( inperioa)

du/ad.

1. (hautsia, desegina)

a. (oro.) to split, divide

b. (bereizi) to separate, divide

c. (inperioa, e.a.) to break up, partition, split up

d. (herrialde, herri, lurraldea) to partition

e. (alderdi politikoa) to split

f. (soro, lursaila) to parcel out, divide, split up

a. (banakotan zatitua) to divide; hogei bostetan \banatu to divide twenty into five; bi zatitan \banatua divided into two parts

b. (arrazak) to segregate, separate

c. (irud.) to divide ; \banatu eta irabaziko duk divide and conquer

3. (zabaldua, hedatua)

a. to spread, propagate, disseminate; beren erlijoa \banatu zuten munduan zehar they {spread || propagated} their religion across the world

b. (zurrumurrua, e.a.) to spread around; orotan \banatu du erotu naizela she's spread it around that I've gone mad

c. (usaina, e.a.) to give off, emanate ; usain gaiztoa banatzen duzu you're giving off an offensive odour

4. (barreiatu) to distribute ; enpresaren bulegoak herrian zehar \banatuta daude the company's offices are {distributed || dotted} across the country

5. (bana eman)

a. to distribute, dole out, dispense; janaria iheslarien artean \banatu zuten they distributed the food among the refugees

b. (eskuz) to hand out, give out

c. Fin. to distribute; filmeak banatzeko eskubideak film distribution rights

d. (lana) to allot, assign

6. (hainbanatu)

a. (oro.) to share; daukaguna besterekin \banatu behar genuke we should share what we have with others

b. (askoren artean) to share out, divide up

c. (zigor, e.a.) to mete out

d. (sari bat) to share, split ; biek lehenengo saria \banatu zuten both shared first prize

a. (gogorki jo) to clobber, bash, hit ; zakur horrek makilaka \banatu arren ugazabak, ez du haginik erakutsiko that dog, even if clubbed by its master, won't show its teeth

b. to maim ; bide barik gerran inor ez zauritu eta ez banatzeko in order not to injure, not to maim anyone unfairly in war

8. (makaldu) to deteriorate, degenerate; hanka bat zeukan hain banatua eta makala, urrats batzuk emateko ere asko neketzen zen his leg was so enfeebled and decrepid that he could barely take a few steps

9. (dirutxartel, txanpon handi) to break ; ez dut ehuneko hau \banatu nahi I don't want to break this hundred note

10. (zenbatu) to count ; ezin \banatu ahala uncountable

11. (xahutu, eralki) to spend, disburse

12. (landare) to thin out da/ad.

a. (= banandu) to separate, split up

b. (barreiatu) to disperse, scatter, disseminate

2. (bikotea) to separate, break up, split up; 1.979an \banatu ziren they separated in 1979; bere emaztearengatik \banatua separated from his wife

a. (hedatu, zabaldu) to spread, extend; zure ospea \banatuko da your reputation will spread ; mundu bazter zabalera \banatu zen it spread to vast stretches of the world

b. (sakabanatu) to disperse, break up; jendetza \banatu zen the crowd {dispersed || broke up} ; \banatu ziren beren etxeetara they dispersed to their houses

4. (bide) to fork, diverge, branch

du/ad.

a. ( oro) to undo, unmake; gauzak egin eta \desegin to do and undo things

b. ( ohe) to unmake

c. ( familia) to break up

d. ( kaxa, fardela) to unpack

2. ( desagerrarazi)

a. ( izotza) to melt, dissolve

b. ( ke) to dissipate, vanish

c. ( azukrea uretan, e.a.) to dissolve

3. ( suntsitu)

a. to destroy, shatter; Dresden erabat \deseginda utzi zuten they left Dresden in ruins

b. ( etsaia) to rout, shatter

4. ( erru, kaltea) to fix, make up for; egin duen kaltea \desegin behar du he's got to make up for the damage he's caused

5. (epaia, e.a.) to overturn, annul da/ad.

a. ( deslotu) to come apart

b. ( inperioa) to break up

c. ( musika taldea, e.a.) to break up

2. ( desagertu)

a. ( izotza, e.a.) to melt away; gurina eguzkitan \desegin zen the butter melted in the sun

b. ( azukrea uretan, e.a.) to dissolve

3. ( deuseztatu)

a. to be destroyed; gure batasuna ez da inoiz \desegingo our union will never be dissolved

b. ( desosatu) to come apart

iz. e. io.

1. Roman; \erromatar inperioa the Roman Empire; E\erromatar Inperio Santua the Holy Roman Empire; \erromatar gudariak Roman soldiers; zuzenbide \erromatarra Roman law

2. Kristau. Eliza Katoliko eta E\erromatarra the Roman Catholic Church; E\erromatarrei Gutuna (Bibl.) the Epistle to the Romans

adb.

1. decline, descent; \gainbehera luze bezain ezti batek bagaramatza zuzen beste herri batera heading down a hill that is as long as it is gentle, we are led straight to another town

2. ( gizartea, inperioa, e.a.) decadence, decline, fall; erromatar inperioaren \gainbehera the fall of the Roman Empire; denok dugu Sobiet Batasunak bizi duen \gainbeheraren eta ahuleziaren berri we all know about the decline and weakness the Soviet Union suffered; Errusiak \gainbehera egin du eta Getariako portuan den itsasontzi herdoiltsua horren isla garbia da Russia has declined and the rusty ship in the port of Getaria is a clear indication of that; gainbehera latza egin du gaelerak bertan azken urteotan Gaelic has gone into steep decline over the last few years

3. (irud.) udazkenearen \gainbehera hasten denean when autumn goes into full swing adb.

1. ( goitik behera) from head to toe

2. ( maldan behera) downhill

du/ad.

1. ( zabaldu)

a. to spread, expand, extend;

b. ( arropa) to spread out

c. ( sarea) to spread out, extend

d. Naut. (belak) to strike, unfurl

2. ( barreiatu)

a. ( albistea) to spread

b. to diffuse, disperse, propagate da/ad.

a. ( zabaldu) to extend; Alexandroren inperioa Indiaraino hedatzen zen Alexander's empire extended as far as India

b. (irud.) irribarreak halako distira bat jartzen digu aurpegian, eta distira hori besteengana hedatzen da smiling brings a glow to our countenances that radiates to others

2. ( hitz eginez) to overextend o.s., go on; ez zaitez gehiegi heda azalpenetan don't go overboard in explaining very much; hitzaldian, gehiegi \hedatu zen harira jo orduko in his speech, he dragged on too long before he got to the point

iz. empire; Errusiako \inperioa the Russian Empire; Britainiar \inperio handiko lurraldeetan in the territories of the great British Empire

iz. destruction, devastation; inperioa \txikizioaren mugan dago the empire is on the verge of falling apart

du/ad.

a. ( txikitu) to smash, shatter

b. to break up

a. ( banatu) to divide partition, separate

b. Fin. to split up, divide (- (e)an: into)

3. ( inperioa) to break up