( poztu)

du/ad. to make... happy, gladden, delight; asko \poztu zuen ongi zegoela jakiteak finding out that he was fine make her very happy; Madrilgo jujearen erabakiak asko poztu du alkatea the Madrid judge's ruling delighted the mayor da/ad. to be glad, be happy; poz zaitezte! be glad!; pozten naiz I'm glad; pozten naiz etorri direlako I'm glad that they've come; galtzaileak ere badu zertaz \poztu the loser also has something to be {glad || happy} about

alegrarse

to make or become happy

to make someone happy

du/ad.

1. ( alaitsunez bete, poztu) to cheer up, gladden, make happy, make glad

2. ( giroa, horma, e.a.) to brighten up, liven up; poster horiek gela alaitzen zuten those posters brightened up the room

c. ( kolore) to make brighen, brighten up

d. ( edari biziak inor) to make {tipsy || merry}; ardo beltz horrek \alaitu ninduen that red wine made me tipsy; ardoak apur bat \alaiturik made somewhat tipsy by the wine

3. Arkaismoa. ( adoretu, bihotz eman) to encourage, hearten; horrela \alaitu ziren borroka egitera in that way they were glad to fight da/ad.

1. ( poztu) to cheer up

2. ( aurpegia, begiak) to light up

3. to get {tipsy || merry}

iz. ( txorimaloa) scarecrow io.

a. terrible, horrible, scary, awful; zigorrik \izugarrienak the most terrible punishments; hondamendi \izugarri hori ikusi zutenean when they saw that {terrible || horrible} disaster

b. ( oso txarra) terrible, dreadful; etsai \izugarria a terrible enemy

2. ( itzala, haundia) tremendous, awful; uholde handi \izugarria a terribly huge flood; zuhaitz \izugarriak ikusi genituen we see {tremendous || huge} trees adb. terribly, awfully; neska hori \izugarri ederra da that girl is terribly beautiful; \izugarri ona iruditzen zait it seems awfully good to me; poztu nintzen \izugarri I was awfully glad

iz. sound, noise; ez dakus, ez dantzu, ez dabil, ez du zikirik ez \txitik egiten he neither sees nor hears, nor walks, nor budges, nor utters a sound; katamotza gelditu zen isilik, basurdeak ez zuen egin \txitik the bobcat was quietly still, the wild boar didn't make a sound; \txitik ez du atera he hasn't said a word | we haven't heard a peep out of him; ez digu inoiz \txit bat erantzun he never so much as answered us with a word

adb.

1. ( oso) very, most; \txit ederra zen she was {very || most} beautiful; \txit merke very cheap; \txit ondo egin zuten they did it most satisfactorily | they did it quite well; ikusi zutenak \txit poztu ziren those who saw her were most pleased; guztiz gogoz eta \txit sarriro most willingly and quite often

2. ( guztiz, zeharo) entirely, quite; gaurko lana ez diat \txit amaitu I haven't quite finished today's work

3. ( tituluari d.) most; Gurutzeaga Jaun \txit Agurgarria Gurutzeaga, Esq.