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1 credible

•• credible, credibility, credulity, credentials

•• Credible able to be believed; convincing (Oxford American Dictionary)
•• Второе и третье слово поставлены здесь рядом лишь для предупреждения – их не следует путать. Вот характерный пример употребления слова credulity: The events of the past years, which still defy credulity... – События, которые и сейчас кажутся невероятными/неправдоподобными... Как видим, единственный перевод, предлагаемый Новым БАРСом (доверчивость, легковерие), здесь не подходит.
•• Гораздо чаще встречается слово credibility ( способность внушать доверие) и credible (заслуживающий доверия, авторитетный). В переводе часто приходится искать к этому слову «особый подход». Несколько интересных примеров. Mr.Rubin, himself a former banker, knows that empty bluff destroys credibility (Economist). Можно, казалось бы, сказать: пустые угрозы подрывают доверие. Но доверие по-русски – понятие, скорее предполагающее взаимность, поэтому надо указать, доверие к кому (в данном случае – к самому источнику угроз) имеется в виду. Другой вариант перевода: пустые угрозы неубедительны. Слова убедительный, убедительность оказываются кстати и в некоторых других контекстах, например: the credibility of nuclear deterrence – убедительность ядерного сдерживания/устрашения. Из статьи в журнале Time рассказывающей о расследовании обвинений Полы Джоунз в адрес президента Клинтона в сексуальных домогательствах: Some of the questions posed to the troopers were meant to test their credibility. Здесь слово credibility по значению близко к русским достоверность, правдоподобие (свидетельских показаний). Но в данном случае я воспользовался бы словом правдивость – это контекстуальный перевод, которого, разумеется, не найти в словарях. Нередко подходящим является довольно модный фразеологизм кредит доверия: The credibility of formerly revered bureaucrats is in tatters (U.S. News & World Report). – Кредит доверия уважаемых прежде бюрократов окончательно подорван. Еще один оттенок значения слова credible – надежность. Например, в рекламе компании Ericsson: You’d be hard-pressed to find a credible supplier with more experience of telecoms operations.
•• Как видим, слово credible приобретает очень широкую семантику, а, значит, отчасти десемантизируется. В таких случаях есть два основных способа перевода: конкретизация, приведение к стандартной для русского языка сочетаемости (credible supplier – надежный поставщик) и нахождение русского слова с размытой семантикой, которое, хотя и с оговорками, может выручить во многих случаях и контекстах. Для credible, credibility такими словами могут быть серьезный, серьезность. Предлагаю читателю в трудных случаях поэкспериментировать с этими словами. Пример из New York Times: Mr. Khatami, who won an overwhelming vote in May on a platform of moderate reform, is making a credible initial effort to give Iranians a less rigid government. Другой пример – из газеты Moscow Times: Mr. Lebed is not acting like a credible politician in sticking with dubious accusations aired on... U.S. television.
•• Еще одно слово, этимологически и в какой-то мере по смыслу родственное credibility. Это слово – credential(s) – не совсем удачно описано в Новом БАРСе (мандат, верительные грамоты, диплом). Пример актуального употребления этого слова из Economist: Mr. Enger’s conservative credentials are solid enough for him to be able to indulge in such experiments. – Консервативная репутация г-на Энгера достаточно прочна, и поэтому он вполне может позволить себе подобные эксперименты.

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2 glaubwürdigere

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3 propior

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
I.
Comp., nearer, nigher.
A.
Lit., of place:
portus propior,
Verg. A. 3, 530:
tumulus,
Liv. 22, 24:
ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:
domus,
Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:
cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,
Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:
propior montem suos collocat,
Sall. J. 49, 1:
propior hostem,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:
quisquis ab igne propior stetit,
Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:
propior timeri,
Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:
propiora fluminis,
Tac. H. 5, 16:
tenere,
Verg. A. 5, 168.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time, nearer, later, more recent:
veniunt inde ad propiora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:
venio ad propiorem (epistulam),
id. Att. 15, 3, 2:
propior puero quam juveni,
Vell. 2, 53, 1:
septimus octavo jam propior annus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:
mors,
Tib. 2, 3, 42:
propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,
Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
2.
Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:
quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,
Cic. Quint. 31, 97:
ille gradu propior sanguinis,
Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:
amicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
3.
Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:
quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:
tauro,
Verg. G. 3, 57:
vero est propius,
more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:
scribere Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):
propius est fidem,
is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:
quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,
Sall. C. 11, 1.—
4.
Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:
hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,
my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:
propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:
sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,
id. Sest. 18, 40:
alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,
id. Att. 14, 19, 1:
damnum propius medullis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:
cura propior luctusque domesticus,
Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:
supplemento vel Latium propius esse,
Liv. 8, 11:
irae quam timori propiorem cernens,
more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
Absol.:
propius accedamus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:
res adspicere,
Verg. A. 1, 526:
propius spectare aliquid,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;
stare,
id. A. P. 361.—
2.
With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):
propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3:
propius stabulis armenta tenerent,
Verg. G. 1, 355.—
3.
With acc.:
ne propius se castra moveret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9:
pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:
propius urbem,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:
mare,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—
4.
With ab:
propius a terris,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:
antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:
ab Urbe,
Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
B.
Trop.:
ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:
propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,
id. Fl. 10, 23:
a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,
Tac. H. 2, 76:
nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,
he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,
propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
II.
Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
A.
Lit., of place:
proxima oppida,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12:
via,
Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:
via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:
ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,
Sall. J. 23, 2:
in proximos collis discedunt,
id. ib. 54, 10:
proximum iter in Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:
paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:
agri termini,
id. C. 2, 18, 23:
proximus vicinus,
one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:
Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:
proxima Campano ponti villula,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):
qui te proximus est,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:
ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,
Liv. 35, 27:
Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:
qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,
Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:
dactylus proximus a postremo,
next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:
ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,
Liv. 37, 25:
proximus a dominā,
Ov. A. A. 1, 139:
proxima regio ab eā (urbe),
Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
1.
proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
2.
proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:
vicinus e proximo,
hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:
aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,
from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:
cum in proximo hic sit aegra,
close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:
huic locum in proximum conduxi,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:
per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:
traicit in proxima continentis,
Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:
quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,
id. Lael. 2, 7:
Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:
proximo anno,
Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:
in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,
Cic. Mil. 9, 24:
proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,
id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:
bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,
Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:
censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,
id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:
crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,
recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
2.
In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:
summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:
observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 3:
proximos dentes eiciunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:
prima vulnera... Proxima,
Ov. M. 3, 233:
proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:
proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:
id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,
Hor. A. P. 338:
proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,
Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:
ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
3.
In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:
AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:
proximus cognatione,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:
id des proximum,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
proxima virtutibus vitia,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:
propinquitate,
Nep. Ages. 1, 3:
proximae necessitudines,
Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:
injuriosi sunt in proximos,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:
cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,
i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
b.
In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:
sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,
Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:
quis est mihi proximus?
Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
4.
That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):
argumentum,
App. Mag. p. 278:
cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,
Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;
ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,
there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
1.
Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):
quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:
exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,
Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:
proxime Pompeium sedebam,
id. ib. 1, 14, 3:
proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,
Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:
a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,
Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:
omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,
Col. 1, 6, 8.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:
civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:
Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:
cum proxime judices contrahentur,
id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:
proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,
Cels. 3, 2:
proxime solis occasum,
Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
b.
Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:
proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:
me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
proxime a nobilissimis viris,
Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:
proxime valent cetera lauri genera,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;
proxime viride,
id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:
proxime morem Romanum,
closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:
erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,
closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:
proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
c.
Very closely, nicely, accurately:
ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,
Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:
analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,
id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:
nonne apertius, proximius, verius?
Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propior
4 propiora

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
I.
Comp., nearer, nigher.
A.
Lit., of place:
portus propior,
Verg. A. 3, 530:
tumulus,
Liv. 22, 24:
ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:
domus,
Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:
cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,
Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:
propior montem suos collocat,
Sall. J. 49, 1:
propior hostem,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:
quisquis ab igne propior stetit,
Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:
propior timeri,
Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:
propiora fluminis,
Tac. H. 5, 16:
tenere,
Verg. A. 5, 168.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time, nearer, later, more recent:
veniunt inde ad propiora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:
venio ad propiorem (epistulam),
id. Att. 15, 3, 2:
propior puero quam juveni,
Vell. 2, 53, 1:
septimus octavo jam propior annus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:
mors,
Tib. 2, 3, 42:
propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,
Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
2.
Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:
quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,
Cic. Quint. 31, 97:
ille gradu propior sanguinis,
Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:
amicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
3.
Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:
quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:
tauro,
Verg. G. 3, 57:
vero est propius,
more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:
scribere Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):
propius est fidem,
is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:
quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,
Sall. C. 11, 1.—
4.
Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:
hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,
my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:
propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:
sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,
id. Sest. 18, 40:
alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,
id. Att. 14, 19, 1:
damnum propius medullis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:
cura propior luctusque domesticus,
Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:
supplemento vel Latium propius esse,
Liv. 8, 11:
irae quam timori propiorem cernens,
more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
Absol.:
propius accedamus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:
res adspicere,
Verg. A. 1, 526:
propius spectare aliquid,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;
stare,
id. A. P. 361.—
2.
With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):
propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3:
propius stabulis armenta tenerent,
Verg. G. 1, 355.—
3.
With acc.:
ne propius se castra moveret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9:
pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:
propius urbem,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:
mare,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—
4.
With ab:
propius a terris,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:
antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:
ab Urbe,
Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
B.
Trop.:
ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:
propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,
id. Fl. 10, 23:
a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,
Tac. H. 2, 76:
nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,
he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,
propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
II.
Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
A.
Lit., of place:
proxima oppida,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12:
via,
Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:
via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:
ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,
Sall. J. 23, 2:
in proximos collis discedunt,
id. ib. 54, 10:
proximum iter in Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:
paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:
agri termini,
id. C. 2, 18, 23:
proximus vicinus,
one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:
Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:
proxima Campano ponti villula,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):
qui te proximus est,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:
ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,
Liv. 35, 27:
Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:
qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,
Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:
dactylus proximus a postremo,
next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:
ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,
Liv. 37, 25:
proximus a dominā,
Ov. A. A. 1, 139:
proxima regio ab eā (urbe),
Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
1.
proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
2.
proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:
vicinus e proximo,
hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:
aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,
from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:
cum in proximo hic sit aegra,
close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:
huic locum in proximum conduxi,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:
per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:
traicit in proxima continentis,
Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:
quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,
id. Lael. 2, 7:
Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:
proximo anno,
Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:
in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,
Cic. Mil. 9, 24:
proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,
id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:
bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,
Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:
censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,
id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:
crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,
recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
2.
In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:
summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:
observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 3:
proximos dentes eiciunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:
prima vulnera... Proxima,
Ov. M. 3, 233:
proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:
proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:
id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,
Hor. A. P. 338:
proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,
Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:
ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
3.
In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:
AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:
proximus cognatione,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:
id des proximum,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
proxima virtutibus vitia,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:
propinquitate,
Nep. Ages. 1, 3:
proximae necessitudines,
Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:
injuriosi sunt in proximos,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:
cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,
i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
b.
In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:
sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,
Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:
quis est mihi proximus?
Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
4.
That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):
argumentum,
App. Mag. p. 278:
cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,
Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;
ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,
there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
1.
Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):
quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:
exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,
Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:
proxime Pompeium sedebam,
id. ib. 1, 14, 3:
proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,
Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:
a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,
Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:
omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,
Col. 1, 6, 8.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:
civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:
Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:
cum proxime judices contrahentur,
id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:
proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,
Cels. 3, 2:
proxime solis occasum,
Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
b.
Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:
proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:
me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
proxime a nobilissimis viris,
Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:
proxime valent cetera lauri genera,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;
proxime viride,
id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:
proxime morem Romanum,
closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:
erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,
closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:
proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
c.
Very closely, nicely, accurately:
ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,
Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:
analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,
id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:
nonne apertius, proximius, verius?
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5 proximi

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
I.
Comp., nearer, nigher.
A.
Lit., of place:
portus propior,
Verg. A. 3, 530:
tumulus,
Liv. 22, 24:
ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:
domus,
Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:
cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,
Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:
propior montem suos collocat,
Sall. J. 49, 1:
propior hostem,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:
quisquis ab igne propior stetit,
Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:
propior timeri,
Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:
propiora fluminis,
Tac. H. 5, 16:
tenere,
Verg. A. 5, 168.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time, nearer, later, more recent:
veniunt inde ad propiora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:
venio ad propiorem (epistulam),
id. Att. 15, 3, 2:
propior puero quam juveni,
Vell. 2, 53, 1:
septimus octavo jam propior annus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:
mors,
Tib. 2, 3, 42:
propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,
Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
2.
Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:
quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,
Cic. Quint. 31, 97:
ille gradu propior sanguinis,
Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:
amicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
3.
Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:
quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:
tauro,
Verg. G. 3, 57:
vero est propius,
more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:
scribere Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):
propius est fidem,
is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:
quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,
Sall. C. 11, 1.—
4.
Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:
hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,
my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:
propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:
sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,
id. Sest. 18, 40:
alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,
id. Att. 14, 19, 1:
damnum propius medullis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:
cura propior luctusque domesticus,
Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:
supplemento vel Latium propius esse,
Liv. 8, 11:
irae quam timori propiorem cernens,
more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
Absol.:
propius accedamus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:
res adspicere,
Verg. A. 1, 526:
propius spectare aliquid,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;
stare,
id. A. P. 361.—
2.
With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):
propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3:
propius stabulis armenta tenerent,
Verg. G. 1, 355.—
3.
With acc.:
ne propius se castra moveret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9:
pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:
propius urbem,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:
mare,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—
4.
With ab:
propius a terris,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:
antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:
ab Urbe,
Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
B.
Trop.:
ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:
propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,
id. Fl. 10, 23:
a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,
Tac. H. 2, 76:
nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,
he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,
propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
II.
Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
A.
Lit., of place:
proxima oppida,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12:
via,
Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:
via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:
ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,
Sall. J. 23, 2:
in proximos collis discedunt,
id. ib. 54, 10:
proximum iter in Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:
paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:
agri termini,
id. C. 2, 18, 23:
proximus vicinus,
one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:
Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:
proxima Campano ponti villula,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):
qui te proximus est,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:
ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,
Liv. 35, 27:
Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:
qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,
Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:
dactylus proximus a postremo,
next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:
ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,
Liv. 37, 25:
proximus a dominā,
Ov. A. A. 1, 139:
proxima regio ab eā (urbe),
Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
1.
proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
2.
proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:
vicinus e proximo,
hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:
aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,
from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:
cum in proximo hic sit aegra,
close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:
huic locum in proximum conduxi,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:
per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:
traicit in proxima continentis,
Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:
quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,
id. Lael. 2, 7:
Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:
proximo anno,
Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:
in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,
Cic. Mil. 9, 24:
proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,
id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:
bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,
Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:
censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,
id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:
crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,
recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
2.
In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:
summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:
observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 3:
proximos dentes eiciunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:
prima vulnera... Proxima,
Ov. M. 3, 233:
proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:
proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:
id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,
Hor. A. P. 338:
proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,
Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:
ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
3.
In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:
AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:
proximus cognatione,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:
id des proximum,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
proxima virtutibus vitia,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:
propinquitate,
Nep. Ages. 1, 3:
proximae necessitudines,
Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:
injuriosi sunt in proximos,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:
cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,
i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
b.
In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:
sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,
Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:
quis est mihi proximus?
Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
4.
That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):
argumentum,
App. Mag. p. 278:
cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,
Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;
ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,
there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
1.
Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):
quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:
exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,
Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:
proxime Pompeium sedebam,
id. ib. 1, 14, 3:
proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,
Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:
a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,
Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:
omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,
Col. 1, 6, 8.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:
civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:
Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:
cum proxime judices contrahentur,
id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:
proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,
Cels. 3, 2:
proxime solis occasum,
Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
b.
Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:
proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:
me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
proxime a nobilissimis viris,
Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:
proxime valent cetera lauri genera,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;
proxime viride,
id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:
proxime morem Romanum,
closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:
erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,
closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:
proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
c.
Very closely, nicely, accurately:
ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,
Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:
analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,
id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:
nonne apertius, proximius, verius?
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6 proximum

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
I.
Comp., nearer, nigher.
A.
Lit., of place:
portus propior,
Verg. A. 3, 530:
tumulus,
Liv. 22, 24:
ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:
domus,
Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:
cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,
Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:
propior montem suos collocat,
Sall. J. 49, 1:
propior hostem,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:
quisquis ab igne propior stetit,
Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:
propior timeri,
Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:
propiora fluminis,
Tac. H. 5, 16:
tenere,
Verg. A. 5, 168.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time, nearer, later, more recent:
veniunt inde ad propiora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:
venio ad propiorem (epistulam),
id. Att. 15, 3, 2:
propior puero quam juveni,
Vell. 2, 53, 1:
septimus octavo jam propior annus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:
mors,
Tib. 2, 3, 42:
propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,
Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
2.
Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:
quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,
Cic. Quint. 31, 97:
ille gradu propior sanguinis,
Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:
amicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
3.
Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:
quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:
tauro,
Verg. G. 3, 57:
vero est propius,
more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:
scribere Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):
propius est fidem,
is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:
quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,
Sall. C. 11, 1.—
4.
Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:
hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,
my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:
propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:
sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,
id. Sest. 18, 40:
alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,
id. Att. 14, 19, 1:
damnum propius medullis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:
cura propior luctusque domesticus,
Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:
supplemento vel Latium propius esse,
Liv. 8, 11:
irae quam timori propiorem cernens,
more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
Absol.:
propius accedamus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:
res adspicere,
Verg. A. 1, 526:
propius spectare aliquid,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;
stare,
id. A. P. 361.—
2.
With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):
propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3:
propius stabulis armenta tenerent,
Verg. G. 1, 355.—
3.
With acc.:
ne propius se castra moveret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9:
pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:
propius urbem,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:
mare,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—
4.
With ab:
propius a terris,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:
antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:
ab Urbe,
Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
B.
Trop.:
ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:
propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,
id. Fl. 10, 23:
a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,
Tac. H. 2, 76:
nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,
he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,
propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
II.
Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
A.
Lit., of place:
proxima oppida,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12:
via,
Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:
via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:
ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,
Sall. J. 23, 2:
in proximos collis discedunt,
id. ib. 54, 10:
proximum iter in Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:
paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:
agri termini,
id. C. 2, 18, 23:
proximus vicinus,
one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:
Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:
proxima Campano ponti villula,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):
qui te proximus est,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:
ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,
Liv. 35, 27:
Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:
qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,
Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:
dactylus proximus a postremo,
next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:
ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,
Liv. 37, 25:
proximus a dominā,
Ov. A. A. 1, 139:
proxima regio ab eā (urbe),
Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
1.
proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
2.
proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:
vicinus e proximo,
hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:
aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,
from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:
cum in proximo hic sit aegra,
close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:
huic locum in proximum conduxi,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:
per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:
traicit in proxima continentis,
Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:
quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,
id. Lael. 2, 7:
Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:
proximo anno,
Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:
in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,
Cic. Mil. 9, 24:
proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,
id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:
bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,
Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:
censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,
id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:
crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,
recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
2.
In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:
summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:
observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 3:
proximos dentes eiciunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:
prima vulnera... Proxima,
Ov. M. 3, 233:
proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:
proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:
id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,
Hor. A. P. 338:
proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,
Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:
ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
3.
In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:
AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:
proximus cognatione,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:
id des proximum,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
proxima virtutibus vitia,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:
propinquitate,
Nep. Ages. 1, 3:
proximae necessitudines,
Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:
injuriosi sunt in proximos,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:
cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,
i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
b.
In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:
sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,
Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:
quis est mihi proximus?
Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
4.
That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):
argumentum,
App. Mag. p. 278:
cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,
Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;
ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,
there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
1.
Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):
quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:
exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,
Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:
proxime Pompeium sedebam,
id. ib. 1, 14, 3:
proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,
Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:
a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,
Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:
omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,
Col. 1, 6, 8.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:
civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:
Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:
cum proxime judices contrahentur,
id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:
proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,
Cels. 3, 2:
proxime solis occasum,
Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
b.
Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:
proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:
me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
proxime a nobilissimis viris,
Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:
proxime valent cetera lauri genera,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;
proxime viride,
id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:
proxime morem Romanum,
closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:
erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,
closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:
proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
c.
Very closely, nicely, accurately:
ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,
Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:
analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,
id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:
nonne apertius, proximius, verius?
Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proximum
7 propior

propior ius, gen. ōris, adj. comp. (for sup., see proximus) [cf. prope].—In space, nearer, nigher: portus propior, V.: tumulus, L.: Ut propior patriae sit fuga, O.: propior montem suos conlocat, S.— Plur n. as subst: propiora tenens, i. e. pressing nearer, V.—In time, nearer: Septimus octavo propior iam fugerit annus, Ex quo, etc., nearly eight, H.: Maturo funeri, on the verge of, H.— Later, more recent: epistula.— Plur n. as subst, more recent events: ut ad haec propiora veniam.— Fig., closer, more nearly related: quibus propior Quinctio nemo est: gradu sanguinis, O.— More nearly resembling, more like: sceleri quam religioni: tauro, V.: propius vero est, more probable, L.: lingua Britannicae propior, Ta.: scribere Sermoni propiora, H.: propius est fidem, is more credible, L.: quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat, S.— Nearer, more nearly related, of more concern, of greater import, closer, more intimate: propior societas eorum, qui eiusdem civitatis: sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea: damnum propius medullis, H.: cura, O.— Inclined, attached: Oderat Aenean propior Saturniā Turno, O.

Latin-English dictionary > propior
8 galon

(Possibly Spanish galán [galán] < French galant)

According to Hendrickson, a big horse used for hauling. He quotes Edna Ferber, who suggests that the term is a Mexican adaptation of the American English phrase 'G'long!' used to urge the horses along. However, the Spanish sources listed below provide a much more credible derivation for this term. Sobarzo notes that in Sonora a galán is a lively, graceful, well-proportioned horse. The DRAE defines galán as a good-looking, well-proportioned man who carries himself in an elegant or graceful manner. A Spanish origin for this term is much more plausible, since it was the Mexican/Spanish vaqueros who taught the Anglos cowboying and ranching.

Vocabulario Vaquero > galon
9 востребованный

зависит от контекста

1. Интеллигенция в советском обществе чувствовала себя невостребованной. — The intelligentsia felt it had no role to play/there was no place for it in Soviet society.

2. Главный критерий вашего сохранения в составе труппы — востребованность репертуаром. — То stay in our company you have, above all, to be essential to the theater's repertory.

3. Востребованность этих идей в современном обществе. — The relevance/ importance of these ideas to/in modern society.

4. Как политик он оказался невостребованным в 1990-е годы. — As a politician he was marginalized in the 1990s.

5. Время востребовало его гораздо позже. — Не experienced a revival (of his fortunes) much later.

6. He то чтобы слово «толерантность» было в каком-то специальном загоне, а просто употребляли его редко, не было оно востребовано («Новая газета»). — It's not that the word tolerance was really suppressed but it was rarely used, it wasn't in (great) demand.

7. Объективно востребованным видится информационный акцент на проблематике обеспечения безопасности миротворческого персонала ООН (из выступления представителя Белоруссии в ООН). — There is clearly an objective need for emphasizing information relating to the problems of safety of UN peace-keeping personnel.

8. После отставки он некоторое время был невостребованным ("МК") — After the resignation he spent some time on the sidelines/he was sidelined.

9. Общественное мнение и общественная инициатива по ключевым проблемам, касающимся защиты прав человека, должны быть востребованы высшей властью, президентом России (высказывание Эллы Памфиловой после встречи с президентом) — The highest authorities, including the President of Russia, should be receptive to public opinion and public initiatives on key human rights issues.

10. Это придает еще большую объективность его миссии, где оказался востребованным весь его богатейший опыт ученого и дипломата — This makes him even more credible in performing his mission, which puts to good use his rich experience of a scholar and diplomat.

11. В 2000 году он оказался востребован международным сообществом и проделал немалую подготовительную работу для стартующей сейчас миссии. - He was brought back in 2000 to assume an important role in preparing for the mission now getting under way.

("Международное сообщество" здесь опущено сознательно - в публицистических текстах такое облегчение текста можно делать безболезненно)

Пример употребления английского kept on the sidelines, эквивалентного русскому "не был востребован": Mr. Kissinger was kept on the sidelines in the Reagan administration, where he was regarded with suspicion by officials who advocated a hard line with the Soviet Union.

Русско-английский словарь общей лексики > востребованный
10 credentials

•• credible, credibility, credulity, credentials

•• Credible able to be believed; convincing (Oxford American Dictionary)
•• Второе и третье слово поставлены здесь рядом лишь для предупреждения – их не следует путать. Вот характерный пример употребления слова credulity: The events of the past years, which still defy credulity... – События, которые и сейчас кажутся невероятными/неправдоподобными... Как видим, единственный перевод, предлагаемый Новым БАРСом (доверчивость, легковерие), здесь не подходит.
•• Гораздо чаще встречается слово credibility ( способность внушать доверие) и credible (заслуживающий доверия, авторитетный). В переводе часто приходится искать к этому слову «особый подход». Несколько интересных примеров. Mr.Rubin, himself a former banker, knows that empty bluff destroys credibility (Economist). Можно, казалось бы, сказать: пустые угрозы подрывают доверие. Но доверие по-русски – понятие, скорее предполагающее взаимность, поэтому надо указать, доверие к кому (в данном случае – к самому источнику угроз) имеется в виду. Другой вариант перевода: пустые угрозы неубедительны. Слова убедительный, убедительность оказываются кстати и в некоторых других контекстах, например: the credibility of nuclear deterrence – убедительность ядерного сдерживания/устрашения. Из статьи в журнале Time рассказывающей о расследовании обвинений Полы Джоунз в адрес президента Клинтона в сексуальных домогательствах: Some of the questions posed to the troopers were meant to test their credibility. Здесь слово credibility по значению близко к русским достоверность, правдоподобие (свидетельских показаний). Но в данном случае я воспользовался бы словом правдивость – это контекстуальный перевод, которого, разумеется, не найти в словарях. Нередко подходящим является довольно модный фразеологизм кредит доверия: The credibility of formerly revered bureaucrats is in tatters (U.S. News & World Report). – Кредит доверия уважаемых прежде бюрократов окончательно подорван. Еще один оттенок значения слова credible – надежность. Например, в рекламе компании Ericsson: You’d be hard-pressed to find a credible supplier with more experience of telecoms operations.
•• Как видим, слово credible приобретает очень широкую семантику, а, значит, отчасти десемантизируется. В таких случаях есть два основных способа перевода: конкретизация, приведение к стандартной для русского языка сочетаемости (credible supplier – надежный поставщик) и нахождение русского слова с размытой семантикой, которое, хотя и с оговорками, может выручить во многих случаях и контекстах. Для credible, credibility такими словами могут быть серьезный, серьезность. Предлагаю читателю в трудных случаях поэкспериментировать с этими словами. Пример из New York Times: Mr. Khatami, who won an overwhelming vote in May on a platform of moderate reform, is making a credible initial effort to give Iranians a less rigid government. Другой пример – из газеты Moscow Times: Mr. Lebed is not acting like a credible politician in sticking with dubious accusations aired on... U.S. television.
•• Еще одно слово, этимологически и в какой-то мере по смыслу родственное credibility. Это слово – credential(s) – не совсем удачно описано в Новом БАРСе (мандат, верительные грамоты, диплом). Пример актуального употребления этого слова из Economist: Mr. Enger’s conservative credentials are solid enough for him to be able to indulge in such experiments. – Консервативная репутация г-на Энгера достаточно прочна, и поэтому он вполне может позволить себе подобные эксперименты.

English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > credentials
11 credibility

•• credible, credibility, credulity, credentials

•• Credible able to be believed; convincing (Oxford American Dictionary)
•• Второе и третье слово поставлены здесь рядом лишь для предупреждения – их не следует путать. Вот характерный пример употребления слова credulity: The events of the past years, which still defy credulity... – События, которые и сейчас кажутся невероятными/неправдоподобными... Как видим, единственный перевод, предлагаемый Новым БАРСом (доверчивость, легковерие), здесь не подходит.
•• Гораздо чаще встречается слово credibility ( способность внушать доверие) и credible (заслуживающий доверия, авторитетный). В переводе часто приходится искать к этому слову «особый подход». Несколько интересных примеров. Mr.Rubin, himself a former banker, knows that empty bluff destroys credibility (Economist). Можно, казалось бы, сказать: пустые угрозы подрывают доверие. Но доверие по-русски – понятие, скорее предполагающее взаимность, поэтому надо указать, доверие к кому (в данном случае – к самому источнику угроз) имеется в виду. Другой вариант перевода: пустые угрозы неубедительны. Слова убедительный, убедительность оказываются кстати и в некоторых других контекстах, например: the credibility of nuclear deterrence – убедительность ядерного сдерживания/устрашения. Из статьи в журнале Time рассказывающей о расследовании обвинений Полы Джоунз в адрес президента Клинтона в сексуальных домогательствах: Some of the questions posed to the troopers were meant to test their credibility. Здесь слово credibility по значению близко к русским достоверность, правдоподобие (свидетельских показаний). Но в данном случае я воспользовался бы словом правдивость – это контекстуальный перевод, которого, разумеется, не найти в словарях. Нередко подходящим является довольно модный фразеологизм кредит доверия: The credibility of formerly revered bureaucrats is in tatters (U.S. News & World Report). – Кредит доверия уважаемых прежде бюрократов окончательно подорван. Еще один оттенок значения слова credible – надежность. Например, в рекламе компании Ericsson: You’d be hard-pressed to find a credible supplier with more experience of telecoms operations.
•• Как видим, слово credible приобретает очень широкую семантику, а, значит, отчасти десемантизируется. В таких случаях есть два основных способа перевода: конкретизация, приведение к стандартной для русского языка сочетаемости (credible supplier – надежный поставщик) и нахождение русского слова с размытой семантикой, которое, хотя и с оговорками, может выручить во многих случаях и контекстах. Для credible, credibility такими словами могут быть серьезный, серьезность. Предлагаю читателю в трудных случаях поэкспериментировать с этими словами. Пример из New York Times: Mr. Khatami, who won an overwhelming vote in May on a platform of moderate reform, is making a credible initial effort to give Iranians a less rigid government. Другой пример – из газеты Moscow Times: Mr. Lebed is not acting like a credible politician in sticking with dubious accusations aired on... U.S. television.
•• Еще одно слово, этимологически и в какой-то мере по смыслу родственное credibility. Это слово – credential(s) – не совсем удачно описано в Новом БАРСе (мандат, верительные грамоты, диплом). Пример актуального употребления этого слова из Economist: Mr. Enger’s conservative credentials are solid enough for him to be able to indulge in such experiments. – Консервативная репутация г-на Энгера достаточно прочна, и поэтому он вполне может позволить себе подобные эксперименты.

English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > credibility
12 credulity

•• credible, credibility, credulity, credentials

•• Credible able to be believed; convincing (Oxford American Dictionary)
•• Второе и третье слово поставлены здесь рядом лишь для предупреждения – их не следует путать. Вот характерный пример употребления слова credulity: The events of the past years, which still defy credulity... – События, которые и сейчас кажутся невероятными/неправдоподобными... Как видим, единственный перевод, предлагаемый Новым БАРСом (доверчивость, легковерие), здесь не подходит.
•• Гораздо чаще встречается слово credibility ( способность внушать доверие) и credible (заслуживающий доверия, авторитетный). В переводе часто приходится искать к этому слову «особый подход». Несколько интересных примеров. Mr.Rubin, himself a former banker, knows that empty bluff destroys credibility (Economist). Можно, казалось бы, сказать: пустые угрозы подрывают доверие. Но доверие по-русски – понятие, скорее предполагающее взаимность, поэтому надо указать, доверие к кому (в данном случае – к самому источнику угроз) имеется в виду. Другой вариант перевода: пустые угрозы неубедительны. Слова убедительный, убедительность оказываются кстати и в некоторых других контекстах, например: the credibility of nuclear deterrence – убедительность ядерного сдерживания/устрашения. Из статьи в журнале Time рассказывающей о расследовании обвинений Полы Джоунз в адрес президента Клинтона в сексуальных домогательствах: Some of the questions posed to the troopers were meant to test their credibility. Здесь слово credibility по значению близко к русским достоверность, правдоподобие (свидетельских показаний). Но в данном случае я воспользовался бы словом правдивость – это контекстуальный перевод, которого, разумеется, не найти в словарях. Нередко подходящим является довольно модный фразеологизм кредит доверия: The credibility of formerly revered bureaucrats is in tatters (U.S. News & World Report). – Кредит доверия уважаемых прежде бюрократов окончательно подорван. Еще один оттенок значения слова credible – надежность. Например, в рекламе компании Ericsson: You’d be hard-pressed to find a credible supplier with more experience of telecoms operations.
•• Как видим, слово credible приобретает очень широкую семантику, а, значит, отчасти десемантизируется. В таких случаях есть два основных способа перевода: конкретизация, приведение к стандартной для русского языка сочетаемости (credible supplier – надежный поставщик) и нахождение русского слова с размытой семантикой, которое, хотя и с оговорками, может выручить во многих случаях и контекстах. Для credible, credibility такими словами могут быть серьезный, серьезность. Предлагаю читателю в трудных случаях поэкспериментировать с этими словами. Пример из New York Times: Mr. Khatami, who won an overwhelming vote in May on a platform of moderate reform, is making a credible initial effort to give Iranians a less rigid government. Другой пример – из газеты Moscow Times: Mr. Lebed is not acting like a credible politician in sticking with dubious accusations aired on... U.S. television.
•• Еще одно слово, этимологически и в какой-то мере по смыслу родственное credibility. Это слово – credential(s) – не совсем удачно описано в Новом БАРСе (мандат, верительные грамоты, диплом). Пример актуального употребления этого слова из Economist: Mr. Enger’s conservative credentials are solid enough for him to be able to indulge in such experiments. – Консервативная репутация г-на Энгера достаточно прочна, и поэтому он вполне может позволить себе подобные эксперименты.

English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > credulity
13 verosímil

adj.

credible, likely, believable, plausible.

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verosímil

► adjetivo

1 (probable) likely, probable; (creíble) credible

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ADJ (=probable) likely, probable; (=creíble) credible

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adjetivo <excusa/versión> plausible

las situaciones que narra no resultan muy verosímiles — the situations he writes about are not very realistic o true to life

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= credible, believable, plausible, lifelike [life-like].

Ex. The problem was to produce a credible operational definition of the term 'information education'.

Ex. But information policy has to be relevant, practicable and believable, otherwise it is merely ignored.

Ex. This incompleteness of search and retrieval therefore makes possible, and plausible, the existence of undiscovered public knowledge.

Ex. This article describes a method of teaching managerial skills through lifelike situations where students are presented with concrete problems requiring practical solutions.

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adjetivo <excusa/versión> plausible

las situaciones que narra no resultan muy verosímiles — the situations he writes about are not very realistic o true to life

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= credible, believable, plausible, lifelike [life-like].

Ex: The problem was to produce a credible operational definition of the term 'information education'.

Ex: But information policy has to be relevant, practicable and believable, otherwise it is merely ignored.

Ex: This incompleteness of search and retrieval therefore makes possible, and plausible, the existence of undiscovered public knowledge.

Ex: This article describes a method of teaching managerial skills through lifelike situations where students are presented with concrete problems requiring practical solutions.

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verosímil

adjective

las situaciones que narra no resultan muy verosímiles the situations he relates are not very realistic o true-to-life

su versión de los hechos no parece muy verosímil his version of events does not seem very credible o likely o plausible

una excusa más verosímil a more plausible excuse

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verosímil adjetivo ‹excusa/versión› plausible;
‹argumento/historia› realistic
verosímil adjetivo credible, plausible
' verosímil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
logrado
English:
plausibly
- believable
- life
- plausible
- true

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verosímil adj

1. [creíble] believable, credible;

la trama de la historia tiene que ser verosímil the plot of the story has to be believable

2. [probable] likely, probable;

la hipótesis más verosímil the most likely hypothesis

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verosímil

adj realistic; ( creíble) plausible

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verosímil adj

1) : probable, likely

2) : credible, realistic

Spanish-English dictionary > verosímil
14 respaldar

m.

1 backrest, seat back, seatback.

El respaldar de la silla es muy duro The chair's backrest is too hard.

2 bed rest.

v.

1 to back, to support.

varios intelectuales respaldan la candidatura del escritor several intellectuals are backing o supporting the writer as a candidate

el descubrimiento respalda su teoría the discovery backs up o supports his theory

Ellos respaldan la calidad They back the quality.

Ellos respaldan las evidencias They provide proof for the evidence.

2 to buttress, to prop, to uphold, to reinforce.

Ellos respaldan las paredes They buttress the walls.

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respaldar

► verbo transitivo

1 to support, back (up)

► verbo pronominal respaldarse

1 to lean back (en, on)

2 (apoyarse) to lean (en, on)

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verb

to back, support

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1. VT

1) [+ documento] to endorse

2) (=apoyar) to back, support

3) (Inform) to support

4) (=garantizar) to guarantee

2.

See:

respaldarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < persona> ( apoyar) to support, back; ( en discusión) to back... up

b) <propuesta/plan> to support, back

respaldado por la experiencia — backed by o with the backing of experience

2) ( endosar) < documento> to endorse
2.
respaldarse v pron

1) ( en sillón) to sit back; (contra árbol, pared) to lean back

2) ( depender)

se respalda mucho en sus padres — he relies heavily on his parents (for support)

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= back, give + weight to, lend + weight to, support, underpin, back + Nombre + up, buttress, add + weight to, add + Posesivo + weight to, back into, stand by.

Ex. Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.

Ex. The resulting compromise in the overall design principles followed is, therefore, likely to give greater weight to these conventional needs.

Ex. They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.

Ex. In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.

Ex. This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.

Ex. Often they use rather fancy words, such as 'theoretical models' or 'constructs' or 'paradigms' to describe what are, very frequently, no more than hypothetical ideas or categorisations which have little empirical evidence to back them up.

Ex. Authors were often buttressed in their novel writing by other pieces of freelance writing.

Ex. Measurement of library activities can provide the evidence to erase misconceptions and add weight to those aspects of service that present a more powerful image = La medición de las actividades bibliotecarias puede proporcionar las pruebas necesarias para erradicar falsas ideas y apoyar aquellos aspectos del servicio que presentan una mejor imagen de la biblioteca.

Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex. To the best of my knowledge, most of the big research libraries backed into the world of media = Según mi opinión, la mayoría de las bibliotecas académicas apostaron por adquirir todo tipo de soporte.

Ex. It's hard to believe she stands by a man who gets his kicks out of beating her black and blue everynight.

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* estar respaldado por Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.

* respaldar Algo = lend + authority to.

* respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.

* respaldar una conclusión = support + conclusion.

* respaldar una opinión = buttress + claim, support + view.

* respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < persona> ( apoyar) to support, back; ( en discusión) to back... up

b) <propuesta/plan> to support, back

respaldado por la experiencia — backed by o with the backing of experience

2) ( endosar) < documento> to endorse
2.
respaldarse v pron

1) ( en sillón) to sit back; (contra árbol, pared) to lean back

2) ( depender)

se respalda mucho en sus padres — he relies heavily on his parents (for support)

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= back, give + weight to, lend + weight to, support, underpin, back + Nombre + up, buttress, add + weight to, add + Posesivo + weight to, back into, stand by.

Ex: Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.

Ex: The resulting compromise in the overall design principles followed is, therefore, likely to give greater weight to these conventional needs.

Ex: They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.

Ex: In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.

Ex: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.

Ex: Often they use rather fancy words, such as 'theoretical models' or 'constructs' or 'paradigms' to describe what are, very frequently, no more than hypothetical ideas or categorisations which have little empirical evidence to back them up.

Ex: Authors were often buttressed in their novel writing by other pieces of freelance writing.

Ex: Measurement of library activities can provide the evidence to erase misconceptions and add weight to those aspects of service that present a more powerful image = La medición de las actividades bibliotecarias puede proporcionar las pruebas necesarias para erradicar falsas ideas y apoyar aquellos aspectos del servicio que presentan una mejor imagen de la biblioteca.

Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex: To the best of my knowledge, most of the big research libraries backed into the world of media = Según mi opinión, la mayoría de las bibliotecas académicas apostaron por adquirir todo tipo de soporte.

Ex: It's hard to believe she stands by a man who gets his kicks out of beating her black and blue everynight.

* estar respaldado por Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.

* respaldar Algo = lend + authority to.

* respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.

* respaldar una conclusión = support + conclusion.

* respaldar una opinión = buttress + claim, support + view.

* respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.

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respaldar¹

masculine

back

respaldar² [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹persona› (apoyar) to support, back; (en una discusión) to back … up

2 ‹propuesta/plan› to support, back, endorse

la moneda está respaldada por las reservas del banco central the currency is backed o supported by the reserves of the central bank

un producto respaldado por 100 años de experiencia a product backed by o with the backing of 100 years' experience

B (endosar) ‹documento› to endorse

■ respaldarse

v pron

A (en un sillón) to sit back; (contra un árbol, una pared) to lean back

B (apoyarse) respaldarse EN algo/algn:

se respalda mucho en sus padres he leans heavily on his parents (for support)

siguen respaldándose en las mismas teorías they are still basing their arguments/case on the same theories

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respaldar ( conjugate respaldar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› ( apoyar) to support, back;
( en discusión) to back up;
‹propuesta/plan› to support, back;
‹versión/teoría› to support, back up
respaldar verbo transitivo to support, back: nadie respaldó su proyecto, nobody backed her project
' respaldar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fiar
- apoyar
English:
back
- endorse
- support

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respaldar

♦ vt

1. [proyecto, empresa] to back, to support;

varios intelectuales respaldan la candidatura del escritor several intellectuals are backing o supporting the writer as a candidate

2. [tesis] to back up, to support;

el descubrimiento respalda su teoría the discovery backs up o supports his theory

♦ See also the pronominal verb respaldarse

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respaldar

v/t back, support

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respaldar vt

: to back, to support, to endorse

♦ See also the reflexive verb respaldarse

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respaldar vb to back / to support

Spanish-English dictionary > respaldar
15 confirmar

v.

1 to confirm.

Ella confirmó los rumores She confirmed the rumors.

Ella confirmó el ataque She confirmed the attack.

María confirmó a pesar de la carta Mary confirmed despite the letter.

2 to ratify, to confirm, to approve, to affirm.

María confirmó su asistencia Mary ratified her attendance.

3 to confirm to, to prove to.

María confirmó hacer de madrina Mary confirmed to act as godmother.

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confirmar

► verbo transitivo

1 to confirm

► verbo pronominal confirmarse

1 to be confirmed

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verb

to confirm

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1. VT

1) [+ noticia, rumor, temor] to confirm

esto confirma mis peores sospechas — this confirms my worst suspicions

según confirmaron fuentes policiales — as police sources confirmed, according to police sources

- la excepción confirma la regla

2) [+ vuelo, cita] to confirm

el presidente confirmó su asistencia a la reunión — the president confirmed that he would be attending the meeting

3) (=reafirmar) [+ sentencia] to confirm

esta victoria le confirma como el mejor atleta mundial — this win confirms him as the best athlete in the world

esto me confirma más en mi postura — this makes me more convinced that I'm right

4) (Rel) to confirm

2.

See:

confirmarse

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verbo transitivo

1) <noticia/vuelo> to confirm

esto me confirma en mis temores — this confirms my fears

es la excepción que confirma la regla — it's the exception that proves the rule

2) (Relig) to confirm

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= bear out, confirm, endorse, ratify, reaffirm, substantiate, validate, add + confirmation to, underpin, uphold, speak to, vindicate, affirm.

Ex. This instruction bears out the earlier statement that the identification of concepts is related to the subject undergoing indexing.

Ex. The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex. These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.

Ex. The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.

Ex. Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.

Ex. It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.

Ex. The records will be validated by the Library of Congress and the National Library of Canada and regularly included in the MARC Distribution Service for the benefit of libraries that are not members of OCLC.

Ex. In these statements, Carnegie added strong confirmation to the librarian's long-held elitist views.

Ex. This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.

Ex. The stereotype of the serious novel 'collecting dust on the shelf' was not upheld by research.

Ex. These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.

Ex. The relevance to a local library situation of British Library Lending Division data on periodical usage is vindicated.

Ex. This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

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* confirmar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* confirmar las dudas = fulfil + doubts.

* confirmar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* confirmar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* confirmar una hipótesis = support + hypothesis, validate + hypothesis.

* confirmar una observación = bear out + point.

* confirmar una sospecha = confirm + suspicion.

* excepciones que confirman la regla = exceptions to prove the rule.

* por confirmar = to be confirmed.

* ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.

* sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unvalidated, to be confirmed.

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verbo transitivo

1) <noticia/vuelo> to confirm

esto me confirma en mis temores — this confirms my fears

es la excepción que confirma la regla — it's the exception that proves the rule

2) (Relig) to confirm

* * *

= bear out, confirm, endorse, ratify, reaffirm, substantiate, validate, add + confirmation to, underpin, uphold, speak to, vindicate, affirm.

Ex: This instruction bears out the earlier statement that the identification of concepts is related to the subject undergoing indexing.

Ex: The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex: These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.

Ex: The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.

Ex: Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.

Ex: It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.

Ex: The records will be validated by the Library of Congress and the National Library of Canada and regularly included in the MARC Distribution Service for the benefit of libraries that are not members of OCLC.

Ex: In these statements, Carnegie added strong confirmation to the librarian's long-held elitist views.

Ex: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.

Ex: The stereotype of the serious novel 'collecting dust on the shelf' was not upheld by research.

Ex: These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.

Ex: The relevance to a local library situation of British Library Lending Division data on periodical usage is vindicated.

Ex: This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

* confirmar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* confirmar las dudas = fulfil + doubts.

* confirmar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* confirmar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* confirmar una hipótesis = support + hypothesis, validate + hypothesis.

* confirmar una observación = bear out + point.

* confirmar una sospecha = confirm + suspicion.

* excepciones que confirman la regla = exceptions to prove the rule.

* por confirmar = to be confirmed.

* ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.

* sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unvalidated, to be confirmed.

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confirmar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹noticia/sospecha› to confirm

es la excepción que confirma la regla it's the exception that proves the rule

2 ‹vuelo/regreso› to confirm

fue confirmado como director he was confirmed as the new director

3 (en una idea, opinión) to confirm

esto me confirma en mis temores this confirms my fears

B ( Relig) to confirm

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confirmar ( conjugate confirmar) verbo transitivo
to confirm;
◊ la excepción que confirma la regla the exception that proves the rule

confirmar verbo transitivo to confirm
♦ Locuciones: la excepción confirma la regla, the exception proves the rule

' confirmar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sancionar
- comprobar
- venir
English:
bear out
- confirm
- corroborate
- diagnosis
- so
- validate
- bear
- substantiate
- support
- up
- verify
- vindicate

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confirmar

♦ vt

1. [noticia, sospecha] to confirm;

esto sólo confirma mis sospechas this simply confirms my suspicions

2. [billete, reserva] to confirm;

el ministro ha sido confirmado en el cargo the minister has been confirmed in his post

3. Rel to confirm

♦ See also the pronominal verb confirmarse

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confirmar

v/t confirm

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confirmar vt

: to confirm, to substantiate

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confirmar vb to confirm

Spanish-English dictionary > confirmar
16 digno

digno

► adjetivo

1 (merecedor) worthy, deserving

■ digno,-a de confianza trustworthy

2 (adecuado) fitting, appropiate

3 (respetable) worthy, honourable (US honorable)

4 (decente) decent

■ un trabajo digno a decent job

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FRASEOLOGÍA

digno,-a de admiración worthy of admiration, admirable

digno,-a de compasión pitiful

digno,-a de mención worth mentioning

digno,-a de verse worth seeing

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(f. - digna)

adj.

worthy

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ADJ

1) (=merecedor)

digno de elogio — praiseworthy

digno de mención — worth mentioning

digno de toda alabanza — thoroughly praiseworthy, highly commendable

es digno de nuestra admiración — it deserves our admiration

es digno de verse — it is worth seeing

2) [persona] (=honesto) honourable, honorable (EEUU); (=circunspecto) dignified

3) (=decoroso) decent

viviendas dignas para los obreros — decent homes for the workers

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- na adjetivo

1)

a) ( merecedor de respeto) <persona/actitud> honorable*

b) (decoroso, decente) < sueldo> decent, living (before n); < vivienda> decent

2)

a) ( merecedor)

digno de algo/alguien: una persona digna de admiración a person worthy of admiration; una medida digna de elogio a praiseworthy measure; ejemplos dignos de resaltar noteworthy examples; un espectáculo digno de verse a show worth seeing; no es digno de ti/de tu cariño he's not worthy of you/of your affection; una cena digna de un rey — (hum) a feast fit for a king (hum)

b) ( adecuado)

digno de algo: una recompensa digna de su esfuerzo a fitting reward for his efforts; un trabajo digno de su capacidad — a job worthy of his abilities

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= worthy, graceful, decent, dignified.

Ex. Books were kept for historical records of deeds done by the inhabitants: their worthy acts as well as their sins.

Ex. The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.

Ex. These are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens in order to keep up a decent standard of living.

Ex. By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.

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* algo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.

* algo digno de ver = a sight to behold.

* de aspecto digno = dignified.

* digno de = worthy of.

* digno de admiración = admirable.

* digno de citarse = quotable.

* digno de confianza = trustworthy, creditable.

* digno de consideración = worthwhile.

* digno de crédito = credible, believable, creditable.

* digno de declarar = reportable.

* digno de elogio = praiseworthy, commendably.

* digno de mérito = meritorious.

* digno de notar = noteworthy.

* digno de publicar = publishable.

* digno de ser recordado = memorable.

* muerte digna = dignified death.

* no digno de confianza = untrustworthy.

* no ser digno de = be unworthy of.

* no ser digno de Uno = be below + Posesivo + dignity.

* salario digno = living wage, decent wage, decent salary.

* ser digno de = merit.

* ser digno de admiración = deserve + admiration.

* ser digno de crítica = merit + a critical eye.

* tener una muerte digna = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.

* una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.

* una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.

* un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.

* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.

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- na adjetivo

1)

a) ( merecedor de respeto) <persona/actitud> honorable*

b) (decoroso, decente) < sueldo> decent, living (before n); < vivienda> decent

2)

a) ( merecedor)

digno de algo/alguien: una persona digna de admiración a person worthy of admiration; una medida digna de elogio a praiseworthy measure; ejemplos dignos de resaltar noteworthy examples; un espectáculo digno de verse a show worth seeing; no es digno de ti/de tu cariño he's not worthy of you/of your affection; una cena digna de un rey — (hum) a feast fit for a king (hum)

b) ( adecuado)

digno de algo: una recompensa digna de su esfuerzo a fitting reward for his efforts; un trabajo digno de su capacidad — a job worthy of his abilities

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= worthy, graceful, decent, dignified.

Ex: Books were kept for historical records of deeds done by the inhabitants: their worthy acts as well as their sins.

Ex: The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.

Ex: These are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens in order to keep up a decent standard of living.

Ex: By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.

* algo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.

* algo digno de ver = a sight to behold.

* de aspecto digno = dignified.

* digno de = worthy of.

* digno de admiración = admirable.

* digno de citarse = quotable.

* digno de confianza = trustworthy, creditable.

* digno de consideración = worthwhile.

* digno de crédito = credible, believable, creditable.

* digno de declarar = reportable.

* digno de elogio = praiseworthy, commendably.

* digno de mérito = meritorious.

* digno de notar = noteworthy.

* digno de publicar = publishable.

* digno de ser recordado = memorable.

* muerte digna = dignified death.

* no digno de confianza = untrustworthy.

* no ser digno de = be unworthy of.

* no ser digno de Uno = be below + Posesivo + dignity.

* salario digno = living wage, decent wage, decent salary.

* ser digno de = merit.

* ser digno de admiración = deserve + admiration.

* ser digno de crítica = merit + a critical eye.

* tener una muerte digna = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.

* una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.

* una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.

* un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.

* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.

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digno -na

adjective

A

1 (merecedor de respeto) ‹persona/actitud/conducta› honorable*

debería tener una actitud más digna y renunciar he ought to do the honorable thing and resign

2 (decoroso, decente) ‹sueldo› decent, living ( before n); ‹vivienda› decent

B

1 (merecedor) digno DE algo/algn:

una persona digna de admiración a person worthy of admiration

una medida digna de elogio a praiseworthy measure

un espectáculo digno de verse a show worth seeing

una cena digna de un rey ( hum); a feast fit for a king ( hum)

ese hombre no es digno de ti that man is not good enough for you o worthy of you

no se sentía digno de su cariño he didn't feel worthy of her affection

no se cree digno de tantas atenciones he doesn't think he merits o deserves so much attention

ejemplos dignos de resaltar examples worth drawing attention to, noteworthy examples

2

(adecuado): es digno hijo de su padre he's his father's son, no doubt about that

digno DE algo:

una recompensa digna de su esfuerzo a fitting reward for his efforts

un trabajo digno de su capacidad a job worthy of his abilities

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Del verbo dignarse: ( conjugate dignarse)

me digno es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

se dignó es:

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

digno
◊ -na adjetivo

1
a) ‹persona/actitud› honorable^{( conjugate honorable)}

b) ‹ sueldo› decent, living ( before n);

‹ vivienda› decent
2 ( merecedor) digno de algo/algn worthy of sth/sb;
◊ una persona digna de admiración a person worthy of admiration;

una medida digna de elogio a praiseworthy measure;
un espectáculo digno de verse a show worth seeing
digno,-a adjetivo
1 (respetable) worthy: iba muy digna por la calle, she walked proudly down the street
2 (merecedor) worthy, deserving
digno de admiración/lástima, worthy of admiration/pity
3 (apropiado para) fit
4 (suficiente) decent, good: tienen derecho a una vivienda digna, they have the right to a decent home
' digno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
digna
- merecer
- plausible
- recomendable
- regia
- regio
- solvente
- alabanza
- aplauso
- confianza
- elogio
- fiar
- lástima
- pobre
- respetable
English:
dignified
- eventful
- fit
- note
- noteworthy
- quotable
- statesmanlike
- trustworthy
- worthy
- admirable
- dependable
- fitting
- praise
- proud
- respectable
- undignified
- unworthy

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digno, -a adj

1. [honroso] [actitud, respuesta] dignified;
[persona] honourable, noble;
tomó la postura más digna en estos casos: dimitir she did the most honourable thing in the circumstances: she resigned;

son un pueblo digno y orgulloso they are a proud and noble people

2. [decente] [sueldo, vivienda] decent, good;
[actuación] decent, good;
terminó el torneo en un muy digno cuarto puesto she finished a very creditable fourth in the tournament;

una vida digna a decent life

3. [merecedor]
digno de worthy of;

la labor de la Cruz Roja es digna de admiración the work of the Red Cross is worthy of admiration;

no me siento digno de tantos elogios I don't feel I deserve so much praise;

no eres digno de ella you're not good enough for her;

digno de confianza trustworthy;

digno de elogio praiseworthy;

digno de mención/de ver worth mentioning/seeing

4. [adecuado] worthy;

recibió una digna recompensa por su trabajo she received a fair reward for her work;

fue un digno sucesor del ex campeón del mundo he was a worthy successor to the former world champion;

lo recibieron con honores dignos de un rey they gave him a welcome fit for a king;

un guión digno de un verdadero genio a script worthy of a true genius

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digno

adj

1 worthy;

digno de mención worth mentioning;

digno de confianza trustworthy

2 trabajo decent, respectable

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digno, -na adj

1) honorable: honorable

2) : worthy

♦ dignamente adv

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digno adj decent

una vivienda digna a decent house

digno de worthy of

digno de mención worth mentioning

Spanish-English dictionary > digno
17 estar en consonancia con

(v.) = be consonant with, attune to, align + Reflexivo + with

Ex. The curricula of a few SLIS displayed a degree of emphasis upon IT which was likely to be consonant with the possibility of credible aspiration in that direction.

Ex. In the early 1960s they began developing information services more attuned to the information needs of their clients.

Ex. This article argues that fiction is an area of stock development which would readily achieve the goals of development with which public librarians have aligned themselves.

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(v.) = be consonant with, attune to, align + Reflexivo + with

Ex: The curricula of a few SLIS displayed a degree of emphasis upon IT which was likely to be consonant with the possibility of credible aspiration in that direction.

Ex: In the early 1960s they began developing information services more attuned to the information needs of their clients.

Ex: This article argues that fiction is an area of stock development which would readily achieve the goals of development with which public librarians have aligned themselves.

Spanish-English dictionary > estar en consonancia con
18 peu

peu [pø]

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1. adverb

2. indefinite pronoun

3. masculine noun

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► Lorsque peu fait partie d'une locution comme avant peu, sous peu, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.

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► peu se traduit souvent par l'équivalent anglais de pas beaucoup.

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   a. ( = pas beaucoup) not much

• il mange peu he doesn't eat much

• il lit peu he doesn't read much

• il lit assez peu he doesn't read very much

• il lit très peu he reads very little

• je le connais trop peu I don't know him well enough

► peu de (quantité) not much ; (nombre) not many

• nous avons eu peu de soleil we didn't have much sunshine

• nous avons eu très peu de pluie we've had very little rain

• peu de gens connaissent cet endroit not many people know this place

• il y a peu d'enfants dans cet immeuble there aren't many children in this building

• en peu de mots in a few words

• il est ici pour peu de temps he's not staying long

• il faut peu de chose pour le choquer it doesn't take much to shock him

• peu de monde few people

   b. ( = pas très) not very

• il est peu sociable he's not very sociable

• c'est peu probable it's not very likely

• ils sont trop peu nombreux there are too few of them

• un auteur assez peu connu a relatively unknown author

   c. ( = pas longtemps) shortly

• elle est arrivée peu après she arrived shortly afterwards

• peu avant 11 heures shortly before 11 o'clock

   d. ( = rarement) ils se voient peu they don't see each other very often

• elle sort peu she doesn't go out much

   e. (locutions)

► peu à peu little by little

• peu à peu, l'idée a gagné du terrain little by little the idea gained ground► à peu près about

• il pèse à peu près 50 kilos he weighs about 50 kilos► de peu

• il est plus âgé de peu he's a little older

• il l'a battu de peu he just beat him

• il a manqué le train de peu he just missed the train► pour peu que + subjonctif if

• pour peu qu'il soit sorti sans sa clé... if he should have come out without his key...

2. <

• bien peu le savent very few people know

• peu d'entre eux sont restés not many of them stayed

3. <

( = petite quantité) little

• j'ai oublié le peu de français que j'avais appris I've forgotten the little French I'd learnt

• le peu de cheveux qui lui reste what little hair he has left

► un (petit) peu a bit a little

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► un peu se traduit souvent par l'expression a bit, qui est plus familière que a little ; de même, on peut dire a bit of au lieu de a little pour traduire un peu de.

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• il te ressemble un peu he looks a bit like you

• restez encore un peu stay a bit longer

• essaie de manger un peu try to eat a little

• il travaille un peu trop he works a bit too much

• c'est un peu fort ! that's a bit much! (inf)

• c'est un peu grand it's a bit big

• il y a un peu moins de bruit it is a little less noisy

• donnez-m'en juste un petit peu just give me a little bit

• elle va un tout petit peu mieux she's a little better

• il y a un peu plus d'un an just over a year ago

• on trouve ce produit un peu partout you can get this product just about anywhere

• un peu plus et il oubliait son rendez-vous he very nearly forgot his appointment

• je me demande un peu où sont les enfants I'm just wondering where the children are

• un peu ! (inf) and how! (inf)

• il nous a menti, et pas qu'un peu ! (inf) he lied to us bigtime! (inf)

► un peu de a little a bit of

• un peu d'eau a little water

• un peu de patience a little patience

• un peu de silence, s'il vous plaît ! can we have a bit of quiet please!► pour un peu

• pour un peu, il m'aurait accusé he all but accused me

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Note: Les emplois de peu avec avant, d'ici, depuis, sous sont traités respectivement sous chacun de ces mots

Il sera également utile de se reporter à la note d'usage sur les quantités
pø
1.

adverbe

1) ( modifiant un verbe) not much

elle gagne assez peu — she doesn't earn very much

elle gagne très peu — she earns very little

le radiateur chauffe peu — the radiator doesn't give out much heat

je sais me contenter de peu — I'm satisfied with very little

deux semaines c'est trop peu — two weeks isn't long enough

si peu que ce soit — however little

tu ne vas pas t'en faire pour si peu — you're not going to worry about such a little thing

la catastrophe a été évitée de peu — disaster was only just avoided

ça importe peu — it doesn't really matter

c'est peu dire — to say the least

il est aussi borné que son père et ce n'est pas peu dire! — (colloq) he's as narrow-minded as his father and that's saying a lot!

un homme comme on en voit peu — the kind of man you don't often come across

très peu pour moi! — (colloq) fig no thanks! (colloq)

2) ( modifiant un adjectif) not very

assez peu connu — little-known

ils se sentent très peu concernés par... — they feel quite unconcerned about...

nous étions peu nombreux — there weren't many of us

un individu peu recommandable — a disreputable character

elle n'est pas peu fière — she's more than a little proud

2.

pronom indéfini

peu leur font confiance — few ou not many people trust them

3.

peu de déterminant indéfini

1) ( avec un nom dénombrable)

peu de mots — few words

2) ( avec un nom non dénombrable)

peu de temps — little time

en peu de temps — in next to no time

il y a peu de bruit — there's not much noise

c'est peu de chose — it's not much

avec peu de chose elle a fait un repas délicieux — with very little she made a delicious meal

on est bien peu de chose! — we're so insignificant!

4.

nom masculin

1) ( petite quantité)

le peu de — the little [confiance, liberté]; the few [livres, amis]

il a voulu montrer le peu d'importance qu'il attachait à l'affaire — he wanted to show how unimportant the matter was to him

2) ( manque)

le peu de — the lack of

5.

un peu locution adverbiale

1) ( dans une mesure faible) a little, a bit

reste encore un peu — stay a little longer

‘elle aime le fromage?’ - ‘oui, pas qu'un peu (colloq)!’ — ‘does she like cheese?’ - ‘does she ever (colloq)!’

2) ( modifiant un adverbe) a little, a bit

parle un peu moins fort — keep your voice down

elle se maquille un peu trop — she wears a bit too much make-up

un peu plus de gens — a few more people

un peu moins de — slightly less [pluie]; slightly fewer [gens]

amène tes amis, un peu plus un peu moins... — bring your friends, another two or three people won't make much difference

‘il avait l'air un peu contrarié’ - ‘un peu beaucoup même (colloq)’ — ‘he looked a bit annoyed’ - ‘more than a bit’

3) ( emploi stylistique) just

répète un peu pour voir! — (colloq) you just try saying that again!

je vous demande un peu! — (colloq) I ask you!

il sait un peu (colloq) de quoi il parle — he does know what he's talking about

4) ( emploi par antiphrase) a little

tu ne serais pas un peu jaloux toi? — aren't you just a little jealous?

5) (colloq) ( pour renforcer une affirmation)

il est un peu bien ton copain! — your boyfriend is a bit of all right (colloq) GB ou a good-looker! (colloq)

‘tu le ferais toi?’ - ‘un peu (que je le ferais)!’ — ‘would you do it?’ - ‘I sure would (colloq)!’

6.

peu à peu locution adverbiale gradually, little by little

7.

pour un peu locution adverbiale

pour un peu ils se seraient battus — they very nearly had a fight

8.

pour peu que locution conjonctive if

pour peu qu'il ait bu, il va nous raconter sa vie — if he's had anything at all to drink, he'll tell us his life story

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pø
1. adv

1) (modifiant un verbe) not much

Il boit peu. — He doesn't drink much.

Il voyage peu. — He doesn't travel much.

J'ai peu mangé à midi. — I didn't eat much for lunch.

2) (modifiant un adjectif) not very

Il est peu bavard. — He's not very talkative.

3) (modifiant un adverbe)

peu avant — shortly before

peu après — shortly afterwards

4) (modifiant un nom)

peu de (avec nom pluriel) — not many, few, (avec nom singulier) not a lot of, not much

peu de gens — not many people, few people

peu d'arbres — not many trees, few trees

Il y a peu de bons films au cinéma. — There aren't many good films on at the cinema.

Elle a peu d'amis. — She hasn't got many friends.

Il reste peu de lait. — There isn't much milk left., There isn't a lot of milk left.

Il a peu d'espoir. — He hasn't got much hope., He has little hope.

Il a peu d'espoir de réussir. — He doesn't have much hope of succeeding.

Il lui reste peu d'argent. — He hasn't got much money left.

c'est peu de chose — it's nothing, it's not much

pour peu de temps — for a short while

à peu de frais — for very little cost

5) (autres locutions)

peu à peu — little by little

à peu près — just about, more or less

J'ai à peu près fini. — I've just about finished., I've more or less finished.

à peu près 10 kg — about 10 kg, around 10 kg

à peu près deux heures — about two hours, around two hours

Le voyage prend à peu près deux heures. — The journey takes about two hours., The journey takes around two hours.

pour peu qu'il fasse — if he should do, if by any chance he does

avant peu — before long

sous peu — shortly

depuis peu (au présent) — for a short while, for a little while

Je suis parisien depuis peu. — I've only been living in Paris for a short while., (au passé) a short while ago, a little while ago

Il est rentré depuis peu. — He came back a short while ago.

de peu — only just

Chantal a manqué son train de peu. — Chantal only just missed her train.

Il est de peu mon cadet. — He's just a bit younger than me.

2. nm

1)

le peu de gens qui — the few people who

le peu de sable qui — what little sand, the little sand which

2)

un peu (emploi pronominal) — a little

J'en voudrais un peu. — I'd like a little., (emploi adverbial, avec adjectif) a little, a bit

Elle est un peu timide. — She's a bit shy., She's a little shy.

un peu de — a little, a bit of

un peu de gâteau — a bit of cake

un peu de lait — a little milk, a bit of milk

un peu d'espoir — a little hope, a bit of hope

un petit peu — a little bit

un petit peu de crème — a little bit of cream

un peu plus de [vent, sucre, personnes, voitures] — slightly more

un peu moins de [vent, sucre] — slightly less, [personnes, voitures] slightly fewer

3) (autres locutions)

pour un peu il...; un peu plus et il... — he very nearly..., he all but...

essayez un peu! — just try it!

3. pron

few

peu le savent — few people know

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peu

❢ Les emplois de peu avec avant, d'ici, depuis, sous sont traités respectivement sous chacun de ces mots. Il sera également utile de se reporter à la note d'usage sur les quantités ⇒ Les quantités.

A adv

1 ( modifiant un verbe) not much; il travaille/dort/parle peu he doesn't work/sleep/talk much; elle gagne assez peu she doesn't earn very much; elle gagne très/trop peu she earns very/too little; le radiateur chauffe peu the radiator doesn't give out much heat; je sors assez/très peu I don't go out very much/very much at all; je sais me contenter de peu I'm satisfied with very little; 40 euros/un demi-litre/1,50 m, c'est (bien) peu 40 euros/half a litre^GB/1,50 m, that's not (very) much; 20 personnes, c'est peu 20 people, that's not many; dix minutes/deux mois ça fait peu ten minutes/two months, that's not long; deux semaines c'est trop peu two weeks isn't long enough; si peu que ce soit however little, no matter how little; tu ne vas pas t'en faire pour si peu you're not going to worry about such a little thing; je ne vais pas me casser la tête pour si peu I'm not going to rack my brains over such a little thing; il leur en faut peu pour pleurer/paniquer it doesn't take much to make them cry/panic; la catastrophe a été évitée de peu disaster was only just avoided; tu les as ratés de peu you've just missed them; il est mon aîné de peu he's slightly older than me; j'aime peu sa façon de dévisager les gens I don't much care for the way he stares at people; ça compte or importe peu it doesn't really matter; la cuisine n'est pas très bonne, et c'est peu dire the food isn't very good to say the least; il est aussi borné que son père et ce n'est pas peu dire○! he's as narrow-minded as his father and that's saying a lot!; un homme comme on en voit or fait○ peu the kind of man you don't often come across; très peu pour moi○! fig no thanks○!;

2 ( modifiant un adjectif) not very; peu soigneux/ambitieux/fier not very tidy/ambitious/proud; il est très peu jaloux he's not at all jealous; c'est un endroit assez peu connu it's a relatively little-known spot; cet endroit trop peu connu des touristes this spot which is sadly little known to tourists; pour les personnes trop peu qualifiées for people who haven't got enough qualifications; ils se sentent très ou fort peu concernés par… they feel quite unconcerned about…; nous étions peu nombreux there weren't many of us; nous étions très/trop peu nombreux there were very/too few of us; un individu peu recommandable a disreputable character; elle n'est pas peu fière she's more than a little proud.

B pron indéf peu lui font confiance few ou not many people trust him/her; il a écrit beaucoup de livres, peu lui survivront he has written many books, few will outlive him.

C peu de dét indéf

1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) peu de mots/d'occasions few words/opportunities;

2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) peu de temps/d'espoir little time/hope; en peu de temps in next to no time; j'ai peu de temps pour le faire I haven't got much time to do it; il y a peu de changement there's little change; il y a peu de bruit there's not much noise; il est tombé peu de neige/pluie cet hiver there hasn't been much snow/rain this winter; il a peu de patience he's not very patient; c'est peu de chose it's not much; cela représente peu de chose it stands for little; avec peu de chose elle a fait un repas délicieux with very little she made a delicious meal; on est bien peu de chose! we're so insignificant!; il y a peu de visiteurs/divergences there are few ou not many visitors/differences; très peu de personnes sont atteintes very few people are affected; en peu de mots/jours in a few words/days; je sais peu de choses sur lui I don't know much about him; il y a peu de chances qu'il accepte he's unlikely to accept; la proposition a peu de chances d'aboutir the proposal has little chance of getting through.

D nm

1 ( petite quantité) le peu de the little [importance, confiance, pluie, liberté]; the few [livres, souvenirs, amis]; il a oublié le peu d'anglais qu'il savait he's forgotten the ou what little English he knew; elle s'est fait voler le peu d'objets qu'il lui restait she was robbed of the few things she had left; je vais dépenser le peu d'argent qu'il me reste I'm going to spend the ou what little money I've got left; il a voulu montrer le peu d'importance qu'il attachait à l'affaire he wanted to show how unimportant the matter was to him; je leur ai dit le peu que je savais I told them the ou what little I knew; il a dépensé le peu qu'il lui restait he spent what little he had left;

2 ( manque) le peu de the lack of; malgré le peu d'intérêt manifesté despite the lack of interest; j'ai remarqué ton peu d'enthousiasme I've noticed your lack of enthusiasm; ton peu d'appétit m'inquiète your lack of appetite is worrying me.

E un peu loc adv

1 ( dans une mesure faible) a little, a bit; mange un peu eat a little; cela m'inquiète/m'énerve/m'ennuie un peu it worries me/annoys me/bothers me a little ou a bit; ça m'agace plus qu'un peu○ it annoys me to say the least; le rôti est un peu brûlé the roast is a bit ou slightly burned; elle est un peu médium/poète○ she's a bit of a ou something of a medium/poet; tu ne serais pas un peu casse-cou? you're a bit of a daredevil, aren't you?; dors/attends/reste encore un peu sleep/wait/stay a little longer; ‘il a plu?’-‘pas qu'un peu○!’ ‘did it rain?’-‘did it ever○!’; ‘elle aime le fromage?’-‘oui, pas qu'un peu!’ ‘does she like cheese?’-‘does she ever○!’;

2 ( modifiant un adverbe) a little, a bit; mange un peu plus/moins eat a bit more/less; parle un peu plus fort speak a little ou a bit louder; parle un peu moins fort keep your voice down; va un peu moins/plus vite go a bit slower/faster; il fait un peu moins froid qu'hier it's a little less cold than yesterday; il fait un peu plus froid qu'hier it's slightly ou a little colder than yesterday; un peu au-dessous/au-dessus de la moyenne slightly below/above average; elle se maquille un peu trop she wears a bit too much make-up; un peu plus de bruit/vent a bit more noise/wind; un peu plus de gens/problèmes a few more people/problems; un peu moins de slightly less [pluie, humour]; slightly fewer [gens, tableaux]; peux-tu me donner un tout petit peu plus de carottes can you give me just a few more carrots; amène tes amis, un peu plus un peu moins tu sais… bring your friends, another two or three people won't make much difference; donne-moi ton linge à laver, un peu plus un peu moins… give me your laundry, a bit more won't make any difference; ‘il avait l'air un peu contrarié’-‘un peu beaucoup même○’ ‘he looked a bit annoyed’-‘more than a bit’;

3 ( emploi stylistique) just; arrête un peu de faire l'idiot! just stop behaving like an idiot!; répète un peu pour voir○! you just try saying that again!; vise un peu la perruque○! just look at the wig!; réfléchis un peu just think; je vous demande un peu○! I ask you!; il sait un peu de quoi il parle○ he does know what he's talking about;

4 ( emploi par antiphrase) a little; tu ne serais pas un peu jaloux toi? aren't you just a little jealous?; ton histoire est un peu tirée par les cheveux your story is a little far-fetched to say the least; c'est un peu tard! it's a bit late!; tu exagères ou pousses○ un peu! you're pushing it a bit○!;

5 ○( pour renforcer une affirmation) il est un peu bien ton copain! your boyfriend is a bit of all right○!; ‘tu le ferais toi?’-‘un peu (que je le ferais)!’ ‘would you do it?’-‘I sure would○!’; comme organisateur il se pose un peu là! as an organizer he's great!

F peu à peu loc adv gradually, little by little; les nuages se dissiperont peu à peu the clouds will gradually clear.

G pour un peu loc adv very nearly; pour un peu ils se seraient battus they very nearly had a fight; pour un peu il m'aurait insulté! he very nearly insulted me!

H pour peu que loc conj if; pour peu qu'il ait bu, il va nous raconter sa vie if he's had anything at all to drink, he'll tell us his life story.

[pø] adverbe

A.[EMPLOYÉ SEUL]

1. [modifiant un verbe] little, not much

il mange/parle peu he doesn't eat/talk much

je le connais peu I don't know him well

c'est peu le connaître it just shows how little you know him

il vient très peu he comes very rarely, he very seldom comes

on s'est très peu vu we saw very little of each other

j'ai trop peu confiance en elle I don't trust her enough

2. [modifiant un adjectif, un adverbe etc] not very

une avenue peu fréquentée a quiet street

il est assez peu soigneux he doesn't take much care

l'alibi est fort peu crédible the alibi is highly implausible

peu avant shortly ou not long before

peu après soon after, shortly ou not long after

je ne suis pas peu fier du résultat I'm more than a little proud of the result

B.[EMPLOI NOMINAL]

1. (avec déterminant) [indiquant la faible quantité]

le peu que tu gagnes the little you earn

(sans déterminant)

il vit de peu he lives off very little

il est mon aîné de peu he's only slightly older than me

il a raté son examen de peu (familier) he just failed his exam, he failed his exam by a hair's breadth

c'est peu it's not much

hommes/gens de peu (littéraire) worthless men/people

c'est peu (que) de le dire, encore faut-il le faire! that's easier said than done!

c'est peu dire that's an understatement, that's putting it mildly

ce n'est pas peu dire! and that's saying something!

très peu pour moi! (familier) not on your life!

2. [dans le temps]

ils sont partis il y a peu they left a short while ago, they haven't long left

d'ici peu very soon, before long

vous aurez de mes nouvelles avant peu you'll hear from me before long

je travaille ici depuis peu I've only been working here for a while, I haven't been working here long

3. [quelques personnes] a few (people)

nous étions peu à le croire only a few of us believed it

C.[PRÉCÉDÉ DE 'UN']

1. [modifiant un verbe]

un peu a little, a bit

je le connais un peu I know him a little ou a bit

reste un peu avec moi stay with me for a while

veux-tu manger un peu? do you want something to eat?

pousse-toi un (tout) petit peu move up a (little) bit

viens un peu par là come here a minute

pose-lui un peu la question, et tu verras! just ask him, and you'll see!

fais voir un peu... let me have a look...

tu l'as vu? — un peu! (familier) did you see it? — you bet I did ou and how!

un peu que je vais lui dire ce que je pense! (familier) I'll give him a piece of my mind, don't you worry (about that)!

2. [modifiant un adjectif, un adverbe etc]

un peu a little, a bit

je suis un peu pressée I'm in a bit of a hurry

il est un peu poète he's a bit of a poet

un peu partout just about ou pretty much everywhere

un peu plus a little ou bit more

un peu plus de

a. [suivi d'un nom comptable] a few more

b. [suivi d'un nom non comptable] a little (bit) more

un peu moins a little ou bit less

roule un peu moins vite drive a little more slowly

un peu moins de

a. [suivi d'un nom comptable] slightly fewer, not so many

b. [suivi d'un nom non comptable] a little (bit) less

nous avons un peu moins de difficultés we're not having quite so many difficulties

un peu trop a little ou bit too (much)

il en fait vraiment un peu trop! he's really making too much of it!

un peu beaucoup (familier) a bit much

tu as bu un peu beaucoup hier soir (familier) you certainly had a few last night

elle est jolie — un peu, oui! (familier) she's pretty — just a bit!

un peu plus et l'évier débordait! another minute and the sink would have overflowed!

un peu plus et on se serait cru au bord de la mer you could almost imagine that you were at the seaside

un peu plus, et je partais I was just about to leave

un peu plus et je me faisais écraser! I was within an inch of being run over!

peu à peu locution adverbiale

little by little, bit by bit, gradually

on s'habitue, peu à peu you get used to things, bit by bit ou gradually

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peu de locution déterminante

1. [suivi d'un nom non comptable] not much, little

[suivi d'un nom comptable] not many, few

cela a peu d'intérêt it's of little interest

peu de temps: je ne reste que peu de temps I'm only staying for a short while, I'm not staying long

il n'a que peu de temps à me consacrer he can only give me a small amount of time

peu de temps avant/après not long before/after

il y avait peu de neige there wasn't much snow

j'ai peu d'amis I have few friends, I don't have many friends

en peu de mots in a few words

on est peu de chose what an insignificant thing man is

c'est peu de chose it's nothing

2. [avec un déterminant]

le peu de

a. [suivi d'un nom comptable] the ou what few

b. [suivi d'un nom non comptable] the ou what little

le peu de connaissances que j'ai the ou what few acquaintances I have

le peu de fois où je l'ai vu on the few ou rare occasions when I've seen him

le peu d'expérience que j'avais what little experience I had

son peu d'enthousiasme his lack of enthusiasm

avec ce peu de matériel/d'idées with such limited material/ideas

peu ou prou locution adverbiale

(littéraire)

more or less

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pour peu que locution conjonctive

pour peu qu'il le veuille, il réussira if he wants to, he'll succeed

pour un peu locution adverbiale

pour un peu il m'accuserait! he's all but accusing me!

pour un peu, j'oubliais mes clés I nearly forgot my keys

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quelque peu locution adverbiale

(soutenu)

1. [modifiant un verbe] just a little

2. [modifiant un adjectif] somewhat, rather

il était quelque peu éméché he was somewhat ou rather tipsy

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quelque peu de locution déterminante

(soutenu)

not a little

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si peu que locution conjonctive

si peu que j'y aille, j'apprécie toujours beaucoup l'opéra although I don't go very often, I always like the opera very much

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si peu... que locution conjonctive

si peu réaliste qu'il soit however unrealistic he may be

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sous peu locution adverbiale

before long, in a short while

vous recevrez sous peu les résultats de vos analyses you will receive the results of your tests in a short while

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un peu de locution déterminante

a little (bit) of

prends un peu de gâteau have a little ou some cake

un peu de tout a bit of everything

avec un peu de chance... with a little luck...

allons, un peu de patience! come on, let's be patient!

avec un (tout) petit peu de bonne volonté... with (just) a little willingness...

tu l'as quitté par dépit? — il y a un petit peu de ça so you left him in a fit of pique? — that was partly it ou that was part of the reason

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > peu

19 verosimilitud

f.

1 credibility.

2 likeliness.

3 verisimilitude, plausibility, believability, credibility.

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verosimilitud

► nombre femenino

1 (probabilidad) probability, likeliness; (credibilidad) credibility, verisimilitude

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SF

1) (=probabilidad) likelihood, probability; (=credibilidad) credibility

2) (Literat) verisimilitude

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femenino (de excusa, historia) plausibility; (de versión, personaje) credibility

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= verisimilitude, credibility, plausibility, believability.

Ex. The reader of this work can relive with some degree of verisimilitude the excitement and stimulation created by these institutes and such colloquies as the Kilgour-Lubetzky exchange.

Ex. You should recognize that different sources of information have various levels of credibility.

Ex. It also provides a natural preference ordering on explanations, defined in terms of normality or plausibility.

Ex. The results show that a more innocuous message results in more positive judgments of believability.

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femenino (de excusa, historia) plausibility; (de versión, personaje) credibility

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= verisimilitude, credibility, plausibility, believability.

Ex: The reader of this work can relive with some degree of verisimilitude the excitement and stimulation created by these institutes and such colloquies as the Kilgour-Lubetzky exchange.

Ex: You should recognize that different sources of information have various levels of credibility.

Ex: It also provides a natural preference ordering on explanations, defined in terms of normality or plausibility.

Ex: The results show that a more innocuous message results in more positive judgments of believability.

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verosimilitud

feminine

(de una excusa, historia) plausibility; verisimilitude; (de una versión, personaje) credibility

reservas sobre la verosimilitud de la última escena reservations about how realistic o credible o true-to-life the last scene is

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verosimilitud sustantivo femenino likeliness, probability
' verosimilitud' also found in these entries:
English:
plausibility
- verisimilitude

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verosimilitud nf

1. [credibilidad] credibility;

para dar mayor verosimilitud a la situación to make the situation more believable

2. [probabilidad] likeliness, probability;

una opción que cobra cada vez más verosimilitud an option which is becoming more and more likely

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verosimilitud

f realistic nature; ( credibilidad) plausibility

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verosimilitud nf

1) : probability, likeliness

2) : verisimilitude

Spanish-English dictionary > verosimilitud

20 perdre

perdre [pεʀdʀ(ə)]

➭ TABLE 41

1. transitive verb

   a. to lose ; ( = égarer) to mislay ; [+ habitude] to get out of ; (volontairement) to break

• il a perdu son père à la guerre he lost his father in the war

• j'ai perdu le goût de rire I don't feel like laughing any more

• n'avoir rien à perdre to have nothing to lose

• l'ouvrage n'a rien perdu de son actualité the work has lost none of its topicality

• le Président perd trois points dans le dernier sondage the President is down three points in the latest poll

• perdre sa page (en lisant) to lose one's place

• perdre du poids to lose weight

• perdre l'appétit/la mémoire/la vie to lose one's appetite/one's memory/one's life

• perdre l'équilibre to lose one's balance

• perdre espoir/patience to lose hope/patience

• il perd son pantalon his trousers are falling down

   b. ( = gaspiller) [+ temps, peine, argent] to waste ( à qch on sth ) ; ( = abîmer) [+ aliments] to spoil

• tu as du temps/de l'argent à perdre ! you've got time to waste/money to burn!

• sans perdre une minute without wasting a minute

   c. ( = manquer) [+ occasion] to miss

• il n'a pas perdu une miette de la conversation he didn't miss a single syllable of the conversation

• il ne perd rien pour attendre ! he's got it coming to him! (inf)

• rien n'est perdu ! nothing is lost!

   d. ( = porter préjudice à) to ruin

• son ambition l'a perdu ambition was his downfall

• ta bonté te perdra ! (ironic) you're too kind! (ironique)

   e. (locutions) perdre le nord (inf) to lose one's way

• il ne perd pas le nord (inf) he keeps his wits about him

• perdre les pédales (inf) ( = s'affoler) to lose one's head

• perdre ses moyens to crack up (inf)

• perdre la tête ( = s'affoler) to lose one's head ; [vieillard] to lose one's marbles (inf)

2. intransitive verb

to lose

• vous y perdez (dans une transaction) you lose by it

3. reflexive verb

► se perdre

   a. ( = s'égarer) to get lost

• se perdre dans les détails to get bogged down in details

• je m'y perds I'm all confused

   b. ( = disparaître) to disappear ; [coutume] to be dying out

• se perdre dans la foule to disappear into the crowd

   c. ( = devenir inutilisable) to be wasted ; [denrées] to go bad

• rien ne se perd nothing is wasted

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pɛʀdʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) gén to lose

perdre quelque chose/quelqu'un de vue — lit, fig to lose sight of something/somebody

il a perdu de son arrogance — he's become more humble

perdre de l'importance — to become less important

leurs actions ont perdu 9% — their shares have dropped 9%

sans perdre le sourire, elle a continué — still smiling, she went on

2) to shed [feuilles, fleurs]

ton chien perd ses poils — your dog is moulting GB ou molting US

la brosse perd ses poils — the brush is losing its bristles

3) ( manquer) to miss [chance]

tu n'as rien perdu (en ne venant pas) — you didn't miss anything (by not coming)

ne pas perdre un mot de ce que quelqu'un dit — to hang on somebody's every word

4) ( gaspiller) to waste [journée, années]

perdre son temps — to waste one's time

tu as de l'argent à perdre! — you've got money to burn!

elle a du temps à perdre — she's got nothing better to do

sans perdre un instant — immediately

5) ( mal retenir)

je perds mes chaussures — my shoes are too big

je perds mon pantalon — my trousers are falling down

6) ( ruiner) to bring [somebody] down

cet homme te perdra — that man will be your undoing

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( être perdant) to lose

j'y perds — I lose out

2) ( diminuer)

perdre en gentillesse — to be less kind

3.

se perdre verbe pronominal

1) ( s'égarer) to get lost

2) ( s'embrouiller) to get mixed up

ne vous perdez pas dans des détails — don't get bogged down in details

3) ( être absorbé)

se perdre dans ses pensées — to be lost in thought

4) ( disparaître) ( cesser d'être vu) to disappear; ( cesser d'être entendu) to be lost

5) [aliment, récolte] to go to waste

il y a des claques qui se perdent! — (colloq) somebody's looking for a good smack!

6) [tradition] to die out

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perdre la tête or la raison or l'esprit — ( devenir fou) to go out of one's mind; ( paniquer) to lose one's head

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pɛʀdʀ
1. vt

1) [objet, faculté, somme] to lose

Cécile a perdu ses clés. — Cécile has lost her keys.

Il a perdu la vue à la suite d'un accident. — He lost his sight following an accident.

On a perdu plus de 1000 euros sur ces actions. — We lost more than 1000 euros on these shares.

J'ai perdu mon chemin. — I've lost my way.

perdre qn de vue fig — to lose sight of sb

2) [match, bataille, élection] to lose

perdre un match — to lose a match

3) (= gaspiller) [temps, argent] to waste, [occasion] to waste, to miss

perdre du temps — to waste time

J'ai perdu beaucoup de temps ce matin. — I've wasted a lot of time this morning.

Nous avons perdu notre temps à cette réunion. — That meeting was a waste of time.

faire perdre du temps — to be a waste of time

C'est inutile et cela fait perdre du temps. — It's pointless and it's a waste of time.

faire perdre du temps à qn — to waste sb's time

Ne me faites pas perdre mon temps! — Don't waste my time!

4) [proche, ami] to lose

Elle a perdu son mari très tôt. — She lost her husband at a very young age.

5) (moralement) [personne] to cause the downfall of

Son goût du luxe l'a perdu. — His taste for luxury was his downfall.

6) (autre locution)

il ne perd rien pour attendre — he'll get what he deserves

tu ne perds rien pour attendre — just you wait

2. vi

1) (= être vaincu) to lose

2) (sur une vente) to lose out

3) [récipient] to leak

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perdre verb table: rendre

A vtr

1 ( égarer) to lose; perdre un bouton à sa chemise to lose a button from one's shirt; perdre qch/qn de vue lit, fig to lose sight of sth/sb;

2 ( ne pas conserver) to lose [argent, ami, emploi, droit, place, tour, vue, voix]; perdre 1 000 euros sur une vente to lose 1,000 euros on a sale; perdre la vie/la mémoire to lose one's life/one's memory; perdre du poids/du sang to lose weight/blood; je perds mes cheveux I'm losing my hair; j'ai quelques kilos à perdre I need to lose a few kilos; tu n'as rien/tu as tout à perdre you've got nothing/you've got everything to lose; perdre le soutien/l'estime de qn to lose sb's support/respect; j'en ai perdu le sommeil/l'appétit I've lost sleep/my appetite over it; perdre patience/courage to lose patience/heart; perdre son calme to lose one's temper; il a perdu de son arrogance he's become more humble; perdre le contrôle de son véhicule to lose control of one's vehicle; perdre de l'importance to become less important; perdre toute son importance to lose all importance; leurs actions ont perdu 9% their shares have dropped 9%; sans perdre le sourire, elle a continué still smiling, she went on; ⇒ dix;

3 ( se débarrasser de) to shed [feuilles, fleurs, emplois]; ton chien perd ses poils your dog is moulting GB ou molting US; ton manteau perd ses poils your coat is shedding (its) hairs;

4 ( voir mourir) to lose [parents, ami];

5 ( ne pas remporter) to lose [élections, bataille, procès];

6 ( manquer) to miss [chance]; tu n'as rien perdu (en ne venant pas) you didn't miss anything (by not coming); tu ne les connais pas? tu n'y perds rien don't you know them? you're not missing much; ne pas (vouloir) perdre un mot de ce que qn dit to hang on sb's every word;

7 ( gaspiller) to waste [journée, mois, années]; perdre son temps to waste one's time; il n'y a pas de temps à perdre there's no time to lose; tu as de l'argent à perdre! you've got money to burn!; elle a du temps à perdre she's got nothing better to do; sans perdre un instant immediately; il est venu sans perdre une minute he didn't waste any time in coming; venez sans perdre une minute ou un instant come straight away;

8 ( ne plus suivre) to lose; perdre son chemin or sa route to lose one's way, to get lost; perdre la trace d'une bête to lose the trail of an animal;

9 ( mal retenir) je perds mon bracelet my bracelet is coming off; je perds mes chaussures my shoes are too big; je perds mon pantalon my trousers are coming down ou falling down;

10 ( ruiner) to bring [sb] down; cet homme te perdra that man will be your undoing.

B vi

1 ( être perdant) to lose; perdre aux élections to lose the election; j'y perds I lose out;

2 ( diminuer) perdre en gentillesse/crédibilité to be less kind/credible; perdre en anglais to lose ou forget (some of) one's English.

C se perdre vpr

1 ( s'égarer) to get lost;

2 ( s'embrouiller) to get mixed up; toutes ces dates, je m'y perds all these dates, I'm all mixed up ou confused; ne vous perdez pas dans des détails don't get bogged down in details; je me perdais dans mes explications I was getting bogged down in my explanation;

3 ( être absorbé) se perdre dans ses pensées to be lost in thought; se perdre dans la contemplation de qch to gaze contemplatively at sth;

4 ( disparaître) ( cesser d'être vu) to disappear; ( cesser d'être entendu) [cri, appel] to be lost; une tradition dont les origines se perdent dans la nuit des temps a tradition whose origins are lost in the mists of time;

5 ( ne pas être utilisé) [aliment, récolte] to go to waste; il y a des claques qui se perdent○! somebody's looking for a good smack!;

6 ( tomber en désuétude) [coutume, tradition] to die out; le sens littéral s'est perdu the literal meaning has been lost.

Idiome

perdre la tête or la raison or l'esprit ( devenir fou) to go out of one's mind; ( paniquer) to lose one's head.

[pɛrdr] verbe transitif

1. [égarer - clefs, lunettes] to lose, to mislay

2. [laisser tomber]

perdre de l'eau/de l'huile to leak water/oil

des sacs de sable qui perdaient leur contenu sandbags spilling their contents

la brosse perd ses poils the brush is losing ou shedding its bristles

il perd son pantalon his trousers are falling down

tu perds des papiers/un gant! you've dropped some documents/a glove!

[laisser échapper] to lose

perdre sa page to lose one's page ou place

perdre la trace de quelqu'un (sens propre & figuré) to lose track of somebody

perdre quelqu'un/quelque chose de vue (sens propre & figuré) to lose sight of somebody/something, to lose track of somebody/something

ne pas perdre un mot/une miette de: je n'ai pas perdu un mot/une miette de leur entretien I didn't miss a (single) word/scrap of their conversation

perdre les pédales

a. (familier) [ne plus comprendre] to be completely lost

b. [céder à la panique] to lose one's head

perdre pied (sens propre & figuré) to get out of one's depth

3. [être privé de - bien, faculté] to lose

perdre son emploi ou sa situation ou sa place to lose one's job

n'avoir rien à perdre to have nothing to lose

perdre des/ses forces to lose strength/one's strength

perdre la mémoire/l'appétit to lose one's memory/appetite

perdre la parole

a. [la voix] to lose one's voice

b. [dans une réunion] to lose the floor

perdre un œil/ses dents to lose an eye/one's teeth

perdre du sang/poids to lose blood/weight

elle a perdu les eaux MÉDECINE her waters broke

perdre le contrôle de to lose control of

perdre connaissance to pass out, to faint

perdre le goût/sens de to lose one's taste for/sense of

perdre espoir to lose hope

perdre l'habitude de (faire) to get out of the habit of (doing)

perdre patience to run out of ou to lose patience

perdre (tous) ses moyens to panic

perdre la tête ou le nord (familier) ou la boule (familier) to go mad

celui-là, il perd pas le nord! (familier) he's certainly got his head screwed on!

en perdre le boire et le manger: il en a perdu le boire et le manger it worried him so much he lost his appetite

j'y perds mon latin I'm totally confused ou baffled

4. [avoir moins]

perdre de: la tapisserie n'a rien perdu de ses couleurs the wallpaper has lost none of its colour

les actions ont perdu de leur valeur the shares have partially depreciated

elle a beaucoup perdu de son anglais she's forgotten a lot of her English

5. [être délaissé par] to lose

il a perdu toute sa clientèle he has lost all his customers

un de perdu, dix de retrouvés (familier) there's plenty more fish in the sea

6. [par décès] to lose

7. [contre quelqu'un] to lose

perdre l'avantage to lose the ou one's advantage

perdre la partie JEUX: il a perdu la partie he lost the game

perdre du terrain to lose ground

SPORT [set] to drop, to lose

8. [gâcher - temps, argent] to waste

9. (soutenu) [causer la ruine de] to ruin (the reputation of)

c'est le jeu qui le perdra gambling will be the ruin of him ou his downfall

toi, c'est la curiosité qui te perdra (humoristique) you're far too inquisitive for your own good!

10. (locution)

tu ne perds rien pour attendre! just (you) wait and see!

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[pɛrdr] verbe intransitif

1. [dans un jeu, une compétition, une lutte etc] to lose

perdre à la loterie/aux élections to lose at the lottery/polls

je vous le vends 500 euros mais j'y perds I'm selling it to you for 500 euros but I'm losing (money) on it

perdre au change (sens propre & figuré) to lose out

je n'ai pas perdu au change (sens propre & figuré) I've come out of it quite well

jouer à qui perd gagne to play (a game of) loser takes all

2. [en qualité, psychologiquement] to lose (out)

perdre à: ces vins blancs perdent à être conservés trop longtemps these white wines don't improve with age

on perd toujours à agir sans réfléchir you're bound to be worse off if you act without thinking

perdre en [avoir moins de]: le récit perd en précision ce qu'il gagne en puissance d'évocation what the story loses in precision, it gains in narrative power

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se perdre verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

se perdre de vue to lose sight of each other

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se perdre verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

[crayon, foulard, clef] to get lost, to disappear

il y a des coups de pied au cul qui se perdent (très familier) somebody needs a good kick up the arse (UK) ou ass (US & très familier)

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se perdre verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [s'égarer - personne] to get lost, to lose one's way ; [ - avion, bateau] to get lost

(figuré)

se perdre dans les détails to get bogged down in too much detail

se perdre dans ses calculs to get one's calculations muddled up

se perdre en conjectures to be lost in conjecture

2. [disparaître] to disappear, to become lost, to fade

ses appels se perdirent dans la foule her calls were swallowed up by the crowd

se perdre dans la nuit des temps to be lost in the mists of time

3. [devenir désuet] to become lost, to die out

la coutume s'est perdue the custom is (now) lost

4. [nourriture, récolte - par pourrissement] to rot ; [ - par surabondance] to go to waste

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