Перевод: со всех языков на английский

с английского на все языки

(for+the+better+or+for+the+worse)

Толкование Перевод

41 FÁ

get

* * *

I)

(fæ; fekk, fengum; fenginn), v.

1) to grasp with the hands, get hold of;

hón hefir fengit einn stein, she has taken a stone;

2) to take, capture (fengu þeir Gunnar);

3) to get, gain, win;

sá fær er frjár, he that woos wins;

fá fljóðs ást to win a woman’s love;

hann bað konunnar ok fekk heitit hennar, he asked the woman in marriage and got the promise of her hand;

fá sitt eyrindi, to accomplish one’s errand;

fá haærra hlut, to get the better of it;

fá góðar viðtökur, to get a good reception;

fá skilning á e-u, to get knowledge of;

4) to suffer endure;

fá úsigr, to be defeated;

fá skaða, to suffer harm;

fá úvit, to fall senseless, to faint;

fá líflát, to fall lifeless;

fá bana, to come by one’s death;

5) to get, procure;

hann fekk sér gott kvánfang, he got a good wife;

6) to give, deliver to one, put into one’s hands;

fá mér (give me) leppa tvá ór hári þinu;

fáit nú konungi festu (give the king bail) þá er honum líki;

fá e-m sök, to charge one;

var sá sveinn fenginn í hendr okkr, delivered into our hands;

fá e-m e-t at geyma, to give a thing into one’s charge (= fá e-m e-t til geymslu);

7) with pp. following, to be able to;

fá e-n veiddan, to be able to catch one;

hon fœr með engu móti vakit þá, she could by no means awaken them;

þeir munu mik aldri fá sótt, they will never be able to overcome me;

fengu þeir honum ekki nát, they could not catch him: skaltu hvergi fá undan hokat, thou shall have no chance of sneaking away;

hann fekk þó eigi víss orðit, he could not make out for certain;

8) with gen., to get, take, gain, win;

þeir fengu fjár mikils, they took a rich booty;

vel er þess fengit, it is well earned, well done;

hann var eigi skáld, ok hann hafði ei þeirrar listar fengit, he had not received that gift: fá verðar, to take a meal;

hann tekk sér sveitar (he raised a band) ok gørðist illvirki;

fá konu, to get a wife, marry (hon var átján vetra, er þorsteinn fekk hennar);

9) to conceive, of sheep and cattle (fá burðar, lambs);

10) to touch, affect;

þat fekk mikils hinum hertekna manni, it touched the captive deeply, þá fær þorbirni svá. mjök (Th. was so much moved), at hann grætr;

11) impers., one can get or find;

vápn svá góð, at eigi fær önnur slík, that the like are not to be got;

at varla fái vitrara mann, that a wiser man is hardly to be found;

also, one may or can (do something);

þat skip fær vel varit eldi, that ship can well be guarded against fire;

12) with preps.:

fá af sér (with infin.) to bring oneself to;

þeir fengu af verra, they got the worse of it;

fá at veizlu, brúkaupi, blóti, to get provisions for a feast (hann fekk at blóti miklu);

sá dagr er at jólum skal fá, the day when preparations are to be made for Yule (cf. atfangadagr);

fá á e-u, to get hold of, grasp with the hand;

faðir Móða fekk á þremi, the father of M. caught hold of the brim;

fá e-n, to touch, affect one, move (opt fá á horskan lostfagrir, litir);

láta e-t á sik fá, to be (deeply) affected by, take it to heart;

drykkr fær á e-n, the drink intoxicates one (er drykkr fekk á Hákon jarl);

fá í e-t, to take hold of, grasp with the hand (= fá á e-u);

forðuðu fingrum, fengu í snœri, they took hold of the strings;

fá e-t or e-s til, to get, procure (var kirkja gör ok kennimanna til fengit);

fá e-n til at gøra e-t, to get one to do a thing;

þeir fengu menn til at ryðja skip sitt, they got men to clear their ship fá til e-s, to lay hold of;

þar var fjöld fjár, fengu til margir, there was wealth of money, and many took a share of it;

13) refl., fást í e-u, to be busy, exert oneself, engage in a matter (dróttningin mátti þar ekki í fást);

Helgi leitaði þá, ef Sigurðr vildi í fást við Þorvald, if S. would try with Th.;

segir hann ljúga ok fást í rógi, and deal in slander;

fást við e-t = f. í e-u;

f. við e-n, to have to do with, to contend with one (H. segist þá vilja … fást eigi við fjánda þenna);

to wrestle (grapple) with one (skaltu fást við blámann várn).

II)

(fá, fáða, fáðr), v. to draw, paint;

fá rúnar, to draw runes or magic characters;

vér höfum fáða unga brúði á vegg, we have painted the young bride on the wall;

gulli fáðr, gilded.

* * *

1.

pret. sing. fékk, sometimes spelt feck or fieck, pl. fengu; pres. fæ, 2nd pers. fær, mod. færð, pl. fám, mod. fáum; pret. subj. fengja, mod. fengi; pres. fá, mod. fái; imperat. fá; sup. fengit; part. fenginn: the forms fingit, finginn, and pret. fingu (cp. Germ. fingen) are obsolete, but occur in some MSS. (e. g. Arna-Magn. 132 and 122 A): the poets rhyme— Erlingr var þar finginn; with the neg. suff., fær-at, fékk-at, Lex. Poët.: [Goth. fahan and gafahan = πιάζειν, καταλαμβάνειν; A. S. fón; Hel. fâhan; Germ. fahen, whence fahig = capax; in the Germ., however, the nasal form fangen prevailed, but in the Scandin., Swed., and Dan. få or faae; the Dan. fange is mod. and borrowed from Germ.; Icel. fanga is rare and unclass. and only used in the sense to capture, whereas fá is a standing word; the ng reappears in pl. pret. and part. pass. fengu, fengit, vide above; cp. Old Engl. fet, mod. fetch]:—to fetch, get, etc.

1. to fetch, catch, seize; fengu þeir Gunnar, they fetched, caught G., Akv. 18; Hildibrandr gat fengit kirkju-stoðina, Sturl. i. 169; hón hefir fengit einn stein, she has fetched a stone, Ísl. ii. 394; fá á e-u, to get hold of, grasp with the hand, faðir Móða fékk á þremi, Hým. 34.

β. also, fá í e-t, to grasp; fengu í snæri, they grasped the bow-strings, bent the bow, Am. 42; hann fékk í öxl konungi, he seized the king’s shoulder, Fms. viii. 75.

γ. to take, capture, but rare except in part.; hafði greifi Heinrekr fengit Valdimar, Fms. ix. 324; verða fanginn, to be taken, Germ. gefangen werden, i. 258, Stj. 396.

2. to get, gain, win, with acc. of the thing; sá fær er frjár, he who wooes will win (a proverb), Hm. 91; hann skal fá af Svart-álfum, he shall get, obtain from S., Edda 69; fá brauð, mat, drykk, Fms. x. 18; þat fékk hann eigi af föður sínum, xi. 14; bað konunnar ok fékk heitið hennar, he wooed the woman and got her hand, Edda 23; fá sitt eyrindi, to get one’s errand done, Fms. i. 75; fa fljóðs ást, to win a woman’s love, Hm. 91; fá hærra hlut, to get the better, 40; ek ætla at fá at vera yðvarr farþegi, Ld. 112; hence fá, or fá leyfi, to get leave to do a thing: eg fæ það, fékk það ekki, fá að fara, etc.: Icel. also say, eg fæ það ekki af mér, I cannot bring myself to do it.

β. to suffer, endure; fá úsigr, to get the worst of it, Fms. iv. 218; sumir fengu þetta ( were befallen) hvern sjaunda vetr, Sks. 113; fá skaða, to suffer a loss, Hkr. ii. 177; fá úvit, to fall senseless, Nj. 195; fá líflát, to fall lifeless, Grág. i. 190; fá bana, to come by one’s death, Nj. 110.

γ. fá góðar viðtökur, to get a good reception, Eg. 460, 478, Fms. iv. 219; sá mun sæll er þann átrúnað fær, blessed is he that gets hold of that faith, Nj. 156; hann hafði fingit úgrynni fjár, Fms. xi. 40; fá skilning á e-u, to get the knowledge of a thing, i. 97.

3. to get, procure; þá fékk konungr sveitar-höfðingja þá er honum sýndisk, Eg. 272; ek skal fá mann til at biðja hennar, Fs. 88; þeir fengu menn til at ryðja skip, they got men to clear the ship, Nj. 163; mun ek fá til annann mann at göra þetta, I will get another man to do it, 53; fá sér bjargkvið, Grág. i. 252; hann fékk sér gott kván-fang, Fms. i. 11; fám oss ölteiti nökkura, let us get some sport, vii. 119; fá sér (e-m) fari, to take a passage, vide far; fengu þeir ekki af mönnum, they could fetch no men, ix. 473; þeir hugðusk hafa fengit ( reached) megin-land, vii. 113.

4. fá at veizlu, blóti, to get provisions for a feast, etc.; hann fékk at blóti miklu, Landn. 28; lét Þorri fá at blóti, Orkn. 3; Þórólfr Mostrar-skegg fékk at blóti miklu, Eb. 8; er fengit at mikilli veizlu, Fas. i. 242; var síðan at samkundu fingit, a meeting was brought about, 623. 52; sá dagr er at Jólum skal fá, the day when preparations are to be made for Yule, K. Þ. K. 110, hence atfanga-dagr, the day before a feast, q. v.; þá var fengit at seið, Hkr. Yngl. S. ch. 17.

II. to give, deliver to one, put into one’s hands; hér er eitt sverð, er ek vil fá þér, Ísl. ii. 44; fá mér (fetch me, give me) leppa tvá ór hári þínu, Nj. 116; þá er keisarinn hafði fingit honum til föru-neytis, Fms. xi. 40; konungr fær honum veizlur, Eg. 27; horn þat er Bárðr hafði fingit Ölvi, 207; fáit nú konungi festu ( give the king bail) þá er honum líki, Fms. iv. 268; fá e-m sök, to charge one, Sks. 708; var sá sveinn fenginn í hendr okkr, delivered into our hands, Fms. i. 113; fékk hann búit í hendr Valgerði, iii. 24, Nj. 4; honum fékk hverr maðr penning til, Íb. 5; hon fékk biskupinum tuttugu mánaða mataból, B. K. 125; fá e-m e-t at geyma, to give a thing into one’s charge, Stj. 177; fá þá sonum þínum í hendr til geymslu, id.

III. metaph. with a following pass. part. or sup. to be able to do; hón fær með engu móti vakit þá, she could by no means awaken them, Fms. i. 9; þú fékkt ekki leikit þat er mjúkleikr var í, vii. 119; þeir munu mik aldri fá sótt, they will never be able to overcome me, Nj. 116; ok fáit þér hann eigi veiddan, if you cannot catch him, 102; hann fékk engi knút leyst, Edda 29; fengu þeir honum ekki náð, they could not catch him, Fagrsk. 167; at Vagn mun fá yfir-kominn Sigvalda, that V. will overcome S., Fms. xi. 96: skulu vér þá freista at vér fáim drepit þá, i. 9; skaltú hvergi fá undan hokat, thou shalt have no chance of sneaking away, xi. 61; fá gaum gefinn at e-u, to take heed to a thing. Fas. ii. 517; menn fingu hvergi rétt hann né hafit, Eg. 396; at þeir mundu komit fá til lands hvalnum, Grág. ii. 381; en fékk þó eigi víss orðit …, but he could not make out for certain …, Fms. x. 170.

β. to grow, get, become; Hjörleif rak vestr fyrir land, ok fékk hann vatnfátt, he became short of water, Landn. 34: of travellers, to fall in with, etc., þar fengu þeir keldur blautar mjök, they got into bogs, Eb. 266; þeir fengu hvergi blautt um Valbjarnar-völlu, Sturl. ii. 50; fengu þeir veðr stór, they met with foul weather, Eg. 160.

IV. with gen.,

1. to take, gain, earn, win; renna þeir á land upp, ok fá mikils fjár, Fms. v. 164; þeir fengu fjár mikils, they took a rich booty, Nj. 137; gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, ok dó allt kvikfé þeirra um vetrinu, Landn. 30; vel er þess fengit, it is well earned, well done, 7; nú mun ek fara þessa ferð ef þú vill; hann segir, vel er þess fengit, well done, said he, Fas. ii. 517; hann var eigi skáld, ok hann hafði eigi þeirrar listar fengit, he had not got that gift, Fb. i. 214; at þá mundi þykkja fengit betr, people would think that it suited better, Nj. 75; fá verðar, to take a meal, Hm. 33; hann fékk sér sveitar ( raised a band) ok görðisk illvirki, 623. 15: but chiefly in the phrase, fá konu, to get a wife, marry; Haraldr fékk þeirrar konu, Fms. i. 4; at ek munda fá þín, that I should get thy hand, Nj. 24; betr er þá séð fyrir kosti systur minnar at þú fáir hennar (gen., i. e. that thou marry her), en víkingar fái hana (acc., i. e. to fetch, capture her) at herfangi, Fs. 8; hón var átján vetra er Þorsteinn fékk hennar, Ísl. ii. 191.

2. to conceive, of sheep, cattle; fá burðar, Stj. 97; er hann (sauðrinn) fær lambs, Skálda 162: absol., við þeim hafði hón (the mare) fengit, Landn. 195; at eigi fái ær við, Grág. i. 418, (cp. fang, fetus.)

3. denoting to affect, touch, etc.; þat fékk mikils hinum hertekna menni, it touched much the captive, Orkn. 368: svá fékk honum mikils, at hans augu vóru full af tárum, Fms. i. 139; henni fékk þetta mikillar áhyggju, it caused her great care, iv. 181; fær honum þat mikillar áhyggju ok reiði. Nj. 174; nú fær mér ekka (gen.) orð þat þú mælir, Skv. 1. 20; fá e-m hlægis, to make one a laughing-stock, Hm. 19: even with acc. or an adv., þá fær Þorbirni svá mjök (Th. was so much moved) at hann grætr, Hrafn. 13.

β. fá á e-n, to affect, chiefly of intoxicating liquors; er drykkr fékk á Hákon jarl, when the drink told on earl Hacon, Magn. 508; fær á þá mjök drykkrinn, Fms. xi. 108; aldregi drakk ek vín eðr annan drykk svá at á mik megi fá, Stj. 428; en er á leið daginn ok drykkr fékk á menn, Fms. vii. 154; drykkr hefir fengit yðr í höfuð, Fas. i. 318; á-fengr or á-fenginn, q. v.

γ. opt fá á ( entice) horskan, er á heimskan né fá, lostfagrir lítir, Hm. 92.

V. impers. to be got, to be had, cp. Germ. es giebt; vápn svá góð, at eigi fær önnur slík (acc.), so good, that the like are not to be got, Nj. 44; at varla fái vitrara mann, a wiser man is hardly to be found, Sks. 13; eigi fær þat ritað, it cannot be recorded, viz. being so voluminous, Fms. viii. 406; þat skip fær vel varit eldi, that ship can well be guarded against fire, ix. 368; svá mikill herr at varla fékk talit, a host so great that it could hardly be numbered, xi. 261 (Ed. fékst wrongly).

VI. reflex. in the phrase, fásk í e-u, to be busy, exert oneself in a matter; drottningin mátti þar ekki í fásk, Fms. x. 102; Helgi leitaði þá ef Sigurðr vildi í fásk við Þorvald, if S. would try with Th., Fb. i. 379; vildir þú fásk í því sem þér er ekki lánat, 215; segir hana ljúga ok fásk í rógi, ( and deal in slander) fyrir höfðingjum, Karl. 552.

β. fásk við e-n, to struggle against; ef nokkut væri þat er hann mætti við fásk, which he could try, Grett. 74 new Ed.: to wrestle with, skaltú fásk við blámann várn, Ísl. ii. 444; um fangit er þú fékksk við Elli, when thou strugglest against Elli, Edda 34; at Þorleikr ætti lítt við elli at fásk, Ld. 160; fámsk vér eigi við skrafkarl þenna, let us have naught to do with this landlouper, Háv. 52; ok fásk eigi við fjánda þenna lengr, Ísl. ii. 45; fást um e-t, to make a fuss about a thing: the passage, Hrólfi fékksk hugr, Fas. iii. 203, is prob. an error for Hrólfi gékksk hugr, H. was moved: the phrase, fásk þú at virði vel, take thou a good meal, Hm. 117.

2. as a pass., esp. in the sense to be gotten; sumt lausa-féit hafði fengisk ( had been gotten) í hernaði, Fms. i. 25; at honum fengisk engi fararbeini, that no means of conveyance could be got, Grág. i. 298; eigu þeir þat allt er á (aðilðunum) fæsk, all the fines that accrue from the aðilð, 281; fékksk þat, it was obtained, Jb. 17; er hljóð fékksk, when silence was obtained, so that he could speak, Fms. i. 34: ef þeir fásk eigi, if they cannot be taken, Odd. 12 (very rare); sem úviða muni þinn jafningi fásk, thy match is not easily to be got, Nj. 46.

VII. part. fenginn as adj. given to, fit to; ok er hann vel til þess fenginn, Fms. vi. 389; Jón var mjök fenginn ( given) fyrir kvenna ást, Bs. i. 282; fæsk eigi því níta, it cannot be denied, Am. 32.

2. again, fanginn denotes captured, hence taken by passion; fanginn í ílsku, Fb. i. 280.

2.

ð, part. fát, fáð or fáið, cp. fáinn or fánn; a contracted verb = fága:—to draw, paint, Fms. v. 345; gulli fáðr, gilded, Gísl. 21; fá rúnar, to draw runes, magic characters, Hm. 143; vér höfum fáða unga brúði á vegg, we have painted the young bride on the wall, Landn. 248 (from a verse about the middle of the 10th century): of precious stuffs, fáð ript, Skv. 3. 63.

Íslensk-ensk orðabók > FÁ
42 sesgo

m.

1 slant.

al sesgo on a slant; (en general) on the bias (costura)

2 course, path (rumbo).

3 bias.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

sesgo

► nombre masculino

1 (torcimiento) slant

2 figurado (curso) slant, turn

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

al sesgo COSTURA on the bias

tomar un sesgo favorable / tomar un sesgo desfavorable figurado to take a turn for the better / take a turn for the worse

* * *

SM

1) (=inclinación) slant

estar al sesgo — to be slanting

2) (=torcimiento) warp, twist

3) (Cos) bias

cortar algo al sesgo — to cut sth on the bias

4) (Téc) bevel

5) (=dirección) direction

ha tomado otro sesgo — it has taken a new turn

6) * (=truco) dodge *

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( de falda) bias

se corta al sesgo — you cut it on the bias

b) ( diagonal)

al sesgo — crosswise, diagonally

2) (tendencia, enfoque) bias, slant; ( rumbo) direction

* * *

= bent, bias [biases, -pl.], skewness, skew, taint, tilt, slant.

Ex. This factor was a constant theme especially in those programmes with a highly technical bent.

Ex. The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.

Ex. This skewness implies that there will always be a large fraction of uncited publications.

Ex. The results shows that the new algorithm performs better than existing algorithms for a wide degree of skew.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex. This has contributed to a tilt toward English-language publications in Web of Science.

Ex. The 7th edition of CC is due to appear in 1971, and Ranganathan has given an extensive preview in an article in Library Science with a slant to documentation, cited at the end of this chapter.

----

* sesgo de género = gender bias.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( de falda) bias

se corta al sesgo — you cut it on the bias

b) ( diagonal)

al sesgo — crosswise, diagonally

2) (tendencia, enfoque) bias, slant; ( rumbo) direction

* * *

= bent, bias [biases, -pl.], skewness, skew, taint, tilt, slant.

Ex: This factor was a constant theme especially in those programmes with a highly technical bent.

Ex: The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.

Ex: This skewness implies that there will always be a large fraction of uncited publications.

Ex: The results shows that the new algorithm performs better than existing algorithms for a wide degree of skew.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex: This has contributed to a tilt toward English-language publications in Web of Science.

Ex: The 7th edition of CC is due to appear in 1971, and Ranganathan has given an extensive preview in an article in Library Science with a slant to documentation, cited at the end of this chapter.

* sesgo de género = gender bias.

* * *

sesgo

masculine

A

1 (de una falda) bias

se corta al sesgo you cut it on the bias

2

(diagonal): al sesgo crosswise, diagonally

B

1 (tendencia, enfoque) bias, slant

la conferencia tuvo un sesgo marcadamente político the lecture had a markedly political slant o bias, the lecture was markedly political

2 (rumbo) direction

no me gusta el sesgo que está tomando el asunto I don't like the direction this is taking o the way this is going

* * *

Del verbo sesgar: ( conjugate sesgar)

sesgo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

sesgó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
sesgar
sesgo
sesgar verbo transitivo
1 (cortar en diagonal) to cut on the bias
(poner en diagonal) to slant
2 (un punto de vista, una opinión) to slant
sesgo sustantivo masculino
1 (cariz, rumbo) turn
2 (enfoque) slant
' sesgo' also found in these entries:
English:
slant

* * *

sesgo nm

1. [oblicuidad] slant;

al sesgo [en diagonal] on a slant;
[costura] on the bias
2. [rumbo] course, path;

preocupa el sesgo que está tomando el conflicto the conflict has taken a worrying turn

* * *

sesgo

m fig

bias

* * *

sesgo nm

: bias

Spanish-English dictionary > sesgo
43 ramponiert

umg.

I P.P. ramponieren

II Adj.

1. Sessel etc.: battered (old) armchair etc.; Haus, Lokal: run-down, seedy; ramponiert aussehen be ( oder look) the worse for wear; der Tisch ist ziemlich ramponiert auch the table’s seen better days

2. fig., Selbstbewusstsein: dented; Ruf, Image: tarnished

* * *

ramponiert umg

A. pperf → ramponieren

B. adj

1. Sessel etc: battered (old) armchair etc; Haus, Lokal: run-down, seedy;

ramponiert aussehen be ( oder look) the worse for wear;

der Tisch ist ziemlich ramponiert auch the table’s seen better days

2. fig, Selbstbewusstsein: dented; Ruf, Image: tarnished

* * *

adj.

tattered adj.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > ramponiert
44 minder

minder¹

I 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉

1 [geringer] less ⇒ smaller

2 [inferieur] inferior ⇒ lower

3 [geringer van betekenis] minor

4 [slechter] worse

♦voorbeelden:

1   er was minder vraag • demand was down

     minder worden • decrease, diminish 〈 aanbod, aantal, vraag e.d.〉

     ik doe het niet voor minder • I won't do it for less

2   ze wordt er niet minder om • that won't affect her reputation

     het niet met minder (willen) doen • refuse to do with less

3   de regen wordt minder • the rain is easing off

4   het is/smaakt er niet minder om • it is/tastes none the worse for it

     mijn ogen worden minder • my eyesight is failing

     het wordt minder met de omzet/service/kwaliteit • the turnover/service/quality gets worse

     minder dan 〈 in kwaliteit〉 • inferior to

II 〈 bijwoord〉

1 [van graad/wijze/modaliteit] less

♦voorbeelden:

1   dat was minder geslaagd • that was less successful

     minder gaan roken • cut down on smoking

     het zijn minder de commentaren dan de sensatieverhalen die de aandacht trekken • it is the sensational stories rather than the comments that attract the attention

     hoe minder erover gezegd wordt, hoe beter • the less said about it the better

     kan het wat minder? • keep it down, please!

————————

minder²

〈 telwoord〉

1 less 〈 met niet-telbaar naamwoord〉; fewer 〈 met telbaar naamwoord〉

♦voorbeelden:

1   een paar dagen minder • fewer days

     hij heeft niet veel geld, maar nog minder verstand • he has little money and even less intelligence

     dat is er weer één minder • that'll be one less

     het is iets minder, mag dat? • it's a little less, is that all right?

     niets minder dan dat • nothing less than that

     in minder dan geen tijd was hij terug • he was back in less than no time

     vijf minuten meer of minder • give or take five minutes

     groepen van negen en minder • groups of nine and under

     in minder dan twee weken na hun huwelijk • within two weeks of their wedding

     niemand minder dan … • none other than …

     net iets minder dan 100 gulden/30 seconden • just under a hundred guilders/30 seconds

     niet minder dan 300 mensen • no less than 300 people

     weinig minder dan • something/little short of

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > minder
45 JAFN

equal

* * *

a.

1) even; jöfn tala, even number;

2) equal, the same; þínar (viz. ferðir) verða flestar jafnastar, thy doings are mostly the same, all equally bad; hann var ellefu vetra ok sterkr at jöfnum aldri, and strong for his age; jafn e-m, equal to one; jafnt er sem þér sýnist, af er fótrinn, it is just as it appears to thee, the leg is off; komast til jafns við e-n, hafa e-t til jafns við e-n, to equal one, be one’s match in a thing; at jöfnu, equally, in equal shares.

* * *

adj., also spelt jamn, f. jöfn, neut. jafnt, often spelt as well as proncd. jamt; compar. jafnari, superl. jafnastr: [Ulf. ibns, Luke vi. 17; A. S. efen; Engl. and Dutch even; old Fr. ivin; O. H. G. eban; mod. Germ. eben; Dan. jevn; Swed. jemn; akin to Lat. aequus by interchange of palatal and labial, see Grimm’s Dict. s. v. eben]:—even, equal, but, like Lat. aequus, mostly in a metaph. sense, for sléttr (q. v.) answers to Lat. planus; often followed by a dat., jafn e-u, equal to a thing, in comparison:

I. equal, equal to; jöfn eyri (dat.) gulls, K. Þ. K. 72; jafn Guði, equal to God; jafn mér, passim.

2. equal, the same; enda er jöfn helgi hans meðan hann ferr svá með sér, Grág. i. 93; ella er jöfn sök við hann fram á leið, 322; at ek verða jafn drengr í hvert sinn, Sd. 188; þínar verða flestar jafnastar, thy acts are mostly the same, i. e. all bad, Fms. viii. 409.

3. fixed, unchanged; með jafnri leigu, jöfnum kaupum, jöfnum skildaga, Rétt. 2. 7, Stat. 264, Fb. ii. 137; hann var ellefu vetra eðr tíu, ok sterkr at jöfnum aldri, and strong for his age, Eg. 188, 592; eiga þeir jöfnum höndum (see hönd) allt þat er þeir taka, Grág. ii. 66.

4. even, even-tempered; jafn ok úmíslyndr, Mar.: of numbers, jöfn tala, even in tale, equal, opp. to odda-tala, Alg. 356.

II. neut. jafnt or jamt, almost adverbially, equally, just; jafnt utan sem innan, Grág. i. 392: as, just as, ok hafa eitt atferli báðar jamt, both together, both alike, Fms. xi. 137; jafnt er sem þér sýnisk (‘tis as it appears, indeed), af er fótrinn, Nj. 97; jafnt þrælar sem frjálsir menn, Fms. i. 113: jamt sem, just as, equally as; jafnt sem í fjórðungs-dómi, jamt skal eiga féránsdóm eptir fjörbaugs-mann sem eptir skógar-mann, Grág. i. 87; skal hann láta virða fé þat jamt sem úmaga-eyri, 189; menn skulu svá sakir hluta, jamt sem á alþingi, 122; jafnt hefir komit er þú spáðir, it has happened just as thou didst foretel, Niðrst. 8: ellipt., ok skal hann þá jamt (sem þeir) allri bót upp halda, Grág. ii. 182.

2. temp. at the same time, just; ek skíri þik, ok nefna barn, í nafni Föður, ok drepa barninu í vatn um sinn jafnt fram fyrir sik, and dip the bairn each time info the water, K. Þ. K. 10: just, precisely, in the very moment, þat var jamt Jóla-aptan sjálfan er þeir börðusk, Fms. xi. 15; jamt í því hann stakaði. 133.

3. adverb., at jöfnu, equally, in equal shares, Fms. xi. 131.

4. til jafns, vóru þeir engir at né eina íþrótt hefði til jafns við hann, Nj. 46; halda til jafns við e-n, Ld. 40; komask til jafns við e-n, Fb. i. 261.

B. COMPDS:

I. such a, so … a; Karvel jafn-frægum dreng, so fine a fellow as K., Karl. 103; er þat skömm jafn-mörgum mönnum, ‘tis a shame for so many men, Gísl. 51: with the particle sem, jafn-ungr sem hann var, young as he was, i. e. so young as he was for his age, Vápn. 5; vel hafi þér mínu máli komit, jafn-úvænt sem var, Þiðr. 136; kvað þat ekki hæfa á jafn-mikilli hátið sem ( in such a feast as) í hönd ferr, Fb. i. 376; at eigi skyldi Hugon keisari yfir þá stíga jafn-reiðr sem hann varð þeim, Karl. 478; undraðisk hón hversu fríðr ok fagr hann var jafn-gamall maðr ( for his age), Stj. 225; mikill maðr ertú þó Þórir, jafn-gamall, Ó. H. 176; Þórir Oddsson var sterkastr jafn-gamall, Gullþ. 4.

II. mod. phrases such as, það er jafngott fyrir hann, it serves him right; hann er jafngóðr fyrir því, it won’t hurt him; or honum er það jafn-gott, it will do him good, serve him right; vera jafn-nær, to be equally near, i. e. none the better; hann fór jafnnær, it was all of no use.

III. in countless COMPDS (esp. adjectives) with almost any participle or adverb, rarely with verbs and nouns, and denoting equal, as, the same, as seen from the context often followed by a dat., e. g. jafn-gamall e-m, of the same age as another person:—of these compds only some can be noticed: jafn-aldri, a, m. one of the same age, Fms. i. 13, vii. 199, Bs. i. 179, Eg. 25, 84. jafn-auðigr, adj. equally wealthy, Band. 2: equally happy, hann setr hund sinn jafnaudigan okkr undir borði, Bjarn. 27. jafn-auðsær, adj. as perspicuous, Eluc. 41. jafn-auðveldr, adj. as easy, Ld. 78. jafn-ágætr, adj. as good, as noble, Nj. 129. jafn-ákafr, adj. as impetuous, Fms. xi. 137. jafn-beinn, adj. as straight, Sturl. i. 196. jafn-berr, adj. equally bare, Fas. i. 67. jafn-bitinn, part. evenly bitten or grazed, of a field, Gþl. 407. jafn-bitr, jafn-beittr, adj. as sharp, keen. jafn-bjartr, adj. as bright, Nj. 208: neut., Sks. 69. jafn-bjóða, bauð; j. e-m, to be a match for one, Finnb. 260: to be equal to, contest on equal terms with one, Fms. ii. 27, vii. 22; gripr betri en þeim peningum jafnbjóði, 655 xxx. 10. jafn-blíðr, adj. equally mild, Fær. 154. jafn-borinn, part. of equal birth, Ld. 332, Fms. x. 79 (v. l.), Gþl. 133; j. til e-s, having equal birthright to, Fms. vii. 8, x. 407. jafn-brattr, adj. as steep. jafn-brátt, n. adj. as soon, at the same moment, Hom. 114. jafn-breiðr, adj. equally broad, Edda 28, Gþl. 355. jafn-búinn, part. equally ‘boun’ or armed, Fms. ii. 165: ready, prepared, Stj. jafn-deildr, part. equally shared, Hom. 148. jafn-digr, adj. as stout, Sturl. iii. 63. jafn-djúpr, adj. as deep. jafn-djúpvitr, adj. as deep-scheming, Orkn. 214, Hkr. iii. 95. jafn-drengilegr, adj. as gallant, Ísl. ii. 446. jafn-drjúgdeildr, part. going as far, of stores, Sturl. i. 166. jafn-drjúgr, adj. keeping as long, Sturl. i. 216, Rb. 18. jafn-dýrligr, adj. equally splendid, Bs. i. 454. jafn-dýrr, adj. as costly, glorious, of the same price, K. Þ. K. 28, Nj. 56, Grett. 104 A, N. G. L. i. 150, 348. jafn-dægri, n. (mod. jafndægr), the equinox, both dægr (q. v.) being equally long, Edda 103, Rb. 454, 456, 472, and passim: equal length, of day and night, Fb. i. 539; see eykt. jafn-dæmi, n. equal judgment, justice, Fms. vi. 431, Pr. 413. jafn-dæmr, adj. just, giving equal judgment, Rb. 364. jafn-einfaldr, adj. as simple, guileless, Hom. 50. jafn-fagr, adj. as fair, Nj. 112. jafn-fallegr, adj. as handsome. jafn-fastr, adj. equally firm, Grág. i. 7, K. Þ. K. 166: as adv., Fms. x. 270, Finnb. 338. jafn-fáir, adj. as few. jafn-feigr, adj. as fey. jafn-feitr, adj. as fat. jafn-fimlega, adv. (-ligr, adj.), as alert, Fms. ii. 273. jafn-fimr, adj. as alert, Fær. 272, Hkr. i. 291, v. l. jafn-fjær, adv. as far. jafn-fjölmennr, adj. with as many men, Nj. 222. jafn-flatt, n. adj.; fara j., to fare so ill, Fms. vi. 379; see flatr. jafn-fljótr, adj. as swift. jafn-fram, adv. equally forward, side by side: with dat., jafnfram skipi Rúts, Nj. 8: locally, of places, over against, (= gegnt and gagn-vart, q. v.); with dat., er hann kom jafnfram Borgund, Hkr. ii. 309; j. Eiðsvelli, Vermá, Fms. ix. 408; j. gagntaki konungs sonar, j. boðanum, vii. 170, ix. 387 (v. l.): as adv., standa jafnfram, to stand evenly, in a straight line; standa allir j. fyrir konungs borðinu, i. 16, Eg. 581, Nj. 140, Rb. 466, Sturl. iii. 244: temp. at the same moment, of two things happening together, Fms. vi. 24; þeir riðu til þings jafnfram Skeggja, Þórð. 18 new Ed.; hann ferr ávalt jafnfram í frásogn æfi Guðs-sonar, follows parallel in the story, 625. 83: in equal share, taka arf j., Gþl. 248; at the same time, also, hugsa þat j., at the same time consider, Stj. 156; jafnfram sem, jafnfram ok, as soon as, Karl. 158, Pr. 413. jafn-framarla, -framar, -liga, adv. as forward, as far, just as well, Ld. 254, Bs. i. 778. jafn-frammi, adv. = jafnframt, Sks. 364, Sturl. i. 32: temp., Fms. iii. 218. jafn-framt, adv. = jafnfram, Háv. 42: temp., Sturl. i. 1: along with, with dat., Pass. viii. 9: equally, in the same degree, Ld. 62. jafn-fríðr, adj. as fair, Fms. i. 8: as valuable, K. Þ. K. 172. jafn-frjáls, adj. equally free, Fas. iii. 8. jafn-frjálsliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), as freely, as liberally, Hkr. i. 78. jafn-fróðr, adj. as wise, as knowing, Sks. 544. jafn-frægr, adj. as famous, Fas. i. 277. jafn-frækn, adj. equally gallant, Edda. jafn-fullr, adj. as full, Grág. i. 20, 68, Gþl. 477. jafn-fúinn, adj. equally rotten, jafn-fúss, adj. equally willing, Sturl. i. 190. jafn-færr, adj. as able, Nj. 97. jafn-fætis, adv. on equal footing; standa j. e-m, Sturl. ii. 134, Hkr. ii. 153. jafn-gamall, adj. of the same age, Ld. 108, Fms. i. 60, xi. 96. jafn-geði, n. evenness of temper, Sks. 435. jafn-gefinn, part. equally given to, Fas. i. 268. jafn-gegnt, adv. just opposite to, Sks. 63, Fms. ix. 463; see gegnt. jafn-girnd, f. and jafn-girni, f. fairness, equity, Sks. 273, 639, Hom. 17. jafn-gjarn, adj. as eager, Hom. 19: as equitable, Sks. 355, Hom. 135, Karl. 495. jafn-gjarna (- gjarnliga), adv. as willingly, as readily, Fms. iii. 45 (v. l.), ix. 508, Stj. jafn-glaðr, adj. as glad, as cheerful, Eb. 88: neut., mér er ekki jafnglatt sem áðr, Fas. i. 106. jafn-glöggt, n. adj. as clearly, Bs. i. 352. jafn-góðr, adj. equally good, as good, Nj. 18, Eg. 54, Gþl. 233, N. G. L. i. 347, Dipl. v. 16: unhurt, none the worse, see (II) above. jafn-góðviljaðr, adj. with equally good will, Stj. 629. jafn-grannr, adj. equally thin. jafn-grimmliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), as fiercely, Th. jafn-grimmr, adj. as fierce, Sks. 79. jafn-grunnr, adj. as shallow. jafn-gæfr, adj. as meek, Rb. 397. jafn-göfigr, adj. as good, as famous, Sturl. iii. 11, Bs. i. 133. jafn-görla, adv. as clearly, Grág. i. 299, Fms. ii. 171, Fas. i. 271. jafn-hafðr, part. equally used, N. G. L. i. 249. jafn-hagliga, adv. as skilfully, Krók. 53. jafn-hagr, adj. as skilful in handiwork, Nj. 147. jafn-harðr, adj. as hard, as severe, Nj. 79: neut. jafn-hart, as fast, Fas. iii. 488: jafn-harðan, adv. instantly. jafn-harðsnúinn, part. as hard-twisted, as tight, Nj. 79. jafn-hár, adj. as high, as tall, as loud, Rb. 112, 474, Fas. ii. 79: of metre, see hár (I. 3), Fms. vi. 386, Skálda 182, 190: neut., Stj. 79. jafnhátta-góðr, adj. as well-mannered, Ld. 174. jafn-heilagr, adj. as holy, as inviolable, Sks. 674, Grág. i. 90. jafn-heill, adj. as hale, as whole, Eg. 425, v. l. jafn-heimoll, adj. equally open to use, Eg. 47, Ld. 70, Gþl. 214, 353: equally bound, 57. jafn-heimskr, adj. equally stupid, Fms. ii. 156, Sd. 178. jafn-heitr, adj. as hot, Sks. 540. jafn-hentr, adj. as well fitted, Sturl. i. 196. jafn-hlær, adj. equally snug, Rb. 440. jafn-hollr, adj. equally sincere, Orkn. 166. jafn-hógværliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), as meekly, Krók. 36. jafn-hógværr, adj. as gentle. jafn-hraustr, adj. as valiant, Fms. ii. 356, Krók. 51. jafn-hryggr, adj. as distressed, Hkr. iii. 269. jafn-hugaðr, adj. even-tempered, Sks. 24: of one mind, 300: as daring. jafn-hvass, adj. as sharp, Ld. 306: blowing as hard. jafn-hvatr, adj. as bold, as quick, Sturl. i. 112, v. l. jafn-hvítr, adj. equally white. jafn-hæðiligr, adj. (-liga, adv.), as ridiculous, Fas. iii. 91. jafn-hægr, adj. equally easy, ready, meek, Fms. ii. 106, Fær. 69, Grág. i. 264, ii. 257. jafn-hættr, adj. as dangerous, Sks. 540. jafn-höfigr, adj. as heavy, Rb. 102, Edda 38. jafn-ílla, adv. as badly, Fms. viii. 140 (v. l.), Ísl. ii. 181. jafn-ílliligr, adj. (-liga, adv.) as ill-looking, Fas. ii. 207. jafn-íllr, adj. equally bad, Grág. ii. 145, Fas. ii. 513. jafn-kaldr, adj. as cold, Sks. 215. jafn-keypi, n. an equal bargain, Fs. 25. jafn-kominn, part. on even terms, Sks. 455: neut. an even match, jafnkomit er á með ykkr, ye are well-matched, Nj. 59; hann kvað jafnkomit með þeim fyrir aldrs sakir, Fms. iii. 76; jafnkomnir til erfðar, with equal title to, Grág. i. 304; jafnkomnir til fyrir ættar sakir, Fms. i. 220; jafnkomnir at frændsemi, Ísl. ii. 315. jafn-kosta, adj. well-matched, good enough, of wedlock, Stj. 204. jafn-kostgæfinn, adj. equally painstaking, Bs. i. 681. jafn-krappr, adj. as straight, narrow; í jafnkrappan stað, in such a strait, Ld. 168. jafn-kringr, adj. equally dexterous, Sks. 381. jafn-kristinn, adj. a fellow Christian, Jb. 92, Barl. 44. jafn-kunnigr, adj. as well known, Grett. 162 A: knowing as well. jafn-kunnr, adj. as well known, Hom. 90. jafn-kurteis, adj. as courteous, Sturl. i. 165. jafn-kyrr, adj. as quiet. jafn-kýta, t, with dat. = jafnyrða. jafn-kænn, adj. as ‘cunning,’ as well versed, Stj. 561. jafn-kærr, adj. as dear, as beloved, Fms. i. 215, xi. 319. jafn-langr, adj. as long, equally long, Fms. xi. 376, Gþl. 350, 355, Ísl. ii. 219, Grág. i. 406, Edda 138 ( of the same length): neut., en ef þær segja jafnlangt, if they say both the same, Grág. i. 7. jafn-lágr, adj. equally low. jafn-leiðr, adj. equally loathed, Fms. viii. 240. jafn-leiki, n. = jafnleikit. jafn-leikit, n. part. an equal game, Fms. xi. 131. jafn-lendi, n. a level, even piece of ground, Eg. 584. jafn-lengd, f. ‘even-length,’ the return to the same time in the next day, week, month, year, etc.: of a day, til jafnlengdar annars dags, Grág. ii. 16, Stj. 49; þann sama dag tók Gormr konungr sótt, ok andaðisk annan dag at jafnlengdinni, Fms. i. 119, Fas. ii. 30, 37: of a year, anniversary, skal eigi brullaup vera fyrr en at jafnlengd, Grág. i. 311; tíu aurar sé leigðir eyri til jafnlengdar (a year’s rent), 390; at jafnlengd it síðasta, 487; eigi síðarr en fyrir jafnlengd, Fms. xi. 397; halda hátíð at jafnlengdum, Greg. 13, Hom. 98; jafnlengdar-dagr, 129, Fms. v. 214, Dipl. v. 8; jafnlengdar hátíð, an anniversary, Greg. 13. jafn-lengi, adv. as long, Grág. i. 423, Fms. iii. 9, MS. 732. 7. jafn-léttmæltr, adj. equally easy, just as pleasant in one’s speech, Fms. vii. 227. jafn-léttr, adj. as light, as easy, Sturl. iii. 90: neut. (adverb.), Kjartani var ekki annat jafn-létthjalat, K. liked not to speak of anything so much, Ld. 214. jafn-léttvígr, adj. as ready in wielding arms, Sturl. iii. 90. jafn-liða, adj. with an equal number of men, Eb. 144. jafn-liga, adv. equally, fairly; sýnisk mér eigi j. á komit, Bs. i. 531, Vm. 169; skipta j., Fb. ii. 300: perpetually, all along, always, usually, Fms. i. 191, x. 88, 89, Dipl. v. 8, Rb. 348, 472, Stj. 77. jafn-ligr, adj. equal, fair, Hkr. ii. 149, Háv. 57, Eg. 488; er þat miklu jafnligra, a more equal match, Fms. vii. 115. jafn-líkligr, adj. as likely, Sturl. iii. 7, Lv. 77. jafn-líkr, adj. as like, Lv. 58, Fas. ii. 478: equal, alike, j. sem hornspónar efni, Bs. i. 59. jafn-lítill, adj. as little, Fas. iii. 487. jafn-ljóss, adj. as bright, Bret. 62. jafn-ljótr, adj. as ugly, Fms. iv. 175. jafn-ljúfr, adj. as willing. jafn-lygn, adj. as ‘loun,’ as calm, of the wind. jafn-lyndi, n., fem. in Mar. 848; evenness of temper, Stj., Fagrsk. 132, Bs. i. 141, Mar. passim. jafn-lyndr, adj. even-tempered, Fms. vi. 287, viii. 447 (v. l.) jafn-lýðskyldr, adj. equally bound, as liegemen, Sks. 270. jafn-lærðr, adj. as learned. jafn-magr, adj. equally meagre. jafn-maki, a, m. an equal, a match, Sks. 22, 255. jafn-mannvænn, adj. equally promising, Þorf. Karl. 382. jafn-margr, adj. as many, Nj. 104, Grág. ii. 210, 403, Fms. i. 152, ii. 34. jafn-máttugr, adj. as mighty, Fms. ii. 157, Eluc. 6. jafn-máttuligr, adj. equally possible, 655 xxii. B. jafn-menni, n. an equal, a match, Ld. 132, Ísl. ii. 358, Fms. vi. 345, vii. 103. jafn-menntr, adj. of equal rank, Hrafn. 10. jafn-merkiligr, adj. equally dignified, Bs. i. 148. jafn-mikill, adj. as great, Grág. ii. 264, 403, Fms. i. 1, Gþl. 363: equally big, tall, Fms. x. 202, Nj. 11: neut. as much, Fms. vii. 240, Skálda 168. jafn-mildr, adj. as mild, as gracious, Rb. 366. jafn-minnigr, adj. having as good a memory, Bs. i. 681. jafn-mjúkliga, adv. as meekly, as gently, Lv. 50. jafn-mjúkr, adj. equally soft. jafn-mjök, adv. as much, as strongly, Grág. ii. 140, Skálda 168. jafn-myrkr, adj. equally dark, Skálda 209. jafn-mæli, n. fair play, equality, Fb. i. 407, Fms. vi. 206, Grág. i. 88, 200, Ld. 258, H. E. i. 247, Karl. 99. jafn-naumr, adj. as close. jafn-náinn, adj.; j. at frændsemi, equally near akin, Grág. i. 171, ii. 67, Eb. 124, Ísl. ii. 315, (jafnan, Ed.) jafn-nær, mod. jafn-nærri, adv. equally near: loc., er Ólafs mark j. báðum, Fms. vii. 64, 268, Sks. 63, 216: as near, at honum væri úvarligt at láta jafnmarga heiðna menn vera j. sér, Fms. ii. 34: equally near (by birth), i. 123: metaph., eigi hefir honum jafnnærri gengit újafnaðr þeirra sem mér, Sturl. iii. 238: also jafn-nær, adj. equally nigh, not a whit the better, see (II) above. jafn-nætti, n. the equinox, 673. 54, Stj. 15. jafn-oki, a, m. = jafnmaki, an equal, a match for one, Sks. 22: a play-fellow, Stj. 497, Þiðr. 213. jafn-opt, adv. as often, Nj. 211, Rb. 566, Grág. i. 186. jafn-ótt, adj., neut. as adv., at the same, time, immediately. Pass. 20. 2: one after another, taka e-ð jafnótt og það kemr. jafn-rakkr, adj. as strong, as straight, Ld. 168. jafn-ramr, adj. as mighty, as great a wizard, Vþm. 2. jafn-rangr; adj. as wrong. jafn-ráðinn, part. equally determined, Grett. 149. jafn-reiðr, adj. equally angry, Háv. 52. jafn-rétti, n. an equal right. jafnréttis-maðr, m. a man with equal right, N. G. L. i. 31. jafn-réttr, adj. as right, as lawful, Edda 93, Grág. i. 18: of equal authority, Hkr. iii. 79. jafn-réttvíss, adj. equally just, Sks. 670. jafn-rífligr, adj. (-liga, adv.), as large, Lv. 75. jafn-ríkr, adj. as rich, equally mighty. jafn-rjóðr, adj. as ruddy, Hkr. i. 102. jafn-rúmr, adj. equally large, Bjarn. jafn-ræði, n. an equal match, Fms. ii. 22, Glúm. 350, Nj. 49, Gþl. 215. jafn-röskr, adj. as brisk, as quick, Fms. iii. 225, vi. 96. jafn-saman, adv.; fyrir þessa hugsan alla jafnsaman, all at once, all together, Fms. i. 185, Ld. 326, Ó. H. 46, Stj. 86, 121, Barl. 191. jafn-sannr, adj. equally true, 671. 1, Edda 19, Stj. 471. jafn-sárr, adj. as sore, as smarting, Mar. jafn-seinn, adj. as slow. jafn-sekr, adj. just as guilty, Grág. ii. 64, 89. jafn-síðis, adv. along with. jafn-síðr, adj. as long, of a garment (síðr), Stj. 563. jafn-sjúkr, adj. as sick, Fms. v. 324. jafn-skammr, adj. as short, Al. 129. jafn-skarpliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), as briskly, Nj. 199, v. l. jafn-skarpr, adj. as sharp, as keen. jafn-skipti, n. equal, fair dealing. jafn-skiptiliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), equally, mutually, Stj. 159. jafn-skiptr, part. equally shared. jafn-skjótr, adj. as swift, Fms. vii. 169, Rb. 454:—jafn-skjótt, neut. as adv. immediately, at once, Eg. 87, 291, 492, Fms. ii. 10; jafnskjótt sem, as soon as, Nj. 5, Barl. 176, Karl. 409, 441. jafn-skygn, adj. as clear-sighted, 655 xiii. A, Bjarn. 59. jafn-skyldliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), as dutifully, Ver. 3. jafn-skyldr, adj. equally bound or obliged, Grág. ii. 362, 403, Gþl. 70, 477, Fms. vii. 274. jafn-sköruliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), equally bold, Nj. 199. jafn-slétta, u, f. even, level ground. jafn-sléttr, adj. equally level, Stj. 79: as easily, Fas. ii. 48. jafn-slægr, adj. as cunning, Fær. 99. jafn-snarpr, adj. (-snarpligr, adj., -liga, adv.), as sharp, Fms. vi. 156. jafn-snarr, adj. as alert. jafn-snart, adj., neut. as adv., as soon, instantly, Fas. iii. 434, Matth. xxvii. 48. jafn-snauðr, adj. as poor. jafn-snemma, adv. at the very same moment, of a coincidence, Eg. 425, Nj. 253, Fms. vi. 221; allir j., all at once, ix. 506, xi. 368 ( both together); vóru þessir atburðir margir jafnsnemma, en sumir litlu fyrr eðr síðar, Hkr. ii. 368. jafn-snjallr, adj. equal, Glúm., Bjarn. (in a verse). jafn-spakr, adj. equally wise, Hm. 53. jafn-sparr, adj. as saving, as close, Grág. i. 197, 222. jafn-sterkr, adj. as strong, Fms. i. 43. jafn-stirðr, adj. as stiff. jafn-stórlátr, adj. as proud, Ld. 116. jafn-stórliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), as proudly, Ölk. 34. jafn-stórr, adj. as big, as great. jafn-stórættaðr, adj. of equally high birth, Fms. iv. 26. jafn-stríðr, adj. as hard, severe, Sks. 639. jafn-stuttr, adj. equally short, brief. jafn-syndligr, adj. as sinful, Sks. 674. jafn-sætr, adj. as sweet, Fb. i. 539. jafn-sætti, n. an agreement on equal terms, Nj. 21, Sturl. iii 253, Fb. i. 126. jafn-tamr, adj. equally alert. jafn-tefli, n. an equal, drawn game, Vígl. 32. jafn-tengdr, part. in equal degrees of affinity, Grág. ii. 183. jafn-tíðhjalat, n. part. as much talked about, Nj. 100. jafn-tíðrætt, n. adj. = jafntíðhjalat, Nj. 100. jafn-tíguliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), equally lordly, Fms. x. 109. jafn-títt, n. adj. as often, as frequent, Niðrst. 10. jafn-torogætr, adj. as rarely to be got, choice, Bs. i. 143. jafn-torsótligr, adj. as hard to get at, Fms. x. 358. jafn-trauðr, adj. as unwilling. jafn-traustr, adj. as much to be trusted, Fms. vi. 244. jafn-trúr, jafn-tryggr, adj. as faithful. jafn-undarligr, adj. (-liga, adv.), as strange, Sks. 80. jafn-ungr, adj. as young, Fms. iii. 60, iv. 383. jafn-úbeint, n. adj. as far from the mark, of a bad shot, Fms. viii. 140. jafn-úfærr, adj. as unpassable, Sturl. iii. 163. jafn-úhefnisamr, adj. as tame, Rb. 366. jafn-úráðinn, part. as irresolute, Grett. 153. jafn-úspakr, adj. as unruly, Sturl. ii. 63. jafn-útlagr, adj. having to lay out the same fine, N. G. L. i. 158. jafn-vandhæfr, adj. as dangerous to keep, treat, Grág. i. 89. jafn-vandliga, adv. as carefully, Grág. ii. 249. jafn-varliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), as warily, Fms. vii. 127. jafn-varmr, adj. as warm, Sks. 217. jafn-varr, adj. as well aware, as much on one’s guard, Dropl. 28. jafn-vaskliga, adv. as gallantly, Fms. vii. 127, Ld. 272. jafn-vaskligr, adj. as gallant. jafn-vaskr, adj. as bold, Str. 3. jafn-vátr, adj. equally wet. jafn-veginn, part. of full weight, Stj. 216. jafn-vegit, n. a law phrase, used when an equal number has been slain on both sides, in which case there were no further proceedings, Glúm. 383, Fas. ii. 208. jafn-vel, adv. as well, equally well, Nj. 48, Eg. 111, Gþl. 354: likewise, hafa fyrirgört fé ok friði ok jafnvel óðals-jörðum sínum, 142; en þenna eið skulu jafnvel biskupar ábyrgjask við Guð …, jafnvel sem ( as well as) hinir úlærðu, 57; jafnvel af sænum sem af landinu, Al. 2; ok jamvel sendir jarl þeim mönnum orð, sem …, Fms. xi. 120: even, dögföll um nætr jafnvel at heiðskírum veðrum, Stj. 17; jafnvel eptir þat er þau misgörðu, 40; jafnvel sýniliga, j. oss önduðum, 9, Bs. i. 549, Barl. 170, 176, Gísl. 83; this last sense is very freq. in mod. usage. jafn-velviljaðr, part. as well wishing, Sks. 312. jafn-vesall, adj. as wretched, Krók. 54. jafn-virði, n. equal wirth, Bs. i. 9, Al. 48. jafn-vægi, n. equal weight, equilibrium, Hkr. ii. 250, Fas. i. 121; bóandi ok húsfreyja j. sitt, i. e. both of them equally, N. G. L. i. 6. jafn-vægja, ð, to weigh the same as another, Fms. iii. 120. jafn-vægr, adj. of equal weight, Sks. 644. jafn-vænn, adj. equally fine, handsome, promising, Fms. x. 429, Sturl. iii. 67. jafn-vætta, t, to weigh against, counterbalance, Stj. 13, Þorst. Síðu H. 14. jafn-yrða, ð, with dat. to altercate, bandy words, Sturl. iii. 213. jafn-þarfr, adj. as useful, Arnor. jafn-þéttr, adj. pressed as closely together. jafn-þjófgefinn, adj. as thievish. jafn-þolinmóðr, adj. as patient, Rb. 366. jafn-þolinn, adj. as enduring. jafn-þreyttr, part. as weary. jafn-þrifinn, adj. as cleanly. jafn-þröngr, adj. as tight. jafn-þungr, adj. as heavy, pressing, Fms. v. 264, Stj. 278. jafn-þurr, adj. equally dry. jafn-þykkr, adj. as thick, Hkr. iii. 159. jafn-þyrstr, part. as thirsty. jafn-æfr, adj. as impetuous. jafn-æstr, part. equally excited, Band. 34 new Ed. jafn-örr, adj. as eager, as liberal. jafn-öruggr, adj. as firm, steadfast.

Íslensk-ensk orðabók > JAFN
46 best

best¹

〈 het〉

♦voorbeelden:

¶   zijn best doen • do one's best

     zijn uiterste best doen • try as hard as one can

     op zijn best • at best

     hij is op zijn best • he is at his best

     ze is op haar best (gekleed) • she looks her best

     iets ten beste geven • oblige the company with something; give (a rendering of), render 〈lied enz.〉

     ten beste keren • turn to advantage

     een mening ten beste geven • volunteer an opinion

————————

best²

I 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉

1 [overtreffende trap van ‘goed’] best ⇒ better, optimum

2 [van uitstekende kwaliteit] excellent ⇒ very good

3 [braaf] good ⇒ decent

4 [met betrekking tot instemming, onverschilligheid] well ⇒ all right

5 [bij aanspreekwoorden] dear ⇒ good

♦voorbeelden:

1   met de beste bedoelingen • with the best of intentions

     beste maatjes zijn met • be very thick with

     je bent een bovenste beste • you're fantastic

     Peter ziet er niet al te best uit • Peter is looking the worse for wear

     zij kwam als de beste uit de bus • she came out best

     dat kan de beste overkomen • that can happen to the best of us

     hij kan koken als de beste • he can cook like the best of them

     op een na de beste • the second best

     op twee na de beste • the third best

     het beste van iets hopen • hope for the best

     het beste van iets maken • make the best of something

     het beste ermee! • good luck!; 〈 bij ziekte ook〉 best wishes!

     ik wens je het beste • 〈bij afscheid/ziekte〉 all the best; 〈 bij problemen〉 I wish you luck/well

     zo is het maar het beste • it's better like this

     zij is er relatief het beste aan toe • compared to the others, she has the best of it

     ik wil alleen het beste van het beste • only the best is good enough for me

2   een best biertje • an excellent beer

3   het zijn beste mensen • they are good people

4   alles best vinden • be easy

     〈 informeel〉 (het is) mij best • I don't mind

5   beste Jan 〈 als briefaanhef〉 • dear John

¶   de eerste, de beste • anyone

     de eerste, de beste die nu nog z'n mond opendoet, krijgt een dreun • the first person to open his mouth is in for it

     hij overnacht niet in het eerste het beste hotel • he doesn't stay at just any (old) hotel

II 〈 bijwoord〉

1 [overtreffende trap van ‘goed’] best

2 [uitstekend] fine

3 [om ontkenning tegen te spreken; stellige overtuiging] sure

4 [afzwakking] quite

5 [erkenning] really

6 [mogelijkheid, waarschijnlijkheid] possibly ⇒ well

♦voorbeelden:

1   je versterker doet het ook niet best meer • your amplifier isn't any too good these days

     jij kent hem het beste • you know him best

2   ik heb me best geamuseerd • I thoroughly enjoyed myself

     ik kan me dat best voorstellen • I can very well imagine that

     komt hij niet? best! • he's not coming? fine!

     wil je niet? mij best! • not interested? it's your choice!/if that's the way you want it!

3   je weet het best • you know perfectly well

     het zal best lukken • it's going to work out all right

4   het is best een goed boek • it's a (fairly) good book

     het is eigenlijk best wel een goede film • actually quite a reasonable film

5   hij heeft het er best moeilijk mee • it's really very difficult for him

6   het is best mogelijk • it's quite possible

     dat zou best kunnen • that's quite possible

     ze zou best willen … • she wouldn't mind …

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > best
47 Muto

1.
mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].
I.
Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):
neque se luna quoquam mutat,
does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:
ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,
be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:
hinc dum muter,
if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Of change in the thing spoken of itself.
1.
In gen.
a.
Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.
vario): sententiam mutare numquam,
Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
consuetudinem dicendi,
id. Brut. 91, 314:
mentes vestras voluntatesque,
id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:
cum testamentum mutare cuperet,
id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:
ne haec mutet fidem,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:
tabulas,
to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:
natura nescia mutari,
incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:
mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,
Liv. 8, 28, 1:
facilem mutatu gentem,
Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:
gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,
Quint. 10, 7, 3:
ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,
id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:
mutata suos flumina cursus,
Verg. E. 8, 4:
negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,
Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:
cum illo fidem,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:
facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,
Sall. J. 78, 3:
qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,
Vell. 2, 82, 2:
quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,
Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:
bona facile mutantur in pejus,
Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:
nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,
Quint. 3, 4, 14:
ex feminis mutari in mares,
Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:
de uxore nihil mutat,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:
quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,
Verg. A. 2, 274:
longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,
Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):
ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,
Hor. A. P. 60.—
b.
Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:
quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,
Liv. 39, 51, 10:
postquam mutabat aestus,
Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:
annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,
Liv. 5, 13, 1:
mox in superbiam mutans,
Tac. A. 12, 29:
adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,
Liv. 9, 12, 3:
tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,
id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—
(β).
To differ, be different:
pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:
quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,
Gell. 2, 23, 7.—
(γ).
Of style, to vary:
an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,
Cic. Or. 31, 109.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:
inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,
Verg. E. 4, 44:
nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,
Quint. 1, 1, 5.—
b.
To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:
non, si queam mutare,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—
c.
To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:
ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:
melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),
adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—
B.
Of change in its relation to other things, etc.
1.
In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:
mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,
Caes. B. C. 3, 11:
vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,
Suet. Tib. 14:
calceos et vestimenta,
Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:
mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,
Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:
pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,
Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:
non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,
Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:
mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,
Cic. Or. 27, 92.—
b.
Of style, to vary, alter:
reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,
Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:
genus eloquendi... mutatum,
id. ib. 5, 16.—
c.
Of one's assertion or promise:
quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,
will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—
d.
Of place, to change, shift, alter:
locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,
Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:
exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,
i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:
jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,
Hor. C. Sec. 39.—
C.
Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:
cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:
ut vestem cum illo mutem,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:
ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,
Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:
C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,
Liv. 27, 35, 14:
non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,
Sall. J. 83, 1:
mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,
Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:
quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),
Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:
victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,
Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:
victrice patriā victam mutari,
id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:
coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:
homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,
id. ib. 1, 1, 33;
1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:
mutandi copia,
Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:
uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:
suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,
Col. 7, 9, 4:
caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,
id. 8, 5, 4:
aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),
id. 9, 1, 7:
quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,
Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:
eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,
Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:
mutare res inter se instituerant,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—
D.
To forsake, abandon, leave:
mutare, derelinquere,
Non. p. 351, 1:
expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,
Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:
quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,
Juv. 6, 472.
2.
mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).
3.
Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Muto
48 muto

1.
mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].
I.
Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):
neque se luna quoquam mutat,
does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:
ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,
be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:
hinc dum muter,
if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Of change in the thing spoken of itself.
1.
In gen.
a.
Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.
vario): sententiam mutare numquam,
Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
consuetudinem dicendi,
id. Brut. 91, 314:
mentes vestras voluntatesque,
id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:
cum testamentum mutare cuperet,
id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:
ne haec mutet fidem,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:
tabulas,
to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:
natura nescia mutari,
incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:
mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,
Liv. 8, 28, 1:
facilem mutatu gentem,
Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:
gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,
Quint. 10, 7, 3:
ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,
id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:
mutata suos flumina cursus,
Verg. E. 8, 4:
negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,
Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:
cum illo fidem,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:
facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,
Sall. J. 78, 3:
qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,
Vell. 2, 82, 2:
quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,
Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:
bona facile mutantur in pejus,
Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:
nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,
Quint. 3, 4, 14:
ex feminis mutari in mares,
Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:
de uxore nihil mutat,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:
quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,
Verg. A. 2, 274:
longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,
Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):
ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,
Hor. A. P. 60.—
b.
Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:
quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,
Liv. 39, 51, 10:
postquam mutabat aestus,
Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:
annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,
Liv. 5, 13, 1:
mox in superbiam mutans,
Tac. A. 12, 29:
adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,
Liv. 9, 12, 3:
tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,
id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—
(β).
To differ, be different:
pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:
quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,
Gell. 2, 23, 7.—
(γ).
Of style, to vary:
an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,
Cic. Or. 31, 109.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:
inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,
Verg. E. 4, 44:
nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,
Quint. 1, 1, 5.—
b.
To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:
non, si queam mutare,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—
c.
To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:
ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:
melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),
adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—
B.
Of change in its relation to other things, etc.
1.
In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:
mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,
Caes. B. C. 3, 11:
vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,
Suet. Tib. 14:
calceos et vestimenta,
Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:
mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,
Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:
pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,
Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:
non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,
Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:
mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,
Cic. Or. 27, 92.—
b.
Of style, to vary, alter:
reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,
Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:
genus eloquendi... mutatum,
id. ib. 5, 16.—
c.
Of one's assertion or promise:
quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,
will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—
d.
Of place, to change, shift, alter:
locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,
Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:
exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,
i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:
jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,
Hor. C. Sec. 39.—
C.
Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:
cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:
ut vestem cum illo mutem,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:
ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,
Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:
C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,
Liv. 27, 35, 14:
non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,
Sall. J. 83, 1:
mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,
Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:
quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),
Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:
victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,
Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:
victrice patriā victam mutari,
id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:
coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:
homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,
id. ib. 1, 1, 33;
1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:
mutandi copia,
Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:
uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:
suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,
Col. 7, 9, 4:
caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,
id. 8, 5, 4:
aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),
id. 9, 1, 7:
quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,
Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:
eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,
Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:
mutare res inter se instituerant,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—
D.
To forsake, abandon, leave:
mutare, derelinquere,
Non. p. 351, 1:
expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,
Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:
quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,
Juv. 6, 472.
2.
mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).
3.
Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > muto
49 tournure

tournure [tuʀnyʀ]

feminine noun

a. ( = tour de phrase) turn of phrase ; ( = forme) form

• tournure négative/impersonnelle negative/impersonal form

b. ( = apparence) la tournure que prenaient les événements the way the situation was developing

• la situation a pris une mauvaise tournure the situation took a turn for the worse

• prendre tournure to take shape

• tournure d'esprit turn of mind

* * *
tuʀnyʀ
nom féminin

1) ( aspect) turn

prendre bonne tournure — to take a turn for the better

prendre tournure — [projet] to take shape

cela donne à l'affaire une tout autre tournure — this puts a completely different complexion on things

2) ( formulation) turn of phrase

tournure idiomatique — idiomatic expression

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- tournure d'esprit

* * *
tuʀnyʀ nf
1) LINGUISTIQUE (= syntaxe) turn of phrase

2) (= forme) form

3) (= évolution)

la tournure de qch — the way sth is developing

La tournure que prenait la conversation lui a déplu. — He didn't like the way the conversation was going.

la tournure des événements — the turn of events

prendre tournure — to take shape

* * *

tournure nf

1 ( aspect) turn; la tournure des événements the turn of events; prendre une tournure imprévue to take an unexpected turn; prendre bonne tournure to take a turn for the better; prendre une tournure fâcheuse or mauvaise to go wrong; je n'aime pas la tournure que prend la situation I don't like the way the situation is developing; prendre tournure [projet] to take shape; cela donne à l'affaire une tout autre tournure this puts a completely different complexion on things;

2 ( formulation) turn of phrase; tournure idiomatique/dialectale/familière idiomatic/dialectal/colloquial expression.

Composé

tournure d'esprit frame of mind.

[turnyr] nom féminin

1. [allure, aspect] demeanour

2. [évolution, tendance] trend, tendency

d'après la tournure que prend la situation from the way the situation is developing ou going

attendons de voir quelle tournure prennent les événements let's wait and see how the situation develops

prendre tournure to take shape

tournure d'esprit turn ou cast of mind

3. LINGUISTIQUE [expression] turn of phrase, expression

[en syntaxe] form, construction

tournure impersonnelle/interrogative impersonal/interrogative form

4. MÉTALLURGIE turning, turnings

5. [vêtement] bustle

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tournure
50 mettere

put

vestito put on

mettere a punto meccanismo adjust

motore (fine-)tune

mettere in moto start (up)

mettere in ordine tidy up

mettere al sicuro put away safely

mettere su casa set up house

mettiamo che let's assume that

* * *

mettere v.tr.

1 to put*; (collocare, disporre) to place, to set*; (posare, deporre) to lay* (down), to put* (down): mise i libri sullo scaffale, he put the books on the shelf; metterò la nuova poltrona in camera mia, I'll put the new armchair in my bedroom; metti la firma a questa lettera, put your signature to this letter; metti questa scatola sulla tavola, put this box on the table; mise il denaro in tasca, he put the money in his pocket; mise tutti i giocattoli davanti al suo amico, he placed (o set) all his toys in front of his friend

2 (infondere) to inspire; (produrre, causare) to cause; to make*: l'idea di vederlo mi mette gioia, the idea of seeing him makes me very happy; questo tempo mi mette tristezza, this weather makes me sad; mettere fame, sete, to make (s.o.) hungry, thirsty; mettere paura a qlcu., to scare (o to frighten) s.o.; mettere soggezione (a qlcu.), to make (s.o.) uneasy; mettere terrore (a qlcu.), to terrify (s.o.)

3 (emettere) to put* forth: quel ragazzo sta mettendo i baffi, that boy is growing a moustache; mettere un dente, to cut a tooth; mettere i denti, to teethe; mettere le foglie, to grow (o to put forth) leaves; mettere radici, to put down roots (anche fig.)

4 (impiegare) to take*: quanto tempo ci hai messo a farlo?, how long did it take you to do it?

5 (investire) to put*; (scommettere, puntare) to bet*: ho messo 10 sterline su Golden Cloud, I bet (o put) ten pounds on Golden Cloud; ci ha messo tutti i suoi risparmi, he put all his savings in it

6 (indossare) to put* on; (portare) to wear*; mettiti l'abito azzurro, put on the blue dress; che cosa ti metterai al matrimonio?, what are you going to wear for the wedding?

7 (non com.) (ridurre, rendere) to turn: mettere in francese, to translate into French; mettere in versi, to turn into verse

8 (far pagare) to charge: quanto ti hanno messo per vitto e alloggio?, how much did they charge you for board and lodgings?

9 (ammettere) to suppose: mettiamo che abbia ragione, (let us) suppose he is right

10 (paragonare) to compare: non vorrai mettere la mia casa con la tua, you can't compare your house with mine; la sua è molto più bella, neanche da mettere, (fam.) hers is much nicer, there is no comparison

11 (installare) to lay* on, to put* in: ti hanno messo il telefono?, have they put in (o installed) the telephone?; domani verranno a mettere il gas, tomorrow they are coming to lay on the gas; non hanno ancora messo lo scaldabagno, they haven't installed the water heater yet

◆ v. intr. (sboccare) to lead* (to sthg.); (sfociare) to flow (into sthg.).

◘ mettersi v.rifl. o intr.pron.

1 to put* oneself; to place oneself: mi sono messo in una situazione imbarazzante, I have got (myself) into an awkward position; si mise vicino a sua moglie, he placed himself near his wife; mettere a sedere, to sit down; mettere a tavola, to sit down at the table // mettiti nei miei panni, put yourself in my shoes // mettere a capo di qlco., to assume control of sthg. // mettere a letto, (ammalarsi) to take to one's bed // mettere a proprio agio, in libertà, to make oneself at home (o comfortable) // mettere d'accordo su qlco., to come to an agreement about sthg. // mettere in contatto con qlcu., to get in touch with s.o. // mettere in mostra, to draw attention to oneself // (comm.) mettere in società con qlcu., to form a (o to go into) partnership with s.o. // mettere in urto con qlcu., to fall out with s.o. // mettere sotto, (accingersi a un lavoro di buona lena) to get down to it

2 (incominciare) to begin*, to start, to set* to (sthg.): si mise a lavorare, he started working; è ora di mettere a lavorare, it's time to get down to work; si mise a piovere, it began to rain; mettere in cammino, in viaggio, to set out (o off o forth)

3 (diventare) to become*, to turn: la situazione si mette male, the situation is taking a turn for the worse; il tempo si mette al bello, the weather turned out fine; mettere in sospetto, to become suspicious

4 (indossare) to wear*, to put* on (sthg.): non occorre mettere in abito da sera, you don't need to wear evening dress.

◆ FRASEOLOGIA: mettere a, to put to; mettere a bottega, to apprentice; mettere a confronto, to confront (o to compare); mettere a dieta, to put on a diet; mettere a disposizione di qlcu., to put at s.o.'s disposal; mettere a frutto, to invest; (ottica) mettere a fuoco, to focus; mettere agli atti, to file away; mettere a grano un campo, to plant a field with corn; mettere al bando, to ban; mettere al corrente qlcu. di qlco., to inform s.o. of (o to acquaint s.o. with) sthg.; mettere alla gogna, to pillory; mettere a letto, to put to bed; mettere alla porta qlcu., to show s.o. the door (o to turn s.o. out); mettere alla prova, to test (o to put to a test); mettere alla tortura, to torture; mettere all'incanto, all'asta, to put up for auction; mettere all'indice, to put on the Index; mettere al sicuro, to put into a safe place (o to preserve); mettere al trotto, to put into a trot; mettere a morte, to put to death; mettere a parte qlcu. di qlco., to tell s.o. sthg.; mettere a posto qlco., to put sthg. in its proper place, (aggiustare) to repair (o to adjust) sthg.: mettere le cose a posto, (fig.) to put things right; mettere a posto qlcu., (trovargli lavoro) to find a job for s.o., (dargli una lezione) to put s.o. in his place: ti metto a posto io!, I'll fix you!; mettere a profitto qlco., to turn sthg. to account: mettere a profitto un consiglio, to profit by advice; mettere a punto, to get ready, (un motore) to tune up; mettere a sacco, to sack; mettere a soqquadro, to turn upside-down (o to turn topsy-turvy) // mettere in, to put in (to): mettere in atto, to put into action; mettere in cantiere qlco., to begin work on sthg.; mettere in carta, to write down; mettere in chiaro qlco., to make sthg. clear; mettere in commercio, to put on sale; mettere in conto qlco. a qlcu., to put sthg. on s.o.'s account; mettere in dubbio, in forse qlco., to cast doubt on (o to question o to doubt) sthg.: non lo metto in dubbio, I don't doubt it; mettere in fila, to line up; mettere in fuga, to put to flight; mettere in funzione una macchina, to start a machine; mettere in giro, in piazza, to spread (o to broadcast); mettere in grado qlcu. di fare qlco., to enable s.o. to do sthg.; mettere nei guai qlcu., to land s.o. in a mess; mettere in guardia qlcu., to put s.o. on his guard; mettere in libertà, to set free; mettere in luce, in rilievo qlco., (fig.) to emphasize (o to stress o to highlight) sthg.; (tip.) mettere in macchina, to print; mettere qlco. in mano di qlcu., to put sthg. in s.o.'s hands; (mecc.) mettere in moto, in marcia, to start; mettere in musica, to set to music; (rad.) mettere in onda, to broadcast; mettere in opera, to start up (o to set running); mettere in ordine, to put (o to set) in order; mettere in pericolo, to endanger; mettere in pratica, to put into practice; mettere in prigione, to put in prison (o to imprison); mettere in salvo, to save; (teatr.) mettere in scena, to produce; mettere in tacere, to keep secret; mettere in vendita, to put on sale: mettere in vendita una casa, to put a house up for sale; mettere nel sacco, to fool (o to deceive) // mettersi in mente, in testa di fare qlco., to get (o to take) it into one's head to do sthg.: si mise in mente che la colpa fosse mia, he got it into his head that it was my fault; si mise in mente una strana idea, he got a strange idea into his head; si mise in testa di farlo, he took it into his head to do it // mettere su, to put on: mettere su arie, to put on airs; mettere su casa, to set up house; mettere su ciccia, (fam.) to put on weight; mettere su la minestra, (fam.) to put the soup on; mettere su un negozio, to set up a shop; mettere su i punti, (a maglia) to cast on stitches; mettere su qlcu. contro un altro, to set (o to incite) s.o. against another // mettere le ali ai piedi di qlcu., to lend wings to s.o.'s heels // mettere avanti, indietro un orologio, to put a watch forward, back // mettere il bastone tra le ruote, to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel // mettere il carro davanti ai buoi, to put the cart before the horse // mettere qlcu. con le spalle al muro, alle strette, to get s.o. with his back to the wall // mettere da parte, to put (o to set o to lay) aside: ha messo da parte molto denaro, he has put a good bit of money aside // mettere dentro, (in prigione) to put inside // mettere disaccordo tra due persone, to set two people against each other // mettere fine a qlco., to put an end to sthg. // mettere fuoco a qlco., to set fire to sthg. (o to set sthg. on fire) // mettere fuori combattimento qlcu., (boxe) to knock s.o. out // mettere insieme, to put together, (raccogliere) to gather (o to collect) // mettere le mani addosso a qlcu., to lay hands on s.o., (molestare una donna) to touch s.o. up // mettere le mani su qlco., to lay one's hands on (o to take) sthg. // non credo che ci abbia messo mano, I do not think he has had a hand in it; mettere mano alla spada, to clap one's hand to one's sword // mettere il naso, il becco in qlco., to stick one's nose into sthg. // mettere nome a qlcu., to call (o to name) s.o.: gli ho messo nome Giovanni, I've named him John // mettere gli occhi addosso a qlcu., to set eyes on s.o. // mettere per iscritto, to put in writing // mettere piede in un posto, to set foot in a place // mettere una pulce nell'orecchio a qlcu., to sow doubts in s.o.'s mind // mettere i puntini sugli i, to dot one's i's // mettere sotto i piedi qlcu., to humiliate (o to trample on) s.o. // mettere sul lastrico qlcu., to turn s.o. out into the street, (fig.) to ruin s.o. // mettere tavola, to lay the table // mettere tempo in mezzo, to gain time // mettere la testa a partito, a posto, to settle down // mettere una tassa, to levy a tax.

* * *

1. ['mettere]
vb irreg vt
1) (porre) to put

dove hai messo la mia penna? — where did you put my pen?

guarda dove metti i piedi — be careful where you step

gli ha messo una mano sulla spalla — he put o laid a hand on his shoulder

mettere qc diritto — to put o set sth straight

mettere un bambino a letto — to put a child to bed

mettere un annuncio sul giornale — to put an advert in the paper

mettere il lavoro al di sopra di tutto — to put work before all else

quando si mette una cosa in testa... — when he gets an idea into his head...

mettere qn sulla strada giusta fig — to set sb right

2)

(infondere) mettere fame/allegria/malinconia a qn — to make sb (feel) hungry/happy/sad

3)

mettersi — (abito: indossare) to put on, (portare) to wear

mettiti il maglione — put your jumper on

si mise le scarpe — he put his shoes on

non metto più quelle scarpe — I've stopped wearing those shoes, I don't wear those shoes any more

mettersi il cappello — to put on one's hat

non so cosa mettermi — I don't know what to wear

ma che cosa ti sei messo? — what on earth have you got on?

4) (installare: telefono, gas, finestre) to put in, (acqua) to lay on

5) (sveglia, allarme) to set

hai messo la sveglia? — have you set the alarm?

hai messo la sicura? Auto — have you locked the door?

6)

(supporre) mettiamo che... — let's suppose o say that...

7)

metterci; metterci molta cura/molto tempo — to take a lot of care/a lot of time

quanto tempo ci hai messo? — how long did it take you?

ci ho messo 3 ore per venire — it's taken me 3 hours to get here

mettercela tutta — to do one's utmost o very best

8)

(fraseologia) mettere a confronto — to compare

mettere in conto — (somma ecc) to put on account

mettere qn contro qn fig — to turn sb against sb

mettere qn al corrente di qc — to put sb in the picture about sth

mettere dentro qn — (fam : imprigionare) to put sb inside

mettere in giro — (pettegolezzi, voci) to spread

mettere insieme — (gen) to put together, (organizzare: spettacolo, gruppo) to organize, get together, (soldi) to save

mettere in luce — (problemi, errori) to show up, highlight

mettere qn a sedere — to sit sb down

mettere sotto — (sopraffare) to get the better of

mettere su il caffè fam — to put the coffee on

mettere su casa — to set up house

mettere su un negozio — to start a shop

mettere su pancia — to develop a paunch

mettere su peso — to put on weight

mettere a tacere qn/qc — to keep sb/sth quiet

mettere via — to put away

2. vr (mettersi)

1) to put o.s.

non metterti là — (seduto) don't sit there, (in piedi) don't stand there

mettiti là e aspetta — wait there

mettersi a sedere — to sit down

mettersi a letto — to go to bed, (malato) to take to one's bed

2)

(vestirsi) mettersi in costume — to put on one's swimming things

ti dispiace se mi metto in maniche di camicia? — do you mind if I take off my jacket?

3)

(in gruppo) mettersi in società — to set up in business

si sono messi insieme — (coppia) they've started going out together Brit o dating Am

3. vip (mettersi)

1)

(incominciare) mettersi a fare qc — to start to do sth

mettersi a piangere/ridere — to start crying/laughing, start o begin to cry/laugh

mettersi a bere — to take to drink

mettersi al lavoro — to set to work

2)

(prendere un andamento) si mette al bello — (tempo) the weather's turning fine

mettersi bene/male — (faccenda) to turn out well/badly

vediamo come si mettono le cose — let's see how things go

* * *
['mettere] 1.
verbo transitivo

1) (collocare, porre) to put*, to place, to set* [ oggetto]

mettere i piatti in tavola — to put the plates on the table

mettere una tovaglia — to put on a tablecloth

ti ho messo le lenzuola pulite — I've changed the sheets for you

mettere i piedi sul tavolo — to put one's feet on the table

mettere le mani in tasca — to put one's hands in one's pockets

mettere la biancheria ad asciugare — to put the washing out to dry

mettere un annuncio sul giornale — to place an advertisement in the paper

mettere giù (il ricevitore) — to hang up, to put down the receiver, to ring off BE

2) (indossare) to put* on, to wear* [abito, gioiello]; to put* on [crema, rossetto]

non metto mai il cappello — I never wear a hat

metti la sciarpa! — put your scarf on!

3) (porre in una situazione, in uno stato)

mettere qcn. di buonumore, di cattivo umore — to put sb. in a good, bad mood

mettere qcn. contro qcn. altro — to play sb. off against sb.

mettere qcn. a dieta — to put sb. on a diet

mettere alla prova — to put to the test

mettere in dubbio — to question

mettere in fuga qcn. — to put sb. to flight

mettere in libertà — to set free

mettere qcs. in vendita — to put sth. up o offer sth. for sale

4) (classificare) to put*, to rank

tra gli scrittori, lo metto al primo posto — I rank him the best writer of all

mettere i bambini, la sicurezza davanti a tutto — to put children, safety first

5) (appendere, attaccare) to put* up, to post up [poster, manifesto]

6) mus. telev. to play, to put* on [disco, cassetta, CD]

mettere un po' di musica — to play music

7) (installare) to put* in [riscaldamento, telefono]; to lay* on BE [luce, gas]; to put* in, to fit* [doccia, mensola]

fare mettere il telefono — to have a telephone put in

mettere la moquette — to lay a carpet

8) (puntare)

mettere la sveglia alle sette — to set the alarm for 7 am

mettere avanti, indietro l'orologio — to put forward, back the clock

9) (scrivere, inserire) to put* in [parola, virgola]

metta una firma qui — sign here

10) (rendere, volgere)

mettere in versi — to put into verse

mettere in musica — to set to music

11) (aggiungere) to add, to put* [ ingrediente]

12) (dedicare) to put* (in) [energia, impegno]

mettercela tutta — to try one's hardest o best to do

mettici più impegno! — try harder!

13) (impiegare)

non metterci tanto — don't be long

ci ho messo due ore — it took me two hours

ci hanno messo molto a decidere — they've been a long time making up their minds

ce ne hai messo di tempo! — you took a long time!

14) (investire, spendere) to put* [ denaro] (in into)

15) colloq. (fare pagare)

a quanto mette le patate? — what price have you put on the potatoes? what are you asking for potatoes?

16) (imporre) to put* (on), to impose [ tassa]

17) (infondere, provocare) to cause, to inspire

mettere paura a qcn. — to frighten sb., to give sb. a scare

mettere allegria — to cheer, to delight

mettere sete, fame a qcn. — to make sb. thirsty, hungry

18) (azionare)

mettere la retromarcia — to go into reverse, to put the car into reverse

mettere la seconda — to shift into second gear AE

mettere gli anabbaglianti — to dip one's headlights BE

19) colloq. (confrontare) to compare

vuoi mettere questo ristorante con quella bettola? — how can you compare this restaurant with that greasy spoon?

vuoi mettere? — there's no comparison!

20) colloq. (supporre) to suppose, to assume

mettiamo il caso che... — let's assume that...

mettiamo che sia vero — suppose (that) it's true

21) mettere su (dare inizio)

mettere su famiglia — to start a family

mettere su casa — to set up home o house

mettere su un negozio — to set up o start up shop; (ingrassare)

mettere su peso, chili — to put on weight, kilos; (sul fornello)

mettere su il caffè — colloq. to put the coffee on; (allestire)

mettere su uno spettacolo — to put on o stage a show

22) mettere sotto

mettere sotto qcn. — (investire) to run over o down sb.; (fare lavorare) to work sb. hard
2.
verbo intransitivo (aus. avere) colloq. (regolare)

mettere sul terzo (canale) — to switch to channel 3
3.
verbo pronominale mettersi

1) (collocarsi) to put* oneself

- rsi in un angolo — to place oneself in a corner

- rsi in piedi — to stand up

- rsi in ginocchio — to go o get down on one's knees, to kneel

- rsi a letto — to go to bed, to take to one's bed

mettiti seduto — sit down there

- rsi a tavola — to sit down to dinner o to a meal

2) (infilarsi)

- rsi le mani in tasca — to put one's hands in one's pockets

- rsi una caramella in bocca — to pop a sweet in(to) one's mouth

3) (indossare) to put* on, to wear* [abito, gioiello]; to put* on [crema, rossetto]

che cosa ti metti stasera? — what are you wearing tonight?

non ho niente da mettermi — I haven't got a thing to wear

- rsi in pigiama — to get into one's pyjamas

- rsi in maschera — to put on o wear fancy dress

4) (cominciare)

-rsi a studiare inglese, a giocare a tennis — to take up English, tennis

- rsi a bere — to take to the bottle

- rsi a cantare — to burst into song, to burst out singing

- rsi a correre — to break into a run

si è messo a nevicare — it started to snow o snowing

5) (porsi in una situazione, in uno stato)

- rsi dalla parte del torto — to put oneself in the wrong

- rsi nei guai — to get into trouble

- rsi in salvo — to flee to safety

- rsi in viaggio — to go on a journey

-rsi contro qcn. — to set oneself against sb

6) colloq.

- rsi insieme — [soci, amici] to team up; [ innamorati] to pair off

7) (evolversi)

le cose si mettono male per noi — things are looking black for us

dipende da come si mettono le cose — it depends how things turn out

il tempo si è messo al bello — the weather is set fair

••

come la mettiamo? — (di fronte a difficoltà) so where do we go from here? (per chiedere una spiegazione) what have you got to say for yourself?

- rsi sotto — (impegnarsi) to set to

* * *

mettere

/'mettere/ [60]

I verbo transitivo

1 (collocare, porre) to put*, to place, to set* [ oggetto]; mettere i piatti in tavola to put the plates on the table; mettere una tovaglia to put on a tablecloth; ti ho messo le lenzuola pulite I've changed the sheets for you; mettere i piedi sul tavolo to put one's feet on the table; mettere le mani in tasca to put one's hands in one's pockets; mettere la biancheria ad asciugare to put the washing out to dry; mettere un annuncio sul giornale to place an advertisement in the paper; mettere giù (il ricevitore) to hang up, to put down the receiver, to ring off BE

2 (indossare) to put* on, to wear* [abito, gioiello]; to put* on [crema, rossetto]; non metto mai il cappello I never wear a hat; metti la sciarpa! put your scarf on!

3 (porre in una situazione, in uno stato) mettere qcn. di buonumore, di cattivo umore to put sb. in a good, bad mood; mettere qcn. contro qcn. altro to play sb. off against sb.; mettere qcn. a dieta to put sb. on a diet; mettere alla prova to put to the test; mettere in dubbio to question; mettere in fuga qcn. to put sb. to flight; mettere in libertà to set free; mettere qcs. in vendita to put sth. up o offer sth. for sale

4 (classificare) to put*, to rank; tra gli scrittori, lo metto al primo posto I rank him the best writer of all; mettere i bambini, la sicurezza davanti a tutto to put children, safety first

5 (appendere, attaccare) to put* up, to post up [poster, manifesto]

6 mus. telev. to play, to put* on [disco, cassetta, CD]; mettere un po' di musica to play music

7 (installare) to put* in [riscaldamento, telefono]; to lay* on BE [luce, gas]; to put* in, to fit* [doccia, mensola]; fare mettere il telefono to have a telephone put in; mettere la moquette to lay a carpet

8 (puntare) mettere la sveglia alle sette to set the alarm for 7 am; mettere avanti, indietro l'orologio to put forward, back the clock

9 (scrivere, inserire) to put* in [parola, virgola]; metta una firma qui sign here

10 (rendere, volgere) mettere in versi to put into verse; mettere in musica to set to music

11 (aggiungere) to add, to put* [ ingrediente]

12 (dedicare) to put* (in) [energia, impegno]; mettercela tutta to try one's hardest o best to do; mettici più impegno! try harder!

13 (impiegare) non metterci tanto don't be long; ci ho messo due ore it took me two hours; ci hanno messo molto a decidere they've been a long time making up their minds; ce ne hai messo di tempo! you took a long time!

14 (investire, spendere) to put* [ denaro] (in into)

15 colloq. (fare pagare) a quanto mette le patate? what price have you put on the potatoes? what are you asking for potatoes?

16 (imporre) to put* (on), to impose [ tassa]

17 (infondere, provocare) to cause, to inspire; mettere paura a qcn. to frighten sb., to give sb. a scare; mettere allegria to cheer, to delight; mettere sete, fame a qcn. to make sb. thirsty, hungry

18 (azionare) mettere la retromarcia to go into reverse, to put the car into reverse; mettere la seconda to shift into second gear AE; mettere gli anabbaglianti to dip one's headlights BE

19 colloq. (confrontare) to compare; vuoi mettere questo ristorante con quella bettola? how can you compare this restaurant with that greasy spoon? vuoi mettere? there's no comparison!

20 colloq. (supporre) to suppose, to assume; mettiamo il caso che... let's assume that...; mettiamo che sia vero suppose (that) it's true

21 mettere su (dare inizio) mettere su famiglia to start a family; mettere su casa to set up home o house; mettere su un negozio to set up o start up shop; (ingrassare) mettere su peso, chili to put on weight, kilos; (sul fornello) mettere su il caffè colloq. to put the coffee on; (allestire) mettere su uno spettacolo to put on o stage a show

22 mettere sotto mettere sotto qcn. (investire) to run over o down sb.; (fare lavorare) to work sb. hard

II verbo intransitivo

(aus. avere) colloq. (regolare) mettere sul terzo (canale) to switch to channel 3

III mettersi verbo pronominale

1 (collocarsi) to put* oneself; - rsi in un angolo to place oneself in a corner; - rsi in piedi to stand up; - rsi in ginocchio to go o get down on one's knees, to kneel; - rsi a letto to go to bed, to take to one's bed; mettiti seduto sit down there; - rsi a tavola to sit down to dinner o to a meal

2 (infilarsi) - rsi le mani in tasca to put one's hands in one's pockets; - rsi una caramella in bocca to pop a sweet in(to) one's mouth

3 (indossare) to put* on, to wear* [abito, gioiello]; to put* on [crema, rossetto]; che cosa ti metti stasera? what are you wearing tonight? non ho niente da mettermi I haven't got a thing to wear; - rsi in pigiama to get into one's pyjamas; - rsi in maschera to put on o wear fancy dress

4 (cominciare) -rsi a studiare inglese, a giocare a tennis to take up English, tennis; - rsi a bere to take to the bottle; - rsi a cantare to burst into song, to burst out singing; - rsi a correre to break into a run; si è messo a nevicare it started to snow o snowing

5 (porsi in una situazione, in uno stato) - rsi dalla parte del torto to put oneself in the wrong; - rsi nei guai to get into trouble; - rsi in salvo to flee to safety; - rsi in viaggio to go on a journey; -rsi contro qcn. to set oneself against sb.

6 colloq. - rsi insieme [soci, amici] to team up; [ innamorati] to pair off

7 (evolversi) le cose si mettono male per noi things are looking black for us; dipende da come si mettono le cose it depends how things turn out; il tempo si è messo al bello the weather is set fair

IDIOMS

come la mettiamo? (di fronte a difficoltà) so where do we go from here? (per chiedere una spiegazione) what have you got to say for yourself? - rsi sotto (impegnarsi) to set to.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > mettere
51 обращаться к

1. resort

прибегать к — resort

прибегнул к — resorted to

прибегать к силе — resort to force

прибегнет к силе — resort to force

прибегать к оружию — resort to arms

2. turn

перелом к лучшему — turn for the better

перемена к худшему — turn for the worse

перемена к лучшему — turn for the better

переходить к политике — turn to politics

переход к новому абзацу — paragraph return

3. appeal to

рыскание к ветру — running up into the wind

перейти к теме — to digress into a subject

принимающий к сведению — taking into account

вызвать к жизни; создать — to call into being

принуждающий к; принуждение к — pressing into

4. consult

вам следует обратиться к врачу — you should consult a doctor

5. contact

просьба обратиться к — contact your

6. contacting

7. move up to

подключаться к электрической сети — to tap into a power line

он пристрастился к выпивке — he fell into the drinking habit

поезд подошёл к станции — the train pulled into the station

к ночи мы уже будем в городе — we shall reach town by night

допуск к совершенно секретной работе — top secret clearance

Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > обращаться к
52 duro

adj.

1 hard, hard-core, stiff, strong.

2 hard, hard-boiled, hard-bitten, severe.

3 hard, tough, difficult, rough.

4 headstrong, unbending, obdurate.

5 harsh, severe.

adv.

hard, with force.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

duro

► adjetivo

1 hard

2 (carne) tough; (pan) stale

3 (difícil) hard, difficult

4 (cruel) tough, hardhearted, callous

5 (resistente) strong, tough

6 (obstinado) obstinate, stubborn

► nombre masculino duro

1 (antiguamente) five pesetas; (moneda) five-peseta coin

2 familiar tough guy

► adverbio

1 hard

■ dale duro hit him hard

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

lo que faltaba para el duro familiar just what I (we etc) needed!

ser duro,-a de mollera to be thick, be as thick as two short planks

————————

duro

► nombre masculino

1 (antiguamente) five pesetas; (moneda) five-peseta coin

2 familiar tough guy

► adverbio

1 hard

■ dale duro hit him hard

* * *
1. adv.
hard
2. (f. - dura)
adj.

1) hard

2) harsh

3) rough

* * *
duro, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=resistente) [material, superficie, cama, agua] hard; [cable, alambre] stiff; [pan] hard, stale; [carne] tough; [legumbres] hard; [articulación, mecanismo] stiff; [músculo] firm, hard

la cerradura está muy dura — the lock is very stiff

- más duro que una piedra

2) (=agresivo) [clima, tiempo, crítica] harsh, severe; [deporte, juego] rough; [ataque] fierce; [castigo, sentencia] severe, harsh; [carácter, actitud] tough

fue un duro golpe para el partido — it was a severe o heavy blow to the party

una postura dura contra la droga — a tough stance o hard line against drugs

el sector duro del partido — the hardliners in the party

es muy duro con sus hijos — he's very strict o tough with his children

hay que tener mano dura con los estudiantes — you have to be firm o strict with students, students need a firm hand

rock duro — hard rock

- a las duras y a las maduras

3) (=difícil) [tarea, prueba, examen] hard

el slálom es una prueba muy dura — the slalom is a very hard o tough race

este coche ha pasado las pruebas más duras — this car has passed the most stringent tests

lo tienes duro para aprobar — * it will be hard o difficult for you to pass

¡qué dura es la vida! — it's a hard life!

- ser duro de pelar

4) * (=torpe)

es muy duro para las matemáticas — he's hopeless o no good at maths *

duro de mollera — dense *, dim *

duro de oído — (=medio sordo) hard of hearing; (Mús) tone deaf

5) Méx
* (=borracho)
estar duro — to be drunk

2.

ADV hard

mi padre trabaja duro — my father works hard

pégale o dale duro — hit him hard

3.

SM (=cinco pesetas) five pesetas; (=moneda) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — * to be broke *

- ¡lo que faltaba para el duro!

- ¡y que te den dos duros!

vender duros a tres pesetas —

cree que en Estados Unidos venden duros a tres pesetas — he thinks that in the States the streets are paved with gold

4. SM / F

1) [en película, historia] tough character

se hizo el duro para disimular su tristeza — he acted the tough guy o hard man in order to hide his sadness

2) (Pol) hard-liner

* * *
I
- ra adjetivo

1) < mineral> hard; < material> hard, tough; <asiento/colchón> hard; < carne> tough; < músculo> hard; < pan> stale

las peras todavía están duras — the pears aren't ripe yet

2) <luz/voz> harsh; < facciones> hard, harsh; < agua> hard

3)

a) (severo, riguroso) < persona> harsh, hard; <castigo/palabras> harsh, severe; <crítica/ataque> harsh; < clima> harsh; < juego> rough, hard

estuviste or fuiste demasiado duro con él — you were too hard on him

una postura más dura — a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura — the hardliners

b) (difícil, penoso) <trabajo/vida> hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella — it was a very hard blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras — through thick and thin (colloq)

estar duro — (Méx fam) ( poco probable) to be unlikely; ( muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo — it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar — (fam) < problema> to be tough o hard (colloq)

ser duro de pelar — (fam) < persona> to be a hard o tough nut to crack

4) (Per) ( tacaño) (fam) tight (colloq), stingy (colloq)
II
adverbio (esp AmL) <trabajar/estudiar/llover> hard

pégale duro! — hit him hard!

le estamos dando duro — we're working hard on it

hable más duro — (Col, Ven) speak up!

reírse duro — (Col, Ven) to laugh loudly

agárrense duro — (Col, Ven) hold on tight

duro y parejo — (AmL fam) flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo — to work flat out
III
masculino

1) ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — (Esp fam) to be broke (colloq)

2)

a) (fam) ( en películas) tough guy

b) (Pol) hardliner

* * *
I
- ra adjetivo

1) < mineral> hard; < material> hard, tough; <asiento/colchón> hard; < carne> tough; < músculo> hard; < pan> stale

las peras todavía están duras — the pears aren't ripe yet

2) <luz/voz> harsh; < facciones> hard, harsh; < agua> hard

3)

a) (severo, riguroso) < persona> harsh, hard; <castigo/palabras> harsh, severe; <crítica/ataque> harsh; < clima> harsh; < juego> rough, hard

estuviste or fuiste demasiado duro con él — you were too hard on him

una postura más dura — a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura — the hardliners

b) (difícil, penoso) <trabajo/vida> hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella — it was a very hard blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras — through thick and thin (colloq)

estar duro — (Méx fam) ( poco probable) to be unlikely; ( muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo — it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar — (fam) < problema> to be tough o hard (colloq)

ser duro de pelar — (fam) < persona> to be a hard o tough nut to crack

4) (Per) ( tacaño) (fam) tight (colloq), stingy (colloq)
II
adverbio (esp AmL) <trabajar/estudiar/llover> hard

pégale duro! — hit him hard!

le estamos dando duro — we're working hard on it

hable más duro — (Col, Ven) speak up!

reírse duro — (Col, Ven) to laugh loudly

agárrense duro — (Col, Ven) hold on tight

duro y parejo — (AmL fam) flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo — to work flat out
III
masculino

1) ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — (Esp fam) to be broke (colloq)

2)

a) (fam) ( en películas) tough guy

b) (Pol) hardliner

* * *

duro¹

¹ = harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], stiff [stiffer -comp., stiffest -sup.], tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], flinty [flintier -comp., flintiest -sup.], hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.], stern, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], rugged, hard-nosed, unfeeling, tough-minded, hard-line, hardy [hardier -comp., hardiest -sup.], hard-wearing, gruelling [grueling, -USA].

Ex: In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.

Ex: Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.

Ex: Ironically, however, the internal organisation walls librarians have built to categorise materials by format remain stiff and solid.

Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex: 'I wish she'd tell me when she asks one of my people to do something,' she added in the same flinty tone.

Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

Ex: There are two good reasons for this stern rule.

Ex: The changes for the latter group are going to be abrupt, and rough -- very revolutionary.

Ex: The article 'Where no drive has gone before: ruggedized CD-ROM drives' provides examples of conditions where CD-ROM drives need to be particularly rugged (severe industrial conditions, severe shock and vibration conditions, and severe military conditions).

Ex: Companies must adopt a hard-nosed attitude in judging the cost benefits of teletext.

Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.

Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.

Ex: Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.

Ex: These plants are often not as hardy when placed in the garden under less than hothouse conditions.

Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.

Ex: He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.

* actuar duro = play + hardball.

* a duras penas = with great difficulty.

* arreglárselas a duras penas = muddle through.

* avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.

* cara dura = impudence, effrontery, blatancy, shameless, shamelessness.

* ciencias duras, las = hard sciences, the.

* dar duro = pack + a wallop.

* de línea dura = hard-line.

* disco duro = hard disc.

* dura realidad = fact of life, harsh reality.

* duro como una piedra = rock-hard.

* duro de corazón = hard-hearted.

* duro de oído = hard-of-hearing.

* duro despertar = rude awakening.

* duro golpe = cruel blow.

* duro revés = cruel blow.

* edición en cubierta dura = hardcover.

* edición en tapas duras = hardcover.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* hacerse el duro = play it + cool, play + hard to get.

* hueso duro = tough nut.

* hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.

* huevo duro = hard-boiled egg.

* la parte más dura de = brunt of, the.

* libro impreso en pastas duras = board book.

* madera dura = hardwood.

* ¿mano blanda o mano dura? = the carrot vs. the stick.

* mano blanda y mano dura = carrots and sticks.

* mano dura = iron fist, iron hand.

* más duro que la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* más duro que una piedra = as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* paladar duro = hard palate.

* pastas duras = hard cover.

* personas que son duras de oído, las = hard of hearing, the.

* pornografía dura = hard core pornography.

* puro y duro = unvarnished.

* recibir duras críticas = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* salir adelante a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* sector duro = hard sector.

* tan duro como el pedernal = as hard as nails.

* tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails.

* tan duro como la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* tenerlo duro = not be easy.

* tener un duro despertar = rude awakening + be in store.

* trabajar duro = labour [labor, -USA], toil, slave away.

* trabajo duro = hard graft, hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

duro²

* dejar a Alguien sin un duro = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* estar sin un duro = not have a bean.

* faltar el canto de un duro para = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, come + very close to.

* no tener un duro = not have a bean.

* novela a duro = dime and nickel novel.

* sin un duro = broke, down-and-out, skint, penniless.

* * *

duro¹ -ra

adjective

A

1 ‹mineral› hard; ‹material› hard, tough; ‹asiento/colchón› hard; ‹carne› tough; ‹músculo› hard

las zanahorias todavía están duras the carrots are still hard

huevo

2 ‹pan›

este pan está duro como una piedra this bread is rock-hard

pan duro para rallar stale bread for making breadcrumbs

3 (entumecido) ‹cuello/dedos› stiff

estoy duro de frío ( fam); I'm frozen stiff

B

1 ‹luz/voz› harsh; ‹facciones› hard, harsh

2 ‹agua› hard

C

1 (severo, riguroso) ‹persona› harsh, hard; ‹castigo/palabras› harsh, severe; ‹crítica/ataque› harsh; ‹clima› harsh

estuviste demasiado duro con él you were too hard on him

una postura más dura a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura the hardliners, those who favor a tough stance

el equipo es famoso por su juego duro the team is notorious for its rough o hard play

lo que hace falta aquí es una mano dura what's needed here is a firm hand

2 (difícil, penoso) ‹trabajo/vida› hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella it was a very hard o a terrible blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras through thick and thin ( colloq)

estar duro ( Méx fam) (poco probable) to be unlikely; (muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar ( fam); ‹problema› to be tough o hard ( colloq)

ser duro de pelar ( fam); ‹persona› to be a hard o tough nut to crack

3 ( fam) (torpe) dumb ( colloq)

es duro para los idiomas he's useless at languages ( colloq)

D ( Per) (tacaño) ( fam) tight ( colloq), stingy ( colloq)

duro²

adverb

( esp AmL) ‹trabajar/estudiar/llover› hard

¡pégale duro! hit him hard!

¡agárrate duro! hold on tight!

le estamos dando duro we're working hard on it

los periódicos le dieron duro the newspapers gave him a rough ride

hable más duro (Col, Ven); speak up!

estábamos riéndonos muy duro (Col, Ven); we were laughing very loudly

agárrense duro (Col, Ven); hold on tight

corrimos bien duro (Col, Ven); we ran really fast

duro y parejo ( AmL fam); flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo to work flat out

duro³

masculine

A (en España) ( Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro ( Esp fam); to be broke ( colloq)

B

1 ( fam) (en películas) tough guy

2 ( Pol) hardliner

* * *

Del verbo durar: ( conjugate durar)

duro es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

duró es:

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

Multiple Entries:
durar
duro
durar ( conjugate durar) verbo intransitivo
a) [reunión/guerra/relación] to last;

◊ ¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?

b) [coche/zapatos] to last

c) (Col, Ven) See Also→ demorar a

durarse verbo pronominal (Ven) See Also→
◊ demorarse

duro 1 -ra adjetivo
1 ( en general) hard;
‹ carne› tough;
‹ pan› stale;
◊ las peras están duras the pears aren't ripe

2 ‹luz/voz› harsh;
‹ facciones› hard, harsh
3
a) (severo, riguroso) harsh;

‹ juego› rough, hard;
◊ fuiste demasiado duro con él you were too hard on him;

una postura más dura a tougher line
b) (difícil, penoso) ‹trabajo/vida› hard, tough;

◊ fue un golpe muy duro it was a very hard blow

duro 2 adverbio (esp AmL) ‹trabajar/estudiar/llover› hard;
‹ hablar› (Col, Ven) loudly
duro 3 sustantivo masculino ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin
durar verbo intransitivo
1 to last
2 (ropa, calzado) to wear well, last
duro,-a
I adjetivo
1 hard: ... y también dos huevos duros,... and also two hard-boiled eggs
2 (insensible, intransigente) harsh, hard: su mirada era dura, her look was harsh
3 (violento, brusco) rough: aguanté una dura reprimenda, I endured a rough reprimand
II m (moneda) five-peseta coin
III adverbio hard
' duro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bregar
- canto
- disco
- dura
- durante
- edificación
- golpe
- huevo
- larga
- largo
- mollera
- oído
- pelar
- roer
- sobremesa
- suela
- tarugo
- aplastar
- entrado
- noviazgo
- pesado
- piedra
- rock
- tieso
English:
achieve
- blow
- broke
- celebration
- cold-hearted
- dammit
- disc
- disk
- easy
- elbow-grease
- empire
- exacting
- exertion
- graft
- grill
- gristle
- hard
- hard disk
- hard porn
- hard-boiled
- hard-core
- harsh
- hawkish
- lack
- last
- long
- nail
- not
- nougat
- nut
- penny
- punishing
- recognition
- rough
- rugged
- second
- severe
- slog
- stale
- stark
- stiff
- sweat
- thrive
- toil
- tough
- tough-minded
- arduous
- boil
- dense
- firm

* * *

duro, -a

♦ adj

1. [objeto, material, superficie] hard;
[carne] tough; [pan] stale;
estas peras están todavía muy duras these pears are still hard o not ripe;
Vulg
ponérsele dura a alguien: se me puso dura I got a hard-on;

Comp

estar duro como una piedra to be rock-hard;

Comp

más dura será la caída: cuanto más famosos se hagan, más dura será la caída the more famous they get, the worse it is when they fall from popularity;

Comp
Fam
ser duro de mollera [estúpido] to be thick in the head;
[testarudo] to be pigheaded;
Comp
Fam
ser duro de oído to be hard of hearing

2. [cerradura, grifo, mecanismo] stiff;

los cajones van un poco duros the drawers are a bit stiff

3. [agua] hard

4. [penoso, inclemente] [clima, invierno] harsh, severe;
[etapa, experiencia, vida] hard, tough;
fue un golpe muy duro para todos it was a heavy blow for everybody;

son o [m5] corren tiempos muy duros these are hard times;

Comp
Fam
estar a las duras y a las maduras [sin rendirse] to be there through thick and thin;
[sin quejarse] to take the rough with the smooth
5. [severo, áspero] [persona, palabras, críticas] harsh, severe;
[acciones, medidas, condena] harsh; [postura, sector] hard-line; [juego, partido] rough;
estuvo muy duro con él he was very hard on him;

el ala dura del partido the hard-line faction of the party;

una entrada muy dura [de futbolista] a very hard tackle

6. [fuerte, resistente] tough;

un tipo duro a tough guy;

Comp
Fam
ser duro de pelar to be a hard nut to crack

♦ nm

1. [persona] tough guy;
[en partido político] hardliner;
hacerse el duro to act tough

2. Esp Antes [moneda] 5-peseta coin;

me debes 1.000 duros you owe me 5,000 pesetas;

5 duros [moneda] 25-peseta coin;

Comp

estar sin un duro to be flat broke;

Comp
Fam
¡lo que faltaba para el duro! that really is all we needed!;

Comp
Fam
que le/te/ etc [m5] den dos duros to hell with him/you/ etc

♦ adv

1. [mucho] hard;

trabajar duro to work hard

2. Col, Ven Fam [alto] loudly;

hablar duro to talk loudly;

reír duro to laugh noisily

3. Col, Ven Fam [rápido] quickly, fast;

nadan muy duro, es imposible alcanzarlos they're very strong swimmers, it's impossible to catch them

4. Col, Ven Fam [fuerte] hard;

pégale duro hit him hard

* * *

duro

I adj

1 material hard; carne tough

2 clima, fig

harsh

3

:

duro de oído fam hard of hearing;

duro de corazón hard-hearted;

ser duro de pelar be a tough nut to crack

II adv hard

III m five peseta coin

* * *

duro adv

: hard

trabajé tan duro: I worked so hard

duro, -ra adj

1) : hard, tough

2) : harsh, severe

* * *

duro¹ adj

1. (en general) hard

es duro como una roca it's as hard as a rock

2. (carne, persona) tough

es un tipo duro he's a tough guy

3. (castigo, clima) harsh

una crítica muy dura very harsh criticism

4. (pan) stale

duro² adv hard

trabajó muy duro he worked very hard

duro³ n five peseta coin

no tener ni un duro to be broke

Spanish-English dictionary > duro
53 pas

I.

pas¹ [pα]

1. masculine noun

   a. step ; ( = bruit) footstep ; ( = trace) footprint

• faire un pas en arrière

• reculer d'un pas to step back

• faire un pas en avant

• avancer d'un pas to step forward

• revenir or retourner sur ses pas to retrace one's steps

• marcher à grands pas to stride along

• pas à pas step by step

• à chaque pas at every step

• ne le quittez pas d'un pas follow him wherever he goes

• faire ses premiers pas to start walking

• pas de danse dance step

   b. ( = distance) pace

• c'est à deux pas d'ici it's only a minute away

   c. ( = vitesse) pace ; (Military) step

• marcher d'un bon pas to walk at a brisk pace

• presser le pas to quicken one's pace

• ralentir le pas to slow down

• marcher au pas to march

• « roulez au pas » "dead slow"

• au pas de course at a run

   d. ( = démarche) tread

• d'un pas lourd with a heavy tread

   e. (locutions) la science avance à grands pas science is taking great steps forward

• faire le(s) premier(s) pas to take the initiative

• il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte the first step is the hardest

• à pas de loup stealthily

• j'y vais de ce pas I'll go at once

• prendre le pas sur [+ considérations, préoccupations] to override ; [+ théorie, méthode] to supplant ; [+ personne] to steal a march over

• sauter le pas to take the plunge

2. compounds

► le pas de Calais ( = détroit) the Straits of Dover

► pas de l'oie goose-step

► le pas de la porte the doorstep

► pas de vis thread (of screw)

II.

pas² [pα]

adverb

   a. (avec ne: formant négation verbale) not

• ce n'est pas vrai

• c'est pas vrai (inf) it's not true

• il n'est pas allé à l'école he didn't go to school

• je ne trouve pas mon sac I can't find my bag

• ils n'ont pas de voiture/d'enfants they don't have a car/any children

• il m'a dit de (ne) pas le faire he told me not to do it

• je pense qu'il ne viendra pas I don't think he'll come

• il n'y a pas que ça it's not just that

• il n'y a pas que lui he's not the only one

• je n'en sais pas plus que vous I don't know any more about it than you

• il n'y avait pas plus de 20 personnes there were no more than 20 people there

• ne me parle pas sur ce ton don't speak to me like that

   b. (indiquant ou renforçant opposition) elle travaille, (mais) lui pas she works, but he doesn't

• il aime ça, pas toi ? he likes it, don't you?

   c. (dans réponses négatives) not

• pas de sucre, merci ! no sugar, thanks!

• pas du tout not at all

• pas encore not yet

• pas tellement (inf) pas tant que ça not that much

• qui l'a prévenu ? -- pas moi who told him? -- not me

   d. (devant adjectif, nom, dans exclamations) (inf) il est dans une situation pas ordinaire he's in an unusual situation

• pas un n'est venu not one came

• pas possible ! no!

• pas vrai ? isn't that so?

• tu es content ? eh bien pas moi ! are you satisfied? well I'm not!

• t'es pas un peu fou ? you're crazy! (inf)

• si c'est pas malheureux ! isn't that disgraceful!

• pas de ça ! we'll have none of that!

• ah non, pas lui ! oh no, not him!

* * *

Note: Dans la langue parlée ou familière, not utilisé avec un auxiliaire ou un modal prend parfois la forme n't qui est alors accolée à l'auxiliaire: he hasn't finished, he couldn't come. On notera que will not devient won't, que shall not devient shan't et cannot devient can't

I pa
adverbe

1) gén

c'est un Autrichien, pas un Allemand — he's an Austrian, not a German

je ne prends pas de sucre avec mon café — I don't take sugar in coffee

ce n'est pas un lâche — gén he isn't a coward; ( pour insister) he's no coward

ce n'est pas une raison pour crier comme ça! — that's no reason to shout like that!

il n'est pas plus intelligent qu'un autre — he's no brighter than anybody else

je ne pense pas — I don't think so, I think not sout

elle a aimé le film, mais lui pas — she liked the film but he didn't

des tomates pas mûres — unripe tomatoes

des chaussures pas cirées — unpolished shoes

une radio pas chère — (colloq) a cheap radio

non mais t'es pas dingue? — (sl) are you mad or what?

2) (dans des expressions, exclamations)

pas du tout — not at all

pas le moins du monde — not in the slightest ou in the least

absolument pas — absolutely not

pas tellement — not much

pas tant que ça — not all that much

pas plus que ça — not all that much

pas d'histoires! — I don't want any arguments ou fuss!

pas de chance! — hard luck!

pas possible! — I can't believe it!

pas vrai? — (colloq) gén isn't that so?; ( n'est-ce pas)

on a bien travaillé, pas vrai? — (colloq) we did good work, didn't we?

II pa
nom masculin invariable

1) ( enjambée) step

faire un grand pas — to take a small step

avancer à grands pas — to stride along

avancer à petits pas — to edge forward

l'hiver arrive à grands pas — winter is fast approaching

avancer à pas de géant (dans quelque chose) — to make giant strides (in something)

marcher à pas de loup — to move stealthily

marcher à pas feutrés — to walk softly

faire ses premiers pas — [enfant] to take one's first steps

faire ses premiers pas dans la société mondaine — to make one's debut in society

faire le premier pas — fig to make the first move

suivre quelqu'un pas à pas — to follow somebody everywhere

avancer pas à pas — to proceed step by step

de là à dire qu'il s'en fiche (colloq), il n'y a qu'un pas — there's only a fine line between that and saying he doesn't care

j'habite à deux pas (d'ici) — I live just a step away (from here)

2) ( allure) pace

d'un bon pas — at a brisk pace

d'un pas lourd — with a heavy tread

d'un pas pressé — hurriedly

marcher du même pas — to walk in step

ralentir le pas — to slow down

marcher au pas — ( à pied) to march; ( à cheval) to walk

marquer le pas — Armée to mark time

rouler au pas — to crawl (along)

‘roulez au pas’ — ( panneau) ‘dead slow’ GB, ‘(very) slow’ US

mettre quelqu'un au pas — to bring somebody to heel

partir au pas de course — to rush off, to race off

faire quelque chose au pas de charge — to do something in double-quick time

j'y vais de ce pas — I'm on my way now

3) ( bruit) footstep

reconnaître le pas de quelqu'un — to recognize somebody's footstep

4) ( trace de pied) footprint

revenir or retourner sur ses pas — lit to retrace one's steps; fig to backtrack

marcher sur les pas de quelqu'un — fig to follow in somebody's footsteps

5) ( de danse) step

apprendre les pas du tango — to learn how to tango

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- pas de porte

••

tirer quelqu'un/se tirer d'un mauvais pas — to get somebody/to get out of a tight corner

faire or sauter le pas — to take the plunge

céder le pas à quelqu'un — to make way for somebody

prendre le pas sur quelque chose/quelqu'un — to overtake something/somebody

* * *

I pɒ adv
1) (avec `ne' et `non') not

Il ne pleure pas. (habituellement) — He doesn't cry., (maintenant) He's not crying., He isn't crying.

Il ne pleut pas. — It's not raining.

Je ne mange pas de viande. — I don't eat meat.

Il n'a pas pleuré. — He didn't cry.

Il ne pleurera pas. — He won't cry.

Elle n'est pas venue. — She didn't come.

Ils n'ont pas de voiture. — They haven't got a car., They have no car.

Ils n'ont pas d'enfants. — They haven't got any children., They have no children.

Ce n'est pas mal pour un début. — That's not bad for a first attempt.

Il m'a dit de ne pas le faire. — He told me not to do it.

non pas que... — not that...

pas du tout — not at all

Je n'aime pas du tout ça. — I don't like that at all.

n'est-ce pas; Vous viendrez à notre soirée, n'est-ce pas? — You're coming to our party, aren't you?

C'est Harry qui a gagné, n'est-ce pas? — Harry won, didn't he?

2) (employé sans `ne')

pas moi — not me, not I

pas de sucre, merci — no sugar, thanks

Elle travaille, lui pas.; Elle travaille, mais pas lui. — She works but he doesn't.

Elle veut aller au cinéma, pas moi. — She wants to go to the cinema, but I don't.

une pomme pas mûre — an apple that isn't ripe, an unripe apple

... ou pas? —... or not?

Ceci est à vous ou pas? — Is this yours or not?, Is this yours or isn't it?

pas plus tard qu'hier — only yesterday

3)

pas mal (personne, maison) — not bad

comment ça va? — pas mal — how are things? — not bad

pas mal fait — not badly done

pas mal de — quite a lot of

Il y avait pas mal de monde au concert. — There were quite a lot of people at the concert.

II pɒ nm
1) (= allure) pace, [cheval] walk

Il marchait d'un pas rapide. — He walked at a fast pace.

au pas — at a walking pace

Le cheval est parti au pas. — The horse set off at walking pace.

mettre qn au pas fig — to bring sb to heel

au pas de gymnastique — at a jog trot

au pas de course — at a run

de ce pas — straight away, at once

J'y vais de ce pas. — I'll go straight away

2) (= démarche) tread

3) (= enjambée) step

Faites trois pas en avant. — Take three steps forward.

un pas en arrière — a step backwards

retourner sur ses pas; revenir sur ses pas — to retrace one's steps

marcher à grands pas — to stride along

faire les cent pas — to pace up and down

Il faisait les cent pas dans le corridor. — He was pacing up and down the corridor.

4) (= bruit) step, footstep

J'entends des pas dans l'escalier. — I can hear footsteps on the stairs.

à pas de loup — stealthily

5) (= trace de pas) footprint

6) (mesure) pace

trois pas — three paces

à deux pas de... — just round the corner from...

c'est à deux pas — it's just round the corner

7) DANSE step

8) fig (= étape) step

un pas déterminant vers la paix — a decisive step towards peace

9) TECHNIQUE, [vis, écrou] thread

10) (autres locutions)

pas à pas — step by step

faire les premiers pas — to make the first move

sur le pas de la porte — on the doorstep

se tirer d'un mauvais pas fig — to get o.s. out of a tight spot

* * *

I.

pas adv

❢ Dans la langue parlée ou familière, not utilisé avec un auxiliaire ou un modal prend parfois la forme n't qui est alors accolée à l'auxiliaire: he hasn't finished, he couldn't come. On notera que will not devient won't, que shall not devient shan't et cannot devient can't.

1 gén sur les 15 employés, pas un ne parle anglais out of the 15 employees not one speaks English; c'est un Autrichien, pas un Allemand he's an Austrian, not a German; je ne prends pas de sucre avec mon café I don't take sugar in coffee; ils n'ont pas le téléphone they haven't got a phone; ils n'ont pas d'enfants/de principes they haven't got any children/principles, they have no children/principles; il n'y a pas de café dans le placard there isn't any coffee in the cupboard, there's no coffee in the cupboard; ce n'est pas de l'amour, c'est de la possessivité it isn't love, it's possessiveness; ce n'est pas du cuir, c'est du plastique it isn't leather, it's plastic; ce n'est pas un lâche gén he isn't a coward; ( pour insister) he's no coward; ce n'est pas un ami à moi gén he isn't a friend of mine; ( pour insister) he's no friend of mine; ce n'est pas une raison pour crier comme ça! that's no reason to shout like that!; ce n'est pas une vie pour un gamin de son âge it's no life for a child of his age; ce n'est pas un endroit pour s'arrêter it's no place to stop; ce n'est pas qu'il soit désagréable, mais il est tellement ennuyeux! it's not that he's unpleasant, but he's so boring!; elle n'est pas très bavarde she's not very talkative; il n'est pas plus intelligent qu'un autre he's no brighter than anybody else; je ne pense pas I don't think so, I think not sout; alors, tu viens ou pas○? so, are you coming or not?; elle a aimé le film, mais lui pas or mais pas lui○ she liked the film but he didn't; ma voiture a un toit ouvrant, la leur pas or pas la leur○ gén my car has a sunroof, theirs doesn't; ( pour rectifier une erreur) my car has a sunroof, not theirs; il m'a dit de ne pas y aller he told me not to go there; du pain pas cuit unbaked bread; des tomates pas mûres unripe tomatoes; des chaussures pas cirées unpolished shoes; une radio pas chère○ a cheap radio set; je fouille dans ma poche… pas de portefeuille! I searched in my pocket… no wallet!; pas d'augmentation pour vous, Pichon! no raise for you, Pichon!; non mais t'es pas dingue○? are you mad or what?;

2 (dans des expressions, exclamations) pas du tout not at all; pas le moins du monde not in the slightest ou in the least; absolument pas absolutely not; pas vraiment not really; pas tellement not much; pas tant que ça not all that much; pas plus que ça so-so○, not all that much; pas d'histoires! I don't want any arguments ou fuss about it!; pas de chance! hard luck!, tough luck!; pas possible! I can't believe it!; pas croyable! incredible!; pas vrai○? gén isn't that so?;

3 ( n'est-ce pas) elle est jolie la petite Pivachon, pas○? the Pivachon girl is pretty, isn't she?; on s'est bien amusé, pas○? we had a good time, didn't we?; on a bien travaillé, pas vrai○? we did good work, didn't we?

II.

pas nm inv

1 ( enjambée) step; faire un grand/petit pas to take a long/small step; faire des petits pas to take small steps; faire des grands pas to stride along; marcher or avancer à grands pas to stride along; marcher or avancer à petits pas to edge forward; faire un pas en avant/en arrière to take a step forward/backward; l'industrie a fait un grand pas en avant industry has taken a big step forward; l'hiver arrive à grands pas winter is fast approaching; avancer à pas de géant (dans qch) to make giant strides (in sth); avancer à pas de fourmi (dans qch) to progress at a snail's pace (in sth); marcher à pas de loup or de velours to move stealthily; marcher à pas feutrés to walk softly; marcher à pas comptés to walk with measured steps; faire ses premiers pas [enfant] to take one's first steps; faire ses premiers pas dans la société mondaine to make one's debut in society; faire le premier pas fig to make the first move; suivre qn pas à pas to follow sb everywhere; avancer pas à pas dans une enquête to proceed step by step in an inquiry; il n'y a qu'un pas there's a fine line; de là à dire qu'il s'en fiche○, il n'y a qu'un pas there's only a fine line between that and saying he doesn't care; j'habite à deux pas (d'ici) I live just a step away (from here); le magasin est à deux pas de chez elle the shop is just a step away from her house; ⇒ cent;

2 ( allure) pace; marcher d'un bon pas to walk at a brisk pace; allonger or hâter le pas to quicken one's pace; marcher d'un pas lourd to walk with a heavy tread; marcher d'un pas hésitant/gracieux to walk hesitantly/gracefully; se diriger vers sa voiture d'un pas pressé to walk hurriedly toward(s) one's car; marcher du même pas to walk in step; ralentir le pas to slow down; marcher au pas Mil to march; Équit to walk; marquer le pas Mil to mark time; rouler or circuler au pas to crawl (along); ‘roulez au pas’ ( sur panneau) ‘dead slow’ GB, ‘(very) slow’ US; mettre qn au pas to bring sb to heel; partir au pas de course to rush off, to race off; faire qch au pas de charge to do sth in double-quick time; j'y vais de ce pas I'll do it straightaway;

3 ( bruit) footstep; j'ai entendu un bruit de pas I heard footsteps; reconnaître le pas de qn to recognize sb's (foot)step;

4 ( trace de pied) footprint; des pas dans la neige/sur le sable footprints in the snow/in the sand; revenir or retourner sur ses pas lit, fig to retrace one's steps, to backtrack; marcher sur les pas de qn fig to follow in sb's footsteps;

5 Danse step; un pas de danse a dance step; le pas de valse the waltz step; apprendre les pas du tango to learn how to tango;

6 Tech ( d'une hélice) pitch; (d'un écrou, d'une vis) thread;

7 Aut, Aviat ( distance entre les sièges) seat pitch.

Composés

pas accéléré quick march; pas cadencé slow time; marcher au pas cadencé to march in slow time; pas de deux Danse pas de deux; pas de l'oie goosestep; marcher au pas de l'oie to goosestep; pas de patineur ( au ski) skating; pas de porte doorstep; rester sur le pas de la porte to stay on the doorstep; pas redoublé double time, quick march; marcher au pas redoublé to quick march; pas de route walking pace; pas de tir Mil Sport shooting range; Astronaut launch(ing) pad; pas de vis Tech thread.

Idiomes

tirer qn/se tirer d'un mauvais pas to get sb/to get out of a tight corner; faire or sauter le pas to take the plunge; céder le pas à qn to make way for sb; prendre le pas sur qch/qn to overtake sth/sb.

I

[pa] adverbe

1. [avec 'ne', pour exprimer la négation]

elle ne viendra pas she won't come

ils ne sont pas trop inquiets they're not too worried

ils n'ont pas de problèmes/d'avenir they have no problems/no future, they haven't got any problems/a future

il a décidé de ne pas accepter he decided not to accept

ce n'est pas que je ne veuille pas, mais... it's not that I don't want to, but...

[avec omission du 'ne'] (familier)

elle sait pas she doesn't know

t'en fais pas! don't (you) worry!

c'est vraiment pas drôle!

a. [pas comique] it's not in the least ou slightest bit funny

b. [ennuyeux] it's no fun at all

non, j'aime pas no, I don't like it

2. [avec 'non', pour renforcer la négation]

elle est non pas belle mais jolie she's not so much beautiful as pretty

3. [employé seul]

sincère ou pas sincere or not

les garçons voulaient danser, les filles pas the boys wanted to dance, the girls didn't

pourquoi pas? why not?

pas la peine (familier) (it's) not worth it

pas assez not enough

des fraises pas mûres unripe strawberries

4. [dans des réponses négatives]

pas de dessert pour moi, merci no dessert for me, thank you

qui l'a pris? — pas moi, en tout cas! who took it? — not me, that's for sure!

pas du tout not at all

c'est toi qui as fini les chocolats? — pas du tout! was it you who finished the chocolates? — certainly not!

pas le moins du monde not in the least ou slightest, not at all

absolument pas not at all

————————

pas mal (familier) locution adjectivale invariable

not bad

c'est pas mal comme idée that's not a bad idea

————————

pas mal (familier) locution adverbiale

1. [bien]

je ne m'en suis pas mal tiré I handled it quite well

on ferait pas mal de recommencer we'd be better off starting again

2. [très]

la voiture est pas mal amochée the car's pretty battered

————————

pas mal de locution déterminante

(familier) [suivi d'un nom comptable] quite a few, quite a lot of

[suivi d'un nom non comptable] quite a lot of

pas mal d'argent quite a lot of money

quand? — il y a pas mal de temps when? — quite a while ago

————————

pas plus mal locution adverbiale

il a maigri — c'est pas plus mal he's lost weight — good thing too ou that's not such a bad thing ou just as well

il ne s'en est pas trouvé plus mal he ended up none the worse for it

pas un locution déterminante,

pas une locution déterminante

not a (single), not one

pas un geste! not one move!

pas un loc pron,

pas une loc pron

not (a single) one

parmi elles, pas une qui ne veuille y aller every one of them wants to go there

pas un n'a bronché there wasn't a peep out of any of them

il s'y entend comme pas un pour déranger les gens à 2 h du matin he's a specialist at disturbing you at 2 in the morning

il sait faire les crêpes comme pas un he makes pancakes like nobody else (on earth)

II

[pa] nom masculin

1. [déplacement] step

je vais faire quelques pas dans le parc I'm going for a short ou little walk in the park

le convalescent fit quelques pas dehors the convalescent took a few steps outside

revenir ou retourner sur ses pas to retrace one's steps ou path, to turn back

arriver sur les pas de quelqu'un to follow close on somebody's heels, to arrive just after somebody

avancer à ou faire de petits pas to take short steps

marcher à grands pas to stride along

faire un pas sur le côté to take a step to the ou to one side

faire un pas en avant to step forward, to take a step ou pace forward

faire un pas en arrière to step back

faire ses premiers pas (sens propre) to learn to walk

il a fait ses premiers pas de comédien dans un film de Hitchcock (figuré) he made his debut as an actor in a Hitchcock film

marcher à pas de velours to pad around

2. [progrès]

avancer à petits pas to make slow progress

avancer à grands pas

a. [enquête] to make great progress

b. [technique, science] to take big steps forward

c. [échéance, événement] to be looming

avancer à pas comptés ou mesurés

a. [lentement] to make slow progress

b. [prudemment] to tread carefully

c. (figuré) to proceed slowly but surely

faire un grand pas en avant to take a great step ou leap forward

faire un pas en arrière to take a step back ou backwards

faire un pas en avant et deux (pas) en arrière to take one step forward and two steps back ou backwards

faire le premier pas to make the first move

il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte the first step is the hardest

marcher sur les pas de quelqu'un

a. to follow in somebody's footsteps

b. [étape] step

c'est un pas difficile pour lui que de te parler directement talking to you directly is a difficult step for him to take

c'est un grand pas à faire ou franchir it's a big step to take

franchir ou sauter le pas to take the plunge

le pas est vite fait ou franchi one thing very easily leads to the other

3. [empreinte] footprint

des pas sur le sable footprints in the sand

4. [allure] pace

allonger ou doubler le pas to quicken one's step ou pace

hâter ou presser le pas to hurry on

ralentir le pas to slow one's pace, to slow down

aller ou marcher d'un bon pas to walk at a good ou brisk pace

avancer ou marcher d'un pas lent to walk slowly

5. [démarche] gait, tread

marcher d'un pas alerte/léger/élastique to walk with a sprightly/light/bouncy tread

avancer d'un pas lourd ou pesant to tread heavily, to walk with a heavy tread

elle entendait son pas irrégulier/feutré sur la terrasse she could hear his irregular/soft footfall on the terrace

6. MILITAIRE step

pas accéléré marching step between quick march and double-quick

pas cadencé quick march

au pas de charge

a. MILITAIRE at the charge

b. (figuré) charging along

7. DANSE pas, step

esquisser un pas to dance a few steps, to do a little dance

pas battu/tombé pas battu/tombé

8. SPORT

pas de patinage ou patineur [en ski] skating

pas de canard/de l'escalier [en ski] herringbone/side stepping climb

au pas de course

a. at a run

b. (figuré) at a run, on the double

au pas de gymnastique at a jog trot

faire des pas tournants [en ski] to skate a turn

9. [mesure] pace

[espace approximatif] pace, step

à quelques pas de là a few steps ou paces away

à deux ou trois ou quelques pas: l'église est à deux pas the church is very close at hand ou is only a stone's throw from here

le restaurant n'est qu'à deux pas (de la gare) the restaurant is (only) just round the corner (from the station)

il se tenait à quelques pas de moi he was standing just a few yards from me

il n'y a qu'un pas (figuré) : entre la consommation de drogue et la vente, il n'y a qu'un pas there's only a small ou short step from taking drugs to selling them

ne pas quitter quelqu'un d'un pas to follow somebody's every footstep

10. [marche d'escalier] step

pas de porte doorstep

ne reste pas sur le pas de la porte don't stand at the door ou on the doorstep ou in the doorway

11. GÉOGRAPHIE [en montagne] pass

[en mer] strait

le pas de Calais the Strait of Dover

12. TECHNOLOGIE [d'une vis] thread

[d'une denture, d'un engrenage] pitch

13. AÉRONAUTIQUE pitch

14. MATHÉMATIQUES pitch

15. (locution)

prendre le pas (sur quelqu'un/quelque chose) to take precedence (over somebody/something), to dominate (somebody/something)

céder le pas to give way

se tirer d'un mauvais pas to get oneself out of a fix

————————

à chaque pas locution adverbiale

1. [partout] everywhere, at every step

je la rencontre à chaque pas I meet her everywhere (I go)

2. [constamment] at every turn ou step

————————

au pas locution adverbiale

1. [en marchant] at a walking pace

ne courez pas, allez au pas don't run, walk

2. AUTOMOBILE

aller ou rouler au pas

a. [dans un embouteillage] to crawl along

b. [consigne de sécurité] to go dead slow (UK), to go slow

3. ÉQUITATION walking, at a walk

mettre son cheval au pas to walk one's horse

mettre quelqu'un/quelque chose au pas to bring somebody/something to heel

de ce pas locution adverbiale

straightaway, at once

je vais de ce pas lui dire ma façon de penser I'm going to waste no time in telling him what I think

pas à pas locution adverbiale

1. [de très près] step by step

il la suivait pas à pas he followed her step by step

2. [prudemment] step by step, one step at a time

il faut refaire l'expérience pas à pas the experiment must be repeated step by step

3. INFORMATIQUE step by step

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > pas
54 in

1.
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 9, 20; Lucr. 2, 1096; 5, 102; 6, 890 et saep.), prep. with abl. and acc. [kindr. with Sanscr. an; Greek en, en-tha, en-then, eis, i. e. en-s, ana; Goth. ana; Germ. in], denotes either rest or motion within or into a place or thing; opp. to ex; in, within, on, upon, among, at; into, to, towards.
I.
With abl.
A.
In space.
1.
Lit., in (with abl. of the place or thing in which):
aliorum fructus in terra est, aliorum et extra,
Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 61:
alii in corde, alii in cerebro dixerunt animi esse sedem et locum,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:
eo in rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,
id. Brut. 43, 161:
qui sunt cives in eadem re publica,
id. Rep. 1, 32 fin.:
facillimam in ea re publica esse concordiam, in qua idem conducat omnibus,
id. ib.:
T. Labienus ex loco superiore, quae res in nostris castris gererentur, conspicatus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 4:
quod si in scaena, id est in contione verum valet, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 26, 97:
in foro palam Syracusis,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:
plures in eo loco sine vulnere quam in proelio aut fuga intereunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 35:
tulit de caede, quae in Appia via facta esset,
Cic. Mil. 6, 15:
in via fornicata,
Liv. 22, 36:
vigebat in illa domo mos patrius et disciplina,
Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:
in domo furtum factum ab eo qui domi fuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 16:
nupta in domo,
Liv. 6, 34, 9:
copias in castris continent,
in, within, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:
cum in angusto quodam pulpito stans diceret,
Quint. 11, 3, 130:
se ac suos in vehiculo conspici,
Liv. 5, 40, 10:
malo in illa tua sedecula sedere, quam in istorum sella curuli,
Cic. Att. 4, 10:
sedere in solio,
id. Fin. 2, 21, 66:
Albae constiterant, in urbe opportuna,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 6. —
Sometimes, also, with names of places: omnes se ultro sectari in Epheso memorat mulieres,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 182:
heri aliquot adolescentuli coiimus in Piraeo,
Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1:
navis et in Cajeta est parata nobis et Brundisii,
Cic. Att. 8, 3, 6:
complures (naves) in Hispali faciendas curavit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 18:
caesos in Marathone ac Salamine,
Quint. 12, 10, 24:
in Berenice urbe Troglodytarum,
Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183.—
2.
In indicating a multitude or number, of, in, or among which a person or thing is, in, among (= gen. part.):
in his poeta hic nomen profitetur suum,
Ter. Eun. prol. 3:
Thales, qui sapientissimus in septem fuit,
Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26:
peto ut eum complectare, diligas, in tuis habeas,
id. Fam. 13, 78, 2; cf.:
in perditis et desperatis,
id. ib. 13, 56, 1:
omnia quae secundum naturam fiunt, sunt habenda in bonis,
id. de Sen. 19, 71:
dolor in maximis malis ducitur,
id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:
justissimus unus in Teucris,
Verg. A. 2, 426:
cecidere in pugna ad duo milia... in his quatuor Romani centuriones,
Liv. 27, 12, 16:
in diis et feminae sunt,
Lact. 1, 16, 17.—
3.
Of analogous relations of place or position:
sedere in equo,
on horseback, id. Verr. 2, 5, 10:
quid legati in equis,
id. Pis. 25, 60:
sedere in leone,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109:
in eo flumine pons erat,
on, over, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:
in herboso Apidano,
on the banks of, Prop. 1, 3, 6:
in digitis,
on tiptoe, Val. Fl. 4, 267:
castra in limite locat,
on the rampart, Tac. A. 1, 50:
ipse coronam habebat unam in capite, alteram in collo,
on, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:
oleae in arbore,
Cels. 2, 24:
Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius,
among, Caes. B. C. 1, 61:
in ceteris nationibus, Cels. praef. 1: qui in Brutiis praeerat,
Liv. 25, 16, 7:
in juvenibus,
Quint. 11, 1, 32:
nutus in mutis pro sermone est,
id. 11, 3, 66.—Of dress, like cum, q. v.:
in veste candida,
Liv. 45, 20, 5; 34, 7, 3:
in calceis,
id. 24, 38, 2:
in insignibus,
id. 5, 41, 2:
in tunicis albis,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13:
in Persico et vulgari habitu,
Curt. 3, 3, 4:
in lugubri veste,
id. 10, 5, 17:
in Tyriis,
Ov. A. A. 2, 297:
in Cois,
id. ib. v. 298; cf.:
homines in catenis Romam mittere,
Liv. 29, 21, 12; 32, 1, 8: quis multa te in rosa urget, etc., Hor C. 1, 5, 1; so, in viola aut in rosa, Cic. Tusc. [p. 912] 5, 26, 73.—So of arms:
duas legiones in armis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 3, 395:
in armis hostis,
under arms, Ov. M. 12,65:
quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt (= coram),
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; so,
in oculis provinciae,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2:
in oculis omnium,
id. ib. 1, 3, 7:
divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt,
Sall. C. 20, 14; Curt. 4, 13, 1; Liv. 22, 12, 6:
Julianus in ore ejus (Vitellii) jugulatur,
Tac. H. 3, 77; Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 7.—Of a passage in any writing (but when the author is named, by meton., for his works, apud is used, Krebs, Antibarb. p. 561):
in populorum institutis aut legibus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42:
in illis libris qui sunt de natura deorum,
id. Fat. 1, 1:
in Timaeo dicit,
id. N. D. 1, 12, 30:
epistula, in qua omnia perscripta erant,
Nep. Pelop. 3, 2:
perscribit in litteris, hostes ab se discessisse,
Caes. B. G. 5, 49; but in is also used with an author's name when, not a place in his book, but a feature of his style, etc., is referred to:
in Thucydide orbem modo orationis desidero,
Cic. Or. 71, 234:
in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 18.—Of books:
libri oratorii diu in manibus fuerunt,
Cic. Att. 4, 13, 2; id. Lael. 25, 96; but more freq. trop.: in manibus habere, tenere, etc., to be engaged, occupied with, to have under control or within reach:
philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18:
quam spem nunc habeat in manibus, exponam,
id. Verr. 1, 6, 16:
rem habere in manibus,
id. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf.:
neque mihi in manu fuit Jugurtha qualis foret,
in my power, Sall. J. 14, 4:
postquam nihil esse in manu sua respondebatur,
Liv. 32, 24, 2:
quod ipsorum in manu sit,... bellum an pacem malint,
Tac. A. 2, 46; but, cum tantum belli in manibus esset, was in hand, busied (cf.:
inter manus),
Liv. 4, 57, 1; so,
quorum epistulas in manu teneo,
Cic. Phil. 12, 4, 9; cf. id. Att. 2, 2, 2:
in manu poculum tenens,
id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71:
coronati et lauream in manu tenentes,
Liv. 40, 37, 3; Suet. Claud. 15 fin. —Of that which is thought of as existing in the mind, memory, character, etc.:
in animo esse,
Cic. Fam. 14, 11:
in animo habere,
id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:
lex est ratio insita in natura,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:
in memoria sedere,
id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; cf.:
tacito mutos volvunt in pectore questus,
Luc. 1, 247:
quanta auctoritas fuit in C. Metello!
Cic. de Sen. 17, 61. —So freq. of a person's qualities of mind or character:
erat in eo summa eloquentia, summa fides,
Cic. Mur. 28, 58; cf.:
in omni animante est summum aliquid atque optimum, ut in equis,
id. Fin. 4, 41, 37:
si quid artis in medicis est,
Curt. 3, 5, 13; cf.:
nibil esse in morte timendum,
Lucr. 3, 866.— Esp., in eo loco, in that state or condition:
in eo enim loco res sunt nostrae, ut, etc.,
Liv. 7, 35, 7: si vos in eo loco essetis, quid aliud fecissetis? Cat. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 21; so,
quo in loco, etc.: cum ex equitum et calonum fuga, quo in loco res essent, cognovissent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 26:
videtis, quo in loco res haec siet, Ter Phorm. 2, 4, 6: quod ipse, si in eodem loco esset, facturus fuerit,
Liv. 37, 14, 5.—Hence, without loco, in eo esse ut, etc., to be in such a condition, etc.:
non in eo esse Carthaginiensium res, ut Galliam armis obtineant,
Liv. 30, 19, 3:
cum res non in eo esset, ut Cyprum tentaret,
id. 33, 41, 9; 8, 27, 3; 2, 17, 5; Nep. Mil. 7, 3; id. Paus. 5, 1 (cf. I. C. 1. infra).—
B.
In time, indicating its duration, in, during, in the course of:
feci ego istaec itidem in adulescentia,
in my youth, when I was young, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 6:
in tempore hoc,
Ter. And. 4, 5, 24:
in hoc tempore,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
in tali tempore,
Sall. C. 48, 5; Liv. 22, 35; 24, 28 al.:
in diebus paucis,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 77:
in brevi spatio,
id. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Vesp. 4:
in qua aetate,
Cic. Brut. 43 fin.:
in ea aetate,
Liv. 1, 57:
in omni aetate,
Cic. de Sen. 3, 9:
in aetate, qua jam Alexander orbem terrarum subegisset,
Suet. Caes. 7:
qua (sc. Iphigenia) nihil erat in eo quidem anno natum pulchrius,
in the course of, during the year, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95 (al. eo quidem anno):
nihil in vita se simile fecisse,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 91: nihil in vita vidit calamitatis A. Cluentius. id. Clu. 6, 18:
in tota vita inconstans,
id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29.—
b.
In tempore, at the right or proper time, in time (Cic. uses only tempore; v. tempus): eccum ipsum video in tempore huc se recipere, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 24:
ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,
Liv. 33, 5:
spreta in tempore gloria interdum cumulatior redit,
id. 2, 47:
rebellaturi,
Tac. A. 12, 50:
atque adeo in ipso tempore eccum ipsum obviam,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 52: in tempore, opportune. Nos sine praepositione dicimus tempore et tempori, Don. ad Ter. And. 4, 4, 19.—
c.
In praesentia and in praesenti, at present, now, at this moment, under these circumstances:
sic enim mihi in praesentia occurrit,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 14:
vestrae quidem cenae non solum in praesentia, sed etiam postero die jucundae sunt,
id. ib. 5, 35, 100:
id quod unum maxime in praesentia desiderabatur,
Liv. 21, 37:
haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut, etc.,
for the present, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4.—
d.
With gerunds and fut. pass. participles, to indicate duration of time, in:
fit, ut distrahatur in deliberando animus,
Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; id. Fam. 2, 6, 2:
vitiosum esse in dividendo partem in genere numerare,
id. Fin. 2, 9, 26:
quod in litteris dandis praeter consuetudinem proxima nocte vigilarat,
id. Cat. 3, 3, 6:
ne in quaerendis suis pugnandi tempus dimitteret,
Caes. B. G. 2, 21:
in agris vastandis incendiisque faciendis hostibus,
in laying waste, id. ib. 5, 19:
in excidenda Numantia,
Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76:
cum in immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset,
id. Or. 21, 74.—
C.
In other relations, where a person or thing is thought of as in a certain condition, situation, or relation, in:
qui magno in aere alieno majores etiam possessiones habent,
Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:
se in insperatis repentinisque pecuniis jactare,
id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
Larinum in summo timore omnium cum armatis advolavit,
id. Clu. 8, 25.—
So freq., of qualities or states of mind: summa in sollicitudine ac timore Parthici belli,
Caes. B. C. 3, 31:
torpescentne dextrae in amentia illa?
Liv. 23, 9, 7:
hunc diem perpetuum in laetitia degere,
Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2:
in metu,
Tac. A. 14, 43:
in voluptate,
Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62:
alicui in amore esse,
beloved, id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3:
alicui in amoribus esse,
id. Att. 6, 1, 12:
res in invidia erat,
Sall. J. 25, 5; Liv. 29, 37, 17: sum in expectatione omnium rerum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 10:
num... Diogenem Stoicum coegit in suis studiis obmutescere senectus?
in his studies, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:
mirificam cepi voluptatem ex tua diligentia: quod in summis tuis occupationibus mihi tamen rei publicae statum per te notum esse voluisti,
even in, notwithstanding your great occupations, id. Fam. 3, 11, 4.—
So freq., of business, employment, occupations, etc.: in aliqua re versari,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105:
similia iis, quae in consilio dixerat,
Curt. 5, 5, 23:
in certamine armorum atque in omni palaestra quid satis recte cavetur,
Quint. 9, 4, 8:
agi in judiciis,
id. 11, 1, 78:
tum vos mihi essetis in consilio,
Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28:
in actione... dicere,
Quint. 8, 2, 2.—Of an office, magistracy:
in quo tum magistratu forte Brutus erat,
Liv. 1, 59, 7; 4, 17, 1:
in eo magistratu pari diligentia se praebuit,
Nep. Han. 7, 5 (cf. B. 1. supra):
in ea ipsa causa fuit eloquentissimus,
Cic. Brut, 43, 160:
qui non defendit nec obsistit, si potest, injuriae, tam est in vitio, quam, etc.,
is in the wrong, acts wrongly, id. Off. 1, 7, 23:
etsi hoc quidem est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere,
is wrong, id. Fin. 5, 11, 31:
non sunt in eo genere tantae commoditates corporis,
id. ib. 4, 12, 29; cf.:
an omnino nulla sit in eo genere distinctio,
id. Or. 61, 205:
Drusus erat de praevaricatione absolutus in summa quatuor sententiis,
on the whole, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16; cf.:
et in omni summa, ut mones, valde me ad otium pacemque converto,
id. ib. 3, 5, 5;
but, in summa, sic maxime judex credit, etc.,
in a word, in fine, Quint. 9, 2, 72; Auct. B. Alex. 71; Just. 37, 1, 8:
horum (juvenum) inductio in parte simulacrum decurrentis exercitus erat: ex parte elegantioris exercitii quam militaris artis,
in part, Liv. 44, 9, 5; cf.:
quod mihi in parte verum videtur,
Quint. 2, 8, 6:
patronorum in parte expeditior, in parte difficilior interrogatio est,
id. 5, 7, 22:
hoc facere in eo homine consueverunt,
in the case of, Caes. B. G. 7, 21:
in furibus aerarii,
Sall. C. 52, 12:
Achilles talis in hoste fuit,
Verg. A. 2, 540:
in hoc homine saepe a me quaeris, etc.,
in the case of, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6: in nominibus impiis, Sall. C. 51, 15:
suspectus et in morte matris fuit,
Suet. Vit. 14:
qui praesentes metuunt, in absentia hostes erunt, = absentes,
Curt. 6, 3, 8 (cf. I. B. c. supra).—Of the meaning of words, etc.:
non solum in eodem sensu, sed etiam in diverso, eadem verba contra,
Quint. 9, 3, 36:
aliter voces aut eaedem in diversa significatione ponuntur,
id. 9, 3, 69:
Sallustius in significatione ista non superesse sed superare dicit,
Gell. 1, 22, 15:
stips non dicitur in significatione trunci,
Charis. 1, 18, 39:
semper in significatione ea hortus,
Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 50. —
2.
In with abl. of adjj. is used with the verbs esse and habere to express quality:
cum exitus haud in facili essent, i. e. haud faciles,
Liv. 3, 8, 9:
adeo moderatio tuendae libertatis in difficili est,
id. 3, 8, 11; 3, 65, 11; but mostly with adjj. of the first and second declension:
in obscuro esse, Liv. praef. § 3: in dubio esse,
id. 2, 3, 1; 3, 19, 8; Ov. H. 19, 174:
dum in dubiost animus,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; 2, 2, 10:
in integro esse,
Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3; id. Att. 11, 15, 4:
in incerto esse,
Liv. 5, 28, 5:
in obvio esse,
id. 37, 23, 1:
in tuto esse,
id. 38, 4, 10; cf.:
videre te in tuto,
Cat. 30, 6:
in aequo esse,
Liv. 39, 37, 14; Tac. A. 2, 44:
in expedito esse,
Curt. 4, 2, 22:
in proximo esse,
Quint. 1, 3, 4:
in aperto esse,
Sall. C. 5, 3:
in promisco esse,
Liv. 7, 17, 7:
in augusto esse,
Cels. 5, 27, 2:
in incerto haberi,
Sall. J. 46, 8; Tac. A. 15, 17:
in levi habitum,
id. H. 2, 21; cf.:
in incerto relinquere,
Liv. 5, 28, 5; Tac. H. 2, 83.
II.
With acc.
A.
In space, with verbs of motion, into or to a place or thing (rarely with names of towns and small islands;
v. Zumpt, Gram. § 398): influxit non tenuis quidam e Graecia rivulus in hanc urbem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 19:
in Ephesum advenit,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 35:
in Epirum venire,
Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:
ibo in Piraeeum, visamque, ecquae advenerit in portum ex Epheso navis mercatoria,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 2: venio ad Piraeea, in quo magis reprehendendus sum, quod... Piraeea scripserim, non Piraeeum, quam in quod addiderim;
non enim hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10:
se contulisse Tarquinios, in urbem Etruriae florentissimam,
id. Rep. 2, 19:
remigrare in domum veterem e nova,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 13:
cum in sua rura venerunt,
id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:
a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes,
id. Fam. 15, 9:
in Ubios legatos mittere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 11:
dein Thalam pervenit, in oppidum magnum et opulentum,
Sall. J. 75, 1:
Regillum antiquam in patriam se contulerat,
Liv. 3, 58, 1:
abire in exercitum,
Plaut. Am. prol. 102.— With nuntio:
cum id Zmyrnam in contionem nuntiatum est,
Tac. A. 4, 56:
nuntiatur in castra,
Lact. Most. Pers. 46; cf.:
allatis in castra nuntiis,
Tac. H. 4, 32: in manus sumere, tradere, etc., into one's hands:
iste unumquodque vas in manus sumere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:
Falerios se in manus Romanis tradidisse,
Liv. 5, 27, 3.—Rarely with the verbs ponere, collocare, etc. (pregn., i. e. to bring into... and place there):
in crimen populo ponere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 10:
ut liberos, uxores suaque omnia in silvas deponerent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 19:
duplam pecuniam in thesauros reponi,
Liv. 29, 19, 7:
prius me collocavi in arborem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 6:
sororem et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates collocasse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18.— Motion in any direction, up to, to, into, down to:
in caelum ascendere,
Cic. Lael. 23 fin.:
filium ipse paene in umeros suos extulisset,
id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:
tamquam in aram confugitis ad deum,
up to the altar, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 25:
Saturno tenebrosa in Tartara misso,
Ov. M. 1, 113:
in flumen deicere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; Nep. Chab. 4, 3.—
2.
Denoting mere direction towards a place or thing, and hence sometimes joined with versus, towards:
quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:
si in latus aut dextrum aut sinistrum, ut ipsi in usu est, cubat,
Cels. 2, 3:
Belgae spectant in septentriones et orientem solem,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
in orientem Germaniae, in occidentem Hispaniae obtenditur, Gallis in meridiem etiam inspicitur,
Tac. Agr. 10:
in laevum prona nixus sedet Inachus urna,
Stat. Th. 2, 218.—With versus:
castra ex Biturigibus movet in Arvernos versus,
towards, Caes. B. G. 7, 8 fin.:
in Galliam versus movere,
Sall. C. 56, 4: in [p. 913] ltaliam versus, Front. Strat. 1, 4, 11:
si in urbem versus venturi erant,
Plin. Ep. 10, 82. —
3.
So of that which is thought of as entering into the mind, memory, etc. (cf. I. A. 2. fin.):
in memoriam reducere,
Cic. Inv 1, 52, 98:
in animum inducere,
Liv. 27, 9:
in mentem venire,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3:
frequens imitatio transit in mores,
Quint. 1, 11, 3. —
Or into a writing or speech: in illam Metellinam orationem addidi quaedam,
Cic. Att. 1, 13, 5.—
B.
In time, into, till, for:
dormiet in lucem,
into the daylight, till broad day, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34:
statim e somno, quem plerumque in diem extrahunt, lavantur,
Tac. G. 22: sermonem in multam noctem produximus, deep into the night, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. p. 239 Lindem.:
in multam noctem luxit,
Suet. Tib. 74:
si febris in noctem augetur,
Cels. 7, 27:
dixit in noctem atque etiam nocte illatis lucernis,
Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 14:
indutias in triginta annos impetraverunt,
for thirty years, Liv. 9, 37, 12; 7, 20, 8:
nisi id verbum in omne tempus perdidissem,
forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1:
ad cenam hominem in hortos invitavit in posterum diem,
for the following day, id. Off. 3, 14, 58:
audistis auctionem constitutam in mensem Januarium,
id. Agr. 1, 2, 4:
subito reliquit annum suum seque in annum proximum transtulit,
id. Mil. 9, 24:
solis defectiones itemque lunae praedicuntur in multos annos,
for many years, id. Div. 2, 6, 17:
postero die Romani ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie,
Liv. 27, 2:
qui ab matutino tempore duraverunt in occasum,
Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:
seritur (semen lini) a Kalendis Octobribus in ortum aquilae,
Col. 2, 10, 17.—With usque:
neque illi didicerunt haec usque in senectutem,
Quint. 12, 11, 20:
in illum usque diem servati,
id. 8, 3, 68:
in serum usque patente cubiculo,
Suet. Oth. 11:
regnum trahat usque in tempora fati,
Sil. 11, 392: in posterum (posteritatem) or in futurum, in future, for the future: in praesens, for the present: in perpetuum or in aeternum, forever:
sancit in posterum, ne quis, etc.,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:
res dilata est in posterum,
id. Fam. 10, 12, 3:
video quanta tempestas invidiae nobis, si minus in praesens, at in posteritatem impendeat,
id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:
id aegre et in praesentia hi passi et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 34, 27, 10; cf.:
ingenti omnium et in praesens laetitia et in futurum spe,
id. 30, 17, 1:
effugis in futurum,
Tac. H. 1, 71:
quod eum tibi quaestoris in loco constitueras, idcirco tibi amicum in perpetuum fore putasti?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30; cf.:
oppidum omni periculo in perpetuum liberavit,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 2:
quae (leges) non in tempus aliquod, sed perpetuae utilitatis causa in aeternum latae sunt,
Liv. 34, 6, 4: in tempus, for a while, for a short time, for the occasion (postAug.):
sensit miles in tempus conficta,
Tac. A. 1, 37:
ne urbs sine imperio esset, in tempus deligebatur, qui jus redderet,
id. ib. 6, 11:
scaena in tempus structa,
id. ib. 14, 20. —So in diem, for the day, to meet the day's want:
nihil ex raptis in diem commeatibus superabat,
Liv. 22, 40, 8:
rapto in diem frumento,
id. 4, 10, 1;
but, cum illa fundum emisset in diem,
i. e. a fixed day of payment, Nep. Att. 9, 5: in singulos dies, or simply in dies, with comparatives and verbs denoting increase, from day to day, daily:
vitium in dies crescit,
Vell. 2, 5, 2:
in dies singulos breviores litteras ad te mitto,
Cic. Att. 5, 7:
qui senescat in dies,
Liv. 22, 39, 15: in diem, daily:
nos in diem vivimus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:
in diem et horam,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 47;
and in horas,
hourly, id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. S. 2, 7, 10.—
C.
In other relations, in which an aiming at, an inclining or striving towards a thing, is conceivable, on, about, respecting; towards, against; for, as; in, to; into:
id, quod apud Platonem est in philosophos dictum,
about the philosophers, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28:
Callimachi epigramma in Ambraciotam Cleombrotum est,
id. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; cf.:
cum cenaret Simonides apud Scopam cecinissetque id car men, quod in eum scripsisset, etc.,
id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:
quo amore tandem inflammati esse debemus in ejus modi patriam,
towards, id. ib. 1, 44, 196:
in liberos nostros indulgentia,
id. ib. 2, 40, 168:
de suis meritis in rem publicam aggressus est dicere,
id. Or. 38, 133: ita ad impietatem in deos, in homines adjunxit injuriam, against, id. N. D. 3, 34 fin.:
in dominum quaeri,
to be examined as a witness against, id. Mil. 22, 60:
in eos impetum facere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 1:
invehi in Thebanos,
Nep. Epam. 6, 1; id. Tim. 5, 3:
quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:
num etiam in deos immortales inauspicatam legem valuisse?
Liv. 7, 6, 11:
vereor coram in os te laudare amplius,
to your face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:
si in me exerciturus (pugnos), quaeso, in parietem ut primum domes,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168:
in puppim rediere rates,
Luc. 3, 545 Burm. (cf.:
sic equi dicuntur in frena redire, pulsi in terga recedere, Sulp. ad loc.): Cumis eam vidi: venerat enim in funus: cui funeri ego quoque operam dedi,
to the funeral, to take charge of the funeral, Cic. Att. 15, 1, B:
se quisque eum optabat, quem fortuna in id certamen legeret,
Liv. 21, 42, 2:
quodsi in nullius mercedem negotia eant, pauciora fore,
Tac. A. 11, 6:
haec civitas mulieri redimiculum praebeat, haec in collum, haec in crines,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33:
Rhegium quondam in praesidium missa legio,
Liv. 28, 28; so,
datae in praesidium cohortes,
Tac. H. 4, 35: hoc idem significat Graecus ille in eam sententiam versus, to this effect or purport, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25; cf. id. Fam. 9, 15, 4:
haec et in eam sententiam cum multa dixisset,
id. Att. 2, 22:
qui omnia sic exaequaverunt, ut in utramque partem ita paria redderent, uti nulla selectione uterentur,
id. Fin. 3, 4, 12:
in utramque partem disputat,
on both sides, for and against, id. Off. 3, 23, 89: te rogo, me tibi in omnes partes defendendum putes, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 fin.:
facillime et in optimam partem cognoscuntur adulescentes, qui se ad claros et sapientes viros contulerunt,
id. Off. 2, 13, 46:
cives Romani servilem in modum cruciati et necati,
in the manner of slaves, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13; cf.:
miserandum in modum milites populi Romani capti, necati sunt,
id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:
senior quidam Veiens vaticinantis in modum cecinit,
Liv. 5, 15, 4;
also: domus et villae in urbium modum aedificatae,
Sall. C. 12, 3:
perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia legitima sint,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:
judicium quin acciperet in ea ipsa verba quae Naevius edebat, non recusasse,
id. Quint. 20, 63; cf.:
senatusconsultum in haec verba factum,
Liv. 30, 43, 9:
pax data Philippo in has leges est,
id. 33, 30:
Gallia omnis divisa est in partes tres,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf.:
quae quidem in confirmationem et reprehensionem dividuntur,
Cic. Part. Or. 9, 33: describebat censores binos in singulas civitates, i. e. for or over each state, id. Verr. 2, 2, 53; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 26:
itaque Titurium Tolosae quaternos denarios in singulas vini amphoras portorii nomine exegisse,
id. Font. 5, 9:
extulit eum plebs sextantibus collatis in capita,
a head, for each person, Liv. 2, 33 fin.:
Macedonibus treceni nummi in capita statutum est pretium,
id. 32, 17, 2; cf.:
Thracia in Rhoemetalcen filium... inque liberos Cotyis dividitur (i. e. inter),
Tac. A. 2, 67.—
2.
Of the object or end in view, regarded also as the motive of action or effect:
non te in me illiberalem, sed me in se neglegentem putabit,
Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 16:
neglegentior in patrem,
Just. 32, 3, 1:
in quem omnes intenderat curas,
Curt. 3, 1, 21:
quos ardere in proelia vidi,
Verg. A. 2, 347:
in bellum ardentes,
Manil. 4, 220:
nutante in fugam exercitu,
Flor. 3, 10, 4:
in hanc tam opimam mercedem agite ( = ut eam vobis paretis, Weissenb. ad loc.),
Liv. 21, 43, 7:
certa praemia, in quorum spem pugnarent,
id. 21, 45, 4:
in id sors dejecta,
id. 21, 42, 2:
in id fide accepta,
id. 28, 17, 9:
in spem pacis solutis animis,
id. 6, 11, 5 et saep.:
ingrata misero vita ducenda est in hoc, ut, etc.,
Hor. Epod. 17, 63:
nec in hoc adhibetur, ut, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 16, 3:
alius non in hoc, ut offenderet, facit, id. de Ira, 2, 26, 3: in quod tum missi?
Just. 38, 3, 4.—So, like ad, with words expressing affections or inclination of the mind:
in obsequium plus aequo pronus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10:
paratus in res novas,
Tac. H. 4, 32:
in utrumque paratus,
Verg. A. 2, 61.—
3.
Of the result of an act or effort:
denique in familiae luctum atque in privignorum funus nupsit,
Cic. Clu. 66, 188:
paratusque miles, ut ordo agminis in aciem adsisteret,
Tac. A. 2, 16: excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, Verg. A. 6, 42:
portus ab Euroo fluctu curvatus in arcum,
id. ib. 3, 533:
populum in obsequia principum formavit,
Just. 3, 2, 9:
omnium partium decus in mercedem conruptum erat,
Sall. H. 1, 13 Dietsch:
commutari ex veris in falsa,
Cic. Fat. 9, 17; 9, 18:
in sollicitudinem versa fiducia est,
Curt. 3, 8, 20.—
4.
Esp. in the phrase: in gratiam or in honorem, alicujus, in kindness, to show favor, out of good feeling, to show honor, etc., to any one (first in Liv.; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 28, 21, 4;
Krebs, Antibarb. p. 562): in gratiam levium sociorum injuriam facere,
Liv. 39, 26, 12:
pugnaturi in gratiam ducis,
id. 28, 21, 4:
quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 13; cf. id. 35, 2, 6; 26, 6, 16:
oratio habita in sexus honorem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6:
convivium in honorem victoriae,
id. 11, 2, 12:
in honorem Quadratillae,
Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7:
in honorem tuum,
Sen. Ep. 20, 7; 79, 2; 92, 1; Vell. 2, 41 al.—
5.
In the phrase, in rem esse, to be useful, to avail (cf.: e re esse;
opp.: contra rem esse): ut aequom est, quod in rem esse utrique arbitremur,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 10:
si in rem est Bacchidis,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 27; 2, 2, 7:
hortatur, imperat, quae in rem sunt,
Liv. 26, 44, 7:
cetera, quae cognosse in rem erat,
id. 22, 3, 2; 44, 19, 3:
in rem fore credens universos adpellare,
Sall. C. 20, 1; cf.:
in duas res magnas id usui fore,
Liv. 37, 15, 7:
in hos usus,
Verg. A. 4, 647.—
6.
To form adverbial expressions:
non nominatim, qui Capuae, sed in universum qui usquam coissent, etc.,
in general, Liv. 9, 26, 8; cf.:
terra etsi aliquanto specie differt, in universum tamen aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda,
Tac. G. 5:
in universum aestimanti, etc.,
id. ib. 6:
aestate in totum, si fieri potest, abstinendum est (Venere),
wholly, entirely, Cels. 1, 3 fin.; cf. Col. 2, 1, 2:
in plenum dici potest, etc.,
fully, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 217:
Marii virtutem in majus celebrare,
beyond due bounds, Sall. J. 73, 5:
aliter se corpus habere atque consuevit, neque in pejus tantum, sed etiam in melius,
for the worse, for the better, Cels. 2, 2:
in deterius,
Tac. A. 14, 43:
in mollius,
id. ib. 14, 39:
quid enim est iracundia in supervacuum tumultuante frigidius? Sen. de Ira, 2, 11: civitas saepta muris neque in barbarum corrupta (v. barbarus),
Tac. A. 6, 42; cf.:
aucto in barbarum cognomento,
id. H. 5, 2:
priusquam id sors cerneret, in incertum, ne quid gratia momenti faceret, in utramque provinciam decerni,
while the matter was uncertain, Liv. 43, 12, 2:
nec puer Iliaca quisquam de gente Latinos In tantum spe tollet avos,
so much, Verg. A. 6, 876:
in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27, 4; cf.:
quaedam (aquae) fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24:
viri in tantum boni, in quantum humana simplicitas intellegi potest,
Vell. 2, 43, 4:
quippe pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit,
Ov. M. 11, 71:
meliore in omnia ingenio animoque quam fortuna usus,
in all respects, Vell. 2, 13:
ut simul in omnia paremur,
Quint. 11, 3, 25:
in antecessum dare,
beforehand, Sen. Ep. 118.—
7.
Sometimes with esse, habere, etc., in is followed by the acc. (constr. pregn.), to indicate a direction, aim, purpose, etc. (but v. Madvig. Gram. § 230, obs. 2, note, who regards these accusatives as originating in errors of pronunciation); so, esse in potestatem alicujus, to come into and remain in one ' s power: esse in mentem alicui, to come into and be in one ' s mind: esse in conspectum, to appear to and be in sight: esse in usum, to come into use, be used, etc.:
quod, qui illam partem urbis tenerent, in eorum potestatem portum futurum intellegebant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38:
ut portus in potestatem Locrensium esset,
Liv. 24, 1, 13; 2, 14, 4:
eam optimam rem publicam esse duco, quae sit in potestatem optimorum,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17:
neque enim sunt motus in nostram potestatem,
Quint. 6, 2, 29:
numero mihi in mentem fuit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 25; cf.:
ecquid in mentem est tibi?
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 53:
nec prius surrexisse ac militibus in conspectum fuisse, quam, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 16:
quod satis in usum fuit, sublato, ceterum omne incensum est,
Liv. 22, 20, 6: ab hospitibus clientibusque suis, ab exteris nationibus, quae in amicitiam populi Romani dicionemque essent, injurias propulsare, Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 20, 66: adesse in senatum [p. 914] jussit a. d. XIII. Kal. Octobr., id. Phil. 5, 7, 19.—Less freq. with habere: facito in memoriam habeas tuam majorem filiam mihi te despondisse, call or bring to mind, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 108:
M. Minucium magistrum equitum, ne quid rei bellicae gereret, prope in custodiam habitum,
put in prison, kept in prison, Liv. 22, 25, 6:
reliquos in custodiam habitos,
Tac. H. 1, 87.—So rarely with other verbs:
pollicetur se provinciam Galliam retenturum in senatus populique Romani potestatem,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 8. —
III.
In composition, n regularly becomes assimilated to a foll. l, m, or r, and is changed before the labials into m: illabor, immitto, irrumpo, imbibo, impello.—As to its meaning, according as it is connected with a verb of rest or motion, it conveys the idea of existence in a place or thing, or of motion, direction, or inclination into or to a place or thing: inesse; inhibere, inferre, impellere, etc. See Hand, Turs. III. pp. 243- 356.
2.
in (before b and p, im; before l, m, and r, the n assimilates itself to these consonants), an inseparable particle [kindred with Sanscr. a-, an-; Gr. a-, an; Goth. and Germ. un-], which negatives the meaning of the noun or participle with which it is connected; Engl. un-, in-, not: impar, unequal: intolerabilis, unbearable, intolerable: immitis, not mild, rude, etc.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > in
55 к

предл. (дт.); = ко

1) (обозначает направление движения, действия) to; (в сторону чего-л тж.) towards; при указании стран света тж. не переводится

идти́ к до́му — walk to / towards the house

плыть к восто́ку [за́паду, се́веру, ю́гу] — sail eastward(s) [westward(s), northward(s), southward(s)]

пти́цы летя́т к се́веру — birds fly north [towards / to the north]

находи́ться в 50 км к се́веру [ю́го-восто́ку] от Москвы́ — be 50 km north [southeast] of Moscow

2) ( обозначает намерение обратиться к кому-л) to, for

письмо́ к дру́гу — letter to a friend

к вам пришли́ — somebody has come [is waiting] to see you

вы ко мне? — are you waiting to see me?

по э́тому вопро́су не ко мне — I do not deal with this issue; you should see someone else about it

3) (при указании цели, предназначения) for

к обе́ду [у́жину] (на обед, на ужин) — for lunch [dinner]

к чему́ э́то? (зачем это?) — what is it for?; (что это значит?) what does it mean?

к чему́ он э́то сказа́л? — why did he say that?

4) ( при обозначении срока) by

он ко́нчит к пяти́ (часа́м) — he will finish by five (o'clock)

к пе́рвому января́ — by the first of January

он придёт к трём (часа́м) — he will be here by / before three (o'clock)

мы пригласи́ли госте́й к 9 часа́м — we have invited guests for 9 o'clock

5) ( по поводу) for; on the occasion of; ( в преддверии какого-л события) in the run-up to

ко дню рожде́ния — for smb's birthday

к 25-ле́тию со дня (рд.) — commemorating the 25th anniversary (of), in commemoration of the 25th anniversary (of)

6) (обозначает добавление, присоединение, касание) to

к э́тому не́чего доба́вить — there is nothing to add to this

приба́вить три к пяти́ — add three to five

прислони́ться к двери́ — lean against the door

7) ( обозначает соотношение) to

как три отно́сится к пяти́ — as three is to five

8) (обозначает проявление какого-л чувства, отношения) to, for; towards

он добр к ней — he is kind to her

каки́е чу́вства вы к нему́ испы́тываете? — what do you feel towards him?

любо́вь к де́тям — love of children

любо́вь к ро́дине — love for one's country

дове́рие к кому́-л — confidence / trust in smb

9) ( при обозначении возникающей эмоции) to

к свое́й ра́дости — to his [her, their, etc] joy

к о́бщему удивле́нию — to everybody's surprise

10) (в заглавиях при указании на тему доклада, статьи) on; towards

"К вопро́су о воспита́нии" — "On the Issue of Education"

"К нау́ке о перево́де" — "Towards the Science of Translating"

••

ко мне! (команда собаке) — come!

к тому́ же — in addition; besides; moreover

э́то ни к чему́ — it's (of) no use, it's no good

к лу́чшему — for the better

к ху́дшему — for the worse

лицо́м к лицу́ — face to face

к ва́шим услу́гам — at your service

к сло́ву (сказа́ть) — incidentally; by the way

Новый большой русско-английский словарь > к
56 Г-386

КАК НА ГРЕХ НА ГРЕХ both coll (как + PrepP (1 st var.) or PrepP (2nd var) these forms only sent adv (parenth) 1st var. more common) unfortunately, as if to thwart s.o. 's plans or harm s.o.: as luck (ill luck, bad luck, fate) would have it (it is) just s.o. 's luck (that...) as if to spite s.o. (in limited contexts) to add to s.o. 's troubles (woes) to make things (matters) worse.
Приходил домой какой-нибудь оборванный, обовшивевший и худой, но долгожданный хозяин, и в хате начиналась радостная, бестолковая суета... растерявшаяся от счастья хозяйка то кидалась накрывать на стол, то бежала к сундуку, чтобы достать чистую пару мужниного белья. А бельишко, как на грех, оказывалось незаштопанным, а дрожащие пальцы хозяйки никак не могли продеть нитку в игольное ушко... (Шолохов 5). When a tattered, lice-ridden, half-starved but long-awaited husband did appear, the house would be filled with joyful fuss and bustle....The wife, beside herself with joy, would dart to and fro, now to lay the table, now to take some clean underclothes for her husband from the chest. But the underclothes, as luck would have it, would turn out to be unmended, and with her trembling hands she would be quite unable to thread a needle... (5a).

...Комсорг, который всегда занимался этими делами, как на грех заболел (Войнович 5)....As bad luck would have it, the Komsomol organizer, who usually took care of such things, was out sick (5a).

Время шло, а Анне Савишне лучше не становилось... Ещё, как на грех, тошнота привязалась (Грекова 3). Time passed and Anna Savishna did not get better....To make things worse, nausea set in (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Г-386
57 как на грех

• КАК НА ГРЕХ; НА ГРЕХ both coll

[ как + PrepP (1st var.) or PrepP (2nd var.); these forms only; sent adv (parenth); 1st var. more common]

=====

⇒ unfortunately, as if to thwart s.o.'s plans or harm s.o.:

- as luck (ill luck, bad luck, fate) would have it;

- (it is) just s.o.'s luck (that...);

- as if to spite s.o.;

- [in limited contexts] to add to s.o.'s troubles (woes);

- to make things (matters) worse.

     ♦ Приходил домой какой-нибудь оборванный, обовшивевший и худой, но долгожданный хозяин, и в хате начиналась радостная, бестолковая суета... растерявшаяся от счастья хозяйка то кидалась накрывать на стол, то бежала к сундуку, чтобы достать чистую пару мужниного белья. А бельишко, как на грех, оказывалось незаштопанным, а дрожащие пальцы хозяйки никак не могли продеть нитку в игольное ушко... (Шолохов 5). When a tattered, lice-ridden, halfstarved but long-awaited husband did appear, the house would be filled with joyful fuss and bustle....The wife, beside herself with joy, would dart to and fro, now to lay the table, now to take some clean underclothes for her husband from the chest. But the underclothes, as luck would have it, would turn out to be unmended, and with her trembling hands she would be quite unable to thread a needle... (5a).

     ♦...Комсорг, который всегда занимался этими делами, как на грех заболел (Войнович 5)....As bad luck would have it, the Komsomol organizer, who usually took care of such things, was out sick (5a).

     ♦ Время шло, а Анне Савишне лучше не становилось... Ещё, как на грех, тошнота привязалась (Грекова 3). Time passed and Anna Savishna did not get better....To make things worse, nausea set in (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как на грех
58 на грех

• КАК НА ГРЕХ; НА ГРЕХ both coll

[ как + PrepP (1st var.) or PrepP (2nd var.); these forms only; sent adv (parenth); 1st var. more common]

=====

⇒ unfortunately, as if to thwart s.o.'s plans or harm s.o.:

- as luck (ill luck, bad luck, fate) would have it;

- (it is) just s.o.'s luck (that...);

- as if to spite s.o.;

- [in limited contexts] to add to s.o.'s troubles (woes);

- to make things (matters) worse.

     ♦ Приходил домой какой-нибудь оборванный, обовшивевший и худой, но долгожданный хозяин, и в хате начиналась радостная, бестолковая суета... растерявшаяся от счастья хозяйка то кидалась накрывать на стол, то бежала к сундуку, чтобы достать чистую пару мужниного белья. А бельишко, как на грех, оказывалось незаштопанным, а дрожащие пальцы хозяйки никак не могли продеть нитку в игольное ушко... (Шолохов 5). When a tattered, lice-ridden, halfstarved but long-awaited husband did appear, the house would be filled with joyful fuss and bustle....The wife, beside herself with joy, would dart to and fro, now to lay the table, now to take some clean underclothes for her husband from the chest. But the underclothes, as luck would have it, would turn out to be unmended, and with her trembling hands she would be quite unable to thread a needle... (5a).

     ♦...Комсорг, который всегда занимался этими делами, как на грех заболел (Войнович 5)....As bad luck would have it, the Komsomol organizer, who usually took care of such things, was out sick (5a).

     ♦ Время шло, а Анне Савишне лучше не становилось... Ещё, как на грех, тошнота привязалась (Грекова 3). Time passed and Anna Savishna did not get better....To make things worse, nausea set in (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на грех
59 μετάνοια

μετάνοια, ας, ἡ (μετανοέω) prim. ‘a change of mind’ (Thu. 3, 36, 4; Polyb. 4, 66, 7; Appian, Mithrid. 16 §57; pap [s. New Docs 4, 160; Spicq II 475, 17]; TestSol 12:3 C; JosAs, ApcSed; ApcMos 32; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 274, Ant. 16, 125; Just., Tat.), also w. the nuance of ‘remorse’ (as regret for shortcomings and errors: Batr. 69; Lycon the Peripatetic [III B.C.], Fgm. 23 Wehrli [in Diog. L. 5, 66]; Polyb. 18, 33, 7; Stoic. III 147, ln. 21f; Cebes 10, 4; 11, 1; Plut., Mor. 56a; 68f; 961d, Alex. 11, 4, Mar. 10, 4; 39, 3; Chariton 1, 3, 7; Appian, Liby. 52 §225; 102 §482; 116 §553; M. Ant. 8, 10; Ps.-Lucian, Calumn. 5; Jos., Ant. 13, 314. Of the ‘remorse’ of Sophia Iren. 1, 3, 1 [Harv. I 24, 7]); in our lit. w. focus on the need of change in view of responsibility to deity (cp. Hierocles 14, 451; Sir 44:16; Wsd 12:10, 19; Prayer of Manasseh [=Odes 12] 8; Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 96, Spec. Leg. 1, 58, Virt. 175ff [περὶ μετανοίας] al.; EpArist 188; Jos., Ant. 9, 176; TestReub 2:1; TestJud 19:2; TestGad 5:7f; JosAs 15:6ff; 16:7; ApcSed prol.: περὶ ἀγάπης καὶ περὶ μ.; 14:3 ἐν μετανοίαις; SibOr 1, 129; 168; Iren. 1, 21, 2 [Harv. 182, 7]; Orig., C. Cels. 7, 57, 3f; Did., Gen. 97, 15) repentance, turning about, conversion; as a turning away μετάνοια ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων turning away from dead works Hb 6:1. Mostly of the positive side of repentance, as the beginning of a new relationship with God: ἡ εἰς θεὸυ μ. repentance that leads to God Ac 20:21. ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα deeds that are consistent with repentance 26:20. Also καρπὸν ἄξιον τῆς μ. Mt 3:8; cp. Lk 3:8. βαπτίζειν εἰς μ. baptize for repentance Mt 3:11 (s. βαπτίζω 2a; also εἰς 10a). βάπτισμα μετανοίας Mk 1:4; Lk 3:3; cp. Ac 13:24; 19:4 (alt. λουτροῦ … τῆς μ. Just., D. 14, 1) χρείαν ἔχειν μετανοίας need repentance or conversion Lk 15:7. κηρύσσειν μ. εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν preach repentance that leads to the forgiveness of sins 24:47 (μετάνοιαν καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν διὰ … λουτροῦ παλλιγγενεσίας Theoph. Ant. 2, 16 [p. 140. 8f]); cp. 1 Cl 7:6. ἔχειν καιρὸν μετανοίας still have time for repentance 2 Cl 8:2. τόπον μετανοίας διδόναι give an opportunity for repentance (Wsd 12:10; cp. ἵνα μετάνοια δοθῇ Did., Gen. 169, 4; ἀφορμὴν μετανοίας καὶ ἐξομολογήσεως παράσχειν Theoph. Ant. 2, 29 [p. 170, 17]) 1 Cl 7:5. μετανοίας τόπον εὑρίσκειν Hb 12:17 (cp. μετανοίας τόπον ἔχειν Tat. 15:3). διδόναι τινὶ (τὴν) μ. (cp. Wsd 12:19; M. J. Brutus, Ep. 7) Ac 5:31; 11:18; 2 Ti 2:25; 16:9; cp. Hv 4, 1, 3; Hs 8, 6, 2; 8, 11, 1. τιθέναι τινὶ μετάνοιαν prescribe repentance for someone Hm 4, 3, 4; cp. 5; καλεῖν τινα εἰς μ. Lk 5:32 (ApcSed 15:2; Just., A I, 15, 7; 90, 7); Mt 9:13 v.l.; Mk 2:17 v.l. (cp. καλοῦνται αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ μ. καὶ διόρθωσιν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῶν Orig., C. Cels. 3, 62, 3). περὶ μετανοίας λαλεῖν 1 Cl 8:1. ἀκούσαντες ταύτην τὴν μετάνοιαν when they heard of this repentance Hs 8, 10, 3; παιδεύεσθαι εἰς μ. be disciplined so as to repent 1 Cl 57:1. εἰς μ. ἄγειν τινά (EpArist 188; Jos., Ant. 4, 144; cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 63 §262 θεοῦ σφᾶς ἐπὶ μετάνοιαν ἄγοντος) Ro 2:4; ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μ. Hb 6:6; χωρῆσαι εἰς μ. come to repentance 2 Pt 3:9. μετάνοιαν λαμβάνειν receive repentance (after denying Christ) Hs 9, 26, 6a. μετανοίας μετασχεῖν 1 Cl 8:5. μετάνοιαν ἔχειν have a possibility of repentance Hm 4, 3, 3; Hs 8, 8, 2. ἐστί τινι μετάνοιαν have a possibility of repentance Hv 2, 2, 5c; 3, 7, 5; Hs 8, 8, 5; 8, 9, 4a; 9, 19, 1; 9, 20, 4. τινὶ μετάνοιά ἐστι μία have (only) one possibility of repentance m 4, 1, 8; cp. 4, 3, 1. μ. κεῖταί τινι repentance is ready, available for someone Hs 9, 19, 2f; 9, 22, 4; 9, 26, 6b. ἐπίκειταί τινι 8, 7, 2a. γίνεταί τινι 9, 26, 5; εἰς μάτην ἐστὶν ἡ μ. is in vain 6, 1, 3. ταχινὴ ὀφείλει εἶναι must follow quickly 8, 9, 4b. ἡ μ. σύνεσίς ἐστιν μεγάλη is great understanding m 4, 2, 2. μ. καθαρά 12, 3, 2; cp. Hs 7:6. μ. ἁμαρτίας rep. for sin 2 Cl 16:4; cp. Hm 4, 3, 3. μ. ζωῆς rep. that leads to life Hs 6, 2, 3; cp. 8, 6, 6. ἐλπὶς μετανοίας hope of repentance or conversion IEph 10:1; Hs 6, 2, 4; 8, 7, 2b; 8, 10, 2. W. πίστις and other Christian virtues 1 Cl 62:2. The ἄγγελος τῆς μ. appears in Hermas as a proclaimer of repentance: v 5:7; m 12, 4, 7; 12, 6, 1; Hs 9, 1, 1; 9, 14, 3; 9, 23, 5; 9, 24, 4; λυπεῖσθαι εἰς μ. feel pain that leads to repentance 2 Cor 7:9, λύπη μετάνοιαν ἐργάζεται (cp. Plut., Mor. 476f) vs. 10.—W. the Christian use of the word in mind Polycarp says ἀμετάθετος ἡμῖν ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν κρειττόνων ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω μετάνοια for us ‘repentance’ from the better to the worse is impossible MPol 11:1.—WHolladay, The Root Šûbh in the OT, ’58.—TRE VII 446–51; RAC II 105–18.—DELG s.v. νόος. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > μετάνοια
60 победить

1) General subject: be on the bandwagon (особ. на выборах), be victorious, beat, beat somebody into fits, conquer, defeat, do and die, do or die, down, get the best of it (в споре и т. п.), get the better, get the victory, have, have the best of it (в споре и т. п.), have the victory, knock out, knock somebody into fits, knock the spots off, land (на скачках), outpoint, outvie, overcome, pip, reduce, repel, score off, thrash (в борьбе, состязании), thresh (в борьбе, состязании), to be on the bandwagon (особ. на выборах), triumph, vanquish, whop, win, win the victory, worst, gain a victory, gain the upper hand, get the better of, have the best of it, knock for a loop, overthrow, put to the worse, win a game, bear away the bell (на состязании), carry away the bell (на состязании), clean clock (в драке, состязании; кого-л.), have scalp (в споре; кого-л.), come home (в спортивных соревнованиях), strike home (в спортивных соревнованиях), touch home (в спортивных соревнованиях), have scalp (кого-л., в споре), come of best, upends, (прийти первым) come in first

2) Naval: foil

3) Colloquial: hammer, thresh (в состязании), whip

4) American: repel (в состязаниях), take into camp, whitewash

5) Literal: take scalp (кого-л.)

6) Sports: turn aside (e.g. Flyers easily turn aside Senators 5:1)

7) Latin: aut vincere aut mori

8) Military: overwar, win the field

9) Australian slang: shit it in, take out

10) Diplomatic term: get a victory, have a victory, score a victory, win a victory

11) Jargon: knock off (в спорте и т.п.), sac (в состязании), sack (в состязании), trim (обычно с небольшим разрывом), murder (The other team murdered us. Другая команда победила нас), (в спорте) trash, (кого-л.) smear, slaughter, beat the spread, cop, cream (в спорте), cut (на конкурсе и т.п.), get away with (something), wipe

12) Advertising: get victory, win victory

13) Makarov: get home (в спортивных соревнованиях), up-end (в соревнованиях, конкуренции), worst (кого-л.), carry it away, come in first, come out victorious, draw the winner, fight down, fight it out, fight out, find the answer to (что-л.)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > победить

Страницы

См. также в других словарях:

for\ the\ worse — • for the worse • turn for the worse adj. phr. or adv. phr. For something that is worse or not as good, with a worse result. He bought a new car but it turned out to be for the worse. The sick man s condition changed for the worse. Compare: take… … Словарь американских идиом
for the worse — {adj. phr.} or {adv. phr.} For something that is worse or not as good, with a worse result. * /He bought a new car but it turned out to be for the worse./ * /The sick man s condition changed for the worse./ Compare: TAKE A TURN. Contrast: FOR THE … Dictionary of American idioms
for the worse — {adj. phr.} or {adv. phr.} For something that is worse or not as good, with a worse result. * /He bought a new car but it turned out to be for the worse./ * /The sick man s condition changed for the worse./ Compare: TAKE A TURN. Contrast: FOR THE … Dictionary of American idioms
turn\ for\ the\ worse — • for the worse • turn for the worse adj. phr. or adv. phr. For something that is worse or not as good, with a worse result. He bought a new car but it turned out to be for the worse. The sick man s condition changed for the worse. Compare: take… … Словарь американских идиом
change the name and not the letter, change for the worse and not the better — Explained in William Henderson’s Notes on the Folk Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders (1866): ‘It is unlucky for a woman to marry a man whose surname begins with the same letter as her own’ (p. 26). 1853 Notes & Queries 1st… … Proverbs new dictionary
take a turn for the worse — See: FOR THE WORSE. Contrast: TAKE A TURN FOR THE BETTER … Dictionary of American idioms
take a turn for the worse — See: FOR THE WORSE. Contrast: TAKE A TURN FOR THE BETTER … Dictionary of American idioms
none the worse — none the better/worse/etc phrase no better worse etc than before We woke up next morning none the worse for our terrible experience. Thesaurus: words used to describe changeshyponym to change something … Useful english dictionary
take\ a\ turn\ for\ the\ worse — See: for the worse Contrast: take a turn for the better … Словарь американских идиом
Worse is better — Worse is better, also called the New Jersey style, was conceived by Richard P. Gabriel to describe the dynamics of software acceptance, but it has broader application. The idea is that quality does not necessarily increase with functionality.… … Wikipedia
The Art of Fiction — The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers is a nonfiction book by Ayn Rand, published posthumously. Edited by Tore Boeckmann, it was published by Plume in 2000, ISBN 0452281547. The book is based on a 1958 series of 12 four hour… … Wikipedia

Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

Перевод: со всех языков на английский

(for+the+better+or+for+the+worse)

См. также в других словарях:

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

Перевод: со всех языков на английский

(for+the+better+or+for+the+worse)

См. также в других словарях:

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка: