(ez garesti)

[from Rom. "carestia"] io. expensive, high priced, (GB) dear adb.

1. dearly, expensively; merke erosi eta \garesti saldu to buy cheap and sell for a good price

2. (irud.) dearly; txit \garesti irten zitzaion hutsegite hura that mistake cost him dearly

expensive

[from Lat. "merce" (cf. merx, mercem)] iz. Sukal. creampuff io.

a. cheap; denda \merkea da the store's cheap; ostatu \merke batean in a cheap hostel; \merke baino \merkeago dirt cheap

b. (z.o.) (ez garesti) inexpensive, economical

c. (z.tx.) cheap, chintzy; etxe hori eta bere apaingarri \merkeak ez ditut gogoko I don't like that house and its cheap decorations

2. (irud.) hitz \merkeak besterik ez dira they're nothing but cheap words; malko \merke egiten du horrek (s)he can shed a tear at the drop of a hat adb.

1. cheap, cheaply; etxea \merke saldu zuten they sold that house cheap; diru asko egiteko, \merke erosi eta garesti saldu behar da in order to make a lot of money you have to buy things cheap and sell them for a high price

2. (z.o.) inexpensively

io. (B) ( garesti) expensive, dear

[from *sali + tu] du/ad.

1. to sell; \saldu al duzu Volkswagen hura? — \saldu ez, saltzear have you sold that Volkswagen yet? — not yet but about to; liburu hori \saldu zidaten they sold me that book | they sold that book to me; diru truke \saldu to sell for cash; berriz \saldu to resell, sell back; epeka \saldu to sell... {on credit || on the installment plan}; etxez etxe \saldu to sell door to door; {garesti || gora || oso ondo} \saldu to sell at a high price; gutxika \saldu to retail; {handizka || handi-handika} \saldu to sell wholesale | to wholesale; merke \saldu to sell cheap; xekeka \saldu to retail; \saldu gabeko salgaiak unsold goods

2. ( saldukeriaz)

a. to betray; zure aberria \saldu duzu! you've betrayed your country!

b. ( ideia) to betray, sell out on

3. (irud.)

a. to make (sb) swallow; gezurtiak zenbat gezur, zenbat hitz eder \saldu behar du, bere gezurra estaltzeko? how many lies, how many fine words must a liar make one swallow to cover up his lies?

b. erosi duan bezala saltzen dizut I'm telling you just as I heard it da/ad.

1. to make o.s. out (- tzat: as) ; zuek zarete jende aurrean justutzat saltzen zaretenak you are the ones who publically make themselves out to be just; abadetzat \saldu zen he passed himself off as a priest | he impersonated a priest

2. to work as; sehi \salduko naiz I'll work as a servant