(asking a favour)

do somebody a favour, do a favour for somebody — jemandem einen Gefallen tun

as a favour to somebody — jemandem zuliebe

be in favour of something — für etwas sein

in somebody's favour — zu jemandes Gunsten

show favour to[wards] somebody — jemanden begünstigen

to find favour with sb — bei jdm Anklang finden

to be in favour of sth — für etw sein

to be in favour of doing sth — dafür sein, etw zu tun

a point in his favour — ein Punkt zu seinen Gunsten, ein Punkt, der für ihn spricht

the judge ruled in his favour — der Richter entschied zu seinen Gunsten

he's got everything in his favour — es spricht alles für ihn

circumstances were all working in her favour — die Umstände waren alle günstig für sie

all those in favour raise their hands — alle, die dafür sind, Hand hoch

to show favour to sb — jdn bevorzugen

to ask a favour of sb — jdn um einen Gefallen bitten

to do sb a favour — jdm einen Gefallen tun

would you do me the favour of returning my library books? —

as a favour — aus Gefälligkeit

as a favour to him —

I favour the second proposal — ich bin für den zweiten Vorschlag

ask a favour of somebody, ask somebody a favour — jemanden um einen Gefallen bitten

do somebody a favour, do a favour for somebody — jemandem einen Gefallen tun

as a favour — aus Gefälligkeit

as a favour to somebody — jemandem zuliebe

be in favour of something — für etwas sein

all those in favour — alle, die dafür sind

in somebody's favour — zu jemandes Gunsten

show favour to[wards] somebody — jemanden begünstigen

I favour the first proposal — ich bin für den ersten Vorschlag

excuse me, please — (con) permiso, ¿me permite, por favor?

there's no excuse for rudeness — la mala educación no tiene excusa

to make excuses — poner* excusas

to make one's excuses — excusarse

there's no excuse for this — esto no admite disculpa

it's only an excuse — es un pretexto nada más

on the excuse that... — con el pretexto de que...

to make excuses for sb — presentar disculpas por algn

he's only making excuses — está buscando pretextos

he made his excuses and left — presentó sus excusas y se marchó

he gives poverty as his excuse — alega su pobreza

to excuse sb sth — perdonar algo a algn

now, if you will excuse me... — con permiso...

if you will excuse me I must go — con permiso de ustedes tengo que marcharme

may I be excused for a moment? — ¿puedo salir un momento?

that does not excuse his conduct — eso no justifica su conducta

to excuse o.s. (for sth/for doing sth) — pedir disculpas (por algo/por haber hecho algo)

to excuse o.s. (from sth/from doing sth) — dispensarse (de algo/de hacer algo)

after ten minutes he excused himself — después de diez minutos pidió permiso y se fue

to ask to be excused — pedir permiso

excuse me, please — (con) permiso, ¿me permite, por favor?

there's no excuse for rudeness — la mala educación no tiene excusa

to make excuses — poner* excusas

to make one's excuses — excusarse

ask your mother — pregúntale a tu madre

to ask a question — hacer* una pregunta

to ask somebody something — preguntarle algo a alguien

I asked him his name — le pregunté cómo se llamaba

I often ask myself... — muchas veces me pregunto...

to ask somebody about something/somebody/-ing: have you asked him about his trip/his mother? ¿le has preguntado por el viaje/por su madre?; ask her about doing overtime — pregúntale si sería posible hacer horas extras

nobody asked your opinion — nadie te ha pedido tu opinión

what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?

is that asking too much? — ¿es mucho pedir?

to ask somebody for something — pedirle* algo a alguien

I'm going to ask him for it back — le voy a pedir que me lo devuelva

to ask something of somebody: she asks too much of her students les exige demasiado a sus alumnos; to ask somebody to + inf pedirle* a alguien que (+ subj); they asked me to help out me pidieron que les diera una mano; I must ask you to leave haga el favor de irse; I asked her to dance la saqué a bailar; to ask to + inf: I asked to see the manager pedí hablar con el director; he's asking to be slapped — se está buscando una bofetada

to ask somebody (to something) — invitar a alguien (a algo)

we'll ask them to dinner — los invitaremos a cenar

ask them in — diles que pasen

haven't you asked her out yet? — ¿todavía no la has invitado a salir?

to ask something FOR something — pedir* algo por algo

how much is he asking for the car? — ¿cuánto pide por el coche?

you may well ask! — buena pregunta!

to ask about something/somebody: he asked about your health/you — preguntó por tu salud/por ti

it's yours for the asking — está a tu disposición

there's no harm in asking — con preguntar no se pierde nada

"how is Frank?" he asked — -¿cómo está Frank? -preguntó

to ask sb sth — preguntar algo a algn

I asked him his name/the time — le pregunté su nombre/la hora

to ask o.s. sth — preguntarse algo

ask her about her plans for Christmas — pregúntale qué planes tiene para la Navidad

if you ask me, I think she's crazy — para mí que está loca

ask them what time the party is — pregúntales a qué hora es la fiesta

they are asking £200,000 for the house — piden 200.000 libras por la casa

that's asking a lot — eso es mucho pedir

all he asked of us was that we tell people about his plight — solo nos pidió que habláramos a la gente de la difícil situación en que se encontraba

he asked to go on the picnic — preguntó si podía ir (con ellos) de picnic

to ask sb to do sth — pedir a algn que haga algo

I think she's asking too much — creo que está exigiendo demasiado

have you been asked? — ¿te han invitado?

he was too shy to ask — le dio vergüenza preguntar

he was asking about you — estaba preguntando por ti

if you need anything, just ask — si quieres algo no tienes más que pedirlo

I offered £5,000 below the asking price — les ofrecí 5.000 libras menos de lo que pedían

ask your mother — pregúntale a tu madre

to ask a question — hacer* una pregunta

to ask somebody something — preguntarle algo a alguien

I asked him his name — le pregunté cómo se llamaba

I often ask myself... — muchas veces me pregunto...

to ask somebody about something/somebody/-ing: have you asked him about his trip/his mother? ¿le has preguntado por el viaje/por su madre?; ask her about doing overtime — pregúntale si sería posible hacer horas extras

nobody asked your opinion — nadie te ha pedido tu opinión

what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?

is that asking too much? — ¿es mucho pedir?

to ask somebody for something — pedirle* algo a alguien

I'm going to ask him for it back — le voy a pedir que me lo devuelva

to ask something of somebody: she asks too much of her students les exige demasiado a sus alumnos; to ask somebody to + inf pedirle* a alguien que (+ subj); they asked me to help out me pidieron que les diera una mano; I must ask you to leave haga el favor de irse; I asked her to dance la saqué a bailar; to ask to + inf: I asked to see the manager pedí hablar con el director; he's asking to be slapped — se está buscando una bofetada

to ask somebody (to something) — invitar a alguien (a algo)

we'll ask them to dinner — los invitaremos a cenar

ask them in — diles que pasen

haven't you asked her out yet? — ¿todavía no la has invitado a salir?

to ask something FOR something — pedir* algo por algo

how much is he asking for the car? — ¿cuánto pide por el coche?

you may well ask! — buena pregunta!

to ask about something/somebody: he asked about your health/you — preguntó por tu salud/por ti

it's yours for the asking — está a tu disposición

there's no harm in asking — con preguntar no se pierde nada

domandare qc a qn — to ask sb sth

mi ha domandato l'ora — he asked me the time

mi ha domandato se volevo andare alla festa — he asked me if I wanted to go to the party

domandare qc a qn — to ask sb for sth

domandare scusa a qn — to beg sb's pardon, say sorry to sb

domandare un favore a qn — to ask sb a favour, ask a favour of sb

domandarsi — to wonder, ask o.s.

mi domando dove possa essere — I wonder where it can be

mi domando e dico perché devo rimanere qua? — why on earth have I got to stay here?

domandare di qn — (chiedere come sta) to ask after sb

domandare il permesso a qcn. — to ask (for) sb.'s permission

domandare scusa a qcn. — to apologize to sb.

e me lo domandi! — you're asking me?

domandare qcs. a qcn. — to ask sb. sth.

domandagli come si chiama — ask him his name

domandare a qcn. come, perché, se — to ask sb. how, why, whether

"è partita?" domandò — "has she left?" he asked

quanto domandano per quel quadro? — what (price) are they asking for that painting?

Luca ha domandato di te — Luca asked after you, Luca asked how you were getting on

-rsi se, perché, come, dove — to wonder whether, why, how, where

ask somebody's name — nach jemandes Namen fragen

ask somebody [something] — jemanden [nach etwas] fragen

ask somebody about something — jemanden nach etwas fragen

how much are you asking for that car? — wieviel verlangen Sie für das Auto?

ask a lot of somebody — viel von jemandem verlangen

asking price — geforderter Preis

ask somebody to dinner — jemanden zum Essen einladen

ask somebody out — jemanden einladen

you may well ask — du hast allen Grund zu fragen

ask after somebody/something — nach jemandem/etwas fragen

ask for something/somebody — etwas/jemanden verlangen

ask for it — (coll.): (invite trouble) es herausfordern

if you ask me — wenn du mich fragst

to ask sb for or to lunch — jdn zum (Mittag)essen einladen

to ask sb to do sth — jdn darum bitten, etw zu tun

are you asking me to believe that? — und das soll ich glauben?

could I ask your advice? — darf ich Sie um Rat bitten?

he asked to be excused — er bat, ihn zu entschuldigen, er entschuldigte sich

that's asking the impossible — das ist ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit

he asks too much of me — er verlangt zu viel von mir

that's asking too much — das ist zu viel verlangt

to ask about sb/sth — sich nach jdm/etw erkundigen

ask away! — frag nur!

I only asked —

I'm not asking for sympathy — ich will kein Mitleid

there's no harm in asking — Fragen kostet nichts!

it's yours for the asking —

you are asking for trouble — du willst wohl Ärger haben

if you do that you're asking for trouble — wenn du das tust, dann kriegst du Ärger

that's asking for trouble —

to ask for Mr X — Herrn X verlangen

to ask for sth back — etw wiederhaben wollen

ask [somebody] a question — [jemandem] eine Frage stellen

ask somebody's name — nach jemandes Namen fragen

ask somebody [something] — jemanden [nach etwas] fragen

ask somebody about something — jemanden nach etwas fragen

ask something — um etwas bitten

how much are you asking for that car? — wieviel verlangen Sie für das Auto?

ask somebody to do something — jemanden [darum] bitten, etwas zu tun

ask a lot of somebody — viel von jemandem verlangen

asking price — geforderter Preis

it's yours for the asking — du kannst es gern haben

ask somebody to dinner — jemanden zum Essen einladen

ask somebody out — jemanden einladen

you may well ask — du hast allen Grund zu fragen

ask after somebody/something — nach jemandem/etwas fragen

ask for something/somebody — etwas/jemanden verlangen

ask for it — (coll.): (invite trouble) es herausfordern

to ask a question — fare una domanda

to ask sb. sth. — chiedere qcs. a qcn.

80% of those asked said no — l'80% delle persone intervistate hanno detto no

I'm asking you how you did it — voglio sapere come l'hai fatto

I wasn't asking you — non ti ho chiesto niente

it's too much to ask — questo è chiedere troppo

to ask to do — chiedere di fare

to ask sb. to do — chiedere a qcn. di fare

to ask sth. of o from sb. chiedere qcs. a qcn.; what price is he asking for it? — quanto chiede per questo?

to ask sb. out — invitare qcn. a uscire

to ask sb. in — invitare qcn. a entrare

we asked him along — l'abbiamo invitato a unirsi a noi

to ask about sb. — informarsi su qcn.

I'll ask around — mi informerò

to ask a question — fare una domanda

to ask sb. sth. — chiedere qcs. a qcn.

80% of those asked said no — l'80% delle persone intervistate hanno detto no

I'm asking you how you did it — voglio sapere come l'hai fatto

I wasn't asking you — non ti ho chiesto niente

it's too much to ask — questo è chiedere troppo

to ask to do — chiedere di fare

to ask sb. to do — chiedere a qcn. di fare

to ask sth. of o from sb. chiedere qcs. a qcn.; what price is he asking for it? — quanto chiede per questo?

to ask sb. out — invitare qcn. a uscire

to ask sb. in — invitare qcn. a entrare

we asked him along — l'abbiamo invitato a unirsi a noi

to ask about sb. — informarsi su qcn.

I'll ask around — mi informerò

demander l'asile politique — to apply for political asylum

demander la main de quelqu'un — to ask for somebody's hand

demander quelqu'un en mariage — to propose to somebody

fais ce qu'on te demande! — do as you're told!

il n'en demandait pas tant — he didn't expect all that

je ne demande pas mieux que de partir — there's nothing I would like better than to go

je ne demande que ça! — that's exactly what I want!

il ne demande qu'à te croire — he'd really like to believe you

demander quelque chose à quelqu'un — to ask somebody something

‘un vendeur est demandé à l'accueil’ — ‘would a salesman please come to reception’

se demander si/pourquoi — to wonder whether/why

ce genre de choses ne se demande pas — it's not the kind of thing you ask

demander qch à qn — to ask sb sth

Nous avons demandé notre chemin à un chauffeur de taxi. — We asked a taxi driver the way.

demander si... — to ask if..., to ask whether...

Va demander si c'est gratuit. — Go and ask if it's free.

demander pourquoi — to ask why

J'ai demandé la permission. — I've asked for permission.

Je lui ai demandé un renseignement concernant... — I asked him for some information about...

demander la main de qn — to ask for sb's hand, to ask for sb's hand in marriage

demander pardon à qn — to apologize to sb

demander à faire qch — to ask if one can do sth, to ask to do sth

Elle a demandé à parler au directeur. — She asked if she could speak to the headteacher., She asked to speak to the headteacher.

demander à voir qch — to ask to see sth

je demande à voir! — I'll believe that when I see it!

il ne demande qu'à faire — all he wants is to do

demander à qn de faire — to ask sb to do

Je lui ai demandé de m'aider. — I asked him to help me.

demander que; Ils ont demandé qu'on leur rembourse le prix du voyage. — They asked to be reimbursed for the cost of the journey.

il ne demande que ça — that's all he wants

je ne demande pas mieux — I'd like nothing better

Ils demandent 2 secrétaires et un ingénieur. — They're looking for 2 secretaries and an engineer.

En ce moment on demande beaucoup de linguistes. — Linguists are very much in demand at the moment.

Il vous demande, qu'est-ce que je dis? — He's asking for you, what shall I say?, He wants to speak to you, what shall I say?

On vous demande au téléphone. — You're wanted on the phone., There's someone on the phone for you.

Il demande M. Duval, qu'est-ce que je dis? — He wants to see M. Duval, what shall I say?

un travail qui demande beaucoup de temps — a job that requires a lot of time