how long will you stay here

long time no see! — (colloq) hum ça fait une paye (colloq) qu'on ne s'est pas vus!

so long! — (colloq) salut!

why all the long faces? — vous en faites une tête! (colloq)

the long and the short of it: the long and the short of it is that we have no money — en resumidas cuentas or en una palabra: no tenemos dinero

two months isn't long enough — dos meses no son suficientes or no es tiempo suficiente

sit down, I won't be long — siéntate, enseguida vuelvo (or termino etc)

not long ago o since — no hace mucho

to long to + INF — estar* deseando + inf, anhelar + inf (liter)

• it's a long distance from the school — está (muy) lejos del colegio

• to make or pull a long face — poner cara larga

• to get longer — [queue] hacerse más largo; [hair] crecer (más)

• how long is it? — (table, hallway, piece of material, stick) ¿cuánto mide de largo?; (more precisely) ¿qué longitud tiene?; (river) ¿qué longitud tiene?

• to be long in the leg — [trousers] tener piernas largas

• the speech was long on rhetoric and short on details — el discurso tenía mucha retórica y pocos detalles

• it has been a long day — (fig) ha sido un día muy atareado

• there will be long delays — habrá grandes retrasos, habrá retrasos considerables

• he took a long drink of water — se bebió un vaso grande de agua

• the days are getting longer — los días se están alargando

• how long is the film? — ¿cuánto (tiempo) dura la película?

• to be long in doing sth — tardar en hacer algo

• it will be a long job — será un trabajo que llevará mucho tiempo

• at long last — por fin

• to take a long look at sth — mirar algo detenidamente

• he has a long memory — (fig) es de los que no perdonan fácilmente

• in the long run — (fig) a la larga

• a long time ago — hace mucho tiempo

long time no see! * — ¡cuánto tiempo sin verte!

• it's a good place to go for a long weekend — es un buen sitio para ir durante un fin de semana largo

I shan't be long — (in finishing) termino pronto, no tardo; (in returning) vuelvo pronto, no tardo

• long after he died — mucho tiempo después de morir

• long ago — hace mucho (tiempo)

• long before — mucho antes

• I only had long enough to buy a paper — solo tuve tiempo para comprar un periódico

• we won't stay for long — nos quedamos un rato nada más

• how long will you be? — (in finishing) ¿cuánto (tiempo) tardarás?; (in returning) ¿cuánto tiempo te quedarás?

• it didn't last long — fue cosa de unos pocos minutos or días etc

• to live long — tener una vida larga

• it's not long since he died, he died not long since — no hace mucho que murió, murió hace poco

• so long! — (esp US) * ¡hasta luego!

• it won't take long — no tardará mucho

• he talked long about politics — habló largamente de política

• I can't stay any longer — no me puedo quedar por más tiempo

• no longer — ya no

you can borrow it as long as John doesn't mind — lo puedes tomar prestado siempre que a John no le importe or si a John no le importa

• all day long — todo el (santo) día

• all night long — toda la noche

• all summer long — todo el verano

long division N — (Math) división f larga

long drink N — refresco m, bebida f no alcohólica

long johns NPL — calzoncillos mpl largos

long jump N — salto m de longitud

long jumper N — saltador(a) m / f de longitud

long shot N — (Cine) toma f a distancia; (in race) desconocido(-a) m / f

it's a long shot * — dudo que resulte

long sight N — presbicia f, hipermetropía f

the long term N —

in or over the long term — a largo plazo

long trousers NPL — (as opposed to shorts) pantalones mpl largos

the long vacation N, the long vac * N — (Brit) (Univ) las vacaciones de verano

long wave N — (Rad) onda f larga; (used as adj) de onda larga

the long and the short of it: the long and the short of it is that we have no money — en resumidas cuentas or en una palabra: no tenemos dinero

two months isn't long enough — dos meses no son suficientes or no es tiempo suficiente

sit down, I won't be long — siéntate, enseguida vuelvo (or termino etc)

not long ago o since — no hace mucho

to long to + INF — estar* deseando + inf, anhelar + inf (liter)

to get o grow o become longer [ days] allungarsi; a friend of long standing — un amico di vecchia data

he's been away a long time — è stato assente per molto tempo o a lungo

to take a long time — [ person] metterci molto (tempo); [ task] richiedere molto tempo

to get o grow long [grass, hair] crescere; [list, queue] allungarsi; she's growing her hair long si sta facendo crescere i capelli; to make [sth.] longer — allungare [ sleeve]

to live a long way away o off abitare lontano; July is a long way off luglio è ancora lontano; don't fall, it's a long way down non cadere, è molto alto; a long way down the list molto in fondo alla lista; I saw it a long way out l'ho visto (molto) in lontananza; he is a long way out in his calculations sta sbagliando di molto i suoi calcoli; it's a long way up to the tenth floor è lunga fino al decimo piano; we've come a long way abbiamo fatto molta strada; to go a long way [ person] (be successful) andare lontano; [ supply] (last long) durare a lungo; to have a long way to go fig. [ worker] dover fare ancora molta strada o molti sforzi; it's the best by a long way è di gran lunga il migliore; to take the long way round — fare un lungo giro o una lunga deviazione

long time no see! — colloq. scherz. sono secoli che non ci vediamo!

before long — (in past) poco dopo, di lì a poco; (in future) fra breve, fra non molto, presto, di qui a poco

as long as you keep me informed — purché o a condizione che tu mi tenga informato

so long! — colloq. ciao! arrivederci!

to long to do — (be impatient) non vedere l'ora o essere impaziente di fare; (desire sth. elusive) sognare di fare

to get o grow o become longer [ days] allungarsi; a friend of long standing — un amico di vecchia data

he's been away a long time — è stato assente per molto tempo o a lungo

to take a long time — [ person] metterci molto (tempo); [ task] richiedere molto tempo

to get o grow long [grass, hair] crescere; [list, queue] allungarsi; she's growing her hair long si sta facendo crescere i capelli; to make [sth.] longer — allungare [ sleeve]

to live a long way away o off abitare lontano; July is a long way off luglio è ancora lontano; don't fall, it's a long way down non cadere, è molto alto; a long way down the list molto in fondo alla lista; I saw it a long way out l'ho visto (molto) in lontananza; he is a long way out in his calculations sta sbagliando di molto i suoi calcoli; it's a long way up to the tenth floor è lunga fino al decimo piano; we've come a long way abbiamo fatto molta strada; to go a long way [ person] (be successful) andare lontano; [ supply] (last long) durare a lungo; to have a long way to go fig. [ worker] dover fare ancora molta strada o molti sforzi; it's the best by a long way è di gran lunga il migliore; to take the long way round — fare un lungo giro o una lunga deviazione

long time no see! — colloq. scherz. sono secoli che non ci vediamo!

before long — (in past) poco dopo, di lì a poco; (in future) fra breve, fra non molto, presto, di qui a poco

as long as you keep me informed — purché o a condizione che tu mi tenga informato

so long! — colloq. ciao! arrivederci!

to long to do — (be impatient) non vedere l'ora o essere impaziente di fare; (desire sth. elusive) sognare di fare

be long in the tooth — nicht mehr der/die Jüngste sein

take a long view of something — etwas auf lange od. weite Sicht sehen

pull or make a long face — (fig.) ein langes Gesicht ziehen od. machen (ugs.)

long service — (esp. Mil.) langjähriger Dienst

in the long run — auf die Dauer; auf lange Sicht

for a long time — lange; (still continuing) seit langem

what a long time you've been away! — du warst aber lange [Zeit] fort!

long time no see! — (coll.) lange nicht gesehen! (ugs.)

have a long memory for something — etwas nicht so schnell vergessen

for long — lange; (since long ago) seit langem

it is long since... — es ist lange her, dass...

as or so long as — solange

you should have finished long before now — du hättest schon längst od. viel früher fertig sein sollen

I knew her long before I met you — ich kenne sie schon viel länger als dich

not long before that — kurz davor od. zuvor

all day/night/summer long — den ganzen Tag/die ganze Nacht/den ganzen Sommer [über od. lang]

I shan't be long — ich bin gleich fertig; (departing) bis gleich!

somebody is long [in or about doing something] — jemand braucht lange od. viel Zeit[, um etwas zu tun]

no longer — nicht mehr; nicht länger [warten usw.]

to be long in the tooth (inf) — nicht mehr der/die Jüngste sein

surely he is a bit long in the tooth to be climbing Everest — ist er nicht schon ein bisschen (zu) alt, um den Everest zu besteigen?

well hullo, it's been a long time — hallo, schon lange nicht mehr gesehen

long time no see (inf) — sieht man dich auch mal wieder? (inf)

a year is 12 months long — ein Jahr hat 12 Monate

how long is your vacation? (US) — wie lange haben Sie Urlaub?

don't be too long about it — lass dir nicht zu viel Zeit, mach nicht zu lange (inf)

don't be too long about phoning me — ruf mich bald (mal) an

I shan't be long (in finishing) — ich bin gleich fertig; (in returning)

those days are long (since) past — diese Tage sind schon lange vorbei

that's the long and the short of it — und damit hat sichs (inf)

I am longing to go abroad — ich brenne darauf, ins Ausland zu gehen

I'm longing to hear his reaction — ich bin sehr auf seine Reaktion gespannt