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(at beginning of film)

1 beginning

noun

beginning n principio / comienzo

at the beginning of September al principio de septiembre

beginning

tr[bɪ'gɪnɪŋ]

noun

1 principio, comienzo

■ the beginning of the film el principio de la película

2 (cause) origen nombre masculino, causa

■ the beginning of the quarrel la causa de la disputa

plural noun beginnings

1 (origins) orígenes nombre masculino plural

■ he never discussed his humble beginnings nunca habló de sus orígenes humildes

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

at the beginning of a principios de

■ at the beginning of December a principios de diciembre

from beginning to end desde el principio hasta el final

the beginning of the end el principio del fin

beginning [bɪ'gɪnɪŋ] n

: principio m, comienzo m

beginning

adj.

• comienzo, -a adj.

• inicio, -a adj.

• novato, -a adj.

• novel adj.

• principiante adj.

• principio, -a adj.

n.

• comienzo s.m.

• iniciación s.f.

• nacimiento s.m.

• origen s.m.

• principio s.m.

• umbral s.m.

bɪ'gɪnɪŋ
noun

a) (in time, place) principio m, comienzo m

the beginning of the end — (set phrase) el principio del fin

at the beginning of the year/of June — a principios del año/de junio

I'll start again from the beginning — volveré a empezar desde el principio

from beginning to end — de principio a fin

b) (origin, early stage) (often pl) comienzo m, inicio m

c) (start, debut) (no pl) comienzo m

[bɪ'ɡɪnɪŋ]
N
1) [of speech, book, film etc] principio m, comienzo m

at the beginning of — al principio de

at the beginning of the century — a principios de siglo

the beginning of the end — el principio del fin

right from the beginning — desde el principio

from beginning to end — de principio a fin, desde el principio hasta el final

in the beginning — al principio

to make a beginning — empezar

2) (=origin) origen m

from humble beginnings — de orígenes modestos

Buddhism had its beginnings... — el budismo tuvo sus orígenes...

he had the beginnings of a beard — tenía un asomo de barba

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[bɪ'gɪnɪŋ]
noun

a) (in time, place) principio m, comienzo m

the beginning of the end — (set phrase) el principio del fin

at the beginning of the year/of June — a principios del año/de junio

I'll start again from the beginning — volveré a empezar desde el principio

from beginning to end — de principio a fin

b) (origin, early stage) (often pl) comienzo m, inicio m

c) (start, debut) (no pl) comienzo m

English-spanish dictionary > beginning
2 film career

карьера в кино

Jane thought that this was the beginning of her film career!

Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > film career
3 beginning-of-life efficiency

did <energ.sol> (of thin-film solar cells) ■ Anfangswirkungsgrad m

English-german technical dictionary > beginning-of-life efficiency
4 to miss the beginning of the film

опоздать к началу фильма/пропустить начало фильма

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to miss the beginning of the film
5 credit

1. noun
1) no pl. (commendation) Anerkennung, die; (honour) Ehre, die

give somebody [the] credit for something — jemandem für etwas Anerkennung zollen (geh.)

take the credit for something — die Anerkennung für etwas einstecken

[we must give] credit where credit is due — Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt

it is [much or greatly/little] to somebody's/something's credit that... — es macht jemandem/einer Sache [große/wenig] Ehre, dass...

it is to his credit that... — es ehrt ihn, dass...

be a credit to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache Ehre machen

2)

credits, credit titles — (at beginning of film) Vorspann, der; (at end) Nachspann, der

3) no pl., no art. (belief) Glaube, der

gain credit — an Glaubwürdigkeit gewinnen

4) no pl. (Commerc.) Kredit, der

give [somebody] credit — [jemandem] Kredit geben

their credit is excellent — sie sind unbedingt kreditwürdig

5) no pl. (Finance, Bookk.) Guthaben, das

be in credit — [Konto:] im Haben sein; [Person:] mit seinem Konto im Haben sein

6) (fig.)

have something to one's credit — etwas vorzuweisen haben

he's cleverer than I gave him credit for — er ist klüger, als ich dachte
2. transitive verb
1) (believe) glauben

2) (accredit)

credit somebody with something — jemandem etwas zutrauen

credit something with something — einer Sache (Dat.) etwas zuschreiben

3) (Finance, Bookk.) gutschreiben

credit £10 to somebody/somebody's account — jemandem/jemandes Konto 10 Pfund gutschreiben

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['kredit] 1. noun
1) (time allowed for payment of goods etc after they have been received: We don't give credit at this shop.) der Kredit

2) (money loaned (by a bank).) der Kredit

3) (trustworthiness regarding ability to pay for goods etc: Your credit is good.) der Ruf

4) ((an entry on) the side of an account on which payments received are entered: Our credits are greater than our debits.) das Haben

5) (the sum of money which someone has in an account at a bank: Your credit amounts to 2,014 dollars.) das Guthaben

6) (belief or trust: This theory is gaining credit.) der Glaube

7) ((American) a certificate to show that a student has completed a course which counts towards his degree.) der Anrechnungspunkt
2. verb
1) (to enter (a sum of money) on the credit side( of an account): This cheque was credited to your account last month.) anrechnen

2) ((with with) to think of (a person or thing) as having: He was credited with magical powers.) zuschreiben

3) (to believe (something) to be possible: Well, would you credit that!) glauben

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- academic.ru/17119/creditable">creditable
- creditably
- creditor
- credits
- credit card
- be a credit to someone
- be a credit to
- do someone credit
- do credit
- give someone credit for something
- give credit for something
- give someone credit
- give credit
- on credit
- take the credit for something
- take credit for something
- take the credit
- take credit
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cred·it

[ˈkredɪt]

I. n

1. no pl (recognition, praise) Anerkennung f; (respect) Achtung f; (honour) Ehre f

all \credit to her for not telling on us alle Achtung, dass sie uns nicht verraten hat!

to her [great] \credit, she admitted she was wrong man muss [es] ihr hoch anrechnen, dass sie ihren Fehler zugegeben hat

to be a \credit to sb/sth, to do sb/sth \credit jdm/etw Ehre machen

to claim \credit [for sth] sich dat etw als Verdienst anrechnen

we cannot claim much \credit for her success ihr Erfolg ist nicht unser Verdienst

to get \credit for sth für etw akk Anerkennung bekommen

to give sb \credit for sth (attribute) jdm etw [o das Verdienst an etw dat] zuschreiben; (praise) jdm für etw akk Anerkennung zollen geh

to take [the] \credit [for sth] die [ganzen] Lorbeeren [für etw akk] einheimsen fam

2. no pl (standing) Ansehen nt

to acquire \credit sich dat Ansehen erwerben

to gain \credit an Ansehen gewinnen

3. no pl (achievement) Verdienst nt

▪ it is to sb's \credit that... es ist jds Verdienst, dass...

to have sth to one's \credit etw vorweisen [o für sich akk verbuchen] können

she has a family, three books and a professorship to her \credit sie kann bereits eine Familie, drei Bücher und eine Professur vorweisen

he already has three box office hits to his \credit er kann schon drei Kassenerfolge für sich verbuchen

4. no pl (reliability) Glaubwürdigkeit f

to have \credit glaubwürdig sein

to lend \credit to sth etw glaubwürdig erscheinen lassen

5. no pl (reliance) Glaube[n] m

to give \credit to sth etw dat Glauben schenken

to give sb \credit for sth jdm etw zutrauen

I gave him \credit for better judgement than he showed ich hätte ihm ein besseres Urteilsvermögen zugetraut

6. no pl FIN, COMM Kredit m

to buy sth on \credit etw auf Kredit kaufen

to give [sb] \credit [jdm] Kredit geben

the newsagent doesn't give me any more \credit ich kann beim Zeitschriftenhändler nicht mehr anschreiben lassen

to live on \credit auf Kredit [o fam Pump] leben

to offer \credit on sth einen Kredit für etw akk anbieten

to sell sth on \credit etw auf Kredit verkaufen

7. FIN (money in the bank) Haben nt; (right-hand side of account) Habenseite f; (entry) Gutschrift f

account in \credit Konto nt mit positivem Saldo

debit and \credit Soll nt und Haben nt

letter of \credit Akkreditiv nt fachspr

tax \credit Steuergutschrift f

\credit by way of bank guaranty Avalkredit m fachspr

to be in \credit esp BRIT im Plus sein

to enter [or place] sth to sb's \credit jdm etw gutschreiben

8. no pl FIN, COMM (trustworthiness) Kreditwürdigkeit f

9. SCH Auszeichnung f; UNIV Schein m

10. (contributors)

▪ \credits pl FILM, TV Abspann m; LIT Mitarbeiterverzeichnis nt

11.

▶ [give] \credit where \credit's due ( saying) Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt prov

II. vt

1. (attribute)

▪ to \credit sth to sb jdm etw zuschreiben

the invention was \credited to him die Erfindung wurde ihm zugeschrieben

2. (consider to be responsible for)

▪ to \credit sth/sb with sth etw/jdm etw zuschreiben

she is \credited with discovering the substance ihr wird zugeschrieben, den Stoff entdeckt zu haben

3. (believe to have)

▪ to \credit sth/sb with sth etw/jdm etw zuschreiben

he'd always been \credited with understanding and sympathy for his patients alle hielten ihn seinen Patienten gegenüber für sehr verständnisvoll und mitfühlend

I \credited her with more determination ich hatte ihr mehr Entschlossenheit zugetraut

4. (believe)

▪ to \credit sth etw glauben

would [or can] you \credit it?! ist das zu glauben?!

her excuse took some \crediting ihre Entschuldigung war ziemlich unglaubwürdig

5. (give, add)

▪ to \credit sth to sb/an account jdm/einem Konto etw gutschreiben

6. (give to, put into)

▪ to \credit sb/an account with sth jdm/einem Konto etw gutschreiben

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['kredɪt]
1. n

1) no pl (FIN) Kredit m; (in pub, hotel, shop etc) Stundung f

the bank will let me have £5,000 credit — die Bank räumt mir einen Kredit von £ 5.000 ein

to buy on credit — auf Kredit kaufen

to sell on credit — gegen Kredit verkaufen

his credit is good — er ist kreditwürdig; (in small shop) er ist vertrauenswürdig

to give sb ( unlimited) credit — jdm (unbegrenzt) Kredit geben

we can't give you credit (bank) — wir können Ihnen keinen Kredit geben; (corner shop etc)

pubs do not usually give credit — in Lokalen bekommt man normalerweise nichts gestundet

letter of credit — Kreditbrief m, Akkreditiv nt

2) (FIN: money possessed by person, firm) (Gut)haben nt; (COMM = sum of money) Kreditposten m

to be in credit — Geld nt auf dem Konto haben

to keep one's account in credit — sein Konto nicht überziehen

the credits and debits — Soll und Haben nt

how much have we got to our credit? — wie viel haben wir auf dem Konto?

credit arrangements — Kreditvereinbarungen pl

3) no pl (= standing) Ansehen nt

a man of good credit — ein angesehener Mann

4) no pl (= honour) Ehre f; (= recognition) Anerkennung f; (SCH, UNIV = distinction) Auszeichnung f

he's a credit to his family — er macht seiner Familie Ehre

that's to his credit — das ehrt ihn

well, all credit to you for not succumbing — alle Achtung, dass Sie nicht nachgegeben haben

at least he has this to his credit — das spricht immerhin für ihn

her generosity does her credit — ihre Großzügigkeit macht ihr alle Ehre

to reflect great credit on sb — jdm große Ehre machen

to come out of sth with credit — ehrenvoll aus etw hervorgehen

to get all the credit — die ganze Anerkennung or Ehre einstecken

I do all the work and he gets all the credit — ich mache die Arbeit, und ihm wird es als Verdienst angerechnet

the credit for that should go to him — das ist sein Verdienst

to take the credit for sth — das Verdienst für etw in Anspruch nehmen

credit where credit is due (prov) — Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt (prov)

5) no pl (= belief) Glaube m

to give credit to sth — etw glauben, einer Sache (dat)

to lend credit to sth — etw glaubwürdig erscheinen lassen or machen

to gain credit — an Glaubwürdigkeit gewinnen

I gave you credit for more sense — ich habe Sie für vernünftiger gehalten

worthy of credit — glaubwürdig

6) (esp US UNIV) Schein m

to take or do credits — Scheine machen

7) pl (FILM ETC) Vor-/Nachspann m; (in book) Herausgeber- und Mitarbeiterverzeichnis nt

2. vt

1) (= believe) glauben

would you credit it! — ist das denn zu glauben!, ist das denn die Möglichkeit!

2) (= attribute) zuschreiben (+dat)

I credited him with more sense — ich habe ihn für vernünftiger gehalten

he was credited with having invented it — die Erfindung wurde ihm zugeschrieben

he was credited with having found the solution —

it's credited with (having) magic powers — ihm werden Zauberkräfte zugeschrieben

3) (FIN) gutschreiben

to credit a sum to sb's account — jds Konto (dat) einen Betrag gutschreiben (lassen)

he/his account had been credited with £100 — ihm/seinem Konto waren £ 100 gutgeschrieben worden

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credit [ˈkredıt]

A s

1. Glaube(n) m:

give credit to sth einer Sache Glauben schenken;

place credit in Zutrauen haben zu, vertrauen (dat); → worthy A 2

2. Ansehen n, Achtung f, guter Ruf:

be in high credit with in hohem Ansehen stehen bei;

gain credit an Ansehen gewinnen

3. Glaubwürdigkeit f

4. Einfluss m

5. Ehre f:

be a credit to sb, be to sb’s credit, do sb credit, reflect credit on sb jemandem Ehre machen oder einbringen, jemandem zur Ehre gereichen;

he has not done you credit mit ihm haben Sie keine Ehre eingelegt;

to his credit it must be said that … zu seiner Ehre muss man sagen, dass …;

with credit ehrenvoll;

credit where credit is due Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt

6. Anerkennung f, Lob n:

get credit for sth Anerkennung finden für etwas;

that’s very much to his credit das ist sehr anerkennenswert oder verdienstvoll von ihm

7. Verdienst n:

give sb (the) credit for sth

a) jemandem etwas hoch oder als Verdienst anrechnen,

b) jemandem etwas zutrauen,

c) sich jemandem für etwas (dankbar) verpflichtet fühlen;

he is cleverer than we give him credit for er ist klüger, als wir glauben;

take credit to o.s. for sth, take (the) credit for sth sich etwas als Verdienst anrechnen, den Ruhm oder das Verdienst für etwas in Anspruch nehmen

8. WIRTSCH

a) Kredit m

b) Zeit f, Ziel n

c) Akkreditiv n:

on credit auf Kredit oder Ziel;

at one month’s credit auf einen Monat Ziel;

credit on goods Warenkredit;

credit on real estate Realkredit;

give sb credit for £1,000 jemandem einen Kredit von 1000 Pfund geben;

open a credit einen Kredit oder ein Akkreditiv eröffnen

9. WIRTSCH Kredit(würdigkeit) f, -fähigkeit f

10. WIRTSCH

a) Guthaben n, Kreditposten m

b) Kredit(seite) m(f), Haben n:

your credit Saldo zu Ihren Gunsten;

enter ( oder place, put) a sum to sb’s credit jemandem einen Betrag gutschreiben;

have sth to one’s credit fig etwas aufzuweisen haben

11. WIRTSCH, PARL Br Vorgriff m auf das Budget

12. US (Steuer)Freibetrag m, abzugsfähiger Betrag

13. UNIV US

a) Anrechnungspunkt m (auf ein für den Erwerb eines akademischen Grades zu erfüllendes Pensum)

b) → credit hour

14. pl FILM, TV Vorspann m oder Ab-, Nachspann m

B v/t

1. Glauben schenken (dat), jemandem oder eine Sache glauben:

would you credit it! ist es denn die Möglichkeit!, man sollte es nicht für möglich halten!

2. jemandem (ver)trauen

3. credit sb with sth

a) jemandem etwas zutrauen,

b) jemandem etwas zuschreiben

4. WIRTSCH

a) einen Betrag gutschreiben, kreditieren ( beide:

to sb jemandem):

credit an account with an amount, credit an amount to an account einen Betrag einem Konto gutschreiben

b) jemanden erkennen (with, for für):

credit sb with a sum

5. credit sb with three hours in history UNIV US jemandem für einen Geschichtskurs drei Punkte (aufs Pensum) anrechnen

cr. abk WIRTSCH credit (creditor)

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1. noun
1) no pl. (commendation) Anerkennung, die; (honour) Ehre, die

give somebody [the] credit for something — jemandem für etwas Anerkennung zollen (geh.)

take the credit for something — die Anerkennung für etwas einstecken

[we must give] credit where credit is due — Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt

it is [much or greatly/little] to somebody's/something's credit that... — es macht jemandem/einer Sache [große/wenig] Ehre, dass...

it is to his credit that... — es ehrt ihn, dass...

be a credit to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache Ehre machen

2)

credits, credit titles — (at beginning of film) Vorspann, der; (at end) Nachspann, der

3) no pl., no art. (belief) Glaube, der

gain credit — an Glaubwürdigkeit gewinnen

4) no pl. (Commerc.) Kredit, der

give [somebody] credit — [jemandem] Kredit geben

their credit is excellent — sie sind unbedingt kreditwürdig

5) no pl. (Finance, Bookk.) Guthaben, das

be in credit — [Konto:] im Haben sein; [Person:] mit seinem Konto im Haben sein

6) (fig.)

have something to one's credit — etwas vorzuweisen haben

he's cleverer than I gave him credit for — er ist klüger, als ich dachte
2. transitive verb
1) (believe) glauben

2) (accredit)

credit somebody with something — jemandem etwas zutrauen

credit something with something — einer Sache (Dat.) etwas zuschreiben

3) (Finance, Bookk.) gutschreiben

credit £10 to somebody/somebody's account — jemandem/jemandes Konto 10 Pfund gutschreiben

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n.

Ansehen - n.

Kredit -e m. v.

gutschreiben v.

English-german dictionary > credit
6 Anfang

m

1. beginning, start, outset; commencement geh.; den Anfang vom Film verpassen miss the start ( oder beginning) of the film (oder bes. Am. movie); am oder zu oder lit. im Anfang (anfangs) at first; at ( oder in) the beginning, at the start ( oder outset) (+ Gen. of); von Anfang an (right) from the start, from the outset, from the word go umg.; von Anfang bis Ende from start to finish, from beginning to end; Anfang Januar early in January, in early January; Anfang 2002 early in 2002; (am) Anfang der dreißiger Jahre in the early thirties; er ist Anfang dreißig oder der Dreißiger etc. he’s in his early thirties etc.; den Anfang machen start, make a start; auch SPORT: lead off; einen neuen Anfang machen make a fresh start, start all over again; sich verbessernd: turn over a new leaf; seinen Anfang nehmen geh. commence, begin allg.; keinen Anfang finden not know where to begin; für den Anfang wollen wir erst einmal... to start (off) with we want to...; und das ist erst der Anfang! and that’s just the start of it!; das ist der Anfang vom Ende it’s the beginning of the end; aller Anfang ist schwer Sprichw. nothing’s easy to start off with; bei Projekt etc.: auch you’ll etc. get into it

2. (Kopf) head, top, beginning; am Anfang der Seite at the top of the page; am Anfang des Festzuges at the head of the procession

3. meist Pl. (Ursprung) origin; noch in den Anfängen stecken be in its ( oder their) infancy; zu den Anfängen zurückkehren get back to the grassroots

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der Anfang

commencement; start; beginning; origin; onslaught; incipience; incipiency; onset; outset

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Ạn|fang ['anfaŋ]
m -(e)s, A\#nfänge
[-fɛŋə] (= Beginn) beginning, start; (= erster Teil) beginning; (= Ursprung) beginnings pl, origin
zu or am Anfang — to start with

gleich zu Anfang darauf hinweisen, dass... — to mention right at the beginning or outset that...

am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde (Bibl) — in the beginning God created the heaven(s) and the earth

im Anfang war das Wort (Bibl) — in the beginning was the Word

Anfang fünfzig — in one's early fifties

Anfang Juni/1998 etc — at the beginning of June/1998 etc

von Anfang an — (right) from the beginning or start

von Anfang bis Ende — from start to finish

den Anfang machen — to start or begin

wer macht den Anfang? (bei Spiel etc) — who's going to start?

einen neuen Anfang machen — to make a new start; (im Leben) to turn over a new leaf

ein Anfang ist gemacht — it's a start

seinen Anfang nehmen (geh) — to commence

aller Anfang ist schwer (Prov) — the first step is always the most difficult

aus kleinen/bescheidenen Anfängen — from small/humble beginnings

der Anfang vom Ende — the beginning of the end

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der

1) beginning

2) (a beginning: the onset of a cold.) onset

3) (a beginning: the opening of the film; ( also adjective) the chairman's opening remarks.) opening

4) (the beginning of something: We have to get quite clear from the outset what our policy is.) outset

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An·fang

<-[e]s, -fänge>

m

1. (Beginn) beginning, start

... und das ist erst der \Anfang... and that's just the start

[bei etw dat/mit etw dat] den \Anfang machen to make a start [in sth/with sth]

einen neuen \Anfang machen to make a fresh start

seinen \Anfang nehmen (geh) to begin [or start]

das Verhängnis hatte bereits seinen \Anfang genommen fate had already begun to take [or run] its course

\Anfang September/der Woche at the beginning of September/the week

der Täter war ca. \Anfang 40 the perpetrator was in his early 40s

von \Anfang bis Ende from start to finish

am \Anfang (zu Beginn) in the beginning

ich bin erst am \Anfang des Buches I've only just started the book; (anfänglich) to begin with, at first

von \Anfang an from the [very] start, right from the word go [or the start]

zu \Anfang to begin with

2. (Ursprung) beginnings pl, origin[s] usu pl

wir stecken noch in den Anfängen we're still getting off the ground

der \Anfang allen Lebens the origins of all life

aus bescheidenen Anfängen from humble beginnings

3.

▶ der \Anfang vom Ende the beginning of the end

▶ am \Anfang war das Wort REL in the beginning was the Word

▶ aller \Anfang ist schwer (prov) the first step is always the hardest prov

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der, beginning; start; (erster Abschnitt) beginning

[ganz] am Anfang der Straße — [right] at the start of the street

am od. zu Anfang — at first; to begin with

von Anfang an — from the beginning or outset

Anfang 1984/der achtziger Jahre/Mai/der Woche — usw. at the beginning of 1984/the eighties/May/the week etc.

von Anfang bis Ende — from beginning to end or start to finish

der Anfang vom Ende — the beginning of the end

im Anfang war das Wort — (bibl.) in the beginning was the Word

einen Anfang machen — make a start

den Anfang machen — make a start; start; (als erster handeln) make the first move

einen neuen Anfang machen — make a new or fresh start

aller Anfang ist schwer — (Spr.) it's always difficult at the beginning

in den od. seinen Anfängen stecken — be in its infancy

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Anfang m

1. beginning, start, outset; commencement geh;

den Anfang vom Film verpassen miss the start ( oder beginning) of the film (oder besonders US movie);

am oder

zu oder liter

im Anfang (anfangs) at first; at ( oder in) the beginning, at the start ( oder outset) (+gen of);

von Anfang an (right) from the start, from the outset, from the word go umg;

von Anfang bis Ende from start to finish, from beginning to end;

Anfang Januar early in January, in early January;

Anfang 2007 early in 2007;

(am) Anfang der Dreißigerjahre in the early thirties;

er ist Anfang dreißig oder

der Dreißiger etc he’s in his early thirties etc;

den Anfang machen start, make a start; auch SPORT lead off;

einen neuen Anfang machen make a fresh start, start all over again; sich verbessernd: turn over a new leaf;

seinen Anfang nehmen geh commence, begin allg;

keinen Anfang finden not know where to begin;

für den Anfang wollen wir erst einmal … to start (off) with we want to …;

und das ist erst der Anfang! and that’s just the start of it!;

das ist der Anfang vom Ende it’s the beginning of the end;

aller Anfang ist schwer sprichw nothing’s easy to start off with; bei Projekt etc: auch you’ll etc get into it

2. (Kopf) head, top, beginning;

am Anfang der Seite at the top of the page;

am Anfang des Festzuges at the head of the procession

3. meist pl (Ursprung) origin;

noch in den Anfängen stecken be in its ( oder their) infancy;

zu den Anfängen zurückkehren get back to the grassroots

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der, beginning; start; (erster Abschnitt) beginning

[ganz] am Anfang der Straße — [right] at the start of the street

am od. zu Anfang — at first; to begin with

von Anfang an — from the beginning or outset

Anfang 1984/der achtziger Jahre/Mai/der Woche — usw. at the beginning of 1984/the eighties/May/the week etc.

von Anfang bis Ende — from beginning to end or start to finish

der Anfang vom Ende — the beginning of the end

im Anfang war das Wort — (bibl.) in the beginning was the Word

einen Anfang machen — make a start

den Anfang machen — make a start; start; (als erster handeln) make the first move

einen neuen Anfang machen — make a new or fresh start

aller Anfang ist schwer — (Spr.) it's always difficult at the beginning

in den od. seinen Anfängen stecken — be in its infancy

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-ë m.

beginning n.

commencement n.

entry n.

incipience n.

init (Computers) n.

initial n.

origin n.

outset n.

start n.

top n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Anfang
7 commencer

commencer [kɔmɑ̃se]

➭ TABLE 3

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ travail, repas] to begin, to start

• j'ai commencé un nouveau chapitre I've started a new chapter

• je vais commencer le judo I'm going to take up judo

   b. ( = entamer) [+ bouteille, produit] to open

   c. [chose] to begin

• la phrase qui commence le chapitre the opening sentence of the chapter

2. intransitive verb

   a. ( = débuter) to begin, to start

• le concert va commencer the concert is about to start

• tu ne vas pas commencer ! (ton irrité) don't start!

• ça commence bien ! that's a good start!

• ça commence mal ! that's not a very good start!

• pour commencer to begin or start with

• elle commence demain chez Legrand she is starting work tomorrow at Legrand's

   b. commencer à (or de) faire qch to begin or start to do sth

• il commençait à neiger it was starting to snow

• il commençait à s'inquiéter he was beginning to get nervous

• je commence à en avoir assez ! I've had just about enough!

• ça commence à bien faire (inf) it's getting a bit much (inf)

   c. commencer par qch/par faire qch to begin or start with sth/by doing sth

• commençons par le commencement let's begin at the beginning

• ils m'ont tous déçu, à commencer par Jean they all let me down, especially Jean

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kɔmɑ̃se
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( entreprendre) to start, to begin [travail, discours]

c'est lui qui a commencé! — ( la dispute) he started it!

elle a commencé le piano à six ans — she started playing the piano when she was six

tu commences bien l'année! — that's a good start to the year!

le film est commencé — the film has already started

2)

commencer à or de faire — to begin to do

je commence à comprendre — I'm beginning to understand

ça commence à bien faire (colloq) or à suffire! — (colloq) it's getting a bit much!

2.

verbe intransitif [année, film, rue] to start, to begin; [processus] to begin

pour commencer, c'est trop cher — for a start, it's too expensive

commence par le plafond — start with the ceiling

par où or quoi vais-je commencer? — where shall I start?

par qui vais-je commencer? — who shall I start with?

commence par obéir! — for a start you can do as you're told!

commencer comme secrétaire — to start (off) as a secretary

3.

verbe impersonnel

il commence à pleuvoir/neiger — it's starting ou beginning to rain/to snow

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kɔmɑ̃se
1. vt

[un travail, la journée, sa carrière] to start, to begin

2. vi

1) [cours, journée, processus] to start, to begin

Les cours commencent à huit heures. — Classes start at 8 o'clock.

commencer à faire qch — to start doing sth, to begin doing sth, to start to do sth, to begin to do sth, (en tournure impersonnelle) to start to do, to start doing

commencer de faire qch — to start doing sth, to begin doing sth, to start to do sth, to begin to do sth

Il a commencé à pleuvoir. — It's started to rain., It's started raining.

J'ai commencé de réviser pour les examens. — I've started revising for the exams.

commencer par qch — to begin with sth

commencer par faire qch — to begin by doing sth

2) (autres locutions)

ne commencez pas! — don't start!

c'est lui qui a commencé! — he started it!

ça commence bien — that's a good start

pour commencer... (au restaurant) — to start with..., (en énumérant des raisons) for a start..., to start with...

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commencer verb table: placer

A vtr

1 ( entreprendre) to start, to begin [travail, séance, discours]; to open [bouteille, boîte]; c'est lui qui a commencé! (la dispute, bagarre) he started it!; il a commencé sa carrière dans la marine he began his career in the Navy; elle a commencé le piano à six ans she started playing the piano when she was six; ‘eh bien,’ commença-t-elle ‘well,’ she began; commencer qch par le haut/commencement to start ou begin sth at the top/beginning; tu commences bien l'année/la journée! that's a good start to the year/the day!; la phrase qui commence l'article the sentence at the beginning of the article; le film est commencé depuis un moment the film has already started;

2 commencer à or de faire ( se mettre à) to start ou begin to do, to start ou begin doing; ( entamer un processus) to begin to do; je commence à travailler à l'usine le 3 mai I start (work) at the factory on 3 May; je commence à comprendre/me demander I'm beginning to understand/wonder; je commence à en avoir marre○ I'm getting fed up○; il commence à se faire tard it's getting late; ça commence à bien faire○ or à suffire! it's getting a bit much!

B vi [année, film, rue] to start, to begin; [évolution, processus] to begin; ça commence à 8 heures it starts ou begins at 8 o'clock; que la fête commence! let the party begin!; et, pour commencer, une chanson and, to start with, a song; pour commencer, c'est trop cher for a start, it' s too expensive; qu'attends-tu pour commencer? what are you waiting for?; commencez sans moi start without me; ne commence pas! don't start!; on commence dans dix minutes we're starting in ten minutes; commencer par [soirée, mot, numéro] to start with; commence par le plafond/les manches start with the ceiling/the sleeves; par où or quoi vais-je commencer? where shall I start?; commencer par qn to start with sb; par qui vais-je commencer? who shall I start with?; commencer par faire to start ou begin by doing; commence par obéir/te taire! for a start you can do as you're told/be quiet!; commencer par être or comme secrétaire to start (off) as a secretary; vous êtes tous coupables à commencer par toi you're all guilty starting with you; ⇒ bête, charité.

C v impers il commence à pleuvoir/neiger it's starting ou beginning to rain/snow.

[kɔmɑ̃se] verbe transitif

1. [entreprendre - ouvrage, jeu, apprentissage] to start, to begin

il a commencé le repas he's started eating

allez, commence la vaisselle! come on, get going on the dishes!

vous commencez le travail demain you start (work) tomorrow

nous allons commencer notre descente vers Milan we are beginning our descent towards Milan

(en usage absolu)

à quelle heure tu commences?

a. [au lycée] what time do you start school?

b. [au travail] what time do you start work?

2. [passer au début de - journée, soirée] to start, to begin

j'ai bien/mal commencé l'année I've made a good/bad start to the year

3. [être au début de] to begin

c'est son numéro qui commence le spectacle her routine begins the show, the show begins with her routine

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[kɔmɑ̃se] verbe intransitif

1. [débuter] to start

ne commence pas! don't start!

ce n'est pas moi, c'est lui qui a commencé! it wasn't me, HE started it!

ça commence bien! (sens propre & ironique) things are off to a good start!

commencer à faire quelque chose to start ou to begin doing something

tu commences à m'énerver! you're getting on my nerves!

je commence à en avoir assez! I'm getting fed up with all this!

ça commence à bien faire! (familier) enough is enough!, things have gone quite far enough!

commencer de (littéraire) : nous commencions de déjeuner we had started luncheon

commencer par: la pièce commence par un dialogue the play starts ou opens with a dialogue

commençons par le commencement let's begin at the beginning, first things first

commence par enlever les couvertures first, take the blankets off

tu veux une moto? commence par réussir ton examen if you want a motorbike, start by passing your exam

je vais commencer par l'appeler the first thing I'm going to do is call him

(tournure impersonnelle)

il commence à pleuvoir/neiger it's started to rain/to snow

il commence à se faire tard (familier) it's getting late

2. [avoir tel moment comme point de départ] to start, to begin

la séance commence à 20 h the session starts ou begins at 8 p.m.

le spectacle est commencé depuis un quart d'heure the show started a quarter of an hour ago

les vendanges ont commencé tard cette année the grape harvest started ou is late this year

les ennuis ont commencé quand il s'est installé au-dessous de chez moi the trouble started ou began when he moved in downstairs

on fait généralement commencer la crise après le premier choc pétrolier the recession is generally said to have started after the first oil crisis

3. [se mettre à travailler]

commencer dans la vie to start off in life

commencer sur la scène/au cinéma to make one's stage/screen debut

j'ai commencé en 78 avec deux ouvrières I set up ou started (up) in '78 with two workers

4. [dans un barème de prix] to start

les pantalons commencent à/vers 50 euros trousers start at/at around 50 euros

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à commencer par locution prépositionnelle

starting with

que tout le monde contribue, à commencer par toi! let everyone give something, starting with you!

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pour commencer locution adverbiale

1. [dans un programme, un repas] first, to start with

pour commencer, du saumon to start the meal ou as a first course, salmon

2. [comme premier argument] for a start, in the first place

pour commencer, tu es trop jeune, et ensuite c'est trop cher! for a start you're too young, and anyway, it's too expensive!

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > commencer
8 begin

1. transitive verb,
-nn-, began, begun

begin something — [mit] etwas beginnen

begin a new bottle — eine neue Flasche anbrechen

she began life here — sie verbrachte ihre ersten Lebensjahre hier

begin school — in die Schule kommen

begin doing or to do something — anfangen od. beginnen, etwas zu tun

I began to slip — ich kam ins Rutschen

I am beginning to get annoyed — so langsam werde ich ärgerlich

the film does not begin to compare with the book — der Film lässt sich nicht annähernd mit dem Buch vergleichen
2. intransitive verb
-nn-, began, begun anfangen; beginnen (oft geh.)

beginning next month — vom nächsten Monat an

begin at the beginning — von vorne anfangen

begin with something/somebody — bei od. mit etwas/jemandem anfangen od. beginnen

to begin with — zunächst od. zuerst einmal

it is the wrong book, to begin with — das ist schon einmal das falsche Buch

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[bi'ɡin]
present participle - beginning; verb

(to come or bring, into being, to start: He began to talk; The meeting began early.) anfangen

- academic.ru/6259/beginning">beginning
- beginner
- to begin with
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be·gin

<-nn-, began, begun>

[bɪˈgɪn]

I. vt

1. (commence)

▪ to \begin sth etw anfangen [o beginnen]

he began his career as a humble office worker er hat als kleiner Büroangestellter angefangen

I began this book two months ago ich habe mit diesem Buch vor zwei Monaten angefangen

to \begin a conversation ein Gespräch beginnen

to \begin school in die Schule kommen

to \begin work mit der Arbeit beginnen

▪ to \begin doing [or to do] sth beginnen [o anfangen], etw zu tun

she began acting at fifteen sie fing mit fünfzehn mit der Schauspielerei an

I began to think he'd never come ich dachte schon, er würde nie kommen

he didn't even \begin to answer my questions er hat keinerlei Anstalten gemacht, meine Fragen zu beantworten

he does not even \begin to try er versucht es nicht einmal

it doesn't \begin to do him justice es wird ihm nicht [einmal] annähernd gerecht

I can't \begin to explain how this could happen es ist mir selbst unerklärlich, wie das passieren konnte

she was \beginning to get angry sie wurde allmählich [o langsam] wütend

it's \beginning to rain/snow impers es fängt an zu regnen/schneien

to \begin to roll/stutter ins Rollen/Stottern kommen

2. (start using)

▪ to \begin sth mit etw dat beginnen [o anfangen]

to \begin a bottle eine Flasche anbrechen

to \begin a new loaf of bread ein neues Brot anschneiden

to \begin a new page eine neue Seite anfangen

3. (originate)

▪ to \begin sth mit etw dat beginnen [o anfangen]

to \begin a fashion/trend eine Mode/einen Trend ins Leben rufen

4. (start by saying)

▪ to \begin sth:

“let me introduce myself,” she began „darf ich mich vorstellen?“ begann sie

II. vi

1. (commence) anfangen, beginnen

let's \begin fangen wir an!

I'll \begin by welcoming our guests zuerst werde ich unsere Gäste begrüßen

she began on the piano at five sie hat mit fünf angefangen Klavier zu spielen

it all began when she left us alles fing damit an, dass sie uns verließ

I don't know where to \begin ich weiß nicht, wo ich anfangen soll!

before school \begins vor Schulanfang

the play \begins with the sisters in the kitchen together am Anfang des Stücks sitzen die Schwestern zusammen in der Küche

\beginning from September 1 ab dem ersten September

to \begin again neu anfangen

▪ to \begin with (before anything)

to \begin with, I want to thank you for everything zunächst einmal möchte ich mich für alles bedanken; (initially)

there were six of us to \begin with anfangs waren wir noch zu sechst; (for one)

to \begin with, the room is too small, then it faces a busy road erstens ist das Zimmer zu klein, [und] dann liegt es auch noch an einer verkehrsreichen Straße

▪ to \begin on sth mit etw dat beginnen [o anfangen

2. (open speech act) beginnen, anfangen

he began by saying... zunächst einmal sagte er...

3. (originate) beginnen, anfangen; river entspringen

where does this road \begin? wo fängt diese Straße an?

4.

▶ life \begins at forty ( saying) mit vierzig fängt das Leben erst [richtig] an

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[bI'gɪn] pret began, ptp begun
1. vt

1) (= start) beginnen, anfangen; conversation also anknüpfen; song also anstimmen; bottle anbrechen, anfangen; book, letter, new cheque book, new page anfangen; rehearsals, work anfangen mit; task in Angriff nehmen, sich machen an (+acc)

to begin to do sth or doing sth — anfangen or beginnen, etw zu tun

to begin working or to work on sth — mit der Arbeit an etw (dat)

to begin an attack — zum Angriff schreiten

when did you begin ( learning or to learn) English? — wann haben Sie angefangen, Englisch zu lernen?

she begins the job next week — sie fängt nächste Woche (bei der Stelle) an

he began his speech by saying that... — er leitete seine Rede damit or mit den Worten ein, dass...

to begin school — eingeschult werden, in die Schule kommen

to begin life as a... — als... anfangen or beginnen

she began to feel tired — sie wurde allmählich or langsam müde

she's beginning to understand — sie fängt langsam an zu verstehen, sie versteht so langsam

his mother began to fear the worst — seine Mutter befürchtete schon das Schlimmste

I'd begun to think you weren't coming — ich habe schon gedacht, du kommst nicht mehr

that doesn't even begin to compare with... —

they didn't even begin to solve the problem — sie haben das Problem nicht mal annähernd gelöst

I couldn't even begin to count the mistakes — ich konnte die Fehler überhaupt nicht zählen

I can't begin to thank you for what you've done — ich kann Ihnen gar nicht genug dafür danken, was Sie getan haben

2) (= initiate, originate) anfangen; fashion, custom, policy einführen; society, firm, movement gründen; (= cause) war auslösen

or rumor (US) — er hat das Gerücht in die Welt gesetzt

3) (= start to speak) beginnen, anfangen

it's late, he began — es ist spät, begann er or fing or hub (old) er an

2. vi

1) (= start) anfangen, beginnen; (new play etc) anlaufen

to begin by doing sth — etw zuerst (einmal) tun

he began by saying that... —

where the hair begins — am Haaransatz

before school begins — vor Schulanfang

to begin in business — ins Geschäftsleben eintreten; (as self-employed) ein Geschäft aufmachen

beginning from Monday — ab Montag, von Montag an

beginning from page 10 — von Seite 10 an

say your names beginning from the back — nennen Sie Ihre Namen von hinten nach vorn

it all/the trouble began when... — es fing alles/der Ärger fing damit an, dass...

to begin with sb/sth —

begin with me — fangen Sie bei or mit mir an

he began with the intention of writing a thesis — anfänglich wollte er eine Doktorarbeit schreiben

to begin with there were only three — anfänglich waren es nur drei

this is wrong to begin with — das ist schon einmal falsch

to begin with, this is wrong, and... — erstens einmal ist das falsch, dann...

to begin on sth — mit etw anfangen or beginnen

to begin on a new venture/project — ein neues Unternehmen/Projekt in Angriff nehmen

2) (= come into being) beginnen, anfangen; (custom) entstehen; (river) entspringen

since the world began — seit (An)beginn or Anfang der Welt

when did this movement begin? — seit wann gibt es diese Bewegung?

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begin [bıˈɡın] prät began [-ˈɡæn], pperf begun [-ˈɡʌn]

A v/t

1. beginnen, anfangen:

when did you begin ( to learn oder learning) English? wann hast du mit Englisch angefangen (angefangen, Englisch zu lernen)?;

he began his lecture by saying that … er leitete seinen Vortrag mit den Worten ein, dass …;

begin the world ins Leben treten

2. eine Dynastie etc (be)gründen

B v/i

1. beginnen, anfangen:

he began by saying that … er sagte einleitend, dass …;

begin with sth (sb) mit etwas (bei jemandem) anfangen;

to begin with (Redew)

a) zunächst (einmal), fürs Erste,

b) erstens (einmal), um es gleich zu sagen;

begin on sth etwas in Angriff nehmen;

begin on a new bottle eine neue Flasche anbrechen;

not begin to do sth nicht entfernt oder im Entferntesten daran denken, etwas zu tun;

he does not even begin to try er versucht es nicht einmal;

it began to be put into practice es wurde langsam aber sicher in die Praxis umgesetzt;

well begun is half done (Sprichwort) gut begonnen ist halb gewonnen

2. entstehen, ins Leben gerufen werden

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1. transitive verb,
-nn-, began, begun

begin something — [mit] etwas beginnen

begin a new bottle — eine neue Flasche anbrechen

she began life here — sie verbrachte ihre ersten Lebensjahre hier

begin school — in die Schule kommen

begin doing or to do something — anfangen od. beginnen, etwas zu tun

I began to slip — ich kam ins Rutschen

I am beginning to get annoyed — so langsam werde ich ärgerlich

the film does not begin to compare with the book — der Film lässt sich nicht annähernd mit dem Buch vergleichen
2. intransitive verb
-nn-, began, begun anfangen; beginnen (oft geh.)

beginning next month — vom nächsten Monat an

begin at the beginning — von vorne anfangen

begin with something/somebody — bei od. mit etwas/jemandem anfangen od. beginnen

to begin with — zunächst od. zuerst einmal

it is the wrong book, to begin with — das ist schon einmal das falsche Buch

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v.

(§ p.,p.p.: began, begun)

= anfangen v.

beginnen v.

(§ p.,pp.: begann, begonnen)

English-german dictionary > begin
9 show

1. noun
1) (display) Pracht, die

a show of flowers/colour — eine Blumen-/Farbenpracht

show of force/strength — etc. Demonstration der Macht/Stärke usw.

be on show — ausgestellt sein

put something on show — etwas ausstellen

2) (exhibition) Ausstellung, die; Schau, die

dog show — Hundeschau, die

3) (entertainment, performance) Show, die; (Theatre) Vorstellung, die; (Radio, Telev.) [Unterhaltungs]sendung, die; see also academic.ru/70491/steal">steal 1. 1)

4) (coll.): (effort)

it's a poor show — das ist ein schwaches Bild

put up a good/poor show — eine gute/schlechte Figur machen

good show! — gut [gemacht]!

5) (coll.): (undertaking, business)

it's his show — er ist der Boss (ugs.)

run the show — der Boss sein (ugs.)

give the [whole] show away — alles ausquatschen (salopp)

6) (outward appearance) Anschein, der

make a great show of friendliness — ungeheuer freundlich tun

make or put on a [great] show of doing something — sich (Dat.) [angestrengt] den Anschein geben, etwas zu tun

be for show — reine Angeberei sein (ugs.)

do something just for show — etwas nur aus Prestigegründen tun
2. transitive verb,
p.p. shown or showed

1) (allow or cause to be seen) zeigen; vorzeigen [Pass, Fahrschein usw.]

show somebody something, show something to somebody — jemandem etwas zeigen

have nothing/something to show for it — [dabei] nichts/etwas zum Vorzeigen haben

that dress shows your petticoat — bei diesem Kleid sieht man deinen Unterrock

this material does not show the dirt — auf diesem Material sieht man den Schmutz nicht; see also colour 1. 5); sign 1. 5)

2) (manifest, give evidence of) zeigen; beweisen [Mut, Entschlossenheit, Urteilsvermögen usw.]

show hesitation — zaudern

he is showing his age — man sieht ihm sein Alter an

3)

show [somebody] kindness/mercy — freundlich [zu jemandem] sein/Erbarmen [mit jemandem] haben

show mercy on or to somebody — Erbarmen mit jemandem haben

4) (indicate) zeigen [Gefühl, Freude usw.]; [Thermometer, Uhr usw.:] anzeigen

as shown in the illustration — wie die Abbildung zeigt

frontiers are shown by blue lines and towns are shown in red — Grenzen sind durch blaue Linien und Städte sind rot gekennzeichnet

the accounts show a profit — die Bücher weisen einen Gewinn aus

the firm shows a profit/loss — die Firma macht Gewinn/Verlust

5) (demonstrate, prove) zeigen

show somebody that... — jemandem beweisen, dass...

it all/just goes to show that... — das beweist nur, dass...

it all goes to show, doesn't it? — das beweist es doch, oder?

I'll show you/him etc.! — ich werd's dir/ihm usw. schon zeigen!

show somebody who's boss — jemandem zeigen, wer das Sagen hat

6) (conduct) führen

show somebody over or round the house/to his place — jemanden durchs Haus/an seinen Platz führen
3. intransitive verb,
p.p. shown or showed

1) (be visible) sichtbar od. zu sehen sein

he was angry/bored, and it showed — er war wütend/langweilte sich, und man sah es [ihm an]

his age is beginning to show — man sieht ihm sein Alter allmählich an

2) (be shown) [Film:] laufen; [Künstler:] ausstellen

"Gandhi" - now showing in the West End — "Gandhi" - Jetzt im West End

3) (make something known)

time will show — man wird es [ja] sehen

Phrasal Verbs:

- show in

- show off

- show out

- show round

- show through

- show up

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[ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb
1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) zeigen

2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) sich sehen lassen

3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) zeigen

4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) zeigen

5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) zeigen

6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) zeigen

7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) zeigen

8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) erweisen
2. noun
1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) die Schau

2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) zur Schau stellen

3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) der Schein

4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) die Schau

5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) der Eindruck

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- showy
- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show! - on show
- show off
- show up
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show

[ʃəʊ, AM ʃoʊ]

I. NOUN

1. (showing) Bekundung f geh, Demonstration f geh

those members who had made the most open \shows of defiance surprisingly abstained diejenigen Mitglieder, die ihre Ablehnung am deutlichsten bekundet hatten, enthielten sich überraschenderweise der Stimme

his refusal was a childish \show of defiance seine Weigerung war eine kindische Trotzreaktion

\show of force Machtdemonstration f geh

\show of kindness Geste f der Freundlichkeit

\show of solidarity Solidaritätsbekundung f geh

\show of strength/unity Demonstration f der Stärke/Einigkeit geh

the troops paraded in a \show of strength through the capital die Truppen marschierten durch die Hauptstadt, um ihre Stärke zu demonstrieren

despite their public \show of unity they are close to getting divorced obwohl sie nach außen hin Einigkeit demonstrieren, stehen sie kurz vor der Scheidung

2. no pl (display, impression) Schau f

just [or only] for \show nur der Schau wegen

are those lights just for \show? sollen die Lichter nur Eindruck machen?

to make a \show of sth etw zur Schau stellen

he really made a \show of accepting the award ( fam) er hat bei der Entgegennahme des Preises die große Show [o eine Show] abgezogen fam

3. no pl (impressive sight) Pracht f, Schauspiel nt geh

a \show of colour/flowers eine Farben-/Blumenpracht

4. (exhibition, event) Schau f, Ausstellung f

dog/fashion \show Hunde-/Modenschau f

retrospective \show Retrospektive f

slide \show Diavorführung f, Diavortrag m

▪ to be on \show ausgestellt sein

5. (entertainment) Show f; (on TV also) Unterhaltungssendung f; (at a theatre) Vorstellung f, Vorführung f

puppet \show Puppenspiel nt, Marionettentheater nt

quiz \show Quizsendung f, Quizshow f

radio/stage \show Radio-/Bühnenshow f

talent \show Talentwettbewerb m

to stage a \show eine Show auf die Bühne bringen

6. no pl ( fam: activity, affair) Sache f; (undertaking) Laden m fig fam; (situation) Situation f

who will run the \show when she retires? wer wird den Laden schmeißen, wenn sie in Pension geht? fam

she prefers to be in charge of her own \show sie zieht es vor, unabhängig schalten und walten zu können

how did she run the \show when the company threatened legal action? wie hat sie die Angelegenheit geregelt, als die Firma mit rechtlichen Schritten drohte?

I didn't like how he ran the \show during the strike mir hat es nicht gefallen, wie er mit der Situation während des Streiks umgegangen ist

it's her [own] \show sie ist hier der Boss [o hat hier das Sagen] fam

who is running the \show?, whose \show is it? wer ist hier der Boss [o hat hier das Sagen]? fam

the wedding is their \show, let them do it their way es ist ihre Sache [zu entscheiden], wie ihre Hochzeit ablaufen soll

7. no pl AM (sl: major league baseball)

▪ the \show die Baseballoberliga

8.

▶ bad [or poor] /good \show! ( dated fam) schwache Leistung!/gut [gemacht]!

▶ let's get the [or this] \show on the road ( fam) lasst uns die Sache [endlich] in Angriff nehmen

▶ the \show must go on ( saying) die Show muss weitergehen

▶ \show of hands [Abstimmung f per] Handzeichen nt

let me see a \show of hands bitte mal die Hand hochheben

let's have a \show of hands lass uns per Hand abstimmen

by [or on] a \show of hands durch Handzeichen

▶ to make [or put on] a \show eine Schau abziehen fam

▶ to make [or put on] a \show of doing sth vortäuschen, etw zu tun

they put on a \show of being interested sie taten so als seien sie interessiert, sie täuschten Interesse vor

▶ to put on [or up] a good \show sich akk bemühen, Einsatz zeigen

II. TRANSITIVE VERB

<showed, shown or showed>

1. (display, project)

▪ to \show [sb] sth [jdm] etw zeigen; (exhibit)

▪ to \show sth etw ausstellen; (perform)

▪ to \show sth etw vorführen; (produce)

▪ to \show sth etw vorzeigen

don't ever \show yourself here again! lass dich hier ja nie wieder blicken!

the photos \show them kissing and cuddling die Fotos zeigen sie küssend und in liebevoller Umarmung

to \show sb one's ability jdm seine Fähigkeiten vorführen

to \show a film einen Film zeigen [o fam bringen]

this film has never been \shown on television dieser Film kam noch nie im Fernsehen

to \show a flag eine Flagge hissen

to \show one's passport at the border seinen Pass an der Grenze vorzeigen

to \show sb one's ticket jdm seine Fahrkarte [vor]zeigen

to \show slides Dias vorführen [o zeigen]

to \show the time die Uhrzeit anzeigen

to \show one's work ART [seine Arbeiten] ausstellen

his paintings will be \shown in the National Gallery until May seine Bilder sind bis Mai in der Nationalgalerie zu sehen

2. (expose)

▪ to \show sth etw sehen lassen

your blouse is \showing your bra durch deine Bluse kann man deinen BH sehen

this carpet \shows all the dirt bei dem Teppich kann man jedes bisschen Schmutz sehen

3. (reveal)

▪ to \show sth etw zeigen [o erkennen lassen]

he started to \show his age man begann, ihm sein Alter anzusehen

he \showed no signs of improvement er zeigte keinerlei Besserung

to \show courage/initiative/common sense Mut/Unternehmungsgeist/gesunden Menschenverstand beweisen

to \show genius/originality Genie/Originalität beweisen

to \show promise viel versprechend sein

4. (express)

▪ to \show sth etw zeigen

to \show a bias/enthusiasm for sth eine Vorliebe/Begeisterung für etw akk zeigen

to \show clemency Milde walten lassen

to \show compassion [for sb] [mit jdm] Mitleid haben

to \show compunction Gewissensbisse haben

to \show [sb] one's gratitude sich akk [jdm gegenüber] dankbar erweisen [o zeigen]

to \show sb respect jdm Respekt erweisen

you have to \show more respect du solltest mehr Respekt zeigen

5. (point out, indicate)

▪ to \show sth [to sb] [jdm] etw zeigen; (represent)

▪ to \show sth etw darstellen

the map \shows where her house is auf der Karte ist ihr Haus zu sehen

this map \shows urban areas in grey auf dieser Karte sind die Stadtgebiete grau dargestellt

it's \showing signs of rain es sieht nach Regen aus

6. (explain)

▪ to \show sb sth jdm etw zeigen [o erklären]

to \show sb the way jdm den Weg zeigen

7. (record)

▪ to \show sth etw anzeigen; statistics etw [auf]zeigen

to \show a loss/profit einen Verlust/Gewinn aufweisen

8. (prove)

▪ to \show sth etw beweisen

to \show cause LAW seine Gründe vorbringen

order to \show cause gerichtliche Verfügung

to \show one's mettle zeigen, was in einem steckt

▪ to \show sb that... jdm zeigen [o beweisen], dass...

▪ to \show [sb] how/why... [jdm] zeigen, wie/warum...

▪ to \show oneself [to be] sth sich akk als etw erweisen

9. (escort)

▪ to \show sb into/out of/to sth jdn in etw akk /aus/zu etw dat führen [o bringen]

▪ to \show sb over [or AM usu around] a place jdm einen Ort zeigen

they \showed us over the estate sie führten uns auf dem Anwesen herum

10.

▶ to \show one's cards [or hand] seine Karten aufdecken fig

▶ to \show sb the door jdm die Tür weisen

▶ to dare [to] \show one's face es wagen, aufzukreuzen fam

he won't dare to \show his face here again er wird es nie wieder wagen, hier aufzukreuzen fam

▶ to have nothing to \show for it [or for one's efforts] [am Ende] nichts vorzuweisen haben

five years in the job, and what have you got to \show for it? du machst diesen Job nun schon seit fünf Jahren, und was hast du nun von all der Mühe?

▶ to \show [sb] no quarter ( liter) [mit jdm] kein Erbarmen haben

▶ to \show one's teeth die Zähne zeigen fig fam

▶ to \show one's true colours Farbe bekennen

▶ to \show the way [forward] den Weg weisen fig

▶ that will \show you/her ( fam) das wird dir/ihr eine Lehre sein

III. INTRANSITIVE VERB

<showed, shown or showed>

1. (be visible) zu sehen sein

the trees \show blue on these photographs die Bäume erscheinen auf diesen Fotos blau

she's four months pregnant and starting to \show sie ist im vierten Monat schwanger und allmählich sieht man es auch

to let sth \show sich dat etw anmerken lassen

2. esp AM, AUS ( fam: arrive) auftauchen, aufkreuzen fam

3. (be shown) film gezeigt werden, laufen fam

now \showing at a cinema near you! jetzt im Kino!

4. (exhibit) ausstellen

5. AM (come third in horse racing) Dritte(r) f(m) werden

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[ʃəʊ] vb: pret showed, ptp shown
1. n

1)

(= display) a fine show of roses — eine Rosenpracht

show of force — Machtdemonstration f

there was a strong show of resistance — es gab starken Widerstand

the demonstration was a show of sympathy — die Demonstration war eine Solidaritätsbekundung

show of hands — Handzeichen nt, Hand(er)heben nt

2) (= outward appearance) Schau f; (= trace) Spur f; (of hatred, affection) Kundgebung f

it's just for show — das ist nur zur Schau da

to do sth for show — etw tun, um Eindruck zu schinden (inf) or zu machen

it's all done for show — das ist alles nur dazu da, um Eindruck zu machen

to make a great show of being impressed/overworked/pleased — sich (dat) ganz den Anschein geben, beeindruckt/überarbeitet/erfreut zu sein

they made a great show of their wealth — sie protzten mit ihrem Reichtum (inf)

without any show of emotion —

it was all show to be fond of show — es war alles nur Schau (inf) gerne prunken

3) (= exhibition) Ausstellung f

dog/fashion show — Hunde-/Modenschau f

to be on show — ausgestellt or zu sehen sein

4) (THEAT) Aufführung f; (TV, VARIETY OR POP SHOW) Show f; (RAD) Sendung f; (FILM) Vorstellung f

to go to a show ( esp Brit : in theatre ) — ins Theater gehen; ( US : in movie theater ) ins Kino gehen

the show must go on — es muss trotz allem weitergehen

on with the show! — anfangen!

to stop the show (lit) —

he stopped the show with his marvellous medley of old hits (fig) — der Höhepunkt der Show war sein wunderbares Medley alter Hits

See:

→ steal

5) (esp Brit inf)

(jolly) good show! (dated) bad show! (dated) (= what a pity) — ausgezeichnet!, bravo! schwaches Bild (inf) so ein Pech!

to put up a good/poor show —

it's a pretty poor show when... — das ist vielleicht traurig or ein schwaches Bild (inf), wenn...

6) (inf: undertaking, organization) Laden m (inf)

he runs the show — er schmeißt hier den Laden (inf)

to give the ( whole) show away — alles verraten

2. vt

1) (= display) zeigen; (COMPUT) anzeigen; (at exhibition) ausstellen, zeigen; (= demonstrate) dog vorführen; slides, film zeigen, vorführen; passport, ticket vorzeigen

to show sb sth, to show sth to sb — jdm etw zeigen

show me how to do it — zeigen Sie mir, wie man das macht

it's been shown on television — das kam im Fernsehen

the film was first shown in 1988 — der Film wurde 1988 uraufgeführt

to show one's face — sich zeigen

he had nothing to show for it — er hatte am Ende nichts vorzuweisen

he has nothing to show for all his effort — seine ganze Mühe hat nichts gebracht

I'll show him! (inf) — dem werd ichs zeigen! (inf)

that showed him! (inf) — dem habe ichs aber gezeigt! (inf)

See:

→ hand, heel

2) (= register) (an)zeigen; loss, profit haben, verzeichnen; rise in numbers aufzeigen; (thermometer, speedometer) stehen auf (+dat); (calendar) zeigen

it shows that... — es zeigt, dass...

as shown in the illustration — wie in der Illustration dargestellt

the roads are shown in red — die Straßen sind rot( eingezeichnet)

what time does your watch show? — wie spät ist es nach Ihrer Uhr?

the dial will show red if... — der Zeiger zeigt auf Rot, wenn...

3) (= indicate) zeigen; (= prove) beweisen; kindness, favour erweisen; courage zeigen, beweisen; loyalty, taste, tact, intelligence beweisen; respect bezeigen; proof erbringen

to show one's gratitude — sich dankbar zeigen

this shows him to be a thief —

I hope I have shown how silly it is — ich habe hoffentlich (auf)gezeigt, wie dumm das ist

it all or just goes to show that... — das zeigt doch nur, dass...

4) (= reveal) zeigen

the housing market is showing signs of life — auf dem Immobilienmarkt tut or rührt sich (wieder) (et)was (inf)

it showed signs of having been used — man sah, dass es gebraucht worden war

to show signs of wear — Abnutzungserscheinungen pl aufweisen

to show signs of tiredness — Ermüdungserscheinungen pl zeigen

show a leg! ( Brit inf ) — raus aus den Federn! (inf)

he's beginning to show his age — man sieht ihm allmählich das Alter an

that dress shows her bra — bei dem Kleid sieht man ihren BH

the carpet shows the dirt — auf dem Teppich sieht man den Schmutz

5) (= direct) zeigen

to show sb the way — jdm den Weg zeigen

to show sb in/out — jdn hereinbringen/hinausbringen or -begleiten

to show sb out of a room — jdn hinausbegleiten, jdn aus dem Zimmer begleiten

to show sb into a room — jdn hereinbringen, jdn ins Zimmer bringen

to show sb to his seat/to the door — jdn an seinen Platz/an die or zur Tür bringen

to show sb over or (a)round the house — jdm das (ganze) Haus zeigen

they were shown over or (a)round the factory — ihnen wurde die Fabrik gezeigt, sie wurden in der Fabrik herumgeführt

3. vi

1) (= be visible) zu sehen sein, sichtbar sein; (petticoat etc) vorsehen, rausgucken (inf); (film) gezeigt werden, laufen; (= exhibit artist) ausstellen

the dirt doesn't show — man sieht den Schmutz nicht

his anger showed in his eyes — man konnte ihm seinen Ärger von den Augen ablesen

don't let your anger show — lassen Sie sich (dat)

the tulips are beginning to show — die Tulpen kommen langsam heraus

the pregnancy or she is now beginning to show — man sieht or merkt jetzt allmählich, dass sie schwanger ist

to show through —

the house shows through the gap — durch den Spalt kann man das Haus sehen

he didn't show (inf) — er hat sich nicht blicken lassen (inf)

2)

(= prove) it just goes to show! — da sieht mans mal wieder!

3) (HORSE RACING) sich platzieren

4. vr

to show oneself — sich blicken lassen (inf)

to show oneself to be incompetent — sich (als) unfähig erweisen

he showed himself to be a coward —

it shows itself in his speech — das merkt man an seiner Sprache

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show [ʃəʊ]

A s

1. (Her)Zeigen n:

vote by show of hands durch Handzeichen wählen;

show of teeth Zähnefletschen n

2. Show f, Schau f, Zurschaustellung f:

a show of force fig eine Demonstration der Macht

3. (künstlerische etc) Darbietung, Vorführung f, Vorstellung f, Show f, Schau f:

put on a show fig eine Schau abziehen, sich aufspielen;

steal the show fig (jemandem) die Schau stehlen

4. umg (Theater-, Film)Vorstellung f

5. Show f, Schau f, Ausstellung f:

on show ausgestellt, zu besichtigen(d)

6. (Radio-, Fernseh)Sendung f

7. (prunkvoller) Umzug

8. fig Schauspiel n, Anblick m:

a grand show;

make a sorry show einen traurigen Eindruck hinterlassen;

make a good show eine gute Figur machen umg

9. umg gute etc Leistung:

good show! gut gemacht!, bravo!

10. Protzerei f, Angeberei f (beide umg):

for show um Eindruck zu machen, (nur) fürs Auge;

be fond of show gern großtun

11. (leerer) Schein:

in outward show nach außen (hin);

make a show of interest Interesse heucheln, sich interessiert geben;

make a show of rage sich wütend stellen

12. Spur f, Anzeichen n

13. (Zirkus-, Theater) Truppe f

14. umg Chance f:

give sb a fair show

15. besonders Br umg Laden m, Sache f:

a dull (poor) show eine langweilige (armselige) Sache;

run the show den Laden oder die Sache schmeißen;

give the (whole) show away sich oder alles verraten

16. Pferderennen etc: dritter Platz

B v/t prät showed, pperf shown, showed

1. zeigen, sehen lassen, seinen Ausweis, seine Fahrkarte etc auch vorzeigen, -weisen:

show o.s.

a) auch show one’s face sich zeigen, sich sehen oder blicken lassen

b) fig sich grausam etc zeigen, sich erweisen als;

I’ll show him! der soll mich kennenlernen!;

never show your face again! lass dich hier nie wieder blicken!;

“not shown” (in Katalogen etc) „ohne Abbildung“; → card¹ 1 a, etc

2. jemandem zeigen oder erklären ( how to do sth wie man etwas tut):

show sb how to write jemandem das Schreiben beibringen

3. sein Wissen etc an den Tag legen, zeigen

4. Katzen etc ausstellen, auf einer Ausstellung zeigen

5. zeigen:

a) THEAT etc vorführen

b) TV bringen

6. jemanden ins Zimmer etc führen, geleiten, bringen:

show sb about ( oder [a]round) the town jemandem die Stadt zeigen, jemanden in der Stadt herumführen;

show sb over the house jemanden durch das Haus führen;

show sb (a)round jemanden (herum)führen

7. seine Absichten etc kundtun, offenbaren

8. seine Pläne etc (auf)zeigen, darlegen

9. zeigen, beweisen:

show the truth of a statement;

you’ll have to show me! umg das wirst du mir (erst) beweisen müssen!

10. JUR nachweisen, vorbringen:

show proof JUR den Beweis erbringen; → cause A 4

11. PHYS, TECH (an)zeigen:

the speedometer showed 70

12. Gefühle zeigen, sich etwas anmerken lassen

13. schlechten Geschmack etc zeigen, erkennen lassen, verraten

14. jemandem eine Gunst etc erweisen:

show sb gratitude sich jemandem gegenüber dankbar erweisen

C v/i

1. sichtbar werden oder sein, sich zeigen:

the blood shows through her skin man sieht das Blut durch ihre Haut;

it shows man sieht es; → time A 1

2. umg sich zeigen, erscheinen

3. aussehen ( like wie):

show to advantage vorteilhaft aussehen

4. be showing gezeigt werden, laufen (Film)

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1. noun
1) (display) Pracht, die

a show of flowers/colour — eine Blumen-/Farbenpracht

show of force/strength — etc. Demonstration der Macht/Stärke usw.

be on show — ausgestellt sein

put something on show — etwas ausstellen

2) (exhibition) Ausstellung, die; Schau, die

dog show — Hundeschau, die

3) (entertainment, performance) Show, die; (Theatre) Vorstellung, die; (Radio, Telev.) [Unterhaltungs]sendung, die; see also steal 1. 1)

4) (coll.): (effort)

it's a poor show — das ist ein schwaches Bild

put up a good/poor show — eine gute/schlechte Figur machen

good show! — gut [gemacht]!

5) (coll.): (undertaking, business)

it's his show — er ist der Boss (ugs.)

run the show — der Boss sein (ugs.)

give the [whole] show away — alles ausquatschen (salopp)

6) (outward appearance) Anschein, der

make a great show of friendliness — ungeheuer freundlich tun

make or put on a [great] show of doing something — sich (Dat.) [angestrengt] den Anschein geben, etwas zu tun

be for show — reine Angeberei sein (ugs.)

do something just for show — etwas nur aus Prestigegründen tun
2. transitive verb,
p.p. shown or showed

1) (allow or cause to be seen) zeigen; vorzeigen [Pass, Fahrschein usw.]

show somebody something, show something to somebody — jemandem etwas zeigen

have nothing/something to show for it — [dabei] nichts/etwas zum Vorzeigen haben

that dress shows your petticoat — bei diesem Kleid sieht man deinen Unterrock

this material does not show the dirt — auf diesem Material sieht man den Schmutz nicht; see also colour 1. 5); sign 1. 5)

2) (manifest, give evidence of) zeigen; beweisen [Mut, Entschlossenheit, Urteilsvermögen usw.]

show hesitation — zaudern

he is showing his age — man sieht ihm sein Alter an

3)

show [somebody] kindness/mercy — freundlich [zu jemandem] sein/Erbarmen [mit jemandem] haben

show mercy on or to somebody — Erbarmen mit jemandem haben

4) (indicate) zeigen [Gefühl, Freude usw.]; [Thermometer, Uhr usw.:] anzeigen

as shown in the illustration — wie die Abbildung zeigt

frontiers are shown by blue lines and towns are shown in red — Grenzen sind durch blaue Linien und Städte sind rot gekennzeichnet

the accounts show a profit — die Bücher weisen einen Gewinn aus

the firm shows a profit/loss — die Firma macht Gewinn/Verlust

5) (demonstrate, prove) zeigen

show somebody that... — jemandem beweisen, dass...

it all/just goes to show that... — das beweist nur, dass...

it all goes to show, doesn't it? — das beweist es doch, oder?

I'll show you/him etc.! — ich werd's dir/ihm usw. schon zeigen!

show somebody who's boss — jemandem zeigen, wer das Sagen hat

6) (conduct) führen

show somebody over or round the house/to his place — jemanden durchs Haus/an seinen Platz führen
3. intransitive verb,
p.p. shown or showed

1) (be visible) sichtbar od. zu sehen sein

he was angry/bored, and it showed — er war wütend/langweilte sich, und man sah es [ihm an]

his age is beginning to show — man sieht ihm sein Alter allmählich an

2) (be shown) [Film:] laufen; [Künstler:] ausstellen

"Gandhi" - now showing in the West End — "Gandhi" - Jetzt im West End

3) (make something known)

time will show — man wird es [ja] sehen

Phrasal Verbs:

- show in

- show off

- show out

- show round

- show through

- show up

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(cinema) n.

Vorstellung f. n.

Ausstellung f.

Schau -en f. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: showed)

or p.p.: shown•) = aufweisen v.

aufzeigen v.

ausstellen (auf einer Messe) v.

vorführen v.

vorweisen v.

zeigen v.

English-german dictionary > show
10 fracaso

m.

failure.

un rotundo fracaso an outright failure

todo fue un fracaso the whole thing was a disaster

el fracaso escolar educational failure, poor performance at school

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: fracasar.

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fracaso

► nombre masculino

1 failure

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noun m.

failure

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SM failure

el fracaso de las negociaciones — the failure of the negotiations

la reforma está condenada al fracaso — the reform is doomed to failure, the reform is destined to fail

ir en dirección al fracaso — to be heading for disaster

¡es un fracaso! — he's a disaster!

es un fracaso total — it's a complete disaster

fracaso escolar — academic failure

fracaso sentimental — disappointment in love

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masculino failure

un fracaso amoroso or sentimental — a disappointment in love

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= flop, failure, underdog, bust, dog, defeat, fiasco, flake out, goof, write-off [writeoff], foundering, dud.

Ex. And at worst, if the trip is a flop (it happens!), at least he is glad to get back to work.

Ex. DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.

Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

Ex. The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.

Ex. 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.

Ex. Indeed, in larger libraries, there are those who regard a referral as tantamount to an admission of defeat.

Ex. The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.

Ex. The show was a real flake out.

Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.

Ex. Gareth Jones's film makes a series of misjudgments so damaging that the whole thing is a virtual write-off.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.

Ex. It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.

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* abocado al fracaso = failing, doomed.

* abocado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.

* abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed from + the beginning.

* camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.

* condenado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.

* condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.

* conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.

* éxitos o fracasos = successes or failures.

* éxitos y fracasos = pitfalls and successes, successes and failures.

* fórmula para el fracaso = blueprint for failure.

* fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.

* fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.

* fracaso escolar = school failure.

* fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.

* fracaso miserable = miserable failure.

* fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.

* fracaso total = complete failure.

* fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.

* índice de fracaso escolar = failure rate, dropout rate.

* obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.

* predestinado al fracaso = doomed.

* predestinado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure.

* ser un fracaso = nothing + come of, prove + a failure.

* significar fracaso = signify + failure, spell + failure.

* suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.

* tasa de fracaso escolar = dropout rate, failure rate.

* traer consigo fracaso = spell + failure.

* traer fracaso = spell + failure.

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masculino failure

un fracaso amoroso or sentimental — a disappointment in love

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= flop, failure, underdog, bust, dog, defeat, fiasco, flake out, goof, write-off [writeoff], foundering, dud.

Ex: And at worst, if the trip is a flop (it happens!), at least he is glad to get back to work.

Ex: DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.

Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

Ex: The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.

Ex: 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.

Ex: Indeed, in larger libraries, there are those who regard a referral as tantamount to an admission of defeat.

Ex: The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.

Ex: The show was a real flake out.

Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.

Ex: Gareth Jones's film makes a series of misjudgments so damaging that the whole thing is a virtual write-off.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.

Ex: It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.

* abocado al fracaso = failing, doomed.

* abocado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.

* abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed from + the beginning.

* camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.

* condenado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.

* condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.

* conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.

* éxitos o fracasos = successes or failures.

* éxitos y fracasos = pitfalls and successes, successes and failures.

* fórmula para el fracaso = blueprint for failure.

* fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.

* fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.

* fracaso escolar = school failure.

* fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.

* fracaso miserable = miserable failure.

* fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.

* fracaso total = complete failure.

* fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.

* índice de fracaso escolar = failure rate, dropout rate.

* obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.

* predestinado al fracaso = doomed.

* predestinado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure.

* ser un fracaso = nothing + come of, prove + a failure.

* significar fracaso = signify + failure, spell + failure.

* suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.

* tasa de fracaso escolar = dropout rate, failure rate.

* traer consigo fracaso = spell + failure.

* traer fracaso = spell + failure.

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fracaso

masculine

1 (acción) failure

ha sufrido or tenido varios fracasos profesionales she has had several failures in her work

el proyecto estaba condenado al fracaso the project was destined to fail o doomed to failure

un fracaso amoroso or sentimental a disappointment in love

un fracaso rotundo a complete failure

2 (obra, persona) failure

su última película fue un fracaso her last movie was a failure o ( colloq) flop, her last movie bombed ( AmE colloq)

como profesor es un fracaso he's a disaster o failure as a teacher, he's a hopeless teacher

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Del verbo fracasar: ( conjugate fracasar)

fracaso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

fracasó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
fracasar
fracaso
fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
to fail
fracaso sustantivo masculino
failure
fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
fracaso sustantivo masculino failure: el despegue del cohete fue un fracaso, the rocket lift-off was a failure
' fracaso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
derrota
- estrepitosa
- estrepitoso
- responsabilizar
- sed
- sentenciar
- servir
- contundente
- destinado
- naufragio
- rotundo
English:
bomb
- defeat
- dismal
- failure
- flop
- mainly
- no-win
- resounding
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- washout
- break
- fiasco
- why

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fracaso nm

1. [falta de éxito] failure;

ha sufrido varios fracasos amorosos he has had a number of failed relationships;

todo fue un fracaso it was a complete failure;

la película fue un fracaso comercial the movie o Br film was a commercial failure o flop

Comp
fracaso escolar school failure;
el entorno familiar contribuye al fracaso escolar the family environment is a contributory factor to educational failure

2. [persona] failure;

como profesor es un fracaso as a teacher he's a failure, he's useless as a teacher

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fracaso

m failure

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fracaso nm

fiasco: failure

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fracaso n failure

Spanish-English dictionary > fracaso
11 picture

1. noun
1) Bild, das

2) (portrait) Porträt, das; (photograph) Porträtfoto, das

have one's picture painted — sich malen od. portraitieren lassen

3) (mental image) Vorstellung, die; Bild, das

get a picture of something — sich (Dat.) von etwas ein Bild machen

give a picture of something — von etwas einen Eindruck vermitteln

present a sorry picture — (fig.) ein trauriges od. jämmerliches Bild abgeben

look the [very] picture of health/misery/innocence — wie das blühende Leben aussehen/ein Bild des Jammers sein/wie die Unschuld in Person aussehen

get the picture — (coll.) verstehen[, worum es geht]

I'm beginning to get the picture — langsam od. allmählich verstehe od. (ugs.) kapiere ich

[do you] get the picture? — verstehst du?

put somebody in the picture — jemanden ins Bild setzen

be in the picture — (be aware) im Bilde sein

keep somebody in the picture — jemanden auf dem laufenden halten

come or enter into the picture — [dabei] eine Rolle spielen

4) (film) Film, der

5) in pl. (Brit.): (cinema) Kino, das

go to the pictures — ins Kino gehen

what's on at the pictures? — was gibt's od. läuft im Kino?

6) (delightful object)

be a picture — wunderschön od. (ugs.) ein Gedicht sein

her face was a picture — ihr Gesicht sprach Bände

she looked a picture — sie sah bildschön aus
2. transitive verb
1) (represent) abbilden

2) (imagine)

picture [to oneself] — sich (Dat.) vorstellen

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['pik ə] 1. noun
1) (a painting or drawing: This is a picture of my mother.) das Bild

2) (a photograph: I took a lot of pictures when I was on holiday.) das Bild

3) (a cinema film: There's a good picture on at the cinema tonight.) der Film

4) ((with the) a symbol or perfect example (of something): She looked the picture of health/happiness.) die Verkörperung

5) ((with a) a beautiful sight: She looked a picture in her new dress.) ein Bild

6) (a clear description: He gave me a good picture of what was happening.) anschauliche Schilderung
2. verb
(to imagine: I can picture the scene.) (sich) ausmalen

- put someone / be in the picture
- put / be in the picture
- academic.ru/118994/the_pictures">the pictures
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pic·ture

[ˈpɪktʃəʳ, AM -ɚ]

I. n

1. (painting, drawing) Bild nt

to draw/paint a \picture ein Bild zeichnen/malen

2. (photograph) Bild nt, Foto nt

to get one's \picture in the paper [mit Foto] in die Zeitung kommen

wedding \picture Hochzeitsfoto nt

to take a \picture ein Foto machen

I hate having my \picture taken ich hasse es, fotografiert zu werden

3. (on TV screen) [Fernseh]bild nt

satellite \picture Satellitenbild nt

4. (film) Film m

to make a \picture einen Film drehen

to be [or work] in \pictures im Filmgeschäft sein

5. ( dated: cinema)

▪ the \pictures pl das Kino

6. ( fig: impression) Bild nt

this is not an accurate \picture das ist eine Verdrehung der Tatsachen

the true \picture of what went on is only just beginning to emerge was da wirklich so vor sich ging, kommt erst jetzt langsam ans Tageslicht

I have a very vivid \picture of the first time I met her ich habe unsere erste Begegnung noch lebhaft vor Augen

mental \picture Vorstellung f

the people were asked to form a mental \picture of the man die Leute wurden gebeten, sich den Mann vorzustellen

to paint a \picture of sth ein Bild von etw dat zeichnen

to paint a gloomy/rosy \picture of sth etw in düsteren/rosigen Farben ausmalen

7. (embodiment)

▪ the \picture of sth der Inbegriff [o die Verkörperung] einer S. gen

he looks the very \picture of health er strotzt nur so vor Gesundheit

8. (situation) Bild nt

the \picture is brighter than six months ago es sieht besser aus als noch vor sechs Monaten

the broad [or AM usu big] \picture die allgemeine Situation

9.

▶ to be [or look] a \picture ( fam)

▶ sb's face is a \picture jd macht ein komisches Gesicht

my boss' face was a \picture when I said I was joining the competition du hättest das Gesicht von meinem Chef sehen sollen, als ich ihm sagte, dass ich zur Konkurrenz gehe

▶ to get the \picture etw verstehen [o fam kapieren], wie gemalt aussehen

▶ to be in the \picture (informed) im Bilde [o auf dem neuesten Stand] sein; (involved) beteiligt sein; (in the public sphere) im Rampenlicht stehen

▶ to keep sb in the \picture [about sb/sth] jdn [über jdn/etw] auf dem Laufenden halten

▶ to be out of the \picture (uninformed) nicht im Bilde sein; (not involved) unbeteiligt sein; (not on the scene) von der Bildfläche verschwunden sein

he drifted out of the \picture er geriet in Vergessenheit

keep the press out of the \picture as long as possible haltet die Presse so lange wie möglich raus

▶ as pretty as a \picture bildschön

▶ to put sb in the \picture jdn auf den neuesten Stand bringen

▶ one [or a] \picture is worth a thousand words ( saying) ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte prov

II. vt

▪ to \picture sth sich dat etw vorstellen; (depict) etw darstellen

he \pictured himself as a visionary er sah sich als einen Visionär

III. vi

▪ to \picture to oneself how... sich dat vorstellen, wie...

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['pɪktʃə(r)]
1. n

1) Bild nt; (ART) (= painting) Gemälde nt, Bild nt; (= drawing) Zeichnung f

(as) pretty as a picture — bildschön

2) (TV) Bild nt

3) (FILM) Film m

the pictures (Brit) — das Kino

to go to the pictures (Brit) — ins Kino gehen

what's on at the pictures? (Brit) — was gibts im Kino?

4) (= mental image) Vorstellung f, Bild nt

these figures give the general picture — diese Zahlen geben ein allgemeines Bild

have you got the general picture? — wissen Sie jetzt ungefähr Bescheid?

to give you a picture of what life is like here — damit Sie sich (dat) ein Bild vom Leben hier machen können

to form a picture of sth — sich (dat) ein Bild von etw machen

the other side of the picture — die Kehrseite der Medaille

to be in the picture — im Bilde sein

to put sb in the picture — jdn ins Bild setzen

I get the picture (inf) — ich habs begriffen or kapiert

I'm beginning to get the picture (inf) — ich fange an zu begreifen or kapieren (inf)

he/that no longer comes into the picture — er/das spielt keine Rolle mehr

5) (= sight) Bild nt; (beautiful) Traum m, Bild nt

his face was a picture — sein Gesicht war ein Bild für die Götter (inf)

she looked a picture —

the garden is a picture — der Garten ist eine Pracht

6) (= embodiment) Bild nt, Verkörperung f; (= spitting image) Abbild nt, Ebenbild nt

she looked or was the picture of happiness/health — sie sah wie das Glück/die Gesundheit in Person aus

she looked or was the picture of misery — sie war ein Bild des Elends

2. vt

1) (= imagine) sich (dat) vorstellen

to picture sth to oneself — sich (dat) etw vorstellen

2) (= describe) beschreiben, darstellen

3) (by drawing, painting) darstellen; (in book) abbilden

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picture [ˈpıktʃə(r)]

A s

1. Bild n ( auch TV): he isn’t in the picture auf dem Bild;

his face was a picture du hättest sein Gesicht sehen sollen!

2. Abbildung f, Illustration f

3. Bild n, Gemälde n:

sit for one’s picture sich malen lassen; → pretty A 1

4. (geistiges) Bild, Vorstellung f:

form a picture of sth sich von etwas ein Bild machen

5. umg Bild n, Verkörperung f:

he looks the very picture of health er sieht aus wie das blühende Leben;

look the picture of misery ein Bild des Jammers bieten, wie ein Häufchen Elend oder Unglück aussehen

6. Ebenbild n:

the child is the picture of his father

7. fig anschauliche Darstellung oder Schilderung, Bild n, (Sitten)Gemälde n (in Worten):

Gibbon’s picture of ancient Rome

8. umg bildschöne Sache oder Person:

she is a perfect picture sie ist bildschön;

the hat is a picture der Hut ist ein Gedicht

9. umg Blickfeld n:

be in the picture

a) sichtbar sein, eine Rolle spielen,

b) im Bild oder auf dem Laufenden sein ( about über akk);

come into the picture in Erscheinung treten;

drop out of the picture (von der Bildfläche) verschwinden;

put sb in the picture jemanden ins Bild setzen ( about über akk);

keep sb in the picture jemanden auf dem Laufenden halten ( about über akk);

out of the picture

a) nicht von Interesse, ohne Belang,

b) weg vom Fenster umg

10. FOTO Aufnahme f, Bild n:

picture of the family Familienbild;

take a picture of eine Aufnahme machen von (od gen), jemanden, etwas aufnehmen;

may I take your picture? darf ich eine Aufnahme von Ihnen machen?

11. a) Film m

b) pl besonders Br Kino n:

go to the pictures ins Kino gehen

c) pl besonders Br Film m (Filmwelt):

be in pictures beim Film sein

12. auch clinical picture MED klinisches Bild, Krankheitsbild n, Befund m

B v/t

1. abbilden, darstellen, malen

2. fig anschaulich schildern, beschreiben, (in Worten) ausmalen

3. auch picture to oneself fig sich ein Bild machen von, sich etwas ausmalen oder vorstellen

4. eine Empfindung etc ausdrücken, erkennen lassen, spiegeln, zeigen

C adj

1. Bilder…

2. Film…

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1. noun
1) Bild, das

2) (portrait) Porträt, das; (photograph) Porträtfoto, das

have one's picture painted — sich malen od. portraitieren lassen

3) (mental image) Vorstellung, die; Bild, das

get a picture of something — sich (Dat.) von etwas ein Bild machen

give a picture of something — von etwas einen Eindruck vermitteln

present a sorry picture — (fig.) ein trauriges od. jämmerliches Bild abgeben

look the [very] picture of health/misery/innocence — wie das blühende Leben aussehen/ein Bild des Jammers sein/wie die Unschuld in Person aussehen

get the picture — (coll.) verstehen[, worum es geht]

I'm beginning to get the picture — langsam od. allmählich verstehe od. (ugs.) kapiere ich

[do you] get the picture? — verstehst du?

put somebody in the picture — jemanden ins Bild setzen

be in the picture — (be aware) im Bilde sein

keep somebody in the picture — jemanden auf dem laufenden halten

come or enter into the picture — [dabei] eine Rolle spielen

4) (film) Film, der

5) in pl. (Brit.): (cinema) Kino, das

go to the pictures — ins Kino gehen

what's on at the pictures? — was gibt's od. läuft im Kino?

6) (delightful object)

be a picture — wunderschön od. (ugs.) ein Gedicht sein

her face was a picture — ihr Gesicht sprach Bände

she looked a picture — sie sah bildschön aus
2. transitive verb
1) (represent) abbilden

2) (imagine)

picture [to oneself] — sich (Dat.) vorstellen

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(art) n.

Gemälde - n. n.

Abbildung -en f.

Aufnahme -n f.

Bild -er n.

Film -e m.

Foto -s n. v.

beschreiben v.

darstellen v.

English-german dictionary > picture
12 principio

m.

1 beginning, start (comienzo).

el principio del fin the beginning of the end

del principio al fin, desde el principio hasta el fin from beginning to end, from start to finish

a principios de at the beginning of

al principio at first, in the beginning

en principio quedamos en hacer una reunión el jueves provisionally o unless you hear otherwise, we've arranged to meet on Thursday

en un principio at first

2 principle (fundamento, ley).

en principio in principle

por principio on principle

3 origin, source (origen).

4 element (elemento).

principio activo active ingredient

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: principiar.

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principio

► nombre masculino

1 (inicio) beginning, start

■ me voy de vacaciones a principios de mes I'm going on holiday at the beginning of the month

2 (base) principle

3 (moral) principle

■ no tiene principios he has no principles

► nombre masculino plural principios

1 rudiments

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

al principio at first, at the beginning

en principio in principle

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noun m.

1) beginning, outset

2) principle

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SM

1) (=comienzo) beginning

al principio — at first, in the beginning

a principios del verano — at the beginning of the summer, early in the summer

desde el principio — from the first, from the outset

desde el principio hasta el fin — from start to finish, from beginning to end

en un principio — at first, to start with

dar principio a algo — to start sth off

tener principio en algo — to start from sth, be based on sth

2) pl principios (=nociones) rudiments, first notions

"Principios de física" — "Introduction to Physics", "Outline of Physics"

3) (=norma) principle

persona de principios — man of principles

en principio — in principle

por principio — on principle

es inmoral por principio — it is immoral in principle

sin principios — unprincipled

el principio de la legalidad — the force of law, the rule of law

4) (Fil) principle

5) (Quím) element, constituent

principio activo — active ingredient

6) (Culin) entrée

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masculino

1) ( comienzo) beginning

el principio del verano — early summer, the beginning of summer

a principios de temporada — at the beginning of the season

a principios de siglo — at the turn of the century

empieza por el principio — start at the beginning

eso es un buen principio — that's a good start

congeniamos desde el principio — we got along well from the start

al principio — at first

en principio la reunión es el jueves — the meeting's on Thursday unless you hear otherwise

en principio estoy de acuerdo — I agree in principle

en un or al principio — at first, in the beginning

2)

a) (concepto, postulado) principle

un principio universalmente aceptado — a universally accepted concept

la teoría parte de un principio erróneo — the theory is based on a false premise

b) ( norma moral) principle

es una mujer de principios — she's a woman of principle

por principio — on principle

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masculino

1) ( comienzo) beginning

el principio del verano — early summer, the beginning of summer

a principios de temporada — at the beginning of the season

a principios de siglo — at the turn of the century

empieza por el principio — start at the beginning

eso es un buen principio — that's a good start

congeniamos desde el principio — we got along well from the start

al principio — at first

en principio la reunión es el jueves — the meeting's on Thursday unless you hear otherwise

en principio estoy de acuerdo — I agree in principle

en un or al principio — at first, in the beginning

2)

a) (concepto, postulado) principle

un principio universalmente aceptado — a universally accepted concept

la teoría parte de un principio erróneo — the theory is based on a false premise

b) ( norma moral) principle

es una mujer de principios — she's a woman of principle

por principio — on principle

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el principio

= early days, the

Ex: The new chemical was expensive, and in the early days it was often mishandled; much of the foxing of early nineteenth-century paper was due to inefficient bleaching.

principio¹

¹ = principle, proposition, tenet, canon, touchstone.

Ex: Objective 2 results in what could be described as a collocative catalogue, because a catalogue based on this principle collocates the writings of a particular author.

Ex: They are a core, a set of basic propositions, onto which are grafted a rich variety of other possibilities.

Ex: This attack summarises her main tenets.

Ex: The archetypal canon is of course that of the books of the Bible, which are gathered together in a fixed and unchanging order.

Ex: The touchstone for professional practice are the professional codes of ethics that govern medicine in face-to-face relationships with patients.

* actuar de acuerdo con los principios de Uno = act on + Posesivo + principles.

* adherirse a principios = espouse + principles.

* basado en principios = principled.

* basarse en un principio = base on + principle.

* con principios = principled.

* cumplir con un principio = comport with + principle.

* declaración de principios = statement of principles, value statement, Bill of Rights, declaration of principles, statement of principles.

* defender los principios de Uno = stand up for + Posesivo + principles.

* de principios = principled.

* de principios muy elevados = high-minded.

* en principio = in principle, on principle.

* establecer un principio = establish + principle, set forth + cause.

* formular un principio = formulate + principle.

* infringir un principio = violate + principle.

* ir en contra de todos + Posesivo + principios = violate + principle.

* Los Principios de París = Paris Principles.

* mantenerse fiel a los principios de Uno = stick to + Posesivo + principles.

* poner en duda unos principios = shake + foundations.

* por principio = on principle.

* por principios = as a matter of principle.

* principio constitutivo = constitutive principle.

* principio de actuación = governing principle.

* principio de archívese según aparece = file-as-is principle.

* principio de cualificación profesional adecuada para el trabajo en cuestión = principle of rate for the job.

* principio de gratuidad, el = gratis principle, the.

* principio de igualdad, el = egalitarian principle, the.

* principio de la alfabetización literal = file-as-is principle, file-as-is principle.

* principio del escalonamiento = scalar principle.

* principio ético = moral principle.

* principio fundamental = fundamental, principium [principia, -pl.].

* principio moral = moral principle.

* principio orientador = guiding principle.

* principios = philosophy, ethos, morals.

* principios elevados = high-mindedness.

* Principios para la Intercalación Bibliográfica = ISO7154.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* respetar los principios = observe + principles.

* seguir un principio = adopt + convention.

* sin principios = unscrupulous, unprincipled.

* suscribir un principio = subscribe to + principle.

* traicionar los principios de uno mismo = betray + Posesivo + own principles.

* una cuestión de principios = a matter of principle.

* violar un principio = violate + principle.

principio²

² = start, eruption, kick-off, startup [start-up], beginning.

Ex: Olle is right, however, in implying that after a slow start interest in, and writing about, official publishing in Britain has increased dramatically in recent years.

Ex: Information on the news items relevant to 'mad cow disease' was collected for a period of 100 days starting very close to the eruption of the crisis.

Ex: The cooperative venture 'StoryLines America' joins libraries and public radio in smash kick-off.

Ex: This article presents some practical tips to help users of DIALOG's DIALOGLINK including buffer size, screen speed-up, startup short cuts, type-ahead buffer and use of DIALOGLING with other services.

Ex: In addition, synthesis often requires the use of a facet indicator, which marks the beginning of a new facet for example.

* abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed from + the beginning.

* al principio = at first, at the outset, early [earlier -comp., earliest -sup.], in the early years, originally, to start with, early on, at startup.

* al principio de = at the beginning (of), at the dawn of, at the onset of, early in.

* al principio de la imprenta = early printing.

* al principio y al final = both ends.

* al principio y al final de = at each end of.

* a principios de = in the early + Fecha.

* a principios de + Expresión Temporal = early + Expresión Temporal, the.

* a principios de los + Década = early + Década, the.

* comenzar por el principio = start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.

* comenzar por el principio, empezar desde cero, comen = start from + scratch.

* condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de principio a fin = from start to finish, gavel to gavel, from beginning to end.

* de principio a fin (documento) = cover to cover.

* desde el principio = from the start, all along, ab initio, from the outset, from the beginning, from the word go, from the word get-go.

* desde el principio de los tiempos = since the beginning of time, from the beginning of time, since time began.

* desde principio a fin = throughout.

* desde principios de siglo = since the turn of the century, from the turn of the century.

* el principio de = the dawn of.

* el principio del fin = the beginning of the end.

* el principio de + Mes/Estación = early + Mes/Estación.

* empezar por el principio = start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.

* en principio = at first, conceivably, first of all, prima facie.

* en un principio = at an earlier stage, initially, originally, at one time, to begin with.

* fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.

* hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.

* leer de principio a fin = read + from cover to cover.

* muy al principio = in very early days, at the very outset.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* principio, el = early days, the.

* regresar al principio = go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volvemos siempre al principio = things swing full circle.

* volver al principio = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle.

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principio

masculine

A (comienzo) beginning

el principio del verano early summer, the beginning of summer

empieza por el principio start at the beginning

el principio del fin the beginning of the end

el éxito logrado con su primer libro es un buen principio the success she's had with her first book is a good start, the success of her first book has got her off to a good start

se llegó a un principio de acuerdo en las negociaciones they reached the beginnings of an agreement in the negotiations

congeniamos desde el principio we got along well from the start

leyó el libro desde el principio hasta el final sin parar he read the book from cover to cover o from beginning to end o from start to finish without putting it down

a principios de temporada at the beginning of the season

a principios de siglo at the turn of the century

al principio at first

en un principio se creyó que la Tierra era plana at first o in the beginning people believed the Earth was flat

B

1 (concepto, postulado) principle

es un principio universalmente aceptado it's a universally accepted concept

la teoría parte de un principio erróneo the theory is based on a false premise

en principio la reunión es el jueves the meeting's on Thursday unless you hear otherwise o provisionally, the meeting is set for Thursday

en principio estoy de acuerdo, pero no depende sólo de mí I agree in principle, but it isn't only up to me

2 (norma moral) principle

es una cuestión de principios it's a question of principle(s)

es una persona de principios she's a person of principle o a principled person

por principio on principle

Compuestos:

● principio de incertidumbre

uncertainty principle

● principio de indeterminación

uncertainty principle

● principio de placer/realidad

pleasure/reality principle

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Del verbo principiar: ( conjugate principiar)

principio es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

principió es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
principiar
principio
principio sustantivo masculino
1 ( comienzo) beginning;
◊ a principios de temporada at the beginning of the season;

empieza por el principio start at the beginning;
eso es un buen principio that's a good start;
en un or al principio at first, in the beginning
2 (postulado, norma moral) principle;
◊ es una mujer de principios she's a woman of principle;

por principio on principle
principio sustantivo masculino
1 (comienzo) beginning, start: nos hemos perdido el principio de la película, we've missed the beginning of the film
2 (causa, origen) premise, origin
3 (idea fundamental, norma) principle 4 principios, (nociones) rudiments, basics: posee algunos principios de mecánica, she has some rudiments of mechanics
♦ Locuciones: al principio, at first
en principio, in principle
por principio, on principle
' principio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- cien
- empezar
- extrema
- extremo
- frustrarse
- germen
- horterada
- indirecta
- vista
- criterio
- elemental
- por
English:
at
- basically
- begin
- beginning
- cornerstone
- early
- farce
- first
- front
- further
- go
- hear of
- initially
- initiation
- listen
- maybe
- originally
- outset
- policy
- principle
- see
- soon
- start
- stick to
- tenet
- wind back
- from
- out
- right
- throughout
- turn

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principio nm

1. [comienzo] beginning, start;

empieza por el principio start at the beginning;

al principio at first, in the beginning;

desde el principio from the beginning;

se ha llegado a un principio de acuerdo a preliminary agreement has been reached;

a principios de at the beginning of;

en un principio at first;

el principio del fin the beginning of the end;

del principio al fin, desde el principio hasta el fin from beginning to end, from start to finish

2. [fundamento, ley] principle

Comp
principio de Arquímedes Archimedes' principle; Filosofía principio de causalidad causality principle;
principio de incertidumbre uncertainty principle;

principio de indeterminación uncertainty principle;

principio del todo o nada all-or-nothing policy

3. [origen] origin, source

4. [elemento] element

Comp
principio activo active ingredient
5.
principios [reglas de conducta] principles;

un hombre de principios a man of principles;

sin principios unprincipled, unscrupulous;

por principio on principle;

se negó a hacerlo por principios she refused to do it on principle

6.
principios [nociones] rudiments, first principles;

tiene algunos principios de informática she knows a bit about computing

7. [primera consideración]
en principio: en principio, me parece buena la idea in principle, the idea seems good;

en principio quedamos en hacer una reunión el jueves provisionally o unless you hear otherwise, we've arranged to meet on Thursday

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principio

m

1 ley, moral principle;

en principio in principle;

por principio on principle

2 en tiempo beginning;

a principios de abril at the beginning of April;

al principio, en un principio at first;

el principio del fin the beginning of the end

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principio nm

1) comienzo: beginning

2) : principle

3)

al principio : at first

4)

a principios de : at the beginning of

a principios de agosto: at the beginning of August

5)

en principio : in principle

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principio n

1. (comienzo) beginning

al principio de la película at the beginning of the film

2. (concepto) principle

el principio de aritmética the principles of arithmetics

a principios de... at the beginning of...

al principio at first

Spanish-English dictionary > principio
13 fin

m.

1 end (final).

dar o poner fin a algo to put an end to something

tocar a su fin to come to a close

a fines de at the end of

al o por fin at last, finally

a fin de cuentas after all

al fin y al cabo after all

al fin del mundo to the end of the earth (and back)

en fin anyway

en fin, lo volveremos a intentar well o anyway, we can try again

sin fin endless

fin de año New Year's Eve (Nochevieja)

fin de curso end of the school year; (en colegio) end of the academic year (en universidad)

fin de fiesta grand finale

fin de semana weekend

2 aim, goal (objetivo).

un fin en sí mismo an end in itself

el fin justifica los medios the end justifies the means

con este fin with this aim, to this end

a fin de in order to

a fin de contener la inflación (in order) to keep inflation down

un concierto con fines benéficos a charity concert

3 purpose, objective, end, aim.

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fin

► nombre masculino

1 (final) end

2 (objetivo) purpose, aim

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a fin de in order to, so as to

a fin de que so that

a fines de at the end of

al fin y al cabo when all's said and done

¡al fin! at last!

con buen fin with good intentions

con el fin de with the intention of

con este fin with this aim

dar fin a to put an end to

en fin anyway

llegar a su fin to come to an end

no tener fin to be endless

poner fin a to put an end to

¡por fin! at last!

sin fin endless

tocar a su fin to come to an end

fin de fiesta grand finale

fin de semana (tiempo) weekend 2 (bolsa) weekend bag

(noche de) Fin de Año New Year's Eve

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noun m.

1) end

2) aim, purpose

•

- fin de semana
- por fin
* * *

SM

1) (=final) end

el fin del mundo — the end of the world

antes de fin de mes — before the end of the month

en la noche de fin de año — on New Year's Eve

• fin de la cita — end of quote, unquote

• fin de curso — end of the school year

fiesta de fin de curso — end-of-year party

• dar fin a — [+ ceremonia, actuación] to bring to a close; [+ obra, libro] to finish; [+ guerra, conflicto] to bring to an end

estas palabras dieron fin a tres años de conflicto — these words brought three years of conflict to an end

• llegar a buen fin — [aventura] to have a happy ending; [plan] to turn out well

• llevar algo a buen fin — to bring sth to a successful conclusion

• poner fin a algo — to end sth, put an end to sth

esta ley pondrá fin a la discriminación sexual en el trabajo — this law will end o will put an end to sexual discrimination in the workplace

los acuerdos pusieron fin a doce años de guerra — the agreements ended o put an end to twelve years of war

deseaban poner fin a sus vidas — they wished to end their lives

• sin fin — endless

correa sin fin — endless belt

- llegar a fin de mes

un sueldo que apenas les permite llegar a fin de mes — a salary that barely enables them to make ends meet

fin de fiesta — (Teat) grand finale

fin de semana — weekend

2)

• a fines de — at the end of

a fines de abril — at the end of April

la crisis de fines del XIX — the crisis at the end of the 19th century, the late 19th century crisis

3) [otras locuciones]

a)

• al fin, por fin — [gen] finally; [con más énfasis] at last

al fin se ha premiado su esfuerzo — her efforts have finally been rewarded

tras varios días de marcha, por fin llegamos a la primera aldea — after several days' walk, we finally came to the first village

¡al fin solos! — alone at last!

¡por fin te decides a hacer algo! — at last you've decided to do something!

• al fin y al cabo — after all

tengo derecho a estar aquí: al fin y al cabo, soy parte de la familia — I have a right to stay here: after all, I am part of the family

al fin y al cabo, lo que importa es que seguimos juntos — at the end of the day, what matters is that we're still together

• a fin de cuentas — at the end of the day

b)

• en fin — [quitando importancia] anyway, oh, well; [para resumir] in short

en fin, otro día seguiremos hablando del tema — anyway o oh, well, we will carry on discussing this another day

¡en fin, qué se le va a hacer! — anyway o oh, well, there's nothing we can do about it!

hemos tenido bastantes problemas este año, pero en fin, seguimos adelante — we've had quite a few problems this year, but still o anyway, we're still going

en fin, que no he tenido un momento de descanso — in short, I haven't had a moment's rest

4) (=intención) aim

se desconocen los fines de esa organización — the aims of that organization are unknown

¿con qué fin se ha organizado esto? — what has been the aim in organizing this?

• a fin de hacer algo — in order to do sth

a fin de que — + subjun so that, in order that frm

se le ha citado como testigo a fin de que explique sus relaciones con el acusado — he has been called as a witness in order to explain o in order that he explain frm o so that he can explain his relationship with the defendant

• con el fin de hacer algo — in order to do sth

• a tal fin — with this aim in mind, to this end

- el fin justifica los medios

5) (=propósito) purpose

un millón de dólares será destinado a fines benéficos — a million dollars is to go to charity

el dinero había sido destinado a otros fines — the money had been put aside for other purposes

con fines experimentales/militares/políticos — for experimental/military/political purposes

planean intervenir con fines humanitarios — they are planning to intervene for humanitarian reasons

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( final) end

a fines de junio — at the end of June

a fin de mes — at the end of the month

hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos — until the end of time

no es el fin del mundo — (fam) it's not the end of the world (colloq)

tuvo un triste fin — he came to a sad end

puso fin a la discusión — she put an end to the discussion

el verano ya llega a su fin — summer is coming to an end

con esta noticia ponemos fin a la edición de hoy — and with that we end tonight's news

un accidente aéreo puso fin a su vida — he was killed in an aircrash

llevó la empresa a buen fin — he brought the venture to a successful conclusion

Fin — The End

b) (en locs)

por or al fin — at last

al fin lo conseguí! — at last I've done it!

en fin — well

en fin qué se le va a hacer! — ah well, what can you do?

en fin sigamos! — anyway, let's carry on!

repara electrodomésticos, pone enchufes... en fin un poco de todo — he repairs electrical goods, puts in plugs... a bit of everything, really

a fin de cuentas — in the end, at the end of the day

al fin y al cabo — after all

tocar a su fin — (liter) to draw to a close o to an end

- fin de año

- fin de fiesta

- fin de semana

2) (objetivo, finalidad) purpose

el fin de esta visita — the aim o purpose of this visit

esto constituye un fin en sí mismo — this constitutes an end in itself

una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro — a not-for-profit organization (AmE), a non-profit-making organisation (BrE)

a fin de que — (frml) in order to

con este fin or a este fin or a tal fin — (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml)

con el fin or a fin de — (frml) with the aim o purpose of

el fin justifica los medios — the end justifies the means

* * *

= aim, end, goal, purpose, quit, STOP, goodbye [good-bye], objective.

Nota: Acción específica que se pretende llevar a cabo, siendo necesarias varias de ellas para alcanzar una meta.

Ex. The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.

Ex. In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.

Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.

Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.

Ex. The final choice, ' Quit (LOGOFF),' takes you back to the Welcome screen.

Ex. The command function ' STOP' is used to end the session and logoff.

Ex. The article 'Books -- is it goodbye?' shows that while there was a sharp increase in fiction in Finland after the 2nd World War, the amount of fiction is now beginning to decline.

Ex. An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.

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* a este fin = to this end.

* a fin de cuentas = at the end of the day, in the end, in the final count, in the grand scheme of things, when all is said and done, after all is said and done.

* alcanzar + Posesivo + fin = reach + Posesivo + end.

* al fin = at last, at long last.

* al fin y al cabo = in the end, after all, all in all, after all is said and done, when all is said and done.

* cinta sin fin = endless belt, conveyor belt, conveyor [conveyer].

* con el fin de = in order to.

* con ese fin = to that end.

* con este fin = to this end, to that effect.

* con fines + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.

* con fines lucrativos = profit-making, profit-orientated, profit-oriented, profit-generating.

* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.

* conseguir un fin = secure + end.

* construido expresamente para tal fin = purpose-built.

* dar fin = bring to + a close, draw to + a close, wind down.

* de fin de año = end of the year.

* de fin de milenio = millennial.

* de principio a fin = from start to finish, gavel to gavel, from beginning to end.

* de principio a fin (documento) = cover to cover.

* desde principio a fin = throughout.

* discurso de fin de curso = commencement salutatory.

* durante el fin de semana = over the weekend.

* el fin del mundo = the ends of the earth.

* el fin de semana = over the weekend, at the weekend.

* el fin de todos los fines = the end of all ends.

* el fin justifica los medios = the end justifies the means.

* el principio del fin = the beginning of the end.

* en el fin de semana = over the weekend, at the weekend.

* fin de año = EOY (end of year), end of the year.

* fin de semana = weekend.

* fines de semana, los = at weekends.

* fines lucrativos = financial gain.

* generación del fin del milenio, la = Millennial Generation, the, Millennium Generation, the.

* hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world.

* leer de principio a fin = read + from cover to cover.

* llegar a su fin = wind down, draw to + a close, draw to + an end.

* no llevar a ningún fin = beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.

* no tener fin = there + be + no end to.

* para este fin = to this end.

* para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].

* película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop].

* perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.

* perseguir un fin = pursue + end.

* persona nacida en el fin del milenio = Millennial.

* poner fin = curb, bring to + a close, draw to + a close.

* poner fin a = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off.

* poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.

* por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.

* por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).

* seminario de fin de semana = weekend school.

* ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for).

* ser un fin en sí mismo = be an end in itself.

* ser un fin en sí mismos = be ends in themselves.

* ser un medio para llegar a un fin = be the means to an end.

* servir un fin = serve + end.

* significar el fin de Algo = mean + an end to.

* sin fin = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unending.

* sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.

* tecla de fin = End key.

* tocar a su fin = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down.

* todo el fin de semana = all weekend long.

* un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.

* un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.

* un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.

* utilizar para un fin = put to + purpose.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( final) end

a fines de junio — at the end of June

a fin de mes — at the end of the month

hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos — until the end of time

no es el fin del mundo — (fam) it's not the end of the world (colloq)

tuvo un triste fin — he came to a sad end

puso fin a la discusión — she put an end to the discussion

el verano ya llega a su fin — summer is coming to an end

con esta noticia ponemos fin a la edición de hoy — and with that we end tonight's news

un accidente aéreo puso fin a su vida — he was killed in an aircrash

llevó la empresa a buen fin — he brought the venture to a successful conclusion

Fin — The End

b) (en locs)

por or al fin — at last

al fin lo conseguí! — at last I've done it!

en fin — well

en fin qué se le va a hacer! — ah well, what can you do?

en fin sigamos! — anyway, let's carry on!

repara electrodomésticos, pone enchufes... en fin un poco de todo — he repairs electrical goods, puts in plugs... a bit of everything, really

a fin de cuentas — in the end, at the end of the day

al fin y al cabo — after all

tocar a su fin — (liter) to draw to a close o to an end

- fin de año

- fin de fiesta

- fin de semana

2) (objetivo, finalidad) purpose

el fin de esta visita — the aim o purpose of this visit

esto constituye un fin en sí mismo — this constitutes an end in itself

una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro — a not-for-profit organization (AmE), a non-profit-making organisation (BrE)

a fin de que — (frml) in order to

con este fin or a este fin or a tal fin — (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml)

con el fin or a fin de — (frml) with the aim o purpose of

el fin justifica los medios — the end justifies the means

* * *

= aim, end, goal, purpose, quit, STOP, goodbye [good-bye], objective.

Nota: Acción específica que se pretende llevar a cabo, siendo necesarias varias de ellas para alcanzar una meta.

Ex: The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.

Ex: In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.

Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.

Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.

Ex: The final choice, ' Quit (LOGOFF),' takes you back to the Welcome screen.

Ex: The command function ' STOP' is used to end the session and logoff.

Ex: The article 'Books -- is it goodbye?' shows that while there was a sharp increase in fiction in Finland after the 2nd World War, the amount of fiction is now beginning to decline.

Ex: An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.

* a este fin = to this end.

* a fin de cuentas = at the end of the day, in the end, in the final count, in the grand scheme of things, when all is said and done, after all is said and done.

* alcanzar + Posesivo + fin = reach + Posesivo + end.

* al fin = at last, at long last.

* al fin y al cabo = in the end, after all, all in all, after all is said and done, when all is said and done.

* cinta sin fin = endless belt, conveyor belt, conveyor [conveyer].

* con el fin de = in order to.

* con ese fin = to that end.

* con este fin = to this end, to that effect.

* con fines + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.

* con fines lucrativos = profit-making, profit-orientated, profit-oriented, profit-generating.

* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.

* conseguir un fin = secure + end.

* construido expresamente para tal fin = purpose-built.

* dar fin = bring to + a close, draw to + a close, wind down.

* de fin de año = end of the year.

* de fin de milenio = millennial.

* de principio a fin = from start to finish, gavel to gavel, from beginning to end.

* de principio a fin (documento) = cover to cover.

* desde principio a fin = throughout.

* discurso de fin de curso = commencement salutatory.

* durante el fin de semana = over the weekend.

* el fin del mundo = the ends of the earth.

* el fin de semana = over the weekend, at the weekend.

* el fin de todos los fines = the end of all ends.

* el fin justifica los medios = the end justifies the means.

* el principio del fin = the beginning of the end.

* en el fin de semana = over the weekend, at the weekend.

* fin de año = EOY (end of year), end of the year.

* fin de semana = weekend.

* fines de semana, los = at weekends.

* fines lucrativos = financial gain.

* generación del fin del milenio, la = Millennial Generation, the, Millennium Generation, the.

* hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world.

* leer de principio a fin = read + from cover to cover.

* llegar a su fin = wind down, draw to + a close, draw to + an end.

* no llevar a ningún fin = beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.

* no tener fin = there + be + no end to.

* para este fin = to this end.

* para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].

* película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop].

* perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.

* perseguir un fin = pursue + end.

* persona nacida en el fin del milenio = Millennial.

* poner fin = curb, bring to + a close, draw to + a close.

* poner fin a = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off.

* poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.

* por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.

* por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).

* seminario de fin de semana = weekend school.

* ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for).

* ser un fin en sí mismo = be an end in itself.

* ser un fin en sí mismos = be ends in themselves.

* ser un medio para llegar a un fin = be the means to an end.

* servir un fin = serve + end.

* significar el fin de Algo = mean + an end to.

* sin fin = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unending.

* sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.

* tecla de fin = End key.

* tocar a su fin = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down.

* todo el fin de semana = all weekend long.

* un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.

* un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.

* un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.

* utilizar para un fin = put to + purpose.

* * *

fin

masculine

A

1 (final) end

el fin de una época the end of an era

a fines de junio at the end of June

siempre cobramos a fin de mes we always get paid at the end of the month

hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos until the end of time

el fin del mundo the end of the world

no es el fin del mundo ( fam); it's not the end of the world ( colloq)

tuvo un triste fin he came to a sad end

con esta noticia ponemos fin a la edición de hoy and that's the end of tonight's news, and with that we end tonight's news

en un intento de poner fin a estos conflictos in an attempt to put an end to these conflicts

un accidente aéreo puso fin a su vida he was killed in an aircrash

puso fin a la discusión she put an end to the discussion

llevó la empresa a buen fin he brought the venture to a successful conclusion

el verano ya llega a su fin summer is coming to an end

[ S ] Fin The End

2 ( en locs):

por or al fin at last

¡al fin lo conseguí! at last I've done it!

¡por fin! hace media hora que te estoy llamando at last! I've been trying to reach you for the last half hour

¡por fin llegas! llevo horas esperando at last you've arrived! I've been waiting for hours

en fin well

en fin ¡qué se le va a hacer! ah well, what can you do?

en fin que las cosas no andan muy bien all in all, things aren't going very well

en fin ¡sigamos! anyway, let's carry on!

a fin de cuentas: a fin de cuentas, lo que importa es el resultado at the end of the day, it's the result that counts

a fin de cuentas, el que carga con la responsabilidad soy yo when it comes down to it o when all's said and done, I'm the one who has to take responsibility

a fin de cuentas salimos ganando in the end we did well out of it

al fin y al cabo: siempre lo disculpa, al fin y al cabo es su único hijo she always forgives him; after all, he is her only son

es inútil darle consejos, al fin y al cabo hace siempre lo que quiere it's no good giving her advice, in the end she always does as she pleases

tocar a su fin ( liter); to draw to a close o to an end

sinfín

Compuestos:

● fin de año

New Year's Eve

● fin de fiesta

grand finale, finale

● fin de semana

1 (sábado y domingo) weekend

2 ( Esp) (maletín) overnight bag o case

B (objetivo, finalidad) purpose

para fines pacíficos for peaceful ends o purposes

el fin de esta visita the aim o objective o purpose of this visit

esto constituye un fin en sí mismo this constitutes an end in itself

una colecta con fines benéficos a collection for charity

una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro a not-for-profit organization ( AmE), a non-profit-making organisation ( BrE)

con este finor a este finor a tal fin ( frml); to this end ( frml), with this aim ( frml)

con el fin de or a fin de ( frml); with the aim o purpose of

a fin de que se cumpla el reglamento in order to ensure compliance with the rules

salvo buen fin subject to clearance

el fin justifica los medios the end justifies the means

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fin sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( final) end;

◊ a fines de junio at the end of June;

a fin de mes at the end of the month;
fin de año New Year's Eve;
fin de semana ( sábado y domingo) weekend;
puso fin a la discusión she put an end to the discussion
b) ( en locs) por or al fin at last;

◊ en fin ( expresando resignación) ah well;

en fin ¡sigamos! anyway, let's carry on!;
a fin de cuentas in the end, at the end of the day;
al fin y al cabo after all
2
a) (objetivo, finalidad) purpose;

◊ el fin de esta visita the aim o purpose of this visit

b) ( en locs)

◊ a fin de que (frml) in order to;

con este fin (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml);
con el fin or a fin de (frml) with the aim o purpose of
fin sustantivo masculino
1 (final, término) end: ponle fin a esta situación, put an end to this situation
fin de semana, weekend
noche de Fin de Año, New Year's Eve
2 (meta) purpose, aim
con el fin de, with the aim of
fin último, main aim
♦ Locuciones: a fin de, in order to, so as to
a fin de que, in order that, so that
al fin y al cabo, when all's said and done
en fin, anyway
¡por o al fin!, at last!
' fin' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abonada
- abonado
- acción
- acertar
- acreditar
- activa
- activo
- ajustar
- aleta
- amortización
- aplazar
- asiento
- atraso
- auditor
- auditora
- aunar
- aval
- baja
- balance
- bancarrota
- banco
- beneficio
- bolsa
- bono
- cabo
- caja
- cambio
- capital
- carga
- cargo
- caudal
- cédula
- centavo
- cien
- cobertura
- colocar
- concurrencia
- corona
- corredor
- corredora
- corriente
- cotizar
- cotización
- cotizarse
- crac
- crack
- crédito
- crisis
- cuenta
- curso
English:
account
- accrue
- advance
- all
- anywhere
- appreciate
- appreciation
- Armageddon
- arms control
- asset
- at
- back
- backer
- backing
- balance
- balance sheet
- bank
- bankrupt
- bear
- beginning
- bill
- block
- blue-chip
- boil down
- bond
- bondholder
- book
- bottom line
- bottom out
- break
- break down
- breakdown
- brokerage
- building society
- bull
- bullish
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- but
- buyback
- buyer
- capital
- capital reserves
- capitalize
- cause
- charge
- city
- clearance
- clearing
- close

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fin

♦ nm

1. [final] end;

el fin del invierno the end of winter;

“Fin” [en película] “The End”;

dar o [m5] poner fin a algo to put an end to sth;

un infarto puso fin a su vida she died from a heart attack;

tocar a su fin to come to a close;

a fines de at the end of;

a fin de mes at the end of the month;

conseguir llegar a fin de mes [económicamente] to manage to make ends meet;

al o [m5] por fin at last, finally;

¡al o [m5] por fin hemos llegado! we've arrived, at last!;

en fin, lo volveremos a intentar well o anyway, we can try again;

en fin, que si no te interesa, no lo compres well, if you don't want it, don't buy it;

en fin, para resumir… anyway, to summarize…;

sin fin endless;

diversión sin fin no end of fun, endless fun;

recibió un sin fin de regalos she got hundreds of presents;

Comp

a fin de cuentas, al fin y al cabo, al fin y a la postre after all

Comp
fin de año [Nochevieja] New Year's Eve;
voy a pasar el fin de año con la familia I'm going to stay with my family over New Year;

nuestros resultados de fin de año our year end results;

fin de curso [en colegio] end of the school year;
[en universidad] end of the academic year;
fin de fiesta grand finale;

el fin del mundo the end of the world;

anímate, no es el fin del mundo cheer up, it isn't the end of the world;

al fin del mundo to the end of the earth (and back);

fin de semana weekend

2. [objetivo] aim, goal;

el fin justifica los medios the end justifies the means;

el fin último the ultimate goal;

con este fin with this aim, to this end;

una organización con fines benéficos a charity, a charitable organization;

un concierto con fines benéficos a charity concert;

con fines lucrativos profit-making

♦ a fin de loc conj

esfuérzate a fin de aprobar make an effort (in order) to try and pass;

han subido los intereses a fin de contener la inflación they have raised interest rates (in order) to keep inflation down;

compórtate bien a fin de que no te puedan reprochar nada behave well so (that) they can't reproach you for anything

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fin

m

1 end;

al o

por fin finally, at last;

a fines de mayo at the end of May;

sin fin endless, never-ending;

dar o

poner fin a end, bring to an end; abuso, disputa put an end to;

tocar a su fin draw to a close, come to an end

2 ( objetivo) aim, purpose;

a fin o

con el fin de que acabemos a tiempo in order to finish on time, to ensure that we finish on time;

el fin justifica los medios the end justifies the means;

a fin de in order to

3 locuciones

:

al fin y al cabo at the end of the day, after all;

en fin anyway

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fin nm

1) : end

2) : purpose, aim, objective

3)

en fin : in short

4)

fin de semana : weekend

5)

por fin : finally, at last

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fin n

1. (final) end

el fin del mundo the end of the world

a fin de mes at the end of the month

2. (objetivo) purpose / aim

el fin es recaudar mucho dinero the aim is to raise a lot of money

un concierto con fines benéficos a concert for charity

a fin de to / in order to

a fin de cuentas at the end of the day / when all's said and done

al fin at last

al fin y al cabo in the end / after all

en fin (bien) well (en resumen) in short / all in all

por fin at last

fin de año New Year's Eve

fin de fiesta finale

fin de semana weekend

siempre salimos los fines de semana we always go out at the weekend

Spanish-English dictionary > fin
14 début

début [deby]

1. masculine noun

beginning

• j'ai un début de grippe I've got a cold coming on

• un début de solution the beginnings of a solution

• il y a or il faut un début à tout there's a first time for everything

• début mai at the beginning of May

• dès le début from the start

• du début à la fin from start to finish

• en début de soirée early on in the evening

► au début at first

• au début du mois prochain at the beginning of next month

2. plural masculine noun

débuts

• à mes débuts when I started

• ce projet n'en est qu'à ses débuts the project is still in its early stages

• faire ses débuts sur la scène to make one's début on the stage

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deby
1.

nom masculin (de film, mois, discours) beginning; (de crise, négociations, d'épidémie) start

au tout début — at the very beginning

au début — at first

au/en début de — at the beginning of

début mars — early in March

dès le début — from the very beginning

depuis le début (de) — since the beginning (of)

je le savais depuis le début — I knew all along

du début (jusqu')à la fin — from start to finish

il y a un début à tout — you have to start somewhere

pour un début, ce n'est pas mal — it's not bad for starters

un début de solution — the beginnings of a solution

2.

débuts nom masculin pluriel

1) (de comédien, musicien) debut (sg)

à mes débuts — when I started out

2) (de parti politique, média) early stages

depuis ses débuts en 1962, le mouvement a évolué — since its inception in 1962, the movement has evolved

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deby
1. nm

beginning

un début de polémique — the beginnings of a controversy

un début de réponse — the beginnings of a reply

apporter un début de réponse — to begin to answer

au début — in the beginning, at first

au début de — at the beginning of, at the start of

dès le début — from the beginning, from the start

début mai — in early May

depuis le début — from the beginning, from the start

recommencer depuis le début — to start all over again

reprendre depuis le début — to start all over again

en début de — at the beginning of, at the start of

en début d'année — at the beginning of the year

en début d'après-midi — in the early afternoon

On doit se voir en début d'après-midi. — We're to see each other in the early afternoon.

en début de journée — at the beginning of the day

en début de matinée — in the early morning

en début de mois — at the beginning of the month

en début de match — at the beginning of the match

un but inscrit en début de match — a goal scored at the beginning of the match

2. débuts nmpl

beginnings, [carrière] debut sg

des débuts difficiles — difficult beginnings

faire ses débuts (dans sa carrière, comme sportif) — to start out

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début

A nm (de film, mois, discours) beginning; (de crise, négociations, d'épidémie) start; au tout or tout au début at the very beginning; au début at first, initially; au début de at the beginning of; début mars/1990 early in March/1990; dès le début from the outset ou the very beginning ou the start; depuis le début (de) since the beginning (of); je le savais depuis le début I knew all along; salaire de début starting salary; en début de soirée/semaine/carrière at the beginning of the evening/the week/one's career; du début (jusqu')à la fin from start to finish; ce n'est qu'un début this is only the beginning; il y a un début à tout you have to start somewhere; pour un début, ce n'est pas mal it's not bad for starters; un début de solution/d'explication/de démocratie the beginnings of a solution/of an explanation/of democracy; avoir un début de calvitie to have a bald patch.

B débuts nmpl

1 (de comédien, musicien) debut (sg); faire ses débuts dans le monde to make one's debut in society; faire des débuts éblouissants au théâtre to make a dazzling stage debut; à mes débuts when I started out;

2 (de parti politique, média) early stages; (en être encore) à ses débuts [mouvement, projet] (to be still) in its early stages; depuis ses débuts en 1962, le mouvement a évolué since its inception in 1962, the movement has evolved.

[deby] nom masculin

1. [commencement] beginning, start

salaire de début starting salary

un début: ce n'est pas mal pour un début it's quite good for a first try ou attempt

ce n'est qu'un début that's just the start ou beginning

il y a un début à tout you have to start sometime

un début de: ressentir un début de fatigue to start feeling tired

un début de grippe the first signs of flu

2. [dans l'expression des dates]

début mars at the beginning of ou in early March

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débuts nom masculin pluriel

[dans une carrière] start

[dans le spectacle] debut

il a eu des débuts difficiles it wasn't easy for him at the start

mes débuts dans le journalisme my first steps ou early days as a journalist

en être à ses débuts

a. [projet] to be in its early stages

b. [personne] to have just started (out)

[en société] debut

faire ses débuts to make one's debut

[première période] beginnings

le rock à ses débuts early rock music

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au début locution adverbiale

at first, to begin with

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au début de locution prépositionnelle

au début du printemps/de l'année at the beginning of spring/of the year

j'en suis encore au début du livre I've only just started the book

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au tout début locution adverbiale,

tout au début locution adverbiale

at the very beginning, right at the beginning

dès le début locution adverbiale

from the outset ou very start ou very beginning

du début à la fin locution adverbiale

[d'un livre, d'une histoire] from beginning to end

[d'une course, d'un événement] from start to finish

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > début
15 start

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1.
verb
1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.)

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?)

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.)

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.)

2. noun
1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.)

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.)

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- starter
- starting-point
- for a start
- get off to a good
- bad start
- start off
- start out
- start up
- to start with
II
1.
verb
(to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.)

2. noun
1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.)

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!)

start¹ n

1. principio

I missed the start of the film me perdí el principio de la película

2. salida

the runners waited at the start los corredores esperaban a la salida

to make a start empezar

there's a lot of work, let's make a start! hay mucho trabajo, ¡empecemos!

we made an early start salimos temprano

start² vb

1. empezar

what time does it start? ¿a qué hora empieza?

it started to rain empezó a llover

2. arrancar

the car won't start el coche no arranca

start

tr[stɑːt]

noun

1 (gen) principio, comienzo, inicio

■ the film is a bit slow at the start la película es un poco lenta al principio

■ it was boring from start to finish fue un rollo desde el principio hasta el final

■ we knew it wouldn't last from the start sabíamos desde el principio que no duraría

■ we need to make an early start tenemos que empezar temprano

■ they wanted her to get a good start in life querían que tuviera una buena base

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (of race) salida; (advantage) ventaja

■ the athletes lined up at the start los atletas se alinearon a la salida

■ they gave us a five-minute start nos dieron cinco minutos de ventaja

3 (fright, jump) susto, sobresalto

■ what a start you gave me! ¡qué susto me has pegado!

■ she woke up with a start se despertó sobresaltada

transitive verb

1 (begin - gen) empezar, comenzar, iniciar; (- conversation) entablar

■ what time do you start work? ¿a qué hora empiezas a trabajar?

■ I'm starting a new job next week empiezo un nuevo trabajo la semana que viene

■ they started fighting empezaron a pelearse

■ it's starting to snow empieza a nevar

■ she started to cry empezó a llorar, arrancó a llorar

2 (cause to begin - fire, epidemic) provocar; (- argument, fight, war, etc) empezar, iniciar

■ she started a new fashion empezó una nueva moda

■ they think the fire was started creen que el incendio fue provocado

■ the referee started the match el árbitro dio comienzo al partido

■ you've started me thinking me has hecho pensar, me has dado que pensar

3 (set up - business) montar, poner; (- organization) fundar, establecer, crear

4 (set in motion - machine) poner en marcha; (- vehicle) arrancar, poner en marcha

intransitive verb

1 (begin) empezar, comenzar

■ what time does it start? ¿a qué hora comienza?

■ let's start by welcoming our guest empecemos por dar la bienvenida a nuestro invitado

■ don't start, honey no empieces, cariño

■ the trouble started after the match los problemas empezaron después del partido

■ prices start at a pound precios a partir de una libra

■ starting from Tuesday a partir del martes, empezando el martes

2 (be set up - business) ser fundado,-a, fundarse, crearse

3 (begin to operate) ponerse en marcha, empezar a funcionar; (car) arrancar

4 (begin journey) salir, partir, ponerse en camino

■ we started for home nos pusimos en camino a casa

5 (jump) asustarse, sobresaltarse

■ she starts at the slightest noise se asusta con el más mínimo ruido

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

for a start para empezar

to get off to a bad start empezar mal

to get off to a good start empezar bien

to get started empezar

to make a fresh start volver a empezar

to make a start on something empezar algo

to start a family tener hijos

to start with (firstly) para empezar, en primer lugar 2 (at the beginning) al principio

start ['stɑrt] vi

1) jump: levantarse de un salto, sobresaltarse, dar un respingo

2) begin: empezar, comenzar

3) set out: salir (de viaje, etc.)

4) : arrancar (dícese de un motor)

start vt

1) begin: empezar, comenzar, iniciar

2) cause: provocar, causar

3) establish: fundar, montar, establecer

to start a business: montar un negocio

4) : arrancar, poner en marcha, encender

to start the car: arrancar el motor

start n

1) jump: sobresalto m, respingo m

2) beginning: principio m, comienzo m

to get an early start: salir temprano

start

n.

• arranque s.m.

• comienzo s.m.

• inicio s.m.

• principio s.m.

• respingo s.m.

• salida (Deporte) s.f.

• sobresalto s.m.

• ventaja s.f. (a motor, etc.)

v.

• arrancar v.

• poner en marcha v.

v.

• comenzar v.

• despegar v.

• empezar v.

• entablar v.

• fundar v.

• iniciar v.

• nacer v.

• originar v.

• principiar v.

• romper v.

stɑːrt, stɑːt
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noun

1)

a) ( beginning) principio m, comienzo m

at the start — al principio, al comienzo

from the start — desde el principio or comienzo

from start to finish — del principio al fin, desde el principio hasta el fin

to make a start (on something) — empezar* algo

to make an early start — empezar* temprano; ( on a journey) salir* temprano, ponerse* en camino a primera hora

to make a fresh o new start — empezar* or comenzar* de nuevo

to get (something) off to a good/bad start — empezar* (algo) bien or con el pie derecho/mal or con el pie izquierdo

b)

for a start — (as linker) para empezar

2) ( Sport)

a) ( of race) salida f

b) (lead, advantage) ventaja f

3) ( jump)

to give a start — \<\<person/horse\>\> dar* un respingo

to give somebody a start — darle* or pegarle* un susto a alguien, asustar a alguien

I woke up with a start — me desperté sobresaltado

II
1.

transitive verb

1) ( begin) \<\<conversation/journey/negotiations\>\> empezar*, comenzar*, iniciar; \<\<job/course\>\> empezar*, comenzar*

I start work at eight — empiezo or entro a trabajar a las ocho

don't start that again! — no vuelvas con eso!

to start -ING, to start to + INF — empezar* a + inf

2) ( cause to begin) \<\<race\>\> dar* comienzo a, largar* (CS, Méx); \<\<fire/epidemic\>\> provocar*; \<\<argument/fight\>\> empezar*; \<\<war\>\> \<\<incident\>\> desencadenar

we want to start a family — queremos empezar a tener hijos

her words started me thinking — sus palabras me dieron que pensar

to get somebody started — (colloq) darle* cuerda a alguien (fam)

3) ( establish) \<\<business\>\> abrir*, montar; \<\<organization\>\> fundar

4) ( cause to operate) \<\<engine/dishwasher\>\> encender*, prender (AmL); \<\<car\>\> arrancar*, hacer* partir (Chi)

2.

1) vi

Sense I

2)

a) ( begin) \<\<school/term/meeting\>\> empezar*, comenzar*, iniciarse (frml); \<\<noise/pain/journey/race\>\> empezar*, comenzar*

prices start at $30 — cuestan a partir de 30 dólares

to get started — empezar*, comenzar*

to start again o (AmE also) over — volver* a empezar, empezar* or comenzar* de nuevo

to start BY -ING — empezar* por + inf

the tour starts from the station — la excursión sale de la estación

starting (from) next January — a partir del próximo mes de enero

b)

to start with — (as linker): primero or para empezar

I was optimistic to start with — al principio estaba llena de optimismo

3)

a) ( originate) empezar*, originarse

it all started from an idea I had as a student — todo surgió de una idea que tuve cuando era estudiante

b) ( be founded) ser* fundado

4) ( set out) (+ adv compl)

to start back — emprender el regreso

it's time we started (for) home — es hora de volver a casa, es hora de que nos pongamos en camino a casa

we start from the hotel at six — salimos del hotel a las seis

5) ( begin to operate) \<\<car\>\> arrancar*, partir (Chi); \<\<dishwasher\>\> empezar* a funcionar, ponerse* en marcha

Sense II

6) ( move suddenly) dar* un respingo; ( be frightened) asustarse, sobresaltarse

I started (up) from my chair — me levanté de la silla de un salto

she started at the noise — el ruido la sobresaltó or la asustó

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Phrasal Verbs:

- start off

- start on

- start out

- start over

- start up

[stɑːt]
1. N

1) (=beginning) principio m, comienzo m

• at the start — al principio, en un principio

at the very start — muy al principio, en los mismos comienzos

at the start of the century — a principios del siglo

we are at the start of something big — estamos en los comienzos de algo grandioso

• for a start — en primer lugar, para empezar

• from the start — desde el principio

from start to finish — desde el principio hasta el fin

• to get a good start in life — disfrutar de una infancia privilegiada

• to get off to a good/bad/slow start — empezar bien/mal/lentamente

• to give sb a (good) start in life — ayudar a algn a situarse en la vida

• to make a start — empezar

to make a start on the painting — empezar a pintar

to make an early start — (on journey) ponerse en camino temprano; (with job) empezar temprano

to make a fresh or new start in life — hacer vida nueva

2) (=departure) salida f (also Sport); (=starting line) línea f de salida

3) (=advantage) ventaja f

• to give sb five minutes' or a five-minute start — dar a algn cinco minutos de ventaja

• to have a start on sb — tener ventaja sobre algn

4) (=fright etc) susto m, sobresalto m

• to give sb a start — asustar or dar un susto a algn

to give a sudden start — sobresaltarse

what a start you gave me! — ¡qué susto me diste!

• to wake with a start — despertarse sobresaltado

2. VT

1) (=begin) empezar, comenzar; [+ discussion etc] abrir, iniciar; [+ bottle] abrir; [+ quarrel, argument] empezar; [+ journey] iniciar

to start a new cheque book/page — comenzar or empezar un talonario nuevo/una página nueva

don't start that again! — ¡no vuelvas a eso!

to start doing sth or to do sth — empezar a hacer algo

start moving! — ¡menearse!

start talking! — ¡desembucha!

• to start sth again or afresh — comenzar or empezar algo de nuevo

• to start the day right — empezar bien el día

he always starts the day with a glass of milk — lo primero que toma cada mañana es un vaso de leche

• he started life as a labourer — empezó de or como peón

to start a new life — comenzar una vida nueva

• to start negotiations — iniciar or entablar las pláticas

• to start a novel — empezar a escribir (or leer) una novela

• to start school — empezar a ir al colegio

• he started work yesterday — entró a trabajar ayer

2) (=cause to begin or happen) [+ fire] provocar; [+ war] [person, country] empezar, iniciar; [incident, act] desencadenar; [+ fashion] empezar, iniciar; [+ rumour, tradition] iniciar, dar comienzo a

it started the collapse of the empire — provocó el derrumbamiento del imperio

you started it! — ¡tú diste el primer golpe!

• to start a family — (empezar a) tener hijos

• to start a race — (=give signal for) dar la señal de salida para una carrera

3)

• to get started — empezar, ponerse en marcha

let's get started — empecemos

to get sth started — [+ engine, car] poner algo en marcha, arrancar algo; [+ project] poner algo en marcha

to get sb started — (on activity) poner a algn en marcha; (in career) iniciar a algn en su carrera

to get started on (doing) sth — empezar a hacer algo

to get sb started on (doing) sth — poner a algn a hacer algo

4) (=found) (also: start up) [+ business] montar, poner; [+ newspaper] fundar, establecer

5) (also: start up) [+ car, engine] arrancar, poner en marcha; [+ clock] poner en marcha

6) (with personal object)

don't start him (off) on that! — ¡no le des cuerda!

to start sb (off) reminiscing — hacer que algn empiece a contar sus recuerdos

that started him (off) sneezing — eso le hizo empezar a estornudar

to start sb (off) on a career — ayudar a algn a emprender una carrera

they started her (off) in the sales department — la emplearon primero en la sección de ventas

7) (=disturb)

to start (up) a partridge — levantar una perdiz

3. VI

1) (=begin) empezar, comenzar; [conversation, discussion] iniciarse; [quarrel, argument] producirse; [fashion] empezar, iniciar; [war] estallar, empezar; [rumour, tradition] originarse; [fire] empezar, iniciarse; [music] empezar

classes start on Monday — las clases comienzan or empiezan el lunes

that's when the trouble started — entonces fue cuando empezaron los problemas

it all started when he refused to pay — todo empezó cuando se negó a pagar

it started (off) rather well/badly — [film, match] empezó bastante bien/mal

• to start again or afresh — volver a empezar, comenzar de nuevo

• he started (off or out) as a postman — empezó como or de cartero

he started (off or out) as a Marxist — empezó como marxista

• to start at the beginning — empezar desde el principio

• he started (off) by saying... — empezó por decir or diciendo...

• the route starts from here — la ruta sale de aquí

starting from Tuesday — a partir del martes

• to start (out or up) in business — montar or poner un negocio

• to start (off) with... — (=firstly) en primer lugar..., para empezar...; (=at the beginning) al principio..., en un principio...

what shall we start (off) with? — ¿con qué empezamos?

to start (off) with a prayer — empezar con una oración

he started (off or out) with the intention of writing a thesis — empezó con la intención de escribir una tesis

2) (=embark)

• to start on a task — emprender una tarea

to start on something new — emprender algo nuevo

to start on a book — (=begin reading) empezar a leer un libro; (=begin writing) empezar a escribir un libro

to start on a course of study — empezar un curso

they started on another bottle — abrieron or empezaron otra botella

3) (also: start off, start out) (on journey) [person] partir, ponerse en camino; [bus, train, runner] salir

to start (off or out) from London/for Madrid — salir de Londres/partir con rumbo a or para Madrid

he started (off) down the street — empezó a caminar calle abajo

4) (also: start up) [car, engine] arrancar, ponerse en marcha; [washing machine] ponerse en marcha

5) (=jump nervously) asustarse, sobresaltarse (at a)

to start from one's chair — levantarse asustado de su silla

tears started to her eyes — se le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas

- his eyes were starting out of his head

6) [timber etc] combarse, torcerse; [rivets etc] soltarse

- start after

- start back

- start in

- start off

- start on

- start out

- start over

- start up

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[stɑːrt, stɑːt]
I

noun

1)

a) ( beginning) principio m, comienzo m

at the start — al principio, al comienzo

from the start — desde el principio or comienzo

from start to finish — del principio al fin, desde el principio hasta el fin

to make a start (on something) — empezar* algo

to make an early start — empezar* temprano; ( on a journey) salir* temprano, ponerse* en camino a primera hora

to make a fresh o new start — empezar* or comenzar* de nuevo

to get (something) off to a good/bad start — empezar* (algo) bien or con el pie derecho/mal or con el pie izquierdo

b)

for a start — (as linker) para empezar

2) ( Sport)

a) ( of race) salida f

b) (lead, advantage) ventaja f

3) ( jump)

to give a start — \<\<person/horse\>\> dar* un respingo

to give somebody a start — darle* or pegarle* un susto a alguien, asustar a alguien

I woke up with a start — me desperté sobresaltado

II
1.

transitive verb

1) ( begin) \<\<conversation/journey/negotiations\>\> empezar*, comenzar*, iniciar; \<\<job/course\>\> empezar*, comenzar*

I start work at eight — empiezo or entro a trabajar a las ocho

don't start that again! — no vuelvas con eso!

to start -ING, to start to + INF — empezar* a + inf

2) ( cause to begin) \<\<race\>\> dar* comienzo a, largar* (CS, Méx); \<\<fire/epidemic\>\> provocar*; \<\<argument/fight\>\> empezar*; \<\<war\>\> \<\<incident\>\> desencadenar

we want to start a family — queremos empezar a tener hijos

her words started me thinking — sus palabras me dieron que pensar

to get somebody started — (colloq) darle* cuerda a alguien (fam)

3) ( establish) \<\<business\>\> abrir*, montar; \<\<organization\>\> fundar

4) ( cause to operate) \<\<engine/dishwasher\>\> encender*, prender (AmL); \<\<car\>\> arrancar*, hacer* partir (Chi)

2.

1) vi

Sense I

2)

a) ( begin) \<\<school/term/meeting\>\> empezar*, comenzar*, iniciarse (frml); \<\<noise/pain/journey/race\>\> empezar*, comenzar*

prices start at $30 — cuestan a partir de 30 dólares

to get started — empezar*, comenzar*

to start again o (AmE also) over — volver* a empezar, empezar* or comenzar* de nuevo

to start BY -ING — empezar* por + inf

the tour starts from the station — la excursión sale de la estación

starting (from) next January — a partir del próximo mes de enero

b)

to start with — (as linker): primero or para empezar

I was optimistic to start with — al principio estaba llena de optimismo

3)

a) ( originate) empezar*, originarse

it all started from an idea I had as a student — todo surgió de una idea que tuve cuando era estudiante

b) ( be founded) ser* fundado

4) ( set out) (+ adv compl)

to start back — emprender el regreso

it's time we started (for) home — es hora de volver a casa, es hora de que nos pongamos en camino a casa

we start from the hotel at six — salimos del hotel a las seis

5) ( begin to operate) \<\<car\>\> arrancar*, partir (Chi); \<\<dishwasher\>\> empezar* a funcionar, ponerse* en marcha

Sense II

6) ( move suddenly) dar* un respingo; ( be frightened) asustarse, sobresaltarse

I started (up) from my chair — me levanté de la silla de un salto

she started at the noise — el ruido la sobresaltó or la asustó

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Phrasal Verbs:

- start off

- start on

- start out

- start over

- start up

English-spanish dictionary > start
16 primo

1. adj first

primo piano m first floor

in prima visione film just out

2. m, prima f first

ai primi del mese at the beginning of the month

sulle prime in the beginning, at first

3. m gastronomy first course, starter

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primo agg.num.ord.

1 first: il primo mese dell'anno, giorno della settimana, the first month of the year, day of the week; è il suo primo figlio, he's her first son; il suo primo libro è stato un successo, his first book was a success; è sul primo scaffale a destra, it's on the first shelf on the right; è sul primo scaffale in alto, in basso, it's on the top, the bottom shelf // Atto I, Scena II, Act one, Scene two // Carlo primo, Elisabetta prima, re Enrico primo, Charles the First, Elizabeth the First, King Henry the First // di prima mano, firsthand // di prim'ordine, first-class (o first-rate): un mascalzone di prim'ordine, a first-class scoundrel // un diamante, una perla di prim'acqua, di prima purezza, a diamond, a pearl of the first water // in primo luogo, in the first place (o first of all) // in un primo tempo, at first // per prima cosa, first thing: fallo per prima cosa domani, do it first thing tomorrow; per prima cosa gli ho chiesto..., first I asked him... // sulle prime, at first // è la prima e l'ultima volta che ti do retta, this is the first and last time I'll pay attention to you

2 ( principale, più importante) chief, principal, main; ( migliore) best: i primi cittadini del paese, the leading (o first) citizens of the country; appartiene a una delle prime famiglie della città, he belongs to one of the most prominent families in town; è uno dei primi ristoranti, it's one of the best restaurants; ecco la ragione prima per cui non vengo, that's the main (o chief o principal) reason why I don't come // (teatr.): prima donna, leading lady; ( d'opera) prima donna; prima parte, lead; leading rôle (anche fig.) // primo violino, violoncello, first violin (o leader), first cello // Primo Ministro, Prime Minister (o Premier)

3 ( iniziale; più lontano nel tempo) early, first: i primi Cristiani, the early Christians; i primi giorni della rivoluzione, the early days of the revolution; la prima infanzia, giovinezza, early childhood, youth; le prime leggende, the earliest (o first) legends; le prime ore del mattino, the early hours of the morning; la prima parte dell'anno, del secolo, the early part of the year, of the century; fin dalla sua prima infanzia, from a very early age; nei primi mesi dell'anno, in the early months of the year; i nostri primi poeti, our early poets; uno dei primi Vittoriani, an early Victorian // di primo mattino, pomeriggio, early in the morning, in the afternoon

4 ( prossimo) next: glielo porterò la prima volta che andrò da lui, I'll take it to him the next time I go to his house; ho perso il treno delle dieci; prenderò il primo treno in partenza, I have missed the ten o'clock train; I'll get the next one.

primo s.m.

1 ( primo di una graduatoria o serie) first: chi è arrivato ( per) primo?, who arrived first?; chi è il primo?, who is first?; ti riceverò per primo domani, I'll see you first tomorrow // primo venuto, just anybody: non si deve accordare fiducia al primo venuto, you can't trust just anybody (o strangers); non sono il primo venuto, I'm not just anybody (o a stranger) // il primo che capita, (just) anyone; lo venderò al primo che capita, I'll sell it to the first person who comes along

2 (il primo citato, nominato) ( tra due) the former; ( tra molti) the first: Piero e Giovanni sono amici; il primo è avvocato, il secondo dottore, Peter and John are friends; the former is a lawyer, the latter is a doctor; ''Preferisci Virgilio, Orazio o Lucrezio?'' ''Preferisco il primo'', ''Do you prefer Virgil, Horace or Lucretius?'' ''I prefer the first''

3 ( più importante; migliore) the best; the top: è dei primi, he is one of the best; essere il primo della classe, to be top of the form

4 ( il primo giorno) the first; pl. first days: il primo di febbraio, di marzo, 1st February, 1st March; ci rivedremo ai primi di dicembre, we'll meet again at the beginning of December; il pagamento va effettuato entro i primi di aprile, payment is due within the first days of April // ai primi dell'Ottocento, in the early nineteenth century

5 ( primo piatto) first course: prendo solo un primo, I'll just have a first course; come primi oggi abbiamo..., the first course today includes...

6 ( minuto primo) minute: 2 ore, 20 primi e 10 secondi, two hours, twenty minutes and ten seconds.

primo avv. first: quell'appartamento non mi piace, primo perché è troppo grande e poi perché è rumoroso, I don't like that flat, first because it's too big and then because it's noisy.

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['primo] primo (-a)
1. agg

1) (gen) first, (impressione) first, initial, (infanzia) early, (Mat : numero) prime

le prime 20 pagine — the first 20 pages

dalla prima all'ultima pagina — from beginning to end

in prima pagina Stampa; i suoi primi quadri — his early paintings

questo quadro è un Michelangelo prima maniera — this is an early Michelangelo

questo film è di Fellini prima maniera — this film is in Fellini's early style

di prima mattina — early in the morning

le prime ore del mattino — the early hours of the morning

posare la prima pietra — to lay the foundation stone

ai primi freddi — at the first sign of cold weather

ustioni di primo grado — first-degree burns

2) (in un ordine) first

preferisco il primo pittore al secondo — I prefer the former painter to the latter

essere primo in classifica — (squadra) to be top of the league, (disco) to be number one in the charts

essere in prima posizione — to be in the lead

sul primo scaffale in alto/in basso — on the top/bottom shelf

prima classe — first class

un biglietto di prima classe — a first class ticket

viaggiare in prima classe — to travel first-class

di prim'ordine o prima qualità — first-class, first-rate

è un attore di prim'ordine — he is a first-rate actor

3) (prossimo) first, next

prendi la prima (strada) a destra — take the first o next (street) on the right

scendo alla prima fermata — I am getting off at the next stop

4) (principale) main, principal

il primo attore — the leading man

la causa prima — the main reason

5)

(fraseologia) per prima cosa — firstly

in primo luogo — in the first place, first of all

in un primo tempo o momento — at first

fin dal primo momento — from the very first

amore a prima vista — love at first sight

fare i primi passi — to take one's first steps

fare il primo passo fig — to make the first move

2. sm/f

first (one)

è stata la prima a farlo — she was the first to do it

fu tra i primi ad arrivare — he was among the first to arrive

è la prima della classe — she is the top of the class

non sposerò il primo venuto — I won't marry just anyone

3. sm

(gen) first, (piano) first floor Brit, second floor Am, Culin first course

il primo luglio — the first of July

il primo d'Aprile — April Fools' Day

il primo dell'anno — New Year's Day

i primi del Novecento — the early twentieth century

ai primi del mese — at the beginning of the month

ai primi di maggio — at the beginning of May

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['primo] 1.
aggettivo

1) (in una serie, in un gruppo) first; (tra due) former

le -e tre pagine — the first three pages, the three first pages

i -i gradini della scala — the first few steps of the stairs

"libro primo" — "book one"

arrivare primo — (in una gara) to come (in) o finish first

essere tra i -i tre — to be in the top three

il primo esercizio è semplice, il secondo è complesso — the former exercise is simple, the latter is complex

per la -a volta — for the first time

non era la -a volta che lo avvertivo che — I warned him not for the first time

lo incontrai a Oxford per la -a volta — I first met him in Oxford

per -a cosa domani telefono — I'll ring first thing tomorrow

- a pagina — front page

finire in -a pagina — to hit the headlines

essere una notizia da -a pagina — to be front page news

2) (nel tempo) early

nel primo pomeriggio — in the early afternoon, early in the afternoon

i -i romanzi dell'autore — the author's early novels

un Picasso -a maniera — an early Picasso, an example of Picasso's early work

nei -i tempi andava tutto bene — at first things went well

nei -i anni '60 — in the early 60's

3) (prossimo) first, next

scendere alla -a fermata — to get off at the next stop

prendere il primo treno, volo — to leave on the first train, flight

4) (per superiorità)

il primo produttore mondiale di vino — the world leading wine producer

5) ling.

-a persona singolare, plurale — first person singular, plural

6) (nelle parentele)

cugino primo — first cousin

7) telev.

il primo canale — channel one

8) in primo luogo to begin with, firstly, in the first instance o place

in primo luogo non avrei dovuto dirglielo — I wish I hadn't told her to begin with

9) sulle prime at first, initially

10) in primo piano in the foreground

mettere qcs. in primo piano — to bring sth. to the fore, to foreground sth., to bring sth. into sharp focus
2.
sostantivo maschile (f. -a)

1) (in una successione) first; (tra due) former

sei il primo a dirmelo — you are the first to tell me

fu tra i -i ad arrivare — he was one of o among the first to arrive

preferisco il primo — I prefer the first one

il primo dei miei figli — (tra due) my elder son; (tra più di due) my eldest son

2) (in una classifica) first

essere il primo della classe — to be top of the class

3) (giorno iniziale) first

il primo (di) maggio — the first of May

ai — -

i del mese — at the beginning of the month

il primo dell'anno — New Year's Day

4) (minuto primo) minute

5) (prima portata) first course

6) telev. (canale) channel one

7) per primo first

arrivare per primo — to get there first
3.
avverbio first

ci sono due ragioni: primo... — there are two reasons: first...

non ci andrò, primo perché non ho tempo e poi perché non ho voglia — I'm not going first because I'm busy and then because I don't feel like it

primo attore — teatr. principal

primo ballerino — principal dancer

- a comunione — First Communion

primo ministro — prime minister, premier

primo violino — first o lead violin

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primo

/'primo/ ⇒ 26

I aggettivo

1 (in una serie, in un gruppo) first; (tra due) former; le -e tre pagine the first three pages, the three first pages; i -i gradini della scala the first few steps of the stairs; "libro primo" "book one"; arrivare primo (in una gara) to come (in) o finish first; essere tra i -i tre to be in the top three; il primo esercizio è semplice, il secondo è complesso the former exercise is simple, the latter is complex; per la -a volta for the first time; non era la -a volta che lo avvertivo che I warned him not for the first time; lo incontrai a Oxford per la -a volta I first met him in Oxford; per -a cosa domani telefono I'll ring first thing tomorrow; - a pagina front page; finire in -a pagina to hit the headlines; essere una notizia da -a pagina to be front page news

2 (nel tempo) early; nel primo pomeriggio in the early afternoon, early in the afternoon; i -i romanzi dell'autore the author's early novels; un Picasso -a maniera an early Picasso, an example of Picasso's early work; nei -i tempi andava tutto bene at first things went well; nei -i anni '60 in the early 60's

3 (prossimo) first, next; scendere alla -a fermata to get off at the next stop; prendere il primo treno, volo to leave on the first train, flight

4 (per superiorità) il primo produttore mondiale di vino the world leading wine producer

5 ling. -a persona singolare, plurale first person singular, plural

6 (nelle parentele) cugino primo first cousin

7 telev. il primo canale channel one

8 in primo luogo to begin with, firstly, in the first instance o place; in primo luogo non avrei dovuto dirglielo I wish I hadn't told her to begin with

9 sulle prime at first, initially

10 in primo piano in the foreground; mettere qcs. in primo piano to bring sth. to the fore, to foreground sth., to bring sth. into sharp focus

II sostantivo maschile

(f. -a)

1 (in una successione) first; (tra due) former; sei il primo a dirmelo you are the first to tell me; fu tra i -i ad arrivare he was one of o among the first to arrive; preferisco il primo I prefer the first one; il primo dei miei figli (tra due) my elder son; (tra più di due) my eldest son

2 (in una classifica) first; essere il primo della classe to be top of the class

3 (giorno iniziale) first; il primo (di) maggio the first of May; ai- i del mese at the beginning of the month; il primo dell'anno New Year's Day

4 (minuto primo) minute

5 (prima portata) first course

6 telev. (canale) channel one

7 per primo first; arrivare per primo to get there first

III avverbio

first; ci sono due ragioni: primo... there are two reasons: first...; non ci andrò, primo perché non ho tempo e poi perché non ho voglia I'm not going first because I'm busy and then because I don't feel like it

COMPOUNDS

primo attore teatr. principal; primo ballerino principal dancer; - a comunione First Communion; primo ministro prime minister, premier; primo violino first o lead violin.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > primo
17 entrée

entrée [ɑ̃tʀe]

1. feminine noun

   a. ( = arrivée) entry

• à son entrée, tous se sont tus when he came in, everybody fell silent

• elle a fait une entrée remarquée she made quite an entrance

• faire son entrée dans le salon to enter the lounge

• entrée illégale dans un pays illegal entry into a country

• l'entrée de la Finlande dans l'Union européenne Finland's entry into the European Union

• l'entrée des jeunes dans la vie active est souvent difficile young people often find it difficult to enter the job market

   b. [comédien] faire son entrée to make one's entrance

• rater son entrée (sur scène) to miss one's entrance

   c. ( = accès) entry (de, dans to)

• l'entrée est gratuite/payante there is no admission charge/there is an admission charge

• « entrée » (sur pancarte) "way in"

• « entrée libre » (dans boutique) "come in and look round" ; (dans musée) "admission free"

• « entrée interdite » "no entry"

• « entrée interdite à tout véhicule » "vehicles prohibited"

   d. ( = billet) ticket

• billet d'entrée entrance ticket

• ils ont fait 10 000 entrées they sold 10,000 tickets

• le film a fait 10 000 entrées 10,000 people went to see the film

   e. ( = porte, portail) entrance

• entrée principale main entrance

   f. ( = vestibule) entrance

   g. ( = plat) first course

   h. [de dictionnaire] headword (Brit), entry word (US)

   i. (Computing) input

• entrée-sortie input-output

2. compounds

► entrée des artistes stage door

► entrée de service [d'hôtel] service entrance ; [de villa] tradesmen's entrance

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ɑ̃tʀe
nom féminin

1) ( point d'accès) entrance (de to)

à l'entrée — at the entrance

à l'entrée de la ville — on the outskirts of the town

il y a une pharmacie à l'entrée de la rue — there's a chemist's where you turn into the street

se retrouver à l'entrée du bureau — to meet outside the office

2) ( d'autoroute) (entry) slip road GB, on-ramp US

3) ( vestibule) gén hall; (d'hôtel, de lieu public) lobby; (porte, grille) entry

4) ( moment initial)

trois mois après mon entrée à l'université — three months after I went to university

5) ( admission)

l'entrée d'un pays dans une organisation — ( accueil) the admission of a country to an organization; ( adhésion) the entry of a country into an organization

‘entrée libre’ — ( gratuite) ‘admission free’; ( publique) ( dans un magasin) ‘browsers welcome’; ( dans un monument) ‘visitors welcome’

l'entrée est payante — there's an admission charge

refuser l'entrée à quelqu'un — to refuse somebody entry

‘entrée interdite’ — ‘no admittance’, ‘no entry’

6) ( place) ticket

nous avons fait 300 entrées — ( d'exposition) we had 300 visitors; ( de théâtre) we sold 300 tickets

7) ( arrivée) ( de personne) gén, Théâtre entrance; (de véhicule, marchandises) entry

réussir son entrée — [acteur] to enter on cue

faire son entrée dans le monde — to enter society

8) ( commencement)

à l'entrée de l'hiver — at the beginning of winter

d'entrée (de jeu) — from the very start

9) Culinaire ( plat) starter

10) Technologie input [U]

11) Linguistique ( de dictionnaire) entry

12) ( de capitaux) inflow

13) ( en comptabilité)

entrées — receipts

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Phrasal Verbs:

- entrée des artistes

- entrée en matière

- entrée de service

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avoir ses entrées chez le ministre — to be an intimate of the minister

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ɑ̃tʀe
1. nf

1) (lieu d'accès) [local, immeuble] entrance

entrée principale — main entrance

entrée de service — service entrance

entrée des artistes — stage door

2) (hall) hallway

Il y avait un superbe tableau dans l'entrée. — There was a superb painting in the hallway.

3) (à un spectacle, une manifestation) admission

L'entrée est gratuite. — Admission is free.

4) (= billet) ticket

J'ai pu avoir deux entrées. — I managed to get two tickets.

5) (à une école) entrance

Il a raté l'examen d'entrée. — He failed the entrance exam.

6) (dans un club ou une organisation) admission

l'entrée de la Grande-Bretagne dans la zone euro,... — Britain's entry into the Euro zone...

7) (dans local ou domaine) entry

L'entrée y est maintenant interdite. — It's forbidden to go in there now.

"entrée interdite" — "no admittance", "no entry"

8) (= action d'entrer) entrance

à son entrée... — when he came in...

Il fit une entrée remarquée. — He made a big entrance.

9) CUISINE starter, first course

Qu'est ce que vous prenez comme entrée? — What would you like for the starter?

10) COMMERCE, [marchandises] entry

11) COMMERCE (dans un registre) entry

12) [données] entry, input

erreur d'entrée — input error

13) (autres locutions)

d'entrée; d'entrée de jeu — from the start, from the outset

2. entrées nfpl

1)

avoir ses entrées chez; avoir ses entrées auprès de — to be a welcome visitor to

2) (= recettes) receipts, incomings

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entrée nf

1 ( point d'accès) entrance (de to); à l'entrée at the entrance; l'entrée du bâtiment/de la gare/du tunnel the entrance to the building/to the station/to the tunnel; l'hôtel a trois entrées the hotel has three entrances; ‘entrée’ (sur panneau de boutique, d'hôtel) ‘entrance’; (sur panneau de gare, grand magasin, parking) ‘way in’ GB, ‘entrance’; à l'entrée de la ville on the outskirts of the town; les entrées de Paris sont encombrées the roads into Paris are busy; il y a une pharmacie à l'entrée de la rue there's a chemist's where you turn into the street; se retrouver à l'entrée du bureau to meet outside the office; être arrêté à l'entrée du territoire to be arrested at the border;

2 ( d'autoroute) (entry) slip road GB, on-ramp US; avoir un accident à l'entrée de l'autoroute to have an accident at the motorway junction GB ou freeway junction US;

3 ( vestibule) gén hall; (d'hôtel, de lieu public) lobby; (porte, grille) entry; laisse ton manteau dans l'entrée leave your coat in the hall;

4 ( moment initial) trois mois après mon entrée à l'université three months after I got to university; depuis leur entrée dans notre entreprise since they joined the company; l'entrée dans la récession ne date pas d'hier the beginning of the recession was some time ago;

5 ( admission) l'entrée d'un pays dans une organisation ( accueil) the admission of a country to an organization; ( adhésion) the entry of a country into an organization; ‘entrée libre’ ( gratuite) ‘free admission’; ( publique) ( dans un magasin) ‘browsers welcome’; ( dans un monument) ‘visitors welcome’; l'entrée est gratuite admission is free; l'entrée est payante there's an admission charge; refuser l'entrée à qn to refuse sb entry; se voir refuser l'entrée to be refused entry; ‘entrée interdite’ ‘no admittance’, ‘no entry’;

6 ( place) ticket; deux entrées gratuites two free tickets; nous avons fait 300 entrées ( d'exposition) we had 300 visitors; (de théâtre, ballet) we sold 300 tickets; spectacle qui fait le plein d'entrées show that's a sell-out; c'est 10 euros l'entrée admission is 10 euros; ticket or billet d'entrée ticket;

7 ( arriv ée) ( de personne) gén, Théât entrance; (de véhicule, marchandises) entry; faire une entrée remarquée to make a spectacular entrance; faire/rater son entrée [acteur] to make/to miss one's entrance; réussir son entrée [acteur] to enter on cue; faire son entrée dans le monde/dans la vie professionnelle to enter society/professional life; à l'entrée du professeur dans la classe as ou when the teacher entered the classroom; juste à l'entrée de la voiture dans le virage just as the car went into the bend; faire une entrée discrète to enter discreetly;

8 ( commencement) à l'entrée de l'hiver at the beginning of winter; d'entrée (de jeu) from the outset, from the very start; dès l'entrée from the outset; d'entrée de jeu, il m'a proposé un marché he offered me a deal straight off ou right off;

9 Culin ( plat) starter;

10 Électron, Électrotech, Ordinat ( de donnée) input ¢;

11 Ling ( de dictionnaire) entry;

12 Comm ( marchandises) entrées incoming goods (in a given period);

13 Fin ( de capitaux) inflow;

14 Compta ( recettes) entrées receipts.

Composés

entrée d'air Aviat air intake; Mines intake; entrée des artistes Théât stage door; entrée des fournisseurs (d'hôtel, de restaurant) service ou trade entrance; (d'usine, entrepôt) goods entrance; entrée en matière introduction; ton entrée en matière a surpris the way you began surprised people; entrée du personnel staff entrance; entrée de service tradesmen's entrance GB, service entrance.

Idiome

avoir ses entrées au gouvernement/chez le ministre to be an intimate in government circles/of the minister.

[ɑ̃tre] nom féminin

1. [arrivée] entrance, entry

à son entrée, tout le monde s'est levé everybody stood up as she walked in ou entered

faire une entrée discrète to enter discreetly

il a fait une entrée remarquée he made quite an entrance, he made a dramatic entrance

faire son entrée dans le monde [demoiselle] to come out, to make one's debut in society

entrée en: entrée en action coming into play

dès son entrée en fonction, il devra... as soon as he takes up office, he will have to...

l'entrée en guerre de la France France's entry into ou France's joining the war

entrée en matière [d'un livre] introduction

l'entrée en vigueur d'une loi the implementation of a law

date d'entrée en vigueur commencement

2. THÉÂTRE entrance

entrée en scène entrance

au moment de mon entrée en scène as I made my entrance ou as I walked on stage

rater son entrée to miss one's cue

3. [adhésion] entry, admission

l'entrée de l'Espagne dans le Marché commun Spain's entry into the Common Market

au moment de l'entrée à l'université when students start university

4. [accès] entry, admission

l'entrée est gratuite pour les enfants there is no admission charge for children

‘entrée’ ‘way in’

‘entrée libre’

a. [dans un magasin] ‘no obligation to buy’

b. [dans un musée] ‘free admission’

‘entrée interdite’

a. [dans un local] ‘no entry’, ‘keep out’

b. [pour empêcher le passage] ‘no way in’, ‘no access’

c. [dans un bois] ‘no trespassing’

‘entrée interdite à tout véhicule’ ‘pedestrians only’

‘entrée réservée au personnel’ ‘staff only’

avoir ses entrées: avoir ses entrées auprès de quelqu'un to have (privileged) access to somebody

avoir ses entrées dans un club to be a welcome visitor to a club

5. [voie d'accès - à un immeuble] entrance (door) ; [ - à un tunnel, une grotte] entry, entrance, mouth

entrée des artistes stage door

entrée principale main entrance

entrée de service service ou tradesmen's entrance

6. [vestibule - dans un lieu public] entrance (hall), lobby ; [ - dans une maison] hall, hallway

7. LOISIRS [billet] ticket

[spectateur] spectator

[visiteur] visitor

le film a fait deux millions d'entrées two million people have seen the film

8. CUISINE first course, starter

[dans un repas de gala] entrée

9. INFORMATIQUE

entrée des données

a. [généralement] inputting of data, data input

b. [par saisie] keying in ou keyboarding of data

10. [inscription] entry

[dans un dictionnaire] headword, entry word (US)

faire une entrée dans un registre to enter an item into a register

11. TECHNOLOGIE

entrée d'air air inlet

12. MUSIQUE entry

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entrées nom féminin pluriel

[en comptabilité] receipts, takings

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à l'entrée de locution prépositionnelle

1. [dans l'espace] at the entrance ou on the threshold of

à l'entrée de la grotte at the entrance ou mouth of the cave

2. (littéraire) [dans le temps] at the beginning of

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d'entrée locution adverbiale,

d'entrée de jeu locution adverbiale

from the outset, right from the beginning

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > entrée
18 tout

c black tout, toute [tu, tut]

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1. adjective

2. indefinite pronoun

3. adverb

4. masculine noun

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(masculine plural tous, feminine plural toutes)

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► Lorsque tout fait partie d'une locution comme en tout cas, tout le temps, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.

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1. <

   a. ( = entier)

• tout le all the

• toute la all the

• tout le reste all the rest

• il a tout le temps qu'il lui faut he has all the time he needs

• toute la France regardait le match the whole of France was watching the match

• pendant tout le voyage during the whole trip

• il a plu toute la nuit it rained all night

• il a dépensé tout son argent he has spent all his money

• il a passé toutes ses vacances à lire he spent all his holidays reading

► tout le monde everybody everyone

• tout le monde le sait everybody knows

• ils veulent vivre comme tout le monde they want to live like everybody else

• il ne fait jamais comme tout le monde he always has to be different► tout, toute + nom

• il a lu tout Balzac he has read all of Balzac

   b. ( = unique) only

• c'est tout l'effet que ça lui fait that's all the effect it has on him

• c'est là tout le problème that's the whole problem

• pour tout mobilier, il avait un lit et une table the only furniture he had was a bed and a table

   c. (indéfini)

► tout, toute + nom singulier ( = n'importe quel) any

• toute personne susceptible de nous aider any person able to help us

• à tout âge at any age

• pour tout renseignement, téléphoner... for information, ring...► à toute ! (inf) see you later!

► tous les, toutes les + nom pluriel ( = chaque) every ; ( = la totalité des) all the

• tous les jours every day

• tous les deux jours every two days

• tous les 10 mètres every 10 metres

• toutes les trois heures every three hours

• tous les enfants étaient à l'école all the children were at school

• tous les enfants ont besoin d'amour all children need love

• toutes les personnes que nous connaissons all the people that we know

• toutes les fois que je le vois every time I see him

• il avait toutes les raisons d'être mécontent he had every reason to be displeased

• un film tous publics a U film (Brit) a G film (US)► tous, toutes + nombre

• tous les deux both of them

• tous les trois all three of them

• tous deux both of them

2. <

   a. (singulier) everything

• il a tout organisé he organized everything

• on ne peut pas tout faire you can't do everything

• tout va bien everything's fine

• il mange tout et n'importe quoi he eats absolutely everything

• ses enfants mangent de tout her children will eat anything

• il vend de tout he sells everything

• il a tout pour réussir he's got everything going for him

• il a tout pour plaire (inf) he's got nothing going for him

• tout a une fin everything comes to an end

• tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well

• être tout pour qn to be everything to sb

► tout ce qui

• tout ce qui lui appartient everything that belongs to him► tout ce que

• tout ce que je sais, c'est qu'il est parti all I know is that he's gone

• c'est tout ce qu'il m'a dit that's all he told me

• ne croyez pas tout ce qu'il raconte don't believe everything he tells you► tout ce qu'il y a de ( = extrêmement) most

• il a été tout ce qu'il y a de gentil he couldn't have been kinder

• c'était tout ce qu'il y a de chic it was the last word in chic► avoir tout de + nom

• elle a tout d'une star she's every inch a star

• ça a tout d'un canular it's obviously a practical joke

• l'organisation a tout d'une secte the organization is nothing less than a sect► à tout va (inf) [licencier, investir, recruter] like mad (inf) ; [libéralisme, communication, consommation] unbridled

• à l'époque, on construisait à tout va at that time there were buildings going up everywhere► en tout ( = au total) in all

• nous étions 16 en tout there were 16 of us in all

• ça coûte 1 000 € en tout it costs 1,000 euros in all

• leurs programmes politiques s'opposent en tout their political programmes clash in every way► en tout et pour tout all in all

• il lui reste 150 euros en tout et pour tout he only has a total of 150 euros left► et tout (inf) and everything

• avec les vacances et tout, je n'ai pas eu le temps what with the holidays and all (inf), I didn't have time

• j'avais préparé le dîner, fait le ménage et tout et tout I'd made the dinner, done the housework and everything► c'est + tout

• c'est tout that's all

• ce sera tout ? will that be all?

• et ce n'est pas tout ! and that's not all!

• c'est pas tout ça, mais il est tard (inf) all this is very nice, but it's getting late► ce n'est pas tout de

• ce n'est pas tout de faire son métier, il faut le faire bien it's not enough just to do your job, you have to do it well

• ce n'est pas tout d'en parler there's more to it than just talking about it► pour tout dire

• cette idée avait surpris et pour tout dire n'avait pas convaincu this idea surprised everybody and, to be honest, wasn't convincing

c black   b. (pluriel) tous

• toutes ( = l'ensemble des personnes) all

• tous sont arrivés they have all arrived

• il les déteste tous he hates them all

• écoutez bien tous ! listen, all of you!

• tous ensemble all together

• nous avons tous nos défauts we all have our faults

• vous toutes qui m'écoutez all of you who are listening to me

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✦ The final s of tous is pronounced only when it is a pronoun.

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3. <

   a. ► tout + adjectif ( = très) very ; ( = entièrement) quite

• il est tout étonné he's very surprised

• c'est une toute jeune femme she's a very young woman

• elles étaient toutes contentes they were very pleased

• les toutes premières années the very first years

• c'est tout autre chose that's quite another matter

• c'est tout naturel it's quite natural

• toute petite, elle aimait la campagne as a very small child she liked the country► tout (+ en) + nom

• je suis tout ouïe ! I'm all ears!

• tout en laine all wool

• habillé tout en noir dressed all in black

• un jeu tout en douceur a very delicate style of play

• le jardin est tout en fleurs the garden is a mass of flowers► tout + adverbe

• tout près very near

• tout là-bas right over there

• tout en bas de la colline right at the bottom of the hill

• tout au fond right at the bottom

• tout simplement quite simply

• tout plein de (inf) loads (inf) of

• il est mignon tout plein (inf) he's very sweet

   b. ( = déjà) tout prêt

• tout préparé ready-made

• phrases toutes faites set phrases

• idées toutes faites preconceived ideas

   c. ► tout en + participe présent

• tout en marchant while walking

• je suis incapable de travailler tout en écoutant de la musique I can't work and listen to music at the same time

• tout en prétendant le contraire il voulait être élu although he pretended otherwise he wanted to be elected

   d. (locutions)

► tout à fait quite

• ce n'est pas tout à fait la même chose it's not quite the same thing

• c'est tout à fait faux it's quite wrong

• il est tout à fait charmant he's quite charming

• je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous I totally agree with you

• vous êtes d'accord ? -- tout à fait ! do you agree? -- absolutely!► tout à l'heure ( = plus tard) later ; ( = peu avant) a short while ago

• je repasserai tout à l'heure I'll come back later

• tout à l'heure tu as dit que... you said earlier that...

• à tout à l'heure ! see you later!► tout de suite straightaway

• j'ai tout de suite compris I understood straightaway

• ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( = ce n'est pas près d'arriver) it won't happen overnight ; ( = c'est improbable) it's hardly likely to happen

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   a. ( = ensemble) whole

• ces éléments forment un tout these elements make up a whole

• prendre le tout to take all of it (or them)

• jouer le tout pour le tout to stake one's all

• mon tout est un roi de France my whole is a king of France

   b. ( = essentiel) le tout c'est de faire vite the main thing is to be quick about it

• c'est pas le tout mais j'ai du travail (inf) this is all very well but I've got work to do

• ce n'est pas le tout de s'amuser, il faut travailler there's more to life than enjoying yourself, people have got to work

   c. (locutions)

► du tout

• pas du tout ! not at all!

• il n'y a plus du tout de pain there's no bread left at all

• je ne vois rien du tout I can't see a thing► du tout au tout ( = complètement) completely

• il avait changé du tout au tout he had changed completely

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tu
1.

toute tut, mpl tous tu adj, tus pron, fpl toutes tut pronom indéfini

1) tout ( chaque chose) everything; ( n'importe quoi) anything; ( l'ensemble) all

tout est prêt — everything is ready

tout peut arriver — anything can happen

tout est prétexte à querelle(s) — any pretext will do to start a quarrel

tout n'est pas perdu — all is not lost

en tout — ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect

en tout et pour tout — all told

tout bien compté or pesé or considéré — all in all

tout est là — fig that's the whole point

c'est tout dire — I need say no more

et tout et tout — (colloq) and all that sort of thing

ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir — it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished

avoir tout d'un assassin — to look just like a murderer

2) tous tus, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/you

tous ensemble — all together

tous ne sont pas d'accord — not all of them agree

toutes tant qu'elles sont — all of them, each and every one of them

est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? — will it suit everybody ou everyone?

2.

adjectif

1) ( exprimant la totalité)

bois tout ton lait — drink all your milk, drink up your milk

tout le reste — everything else

manger tout un pain — to eat a whole loaf

tout Pompéi a été enseveli — the whole of Pompeii was buried

je ne l'ai pas vu de tout l'été — I haven't seen him all summer

tout le problème est là — that's where the problem lies

tout cela ne compte pas — none of that counts

tout le monde — everybody

2) ( véritable)

c'est tout un travail/événement — it's quite a job/an event

3) (devant ce qui/que/dont) ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything

tout ce dont j'ai besoin — all I need

j'ai acheté tout ce qui était sur la liste — I bought everything that was on the list

il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête — he says anything that comes into his head

tout ce qu'il dit n'est pas vrai — not all of what he says is true

être tout ce qu'il y a de plus serviable — to be most obliging

c'est tout ce qu'on fait de mieux — it's the best there is

‘tu en es sûr?’ - ‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ — ‘are you sure?’ - ‘as sure as can be’

4) ( n'importe quel) any

à tout âge — at any age

à tout moment — ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly

toute publicité est interdite — all advertising is prohibited

5) ( total)

en toute innocence/franchise — in all innocence/honesty

en toute liberté — with complete freedom

en toute hâte — in a great hurry

de toute beauté — most beautiful

6) (unique, seul)

il a souri pour toute réponse — his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply

on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages — all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables

7) tous, toutes ( les uns et les autres sans distinction) all, every (+ sg)

en toutes choses — in all things, in everything

toutes les pages sont déchirées — all the pages are torn, every page is torn

tous les prétextes leur sont bons — they'll use any excuse ( pour to)

meubles tous budgets — furniture to suit every pocket

nous irons tous les deux — both of us will go, we'll both go

je les prends tous les quatre — I'm taking all four (of them)

8) ( chaque) tous/toutes les every

à tous les coins de rue — on every street corner

tous les jours — every day

tous les deux jours — every other day

tous les combien? — how often?

3.

adverbe (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)

1) (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) all

tout doucement — very gently

tout étonnées/toutes honteuses — very surprised/ashamed

tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner — as a small child she already liked to draw

c'est tout naturel — it's quite natural

des yeux tout ronds de surprise — eyes wide with surprise

être tout mouillé/sale — to be all wet/dirty

faire quelque chose tout seul — to do something all by oneself

c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire — it's a different matter altogether

2) ( devant un nom)

c'est tout le portrait de sa mère — she's the spitting ou very image of her mother

c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire — it's the very opposite

ça m'en a tout l'air — it looks very much like it to me

tu as tout le temps d'y réfléchir — you've got plenty of time to think it over

avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre — you see everything in black and white

3) ( tout à fait)

la toute dernière ligne — the very last line

tout à côté de/contre/en haut — right by/against/at the top

il les a mangés tout crus — he ate them raw

j'en sais tout autant que lui — I know just as much as he does

maison tout en longueur — very long and narrow house

ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur — they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat

être tout en larmes — to be in floods of tears

la colline est tout en fleurs — the hill is a mass of flowers

elle est tout(e) à son travail — she's totally absorbed in her work

4) ( d'avance)

tout prêt — ready-made

des légumes tout épluchés — ready-peeled vegetables

5) ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although

il lisait tout en marchant — he was reading as he walked

elle le défendait tout en le sachant coupable — she defended him although she knew he was guilty

6) (marquant la concession: quoique)

tout aussi étrange que cela paraisse — however strange it may seem

tout malin/roi qu'il est, il... — he may be clever/a king, but he...

7) ( rien d'autre que)

je suis tout ouïe — hum I'm all ears

veste tout cuir — all leather jacket

4.

du tout locution adverbiale

(pas) du tout, (point) du tout — not at all

sans savoir du tout — without knowing at all

5.

nom masculin (pl touts)

1) ( ensemble)

former un tout — to make up ou form a whole

mon tout — ( charade) my whole, my all

du tout au tout — completely

2)

le tout — ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing

vendre le tout pour 50 euros — to sell the (whole) lot for 50 euros

le tout est de réussir — the main ou most important thing is to succeed

ce n'est pas le tout! — (colloq) this is no good!

6.

Tout- (in compounds)

le Tout-Paris/-Londres — the Paris/London smart set

Phrasal Verbs:

- tout à coup

- tout d'un coup

- tout à fait

- tout à l'heure

- tout de même

- tout de suite

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être tout yeux tout oreilles — to be very attentive

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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal

Remarques sur l'adjectif

1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière générale

On emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I know

On emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/group

tout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole book

Mais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stay

Avec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my life

tout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient

2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)

Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier

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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal

Remarques sur l'adjectif

1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière générale

On emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I know

On emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/group

tout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole book

Mais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stay

Avec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my life

tout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient

2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)

Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier

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tu, tut tout, -e tous mpl toutes fpl
1. adj

1) (avec article singulier) all

tout le lait — all the milk

tout le livre — the whole book

tout un pain — a whole loaf

toute la journée — all day

toute la nuit — all night, the whole night

tout le temps — all the time, the whole time

tout le monde — everybody

c'est tout le contraire — it's quite the opposite

c'est toute une affaire; c'est toute une histoire — it's quite a business, it's a whole rigmarole

2) (avec article pluriel) (= chaque) every, (idée d'intégralité) all

toutes les filles — all the girls

tous les livres — all the books

tous les jours — every day

toutes les nuits — every night

toutes les fois — every time

toutes les deux semaines — every other week, every two weeks

toutes les trois semaines — every three weeks, every third week

tous les deux jours — every two days

tous les deux; Nous y sommes allés tous les deux. — We both went., Both of us went.

Nous y sommes allés tous les trois. — All three of us went.

Je les ai invités tous les trois. — I invited all three of them.

3) (sans article) (= n'importe quel)

à tout âge — at any age

à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit — at any time of the day or night, (= seul)

pour toute nourriture, il avait... — his only food was..., (= chaque)

de tous côtés; de toutes parts (= de partout) — from everywhere, from every side, (= partout) all around

2. pron

tout — everything

tous; toutes — all

Il a tout fait. — He did everything.

Il a tout organisé. — He organized everything.

Je les vois tous. — I can see them all., I can see all of them.

Je les connais tous. — I know them all., I know all of them.

Nous y sommes tous allés. — We all went., All of us went.

Nous y sommes toutes allées. — We all went., All of us went.

tout ou rien — all or nothing

c'est tout — that's all

tout de...; Elle a tout d'une mère. — She's a real mother., She's a true mother.

en tout — all together, altogether

Ça fait combien en tout? — How much is that altogether?

en tout et pour tout — all in all

tout ce que...; tout ce qu'il sait — all he knows

C'était tout ce qu'il y a de plus chic. — It was the last word in chic., It was the ultimate in chic.

3. nm

un tout — a whole

Ceci forme un tout. — It forms a whole.

le tout — all of it

Je prends le tout. — I'll take it all., I'll take the whole lot.

le tout est de... — the main thing is to...

pas du tout — not at all

du tout au tout — completely

4. adv

1) (= très, complètement) very

tout près; tout à côté — very near

Elle habite tout près. — She lives very near.

le tout premier; la toute première — the very first

tout seul; toute seule — all alone

Il est tout seul. — He's all alone.

Elle est toute seule. — She's all alone.

Il était tout rouge. — He was all red in the face.

Elle était toute rouge. — She was all red in the face.

parler tout bas — to speak very quietly

le livre tout entier — the whole book

l'histoire tout entière — the whole story

tout en haut — right at the top

tout droit — straight ahead

tout de suite — immediately, straight away

2)

tout en... — while...

tout en travaillant — while working

Il a fait son travail tout en chantant. — He sang as he worked., He sang while he worked.

3) (autres locutions)

tout d'abord — first of all

tout à coup; tout d'un coup — suddenly

tout à fait — absolutely

tout à fait! — exactly!

tout de même — all the same

tout simplement — quite simply

tout court; Charles-Henri, pouvez-vous... — Je vous en prie, appelez-moi Charles tout court. — Charles-Henri, could you... — Please, just call me Charles.

communication par internet, mais aussi communication tout court — communication via the internet, but also simply communication

tout à l'heure (passé) — just now, a short while ago

Je l'ai vu tout à l'heure. — I saw him just now., (futur) shortly, in a moment

Je finirai ça tout à l'heure. — I'll finish it in a moment.

à tout à l'heure! — see you later!

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tout ⇒ Note d'usage, toute, mpl tous, fpl toutes

A pron indéf

1 tout ( chaque chose) everything; ( n'importe quoi) anything; ( l'ensemble) all; penser à tout to think of everything; tout est prêt everything is ready; le sucre, les graisses, le sel, tout me fait mal sugar, fat, salt, everything is bad for me; être tout pour qn to be everything to sb; tout peut arriver anything can happen; le chien mange (de) tout the dog will eat anything; tout est prétexte à querelle(s) any pretext will do to start a quarrel; tout n'est pas perdu all is not lost; tout ou rien all or nothing; tout ou partie de qch all or part of sth; tout va bien all's well, everything's fine; en tout ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect; en tout et pour tout all told; et tout ça parce que/pour and all because/for; tout bien compté or pesé or considéré all in all; tout est là fig that's the whole point; c'est tout dire I need say no more; et tout et tout○ and all that sort of thing; et ce n'est pas tout! and that's not all!; ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished; avoir tout d'un singe/assassin to look just like a monkey/murderer; ⇒ bien, monde, salaire, or;

2 tous, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/you; nous sommes tous des pécheurs we are all sinners; le film n'est pas à la portée de tous the film is not accessible to all; merci à tous thank you all; tous ensemble all together; ce sont tous d'anciens soldats all of them are ou they are all former soldiers; il les a tous cassés he has broken all of them, he's broken them all; il l'a dit devant nous tous he said it in front of all of us; leurs enfants, tous musiciens de talent their children, all of them talented musicians; tous ne sont pas d'accord not all of them agree; toutes tant qu'elles sont all of them, each and every one of them; vous tous qui le connaissez all of you who know him; écoutez-moi tous listen to me, all of you; est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? will it suit everybody ou everyone?

B adj

1 ( exprimant la totalité) bois tout ton lait drink all your milk, drink up your milk; tout le reste est à jeter everything else is to be thrown away; manger tout un pain to eat a whole loaf; tout Pompéi a été enseveli the whole of Pompeii was buried; tout Nice se réjouit the whole of ou all Nice rejoiced; il a plu toute la journée it rained all day (long) ou the whole day; pendant toute une année for a whole year; la semaine se passa toute à attendre the whole ou entire week was spent waiting; j'ai passé tout mon dimanche à travailler I spent the whole of ou all Sunday working; je ne l'ai pas vu de tout l'été I haven't seen him all summer; cet enfant est toute ma vie this child is my whole life; c'est tout le plaisir que tu y trouves? is that all the pleasure ou the only pleasure it gives you?; tout le problème est là that's where the problem lies; tout cela ne compte pas none of that counts; le meilleur dentiste de toute la ville the best dentist in town; tout le monde everybody; ⇒ cœur, monde, temps;

2 ( véritable) c'est tout un travail/événement it's quite a job/an event; il a fait toute une histoire he made a real ou big fuss, he made quite a fuss; c'est tout un art there's a whole art to it;

3 tout ce qui/que/dont ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything; tout ce qui compte all that matters; c'est tout ce que je fais that's all I do; tout ce dont j'ai besoin all I need; j'ai acheté tout ce qui était sur la liste I bought everything that was on the list; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he says anything that comes into his head; tout ce qu'il dit n'est pas vrai not all of what he says is true; tout ce que le village compte d'enfants, tout ce qu'il y a d'enfants dans le village all the children in the village; être tout ce qu'il y a de plus serviable to be most obliging; c'est tout ce qu'on fait de mieux it's the best there is; ‘tu en es sûr?’-‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ ‘are you sure?’-‘as sure as can be’, ‘absolutely sure’;

4 ( n'importe quel) any; à tout âge at any age; de toute nature of any kind; à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit at all times of the day or night; ‘service à toute heure’ ‘24 hour service’; à tout moment ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly; tout prétexte leur est bon they'll jump at any excuse; toute personne qui anyone ou anybody who; toute autre solution serait rejetée any other solution would be rejected; tout autre que lui/toi aurait abandonné anybody else would have given up; toute publicité est interdite all advertising is prohibited; pour toute réclamation, s'adresser à… all complaints should be addressed to…; tout billet n'est pas valable not all tickets are valid; ⇒ vérité;

5 (sans déterminant: total) en toute innocence/franchise in all innocence/honesty; en toute liberté with complete freedom; donner toute satisfaction to give complete satisfaction; c'est tout bénéfice it's all profit; il aurait tout intérêt à placer cet argent it would be in his best interests to invest this money; partir en toute hâte to leave in a great hurry; un jardin de toute beauté a most beautiful garden; être à toute extrémité to be close to death; ⇒ épreuve, hasard, prix, vitesse;

6 (unique, seul) il a souri pour toute réponse his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply; on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables; elle a un chien pour toute compagnie the only company she has ou all she has for company is a dog;

7 tous, toutes ( les uns et les autres sans distinction) all, every (+ v sg); ceci vaut pour tous les candidats this applies to all candidates ou to every candidate; en tous pays in all countries, in every country; en toutes choses in all things, in everything; toutes les pages sont déchirées all the pages are torn, every page is torn; les lettres ont toutes été signées the letters have all been signed; j'ai toutes les raisons de me plaindre I have every reason to complain; tous les hommes sont mortels all men are mortal; il a fait tous les métiers he's done all sorts of jobs; tous les prétextes leur sont bons they'll use any excuse (pour to); meubles tous budgets furniture to suit every pocket; tous deux se levèrent both of them got up, they both got up; nous irons tous les deux both of us will go, we'll both go; je les prends tous les trois/quatre etc I'm taking all three/four etc (of them);

8 ( chaque) tous/toutes les every; à tous les coins de rue on every street corner; saisir toutes les occasions to seize every opportunity; tous les jours/mois/ans every day/month/year; tous les quarts d'heure/10 mètres every quarter of an hour/10 metres; un cachet toutes les quatre heures one tablet every four hours; tous les deux jours/mois every other day/month; tous les combien? how often?

C adv (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)

1 (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) all; tout doucement very gently; ils sont tout contents they are very happy; elles sont tout étonnées/toutes honteuses they are very surprised/ashamed; être tout excité to be very ou all excited; être tout jeune/petit to be very young/small; tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner as a small child she already liked to draw; c'est tout naturel it's quite natural; des yeux tout ronds de surprise eyes wide with surprise; être tout mouillé/sale to be all wet/dirty; tout seul dans la vie all alone in life; faire qch tout seul to do sth all by oneself; c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire it's a different matter altogether;

2 ( devant un nom) c'est tout le portrait de sa mère she's the spitting ou very image of her mother; c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire it's the very opposite; ça m'en a tout l'air it looks very much like it to me; tu as tout le temps d'y réfléchir you've got plenty of time to think it over; avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre you see everything in black and white;

3 ( tout à fait) la toute dernière ligne the very last line; les tout premiers fruits de l'été the very first fruits of summer; j'habite tout près I live very close by ou very near; tout près de very close to, very near; tout à côté de/contre/en haut right by/against/at the top; il les a mangés tout crus he ate them raw; un gâteau tout entier a whole cake; j'en sais tout autant que lui I know just as much as he does; c'est tout aussi cher it's just as expensive; vêtue tout de noir, tout de noir vêtue dressed all in black; maison tout en longueur very long and narrow house; un jeu tout en finesse a very subtle game; une semaine toute de fatigue a very tiring week; une vie toute de soucis a life full of worry; ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat; être tout en larmes to be in floods of tears; la colline est tout en fleurs the hill is a mass of flowers; elle est tout(e) à son travail she's totally absorbed in her work;

4 ( d'avance) tout prêt ready-made; sauces/idées toutes faites ready-made sauces/ideas; des légumes tout épluchés ready-peeled vegetables; ⇒ cuit, vu;

5 ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although; il lisait tout en marchant he was reading as he walked; elle le défendait tout en le sachant coupable she defended him although she knew he was guilty; ⇒ en;

6 (marquant la concession: quoique) tout aussi étrange que cela paraisse however strange it may seem; tout prudemment que l'on conduise however carefully one drives; tout malins qu'ils sont, ils… clever though they may be, they…, they may be clever, but they…; toute reine qu'elle est, elle ne peut pas faire ça she may be a queen, but she can't do that;

7 ( rien d'autre que) être tout énergie/muscle to be all energy/muscle; être tout sourires to be all smiles; je suis tout ouïe hum I'm all ears; veste tout cuir/laine all leather/wool jacket; ⇒ feu, sucre.

D du tout loc adv pas du tout, point du tout liter not at all; sans savoir du tout without knowing at all; je ne le vois plus du tout I don't see him at all now; il ne m'en reste plus du tout I have none left at all; crois-tu qu'il m'ait remercié? du tout! do you think he thanked me? not at all!

E nm (pl touts)

1 ( ensemble) former un tout to make up ou form a whole; mon tout ( charade) my whole, my all; du tout au tout completely;

2 le tout ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing; vendre le tout pour 200 euros to sell the (whole) lot for 200 euros; le tout est de réussir/qu'il réussisse the main ou most important thing is to succeed/that he should succeed; le Grand Tout Relig the Great Whole; ce n'est pas le tout○! this is no good!

F tout- ( in compounds) le Tout-Paris/-Londres the Paris/London smart set.

Composés

tout à coup suddenly; tout d'un coup ( soudain) suddenly; ( à la fois) all at once; tout à fait ( entièrement) quite, absolutely; ce n'est pas tout à fait vrai/pareil it's not quite true/the same thing; c'est tout à fait vrai it's quite ou absolutely true; ‘tu es d'accord?’-‘tout à fait’ ‘do you agree?’-‘absolutely’; il est tout à fait charmant he's absolutely ou perfectly charming; être tout à fait pour/contre to be totally for/against; tout à l'heure ( bientôt) in a moment; ( peu avant) a little while ago, just now; à tout à l'heure! see you later!; tout de même ( quand même) all the same, even so; ( indigné) tout de même! really!, honestly!; ( vraiment) quite; tu aurais tout de même pu faire attention! all the same ou even so you might have been careful!; c'est tout de même un peu fort! really ou honestly, it's a bit much!; c'est tout de même bizarre que it's quite strange that; tout de suite at once, straight away; ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( ce n'est pas pressé) there's no rush; ( ce sera long) it's going to take some time.

Idiomes

tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well; être tout yeux tout oreilles to be very attentive.

[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) adjectif qualificatif (au singulier)

1. [entier] all (the), the whole (of the)

toute la nuit all night

elle a parcouru toute la distance en 2 heures she covered the full distance in 2 hours

il se plaint toute la journée he complains all the time ou the whole day long

tout le village a participé the whole village took part

toute une journée a whole day

tout ceci/cela all (of) this/that

tout ce travail pour rien! all this work for nothing!

j'ai tout mon temps I've plenty of time ou all the time in the world

toute ma fortune my whole fortune

ils se sont aimés toute leur vie they loved each other all their lives

avec lui, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre with him, it's either (all) black or (all) white

2. [devant un nom propre] all

j'ai visité tout Paris en huit jours I saw all ou the whole of Paris in a week

3. [devant un nom sans article]

on a tout intérêt à y aller it's in our every interest to go

c'est en toute liberté que j'ai choisi I made the choice completely of my own free will

rouler à toute vitesse to drive at full ou top speed

en toute franchise/simplicité in all sincerity/simplicity

c'est de toute beauté it's extremely beautiful

4. [avec une valeur emphatique]

c'est toute une affaire! it's quite a to-do!

c'est toute une expédition pour y aller! getting there involves quite a trek!

5. (comme adverbe) [entièrement] completely

elle était toute à son travail she was completely absorbed in her work

6. [unique, seul] only

c'est tout l'effet que ça te fait? is that all it means to you?

ma fille est tout mon bonheur my daughter is my sole ou only source of happiness

pour tout remerciement on m'a renvoyé by way of thanks I got fired

pour toute famille il n'avait qu'une cousine éloignée one distant cousin was all the family he had

7. [suivi d'une relative]

tout ce qu'on dit everything people say

tout ce qui me gêne, c'est la différence d'âge the only thing ou all I'm worried about is the age difference

tout ce que l'entreprise compte de personnel qualifié the company's entire qualified workforce

ils s'amusaient tout ce qu'ils savaient they were having a whale of a time

tout ce qu'il y a de: ses enfants sont tout ce qu'il y a de bien élevés his children are very well-behaved ou are models of good behaviour

ce projet est tout ce qu'il y a de plus sérieux this project couldn't be more serious

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[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) déterminant (adjectif indéfini)

A.[AU SINGULIER] [chaque, n'importe quel] any, all, every

tout citoyen a des droits every citizen has rights, all citizens have rights

toute personne ayant vu l'accident any person who witnessed the accident

tout changement les inquiète the slightest change worries them

pour tout renseignement, écrivez-nous for further information, write to us

à tout âge at any age

à toute heure du jour et de la nuit at any hour of the day or night

de tout temps since time immemorial, from the beginning of time

en tout temps throughout ou all through history

tout autre anybody else

tout autre que lui aurait refusé anyone other than him ou anybody else would have refused

toute peine mérite salaire (proverbe) the labourer is worthy of his hire (proverb)

B.[AU PLURIEL]

1. [exprimant la totalité] all

tous les hommes all men, the whole of mankind

tous les gens everybody, everyone

je veux tous les détails I want all the details ou the full details

ça se vend maintenant à tous les coins de rue it's now sold on every street corner

2. [devant un nom sans article]

ils étaient 150 000, toutes disciplines/races confondues there were 150,000 of them, taking all disciplines/races together

champion toutes catégories overall champion

il roulait tous feux éteints he was driving with his lights off

je dois le rencontrer toutes affaires cessantes I must meet him forthwith

il est mon préféré à tous égards I like him best in every respect

3. [exprimant la périodicité] every

tous les jours every day

toutes les deux semaines every other week, every second week, every two weeks

à prendre toutes les quatre heures to be taken every four hours ou at four-hourly intervals

toutes les fois qu'on s'est rencontrés every time we've met

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[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) pronom indéfini

A.[AU SINGULIER] everything, all

[n'importe quoi] anything

j'ai tout jeté I threw everything away

dis-moi tout tell me all about it

t'as tout compris! (familier) that's it!, that's right!

c'est tout dire that says it all

il mange de tout he eats anything

il est prêt à tout he's ready for anything

capable de tout capable of anything

c'est tout that's all

ce sera tout? [dans un magasin] will be that all?, anything else?

ce n'est pas tout that's not all

ce n'est pas tout de faire des enfants, il faut les élever ensuite having children is one thing, but then you've got to bring them up

être tout pour quelqu'un to be everything for somebody, to mean everything to somebody

et tout et tout (familier) and all that (sort of thing)

on aura tout vu! now I've ou we've seen everything!

tout est là

a. [objets] that's everything

b. [problème] that's the whole point ou the crux of the matter

vous serez remboursé tout ou partie you'll get all or part of your money back

avec toi c'est tout ou rien with you, it's all or nothing ou one extreme or the other

c'est tout sauf du foie gras it's anything but foie gras

il est tout sauf un génie call him anything but not a genius

tout se passe comme si... it's as though...

à tout faire [produit] all-purpose

tout bien considéré, tout bien réfléchi all things considered

tout bien pesé after weighing up the pros and the cons

il a tout de son père he's every bit like his father

B.[AU PLURIEL]

1. [désignant ce dont on a parlé]

il y a plusieurs points de vue, tous sont intéressants there are several points of view, they are all interesting

j'adore les prunes — prends-les toutes I love plums — take them all ou all of them

2. [avec une valeur récapitulative] all

Jean, Pierre, Jacques, tous voulaient la voir Jean, Pierre, Jacques, they all wanted to see her

c'est tous feignants et compagnie! (familier) they're just a bunch of idlers!

3. [tout le monde]

vous m'entendez tous? can you all hear me?

à vous tous qui m'avez aidé, merci to all of you who helped me, thank you

des émissions pour tous programmes suitable for all (audiences)

tous ensemble all together

tous tant ou autant que nous sommes all of us, every (single) one of us

tout ( féminin toute, pluriel féminin toutes) adverbe (s'accorde en genre et en nombre devant un adjectif féminin commençant par une consonne ou un h aspiré)

1. [entièrement, tout à fait] quite, very, completely

ils étaient tout seuls they were quite ou completely alone

la ville tout entière the whole town

tout neuf brand new

tout nu stark naked

tout cru (totally) raw

un tout jeune homme a very young man

sa chevelure était toute hérissée his/her hair was all messy

ses tout premiers mots his/her very first words

les tout premiers temps at the very beginning

une robe tout en dentelle a dress made of lace

le jardin est tout en longueur the garden is just one long strip

un de nos tout meilleurs acteurs one of our very best actors

tout mouillé wet ou soaked through, drenched

être tout occupé à faire quelque chose to be very busy doing something

je t'aime tout autant qu'autrefois I love you just as much as I did before

tout simplement/autrement quite simply/differently

téléphone-moi, tout simplement just phone me, that's the easiest (way)

une toile tout coton a 100% cotton cloth, an all cotton material

il est toute bonté/générosité he is goodness/generosity itself

ça, c'est tout lui! that's typical of him ou just like him!

2. [en intensif]

tout en haut/bas right at the top/bottom

c'est tout près it's very close

tout à côté de moi right next to me

tout contre le mur right up against the wall

c'est tout le contraire! it's quite the opposite!

3. [déjà]

tout prêt ou préparé ready-made

tout bébé, elle dansait déjà even as a baby, she was already dancing

on verra — c'est tout vu! we'll see — it's already decided!

4. (avec un gérondif) [indiquant la simultanéité]

on mangera tout en marchant we'll eat while we're walking

[indiquant la concession]

tout en avouant son ignorance dans ce domaine, il continuait à me contredire although he'd confessed his ignorance in that field, he kept on contradicting me

tout nom masculin

1. [ensemble] whole

former un tout to make up a whole

mon tout est un instrument de musique [dans une charade] my whole ou all is a musical instrument

2. [l'essentiel]

le tout the main ou the most important thing

le tout c'est de ne pas bafouiller the most important thing is not to stutter

ce n'est pas le tout, mais je dois partir (familier) that's all very well, but I've got to go now

ce n'est pas le tout de critiquer, il faut pouvoir proposer autre chose it's not enough to criticize, you've got to be able to suggest something else

jouer ou risquer le tout pour le tout to risk (one's) all

tenter le tout pour le tout to make a (final) desperate attempt ou a last ditch effort

c'est un tout it's all the same, it makes no difference

à quand le tout informatique? when will everything be computerized?

la politique du tout ou rien an all-or-nothing policy

changer du tout au tout to change completely

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du tout locution adverbiale

not at all

je vous dérange? — du tout, du tout! am I disturbing you? — not at all ou not in the least!

elle finissait son café sans du tout se soucier de notre présence she was finishing her coffee without paying any attention to us at all ou whatsoever

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en tout locution adverbiale

1. [au total] in total, in all

cela fait 95 euros en tout that comes to 95 euros in all ou in total

2. [exactement] exactly, entirely

la copie est conforme en tout à l'original the copy matches the original exactly

en tout et pour tout locution adverbiale

(all) in all

en tout et pour tout, nous avons dépensé 300 euros all in all, we've spent 300 euros

tout à coup locution adverbiale

all of a sudden, suddenly

tout à fait locution adverbiale

1. [complètement] quite, fully, absolutely

en es-tu tout à fait conscient? are you fully aware of it?

je vous comprends tout à fait I understand you perfectly well

ce n'est pas tout à fait exact it's not quite correct

n'ai-je pas raison? — tout à fait! am I right? — absolutely!

2. [exactement] exactly

c'est tout à fait ce que je cherche/le même it's exactly what I've been looking for/the same

3. [oui] certainly

vous faites les retouches? — tout à fait do you do alterations? — certainly (we do)

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tout de même locution adverbiale

1. [malgré tout] all the same, even so

j'irai tout de même all the same, I'll still go

2. [en intensif]

tout de même, tu exagères! steady on!, that's a bit much!

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tout de suite locution adverbiale

1. [dans le temps] straight away, right away, at once

apporte du pain — tout de suite! bring some bread — right away!

2. [dans l'espace] immediately

tournez à gauche tout de suite après le pont turn left immediately after the bridge

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tout... que locution conjonctive

tout directeur qu'il est ou qu'il soit,... he may well be the boss,...

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tout

19 empezar

v.

to begin, to start.

empezó la conferencia dando la bienvenida a los asistentes she began o started her speech by welcoming everyone there

empezaron otra botella de vino they started o opened another bottle of wine

la clase empieza a las diez the class begins o starts at ten o'clock

¡no empieces!, ¡ya hemos discutido este tema lo suficiente! don't you start, we've spent long enough on this subject already!

al empezar la reunión when the meeting started o began

empezar a hacer algo to begin o start to do something

empezar por hacer algo to begin o start by doing something

para empezar to begin o start with

Ricardo empezó la fiesta tarde Richard began the party late.

La fiesta empezó tarde The party began late.

Ricardo empezó el crucigrama Richard started the crossword puzzle.

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EMPEZAR

CONJUGACIÓN

(e changes to ie in stressed syllables and z changes to c before e)

Present Indicative

empiezo, empiezas, empieza, empezamos, empezáis, empiezan.

Past ind

empecé, empezaste, empezó, empezamos, empezasteis, empezaron.

Present Subjunctive

empiece, empieces, empiece, empecemos, empecéis, empiecen.

Imperative

empieza (tú), empiece (él/Vd.), empecemos (nos.), empezad (vos.), empiecen (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

to begin, start

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1. VI

1) (=comenzar) [gen] to start, begin; [en un puesto de trabajo] to start

el curso empieza en octubre — the course starts o begins in October

el año ha empezado mal — the year got off to a bad start, the year started o began badly

antes de empezar, os recordaré que... — before we start o begin, I'd like to remind you that...

al empezar el año — at the start o beginning of the year

¿cuándo empieza el nuevo cocinero? — when does the new cook start?

empecé de ayudante — I started as an assistant

¡no empieces! — * don't you start! *

• para empezar — to start with, begin with

para empezar quisiera agradecerte tu presencia entre nosotros — I would like to start o begin by thanking you for being with us, to start o begin with, I would like to thank you for being with us

- todo es cuestión de empezar

2)

• empezar a hacer algo — [gen] to start o begin to do sth, start o begin doing sth; [en un trabajo] to start to do o doing sth

empezó a llover — it started o began to rain, it started o began raining

la película me está empezando a aburrir — the film is starting o beginning to bore me

ya empiezo a entrar en calor — I'm starting o beginning to feel warm now

empiezo a trabajar en octubre — I start work in October

3)

• empezar haciendo algo — to begin o start by doing sth

empezaremos pidiendo ayuda — we'll start o begin by asking for help

la canción empieza diciendo que... — the song begins o starts by saying that...

4)

• empezar con algo — [película, curso, año] to start o begin with sth

la novela empieza con una referencia a Sartre — the novel starts o begins with a reference to Sartre

empezamos con cerveza y acabamos con vino — we started on o began with beer and ended up on wine

¿cuándo empezáis con las clases de inglés? — when do you start your English classes?

¡no empieces otra vez con lo mismo! — don't start on that again!

5)

• empezar por algo/algn — to start with sth/sb, begin with sth/sb

empezaré por la cocina — I'll start o begin with the kitchen

"huelga" empieza por hache — "huelga" starts o begins with (an) h

no sé por dónde empezar — I don't know where to start o begin

la carcoma empezó por las patas del armario — the woodworm started in the legs of the wardrobe

ya podías haber empezado por ahí — why couldn't you have said that at the beginning o at the start?

empezar por hacer algo — to start by doing sth, begin by doing sth

2.

VT [+ actividad, temporada] to start, begin; [+ botella, jamón] to start

hemos empezado mal la semana — the week got off to a bad start for us, the week started badly for us

el queso está ya empezado — the cheese has already been started

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) película/conferencia/invierno to begin, start

al empezar el siglo — at the turn of the century

ya han empezado los fríos — the cold weather has arrived o started

empezar a + inf — to start to + inf, start -ing

empezó a nevar — it started to snow o snowing

me empezó a entrar hambre — I began o started to feel hungry

2) persona to start

empezar de nuevo or volver a empezar — to start again

todo es (cuestión de) empezar — it'll be fine once we/you get started

ya empezamos otra vez! — here we go again!

no sé por dónde empezar — I don't know where to begin

vamos a empezar por ti — let's start with you

empezar a + inf — to start -ing, start to + inf

empezó a llorar — he began o started to cry

empezar + ger — to start by -ing

empezó diciendo que... — she started o began by saying that...

empezó trabajando de mecánico — he started out as a mechanic

empezar por + inf — to start o begin by -ing

empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico — let's begin o start by looking at the historical context

3)

para empezar — first of all, to start with
2.
empezar vt

1) <tarea/actividad> to start

2) <frasco/mermelada> to start, open

* * *

= begin, get + started, start, start off, kick off, set out, get + Nombre + underway, get + Posesivo + feet wet, set in, cut + Posesivo + spurs, commence.

Ex. This section has begun to demonstrate some of the problems associated with the author approach.

Ex. 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.

Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex. If you establish a principle of using the national language, where do you start off?.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The bucks start here: ALA kicks off library funding campaign'.

Ex. The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.

Ex. The author describes two surveys which the IFLA Section has been involved in to acquire the information necessary to get the project underway.

Ex. Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.

Ex. Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.

Ex. Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.

Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.

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* acabar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.

* al empezar = first off.

* bomba de relojería + empezar la cuenta atrás = time bomb + tick away.

* empezar a = be on + Posesivo + way to.

* empezar a acabarse = run + low (on).

* empezar a actuar = swing into + action.

* empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.

* empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* empezar a calar en = grow on/upon + Pronombre.

* empezar a comprender = grow on/upon + Pronombre.

* empezar a dar carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.

* empezar a darse cuenta de = grow on/upon + Pronombre.

* empezar a debatir = embark on/upon + discussion.

* empezar a deteriorarse = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* empezar a diluviar = the skies + open up.

* empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* empezar a faltar = be in short supply, be at a premium.

* empezar a fumar = take up + smoking.

* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea.

* empezar a hablar de = make + noises about, make + a noise about.

* empezar a imprimir = go to + press.

* empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.

* empezar a irse al garete = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* empezar a jugar mejor = get back into + the game.

* empezar Algo = get + Nombre + started.

* empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.

* empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.

* empezar a pensar en = turn + Posesivo + mind to.

* empezar a reírse a carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.

* empezar a resquebrajarse = develop + cracks.

* empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up with tears, eyes + start to well up.

* empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.

* empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.

* empezar a tener sentido = become + meaningful.

* empezar a trabajar = take + job.

* empezar a tratar = scratch + the surface of, scrape + the surface.

* empezar a utilizarse = come into + use.

* empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.

* empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.

* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* empezar desde = work from, set out from.

* empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.

* empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.

* empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* empezar por el final = work back from.

* empezar por el principio = start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.

* empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* empezar rápido = be quick off the mark, be quick off the blocks.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.

* hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.

* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.

* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.

* terminar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.

* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.

* una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.

* volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) película/conferencia/invierno to begin, start

al empezar el siglo — at the turn of the century

ya han empezado los fríos — the cold weather has arrived o started

empezar a + inf — to start to + inf, start -ing

empezó a nevar — it started to snow o snowing

me empezó a entrar hambre — I began o started to feel hungry

2) persona to start

empezar de nuevo or volver a empezar — to start again

todo es (cuestión de) empezar — it'll be fine once we/you get started

ya empezamos otra vez! — here we go again!

no sé por dónde empezar — I don't know where to begin

vamos a empezar por ti — let's start with you

empezar a + inf — to start -ing, start to + inf

empezó a llorar — he began o started to cry

empezar + ger — to start by -ing

empezó diciendo que... — she started o began by saying that...

empezó trabajando de mecánico — he started out as a mechanic

empezar por + inf — to start o begin by -ing

empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico — let's begin o start by looking at the historical context

3)

para empezar — first of all, to start with
2.
empezar vt

1) <tarea/actividad> to start

2) <frasco/mermelada> to start, open

* * *

= begin, get + started, start, start off, kick off, set out, get + Nombre + underway, get + Posesivo + feet wet, set in, cut + Posesivo + spurs, commence.

Ex: This section has begun to demonstrate some of the problems associated with the author approach.

Ex: 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.

Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex: If you establish a principle of using the national language, where do you start off?.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The bucks start here: ALA kicks off library funding campaign'.

Ex: The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.

Ex: The author describes two surveys which the IFLA Section has been involved in to acquire the information necessary to get the project underway.

Ex: Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.

Ex: Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.

Ex: Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.

Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.

* acabar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.

* al empezar = first off.

* bomba de relojería + empezar la cuenta atrás = time bomb + tick away.

* empezar a = be on + Posesivo + way to.

* empezar a acabarse = run + low (on).

* empezar a actuar = swing into + action.

* empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.

* empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* empezar a calar en = grow on/upon + Pronombre.

* empezar a comprender = grow on/upon + Pronombre.

* empezar a dar carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.

* empezar a darse cuenta de = grow on/upon + Pronombre.

* empezar a debatir = embark on/upon + discussion.

* empezar a deteriorarse = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* empezar a diluviar = the skies + open up.

* empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* empezar a faltar = be in short supply, be at a premium.

* empezar a fumar = take up + smoking.

* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea.

* empezar a hablar de = make + noises about, make + a noise about.

* empezar a imprimir = go to + press.

* empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.

* empezar a irse al garete = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* empezar a jugar mejor = get back into + the game.

* empezar Algo = get + Nombre + started.

* empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.

* empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.

* empezar a pensar en = turn + Posesivo + mind to.

* empezar a reírse a carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.

* empezar a resquebrajarse = develop + cracks.

* empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up with tears, eyes + start to well up.

* empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.

* empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.

* empezar a tener sentido = become + meaningful.

* empezar a trabajar = take + job.

* empezar a tratar = scratch + the surface of, scrape + the surface.

* empezar a utilizarse = come into + use.

* empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.

* empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.

* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* empezar desde = work from, set out from.

* empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.

* empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.

* empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* empezar por el final = work back from.

* empezar por el principio = start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.

* empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* empezar rápido = be quick off the mark, be quick off the blocks.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.

* hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.

* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.

* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.

* terminar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.

* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.

* una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.

* volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.

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empezar [A6 ]

vi

A

1 «película/conferencia/invierno» to begin, start

el curso empieza el 16 the course begins o ( frml) commences on the 16th

¿con qué letra empieza? what is the first letter?, what letter does it begin with?

al empezar el siglo at the turn of the century

ya han empezado los fríos the cold weather has arrived o started

2 empezar A + INF to start to + INF, start -ING

ha empezado a nevar it has started snowing, it has started to snow

le empezó a entrar hambre she began o started to feel hungry

empezó a hervir it began boiling o to boil, it came to the boil, it started boiling o to boil

le han empezado a salir espinillas she's getting o starting to get pimples

empieza a ser imposible conseguirlo it is becoming impossible to get it

B «persona»

1 (en una actividad) to start

¿cuándo empieza la nueva secretaria? when is the new secretary starting?, when does the new secretary start?

empezó de aprendiz he started o began as an apprentice

tendremos que empezar de nuevo or volver a empezar we'll have to start again

todo es (cuestión de) empezar it'll be fine once we/you get started

¡ya empezamos otra vez! here we go again!

empezar POR algo/algn:

empecemos por el principio let's begin o start at the beginning

empezó por la pared del fondo he started o began with the back wall

no sabe por dónde empezar she doesn't know where to begin o start

vamos a empezar por ti let's start with you

2 empezar A + INF to start -ING, start to + INF

cuando empezó a hablar se le fueron los nervios once she started o began talking, her nervousness disappeared

tenía dos años cuando empezó a hablar she started talking when she was two

empezó a llorar he began o started to cry

3 empezar + GER to start BY -ING

empezó diciendo que sería breve she started o began by saying that she would be brief

empezó trabajando de mecánico he started by working as a mechanic, he started out as a mechanic

4 empezar POR + INF to start o begin BY -ING

empieza por sentarte begin o start by taking a seat, take a seat first

se empieza por marinar la carne first marinade the meat

empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico let's begin o start by looking at the historical context

C

para empezar: para empezar, me parece un disparate for a start o for one thing, I think it's a ridiculous idea

para empezar, ¿quién te dio permiso para leer mi correspondencia? who gave you permission to read my letters anyway?

para empezar, hay que limpiar la superficie first of all o to start with, you have to clean the surface

■ empezar

vt

A ‹tarea/actividad› to start

se debe empezar el día con un buen desayuno you should start o begin the day with a good breakfast

¿ya empezaste el tercer capítulo? have you started chapter three yet?

B ‹frasco/lata/mermelada› to start, open

no empieces otra botella don't start o open another bottle

¿podemos empezar este jamón? can we start on this ham?

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empezar ( conjugate empezar) verbo intransitivo
1 [película/conferencia/invierno] to begin, start;
◊ empezó a nevar it started to snow o snowing

2 [ persona] to start;
◊ volver a empezar to start again;

todo es cuestión de empezar it'll be fine once we/you get started;
no sé por dónde empezar I don't know where to begin;
vamos a empezar por ti let's start with you;
empezar a hacer algo to start doing sth, start to do sth;
empezó diciendo que … she started o began by saying that …;
empezó trabajando de mecánico he started out as a mechanic;
empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico let's begin o start by looking at the historical context
3
◊ para empezar first of all, to start with

verbo transitivo
a) ‹tarea/actividad› to start

b) ‹frasco/mermelada› to start, open

empezar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (dar principio a una actividad) to begin, start: aún no hemos empezado a comer, we still haven't started to eat
para empezar, first of all: para empezar, eso que dices no es cierto, to begin with what you're saying is just not true
no empieces con tus tonterías, don't start being stupid again
2 (un paquete, una caja) to open, start: la caja de galletas está sin empezar, the box of biscuits hasn't been opened yet
3 (tener principio) to start: la película empieza a las diez, the film starts at ten o'clock ➣ Ver nota en begin y start
♦ Locuciones: ya empezamos, here we go again
' empezar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adormecerse
- arrancar
- cada
- cobrar
- compilación
- echar
- echarse
- ponerse
- pronta
- pronto
- romper
- soltarse
- trabar
- vaya
- volver
- ya
- a
- aclarar
- cero
- empiece
- entrar
- incendiar
- largar
- poner
English:
begin
- branch out
- clean up
- cotton on
- daunt
- fail
- flying
- get
- grow
- impatient
- kick off
- nervous
- open
- pipe up
- place
- set off
- spring
- square
- start
- start off
- start up
- strike up
- take off
- take up
- thing
- turn
- afresh
- beginning
- ground
- into
- keen
- kick
- originate
- over
- rampage
- roll
- scratch
- strike
- suppose
- undone

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empezar

♦ vt

to begin, to start;

empezó la conferencia dando la bienvenida a los asistentes she began o started her speech by welcoming everyone there;

todavía no hemos empezado el colegio we still haven't started school;

empecé el libro, pero no lo conseguí acabar I started (reading) the book, but didn't manage to finish it;

hemos empezado la tarta we've started the cake;

empezaron otra botella de vino they started o opened another bottle of wine

♦ vi

to begin, to start (a/por to/by);
la clase empieza a las diez the class begins o starts at ten o'clock;

¿a qué hora empieza el partido? what time does the game start?;

el concierto empezó tarde the concert started late;

la película empieza con una escena muy violenta the film begins with a very violent scene;

tuvieron que empezar de nuevo they had to start again;

el aprender a nadar, todo es empezar with swimming, getting started is half the battle;

¡no empieces!, ¡ya hemos discutido este tema lo suficiente! don't you start, we've spent long enough on this subject already!;

¡ya empezamos con el vecino y su música! here we go again with our neighbour and his music!;

al empezar la reunión when the meeting started o began;

al empezar resulta un poco difícil it's quite hard at first o to begin with;

en noviembre empezó a hacer frío it started getting colder in November;

empezó pidiendo disculpas por su retraso she started o began by apologizing for being late;

empezar por: empieza por el salón, yo haré la cocina you start on the living-room, I'll do the kitchen;

empieza por aflojar los tornillos first, loosen the screws, start o begin by loosening the screws;

empieza por portarte bien, y ya hablaremos first you start behaving well, then we'll talk;

para empezar: para empezar, sopa I'd like soup for starters o to start with;

para empezar, habrá que comprar los billetes first of all o to start with, we'll have to buy the tickets;

no me gusta, para empezar, es demasiado pequeño I don't like it, it's too small to start with

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empezar

I v/t start, begin

II v/i

1 start, begin;

empezar a hacer algo start to do sth, start doing sth;

empezar por hacer algo start o begin by doing sth;

empezar por alguien start with s.o.;

para empezar to begin with;

ya empezamos fam here we go again

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empezar {29} v

comenzar: to start, to begin

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empezar vb to start / to begin [pt. began; pp. begun]

he empezado a estudiar inglés I've started learning English

empezó a contarme la historia she began to tell me the story

Spanish-English dictionary > empezar

20 nacimiento

m.

1 birth.

de nacimiento from birth

2 source.

3 origin, beginning (origen).

4 Nativity scene.

5 top part of river, head.

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nacimiento

► nombre masculino

1 birth

2 (de río) source

■ vamos a visitar el nacimiento del río Segura we're going to see the source of the river Segura

3 figurado origin, beginning

4 (pesebre) crib, Nativity scene

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de nacimiento from birth

■ es ciega de nacimiento she was born blind

■ es una mancha de nacimiento it's a birthmark

■ éste es tonto de nacimiento what a stupid idiot!

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noun m.

1) birth

2) source

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SM

1) [gen] birth; (Orn etc) hatching

de nacimiento: ciego de nacimiento — blind from birth, born blind

un tonto de nacimiento — a born fool

este defecto lo tiene de nacimiento — he has had this defect since birth, he was born with this defect

nacimiento sin violencia — painless childbirth

2) (=estirpe) birth, family

de nacimiento noble — of noble birth, of noble family

3) (=manantial) spring, source

4) [del pelo] roots pl

5) (=origen) [de nación] birth; [de amistad] beginning, start

el partido tuvo su nacimiento en... — the party had its origins in...

dar nacimiento a — to give rise to

6) (Arte, Rel) nativity (scene)

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masculino

1)

a) (de niño, animal) birth

es argentino de nacimiento — he's Argentinian by birth

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

b) ( de aves) hatching

2)

a) ( origen) birth

aquél fue el nacimiento de una amistad duradera — that was the start o beginning of a lasting friendship

b) (liter) (iniciación, despertar)

nacimiento a algo — awakening to something

c) ( cuna) birth

de nacimiento noble — of noble birth o origins

3)

a) ( de río) source

b) ( del pelo) hairline

4) ( belén) crib

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= birth, rise, spring, nativity, hatching.

Nota: Referido a animales.

Ex. Typically, the additions to the name will fall within the following categories: title of nobility, title of honour, address, date of birth, and date of death.

Ex. The rise of documentation in this country takes a rather different turn, due largely to the development of fine grain photographic emulsions and the miniature camera using a film with an acetate, non-explosive, base.

Ex. They bought a book which is an 1875 edition of the travel guide Faxon's illustrated hand-book of summer travel to the lakes, springs and mountains of New England.

Ex. Pilgrims journeyed to the cathedral to view the Veil of the Virgin, a strip of cloth believed to have been worn by the Virgin Mary at the Nativity of Christ.

Ex. In the first two days after hatching, chicks coming from eggs incubated in the light prevalently slept with their right eye open.

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* acta de nacimiento = birth certificate.

* certificado de nacimiento = birth certificate.

* con el nacimiento de = at the dawn of.

* contribuir al nacimiento de = lead to + the birth of.

* defecto de nacimiento = birth defect.

* de nacimiento = from birth, innately, inborn, native-born.

* derecho de nacimiento = birthright.

* fecha de nacimiento = birth date, date of birth.

* lugar de nacimiento = birthplace, place of birth.

* madre de nacimiento = birth mother.

* madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.

* nacimiento del pelo = hairline.

* nacimiento de polluelos = chick hatching.

* nacimiento precoz = prematurity.

* nombre de nacimiento = née.

* padre de nacimiento = birth father.

* peso de nacimiento = birthweight.

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masculino

1)

a) (de niño, animal) birth

es argentino de nacimiento — he's Argentinian by birth

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

b) ( de aves) hatching

2)

a) ( origen) birth

aquél fue el nacimiento de una amistad duradera — that was the start o beginning of a lasting friendship

b) (liter) (iniciación, despertar)

nacimiento a algo — awakening to something

c) ( cuna) birth

de nacimiento noble — of noble birth o origins

3)

a) ( de río) source

b) ( del pelo) hairline

4) ( belén) crib

* * *

= birth, rise, spring, nativity, hatching.

Nota: Referido a animales.

Ex: Typically, the additions to the name will fall within the following categories: title of nobility, title of honour, address, date of birth, and date of death.

Ex: The rise of documentation in this country takes a rather different turn, due largely to the development of fine grain photographic emulsions and the miniature camera using a film with an acetate, non-explosive, base.

Ex: They bought a book which is an 1875 edition of the travel guide Faxon's illustrated hand-book of summer travel to the lakes, springs and mountains of New England.

Ex: Pilgrims journeyed to the cathedral to view the Veil of the Virgin, a strip of cloth believed to have been worn by the Virgin Mary at the Nativity of Christ.

Ex: In the first two days after hatching, chicks coming from eggs incubated in the light prevalently slept with their right eye open.

* acta de nacimiento = birth certificate.

* certificado de nacimiento = birth certificate.

* con el nacimiento de = at the dawn of.

* contribuir al nacimiento de = lead to + the birth of.

* defecto de nacimiento = birth defect.

* de nacimiento = from birth, innately, inborn, native-born.

* derecho de nacimiento = birthright.

* fecha de nacimiento = birth date, date of birth.

* lugar de nacimiento = birthplace, place of birth.

* madre de nacimiento = birth mother.

* madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.

* nacimiento del pelo = hairline.

* nacimiento de polluelos = chick hatching.

* nacimiento precoz = prematurity.

* nombre de nacimiento = née.

* padre de nacimiento = birth father.

* peso de nacimiento = birthweight.

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nacimiento

masculine

A

1 (de un niño) birth; (de mamíferos) birth

los niños presenciaron el nacimiento de los gatitos the children watched the kittens being born

es argentino de nacimiento he's Argentinian by birth

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf, she's been deaf since birth

2 (de aves) hatching

B

1 (origen, principio) birth

aquél fue el nacimiento de una duradera amistad that was the start o beginning of a lasting friendship

2 ( liter) (iniciación, despertar) nacimiento A algo:

su nacimiento al amor his first experience of love, his awakening to love

su nacimiento a la vida de adulto her initiation into adult life

mi nacimiento a las artes my introduction to the arts

3 (cuna) birth

de nacimiento noble/humilde of noble/humble birth o origins

C

1 (de un río) source

2 (del pelo) hairline

D (belén) crib

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nacimiento sustantivo masculino
1 (de niño, animal) birth;
◊ es argentino de nacimiento he's Argentinian by birth;

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf
2 (de idea, movimiento) birth;
◊ el nacimiento de una amistad duradera the start o beginning of a lasting friendship

3 ( belén) crib
nacimiento sustantivo masculino
1 birth: es mudo de nacimiento, he's been mute since birth
fecha de nacimiento, date of birth
2 (inicio, origen) origin, beginning
3 (de un río, manantial) source
4 (belén) Nativity scene, crib
' nacimiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antojo
- capricho
- ciega
- ciego
- espectáculo
- partida
- registrar
- acta
- cuna
- inscripción
- lugar
- mudo
- natividad
- ser
- sordo
English:
birth
- birth certificate
- birthmark
- birthplace
- date
- ford
- hairline
- homeland
- mean
- place
- register
- rise
- rising
- source
- crib
- hair
- shower

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nacimiento nm

1. [de niño, animal] birth;

de nacimiento from birth;

ser ciego de nacimiento to be born blind;

por nacimiento by birth

2. [de ave, reptil] hatching

3. [de planta] sprouting

4. [de pelo] hairline

5. [de río] source

6. [origen] [de amistad] start, beginning;
[de costumbre] origin
7. [belén] Nativity scene

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nacimiento

m

1 birth;

de nacimiento defecto físico etc congenital, that he/she etc is born with;

es ciego de nacimiento he was born blind

2 de Navidad crèche, nativity scene

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nacimiento nm

1) : birth

2) : source (of a river)

3) : beginning, origin

4) belén: Nativity scene, crêche

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nacimiento n birth

fecha de nacimiento date of birth

de nacimiento from birth

es sordo de nacimiento he has been deaf from birth

Spanish-English dictionary > nacimiento

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