a wire heated to brilliant glow, in short, the thermionic tube of radio sets is made by the hundred million, tossed about in packages, plugged into sockets -- and it works!.

* anuncio publicitario de la radio = sound bite, radio spot.

* anuncio publicitario por radio = radio commercial, radio spot, sound bite, radio commercial.

* aparato de radio = radio set.

* avisar por radio = radio.

* comentarista de radio y/o televisión = broadcast commentator.

* compañía de radio televisión = broadcaster.

* comunicar por radio = radio.

* de la televisión o la radio = off the air.

* difusión por radio y televisión = broadcast, broadcasting.

* emisora de radio = radio station.

* escuchar la radio = listen to + the radio.

* estación de radio = radio station, broadcasting station.

* estudio de radio = radio studio.

* identificación por frecuencia de radio = radio frequency identification (RFID).

* industria de la radio y televisión, la = broadcasting industry, the.

* locutor de radio = radio show host, radio announcer.

* noticias de radio y = broadcast news, broadcast news.

* onda de radio = radio wave.

* operador de radio = radio operator.

* presentador de radio = radio show host, broadcaster.

* programa de radio = radio broadcast, radio programme, radio show.

* radio celular = cellular radio.

* radio despertador = radio alarm.

* radio, la = airwaves, the.

* radio macuto = grapevine.

* radio televisión = broadcasting.

* señal de radio = radio signal.

* sintonizador de radio = tuner.

* transmitir por radio = radio.

radio²

² = radius.

Ex: The fact that the library can only attract people within a relatively small radius means that it has no alternative but to serve whoever lives -- or works -- in that radius.

* amplio radio de acción = broad scope.

* dentro del radio de acción = within range.

* en un radio de + Distancia = within + Distancia.

* en un radio + Distancia = within a + Distancia + radius.

* radio de acción = radius of + Posesivo + action.

* radio de acción amplio = broad scope.

radio⁴

⁴ = spoke.

Nota: De una rueda.

Ex: The rolling press consisted essentially of a frame in which two large rollers were mounted one above the other, and were turned by means of four large spokes radiating from the axle of the upper one.

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radio¹

masculine

A

1 ( Mat) radius

2 (distancia, área) range, radius

se oyó la explosión en un radio de diez kilómetros the explosion could be heard over a range of ten kilometers o within a ten kilometer radius

3 (de una rueda) spoke

Compuesto:

radio de acción

(de un avión, barco) operational range; (de una organización) area of operations

el radio de acción de la guerrilla the guerillas' area of operations

B ( AmL exc CS) ( Rad) radio

escuchar el radio to listen to the radio

nos enteramos por el radio we heard about it on the radio

lo han dicho por el radio they said it on the radio

Compuestos:

● radio a or de transistores

transistor radio

● radio taxi

radio cab o taxi

C ( Anat) radius

D ( Quím) radium

radio²

feminine

la radio española (↑ radio a1)

1 (como medio de comunicación) radio

el partido fue transmitido por (la) radio the match was broadcast on the radio

se pusieron en contacto por radio they established radio contact

programas de radio radio programs

escuchar la radio to listen to the radio

nos enteramos por la radio we heard about it on the radio

trabaja en la radio he works in radio

lo escuché en radio macuto ( Esp fam); I heard it through the grapevine o on the bush telegraph

2 (CS, Esp) (aparato) radio

apaga la radio turn off o switch off the radio

3 (emisora) radio station

Compuestos:

● radio a or de transitores

transistor radio

● radio pirata

pirate radio station

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Del verbo radiar: ( conjugate radiar)

radio es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

radió es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
radiar
radio
radio sustantivo masculino
a) (Mat) radius

b) ( distancia) range, radius;

◊ en un radio de diez kilómetros within a ten kilometer radius

c) ( de rueda) spoke;

◊ radio de acción (de avión, barco) operational range;

( de organización) area of operations
■ sustantivo femenino or (AmL exc CS) sustantivo masculino
a) ( medio de comunicación) radio;

◊ por (la) radio on the radio;

escuchar la radio to listen to the radio
b) ( aparato) radio

c) ( emisora) radio station

radiar verbo transitivo
1 (una emisora) to broadcast
2 Fís to radiate, irradiate
3 Med to treat with X-rays
radio
I sustantivo femenino
1 (transmisión) radio
por radio, on the radio
2 (aparato receptor) radio (set)
II sustantivo masculino
1 Geom radius
2 Quím radium
3 Anat radius
4 (de rueda) spoke
5 (en el espacio) radius, area
radio de acción, field of action, scope
(de un barco, avión) operational range
' radio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apagar
- aparato
- diaria
- diario
- emisora
- expandir
- información
- programa
- programar
- programación
- radioaficionada
- radioaficionado
- radiocasete
- reportaje
- subir
- alto
- antena
- audífono
- cabina
- cadena
- comedia
- componer
- consultorio
- cronista
- dar
- difundir
- encender
- enchufar
- enterarse
- estación
- fuerte
- jodido
- oír
- por
- prender
- prensa
- radiocassette
- radiodifusora
- radiofónico
- radionovela
- radiooperador
- radiopatrulla
- receptor
- saber
- sintonía
- teledirigido
English:
battery
- dial
- guarantee
- lower
- over
- phone-in
- pick up
- put on
- radio
- radio beacon
- radio broadcast
- radio frequency
- radio ham
- radio network
- radio set
- radio station
- radio transmitter
- radio wave
- radius
- roundup
- spoke
- station
- surround sound
- switch off
- talk-show
- turn down
- two-way
- wireless
- wireless set
- wireless station
- blare
- broadcaster
- editor
- go
- grape
- have
- installment
- knob
- low
- monitor
- on
- pack
- part
- pirate
- put
- send
- show
- transistor
- turn
- two

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radio¹ nm

1. [de circunferencia] radius;

en un radio de within a radius of

Comp
radio de acción range;
el bombardero tiene un radio de acción de 2.000 kilómetros the bomber has a range of 2,000 kilometres;

el general queda fuera del radio de acción del juez the general is beyond the judge's jurisdiction;

la empresa quiere ampliar su radio de acción the company wants to expand the area in which it trades

2. [de rueda] spoke

3. Quím radium

4. Anat radius

5. Am salvo RP [transistor] radio

Comp
radio despertador clock radio;
radio digital digital radio

radio² nf

1. [medio] radio;

oír algo por la radio to hear sth on the radio

Comp
CRica, Cuba, Pan Fam radio bemba:
enterarse de algo por radio bemba to hear sth on the grapevine o on the bush telegraph;
Esp Fam radio macuto:
enterarse de algo por radio macuto to hear sth on the grapevine o on the bush telegraph;

radio pirata pirate radio

2. Esp, CSur [transistor] radio

Comp
radio despertador clock radio;
radio digital digital radio

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radio

I m

1 MAT radius;

en un radio de within a radius of

2 QUÍM radium

3 L.Am.

radio

II f radio

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radio nm

1) : radius

2) : radium

radio nmf

: radio

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radio n

1. (aparato, sistema) radio

escuché la noticia por la radio I heard the news on the radio

2. (línea recta) radius [pl. radii]

el radio de una circunferencia the radius of a circle

3. (de bicicleta) spoke

Spanish-English dictionary > radio
2 radio

'reidiəu 1. plural - radios; noun
((an apparatus for) the sending and receiving of human speech, music etc: a pocket radio; The concert is being broadcast on radio; I heard about it on the radio; ( also adjective) a radio programme, radio waves.)
2. verb
(to send (a message) by radio: When someone on the island is ill, we have to radio (to) the mainland for a doctor; An urgent message was radioed to us this evening.) sende over radio, radiotelegrafere

radio
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radioradio

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subst. \/ˈreɪdɪəʊ\/

1) radio, radioapparat, radiomottaker

2) radio-

3) radiotelegram, radiotelegrafering

hear something on the radio høre noe på radio

leave the radio on ( hverdagslig) la radioen stå på

listen to the radio høre på radio

speak on the radio snakke i radioen
II
verb \/ˈreɪdɪəʊ\/

radiotelegrafere (til), ha radiosamband med, sende (melding til) over radio

• radio a message

sende en radiomelding

• radio someone

English-Norwegian dictionary > radio
3 radio

broadcasting, radio, wireless

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(en) radio;

(se også radioapparat, radiostation);

[ høre radio] listen to the radio;

[ i radio] on (el. over) the radio ( fx hear something on the radio);

[ tale i radio] be on the radio;

[ udsende i radio] broadcast;

[pr. radio] by radio.

Danish-English dictionary > radio
4 hear

hiə
past tense, past participle - heard; verb

1) (to (be able to) receive (sounds) by ear: I don't hear very well; Speak louder - I can't hear you; I didn't hear you come in.) oír

2) (to listen to for some purpose: A judge hears court cases; Part of a manager's job is to hear workers' complaints.) ver, escuchar

3) (to receive information, news etc, not only by ear: I've heard that story before; I hear that you're leaving; `Have you heard from your sister?' `Yes, I got a letter from her today'; I've never heard of him - who is he? This is the first I've heard of the plan.) oír, oír decir, saber algo, tener noticias

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- hearing
- hearing-aid
- hearsay
- hear! hear!
- I
- he will
- would not hear of

hear vb

1. oír

I can't hear you no te oigo

I heard her call my name oí que me llamaba

2. enterarse

I heard about the accident me enteré del accidente

to hear from someone tener noticias de alguien

to have heard of someone/something haber oído hablar de alguien/algo

El pasado y participio pasado de hear es heard

hear

tr[hɪə^SMALLr/SMALL]

transitive verb (pt & pp heard tr[hɜːd])

1 (gen) oír

■ do you hear me? ¿me oyes?

2 (perceive) sentir; (listen to) escuchar

3 (lecture) asistir a; (a news item) saber

4 SMALLLAW/SMALL (case) ver; (witness, defendant) oír

5 (refuse) negarse a

■ she wouldn't hear of moving house se negó rotundamente a trasladarse

■ I won't hear of it! ¡ni hablar!

6 (find out) enterarse

■ I've heard she's leaving me he enterado que se marcha

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

have you heard the one about... (humour) sabes el chiste de...

hear, hear! ¡muy bien!

I can't hear myself think familiar no puedo pensar con tanto ruido

to hear from tener noticias de

to hear of oír hablar de

hear ['hɪr] v, heard ['hərd] ; hearing vt

1) : oír

do you hear me?: ¿me oyes?

2) heed: oír, prestar atención a

3) learn: oír, enterarse de

hear vi

1) : oír

to hear about: oír hablar de

2)

to hear from : tener noticias de

hear (tell) of

expr.

• oir decir de expr.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: heard) = escuchar v.

• oír v.

(§pres: oigo, oyes...oímos)

hɪr, hɪə(r)
1.

(past & past p heard hɜːrd, hɜːd) transitive verb

1) \<\<sound\>\> oír*

stop it! do you hear? — basta! ¿me oyes?

now hear this — (AmE) presten atención

I can't hear myself think — (colloq) no puedo pensar con tanto ruido

to hear her (talk), you'd think... — cualquiera que la oyera creería que...

I must be hearing things — (colloq) debo de habérmelo imaginado

let's hear it for George! — (AmE colloq) un aplauso para George!

2) ( get to know) oír*

I've heard so much about you — me han hablado tanto de ti, he oído hablar tanto de ti

have you heard the latest? — ¿sabes la última?

I've heard it all before — ya conozco la historia

he's very ill, I hear — me han dicho que está muy enfermo

3) ( listen to)

a) \<\<lecture/broadcast/views\>\> escuchar, oír*

I hear you — (AmE) ya veo, ya te entiendo

to hear mass — oír* misa

b) ( Law) \<\<case\>\> ver*; \<\<charge\>\> oír*

2.

vi

1) ( perceive) oír*

hear, hear! — eso, eso!, bien dicho!

2) ( get news) tener* noticias

to hear ABOUT something — enterarse de algo

to hear FROM somebody: I haven't heard from them for months hace meses que no sé nada de ellos or que no tengo noticias suyas; you'll be hearing from us in a couple of weeks — dentro de unas semanas nos pondremos en contacto con usted

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Phrasal Verbs:

- hear of

- hear out

[hɪǝ(r)] (pt, pp heard)
1. VT

1) (=perceive) [+ voice, sound] oír

can you hear me? — ¿me oyes?

I can't hear you — no te oigo

I can't hear a thing — no oigo nada

I heard someone come in — he oído entrar a alguien

I heard you talking to her — te oí hablar con ella

I never heard such rubbish! — ¡en mi vida he oído tantos disparates!

did you hear what he said? — ¿has oído lo que ha dicho?

• let's hear it for... — un aplauso para...

• I could hardly make myself heard — apenas pude lograr que se me oyera

• I have heard it said that..., I've heard tell that... — he oído decir que...

• I can't hear myself think — el ruido no me deja pensar or concentrarme
pin
2) (=discover, be told) oír

have you heard the news? — ¿has oído la noticia?, ¿te has enterado de la noticia?

what's this I hear about you getting married? — ¿qué es eso que he oído de que te vas a casar?

from what I hear, she hasn't long to live — por lo que he oído parece que le queda poco tiempo de vida

I waited to hear the result — me quedé esperando para enterarme del resultado

I hear bad reports of him — no me hablan bien de él

I'm glad to hear it — me alegro

I'm sorry to hear it — lo siento

where did you hear that? — ¿quién te ha dicho eso?

to hear that... — enterarse de que...

I heard you're going away — me he enterado de que te vas

I hear you've been ill — me he enterado de que or he oído decir que has estado enfermo

I haven't heard yet whether I've passed — aún no sé si he aprobado

• have you heard anything of or from him since he left? — ¿has sabido algo or has tenido noticias de él desde que se fue?

• the first I heard of it was when... — lo primero que supe al respecto fue cuando...

that's the first I've heard of it — no tenía ni idea, es la primera noticia que tengo

• you haven't heard the last of this! — ¡aquí no se acaba esto!

• have you heard the one about...? — ¿te sabes el de...?

3) (=listen to) [+ radio programme, story] escuchar, oír; [+ lecture] escuchar

to hear him (talk) you'd think he was an expert — por la forma en que habla, cualquiera creería or diría que es un experto

• I've heard it all before — ya conozco la historia

• Lord, hear our prayers — Señor, escucha nuestras plegarias or súplicas

• to hear sb speak — (in public) escuchar a algn

• he likes to hear himself talk — le gusta escucharse a sí mismo

4) (Jur) [+ case] ver

5) (Rel)

to hear mass — oír misa

2. VI

1) (=perceive) oír

I can't hear — no oigo

if you don't get out I'll call the police, (do) you hear? — si no te vas llamaré a la policía, ¿me oyes?

he doesn't or can't hear very well — no oye muy bien

2)

• to hear about sth/sb, I heard about it from Maria — me enteré por María, lo supe a través de María

did you hear about Liz? — ¿te enteraste de lo de Liz?

I don't want to hear about it — no quiero oír hablar del tema

• to hear from sb — saber de algn, tener noticias de algn

have you heard from him lately? — ¿has sabido algo de él últimamente?, ¿has tenido noticias de él últimamente?

I hear from my daughter every week — tengo noticias de mi hija todas las semanas

hoping to hear from you — (in letter) esperando recibir noticias tuyas

you will be hearing from my solicitor — mi abogado se pondrá en contacto con usted

the police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know her — la policía pide a todos los que la conozcan que se pongan en contacto con ellos

what are you hearing from people there? — ¿qué opina or dice allí la gente?

• to hear of sth — (=come across) oír hablar de algo; (=become aware of) saber de algo

many people haven't heard of reflexology — muchas personas no han oído hablar de la reflexología

I've never heard of such a thing! — ¡en mi vida he oído cosa igual!

I heard of this school through Leslie — supe de esta escuela por or a través de Leslie

I won't hear of it! — (=allow) ¡ni hablar!

I offered to pay but she wouldn't hear of it — me ofrecí a pagar pero dijo que ni hablar

I always wanted to be an actor but Dad wouldn't hear of it — siempre quise ser actor pero papá no me dejó

to hear of sb — (=come across) oír hablar de algn; (=have news of) saber de algn, tener noticias de algn

everyone has heard of her — todo el mundo ha oído hablar de ella or sabe quién es

he wasn't heard of for a long time — no se supo nada de él or no se tuvieron noticias de él durante mucho tiempo

he was never heard of again — nunca se supo más de él

3)

hear! hear! — (=bravo) ¡sí señor!, ¡eso, eso!

- hear out

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[hɪr, hɪə(r)]
1.

(past & past p heard [hɜːrd, hɜːd]) transitive verb

1) \<\<sound\>\> oír*

stop it! do you hear? — basta! ¿me oyes?

now hear this — (AmE) presten atención

I can't hear myself think — (colloq) no puedo pensar con tanto ruido

to hear her (talk), you'd think... — cualquiera que la oyera creería que...

I must be hearing things — (colloq) debo de habérmelo imaginado

let's hear it for George! — (AmE colloq) un aplauso para George!

2) ( get to know) oír*

I've heard so much about you — me han hablado tanto de ti, he oído hablar tanto de ti

have you heard the latest? — ¿sabes la última?

I've heard it all before — ya conozco la historia

he's very ill, I hear — me han dicho que está muy enfermo

3) ( listen to)

a) \<\<lecture/broadcast/views\>\> escuchar, oír*

I hear you — (AmE) ya veo, ya te entiendo

to hear mass — oír* misa

b) ( Law) \<\<case\>\> ver*; \<\<charge\>\> oír*

2.

vi

1) ( perceive) oír*

hear, hear! — eso, eso!, bien dicho!

2) ( get news) tener* noticias

to hear ABOUT something — enterarse de algo

to hear FROM somebody: I haven't heard from them for months hace meses que no sé nada de ellos or que no tengo noticias suyas; you'll be hearing from us in a couple of weeks — dentro de unas semanas nos pondremos en contacto con usted

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Phrasal Verbs:

- hear of

- hear out

English-spanish dictionary > hear
5 drown someone or something out

Drown someone or something out

заглушать что-то

I can’t hear what you said. The radio drowned you out.

English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > drown someone or something out
6 over

'əuvə 1. preposition
1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) over

2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) over, på den andre sida av

3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) over

4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) over (hele)

5) (about: a quarrel over money.) om

6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) i, over

7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) gjennom, med

8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) i løpet av
2. adverb
1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.)

2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.)

3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.)

4) (downwards: He fell over.)

5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.)

6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.)

7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.)
3. adjective
(finished: The affair is over now.) over, forbi
4. noun
((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.)
5. as part of a word
1) (too (much), as in overdo.)

2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.)

3) (covering, as in overcoat.)

4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.)

5) (completely, as in overcome.)

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- over again
- over all
- over and done with

over

I
subst. \/ˈəʊvə\/

1) overskudd

2) (militærvesen, våpen) treff bak målet, for høyt skudd, for langt skudd

3) ( i cricket) over (6 eller 8 kast i rekkefølge)
II
adv. \/ˈəʊvə\/

1) over, utfor

• climb\/jump over

• she has gone over to America

hun har reist (over) til Amerika

• the milk boiled over

• I asked him over

jeg bad ham komme over (hit)

2) igjen, tilbake, til overs, for mye

• there are only four apples over

det er bare fire epler til overs

• the cashier had several pounds over

kassereren hadde flere pund for mye

• (7 into 15 goes twice) and one over

(7 går to ganger på 15) og en i mente

3) gjennom, om

• we need to talk it over

vi må snakke om det

4) om igjen

• ten times over

• begin all over again

begynne fra begynnelsen igjen \/ begynne helt på nytt

5) ferdig, forbi, omme, over, slutt, ute

• the struggle is over

• it's over with him

det er ute med ham

6) ( foran adjektiv) altfor, over-, særskilt

• he is not over well

• be over polite

all over helt og holdent overalt

count over se ➢ count

do something over gjøre noe om igjen, gjøre noe en gang til

get something over (and done) with få noe unnagjort, få noe ut av verden

knock over se ➢ knock

over against overfor, vendt mot i motsetning til

over and above dessuten, foruten, i tillegg til

over or under mer eller mindre

over there der borte

• when I was over there

når jeg var der borte

talk over se ➢ talk, 2

turn over se ➢ turn
III
prep. \/ˈəʊvə\/

1) over

• he spread a cloth over the table

han la en duk over bordet

• he fell asleep over his work

han sovnet over arbeidet

• there was a lamp over the door

det var en lampe over døren

• I'll speak to those over him

jeg skal snakke med hans overordnede

• we discussed it over a cup of tea

vi diskuterte det over en kopp te

• she stumbled over a stone

hun snublet over en stein

2) utenpå

• he wore galoshes over his shoes

3) ved

• sit over the fire

sitte ved peisen

4) i

• strike someone over the head

slå noen i hodet

5) gjennom

• go over one's notes

gå gjennom notatene sine

6) utfor

• fall over a precipice

falle utfor et stup

7) på

• he spent hours over the job

han brukte flere timer på jobben

8) tvers over, over (til den andre siden av), på den andre siden av

• jump over a brook

• he escaped over the frontier

• the house over the street

huset rett over veien

9) ( om tall eller mengde) over, mer enn

• she is over fifty

• it costs over £ 100

10) ( i tidsuttrykk) over, under, i løpet av, med, gjennom

• over several days

• over the years she has produced many films

i årenes løp har hun laget mange filmer

• over the years he grew bald and fat

med årene ble han skallet og fet

• can you stay over till Monday?

kan du bli over til mandag?

11) i, på

• say something over the telephone

si noe i telefonen

• hear something over the radio\/air

høre noe i\/på radio(en)

12) angående, på grunn av, over

• unease over the political situation

uro på grunn av den politiske situasjonen

13) om

• fight over something

• they had a debate over the tax on income

de hadde en debatt om inntektsskatten

14) fremfor

• choose one thing over another

all over over hele, i hele, over alt i, rundt omkring i

• she's been all over the world

hun har vært rundt omkring i hele verden

be over somebody (om kjærlighetsforhold, forelskelse) være over noen, ha kommet over noen

• I don't mind that Bob's seeing other women, I'm over him now

det gjør meg ikke noe at Bob treffer andre damer, jeg er over ham nå

be over something holde på med noe, bruke tid på noe

from over fra den andre siden av

• the sound came from over the fence

lyden kom fra den andre siden av gjerdet

over and above eller above and beyond dessuten, foruten, i tillegg til, ytterligere

• the waiters get good tips over and above their wages

kelnerne får bra med driks i tillegg til lønnen

• I'd like anything over and above that

jeg vil gjerne ha alt som er utover det
IV
interj. \/ˈəʊvə\/

( telekommunikasjon) over

• do you read me? over!

hører du meg? over!

over and out! over og ut!

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7 apprendre

apprendre [apʀɑ̃dʀ]

➭ TABLE 58 transitive verb

   a. [+ leçon, métier] to learn

• apprendre à lire/à nager to learn to read/to swim

• apprendre à se servir de qch to learn to use sth

• apprendre à connaître qn to get to know sb

• il apprend vite he's a quick learner

   b. [+ nouvelle] to hear ; [+ événement, fait] to hear of ; [+ secret] to be told ( de qn by sb)

• j'ai appris hier que... I heard yesterday that...

• j'ai appris son arrivée par des amis I heard of his arrival through friends

   c. ( = annoncer) apprendre qch à qn to tell sb sth

• il m'a appris la nouvelle he told me the news

• il m'apprend à l'instant qu'il va partir he has just told me that he's going to leave

• vous ne m'apprenez rien ! you haven't told me anything I didn't know already!

   d. ( = enseigner) apprendre qch à qn to teach sb sth to teach sth to sb

• apprendre à qn à faire qch to teach sb to do sth

• ça lui apprendra (à vivre) ! that'll teach him a lesson!

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apʀɑ̃dʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( étudier) to learn ( à faire to do)

apprendre quelque chose par cœur — to learn something by heart, to learn something off by heart GB

le bonheur d'apprendre — the joy of learning

apprendre l'italien — to learn Italian

2) ( être informé de) to learn [vérité] ( par quelqu'un from somebody; sur quelque chose/quelqu'un about something/somebody); to hear [information] ( par quelqu'un from somebody; sur quelque chose/quelqu'un about something/somebody); to learn of [événement, décision] ( par quelqu'un through somebody)

apprendre quelque chose par la presse — to see something in the papers

3) ( enseigner) to teach

apprendre quelque chose à quelqu'un — to teach somebody something

apprendre à conduire à quelqu'un — to teach somebody (how) to drive

cela t'apprendra! — that'll teach you!

ce n'est pas à toi que je l'apprendrai — you don't need me to tell you

4) ( faire savoir) [personne, journal] to tell

tu ne m'apprends rien — you're not telling me anything new

2.

s'apprendre verbe pronominal

s'apprendre facilement/difficilement — to be easy/difficult to learn

la patience, cela s'apprend — patience is something you can learn

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apʀɑ̃dʀ vt
1) (en tant qu'élève) to learn

apprendre qch par cœur — to learn sth by heart

apprendre à faire qch — to learn to do sth

J'apprends à faire la cuisine. — I'm learning to cook.

2) (en tant qu'informé) [nouvelle] to hear, [événement, résultats] to hear of

J'ai appris son départ. — I heard that she had left.

3) (en tant qu'enseignant)

apprendre qch à qn — to teach sb sth

Ma mère m'a appris l'anglais. — My mother taught me English.

apprendre à qn à faire qch — to teach sb to do sth

Elle lui a appris à conduire. — She taught him to drive.

4) (en tant qu'informant)

apprendre qch à qn — to tell sb sth

Jean-Pierre m'a appris la nouvelle. — Jean-Pierre told me the news.

tu me l'apprends! — that's news to me!

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apprendre verb table: prendre

A vtr

1 ( étudier) to learn; apprendre qch par cœur to learn sth by heart, to learn sth off by heart GB; le bonheur d'apprendre the joy of learning; apprendre à écrire/à conduire to learn to write/to drive; apprendre l'italien to learn Italian; apprendre à reconnaître qch/à se servir de qch to learn (how) to recognize sth/to use sth; apprendre qch sur qch to learn sth about sth;

2 ( être informé de) to hear, to learn [nouvelle, vérité, décision] (par qn from sb); to hear [rumeur]; ( de façon indirecte) to hear of ou about [décision]; apprendre la mort de qn to learn of ou hear of sb's death; apprendre qch par qn to hear about sth through sb; apprendre qch par la radio to hear sth on the radio; ( sujet plus vaste) to hear about sth on the radio; apprendre qch par la presse to see sth in the papers; apprendre qch sur qn to hear ou learn sth about sb; apprendre que to hear ou learn that; apprendre qch par téléphone to be told sth over the phone;

3 ( enseigner) to teach; apprendre qch à qn to teach sb sth; apprendre à conduire à qn to teach sb (how) to drive; cela t'apprendra (à ne pas faire ça)! that'll teach you (not to do that)!; ce n'est pas à toi que je l'apprendrai you don't need me to tell you;

4 ( faire savoir) [personne, journal] to tell; apprendre qch à qn to tell sb sth; tu ne m'apprends rien you're not telling me anything new.

B s'apprendre vpr qch qui s'apprend facilement/difficilement sth which is easy/difficult to learn; la patience, cela s'apprend patience is something you can learn.

[aprɑ̃dr] verbe transitif

1. [s'initier à] to learn

ils ont décidé de lui faire apprendre l'anglais they've decided that he should have English lessons

apprendre quelque chose de quelqu'un to learn something from somebody, to be taught something by somebody

apprendre quelque chose par cœur to learn something (off) by heart ou rote

apprendre à être patient to learn patience, to learn to be patient

apprendre à connaître quelqu'un/une ville to get to know somebody/a town

(en usage absolu)

il apprend facilement/avec difficulté learning comes/doesn't come easily to him

apprendre lentement/vite to be a slow/fast learner

on apprend à tout âge it's never too late to learn

2. [enseigner]

apprendre quelque chose à quelqu'un to teach somebody something ou something to somebody

elle m'a appris le français/à nager she taught me French/(how) to swim

je t'apprendrai à fouiller dans mon sac! I'll teach you to go through my bag!

il/ça va lui apprendre à vivre! he'll/it'll teach him a thing or two!

(en usage absolu)

ça lui apprendra! that'll teach him!

on n'apprend pas à un vieux singe à faire la grimace (proverbe) don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs

3. [donner connaissance de] to tell

apprendre quelque chose à quelqu'un to tell somebody something

vous ne m'apprenez rien! tell me something new!

4. [être informé de - départ, mariage] to learn ou to hear of (inseparable) ; [ - nouvelle] to hear

on apprend à l'instant qu'un prisonnier s'est échappé we've just heard that a prisoner has escaped

qu'est-ce que j'apprends, vous démissionnez? what's this I hear about you resigning?

apprenez ou vous apprendrez qu'ici on ne fait pas ce genre de choses you'll have to learn that we don't do things like that here

tiens, tiens, on en apprend des choses! (familier) well, well, who'd have thought such a thing?

on en apprend tous les jours! (humoristique) you learn something new every day!

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s'apprendre verbe pronominal

(emploi passif) to be learnt

le style, ça ne s'apprend pas you can't learn style

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8 bande

c black bande [bɑ̃d]

1. feminine noun

   a. ( = ruban) strip ; (Cinema) film ; [de magnétophone] tape

• bande de terre strip of land

• la bande de Gaza the Gaza strip

   b. ( = dessin, motif) stripe

   c. (Billiards) cushion

• apprendre qch par la bande to hear of sth on the grapevine (inf)

   d. donner de la bande [bateau] to list

   e. (Electricity, physics, radio) band

• bande (de fréquence) waveband

   f. ( = groupe) group

• une bande d'amis a group of friends

• ils sont partis en bande they set off in a group

• bande d'imbéciles ! you're a bunch of fools! (inf)

   g. ( = gang) gang

• bande armée armed gang

• faire bande à part to go off on one's own

2. compounds

► bande d'arrêt d'urgence hard shoulder (Brit), berm (US)

► bande dessinée comic strip ; ( = livre) comic book

► bande magnétique magnetic tape

► bande organisée organized gang

► bande originale (original) soundtrack

► bande passante (Computing) bandwidth

► bandes rugueuses rumble strips

► bande son, bande sonore [de film] soundtrack

► bande Velpeau ® crêpe bandage (Brit), Ace ® bandage (US)

► bande vidéo videotape

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BANDE DESSINÉE

The bande dessinée or BD enjoys a huge following in France and Belgium amongst adults as well as children. The strip cartoon is accorded both literary and artistic status, and is known as « le neuvième art ». An international strip cartoon festival takes place in the French town of Angoulême at the end of January each year.

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bɑ̃d
nom féminin

1) ( de malfaiteurs) gang

2) (de touristes, d'amis) group, crowd

bande de crétins! — you bunch of idiots!

ils font bande à part — they don't join in

3) ( d'animaux sauvages) pack

4) (de tissu, papier, cuir) gén strip; ( plus large) band; ( pour blessure) bandage

5) ( forme allongée) gén strip; ( qui orne) ( rayure) large stripe; ( en bordure) band

bande de terre — strip of land

6) ( support d'enregistrement) tape; Cinéma film

7) ( au billard) cushion

8) Nautisme

donner de la bande — to list

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- bande d'arrêt d'urgence

- bande banalisée

- bande dessinée

- bande d'essai

- bande de fréquences

- bande originale

- bande publique

- bande de roulement

- bande rugueuse

- bande sonore

- bande Velpeau

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apprendre quelque chose par la bande — (colloq) to hear something on the grapevine

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bɑ̃d nf
1) [tissu] strip

2) MÉDECINE bandage

3) (= motif, dessin) stripe

4) CINÉMA film

5) INFORMATIQUE tape

6) RADIO band

7) (= groupe) group

une bande de copains — a group of friends

une bande de voyous — a gang of louts

faire bande à part — to keep to o.s.

Elle fait toujours bande à part. — She always keeps to herself.

8) péjoratif

une bande de — a bunch of

C'est une bande d'idiots! — They're a bunch of idiots!

9) (autres locutions)

par la bande — in a roundabout way

donner de la bande — to list

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bande nf

1 (de malfaiteurs, voyous) gang; bande armée armed gang; la bande à Léo○ Leo's gang;

2 (de touristes, jeunes, d'amis) group, crowd; en bande [sortir, se déplacer] in a group ou crowd; bande de crétins! you bunch of idiots!; ils font bande à part they don't join in;

3 ( d'animaux sauvages) pack; en bande [vivre, se déplacer] in packs;

4 (de tissu, papier, cuir) gén strip; ( plus large) band; Pharm bandage; ( de journal) mailing wrapper;

5 ( forme étroite et allongée) gén strip; ( qui orne) ( rayure) large stripe; ( en bordure) band; bande de terre strip of land;

6 ( support d'enregistrement) tape; Cin film; bande (magnétique) (magnetic) tape; bande démo○ demo tape○; bande vidéo video tape;

7 ( au billard) cushion;

8 Naut donner de la bande to list.

Composés

bande amorce Phot leader tape; bande d'arrêt d'urgence, BAU hard shoulder; bande banalisée = bande publique; bande dessinée, BD○ ( dans les journaux) comic strip; ( livre) comic book; ( genre) comic strips (pl); bande élastique Pharm elastic bandage; bande d'essai Phot test strip; bande étalon Ordinat calibrating tape; bande de fréquences waveband; bande de lecture Phot index print strip; bande molletière puttee; bande originale Cin original soundtrack; bande passante Télécom, Ordinat bandwidth; bande perforée Ordinat paper tape; bande publique Citizens' band, CB; bande de roulement Aut tread; bande rugueuse Aut rumble strip; bande sonore Cin soundtrack; ( d'autoroute) rumble strip; bande Velpeau® crepe bandage GB, Ace bandage® US.

Idiomes

apprendre qch par la bande○ to hear sth on the grapevine; faire qch par la bande○ to do sth in a roundabout way.

ⓘ Bande dessinée It plays a significant cultural role in France. More than a comic book or entertainment for the youth, it is a form of popular literature known as the neuvième art and celebrated annually at the Festival d'Angoulême. Cartoon characters such as Astérix, Lucky Luke, and Tintin are household names and older comic books are often collectors' items.

[bɑ̃d] nom féminin

A.

1. [groupe - de malfaiteurs] gang ; [ - d'amis] group ; [ - d'enfants] troop, band ; [ - d'animaux] herd ; [ - de chiens, de loups] pack

faire partie de la bande to be one of the group

bande armée armed gang ou band

2. (locution)

faire bande à part: il fait toujours bande à part he keeps (himself) to himself

il a encore décidé de faire bande à part he's decided yet again to go it alone

bande de (péjoratif) pack ou bunch of

une bande de menteurs/voleurs a bunch of liars/crooks

B.

1. [d'étoffe, de papier etc.] strip, band

bande molletière puttee, putty

2. [de territoire] strip

bande de sable strip ou spit ou tongue of sand

bande d'arrêt d'urgence TRANSPORTS emergency lane, hard shoulder

3. [sur une route] band, stripe

bande blanche white line

bande de ralentissement speed check

4. CINÉMA reel

bande sonore soundtrack

bande (magnétique) AUDIO (magnetic) tape

5. ÉLECTRONIQUE & RADIO band

bande de fréquence frequency band

sur la bande FM on FM

bande passante pass-band

6. INFORMATIQUE

bande perforée punched paper tape (UK), perforated tape

7. MÉDECINE bandage

bande Velpeau® crepe bandage

8. ARCHITECTURE band

9. LITTÉRATURE & LOISIRS

bande dessinée

a. [dans un magazine] comic strip, strip cartoon (UK)

b. [livre] comic book

la bande dessinée [genre] comic strips

10. [au billard] cushion

11. PHYSIQUE

bande de fréquences frequency band

C.nautique

list, heel

donner de la bande to heel over, to list

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en bande locution adverbiale

as ou in a group, all together

ils ne se déplacent qu'en bande they always move around in a gang

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > bande
9 bandé

c black bande [bɑ̃d]

1. feminine noun

   a. ( = ruban) strip ; (Cinema) film ; [de magnétophone] tape

• bande de terre strip of land

• la bande de Gaza the Gaza strip

   b. ( = dessin, motif) stripe

   c. (Billiards) cushion

• apprendre qch par la bande to hear of sth on the grapevine (inf)

   d. donner de la bande [bateau] to list

   e. (Electricity, physics, radio) band

• bande (de fréquence) waveband

   f. ( = groupe) group

• une bande d'amis a group of friends

• ils sont partis en bande they set off in a group

• bande d'imbéciles ! you're a bunch of fools! (inf)

   g. ( = gang) gang

• bande armée armed gang

• faire bande à part to go off on one's own

2. compounds

► bande d'arrêt d'urgence hard shoulder (Brit), berm (US)

► bande dessinée comic strip ; ( = livre) comic book

► bande magnétique magnetic tape

► bande organisée organized gang

► bande originale (original) soundtrack

► bande passante (Computing) bandwidth

► bandes rugueuses rumble strips

► bande son, bande sonore [de film] soundtrack

► bande Velpeau ® crêpe bandage (Brit), Ace ® bandage (US)

► bande vidéo videotape

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BANDE DESSINÉE

The bande dessinée or BD enjoys a huge following in France and Belgium amongst adults as well as children. The strip cartoon is accorded both literary and artistic status, and is known as « le neuvième art ». An international strip cartoon festival takes place in the French town of Angoulême at the end of January each year.

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bɑ̃d
nom féminin

1) ( de malfaiteurs) gang

2) (de touristes, d'amis) group, crowd

bande de crétins! — you bunch of idiots!

ils font bande à part — they don't join in

3) ( d'animaux sauvages) pack

4) (de tissu, papier, cuir) gén strip; ( plus large) band; ( pour blessure) bandage

5) ( forme allongée) gén strip; ( qui orne) ( rayure) large stripe; ( en bordure) band

bande de terre — strip of land

6) ( support d'enregistrement) tape; Cinéma film

7) ( au billard) cushion

8) Nautisme

donner de la bande — to list

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- bande d'arrêt d'urgence

- bande banalisée

- bande dessinée

- bande d'essai

- bande de fréquences

- bande originale

- bande publique

- bande de roulement

- bande rugueuse

- bande sonore

- bande Velpeau

••

apprendre quelque chose par la bande — (colloq) to hear something on the grapevine

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bɑ̃d nf
1) [tissu] strip

2) MÉDECINE bandage

3) (= motif, dessin) stripe

4) CINÉMA film

5) INFORMATIQUE tape

6) RADIO band

7) (= groupe) group

une bande de copains — a group of friends

une bande de voyous — a gang of louts

faire bande à part — to keep to o.s.

Elle fait toujours bande à part. — She always keeps to herself.

8) péjoratif

une bande de — a bunch of

C'est une bande d'idiots! — They're a bunch of idiots!

9) (autres locutions)

par la bande — in a roundabout way

donner de la bande — to list

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bande nf

1 (de malfaiteurs, voyous) gang; bande armée armed gang; la bande à Léo○ Leo's gang;

2 (de touristes, jeunes, d'amis) group, crowd; en bande [sortir, se déplacer] in a group ou crowd; bande de crétins! you bunch of idiots!; ils font bande à part they don't join in;

3 ( d'animaux sauvages) pack; en bande [vivre, se déplacer] in packs;

4 (de tissu, papier, cuir) gén strip; ( plus large) band; Pharm bandage; ( de journal) mailing wrapper;

5 ( forme étroite et allongée) gén strip; ( qui orne) ( rayure) large stripe; ( en bordure) band; bande de terre strip of land;

6 ( support d'enregistrement) tape; Cin film; bande (magnétique) (magnetic) tape; bande démo○ demo tape○; bande vidéo video tape;

7 ( au billard) cushion;

8 Naut donner de la bande to list.

Composés

bande amorce Phot leader tape; bande d'arrêt d'urgence, BAU hard shoulder; bande banalisée = bande publique; bande dessinée, BD○ ( dans les journaux) comic strip; ( livre) comic book; ( genre) comic strips (pl); bande élastique Pharm elastic bandage; bande d'essai Phot test strip; bande étalon Ordinat calibrating tape; bande de fréquences waveband; bande de lecture Phot index print strip; bande molletière puttee; bande originale Cin original soundtrack; bande passante Télécom, Ordinat bandwidth; bande perforée Ordinat paper tape; bande publique Citizens' band, CB; bande de roulement Aut tread; bande rugueuse Aut rumble strip; bande sonore Cin soundtrack; ( d'autoroute) rumble strip; bande Velpeau® crepe bandage GB, Ace bandage® US.

Idiomes

apprendre qch par la bande○ to hear sth on the grapevine; faire qch par la bande○ to do sth in a roundabout way.

ⓘ Bande dessinée It plays a significant cultural role in France. More than a comic book or entertainment for the youth, it is a form of popular literature known as the neuvième art and celebrated annually at the Festival d'Angoulême. Cartoon characters such as Astérix, Lucky Luke, and Tintin are household names and older comic books are often collectors' items.

( féminin bandée) [bɑ̃de] adjectif

1. [recouvert] bandaged

avoir les yeux bandés to be blindfolded

pieds bandés bound ou bound-up feet

2. [tendu] stretched, tensed

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > bandé
10 hören

I vt/i

1. hear; (zufällig mit anhören) overhear; gut hören have good ears ( oder hearing); schwer oder schlecht hören be slightly deaf, be hard of hearing; ich hör dich so schlecht I can’t hear you very well; du hörst wohl schlecht? iro. are you (going) deaf?; ich glaub, ich hör nicht recht! umg. did I hear (you) right?, say that again; das lässt sich hören! that doesn’t sound too bad at all; jemanden kommen / lachen hören hear s.o. coming / laughing; er hört sich gerne reden he likes the sound of his own voice; ich habe sagen hören I’ve heard it said; ihm verging Hören und Sehen ( dabei) umg. he almost passed out; ..., dass dir Hören und Sehen vergeht umg. drohend:... that you’ll wish you were never born; ich hörte an Ihrer Stimme, dass etwas faul war I could tell by her voice that something fishy was going on

2. (zuhören) listen; Radio hören listen to the radio; das machst du nie wieder, hörst du? do you hear?; hör mal! listen, bes. Am. listen up!; na hör mal, so geht das aber nicht! now listen here, now just a minute; hört, hört! Zwischenruf: well, well!; man höre und staune would you believe it; beim Hören des Vortrags while listening to the lecture

3. (erfahren) hear ( von of oder about); ich hab’s von ihr gehört I heard it from her, she told me; ich habe von ihm gehört (kenne den Namen) I’ve heard of him; (habe einen Brief etc. bekommen) I’ve heard from him; ich habe schon viel von ihm gehört I’ve heard a lot about him; man hörte nie mehr etwas von ihm he was never heard of again; ich habe gehört, dass... they say (that)...; wie ich höre, ist sie krank I hear she’s ill; soviel ich gehört habe as far as I’ve heard; nach allem, was ich höre from what I’ve heard; das ist das Erste, was ich höre that’s the first I’ve heard of it; nie gehört! never heard of it etc.!; was muss ich da hören? what’s this you’re ( oder they’re etc.) telling me?; ich will davon nichts hören I don’t want to hear about it; das will ich nicht gehört haben! I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that!; er hat nichts von sich hören lassen he hasn’t written ( oder phoned), we etc. haven’t heard from him at all; lasst mal von euch hören keep in touch; ich lasse von mir hören I’ll let you know; Sie werden noch von mir hören! drohend: you haven’t heard the last of this!

II v/t

1. (anhören) (Beschuldigten, Zeugen etc.) hear; die Beichte hören hear confession

2. UNIV.: bei Professor B. Geschichte hören go to Professor B’s history lectures; Geographie und Politologie hören go to ( oder attend) lectures in geography and political science

III v/i

1. hören auf (+ Akk) listen to; auf den Namen... hören answer to the name of...; nicht auf jemandes Flehen hören not heed s.o.’s pleas

2. umg. (gehorchen) obey, listen; alles hört auf mein Kommando! I am in command!; (was ich sage, wird gemacht) you will all do what I say!; willst du wohl hören? will you please do as you’re told!; wer nicht hören will, muss fühlen Sprichw. that’s what you get for not listening; Ohr

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das Hören

hearing

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Hö|ren
nt -s, no pl
hearing; (= Radiohören) listening
das Hö́ren von Musik — listening to music

es verging ihm Hö́ren und Sehen — he didn't know whether he was coming or going (inf)

er fuhr so schnell, dass mir Hö́ren und Sehen verging — he drove so fast I almost passed out

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1) (to (be able to) receive (sounds) by ear: I don't hear very well; Speak louder - I can't hear you; I didn't hear you come in.) hear

2) (to receive information, news etc, not only by ear: I've heard that story before; I hear that you're leaving; `Have you heard from your sister?' `Yes, I got a letter from her today'; I've never heard of him - who is he? This is the first I've heard of the plan.) hear

3) ((with to) to follow the advice of: If she'd listened to me, she wouldn't have got into trouble.) listen

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Hö·ren

<-s>

[ˈhø:rən]

nt kein pl

1. (das Vernehmen mit dem Gehör) hearing no pl, no art

2. (das Anhören) listening no pl, no art

3.

▶ ..., dass jdm \Hören und Sehen vergeht that sb doesn't/won't know what day it is

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1.
transitives Verb

1) hear

jemanden kommen/sprechen hören — hear somebody coming/speaking

ich höre nichts — I can't hear anything; s. auch Gras

2) (anhören) listen to, hear <programme, broadcast, performance, etc.>; hear <singer, musician>

Radio hören — listen to the radio

den Angeklagten/Zeugen hören — hear the accused/witness

das lässt sich hören — that's good news

3) (erfahren) hear

ich habe gehört, dass — I hear that

etwas von jemandem hören — hear something from somebody

er lässt nichts von sich hören — I/we etc. haven't heard from him

lass mal etwas von dir hören! — keep in touch

von jemandem etwas zu hören bekommen od. (ugs.) kriegen — get a good talking-to from somebody (coll.)

4) (erkennen)

an etwas (Dat.) hören, daß... — hear or tell by something that...
2.
intransitives Verb

1) hear

gut hören — have good hearing

schlecht hören — have bad hearing; be hard of hearing

nur auf einem Ohr hören — be deaf in one ear

2) (aufmerksam verfolgen)

auf etwas (Akk.) hören — listen to something

3) (zuhören) listen

ich höre — I'm listening

hörst du! — listen [here]!

hörst du? — are you listening?

man höre und staune — would you believe it!; wonders will never cease (iron.)

hör mal!/hören Sie mal! — listen [here]!

4)

auf jemanden/jemandes Rat hören — listen to or heed somebody/somebody's advice

auf den Namen Monika hören — answer to the name [of] Monika

alles hört auf mein Kommando! — (Milit.) I'm taking command; (scherzh.) everyone do as I say

5) (Kenntnis erhalten)

von jemandem/etwas hören — hear of somebody/something

von jemandem hören — (Nachricht bekommen) hear from somebody

Sie hören noch von mir — you'll be hearing from me again; you haven't heard the last of this

6) (ugs.): (gehorchen) do as one is told

wer nicht hören will, muss fühlen — (Spr.) if you don't do as you're told, you'll suffer for it

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hören

A. v/t & v/i

1. hear; (zufällig mit anhören) overhear;

gut hören have good ears ( oder hearing);

schwer oder

schlecht hören be slightly deaf, be hard of hearing;

ich hör dich so schlecht I can’t hear you very well;

du hörst wohl schlecht? iron are you (going) deaf?;

ich glaub, ich hör nicht recht! umg did I hear (you) right?, say that again;

das lässt sich hören! that doesn’t sound too bad at all;

jemanden kommen/lachen hören hear sb coming/laughing;

er hört sich gern[e] reden he likes the sound of his own voice;

ich habe sagen hören I’ve heard it said;

ihm verging Hören und Sehen (dabei) umg he almost passed out;

…, dass dir Hören und Sehen vergeht umg drohend: … that you’ll wish you were never born;

ich hörte an Ihrer Stimme, dass etwas faul war I could tell by her voice that something fishy was going on

2. (zuhören) listen;

Radio hören listen to the radio; das machst du nie wieder,

hörst du? do you hear?;

hör mal! listen, besonders US listen up!;

na hör mal, so geht das aber nicht! now listen here, now just a minute;

hört, hört! Zwischenruf: well, well!;

man höre und staune would you believe it;

beim Hören des Vortrags while listening to the lecture

3. (erfahren) hear (

von of oder about);

ich hab’s von ihr gehört I heard it from her, she told me;

ich habe von ihm gehört (kenne den Namen) I’ve heard of him; (habe einen Brief etc bekommen) I’ve heard from him;

ich habe schon viel von ihm gehört I’ve heard a lot about him;

man hörte nie mehr etwas von ihm he was never heard of again;

ich habe gehört, dass … they say (that) …;

wie ich höre, ist sie krank I hear she’s ill;

soviel ich gehört habe as far as I’ve heard;

nach allem, was ich höre from what I’ve heard;

das ist das Erste, was ich höre that’s the first I’ve heard of it;

nie gehört! never heard of it etc!;

was muss ich da hören? what’s this you’re ( oder they’re etc) telling me?;

ich will davon nichts hören I don’t want to hear about it;

das will ich nicht gehört haben! I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that!;

er hat nichts von sich hören lassen he hasn’t written ( oder phoned), we etc haven’t heard from him at all;

lasst mal von euch hören keep in touch;

ich lasse von mir hören I’ll let you know;

Sie werden noch von mir hören! drohend: you haven’t heard the last of this!

B. v/t

1. (anhören) (Beschuldigten, Zeugen etc) hear;

die Beichte hören hear confession

2. UNIV:

bei Professor B. Geschichte hören go to Professor B’s history lectures;

Geografie und Politologie hören go to ( oder attend) lectures in geography and political science

C. v/i

1.

hören auf (+akk) listen to;

auf den Namen … hören answer to the name of …;

nicht auf jemandes Flehen hören not heed sb’s pleas

2. umg (gehorchen) obey, listen;

alles hört auf mein Kommando! I am in command!; (was ich sage, wird gemacht) you will all do what I say!;

willst du wohl hören? will you please do as you’re told!;

wer nicht hören will, muss fühlen sprichw that’s what you get for not listening; → Ohr

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1.
transitives Verb

1) hear

jemanden kommen/sprechen hören — hear somebody coming/speaking

ich höre nichts — I can't hear anything; s. auch Gras

2) (anhören) listen to, hear <programme, broadcast, performance, etc.>; hear <singer, musician>

Radio hören — listen to the radio

den Angeklagten/Zeugen hören — hear the accused/witness

das lässt sich hören — that's good news

3) (erfahren) hear

ich habe gehört, dass — I hear that

etwas von jemandem hören — hear something from somebody

er lässt nichts von sich hören — I/we etc. haven't heard from him

lass mal etwas von dir hören! — keep in touch

von jemandem etwas zu hören bekommen od. (ugs.) kriegen — get a good talking-to from somebody (coll.)

4) (erkennen)

an etwas (Dat.) hören, daß... — hear or tell by something that...
2.
intransitives Verb

1) hear

gut hören — have good hearing

schlecht hören — have bad hearing; be hard of hearing

nur auf einem Ohr hören — be deaf in one ear

2) (aufmerksam verfolgen)

auf etwas (Akk.) hören — listen to something

3) (zuhören) listen

ich höre — I'm listening

hörst du! — listen [here]!

hörst du? — are you listening?

man höre und staune — would you believe it!; wonders will never cease (iron.)

hör mal!/hören Sie mal! — listen [here]!

4)

auf jemanden/jemandes Rat hören — listen to or heed somebody/somebody's advice

auf den Namen Monika hören — answer to the name [of] Monika

alles hört auf mein Kommando! — (Milit.) I'm taking command; (scherzh.) everyone do as I say

5) (Kenntnis erhalten)

von jemandem/etwas hören — hear of somebody/something

von jemandem hören — (Nachricht bekommen) hear from somebody

Sie hören noch von mir — you'll be hearing from me again; you haven't heard the last of this

6) (ugs.): (gehorchen) do as one is told

wer nicht hören will, muss fühlen — (Spr.) if you don't do as you're told, you'll suffer for it

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v.

to hear v.

(§ p.,p.p.: heard)

to listen v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > hören
11 saber

m.

knowledge.

el saber no ocupa lugar (Prov) you can never know too much

El saber es un tesoro Knowledge is priceless.

v.

1 to know.

ya lo sé I know

de haberlo sabido (antes) o si lo llego a saber, me quedo en casa if I'd known, I'd have stayed at home

hacer saber algo a alguien to inform somebody of something, to tell somebody something

para que lo sepas, somos amigos we're friends, for your information

Ellos saben de eso They know about that.

Ellos saben la información They know the information.

2 to learn, to find out (enterarse de).

lo supe ayer I found out yesterday

¿sabes algo de Juan?, ¿qué sabes de Juan? have you had any news from o heard from Juan?

3 to know about (entender de).

sabe mucha física he knows a lot about physics

4 to taste.

saber bien/mal to taste good/bad

saber a cuernos o rayos (informal figurative) to taste disgusting o revolting

le supo mal (figurative) it upset o annoyed him (le enfadó)

me sabe mal mentirle (figurative) I feel bad about lying to him

Esto sabe bien This tastes good.

5 to know how to, to know, to know to.

Ellos saben pintar They know how to paint.

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SABER

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

sé, sabes, sabe, sabemos, sabéis, saben.

Past Indicative

supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supieron.

Future Indicative

sabré, sabrás, sabrá, sabremos, sabréis, sabrán.

Conditional

sabría, sabrías, sabría, sabríamos, sabríais, sabrían.

Present Subjunctive

sepa, sepas, sepa, sepamos, sepáis, sepan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

supiera, supieras, supiera, supiéramos, supierais, supieran;

supiese, supieses, supiese, supiésemos, supieseis, supiesen.

Future Subjunctive

supiere, supieres, supiere, supiéremos, supiereis, supieren.

Imperative

sabe (tú), sepa (él/Vd.), sepamos (nos.), sabed (vos.), sepan (ellos/Vds.).

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1. verb
1) to know

2) can

3) learn

•

- a saber
- saber a 2. noun m.
knowledge

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1. VT

1) (=tener conocimiento de)

a) [+ dato, información] to know

no sabía que era tu cumpleaños — I didn't know it was your birthday

sé que me has mentido — I know you've lied to me

lo sé — I know

sin saberlo yo — without my knowledge, without me knowing

• hacer saber algo a algn — to inform sb of sth, let sb know about sth

quiero hacerle saber que... — I would like to inform o advise you that...

el motivo de esta carta es hacerle saber que... — I am writing to inform o advise you that...

b) [locuciones]

• a saber — namely

dos planetas, a saber, Venus y la Tierra — two planets, namely Venus and Earth

a saber si realmente lo compró — I wonder whether he really did buy it

a saber dónde lo tiene guardado — I wonder where he has it hidden away

• ¡ anda a saber! — LAm God knows!

• demasiado bien sé que... — I know only too well that...

¡no lo sabes bien! — * not half! *

• cualquiera sabe si... — it's anybody's guess whether...

• ¡de haberlo sabido! — if only I'd known!

• lo dudo, pero nunca se sabe — I doubt it, but you never know

• para que lo sepas — let me tell you, for your information

• que yo sepa — as far as I know

que sepamos — as far as we know

• un no sé qué — a certain something

un no sé qué de afectado — a certain (element of) affectation

• ¡ quién sabe! — who knows!

¿quién sabe? — who knows?, who can tell?, who's to say?

• ¡si lo sabré yo! — I should know!

• tú sabrás (lo que haces) — I suppose you know (what you're doing)

¿tú qué sabes? — what do you know about it?

• ¡ vete a saber! — God knows!

¡vete a saber de dónde ha venido! — goodness only knows where he came from!

vete tú a saber — your guess is as good as mine

• ya lo sabía yo — I thought as much

• ¡yo qué sé!, ¡qué sé yo! — how should I know!, search me! *

- cada uno sabe dónde le aprieta el zapato

- no sabía dónde meterse

- no saber ni papa
Briján
2) (=enterarse de) to find out

en cuanto lo supimos fuimos a ayudarle — as soon as we found out, we went to help him

cuando lo supe — when I heard o found out about it

lograron saber el secreto — they managed to learn the secret

3) (=tener noticias) to hear

desde hace seis meses no sabemos nada de él — we haven't heard from him for six months

4) (=tener destreza en)

¿sabes ruso? — do you speak Russian?, can you speak Russian?

no sé nada de cocina — I don't know anything about cookery, I know nothing about cookery

• saber hacer algo, sabe cuidar de sí mismo — he can take care of himself, he knows how to take care of himself

¿sabes nadar? — can you swim?

saben tratar muy bien al forastero — they know how to look after visitors

¿sabes ir? — do you know the way?

todavía no sabe orientarse por la ciudad — he still doesn't know his way around town

pocos campeones saben perder — few champions are good losers

es una persona que sabe escuchar — she's a good listener

5) LAm

saber hacer — to be in the habit of doing

no sabe venir por aquí — he doesn't usually come this way, he's not in the habit of coming along here

2. VI

1) (=tener conocimiento)

• saber de algo — to know of sth

sabe mucho de ordenadores — he knows a lot about computers

sé de un sitio muy bueno — I know of a very good place

hace mucho que no sabemos de ella — it's quite a while since we heard from her, we haven't had any news from her for quite a while

2) (=estar enterado) to know

costó muy caro, ¿sabe usted? — it was very expensive, you know

un 5% no sabe, no contesta — there were 5% "don't knows"

3) (=tener sabor) to taste

no sabe demasiado bien — it doesn't taste too good

sabe un poco amargo — it tastes rather bitter

• saber a — to taste of

esto sabe a queso — this tastes of cheese

esto sabe a demonio(s) — this tastes awful

saberle mal a algn —

me supo muy mal lo que hicieron — I didn't like what they did, I wasn't pleased o didn't feel good about what they did

no me sabe mal que un amigo me gaste bromas — I don't mind a friend playing jokes on me, it doesn't bother me having a friend play jokes on me

3.

See:

saberse
SABER Por regla general, si saber va seguido de un infinitivo, se traduce por can cuando indica una habilidad permanente y por know how cuando se trata de la capacidad de resolver un problema concreto. La construcción correspondiente habrá de ser can + ((INFINITIVO)) {sin} to {o} know how + ((INFINITIVO)) {con} to: Jaime sabe tocar el piano Jaime can play the piano ¿Sabes cambiar una rueda? Do you know how to change a wheel? Hay que tener en cuenta que know (sin how) nunca puede ir seguido directamente de un infinitivo en inglés. Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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I
masculino knowledge

una persona de gran saber — a person of great learning

el saber no ocupa lugar — one can never know too much
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <nombre/dirección/canción> to know

ya lo sé — I know

no lo sé — I don't know

no sé cómo se llama — I don't know his name

así que or conque ya lo sabes — so now you know

no sabía que tenía hijos — I didn't know he had (any) children

para que lo sepas, yo no miento — (fam) for your information, I don't tell lies

si lo sabré yo! — don't I know it!

cállate ¿tú qué sabes? — shut up! what do you know about it?

yo qué sé dónde está! — how (on earth) should I know where he/it is! (colloq)

no se sabe si... — they don't know if...

no sé qué decirte — I really don't know what to say

¿a que no sabes qué? — (fam) you'll never guess what

tiene un no sé qué — she has a certain something

me da no sé qué decirte esto — I feel very awkward saying this to you

que yo sepa — as far as I know

saber algo de algo — to know something about something

sé muy poco de ese tema — I know very little about the subject

hacerle saber algo a alguien — (frml) to inform somebody of something

nos hizo saber su decisión — he informed us of his decision

b) ( darse cuenta de) to know

no sabe lo que dice — he doesn't know what he's talking about

tú no sabes lo que es esto! — you can't imagine what it's like!

2) ( ser capaz de)

saber + inf — to know how to + inf

¿sabes nadar/escribir a máquina? — can you swim/type?, do you know how to swim/type?

ya sabe leer y escribir — she can already read and write

sabe escuchar — she's a good listener

sabe hablar varios idiomas — she can speak several languages

no saben perder — they're bad losers

sabe defenderse — she knows how to o she can look after herself

3) ( enterarse) to find out

lo supe por mi hermana — I found out about it through my sister

si es así, pronto se va a saber — if that's the case, we'll know o find out soon enough

sin que lo supiéramos — without our knowing

si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! — if I had only known before!

cómo iba yo a saber que...! — how was I to know that...!

¿se puede saber por qué? — may I ask why?

¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? — and where were you, I'd like to know?

4)

a saber — (frml) namely
2.
saber vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( tener conocimiento) to know

vete tú/vaya usted a saber — but who knows

¿quién sabe? — who knows?

saber de algo/alguien — to know of something/somebody

yo sé de un sitio donde te lo pueden arreglar — I know of a place where you can get it fixed

b) (tener noticias, enterarse)

saber de alguien/algo: no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month; yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio; no quiero saber de él — I want nothing to do with him

Sentido II

2)

a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste

sabe dulce/bien/amargo — it tastes sweet/nice/bitter

saber a algo — to taste of something

sabe a ajo — it tastes of garlic

no sabe a nada — it has no taste to it

sabe a podrido — it tastes rotten

b) ( causar cierta impresión)

saberle mal/bien a alguien: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone else; me sabe mal tener que decírselo — I don't like having to tell him
3.
saberse v pron (enf) <lección/poema> to know

se sabe todo el cuento de memoria — he knows the whole story off by heart

sabérselas todas — (fam) to know every trick in the book (colloq)

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I
masculino knowledge

una persona de gran saber — a person of great learning

el saber no ocupa lugar — one can never know too much
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <nombre/dirección/canción> to know

ya lo sé — I know

no lo sé — I don't know

no sé cómo se llama — I don't know his name

así que or conque ya lo sabes — so now you know

no sabía que tenía hijos — I didn't know he had (any) children

para que lo sepas, yo no miento — (fam) for your information, I don't tell lies

si lo sabré yo! — don't I know it!

cállate ¿tú qué sabes? — shut up! what do you know about it?

yo qué sé dónde está! — how (on earth) should I know where he/it is! (colloq)

no se sabe si... — they don't know if...

no sé qué decirte — I really don't know what to say

¿a que no sabes qué? — (fam) you'll never guess what

tiene un no sé qué — she has a certain something

me da no sé qué decirte esto — I feel very awkward saying this to you

que yo sepa — as far as I know

saber algo de algo — to know something about something

sé muy poco de ese tema — I know very little about the subject

hacerle saber algo a alguien — (frml) to inform somebody of something

nos hizo saber su decisión — he informed us of his decision

b) ( darse cuenta de) to know

no sabe lo que dice — he doesn't know what he's talking about

tú no sabes lo que es esto! — you can't imagine what it's like!

2) ( ser capaz de)

saber + inf — to know how to + inf

¿sabes nadar/escribir a máquina? — can you swim/type?, do you know how to swim/type?

ya sabe leer y escribir — she can already read and write

sabe escuchar — she's a good listener

sabe hablar varios idiomas — she can speak several languages

no saben perder — they're bad losers

sabe defenderse — she knows how to o she can look after herself

3) ( enterarse) to find out

lo supe por mi hermana — I found out about it through my sister

si es así, pronto se va a saber — if that's the case, we'll know o find out soon enough

sin que lo supiéramos — without our knowing

si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! — if I had only known before!

cómo iba yo a saber que...! — how was I to know that...!

¿se puede saber por qué? — may I ask why?

¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? — and where were you, I'd like to know?

4)

a saber — (frml) namely
2.
saber vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( tener conocimiento) to know

vete tú/vaya usted a saber — but who knows

¿quién sabe? — who knows?

saber de algo/alguien — to know of something/somebody

yo sé de un sitio donde te lo pueden arreglar — I know of a place where you can get it fixed

b) (tener noticias, enterarse)

saber de alguien/algo: no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month; yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio; no quiero saber de él — I want nothing to do with him

Sentido II

2)

a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste

sabe dulce/bien/amargo — it tastes sweet/nice/bitter

saber a algo — to taste of something

sabe a ajo — it tastes of garlic

no sabe a nada — it has no taste to it

sabe a podrido — it tastes rotten

b) ( causar cierta impresión)

saberle mal/bien a alguien: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone else; me sabe mal tener que decírselo — I don't like having to tell him
3.
saberse v pron (enf) <lección/poema> to know

se sabe todo el cuento de memoria — he knows the whole story off by heart

sabérselas todas — (fam) to know every trick in the book (colloq)

* * *

saber¹

¹ = learning.

Ex: It is the responsibility of educators to stretch their student's intellects, hone their skills of intuitive judgment and synthesis, and build a love of learning that will sustain them beyond the level of formal education.

* ansia de saber = thirst for knowledge.

* a + Posesivo + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.

* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.

* cúmulo de saber = knowledge repository, repository of knowledge.

* hasta donde + Pronombre + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.

* institución del saber = institution of learning.

* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.

* rama del saber = branch of learning.

* saber escuchar = listening capacity.

saber²

² = know, learn, find out.

Ex: However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.

Ex: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.

Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.

* a saber = namely, viz, to wit.

* capacidad de saber leer y escribir = literacy skills.

* curioso por saber = interrogator.

* de quién sabe dónde = out of the woodwork.

* hacer saber = let + Nombre + know, let + it be known.

* hacer saber la intención de uno = announce + intention.

* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.

* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.

* no saber cómo explicarlo = be at a loss to explain it.

* no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.

* no saber de = have + no understanding of.

* no saber dónde meterse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.

* no saber expresarse bien = inarticulateness.

* no saber más por ello = be none the wiser.

* no saber qué contestar = stump.

* no saber qué decir = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no saber qué hacer = be at a loss, get out of + Posesivo + depth, be on the horns of a dilemma, be at a nonplus.

* no saber qué hacer a continuación = draw + a blank, be stuck, get + stuck.

* no saber qué hacer con = be at sixes and sevens with.

* no saber qué más hacer = be at + Posesivo + wit's end.

* no saberse cuándo = there + be + no telling when.

* no se sabe todavía = the jury is still out (on).

* nunca se sabe... = one never knows....

* persona que sabe contar anécdotas = raconteur.

* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.

* quedar mucho por saber = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.

* que sabe lo que = who knows what.

* ¿quién sabe? = who knows?.

* quién sabe lo que = who knows what.

* quién sabe qué = who knows what.

* saber a ciencia cierta = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.

* saber a ciencia cierta que = know + for a fact that.

* saber argumentar Algo convincentemente = make + a business case.

* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.

* saber con certeza = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.

* saber contestar muy bien = be not at a loss for words.

* saber cúal es la verdad = discern + the truth.

* saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.

* saber de buena tinta = have + it on good word.

* saber defenderse = hold + Posesivo + own.

* saber de lo que Uno estar hablando = know + Posesivo + stuff.

* saber de seguro = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.

* saber escuchar = listening skills.

* saber hacer = savoir faire.

* saber hacer cuentas = be numerate.

* saber interiormente = know + underneath.

* saber leer y escribir = be literate.

* saberlo todo = be omniscient.

* saberse Algo al dedillo = know + Nombre + inside-out, learn + Nombre + inside-out.

* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.

* sabiendo diferenciar entre lo que vale y lo que no = discriminatingly.

* sabiendo que = on the understanding that.

* salir de quién sabe dónde = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser una incógnita = be anyone's guess.

* sin saberlo = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.

* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].

* un no sé qué = a je ne sais quoi.

* y Dios sabe qué más = and Heaven knows what else.

saber³

³ = taste.

Ex: Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.

* saber a = reek of.

* * *

saber¹

masculine

knowledge

un compendio del saber humano a compendium of human knowledge

una persona de gran saber a person of great learning

el saber no ocupa lugar one can never know too much

saber² [ E25 ]

vt

A

1 ‹nombre/dirección/chiste/canción› to know

(ya) lo sé, pero aun así … I know, but even so …

quizás sea así, no lo sé that might be the case, I don't know

así que or conque ya lo sabes so now you know

¡no le habrás dicho nada de aquello que tú sabes! you didn't tell him anything about you know what, did you?

no sabía que tenía or tuviera hijos I didn't know he had (any) children

¿sabes lo que me dijo? do you know what he said to me?

¿sabes lo que te digo? ¡que me tienes harta! you know something? I'm fed up with you!

para que lo sepas, yo no miento ( fam); for your information, I don't tell lies

es tan latoso … — ¡si lo sabré yo! he's such a nuisance — don't I know it!

cállate ¿tú qué sabes? shut up! what do you know about it?

¡yo qué sé dónde está tu diccionario! how (on earth) should I know where your dictionary is! ( colloq)

no se sabe si se salvará they don't know if he'll pull through

no sabía dónde meterme I didn't know where to put myself

no supe qué decir I didn't know what to say

mira, no sé qué decirte look, I really don't know what to say

no lo saben a ciencia cierta they don't know for certain

¿a que no sabes a quién vi? ( fam); I bet you don't know who I saw ( colloq), you'll never guess who I saw

quién or cualquiera sabe dónde estará goodness only knows where it is

un tal Ricardo no sé cuántos ( fam); Ricardo something-or-other ( colloq)

le salió con no sé qué historias ( fam); he came out with some story or other

tiene un no sé qué que la hace muy atractiva she has a certain something that makes her very attractive

ese hombre tiene un no sé qué que me cae mal there's something about that man I don't like

me da no sé qué tener que decirte esto I feel very awkward about having to say this to you

ya no viven allí, que yo sepa as far as I know, they don't live there anymore

¿tiene antecedentes? — que yo sepa no does she have any previous convictions? — not that I know of

—¿quién es ése? —quiso saber who's that? he wanted to know

sé muy poco de ese tema I know very little about the subject

sabe mucho sobre la segunda guerra mundial he knows a lot about the Second World War

2

hacerle saber algo a algn ( frml): nos hizo saber su decisión he informed us of his decision

por la presente deseo hacerle saber que … ( Corresp) I am pleased to advise you o to be able to inform you that …

la directiva hace saber a los señores socios que … the board wishes to inform members o advises members that …

3 (darse cuenta) to know

¡tú no sabes lo que es esto! you can't imagine what it's like!

está furiosa, no sabes lo que te espera she's furious, you don't know what you're in for

perdónalos Señor, porque no saben lo que hacen ( Bib) forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do

B (ser capaz de) saber + INF:

¿sabes nadar/cocinar/escribir a máquina? can you swim/cook/type?

ya sabe leer y escribir she can already read and write

sabe escuchar she's a good listener

no saben perder they're bad losers

no sabe tratar con la gente he doesn't know how to deal with people

no te preocupes, ella sabe defenderse don't worry, she knows how to o she can look after herself

este niño no sabe estarse quieto this child is incapable of keeping still o just can't keep still

C

a saber ( frml); namely

lo forman cuatro países, a saber: Suecia, Noruega, Dinamarca y Finlandia it is made up of four countries, namely Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland

D (enterarse) to find out

no lo supimos hasta ayer we didn't find out until yesterday

lo supe por mi hermana I found out about it through my sister, I heard about it o ( frml) learned of it through my sister

si es así, pronto se va a saber if that's the case, we'll know soon enough

¡si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! if I had only known before!

¿que qué me dijo de ti? ¡no quieras saberlo! what did she say about you? don't ask! o you wouldn't want to know!

¿se puede saber qué estabas haciendo allí? would you mind telling me what you were doing there?

¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? and where were you, I'd like to know?

■ saber

vi

Sentido I

A

1 to know

¿crees que vendrá? — supongo que sí, aunque con ella nunca se sabe do you think she'll come? — I suppose so, although you never know o you can never tell with her

dice que ella se lo dio, vete tú/vaya usted a saber he says she gave it to him, but who knows

no puede ser verdad — ¿quién sabe? a lo mejor sí it can't be true — who knows, it could be

parece incapaz de eso, pero nunca se sabe or cualquiera sabe he doesn't seem capable of such a thing, but you never know

él que sabe, sabe ( fr hecha); it's easy when you know how

2 saber DE algo/algn to know (of) sth/sb

yo sé de un sitio donde te lo pueden arreglar I know (of) a place where you can get it fixed

¿sabes de alguien que haya estado allí? do you know (of) anyone who's been there?

3 (tener noticias) saber DE algn:

no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month

no quiero saber nada más de él I want nothing more to do with him

B (enterarse) saber DE algo:

yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio

si llegas a saber de una cámara barata, avísame if you hear of a cheap camera, let me know

Sentido II

A (tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste

sabe muy dulce/bien/amargo it tastes very sweet/nice/bitter

saber A algo to taste OF sth

sabe a ajo/almendra it tastes of garlic/almonds, it has a garlicky/almondy taste

esta sopa no sabe a nada this soup doesn't taste of anything o has no taste to it

sabe a quemado/podrido it tastes burnt/rotten

tenía tanta hambre que el arroz me supo a gloria I was so hungry the rice tasted delicious

B

(causar cierta impresión): saberle mal/bien a algn: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone else

me sabe mal tener que decirle que no otra vez I don't like having to say no to him again, I feel bad having to say no to him again

■ saberse

v pron

A ( enf) ( fam) (conocer) ‹lección/poema› to know

se sabe todo el cuento de memoria he knows the whole story off by heart

se sabe los nombres de todos los jugadores del equipo he knows the names of every player in the team

sabérselas todas ( fam): este niño se las sabe todas this child knows every trick in the book ( colloq)

se cree que se las sabe todas she thinks she has all the answers

B ( refl) (saber que se es) (+ compl):

se sabe atractiva she knows she's attractive

* * *

saber 1 sustantivo masculino
knowledge;
◊ una persona de gran saber a person of great learning

saber 2 ( conjugate saber) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹nombre/dirección/canción› to know;

◊ ya lo sé I know;

no lo sé I don't know;
no sé cómo se llama I don't know his name;
¡yo qué sé! how (on earth) should I know! (colloq);
que yo sepa as far as I know;
saber algo de algo to know sth about sth;
sé muy poco de ese tema I know very little about the subject;
no sabe lo que dice he doesn't know what he's talking about
b) ( enterarse) to find out;

◊ lo supe por mi hermana I found out about it through my sister;

sin que lo supiéramos without our knowing;
¡si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! if I had only known before!;
¡cómo iba yo a saber que …! how was I to know that …!
2 ( ser capaz de):
◊ saber hacer algo to know how to do sth;

¿sabes nadar? can you swim?, do you know how to swim?;
sabe escuchar she's a good listener;
sabe hablar varios idiomas she can speak several languages
verbo intransitivo
a) ( tener conocimiento) to know;

◊ ¿quién sabe? who knows?;

saber de algo/algn to know of sth/sb;
yo sé de un lugar donde te lo pueden arreglar I know of a place where you can get it fixed
b) (tener noticias, enterarse):

◊ no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month;

yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio
a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste;

◊ sabe dulce/bien it tastes sweet/nice;

saber a algo to taste of sth;
no sabe a nada it doesn't taste of anything;
sabe a podrido it tastes rotten
b) ( causar cierta impresión): me sabe mal or no me sabe bien tener que decírselo I don't like having to tell him

saberse verbo pronominal ( enf) ‹lección/poema› to know
saber sustantivo masculino knowledge, learning, information
saber
I verbo transitivo
1 (una cosa) to know: no sé su dirección, I don't know her address
para que lo sepas, for your information
que yo sepa, as far as I know
2 (hacer algo) to know how to: no sabe nadar, he can't swim
3 (capacidad, destreza) sabe dibujar muy bien, he knows how to draw really well
4 (comportarse, reaccionar) can: no sabe aguantar una broma, she can't take a joke
no sabe perder, he's a bad loser
5 (tener conocimientos elevados sobre una materia) sabe mucho de música, she knows a lot about music
6 (enterarse) to learn, find out: lo llamé en cuanto lo supe, I called him as soon as I heard about it
7 (estar informado) sabía que te ibas a retrasar, he knew that you were going to be late
8 (imaginar) no sabes qué frío hacía, you can't imagine how cold it was
II verbo intransitivo
1 (sobre una materia) to know [de, of]: sé de un restaurante buenísimo, I know of a very good restaurant
2 (tener noticias) (de alguien por él mismo) to hear from sb
(de alguien por otros) to have news of sb
(de un asunto) to hear about sthg
3 (tener sabor) to taste [a, of]: este guiso sabe a quemado, this stew tastes burnt
4 (producir agrado o desagrado) to like, please: me supo mal que no viniera, it upset me that he didn't come
♦ Locuciones: el saber no ocupa lugar, you can never learn too much
me ha sabido a poco, I couldn't get enough of it
quién sabe, who knows
vas a saber lo que es bueno, I'll show you what's what
vete a saber, God knows
a saber, namely
' saber' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atenerse
- ávida
- ávido
- básica
- básico
- carta
- cojear
- combinar
- comparecencia
- conjugar
- consuelo
- convenir
- cuerno
- dedillo
- demonio
- desconocer
- diferenciar
- economía
- entender
- estimable
- estribar
- eufórica
- eufórico
- gloria
- impresión
- latín
- morbosa
- morboso
- puesta
- puesto
- relacionarse
- sable
- si
- terrena
- terreno
- tinta
- bien
- ciencia
- conocer
- conocimiento
- deber
- derecho
- experiencia
- feo
- hallar
- llegar
- lo
- mal
- memoria
- porqué
English:
acquaint
- aware
- can
- certain
- curious
- flounder
- fortuneteller
- guess
- hand
- hear
- horrify
- know
- learning
- namely
- nice
- pat
- pride
- should
- taste
- tell
- truck
- understand
- unknowingly
- wisdom
- able
- appreciation
- authority
- claim
- copy
- early
- funny
- heart
- knowledge
- let
- priority
- realize
- reassuring
- right
- saber
- sabre
- score
- skill
- stump
- suppose
- viz
- way

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saber

♦ nm

knowledge;
Formal
según mi/nuestro/ etc[m5]. leal saber y entender to the best of my/our/ etc knowledge;

Prov

el saber no ocupa lugar you can never know too much

♦ vt

1. [conocer] to know;

ya lo sé I know;

no lo sé I don't know;

yo no sabía nada de eso I didn't know anything about that;

no sabía que eras médico I didn't know you were a doctor;

ya sé lo que vas a decir I know what you're going to say;

de haberlo sabido (antes) o [m5]si lo llego a saber, me quedo en casa if I'd known, I'd have stayed at home;

es de o [m5]por todos sabido que… it's common knowledge that…, everyone knows that…;

hacer saber algo a alguien to inform sb of sth, to tell sb sth;

para que lo sepas, somos amigos we're friends, for your information;

¿sabes qué (te digo)?, que no me arrepiento you know what, I don't regret it;

si lo sabré yo, que tengo cuatro hijos you're telling me! I've got four children!;

sin yo saberlo, sin saberlo yo without my knowledge;
Fig
no sabía dónde meterme I didn't know where to put myself, I wanted to crawl under a rock;

no sabe lo que (se) hace she doesn't know what she's doing;

no sabe lo que tiene he doesn't realize just how lucky he is;
Fam
te ha llamado un tal Antonio no sé cuántos there was a call for you from Antonio something or other;

no sé qué decir I don't know what to say;

¡qué sé yo!, ¡y yo qué sé! how should I know!;

¡qué sé yo la de veces que me caí de la bici! heaven knows how many times I fell off my bike!;
Irónico
como te pille vas a saber lo que es bueno just wait till I get my hands on you!;
Irónico
cuando hagas la mili sabrás lo que es bueno you'll be in for a nasty surprise when you do your military service;

tener un no sé qué to have a certain something;
Fam
y no sé qué y no sé cuántos and so on and so forth

2. [ser capaz de]
saber hacer algo to be able to do sth, to know how to do sth;

¿sabes cocinar? can you cook?;

no sé nadar I can't swim, I don't know how to swim;

sabe hablar inglés/montar en bici she can speak English/ride a bike;

sabe perder he's a good loser;

su problema es que no saben beber [beben demasiado] their problem is they don't know when to stop drinking

3. [enterarse de] to learn, to find out;

lo supe ayer/por los periódicos I found (it) out yesterday/in the papers;

supe la noticia demasiado tarde I only heard the news when it was too late;

¿sabes algo de Juan?, ¿qué sabes de Juan? have you had any news from o heard from Juan?;

¿sabes algo de cuándo será el examen? have you heard anything about when the exam's going to be?

4. [entender de] to know about;

sabe mucha física he knows a lot about physics

♦ vi

1. [tener sabor] to taste (a of);
a mí me sabe a fresa it tastes of strawberries to me;

sabe mucho a cebolla it has a very strong taste of onions, it tastes very strongly of onions;

esto no sabe a nada this has no taste to it, this doesn't taste of anything;

saber bien/mal to taste good/bad;

¡qué bien sabe este pan! this bread's really tasty!, this bread tastes really good!;

esta agua sabe this water has a funny taste;

Comp
Fam
saber a cuerno quemado o [m5] a rayos to taste disgusting o revolting

2. [sentar]
le supo mal [le enfadó] it upset o annoyed him;

me sabe mal mentirle I feel bad about lying to him;

Comp
Fam
saber a cuerno quemado o [m5]a rayos: sus comentarios me supieron a cuerno quemado o [m5] a rayos I thought his comments were really off

3. [tener conocimiento] to know;

no sé de qué me hablas I don't know what you're talking about;

sé de una tienda que vende discos de vinilo I know of a shop that sells vinyl records;

que yo sepa as far as I know;

¡quién sabe!, ¡vete (tú) a saber!, ¡vaya usted a saber! who knows!;

pues, sabes, a mí no me importaría I wouldn't mind, you know;

es vecino mío, ¿sabes? he's my neighbour, you know;

Comp
Méx Fam
¡sepa Pancha!, ¡sepa la bola! who knows?

4. [entender]
saber de algo to know about sth;

¿tú sabes de mecánica? do you know (anything) about mechanics?;

ése sí que sabe he's a canny one

5. [tener noticia]
saber de alguien to hear from sb;

no sé de él desde hace meses I haven't heard (anything) from him for months;

saber de algo to learn of sth;

supe de su muerte por los periódicos I learnt of her death in the papers;

no quiero saber (nada) de ti I don't want to have anything to do with you

6. [parecer]
eso me sabe a disculpa that sounds like an excuse to me;

este postre me ha sabido a poco I could have done with the dessert being a bit bigger;

las vacaciones me han sabido a muy poco my holidays weren't nearly long enough, I could have done with my holidays being a lot longer

7. Am [soler]
saber hacer algo to be in the habit of doing sth

♦ See also the pronominal verb saberse

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saber

I v/t

1 know;

hacer saber algo a alguien let s.o. know sth;

¿cómo lo sabes? how do you know?;

¡si lo sabré yo! don’t I know it!;

¡para que lo sepas! so there!;

sabérselas todas fam know every trick in the book

2 ( ser capaz de)

:

saber hacer algo know how to do sth, be able to do sth;

sé nadar/leer I can swim/read;

saber alemán know German

3 ( enterarse) find out;

lo supe ayer I found out yesterday

II v/i

1 know (de about);

¡vete a saber!, ¡vaya usted a saber! heaven knows;

¡quién sabe! who knows!;

¡qué sé yo! who knows?;

que yo sepa as far as I know;

no que yo sepa not as far as I know;

hace mucho que no sé de ella I haven’t heard from her for a long time

2 ( tener sabor) taste (a of);

me sabe a quemado it tastes burnt to me;

las vacaciones me han sabido a poco my vacation went much too quickly;

me sabe mal fig it upsets me

III m knowledge, learning

IV

:

a saber namely

* * *

saber {71} vt

1) : to know

2) : to know how to, to be able to

sabe tocar el violín: she can play the violin

3) : to learn, to find out

4)

a saber : to wit, namely

saber vi

1) : to know, to suppose

2) : to be informed

supimos del desastre: we heard about the disaster

3) : to taste

esto no sabe bien: this doesn't taste right

4)

saber a : to taste like

sabe a naranja: it tastes like orange

♦ See also the reflexive verb saberse

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saber vb

1. (en general) to know [pt. knew; pp. known]

sabe mucho de política he knows a lot about politics

¿alguien sabe lo que ha pasado? does anyone know what happened?

sé llegar al parque I know how to get to the park

no sé dónde está el coche I don't know where the car is

2. (tener capacidad, habilidad) can [pt. could]

sabe tocar el piano she can play the piano

¿sabes cocinar? can you cook?

3. (hablar) to speak [pt. spoke; pp. spoken]

sabe inglés y francés she speaks English and French

4. (tener noticias) to hear [pt. & pp. heard]

hace mucho tiempo que no sé nada de ellos I haven't heard anything from them for ages

5. (enterarse) to find out [pt. & pp. found]

cuando supe que era su cumpleaños... when I found out it was her birthday...

6. (tener sabor) to taste

este helado sabe a avellana this ice cream tastes of hazelnuts

este potaje no sabe a nada this stew has no taste

saber mal una cosa a alguien (disgustar, enfadar) to be upset / not to like

le supo mal que se fueran sin ella she was upset that they went without her

me sabe mal no acompañarte hasta tu casa I don't like not walking you home

que yo sepa as far as I know

vete a saber goodness knows / it's anyone's guess

vete a saber dónde estarán las llaves it's anyone's guess where the keys are

¡yo qué sé! how should I know?

Spanish-English dictionary > saber
12 sentire

feel

( udire) hear

( ascoltare) listen to

odore smell

cibo taste

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sentire v.tr.

1 to feel* (anche fig.): hai sentito il peso di questo pacco?, have you felt the weight of this parcel?; senti quanta umidità c'è in questa stanza, feel how damp this room is; senti com'è ruvido, feel how rough it is; sento un bruciore allo stomaco, I've got heartburn; sento che ha bisogno di me, he needs me, I feel it; sento che ha ragione, I feel he is right; sentire caldo, freddo, to feel warm, cold; sentire il caldo, il freddo, to feel the heat, the cold; sentire fame, sete, to feel hungry, thirsty; sentire la fatica, to feel the strain; sentire un male alla schiena, to feel a pain in one's back; sentire i morsi della fame, to feel the pangs of hunger; sentire il morso, to feel the bit; sentire la frusta, to feel the whip; sentire un prurito, to feel an itch; sentire il solletico, to be ticklish; sentire l'obbligo, to feel obliged; sentire la mancanza di qlcu., qlco., to feel the lack of (o to miss) s.o., sthg.; sentire compassione per qlcu., to feel pity for s.o. // sentire il tempo, to feel the weather // il freddo incomincia a farsi sentire, the cold is beginning to make itself felt // non sento più le gambe, I can hardly stand up // è un egoista che non sente nulla, he is an egoist without feelings // è un uomo schietto, le dice come le sente, he is an outspoken man, he says what he thinks // non tutti la sentono allo stesso modo, not everyone feels the same way about it // gli uomini hanno gli anni che sentono, le donne quelli che dimostrano, prov. men are as old as they feel, women as old as they look

2 ( gustare) to taste: senti questo caffè, taste this coffee; senti se ti piace questa salsa, taste this sauce and see if you like it; sento qlco. di strano in questo dolce, I can taste sthg. strange in this cake

3 ( odorare) to smell*: senti questa rosa, smell this rose; sento odore di cipolla, gas, bruciato, I smell onions, gas, sthg. burning; il cane l'ha sentito al fiuto, the dog has scented it; l'ho sentito dall'odore, I smelt it

4 ( udire) to hear*: ho sentito un rumore, I heard a noise; si sente il treno, you can hear the train; fui così felice di sentire che avevi vinto il premio, I was so happy to hear you had won the prize; ho sentito dire che non è in città, I have heard that he is not in town; lo sentii io dire questo, I heard him say so myself; non l'ho mai sentito cantare, I have never heard him sing; non ne ho mai sentito parlare, I have never heard of it; non voglio sentirne più parlare, I do not want to hear any more about it // non sente nemmeno le cannonate, he sleeps like a log // a quel che sento, from what I hear // ne sentiremo delle belle, we won't half catch it // se ne sentono di tutti i colori!, the things you hear! (o that happen!) // farsi sentire, to make oneself heard: fatti sentire!, speak up for yourself!; non ti far sentire a piangere, don't let them hear you crying

5 ( ascoltare) to listen to (s.o., sthg.): senti il tuo avvocato, go and see your lawyer; Senti! Volevo dirti..., Listen (o look)! I wanted to tell you...; stammi a sentire, listen to me; sentiamo!, let's hear it; sentire una commedia, to listen to a play; sentire la radio, to listen to the radio; sentire una conferenza, to listen to a lecture; sentire la lezione a un bambino, to make a child repeat his lesson // sentire la messa, to attend mass // a sentire lui, according to him // non sente ragione, he won't listen to reason // non sente altro che l'interesse, he doesn't do anything for nothing

◆ v. intr.

1 ( udire) to hear*: non sente, è sordo, he cannot hear, he is deaf // da quell'orecchio non ci sente, he is deaf in that ear; (fig.) he'll turn a deaf ear

2 ( avere gusto) to taste: sentire di buono, to taste good; sentire di pesce, to taste of fish

3 ( avere odore) to smell*: sentire di buono, to smell good; sentire di muffa, to smell musty

4 ( avere sentimenti): egli sente rettamente, he has a good heart.

◘ sentirsi v.rifl.

1 to feel*; to feel* up to (sthg., doing); to feel* like (sthg., doing): sentire offeso, grato, obbligato, to feel hurt, grateful, obliged; sentire rinato, to feel reborn; non mi sento ( in grado) di fare una cosa così difficile, una passeggiata così lunga, I do not feel up to doing such a difficult thing, to going for such a long walk; non mi sento di mangiare, uscire, I do not feel like eating, going out // non me la sento, I do not feel like (o up to) it

2 ( stare) to feel*; to be: come ti senti?, how do you feel? (o how are you feeling?); non mi sento molto bene, I do not feel quite myself; sentire a proprio agio, to feel at ease (o at home); sentire bene, male, stanco, depresso, to feel well, ill, tired, depressed; sentire svenire, to feel faint.

sentire s.m. (letter.) ( sentimento) feeling, sentiment: uomo di alto sentire, man of noble feelings.

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[sen'tire]
1. vt

1) (percepire: gen), (al tatto) to feel

sentire freddo/caldo — to feel cold/hot

sentire dolore — to feel pain

sento un gran male qui — I've got a terrible pain here

senti quanto pesa — feel how heavy it is

non sento niente — I can't feel a thing

il caldo si fa sentire — the heat is oppressive

la sua assenza si fa sentire — his absence is noticeable

2) (emozione) to feel

sentire un profondo affetto per qn — to feel deep affection for sb

non sento niente per lui — I don't feel anything for him

sentire la mancanza di qn — to miss sb

sento che succederà qualcosa — I've got a feeling that something is going to happen

sento che mente — I can sense that he is lying

sento che mi vuole lasciare — I can sense that he wants to leave me

dice sempre quello che sente — he always says what he feels

3) (al gusto) to taste, (all'olfatto) to smell

senti se ti piace questa salsa — taste this sauce to see if you like it

senti se ti piace questo profumo — smell this perfume to see if you like it

sento odore di pesce — I can smell fish

ho il raffreddore e non sento gli odori/i sapori — I've got a cold and I can't smell/taste anything

4) (udire) to hear, (ascoltare) to listen to

mi sentite? — can you hear me?

sento dei passi — I can hear footsteps

mi piace sentire la musica — I like listening to music

stare a sentire — to listen

hai sentito l'ultima? — have you heard the latest?

senti, mi presti quel disco? — listen, will you lend me that record?

ho sentito dire che... — I have heard that...

stammi a sentire! — listen to me!

stammi bene a sentire! — just you listen to me!

a sentir lui... — to hear him talk...

farsi sentire — to make o.s. heard

fatti sentire — keep in touch

non ci sente — (sordo) he's deaf, he can't hear

non ci sente da quell'orecchio fig — he always turns a deaf ear to things like that

senti quello che ti dice l'avvocato — go and ask your lawyer for advice

intendo sentire il mio legale/il parere di un medico — I'm going to consult my lawyer/a doctor

senti cosa vuole — see what he wants

ma senti un po'! — just fancy that!

senti questa! — just listen to this!

si sente che è straniero — you can tell he's a foreigner

per sentito dire — by hearsay

2. vr (sentirsi)

1) (gen) to feel

sentirsi bene/male — to feel well/unwell o ill

come ti senti? — how are you?, how do you feel?

sentirsi svenire — to feel faint

2)

(essere disposto) sentirsi di fare qc — to feel like doing sth

non me la sento — I don't feel like it

proprio non se la sente di continuare — he doesn't feel like carrying on

3) (uso reciproco) to hear from each other, be in touch

ci sentiamo spesso — (al telefono) we often talk on the phone

si sono sentiti di recente — they were in touch (with each other) recently

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I 1. [sen'tire]
verbo transitivo

1) (avvertire una sensazione fisica)

sentire freddo, caldo — to feel o to be cold, hot

sentire fame, sete — to be o to feel hungry, thirsty

non sento più le dita per il freddo — I'm so cold I can't feel my fingers any more

ho camminato troppo, non sento più i piedi — I've been walking for too long, my feet are numb

2) (attraverso il tatto) to feel*

ho sentito qualcosa di morbido — I felt something soft

3) (attraverso l'odorato) to smell* [odore, profumo]

si sente un buon profumo di caffè — there is a lovely smell of coffee

i cani hanno sentito l'odore del cinghiale — the dogs scented the boar

4) (attraverso il gusto) to taste

si sente il vino nella salsa — one can taste the wine in the sauce

5) (udire) to hear* [parola, rumore, colpo]

la sentì salire le scale — he heard her coming up the stairs

non l'ho mai sentito dire una cosa del genere — I've never heard him say such a thing

6) (ascoltare) to listen to [radio, cassetta, conferenza, concerto]; [giudice, polizia] to hear* [ testimone]

senti che cosa vuole — go and see what he wants

sentiamo di che si tratta — let's see what's it's about

non starlo a sentire — don't listen to him

che cosa c'è? - sentiamo — what's the matter? let's have it

che mi tocca sentire! — I've never heard such nonsense!

stammi bene a sentire... — now listen here...

ma sentilo! — (just) listen to him!

senti chi parla! — look o listen who's talking!

ora mi sente! — I'll give him a piece of my mind!

senti un po',... — just a minute,...

senti, non essere ridicolo! — come on, don't be ridiculous!

senta, ne ho abbastanza — listen, I've had enough

senti Sara, puoi prestarmi 10 euro? — say Sara, can you lend me 10 euros?

non sentire ragioni — not to listen to, not to see reason

non ne ho mai sentito parlare — I've never heard of it

non voglio più sentirne parlare — I don't want to hear another word about it

7) (consultare)

dovresti sentire un medico — you should go to the doctor('s)

sentire il parere degli esperti — to seek experts' advice

8) (avere notizie di)

l'hai più sentita? — have you heard any more from her?

9) (venire a sapere di) to hear* [notizia, storia]

l'ho sentito ieri per caso — I overheard it yesterday

ho sentito che si sposa — I heard she's getting married

a quel che sento... — from what I hear...

ne ho sentite delle belle su di lui — I have been hearing stories about him

hai sentito dell'incidente? — have you heard (anything) of the accident?

10) (intuire, immaginare) to feel*

sento che è sincero — I feel that he's sincere

sento che questo libro ti piacerà — I have a feeling that you'll like this book

11) (provare) to feel* [affetto, desiderio, pietà, bisogno]
2.
verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

sentirci o sentire male to have a bad hearing; non sentire da un orecchio — to be deaf in one ear
3.
verbo pronominale sentirsi

1) to feel* [stanco, triste, nervoso, stupido, tradito]

- rsi male — to feel ill o sick o bad

come ti senti? — how do you feel?

mi sentii mancare — my heart o spirit sank

-rsi in debito con qcn. — to feel under obligation to sb.

- rsi una star — to feel like a star

me lo sentivo! — I knew it!

2) (per telefono)

sentiamoci, ci sentiamo — (I'll) be in touch

non fare niente finché non ci sentiamo di nuovo — don't do anything until you hear from me

3) sentirsela (avere voglia) to feel* like ( di fare doing); (essere in grado) to feel* up to ( di fare doing)

te la senti? — do you feel up to it?

non me la sento di andare a Londra — I'm not up to going to London

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farsi sentire — (cominciare a pesare) to be felt; (farsi vivo) to turn up; (farsi valere) to make oneself o one's voice heard

gli effetti si faranno sentire in tutto il paese — the effects will be felt throughout the country

il freddo comincia a farsi sentire — the cold weather is setting in

fatti sentire! — keep in touch!
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Note:

v. la nota della voce 1.vedere
II [sen'tire]
sostantivo maschile lett. feeling, sentiment

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sentire¹

/sen'tire/ [3]

v. la nota della voce 1. vedere

I verbo transitivo

1 (avvertire una sensazione fisica) sentire freddo, caldo to feel o to be cold, hot; sentire fame, sete to be o to feel hungry, thirsty; non sento più le dita per il freddo I'm so cold I can't feel my fingers any more; ho camminato troppo, non sento più i piedi I've been walking for too long, my feet are numb

2 (attraverso il tatto) to feel*; ho sentito qualcosa di morbido I felt something soft

3 (attraverso l'odorato) to smell* [odore, profumo]; si sente un buon profumo di caffè there is a lovely smell of coffee; i cani hanno sentito l'odore del cinghiale the dogs scented the boar

4 (attraverso il gusto) to taste; si sente il vino nella salsa one can taste the wine in the sauce

5 (udire) to hear* [parola, rumore, colpo]; la sentì salire le scale he heard her coming up the stairs; non l'ho mai sentito dire una cosa del genere I've never heard him say such a thing

6 (ascoltare) to listen to [radio, cassetta, conferenza, concerto]; [giudice, polizia] to hear* [ testimone]; senti che cosa vuole go and see what he wants; sentiamo di che si tratta let's see what's it's about; non starlo a sentire don't listen to him; che cosa c'è? - sentiamo what's the matter? let's have it; che mi tocca sentire! I've never heard such nonsense! stammi bene a sentire... now listen here...; ma sentilo! (just) listen to him! senti chi parla! look o listen who's talking! ora mi sente! I'll give him a piece of my mind! senti un po',... just a minute,...; senti, non essere ridicolo! come on, don't be ridiculous! senta, ne ho abbastanza listen, I've had enough; senti Sara, puoi prestarmi 10 euro? say Sara, can you lend me 10 euros? non sentire ragioni not to listen to, not to see reason; non ne ho mai sentito parlare I've never heard of it; non voglio più sentirne parlare I don't want to hear another word about it

7 (consultare) dovresti sentire un medico you should go to the doctor('s); sentire il parere degli esperti to seek experts' advice

8 (avere notizie di) l'hai più sentita? have you heard any more from her?

9 (venire a sapere di) to hear* [notizia, storia]; l'ho sentito ieri per caso I overheard it yesterday; ho sentito che si sposa I heard she's getting married; a quel che sento... from what I hear...; ne ho sentite delle belle su di lui I have been hearing stories about him; hai sentito dell'incidente? have you heard (anything) of the accident?

10 (intuire, immaginare) to feel*; sento che è sincero I feel that he's sincere; sento che questo libro ti piacerà I have a feeling that you'll like this book

11 (provare) to feel* [affetto, desiderio, pietà, bisogno]

II verbo intransitivo

(aus. avere) sentirci o sentire male to have a bad hearing; non sentire da un orecchio to be deaf in one ear

III sentirsi verbo pronominale

1 to feel* [stanco, triste, nervoso, stupido, tradito]; - rsi male to feel ill o sick o bad; come ti senti? how do you feel? mi sentii mancare my heart o spirit sank; -rsi in debito con qcn. to feel under obligation to sb.; - rsi una star to feel like a star; me lo sentivo! I knew it!

2 (per telefono) sentiamoci, ci sentiamo (I'll) be in touch; non fare niente finché non ci sentiamo di nuovo don't do anything until you hear from me

3 sentirsela (avere voglia) to feel* like ( di fare doing); (essere in grado) to feel* up to ( di fare doing); te la senti? do you feel up to it? non me la sento di andare a Londra I'm not up to going to London

IDIOMS

farsi sentire (cominciare a pesare) to be felt; (farsi vivo) to turn up; (farsi valere) to make oneself o one's voice heard; gli effetti si faranno sentire in tutto il paese the effects will be felt throughout the country; il freddo comincia a farsi sentire the cold weather is setting in; fatti sentire! keep in touch!

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sentire²

/sen'tire/

sostantivo m.

lett. feeling, sentiment.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sentire
13 decir

v.

1 to say.

decir que sí/no to say yes/no

dice que no viene she says (that) she is not coming

¿cómo se dice “estación” en inglés? how do you say “estación” in English?

dicen que va a ser un verano muy seco they say it's going to be a very dry summer

Ella dijo la razón She said the reason.

Ella dijo incongruencias She said=uttered inconsistencies.

Esa historia dice algo cierto That story says something that is true.

2 to tell.

¿quién te lo ha dicho? who told you that?

¿qué quieres que te diga? what do you want me to say?, what can I say?

decir a alguien que haga algo to tell somebody to do something

decir la verdad to tell the truth

Decirle la verdad a Ricardo To tell the truth to Richard= To tell Richard the truth.

Le dije I told him.

3 to recite, to read.

4 to tell, to show.

eso lo dice todo that says it all

decir mucho (en favor) de to say a lot for

5 to call.

le dicen la carretera de la muerte they call it the road of death

6 to say to.

Ella había dicho hacer eso She had said to do that.

7 to say about.

Ese estudio dice mil años That study says about one thousand years.

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DECIR

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

digo, dices, dice, decimos, decís, dicen.

Past Indicative

dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijeron.

Future Indicative

diré, dirás, dirá, diremos, diréis, dirán.

Conditional

diría, dirías, diría, diríamos, diríais, dirían.

Present Subjunctive

diga, digas, diga, digamos, digáis, digan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

dijera, dijeras, dijera, dijéramos, dijerais, dijeran;

dijese, dijeses, dijese, dijésemos, dijeseis, dijesen.

Future Subjunctive

dijere, dijeres, dijere, dijéremos, dijereis, dijeren.

Imperative

di (tú), diga (él/Vd.), digamos (nos.), decid (vos.), digan (ellos/Vds.).

Past Participle

dicho,-a.

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verb

1) to say

2) tell

3) speak

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- decirse

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DECIR ¿"Say" o "tell"? Decir se puede traducir por say o por tell. Por regla general, say simplemente {dice} y tell {informa} u {ordena hacer algo}. ► Decir generalmente se traduce por say en estilo directo. Normalmente no lleva un complemento de persona pero si se menciona a quién se está dirigiendo el hablante, el complemento de persona tiene que ir precedido por la preposición to: "Ya son las tres", dije "It's already three o'clock," I said "¡Qué tiempo más malo!" Eso fue lo único que me dijo "What awful weather!" That's all he said to me ► En estilo indirecto, decir se puede traducir por say cuando simplemente se cuenta lo que alguien ha dicho. Si say lleva complemento de persona, este se coloca después del complemento directo: Dijo que se tenía que marchar He said he had to leave Me dijo algo que no entendí He said something to me that I didn't understand ► Decir se traduce por tell cuando se {informa} o se {ordena hacer algo}. Suele llevar un objeto de persona sin la preposición to: Me dijo que tenía una entrevista de trabajo He told me he had a job interview ¡Te he dicho que no lo toques! I told you not to touch it! ► Hay algunos usos idiomáticos en los que decir se traduce por tell aunque no lleva complemento de persona. Por ejemplo: to tell the truth (decir la verdad) y to tell a lie (decir una mentira). Otros verbos ► Si decir va acompañado de un calificativo en español, a menudo se puede traducir al inglés por otros verbos que no sean say o tell: "Lo he perdido todo", dijo entre sollozos "I've lost everything," she sobbed Dijo con voz ronca algo sobre necesitar un médico He croaked something about needing a doctor Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada Para otras expresiones con el participio, ver dicho.
1. VERBO TRANSITIVO

1) (=afirmar) to say

ya sabe decir varias palabras — she can already say several words, she already knows several words

- tengo prisa -dijo — "I'm in a hurry," she said

viene y dice: -estás despedido — * he goes, "you're fired" *

olvídalo, no he dicho nada — forget I said anything

¿decía usted? — you were saying?

• [como] dicen los madrileños — as they say in Madrid

como decía mi abuela — as my grandmother used to say

como iba diciendo... — as I was saying...

¿cómo ha dicho usted? — pardon?, what did you say?

• decir para {o} entre [sí] — to say to o.s.
decir que to say (that)
mi amigo dice que eres muy guapa — my friend says (that) you're very pretty

dicen que... — they say (that)..., people say (that)...

el cartel dice claramente que... — the sign says clearly {o} clearly states that...

decir que sí/no — to say yes/no

-¿viene? -dice que sí — "is she coming?" - "she says she is {o} she says so"

la miré y me dijo que sí/no con la cabeza — I looked at her and she nodded/shook her head
adiós 2.
2) decir algo a algn to tell sb sth

¿quién te lo dijo? — who told you?

se lo dije bien claro, pero no me hizo caso — I told her quite clearly, but she didn't take any notice of me

tengo algo que decirte — there's something I want to tell you, I've got something to tell you

hoy nos dicen las notas — they're telling {o} giving us our results today
decir a algn que ({+ indic}) to tell sb (that)
me dijo que no vendría — he told me (that) he wouldn't come

ya te dije que no tiene ni idea — I told you he hasn't got a clue

¿no te digo que no puedo ir? — I've already told you I can't go
decir a algn que ({+ subjun}) (=ordenar) to tell sb to ({+ infin}); (=pedir) to ask sb to ({+ infin})
la profesora me dijo que esperara fuera — the teacher told me to wait outside

le dije que fuera más tarde — I told her to go later

dile que venga a cenar mañana con nosotros — ask him to come and have supper with us tomorrow

te digo que te calles — I said shut up

3) (=contar) [+ mentiras, verdad, secreto] to tell

decir tonterías — to talk nonsense
verdad 1)
4) (=llamar) to call

¿cómo le dicen a esto en Perú? — what do they call this in Peru?

se llama Francisco, pero le dicen Paco — his name is Francisco, but he's known as Paco

le dicen "el torero" — he's known as "el torero"

en México se le dice "recámara" al dormitorio — in Mexico they say "recámara" instead of "dormitorio"

• me dijo de [todo] — he called me all the names under the sun

5) (=opinar) to say

podemos ir a Portugal, ¿tú qué dices? — we could go to Portugal, what do you say?

¿tu familia qué dice de la boda? — what does your family say about the wedding?

6) [rectificando]

había 8, digo 9 — there were 8, I mean 9

dirá usted aquel otro — you must mean that other one

¡qué digo! — what am I saying?

7) [texto] to say

no puedo leer lo que dice — I can't read what it says

no me dice nada este libro — this book leaves me cold

• como dice el [refrán]... — as the saying goes...

8) [+ misa] to say

9) [locuciones en indicativo]

digo... — Méx well, er...

mis súbditos se presentarán ante mí ¡he dicho! — my subjects shall appear before me: I have spoken!

• y dice [bien] — and he is quite right

• [como quien] dice — (=de alguna manera) so to speak; (=aproximadamente) in a way, more or less

aunque no es el director es, como quien dice, el que manda en la empresa — although he isn't the manager, he's the person in charge, so to speak, of the company

está, como quien dice, aquí al lado — it's just round the corner, as they say

como quien no dice nada — quite casually, as though it wasn't important

• [lo mismo] digo — likewise

- gracias por todo -lo mismo digo — "thank you for everything" - "likewise!" {o} "thanks to you too!"

• pero dice [mal] — but he is wrong

• pues si esto te parece mucha gente, no te digo [nada] en verano — if you think this is a lot of people, you should see it in summer

• no lo digo [por] ti — I'm not referring to you, I'm not getting at you

• sí, [porque tú] lo digas — yes, sir, aye, aye, captain! iró

• ¿[qué me] dices? — [sorpresa] you don't say!, well I never!; [incredulidad] come off it!

• [si tú] lo dices — if you say so

• eso digo [yo] — that's (just) what I say

deberías buscar trabajo, vamos, digo yo — you ought to look for a job, that's what I say, if you ask me, you ought to look for a job

¡si te lo digo yo! — of course it's true!

¡lo digo yo y basta! — you will do it because I say so!

• ¡[y que] lo digas! — you can say that again!

- decir digo donde dijo Diego

- no dijo ni pío

- dime con quien andas y te diré quien eres

10) [locuciones en infinitivo]

• [dar] que decir (a la gente) — to make people talk, set tongues wagging

• [es] decir — that is (to say)

mi prima, es decir, la hija de Ana — my cousin, that is (to say) Ana's daughter

• [ir] a decir, ¡a mí me lo vas a decir! — you're telling me!

• es [mucho] decir — that's saying something

• [ni que] decir tiene que... — it goes without saying that...

• [no hay más] que decir — there's nothing more to say

• para decirlo con otras [palabras] — to put it another way, in other words

• decir [por] decir — to talk for talking's sake

• [por así] decirlo — so to speak

• [querer] decir — to mean

¿qué quiere decir "spatha"? — what does "spatha" mean?

¿qué quiere usted decir con eso? — what do you mean by that?

¿querrás decir un millón, no un billón? — do you mean a million rather than a billion?

• [ya es] decir — that's saying something

les ha costado más cara que mi casa, y eso ya es decir — it cost them more than my house did, and that's saying something

11) [locuciones en subjuntivo, imperativo]

no es que yo lo diga, pero... — it's not because I say so, but...

es, digamos, un comerciante — he's a dealer, for want of a better word, he's a sort of dealer

¡haberlo dicho!, ¡me lo hubieras dicho! — you could have told me {o} said!

• digámoslo [así] — so to speak, for want of a better word

• digan [lo que] digan — whatever they say

• y [no] digamos... — not to mention...

y su madre, no digamos — not to mention his mother

• no es muy guapa [que] digamos — she's not what you'd call pretty, she's not exactly pretty

no estuvo muy cortés, que digamos — he wasn't what you'd call polite, he wasn't exactly polite

• ¡[no me] digas! — [sorpresa] you don't say!, well I never!; [incredulidad] come off it!

• ¿qué [quieres] que te diga? — what can I say?

12) [locuciones en condicional]

¿cómo (lo) diría yo? — how shall I put it?

¿cómo diríamos? — how shall I put it?

¡quién lo diría! — would you believe it!, who would have thought it!

13) el qué dirán

pero no quiso por el qué dirán — but she didn't want to because of what people might say

se preocupa mucho por el qué dirán — she's always worried about what people will say {o} think

2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO

1) [invitando a hablar]

-¿te puedo pedir un favor? -dime — "can I ask you a favour?" - "go ahead"

¿diga?, ¿dígame? — [al teléfono] hello?

usted dirá — [invitando a hablar] go ahead; [sirviendo bebida] say when; [en tienda] can I help you?

-¿te gustaría cambiar de coche? -¡hombre, ya me dirás! — "would you like a new car?" - "you bet I would!"

2) (=indicar)

su nombre no me dice nada — her name doesn't mean anything to me

su mirada lo dice todo — her expression says it all {o} speaks volumes

• eso dice mucho [de] su personalidad — that says a lot about her personality

una situación que tan mal dice de nuestro gobierno — a situation which shows our government in such a bad light

3.

See:

decirse

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I
masculino

¿cientos de personas? - bueno, es un decir — hundreds of people? - well, figuratively speaking
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1) <palabra/frase/poema> to say; <mentira/verdad> to tell

[ para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2]

ya dice `mamá' — he says `mama' now

no digas esas cosas, por favor — please don't say things like that

no digas estupideces — don't talk nonsense!

¿cómo pudiste decir eso? — how could you say that?

¿eso lo dices por mí? — are you referring to me?

no lo dirás en serio! — you can't be serious!

dijo que sí con la cabeza — he nodded

dicen or se dice que es el hombre más rico del país — he is said to be the richest man in the country

no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' — it isn't `andé', it's `anduve'

eso no se dice! — you mustn't say that!

¿cómo se dice `amor' en ruso? — how do you say `love' in Russian?

bonita, lo que se dice bonita, no es — she's not what you would call pretty

es el sábado; ni que decir tiene que estás invitado — it's on Saturday; you're invited, but that goes without saying

haberlo dicho antes — why didn't you say so before?

¿tendrá tiempo de hacerlo? - dice que sí — will he have time to do it? - he says he will

¿no lo encontró? - dice que no — didn't he find it? - no, he says he didn't

digan lo que digan — whatever people say

¿qué tal? ¿qué decís? — (RPl fam) hi, how are things? (colloq)

2)

decirle algo a alguien — to tell somebody something

eso no es lo que me dijo a mí — that's not what he told me

¿sabes qué me dijo? — do you know what he told me?; (expresando sorpresa, indignación, etc) do you know what he said to me?

se lo voy a decir a papá — I'm going to tell Dad

hoy nos dicen el resultado — they're going to give us the result today

Andrés me dijo lo de tu hermano — Andrés told me about your brother

a mí me lo vas a decir! — you're telling me!

ya te lo decía yo! — I told you so!

fue algo espantoso, todo lo que te diga es poco — it was terrible, I can't begin to tell you how terrible

no me digas que no es precioso! — isn't it beautiful?

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres — you can judge a man by the company he keeps

3)

a) (expresando o transmitiendo órdenes, deseos, advertencias)

porque lo digo yo! — because I say so!

harás lo que yo diga — you'll do as I say

papá dice que vayas — Dad wants you

dice que llames cuando llegues — she says (you are) to phone when you get there

dijo que tuviéramos cuidado — she said to be careful

decirle a alguien que + subj — to tell somebody to + inf

diles que empiecen — tell them to start

le dije que no lo hiciera — I told him not to do it

b)

decir adiós — to say goodbye

decirle adiós a alguien — to say goodbye to somebody

di adiós a tu vida de estudiante — you'd better say goodbye to your student days

4) ( por escrito) to say

¿qué dice aquí? — what does it say here?

el diario no dice nada sobre el asunto — there's nothing in the paper about it

5) ( llamar) to call

se llama Rosario pero le dicen Charo — her name is Rosario but people call her Charo

6) (sugerir, comunicar)

la forma de vestir dice mucho de una persona — the way someone dresses says a lot/tells you a lot about them

el tiempo lo dirá — time will tell

algo me decía que no iba a ser fácil — something told me it wasn't going to be easy

¿te dice algo ese nombre? — does that name mean anything to you?

7)

decir misa — to say mass

8)

querer decir — to mean

¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? — what does this word mean?

¿qué quieres decir con eso? — what do you mean by that?

¿quieres decir que ya no te interesa? — do you mean (to say) that you're no longer interested?

9) (opinar, pensar) to think

¿y los padres qué dicen? — what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?

quién lo hubiera dicho! — who would have thought o believed it?

habría que regalarle algo, no sé, digo yo — we ought to buy her a present, well, I think so anyway

es muy fácil - si tú lo dices... — it's very easy - if you say so...

10) (en locs)

a decir verdad — to tell you the truth, to be honest

como quien dice — so to speak

con decirte que: no me lo perdonó nunca, con decirte que ni me saluda... he's never forgiven me, he won't even say hello to me; decir por decir: lo dijo por decir he didn't really mean it; es decir that is; mi cuñada, es decir la mujer de Rafael my sister-in-law, Rafael's wife that is; es mucho decir: es la mejor película del año - eso ya es mucho decir it's the best movie of the year - I wouldn't go that far; he dicho! that's that o final!; no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! (colloq); por así decirlo so to speak; que digamos: no es muy inteligente que digamos he's not exactly o he's hardly what you'd call intelligent; que no se diga! shame on you!; que no se diga que no somos capaces! I don't want people saying that we can't do it; y (ya) no digamos or (AmL) y no se diga: le cuestan mucho las matemáticas y no digamos la física he finds mathematics very difficult, and as for physics...; el qué dirán (fam): siempre le ha importado el qué dirán — she's always been worried what other people (might) think; ver tb dicho I
2.
decir vi

a) ( invitando a hablar)

papá - dime, hijo — dad - yes, son?

quería pedirle un favor - usted dirá — I wanted to ask you a favor - certainly, go ahead

tome asiento, usted dirá — (frml) take a seat, and now, what can I do for you?

b) (Esp) ( al contestar el teléfono)

¿diga? or ¿dígame? — hello?
3.
decirse v pron

a) (refl) to say... to oneself

b) (recípr) to say.... to each other

se decían secretos al oído — they were whispering secrets to each other

se dijeron de todo — they called each other every name under the sun

c) (enf)

yo sé lo que me digo — I know what I'm talking about

tú te lo dices todo — you seem to have all the answers

* * *

= declare, put, read, say, state, tell, volunteer, make + the point that, let + Nombre + know, let + it be known, observe, bid, reflect, utter, tender, hip, call + the tune.

Ex. 24.17 declares Enter a body created or controlled by a government under its own name unless it belongs to one or more of the types listed in 24.18.

Ex. As one respondent from this end of the information spectrum put it, 'Context is all in the information world'.

Ex. This error message is displayed in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and reads: DAWT008, 107, DFCR....

Ex. In conclusion, it should not be necessary to say that instructions and guiding must be as brief as possible.

Ex. Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex. Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.

Ex. 'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.

Ex. However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.

Ex. Then the secretary, having rallied herself, said forlornly 'I'll let him know you're here in a minute'.

Ex. It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex. 'All this is not very likely,' she observed at last, 'not only because of the strength of the selection process -- its imperviousness to proof before an arbitrator'.

Ex. 'Sit down please,' he bade her.

Ex. 'Now, you know, I could merely turn this over to the two division or all the department heads and let them decide,' reflected Bough.

Ex. The ideal was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.

Ex. 'Well,' Stanton tendered, 'one candidate clearly has the superior experience -- Kass'.

Ex. He was aghast after having been hipped to the fact there are hookers on the Internet.

Ex. As long as we allow other people to pay the piper, they will continue calling the tune in Africa.

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* ¡eso se dice pronto! = easier said than done.

* ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be kidding!.

* a decir de todos = by all accounts.

* a decir verdad = to tell the truth, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in truth, fact is, the fact is (that), to be fair.

* a decir verdad... = the fact of the matter is that....

* arriesgarse a decir = hazard.

* atreverse a decir = go + (as/so) far as to say.

* aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.

* aventurarse a decir = venture.

* baste decir que = suffice (it) to say.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* continuar diciendo = go on.

* cumplir lo que se dice = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir adiós = bid + Nombre + goodbye, bid + adieu, kiss + Nombre + goodbye, bid + farewell, wave + a bye.

* decir adiós (a) = say + goodbye (to).

* decir adiós al pasado = bid + farewell + to the past.

* decir adiós con la mano = wave + goodbye.

* decir adiós con un gesto = signal + goodbye.

* decir a favor de = say in + favour of.

* decir Algo = break + the news.

* decir Algo a Alguien = let + Nombre + in on.

* decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.

* decir Algo que es obvio por sí mismo = state + the obvious.

* decir balbuceando = splutter, sputter.

* decir bolas = fib.

* decir bromeando = quip.

* decir chorradas = bullshit.

* decir con desdén = sneer.

* decir con desprecio = sneer.

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* decir con toda confianza = say in + full confidence.

* decir con voz + Adjetivo = say in + a + Adjetivo + voice.

* decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

* decir disparates = shoot off + at the mouth, talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir en confianza = confide.

* decir en defensa de = say in + defence of.

* decir entrecordamente = splurt out.

* decir en voz alta = say + out loud, say in + a loud voice.

* decir en voz baja = say under + Posesivo + breath, say in + a low voice, say in + a quiet voice.

* decir + esperar = express + hope.

* decir estupideces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir gilipolleces = talk + nonsense, talk + rubbish, bullshit, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir humorísticamente = quip.

* decir inesperadamente = blurt out, pipe.

* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.

* decir la verdad = tell + the truth, speak + the truth, come + clean.

* decir la verdad sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.

* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

* decirlo = come out with + it.

* decir lo que Uno piensa = speak up, speak out.

* decir mentirijillas = fib.

* decir mentirillas = fib.

* decir mucho de Algo = speak + volumes.

* decir pamplinas = bullshit.

* decir + poseer = claim.

* decir que Uno se siente cómodo con Algo = express + comfort with.

* decir que Uno se siente confortable con Algo = express + comfort with.

* decir que Uno siente lo que le ha pasado a Otra Persona = express + sympathy for.

* decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.

* decir resoplando = snort.

* decir sandeces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, bullshit, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decirse = grapevine + carry + the story, make out to be, word + go (a)round.

* decirse que = be reputed to.

* decir suspirando = sigh.

* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir una grosería = make + rude remark.

* demostrar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say, say.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* el tiempo dirá = time will tell.

* el tiempo lo dirá = only time will tell.

* enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift.

* es decir = i.e. (latín - id est), in other words, that is, that is to say, which is to say.

* es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.

* expresar lo que Uno quiere decir = make + Posesivo + point.

* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.

* hacer lo que uno dice que es capaz de hacer = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* huelga decir = needless to say.

* la gente dice que = rumour has it that.

* ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be joking!.

* me atrevo a decir = may I say.

* ni que decir tiene que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* no decir a Alguien lo que está ocurriendo = leave + Nombre + in the dark.

* no decir nada = keep + quiet.

* no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* no decir palabrotas = watch + Posesivo + mouth.

* ¡no digas palabrotas! = watch your language!.

* no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* no preguntes porque no te puedo decir la verdad = ask no questions and hear no lies.

* no saber qué decir = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* predecible en cuanto a lo que dice = platitudinous.

* probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* qué me dices de... = what about....

* querer decir = mean.

* quién iba a decir entonces que... = little did + Verbo + then that....

* quién + Pronombre + iba a decir que... = little did + Pronombre + know that....

* recalcar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

* resaltar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

* se decía que = rumour had it that.

* se dice = so the story goes.

* se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.

* se dice que = rumour has it that, the saying + be + that.

* según se dice = reportedly, so the argument goes, reputedly.

* sin decir nada = dumbly.

* sin decir ni mú = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir ni pío = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].

* tener cuidado con lo que se dice = say + the right thing.

* tener cuidado con lo que Uno dice = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say.

* yo me atrevería a decir = dare I say.

* * *
I
masculino

¿cientos de personas? - bueno, es un decir — hundreds of people? - well, figuratively speaking
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1) <palabra/frase/poema> to say; <mentira/verdad> to tell

[ para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2]

ya dice `mamá' — he says `mama' now

no digas esas cosas, por favor — please don't say things like that

no digas estupideces — don't talk nonsense!

¿cómo pudiste decir eso? — how could you say that?

¿eso lo dices por mí? — are you referring to me?

no lo dirás en serio! — you can't be serious!

dijo que sí con la cabeza — he nodded

dicen or se dice que es el hombre más rico del país — he is said to be the richest man in the country

no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' — it isn't `andé', it's `anduve'

eso no se dice! — you mustn't say that!

¿cómo se dice `amor' en ruso? — how do you say `love' in Russian?

bonita, lo que se dice bonita, no es — she's not what you would call pretty

es el sábado; ni que decir tiene que estás invitado — it's on Saturday; you're invited, but that goes without saying

haberlo dicho antes — why didn't you say so before?

¿tendrá tiempo de hacerlo? - dice que sí — will he have time to do it? - he says he will

¿no lo encontró? - dice que no — didn't he find it? - no, he says he didn't

digan lo que digan — whatever people say

¿qué tal? ¿qué decís? — (RPl fam) hi, how are things? (colloq)

2)

decirle algo a alguien — to tell somebody something

eso no es lo que me dijo a mí — that's not what he told me

¿sabes qué me dijo? — do you know what he told me?; (expresando sorpresa, indignación, etc) do you know what he said to me?

se lo voy a decir a papá — I'm going to tell Dad

hoy nos dicen el resultado — they're going to give us the result today

Andrés me dijo lo de tu hermano — Andrés told me about your brother

a mí me lo vas a decir! — you're telling me!

ya te lo decía yo! — I told you so!

fue algo espantoso, todo lo que te diga es poco — it was terrible, I can't begin to tell you how terrible

no me digas que no es precioso! — isn't it beautiful?

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres — you can judge a man by the company he keeps

3)

a) (expresando o transmitiendo órdenes, deseos, advertencias)

porque lo digo yo! — because I say so!

harás lo que yo diga — you'll do as I say

papá dice que vayas — Dad wants you

dice que llames cuando llegues — she says (you are) to phone when you get there

dijo que tuviéramos cuidado — she said to be careful

decirle a alguien que + subj — to tell somebody to + inf

diles que empiecen — tell them to start

le dije que no lo hiciera — I told him not to do it

b)

decir adiós — to say goodbye

decirle adiós a alguien — to say goodbye to somebody

di adiós a tu vida de estudiante — you'd better say goodbye to your student days

4) ( por escrito) to say

¿qué dice aquí? — what does it say here?

el diario no dice nada sobre el asunto — there's nothing in the paper about it

5) ( llamar) to call

se llama Rosario pero le dicen Charo — her name is Rosario but people call her Charo

6) (sugerir, comunicar)

la forma de vestir dice mucho de una persona — the way someone dresses says a lot/tells you a lot about them

el tiempo lo dirá — time will tell

algo me decía que no iba a ser fácil — something told me it wasn't going to be easy

¿te dice algo ese nombre? — does that name mean anything to you?

7)

decir misa — to say mass

8)

querer decir — to mean

¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? — what does this word mean?

¿qué quieres decir con eso? — what do you mean by that?

¿quieres decir que ya no te interesa? — do you mean (to say) that you're no longer interested?

9) (opinar, pensar) to think

¿y los padres qué dicen? — what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?

quién lo hubiera dicho! — who would have thought o believed it?

habría que regalarle algo, no sé, digo yo — we ought to buy her a present, well, I think so anyway

es muy fácil - si tú lo dices... — it's very easy - if you say so...

10) (en locs)

a decir verdad — to tell you the truth, to be honest

como quien dice — so to speak

con decirte que: no me lo perdonó nunca, con decirte que ni me saluda... he's never forgiven me, he won't even say hello to me; decir por decir: lo dijo por decir he didn't really mean it; es decir that is; mi cuñada, es decir la mujer de Rafael my sister-in-law, Rafael's wife that is; es mucho decir: es la mejor película del año - eso ya es mucho decir it's the best movie of the year - I wouldn't go that far; he dicho! that's that o final!; no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! (colloq); por así decirlo so to speak; que digamos: no es muy inteligente que digamos he's not exactly o he's hardly what you'd call intelligent; que no se diga! shame on you!; que no se diga que no somos capaces! I don't want people saying that we can't do it; y (ya) no digamos or (AmL) y no se diga: le cuestan mucho las matemáticas y no digamos la física he finds mathematics very difficult, and as for physics...; el qué dirán (fam): siempre le ha importado el qué dirán — she's always been worried what other people (might) think; ver tb dicho I
2.
decir vi

a) ( invitando a hablar)

papá - dime, hijo — dad - yes, son?

quería pedirle un favor - usted dirá — I wanted to ask you a favor - certainly, go ahead

tome asiento, usted dirá — (frml) take a seat, and now, what can I do for you?

b) (Esp) ( al contestar el teléfono)

¿diga? or ¿dígame? — hello?
3.
decirse v pron

a) (refl) to say... to oneself

b) (recípr) to say.... to each other

se decían secretos al oído — they were whispering secrets to each other

se dijeron de todo — they called each other every name under the sun

c) (enf)

yo sé lo que me digo — I know what I'm talking about

tú te lo dices todo — you seem to have all the answers

* * *

= declare, put, read, say, state, tell, volunteer, make + the point that, let + Nombre + know, let + it be known, observe, bid, reflect, utter, tender, hip, call + the tune.

Ex: 24.17 declares Enter a body created or controlled by a government under its own name unless it belongs to one or more of the types listed in 24.18.

Ex: As one respondent from this end of the information spectrum put it, 'Context is all in the information world'.

Ex: This error message is displayed in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and reads: DAWT008, 107, DFCR....

Ex: In conclusion, it should not be necessary to say that instructions and guiding must be as brief as possible.

Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex: Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.

Ex: 'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.

Ex: However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.

Ex: Then the secretary, having rallied herself, said forlornly 'I'll let him know you're here in a minute'.

Ex: It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex: 'All this is not very likely,' she observed at last, 'not only because of the strength of the selection process -- its imperviousness to proof before an arbitrator'.

Ex: 'Sit down please,' he bade her.

Ex: 'Now, you know, I could merely turn this over to the two division or all the department heads and let them decide,' reflected Bough.

Ex: The ideal was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.

Ex: 'Well,' Stanton tendered, 'one candidate clearly has the superior experience -- Kass'.

Ex: He was aghast after having been hipped to the fact there are hookers on the Internet.

Ex: As long as we allow other people to pay the piper, they will continue calling the tune in Africa.

* ¡eso se dice pronto! = easier said than done.

* ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be kidding!.

* a decir de todos = by all accounts.

* a decir verdad = to tell the truth, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in truth, fact is, the fact is (that), to be fair.

* a decir verdad... = the fact of the matter is that....

* arriesgarse a decir = hazard.

* atreverse a decir = go + (as/so) far as to say.

* aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.

* aventurarse a decir = venture.

* baste decir que = suffice (it) to say.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* continuar diciendo = go on.

* cumplir lo que se dice = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir adiós = bid + Nombre + goodbye, bid + adieu, kiss + Nombre + goodbye, bid + farewell, wave + a bye.

* decir adiós (a) = say + goodbye (to).

* decir adiós al pasado = bid + farewell + to the past.

* decir adiós con la mano = wave + goodbye.

* decir adiós con un gesto = signal + goodbye.

* decir a favor de = say in + favour of.

* decir Algo = break + the news.

* decir Algo a Alguien = let + Nombre + in on.

* decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.

* decir Algo que es obvio por sí mismo = state + the obvious.

* decir balbuceando = splutter, sputter.

* decir bolas = fib.

* decir bromeando = quip.

* decir chorradas = bullshit.

* decir con desdén = sneer.

* decir con desprecio = sneer.

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* decir con toda confianza = say in + full confidence.

* decir con voz + Adjetivo = say in + a + Adjetivo + voice.

* decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

* decir disparates = shoot off + at the mouth, talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir en confianza = confide.

* decir en defensa de = say in + defence of.

* decir entrecordamente = splurt out.

* decir en voz alta = say + out loud, say in + a loud voice.

* decir en voz baja = say under + Posesivo + breath, say in + a low voice, say in + a quiet voice.

* decir + esperar = express + hope.

* decir estupideces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir gilipolleces = talk + nonsense, talk + rubbish, bullshit, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir humorísticamente = quip.

* decir inesperadamente = blurt out, pipe.

* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.

* decir la verdad = tell + the truth, speak + the truth, come + clean.

* decir la verdad sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.

* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

* decirlo = come out with + it.

* decir lo que Uno piensa = speak up, speak out.

* decir mentirijillas = fib.

* decir mentirillas = fib.

* decir mucho de Algo = speak + volumes.

* decir pamplinas = bullshit.

* decir + poseer = claim.

* decir que Uno se siente cómodo con Algo = express + comfort with.

* decir que Uno se siente confortable con Algo = express + comfort with.

* decir que Uno siente lo que le ha pasado a Otra Persona = express + sympathy for.

* decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.

* decir resoplando = snort.

* decir sandeces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, bullshit, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decirse = grapevine + carry + the story, make out to be, word + go (a)round.

* decirse que = be reputed to.

* decir suspirando = sigh.

* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir una grosería = make + rude remark.

* demostrar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say, say.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* el tiempo dirá = time will tell.

* el tiempo lo dirá = only time will tell.

* enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift.

* es decir = i.e. (latín - id est), in other words, that is, that is to say, which is to say.

* es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.

* expresar lo que Uno quiere decir = make + Posesivo + point.

* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.

* hacer lo que uno dice que es capaz de hacer = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* huelga decir = needless to say.

* la gente dice que = rumour has it that.

* ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be joking!.

* me atrevo a decir = may I say.

* ni que decir tiene que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* no decir a Alguien lo que está ocurriendo = leave + Nombre + in the dark.

* no decir nada = keep + quiet.

* no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* no decir palabrotas = watch + Posesivo + mouth.

* ¡no digas palabrotas! = watch your language!.

* no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* no preguntes porque no te puedo decir la verdad = ask no questions and hear no lies.

* no saber qué decir = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* predecible en cuanto a lo que dice = platitudinous.

* probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* qué me dices de... = what about....

* querer decir = mean.

* quién iba a decir entonces que... = little did + Verbo + then that....

* quién + Pronombre + iba a decir que... = little did + Pronombre + know that....

* recalcar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

* resaltar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

* se decía que = rumour had it that.

* se dice = so the story goes.

* se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.

* se dice que = rumour has it that, the saying + be + that.

* según se dice = reportedly, so the argument goes, reputedly.

* sin decir nada = dumbly.

* sin decir ni mú = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir ni pío = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].

* tener cuidado con lo que se dice = say + the right thing.

* tener cuidado con lo que Uno dice = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say.

* yo me atrevería a decir = dare I say.

* * *

decir¹

masculine

1

(manera de expresarse): en el decir popular in popular speech

¿cientos de personas? — bueno, es un decir hundreds of people? — well, it's just a manner of speaking o a figure of speech

supongamos, es un decir, que … let's assume, just for the sake of argument, that …

al decir de la gente, el clima está cambiando people say the climate is changing

2 decires mpl (dichos) sayings (pl); (rumores) talk

no son más que decires it's just talk

decir² [ I24 ]

GUIA DE BUSQUEDA

■ decir (verbo transitivo)

A decir: palabra, mentira etc

B decirle algo a alguien

C

1 transmitiendo órdenes, deseos etc

2 decir adiós

D por escrito

E llamar

F sugerir, comunicar

G decir misa

H

1 querer decir

2 digo (al rectificar)

I opinar, pensar

J en locuciones

■ decir (verbo intransitivo)

A

1 invitando a hablar

2 al contestar el teléfono

B decir bien/mal de

■ decirse (verbo pronominal)

1 reflexivo

2 recíproco

3 para enfatizar

vt

A ‹palabra/frase› to say; ‹mentira/verdad› to tell; ‹poema› to say, recite; ‹oración› to say

[ para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2] ya dice `mamá' he says ‘mama’ now

no digas esas cosas, por favor please don't say things like that

no digas estupideces/barbaridades don't talk nonsense o ( AmE) garbage o ( BrE) rubbish

¿cómo pudiste decir semejante disparate? how could you say such a stupid thing o make such a stupid comment?

no me dejó decir ni una palabra he didn't let me get a word in edgeways

¿eso lo dices por mí? are you referring to me?

no sé qué decir … un millón de gracias I don't know what to say … thank you very much indeed

¡qué callado estás! ¡no dices nada! you're very quiet, you've hardly said a word!

¡no lo dirás en serio! you can't be serious!

¡no irás a decir que no lo sabías! don't try and tell me you didn't know!

dijo que sí con la cabeza he nodded

—no puedo hacer nada —dijo Juan there is nothing I can do, said Juan o Juan said

como dice el refrán/mi abuela as the saying goes/as my grandmother says

lo dijeron por la radio they said it o it was announced on the radio

no eran ricos, digamos que vivían bien I don't mean they were rich, let's just say they lived well

dicen que de joven fue muy guapa they say she was very beautiful when she was young

dicen que es el hombre más rico del país he is said to be the richest man in the country

¿qué se dice? — gracias/por favor what do you say? — thank you/please

no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' it isn't `andé', it's `anduve'

¡eso no se dice! you mustn't say that!

¿cómo se dice `te quiero' en ruso? how do you say `I love you' in Russian?, what's the Russian for `I love you'?

bonita, lo que se dice bonita, no es she's not what you would call pretty

estoy harta, lo que se dice harta ¿me oyes? I'm fed up, absolutely fed up, do you hear?

eso se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil that's easier said than done

palatal: dícese del sonido cuya articulación … palatal: of, relating to or denoting a sound articulated …

es el sábado; ni que decir tiene que estás invitado it's on Saturday; you're invited, of course, but that goes without saying o but I don't need to tell you that

haberlo dicho antes why didn't you say so before?, you might have said so before!

¿tendrá tiempo de hacerlo? — dice que sí will he have time to do it? — he says he will

¿no lo encontró? — dice que no didn't he find it? — no, he says he didn't

digan lo que digan no matter what people say, whatever people say

¿qué tal? ¿qué decís? ( RPl fam); hi, how are things? ( colloq), hi, what's up? ( AmE colloq)

B

decirle algo a algn to tell sb sth

eso no es lo que me dijo a mí that's not what he told me, that's not what he said to me

¿sabes qué me dijo? do you know what he told me?; (expresando sorpresa, indignación, etc) do you know what he said to me?

se lo voy a decir a papá I'm going to tell Dad

hoy nos dicen el resultado they're going to give us the result today

me dijo una mentira he told me a lie, he lied to me

Andrés me dijo lo de tu hermano Andrés told me about your brother

¡a mí me lo vas a decir! you're telling me!, you don't have to tell me!

¿sabes lo que te digo? por mí que se muera look, as far as I'm concerned he can drop dead! ( colloq)

¿no te digo? éste se cree que yo soy la sirvienta see what I mean? he thinks I'm his servant

¿no te digo or no te estoy diciendo que hasta le pega? I'm telling you, he even hits her!

¿tú qué me aconsejas? — ¿qué quieres que te diga? tienes que tomar tú la decisión what do you think I should do? — well, to be quite frank o honest, I think you have to decide for yourself

ya te decía yo que no era verdad I told you it wasn't true, didn't I?

fue algo espantoso, todo lo que te diga es poco it was terrible, I just can't describe it o I can't begin to tell you

hace mal tiempo en verano, y no te digo nada en invierno … in summer the weather's bad, and as for the winter …

¡no me digas que no es precioso! isn't it beautiful?

a lo mejor te ofrecen el puesto ¿quién te dice? (CS); you never know, they might offer you the job

me resultó ¿cómo te diría? … violento I found it … how shall I put it? o I don't know … rather embarrassing

¡ya me dirás qué le cuesta escribirnos una carta! I mean, surely it's not too much trouble for him to write us a letter

no te creas todo lo que te dicen don't believe everything people tell you o everything you hear

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres you can judge a man by the company he keeps

C

1

(transmitiendo órdenes, deseos, advertencias): ¡porque lo digo yo! because I say so!

a mí nadie me dice lo que tengo que hacer nobody tells me what to do

harás lo que yo diga you'll do as I say

manda decir mi mamá que si le puede prestar el martillo ( AmL); mom says can she borrow your hammer?

Fernando pregunta si puede venir con nosotros — dile que sí Fernando wants to know if he can come with us — yes, tell him he can o say yes

decir QUE + SUBJ:

dice papá que vayas Dad wants you

dice que llames cuando llegues she says (you are) to phone when you get there

dijo que tuviéramos cuidado she said to be careful, she said we should be careful

decirle a algn QUE + SUBJ to tell sb to + INF

diles que empiecen tell them to start

le dije que no lo hiciera I told him not to do it

nos dijeron que esperáramos they told us o we were told to wait

te digo que vengas aquí enseguida I said, come here at once

2

decir adiós to say goodbye

vino a decirme adiós she came to say goodbye (to me)

di adiós a tu vida de estudiante that's the end of your student days, you'd better say goodbye to your student days

¿se lo prestaste? ¡ya le puedes decir adiós! you mean you lent it to him? well, you can kiss that goodbye! ( colloq)

D (por escrito) to say

¿qué dice aquí? what does it say here?

el diario no dice nada sobre el asunto there's nothing in the paper about it

E (llamar) to call

le dicen `Dumbo' por las orejas they call him `Dumbo' because of his ears

se llama Rosario pero le dicen Charo her name is Rosario but people call her Charo

no me digas de usted there's no need to call me `usted'

F

(sugerir, comunicar): la forma de vestir dice mucho de una persona the way someone dresses says a lot o tells you a lot about them

el tiempo lo dirá time will tell

por afuera la casa no dice nada the house doesn't look much from the outside

el poema no me dice nada the poem doesn't do anything for me

algo me decía que no iba a ser fácil something told me it wasn't going to be easy

¿te dice algo ese nombre? does that name mean anything to you?

la tarta estaba diciendo cómeme the cake was just asking to be eaten

G

decir misa to say mass

H

1

querer decir to mean

¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? what does this word mean?

¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?

no entendiste lo que quise decir you didn't understand what I meant

¿quieres decir que ya no te interesa? do you mean (to say) that you're no longer interested?

sólo quería decirte que … I just wanted to say that …

2

digo (al rectificar) I mean

el presupuesto asciende a diez mil, digo cien mil de euros we have a budget of ten thousand, (sorry,) I mean a hundred thousand euros

I (opinar, pensar) to think

¿y los padres qué dicen? what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?

podríamos ir mañana ¿tú qué dices? we could go tomorrow, what do you think?

¡quién lo hubiera dicho! who would have thought o believed it?

podría haber mencionado al resto del equipo, vamos, digo yo … he could have mentioned the rest of the team … well I'd have thought so, anyway

habría que regalarle algo, no sé, digo yo we ought to buy her a present, well, I think so anyway

es muy fácil — si tú lo dices … it's very easy — if you say so …

J ( en locuciones):

a decir verdad to tell you the truth, to be honest

como quien dice so to speak

el nuevo tren está, como quien dice, a la vuelta de la esquina the new train is, so to speak o to coin a phrase, just around the corner

la granja es, como quien dice, la razón de su vida I suppose you could say the farm is his whole reason for living

con decirte que: no me lo perdonó nunca, con decirte que ni me saluda … he's never forgiven me, he won't even say hello to me

decir por decir: lo dijo por decir he didn't really mean it

¡digo! ( Esp fam): ¡qué calor hace! — ¡digo! it's so hot! — you can say that again o I'll say! ( colloq)

¿y te gusta? — ¡digo! do you like it? — you bet I do o ( AmE) I sure do! ( colloq)

es decir that is

mi cuñada, es decir la mujer de Rafael my sister-in-law, Rafael's wife that is

no sé si voy a poder ir — es decir que no vas a ir I don't know if I'll be able to go — you mean you're not going

es mucho decir: es la mejor película del año — eso ya es mucho decir it's the best movie of the year — I wouldn't go that far

¡he dicho! that's that!, that's final!

lo mismo digo: mucho gusto en conocerle — lo mismo digo pleased to meet you — pleased to meet you o likewise

¡qué alegría verte! — lo mismo digo it's great to see you! — and you o you too

¡no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! ( colloq)

¿sabes que se casa Lola? — ¡no me digas! do you know Lola's getting married? — no! o you're joking! o really? o never!

por así decirlo so to speak

es, por así decirlo, el alma-máter de la empresa he is, so to speak o as it were, the driving force behind the company

que digamos: no es muy inteligente que digamos he's not exactly o he's hardly what you'd call intelligent

¿qué me dices?: saqué el primer puesto ¿qué me dices? I came first, how about that then?

¿y qué me dices de lo de Carlos? and what about Carlos then?

¿sabes que lo van a derribar? — ¿qué me dices? do you know they're going to demolish it? — what? o you're kidding!

¡que no se diga! shame on you!

¿te ganó un niño de seis años? ¡que no se diga! you were beaten by a six-year-old child? shame on you!

¡que no se diga que no somos capaces! I don't want people saying that we can't do it

se dice pronto no less

costó $20.000 ¡se dice pronto! it cost $20,000, which is no mean sum

lleva dos meses enferma, que se dice pronto she has been ill for two months, and that's a long time

¡y que lo digas! ( Esp); you can say that again!, you're telling me!, don't I know it!

y (ya) no digamos or ( AmL) y no se diga: le cuestan mucho las matemáticas y no digamos la física he finds mathematics very difficult, and as for physics …

el/la que te dije ( fam hum); you-know-who

el qué dirán ( fam): siempre le ha importado el qué dirán she's always been worried what other people (might) think

¿por qué te preocupa tanto el qué dirán? why do you worry about what people will o might say?

ver tb dicho¹ (↑ dicho (1))

■ decir

vi

A

1

(invitando a hablar): papá — dime, hijo dad — yes, son?

quería pedirle un favor — usted dirá ( frml); I wanted to ask you a favor — certainly, go ahead

tome asiento — gracias — usted dirá ( frml); take a seat — thank you — now, what can I do for you?

2

( Esp) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (al contestar el teléfono): ¿diga? or ¿dígame? hello?

B

decir bien/mal de algn/algo: sus trabajos dicen bien de él his work has created a good impression

la manera en que se comportó no dice muy bien de él the way he behaved doesn't show him in a very good light o doesn't say very much for him

■ decirse

v pron

1 ( reflexivo) to say to oneself

se dijo que no lo volvería a hacer he said to himself o he told himself that he wouldn't do it again

me dije para mis adentros que allí había gato encerrado I said o thought to myself, there's something fishy going on here

2 ( recíproco) to say to each other

se decían secretos al oído they were whispering secrets to each other

se dijeron de todo they called each other every name under the sun

3 ( enf):

tú hazme caso que yo sé lo que me digo you listen to me, I know what I'm talking about

no sé para qué me preguntas, si tú te lo dices todo I don't know why you're asking me, you seem to have all the answers

* * *

decir 1 sustantivo masculino:
◊ ¿cientos de personas? — bueno, es un decir hundreds of people? — well, figuratively speaking

decir 2 ( conjugate decir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹palabra/frase/poema› to say;

‹mentira/verdad› to tell;
para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2
◊ no digas estupideces don't talk nonsense!;

¿eso lo dices por mí? are you referring to me?;
¡no lo dirás en serio! you can't be serious!;
dijo que sí con la cabeza he nodded;
no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' it isn't `andé', it's `anduve';
¡eso no se dice! you mustn't say that!;
¿cómo se dice `amor' en ruso? how do you say `love' in Russian?;
¿lo encontró? — dice que sí/no did he find it? — he says he did/he didn't
b)

◊ decir misa to say mass

2 decirle algo a algn to tell sb sth;
◊ voy a decirle a papá que … I'm going to tell Dad …;

¡ya te lo decía yo! I told you so!
3
a) (expresando órdenes, deseos, advertencias):

◊ ¡porque lo digo yo! because I say so!;

harás lo que yo diga you'll do as I say;
dice que llames cuando llegues she says (you are) to phone when you get there;
dijo que tuviéramos cuidado she said to be careful;
diles que empiecen tell them to start;
le dije que no lo hiciera I told him not to do it
b)

◊ decir(le) adiós (a algn) to say goodbye (to sb)

4
a) (opinar, pensar) to think;

◊ ¿y los padres qué dicen? what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?;

¡quién lo hubiera dicho! who would have thought o believed it?;
es muy fácil — si tú lo dices … it's very easy — if you say so …
b) (sugerir, comunicar):

◊ el tiempo lo dirá time will tell;

¿te dice algo ese nombre? does that name mean anything to you?
5
◊ querer decir [palabra/persona] to mean;

¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?
6 ( en locs)
◊ a decir verdad to tell you the truth, to be honest;

como quien dice so to speak;
es decir that is;
¡he dicho! that's that o final!;
ni que decir tiene que … it goes without saying that …;
¡no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! (colloq);
por así decirlo so to speak;
el qué dirán (fam) what other people (might) think;
ver tb dicho 1
verbo intransitivo
a) ( invitando a hablar):

◊ papá — dime, hijo dad — yes, son?;

quería pedirle un favor — usted dirá I wanted to ask you a favor — certainly, go ahead
b) (Esp) ( al contestar el teléfono): ¿diga? or ¿dígame? hello?

decirse verbo pronominal
a) ( refl) to say … to oneself

b) ( recípr) to say …. to each other;

◊ se decían secretos al oído they were whispering secrets to each other

decir
I m (dicho, sentencia) saying: es sólo un decir, it's just a manner of speaking
II verbo transitivo
1 to say: está diciendo una mentira/la verdad, she's telling a lie/the truth
no dijo nada, he said nothing
2 (con complemento indirecto) to tell: no le dije mi opinión, I didn't tell him my opinion
les dijo que esperaran un rato, she told them to wait for a while
3 (opinar, afirmar, proponer) ¿qué me dices de mi nuevo corte de pelo?, what do you think of my new haircut?, te digo que es una extravagancia, I think it's quite weird
yo digo que vayamos a Cuenca, I suggest going to Cuenca
4 (suscitar interés, una idea) to mean, appeal: ese libro no me dice nada, that book doesn't appeal to me
¿le dice algo esta cara?, does this face mean anything to you?
5 (mostrar, indicar) to say, show: lo que hizo dice mucho en su favor, what he did says a lot for him
su cara de decepción lo dice todo, his long face says it all
♦ Locuciones: Tel Esp diga o dígame, hello?
digamos, let's say
digo yo, in my opinion
el qué dirán, what people will say
es decir, that is (to say)
ni que decir tiene, needless to say
no decir esta boca es mía, not to say a word
¡no me digas!, really!
por así decirlo, as it were o so to speak
querer decir, to mean
¡y que lo digas!, you bet! ➣ Ver nota en mean
¿To tell o to say?
Observa que to tell menciona a la persona a la cual va dirigida una frase: Dime tu nombre. Tell me your name. Les dijo que se fueran. He told them to go away.
Por el contrario, to say se centra en el contenido del mensaje, sin importarnos a quién va dirigido: ¿Qué has dicho? What did you say? Dijo que sí. He said yes. ➣ Ver nota en tell.
' decir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- amén
- amohinarse
- año
- apéndice
- atinar
- bala
- barbaridad
- bastante
- burrada
- callar
- chorrada
- colmo
- comenzar
- confiar
- cosa
- declarar
- delirar
- descargo
- despedirse
- dilucidar
- disparate
- entender
- excusada
- excusado
- flexible
- fluir
- ir
- haber
- hablar
- holgar
- honestamente
- hoy
- lengua
- maravilla
- mu
- nada
- obviedad
- pelagatos
- pío
- precisamente
- puño
- querer
- rezar
- restar
- rey
- saciedad
- señor
- significar
- soltar
English:
ablaze
- abuse
- afraid
- anything
- bid
- bite back
- blurt out
- buzz off
- caller
- clear off
- dash off
- devil
- dinner
- distinctly
- drone
- enjoy
- eventual
- ever
- few
- flatter
- flounder
- fortune
- gasp out
- get
- get at
- go
- go on
- hand
- heart
- hotly
- i.e.
- keep in
- know
- lip
- loss
- mean
- mention
- mildly
- mind
- miserably
- mouth
- move
- need
- needless
- neither
- no
- nonsense
- O
- occasion
- oops!

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decir

♦ vt

1. [en general] to say;

siempre digo lo que pienso I always say what I think;

es muy callado, nunca dice nada he's very quiet, he never says anything o a word;

¿qué dice la etiqueta? what does the label say?;

no digas tonterías don't talk nonsense;

no digas tacos delante de los niños don't swear in front of the children;

lo dijo en broma she meant it as a joke;

¿quién te lo ha dicho? who told you that?;

me da igual lo que diga la gente I don't care what people say;

al decir esto, se marchó with these words o with that, he left;

no sabía qué decir I didn't know what to say, I was lost for words;

decir que sí/no to say yes/no;

dice que no viene she says (that) she's not coming;

como dice el refrán,… as the saying goes,…;

dicen que va a ser un verano muy seco they say it's going to be a very dry summer;

Comp

¡díjolo Blas, punto redondo! sure, whatever!, yes, sure!;

Comp

donde dije digo, digo Diego: ayer dijiste que me lo dejarías – sí, pero no puedo – ya, donde dije digo, digo Diego yesterday you told me you'd lend it to me – yes, but I can't now – you're always saying one thing one minute and another the next

2. [contar] to tell;

se lo voy a decir a la profesora I'm going to tell the teacher;

no se lo digas a nadie don't breathe a word of it to anyone;

¿qué quieres que te diga? what do you want me to say?, what can I say?;

ya te lo había dicho yo, es demasiado caro I told you it's too expensive;

decir la verdad to tell the truth;

decir mentiras to tell lies;

pregunta si le dejas salir – dile que sí/no she wants to know if she can go out – tell her she can/can't;

quiere saber si hemos terminado – dile que sí/no he wants to know if we've finished – tell him we have/haven't;

dile que estoy ocupado tell him I'm busy;

dígame lo que pasó tell me what happened;

eso no es lo que me dijo a mí that's not what she told me;

tengo que hacerte una pregunta – dime I need to ask you a question – go ahead;

dígame en qué puedo ayudarle what can I do for you?

3. [ordenar] to tell;

la ley dice que es obligatorio el uso del casco according to the law, it is compulsory to wear a crash helmet, the law says that it is compulsory to wear a crash helmet;

decir a alguien que haga algo to tell sb to do sth;

haz lo que te digan y no protestes do as you're told and don't complain;

dile que venga tell her to come;

nos dijeron que nos fuéramos they told us to go away;

lo vas a hacer porque lo digo yo you'll do it because I say so

4. [recitar] [de memoria] to recite;
[leyendo] to read
5. [revelar] to tell, to show;

eso lo dice todo that says it all;

decir mucho (en favor) de to say a lot for;

sus ropas dicen bastante sobre su situación económica her clothes say a lot about her financial situation;

su violenta reacción dice mucho sobre su personalidad his violent reaction tells us o reveals a lot about his personality

6. [llamar] to call;

me dicen Paco they call me Paco;

le dicen la carretera de la muerte they call it the road of death

7. [asegurar] to tell, to assure;

te digo que ella no está mintiendo I tell you o assure you (that) she isn't lying;

dice que llegará mañana sin falta she says (that) she'll definitely arrive tomorrow

8. [en frases]
a decir verdad, no me apetece nada ir a la boda to tell (you) the truth o to be honest, I don't really feel like going to the wedding;

como quien no dice nada as if it were nothing;

olvídalo, como si no hubiera dicho nada forget I ever mentioned it;

con decirte que me marché a los diez minutos, te puedes imaginar como fue la fiesta if I tell you that I left after ten minutes, you can imagine what the party was like;

cualquiera diría que no le dan de comer en casa anyone would o you'd think she never gets fed at home;

decir para sí to say to oneself;

decir por decir to talk for the sake of talking;

no te lo tomes en serio, lo dijo por decir don't take it seriously, she didn't really mean it;

decirle a alguien cuatro verdades to tell sb a few home truths;

es decir that is, that's to say;

aracnofobia, es decir miedo a las arañas arachnophobia, that is o that's to say, fear of spiders;

tengo otra cita – es decir, que no vendrás a la inauguración I've got another engagement – you mean o in other words you're not coming to the opening ceremony;

encantado de conocerte – lo mismo digo pleased to meet you – likewise;

tu primer examen estaba muy mal, y lo mismo digo del segundo you did very poorly in your first exam, and the same goes for the second one;

ni que decir tiene needless to say;

yo no digo o [m5]no quiero decir nada, pero… it's not for me to say, but…;

¿sabías que Santiago se ha casado? – ¡no me digas! did you know that Santiago got married? – no! o never!;

¡no me digas que no te gusta! don't tell me you don't like it!;

el tenis/este cuadro no me dice nada tennis/this picture doesn't do anything for me;

no hay más que decir that's all there is to it, that's that;

(o) mejor dicho or rather;

por más que digas, no le veo nada especial a esta ciudad whatever you say, I don't see what's so special about this city;

por decirlo así, por así decirlo in other words, so to speak;
RP Fam
¿qué decís? how are you doing?, how are things?;

preocuparse por el qué dirán to worry about what people will say;

no está lloviendo mucho que digamos it's not exactly raining hard;

él no es muy inteligente que digamos he isn't what you'd call intelligent;

ha sufrido un infarto – ¡qué me dices! she's had a heart attack – no! o surely not!;

¡quién lo diría! tan rico y sin embargo tan humilde who would have thought it, such a rich person and yet so humble!;

tardarán en construirlo cinco años, ¡se dice pronto! they're going to take five years, no less, to build it!;

yo lo hago en cinco minutos – eso se dice pronto, no sabes lo difícil que es I'll have it done in five minutes – that's easily said, you've no idea how difficult it is;

si tú lo dices if you say so;

¡tú lo has dicho! you said it!;
Esp
¡y que lo digas! you can say that again!;

y no digamos, Am [m5]ya no se diga, Am [m5] ni se diga to say nothing of;

no le gusta el pescado y no digamos el pollo she doesn't like fish, to say nothing of chicken

♦ vi

como quien dice, como si dijéramos so to speak;

es, como si dijéramos, una mezcla de danza y teatro it's a sort of mixture of dance and theatre;

es, como quien dice, el alma de la empresa he is, so to speak, the soul of the company;
Esp
¿diga?, ¿dígame? [al teléfono] hello?;
Fam
¡digo! [¡ya lo creo!] of course!;
[¡madre mía!] I say!;
tenemos muchas ganas de ir de vacaciones, y nuestros hijos, no digamos we can't wait to go on holiday, and as for our children…

♦ See also the pronominal verb decirse

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decir

<part dicho>

I v/t

1 say; ( contar) tell;

decir misa say mass;

decir que sí say yes;

decir que no say no;

se dice que … they say that …, it’s said that …;

diga lo que diga whatever he says;

¿qué quieres que te diga? what do you expect me to say?;

decir entre o

para sí say to o.s.

2 con infinitivo

:

querer decir mean;

es decir in other words;

dar que decir set people talking;

ni que decir tiene (que) it goes without saying (that);

por así decirlo so to speak;

ya es decir that’s saying something;

que ya es decir which is really something;

es mucho decir that’s saying a lot

3 con participio

:

¡quién hubiera dicho que María se iba casar! who would have thought that Maria would get married!;

dicho y hecho no sooner said than done;

mejor dicho or rather;

dicho sea de paso incidentally;

está dicho, lo dicho as I have already said

4

:

no es rico, que digamos let’s say he’s not rich;

¡no me digas! you’re kidding!;

¡dímelo a mí! tell me about it!, you’re telling me!;

como quien dice so to speak;

y que lo digas you bet;

¿y qué me dices de …? so what do you think of …?;

usted dirá how can I help you?;

ya decía yo que iba a acabar mal I knew it would end badly;

¡quién lo diría! who would believe it!;

¡cualquiera diría que tiene setenta años! who would have thought he was seventy!, you wouldn’t think o believe he was seventy!

II v/i

:

¡diga!, ¡dígame! Esp
TELEC hello
III m saying;

es un decir it’s just a figure of speech

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decir {23} vt

1) : to say

dice que no quiere ir: she says she doesn't want to go

2) : to tell

dime lo que estás pensando: tell me what you're thinking

3) : to speak, to talk

no digas tonterías: don't talk nonsense

4) : to call

me dicen Rosy: they call me Rosy

5)

es decir : that is to say

6)

querer decir : to mean

♦ See also the reflexive verb decirse

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decir¹ n saying

decir² vb

1. (en general) to say [pt. & pp. said]

¿qué ha dicho? what did he say?

dijo que estaba cansada she said she was tired

¿cómo se dice "biblioteca" en inglés? how do you say "biblioteca" in English?

2. (a alguien) to tell [pt. & pp. told]

me dijo que estaba cansada she told me she was tired

no se lo digas a nadie don't tell anybody

3. (para dar órdenes) to tell

me dijo que fuera en seguida she told me to go at once

4. (llamar) to call

le dicen "Chapi" people call him "Chapi"

dime / dígame (en tienda etc) yes?

es decir that is / that is to say

¿diga? / ¿dígame? (por teléfono) hello?

sin decir nada without a word

Spanish-English dictionary > decir
14 enterar

v.

1 to inform, to acquaint, to keep posted, to notify.

La prensa enteró al pueblo The press informed the people.

2 to pay.

María enteró su deuda Mary paid her debt.

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enterar

► verbo transitivo

1 to inform (de, about/of) (poner al corriente) to acquaint (de, with), tell (de, about)

► verbo pronominal enterarse

1 (averiguar) to find out (de, about)

2 (tener conocimiento) to learn, hear

■ me enteré del accidente I heard about the accident

3 (darse cuenta) to realize

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

para que te enteres familiar for your information

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verb

to inform

- enterarse

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1. VT

1) (=informar)

• enterar a algn de algo — to inform sb of sth, notify sb of sth, let sb know of sth

2) Chile, Méx (=pagar) [+ dinero, deuda] to pay

3) Chile (=completar) [+ cantidad] to make up, complete

hoy entero dos meses sin fumar — it's two months today since I last smoked

2.

See:

enterarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) (frml) ( informar)

enterar a alguien de algo — to inform o notify somebody of something

2) (Chi, Méx) < deuda> to pay

3) (Chi) ( completar)

ya enteró dos meses en su nuevo empleo — he's been in his new job for two months now

y con esto entero los cien — and that makes a hundred
2.
enterarse v pron

1) (de suceso, noticia)

ahora me entero — this is the first I've heard of it

me enteré por tus padres — I found out from your parents

le robaron el reloj y ni se enteró — they stole her watch and she didn't even notice o realize

a lo mejor no se han enterado — they may not have heard

que no te enteras...! — (Esp fam) wake up! (colloq)

enterarse de algo: me enteré de la noticia por la radio I heard the news on the radio; si papá se entera de esto... if Dad finds out about this...; nunca te enteras de nada you never know what's going on; te vas/se va a enterar (de quién soy yo) — you'll/he'll get what for (colloq)

2) ( averiguar) to find out

enterarse de algo — to find out about something

3) (esp Esp fam) ( entender)

te voy a castigar ¿te enteras? — I'll punish you, have I made myself clear? o do you hear me?

para que te enteres! — (fam) so there! (colloq)

enterarse de algo — to understand something

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) (frml) ( informar)

enterar a alguien de algo — to inform o notify somebody of something

2) (Chi, Méx) < deuda> to pay

3) (Chi) ( completar)

ya enteró dos meses en su nuevo empleo — he's been in his new job for two months now

y con esto entero los cien — and that makes a hundred
2.
enterarse v pron

1) (de suceso, noticia)

ahora me entero — this is the first I've heard of it

me enteré por tus padres — I found out from your parents

le robaron el reloj y ni se enteró — they stole her watch and she didn't even notice o realize

a lo mejor no se han enterado — they may not have heard

que no te enteras...! — (Esp fam) wake up! (colloq)

enterarse de algo: me enteré de la noticia por la radio I heard the news on the radio; si papá se entera de esto... if Dad finds out about this...; nunca te enteras de nada you never know what's going on; te vas/se va a enterar (de quién soy yo) — you'll/he'll get what for (colloq)

2) ( averiguar) to find out

enterarse de algo — to find out about something

3) (esp Esp fam) ( entender)

te voy a castigar ¿te enteras? — I'll punish you, have I made myself clear? o do you hear me?

para que te enteres! — (fam) so there! (colloq)

enterarse de algo — to understand something

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enterar [A1 ]

vt

A ( frml) (informar) enterar a algn DE algo to inform o notify sb OF sth

hay que enterar a la familia de lo sucedido the family must be informed o notified of what has happened, we/you must let the family know what has happened

B

( Chi) (completar): ya enteró dos meses en su nuevo empleo he's been in his new job for two months now

y con esto entero los cien and this makes a hundred

C (Chi, Méx) ‹deuda› to pay

■ enterarse

v pron

A

(de un suceso, una noticia): no tenía ni idea, ahora me entero I had no idea, this is the first I've heard of it

nos enteramos por tus padres we found out from your parents

me acabo de enterar I've only just found out o heard

lo hice yo solita ¡para que te enteres! I did it by myself, so there!

le robaron el reloj y ni se enteró they stole her watch and she didn't even notice o realize

a lo mejor no se han enterado they may not have heard

¡que está hablando contigo, chico! ¡que no te enteras …! ( Esp fam); he's talking to you, wake up! ( colloq)

enterarse DE algo:

me enteré de lo que había pasado por la radio I heard what had happened on the radio

si papá se entera de esto nos mata if Dad finds out about this he'll kill us

nunca te enteras de nada you never know what's going on

te vas/se va a enterar (de quién soy yo) you'll/he'll get what for ( colloq)

como le pegues al niño te vas a enterar if you hit that child you'll have me to answer to o you'll pay for it o you'll get what for

B (averiguar) to find out enterarse DE algo to find out ABOUT sth

entérate bien de todas las condiciones make sure you find out about all the conditions

C

( esp Esp fam) (entender): si lo vuelves a hacer te voy a castigar ¿te enteras? if you do it again I'll punish you, have I made myself clear? o do you hear me?

no hables en catalán, que él no se entera don't talk in Catalan because he doesn't understand (what you're saying)

enterarse DE algo to understand sth

cuando hablan de prisa no me entero de lo que dicen when they speak quickly I get completely lost o I don't understand a word

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enterar

♦ vt

1. [informar]
enterar a alguien de algo to inform sb about sth

2. CAm, Chile, Col, Méx [pagar] to pay

3. Chile [completar] to make up

♦ See also the pronominal verb enterarse

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enterar

v/t

1 inform, notify (de of)

2 Méx ( pagar) pay

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enterar vt

informar: to inform

♦ See also the reflexive verb enterarse

Spanish-English dictionary > enterar
15 listen

intransitive verb

zuhören

listen to music/the radio — Musik/Radio hören

just listen to the noise they are making! — hör dir bloß mal an, was sie für einen Lärm machen!

they listened to his words — sie hörten ihm zu

you never listen to what I say — du hörst mir nie zu

listen [out] for something/somebody — auf etwas (Akk.) horchen/horchen, ob jemand kommt

listen to something/somebody — (pay heed) auf etwas/jemanden hören

he wouldn't listen — (heed) er wollte nicht hören

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/88792/listen_in">listen in

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['lisn]
verb

1) ((often with to) to give attention so as to hear (what someone is saying etc): I told her three times, but she wasn't listening; Do listen to the music!) zuhören

2) ((with to) to follow the advice of: If she'd listened to me, she wouldn't have got into trouble.) hören

•

- listen in on

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lis·ten

[ˈlɪs^ən]

I. vi

1. (pay attention) zuhören

▪ to \listen to sb/sth jdm/etw zuhören

\listen to this! hör dir das an! fam

to \listen carefully [ganz] genau zuhören

to \listen hard genau hinhören

to \listen to music Musik hören

to \listen to the news/radio Nachrichten/Radio hören

to \listen to reason auf die Stimme der Vernunft hören

2. (pay heed) zuhören

you just don't \listen du hörst einfach nicht zu fam

don't \listen to them hör nicht auf sie

3. (attempt to hear)

will you \listen [out] for the phone? könntest du bitte aufpassen, ob das Telefon klingelt?

4.

▶ to \listen with half an ear mit halbem Ohr hinhören

II. interj hör mal!

\listen, we really need to... [jetzt] hör mal, wir müssen...

III. n no pl

to have a \listen [to sth] [bei etw dat] genau hinhören

have a \listen to this! hör dir das an!

let Daryl have a \listen too lass Daryl auch mal hören

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['lɪsn]
vi

1) (= hear) hören (to sth etw acc)

to listen to the radio — Radio hören

if you listen hard, you can hear the sea — wenn du genau horchst or hinhörst, kannst du das Meer hören

she listened carefully to everything he said — sie hörte ihm genau zu

to listen for sth — auf etw (acc) horchen

the boys are listening for the bell at the end of the lesson — die Jungen warten auf das Klingeln am Ende der Stunde

we listened for footsteps approaching — wir horchten, ob sich Schritte näherten

to listen for sb — horchen or hören, ob jd kommt

2) (= heed) zuhören

listen to me! — hör mir zu!

listen, I know what we'll do —

now listen here! — nun hör mir mal zu!

don't listen to him — hör nicht auf ihn

if he suggests anything, don't listen —

he wouldn't listen — er wollte nicht hören

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listen [ˈlısn]

A v/i

1. horchen, hören, lauschen ( alle:

to auf akk):

listen to

a) jemandem zuhören, jemanden anhören:

listen! hör mal!

b) auf jemanden, jemandes Rat hören

c) einem Rat etc folgen;

listen for horchen auf (akk);

listen for sb horchen, ob jemand kommt;

listen out for your name to be called umg pass auf, falls du aufgerufen wirst;

listen up bes US umg hör mal zu!;

if you listen hard wenn Sie genau oder scharf hinhören; → reason A 3

2. listen in

a) Radio hören:

listen in to a concert ein Konzert im Radio hören, sich ein Konzert im Radio anhören

b) (am Telefon etc) mithören (on [ oder to] sth etwas):

listen in on ( oder to) auch belauschen, abhören

3. US sl sich gut etc anhören, klingen

B v/t obs → list⁵ A

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intransitive verb

zuhören

listen to music/the radio — Musik/Radio hören

just listen to the noise they are making! — hör dir bloß mal an, was sie für einen Lärm machen!

they listened to his words — sie hörten ihm zu

you never listen to what I say — du hörst mir nie zu

listen [out] for something/somebody — auf etwas (Akk.) horchen/horchen, ob jemand kommt

listen to something/somebody — (pay heed) auf etwas/jemanden hören

he wouldn't listen — (heed) er wollte nicht hören

Phrasal Verbs:

- listen in

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(to) v.

horchen (auf) v.

lauschen v.

zuhören v. v.

anhören v.

hören v.

mithören v.

zuhören v.

English-german dictionary > listen
16 passer

passer [pαse]

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1. intransitive verb

2. transitive verb

3. reflexive verb

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► Lorsque passer fait partie d'une locution comme passer sous le nez de qn, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.

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1. <

   a. (d'un endroit à un autre) to go

• l'autobus vient de passer the bus has just gone past

• passer en courant to run past

• faire passer les piétons to let the pedestrians cross

• la balle n'est pas passée loin the bullet didn't miss by much

• où passe la route ? where does the road go?

► passer à ( = passer par, aller à)

la Seine passe à Paris the Seine flows through Paris

• si nous passions au salon ? shall we go into the sitting room?

• passer à table to sit down to eat

• passer à l'ennemi to go over to the enemy

• passer d'un extrême à l'autre to go from one extreme to the other► passer après

• le confort, ça passe après comfort is less important► passer avant

• le travail passe avant tout work comes first► passer dans

• les camions ne passent pas dans notre rue lorries don't go along our street

• passer dans les mœurs to become the custom

• passer dans la langue to enter the language

• l'alcool passe dans le sang alcohol enters the bloodstream► passer derrière to go behind

► passer devant to go in front of

• passer devant la maison de qn to go past sb's house

• je passe devant vous pour vous montrer le chemin I'll go in front to show you the way

• passez donc devant ! you go first!

• passer devant Monsieur le maire to get married

• il est passé devant le conseil de discipline he came up before the disciplinary committee► passer par to go through

• pour y aller, je passe par Amiens I go there via Amiens

• par où êtes-vous passé ? (pour venir ici) which way did you come? ; (pour aller ailleurs) which way did you go?

• pour téléphoner, il faut passer par le standard you have to go through the switchboard to make a call

• il est passé par des moments difficiles he's been through some hard times

• passer par un lycée technique to go through technical college

• nous sommes tous passés par là we've all been through that

• il faudra bien en passer par là there's no way round it

• une idée m'est passée par la tête an idea occurred to me

• ça fait du bien par où ça passe ! (inf) that's just what the doctor ordered! (inf)► passer sous to go under

• il est passé sous l'autobus he was run over by the bus

• l'air passe sous la porte there's a draught from under the door► passer sur to go over ; ( = ignorer) to ignore

• passons sur les détails let's not worry about the details

• et je passe sur la saleté du lieu ! not to mention how dirty the place was!► laisser passer [+ air, lumière] to let in ; [+ personne, procession] to let through ; [+ erreur, occasion] to miss

• nous ne pouvons pas laisser passer ça we cannot let this pass

   b. ( = faire une halte rapide) passer au bureau to call in at the office

• passer chez un ami to call in at a friend's

• je ne fais que passer (chez qn) I can't stay long ; (dans une ville) I'm just passing through

• le facteur est passé the postman has been

► passer + infinitif

• passer prendre qn to call for sb

• passer chercher qn to call for sb

• passer voir qn to call on sb

• puis-je passer te voir en vitesse ? can I pop round?► en passant ( = sur le chemin) on the way ; ( = dans la conversation) in passing

• j'irai le voir en passant I'll call in and see him on the way

• il l'a dit en passant he mentioned it in passing

• il aime tous les sports, du football à la boxe en passant par le golf he likes all sports, from football to golf to boxing

   c. (Automobiles) les vitesses passent mal the gears are stiff

• passer en première to go into first

• passer en marche arrière to go into reverse

   d. ( = franchir un obstacle) [véhicule] to get through ; [cheval, sauteur] to get over

• ça passe ? (en manœuvrant) have I got enough room?

   e. ( = s'écouler) [temps] to go by

• comme le temps passe ! how time flies!

   f. ( = être digéré) to go down

• ça ne passe pas [repas] I've got indigestion

   g. ( = être accepté) [demande, proposition] to be accepted

• je ne pense pas que ce projet de loi passera I don't think this bill will be passed

• il est passé de justesse à l'examen he only just passed the exam

• il est passé dans la classe supérieure he's moved up to the next class (Brit) he's been promoted to the next grade (US)

• l'équipe est passée en 2^e division the team have moved up to the second division

• ça passe ou ça casse it's make or break time

   h. ( = devenir) to become

• passer directeur to become director

   i. ( = être montré) [film, émission, personne] to be on

• passer à la radio to be on the radio

• passer à la télévision to be on television

   j. ( = disparaître) [douleur] to pass ; [orage] to blow over ; [beauté, couleur] to fade ; [colère] to subside ; [mode] to die out

• faire passer à qn l'envie de faire qch to cure sb of doing sth

• cela fera passer votre rhume that will help get rid of your cold

• le plus dur est passé the worst is over

• il voulait être pompier mais ça lui est passé he wanted to be a fireman but he grew out of it

   k. (Cards) to pass

   l. (locutions) qu'il soit menteur, passe encore,... he may be a liar, that's one thing,...

► passer pour

• il pourrait passer pour un Allemand you could take him for a German

• il passe pour intelligent he's supposed to be intelligent

• se faire passer pour to pass o.s. off as

• tu veux me faire passer pour un idiot ! do you want to make me look stupid?► y passer (inf)

on a eu la grippe, tout le monde y est passé we've all had flu

• toute sa fortune y est passée he spent all his fortune on it

• si elle veut une promotion, il faudra bien qu'elle y passe (sexuellement) if she wants to be promoted, she'll have to sleep with the boss► passons let's say no more about it

2. <

   a. ( = franchir) [+ frontière] to cross ; [+ porte] to go through

• passer la douane to go through customs

• passer une rivière à la nage to swim across a river

   b. ( = donner, transmettre) to give ; [+ consigne, message] to pass on

• passer qch à qn to give sth to sb

• passe-moi une cigarette give me a cigarette

• passer le ballon à qn to pass the ball to sb

• tu fais passer pass it round

• il m'a passé un livre he's lent me a book

• je vous passe M. Duroy [standard] I'm putting you through to Mr Duroy ; ( = je lui passe l'appareil) here's Mr Duroy

• passer qch en fraude to smuggle sth

• passer sa mauvaise humeur sur qn to take one's bad temper out on sb

   c. ( = mettre) [+ vêtement] to put on

• passer la tête à la porte to poke one's head round the door

   d. ( = dépasser) [+ gare, maison] to pass

• tu as passé l'âge you're too old

• il ne passera pas la nuit he won't last the night

   e. ( = omettre) [+ mot, ligne] to leave out

• passer son tour to miss one's turn

• et j'en passe ! and that's not all!

   f. ( = permettre) passer un caprice à qn to humour sb

• on lui passe tout [+ bêtises] he gets away with anything ; [+ désirs] he gets everything he wants

• passez-moi l'expression if you'll pardon the expression

   g. [+ examen] to take

• passer son permis (de conduire) to take one's driving test

• passer une visite médicale to have a medical

   h. [+ temps, vacances] to spend

• passer sa vie à faire to spend one's life doing

• j'ai passé la soirée chez Luc I spent the evening at Luc's

• ça fait passer le temps it passes the time

   i. [+ film, diapositives] to show ; [+ disque] to play

   j. [+ commande] to place

• passer un accord avec qn to reach an agreement with sb

• passer un marché avec qn to do a deal with sb

   k. (à la passoire) to sieve ; (au mixer) to blend

   l. (locutions) passer la serpillière dans la cuisine to wash the kitchen floor

• passer le balai dans une pièce to sweep a room

• passer l'aspirateur dans une pièce to vacuum a room

• passer une couche de peinture sur qch to give sth a coat of paint

• passe-toi de l'eau sur le visage splash your face with water

• qu'est-ce qu'il lui a passé comme savon ! (inf) he gave him a really rough time! (inf)

3. <

► se passer

   a. ( = avoir lieu) to happen

• qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ? what happened?

• que se passe-t-il ? what's going on?

• tout s'est bien passé everything went off smoothly

• ça s'est mal passé it turned out badly

• ça ne se passera pas comme ça ! I won't stand for that!

   b. ( = se mettre à soi-même) elle s'est passé de la crème solaire sur les épaules she put some sun cream on her shoulders

• se passer les mains sous l'eau to rinse one's hands

   c. (se transmettre) [+ ballon] to pass to each other ; [+ notes de cours, livre, plat] to pass around

   d. ( = finir) il faut attendre que ça se passe you'll have to wait till it's over

   e. ► se passer de [+ chose] to do without ; [+ personne] to manage without

• je peux me passer de ta présence I can manage without you around

• on peut se passer d'aller au théâtre we can do without going to the theatre

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+1! La traduction la plus courante de passer n'est pas to pass ; passer un examen se traduit par to take an exam.

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pɑse
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( franchir) to cross [fleuve, frontière]; to go through [porte, douane]; to get over [obstacle]

ils ont fait passer la rivière au troupeau — they took the herd across the river

il m'a fait passer la frontière — he got me across the border

2) ( faire franchir)

passer quelque chose à la douane — to get something through customs

3) ( dépasser) to go past, to pass

quand vous aurez passé le feu, tournez à droite — turn right after the lights

j'ai passé l'âge — I'm too old

le malade ne passera pas la nuit — the patient won't last the night

4) ( mettre)

passer le doigt sur la table — to run one's finger over the table-top

passer la tête à la fenêtre — to stick one's head out of the window

elle m' a passé le bras autour des épaules — she put her arm around my shoulders

5) ( transmettre) to pass [objet] (à to); to pass [something] on [consigne, maladie] (à to); ( prêter) (colloq) to lend ( à quelqu'un to somebody); ( donner) (colloq) to give ( à quelqu'un to somebody)

fais passer la nouvelle à tes amis — pass the news on to your friends

passer sa colère sur ses collègues — to take one's anger out on one's colleagues

6) ( au téléphone)

tu peux me passer Chris? — can you put Chris on?

attends, je te la passe — hold on, here she is, I'll put her on

je vous le passe — ( sur un autre poste) I'm putting you through

pourriez-vous me passer le poste 4834? — could you put me through to extension 4834 please?

7) ( se présenter à) to take, to sit [examen scolaire, test]; to have [visite médicale, entretien]

faire passer un test à quelqu'un — to give somebody a test

c'est moi qui fais passer l'oral de français aux nouveaux — I'm taking the new pupils for the French oral

8) ( réussir) to pass [examen, test]

9) ( dans le temps) to spend [temps] ( à faire doing)

nous avons passé de bons moments ensemble — we've had some good times together

dépêche-toi, on ne va pas y passer la nuit! — (colloq) hurry up, or we'll be here all night!

10) ( pardonner)

elle leur passe tout — she lets them get away with murder

il passe tous ses caprices à sa fille — he indulges his daughter's every whim

passez-moi l'expression — if you'll pardon the expression

11) ( omettre) to skip [mot, page, paragraphe]

je vous passe les détails — I'll spare you the details

j'en passe et des meilleures — (colloq) ( après énumération) and so on and so forth, I could go on

12) ( utiliser)

passer un chiffon sur les meubles — to go over the furniture with a cloth

passer un coup de fer sur une chemise — to give a shirt a quick iron

passer l'aspirateur dans le salon — to hoover® GB ou vacuum the lounge

13) ( étendre)

passer un peu de baume sur une brûlure — to dab some ointment on a burn

passer une couche de peinture sur quelque chose — to give something a coat of paint

14) ( soumettre)

passer quelque chose à la flamme — to hold something over a flame

qu'est-ce qu'elle nous a passé! — (colloq) she really went for us! (colloq)

15) ( à travers une grille) to filter [café]; to strain [jus, sauce]; to purée [légumes]

16) ( enfiler) to slip [something] on [vêtement, anneau]; to slip into [robe]

ils ont essayé de me passer la camisole — they tried to put me in a straitjacket

17) ( faire jouer) to play [disque, cassette audio]; ( projeter) to show [film, diapositives, cassette vidéo]; ( diffuser) to place [annonce]

18) ( signer) to sign [contrat]; to enter into [accord]; to place [commande]; to pass [loi, décret]

passer un marché — (colloq) to make a deal

19) Automobile ( enclencher)

passer la troisième/la marche arrière — to go into third gear/into reverse

20) Jeux

passer son tour — to pass

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( parcourir son chemin) [personne, animal, véhicule, ballon] to go past ou by, to pass

passer entre — to pass between

nous sommes passés près du lac — we went past the lake

passer sur un pont — to go over a bridge

l'autobus vient juste de passer — the bus has just gone

le facteur n'est pas encore passé — the postman hasn't come ou been yet

je suis passé à côté du monument — I passed the monument

nous sommes passés près de chez toi — we were near your house

passer à pied/à bicyclette — to walk/to cycle past

un avion est passé — a plane flew overhead

il est passé en courant — he ran past

le ballon est passé tout près des buts — the ball narrowly missed the goal

2) (se trouver, s'étendre)

la route passe à côté du lac — the road runs alongside the lake

ils ont fait passer la route devant chez nous — they built the road in front of our house

ligne qui passe par les centres de deux cercles — line that goes through the centres [BrE] of two circles

en faisant passer une ligne par ces deux villes — drawing a line through these two towns

3) ( faire un saut)

je ne fais que passer — I've just popped in GB ou dropped by for a minute

quand je suis passé au marché — when I went down to the market

il est passé déposer un dossier — he came to drop off a file

passer dans la matinée — to call in the morning GB, to come over in the morning

passe nous voir plus souvent! — come and see us more often!

passer prendre quelqu'un/qch — to pick somebody/sth up

4) ( se rendre) to go

les contrebandiers sont passés en Espagne — the smugglers have crossed into Spain

passez derrière moi — follow me

il est passé devant moi — ( dans une queue) he pushed in front of me

passer devant une commission — to come before a committee

5) ( aller au-delà) to get through

il est passé au rouge — he went through the red lights

il n'a pas attendu le feu vert pour passer — he didn't wait for the lights to turn green

il m'a fait signe de passer — he waved me on

vas-y, ça passe! — go on, there's plenty of room!

laisser passer une ambulance — to let an ambulance through

le volet laisse passer un peu de lumière — the shutter lets in a chink of light

la cloison laisse passer le bruit — the partition doesn't keep the noise out

passer par-dessus bord — to fall overboard

il est passé par la fenêtre — ( par accident) he fell out of the window; ( pour entrer) he got in through the window

il est passé sous un train — he was run over by a train

passer derrière la maison — to get round GB ou around US the back of the house

6) ( transiter)

passer par — [personne] lit to pass ou go through; fig to go through

nous sommes passés par Édimbourg — we went via Edinburgh

passer par quelqu'un pour faire quelque chose — to go through somebody to do

passer par de rudes épreuves — to go through the mill

passer par une rue — to go along a street

passer au bord de la faillite — to come very close to bankruptcy

la formation par laquelle il est passé — the training (that) he had

il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête — he always says the first thing that comes into his head

je ne sais jamais ce qui te passe par la tête — I never know what's going on in your head

une idée m'est passée par la tête — an idea occurred to me

qu'est-ce qui lui est passé par la tête? — what was he/she thinking of?

un sourire passa sur ses lèvres — he/she smiled briefly

des reptiles à l'homme, en passant par le singe — from reptiles to man, including apes

7) (colloq) ( avoir son tour)

il accuse le patron, ses collègues, bref, tout le monde y passe — he's accusing the boss, his colleagues - in other words, everyone in sight

que ça te plaise ou non, il va falloir y passer — whether you like it or not, there's no alternative

on ne peut pas faire autrement que d'en passer par là — there is no other way around it

je sais, j'en suis déjà passé par là — I know all about that, I've been there (colloq)

8) ( négliger)

je préfère passer sur ce point — I'd rather not dwell on that point

il est passé sur les détails — he didn't go into the details

si l'on passe sur les frais de déplacement — if we ignore the travel expenses

passons! — ( injonction) let's hear no more about it!

passer à côté d'une question — ( involontairement) to miss the point

laisser passer quelque chose — ( délibérément) to overlook something

laisser passer une occasion — to miss an opportunity

laisser passer plusieurs fautes — ( par inadvertance) to let several mistakes slip through

9) ( ne pas approfondir)

notons en passant que — we should note in passing that

soit dit en passer — incidentally

10) (être admis, supporté) [aliment, repas] to go down; [commentaires, discours, critiques] to go down well ( auprès de with); [loi, candidat] to get through; [attitude, pensée] to be accepted

ce doit être le concombre qui passe mal — it must be the cucumber

prends un peu de cognac, ça fait passer! — have a drop of brandy, it's good for the digestion

vos critiques sont mal passées — your criticism went down badly

ils n'ont jamais pu faire passer leurs idées — they never managed to get their ideas accepted

que je sois critiqué, passe encore, mais calomnié, non! — criticism is one thing, but I draw the line at slander

avec lui, la flatterie, ça ne passe pas — flattery won't work with him

passer au premier tour — Politique to be elected in the first round

passer dans la classe supérieure — to move up to the next year ou grade US

(ça) passe pour cette fois — (colloq) I'll let it go this time

11) ( se déplacer)

passer de France en Espagne — to leave France and enter Spain

passer de la salle à manger au salon — to move from the dining room to the lounge

passer à l'ennemi — to go over to the enemy

passer sous contrôle de l'ONU — to be taken over by the UN

passer sous contrôle ennemi — to fall into enemy hands

passer de main en main — to be passed around

passer constamment d'un sujet à l'autre — to flit from one subject to another

passer de la théorie à la pratique — to put theory into practice

leur nombre pourrait passer à 700 — their number could reach 700

passer à un taux supérieur — to go up to a higher rate

faire passer quelque chose de 200 à 300 — to increase something from 200 to 300

12) ( être pris)

passer pour un imbécile — to look a fool

il passe pour l'inventeur de l'ordinateur — he's supposed to have invented computers

il pourrait passer pour un Américain — he could be taken for an American

il veut passer pour un grand homme — he wants to be seen as a great man

faire passer quelqu'un/qch pour exceptionnel — to make somebody/sth out to be exceptional

se faire passer pour malade — to pretend to be ill

se faire passer pour mort — to fake one's own death

il se fait passer pour mon frère — he passes himself off as my brother

13) ( disparaître) [douleur, événement] to pass

quand l'orage sera or aura passé — lit when the storm is over; fig when the storm dies down

ça passera — ( sa mauvaise humeur) it'll pass; ( ton chagrin) you'll get over it

la première réaction passée — once we/they calmed down

nous avons dû attendre que sa colère soit passée — we had to wait for his/her anger to subside

passer de mode — to go out of fashion

cette mode est vite passée — that fashion was short-lived

faire passer à quelqu'un l'envie de faire — to cure somebody of the desire to do

je vais leur faire passer l'envie de tirer sur ma sonnette! — I'll teach them to ring my bell!

ce médicament fait passer les maux d'estomac — this medicine relieves stomach ache

cette mauvaise habitude te passera — it's a bad habit you'll grow out of

14) (apparaître, être projeté, diffusé) [artiste, groupe] ( sur une scène) to be appearing; (à la télévision, radio) to be on; [spectacle, film] to be on; [cassette, musique] to be playing

15) ( être placé)

passer avant/après — ( en importance) to come before/after

la santé passe avant tout — health comes first

il fait passer sa famille avant ses amis — he puts his family before his friends

16) (colloq) ( disparaître)

où étais-tu (encore) passé? — where (on earth) did you get to?

où est passé mon livre? — where has my book got to?

17) ( s'écouler) [temps] to pass, to go by

deux ans ont passé — two years have passed

je ne vois pas le temps passer — I don't know where the time goes

le week-end a passé trop vite — the weekend went too quickly

18) ( se mettre à) to turn to

passons aux choses sérieuses — let's turn to serious matters

passer à l'étape suivante — to move on to the next stage

passons à autre chose — let's change the subject

nous allons passer au vote — let's vote now

passer à l'offensive — to take the offensive

19) ( être transmis)

passer de père en fils — to be handed down from father to son

l'expression est passée dans la langue — the expression has become part of the language

ça finira par passer dans les mœurs — it'll eventually become common practice

il a fait passer son émotion dans la salle — he transmitted his emotion to the audience

20) ( être promu) to be promoted to

être passé maître dans l'art de faire — to be a past master at doing

elle est passée maître dans l'art de mentir — she's an accomplished liar

21) ( être dépensé) [argent, somme] to go on ou in ou into; [produit, matière] to go into

22) (colloq) ( mourir)

y passer — to die

si tu continues à conduire comme ça, tu vas finir par y passer — if you keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself

on y passera tous, mais le plus tard sera le mieux — we've all got to go sometime, the later the better

23) ( se décolorer) [teinte, tissu] to fade

passer au soleil — to fade in the sun

24) ( filtrer) [café] to filter

faire passer la soupe — to put the soup through a sieve

25) ( changer de vitesse)

passer en troisième/marche arrière — to go into third/reverse

la troisième passe mal or a du mal à passer — third gear is a bit stiff

26) Jeux (au bridge, poker) to pass

3.

se passer verbe pronominal

1) ( se produire) to happen

tout se passe comme si l'euro avait été dévalué — it's as if the euro had been devalued

2) ( être situé) to take place

la scène se passe au Viêt Nam — the scene is set in Vietnam

3) ( se dérouler) [opération, examen, négociations] to go

tout s'est passé très vite — it all happened very fast

ça va mal se passer pour toi — you're going to be in trouble

ça ne se passera pas comme ça! — I won't leave it at that!

4) ( s'écouler) [période] to go by, to pass

deux ans se sont passés depuis — that was two years ago

attendons que ça se passe — let's wait till it's over

nos soirées se passaient à regarder la télévision — we spent the evenings watching television

5) ( se dispenser)

se passer de — [personne] to do without [objet, activité, personne]; to go without [repas, nourriture, sommeil]

se passer de commentaires — to speak for itself

ne pas pouvoir se passer de faire — not to be able to help doing

6) ( se mettre)

se passer la langue sur les lèvres — to run one's tongue over one's lips

se passer la main sur le front — to put a hand to one's forehead

7) ( l'un à l'autre)

ils se sont passé des documents — they exchanged some documents

nous nous sommes passé le virus — we caught the virus from each other

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pɒse
1. vi

1) (= aller) to go, to pass, to pass by, to go by

passer au salon — to go through to the sitting room

passer par — to go through

Ils sont passés par Paris. — They went through Paris.

passez devant! — go in front!

passez par ici! — go this way!

passer à table — to sit down to eat

2) (= faire une halte rapide) [facteur] to come, to call, (pour rendre visite) to call in, to drop in

Je passerai chez vous ce soir. — I'll call in this evening., I'll drop in this evening.

passer prendre qn — to come and collect sb

en passant — in passing

Je lui ai dit en passant que j'allais me marier. — I told him in passing that I was getting married.

3) CARTES to pass

4)

passe encore de le penser, mais de le dire! — it's one thing to think it, but to say it!

passons! — let's say no more about it!

passer sur qch [faute, détail inutile] — to pass over sth

5) (= s'écouler) [temps, jours] to go by, to pass

6) (= disparaître) [douleur] to pass, to go away, [mode] to die out, [couleur, papier] to fade

faire passer à qn le goût de qch [homme] — to cure sb of his taste for sth, [femme] to cure sb of her taste for sth

7) (= franchir un obstacle, traverser) [personne] to get through, [courant, air, lumière] to get through, [liquide, café] to go through

faire passer [message] — to get over, to get across

laisser passer [air, lumière, personne] — to let through, [occasion] to miss, [erreur] to overlook

Il m'a laissé passer. — He let me through.

8) (= être digéré, avalé) to go down

9) ÉDUCATION, [personne] to move up (to the next class)

10) (= être diffusé) [film, émission] to be on

passer à la télévision — to be on TV

"Titanic" passe à la télé ce soir. — "Titanic" is on TV tonight.

Mon père passe à la radio demain soir. — My father's on the radio tomorrow night.

11) (autres locutions)

passer à [ennemi, opposition] — to go over to

passer aux aveux — to confess, to make a confession

passer avant qch/qn fig — to come before sth/sb

passer dans les mœurs — to become the custom

passer dans l'usage — to become normal usage

passer en seconde AUTOMOBILES — to change into second

passer pour; Il passe pour riche. — He is thought to be rich.

il passait pour avoir — he was said to have

faire passer qn/qch pour — to make sb/sth out to be

2. vt

1) (= franchir) [frontière, rivière] to cross, [douane] to go through

Nous avons passé la frontière belge. — We crossed the Belgian border.

faire passer qch dans qch — to get sth into sth

faire passer qch par qch — to get sth through sth

2) (= transmettre, donner)

passer qch à qn — to pass sth to sb, to give sb sth

Passe-moi le sel, s'il te plaît. — Pass me the salt, please.

je vous passe M. Cousin (au téléphone) — I'm putting you through to Mr Cousin

passer qch en fraude (= faire entrer) — to smuggle sth in, (= faire sortir) to smuggle sth out

passer la parole à qn — to hand over to sb

3) [temps, journée] to spend

Elle a passé la journée à ne rien faire. — She spent the day doing nothing.

Ils passent toujours leurs vacances au Danemark. — They always spend their holidays in Denmark.

4) (= subir) [examen] to sit, to take, [visite médicale] to have

Gordon a passé ses examens la semaine dernière. — Gordon took his exams last week.

5) (= mettre) [vêtement] to slip on

passer la main par la portière — to stick one's hand out of the door

passer la seconde AUTOMOBILES — to change into second

6) (= faire passer) [thé, soupe] to strain

passer qch dans qch — to put sth into sth

passer qch par qch — to put sth through sth

passer l'aspirateur — to hoover

7) (= jouer) [film] to show, [disque, CD] to play, to put on

On passe "Le Kid" au cinéma cette semaine. — They're showing "The Kid" at the cinema this week.

8) (= conclure) [marché] to agree on, [accord] to reach

9) (= tolérer)

passer qch à qn — to let sb get away with sth

et j'en passe! — and that's not all!

10) (= devenir)

passer président — to become president

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passer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( franchir) to cross [fleuve, pont, frontière, col]; to go through [porte, douane]; to get over [haie, obstacle]; ils ont fait passer la rivière au troupeau they took the herd across the river; il m'a fait passer la frontière he got me across the border;

2 ( faire franchir) passer qch à la douane to get sth through customs; passer qch en fraude or contrebande to smuggle sth; passer qn en fraude ( vers l'intérieur) to smuggle sb in; ( vers l'extérieur) to smuggle sb out; ⇒ gauche;

3 ( dépasser) to go past, to pass; quand vous aurez passé le feu, tournez à droite turn right after the lights; passer la barre des dix euros to pass the ten-euro mark; on a passé l'heure it's too late; j'ai passé l'âge I'm too old; le malade ne passera pas la nuit the patient won't last the night;

4 ( mettre) passer le doigt sur la table to run one's finger over the table-top; passer la tête à la fenêtre to stick one's head out of the window; elle m'a passé le bras autour des épaules she put her arm around my shoulders; elle m'a passé la main dans les cheveux she ran her fingers through my hair;

5 ( transmettre) to pass [objet] (à to); to pass [sth] on [consigne, maladie] (à to); ( prêter)○ to lend (à qn to sb); ( donner)○ to give (à qn to sb); passer le ballon au gardien de but to pass the ball to the goalkeeper; passe-moi le sel pass me the salt; passe le vin à ton père pass your father the wine; faites passer le plat entre vous pass the dish around; fais passer la bonne nouvelle à tes amis pass the good news on to your friends; elle a attrapé la grippe et l'a passée à son mari she caught flu and gave it to her husband; il m'a passé son vélo○ ( prêté) he lent me his bike; ( donné) he gave me his bike; il m'a passé son rhume he's given me his cold;

6 ( au téléphone) tu peux me passer Chris? can you put Chris on?; attends, je te la passe hold on, here she is, I'll put her on; je vous le passe ( sur un autre poste) I'm putting you through; pourriez-vous me passer le poste 4834/le service de traduction? could you put me through to extension 4834/the translation department, please?; il est sorti, je vous passe sa secrétaire he's out, I'll put you through to his secretary;

7 ( se présenter à) to take, to sit [examen scolaire, test]; to have [visite médicale, entretien]; passer son permis de conduire to take one's driving test; faire passer un test à qn to give sb a test; c'est moi qui fais passer l'oral de français aux nouveaux I'm taking the new pupils for the French oral;

8 ( réussir) to pass [examen, test];

9 ( dans le temps) to spend [temps, jour, vie, vacances] (à faire doing); passer une nuit à l'hôtel to spend a night at a hotel; nous avons passé de bons moments ensemble we've had some good times together; dépêche-toi, on ne va pas y passer la nuit○! hurry up, or we'll be here all night!; passer sa colère sur son chat/ses collègues to take one's anger out on the cat/one's colleagues;

10 ( pardonner) passer qch à qn to let sb get away with sth; il ne me passe rien he doesn't let me get away with anything; elle leur passe tout she lets them get away with murder; passez-lui ses écarts de langage excuse his/her strong language; il passe tous ses caprices à sa fille he indulges his daughter's every whim; passez-moi l'expression/le terme if you'll pardon the expression/the word;

11 ( omettre) to skip [mot, page, paragraphe]; je vous passe les détails I'll spare you the details; j'en passe et des meilleures ( après énumération) and so on and so forth, I could go on;

12 ( utiliser) passer un chiffon humide sur les meubles to go over the furniture with a damp cloth; passer un coup de fer sur une chemise to give a shirt a quick press; n'oublie pas de passer l'aspirateur dans le salon don't forget to hoover® GB ou vacuum the lounge;

13 ( étendre) en passant un peu de cire, les rayures disparaîtront if you go over it with a bit of wax, the scratches will disappear; passer un peu de baume sur une brûlure to dab some ointment on a burn; passer une couche de peinture sur qch to give sth a coat of paint;

14 ( soumettre) passez le plat au four put the dish in the oven; passer la pointe d'une aiguille à la flamme to hold the point of a needle over a flame; passer le plancher à la cire to put some wax on the floor; passer qch à l'eau ( pour rincer) to give sth a rinse; ( pour obtenir une réaction) to soak sth briefly in water; qu'est-ce qu'elle nous a passé○! she really went for us○!; ⇒ peigne;

15 ( à travers une grille) to filter [café]; to strain [jus de fruit, sauce]; to purée [légumes]; passer des légumes au moulin à légumes to purée vegetables;

16 ( enfiler) to slip [sth] on [vêtement, anneau]; to slip into [robe]; ils ont essayé de me passer la camisole they tried to put me in a straitjacket;

17 ( faire jouer) to play [disque, cassette audio]; ( projeter) to show [film, diapositives, cassette vidéo]; ( diffuser) to place [annonce];

18 ( signer) to sign [contrat]; to enter into [accord]; to place [commande]; to pass [loi, décret]; passer un marché○ to make a deal;

19 Compta ( entrer) to enter, to post spéc [somme, dépense];

20 Aut ( enclencher) to go into [vitesse]; passer la troisième/la marche arrière to go into third gear/into reverse;

21 Jeux ( renoncer à) passer son tour to pass.

B vi

1 ( parcourir son chemin) [personne, animal, véhicule, ballon] to go past ou by, to pass; passer entre to pass between; regarder passer les trains to watch the trains go past ou by; nous sommes passés devant le palais/près du lac we went past the palace/the lake; passer sous/sur un pont to go under/over a bridge; l'autobus vient juste de passer the bus has just gone; le facteur n'est pas encore passé the postman hasn't been yet; quand passe le prochain car pour Caen? when is the next coach GB ou bus for Caen?; je suis passé à côté de lui/du monument I passed him/the monument; nous sommes passés près de chez toi ce matin we were near your house this morning; passer à pied/à cheval/en voiture/à bicyclette to walk/ride/drive/cycle past; un avion est passé a plane flew past overhead; il est passé en courant/boitant he ran/limped past; j'ai renversé le vase en passant I knocked over the vase as I went by; en passant, achète du lait buy some milk while you're out; le ballon est passé tout près des buts the ball narrowly missed the goal;

2 (se trouver, s'étendre) la route passe à côté du lac the road runs alongside the lake; le ruisseau passe derrière la maison the stream runs behind the house; ils ont fait passer la route devant chez nous/près de l'église/derrière le village they built the road in front of our house/near the church/behind the village; ligne qui passe par les centres de deux cercles line that connects the centres^GB of two circles; en faisant passer une ligne par ces deux villes drawing a line through these two towns;

3 ( faire un saut) je ne fais que passer I've just popped in GB ou dropped by for a minute; quand je suis passé au marché when I went down to the market; quand je suis passé à l'école when I dropped by the school; quand je suis passé chez lui when I called in to see him GB, when I dropped by his place; passer à la banque to call in at the bank GB, to drop by the bank; il est passé déposer un dossier he came to drop off a file; il est passé quelqu'un pour toi someone was looking for you; je passerai un de ces jours I'll drop by one of these days; passer dans la matinée [plombier, représentant] to call in the morning GB, to come over in the morning; passe nous voir plus souvent! come and see us more often!; passer prendre qn/qch to pick sb/sth up; je passerai te prendre à six heures I'll pick you up at six; je passerai prendre le gâteau dans une heure I'll pick up the cake in an hour;

4 ( se rendre) to go; passez au guichet numéro 3 go to counter 3; passons au salon let's go into ou through to the lounge; les contrebandiers sont passés en Espagne the smugglers have crossed into Spain; passez derrière moi, je vous montrerai le chemin follow me, I'll show you the way; il est passé devant moi, il m'est passé devant○ ( dans une queue) he pushed in front of me; passer à la visite médicale to go for a medical examination; passer devant une commission to come before a committee;

5 ( aller au-delà) to get through; tu ne passeras pas, c'est trop étroit you'll never get through, it's too narrow; on ne peut pas passer à cause de la neige we can't get through because of the snow; impossible de passer tant il y avait de monde you couldn't get through, there were so many people; il est passé au rouge he went through the red lights; il n'a pas attendu le feu vert pour passer he didn't wait for the lights to turn green; il m'a fait signe de passer he waved me on; il a fait passer la vieille dame devant lui he let the old lady go first; vas-y, ça passe! ( à un automobiliste) go on, there's plenty of room!; laisser passer qn to let sb through; laisser passer une ambulance to let an ambulance through; le volet laisse passer un peu de lumière the shutter lets in a chink of light; la cloison laisse passer le bruit the partition doesn't keep the noise out; passer par-dessus bord to fall overboard; il est passé par la fenêtre ( par accident) he fell out of the window; ( pour entrer) he got in through the window; il est passé sous un train he was run over by a train; nous n'avons pas pu faire passer l'armoire par la porte we couldn't get the wardrobe through the door; à cause des travaux, on ne peut pas passer derrière la maison because of the road works, we can't get round GB ou around US the back of the house; ⇒ caravane, casser;

6 ( transiter) passer par [personne] lit to pass ou go through; fig to go through; nous sommes passés par Édimbourg we went via Edinburgh; ça ira plus vite en passant par la Belgique it'll be quicker to go via Belgium; la manifestation passera dans cette avenue the demonstration will come along this avenue; passer par qn pour faire qch to do sth through sb; passer par de rudes épreuves to go through the mill, to have a rough time; passer par l'opératrice to go through the operator; passer par une rue to go along a street; passer par l'escalier de service to use the service stairs; nous sommes passés par une agence matrimoniale we met through a marriage bureau; il est passé par tous les stades de la formation he went through the various different stages of training; passer au bord de la faillite to come very close to bankruptcy; il est passé par une très bonne école he went to a very good school; la formation par laquelle il est passé the training (that) he had; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he always says the first thing that comes into his head; je ne sais jamais ce qui te passe par la tête I never know what's going on in your head; une idée m'est passée par la tête an idea occurred to me; mais qu'est-ce qui lui est passé par la tête? what on earth was he/she thinking of?; ça fait du bien par où ça passe○! [aliment, boisson] I needed that!; un éclair de malice passa dans ses yeux his/her eyes gleamed with mischief, he/she had a mischievous glint in his/her eyes; un sourire passa sur ses lèvres he/she smiled for a second; en passant par including; des reptiles à l'homme, en passant par le singe from reptiles to man, including apes; ⇒ maire;

7 ○( avoir son tour) il accuse le patron, ses collègues, le cuisinier, bref, tout le monde y passe he's accusing the boss, his colleagues, the cook-in other words, everyone in sight; le rock, le blues, la musique classique, tout y passe rock, blues, classical music, you name it; que ça te plaise ou non, il va falloir y passer whether you like it or not, there's no alternative; la nouvelle secrétaire va y passer aussi the new secretary will get it as well; on ne peut pas faire autrement que d'en passer par là there is no other way around it; je sais, j'en suis déjà passé par là I know all about that, I've been there○;

8 ( négliger) passer sur to pass over [question, défaut, erreur]; je préfère passer sur ce point pour l'instant I'd rather not dwell on that point for the moment; il est or a passé sur les détails he didn't go into the details; si l'on passe sur les frais de déplacement if we ignore the travel expenses; passons (là-dessus)! ( injonction) let's hear no more about it!; ( pardon) let's say no more about it!; passer à côté d'une question ( volontairement) to sidestep a question; ( involontairement) to miss the point; laisser passer qch ( délibérément) to let sth pass, to overlook sth; ( par inadvertance) to let sth slip through, to overlook sth; laisser passer une occasion, passer à côté d'une occasion to miss an opportunity, to let an opportunity slip ou go by; laisser passer quelques erreurs par gentillesse to overlook a few errors out of soft-heartedness; on ne peut pas laisser passer une telle erreur we cannot let a mistake like that through; le réviseur a laissé passer plusieurs fautes the proofreader let several mistakes slip through; il leur laisse passer tous leurs caprices he indulges their every whim;

9 ( ne pas approfondir) en passant in passing; notons en passant que we should note in passing that; en passant, il a ajouté que in passing, he added that; soit dit en passer incidentally;

10 (être admis, supporté) [aliment, repas] to go down; [commentaires, discours, critiques] to go down well (auprès de with); [loi, règlement, mesure] to get through; [attitude, pensée, doctrine] to be accepted; [candidat] to get through; je ne me sens pas bien, ce doit être le concombre qui passe mal I don't feel well, it must be the cucumber; prends un peu de cognac, ça fait passer! have a drop of brandy, it's good for the digestion; vos critiques sont mal passées/ne sont pas passées your criticism went down badly/didn't go down well; ils n'ont jamais pu faire passer leur réforme/leurs idées they never managed to get their reform through/their ideas accepted; que je sois critiqué, passe encore, mais calomnié, non! criticism is one thing, but I draw the line at slander; avec lui, la flatterie, ça ne passe pas flattery won't work with him; passer au premier tour Pol to be elected in the first round; passer dans la classe supérieure to move up to the next year ou grade US; (ça) passe pour cette fois○ this time, I'll let it go;

11 ( se déplacer) passer de France en Espagne to leave France and enter Spain; passer de la salle à manger au salon to move from the dining room to the lounge; passer à l'ennemi to go over to the enemy; passer dans le camp adverse to go over to the other side; passer sous contrôle de l'ONU/de l'État to be taken over by the UN/the government; passer sous contrôle ennemi to fall into enemy hands; passer de main en main to be passed around; passer constamment d'un sujet à l'autre to flit from one subject to another; passer d'un amant à un autre to go from one lover to the next; passer de l'opulence à la misère to go from extreme wealth to extreme poverty; passer de la théorie à la pratique to put theory into practice; leur nombre pourrait passer à 700 their number could reach 700; passer à un taux supérieur/inférieur to go up to a higher rate/down to a lower rate; faire passer qch de 200 à 300 to increase sth from 200 to 300; faire passer qch de 300 à 200 to decrease sth from 300 to 200; expression passée en proverbe expression that has become a proverb;

12 ( être pris) passer pour un imbécile/pour être une belle ville to be generally thought of as stupid/as a beautiful town (auprès de by); passer pour un génie to pass as a genius; son excentricité passe pour de l'intelligence his/her eccentricity passes for intelligence; il passe pour l'inventeur de l'ordinateur he's supposed to have invented computers; passer pour quelqu'un d'autre to be taken for someone else; il pourrait passer pour un Américain he could be taken for an American; il veut passer pour un grand homme he wants to be seen as a great man; faire passer qn/qch pour exceptionnel/exemplaire to make sb/sth out to be exceptional/a model of perfection; se faire passer pour malade to pretend to be ill; se faire passer pour mort to fake one's own death; il se fait passer pour mon frère he passes himself off as my brother; se faisant passer pour un agent d'assurance by passing himself off as ou by impersonating an insurance salesman; il m'a fait passer pour un imbécile he made me look like a fool;

13 ( disparaître) [douleur, événement] to pass; quand l'orage sera or aura passé lit when the storm is over; fig when the storm dies down; ça passera ( sa mauvaise humeur) it'll pass; ( ton chagrin) you'll get over it; la première réaction passée, il a été possible de faire once we/they calmed down it was possible to do; nous avons dû attendre que sa colère soit passée we had to wait for his/her anger to subside; passer de mode [vêtement, style, chanson, expression] to go out of fashion; cette mode est vite passée or a vite passé that fashion was short-lived; faire passer à qn l'envie or le goût de faire to cure sb of the desire to do; les sales gosses, je vais leur faire passer l'envie or l'habitude de tirer sur ma sonnette! those damn kids, I'll teach them to ring my bell!; ce médicament fait passer les maux d'estomac this medicine relieves stomach ache; cette mauvaise habitude te passera it's a bad habit you'll grow out of; ça lui passera avant que ça me reprenne○ it won't last;

14 (apparaître, être projeté, diffusé) [artiste, groupe] ( sur une scène) to be appearing; (à la télévision, radio) to be on; [spectacle, film] to be on; [cassette, musique] to be playing; mon ami passe à la télévision ce soir my friend is on television tonight; les films portugais qui passent à la télévision/au Rex/à Paris the Portuguese films (that are) on television/on at the Rex/on in Paris;

15 ( être placé) passer avant/après ( en importance) to come before/after; la santé passe avant tout health comes first; il fait passer sa famille avant ses amis he puts his family before his friends;

16 ○( disparaître) où étais-tu (encore) passé? where (on earth) did you get to?; où est passé mon livre/le chat? where has my book/the cat got to?;

17 ( s'écouler) [temps] to pass, to go by; deux ans ont passé depuis l'événement two years have passed since it happened; le temps a passé, et les gens ont oublié time has passed and people have forgotten; je ne vois pas le temps passer I don't know where the time goes; le week-end a or est passé trop vite the weekend went too quickly;

18 ( se mettre à) to turn to; passons aux choses sérieuses let's turn to serious matters; nous pouvons passer à l'étape suivante we can move on to the next stage; passons à autre chose let's change the subject; nous allons passer au vote let's vote now; passer à l'offensive to take the offensive;

19 ( être transmis) passer de père en fils/de génération en génération/à ses héritiers to be handed down from father to son/from generation to generation/to one's heirs; l'expression est passée dans la langue the expression has become part of the language; ça finira par passer dans les mœurs it'll eventually become common practice; il a fait passer son émotion dans la salle he transmitted his emotion to the audience;

20 ( être promu) to be promoted to; il est passé général he's been promoted to general; elle est passée maître dans l'art de mentir she's an accomplished liar;

21 ( être dépensé) [argent, somme] to go on ou in ou into; [produit, matière] to go into; la moitié de mon salaire passe en remboursement de mes dettes half my salary goes on paying off my debts; toutes mes économies y sont passées○ all my savings went into it;

22 ○( mourir) y passer to die; si tu continues à conduire comme ça, tu vas finir par y passer if you keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself; on y passera tous, mais le plus tard sera le mieux we've all got to go sometime, the later the better;

23 ( se décolorer) [teinte, tissu] to fade; passer au soleil to fade in the sun;

24 ( filtrer) [café] to brew; faire passer la soupe to put the soup through the vegetable mill;

25 ( changer de vitesse) passer en troisième/marche arrière to go into third/reverse; la troisième passe mal or a du mal à passer third gear is a bit stiff; passer de seconde en troisième to go from second into third;

26 Jeux (au bridge, poker) to pass.

C se passer vpr

1 ( se produire) to happen; ça s'est passé en Chine/à Pékin/le matin/au bon moment it happened in China/in Beijing/in the morning/at the right time; il ne se passe jamais rien dans ce village nothing ever happens in this village; que se passe-t-il?, qu'est-ce qui se passe? what's happening, what's going on?; tout se passe comme si le dollar avait été dévalué it's as if the dollar was devalued;

2 ( être situé) to take place; la scène se passe au Viêt Nam/dans les années trente/de nos jours the scene is set in Vietnam/in the thirties/in the present day;

3 ( se dérouler) [opération, examen, négociations] to go; comment s'est passée la réunion? how did the meeting go?; tout s'est bien passé everything went well; ça s'est mal passé it didn't go well; la réunion s'est très mal passée the meeting went very badly; tout s'est passé très vite it all happened very fast; ça va mal se passer pour toi si tu continues! you're going to be in trouble if you carry on GB ou continue doing that!; ça ne se passera pas comme ça! I won't leave it at that!;

4 ( s'écouler) [période] to go by, to pass; il s'est passé deux ans depuis, deux ans se sont passés depuis that was two years ago; il ne se passe guère de jour (sans) qu'elle ne trouve à se plaindre hardly a day goes by without her finding something to complain about; attendons que ça se passe let's wait till it's over; nos soirées se passaient à regarder la télévision we spent the evenings watching television; ⇒ jeunesse;

5 ( se dispenser) se passer de [personne] to do without [objet, activité, personne]; to go without [repas, nourriture, sommeil]; nous nous sommes passés de voiture we did without a car; nous nous passerons de lui we'll do without him; je me passerais bien de tes remarques I can do without your comments; se passer de commentaires to speak for itself; ne pas pouvoir se passer de faire not to be able to help oneself from doing; se passer des services de qn to do without sb's services;

6 ( se mettre) se passer la langue sur les lèvres/la main dans les cheveux to run one's tongue over one's lips/one's fingers through one's hair; se passer la main sur le front to put a hand to one's forehead;

7 ( l'un à l'autre) ils se sont passé des documents they exchanged some documents; nous nous sommes passé le virus we caught the virus from each other.

[pase] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)

A.[EXPRIME UN DÉPLACEMENT]

1. [se déplacer - personne, véhicule] to pass (by), to go ou to come past

regarder passer les coureurs to watch the runners go past

passer à: passer à droite/gauche to go right/left

passer au-dessus de: l'avion est passé au-dessus de la maison the plane flew over the house

passer dans: pour empêcher les poids lourds de passer dans le village to stop lorries from driving ou going through the village

passer devant quelque chose to go past something

passe devant si tu ne vois pas

a. [devant moi] go in front of me if you can't see

b. [devant tout le monde] go to the front if you can't see

passer sous: passer sous une échelle to go under a ladder

passer sous une voiture [se faire écraser] to get run over (by a car)

passer sur: passer sur un pont to go over ou to cross a bridge

des péniches passaient sur le canal barges were going past ou were sailing on the canal

[fugitivement]

j'ai vu un éclair de rage passer dans son regard I saw a flash of anger in his eyes

un sourire passa sur ses lèvres a smile played about her lips, she smiled briefly

elle dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête she says the first thing that comes into her head

qu'est-ce qui a bien pu lui passer par la tête? whatever was he thinking of?

ne faire que passer: le pouvoir n'a fait que passer entre leurs mains they held power only briefly

2. [s'écouler - fluide] to flow, to run

il y a de l'air qui passe sous la porte there's a permanent draught coming under the door

3. [emprunter un certain itinéraire]

si vous passez à Paris, venez me voir come and see me if you're in Paris

passer par: le voleur est passé par la fenêtre the burglar got in through the window

passe par l'escalier de service use the service stairs

[fleuve, route] to go, to run

le tunnel passera sous la montagne the tunnel will go under the mountain

le pont passe au-dessus de l'avenue the bridge crosses the avenue

4. MATHÉMATIQUES to pass

soit une droite passant par deux points A et B given a straight line between two points A and B

5. [sur un parcours régulier - démarcheur, représentant] to call ; [ - bateau, bus, train] to come ou to go past

le facteur n'est pas encore passé the postman hasn't been yet

le facteur passe deux fois par jour the postman delivers ou comes twice a day

le bus passe toutes les sept minutes there's a bus every seven minutes

le bateau/train est déjà passé the boat/train has already gone ou left

le prochain bateau passera dans deux jours the next boat will call ou is due in two days

6. [faire une visite] to call

passer chez quelqu'un to call at somebody's place

j'ai demandé au médecin de passer I asked the doctor to call (in) ou to come ou to visit

j'essaierai de passer dans la soirée I'll try and call in the evening

je ne fais que passer I'm not stopping

(suivi de l'infinitif)

passer voir quelqu'un to call on somebody

je passerai te chercher I'll come and fetch you

7. [franchir une limite] to get through

ne laissez passer personne don't let anybody through

il est passé au rouge he went through a red light

ça passe ou ça casse it's make or break (time)

8. [s'infiltrer] to pass

passer dans le sang to pass into ou to enter the bloodstream

la lumière passe à travers les rideaux the light shines through the curtains

le café doit passer lentement [dans le filtre] the coffee must filter through slowly

9. [aller, se rendre] to go

où est-il passé? where's he gone (to)?

où sont passées mes lunettes? where have my glasses got ou disappeared to?

passons à table let's eat

passons au salon let's go through to the living room

passer de Suisse en France to cross over ou to go from Switzerland to France

passer à l'ennemi to go over to the enemy

10. CHASSE to pass, to go ou to come past

B.[EXPRIME UNE ACTION]

1. [se soumettre à]

passer à to go for

passer au scanner to go for a scan

ce matin, je suis passé au tableau I was asked to explain something at the blackboard this morning

y passer (familier) : je ne veux pas me faire opérer — il faudra bien que tu y passes, pourtant! I don't want to have an operation — you're going to have to!

avec lui, toutes les femmes du service y sont passées he's had all the women in his department

tout le monde a cru que tu allais y passer everybody thought you were a goner

2. [être accepté] to pass

elle est passée à l'écrit mais pas à l'oral she got through ou she passed the written exam but not the oral

j'ai mangé quelque chose qui ne passe pas I've eaten something that won't go down

sa dernière remarque n'est pas passée (figuré) his last remark stuck in my throat

ton petit discours est bien passé your little speech went down well ou was well received

la deuxième scène ne passe pas du tout the second scene doesn't work at all

le film passe mal sur le petit écran/en noir et blanc the film just isn't the same on TV/in black and white

passe (encore): l'injurier, passe encore, mais le frapper! it's one thing to insult him, but quite another to hit him!

3. [être transmis] to go

la ferme est passée de père en fils depuis cinq générations the farm has been handed down from father to son for five generations

la carafe passa de main en main the jug was passed around

la locution est passée du latin à l'anglais the phrase came ou passed into English from Latin

4. [entrer] to pass

c'est passé dans le langage courant it's passed into ou it's now part of everyday speech

c'est passé dans les moeurs it's become standard ou normal practice

5. [être utilisé, absorbé] to go

tout son salaire passe dans la maison all her salary goes on the house

y passer: les deux bouteilles y sont passées both bottles were drunk

toutes ses économies y passent all her savings go towards ou into it

6. POLITIQUE [être adopté - projet de loi, amendement] to pass, to be passed

la loi est passée the law was passed

[être élu - député] to be elected, to get in

si les socialistes passent if the socialists get in ou are elected

7. CINÉMA & THÉÂTRE to be on, to be showing

sa dernière pièce passe au Galatée her latest play is on at the Galatée

RADIO & TÉLÉVISION

les informations passent à 20 h the news is on at 8 pm

passer à la radio [émission, personne] to be on the radio ou the air

passer à la télévision

a. [personne] to be ou to appear on television

b. [film] to be on television

8. DROIT [comparaître]

passer devant le tribunal to come up ou to go before the court

passer en correctionnelle ≃ to go before the magistrate's court

l'affaire passera en justice le mois prochain the case will be heard next month

9. JEUX to pass

C.[EXPRIME UN CHANGEMENT D'ÉTAT]

1. [accéder - à un niveau]

passer dans la classe supérieure to move up to the next form (UK) ou grade (US)

passer en seconde ÉDUCATION to move up to the fifth form (UK) ou to tenth grade (US)

il est passé au grade supérieur he's been promoted

2. [devenir] to become

il est passé ailier he plays on the wing now

passer professionnel to turn professional

3. [dans des locutions verbales]

passer à [aborder]: passons à l'ordre du jour let us turn to the business on the agenda

passer à l'action to take action

passer de... à [changer d'état]: passer de l'état liquide à l'état gazeux to pass ou to change from the liquid to the gaseous state

quand on passe de l'adolescence à l'âge adulte when you pass from adolescence to adulthood

la production est passée de 20 à 30/de 30 à 20 tonnes output has gone (up) from 20 to 30/(down) from 30 to 20 tonnes

passer du français au russe to switch from French to Russian

comment êtes-vous passé du cinéma au théâtre? how did you move ou make the transition from the cinema to the stage?

il passe d'une idée à l'autre he jumps ou flits from one idea to another

4. AUTOMOBILE

passer en troisième to change ou go into third (gear)

la seconde passe mal second gear is stiff

D.[EXPRIME UNE ÉVOLUTION DANS LE TEMPS]

1. [s'écouler - temps] to pass, to go by

la journée est passée agréablement the day went off ou passed pleasantly

comme le temps passe! how time flies!

2. [s'estomper - douleur] to fade (away), to wear off ; [ - malaise] to disappear ; [ - mode, engouement] to die out ; [ - enthousiasme] to wear off, to fade ; [ - beauté] to fade, to wane ; [ - chance, jeunesse] to pass ; [ - mauvaise humeur] to pass, to vanish ; [ - rage, tempête] to die down ; [ - averse] to die down, to stop

mon envie est passée I don't feel like it anymore

cette habitude lui passera avec l'âge he'll grow out of the habit

faire passer: ce médicament fait passer la douleur très rapidement this medicine relieves pain very quickly

3. [s'altérer - fruit, denrées] to go off (UK), to spoil, to go bad

[se faner - fleur] to wilt

[pâlir - teinte]

le papier peint a passé au soleil the sun has faded the wallpaper

4. (auxiliaire avoir) (vieilli) [mourir]

il a passé cette nuit he passed on ou away last night

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[pase] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)

A.[EXPRIME UN DÉPLACEMENT]

1. [traverser - pont, col de montagne] to go over (inseparable), to cross ; [ - écluse] to go through (inseparable)

passer une rivière à la nage to swim across a river

passer un ruisseau à gué to ford a stream

2. [franchir - frontière, ligne d'arrivée] to cross

3. [dépasser - point de repère] to pass, to go past (inseparable)

passer l'arrêt de l'autobus [le manquer] to miss one's bus stop

passer le cap Horn to (go) round Cape Horn, to round the Cape

quand on passe les 1 000 mètres d'altitude when you go over 1,000 metres high

l'or a passé les 400 dollars l'once gold has broken through the $ 400 an ounce mark

4. [transporter] to ferry ou to take across (separable)

5. [introduire]

passer de la drogue/des cigarettes en fraude to smuggle drugs/cigarettes

6. [engager - partie du corps] to put

passer son bras autour de la taille de quelqu'un to put ou to slip one's arm round somebody's waist

je n'arrive pas à passer ma tête dans l'encolure de cette robe my head won't go through the neck of the dress

il a passé la tête par l'entrebâillement de la porte he poked his head round the door

7. [faire aller - instrument] to run

passer un peigne dans ses cheveux to run a comb through one's hair

passer une éponge sur la table to wipe the table

passer un chiffon sur les meubles to dust the furniture

passer l'aspirateur to vacuum, to hoover (UK)

passer le balai to sweep up

passe le balai dans l'escalier give the stairs a sweep, sweep the stairs

8. ÉQUITATION [haie] to jump, to clear

9. SPORT [franchir - obstacle, haie] to jump (over)

passer la barre à deux mètres to clear the bar at two metres

passer tous les obstacles (figuré) to overcome ou to surmount all the obstacles

[transmettre - ballon] to pass

[dépasser - coureurs] to overtake, to pass

B.[EXPRIME UNE ACTION]

1. [se soumettre à - permis de conduire] to take ; [ - examen] to take, to sit (UK) ; [ - entretien] to have ; [ - scanner, visite médicale] to have, to go for (inseparable)

la voiture doit passer un contrôle technique the car has to go for its MOT

2. (vieilli) [réussir - examen] to pass ; [ - épreuve éliminatoire] to get through (inseparable)

il a passé l'écrit, mais attendons l'oral he's passed the written exam, but let's see what happens in the oral

3. [omettre] to miss ou to leave out (separable), to omit

je passe toutes les descriptions dans ses romans I miss out ou I skip all the descriptions in her novels

4. [tolérer]

elle lui passe tout she lets him get away with anything

passez-moi l'expression/le mot if you'll pardon the expression/excuse the term

5. [soumettre à l'action de]

passer les parquets à l'encaustique to polish the floors

passer des légumes au mixeur to put vegetables through the blender, to blend vegetables

passer quelque chose sous l'eau to rinse something ou to give something a rinse under the tap

passer quelque chose au four to put something in the oven

passer quelque chose à quelqu'un (familier) to give somebody a good dressing-down, to tick somebody off (UK)

se faire passer quelque chose (familier) to get a good ticking off (UK), to get a good chewing-out (US)

6. [donner, transmettre - généralement] to pass, to hand, to give ; [ - maladie] to give ; [ - au téléphone] to put through (separable)

passe(-moi) le couteau give me the knife

passe-moi le sel pass me the salt

fais passer à ton voisin pass it to your neighbour

passer ses pouvoirs à son successeur to hand over power to one's successor

je te passe Fred here's Fred, I'll hand you over to Fred

passe-moi Annie let me talk to Annie, put Annie on

7. [rendre public - annonce]

passer une petite annonce to place a small ad

il a passé une annonce dans le journal de cette semaine he put an ad in this week's paper

8. (familier) [prêter] to lend

9. [appliquer - substance] to apply, to put on (separable)

passer de la cire sur quelque chose to wax something

passer une couche de peinture sur un mur to paint a wall

il faudra passer une deuxième couche it needs a second coat

je vais te passer de la crème dans le dos I'm going to put ou to rub some cream on your back

10. [filtrer, tamiser - thé, potage] to strain ; [ - farine] to sieve

11. [enfiler - vêtement] to slip ou to put on (separable)

je passe une robe moins chaude et j'arrive I'll put on a cooler dress and I'll be with you

elle passa l'anneau à son doigt she slipped the ring on her finger

12. AUTOMOBILE

passer la marche arrière to go into reverse

passer la troisième to change ou to shift into third gear

13. CINÉMA & TÉLÉVISION [film] to show, to screen

[diapositive] to show

RADIO [émission] to broadcast

[cassette, disque] to play, to put on (separable)

on passe un western au Rex there's a western on at the Rex

14. COMMERCE [conclure - entente] to conclude, to come to (inseparable), to reach ; [ - marché] to agree on (inseparable), to strike, to reach ; [ - commande] to place

passez commande avant le 12 order before the 12th

15. [en comptabilité] to enter, to post

passer un article en compte to enter a sale into a ledger

16. DROIT [faire établir - acte juridique] to draw up (separable)

un acte passé par-devant notaire a deed drawn up in the presence of a notary

C.[EXPRIME UNE NOTION TEMPORELLE]

1. [employer - durée] to spend

j'ai passé un an en Angleterre I spent a year in England

passez un bon week-end/une bonne soirée! have a nice weekend/evening!

passer ses vacances à lire to spend one's holidays reading

il va venir passer quelques jours chez nous he's coming to stay with us for a few days

as-tu passé une bonne nuit? did you sleep well last night?, did you have a good night?

pour passer le temps to pass the time

2. [aller au-delà de - durée] to get through (inseparable), to survive

elle ne passera pas la nuit she won't see the night out, she won't last the night

3. [assouvir - envie] to satisfy

passer sa colère sur quelqu'un to take one's anger out on somebody

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passer après verbe plus préposition

il faut le faire libérer, le reste passe après we must get him released, everything else is secondary

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passer avant verbe plus préposition

to go ou to come before

ses intérêts passent avant tout his own interests come before anything else, he puts his own interests before everything else

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passer par verbe plus préposition

1. [dans une formation] to go through

il est passé par une grande école he studied at a Grande École

elle est passée par tous les échelons she rose through all the grades

2. [dans une évolution] to go through, to undergo

le pays est passé par toutes les formes de gouvernement the country has experienced every form of government

elle est passée par des moments difficiles she's been through some difficult times

3. [recourir à] to go through

je passe par une agence pour avoir des billets I get tickets through an agency

en passer par: il va falloir en passer par ses exigences we'll just have to do what he says

passer par là: je suis passé par là it's happened to me too, I've been through that too

pour comprendre, il faut être passé par là you have to have experienced it to understand

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passer pour verbe plus préposition

1. [avec nom] to be thought of as

dire qu'il passe pour un génie! to think that he's considered a genius!

je vais passer pour un idiot I'll be taken for ou people will take me for an idiot

se faire passer pour quelqu'un to pass oneself off as somebody

il se fait passer pour un professionnel he claims to be a professional

2. [avec adj]

son livre passe pour sérieux her book is considered to be serious

il s'est fait passer pour fou he pretended to be mad

3. [avec verbe]

elle passe pour descendre d'une famille noble she is said to be descended from an aristocratic family

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passer sur verbe plus préposition

[ne pas mentionner] to pass over, to skip

[excuser] to overlook

passons sur les détails let's pass over ou skip the details

il l'aime et passe sur tout he loves her and forgives everything

passons! let's say no more about it!, let's drop it!

tu me l'avais promis, mais passons! you promised me, but never mind!

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se passer verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [s'écouler - heures, semaines] to go by, to pass

la soirée s'est passée tranquillement the evening went by ou passed quietly

si la journée de demain se passe sans incident if everything goes off smoothly tomorrow

2. [survenir - événement] to take place, to happen

qu'est-ce qui se passe? what's happening?, what's going on?

(tournure impersonnelle)

il se passe que ton frère vient d'être arrêté, (voilà ce qui se passe)! your brother's just been arrested, that's what's!

il ne se passe pas une semaine sans qu'il perde de l'argent aux courses not a week goes by without him losing money on the horses

3. [se dérouler - dans certaines conditions] to go (off)

l'opération s'est bien/mal passée the operation went (off) smoothly/badly

si tout se passe bien, nous y serons demain if all goes well, we'll be there tomorrow

tout se passe comme prévu everything's going according to plan ou going as planned

ça ne se passera pas comme ça! it won't be as easy as that!

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se passer verbe pronominal transitif

[s'appliquer, se mettre - produit] to apply, to put on (separable)

il se passa un peigne/la main dans les cheveux he ran a comb/his fingers through his hair

elle se passait un mouchoir sur le front she was wiping her forehead with a handkerchief

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se passer de verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [vivre sans] to do ou to go without

si tu crois pouvoir te passer de tout le monde! if you think you can manage all by yourself!

il ne peut pas se passer de télévision he can't live without the television

2. [s'abstenir]

je me passerais (volontiers) de ses réflexions! I can do very well without her remarks!

3. [ne pas avoir besoin de]

sa déclaration se passe de tout commentaire her statement needs no comment

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en passant locution adverbiale

1. [dans la conversation] in passing

faire une remarque en passant to remark in passing, to make a casual remark

soit dit en passer it must be said

2. [sur son chemin]

il s'arrête de temps à autre en passant he calls on his way by ou past from time to time

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en passant par locution prépositionnelle

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1. [dans l'espace] via

l'avion va à Athènes en passant par Londres the plane goes to Athens via London ou stops in London on its way to Athens

2. [dans une énumération] (and) including

toutes les romancières de Sand à Sarraute en passant par Colette every woman novelist from Sand to Sarraute including Colette

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > passer

17 hablar

v.

1 to speak.

hablar en voz alta/baja to speak loudly/softly

hablar claro to speak clearly

Ella habla la verdad She speaks the truth.

2 to talk.

necesito hablar contigo I need to talk o speak to you, we need to talk

hablar con alguien por teléfono to speak to somebody on the phone

hablar de algo to talk about something

La viejita habla mucho The little old lady talks a lot.

3 to talk.

hacer hablar a alguien to get somebody to talk (en interrogatorio)

4 to speak (idioma).

5 to discuss (asunto).

es mejor que lo hables con él it would be better if you talked to him about it

6 to talk to, to speak to.

Ella le habla a Ricardo She talks to Richard.

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hablar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to speak, talk

■ habló conmigo he spoke to me

2 (mencionar) to talk, mention

■ no me habló de eso she didn't mention that

3 (murmurar) to talk

■ eso dará que hablar that will set people talking

4 (dar un tratamiento) to call (de, -)

■ háblame de tú call me by my first name

5 figurado (salir) to go out

■ habló tres años con Luis she went out with Luis for three years

► verbo transitivo

1 (idioma) to speak

■ habla francés he speaks French

2 (tratar) to talk over, discuss

■ ya lo hablaremos después we'll discuss it later

► verbo pronominal hablarse

1 (uso recíproco) to speak, talk

■ ayer nos hablamos por teléfono we spoke on the 'phone yesterday

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FRASEOLOGÍA

es como hablar a la pared figurado it's like talking to a brick wall

eso es hablar now you're talking

estar hablando (cuadro etc) to be almost alive

hablar a solas to talk to oneself

hablar alto to speak loud

■ ¿puedes hablar más alto? can you speak up, please?

hablar bajo to speak softly

hablar bien de alguien to speak well of somebody

hablar claro to speak plainly

hablar como un libro (expresarse muy bien) to speak very well, express oneself very clearly 2 (hablar con afectación) to speak affectedly

hablar con el corazón to speak from the heart

hablar en broma to be joking

hablar en cristiano familiar to talk plainly

hablar en nombre de alguien to speak on somebody's behalf

hablar mal de alguien to speak badly of somebody

hablar por hablar to talk for the sake of talking

hablar por los codos familiar to be a chatterbox

no hablarse con alguien not to be on speaking terms with somebody

no hay más que hablar there's nothing more to be said

no se hable más de ello and that's that

¡quién fue a hablar! look who's talking!

se habla de que... it is said that...

'Se habla inglés' "English spoken"

sin hablar de not to mention

sin hablar palabra without saying a word

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verb

1) to speak

2) talk

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1.

VI to speak, talk (a, con to) (de about, of)

necesito hablar contigo — I need to talk o speak to you

acabamos de hablar del premio — we were just talking o speaking about the prize

¡mira quién fue a hablar! — look who's talking!

los datos hablan por sí solos — the facts speak for themselves

que hable él — let him speak, let him have his say

¡hable!, ¡puede hablar! — (Telec) you're through!, go ahead! (EEUU)

¿quién habla? — (Telec) who's calling?, who is it?

• hablar alto — to speak o talk loudly

• hablar bajo — to speak o talk quietly, speak o talk in a low voice

• hablar claro — (fig) to speak plainly o bluntly

• dar que hablar a la gente — to make people talk, cause tongues to wag

• hablaba en broma — she was joking

vamos a hablar en confianza — this is between you and me

¿hablas en serio? — are you serious?

• hacer hablar a algn — to make sb talk

el vino hace hablar — wine loosens people's tongues

• hablar por hablar — to talk for talking's sake, talk for the sake of it

• hablar por teléfono — to speak on the phone

hablamos por teléfono todos los días — we speak on the phone every day, we phone each other every day

acabo de hablar por teléfono con ella — I was just on the phone to her

• hablar solo — to talk o speak to o.s.

¡ni hablar! —

-¿vas a ayudarle en la mudanza? -¡ni hablar! — "are you going to help him with the move?" - "no way!" o - "you must be joking!"

de eso ni hablar — that's out of the question

- hablando del rey de Roma...
cristiano, plata
2. VT

1) [+ idioma] to speak

habla bien el portugués — he speaks good Portuguese, he speaks Portuguese well

"se habla inglés" — "English spoken"

en el Brasil se habla portugués — they speak Portuguese in Brazil

2) (=tratar de)

hay que hablarlo todo — we need to discuss everything

eso habrá que hablarlo con tu padre — you'll have to discuss that with your father

• no hay más que hablar — there's nothing more to be said about it

exijo que se haga lo que yo digo y no hay más que hablar — you will do what I say and that's that

me gustan las películas de vaqueros y no hay más que hablar — I happen to like westerns and I don't see why I should have to justify it

3) Méx (Telec) to (tele)phone

3.

See:

hablarse
HABLAR ¿"Speak" o "talk"? ► Se traduce por speak cuando hablar tiene un sentido general, es decir, hace referencia a la emisión de sonidos articulados: Estaba tan conmocionado que no podía hablar He was so shocked that he was unable to speak Su padre antes tartamudeaba al hablar Her father used to stutter when he spoke ► También se emplea speak cuando nos referimos a la capacidad de hablar un idioma: Habla francés y alemán She speaks French and German ► Cuando hablar implica la participación de más de una persona, es decir, se trata de una conversación, una charla, o un comentario, entonces se traduce por talk. Es una de esas personas que no para de hablar He's one of those people who won't stop talking ► Para traducir la construcción hablar con alguien podemos utilizar talk to ( talk with en el inglés de EE.UU.) o, si el uso es más formal, se puede emplear speak to ( speak with en el inglés de EE.UU.): Vi a Manolo hablando animadamente con un grupo de turistas I saw Manolo talking o speaking animatedly to o with a group of tourists ► Si queremos especificar el idioma en que se desarrolla la conversación, se puede emplear tanto talk como speak, aunque este último se usa en un lenguaje más formal: Me sorprendió bastante verla hablar en francés con tanta soltura I was surprised to see her talking o speaking (in) French so fluently Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( articular palabras) to speak

hablar en voz baja — to speak o talk quietly

habla más alto — speak up

habla más bajo — keep your voice down

aún no sabe hablar — he hasn't started to talk yet o isn't talking yet

hablar con la boca llena — to talk with one's mouth full

2) ( expresarse) to speak

déjalo hablar — let him speak, let him have his say (colloq)

hablar claro — ( claramente) to speak clearly; ( francamente) to speak frankly

las cifras hablan por sí solas — the figures speak for themselves

mejor no hablar — I'd better keep my mouth shut

así se habla! — that's what I like to hear!

mira quién habla or quién fue a hablar — (fam) look o hark who's talking (colloq)

hablar por señas — to use sign language

hablar en público — to speak in public

un político que habla muy bien — a politician who is a very good speaker

hablar por hablar — to talk for the sake of it

quien mucho habla mucho yerra — the more you talk, the more mistakes you'll make

3)

a) ( conversar) to talk

se pasaron toda la noche hablando — they spent the whole night talking o (colloq) chatting

tenemos que hablar — we must (have a) talk

tengo que hablarte or que hablar contigo — I need to speak to you o have a word with you

está hablando por teléfono — he's on the phone

hablando se entiende la gente — (fr hecha) the way to work things out is by talking

hablar con alguien — to speak o talk to somebody

ni hablar: de eso ni hablar that's totally out of the question; ni hablar! no way! (colloq), no chance! (colloq); nos castigaron por hablar en clase — we were punished for talking in class

b) ( murmurar) to talk

a la gente le gusta hablar — people just like to talk o gossip

dar que hablar — to start people talking

c) ( al teléfono)

¿quién habla? — who's speaking o calling?

¿con quién hablo? — who am I speaking with (AmE) o (BrE) speaking to?

4) (tratar, referirse a)

hablar de algo/alguien — to talk about something/somebody

tú y yo no tenemos nada de que hablar — you and I have nothing to say to each other o nothing to discuss

hablar de negocios — to talk (about) o discuss business

siempre habla mal de ella — he never has a good word to say about her

lo dejamos en 10.000 y no se hable más (de ello) — let's say 10,000 and be done with it

el viaje en tren sale caro, y no hablemos ya del avión — going by train is expensive, and as for flying...

háblame de tus planes — tell me about your plans

no sé de qué me estás hablando — I don't know what you're talking about

hablan muy bien de él — people speak very highly of him

me ha hablado mucho de ti — she's told me a lot about you

le hablé al director de tu caso — I spoke to the director about your case

hablar sobre or acerca de algo — to talk about something

ya hablaremos sobre eso luego — we'll talk about that later

5) ( bajo coacción) to talk

6)

a) ( dar discurso) to speak

el rey habló a la nación — the king spoke to o addressed the nation

b) ( dirigirse a) to speak

no me hables en ese tono — don't speak to me in that tone of voice

háblale de tú — use the `tú' form with him

7)

a) ( anunciar propósito)

hablar de + inf — to talk of -ing, talk about -ing

mucho hablar de ahorrar y va y se compra esto — all this talk of saving and he goes and buys this! (colloq)

b) ( rumorear)

se habla ya de miles de víctimas — there is already talk of thousands of casualties

se habla de que va a renunciar — it is said o rumored that she's going to resign

8) (Méx) ( por teléfono) to call, phone
2.
hablar vt

1) < idioma> to speak

se habla español — Spanish spoken

2) ( tratar)

tenemos que hablar las cosas — we must talk things over

ya lo hablaremos más adelante — we'll talk about o discuss that later

háblalo con ella — speak o talk to her about it

3) (fam) ( decir)

no hables disparates or tonterías — don't talk nonsense

no habló ni una palabra — he didn't say a word
3.
hablarse v pron

llevan meses sin hablarse — they haven't spoken to each other for months

no se habla con ella — he's not speaking o talking to her, he's not on speaking terms with her

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= speak, talk, share + Posesivo + view, speak up, chat.

Ex. If, however, you wish to speak another language with DOBIS/LIBIS, enter the name of that language in this field by typing over the language displayed.

Ex. The philosophy was that every computer on the network would talk, as a peer, with any other computer.

Ex. The aim is to encourage children to read more and to share their views on the books they read.

Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.

Ex. The guest might be better employed seeing small groups half a dozen or so for quarter of an hour, when they could chat about anything that crops up.

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* conseguir hablar con = catch up with.

* dar de qué hablar = raise + eyebrows, fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.

* dar que hablar = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours, raise + eyebrows.

* del que estamos hablando = in question.

* empezar a hablar de = make + noises about, make + a noise about.

* estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.

* estrictamente hablando = strictly speaking.

* extasiarse hablando de Algo = wax + lyrical, wax + rapturous.

* forma de hablar = manner of speaking.

* hablando de Roma, por la puerta asoma = speak of the devil, talk of the devil.

* hablando en plata = crudely put.

* hablando en términos muy generales = crudely put.

* hablando figuradamente = figuratively speaking.

* hablando por teléfono = on the line.

* hablando sinceramente = straight talk.

* hablando sin rodeos = crudely put.

* hablando sin tapujos = straight talk.

* hablar a = speak to.

* hablar a calzón quitado = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* hablar a favor de = speak up for.

* hablar alto = be loud.

* hablar al unísono = speak with + one voice.

* hablar antes de tiempo = speak too soon.

* hablar bajo = speak + low.

* hablar ceceando = lisp.

* hablar claro = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* hablar como una cotorra = talk + Posesivo + socks off.

* hablar con = check with, speak with, talk with, speak to.

* hablar con diplomacia = say + the right thing.

* hablar con entusiasmo = gush about.

* hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.

* hablar con la nariz = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

* hablar con lengua de serpiente = talk with + a twisted tongue, speak with + a twisted tongue, speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue.

* hablar con ritmo y rima = rap about.

* hablar de = be on about, talk about, tell of.

* hablar de boquilla = pay + lip service.

* hablar del asunto con = take + the matter + up with.

* hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.

* hablar del trabajo = talk + shop.

* hablar despectivamente = speak + disparagingly.

* hablar efusivamente = gush about.

* hablar emotivamente y con efusividad = gush about.

* hablar en contra de = speak against.

* hablar en falso = speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue, speak with + a twisted tongue.

* hablar en favor de = put + a word in for.

* hablar en lengua desconocida = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.

* hablar en plata = put + it crudely.

* hablar en público = public speaking, speak in + public.

* hablar entre dientes = mumble, mutter.

* hablar entre dientes sin ser entendido = mumble.

* hablar en voz alta = talk in + a loud voice.

* hablar en voz baja = whisper, speak + low.

* hablar explícitamente = speak out.

* hablar hasta por los codos = talk + Posesivo + socks off.

* hablar hasta reventar = talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.

* hablar incoherentmente = babble.

* hablar mal de = speak against, speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hablar maravillas de = praise.

* hablar más de la cuenta = shoot + Posesivo + mouth off.

* hablar muy bien de = rave about, rant and rave.

* hablar pestes = trash, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, rubbish.

* hablar por hablar = waffle, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* hablar por la nariz = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

* hablar por los codos = talk + Posesivo + socks off, talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.

* hablar por Uno mismo = speak for + Reflexivo.

* hablarse = on speaking terms.

* hablarse bien de Algo o Alguien = be well spoken of.

* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.

* hablar sin parar = burble on.

* hablar sin pensar = shoot from + the hip.

* hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.

* hablar sin ton ni son = talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* llevar a hablar de una cuestión = bring up + issue.

* loro viejo no aprende a hablar = you can't teach an old dog new tricks, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

* ¡mira quién habla! = look who's talking!.

* ¡ni hablar! = no dice!.

* ¡ni hablar del caso! = no dice!.

* persona que sólo habla una lengua = monoglot.

* que habla en voz baja = quietly spoken.

* saber de lo que Uno estar hablando = know + Posesivo + stuff.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* volver a hablar innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* ya hemos hablado bastante de = so much for.

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( articular palabras) to speak

hablar en voz baja — to speak o talk quietly

habla más alto — speak up

habla más bajo — keep your voice down

aún no sabe hablar — he hasn't started to talk yet o isn't talking yet

hablar con la boca llena — to talk with one's mouth full

2) ( expresarse) to speak

déjalo hablar — let him speak, let him have his say (colloq)

hablar claro — ( claramente) to speak clearly; ( francamente) to speak frankly

las cifras hablan por sí solas — the figures speak for themselves

mejor no hablar — I'd better keep my mouth shut

así se habla! — that's what I like to hear!

mira quién habla or quién fue a hablar — (fam) look o hark who's talking (colloq)

hablar por señas — to use sign language

hablar en público — to speak in public

un político que habla muy bien — a politician who is a very good speaker

hablar por hablar — to talk for the sake of it

quien mucho habla mucho yerra — the more you talk, the more mistakes you'll make

3)

a) ( conversar) to talk

se pasaron toda la noche hablando — they spent the whole night talking o (colloq) chatting

tenemos que hablar — we must (have a) talk

tengo que hablarte or que hablar contigo — I need to speak to you o have a word with you

está hablando por teléfono — he's on the phone

hablando se entiende la gente — (fr hecha) the way to work things out is by talking

hablar con alguien — to speak o talk to somebody

ni hablar: de eso ni hablar that's totally out of the question; ni hablar! no way! (colloq), no chance! (colloq); nos castigaron por hablar en clase — we were punished for talking in class

b) ( murmurar) to talk

a la gente le gusta hablar — people just like to talk o gossip

dar que hablar — to start people talking

c) ( al teléfono)

¿quién habla? — who's speaking o calling?

¿con quién hablo? — who am I speaking with (AmE) o (BrE) speaking to?

4) (tratar, referirse a)

hablar de algo/alguien — to talk about something/somebody

tú y yo no tenemos nada de que hablar — you and I have nothing to say to each other o nothing to discuss

hablar de negocios — to talk (about) o discuss business

siempre habla mal de ella — he never has a good word to say about her

lo dejamos en 10.000 y no se hable más (de ello) — let's say 10,000 and be done with it

el viaje en tren sale caro, y no hablemos ya del avión — going by train is expensive, and as for flying...

háblame de tus planes — tell me about your plans

no sé de qué me estás hablando — I don't know what you're talking about

hablan muy bien de él — people speak very highly of him

me ha hablado mucho de ti — she's told me a lot about you

le hablé al director de tu caso — I spoke to the director about your case

hablar sobre or acerca de algo — to talk about something

ya hablaremos sobre eso luego — we'll talk about that later

5) ( bajo coacción) to talk

6)

a) ( dar discurso) to speak

el rey habló a la nación — the king spoke to o addressed the nation

b) ( dirigirse a) to speak

no me hables en ese tono — don't speak to me in that tone of voice

háblale de tú — use the `tú' form with him

7)

a) ( anunciar propósito)

hablar de + inf — to talk of -ing, talk about -ing

mucho hablar de ahorrar y va y se compra esto — all this talk of saving and he goes and buys this! (colloq)

b) ( rumorear)

se habla ya de miles de víctimas — there is already talk of thousands of casualties

se habla de que va a renunciar — it is said o rumored that she's going to resign

8) (Méx) ( por teléfono) to call, phone
2.
hablar vt

1) < idioma> to speak

se habla español — Spanish spoken

2) ( tratar)

tenemos que hablar las cosas — we must talk things over

ya lo hablaremos más adelante — we'll talk about o discuss that later

háblalo con ella — speak o talk to her about it

3) (fam) ( decir)

no hables disparates or tonterías — don't talk nonsense

no habló ni una palabra — he didn't say a word
3.
hablarse v pron

llevan meses sin hablarse — they haven't spoken to each other for months

no se habla con ella — he's not speaking o talking to her, he's not on speaking terms with her

* * *

= speak, talk, share + Posesivo + view, speak up, chat.

Ex: If, however, you wish to speak another language with DOBIS/LIBIS, enter the name of that language in this field by typing over the language displayed.

Ex: The philosophy was that every computer on the network would talk, as a peer, with any other computer.

Ex: The aim is to encourage children to read more and to share their views on the books they read.

Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.

Ex: The guest might be better employed seeing small groups half a dozen or so for quarter of an hour, when they could chat about anything that crops up.

* conseguir hablar con = catch up with.

* dar de qué hablar = raise + eyebrows, fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.

* dar que hablar = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours, raise + eyebrows.

* del que estamos hablando = in question.

* empezar a hablar de = make + noises about, make + a noise about.

* estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.

* estrictamente hablando = strictly speaking.

* extasiarse hablando de Algo = wax + lyrical, wax + rapturous.

* forma de hablar = manner of speaking.

* hablando de Roma, por la puerta asoma = speak of the devil, talk of the devil.

* hablando en plata = crudely put.

* hablando en términos muy generales = crudely put.

* hablando figuradamente = figuratively speaking.

* hablando por teléfono = on the line.

* hablando sinceramente = straight talk.

* hablando sin rodeos = crudely put.

* hablando sin tapujos = straight talk.

* hablar a = speak to.

* hablar a calzón quitado = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* hablar a favor de = speak up for.

* hablar alto = be loud.

* hablar al unísono = speak with + one voice.

* hablar antes de tiempo = speak too soon.

* hablar bajo = speak + low.

* hablar ceceando = lisp.

* hablar claro = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* hablar como una cotorra = talk + Posesivo + socks off.

* hablar con = check with, speak with, talk with, speak to.

* hablar con diplomacia = say + the right thing.

* hablar con entusiasmo = gush about.

* hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.

* hablar con la nariz = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

* hablar con lengua de serpiente = talk with + a twisted tongue, speak with + a twisted tongue, speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue.

* hablar con ritmo y rima = rap about.

* hablar de = be on about, talk about, tell of.

* hablar de boquilla = pay + lip service.

* hablar del asunto con = take + the matter + up with.

* hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.

* hablar del trabajo = talk + shop.

* hablar despectivamente = speak + disparagingly.

* hablar efusivamente = gush about.

* hablar emotivamente y con efusividad = gush about.

* hablar en contra de = speak against.

* hablar en falso = speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue, speak with + a twisted tongue.

* hablar en favor de = put + a word in for.

* hablar en lengua desconocida = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.

* hablar en plata = put + it crudely.

* hablar en público = public speaking, speak in + public.

* hablar entre dientes = mumble, mutter.

* hablar entre dientes sin ser entendido = mumble.

* hablar en voz alta = talk in + a loud voice.

* hablar en voz baja = whisper, speak + low.

* hablar explícitamente = speak out.

* hablar hasta por los codos = talk + Posesivo + socks off.

* hablar hasta reventar = talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.

* hablar incoherentmente = babble.

* hablar mal de = speak against, speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hablar maravillas de = praise.

* hablar más de la cuenta = shoot + Posesivo + mouth off.

* hablar muy bien de = rave about, rant and rave.

* hablar pestes = trash, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, rubbish.

* hablar por hablar = waffle, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* hablar por la nariz = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

* hablar por los codos = talk + Posesivo + socks off, talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.

* hablar por Uno mismo = speak for + Reflexivo.

* hablarse = on speaking terms.

* hablarse bien de Algo o Alguien = be well spoken of.

* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.

* hablar sin parar = burble on.

* hablar sin pensar = shoot from + the hip.

* hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.

* hablar sin ton ni son = talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* llevar a hablar de una cuestión = bring up + issue.

* loro viejo no aprende a hablar = you can't teach an old dog new tricks, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

* ¡mira quién habla! = look who's talking!.

* ¡ni hablar! = no dice!.

* ¡ni hablar del caso! = no dice!.

* persona que sólo habla una lengua = monoglot.

* que habla en voz baja = quietly spoken.

* saber de lo que Uno estar hablando = know + Posesivo + stuff.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* volver a hablar innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* ya hemos hablado bastante de = so much for.

* * *

hablar [A1 ]

GUIA DE BUSQUEDA

■ hablar (verbo intransitivo)

A articular palabras

B

1 expresarse

2 hablar + complemento

C

1 conversar

2 charlar

3 murmurar

4 en conversaciones telefónicas

D tratar, referirse a

E bajo coacción

F

1 dar un discurso

2 dirigirse a

G

1 anunciar un propósito

2 rumorear

H recordar

I tener relaciones

J México: por teléfono

■ hablar (verbo transitivo)

A hablar: idioma

B tratar, consultar

C decir

■ hablarse (verbo pronominal)

recíproco

vi

A (articular palabras) to speak

hablar en voz baja to speak o talk quietly, to speak o talk in a low voice

habla más alto speak up

habla más bajo don't speak so loudly, keep your voice down

habla con un deje andaluz she speaks with a slight Andalusian accent, she has a slight Andalusian accent

quítate la mano de la boca y habla claro take your hand away from your mouth and speak clearly

es muy pequeño, todavía no sabe hablar he's still a baby, he hasn't started to talk yet o he isn't talking yet

no hables con la boca llena don't talk with your mouth full

hablar por la nariz to have a nasal voice, to talk through one's nose

es una réplica perfecta, sólo le falta hablar it's a perfect likeness, you almost expect it to start talking

B

1 (expresarse) to speak

déjalo hablar a él ahora let him speak now, let him have his say now ( colloq)

no hables hasta que no se te pregunte don't speak until you're spoken to

habla claro ¿cuánto quieres? tell me straight, how much do you want? ( colloq)

ha hablado la voz de la experiencia there speaks the voice of experience, he speaks from experience

las cifras hablan por sí solas the figures speak for themselves

no sabe de qué va el tema, el caso es hablar he doesn't know what it's all about but he just has to have his say

en fin, mejor no hablar anyway, I'd better keep my mouth shut

¡así se habla! that's what I like to hear!

hablo en mi nombre y en el de mis compañeros I speak for myself and for my colleagues

tú no hables or no hace falta que hables ( fam); you're a fine one to talk! ( colloq), you've got no room to talk! ( colloq), you can talk! ( colloq)

mira quién habla or quién fue a hablar ( fam); look o hark who's talking ( colloq)

hablar por hablar: no sabe nada del tema, habla por hablar he doesn't know anything about the subject, he just likes the sound of his own voice o he just talks for the sake of it

hacer hablar a algn: ve a hacerte la cama y no me hagas hablar go and make your bed, and don't let me have to tell you twice o tell you again

quien mucho habla mucho yerra the more you talk, the more mistakes you'll make

2 (+ complemento) to speak

¿en qué idioma hablan en casa? what language do you speak at home?

hablar por señas to use sign language

no sabe hablar en público she's no good at speaking in public

aunque no coincido con sus ideas, reconozco que habla muy bien even though I do not share his views, I accept that he is a very good speaker

(el) hablar bien no cuesta dinero being polite never hurt anybody

cristiano² (↑ cristiano (2)), plata, etc

C

1 (conversar) to talk

está hablando con el vecino de arriba he's talking o speaking to the man from upstairs

se pasaron toda la noche hablando they spent the whole night talking o ( colloq) chatting

estaba hablando conmigo mismo I was talking to myself

lo conozco de vista, pero nunca he hablado con él I know him by sight, but I've never actually spoken to him

tú y yo tenemos que hablar you and I must have a talk, you and I have to talk

¿podemos hablar a solas un momento? can I have a word with you in private?, can I talk to you alone for a moment?

no te vayas, tengo que hablarte or tengo que hablar contigo don't go, I need to speak to you o have a word with you

para hablar con el director hay que solicitar entrevista you have to get an appointment if you want to speak to o see the director

habla tú con él, quizás a ti te escuche you talk to him, maybe he'll listen to you

es como si estuviera hablando con las paredes it's like talking to a brick wall

hablar por teléfono/por el celular ( AmL) or el móvil ( Esp) to talk on the phone/cell phone ( AmE) o mobile ( BrE)

hablando se entiende la gente ( fr hecha); if you/they talk it over you'll/they'll sort it out

ni hablar: pretende que cargue con su trabajo y de eso ni hablar he wants me to do his work but there's no way that I'm going to

¿estarías dispuesto a hacerlo? — ¡ni hablar! would you be willing to do it? — no way o not likely o no chance! ( colloq)

2 (charlar) to talk

nos castigaron por hablar en clase we were punished for talking in class

se pasó el día habla que te habla she talked nonstop the whole day ( colloq)

3 (murmurar) to talk

no hagas caso, a la gente le gusta mucho hablar don't take any notice, people just like to talk o gossip

dar que hablar: si sigues actuando de esa manera, vas a dar que hablar if you carry on like that, people will start talking o tongues will start to wag

4

(en conversaciones telefónicas): ¿quién habla? who's speaking o calling?

¿con quién hablo? who am I speaking with ( AmE) o ( BrE) speaking to?

D (tratar, referirse a) hablar DE algo/algn to talk ABOUT sth/sb

¿de qué están hablando? what are you talking about?

hay muchas cosas de las que no puedo hablar con ella there are a lot of things I can't talk to her about

tú y yo no tenemos nada de que hablar you and I have nothing to say to each other o nothing to discuss

se pasaron toda la tarde hablando de negocios they spent the whole evening talking (about) o discussing business

precisamente hablábamos de ti we were just talking about you

estaban hablando de él a sus espaldas they were talking about him behind his back

siempre está hablando mal de su suegra he never has anything good o a good word to say about his mother-in-law

lo dejamos en 10.000 y no se hable más (de ello) let's say 10,000 and be done with it

el viaje en tren sale caro, y no hablemos ya del avión going by train is expensive, and as for flying …

en su libro habla de un tiempo futuro en el que … in his book he writes about o speaks of a time in the future when …

hablar SOBREor ACERCA de algo to talk ABOUT sth

ya hablaremos sobre ese tema en el momento oportuno we'll talk about that when the time comes

hablar DE algo/algn to talk ABOUT sth/sb

tengo que hablarte de algo importante there's something important I have to talk to you about

háblame de tus planes para el futuro tell me about your plans for the future

no sé de qué me estás hablando I don't know what you're talking about

me han hablado mucho de ese restaurante I've heard a lot about that restaurant

me han hablado muy bien de él people speak very highly of him, I've heard a lot of nice o good things about him

Laura me ha hablado mucho de ti Laura's told me a lot about you

hablemos de usted let's talk about you

le he hablado al director de tu caso I've mentioned your case to the director, I've spoken to the director about your case

E (bajo coacción) to talk

no lograron hacerlo hablar they couldn't get him to talk

F

1 (dar un discurso) to speak

esta noche hablará por la radio he will speak on the radio tonight

el rey habló a la nación the king spoke to o addressed the nation

2 (dirigirse a) to speak

haz el favor de no hablarme en ese tono please don't talk o speak to me in that tone of voice, please don't use that tone of voice with me

¿qué manera es ésa de hablarle a tu madre? that's no way to speak to your mother!

no le hables de tú don't use the `tu' form with o to him

díselo tú porque a mí no me habla you tell him because he isn't talking o speaking to me

lleva una semana sin hablarme he hasn't spoken to me for a week

G

1 (anunciar un propósito) hablar DE + INF to talk OF -ING, talk ABOUT -ING

se está hablando de construir una carretera nueva they're talking of o about building a new road, there's talk of a new road being built

mucho hablar de ahorrar y va y se compra esto all this talk of saving and he goes and buys this!

2 (rumorear) hablar DE algo:

se habla ya de miles de víctimas there is already talk of thousands of casualties

se habla de que va a renunciar it is said o rumored that she's going to resign, they say o people say that she's going to resign

H ( liter) (recordar) hablar DE algo:

unos monumentos que hablan de la grandeza de aquella época monuments which tell of o reflect the grandeur of that era

I ( ant) (tener relaciones) to court ( dated)

J ( México) (por teléfono) to call, phone, ring ( BrE)

te habló Laura Laura called o phoned o ( BrE) rang

■ hablar

vt

A ‹idioma› to speak

habla el idioma con mucha soltura he speaks the language fluently

[ S ] se habla español Spanish spoken

B (tratar, consultar) to talk about, discuss

háblalo con tu padre speak o talk to your father about it

eso ya lo hablaremos más adelante we'll talk about that o discuss that later

esto vamos a tener que hablarlo con más tiempo we're going to have to talk about o discuss this when we have more time

ya está todo resuelto, no hay (nada) más que hablar it's all settled, there's nothing more to discuss o say

C ( fam)

(decir): no hables disparates or tonterías don't talk nonsense, don't talk garbage ( AmE colloq), don't talk rubbish ( BrE colloq)

no habló ni una palabra en toda la reunión he didn't say a word throughout the whole meeting

■ hablarse

v pron

( recíproco):

llevan meses sin hablarse they haven't spoken to each other for months

¿piensas seguir toda la vida sin hablarte con ella? are you never going to speak to her again?, aren't you ever going to talk to her again?

* * *

hablar ( conjugate hablar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( articular palabras) to speak;

◊ habla más alto speak up;

habla más bajo keep your voice down
b) ( expresarse) to speak;

◊ hablar claro ( claramente) to speak clearly;

( francamente) to speak frankly;
◊ hablar por señas to use sign language;

un político que habla muy bien a politician who is a very good speaker;
hablar por hablar to talk for the sake of it
2
a) ( conversar) to talk;

◊ habla mucho he talks a lot;

tenemos que hablar we must (have a) talk;
hablar con algn to speak o talk to sb;
tengo que hablarte or que hablar contigo I need to speak to you o have a word with you;
está hablando por teléfono he's on the phone;
¡ni hablar! no way! (colloq), no chance! (colloq)
b) ( bajo coacción) to talk

c) ( murmurar) to talk, gossip;

◊ dar que hablar to start people talking

d) ( rumorear):

◊ se habla ya de miles de víctimas there is already talk of thousands of casualties;

se habla de que va a renunciar it is said o rumored that she's going to resign
e) ( al teléfono):

◊ ¿con quién hablo? who am I speaking with (AmE) o (BrE) speaking to?

3
a) (tratar, referirse a) hablar de algo/algn to talk about sth/sb;

◊ hablar de negocios to talk (about) o discuss business;

siempre habla mal de ella he never has a good word to say about her;
hablan muy bien de él people speak very highly of him;
me ha hablado mucho de ti she's told me a lot about you;
en tren sale caro, y no hablemos ya del avión going by train is expensive, and as for flying …;
háblame de tus planes tell me about your plans;
hablar sobre or acerca de algo to talk about sth
b) ( dirigirse a) to speak;

◊ no me hables así don't speak to me like that;

háblale de tú use the `tú' form with him
c) ( anunciar propósito) hablar de hacer algo to talk of doing sth;

◊ habla de jubilarse he's talking of retiring

4 (Méx) ( por teléfono) to call, phone
verbo transitivo
1 ‹ idioma› to speak
2 ( tratar):
◊ tenemos que hablar las cosas we must talk things over;

ya lo hablaremos más adelante we'll talk about o discuss that later
hablarse verbo pronominal:
◊ llevan meses sin hablarse they haven't spoken to each other for months;

no se habla con ella he's not speaking o talking to her, he's not on speaking terms with her
hablar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to speak, talk: estaba hablando con Jorge, I was speaking to Jorge
habla muy mal de su marido, she speaks badly of her husband
2 (charlar) to talk, chat: le encanta hablar por teléfono, he loves chatting on the phone
3 (tratar, versar) to talk about: este artículo habla de los extraterrestres, this article deals with aliens
4 (referirse) no hablaba de ella, I wasn't talking about her
habla de él como si de un dios se tratara, you would have thought she was talking about a god from the way she spoke about him
II verbo transitivo
1 (una lengua) to speak: habla francés, he speaks French
2 (discutir, tratar) to talk over, discuss: háblalo con tu madre, talk it over with your mother
no tengo nada que hablar contigo, I've nothing to say to you
3 (decir) habla maravillas de su nuevo coche, he's raving on about his new car
♦ Locuciones: hablar en broma, to be joking
familiar ¡mira tú quién fue a hablar!, look who's talking!
ni hablar, certainly not

' hablar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abominar
- acento
- alquilar
- alta
- alto
- ancha
- ancho
- balbucear
- broma
- caldo
- callar
- carrete
- cascar
- cerrada
- cerrado
- cerrarse
- chistar
- clara
- claro
- codo
- como
- contigo
- correr
- costar
- dar
- dejar
- deshora
- despepitarse
- dialéctica
- embalarse
- en
- enrollarse
- extenderse
- fanfarronear
- gachó
- gangosa
- gangoso
- habla
- hablarse
- impertinencia
- imprudencia
- íntima
- íntimo
- maravilla
- murmurar
- ni
- palabra
- parar
- peluquín
- permitir
English:
about
- abruptly
- admire
- afraid
- age
- alone
- approachable
- babble
- bitterly
- blunt
- bone
- break off
- breath
- breathe
- captivate
- confidence
- crack
- croak
- curt
- delegation
- directly
- discuss
- do
- dog
- drawl
- drone
- easy
- evenly
- fear
- female
- fluent
- go on
- gush
- harp on
- hear of
- hot air
- jabber
- jaw
- likely
- male-dominated
- mimic
- mouth
- mutter
- nasally
- need
- nelly
- nice
- nonstop
- oneself
- pipe up

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hablar

♦ vi

1. [emitir palabras] to speak;

hablar en voz alta/baja to speak loudly/softly;

el bebé ya habla the baby is talking already

2. [expresarse, comunicarse] to speak;

hablar claro to speak clearly;

hablar en español/inglés to speak in Spanish/English;

hablar por señas to use sign language;

dejar hablar a alguien to let sb speak;

déjame hablar a mí [como representante] let me do the talking;
[en discusión] let me get a word in;
hacer hablar a alguien [a tímido] to get sb talking;
[en interrogatorio] to get sb to talk;
hablar solo to talk to oneself;

estos detalles hablan mucho del tipo de persona que es these small points say a lot about the sort of person she is;

sus actos hablan por sí solos his actions speak for themselves;

¡así se habla! hear, hear!;

¡qué bien habla este político! this politician's a really good speaker;

hablar por hablar to talk for the sake of talking;

Comp

¡mira quién habla o [m5] quién fue a hablar! look who's talking!

3. [conversar] to talk ( con o Am a to), to speak ( con o Am a to);
estaba hablando en broma I was only joking;

¿podemos hablar un momento? could I have a word with you?;

estuvimos toda la noche hablando we talked all night, we spent all night talking;

no debes hablar en clase you mustn't talk in class;

necesito hablar contigo I need to talk o speak to you, we need to talk;

hablé con ella ayer por la noche I spoke to her last night;

¿has hablado con él alguna vez? have you ever talked o spoken to him?;

hablé con él por teléfono I spoke to him on the phone;

está hablando por teléfono he's on the phone;

¡(de eso) ni hablar! no way!;

Comp

hablando se entiende la gente it's good to talk

4. [tratar]
hablar de algo/alguien to talk o speak about sth/sb;

hablar sobre o [m5] acerca de algo to talk o speak about sth;

hablar bien/mal de to speak well/badly of;

háblame de ti tell me about yourself;

me han hablado muy bien de este restaurante I've heard a lot of good things about this restaurant, I've heard people speak very highly of this restaurant;

mi hermano me ha hablado mucho de ti my brother's told me a lot about you;

es mejor no hablar del tema it would be best if we didn't mention the subject;

tenemos muy buenos tenistas, y no hablemos de futbolistas… we have very good tennis players, and as for footballers…

5. [murmurar] to talk;

hablar mal de alguien to criticize sb, to run sb down;

siempre va hablando de los demás she's always going around saying things about o talking about other people;

dar que hablar to make people talk

6. [pronunciar un discurso] to speak;

el presidente habló a las masas the president spoke to o addressed the masses

7. [confesar] to talk;

lo torturaron y al final habló they tortured him and in the end he talked

8. [dar un tratamiento]
me puedes hablar de tú you can address me as “tú”;

¡a mí no me hables así! don't you speak to me like that!

♦ vt

1. [idioma] to speak;

habla danés y sueco she can speak o she speaks Danish and Swedish;

habla muy bien el portugués he speaks very good Portuguese

2. [asunto] to discuss ( con with);
es mejor que lo hables con el jefe it would be better if you talked to the boss about it;

vamos a ir, y no hay nada más que hablar we're going, and that's that

♦ See also the pronominal verb hablarse

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hablar

v/i

1 speak;

hablar alto/bajo speak loudly/softly;

hablar claro fig say what one means;

hablar por sí solo fig speak for o.s.

2 ( conversar) talk;

hablar con alguien talk to s.o., talk with s.o.

3

:

hablar de de libro etc be about, deal with

4

:

¡ni hablar! no way!;

hablar por hablar talk for the sake of it;

¡mira quién habla! look who’s talking!;

no me hagas hablar más I don’t want to have to say this again!;

no se hable más (del asunto) I don’t want to hear anything more about it;

por no hablar de … not to mention …

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hablar vi

1) : to speak, to talk

hablar en broma: to be joking

2)

hablar de : to mention, to talk about

3)

dar que hablar : to make people talk

hablar vt

1) : to speak (a language)

2) : to talk about, to discuss

háblalo con tu jefe: discuss it with your boss

♦ See also the reflexive verb hablarse

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hablar vb

1. (idiomas, por teléfono, dar un discurso) to speak [pt. spoke; pp. spoken]

¿hablas inglés? do you speak English?

¿puedo hablar con Javi? can I speak to Javi?

el ministro habló durante media hora the minister spoke for half an hour

2. (conversar) to talk

le gusta hablar con sus amigos he likes talking to his friends

hablamos del examen we talked about the exam

hablar por los codos to speak nineteen to the dozen

¡ni hablar! no way!

no hablarse con alguien not to be speaking to somebody

no se hablan they're not speaking to each other

Spanish-English dictionary > hablar

18 enterarse

enterarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (averiguar) to find out (de, about)

2 (tener conocimiento) to learn, hear

■ me enteré del accidente I heard about the accident

3 (darse cuenta) to realize

* * *

to learn, find out

* * *

VPR

1) [de noticia, secreto]

a) [por casualidad] to hear, find out

nos enteramos a través de la radio — we heard it on the radio, we found out from the radio

¿sí? no me había enterado — really? I hadn't heard

no sabía nada, ahora mismo me entero — I had no idea, this is the first I've heard

• enterarse de algo — to hear about sth, find out about sth

no quiero que nadie se entere de esto — I don't want anyone to hear about o find out about this

me enteré de tu accidente por Juan — I heard about o found out about your accident from Juan

me enteré del secuestro a través de la prensa — I read about the kidnapping in the paper

nos enteramos de que se había ido ayer — we heard o found out that he'd gone yesterday

b) [haciendo averiguaciones] to find out

entérate y me lo cuentas — find out and let me know

• enterarse de algo — to find out about sth

tenemos que enterarnos bien de la oferta — we must find out about the details of the offer

entérate de lo que cuesta — find out what it costs

2) (=darse cuenta) to notice

estaba tan dormido que no se enteró — he was so fast asleep that he didn't notice

oye, que es a ti, que no te enteras — * hey, you, are you deaf or something? *

• enterarse de algo — to notice sth

no se enteró de que le habían quitado la cartera — he didn't notice that his wallet had been stolen

tú es que no te enteras de nada — you never know what's going on

todavía no se han enterado de qué tipo de persona es — they still don't know what kind of person he is

- te vas a enterar de quien soy yo o de lo que vale un peine

- para que te enteres

he aprobado el examen, para que os enteréis — I've passed the exam, for your information! *

3) Esp (=comprender, oír) to understand

si hablas tan flojo no me entero — if you talk so quietly I can't understand

no quiero que vuelvas por aquí ¿te enteras? — I don't want you coming back here, do you understand o do you get it? *

¡a ver si te enteras! — wise up! *

• enterarse de algo — to understand sth

no se enteraba de lo que leía — he didn't take in o understand what he was reading

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= learn, come to + Posesivo + notice, come to + Posesivo + attention, wise up, catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift, learn + the news, realise [realize, -USA].

Ex. 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.

Ex. There is another important difference between electronic documents and all the types of library material that preceded them and it centers on how electronic resources come to our notice.

Ex. Information vital to certain people might not come to their attention if such people must rely only upon regular scanning of large numbers of periodicals.

Ex. The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.

Ex. Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.

Ex. 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.

Ex. Xenophon learnt the news while he was making a sacrifice to the gods.

Ex. It should be realized, in addition, that the question involves not only serials but other works that are generally intended to be issued indefinitely in successive editions.

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* enterarse a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.

* enterarse de la noticia = learn + the news.

* enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift.

* enterarse de lo que vale un peine = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.

* enterarse de oídas = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.

* enterarse por rumores = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.

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= learn, come to + Posesivo + notice, come to + Posesivo + attention, wise up, catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift, learn + the news, realise [realize, -USA].

Ex: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.

Ex: There is another important difference between electronic documents and all the types of library material that preceded them and it centers on how electronic resources come to our notice.

Ex: Information vital to certain people might not come to their attention if such people must rely only upon regular scanning of large numbers of periodicals.

Ex: The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.

Ex: Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.

Ex: 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.

Ex: Xenophon learnt the news while he was making a sacrifice to the gods.

Ex: It should be realized, in addition, that the question involves not only serials but other works that are generally intended to be issued indefinitely in successive editions.

* enterarse a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.

* enterarse de la noticia = learn + the news.

* enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift.

* enterarse de lo que vale un peine = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.

* enterarse de oídas = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.

* enterarse por rumores = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.

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enterarse ( conjugate enterarse) verbo pronominal
1 (de suceso, noticia):
◊ ahora me entero this is the first I've heard of it;

me enteré por tus padres I found out from your parents;
le robaron el reloj y ni se enteró they stole her watch and she didn't even notice o realize;
me enteré de la noticia por la radio I heard the news on the radio;
si papá se entera de esto … if Dad finds out about this …
2 ( averiguar) to find out;
enterarse de algo to find out about sth
3 (esp Esp fam) ( entender):
◊ te voy a castigar ¿te enteras? I'll punish you, have I made myself clear?;

¡para que te enteres! (fam) so there! (colloq)
enterarse verbo reflexivo to find out: ¿te has enterado de lo de ayer?, have you heard about what happened yesterday?
ni se enteró de que yo estaba allí, he didn't even realize I was there
' enterarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descubrir
- saber
- semblante
- a
- cachar
English:
catch
- find out
- hear
- know
- learn
- mud
- picture
- wind
- find
- must
- on

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vpr

1. [descubrir, saber] to find out;

enterarse de algo/por alguien to find out about sth/from sb;

como se entere, me mata if she finds out, she'll kill me;

nos acabamos de enterarse we've just heard;

¿tú crees que se enterarán? do you think they'll find out?;

no lo sabía, ahora me entero I didn't know, this is the first I've heard of it;

se enterarán de tu pasado y lo publicarán they'll find out about your past and make it public;

entérate bien de los horarios de los trenes make sure you find out about the train times;

¿te has enterado de la noticia? have you heard the news?;

¿te has enterado del accidente de Ana? did you hear about Ana's accident?;

me enteré por mi prima I heard about it from my cousin;

me enteré por la prensa I read about it in the papers;

Comp

¡para que te enteres! I'll have you know!, as a matter of fact!;

Comp

¡te vas a enterarse! you'll know all about it!, you'll catch it!;

Comp

¡se va a enterarse de quién soy yo! he's going to find out what sort of stuff I'm made of!;

Comp
Fam
¡te vas a enterarse de lo que vale un peine! I'll show you what's what!

2. [darse cuenta]
enterarse (de algo) to notice (sth);

tu mujer te está engañando y tú ni te enteras your wife is cheating on you and you haven't even noticed;

no se enteró del golpe she didn't notice the impact;

es una operación muy sencilla, no te vas ni a enterarse it's a very straightforward operation, you won't feel a thing

3. Fam [comprender] to understand;

cuando habla tan rápido no me entero when she talks so fast, I don't understand a word;

no quiero ir, ¿te enteras? I don't want to go, have you got that clear?;

¡entérate de una vez! ¡yo no soy tu criado! get this straight, I'm not your servant!;

no me enteré de lo que dijo en clase I didn't understand what she said in class;

no te enteras de nada you haven't got a clue, have you?

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enterarse

v/r

1 find out, hear (de about)

2

:

¡para que te enteres! fam so there! fam ;

¡se va a enterar! fam he’s in for it! fam

* * *

vr

informarse: to find out, to learn

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enterarse vb

1. (descubrir) to find out [pt. & pp. found]

se enteró de que había faltado a clase he found out that I'd been cutting classes

2. (saber) to hear [pt. & pp. heard]

me enteré del resultado por la radio I heard the result on the radio

3. (darse cuenta) to notice

¡ni siquiera se enteró! she didn't even notice!

4. (comprender) to understand [pt. & pp. understood]

lo leí, pero no me enteré de nada I read it, but I didn't understand a word

Spanish-English dictionary > enterarse

19 go

ɡəu
1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) ir

2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) enviar, tramitar, pasar

3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) vender(se), darse

4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) ir, llevar

5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) ir, acudir

6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) desaparecer, destruir, demoler

7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) ir, desarrollarse

8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) irse, partir, marcharse

9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) desaparecer, esfumarse

10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) ir a

11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) averiarse

12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) ir bien, funcionar

13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) volverse, ponerse

14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) ir, ponerse, guardarse, colocarse

15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) pasar, transcurrir

16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) valer, estar permitido, ser aceptable

17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) hacer

18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) ser, estar, tener

19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) gastarse, utilizarse, usarse

20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) ser, decir

21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) funcionar, triunfar, salir bien

2. noun
1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) intento

2) (energy: She's full of go.) energía, empuje

•

- going

3. adjective
1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) próspero, que funciona bien

2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) actual, del momento

•

- go-ahead

4. noun
(permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) luz verde, visto bueno

- go-getter
- going-over
- goings-on
- no-go
- all go
- be going on for
- be going on
- be going strong
- from the word go
- get going
- give the go-by
- go about
- go after
- go against
- go along
- go along with
- go around
- go around with
- go at
- go back
- go back on
- go by
- go down
- go far
- go for
- go in
- go in for
- go into
- go off
- go on
- go on at
- go out
- go over
- go round
- go slow
- go steady
- go through
- go through with
- go too far
- go towards
- go up
- go up in smoke/flames
- go with
- go without
- keep going
- make a go of something
- make a go
- on the go

go¹ n

1. turno

whose go is it? ¿a quién le toca?

2. intento

can I have a go? ¿puedo intentarlo yo?

go² vb

1. ir / irse

they went to the park fueron al parque

let's go home vámonos a casa

they've gone shopping se han ido de compras

who did you go with? ¿con quién fuiste?

2. salir

the coach goes at half past one el autocar sale a la una y media

3. ir / salir

the exam went very well el examen me fue muy bien

4. funcionar

does this clock go? ¿funciona este reloj?

5. volverse / quedarse

he went deaf se quedó sordo

she's going grey le están saliendo canas

6. desaparecer

my wallet has gone! ¡ha desaparecido mi cartera!

7. terminarse / acabarse

all the cheese has gone se ha terminado el queso / no queda nada de queso

has the pain gone? ¿se te ha pasado el dolor?

8. pasar

time goes quickly when you're enjoying yourself el tiempo pasa rápido cuando te lo pasas bien

to be going to do something ir a hacer algo

I think it's going to snow creo que va a nevar

I'm going to buy that bicycle voy a comprar esa bicicleta

El pasado de go es went y el participio pasado es gone; el gerundio se escribe going

go

tr[gəʊ]

noun

1 (energy) energía, empuje nombre masculino

■ they're always on the go no paran nunca

2 (turn) turno

■ it's my go me toca a mí

3 (try) intento

■ I'd like to have a go at hang gliding me gustaría intentar vuelo con ala delta

4 (start) principio

■ we knew from the word go lo sabíamos desde el principio

intransitive verb (pt went tr[went], pp gone tr[gɒn], ger going)

1 (gen) ir

■ you can come and go as you please puedes ir y venir a tu antojo

■ to go by underground ir en metro

■ to go for a walk dar un paseo

■ to go on holiday irse de vacaciones

2 (leave) marcharse, irse; (bus, train, etc) salir

■ let's go! ¡vámonos!

■ we'd better be going now más vale que nos vayamos ya

3 (vanish) desaparecer

■ my car has gone mi coche ha desaparecido

4 (function) funcionar, marchar

■ his business is going very well su negocio marcha muy bien

■ he can't get the engine to go no le arranca el motor

5 (become) volverse, ponerse, quedarse

■ to go deaf volverse sordo,-a

6 (fit) entrar, caber

■ the bed won't go into the room la cama no cabrá en la habitación

7 (break) romperse, estropearse; (yield) ceder; (blow) fundirse

8 (be kept) guardarse

■ the knives and forks go here los cuchillos y los tenedores se guardan aquí

9 (sell) venderse

■ clothes are going cheap at the moment la ropa se está vendiendo barata actualmente

10 (progress) ir, marchar, andar

■ the party went well la fiesta fue un éxito

■ things aren't going too well for him no le van muy bien las cosas

11 (be spent on) irse, gastarse

■ all his money goes on records se gasta todo el dinero en discos

12 (be available) quedar, haber

■ there are very few good jobs going hay muy pocos empleos buenos

■ is there any more meat going? ¿queda algo de carne?

13 (be acceptable) valer

■ almost anything goes to win para ganar, casi todo vale

14 (make a noise, gesture, etc) hacer

■ go like this with your head haz así con la cabeza

15 (time - pass) pasar; (- be remaining) faltar

■ the years went by slowly los años pasaron lentamente

■ only two weeks to go sólo faltan dos semanas

■ it's just gone ten acaban de dar las diez

16 (say) decir

■ as the saying goes según el dicho

■ there she goes again otra vez con el mismo rollo, otra vez con la misma canción

transitive verb

1 (make a noise) hacer

■ it goes tick-tock hace tic-tac

2 (travel) hacer, recorrer

■ they had only gone a mile when the car stopped sólo habían recorrido una milla cuando se les paró el coche

interjection go!

1 (starting races) ¡ya!

■ ready, steady, go! ¡preparados, listos, ya!

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

go on! (incredulity) ¡no me digas!, ¡vaya!, ¡anda ya! 2 (coaxing) ¡venga!, ¡adelante!

it's no go es inútil, no hay nada que hacer

to be all the go estar muy de moda

to go about one's business ocuparse de sus asuntos

to be going to estar a punto de

■ they were just going to start, when it started to rain estaban a punto de empezar, cuando la lluvia hizo acto de presencia

to go one better than somebody superar a alguien

to go too far ir demasiado lejos, pasarse de la raya, pasarse

to go to sleep dormirse

to have a go at somebody criticar a alguien, meterse con alguien

to make a go of something tener éxito en algo

go ['go:] v, went ['wɛnt] ; gone ['gɔn 'gɑn] ; going ; goes ['go:z] vi

1) proceed: ir

to go slow: ir despacio

to go shopping: ir de compras

2) leave: irse, marcharse, salir

let's go!: ¡vámonos!

the train went on time: el tren salió a tiempo

3) disappear: desaparecer, pasarse, irse

her fear is gone: se le ha pasado el miedo

my pen is gone!: ¡mi pluma desapareció!

4) extend: ir, extenderse, llegar

this road goes to the river: este camino se extiende hasta el río

to go from top to bottom: ir de arriba abajo

5) function: funcionar, marchar

the car won't go: el coche no funciona

to get something going: poner algo en marcha

6) sell: venderse

it goes for $15: se vende por $15

7) progress: ir, andar, seguir

my exam went well: me fue bien en el examen

how did the meeting go?: ¿qué tal la reunión?

8) become: volverse, quedarse

he's going crazy: está volviéndose loco

the tire went flat: la llanta se desinfló

9) fit: caber

it will go through the door: cabe por la puerta

10)

anything goes! : ¡todo vale!

11)

to go : faltar

only 10 days to go: faltan sólo 10 días

12)

to go back on : faltar uno a (su promesa)

13)

to go bad spoil: estropearse, echarse a perder

14)

to go for : interesarse uno en, gustarle a uno (algo, alguien)

I don't go for that: eso no me interesa

15)

to go off explode: estallar

16)

to go with match: armonizar con, hacer juego con

go v aux

to be going to : ir a

I'm going to write a letter: voy a escribir una carta

it's not going to last: no va a durar

go n, pl goes

1) attempt: intento m

to have a go at: intentar, probar

2) success: éxito m

3) energy: energía f, empuje m

to be on the go: no parar, no descansar

go

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: went, gone) = andar v.

(§pret: anduv-)

• caminar v.

• correr v.

• funcionar v.

• ir v.

(§pres: voy, vas...), subj: vay-, imp: ib-, pret: fu-•)

• marchar v.

I
1. gəʊ
1) (3rd pers sing pres goes; past went; past p gone) intransitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) (move, travel) ir*

there she goes — allá va

who goes there? — ( Mil) ¿quién va?

are you going my way? — ¿vas hacia el mismo sitio que yo?

we can discuss it as we go — podemos hablarlo en el camino

where do we go from here? — ¿y ahora qué hacemos?

b) (start moving, acting)

go when the lights turn green — avanza or (fam) dale cuando el semáforo se ponga verde

ready, (get) set, go! — preparados or en sus marcas, listos ya!

let's go! — vamos!

here goes! — allá vamos (or voy etc)!

there you go — (colloq) ( handing something over) toma or aquí tienes; ( something is ready) ya está or listo

don't go telling everybody — (colloq) no vayas a contárselo a todo el mundo

3) (past p gone/been)

a) ( travel to) ir*

she's gone to France — se ha ido a Francia

I have never been abroad — no he estado nunca en el extranjero

where are you going? — ¿adónde vas?

to go by car/bus/plane — ir* en coche/autobús/avión

to go on foot/horseback — ir* a pie/a caballo

to go for a walk/drive — ir* a dar un paseo/una vuelta en coche

to go to + inf — ir* a + inf

they've gone to see the exhibition — (se) han ido a ver la exposición

they've been to see the exhibition — han visitado la exposición, han estado en la exposición

to go and + inf — ir* a + inf

go and see what she wants — anda or vete a ver qué quiere

b) ( attend) ir*

to go on a training course — hacer* un curso de capacitación

to go on a diet — ponerse* a régimen

to go -ing — ir* a + inf

to go swimming/hunting — ir* a nadar/cazar

4) (attempt, make as if to)

to go to + inf — ir* a + inf

Sense II

5) (leave, depart) \<\<visitor\>\> irse*, marcharse (esp Esp); \<\<busain\>\> salir*

well, I must be going — bueno, me tengo que ir ya

to leave go — soltar*; let II 1) c)

6)

a) ( pass) \<\<time\>\> pasar

those days have gone — ya han pasado aquellos días

it's just gone nine o'clock — (BrE) son las nueve pasadas

the time goes quickly — el tiempo pasa volando or rápidamente

b) ( disappear) \<\<headache/fear\>\> pasarse or irse* (+ me/te/le etc); \<\<energy/confidence\>\> desaparecer*

has the pain gone? — ¿se te (or le etc) ha pasado or ido el dolor?

c) \<\<money/food\>\> ( be spent) irse*; ( be used up) acabarse

what do you spend it all on? - I don't know, it just goes — ¿en qué te lo gastas? - no sé, se (me) va como el agua

the money/cream has all gone — se ha acabado el dinero/la crema

to go on something: half his salary goes on drink — la mitad del sueldo se le va en bebida

7)

a) ( be disposed of)

that sofa will have to go — nos vamos (or se van etc) a tener que deshacer de ese sofá

either the cats go or I go — o se van los gatos o me voy yo

b) ( be sold) venderse

the bread has all gone — no queda pan, el pan se ha vendido todo

the painting went for £1,000 — el cuadro se vendió en 1.000 libras

going, going, gone — a la una, a las dos, vendido

8)

a) (cease to function, wear out) \<\<bulb/fuse\>\> fundirse; \<\<thermostat/fan/exhaust\>\> estropearse

her memory/eyesight is going — está fallándole or está perdiendo la memoria/la vista

the brakes went as we... — los frenos fallaron cuando...

the brakes have gone — los frenos no funcionan

my legs went (from under me) — me fallaron las piernas

b) ( die) (colloq) morir*

9) to go

a) ( remaining)

only two weeks to go till he comes — sólo faltan dos semanas para que llegue

I still have 50 pages to go — todavía me faltan or me quedan 50 páginas

b) ( take away) (AmE)

two burgers to go — dos hamburguesas para llevar

Sense III

10)

a) ( lead) \<\<path/road\>\> ir*, llevar

b) (extend, range) \<\<road/railway line\>\> ir*

it only goes as far as Croydon — sólo va or llega hasta Croydon

to go from... to... — \<\<prices/ages/period\>\> ir* de... a... or desde... hasta...

the belt won't go around my waist — el cinturón no me da para la cintura

11)

a) ( have place) ir*; ( fit) caber*; see also go in, go into

b) ( be divisible)

5 into 11 won't o doesn't go — 11 no es divisible por 5

8 into 32 goes 4 (times) — 32 entre 8 cabe a 4

Sense IV

12)

a) ( become)

to go blind/deaf — quedarse ciego/sordo

to go crazy — volverse* loco

to go mouldy — (BrE) enmohecerse*

to go sour — agriarse, ponerse* agrio

her face went red — se puso colorada

everything went quiet — se hizo un silencio total

b) (be, remain)

to go barefoot/naked — ir* or andar* descalzo/desnudo

they went hungry — pasaron hambre

13) (turn out, proceed, progress) ir*

how are things going? — ¿cómo van or andan las cosas?

so it goes — así son las cosas

14)

a) ( be available) (only in -ing form)

I'll take any job that's going — estoy dispuesto a aceptar el trabajo que sea or cualquier trabajo que me ofrezcan

is there any coffee going? — (BrE) ¿hay café?

b) ( be in general)

it's not expensive as dishwashers go — no es caro, para lo que cuestan los lavavajillas

Sense V

15)

a) (function, work) \<\<heater/engine/clock\>\> funcionar

the radio was going full blast — la radio estaba puesta a todo lo que daba

to have a lot going for one — tener* muchos puntos a favor

to have a good thing going: we've got a good thing going here — esto marcha muy bien

b)

to get going: the car's OK once it gets going el coche marcha bien una vez que arranca; I find it hard to get going in the mornings me cuesta mucho entrar en acción por la mañana; it's late, we'd better get going es tarde, más vale que nos vayamos; to get something going: we tried to get a fire going tratamos de hacer fuego; we need some music to get the party going hace falta un poco de música para animar la fiesta; to get somebody going: all this stupid nonsense really gets me going — estas estupideces me sacan de quicio

c)

to keep going — ( continue to function) aguantar; ( not stop) seguir*

to keep a project going — mantener* a flote un proyecto

16) (continue, last out) seguir*

the club's been going for 12 years now — el club lleva 12 años funcionando

how long can you go before you need a break? — ¿cuánto aguantas sin descansar?

we can go for weeks without seeing a soul — podemos estar or pasar semanas enteras sin ver un alma

17)

a) ( sound) \<\<bell/siren\>\> sonar*

b) (make sound, movement) hacer*

18)

a) ( contribute)

to go to + inf: everything that goes to make a good school todo lo que contribuye a que una escuela sea buena; that just goes to prove my point eso confirma lo que yo decía or prueba que tengo razón; it just goes to show: we can't leave them on their own — está visto que no los podemos dejar solos

b) ( be used)

to go toward something/to + inf: all their savings are going toward the trip van a gastar todos sus ahorros en el viaje; the money will go to pay the workmen — el dinero se usará para pagar a los obreros

19) (run, be worded) \<\<poem/prayer\>\> decir*

how does the song go? — ¿cómo es la (letra/música de la) canción?

20)

a) ( be permitted)

anything goes — todo vale, cualquier cosa está bien

b) (be necessarily obeyed, believed)

what the boss says goes — lo que dice el jefe, va a misa

c) (match, suit) pegar*, ir*

that shirt and that tie don't really go — esa camisa no pega or no va or no queda bien con esa corbata; see also go together, go with

21) ( have turn) ( Games) ir*, jugar*

2.

vt ( say) (colloq) ir* y decir* (fam)

that's enough of that, he goes — -ya está bueno -va y dice

3.

v aux (only in -ing form)

to be going to + inf

a) ( expressing intention) ir* a + inf

I was just going to make some coffee — iba a or estaba por hacer café

don't deny it! - I wasn't going to — no lo niegues! - no pensaba hacerlo

b) (expressing near future, prediction) ir* a + inf

I'm going to be sick — voy a devolver

Phrasal Verbs:

- go about

- go after

- go against

- go ahead

- go along

- go around

- go at

- go away

- go back

- go back on

- go before

- go below

- go by

- go down

- go down with

- go for

- go forward

- go in

- go in for

- go into

- go off

- go on

- go out

- go out to

- go over

- go past

- go round

- go through

- go through with

- go to

- go together

- go under

- go up

- go with

- go without

II

noun (pl goes)

1) c

a) ( attempt)

he emptied the bottle at o in one go — vació la botella de un tirón or de una sentada (fam)

she succeeded in lifting it at the third go — consiguió levantarlo al tercer intento

go at something/-ing: it's my first go at writing for radio es la primera vez que escribo para la radio; I want to have a go at learning Arabic quiero intentar aprender árabe; have a go prueba a ver, inténtalo; I've had a good go at the kitchen le he dado una buena pasada or un buen repaso a la cocina; it's no go es imposible; to give something a go (BrE) intentar algo; to have a go at somebody (colloq): she had a go at me for not having told her se la agarró conmigo por no habérselo dicho (fam); to make a go of something — sacar* algo adelante

b) ( turn)

whose go is it? — ¿a quién le toca?

it's my go — me toca a mí

c) ( chance to use)

can I have a go on your typewriter? — ¿me dejas probar tu máquina de escribir?

2) u (energy, drive) empuje m, dinamismo m

(to be) on the go: I've been on the go all morning no he parado en toda la mañana; he's got three jobs on the go — (BrE) está haciendo tres trabajos a la vez

III

adjective (pred)

all systems go — todo listo or luz verde para despegar

[ɡǝʊ] (vb: pt went) (pp gone) (N: pl goes) When go is part of a set combination such as go cheap, go far, go down the tube, look up the other word.
1. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1) (=move, travel) ir

she was going too fast — iba demasiado rápido

• to go and do sth — ir a hacer algo

I'll go and see — voy a ver

I'll go and fetch it for you — te lo voy a buscar

he went and shut the door — cerró la puerta

now you've gone and done it! * — ¡ahora sí que la has hecho buena!

to go and see sb, go to see sb — ir a ver a algn

• to go along a corridor — ir por un pasillo

• we can talk as we go — podemos hablar por el camino

add the sugar, stirring as you go — añada el azúcar, removiendo al mismo tiempo, añada el azúcar, sin dejar de remover

• to go at 30 mph — ir a 30 millas por hora

• to go by car/bicycle — ir en coche/bicicleta

• the train goes from London to Glasgow — el tren va de Londres a Glasgow

• to go home — irse a casa

• to go on a journey — ir de viaje

• there he goes! — ¡ahí va!

• to go to a party — ir a una fiesta

to go to the doctor('s) — ir al médico

she's gone to the optician('s) for a sight test — ha ido al oculista a graduarse la vista

she went to the headmaster — fue a ver al director

the child went to his mother — el niño fue a or hacia su madre

to go to sb for advice — consultar a algn

• where do we go from here? — (fig) ¿qué hacemos ahora?

• halt, who goes there? — alto, ¿quién va or vive?

2) (=depart) [person] irse, marcharse; [train, coach] salir

I'm going now — me voy ya, me marcho ya

"where's Judy?" - "she's gone" — -¿dónde está Judy? -se ha ido or se ha marchado

"food to go" — (US) "comida para llevar"

3) euph (=die) irse

after I've gone — cuando yo me haya ido

4) (=disappear) [object] desaparecer; [money] gastarse; [time] pasar

• the cake is all gone — se ha acabado todo el pastel

• gone are the days when... — ya pasaron los días cuando...

• that sideboard will have to go — tendremos que deshacernos de ese aparador

• military service must go! — ¡fuera con el servicio militar!

• there goes my chance of promotion! — ¡adiós a mi ascenso!

• only two days to go — solo faltan dos días

eight down and two to go — ocho hechos y dos por hacer
missing 1., 1)
5) (=be sold) venderse ( for por, en)

it went for £100 — se vendió por or en 100 libras

it's going cheap — se vende barato

going, going, gone! — (at auction) ¡a la una, a las dos, a las tres!

6) (=extend) extenderse, llegar

• the garden goes down to the lake — el jardín se extiende or llega hasta el lago

a huge sweater that goes down to my knees — un jersey enorme que me llega hasta las rodillas

• money doesn't go far nowadays — hoy día el dinero apenas da para nada

• he went up to £1,000 — (at auction) llegó a las 1.000 libras

7) (=function) [machine] funcionar

it's a magnificent car but it doesn't go — es un coche magnífico, pero no funciona

I couldn't get the car to go at all — no podía arrancar el coche

the washing machine was going so I didn't hear the phone — la lavadora estaba en marcha, así es que no oí el teléfono

to make sth go, to get sth going — poner algo en marcha

8) (=endure) aguantar

I don't know how much longer we can go without food — no sé cuánto tiempo más podremos aguantar sin comida

to go hungry/thirsty — pasar hambre/sed

9) (with activities, hobbies)

to go fishing/riding/swimming — ir a pescar/montar a caballo/nadar

• to go for a walk — dar un paseo

to go for a swim — ir a nadar or a bañarse

10) (=progress) ir

the meeting went well — la reunión fue bien

• how did the exam go? — ¿cómo te fue en el examen?

how's it going? * —

how goes it? * —

what goes? — (US) * ¿qué tal? *, ¿qué tal va? *, ¡qué hubo! (Mex, Chile) *

we'll see how things go * — veremos cómo van las cosas

• to make a party go (with a swing) — dar ambiente a una fiesta

• the day went slowly — el día pasó lentamente

• all went well for him until... — todo le fue bien hasta que...

11) (=match, combine with) [colours, clothes] hacer juego, pegar * ( with con)

mustard and lamb don't go, mustard doesn't go with lamb — la mostaza no va bien con el cordero, la mostaza no pega con el cordero *

cava goes well with anything — el cava va bien or combina con todo

12) (=become)
For phrases with go and an adjective, such as to go bad, go soft, go pale, you should look under the adjective.
it's just gone seven — acaban de dar las siete

to go red/green — ponerse rojo/verde

you're not going to go all sentimental/shy/religious on me! — ¡no te me pongas sentimental/tímido/religioso! *, ¡no te hagas el sentimental/tímido/religioso conmigo!

to go communist — [constituency, person] volverse comunista

• to go mad — (lit, fig) volverse loco

• to go to sleep — dormirse

See:

BECOME, GO, GET in become

13) (=fit) caber

it won't go in the case — no cabe en la maleta

4 into 3 won't go — 3 entre 4 no cabe

4 into 12 goes 3 times — 12 entre cuatro son tres, 12 dividido entre cuatro son tres

14) (=be accepted) valer

• anything goes * — todo vale

• that goes for me too — (=applies to me) eso va también por mí; (=I agree) yo también estoy de acuerdo
say
15) (=fail) [material] desgastarse; [chair, branch] romperse; [elastic] ceder; [fuse, light bulb] fundirse; [sight, strength] fallar

this jumper has gone at the elbows — este jersey se ha desgastado por los codos

• his health is going — su salud se está resintiendo

• his hearing/ mind is going — está perdiendo el oído/la cabeza

• his nerve was beginning to go — estaba empezando a perder la sangre fría

• her sight is going — le está empezando a fallar la vista

• my voice has gone — me he quedado afónico

16) (=be kept) ir

where does this book go? — ¿dónde va este libro?

17) (=be available)

there are several jobs going — se ofrecen varios puestos

there's a flat going here — aquí hay un piso libre

is there any tea going? — (=is there any left?) ¿queda té?; (=will you get me one?) ¿me haces un té?

I'll take whatever is going — acepto lo que sea

18) (=get underway)

whose turn is it to go? — (in game) ¿a quién le toca?, ¿quién va ahora?

go! — (Sport) ¡ya!

• all systems go — (Space) (also fig) todo listo

- from the word go

- there you go again!

19) (=be destined) [inheritance] pasar; [fund] destinarse

• all his money goes on drink — se le va todo el dinero en alcohol

• the inheritance went to his nephew — la herencia pasó a su sobrino

the money goes to charity — el dinero se destina a obras benéficas

the prize went to Fiona Lilly — el premio fue para Fiona Lilly

the qualities which go to make him a great writer — las cualidades que le hacen un gran escritor

• the money will go towards the holiday — el dinero será para las vacaciones

20) (=sound) [doorbell, phone] sonar

21) (=run)

how does that song go? — [tune] ¿cómo va esa canción?; [words] ¿cómo es la letra de esa canción?

the tune goes like this — la melodía va así

the story goes that... — según dicen...

22) (=do) hacer

go like that (with your right hand) — haz así (con la mano derecha)

23) * (=go to the toilet) ir al baño

I need to go — tengo que ir al baño

24) (in set expressions)

• it's a fairly good garage as garages go — es un garaje bastante bueno, para como son normalmente los garajes

he's not bad, as estate agents go — no es un mal agente inmobiliario, dentro de lo que cabe

• let's get going! — (=be on our way) ¡vamos!, ¡vámonos!, ¡ándale! (Mex); (=start sth) ¡manos a la obra!, ¡adelante!

to get going on or with sth — ponerse con algo

I've got to get going on or with my tax — tengo que ponerme con los impuestos

once he gets going... — una vez que se pone..., una vez que empieza...

• to keep going — (=moving forward) seguir; (=enduring) resistir, aguantar; (=functioning) seguir funcionando

to keep sb going: this medicine kept him going — esta medicina le daba fuerzas para seguir

a cup of coffee is enough to keep him going all morning — una taza de café le basta para funcionar toda la mañana

enough money to keep them going for a week or two — suficiente dinero para que pudiesen tirar * or funcionar una o dos semanas

• to keep sth going, the workers are trying to keep the factory going — los trabajadores están intentando mantener la fábrica en funcionamiento or en marcha

• to let sb go — (=release) soltar a algn; euph (=make redundant) despedir a algn

let (me) go! — ¡suéltame!

we'll let it go at that — por esta vez pase

you're wrong, but we'll let it go — no llevas razón, pero vamos a dejarlo así

to let o.s. go — (physically) dejarse, descuidarse; (=have fun) soltarse el pelo *

• to let go of sth/sb — soltar algo/a algn
far 1., 2)
2. TRANSITIVE VERB

1) (=travel) [+ route] hacer

which route does the number 29 go? — ¿qué itinerario hace el 29?

which way are you going? — ¿por dónde vais a ir?, ¿qué camino vais a tomar?

he went his way — siguió su camino

we had only gone a few kilometres when... — solo llevábamos unos kilómetros cuando...

to go it —

the car was really going it * — el coche iba a una buena marcha *
distance 1., 1)
2) (=make) hacer

the car went "bang!" — el coche hizo "bang"

3) * (=say) soltar *

"shut up!" he goes — -¡cállate! -suelta

he goes to me, "what do you want?" — va y me dice or me suelta: -¿qué quieres? *

4) (Gambling) (=bet) apostar

he went £50 on the red — apostó 50 libras al rojo

I can only go £15 — solo puedo llegar a 15 libras

5) *

- go one better

- go it alone

3.

MODAL VERB ir

I'm going/I was going to do it — voy/iba a hacerlo

it's going to rain — va a llover

there's going to be trouble — se va a armar un lío *, va a haber follón *
to go doing sth
don't go getting upset * — venga, no te enfades

to go looking for sth/sb — ir a buscar algo/a algn

4. NOUN

1) (=turn)

whose go is it? — ¿a quién le toca?

it's your go — te toca a ti

2) (=attempt) intento m

• to have a go (at doing sth) — probar (a hacer algo)

shall I have a go? — ¿pruebo yo?, ¿lo intento yo?

to have another go — probar otra vez, intentarlo otra vez

• at or in one go — de un (solo) golpe

3) * (=bout)

he's had a bad go of flu — ha pasado una gripe muy mala

they've had a rough go of it — lo han pasado mal, han pasado una mala racha

4) * (=energy) empuje m, energía f

• to be full of go — estar lleno de empuje or energía

• there's no go about him — no tiene empuje or energía

5) * (=success)

• to make a go of sth — tener éxito en algo

6)

- it's all go

- it's all the go

- have a go at sb

- it's no go

on the go —

he's always on the go — nunca para

to keep sb on the go — tener a algn siempre en danza

I've got two projects on the go — tengo dos proyectos en marcha

5.

ADJECTIVE
(Space)
you are go for moon-landing — estás listo para alunizar

all systems are go — (lit, fig) todo listo

See:

COME, GO in come

- go about

- go across

- go after

- go against

- go ahead

- go along

- go around

- go at

- go away

- go back

- go back on

- go back to

- go before

- go below

- go beyond

- go by

- go down

- go down as

- go down on

- go down with

- go for

- go forward

- go in

- go in for

- go into

- go in with

- go off

- go on

- go on for

- go out

- go out of

- go over

- go round

- go through

- go through with

- go to

- go together

- go toward

- go under

- go up

- go with

- go without

* * *

I
1. [gəʊ]
1) (3rd pers sing pres goes; past went; past p gone) intransitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) (move, travel) ir*

there she goes — allá va

who goes there? — ( Mil) ¿quién va?

are you going my way? — ¿vas hacia el mismo sitio que yo?

we can discuss it as we go — podemos hablarlo en el camino

where do we go from here? — ¿y ahora qué hacemos?

b) (start moving, acting)

go when the lights turn green — avanza or (fam) dale cuando el semáforo se ponga verde

ready, (get) set, go! — preparados or en sus marcas, listos ya!

let's go! — vamos!

here goes! — allá vamos (or voy etc)!

there you go — (colloq) ( handing something over) toma or aquí tienes; ( something is ready) ya está or listo

don't go telling everybody — (colloq) no vayas a contárselo a todo el mundo

3) (past p gone/been)

a) ( travel to) ir*

she's gone to France — se ha ido a Francia

I have never been abroad — no he estado nunca en el extranjero

where are you going? — ¿adónde vas?

to go by car/bus/plane — ir* en coche/autobús/avión

to go on foot/horseback — ir* a pie/a caballo

to go for a walk/drive — ir* a dar un paseo/una vuelta en coche

to go to + inf — ir* a + inf

they've gone to see the exhibition — (se) han ido a ver la exposición

they've been to see the exhibition — han visitado la exposición, han estado en la exposición

to go and + inf — ir* a + inf

go and see what she wants — anda or vete a ver qué quiere

b) ( attend) ir*

to go on a training course — hacer* un curso de capacitación

to go on a diet — ponerse* a régimen

to go -ing — ir* a + inf

to go swimming/hunting — ir* a nadar/cazar

4) (attempt, make as if to)

to go to + inf — ir* a + inf

Sense II

5) (leave, depart) \<\<visitor\>\> irse*, marcharse (esp Esp); \<\<bus/train\>\> salir*

well, I must be going — bueno, me tengo que ir ya

to leave go — soltar*; let II 1) c)

6)

a) ( pass) \<\<time\>\> pasar

those days have gone — ya han pasado aquellos días

it's just gone nine o'clock — (BrE) son las nueve pasadas

the time goes quickly — el tiempo pasa volando or rápidamente

b) ( disappear) \<\<headache/fear\>\> pasarse or irse* (+ me/te/le etc); \<\<energy/confidence\>\> desaparecer*

has the pain gone? — ¿se te (or le etc) ha pasado or ido el dolor?

c) \<\<money/food\>\> ( be spent) irse*; ( be used up) acabarse

what do you spend it all on? - I don't know, it just goes — ¿en qué te lo gastas? - no sé, se (me) va como el agua

the money/cream has all gone — se ha acabado el dinero/la crema

to go on something: half his salary goes on drink — la mitad del sueldo se le va en bebida

7)

a) ( be disposed of)

that sofa will have to go — nos vamos (or se van etc) a tener que deshacer de ese sofá

either the cats go or I go — o se van los gatos o me voy yo

b) ( be sold) venderse

the bread has all gone — no queda pan, el pan se ha vendido todo

the painting went for £1,000 — el cuadro se vendió en 1.000 libras

going, going, gone — a la una, a las dos, vendido

8)

a) (cease to function, wear out) \<\<bulb/fuse\>\> fundirse; \<\<thermostat/fan/exhaust\>\> estropearse

her memory/eyesight is going — está fallándole or está perdiendo la memoria/la vista

the brakes went as we... — los frenos fallaron cuando...

the brakes have gone — los frenos no funcionan

my legs went (from under me) — me fallaron las piernas

b) ( die) (colloq) morir*

9) to go

a) ( remaining)

only two weeks to go till he comes — sólo faltan dos semanas para que llegue

I still have 50 pages to go — todavía me faltan or me quedan 50 páginas

b) ( take away) (AmE)

two burgers to go — dos hamburguesas para llevar

Sense III

10)

a) ( lead) \<\<path/road\>\> ir*, llevar

b) (extend, range) \<\<road/railway line\>\> ir*

it only goes as far as Croydon — sólo va or llega hasta Croydon

to go from... to... — \<\<prices/ages/period\>\> ir* de... a... or desde... hasta...

the belt won't go around my waist — el cinturón no me da para la cintura

11)

a) ( have place) ir*; ( fit) caber*; see also go in, go into

b) ( be divisible)

5 into 11 won't o doesn't go — 11 no es divisible por 5

8 into 32 goes 4 (times) — 32 entre 8 cabe a 4

Sense IV

12)

a) ( become)

to go blind/deaf — quedarse ciego/sordo

to go crazy — volverse* loco

to go mouldy — (BrE) enmohecerse*

to go sour — agriarse, ponerse* agrio

her face went red — se puso colorada

everything went quiet — se hizo un silencio total

b) (be, remain)

to go barefoot/naked — ir* or andar* descalzo/desnudo

they went hungry — pasaron hambre

13) (turn out, proceed, progress) ir*

how are things going? — ¿cómo van or andan las cosas?

so it goes — así son las cosas

14)

a) ( be available) (only in -ing form)

I'll take any job that's going — estoy dispuesto a aceptar el trabajo que sea or cualquier trabajo que me ofrezcan

is there any coffee going? — (BrE) ¿hay café?

b) ( be in general)

it's not expensive as dishwashers go — no es caro, para lo que cuestan los lavavajillas

Sense V

15)

a) (function, work) \<\<heater/engine/clock\>\> funcionar

the radio was going full blast — la radio estaba puesta a todo lo que daba

to have a lot going for one — tener* muchos puntos a favor

to have a good thing going: we've got a good thing going here — esto marcha muy bien

b)

to get going: the car's OK once it gets going el coche marcha bien una vez que arranca; I find it hard to get going in the mornings me cuesta mucho entrar en acción por la mañana; it's late, we'd better get going es tarde, más vale que nos vayamos; to get something going: we tried to get a fire going tratamos de hacer fuego; we need some music to get the party going hace falta un poco de música para animar la fiesta; to get somebody going: all this stupid nonsense really gets me going — estas estupideces me sacan de quicio

c)

to keep going — ( continue to function) aguantar; ( not stop) seguir*

to keep a project going — mantener* a flote un proyecto

16) (continue, last out) seguir*

the club's been going for 12 years now — el club lleva 12 años funcionando

how long can you go before you need a break? — ¿cuánto aguantas sin descansar?

we can go for weeks without seeing a soul — podemos estar or pasar semanas enteras sin ver un alma

17)

a) ( sound) \<\<bell/siren\>\> sonar*

b) (make sound, movement) hacer*

18)

a) ( contribute)

to go to + inf: everything that goes to make a good school todo lo que contribuye a que una escuela sea buena; that just goes to prove my point eso confirma lo que yo decía or prueba que tengo razón; it just goes to show: we can't leave them on their own — está visto que no los podemos dejar solos

b) ( be used)

to go toward something/to + inf: all their savings are going toward the trip van a gastar todos sus ahorros en el viaje; the money will go to pay the workmen — el dinero se usará para pagar a los obreros

19) (run, be worded) \<\<poem/prayer\>\> decir*

how does the song go? — ¿cómo es la (letra/música de la) canción?

20)

a) ( be permitted)

anything goes — todo vale, cualquier cosa está bien

b) (be necessarily obeyed, believed)

what the boss says goes — lo que dice el jefe, va a misa

c) (match, suit) pegar*, ir*

that shirt and that tie don't really go — esa camisa no pega or no va or no queda bien con esa corbata; see also go together, go with

21) ( have turn) ( Games) ir*, jugar*

2.

vt ( say) (colloq) ir* y decir* (fam)

that's enough of that, he goes — -ya está bueno -va y dice

3.

v aux (only in -ing form)

to be going to + inf

a) ( expressing intention) ir* a + inf

I was just going to make some coffee — iba a or estaba por hacer café

don't deny it! - I wasn't going to — no lo niegues! - no pensaba hacerlo

b) (expressing near future, prediction) ir* a + inf

I'm going to be sick — voy a devolver

Phrasal Verbs:

- go about

- go after

- go against

- go ahead

- go along

- go around

- go at

- go away

- go back

- go back on

- go before

- go below

- go by

- go down

- go down with

- go for

- go forward

- go in

- go in for

- go into

- go off

- go on

- go out

- go out to

- go over

- go past

- go round

- go through

- go through with

- go to

- go together

- go under

- go up

- go with

- go without

II

noun (pl goes)

1) c

a) ( attempt)

he emptied the bottle at o in one go — vació la botella de un tirón or de una sentada (fam)

she succeeded in lifting it at the third go — consiguió levantarlo al tercer intento

go at something/-ing: it's my first go at writing for radio es la primera vez que escribo para la radio; I want to have a go at learning Arabic quiero intentar aprender árabe; have a go prueba a ver, inténtalo; I've had a good go at the kitchen le he dado una buena pasada or un buen repaso a la cocina; it's no go es imposible; to give something a go (BrE) intentar algo; to have a go at somebody (colloq): she had a go at me for not having told her se la agarró conmigo por no habérselo dicho (fam); to make a go of something — sacar* algo adelante

b) ( turn)

whose go is it? — ¿a quién le toca?

it's my go — me toca a mí

c) ( chance to use)

can I have a go on your typewriter? — ¿me dejas probar tu máquina de escribir?

2) u (energy, drive) empuje m, dinamismo m

(to be) on the go: I've been on the go all morning no he parado en toda la mañana; he's got three jobs on the go — (BrE) está haciendo tres trabajos a la vez

III

adjective (pred)

all systems go — todo listo or luz verde para despegar

English-spanish dictionary > go

20 pas

I.

pas¹ [pα]

1. masculine noun

   a. step ; ( = bruit) footstep ; ( = trace) footprint

• faire un pas en arrière

• reculer d'un pas to step back

• faire un pas en avant

• avancer d'un pas to step forward

• revenir or retourner sur ses pas to retrace one's steps

• marcher à grands pas to stride along

• pas à pas step by step

• à chaque pas at every step

• ne le quittez pas d'un pas follow him wherever he goes

• faire ses premiers pas to start walking

• pas de danse dance step

   b. ( = distance) pace

• c'est à deux pas d'ici it's only a minute away

   c. ( = vitesse) pace ; (Military) step

• marcher d'un bon pas to walk at a brisk pace

• presser le pas to quicken one's pace

• ralentir le pas to slow down

• marcher au pas to march

• « roulez au pas » "dead slow"

• au pas de course at a run

   d. ( = démarche) tread

• d'un pas lourd with a heavy tread

   e. (locutions) la science avance à grands pas science is taking great steps forward

• faire le(s) premier(s) pas to take the initiative

• il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte the first step is the hardest

• à pas de loup stealthily

• j'y vais de ce pas I'll go at once

• prendre le pas sur [+ considérations, préoccupations] to override ; [+ théorie, méthode] to supplant ; [+ personne] to steal a march over

• sauter le pas to take the plunge

2. compounds

► le pas de Calais ( = détroit) the Straits of Dover

► pas de l'oie goose-step

► le pas de la porte the doorstep

► pas de vis thread (of screw)

II.

pas² [pα]

adverb

   a. (avec ne: formant négation verbale) not

• ce n'est pas vrai

• c'est pas vrai (inf) it's not true

• il n'est pas allé à l'école he didn't go to school

• je ne trouve pas mon sac I can't find my bag

• ils n'ont pas de voiture/d'enfants they don't have a car/any children

• il m'a dit de (ne) pas le faire he told me not to do it

• je pense qu'il ne viendra pas I don't think he'll come

• il n'y a pas que ça it's not just that

• il n'y a pas que lui he's not the only one

• je n'en sais pas plus que vous I don't know any more about it than you

• il n'y avait pas plus de 20 personnes there were no more than 20 people there

• ne me parle pas sur ce ton don't speak to me like that

   b. (indiquant ou renforçant opposition) elle travaille, (mais) lui pas she works, but he doesn't

• il aime ça, pas toi ? he likes it, don't you?

   c. (dans réponses négatives) not

• pas de sucre, merci ! no sugar, thanks!

• pas du tout not at all

• pas encore not yet

• pas tellement (inf) pas tant que ça not that much

• qui l'a prévenu ? -- pas moi who told him? -- not me

   d. (devant adjectif, nom, dans exclamations) (inf) il est dans une situation pas ordinaire he's in an unusual situation

• pas un n'est venu not one came

• pas possible ! no!

• pas vrai ? isn't that so?

• tu es content ? eh bien pas moi ! are you satisfied? well I'm not!

• t'es pas un peu fou ? you're crazy! (inf)

• si c'est pas malheureux ! isn't that disgraceful!

• pas de ça ! we'll have none of that!

• ah non, pas lui ! oh no, not him!

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Note: Dans la langue parlée ou familière, not utilisé avec un auxiliaire ou un modal prend parfois la forme n't qui est alors accolée à l'auxiliaire: he hasn't finished, he couldn't come. On notera que will not devient won't, que shall not devient shan't et cannot devient can't

I pa
adverbe

1) gén

c'est un Autrichien, pas un Allemand — he's an Austrian, not a German

je ne prends pas de sucre avec mon café — I don't take sugar in coffee

ce n'est pas un lâche — gén he isn't a coward; ( pour insister) he's no coward

ce n'est pas une raison pour crier comme ça! — that's no reason to shout like that!

il n'est pas plus intelligent qu'un autre — he's no brighter than anybody else

je ne pense pas — I don't think so, I think not sout

elle a aimé le film, mais lui pas — she liked the film but he didn't

des tomates pas mûres — unripe tomatoes

des chaussures pas cirées — unpolished shoes

une radio pas chère — (colloq) a cheap radio

non mais t'es pas dingue? — (sl) are you mad or what?

2) (dans des expressions, exclamations)

pas du tout — not at all

pas le moins du monde — not in the slightest ou in the least

absolument pas — absolutely not

pas tellement — not much

pas tant que ça — not all that much

pas plus que ça — not all that much

pas d'histoires! — I don't want any arguments ou fuss!

pas de chance! — hard luck!

pas possible! — I can't believe it!

pas vrai? — (colloq) gén isn't that so?; ( n'est-ce pas)

on a bien travaillé, pas vrai? — (colloq) we did good work, didn't we?

II pa
nom masculin invariable

1) ( enjambée) step

faire un grand pas — to take a small step

avancer à grands pas — to stride along

avancer à petits pas — to edge forward

l'hiver arrive à grands pas — winter is fast approaching

avancer à pas de géant (dans quelque chose) — to make giant strides (in something)

marcher à pas de loup — to move stealthily

marcher à pas feutrés — to walk softly

faire ses premiers pas — [enfant] to take one's first steps

faire ses premiers pas dans la société mondaine — to make one's debut in society

faire le premier pas — fig to make the first move

suivre quelqu'un pas à pas — to follow somebody everywhere

avancer pas à pas — to proceed step by step

de là à dire qu'il s'en fiche (colloq), il n'y a qu'un pas — there's only a fine line between that and saying he doesn't care

j'habite à deux pas (d'ici) — I live just a step away (from here)

2) ( allure) pace

d'un bon pas — at a brisk pace

d'un pas lourd — with a heavy tread

d'un pas pressé — hurriedly

marcher du même pas — to walk in step

ralentir le pas — to slow down

marcher au pas — ( à pied) to march; ( à cheval) to walk

marquer le pas — Armée to mark time

rouler au pas — to crawl (along)

‘roulez au pas’ — ( panneau) ‘dead slow’ GB, ‘(very) slow’ US

mettre quelqu'un au pas — to bring somebody to heel

partir au pas de course — to rush off, to race off

faire quelque chose au pas de charge — to do something in double-quick time

j'y vais de ce pas — I'm on my way now

3) ( bruit) footstep

reconnaître le pas de quelqu'un — to recognize somebody's footstep

4) ( trace de pied) footprint

revenir or retourner sur ses pas — lit to retrace one's steps; fig to backtrack

marcher sur les pas de quelqu'un — fig to follow in somebody's footsteps

5) ( de danse) step

apprendre les pas du tango — to learn how to tango

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Phrasal Verbs:

- pas de porte

••

tirer quelqu'un/se tirer d'un mauvais pas — to get somebody/to get out of a tight corner

faire or sauter le pas — to take the plunge

céder le pas à quelqu'un — to make way for somebody

prendre le pas sur quelque chose/quelqu'un — to overtake something/somebody

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I pɒ adv
1) (avec `ne' et `non') not

Il ne pleure pas. (habituellement) — He doesn't cry., (maintenant) He's not crying., He isn't crying.

Il ne pleut pas. — It's not raining.

Je ne mange pas de viande. — I don't eat meat.

Il n'a pas pleuré. — He didn't cry.

Il ne pleurera pas. — He won't cry.

Elle n'est pas venue. — She didn't come.

Ils n'ont pas de voiture. — They haven't got a car., They have no car.

Ils n'ont pas d'enfants. — They haven't got any children., They have no children.

Ce n'est pas mal pour un début. — That's not bad for a first attempt.

Il m'a dit de ne pas le faire. — He told me not to do it.

non pas que... — not that...

pas du tout — not at all

Je n'aime pas du tout ça. — I don't like that at all.

n'est-ce pas; Vous viendrez à notre soirée, n'est-ce pas? — You're coming to our party, aren't you?

C'est Harry qui a gagné, n'est-ce pas? — Harry won, didn't he?

2) (employé sans `ne')

pas moi — not me, not I

pas de sucre, merci — no sugar, thanks

Elle travaille, lui pas.; Elle travaille, mais pas lui. — She works but he doesn't.

Elle veut aller au cinéma, pas moi. — She wants to go to the cinema, but I don't.

une pomme pas mûre — an apple that isn't ripe, an unripe apple

... ou pas? —... or not?

Ceci est à vous ou pas? — Is this yours or not?, Is this yours or isn't it?

pas plus tard qu'hier — only yesterday

3)

pas mal (personne, maison) — not bad

comment ça va? — pas mal — how are things? — not bad

pas mal fait — not badly done

pas mal de — quite a lot of

Il y avait pas mal de monde au concert. — There were quite a lot of people at the concert.

II pɒ nm
1) (= allure) pace, [cheval] walk

Il marchait d'un pas rapide. — He walked at a fast pace.

au pas — at a walking pace

Le cheval est parti au pas. — The horse set off at walking pace.

mettre qn au pas fig — to bring sb to heel

au pas de gymnastique — at a jog trot

au pas de course — at a run

de ce pas — straight away, at once

J'y vais de ce pas. — I'll go straight away

2) (= démarche) tread

3) (= enjambée) step

Faites trois pas en avant. — Take three steps forward.

un pas en arrière — a step backwards

retourner sur ses pas; revenir sur ses pas — to retrace one's steps

marcher à grands pas — to stride along

faire les cent pas — to pace up and down

Il faisait les cent pas dans le corridor. — He was pacing up and down the corridor.

4) (= bruit) step, footstep

J'entends des pas dans l'escalier. — I can hear footsteps on the stairs.

à pas de loup — stealthily

5) (= trace de pas) footprint

6) (mesure) pace

trois pas — three paces

à deux pas de... — just round the corner from...

c'est à deux pas — it's just round the corner

7) DANSE step

8) fig (= étape) step

un pas déterminant vers la paix — a decisive step towards peace

9) TECHNIQUE, [vis, écrou] thread

10) (autres locutions)

pas à pas — step by step

faire les premiers pas — to make the first move

sur le pas de la porte — on the doorstep

se tirer d'un mauvais pas fig — to get o.s. out of a tight spot

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I.

pas adv

❢ Dans la langue parlée ou familière, not utilisé avec un auxiliaire ou un modal prend parfois la forme n't qui est alors accolée à l'auxiliaire: he hasn't finished, he couldn't come. On notera que will not devient won't, que shall not devient shan't et cannot devient can't.

1 gén sur les 15 employés, pas un ne parle anglais out of the 15 employees not one speaks English; c'est un Autrichien, pas un Allemand he's an Austrian, not a German; je ne prends pas de sucre avec mon café I don't take sugar in coffee; ils n'ont pas le téléphone they haven't got a phone; ils n'ont pas d'enfants/de principes they haven't got any children/principles, they have no children/principles; il n'y a pas de café dans le placard there isn't any coffee in the cupboard, there's no coffee in the cupboard; ce n'est pas de l'amour, c'est de la possessivité it isn't love, it's possessiveness; ce n'est pas du cuir, c'est du plastique it isn't leather, it's plastic; ce n'est pas un lâche gén he isn't a coward; ( pour insister) he's no coward; ce n'est pas un ami à moi gén he isn't a friend of mine; ( pour insister) he's no friend of mine; ce n'est pas une raison pour crier comme ça! that's no reason to shout like that!; ce n'est pas une vie pour un gamin de son âge it's no life for a child of his age; ce n'est pas un endroit pour s'arrêter it's no place to stop; ce n'est pas qu'il soit désagréable, mais il est tellement ennuyeux! it's not that he's unpleasant, but he's so boring!; elle n'est pas très bavarde she's not very talkative; il n'est pas plus intelligent qu'un autre he's no brighter than anybody else; je ne pense pas I don't think so, I think not sout; alors, tu viens ou pas○? so, are you coming or not?; elle a aimé le film, mais lui pas or mais pas lui○ she liked the film but he didn't; ma voiture a un toit ouvrant, la leur pas or pas la leur○ gén my car has a sunroof, theirs doesn't; ( pour rectifier une erreur) my car has a sunroof, not theirs; il m'a dit de ne pas y aller he told me not to go there; du pain pas cuit unbaked bread; des tomates pas mûres unripe tomatoes; des chaussures pas cirées unpolished shoes; une radio pas chère○ a cheap radio set; je fouille dans ma poche… pas de portefeuille! I searched in my pocket… no wallet!; pas d'augmentation pour vous, Pichon! no raise for you, Pichon!; non mais t'es pas dingue○? are you mad or what?;

2 (dans des expressions, exclamations) pas du tout not at all; pas le moins du monde not in the slightest ou in the least; absolument pas absolutely not; pas vraiment not really; pas tellement not much; pas tant que ça not all that much; pas plus que ça so-so○, not all that much; pas d'histoires! I don't want any arguments ou fuss about it!; pas de chance! hard luck!, tough luck!; pas possible! I can't believe it!; pas croyable! incredible!; pas vrai○? gén isn't that so?;

3 ( n'est-ce pas) elle est jolie la petite Pivachon, pas○? the Pivachon girl is pretty, isn't she?; on s'est bien amusé, pas○? we had a good time, didn't we?; on a bien travaillé, pas vrai○? we did good work, didn't we?

II.

pas nm inv

1 ( enjambée) step; faire un grand/petit pas to take a long/small step; faire des petits pas to take small steps; faire des grands pas to stride along; marcher or avancer à grands pas to stride along; marcher or avancer à petits pas to edge forward; faire un pas en avant/en arrière to take a step forward/backward; l'industrie a fait un grand pas en avant industry has taken a big step forward; l'hiver arrive à grands pas winter is fast approaching; avancer à pas de géant (dans qch) to make giant strides (in sth); avancer à pas de fourmi (dans qch) to progress at a snail's pace (in sth); marcher à pas de loup or de velours to move stealthily; marcher à pas feutrés to walk softly; marcher à pas comptés to walk with measured steps; faire ses premiers pas [enfant] to take one's first steps; faire ses premiers pas dans la société mondaine to make one's debut in society; faire le premier pas fig to make the first move; suivre qn pas à pas to follow sb everywhere; avancer pas à pas dans une enquête to proceed step by step in an inquiry; il n'y a qu'un pas there's a fine line; de là à dire qu'il s'en fiche○, il n'y a qu'un pas there's only a fine line between that and saying he doesn't care; j'habite à deux pas (d'ici) I live just a step away (from here); le magasin est à deux pas de chez elle the shop is just a step away from her house; ⇒ cent;

2 ( allure) pace; marcher d'un bon pas to walk at a brisk pace; allonger or hâter le pas to quicken one's pace; marcher d'un pas lourd to walk with a heavy tread; marcher d'un pas hésitant/gracieux to walk hesitantly/gracefully; se diriger vers sa voiture d'un pas pressé to walk hurriedly toward(s) one's car; marcher du même pas to walk in step; ralentir le pas to slow down; marcher au pas Mil to march; Équit to walk; marquer le pas Mil to mark time; rouler or circuler au pas to crawl (along); ‘roulez au pas’ ( sur panneau) ‘dead slow’ GB, ‘(very) slow’ US; mettre qn au pas to bring sb to heel; partir au pas de course to rush off, to race off; faire qch au pas de charge to do sth in double-quick time; j'y vais de ce pas I'll do it straightaway;

3 ( bruit) footstep; j'ai entendu un bruit de pas I heard footsteps; reconnaître le pas de qn to recognize sb's (foot)step;

4 ( trace de pied) footprint; des pas dans la neige/sur le sable footprints in the snow/in the sand; revenir or retourner sur ses pas lit, fig to retrace one's steps, to backtrack; marcher sur les pas de qn fig to follow in sb's footsteps;

5 Danse step; un pas de danse a dance step; le pas de valse the waltz step; apprendre les pas du tango to learn how to tango;

6 Tech ( d'une hélice) pitch; (d'un écrou, d'une vis) thread;

7 Aut, Aviat ( distance entre les sièges) seat pitch.

Composés

pas accéléré quick march; pas cadencé slow time; marcher au pas cadencé to march in slow time; pas de deux Danse pas de deux; pas de l'oie goosestep; marcher au pas de l'oie to goosestep; pas de patineur ( au ski) skating; pas de porte doorstep; rester sur le pas de la porte to stay on the doorstep; pas redoublé double time, quick march; marcher au pas redoublé to quick march; pas de route walking pace; pas de tir Mil Sport shooting range; Astronaut launch(ing) pad; pas de vis Tech thread.

Idiomes

tirer qn/se tirer d'un mauvais pas to get sb/to get out of a tight corner; faire or sauter le pas to take the plunge; céder le pas à qn to make way for sb; prendre le pas sur qch/qn to overtake sth/sb.

I

[pa] adverbe

1. [avec 'ne', pour exprimer la négation]

elle ne viendra pas she won't come

ils ne sont pas trop inquiets they're not too worried

ils n'ont pas de problèmes/d'avenir they have no problems/no future, they haven't got any problems/a future

il a décidé de ne pas accepter he decided not to accept

ce n'est pas que je ne veuille pas, mais... it's not that I don't want to, but...

[avec omission du 'ne'] (familier)

elle sait pas she doesn't know

t'en fais pas! don't (you) worry!

c'est vraiment pas drôle!

a. [pas comique] it's not in the least ou slightest bit funny

b. [ennuyeux] it's no fun at all

non, j'aime pas no, I don't like it

2. [avec 'non', pour renforcer la négation]

elle est non pas belle mais jolie she's not so much beautiful as pretty

3. [employé seul]

sincère ou pas sincere or not

les garçons voulaient danser, les filles pas the boys wanted to dance, the girls didn't

pourquoi pas? why not?

pas la peine (familier) (it's) not worth it

pas assez not enough

des fraises pas mûres unripe strawberries

4. [dans des réponses négatives]

pas de dessert pour moi, merci no dessert for me, thank you

qui l'a pris? — pas moi, en tout cas! who took it? — not me, that's for sure!

pas du tout not at all

c'est toi qui as fini les chocolats? — pas du tout! was it you who finished the chocolates? — certainly not!

pas le moins du monde not in the least ou slightest, not at all

absolument pas not at all

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pas mal (familier) locution adjectivale invariable

not bad

c'est pas mal comme idée that's not a bad idea

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pas mal (familier) locution adverbiale

1. [bien]

je ne m'en suis pas mal tiré I handled it quite well

on ferait pas mal de recommencer we'd be better off starting again

2. [très]

la voiture est pas mal amochée the car's pretty battered

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pas mal de locution déterminante

(familier) [suivi d'un nom comptable] quite a few, quite a lot of

[suivi d'un nom non comptable] quite a lot of

pas mal d'argent quite a lot of money

quand? — il y a pas mal de temps when? — quite a while ago

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pas plus mal locution adverbiale

il a maigri — c'est pas plus mal he's lost weight — good thing too ou that's not such a bad thing ou just as well

il ne s'en est pas trouvé plus mal he ended up none the worse for it

pas un locution déterminante,

pas une locution déterminante

not a (single), not one

pas un geste! not one move!

pas un loc pron,

pas une loc pron

not (a single) one

parmi elles, pas une qui ne veuille y aller every one of them wants to go there

pas un n'a bronché there wasn't a peep out of any of them

il s'y entend comme pas un pour déranger les gens à 2 h du matin he's a specialist at disturbing you at 2 in the morning

il sait faire les crêpes comme pas un he makes pancakes like nobody else (on earth)

II

[pa] nom masculin

1. [déplacement] step

je vais faire quelques pas dans le parc I'm going for a short ou little walk in the park

le convalescent fit quelques pas dehors the convalescent took a few steps outside

revenir ou retourner sur ses pas to retrace one's steps ou path, to turn back

arriver sur les pas de quelqu'un to follow close on somebody's heels, to arrive just after somebody

avancer à ou faire de petits pas to take short steps

marcher à grands pas to stride along

faire un pas sur le côté to take a step to the ou to one side

faire un pas en avant to step forward, to take a step ou pace forward

faire un pas en arrière to step back

faire ses premiers pas (sens propre) to learn to walk

il a fait ses premiers pas de comédien dans un film de Hitchcock (figuré) he made his debut as an actor in a Hitchcock film

marcher à pas de velours to pad around

2. [progrès]

avancer à petits pas to make slow progress

avancer à grands pas

a. [enquête] to make great progress

b. [technique, science] to take big steps forward

c. [échéance, événement] to be looming

avancer à pas comptés ou mesurés

a. [lentement] to make slow progress

b. [prudemment] to tread carefully

c. (figuré) to proceed slowly but surely

faire un grand pas en avant to take a great step ou leap forward

faire un pas en arrière to take a step back ou backwards

faire un pas en avant et deux (pas) en arrière to take one step forward and two steps back ou backwards

faire le premier pas to make the first move

il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte the first step is the hardest

marcher sur les pas de quelqu'un

a. to follow in somebody's footsteps

b. [étape] step

c'est un pas difficile pour lui que de te parler directement talking to you directly is a difficult step for him to take

c'est un grand pas à faire ou franchir it's a big step to take

franchir ou sauter le pas to take the plunge

le pas est vite fait ou franchi one thing very easily leads to the other

3. [empreinte] footprint

des pas sur le sable footprints in the sand

4. [allure] pace

allonger ou doubler le pas to quicken one's step ou pace

hâter ou presser le pas to hurry on

ralentir le pas to slow one's pace, to slow down

aller ou marcher d'un bon pas to walk at a good ou brisk pace

avancer ou marcher d'un pas lent to walk slowly

5. [démarche] gait, tread

marcher d'un pas alerte/léger/élastique to walk with a sprightly/light/bouncy tread

avancer d'un pas lourd ou pesant to tread heavily, to walk with a heavy tread

elle entendait son pas irrégulier/feutré sur la terrasse she could hear his irregular/soft footfall on the terrace

6. MILITAIRE step

pas accéléré marching step between quick march and double-quick

pas cadencé quick march

au pas de charge

a. MILITAIRE at the charge

b. (figuré) charging along

7. DANSE pas, step

esquisser un pas to dance a few steps, to do a little dance

pas battu/tombé pas battu/tombé

8. SPORT

pas de patinage ou patineur [en ski] skating

pas de canard/de l'escalier [en ski] herringbone/side stepping climb

au pas de course

a. at a run

b. (figuré) at a run, on the double

au pas de gymnastique at a jog trot

faire des pas tournants [en ski] to skate a turn

9. [mesure] pace

[espace approximatif] pace, step

à quelques pas de là a few steps ou paces away

à deux ou trois ou quelques pas: l'église est à deux pas the church is very close at hand ou is only a stone's throw from here

le restaurant n'est qu'à deux pas (de la gare) the restaurant is (only) just round the corner (from the station)

il se tenait à quelques pas de moi he was standing just a few yards from me

il n'y a qu'un pas (figuré) : entre la consommation de drogue et la vente, il n'y a qu'un pas there's only a small ou short step from taking drugs to selling them

ne pas quitter quelqu'un d'un pas to follow somebody's every footstep

10. [marche d'escalier] step

pas de porte doorstep

ne reste pas sur le pas de la porte don't stand at the door ou on the doorstep ou in the doorway

11. GÉOGRAPHIE [en montagne] pass

[en mer] strait

le pas de Calais the Strait of Dover

12. TECHNOLOGIE [d'une vis] thread

[d'une denture, d'un engrenage] pitch

13. AÉRONAUTIQUE pitch

14. MATHÉMATIQUES pitch

15. (locution)

prendre le pas (sur quelqu'un/quelque chose) to take precedence (over somebody/something), to dominate (somebody/something)

céder le pas to give way

se tirer d'un mauvais pas to get oneself out of a fix

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à chaque pas locution adverbiale

1. [partout] everywhere, at every step

je la rencontre à chaque pas I meet her everywhere (I go)

2. [constamment] at every turn ou step

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au pas locution adverbiale

1. [en marchant] at a walking pace

ne courez pas, allez au pas don't run, walk

2. AUTOMOBILE

aller ou rouler au pas

a. [dans un embouteillage] to crawl along

b. [consigne de sécurité] to go dead slow (UK), to go slow

3. ÉQUITATION walking, at a walk

mettre son cheval au pas to walk one's horse

mettre quelqu'un/quelque chose au pas to bring somebody/something to heel

de ce pas locution adverbiale

straightaway, at once

je vais de ce pas lui dire ma façon de penser I'm going to waste no time in telling him what I think

pas à pas locution adverbiale

1. [de très près] step by step

il la suivait pas à pas he followed her step by step

2. [prudemment] step by step, one step at a time

il faut refaire l'expérience pas à pas the experiment must be repeated step by step

3. INFORMATIQUE step by step

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