( onartu)

du/ad.

1. to accept ; ez zituen inoiz \onartu egin zizkioten bidegabekeriak he never accepted the injustices wrought against him

2. ( zuzentzat hartu)

a. to accept

b. ( onetsi) to approve of

c. ( ofizialiki) to recognize; Quebec gizarte desberdina dela \onartu zuen Kanadak Canada recognized that Quebec is a different society

3. ( sartzen utzi) to accept; elkarte horrek ez du emakumerik onartzen that association does not accept women; azkenean Iowako unibertsitatean \onartu ninduten finally I was accepted by the University of Iowa; ez zidaten eskabidea \onartu my application was not accepted

4. ( lana, eginkizuna) to accept, take on

aceptar, admitir

du/ad.

1. ( huts bat adierazi, e.a.)

a. to admit, confess; bere errua \aitortu zuen he admitted his mistake

b. Leg. to declare, confess

c. ( aduanan) to declare

2. Kristau. to hear the confession of, confess; erretoreak atsoa \aitortu zuen the priest heard the old woman' s confession

3. ( onartu, ezagutu)

a. to admit, acknowledge, confess; azkenean \aitortu zidan arrazoi nuela in the end he admitted to me that I was right

b. to declare

4. ( jakinarazi) to testify; odolez \aitortu to testify with one' s blood

5. ( eman) [ dio ] to grant; besteari \aitortu\\\aitortuzioten eskubidea the other one was granted the right da/ad. Kristau. to confess

iz. (I) ( amaia, bukaera) end, termination, finish; hastea eta \akabantza the beginning and the end; bizitzaren \akabantzan onartu zuen he accepted it at the end of his life

post.

1. on behalf of, on the part of; from the side; aitaren \aldetik on father' s behalf

a. from the point of view of

b. -ly; ekonomia \aldetik economically; politika \aldetik politically

c. -wise, as far as... is concerned; diru \aldetik, ondo ari dira money-wise, they' re doing fine junt. as; sindikatukide naizen \aldetik, ezin dut horrelakorik onartu as a member of a trade union, I can' t accept such a thing

du/ad. ( onartu) to accept

du/ad.

1. ( onartu, oniritzi) to approve; \ameto eman \ameto eman zioten it was approved

2. ( utzi) to permit

iz.

1. ( = lotura) connection

2. ( menpe) haien \atxikian he' s dominated by them

a. Kir.

a. ( borrokari d.) hold

b. ( pilotari d.) holdover; \atxiki lasterra quick holdover

4. Kir. wicker scoop, wicker basket; \atxiki handi large wicker basket; \atxiki tipi small wicker basket io.

1. tied, attached; diruari \atxikiegia da he' s too attached to his money; Anje euskal kultuari \atxikia da Anje to committed to Basque culture

2. ( xuhurra, zekena) miserly, stingy; gizon \atxikiak adiskide gutxi a miser has few friendss

3. ( eskola) member du/ad.

1. ( heldu, eduki) to hold, hold on to

2. ( eduki, mantendu) to keep, maintain; bizitza osoan bihotza garbi \atxiki zuen he kept a pure heart throughout his life; garbi \atxiki bihotza! keep a pure heart!; gogoz \atxiki to bear in mind |to remember; oreka \atxiki ezinik, erori zen unable to maintain his balance, he fell down

a. ( eutsi) to hold back; nigarra ezin nezakeen \atxiki hori aditzean I couldn' t hold back my tears when I heard that

b. sekretu bat erranen dizut baina \atxiki behar diozu I' ll tell you the secret but keep it to yourself; beren ohiturei irmo \atxikirik jarraitzen dute they continue to hold fast to their traditions

b. Med. to retain

c. Fin. to withhold ( -tik: from)

a. to stick ( -(r)i: to) to stick to; bideari \atxiki zion he keeps to the road

b. ( legea, araua) to observe, abide by; legeari \atxikiz in compliance with the law

c. ( hitza) to stick to, adhere to, stick by

d. ( gauzak) to stick, glue; bi ohol kolaz \atxiki to glue two boards together

e. (irud.) nork bereari \atxiki mantenerse en sus trence

5. Kir. to block

6. ( atxilotu) to arrest, detain; mugan \atxiki zuten he was detained at the border

a. ( hegaztiak, insektuak) to bite

b. to bite, nibble; ogiari \atxiki zion he took a {bite || nibble} out of the bread

8. i-i errua \atxiki to pin the blame on sb

9. (L) to be a godfather to

10. ( hartu, eduki, jo) to hold, consider; gizon zuzentzat \atxikitzendute they hold him to be an honest man

11. Kartak. ( onartu) to accept; A: 3 hamarekoz B: \atxiki! A: I wager 3 B: you' re on!

12. ( izeki) [ dio ] to catch; sua datxekio etxeari the house is on fire; egur hezeak egiten du gar eta egiten du negar: sua datxekio eta ura dario wood that is wet burns and cries: it is on fire and water comes out da/ad. [ zaio ]

1. ( eutsi) to cling; hormari atxekitzen zaion huntza bezala like ivy clinging to a wall

2. esandakoari datxekiola in reference to what has been said benetako arrakasta lan neketsuari datxekio true success goes hand in hand with hard work

[misinterpretation of Oihenart's use of the verb "etsi" in the proverb "Otsoak zer baitetsa" from which some erroneously assumed to be "baietsi" instead of "bait-" + "detsa"] du/ad. (onartu) to accept, approve; jendeak txaloka \baietsi zuen epailaren ebazpena people applauded the judge's sentence

io.

a. ( beste nolakotasuna edo ezaugarri duena) different, distinct ; guregandik \desberdinak badira ere even if they are different from us; iritzi \desberdina du he has a different opinion; Quebec gizarte \desberdina dela onartu zuen Kanadak Canada recognized that Quebec is a different society

b. ( ezaugarri edo nolakotasuna bera ez duena) different, dissimilar, disparate; batzuek besteengandik \desberdinak dirudite some seem to be different from others; elkarrengandik \desberdinak badira ere even though they {differ || are different from each other} ; beren iritzi \desberdinak bateratzeko to reconcile their differing opinions; herri \desberdinen artean among different towns; luzera berdina baina lodiera \desberdin dute they are of similar length but of dissimilar width

2. ( itxura, ezaugarria) distinct, distinctive; bere idazkera \desberdin his distinctive manner of writing

3. ( ezberdina) unequal, uneven

iz.

1. resignation; nahigabeak \etsi onean daramatza she bears anguish with resignation; \etsian bizi izan to live in resignation | to live resigned to one's fate

2. despair; egoera horrek \etsia eman zion that situation plunged him into despair ; \etsia hartu to give up | to lose hope |to despair, | to become disheartened; etsian \etsi in all despair; \etsin in despair; \etsian jarri nintzen I went into despair

3. ( amaia) end ; lanari \etsia eman to finishing work | finish a job

4. ( susmo txarra) misgiving, suspicion, distrust

5. ( hitzarmena) deal, agreement ; \etsi bat egin to make a deal

6. ( orantza, altxagarria) leaven, leavening, yeast du/ad.

1. to despair of, give up on; biziaz \etsi dutenak those who have despaired of life ; ez du bere senarraz \etsi she hasn't given up on her husband; etsitzekoa da it's despairing

2. ( uko egin) to give up, give in; lortu arte ez dugu \etsiko we won't give up until we get it

a. ( konformatu) to come round; ez larritu, \etsiko du don't worry, he'll come round; hiltzera \etsi du he's resigned himself to die

b. ( jasan) to stand; mutil batzuek neskarik gabe ezin dute \etsi some boys can't stand being without a girl

a. ( finkatu) to settle down ; \etsi duzu han Angolan? have you settled down there in Angola?; \etsi du etxe berrian he's settled down in his new home

b. ( ohitu) to get used to; ez luke Alaskan \etsiko hemengo jendeak people from here wouldn't get used to living in Alaska

5. ( ogia) to raise

6. ( laket izan) to please; Jainkoak \etsi baletsa God be willing

7. ( onetsi, onartu) to consent, sanction, approve of ; nire anaiak \etsi du my brother consented to it

8. ( sinestarazi) to convince, persuade; \etsita nago ez dela etorriko I'm convinced he won't come ; ezetz \etsia egon zaitezke: ni hemen geldi ezin naiteke you can rest assured that I can't stay here ; gerlak gauza onik ez dakarrela har dezagun \etsi let's not kid ourselves: war doesn't result in anything good

du/ad. ( -etsi b.b.) to consider, take... to be; ez zuten aurrenekoa bezain handitzat \etsi they didn't consider the first one to be as big; on\etsi to consider... good | to accept

[from Lat. lege (law)] iz.

a. ( oro.) law; oinarrizko \legea basic law; hizkuntza-\lege berriak new language laws; \lege berezi special law; \lege berri bat atera to come out with a new law; \lege nagusi main law; \lege saliko Salic law; \lege zuzen just law; \legea {bete || gorde} to comply with a law | to abide by a law | to obey a law; \legea hautsi to break the law; \legea {indargabetu || kendu || ezeztatu} to abolish a law | to abrogate a law; \legea zapaldu to break the law; \legeak {atera || egin} to legislate; \legeak bildu to codify laws; \legeak {ezarri || jarri} to law down the law | to impose laws; \legeak hala agintzen \\ debekatzen du the law so demands \\ prohibits it; indarrean dauden \legeak the laws in force; \legetik riten to break the law | to infringe upon the law

b. ( legegaia) act; \lege bat onartu to pass a law

c. [ izenen aurrean ] law-, legal; \lege-babes legal protection; \lege-balio legal value; \lege-indarra dauka it has the force of law; \lege-jakitunen iritzian in the opinion of legal experts; \lege-nortasun legal identity; \lege testu legal text

a. ( legetza) law; \lege zahar i. charter law ii. pre-Revolutionary law; Ingalaterrako \legea eta Italiakoa bestelakoak dira English and Italian law are different | English law differs from Italian law; \legearen arabera in accordance with the law | by law; \legearen ordezkari officer of the law; \legera jo to take legal recourse; i-r \legetik askatu to exempt sb from the law; \legera jo to take legal recourse; \legez kanpo i. outside the law | illegal ii. illegally; \legez kanpo dago he's outside the law

b. (esa.) \lege zaharreko gizona da he's an old stick-in-the-mud | he's an old-fashioned man

3. ( araua)

a. rule, law; joko-\legeak rules of the game

b. ( merkataritzari, trafikoari, lehiaketari d.) rule, regulation; bideetako \legeak road regulations

c. ( gizarteari d.) custom, rule, practice; ohitura \lege bihurtzen denean when practice becomes custom

d. (irud.) ezinak ez du \legerik nothing is impossible

4. ( egunerokoari d.) routine; bazkari-\legea egin dugu we've had our lunch; zozoak goizero bere saio-\legea du the thrush puts on its usual performance every morning

5. ( egitateei d.)

a. Fis. law; fisikaren \legeak the laws of physics; Newton-en \legeak Newton's laws; \lege bat aurkitu zen a law was discovered

b. law; \lege moral moral law; etika \lege law of ethics

c. Kristau. Jainkoaren \lege santua God's holy law; Jaunak Hamar Aginteen \legea eman zuenean when the Lord give the law of the Ten Commandments; Moisesen \legeea the law of Moses

6. Kristau. L\lege Zaharra the Old Testament

7. ( maitasarrea) affection; \lege handia hartu diot I've grown rather fond of him | I've taken rather a liking to him

8. ( mota) kind; hiru \lege sagar three kinds of apples

9. ( metaleei d.) purity, legal standard of fineness; \lege oneko urre standard gold; \lege txarreko urre base gold | substandard gold; \lege urruko disreputable

du/ad.

1. ( baimena eman) to accept, approve, okay

2. ( diplom., e. a.) to recognize

3. ( on iritzi) to love

4. ( ondratu) to honour (GB), honor (USA), respect

5. ( onartu) to accept, allow

[from on (good) + iritzi (be of the opinion)] iz.

1. formala.

a. love; haragizko \oniritzi carnal love

b. love, affection

a. approval, sanction; Euskaltzaindiaren \oniritzia jaso arte until the Royal Basque Academy sanctions it

b. ( baimen) go-ahead, permission; zuen \oniritzia behar da aurrera jarraitzeko your go-ahead is needed to go on; agindu horrek behealdean jeneralaren \oniritzia zeukan that order had the general's endorsement at the bottom du/ad. [ dio ] ( onartu) to accept, acquiesce to, agree to; onirizten badiozu, nire bizia eskainiko dizut if you agree, I'll give you my life