( seguraski)

certainly, surely

iz. i-i \alta eman i. ( ospitaletik) to discharge sb, release sb ii. to register sb

junt.

1. (I) ( haatik) nevertheless; \alta ez zen oso txarra nevertheless it was not very bad; \alta bada gose gaituzu nevertheless we are hungry; \alta ez diogu nehori egiten gaizkorik nonetheless we do no harm to anyone

a. ( seguraski) certainly, surely; \alta damutuko zara you' re certainly regret it

b. . ez dute horrelakorik nahi, \alta bada, ez da hori behar dutena they don' t want such a thing, indeed, it' s not what they need

3. ( bada) well; nik, \alta, janen nuke taloa well, I' d eat a corn cake

→ amets

adb.

1. ( seguraski) surely, for sure; \aments bai yes, for sure

2. ( gutxienez) at least; \aments bi mila euro behar zenituzke Tahitira joateko you would need at least two thousand euros to go to Tahiti

izo. (B)

1. ( ezezko esaldietan)

a. ( ezer) nothing; \arean\\\arean ez dago there' s nothing; edaria non eta zelan izango ote den \arean ez dakigu we don' t know anything about where or how the drink might be; ilbeheran zegik (= ez egik) erein \arean (atsot.) sow not during a waning moon; \arean (bere) ez nothing at all \\\arean

b. ( inor) nobody; \areanek ez du egin nobody' s done it; ez zioten errukirik \arean\\\areanhartu they took no pity on him

2. ( baiezkoan)

a. ( ezer) \arean bai something; \arean ikusi to see something

b. ( inor) somebody; \areanek egin du somebody' s done it adb. ( dudarik gabe, seguraski) surely, truly, certainly; pezeta bat, gutxi bai, baina batere baino gehiago da \arean a peseta, not much, but more than nothing at all, that' s for sure; \arean bere indeed; \arean\\\areanbere laster gertatuko da hori indeed that is going to happen soon junt. \arean eta until

[esku + har + ki (hand + take + -ki (-ly))] adb.

1. ( oro har) usually, most of the time, generally; \eskuarki ez dut hori egiten baina gaur bai usually I don't do that but today I did; harroputz direnak beldurtiak ohi dira \eskuarki those who are haughty are generally fainthearted

2. ( seguraski) surely, certainly

iz.

1. ( patua) destiny, fate, kismet; baina \halabeharrak nahi duenean but when destiny {wills || dictates} it; \halabeharra borondaterik gabekoen aitzakia da fate is an excuse for those who have no determination; \halabeharrari alde egin ezinik unable to escape his fate; \halabeharrak hartaraturik as fate would have it \halabeharra izan zen, baketan bizi ginen herritik irten beharra we were {fated ||destined} to have to leave the town where we had lived so peacefully; Errezila nihoala, \halabeharrean topatu nuen nire emaztea izango zena I happened to run into the one who was to be my wife on my way to Errezil

2. ( zoritxarra) misfortune, ill fortune; gazte, zerk erakarri ote hau nire etxeraino? \halabeharrak edo maitasun min batek, seguraski sonny, what's brought you to my house? Some misfortune or failed love affair, I'm sure

[from *zur + -bi(de) (way)] iz.

1. bridge; \zubi altxagarri drawbridge; \zubi biragarri swing bridge; \zubi eseki suspension bridge; pontoi-\zubi pontoon bridge; ura \zubiaren azpitik bezala igaro like water under a bridge; \zubi batetik bota zuen bere burua he jumped off a bridge

2. Naut. bridge

3. Lagunart. ( eguna) \zubia egin to take a long week-end; osteguna jai dugu, orduan seguraski \zubia egingo dugu Thursday's a holiday so we'll probably get Friday off as well

4. Erromako \zubi rainbow

a. ( betaurrekoei d.) bridge

b. Mus. ( hari-instrumentari d.) bridge