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to be always on the scrounge

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1 on the scrounge

adj infml

He's always on the scrounge for cigarettes — Он постоянно сшибает покурить

The new dictionary of modern spoken language > on the scrounge
2 scrounge

scrounge [skraʊndʒ] familiar

1 transitive verb

(sugar, pencil) piquer, emprunter^□ ; (meal) se faire offrir^□ ; (money) se faire prêter^□ ;

∎ he tried to scrounge $10 off me il a essayé de me taper de 10 dollars;

∎ can I scrounge a cigarette off you? je peux te taper ou te taxer une cigarette?;

∎ could I scrounge a lift from someone? est-ce que quelqu'un peut m'emmener?^□

2 intransitive verb

∎ he came scrounging British round or American around to see what he could find il est venu faire un tour pour voir s'il n'y avait pas quelque chose à récolter;

∎ to scrounge on or off sb (habitually) vivre aux crochets de qn;

∎ he's always scrounging off his friends (gen) il tape toujours ses amis; (for food, meals) il fait toujours le pique-assiette chez ses amis;

∎ I'm sorry to be always scrounging je suis désolé d'être toujours à quémander

3 noun

∎ to be on the scrounge (for food) venir quémander de quoi manger; (for cigarette) venir quémander une cigarette;

∎ she's on the scrounge for a meal elle veut se faire inviter à manger;

∎ he's always on the scrounge il vit toujours aux crochets des autres

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > scrounge
3 scrounge

scrounge (inf) [skraʊndʒ]

1. transitive verb

[+ meal] réussir à se faire offrir ( off sb par qn)

• to scrounge money from sb taper qn (inf)

• he scrounged £5 off him il l'a tapé de 5 livres (inf)

2. intransitive verb

• he's always scrounging c'est un parasite

3. noun

• to be on the scrounge for sth essayer d'emprunter qch

• he's always on the scrounge c'est un parasite

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1.
(colloq) [skraʊndʒ] noun

to be on the scrounge — être toujours en train de mendier
2.
transitive verb quémander [favour]

to scrounge something off somebody — piquer (colloq) quelque chose à quelqu'un [cigarette]; taper (colloq) quelqu'un de quelque chose [money]
3.
intransitive verb

1)

to scrounge off somebody — vivre sur le dos de quelqu'un

2)

to scrounge (around) for something — chercher quelque chose

English-French dictionary > scrounge
4 scrounge

verb

(to get by begging from someone else: May I scrounge some coffee?) gorrear

- scrounger

scrounge

tr[skraʊnʤ]

intransitive verb

1 familiar (gen) gorrear (from/off, a), gorronear, vivir de gorra; (money) dar sablazos, sablear, vivir de sablazos

transitive verb

1 (gen) gorrear (from/off, a), gorronear (from/off, a); (money) dar sablazos (from/off, a), sablear (from/off, a)

■ he scrounges fags off his friends gorronea pitillos a los amigos

■ she's always scrounging money off me siempre me sablea

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be on the scrounge andar pidiendo

to scrounge off somebody vivir a costa de alguien

scrounge ['skraʊnʤ] v, scrounged ; scrounging vt

1) bum: gorrear fam, sablear fam (dinero)

2)

to scrounge around for : buscar, andar a la busca de

scrounge vi

to scrounge off someone : vivir a costa de alguien

scrounge

v.

• ir de gorra v.

• sablear v.

• sacar por medio de gorronería v.

I
1. skraʊndʒ
(colloq) transitive verb

to scrounge something FROM/OFF somebody — \<\<food/cigarette/money\>\> gorronearle or gorrearle or (RPl) garronearle or (Chi) bolsearle algo a alguien (fam)

2.

vi gorronear or gorrear or (RPl) garronear or (Chi) bolsear (fam)

II

noun (BrE colloq) (no pl)

to be always on the scrounge — vivir gorroneando or gorreando or (RPl) garroneando or (Chi) bolseando (fam)

[skraʊndʒ]
1.

N

to be on the scrounge (for sth) — ir sacando (algo) de gorra

to have a scrounge round for sth — ir por ahí pidiendo algo

2.

VT gorronear *, gorrear *

I scrounged a ticket — gorroneé una entrada

to scrounge sth from sb — gorronear algo a algn

can I scrounge a drink from you? — ¿me invitas a un trago? *

3.

VI

to scrounge on or off sb — vivir a costa de algn

to scrounge around for sth — ir por ahí pidiendo algo

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I
1. [skraʊndʒ]
(colloq) transitive verb

to scrounge something FROM/OFF somebody — \<\<food/cigarette/money\>\> gorronearle or gorrearle or (RPl) garronearle or (Chi) bolsearle algo a alguien (fam)

2.

vi gorronear or gorrear or (RPl) garronear or (Chi) bolsear (fam)

II

noun (BrE colloq) (no pl)

to be always on the scrounge — vivir gorroneando or gorreando or (RPl) garroneando or (Chi) bolseando (fam)

English-spanish dictionary > scrounge
5 scrounge

1.
(coll.)transitive verb schnorren (ugs.) (off, from von)

scrounge things — schnorren
2. intransitive verb
schnorren (ugs.) ( from bei)

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verb

(to get by begging from someone else: May I scrounge some coffee?) schnorren

- academic.ru/65005/scrounger">scrounger

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scrounge

[skraʊnʤ]

( fam)

I. n no pl ( pej or hum)

to be on the \scrounge am Schnorren sein pej fam, schnorren, erbetteln SCHWEIZ

to be on the \scrounge for money/cigarettes Geld/Zigaretten schnorren fam

II. vt ( pej)

▪ to \scrounge sth [off [or from] sb] etw [von jdm] schnorren pej fam

III. vi ( pej)

▪ to \scrounge [off [or from] sb] [bei jdm] schnorren pej fam

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[skraUndZ] (inf)
1. vi

1) (= sponge) schnorren (inf) (off, from bei)

he scrounged off his parents for years — er lag seinen Eltern jahrelang auf der Tasche (inf)

2)

(= hunt) to scrounge around for sth — nach etw herumsuchen

2. vt
schnorren (inf), abstauben (inf) (from, off bei)
3. n

to be on the scrounge — am Schnorren or Abstauben sein (inf)

he's always on the scrounge for cigarettes — er schnorrt dauernd Zigaretten (inf)

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scrounge [skraʊndʒ] umg

A v/t

1. organisieren umg:

a) klauen

b) beschaffen

2. schnorren umg ( off von, bei)

B v/i

1. klauen

2. nassauern, schnorren (beide umg)

3. meist scrounge around herumsuchen, sich umschauen ( beide:

for nach)

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1.
(coll.)transitive verb schnorren (ugs.) (off, from von)

scrounge things — schnorren
2. intransitive verb
schnorren (ugs.) ( from bei)

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v.

schnorren v.

English-german dictionary > scrounge
6 gorronear

v.

to sponge, to scrounge (informal). (peninsular Spanish, Mexican Spanish)

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gorronear

► verbo intransitivo

1 to scrounge, be a parasite

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verbo transitivo/ intransitivo (Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge (colloq)

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= sponge (off/on), cadge.

Ex. Everyone knows people who have a tendency to sponge off other people -- free-riding has been a problem since civilization got started.

Ex. For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.

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verbo transitivo/ intransitivo (Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge (colloq)

* * *

= sponge (off/on), cadge.

Ex: Everyone knows people who have a tendency to sponge off other people -- free-riding has been a problem since civilization got started.

Ex: For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.

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gorronear [A1 ]

vt

(Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge ( colloq), to cadge ( colloq)

¿te puedo gorronear un cigarrillo? can I scrounge o cadge a cigarette off you?

me gorroneó $20 he scrounged $20 off me o borrowed $20 from me, he hit on me for $20 ( AmE colloq)

■ gorronear

vi

(Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge ( colloq), to freeload ( colloq), to sponge ( BrE colloq)

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gorronear ( conjugate gorronear) verbo transitivo/intransitivo (Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge (colloq)
gorronear vtr, vi fam to scrounge, bum, touch for: ¿te puedo gorronear un cigarrillo?, ¿may I bum a cigarette off you?
' gorronear' also found in these entries:
English:
bum
- cadge
- mooch
- scrounge
- sponge

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gorronear Esp, Méx Fam

♦ vt

to sponge, to scrounge;

siempre me gorronea cigarros she's always scrounging cigarrettes off me

♦ vi

to sponge, to scrounge;

siempre está gorroneando he's always sponging o scrounging, he's always on the scrounge

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gorronear

v/t & v/i fam

scrounge fam

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gorronear vt, fam : to bum, to scrounge

gorronear vi fam : to freeload

Spanish-English dictionary > gorronear
7 gorrón

adj.

cadging, sponging.

m.

1 freeloader, deadbeat, sponger, cadger.

2 pebble.

3 pivot, male pivot.

4 paving stone.

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gorrón

► adjetivo

1 familiar scrounging, sponging

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 sponger, scrounger

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I
SM

1) (=guijarro) pebble; (=adoquín) cobblestone

2) (Mec) pivot, journal
II
gorrón, -ona
* SM / F (=aprovechado) sponger *, cadger *, parasite
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- rrona masculino, femenino (Esp, Méx fam) scrounger (colloq)

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= scrounger, deadbeat, free rider.

Nota: Persona que se beneficia de un actividad de un individuo o grupo sin contribuir a él.

Ex. Consequently, claimants became disillusioned and, if they complained, were dismissed scroungers who were never satisfied.

Ex. It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.

Ex. Free riders are those who use the information provided by others without contributing evaluations of their own.

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- rrona masculino, femenino (Esp, Méx fam) scrounger (colloq)

* * *

= scrounger, deadbeat, free rider.

Nota: Persona que se beneficia de un actividad de un individuo o grupo sin contribuir a él.

Ex: Consequently, claimants became disillusioned and, if they complained, were dismissed scroungers who were never satisfied.

Ex: It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.

Ex: Free riders are those who use the information provided by others without contributing evaluations of their own.

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gorrón¹ - rrona

adjective

(Esp, Méx fam): no seas gorrón why don't you stop scrounging? ( colloq), stop being such a scrounger o freeloader ( colloq)

gorrón² - rrona

masculine, feminine

1 (Esp, Méx fam) (aprovechado) scrounger ( colloq), freeloader ( colloq), sponger ( BrE colloq)

estoy harta de que esa gorrona me pida tabaco I'm sick to death of that scrounger asking me for cigarettes o of that woman scrounging cigarettes off me ( colloq)

2

gorrón masculine ( Tec) bearing

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gorrón
◊ - rrona sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp, Méx fam) scrounger (colloq)

gorrón,-ona m,f fam sponger, scrounger

' gorrón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gorrona
- sablista
- vividor
- vividora
English:
gatecrasher
- scrounger

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gorrón, -ona Esp, Méx Fam

♦ adj

sponging, scrounging;

es muy gorrón he's always sponging o scrounging, he's always on the scrounge

♦ nm,f

sponger, scrounger

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gorrón

m, gorrona f fam

scrounger fam

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gorrón, - rrona n, mpl gorrones fam : freeloader, scrounger

Spanish-English dictionary > gorrón
8 abstauben

(trennb., hat -ge-)

I v/t

1. im Haushalt etc.: dust

2. umg. (mitgehen lassen) swipe, lift, snitch, Brit. nick; (ergattern) cadge, sponge

II v/i SPORT umg. tap the ball in

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to dust

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ạb|stau|ben
vti sep

1) Möbel etc to dust

2) (inf) (= wegnehmen) to pick up; (= schnorren) to cadge (
von, bei, +dat off, from)
er will immer nur abstauben — he's always on the scrounge

3) (FTBL inf)

(ein Tor or den Ball) abstauben — to put the ball into the net, to tuck the ball away

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(to free (furniture etc) from dust: She dusts (the house) once a week.) dust

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ab|stau·ben

I. vt

1. (fam: ergattern)

▪ etw [von [o bei] jdm] \abstauben to rip sth off [from sb] sl, to liberate sth [from sb] fam, to get hold of sth [from sb]

Sie wollen wohl nur bei anderen Leuten \abstauben, wie? you just want to rip other people off, don't you?

das alte Gemälde habe ich bei meinen Großeltern abgestaubt I liberated that painting from my grandparents hum

2. (vom Staub befreien)

▪ etw \abstauben to dust sth

II. vi to dust

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transitives, intransitives Verb

1) dust

2) (ugs.): (stehlen) lift (sl.); pinch (esp. Brit. coll.); nick (Brit. coll.)

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abstauben (trennb, hat -ge-)

A. v/t

1. im Haushalt etc: dust

2. umg (mitgehen lassen) swipe, lift, snitch, Br nick; (ergattern) cadge, sponge

B. v/i SPORT umg tap the ball in

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transitives, intransitives Verb

1) dust

2) (ugs.): (stehlen) lift (sl.); pinch (esp. Brit. coll.); nick (Brit. coll.)

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v.

to dust v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > abstauben
9 pechazo

pechazo

masculine

A ( AmL fam) (golpe) shove ( colloq), push

B

( RPl fam) (pedido): vive del pechazo he's always sponging o scrounging off other people ( colloq)

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pechazo nm
CSur Fam
1. [gorroneo]
mandarse un pechazo con alguien to sponge o scrounge off sb;

vive del pechazo he's always sponging o on the scrounge

2. [golpe] [entre dos personas] bump;

nos dimos un pechazo we bumped into one another;

me dí un pechazo contra la puerta I walked straight into the door

Spanish-English dictionary > pechazo
10 bum

I noun
(Brit. sl.) Hintern, der (ugs.); Arsch, der (derb)
II 1.
(sl.)noun (Amer.)

1) (tramp) Penner, der (salopp abwertend); Berber, der (salopp)

2) (lazy dissolute person) Penner, der (salopp abwertend); Gammler, der (ugs. abwertend)
2. adjective
mies (ugs.)
3. intransitive verb,
- mm-

bum [about or around] — rumgammeln (ugs.)
4. transitive verb,
- mm- schnorren (ugs.) [Zigaretten usw.] ( off bei)

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I noun
(the buttocks.) der Hintern
II 1. noun
((especially American) a tramp or worthless person: He doesn't work - he's just a bum.) der Streuner
2. adjective
(worthless: a bum job.) wertlos

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bum

[bʌm]

I. n

1. ( pej: good-for-nothing) Penner m pej sl, Sandler m ÖSTERR pej fam

2. AM (tramp) Landstreicher m, Tippelbruder m meist hum, Penner m pej sl

3. esp BRIT, AUS ( fam: bottom) Hintern m fam

to give sb a kick up the \bum jdn in den Hintern treten fam

4. (avid practitioner)

ski/tennis \bum Ski-/Tennisfreak m

5.

▶ to get the \bum's rush AM ( fam) rausgeschmissen werden fam

▶ to give sb the \bum's rush AM ( fam) jdn rausschmeißen fam

▶ to be on the \bum AM (sl: broken) kaputt [o derb im Arsch] sein; (sl: be a vagrant) ein Penner sein sl

II. adj attr, inv ( pej fam)

1. (inadequate) miserabel, mies fam, Scheiß- derb; (not working) fuse, plug defekt

to do a \bum job of doing sth etw völlig vermasseln fam

\bum steer AM, AUS Irreführung f, Verschaukelung f fam, Verarschung derb

to give sb a \bum steer jdn irreführen [o fam verschaukeln] [o derb verarschen

2. (unpleasant) bescheuert fam, beschissen sl

3. (unfair) mies fam

\bum rap AM (unfair punishment) ungerechte Strafe; (false criminal charge) zu Unrecht erhobene Anklage; (unfair treatment) ungerechte Behandlung

the book review was a \bum rap der Verriss des Buches war ungerechtfertigt

to get the \bum rap AM der/die Gelackmeierte sein fam, die Arschkarte kriegen derb

to give sb a \bum rap jdn ungerecht behandeln

4. (unhealthy)

\bum knee/leg schlimmes [o fam kaputtes] Knie/Bein

III. vt

<- mm->

( fam)

▪ to \bum sth off sb etw von jdm schnorren fam

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I [bʌm]
n (esp Brit inf)
Hintern m (inf), Popo m (inf)
to put bums on seats (pop star etc) — ein Publikumsmagnet m sein
II (inf)
1. n (esp US)

1) (= good-for-nothing) Rumtreiber m (inf); (young) Gammler m; (= down-and-out) Penner m (inf), Pennbruder m (inf)

2) (= despicable person) Saukerl m (inf)

3)

to be on the bum — schnorren (inf)

he's always on the bum for cigarettes — er schnorrt immer Zigaretten (inf)

2. adj
(= bad) beschissen (inf); trick hundsgemein (inf)
bum rap ( US inf ) — Gemeinheit f, unfaire Kritik

to get a bum rap — unfair behandelt werden; zu Unrecht beschuldigt werden

to give sb a bum steer ( US inf ) — jdn auf die falsche Fährte locken

3. vt

1) money, food schnorren (inf) (off sb bei jdm)

could I bum a lift into town? — kannst du mich in die Stadt mitnehmen?

could I bum a smoke? — kann ich 'ne Kippe abstauben (inf) or schnorren (inf)?

2)

he bummed ( his way) around Europe — er ist durch Europa gezogen (inf)

4. vi
(= scrounge) schnorren (inf) (off sb bei jdm)
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bum¹ [bʌm] s besonders Br umg Hintern m

bum² [bʌm] besonders US umg

A s

1. a) Tagedieb m, fauler Hund pej

b) Herumtreiber m, Gammler m

2. Schnorrer m, Nassauer m (alle pej)

3. a) Tippelbruder m

b) umherziehender Gelegenheitsarbeiter

4. Säufer m

5. Saukerl m pej

6. (in Zusammensetzungen) …narr m:

baseball bum

7. give sb the bum’s rush umg jemanden rausschmeißen;

get the bum’s rush umg rausgeschmissen werden

8. Schnorren n, Nassauern n (beide pej):

come to sb on the bum zu jemandem zum Schnorren kommen

9. Tippeln n:

be on the bum tippeln

10. Sauferei f

11. be on the bum umg kaputt oder im Eimer sein

B v/i

1. meist bum around

a) in den Tag hineinleben,

b) herumgammeln

2. schnorren, nassauern (beide pej) ( beide:

off bei)

3. tippeln ( through durch)

C v/t etwas schnorren pej ( off bei, von):

he bummed a lift er schaffte es, (als Anhalter) mitgenommen zu werden

D adj

1. mies umg, schlecht

2. kaputt umg (auch Knie etc)

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I noun
(Brit. sl.) Hintern, der (ugs.); Arsch, der (derb)
II 1.
(sl.)noun (Amer.)

1) (tramp) Penner, der (salopp abwertend); Berber, der (salopp)

2) (lazy dissolute person) Penner, der (salopp abwertend); Gammler, der (ugs. abwertend)
2. adjective
mies (ugs.)
3. intransitive verb,
- mm-

bum [about or around] — rumgammeln (ugs.)
4. transitive verb,
- mm- schnorren (ugs.) [Zigaretten usw.] ( off bei)

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n.

Faulenzer m.

Gammler - m.

Popo -s m.

English-german dictionary > bum
11 искать

1) General subject: be on the lookout for (she's always on the lookout for smart reads), cast round, cast to cast about for smth., dig for (dig for information - откапывать сведения), fish (в воде for), forage, go after, grapple, grope, grub (обыкн. в архивах, книгах и т. п. тж. grub about), have a look for (что-л.), hunt after, hunt for, look, look for, look for (что-л.), look up (что-либо в справочнике), make a search for (кого-л., что-л.), pick, quest, ransack, reach (чего-л.), root, rootle, rummage, search, seek (seek dead! - ищи!), seek (часто for, after), seek out (чьего-либо общества), sue, to be in search of (что-л.), try, try for, woo (чего-л.), dig for, hunt up, look about, scrounge around for, look up (в справочнике), try for (работу, место), look for (кого-л., что-л.), have a look for (разыскивать, что-л.), (что-л.) scratch around, scrambling

2) Colloquial: fossick, househunt

3) American: beat the bushes (обычно в отдалённых районах), beat the bushes (обычно в отдаленных районах)

4) Poetical language: ensue

5) Engineering: hunt (напр, зоны на магнитной ленте), investigate, trace

6) Mathematics: find

7) Law: claim (в суде), implead, maintain (в суде), retrieve

8) Australian slang: pull strings

9) Jargon: buck, frisk (кого-то или что-то), pad down

10) Information technology: browse, hunt (напр. зону на магнитной ленте)

11) Oil: search for

12) Fishery: fish for

13) Network technologies: retrieval

14) Robots: look-up

15) Makarov: fish (for) (в воде), come after, cast round (предлог объяснение ответ)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > искать
12 garronear

v.

to scrounge, to sponge (informal). ( River Plate)

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verbo intransitivo (RPl fam) to scrounge (colloq)

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verbo intransitivo (RPl fam) to scrounge (colloq)

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garronear [A1 ]

vi

( RPl fam) to freeload ( colloq), to scrounge ( colloq), to sponge ( BrE colloq)

* * *

garronear RP Fam

♦ vt

1. [pedir] to scrounge, to cadge;

siempre está garroneando cigarros she's always scrounging o cadging cigarettes

2. [ser tacaño con] to be stingy with, to skimp on;

vamos a cenar a un restaurante, que en su casa siempre te garronea (la comida) let's go to a restaurant for dinner, he's always really stingy with the food at his place

♦ vi

to scrounge, to sponge;

mi vecino vive garroneando my neighbour's always scrounging, my neighbour's always sponging off people

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garronear

v/t & v/i Rpl fam

scrounge fam

Spanish-English dictionary > garronear
13 mangar

v.

to pinch(informal). (peninsular Spanish)

mangar algo a alguien to pinch o nick something from somebody (British)

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mangar

Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar to pinch, nick, swipe

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verbo transitivo

a) (Esp arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq)

b) (RPl fam) ( gorrear) to scrounge (colloq)

* * *

= swipe, nick.

Ex. A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.

Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

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verbo transitivo

a) (Esp arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq)

b) (RPl fam) ( gorrear) to scrounge (colloq)

* * *

= swipe, nick.

Ex: A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.

Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

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mangar [A3 ]

vt

1 ( Esp fam) (robar) to swipe ( colloq), to nick ( BrE colloq)

2 ( RPl) (gorrear) manguear vt A. (↑ manguear)

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mangar vtr argot to nick, pinch, swipe

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mangar

♦ vt

1. Esp Fam [robar] to pinch, Br to nick;

mangar algo a alguien to pinch o Br nick sth off sb

2. RP Fam [pedir] to cadge, to scrounge;

siempre me manga cigarros he's always cadging cigarettes off me

♦ vi
RP Fam to sponge, to scrounge;
siempre está mangando he's always sponging o scrounging

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mangar

v/t pop

swipe fam, Br tb

pinch fam

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mangar vb (robar) to pinch

Spanish-English dictionary > mangar
14 pechar

v.

1 to scrounge, to bum (informal) (pedir). (Southern Cone)

2 to push, to shove. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), River Plate)

3 to pay as a tax.

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I *
1. VT

1) LAm (=empujar) to push, shove

2) Cono Sur (=pedir dinero a) to tap *, touch for

3) Cono Sur (=atrapar) to collar *, grab

2.

VI

pechar con > — [gen] to put up with; [+ cometido] to shoulder, take on; [+ problema] to face up to
II
VT, VI to pay (as a tax)

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1.
verbo transitivo (CS fam) ( pedir) to scrounge, to cadge (colloq)
2.
pechar vi (fam) ( esforzarse mucho)

pechar (por + inf) — to work one's butt off (AmE) o (BrE) to slog one's guts out (to + inf) (colloq)

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1.
verbo transitivo (CS fam) ( pedir) to scrounge, to cadge (colloq)
2.
pechar vi (fam) ( esforzarse mucho)

pechar (por + inf) — to work one's butt off (AmE) o (BrE) to slog one's guts out (to + inf) (colloq)

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pechar [A1 ]

vt

A ( AmL fam) (empujar) to shove, jostle

B

1 (CS fam) ‹persona› to scrounge money off ( colloq)

2 (CS fam) ‹cigarrillos/dinero› to scrounge, to cadge ( colloq), to bum ( AmE colloq)

■ pechar

vi

( fam) (esforzarse mucho) to work one's butt off ( AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out ( BrE colloq) pechar POR algo:

ha pechado mucho por superarse he's worked hard to improve himself

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pechar

♦ vt

1. Andes, RP [empujar] to push, to shove

2. CSur Fam [pedir] to scrounge, to bum;

se la pasa pechándole cigarrillos a todo el mundo he's always bumming cigarettes off people

♦ vi

pechar con to bear, to shoulder

♦ See also the pronominal verb pecharse

Spanish-English dictionary > pechar
15 vivir

v.

1 to live, to live on.

vivió noventa años she lived for ninety years

alcanzar o dar para vivir to be enough to live on (sujeto: sueldo, pensión)

vivir de to live on o off

vivir para algo/alguien to live for something/somebody

vivir bien to be well-off; (económicamente) to be happy (en armonía)

no dejar vivir a alguien not to give somebody any peace

¿quién vive? who goes there?

vivir para ver who'd have thought it?

Vivir la vida Enjoy life.

2 to be alive (estar vivo).

todavía vive he's still alive

3 to live through.

he vivido momentos difíciles I've gone through o had some difficult times

4 to keep on, to keep all the time.

Ella vive trabajando She keeps working all the time [keeps on working].

He keeps working all the time [keeps on working] Él vive trabajando.

5 to enjoy.

Vivir la vida Enjoy life.

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vivir

► verbo intransitivo

1 (tener vida) to live; (estar vivo) to be alive

■ vivió hasta los ochenta años he lived to the age of eighty

■ ¿vive aún? is she still alive?

2 (habitar) to live

■ vive en Barcelona she lives in Barcelona

3 (mantenerse) to live, live on, make a living

■ ese trabajo no le da para vivir he can't live on what that job pays

4 figurado (durar) to last, live on

► verbo transitivo

1 (pasar por, experimentar) to live through, go through, experience

■ mi abuelo vivió la guerra my grandfather lived through the war

► nombre masculino

1 living, life

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hay que seguir viviendo life must go on

ir viviendo to get by, manage

no dejar vivir a alguien figurado to give somebody a hard time

saber vivir to enjoy life

viven de milagro figurado it's a wonder they're still alive

vivir a cuerpo de rey figurado to live like a king

vivir a lo grande familiar to live it up, live in style

vivir de to live on

■ viven de su pensión they live on his pension

vivir de ilusiones to live in a dream world

vivir de sus ahorros to live off one's savings

vivir del aire figurado to live on fresh air

vivir del cuento familiar not to know what hard work is, never to have earned an honest penny

¡viva el rey! long live the king!

¡vivan los novios! three cheers for the bride and groom!

y vivieron felices y comieron perdices and they all lived happily ever after

vivir para algo to live for something

■ vive para la música he lives for music, music is his whole life

gente de mal vivir shady characters

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verb

1) to live

2) be alive

3) reside

4) go through

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1. VI

1) (=estar vivo) to live

los elefantes viven muchos años — elephants live long lives, elephants live for many years

mientras yo viva — as long as I live

• todavía vive — he's still alive

2) (=pasar la vida) to live

solo vive para la música — music is her whole life, she only lives for music

siempre he vivido honradamente — I have always lived an honest life

ahora ya puedes vivir tranquila — now you can relax

desde que me subieron el sueldo no vivo tan mal — since I had a pay rise I haven't been that badly off

vivieron felices y comieron perdices — they lived happily ever after

• vivir bien — to live well

en este país se vive bien — people live well in this country, people have a good life in this country

- vivir del cuento

- vivir para ver
cuerpo 1), Dios 2)
3) (=disfrutar de la vida)

no vivo de la intranquilidad que tengo — I'm worried to death

no podía vivir de la vergüenza — the shame of it was killing him

• no dejar vivir a algn, su marido no la deja vivir — her husband is always on at her *, her husband doesn't give her a moment's peace

los dolores no me dejan vivir — the pain never lets up

los celos no la dejan vivir — she is eaten up with jealousy

• saber vivir — to know how to live

tú sí que sabes vivir — you really know how to live

4) (=habitar) to live

en esa casa no vive nadie — nobody lives in that house

estuve viviendo un año en Londres — I lived in London for a year

¿vives sola? — do you live on your own?

• viven juntos — (como pareja) they live together; (compartiendo casa) they live together, they share a house (together)

5) (=subsistir)

con lo que gano no me llega para vivir — what I earn is not enough to live on

la fotografía no me da para vivir — I can't make o earn a living from photography, photography doesn't give me enough to live on

viven por encima de sus posibilidades — they live beyond their means

• vivir de algo — to live on sth

vive de la caridad — he lives on charity

yo vivo de mi trabajo — I work for a living

vive de ilusiones — he lives in a dream world

• vivir al día — to live from day to day

• vivir de la pluma — to live by one's pen

• vivir de las rentas — (lit) to have a private income

publicó un libro hace años y desde entonces vive de las rentas — years ago he published a book and he's lived off it o lived on the strength of it ever since
aire 1)
6) (=durar) [recuerdo] to live, live on; [prenda, objeto] to last

su recuerdo siempre vivirá en nuestra memoria — his memory will always be with us, his memory will live on in our minds

esa chaqueta ya no vivirá mucho tiempo — that jacket won't last much longer

7) (Mil)

¿quién vive? — who goes there?

pedir el quién vive a algn — to challenge sb

8) (como exclamación)

¡viva! — hurray!

¡viva el rey! — long live the king!

¡vivan los novios! — (here's) to the bride and groom!

2. VT

1) (=experimentar) [+ guerra, periodo difícil] to live through, go through

nosotros no vivimos la época del comunismo — we didn't live through the communist era

la época que nos ha tocado vivir — the age in which we happen to live

ha vivido momentos de verdadera angustia — she went through moments of real agony

tú dedícate a vivir la vida — go ahead and live life to the full o get the most out of life

2) (=sentir) to experience

yo vivo la música de una forma distinta — I experience music in a different way

parece que estoy viviendo ese momento otra vez — it's as if I were o was experiencing that moment all over again

3.

SM (=forma de vida) (way of) life

el buen vivir — the good life

• de mal vivir, una mujer de mal vivir — a loose woman

gente de mal vivir — undesirable people

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I
masculino (way of) life

de mal vivir: una mujer de mal vivir a loose woman; es gente de mal vivir — they are all undesirable characters
II 1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( estar vivo) to be alive

su recuerdo vivirá siempre — his memory will live for ever

¿quién vive? — (Mil) who goes there?

2)

a) ( pasar la vida)

vive ilusionada pensando que él volverá — she spends her life dreaming that he'll come back

vivir para algo/alguien — to live for something/somebody

vivir en paz — to live in peace

déjalo vivir — leave him be

no dejar vivir a alguien: los dolores de cabeza no la dejan vivir the headaches are making her life a misery; este niño no me deja vivir this child doesn't give me a moment's peace; vivir para ver! who would believe o credit it!; vive y deja vivir — live and let live

b) ( gozar de la vida) to live

3) ( subsistir)

la pintura no da para vivir — you can't make a living from painting

vivir con honradez — to make an honest living

el sueldo no le alcanza para vivir — his salary isn't enough (for him) to live on

vivir de algo — to live on something

viven de la caridad — they live on charity

viven de la pesca — they live from o by fishing

vivir de ilusiones — to live on dreams o hopes

4) ( residir) to live

vive solo — he lives alone o on his own

vive con sus padres — she lives at home

no vive nadie ahí — there's no one living there

5) (como interj)

viva el Rey! — long live the King!

vivan los novios! — three cheers for the bride and groom!

viva! — hurray!
2.
vivir vt

a) ( pasar por)

vivir momentos difíciles — to live in difficult times

los que vivimos la guerra — those of us who lived through the war

el país vive una semana de violencia — the country is experiencing a week of violence

b) <personaje/música> to live

c) < vida> to live

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= live, dwell, board.

Ex. This is a story about a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in New York and is so often the victim of street bullies that he hides in the subway, where he manages to make a home for himself.

Ex. He will dwell in the church that is built by martyrs fighting for justice, by children starving of hunger, by mothers and fathers walking the streets of misery.

Ex. When she first arrived she was boarding with friends until she found a place to rent.

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* alegría de vivir = joie de vivre.

* aprender a vivir con Algo = learn + to live with + Nombre.

* arte de vivir, el = art of living, the.

* cambiar de forma de vivir = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados = retirement town.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* continuar viviendo = live on.

* convivir = coexist [co-exist].

* de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* derecho a vivir = right to live.

* dicha de vivir = joie de vivre.

* en un sinvivir = on tenterhooks.

* estar sin vivir = be worried stiff (about), be worried sick.

* seguir viviendo = live on.

* sólo se vive una vez = you only live once.

* vive y deja vivir = live and let live.

* vivir acomodadamente = live off + the fat of the land.

* vivir a cuerpo de rey = live like + a king, live in + the lap of luxury.

* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.

* vivir al margen de = live on + the fringes of.

* vivir amancebados = live in + sin.

* vivir asustado = live in + fear.

* vivir atemorizado = live in + fear.

* vivir cerca = live + locally.

* vivir como un rey = live like + a king.

* vivir con = live with.

* vivir con la conciencia limpia = live with + a clear conscience.

* vivir con la conciencia tranquila = live with + a clear conscience.

* vivir con lo justo = live on + a shoestring (budget).

* vivir con lo mínimo = live on + a shoestring (budget).

* vivir con lo puesto = live on + a shoestring (budget).

* vivir con miedo = live in + fear.

* vivir de = live off, live on.

* vivir de acuerdo con + Posesivo + ideales = live up to + Posesivo + ideals.

* vivir de las rentas = live off + the fat of the land.

* vivir de la tierra = live off + the land.

* vivir del campo = live off + the land.

* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.

* vivir de nuevo = relive.

* vivir de prestado = live on + borrowed time.

* vivir despreocupadamente = coast along, live without + worries.

* vivir en = live in.

* vivir en (el) pecado = live in + sin.

* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.

* vivir en la calle = take to + the road.

* vivir en la localidad = live + locally.

* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.

* vivir en la penuria = live in + penury.

* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.

* vivir en las nubes = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* vivir en libertad = live in + freedom.

* vivir en otro mundo = live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* vivir en paz = live in + peace.

* vivir en un mundo aparte = inhabit + a world of + Posesivo + own.

* vivir feliz = live + happily.

* vivir felizmente = live + happily.

* vivir intensamente = live + life to the full.

* vivir la vida al máximo = live + life to the full.

* vivir mundo = see + life, see + the world.

* vivir peligrosamente = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.

* vivir pendiendo de un hilo = live on + the line.

* vivir siempre pendiente de la hora = live by + the clock.

* vivir sin = live without.

* vivir sin dar golpe = live off + the fat of the land.

* vivir sin preocupaciones = live without + worries.

* volver a vivir = relive.

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I
masculino (way of) life

de mal vivir: una mujer de mal vivir a loose woman; es gente de mal vivir — they are all undesirable characters
II 1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( estar vivo) to be alive

su recuerdo vivirá siempre — his memory will live for ever

¿quién vive? — (Mil) who goes there?

2)

a) ( pasar la vida)

vive ilusionada pensando que él volverá — she spends her life dreaming that he'll come back

vivir para algo/alguien — to live for something/somebody

vivir en paz — to live in peace

déjalo vivir — leave him be

no dejar vivir a alguien: los dolores de cabeza no la dejan vivir the headaches are making her life a misery; este niño no me deja vivir this child doesn't give me a moment's peace; vivir para ver! who would believe o credit it!; vive y deja vivir — live and let live

b) ( gozar de la vida) to live

3) ( subsistir)

la pintura no da para vivir — you can't make a living from painting

vivir con honradez — to make an honest living

el sueldo no le alcanza para vivir — his salary isn't enough (for him) to live on

vivir de algo — to live on something

viven de la caridad — they live on charity

viven de la pesca — they live from o by fishing

vivir de ilusiones — to live on dreams o hopes

4) ( residir) to live

vive solo — he lives alone o on his own

vive con sus padres — she lives at home

no vive nadie ahí — there's no one living there

5) (como interj)

viva el Rey! — long live the King!

vivan los novios! — three cheers for the bride and groom!

viva! — hurray!
2.
vivir vt

a) ( pasar por)

vivir momentos difíciles — to live in difficult times

los que vivimos la guerra — those of us who lived through the war

el país vive una semana de violencia — the country is experiencing a week of violence

b) <personaje/música> to live

c) < vida> to live

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= live, dwell, board.

Ex: This is a story about a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in New York and is so often the victim of street bullies that he hides in the subway, where he manages to make a home for himself.

Ex: He will dwell in the church that is built by martyrs fighting for justice, by children starving of hunger, by mothers and fathers walking the streets of misery.

Ex: When she first arrived she was boarding with friends until she found a place to rent.

* alegría de vivir = joie de vivre.

* aprender a vivir con Algo = learn + to live with + Nombre.

* arte de vivir, el = art of living, the.

* cambiar de forma de vivir = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados = retirement town.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* continuar viviendo = live on.

* convivir = coexist [co-exist].

* de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* derecho a vivir = right to live.

* dicha de vivir = joie de vivre.

* en un sinvivir = on tenterhooks.

* estar sin vivir = be worried stiff (about), be worried sick.

* seguir viviendo = live on.

* sólo se vive una vez = you only live once.

* vive y deja vivir = live and let live.

* vivir acomodadamente = live off + the fat of the land.

* vivir a cuerpo de rey = live like + a king, live in + the lap of luxury.

* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.

* vivir al margen de = live on + the fringes of.

* vivir amancebados = live in + sin.

* vivir asustado = live in + fear.

* vivir atemorizado = live in + fear.

* vivir cerca = live + locally.

* vivir como un rey = live like + a king.

* vivir con = live with.

* vivir con la conciencia limpia = live with + a clear conscience.

* vivir con la conciencia tranquila = live with + a clear conscience.

* vivir con lo justo = live on + a shoestring (budget).

* vivir con lo mínimo = live on + a shoestring (budget).

* vivir con lo puesto = live on + a shoestring (budget).

* vivir con miedo = live in + fear.

* vivir de = live off, live on.

* vivir de acuerdo con + Posesivo + ideales = live up to + Posesivo + ideals.

* vivir de las rentas = live off + the fat of the land.

* vivir de la tierra = live off + the land.

* vivir del campo = live off + the land.

* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.

* vivir de nuevo = relive.

* vivir de prestado = live on + borrowed time.

* vivir despreocupadamente = coast along, live without + worries.

* vivir en = live in.

* vivir en (el) pecado = live in + sin.

* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.

* vivir en la calle = take to + the road.

* vivir en la localidad = live + locally.

* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.

* vivir en la penuria = live in + penury.

* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.

* vivir en las nubes = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* vivir en libertad = live in + freedom.

* vivir en otro mundo = live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* vivir en paz = live in + peace.

* vivir en un mundo aparte = inhabit + a world of + Posesivo + own.

* vivir feliz = live + happily.

* vivir felizmente = live + happily.

* vivir intensamente = live + life to the full.

* vivir la vida al máximo = live + life to the full.

* vivir mundo = see + life, see + the world.

* vivir peligrosamente = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.

* vivir pendiendo de un hilo = live on + the line.

* vivir siempre pendiente de la hora = live by + the clock.

* vivir sin = live without.

* vivir sin dar golpe = live off + the fat of the land.

* vivir sin preocupaciones = live without + worries.

* volver a vivir = relive.

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vivir¹

masculine

life, way of life

de mal vivir: una mujer de mal vivir a loose woman

se juntó con gente de mal vivir he took up with some lowlife o with some shady characters o with some undesirable characters ( colloq)

vivir² [I1 ]

vi

A (estar vivo) to be alive

¿tu abuelo todavía vive? is your grandfather still alive?

su recuerdo vivirá siempre entre nosotros his memory will live for ever among us

¿quién vive? ( Mil) who goes there?

B

1

(pasar la vida): vive ilusionada pensando que él volverá she spends her life dreaming that he'll come back

sólo vive para la danza she lives for dancing, dancing is her whole life

no me deja vivir tranquila or en paz he won't leave me alone o let me be

¡vivir para ver! who would believe o credit it!

vive y deja vivir live and let live

2 (gozar de la vida) to live

¡tú sí que sabes vivir! you certainly know how to live!

siempre ha cuidado a su padre, realmente no ha vivido she has always looked after her father, she hasn't really had a life of her own

C

(subsistir): la pintura no da para vivir you can't make a living from painting

viven con honradez they make an honest living

vive por encima de sus posibilidades she is living beyond her means

con ese sueldo no le llega para vivir that salary isn't enough (for him) to live on, he can't make ends meet on that salary

vivir DE algo to live ON sth

no sé de qué viven I don't know what they live on

vive de las rentas he lives on the income from his property ( o shares etc), he has a private income ( dated)

viven de la caridad they live on charity

viven de la pesca they live from o by fishing, they make their living from o by fishing

no puedes seguir viviendo de ilusiones you can't go on living a dream

D (residir) to live

viven en el campo they live in the country

hace tres años que vive en Rancagua she's lived in Rancagua for three years, she's been living in Rancagua for three years

vive solo he lives alone o on his own

E ( como interj):

¡viva el Rey! long live the King!

¡vivan los novios! three cheers for the bride and groom!

mañana no habrá clase — ¡viva! there will be no lessons tomorrow — hurray!

■ vivir

vt

1

(pasar por): vivimos momentos difíciles we're living in difficult times, these are difficult times we're living in

los que vivimos la guerra those of us who lived through the war

el país ha vivido otra semana de violentos enfrentamientos the country has seen o experienced another week of violent clashes

2 ‹papel/música› to live

3 ‹vida› to live

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vivir ( conjugate vivir) verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to live;
◊ vive solo he lives alone o on his own;

vivir para algo/algn to live for sth/sb;
vivir en paz to live in peace;
la pintura no da para vivir you can't make a living from painting;
el sueldo no le alcanza para vivir his salary isn't enough (for him) to live on;
vivir de algo ‹ de la caridad› to live on sth;

‹del arte/de la pesca› to make a living from sth;
ver tb
◊ renta

2 ( estar vivo) to be alive
3 ( como interj):
◊ ¡viva el Rey! long live the King!;

¡vivan los novios! three cheers for the bride and groom!;
¡viva! hurray!
verbo transitivo
a) ( pasar por):

◊ vivir momentos difíciles to live in difficult times;

los que vivimos la guerra those of us who lived through the war
b) ‹personaje/música› to live

c) ‹ vida› to live

vivir
I verbo intransitivo
1 (tener vida) to live: vivió ochenta años, she lived to be eighty
¡aún vive!, he's still alive!
2 (estar residiendo) to live: viven en Australia, they live in Australia
3 (en la memoria) su recuerdo aún vive en nosotros, our memories of him still live on
4 (subsistir) no es suficiente para vivir, it's not enough to live on
esa gente vive de la caza, those people live from o by hunting
5 (convivir) viven juntos desde hace muchos años, they've been living together for years
II vtr (pasar una experiencia) to live through
III sustantivo masculino
1 life, living
2 (una persona) de mal vivir, loose, disreputable
♦ Locuciones: dejar vivir a alguien, (no molestar) vive y deja vivir, live and let live; familiar no vivir alguien, (preocupación, angustia) desde que tiene esa grave enfermedad, sus padres no viven, his parents have been in a state of anxiety since he's had this serious illness; familiar vivir la vida alguien, (libertad, ociosidad) ha acabado la carrera y ahora se dedica a vivir la vida, now he's finished his university studies he's going to enjoy life
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Spanish:
bien
- compensar
- cuento
- esencial
- hacer
- invitar
- lema
- momento
- ni
- obligar
- pachá
- pareja
- parejo
- poblar
- renta
- salto
- sopa
- vida
- barato
- caridad
- desahogo
- holgura
- incómodo
- junto
- justo
- mujer
- paz
- plenitud
- sí
- siempre
English:
board
- bread line
- day
- drawback
- dread
- freewheel
- hang out
- inexpensively
- land
- leave behind
- live
- live in
- live off
- live through
- outskirts
- previous
- pros and cons
- reside
- rough
- scrounge
- shack up
- simply
- sponge off
- sponge on
- stay
- stick
- style
- beyond
- boom
- bread
- downtown
- dwell
- fringe
- inhabit
- living
- lodging
- man
- move
- other
- sleep
- subsistence
- survive
- will

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vivir

♦ vi

1. [tener vida, existir] to live;

vivió noventa años she lived for ninety years;

vivir para algo/alguien to live for sth/sb;

sólo vive para trabajar/para su hija she only lives for her work/for her daughter;

¡esto no es vivir! this is no way to live!, this is no sort of a life!;

no dejar vivir a alguien not to give sb any peace;

su recuerdo vivirá eternamente his memory will live forever;

vivir bien [en armonía] to be happy;

¿quién vive? who goes there?;

Comp

vivir para ver who'd have thought it?

2. [estar vivo] to be alive;

todavía vive she's still alive or living;

su padre ya no vive her father is no longer alive

3. [residir] to live;

¿dónde vives? where do you live?;

vivo con mis padres I live with my parents;

vivo en un apartamento con más gente I share an apartment or Br a flat;

en el tercero no vive nadie the third floor is unoccupied;

vivir solo to live alone o on one's own;

viven en pareja they live together

4. [subsistir]
cada día es o [m5] está más difícil vivir it's harder and harder to get by these days;

vivir bien [económicamente] to live well;

alcanzar o [m5] dar para vivir [sueldo, pensión] to be enough to live on;

con lo que saco de las clases no me alcanza para vivir what I earn from teaching isn't enough for me to live on o isn't enough to make ends meet;

¿da para vivir esto de la pintura? can you make a living from painting?;

vivir de to live on;

viven de un solo sueldo/de lo que les da el Estado they live off a single income/off the state;

viven de la agricultura they make their living from farming

♦ vt

1. [experimentar] to experience, to live through;

vivió la guerra he lived through the war;

he vivido momentos difíciles I've gone through o had some difficult times;

se vivieron momentos de tensión en las gradas there were some moments of tension on the terraces

2. [sentir] to live;

cuando se pone a bailar se nota que lo vive you can tell she really lives it when she's dancing

♦ nm

es un amante del buen vivir he enjoys the good life

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vivir

I v/t live through, experience

II v/i live;

vivir de algo live on sth;

no tienen con qué vivir they don’t have enough to live on;

vivir al día live from day to day;

irse a vivir a go to live in;

no dejar vivir a alguien fig not let s.o. breathe;

¡vivir para ver! who would have believed it!;

¿quién vive? who goes there?;

¡viva la república! - ¡viva! long live the republic! - hurrah!

III m way of life

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vivir vi

1) : to live, to be alive

2) subsistir: to subsist, to make a living

3) residir: to reside

4) : to spend one's life

vive para trabajar: she lives to work

5)

vivir de : to live on

vivir vt

1) : to live

vivir su vida: to live one's life

2) experimentar: to go through, to experience

vivir nm

1) : life, lifestyle

2)

de mal vivir : disreputable

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vivir vb

1. (residir) to live

vive con sus padres he lives with his parents

¿dónde vives? where do you live?

2. (tener vida) to be alive

mi abuelo ya no vive my grandfather is no longer alive

3. (mantenerse) to live

mi abuela vive de su pensión my grandmother lives on her pension

vive con un sueldo muy bajo she lives on a very low wage

¡vivan los novios! three cheers for the bride and groom!

Spanish-English dictionary > vivir
16 picar

v.

1 to bite.

me picó una avispa I was stung by a wasp

2 to peck.

la gaviota me picó (en) una mano the seagull pecked my hand

3 to chop (triturar) (vegetables).

4 to break up (piedra, hielo).

5 to chip the plaster off.

6 to annoy (informal) (enojar). (peninsular Spanish)

7 to spur on (to stimulate) (persona, caballo).

aquello me picó la curiosidad that aroused my curiosity

8 to punch (perforar) (billete, ficha).

9 to type (up) (informal) (mecanografiar).

10 to goad (bullfighting).

11 to itch (escocer) (parte del cuerpo, herida, prenda).

me pican los ojos my eyes are stinging

12 to be spicy or hot (food).

13 to nibble (tomar un aperitivo).

¿te pongo unas aceitunas para picar? would you like some olives as an aperitif?

14 to burn (sol).

15 to bounce (balón, pelota) ( Latin American Spanish).

la pelota picó fuera the ball went out

16 to sting, to bite, to peck, to pick.

La abeja picó al perro The bee stung the dog.

17 to have an itch in.

Me pica la nariz I have an itch in my nose.

Le pica He has an itch.

18 to mince, to chop up, to chop, to hash.

Ella pica las verduras She minces the vegetables.

19 to be biting.

20 to burn on one's back, to be beating down, to beat down, to burn in one's back.

Este sol pica This sun beats down.

21 to pique, to spur.

Ella pica al caballo She spurred=piqued the horse.

22 to pick at.

Ella pica comida en la noche She eats food at night.

23 to have a few snacks, to have a few nibbles.

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picar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (morder - insecto) to bite; (- abeja, avispa) to sting

2 (corroer) to eat away, rot

■ tengo el coche picado de la humedad my car's all rusty from the damp

■ tengo las muelas picadas de comer tantos caramelos my teeth are bad from eating so many sweets

■ la polilla me ha picado el baúl moths have eaten away the trunk

3 (perforar - papel, tarjeta) to punch

4 (dar con un pico) to jab, goad

5 COCINA (cortar) to chop finely; (carne) to mince

6 (comida) to nibble

■ vamos a salir a picar algo we're going to get a bite to eat

7 (incitar) to arouse

■ me picó la curiosidad it aroused my curiosity

8 (herir) to wound

■ le ha picado el orgullo it has wounded his pride

9 (toro) to goad

10 (cebo) to bite

► verbo intransitivo

1 (sentir escozor) to itch

■ me pica todo el cuerpo I'm itching all over

2 (calentar) to be hot, be strong

■ hoy pica el sol en cantidad the sun's really strong today

3 (estar picante) to be hot

■ estos pimientos pican muchísimo these peppers are really hot

4 (pez) to bite; (persona) to fall for it

5 (caer en la cuenta) to cotton on, twig

6 (comer) to have a nibble

► verbo pronominal picarse

1 (muela) to decay, go bad

■ se me ha picado una muela one of my teeth has gone bad

2 (fruta) to begin to rot

3 (tela) to be moth-eaten

4 (mar) to get choppy

5 (vino) to go vinegary, go sour, go off

6 (metal) to pit

7 (ofenderse) to take offence

8 familiar (picar el orgullo) to get annoyed

9 argot (pincharse droga) to shoot up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

picar alto to aim high

quien se pica, ajos come familiar if the cap fits, wear it

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verb

1) to sting, bite

2) itch

3) punch

4) grind

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1. VT

1) [con el pico, la boca] [abeja, avispa] to sting; [mosquito, serpiente, pez] to bite; [ave] to peck (at)

me ha picado un bicho en el cuello — an insect has bitten me on the neck

los pájaros han picado toda la fruta — the birds have pecked holes in o pecked (at) all the fruit

picar el anzuelo — (lit) to take o swallow the bait; (fig) to rise to the bait, fall for it *

- ¿qué mosca le habrá picado?

2) (=comer) [persona] to nibble at

he estado picando unos cacahuetes — I've been nibbling at some peanuts

he picado algo antes de comer — I had a little nibble before lunch

3) (=agujerear) [+ hoja, página] to punch a hole/some holes in; [+ billete, entrada] to punch

4) (=trocear)

a) (Culin) [+ ajo, cebolla, patata] to chop; Esp, Cono Sur [+ carne] to mince, grind (EEUU)

pica la cebolla muy picadita — chop the onion very finely

b) [+ tabaco] to cut; [+ hielo] to crush

c) [+ tierra] to dig over, break up; [+ piedra] [en trozos pequeños] to chip at; [en trozos grandes] to break up

acabó sus días picando piedra en una cantera — he ended his days breaking up stone in a quarry

5) (=provocar) [+ persona] to needle, goad; [+ caballo] to spur on

estaba siempre picándome — he was always needling o goading me

eso me picó la curiosidad — that aroused my curiosity

lo que dijiste lo picó en su amor propio — what you said wounded o hurt his pride

6) (=corroer) [+ diente, muela, madera] to rot; [+ hierro, metal] to rust; [+ cable] to corrode; [+ goma, neumático] to perish

las polillas han picado la lana — the moths have made holes in the wool

7) (Inform) [+ texto] to key in

8) (Mús) [+ nota] to play staccato

9) (Taur) [+ toro] to stick, prick ( with the goad)

10) (Mil) [+ enemigo] to harass

11) Ven * (=sablear) to scrounge *

12) Ven
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picar el ojo a algn — to wink at sb

2. VI

1) [con el pico, la boca] [abeja, avispa] to sting; [mosquito, serpiente] to bite; [ave] to peck

2) (=comer) [persona] to nibble, snack

llevo todo el día picando — I've been nibbling o snacking all day

3) (=morder el cebo) [pez] to bite; [persona] * to fall for it *

hoy parece que no pican — it seems they aren't biting today

ha picado mucha gente — a lot of people have fallen for it *

- picar muy alto

4) (=ser picante) [comida] to be hot, be spicy

esta salsa sí que pica — this sauce is really hot o spicy

5) (=causar picor) [herida, espalda] to itch

me pica la espalda — my back itches

me pica por todo el cuerpo — I'm itching all over

me pica la barba — I've got an itchy beard

un jersey que pica — an itchy jumper

¿le pica la garganta? — do you have a tickle in your throat?, do you have a tickly throat?

me pican los ojos — my eyes are stinging o smarting

el alcohol te va a picar un poco — the alcohol is going to sting you a little

¿qué te pica? — (lit) where does it itch?; (fig) what's got into you?, what's eating you? (EEUU)

- a quien le pique que se rasque

6) [sol] to burn

hoy sí que pica el sol — the sun is really burning today

7) (=probar)

picar en algo — to dabble in sth

ha picado en todos los géneros literarios — he has dabbled in all the literary genres

8) Esp * (=llamar a la puerta) to knock

9) Cono Sur ** (=largarse) to split **

10) Esp (Aut) to pink

11)

picarle — Méx * (=darse prisa) to hurry up

12) LAm [pelota] to bounce

3.

See:

picarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) mosquito/víbora to bite; abeja/avispa to sting

¿te picaron los mosquitos? — did you get bitten by the mosquitoes?

b) polilla

una manta picada por las polillas — a moth-eaten blanket

las polillas me picaron el poncho — the moths got at my poncho

c) ave < comida> to peck at; < enemigo> to peck

d) < anzuelo> to bite

e) (fam) ( comer) to eat

saca algo para picar — put out some nibbles

sólo quiero picar algo — I just want a little snack o a bite to eat

f) <billete/boleto> to punch

g) (Taur) to jab

2)

a) (Coc) < carne> (Esp, RPl) to grind (AmE), to mince (BrE); <cebolla/perejil> to chop (up); <pan/manzana> (Ven) to cut

b) < hielo> to crush; < pared> to chip; < piedra> (deshacer, romper) to break up, smash; (labrar, astillar) to work, chip away at

3) <dientes/muelas> to rot, decay

el azúcar pica los dientes — sugar rots your teeth o gives you tooth decay

4) ( en billar) < bola> to put spin on

5) (Per fam) ( obtener dinero de) to get (some) money from o out of

6)

a) ( incitar) to spur on; ( enfadar) to upset, hurt

b) < amor propio> to wound, hurt; < curiosidad> to pique, arouse

7) < papel> to perforate

8) (Mús) to play... staccato
2.
picar vi

1)

a) ( morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

picar alto — to aim high

b) ( comer) to nibble

2)

a) comida to be hot

b) ( producir comezón) to itch; lana/suéter to itch, be itchy

me pica la espalda — my back itches o is itchy

¿te pican los ojos? — are your eyes stinging?

c) (fam) ( quemar)

cómo pica el sol! — the sun's really burning o scorching!

3) (AmL) pelota to bounce

4) (RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl)

picarle — (Méx fam) to get a move on (colloq)
3.
picarse v pron

1)

a) muelas to decay, rot; manguera/llanta to perish; cacerola/pava to rust; ropa to get moth-eaten

b) manzana to go rotten; vino to go sour

2) mar to get choppy

3) (fam) ( enfadarse) to get annoyed; ( ofenderse) to take offense

anda picado — he's in a huff (colloq)

4) avión to nose-dive; pájaro to dive

5) (arg) ( inyectarse) to shoot up (sl)

6)

picárselas — (RPl arg) ( irse) to split (sl)

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= mince, keyboard, smart, chop up, itch.

Ex. A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.

Ex. One use of the Mouse is in free-hand drawing, but it also promises to improve drastically the way in which data can be manipulated once it has been keyboarded into a file.

Ex. The Soviet hosts, meanwhile, still smarting over myriad implications of inferiority, found themselves in the novel position of being expected to instruct and enlighten Westerners.

Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex. Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.

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* algo para picar = finger food.

* comida para picar = finger food.

* picar en una trampa = fall for + a joke, fall for + it.

* picar la curiosidad = pique + curiosity.

* que pica = itchy [itchier -comp., itchiest -sup.].

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) mosquito/víbora to bite; abeja/avispa to sting

¿te picaron los mosquitos? — did you get bitten by the mosquitoes?

b) polilla

una manta picada por las polillas — a moth-eaten blanket

las polillas me picaron el poncho — the moths got at my poncho

c) ave < comida> to peck at; < enemigo> to peck

d) < anzuelo> to bite

e) (fam) ( comer) to eat

saca algo para picar — put out some nibbles

sólo quiero picar algo — I just want a little snack o a bite to eat

f) <billete/boleto> to punch

g) (Taur) to jab

2)

a) (Coc) < carne> (Esp, RPl) to grind (AmE), to mince (BrE); <cebolla/perejil> to chop (up); <pan/manzana> (Ven) to cut

b) < hielo> to crush; < pared> to chip; < piedra> (deshacer, romper) to break up, smash; (labrar, astillar) to work, chip away at

3) <dientes/muelas> to rot, decay

el azúcar pica los dientes — sugar rots your teeth o gives you tooth decay

4) ( en billar) < bola> to put spin on

5) (Per fam) ( obtener dinero de) to get (some) money from o out of

6)

a) ( incitar) to spur on; ( enfadar) to upset, hurt

b) < amor propio> to wound, hurt; < curiosidad> to pique, arouse

7) < papel> to perforate

8) (Mús) to play... staccato
2.
picar vi

1)

a) ( morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

picar alto — to aim high

b) ( comer) to nibble

2)

a) comida to be hot

b) ( producir comezón) to itch; lana/suéter to itch, be itchy

me pica la espalda — my back itches o is itchy

¿te pican los ojos? — are your eyes stinging?

c) (fam) ( quemar)

cómo pica el sol! — the sun's really burning o scorching!

3) (AmL) pelota to bounce

4) (RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl)

picarle — (Méx fam) to get a move on (colloq)
3.
picarse v pron

1)

a) muelas to decay, rot; manguera/llanta to perish; cacerola/pava to rust; ropa to get moth-eaten

b) manzana to go rotten; vino to go sour

2) mar to get choppy

3) (fam) ( enfadarse) to get annoyed; ( ofenderse) to take offense

anda picado — he's in a huff (colloq)

4) avión to nose-dive; pájaro to dive

5) (arg) ( inyectarse) to shoot up (sl)

6)

picárselas — (RPl arg) ( irse) to split (sl)

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= mince, keyboard, smart, chop up, itch.

Ex: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.

Ex: One use of the Mouse is in free-hand drawing, but it also promises to improve drastically the way in which data can be manipulated once it has been keyboarded into a file.

Ex: The Soviet hosts, meanwhile, still smarting over myriad implications of inferiority, found themselves in the novel position of being expected to instruct and enlighten Westerners.

Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex: Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.

* algo para picar = finger food.

* comida para picar = finger food.

* picar en una trampa = fall for + a joke, fall for + it.

* picar la curiosidad = pique + curiosity.

* que pica = itchy [itchier -comp., itchiest -sup.].

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picar [A2 ]

vt

A

1 «mosquito/víbora» to bite; «abeja/avispa» to sting

¿te picaron los mosquitos anoche? did you get bitten by the mosquitoes last night?, did the mosquitoes get you last night? ( colloq)

2

«polilla»: una manta picada por las polillas a moth-eaten blanket

las polillas me picaron el poncho the moths got at my poncho

3 «ave» ‹comida› to peck at; ‹enemigo› to peck

4 ‹anzuelo› to bite

5 ( fam) (comer) to eat

picar galletas entre horas engorda muchísimo eating cookies between meals is very fattening

nos sirvió un aperitivo con algo para picar he served us a drink and some nibbles

no quiero cenar, sólo picar algo I don't want supper, just a little snack o just a bite to eat

6 ‹billete/boleto› to punch

7 ( Taur) to jab; ( Agr) to goad, prod

B ( Méx) (con una aguja, espina) to prick

C

1 ( Coc) ‹cebolla/perejil› to chop, chop … up; ‹carne› (Esp, RPl) to grind ( AmE), to mince ( BrE); ‹pan/manzana› ( Ven) to cut

2 ‹hielo› to crush; ‹tierra› to break up; ‹pared› to chip ‹piedra› (deshacer, romper) to break up, smash; (labrar, astillar) to work, chip away at

D ‹dientes/muelas› to rot, decay

el azúcar pica los dientes sugar rots your teeth o gives you tooth decay

E (en billar) ‹bola› to put spin on

F ( Per fam) (obtener dinero) to get (some) money from o out of

voy a picar a mi viejo I'm going to get some money out of my old man ( colloq), I'm going to touch my old man for some money ( colloq)

G

1 (incitar) to spur on; (ofender, enfadar) to upset, hurt

2 ‹amor propio› to wound, hurt; ‹curiosidad› to pique, arouse

H ‹papel› to perforate

I ( Mús) to play … staccato

■ picar

vi

A

1 (morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

ha picado un pez grande we've got o hooked a big one

el cliente picó the customer rose to o took the bait

le tendimos una trampa y picó we set a trap for him and he fell for it

picar alto to aim high

2 (comer) to nibble

siempre anda picando entre comidas he's always eating o nibbling between meals

B

1 «comida» to be hot

esta mostaza pica mucho this mustard's really hot, this mustard really burns your mouth

2 (producir comezón) «lana/suéter» to itch, be itchy

me pica la espalda my back itches o is itchy

¿te pican los ojos? are your eyes stinging o smarting?

3 ( fam)

(quemar): ¡cómo pica el sol hoy! the sun's really burning o scorching today!

4 ( Méx) pinchar vi A. (↑ pinchar)

C ( AmL) «pelota» to bounce

la pelota picó fuera the ball bounced o went out

hacer picar la pelota to bounce the ball

D ( Esp) «motor» to knock, pink ( BrE)

E ( RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl), to beat it (sl)

picarle ( Méx fam); to get a move on ( colloq), to move it ( BrE colloq)

■ picarse

v pron

A

1 «muelas» to decay, rot; «manguera/llanta» to perish; «cacerola/pava» to rust; «ropa» to get moth-eaten

2 «manzana» to rot, go rotten; «vino» to go sour

B «mar» to get choppy

C ( fam) (enfadarse) to get annoyed, get in a huff ( colloq); (ofenderse) to take offense*, be piqued

hombre, no te piques; si sólo era una broma come on, don't get annoyed, it was only a joke ( colloq)

anda picado he's in a huff ( colloq)

D «avión» to nose-dive; «pájaro» to dive

E

1 ( arg) (inyectarse) to shoot up (sl)

2 ( Méx) pinchar v pron A 1. (↑ pinchar)

F

picárselas ( RPl arg) (irse) to split (sl), to be off ( colloq), to take off ( AmE colloq)

yo me las pico I'm off ( colloq)

a las nueve me las pico I have to be going o to take off at nine ( colloq)

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picar ( conjugate picar) verbo transitivo
1
a) [mosquito/víbora] to bite;

[abeja/avispa] to sting;
◊ me picaron los mosquitos I got bitten by mosquitoes;

una manta picada por las polillas a moth-eaten blanket
b) [ ave] ‹ comida› to peck at;

‹ enemigo› to peck
c) ‹ anzuelo› to bite

d) (fam) ( comer) to eat;

◊ solo quiero picar algo I just want a snack o a bite to eat

e) ‹billete/boleto› to punch

f) (Taur) to jab

2
a) (Coc) ‹ carne› (Esp, RPl) to grind (AmE), to mince (BrE);

‹cebolla/perejil› to chop (up)
b) ‹ hielo› to crush;

‹ pared› to chip;
‹ piedra› to break up, smash
3 ‹dientes/muelas› to rot, decay
verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

b) ( comer) to nibble

2
a) ( ser picante) to be hot

b) ( producir comezón) [lana/suéter] to itch, be itchy;

◊ me pica la espalda my back itches o is itchy;

me pican los ojos my eyes sting
3 (AmL) [ pelota] to bounce
4 (RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl);
◊ picarle (Méx fam) to get a move on (colloq)

picarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [ muelas] to decay, rot;

[manguera/llanta] to perish;
[cacerola/pava] to rust;
[ ropa] to get moth-eaten
b) [ manzana] to go rotten;

[ vino] to go sour
2 [ mar] to get choppy
3 (fam) ( enfadarse) to get annoyed;
( ofenderse) to take offense
picar
I verbo transitivo
1 (carne) to mince
2 (cebolla, ajo, etc) to chop up
3 (hielo) to crush
4 (una avispa, abeja) to sting: me picó un escorpión, I was stung by a scorpion
5 (una serpiente, un mosquito) to bite
6 (tarjeta, billete) to punch
7 (piedra) to chip
8 (papel) to perforate
9 (comer: las aves) to peck
(: una persona) to nibble
picar algo, to have a snack/nibble
10 fam (incitar) to incite
11 fam (molestar) to annoy
12 (curiosidad) me picó la curiosidad, it aroused my curiosity
II verbo intransitivo
1 (pez) to bite
2 (comida) to be hot
3 (escocer, irritar) to itch: este suéter pica, this sweater is very itchy
me pica la mano, my hand is itching
4 fam (sol) to burn, scorch: hoy pica el sol, the sun is scorching today
' picar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rascar
- tabla
English:
bite
- chop
- clip
- crush
- grind
- itch
- mince
- nibble
- pick
- pick at
- pit
- prickle
- punch
- rise
- smart
- sting
- bounce
- chopping board
- eat
- finely
- prick
- rot
- tickle

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picar

♦ vt

1. [sujeto: mosquito, serpiente] to bite;
[sujeto: avispa, escorpión] to sting;
me picó una avispa I was stung by a wasp;

picar el cebo o [m5] anzuelo [pez] to bite

2. [sujeto: ave] [comida] to peck at;

la gaviota me picó (en) una mano the seagull pecked my hand

3. [trocear] [verdura] to chop;
Esp, RP [carne] to mince; [piedra, hielo] to break up; [pared] to chip the plaster off
4. Méx [pinchar] to prick

5. [dañar, estropear] [diente, caucho, cuero] to rot;

esos caramelos terminarán picándote las muelas Br those sweets o US that candy will rot your teeth

6. [aperitivo]
picar unas aceitunas to have a few olives as an aperitif;

vamos a picar algo antes de comer let's have some nibbles before the meal;

está todo el día picando comida she's always nibbling at something or other between meals

7. Esp Fam [enojar] to annoy;

le encanta picar a su hermana he loves needling his sister

8. [estimular] [persona, caballo] to spur on;

aquello me picó la curiosidad that aroused my curiosity

9. [perforar] [billete, ficha] to punch

10. Fam [mecanografiar] to type (up)

11. Taurom to goad

12. Dep [con efecto] [balón, pelota] to chip;
[bola de billar] to screw
13. Am [botar] [balón, pelota] to bounce

14. Mús [nota] to play staccato

15. Méx Fam
picarle to get a move on;

pícale, que se nos hace tarde para el teatro get a move on, we'll be late for the play;

ya píquenle con eso, o no acabarán nunca you'd better get a move on with that or you'll never finish

16. Col [guiñar] to wink;

picarle un ojo a alguien to wink at sb

♦ vi

1. [escocer] [parte del cuerpo, herida, prenda] to itch;

¿te pica? does it itch?;

me pica mucho la cabeza my head is really itchy;

me pican los ojos my eyes are stinging

2. [estar picante] [alimento, plato] to be spicy o hot;
[cebolla] to be strong
3. [ave] to peck

4. [pez] to bite

5. [dejarse engañar] to take the bait;

no creo que pique I don't think he's going to fall for it o take the bait

6. [tomar un aperitivo] to nibble;

cosas de o [m5] para picar nibbles;

¿te pongo unas aceitunas para picar? would you like some olives as an aperitif?

7. [sol] to burn;

cuando más picaba el sol when the sun was at its hottest

8. Fam [mecanografiar] to type

9. Am [balón, pelota] to bounce;

la pelota picó fuera the ball went out

10. RP Fam [largarse] to take off

11. Comp

picar (muy) alto to have great ambitions

♦ See also the pronominal verb picarse

* * *

picar

I v/t

1 de mosquito, serpiente bite; de avispa sting; de ave peck

2 carne grind, Br

mince; verdura mince, Br

chop finely

3 piedra break (up)

4 TAUR jab with a lance

5 ( molestar) annoy

6 la curiosidad pique

7 MÚS pick

II v/i

1 tb fig

take the bait

2 L.Am.

de la comida be hot o

spicy

3 ( producir picor) itch

4 del sol burn

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picar {72} vt

1) : to sting, to bite

2) : to peck at

3) : to nibble on

4) : to prick, to puncture, to punch (a ticket)

5) : to grind, to chop

6) : to goad, to incite

7) : to pique, to provoke

picar vi

1) : to itch

2) : to sting

3) : to be spicy

4) : to nibble

5) : to take the bait

6)

picar en : to dabble in

7)

picar muy alto : to aim too high

♦ See also the reflexive verb picarse

* * *

picar vb

1. (mosquito, serpiente, peces) to bite [pt. bit; pp. bitten]

me ha picado un mosquito I've been bitten by a mosquito

los peces no pican hoy the fish aren't biting today

2. (abeja, avispa) to sting [pt. & pp. stung]

le picó una abeja he was stung by a bee

3. (carne) to mince

el carnicero picó la carne the butcher minced the meat

4. (verduras) to chop [pt. & pp. chopped]

pica la cebolla muy fino chop the onion very finely

5. (comer) to eat [pt. ate; pp. eaten] / to nibble

ha picado antes de comer y ahora no tiene hambre she had something to eat before lunch and now she's not hungry

6. (billete) to punch

el revisor no me ha picado el billete the inspector hasn't punched my ticket

7. (comida) to be hot

las guindillas pican chilis are hot

8. (ropa, toalla, etc) to be itchy

este jersey pica this jumper is itchy

9. (caer en una trampa) to fall for it [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

le preparamos una broma y picó we played a trick on him and he fell for it

Spanish-English dictionary > picar
17 стрелять

1) (сов. вы́стрелить, стрельну́ть) (в вн.; по дт.; без доп.; производить выстрел) shoot (at), fire (at); сов. тж. fire a shot (at)

стреля́ть из винто́вки [пистоле́та] — fire a rifle [(hand)gun]

2) (вн.; убивать выстрелами на охоте) shoot (d)

3) безл. ( о боли) shoot

у него́ стреля́ет в у́хе — he has a shooting pain in his ear

4) разг. (сов. стрельну́ть) (вн.; добывать, прося у кого-л) cadge (d); scrounge (d)

стрельну́ть сигаре́ту у кого́-л — sponge / scrounge a cigarette from smb

он всегда́ стреля́ет у меня́ сигаре́ты — he's always cadging cigarettes from / off me

••

стреля́ть глаза́ми — make eyes (at), give (i) the glad eye

стреля́ть из пу́шек по воробья́м — см. воробей

Новый большой русско-английский словарь > стрелять
18 costa

f.

1 coast (litoral).

pasan las vacaciones en la costa they spend their holidays on the coast

la costa Azul the Côte d'Azur

la costa Brava the Costa Brava

2 cost.

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costa

► nombre femenino

1 FINANZAS cost, price

► nombre femenino plural costas

1 DERECHO costs

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a costa de (aprovechándose) at the expense of 2 (a base de) by, by dint of, by means of

■ vive a costa de su padre he lives at his father's expense

■ lo consiguió a costa de muchos sacrificios he managed it by making a lot of sacrifices

a toda costa at all costs, at any price

condenar a costas to order to cover the costs

pagar las costas to pay costs

————————

costa

► nombre femenino

1 (litoral) coast, coastline; (playa) beach, seaside, US shore

■ tenemos una casa en la costa we have a house at the seaside, US we have a house on the shore

* * *

noun f.

coast, shore

- a toda costa

* * *
I
SF

1)

a costa de algo/algn: nos estuvimos riendo a costa suya — we had a laugh at his expense

lo ha conseguido a costa de muchos sacrificios — he has achieved it by making many sacrifices

quiere quedarse en el poder a costa de lo que sea — he wants to remain in power at all costs o no matter what o whatever happens

a toda costa — at all costs

hay que impedir a toda costa que esto se repita — we must prevent this from happening again at all costs

2) pl costas (Jur) costs

condenar a algn en costas — to order sb to pay costs
II
SF

1) (Geog) [del mar] coast

pasamos las vacaciones en la costa — we spend our holidays on the coast

la costa mediterránea — the Mediterranean coast

la costa del Pacífico — the Pacific coast

la costa del Atlántico es muy accidentada — the Atlantic coastline is very rugged

la Costa Azul — the Côte d'Azur

la Costa Blanca — the Costa Blanca

la Costa Brava — the Costa Brava

la Costa del Sol — the Costa del Sol

la Costa de Oro — the Gold Coast

2) (Náut) shore

fuimos bordeando la costa hasta el puerto — we hugged the shore all the way to the port

costa afuera — offshore

3) Cono Sur [de un río] bank, riverbank; [de un lago] shore

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femenino

1) (Geog)

a) ( del mar - área) coast; (- perfil) coastline

una costa muy accidentada — a very rugged coastline

la costa atlántica — the Atlantic coast

veranean en la costa — they spend their summers on the coast

la Costa Azul — the Côte d'Azur

b) (RPl) ( de río) bank; ( de lago) shore

2) (en locs)

a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it; a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense; a toda costa or a costa de lo que sea — at all costs

3) costas femenino plural (Der) costs (pl)

condenar a alguien en costas — to order somebody to pay costs

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femenino

1) (Geog)

a) ( del mar - área) coast; (- perfil) coastline

una costa muy accidentada — a very rugged coastline

la costa atlántica — the Atlantic coast

veranean en la costa — they spend their summers on the coast

la Costa Azul — the Côte d'Azur

b) (RPl) ( de río) bank; ( de lago) shore

2) (en locs)

a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it; a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense; a toda costa or a costa de lo que sea — at all costs

3) costas femenino plural (Der) costs (pl)

condenar a alguien en costas — to order somebody to pay costs

* * *

costa¹

¹ = coast, shore, coastline, shoreline, seaboard, seafront, littoral, sea-coast.

Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West coast.

Ex: The author chronicles the Russian geographical explorations of the northwestern shores of North Americas which were financed and organized by Count Nikolai Rumiantsev from 1803 to 1825 = El autor narra las expediciones geográficas rusas de la costa del noroeste de Norteamérica que fueron financiadas y organizadas por el Conde Nikolai Rumiantsev de 1803 a 1825.

Ex: The department has undertaken studies of dinosaurs from material excavated on the Victorian coastline.

Ex: This will help scientists expand their understanding of erosion, deforestation and desertification, and whether there have been any shifts in rainfall levels and shoreline changes.

Ex: This article reports on a workshop and subsequent visits to library schools on the eastern seaboard of the USA.

Ex: Side-effects on the environment include beaches losing sand because of seafront embankments, littoral dunes deteriorating and marinas becoming silted.

Ex: Abandonment of the region -- except for the littoral -- followed in the second half of the first millennium.

Ex: Esculent nests are principally found in Java, in caverns that are most frequently, though not always, found on the sea-coast.

* a cierta distancia de la costa = offshore.

* bordear la costa = coast.

* Costa de Marfil = Ivory Coast, the.

* costa marítima = sea-coast.

* costa mediterránea, la = Mediterranean coast, the.

* Costa Rica = Costa Rica.

* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.

* en la costa = at the seaside.

* navegar siguiendo la costa = coast.

* sin costas = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

costa²

* a costa de = at the cost of, at the expense of, at + Nombre's + expense, at cost of.

* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.

* a costa de otro = at someone else's expense.

* a costa de otros = at other people's expense.

* a + Posesivo + costa = at + Posesivo + expense.

* a toda costa = absolutely, come what may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price.

* los unos a costa de los otros = at each other's expense.

* * *

costa

feminine

A ( Geog)

1

(del mar): una costa muy accidentada a very rugged coastline

a lo largo de la costa atlántica along the Atlantic coast

veranean en la costa they spend their summers on the coast

la Costa Azul the Côte d'Azur

2 ( RPl) (de un río) bank; (de un lago) shore

B ( en locs):

a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it

a costa de los demás at other people's expense

¡ya está bien de reírse a costa mía! all right, you've had enough laughs at my expense!

triunfó a costa de su matrimonio she succeeded at the expense of her marriage

a toda costa or a costa de lo que sea: tengo que terminarlo hoy a toda costa I must finish it today at all costs o whatever happens o no matter what

C costas fpl ( Der) costs (pl)

condenar a algn en costas to order sb to pay costs

* * *

costa sustantivo femenino
1 (Geog) ( del mar — área) coast;
(— perfil) coastline;
◊ una costa muy accidentada a very rugged coastline;

la costa atlántica the Atlantic coast
2 ( en locs)
◊ a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it;

a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense;
a toda costa at all costs
3
◊ costas sustantivo femenino plural (Der) costs (pl)

costa
I sustantivo femenino coast
(litoral) coastline
(playa) beach, seaside, US shore
II costas fpl Jur costs
♦ Locuciones: vive a nuestra costa, he lives off us
a costa de, at the expense of
a toda costa, at all costs, at any price
' costa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bañar
- colón
- Costa de Marfil
- Costa Rica
- costarricense
- costarriqueña
- costarriqueño
- destellar
- escollera
- faro
- flotante
- lengua
- notoria
- notorio
- accidentado
- bordear
- este
- mar
- muelle
- norte
- oeste
- orillar
- recorrer
- relieve
- sur
- tico
English:
chase down
- coast
- coastline
- cost
- Costa Rica
- Costa Rican
- expense
- flourishing
- from
- Ivory Coast
- joke
- offshore
- price
- process
- regardless
- scrounge
- sea
- seaboard
- seaside
- shore
- some
- sponge off
- sponge on
- yacht
- allow
- down
- inshore
- ivory
- lie
- live
- off
- right
- Riviera

* * *

costa nf

1. [marina] coast;

pasan las vacaciones en la costa they spend their holidays on the coast

Comp
la Costa Azul the Côte d'Azur
2. [coste]
a costa de at the expense of;

lo hizo a costa de grandes esfuerzos he did it by dint of much effort;

aún vive a costa de sus padres he's still living off his parents;

a toda costa at all costs

Comp
Der costas (judiciales) (legal) costs
3. Costa de Marfil Ivory Coast;

Costa Rica Costa Rica

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costa

1 f

:

a costa de at the expense of;

a toda costa at all costs

costa

2 f GEOG coast

* * *

costa nf

1) : coast, shore

2) : cost

a toda costa: at all costs

* * *

costa n coast

fuimos a la costa we went to the coast

a costa de at the expense of

Spanish-English dictionary > costa
19 mooch

intransitive verb

(coll.)

mooch about or around/along — herumschleichen (ugs.) /zockeln (ugs.)

* * *
[mu: ]
verb

( slang)

1) (to wander about (as if) without any purpose: There are no places of entertainment here, so they just mooch around at night.)

2) ((American) to get a drink, money etc by asking someone to give it to you without intending to return it; to sponge: He is always mooching cigarettes; She keeps mooching off her friends.)

* * *

mooch

[mu:tʃ]

I. n no pl BRIT ( fam) Bummeln nt fam, Schlendern nt

to go for a \mooch eine Runde drehen fam

II. vi BRIT ( fam) bummeln fam, schlendern

▪ to \mooch about [or around] ( pej) herumhängen pej fam, herumschlappen

they've got nothing better to do than \mooch around the town centre sie haben nichts Besseres zu tun, als im Stadtzentrum herumzuhängen

stop \mooching about in your room and do something useful! hör auf, in deinem Zimmer herumzuhängen und mach dich nützlich!

III. vt AM (sl)

▪ to \mooch sth [from [or off] sb]

1. (scrounge) small amount, item [bei jdm] etw mitgehen lassen fam [o fam einsacken

2. (sponge) cigarettes, meal etw [von jdm] schnorren fam

* * *
[muːtʃ] (inf)
1. vi
tigern (inf)
or around the house — ich habe den ganzen Tag zu Hause herumgegammelt (inf)

2. vt (US inf)
abstauben (inf)
* * *

mooch [muːtʃ] sl

A v/i auch mooch about ( oder around)

a) herumlungern pej,

b) herumstrolchen pej:

mooch along dahinlatschen

B v/t

1. besonders US abstauben, mitgehen lassen (beide umg)

2. schnorren umg:

mooch sth off sb jemandem etwas abschnorren

* * *

intransitive verb

(coll.)

mooch about or around/along — herumschleichen (ugs.) /zockeln (ugs.)

* * *

v.

herumlungern v.

English-german dictionary > mooch
20 نال

نَالَ \ acquire: to obtain for oneself; gain by one’s own efforts: I’ve just acquired a new car. You can acquire skill by practice. come by: to obtain sth: How did you come by that book?. gain: to obtain (sth. useful, necessary, wanted etc.). get, (got, gotten): to obtain (sth. that one wants): I must get a new car, to be given (sth.) Did you get my message? He got a beating from his father. obtain: to get, come into possession of (sth. that is hard to find): Where can we obtain petrol after midnight?. score: to win points in a game, etc.: We scored two goals. Our team scored twice. He scored top marks in the exam. \ See Also أحرز (أَحْرَزَ)، اكتسب (اِكْتَسَبَ)، حَصَلَ على \ نَالَ بالتَّملُّق \ scrounge: to get (sth. that one needs) by some shameful means (by begging, by taking without asking etc.). \ نَالَ ما يُريد (بِغَضّ النَّظَر عن رغبات الآخرين)‏ \ get one’s own way: to get what one wants in spite of other people’s wishes. \ نَالَ مِن \ run down: to speak in a way that shows one dislikes or thinks little of (sb. or sth.): She is always running down her country.

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