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1. v/i have to, mustdevo averlo I must have it, I have to have itnon devo dimenticare I mustn't forgetdeve arrivare oggi she is supposed to arrive todaycome si deve ( bene) properlypersona very decentdoveva succedere it was bound to happendovresti avvertirlo you ought to or should let him know2. v/t owe3. m dutyper dovere out of duty* * *dovere v.servile1 ( obbligo, necessità assoluta) must, to have (got) to, to be to; shall (spec. form. nella 2a e 3a pers. sing. e pl.): devo finire questo lavoro entro domani, I must (o I have to o I've got to) finish this job by tomorrow; ha dovuto studiare tutto il giorno, he had to study all day; dobbiamo salvaguardare l'ambiente, we must (o we've got to) protect the environment; devi imparare a controllarti, you must (o you've got to) learn to control yourself; dovevamo partire subito, we had to leave at once; le domande d'iscrizione dovranno essere presentate entro febbraio, applications must (o are to) be made by the end of February; non dobbiamo fermarci un minuto di più, we mustn't stop a minute longer; devo proprio firmare?, do I have to (o have I got to o must I) sign?; la commissione deve riunirsi al più presto, the commission is to meet as soon as possible; secondo regolamento, nessuno deve lasciare la scuola senza autorizzazione, according to regulations, no one shall leave the school without authorization; tutti gli ufficiali devono presentarsi al colonnello, all officers are to (o shall) report to the colonel; che cosa devo fare?, what am I to do?; non devono esserci equivoci questa volta, there must be no misunderstanding this time; dovendo assentarmi per lavoro, non potrò presenziare alla cerimonia, having to be away on business, I shall be unable to attend the ceremony // comportarsi come si deve, to behave oneself (properly) // una persona come si deve, a decent person // un lavoro come si deve, a job well done // ( possibile) che debba sempre averla vinta tu?, why must you always be right?2 ( necessità, opportunità, convenienza) to have to, must (in frasi affermative e interr. positive); need (solo in frasi interr. positive); not to need to, need not, not to have (got) to (in frasi negative e interr. negative): dovrò alzarmi presto se voglio prendere il primo treno, I'll have to get up early if I want to catch the first train; dovremo far controllare l'impianto elettrico, we'll have to have the electric system checked; se vuole dimagrire dovrà mettersi a dieta, he'll have to go on a diet if he wants to lose weight; dovrai smettere di fumare prima o poi, you'll have to give up smoking sooner or later; dovete vedere quel film, you must, see that film; devi venire a cena qualche sera, you must (o you'll have to) come to dinner some evening; devi farti tagliare i capelli, you must (o you'll have to) get your hair cut; devi proprio andare in banca?, do you really need to go to the bank?; devi fare benzina?, do you need (to get) any petrol?; si deve mandare un acconto?, does one need to send a deposit?; non dovete accompagnarmi all'aeroporto, posso prendere un taxi, you needn't (o you don't have to o you don't need to) take me to the airport, as I can get a taxi; non è detto che debba andare proprio tu, you don't necessarily have to go; non dovevi telefonare?, didn't you have to make a phone call?; perché devi sempre interferire?, why must you keep on interfering?3 ( certezza, forte probabilità) must, to be bound to; ( inevitabilità) to have to, must: dev'esserci una spiegazione, there must be an explanation; dev'essere questo l'albergo, this must be the hotel; deve arrivare da un momento all'altro, he's bound to arrive any moment; devono aver capito, they must have understood; devi certamente aver sentito parlare di lui, you must (o you're bound to) have heard of him; doveva succedere prima o poi, it had to (o it was bound to) happen sooner or later; dovrà essere informato, he'll have to be told; dev'essere stato emozionante assistere a quell'incontro, it must have been exciting to be at that match4 ( essere previsto, prestabilito) to be to; (spec. di treno ecc.) to be due (to): doveva diventare presidente, he was to become president; le nozze dovevano essere celebrate l'indomani, the wedding was to take place next day; devo essere a Torino alle 10, I'm to be in Turin at 10 o'clock; l'aereo deve atterrare alle 11.15, the plane is due (to land) at 11.15; il treno doveva arrivare a Firenze alla 18, the train was due in Florence at 6 p.m.5 ( supposizione, previsione, possibilità) must: dev'essere già a casa, he must be home by now; non devono essere ancora partiti, they mustn't (o they can't) have left yet; devono essere le 3, it must be 3 o'clock; quello dev'essere il Monte Bianco, that must be Mont Blanc; deve sentirsi molto sola, she must be very lonely; non devono essersi capiti, they can't have understood each other; devi aver sofferto molto, you must have had a hard time; dev'essere rimasto male, he must have been upset; deve aver bevuto, he must have been drinking; non doveva avere più di 15 anni, he couldn't have been more than 15 (years of age); doveva essere molto tardi quando sei rincasato, it must have been very late when you got in // deve piovere, it's going to rain // dovrà rispondere di tentato omicidio, he's going to be charged with attempted murder ∙ Come si nota dagli esempi, in frasi negative si può usare can, could in luogo di must6 (per esprimere una richiesta, nella 1a pers. s. e pl. del pres. indic.) shall: devo dirglielo?, shall I tell him?; dobbiamo passare a prenderti?, shall we call for you?; devo chiudere la porta a chiave?, shall I lock the door?; devo pagare in contanti o posso darle un assegno?, shall I pay cash or can I give you a cheque?; dobbiamo venire anche noi?, shall we come too?; devo farti telefonare da Michele?, shall I get Michael to call you?7 (al cond.) should, ought to: dovrebbero arrivare per le otto, they should (o they ought to) be here by eight; avrei dovuto scusarmi, I should have apologized; dovrebbe partire stasera, he should leave tonight; avresti dovuto andarci, you should have gone (there); dovreste aiutarlo, you ought to help him; avresti dovuto saperlo da un pezzo, you should have known ages ago; avrebbero dovuto telefonarmi, they ought to have phoned me8 (al cong. imperf. in frasi ipotetiche) should, were to: non dimenticherò mai quel giorno, dovessi campare 100 anni, I'll never forget that day, if I were to live 100 years; se dovesse fallire..., if he were to fail...; se dovesse venire, avvertimi, if he should come (o should he come), let me know; se doveste passare da Bologna, telefonatemi, if you should happen to be passing through Bologna, give me a call; se dovessi incontrarlo, digli che ho bisogno di parlargli, if you should meet (o should you meet) him, tell him I need to have a word with him; (se) dovessero stare così le cose..., if that were the case...9 ( essere obbligato, costretto) to be compelled (o obliged o forced) to; to feel* bound to: devo rinunciare all'incarico per motivi di salute, I am compelled (o obliged o forced) to give up the post for health reasons; dovette abbandonare il paese, he was forced to leave the country; se non provvederete al mio risarcimento, dovrò rivolgermi al mio avvocato, if you fail to compensate me, I shall be obliged to contact my solicitor; in seguito alle gravi accuse, il ministro dovette dimettersi, as a result of the grave allegations, the minister was forced to resign; devo riconoscere che avevamo torto, I feel bound to say we were wrong10 (all'imperfetto con valore di condizionale per esprimere consiglio, suggerimento) should have (o ought to have) + part. pass.: dovevi aspettartelo, you should have expected it; non doveva rispondere in quel modo, he shouldn't have answered like that; dovevamo pensarci prima, we ought to have thought of it before; dovevate vederlo, you should have seen him; dovevano immaginare che ti saresti offeso, they should have realised you'd be offended; non dovevi fare tante storie, you shouldn't have made such a fuss◆ v.tr.1 ( essere debitore di) to owe: gli devo 500 euro, I owe him 500 euros; che cosa le devo?, what do I owe you?; deve il successo alla sua grande popolarità, he owes his success to his great popularity; ti dobbiamo molta riconoscenza, we owe you a great debt of gratitude; gli dovevamo tutto, we owed everything to him; ti devo la vita, I owe my life to you2 ( derivare) to take*: la Bolivia deve il suo nome a Simon Bolivar, Bolivia takes its name from Simon Bolivar3 ( nella forma passiva) to be due: a che cosa era dovuto il ritardo?, what was the delay due to?; ciò si deve alla sua negligenza, that is due to his negligence; l'incidente non era dovuto a un guasto meccanico, ma a un errore del pilota, the accident was not due to mechanical failure, but to pilot error; la morte era dovuta a cause naturali, death was due to natural causes; la teoria della relatività si deve a Einstein, we owe the theory of relativity to Einstein.dovere s.m.1 duty: i miei doveri di madre, my duties as a mother; i nostri doveri verso Dio, la patria, il prossimo, our duty to God, our country, our fellow creatures; i diritti e i doveri del cittadino, the rights and duties of the citizen; (dir.) dovere legale, legal duty; (dir.) soggetto a dovere, liable to duty; per senso del dovere, from a sense of duty; com'è mio dovere, as in duty bound; conosco il mio dovere, I know my duty; ho il dovere d'informarvi, I must inform you; mancò al suo dovere, he failed in his duty; mi faccio un dovere di imitarvi in tutto, I make a point of imitating you in everything; morì vittima del dovere, he died doing his duty; sento il dovere di aiutarti, I feel bound to help you; si credeva in dovere di seguirmi dappertutto, he thought it was his duty to follow me everywhere // avere il senso del dovere, to be conscious of one's duty; fare il proprio dovere, to do one's duty: fa' il tuo dovere a qualunque costo!, do your duty at all costs! // a dovere, properly (o as it should be): ti ha sistemato a dovere!, he settled your hash! // chi di dovere penserà a farlo, the person responsible will look after it; ci rivolgeremo a chi di dovere, we'll apply to the person in charge // visita di dovere, duty call // prima il dovere poi il piacere, (prov.) work before pleasure2 pl. (antiq.) ( saluti, convenevoli) (kind) regards, compliments, respects: i miei doveri a vostra sorella, my kindest regards to your sister; porgere i propri doveri a qlcu., to pay one's respects to s.o.* * *[do'vere]1. vt irreg(soldi, riconoscenza) to owegli devo il mio successo — I owe my success to him, I have him to thank for my success
1) (obbligo) to have toè una persona come si deve — he is a very decent person
non avrebbe dovuto esserne informata che il giorno dopo — she was not supposed to hear about it until the following day
avrebbe dovuto farlo — he should have o ought to have done it
devo partire domani — I'm leaving tomorrow, (purtroppo) I've got to leave tomorrow
non devi zuccherarlo — (non è necessario) there's no need to add sugar
2)lo farò, dovessi morire — I'll do it if it kills me
3)deve arrivare alle 10 — he should o is due to arrive at 104)deve essere difficile farlo — it must be difficult to do3. sm(obbligo) dutyrivolgersi a chi di dovere — to apply to the appropriate authority o person
il proprio dovere di elettore — to do one's duty as a voterun dovere di qc — to make sth one's duty* * *I 1. [do'vere](when it is modal verb the use of the auxiliary essere or avere depends on the verb in the infinitive that follows) verbo modale1) (per esprimere obbligo) must, to have* to2) (per esprimere necessità, esigenza, convenienza) to have* (got) to3) (per esprimere consiglio, raccomandazione) should, ought to2.verbo transitivo1) (essere debitore di) to owe [denaro, cena] (a qcn. to sb.)quanto le devo? — (per un servizio) how much do I owe you? (per un acquisto) how much is it?
mi deve un favore, delle scuse — he owes me a favour, an apology
2) come si deve [comportarsi, agire] properlyII 1. [do'vere]sostantivo maschile1) (obbligo) duty ( nei confronti di, verso to)a chi di dovere — the person o people concerned
2) a dovere properly, in the right way2.- i coniugali — conjugal o marital duties
••prima il dovere, poi il piacere — prov. = duty comes first
* * *dovere1/do'vere/ [43] (when it is modal verb the use of the auxiliary essere or avere depends on the verb in the infinitive that follows)1 (per esprimere obbligo) must, to have* to; il prestito deve essere rimborsato in un anno the loan must be repaid in one year; devo veramente alzarmi alle 7? must I really be up at 7 am? non devi farne parola con nessuno you mustn't mention this to anyone; devo andare a prendere i bambini a scuola I have to collect the children from school; fai quello che devi do what you have to2 (per esprimere necessità, esigenza, convenienza) to have* (got) to; si doveva fare qualcosa something had to be done; devi metterti a dieta se vuoi dimagrire you have to diet if you want to slim down; dobbiamo proprio discuterne adesso? need we discuss it now? devo prendere un ombrello? should I take an umbrella? do I need to take an umbrella? che devo fare? what am I to do?3 (per esprimere consiglio, raccomandazione) should, ought to; dovresti riflettere prima di parlare you should think before you speak4 (per esprimere probabilità) doveva essere lui it must have been him; dev'esserci qualche errore! there must be some mistake!5 (per esprimere previsione) dovremmo arrivare per le sei we should be there by six o'clock; devo vederlo domani I'll be seeing him tomorrow; quando deve o dovrebbe nascere il bambino? when's the baby due?6 (in offerte di cortesia o richieste di istruzioni) shall; dobbiamo aspettarti? shall we wait for you?1 (essere debitore di) to owe [denaro, cena] (a qcn. to sb.); quanto le devo? (per un servizio) how much do I owe you? (per un acquisto) how much is it? devo a te la mia vittoria it's thanks to you that I won; mi deve un favore, delle scuse he owes me a favour, an apology2 come si deve [comportarsi, agire] properly; un uomo come si deve a decent man.\See also notes... (dovere.pdf)————————dovere2/do'vere/I sostantivo m.1 (obbligo) duty ( nei confronti di, verso to); avere il dovere di fare to have the duty to do; avere il senso del dovere to have a sense of duty; fare il proprio dovere to do one's duty; sentirsi in dovere di fare to feel duty bound to do; visita di dovere duty call; a chi di dovere the person o people concerned2 a dovere properly, in the right wayII doveri m.pl.ant. (omaggi) respectsprima il dovere, poi il piacere prov. = duty comes first\- i coniugali conjugal o marital duties. -
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(to have or keep (something) in case or until it is needed: If you go to America please keep some money in reserve for your fare home.) tener algo de reserva, guardar algohave vb1. tenerdo you have a video? ¿tienes vídeo?2. tomar3. haberhave you read Don Quixote? ¿has leído Don Quijote?have you had your hair cut? ¿te has cortado el pelo?Esta construcción se emplea cuando no eres tú quien hace algo, sino que pagas a alguien para que te lo hagato have lunch almorzar / comerto have a swim bañarse / nadartr[hæv]1 (posess) tener, poseer■ will you have a brandy? ¿quieres tomar un coñac?■ to have breakfast/lunch/tea/dinner desayunar/comer/merendar/cenar3 (cigarette) fumar■ how many cigarettes have you had today? ¿cuántos cigarros has fumado hoy?4 (shower, bath, etc) tomar■ when she got home she had a shower cuando llegó a casa se dio una ducha, cuando llegó a casa se duchó■ have you had a wash and a shave? ¿te has lavado y afeitado?5 (treatment) recibir6 (illness) tener7 (experience) tener■ I had a scare tuve un susto, me asusté■ have a good time! ¡divertíos!, ¡pasadlo bien!8 (receive, invite) recibir, invitar9 (borrow) pedir prestado, dejar■ can I have your book for a second, please? ¿me dejas tu libro un segundo, por favor?■ are you going to have a party for your birthday? ¿vas a hacer una fiesta para tu cumpleaños?11 (according to) según■ rumour has it that... corre el rumor de que...12 (baby) tener, dar a luz13 (cause to happen) hacer, mandar14 (allow) permitir, consentir■ if you paid £200 pounds for that you were had si has pagado doscientas libras por eso te han timado1 haber\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLhad better más vale quehave got SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL tenerto have done with acabar conto have had it (broken) estar hecho,-a polvo, estar fastidiado,-a 2 (in trouble) haberlo,-a cagado,-a 3 (finished) estar acabado,-a■ this radio's had it, I'll have to get a new one esta radio está en las últimas, tendré que comprar una nueva■ your dad's seen you, you've had it now! te ha visto tu padre, ¡la has cagado!■ if this scandal gets out he's had it as an MP si la gente se entera de este escándalo, se han acabado sus días de diputadoto have it away / have it off taboo echar un polvoto have it in for somebody tenerla tomada con alguiento have it out with somebody ajustar las cuentas con alguiento have it over and done with acabar algo de una vez y para siempreto have just acabar deto have somebody over to one's house / have somebody round to one's house invitar a alguien a casato have somebody up for something SMALLLAW/SMALL llevar a alguien ante los tribunales por algo, procesar a alguien por algoto have something on tener algo planeado, tener algo que hacerto have something on somebody tener información comprometedora sobre alguien, saber algo comprometedor acerca de alguiento have to tener que, haber deto have to do with tener que ver conhave ['hæv,] in sense 3 as an auxiliary verb usu ['hæf] v, had ['hæd] ; having ; has ['hæz,] in sense 3 as an auxiliary verb usu ['hæs] vt1) possess: tenerdo you have change?: ¿tienes cambio?2) experience, undergo: tener, experimentar, sufrirI have a toothache: tengo un dolor de muelas3) include: tener, incluirApril has 30 days: abril tiene 30 días4) consume: comer, tomar5) receive: tener, recibirhe had my permission: tenía mi permiso6) allow: permitir, dejarI won't have it!: ¡no lo permitiré!7) hold: hacerto have a party: dar una fiestato have a meeting: convocar una reunión8) hold: tenerhe had me in his power: me tenía en su poder9) bear: tener (niños)she had a dress made: mandó hacer un vestidoto have one's hair cut: cortarse el pelohave v aux1) : habershe has been very busy: ha estado muy ocupadaI've lived here three years: hace tres años que vivo aquíyou've finished, haven't you?: ha terminado, ¿no?3)to have to : deber, tener quewe have to leave: tenemos que salirexpr.• merecer v.expr.• tener algo en mente expr.v.(§ p.,p.p.: had) = contener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• poseer v.• tener v.(§pres: tengo, tienes...tenemos) pret: tuv-fut/c: tendr-•)v.• haber v.(§pres: he, has...) subj: hay-pret: hub-fut/c: habr-•)hæv, weak forms həv, əv
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2) ( possess) tener*I have o (esp BrE) I've got two cats — tengo dos gatos
I don't have o (esp BrE) haven't got any money — no tengo dinero
do you have a car? - no, I don't o (esp BrE) have you got a car? - no, I haven't — ¿tienes coche? - no (, no tengo)
3) (hold, have at one's disposal) tener*look out, he's got a gun! — cuidado! tiene una pistola or está armado!
how much money do you have o (esp BrE) have you got on you? — ¿cuánto dinero tienes or llevas encima?
can I have a sheet of paper? — ¿me das una hoja de papel?
may I have your name? — ¿me dice su nombre?
could I have your Sales Department, please? — ( on phone) ¿me comunica or (Esp tb) me pone or (CS tb) me da con el departamento de ventas, por favor?
I have it!, I've got it! — ya lo tengo!, ya está, ya está!
all right: have it your own way! — está bien! haz lo que quieras!
what have we here? — ¿y esto?
to have something to + inf — tener* algo que + inf
4)a) ( receive) \<\<letter/news\>\> tener*, recibircould we have some silence, please? — (hagan) silencio, por favor
we have it on the best authority that... — sabemos de buena fuente que...
rumoradition has it that... — corre el rumor de que.../según la tradición...
to have had it — (colloq)
I've had it — ( I'm in trouble) estoy frito (AmL), me la he cargado (Esp fam); ( I've lost my chance) la he fastidiado (fam)
I've had it up to here with your complaining — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta las narices de tus quejas (fam)
to have it in for somebody — (colloq) tenerle* manía or tirria a alguien (fam)
to let somebody have it — (sl) ( attack - physically) darle* su merecido a alguien; (- verbally) cantarle las cuarenta a alguien (fam), poner* a alguien verde (Esp fam)
b) ( obtain) conseguir*they were the best/only seats to be had — eran los mejores/únicos asientos que había
I'll have a kilo of tomatoes, please — ¿me da or (Esp) me pone un kilo de tomates, por favor?
5) ( consume) \<\<steak/spaghetti\>\> comer, tomar (Esp); \<\<champagne/beer\>\> tomarto have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo
to have breakfast/dinner — desayunar/cenar, comer (AmL)
to have lunch — almorzar* or (esp Esp, Méx) comer
what are we having for dinner? — ¿qué hay de cena?
we had too much to drink — bebimos or (AmL tb) tomamos demasiado
6)a) (experience, undergo) \<\<accident\>\> tener*did you have good weather? — ¿te (or les etc) hizo buen tiempo?
have a nice day! — adiós! que le (or te etc) vaya bien!
I had an injection — me pusieron or me dieron una inyección
he had a heart transplant/an X ray — le hicieron un trasplante de corazón/una radiografía
she had a heart attack — le dio un ataque al corazón or un infarto
b) ( organize) \<\<party\>\> hacer*, dar*c) ( suffer from) \<\<cancer/diabetes/flu\>\> tener*to have a cold — estar* resfriado
he's got a headache/sore throat — le duele la cabeza/la garganta, tiene dolor de cabeza/garganta
7) ( look after) tener*8) ( give birth to) \<\<baby\>\> tener*9) (colloq)a) (catch, get the better of)they almost had him, but he managed to escape — casi lo agarran or atrapan, pero logró escaparse
you've been had! — te han timado or engañado!
10) (causative use)we'll have it clean in no time — enseguida lo limpiamos or lo dejamos limpio
he had them all laughing/in tears — los hizo reír/llorar a todos
to have somebody + INF: I'll have her call you back as soon as she arrives le diré or pediré que lo llame en cuanto llegue; I'll have you know, young man, that I... para que sepa, jovencito, yo...; to have something + PAST P: we had it repaired lo hicimos arreglar, lo mandamos (a) arreglar (AmL); to have one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo
to have something + INF/+ PAST P: I've had three lambs die this week se me han muerto tres corderos esta semana; he had his bicycle stolen — le robaron la bicicleta
12)a) ( allow) (with neg) tolerar, consentir*I won't have it! — no lo consentiré or toleraré!
b) (accept, believe) aceptar, creer*she wouldn't have it — no lo quiso aceptar or creer
13) (indicating state, position) tener*you have o (BrE) you've got your belt twisted — tienes el cinturón torcido
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1) v aux2) (used to form perfect tenses) haber*I have/had seen her — la he/había visto
I have/had just seen her — la acabo/acababa de ver, recién la vi/la había visto (AmL)
have you been waiting long? — ¿hace mucho que esperas?, ¿llevas mucho rato esperando?
had I known that o if I'd known that... — si hubiera sabido que..., de haber sabido que...
when he had finished, she... — cuando terminó or (liter) cuando hubo terminado, ella...
3)a) ( in tags)you've been told, haven't you? — te lo han dicho ¿no? or ¿no es cierto? or ¿no es verdad?
you haven't lost the key, have you? — no habrás perdido la llave...!
b) ( elliptical use)you may have forgiven him, but I haven't — puede que tú lo hayas perdonado, pero yo no
the clock has stopped - so it has! — el reloj se ha parado - es verdad! or es cierto!
you've forgotten something - have I? — te has olvidado de algo - ¿sí?
I've told her - you haven't! — se lo he dicho - no! ¿en serio?
4) ( expressing obligation)to have to + inf — tener* que + inf
I have o I've got to admit that... — tengo que reconocer que...
you don't have to be an expert to realize that — no hay que or no se necesita ser un experto para darse cuenta de eso
5) ( expressing certainty)to have to + inf — tener* que + inf
you have to o you've got to be kidding! — lo dices en broma or en chiste!
•Phrasal Verbs:- have in- have off- have on- have out- have up[hæv] ( 3rd pers sing present has) (pt, pp had) When have is part of a set combination, eg have a look, have a good time, have breakfast, had better, look up the other word. For have + adverb/preposition combinations, see also the phrasal verb section of this entry.1. TRANSITIVE VERB1) (=possess) tenerhe's got or he has blue eyes — tiene los ojos azules
have you got or do you have 10p? — ¿tienes diez peniques?
have you got or do you have any brothers or sisters? — ¿tienes hermanos?
he hasn't got or he doesn't have any friends — no tiene amigos
I've got or I have a friend staying next week — tengo a un amigo en casa la semana que viene
Don't translate the [a] in sentences like [has he got a girlfriend?], [I haven't got a washing-machine] if the number of such items is not significant since people normally only have one at a time:I've got or I have an idea — tengo una idea
Do translate the [a] if the person or thing is qualified:has he got a girlfriend? — ¿tiene novia?
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all or everything I have is yours — todo lo que tengo es tuyoyou must give it all or everything you have — tienes que emplearte a fondo
you must put all or everything you have into it — tienes que emplearte a fondo
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can I have a pencil please? — ¿me puedes dar un lápiz, por favor?•
the book has no name on it — el libro no lleva or tiene el nombre del dueñoI've got or I have no Spanish — no sé español
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to have something to do — tener algo que hacerI've got or I have nothing to do — no tengo nada que hacer
haven't you got anything to do? — ¿no tienes nada que hacer?
handy, ready 1., 1), a)•
hello, what have we here? — vaya, vaya, ¿qué tenemos aquí?2) (=eat, drink) tomar•
what are we having for lunch? — ¿que vamos a comer?•
to have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo, tomar algo•
what will you have? — ¿qué quieres tomar?, ¿qué vas a tomar?will you have some more? — ¿te sirvo más?
3) (=receive) recibir•
you can have my ticket — puedes quedarte con mi billete•
we had some help from the government — recibimos ayuda del gobierno•
I had a letter from John — tuve carta de Juan, recibí una carta de Juan•
I must have them by this afternoon — necesito tenerlos para esta tarde•
we had a lot of visitors — (at home) tuvimos muchas visitas; (at exhibition etc) tuvimos muchos visitantes4) (=obtain)they can be had for as little as £10 each — pueden conseguirse por tan solo 10 libras
there was no bread to be had — no quedaba pan en ningún sitio, no podía conseguirse pan en ningún sitio
5) (=take)I'll have a dozen eggs, please — ¿me pones una docena de huevos, por favor?
which one will you have? — ¿cuál quiere?
can I have your name please? — ¿me da su nombre, por favor?
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you can have it or I'll let you have it for £10 — te lo dejo en 10 libras, te lo puedes llevar por 10 libras, te lo vendo por 10 libras6) (=give birth to) [+ baby, kittens] tenerwhat did she have? — ¿qué ha tenido?
7) (=hold, catch) tener•
he had him by the throat — lo tenía agarrado por la garganta•
I have it on good authority that... — me consta que..., sé a ciencia cierta que..., sé de buena tinta que... *I've got it! — ¡ya!
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you have me there, there you have me — ahí sí que me has pillado *8) (=allow) consentir, tolerar•
we can't have that — eso no se puede consentir•
I won't have this nonsense — no voy a consentir or tolerar estas tonteríasI won't have it! — no lo voy a consentir or tolerar
she won't have it said that... — no consiente or tolera que digan que...
I won't have him risking his neck on that motorbike — no voy a consentir que se juegue el cuello en esa moto
9) (=spend) pasarto have a pleasant afternoon/evening — pasar una tarde agradable
have a nice day! — ¡que pases un buen día!
what sort of day have you had? — ¿qué tal día has tenido?
10) (on telephone)can I have Personnel please? — ¿me puede poner con Personal, por favor?
11) * (=have sex with) acostarse con12) (=make)to have sth done hacer que se haga algo, mandar hacer algo to have sb do sth mandar a algn hacer algohe had me do it again — me hizo hacerlo otra vez, me hizo que lo hiciese otra vez
what would you have me do? — † ¿qué quiere que haga?
to have sth happen to have sb doing sthI'll have you know that... — quiero que sepas que...
to have sth against sb/sth tener algo en contra de algn/algo to have had itshe soon had them all reading and writing — (=organized them) enseguida los puso a leer y a escribir; (=taught them) enseguida les habían enseñado a leer y a escribir
you've had it now! he knows all about it * — ¡ahora sí que te la has cargado! se ha enterado de todo
to have it thatI've had it up to here with his nonsense * — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta el moño de sus tonterías *
to be hadrumour has it that... — corre la voz de que...
to have to do with tener que ver conyou've been had! * — ¡te han engañado!
to let sb have sth (=give) dar algo a algn; (=lend) dejar algo a algn, prestar algo a algnthat's got or that has nothing to do with it! — ¡eso no tiene nada que ver!
what have youlet him have it! * — ¡dale!
would have it... and what have you —... y qué sé yo qué más
luckas ill-luck or fate would have it — desgraciadamente
2. AUXILIARY VERB1) haberhas he gone? — ¿se ha ido?
hasn't he told you? — ¿no te lo ha dicho?
had you phoned me frm or if you had phoned me I would have come round — si me hubieras llamado habría venido
never having seen it before, I... — como no lo había visto antes,...
just I, 1., 3)having finished or when he had finished, he left — cuando terminó or cuando hubo terminado, se fue
See:SINCE in sincea)"he's already eaten" - "so have I" — -él ya ha comido -yo también
"we haven't had any news yet" - "neither have we" — -no hemos tenido noticias todavía -nosotros tampoco
"you've made a mistake" - "no I haven't!" — -has cometido un error -no es verdad or cierto
"we haven't paid" - "yes we have!" — -no hemos pagado -¡qué sí!
"he's got a new job" - "oh has he?" — -tiene un trabajo nuevo -¿ah, sí?
"you've written it twice" - "so I have!" — -lo has escrito dos veces -es verdad or cierto
"have you read the book?" - "yes, I have" — -¿has leído el libro? -sí
"has he told you?" - "no, he hasn't" — -¿te lo ha dicho? -no
he hasn't done it, has he? — no lo ha hecho, ¿verdad?
you've done it, haven't you? — lo has hecho, ¿verdad? or ¿no?
you've all been there before, but I haven't — vosotros habéis estado allí antes, pero yo no
he has never met her, but I have — él no la ha llegado a conocer, pero yo sí
have you ever been there? if you have... — ¿has estado alguna vez allí? si es así...
so I, 1., norhave you tried it? if you haven't... — ¿lo has probado? (porque) si no...
3.MODAL VERB (=be obliged)I've got to or I have to finish this work — tengo que terminar este trabajo
have we got to or do we have to leave early? — ¿tenemos que salir temprano?
I haven't got to or I don't have to wear glasses — no necesito (usar) gafas
do you have to make such a noise? — ¿tienes que hacer tanto ruido?
you didn't have to tell her! — ¡no tenías por qué decírselo!
does it have to be ironed? — ¿hay que plancharlo?
- have in- have off- have on- have out- have up* * *[hæv], weak forms [həv, əv]
1.
2) ( possess) tener*I have o (esp BrE) I've got two cats — tengo dos gatos
I don't have o (esp BrE) haven't got any money — no tengo dinero
do you have a car? - no, I don't o (esp BrE) have you got a car? - no, I haven't — ¿tienes coche? - no (, no tengo)
3) (hold, have at one's disposal) tener*look out, he's got a gun! — cuidado! tiene una pistola or está armado!
how much money do you have o (esp BrE) have you got on you? — ¿cuánto dinero tienes or llevas encima?
can I have a sheet of paper? — ¿me das una hoja de papel?
may I have your name? — ¿me dice su nombre?
could I have your Sales Department, please? — ( on phone) ¿me comunica or (Esp tb) me pone or (CS tb) me da con el departamento de ventas, por favor?
I have it!, I've got it! — ya lo tengo!, ya está, ya está!
all right: have it your own way! — está bien! haz lo que quieras!
what have we here? — ¿y esto?
to have something to + inf — tener* algo que + inf
4)a) ( receive) \<\<letter/news\>\> tener*, recibircould we have some silence, please? — (hagan) silencio, por favor
we have it on the best authority that... — sabemos de buena fuente que...
rumor/tradition has it that... — corre el rumor de que.../según la tradición...
to have had it — (colloq)
I've had it — ( I'm in trouble) estoy frito (AmL), me la he cargado (Esp fam); ( I've lost my chance) la he fastidiado (fam)
I've had it up to here with your complaining — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta las narices de tus quejas (fam)
to have it in for somebody — (colloq) tenerle* manía or tirria a alguien (fam)
to let somebody have it — (sl) ( attack - physically) darle* su merecido a alguien; (- verbally) cantarle las cuarenta a alguien (fam), poner* a alguien verde (Esp fam)
b) ( obtain) conseguir*they were the best/only seats to be had — eran los mejores/únicos asientos que había
I'll have a kilo of tomatoes, please — ¿me da or (Esp) me pone un kilo de tomates, por favor?
5) ( consume) \<\<steak/spaghetti\>\> comer, tomar (Esp); \<\<champagne/beer\>\> tomarto have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo
to have breakfast/dinner — desayunar/cenar, comer (AmL)
to have lunch — almorzar* or (esp Esp, Méx) comer
what are we having for dinner? — ¿qué hay de cena?
we had too much to drink — bebimos or (AmL tb) tomamos demasiado
6)a) (experience, undergo) \<\<accident\>\> tener*did you have good weather? — ¿te (or les etc) hizo buen tiempo?
have a nice day! — adiós! que le (or te etc) vaya bien!
I had an injection — me pusieron or me dieron una inyección
he had a heart transplant/an X ray — le hicieron un trasplante de corazón/una radiografía
she had a heart attack — le dio un ataque al corazón or un infarto
b) ( organize) \<\<party\>\> hacer*, dar*c) ( suffer from) \<\<cancer/diabetes/flu\>\> tener*to have a cold — estar* resfriado
he's got a headache/sore throat — le duele la cabeza/la garganta, tiene dolor de cabeza/garganta
7) ( look after) tener*8) ( give birth to) \<\<baby\>\> tener*9) (colloq)a) (catch, get the better of)they almost had him, but he managed to escape — casi lo agarran or atrapan, pero logró escaparse
you've been had! — te han timado or engañado!
10) (causative use)we'll have it clean in no time — enseguida lo limpiamos or lo dejamos limpio
he had them all laughing/in tears — los hizo reír/llorar a todos
to have somebody + INF: I'll have her call you back as soon as she arrives le diré or pediré que lo llame en cuanto llegue; I'll have you know, young man, that I... para que sepa, jovencito, yo...; to have something + PAST P: we had it repaired lo hicimos arreglar, lo mandamos (a) arreglar (AmL); to have one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo
to have something + INF/+ PAST P: I've had three lambs die this week se me han muerto tres corderos esta semana; he had his bicycle stolen — le robaron la bicicleta
12)a) ( allow) (with neg) tolerar, consentir*I won't have it! — no lo consentiré or toleraré!
b) (accept, believe) aceptar, creer*she wouldn't have it — no lo quiso aceptar or creer
13) (indicating state, position) tener*you have o (BrE) you've got your belt twisted — tienes el cinturón torcido
2.
1) v aux2) (used to form perfect tenses) haber*I have/had seen her — la he/había visto
I have/had just seen her — la acabo/acababa de ver, recién la vi/la había visto (AmL)
have you been waiting long? — ¿hace mucho que esperas?, ¿llevas mucho rato esperando?
had I known that o if I'd known that... — si hubiera sabido que..., de haber sabido que...
when he had finished, she... — cuando terminó or (liter) cuando hubo terminado, ella...
3)a) ( in tags)you've been told, haven't you? — te lo han dicho ¿no? or ¿no es cierto? or ¿no es verdad?
you haven't lost the key, have you? — no habrás perdido la llave...!
b) ( elliptical use)you may have forgiven him, but I haven't — puede que tú lo hayas perdonado, pero yo no
the clock has stopped - so it has! — el reloj se ha parado - es verdad! or es cierto!
you've forgotten something - have I? — te has olvidado de algo - ¿sí?
I've told her - you haven't! — se lo he dicho - no! ¿en serio?
4) ( expressing obligation)to have to + inf — tener* que + inf
I have o I've got to admit that... — tengo que reconocer que...
you don't have to be an expert to realize that — no hay que or no se necesita ser un experto para darse cuenta de eso
5) ( expressing certainty)to have to + inf — tener* que + inf
you have to o you've got to be kidding! — lo dices en broma or en chiste!
•Phrasal Verbs:- have in- have off- have on- have out- have up -
3 go
go [gəʊ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. modal verb4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = move) aller• where are you going? où allez-vous ?• there he goes! le voilà !• you can go next allez-y(, je vous en prie) !► to go + preposition• the train goes at 90km/h le train roule à 90 km/h• where do we go from here? qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?• to go to France/to London aller en France/à Londres• to go up the hill monter la colline► to go + -ing• to go swimming (aller) nager► go and...• go and get me it! va me le chercher !• now you've gone and broken it! (inf) ça y est, tu l'as cassé !• when does the train go? quand part le train ?• after a week all our money had gone en l'espace d'une semaine, nous avions dépensé tout notre argent• he'll have to go [employee] on ne peut pas le garder• there goes my chance of promotion! je peux faire une croix sur ma promotion !• going, going, gone! une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé, vendu !► to let sb go ( = allow to leave) laisser partir qn ; ( = make redundant) se séparer de qn ; ( = stop gripping) lâcher qn• let go! lâchez !• to let go of sth/sb lâcher qch/qn• eventually parents have to let go of their children tôt ou tard, les parents doivent laisser leurs enfants voler de leurs propres ailes► to let sth goc. ( = start) [car, machine] démarrer ; ( = function) [machine, watch, car] marcher• how do you make this go? comment est-ce que ça marche ?• to be going [machine, engine] être en marche► to get going [person] ( = leave)• once he gets going... une fois lancé...• to get things going activer les choses► to keep going ( = continue) [person] continuer ; [business] se maintenir• the police signalled her to stop but she kept going la police lui a fait signe de s'arrêter mais elle a continué son chemin• a cup of coffee is enough to keep her going all morning elle réussit à tenir toute la matinée avec un caféd. ( = begin) there he goes again! le voilà qui recommence !• here goes! (inf) allez, on y va !e. ( = progress) aller, marcher• how's it going? (comment) ça va ?• all went well for him until... tout s'est bien passé pour lui jusqu'au moment où...• add the sugar, stirring as you go ajoutez le sucre, en remuant au fur et à mesuref. ( = turn out) [events] se passer• how did your holiday go? comment se sont passées tes vacances ?• that's the way things go, I'm afraid c'est malheureux mais c'est comme çag. ( = become) devenir• have you gone mad? tu es devenu fou ?h. ( = fail) [fuse] sauter ; [bulb] griller ; [material] être usé ; [sight] baisser ; [strength] manqueri. ( = be sold) how much do you think the house will go for? combien crois-tu que la maison va être vendue ?• it went for $550 c'est parti à 550 dollarsj. ( = be given) [prize, reward, inheritance] revenir (to à)k. ( = be accepted) the story goes that... le bruit court que...l. ( = apply) that goes for you too c'est valable pour toi aussi• that goes for me too ( = I agree with that) je suis aussi de cet avis• as far as your suggestion goes... pour ce qui est de ta suggestion...• this explanation is fine, as far as it goes cette explication vaut ce qu'elle vautm. ( = available) are there any jobs going? y a-t-il des postes vacants ?• is there any coffee going? est-ce qu'il y a du café ?n. [tune] the tune goes like this voici l'airo. ( = make sound or movement) faire ; [bell, clock] sonnerp. ( = serve) the money will go to compensate the victims cet argent servira à dédommager les victimes► as... go• he's not bad, as estate agents go il n'est pas mauvais pour un agent immobilier2. modal verb► to be going to + infinitive allera. ( = travel) [+ distance] faireb. ( = make sound) faire• he went "psst" « psst » fit-il4. noun(plural goes)a. ( = motion) (inf) it's all go! ça n'arrête pas !• at one or a go d'un seul coup► to have a go ( = try) essayerc. ( = success) to make a go of sth réussir qch5. compounds• to give sb the go-ahead (to do) (inf) donner le feu vert à qn (pour faire) ► go-between noun intermédiaire mf► go-karting noun = go-carting► go abouta. allerb. [rumour] courira. [+ task, duties] he went about the task methodically il s'y est pris de façon méthodique• how does one go about getting seats? comment fait-on pour avoir des places ?( = cross) traverser• she went across to Mrs. Smith's elle est allée en face chez Mme Smith[+ river, road] traverser( = follow) suivre ; ( = attack) attaquer• go after him! suivez-le !a. ( = prove hostile to) [vote, judgement, decision] être défavorable àb. ( = oppose) aller à l'encontre de• conditions which went against national interests des conditions qui allaient à l'encontre des intérêts nationaux• it goes against my principles c'est contre mes principes► go ahead intransitive verb passer devant ; [event] avoir (bien) lieu ; [work] avancer• go ahead! allez-y !• why don't you go along too? pourquoi n'iriez-vous pas aussi ?• I can't go along with that at all je ne suis pas du tout d'accord là-dessus► go around intransitive verba. = go about ; go roundb. what goes around comes around tout finit par se payer► go away intransitive verb partir ; (on holiday) partir (en vacances) ; [pain] disparaître• we need to go away and think about this nous devons prendre le temps d'y réfléchir► go back intransitive verba. ( = return) retourner• it's getting dark, shall we go back? il commence à faire nuit, on rentre ?b. ( = retreat) reculerd. ( = revert) revenir (to à)e. ( = extend) s'étendre• the cave goes back 300 metres la grotte fait 300 mètres de long► go back on inseparable transitive verb[+ decision, promise] revenir sur( = happen earlier)[person] passer ; [period of time] (se) passerb. ( = be swallowed) it went down the wrong way j'ai (or il a etc) avalé de traversc. ( = be accepted) I wonder how that will go down with her parents je me demande comment ses parents vont prendre ça• to go down well/badly être bien/mal accueillid. [value, price, standards] baissere. ( = be relegated) être reléguéf. [stage curtain] tomber ; [theatre lights] s'éteindreg. ( = go as far as) allerh. [balloon, tyre] se dégonfler• my ankle's OK, the swelling has gone down ma cheville va bien, elle a désenflé► go down as inseparable transitive verb( = be regarded as) être considéré comme ; ( = be remembered as) passer à la postérité comme• the victory will go down as one of the highlights of the year cette victoire restera dans les mémoires comme l'un des grands moments de l'année► go down with (inf) inseparable transitive verb[+ illness] attrapera. ( = attack) attaquerc. ( = strive for) essayer d'avoir ; ( = choose) choisir• the theory has a lot going for it cette théorie a de nombreux mérites► go forward intransitive verba. ( = move ahead) avancer ; [economy] progresserb. ( = take place) avoir lieuc. ( = continue) maintenir• if they go forward with these proposals s'ils maintiennent ces propositions► go in intransitive verba. ( = enter) entrerb. ( = attack) attaquera. [+ examination] se présenter à ; [+ position, job] poser sa candidature à ; [+ competition, race] prendre part àb. [+ sport] pratiquer ; [+ hobby] se livrer à ; [+ style] affectionner ; [+ medicine, accounting, politics] faire• he doesn't go in for reading much il n'aime pas beaucoup lire► go into inseparable transitive verba. [+ profession, field] he doesn't want to go into industry il ne veut pas travailler dans l'industrieb. ( = embark on) [+ explanation] se lancer dansc. ( = investigate) étudierd. ( = be devoted to) être investi dansa. ( = leave) partirb. [alarm clock] sonner ; [alarm] se déclencherc. [light, radio, TV] s'éteindre ; [heating] s'arrêtere. [event] se passer• I used to like him, but I've gone off him lately je l'aimais bien mais depuis un certain temps il m'agace► go off with inseparable transitive verb partir aveca. ( = proceed on one's way) (without stopping) poursuivre son chemin ; (after stopping) continuer sa route ; (by car) reprendre la route• go on trying! essaie encore !• go on! continuez !• if you go on doing that, you'll get into trouble si tu continues, tu vas avoir des ennuis• don't go on about it! ça va, j'ai compris !• she's always going on at him about doing up the kitchen elle n'arrête pas de le harceler pour qu'il refasse la cuisinee. ( = proceed) passer• he went on to say that... puis il a dit que...• he retired from football and went on to become a journalist il a abandonné le football et est devenu journaliste• how long has this been going on? depuis combien de temps est-ce que ça dure ?• what's going on here? qu'est-ce qui se passe ici ?• as the day went on he became more and more anxious au fil des heures, il devenait de plus en plus inquiet• what a way to go on! en voilà des manières !i. ( = progress) [person, patient] aller• how is he going on? comment va-t-il ?( = be guided by) we don't have much to go on yet nous n'avons pas beaucoup d'indices pour l'instant► go on for inseparable transitive verba. ( = leave) sortirb. [fire, light] s'éteindrec. ( = travel) aller (to à)d. [sea] se retirer ; [tide] descendref. [invitation] être envoyé ; [radio programme, TV programme] être diffusé• an appeal has gone out for people to give blood un appel a été lancé pour encourager les dons de sanga. ( = cross) allerb. ( = be overturned) se retournera. ( = examine) [+ accounts, report] vérifierb. ( = review) [+ speech] revoir ; [+ facts, points] récapituler• let's go over the facts again récapitulons les faits► go over to inseparable transitive verb passer àa. ( = turn) tournerc. ( = be sufficient) suffire (pour tout le monde)d. ( = circulate) [document, story] circuler• there's a rumour going round that... le bruit court que...e. = go about► go through( = be agreed) [proposal] être accepté ; [business deal] être conclua. ( = suffer, endure) endurerb. ( = examine) [+ list] examiner ; [+ book] parcourir ; [+ mail] regarder ; [+ subject, plan] étudier ; [+ one's pockets] fouiller dans• I went through my drawers looking for a pair of socks j'ai cherché une paire de chaussettes dans mes tiroirsc. ( = use up) [+ money] dépenser ; ( = wear out) userd. ( = carry out) [+ routine, course of study] suivre ; [+ formalities] accomplir ; [+ apprenticeship] faire► go through with inseparable transitive verb( = persist with) [+ plan, threat] mettre à exécution• in the end she couldn't go through with it en fin de compte elle n'a pas pu le faire► go together intransitive verb[colours, flavours] aller (bien) ensemble ; [events, conditions, ideas] aller de paira. ( = sink) [ship, person] coulerb. ( = fail) [person, business] faire faillite► go upa. monter[+ hill] gravira. [circumstances, event, conditions] aller (de pair) avec• mothers feed their children and go without themselves les mères nourrissent leurs enfants et se privent elles-mêmes de tout* * *[gəʊ] 1.1) (move, travel) aller ( from de; to à, en)to go to Wales/to California — aller au Pays de Galles/en Californie
to go to town/to the country — aller en ville/à la campagne
to go up/down/across — monter/descendre/traverser
to go by bus/train — voyager en bus/train
to go by ou past — [person, vehicle] passer
there he goes again! — ( that's him again) le revoilà!; fig ( he's starting again) le voilà qui recommence!
where do we go from here? — fig et maintenant qu'est-ce qu'on fait?
2) (on specific errand, activity) allerto go on a journey/on holiday — partir en voyage/en vacances
3) ( attend) allerto go to school/work — aller à l'école/au travail
5) ( depart) partir7) ( disappear) partir8) (be sent, transmitted)9) ( become)to go mad — devenir fou/folle
10) ( change over to new system)to go Labour — Politics [country, constituency] voter travailliste
11) (be, remain)12) (weaken, become impaired)13) ( of time)14) ( be got rid of)six down and four to go! — six de faits, et encore quatre à faire!
15) (operate, function) [vehicle, machine, clock] marcher, fonctionnerto set [something] going — mettre [quelque chose] en marche
to get going — [engine, machine] se mettre en marche; fig [business] démarrer
to keep going — [person, business, machine] se maintenir
16) ( start)here goes! —
once he gets going, he never stops — une fois lancé, il n'arrête pas
17) ( lead) aller, conduire (to à)the road goes down/goes up — la route descend/monte
18) ( extend in depth or scope)a hundred pounds doesn't go far these days — on ne va pas loin avec cent livres sterling de nos jours
you can make £5 go a long way — on peut faire beaucoup de choses avec 5 livres sterling
19) (belong, be placed) aller20) ( fit) gen rentrer22) ( be accepted)23) ( be about to)24) ( happen)how's it going? — (colloq)
how are things going? — comment ça va? (colloq)
how goes it? — hum comment ça va? (colloq)
25) ( be on average)it's old, as Australian towns go — c'est une ville assez vieille pour une ville australienne
it wasn't a bad party, as parties go — c'était une soirée plutôt réussie par rapport à la moyenne
26) ( be sold)the house went for over £100,000 — la maison a été vendue à plus de 100000 livres
‘going, going, gone!’ — ‘une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé!’
27) ( be on offer)I'll have some coffee, if there's any going — je prendrai bien un café, s'il y en a
28) ( contribute)29) ( be given) [award, prize] aller (to à); [estate, inheritance, title] passer (to à)30) ( emphatic use)then he had to go and lose his wallet — comme s'il ne manquait plus que ça, il a perdu son portefeuille
31) ( of money) (be spent, used up)32) (make sound, perform action or movement) gen faire; [bell, alarm] sonnerthe cat went ‘miaow’ — le chat a fait ‘miaou’
33) (resort to, have recourse to)to go to war — [country] entrer en guerre; [soldier] partir à la guerre
to go to law GB ou to the law US — aller en justice
34) (break, collapse etc) [roof] s'effondrer; [cable, rope] se rompre; [light bulb] griller35) ( take one's turn)you go next — c'est ton tour après, c'est à toi après
36) ( be in harmony)37) ( in takeaway)2. 3.whose go is it? — gen à qui le tour?; ( in game) à qui de jouer?
2) (colloq) ( energy)to be full of go —
•Phrasal Verbs:- go about- go after- go ahead- go along- go at- go away- go back- go below- go by- go down- go for- go in- go into- go off- go on- go on at- go out- go over- go round- go under- go up- go with••all systems are go! — Aerospace tout est paré pour le lancement!
he's all go! — (colloq) il n'arrête pas!
that's how it goes! —
there you go! — (colloq) voilà!
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'bi: ɡi:( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Engineering; first degree in Engineering.) licenciatura en Ingenieríabe vb1. serwhat time is it? It's 3 o'clock ¿qué hora es? Son las treswho is it? It's me ¿quién es? Soy yo2. estarhow are you? I'm fine ¿cómo estás? estoy bienwhere is Pauline? ¿dónde está Pauline?how far is it? ¿a qué distancia está?what day is it today? ¿qué día es hoy? / ¿a qué día estamos?3. tenerhow old are you? I'm 16 ¿cuántos años tienes? tengo 16 años4. costar / valer / serhow much is it? ¿cuánto cuesta? / ¿cuánto vale? / ¿cuánto es?the tickets are £15 each las entradas valen 15 libras cada una5. hacer6. haberhow many children are there? ¿cuántos niños hay?Se usa también para construir el tiempo verbal llamado present continuous que indica una acción que está pasando en estos momentoswhat are you doing? ¿qué estás haciendo? / ¿qué haces?look, it's snowing mira, está nevando
be sustantivo femenino: name of the letter b, often called be largaor grande to distinguish it from v 'be' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - abasto - abate - abismo - abotargarse - abreviar - abrirse - absoluta - absoluto - abultar - abundar - aburrir - aburrirse - acabose - acariciar - acaso - acertar - achantarse - acometer - acostada - acostado - acostumbrar - acostumbrada - acostumbrado - acreditar - activa - activo - adelantar - adelantarse - adentro - adivinarse - admirarse - adolecer - aferrarse - afianzarse - aficionada - aficionado - afligirse - agonizar - agotarse - agradecer - agua - ahogarse - ahora - aire - ajo - ala - alarmarse - alcanzar - alegrarse English: aback - abate - about - absent - accordance - account for - accountable - accustom - acquaint - action - addicted - address - adequate - adjust - admit - affiliated - afford - afraid - agenda - agree - agreement - ahead - air - airsick - alert - alive - alone - along - aloof - alphabetically - always - am - ambition - amenable - amusing - anathema - annoyance - anomaly - anxious - apologetic - appal - appall - are - arm - around - arrears - as - ashamed - aspire - assertbetr[biː]intransitive verb (pres 1ª pers am, 2ª pers sing y todas del pl are, 3ª pers sing is; pt 1ª y 3ª pers sing was, 2ª pers sing y todas del pl; pp been)2 (essential quality) ser3 (nationality) ser4 (occupation) ser5 (origin) ser6 (ownership) ser7 (authorship) ser8 (composition) ser9 (use) ser10 (location) estar11 (temporary state) estar■ how are you? ¿cómo estás?12 (age) tener13 (price) costar, valer■ a single ticket is £9.50 un billete de ida cuesta £9.5014 tener■ he's hot/cold tiene calor/frío■ we're hungry/thirsty tenemos hambre/sed1 (passive) ser■ she was arrested at the border fue detenida en la frontera, la detuvieron en la frontera■ he's hated by everybody es odiado por todos, todos lo odian■ he was discharged fue dado de alta, lo dieron de alta■ the house has been sold la casa ha sido vendida, la casa se ha vendido, han vendido la casa■ thirty children were injured treinta niños fueron heridos, treinta niños resultaron heridos■ the two areas of the town are divided by a wall las dos zonas de la ciudad están divididas por un muro1 (obligation) deber, tener que1 (future)phrase there is / there are1 hay■ is there much traffic ¿hay mucho tráfico?1 había■ were there many people? ¿había mucha gente?1 habrá1 habría■ if Mike came, there would be ten of us si viniera Mike, seríamos diez\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be about to «+ inf» estar para + inf, estar a punto de + infto be or not to be ser o no serbe ['bi:] v, was ['wəz, 'wɑz] ; were ['wər] ; been ['bɪn] ; being ; am ['æm] ; is ['ɪz] ; are ['ɑr] viJosé is a doctor: José es doctorI'm Ana's sister: soy la hermana de Anathe tree is tall: el árbol es altoyou're silly!: ¡eres tonto!she's from Managua: es de Managuait's mine: es míomy mother is at home: mi madre está en casathe cups are on the table: las tazas están en la mesato be or not to be: ser, o no serI think, therefore I am: pienso, luego existohow are you?: ¿cómo estás?I'm cold: tengo fríoshe's 10 years old: tiene 10 añosthey're both sick: están enfermos los dosbe v impersit's eight o'clock: son las ochoit's Friday: hoy es viernesit's sunny: hace solit's very dark outside: está bien oscuro afuerabe v auxwhat are you doing? -I'm working: ¿qué haces? -estoy trabajandoit was finished yesterday: fue acabado ayer, se acabó ayerit was cooked in the oven: se cocinó en el hornocan she be trusted?: ¿se puede confiar en ella?you are to stay here: debes quedarte aquíhe was to come yesterday: se esperaba que viniese ayerbev.(§ p.,p.p.: was, were, been) = estar v.(§pres: estoy, estás...) pret: estuv-•)• ser v.(§pres: soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son) subj: se-imp: er-fu-•)biːˌ weak form bi
1.
2)a) (followed by an adjective)she's French/intelligent — es francesa/inteligente
he's worried/furious — está preocupado/furioso
he's blind — es or (Esp tb) está ciego
have you never had gazpacho? it's delicious! — ¿nunca has comido gazpacho? es delicioso!
the gazpacho is delicious, did you make it yourself? — el gazpacho está delicioso ¿lo hiciste tú?
she was very rude to me — estuvo or fue muy grosera conmigo
Tony is married/divorced/single — Tony está or (esp AmL) es casado/divorciado/soltero
to be married to somebody — estar* casado con alguien
3)a) (followed by a noun) ser*who was Prime Minister at the time? — ¿quién era Primer Ministro en ese momento?
it's me/Daniel — soy yo/es Daniel
if I were you, I'd stay — yo que tú or yo en tu lugar me quedaría
b) ( play the role of) hacer* de4)how are you? — ¿cómo estás?
I'm much better — estoy or me encuentro mucho mejor
she's pregnant/tired — está embarazada/cansada
I'm cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/sleepy — tengo frío/calor/hambre/sed/sueño
b) ( talking about age) tener*how old are you? — ¿cuántos años tienes?
he's a lot older/younger — es mucho mayor/menor
c) (giving cost, measurement, weight)how much is that? - that'll be $15, please — ¿cuánto es? - (son) 15 dólares, por favor
they are $15 each — cuestan or valen 15 dólares cada una
how tall/heavy is he? — ¿cuánto mide/pesa?
5)a) (exist, live)I think, therefore I am — pienso, luego existo
to let something/somebody be — dejar tranquilo or en paz algo/a alguien
b) ( in expressions of time)don't be too long — no tardes mucho, no (te) demores mucho (esp AmL)
I'm drying my hair, I won't be long — me estoy secando el pelo, enseguida estoy
how long will dinner be? — ¿cuánto falta para la cena?
c) ( take place) ser*6) (be situated, present) estar*where is the library? — ¿dónde está or queda la biblioteca?
where are you? — ¿dónde estás?
what's in that box? — ¿qué hay en esa caja?
who's in the movie? — ¿quién actúa or trabaja en la película?
how long are you in Chicago (for)? — (colloq) ¿cuánto (tiempo) te vas a quedar en Chicago ?
7) (only in perfect tenses) ( visit) estar*have you been to the exhibition yet? — ¿ya has estado en or has ido a la exposición?
2.
v impers1)a) (talking about physical conditions, circumstances)it's sunny/cold/hot — hace sol/frío/calor
it's so noisy/quiet in here! — qué ruido/silencio hay aquí!
I have enough problems as it is, without you... — yo ya tengo suficientes problemas sin que tú encima...
b) ( in expressions of time) ser*hi, Joe, it's been a long time — qué tal, Joe, tanto tiempo (sin verte)
c) ( talking about distance) estar*it's 500 miles from here to Detroit — Detroit queda or está a 500 millas de aquí
2)a) (introducing person, object) ser*it was me who told them — fui yo quien se lo dije or dijo, fui yo el que se lo dije or dijo
b) (in conditional use) ser*if it hadn't been o had it not been for Juan, we would have been killed — si no hubiera sido por Juan or de no ser por Juan, nos habríamos matado
3.
v aux1) to be -inga) ( used to describe action in progress) estar* + gerwhat was I saying? — ¿qué estaba diciendo?
she was leaving when... — se iba cuando...
how long have you been waiting? — ¿cuánto (tiempo) hace que esperas?, ¿cuánto (tiempo) llevas esperando?
b) ( with future reference)he is o will be arriving tomorrow — llega mañana
when are you seeing her? — ¿cuándo la vas a ver or la verás?
2) (in the passive voice) ser* [The passive voice, however, is less common in Spanish than it is in English]it was built in 1903 — fue construido en 1903, se construyó en 1903, lo construyeron en 1903
she was told that... — le dijeron or se le dijo que...
it is known that... — se sabe que...
3) to be to + infa) ( with future reference)if a solution is to be found... — si se quiere encontrar or si se ha de encontrar una solución...
b) ( expressing possibility)what are we to do? — ¿qué podemos hacer?
c) ( expressing obligation) deber* + inf, tener* que + inf, haber* de + inftell her she's to stay here — dile que debe quedarse or tiene que quedarse aquí, dile que se quede aquí
am I to understand that... ? — ¿debo entender que... ?
4) ( in hypotheses)what would happen if she were o was to die? — ¿qué pasaría si ella muriera?
5)she's right, isn't she? — tiene razón, ¿no? or ¿verdad? or ¿no es cierto?
so that's what you think, is it? — de manera que eso es lo que piensas
are you disappointed? - yes, I am/no, I'm not — ¿estás desilusionado? - sí (, lo estoy)/no (, no lo estoy)
she was told the news, and so was he/but I wasn't — a ella le dieron la noticia, y también a él/pero a mí no
[biː] (present am, is or are pt was or were pp been)I'm surprised, are/aren't you? — estoy sorprendido, ¿y tú?/¿tú no?
1. INTRANSITIVE VERB1) (linking nouns, noun phrases, pronouns) serit's me! — ¡soy yo!
who wants to be Hamlet? — ¿quién quiere hacer de or ser Hamlet?
if I were you... — yo en tu lugar..., yo que tú... *
2) (possession) serUse [estar] with past participles used as adjectives describing the results of an action or process:it's round/enormous — es redondo/enorme
4) (changeable or temporary state) estarshe's bored/ill — está aburrida/enferma
how are you? — ¿cómo estás?, ¿qué tal estás?
how are you now? — ¿qué tal te encuentras ahora?
In certain expressions where English uses [be] + adjective to describe feelings ([be cold]/[hot]/[hungry]/[thirsty]), Spanish uses [tener] with a noun:I'm very well, thanks — estoy muy bien, gracias
I'm cold/hot — tengo frío/calor
I'm hungry/thirsty — tengo hambre/sed
afraid, sleepy, rightbe good! — ¡pórtate bien!
5) (age)"how old is she?" - "she's nine" — -¿cuántos años tiene? -tiene nueve años
6) (=take place) ser7) (=be situated) estarit's on the table — está sobre or en la mesa
where is the Town Hall? — ¿dónde está or queda el ayuntamiento?
it's 5 km to the village — el pueblo está or queda a 5 kilómetros
we've been here for ages — hace mucho tiempo que estamos aquí, llevamos aquí mucho tiempo, estamos aquí desde hace mucho tiempo
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here you are(, take it) — aquí tienes(, tómalo)•
there's the church — ahí está la iglesiaa) (referring to weather) hacerit's hot/cold — hace calor/frío
b) (referring to time, date etc) serwake up, it's morning — despierta, es de día
what's the date (today)? — ¿qué fecha es hoy?
But note the following alternatives with [estar]:it's 3 May or the 3rd of May — es 3 de mayo
it's 3 May or the 3rd of May — estamos a 3 de mayo
c) (asking and giving opinion) seris it certain that...? — ¿es verdad or cierto que...?
is it fair that she should be punished while...? — ¿es justo que se la castigue mientras que...?
it is possible that he'll come — es posible que venga, puede (ser) que venga
it is unbelievable that... — es increíble que...
it's not clear whether... — no está claro si...
d) (emphatic) serwhy is it that she's so successful? — ¿cómo es que tiene tanto éxito?, ¿por qué tiene tanto éxito?
it was then that... — fue entonces cuando...
9) (=exist) haberthere is/are — hay
what is (there) in that room? — ¿qué hay en esa habitación?
is there anyone at home? — ¿hay alguien en casa?
there being no alternative solution... — al no haber or no habiendo otra solución...
let there be light! — ¡hágase la luz!
See:THERE IS, THERE ARE in there10) (=cost)how much was it? — ¿cuánto costó?
the book is £20 — el libro vale or cuesta 20 libras
how much is it? — ¿cuánto es?; (when paying) ¿qué le debo? frm
11) (=visit)has the postman been? — ¿ha venido el cartero?
have you ever been to Glasgow? — ¿has estado en Glasgow alguna vez?
12) (in noun compounds) futuro•
my wife to be — mi futura esposa•
been and * —you've been and done it now! — ¡buena la has hecho! *
that dog of yours has been and dug up my flowers! — ¡tu perro ha ido y me ha destrozado las flores!
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you're busy enough as it is — estás bastante ocupado ya con lo que tienes, ya tienes suficiente trabajo•
if it hadn't been for..., if it hadn't been for you or frm had it not been for you, we would have lost — si no hubiera sido por ti or de no haber sido por ti, habríamos perdido•
let me be! — ¡déjame en paz!•
if that's what you want to do, then so be it — si eso es lo que quieres hacer, adelante•
what is it to you? * — ¿a ti qué te importa?2. AUXILIARY VERB1) (forming passive) serThe passive is not used as often in Spanish as in English, active and reflexive constructions often being preferred:it is said that... — dicen que..., se dice que...
she was killed in a car crash — murió en un accidente de coche, resultó muerta en un accidente de coche frm
what's to be done? — ¿qué hay que hacer?
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it's a film not to be missed — es una película que no hay que perderse•
we searched everywhere for him, but he was nowhere to be seen — lo buscamos por todas partes pero no lo encontramos en ningún sitio2) (forming continuous) estarUse the present simple to talk about planned future events and the construction to talk about intention:what are you doing? — ¿qué estás haciendo?, ¿qué haces?
"it's a pity you aren't coming with us" - "but I am coming!" — -¡qué pena que no vengas con nosotros! -¡sí que voy!
will you be seeing her tomorrow? — ¿la verás or la vas a ver mañana?
will you be needing more? — ¿vas a necesitar más?
The imperfect tense can be used for continuous action in the past: for, sinceI'll be seeing you — hasta luego, nos vemos (esp LAm)
a)"he's going to complain about you" - "oh, is he?" — -va a quejarse de ti -¿ah, sí?
"I'm worried" - "so am I" — -estoy preocupado -yo también
"I'm not ready" - "neither am I" — -no estoy listo -yo tampoco
"you're tired" - "no, I'm not" — -estás cansado -no, ¡qué va!
"you're not eating enough" - "yes I am" — -no comes lo suficiente -que sí
"they're getting married" - "oh, are they?" — (showing surprise) -se casan -¿ah, sí? or -¡no me digas!
"he isn't very happy" - "oh, isn't he?" — -no está muy contento -¿ah, no?
"he's always late, isn't he?" - "yes, he is" — -siempre llega tarde, ¿verdad? -(pues) sí
"is it what you expected?" - "no, it isn't" — -¿es esto lo que esperabas? -(pues) no
"she's pretty" - "no, she isn't" — -es guapa -¡qué va!
he's handsome, isn't he? — es guapo, ¿verdad?, es guapo, ¿no?, es guapo, ¿no es cierto?
it was fun, wasn't it? — fue divertido, ¿verdad?, fue divertido, ¿no?
she wasn't happy, was she? — no era feliz, ¿verdad?
so he's back again, is he? — así que ha vuelto, ¿eh?
you're not ill, are you? — ¿no estarás enfermo?
3. MODAL VERB(with infinitive construction)1) (=must, have to)he's not to open it — no debe abrirlo, que no lo abra
I am to do it — he de hacerlo yo, soy yo el que debe hacerlo
I wasn't to tell you his name — no podía or debía decirte su nombre
2) (=should) deberam I to understand that...? — ¿debo entender que...?
she wrote "My Life", not to be confused with Bernstein's book of the same name — escribió "Mi Vida", que no debe confundirse con la obra de Bernstein que lleva el mismo título
he was to have come yesterday — tenía que or debía haber venido ayer
3) (=will)4) (=can)if it was or were to snow... — si nevase or nevara...
BEif I were to leave the job, would you replace me? — si yo dejara el puesto, ¿me sustituirías?
"Ser" or "estar"?
You can use "ser": ► when defining or identifying by linking two nouns or noun phrases:
Paris is the capital of France París es la capital de Francia
He was the most hated man in the village Era el hombre más odiado del pueblo ► to describe essential or inherent characteristics (e.g. colour, material, nationality, race, shape, size {etc}):
His mother is German Su madre es alemana
She was blonde Era rubia ► with most impersonal expressions not involving past participles:
It is important to be on time Es importante llegar a tiempo
Está claro que is an exception:
It is obvious you don't understand Está claro que no lo entiendes ► when telling the time or talking about time or age:
It is ten o'clock Son las diez
It's very late. Let's go home Es muy tarde. Vamos a casa
He lived in the country when he was young Vivió en el campo cuando era joven ► to indicate possession or duty:
It's mine Es mío
This is your responsibility Este asunto es responsabilidad tuya ► with events in the sense of "take place":
The 1992 Olympic Games were in Barcelona Los Juegos Olímpicos de 1992 fueron en Barcelona
"Where is the exam?" - "It's in Room 1" "¿Dónde es el examen?" - "Es en el Aula Número 1" NOTE: Compare this usage with that of estar (see below) to talk about location of places, objects and people.
You can use "estar": ► to talk about location of places, objects and people:
"Where is Zaragoza?" - "It's in Spain" "¿Dónde está Zaragoza?" - "Está en España"
Your glasses are on the bedside table Tus gafas están en la mesilla de noche NOTE: But use ser with events in the sense of "take place" (see above)}. ► to talk about changeable state, condition or mood:
The teacher is ill La profesora está enferma
The coffee's cold El café está frío
How happy I am! ¡Qué contento estoy! NOTE: Feliz, however, which is seen as more permanent than contento, is used mainly with ser. ► to form progressive tenses:
We're having lunch. Is it ok if I call you later? Estamos comiendo. Te llamaré luego, ¿vale?
Both "ser" and "estar" can be used with past participles ► Use ser in {passive} constructions:
This play was written by Lorca Esta obra fue escrita por Lorca
He was shot dead (by a terrorist group) Fue asesinado a tiros (por un grupo terrorista) NOTE: The passive is not used as often in Spanish as it is in English. ► Use estar with past participles to describe the {results} of a previous action or event:
We threw them away because they were broken Los tiramos a la basura porque estaban rotos
He's dead Está muerto ► Compare the use of ser + ((past participle)) which describes {action} and estar + ((past participle)) which describes {result} in the following:
The window was broken by the firemen La ventana fue rota por los bomberos
The window was broken La ventana estaba rota
It was painted around 1925 Fue pintado hacia 1925
The floor is painted a dark colour El suelo está pintado de color oscuro ► Ser and estar are both used in impersonal expressions with past participles. As above, the use of ser implies {action} while the use of estar implies {result}:
It is understood that the work was never finished Es sabido que el trabajo nunca se llegó a terminar
It is a proven fact that vaccinations save many lives Está demostrado que las vacunas salvan muchas vidas
"Ser" and "estar" with adjectives ► Some adjectives can be used with both ser and estar but the meaning changes completely depending on the verb:
He's clever Es listo
Are you ready? ¿Estás listo?
Chemistry is boring La química es aburrida
I'm bored Estoy aburrido ► Other adjectives can also be used with both verbs but the use of ser describes a {characteristic} while the use of estar implies a {change}:
He's very handsome Es muy guapo
You look great in that dress! Estás muy guapa con ese vestido
He's slim Es delgado
You're (looking) very slim ¡Estás muy delgada! For further uses and examples, see main entry* * *[biːˌ] weak form [bi]
1.
2)a) (followed by an adjective)she's French/intelligent — es francesa/inteligente
he's worried/furious — está preocupado/furioso
he's blind — es or (Esp tb) está ciego
have you never had gazpacho? it's delicious! — ¿nunca has comido gazpacho? es delicioso!
the gazpacho is delicious, did you make it yourself? — el gazpacho está delicioso ¿lo hiciste tú?
she was very rude to me — estuvo or fue muy grosera conmigo
Tony is married/divorced/single — Tony está or (esp AmL) es casado/divorciado/soltero
to be married to somebody — estar* casado con alguien
3)a) (followed by a noun) ser*who was Prime Minister at the time? — ¿quién era Primer Ministro en ese momento?
it's me/Daniel — soy yo/es Daniel
if I were you, I'd stay — yo que tú or yo en tu lugar me quedaría
b) ( play the role of) hacer* de4)how are you? — ¿cómo estás?
I'm much better — estoy or me encuentro mucho mejor
she's pregnant/tired — está embarazada/cansada
I'm cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/sleepy — tengo frío/calor/hambre/sed/sueño
b) ( talking about age) tener*how old are you? — ¿cuántos años tienes?
he's a lot older/younger — es mucho mayor/menor
c) (giving cost, measurement, weight)how much is that? - that'll be $15, please — ¿cuánto es? - (son) 15 dólares, por favor
they are $15 each — cuestan or valen 15 dólares cada una
how tall/heavy is he? — ¿cuánto mide/pesa?
5)a) (exist, live)I think, therefore I am — pienso, luego existo
to let something/somebody be — dejar tranquilo or en paz algo/a alguien
b) ( in expressions of time)don't be too long — no tardes mucho, no (te) demores mucho (esp AmL)
I'm drying my hair, I won't be long — me estoy secando el pelo, enseguida estoy
how long will dinner be? — ¿cuánto falta para la cena?
c) ( take place) ser*6) (be situated, present) estar*where is the library? — ¿dónde está or queda la biblioteca?
where are you? — ¿dónde estás?
what's in that box? — ¿qué hay en esa caja?
who's in the movie? — ¿quién actúa or trabaja en la película?
how long are you in Chicago (for)? — (colloq) ¿cuánto (tiempo) te vas a quedar en Chicago ?
7) (only in perfect tenses) ( visit) estar*have you been to the exhibition yet? — ¿ya has estado en or has ido a la exposición?
2.
v impers1)a) (talking about physical conditions, circumstances)it's sunny/cold/hot — hace sol/frío/calor
it's so noisy/quiet in here! — qué ruido/silencio hay aquí!
I have enough problems as it is, without you... — yo ya tengo suficientes problemas sin que tú encima...
b) ( in expressions of time) ser*hi, Joe, it's been a long time — qué tal, Joe, tanto tiempo (sin verte)
c) ( talking about distance) estar*it's 500 miles from here to Detroit — Detroit queda or está a 500 millas de aquí
2)a) (introducing person, object) ser*it was me who told them — fui yo quien se lo dije or dijo, fui yo el que se lo dije or dijo
b) (in conditional use) ser*if it hadn't been o had it not been for Juan, we would have been killed — si no hubiera sido por Juan or de no ser por Juan, nos habríamos matado
3.
v aux1) to be -inga) ( used to describe action in progress) estar* + gerwhat was I saying? — ¿qué estaba diciendo?
she was leaving when... — se iba cuando...
how long have you been waiting? — ¿cuánto (tiempo) hace que esperas?, ¿cuánto (tiempo) llevas esperando?
b) ( with future reference)he is o will be arriving tomorrow — llega mañana
when are you seeing her? — ¿cuándo la vas a ver or la verás?
2) (in the passive voice) ser* [The passive voice, however, is less common in Spanish than it is in English]it was built in 1903 — fue construido en 1903, se construyó en 1903, lo construyeron en 1903
she was told that... — le dijeron or se le dijo que...
it is known that... — se sabe que...
3) to be to + infa) ( with future reference)if a solution is to be found... — si se quiere encontrar or si se ha de encontrar una solución...
b) ( expressing possibility)what are we to do? — ¿qué podemos hacer?
c) ( expressing obligation) deber* + inf, tener* que + inf, haber* de + inftell her she's to stay here — dile que debe quedarse or tiene que quedarse aquí, dile que se quede aquí
am I to understand that... ? — ¿debo entender que... ?
4) ( in hypotheses)what would happen if she were o was to die? — ¿qué pasaría si ella muriera?
5)she's right, isn't she? — tiene razón, ¿no? or ¿verdad? or ¿no es cierto?
so that's what you think, is it? — de manera que eso es lo que piensas
are you disappointed? - yes, I am/no, I'm not — ¿estás desilusionado? - sí (, lo estoy)/no (, no lo estoy)
she was told the news, and so was he/but I wasn't — a ella le dieron la noticia, y también a él/pero a mí no
I'm surprised, are/aren't you? — estoy sorprendido, ¿y tú?/¿tú no?
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5 BE
be [bi:]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. link verb3. modal verb6. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. link verba. être• who is that? -- it's me! qui est-ce ? -- c'est moi !• if I were you I would refuse si j'étais vous, je refuserais━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The following translations use ce + être because they contain an article or possessive in French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► No article is used in French, unless the noun is qualified by an adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how are you? comment allez-vous ?d. ( = cost) coûter• how much is it? combien ça coûte ?e. ( = equal) fairef.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to be cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/ashamed/right/wrong avoir froid/chaud/faim/soif/honte/raison/tort━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note how French makes the person, not the part of the body, the subject of the sentence in the following.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━g. (with age) avoir• how old is he? quel âge a-t-il ?► to be + -ing━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► French does not distinguish between simple and continuous actions as much as English does.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I'm coming! j'arrive !• what have you been doing this week? qu'est-ce que tu as fait cette semaine ?• will you be seeing her tomorrow? est-ce que vous allez la voir demain ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► être en train de + infinitive emphasizes that one is in the middle of the action.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I haven't got time, I'm cooking the dinner je n'ai pas le temps, je suis en train de préparer le repas━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The imperfect tense is used for continuous action in the past.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► have/had been +... for/since━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► French uses the present and imperfect where English uses the perfect and past perfect.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I'd been at university for six weeks when my father got ill j'étais à l'université depuis six semaines quand mon père est tombé malade• he's a friend of yours, isn't he? c'est un ami à toi, n'est-ce pas ?• she wasn't happy, was she? elle n'était pas heureuse, n'est-ce pas ?• so it's all done, is it? tout est fait, alors ?• you're not ill, are you? tu n'es pas malade j'espère ?c. (in tag responses) they're getting married -- oh are they? ils vont se marier -- ah bon ?• he's going to complain about you -- oh is he? il va porter plainte contre toi -- ah vraiment ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• he's always late, isn't he? -- yes, he is il est toujours en retard, n'est-ce pas ? -- oui• is it what you expected? -- no it isn't est-ce que tu t'attendais à ça ? -- non━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The past participle in French passive constructions agrees with the subject.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The passive is used less in French than in English. It is often expressed by on + active verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• it is said that... on dit que...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The reflexive can be used to describe how something is usually done.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. modal verb► am/are/is to + infinitivea. ( = will)• now the old lady has died, her house is to be sold maintenant que la vieille dame est décédée, sa maison va être mise en venteb. ( = must) you are to follow these instructions exactly tu dois suivre ces instructions scrupuleusementc. ( = should) he is to be pitied il est à plaindre• not to be confused with... à ne pas confondre avec...d. ( = be destined to) this was to have serious repercussions cela devait avoir de graves répercussionse. ( = can) these birds are to be found all over the world on trouve ces oiseaux dans le monde entiera. être ; ( = take place) avoir lieu• he is there at the moment, but he won't be there much longer il est là en ce moment mais il ne va pas rester très longtemps► there is/are ( = there exist(s)) il y a• here you are at last! te voilà enfin !• here you are! ( = take this) tiens (or tenez) !b. ► to have been (to a place)• where have you been? où étais-tu passé ?a. (weather, temperature) faire• it's fine/cold/dark il fait beau/froid/nuit• it's windy/foggy il y a du vent/du brouillard• it was then we realized that... c'est alors que nous nous sommes rendu compte que...• it was they who suggested that... ce sont eux qui ont suggéré que...• why is it that she is so popular? pourquoi a-t-elle tant de succès ?6. compounds* * *noun: abrév bill of exchange -
6 be
be [bi:]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. link verb3. modal verb6. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. link verba. être• who is that? -- it's me! qui est-ce ? -- c'est moi !• if I were you I would refuse si j'étais vous, je refuserais━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The following translations use ce + être because they contain an article or possessive in French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► No article is used in French, unless the noun is qualified by an adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how are you? comment allez-vous ?d. ( = cost) coûter• how much is it? combien ça coûte ?e. ( = equal) fairef.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to be cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/ashamed/right/wrong avoir froid/chaud/faim/soif/honte/raison/tort━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note how French makes the person, not the part of the body, the subject of the sentence in the following.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━g. (with age) avoir• how old is he? quel âge a-t-il ?► to be + -ing━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► French does not distinguish between simple and continuous actions as much as English does.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I'm coming! j'arrive !• what have you been doing this week? qu'est-ce que tu as fait cette semaine ?• will you be seeing her tomorrow? est-ce que vous allez la voir demain ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► être en train de + infinitive emphasizes that one is in the middle of the action.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I haven't got time, I'm cooking the dinner je n'ai pas le temps, je suis en train de préparer le repas━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The imperfect tense is used for continuous action in the past.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► have/had been +... for/since━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► French uses the present and imperfect where English uses the perfect and past perfect.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I'd been at university for six weeks when my father got ill j'étais à l'université depuis six semaines quand mon père est tombé malade• he's a friend of yours, isn't he? c'est un ami à toi, n'est-ce pas ?• she wasn't happy, was she? elle n'était pas heureuse, n'est-ce pas ?• so it's all done, is it? tout est fait, alors ?• you're not ill, are you? tu n'es pas malade j'espère ?c. (in tag responses) they're getting married -- oh are they? ils vont se marier -- ah bon ?• he's going to complain about you -- oh is he? il va porter plainte contre toi -- ah vraiment ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• he's always late, isn't he? -- yes, he is il est toujours en retard, n'est-ce pas ? -- oui• is it what you expected? -- no it isn't est-ce que tu t'attendais à ça ? -- non━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The past participle in French passive constructions agrees with the subject.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The passive is used less in French than in English. It is often expressed by on + active verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• it is said that... on dit que...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The reflexive can be used to describe how something is usually done.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. modal verb► am/are/is to + infinitivea. ( = will)• now the old lady has died, her house is to be sold maintenant que la vieille dame est décédée, sa maison va être mise en venteb. ( = must) you are to follow these instructions exactly tu dois suivre ces instructions scrupuleusementc. ( = should) he is to be pitied il est à plaindre• not to be confused with... à ne pas confondre avec...d. ( = be destined to) this was to have serious repercussions cela devait avoir de graves répercussionse. ( = can) these birds are to be found all over the world on trouve ces oiseaux dans le monde entiera. être ; ( = take place) avoir lieu• he is there at the moment, but he won't be there much longer il est là en ce moment mais il ne va pas rester très longtemps► there is/are ( = there exist(s)) il y a• here you are at last! te voilà enfin !• here you are! ( = take this) tiens (or tenez) !b. ► to have been (to a place)• where have you been? où étais-tu passé ?a. (weather, temperature) faire• it's fine/cold/dark il fait beau/froid/nuit• it's windy/foggy il y a du vent/du brouillard• it was then we realized that... c'est alors que nous nous sommes rendu compte que...• it was they who suggested that... ce sont eux qui ont suggéré que...• why is it that she is so popular? pourquoi a-t-elle tant de succès ?6. compounds* * *[biː, bɪ]1) gen êtreit's me —
2) ( in probability)were it not that... — si ce n'était que...
had it not been for Frank, I'd have missed the train — sans Frank j'aurais raté le train
3) ( phrases)let ou leave him be — laisse-le tranquille
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7 must
must [mʌst]1. modal verba. (obligation)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When must expresses obligation, it is translated either by the impersonal expression il faut que, which is followed by the subjunctive, or by devoir, followed by the infinitive; il faut que is more emphatic.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I must see him! il faut absolument que je le voie !• why must you always be so pessimistic? pourquoi faut-il toujours que tu sois si pessimiste ?• it must not be forgotten that... il ne faut pas oublier que...• "the windows must not be opened" « défense d'ouvrir les fenêtres »► I must say or admit• this came as a surprise, I must say je dois avouer que cela m'a surprisb. (invitations, suggestions)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When you must is used to make invitations and suggestions more forceful, the imperative may be used in French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► you mustn't ( = don't)• he must be regretting it, mustn't he? il le regrette sûrement• he must be mad! il est fou !• you must be joking! vous plaisantez !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► must have made/had/been etc━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The perfect tense of devoir + infinitive is generally used to translate must have + past participle.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• was he disappointed? -- he must have been! est-ce qu'il a été déçu ? -- sûrement !2. noun• a must for all students! un must pour les étudiants !3. compounds* * *Note: When must indicates obligation or necessity, French tends to use either the verb devoir or the impersonal construction il faut que + subjunctive: I must go = je dois partir, il faut que je parte. For examples and particular usages see I 1 and I 3 below. See also have II 1 and the related usage noteWhen must expresses assumption or probability, the verb devoir is always used: it must strike you as odd that = ça doit te sembler bizarre que (+ subj). See I 7 below for further examplesFor the conjugation of devoir, see the French verb tables[mʌst, məst] 1.1) (indicating obligation, prohibition)you mustn't mention this to anyone — il ne faut en parler à personne, tu ne dois en parler à personne
withdrawals must not exceed £200 — les retraits ne doivent pas dépasser 200 livres sterling
2) (indicating requirement, condition)to gain a licence you must spend 40 hours in the air — pour obtenir son brevet il faut avoir 40 heures de vol
3) (stressing importance, necessity)you must be patient — il faut que tu sois patient, tu dois être patient
I feel I must tell you that... — je pense devoir te dire que...
very nice, I must say! — iron très gentil vraiment! iron
4) ( expressing intention)I must check the reference — je dois vérifier la référence, il faut que je vérifie la référence
5) ( indicating irritation)well, come in if you must — bon, entre si tu y tiens
he's ill, if you must know — il est malade si tu veux vraiment le savoir
6) (in invitations, suggestions)7) (expressing assumption, probability)8) (expressing strong interest, desire)2.this film is a must — ce film est à voir or à ne pas rater
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8 can
I 1. noun1) (milk can, watering can) Kanne, die; (for oil, petrol) Kanister, der; (Amer.): (for refuse) Eimer, der; Tonne, diea can of paint — eine Büchse Farbe; (with handle) ein Eimer Farbe
carry the can — (fig. coll.) die Sache ausbaden (ugs.)
2. transitive verb,a can of tomatoes/sausages — eine Dose od. Büchse Tomaten/Würstchen
- nn- eindosen; einmachen [Obst]II auxiliary verb, only in pres.can,neg. cannot, (coll.) can't, past could, neg. (coll.) couldn't können; (have right, be permitted) dürfen; könnenas much as one can — so viel man kann
as... as can be — wirklich sehr...
can do — (coll.) kein Problem
he can't be more than 40 — er kann nicht über 40 sein
you can't smoke in this compartment — in diesem Abteil dürfen Sie nicht rauchen
how [ever] could you do this to me? — wie konnten Sie mir das bloß antun?
[that] could be [so] — das könnte od. kann sein
* * *[kæn] I negative - can't; verb1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) können2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) können4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?)II 1. noun(a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) die Kanne, die Dose2. verb(to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) eindosen- academic.ru/10575/canned">canned- cannery* * *can1[kæn]I. nbeer/drink \can Bier-/Getränkedose ffood \can Konservendose f, Konservenbüchse f2. (contents)a \can of lemonade eine Dose Limonadea \can of oil ein Kanister m Ölmilk \can Milchkanne fpetrol \can Benzinkanister m4. (for waste) [Müll]eimer m, Abfalleimer m SCHWEIZ, Kehrichteimer m SCHWEIZ, Mistkübel m ÖSTERR fam; (larger) [Müll]tonne fon the \can auf dem Klo fam▪ \cans pl Kopfhörer pl8.the scene is in the \can wir haben die Szene [o die Szene ist] im Kasten famthis project is finally in the \can dieses Projekt ist endlich abgeschlossenthe deal is in the \can wir haben den Deal in der Tasche fig famII. vt1. (package)\can it! hör auf damit!to \can a project ein Projekt begraben famcan2<could, could>[kæn, kən]1. (be able to) können\can you hear me? kannst du mich hören?, hörst du mich?she \can speak four languages sie spricht vier Sprachenthe doctors are doing all they \can die Ärzte tun, was sie können [o tun ihr Möglichstes]who \can blame her? wer will es ihr verdenken?\can do kein Problemno \can do geht leider nichtyou \can't park here hier dürfen [o können] Sie nicht parken\can I go out to play? darf [o kann] ich draußen spielen?3. (requesting) können\can/could you tell I've phoned? kannst/könntest du ihm ausrichten, dass ich angerufen haben?\can/could you make a little less noise, please? kannst/könntest du bitte etwas leiser sein?\can/could I borrow your car? kannst/könntest du mir dein Auto leihen?4. (suggesting) könnenyou could [always] try du könntest es ja mal versuchenyou could be a bit nicer to him du könntest schon [o ruhig] etwas netter zu ihm sein5. (offering assistance)\can I help you with those bags? soll ich Ihnen mit den Taschen helfen?\can I be of any help? kann ich irgendwie helfen?6. (expressing possibility) könnenhe \can be really annoying at times manchmal kann er wirklich anstrengend seinyou \can get stamps from some newsagents einige Zeitschriftenhändler verkaufen auch Briefmarkenhe \can't have done it on his own er kann das unmöglich alleine gemacht haben7. (disbelieving, reprimanding)you \can't be hungry already! du kannst doch nicht [o unmöglich] schon wieder Hunger haben!you \can't be serious! das ist nicht dein Ernst!how on earth could you do that! wie konntest du nur so etwas tun!you could have told me before! das hättest du mir auch schon vorher sagen können!I could do with a beer ich könnte jetzt [wirklich] ein Bier vertragen famI could do with a haircut ich müsste mal wieder zum FrisörI could do with a new computer ich bräuchte einen neuen Computer [o fam könnte einen neuen Computer gebrauchen]the car could do with a clean der Wagen müsste mal wieder gewaschen werden9. (demanding)you \can stop that right away! hör sofort damit auf!10. (threatening) könnenif you carry on like that, you \can just go to bed! wenn du so weitermachst, kannst du gleich ins Bett gehen!* * *I [kn] pret couldmodal aux vb (defective parts supplied by to be able to)1) (= be able to) könnenI can't or cannot go to the theatre tomorrow —
I'll do it if I can — wenn ich kann(, tue ich es)
he'll help you all he can — er wird sein Möglichstes tun, er wird tun, was in seinen Kräften steht
could you tell me... — können or könnten Sie mir sagen,...
can you speak German? — können or sprechen Sie Deutsch?
we can but hope that..., we can only hope that... — wir können nur hoffen, dass...
they could not (help) but condemn it — sie konnten nicht anders, als das zu verurteilen
2) (= may) dürfen, könnenI'd like to go, can I? – no, you can't —
can I use your car? – no, you can't — kann or darf ich dein Auto nehmen? – nein
3) (expressing surprise etc) könnenhow can/could you say such a thing! — wie können/konnten Sie nur or bloß so etwas sagen!
where can it be? — wo kann das bloß sein?
where can they have gone? — wo können sie denn nur hingegangen sein?
4) (expressing possibility) könnenit could be that he's got lost — vielleicht hat er sich verlaufen, (es ist) möglich, dass er sich verlaufen hat
could he have got lost? —
to think he could have become a doctor — wenn man bedenkt, dass er hätte Arzt werden können
5) (with verbs of perception) könnencan you hear me? — hören Sie mich?, können Sie mich hören?
6) (= be capable of occasionally) könnenshe can be very nice when she wants to — wenn sie will, kann sie sehr nett sein
7) (indicating suggestion) könnenyou could try telephoning him —
8) (= feel inclined to) können9)IIhe looks as though he could do with a wash/haircut — ich glaube, er müsste sich mal waschen/er müsste sich (dat) mal wieder die Haare schneiden lassen
1. nto carry the can ( Brit fig inf ) — die Sache ausbaden (inf)
a can of paint — eine Dose Farbe; (with handle) ein Eimer m Farbe
See:→ worm2. vt1) foodstuffs einmachen, eindosen → cannedSee:→ canned2) (inf)III in cpds Büchsen-, Dosen-* * *can1 [kæn; unbetont kən] inf und pperf fehlen, 2. sg präs obs canst [kænst], 3. sg präs can, neg cannot, prät could [kʊd; unbetont kəd] v/aux (mit folgendem inf ohne to) ich, er, sie, es kann, du kannst, wir, Sie, sie können, ihr könnt:can you do it?;I shall do all I can ich werde alles tun, was ich (tun) kann oder was in meinen Kräften steht;can2 [kæn]A s2. (Blech-, Konserven) Dose f, (-)Büchse f:a can of beer eine Dose Bier;a can of worms umg eine harte Nuss, eine verwickelte Geschichte;b) unter Dach und Fach sein (Vertrag etc);can opener Dosen-, Büchsenöffner m3. US (Ein)Weckglas n4. USa) (Müll-, Abfall) Eimer mb) (Müll-, Abfall) Tonne f5. Kanister m6. sl Kittchen n (Gefängnis)7. US sl Klo n, Lokus m (beide umg)8. US sl Arsch m sl, Hintern m umg9. SCHIFF, MIL sla) Wasserbombe fb) US Eimer m umg, Zerstörer m10. sl Unze f MarihuanaB v/t2. TECH einkapseln, hermetisch verschließen4. US sl aufhören mit:can it! hör auf damit!* * *I 1. noun1) (milk can, watering can) Kanne, die; (for oil, petrol) Kanister, der; (Amer.): (for refuse) Eimer, der; Tonne, diea can of paint — eine Büchse Farbe; (with handle) ein Eimer Farbe
carry the can — (fig. coll.) die Sache ausbaden (ugs.)
2. transitive verb,a can of tomatoes/sausages — eine Dose od. Büchse Tomaten/Würstchen
- nn- eindosen; einmachen [Obst]II auxiliary verb, only in pres.can,neg. cannot, (coll.) can't, past could, neg. (coll.) couldn't können; (have right, be permitted) dürfen; könnenas... as can be — wirklich sehr...
can do — (coll.) kein Problem
how [ever] could you do this to me? — wie konnten Sie mir das bloß antun?
[that] could be [so] — das könnte od. kann sein
* * *(US) n.Blechdose f.Konservenbüchse f.Zinnblechbüchse f. aux.kann (können) aux.können v.(§ p.,pp.: konnte, gekonnt) n.Buchse -n f.Büchse -n f.Kanister - m.Kanne -n f.Konserve -n f. (food) v.in Büchsen einlegen ausdr.
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