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  • 1 mentir

    v.
    1 to lie.
    no me mientas don't lie to me
    miente más que habla he's a born liar
    esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta… those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…
    llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salir it was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave
    El chico miente por rabia The boy lies out of spite.
    Los datos mienten The information lies.
    2 to lie to, to tell a lie to.
    María le mintió a su padre Mary lied to her father.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HERVIR], like link=hervir hervir
    1 to lie
    ■ eso me ha dicho, pero sé que miente that's what he said, but I know he's lying
    \
    miente más que habla he's lying through his teeth
    * * *
    verb
    * * *

    ¡miento! — sorry!, I'm wrong!, my mistake!

    ¡esta carta no me dejará mentir! — this letter will bear me out o confirm what I say

    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to lie

    no he estado nunca. Miento! estuve una vez — I've never been there. No, I lie, I did go once

    * * *
    = lie, fib.
    Ex. He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.
    Ex. She also fibbed about the place the wedding took place - citing a country town when they were married in a city registry office.
    ----
    * el mentir = lying.
    * ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.
    * mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth, lie + straight-faced.
    * mentir descaradamente = lie through + Posesivo + teeth.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to lie

    no he estado nunca. Miento! estuve una vez — I've never been there. No, I lie, I did go once

    * * *
    = lie, fib.

    Ex: He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.

    Ex: She also fibbed about the place the wedding took place - citing a country town when they were married in a city registry office.
    * el mentir = lying.
    * ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.
    * mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth, lie + straight-faced.
    * mentir descaradamente = lie through + Posesivo + teeth.

    * * *
    mentir [ I11 ]
    vi
    to lie
    me mintió he lied to me
    miente descaradamente, yo no dije eso that's a downright lie o ( colloq) she's lying through her teeth, I didn't say that
    siempre andas mintiéndome you're always lying to me, you're always telling me lies
    y aquí está Luis que no me deja mentir and Luis here will bear me out
    no he estado nunca en su casa. ¡Miento! estuve una vez I've never been to her house. No, I tell a lie, I did go there once
    * * *

     

    mentir ( conjugate mentir) verbo intransitivo
    to lie;

    mentir verbo intransitivo to lie, tell lies
    miente como un bellaco, he's a real liar ➣ Ver nota en lie

    ' mentir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engañar
    - deber
    - hacer
    - macanear
    - mienta
    - mintiera
    English:
    deceive
    - good
    - lie
    - prevaricate
    - shamelessly
    - tell
    - fib
    - tooth
    * * *
    mentir vi
    to lie;
    no me mientas don't lie to me;
    miente más que habla he's a born liar;
    esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta… those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…;
    llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salir it was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave
    * * *
    v/i lie
    * * *
    mentir {76} vi
    : to lie
    * * *
    mentir vb to lie

    Spanish-English dictionary > mentir

  • 2 glatt

    (Haar) straight; sleek; lank;
    (Lüge) downright;
    (Stoff) uncreased;
    (eben) smooth; even;
    (rutschig) slippery
    * * *
    glạtt [glat]
    1. adj comp -er or ordm;er
    ['glɛtɐ] superl -este(r, s) or ordm;este(r, s) ['glɛtəstə]
    1) (= eben) smooth; Meer auch unruffled; Haar straight; (MED ) Bruch clean; Stoff (= faltenlos) uncreased; (= ungemustert) plain; (Aus) Mehl finely ground
    2) (= schlüpfrig) slippery

    auf dem glatten Parkett der Außenpolitik ausrutschen — to come a cropper (Brit inf) or to blunder in the tricky area of foreign policy

    3) (fig) Landung, Ablauf smooth
    4) attr inf = klar, eindeutig) outright; Lüge, Unsinn etc downright, outright; Absage auch flat

    das kostet glatte 1.000 Euro — it costs a good 1,000 euros

    5) (pej = allzu gewandt) smooth, slick
    2. adv comp -er or ordm; er,
    superl am -esten or ordm;esten
    1) (= eben) bügeln, hobeln, walzen (till) smooth; polieren highly; rühren till smooth; schneiden straight

    glatt rasiert (Mann, Kinn) — clean-shaven; Beine shaved

    See:
    → auch glatt kämmen, glatt legen etc
    2) (= problemlos) smoothly

    er hat sich glatt aus der Affäre gezogen — he wriggled his way neatly out of the whole affair

    See:
    → auch glattgehen
    3) (inf = einfach) completely; leugnen, ablehnen flatly; vergessen clean

    jdm etw glatt ins Gesicht sagen — to tell sb sth to his/her face

    es kostete glatt EUR 10.000 — it cost a good 10,000 euros

    * * *
    1) (very probably: It may easily rain tomorrow.) easily
    2) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) flat
    3) (definitely; emphatically: She flatly denied it.) flatly
    4) ((of hair) straight, thin, and usually greasy.) lank
    5) (neat and even: a clean cut.) clean
    7) ((of hair, an animal's fur etc) smooth, soft and glossy: The dog has a lovely sleek coat.) sleek
    8) (so smooth as to cause slipping: The path is slippery - watch out!) slippery
    9) (having an even surface; not rough: Her skin is as smooth as satin.) smooth
    10) (without lumps: Mix the ingredients to a smooth paste.) smooth
    11) (without problems or difficulties: a smooth journey; His progress towards promotion was smooth and rapid.) smooth
    12) ((too) agreeable and pleasant in manner etc: I don't trust those smooth salesmen.) smooth
    * * *
    <-er o (fam) glätter, -este o (fam) glätteste>
    [ˈglat]
    I. adj
    1. (eben) Fläche, Haut smooth; Fisch slippery
    ein \glattes Gesicht an unlined face
    \glattes Haar straight hair
    \glatte See calm [or smooth] [or unruffled] sea
    \glatter Stoff uncreased fabric
    \glatt rasiert clean-shaven
    etw \glatt bügeln to iron [out sep] sth, to iron sth smooth
    etw \glatt feilen to file sth smooth
    etw \glatt hobeln/schmirgeln to plane down/sand down sth
    \glatt kämmen to brush smooth
    \glatt pürieren to puree sth until smooth
    etw \glatt rühren to stir sth until smooth
    etw \glatt schleifen to grind sth smooth
    etw \glatt streichen to smooth out sth sep
    sich dat die Haare \glatt streichen to smooth [or pat] down one's hair sep
    \glatt rechts stricken to knit garter stitch
    etw \glatt walzen to flatten sth
    etw \glatt ziehen to smooth out sth; Betttuch a. to straighten [out] sth
    2. (rutschig) Straße, Weg slippery, icey
    3. (problemlos) smooth
    ein \glatter Bruch MED a clean break
    eine \glatte Landung a smooth landing
    \glatt aufgehen Rechnung to work out exactly
    4. attr (fam: eindeutig) outright, sheer
    eine \glatte Lüge a downright [or blatant] [or barefaced] lie
    \glatter Unsinn sheer [or utter] nonsense
    eine \glatte Eins/Fünf [schreiben] SCH [to get] an A/E BRIT [or AM an A/F
    5. (pej: aalglatt) slick, smooth
    6. SCHWEIZ (fam: fidel) merry, jolly
    7. TYPO
    \glatter Satz body [or straight] matter
    etw \glatt stoßen Papier to jog [or sep knock up] sth
    II. adv (fam: rundweg) clearly, plainly; (ohne Umschweife) straight out; leugnen flatly
    jdm etw \glatt ins Gesicht sagen to say sth [straight] to sb's face
    etw \glatt ablehnen to turn sth down flat
    etw \glatt abstreiten [o leugnen] to flatly deny sth
    etw \glatt [und sauber] vergessen to clean forget sth
    * * *
    1.
    1) smooth; straight < hair>

    eine glatte Eins/Fünf — a clear A/E

    etwas glatt hobeln/bügeln — plane/iron something smooth

    2) (rutschig) slippery
    3) nicht präd. (komplikationslos) smooth <landing, journey>; clean, straightforward < fracture>
    4) nicht präd. (ugs.): (offensichtlich) downright, outright < lie>; outright <deception, fraud>; sheer, utter <nonsense, madness, etc.>; pure, sheer < invention>, flat < refusal>; complete < failure>
    5) (allzu gewandt) smooth
    2.
    1)
    2) (komplikationslos) smoothly

    glatt gehen — (ugs.) go smoothly

    3) (ugs.): (rückhaltlos)

    jemandem etwas glatt ins Gesicht sagen — tell somebody something straight to his/her face

    * * *
    glatt; glatter oder glätter, am glattesten oder glättesten
    A. adj
    1. Fell, Haut, Teig etc: smooth; Haut: auch soft; Haar: (nicht kraus) straight; Schnitt, Bruch: clean; Fläche etc: even; Meer: calm; (poliert) polished;
    glatt bügeln/schleifen iron/polish;
    glatt bürsten polish; (Haar) brush out;
    etwas glatt feilen/hobeln etc file/plane etc sth smooth;
    glatt rasiert clean-shaven;
    glatt rühren beat until smooth;
    glatt streichen smooth out; (Haar) smooth down
    2. (rutschig) slippery; Straße: auch icy;
    Vorsicht, hier ist es glatt! mind (US watch out that) you don’t slip (AUTO skid)
    3. fig Stil etc: smooth, polished; oft pej Person, Worte, Zunge: glib, smooth; Person auch: slick; (übermäßig höflich) oily
    4. fig Landung etc: smooth; Niederlage, Sieg etc: outright, clear; Zahl: even, round;
    glatte Absage flat refusal;
    (ein) glatter Beweis proof positive;
    eine glatte Eins a straight A; → glattbügeln
    5. umg, fig, Lüge, Unsinn, Wahnsinn etc: downright; Betrug: outright;
    das ist glatter Mord! it’s sheer ( oder plain) murder!;
    glatte 1000 Dollar a cool thousand (dollars)
    B. adv
    1. smoothly;
    glatt anliegen fit closely;
    anliegen be flush with the wall etc;
    glatt rechts stricken knit plain, do plain knitting
    2. fig (ohne Probleme) smoothly, without a hitch;
    die Rechnung geht glatt auf (ohne Rest) the sum (US total) works out exactly;
    glatt durchschneiden cut clean through;
    glatt verlaufen etc go off smoothly ( oder without a hitch);
    glatt gewinnen win hands down
    3. umg (völlig) completely;
    glatt vergessen haben have completely ( oder clean) forgotten;
    glatt ablehnen/ableugnen flatly refuse/deny
    4. umg:
    er kam glatt zu spät empört: he had the nerve to turn up late;
    er hat doch glatt behauptet, dass … he told me etc to my etc face that …;
    ich könnte glatt … (sogar) I’ve a good mind ( oder half a mind) to (+inf)
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    1.
    1) smooth; straight < hair>

    eine glatte Eins/Fünf — a clear A/E

    etwas glatt hobeln/bügeln — plane/iron something smooth

    2) (rutschig) slippery
    3) nicht präd. (komplikationslos) smooth <landing, journey>; clean, straightforward < fracture>
    4) nicht präd. (ugs.): (offensichtlich) downright, outright < lie>; outright <deception, fraud>; sheer, utter <nonsense, madness, etc.>; pure, sheer < invention>, flat < refusal>; complete < failure>
    5) (allzu gewandt) smooth
    2.
    1)
    2) (komplikationslos) smoothly

    glatt gehen — (ugs.) go smoothly

    3) (ugs.): (rückhaltlos)

    jemandem etwas glatt ins Gesicht sagen — tell somebody something straight to his/her face

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    adj.
    glossy adj.
    sleek adj.
    slick adj.
    smooth adj.
    unruffled adj. adv.
    point-blank adv.
    sleekly adv.
    slickly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > glatt

  • 3 bello

    1. adj beautiful
    uomo handsome
    tempo fine, nice, beautiful
    questa è bella! that's a good one!
    a bella posta on purpose
    hai un bel dire in spite of what you say
    nel bel mezzo right in the middle
    farsi bello get dressed up
    scamparla bella have a narrow escape
    2. m beauty
    sul più bello at the worst possible moment
    * * *
    bello agg.
    1 beautiful, fine; (spec. di donna) beautiful; ( di uomo) handsome; good-looking; ( di bambino) lovely: ci sono palazzi bellissimi in questa città, there are some very fine buildings in this town; Pamela è proprio bella, Pamela's really beautiful; Tony è un bell'uomo, Tony's a handsome man; quei due bambini sono molto belli, those two children are really lovely; aveva un bel paio di gambe, she had a fine (o good o shapely) pair of legs; ha bellissimi occhi blu, he's got lovely (o beautiful) blue eyes; un bel film, libro, a fine (o good) film, book; abitano in una bella villa in collina, they live in a fine (o lovely) house on the hills // che bello!, how nice (o lovely)! // Belle Arti, Fine Arts // Belle Lettere, Literature // (mus.) bel canto, bel canto // bella ( copia), fair copy // un bel gioco, ( a carte) a good hand // un bello spirito, a wit // nei miei begli anni, in my youth // ai suoi bei giorni, in his day // è un'esponente del bel sesso, she belongs to the fair sex // ha una bella intelligenza, he's pretty clever // non è bello ciò che è bello, è bello ciò che piace, there's no accounting for taste // (st.) Filippo il Bello, Philip the Fair
    2 ( elegante) smart: un bel tailleur, a smart suit; come sei bello!, you do look smart! // mettersi l'abito bello, to wear one's Sunday best // belle maniere, good manners // il bel mondo, the jet-set; high society // farsi bello, to spruce up // farsi bello di qlco., (fig.) to brag about sthg.
    3 ( gentile) kind, fine: un bel gesto, a kind gesture // non è bello ciò che fai, that's not kind of you
    4 ( nobile) fine: bei sentimenti, fine feelings
    5 ( importante, considerevole) fine, good: ha un bel posto in banca, he's got a good job with a bank: farsi un bel nome, to make a name for oneself // è una bella cifra!, that's a lot of money!
    6 ( piacevole) nice, pleasant: una bella gita, a nice outing (o trip); Tom ha un gran bel carattere, Tom has a very nice character (o is very easy going)
    7 ( sereno) fine, nice: è una bella giornata, it's a fine (o nice) day; un bel cielo, a clear sky // fa bello, it's fine.
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: bel bello, slowly, unhurriedly // bell'e fatto, ( di vestiti), ready-made // è bell'è fatta!, that's that! // bell'e morto, as dead as a door nail // bell'e pronto, nice and ready // bell'e vestito, fully dressed // alla bell'e meglio, any old how; ( appena appena) by the skin of one's teeth // sei bell'e sistemato!, that's settled that! // sei un mascalzone bell'e buono, you're a thorough rascal (o rogue) // una bella età, a ripe (old) age // un bel giorno, one fine day // ti darò un bel niente, I'll give you absolutely nothing // una bella paura, an awful fright // un bel pasticcio, a pretty mess // a bella posta, on purpose // bella roba!, (iron.) congratulations! // bel vantaggio!, (scherz.) a fine advantage indeed! // nel bel mezzo, right in the middle // hai un bel correre: non lo prenderai, you can run as fast as you like, you won't catch him // hai un bel dire, in spite of what you say // hai un bel parlare, you can talk till you're blue in the face // ebbi un bel cercare, non trovai niente, hard as I searched I found nothing // scamparla bella, to have a narrow escape (o a close shave) // questa è bella!, that's funny! (o that's a good one!) // oh bella!, non lo sapevo, well, I never! I didn't know.
    bello s.m.
    1 the beautiful; ( bellezza) beauty; il bello della vita, the beauty of life; il bello piace a tutti, everybody likes beautiful things
    2 ( bel tempo) nice weather, fine weather: speriamo che domani faccia bello, let's hope the weather is nice (o fine) tomorrow; speriamo che torni il bello, let's hope it clears up
    3 ( innamorato) boyfriend, sweetheart; ( di bambino) baby: come sta il tuo bello?, how's your boyfriend?; fai la nanna, bello, go to sleep, baby.
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: sul più bello, (iron.) at the most awkward moment // che si fa di bello?, what are we going to do? // dove vai di bello?, where are you going? // ci volle del bello e del buono per convincerlo, it took a lot to persuade him (o he wasn't easily persuaded) // e ora viene il bello, and now you'll hear the best bit; (iron.) now the fat's in the fire // ne ha fatte delle belle!, the things he's been up to! // ne ha raccontate delle belle!, he's been telling some good ones!
    * * *
    ['bɛllo] bello (-a)
    1. agg davanti sm bel + consonante, bell' + vocale, bello + s impura, gn, pn, ps, x, y, z, pl bei + consonante, begli + s impura ecc o vocale
    1) (oggetto, donna, paesaggio) beautiful, lovely, (uomo) handsome, good-looking

    che bello! — how lovely!

    è una gran bella donna — she's a very good-looking woman

    2) (tempo) fine, beautiful, lovely

    è una bella giornata — it's a lovely o beautiful day

    3) (quantità) considerable

    ha avuto un bel coraggio — he was very brave, iro he had a nerve

    4) (buono) good, fine

    una bella idea — a good o nice idea

    una bella tazza di tè — a nice cup of tea

    5)

    (rafforzativo) è una truffa bella e buona! — it's a real con!

    nel bel mezzo di — right in the middle of

    6)

    (fraseologia) dirne delle belle — to tell some whoppers

    farne delle belle — to get up to mischief

    farsi (più) bello — to get better looking

    è andata a farsi bella — she's gone to make herself beautiful

    farsi bello di qc — (vantarsi) to show off about sth

    oh bella!; questa è bella! iro — that's nice!

    2. sm
    1)

    il bello — the beautiful, beauty

    amare il bello — to love beauty o beautiful things

    il bello è che... — the best bit about it is that...

    che fai di bello stasera? — what are you doing this evening?

    proprio sul più bello — at that very moment

    2)

    (tempo) si sta mettendo al bello — the weather is clearing up

    3. sm/f
    (fidanzato) sweetheart
    * * *
    ['bɛllo] 1.
    ( bel, bell'; pl. begli, bei, belle; the form bell' is used only before a vowel; the masculine plural form is bei before a consonant followed by a vowel and before f, p, t, c, v, b, d, g followed by l or r; in all other cases belli or begli; today, the plural form belli is used only when it follows a noun or does not immediately precede it) aggettivo
    1) (esteticamente) [donna, bambino, viso, cosa] beautiful, lovely, pretty; [ uomo] good-looking, handsome; [portamento, gambe, denti] good

    farsi bello — to do o spruce oneself up

    2) (piacevole) [vacanza, serata, luogo] nice, pleasant; [ voce] good
    3) (sereno, buono) [ tempo] fine, fair, good, nice

    fa bello — it's o the weather's fine

    4) (buono) [voti, lavoro] good

    bell'amico che sei! — iron. a fine friend you are!

    5) (lieto, felice)
    6) (grande, notevole) [ somma] goodly attrib., handsome

    ci vuole un bel coraggio — iron. it really takes some cheek

    che bello! — how nice o beautiful!

    aggiustare alla bell'e meglio — to repair carelessly, to fix loosely

    11) bell'e
    2.
    sostantivo maschile

    questo è il bello — that's the beauty of it, that's the business colloq.

    2) (innamorato) sweetheart, boyfriend
    3) filos.
    4) meteor.
    ••

    scamparla -a — to have a narrow o lucky escape, to have a close shave

    il Bel Paese — = Italy

    la -a vita — the good o high life

    darsi alla -a vita — to frolic, to live it up

    il bel mondo — the beautiful people, the smart o fashionable set

    non è bello quel che è bello, ma è bello quel che piace — prov. beauty is in the eye of the beholder

    farsi bello di qcs. — to boast about sth

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    bello
    /'bεllo/ ( bel, bell'; pl. begli, bei, belle; the form bell' is used only before a vowel; the masculine plural form is bei before a consonant followed by a vowel and before f, p, t, c, v, b, d, g followed by l or r; in all other cases belli or begli; today, the plural form belli is used only when it follows a noun or does not immediately precede it)
     1 (esteticamente) [donna, bambino, viso, cosa] beautiful, lovely, pretty; [ uomo] good-looking, handsome; [portamento, gambe, denti] good; farsi bello to do o spruce oneself up
     2 (piacevole) [vacanza, serata, luogo] nice, pleasant; [ voce] good; è bello essere di nuovo a casa it's good to be back home
     3 (sereno, buono) [ tempo] fine, fair, good, nice; fa bello it's o the weather's fine
     4 (buono) [voti, lavoro] good; non è stato molto bello da parte tua it wasn't very nice of you; bell'amico che sei! iron. a fine friend you are!
     5 (lieto, felice) i bei tempi the good times; nei bei tempi andati in the good old days
     6 (grande, notevole) [ somma] goodly attrib., handsome; una -a fetta di torta a good slice of cake; ci vuole un bel coraggio iron. it really takes some cheek; prendersi un bel raffreddore to catch a nasty cold
     7 (con tono di sorpresa) oh -a! how amazing! -a roba! big deal! che bello! how nice o beautiful!
     8 (con valore rafforzativo) un bel giorno one fine day; non vedo un bel niente I can't see a damn(ed) thing; hai un bel dire! that's easy for you to say! nel bel mezzo di right in the middle of; bello caldo nice and warm
     9 alla bell'e meglio l'ha fatto alla bell'e meglio he bungled it; aggiustare alla bell'e meglio to repair carelessly, to fix loosely
     10 bel bello camminare bel bello to walk slowly o unhurriedly
     11 bell'e... bell'e finito well and truly over; egoismo bell'e buono outright egoism; è una bugia bell'e buona that's a downright lie
     1 (cose interessanti) cos'hai fatto di bello? what have you been up to? questo è il bello that's the beauty of it, that's the business colloq.; il bello (della faccenda) è the best of it is
     2 (innamorato) sweetheart, boyfriend
     3 filos. il bello beauty
     4 meteor. il tempo si è messo al bello the weather is set fair
    sul più bello in the thick of it; ci vuole del bello e del buono it takes some doing; adesso viene il bello! now comes the best of it! l'hai fatta -a! you've made a fine mess of it! scamparla -a to have a narrow o lucky escape, to have a close shave; è troppo bello per essere vero it's too good to be true; il Bel Paese = Italy; la -a vita the good o high life; darsi alla -a vita to frolic, to live it up; il bel mondo the beautiful people, the smart o fashionable set; non è bello quel che è bello, ma è bello quel che piace prov. beauty is in the eye of the beholder; ne vedremo delle -e! that'll make the fur o feathers fly! ne ha passate delle -e she's gone through a lot; farsi bello di qcs. to boast about sth.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > bello

  • 4 simpelthen

    откровенно говоря
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    adv. simply, (sterkere:) downright (f.eks.

    that is a downright lie

    ) adv. [ rett og slett] (purely and) simply (f.eks.

    I did it simply to help you

    )

    Norsk-engelsk ordbok > simpelthen

  • 5 è una bugia bell'e buona

    è una bugia bell'e buona
    that's a downright lie
    \
    →  bello

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > è una bugia bell'e buona

  • 6 mentira

    intj.
    that's not true.
    f.
    1 lie.
    es mentira it's not true, it's a lie
    aunque parezca mentira strange as it may seem
    parece mentira que lo hayamos conseguido I can hardly believe we've done it
    parece mentira que te creas una cosa así how can you possibly believe a thing like that?
    ¡parece mentira, las cinco y todavía no ha llegado! can you believe it, it's five o'clock and she's still hasn't arrived!
    de mentira pretend, false
    dinero de mentira pretend money
    una mentira como una casa a whopping great lie
    mentira piadosa white lie
    2 lying, falsehood, unsoundness.
    * * *
    1 lie
    \
    aunque parezca mentira strange though it may seem
    de mentira (en broma) for a laugh, as a joke 2 (artificial) false
    decir mentiras to tell lies
    parece mentira it's unbelievable
    mentira piadosa white lie
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=embuste) lie

    ¡mentira! — it's a lie!

    • de mentira, una pistola de mentira — a toy pistol

    • parecer mentira, aunque parezca mentira — however incredible it seems, strange though it may seem

    ¡parece mentira! — it's unbelievable!, I can't o don't believe it!

    mentira caritativa, mentira oficiosa Cono Sur —

    mentira piadosa, mentira reverenda — Cono Sur white lie

    2) [en uñas] white mark ( on fingernail)
    3) (=errata) erratum
    * * *
    1) lie

    mentira! yo no le pegué — that's a lie, I didn't hit him!

    ya lo he agarrado or pillado en una mentira en varias ocasiones — I've caught him lying to me several times

    una araña de mentira or (Méx) de mentiras — (leng infantil) a toy spider

    una mentira como una casa or catedral or un templo — (fam) a whopping great lie (colloq), a whopper (colloq)

    2) (Esp fam) ( en la uña) white mark
    * * *
    = lie, fabrication, mendacity, fib, fibbing, untruth, false pretence, deceptiveness.
    Ex. Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges ' lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.
    Ex. The author looks at fabrication, falsification and plagiarism in scientific research.
    Ex. In light of his ongoing record of mendacity, it is puzzling why anyone would continue to take him seriously.
    Ex. Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.
    Ex. When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
    Ex. In some cases, public figures are famous because of their lies; in other cases, their renown obscures the universality of deceptiveness.
    ----
    * aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.
    * de mentira = make-believe.
    * detector de mentiras = polygraph, lie detector.
    * difundir mentiras = spread + lies.
    * gran mentira = big fat lie.
    * la mentira = lying.
    * maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.
    * mentira gorda = big fat lie.
    * mentira histórica = historical fabrication.
    * mentira inocente = white lie.
    * mentira piadosa = white lie.
    * por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.
    * propagar mentiras = spread + lies.
    * trama de mentiras = tissue of lies.
    * una sarta de mentiras = a sackful of lies, a pack of lies.
    * * *
    1) lie

    mentira! yo no le pegué — that's a lie, I didn't hit him!

    ya lo he agarrado or pillado en una mentira en varias ocasiones — I've caught him lying to me several times

    una araña de mentira or (Méx) de mentiras — (leng infantil) a toy spider

    una mentira como una casa or catedral or un templo — (fam) a whopping great lie (colloq), a whopper (colloq)

    2) (Esp fam) ( en la uña) white mark
    * * *
    = lie, fabrication, mendacity, fib, fibbing, untruth, false pretence, deceptiveness.

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

    Ex: The author looks at fabrication, falsification and plagiarism in scientific research.
    Ex: In light of his ongoing record of mendacity, it is puzzling why anyone would continue to take him seriously.
    Ex: Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.
    Ex: When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
    Ex: In some cases, public figures are famous because of their lies; in other cases, their renown obscures the universality of deceptiveness.
    * aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.
    * de mentira = make-believe.
    * detector de mentiras = polygraph, lie detector.
    * difundir mentiras = spread + lies.
    * gran mentira = big fat lie.
    * la mentira = lying.
    * maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.
    * mentira gorda = big fat lie.
    * mentira histórica = historical fabrication.
    * mentira inocente = white lie.
    * mentira piadosa = white lie.
    * por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.
    * propagar mentiras = spread + lies.
    * trama de mentiras = tissue of lies.
    * una sarta de mentiras = a sackful of lies, a pack of lies.

    * * *
    A lie
    eso es mentira that's a lie
    ¡mentira! yo no le pegué that's a lie, I didn't hit him!
    estoy harto de tus mentiras I'm tired of your lying o lies
    ¿por qué dices tantas mentiras? why do you tell so many lies?, why do you lie so much?
    ya lo he agarrado or cogido en una mentira en varias ocasiones he's lied to me on several occasions, I've caught him lying several times
    parece mentira que a tu edad te dé por hacer esas tonterías I'm amazed at you getting up to such silly antics at your age
    parece mentira que no haya venido a verme I can't believe that he hasn't been to see me
    llevan casados once años — ¡parece mentira! ¡cómo pasa el tiempo! they've been married eleven years — isn't it incredible! o it hardly seems possible! doesn't time fly!
    aunque parezca mentira tiene 50 años you may find it hard to believe but she's 50
    no quiero seguir viviendo en la mentira I don't want to go on living a lie
    una araña de mentira or ( Méx) de mentiras ( leng infantil); a toy spider
    me ha llamado tonta — ¡pero se lo dije de mentira! or ¡pero fue de mentira! he said I was stupid — I was only joking! o I didn't mean it!
    una mentira como una casa or catedral or un templo ( fam); a whopping great lie ( colloq), a whopper ( colloq)
    Compuesto:
    white lie
    B ( fam) (en la uña) white mark
    * * *

     

    Del verbo mentir: ( conjugate mentir)

    mentirá es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    mentir    
    mentira
    mentir ( conjugate mentir) verbo intransitivo
    to lie;

    mentira sustantivo femenino
    lie;
    eso es mentira that's a lie;
    ¡mentira! yo no le pegué that's a lie, I didn't hit him!;
    ¡parece mentira! ¡cómo pasa el tiempo! isn't it incredible! doesn't time fly!;
    mentira piadosa white lie;
    una araña de mentira or (Méx) de mentiras (leng infantil) a toy spider;
    una mentira como una casa or un templo (fam) a whopping great lie (colloq), a whopper (colloq)
    mentir verbo intransitivo to lie, tell lies
    miente como un bellaco, he's a real liar ➣ Ver nota en lie
    mentira sustantivo femenino lie: mentira piadosa, white lie
    ♦ Locuciones: parecer mentira: aunque parezca mentira, strange as it may seem
    parece mentira que tenga esa edad, it is incredible that he is that old

    ' mentira' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bola
    - camelo
    - decir
    - descarada
    - descarado
    - engaño
    - engendrar
    - falsedad
    - invención
    - inventar
    - novela
    - oír
    - pegote
    - piadosa
    - piadoso
    - tamaña
    - tamaño
    - transparente
    - burdo
    - chiva
    - coba
    - cuento
    - fábula
    - flagrante
    - grande
    - macana
    - mito
    - parecer
    - que
    - rollo
    - solemne
    English:
    barefaced
    - blatant
    - blatantly
    - deceit
    - downright
    - fabrication
    - fall for
    - invention
    - lie
    - lying
    - oddly
    - out-and-out
    - outright
    - story
    - transparent
    - white lie
    - whopper
    - make
    - pretend
    - strangely
    - white
    * * *
    1. [falsedad] lie;
    una mentira como una casa o [m5] una catedral a whopping great lie;
    ¡mentira cochina! that's a filthy lie!;
    siempre soy yo el que tiene que lavar los platos – ¡mentira! I'm always the one who has to wash the dishes – that's not true! o that's a lie!;
    es mentira it's a lie, it's not true;
    decir mentiras to tell lies;
    de mentira pretend, false;
    parecer mentira: aunque parezca mentira strange as it may seem;
    parece mentira que lo hayamos conseguido I can hardly believe we've done it;
    parece mentira que te creas una cosa así how can you possibly believe a thing like that?;
    ¡parece mentira, las cinco y todavía no ha llegado! can you believe it, it's five o'clock and she still hasn't arrived!
    mentira piadosa white lie
    2. Fam [en la uña] white mark
    * * *
    f lie;
    ¡parece mentira! that’s incredible!
    * * *
    : lie
    * * *
    mentira n lie
    de mentira pretend / toy

    Spanish-English dictionary > mentira

  • 7 reineweg

    Adv. reinweg
    * * *
    rei|ne|weg ['rainəvɛk]
    adv (inf)
    completely, absolutely

    das ist réíneweg eine Frechheit/erlogen — it's downright cheek (Brit) or impudence/a downright lie

    das ist réíneweg zum Verrücktwerden — it's enough to drive you absolutely mad

    * * *
    rei·ne·weg
    [ˈrainəvɛk]
    adv (fam) absolutely, completely
    das ist \reineweg gelogen! that's a complete lie
    * * *
    reineweg adv → reinweg

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > reineweg

  • 8 ağ

    1. s. white
    ağappaq – extremely white
    ağ yalan – barefaced / downright lie
    ağ çörək – white bread
    ağ turp – turnip
    ağ tut – white mulberry
    ◊ Ağ gün adamı ağardar. – He lives long that lives well
    2. i. white (yumurtanın)

    Məktəblilər üçün Azərbaycanca-İngiliscə lüğət > ağ

  • 9 лъжа

    1. lie, tell a lie/an untruth, tell lies/stories
    лъжа някого в очите lie to s.o.'s face
    лъжа безсрамно lie in o.'s throat; swear black is white
    лъжа като циганин lie like a trooper/a gas meter/a rug
    лъжа на дребно fib
    2. (мамя, изневерявам) be false to, deceive, cheat, play (s.o.) false; jockey
    ам. sl. two-time
    (на карти) cheat, sharp, shark
    лъжа противника (при футбол) dummy, give/sell the dummy
    3. вж. залъгвам
    лъжа се deceive/delude o.s., be mistaken/wrong, be in error (about)
    разг. be in the wrong box
    ако не се лъжа if I am not mistaken/wrong, if my memory does not fail me, if my memory serves me right; for anything I know to the contrary
    лъгали сме се в него we deceived ourselves about him, we were mistaken about him
    много/горчиво се лъжете you are greatly/gravely mistaken, you are a long way out
    4. lie, falsehood, untruth
    голяма/дърта лъжа whopper, sl. blazer
    безсрамна лъжа a downright/a thumping/a barefaced/a brazen/an outrageous lie
    опашата/качулата лъжа buster
    априлска лъжа вж. априлски
    на лъжата краката са къси lies have short legs
    5. (измама) deceit, cheat, artifice, guile; make-believe, sham, fake
    всичко е лъжа all is vanity
    хубаво нещо, няма лъжа a good thing and no mistake
    * * *
    лъжа̀,
    ж., -ѝ 1. lie, falsehood, untruth; ( преувеличена история) stretcher, tall story; безсрамна \лъжаа downright/thumping/barefaced/brazen/outrageous lie; голяма/дърта \лъжаа whopper, sl. blazer; дребна \лъжаа fib, taradiddle; изобличавам някого в \лъжаа give the lie to s.o.; невинна \лъжаа white lie; опашата/качулата \лъжаа buster; преднамерена \лъжаа deliberate deception; явна \лъжа blatant/flagrant lie;
    2. ( измама) deceit, cheat, artifice, guile, make-believe, sham, fake, rip-off; dupery; всичко е \лъжаа all is vanity; това е \лъжаа that is all smoke; хубаво нещо, няма \лъжаа a good thing and no mistake.
    ——————
    гл., мин. св. деят. прич. лъ̀гал 1. lie, tell a lie/an untruth, tell lies/stories, speak with a forked tongue; ( преувеличавам) lay it on thick; \лъжа безсрамно lie in o.’s throat; swear black is white; \лъжа като циганин lie like a trooper/a gas meter/a rug, lie through one’s teeth; \лъжа на дребно fib; \лъжа някого в очите lie to s.o.’s face;
    2. ( мамя, изневерявам) be false to, deceive, cheat, play (s.o.) false; jockey; амер. sl. two-time; \лъжа противника ( при футбол) dummy, give/sell the dummy; часовникът ми лъже с пет минути my watch is five minutes out; ( заблуждавам) dupe, blind; (на карти) cheat, sharp, shark;
    \лъжа се deceive/delude o.s., be mistaken/wrong, be in error (about); разг. be in the wrong box; ако не се \лъжа if I am not mistaken/wrong, if my memory does not fail me, if my memory serves me right; for anything I know to the contrary; много/горчиво се лъжете you are greatly/gravely mistaken, you are a long way out.
    * * *
    bung; deceit; deception; flam{fleim}; lie (глаг.): лъжа to s.o.'s face - лъжа някого в очите; lie (същ.); mock; oner (опашата); story; swindle; untruth
    * * *
    1. (заблуждавам) dupe, blind 2. (измама) deceit, cheat, artifice, guile;make-believe, sham, fake 3. (мамя, изневерявам) be false to, deceive, cheat, play (s.o.) false;jockey 4. (на карти) cheat, sharp, shark 5. (преувеличена история) stretcher 6. lie, falsehood, untruth 7. lie, tell a lie/an untruth, tell lies/stories 8. ЛЪЖА безсрамно lie in o.'s throat;swear black is white 9. ЛЪЖА като циганин lie like a trooper/a gas meter/a rug 10. ЛЪЖА на дребно fib 11. ЛЪЖА някого в очите lie to s.o.'s face 12. ЛЪЖА противника (при футбол) dummy, give/sell the dummy 13. ЛЪЖА се deceive/delude o.s., be mistaken/wrong, be in error (about) 14. ако не се ЛЪЖА if I am not mistaken/wrong, if my memory does not fail me, if my memory serves me right;for anything I know to the contrary 15. ам. sl. two-time 16. априлска ЛЪЖА вж. априлски 17. безсрамна ЛЪЖА a downright/a thumping/a barefaced/a brazen/an outrageous lie 18. вж. залъгвам 19. всичко е ЛЪЖА all is vanity 20. голяма/дърта ЛЪЖА whopper, sl. blazer 21. изобличавам някого в ЛЪЖА give the lie to s.o. 22. лъгали сме се в него we deceived ourselves about him, we were mistaken about him 23. много/горчиво се лъжете you are greatly/gravely mistaken, you are a long way out 24. на ЛЪЖАта краката са къси lies have short legs 25. невинна ЛЪЖА a white lie 26. опашата/качулата ЛЪЖА buster 27. разг. be in the wrong box 28. хубаво нещо, няма ЛЪЖА а good thing and no mistake 29. часовникът ми лъже с пет минути my watch is five minutes out

    Български-английски речник > лъжа

  • 10 descarado

    adj.
    cynical, bare-faced, barefaced, bold-faced.
    f. & m.
    cheeky person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descararse.
    * * *
    1 (actitud) shameless, brazen, insolent; (persona) cheeky
    2 (patente) blatant
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 shameless person, cheeky person
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=desvergonzado) shameless; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    2) (=evidente) [mentira] barefaced; [prejuicio] blatant
    2.
    ADV *

    sí voy, descarado — I'm going all right, you bet I'm going

    si supiera inglés, descarado que me iba a Londres — if I spoke English, you can bet your life I'd go to London

    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> brazen, shameless
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    no contestes así a tu madre descarado! — don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude little boy

    * * *
    = blatant, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], brazen, shameless, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], in-your-face, unabashed, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], insolent, rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], impudent, unashamed, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex. Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex. This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex. Some female readers also appreciate bad-girl books for their powerful, independent heroines, and in-your-face attitude.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.
    Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.
    Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    ----
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> brazen, shameless
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    no contestes así a tu madre descarado! — don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude little boy

    * * *
    = blatant, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], brazen, shameless, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], in-your-face, unabashed, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], insolent, rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], impudent, unashamed, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex: Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex: This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex: Some female readers also appreciate bad-girl books for their powerful, independent heroines, and in-your-face attitude.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.
    Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex: 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.
    Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.

    * * *
    descarado1 -da
    1 ‹persona/actitud› brazen, shameless
    el muy descarado, pedirme dinero así what (a) nerve he has, asking me for money like that
    las elecciones fueron un fraude descarado the elections were a blatant fraud o were clearly rigged
    ( Esp fam): si tuviese dinero, descarado que me iría a vivir sola you can bet your life if I had the money, I'd go off and live alone ( colloq)
    lo hizo adrede, descarado make no mistake, she did it on purpose, she did it on purpose, you can be sure of it o you can bet your life on it
    descarado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    no contestes así a tu madre ¡descarado! don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude o ( BrE) cheeky little boy
    ese chico es un descarado that boy has a lot of nerve
    * * *

    Del verbo descararse: ( conjugate descararse)

    descarado es:

    el participio

    descarado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/actitud› brazen, shameless;

    es muy descarado he has a lot of nerve
    descarado,-a
    I adj (insolente) cheeky, insolent
    (desvergonzado) shameless
    una mentira descarada, a barefaced lie
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cheeky person

    ' descarado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevida
    - atrevido
    - cara
    - descarada
    - desvergonzada
    - desvergonzado
    - golfa
    - golfo
    - lisa
    - liso
    - sinvergüenza
    - fresco
    - patudo
    English:
    audacious
    - barefaced
    - blatant
    - bold
    - brash
    - brassy
    - brazen
    - cheeky
    - downright
    - forward
    - shameless
    - unabashed
    - outright
    - pert
    * * *
    descarado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [desvergonzado] [persona] cheeky, impertinent;
    ¡no seas (tan) descarado! don't be (so) cheeky!;
    ¡el muy descarado se ha atrevido a burlarse de mí! the cheeky devil had the nerve to make fun of me!
    2. [flagrante] barefaced, blatant;
    una mentira descarada a barefaced lie;
    ¡es un robo descarado! it's daylight robbery!;
    ¡ha sido un penalti descarado! there's no way that wasn't a penalty!
    ♦ adv
    Esp Fam [por supuesto, seguro] you bet!;
    no lo conseguirá, descarado there's no way she'll manage to do it;
    ¡descarado que iremos! too right we're going to go!
    ♦ nm,f
    cheeky devil;
    eres un descarado mirando you are awful the way you stare at people
    * * *
    adj rude, impertinent
    * * *
    descarado, -da adj
    : brazen, impudent
    * * *
    descarado adj cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > descarado

  • 11 Gesicht

    n; -(e)s, -er
    1. face (auch fig. Person); über das ganze Gesicht strahlen umg. beam all over one’s face; jemandem ins Gesicht schlagen slap s.o. in the face; jemandem ( gerade) ins Gesicht sehen look s.o. (straight) in the eye; ich kann ihr nicht mehr ins Gesicht sehen I can’t look her in the face ( oder eye) any more; jemandem ins Gesicht lachen / lügen laugh in / lie to s.o.’s face; jemandem etw. ins Gesicht sagen / schleudern say s.th. to / throw s.th. in s.o.’s face; einer Gefahr etc. ins Gesicht sehen fig. face up to a danger etc.; den Tatsachen ins Gesicht sehen fig. face the facts; das springt einem doch ins Gesicht umg. it stares you in the face, it’s so obvious; ich hätte ihm ins Gesicht springen können umg. I could have strangled him; er ist seinem Vater wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten he’s the spitting image ( oder spit and image) of his father, he’s a chip off the old block umg.; das Essen fiel ihm aus dem Gesicht umg., hum. he threw up, Am. he tossed his cookies
    2. (Miene) face, expression; Gesichter machen oder schneiden make ( oder pull) faces; ein böses Gesicht machen scowl; sie machte ein langes Gesicht enttäuscht: her face fell; trotzig: she pulled (Am. made) a face; was machst du für ein Gesicht? what are you pulling (Am. making) (such) a face for?; mach nicht so ein Gesicht! stop pulling (Am. making) such a face, wipe that look off your face; mach nicht so ein dummes Gesicht! don’t look so stupid, wipe that stupid look off your face; ein Gesicht machen wie drei etc. Tage Regenwetter have a face as long as a fiddle; das sieht man ihr am Gesicht an you can tell by the look on her face; es steht ihm im oder ins Gesicht geschrieben it’s written all over his face
    3. fig. (Aussehen) look; lit. (Charakter) character; das Gesicht einer Stadt the appearance of a town; die vielen Gesichter Roms the many faces of Rome; ein anderes Gesicht bekommen take on a new ( oder different) look oder complexion; das gibt der Sache ein anderes Gesicht that puts a new ( oder different) light oder complexion on the matter; jetzt hat / bekommt die Sache ein Gesicht now the thing has taken / is starting to take shape
    4. äußerer Schein: face; das Gesicht verlieren lose face; das Gesicht wahren save (one’s) face; sein wahres Gesicht zeigen show one’s true colo(u)rs; das steht einem Staatsmann gut / schlecht zu Gesicht(e) it well / ill becomes a statesman geh.
    5. nur Sg.; (Sehen): das zweite Gesicht haben have second sight; zu Gesicht bekommen (erblicken) catch sight of; kurz: catch a glimpse of; (sehen) set eyes (up)on, see; jemandem zu Gesicht kommen be seen by s.o.; aus dem Gesicht verlieren lose sight of
    6. (Vorderseite) face; ein Blatt, Bild liegt mit dem Gesicht nach oben / unten face up / down
    —
    n; -(e)s, -e; (Vision) vision
    —
    n; -(e)s, -e; (Vision) vision
    * * *
    das Gesicht
    mug; vision; face
    * * *
    Ge|sịcht I [gə'zɪçt]
    nt -(e)s, -er
    1) face

    ein Gesicht machen or ziehen (inf) — to make or pull a face

    ein intelligentes/trauriges/böses/wütendes Gesicht machen — to look intelligent/sad/cross/angry

    jdm etw ins Gesicht sagen — to tell sb sth to his face

    es stand ihm im or ins Gesicht geschrieben — it was written all over his face

    aufs Gesicht fallen — to fall on one's face; (fig inf: Brot etc) to fall sticky side down

    sein wahres Gesicht zeigen — to show( oneself in) one's true colours (Brit) or colors (US)

    neue Gesichter sehen — to see some new faces

    das sieht man ihm am Gesicht an — you can see or tell (that) from his face

    eine ( Zigarette) ins Gesicht stecken (inf) — to stick a cigarette in one's face (inf) or mouth

    jdm wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten sein — to be the spitting image of sb

    der Hut steht ihr gut zu Gesicht (dated) — her hat is very becoming, her hat becomes her

    dieses Verhalten steht dir nicht zu Gesicht (dated) — such behaviour (Brit) or behavior (US) ill becomes you, it ill becomes you to behave like that

    See:
    → Schlag
    2) (fig) (= Aussehen) look, appearance; (einer Stadt, Landschaft etc) face, appearance; (geh = Charakter) character

    ein anderes/freundlicheres Gesicht bekommen — to look quite different/more friendly

    3) no pl old = Sehvermögen) sight

    jdn/etw zu Gesicht bekommen — to set eyes on sb/sth, to see sb/sth

    jdm zu Gesicht kommen (geh) — to be seen by sb

    II
    nt -(e)s, -e
    * * *
    (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) face
    * * *
    Ge·sicht1
    <-[e]s, -er>
    [gəˈzɪçt]
    nt
    1. (Antlitz) face
    er ist im \Gesicht etwas mager geworden his face has got rather thin, he's got thin in the face
    grün im \Gesicht werden (fam) to go green in the face
    mitten im \Gesicht [right] in the middle of sb's face
    jdm ins \Gesicht schauen [o sehen] to look sb in the face
    jdm mitten ins \Gesicht sehen to look right into sb's face
    jdm ins \Gesicht scheinen to shine in sb's eyes
    jdm ins \Gesicht schlagen to hit sb in the [or in their] face; (ohrfeigen a.) to slap sb's face
    ein Zweig schlug mir ins \Gesicht und zerbrach meine Brille a branch hit me in the face and broke my glasses
    jdm mit der Faust mitten ins \Gesicht schlagen to punch [or hit] sb right in the [or their] face
    jdm ins \Gesicht spucken to spit in sb's face
    über das ganze \Gesicht strahlen (fam) to beam all over one's face
    das \Gesicht verzerren to contort one's face
    das \Gesicht verziehen to make [or pull] a face
    jdm das \Gesicht zuwenden to turn to sb, to look at sb
    2. (fig: Person) face fig
    neue \Gesichter sehen to see new faces
    3. (Gesichtsausdruck) expression
    jdm etw vom \Gesicht ablesen/am \Gesicht ansehen to read/see sth from sb's expression [or the expression [or look] on sb's face]
    ein \Gesicht machen [o ziehen] to make [or pull] a face
    was machst du denn für ein \Gesicht? why are you looking like that?
    ein anderes \Gesicht machen (fam) to put on a different expression
    mach doch ein anderes \Gesicht! stop looking like that!
    ein böses/enttäuschtes/trauriges \Gesicht machen to look angry/disappointed/sad
    ein langes \Gesicht machen [o ziehen] to pull a [long] face
    4. (Vorderseite) front
    auf das \Gesicht fallen Brot to fall sticky side down
    5. (Erscheinungsbild) appearance
    ein anderes \Gesicht bekommen to take on a different character
    etw dat ein anderes \Gesicht geben [o (geh) verleihen] to make sth look different, to give sth a different character
    die verschiedenen \Gesichter Deutschlands the different faces of Germany
    6.
    ▶ jdm nicht ins \Gesicht blicken [o sehen] können to be unable to look sb in the face
    ▶ jdm wie aus dem \Gesicht geschnitten sein to be the spitting image of sb
    ▶ jdm im \Gesicht geschrieben stehen to be written on [or all over] sb's face
    ▶ jdm ins \Gesicht lachen to laugh in sb's face
    ▶ jdm ins \Gesicht lügen to tell sb a downright [or an outright] lie
    ▶ jdm etw [direkt [o fam glatt]] ins \Gesicht sagen to say sth [straight] to sb's face
    ▶ etw dat ins \Gesicht sehen to face sth
    den Tatsachen/der Wahrheit ins \Gesicht sehen to face the facts/the truth
    ▶ jdm ins \Gesicht springen (fam: angreifen) to go for sb; (auffallen) to be obvious for sb
    der Fehler ist mir sofort ins \Gesicht gesprungen I noticed the mistake immediately
    ▶ ein \Gesicht wie drei [o acht] Tage Regenwetter machen (fam) to look as miserable as sin fam
    ▶ das [o sein] \Gesicht verlieren to lose face
    ▶ das [o sein] \Gesicht wahren to keep up appearances, to save face
    ▶ sein wahres \Gesicht zeigen [o (geh) enthüllen] to show one's true colours [or one's true character] [or oneself in one's true colours]
    ▶ zwei \Gesichter haben to be two-faced
    Ge·sicht2
    <-[e]s, -e>
    [gəˈzɪçt]
    nt sight
    etw zu \Gesicht bekommen to have sight of sth form, to see sth
    ich habe diese Unterlagen nie zu \Gesicht bekommen I have never seen these papers
    das zweite \Gesicht haben (veraltet) to have second sight
    * * *
    das; Gesicht[e]s, Gesichter
    1) face

    über das ganze Gesicht strahlen — (ugs.) beam all over one's face; (fig.)

    sein wahres Gesicht zeigen — show oneself in one's true colours; show one's true character

    jemandem wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten sein — be the [very or (coll.) dead] spit [and image] of somebody

    jemandem ins Gesicht lachen/lügen — laugh in/lie to somebody's face

    jemandem [nicht] zu Gesicht[e] stehen — [not] become somebody

    ein anderes Gesicht aufsetzen od. machen — put on a different expression

    ein Gesicht machen wie drei od. acht od. vierzehn Tage Regenwetter — look as miserable as sin

    ein langes Gesicht/lange Gesichter machen — pull a long face

    Gesichter schneiden — pull or make faces

    2) (fig.): (Aussehen)
    3) o. Pl. (geh., veralt.): (Sehvermögen) sight

    das Zweite Gesicht [haben] — [have] second sight

    jemanden/etwas zu Gesicht bekommen — set eyes on or see somebody/something

    * * *
    Gesicht1 n; -(e)s, -er
    1. face (auch fig Person);
    über das ganze Gesicht strahlen umg beam all over one’s face;
    jemandem ins Gesicht schlagen slap sb in the face;
    jemandem (gerade) ins Gesicht sehen look sb (straight) in the eye;
    ich kann ihr nicht mehr ins Gesicht sehen I can’t look her in the face ( oder eye) any more;
    jemandem ins Gesicht lachen/lügen laugh in/lie to sb’s face;
    jemandem etwas ins Gesicht sagen/schleudern say sth to/throw sth in sb’s face;
    ins Gesicht sehen fig face up to a danger etc;
    den Tatsachen ins Gesicht sehen fig face the facts;
    das springt einem doch ins Gesicht umg it stares you in the face, it’s so obvious;
    ich hätte ihm ins Gesicht springen können umg I could have strangled him;
    er ist seinem Vater wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten he’s the spitting image ( oder spit and image) of his father, he’s a chip off the old block umg;
    das Essen fiel ihm aus dem Gesicht umg, hum he threw up, US he tossed his cookies
    2. (Miene) face, expression;
    schneiden make ( oder pull) faces;
    sie machte ein langes Gesicht enttäuscht: her face fell; trotzig: she pulled (US made) a face;
    was machst du für ein Gesicht? what are you pulling (US making) (such) a face for?;
    mach nicht so ein Gesicht! stop pulling (US making) such a face, wipe that look off your face;
    mach nicht so ein dummes Gesicht! don’t look so stupid, wipe that stupid look off your face;
    Tage Regenwetter have a face as long as a fiddle;
    das sieht man ihr am Gesicht an you can tell by the look on her face;
    ins Gesicht geschrieben it’s written all over his face
    3. fig (Aussehen) look; liter (Charakter) character;
    das Gesicht einer Stadt the appearance of a town;
    die vielen Gesichter Roms the many faces of Rome;
    ein anderes Gesicht bekommen take on a new ( oder different) look oder complexion;
    das gibt der Sache ein anderes Gesicht that puts a new ( oder different) light oder complexion on the matter;
    jetzt hat/bekommt die Sache ein Gesicht now the thing has taken/is starting to take shape
    das Gesicht wahren save (one’s) face;
    sein wahres Gesicht zeigen show one’s true colo(u)rs;
    das steht einem Staatsmann gut/schlecht zu Gesicht(e) it well/ill becomes a statesman geh
    5. nur sg; (Sehen):
    das zweite Gesicht haben have second sight;
    zu Gesicht bekommen (erblicken) catch sight of; kurz: catch a glimpse of; (sehen) set eyes (up)on, see;
    6. (Vorderseite) face;
    ein Blatt, Bild liegt
    mit dem Gesicht nach oben/unten face up/down
    Gesicht2 n; -(e)s, -e; (Vision) vision
    * * *
    das; Gesicht[e]s, Gesichter
    1) face

    über das ganze Gesicht strahlen — (ugs.) beam all over one's face; (fig.)

    sein wahres Gesicht zeigen — show oneself in one's true colours; show one's true character

    jemandem wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten sein — be the [very or (coll.) dead] spit [and image] of somebody

    jemandem ins Gesicht lachen/lügen — laugh in/lie to somebody's face

    jemandem [nicht] zu Gesicht[e] stehen — [not] become somebody

    ein anderes Gesicht aufsetzen od. machen — put on a different expression

    ein Gesicht machen wie drei od. acht od. vierzehn Tage Regenwetter — look as miserable as sin

    ein langes Gesicht/lange Gesichter machen — pull a long face

    Gesichter schneiden — pull or make faces

    2) (fig.): (Aussehen)
    3) o. Pl. (geh., veralt.): (Sehvermögen) sight

    das Zweite Gesicht [haben] — [have] second sight

    jemanden/etwas zu Gesicht bekommen — set eyes on or see somebody/something

    * * *
    -er n.
    face n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Gesicht

  • 12 FYRIR

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    prep.
    I. with dat.
    1) before, in front of (ok vóru fyrir honum borin merkin);
    fyrir dyrum, before the door;
    2) before one, in one’s presence;
    hón nefndist fyrir þeim Gunnhildr, she told them that her name was G.;
    3) for;
    hann lét ryðja fyrir þeim búðina, he had the booth cleared for them, for their reception;
    4) before one, in one’s way;
    fjörðr varð fyrir þeim, they came to a fjord;
    sitja fyrir e-m, to lie in wait for one;
    5) naut. term. before, off;
    liggja fyrir bryggjum, to lie off the piers;
    fyrir Humru-mynni, off the Humber;
    6) before, at the head of, over;
    vera fyrir liði, to be over the troops;
    vera fyrir máli, to lead the case;
    sitja fyrir svörum, to undertake the defence;
    7) of time, ago;
    fyrir þrem nóttum, three nights ago;
    fyrir stundu, a while ago;
    fyrir löngu, long ago;
    vera fyrir e-u, to forebode (of a dream);
    8) before, above, superior to;
    Hálfdan svarti var fyrir þeim brœðrum, H. was the foremost of the brothers;
    9) denoting disadvantige, harm, suffering;
    þú lætr Egil vefja öll mál fyrir þér, thou lettest E. thwart all thy affairs;
    tók at eyðast fyrir herm lausa-fé, her money began to fail;
    10) denoting obstacle, hindrance;
    mikit gøri þer mér fyrir þessu máli, you make this case hard for me;
    varð honum lítit fyrir því, it was a small matter for him;
    Ásgrími þótti þungt fyrir, A. thought that things looked bad;
    11) because of, for;
    hon undi sér hvergri fyrir verkjum, she had no rest for pains;
    fyrir hræðslu, for fear;
    illa fœrt fyrir ísum, scarcely, passable for ice;
    gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, because of fishing, they neglected to make hay;
    fyrir því at, because, since, as;
    12) against;
    gæt þín vel fyrir konungi ok hans mönnum, guard thee well against the king and his men;
    beiða griða Baldri fyrir alls konar háska, against all kinds of harm;
    13) fyrir sér, of oneself;
    mikill fyrir sér, strong, powerful;
    minnstr fyrir sér, smallest, weakest;
    14) denoting manner or quality, with;
    hvítr fyrir hærum, while with hoary hair;
    II. with acc.
    1) before, in front of;
    halda fyrir augu sér, to hold (one’s hands) before one’s eyes;
    2) before, into the presence of;
    stefna e-m fyrir dómstól, before a court;
    3) over;
    hlaupa fyrir björg, to leap over a precipice;
    kasta fyrir borð, to throw overboard;
    4) in one’s way, crossing one’s way;
    ríða á leið fyrir þá, to ride in their way, so as to meet them;
    5) round, off;
    sigla fyrir nes, to weather a point;
    6) along, all along;
    fyrir endilangan Noreg, all along Norway, from one end to the other;
    draga ör fyrir odd, to draw the arrow past the point;
    7) of time, fyrir dag, before day;
    fyrir e-s minni, before one’s memory;
    8) for, on behalf of;
    vil ek bjóða at fara fyrir þik, I will offer to go for thee, in thy stead;
    lögvörn fyrir mál, a lawful defence for a case;
    9) for, for the benefit of;
    þeir skáru fyrir þá melinn, they cut the lyme-grass for them (the horses);
    10) for, instead of, in place of, as;
    11) for, because of (vilja Gunnar dauðan fyrir höggit);
    fyrir þín orð, for thy words (intercession);
    fyrir sína vinsæld, by reason of his popularity;
    12) denoting value, price;
    fyrir þrjár merkr, for three marks;
    fyrir hvern mun, by all means, at any cost;
    13) in spite of, against (giptast fyrir ráð e-s);
    14) joined with adverbs ending in -an, governing acc. (fyrir austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, útan innan, framan, handan, ofan, neðan);
    fyrir austan, sunnan fjall, east, south of the fell;
    fyrir neðan brú, below the bridge;
    fyrir handan á, beyond the river;
    fyrir innan garð, inside the fence;
    III. as adverb or ellipt.
    1) ahead, before, opp. to eptir;
    þá var eigi hins verra eptir ván, er slíkt fór fyrir, when this came first, preceded;
    2) first;
    mun ek þar eptir gera sem þér gerit fyrir, I shall do to you according as you do first;
    3) at hand, present, to the fore;
    föng þau, er fyrir vóru, stores that were at hand;
    þar var fyrir fjöldi boðsmanna, a host of guests was already present (before the bride and bridegroom came);
    4) e-m verðr e-t fyrir, one takes a certain step, acts so and so;
    Kolbeini varð ekki fyrir, K. was at a loss what to do;
    e-t mælist vel (illa) fyrir, a thing is well (ill) spoken or reported of (kvæðit mæltist vel fyrir).
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    prep., in the Editions spelt differently; in MSS. this word is usually abbreviated either  (i. e. firir), or Ꝼ̆, fur͛, fvr͛ (i. e. fyrir); in some MSS. it is idiomatically spelt with i, fir͛, e. g. Arna-Magn. 382 (Bs. i. 263 sqq.); and even in the old Miracle-book Arna-Magn. 645 (Bs. i. 333 sqq.), just as ifir is written for yfir ( over); in a few MSS. it is written as a monosyllable fyr, e. g. D. I. i. 475, Mork. passim; in Kb. (Sæm.-Edda) occurs fyr telia, Vsp. I; fyr norðan, 36; fyr dyrum, Gm. 22; fyr vestan ver, Hkv. 2. 8; in other places as a dissyll. fyrir, e. g. Hm. 56, Gm. 54, Skm. 34, Ls. 15, Am. 64, Hkv. 2. 2, 19 (quoted from Bugge’s edition, see his preface, p. xvi); fyr and fyrir stand to one another in the same relation as ept to eptir, und to undir, of ( super) to yfir: this monosyllabic form is obsolete, save in the compds, where ‘for-’ is more common than ‘fyrir-;’ in some cases both forms are used, e. g. for-dæming and fyrir-dæming; in others only one, but without any fixed rule: again, the forms fyri, fyre, or fire, which are often used in Edd., are just as wrong, as if one were to say epti, undi, yfi; yet this spelling is found now and then in MSS., as, fyre, Ó. H. (facsimile); fire, Grág. Sb. ii. 288 (also facsimile): the particles í and á are sometimes added, í fur, Fms. iv. 137; í fyrir, passim; á fur, Haustl. 1. [Ulf. faur and faura; A. S. fore and for; Engl. for and fore-; Germ. für and vor; Dan. for; Swed. för; Gr. προ-; Lat. pro, prae.]
    WITH DAT., chiefly without the notion of movement.
    A. LOCAL:
    I. before, in front of; fyrir dyrum, before the doors, at the doors, Nj. 14, Vsp. 53, Hm. 69, Edda 130; niðr f. smiðju-dyrum, Eg. 142:—ahead, úti fyrir búðinni, Nj. 181; kómusk sauðirnir upp á fjallit f. þeim, ahead of them, 27; vóru fyrir honum borin merkin, the banner was borne before him, 274; göra orð fyrir sér, to send word before one, Fms. vii. 207, Hkr. iii. 335 (Ó. H. 201, l. c., frá sér):—also denoting direction, niðri í eldinum f. sér, beneath in the fire before them, Nj. 204; þeir sá f. sér bæ mikinn, they saw before them a great building, i. e. they came to a great house, Eg. 546; öðrum f. sér ( in front) en öðrum á bak sér, Grág. i. 5.
    2. before one, before one’s face, in one’s presence; úhelgaða ek Otkel f. búum, before the neighbours, Nj. 87; lýsi ek f. búum fimm, 218; lýsa e-u ( to proclaim) f. e-m, Ld. 8; hann hermdi boð öll f. Gizuri, Nj. 78; hón nefndisk f. þeim Gunnhildr, told them that her name was G., Fms. i. 8; kæra e-t f. e-m, Ó. H. 60; slíkar fortölur hafði hann f. þeim, Nj. 200; the saying, því læra börnin málið að það er f. þeim haft, bairns learn to speak because it is done before them, i. e. because they hear it; hafa gott (íllt) f. e-m, to give a good (bad) example, e. g. in the presence of children; lifa vel f. Guði, to live well before God, 623. 29; stór ábyrgðar-hluti f. Guði, Nj. 199; sem þeir sjá réttast f. Guði, Grág. i. (pref.); fyrir öllum þeim, Hom. 89; á laun f. öðrum mönnum, hidden from other men, unknown to them, Grág. i. 337, Jb. 378; nú skaltú vera vin minn mikill f. húsfreyju minni, i. e. when you talk to my wife, Nj. 265; fyrir Drottni, before the Lord, Merl. 2. 78.
    3. denoting reception of guests, visitors; hann lét ryðja f. þeim búðina, he had the room cleared for them, for their reception, Nj. 228; Valhöll ryðja fyr vegnu fólki, i. e. to clear Valhalla for slain folk, Em. I; ryðja vígvöll f. vegundum, Nj. 212; ljúka upp f. e-m, to open the door for one, Fms. xi. 323, Stj. 5; rýma pallinn f. þeim, Eg. 304; hann lét göra eld f. þeim, he had a fire made for them, 204; þeir görðu eld. f. sér, Fms. xi. 63; … veizlur þar sem fyrir honum var búit, banquets that were ready for him, Eg. 45.
    II. before one, in one’s way; þar er díki varð f. þeim, Eg. 530; á (fjörðr) varð f. þeim, a river, fjord, was before them, i. e. they came to it, 133, 161; at verða eigi f. liði yðru, 51; maðr sá varð f. Vindum, that man was overtaken by the V., Hkr. iii. 363; þeirra manna er f. honum urðu, Eg. 92.
    2. sitja f. e-m, to lie in wait for one, Ld. 218, Nj. 107; lá f. henni í skóginum, Edda (pref.); sitja f. rekum, to sit watching for wrecks, Eg. 136 (fyrir-sát).
    3. ellipt., menn urðu at gæta sín er f. urðu, Nj. 100; Egill var þar f. í runninum, E. was before (them), lay in ambush, Eg. 378; hafði sá bana er f. varð, who was before (the arrow), i. e. he was hit, Nj. 8.
    4. verða f. e-u, to be hit, taken, suffer from a thing; ef hann verðr f. drepi, if he be struck, Grág. ii. 19; verða f. áverka, to be wounded, suffer injury, Ld. 140; verða f. reiði konungs, to fall into disgrace with the king, Eg. 226; verða f. ósköpum, to become the victim of a spell, spell-bound, Fas. i. 130; sitja f. hvers manns ámæli, to be the object of all men’s blame, Nj. 71; vera eigi f. sönnu hafðr, to be unjustly charged with a thing, to be innocent.
    III. a naut. term, before, off; liggja f. bryggjum, to lie off the pier, Ld. 166; skip fljóta f. strengjum, Sks. 116; þeir lágu f. bænum, they lay off the town, Bs. i. 18; liggja úti f. Jótlands-síðu, off Jutland, Eg. 261; hann druknaði f. Jaðri, off the J., Fms. i. II; þeir kómu at honum f. Sjólandi, off Zealand, x. 394; hafa úti leiðangr f. landi, Hkr. i. 301; f. Humru-minni, off the Humber, Orkn. 338, cp. Km. 3, 8, 9, 13, 19, 21; fyrir Nesjum, off the Ness, Vellekla; fyrir Tungum, Sighvat; fyrir Spáni, off Spain, Orkn. 356.
    IV. before, at the head of, denoting leadership; smalamaðr f. búi föður síns, Ver. 26 (of king David); vera f. liði, to be over the troops, Eg. 292, Nj. 7; vera f. máli, to lead the case, Band. 8; vera forstjóri f. búi, to be steward over the household, Eg. 52; ráða f. landi, ríki, etc., to rule, govern, Ó H. 33, Nj. 5; hverr f. eldinum réði, who was the ringleader of the fire, Eg. 239; ráða f. e-u, to rule, manage a thing, passim: the phrase, sitja f. svörum, to respond on one’s behalf, Ölk. 36, Band. 12; hafa svör f. e-m, to be the chief spokesman, Fms. x. 101, Dipl. v. 26.
    V. special usages; friða f. e-m, to make peace for one, Fms. vii. 16, Bs. i. 65; bæta f. e-m, to make things good for one, Hom. 109; túlka, vera túlkr, flytja (etc.) f. e-m, to plead for one, Fms. iii. 33, Nj. 128,—also spilla f. e-m, to disparage one, Eg. 255; haga, ætla f. e-u, to manage, arrange for one, Ld. 208, Sturl. i. 14, Boll. 356; rífka ráð f. e-m, to better one’s condition, Nj. 21; ráða heiman-fylgju ok tilgjöf f. frændkonu sinni, Js. 58; standa f. manni, to stand before, shield a man, stand between him and his enemy, Eg. 357, Grág. ii. 13; vera skjöldr f. e-m, 655 xxxii. 4; hafa kostnað f. e-u, to have the expences for a thing, Ld. 14; vinna f. e-m, to support one by one’s work, Sks. 251; starfa f. fé sínu, to manage one’s money, Ld. 166; hyggja f. e-u, to take heed for a thing, Nj. 109; hyggja f. sér, Fs. 5; hafa forsjá f. e-m, to provide for one, Ld. 186; sjá f. e-u, to see after, Eg. 118, Landn, 152; sjá þú nokkut ráð f. mér, Nj. 20: ironic. to put at rest, Háv. 40: ellipt., sjá vel f., to provide well for, Nj. 102.
    B. TEMP. ago; fyrir þrem nóttum, three nights ago; fyrir stundu, a while ago, Nj. 80; fyrir litlu, a little while ago, Fms. i. 76, Ld. 134; fyrir skömmu, a sbort while ago; fyrir löngu, a long while ago, Nj. 260, Fms. i. 50; fyrir öndverðu, from the beginning, Grág. i. 80, ii. 323, 394, Finnb. 342; fyrir þeim, before they were born, Fms. i. 57.
    2. the phrase, vera f. e-u, to forebode; vera f. stórfundum, Nj. 107, 277; þat hygg ek vera munu f. siða-skipti, Fms. xi. 12; þessi draumr mun vera f. kvámu nökkurs manns, vii. 163; dreyma draum f. e-u, 8; fyrir tiðendum, ii. 65:—spá f. e-m, to ‘spae’ before, prophecy to one, Nj. 171.
    C. METAPH.:
    I. before, above; þóttu þeir þar f. öllum ungum mönnum, Dropl. 7; þykkisk hann mjök f. öðrum mönnum, Ld. 38; ver f. hirðmönnum, be first among my herdsmen, Eg. 65; Hálfdan svarti var f. þeim bræðrum, H. was the foremost of the brothers, Fms. i. 4; þorgrímr var f. sonum Önundar, Grett. 87; var Haraldr mest f. þeim at virðingu, Fms. i. 47.
    II. denoting help, assistance; haun skal rétta vættið f. þeim, Grág. i. 45 (vide above A. IV and V).
    2. the following seem to be Latinisms, láta lífit f. heilagri Kristni, to give up one’s life for holy Christianity, = Lat. pro, Fms. vii. 172; ganga undir píslir fyrir Guðs nafni, Blas. 38; gjalda önd mína f. önd þinni, Johann. 17; gefa gjöf f. sál sinni ( pro animâ suâ), H. E. i. 466; fyrir mér ok minni sál, Dipl. iv. 8; færa Guði fórnir f. e-m, 656 A; heita f. e-m, biðja f. e-m, to make a vow, pray for one (orare pro), Fms. iii. 48, Bs. i. 70; biðja f. mönnum, to intercede for, 19, Fms. xi. 287: even with a double construction, biðja f. stað sinn (acc., which is vernacular) ok heilagri kirkju (dat., which is a Latinism), x. 127.
    III. denoting disadvantage, harm, suffering; þú lætr Egil vefja öll mál fyrir þér, thou lettest Egil thwart all thy affairs, Eg. 249; únýtir hann þá málit fyrir sér, then he ruins his own case, Grág. i. 36, Dropl. 14, 16; Manverjar rufu safnaðinn f. Þorkatli, the Manxmen broke up the assembly, i. e. forsook Thorkel, Fms. ix. 422; kom upp grátr f. henni, she burst into tears, 477; taka fé f. öðrum, to take another’s money, N. G. L. i. 20; knörr þann er konungr lét taka fyrir Þórólfi, Landn. 56; ef hross verðr tekit f. honum, if a horse of his be taken, Grág. i. 436; hann tók upp fé fyrir öllum, he seized property for them all, Ó. H. 60; e-t ferr ílla f. e-m, a thing turns out ill for one; svá fór f. Ólófu, so it came to pass for O., Vígl. 18; loka dyrr f. e-m, to lock the door in one’s face, Edda 21: þeir hafa eigi þessa menn f. yðr drepit, heldr f. yðrar sakir þessi víg vegit, i. e. they have not harmed you, but rather done you a service in slaying those men, Fbr. 33; tók at eyðask f. henni lausa-fé, her money began to fail, Nj. 29; rak á f. þeim storma ok stríðviðri, they were overtaken by gales and bad weather, Vígl. 27; Víglundr rak út knöttinn f. Jökli, V. drove the ball for J., i. e. so that he had to run after it, 24; sá er skar tygil f. Þóri, he who cut Thor’s line, Bragi; sverð brast f. mér, my sword broke, Korm. 98 (in a verse); brjóta e-t f. e-m, to break a thing for one, Bs. i. 15 (in a verse); Valgarðr braut krossa fyrir Merði ok öll heilög tákn, Nj. 167; árin brotnaði f. honum, his oar broke; allar kýrnar drápust fyrir honum, all his cows died.
    2. denoting difficulty, hindrance; sitja f. sæmd e-s, to sit between oneself and one’s honour, i. e. to hinder one’s doing well, Sturl. 87; mikit göri þér mér f. þessu máli, you make this case sore for me, Eb. 124; þér er mikit f. máli, thy case stands ill, Fms. v. 325; ekki er Guði f. því, it is easy for God to do, 656 B. 9; varð honum lítið f. því, it was a small matter for him, he did it easily, Grett. III; mér er minna f. því, it is easier for me, Am. 60; þykkja mikit f. e-u, to be much grieved for a thing, do it unwillingly, Nj. 77; Icel. also say, þykja fyrir (ellipt.), to feel hurt, be displeased:—ellipt., er þeim lítið fyrir at villa járnburð þenna, it is a small matter for them to spoil this ordeal, Ó. H. 140; sem sér muni lítið f. at veiða Gunnar, Nj. 113; fast mun f. vera, it will be fast-fixed before (one), hard to move, Ld. 154; Ásgrími þótti þungt f., A. thought that things looked sad (heavy), Nj. 185; hann var lengi f., he was long about it, Fms. x. 205; hann var lengi f. ok kvað eigi nei við, he was cross and said not downright no, Þorf. Karl. 388.
    IV. in a causal sense, for, because of, Lat. per, pro; sofa ek né mákat fugls jarmi fyrir, I cannot sleep for the shrill cry of birds, Edda 16 (in a verse); hon undi sér hvergi f. verkjum, she had no rest for pains, Bjarn. 69; fyrir gráti, tárum, = Lat. prae lacrymis; fyrir harmi, for sorrow; f. hlátri, for laughter, as in Engl.; þeir æddust f. einni konu, they went mad for the sake of one woman, Sól. 11; ílla fært f. ísum, scarce passable for ice, Fms. xi. 360; hætt var at sitja útar f. Miðgarðs-ormi, Edda 35; hann var lítt gengr f. sárinu, he could hardly walk for the wound, Fbr. 178; fyrir hræðslu, for fear, Hbl. 26; heptisk vegrinn f. þeim meinvættum sem …, Fs. 4; gáðu þeir eigi f. veiðum at fá heyjanna, because of fishing they took no care to make hay, Landn. 30; fyrir riki konungs, for the king’s power, Eg. 67, 117; fyrir ofríki manna, Grág. i. 68; fyrir hví, for why? Eluc. 4; fyrir hví þeir væri þar, Eg. 375; fyrir því, at …, for that, because, Edda 35, Fms. i. 22, vii. 330, Ld. 104; en fyrir því nú at, now since, Skálda 171; nú fyrir því at, id., 169: the phrase, fyrir sökum, for the sake of, because of, passim; vide sök.
    V. by, by the force of; öxlin gékk ór liði fyrir högginu, the shoulder was disjointed by the force of the stroke, Háv. 52.
    2. denoting contest; falla f. e-m, to fall before one, i. e. fighting against one, Fms. i. 7, iv. 9, x. 196; verða halloki f. e-m, to be overcome in fighting one, Ld. 146; látask f. e-m, to perish by one, Eb. 34; hafa bana f. e-m, to be slain by one, Nj. 43; þeir kváðu fá fúnað hafa f. honum, 263; mæddisk hann f. þeim, he lost his breath in fighting them, Eg. 192; láta ríki f. e-m, to lose the kingdom before another, i. e. so that the latter gains it, 264; láta lausar eignir mínar f. þér, 505; láta hlut sinn f. e-m, Fs. 47; standask f. e-m, to stand one’s ground before one, Edda (pref.); hugðisk hann falla mundu f. sjóninni einni saman, that he would sink before his glance, 28, Hým. 12; halda hlut f. e-m, Ld. 54; halda frið ok frelsi f. várum óvinum, Fms. viii. 219; fara mun ek sem ek hefi áðr ætlað f. þínum draum ( thy dream notwithstanding), Ld. 216; þér farit hvárt er þér vilit f. mér, you go wherever you like for me, so far as I am concerted, Fær. 37; halda vöku f. sér, to keep oneself awake, Fms. i. 216.
    β. with verbs, flýja, hlaupa, renna, stökkva f. e-m, to fly, leap, run before one, i. e. to be pursued, Bs. i. 774, Grág. ii. 359; at hann rynni f. þrælum hans, Ld. 64; fyrir þessum úfriði stökk Þangbrandr til Noregs, 180; skyldi hann ganga ór á f. Hofsmönnum, Landn. 178; ganga f. e-u, to give way before, yield to a thing, Fms. i. 305, x. 292; vægja f. e-m, to yield to one, give way, Eg. 21, 187, Nj. 57, Ld. 234.
    VI. against; verja land f. e-m, Eg. 32; verja landit f. Dönum ok öðrum víkingum, Fms. i. 23; til landvarnar f. víkingum, Eg. 260; landvarnar-maðr f. Norðmönnum, Fms. vi. 295; gæta brúarinnar f. bergrisum, Edda 17; gæt þín vel f. konungi ok hans mönnum, guard thee well against the king and his men, Eg. 113; góð aðstoð f. tröllum ok dvergum, Bárð. 163; beiða Baldri griða f. allskonar háska, Edda 36; auðskæðr f. höggum, Eg. 770.
    VII. in the sense of being driven before; fyrir straumi, veðri, vindi, before the stream, wind, weather (forstreymis, forvindis), Grág. ii. 384, Fms. vii. 262; halda f. veðri, to stand before the wind, Róm. 211.
    2. rýrt mun verða f. honum smá-mennit, he will have an easy game with the small people, Nj. 94: ellipt., hafði sá bana er f. varð, 8; sprakk f., 16, 91.
    VIII. fyrir sér, of oneself, esp. of physical power; mikill f. sér, strong, powerful; lítill f. sér, weak, feeble, Nj. 20, Ísl. ii. 368, Eg. 192; þér munuð kalla mik lítinn mann f. mér, Edda 33; minnstr f. sér, smallest, weakest, Eg. 123; gildr maðr f. sér, Ísl. ii. 322, Fms. ii. 145; herðimaðr mikiil f. sér, a hardy man, Nj. 270; hvat ert þú f. þér, what kind of fellow art thou? Clem. 33; vera einn f. sér, to be a strange fellow, Grett. 79 new Ed.; Icel. also say, göra mikið (lítið) f. sér, to make oneself big ( little).
    β. sjóða e-t f. sér, to hesitate, saunter, Nj. 154; mæla f. munni, to talk between one’s teeth, to mutter, Orkn. 248, Nj. 249.
    IX. denoting manner or quality; hvítr f. hærum, white with hoary hairs, Fms. vi. 95, Fas. ii. 540; gráir fyrir járnum, grey with steel, of a host in armour, Mag. 5; hjölt hvít f. silfri, a hilt white with silver = richly silvered, Eb. 226.
    X. as adverb or ellipt.,
    1. ahead, in front, = á undan, Lat. prae, opp. to eptir; þá var eigi hins verra eptir ván, er slíkt fór fyrir, as this came first, preceded, Nj. 34; at einhverr mundi fara heim fyrir, that some one would go home first (to spy), Eg. 580; Egill fór f., E. went in before, id.; at vér ríðim þegar f. í nótt, 283.
    β. first; hann stefndi f. málinu, en hann mælti eptir, one pronounced the words first, but the other repeated after him, Nj. 35; mun ek þar eptir göra sem þér gerit f., I shall do to you according as you do first, 90:—temp., sjau nóttum f., seven nights before, Grág. ii. 217.
    2. to the fore, at hand, present; þar var fyrir fjöldi boðsmanna, a host of guests was already to the fore, i. e. before the bride and bridegroom came, Nj. 11; úvíst er at vita hvar úvinir sitja á fleti fyrir, Hm. 1; skal þá lögmaðr þar f. vera, he shall be there present, Js. 3; heima í túni fyrir, Fær. 50; þar vóru fyrir Hildiríðar-synir, Eg. 98; var honum allt kunnigt fyrir, he knew all about the localities, 583; þeim ómögum, sem f. eru, who are there already, i. e. in his charge, Grág. i. 286: of things, föng þau er f. vóru, stores that were to the fore, at hand, Eg. 134.
    3. fore, opp. to ‘back,’ of clothes; slæður settar f. allt gullknöppum, Eg. 516; bak ok fyrir, back and front, = bak ok brjóst, Mar.
    XI. in the phrase, e-m verðr e-t fyrir, a thing is before one, i. e. one takes that and that step, acts so and so in an emergency; nú verðr öðrum þeirra þat f., at hann kveðr, now if the other part alleges, that …, Grág. i. 362; Kolbeini varð ekki f., K. had no resource, i. e. lost his head, Sturl. iii. 285:—the phrase, e-t mælisk vel (ílla) fyrir, a thing is well ( ill) reported of; víg Gunnars spurðisk ok mæltisk ílla fyrir um allar sveitir, Nj. 117, Sturl. ii. 151; mun þat vel f. mælask, people will like it well, Nj. 29, Þórð. 55 new Ed.; ílla mun þat f. mælask at ganga á sættir við frændr sína, Ld. 238; ok er lokit var, mæltisk kvæðit vel f., the people praised the poem, Fms. vii. 113.
    XII. in special senses, either as prep. or adv. (vide A. V. above); segja leið f. skipi, to pilot a ship, Eg. 359; segja f. skipi, to say a prayer for a new ship or for any ship going to sea, Bs. i. 774, Fms. x. 480; mæla f. e-u, to dictate, Grág. ii. 266; mæla f. minni, to bring out a toast, vide minni; mæla f. sætt, i. 90; skipa, koma e-u f., to arrange, put right; ætla f. e-u, to make allowance for; trúa e-m f. e-u, to entrust one with; það fer mikið f. e-u (impers.), it is of great compass, bulky; hafa f. e-u, to have trouble with a thing; leita f. sér, to enquire; biðjask f., to say one’s prayers, vide biðja; mæla fyrir, segja f., etc., to order, Nj. 103, Js. 3: of a spell or solemn speaking, hann mælti svá f., at …, Landn. 34; spyrjask f., to enquire, Hkr. ii. 333; búask f., to prepare, make arrangement, Landn. 35, Sks. 551; skipask f., to draw up, Nj. 197; leggjask f., to lie down in despair, Bs. i. 194; spá fyrir, to ‘spae’ before, foretell; þeir menn er spá f. úorðna hluti, Fms. i. 96; segja f., to foretell, 76, Bb. 332; Njáll hefir ok sagt f. um æfi hans, Nj. 102; vita e-t f., to ‘wit’ beforehand, know the future, 98; sjá e-t f., to foresee, 162; ef þat er ætlat f., fore-ordained, id.
    WITH ACC., mostly with the notion of movement.
    A. LOCAL:
    I. before, in front of; fyrir dyrrin, Nj. 198; láta síga brýnn f. brár, Hkv. Hjörv. 19; halda f. augu sér, to hold (one’s hands) before one’s eyes, Nj. 132; leggja sverði fyrir brjóst e-m, to thrust a sword into his breast, 162, Fs. 39.
    2. before one, before a court; stefna e-m f. dómstól, Fms. xi. 444; ganga, koma f. e-n, to go, come before one, Fms. i. 15, Eg. 426, Nj. 6, 129, passim; fyrir augu e-s, before one’s eyes, Stj. 611.
    3. before, so as to shield; hann kom skildinum f. sik, he put the shield before him, Nj. 97, 115; halda skildi f. e-n, a duelling term, since the seconder had to hold one’s shield, Ísl. ii. 257.
    4. joined to adverbs such as fram, aptr, út, inn, ofan, niðr, austr, vestr, suðr, norðr, all denoting direction; fram f., forward; aptr f., backward, etc.; hann reiddi öxina fram f. sik, a stroke forward with the axe, Fms. vii. 91; hann hljóp eigi skemra aptr en fram fyrir sik, Nj. 29; þótti honum hann skjóta brandinum austr til fjallanna f. sik, 195; komask út f. dyrr, to go outside the door, Eg. 206:—draga ofan f. brekku, to drag over the hill, Ld. 220; hrinda f. mel ofan, to thrust one over the gravel bank, Eg. 748; hlaupa f. björg, to leap over a precipice, Eb. 62, Landn. 36; elta e-n f. björg, Grág. ii. 34; hlaupa (kasta) f. borð, to leap ( throw) overboard, Fms. i. 178, Hkr. iii. 391, Ld. 226; síga ( to be hauled) niðr f. borgar-vegg, 656 C. 13, Fms. ix. 3; hlaupa niðr f. stafn, Eg. 142; niðr f. skaflinn, Dropl. 25; fyrir brekku, Orkn. 450, Glúm. 395 (in a verse).
    II. in one’s way, crossing one’s way; þeir stefndu f. þá, Fms. ix. 475; ríða á leið f. þá, to ride in their way, so as to meet them, Boll. 348; hlaupa ofan f. þá, Nj. 153; vóru allt komin f. hann bréf, letters were come before him, in his way, Fms. vii. 207; þeir felldu brota f. hann, viz. they felled trees before him, so as to stop him, viii. 60, ix. 357; leggja bann f. skip, to lay an embargo on a ship, Ld. 166.
    III. round, off a point; fyrir nesit, Nj. 44; út f. Holm, out past the Holm, Fms. vii. 356: esp. as a naut. term, off a point on the shore, sigla f. England, Norðyrnbraland, Þrasnes, Spán, to sail by the coast of, stand off England, Northumberland, … Spain, Orkn. 338, 340, 342, 354; fyrir Yrjar, Fms. vii. (in a verse); fyrir Siggju, Aumar, Lista, Edda 91 (in a verse); er hann kom f. Elfina, when be came off the Gotha, Eg. 80; leggja land f. skut, to lay the land clear of the stern, i. e. to pass it, Edda l. c.; göra frið f. land sitt, to pacify the land from one end to another, Ld. 28; fyrir uppsprettu árinnar, to come to ( round) the sources of the river, Fms. iii. 183; fyrir garðs-enda, Grág. ii. 263; girða f. nes, to make a wall across the ness, block it up, cp. Lat. praesepire, praemunire, etc., Grág. ii. 263; so also binda f. op, poka, Lat. praeligare, praestringere; hlaða f. gat, holu, to stop a hole, opening; greri f. stúfinn, the stump (of the arm or leg) was healed, closed, Nj. 275; skjóta slagbrandi f. dyrr, to shoot a bolt before the door, to bar it, Dropl. 29; láta loku (lás) f. hurð, to lock a door, Gísl. 28; setja innsigli f. bréf, to set a seal to a letter, Dipl. i. 3: ellipt., setr hón þar lás fyrir, Ld. 42, Bs. i. 512.
    2. along, all along; f. endilanga Danmörk, f. endilangan Noreg, all along Denmark, Norway, from one end to the other, Fms. iv. 319, xi. 91, Grett. 97:—öx álnar f. munn, an axe with an ell-long edge, Ld. 276; draga ör f. ödd, to draw the arrow past the point, an archer’s term, Fms. ii. 321.
    IV. with verbs, fyrir ván komit, one is come past hope, all hope is gone, Sturl. i. 44, Hrafn. 13, Fms. ii. 131; taka f. munn e-m, to stop one’s mouth; taka f. háls, kverkar, e-m, to seize one by the throat, etc.; taka mál f. munn e-m, ‘verba alicujus praeripere,’ to take the word out of one’s mouth, xi. 12; taka f. hendr e-m, to seize one’s hands, stop one in doing a thing, Eb. 124; mod., taka fram f. hendrnar á e-m.
    B. TEMP.: fyrir dag, before day, Eg. 80; f. miðjan dag, Ld. 14; f. sól, before sunrise, 268; f. sólar-lag, before sunset; f. miðjan aptan, Nj. 192; f. náttmál, 197; f. óttu, Sighvat; f. þinglausnir, Ölk. 37; f. Jól, Nj. 269; f. fardaga, Grág. ii. 341; viku f. sumar, 244; f. mitt sumar, Nj. 138; litlu f. vetr, Eg. 159; f. vetrnætr, Grág. ii. 217; f. e-s minni, before one’s memory, Íb. 16.
    C. METAPH.:
    I. above, before; hann hafdi mest fyrir aðra konunga hraustleikinn, Fms. x. 372.
    II. for, on behalf of; vil ek bjóða at fara f. þik, I will go for thee, in thy stead, Nj. 77; ganga í skuld f. e-n, Grág. i. 283; Egill drakk … ok svá f. Ölvi, Eg. 210; kaupa e-t f. e-n, Nj. 157; gjalda gjöld f. e-n, Grág. i. 173; verja, sækja, sakir f. e-n, Eg. 504; hvárr f. sik, each for oneself, Dipl. v. 26; sættisk á öll mál f. Björn, Nj. 266; tók sættir f. Björn, Eg. 168; svara f. e-t, Fms. xi. 444; hafa til varnir f. sik, láta lýrit, lög-vörn koma f.; færa vörn f. sik, etc.; verja, sækja sakir f. sik, and many similar law phrases, Grág. passim; biðja konu f. e-n, to woo a lady for another, Fms. x. 44; fyrir mik, on my behalf, for my part, Gs. 16; lögvörn f. mál, a lawful defence for a case, Nj. 111; hafa til varnar f. sök, to defend a case, Grág. i. 61; halda skiladómi f. e-t, Dipl. iv. 8; festa lög f. e-t, vide festa.
    III. in a distributive sense; penning f. mann, a penny per man, K. Þ. K. 88; fyrir nef hvert, per nose = per head, Lv. 89, Fms. i. 153, Ó. H. 141; hve f. marga menn, for how many men, Grág. i. 296; fyrir hverja stiku, for each yard, 497.
    IV. for, for the benefit of; brjóta brauð f. hungraða, Hom. 75; þeir skáru f. þá melinn, they cut the straw for them (the horses), Nj. 265; leggja kostnað f. e-n, to defray one’s costs, Grág. i. 341.
    V. for, instead of; hann setti sik f. Guð, Edda (pref.); hafa e-n f. Guð (Lat. pro Deo), Stj. 73, Barl. 131; geta, fá, kveðja mann f. sik, to get a man as one’s delegate or substitute, Grág. i. 48 passim; þeir höfðu vargstakka f. brynjur, Fs. 17; manna-höfuð vóru f. kljána, Nj. 275; gagl f. gás ok grís f. gamalt svín, Ó. H. 86; rif stór f. hlunna, Háv. 48; buðkr er f. húslker er hafðr, Vm. 171; auga f. auga, tönn f. tönn, Exod. xxi. 24; skell f. skillinga, Þkv. 32.
    VI. because of, for; vilja Gunnar dauðan fyrir höggit, Nj. 92, Fms. v. 162; eigi f. sakleysi, not without ground, i. 302; fyrir hvat (why, for what) stefndi Gunnarr þeim til úhelgi? Nj. 101; ok urðu f. þat sekir, Landn. 323; hafa ámæli f. e-t, Nj. 65, passim.
    2. in a good sense, for one’s sake, for one; fyrir þín orð, for thy words, intercession, Ísl. ii. 217; vil ek göra f. þín orð, Ld. 158, Nj. 88; fyrir sína vinsæld, by his popularity, Fms. i. 259: the phrase, fyrir e-s sök, for one’s sake, vide sök: in swearing, a Latinism, fyrir trú mína, by my faith! (so in Old Engl. ‘fore God), Karl. 241; fyrir þitt líf, Stj. 514; ek særi þik f. alla krapta Krists ok manndóm þinn, Nj. 176. VII. for, at, denoting value, price; fyrir þrjár merkr, for three marks, Eg. 714; er sik leysti út f. þrjú hundruð marka, Fms. ix. 421; ganga f. hundrað, to pass or go for a hundred, D. I. i. 316:—also of the thing bought, þú skalt reiða f. hana þrjár merkr, thou shall pay for her three marks, Ld. 30; fyrir þik skulu koma mannhefndir, Nj. 57; bætr f. víg, Ísl. ii. 274; bætr f. mann, Eg. 259, passim; fyrir áverka Þorgeirs kom legorðs-sökin, Nj. 101:—so in the phrase, fyrir hvern mun, by all means, at any cost; fyrir öngan mun, by no means, Fms. i. 9, 157, Gþl. 531:—hafði hverr þeirra mann f. sik, eða tvá …, each slew a man or more for himself, i. e. they sold their lives dearly, Ó. H. 217.
    2. ellipt., í staðinn f., instead of, Grág. i. 61; hér vil ek bjóða f. góð boð, Nj. 77; taka umbun f., Fms. vii. 161; svara slíku f. sem …, Boll. 350; þér skulut öngu f. týna nema lífinu, you shall lose nothing less than your head, Nj. 7.
    VIII. by means of, by, through; fyrir þat sama orð, Stj.; fyrir sína náttúru, Fms. v. 162; fyrir messu-serkinn, iii. 168; fyrir þinn krapt ok frelsis-hönd, Pass. 19. 12; svikin f. orminn, by the serpent, Al. 63,—this use of fyrir seems to be a Latinism, but is very freq. in eccl. writings, esp. after the Reformation, N. T., Pass., Vídal.; fyrir munn Davíðs, through the mouth of David, etc.:—in good old historical writings such instances are few; þeir hlutuðu f. kast ( by dice), Sturl. ii. 159.
    IX. in spite of, against; fyrir vilja sinn, N. G. L. i. 151; fyrir vitorð eðr vilja e-s, against one’s will or knowledge, Grág. ii. 348; kvángask (giptask) f. ráð e-s, i. 177, 178, Þiðr. 190; nú fara menn f. bann ( in spite of an embargo) landa á milli, Gþl. 517; hann gaf henni líf f. framkvæmd farar, i. e. although she had not fulfilled her journey ( her vow), Fms. v. 223; fyrir várt lof, vi. 220; fyrir allt þat, in spite of all that, Grett. 80 new Ed.; fyrir ráð fram, heedlessly; fyrir lög fram, vide fram.
    X. denoting capacity, in the same sense as ‘at,’ C. II, p. 27, col. 1; scarcely found in old writers (who use ‘at’), but freq. in mod. usage, thus, eigi e-n f. vin, to have one for a friend, in old writers ‘at vin;’ hafa e-n f. fífl, fól, to make sport of one.
    2. in old writers some phrases come near to this, e. g. vita f. vist, to know for certain, Dipl. i. 3; vita f. full sannindi, id., ii. 16; hafa f. satt, to take for sooth, believe, Nj. 135; koma f. eitt, to come ( turn) all to one, Lv. 11, Nj. 91, Fms. i. 208; koma f. ekki, to come to naught, be of no avail, Ísl. ii. 215; fyrir hitt mun ganga, it will turn the other way, Nj. 93; fyrir hann er einskis örvænt orðs né verks, from him everything may be expected, Ísl. ii. 326; hafa e-s víti f. varnað, to have another’s faults for warning, Sól. 19.
    XI. joined with adverbs ending in -an, fyrir austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, útan, innan, framan, handan, ofan, neðan, either with a following acc. denoting. direction, thus, fyrir austan, sunnan … fjall, east, south of the fell, i. e. on the eastern, southern side; fyrir neðan brú, below the bridge; fyrir útan fjall = Lat. ultra; fyrir innan fjall = Lat. infra; fyrir handan á, beyond the river; fyrir innan garð, inside the yard; fyrir ofan garð, above, beyond the yard, etc.; vide these adverbs:—used adverb., fyrir sunnan, in the south; fyrir vestan, in the west; fyrir norðan, in the north; fyrir austan, in the east,—current phrases in Icel. to mark the quarters of the country, cp. the ditty in Esp. Árb. year 1530; but not freq. in old writers, who simply say, norðr, suðr …, cp. Kristni S. ch. 1: absol. and adverb., fyrir ofan, uppermost; fyrir handan, on the other side:—fyrir útan e-t, except, save, Anal. 98, Vkv. 8; fyrir fram, vide fram.
    ☞ For- and fyrir- as prefixes, vide pp. 163–167 and below:
    I. fore-, for-, meaning before, above, in the widest sense, local, temp., and metaph. furthering or the like, for-dyri, for-nes, for-ellri, for-beini, etc.
    β. before, down, for-brekkis, -bergis, -streymis, -vindis, -viðris, etc.
    2. in an intens. sense = before others, very, but not freq.; for-dyld, -góðr, -hagr, -hraustr, -kostuligr, -kuðr, -lítill, -ljótr, -prís, -ríkr, -snjallr.
    II. (cp. fyrir, acc., C. IX), in a neg. or priv. sense; a few words occur even in the earliest poems, laws, and writers, e. g. for-að, -átta, -dæða, -nám, -næmi, -sending, -sköp, -verk, -veðja, -viða, -vitni, -ynja, -yrtir; those words at least seem to be original and vernacular: at a later time more words of the same kind crept in:
    1. as early as writers of the 13th and 14th centuries, e. g. for-boð, -bænir, -djarfa, -dæma (fyrir-dæma), -taka (fyrir-taka), -þóttr; fyrir-bjóða, -fara, -göra, -koma, -kunna, -líta, -muna, -mæla, -vega, -verða.
    2. introduced in some words at the time of the Reformation through Luther’s Bible and German hymns, and still later in many more through Danish, e. g. for-brjóta, -drífa, -láta, -líkast, -merkja, -nema, -sorga, -sóma, -standa, -svara, -þénusta, and several others; many of these, however, are not truly naturalised, being chiefly used in eccl. writings:—it is curious that if the pronoun be placed after the verb (which is the vernacular use in Icel.) the sense is in many cases reversed; thus, fyrir-koma, to destroy, but koma e-u fyrir can only mean to arrange; so also fyrir-mæla, to curse, and mæla fyrir, to speak for; for-bænir, but biðja fyrir e-m, etc.; in the latter case the sense is good and positive, in the former bad and negative; this seems to prove clearly that these compds are due to foreign influence.

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  • 13 liegen

    1 [onwaarheid spreken] lie ⇒ tell a lie
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   hij staat gewoon te liegen! • he's a downright liar!
         dat lieg je! • that's a lie!
         eens kijken hoe hij zich er nu weer uit liegt • let's see if he can lie his way out of this
         tegen iemand liegen • lie to someone
         hij loog (als)of het gedrukt stond/dat hij barstte • he lied in his teeth/till he was blue in the face
         liegen tegen beter weten in • lie against one's better judg(e)ment
         dat is allemaal gelogen • that's a pack of lies
         hij loog alles aan elkaar (vast) • he was just making it all up
    1 [zich verloochenen] lie
    ♦voorbeelden:

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  • 14 liar

    v.
    1 to tie up.
    El cazador lía los manojos The hunter ties up the bundles.
    2 to roll (cigarrillo).
    El tabacalero lía los puros The tobacco grower rolls the cigars.
    3 to confuse.
    ¡ya me has liado! now you've really got me confused!
    su declaración no hizo más que liar el tema his statement only complicated o confused matters
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ DESVIAR], like link=desviar desviar
    1 (atar) to tie up, bind; (envolver) to wrap up
    2 (cigarrillo) to roll
    3 (lana) to wind
    4 familiar (complicar) to mix up, make a mess of; (confundir) to confuse
    ■ vete por pasos que así no te lías take it slowly, that way you won't get all mixed up
    5 familiar (engatusar) to involve
    1 to start + gerund
    ■ se liaron a patadas/golpes they started kicking/hitting each other
    \
    liarse con alguien to have an affair with somebody
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ fardos, paquetes] (=atar) to tie up; (=envolver) to wrap (up)
    bártulos, petate 2)
    2) [+ cigarrillo] to roll
    3) (=confundir) to confuse

    ¡no me líes! — (=no me confundas) don't confuse me!; (=no me metas en problemas) don't get me into trouble!

    4)

    liarla — * (=provocar una discusión) to stir up trouble; (=hacer algo mal) to make a mess of things

    ¡la liamos! — we've done it now! *

    5)

    liarlas — † ** (=irse) to beat it *; (=morir) to peg out **

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < cigarrillo> to roll
    b) ( atar) to tie (up); ( envolver) to wrap (up); (en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
    2) (fam)
    a) <situación/asunto> to complicate

    liarla — (Esp fam) to goof (colloq)

    b) ( confundir) < persona> to confuse, get... in a muddle
    c) ( en un asunto) < persona> to involve
    2.
    liarse v pron
    1) (fam)
    a) asunto to get complicated
    b) persona to get confused
    2) (Esp fam) ( entretenerse)

    nos liamos a hablar y... — we got talking and...

    liarse a patadas — (Esp fam)

    * * *
    = roll up, strap, wrap up, snarl up.
    Ex. Occasionally charts or maps are rolled up and stored in cardboard rolls housed in a structure like an umbrella stand.
    Ex. Microfilm is said to have been invented during the Franco-Prussian War, to send reduced diagrams of troop positions by strapping these to the legs of carrier pigeons.
    Ex. Finally, the type faces were inspected for defects, and the sort was wrapped up in a packet for delivery.
    Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.
    ----
    * liarse la manta a la cabeza = jump in + head first, jump in at + the deep end, throw + caution to the wind.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < cigarrillo> to roll
    b) ( atar) to tie (up); ( envolver) to wrap (up); (en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
    2) (fam)
    a) <situación/asunto> to complicate

    liarla — (Esp fam) to goof (colloq)

    b) ( confundir) < persona> to confuse, get... in a muddle
    c) ( en un asunto) < persona> to involve
    2.
    liarse v pron
    1) (fam)
    a) asunto to get complicated
    b) persona to get confused
    2) (Esp fam) ( entretenerse)

    nos liamos a hablar y... — we got talking and...

    liarse a patadas — (Esp fam)

    * * *
    = roll up, strap, wrap up, snarl up.

    Ex: Occasionally charts or maps are rolled up and stored in cardboard rolls housed in a structure like an umbrella stand.

    Ex: Microfilm is said to have been invented during the Franco-Prussian War, to send reduced diagrams of troop positions by strapping these to the legs of carrier pigeons.
    Ex: Finally, the type faces were inspected for defects, and the sort was wrapped up in a packet for delivery.
    Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.
    * liarse la manta a la cabeza = jump in + head first, jump in at + the deep end, throw + caution to the wind.

    * * *
    liar [ A17 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹cigarrillo› to roll
    2 (atar) to tie, tie up
    3 (envolver) to wrap, wrap up; (en un fardo, manojo) to bundle, bundle up
    llevaba las monedas liadas en un pañuelo the coins were wrapped (up) o tied up in a handkerchief
    B
    1 ( fam); ‹situación/asunto› to complicate
    y ella lió el asunto aún más and she confused o complicated matters still further
    liarla ( Esp fam); to goof ( colloq), to boob ( BrE colloq)
    2 ( fam) (confundir) ‹persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle
    me estás liando con tantos números you're getting me in a muddle o confusing me with all these numbers
    3 ( fam) (en un asunto) ‹persona› to involve
    a mí no me líes en ese asunto don't go getting me mixed up o involved in all that
    4 ( fam) ‹bronca›
    me lió la bronca por llegar tarde ( Esp); she tore into me for being late ( AmE), she tore me off a strip for being late ( BrE colloq), she had a go at me for being late ( BrE colloq)
    ■ liarse
    A ( fam)
    1 «asunto/cuestión» (complicarse) to get complicated
    2 «persona» (confundirse) to get o become confused, get muddled
    B
    ( Esp fam) (entretenerse): me lié con la radio I started tinkering about with the radio
    liarse A + INF:
    me lié a comprobar los datos I got held up o tied up o caught up checking the statistics
    nos liamos a hablar y estuvimos allí toda la noche we got talking and we were there all night
    liarse a tortas/patadas ( Esp fam): se liaron a patadas they started kicking each other
    se lió a tortas conmigo he laid into me ( colloq)
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    liar    
    líar
    liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
    1


    ( envolver) to wrap (up);
    (en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
    2 (fam)
    a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

    b) ( confundir) ‹ persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle


    liarse verbo pronominal
    1 (fam)


    2 (Esp fam)

    ◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …



    liar verbo transitivo
    1 (envolver) to wrap up
    (un cigarro) to roll
    2 (embrollar) to muddle up
    (aturdir) to confuse
    ' liar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    embustera
    - embustero
    - enredar
    - fullera
    - fullero
    - mentir
    - mentirosa
    - mentiroso
    - trolera
    - trolero
    - chanta
    English:
    bundle
    - liar
    - roll
    - skin up
    - tie together
    - accomplished
    - cheap
    - chronic
    - compulsive
    - confirm
    - consummate
    - downright
    - habitual
    - inveterate
    - out
    - pack
    - plausible
    - shameless
    - skillful
    - you
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [atar] to tie up
    2. [envolver]
    liar algo en [papel] to wrap sth up in
    3. [cigarrillo] to roll
    4. [involucrar] to rope in;
    liar a alguien en algo to rope sb into sth;
    me liaron para que fuera con ellos a la fiesta they roped me into going to the party with them
    5. [complicar] to confuse;
    ¡ya me has liado! now you've really got me confused!;
    su declaración no hizo más que liar el tema his statement only complicated o confused matters
    6. Esp Fam
    liarla [meter la pata] to mess things up;
    ¡ya la hemos liado!, ¿por qué la invitaste? you've really gone and done it now, why did you invite her?
    * * *
    v/t
    1 tie (up)
    2 en papel wrap (up); cigarillo roll
    3 persona confuse
    * * *
    liar {85} vt
    1) atar: to bind, to tie (up)
    2) : to roll (a cigarette)
    3) : to confuse
    * * *
    liar vb
    1. (atar) to tie up
    2. (confundir) to confuse
    3. (complicar) to complicate

    Spanish-English dictionary > liar

  • 15 einwandfrei

    I Adj.
    1. (fehlerfrei) perfect, flawless; (tadellos) impeccable; Ware: flawless; Lebensmittel etc.: perfectly fresh; es ist alles einwandfrei everything’s perfect ( oder in perfect condition); er spricht ein einwandfreies Englisch his English is perfect, he speaks perfect ( oder flawless) English
    2. (Beweis) definite; (unanfechtbar) indisputable, incontestable
    II Adv.: einwandfrei falsch / der Beste undoubtedly wrong / the best; sich einwandfrei benehmen behave impeccably; einwandfrei funktionieren Gerät: work perfectly, be in perfect working order; Sache: work out perfectly; einwandfrei beweisen prove beyond doubt; es ist einwandfrei erwiesen it’s proved (Am. auch proven) beyond doubt; es steht einwandfrei fest, dass... it’s indisputable that..., there’s no question that...
    * * *
    faultless; irreproachable; impeccable; unexceptionable; unobjectionable
    * * *
    ein|wand|frei
    1. adj
    1) (= ohne Fehler) perfect; Sprache, Arbeit, Betrieb eines Systems auch faultless; Benehmen, Leumund irreproachable, impeccable; Lebensmittel perfectly fresh

    er spricht ein éínwandfreies Spanisch — he speaks perfect Spanish, he speaks Spanish perfectly

    ethisch éínwandfrei — ethically acceptable

    2) (= unzweifelhaft) indisputable; Beweis auch definite
    2. adv
    1) (= fehlerlos) Deutsch sprechen, funktionieren perfectly; sich verhalten impeccably

    er arbeitet sehr genau und éínwandfrei — his work is very precise and absolutely faultless

    éínwandfrei funktionieren (Gerät, Maschine etc) — to work perfectly

    2) (= unzweifelhaft) indisputably; beweisen auch definitely

    etw éínwandfrei beweisen — to prove sth beyond doubt, to give definite proof of sth

    es steht éínwandfrei fest, dass... — it is beyond question or quite indisputable that...

    das ist éínwandfrei Betrug/Unterschlagung — that is a clear case of fraud/embezzlement

    * * *
    (respectable or well-mannered: Such behaviour isn't quite proper.) proper
    * * *
    ein·wand·frei
    [ˈainvantfrai]
    I. adj
    1. (tadellos) flawless, perfect; Obst perfect, without a blemish; Fleisch a. [perfectly] fresh
    \einwandfreie Qualität excellent [or superior] quality
    in einem \einwandfreien Zustand in perfect condition
    \einwandfreies Benehmen impeccable [or model] behaviour [or AM -or]
    ein \einwandfreier Leumund an excellent [or impeccable] character [or reputation
    2. (unzweifelhaft) indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable, incontrovertible
    eine \einwandfreie Beweisführung a conclusive [or compelling] argumentation [or line of argument
    II. adv
    1. (tadellos) flawlessly, perfectly
    sich akk \einwandfrei verhalten to behave impeccably
    2. (unzweifelhaft) indisputably, irrefutably, undeniably
    \einwandfrei beweisen to prove conclusively [or beyond a shadow of a doubt]
    \einwandfrei nachweisen to provide conclusive [or indisputable] [or irrefutable] evidence
    \einwandfrei feststehen to be absolutely certain
    ▪ es steht \einwandfrei fest, dass... it is an indisputable [or irrefutable] [or undeniable] fact that...
    \einwandfrei erfunden [o erlogen] sein to be a downright [or complete] lie
    \einwandfrei Betrug sein to be [a] complete [or a clear case of] fraud, to be a complete swindle
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv flawless; perfect; impeccable < behaviour>; indisputable, definite < proof>; watertight < alibi>
    2.
    adverbial perfectly; flawlessly; < behave> impeccably

    es ist einwandfrei erwiesen, dass... — it has been proved beyond question or doubt that...

    * * *
    A. adj
    1. (fehlerfrei) perfect, flawless; (tadellos) impeccable; Ware: flawless; Lebensmittel etc: perfectly fresh;
    es ist alles einwandfrei everything’s perfect ( oder in perfect condition);
    er spricht ein einwandfreies Englisch his English is perfect, he speaks perfect ( oder flawless) English
    2. (Beweis) definite; (unanfechtbar) indisputable, incontestable
    B. adv:
    einwandfrei falsch/der Beste undoubtedly wrong/the best;
    sich einwandfrei benehmen behave impeccably;
    einwandfrei funktionieren Gerät: work perfectly, be in perfect working order; Sache: work out perfectly;
    einwandfrei beweisen prove beyond doubt;
    es ist einwandfrei erwiesen it’s proved (US auch proven) beyond doubt;
    es steht einwandfrei fest, dass … it’s indisputable that…, there’s no question that …
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv flawless; perfect; impeccable < behaviour>; indisputable, definite < proof>; watertight < alibi>
    2.
    adverbial perfectly; flawlessly; < behave> impeccably

    es ist einwandfrei erwiesen, dass... — it has been proved beyond question or doubt that...

    * * *
    adj.
    faultless adj.
    immaculate adj.
    irreproachable adj.
    proper adj.
    sound adj.
    unobjectionable adj. adv.
    faultlessly adv.
    immaculately adv.
    irreproachably adv.
    without objection adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > einwandfrei

  • 16 estoy

    1→ link=estar estar
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    estar1 (↑ estar (1))
    * * *

    Del verbo estar: ( conjugate estar)

    estoy es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    estar    
    estoy
    estar 1 ( conjugate estar) cópula
    1

    ◊ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1 to be;

    estás más gordo you've put on weight;
    estoy cansada I'm tired;
    está muy simpático conmigo he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently);
    ¡todo está tan caro! things are o have become so expensive!
    b) ( con

    ◊ bien, mal, mejor, peor): están todos bien, gracias they're all fine, thanks;

    ¡qué bien estás en esta foto! you look great in this photo!;
    está mal que no se lo perdones it's wrong of you not to forgive him;
    ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor
    2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;

    3 ( seguido de participios)

    estaban abrazados they had their arms around each other;
    ver tb v aux 2
    4 ( seguido de preposición) to be;
    (para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente);

    ¿a cómo está la uva? how much are the grapes?;
    está con el sarampión she has (the) measles;
    estoy de cocinera I'm doing the cooking;
    estamos sin electricidad the electricity is off at the moment;
    está sin pintar it hasn't been painted yet
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( en un lugar) to be;
    ◊ ¿dónde está Chiapas? where's Chiapas?;

    está a 20 kilómetros de aquí it's 20 kilometers from here;
    ¿sabes dónde está Pedro? do you know where Pedro is?;
    ¿está Rodrigo? is Rodrigo in?;
    solo estoyé unos días I'll only be staying a few days;
    ¿cuánto tiempo estoyás en Londres? how long are you going to be in London (for)?
    2 ( en el tiempo):
    ◊ ¿a qué (día) estamos? what day is it today?;

    ¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today?;
    estamos a 28 de mayo it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May;
    estamos en primavera it's spring
    3
    a) (tener como función, cometido):


    estamos para ayudarlos we're here to help them


    4 (estar listo, terminado):

    lo atas con un nudo y ya está you tie a knot in it and that's it o there you are;
    enseguida estoy I'll be right with you
    5 (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl):

    la 46 te está mejor the 46 fits you better
    estoy v aux
    1 ( con gerundio):

    estoy viendo que va a ser imposible I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible
    2 ( con participio):

    ya está hecho un hombrecito he's a proper young man now;
    ver tb estar cópula 3
    estarse verbo pronominal ( enf) ( permanecer) to stay;
    ◊ ¿no te puedes estoy quieto? can't you stay o keep still?;

    estese tranquilo don't worry
    estar 2 sustantivo masculino (esp AmL) living room
    estoy see estar 1
    estar verbo intransitivo
    1 (existir, hallarse) to be: está al norte, it is to the north
    ¿estarás en casa?, will you be at home?
    no está en ningún lado, it isn't anywhere
    estamos aquí para servirle, we are at your service
    su pedido aún no está, your order isn't ready yet
    2 (permanecer) to stay: estos días estoy en casa de mis padres, these days I'm staying at my parents' place
    estoy en la oficina de ocho a dos, I'm at the office from eight to two
    quiero que estés aquí un minuto, ahora vuelvo, stay here, I'll be right back
    3 (tener una situación actual determinada: con adjetivo o participio) estaba blanco como la cera, he had turned as white as a sheet
    está dormido, he's asleep
    está teñida de rubio, her hair's dyed blonde
    (con gerundio) está estudiando, he is studying
    estaba preparando la comida, I was cooking
    (con adverbio) estoy tan lejos, I'm so far away
    está muy mal, (enfermo) he is very ill
    4 (quedar, sentar) el jersey me está pequeño, the sweater is too small for me
    5 (para indicar precio, grados, fecha) (+ a: fecha) to be: ¿a qué día estamos?, what's the date?
    estamos a 1 de Julio, it is the first of July
    (: precio) to be at: ¿a cómo/cuánto están las manzanas?, how much are the apples?
    están a setenta pesetas el kilo, they're seventy pesetas a kilo
    (: grados) en Madrid estamos a cuarenta grados, it's forty degrees in Madrid
    ♦ Locuciones: ¿estamos?, agreed?
    estar a disposición de, to be at the disposal of
    estar a la que salta, to be ready to take advantage of an opportunity
    estar a las duras y a las maduras, to take the bad with the good
    estar al caer, to be just round the corner
    estar en baja, to be waning
    estar en todo, to be on top of everything
    estaría bueno, whatever next
    ESTAR CON: (de acuerdo con) estoy con María, I agree with Mary
    ESTAR DE: estoy de broma, I'm joking
    está de camarero, he's working as a waiter
    estaba de Dios que las cosas sucedieran así, it was God's will that things turned out this way, está de vacaciones, he's on holiday
    me voy a marchar porque está claro que aquí estoy de más, I'm going to go because it's obvious that I'm in the way
    ESTAR ENCIMA: su madre siempre está encima de él, his mother is always on top of him
    ESTAR PARA: no estamos para bromas, we are in no mood for jokes
    esa ropa está para planchar, these clothes are ready to be ironed
    cuando estaba para salir, me llamaron, when I was just about to leave, they called me
    ESTAR POR: la casa está por construir, the house has still to be built
    estuve por decirle lo que pensaba, I was tempted to tell him what I thought
    estoy por la igualdad de derechos, I'm for equal rights
    ESTAR QUE: está que no puede con su alma, he is exhausted
    familiar está que trina, he's hopping mad
    ESTAR TRAS: está tras el ascenso, he is after promotion
    estoy tras una blusa blanca, I'm looking for a white blouse
    El uso del verbo to stay como traducción de estar en un lugar es incorrecto, a menos que quieras expresar lo contrario de irse o marcharse (no me voy a la playa, estaré en casa todo el verano, I'm not going to the beach, I'm staying at home all summer) o te refieras a alojarse: Estoy en el Palace. I'm staying at the Palace.

    ' estoy' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absolutamente
    - aburrida
    - aburrido
    - acaso
    - acostumbrada
    - acostumbrado
    - acuerdo
    - agobiada
    - agobiado
    - agradecida
    - agradecido
    - aliento
    - ánimo
    - arrastre
    - aterrizar
    - baqueteada
    - baqueteado
    - barriga
    - café
    - cansada
    - cansado
    - chorrear
    - cierta
    - cierto
    - comida
    - comido
    - concretamente
    - conocida
    - conocido
    - convalidación
    - desear
    - desocupación
    - despistada
    - despistado
    - destemplada
    - destemplado
    - devaneo
    - diaria
    - diario
    - disconforme
    - disposición
    - enferma
    - enfermo
    - enganchada
    - enganchado
    - enterada
    - enterado
    - entre
    - escarmentar
    - escucha
    English:
    accustom
    - agree
    - all
    - altogether
    - applied
    - approve of
    - back up
    - beat
    - bit
    - boiling
    - bored
    - certain
    - cheese off
    - clear
    - cold
    - connect
    - craft
    - dead
    - define
    - dissatisfied
    - do in
    - down
    - downright
    - far
    - feather
    - for
    - gramophone
    - grope
    - happy
    - health
    - hindrance
    - holiday
    - ill
    - impatient
    - inclined
    - interested
    - interesting
    - inundate
    - just
    - leek
    - look for
    - look out for
    - loophole
    - middle
    - misgiving
    - momentarily
    - motherhood
    - myself
    - mystify
    - newsletter
    * * *
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    vb → estar
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > estoy

  • 17 rein

    f; -, -en; südd., österr. casserole
    * * *
    purely (Adv.);
    (bloß) mere (Adj.); sheer (Adj.); plain (Adj.);
    (klar) limpid (Adj.); clear (Adj.);
    (netto) net (Adj.);
    (sauber) clean (Adj.);
    (unbefleckt) virgin (Adj.); immaculate (Adj.); undefiled (Adj.);
    (unvermischt) pure (Adj.)
    * * *
    f -, -en (S Ger, Aus COOK)
    ≈ casserole
    * * *
    1) (free from guilt etc: a clear conscience.) clear
    2) mere
    3) (clean, especially morally: pure thoughts.) pure
    4) ((of sounds) clear; keeping in tune: She sang in a high pure tone.) pure
    5) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) sheer
    6) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) simple
    * * *
    [rain]
    f casserole
    * * *
    I
    Adverb (ugs.)

    rein mit dir! — in you go/come!

    II 1.
    1) (unvermischt) pure
    2) (nichts anderes als) pure; sheer

    etwas aus reinem Trotz tun — do something out of sheer or pure contrariness

    die reine Wahrheit sagen — tell the plain or unvarnished truth

    es war eine reine Männersache — it was exclusively a men's affair

    eine reine Arbeitergegend — a purely or entirely working-class district

    der reinste Quatsch — (ugs.) pure or sheer or absolute nonsense

    dein Zimmer ist der reinste Saustall — (derb) your room is a real pigsty

    3) (meist geh.): (frisch, sauber) clean; fresh <clothes, sheet of paper, etc.>; pure, clean <water, air>; clear < complexion>; (fig.)

    jemanden/jemandes Namen rein waschen — (ugs.) clear somebody/somebody's name

    sich rein waschen — (ugs.) cler oneself or one's name

    etwas ins Reine schreiben — make a fair copy of something

    mit jemandem/etwas ins Reine kommen — get things straightened out with somebody/get something sorted or straightened out

    2.
    Adverb purely

    rein zufällig — purely or quite by chance

    rein gar nichts — (ugs.) absolutely nothing

    * * *
    rein1
    A. adj
    1. pure ( auch CHEM, BIOL, LING, Seide, Wein, Alkohol und fig); (sauber) clean; (klar) auch Gewissen: clear; METALL unalloyed; (gereinigt) purified; (unverfälscht) unadulterated (auch fig); Haut: clear; Blatt Papier: clean, blank;
    reine Baumwolle pure ( oder 100%) cotton;
    reines Deutsch sprechen speak a pure German;
    reine und angewandte Mathematik pure and applied mathematics;
    Kants Kritik der Reinen Vernunft Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason;
    ein reines Gewissen a clear ( oder pure) conscience; → Luft, Tisch, Wein, Weste
    2. REL, Tier, Speise: clean;
    für Moslems ist Schweinefleisch nicht rein pork for Muslims is an unclean meat
    3. Gewinn: net, clear
    4. fig, umg, intensivierend, oft im sup: (bloß, nichts als) utter, sheer, absolute;
    das ist reiner Zufall that is sheer luck;
    reine Lüge downright ( oder barefaced) lie;
    eine reine Frechheit (a piece of) barefaced cheek (US nerve);
    reiner Unsinn/Wahnsinn sheer nonsense/madness;
    das ist reine Theorie that’s only ( oder simply) theory;
    eine reine Formalität a mere formality;
    der reine Hohn pure ( oder bitter) mockery;
    ein reiner Zufall a pure accident ( oder coincidence);
    reinste Freude sheer ( oder pure) joy;
    er ist der reinste Komiker he’s a real comedian;
    die reinste Komödie a regular comedy
    5. fig, intensivierend: (ausschließlich, echt) genuine, real;
    die reine Wahrheit the plain truth; JUR the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth;
    eine reine Arbeitergegend a real working-class area; → Vergnügen
    B. adv
    1. purely;
    rein pflanzlich purely vegetable; nur attr pure ( oder all) vegetable …; Essen: strictly vegetarian;
    rein pflanzliches Fett pure vegetable fat;
    aus rein naturwissenschaftlicher Sicht from a strictly scientific point of view
    2. umg (gänzlich) absolutely;
    rein gar nichts absolutely nothing (nil umg);
    rein unmöglich absolutely impossible;
    rein verrückt totally mad;
    rein zufällig by pure accident ( oder chance), purely by accident ( oder chance);
    aus rein persönlichen Gründen for purely personal reasons;
    etwas rein Persönliches a purely personal matter;
    es geht schon rein zeitlich nicht there simply isn’t (enough) time;
    etwas rein mechanisch tun do sth just mechanically
    ins Reine bringen clear up, sort out;
    mit jemandem ins Reine kommen get things straightened out with sb;
    (mit sich) ins Reine kommen straighten things out (for o.s.);
    etwas ins Reine schreiben make a fair copy of sth
    rein2 adv umg
    1. → herein
    2. → hinein
    rein… im v umg
    1. → auch herein…
    2. → auch hinein…
    * * *
    I
    Adverb (ugs.)

    rein mit dir! — in you go/come!

    II 1.
    2) (nichts anderes als) pure; sheer

    die reine Wahrheit sagen — tell the plain or unvarnished truth

    eine reine Arbeitergegend — a purely or entirely working-class district

    der reinste Quatsch — (ugs.) pure or sheer or absolute nonsense

    dein Zimmer ist der reinste Saustall — (derb) your room is a real pigsty

    3) (meist geh.): (frisch, sauber) clean; fresh <clothes, sheet of paper, etc.>; pure, clean <water, air>; clear < complexion>; (fig.)

    jemanden/jemandes Namen rein waschen — (ugs.) clear somebody/somebody's name

    sich rein waschen — (ugs.) cler oneself or one's name

    etwas ins Reine bringen — clear something up; put something straight

    mit jemandem/etwas ins Reine kommen — get things straightened out with somebody/get something sorted or straightened out

    2.
    Adverb purely

    rein zufällig — purely or quite by chance

    rein gar nichts — (ugs.) absolutely nothing

    * * *
    adj.
    absolute adj.
    chaste adj.
    clean adj.
    immaculate adj.
    pure adj.
    sheer adj.
    straight adj.
    unadulterated adj.
    uncorrupt adj.
    uncorrupted adj.
    undefiled adj. adv.
    chastely adv.
    immaculately adv.
    purely adv.

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  • 18 Gesicht

    Ge·sicht
    1. Ge·sicht <-[e]s, -er> [gəʼzɪçt] nt
    1) ( Antlitz) face;
    jdm ins \Gesicht schauen to look sb in the face;
    jdm ins \Gesicht scheinen to shine in sb's eyes;
    mitten im \Gesicht in the middle of sb's face;
    er ist im \Gesicht etwas mager geworden his face has got rather thin, he's got thin in the face;
    jdm ins \Gesicht spucken to spit in sb's face;
    das \Gesicht verzerren to contort one's face;
    jdm [in] das \Gesicht schlagen to slap sb's face;
    ein anderes \Gesicht machen ( fam) to put on a different expression;
    mach doch ein anderes \Gesicht! stop looking like that!;
    grün im \Gesicht werden ( fam) to go green in the face;
    ein langes \Gesicht a long face;
    ein langes \Gesicht machen [o ziehen] to pull a [long] face;
    jdn/etw zu \Gesicht bekommen to set eyes on [or see] sb/sth;
    diese Unterlagen dürfen nur wenige zu \Gesicht bekommen these papers are [intended] for the eyes of only a few;
    jdm [... ] ins \Gesicht lachen to laugh in sb's face;
    jdm etw vom \Gesicht ablesen to see sth from sb's expression [or the expression [or look] on sb's face];
    jdm ins \Gesicht lügen to tell sb a downright [or an outright] lie;
    ein \Gesicht machen [o ziehen] ( fam) to make [or pull] a face;
    was machst du denn für ein \Gesicht? why are you looking like that?;
    ein... \Gesicht machen to look...;
    ein böses/ trauriges/enttäuschtes \Gesicht machen to look angry/sad/disappointed;
    jdm etw [direkt [o glatt]] ins \Gesicht sagen to say sth [straight] to sb's face;
    jdm etw am \Gesicht ansehen to read from the expression on sb's face;
    das \Gesicht verziehen to make [or pull] a face;
    jdm das \Gesicht zuwenden to turn to sb, to look at sb;
    über das ganze \Gesicht strahlen ( fam) to be grinning like an idiot ( fam), to beam all over one's face
    2) ( Erscheinungsbild) appearance;
    die verschiedenen \Gesichter Deutschlands the different faces of Germany;
    ein anderes \Gesicht bekommen to take on a different character
    WENDUNGEN:
    ein \Gesicht wie drei [o acht] Tage Regenwetter machen ( fam) to look as miserable as sin;
    einer S. dat ein anderes \Gesicht geben [o (geh: verleihen] etw anders erscheinen lassen) to make sth look different, to give sth a different character;
    sein wahres \Gesicht zeigen [ o geh enthüllen] to show one's true colours [or oneself in one's true colours], to show one's true character;
    jdm wie aus dem \Gesicht geschnitten sein to be the spitting image of sb;
    zwei \Gesichter haben to be two-faced;
    einer S. dat ins \Gesicht schlagen to be a slap in the face for sth;
    jdm im \Gesicht geschrieben stehen to be written on [or all over] sb's face;
    das [o sein] \Gesicht verlieren to lose face;
    das [o sein] \Gesicht wahren to keep up appearances, to save face
    2. Ge·sicht <-[e]s, -e> [gəʼzɪçt] nt
    sight;
    etw zu \Gesicht bekommen to have sight of sth ( form), to see sth;
    ich habe diese Unterlagen nie zu \Gesicht bekommen I have never had sight of [or seen] these papers;
    das zweite \Gesicht haben (veraltet) to have second sight

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > Gesicht

  • 19 RÉTTR

    I)
    a.
    1) straight (r. sem laukr);
    2) erect, upright (Óttar stóð r. ok brá sér ekki við);
    3) right, just (telja þat rangt, er rétt er); hafa rétt at mæla, to be right, in the right; at réttu, með réttu, rightly.
    (-ar, -ir), m.
    1) right, law; lands r., the law of the land; kristinn r., guðs r., ecclesiastical law;
    2) right, due, claim; konungs r., the king’s due (at konungr minnki nökkut af sínum rétti);
    3) condition; hann gørði harðan rétt landsmanna, he tyrannized over them;
    4) dish (hinn fyrsta rétt báru inn þessir lendir menn);
    5) drifting before the wind; liggja í rétt, to lie drifting; leggja í rétt, to set a ship’s course for drifting;
    6) storm, heavy sea (fengu þeir rétt mikinn; skipit var lekt ok þoldi illa réttinn).
    * * *
    adj., réttari, réttastr; [Ulf. raihts = εὐδύς, i. e. straight, mostly in the proper sense, but ga-raihts = δίκαιος; A. S. riht; Engl. right; O. H. G. reht; Germ. recht: Dan.-Swed. ret, contr.; Lat. rectus; Gr. ὀ-ρέγω; to the same root belong Icel. rak-, rakna, rekja, in all of which the fundamental notion is to stretch, extend]:—straight; skapti réttara, Gsp., Fas. i. 470 (in a verse); rétt rœði, straight oars, Fms. vi. 309 (in a verse); réttar brautir, Rm. 14: réttr vindr, Edda (Ht.): upright, erect, Óttarr stóð réttr ok brá sér ekki við, Fms. vii. 257: á réttum krossi, 656 C. 37; svá mikil at maðr mátti standa réttr í henni. Fas. iii. 223; réttr sem laukr, Sks. 131; réttr líkams vöxtr, Stj. 20; mannsins líkamr er r. skapaðr ok upp-reistr, 22; upp-r. (cp. Engl. upright), standing upright; upp frá þeim degi mátti hann eigi réttum augum sjá Davíð, Stj. 466; þá öfundaði hann Óláf, ok mátti eigi réttum augum til hans líta, Fms. iv. 48.
    2. neut. rétt, straight; þeir stefndu rétt á þá, Fms. ix. 301; fara rétt at e-u. to proceed in due form, Grág. i. 80; telja rétt, 12; ok er rétt, rétt er honum at …, the law is, it is lawful to …, Grág., passim.
    II. metaph. right, just; verðr honum rétt sú kvöð, Grág. 1. 36; þann er réttari er at bera kvið fram, 58; jamréttir at tengdum, id.; þeir eru réttir at reifa mál manna, 76; réttir í kviðum, at heyrum, ii. 93, 146 (see heyrum); réttr Noregs konungr, Fms. i. 223; betri ok réttari, 129: of a person, vera friðsamr ok réttr, just, viii. 230.
    2. neut., rétt skal at draga við vaðmál kvarða, Grág. i. 497; má vera at konungr unni oss hér af rétts, Eg. 520; hafa réttara at mæla, Fb. ii. 345; næst réttu, Sks. 58; sem ek veit réttast ok sannast ok helzt at lögum, Grág. i. 76; virða svá sem þeim þótti réttast, 195; mun þat réttara, more due, meet, Fms. vi. 299; at réttu, rightly, i. 223, x. 371, Hkr. i. 5, Grág. i. 403; með réttu, id, 83.
    III. rétt, adverbially, just, exactly; sitja rétt þar undir niðri, Th. 76; rétt undir niðri, Stj. 393, Skíða R. 82; þar rétt í hofinu, Stj.; rétt hjá, 600, Skíða R. 81; rétt við, Stj. 395; þat rétt, exactly that, Mar.; nú rétt, just now, Lv. 34, Stj. 534; hér rétt, 442; rétt sem, 491, Skíða R. 133, Fms. iv. 211; rétt á þessari nótt, xi. 424; rétt ok slétt, downright, Stj. 276.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > RÉTTR

  • 20 einwandfrei

    ein·wand·frei [ʼainvantfrai] adj
    1) ( tadellos) flawless, perfect; Obst perfect, without a blemish; Fleisch a. [perfectly] fresh;
    \einwandfreie Qualität excellent [or superior] quality;
    in einem \einwandfreien Zustand in perfect condition;
    \einwandfreies Benehmen impeccable [or model] behaviour [or (Am) -or];
    ein \einwandfreier Leumund an excellent [or impeccable] character [or reputation];
    2) ( unzweifelhaft) indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable, incontrovertible;
    eine \einwandfreie Beweisführung a conclusive [or compelling] [or line of argument] argumentation
    1) ( tadellos) flawlessly, perfectly;
    sich \einwandfrei verhalten to behave impeccably
    2) ( unzweifelhaft) indisputably, irrefutably, undeniably;
    \einwandfrei beweisen to prove conclusively [or beyond a shadow of a doubt];
    \einwandfrei nachweisen to provide conclusive [or indisputable] [or irrefutable] evidence;
    \einwandfrei feststehen to be absolutely certain;
    es steht \einwandfrei fest, dass... it is an indisputable [or irrefutable] [or undeniable] fact that...;
    \einwandfrei erfunden [o erlogen] sein to be a downright [or complete] lie;
    \einwandfrei Betrug sein to be [a] complete [or a clear case of] fraud, to be a complete swindle

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  • downright — 1 adjective (only before noun) used to emphasize that someone or something is completely bad, false, or unpleasant: That s a downright lie! 2 adverb (+ adj/adv) used to emphasize that someone or something is completely bad, untrue, unpleasant etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lie — I UK [laɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms lie : present tense I/you/we/they lie he/she/it lies present participle lying UK [ˈlaɪɪŋ] / US past tense lay UK [leɪ] / US past participle lain UK [leɪn] / US *** 1) a) to be in a position in which… …   English dictionary

  • lie — lie1 [ laı ] (present participle lying [ laııŋ ] ; past tense lay [ leı ] ; past participle lain [ leın ] ) verb intransitive *** ▸ 1 be/put yourself flat ▸ 2 be in place/on surface ▸ 3 in a competition ▸ 4 consist of ▸ 5 be in particular state ▸ …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lie# — lie vb Lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth directly or indirectly. Lie is the straightforward word, flatly imputing dishonesty to the speaker {he lies, and he knows he lies Johnson} {the article . . . has… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Martin Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Darwin from Insectivorous plants to Worms — The life and work of Darwin from Insectivorous plants to Worms followed after the work of Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions. See inception of Darwin s theory, development of Darwin s theory, publication of Darwin s theory, reaction to Darwin …   Wikipedia

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