( lagundu)

du/ad.

1. to help, help out; \lagundu zion hori egiten he helped him do that; i-i jaisten \lagundu to help sb down

b. to help out; diruz \lagundu zion he helped him out with some money

2. to be of use, serve; makina berri horrek asko laguntzen dit that new machine is a great help to me

3. to accompany; etxera \lagunduko dizut I'll walk you home | I'll accompany you home

b. meza ematen \lagundu zion he accompanied him in saying Mass da/ad. to become friends

помогать

he ayudado,has,ha,etc, acompañar,/ consentir,/ hacer relaciones, amistades

cooperate

lagundu

lagundu

iz. rich person, wealthy man gizonezkoa., wealthy woman emakumezkoa. ; \aberatsa banintz... if I were a rich {man || woman}; \aberats berri nouveau riche; \aberatsak the rich; \aberatsak pobreei lagundu behar lieke the rich man should help the poor; \aberatsa gezur hutsa, beharduna amets hutsa (atsot.) the rich man may dine when he will, the poor man when he may io.

1. ( diru asko duena) rich, wealthy, affluent, prosperous; oinordeko \aberats batekin ezkondu nahi zuen he wanted to marry a rich heiress; etxe \aberatseko semea a son of a well-to-do family; \aberats {okitua || porrokatua} da he's filthy rich

2. (irud.)

a. ( lurra) rich

b. ( joria) rich, abundant; uzta \aberats bounteous crops; burdinan \aberatsa rich in iron

c. ( lurraldea, etxaldea, baserria) rich, well-off

d. ( hizkera, estiloa) rich, lavish

e. ( itxura) well-off, well-heeled; gizon gazte bat itxura \aberatsetakoa a young man with a well-heeled look

3. ( zabal) bihotz \aberatseko gizona a kind-hearted man

du/ad.

1. ( jakinaren gainean jarri) to find out

2. ( eztabaidatu) to argue; luzaro \argudiatu zuten they argued for a long time

3. ( arrazoiak eman) to argue; ez zigun lagundu, hura bere egitekoa ez zela \argudiatuz he didn' t help us arguing that it wasn' t his duty

junt.

1. (ordez) instead of; hori egin \beharrean instead of doing that; lagundu \beharrean, oztopoak jarri zituzten they hindered things instead of helping

2. (behar duela) in need of; beste zerbait egin \beharrean daude they need to do something else; zigorra jarri \beharrean aurkitu nintzen I found myself having to mete out punishment

3. (zorian) on the verge of, about to; barrez ito \beharrean zegoen he about laughed his head off

du/ad. (babestu) to protect; \bizkartu eta lagundu to aid and abet da/ad.

1. (teilatu) to arch into a vault

2. (itsasoa) to swell

iz.

a. thankfulness, gratitude, appreciation, indebtedness; \esker oneko grateful, thankful, indebted, obliged, appreciative; \esker onez beterik nagokio aitari I am grateful to my father; hark \esker txarra baizik ez du lagundu dioten guztiagatik she is ungrateful for all they've done for her; \esker txarreko i. ( iz.) ingrate ii. ( il.) ungrateful, un-appreciative; \esker {beltz || gaizto} ingratitude, lack of appreciation, thanklessness

b. thanks, appreciation; \esker minak heartfelt thanks ; i-i \eskerrak {eman || bihurtu || ukan || egin} to thank sb | to give sb thanks; \eskerrik asko thank you

2. ( grazia) favour (GB), favor (USA)

3. ( mesedea, oniritzia) benefit

b. ( mesedea) favour (GB), favor (USA) ; \eskertxo bat egingo al didazu? could you do a little favour for me?

4. ( estima) appreciation

5. good, benevolence

6. ( meritua) merit ; gogoz kontra egindako ongiak ez dut \eskerrik a reluctant good deed doesn't count

7. satisfaction, pleasure ; ez diot \eskerrik hiltzeari I {find || take} no pleasure in killing; ardorik gabeko bazkariari ez diot \eskerrik ematen I don't think much of lunch without wine post. [ -(r)i ] thanks to; zuri \esker thanks to you; hari \esker biziko da haurra thanks to him the child will live

2. diruari \esker with money

iz.

a. impossible nature, impossibility; hainbeste \ezinen eta eragozgarriren kontra against so many impossible situations and obstacles; \ezina egin \\ eskatu to do \\ ask the impossible ; \ezina egina the impossible made possible ; \ezin bezainbat da it's as good as impossible ; \ezina ekinaz egina (atsot.) have at it and have it (atsot.) ; ez dago \ezinik nothing is impossible ; \ezinik ezer ez dago nothing is impossible | there's no such thing as impossible; \ezinak ez du legerik there are no limits to the realms of possibilty

b. \ezina denean when it's impossible

a. ( gaitasunik eza) inability, incapacity; jan \ezina inability to eat; jan \ezina dauka he's unable to eat; handia da ene mina, esan nahi eta esan \ezina great is my pain when I want to express it and am unable to do so ;haiei lagundu \ezinak jota utzi ninduen my inability to help them depressed me

b. (+ -(e)an) inability, incapacity; bere \ezinean isilik gelditu zen being powerless, he shut up; oso \ezinean nago I'm in a bind; nahiz eta \ezinean ibili, lortu du iristea he managed to reach it although with great difficulty; \ezinean ibili da lasterketan she's been lumbering along in the race

3. ( osasunari d.) disability, handicap part.

a. cannot, can't; \ezin jan dut || \ezin dut jan I can't eat; \ezin jan dezaket I can't eat; \ezin jan izan dut I haven't been able to eat; \ezin jan izango dut || \ezingo dut jan I won't be able to eat; \ezin jan izaten dut I'm usually unable to eat; \ezin etorri naiz I can't come | I'm unable to come; \ezin dizut esan I can't tell you; \ezin ibil naiteke I cannot walk; \ezin lorik egin dut I can't sleep, \ezin sinets litezkeen gauzak unbelievable things | things which are impossible to believe

b. ( aditz + bukatua) arnasa \ezin harturik dago she's unable to {breathe || take a breath}; ogia \ezin {irabaziz || irabazirik} dabil he's unable to make a living ; lana \ezin {bukatuz || bukaturik} ibiltzen da he's usually unable to finish his work; lana bukatu \ezinik gabiltza we've been unable to finish ; \ezin egonaz dago he can't keep still ; kotxea \ezin piztuz ari da the car can't get started

c. ( aditz + bukatua + -a) damu dut zugana \ezin etorria I regret being unable to come to you; haien arteko \ezin eramana the inability of their being able to get along

d. \ezin\\\ezinkonta ahala countless; \ezin esan ahala innumerable

e. plaza \ezin gehiagoan jendez betea the square is jammed pack full of people

2. ( + io., zenb.)

a. ( + - ago) \ezin gorriago as red as can be; \ezin aberatsagoa da she's as rich as rich can be ; \ezin gehiagoraino aberatsa da she's as rich as rich can be; \ezin hobeto egin dute they've done a splendid job

b. (+ aditz era bukatua + - zko) \ezin ulertuzkoa da it is incomprehensible; \ezin ahantzizko hitzaldia an unforgettable speech

interj. (I) ( lagundu!) help!; \hel! \hel! \hel! \endash \endash oihuka hasi ziren they started shouting "help! help! help!"

[from *iraitsi] du/ad.

1. ( oro.) to lower; ontzia osinera \jaitsi zuen she lowered the bucket into the well

b. ( goian zintzilikatuta dagoena) to let down, lower

c. ( maleta, balisa, etc.) to take down; maletak jaisten lagundu zidan i. ( apal batetik) he helped him get my suitcases down ii. ( behera eramateko) he helped me take my suitcases down; botila hauek sotora \jaitsi behar dira we have to take these bottles down to the basement

d. ( autoko leihoa) to roll down

2. ( p.)

a. ( eria, zaharra) to help down

b. ( autotik, e.a.) to help out ( e-tik: of)

c. ( gidatuz) to lead down

3. ( begia) to put down, lower, drop

b. ( burua) to bow, lower

4. ( prezioa) to lower, reduce

b. ( irratia, e.a.) to turn down

c. ( propanoa, e.a.) to turn down

d. ( ahotsa) to lower

e. ( kopurua) to lower, decrease

f. ( kalitatea) to lower

5. ( hartuz, eramanez)

a. to take down; \jaitsi botila hauek beheko dendara! take these bottles down to the shop below

b. to bring down; \jaitsi kaxa hori ganbaratik bring me the box down from the attic

c. get down; \jaitsi liburu hori apal horretatik get that book down from the shelf for me; nola \jaitsiko al dugu katu hori zuhaitzetik? how are we going to get the cat down out of the tree? da/ad.

1. to come down, go down, descend formala. ; ez naiz \jaitsiko bera ikustera I won't go down and see him; oraintxe \jaitsiko naiz zu ikustera I'll come down and see you right now; itxaron, oraintxe \jaitsiko naiz wait, I'll be right down

b. ( oinez) to walk down; eskaileratik \jaitsitiko naiz I'll walk down the stairs | I'll take the stairs

2. ( hegazkin txikitik, autotik) to get out (- tik: of) ; ez naiz jaisten, autoan geldituko naiz I'm not getting out, I'm staying in the car

b. ( autobusetik, hegazkin handitik, tren, bizikletatik, zaldi gainetik) to get off; hurrengoan \jaitsiko naiz I'm getting off at the next stop

c. ( zuhaitzetik) to get down; \jaitsi zuhaitz horretatik! get down out of that tree!

3. ( presioa, tenperatura, ur-maila) to drop, fall, go down; tenperaturak \jaitsi egingo dira bihar temperatures will be dropping tomorrow

b. (i tsasaldia) to go down, ebb, go out

c. Kir. (ekipoa) to go down, be relegated

d. ( prezioa) to fall, drop

e. ( kotizazioa) to drop

f. ( kalitatea, e.a.) to go down; produktuaren kalitatea asko \jaitsi da the quality of the product has deteriorated badly

4. (I) ( jaramon egin) to listen to, pay attention to; erranera jaisten ez bada... if he doesn't listen to what he's been told...

du/ad.

1. ( idiak, zaldiak) to team... up in fours; \lauzkatu behar izan genituen idiak we had to yoke four oxen to it

2. ( lagundu) to help

3. ( ugaritu) to increase; kantuaren indarra \lauzkatuz doa, irratiaren eta telebistaren bidez the the effectiveness of the song is on the increase by its exposure on radio and television

4. Lagunart. ( aurkitu) to draft, get; zertako uste duk \lauzkatu hautela batzordeburu? \endash Beste inork ez dik nahi what do you think you've been drafted as head of the committee for? \endash No one else wants to

iz. Lit.

a. chance, likelihood

b. \menturaz by chance; erranen duzu \menturaz ez dakizula you might happen to say you do not know

c. \menturan in the hope that; norbaitek ekarriko duelako \menturan in the hope that someone will bring it

2. ( arriskua) danger, peril, hazard; \mentura handiak iragan ditu itsasoan he experienced great perils at sea

3. ( zoriona) fortune, luck; \mentura lagundu zaio he got lucky

4. → menturaz

iz.

a. wish, will ; zeren hartzen dugun gogo eta borondate hura ez baita zinezkoa, nahikundea baita eta ez \nahia for that desire and will which we acquire is not sincere because it is a fancy and not a wish; ene \nahitik on my own free will ; jabearen \nahiaren kontra against the owner's will; haren nahirik \nahiena his greatest wish

b. (+ aditz era bukatuarekin) bazuten galdetu \nahia baina ez ziren ausartu they felt like asking but they didn't dare; alderdi horiei negoziaketa politikoa eragotzi \nahia leporatu zien he blamed those parties for wanting to obstruct political negociations; nire lagundu \nahia zenbaterainokoa zen jakin zutenean... when they found out the extent to which I was willing to help...; jakin \nahiak zirikatu ninduen hiztegi hau egiteko curiosity piqued me into doing this dictionary

c. \nahi eta \nahi ez like it or not ; \nahi eta \nahi ez hori egin beharko da like it or not that will have to be done

d. (+ bezain, bezala, gabe) \nahi bezain laster, ekarriko dizut as soon as you want it, I'll bring it to you; \nahi gabe egin zuen he didn't mean to do it |he did it inadvertently formala. ; \nahi ahala garagardoa edaten duena tripandia izaten da the one who drinks as much beer as he likes usually has a {beer belly || potbelly}; ez zen \nahi bezala egin it wasn't done like {they || I || we, e.a} wanted; \nahi bezala bizi dira they live it up; \nahi {bezainbat || adinbat} saiatuko dira, baina ez dute deus erdietsiko try as they might, they won't achieve anything

2. will, order; nagusiaren \nahiak egin behar ditu she has to carry out her boss's wishes; haren \nahiak betetzeko in order to carry out his will; \nahiari bake eman to go without; \nahia utzi to go without | to deny o.s.

3. ogiaz \nahia egin zuen he got his fill of bread; \nahiak egin to get one's fill | to satisfy o.s.; nork bere baitarik jakin nahirik berariz dihardute, eta \nahiak egin ez dute askatu \nahi they're wanting to find out for themselves and do not want to let up until they are satisfied; i-i \nahiak eragin to satisfy sb; guztiek \nahia egiten diote aberatsari everyone indulges the rich man junt. (B)

1. or; edo egiaz \nahi gezurraz elikatuko naiz by hook or crook I'll get by | whether by telling the truth or lying, I'll {be eating || survive}; \nahi dela dohain \nahi alokeraz edo sariz whether it be free, rented, or paid for; \nahi ezkutuka \nahi agerian be it hidden away or out in the open; \nahi hau, \nahi hura whether it's this one or the other

2. Arkaismoa. albeit Arkaismoa., although; \nahi bada ez naizela aberats, behar dut erosi although I am not wealthy, I have to buy it; \nahi bada ez diren hemengoak although they are not from here; \nahi eta galdu, jokatu daigun honezkero (B) even if we lose let's gamble now io.

1. desired, wished for; saririk \nahiena da it's the most sought-after prize; zer duzu \nahienik? what do you desire the most?

2. formala. desirous; hantxe zeuden guri begira, zerbait gaiztakeria egin -\nahi-\nahiak there they were, peering at us, anxious to cause us some kind of evil; bestara joan \nahia da she wishes to go to the festival

[ du/ad.]

1. to want, wish (for); zein \nahi izan duzu? which one do you want? ; ez dut gehiagorik \nahi izan I don't want any more; zigarrorik \nahi izan al duzu? would you like a cigarette?; ezkon ezak seme \nahi izan duanean eta alaba ahal dagianean marry off your son when you want and your daughter when you can; \nahi izan duzun bezala as you wish | as you please; etorri \nahi izan duzunean come whenever you want ; \nahi izan eta behar dugu atsedena we want and need a break ; umeak zurekin \nahi izan du the baby wants you ; autoengatik zenbat \nahi izan dute? how much do they want for the car?; \nahi izan duenak \nahi izan duena esango du baina horrela da they can say whatever they want but that's how it is; hor dago nire arazoa: \nahi izan baina ezin therein lies my problem: I want to but can't; zer gehiago \nahi izan duzu? what more do you want?; ez da aski \nahi izan izatea wanting it is not enough; \nahi izan izatea ez da beti ahal izatea wanting to do it does not mean always being able to; edonor ia edonon bizi liteke, \nahi izan izan behar da anyone can live almost anywhere, it's a question of wanting to; nahi ez izatekoa da it's undesirable; Jainkoak hala \nahi izanrik God be willing; gaur jostailu hau \nahi izan du eta bihar beste horiek \nahi izanko ditu today he wants this toy and tomorrow he'll want those others

2. ( + aditza)

a. (+ era bukatua) etorri \\ joan \nahi izan dut I want to come \\ go; ikusi \\ egin \nahi izan dut I want to see \\ do it; eman \nahi izan dizut I want to give it to you; gizon horiek hil \nahi izan zaituzte those men want to kill you; Mongoliara joan \nahi izan nuen baina emazteak ez zuen \nahi izan I wanted to go to Mongolia but my wife didn't want to; hori egin \nahi izan izan dute they've wanted to do that; jakin \nahi izan nuke noiz etorriko diren I'd like to know when they're going to come; zurekin joan \nahi izan nuke I'd like to go with you

b. (+ era bukatu gabea) haiek egitea \nahi izan dut I want them to do it; haiek egitea \nahi izan nuen I wanted them to do it; haiek etortzea \nahi izan dut I want them to come; haiek etortzea \nahi izan nuen I wanted them to come; zer \nahi izan duzu (nik) egitea? what do you want me to do?; nola \nahi izan duzu milaka urteko historia 10 minutu eskasetan azaltzea? how do you expect me to explain a history that's thousands of years old in a measly 10 minutes?; haiek joatea \nahi izan nuke I'd like them to go; ez nuke \nahi izan, inola ere, ohitura hori galtzerik I wouldn't want, by any means, that tradition to become lost; hori egia dela sinestarazi \nahi izan digutenek beste zerbait esango lukete those who would have us believe that is true would say otherwise

c. (+ menpeko perpausa) zer \nahi izan duzu egin dezadan? formala. what will you have me do? | what do you want me to do? Oharra: ikus oharra want sarreran

3. ( zentzu absolutua)

a. ez dut \nahi izan! I won't!; baina ez zuten \nahi izan but they refused | but they were unwilling

b. ( ezkontzan) \nahi izan dut I will | I do; \nahi izan? — ez eskerrik asko want any? — no thanks; lagundu, ateak ez du ireki \nahi izan! help, the door won't open!

4. esan \nahi izan izan [ du/ad.] to mean, zer esan \nahi izan du hitz horrek? what does that word mean?; horrekin zer esan \nahi izan duzu? what do you mean by that?

[from Lat. "necem" or extraction from "nekatu"] iz.

a. toil, hard work; \neke askoren seme izan da hiztegi hau this dictionary is the product of a lot of hard work; \neke eta izerdiak sweat and toil; geure \nekez eta izerdiaz irabazitakoa galtzeko zorian gauden we are on the verge of losing what we have toiled and sweated for; \neke gogor toilsome work | backbreaking work; \nekearen \nekez from sheer {toil || hard work}; \neke hutsez for nothing

b. ( ahultasuna eta indargabetasuna) weariness, fatigue, exhaustion; bideko \nekeak ahuldurik weakened by the exhausting journey; \nekez lehertu zen he collapsed from exhaustion; \nekez beterik wearily

2. ( jasatea) suffering, sorrow, adversity, affliction; \neke larri {intense || excruciating} suffering; maitasunak dakarzkigun \neke eta atseginak the joys and sorrows that come with love; \nekeetan lagundu to help with one's sorrow | to console; \nekean egon to be bad off | to be in a bad way

a. ( zailtasuna) trouble, difficulty, hardship; \neke gabe lortu zuten they achieved it without any {difficulty || problem} ; \neke handiz hartzen zuen arnasa he had great trouble in breathing; maisu euskaldun berri batzuentzat \neke handia da dena euskaraz ematea for some teachers who learnt Basque as adults it is difficult to teach everything through Basque; \nekea hartu to take the trouble | to go through the trouble ; batzuek ez bezala, euskara ikasteko \nekea hartu nuen unlike others, I went to the trouble of learning Basque ; ingelesez ongi ez dakitenek ere erabil dezakete hiztegi hau, \neke gehixeago hartzen badute those who don't know English very well can also use this dictionary if they go to a little more trouble; \nekearen \nekez atera zen lokatzetik he strained to pull himself out of the mud; \nekeari ihes egin to get around the problem; euskaldun gehienek \nekerik gabe irakur zezaketeen egunkaria behar zuten most Basques needed a newspaper that they could read without much difficulty

b. ( larrialdia) predicament, crisis, distress

c. ( koska, kontua) hor dago \nekea that's the hard part

4. \nekeak [ izen plurala ] fee, compensation, charge; zenbat da zure \nekea? how much is it for your trouble? io. ( neketsua)

1. ( lana) hard, strenuous, exhausting

2. bizimodu \neke hard life

3. ( zaila) hard, difficult; hori \neke zait that's hard for me; \neke da egitea it's hard to do

iz.

1. ( neurtzeari d.)

a. measure; \neurrian ezarri to take measure of ; \neurriz eman to give full measure; orain hartu behar zenituzke haren luze-labarraren \neurri zehatzak you should now take the exact measurements of her height

b. lepoaren \neurri neck size; zer \neurritako soinekoa erabiltzen duzu? what size of dress do you wear?

c. \neurrira egindako galtzak trousers made to measure (GB) | custom-made pants (USA) ; zure nahiaren \neurrira in accordance with your wishes; oinetakoa, apur bat erabilitz gero oinaren \neurrira etortzen da once you wear footwear a bit you can break it in

2. ( unitatea) measure; milia bide-\neurria da a mile is a measure of distance; denbora-\neurri measure of time

3. ( handiera, kopurua neurtzeko)

a. measure; pintaren \neurri pint measure

b. (irud.) measure, yardstick; hitzaren aintzintasuna eta hedadura hartzen badugu \neurri if we use the antiquity and extension of a word as a yardstick

a. extent; \neurri batean completely; \neurri handi batean to a great extent; \neurri txikiagoan to a lesser extent; haien ezjakinaren \neurria oparoegia da the extent of their ignorance is too great; amerikar gehienak oso abertzaleak dira eta abertzaletasun hori, \neurri berean ez bada ere, nabaritzen zaie euskaldunei most Americans are very patriotic and that patriotism, though not to the same {extent || degree}, is readily apparent among Basques

b. ( heina) behar den \neurrian proportionately | proportionally; berorri dagokion \neurrian in the proportion commensurate with it; eginak egin, lanpostuak galtzen ari dira eta \neurria ez doa urritzen, hazten eta ugaritzen baizik in spite of everything that's been done, jobs are being lost and the rate is not decreasing but growing and increasing instead; egin daitekeen \neurrian insofar as it is possible; ahal daitekeen \neurrian lagundu behar ditugu we must help them insofar as we are able to

5. measure, step; \neurriak hartu to take {measures || steps}; behar diren \neurri guztiak hartu to take all necessary steps; auzi laburreko \neurriak summary measures

a. ( bertsoari d.) metre, measure; ber-tsoa \neurrian dago the verse is in metre

b. Mus. beat

c. ( dantzari d.) cadence

7. moderation, restraint; janean eta edanean \neurri ona du he is moderate in what he eats and drinks; ardoari \neurria hartu to drink wine {moderately || in moderation}; \neurri gabe edaten duena the one who overdrinks; \neurriz eman to give in moderation; \neurriz mintzatu to talk moderately

b. \neurri jakin batean up to a point | to a certain extent

8. ( muga) limit; Jainkoak gauza guztiei ipini die beren \neurria God sets limits to everything; \neurria igaro du that's carrying things too far; \neurririk gabe unbounded; \neurriz gora egin to overdo it | to go beyond the bounds du/ad. to measure