(expressing a wish or desire)

to make a wish — esprimere un desiderio

to grant sb.'s wish — esaudire il desiderio di qcn.

I wish he were here — vorrei che fosse qui

I just wish we lived closer — vorrei solo che vivessimo più vicini

he wished he had written — avrebbe voluto avere scritto

he wishes his mother would write — vorrebbe che sua madre scrivesse

he bought it and then wished he hadn't — lo comprò e poi se ne pentì

I wished him dead — lo volevo morto

just as you wish — come vuoi

what more could one wish for? — cos'altro si potrebbe desiderare?

to make a wish — esprimere un desiderio

to grant sb.'s wish — esaudire il desiderio di qcn.

I wish he were here — vorrei che fosse qui

I just wish we lived closer — vorrei solo che vivessimo più vicini

he wished he had written — avrebbe voluto avere scritto

he wishes his mother would write — vorrebbe che sua madre scrivesse

he bought it and then wished he hadn't — lo comprò e poi se ne pentì

I wished him dead — lo volevo morto

just as you wish — come vuoi

what more could one wish for? — cos'altro si potrebbe desiderare?

wish somebody good morning/a happy birthday — jemandem guten Morgen sagen/zum Geburtstag gratulieren

wish somebody ill/well — jemandem [etwas] Schlechtes/alles Gute wünschen

I have no [great/particular] wish to go — ich habe keine [große/besondere] Lust zu gehen

your wish is my command — dein Wunsch ist or sei mir Befehl

I have no great wish to see him — ich habe kein Bedürfnis or keine große Lust, ihn zu sehen

you can make three wishes — du hast drei Wünsche

well, you got your wish —

you shall have your wish — dein Wunsch soll (dir) erfüllt werden or soll in Erfüllung gehen

please give him my good wishes — bitte grüßen Sie ihn (vielmals) von mir, bitte richten Sie ihm meine besten Wünsche aus

he sends his best wishes — er lässt (vielmals) grüßen

a message of good wishes — eine Gruß- or Glückwunschbotschaft

best wishes for a speedy recovery — alles Gute für eine baldige Genesung

he wishes to be alone/to see you immediately — er möchte allein sein/dich sofort sehen

I wish you to be present — ich wünsche, dass Sie anwesend sind

what do you wish me to do? — was soll ich (bitte) tun?

I wish the play would begin — ich wünschte or wollte, das Stück finge an

I wish you'd be quiet — ich wünschte or wollte, du wärest ruhig

wish you were here — ich wünschte or wollte, du wärest hier

to wish sb well/ill — jdm Glück or alles Gute/Schlechtes or Böses wünschen

I don't wish her any harm — ich wünsche ihr nichts Böses

to wish sb good luck/happiness — jdm viel Glück or alles Gute/Glück (und Zufriedenheit) wünschen

to wish sb a pleasant journey/good morning/merry Christmas — jdm eine gute Reise/guten Morgen/frohe Weihnachten wünschen

to wish sb goodbye — jdm Auf or auf Wiedersehen sagen

to wish a wish — sich (dat) etwas wünschen

he wished himself anywhere but there —

if I could wish myself into the castle — wenn ich mich nur in das Schloss wünschen könnte

wishing won't solve the problem — der Wunsch allein wird das Problem nicht lösen

I do wish he would come — wenn er nur kommen würde

I wish you would shut up — es wäre mir lieb, wenn du den Mund hieltest

wish somebody good morning/a happy birthday — jemandem guten Morgen sagen/zum Geburtstag gratulieren

wish somebody ill/well — jemandem [etwas] Schlechtes/alles Gute wünschen

come on, wish! — nun, wünsch dir was!

what more could one wish for? — was will man mehr?

I have no [great/particular] wish to go — ich habe keine [große/besondere] Lust zu gehen

at last he has [got] his wish — endlich ist sein Wunsch in Erfüllung gegangen

he'll come on Friday — vendrá el viernes, va a venir el viernes

he won't ever change his ways — no cambiará nunca, no va a cambiar nunca

will you be staying at Jack's? — ¿te vas a quedar en casa de Jack?

you won't leave without me, will you? — no te irás sin mí ¿no?

I won't let you down — no te fallaré, no te voy a fallar

she won't tell us what happened — no nos quiere decir qué pasó

I won't stand for this — no pienso tolerar esto

be quiet, will you! — cállate, ¿quieres?, quieres callarte!

will you have a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

you'll stay for dinner, won't you? — te quedas a cenar ¿no?

won't they be having lunch now? — ¿no estarán comiendo ahora?

you will have gathered that... — te habrás dado cuenta de que...

that would have been in 1947 — eso debe (de) haber sido en 1947

I'll watch anything on television — yo soy capaz de mirar cualquier cosa en la televisión

you won't be told, will you? — qué cosa! ¿por qué no haces caso?

it will do 40 miles per gallon — hace 40 millas por galón

this machine has a will of its own — esta máquina está endiablada

to break somebody's will — doblegar* a alguien

they set about their tasks with a will — se pusieron a trabajar con empeño

where there's a will, there's a way — querer es poder

it was God's will — Dios así lo quiso, fue la voluntad divina

last will and testament — última voluntad y testamento

I will or I'll finish it tomorrow — lo terminaré mañana

you will come to see us, won't you? — vendrás a vernos, ¿no?

it won't take long — no llevará mucho tiempo

we'll probably go out later — seguramente saldremos luego

I'll always love you — te querré siempre

what will you do? — ¿qué vas a hacer?

we'll be having lunch late — vamos a comer tarde

we'll talk about it later — hablamos luego

no he won't! — ¡no lo hará!

she'll be about 50 — tendrá como 50 años

that will be the postman — será el cartero

will you sit down! — ¡siéntate!

will you be quiet! — ¿te quieres callar?

he will have none of it — no quiere ni siquiera pensarlo

"I won't go" - "oh yes you will" — -no voy -¿cómo que no?

come on, I'll help you — venga, te ayudo

will you help me? — ¿me ayudas?

wait a moment, will you? — espera un momento, ¿quieres?

will you have some tea? — ¿quieres tomar un té?

won't you come with us? — ¿no quieres venir con nosotros?

Tom won't help me — Tom no me quiere ayudar

she will smoke, despite what the doctor says — a pesar de lo que dice el médico, se empeña en fumar

accidents will happen — son cosas que pasan

boys will be boys — así son los chicos

he will keep leaving the door open — siempre tiene que dejar la puerta abierta

if you will eat so much, you can hardly expect to be slim — si insistes en comer tanto, no pensarás adelgazar

the car won't start — el coche no arranca

the car will cruise at 100mph — el coche podrá alcanzar las 100 millas por hora

a man who will do that will do anything — un hombre que es capaz de eso es capaz de todo

(just) as you will! — ¡como quieras!

if God wills — si lo quiere Dios

say what you will — di lo que quieras

do as you will — haz lo que quieras, haz lo que te parezca bien

look where you will, you won't find one — mires donde mires, no vas a encontrar uno

Thy will be done — hágase tu voluntad

he willed himself to stay awake — consiguió quedarse despierto a fuerza de voluntad

I was willing you to win — estaba deseando que ganaras

God has so willed it — Dios lo ha ordenado así

to will sth to sb — legar algo a algn, dejar algo (en herencia) a algn

he willed his pictures to the nation — legó sus cuadros a la nación

he'll come on Friday — vendrá el viernes, va a venir el viernes

he won't ever change his ways — no cambiará nunca, no va a cambiar nunca

will you be staying at Jack's? — ¿te vas a quedar en casa de Jack?

you won't leave without me, will you? — no te irás sin mí ¿no?

I won't let you down — no te fallaré, no te voy a fallar

she won't tell us what happened — no nos quiere decir qué pasó

I won't stand for this — no pienso tolerar esto

be quiet, will you! — cállate, ¿quieres?, quieres callarte!

will you have a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

you'll stay for dinner, won't you? — te quedas a cenar ¿no?

won't they be having lunch now? — ¿no estarán comiendo ahora?

you will have gathered that... — te habrás dado cuenta de que...

that would have been in 1947 — eso debe (de) haber sido en 1947

I'll watch anything on television — yo soy capaz de mirar cualquier cosa en la televisión

you won't be told, will you? — qué cosa! ¿por qué no haces caso?

it will do 40 miles per gallon — hace 40 millas por galón

this machine has a will of its own — esta máquina está endiablada

to break somebody's will — doblegar* a alguien

they set about their tasks with a will — se pusieron a trabajar con empeño

where there's a will, there's a way — querer es poder

it was God's will — Dios así lo quiso, fue la voluntad divina

last will and testament — última voluntad y testamento

he'll come on Friday — vendrá el viernes, va a venir el viernes

he won't ever change his ways — no cambiará nunca, no va a cambiar nunca

will you be staying at Jack's? — ¿te vas a quedar en casa de Jack?

you won't leave without me, will you? — no te irás sin mí ¿no?

I won't let you down — no te fallaré, no te voy a fallar

she won't tell us what happened — no nos quiere decir qué pasó

I won't stand for this — no pienso tolerar esto

be quiet, will you! — cállate, ¿quieres?, quieres callarte!

will you have a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

you'll stay for dinner, won't you? — te quedas a cenar ¿no?

won't they be having lunch now? — ¿no estarán comiendo ahora?

you will have gathered that... — te habrás dado cuenta de que...

that would have been in 1947 — eso debe (de) haber sido en 1947

I'll watch anything on television — yo soy capaz de mirar cualquier cosa en la televisión

you won't be told, will you? — qué cosa! ¿por qué no haces caso?

it will do 40 miles per gallon — hace 40 millas por galón

this machine has a will of its own — esta máquina está endiablada

to break somebody's will — doblegar* a alguien

they set about their tasks with a will — se pusieron a trabajar con empeño

where there's a will, there's a way — querer es poder

it was God's will — Dios así lo quiso, fue la voluntad divina

last will and testament — última voluntad y testamento

he'll come on Friday — vendrá el viernes, va a venir el viernes

he won't ever change his ways — no cambiará nunca, no va a cambiar nunca

will you be staying at Jack's? — ¿te vas a quedar en casa de Jack?

you won't leave without me, will you? — no te irás sin mí ¿no?

I won't let you down — no te fallaré, no te voy a fallar

she won't tell us what happened — no nos quiere decir qué pasó

I won't stand for this — no pienso tolerar esto

be quiet, will you! — cállate, ¿quieres?, quieres callarte!

will you have a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

you'll stay for dinner, won't you? — te quedas a cenar ¿no?

won't they be having lunch now? — ¿no estarán comiendo ahora?

you will have gathered that... — te habrás dado cuenta de que...

that would have been in 1947 — eso debe (de) haber sido en 1947

I'll watch anything on television — yo soy capaz de mirar cualquier cosa en la televisión

you won't be told, will you? — qué cosa! ¿por qué no haces caso?

it will do 40 miles per gallon — hace 40 millas por galón

this machine has a will of its own — esta máquina está endiablada

to break somebody's will — doblegar* a alguien

they set about their tasks with a will — se pusieron a trabajar con empeño

where there's a will, there's a way — querer es poder

it was God's will — Dios así lo quiso, fue la voluntad divina

last will and testament — última voluntad y testamento

she said she wouldn't come — disse che non sarebbe venuta

we thought we would be late — credevamo di arrivare in ritardo

he thought she would have forgotten — pensava che avrebbe dimenticato

I wish he would shut the door! — potrebbe chiudere la porta!

I wish you'd be quiet! — potresti stare zitto! vorrei che stessi zitto!

it would be wonderful if they came — sarebbe meraviglioso se venissero

if we'd left later we would have missed the train — se fossimo partiti più tardi avremmo perso il treno

we wouldn't be happy anywhere else — non saremmo felici in nessun altro posto

who would ever have believed it? — chi mai l'avrebbe creduto?

you wouldn't have thought it possible! — non lo si sarebbe creduto possibile!

so it would seem — così sembrerebbe

I wouldn't know — non saprei

wouldn't it be better to write? — non sarebbe meglio scrivere?

do you know anyone who would do it? — conosci qualcuno che lo farebbe?

he just wouldn't listen — non voleva proprio ascoltare

after that I wouldn't eat any canned food — dopo quell'episodio, non ho più voluto saperne di mangiare cibo in scatola

the police wouldn't give any further details — la polizia non voleva fornire ulteriori particolari

they asked me to leave but I wouldn't — mi chiesero di andarmene ma io non ho voluto

the door wouldn't close — la porta non voleva chiudersi

we would like to stay — vorremmo restare

we'd really love to see you — vorremo davvero vederti, abbiamo davvero voglia di vederti

I would much rather travel alone — preferisco di gran lunga viaggiare da solo

I wouldn't mind another slice of cake — non mi dispiacerebbe prendere un'altra fetta di torta

would you like something to eat, some more tea? — vuoi qualcosa da mangiare, ancora del tè?

would you help me set the table? — mi aiuteresti ad apparecchiare la tavola?

switch off the radio, would you? — spegneresti la radio?

would you like to go to a concert? — ti piacerebbe andare a un concerto?

would you give her the message? — potrebbe darle il messaggio?

would you mind not smoking please? — potrebbe non fumare per cortesia?

what time would that be? — a che ora più o meno?

it would have been about five years ago — doveva essere circa cinque anni fa

she would sit for hours at the window — sedeva per ore alla finestra

she said she wouldn't come — disse che non sarebbe venuta

we thought we would be late — credevamo di arrivare in ritardo

he thought she would have forgotten — pensava che avrebbe dimenticato

I wish he would shut the door! — potrebbe chiudere la porta!

I wish you'd be quiet! — potresti stare zitto! vorrei che stessi zitto!

it would be wonderful if they came — sarebbe meraviglioso se venissero

if we'd left later we would have missed the train — se fossimo partiti più tardi avremmo perso il treno

we wouldn't be happy anywhere else — non saremmo felici in nessun altro posto

who would ever have believed it? — chi mai l'avrebbe creduto?

you wouldn't have thought it possible! — non lo si sarebbe creduto possibile!

so it would seem — così sembrerebbe

I wouldn't know — non saprei

wouldn't it be better to write? — non sarebbe meglio scrivere?

do you know anyone who would do it? — conosci qualcuno che lo farebbe?

he just wouldn't listen — non voleva proprio ascoltare

after that I wouldn't eat any canned food — dopo quell'episodio, non ho più voluto saperne di mangiare cibo in scatola

the police wouldn't give any further details — la polizia non voleva fornire ulteriori particolari

they asked me to leave but I wouldn't — mi chiesero di andarmene ma io non ho voluto

the door wouldn't close — la porta non voleva chiudersi

we would like to stay — vorremmo restare

we'd really love to see you — vorremo davvero vederti, abbiamo davvero voglia di vederti

I would much rather travel alone — preferisco di gran lunga viaggiare da solo

I wouldn't mind another slice of cake — non mi dispiacerebbe prendere un'altra fetta di torta

would you like something to eat, some more tea? — vuoi qualcosa da mangiare, ancora del tè?

would you help me set the table? — mi aiuteresti ad apparecchiare la tavola?

switch off the radio, would you? — spegneresti la radio?

would you like to go to a concert? — ti piacerebbe andare a un concerto?

would you give her the message? — potrebbe darle il messaggio?

would you mind not smoking please? — potrebbe non fumare per cortesia?

what time would that be? — a che ora più o meno?

it would have been about five years ago — doveva essere circa cinque anni fa

she would sit for hours at the window — sedeva per ore alla finestra

will/would you come in? — kommen Sie doch herein

now just listen, will you! — jetzt hör/hört gefälligst zu!

will you be quiet! — willst du/wollt ihr wohl ruhig sein!

children 'will make a noise — Kinder machen [eben] Lärm

..., as young people 'will —..., wie alle jungen Leute [es tun]

it 'would have to rain — natürlich musste es regnen

call it what [ever] you will — nenn es, wie du willst

would to God that... — wollte Gott, dass...

tomorrow he will have been here a month — morgen ist er einen Monat hier

one more cherry, and I will have eaten a pound — noch eine Kirsche und ich habe ein Pfund gegessen

I promise I won't do it again — ich verspreche, ich machs nicht noch mal

if he tried, he would succeed — wenn er es versuchen würde, würde er es schaffen

he would like/would have liked to see her — er würde sie gerne sehen/er hätte sie gerne gesehen

will you please tidy up — würdest du bitte aufräumen?

have a will of one's own — [s]einen eigenen Willen haben

an iron will, a will of iron — ein eiserner Wille

at will — nach Belieben

you must have the will to win — du musst gewinnen wollen

against one's/somebody's will — gegen seinen/jemandes Willen

will oneself to do something — sich zwingen, etwas zu tun

will somebody to win — jemandes Sieg mit aller Kraft herbeiwünschen