( menderatu)

du/ad.

a. ( herria) to conquer, subdue; mundua menderatzeko in order to conquer the world

b. ( p.) to overpower, vanquish; ihes dabilenak ez du etsaia menderatzen he who runs away does not vanquish his enemy

c. ( sutea, epidemia) to bring under control

d. ( matxinada) to put down, suppress, crush, subdue

2. (irud.)

a. ( grina, beldurra) to control, master, get over; hasierako beldurra \menderatuz gero ez da zaila once you get over the initial fear it's not difficult

b. ( atsekabea) to get over

3. ( etxeko zorra) to pay up, liquidate; etxea \menderatu to have the house paid off

4. ( hizkuntza) to master da/ad. to submit, succumb; aitari \menderatu zaio he submitted to his father

du/ad.

a. ( menderatu) to subdue, subjugate

b. ( nagusitu) to master, conquer, overcome; grinak \azpiratu to master one' s passions; zeure buruaren harrokeria \azpiratu beharra duzu you must overcome your false pride

c. ( gobernua, e.a.) to overthrow

d. ( gainditu) to overwhelm, overcome

e. ( garaitu) to defeat, vanquish, conquer, beat; ordura arte amerikarrak beti izan ziren gainen-gainekoak, eta behin ere inorik \azpiratu ez zituztenak until then the Americans had always been riding high and were never beaten by anyone; 1.588 ingelesek espainiarrak \azpiratu zituzten the English defeated the Spaniards in 1588

2. ( eritasunak inor) to bring down; zazpigarren egunean gaitzak \azpiratu zuen on the seventh day the illness brought him down da/ad. to capitulate, surrender, succumb; etsaiari \azpiratu zaio he' s capitulated to the enemy

du/ad.

1. ( eutsi, hartu) to grab, get, get a hold of; behin eskuratzen badut, ez dut utziko once I get a hold of it, I won't let go ; berriro \eskuratu to recover

b. ( lortu) to accomplish, get

2. ( eutsi, norbere baitan gorde) to hold back, restrain, repress; holako grina makurrak \eskuratu beharra ditugu we must hold back such warped desires

3. ( iritsi, lortu, bereganatu) herriaren erdiaz jabetu dira eta beste erdia eskuratzeko da oraino they've taken over half the town and the other half is for the taking

4. ( eskuan eduki, eutsi) to grab hold of, clutch, grip, wield; aizkora \eskuraturik, enborrari ekiten hasi zen {wielding an axe || with axe in hand}, he began to chop away at the trunk

a. ( menderatu) to defeat, win over; zenbait ontzi \eskuratu zituzten they defeated several ships

b. ( irabazi) to win, prevail; hori eginez gero, behin betirako \eskuratuko duzu once you do that you will have {won || prevailed} once and for all

6. ( entregatu) to hand over, hand ; txostenak \eskuratu zizkieten they handed them the reports

a. ( sinestarazi) to win over, persuade

b. ( moldatu, konpondu) to put things right with, win over ; lehenakariak nahi ez baleza, \eskuratuko dugu should the president not want it, we'll make matters right with him

[from Lat. guia] iz.

1. ( nahia) wish, desire; \gura barik reluctantly | without wanting to | unwillingly; \gura adina lo eginda having slept to his heart's content; bere \gura eta grina txarrak ukaturik repudiating his evil desires and passions ; \gura betean to one's heart's content; \gura eta \gura ez like it or not | willy-nilly; \gura txarrak menderatu behar dira illicit desires must be mastered; zer \gura eta ase as much as one wishes | to one's heart's content

2. ( gogoa) desire, will; jateko \gura galdu zuen he lost his appetite; edozer egiteko \gura galdu zuen he lost his {will || desire} to do anything

iz.

1. Nekaz. cleft grafting

a. ( izaera) character, trait; nola neurtuko dugu haren \mendua how shall we judge her character?

b. manner, nature, instinct; azeri zaharrari ulea joan, \menduak ez an old fox might lose his hair but not his instincts

a. liking, fancy, affinity

b. desire

du/ad. to

1. ( menderatu) to subjugate, bring under control

a. ( garaitu) defeat, conquer

b. (irud.) to overcome; loaz \mendua overcoming sleepiness

3. ( aberea) tame, teach

4. → mendratu

da/ad.

1. ( nagusitasuna hartu)

a. to dominate; etxean nagusitzen den morria a servant who dominates the household; mairuak ez ziren inoiz Euskal Herrian \nagusitu the Moors never held sway the Basque Country; badakizue haietaz nagusitzen direla you know that they make them feel the weight of authority | you know that they exerccise authority over them

b. ( nagusi bihurtu) to prevail; azkenean egia \nagusitu zen at last truth prevailed

c. [ zaio ] to prevail; Filipinetan ingelesa laster \nagusitu zitzaion gaztelaniari in the Philippines English quickly prevailed over Spanish; beharrik ez zaigu nagusitzen etsipena we needn't be overcome with despair

2. ( nagusi agertu) to prevail, predomi-nate

a. ( menderatu) to conquer; hamabosgarren menderako turkiarrak \nagusitu ziren Anatolia osoaz by the fifteenth century the Turks conquered all of Anatolia

b. ( gailendu) to subdue, defeat, overcome

4. (B) ( adinez nagusi egin) to reach adulthood; hazi eta \nagusitu baino lehen before growing up and reaching adulthood