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to stay on the surface

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1 superficie

"surface;

Oberfläche;

superficie"

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f surface

in superficie on the surface

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superficie s.f.

1 surface (anche fig.): la superficie terrestre, the land surface; la superficie dell'acqua, the surface of the water; la superficie di un tavolo, the surface of a table; superficie liscia, ruvida, smooth, rough surface; superficie piana, sferica, plane, spherical surface; superficie soggetta a usura, ( di una strada) wearing surface; (pitt.) superficie tirata a gesso, gesso // navigare in superficie, to sail on the surface; riemergere in superficie, to surface (o to resurface) // non va mai al di là della superficie delle cose, he never goes beyond the surface of things; non puoi giudicarlo, se ti fermi in, alla superficie, you can't judge him unless you penetrate below the surface; è un uomo che in fatto di cultura è rimasto alla superficie, he's a person with a superficial education; il coltello ha inciso solo in superficie, the knife only cut into surface // (fis.): superficie di discontinuità, surface of discontinuity; forze di superficie, surface forces

2 (mat.) surface; area: superficie di un solido, surface of a solid; superficie piana, plane surface; misure di superficie, square measures; calcolare la superficie di un rettangolo, to calculate the area of a rectangle; misurare la superficie di una stanza, to measure the area of a room

3 (mar.) superficie bagnata, wet surface

4 (mecc.) ( di scorrimento) way, surface: superficie d'appoggio, supporting surface; superficie del pezzo, work surface; superficie portante, bearing surface

5 (dir.) ( diritto di) superficie, building lease.

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pl. -ci [super'fitʃe, tʃi] sostantivo femminile

1) surface

la superficie terrestre — the earth's surface

in superficie — (stato) on o at the surface; (moto) to the surface

2) mat. surface, area

superficie del cerchio — area of a circle

un campo con una superficie di 20 ettari — a field with an area of 20 hectares, a twenty-hectare field

qual è la superficie del Giappone? — what's the area of Japan?

3) fig. surface, appearance

fermarsi alla superficie — to stay on the surface

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superficie alare — wing area

superficie calpestabile — floor area

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superficie

pl. -ci /super'fit∫e, t∫i/

sostantivo f.

1 surface; la superficie terrestre the earth's surface; in superficie (stato) on o at the surface; (moto) to the surface

2 mat. surface, area; superficie del cerchio area of a circle; un campo con una superficie di 20 ettari a field with an area of 20 hectares, a twenty-hectare field; qual è la superficie del Giappone? what's the area of Japan?

3 fig. surface, appearance; fermarsi alla superficie to stay on the surface

COMPOUNDS

superficie alare wing area; superficie calpestabile floor area.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > superficie
2 powierzchni|a

f (G pl powierzchni) 1. (wierzch) surface
- powierzchnia muru/ciała the surface of a wall/the body

- boczna/tylna/górna powierzchnia szafy a side/the back/the top of a wardrobe

- na powierzchni czegoś on the surface of sth

- wypłynąć na powierzchnię [łódź podwodna, nurek] to come a. rise to the surface; przen. to come to prominence

- pracować na powierzchni Górn. to work on the surface

- wyjechać na powierzchnię Górn. to go up (to the surface)

- utrzymywać się na powierzchni to stay on the surface; przen. to keep one’s head above water

- wydobyć a. wyciągnąć coś na powierzchnię przen. to bring sth to light

- zniknąć z powierzchni ziemi to be wiped off the surface of the earth

- znieść a. zetrzeć coś z powierzchni ziemi to wipe sth off the surface of the earth
2. (przestrzeń) surface
- powierzchnia biurowa/użytkowa office/floor surface
3. (wielkość) surface area
- obliczyć powierzchnię kwadratu/stożka to calculate the surface area of a square/cone

- wzór na powierzchnię kuli/walca the formula for calculating the surface area of a sphere/cylinder

- mieszkanie o powierzchni stu metrów kwadratowych a flat with a floor area of a hundred square metres

- działka ma powierzchnię tysiąca metrów kwadratowych the plot is a thousand square metres in area
4. przen. surface
- ślizgać się po powierzchni zagadnień to skim the surface of problems

- wniknąć pod powierzchnię zjawisk to look under the surface of things

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > powierzchni|a
3 Treiben

n; -s, kein Pl.; (Tun) activity, activities Pl. auch pej., practices Pl. meist pej.; (Vorgänge) auch goings-on Pl. (meist pej.); (Machenschaften) intriguing, intrigues Pl., machinations Pl. pej. oder hum.; (geschäftiges Treiben) bustle, bustling activity; buntes Treiben auch hustle and bustle; geschäftiges Treiben a buzz ( oder flurry) of activity; sich ins närrische Treiben stürzen descend to a carnival atmosphere; es war ein wildes Treiben umg. it was really wild, they were going at it hammer and tongs; wir beobachten sein Treiben schon lange we have been keeping an eye on him ( oder his activities) for quite some time; dem / jemandes Treiben ein Ende setzen put a stop to the(se) practices / s.o.’s activities

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das Treiben

driving

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Trei|ben ['traibn]
nt -s, -

1) (= Getriebe) hustle and bustle; (von Schneeflocken) swirling

ich beobachte dein Tréíben schon lange — I've been watching what you've been (getting) up to for a long time

2)

See:

= Treibjagd

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1) (drifting: adrift on the open sea.) adrift

2) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) drift

3) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) drift

4) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) drive

5) (to (make something) stay on the surface of a liquid: A piece of wood was floating in the stream.) float

6) ((of plants etc) to produce (shoots, leaves etc).) put out

7) rush

8) (to (cause to) develop leaves, shoots etc: The trees are sprouting new leaves.) sprout

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Trei·ben

<-s>

[ˈtraibn̩]

nt kein pl

1. (pej: üble Aktivität)

▪ jds \Treiben sb's dirty tricks

2. (geschäftige Aktivität) hustle and bustle

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das; Treibens, Treiben

1) o. Pl. bustle

in der Fußgängerzone herrscht ein lebhaftes Treiben — the pedestrian precinct is full of bustling activity

2) o. Pl. (Tun) activities pl.; doings pl.; (Machenschaften) wheelings and dealings pl

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Treiben n; -s, kein pl; (Tun) activity, activities pl auch pej, practices pl meist pej; (Vorgänge) auch goings-on pl (meist pej); (Machenschaften) intriguing, intrigues pl, machinations pl pej oder hum; (geschäftiges Treiben) bustle, bustling activity;

buntes Treiben auch hustle and bustle;

geschäftiges Treiben a buzz ( oder flurry) of activity;

sich ins närrische Treiben stürzen descend to a carnival atmosphere;

es war ein wildes Treiben umg it was really wild, they were going at it hammer and tongs;

wir beobachten sein Treiben schon lange we have been keeping an eye on him ( oder his activities) for quite some time;

dem/jemandes Treiben ein Ende setzen put a stop to the(se) practices/sb’s activities

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das; Treibens, Treiben

1) o. Pl. bustle

in der Fußgängerzone herrscht ein lebhaftes Treiben — the pedestrian precinct is full of bustling activity

2) o. Pl. (Tun) activities pl.; doings pl.; (Machenschaften) wheelings and dealings pl

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: trieb, getrieben)

= to drift v.

to drive v.

(§ p.,p.p.: drove, driven)

to impel v.

to occupy one's self with something expr.

to propel v.

to wreak v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Treiben
4 treiben

n; -s, kein Pl.; (Tun) activity, activities Pl. auch pej., practices Pl. meist pej.; (Vorgänge) auch goings-on Pl. (meist pej.); (Machenschaften) intriguing, intrigues Pl., machinations Pl. pej. oder hum.; (geschäftiges Treiben) bustle, bustling activity; buntes Treiben auch hustle and bustle; geschäftiges Treiben a buzz ( oder flurry) of activity; sich ins närrische Treiben stürzen descend to a carnival atmosphere; es war ein wildes Treiben umg. it was really wild, they were going at it hammer and tongs; wir beobachten sein Treiben schon lange we have been keeping an eye on him ( oder his activities) for quite some time; dem / jemandes Treiben ein Ende setzen put a stop to the(se) practices / s.o.’s activities

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das Treiben

driving

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Trei|ben ['traibn]
nt -s, -

1) (= Getriebe) hustle and bustle; (von Schneeflocken) swirling

ich beobachte dein Tréíben schon lange — I've been watching what you've been (getting) up to for a long time

2)

See:

= Treibjagd

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1) (drifting: adrift on the open sea.) adrift

2) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) drift

3) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) drift

4) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) drive

5) (to (make something) stay on the surface of a liquid: A piece of wood was floating in the stream.) float

6) ((of plants etc) to produce (shoots, leaves etc).) put out

7) rush

8) (to (cause to) develop leaves, shoots etc: The trees are sprouting new leaves.) sprout

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Trei·ben

<-s>

[ˈtraibn̩]

nt kein pl

1. (pej: üble Aktivität)

▪ jds \Treiben sb's dirty tricks

2. (geschäftige Aktivität) hustle and bustle

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das; Treibens, Treiben

1) o. Pl. bustle

in der Fußgängerzone herrscht ein lebhaftes Treiben — the pedestrian precinct is full of bustling activity

2) o. Pl. (Tun) activities pl.; doings pl.; (Machenschaften) wheelings and dealings pl

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treiben; treibt, trieb, hat oder ist getrieben

A. v/t (hat)

1. drive (auch Vieh, Wild, Räder, Ball, Elektronik, Nagel, fig an-, austreiben); Strömung: carry, sweep, wash; Wellen: wash, sweep; Wind: blow, sweep, drive; Luft: carry; (Person) (antreiben) auch impel, motivate; (austreiben) auch expel;

etwas ans Ufer treiben wash ( oder drive) sth ashore;

in die Höhe treiben (Preise) force up ( oder higher);

zur Verzweiflung treiben drive ( oder reduce) sb to despair;

jemanden in den Wahnsinn treiben drive sb mad umg, cause sb to lose his ( oder her) reason;

jemanden zur Eile treiben hurry sb, urge sb to hurry ( oder be quick), urge sb on;

ich lasse mich nicht treiben don’t (try to) push me, don’t try to put pressure on me, I won’t be rushed, I refuse to be rushed; → Tod 1

2. (Blätter etc) sprout; (Pflanzen) force; (Urin) produce;

den Teig treiben make the dough rise;

es treibt einem den Schweiß auf die Stirn it gets you sweating

3. (Metall) chase, work; → getrieben

4. (betreiben) do, engage in ( auch SPORT); (Handel, Gewerbe etc) engage in, be engaged in, carry on; JUR (Ehebruch, Unzucht etc) commit;

was treibst du da? what are you up to ( oder doing)?;

was treibst du denn so? what are you doing with yourself ( oder what are you up to) these days?;

treibt es nicht zu toll! don’t overdo it!, don’t go mad!;

es mit jemandem treiben umg have ( oder be having) it off (US be doing it) with sb;

es übel mit jemandem treiben (severely) maltreat sb; (Kinder, Pfleglinge etc:) abuse sb; → Aufwand 2, Enge 4, Spitze¹ 4, Unfug 1 etc

B. v/i

1. (ist) im Wasser: float; von Wind und Strömung bewegt: drift, be carried; Schnee, Rauch: drift, be carried;

sich treiben drift (auch fig);

aufs offene Meer/an Land treiben drift ( oder be carried) out to sea/be washed ashore ( oder up on the shore [ oder coast]);

du kannst die Dinge nicht einfach treiben you can’t just let things ride ( oder drift)

2. (hat) (keimen) sprout; MED (Urin treiben) be ( oder act as) a diuretic; (gären) ferment, work;

das bayrische Bier treibt ganz schön umg Bavarian beer goes right through you; → Kraft 2

3. (hat) (drängen)

er treibt immer he’s always breathing down your neck, he’s always pushing you

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das; Treibens, Treiben

1) o. Pl. bustle

in der Fußgängerzone herrscht ein lebhaftes Treiben — the pedestrian precinct is full of bustling activity

2) o. Pl. (Tun) activities pl.; doings pl.; (Machenschaften) wheelings and dealings pl

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: trieb, getrieben)

= to drift v.

to drive v.

(§ p.,p.p.: drove, driven)

to impel v.

to occupy one's self with something expr.

to propel v.

to wreak v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > treiben
5 float

[fləut]
1. verb

to (make something) stay on the surface of a liquid:

A piece of wood was floating in the stream.
يَطوف، يَعوم
2. noun

1) something that floats on a fishing-line:

If the float moves, there is probably a fish on the hook.
شَيء عائِم
2) a vehicle for transporting certain things:

a milk-float

a cattle-float.
عَرَبَة نَقْل، عَوّامَه

Arabic-English dictionary > float
6 떠오르다

v. float, stay on the surface of a liquid; rise up, refloat, uprise, fly, make something travel through the air

Korean-English dictionary > 떠오르다
7 batmamak

v. (neg. form of batmak) float, stay on the surface of a liquid

Turkish-English dictionary > batmamak
8 뜨다

v. float, stay on the surface of a liquid, drift, rise

Korean-English dictionary > 뜨다
9 fermarsi alla superficie

fermarsi alla superficie

to stay on the surface

\

→ superficie

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > fermarsi alla superficie
10 bovendrijven

n. stay on the surface of a liquid; drift

Holandés-inglés dicionario > bovendrijven
11 выступать на

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The length of the tube is such that it extends about 3/16 in. beyond the tube sheet.

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When riveted, the end of the stay before riveting should extend not less than 1/4 in. from the surface of the plate.

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > выступать на
12 выступать на

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The length of the tube is such that it extends about 3/16 in. beyond the tube sheet.

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When riveted, the end of the stay before riveting should extend not less than 1/4 in. from the surface of the plate.

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > выступать на
13 flote

m.

floatation, floating, flotation.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: flotar.

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flote

FRASEOLOGÍA

a flote afloat

sacar a flote un negocio to put a business on a sound footing

salir a flote (superar dificultades) to get back on one's feet, get out of difficulty 2 (surgir) to come to the surface, resurface

■ durante la reunión salieron a flote antiguas rencillas old quarrels resurfaced during the meeting

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SM

a flote — afloat

mantenerse a flote — [barco, negocio] to stay afloat

poner o sacar a flote — [+ barco] to refloat; [+ negocio, economía] to get back on its feet

salir a flote — [negocio, economía, persona] to get back on one's feet; [secreto] to come to light

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masculino

a flote — afloat

mantenerse a flote — to stay afloat

logró mantener el negocio a flote — he managed to keep the business afloat

salir a flote — cuerpo sumergido to float to the surface

el país tendrá que salir a flote — the country will have to get back on its feet

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* mantener a flote = keep + afloat.

* mantenerse a flote = keep + Posesivo + head above the water, keep + the wolves from the door, stay + afloat, stay in + business.

* sacar a flote = get + Nombre + back on + Posesivo + feet.

* salir a flote = make + ends meet.

* seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.

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masculino

a flote — afloat

mantenerse a flote — to stay afloat

logró mantener el negocio a flote — he managed to keep the business afloat

salir a flote — cuerpo sumergido to float to the surface

el país tendrá que salir a flote — the country will have to get back on its feet

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* mantener a flote = keep + afloat.

* mantenerse a flote = keep + Posesivo + head above the water, keep + the wolves from the door, stay + afloat, stay in + business.

* sacar a flote = get + Nombre + back on + Posesivo + feet.

* salir a flote = make + ends meet.

* seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.

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flote

masculine

puedo mantenerme a flote I can float o keep afloat

los cuerpos salieron a flote the bodies floated to the surface

la firma se mantiene a flote the company is managing to stay afloat o keep going

los escándalos que han salido a flote últimamente the scandals that have come to light o to the surface recently

sacar el país a flote to get the country back on its feet

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Del verbo flotar: ( conjugate flotar)

floté es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

flote es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
flotar
flote
flotar ( conjugate flotar) verbo intransitivo
to float
flote:
◊ a flote afloat;

mantenerse a flote to stay afloat;
logró mantener el negocio a flote he managed to keep the business afloat;
salir a flote [ cuerpo sumergido] to float to the surface;

[país/persona en apuros] to get back on its/one's feet
flotar verbo intransitivo to float
flote sustantivo masculino floating
♦ Locuciones: a flote, afloat
(sacar de una situación apurada) sacar a flote a alguien, to put sb on a sound footing
' flote' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espaldarazo
English:
afloat
- buoy
- flounder
- head
- tread
- float
- go

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flote: a flote loc adv

afloat;

mantenerse a flote to stay afloat;

sacaron a flote el pesquero hundido they refloated the sunken fishing boat;

Comp

sacar algo a flote to get sth back on its feet;

Comp

salir a flote to get back on one's feet

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flote

m MAR

:

a flote afloat;

mantenerse a flote fig stay afloat;

poner o

sacar algo a flote refloat sth; fig get sth back on its feet;

salir a flote fig get back on one’s feet

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flote nm

a flote : afloat

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flote n

a flote afloat

Spanish-English dictionary > flote
14 galla

f botany gall

a galla afloat

venire a galla (come to the) surface

fig come to light

tenersi a galla stay or keep afloat

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galla s.f. (bot.) gall: noce di galla, gall-nut; galla della quercia, oak-gall (o oak-apple).

galla, a locuz.avv. afloat, floating, on the surface: stare a galla, to float; tenere a galla qlcu., qlco., to keep s.o., sthg. afloat; tenersi a galla, to keep afloat (o to keep one's head above water) (anche fig.) // rimanere a galla, to stay afloat, (fig.) to get by: nonostante tutto riesce sempre a rimanere a galla, in spite of everything he always manages to keep his head above water // venire a galla, to surface (o to emerge o to come to the surface), (fig.) to come to light (o to emerge o to transpire): prima o poi la faccenda verrà a galla, sooner or later the matter will come to light.

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I ['ɡalla]
a galla avv — afloat

stare a galla — to float, fig to keep one's head above water

venire a galla — to surface, come to the surface, (fig : verità) to come out, come to light
II ['ɡalla] sf
Bot gall

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['galla]
sostantivo femminile

1)

stare a galla — to stay o remain afloat, to float; fig. [ persona] to stay afloat

tornare a galla — to float back up to the surface

venire a galla — [ emozioni] to come o rise to the surface; [ segreti] to come spilling out

2) bot. gall

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galla

/'galla/

sostantivo f.

1 stare a galla to stay o remain afloat, to float; fig. [ persona] to stay afloat; tornare a galla to float back up to the surface; venire a galla [ emozioni] to come o rise to the surface; [ segreti] to come spilling out

2 bot. gall.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > galla
15 oben

Adv.

1. at the top; (obenauf) on (the) top; oben! als Aufschrift: this side up!; oben links at the top left; im Bild: in the top left-hand corner; oben am Tisch at the head of the table; da oben up there; hier oben up here; nach oben up(wards); von oben from above; ( mit dem) Gesicht / Bauch etc. nach oben face / belly etc. up; von oben bis unten from top to bottom; Person: from top to toe, from head to foot; oben ohne umg. topless; mir steht es bis hier oben umg., fig. I’m fed up to the back teeth (with it); nicht ( mehr) wissen, wo oben und unten ist umg., fig. not know whether one is coming or going; von oben herab fig. condescendingly

2. im Text: siehe oben see above; oben erwähnt oder genannt above(-mentioned); nachgestellt: mentioned above; oben stehend above(-mentioned); nachgestellt: above; oben zitiert quoted above

3. im Haus: upstairs; nach oben upstairs; von oben from upstairs; der Lift fährt nach oben the lift (Am. elevator) is going up; mit dem Lift nach oben fahren go up in the lift (Am. elevator)

4. umg. (im Norden) up north; oben in den Highlands up in the Highlands; er kommt von da oben he’s from up north

5. umg., in einer Hierarchie oder Rangordnung: at the top; jetzt ist er ganz oben he’s made it to the top now; die da oben the top people, the powers that be; das ist ein Befehl von ganz oben the order came from the very top; ganz oben stehen in einer Tabelle etc.: be in top spot; in der Hitliste: be at number one; sich oben halten stay at the top

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at the head; up; at the top; on top; above; upstairs; overhead

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['oːbn]
adv

1) (= am oberen Ende) at the top; (= an der Oberfläche) on the surface; (im Hause) upstairs; (= in der Höhe) up

(hier) óben! (auf Kisten etc) — this way up!, this side up!

so ist das Leben, mal bist du óben, mal bist du unten — that's life, sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down

óben und unten (von etw) verwechseln — to get sth upside down

wo ist óben (bei dem Bild)? — which is the top (of the picture)?, which is the right way up (for the picture)?

die Leute, die óben wohnen — the people on the floor above us/you etc, the people (who live) upstairs

wir möchten lieber óben wohnen — we'd rather live high(er) up

möchten Sie lieber óben schlafen? (im oberen Bett) — would you like the top bunk?, would you like to sleep on top?

wir wohnen rechts óben or óben rechts — we live on the top floor to the right

óben rechts or rechts óben (in der Ecke) — in the top right-hand corner

die Abbildung óben links or links óben auf der Schautafel — the illustration on the top left corner or in the top left-hand corner of the diagram

der ist óben nicht ganz richtig (inf) — he's not quite right up top (inf)

óben ohne gehen or tragen (inf) — to be topless

ganz óben — right at the top

ganz óben auf dem Stapel/in der Rangordnung — right at the top of the pile/of the hierarchy

hier/dort óben — up here/there

die ganze Sache steht mir bis hier óben (inf) — I'm sick to death of the whole thing (inf), I'm fed up to the back teeth with the whole thing (Brit inf)

bis óben (hin) — to the top

hoch óben — high (up) above

beim Festessen saß er weiter óben an der Tafel — at the banquet he sat nearer the top of the table

óben auf dem Berg/der Leiter/dem Dach — on top of the mountain/ladder/roof

óben am Himmel — up in the sky

óben im Himmel — up in heaven, in heaven above (liter)

óben in Schottland — up in Scotland

óben im Norden — up (in the) north

óben herum — (a)round the top; (von Frau) up top; (von Jacke) (a)round the chest

nach óben — up, upwards; (im Hause) upstairs

der Fahrstuhl fährt nach óben — the lift (Brit) or elevator (US) is going up

wir sind mit dem Fahrstuhl nach óben gefahren — we went up in the lift (Brit) or elevator (US)

die Bergsteiger sind auf dem Weg nach óben — the climbers are on their way up

der Weg nach óben (fig) — the road to the top

endlich hat sie den Weg nach óben geschafft (fig) — she finally got to the top or made it (to the top)

nach óben zu or hin — towards (Brit) or toward (US) the top

von óben (her) — down; (im Hause) down(stairs)

ich komme gerade von óben (am Berg) — I've just come from the top; (im Hause) I've just been upstairs

von óben (aus) hat man eine schöne Aussicht — there's a nice view from the top

von óben bis unten — from top to bottom; (von Mensch) from top to toe

jdn von óben bis unten mustern — to look sb up and down

jdn von óben herab behandeln — to be condescending to sb, to treat sb condescendingly

jdn von óben herab ansehen — to look down on sb

weiter óben — further up

das Gehöft liegt weiter óben (am Berg/im Tal) — the farm is further or higher up (the mountain/valley)

2) (inf = die Vorgesetzten)

die da óben — the powers that be (inf), the top brass (inf)

das wird óben entschieden — that's decided higher up

er will sich nur óben beliebt machen — he's just sucking up to the management (inf)

etw nach óben (weiter)melden/weitergeben — to report sth/to pass sth on to a superior

der Befehl kommt von óben — it's orders from above

3) (= vorher) above

siehe óben — see above

óben genannt attr — above-mentioned

wie óben erwähnt or genannt — as mentioned above

der óben schon erwähnte Herr — the above-mentioned or aforementioned gentleman

der weiter óben erwähnte Fall — the case referred to before or above

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1) (higher up: seen from above.) above

2) ((in a book etc) earlier or higher up on the page: See above.) above

3) (above; over one's head: The plane flew overhead; an overhead bridge.) overhead

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oben

[ˈo:bn̩]

adv

1. (in der Höhe) up

\oben auf dem Dach up on the roof

[hoch] \oben am Himmel [high] up in the sky

\oben im Himmel up in heavens, in heavens above

nach \oben zu wird der Weg steiler further up the path becomes steeper

\oben bleiben to stay up

dort/hier \oben up there/here

wo ist er? — da \oben! where is he? — up there!

nach \oben up[wards]

der Weg nach \oben the way up

warme Luft steigt nach \oben warm air rises

der Wagen blieb mit den Rädern nach \oben liegen the car came to rest upside down

nach \oben kommen to come up

von \oben from above

er kommt gerade von \oben (am Berg) he's just come from the top

von \oben hat man eine tolle Aussicht there's a great view from the top

2. (am oberen Ende) at the top

\oben im Schrank at the top of the cupboard

\oben auf der Seite on the top of the page

\oben an der Tafel at the head of the table

auf Seite 30 \oben at the top of page 30

wo [o was] ist \oben [bei dem Bild]? which is the top [of the picture]?, which is the right way up [for the picture]?

▪ \oben auf etw dat on top of sth

\oben auf dem Berg/dem Dach/der Leiter on top of the mountain/the roof/the ladder

bis \oben [hin] up to the top

ich bin voll bis \oben hin (fam) I'm full to the top

der Keller steht bis \oben hin unter Wasser the cellar is full up with water

ganz \oben right at the top, at the very top

die Singdrossel sitzt ganz \oben auf dem Baum the song-thrush is sitting right at the top of the tree

\oben links/rechts, links/rechts \oben at the top of the left/right

ich möchte das Buch \oben rechts I'd like the book on the top right

\oben links in der Ecke in the top left-hand corner

der Weisheitszahn \oben rechts the upper right wisdom tooth

die Abbildung rechts \oben auf der Seite the illustration on the top right of the page

nach \oben [hin] towards the top

\oben und unten von etw dat verwechseln to get sth upside down

weit \oben near the top

von \oben from the top

die sechste Zeile von \oben the sixth line down [or from the top

3. (im oberen Stockwerk) upstairs

das Paar, das \oben wohnt the couple on the floor above us

ich möchte lieber \oben wohnen I'd rather live high[er] up

wir wohnen links \oben [o \oben links] we live on the top floor to the left

du bleibst heute besser \oben (in der Wohnung) you'd better stay at home today

[im Bett] \oben schlafen to sleep in the upper bunk

nach \oben upstairs

gehst du nach \oben? are you going upstairs?

der Aufzug fährt nach \oben the lift is going up

ich bin mit dem Aufzug nach \oben gefahren I went up in the lift

von \oben from upstairs

ich komme gerade von \oben I've just been upstairs, I've just come down

der Aufzug kommt von \oben the lift is coming down

4. (fam: in einer Hierarchie, Rangfolge) at the top

wir haben keine Ahnung von dem, was \oben geschieht we have no idea what happens among the powers that be

solche Dinge werden \oben entschieden these things are decided by the powers that be

sie will sich einfach nur \oben beliebt machen she's just sucking up to the management pej fam

er ist jetzt ganz \oben he is now riding high

die da \oben the powers that be, the top brass esp AM fam, the high-ups fam

ich gebe Ihren Antrag dann weiter, die \oben sollen sich damit beschäftigen I'll pass your application on, the powers that be can deal with it

sich akk \oben halten to stay at the top

nach \oben to the powers that be, to the top fam

sie wollte nach \oben she wanted to get [or make it] to the top

der Weg nach \oben the road to the top

jetzt hat er den Weg nach \oben geschafft he finally got to the top [or made it [to the top]]

etw nach \oben weitergeben to pass sth on to a superior

von \oben from the powers that be, from the top

die Anordnung kommt von \oben it's orders from above

5. (im Norden) up north

\oben in Schweden ist es kälter als hier up in Sweden it's colder than here

dort/hier \oben up there/here [in the north]

\oben im Norden up [in the] north

weiter \oben further up [north]

das Dorf liegt weiter \oben [am Berg/im Tal] the village is further [or higher] up [the mountain/valley]

6. (vorher) above

\oben erwähnt [o genannt] above-mentioned attr, mentioned above pred

der [weiter] \oben erwähnte Fall the case referred to above

die \oben schon erwähnte Person the above-mentioned [or form aforementioned] person

wie \oben erwähnt as mentioned above

das \oben Genannte/Stehende the above

siehe \oben see above; s.a. Obenstehende

7. (an der Oberfläche) on the surface

Fett schwimmt \oben fat floats on the top [or surface]; (fig) there are always people who do all right

8. (auf der Oberseite) on top

der Stoff ist \oben glänzend, unten matt the upper part of the material is shiny, the lower part matt

9.

▶ [hier] \oben! (auf Kisten etc.) this way [or side] up!

▶ etw nach \oben aufrunden to round sth up

▶ nach \oben buckeln, nach unten treten (prov) to be servile to those higher in the hierarchy and arrogant to those lower

▶ von \oben herab condescendingly

jdn von \oben herab ansehen to look down on sb

jdn von \oben herab behandeln to behave in a superior manner toward sb, to be condescending to sb

▶ \oben herum (fam) around the chest

▶ \oben ohne (fam) topless

eine Kellnerin mit \oben ohne a topless waitress

in dieser Bar wird \oben ohne bedient there are topless waitresses in this bar

eine \oben-ohne-Bar a topless bar

ein \oben-ohne-Modell a topless model

\oben ohne gehen to be topless

▶ jd ist \oben nicht ganz richtig sb is not be quite right in the head

▶ etw steht jdm bis [hier] \oben sb is sick and tired of sth fam

die ganze Sache steht mir bis hier \oben I'm fed up to the back teeth with the whole thing fam

▶ mal \oben, mal unten sometimes up, sometimes down

so ist das Leben, mal ist man \oben, mal ist man unten that's life, sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down

▶ von \oben bis unten from top to bottom; (beim Mensch) from top to toe

jdn von \oben bis unten mustern to look sb up and down

▶ nicht mehr wissen, wo \oben und unten ist to not know whether you are coming or going

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Adverb

1) (an hoch/höher gelegenem Ort)

hier/dort oben — up here/there

[hoch] oben am Himmel — [high] up in the sky

oben bleiben — stay up

weiter oben — further up

nach oben — upwards

der Weg nach oben — the way up

warme Luft steigt nach oben — warm air rises

oben auf dem Dach — up on the roof

von oben — from above

von oben herab — (fig.) condescendingly

2) (im Gebäude) upstairs

nach oben — upstairs

der Aufzug fährt nach oben — the lift (Brit.) or (Amer.) elevator is going up

3) (am oberen Ende, zum oberen Ende hin) at the top

oben im/auf dem Schrank — at the/up on top of the cupboard

nach oben [hin] — towards the top

weiter oben [im Tal] — further or higher up [the valley]

von oben — from the top

oben links/rechts — at the top on the left/right

oben [links/rechts] — (in Bildunterschriften) above [left/right]

auf Seite 25 oben — at the top of page 25

die fünfte Zeile von oben — the fifth line from the top; the fifth line down

nach oben kommen — (an die Oberfläche) come up

‘oben’ — ‘this side up’

wo od. was ist [bei dem Bild] oben — which is the right way up [on the picture]?; which is the top [of the picture]?

bis oben hin voll sein — (ugs.) be full to the top

von oben bis unten — from top to bottom

er musterte sie von oben bis unten — he looked her up and down (coll.)

oben ohne — topless

oben an der Tafel — at the head of the table

4) (an der Oberseite) on top

5) (in einer Hierarchie, Rangfolge) at the top

weit/ganz oben — near the top/right at the top

der Befehl kam von oben — the order came from above

die da oben — (ugs.) the high-ups (coll.)

6) ([weiter] vorn im Text) above

oben erwähnt/genannt/stehend — above-mentioned

7) (im Norden) up north

hier/dort oben — up here/there [in the north]

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oben adv

1. at the top; (obenauf) on (the) top;

oben! als Aufschrift: this side up!;

oben links at the top left; im Bild: in the top left-hand corner;

oben am Tisch at the head of the table;

da oben up there;

hier oben up here;

nach oben up(wards);

von oben from above;

(mit dem) Gesicht/Bauch etc

nach oben face/belly etc up;

von oben bis unten from top to bottom; Person: from top to toe, from head to foot;

oben ohne umg topless;

mir steht es bis hier oben umg, fig I’m fed up to the back teeth (with it);

nicht (mehr) wissen, wo oben und unten ist umg, fig not know whether one is coming or going;

von oben herab fig condescendingly

2. im Text:

siehe oben see above;

oben erwähnt oder

genannt above(-mentioned); nachgestellt: mentioned above;

oben Genannte → Obengenannte;

oben stehend above(-mentioned); nachgestellt: above;

oben Stehende → Obenstehende;

oben zitiert quoted above

3. im Haus: upstairs;

nach oben upstairs;

von oben from upstairs;

der Lift fährt nach oben the lift (US elevator) is going up;

mit dem Lift nach oben fahren go up in the lift (US elevator)

4. umg (im Norden) up north;

oben in den Highlands up in the Highlands;

er kommt von da oben he’s from up north

5. umg, in einer Hierarchie oder Rangordnung: at the top;

jetzt ist er ganz oben he’s made it to the top now;

die da oben the top people, the powers that be;

das ist ein Befehl von ganz oben the order came from the very top;

ganz oben stehen in einer Tabelle etc: be in top spot; in der Hitliste: be at number one;

sich oben halten stay at the top

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Adverb

1) (an hoch/höher gelegenem Ort)

hier/dort oben — up here/there

[hoch] oben am Himmel — [high] up in the sky

oben bleiben — stay up

weiter oben — further up

nach oben — upwards

der Weg nach oben — the way up

warme Luft steigt nach oben — warm air rises

oben auf dem Dach — up on the roof

von oben — from above

von oben herab — (fig.) condescendingly

2) (im Gebäude) upstairs

nach oben — upstairs

der Aufzug fährt nach oben — the lift (Brit.) or (Amer.) elevator is going up

3) (am oberen Ende, zum oberen Ende hin) at the top

oben im/auf dem Schrank — at the/up on top of the cupboard

nach oben [hin] — towards the top

weiter oben [im Tal] — further or higher up [the valley]

von oben — from the top

oben links/rechts — at the top on the left/right

oben [links/rechts] — (in Bildunterschriften) above [left/right]

auf Seite 25 oben — at the top of page 25

die fünfte Zeile von oben — the fifth line from the top; the fifth line down

nach oben kommen — (an die Oberfläche) come up

‘oben’ — ‘this side up’

wo od. was ist [bei dem Bild] oben — which is the right way up [on the picture]?; which is the top [of the picture]?

bis oben hin voll sein — (ugs.) be full to the top

von oben bis unten — from top to bottom

er musterte sie von oben bis unten — he looked her up and down (coll.)

oben ohne — topless

oben an der Tafel — at the head of the table

4) (an der Oberseite) on top

5) (in einer Hierarchie, Rangfolge) at the top

weit/ganz oben — near the top/right at the top

der Befehl kam von oben — the order came from above

die da oben — (ugs.) the high-ups (coll.)

6) ([weiter] vorn im Text) above

oben erwähnt/genannt/stehend — above-mentioned

7) (im Norden) up north

hier/dort oben — up here/there [in the north]

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adj.

top adj. adv.

above adv.

ahead adv.

aloft adv.

supra adv.

up adv.

upstairs adv. präp.

at the top of expr.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > oben
16 излизам

1. come out

go out (от of,- през at); come/be out; step/walk out; meamp. exit, make o.'s exit

излизам на улицата go (out) into the street

излизам от стаята leave the room, go out of the room

не излизам от къщи stay in

излизам на разходка go (out) for a walk

излизам на въздух go out for a breath of (fresh) air, take an airing

излизам в открито море put out to sea

татко излезе father is out

излизам напред step/come forward

излизам начело come to the fore, take the lead

излизам навън (стърча) protrude, jut/stick out

излиза от коритото си overflow/burst its banks

излиза от релсите fly the track, be derailed

2. (извежда, за улица) lead (into, onto)

(за врата) open on (to)/into; give on

3. (напускам) leave

корабът излезе от пристанището the ship left the harbour

4. (отпадам) drop out (от of)

излизам от играта drop out of the game

излизам от строя fall out of line

прен. drop out, be no use

5. (появявам се) appear, come out

(от скрито място) emerge (от from), come out (of)

(за драма, изрив и пр.) come out

(за книга) appear, be published, come/be out

(за плодове и пр.) be out, appear on the market

(за вятър, буря) rise

излизам на сцена/в роля/пред съда appear on the stage/in a part/before the court

излизам на повърхността emerge, rise/come to the surface,(за подводница, водолаз) surface

геол., мин. outcrop

от тези обуща ми излизат мехури these shoes raise blisters

6. (изказвам се) come out with

излизам в подкрепа на come out/speak/write in defence of

7. (произхождам) come (от from)

излизам от добро семейство come of/from a good family

всичко това е излязло от неговото перо alt this is the work of his pen

клюката излезе от нея this piece of gossip originated with her

8. (за сбор, задача) work/come out

сборът излезе верен the sum came out right

(в отриц. изречения) be out, be wrong

не ми излизат сметките be out in o.'s calculations/reckoning

не ми излизат 10 лв. be 10 levs out (in o.'s accounts)

9. (струва, възлиза на) cost, amount to, come out (at)

ще излезе скъпо it will cost a lot of money/a pretty penny

колко излезе сметката? what was the bill?

палтото ми излезе 300 лв. my overcoat cost me/came out at 300 levs

10. (достигам до размери) run up to, make

на машина ще излезе 15 стр. it will run up to/make 15 typewritten pages

11. (протичам, минавам) come off, be

как излезе представлението? how was the performance?

опитът излезе (сполучлив) the experiment came off

12. (получава се в резултат) come, make, be

нищо няма да излезе от тая работа nothing will come of it, it will come to nothing

излезе сполучливо/добре it turned/panned out well

от него ще излезе добър лекар he will make/be a good doctor

от него нищо няма да излезе he'll never amount to anything

от плата ще излезе чудесна рокля this material will make a beautiful frock

13. (оказвам се) prove (to be), turn out (to be)

безл. it follows/appears/seems

той излезе мошеник he turned out a cheat

новината излезе вярва/невярна the news proved true/false

документът излезе подправен the document proved to be a forgery

излезе, че бил негов роднина he turned out to be a relative of his

излязохме роднини we proved to be relatives

14. (за закон) be issued

15. (за срок) be/fall due

(за дело) come on

(за тираж) be drawn

(за изпит) have

излизат ми два изпита I have two exams

16. (за тайна и пр.) ooze out

ще излязат два панталона it'll do for two pairs of trousers

излизам на снимка come out

не излизам хубаво на снимка not

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излѝзам,

гл.

1. come out; go out (от of, през at); come/be out; step/walk out; театр. exit, make o.’s exit; излиза от коритото си overflow/burst its banks; излиза от релсите fly the track, be derailed; \излизам в открито море put out to sea; \излизам на въздух go out for a breath of (fresh) air, take an airing; \излизам навън ( стърча) protrude, jut/stick out; \излизам напред step/come forward; \излизам начело come to the fore, take the lead; \излизам от компютърна система log out; \излизам от стаята leave the room, go out of the room; не \излизам от къщи stay in; татко излезе father is out;

2. ( извежда, за улици) lead (into, onto); (за врата) open on (to)/into; give on;

3. ( напускам) leave;

4. ( отпадам) drop out (от of); \излизам от строя fall out of line; прен. drop out, be no use;

5. ( появявам се) appear, come out; (от скрито място) emerge (от from), come out (of); (за драма, изрив и пр.) come out; (за книга) appear, be published, come/be out; (за плодове и пр.) be out, appear on the market; (за вятър, буря) rise; \излизам на повърхността emerge/rise/come to the surface, (за подводница, водолаз) surface; геол., минер. outcrop; \излизам на сцена/в роля/пред съда appear on the stage/in a part/before the court; от тези обуща ми излизат пришки these shoes raise blisters;

6. ( изказвам се) come out with; \излизам в подкрепа на come out/speak/write in defence of;

7. ( произхождам) come (от from); всичко това е излязло от неговото перо all this is the work of his pen; \излизам от добро семейство come of/from a good family; клюката излезе от нея this piece of gossip originated with her;

8. (за сбор, задача) work/come out; (в отриц. изречения) be out, be wrong; не ми излизат сметките be out in o.’s calculations/reckoning;

9. ( струва, възлиза на) cost, amount to, come out (at); колко излезе сметката? what was he bill?;

10. ( достигам размери) run up to, make;

11. ( протичам, минавам) come off, be; опитът излезе (сполучлив) the experiment came off;

12. ( получава се в резултат) come, make, be; излезе сполучливо/добре it turned/panned out well; от него нищо няма да излезе he’ll never amount to anything; от него ще излезе добър лекар he will make/be a good doctor; от плата ще излезе чудесна рокля this material will make a beautiful frock;

13. ( оказвам се) prove (to be), turn out (to be); безл. it follows/appears/seems;

14. (за закон) be issued;

15. (за срок) be/fall due; (за дело) come on; (за тираж) be drawn; (за изпит) have; излизат ми два изпита I have two exams;

16. (за тайна и пр.) ooze out; • душата ми излезе I had a hard time, I had the hell of a time; \излизам в тил на неприятеля gain the enemy’s rear; \излизам вън от себе си lose o.’s temper; \излизам из кожата си fly into a rage, be beside o.s. (от with); \излизам из търпение lose patience; \излизам извън рамките/границите на overstep the limits of, exceed the bounds of; \излизам на глава c cope with, get the better of; \излизам на лагер воен. encamp; \излизам на снимка come out; \излизам от обкръжение воен. break out of encirclement; \излизам пръв (на състезание) come out/finish/be first; \излизам с доказателства produce proof; \излизам с пики карти lead spades; \излизам с предложение make a proposal, come forward with a proposal; \излизам с топа шах. bring o.’s castle into play; къде ще му излезе края? where will all that lead to? не \излизам извън рамките/границите на закона keep within the law; не \излизам хубаво на снимка not photograph well, not be photogenic; не може да ми излезе от ума/главата I can’t get it out of my head; помагам някому да излезе от затруднение help s.o. out (of a difficulty); съвсем ми излезе от ума it has gone (right) out of my head, it has slipped my memory; ще излязат два панталона it’ll do for two pairs of trousers.

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come out; get out; go out: излизам for a walk - излизам на разходка; issue; move away

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1. (в отриц. изречения) be out, be wrong 2. (за врата) open on (to)/into;give on 3. (за вятър, буря) rise 4. (за дело) come on 5. (за драма, изрив и пр.) come out 6. (за изпит) have 7. (за книга) appear, be published, come/be out 8. (за плодове и пр.) be out, appear on the market 9. (за сбор, задача) work/come out 10. (за тираж) be drawn 11. (извежда, за улица) lead (into, onto) 12. (изказвам се) come out with 13. (напускам) leave 14. (от скрито място) emerge (от from), come out (of) 15. (отпадам) drop out (от of) 16. (появявам се) appear, come out 17. (произхождам) come (от from) 18. 1 (достигам до размери) run up to, make 19. 1 (оказвам се) prove (to be), turn out (to be) 20. 1 (получава се в резултат) come, make, be 21. 1 (протичам, минавам) come off, be 22. 1 (струва, възлиза на) cost, amount to, come out (at) 23. 10 levs out (in o.'s accounts) 24. 12 лв. my overcoat cost me/came out at 25. 13 levs 26. 15 стр. it will run up to/make 27. 16 typewritten pages 28. 2 (за срок) be/fall due 29. 2 (за тайна и пр.) ooze out 30. 20. (за закон) be issued 31. 9 лв. be 32. come out 33. go out (от of,-през at);come/be out;step/walk out;meamp. exit, make o.'s exit 34. ИЗЛИЗАМ в открито море put out to sea 35. ИЗЛИЗАМ в подкрепа на come out/speak/write in defence of 36. ИЗЛИЗАМ на въздух go out for a breath of (fresh) air, take an airing 37. ИЗЛИЗАМ на повърхността emerge, rise/come to the surface,(за подводница, водолаз) surface 38. ИЗЛИЗАМ на разходка go (out) for a walk 39. ИЗЛИЗАМ на снимка come out 40. ИЗЛИЗАМ на сцена/в роля/пред съда appear on the stage/in a part/before the court 41. ИЗЛИЗАМ на улицата go (out) into the street 42. ИЗЛИЗАМ навън (стърча) protrude, jut/stick out 43. ИЗЛИЗАМ напред step/come forward 44. ИЗЛИЗАМ начело come to the fore, take the lead 45. ИЗЛИЗАМ от добро семейство come of/from a good family 46. ИЗЛИЗАМ от играта drop out of the game 47. ИЗЛИЗАМ от стаята leave the room, go out of the room 48. ИЗЛИЗАМ от строя fall out of line 49. безл. it follows/appears/seems 50. всичко това е излязло от неговото перо alt this is the work of his pen 51. геол., мин. outcrop 52. документът излезе подправен the document proved to be a forgery 53. излезе сполучливо/добре it turned/panned out well 54. излезе, че бил негов роднина he turned out to be a relative of his 55. излиза от коритото си overflow/burst its banks 56. излиза от релсите fly the track, be derailed 57. излизат ми два изпита I have two exams 58. излязохме роднини we proved to be relatives 59. как излезе представлението? how was the performance? 60. клюката излезе от нея this piece of gossip originated with her 61. колко излезе сметката ? what was the bill? 62. корабът излезе от пристанището the ship left the harbour 63. на машина ще излезе 64. не ИЗЛИЗАМ от къщи stay in 65. не ИЗЛИЗАМ хубаво на снимка not 66. не ми излизат 67. не ми излизат сметките be out in o.'s calculations/reckoning 68. нищо няма да излезе от тая работа nothing will come of it, it will come to nothing 69. новината излезе вярва/невярна the news proved true/false 70. опитът излезе (сполучлив) the experiment came off 71. от него нищо няма да излезе he'll never amount to anything 72. от него ще излезе добър лекар he will make/be a good doctor 73. от плата ще излезе чудесна рокля this material will make a beautiful frock 74. от тези обуща ми излизат мехури these shoes raise blisters 75. палтото ми излезе 76. прен, drop out, be no use 77. сборът излезе верен the sum came out right 78. татко излезе father is out 79. той излезе мошеник he turned out a cheat 80. ще излезе скъпо it will cost a lot of money/a pretty penny 81. ще излязат два панталона it'll do for two pairs of trousers

Български-английски речник > излизам
17 remonter

remonter [ʀ(ə)mɔ̃te]

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► remonter is conjugated with être, unless it has an object, when the auxiliary is avoir.

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1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = monter à nouveau) to go or come back up

• il remonta à pied he walked back up

• remonte me voir come back up and see me

• je remonte demain à Paris (en voiture) I'm driving back up to Paris tomorrow

• remonter sur les planches [comédien] to go back on the stage

   b. (dans un moyen de transport) remonter en voiture to get back into one's car

• remonter à cheval ( = se remettre en selle) to get back onto one's horse

• remonter à bord (bateau) to go back on board

   c. ( = s'élever de nouveau) [prix, température, baromètre] to rise again

• les bénéfices ont remonté au dernier trimestre profits were up again in the last quarter

• les prix ont remonté en flèche prices shot up again

• il remonte dans mon estime my opinion of him is improving again

• il est remonté de la 7^e à la 3^e place he has come up from 7th to 3rd place

   d. ( = réapparaître) to come back

• remonter à la surface to come back up to the surface

• une mauvaise odeur remontait de l'égout a bad smell was coming up out of the drain

   e. ( = retourner) to return

• remonter à la source/cause to go back to the source/cause

• il faut remonter plus loin pour comprendre l'affaire you must look further back to understand this business

• remonter jusqu'au coupable to trace the guilty person

• aussi loin que remontent ses souvenirs as far back as he can remember

• remonter dans le temps to go back in time

   f. remonter à ( = dater de) cette histoire remonte à plusieurs années all this goes back several years

2. transitive verb

   a. [+ étage, côte, marche] to go or come back up

• remonter l'escalier en courant to run back upstairs

• remonter le courant/une rivière (à la nage) to swim back upstream/up a river ; (en barque) to sail back upstream/up a river

   b. ( = rattraper) [+ adversaire] to catch up with

• se faire remonter par un adversaire to let o.s. be caught up by an opponent

   c. [+ mur, tableau, étagère] to raise ; [+ vitre] (en poussant) to push up ; (avec bouton ou manivelle) to wind up ; [+ store] to raise ; [+ pantalon, manche] to pull up ; (en roulant) to roll up ; [+ chaussettes] to pull up ; [+ col] to turn up ; [+ jupe] to pick up ; [+ mauvaise note] to raise

• il s'est fait remonter les bretelles par le patron (inf) the boss gave him a real tongue-lashing (inf)

   d. ( = remporter) to take or bring back up

• remonter une malle au grenier to take a trunk back up to the attic

   e. [+ montre, mécanisme] to wind up

   f. [+ machine, moteur, meuble] to put together again ; [+ robinet, tuyau] to put back

• ils ont remonté une usine à Lyon they have set up another factory in Lyon

• il a eu du mal à remonter les roues de sa bicyclette he had a job putting the wheels back on his bicycle

   g. ( = remettre en état) [+ personne] to buck (inf) up again ; [+ entreprise] to put back on its feet ; [+ mur en ruines] to rebuild ; → moral

   h. [+ pièce de théâtre, spectacle] to restage

3. reflexive verb

► se remonter to buck (inf) o.s. up

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ʀəmɔ̃te
1.

verbe transitif (+ v avoir)

1) ( transporter de nouveau)

remonter quelqu'un/quelque chose — ( en haut) gén to take somebody/something back up (à to); ( à l'étage) to take somebody/something back upstairs; ( d'en bas) gén to bring somebody/something back up (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [somebody/something] back upstairs [personne, objet]

remonter les bouteilles de la cave — to bring the bottles back up from the cellar

je peux vous remonter au village — I can take you back up to the village

2) ( replacer en haut) to put [something] back up [valise, boîte]

remonter un seau d'un puits — to pull a bucket up from a well

3) ( relever) to raise [étagère, store, tableau] (de by); to wind [something] back up [vitre de véhicule]; to roll up [manches, jambes de pantalon]; to hitch up [jupe, pantalon]; to turn up [col]; to pull up [chaussettes]

4) ( parcourir de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) to go back up [pente, rue]; to go ou climb back up [escalier, échelle]; ( en venant) to come back up [pente, rue, échelle]; [voiture, automobiliste] to drive back up [pente]

remonter la colline à bicyclette — to cycle back up the hill

il m'a fait remonter l'escalier en courant — he made me run back up the stairs

5) ( parcourir en sens inverse) [bateau] to sail up [fleuve]; [poisson] to swim up [rivière]; [personne, voiture] to go up [rue]

remonter une rivière à la nage — to swim up a river

remonter le flot de voyageurs — to walk against the flow of passengers

remonter une filière or piste — fig to follow a trail ( jusqu'à quelqu'un to somebody)

remonter le temps par la pensée — to go back in time in one's imagination

6) ( rattraper dans un classement) [cycliste] to catch up with [peloton, concurrent]

7) ( réconforter)

remonter quelqu'un or le moral de quelqu'un — to cheer somebody up, to raise somebody's spirits

8) ( assembler de nouveau) to put [something] back together again [armoire, jouet]; to put [something] back [roue]

9) ( retendre le ressort de) to wind [something] up [mécanisme, réveil]

être remonté à bloc — (colloq) fig [personne] to be full of energy

10) ( remettre en scène) to revive [pièce, spectacle]

2.

verbe intransitif (+ v être)

1) ( monter de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go back up, to go up again (à to); ( en venant) gén to come back up, to come up again (de from); ( à l'étage) to go/to come back upstairs; ( après être redescendu) to go/to come back up again; [train, ascenseur] to go back up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb again; [mer] to come in again; [prix, température, baromètre] to rise again, to go up again

reste ici, je remonte au grenier — stay here, I'm going back up to the attic

peux-tu remonter chercher mon sac? — can you go back upstairs and get my bag?

tu es remonté à pied? — did you walk back up?

remonter à l'échelle — to climb back up the ladder

remonter sur — [personne] to step back onto [trottoir]; to climb back onto [mur]

remonter à la surface — lit [plongeur] to surface; [huile, objet] to rise to the surface; fig [scandale] to resurface; [souvenirs] to surface again

remonter à cheval — to get back on a horse

remonter à bord d'un avion — to board a plane again

remonter dans les sondages — [politicien, parti] to move up in the opinion polls

remonter de la quinzième à la troisième place — [sportif, équipe] to move up from fifteenth to third position

remonter à Paris — ( retourner) to go back up to Paris

la criminalité remonte — crime is rising again

faire remonter les cours — to put prices up again

faire remonter la température — to raise the temperature

2) ( pour retrouver l'origine)

remonter dans le temps — to go back in time

remonter à — [historien] to go back to [époque, date]; [événement, œuvre, tradition] to date back to [époque, date, personnage historique]; [habitude] to be carried over from [enfance, période]; [enquêteur, police] to follow the trail back to [personne, chef de gang]

remonter 20 ans en arrière — [historien] to go back 20 years

faire remonter — to trace (back) [origines, ancêtres] (à to)

3) ( se retrousser) [pull, jupe] to ride up

4) ( se faire sentir)

les odeurs d'égout remontent dans la maison — the smell from the drains reaches our house

5) Nautisme

remonter au or dans le vent — to sail into the wind

3.

se remonter verbe pronominal

1) ( se réconforter)

se remonter le moral — ( seul) to cheer oneself up; ( à plusieurs) to cheer each other up

2) ( s'équiper de nouveau)

se remonter en meubles/draps — to get some new furniture/sheets

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ʀ(ə)mɔ̃te
1. vi

1) (d'où l'on vient) to go back up

Il est remonté au premier étage. — He has gone back up to the first floor.

remonter la pente fig — to get back on one's feet

2) (sur un cheval) to get back on, to remount

3) (dans un véhicule) to get back in

remonter en voiture — to get back into the car

4) [route, température, prix] to go up again

5) [vêtement] to ride up

2. vt

1) [personne] to cheer up, to buck up

Cette nouvelle m'a un peu remonté. — The news cheered me up a bit.

remonter le moral à qn — to raise sb's spirits, to cheer sb up

2) [manches, pantalon] to roll up

3) [col] to turn up

4) [fleuve, courant] (en bateau) to sail up, (à la nage) to swim up

5) [niveau, limite] to raise

6) [moteur, meuble] to put back together, to reassemble

7) [montre, mécanisme] to wind up

8)

remonter à (= dater de) — to date back to, to go back to

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remonter verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( transporter de nouveau) ( en haut) gén to take [sb/sth] back up [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] back upstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en bas) gén to bring [sb/sth] back up [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] back upstairs [personne, objet]; remonter les valises au grenier to take the suitcases back up to the attic; remonter les bouteilles de la cave to bring the bottles back up from the cellar; je peux vous remonter au village I can take you back up to the village; remonte-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers back up (to me); je leur ai fait remonter les valises au grenier I made them take the suitcases back up to the attic; j'ai fait remonter le piano dans la chambre I had the piano taken back up to the bedroom; faites-moi remonter les dossiers secrets get the secret files brought back up to me;

2 ( remettre en haut) to put [sth] back up [valise, boîte]; remonter la valise sur l'armoire to put the suitcase back up on the wardrobe; remonter un seau d'un puits to pull a bucket up from a well;

3 ( relever) to raise [étagère, store, tableau] (de by); to wind [sth] back up [vitre de véhicule]; to roll up [manches, jambes de pantalon]; to hitch up [jupe, pantalon]; to turn up [col]; to pull up [chaussettes]; remonter une étagère de 20 centimètres/d'un cran to raise a shelf another 20 centimetres^GB/by another notch; remonter une note de deux points to raise a mark GB ou grade US by two points;

4 ( parcourir de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) to go back up [pente, rue, étage]; to go ou climb back up [escalier, marches, échelle]; ( en venant) to come back up [pente, rue, marches, échelle]; [voiture, automobiliste] to drive back up [pente, route]; nous avons remonté la colline à pied ( en marchant) we walked back up the hill; ( et non à bicyclette) we went back up the hill on foot; remonter la colline en rampant/à bicyclette to crawl/cycle back up the hill; il m'a fait remonter l'escalier en courant he made me run back up the stairs;

5 ( parcourir en sens inverse) [bateau] to sail up [fleuve, canal]; [poisson] to swim up [rivière]; [personne, voiture] to go up [rue, boulevard]; tu remontes l'avenue jusqu'à la banque you go up the avenue until you get to the bank; remonter un canal en péniche to go up a canal in a barge; remonter une rivière en canoë/en yacht/à la nage to canoe/sail/swim up a river; remonter un boulevard à bicyclette/en voiture to cycle/drive up a boulevard; remonter le flot de voyageurs to walk against the flow of passengers; remonter une filière or piste fig to follow a trail (jusqu'à qn to sb); remonter le temps par la pensée or l'imagination to go back in time in one's imagination;

6 ( rattraper dans un classement) [cycliste] to catch up with [peloton, concurrent];

7 ( réconforter) remonter qn or le moral de qn to cheer sb up, to raise sb's spirits; la nouvelle/il m'a remonté le moral the news/he cheered me up;

8 ( assembler de nouveau) to put [sth] back together again [armoire, table, jouet]; to re-erect [échafaudage]; to reassemble [moteur, machine]; to put [sth] back [roue]; il s'amuse à démonter et remonter ses jouets he's having fun taking his toys apart and putting them back together again;

9 ( retendre le ressort de) to wind [sth] up [mécanisme, montre, réveil]; to wind [sth] up [boîte à musique] (avec with); être remonté à bloc○ fig [personne] to be full of energy;

10 ( remettre en scène) to revive [pièce, spectacle].

B vi

1 ( monter de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go back up, to go up again (à to); ( à l'étage) to go back upstairs, to go upstairs again; ( en venant) gén to come back up, to come up again (de from); ( à l'étage) to come back upstairs, to come upstairs again; ( après être redescendu) ( en allant) to go back up again; ( en venant) to come back up again; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique] ( en allant) to go back up; ( en venant) to come back up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb again; [oiseau] to fly up again; [prix, taux, monnaie] to go up again; [chemin, route] to rise again; [mer] to come in again; [température, baromètre] to rise again, to go up again; reste ici, je remonte au grenier stay here, I'm going back up to the attic; peux-tu remonter chercher mon sac? can you go back upstairs and get my bag?; tu es remonté à pied? gén did you walk back up?; ( plutôt que par l'ascenseur) did you come back up on foot?; je préfère remonter par l'escalier I prefer to go back up by the stairs; nous sommes remontés par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked back up by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode back up by the path/the road; il est remonté vers moi en rampant he crawled back up to me; il est remonté au col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove back up to the pass; où est l'écureuil? il a dû remonter à l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have gone back up the tree; je suis remonté en haut de la tour/au sommet de la falaise I went back up to the top of the tower/to the top of the cliff; elle est remontée dans sa chambre she went back up to her bedroom; remonter à l'échelle/la corde to climb back up the ladder/the rope; remonter sur [personne] to step back onto [trottoir, marche]; [personne, animal] to climb back onto [mur, tabouret]; il est remonté sur le toit [enfant, chat] he's gone back up onto the roof; remonter dans son lit to get back into bed; remonter à la surface lit [plongeur] to surface; [huile, objet] to rise to the surface; fig [scandale] to resurface; [souvenirs] to surface again; remonter à cheval to get back on a horse; remonter en voiture/dans le train to get back in the car/on the train; remonter à bord d'un avion to board a plane again; remonter dans les sondages [politicien, parti] to move up in the opinion polls; remonter de la quinzième à la troisième place [sportif, équipe] to move up from fifteenth to third position; remonter à Paris ( retourner) to go back up to Paris; la criminalité remonte crime is rising again; les cours sont remontés de 20% prices have gone up another 20%; faire remonter le dollar to send ou put the dollar up again; faire remonter les cours to put prices up again; l’euro est remonté par rapport à la livre the euro has gone up ou risen against the pound again; faire remonter la température gén to raise the temperature; Méd to raise one's temperature;

2 ( pour retrouver l'origine) remonter dans le temps to go back in time; remonter à [historien] to go back to [époque, date]; [événement, œuvre, tradition] to date back to [époque, date, personnage historique]; [habitude] to be carried over from [enfance, période]; [enquêteur, police] to follow the trail back to [personne, chef de gang]; remonter 20 ans en arrière [historien] to go back 20 years; l'histoire remonte à quelques jours the story goes back a few days; il nous a fallu remonter jusqu'en 1770 we had to go back to 1770; les manuscrits remontent au XI^e siècle the manuscripts date back to the 11th century; remonter à l'époque où to date back to the days when; remonter aux causes de qch to identify the causes of sth; faire remonter to trace (back) [origines, ancêtres] (à to);

3 ( se retrousser) [pull, jupe] to ride up;

4 ( se faire sentir) les odeurs d'égout remontent dans la maison the smell from the drains reaches our house; j'ai mon petit déjeuner qui remonte○ my breakfast is repeating on me○;

5 Naut remonter au or dans le vent to sail into the wind.

C se remonter vpr

1 ( se réconforter) se remonter le moral ( seul) to cheer oneself up; ( à plusieurs) to cheer each other up;

2 ( s'équiper de nouveau) se remonter en meubles/draps to get some new furniture/sheets; se remonter en vin to replenish one's stock ou supply of wine.

[rəmɔ̃te] verbe transitif

1. [côte, étage] to go ou to climb back up

2. [porter à nouveau] to take back up

3. [parcourir - en voiture, en bateau etc.] to go up (inseparable)

remonter le Nil to sail up the Nile

les saumons remontent le fleuve the salmon are swimming upstream

nous avons remonté la Seine en voiture jusqu'à Rouen we drove along the Seine (upriver) to Rouen

remonter le défilé [aller en tête] to work one's way to the front of the procession

remonter la rue to go ou to walk back up the street

en remontant le cours des siècles ou du temps going back several centuries

4. [relever - chaussette] to pull up (separable) ; [ - manche] to roll up (separable) ; [ - col, visière] to raise, to turn up (separable) ; [ - robe] to raise, to lift ; [ - store] to pull up, to raise

remonter quelque chose to put something higher up, to raise something

remonte ton pantalon pull your trousers (UK) ou pants (US) up

elle a remonté la vitre she wound the window up

[augmenter - salaire, notation] to increase, to raise, to put up (separable)

tous les résultats des examens ont été remontés de 2 points all exam results have been put up ou raised by 2 marks

5. [assembler à nouveau - moteur, kit] to reassemble, to put back (separable) together (again) ; [ - étagère] to put back (separable) up

CINÉMA [film] to reedit

6. COMMERCE [rouvrir] to set up (separable) again

à sa sortie de prison, il a remonté une petite affaire de plomberie when he came out of prison he started up another small plumbing business

[faire prospérer à nouveau]

il a su remonter l'entreprise he managed to set ou to put the business back on its feet

7. [renouveler] to restock, to stock up again

remonter son stock (de cassettes vidéo) to stock up again (on video cassettes)

8. [mécanisme, montre] to wind (up)

9. [ragaillardir - physiquement] to pick up (separable) ; [ - moralement] to cheer up (separable)

prends un whisky, ça te remontera (familier) have a whisky, it'll make you feel better

remonter le moral à quelqu'un to cheer somebody up

10. SPORT [concurrent] to catch up (with)

11. THÉÂTRE to stage again, to put on (the stage) again

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[rəmɔ̃te] verbe intransitif (surtout aux être)

1. [monter de nouveau] to go back up, to go up again

l'enfant remonta dans la brouette/sur l'escabeau the child got back into the wheelbarrow/up onto the stool

remonte dans ta chambre go back up to your room

remonter à Paris to go back to Paris

2. TRANSPORTS

remonter dans

a. [bateau, bus, train] to get back onto

b. [voiture] to get back into

remonter à cheval

a. [se remettre en selle] to remount

b. [refaire de l'équitation] to take up riding again

3. [s'élever - route] to go back up, to go up again

le sentier remonte jusqu'à la villa the path goes up to the villa

[avoir un niveau supérieur]

la mer remonte the tide's coming in (again)

le baromètre remonte the barometer is rising

le prix du sucre a remonté [après une baisse] the price of sugar has gone back up again

sa fièvre remonte de plus belle his temperature is going up even higher

tu remontes dans mon estime you've gone up in my esteem

sa cote remonte (figuré) he's becoming more popular

ses actions remontent (figuré) things are looking up ou picking up for him

4. [jupe] to ride ou to go up

5. [faire surface - mauvaise odeur] to come back up

remonter à la surface

a. [noyé] to float back (up) to the surface

b. [plongeur] to resurface

c. [scandale] to reemerge, to resurface

6. [retourner vers l'origine]

remonter dans le temps to go back in time

remonter à [se reporter à] to go back to, to return to

le renseignement qui nous a permis de remonter jusqu'à vous the piece of information which enabled us to trace you

remonter de l'effet à la cause to trace the effect back to the cause

remonter à [dater de] to go ou to date back to

on fait généralement remonter la crise à 1910 the crisis is generally believed to have started in 1910

7. NAUTIQUE [navire] to sail north

[vent] to come round the north

remonter au vent to tack into the wind

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se remonter verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

ces nouvelles montres ne se remontent pas these new watches don't have to be wound up

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se remonter verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

[physiquement] to recover one's strength

[moralement] to cheer oneself up

elle dit qu'elle boit pour se remonter she says she drinks to cheer herself up ou to make herself feel better

se remonter le moral to cheer oneself up

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se remonter en verbe pronominal plus préposition

(familier) [se réapprovisionner en] to replenish one's stock of

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > remonter
18 primero

adj.

first, prime, foremost.

adv.

first, in the first place, firstly, for one thing.

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primero

► adjetivo

1 first

■ el primer día del año the first day of the year

■ la primera calle a la derecha the first street on the right

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 first

■ es la primera de la clase she's top of the class

► adverbio primero

1 (en primer lugar) first

■ primero vamos a mirarlo en el diccionario let's look it up in the dictionary first

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a primeros de mes/año at the beginning of the month/year

lo primero es lo primero first things first Table 1 NOTA Before singular masculine nouns the form primer is used /Table 1

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primero

► adverbio

1 (en primer lugar) first

■ primero vamos a mirarlo en el diccionario let's look it up in the dictionary first

* * *
1. (f. - primera)
adj.

1) first

2) former

3) prime
2. (f. - primera)
noun

first
3. adv.
first

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primero, -a
1. ADJ
( antes de sm sing primer)
1) [en el espacio] [página, planta] first; [fila] front, first

vivo en el primer piso — I live on the first o (EEUU) second floor

una foto en primera página — a front-page photo, a photo on the front page

las primeras páginas del libro — the first few pages of the book

un apartamento en primera línea de playa — an apartment right on the sea front

• estar primero — [en una cola] to be first; [en importancia] to come first

perdone, pero yo estaba primero — excuse me, but I was first

para mí primero están mis estudios — my studies take priority o come first

primero está la obligación y después la diversión — business before pleasure
plana 1), plano 2., 3)
2) [en el tiempo] [día, semana, fase] first; [época, poemas] early; [síntoma] first, early

la primera parte del partido — the first half of the match

una novela escrita en primera persona — a novel written in the first person

no es la primera vez — it is not the first time

Juan Carlos Primero — Juan Carlos the First

los primeros días estaba contento — I was happy for the first few days

sus dos primeras novelas — his first two novels

la primera época de Picasso — Picasso's early period

• en los primeros años del siglo — in the early years of the century

• a primera hora (de la mañana) — first thing in the morning

mañana a primera hora — first thing tomorrow (morning)

a primeras horas de la tarde de ayer — early yesterday afternoon

• en primer lugar — [dentro de un orden] first of all; [para dar énfasis] in the first place

en primer lugar vamos a visitar el Partenón — first of all we are going to visit the Parthenon

en primer lugar, tú no deberías haber dicho nada — in the first place, you shouldn't have said anything
hora 2), b), guerra 1)
3) (=principal) [deber, objetivo] main, primary

lo primero es que te pongas bueno — the main thing is that you get well

productos de primera calidad — top quality products

artículos de primera necesidad — basic essentials, staple items

• primer actor — leading man

• primera actriz — leading lady

• primeros auxilios — first aid

el botiquín de primeros auxilios — the first-aid box

• de primera categoría — first-class

un puerto de primera categoría — (Ciclismo) a first-category climb

• primer espada — (Taur) principal bullfighter

• primer violín — (=concertino) leader; [de sección] first violin

- lo primero es lo primero
bailarín, dama, mandatario, ministro, piedra
2.

SM / F first

soy el primero de la lista — I'm top of the list, I'm first on the list

quedó entre los diez primeros — he was in o among the first ten

es la primera de la clase — she is the best in the class, she is top of the class

fui la primera en darme cuenta del fallo — I was the first to realize the mistake

llegar el primero — to be the first to arrive
bueno 1., 9), vista 1., 6), d), primera
3. SM

1)

• a primeros (de mes) — at the beginning of the month

a primeros de junio — at the beginning of June

2) (tb: primer plato) starter, first course

¿qué van a tomar de primero? — what will you have as a starter o for the first course?

4. ADV

1) (=en primer lugar) first

primero iremos a comprar y luego al cine — first, we'll do the shopping and then go to the cinema

2) [indicando preferencia] sooner, rather

primero se queda en casa que pedir dinero — she'd sooner o rather stay at home than ask for money

¡primero morir! — I'd rather die!

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I
- ra adjetivo/pronombre [ primer is used before masculine singular nouns]

1) (en el espacio, el tiempo) first

vivo en el primer piso — I live on the second (AmE) o (BrE) first floor

en primer lugar... — first (of all),..., firstly,...

las diez primeras páginas — the first ten pages

sus primeros poemas — her early o first poems

1^o de julio — (read as: primero de julio) 1st July, July 1st (léase: July the first)

Olaf I — (read as: Olaf primero) Olaf I (léase: Olaf the First)

la primera fila — the front row

a primeras horas de la madrugada — in the early hours of the morning

mañana a primera hora — first thing tomorrow

- primera plana

- primeros auxilios

- primer plano

- primer plato

2) (en calidad, jerarquía)

un artículo de primerísima calidad — a top-quality product

de primera categoría — first-class, first-rate

es el primero de la clase — he is top of the class

es el primer atleta del país — he is the country's top athlete

la primera empresa mundial — the world's leading company

de primera — first-class, first-rate

- primer ministro -ra ministra

3) (básico, fundamental)

nuestro primer objetivo — our primary objective

artículos de primera necesidad — basic necessities

lo primero es... — the most important thing is...
II
adverbio

1) ( en el tiempo) first

2) ( en importancia)

estar primero — to come first

primero el deber (y después el placer) — business before pleasure

* * *

= early [earlier -comp., earliest -sup.], first (1st), foremost, first ever, topmost [top most], top-of-mind.

Ex. Microforms are easy to use, although there were early reservations concerning the fact that users need to become familiar with any specific kind of microform and its reader.

Ex. The first objective, however, is best satisfied by the second policy.

Ex. Foremost among those recommendations was one pertaining to the development of a UNIMARC format for authorities.

Ex. In April 1993 the first ever computer crime legislation came into existence in Hong Kong.

Ex. Thus each heap was delivered to the warehouseman with the final impressions of both formes on the topmost sheet.

Ex. Computer security is a top-of-mind subject for both IT managers and their corporate bosses.

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* alumno de primer año = first grader.

* alumno de primer curso = first grader.

* alumno de primero = first grader.

* amor a primera vista = love at first sight.

* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.

* a primera hora de la mañana = first thing in the morning.

* a primera hora de + Período del Día = first thing + Período del Día.

* a primeras horas de la tarde = late afternoon.

* a primera vista = on first acquaintance, at first sight, on first inspection, on the face of it, at first blush, at first glance, on the surface, prima facie, first-blush.

* a primeros de + Fecha = in the early + Fecha.

* asesinato en primer grado = first-degree murder.

* asiento de primera fila = ringside seat, ringside ticket.

* atacar primero = preemptive strike.

* botiquín de primeros auxilios = first-aid kit.

* butaca de primera fila = ringside seat, ringside ticket.

* cabo primero = lance corporal.

* causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.

* causar una primera impresión = make + a first impression.

* colocar como primer elemento de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* con el primer intento = at the first shot.

* conocer de primera mano = know + first-hand.

* contratar al primero que solicita el trabajo = hire on a first-come, first-take basis.

* correo de primera clase = first class post.

* dar el primer paso = make + a start, take + the first step.

* dar los primeros pasos en = venture into.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de primera = best-quality, top-notch, blue chip [blue-chip], prime, tip-top, first-rate.

* de primera calidad = premium, premier.

* de primera clase = first class, first-rate, tip-top.

* de primera línea = first-line.

* de primera magnitud = fully blown.

* de primera mano = at first hand, first-hand [firsthand], first-person.

* de primera persona = first-person.

* de primeras = at first sight, on the face of it, at first glance, first-blush, up-front [up front].

* de primer grado = in the first degree.

* de primer nivel = first-level.

* de primer orden = first-order [1st-order], world-class, blue chip [blue-chip].

* descripción bibliográfica de primer nivel = first-level bibliographic description.

* desde el primer día = from day one.

* desde el primer momento = from the word go, from the word get-go.

* desde los primeros tiempos = since the earliest of times, from earliest times.

* desventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover disadvantage.

* desventaja del primero que hace Algo = first-mover disadvantage, first-mover advantage.

* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.

* durante los primeros años = during the early years.

* el primer intento = the first time around.

* el primer + Nombre = the earliest + Nombre.

* el primero mencionado = former.

* encargado de prestar los primeros auxilios = first aider.

* en el primer caso = in the former case.

* en los primeros años de = early in.

* en los primeros años de vida = early in life.

* en primera instancia = in the first instance.

* en primera línea = in the front line, first-line, on the front line.

* en primer lugar = firstly, in the first place, in the first instance, first and foremost, first off.

* escuela de primer ciclo de secundaria = intermediate school.

* estar entre los primeros = stay on top.

* estudiante de primer año = freshman [freshmen, -pl.], first-year student.

* experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.

* hacer los primeros pinitos = take + the first step.

* inicial del primer nombre de pila = first initial.

* ir primero = lead + the way.

* la primera tentativa = the first time around.

* la primera vez = the first time around.

* lo primero = for one, first off.

* lo primero de todo = first of all, first off.

* mostrar por primera vez = premiere.

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* ocupar un primer lugar = stand + first.

* pasar al primer plano = take + centre stage.

* poner en primer plano = foreground.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* Posesivo + primeros pasos = Posesivo + first steps.

* Posesivo + primeros pinitos = Posesivo + first steps.

* primera cita = first date.

* primera comunión = first communion.

* primera división = premiership.

* Primera División, la = First Division, the.

* Primera Edición de las Reglas de Catalogación Anglo-Americanas (RCAA1) = AACR1 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 1st Edition).

* Primera Enmienda, la = First Amendment, the.

* primera época, la = early days, the.

* primera escena, la = opening scene, the.

* primera etapa = early days.

* Primera Guerra Mundial = First World War (World War I), World War I [First World War].

* primera impresión = first impression.

* primera infancia = babyhood, early childhood.

* primera línea = front-line [front line], front-line, forefront.

* primera línea de defensa = first line of defence.

* primera manga = first leg, away game.

* primera medida = initial step.

* primer antepasado = primogenitor.

* primer año de carrera = freshman year.

* primer año de estudios superiores = freshman year.

* primera palabra del encabezamiento = entry word.

* primera parada = first stop.

* primera persona = first person.

* primera plana = front page [front-page].

* primera posición = pole position, pole start.

* primera posición de salida = pole start.

* primera prensada = first cold press.

* primera referencia = first stop.

* primera reunión = starter meeting.

* primeras horas de la madrugada = late night.

* primeras palabras = opening statement.

* primera vez, la = first time, the.

* primer aviso = smoke signal.

* primer curso = first grade.

* primer escalafón laboral = entry position.

* primer heredero = heir apparent [heiress apparent].

* primer indicio = smoke signal.

* primer lugar de consulta = first stop.

* primer meridiano = prime meridian.

* primer ministro = Premier, prime minister.

* primer molar = six-year molar.

* primer molar permanente = first molar.

* primero en hacer Algo = first mover.

* primero en tomar la iniciativa = first mover.

* primero entre pares = first among equals.

* primero, lo = first thing, the.

* primero que nada = first off.

* primeros auxilios = first-aid.

* primeros impresos = early imprints.

* primero y principal = first and foremost.

* primer paso = stake in the ground.

* primer paso de, el = thin edge of the wedge, the.

* primer plano = close up, foreground, limelight, centre stage, forefront.

* primer plato = side entrée.

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

* primer punto de contacto = port of first call.

* primer punto de contacto, el = first port of call, the.

* primer recurso = first recourse.

* primer y segundo plato = main dish.

* proceso en primera instancia = proceeding in the first instance.

* provisiones de primera necesidad = basic provisions, basic goods.

* que no aparece en primer lugar = nonfirst [non-first].

* relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.

* sala de primeros auxilios = emergency room.

* sargento primero = lance sergeant.

* seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.

* sentirse de primera = feel + tip-top.

* ser de primera categoría = be top notch.

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

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

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

* situado en primer lugar = top-ranked, top-rated.

* una primera y última vez = a first and last time.

* un + Nombre + a primera hora de la maña = an early morning + Nombre.

* ventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover advantage.

* visión de primera fila = ringside seat, ringside view.

* * *
I
- ra adjetivo/pronombre [ primer is used before masculine singular nouns]

1) (en el espacio, el tiempo) first

vivo en el primer piso — I live on the second (AmE) o (BrE) first floor

en primer lugar... — first (of all),..., firstly,...

las diez primeras páginas — the first ten pages

sus primeros poemas — her early o first poems

1^o de julio — (read as: primero de julio) 1st July, July 1st (léase: July the first)

Olaf I — (read as: Olaf primero) Olaf I (léase: Olaf the First)

la primera fila — the front row

a primeras horas de la madrugada — in the early hours of the morning

mañana a primera hora — first thing tomorrow

- primera plana

- primeros auxilios

- primer plano

- primer plato

2) (en calidad, jerarquía)

un artículo de primerísima calidad — a top-quality product

de primera categoría — first-class, first-rate

es el primero de la clase — he is top of the class

es el primer atleta del país — he is the country's top athlete

la primera empresa mundial — the world's leading company

de primera — first-class, first-rate

- primer ministro -ra ministra

3) (básico, fundamental)

nuestro primer objetivo — our primary objective

artículos de primera necesidad — basic necessities

lo primero es... — the most important thing is...
II
adverbio

1) ( en el tiempo) first

2) ( en importancia)

estar primero — to come first

primero el deber (y después el placer) — business before pleasure

* * *

= early [earlier -comp., earliest -sup.], first (1st), foremost, first ever, topmost [top most], top-of-mind.

Ex: Microforms are easy to use, although there were early reservations concerning the fact that users need to become familiar with any specific kind of microform and its reader.

Ex: The first objective, however, is best satisfied by the second policy.

Ex: Foremost among those recommendations was one pertaining to the development of a UNIMARC format for authorities.

Ex: In April 1993 the first ever computer crime legislation came into existence in Hong Kong.

Ex: Thus each heap was delivered to the warehouseman with the final impressions of both formes on the topmost sheet.

Ex: Computer security is a top-of-mind subject for both IT managers and their corporate bosses.

* alumno de primer año = first grader.

* alumno de primer curso = first grader.

* alumno de primero = first grader.

* amor a primera vista = love at first sight.

* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.

* a primera hora de la mañana = first thing in the morning.

* a primera hora de + Período del Día = first thing + Período del Día.

* a primeras horas de la tarde = late afternoon.

* a primera vista = on first acquaintance, at first sight, on first inspection, on the face of it, at first blush, at first glance, on the surface, prima facie, first-blush.

* a primeros de + Fecha = in the early + Fecha.

* asesinato en primer grado = first-degree murder.

* asiento de primera fila = ringside seat, ringside ticket.

* atacar primero = preemptive strike.

* botiquín de primeros auxilios = first-aid kit.

* butaca de primera fila = ringside seat, ringside ticket.

* cabo primero = lance corporal.

* causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.

* causar una primera impresión = make + a first impression.

* colocar como primer elemento de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* con el primer intento = at the first shot.

* conocer de primera mano = know + first-hand.

* contratar al primero que solicita el trabajo = hire on a first-come, first-take basis.

* correo de primera clase = first class post.

* dar el primer paso = make + a start, take + the first step.

* dar los primeros pasos en = venture into.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de primera = best-quality, top-notch, blue chip [blue-chip], prime, tip-top, first-rate.

* de primera calidad = premium, premier.

* de primera clase = first class, first-rate, tip-top.

* de primera línea = first-line.

* de primera magnitud = fully blown.

* de primera mano = at first hand, first-hand [firsthand], first-person.

* de primera persona = first-person.

* de primeras = at first sight, on the face of it, at first glance, first-blush, up-front [up front].

* de primer grado = in the first degree.

* de primer nivel = first-level.

* de primer orden = first-order [1st-order], world-class, blue chip [blue-chip].

* descripción bibliográfica de primer nivel = first-level bibliographic description.

* desde el primer día = from day one.

* desde el primer momento = from the word go, from the word get-go.

* desde los primeros tiempos = since the earliest of times, from earliest times.

* desventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover disadvantage.

* desventaja del primero que hace Algo = first-mover disadvantage, first-mover advantage.

* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.

* durante los primeros años = during the early years.

* el primer intento = the first time around.

* el primer + Nombre = the earliest + Nombre.

* el primero mencionado = former.

* encargado de prestar los primeros auxilios = first aider.

* en el primer caso = in the former case.

* en los primeros años de = early in.

* en los primeros años de vida = early in life.

* en primera instancia = in the first instance.

* en primera línea = in the front line, first-line, on the front line.

* en primer lugar = firstly, in the first place, in the first instance, first and foremost, first off.

* escuela de primer ciclo de secundaria = intermediate school.

* estar entre los primeros = stay on top.

* estudiante de primer año = freshman [freshmen, -pl.], first-year student.

* experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.

* hacer los primeros pinitos = take + the first step.

* inicial del primer nombre de pila = first initial.

* ir primero = lead + the way.

* la primera tentativa = the first time around.

* la primera vez = the first time around.

* lo primero = for one, first off.

* lo primero de todo = first of all, first off.

* mostrar por primera vez = premiere.

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* ocupar un primer lugar = stand + first.

* pasar al primer plano = take + centre stage.

* poner en primer plano = foreground.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* Posesivo + primeros pasos = Posesivo + first steps.

* Posesivo + primeros pinitos = Posesivo + first steps.

* primera cita = first date.

* primera comunión = first communion.

* primera división = premiership.

* Primera División, la = First Division, the.

* Primera Edición de las Reglas de Catalogación Anglo-Americanas (RCAA1) = AACR1 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 1st Edition).

* Primera Enmienda, la = First Amendment, the.

* primera época, la = early days, the.

* primera escena, la = opening scene, the.

* primera etapa = early days.

* Primera Guerra Mundial = First World War (World War I), World War I [First World War].

* primera impresión = first impression.

* primera infancia = babyhood, early childhood.

* primera línea = front-line [front line], front-line, forefront.

* primera línea de defensa = first line of defence.

* primera manga = first leg, away game.

* primera medida = initial step.

* primer antepasado = primogenitor.

* primer año de carrera = freshman year.

* primer año de estudios superiores = freshman year.

* primera palabra del encabezamiento = entry word.

* primera parada = first stop.

* primera persona = first person.

* primera plana = front page [front-page].

* primera posición = pole position, pole start.

* primera posición de salida = pole start.

* primera prensada = first cold press.

* primera referencia = first stop.

* primera reunión = starter meeting.

* primeras horas de la madrugada = late night.

* primeras palabras = opening statement.

* primera vez, la = first time, the.

* primer aviso = smoke signal.

* primer curso = first grade.

* primer escalafón laboral = entry position.

* primer heredero = heir apparent [heiress apparent].

* primer indicio = smoke signal.

* primer lugar de consulta = first stop.

* primer meridiano = prime meridian.

* primer ministro = Premier, prime minister.

* primer molar = six-year molar.

* primer molar permanente = first molar.

* primero en hacer Algo = first mover.

* primero en tomar la iniciativa = first mover.

* primero entre pares = first among equals.

* primero, lo = first thing, the.

* primero que nada = first off.

* primeros auxilios = first-aid.

* primeros impresos = early imprints.

* primero y principal = first and foremost.

* primer paso = stake in the ground.

* primer paso de, el = thin edge of the wedge, the.

* primer plano = close up, foreground, limelight, centre stage, forefront.

* primer plato = side entrée.

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

* primer punto de contacto = port of first call.

* primer punto de contacto, el = first port of call, the.

* primer recurso = first recourse.

* primer y segundo plato = main dish.

* proceso en primera instancia = proceeding in the first instance.

* provisiones de primera necesidad = basic provisions, basic goods.

* que no aparece en primer lugar = nonfirst [non-first].

* relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.

* sala de primeros auxilios = emergency room.

* sargento primero = lance sergeant.

* seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.

* sentirse de primera = feel + tip-top.

* ser de primera categoría = be top notch.

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

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

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

* situado en primer lugar = top-ranked, top-rated.

* una primera y última vez = a first and last time.

* un + Nombre + a primera hora de la maña = an early morning + Nombre.

* ventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover advantage.

* visión de primera fila = ringside seat, ringside view.

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primero¹ -ra

adjective / pronoun

[ primer is used before masculine singular nouns]

A [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ], [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (en el espacio, el tiempo) first

vivo en el primer piso I live on the second ( AmE) o ( BrE) first floor

en primer lugar vamos a analizar … first (of all) o firstly, we are going to analyze …

las diez primeras páginas the first ten pages

sus primeros poemas her early o first poems

1º de julio/octubre (read as: primero de julio/octubre) 1st July/October, July/October 1st

Olaf Iº (read as: Olaf primero) Olaf I (léase: Olaf the First)

estaba sentado en (la) primera fila he was sitting in the front row

en las primeras horas de la madrugada de ayer in the early hours of yesterday morning

mañana a primera hora first thing tomorrow

soy el primero en reconocerlo I am the first to admit it

Compuestos:

● primera comunión

( Relig) feminine first communion

hacer la primeroa comunión to take one's first communion

● primera enseñanza

feminine elementary o ( BrE) primary education

maestro de primeroa enseñanza elementary o primary school teacher

● primera infancia

feminine early childhood

● primera piedra

feminine foundation stone

● primera plana

feminine front page

salió en primeroa plana en todos los periódicos it made front-page news o the headlines in all the newspapers, it was on the front page of all the newspapers

● primero de año

masculine New Year's Day

● primeros auxilios

mpl first aid

● primer plano

( Fot) masculine close-up, close-up shot

en primer plano ( Art) in the foreground

● primer plato

masculine first course, starter

B

(en calidad, jerarquía): un artículo de primerísima calidad a top-quality product, a product of the very finest o highest quality

de primera categoría first-class, first-rate

es el primero de la clase he is top of the class

es el primer atleta del país he is the country's top athlete

la primera empresa mundial en el campo de la electrónica the world's leading electronics company

de primera ‹comida/cantante› first-class, first-rate

sólo vendemos productos de primera we sell only products of the finest o highest quality

un corte de carne de primera a prime cut of meat

Compuestos:

● primer actor, primera actriz

( masculine) leading man; ( feminine) leading lady

● primera dama

feminine First Lady

● primer bailarín, primera bailarina

( masculine) leading dancer; ( feminine) prima ballerina

● primer espada

( Taur) masculine principal bullfighter

● primer magistrado, primera magistrada

masculine, feminine mandatario m,f A. (↑ mandatario)

● primer mandatario, primera mandataria

( period) masculine, feminine head of state

la entrevista entre ambos primeros mandatarios the meeting between the two heads of state

el primer mandatario estadounidense the president of the United States

● primer ministro, primera ministra

masculine, feminine Prime Minister

● primer secretario

masculine and feminine First Secretary

● primer violín

masculine and feminine concertmaster ( AmE), leader (of the orchestra)

los primeros violines the first violins

C

(básico, fundamental): nuestro primer objetivo es … our primary objective is …

artículos de primera necesidad basic necessities

lo primero es asegurarnos de que no corren peligro the essential o most important thing is to make sure they are not in any danger

primero²

adverb

A (en el tiempo) first

¿por qué no haces primero los deberes? why don't you do your homework first?

B

(en importancia): estar primero to come first

para mí primero está mi familia as far as I'm concerned my family comes first

primero está la obligación y después la diversión business before pleasure

C

(para expresar preferencia): primero se queda sin comer que pedirle dinero she would sooner o rather go hungry than ask him for money

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primero
◊ -ra adjetivo/pronombre primer is used before masculine singular nouns

1 (en el espacio, el tiempo) first;
◊ el primer piso the second (AmE) o (BrE) first floor;

en primer lugar … first (of all), …, firstly, …;
1o de julio (read as: primero de julio) 1st July, July 1st (léase: July the first);
Olaf I (read as: Olaf primero) Olaf I (léase: Olaf the First);
a primeras horas de la madrugada in the early hours of the morning;
primera plana front page;
primeros auxilios sustantivo masculino plural
first aid;
primer plano (Fot) close-up (shot)
2 (en calidad, jerarquía):
◊ un artículo de primera calidad a top-quality product;

de primera (categoría) first-class, first-rate;
es el primero de la clase he is top of the class;
primer ministro Prime Minister
3 (básico, fundamental):
◊ nuestro primer objetivo our primary objective;

artículos de primera necesidad basic necessities;
lo primero es … the most important thing is …
■ adverbio
1 ( en el tiempo) first
2 ( en importancia):
◊ estar primero to come first

primero,-a
I adjetivo
1 (en el espacio, en el tiempo) first
primera fila, front row
en los primeros años, in the early years
2 (en calidad, en categoría) first: es el primer actor de la compañía, he's the company's top actor
3 (en importancia) basic, primary
un artículo de primera necesidad, an essential item
II adverbio (orden) first: primero, iremos al supermercado, first, we'll go to the supermarket
♦ Locuciones: a primeros, at the beginning of
a la primera de cambio, as soon as one has the opportunity, given half a chance: no está a gusto en la empresa, así que se irá a la primera de cambio, he's not happy at his company, so he plans to leave as soon as he has the chance
de buenas a primeras, suddenly, unexpectedly
lo primero es lo primero, first things first
' primero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ir
- más
- originaria
- originario
- primer
- primera
- residir
- sucesión
- trigésima
- trigésimo
- ante
- estudio
- luego
- mayo
- ocurrir
- vigésimo
English:
after
- born
- come
- first
- former
- go before
- initial
- intro
- leader
- LIFO
- original
- premier
- prime
- raise
- stationary
- to
- year
- consult
- head
- lieutenant
- May
- payable
- pioneer
- put
- space
- start
- the

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primero, -a Primer is used instead of primero before singular masculine nouns (e.g. el primer hombre the first man).

♦ núm adj

1. [en orden] first;

el primer capítulo, el capítulo primero chapter one;

los primeros diez párrafos, los diez párrafos primeros the first ten paragraphs;

Carlos primero [escrito Carlos I] Charles the First [written Charles I];

el siglo primero [también escrito el siglo I] the first century [written 1st century];

el primer piso the Br first o US second floor;

a primera hora de la mañana first thing in the morning;

en primera fila in the front row;

en primer lugar, abre la caja first (of all), open the box;

en primera página on the front page

Comp
primeros auxilios first aid;
prestar primeros auxilios a alguien to give sb first aid;
Dep la primera base [posición] first base; Dep primera base [jugador] first base;
primera comunión first communion;

hacer la primera comunión to celebrate one's first communion;

primera división first division;
Dep primer equipo first team; Mil primera línea front line;
estar en primera línea [de batalla] to be on the front line;
[entre los mejores] to be amongst the best;
primer plano close-up;

en primer plano in the foreground;

primer plato first course, starter

2. [en importancia, calidad] main;

la primera empresa del sector the leading company in the sector;

el primer tenista del país the country's top tennis player;

uno de los primeros objetivos del gobierno one of the government's main aims;

el primer actor the leading man;

la primera actriz the leading lady;

productos de primera calidad top-quality products;

deportistas de primera clase o [m5] categoría o [m5] fila top-class sportsmen;

productos de primera necesidad basic necessities;

lo primero the most important o main thing;

lo primero es lo primero first things first

Comp
primer bailarín leading dancer;
primera bailarina prima ballerina;

primera dama Teatro leading lady;
Pol [esposa del presidente] first lady; Taurom primer espada principal bullfighter;
primer ministro prime minister;
RP primera magistratura presidency;
primer violín first violin

♦ núm nm,f

1. [en orden]
el primero the first one;

el primero fue bueno the first one was good;

llegó el primero he came first;

el primero de la cola the person at the front of the Br queue o US line;

¿quién es el primero de la cola? who's first?;

es el primero de la clase he's top of the class;

él fue el primero en venir he was the first (person o one) to come;

no eres el primero que me pregunta eso you're not the first person to ask me that

2. [mencionado antes]
vinieron Pedro y Juan, el primero con… Pedro and Juan arrived, the former with…

♦ adv

1. [en primer lugar] first;

primero déjame que te explique una cosa let me explain something to you first;

usted estaba primero you were in front of me o first;

¿quién va o [m5] está primero? who's first?;
Am
primero que nada first of all

2. [indica preferencia]
primero… que… rather… than…;

primero morir que traicionarle I'd rather die than betray him

♦ nm

1. [piso] Br first floor, US second floor

2. [curso universitario] first year;

estudiantes de primero first years;

estoy en primero I'm a first year

3. [curso escolar] = first year of primary school, US ≈ first grade

4. [día del mes]
el primero de mayo [también escrito el 1 de mayo] the first of May [written 1 May]

5. [en frases]
a primeros de mes/año at the beginning of the month/year;

a primeros de junio at the beginning of June, in early June;

de primero [de primer plato] for starters

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primero

I adj first

II m, primera f first (one);

a primeros de enero at the beginning of January;

el primero de mayo the first of May;

ser el primero de la clase be top of the class

III pron

:

lo primero (lo más importante) the most important thing

IV adv

1 en posición first

2 ( primeramente) first of all

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primero adv

1) : first

2) : rather, sooner

primero, -ra adj, ( primer before masculine singular nouns)

1) : first

2) : top, leading

3) : fundamental, basic

4)

de primera : first-rate

primero, -ra n

: first

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primero¹ adj pron

1. (en orden) first

el primer día the first day

mis primeros esquís my first skis

llegó la primera she came first

2. (en categoría) top

la primera tenista del país the country's top tennis player

un hotel de primera categoría a top class hotel

es el primero de la clase he's top of the class

a primeros de... at the beginning of...

primeros auxilios first aid

primer plato starter

primero² adv first

primero comemos la sopa first we have soup

Spanish-English dictionary > primero
19 Tag

m; -(e)s, -e

1. Ggs. zu Nacht: day (-time); am oder bei Tage during the day, in the daytime, by day; (bei Tageslicht) in daylight; es wird Tag it’s getting light; früh am Tage early in the day; Tag und Nacht day and night; es ist ein Unterschied wie Tag und Nacht there’s (absolutely) no comparison, it’s as different as day and night

2. Teil der Woche: day; dreimal am Tag three times a day; am nächsten Tag (on) the next day; am Tag zuvor the day before; an jenem Tag on that (particular) day; eines Tages one day; zukünftig: auch some day; welcher Tag ist heute? what day is it today?; ein Tag wie jeder andere a perfectly ordinary day, a day like any other; den ganzen Tag all day (long), throughout the day; den lieben langen Tag umg. the livelong day; Tag für Tag, Tag um Tag day after day; er wird Tag für Tag besser he’s getting better every day ( oder from day to day, day by day); von Tag zu Tag from day to day; von einem Tag auf den andern from one day to the next, overnight; ein Tag um den anderen, jeden zweiten Tag every other day; es müsste jeden Tag da sein it should be here any day (now); dieser Tage (neulich) the other day; (zurzeit) these days; auf oder für ein paar Tage for a couple of ( oder a few) days; auf den Tag ( genau) to the day; auf den Tag genau ankommen Geschenk etc.: arrive right on the day, arrive on the actual day; bis auf den heutigen Tag to this day; sich (Dat) einen guten Tag machen have a lazy day, make an easy day of it, treat o.s.; sich (Dat) ein paar schöne Tage machen take a break ( oder go off and enjoy o.s.) for a couple of ( oder a few) days; freier Tag day off; Tag der Arbeit Labo(u)r Day; Tag der Deutschen Einheit Day of German Unity; der Tag des Herrn förm. the Lord’s day ( oder Day)

3. als Gruß: guten Tag! oder Tag! umg. morgens: (good) morning; nachmittags: good afternoon, hello umg., bes. Am. auch hi, howdy umg.; bei Vorstellung: how d’you do förm., hello; Tag auch! umg. (oh,) hi!; ( bei jemandem) guten Tag sagen pop in and say hello (to s.o.); ich will schnell noch Oma guten Tag sagen I’ll just look in on grandma, I just want to pop in and say hello to grandma; ( einen) schönen Tag noch! have a nice day, all the best

4. fig.: an den Tag bringen / kommen bring / come to light; an den Tag legen display, show, exhibit; bei Tage besehen on closer inspection, (looked at) in the cold light of day; jetzt wird’s Tag! überrascht: I don’t believe it!; er hat bessere Tage gesehen he’s seen better times ( oder days); seine großen Tage sind vorüber he’s had his heyday, the big time is over for him, Am. auch he’s had his 15 minutes of fame; auf meine alten Tage umg. at my (great) age; seine Tage sind gezählt his days are numbered; das waren goldene Tage those were the days, those were great times; in den Tag hinein leben live from day to day, (just) take things as they come; in den Tag hinein reden umg. talk off the top of one’s head, (just) say whatever comes into one’s head; er hat seinen guten / schlechten Tag he’s in a good / bad mood today; heute habe ich keinen guten Tag it’s not my day today, I seem to be having an off day (today), I’m having one of those days umg.; das dauert ewig und drei Tage umg. it’s taking an age (and a half), it’s taking years; es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend it’s early days yet; man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched; morgen ist auch noch ein Tag! let it go ( oder let that do) for today, tomorrow’s another day

5. Tage umg. (Regel) period; sie hat ihre Tage she’s got her period, it’s that ( oder the) time of the month (for her); wann kriegst du deine Tage? when’s your period due?

6. unter Tage BERGB. underground; über Tage above ground, (on the) surface; acht1, helllicht, jüngst..., Tür 1, vierzehn, zutage etc.

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Tag2

[tεk] n; -s, -s; EDV tag

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der Tag

day

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I [taːk]
m -(e)s, -e
[-gə]
1) day

am Tág(e) des/der... — (on) the day of...

am Tág — during the day

jeden Tág — every day

am vorigen Tág(e), am Tág(e) vorher — the day before, the previous day

auf den Tág (genau) — to the day

auf ein paar Táge — for a few days

auf seine alten Táge — at his age

bis auf seine letzten Táge — to his dying day, right up to the very end

bei Tág und Nacht — night and day, day and night

bis in unsere Táge — up to the present day

in den letzten Tágen — in the last few days, in recent days

bis die Táge! (inf) — so long (inf), cheerio (Brit inf), see ya (inf)

den ganzen Tág (lang) (lit, fig) — all day long, the whole day

eines Táges — one day

eines Táges wirst du... — one day or one of these days you'll...

eines schönen or guten Táges — one fine day

einen schönen/faulen Tág machen — to have a nice/lazy day

Tág für or um Tág — day by day

in unseren Tágen, in den heutigen Tágen — these days, nowadays

unter Tágs (dial) — during the daytime

von Tág zu Tág — from day to day, every day

Tág der Arbeit — Labour Day (Brit), Labor Day (US)

Tág der Republik/Befreiung (DDR) — Republic/Liberation Day

der Tág des Herrn (Eccl) — the Lord's Day

welcher Tág ist heute? — what day is it today?, what's today?

ein Tág wie jeder andere — a day like any other

guten Tág! — hello (inf), good day (dated form); (vormittags auch) good morning; (nachmittags auch) good afternoon; (esp bei Vorstellung) how-do-you-do

Tág! (inf) — hello, hi (inf); morning (inf); afternoon (inf)

ich wollte nur Guten (or guten) Tág sagen — I just wanted to have a chat

zweimal am Tág(e) or pro Tág — twice daily or a day

von einem Tág auf den anderen — overnight

der Lärm des Táges — the bustle of the world

der Tág X — D-Day (fig)

er erzählt or redet viel, wenn der Tág lang ist (inf) — he'll tell you anything if you let him

seinen guten/schlechten Tág haben — to have a good/bad or off day, to have one of one's good/bad or off days

das war heute wieder ein Tág! (inf) — what a day!

das Ereignis/Thema des Táges — the event/talking point of the day

Sie hören jetzt die Nachrichten des Táges — and now the or today's news

in den Tág hinein leben — to take each day as it comes, to live from day to day

Tág und Nacht — night and day, day and night

das ist ein Unterschied wie Tág und Nacht — they are as different as chalk and cheese (Brit) or night and day (US)

Tág und Stunde bestimmen — to fix a precise time

See:

→ Abend

2)

(= Tageslicht) bei Tág(e) (ankommen) — while it's light; arbeiten, reisen during the day

es wird schon Tág — it's getting light already

es ist Tág — it's light

solange (es) noch Tág ist — while it's still light

an den Tág kommen (fig) — to come to light

etw an den Tág bringen — to bring sth to light

er legte großes Interesse an den Tág — he showed great interest

See:

= zutage

3) (inf = Menstruation)

meine/ihre Táge — my/her period

sie hat ihre Táge (bekommen) — it's her time of the month (Brit), she has her period (US)

4) (MIN)

über Táge arbeiten — to work above ground, to work on or at the surface

unter Táge arbeiten — to work underground or below ground, to work below the surface

etw unter Táge abbauen — to mine sth

etw über Táge abbauen — to quarry (esp Brit) or excavate sth
II [tɛk]
m -s, -s (COMPUT)
tag
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der

1) (the period from sunrise to sunset: She worked all day; The days are warm but the nights are cold.) day

2) (a part of this period eg that part spent at work: How long is your working day?; The school day ends at 3 o'clock; I see him every day.) day

3) (the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next: How many days are in the month of September?) day

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Tag¹

<-[e]s, -e>

[ta:k, pl ta:gə]

m

1. (Abschnitt von 24 Stunden) day

das war heute wieder ein \Tag! what a day that was!

alle \Tage (fam) every day

alle drei \Tage every three days

achtmal am \Tag eight times a day

auf [o für] ein paar \Tage for a few [or couple of] days

eines [schönen] \Tages one day, one of these [fine] days

eines [schönen] \Tages klingelte es und ihre alte Jugendliebe stand vor der Tür one fine day there was a ring at the door and her old flame was standing at the door

eines schönen \Tages wirst du auf die Schnauze fallen you'll come a cropper one of these days! fam

sich dat einen faulen [o schönen] \Tag machen to take things easy for the day

ein freier \Tag a day off

\Tag für \Tag every day

\Tag für \Tag erreichen uns neue Hiobsbotschaften every day there's more terrible news

den ganzen \Tag [lang] all day long, the whole day

das Gespräch[sthema]/der Held des \Tages the talking point/hero of the day

jds großer \Tag sb's big day

[s]einen guten/schlechten \Tag haben to have a good/bad day

gestern hatte ich
einen schlechten \Tag, da ist alles schiefgegangen yesterday just wasn't my day, everything went wrong

wenn ich einen schlechten \Tag habe, geht alles schief when I have an off day everything goes wrong

jeden \Tag every day

der Vulkan kann jetzt jeden \Tag ausbrechen the volcano could erupt at any time

der Brief muss jeden \Tag kommen the letter should arrive any day now

das Neueste vom \Tage the latest [news]

weißt du schon das Neueste vom \Tage? have you heard the latest?

seinen... \Tag haben to feel... today

da hast du 20 Euro, ich habe heute meinen großzügigen \Tag here's 20 euros for you, I'm feeling generous today

von einem \Tag auf den anderen (plötzlich) overnight; (ständig) continually

sie mussten ihr Haus von einem \Tag auf den anderen räumen they had to vacate their house overnight

ich verschiebe es von einem \Tag auf den anderen I keep putting it off

von \Tag zu \Tag from day to day

jeden zweiten \Tag every other day

2. (Datum) day

welcher \Tag ist heute? what day is it today?

lass uns also \Tag und Stunde unseres Treffens festlegen let's fix a day and a time for our meeting

am \Tag danach [o folgenden \Tag] the next day

am \Tag vorher [o vorherigen \Tag] the day before

auf den \Tag [genau] [exactly] to the day

ich kann es Ihnen nicht auf den \Tag genau sagen I can't tell you to the exact day

dieser \Tage (fam: früher) in the last few days; (später) in the next few days

heute in fünf \Tagen five days from now

bis zum heutigen \Tag up to the present day

in den nächsten \Tagen in the next few days

\Tag der offenen Tür open day

der \Tag X D-day

3. (Gedenktag)

▪ der \Tag des/der......day

der 4. Juli ist der \Tag der Unabhängigkeit Amerikas 4th July is America's Independence Day

der \Tag der Arbeit Labour Day

der 1. Mai ist traditionell der \Tag der Arbeit 1st May is traditionally Labour Day

der \Tag des Herrn (geh) the Lord's Day

der \Tag des Kindes Children's Day

4. (Tageslicht) light

es ist noch nicht \Tag it's not light yet

im Sommer werden die \Tage länger the days grow longer in summer

am \Tag during the day

am \Tag bin ich immer im Büro I'm always in the office during the day

bei \Tag[e] while it's light

wir reisen besser bei \Tage ab we had better leave while it's light

[bei] \Tag und Nacht night and day

in den letzten Wochen habe ich \Tag und Nacht geschuftet I've been grafting away night and day for these last few weeks

\Tag sein/werden to be/become light

sobald es \Tag wird, fahren wir los we'll leave as soon as it's light

im Sommer wird es früher \Tag als im Winter it gets light earlier in summer than in winter

5. pl (fam: Menstruation) period

▪ jds \Tage sb's period

sie hat ihre \Tage [bekommen] it's that time of the month for her

6. pl (Lebenszeit) days

auf seine/ihre alten \Tage at his/her time of life

auf seine alten \Tage hat er noch ein Studium angefangen despite his advanced years he has begun some serious studies

die \Tage der Jugend one's salad days old

bis in unsere \Tage [hinein] up to the present day

in unseren \Tagen nowadays

7. BERGB

▪ über/unter \Tage above/below ground

8.

▶ es ist noch nicht aller \Tage Abend it's not all over yet

▶ man soll den \Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben (prov) one shouldn't count one's chickens before they're hatched prov

▶ schon bessere \Tage gesehen haben to have seen better days

na, dein Auto hat auch schon bessere \Tag gesehen! well, your car has seen better days, hasn't it?

▶ etw an den \Tag bringen to bring sth to light

▶ ewig und drei \Tage (hum fam) for ever and a day

▶ guten \Tag! good day! form, hello!, good afternoon/morning!

nur guten \Tag sagen wollen to just want to say hallo

willst du nicht zum Essen bleiben? — nein, ich wollte nur schnell guten \Tag sagen won't you stay and have something to eat? — no, I just wanted to pop in and say hallo

▶ der Jüngste \Tag REL the Day of Judgement

▶ etw kommt an den \Tag sth comes to light

▶ in den \Tag hinein leben to live from day to day

▶ Interesse [an etw akk] an den \Tag legen to show interest [in sth]

▶ Aufmerksamkeit an den \Tag legen to pay attention

▶ den lieben langen \Tag all day long, [all] the livelong day form

▶ viel reden [o erzählen], wenn der \Tag lang ist (fam) to tell somebody anything

▶ \Tag! (fam) morning! fam

Tag²

<-[s], -s>

[tɛk]

nt INFORM tag

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der; Tag[e]s, Tage

1) day

es wird/ist Tag — it's getting/it is light

der Tag bricht an od. erwacht/neigt sich — (geh.) the day breaks/draws to an end or a close

am Tag[e] — during the day[time]

am helllichten Tag — in broad daylight

er redet viel, wenn der Tag lang ist — (ugs.) you can't put any trust in what he says

man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben — (Spr.) don't count your chickens before they're hatched (prov.)

es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend — we haven't yet seen the end of the matter

guten Tag! — hello; (bei Vorstellung) how do you do?; (nachmittags auch) good afternoon

etwas an den Tag legen — display something

etwas an den Tag bringen od. (geh.) ziehen — bring something to light; reveal something

an den Tag kommen — come to light

über/unter Tag[e] — (Bergmannsspr.) above ground/underground

2) (Zeitraum von 24 Stunden) day

welchen Tag haben wir heute? — (Wochentag) what day is it today? what's today?; (Datum) what date is it today?

heute in/vor drei Tagen — three days from today/three days ago today

den Tag über — during the day

an diesem Tag — on this day

dreimal am Tag — three times a day

am Tage vorher — on the previous day; the day before

Tag für Tag — every [single] day

von Tag zu Tag — day by day

in den nächsten Tagen — in the next few days

der Tag X — the great day

am folgenden Tag — the next day

er hatte heute einen schlechten Tag — today was one of his bad days

sich (Dat.) einen schönen/faulen Tag machen — (ugs.) have a nice/lazy day

den lieben langen Tag — all day long

Tag der offenen Tür — open day

eines Tages — one day; some day

eines schönen Tages — one of these days

von einem Tag auf den anderen — from one day to the next; overnight

3) (EhrenTag, GedenkTag)

Tag der Deutschen Einheit — Day of German Unity

4) Plural ([Lebens]zeit) days

seine Tage sind gezählt — his days are numbered

auf meine/deine usw. alten Tage — in my/your etc. old age

5) Plural (ugs.): (verhüll.: Menstruation) period sing

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Tag¹ m; -(e)s, -e

1. Ggs zu Nacht: day(-time);

am oder

bei Tage during the day, in the daytime, by day; (bei Tageslicht) in daylight;

es wird Tag it’s getting light;

früh am Tage early in the day;

Tag und Nacht day and night;

es ist ein Unterschied wie Tag und Nacht there’s (absolutely) no comparison, it’s as different as day and night

2. Teil der Woche: day;

dreimal am Tag three times a day;

am nächsten Tag (on) the next day;

am Tag zuvor the day before;

an jenem Tag on that (particular) day;

eines Tages one day; zukünftig: auch some day;

welcher Tag ist heute? what day is it today?;

ein Tag wie jeder andere a perfectly ordinary day, a day like any other;

den ganzen Tag all day (long), throughout the day;

den lieben langen Tag umg the livelong day;

Tag für Tag, Tag um Tag day after day;

er wird Tag für Tag besser he’s getting better every day ( oder from day to day, day by day);

von Tag zu Tag from day to day;

von einem Tag auf den andern from one day to the next, overnight;

ein Tag um den anderen, jeden zweiten Tag every other day;

es müsste jeden Tag da sein it should be here any day (now);

dieser Tage (neulich) the other day; (zurzeit) these days;

auf oder

für ein paar Tage for a couple of ( oder a few) days;

auf den Tag (genau) to the day;

auf den Tag genau ankommen Geschenk etc: arrive right on the day, arrive on the actual day;

bis auf den heutigen Tag to this day;

sich (dat)

einen guten Tag machen have a lazy day, make an easy day of it, treat o.s.;

sich (dat)

ein paar schöne Tage machen take a break ( oder go off and enjoy o.s.) for a couple of ( oder a few) days;

freier Tag day off;

Tag der Arbeit Labo(u)r Day;

Tag der Deutschen Einheit Day of German Unity;

der Tag des Herrn form the Lord’s day ( oder Day)

3. als Gruß:

guten Tag! oder

Tag! umg morgens: (good) morning; nachmittags: good afternoon, hello umg, besonders US auch hi, howdy umg; bei Vorstellung: how d’you do form, hello;

Tag auch! umg (oh,) hi!;

(bei jemandem) Guten Tag sagen pop in and say hello (to sb);

ich will schnell noch Oma Guten Tag sagen I’ll just look in on grandma, I just want to pop in and say hello to grandma;

(einen) schönen Tag noch! have a nice day, all the best

4. fig:

an den Tag bringen/kommen bring/come to light;

an den Tag legen display, show, exhibit;

bei Tage besehen on closer inspection, (looked at) in the cold light of day;

jetzt wird’s Tag! überrascht: I don’t believe it!;

er hat bessere Tage gesehen he’s seen better times ( oder days);

seine großen Tage sind vorüber he’s had his heyday, the big time is over for him, US auch he’s had his 15 minutes of fame;

auf meine alten Tage umg at my (great) age;

seine Tage sind gezählt his days are numbered;

das waren goldene Tage those were the days, those were great times;

in den Tag hinein leben live from day to day, (just) take things as they come;

in den Tag hinein reden umg talk off the top of one’s head, (just) say whatever comes into one’s head;

er hat seinen guten/schlechten Tag he’s in a good/bad mood today;

heute habe ich keinen guten Tag it’s not my day today, I seem to be having an off day (today), I’m having one of those days umg;

das dauert ewig und drei Tage umg it’s taking an age (and a half), it’s taking years;

es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend it’s early days yet;

man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched;

morgen ist auch noch ein Tag! let it go ( oder let that do) for today, tomorrow’s another day

5.

Tage umg (Regel) period;

sie hat ihre Tage she’s got her period, it’s that ( oder the) time of the month (for her);

wann kriegst du deine Tage? when’s your period due?

6.

unter Tage BERGB underground;

über Tage above ground, (on the) surface; → acht¹, helllicht, jüngst…, Tür 1, vierzehn, zutage etc

Tag² [tɛk] n; -s, -s; IT tag

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der; Tag[e]s, Tage

1) day

es wird/ist Tag — it's getting/it is light

der Tag bricht an od. erwacht/neigt sich — (geh.) the day breaks/draws to an end or a close

am Tag[e] — during the day[time]

am helllichten Tag — in broad daylight

er redet viel, wenn der Tag lang ist — (ugs.) you can't put any trust in what he says

man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben — (Spr.) don't count your chickens before they're hatched (prov.)

es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend — we haven't yet seen the end of the matter

guten Tag! — hello; (bei Vorstellung) how do you do?; (nachmittags auch) good afternoon

etwas an den Tag legen — display something

etwas an den Tag bringen od. (geh.) ziehen — bring something to light; reveal something

an den Tag kommen — come to light

über/unter Tag[e] — (Bergmannsspr.) above ground/underground

2) (Zeitraum von 24 Stunden) day

welchen Tag haben wir heute? — (Wochentag) what day is it today? what's today?; (Datum) what date is it today?

heute in/vor drei Tagen — three days from today/three days ago today

den Tag über — during the day

an diesem Tag — on this day

dreimal am Tag — three times a day

am Tage vorher — on the previous day; the day before

Tag für Tag — every [single] day

von Tag zu Tag — day by day

in den nächsten Tagen — in the next few days

der Tag X — the great day

am folgenden Tag — the next day

er hatte heute einen schlechten Tag — today was one of his bad days

sich (Dat.) einen schönen/faulen Tag machen — (ugs.) have a nice/lazy day

den lieben langen Tag — all day long

Tag der offenen Tür — open day

eines Tages — one day; some day

eines schönen Tages — one of these days

von einem Tag auf den anderen — from one day to the next; overnight

3) (EhrenTag, GedenkTag)

Tag der Deutschen Einheit — Day of German Unity

4) Plural ([Lebens]zeit) days

seine Tage sind gezählt — his days are numbered

auf meine/deine usw. alten Tage — in my/your etc. old age

5) Plural (ugs.): (verhüll.: Menstruation) period sing

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-e m.

day n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Tag
20 eau

eau (plural eaux) [o]

1. feminine noun

   a. water ; ( = pluie) rain

• sans eau [alcool] neat

• passer qch sous l'eau to give sth a quick rinse

• laver à grande eau [+ sol] to wash down ; (avec un tuyau) to hose down ; [+ légumes] to wash thoroughly

► à l'eau

• cuire à l'eau to boil

• se passer les mains à l'eau to rinse one's hands

• aller à l'eau to go for a dip (inf)

• mettre à l'eau [+ bateau] to launch

• mise à l'eau launching

• se mettre à l'eau ( = nager) to get into the water

• notre projet est tombé à l'eau our project has fallen through

   b. (locutions) tout cela apporte de l'eau à son moulin it's all grist to his mill

• aller sur l'eau ( = flotter) to be buoyant ; ( = naviguer) to sail

• j'en avais l'eau à la bouche it made my mouth water

• être en eau to be bathed in sweat

• faire eau to leak

• mettre de l'eau dans son vin ( = modérer ses prétentions) to climb down ; ( = faire des concessions) to make concessions

• prendre l'eau to let in water

• il y a de l'eau dans le gaz (inf) things aren't running too smoothly

2. plural feminine noun

eaux

   a. [de fleuve] basses eaux low water

• hautes eaux high water

• la Compagnie des Eaux et de l'Ozone the French water utility

• dans ces eaux-là (inf) or thereabouts

• entre deux eaux just below the surface

• nager entre deux eaux to keep a foot in both camps

   b. elle a perdu les eaux her waters have broken

3. compounds

► eau de Cologne eau de Cologne

► eau courante running water

► eau de cuisson cooking water

► eau douce fresh water

► les Eaux et Forêts ≈ the Forestry Commission (Brit), ≈ the Forest Service (US)

► eau gazeuse sparkling mineral water

► eau de javel bleach

► eaux ménagères household waste water

► eau de mer sea water

► eau minérale mineral water

► eau oxygénée hydrogen peroxide

► eau de parfum eau de parfum

► eau plate still water

► eau de pluie rainwater

► eau potable drinking water

► eau du robinet tap water

► eau de rose rose water

• roman à l'eau de rose sentimental novel ► eau salée salt water

► eau de source spring water

► eaux territoriales territorial waters

• dans les eaux territoriales françaises in French territorial waters ► eaux thermales thermal springs

► eau de toilette eau de toilette

► eaux usées waste water

► eau de vaisselle dishwater

► eau vive

• sport en eau vive white-water sport

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written abbr Émirats

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əay abr nmpl
Émirats arabes unis UAE, (United Arab Emirates)

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eau, pl eaux

A nf

1 Chimie, gén water; verre d'eau glass of water; l'eau de source/du robinet spring/tap water; eau de pluie rainwater ¢; pastis/ouzo sans eau neat pastis/ouzo; ⇒ bébé, bec, boudin, clair, goutte, moulin, pont;

2 ( masse) water; au bord de l'eau by the water; à la surface de l' eau on the surface of the water; l'eau est chaude the water is warm; une eau boueuse/jaunâtre muddy/yellowish water; avoir la tête hors de l'eau lit to have one's head out of the water; fig to keep one's head above water; l'eau de la rivière/du lac the water in the river/the lake; prendre l'eau [chaussure] to let in water; aller sur l'eau to float; faire eau to leak; être à l'eau lit [barque, canot] to be launched; fig [projet, plan] to have gone down the drain; être en eau lit [piscine, réservoir] to be full of water; fig [personne] to be dripping with sweat; mettre à l'eau to launch [bateau]; to push [sb] into the water [personne]; mettre en eau lit to fill with water [piscine, réservoir]; fig to make [sb] sweat [personne]; se mettre à l'eau to get into the water; se jeter à l'eau lit to throw oneself into the water; fig to take the plunge; tomber à l'eau lit [personne, objet] to fall into the water; fig [projet, plan] to fall through; nettoyer le sol à grande eau to sluice the floor down;

3 ( approvisionnement) water; avoir l'eau et l'électricité to have water and electricity laid on GB, to be hooked up for water and electricity US; eau courante running water; avoir l'eau (courante) to have running water; avoir l'eau froide et l'eau chaude to have hot and cold water; couper l'eau to turn the water off at the mains; consommation d'eau water consumption;

4 ( pluie) rain; trois centimètres d'eau three centimetres^GB of rain;

5 Minér ( transparence) water; émeraude de la plus belle eau emerald of the first water.

B eaux nfpl

1 Géog, Géol ( niveau) water (sg); ( masse) waters; les eaux ont baissé the water has gone down; les eaux ont reculé the waters have receded; eaux troubles lit muddy waters; fig troubled waters;

2 Physiol ( liquide amniotique) waters; elle perd or a perdu ses eaux her waters have broken;

3 † Méd waters; prendre les eaux to take the waters; ⇒ bas, grand.

Composés

eau bénite holy water; eau capsulée bottled water; eau céleste fungicidal spray used in vineyards; eau de chaux limewater; eau de Cologne (eau de) cologne; eau dentifrice mouthwash; eau distillée distilled water; eau douce fresh water; eau de fleur d'oranger orange-flower water; eau de Javel ≈ chloride bleach; eau de lavande lavender water; eau lourde heavy water; eau de mer seawater; eau minérale mineral water; eau minérale gazeuse sparkling mineral water; eau minérale naturelle still mineral water; eau oxygénée hydrogen peroxide; eau de parfum eau de parfum; eau de parfum eau de parfum; eau piquante○ fizzy water; eau plate ( du robinet) plain water; ( minérale) still mineral water; eau de rose rose water; à l'eau de rose [roman, film] sentimental, schmaltzy○ US; eau savonneuse soapy water; eau de Seltz seltzer water; eau sucrée sugared water; eau de toilette eau de toilette; eau tonique tonic water; eau de vaisselle lit washing-up water GB, dishwater; fig dishwater; eau vive white-water; kayak en eau vive white-water canoeing; eaux de crue floodwaters ¢; eaux de fonte meltwater ¢; eaux et forêts Admin forestry authority; ingénieur des eaux et forêts forestry officer; eaux grasses slops; eaux internationales international waters; eaux ménagères domestic sewage ¢, grey water GB; eaux minérales mineral water ¢; eaux de ruissellement runoff ¢; eaux souterraines underground water ¢; eaux territoriales territorial waters; eaux thermales thermal waters; eaux usées wastewater ¢.

Idiomes

mettre l'eau à la bouche de qn to make sb's mouth water; j'en ai l'eau à la bouche my mouth is watering; c'est l'eau et le feu they are like chalk and cheese; être de la même eau to be of the same kidney; ou dans ces eaux-là○ or thereabouts; vivre d'amour et d'eau fraîche to live on love alone.

( pluriel eaux) [o] nom féminin

1. [liquide incolore] water

se mettre à l'eau [pour se baigner] to go in the water (for a swim)

des légumes/melons pleins d'eau watery vegetables/melons

prendre l'eau [chaussure, tente] to leak, to be leaky, to be leaking

eau déminéralisée/distillée demineralized/distilled water

eau calcaire ou dure hard water

eau bénite holy water

eau courante running water

avoir l'eau courante to have running water

eau douce fresh water

d'eau douce freshwater, river (modificateur)

eau de jouvence waters of youth

eau de mer seawater

eau de pluie rainwater

eau de vaisselle dish ou washing-up water

jeu d'eau ou d'eaux fountains

comme l'eau et le feu as different as chalk and cheese (UK) ou as night and day (US)

ça doit valoir 150 euros, enfin, c'est dans ces eaux-là! (familier) it costs around 150 euros more or less

tu apportes de l'eau à mon moulin you're adding weight to my argument

il est passé/il passera beaucoup d'eau sous les ponts a lot of water has gone/will flow under the bridge

il y a de l'eau dans le gaz (familier) there's trouble brewing

j'en ai l'eau à la bouche my mouth is watering

2. [boisson] water

eau plate still water

eau gazeuse soda ou fizzy water

eau minérale mineral water

eau du robinet tap water

eau de Seltz soda water

eau de source spring water

point d'eau

a. [pour les animaux] watering hole

b. [dans un village] standpipe

mettre de l'eau dans son vin to climb down, to back off

3. CUISINE water

eau de cuisson cooking water

eau de fleur d'oranger orange flower water

finir ou partir ou tourner ou s'en aller en eau de boudin (familier) to peter ou to fizzle out

4. [parfum, PHARMACIE]

eau de Cologne (eau de) Cologne

eau dentifrice mouthwash

eau de parfum perfume

eau de rose rose water

eau de toilette toilet water

5. CHIMIE

eau écarlate stain-remover

eau de Javel bleach, Clorox® (US)

eau oxygénée hydrogen peroxide

6. [limpidité - d'un diamant] water

de la plus belle eau (sens propre & figuré) of the first water

7. NAUTIQUE

faire de l'eau [s'approvisionner] to take on water

faire eau [avoir une fuite] to take on water

faire eau de toutes parts (figuré) to go under

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eaux nom féminin pluriel

1. [masse] water

les eaux se retirent

a. [mer] the tide's going out

b. [inondation] the (flood) water's subsiding

eaux ménagères waste water

eaux usées sewage

hautes/basses eaux GÉOGRAPHIE high/low water

grandes eaux: les grandes eaux de Versailles the fountains of Versailles

on a eu droit aux grandes eaux (de Versailles) (familier & figuré) she turned on the waterworks

2. NAUTIQUE [zone] waters

eaux internationales/territoriales international/territorial waters

eaux côtières inshore waters

dans les eaux de in the wake of

3. [d'une accouchée] waters

4. [thermes]

prendre les eaux to take the waters, to stay at a spa (for one's health)

5. ADMINISTRATION

les Eaux et Forêts ≃ the Forestry Commission

à grande eau locution adverbiale

laver à grande eau

a. [au jet] to hose down

b. [dans un évier, une bassine] to wash in a lot of water

rincer à grande eau to rinse (out) thoroughly ou in a lot of water

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à l'eau locution adjectivale

1. CUISINE boiled

2. [perdu]

mon week-end est à l'eau bang goes my weekend

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à l'eau locution adverbiale

1. CUISINE

cuire à l'eau

a. [légumes] to boil

b. [fruits] to poach

2. (locution)

se jeter ou se lancer à l'eau to take the plunge

tomber à l'eau to fall through

à l'eau de rose locution adjectivale

(péjoratif) sentimental

de la même eau locution adjectivale

(péjoratif) of the same ilk

en eau locution adjectivale

sweating profusely

ils étaient en eau the sweat was pouring off them

en eau profonde locution adverbiale

NAUTIQUE in deep (sea) waters

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