( ulertu)

du/ad.

1. to understand; nahiko ongi ulertzen dizut I understand you quite well; gaizki \ulertu to misunderstand; bitara uler daitekeen esaldia a sentence that can be understood two (different) ways; gutxik \ulertu diote baina txalo handiak egin dizkiote few understood him but he received a tremendous applause

2. ( iragarri) to guess, conjecture

3. ( somatu) to perceive

to understand

iz.

a. evil, wrong; i-i \gaizkia egin to do sb wrong

b. [ izenen aurrean ] evil-: \gaizki-gile evil doer

2. ( bekatua) sin, wrong adb. ( txarto)

1. bad, badly; \gaizki hartu zuen he took it badly; dena \gaizki egiten du he does everything bad

2. ( ez ongi) badly, poorly; \gaizki kantatzen du she sings badly; \gaizki hazitako ume bat an ill-bred child

3. ( okerra) wrong; \gaizki jarri duzu you've set it wrong; kontuak \gaizki atera ditu he's got his accounts wrong; oso \gaizki dago hori that is quite wrong

4. zer moduz? — \gaizki How are you? — bad || terrible Oharra: gaizki duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., gaizki ulertu aurkitzeko, bila ezazu ulertu adieran

iz. [from Lat. auditu]

1. ( p.) expert; \aditua da mikrobiologian she's an expert in microbiology

2. (ituna, e.a.) \aditu bat dute elkarren artean they've got an understanding among themselves

3. ez \adituarena egin to feign ignorance | to pretend not to hear du/ad.

1. ( entzun)

a. ( ezer) to hear; \aditu ezazu ondo! listen up!

b. ( i-i) to hear; ez dizut ondo aditzen I'm not hearing you very well | I can't hear you very well

2. ( ulertu) to understand, fathom, gather, grasp, get; aditzen dut zer esan nahi duen I {gather || understand} what he means; oker \aditu du he misunderstood; albaniera aditzen ez dutenak those who do not understand Albanian; elkar ezin \aditurik unable to understand each other; aditzeko da meaning | that is to say; bihar joango direla \aditu dut I've heard tell that they're going tomorrow

3. ( sumatu)

a. ( usaina, e.a.) to perceive, discern, make out ; gelari zerion kirats arraro bat \aditu zuten they perceived a strange smell emanating from the room

b. \aditu zuten etxean zegoela they could tell he was in the room da/ad.

1. to make o.s. understood; ez da inorekin aditzen he doesn't get along with anyone

2. ( azpilanean ibili) to conspire, connive; gure kontra \adituak dira they've conspired against us

3. (B) to be aware; adi hadi! beware!

adb.

1. ( ibili)

a. quickly, fast, rapidly, swiftly

b. ( jaiki, e.a.) quickly; jaiki zaitez \arinki! quick, get up!

c. ( ulertu, e.a.) immediately, quickly

2. ( axolagabeki) thoughtlessly, carelessly

3. ( ez astunkiro) lightly

du/ad.

1. ( atzeman)

a. to catch; 4 orein \atzitu zituzten they caught 4 deer

b. ( ustekabean) to catch; zuzendariaren emaztearekin \atzitu zuten he was caught with the director' s wife

2. Inform. to access

3. ( hartu, ulertu) to catch on to, get

4. ( atxilotu) to arrest, detain

5. ( engainatu) to deceive, fool

iz.

1. Anat.

a. head; \burua gora ekarriko du he'll come with his head held high; \burua behera ekarriko du he'll come with his head hanging low; \burua hautsi zion he smashed his head in

b. (esa.) \burutik oinera from head to foot; \burua egingo nuke egia dela I'd bet my life it's true; ez du \bururik ez buztanik it makes no sense at all; \buru eta bihotz heart and soul; \buru agertu i. to uncover one's head ii. (nabaritu) to stand off, make o.s. conspicuous; bere \burua aitaren aurrean agertu zuen he appeared before his father; \burua jaso to raise one's head

2. (gauzakiei d., e.a.)

a. Tek. head

b. head; orratzaren \burua the head of a needle

c. (ezpatari d.) pommel

d. (oheari d.) bedstead

e. (etxeari d.) top

3. Nekaz. head; hogei \buru dituzte abeltegi hartan they've got twenty head of cattle in that corral

4. (amaia)

a. end; kale \buruan dago it's at the end of the street; \burutik \burura i. from end to end ii. (liburuari d.) from cover to cover; \bururen \buru (I) from beginning to end; -(r)i \buru eman to put an end to; \burutan atera to carry out |to finish

b. (hatzari d.) tip; hatz-\buru fingertip\buru

5. (aurrekoalde) head; manifestazioaren \buru\\\buruzebilen he went at the head of the demonstration

b. liburaren \buruan at the beginning of the book

6. (nagusia)

a. head, leader; sail\buru department head | head of the department; Elizaren \burua the head of the Church ; familiaren \burua the head of the family; nor da etxe honetako \buru\\\burua? who is the head of this household?; nik, bederen, posible ikusten dut, noizbait, nekearen nekez, Sri Lankako Gobernu batek, nornahi duela \buru, amore ematea autodeterminazioaren eskakizunari I, for one, think it possible that some day, after a great deal of strife, a government in Sri Lanka, whoever heads it, will give in to the demand for self-determination

b. (bilerari, bilkurari d.) \buru izan to preside (- (e)an: at) ; \buru ibili to preside; \buru dabilen apezpiku \\ apezpikutza \\ agintari \\ apaizgodun aitzindari presiding Bishop \\ Bishopric \\ authority \\ priesthood leader

7. (adimena)

a. mind, head; \buru argia du she's got a bright mind; \burua behar da horretarako you've got to have a mind for that; \burutan hartu to bear in mind; bihotz euskaldunaren eta \buru erdaldunaren arteko borroka amaigabea the never-ending struggle between the Basque-speaking heart and the {Spanish-speaking || French-speaking} mind

b. (esa.) i-i \burua berotu i. to rile up, stir up ii. (zirrara eman) to excite; edariak \burua berotzen du drink excites you iii. (kezkatu) to worry ; \burua galdu to lose one's mind ; i-i \burua hartu i. (alkoholak i-r, e.a.) to cloud; pattarrak \burua hartu zion booze clouded his mind ii. (beti berdin pentsarazi) to get to one's head ; i-i \burua jan to brainwash sb ; -(r)i \burua zoratu to go mad; \buruak eman to occur; \buruak ematen dion guztia egin behar du he's got to do whatever strikes his fancy; \buruan erabili i. to think of | to ponder about; zer edo zer erabiliko du \buruan dirurik ez galtzeko he'll of think something so as not to lose any money ii. (azpikerietan ibili) to plot ; \buru(t)an hartu to take into consideration |to give thought to; \buruan gatza izan (du/ad.) to be bright; \buruan sartu i. (bururatu, otu) to get... into one's head | to get the idea ii. (hartu, ulertu) to understand, grasp; horrelako gauzak ez dira nire \buruan sartzen I simply can't understand such things; \burutik egon to be {mad || crazy || nuts}, be off one's rocker; \burutik {igaro || pasa} i. to go through one's mind ii. (aurrez susmatu) to have a feeling; susmo txar bat igaro zitzaion \burutik she had a terrible foreboding; \burutik jauzi to go {crazy || mad}, crack up ; \burutik joanda crazy, mad ; \burutik {kendu || atera || bota} to forget; ezin zuen \burutik kendu he couldn't get her out of his {mind || head}; beldurra \burutik kentzeko in order to get over the fear

8. (oroimen) memory, head; \buru txarra du he's got a bad memory | he's got a head like a sieve

9. (jatorri) origin; bekatu guztien \burua the origin of all sins

10. Geog. Naut. cape

b. (mendikoa) top, peak

11. Landr.

a. (gariarena) ear

b. (artoarena) cob, ear

12. Mat. \burura gorde to carry; hamar gehi hamaika hogeita bat eta \bururako bi ten plus eleven equals twenty-one carry two

13. (arma) warhead; \buru nuklear nuclear warhead

a. self; nire \buruari esan nion... I said to myself...; bere \burua garbitu du he killed himself; bere \burua trenari bota zion he threw himself against a train; \burua zuritu to justify oneself; nork bere \buruaz beste egin to kill o.s. | to commit suicide; begi zorrotzak izan ditut hutsak ikusteko, batez ere, huts horiek geure \buruarenak, neronenak barne, direnean I've kept a sharp eye out for mistakes, especially mistakes committed by ourselves, including my own

b. ez dut nahi zuekin \burua bat egin I do not wish to join you

c. [izenen aurrean] self-; \burujabetasun independence

[from *e-nezu-n ?] iz. obedience; seme batek ez zuen \entzunrik one son wasn't obedient; \entzun oneko obedient; bestea, beraz, \entzun onekoa zen but the other one was very obedient du/ad.

a. ( aditu) to hear; anitz \entzunik naiz (I) I've heard a lot; albiste hori \entzun baino lehen before hearing that piece of news ; entzutekoa da it's something worth hearing; sartzen \\ irteten \entzun zaitut I heard you come in \\ go out; askotan \entzun diogu hori esaten we've often heard him say that; eta Jainkoak bere eskaria \entzun zion and God heard his request ; \entzun eta isil, baiezko biribil (atsot.) silence implies acceptance

b. ( badantzut) badantzut (B) Zah. I hear; aizu! — badantzut! hey! — I hear you!; ez da nahi bezalakoa — badantzut? it's not what we want — how's that?

2. ( erne \entzun) to listen; arretaz \entzun to listen carefully; \entzun bai baina ulertu ez {they || he || she, e.a.} listened but {they || he || she, e.a.} didn't understand ; \entzun eta gor egin to play deaf; ez \entzun egin | ez \entzunarena egin i. to pretend not to hear ii. to play dumb; ez dut haiek entzuteko astirik I don't have time to listen to them; \entzun 'zak seme, ez haiz gehiago haur bat listen up son, you're no longer a child; entzutekoak \entzun to be told off | to be {read out || scolded}

3. ( meza) to go to, attend; mezatara al zoaz? — ez, \entzunik nago are you going to Mass? — no, I've already gone

du/ad.

a. ( bereganatu) to obtain, acquire; Erregeren barkamena erdiesteko in order to obtain a pardon from the King

b. ( lortu) to achieve, accomplish; ez dugu deus \erdietsi we have achieved nothing

2. ( hartu, ulertu) to get, understand, grasp; denek ez dute hitz hori erdiesten not everybody gets that word

izo. (txik.) nothing; ez nuen \ezertxo ere ulertu I understood nothing at all; \ezertxo aldatu gabe without changing anything at all

il. impossible; \ezinezkoa da holako zerbait egitea it's impossible to do something like that; \ezinezko ametsak impossible dreams; Amaren jarrera hori ulertu \ezinezkoa da that attitude of Mother's is incomprehensible

du/ad.

a. to take, get; har ezazu zor dizudana take what I owe you; neskari eskua \hartu zion she took the girl's hand; besoetan hartu zuen he took her into his arms

b. (irud.) to get, acquire; loak \hartu ninduen I fell asleep

a. ( erdietsi) to get, acquire; gauean liburuak irakurtzeko \hartu dut I've got into the habit of reading books at night

b. ( jaso) to get, pick up; txanpona erori zaizu, har ezazu! you've dropped the coin, get it!

a. ( gutuna, e.a.) to receive, get

b. (mina, kaltea) to get; teilatutik erori da eta min hartu du he fell off the roof and got hurt

c. ( irratia, e.a.) to receive, pick up

a. ( harrera egin) to take to, receive; ez naute ongi \hartu I haven't taken to them; ez dute gure proposamena ongi \hartu they didn't take to our proposal | our proposal wasn't well received; emaitza gaizki \hartu zuen she didn't take the result very well

b. to receive; etxe pobre batean \hartu zuten he was received into a poor house

a. Mil. to take, capture; 1.940an Danimarka oso-osorik \hartu zuten they complely took over Denmark in 1940

b. ( lantokia, unibertsitatea) to occupy

c. ( eraikina) to take, seize

d. (irud.) minbiziak birika \hartu dio cancer has taken hold of his lung

6. ( edaria, janaria) to have; zer hartuko duzu? what will you have?

a. ( trena, autobusa, igogailua) to take, catch; ozta-otza hartu zuen autobusa she just barely caught the bus

b. ( kalea, lasterbidea) to take

a. ( tenperatura, e.a.) to take

b. ( apunteak) to take

c. ( argazkia) to take

a. ( neurriak) to take, adopt

b. ( ohiturak) to acquire

a. ( eraman) to carry; bizkarrean \hartua eraman nuen etxera I carried her on my back home

b. (irud.) gaur ezin dut, oso \hartua nago eta I can't today as I am very busy

11. ( ulertu) to understand, get; hartzen al duzu? do you get it?

12. ( landareek) to take root

13. to occupy, take up; sofak leku asko hartzen du the sofa takes up a lot of room

14. ( eduki) hold; ontzi honek 15 litro hartzen ditu this container holds 15 {liters (USA) || litres (GB) }

15. -tzat \hartu to consider, take for; lapurtzat hartzen dute he is considered to be a thief, they take him for a thief

16. ( alderatu) i-ra \hartu to veer towards somewhere; ezkerretara \hartu du he's taken a left Oharra: hartu duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., eguzki hartu aurkitzeko, bila ezazu eguzki adieran

iz.

1. ( begiraldia) look, glimpse

2. visit; i-i \ikusi bat egin to call on sb du/ad.

1. ( oro.) to see; ikustera noa I'll go and see; \ikusi eta ikasi! look and learn!

a. ( zerbaiten ikusle izan) to watch; telebista \ikusi to watch television; estropadak \ikusi to watch boat races

b. ( lekukoa izan) to see; kaletik etortzen \ikusi nuen I saw her coming down the street; hori egiten sarritan \ikusi dut I've often seen it done; hori \ikusita daukat I've seen that ( already) ; ez du bakerik izango Euskal Herria aske \ikusi arte he won't rest until he sees the Basque Country free

3. (irud.) (ulertu) to see, get; ikusten? ez dute nahi! you see? they don't want to!; \ikusiko duzu! you'll see!

4. ( jasan) to see, go though; gorriak \ikusi ditugu we've had a rough time; asko ikusten du harrengatik she's been having a rough time a lot on account of her children

5. ( gorrotatu: + ezin) to stand, bear; ezin dute elkar \ikusi they can't stand each other; ezin zuen inor \ikusi he couldn't stand anybody

6. (irud.) ( ikertu) to see, look into, examine; \ikusiko dugu we'll see | we'll look into it ; ikus dezagun zer dioen txostenak let's see what the report says

7. ( bisitatu) to see, call on; bere ama ikustera joan zen he went and saw his mother

8. ( ohartu)

a. to see. look; nekatuta ikusten zaitut I see you're tired | you look tired

b. ( ohartu, konturatu) to see, realize

9. ( iritzi) to see, view; nola ikusten duzu zuk gaurko egoera? how do you {look at || see || view} the current situation?; ez dut hori begi onez ikusten she doesn't think much of that

10. ( gogoan hartu) to pay attention, pay heed to; zenbait gaztek ez dituzte \ikusi nahi gure ohitura zaharrak some young people don't care about our old customs

11. ( zer + \ikusi) guk ez dugu horrekin zer \ikusirik we have nothing to do with that; geuk ere badugu zer \ikusirik auzi horretan we too have something to do with that matter Oharra: ikusi duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., gorriak ikusi aurkitzeko, bila ezazu gorri adieran

adb.

1. ( ezezkoan) by no means, in any way; hori ez da \inondik ere gure arazorik larriena that is by no means our greatest problem; ez zaitut \inondik iraindu nahi I don't want to offend you in any way; ez dut uste, \inondik ere, hori benetan gertatu zenik I don't believe one bit that really happened

2. ( baiezkoan)

a. gizon hori oso gaiztoa da \inondik ere that man was {certainly || positively} evil ; \inondik ere gizon hau Jainkoaren semea zen this man was surely the son of God

b. ( nolabait) somehow; neure ametsari eutsiko diot \inondik I'll somehow hold on to my dream

a. \inondik inora i. ( ezezkoan: inola ere) at all; ez zuten \inondik inora nahi they didn't want it at all; \inondik inora ezin dut ulertu I can't understand it at all | I can't make heads or tails of it

b. ( nolabait) \inondik inora ahal badut, egingo dut if there's any way I can, I'll do it

du/ad. formala. to give possession of; hiltzerakoan, \jabetu ninduen Errezilgo baserri bat upon his death he gave me possession of a farmhouse in Errezil da/ad.

a. to gain possession, get a hold (- z: of) ;

b. -z berriz \jabetu to regain; gureaz \jabetu gara we've got what's ours; ez daukat haren hitzez jabetzea beste biderik I can only take him for his word

b. ( nagusitu, menperatu) to take over, conquer; Josue Jerikoz \jabetu zenean when Joshua {took || conquered} Jericho; e-z indarrez \jabetu to take sth by force

d. ( hizkuntza) to master

a. ( atzeman, ulertu) to grasp, understand, discern; ez dakit zure arrazoibideaz ongi \jabetu naizen I can't quite understand your reasoning | I don't know if I understand your reasoning quite right; nire euskalduntasuna zer den ez nintzen \jabetu harik eta beste herriak ikusi nituen artean I didn't comprehend my condition as a Basque until I visited other countries

b. ( jakin) -z \jabetu to learn of, hear of, find out about, get to know about; espioien bidez \jabetu zen, etsaia bi aldetatik zetorkiola he learned from spies that the enemy was coming upon him from two directions

c. ( konturatu) to realize, become aware of; beren indarrez eta sendotasunez \jabetu orduko as soon as he was aware of their strength and might

3. ( uste osoa izan) to be persuaded, find; ez dela etorriko \jabetu naiz I'm persuaded that he won't come;" Erregea eta Ni" obrako Anna-k bezala, jabetzen naiz "doinu alai" bat txistuka jotzeak, eta abesteak — batez ere bakarrik nagoenean — gogoa argitzen didatela like Anna in "The King and I", I find whistling "a happy tune" and singing — especially when I am alone! — can also lighten my spirits

iz.

1. duration, length; bere biziaren \luzea the duration of his life; barka, arren, aipamenaren \luzea please forgive the length of the remark

2. bidearen \luzera along the road | alongside the road

3. \luzearen \luzez over a long period of time

4. Kir. \luzeko jokoa baseline game io.

1. ( neurria, ez laburra, ez motza) long; nolako \luzea da? how long is it?; ile \luzea du she has long hair; haga \luze batetik zintzilik zegoen it was hanging from a long pole; ez da behar adinako luzea it isn't long enough; bidai \luze long {trip || journey}; bide \luze egin duk you've come a long way; soineko \luze long dress; Van Gogh-en eskutitz \luze batean in a long letter from Van Gogh; eta ulertu nahi ez dutenek, berriz, beste traidore baten izen a idatziko dute beren zerrenda beltz gero eta \luzeagoan on the other hand, those who don't want to understand will write down the name of another traitor on their ever lengthening black list

b. ( luzapena) prolonged, extended

c. ( bokala) long

d. (z.o.) good, long; bost kilometro \luze a good five kilometres

e. ( + zenbakia) 50 metro \luze eta 25 metro zabal 50 metres long and 25 metres wide; lau milimetro \luzeko ile(ak) hair four millimetres long

2. ( denboraldia, iraunaldia)

a. long, lengthy, protracted; urte \luzeak long years | many years; barau \luzea a long fast; lan gaitz eta \luzea long and difficult work; ez du denbora \luzeean iraungo it's not going to last very much longer; mende \luzeen lasaikeriagatik on account of many long centuries of neglect; espetxean egon zen 27 urte \luzez he was in prison for 27 long years

b. ( epea) long

3. ( altua) tall; gizon \luze eta lerdena zen he was a tall and slim man

4. ( berandu, e.a.) late; \luze egin zait it's gotten late; \luze gabe jakingo duzu you'll know before long; \luzeen dela | \luzeenaz ere at most | at the latest

5. ( patxadatsua) slow, sluggish

6. ( eskuzabala) generous

7. stretched out; bertan \luze gelditu to drop dead

8. (irud.) beso \luzeak ditu he's got pull | he's influential; hortzak \luzerik gelditu zen he was still hungry; azkazal \luze thief adb.

1. long; \luze mintzatu zen he spoke at length; egia esan, \luze jo zidan sendatzeak in fact, it was one long road to recovery

2. sprawled out, stretched out; etxeko astorik handiena hilda \luze gelditu zaio the biggest donkey on his farm wound up dead, lying sprawled out

3. (L) ( berandu) \luze dator he's late

du/ad.

a. ( ohartu) to notice, take notice of; goitik \nabaritu to spy from above; bidean erromes bat \nabaritu zuen berari so on the road he noticed a beggar looking at him

b. ( sentitu, konturatu) to feel; ez dut sekula Australiarako gogorik \nabaritu I've never felt any urge to go to Australia

c. ( behatu, begiratu) to observe; begiak nabari dezakeen guztia all that an eye can see

d. ( bereizi) to tell, tell apart; ez da nabaritzen pagausoen aurraltzak diren ala haitz-usoenak you can't tell if they're wood pidgeon eggs or rock pidgeon eggs

2. ( sumatu) to sense, perceive; arrano datorreino xoriak dik kantzen, \nabaritu duenean ordea, duk isiltzen until the eagle flys by the bird sings but when it senses it, it goes quiet

3. ( ulertu, ezagutu) to understand, make sense of; zeruko gauzaak nabaritzeko nehor ez da gai nobody is capable of making sense of divine matters

4. ( nabari ukan) to reveal da/ad. [ zaio ] to be apparent; barruko egonezina garbi nabaritzen zaio his inner turmoil is readily apparent

adb. willfully, voluntarily junt.

1. ( h.g. \nahiz eta) although; \nahiz eta handia izan, ez dut erosiko although it is big, I won't buy it; \nahiz eta etorri nintzen, ez nuen ikasgaia ulertu even though I did come, I didn't understand the lesson

2. as well as; handia \nahiz txikia, berdin erosiko dut whether it is large or small, I'll buy it all the same; \nahiz den behartsua, \nahiz ez whether he be poor or not