( merkea)

iz.

1. ( albo)

a. side; \alde askotako multilateral; \alde bateko unilateral | one-sided; \alde biko bilateral | two-sided | double-sided; \alde biko kontrata bilateral contract

b. ( eskualdea, lekua) place, area; \alde guztietan everywhere ; \alde batetik bestera from one place to another; alderik \alde from place to; aldez \alde from place to place

c. Mil. flank

d. ( disko, kaseteari d.) side; A \aldea side A

e. (d iamanteari d., e.a.) side, facet

2. ( zentzu abstraktuan)

a. ( itxura) aspect, angle, point; \alde batetik merkea da on one hand it' s cheap; \alde ongi dago baina bestetik oso gaizki on one hand it is correct but on the other it is very wrong; \alde honez from this point of view; hitz hori bi \aldetan aditzen da that word can be understood two ways

b. ( auziari, eztabaidari d.) side, stand, position; nire \aldea hartu zuen she took my side; \alde bat hartu to take sides

c. \alde batera once and for all

3. - alde

a. region, area; Durango\alde Durango region

b. zone, area; mendi\alde moutain {area || zone}; hego\alde southern area

c. leiho hau hego\aldera da this window faces south

4. ( diferentzia)

a. difference, disparity; zer \alde dago haien artean? what difference is there between them?; haien artean \alde handia dago there' s a big difference between them

b. ( tartea) distance, interval, span, stretch

c. advantage; i-i \aldea kendu to pull ahead of

5. ( norbaitena) side; aitaren \aldeko ahaideak relatives on my father' s side

6. (z.o.) jenderik onena \alde dute they' ve got the best people with them post.

1. [+ -(r)en]

a. for, on behalf of; asko egin dute euskararen \alde they' ve done a lot for Basque; gure osabaren \aldeko hileta our uncle' s funeral

b. for, in favour of (GB), in favor of (USA) ; i-en \alde jarri to come out in favour of sb; "Nafarroa euskararen \alde" "Navarre is for Basque"

c. on; zaldi horren \alde egin dut apustua I' ve bet on that horse

2. [0] except for, with the exception of, barring; aita \alde beste guztiak all except for father

3. ( -tik) away from; nire etxea herritik \alde dago my house is away from the town

[from Lat. "merce" (cf. merx, mercem)] iz. Sukal. creampuff io.

a. cheap; denda \merkea da the store's cheap; ostatu \merke batean in a cheap hostel; \merke baino \merkeago dirt cheap

b. (z.o.) (ez garesti) inexpensive, economical

c. (z.tx.) cheap, chintzy; etxe hori eta bere apaingarri \merkeak ez ditut gogoko I don't like that house and its cheap decorations

2. (irud.) hitz \merkeak besterik ez dira they're nothing but cheap words; malko \merke egiten du horrek (s)he can shed a tear at the drop of a hat adb.

1. cheap, cheaply; etxea \merke saldu zuten they sold that house cheap; diru asko egiteko, \merke erosi eta garesti saldu behar da in order to make a lot of money you have to buy things cheap and sell them for a high price

2. (z.o.) inexpensively

iz.

a. ( era) way, manner; ahal zen \moduan as he could | in the way he could; beste pentsatzeko \modua da it's another way of thinking; "erabiltzeko \modua" "instructions for use"; \modu berean in the same way; beste \modura esango dizut I'll put it in another way for you

b. ( estiloa) fashion, manner; frantses \modura jarrita arranged in a French manner

c. ( metodoa) mode, manner, method; sailkatze-\modu horren bitartez by that manner of classification

c. ( -t(z)eko moduan) hori egiteko \moduan egon da he's been able to do it; ez da hori bukatzeko \moduan egon she hasn't been able to finish it; hori egiteko \moduan egongo dira they'll be able to do it | they'll be in a position to do it; \modurik al daukak hori egiteko? is there any way you can do that?; ondorioak ikaratzeko \modukoak izango lirateke the consequences would be just frightening; ikaratzeko \moduko taktikak scare tactics; ez dugu oraintsu arte \modu erosorik izan horrelako lan egiteko until fairly recently we haven't been to do such work easily; zuretzako \moduko lana work cut out for you

d. \modurik ez dut izan I haven't been able to | I haven't had a chance; \modurik baduzu, etorri seietan if you can, came at six

2. ( mota) kind, manner, sort; zer gizon-\modu dugu euskalduna? what sort of man is the Basque?

3. Inform. Tek. mode

4. (H. Jak.) mood

5. \modu on good manners; \modu ona erakutsi to have good manners; \modu onean i. politely, courteously ii. ( merkea) at a good price

izo. Lit. why? \zeren ezarri gaitu Jainkoak munduan? Why did God put us on (this) earth? junt. because; \zeren hori hala bait da | \zeren hori hala den because it's like that; \zeren eta (I) because; hori nahiko ona da \zeren eta leku guztietan oso merkea izaten baita that's quite good because it is very cheap everywhere