they do a great deal of entertaining

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adjective (amusing: entertaining stories.) unterhaltend

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[ˌentəˈteɪnɪŋ, AM -t̬ɚˈ-]

I. adj unterhaltsam

an \entertaining evening ein reizender Abend

an \entertaining speaker ein gewitzter [o gewandter] Redner

II. n no pl

to do a lot of \entertaining häufig jdn bewirten

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1. adj

2. n

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entertaining

A adj (adv entertainingly) unterhaltend, amüsant, unterhaltsam

B s:

they do a great deal of entertaining sie haben oft Gäste

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unterhaltend adj. adv.

unterhaltsam adv.

1) entertain smb. entertain one's guests (her brother's friends, etc.) принимать /угощать/ гостей и т.д.

2) entertain smb. entertain an audience (the company, smb.'s guests, the children, etc.) развлекать /веселить/ зрителей и т.д.; this sort of play doesn't entertain me такие пьесы меня не увлекают /нагоняют на меня скуку/; will you, please, entertain the guests while I dress? займите, пожалуйста, гостей, пока я одеваюсь

3) entertain smth. entertain a hope (many illusions, such feelings /such sentiments/, etc.) питать надежду и т.д.; entertain a dream лелеять мечту; entertain doubts иметь сомнения, сомневаться; I refuse to entertain such a foolish idea я и думать не хочу о такой глупости; я не допускаю такой нелепой мысли

1) be entertained by smb. I was entertained by her family я был гостем ее семьи

2) be entertained by smth., smb. I was entertained by his tricks меня забавляли его фокусы; I was greatly entertained by it меня это весьма /сильно/ позабавило; he was entertained by the folk-singers исполнители народных песен развлекли его

1) entertain smb. at /to/ smth. entertain one's friends (one's partner, etc.) at dinner (my business associates to dinner, some ladies to luncheon, guests at a banquet, them at my own house, etc.) приглашать друзей на обед и т.д., угощать друзей обедом и т.д.; I entertained a party at dinner yesterday я устраивал вчера званый обед; she entertained ten people at supper у нее на ужине было десять человек

2) entertain smb. with smth. entertain ladies with stories (guests with music, a girl with fairy tales, etc.) развлекать дам рассказами и т.д.

3) book. entertain smth. for smb. entertain a high esteem for smb. (a great regard for smb., a kindly feeling for smb., etc.) питать к кому-л. глубокое уважение и т.д.; entertain smth. regarding smb. entertain hostile intentions regarding smb. иметь в отношении кого-л. враждебные намерения; entertain smth. of smb. entertain great expectations /great hopes/ of smb. возлагать на кого-л. большие надежды, много ждать от кого-л.

1) (amuse) unterhalten

2) (receive as guest) bewirten

3) (have in the mind) haben [Meinung, Vorstellung]; hegen (geh.) [Gefühl, Vorurteil, Verdacht, Zweifel, Groll]; (consider) in Erwägung ziehen

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1) (to receive, and give food etc to (guests): They entertained us to dinner.) empfangen

2) (to amuse: His stories entertained us for hours.) unterhalten

3) (to hold in the mind: He entertained the hope that he would one day be Prime Minister.) hegen

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[ˌentəˈteɪn, AM -t̬ɚˈ-]

I. vt

1. (amuse)

▪ to \entertain sb jdn unterhalten

I \entertained the child while his mom was speaking on the phone ich habe mich mit dem Kind beschäftigt, während seine Mutter telefonierte

2. (invite)

▪ to \entertain sb jdn zu sich dat einladen; (give meal) jdn bewirten

3. (have)

to \entertain doubts/a suspicion Zweifel/einen Verdacht hegen

to \entertain the hope that... die Hoffnung haben, dass...

to \entertain an offer ein Angebot in Erwägung ziehen

to \entertain an opinion eine Meinung haben

to \entertain a plan einen Plan schmieden

to \entertain a thought sich akk mit einem Gedanken tragen

I don't know how I ever \entertained the thought that he was interested in me ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie ich nur darauf kommen konnte, zu denken, dass er an mir interessiert sei

II. vi

1. (amuse) unterhalten

2. (give hospitality to guests) Gäste haben

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1. vt

1) (= offer hospitality to) einladen; (to meal) bewirten

2) (= amuse) unterhalten; (humorously, with jokes) belustigen

3) thought, intention sich tragen mit; suspicion, doubt hegen; hope nähren; suggestion, proposal, offer, possibility in Erwägung ziehen

2. vi

1) (= have visitors) Gäste haben

2) (comedian, conjurer etc) unterhalten

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entertain [ˌentə(r)ˈteın]

A v/t

1. jemanden ( oder o.s. sich) (angenehm) unterhalten, amüsieren

2. a) jemanden gastlich aufnehmen, bewirten:

be entertained at (Br a. to) dinner by sb bei jemandem zum Essen eingeladen sein;

entertain angels unawares außerordentliche Gäste haben, ohne es zu wissen

b) SPORT jemanden zu Gast haben, empfangen

3. Furcht, Hoffnung etc hegen

4. einen Vorschlag etc in Betracht oder Erwägung ziehen, einer Sache Raum geben, eingehen auf (akk):

entertain an idea sich mit einem Gedanken tragen

B v/i Gäste empfangen oder haben:

they entertain a great deal sie haben oft Gäste

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1) (amuse) unterhalten

2) (receive as guest) bewirten

3) (have in the mind) haben [Meinung, Vorstellung]; hegen (geh.) [Gefühl, Vorurteil, Verdacht, Zweifel, Groll]; (consider) in Erwägung ziehen

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bewirten v.

unterhalten v.

1) (to receive, and give food etc to (guests): They entertained us to dinner.) receber

2) (to amuse: His stories entertained us for hours.) divertir

3) (to hold in the mind: He entertained the hope that he would one day be Prime Minister.) nutrir

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[ent2t'ein] vt+vi 1 entreter, divertir, distrair. 2 receber visita, hospedar, acolher. 3 oferecer festas, celebrar, regalar. she entertained at dinner / ela fez as honras no jantar. they entertain a great deal / eles dão muitas festas, eles recebem muitos amigos. 4 tomar em consideração, cogitar, nutrir (idéias, planos). I entertained doubts as to / tinha dúvidas a respeito de. I cannot entertain the idea / não posso admitir a idéia. 5 manter correspondência. we have entertained correspondence for years / nós mantivemos correspondência durante anos.

amusing, cool, entertaining, fun.

past participle of spanish verb: divertir.

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► participio pasado

1→ link=divertir divertir

► adjetivo

1 (gracioso) funny, amusing

2 (entretenido) fun, entertaining, enjoyable

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1) amusing, funny

2) entertaining

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1) (=entretenido) [libro, película] entertaining; [chiste, persona] funny, amusing

2)

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- da adjetivo

a) (que interesa, divierte) <espectáculo/fiesta> fun, enjoyable; <momento/situación> entertaining

b) ( gracioso) funny

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= amused, enjoyable, facetious, laughable, hilarious, fun, amusing, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], playful, cheery [cheerier -comp., cheeriest -sup.], comedic, droll.

Ex. After the wait, her first words emerged with an amused laugh.

Ex. Having made this prefatory warning, it has also to be said that many teachers successfully contrive to make reviewing an enjoyable and useful ingredient in their book and reading programs.

Ex. This might, perhaps, be considered a facetious example; however, consider the effect of the indiscriminate use of LATIN AMERICA and SPANISH AMERICA.

Ex. It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.

Ex. In studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.

Ex. To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.

Ex. In the proceedings of the pioneer 1876 Conference of Librarians we can read that 'Mr Edmands gave some amusing illustrations to show that readers often had only the most vague idea of what they really wanted'.

Ex. This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).

Ex. The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.

Ex. The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.

Ex. In the year 2000, news and entertainment programs dedicated a great deal of comedic attention to the presidential election.

Ex. Never sentimental, the movie has moments of droll, deadpan humor.

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* algo diverto que hacer = fun thing to do.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de manera divertida = funnily.

* de modo divertido = comically, funnily.

* lo divertido = the fun part.

* resultar divertido = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.

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- da adjetivo

a) (que interesa, divierte) <espectáculo/fiesta> fun, enjoyable; <momento/situación> entertaining

b) ( gracioso) funny

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1 (que interesa, recrea, divierte) ‹espectáculo/fiesta› fun, enjoyable; ‹momento/situación› entertaining

fue una fiesta muy divertida it was a very enjoyable o ( colloq) a fun party, the party was a lot of fun o was great fun

el baile estuvo muy divertido the dance was very entertaining o great fun

¡qué divertido! ahora va y se pone a llover ( iró); (that's) wonderful o great! now it's started raining ( iro)

es un tipo muy divertido he's a really fun guy o a very entertaining guy, he's really fun to be with

2 (gracioso) funny

estuvo de lo más divertido it was so funny

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el participio

◊ -da adjetivo

a) (que interesa, divierte) ‹espectáculo/fiesta› fun, enjoyable;

◊ es un tipo muy divertido he's a really fun guy, he's really fun to be with

b) ( gracioso) funny

◊ ¡que te diviertas! have fun!, enjoy yourself!;

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divertido, -a adj

1. [entretenido] [película, libro] entertaining;

la fiesta fue de lo más divertido it was such an enjoyable party

2. [gracioso] [persona, chiste] funny, amusing;

es un chico muy divertido he's a very funny o amusing boy;

encontraba divertido aquel entusiasmo pueril I found this childish enthusiasm amusing

3. Andes, Arg, Guat [achispado] tipsy

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1 funny

2 ( entretenido) entertaining

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divertido, -da adj

1) : amusing, funny

2) : entertaining, enjoyable

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divertido adj

1. (gracioso) funny [comp. funnier; superl. funniest] / amusing

2. (entretenido) enjoyable

1) (to receive, and give food etc to (guests): They entertained us to dinner.) gostiti

2) (to amuse: His stories entertained us for hours.) zabavati

3) (to hold in the mind: He entertained the hope that he would one day be Prime Minister.) gojiti

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vzdrževati; zabavati; vabiti, gostiti; ukvarjati se, gojiti

to entertain o.s. — zabavati se

to entertain an idea — razmišljati, tuhtati

to entertain a hope — upati

to entertain a great deal — imeti velikokrat goste

to entertain angels unawares — nevede izkazati uslugo pomembni osebi

1 grande; grosso; voluminoso; vasto: big toe, alluce; a big house, una grande casa; DIALOGO → - Shoes- They're a bit big, mi stanno un po' grandi; He has got a big heart, ha un gran cuore; è generoso; great big, grandissimo; enorme; grande e grosso: He's got great big eyes, ha degli occhi grandissimi; She had curly hair and a great big nose, aveva i capelli ricci e un gran nasone

2 (attr.) grande ( d'età); maggiore: You're a big boy now, ormai sei grande; my big brother, il mio fratello maggiore

3 importante; notevole; grande; grosso; serio; forte: big news, grosse novità; a big success, un grande successo; a big mistake, un grosso errore; a big decision, una decisione importante; a big landowner, un grosso possidente; the big day, il gran giorno; the Big Four [Five, Six, etc.], i (o le) quattro [cinque, sei, ecc.] Grandi (banche, società, ecc.); a big rise in prices, un forte aumento dei prezzi; a big appetite, un forte appetito; a big eater, un gran mangiatore; a big spender, uno che spende e spande; uno spendaccione; He's very big in showbiz, è molto importante (o è un pezzo grosso) nel mondo dello spettacolo; (iron.) big idea, idea grandiosa; gran progetto; trovata; alzata d'ingegno

4 (fam.) ambizioso; grande; grandioso: big plans, progetti ambiziosi; to think big, pensare in grande; fare grandi progetti

5 (fam.) entusiasta; gran: a big soccer fan, un gran tifoso (o un patito) del calcio

6 (pred.) (fam., spesso iron.) generoso: That's very big of you!, è molto generoso da parte tua; che generosità!

7 (fam.) famoso; molto in voga; di successo

8 – (arc., di donna) big with, incinta di

● (fam. USA) the Big Apple, New York □ big-ass ► bigass □ the big bad wolf, il lupo cattivo □ (mus.) big band, big band; grande orchestra jazz o da ballo □ (astron.) the big bang, il big bang □ (fin., in GB) the Big Bang, la deregolamentazione e computerizzazione della Borsa Valori di Londra ( il 27 dicembre 1986) □ big-bellied, panciuto; ( di femmina) incinta, gravida □ (in GB) Big Ben, il Big Ben NOTE DI CULTURA: Big Ben: è propriamente il nome della campana della torre del Parlamento a Londra, fusa nel 1856 e così chiamata in onore di Benjamin Hall, allora direttore dei lavori pubblici; ormai il nome viene anche usato per indicare la torre stessa e l'orologio, famoso per la sua accuratezza e per essere usato come segnale orario dalla BBC □ (fin., in USA) the Big Board, il cartellone delle quotazioni ( alla Borsa Valori di New York); la Borsa Valori di New York □ big-boned, di forte ossatura; robusto □ Big Brother, Grande Fratello; dittatore □ (fam. USA) big bucks = big money ► sotto □ (fam.) big bug ► bigwig □ big business, attività commerciale redditizia; ( anche) le grandi società, le grandi imprese, la grande industria □ big cat, grosso felino (leone, tigre, leopardo, ecc.) □ (fam. scherz.) big cheese, pezzo grosso □ (astron.) big crunch, «big crunch» ( collasso della materia con cui avrà fine la vita dell'universo) □ ( slang USA) big daddy, capo; capoccia; boss □ ( slang USA) big deal, roba grossa; pezzo grosso: to make a big deal out of st., fare un sacco di storie per qc.; fare un affare di stato (o un dramma) di qc.; (iron.) Big deal!, sai che roba!; bell'affare!; no big deal, niente di speciale; roba da poco; What's the big deal?, e con ciò?; embè? □ (GB) big dipper, (le) montagne russe ( nei luna park) □ (astron., USA) the Big Dipper, l'Orsa Maggiore □ (mecc.) big end, testa ( di pistone) □ (fam. USA) the Big Easy, New Orleans □ big game, le grosse fiere ( come preda di caccia): big-game hunting, caccia grossa □ (fam.) big girl's blouse, smidollato; femminuccia □ ( USA) big government, governo (o Stato) troppo assistenziale; Stato troppo invadente; statalismo □ (fam. USA) big gun, pezzo grosso; persona influente □ big hair, pettinatura cotonata; testa cotonata □ (fam.) big-head, tipo presuntuoso; tipo spocchioso □ (fam.) big-headed, presuntuoso; spocchioso □ big-hearted, generoso; buono □ (fam.) big-hitter, ( persona) pezzo grosso; big; ( cosa) hit; successo □ the big house, la casa più importante (di un villaggio, un circondario); la casa dei signori □ ( USA) the big league, ( baseball) la serie A; (fig. fam.) i grandi, i campioni □ (fam. USA) big-league (agg.), grosso; importante; serio □ (fam.) big money, somme enormi; un sacco di soldi; soldi a palate: This is where the big money is, qui si fanno un sacco di soldi □ (fam.) big-mouth, uno che parla troppo o a sproposito; chiacchierone; lingua lunga □ (fam.) big-mouthed, chiacchierone; che ha la lingua lunga; che non sa tenere la lingua a posto □ (fam.) big name, persona famosa; grosso nome □ (fam.) big noise = big shot ► sotto □ ( slang USA) a big one, (un biglietto da) mille dollari □ ( USA) the big one, il grande evento; il grande momento; il gran giorno; ‘quello grosso’ (uragano, terremoto, ecc.) □ the big screen, il grande schermo; il cinema □ (fam.) big science, la grande ricerca scientifica □ (fam.) big shot, pezzo grosso; persona influente □ (fam.) big-shot (agg.), importante; influente; grosso □ (fin., stor.) the big slump, il tracollo ( della Borsa Valori) di Wall Street ( nel 1929) □ (fam. GB) the Big Smoke, Londra □ (fam.) the big stick, la maniera forte; l'uso della forza; il bastone □ (fam. USA) big talk, promesse vuote; millanterie; vanterie; spacconate □ (polit.) big-tent party, partito che riunisce diverse ideologie e punti di vista eterogenei □ (fam. USA) big-ticket (agg.), costoso; caro □ ( slang) the big time, l'apice di una professione, una carriera, un'attività; ( per estens.) il successo, la fama: to hit (o to make it to) the big time, arrivare al successo; sfondare □ ( slang) big-time (agg.), molto importante; grosso; di alto livello □ ( slang) big time (avv.), molto; alla grande (fam.): You've screwed it up big time!, hai fatto proprio un gran casino □ ( slang) big-timer, personaggio di primo piano; pezzo grosso; peso massimo □ the big top, il tendone ( del circo) □ (bot., USA) big tree ( Sequoiadendron giganteum), sequoia gigante □ big wheel, ruota gigante ( di luna park); ( slang) pezzo grosso □ to get (o to grow) big (o bigger), ingrossare; ingrandire; ingrassare; crescere □ (fam.) to go over big, avere successo; andare forte □ (fam.) in a big way, moltissimo; enormemente; alla grande (fam.): They do a lot of entertaining in a big way, ricevono moltissimo; danno un sacco di ricevimenti □ (fam.) to make it big, avere un gran successo; sfondare □ (fam.) to talk big, vantarsi; fare lo sbruffone; spararle grosse □ too big for one's boots (o, antiq., breeches; USA pants), che si dà un sacco d'arie; che si è montato la testa; presuntuoso.