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show yourself favorable as you go

1 ab-eō

ab-eō iī, itūrus, īre (abin' for abisne, T.), to go from, go away, go off, go forth, go, depart: ab urbe: ex eorum agris: ex conspectu, out of sight, Cs.: mater abit templo, O.: abire fugā, to flee, V.: in angulum aliquo, T.: unde abii, V.: exsulatum Tusculum abiit, L.: si periturus abis, to your death, V.: sublimis abiit, ascended, L.: telo extracto praeceps in volnus abiit, collapsed, L.: quo tantum mihi dexter abis? whither so far to the right? V.: nemo non donatus abibit, without a gift, V.: abeas parvis aequus alumnis, show yourself favorable as you go, H.: quae dederat abeuntibus, V.: sub iugum abire, L.: abi, nuntia Romanis, etc., L.; of things: cornus sub altum pectus abit, penetrates deeply, V.: sol... abeunte curru, as his chariot departs, H. — In partic., to pass away, disappear, vanish, cease, die: a vitā: illuc quo priores abierunt, Ph.; of time, to pass away, elapse, expire: abiit illud tempus: tota abit hora, H.; of other things: abeunt pallorque situsque, pass away, O.: inopia praeceps abierat, S.: in aera sucus corporis, O.— Of change, to pass over, be transferred: abeunt illuc omnia, unde orta sunt, return: in avi mores atque instituta, i. e. restore, L.; hence, to be changed, be transformed, be metamorphosed (poet.): in villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti, O.: comae in silvas abeunt, O. — Fig., to depart from, leave off, turn aside: ut ab iure non abeat: ne longius abeam, wander from the point: ad istas ineptias, have recourse to: illuc, unde abii, redeo, set out, H. —To retire from an office: cum magistratu abisset: abiens magistratu, L.—Of a consequence or result, to turn out, come off (of persons): ab iudicio turpissime victus: neutra acies laeta ex eo certamine abiit, L.: impune, Ph.: ne in ora hominum pro ludibrio abiret, i. e. lest he should be made ridiculous, L.: ne inrito incepto abiretur, L. —To turn out, end, terminate (of things): mirabar hoc si sic abiret, T.—To get off, escape: quem ad modum illinc abieris, vel potius paene non abieris, scimus, how you came off thence, or rather came near not getting off.—In auctions, not to be knocked down (to one): ne res abiret ab Apronio, i. e. that he may purchase.—To be postponed: in diem, T.— The imper. abi is often a simple exclamation or address, friendly or reproachful: abi, virum te iudico, go to, I pronounce you a man, T.: Non es avarus: abi; quid, etc., well, H.: abi, nescis inescare homines, begone, T.; in imprecations: abin hinc in malam rem? (i. e. abisne?), will you go and be hanged? T.: in malam pestem.

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2 si

I.

si¹ [si]

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1. conjunction

2. adverb

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1. <

   a. if

• s'il fait beau demain, je sortirai if it's fine tomorrow, I'll go out

• si j'avais de l'argent, j'achèterais une voiture if I had any money, I would buy a car

• tu viendras ? si oui, préviens-moi à l'avance are you coming? if so, tell me in advance

• si seulement il venait/était venu if only he was coming/had come

• si c'est ça, je m'en vais (inf) if that's how it is, I'm off (inf)

• s'il a tant de succès c'est que... if he is so successful it's because...

   b. (interrogation indirecte) if, whether

• il ignore si elle viendra he doesn't know whether or if she'll come (or not)

• il se demande si elle viendra he is wondering whether or if she'll come (or not)

• tu imagines s'il était fier ! you can imagine how proud he was!

• si je veux y aller ? quelle question ! do I want to go? what a question!

• si j'avais su ! if only I had known!

• et s'il refusait ? and what if he refused?

   c. ( = que) c'est un miracle si la voiture n'a pas pris feu it's a miracle that the car didn't catch fire

• excusez-nous si nous n'avons pas pu venir we're sorry we couldn't come

   d. (opposition) while

• si ses intentions étaient louables, l'effet de son discours a été désastreux while his motives were excellent, the results of his speech were disastrous

   e. (locutions) et si tu lui téléphonais ? how about phoning him?

► si ce n'est...

• qui peut le savoir, si ce n'est lui ? if he doesn't know, who will?

• si ce n'est elle, qui aurait osé ? who but she would have dared?

• il n'avait rien emporté, si ce n'est quelques biscuits he had taken nothing with him apart from a few biscuits

• elle va bien, si ce n'est qu'elle est très fatiguée she's quite well apart from the fact that she is very tired► si tant est que

• ils sont sous-payés, si tant est qu'on les paie they are underpaid, if they are paid at all

2. <

   a. (affirmatif) vous ne venez pas ? -- si/mais si aren't you coming? -- yes I am/of course I am

• vous n'avez rien mangé ? -- si, une pomme haven't you had anything to eat? -- yes (I have), an apple

• si, si, il faut venir oh but you must come!

• il n'a pas voulu, moi si he didn't want to, but I did

• il n'a pas écrit ? -- il paraît que si hasn't he written? -- yes, it seems that he has

• je croyais qu'elle ne voulait pas venir, mais il m'a dit que si I thought she didn't want to come but he said she did

   b. ( = tellement) (modifiant un attribut, un adverbe) so ; (modifiant un épithète) such

• un ami si gentil such a kind friend

• des amis si gentils

• de si gentils amis such kind friends

• il parle si bas qu'on ne l'entend pas he speaks in such a low voice that you can't hear him

• il est stupide, non ? -- si peu ! (ironic) he's stupid, isn't he? -- and how! (inf)

► si bien que so that

• on est parti en retard, si bien qu'on a raté le train we left late so we missed the train

   c. (concessif) however

• si bête soit-il, il comprendra however stupid he is he will understand

• si peu que ce soit however little it may be

   d. ( = aussi) as

• elle n'est pas si timide que tu crois she's not as shy as you think

• ce n'est pas si simple it's not as simple as that

II.

si² [si]

invariable masculine noun

(Music) B ; (en chantant la gamme) ti

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Note: si adverbe de degré modifiant un adjectif a deux traductions en anglais selon que l'adjectif modifié est attribut: la maison est si jolie = the house is so pretty, ou épithète: une si jolie maison = such a pretty house

Dans le cas de l'épithète il existe une deuxième possibilité, assez rare et littéraire, citée pour information: = so pretty a house

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1. si
nom masculin invariable if

des si et des mais — ifs and buts

2.

adverbe

1) ( marquant l'affirmation) yes

‘tu ne le veux pas?’ - ‘si!’ — ‘don't you want it?’ - ‘yes I do!’

mais si — yes, of course

2) ( marquant l'intensité) so

de si bon matin — so early in the morning

c'est un homme si agréable — he's such a pleasant man

je suis heureux de visiter votre si jolie ville — I'm glad to visit your town, it's so pretty

si bien que — ( par conséquent) so; ( à tel point que) so much so that

tant et si bien que — so much so that

3) ( pour marquer la comparaison)

rien n'est si beau qu'un coucher de soleil — there's nothing so beautiful as a sunset

est-elle si bête qu'on le dit? — is she as stupid as people say (she is)?

4) ( pour marquer la concession)

si peu que ce soit — however little it may be

3.

conjonction (s' before il or ils)

1) ( marquant l'éventualité) if

si ce n'est (pas) toi, qui est-ce? — if it wasn't you, who was it?, if not you, who?

il n'a rien pris avec lui si ce n'est un livre — he didn't take anything with him apart from a book

à quoi servent ces réunions si ce n'est à nous faire perdre notre temps? — what purpose do these meetings serve other than to waste our time?

si tant est qu'une telle distinction ait un sens — if such a distinction makes any sense

c'est un brave homme s'il en est — he's a brave man if ever there was one

2) ( marquant l'hypothèse) if

si j'étais riche — if I were rich

si j'avais su! — if only I'd known!

vous pensez si j'étais content! — you can imagine how happy I was!

si j'ai envie de partir? ah ça oui! — leave? I certainly do want to leave!

je me demande s'il viendra — I wonder if ou whether he'll come

3) ( quand) if

enfant, si je lisais, je n'aimais pas être dérangé — when I was a child I used to hate being disturbed if ou when I was reading

4) ( introduit la suggestion)

si tu venais avec moi? — how about coming with me?

si tu venais passer le week-end avec nous? — why don't you come and spend the weekend with us?

et s'il décidait de ne pas venir? — and what if he decided not to come?

5) ( pour marquer l'opposition) whereas

si la France est favorable au projet, les autres pays y sont violemment opposés — whereas France is in favour [BrE] of the project, the other countries are violently opposed to it

II si
nom masculin invariable ( note) B; ( en solfiant) ti

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abr nm

See:

syndicat d'initiative

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I.

si nm inv ( note) B; ( en solfiant) ti.

II.

si

❢ Si adverbe de degré modifiant un adjectif a deux traductions en anglais selon que l'adjectif modifié est attribut: la maison est si jolie = the house is so pretty, ou épithète: une si jolie maison = such a pretty house. Dans le cas de l'épithète il existe une deuxième possibilité, assez rare et littéraire, citée pour information: = so pretty a house.

A nm inv if; des si et des mais ifs and buts.

B adv

1 ( marquant l'affirmation) yes; ‘tu ne le veux pas?’-‘si!’ ‘don't you want it?’-‘yes I do!’; ‘ils n'ont pas encore vendu leur maison?’-‘il me semble que si’ ‘haven't they sold their house yet?’-‘yes, I think they have’; il n'ira pas, moi si he won't go, but I will; mais si yes, of course; ‘tu ne le veux pas?’-‘mais si’ ‘don't you want it?’-‘yes, of course I do’; si fort littér yes indeed;

2 ( marquant l'intensité) so; ce n'est pas si simple it's not so simple; de si bon matin so early in the morning; de si bonne heure so early; c'est un homme si agréable he's such a pleasant man; vous habitez un si joli pays you live in such a lovely country; je suis heureux de visiter votre si jolie ville I'm glad to visit your town, it's so pretty; j'ai eu si peur que I was so afraid that; si bien que ( par conséquent) so; ( à tel point que) so much so that; elle n'a pas écrit, si bien que je ne sais pas à quelle heure elle arrive she hasn't written, so I don't know what time she's arriving; elle s'agitait en tous sens si bien qu'elle a fini par tomber she was flapping about all over the place, so much so that she fell over; tant et si bien que so much so that;

3 ( pour marquer la comparaison) rien n'est si beau qu'un coucher de soleil there's nothing so beautiful as a sunset; est-elle si bête qu'on le dit? is she as stupid as people say (she is)?;

4 ( pour marquer la concession) si loin que vous alliez nous saurons bien vous retrouver however far away you go ou no matter how far away you go, we will be able to find you; si intelligent qu'il soit or soit-il, il ne peut pas tout savoir as intelligent as he is ou however intelligent he is, he can't know everything; si pénible que soit la situation however hard the situation may be; si peu que ce soit however little it may be.

C conj (s' before il or ils)

1 ( marquant l'éventualité) if; si ce n'est (pas) toi, qui est-ce? if it wasn't you, who was it?; il n'a rien pris avec lui si ce n'est un livre et son parapluie he didn't take anything with him apart from ou other than a book and his umbrella; l'une des villes les plus belles, si ce n'est la plus belle one of the most beautiful cities, if not the most beautiful; personne n'a compris si ce n'est le meilleur de la classe nobody understood except the best pupil in the class; si ce n'était la peur d'être malade j'irais avec vous if it weren't for fear of getting ill I'd go with you; à quoi servent ces réunions si ce n'est à nous faire perdre notre temps? what purpose do these meetings serve other than to waste our time?; si c'est (comme) ça, je pars if that's how it is, I'm leaving; s'il vient demain et qu'il fait beau if he comes tomorrow and the weather's fine; lui seul peut trouver une solution, si solution il y a only he can find a solution, if there is one ou a solution; si oui if so; était-il à Paris? si oui avec qui? si non pourquoi? was he in Paris? if he was, who was he with? if he wasn't, why?; explique-moi tout si tant est que tu puisses le faire tell me everything, if you can do it that is; je ne sais pas s'il pourra nous prêter la somme avant dimanche, si tant est qu'il veuille bien nous la prêter I don't know if he will be able to lend us the money before Sunday, if he's willing to lend it to us at all (that is); si tant est qu'une telle distinction ait un sens if such a distinction makes any sense; c'est un brave homme s'il en est he's a brave man if ever there was one; c'était un homme cultivé s'il en fut he was an educated man if ever there was one;

2 ( marquant l'hypothèse dans l'avenir ou le présent) if; si j'étais riche if I were rich; si j'étais toi, si j'étais à ta place if I were you; s'il pleuvait je serais content I would be glad if it rained;

3 ( exprimant l'hypothèse dans le passé) if; si j'avais su qu'il était à Paris je l'aurais invité if I had known that he was in Paris I would have invited him; si j'avais eu l'argent if I had had the money;

4 ( quand) if; s'il pleurait elle le prenait tout de suite dans ses bras if he cried she would pick him up straightaway; enfant, si je lisais, je n'aimais pas être dérangé when I was a child I used to hate being disturbed if ou when I was reading;

5 ( dans une phrase exclamative) if only; si vous pouviez venir! if only you could come!, I wish you would come!; si au moins vous m'aviez téléphoné! if only you had phoned me!; si encore or enfin or seulement or même if only; si j'avais su! if only I'd known!, had I known!; vous pensez si j'étais content! you can imagine how happy I was!; si j'ai envie de partir? ah ça oui! do I want to leave? but of course I do!; et si je le rencontrais dans la rue! just imagine if ou just suppose I meet him in the street!;

6 ( introduit la suggestion) si tu venais avec moi? how ou what about coming with me?, why don't you come with me?; si nous allions dîner au restaurant? how ou what about going out for dinner?; si tu venais passer le week-end avec nous? why don't you come and spend the weekend with us?; et s'il décidait de ne pas venir? and what if he decided not to come?; et si tu lui écrivais? why don't you write to him/her?;

7 ( pour marquer l'opposition) whereas; si la France est favorable au projet, les autres pays y sont violemment opposés whereas France is in favour^GB of the project, the other countries are violently opposed to it;

8 ( introduit une interrogation indirecte) if, whether; je me demande s'il viendra I wonder if ou whether he'll come.

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[si] adverbe

1. [tellement - avec un adjectif attribut, un adverbe, un nom] so ; [ - avec un adjectif épithète] such

il est si mignon! he's (ever) so sweet!

je la vois si peu I see so little of her, I see her so rarely

ça fait si mal! it hurts so much!

elle a de si beaux cheveux! she has such beautiful hair!

(en corrélation avec 'que')

si... que so... that

elle travaille si bien qu'on l'a augmentée she works so well that she got a rise

2. [exprimant la concession] however

si aimable soit-il... however nice he may be...

(en corrélation avec 'que')

si dur que ça puisse paraître, je ne céderai pas however hard it may seem ou hard as it may seem I won't give way

si vous le vexez si peu que ce soit, il fond en larmes if you upset him even the slightest bit, he bursts into tears

3. [dans une comparaison]

si... que as... as

il n'est pas si bête qu'il en a l'air he's not as stupid as he seems

4. [en réponse affirmative] yes

ce n'est pas fermé? — si isn't it closed? — yes (it is)

ça n'a pas d'importance — si, ça en a! it doesn't matter — it does ou yes it does!

tu n'aimes pas ça? — si, si! don't you like that? — oh yes I do!

je ne veux pas que tu me rembourses — si, si, voici ce que je te dois I don't want you to pay me back — no, I insist, here's what I owe you

je n'y arriverai jamais — mais si! I'll never manage — of course you will!

le spectacle n'est pas gratuit — il paraît que si the show isn't free — apparently it is

tu ne vas quand même pas lui dire? — oh que si! still, you're not going to tell him, are you? — oh yes I am!

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[si] conjonction (devant 'il' ou 'ils' s' [s])

1. [exprimant une condition] if

si tu veux, on y va we'll go if you want

si tu ne réfléchis pas par toi-même et si ou que tu crois tout ce qu'on te dit... if you don't think for yourself and you believe everything people tell you...

je ne lui dirai que si tu es d'accord I'll tell him only if you agree, I won't tell him unless you agree

si tu oses...! [ton menaçant] don't you dare!

avez-vous des enfants? si oui, remplissez le cadre ci-dessous do you have any children? if yes, fill in the box below

2. [exprimant une hypothèse] if

si tu venais de bonne heure, on pourrait finir avant midi if you came early we would be able to finish before midday

s'il m'arrivait quelque chose, prévenez John should anything happen to me ou if anything should happen to me, call John

ah toi, si je ne me retenais pas...! just count yourself lucky I'm restraining myself!

si j'avais su, je me serais méfié if I had known ou had I known, I would have been more cautious

3. [exprimant une éventualité] what if

et si tu te trompais? what if you were wrong?

4. [exprimant une suggestion] what about

et si on jouait aux cartes? what about playing cards?

5. [exprimant un souhait, un regret]

ah, si j'étais plus jeune! I wish ou if only I were younger!

6. [dans l'interrogation indirecte] if, whether

dites-moi si vous venez tell me if ou whether you're coming

7. [introduisant une complétive] if, that

ne sois pas surprise s'il a échoué don't be surprised that ou if he failed

8. [introduisant une explication] if

si quelqu'un a le droit de se plaindre, c'est bien moi! if anyone has reason to complain, it's me!

9. [exprimant la répétition] if, when

si je prends une initiative, elle la désapprouve whenever ou every time I take the initiative, she disapproves (of it)

10. [exprimant la concession, l'opposition]

comment faire des économies si je gagne le salaire minimum? how can I save if I'm only earning the minimum wage?

si son premier roman a été un succès, le second a été éreinté par la critique though her first novel was a success, the second was slated by the critics

11. [emploi exclamatif]

tu penses s'il était déçu/heureux! you can imagine how disappointed/happy he was!

tu as l'intention de continuer? — si j'ai l'intention de continuer? bien sûr! do you intend to go on? — of course I do ou I certainly do ou I do indeed!

si ce n'est pas mignon à cet âge-là! aren't they cute at that age!

si je m'attendais à te voir ici! well, I (certainly) didn't expect to meet you here ou fancy meeting you here!

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[si] nom masculin invariable

avec des si, on mettrait Paris en bouteille (proverbe) if ifs and buts were pots and pans, there'd be no trade for tinkers (proverbe)

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si bien que locution conjonctive

[de telle sorte que] so

il ne sait pas lire une carte, si bien qu'on s'est perdus he can't read a map, and so we got lost

si ce n'est locution prépositionnelle

1. [pour rectifier] if not

ça a duré une bonne heure, si ce n'est deux it lasted at least an hour, if not two

2. [excepté] apart from, except

tout vous convient? — oui, si ce n'est le prix is everything to your satisfaction? — yes, apart from ou except the price

si ce n'était sa timidité, c'est un garçon très agréable he's a nice young man, if a little shy

si ce n'est toi, c'est donc ton frère La Fontaine (allusion) if it's not you, then it must be your double ou your twin brother (humoristique)

si ce n'est que locution conjonctive

apart from the fact that, except (for the fact) that

il n'a pas de régime, si ce n'est qu'il ne doit pas fumer he has no special diet, except that he mustn't smoke

si tant est que locution conjonctive

provided that

on se retrouvera à 18 h, si tant est que l'avion arrive à l'heure we'll meet at 6 p.m. provided (that) ou if the plane arrives on time

II

[si] nom masculin invariable

MUSIQUE B

[chanté] si, ti

voir aussi link=fa fa

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > si

3 look

look [lʊk]

coup d'œil ⇒ 1 (a) regard ⇒ 1 (c) air ⇒ 1 (d) mode ⇒ 1 (e) regarder ⇒ 2 (a), 3 (a) chercher ⇒ 3 (b) écouter ⇒ 3 (c) avoir l'air ⇒ 3 (d) chercher à ⇒ 3 (f) beauté ⇒ 4

1 noun

(a) (gen) coup m d'œil;

∎ to have or to take a look (at sth) jeter un coup d'œil (sur ou à qch), regarder (qch);

∎ familiar let's have a look (show me) fais voir;

∎ would you like a look through my binoculars? voulez-vous regarder avec mes jumelles?;

∎ one look at him is enough to know he's a crook on voit au premier coup d'œil que c'est un escroc;

∎ it's worth a quick look ça vaut le coup d'œil;

∎ we need to take a long hard look at our image abroad il est temps que nous examinions de près notre image de marque à l'étranger;

∎ did you get a good look at him? vous l'avez vu clairement?;

∎ did the mechanic have a proper look at the car? est-ce que le mécanicien a bien regardé la voiture?;

∎ and now a look ahead to next week's programmes et maintenant, un aperçu des programmes de la semaine prochaine;

∎ do you mind if I take a look around? ça vous gêne si je jette un coup d'œil?;

∎ we'll just have a quick look round the garden nous allons jeter un coup d'œil dans le jardin;

∎ we had a look round the town nous avons fait un tour dans la ville;

∎ I took a quick look through the drawers j'ai jeté un rapide coup d'œil dans les tiroirs

(b) (search)

∎ to have a look for sth chercher qch;

∎ have you had a good look for it? est-ce que tu as bien cherché?;

∎ have another look cherche encore

(c) (glance) regard m;

∎ a suspicious/nasty/angry look un regard soupçonneux/mauvais/méchant;

∎ she gave me a dirty look elle m'a jeté un regard mauvais;

∎ you should have seen the looks we got from passers-by! si tu avais vu la façon dont les passants nous regardaient!;

∎ we were getting some very odd looks on nous regardait d'un drôle d'air;

∎ he didn't say anything, but if looks could kill! il n'a pas dit un mot, mais il y a des regards qui tuent!

(d) (appearance, air) air m;

∎ he had a strange look in his eyes (expression) il avait un drôle de regard;

∎ the old house has a neglected look la vieille maison a l'air négligé;

∎ she has the look of a troublemaker elle a une tête à faire des histoires;

∎ she has the look of someone who's going places elle a l'air de quelqu'un qui réussira dans la vie;

∎ by the look or looks of her, I'd say she failed the exam à la voir ou rien qu'en la voyant, je dirais qu'elle a raté son examen;

∎ it has the look of a successful marriage cela a l'air d'un mariage heureux;

∎ there's trouble brewing by the look of it or things on dirait que quelque chose se trame;

∎ I quite like the look of the next candidate j'aime assez le profil du prochain candidat;

∎ I don't like the look of it ça ne me dit rien de bon ou rien qui vaille;

∎ I didn't like the look of her at all son allure ne m'a pas du tout plu;

∎ I don't like the look of the weather le temps a l'air inquiétant

(e) (fashion) mode f, look m;

∎ the sporty/punk look le look sportif/punk

2 transitive verb

(a) (in imperative)

∎ look who's coming! regarde qui arrive!;

∎ look who's talking! tu peux parler, toi!;

∎ look what you've done/where you're going! regarde un peu ce que tu as fait/où tu vas!

(b) (idioms)

∎ to look one's last on sth jeter un dernier regard à qch;

∎ to look sb up and down regarder qn de haut en bas, toiser qn du regard;

∎ to look sb (full or straight) in the face regarder qn (bien) en face ou dans les yeux;

∎ I can never look her in the face again je ne pourrai plus jamais la regarder en face

3 intransitive verb

(a) (gen) regarder;

∎ look, there's Brian! regarde, voilà Brian!;

∎ what's happening outside? let me look qu'est-ce qui se passe dehors? laissez-moi voir;

∎ have you cut yourself? let me look tu t'es coupé? montre-moi ou laisse-moi voir;

∎ go on, nobody's looking vas-y, personne ne regarde;

∎ they crept up on me while I wasn't looking ils se sont approchés de moi pendant que j'avais le dos tourné;

∎ I'm just looking (in shop) je regarde;

∎ look and see if there's anyone there regarde voir s'il y a quelqu'un;

∎ if you look very carefully you can see a tiny crack in it si tu regardes bien, tu verras une toute petite fissure;

∎ look this way regardez par ici;

∎ to look into sb's eyes regarder qn dans les yeux;

∎ she looked along the row/down the list elle a parcouru la rangée/la liste du regard;

∎ he was looking out of the window/over the wall/up the chimney il regardait par la fenêtre/par-dessus le mur/dans la cheminée;

∎ to look on the bright side voir les choses du bon côté;

∎ to look over sb's shoulder regarder par-dessus l'épaule de qn; figurative surveiller ce que fait qn;

∎ to look the other way détourner les yeux; figurative fermer les yeux;

∎ proverb look before you leap = il faut réfléchir deux fois avant d'agir

(b) (search) chercher;

∎ you can't have looked hard enough tu n'as pas dû beaucoup chercher

(c) (in imperative → listen, pay attention) écouter;

∎ look, I can't pay you back just yet écoute, je ne peux pas te rembourser tout de suite;

∎ now look, Paul, I've had enough of this! bon écoute, Paul, ça suffit maintenant!;

∎ look here! dites donc!

(d) (seem, appear) avoir l'air;

∎ to look old avoir l'air ou faire vieux;

∎ to look ill avoir l'air malade, avoir mauvaise mine;

∎ to look well (person) avoir bonne mine;

∎ that looks delicious! ça a l'air délicieux!;

∎ you look or are looking better today tu as l'air (d'aller) mieux aujourd'hui;

∎ how do I look? comment tu me trouves?;

∎ you look absolutely stunning in that dress tu es vraiment ravissante dans cette robe;

∎ it makes him look ten years older/younger ça le vieillit/rajeunit de dix ans;

∎ he's 70, but he doesn't look it il a 70 ans mais il n'en a pas l'air ou mais il ne les fait pas;

∎ I can't hang the picture there, it just doesn't look right je ne peux pas mettre le tableau là, ça ne va pas;

∎ it looks all right to me moi, je trouve ça bien;

∎ how does the situation look to you? que pensez-vous de la situation?;

∎ that's not how it looks to the man in the street ce n'est pas comme ça que l'homme de la rue voit les choses;

∎ things will look very different when you leave school les choses te sembleront très différentes quand tu quitteras l'école;

∎ it'll look bad if I don't contribute ça fera mauvaise impression si je ne contribue pas;

∎ things are looking black for the economy les perspectives économiques sont assez sombres;

∎ the crops look promising la récolte s'annonce bien;

∎ she's not as stupid as she looks elle est moins bête qu'elle n'en a l'air;

∎ I must have looked a fool j'ai dû passer pour un imbécile;

∎ to make sb look a fool or an idiot tourner qn en ridicule;

∎ he makes the rest of the cast look very ordinary à côté de lui, les autres acteurs ont l'air vraiment quelconques;

∎ to look like sb/sth (resemble) ressembler à qn/qch;

∎ she looks like her mother elle ressemble à sa mère;

∎ what does she look like? (describe her) comment est-elle?; (she looks a mess) non mais, à quoi elle ressemble!;

∎ it looks like an oil refinery ça ressemble à une raffinerie de pétrole, on dirait une raffinerie de pétrole;

∎ I don't know what it is, but it looks like blood je ne sais pas ce que c'est, mais on dirait ou ça ressemble à du sang;

∎ it looks like rain on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir;

∎ it looks (to me) like he was lying j'ai l'impression qu'il mentait;

∎ is this our room? - it looks like it c'est notre chambre? - ça m'en a tout l'air;

∎ the meeting looked like going on all day la réunion avait l'air d'être partie pour durer toute la journée;

∎ you look as if you've seen a ghost on dirait que tu as vu un revenant;

∎ it looks as if Natalie's going to resign Natalie a l'air de vouloir démissionner;

∎ it looks as if he didn't want to go il semble qu'il ne veuille pas y aller;

∎ it doesn't look as if they're coming on dirait qu'ils ne vont pas venir;

∎ you're looking good tu as l'air en forme;

∎ he looks good in jeans les jeans lui vont bien;

∎ that hat looks very good on you ce chapeau te va très bien;

∎ it'll look good on your CV ça fera bien sur ton curriculum ou CV;

∎ things are looking pretty good here les choses ont l'air de se présenter plutôt bien ici

(e) (face → house, window)

∎ to look (out) onto a park donner sur un parc;

∎ to look north/west être exposé au nord/à l'ouest

(f) (intend)

∎ to be looking to do sth chercher à faire qch;

∎ she'll be looking to improve on her previous best time elle cherchera à améliorer son meilleur temps;

∎ we're looking to expand our export business nous cherchons à développer nos exportations;

∎ I'm not looking to cause any trouble je ne veux pas causer de problèmes

4 looks plural noun

∎ (beauty) she's got everything - looks, intelligence, youth... elle a tout pour elle, elle est belle, intelligente, jeune...;

∎ he's kept his looks il est resté beau;

∎ looks don't matter l'apparence ne compte pas;

∎ she's got her mother's looks elle a la beauté de sa mère;

∎ he's lost his looks il n'est plus aussi beau qu'avant

➲ look after inseparable transitive verb

(a) (take care of) s'occuper de;

∎ my mother's looking after the kids/the cat this weekend ma mère va s'occuper des enfants/du chat ce week-end;

∎ she has a sick mother to look after elle a une mère malade à charge;

∎ you should look after your clothes more carefully tu devrais prendre plus grand soin de tes vêtements;

∎ he helps me to look after the garden il m'aide à m'occuper du jardin;

∎ figurative look after yourself! fais bien attention à toi!;

∎ you're well looked after on s'occupe bien de vous;

∎ the car has been well looked after la voiture est bien entretenue;

∎ don't worry, he can look after himself ne t'inquiète pas, il est capable de se débrouiller tout seul

(b) (be responsible for) s'occuper de;

∎ they look after our interests in Europe ils s'occupent de nos affaires en Europe

(c) (watch over) surveiller;

∎ can you look after my bag for a couple of minutes? tu peux surveiller mon sac deux minutes?

➲ look ahead intransitive verb

regarder vers l'avenir;

∎ looking ahead three or four years dans trois ou quatre ans;

∎ let's look ahead to the next century/to next month's meeting pensons au siècle prochain/à la réunion du mois prochain

➲ look around = look round

➲ look at inseparable transitive verb

(a) (gen) regarder;

∎ she looked at herself in the mirror elle se regarda dans la glace;

∎ they looked at each other ils ont échangé un regard;

∎ oh dear, look at the time! oh là là, regardez l'heure!;

∎ just look at you! (you look awful) mais regarde-toi donc!;

∎ it's not much to look at ça ne paie pas de mine;

∎ she's not much to look at ce n'est pas une beauté;

∎ he's not much to look at il n'est pas très beau;

∎ you wouldn't think, to look at him, that he's a multi-millionaire à le voir on ne croirait pas avoir affaire à un multi-millionnaire;

∎ I haven't looked at another woman in the last forty years en quarante ans, je n'ai pas regardé une autre femme;

∎ just look at the mess we're in! regarde les ennuis qu'on a!

(b) (consider) considérer;

∎ look at the problem from my point of view considérez le problème de mon point de vue;

∎ that's not the way I look at it ce n'est pas comme ça que je vois les choses;

∎ they won't even look at the idea ils refusent même de prendre cette idée en considération;

∎ if you don't have money, he won't even look at you si vous n'avez pas d'argent, il ne vous regardera même pas;

∎ familiar my brother can't even look at an egg mon frère ne supporte pas ou déteste les œufs

(c) (check) vérifier, regarder;

∎ could you look at the tyres? pouvez-vous regarder les pneus?;

∎ to have one's teeth looked at se faire examiner les dents;

∎ familiar you need your head looking at! ça va pas, la tête?

➲ look away intransitive verb

détourner les yeux

➲ look back intransitive verb

(a) (in space) regarder derrière soi;

∎ she walked away without looking back elle est partie sans se retourner

(b) (in time) regarder en arrière;

∎ there's no point in looking back ça ne sert à rien de regarder en arrière;

∎ the author looks back on the war years l'auteur revient sur les années de guerre;

∎ it seems funny now we look back on it ça semble drôle quand on y pense aujourd'hui;

∎ we can look back on some happy times nous avons connu de bons moments;

∎ figurative after she got her first job she never looked back à partir du moment où elle a trouvé son premier emploi, tout lui a réussi

➲ look down intransitive verb

regarder en bas; (in embarrassment) baisser les yeux;

∎ we looked down on or at the valley nous regardions la vallée en dessous

➲ look down on inseparable transitive verb

(despise) mépriser

➲ look for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (seek) chercher;

∎ go and look for him allez le chercher;

∎ she's still looking for a job elle est toujours à la recherche d'un emploi;

∎ are you looking for a fight? tu cherches la bagarre?

(b) (expect) attendre;

∎ it's not the result we were looking for ce n'est pas le résultat que nous attendions

➲ look forward intransitive verb

(to the future) regarder vers l'avenir

➲ look forward to inseparable transitive verb

attendre avec impatience;

∎ we're looking forward to the end of term nous attendons la fin du trimestre avec impatience;

∎ I'm looking forward to the weekend vivement le week-end!;

∎ to look forward to doing sth être impatient de faire qch;

∎ I'm looking forward to seeing her again (eager) il me tarde de la revoir; (polite formula) je serai heureux de la revoir;

∎ I look forward to meeting you je serai heureux de faire votre connaissance;

∎ see you on Saturday - right, I'll look forward to it à samedi alors - oui, c'est entendu;

∎ I'm not exactly looking forward to going je n'ai pas vraiment envie d'y aller;

∎ they had been looking forward to this moment for months cela faisait des mois qu'ils attendaient cet instant;

∎ I look forward to hearing from you soon (in letter) dans l'attente de votre réponse;

∎ I'm not looking forward to the operation la perspective de cette opération ne m'enchante guère

➲ look in intransitive verb

(a) (inside) regarder à l'intérieur

(b) (pay a visit) passer;

∎ to look in on sb rendre visite à ou passer voir qn;

∎ I'll look in again tomorrow je repasserai demain;

∎ he looked in at the pub on the way home il s'est arrêté au pub en rentrant chez lui

(c) (watch TV) regarder la télévision

➲ look into inseparable transitive verb

examiner, étudier;

∎ it's a problem that needs looking into c'est un problème qu'il faut examiner ou sur lequel il faut se pencher

➲ look on

1 inseparable transitive verb

considérer;

∎ I look on him as my brother je le considère comme mon frère;

∎ to look on sb/sth with favour/disfavour voir qn/qch d'un œil favorable/défavorable

2 intransitive verb

regarder;

∎ the passers-by just looked on les passants se sont contentés de regarder

➲ look out

1 separable transitive verb

∎ British I'll look that book out for you je te chercherai ce livre;

∎ have you looked out those photos to give me? est-ce que tu as trouvé les photos que tu devais me donner?

2 intransitive verb

(a) (person) regarder dehors

(b) (room, window)

∎ the bedroom looks out on or over the garden la chambre donne sur le jardin

(c) (be careful) faire attention;

∎ look out, it's hot! attention, c'est chaud!;

∎ you'll be in trouble if you don't look out tu vas t'attirer des ennuis si tu ne fais pas attention

➲ look out after inseparable transitive verb

American (take care of) prendre soin de

➲ look out for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (be on watch for) guetter;

∎ I'll look out for you at the station je te guetterai à la gare;

∎ look out for the sign to Dover guettez le panneau pour Douvres;

∎ she's always looking out for bargains elle est toujours à la recherche ou à l'affût d'une bonne affaire;

∎ you have to look out for snakes il faut faire attention ou se méfier, il y a des serpents

(b) familiar (idioms)

∎ to look out for oneself penser à soi;

∎ you've got to look out for number one! chacun pour soi!

➲ look over inseparable transitive verb

(glance over) jeter un coup d'œil sur; (examine) examiner, étudier

➲ look round

1 inseparable transitive verb

(museum, cathedral, factory) visiter; (shop, room) jeter un coup d'œil dans

2 intransitive verb

(a) (look at surroundings) regarder (autour de soi);

∎ I'm just looking round (in shop) je regarde;

∎ I'd rather look round on my own than take the guided tour je préférerais faire le tour moi-même plutôt que de suivre la visite guidée;

∎ I looked round for an exit j'ai cherché une sortie

(b) (look back) regarder derrière soi, se retourner

➲ look through inseparable transitive verb

(a) (window, screen) regarder à travers

(b) (book, report) jeter un coup d'œil sur ou à, regarder

(c) figurative (person)

∎ he looked straight through me il m'a regardé comme si je n'étais pas là

➲ look to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (turn to) se tourner vers;

∎ it's best to look to an expert il est préférable de consulter un expert ou de demander l'avis d'un expert;

∎ don't look to her for help ne compte pas sur elle pour t'aider;

∎ they are looking to us to find a solution to this problem ils comptent sur nous pour trouver une solution à ce problème

(b) formal (attend to) veiller à;

∎ he should look to his reputation il devrait veiller à sa réputation;

∎ look to it that discipline is properly maintained veillez à ce que la discipline soit bien maintenue

➲ look up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (in reference work, directory etc) chercher;

∎ look the word up in the dictionary cherche le mot dans le dictionnaire

(b) (visit) passer voir, rendre visite à;

∎ look us up when you're in New York passe nous voir quand tu seras à New York

2 intransitive verb

(a) (raise one's eyes) lever les yeux

(b) (improve) s'améliorer;

∎ things are looking up for the economy les perspectives économiques semblent meilleures

➲ look upon inseparable transitive verb

considérer

➲ look up to inseparable transitive verb

respecter, avoir du respect pour

✾ Book ✾ Film 'Don't look now' Du Maurier, Roeg 'Ne vous retournez pas'

✾ Play ✾ Film 'Look back in Anger' Osborne, Richardson 'La Paix du dimanche' (pièce), 'Les Corps sauvages' (film)

ⓘ Here's looking at you kid Ce sont les mots que prononce Rick Blaine, le personnage incarné par Humphrey Bogart dans le film Casablanca (1942), lorsqu'il dit adieu à la femme qu'il aime, jouée par Ingrid Bergman. Aujourd'hui on utilise souvent cette phrase en référence au film lorsque l'on porte un toast à quelqu'un.

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4 present

I 'preznt adjective
1) (being here, or at the place, occasion etc mentioned: My father was present on that occasion; Who else was present at the wedding?; Now that the whole class is present, we can begin the lesson.) presente

2) (existing now: the present moment; the present prime minister.) presente

3) ((of the tense of a verb) indicating action now: In the sentence `She wants a chocolate', the verb is in the present tense.) presente

•

- presently
- the present
- at present
- for the present
II pri'zent verb
1) (to give, especially formally or ceremonially: The child presented a bunch of flowers to the Queen; He was presented with a gold watch when he retired.) entregar, hacer entrega de

2) (to introduce: May I present my wife (to you)?) presentar (a)

3) (to arrange the production of (a play, film etc): The Elizabethan Theatre Company presents `Hamlet', by William Shakespeare.) presentar

4) (to offer (ideas etc) for consideration, or (a problem etc) for solving: She presents (=expresses) her ideas very clearly; The situation presents a problem.) presentar

5) (to bring (oneself); to appear: He presented himself at the dinner table half an hour late.) presentarse

•

- presenter
- presentable
- presentation
- present arms
III 'preznt noun
(a gift: a wedding present; birthday presents.) regalo, presente, obsequio

present¹ adj

1. presente

is Janet present? ¿está Janet?

2. actual

the present government el gobierno actual

present² n regalo

I've bought you a birthday present te he comprado un regalo de cumpleaños

at present en este momento / actualmente

for the present por el momento

present³ vb presentar / entregar

the president presented the medals to the winners el presidente presentó las medallas a los ganadores

present

tr['prezənt]

adjective

1 (in attendance) presente

■ those present los presentes

2 (current) actual

3 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL presente

noun

1 (now) presente nombre masculino, actualidad nombre femenino

noun the present

1 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL presente nombre masculino

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

at present actualmente, en este momento

for the present de momento, por el momento, por ahora

present company excepted exceptuando a los presentes

there's no time like the present no dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy

to be present (at event, class, etc) estar presente, asistir 2 (see) presenciar

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present

tr[ (vb) prɪ'zent; (n) 'prezənt]

transitive verb

1 (make presentation) entregar, hacer entrega de; (give - as gift) regalar; (- formally) obsequiar

■ the winner was presented with a medal le entregaron una medalla al ganador

2 (offer - report, petition, bill, cheque) presentar; (- argument, ideas, case) presentar, exponer

3 formal use (offer - apologies, respects) presentar; (- compliments, greetings) dar

4 (give - difficulty, problem) plantear; (constitute) suponer, constituir, ser; (provide) presentar, ofrecer

■ this presented us with a new problem esto nos planteó un nuevo problema

5 (introduce) presentar

■ may I present Mr Brown? le presento al Sr. Brown

6 (play) representar; (programme) presentar

noun

1 (gift) regalo; (formal) obsequio

■ he gave me a present me hizo un regalo

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to make somebody a present of something regalar algo a alguien

to present itself (opportunity) presentarse

to present oneself presentarse

present [pri'zɛnt] vt

1) introduce: presentar

to present oneself: presentarse

2) : presentar (una obra de teatro, etc.)

3) give: entregar (un regalo, etc.), regalar, obsequiar

4) show: presentar, ofrecer

it presents a lovely view: ofrece una vista muy linda

present ['prɛzənt] adj

1) : actual

present conditions: condiciones actuales

2) : presente

all the students were present: todos los estudiantes estaban presentes

present ['prɛzənt] n

1) gift: regalo m, obsequio m

2) : presente m

at present: en este momento

3) or present tense : presente m

present

adj.

• actual adj.

• circunstante adj.

• concurrente adj.

• corriente adj.

• presente adj.

n.

• actualidad s.f.

• cortesía s.f.

• cumplido s.m.

• dádiva s.f.

• oferta s.f.

• presente s.m.

• regalo s.m.

v.

• deparar v.

• obsequiar v.

• ofrecer v.

• presentar v.

I
1. prɪ'zent
transitive verb

1)

a) (give, hand over)

to present something to somebody — entregarle* algo a alguien, hacerle* entrega de algo a alguien (frml)

to present somebody WITH something — obsequiar a alguien con algo (frml), obsequiarle algo a alguien (esp AmL frml)

b) ( confront)

to present somebody WITH something: it presents me with a whole host of problems esto me plantea toda una serie de problemas; we were presented with a very difficult situation — nos vimos frente a una situación muy difícil

2) \<\<ticket/passport/account/motion/bill\>\> presentar; \<\<ideas\>\> presentar, exponer*

the way it's presented is very important — la presentación es muy importante

3)

a) ( constitute) ser*, constituir*

they presented an easy target — eran un blanco fácil

b) ( provide) \<\<view/perspective\>\> presentar, ofrecer*

4) (Cin, Theat, Rad, TV) presentar

5) ( introduce) (frml) presentar

may I present my husband? — permítame presentarle a mi marido

to present somebody TO somebody — presentarle alguien a alguien

6) ( Mil)

present arms! — presenten armas!

2.

v refl

a) ( arise) \<\<problem/opportunity\>\> presentarse, surgir*

b) ( appear) (frml) \<\<person\>\> presentarse

c) (display, show) presentarse

this is how the situation presents itself to me — así es como yo veo la situación

3.

vi ( Med) \<\<patient/disease\>\> presentarse

II 'prezṇt
adjective

1) ( at scene) (pred)

to be present — estar* presente

I wasn't present at the meeting — no estuve en la reunión

all those present — todos los presentes

how many were present? — ¿cuántas personas había?

he was present at the scene of the accident — presenció el accidente

2) (before n)

a) ( current) actual

at the present time o moment — en este momento

b) ( Ling)

the present tense — el presente

III 'prezṇt
noun

1) u

a) ( current time)

the present — el presente

at present — en este momento, actualmente

for the present — por ahora, por el momento

to live for the present — vivir el momento

there's no time like the present — (set phrase) no dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy

b) ( Ling)

the present — el presente

2) c ( gift) regalo m

to give somebody a present — regalarle algo a alguien, hacerle* un regalo a alguien

I ['preznt]
1. ADJ

1) [person]

to be present — (in place) estar presente; (at function) asistir, estar presente

he insisted on being present — se empeñó en estar presente or en asistir

the whole family was present — estaba toda la familia presente

how many others were present? — ¿cuántos más había?, ¿cuántos más estuvieron presentes?

nobody else was present — no había nadie más, nadie más estuvo presente

is there a doctor present? — ¿hay un médico (presente)?

present! — ¡presente!

ssh! there are ladies present — ¡sss! hay señoras delante

• to be present at — [+ function] asistir a, estar presente en; [+ scene, accident] presenciar

• present company excepted — exceptuando a los presentes

• all present and correct — (Mil) todos presentes; hum somos todos los que estamos y estamos todos los que somos

• those present — los presentes

2)

to be present — [thing, substance] encontrarse

in some areas, fluoride is naturally present in the water supply — en algunas zonas, el flúor se encuentra de forma natural en el agua

to be ever present — estar siempre presente

3) (=current) actual

how long have you been in your present job? — ¿cuánto tiempo llevas en tu puesto actual?

in its present form — en su forma actual

the present government — el actual gobierno

• from Roman times to the present day — desde los tiempos romanos hasta nuestros días

this tradition has continued to the present day — esta tradición sigue vigente

a solution to the problems of the present day — una solución a los problemas actuales or de nuestros días

• at the present time — (=at this instant) en este momento; (=currently) actualmente, hoy día

(up) to the present time — hasta nuestros días, hasta los tiempos actuales
present-day
4) (Gram) presente

2. N

1) (=present time)

the present — el presente

• for the present — de momento, por lo pronto

that will be all for the present — de momento or por lo pronto esto es todo

I'll say goodbye for the present — me despido hasta la próxima

• up to the present — hasta ahora

- live for the present

- no time like the present

2)

at present — (=at this instant) en este momento; (=currently) ahora, actualmente

Mr Young isn't here at present — el Sr. Young no está aquí en este momento

I don't want to get married at present — de momento no me quiero casar

as things are at present — como están las cosas ahora, como están las cosas actualmente

3) (Gram) (tiempo m) presente m

4) (Jur)

by these presents — por los aquí presentes

3.

CPD

the present continuous N — el presente continuo

the present indicative N — el presente de indicativo

present participle N — participio m activo, participio m (de) presente

the present perfect N — el pretérito perfecto

the present simple N — el presente simple

the present subjunctive N — el presente de subjuntivo

the present tense N — el (tiempo) presente

II

['preznt]
N (=gift) regalo m, obsequio m frm, presente m frm, liter
it's for a present — es para (un) regalo

she gave me the book as a present — me regaló el libro

it was a present from Dad — era un regalo de papá

to give sb a present — hacer un regalo a algn

to make sb a present of sth — regalar algo a algn; (fig) dar algo a algn medio regalado, servir algo a algn en bandeja
birthday, Christmas, wedding
III [prɪ'zent]
1. VT

1) (=give)

a) [+ prize, award] entregar, hacer entrega de

to present sth to sb — entregar algo a algn, hacer entrega de algo a algn

they have presented a petition to Parliament — han hecho entrega de or han presentado una petición al parlamento

b) [+ gift]

to present sb with sth, present sth to sb — regalar algo a algn, obsequiar a algn con algo more frm, obsequiar algo a algn (LAm)

2) (=introduce) presentar

may I present Miss Clark?, allow me to present Miss Clark — frm permítame presentarle a or le presento a la Srta. Clark

it gives me great pleasure to present... — es para mí un honor or placer presentarles a...

he presented Jane to his mother — presentó a Jane a su madre

to be presented at court — (Brit) ser presentada en la corte

3) (=offer formally)

• to present one's apologies (to sb) — presentar sus excusas (ante algn)

• to present one's compliments (to sb) — presentar or ofrecer sus saludos (a algn)

• to present one's credentials (to sb) — [diplomat] presentar sus credenciales (ante algn)

4) (=show) [+ documents, tickets] presentar, mostrar

5) (=put forward, communicate) [+ report, proposal, evidence] presentar; [+ case, argument] exponer; (Parl) [+ bill] presentar

figures can be presented in many ways — hay muchas maneras de presentar las cifras

• the party has to present a more professional image — el partido debe presentar or proyectar una imagen más profesional

• she presented her plan to the meeting — expuso su proyecto a la reunión

6) (=pose) [+ challenge] representar; [+ opportunity] presentar, ofrecer; [+ sight] ofrecer

if you are old, getting fit can present a challenge — si es usted mayor, ponerse en forma puede representar un reto

the bay presents a magnificent sight — la bahía ofrece una vista maravillosa

• the boy presents a problem — el chico nos plantea un problema

• the patrol presented an easy target — la patrulla era un blanco fácil

7) (=provide, confront)

to present sb with sth: the author presents us with a vivid chronicle of contemporary America — el autor nos brinda or ofrece una vívida crónica de la América contemporánea

• she bought a new car and presented me with the bill — se compró un coche nuevo y me pasó la factura

• to present sb with a daughter/ son — frm, hum ofrecer a algn una hija/un hijo

8) (=represent, portray) presentar

the report presents her in a favourable light — el informe presenta una imagen favorable de ella

9) (Comm) (=tender, submit) [+ bill] presentar, pasar; [+ cheque] presentar

the cheque was presented for payment on 24th — el cheque se presentó para el cobro el día 24

10) (Rad, TV) [+ programme] presentar; (Theat) [+ play] presentar, ofrecer el montaje de; (Art) [+ exhibition] exponer, presentar

presenting Garbo as Mimi — con Garbo en el papel de Mimi

11) (Mil)

to present arms — presentar las armas

present arms! — ¡presenten armas!

12)

to present o.s. — [person] presentarse

how you present yourself is extremely important — la manera de presentarse es muy importante

• to present o.s. as sth, he presents himself as a moderate, but he's not — se define a sí mismo como un moderado, pero no lo es

she's thinking of presenting herself as a candidate — está pensando en presentarse como candidata

• to present o.s. for examination — presentarse a (un) examen

• to present o.s. for (an) interview — presentarse a una entrevista

13)

to present itself — [opportunity, problem] surgir, presentarse

a problem has presented itself — ha surgido or se ha presentado un problema

2.

VI
(Med)
to present with sth — [patient] presentarse con algo

to present with or as sth — [condition] presentarse en forma de algo

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I
1. [prɪ'zent]
transitive verb

1)

a) (give, hand over)

to present something to somebody — entregarle* algo a alguien, hacerle* entrega de algo a alguien (frml)

to present somebody WITH something — obsequiar a alguien con algo (frml), obsequiarle algo a alguien (esp AmL frml)

b) ( confront)

to present somebody WITH something: it presents me with a whole host of problems esto me plantea toda una serie de problemas; we were presented with a very difficult situation — nos vimos frente a una situación muy difícil

2) \<\<ticket/passport/account/motion/bill\>\> presentar; \<\<ideas\>\> presentar, exponer*

the way it's presented is very important — la presentación es muy importante

3)

a) ( constitute) ser*, constituir*

they presented an easy target — eran un blanco fácil

b) ( provide) \<\<view/perspective\>\> presentar, ofrecer*

4) (Cin, Theat, Rad, TV) presentar

5) ( introduce) (frml) presentar

may I present my husband? — permítame presentarle a mi marido

to present somebody TO somebody — presentarle alguien a alguien

6) ( Mil)

present arms! — presenten armas!

2.

v refl

a) ( arise) \<\<problem/opportunity\>\> presentarse, surgir*

b) ( appear) (frml) \<\<person\>\> presentarse

c) (display, show) presentarse

this is how the situation presents itself to me — así es como yo veo la situación

3.

vi ( Med) \<\<patient/disease\>\> presentarse

II ['prezṇt]
adjective

1) ( at scene) (pred)

to be present — estar* presente

I wasn't present at the meeting — no estuve en la reunión

all those present — todos los presentes

how many were present? — ¿cuántas personas había?

he was present at the scene of the accident — presenció el accidente

2) (before n)

a) ( current) actual

at the present time o moment — en este momento

b) ( Ling)

the present tense — el presente

III ['prezṇt]
noun

1) u

a) ( current time)

the present — el presente

at present — en este momento, actualmente

for the present — por ahora, por el momento

to live for the present — vivir el momento

there's no time like the present — (set phrase) no dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy

b) ( Ling)

the present — el presente

2) c ( gift) regalo m

to give somebody a present — regalarle algo a alguien, hacerle* un regalo a alguien

English-spanish dictionary > present

5 ser

m.

1 being (ente).

ser humano human being

los seres vivos living things

2 ens.

v.

1 to be (to be in some place or situation, to originate in, to belong to, to pertain, to exist really).

fue aquí it was here

lo importante es decidirse the important thing is to reach a decision

ser de to be made of; (estar hecho de) to be from; (provenir de) to belong to; (ser propiedad de) to be a member of (formar parte de)

¿de dónde eres? where are you from?

los juguetes son de mi hijo the toys are my son's

es alto/gracioso he is tall/funny

es azul/difícil it's blue/difficult

es un amigo/el dueño he is a friend/the owner

Yo soy buena I am good.

2 to be (to be worth, quantity).

¿cuánto es? how much is it?

son 300 pesos that'll be 300 pesos

¿qué (día) es hoy? what day is it today?, what's today?

mañana será 15 de julio tomorrow (it) will be 15 July

¿qué hora es? what time is it?, what's the time?

son las tres (de la tarde) it's three o'clock (in the afternoon), it's three (pm)

3 to be (joined to nouns which signify employment or occupation).

soy abogado/actriz I'm a lawyer/an actress

son estudiantes they're students

4 to be (to happen, to occur, to fall out).

es muy tarde it's rather late

era de noche/de día it was night/day

5 to be (auxiliary verb, by which the passive is formed).

fue visto por un testigo he was seen by a witness

6 to exist, to live.

7 to be for.

Me es muy fácil aprender español It is very easy for me to learn Spanish.

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SER

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son.

Imperfect Subjunctive

era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran.

Past Indicative

fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron.

Future Indicative

seré, serás, será, seremos, seréis, serán.

Conditional

sería, serías, sería, seríamos, seríais, serían.

Present Subjunctive

sea, seas, sea, seamos, seáis, sean.

Imperfect Subjunctive

fuera, fueras, fuera, fuéramos, fuerais, fueran;

fuese, fueses, fuese, fuésemos, fueseis, fuesen.

Future Subjunctive

fuere, fueres, fuere, fuéremos, fuereis, fueren.

Imperative

sé (tú), sea (él/Vd.), seamos (nos.), sed (vos.), sean (ellos/Vds.).

Past Participle

sido.

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SER

► abreviatura

1 RADIO ( Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión) Spanish private broadcasting company

* * *
1. verb
to be

- ser de
2. noun m.
being

* * *

SF ABR Esp
= Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión radio network
* * *
I 1.
cópula

1) ( seguido de adjetivos) to be

[ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1]

es bajo — he's short

es muy callada — she's very quiet

mi padre es calvo — my father's bald

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

es inglés/rubio/católico — he's English/fair/(a) Catholic

era cierto/posible — it was true/possible

sé bueno, estáte quieto — be a good boy and keep still

que seas muy feliz — I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc)

para serte sincero — to be honest with you, to tell you the truth

siempre le he sido fiel — I've always been faithful to her; ver tb verbo intransitivo I 5

¿éste es o se hace?/¿tú eres o te haces? — (AmL fam) is he/are you stupid or something? (colloq)

2) ( hablando de estado civil) to be

el mayor es casado/divorciado — the oldest is married/divorced

es viuda — she's a widow; ver tb estar I 3)

3) (seguido de nombre, pronombre, sintagma nominal) to be

soy peluquera/abogada — I'm a hairdresser/a lawyer

es madre de dos niños — she's a mother of two

ábreme, soy Mariano/yo — open the door, it's Mariano/it's me

el que fuera presidente — the former president

años más tarde sería mi asistente — years later she would become my assistant

por ser usted, haremos una excepción — for you o since it's you, we'll make an exception

dame cualquiera que no sea ése — give me any one except o but that one

ya no soy lo que era — I'm not what I used to be

4) (con predicado introducido por `de')

esos zapatos son de plástico — those shoes are (made of) plastic

soy de Córdoba — I'm from Cordoba

es de los vecinos — it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'

este libro no es de aquí — this book doesn't go o belong here

ésa es de las que... — she's one of those people who..., she's the sort of person who...

ser de lo que no hay — (fam) to be incredible (colloq)

5) (hipótesis, futuro)

será un error — it must be a mistake

¿será cierto? — can it be true?

pero será animal! — he must be a complete idiot
2.
ser vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos)

érase una vez... — once upon a time there was...

2)

a) (tener lugar, ocurrir)

la fiesta va a ser en su casa — the party is going to be (held) at her house

¿dónde fue el accidente? — where did the accident happen?

el asunto fue así... — it happened like this...

b) ( en preguntas)

ser de algo/alguien: ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him; ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? — what will become of us?

3) ( sumar)

¿cuánto es (todo)? — how much is that (altogether)?

son 3.000 pesos — that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos

cuatro y cuatro son ocho — four and four are o make eight

somos diez en total — there are ten of us altogether

4) (causar, significar) to be

aquello fue su ruina — that was his downfall

5) ( resultar)

me va a ser imposible venir — I'm not going to be able to come

me fue muy difícil entenderlo — I found it very difficult to understand

6) ( consistir en) to be

lo importante es participar — the important o main thing is to take part

7) (indicando finalidad, adecuación)

ser para algo — to be for something

este agua es para beber — this water is for drinking

este traje no es para usarlo mucho — this suit is not for frequent wear

Sentido II

8) ( usado para enfatizar)

así es como queda mejor — like that it looks best

fue aquí donde lo vi — this is where I saw him, it was here that I saw him

era él el que quería — he was the one who wanted to

fueron los bancos los que se beneficiaron — it was the banks that benefited

fui yo quien or la que lo dije fui yo quien or la que lo dijo — I was the one who said it, it was me that said it

9)

es que...: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; díselo, si es que te atreves — tell him, if you dare

10)

lo que es... — (fam)

lo que es yo, no pienso hablarle más — I certainly have no intention of speaking to him again

lo que es saber idiomas! — it sure is something to be able to speak languages! (AmE), what it is to be able to speak languages! (BrE)

11) (en locs)

a no ser que — (+ subj) unless

como debe ser: ¿ves como me acordé? - como debe ser! see, I did remember- I should think so too!; los presentó uno por uno, como debe ser she introduced them one by one, as you should; ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; como ser (CS) such as; de no ser así (frml) should this not be the case (frml); de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); de no ser por...: de no ser por él,... if it hadn't been o if it weren't for him,...; eso es! that's it!, that's right!; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; tú pagas tus mil pesos o lo que sea... you pay your thousand pesos or whatever...; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes o anything; no sea que or no vaya a ser que (+ subj) in case; cierra la ventana, no sea or no vaya a ser que llueva close the window in case it rains; ten cuidado, no sea or no vaya a ser que lo eches todo a perder be careful or you'll ruin everything; o sea: los empleados de más antigüedad, o sea los que llevan aquí más de... longer serving employees, that is to say those who have been here more than...; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea..., (ya) sea... either..., or...; (ya) sea por caridad, (ya) sea por otra razón,... whether he did it out of charity or for some other reason,...; sea como sea: hay que impedirlo, sea como sea it must be prevented now matter how o at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea quien sea le dices que no estoy whoever it is, tell them I'm not in; si no fuera/hubiera sido por... — if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for...

Sentido III

12) ( en el tiempo) to be

¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what's today's date

¿qué día es hoy? — what day is it today?

es miércoles — it's Wednesday

serían las cuatro cuando llegó — it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb verbo impersonal
3.
ser v impers to be

era primavera — it was spring(time)

es demasiado tarde para llamar — it's too late to phone
4.
ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva)

ser + pp — to be + pp

fue construido en 1900 — it was built in 1900
II
masculino

1)

a) ( ente) being

seres sobrenaturales — supernatural beings

b) (individuo, persona)

un ser querido — a loved one

un ser muy especial — a very special person

- ser humano/vivo

2)

a) ( naturaleza)

desde lo más profundo de mi ser — from the bottom of my heart

b) ( carácter esencial) essence

3) (Fil) being

la mujer que te dio el ser — the woman who brought you into this world

* * *
I 1.
cópula

1) ( seguido de adjetivos) to be

[ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1]

es bajo — he's short

es muy callada — she's very quiet

mi padre es calvo — my father's bald

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

es inglés/rubio/católico — he's English/fair/(a) Catholic

era cierto/posible — it was true/possible

sé bueno, estáte quieto — be a good boy and keep still

que seas muy feliz — I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc)

para serte sincero — to be honest with you, to tell you the truth

siempre le he sido fiel — I've always been faithful to her; ver tb verbo intransitivo I 5

¿éste es o se hace?/¿tú eres o te haces? — (AmL fam) is he/are you stupid or something? (colloq)

2) ( hablando de estado civil) to be

el mayor es casado/divorciado — the oldest is married/divorced

es viuda — she's a widow; ver tb estar I 3)

3) (seguido de nombre, pronombre, sintagma nominal) to be

soy peluquera/abogada — I'm a hairdresser/a lawyer

es madre de dos niños — she's a mother of two

ábreme, soy Mariano/yo — open the door, it's Mariano/it's me

el que fuera presidente — the former president

años más tarde sería mi asistente — years later she would become my assistant

por ser usted, haremos una excepción — for you o since it's you, we'll make an exception

dame cualquiera que no sea ése — give me any one except o but that one

ya no soy lo que era — I'm not what I used to be

4) (con predicado introducido por `de')

esos zapatos son de plástico — those shoes are (made of) plastic

soy de Córdoba — I'm from Cordoba

es de los vecinos — it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'

este libro no es de aquí — this book doesn't go o belong here

ésa es de las que... — she's one of those people who..., she's the sort of person who...

ser de lo que no hay — (fam) to be incredible (colloq)

5) (hipótesis, futuro)

será un error — it must be a mistake

¿será cierto? — can it be true?

pero será animal! — he must be a complete idiot
2.
ser vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos)

érase una vez... — once upon a time there was...

2)

a) (tener lugar, ocurrir)

la fiesta va a ser en su casa — the party is going to be (held) at her house

¿dónde fue el accidente? — where did the accident happen?

el asunto fue así... — it happened like this...

b) ( en preguntas)

ser de algo/alguien: ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him; ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? — what will become of us?

3) ( sumar)

¿cuánto es (todo)? — how much is that (altogether)?

son 3.000 pesos — that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos

cuatro y cuatro son ocho — four and four are o make eight

somos diez en total — there are ten of us altogether

4) (causar, significar) to be

aquello fue su ruina — that was his downfall

5) ( resultar)

me va a ser imposible venir — I'm not going to be able to come

me fue muy difícil entenderlo — I found it very difficult to understand

6) ( consistir en) to be

lo importante es participar — the important o main thing is to take part

7) (indicando finalidad, adecuación)

ser para algo — to be for something

este agua es para beber — this water is for drinking

este traje no es para usarlo mucho — this suit is not for frequent wear

Sentido II

8) ( usado para enfatizar)

así es como queda mejor — like that it looks best

fue aquí donde lo vi — this is where I saw him, it was here that I saw him

era él el que quería — he was the one who wanted to

fueron los bancos los que se beneficiaron — it was the banks that benefited

fui yo quien or la que lo dije fui yo quien or la que lo dijo — I was the one who said it, it was me that said it

9)

es que...: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; díselo, si es que te atreves — tell him, if you dare

10)

lo que es... — (fam)

lo que es yo, no pienso hablarle más — I certainly have no intention of speaking to him again

lo que es saber idiomas! — it sure is something to be able to speak languages! (AmE), what it is to be able to speak languages! (BrE)

11) (en locs)

a no ser que — (+ subj) unless

como debe ser: ¿ves como me acordé? - como debe ser! see, I did remember- I should think so too!; los presentó uno por uno, como debe ser she introduced them one by one, as you should; ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; como ser (CS) such as; de no ser así (frml) should this not be the case (frml); de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); de no ser por...: de no ser por él,... if it hadn't been o if it weren't for him,...; eso es! that's it!, that's right!; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; tú pagas tus mil pesos o lo que sea... you pay your thousand pesos or whatever...; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes o anything; no sea que or no vaya a ser que (+ subj) in case; cierra la ventana, no sea or no vaya a ser que llueva close the window in case it rains; ten cuidado, no sea or no vaya a ser que lo eches todo a perder be careful or you'll ruin everything; o sea: los empleados de más antigüedad, o sea los que llevan aquí más de... longer serving employees, that is to say those who have been here more than...; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea..., (ya) sea... either..., or...; (ya) sea por caridad, (ya) sea por otra razón,... whether he did it out of charity or for some other reason,...; sea como sea: hay que impedirlo, sea como sea it must be prevented now matter how o at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea quien sea le dices que no estoy whoever it is, tell them I'm not in; si no fuera/hubiera sido por... — if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for...

Sentido III

12) ( en el tiempo) to be

¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what's today's date

¿qué día es hoy? — what day is it today?

es miércoles — it's Wednesday

serían las cuatro cuando llegó — it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb verbo impersonal
3.
ser v impers to be

era primavera — it was spring(time)

es demasiado tarde para llamar — it's too late to phone
4.
ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva)

ser + pp — to be + pp

fue construido en 1900 — it was built in 1900
II
masculino

1)

a) ( ente) being

seres sobrenaturales — supernatural beings

b) (individuo, persona)

un ser querido — a loved one

un ser muy especial — a very special person

- ser humano/vivo

2)

a) ( naturaleza)

desde lo más profundo de mi ser — from the bottom of my heart

b) ( carácter esencial) essence

3) (Fil) being

la mujer que te dio el ser — the woman who brought you into this world

* * *

ser¹

¹ = being, creature.

Ex: A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.

Ex: Stories that lead to doing things are all the more attractive to children, who are active rather than passive creatures.

* abducción por seres extraterrestres = alien abduction.

* alimentación del ser humano = human nutrition.

* llegada de seres extraterrestres = alien visitation.

* nutrición del ser humano = human nutrition.

* ser consecuente con Uno mismo = be true to + Reflexivo.

* ser extraterrestre = alien creature.

* ser fiel con Uno mismo = be true to + Reflexivo.

* ser humano = human being, human, human person.

* ser inteligente = intelligent being.

* ser pensante = sentient being.

* ser superior = supreme being, higher being, superior being.

* ser supremo = supreme being.

* ser todo un éxito = hit + a home run, knock it out of + the park.

* ser vivo = living being, sentient being.

* todo ser humano = every living soul.

* tráfico de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.

* trata de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.

ser²

² = be, take + the form of, stand as.

Ex: Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.

Ex: Hierarchical relationships may also take the form of co-ordinate relationships, in which case they may be represented by 'RT' or related term, in a similar manner to affinitive relationships below.

Ex: Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.

* anhelar ser = ache to be.

* a no ser que = unless.

* así es = that's how it is.

* así sea = amen.

* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.

* centrado en el ser humano = anthropocentric.

* clonación del ser humano = human cloning.

* como es el caso de = as it is with.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight.

* continuar siendo importante = remain + big.

* crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.

* cualquiera que fuere = any... whatsoever.

* cualquiera que fuese = any... whatsoever.

* cualquiera que sea + Nombre = whichever + Nombre.

* debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.

* dejar de ser útil = outlive + Posesivo + usefulness.

* demostrar ser = prove + to be.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* dicho sea de paso = by the by(e).

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* dinero + ser para = money + go towards.

* el + Nombre + es inestimable = the + Nombre + cannot be overestimated.

* el ser barato = cheapness.

* el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.

* entrar sin ser visto = sneak into.

* es = it's [it is].

* esa es la cuestión = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* esa es la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* es decir = i.e. (latín - id est), in other words, that is, that is to say, which is to say.

* es de deducir que = it follows that.

* es de destacar que = significantly.

* es de esperar = hopefully.

* es de esperar que = all being well.

* es de resaltar que = significantly.

* es de suponer que = presumably.

* ese es el asunto = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* es el momento adecuado = the moment is ripe, the time is ripe.

* es el momento oportuno = the moment is ripe, the time is ripe.

* es evidente = clearly.

* es importante destacar = importantly.

* es inevitable que = inevitably.

* es interesante que = interestingly.

* es lo que a mí me parece = my two cents' worth.

* es lo que yo pienso = my two cents' worth.

* es más = more important, moreover.

* es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.

* es mi opinión = my two cents' worth.

* es mi parecer = my two cents' worth.

* es por lo tanto deducible que = it therefore follows that.

* es por lo tanto de esperar que = it therefore follows that.

* es por lo tanto lógico que = it therefore follows that.

* ¡esta es tu oportunidad! = here's your chance!.

* estar siendo + Participio = be in process of + Nombre.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.

* haber sido aceptado = be here to stay, have come + to stay.

* haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.

* la razón de ser = the reason for being.

* la verdad sea dicha = to tell the truth.

* llegar a ser = become, develop into.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* lo que es aun peor = worse still.

* lo que es peor = what's worse.

* lo que haya que de ser, será = que sera sera, what's meant to be, will be, whatever will be, will be.

* lo que + ser = what + be like.

* lo que tenga que ser, será = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.

* merecer ser mencionado = deserve + mention.

* no ser aconsejable = be undesirable.

* no ser + Adjetivo + Infinitivo = be less than + Adjetivo + Infinitivo.

* no ser así ya = be no longer the case.

* no ser bien visto = be in the doghouse.

* no ser cobarde = be no chicken.

* no ser consciente de = remain + unaware of.

* no ser deseable = be undesirable.

* no + ser + de sorprender que = it + be + not surprising that.

* no ser fácil = be no picnic, not be easy.

* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.

* no ser lo suficientemente bueno = not be good enough.

* no ser más que = be nothing more than, be nothing but.

* no ser nada = add up to + nothing.

* no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.

* no ser ningún jovencito = be no chicken.

* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.

* no ser sino = be nothing but.

* no ser una gran pérdida = be no great loss.

* no ser un lecho de rosas = be not all roses.

* no ser verdad = be untrue.

* no somos todos iguales = one size doesn't fit all.

* no tener razón de ser + Infinitivo = there + be + no sense in + Gerundio.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = in all honesty.

* para ser sincero = to be honest, in all honesty.

* pasar a ser = become, develop into.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* posible de ser consultado por máquina = machine-viewable.

* posible de ser visto en pantalla = displayable.

* primer puesto + ser para = pride of place + go to.

* puede muy bien ser = could well be.

* puede muy bien ser que = it may well be that.

* que fue = one-time.

* que fue común antes = once-common.

* que ha sido abordado con preguntas = accost.

* que puede ser apilado = stacking.

* razón de ser = point, raison d'etre, rationale, sense of purpose.

* ser reconocido = gain + recognition.

* resultar ser = prove + to be, turn out to be, happen + to be.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price, come hell or high water.

* sea cual fuere = any... whatsoever, any... whatsoever.

* sea cual fuese = any... whatsoever, any... whatsoever.

* sea cual sea el criterio utilizado = by any standard(s).

* sea lo que sea = whatever it is, be that as it may, call it what you want.

* seamos realistas = face it, let's face it.

* sean cuales sean = whatever they may be.

* sentido del ser humano = human sense.

* ser accesible a través de = be available through.

* ser aceptado = take + hold, gain + acceptance, take off.

* ser acertado = be spot on.

* ser aconsejable = be welcome, be better served by, be in order.

* ser acorde con = be commensurate with.

* ser acuciante = be acute.

* ser acusado de delito criminal = face + criminal charge.

* ser adecuado = be right, stand up, fit + the bill.

* ser + Adjetivo = get + Adjetivo.

* ser + Adjetivo + para = have + a + Adjetivo + effect on.

* ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.

* ser aficionado a = be fond of.

* ser afortunado = be lucky, strike + lucky.

* ser agradable de oír = be good to hear.

* ser agradable + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser algo bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo bueno = be a good thing.

* ser algo completamente distinto = be nothing of the sort.

* ser algo común = be a fact of life, dominate + the scene, be a common occurrence, become + a common feature, be a part of life.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser algo excepcional = be the exception rather than the rule, be in a league of its own.

* ser algo fácil = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo facilísimo = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo habitual = become + a common feature, be a fact of life.

* ser Algo imponente = loom + large.

* ser algo inevitable = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.

* ser algo más profundo que = go + deeper than.

* ser algo más serio que = go + deeper than.

* ser algo (muy) bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.

* ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.

* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.

* ser algo muy obvio = be a dead giveaway.

* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo muy revelador = be a giveaway.

* ser algo natural para = be second nature to + Pronombre, come + naturally to.

* ser algo normal = be a fact of life, become + a common feature, be a part of life.

* ser algo permanente = be here to stay.

* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.

* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser algo por lo que = be a matter for/of.

* ser algo por ver = be an open question.

* ser algo que no ocurre con frecuencia = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo seguro = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo útil para = be something in the hand for.

* ser amado = loved-one.

* ser amigo de = be buddies with.

* ser analizado como una frase = be phrase parsed.

* ser apreciado = receive + appreciation.

* ser apropiado = be right.

* ser aproximadamente + Número = be around + Número, be about + Número.

* ser arrestado = be under arrest.

* ser asequible = be available, become + available.

* ser asequible a = be amenable to.

* ser así = be the case (with), be just like that.

* ser atacado = be under attack, come under + fire, be under assault.

* ser atractivo = look + attractive, be popular in appeal.

* ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

* ser atribuible a = be attributable to.

* ser aun más = be all the more.

* ser autosuficiente = stand on + Posesivo + own, self-serve.

* ser autosuficiente económicamente = pay + Posesivo + own way.

* ser avaricioso = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* ser bienvenido = be most welcome, make + welcome, be welcome.

* ser bonito + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser buenísimo + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.

* ser bueno = make + good + Nombre.

* ser bueno en = be good at.

* ser bueno para Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* ser capaz de = be capable of.

* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.

* ser característico de = be emblematic of.

* ser carísimo = cost + be prohibitive.

* ser caro = be steep.

* ser casi seguro = be a good bet.

* ser chiquito pero matón = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser chulo = be cool.

* ser clavado a = be a dead ringer for.

* ser cliente de una tienda = patronise + shop.

* ser coherente = cohere.

* ser como el día y la noche = different as night and day.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser como mínimo = be no less than.

* ser como una esfera = wrap around.

* ser como un círculo = wrap around.

* ser como un libro abierto = be an open book.

* ser complementario el uno del otro = be integral one to another.

* ser complementarios = be integral one to another.

* ser completamente diferente = be in a different league.

* ser completo = be all inclusive.

* ser común = be the case (with).

* ser condenado a prisión = receive + prison sentence.

* ser confuso = be deceiving.

* ser conocido por = famously, have + a track record of.

* ser conocido por todos = be out in the open.

* ser consciente = sentient being.

* ser consciente de = be alive to, be aware of, be cognisant of, be mindful of/that, become + cognisant of, be aware of, realise [realize, -USA].

* ser consciente de + Posesivo + valía = be alive to + Posesivo + worth.

* ser consciente + desafortunadamente = be painfully aware of.

* ser contradictorio de = run + contrary to.

* ser contraproducente = defeat + Posesivo + purpose, blowback.

* ser contrario a = be contrary to, be hostile to.

* ser conveniente + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.

* ser correcto = be all right, be correct, be right.

* ser cortés con = be civil towards.

* ser costumbre = be customary.

* ser creativo = be inventive.

* ser creíble = invoke + belief.

* ser criticado = be subjected to + criticism, be (the) subject of/to criticism, take + heat, come under + fire.

* ser crucial (para) = be central (to).

* ser cuestión de = come down to.

* ser culpable = be to blame.

* ser culpable (por/de) = be at fault (for/to).

* ser dado a = be amenable to, be apt to, be given to.

* ser de = be a native of.

* ser de alto nivel = be at a high level.

* ser de armas tomar = be a (real) handful.

* ser de ayuda = be of assistance.

* ser debatible = be a moot point, be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

* ser de calidad = be up to snuff, be up to scratch.

* ser decisión de + Nombre = be down to + Nombre.

* ser de contenido + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in content.

* ser de crecimiento rápido = be a quick grower.

* ser de difícil acceso = tuck away.

* ser de dominio público = be public domain.

* ser deficiente = be wanting.

* ser definitivo = be final.

* ser de gran ayuda para = be a boon to.

* ser de gran beneficio para = be of great benefit to.

* ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.

* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.

* ser de interés para = be of interest (to/for).

* ser dejado en la obligación de Uno = be derelict in + duty.

* ser de la izquierda = be of the left.

* ser de la noche = night creature.

* ser de la opinión de que = be of the opinion that, be of the view that.

* ser del gusto de Uno = be to + Posesivo + taste.

* ser del orden de + Número = be of the order of + Número.

* ser de los que piensan que = subscribe to + view.

* ser demasiado = be over-provided, be a mouthful.

* ser demasiado + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.

* ser demasiado complaciente = lean over + too far backwards.

* ser demasiado común = be all too common.

* ser demasiado para = be too much for, be too much for.

* ser demasiado precavido = err + on the side of caution.

* ser demasiado preciso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.

* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.

* ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.

* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.

* ser de número limitado = be limited in number.

* ser de origen + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in origin.

* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.

* ser de primera categoría = be top notch.

* ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.

* ser de sabios = be a point of wisdom.

* ser desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

* ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* ser desconocido para = be alien to.

* ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.

* ser desoído = be unheeded.

* ser despiadado = play + hardball.

* ser detenido = be under arrest.

* ser de un solo uso = be a one-trip pony.

* ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind, differ in + kind (from).

* ser de un valor especial = be of particular value.

* ser de uso general = be in general use, be generally available.

* ser de utilidad = be of use.

* ser de utilidad a = be of service to.

* ser diestro en = be skilled at.

* ser difícil = be a stretch.

* ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.

* ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.

* ser digno de = merit.

* ser digno de admiración = deserve + admiration.

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

* ser digno de + Infinitivo = be worth + Gerundio.

* ser diplomático = say + the right thing.

* ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

* ser dogmático = be dogmatic.

* ser dos mundos completamente distintos = be poles apart.

* ser dudoso = be doubtful.

* ser duro = play + hardball.

* ser eficaz para + Infinitivo = be efficient at + Gerundio.

* ser el acabóse = take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limit.

* ser el alma de = be the life of, be the life and soul of.

* ser el asunto = be the point.

* ser el beneficiario de = be on the receiving end of.

* ser el blanco de = be a pushover for.

* ser el blanco de las críticas = come under + fire.

* ser el canalizador de = be the conduit for.

* ser el capitán = skipper, captain.

* ser el caso (de) = be the case (with).

* ser el centro de atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show, cut + a dash.

* ser el centro de todas las miradas = cut + a dash.

* ser el colmo = be the last straw, bring + the situation to a head, take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limit.

* ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.

* ser elegido = get in.

* ser elevado = be steep.

* ser el éxito de la fiesta = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.

* ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for).

* ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* ser el límite = be the limit.

* ser el mandamás = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* ser el más afectado por = bear + the brunt of.

* ser el máximo = be the limit.

* ser el momento clave = mark + the watershed.

* ser el momento (de) = be the time to.

* ser el momento decisivo = mark + the watershed.

* ser el momento de/para = it + be + time to/for.

* ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.

* ser el orgullo de = be the pride and joy of.

* ser el origen de = provide + the material for.

* ser el paraje natural de = be home to.

* ser el preludio = usher in.

* ser el primero = be second to none, come out on + top.

* ser el primero en = lead + the way in.

* ser el primero en + Infinitivo = take + the lead in + Gerundio.

* ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el que con mayor frecuencia = be (the) most likely to.

* ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.

* ser el resultado de = follow from, result from.

* ser el segundo de a bordo = play + second fiddle.

* ser el último grito = be all the rage.

* ser el último mono ser el último mono = feel + pulled and tugged.

* ser emblemático de = be emblematic of.

* ser en balde = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.

* ser en vano = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* ser enviado a = have + the lead to.

* ser equiparable a = be commensurate with.

* ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong.

* ser escaso = be few and far between, be in short supply.

* ser esclavo de = be slave to.

* ser estupendo = sound + great, be fine and dandy.

* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.

* ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

* ser experto en = be skilled at.

* ser expulsado de = be dropped from.

* ser extraño para = be alien to.

* ser extremadamente + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.

* ser fácil = be easy.

* ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.

* ser facilísimo = be a snap, be a piece of cake.

* ser factible de = be amenable to.

* ser familiar = strike + familiar chords, ring + a bell.

* ser famoso = gain + recognition, be popular.

* ser famoso por = famously, have + a track record of.

* ser favorable = be a plus.

* ser ficticio = be fiction.

* ser fiel a = cleave to.

* ser fructífero = come to + fruition.

* ser goloso = have + a sweet tooth.

* ser grosero con = be abusive of.

* ser hábil para = be adroit at.

* ser habitual = be customary.

* ser harina de otro costal = be a different kettle of fish.

* ser hipertenso = be hyper.

* ser hora de = it + be + time to/for.

* ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.

* ser hora de irse = be time to go.

* ser hora de marcharse = be time to go.

* ser hora ya de que = be about time (that), be high time (that/to/for).

* ser humilde = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

* sería mejor que + Subjuntivo = better + Infinitivo.

* ser ideal = suit + best, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.

* ser ideal para Uno = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser idóneo para = be suited to.

* ser ignorado = be unheeded.

* ser igual a = be equivalent to, equal.

* ser igual que = amount to + the same thing as.

* ser ilegal = be against the law.

* ser ilimitado = be boundless.

* ser implacable = play + hardball.

* ser imponente = be awe-inspiring.

* ser importante = be of importance, make + a difference, be of consequence.

* ser importantísimo = make + all the difference in the world, make + difference in the world.

* ser importantísimo (para) = be central (to).

* ser imposible = be dead meat.

* ser imprescindible = be a must.

* ser improcedente = be out of order.

* ser imprudente = be reckless.

* ser inalterable = set in + stone, set in + tablets of stone.

* ser incapaz de = be unable to.

* ser incoherente = Negativo + hold + water.

* ser incompatible (con) = be irreconcilable (with).

* ser inconsistente = Negativo + hold + water.

* ser increíble = beggar + belief.

* ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stew in + Posesivo + own juice, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.

* ser indescriptible = beggar + description.

* ser indispensable = be a must.

* ser ineficaz = fire + blanks.

* ser infundado = be unfounded.

* ser inherente a = inhere in.

* ser inimaginable = beggar + imagination.

* ser inminente = be on the cards.

* ser inmune a = be immune from, be immune against.

* ser innovador = break + new ground, break + ground.

* ser innumerable = be without number, be legion.

* ser innumerables = run into + the thousands.

* ser insignificante = pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequence.

* ser insignificante de = be slight in.

* ser inteligente = be talented.

* ser interesante = be of interest (to/for).

* ser interesante + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.

* ser interesante + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser interminable = there + be + no end to.

* ser intransigente = play + hardball.

* ser inútil = fire + blanks.

* ser irrespetuoso con = disrespect, diss.

* ser justo = play + fair.

* ser justo con todos = give the devil his due.

* ser justo hasta con el diablo = give the devil his due.

* ser justo lo que se necesita = be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.

* ser justo lo que Uno necesita = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser justo que = there + be + justice in.

* ser juzgado = stand + trial, stand for + trial.

* ser la abreviatura de = be short for.

* ser la base de = be at the core of, form + the basis of, be at the heart of.

* ser la ciudad de = be home to.

* ser la clave de = hold + the key to.

* ser la comidilla del barrio = be the talk of the town.

* ser la comidilla del pueblo = be the talk of the town.

* ser la consecuencia de = follow from, result from.

* ser la costumbre = be customary.

* ser la cuestión = be the point.

* ser la culminación de Algo = represent + the culmination of, mark + the culmination of.

* ser la culpa de = be the fault of.

* ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.

* ser la elección lógica = be a/the natural choice.

* ser la elección natural = be a/the natural choice.

* ser la excepción = be the exception.

* ser la excepción a la regla = constitute + the exception to the rule.

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

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

* ser la forma de = be a recipe for.

* ser la fórmula para = be a recipe for.

* ser la gota que colma el vaso = bring + the situation to a head.

* ser la idea central de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.

* ser la imagen de = be a picture of.

* ser la intención = be the intention.

* ser la intención de uno = be + Posesivo + intention.

* ser la manera de = be a recipe for.

* ser la materia prima de = be grist to + Posesivo + mill.

* ser la mayoría = be in the majority.

* ser la mejor alternativa = be the best bet.

* ser la mejor manera de = be the conduit for.

* ser lamentable = be a pity.

* ser la minoría = be in the minority.

* ser la norma = be the norm, be the rule, become + the norm.

* ser la novedad = be on the scene.

* ser la obra de = be the work of.

* ser la persona ideal para = be the best placed to.

* ser la persona más indicada para = be in a position to.

* ser la propia responsabilidad de Alguien = be of + Posesivo + own making.

* ser la prueba de fuego de Algo = test + Nombre + to the limit.

* ser la punta de lanza de = spearhead.

* ser la razón de = lie at + the root of.

* ser la representación misma de = be a picture of.

* ser la responsabilidad de = be the responsibility of.

* ser la responsabilidad de Alguien + Infinitivo = it + lie with + Nombre/Pronombre + to + Infinitivo.

* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.

* ser la última persona del mundo que + Infinitivo = be one of the last people in the world to + Infinitivo.

* ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.

* ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* ser líder en = take + the lead in + Gerundio.

* ser lo de Uno = be cut out for, be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo más parecido a = be as close as we come to.

* ser lo mismo = be one and the same.

* ser lo normal = be the order of the day.

* ser lo principal de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.

* ser lo que a Uno le encanta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo que a Uno le gusta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser lo que a Uno le interesa = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser lo que a Uno le va = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene.

* ser lo que nos espera = be the shape of things to come.

* ser lo suficientemente + Adjetivo + como para = be + Adjetivo + enough to.

* ser lo suficientemente comprensivo = go + far enough.

* ser lo suficientemente conocido como para que = be sufficiently well known for.

* serlo todo para todos = be all things to all men, be all things to all people.

* ser lo último = be all the rage, be the pits.

* ser lo último en = become + the next stop in.

* ser lo último en lo que + pensar = be the last thing of + Posesivo + mind.

* ser lo último que + ocurrir + a Alguien = be the last thing of + Posesivo + mind.

* ser magnífico + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* ser maravilloso = sound + great.

* ser más astuto que = outfox, outwit, outsmart.

* ser más interno = inner being.

* ser más un + Nombre = be more of a + Nombre.

* ser mayor = be older.

* ser mejor en = be better at.

* ser mejor que = be superior to, compare + favourably.

* ser mejor que + Subjuntivo = better + Infinitivo.

* ser menor = be less.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser mínimo = be at a minimum.

* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.

* ser modesto = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

* ser molesto = be disturbing.

* ser moroso = be in default.

* ser motivador = be motivating.

* ser motivo de preocupación = loom + large.

* ser mucho = be a mouthful.

* ser mucho más = be all the more.

* ser mucho más que = be far more than.

* ser muy aconsejable que = be well advised to.

* ser muy alto = be metres high.

* ser muy amigo de = be pally with.

* ser muy antiguo = go ba

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SER

/ser/

feminine

= Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión

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ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be
◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
era cierto it was true;
sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ siempre le he sido fiel I've always been faithful to her;

ver tb imposible, difícil etc
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;
◊ el mayor es casado the oldest is married;

es viuda she's a widow;
ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;
◊ soy abogada I'm a lawyer;

ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):
◊ esos zapatos son de plástico those shoes are (made of) plastic;

soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
5 (hipótesis, futuro):
◊ será un error it must be a mistake;

¿será cierto? can it be true?
verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos):

◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …

2
a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):

◊ la fiesta va a ser en su casa the party is going to be (held) at her house;

¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?
b) ( en preguntas):

◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;

¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
3 ( sumar):
◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;

son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) ser para algo to be for sth;
◊ este agua es para beber this water is for drinking

( en locs)
◊ a no ser que (+ subj) unless;

¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
(ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
sea como sea at all costs;
sea cuando sea whenever it is;
sea donde sea no matter where;
sea quien sea whoever it is;
si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
( en el tiempo) to be;
◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;

serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
ver tb v impers
ser v impers to be;
◊ era primavera it was spring(time)

ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
■ sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( ente) being;

◊ ser humano/vivo human/living being

b) (individuo, persona):

◊ un ser querido a loved one

2 ( naturaleza):
◊ desde lo más profundo de mi ser from the bottom of my heart

ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
(al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
(adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
' ser' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acceder
- además
- aficionada
- aficionado
- alardear
- alcanzar
- alimentar
- alta
- alto
- ambicionar
- antigüedad
- aparición
- arma
- atinar
- atorarse
- aúpa
- babear
- básica
- básico
- bendición
- caber
- cacho
- cada
- cafetera
- cafetero
- calco
- callo
- canela
- cansada
- cansado
- cantar
- capaz
- capirote
- carácter
- cardo
- carne
- carné
- caso
- cero
- colarse
- comida
- comidilla
- comido
- conmigo
- conquistador
- conquistadora
- contagiarse
- contemplar
- contienda
English:
accountable
- addicted
- adjust
- allow
- allowance
- ambition
- amount to
- anathema
- anomaly
- arduous
- around
- aspire
- aware
- bad
- be
- beating
- being
- belong
- betray
- big
- bill
- bind over
- bird
- booby trap
- boring
- bounce
- can
- carry
- catch up
- cerebral
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- charm
- chip
- claim
- come into
- come under
- connoisseur
- court
- degree
- deserve
- destroy
- differ
- do
- dodger
- doubly
- due
- ear
- easy
- edit

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ser The auxiliary verb ser is used with the past participle of a verb to form the passive (e.g. la película fue criticada the movie was criticized).

♦ v aux
[para formar la voz pasiva] to be;
fue visto por un testigo he was seen by a witness;

la propuesta es debatida o [m5] está siendo debatida en el parlamento the proposal is being debated in parliament

♦ v copulativo

1. [con adjetivos, sustantivos, pronombres] [indica cualidad, identidad, condición] to be;

es alto/gracioso he's tall/funny;

soy chileno/chiapaneco I'm Chilean/from Chiapas;

es azul/difícil it's blue/difficult;

sé discreta/paciente be discreet/patient;

es un amigo/el dueño he's a friend/the owner;

son unos amigos míos they're friends of mine;

es el cartero/tu madre it's the postman o US mailman/your mother;

soy yo, ábreme open up, it's me;

soy Víctor [al teléfono] it's Víctor;

la casa es aquella de ahí the house is that one over there;

es un tipo muy simpático he's a very nice guy;

¿es eso verdad? is that true?;

eso no es cierto that isn't true;

es obvio que le gustas it's obvious that he likes you;

no es necesario ir it isn't necessary to go;

es posible que llueva it may rain;

no está mal para ser de segunda mano it's not bad considering it's second-hand;

no pierde sus derechos por ser inmigrante just because he's an immigrant doesn't mean he doesn't have any rights;

te lo dejo en la mitad por ser tú seeing as o because it's you, I'll let you have it half-price;

por ser usted, señora, 15 euros to you, madam, 15 euros;

que seas muy feliz I wish you every happiness, I hope you'll be very happy;

¡será imbécil el tipo! the guy must be stupid!;

este restaurante ya no es lo que era this restaurant isn't as good as it used to be o isn't what it used to be;
RP Fam
ser loco por algo to be wild about sth

2. [con sustantivos, adjetivos] [indica empleo, dedicación, estado civil, religión] to be;

soy abogado/actriz I'm a lawyer/an actress;

son estudiantes they're students;

para ser juez hay que trabajar mucho you have to work very hard to be o become a judge;

es padre de tres hijos he's a father of three;

es soltero/casado/divorciado he's single/married/divorced;

era viuda she was a widow;

son budistas/protestantes they are Buddhists/Protestants;

el que fuera gobernador del estado the former governor of the state;

Comp
Am Fam
¿tú eres o te haces? are you stupid or what?;

Comp
RP Fam
¿vos sos o te hacés? are you stupid or what?

3. [con "de"] [indica material, origen, propiedad]
ser de [estar hecho de] to be made of;
[provenir de] to be from; [pertenecer a] to belong to;
un juguete que es todo de madera a completely wooden toy, a toy made completely of wood;

¿de dónde eres? where are you from?;

estas pilas son de una linterna these batteries are from a torch;

¿es de usted este abrigo? is this coat yours?, does this coat belong to you?;

los juguetes son de mi hijo the toys are my son's;

portarse así es de cobardes only cowards behave like that, it's cowardly to behave like that

4. [con "de"] [indica pertenencia a grupo]
ser de [club, asociación, partido] to be a member of;

¿de qué equipo eres? [aficionado] which team o who do you support?;

soy del Barcelona I support Barcelona;

ser de los que… to be one of those people who…;

ése es de los que están en huelga he is one of those on strike;

no es de las que se asustan por cualquier cosa she's not one to get scared easily

♦ vi

1. [ocurrir, tener lugar] to be;

fue aquí it was here;

¿cuándo es la boda? when's the wedding?;

la final era ayer the final was yesterday;

¿cómo fue lo de tu accidente? how did your accident happen?;

¿qué fue de aquel amigo tuyo? what happened to that friend of yours?;

¿qué es de Pablo? how's Pablo (getting on)?

2. [constituir, consistir en] to be;

fue un acierto que nos quedáramos en casa we were right to stay at home;

lo importante es decidirse the important thing is to reach a decision;

su ambición era dar la vuelta al mundo her ambition was to travel round the world;

tratar así de mal a la gente es buscarse problemas treating people so badly is asking for trouble

3. [con fechas, horas] to be;

¿qué (día) es hoy? what day is it today?, what's today?;

hoy es jueves today's Thursday, it's Thursday today;

¿qué (fecha) es hoy? what's the date today?, what date is it today?;

mañana será 15 de julio tomorrow (it) will be 15 July;

¿qué hora es? what time is it?, what's the time?;

son las tres (de la tarde) it's three o'clock (in the afternoon), it's three (pm);

serán o [m5] deben de ser las tres it must be three (o'clock)

4. [con precios] to be;

¿cuánto es? how much is it?;

son 300 pesos that'll be 300 pesos;

¿a cómo son esos tomates? how much are those tomatoes?

5. [con cifras, en operaciones] to be;

ellos eran unos 500 there were about 500 of them;

11 por 100 son 1.100 11 times 100 is 1,100

6. [servir, ser adecuado]
ser para to be for;

este trapo es para (limpiar) las ventanas this cloth is for (cleaning) the windows;

este libro es para niños this book is for children;

la ciudad no es para mí the city isn't for me

7. [con "de" más infinitivo] [indica necesidad, posibilidad]
es de desear que… it is to be hoped that…;

era de esperar que pasara algo así it was to be expected that something like that would happen;

es de suponer que aparecerá presumably, he'll turn up;

es de temer cuando se enoja she's really scary when she gets angry

8. [para recalcar, poner énfasis]
ése es el que me lo contó he's the one who told me;

lo que es a mí, no me llamaron they certainly didn't call me, they didn't call me, anyway;

¿es que ya no te acuerdas? don't you remember any more, then?, you mean you don't remember any more?

9. [indica excusa, motivo]
es que no me hacen caso but o the thing is they don't listen to me;

es que no vine porque estaba enfermo the reason I didn't come is that I was ill, I didn't come because I was ill, you see;

¿cómo es que no te han avisado? how come they didn't tell you?

10. Literario [existir]
Platón, uno de los grandes sabios que en el mundo han sido Plato, one of the wisest men ever to walk this earth

11. [en frases]
a no ser que venga unless she comes;

tengo que conseguirlo (sea) como sea I have to get it one way or another;

hay que evitar (sea) como sea que se entere we have to prevent her from finding out at all costs o no matter what;

hazlo cuando sea do it whenever;

de no ser/haber sido por… if it weren't/hadn't been for…;

de no ser por él no estaríamos vivos if it weren't for him, we wouldn't be alive;

de no ser así otherwise;

de ser así if that should happen;

déjalo donde sea leave it anywhere o wherever;

érase una vez, érase que se era once upon a time;

dile lo que sea, da igual tell her anything o whatever, it doesn't make any difference;

haré lo que sea para recuperar mi dinero I will do whatever it takes o anything to get my money back;

se enfadó, y no era para menos she got angry, and not without reason;

no sea que…, no vaya a ser que… in case…;

la llamaré ahora no sea que luego me olvide I'll call her now in case I forget later;

Estados Unidos y Japón, o sea, las dos economías mundiales más importantes the United States and Japan, that is to say o in other words, the two most important economies in the world;

50 euros, o sea unas 8.300 pesetas 50 euros, that's about 8,300 pesetas;

o sea que no quieres venir so you don't want to come then?;

por si fuera poco as if that wasn't enough;

habla con quien sea talk to anyone;

sea quien sea no abras la puerta don't open the door, whoever it is;

si no fuera/hubiera sido por… if it weren't/hadn't been for…;
Am
siendo que… seeing that o as…, given that…;
Am
siendo que tienes la plata, cómprate el vestido más caro seeing as o since you've got the money, buy yourself the more expensive dress

♦ v impersonal
[indica tiempo] to be;
es muy tarde it's rather late;

era de noche/de día it was night/day

♦ nm

1. [ente] being;

seres de otro planeta beings from another planet

Comp
ser humano human being;
Ser Supremo Supreme Being;

los seres vivos living things

2. [persona] person;

sus seres queridos his loved ones

3. [existencia]
mis padres me dieron el ser my parents gave me my life

4. [esencia, naturaleza] being;

la quiero con todo mi ser I love her with all my being o soul

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ser {77} vi

1) : to be

él es mi hermano: he is my brother

Camila es linda: Camila is pretty

2) : to exist, to live

ser, o no ser: to be or not to be

3) : to take place, to occur

el concierto es el domingo: the concert is on Sunday

4) (used with expressions of time, date, season)

son las diez: it's ten o'clock

hoy es el 9: today's the 9th

5) : to cost, to come to

¿cuánto es?: how much is it?

6) (with the future tense) : to be able to be

¿será posible?: can it be possible?

7)

ser de : to come from

somos de Managua: we're from Managua

8)

ser de : to belong to

ese lápiz es de Juan: that's Juan's pencil

9)

es que : the thing is that

es que no lo conozco: it's just that I don't know him

10)

¡sea! : agreed!, all right!

11)

sea... sea : either... or

ser v aux (used in passive constructions) : to be

la cuenta ha sido pagada: the bill has been paid

él fue asesinado: he was murdered

ser nm

: being

ser humano: human being

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ser¹ n (ente) being

ser humano human being

ser vivo living creature

ser² vb

1. (en general) to be

mi amigo es alemán my friend is German

es médico he's a doctor

el cuadro es de Picasso the painting is by Picasso

cinco más cinco son diez five plus five are ten

serán quince euros that'll be fifteen euros

somos cinco there are five of us

la fiesta es el sábado the party is on Saturday

el presidente fue asesinado the president was murdered

2. (estar hecho) to be made

la mesa es de madera the table is made of wood

3. (pertenecer) to belong

este libro es de María this book belongs to María / this book is María's

a no ser que unless

a no ser que llueva unless it rains

érase una vez once upon a time

Spanish-English dictionary > ser

6 εἰμί

εἰμί (Hom.+) impv. ἴσθι, ἔσο IPol 4:1, ἔστω—also colloq. ἤτω (BGU 276, 24; 419, 13; POxy 533, 9; Ps 103:31; 1 Macc 10:31) 1 Cor 16:22; Js 5:12; 1 Cl 48:5; Hv 3, 3, 4;—3 pers. pl. ἔστωσαν (ins since 200 B.C. Meisterhans³-Schw. 191; PPetr III, 2, 22 [237 B.C.]) Lk 12:35; 1 Ti 3:12; GJs 7:2. Inf. εἶναι. Impf. 1 pers. only mid. ἤμην (Jos., Bell. 1, 389; 631; s. further below); ἦν only Ac 20:18 D, 2 pers. ἦσθα (Jos., Ant. 6, 104) Mt 26:69; Mk 14:67 and ἦς (Lobeck, Phryn. 149 ‘say ἦσθα’; Jos., Ant. 17, 110 al.; Sb 6262, 16 [III A.D.]) Mt 25:21, 23 al., 3 sg. ἦν, 1 pl. ἦμεν. Beside this the mid. form ἤμην (pap since III B.C.; Job 29:16; Tob 12:13 BA), s. above, gives the pl. ἤμεθα (pap since III B.C.; Bar 1:19) Mt 23:30; Ac 27:37; Eph 2:3. Both forms in succession Gal. 4:3. Fut. ἔσομαι, ptc. ἐσόμενος. The mss. vary in choice of act. or mid., but like the edd. lean toward the mid. (W-S. §14, 1; Mlt-H. 201–3; Rob. index; B-D-F §98; Rdm.² 99; 101f; Helbing 108f; Reinhold 86f). Also s. ἔνι.

① be, exist, be on hand a pred. use (for other pred. use s. 3a, 4, 5, 6, 7): of God (Epicurus in Diog. L. 10, 123 θεοί εἰσιν; Zaleucus in Diod S 12, 20, 2 θεοὺς εἶναι; Wsd 12:13; Just., D. 128, 4 angels) ἔστιν ὁ θεός God exists Hb 11:6; cp. 1 Cor 8:5. ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν the one who is and who was (cp. SibOr 3, 16; as amulet PMich 155, 3 [II A.D.] ὁ ὢν θεὸς ὁ Ἰάω κύριος παντοκράτωρ=the god … who exists.) Rv 11:17; 16:5. ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, in this and the two preceding passages ἦν is treated as a ptc. (for the unusual use of ἦν cp. Simonides 74 D.: ἦν ἑκατὸν φιάλαι) 1:4; 4:8 (cp. Ex 3:14; Wsd 13:1; Paus. 10, 12, 10 Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζ. ἔστι, Ζ. ἔσσεται; cp. Theosophien 18. S. OWeinreich, ARW 19, 1919, 178f). οὐδʼ εἶναι θεὸν παντοκράτορα AcPlCor 1:11. ἐγώ εἰμι (ins in the Athena-Isis temple of Saïs in Plut., Is. et Os. 9, 354c: ἐγώ εἰμι πᾶν τὸ γεγονὸς κ. ὸ̓ν κ. ἐσόμενον. On the role of Isis in Gk. rel. s. IBergman, Ich bin Isis ’68; RMerkelbach, Isis Regina—Zeus Sarapis ’95; for further lit. s. MGustafson in: Prayer fr. Alexander to Constantine, ed. MKiley et al. ’97, 158.) Rv 1:8 (s. ἐγώ beg.). ὁ ὤν, … θεός Ro 9:5 is classed here and taken to mean Christ by JWordsworth ad loc. and HWarner, JTS 48, ’47, 203f. Of the λόγος: ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λ. J 1:1 (for ἦν cp. Herm. Wr. 1, 4; 3, 1b ἦν σκότος, Fgm. IX 1 p. 422, 23 Sc. γέγονεν ἡ ὕλη καὶ ἦν).—Of Christ πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι, ἐγὼ εἰμί before Abraham was born, I am 8:58 (on the pres. εἰμί cp. Parmenides 8, 5: of the Eternal we cannot say ἦν οὐδʼ ἔσται, only ἔστιν; Ammonius Hermiae [Comm. in Aristotl. IV 5 ed. ABusse 1897] 6 p. 172: in Timaeus we read that we must not say of the gods τὸ ἦν ἢ τὸ ἔσται μεταβολῆς τινος ὄντα σημαντικά, μόνον δὲ τὸ ἔστι=‘was’ or ‘will be’, suggesting change, but only ‘is’; Ps 89:2; DBall, ‘I Am’ in John’s Gospel [JSNT Suppl. 124] ’96).—Of the world πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι before the world existed 17:5. Satirically, of the beast, who parodies the Lamb, ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν Rv 17:8. Of God’s temple: ἔστιν B 16:6f it exists. τὸ μὴ ὄν that which does not exist, the unreal (Sallust. 17 p. 32, 7 and 9; Philo, Aet. M. 5; 82) Hm 1:1. τὰ ὄντα that which exists contrasted w. τὰ μὴ ὄντα Ro 4:17; cp. 1 Cor 1:28; 2 Cl 1:8. Of God κτίσας ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος τὰ ὄντα what is out of what is not Hv 1, 1, 6 (on the contrast τὰ ὄντα and τὰ μὴ ὄντα cp. Ps.-Arist. on Xenophanes: Fgm. 21, 28; Artem. 1, 51 p. 49, 19 τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα; Ocellus Luc. 12; Sallust. 17, 5 p. 30, 28–32, 12; Philo, Op. M. 81; PGM 4, 3077f ποιήσαντα τὰ πάντα ἐξ ὧν οὐκ ὄντων εἰς τὸ εἶναι; 13, 272f τὸν ἐκ μὴ ὄντων εἶναι ποιήσαντα καὶ ἐξ ὄντων μὴ εἶναι; Theoph. Ant. 1, 4 [p. 64, 21] τὰ πάντα ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων εἰς τὸ εἶναι).—Of existing in the sense be present, available, provided πολλοῦ ὄχλου ὄντος since a large crowd was present Mk 8:1. ὄντων τῶν προσφερόντων those are provided who offer Hb 8:4. οὔπω ἦν πνεῦμα the Spirit had not yet come J 7:39. ἀκούσας ὄντα σιτία when he heard that grain was available Ac 7:12.—Freq. used to introduce parables and stories (once) there was: ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν πλούσιος there was (once) a rich man Lk 16:1, 19. ἦν ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τ. Φαρισαίων there was a man among the Pharisees J 3:1.—There is, there are ὥσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοί as there are many gods 1 Cor 8:5. διαιρέσεις χαρισμάτων εἰσίν there are various kinds of spiritual gifts 12:4ff; 1J 5:16 al. Neg. οὐκ ἔστι there is (are) not, no (Ps 52:2; Simplicius in Epict. p. 95, 42 as a quot. from ‘tragedy’ οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοί) δίκαιος there is no righteous man Ro 3:10 (Eccl 7:20). ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔστιν there is no resurr. of the dead 1 Cor 15:12; οὐδʼ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν AcPlCor 1:12; 2:24; cp. Mt 22:23; Ac 23:8 (cp. 2 Macc 7:14). εἰσὶν οἵ, or οἵτινες there are people who (Hom. et al.; LXX; Just., D. 47, 2 εἰ μήτι εἰσὶν οἱ λέγοντες ὅτι etc.—W. sing. and pl. combined: Arrian, Ind. 24, 9 ἔστι δὲ οἳ διέφυγον=but there are some who escaped) Mt 16:28; 19:12; Mk 9:1; Lk 9:27; J 6:64; Ac 11:20. Neg. οὐδείς ἐστιν ὅς there is no one who Mk 9:39; 10:29; Lk 1:61; 18:29. As a question τίς ἐστιν ὅς; who is there that? Mt 12:11—In an unusual (perh. bureaucratic terminology) participial construction Ac 13:1 ἡ οὖσα ἐκκλησία the congregation there (cp. Ps.-Pla., Eryx. 6, 394c οἱ ὄντες ἄνθρωποι=the people with whom he has to deal; PLond III 1168, 5 p. 136 [18 A.D.] ἐπὶ ταῖς οὔσαις γειτνίαις=on the adjoining areas there; PGen 49; PSI 229, 11 τοῦ ὄντος μηνός of the current month); cp. 14:13.—αἱ οὖσαι (sc. ἐξουσίαι) those that exist Ro 13:1 (cp. UPZ 180a I, 4 [113 B.C.] ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν τῶν ὄντων καὶ οὐσῶν).

② to be in close connection (with), is, freq. in statements of identity or equation, as a copula, the equative function, uniting subject and predicate. On absence of the copula, Mlt-Turner 294–310.

ⓐ gener. πραΰς εἰμι I am gentle Mt 11:29. ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριήλ Lk 1:19. σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ Mk 3:11; J 1:49 and very oft. ἵνα … ὁ πονηρὸς … ἐλεγχθῇ [το? s. app. in Bodm.] μὴ ὢν θεός AcPlCor 2:15 (Just., D. 3, 3 φιλολόγος οὖν τις εἶ σύ).—The pred. can be supplied fr. the context: καὶ ἐσμέν and we are (really God’s children) 1J 3:1 (Eur., Ion 309 τ. θεοῦ καλοῦμαι δοῦλος εἰμί τε. Dio Chrys. 14 [31], 58 θεοφιλεῖς οἱ χρηστοὶ λέγονται καὶ εἰσίν; Epict. 2, 16, 44 Ἡρακλῆς ἐπιστεύθη Διὸς υἱὸς εἶναι καὶ ἦν.—The ptc. ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν used w. a noun or adj.and serving as an if-, since-, or although-clause sim. functions as a copula πονηροὶ ὄντες Mt 7:11; 12:34.—Lk 20:36; J 3:4; 4:9; Ac 16:21; Ro 5:10; 1 Cor 8:7; Gal 2:3 al.).—W. adv. of quality: οὕτως εἶναι be so preceded by ὥσπερ, καθώς or followed by ὡς, ὥσπερ Mt 13:40; 24:27, 37, 39; Mk 4:26; Lk 17:26. W. dat. of pers. οὕτως ἔσται ὁ υἱὸς τ. ἀ. τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ so the Human One (Son of Man) will be for this generation 11:30. εἰμὶ ὡσ/ὥσπερ I am like Mt 6:5; Lk 18:11. W. dat. ἔστω σοι ὥσπερ τελώνης he shall be to you as a tax-collector Mt 18:17. εἰμὶ ὥς τις I am like someone of outward and inward similarity 28:3; Lk 6:40; 11:44; 22:27 al. καθώς εἰμι as I am Ac 22:3; 1J 3:2, 7; 4:17.—W. demonstr. pron. (Just., A I, 16, 1 ἃ ἔφη, ταῦτά ἐστι: foll. by a quotation; sim. 48, 5 ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα; and oft.) τὰ ὀνόματά ἐστιν ταῦτα Mt 10:2. αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία J 1:19. W. inf. foll. θρησκεία αὕτη ἐστίν, ἐπισκέπτεσθαι Js 1:27. W. ὅτι foll. αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ κρίσις, ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν J 3:19; cp. 21:24; 1J 1:5; 3:11; 5:11. W. ἵνα foll. τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ ἔργον, ἵνα πιστεύητε J 6:29; cp. vs. 39f; 15:12; 17:3; 1J 3:11, 23; 5:3. W. τηλικοῦτος: τὰ πλοῖα, τηλικαῦτα ὄντα though they are so large Js 3:4. W. τοσοῦτος: τοσοῦτων ὄντων although there were so many J 21:11. W. τοιοῦτος: τοιοῦτος ὤν Phlm 9 (cp. Just., A I, 18, 4 ὅσα ἄλλα τοιαῦτά ἐστι).—W. interrog. pron. ὑμεῖς τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι; who do you say I am? Mt 16:15; cp. 21:10; Mk 1:24; 4:41; 8:27, 29; Lk 4:34 al.; σὺ τίς εἶ; J 1:19; 8:25; 21:12 al. (cp. JosAs 14:6 τίς εἶ συ tell me ‘who you are’). σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων; (Pla., Gorg. 452b; Strabo 6, 2, 4 σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ τὸν Ὅμηρον ψέγων ὡς μυθογράφον;) Ro 14:4; ἐγὼ τίς ἤμην; (cp. Ex 3:11) Ac 11:17; τίς εἰμι ἐγὼ ὅτι who am I, that GJs 12:2 (Ex 3:11). W. πόσος: πόσος χρόνος ἐστίν; how long a time? Mk 9:21. W. ποταπός of what sort Lk 1:29.—W. relative pron. οἷος 2 Cor 10:11; ὁποῖος Ac 26:29; 1 Cor 3:13; Gal 2:6; ὅς Rv 1:19; ὅστις Gal 5:10, 19.—W. numerals ἦσαν οἱ φαγόντες πεντακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες 6:44 (cp. Polyaenus 7, 25 ἦσαν οἱ πεσόντες ἀνδρῶν μυριάδες δέκα); cp. Ac 19:7; 23:13. Λάζαρος εἷς ἦν ἐκ τῶν ἀνακειμένων L. was one of those at the table J 12:2; cp. Gal 3:20; Js 2:19. τῶν πιστευσάντων ἦν καρδία καὶ ψυχὴ μία Ac 4:32. εἷς εἶναι be one and the same Gal 3:28. ἓν εἶναι be one J 10:30; 17:11, 21ff; 1 Cor 3:8.—οὐδʼ εἶναι τὴν πλάσιν τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ θεοῦ (that) the creation of humankind is not God’s doing AcPlCor 1:13.—To establish identity the formula ἐγώ εἰμι is oft. used in the gospels (corresp. to Hebr. אֲנִי הוּא Dt 32:39; Is 43:10), in such a way that the predicate must be understood fr. the context: Mt 14:27; Mk 6:50; 13:6; 14:62; Lk 22:70; J 4:26; 6:20; 8:24, 28; 13:19; 18:5f and oft.; s. on ἐγώ.—In a question μήτι ἐγώ εἰμι; surely it is not I? Mt 26:22, 25.

ⓑ to describe a special connection betw. the subject and a predicate noun ἡμεῖς ναὸς θεοῦ ἐσμεν ζῶντος we are a temple of the living God 2 Cor 6:16. ἡ ἐπιστολὴ ὑμεῖς ἐστε you are our letter (of recommendation) 3:2. σφραγίς μου τῆς ἀποστολῆς ὑμεῖς ἐστε you are the seal of my apostleship 1 Cor 9:2 and oft.

ⓒ in explanations:

α. to show how someth. is to be understood is a representation of, is the equivalent of; εἰμί here, too, serves as copula; we usually translate mean, so in the formula τοῦτʼ ἔστιν this or that means, that is to say (Epict., Ench. 33, 10; Arrian, Tact. 29, 3; SIG 880, 50; PFlor 157, 4; PSI 298, 9; PMert 91, 9; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 16; ApcMos 19; Just., D. 56, 23; 78, 3 al.) Mk 7:2; Ac 19:4; Ro 7:18; 9:8; 10:6, 8; Phlm 12; Hb 7:5 al.; in the sense that is (when translated) (Polyaenus 8, 14, 1 Μάξιμος ἀνηγορεύθη• τοῦτο δʼ ἄν εἴη Μέγιστον) Mt 27:46; Ac 1:19. So also w. relative pron.: ὅ ἐστιν Mk 3:17; 7:11, 34; Hb 7:2. After verbs of asking, recognizing, knowing and not knowing (Antiphanes Com. 231, 1f τὸ ζῆν τί ἐστι;) μάθετε τί ἐστιν learn what (this) means Mt 9:13. εἰ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν 12:7; cp. Mk 1:27; 9:10; Lk 20:17; J 16:17f; Eph 4:9. W. an indir. question (Stephan. Byz. s.v. Ἀγύλλα: τὶς ἠρώτα τί ἂν εἴη τὸ ὄνομα) τί ἂν εἴη ταῦτα Lk 15:26; τί εἴη τοῦτο 18:36. τίνα θέλει ταῦτα εἶναι what this means Ac 17:20; cp. 2:12, where the question is not about the mng. of terms but the significance of what is happening.—Esp. in interpr. of the parables (Artem. 1, 51 p. 48, 26 ἄρουρα οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἐστὶν ἢ γυνή=field means nothing else than woman) ὁ ἀγρός ἐστιν ὁ κόσμος the field means the world Mt 13:38; cp. vss. 19f, 22f; Mk 4:15f, 18, 20; Lk 8:11ff (cp. Gen 41:26f; Ezk 37:11; Ath. 22, 4 [Stoic interpr. of myths]). On τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου Mt 26:26; Mk 14:22; Lk 22:19 and its various interpretations, see lit. s.v. εὐχαριστία. Cp. Hipponax (VI B.C.) 45 Diehl αὕτη γάρ ἐστι συμφορή=this means misfortune.

β. to be of relative significance, be of moment or importance, amount to someth. w. indef. pron. εἰδωλόθυτόν τί ἐστιν meat offered to idols means anything 1 Cor 10:19. Esp. εἰμί τι I mean someth. of pers. 1 Cor 3:7; Gal 2:6; 6:3; and of things vs. 15. εἰμί τις Ac 5:36.—Of no account ἐμοὶ εἰς ἐλάχιστόν ἐστιν (telescoped fr. ἐλάχ. ἐστιν and εἰς ἐλάχ. γίνεται, of which there are many exx. in Schmid, I 398; II 161, 237; III 281; IV 455) it is of little or no importance to me 1 Cor 4:3.

③ be in reference to location, persons, condition, or time, be

ⓐ of various relations or positions involving a place or thing: w. ἀπό: εἶναι ἀπό τινος be or come from a certain place (X., An. 2, 4, 13) J 1:44.—W. ἐν: ἐν τοῖς τ. πατρός μου in my father’s house Lk 2:49 (cp. Jos., Ant. 16, 302 καταγωγὴ ἐν τοῖς Ἀντιπάτρου). ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ on the way Mk 10:32. ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Mt 24:26. ἐν ἀγρῷ Lk 15:25. ἐν δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ at God’s right hand Ro 8:34; in heaven Eph 6:9.—W. εἰς: τὴν κοίτην Lk 11:7; τὸν κόλπον J1:18.—W. ἐπὶ w. gen. be on someth. of place, roof Lk 17:31; head J 20:7 (cp. 1 Macc 1:59); also fig., of one who is over someone (1 Macc 10:69; Jdth 14:13 ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν αὐτοῦ) Ro 9:5 (of the angel of death Mel., P. 20, 142 ἐπὶ τῶν πρωτοτόκων); also ἐπάνω τινός J 3:31.—W. dat. be at someth. the door Mt 24:33; Mk 13:29.—W. acc. be on someone: grace Lk 2:40; Ac 4:33; spirit (Is 61:1) Lk 2:25; εἶναι ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό be in the same place, together (Gen 29:2 v.l.) Ac 1:15; 2:1, 44; 1 Cor 7:5.—W. κατά w. acc. εἶναι κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν be in Judea Ac 11:1; εἶναι ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ κατὰ τὴν οὖσαν ἐκκλησίαν were at Antioch in the congregation there 13:1.—W. ὑπό w. acc. τι or τινα of place be under someth. J 1:48; 1 Cor 10:1.—W. παρά w. acc. παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν by the sea- (i.e. lake-) shore Mk 5:21; Ac 10:6.—W. πρός τι be close to, facing someth. Mk 4:1.—W. adv. of place ἐγγύς τινι near someth. Ac 9:38; 27:8. μακρὰν (ἀπό) Mk 12:34; J 21:8; Eph 2:13; also πόρρω Lk 14:32. χωρίς τινος without someth. Hb 12:8. ἐνθάδε Ac 16:28. ἔσω J 20:26. ἀπέναντί τινος Ro 3:18 (Ps 35:2). ἐκτός τινος 1 Cor 6:18; ἀντίπερά τινος Lk 8:26; ὁμοῦ J 21:2; οὗ Mt 2:9; ὅπου Mk 2:4; 5:40. ὧδε Mt 17:4; Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33. Also w. fut. mng. (ESchwartz, GGN 1908, 161 n.; on the fut. use of the pres. cp. POxy 531, 22 [II A.D.] ἔστι δὲ τοῦ Τῦβι μηνὸς σοὶ ὸ̔ θέλεις) ὅπου εἰμί J 7:34, 36; 12:26; 14:3; 17:24. As pred., to denote a relatively long stay at a place, stay, reside ἴσθι ἐκεῖ stay there Mt 2:13, cp. vs. 15; ἐπʼ ἐρήμοις τόποις in lonely places Mk 1:45; ἦν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν he stayed by the lakeside 5:21.

ⓑ involving humans or transcendent beings: w. adv. ἔμπροσθέν τινος Lk 14:2. ἔναντί τινος Ac 8:21; ἐνώπιόν τινος Lk 14:10; Ac 4:19; 1 Pt 3:4; Rv 7:15; ἐντός τινος Lk 17:21; ἐγγύς τινος J 11:18; 19:20; Ro 10:8 (Dt 30:14).—W. prep. ἐν τινί equiv. to ἔκ τινος εἶναι be among Mt 27:56; cp. Mk 15:40; Ro 1:6. Of God, who is among his people 1 Cor 14:25 (Is 45:14; Jer 14:9); of the Spirit J 14:17. Of persons under Christ’s direction: ἐν θεῷ 1J 2:5; 5:20 (s. Norden, Agn. Th. 23, 1). ἔν τινι rest upon, arise from someth. (Aristot., Pol. 7, 1, 3 [1323b, 1] ἐν ἀρετῇ; Sir 9:16) Ac 4:12; 1 Cor 2:5; Eph 5:18.—εἴς τινα be directed, inclined toward Ac 23:30; 2 Cor 7:15; 1 Pt 1:21.—κατά w. gen. be against someone (Sir 6:12) Mt 12:30; Mk 9:40 and Lk 9:50 (both opp. ὑπέρ); Gal 5:23.—σύν τινι be with someone (Jos., Ant. 7, 181) Lk 22:56; 24:44; Ac 13:7; accompany, associate w. someone Lk 8:38; Ac 4:13; 22:9; take sides with someone (X., Cyr. 5, 4, 37; 7, 5, 77; Jos., Ant. 11, 259 [of God]) Ac 14:4.—πρός τινα be with someone Mt 13:56; Mk 6:3; J 1:1f. I am to be compared w. IMg 12.—μετά and gen. be with someone (Judg 14:11) Mt 17:17; Mk 3:14; 5:18; J 3:26; 12:17; ἔστω μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰρήνη AcPlCor 2:40; of God, who is with someone (Gen 21:20; Judg 6:13 al.; Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 4; Jos., Ant. 6, 181; 15, 138) Lk 1:66; J 3:2; 8:29; Ac 10:38 al.; also be with in the sense be favorable to, in league with (Ex 23:2) Mt 12:30; Lk 11:23; of punishment attending a pers. τὸ πῦρ ἐστι μετʼ αὐτοῦ AcPlCor 2:37.—παρά and gen. come from someone (X., An. 2, 4, 15; Just., D. 8, 4 ἔλεος παρὰ θεοῦ) fr. God J 6:46; 7:29; w. dat. be with, among persons Mt 22:25; Ac 10:6. W. neg. be strange to someone, there is no … in someone Ro 2:11; 9:14; Eph 6:9.—ὑπέρ w. gen. be on one’s side Mk 9:4 and Lk 9:50 (both opp. κατά); w. acc. be superior to (Sir 25:10; 30:16) Lk 6:40.

ⓒ of condition or circumstance: κατά w. acc. live in accordance with (Sir 28:10; 43:8; 2 Macc 9:20) κατὰ σάκρα, πνεῦμα Ro 8:5. οὐκ ἔστιν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον not human (in origin) Gal 1:11.—Fig. ὑπό w. acc. be under (the power of) someth. Ro 3:9; 6:14f; Gal 3:10, 25.—W. ἐν of existing ἐν τῷ θεῷ εἶναι of humankind: have its basis of existence in God Ac 17:28. Of states of being: ἐν δόξῃ 2 Cor 3:8; ἐν εἰρήνῃ Lk 11:21; ἐν ἔχθρᾳ at enmity 23:12; ἐν κρίματι under condemnation vs. 40. ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος suffer from hemorrhages Mk 5:25; Lk 8:43 (cp. Soph., Aj. 271 ἦν ἐν τῇ νόσῳ; cp. TestJob 35:1 ἐν πληγαῖς πολλαῖς). Periphrastically for an adj. ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ authoritative Lk 4:32. ἐν βάρει important 1 Th 2:7. ἐν τῇ πίστει true believers, believing 2 Cor 13:5. Be involved in someth. ἐν ἑορτῇ be at the festival=take part in it J 2:23. ἐν τούτοις ἴσθι devote yourself to these things 1 Ti 4:15 (cp. X., Hell. 4, 8, 7 ἐν τοιούτοις ὄντες=occupied w. such things; Jos., Ant. 2, 346 ἐν ὕμνοις ἦσαν=they occupied themselves w. the singing of hymns).—Fig., live in the light 1J 2:9; cp. vs. 11; 1 Th 5:4; in the flesh Ro 7:5; 8:8; AcPlCor 1:6. ἐν οἷς εἰμι in the situation in which I find myself Phil 4:11 (X., Hell. 4, 2, 1; Diod S 12, 63, 5; 12, 66, 4; Appian, Hann. 55 §228 ἐν τούτοις ἦν=he was in this situation; Jos., Ant. 7, 232 ἐν τούτοις ἦσαν=found themselves in this sit.; TestJob 35:6 ἐν τίνι ἐστίν; s. ZPE VIII 170). ἐν πολλοῖς ὢν ἀστοχήμασι AcPlCor 2:1. Of characteristics, emotions, etc. ἔν τινί ἐστιν, e.g. ἀδικία J 7:18; ἄγνοια Eph 4:18; ἀλήθεια J 8:44; 2 Cor 11:10 (cp. 1 Macc 7:18); ἁμαρτία 1J 3:5.

ⓓ of time ἐγγύς of καιρός be near Mt 26:18; Mk 13:28. πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἐστίν it is toward evening Lk 24:29 (Just., D. 137, 4 πρὸς δυσμὰς … ὁ ἥλιός ἐστι).

④ to be alive in a period of time, live, denoting temporal existence (Hom., Trag., Thu. et al.; Sir 42:21; En 102:5 Philo, De Jos. 17; Jos., Ant. 7, 254) εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν if we had lived in the days of our fathers Mt 23:30. ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν because they were no more 2:18 (Jer 38:15). ἦσαν ἐπὶ χρόνον ἱκανόν (those who were healed and raised by Christ) remained alive for quite some time Qua.

⑤ to be the time at which someth. takes place w. indications of specific moments or occasions, be (X., Hell. 4, 5, 1, An. 4, 3, 8; Sus 13 Theod.; 1 Macc 6:49; 2 Macc 8:26; Jos., Ant. 6, 235 νουμηνία δʼ ἦν; 11, 251): ἦν ὥρα ἕκτη it was the sixth hour (=noon acc. to Jewish reckoning) Lk 23:44; J 4:6; 19:14.—Mk 15:25; J 1:39. ἦν ἑσπέρα ἤδη it was already evening Ac 4:3. πρωί̈ J 18:28. ἦν παρασκευή Mk 15:42. ἦν ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων J 5:1. σάββατόν ἐστιν vs. 10 et al. Short clauses (as Polyaenus 4, 9, 2 νὺξ ἦν; 7, 44, 2 πόλεμος ἦν; exc. 36, 8 ἦν ἀρίστου ὥρα; Jos., Ant. 19, 248 ἔτι δὲ νὺξ ἦν) χειμὼν ἦν J 10:22; ἦν δὲ νύξ (sim. Jos., Bell. 4, 64) 13:30; ψύχος it was cold 18:18; καύσων ἔσται it will be hot Lk 12:55.

⑥ to take place as a phenomenon or event, take place, occur, become, be, be in (Hom., Thu. et al.; LXX; En 104:5; 106:6.—Cp. Just., D. 82, 2 of Christ’s predictions ὅπερ καὶ ἔστι ‘which is in fact the case’.) ἔσται θόρυβος τοῦ λαοῦ a popular uprising Mk 14:2. γογγυσμὸς ἦν there was (much) muttering J 7:12. σχίσμα there was a division 9:16; 1 Cor 1:10; 12:25. ἔριδες … εἰσίν quarrels are going on 1:11. δεῖ αἱρέσεις εἶναι 11:19. θάνατος, πένθος, κραυγή, πόνος ἔσται Rv 21:4. ἔσονται λιμοὶ κ. σεισμοί Mt 24:7. Hence τὸ ἐσόμενον what was going to happen (Sir 48:25) Lk 22:49. πότε ταῦτα ἔσται; when will this happen? Mt 24:3. πῶς ἔσται τοῦτο; how can this be? Lk 1:34. Hebraistically (הָיָה; s. KBeyer, Semitische Syntax im NT, ’62, 63–65) καὶ ἔσται w. fut. of another verb foll. and it will come about that Ac 2:17 (Jo 3:1); 3:23 (w. δέ); Ro 9:26 (Hos 2:1).—W. dat. ἐστί τινι happen, be granted, come, to someone (X., An. 2, 1, 10; Jos., Ant. 11, 255; Just., D. 8, 4 σοὶ … ἔλεος ἔσται παρὰ θεοῦ) Mt 16:22; Mk 11:24; Lk 2:10; GJs 1:1; 4:3; 8:3; τί ἐστίν σοι τοῦτο, ὅτι what is the matter with you, that GJs 17:2.—Of becoming or turning into someth. become someth. εἰς χολὴν πικρίας εἶναι become bitter gall Ac 8:23. εἰς σάρκα μίαν Mt 19:5; Mk 10:8; 1 Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31 (all Gen 2:24. Cp. Syntipas p. 42, 24 οὐκ ἔτι ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ εἰς γυναῖκα); τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθείας Lk 3:5 (Is 40:4); εἰς πατέρα 2 Cor 6:18; Hb 1:5 (2 Km 7:14; 1 Ch 22:10; 28:6); εἰς τὸ ἕν 1J 5:8.— Serve as someth. (IPriene 50, 39 [c. II B.C.] εἶναι εἰς φυλακὴν τ. πόλεως; Aesop., Fab. 28 H.=18 P.; 26 Ch.; 18 H-H. εἰς ὠφέλειαν; Gen 9:13; s. also εἰς 4d) 1 Cor 14:22; Col 2:22; Js 5:3.—Of something being ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται it will be more tolerable τινί for someone Lk 10:12, 14.

⑦ to exist as possibility ἔστιν w. inf. foll. it is possible, one can (Περὶ ὕψους 6; Diog. L. 1, 110 ἔστιν εὑρεῖν=one can find; Just., A I, 59, 10 ἔστι ταῦτα ἀκοῦσαι καὶ μαθεῖν; D. 42, 3 ἰδεῖν al.; Mel., P. 19, 127); neg. οὐκ ἔστιν νῦν λέγειν it is not possible to speak at this time Hb 9:5. οὐκ ἔστιν φαγεῖν it is impossible to eat 1 Cor 11:20 (so Hom. et al.; UPZ 70, 23 [152/151 B.C.] οὐκ ἔστι ἀνακύψαι με πώποτε … ὑπὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης; 4 Macc 13:5; Wsd 5:10; Sir 14:16; 18:6; EpJer 49 al.; EpArist 163; Jos., Ant. 2, 335; Ath. 22, 3 ἔστιν εἰπεῖν).

⑧ to have a point of derivation or origin, be,/come from somewhere ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου from Herod’s jurisdiction Lk 23:7; ἐκ Ναζαρέτ (as an insignificant place) J 1:46; ἐκ τῆς γῆς 3:31; ἐκ γυναικός 1 Cor 11:8 al. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων be of heavenly (divine), human descent Mt 21:25; Mk 11:30; Lk 20:4. Be generated by (cp. Sb 8141, 21f [ins I B.C.] οὐδʼ ἐκ βροτοῦ ἤεν ἄνακτος, ἀλλὰ θεοῦ μεγάλου ἔκγονος; En 106:6) Mt 1:20. Esp. in Johannine usage ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου εἶναι originate from the devil J 8:44; 1J 3:8. ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ 3:12; ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου J 15:19; 17:14, 16; 1J 4:5. ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας εἶναι 2:21; J 18:37 etc. Cp. 9 end.

⑨ to belong to someone or someth. through association or genetic affiliation, be, belong w. simple gen. (X., Hell. 2, 4, 36; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 33, 230 τῶν Πυθαγορείων) οἱ τῆς ὁδοῦ ὄντες those who belong to the Way Ac 9:2. εἰμὶ Παύλου I belong to Paul 1 Cor 1:12; 3:4; cp. Ro 8:9; 2 Cor 10:7; 1 Ti 1:20; Ac 23:6. ἡμέρας εἶναι belong to the day 1 Th 5:8, cp. vs. 5. W. ἔκ τινος 1 Cor 12:15f; Mt 26:73; Mk 14:69f; Lk 22:58 al. (cp. X., Mem. 3, 6, 17; oft LXX). ἐκ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τῶν δώδεκα belong to the twelve 22:3. ὅς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν who is a fellow-countryman of yours Col 4:9.—To belong through origin 2 Cor 4:7. Of Mary: ἦν τῆς φυλῆς τοῦ Δαυίδ was of David’s line GJs 10:1. Cp. 8 above.

⑩ to have someth. to do with someth. or someone, be. To denote a close relationship ἐξ ἔργων νόμου εἶναι rely on legal performance Gal 3:10. ὁ νόμος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ πίστεως the law has nothing to do with faith vs. 12.—To denote a possessor Mt 5:3, 10; l9:14; Mk 12:7; Lk 18:16; 1 Cor 6:19. Esp. of God who owns the Christian Ac 27:23; 1 Cor 3:23; 2 Ti 2:19 (Num 16:5). οὐδʼ εἶναι τὸν κόσμον θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀγγέλων AcPlCor 1:15 (cp. Just., A II, 13, 4 ὅσα … καλῶς εἴρηται, ἡμῶν τῶν χριστιανῶν ἐστι).—W. possess. pron. ὑμετέρα ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία Lk 6:20. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι Mk 10:40 (cp. Just., A I, 4, 2 ὑμέτερον ἀγωνιᾶσαί ἐστι ‘it is a matter for your concern’).—To denote function (X., An. 2, 1, 4) οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστιν it is no concern of yours Ac 1:7—Of quality παιδεία οὐ δοκεῖ χαρᾶς εἶναι discipline does not seem to be (partake of) joy Hb 12:11.—10:39.

⑪ as an auxiliary: very commonly the simple tense forms are replaced by the periphrasis εἶναι and the ptc. (B-D-F §352–55; Mlt. 225–27, 249; Mlt-H. 451f; Rdm.² 102, 105, 205; Kühner-G. I 38ff; Rob. 374–76, 1119f; CTurner, Marcan Usage: JTS 28, 1927 349–51; GKilpatrick, BT 7, ’56, 7f; very oft. LXX).

ⓐ (as in Hom et al.) w. the pf. ptc. to express the pf., plpf. and fut. pf. act. and pass. (s. Mayser 329; 377) ἦσαν ἐληλυθότες they had come Lk 5:17. ἦν αὐτῶν ἡ καρδία πεπωρωμένη their hearts were hardened Mk 6:52. ἠλπικότες ἐσμέν we have set our hope 1 Cor 15:19. ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος ἐστίν the time has become short 7:29. ἦν ἑστώς (En 12:3) he was standing (more exactly he took his stand) Lk 5:1.

ⓑ w. pres. ptc. (B-D-F §353).

α. to express the pres. ἐστὶν προσαναπληροῦσα τὰ ὑστερήματα supplies the wants 2 Cor 9:12 (Just., A I, 26, 5 Μαρκίων … καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἐστὶ διδάσκων; Mel., P. 61, 441 ἐστὶν … κηρυσσόμενον).

β. impf. or aor. ἦν καθεύδων he was sleeping Mk 4:38. ἦσαν ἀναβαίνοντες … ἦν προάγων 10:32; cp. Lk 1:22; 5:17; 11:14 al. (JosAs 1:3 ἦν συνάγων τὸν σίτον; Mel., P. 80, 580 ἦσθα εὐφραινόμενος). ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀλήθινόν … ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον the true light entered the world J 1:9, w. ἦν introducing a statement in dramatic contrast to the initial phrase of vs. 8.—To denote age (Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 2 al. Jac.; POxy 275, 9 [66 A.D.] οὐδέπω ὄντα τῶν ἐτῶν; Tob 14:11) Mk 5:42; Lk 3:23; Ac 4:22; GJs 12:3.—Mussies 304–6.

γ. fut. ἔσῃ σιωπῶν you will be silent Lk 1:20; cp. 5:10; Mt 24:9; Mk 13:13; Lk 21:17, 24 al.; 2 Cl 17:7 Bihlm. (the child) shall serve him (God).

ⓒ w. aor. ptc. as plpf. (Aelian, NA 7, 11; Hippiatr. 34, 14, vol. I p. 185, 3 ἦν σκευάσας; ISyriaW 2070b ἦν κτίσας; AcThom 16; 27 [Aa II/2 p. 123, 2f; p. 142, 10]; B-D-F §355 m.—JVogeser, Z. Sprache d. griech. Heiligenlegenden, diss. Munich 1907, 14; JWittmann, Sprachl. Untersuchungen zu Cosmas Indicopleustes, diss. Munich 1913, 20; SPsaltes, Gramm. d. byzant. Chroniken 1913, 230; Björck [διδάσκω end] 75; B-D-F §355). ἦν βληθείς had been thrown Lk 23:19; J 18:30 v.l.—GPt 6:23; 12:51. (Cp. Just., A II, 10, 2 διʼ εὑρέσεως … ἐστὶ πονηθέντα αὐτοῖς ‘they achieved through investigation’).

ⓓ Notice esp. the impersonals δέον ἐστίν it is necessary (Pla. et al.; POxy 727, 19; Sir praef. ln. 3; 1 Macc 12:11 δέον ἐστὶν καὶ πρέπον) Ac 19:36; εἰ δέον ἐστίν if it must be 1 Pt 1:6 (s. δεῖ 2a); 1 Cl 34:2; πρέπον ἐστίν it is appropriate (Pla. et al.; POxy 120, 24; 3 Macc 7:13) Mt 3:15; 1 Cor 11:13.

ⓔ In many cases the usage w. the ptc. serves to emphasize the duration of an action or condition (BGU 183, 25 ἐφʼ ὸ̔ν χρόνον ζῶσα ᾖ Σαταβούς); JosAs 2:1 ἦν … ἐξουθενοῦσα καὶ καταπτύουσα πάντα ἄνδρα). ἦν διδάσκων he customarily taught Mk 1:22; Lk 4:31; 19:47. ἦν θέλων he cherished the wish 23:8. ἦσαν νηστεύοντες they were keeping the fast Mk 2:18. ἦσαν συλλαλοῦντες they were conversing for a while 9:4. ἦν προσδεχόμενος he was waiting for (the kgdm.) 15:43. ἦν συγκύπτουσα she was bent over Lk 13:11.

ⓕ to emphasize the adjectival idea inherent in the ptc. rather than the concept of action expressed by the finite verb ζῶν εἰμι I am alive Rv 1:18. ἦν ὑποτασσόμενος he was obedient Lk 2:51. ἦν ἔχων κτήματα πολλά he was very rich Mt 19:22; Mk 10:22. ἴσθι ἐξουσίαν ἔχων you shall have authority Lk 19:17 (Lucian, Tim. 35 ἴσθι εὐδαιμονῶν). ἦν καταλλάσσων (God) was reconciling 2 Cor 5:19 (cp. Mel., P. 83, 622 οὗτος ἦν ὁ ἐκλεξάμενός σε; Ath. 15, 2 οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ … καρπούμενος).—LMcGaughy, Toward a Descriptive Analysis of ΕΙΝΑΙ as a Linking Verb in the Gk. NT, diss. Vanderbilt, ’70 (s. esp. critique of treatment of εἰμί in previous edd. of this lexicon pp. 12–15).—Mlt. 228. B. 635. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > εἰμί

7 trato

m.

1 treatment (comportamiento, conducta).

de trato agradable pleasant

malos tratos battering (of child, wife)

2 dealings.

tener trato con to associate with, to be friendly with

no querer tratos con alguien to want (to have) nothing to do with somebody

3 deal (acuerdo).

cerrar o hacer un trato to do o make a deal

¡trato hecho! it's a deal!

4 title, term of address (tratamiento).

pres.indicat.

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

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trato

► nombre masculino

1 (acción) treatment

2 (modales) manner

3 (contacto) contact

4 (acuerdo) agreement

5 COMERCIO deal

6 (tratamiento) title

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cerrar un trato to close a deal

dar a alguien el trato de... to address somebody as...

estar en tratos con alguien to be negotiating with somebody

tener trato de gentes to have a good way with people

tener un trato agradable to have a pleasant manner

¡trato hecho! it's a deal!

trato carnal sexual intercourse

trato diario daily contact

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noun m.

1) deal

2) treatment

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SM

1) (=acuerdo) deal

¡trato hecho! — it's a deal!

cerrar un trato — to close o clinch a deal

hacer un trato — to do a deal

hacer buenos tratos a algn — † to offer sb advantageous terms

trato comercial — business deal

2) (=relación)

ya no tengo trato con ella — I don't have anything to do with her any more

no quiero trato con él — I want nothing to do with him

romper el trato con algn — to break off relations with sb

trato carnal, trato sexual, tener trato carnal o sexual con algn — to have sexual relations with sb

3) pl tratos (=negociaciones) negotiations

entrar en tratos con algn — to enter into negotiations o discussions with sb

estar en tratos con algn — to be in negotiations with sb, be negotiating with sb

4) (=tratamiento) treatment

daba muy mal trato a sus empleados — he treated his employees very badly

malos tratos — physical abuse sing

malos tratos a menores — child abuse sing

trato de favor, trato preferente — preferential treatment

5) (=manera de ser) manner

es una persona de trato agradable — he has a pleasant manner

de fácil trato — easy to get on with

6) [forma de cortesía]

no sé qué trato darle, si de tú o de usted — I don't know whether to address him as "tú" or as "usted"

dar a algn el trato debido — to give sb his proper title

7) Méx (=puesto) market stall; (=negocio) small business

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masculino

1)

a) ( acuerdo) deal

hacer/cerrar un trato — to make/finalize a deal

trato hecho! — it's a deal!

b) tratos masculino plural ( negociaciones)

estamos en tratos con otra compañía — we are talking to o negotiating with another company

2)

a) ( relación)

no tiene trato (social) con los empleados — she doesn't socialize with her staff

tengo poco trato con ella — I don't really have much contact with her o much to do with her

b) ( cualidad) manner

tiene un trato muy agradable — she has a very pleasant manner

c) ( manera de tratar) treatment

le dan un trato preferencial — they give him preferential treatment

el trato que les da a los juguetes — the way he treats his toys

d) tb

trato carnal — carnal knowledge

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( acuerdo) deal

hacer/cerrar un trato — to make/finalize a deal

trato hecho! — it's a deal!

b) tratos masculino plural ( negociaciones)

estamos en tratos con otra compañía — we are talking to o negotiating with another company

2)

a) ( relación)

no tiene trato (social) con los empleados — she doesn't socialize with her staff

tengo poco trato con ella — I don't really have much contact with her o much to do with her

b) ( cualidad) manner

tiene un trato muy agradable — she has a very pleasant manner

c) ( manera de tratar) treatment

le dan un trato preferencial — they give him preferential treatment

el trato que les da a los juguetes — the way he treats his toys

d) tb

trato carnal — carnal knowledge

* * *

trato¹

¹ = dealing.

Ex: The most serious problem for librarians in their dealings with media materials is the massive multiplication of formats, making it difficult for librarians to decide what to buy in what format.

* cerrar un trato = close + deal.

* tener tratos con = have + dealings with.

* trato o truco = trick or treat.

trato²

² = treatment, intercourse.

Ex: Not all classification schemes need to aim for this comprehensive treatment.

Ex: The great practical education of the Englishman is derived from incessant intercourse between man and man, in trade.

* de trato fácil = easy-going [easygoing].

* directiva sobre la igualdad de trato = equal treatment directive.

* igualdad de trato = equal treatment.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* recibir un trato justo = treat + fairly.

* tener trato = have + contact.

* trato de favor = preferential treatment.

* trato del paciente = bedside manners.

* trato especial = special treatment.

* trato preferencial = preferential treatment.

* trato preferente = preferential treatment.

* un trato justo = a square deal.

* * *

trato

masculine

A

1 (acuerdo, convenio) deal

hicimos un trato we made o did a deal

¡ah no, ése no era el trato! oh no, that wasn't the deal!, oh no, that wasn't what we agreed!

cerraron el trato de madrugada they closed o ( colloq) wrapped up the deal in the early hours of the morning

¡trato hecho! it's a deal!, you've got yourself a deal! ( colloq)

2 tratos mpl

(negociaciones): ahora estamos en tratos con otra compañía we are now talking to o negotiating with another company

B

1

(relación): la conozco pero realmente tengo muy poco trato con ella I know her but I don't really have much contact with her o much to do with her

no tiene trato con sus vecinos he doesn't mix with his neighbors, he doesn't have anything to do with his neighbors

2

(manera de tratar): tiene un trato muy agradable she has a very pleasant manner, she's very easy to get on with

no le gustó nada el trato que le dieron she wasn't at all pleased with the treatment she received o with the way she was treated

le dan un trato preferencial or preferente they give him preferential treatment

el trato que les da a los juguetes the way he treats his toys

este mecanismo requiere un trato muy cuidadoso this mechanism needs to be handled very carefully

malo¹ (↑ malo (1))

Compuesto:

trato carnal

carnal knowledge, sexual relations (pl)

* * *

Del verbo tratar: ( conjugate tratar)

trato es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

trató es:

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

Multiple Entries:
tratar
trato
tratar ( conjugate tratar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( intentar) to try;
◊ traten de llegar temprano try to arrive early;

tratoé de que no vuelva a suceder I'll try to make sure it doesn't happen again
2 [obra/libro/película] trato de algo to be about sth;
trato sobre algo to deal with sth;
◊ la conferencia tratoá sobre medicina alternativa the lecture will deal with alternative medicine

3 (tener contacto, relaciones) trato con algn to deal with sb;
◊ en mi trabajo trato con gente de todo tipo in my job I deal with all kinds of people

verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/animal/instrumento› to treat;
◊ me tratan muy bien they treat me very well

2 ( frecuentar):
◊ lo trataba cuando era joven I saw quite a lot of him when I was young

3 ‹tema/asunto› to discuss, to deal with
4
a) (Med) to treat

b) ‹sustancia/metal› to treat

tratarse verbo pronominal
1 tratose con algn ( ser amigo de) to be friendly with sb;
( alternar) to socialize o mix with sb;
◊ no nos tratamos mucho ( recíp) we don't have much to do with each other

2 (+ compl) ( recípr):
◊ se tratan sin ningún respeto they show no respect for each other

3 (Med) to have o undergo treatment
4
◊ tratarse de (en 3a pers)

a) ( ser acerca de) to be about;

◊ ¿de qué se trata? what's it about?

b) ( ser cuestión de) to be a question of;

◊ se trata de participar, no de ganar it's a question of taking part, not of winning;

solo porque se trata de ti just because it's you
trato sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( acuerdo) deal;

◊ cerrar un trato to finalize a deal;

¡trato hecho! it's a deal!
b)

◊ tratos sustantivo masculino plural ( negociaciones): estamos en tratos con otra compañía we are talking to o negotiating with another company

2
a) ( relación):

◊ no tiene trato con los vecinos he doesn't have much to do with his neighbors;

tengo poco trato con ella I don't really have much contact with her o much to do with her
b) ( manera de tratar) treatment;

◊ le dan un trato preferente they give him preferential treatment

tratar
I verbo transitivo
1 (portarse) to treat
2 (cuidar) to look after, care: trátame el libro bien, look after my book
3 (dirigirse a una persona) address: nos tratamos de tú, we call each other "tú" o we're on first name terms
4 (considerar, llamar) me trató de tonto, he called me stupid
5 (someter a un proceso) to treat
6 (someter a tratamiento médico) to treat: le tienen que tratar la artritis, they have to treat his arthritis
7 (tener relación social) la he tratado muy poco, I don't know her very well
8 (considerar, discutir) to deal with: no hemos tratado la cuestión, we haven't discussed that subject
II verbo intransitivo 1 tratar de, (un libro, una película) to be about: ¿de qué trata?, what is it about?
2 (intentar) to try [de, to]
3 Com tratar en, to trade in o with 4 tratar con, (negociar) to negotiate with
trato sustantivo masculino
1 (pacto) treaty
2 Com deal
3 (relación, carácter) es una persona de trato muy agradable, he's very pleasant
no quiero tener trato con ellos, I don't want anything to do with them
' trato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arreglo
- cerrar
- con
- confianza
- contacto
- deshacer
- dolerse
- equitativa
- equitativo
- exquisitez
- humanizar
- humillante
- igualdad
- infrahumana
- infrahumano
- llaneza
- proverbial
- roce
- romper
- severidad
- soslayo
- suavizar
- suavidad
- tratar
- amigable
- áspero
- brusquedad
- cortesía
- despectivo
- diplomático
- familiar
- frialdad
- ganar
- hacer
- igual
- imaginar
- llano
- mezclar
- mimo
- parejo
- pasada
- proponer
- rehacer
- relación
English:
arrangement
- balance
- bargain
- businesslike
- clinch
- close
- consummate
- deal
- decisive
- demonstration
- enter into
- excessively
- fair
- fall through
- foreign
- indifference
- informal
- informality
- love
- mate
- officer
- private
- raw
- sew up
- shoddy
- special
- square
- square deal
- superior
- sweetheart
- tie up
- treatment
- truck
- unfair
- as
- back
- bring
- dealing
- discourage
- easy
- grab
- manner
- next
- off
- preferential
- sneak
- squeeze
- strike

* * *

trato nm

1. [acuerdo] deal;

cerrar o [m5] hacer un trato to do o make a deal;

¡trato hecho! it's a deal!

2. [relación]
con el trato continuo se conoce más a una persona you get to know a person better when you deal with them on a day-to-day basis;

no busco el trato con él I don't seek out his company;

no tengo mucho trato con ellos I don't have much to do with them;

no querer tratos con alguien to want (to have) nothing to do with sb

Comp
trato carnal sexual relations
3. [negociación]
estar en tratos con alguien to be in talks o negotiation with sb

4. [manera de tratar] treatment;

dar un trato preferente a alguien to give sb preferential treatment;

le dan muy buen trato they treat him very well;

malos tratos battering, physical abuse

5. [comportamiento]
una persona de trato agradable/fácil a pleasant/easy-going person

6. [título] title, form of address

* * *

trato

m

1 de prisionero, animal treatment;

malos tratos pl ill treatment sg, abuse sg ;

trato de favor favorable o preferential treatment

2 COM deal;

hacer un trato make a deal;

¡trato hecho! it’s a deal;

tener trato con alguien have dealings with s.o.;

estar en tratos con alguien be negotiating with s.o., be talking to s.o.

* * *

trato nm

1) : deal, agreement

2) : relationship, dealings pl

3) : treatment

malos tratos: ill-treatment

* * *

trato n

1. (tratamiento) treatment

le da muy buen trato al perro he treats the dog very well

2. (relación) contact

no tengo mucho trato con él I don't have much contact with him / I don't see much of him

3. (acuerdo) deal / agreement

han llegado a un trato they've reached an agreement

malos tratos ill treatment

Spanish-English dictionary > trato

8 Л-102

HE УДАРИТЬ ЛИЦОМ В ГРЯЗЬ coll VP subj: human or collect) to carry out some matter well, as it should be carried out, and thereby make a favorable impression on s.o. (often as a means of proving one's professional competence or in an attempt to show off)
X не ударил лицом в грязь = X didn't disgrace himself
X didn't fall flat on his face X refused (was not) to be outdone X came through in good fashion (with honor) X didn't disappoint person Y.
...Как всегда, наш город лицом в грязь не ударил, показал, что стоит на уровне века (Рыбаков 1).. Once again our town didn't disgrace itself, but showed that it was living in the twentieth century (1a).

(Балясников:) Смотри не ударь в грязь лицом, Блохин, я сообщил Виктоше, что ты величайший пельменный мастер (Арбузов 5). (В..) Careful you don't fall flat on your face. I informed Viktosha you were the greatest expert on meat dumplings (5a).

.Шолохов рассказал о своём знакомстве с женой Трояновского - ныне советского посла в ООН, а я, чтобы не ударить лицом в грязь, о знакомстве с вдовой Литвинова - в прошлом наркома иностранных дел (Амальрик 1). Не (Sholo-khov) told me about his acquaintanceship with the wife of Oleg Troyanovsky, later the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations, and I, not to be outdone, told him of my acquaintanceship with the widow of Maxim Litvinov, the former People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs (1a).

...(Леонар Обри) взялся устроить великолепную мостовую перед театром. «Вы сами понимаете, ведь будут подъезжать кареты, господин Обри», - беспокойно потирая руки, говорил господин Мольер. Он вселил тревогу и в господина Обри, и тот не ударил лицом в грязь: мостовая вышла красивая и прочная (Булгаков 5)....(Leonard Aubry) undertook to lay a most magnificent pavement before the theater "You understand yourself, Monsieur Aubry, carriages will be driving up to the theater," Monsieur Moliere said to him, rubbing his hands nervously. He infected Monsieur Aubry with his concern, and the latter did not disappoint him: the pavement turned out to be excellent (5a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Л-102

9 не ударить лицом в грязь

• НЕ УДАРИТЬ ЛИЦОМ В ГРЯЗЬ coll

[VP; subj: human or collect]

=====

⇒ to carry out some matter well, as it should be carried out, and thereby make a favorable impression on s.o. (often as a means of proving one's professional competence or in an attempt to show off):

- X не ударил лицом в грязь≈ X didn't disgrace himself;

- X didn't fall flat on his face;

- X refused (was not) to be outdone;

- X came through in good fashion (with honor);

- X didn't disappoint person Y.

     ♦...Как всегда, наш город лицом в грязь не ударил, показал, что стоит на уровне века (Рыбаков 1)... Once again our town didn't disgrace itself, but showed that it was living in the twentieth century (1a).

     ♦ [Балясников:] Смотри не ударь в грязь лицом, Блохин, я сообщил Виктоше, что ты величайший пельменный мастер (Арбузов 5). [В..] Careful you don't fall flat on your face. I informed Viktosha you were the greatest expert on meat dumplings (5a).

     ♦...Шолохов рассказал о своём знакомстве с женой Трояновского - ныне советского посла в ООН, а я, чтобы не ударить лицом в грязь, о знакомстве с вдовой Литвинова - в прошлом наркома иностранных дел (Амальрик 1). Не [Sholokhov] told me about his acquaintanceship with the wife of Oleg Troyanovsky, later the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations, and I, not to be outdone, told him of my acquaintanceship with the widow of Maxim Litvinov, the former People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs (1a).

     ♦...[Леонар Обри] взялся устроить великолепную мостовую перед театром. "Вы сами понимаете, ведь будут подъезжать кареты, господин Обри", - беспокойно потирая руки, говорил господин Мольер. Он вселил тревогу и в господина Обри, и тот не ударил лицом в грязь: мостовая вышла красивая и прочная (Булгаков 5)....[Leonard Aubry] undertook to lay a most magnificent pavement before the theater "You understand yourself, Monsieur Aubry, carriages will be driving up to the theater," Monsieur Moliere said to him, rubbing his hands nervously. He infected Monsieur Aubry with his concern, and the latter did not disappoint him: the pavement turned out to be excellent (5a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не ударить лицом в грязь

10 favour

favour, favor (US) [ˈfeɪvə^r]

1. noun

   a. ( = act of kindness) (small) service m ; (more major) faveur f

• to do sb a favour rendre service à qn

• to ask sb a favour demander un service à qn

• he did it as a favour to his brother il l'a fait pour rendre service à son frère

• do me a favour and... sois gentil,...

• you're not doing yourself any favours tu ne te facilites pas les choses

• do me a favour! (inf: ironic) tu te fiches de moi ! (inf)

   b. ( = approval) to be in favour être en faveur

• to be out of favour ne pas avoir la cote

• to be in favour with sb être bien vu de qn

• to find favour with sb [person] s'attirer les bonnes grâces de qn ; [suggestion] gagner l'approbation de qn

► to be in favour of sth être pour qch

• to be in favour of doing sth être pour faire qch

• they voted in favour of accepting the pay offer ils ont voté en faveur de la proposition salariale

   c. ( = advantage) faveur f

• the court decided in her favour le tribunal lui a donné gain de cause

• the exchange rate is in our favour le taux de change joue en notre faveur

• circumstances were all working in her favour les circonstances lui étaient favorables

• that's a point in his favour c'est un bon point pour lui

   d. ( = partiality) faveur f

• to show favour to sb accorder un traitement de faveur à qn

2. transitive verb

   a. ( = be in favour of) [+ idea, option] être partisan de

   b. ( = prefer) [+ person] préférer ; [+ candidate, pupil] montrer une préférence pour

   c. ( = help) favoriser

• tax cuts which favour the rich des réductions d'impôts qui favorisent les riches

• the weather favoured the journey le temps a favorisé le voyage

• circumstances that favour this scheme circonstances favorables à ce projet

• he did not favour us with a reply il n'a même pas eu l'amabilité de nous répondre

* * *
1.
GB, favor US ['feɪvə(r)] noun

1) ( approval)

to regard somebody/something with favour — considérer quelqu'un/quelque chose avec bienveillance

to win/lose favour with somebody — s'attirer/perdre les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un

to find favour with somebody — trouver grâce aux yeux de quelqu'un

to be out of favour with somebody — [person] ne plus être dans les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un; [idea, method] ne plus être en vogue auprès de quelqu'un

to fall ou go out of favour — [idea, method] passer de mode

2) ( kindness) service m

to do somebody a favour — rendre service à quelqu'un

they're not doing themselves any favours — ils desservent leur (propre) cause ( by doing en faisant)

as a (special) favour — à titre de service exceptionnel

to ask a favour of somebody —

to ask somebody a favour — demander un service à quelqu'un

to return a favour — lit

to return the favour — iron rendre la pareille ( by doing en faisant)

3) ( advantage)

to be in somebody's favour — [situation] être avantageux pour quelqu'un; [financial rates, wind] être favorable à quelqu'un

to have something in one's favour — avoir quelque chose pour soi

the plan has a lot in its favour — le projet présente beaucoup d'avantages
2.
favours plural noun euph ( sexual) faveurs fpl
3.
transitive verb

1) ( prefer) être pour [method, solution]; préférer [clothing, colour]; être partisan de [political party, course of action]

to favour somebody — gen montrer une préférence pour quelqu'un; ( unfairly) accorder un traitement de faveur à quelqu'un

2) ( benefit) [plans, circumstances] favoriser; [law, balance of power] privilégier
4.
favoured past participle adjective gen favori/-ite; ( most likely) [date, plan, view] privilégié
5.
in favour of prepositional phrase

1) ( on the side of) en faveur de

to be in favour of somebody/something — être pour quelqu'un/quelque chose

to speak in favour of — soutenir [motion]

to speak in somebody's favour — se prononcer en faveur de quelqu'un

to come out in favour of — exprimer son soutien à [plan, person]

2) ( to the advantage of)

to work in favour of somebody — avantager quelqu'un

to decide in somebody's favour — gen donner raison à quelqu'un; Law donner gain de cause à quelqu'un

3) ( out of preference for) [reject] au profit de

English-French dictionary > favour

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