( laburtu)

io.

1. brief, shortened

2. ( testua) abridged du/ad.

a. ( testua) to abridge, reduce

b. ( hitza, e.a.) to abbreviate

c. ( soinekoa, gona) to shorten, make... shorter, take up

d. ( egonaldia, hitzaldia, e.a.) to cut... short, shorten; lehendakariak egonaldia \laburtu behar izan zuen the president had to cut short his stay

e. ( esandakoa) to summarize, outline; luzeegi esandakoa laburtzeko in order to summarize what was overstated; hitz gutxiz laburtzeko to sum it up | to put it in a nutshell

f. ( luze-laburra, distantzia) to reduce, cut down

a. ( gutxitu) to curtail, decrease, reduced; soldata \laburtu digute they've curtailed our salary

b. Mat. to reduce da/ad.

1. to grow short, become shorter; egunak \laburtuz doaz the days are growing shorter

2. ( ikusmena) to fail; ikusmena laburtzen zaio his sight is failing him

acortar, abreviar

du/ad.

1. ( esandakoa, e.a.) to sum up, recapitulate; esandakoa bi hitzetan laburbiltzeko to sum up what's been said | to put it all in a nutshell

2. ( laburtu) to shorten, abbreviate, sum up; Elizak bere fedea laburbiltzen duen formula a formula which sums up the Church's faith

iz.

1. whole; \osoa hobe da erdia baino a whole is better than a half; bere \osoan in its entirety

2. \osoan nago I still think the same way io.

a. ( dena, zatitu gabe) whole, in one piece

b. ( daukan guztia) entire, complete, whole; liburu \osoa irakurri zuen he read the whole book ; ogi \osoa jan omen zuen she is said to have eaten the entire loaf

c. ( bete-bete, den-dena) full, whole; zaku \oso bat patata an entire sack of potatoes

d. whole, entire; egun \osoan egon ziren zain they waited the whole day | they waited all day long; Euskal Herri \osoko erakundeak eta alderdiak institutions and parties for the whole Basque Country; bizitza \osorako saria a life-long stipend; mundu \osoan ibilitakoa da hura he's travelled the world over | he's travelled all over the world; mundu \osoak dakiena what the {entire || whole} world knows; lehen, urte \osoa ez zen sobera hemendik Txinara heltzeko before a whole year wasn't enough to get to China

e. ( irendu gabe) uncastrated; zaldi \oso bat an uncastrated horse | stallion

f. ( argitaldia, laburtu gabea) unabridged

g. hamar urte \osoak egon nintzen han I was there for a full ten years

a. full; eskubide \osoa dute hori egiteko they are in entirely {in their right || within their rights} to do that; uste \osoa full confidence

b. ( kidea) full, full-fledged; euskal-tzain \osoa full-fledged member of the Basque Academy

c. ( arrazoia) absolute; arrazoi \osoa duzu you're absolutely right

d. ( bilkura) full, plenary; batzar \osoa plenary session

e. ( isiltasun) absolute, total

3. ( osasun aldetik)

a. healthy, sound ; \oso direnek ez dute medikuren beharrik those who are healthy have no need of a doctor ; \osorik eta sendo dago he's hale and hearty | he's like a top

b. ( zauritu gabe, e.a.) sound; \osorik eta sendo heldu ziren they arrived safe and sound

a. ( akatsik gabe) perfect, impeccable, immaculate

b. full, total, absolute; amnistia \osoa! total amnesty!

5. ( zintzoa) forthright, upright

6. (NG) ( ibilera geldoari d.) slow, sluggish, leisurely

7. ( zorrotza) rigorous, severe, reserved, dour, harsh; ez izan \osoak, zuren buruaz hartuak don't be so rigorous, all wrapped up in yourselves adb.

a. ( + io., adb.) very; \oso berandu very late; \oso ongi very well

b. ( izen sintagmaren aurretik) very; oso neska polita da she's a very pretty girl ; \oso denbora laburrean in a very short time

c. ( aditz bati d.) very; \oso atsegin zait I like it very much ; hara orduko ilundu zuen \oso by the time she got it there it had got completely dark; oinez etorri naiz eta nekatu naiz \oso I've walked here and I'm {very || absolutely} exhausted; \oso damuturik nago I very much regret it

2. \oso eta bizi heart and soul | fully | totally ; bere ondasunaren jabe da, \oso eta oro he is the sole owner of his possessions

3. completely, full; Txomin \oso sendatu zenean when Txomin was completely healed