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1 borrar
v.1 to rub out (British), to erase (United States) (with rubber/eraser).borrar a algo/alguien del mapa (en ordenador)(en casete)(figurative) to wipe something/somebody off the map2 to cross out.3 to wipe, to dust (pizarra).4 to erase.el tiempo borró el recuerdo de aquel desastre with time, he was able to erase the disaster from his memory5 to ignore (informal). (Mexican Spanish, River Plate)6 to eliminate.* * *1 (lo escrito) to erase, rub out; (superficie) to clean2 (cinta) to erase3 INFORMÁTICA to delete4 (tachar) to cross out, cross off5 (dar de baja) to cancel the membership of1 to disappear* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=hacer desaparecer)a) [+ palabra, dibujo] [con goma] to rub out, erase; [con borrador] to rub off, clean offborra lo que has puesto en la pizarra — rub off o clean off what you've put on the blackboard
bórralo con Tippex — white it out with Tipp-Ex ®, tippex it out
b) [+ señal, mancha] to remove; [+ pintada] to clean off; [+ huellas] to wipe off, rub offc) [+ mensaje, fichero] to delete, erase; [+ canción, película] to tape over, erasehe borrado todos los mensajes del contestador — I've erased o deleted all the messages on the answering machine
¿no habrás borrado el partido de fútbol? — you haven't taped over o erased the football match, have you?
d) [+ impresión] to wipe away, erasehe borrado de mi mente aquellas imágenes — I have wiped away o erased those images from my mind
consiguió borrar aquellos malos recuerdos — he managed to wipe away o erase all those painful memories
era como si se hubieran borrado 40 años de la historia — it was as if 40 years of history had been wiped clean o erased
no podía borrar de su cara las huellas del cansancio — he was unable to wipe away the signs of fatigue from his face
2) (=limpiar) [+ disquete, cinta] to erase; [+ pantalla] to clear3) (=dar de baja a)borrar a algn de — [+ clase, actividad] to take sb out of, remove sb from; [+ lista, curso] to take sb off, remove sb from
borró a los niños de la clase de natación — she took the children out of the swimming class, she removed the children from the swimming class
bórranos de la excursión del sábado — take us off the list for Saturday's outing, count us out of Saturday's outing *
4) (Fot) (=poner borroso) to blur5) (Pol)borrar a algn — euf to deal with sb, dispose of sb
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <palabra/dibujo> ( con goma) to rub out, erase; ( con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE); ( con esponja) to rub... off; < pizarra> to clean; < huellas digitales> to wipe offb) <cassette/disquete> to erase, wipe; < canción> to erase; <información/ficha> to delete, erasec) <recuerdos/imagen> to blot outd) < persona> (de lista, club)2.borrarse v pron1)a) inscripción/letrero to fadeb) temores/dudas to disappear; imagen/recuerdo to fadec) persona ( de club) to cancel one's membership, resign; ( de clase) to drop out; ( de lista) to cross one's name off a list2) (Méx, RPl arg) ( irse) to split (colloq)yo me borro — I'm taking off (AmE), I'm off (BrE colloq)
* * *= delete, erase, obliterate, strike out, efface, blot out.Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex. Dots placed under words or letters wrongly struck out by the corrector.Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.Ex. Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.----* borrar con la tecla de retroceso = backspace.* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.* borrar puliendo = buff out.* borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.* borrar un recuerdo = expunge + memory.* goma de borrar = eraser, rubber.* tecla de borrar = delete key.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <palabra/dibujo> ( con goma) to rub out, erase; ( con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE); ( con esponja) to rub... off; < pizarra> to clean; < huellas digitales> to wipe offb) <cassette/disquete> to erase, wipe; < canción> to erase; <información/ficha> to delete, erasec) <recuerdos/imagen> to blot outd) < persona> (de lista, club)2.borrarse v pron1)a) inscripción/letrero to fadeb) temores/dudas to disappear; imagen/recuerdo to fadec) persona ( de club) to cancel one's membership, resign; ( de clase) to drop out; ( de lista) to cross one's name off a list2) (Méx, RPl arg) ( irse) to split (colloq)yo me borro — I'm taking off (AmE), I'm off (BrE colloq)
* * *= delete, erase, obliterate, strike out, efface, blot out.Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex: Dots placed under words or letters wrongly struck out by the corrector.Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.Ex: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.* borrar con la tecla de retroceso = backspace.* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.* borrar puliendo = buff out.* borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.* borrar un recuerdo = expunge + memory.* goma de borrar = eraser, rubber.* tecla de borrar = delete key.* * *borrar [A1 ]vt1 ‹palabra/dibujo› (con una goma) to rub out, erase; (con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out ( BrE); (con una esponja) to rub … offborrar la pizarra to clean the blackboardhabía borrado sus huellas digitales she had wiped off all trace of her fingerprintsdeberían borrar esas pintadas de la pared they should remove o get rid of that graffiti on the wall2 ‹cassette/disquete› to erase, wipe; ‹canción› to erase; ‹información/ficha› to delete, erase; ( Inf) to wipe3 ‹recuerdos/imagen› to blot outrecuerdos que quería borrar de su mente memories that he wanted to blot out o erase from his mindel tiempo todo lo borra time is a great healer ( set phrase)4 ‹persona›(de una clase, un club): la borraron de la lista they deleted her name from the list, they took her o her name off the listla borré de la clase de ballet I took her out of ballet classes, I stopped her ballet lessonslo borramos del club porque nunca quería ir we canceled his club membership because he never went■ borrarseA1 «inscripción/letrero» to fadese borró con la lluvia the rain washed it away o off2 «temores/dudas» to disappear«imagen/recuerdo»: con los años se le borró el recuerdo de ese día over the years his memory of that day fadedal oír su voz se le borró la sonrisa when she heard his voice her smile vanishedno me acuerdo, se me ha borrado totalmente I can't remember, it's gone right out of my head3 «persona» (de un club) to cancel one's membership, resign; (de una clase) to drop out* * *
borrar ( conjugate borrar) verbo transitivo
( con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE);
‹ pizarra› to clean;
‹ huellas digitales› to wipe off
‹ pantalla› to clear
borrarse verbo pronominal [inscripción/letrero] to fade;◊ se borró con la lluvia the rain washed it away o off
borrar verbo transitivo
1 (con una goma) to erase, rub out
(una pizarra) to clean
2 Inform to delete
' borrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
goma
- mapa
- obliterar
English:
blank out
- blot out
- delete
- efface
- erase
- eraser
- face
- obliterate
- rub off
- rub out
- rubber
- scrub
- wear away
- wipe
- wipe away
- wipe off
- wipe out
- blot
- clean
- rub
- wear
- zap
* * *♦ vt1. [hacer desaparecer] [con goma] Br to rub out, US to erase;[en casete] to erase;borrar a algo/alguien del mapa to wipe sth/sb off the map2. [la pizarra] to wipe, to dust3. [tachar] to cross out4. [de lista] to take off;sus padres la borraron de clase de piano her parents stopped sending her to piano classes6. [olvidar] to erase;el tiempo borró el recuerdo de aquel desastre with time, she was able to erase the disaster from her memory;intenta borrarla de tu cabeza try and put her out of your mindme peleé con ella porque siempre me borraba I fell out with her because she always ignored me* * *v/t1 erase2 INFOR delete3 pizarra clean4 recuerdo blot out5 huellas wipe off* * *borrar vt: to erase, to blot out* * *borrar vb2. (de una lista) to cross off3. (de pizarra, casete) to wipe off4. (del ordenador) to delete -
2 Л-88
СТЕРЕТЬ (СМЕСТЙ, СНЕСТИ) С ЛИЦА ЗЕМЛИ VP subj: human or collect the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO1. - что to annihilate, destroy sth. completely, so that nothing is left of it: Х-ы стёрли Y с лица земли - Xs wiped Y offXs wiped Y off the map Xs razed Y to the ground Xs blotted Yout.Это было маленькое и короткое по времени гетто. О нем не сохранилось письменных свидетельств, оно не фигурирует в официальных документах, просто оно было стерто с лица земли (Рыбаков 1). It (the ghetto) was a little one, and it was shortlived. No written accounts of it have survived, it doesn't figure in official documents, it was simply wiped off the face of the earth (1a)...Ратабон явился с великолепным и полностью разработанным проектом перестройки Лувра, причем для успешного хода этой работы было необходимо снести с лица земли не только Малый Бурбон, но и прилегающую к нему церковь Сен-Жермен д'Оксерруа. Пол закачался под ногами у Мольера. «Значит, мы без предупреждения остаемся на улице?» - спросил Мольер (Булгаков 5)....Ratabon had come with a magnificent and fully detailed plan for the rebuilding of the Louvre, which required not only that the Petit Bourbon, but also the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois which adjoined it, be razed to the ground. The floor rocked under Moliere's feet. "So we're being thrown out into the street without warning?" he asked (5a).2. - кого to kill s.o. or exterminate some group of peopleX сотрёт Y-a с лица земли = X will wipe Y off the face of the earthX will do away with Y X will rub out Y.Газеты были полны сообщениями о вредителях, саботажниках, уклонистах. «...Беспощадно карать!.. Стереть с лица земли!» (Рыбаков 2). The newspapers were full of attacks on wreckers and saboteurs and deviationists. "...Punish them mercilessly!... Wipe them off the face of the earth!" (2a)....Казённые крестьяне сельца Вшивая-спесь... снесли с лица земли будто бы земскую полицию в лице заседателя, какого-то Дробяж-кина... (Гоголь 3). The crown serfs of the hamlet of Vshivaya Spes' I "Lousy Pride")... seemed to have done away with the local policemen in the person of a certain Drobiashkin, an assessor by rank... (3c). -
3 смести с лица земли
• СТЕРЕТЬ <СМЕСТИ, СНЕСТИ> С ЛИЦА ЗЕМЛИ[VP; subj: human or collect; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====1. смести с лица земли что to annihilate, destroy sth. completely, so that nothing is left of it:- Xs blotted Yout.♦ Это было маленькое и короткое по времени гетто. О нем не сохранилось письменных свидетельств, оно не фигурирует в официальных документах, просто оно было стерто с лица земли (Рыбаков 1). It [the ghetto] was a little one, and it was shortlived. No written accounts of it have survived, it doesn't figure in official documents, it was simply wiped off the face of the earth (1a)♦...Ратабон явился с великолепным и полностью разработанным проектом перестройки Лувра, причем для успешного хода этой работы было необходимо снести с лица земли не только Малый Бурбон, но и прилегающую к нему церковь Сен-Жермен д'Оксерруа. Пол закачался под ногами у Мольера. "Значит, мы без предупреждения остаемся на улице?" - спросил Мольер (Булгаков 5)....Ratabon had come with a magnificent and fully detailed plan for the rebuilding of the Louvre, which required not only that the Petit Bourbon, but also the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois which adjoined it, be razed to the ground. The floor rocked under Moliere's feet. "So we're being thrown out into the street without warning?" he asked (5a).2. смести с лица земли кого to kill s.o. or exterminate some group of people:- X will rub out Y.♦ Газеты были полны сообщениями о вредителях, саботажниках, уклонистах. "...Беспощадно карать!.. Стереть с лица земли!" (Рыбаков 2). The newspapers were full of attacks on wreckers and saboteurs and deviationists. "...Punish them mercilessly!... Wipe them off the face of the earth!" (2a).♦...Казённые крестьяне сельца Вшивая-спесь... снесли с лица земли будто бы земскую полицию в лице заседателя, какого-то Дробяжкина... (Гоголь 3). The crown serfs of the hamlet of Vshivaya Spes' ["Lousy Pride"]... seemed to have done away with the local policemen in the person of a certain Drobiashkin, an assessor by rank... (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > смести с лица земли
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4 снести с лица земли
• СТЕРЕТЬ <СМЕСТИ, СНЕСТИ> С ЛИЦА ЗЕМЛИ[VP; subj: human or collect; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====1. снести с лица земли что to annihilate, destroy sth. completely, so that nothing is left of it:- Xs blotted Yout.♦ Это было маленькое и короткое по времени гетто. О нем не сохранилось письменных свидетельств, оно не фигурирует в официальных документах, просто оно было стерто с лица земли (Рыбаков 1). It [the ghetto] was a little one, and it was shortlived. No written accounts of it have survived, it doesn't figure in official documents, it was simply wiped off the face of the earth (1a)♦...Ратабон явился с великолепным и полностью разработанным проектом перестройки Лувра, причем для успешного хода этой работы было необходимо снести с лица земли не только Малый Бурбон, но и прилегающую к нему церковь Сен-Жермен д'Оксерруа. Пол закачался под ногами у Мольера. "Значит, мы без предупреждения остаемся на улице?" - спросил Мольер (Булгаков 5)....Ratabon had come with a magnificent and fully detailed plan for the rebuilding of the Louvre, which required not only that the Petit Bourbon, but also the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois which adjoined it, be razed to the ground. The floor rocked under Moliere's feet. "So we're being thrown out into the street without warning?" he asked (5a).2. снести с лица земли кого to kill s.o. or exterminate some group of people:- X will rub out Y.♦ Газеты были полны сообщениями о вредителях, саботажниках, уклонистах. "...Беспощадно карать!.. Стереть с лица земли!" (Рыбаков 2). The newspapers were full of attacks on wreckers and saboteurs and deviationists. "...Punish them mercilessly!... Wipe them off the face of the earth!" (2a).♦...Казённые крестьяне сельца Вшивая-спесь... снесли с лица земли будто бы земскую полицию в лице заседателя, какого-то Дробяжкина... (Гоголь 3). The crown serfs of the hamlet of Vshivaya Spes' ["Lousy Pride"]... seemed to have done away with the local policemen in the person of a certain Drobiashkin, an assessor by rank... (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > снести с лица земли
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5 стереть с лица земли
• СТЕРЕТЬ <СМЕСТИ, СНЕСТИ> С ЛИЦА ЗЕМЛИ[VP; subj: human or collect; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====1. стереть с лица земли что to annihilate, destroy sth. completely, so that nothing is left of it:- Xs blotted Yout.♦ Это было маленькое и короткое по времени гетто. О нем не сохранилось письменных свидетельств, оно не фигурирует в официальных документах, просто оно было стерто с лица земли (Рыбаков 1). It [the ghetto] was a little one, and it was shortlived. No written accounts of it have survived, it doesn't figure in official documents, it was simply wiped off the face of the earth (1a)♦...Ратабон явился с великолепным и полностью разработанным проектом перестройки Лувра, причем для успешного хода этой работы было необходимо снести с лица земли не только Малый Бурбон, но и прилегающую к нему церковь Сен-Жермен д'Оксерруа. Пол закачался под ногами у Мольера. "Значит, мы без предупреждения остаемся на улице?" - спросил Мольер (Булгаков 5)....Ratabon had come with a magnificent and fully detailed plan for the rebuilding of the Louvre, which required not only that the Petit Bourbon, but also the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois which adjoined it, be razed to the ground. The floor rocked under Moliere's feet. "So we're being thrown out into the street without warning?" he asked (5a).2. стереть с лица земли кого to kill s.o. or exterminate some group of people:- X will rub out Y.♦ Газеты были полны сообщениями о вредителях, саботажниках, уклонистах. "...Беспощадно карать!.. Стереть с лица земли!" (Рыбаков 2). The newspapers were full of attacks on wreckers and saboteurs and deviationists. "...Punish them mercilessly!... Wipe them off the face of the earth!" (2a).♦...Казённые крестьяне сельца Вшивая-спесь... снесли с лица земли будто бы земскую полицию в лице заседателя, какого-то Дробяжкина... (Гоголь 3). The crown serfs of the hamlet of Vshivaya Spes' ["Lousy Pride"]... seemed to have done away with the local policemen in the person of a certain Drobiashkin, an assessor by rank... (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > стереть с лица земли
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6 morderse la lengua
(por accidente) to bite one's tongue 2 (callarse) to hold one's tongue* * *to hold one's tongue, bite one's lip o tongue* * *(v.) = stay + Posesivo + tongue, hold + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + lipEx. But she stayed her tongue, and said instead: 'I don't have the materials I need to do the kind of work they want done'.Ex. The article is entitled ' Hold Your Tongue: Bilingualism and the Politics of 'English Only''.Ex. I've been trying to bite my tounge and let him do things his own way.Ex. And so, over and over again, in public and on cue, he wiped away a tear, bit his lip, and said how remorseful he felt.* * *(v.) = stay + Posesivo + tongue, hold + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + lipEx: But she stayed her tongue, and said instead: 'I don't have the materials I need to do the kind of work they want done'.
Ex: The article is entitled ' Hold Your Tongue: Bilingualism and the Politics of 'English Only''.Ex: I've been trying to bite my tounge and let him do things his own way.Ex: And so, over and over again, in public and on cue, he wiped away a tear, bit his lip, and said how remorseful he felt. -
7 смывать кровью
высок.1) ( искупать что-либо ценой своей жизни) wipe out (wash away) smth. with one's bloodИ вы не смоете всей вашей черной кровью / Поэта праведную кровь. (М. Лермонтов, Смерть поэта) — Nor all your black blood serve to wash away / The poet's righteous blood.
2) (избавляться от позора, бесчестия ценой жизни кого-либо) wipe out smth. with smb.'s blood (in blood)- Афанасий Матвеич! - взвизгнула Марья Александровна каким-то неестественным голосом. - Неужели вы не слышите, как нас срамят и бесчестят?... Что вы глазами-то хлопаете? Другой муж давно бы уже кровью смысл обиду своего семейства! (Ф. Достоевский, Дядюшкин сон) — 'Afanasy Matveich!' squealed Marya Alexandrovna in an unnatural voice. 'Don't you hear how we are being disgraced and dishonoured?... Don't stand there blinking! Another husband would long ago have wiped out such an insult to his family - in blood!'
- Подать мне винтовку, - прохрипел Чиж, - я должен кровью этой шлюхи смыть нанесенное мне оскорбление. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'Give me a rifle!' demanded Chizh in a hoarse voice. 'I must wipe out that slut's insult with her blood!'
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8 limpiar
v.1 to clean.limpia la mesa de migas clean o wipe the crumbs off the tableEllas limpiaron las ventanas They cleaned the windows.2 to clean out (informal) (en el juego).3 to swipe, to pinch (informal) (robar).4 to do the cleaning, to clean up, to char.Ellas limpiaron ayer They did the cleaning yesterday.5 to clear.Ellos limpiaron la calle They cleared the street.* * *1 (gen) to clean, cleanse2 (con paño) to wipe3 figurado (purificar) to purify* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [+ casa] to tidy, tidy up, clean; [+ cara, piel] to cleanse; [+ marca] to wipe off, clean off; [+ maquillaje] to remove; [+ zapatos] to polish, shine2) (Culin) [+ conejo] to clean; [+ pescado] to gut3) (=enjugar) to wipe, wipe off4) (Mil) to mop up; (Policía) to clean up5) (Bot) to prune, cut back6) * [en el juego] to clean out *7) ** (=robar) to swipe *, nick *8) Méx * (=pegar) to hit, bash *, beat up9) ** (=matar) to do in **2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <casa/mueble/zapatos> to clean; <arroz/lentejas> to wash; < pescado> to cleanlimpiar algo en or a seco — to dry-clean something
2) ( dejar libre)3) (fam)a) ( en el juego) < persona> to clean... out (colloq)2.limpiar vi to clean3.limpiarse v pron (refl) <boca/manos/nariz> to wipe* * *= clean up, wipe (over), cleanse, clean out, manicure, get + Nombre + clean, purify, clear up, clean, wipe + clean.Ex. The file to be cleaned up is first chosen from a list of files.Ex. These plates can be stored and used again time after time provided they are wiped over with a gum solution after each use to prevent oxydization.Ex. Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.Ex. The article 'The public library service in Scotland -- cleaning out the stables' concludes that the recent spate of library legislation must be halted.Ex. Army officials would often manicure locations before journalists would enter and so it took far too long for anyone to start being critical of the war.Ex. The problem with most garlic crushers is getting them clean afterwards.Ex. Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex. After each use, the tools must be cleaned.Ex. This paint comes in a fawn colour with a matte finish that allows you to wipe clean surface dirt and grime without damaging the surface.----* desmontar y limpiar = strip and clean.* limpiar a fondo = spring-clean, clear out.* limpiar con agua = wash away.* limpiar de impurezas = purify.* limpiar el terreno de árboles = clear + land.* limpiarse las lágrimas = wipe (away) + tears.* limpiarse los dientes con hilo dental = floss + teeth.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <casa/mueble/zapatos> to clean; <arroz/lentejas> to wash; < pescado> to cleanlimpiar algo en or a seco — to dry-clean something
2) ( dejar libre)3) (fam)a) ( en el juego) < persona> to clean... out (colloq)2.limpiar vi to clean3.limpiarse v pron (refl) <boca/manos/nariz> to wipe* * *= clean up, wipe (over), cleanse, clean out, manicure, get + Nombre + clean, purify, clear up, clean, wipe + clean.Ex: The file to be cleaned up is first chosen from a list of files.
Ex: These plates can be stored and used again time after time provided they are wiped over with a gum solution after each use to prevent oxydization.Ex: Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.Ex: The article 'The public library service in Scotland -- cleaning out the stables' concludes that the recent spate of library legislation must be halted.Ex: Army officials would often manicure locations before journalists would enter and so it took far too long for anyone to start being critical of the war.Ex: The problem with most garlic crushers is getting them clean afterwards.Ex: Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex: After each use, the tools must be cleaned.Ex: This paint comes in a fawn colour with a matte finish that allows you to wipe clean surface dirt and grime without damaging the surface.* desmontar y limpiar = strip and clean.* limpiar a fondo = spring-clean, clear out.* limpiar con agua = wash away.* limpiar de impurezas = purify.* limpiar el terreno de árboles = clear + land.* limpiarse las lágrimas = wipe (away) + tears.* limpiarse los dientes con hilo dental = floss + teeth.* * *limpiar [A1 ]vtA1 ‹casa/mueble/zapatos› to clean; ‹arroz/lentejas› to wash; ‹pescado› to cleanel camarero limpiaba el mostrador con un trapo the waiter was wiping the counter with a clothla lluvia limpió el aire the rain cleared the airhay que limpiarlo en or a seco it must be dry-cleaneduna infusión que limpia el hígado an infusion which cleanses the liverle tuve que limpiar las narices I had to wipe his nosele limpiaron el estómago he had his stomach pumped2 ‹nombre› to clear; ‹honor› to restoreB (dejar libre) limpiar algo DE algo to clear sth OF sthlimpiaron el jardín de hierbajos they cleared the garden of weedsC■ limpiarvito clean( refl):me limpié las manos en un trapo I wiped my hands on a clothse limpió la nariz en la manga he wiped his nose on his sleeveme limpié los zapatos antes de salir I cleaned my shoes before I went outse limpiaron los zapatos al entrar they wiped their feet as they came in* * *
limpiar ( conjugate limpiar) verbo transitivo
1
‹arroz/lentejas› to wash;
‹ pescado› to clean;
‹aire/atmósfera› to clear;
limpiar algo en seco to dry-clean sth
‹ honor› to restore
2 ( dejar libre) limpiar algo de algo to clear sth of sth
3 (fam)
verbo intransitivo
to clean
limpiarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ‹boca/nariz› to wipe;
limpiar
I verbo transitivo
1 to clean
(con un paño) to wipe
(el calzado) to polish
2 (la sangre, el organismo) to cleanse
(el alma) to purify
3 fam (robar) to pinch
II verbo intransitivo to clean
' limpiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
depurar
- fregar
- hierba
- hoy
- limpieza
- paño
- pasada
- plata
- plumero
- sacudir
- tocar
- trapo
- arriba
- asear
- bayeta
- cristal
- polvo
- tallar
- trabajo
- vidrio
English:
brush
- clean
- clean out
- clean up
- cleaning
- cleanse
- clear
- clear out
- clearout
- coastline
- disinfectant
- do
- dry-clean
- floss
- gut
- hoe
- mindless
- mop up
- polish
- shampoo
- shine
- shoeshine
- spring-clean
- stuff
- want
- way
- wipe
- wipe up
- arrange
- drill
- dry
- mop
- muck
- swab
- sweep
* * *♦ vt1. [quitar la suciedad de] to clean;[con trapo] to wipe; [mancha] to wipe away; [zapatos] to polish;limpia la mesa de migas clean o wipe the crumbs off the table;limpia la superficie de grasa y polvo wipe the grease and dust off o from the surface2. [honor] to restore3. [pollo, pescado] to cleanla policía limpió la ciudad de delincuentes the police cleared the city of criminalslos ladrones limpiaron el banco the robbers cleaned out the bank♦ vito clean;este detergente no limpia this detergent doesn't clean well* * *clean up;limpiar a alguien fam clean s.o. out fam ;limpiar en seco dry-clean* * *limpiar vt1) : to clean, to cleanse2) : to clean up, to remove defectslimpiar vi: to clean* * *limpiar vb1. (en general) to clean¿has limpiado la habitación? have you cleaned your room?2. (pasar un trapo) to wipe3. (sacar brillo) to polish -
9 ab
I Präp.1. räumlich: from; ab Brüssel from Brussels; WIRTS. ab Berlin / Werk / Lager etc. ex Berlin / works / warehouse etc.2. zeitlich: from... (on[wards]); amtlich: as of, with effect from; ab heute starting today, from today (onwards); ab erstem oder ersten Mai from the first of May; ab 18 Film, Lokal etc.: no admittance to persons under 183. Reihenfolge etc.: from... (on[wards]); Menge: from... (up[wards]); ab 30 Leute(n ) auch 30 people and up, for groups of 30 and more; ab 100 Exemplare(n) from 100 copiesII Adv.1. zeitlich: from; von heute ab starting today, from today; von jetzt ab from now on, in future (Am. the future); ab und zu oder nordd. an now and then, from time to time, occasionally2. räumlich: von hier ab from here on(wards); ab mit dir! oder ab ( geht) die Post! oder ab durch die Mitte! umg. off you go now; ab ins Bett! umg. off to bed (with you)!3. umg.: ab sein (abgegangen sein) have come ( oder fallen) off allg.; (erschöpft sein) be knackered (Am. wiped out) umg.4. EISENB. Hamburg ab 20.15 dep. (= departure) Hamburg 20.157. MIL.: Gewehr / Helm ab! order arms / helmet(s) off!* * *from (Präp.); off (Adv.); away (Adv.)* * *[ap]1. advoff, away; (THEAT) exit sing, exeunt plab Hamburg — after Hamburg
München ab 12.20 Uhr (Rail) — leaving Munich 12.20
ab nach Hause — go home, off you go home (Brit)
ab ins Bett mit euch! — off to bed with you or you go (Brit), time for bed
Mütze/Helm ab! — caps/hats off
ab durch die Mitte (inf) — beat it! (inf), hop it! (inf)
kommt jetzt, ab durch die Mitte! — come on, let's beat (inf) or hop (Brit inf) it!
an — from time to time, now and again, now and then
See:→ von2. prep +datViertel ab 7 — a quarter past or after (US) 7
* * ** * *ab[ap]I. advzur Post geht es an der Kreuzung links \ab the post office is off to the left at the crossroadsdas Lokal ist mir zu weit \ab the pub is too far awaydas liegt zu weit \ab vom Weg that's too far off the beaten track2. (abgetrennt) off\ab sein (fam) to be broken [off]der Henkel ist \ab the handle has come off [or is broken]mein Knopf ist \ab I've lost a buttonerst muss die alte Farbe \ab first you have to remove the old paint3. (abgehend) fromFrankfurt \ab 19 Uhr, New York an 20 Uhr Ortszeit departing Frankfurt [at] 19.00, arriving New York [at] 20.00 local time4. THEAT exit\ab Hamlet Hamlet goes [or departs5. (in Befehlen) off\ab, ihr beiden, Hände waschen! off you two, go and wash your hands!\ab ins Bett! off to bed!\ab nach Hause! off home with you!auf ihr beiden, \ab nach oben/unten! come on both of you, up/down you go!Gewehr \ab! MIL order arms!6.1. (räumlich) fromwir fliegen \ab allen deutschen Flughäfen we fly from all German airportsder Zug fährt \ab Köln the train departs from Cologne\ab wo? from where?Sie erhalten das Heft \ab der nächsten Ausgabe you will receive the magazine from the next issue onwards\ab heute/kommenden Mai as of [or from] today/next May\ab jetzt from now [on]Kinder \ab 14 Jahren children from the age of 14 up\ab sofort as of now\ab wann... from when...\ab wann können wir uns anmelden? from when can we register?\ab wann gelten die neuen Preise? when do the new prices come into effect?\ab diesem Zeitpunkt from that time on3. ÖKON exPreis \ab Fabrik/Werk price ex factory/works\ab einem bestimmten Einkommen erhöht sich der Steuersatz from a certain income up a higher rate of tax has to be paid\ab 100 Stück gewähren wir Rabatt from 100 pieces [up] we offer a discount\ab welchem Dienstgrad steht einem Wohngeld zu? from which rank [up] are you entitled to housing allowance?ich suche ein Geschenk \ab €10 I'm looking for a present from €10 on\ab Seite 30/Kapitel 3 from page 30/chapter 3/ [on]Viertel \ab 8 quarter past eight\ab Kassette on tape* * *1.1) (zeitlich) fromJugendliche ab 16 Jahren — young people over the age of 16
ab [dem] 3. April — from the 3rd of April
2) (bes. Kaufmannsspr.): (räumlich) ex3) ([Rang]folge) from... on[wards]2.ab 20 Euro — from 20 euros [upwards]
1) (weg) off; awaynicht weit ab vom Weg — not far [away] from the path
an der Kreuzung links ab — turn off left at the junction
[an etwas (Dat.)] ab sein — (ugs.): (sich von etwas gelöst haben) have come off [something]
2) (ugs.): (Aufforderung) off; awayab die Post — (fig.) off you/we etc. go
ab nach Kassel — (fig.) it's off and away
3) (milit. Kommando)4)* * *abA. präp1. räumlich: from;ab Brüssel from Brussels;WIRTSCHab Berlin/Werk/Lager etc ex Berlin/works/warehouse etcab heute starting today, from today (onwards);ersten Mai from the first of May;ab 30 Leute(n) auch 30 people and up, for groups of 30 and more;ab 100 Exemplare(n) from 100 copiesB. adv1. zeitlich: from;von heute ab starting today, from today;von jetzt ab from now on, in future (US the future);ab und zu oder norddan now and then, from time to time, occasionally2. räumlich:von hier ab from here on(wards);ab mit dir! oderab (geht) die Post! oderab durch die Mitte! umg off you go now;ab ins Bett! umg off to bed (with you)!3. umg:ab sein (abgegangen sein) have come ( oder fallen) off allg; (erschöpft sein) be knackered (US wiped out) umg4. BAHNHamburg ab 20.15 dep. (= departure) Hamburg 20.155. THEAT exit, pl exeunt;Romeo ab exit Romeo;alle ab exeunt omnes6. FILMab! go ahead;Kamera ab! roll it!, camera!;Ton ab! sound!7. MIL:Gewehr/Helm ab! order arms/helmet(s) off!* * *1.1) (zeitlich) fromab [dem] 3. April — from the 3rd of April
2) (bes. Kaufmannsspr.): (räumlich) ex3) ([Rang]folge) from... on[wards]2.ab 20 Euro — from 20 euros [upwards]
1) (weg) off; awaynicht weit ab vom Weg — not far [away] from the path
[an etwas (Dat.)] ab sein — (ugs.): (sich von etwas gelöst haben) have come off [something]
2) (ugs.): (Aufforderung) off; awayab die Post — (fig.) off you/we etc. go
ab nach Kassel — (fig.) it's off and away
3) (milit. Kommando)4)* * *adj.ex adj. -
10 destrozar
v.1 to smash (físicamente) (romper).2 to shatter, to devastate (emocionalmente) (person).3 to tear apart, to destroy, to shatter, to break down into pieces.Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.* * *1 (romper) to destroy, shatter, wreck; (despedazar) to tear to pieces, tear to shreds4 figurado (causar daño moral) to crush, shatter, devastate* * *1. VT1) (=romper) [+ cristal, cerámica] to smash; [+ edificio] to destroy; [+ ropa, zapatos] to ruin; [+ nervios] to shatter2) (=dejar abatido a) [+ persona] to shatter; [+ corazón] to break; [+ ejército, enemigo] to crushle ha destrozado el que no quisiera casarse con él — her refusal to marry him has devastated o shattered him
3) (=arruinar) [+ persona, vida] to ruin2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings
b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy2.su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
destrozarse v pron (refl)a) ( romperse)b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin* * *= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.Ex. Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex. The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex. He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.Ex. Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Ex. Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.Ex. Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.----* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings
b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy2.su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
destrozarse v pron (refl)a) ( romperse)b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin* * *= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.Ex: Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.
Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex: He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.Ex: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Ex: Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.* * *destrozar [A4 ]vt1 (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildingsno hagas eso que vas a destrozar los zapatos don't do that, you'll ruin your shoes2 ‹felicidad/armonía› to destroy, shatter; ‹corazón› to break; ‹matrimonio› to ruin, destroyme está destrozando los nervios she's making me a nervous wreckla muerte de su marido la destrozó she was devastated o shattered by her husband's death1(romperse): se cayó al suelo y se destrozó it fell to the ground and smashedse me han destrozado los zapatos my shoes are ruined o have fallen to pieces2 ( refl) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruinte vas a destrozar los pies usando esos zapatos you're going to ruin o damage your feet wearing those shoes* * *
destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
‹ coche› to wreck;
‹ libro› to pull apart
‹ corazón› to break;
destrozarse verbo pronominal
[jarrón/cristal] to smash
destrozar verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
' destrozar' also found in these entries:
English:
break
- destroy
- mangle
- shatter
- smash
- smash up
- tear apart
- trash
- vandalize
- wreck
- write off
- get
- murder
- piece
- pull
- write
* * *♦ vt1. [físicamente] [romper] to smash;[estropear] to ruin;el terremoto destrozó la ciudad the earthquake destroyed the city;vas a destrozar o [m5] destrozarte los zapatos de tanto usarlos you'll ruin your shoes, wearing them so much2. [emocionalmente] [persona] to shatter, to devastate;[matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up; [vida] to ruin; [corazón] to break;el divorcio la ha destrozado she was devastated by the divorce;ese ruido le destroza los nervios a cualquiera that noise is enough to drive anyone up the wall;destrozó a su oponente en el debate he destroyed his opponent in the debate* * *v/t1 destroy* * *destrozar {21} vt1) : to smash, to shatter2) : to destroy, to wreck* * *destrozar vb1. (en general) to destroy / to wreck2. (hacer trozos) to smash -
11 clean
kli:n
1. adjective1) (free from dirt, smoke etc: a clean window; a clean dress.) limpio2) (neat and tidy in one's habits: Cats are very clean animals.) limpio3) (unused: a clean sheet of paper.) nuevo, en blanco4) (free from evil or indecency: a clean life; keep your language clean!) puro5) (neat and even: a clean cut.) neto, bien definido; preciso
2. adverb(completely: He got clean away.) por completo
3. verb(to (cause to) become free from dirt etc: Will you clean the windows?) limpiar(clean in personal habits.)
limpio- cleaner- cleanly- clean up
- a clean bill of health
- a clean slate
- come clean
- make a clean sweep
clean1 adj limpioyour shirt is dirty, put a clean one on tu camisa está sucia, ponte una limpiaclean2 vb limpiarthe floor is dirty, clean it! el suelo está sucio, ¡límpialo!tr[kliːn]3 (well-formed) bien definido,-a, nítido,-a; (regular, even) limpio,-a1 (fight, play) limpio, limpiamente2 familiar (completely) por completo1 limpieza1 (gen) limpiar; (teeth, car) lavar■ have you cleaned your teeth? ¿te has lavado los dientes?■ will you clean these marks off the wall? ¿quieres quitar estas marcas de la pared?1 limpiarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas clean as a new pin limpio,-a como una patenato come clean about something confesar algoto have a clean (driving) licence no hacer cometido infracciones (de tráfico)to have a clean record SMALLLAW/SMALL no tener antecedentes penalesto have a clean slate tener un historial sin manchato have something cleaned (dry-cleaned) llevar algo a la tintorería, hacer limpiar algo en secoto give somebody a clean bill of health declarar a alguien en perfecto estado de saludto make a clean break cortar por lo sanoto make a clean break with something cortar con algo, romper con algoto make a clean breast of something confesar algoto start with a clean sheet hacer borrón y cuenta nuevaclean ['kli:n] vt: limpiar, lavar, asearclean adv: limpio, limpiamenteto play clean: jugar limpioclean adj1) : limpio2) unadulterated: puro3) irreproachable: intachable, sin manchato have a clean record: no tener antecedentes penales4) decent: decente5) complete: completo, absolutoa clean break with the past: un corte radical con el pasadoadj.• aseado, -a adj.• distinto, -a adj.• limpio, -a adj.• lirondo, -a adj.• mondo, -a adj.• neto, -a adj.• perfecto, -a adj.v.• afretar v.• escombrar v.• esmerar v.• limpiar v.• mondar v.
I kliːnadjective -er, -est1)a) ( not soiled) limpioare your hands clean? — ¿tienes las manos limpias?
b) ( not used) <clothes/towel> limpio2)b) ( fair) <game/player> limpio3) ( unblemished) < driver's license> donde no constan infraccionesto come clean about something — (colloq) confesar* algo
4) ( well defined) <stroke/features> bien definido, nítido
II
adverb (colloq)a) ( completely)b) ( fairly) <fight/play> limpio, limpiamente
III
1.
a) ( remove dirt from) limpiar; \<\<blackboard\>\> borrar, limpiarto clean something OFF something: he cleaned the splashes off the windows — limpió las salpicaduras que había en las ventanas
b) ( dry-clean) limpiar en seco, llevar a la tintoreríac) \<\<fish/chicken\>\> limpiar
2.
vi ( remove dirt) \<\<substance/device\>\> limpiarPhrasal Verbs:- clean up
IV
noun (colloq) (no pl) limpieza f[kliːn]1. ADJ(compar cleaner) (superl cleanest)1) (=not dirty) [clothes, sheets, floor, face] limpio; [air, water] limpio, puro•
to come clean — (lit) quedar limpio; (fig) * confesarlo todo•
to have clean hands — (lit, fig) tener las manos limpias•
to wipe sth clean — limpiar algo- make a clean breast of it- make a clean sweepto make a clean sweep of sth — (of prizes, awards) arrasar con algo
to make a clean sweep of the votes — acaparar todos los votos, barrer
2) (=fresh) [smell] a limpio; [taste] refrescante3) (=new, unused) [sheet of paper, page] en blanco, en limpio4) (=not indecent) [joke] inocente; [film, life] decentekeep it clean! — ¡no seas indecente!
clean living — vida f sana
5) (=smooth, even) [movement] fluido; [shot] certero; [cut] limpio; [sound] nítido, claro; [features, outline] nítido, bien definidoa clean break — (Med) una fractura limpia
6) (=fair) [fight, game, match] limpio; [player] que juega limpio7) (=untarnished) [image, reputation] bueno, impecable•
to have a clean record — (gen) tener un historial limpio; (no criminal record) no tener antecedentes penaleswe have a clean safety record — nuestro historial de seguridad está limpio or no registra incidentes
8) (=environmentally friendly) [machine, substance, energy] no contaminante9) (Nuclear physics) (=uncontaminated) [area, person, object] no contaminado10) (=ritually pure) [animal] puro11) (=trouble-free) [operation, job, getaway] sin problemas12) ** (=innocent)they can't touch me, I'm clean — no me pueden hacer nada, tengo las manos limpias *
13) ** (=not in possession of drugs, weapon, stolen property)2. ADV1) * (=completely)2) (=fairly)to fight/play clean — luchar/jugar limpio
3.N limpieza f, aseo m (LAm); (=wash) lavado m4.VT [+ room, carpet, windows, shoes] limpiar; [+ vegetables, clothes] lavar; [+ car] lavar, limpiar; [+ blackboard] borrar; [+ wound, cut] desinfectar5. VI1) (around the house) limpiar2) (=be cleaned)- clean up* * *
I [kliːn]adjective -er, -est1)a) ( not soiled) limpioare your hands clean? — ¿tienes las manos limpias?
b) ( not used) <clothes/towel> limpio2)b) ( fair) <game/player> limpio3) ( unblemished) < driver's license> donde no constan infraccionesto come clean about something — (colloq) confesar* algo
4) ( well defined) <stroke/features> bien definido, nítido
II
adverb (colloq)a) ( completely)b) ( fairly) <fight/play> limpio, limpiamente
III
1.
a) ( remove dirt from) limpiar; \<\<blackboard\>\> borrar, limpiarto clean something OFF something: he cleaned the splashes off the windows — limpió las salpicaduras que había en las ventanas
b) ( dry-clean) limpiar en seco, llevar a la tintoreríac) \<\<fish/chicken\>\> limpiar
2.
vi ( remove dirt) \<\<substance/device\>\> limpiarPhrasal Verbs:- clean up
IV
noun (colloq) (no pl) limpieza f -
12 hin
Adv.1. räumlich: an... (Dat) hin (entlang) along; auf (+ Akk) oder zu... hin toward(s), to; ( bis) zu... hin as far as, up to; nach außen hin fig. outwardly; der Wald erstreckt sich über viele Quadratkilometer hin the forest stretches over many square kilomet|res (Am. -ers); seine Sachen sind über das ganze Zimmer hin verstreut his things are scattered all over the room; wo ist er hin? where has he gone?; (wo hat er sich versteckt?) auch where has he got(ten Am.) to?; wo sind meine Schuhe hin? where have my shoes gone ( oder got[ten Am.] to)?; nichts wie hin! what are we waiting for?; hin und zurück there and back; zweimal Kiel, hin und zurück / nur hin two returns (Am. round-trip tickets) / two singles to Kiel2. zeitlich: über oder durch Jahre hin for years; gegen oder zum Abend hin toward(s) evening; bis... ist noch / nicht mehr lange hin... is still a long way off / isn’t far away now; bis Weihnachten sind noch einige Wochen hin we’ve still got a few weeks to go before Christmas, Christmas is still a few weeks off3. ziellos: hin und her gehen, laufen etc.: to and fro, back and forth; auf dem Stuhl hin und her rutschen fidget around on one’s seat; von den Wellen hin und her geworfen werden be tossed around by the waves; wir haben hin und her geredet oder überlegt etc. fig. we to-ed and fro-ed, Am. we went here and there; etw. hin und her überlegen fig. turn s.th. over in one’s mind; hin und her gerissen sein fig. be torn ( zwischen between); begeistert: be absolutely delighted ( von with, by) umg.; gebannt: be entranced ( oder mesmerized) (by); ich bin hin und her gerissen auch I just can’t decide; ein Hin und Her (Kommen und Gehen) coming and going, to-ing and fro-ing; fig. in Diskussion: to-ing and fro-ing, Am. going back and forth; (Wenn und Aber) ifs and buts; nach langem Hin und Her fig. (Verhandeln) after much discussion ( oder talk[ing], bargaining); (Herumprobieren) after many attempts, after much experimentation; (Überlegen) after a lot of to-ing and fro-ing (Am. a lot of hemming and hawing)4. umg.: Freundschaft hin oder her oder Freundschaft hin, Freundschaft her friendship or no; ein paar Euro hin oder her give or take a couple of euros; ein paar Euro hin oder her machen nichts a few euros more or less aren’t going to make any difference; das reicht nicht hin und nicht her that’s nowhere near enough; ich wusste weder hin noch her I didn’t know what on earth to do6. vor sich hin murmeln, weinen etc.: to o.s.; starren, stieren etc.: straight ahead; vor sich hin brüten / dämmern oder dösen / träumen brood / doze / daydream7. auf etw. (Akk) hin als Folge: as a result of, following; als Antwort: in reply to, on; (hinsichtlich) concerning; auf die Gefahr hin zu (+ Inf.) at the risk of (+ Ger.) auf seinen Rat hin on his advice; auf eine Zielgruppe etc. hin konzipiert designed for..., with... in mind; jemanden auf Krebs hin untersuchen test s.o. for cancer; auf den bloßen Verdacht hin purely on suspicion8. umg.: hin sein (kaputt) be broken; (zerschlagen) auch be smashed; (verloren) be gone ( oder lost); (ruiniert) be done for; (erschöpft) be done in, be all in, Am. be wiped out; (tot) be dead and gone; er / es ist hin auch he’s / it’s had it; ich war ganz hin ( und weg) von ihr I was completely mad about ( oder besotted with) her; hin ist hin oder was hin ist, ist hin, da kann man nichts machen what’s done is done, there’s nothing you can do about it* * *hịn [hɪn]adv1)geh doch hin zu ihr! — go to her
nach Süden/Stuttgart hin — towards (Brit) or toward (US) the south/Stuttgart
über die ganze Welt hin — all over the world, throughout the world
nach außen hin (fig) — outwardly
hin fahre ich mit dem Zug, zurück... — on the way out I'll take the train, coming back...
die Fähre geht heute Abend nur noch (zur Insel) hin — the ferry's only making the outward trip or is only going out (to the island) this evening
die Straße verläuft nach rechts hin — the road goes off to the right
dreht euch/seht mal alle zur Tafel hin — face the/look at the blackboard
2)(als Teil eines Wortpaares)
hin und her (räumlich) — to and fro, back and forthhin und her fahren — to travel to and fro, to travel back and forth
jdn/etw hin und her fahren — to drive sb/sth to and fro, to drive sb/sth back and forth
etw hin und her diskutieren — to discuss sth over and over, to discuss sth a lot
das Hin und Her — the comings and goings pl, the to-ings and fro-ings pl
das reicht nicht hin und nicht her (inf) — that won't go very far at all, that's nothing like enough (inf)
Regen/Skandal hin, Regen/Skandal her — rain/scandal or no rain/scandal, whether it rains/whether it's a scandal or not
Mörder/Sohn hin, Mörder/Sohn her — murderer/son or not, I don't care whether he is a murderer/his etc son
eine Fahrkarte hin und zurück — a return (ticket), a round trip ticket (esp US)
hin und zurück? – nein, nur hin bitte — return or round trip ticket (esp US) ? – no, just a single (Brit) or one way please
der Flug von X nach Y hin und zurück kostet... — the return flight or round trip ticket (esp US) from X to Y costs...
hin und wieder — (every) now and then, (every) now and again
3)(zeitlich)
es sind nur noch drei Tage hin — it's only three days (from) nowbis zu den Wahlen sind es noch drei Wochen hin — it's ( still) three weeks till or until the elections
noch weit hin — a long way off or away
lange Zeit hin — for a long time, over a long period
über die Jahre hin — over the years, as (the) years go by
4) (fig)auf meine Bitte/meinen Vorschlag hin — at my request/suggestion
auf meinen Brief/Anruf hin — on account of my letter/phone call
auf die Gefahr hin,... zu werden — at the risk of being...
auf sein Versprechen hin — on the basis of his promise
auf seinen Rat hin — on his advice
hin untersuchen/prüfen — to inspect/check sth for sth
hin planen/anlegen — to plan/design sth with sth in mind
vor sich hin sprechen etc — to talk etc to oneself
vor sich hin stieren — to stare straight ahead, to stare into space
5)(inf als trennbarer Bestandteil von Adverbien)
da will ich nicht hin — I don't want to go (there)wo geht ihr hin? — where are you going?
6)wo ist es/sie hin? — where has it/she gone?
See:* * *[hɪn]die Geschäfte schließen gleich, jetzt aber noch schnell \hin! (fam) the shops will close soon, we'll have to get there quick!wo der so plötzlich \hin ist? where's he gone [or fam disappeared to] all of a sudden?wo willst du \hin? where are you going?bis [zu]/nach... \hin to [or as far as]...bis zu euch \hin werde ich es heute nicht schaffen I won't make it to you [or as far as your place] todayer hat es bis München \hin geschafft he made it as far as [or to] Munichbis zu dieser Stelle \hin up to here\hin und her laufen to run to and fronach Norden \hin towards the northnach rechts \hin to the rightzu jdm/etw \hin to sb/sthschau mal zum Fenster \hin look at the windowder Balkon liegt zur Straße \hin the balcony faces the streetdie Wüste erstreckt sich noch über 200 Kilometer \hin the desert stretches another 200 kilometres3. (einfache Fahrt)eine Fahrkarte nach Bärben-Lohe! — nur \hin oder auch zurück? a ticket to Bärben-Lohe! — just a single or a return [ticket]?\hin und zurück there and backwas kostet eine Fahrkarte nach Bad Tiefenbleichen \hin und zurück? what does a return [ticket] to Bad Tiefenbleichen cost?zu etw \hin towards sthzum Frühjahr \hin führen die Flüsse oft Hochwasser the rivers are often flooded as spring approachesdas ist lange \hin that's a long timewann fährt der Zug? um 21 Uhr 13? das sind ja noch fast zwei Stunden \hin! when does the train leave? at 9.13? that's almost another two hours [to wait]!wie lange ist es noch \hin bis zu deiner Prüfung? how long [or much longer] is it to your exam [or before you take your exam]?bis dahin ist es noch lange \hin there's a long time to go until thenbis Ostern sind nur noch wenige Wochen \hin Easter is only a few weeks offüber die Jahre \hin over the yearsüber eine Woche \hin for a weekes ist fraglich, ob sie sich über diese lange Zeit \hin noch daran erinnern wird it's doubtful whether she will remember that after all this time6.auf das Versprechen \hin, die Schuld in drei Wochen zurückzuzahlen, hat sie ihm das Geld geliehen she agreed to lend him the money when he promised to repay it within three weeksauf die Gefahr \hin, dass ich mich wiederhole at the risk of repeating myselfauf jds Bitte/Vorschlag \hin at sb's request/suggestiondu bist immer müde? vielleicht solltest du dich mal auf Eisenmangel \hin untersuchen lassen you're always tired? perhaps you should have tested yourself for iron deficiencyauf jds Rat \hin on sb's advice▪ \hin sein to have had it fam, to be bust sl; mechanische Geräte to be a write-off fam, to be kaput fam▪ \hin sein to be gone [or a thing of the past▪ [von jdm/etw] \hin sein to be bowled over [by sb/sth], to be taken [with sb/sth]▪ von jdm \hin sein to be smitten by sb12.▶ nach außen \hin outwardlynach außen \hin ruhig wirken to appear calmauf Wirkung nach außen \hin bedacht sein to be concerned about the impression one makesauf einen Tag \hin oder her kommt es nun auch nicht mehr an one day [more or less] won't make any difference▶ ... \hin,... her [o oder her]... or not [or no...]Arbeit \hin, Arbeit her, irgendwann musst du auch mal an etwas anderes denken! work is all very well, but you've got to think about other things some of the timeVertrag \hin oder her, so geht das nicht weiter contract or no contract, it can't go on like this▶ das H\hin und Her (Kommen und Gehen) the to-ing and fro-ing; (der ständige Wechsel) backwards and forwardsich wollte im Wartezimmer lesen, aber bei dem ständigen H\hin und Her konnte ich mich nicht konzentrieren I wanted to read in the waiting room but with all the constant to-ing and fro-ing I couldn't concentratenach einigem/langem H\hin und Her after some/a lot of discussionstill vor sich \hin weinen to cry quietly to oneself▶ \hin und wieder from time to time, every now and then [or again]* * *1) (räumlich)bis zu dieser Stelle hin — [up] to this point; as far as here
2) (zeitlich)zum Herbst hin — towards the autumn; as autumn approaches/approached
selbst/auch auf die Gefahr hin, einen Fehler zu begehen — even at the risk of making a mistake
4)einmal Köln hin und zurück — a return [ticket] to Cologne
Hin und zurück? - Nein, nur hin — Return? - No, just a single
hin und her — to and fro; back and forth
hin und her beraten/reden — go backwards and forwards over the same old ground
nach langem Hin und Her — after a great deal of argument
hin und wieder — [every] now and then
5) (elliptisch)hin zu ihm! — [hurry up,] to him!
hin sein — (ugs.): (hingegangen, -gefahren sein) have gone
6)7)von jemandem/etwas ganz hin sein — (ugs.): (hingerissen sein) be mad about somebody/bowled over by something
8)das Auto ist hin — (ugs.) the car is a write-off
er ist hin — (salopp): (tot) he has snuffed it (sl.)
wenn er richtig zuschlägt, bist du hin — (salopp): (tot) if he really hits you you've had it (coll.)
* * *hin adv1. räumlich:an … (dat)auf (+akk) oderzu … hin toward(s), to;(bis) zu … hin as far as, up to;nach außen hin fig outwardly;der Wald erstreckt sich über viele Quadratkilometer hin the forest stretches over many square kilometres (US -ers);seine Sachen sind über das ganze Zimmer hin verstreut his things are scattered all over the room;nichts wie hin! what are we waiting for?;hin und zurück there and back;2. zeitlich:durch Jahre hin for years;zum Abend hin toward(s) evening;bis … ist noch/nicht mehr lange hin … is still a long way off/isn’t far away now;bis Weihnachten sind noch einige Wochen hin we’ve still got a few weeks to go before Christmas, Christmas is still a few weeks off3. ziellos:hin und her gehen, laufen etc: to and fro, back and forth;auf dem Stuhl hin und her rutschen fidget around on one’s seat;von den Wellen hin und her geworfen werden be tossed around by the waves;etwas hin und her überlegen fig turn sth over in one’s mind;hin und her gerissen sein fig be torn (zwischen between); begeistert: be absolutely delighted (ich bin hin und her gerissen auch I just can’t decide;ein Hin und Her (Kommen und Gehen) coming and going, to-ing and fro-ing; fig in Diskussion: to-ing and fro-ing, US going back and forth; (Wenn und Aber) ifs and buts;nach langem Hin und Her fig (Verhandeln) after much discussion ( oder talk[ing], bargaining); (Herumprobieren) after many attempts, after much experimentation; (Überlegen) after a lot of to-ing and fro-ing (US a lot of hemming and hawing)4. umg:Freundschaft hin, Freundschaft her friendship or no;ein paar Euro hin oder her give or take a couple of euros;ein paar Euro hin oder her machen nichts a few euros more or less aren’t going to make any difference;das reicht nicht hin und nicht her that’s nowhere near enough;ich wusste weder hin noch her I didn’t know what on earth to do5.6.vor sich hin brüten/dämmern oderdösen/träumen brood/doze/daydream7.auf etwas (akk)auf seinen Rat hin on his advice;auf eine Zielgruppe etchin konzipiert designed for …, with … in mind;jemanden auf Krebs hin untersuchen test sb for cancer;auf den bloßen Verdacht hin purely on suspicion8. umg:hin sein (kaputt) be broken; (zerschlagen) auch be smashed; (verloren) be gone ( oder lost); (ruiniert) be done for; (erschöpft) be done in, be all in, US be wiped out; (tot) be dead and gone;er/es ist hin auch he’s/it’s had it;was hin ist, ist hin, da kann man nichts machen what’s done is done, there’s nothing you can do about it* * *1) (räumlich)bis zu dieser Stelle hin — [up] to this point; as far as here
2) (zeitlich)zum Herbst hin — towards the autumn; as autumn approaches/approached
selbst/auch auf die Gefahr hin, einen Fehler zu begehen — even at the risk of making a mistake
4)einmal Köln hin und zurück — a return [ticket] to Cologne
Hin und zurück? - Nein, nur hin — Return? - No, just a single
hin und her — to and fro; back and forth
hin und her beraten/reden — go backwards and forwards over the same old ground
hin und wieder — [every] now and then
5) (elliptisch)hin zu ihm! — [hurry up,] to him!
hin sein — (ugs.): (hingegangen, -gefahren sein) have gone
6)7)von jemandem/etwas ganz hin sein — (ugs.): (hingerissen sein) be mad about somebody/bowled over by something
8)hin sein — (ugs.): (nicht mehr brauchbar sein) have had it (coll.)
das Auto ist hin — (ugs.) the car is a write-off
er ist hin — (salopp): (tot) he has snuffed it (sl.)
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13 destruir
v.to destroy.El temblor destruyó la pared The quake destroyed the wall.Sus trucos destruyeron a María His tricks destroyed Mary.* * *1 to destroy2 figurado to destroy, ruin, wreck* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [+ objeto, edificio] to destroyel año pasado se destruyeron miles de empleos en la construcción — last year thousands of construction jobs were lost
2) (=estropear) [+ amistad, matrimonio, armonía] to wreck, destroy; [+ argumento, teoría] to demolish; [+ esperanza] to dash, shatter; [+ proyecto, plan] to wreck, ruin2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damageb) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatterle destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life
* * *= demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.Ex. Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.Ex. At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.Ex. Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.Ex. That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.Ex. The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.----* chocar destruyendo = smash into.* destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.* destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.* destruir un mito = explode + myth.* fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.* * *verbo transitivoa) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damageb) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatterle destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life
* * *= demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.Ex: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.
Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.Ex: At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.Ex: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.Ex: That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.Ex: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.* chocar destruyendo = smash into.* destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.* destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.* destruir un mito = explode + myth.* fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.* * *vt1 ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy; ‹ciudad› to destroyproductos que destruyen el medio ambiente products that damage the environment2 (echar por tierra) ‹reputación› to ruin; ‹plan› to ruin, wreck; ‹esperanzas› to dash, shatterlos problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio financial problems wrecked o ruined their marriagela droga está destruyendo muchas vidas drugs are wrecking o ruining o destroying the lives of many people* * *
destruir ( conjugate destruir) verbo transitivo
‹ ciudad› to destroy;
‹ medio ambiente› to damage
‹ plan› to wreck;
‹ esperanzas› to dash, shatter
destruir verbo transitivo to destroy
' destruir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- barrer
- dinamitar
- minar
- socavar
- anular
- consumir
- liquidar
English:
destroy
- flatten
- gut
- nuke
- obliterate
- shatter
- zap
- explode
- ruin
- shred
* * *♦ vt1. [destrozar] to destroy2. [desbaratar] [argumento] to demolish;[proyecto] to ruin, to wreck; [ilusión, esperanzas] to dash; [reputación] to ruin; [matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up3. [hacienda, fortuna] to squander* * *v/t1 destroy2 ( estropear) ruin, wreck* * *destruir {41} vt: to destroy* * *destruir vb to destroy -
14 passare
1. v/i ( trasferirsi) go (in into)sports passdi legge be passed, passdi tempo go by or past, passpassare attraverso delle difficoltà have a difficult timepassare da/per Milano go through Milanpassare dal panettiere drop by the baker'smi è passato di mente it slipped my mindpassare di moda go out of fashionpassare inosservato go unnoticed2. v/t confine cross( sorpassare) overstep( porgere) pass( trascorrere) spendtelecommunications ti passo Claudio here's Claudio* * *passare v. intr.1 to pass; ( vicino) to pass by, to go* by, to get* by; ( attraverso) to go* through, to pass through, to get* through: lasciami passare, let me pass; si fece da parte per far passare l'auto, he moved aside to let the car pass; egli passò senza fermarsi, he passed without stopping; per andare a Roma da Milano si passa per Bologna, to go to Rome from Milan you pass through Bologna; la strada passa per il bosco, the road passes (o goes o runs) through the wood; passiamo per il centro?, shall we go (o pass) through the centre?; l'Arno passa da Firenze, the Arno flows through Florence; l'autobus passa davanti alla stazione, the bus goes past the station; passa sotto il ponte e gira a destra, go under the bridge and turn right; in quel cavo passa la corrente, there's electricity in that cable; si abbassò per passare dalla porta, he bent to get through the doorway; per far passare il frigorifero bisogna spostare l'armadio, we'll have to move the cupboard to get the fridge to pass; questa corda è troppo grossa, non ci passa, this string is too thick, it won't go through2 ( penetrare) to come* in, to pass through: la luce passava attraverso le persiane, the light came in through the shutters3 (trasferirsi da una persona all'altra, da un luogo all'altro) to pass: la palla passava da un giocatore all'altro, the ball passed from one player to the other; passare di padre in figlio, to be handed down (o passed on) from father to son; passare in altre mani, to pass into other hands; passiamo in salotto per il caffè, let's have our coffee in the drawing room // passava da un argomento all'altro con grande facilità, he passed from one subject to another with the greatest of ease // è tempo di passare dalle parole ai fatti, it's time for action (o it's time to pass from words to action)4 ( trascorrere) to pass, to elapse, to go* by: i giorni passarono, the days went by; la gioventù passa presto, youth soon passes; man mano che passano gli anni..., as the years go by...; il tempo non passa mai quando si aspetta qlcu., time goes slowly when you're waiting for s.o.; sono già passati due anni, two years have already passed; facciamo una partita a carte tanto per far passare il tempo, let's have a game of cards, just to pass the time5 ( cessare) to pass (away), to cease: il mal di denti mi è passato, my toothache has passed off (o gone); la sua collera passò presto, his anger soon passed (o cooled); il temporale è passato, the storm is over (o has passed o has ceased); passare di moda, to go out of fashion // passerà anche questa, it won't last for ever; tutto passa, everything comes to an end; per lui è stato un brutto colpo ma spero gli passerà presto, it was a tough blow for him but I hope he'll get over it quickly // cerca di farti passare il malumore, try to snap out of it6 ( andare, venire) to call on (s.o.), to call at (a place): devo passare dal suo ufficio, I must call at his office; passerà di qui fra poco, he will come here soon (o before long); passerò a prenderti, I'll call for you; passerò da te questa sera, I'll drop in (on you) tonight; passare da un cliente, to call on a client; passa a portarmi quel libro, come here and bring me the book8 ( essere scambiato per) to be taken for, to pass off as; ( essere reputato) to be believed, to be considered: così vestito potrebbe passare per un prete, dressed like that he could be taken for a priest; lo hanno fatto passare per pazzo, they passed him off as mad; si è fatto passare per un professore di chimica e tutti ci hanno creduto, he passed himself off as a chemistry teacher and everyone believed him; passa per bella, intelligente, she is considered (o thought) beautiful, intelligent; passare per ricco, to be thought rich9 ( essere accettato, aver corso) to be passed, to get* through: il progetto di legge passò il mese scorso, the bill was passed last month; passare a un esame, to get through an examination; non è un capolavoro ma può passare, it's not a masterpiece but it'll do12 ( a carte) to pass◆ v.tr.1 ( attraversare) to pass, to cross; ( oltrepassare) to pass, to go* beyond: passare il confine, to pass (o to cross) the border; i fuggitivi sono 11riusciti a passare il fiume, the fugitives succeeded in crossing the river; dopo che hai passato il tabaccaio è la prima casa a destra, when you pass the tobacconist's it's the first house on your right; ho passato l'edicola senza vederla, I went beyond the newstand without seeing it2 ( far passare) to pass: passare il filo nell'ago, to pass the thread through the eye of the needle; si fece passare una corda in vita, he passed the rope round his waist3 ( essere più di) to be over: quel tipo passa i 2 metri, that fellow is over two metres tall; per me ha passato i 50 anni, I think he's over fifty; questa lettera passa il peso, this letter is overweight4 ( trascorrere) to spend*, to pass: dove passerai le vacanze?, where are you going to spend your holidays?; passeremo il Natale insieme, we'll spend (o pass) Christmas together; sta passando un brutto periodo, he's having (o going through) a bad time; ho passato una serata molta bella, I've had a lovely evening; ha passato tre anni in prigione, he spent three years in prison5 ( cospargere di) to put*, to spread*: passati un po' di crema in viso, put a bit of cream on your face; passare la cera sul pavimento, to wax the floor6 ( pulire) to wipe, to clean; passare uno straccio sulla lavagna, to wipe the blackboard with a cloth; passare lo straccio sul pavimento, to wipe the floor; si passò il fazzoletto sul collo, he mopped (o wiped) his neck with his handkerchief7 ( dare) to pass, to give*, to hand: l'albergo non passa la colazione, the hotel does not give breakfast; guarda queste fotografie e passale agli altri, look at these photographs and pass them on to the others; passami il sale, per favore, can you pass me the salt, please?; mi passa un assegno mensile, he gives me a monthly cheque; passare gli alimenti alla moglie, to pay one's wife alimony; (comm.) passare un ordine, to place an order; (sport) passare la palla, to pass the ball8 ( sopportare) to undergo*, to pass through (sthg.): ha passato un mucchio di guai, she has gone through (o she has had) a lot of trouble; ne ho passate tante, ne ho passate di tutti i colori, te lo assicuro, I have been through a lot, I can tell you9 ( trafiggere) to pass through; to run* through, to transfix: lo passò da parte a parte, he ran him through10 ( approvare, promuovere; superare) to pass: ho passato tutti i miei allievi, I have passed all my pupils; passare un progetto di legge, to pass a bill; hai passato l'esame di guida?, did you pass your driving test?11 (cuc.) ( setacciare) to sieve; ( al passaverdura) to purée // passa il pesce nella farina prima di friggerlo, flour the fish before frying; passare nell'uovo, to dip in beaten egg; passare gli spinaci nel burro, to sauté the spinach; passare nel pangrattato, to coat with breadcrumbs.◆ FRASEOLOGIA: passare a miglior vita, to pass away // passare inosservato, to go (o to pass) unnoticed // passare di mente, to go out of one's mind; passare per la mente, to cross (o to come into) one's mind // sarà due chili e passa, it's probably two kilos or more; avrà trent'anni e passa, he must be over thirty // non posso passare sopra a così tanti errori, I can't overlook so many mistakes // faccia la coda, non cerchi di passare davanti a tutti, don't try to pass ahead of everyone (o to jump the queue); è passato in testa al gruppo, alla classifica, he moved up to the top // passi la sua ignoranza, ma non la cattiva educazione, I'm prepared to overlook his ignorance but not his bad manners // passa via!, get (o go) away, scram! // passarla liscia, to get away with sthg. (o to get off scot-free) // passarsela bene, male, ( finanziariamente) to be well off, badly off // passar parola, to pass the word on (o round) // passare qlco. sotto silenzio, to pass over sthg. in silence // non gliene passa una, she picks him up on everything ∙ Questo verbo è usato in molte frasi idiomatiche per la cui traduzione si rinvia agli altri elementi. Per esempio: passare per le armi → arma; passare in rivista → rivista; passare dei guai → guaio; passare al setaccio → setaccio ecc.* * *[pas'sare]1) (persona, veicolo) to go by, pass (by)siamo passati davanti a casa tua — we went past your house, we walked (o drove) past your house
passare a casa di qn o da qn — to call o drop in on sb
passare a trovare/salutare qn — to drop by to see sb/say "hello" to sb
passare a prendere qc/qn — to come and pick sth/sb up
passare in banca/ufficio — to call in at the bank/office
3) (filtrare attraverso: aria, sole, luce) to pass, get through, (acqua) to seep through4)passare da...a — to pass from... topassare di mano in mano — to be passed o handed round
passare di padre in figlio — to be handed o passed down o from father to son
passare ad altro — to change the subject, (in una riunione) to discuss the next item
passare alla storia — to pass into history, fig to become a legend
5) (trascorrere: giorni, tempo) to pass, go by6) (allontanarsi: temporale, dolore, voglia) to pass, go awayfar passare a qn la voglia di qc/di fare qc — to stifle sb's desire for sth/to do sth
7) (essere accettato: proposta di legge) to be passed, (candidato) to pass8) Culin9) Carte to pass10)11)ci passa una bella differenza tra i 2 quadri — there's a big difference between the 2 pictures12)passare per uno stupido/un genio — to be taken for a fool/a genius
passare per buono — to be taken as valid, be accepted
farsi passare per — to pass o.s. off as, pretend to be
13)passare attraverso, per anche fig — to go through
passare sopra — to pass over o above, (fig : lasciar correre) to pass over, overlook
cosa ti passa per la testa? — (a che pensi?) what is going through your mind?, (come puoi pensarlo?) what are you thinking of!
per dove si passa per arrivare in centro? — which way do I (o we) go to get into town?
lasciar passare qn/qc — to let sb/sth through
far passare qn per o da — to let sb in (o out) by
2. vt1) (attraversare) to cross3) (approvare) to pass, approve4)passare qn/qc da parte a parte — to pass right through sb/sth5) (trascorrere) to spend, passnon passerà la notte — he (o she) won't survive the night
non passa giorno che non ne combini una delle sue — hardly a day goes by without him getting up to something
6) (oltrepassare, sorpassare) to go beyond, (fig : andare oltre i limiti) to exceed, go beyondha passato la quarantina — he (o she) is over 40
7) (dare: oggetto) to pass, give, hand, (Sport: palla) to passpassare qc a qn — to pass sth to sb, give sb sth, (trasmettere: messaggio) to pass sth (on) to sb
potresti passarmi il sale? — could you pass me the salt, please?
passare indietro qc — to pass o give o hand sth back
mi passi Maria? — (al telefono) can I speak to Maria?
le passo il signor Rossi — I'm putting you through to Mr Rossi, here's Mr Rossi
8) (brodo, verdura) to strain9)passare l'aspirapolvere — to hoover Brit, vacuum Am
10)passarsela bene/male — to get on well/badly, (economicamente) to manage well/badlycome te la passi? — how are you getting on o along?
ne ha passate tante — he's been through a lot, he's had some difficult times
3. smcol passare del tempo... — with the passing of time...
col passare degli anni — (riferito al presente) as time goes by, (riferito al passato) as time passed o went by
* * *I 1. [pas'sare]verbo transitivo1) (attraversare) to go* past, to go* across, to get* across, to get* over, to pass, to cross [fiume, ponte]; to go* through, to get* through [ dogana]passato il semaforo, giri a destra — turn right after the lights
2) (infilare) to run*; (trafiggere) to run* throughpassare la corda nell'anello — to pass o run the rope through the ring
3) (trasferire) to movepassare qcn. a un altro ufficio — to move sb. to another office
passare una telefonata a qcn. — to put a call through to sb.
mi passi il direttore commerciale, per favore — give me the sales manager, please
glielo passo — I'll put him on, I'm putting you through
passare la palla — sport to feed o pass the ball
passare le dita su qcs. — to run one's fingers over sth.
passare uno straccio su qcs. — to run a duster over sth
7) (trascorrere) to spend*, to pass8) (superare) to pass, to get* through [esame, test]; to live out [ inverno]9) (approvare) to get* through, to carry, to pass [legge, decreto]10) (perdonare)11) gastr. (con il frullatore) to whizz up; to mash (up), to puree [frutta, verdura]passare qcs. al tritacarne — to put sth. through the mincer
12) (spalmare) to rub [ crema]13) (pagare)passare gli alimenti — dir. to pay maintenance
14) rad. telev.15) (oltrepassare)2.passare la cinquantina — to be over fifty years old, to be in one's fifties
1) (transitare) [persona, veicolo] to passriesci a passare? — can you fit o get through?
passando per o da by way of; passare per il centro della città, davanti alla scuola to go through the town centre, past the school; andare in Polonia passando per la Germania to travel through Germany to Poland; passare per i campi to cut across the fields; l'autobus è appena passato the bus has just gone; passate da quella porta go straight through that door; passare dalla scala di servizio — to use the backstairs o service stairs AE
2) (snodarsi)passare per — [ strada] to go through; (scorrere) [ acqua] to flow through
3) (andare momentaneamente) to drop in, to drop round, to pop in BE colloq.passare da — to call at [ negozio]; to call (in) on [amico, parente]; to go round to [scuola, ufficio]
passare a prendere qcn., qcs. — to pick sb., sth. up
4) (penetrare) to get* throughfare passare — to let in [acqua, luce]
5) (svolgersi)passare inosservato — to go o pass unnoticed
6) (spostarsi) to go*, to movepassare davanti a qcn. in una coda — to cut in front of sb. in a queue
7) (pensare)non mi era mai passato per la testa che... — it never crossed o entered my mind that
passare di padre in figlio, di generazione in generazione — to be handed down from father to son, from generation to generation
9) (variare, cambiare) to changepassare al (campo) nemico — to desert to the enemy camp, to go over to the enemy
10) fig. (procedere) to go* on, to move on, to pass onpassare all'offensiva — to go on o take the offensive
passare alle vie di fatto — to use force, to come to blows
11) (essere approvato) [legge, regolamento] to go* through12) (essere ammesso) [ candidato] to pass13) (cessare) [crisi, sentimento] to pass; [dolore, effetto] to pass off, to subside; [ temporale] to blow* itself out, to blow* over, to spend* itself, to die out; [amore, rabbia] to diepasserà — it'll pass, things will get better
14) (trascorrere) [ tempo] to draw* on, to go* (by), to passpassarono tre ore prima che... — three hours went by before
15) (sopportare)farne passare di tutti colori a qcn. — to put sb. through the mill
passare sopra a — to overlook, to pass over [comportamento, errore]
passi per i giovani, ma... — that's all right for young people but...
per questa volta passi — I'll let you off o I'll turn a blind eye this time, this time I'll let it go
17) (dimenticare)mi era completamente passato di mente — it went right o clean o completely out of my mind
fare passare qcn. per bugiardo — to make sb. out to be a liar
19) (spacciarsi)facendosi passare per un poliziotto — impersonating a o posing as a policeman
20) (intercorrere) to pass between3.verbo pronominale passarsi1) (far scivolare) to run*, to draw*••passare parola — to spread o pass the word
come te la passi? — how are things, how are you getting along?
passarsela male — to have a hard o bad time, to go through the o jump through hoops
II [pas'sare]passare a miglior vita — eufem. to pass away
sostantivo maschile passage, passingcon il passare degli anni — with the passing of the years, as years go by
* * *passare1/pas'sare/ [1]1 (attraversare) to go* past, to go* across, to get* across, to get* over, to pass, to cross [fiume, ponte]; to go* through, to get* through [ dogana]; passato il semaforo, giri a destra turn right after the lights2 (infilare) to run*; (trafiggere) to run* through; passare la corda nell'anello to pass o run the rope through the ring3 (trasferire) to move; passare qcn. a un altro ufficio to move sb. to another office4 (al telefono) passare una telefonata a qcn. to put a call through to sb.; mi passi il direttore commerciale, per favore give me the sales manager, please; glielo passo I'll put him on, I'm putting you through5 (porgere) to hand, to pass [ oggetto]; passami il piatto pass me your plate; potete (fare) passare il sale? could you pass the salt along please? passare la palla sport to feed o pass the ball6 (far scorrere) passare le dita su qcs. to run one's fingers over sth.; passare uno straccio su qcs. to run a duster over sth.7 (trascorrere) to spend*, to pass; passare una bella giornata to have a nice day; passare la giornata a fare to spend the day doing; passare un brutto momento to have a thin time of it8 (superare) to pass, to get* through [esame, test]; to live out [ inverno]9 (approvare) to get* through, to carry, to pass [legge, decreto]10 (perdonare) non me ne passa una he doesn't let me get away with anything11 gastr. (con il frullatore) to whizz up; to mash (up), to puree [frutta, verdura]; passare qcs. al tritacarne to put sth. through the mincer14 rad. telev. passo! over; passo e chiudo! over and out! passiamo ora la linea ai nostri studi di Roma now over to our Rome studios15 (oltrepassare) passare la cinquantina to be over fifty years old, to be in one's fifties; hai proprio passato il limite! you're way out of line! colloq.(aus. essere)1 (transitare) [persona, veicolo] to pass; riesci a passare? can you fit o get through? passando per o da by way of; passare per il centro della città, davanti alla scuola to go through the town centre, past the school; andare in Polonia passando per la Germania to travel through Germany to Poland; passare per i campi to cut across the fields; l'autobus è appena passato the bus has just gone; passate da quella porta go straight through that door; passare dalla scala di servizio to use the backstairs o service stairs AE3 (andare momentaneamente) to drop in, to drop round, to pop in BE colloq.; passare da to call at [ negozio]; to call (in) on [amico, parente]; to go round to [scuola, ufficio]; devi passare a trovarci you must come by and see us; passare a prendere qcn., qcs. to pick sb., sth. up; passerà oggi he's coming round today; sono solo passata a salutare I've just popped in to say hello4 (penetrare) to get* through; fare passare to let in [acqua, luce]6 (spostarsi) to go*, to move; passare dalla sala da pranzo in salotto to move from the dining room to the lounge; passare davanti a qcn. in una coda to cut in front of sb. in a queue7 (pensare) dire quello che passa per la mente to say things off the top of one's head; mi domando cosa le passi per la testa I wonder what's going on in her head; non mi era mai passato per la testa che... it never crossed o entered my mind that...8 (essere trasferito, trasmesso) [ proprietà] to pass; [ titolo] to pass down; passare alla storia come to go down in history as; passare di padre in figlio, di generazione in generazione to be handed down from father to son, from generation to generation9 (variare, cambiare) to change; passare dal riscaldamento a gas a quello elettrico to change over from gas to electric heating; passare sotto il controllo dell'ONU to be taken over by the UN; passare al (campo) nemico to desert to the enemy camp, to go over to the enemy10 fig. (procedere) to go* on, to move on, to pass on; passiamo ad altro let's move on; passare all'offensiva to go on o take the offensive; passare alle vie di fatto to use force, to come to blows11 (essere approvato) [legge, regolamento] to go* through12 (essere ammesso) [ candidato] to pass; passare alla classe superiore to go up a class; è passato generale he's been promoted to general13 (cessare) [crisi, sentimento] to pass; [dolore, effetto] to pass off, to subside; [ temporale] to blow* itself out, to blow* over, to spend* itself, to die out; [amore, rabbia] to die; passerà it'll pass, things will get better; gli passerà he'll get over it; questo mal di testa non vuole passare! this headache just won't go away! mi è passata la voglia di giocare I don't feel like playing any more14 (trascorrere) [ tempo] to draw* on, to go* (by), to pass; sono appena passate le sei it's just gone six o'clock; passarono tre ore prima che... three hours went by before...15 (sopportare) farne passare di tutti colori a qcn. to put sb. through the mill; dopo tutto quello che mi hai fatto passare after all you've put me through; ci siamo passati tutti we've all gone through it16 (chiudere un occhio) lasciare passare to let it pass; passare sopra a to overlook, to pass over [comportamento, errore]; passi per i giovani, ma... that's all right for young people but...; per questa volta passi I'll let you off o I'll turn a blind eye this time, this time I'll let it go17 (dimenticare) mi era completamente passato di mente it went right o clean o completely out of my mind18 (essere considerato) passare per un genio to pass for a genius; fare passare qcn. per bugiardo to make sb. out to be a liar20 (intercorrere) to pass between; che differenza passa tra i due? what's the difference between the two?III passarsi verbo pronominale1 (far scivolare) to run*, to draw*; - rsi il pettine tra i capelli to run a comb through one's hair; - rsi un fazzoletto sulla fronte to draw a handkerchief across one's forehead; si passò la mano sul viso he passed his hand over his facepassare parola to spread o pass the word; come te la passi? how are things, how are you getting along? passarsela bene to be well off; passarsela male to have a hard o bad time, to go through the o jump through hoops; non mi passa più! there's no end to it! non la passerai liscia! you'll never get away with it! passare a miglior vita eufem. to pass away.————————passare2/pas'sare/sostantivo m.passage, passing; con il passare degli anni with the passing of the years, as years go by; con il passare delle ore as the day progressed. -
15 hinüber
Adv.1. over (there); (auf die andere Seite) to the other side; über Grenze, Straße etc.: across; über... (Akk) hinüber over, across; hinüber und herüber back and forth; nach links / rechts hinüber over to the left / right2. umg fig.: hinüber sein (verdorben) be bad, be off; (kaputt) be broken; (zerschlagen) auch be smashed; (erschöpft) be done in, be all in (Am. wiped out); (tot) be dead; (ohnmächtig) be out; er ist hinüber auch he’s had it* * *across; over* * *hi|nü|ber [hɪ'nyːbɐ]advover; (über Grenze, Straße, Fluss auch) acrossda hinǘber — over there
hinǘber und herüber — back and forth
quer hinǘber — right across
bis zum anderen Ufer hinǘber — over or across to the other bank
See:* * *(to the other side or to the speaker's side: He dived in off the river-bank and swam across.) across* * *hi·nü·ber[hɪˈny:bɐ]1. (nach drüben) across, overbis zu den Hügeln \hinüber war die Erde kahl und ausgetrocknet the earth up to the hills was bare and arideine Mauer/einen Zaun \hinüber over a wall/a fence\hinüber und herüber back and forth, backwards and forwards▪ \hinüber sein to be [or have gone] off, to be bad▪ \hinüber sein to be bowled overvöllig \hinüber sein to be completely bowled over▪ \hinüber sein to have had it* * *1) over; acrossbis zur anderen Seite hinüber — over or across to the other side
2)hinüber sein — (ugs.): (tot, unbrauchbar sein) have had it (coll.)
er ist hinüber — (ugs.) he's had it
3)hinüber sein — (ugs.): (verdorben sein) be or have gone off
4)be hinüber — (ugs.): (eingeschlafen sein) have dropped off; (ugs.): (bewusstlos sein) be out for the count (coll.); (ugs.): (betrunken sein) be well away (coll.) or plastered (sl.)
* * *hinüber advüber … (akk)hinüber over, across;hinüber und herüber back and forth;nach links/rechts hinüber over to the left/right2. umg fig:hinüber sein (verdorben) be bad, be off; (kaputt) be broken; (zerschlagen) auch be smashed; (erschöpft) be done in, be all in (US wiped out); (tot) be dead; (ohnmächtig) be out;er ist hinüber auch he’s had ithinüber… im v → auch herüber…, rüber…* * *1) over; acrossbis zur anderen Seite hinüber — over or across to the other side
2)hinüber sein — (ugs.): (tot, unbrauchbar sein) have had it (coll.)
er ist hinüber — (ugs.) he's had it
3)hinüber sein — (ugs.): (verdorben sein) be or have gone off
4)be hinüber — (ugs.): (eingeschlafen sein) have dropped off; (ugs.): (bewusstlos sein) be out for the count (coll.); (ugs.): (betrunken sein) be well away (coll.) or plastered (sl.)
* * *adj.worn out adj. adv.across adv. präp.over prep. -
16 face
1. noun1) Gesicht, daswash one's face — sich (Dat.) das Gesicht waschen
the stone struck me in the face — der Stein traf mich ins Gesicht
bring A and B face to face — A und B einander (Dat.) gegenüberstellen
come face to face with the fact that... — vor der Tatsache stehen, dass...
in [the] face of something — (despite) trotz
slam the door in somebody's face — jemandem die Tür vor der Nase zuknallen (ugs.)
fall [flat] on one's face — (lit. or fig.) auf die Nase fallen (ugs.)
look somebody/something in the face — jemandem/einer Sache ins Gesicht sehen
show one's face — sich sehen od. blicken lassen
tell somebody to his face what... — jemandem [offen] ins Gesicht sagen, was...
till one is blue in the face — bis man verrückt wird (ugs.)
save one's face — das Gesicht wahren od. retten
lose face [with somebody] [over something] — das Gesicht [vor jemandem] [wegen etwas] verlieren
make or pull a face/faces [at somebody] — (to show dislike) ein Gesicht/Gesichter machen od. ziehen; (to amuse or frighten) eine Grimasse/Grimassen schneiden
don't make a face! — mach nicht so ein Gesicht!
on the face of it — dem Anschein nach
2) (front) (of mountain, cliff) Wand, die; (of building) Stirnseite, die; (of clock, watch) Zifferblatt, das; (of coin, medal, banknote, playing card) Vorderseite, die; (of golf club, cricket bat, hockey stick, tennis racket) Schlagfläche, die3) (surface)disappear off or from the face of the earth — spurlos verschwinden
4) (Geom.; also of crystal, gem) Fläche, die5) see academic.ru/77333/typeface">typeface. See also face down; face up2. transitive verb1) (look towards) sich wenden zu[stand] facing one another — sich (Dat.) od. (meist geh.) einander gegenüber [stehen]
the window faces the garden/front — das Fenster geht zum Garten/zur Straße hinaus
sit facing the engine — (in a train) in Fahrtrichtung sitzen
2) (fig.): (have to deal with) ins Auge sehen (+ Dat.) [Tod, Vorstellung]; gegenübertreten (+ Dat.) [Kläger]; sich stellen (+ Dat.) [Anschuldigung, Kritik]; stehen vor (+ Dat.) [Ruin, Entscheidung]face trial for murder, face a charge of murder — sich wegen Mordes vor Gericht verantworten müssen
3) (not shrink from) ins Auge sehen (+ Dat.) [Tatsache, Wahrheit]; mit Fassung gegenübertreten (+ Dat.) [Kläger]face the music — (fig.) die Suppe auslöffeln (ugs.)
let's face it — (coll.) machen wir uns (Dat.) doch nichts vor (ugs.)
4)be faced with something — sich einer Sache (Dat.) gegenübersehen
5) (coll.): (bear) verkraften3. intransitive verbface forwards/backwards — [Person, Bank, Sitz:] in/entgegen Fahrtrichtung sitzen/aufgestellt sein
stand facing away from somebody — mit dem Rücken zu jemandem stehen
face away from the road/on to the road/east[wards] or to[wards] the east — [Fenster, Zimmer:] nach hinten/vorn/Osten liegen
the side of the house faces to[wards] the sea — die Seite des Hauses liegt zum Meer
Phrasal Verbs:- face up to* * *[feis] 1. noun1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) das Gesicht2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) die Oberfläche3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) die Wand2. verb1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) gegenüberliegen2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) ansehen3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) ins Auge sehen•- -faced- facial
- facing
- facecloth
- facelift
- face-powder
- face-saving
- face value
- at face value
- face the music
- face to face
- face up to
- in the face of
- lose face
- make/pull a face
- on the face of it
- put a good face on it
- save one's face* * *[feɪs]I. nthe expression on her \face showed her disappointment die Enttäuschung stand ihr ins Gesicht geschriebento have a puzzled expression on one's \face ein ratloses Gesicht machento have a smile on one's \face lächelnto keep a smile on one's \face [immerzu] lächelnto put a smile on sb's \face jdn zum Lächeln bringenwith a \face like thunder mit finsterer Mieneto have a \face like thunder finster dreinblickento go blue/green/red in the \face [ganz] blau/grün/rot im Gesicht werdenwith a fierce/friendly \face mit grimmiger/freundlicher Mienewith a happy/smiling \face mit strahlender Mieneto pull a long \face ein langes Gesicht machen [o ziehen]a sad \face eine traurige Miene, ein trauriges Gesichtto pull a sad \face ein trauriges Gesicht machento show one's true \face sein wahres Gesicht zeigen\face down/up mit dem Gesicht nach unten/obento look sb in the \face jdm in die Augen schauenshe made a \face of disgust sie verzog angewidert das Gesichtto shut the door in sb's \face jdm die Tür vor der Nase zuschlagento tell sth to sb's \face jdm etw ins Gesicht sagen\face to \face von Angesicht zu Angesicht2. of a building Fassade f; of a cliff, mountain Wand f; of a clock, watch Zifferblatt nt; of a card, coin Bildseite fplace the cards \face down/up on the table legen Sie die Karten mit der Bildseite nach unten/oben auf den TischBritain has many \faces Großbritannien hat viele Gesichterpoor quality is the unacceptable \face of increased productivity schlechte Qualität ist die Kehrseite [o Schattenseite] erhöhter Produktivitätto lose/save \face das Gesicht verlieren/wahrenshe left home in the \face of strong opposition from her parents sie ist trotz starken Widerstands vonseiten ihrer Eltern ausgezogenhe maintained, in the \face of all the facts, that he had told the truth obwohl alle Tatsachen dagegen sprachen, behauptete er, die Wahrheit gesagt zu habento show courage in the \face of the enemy Mut vor dem Feind zeigenin the \face of adversity angesichts der widrigen Umständein the \face of danger/death im Angesicht der Gefahr/des Todesto have the \face to do sth die Unverfrorenheit [o Stirn] haben, etw zu tunto work at the \face vor Ort arbeiten10.▶ to disappear [or be wiped] off the \face of the earth wie vom Erdboden verschluckt sein▶ sb's \face drops [or falls] jd ist sichtlich enttäuscht▶ to be in sb's \face AM (sl: impede) jdm in die Quere kommen fam; (bother) jdm auf den Geist gehen fam▶ on the \face of it auf den ersten Blick, oberflächlich betrachtet▶ to put a brave \face on it, to put on a brave \face gute Miene zum bösen Spiel machenII. vt1. (look towards) person▪ to \face [or sit facing] sb jdm gegenübersitzen▪ to \face [or stand facing] sb jdm gegenüberstehenshe sat down facing me sie setzte sich mir gegenüberplease \face me when I'm talking to you schau mich bitte an, wenn ich mit dir redeto \face the audience sich dem Publikum zuwenden akkto sit facing the engine [or front] in Fahrtrichtung sitzen2.▪ to \face sth (point towards) object zu etw dat [hin] zeigen [o gerichtet sein]; (be situated opposite) building gegenüber etw dat liegenthe school \faces the church die Schule liegt gegenüber der Kircheour houses \face each other unsere Häuser liegen einander gegenüberto \face the garden/sea/street auf den Garten/das Meer/die Straße [hinaus]gehen; garden, houseto \face the mountains/sea auf die Berge/das Meer blickento \face the street zur Straße [hin] liegenwe are looking for a house facing the market square wir suchen ein Haus mit Blick auf den Marktplatzto \face a charge angeklagt seinto \face a charge of theft sich akk wegen Diebstahls vor Gericht verantworten müssento \face criticism Kritik ausgesetzt seinto \face death dem Tod ins Auge sehento \face a difficult situation mit einer schwierigen Situation konfrontiert sein5. (confront)to be \faced with one's past/the truth mit seiner Vergangenheit/der Wahrheit konfrontiert werdenthey are \faced with financial penalties sie müssen mit Geldstrafen rechnen6. (require the attention of)the main problem facing us is how... wir stehen hauptsächlich vor dem Problem, wie...we were \faced by a flooded cellar wir standen vor einem überfluteten Keller7. (accept, deal with)to \face the criticism sich akk der Kritik stellento \face death/the facts dem Tod/den Tatsachen ins Auge sehen [o blicken]let's \face facts [or it] machen wir uns doch nichts vorto \face one's fears/problems sich akk seinen Ängsten/Problemen stellen8. (bear)▪ to \face sth etw ertragenI couldn't \face another shock like that noch so einen Schock würde ich nicht verkraftenI can't \face another drink! ich kann jetzt wirklich nichts mehr trinken!he can't \face work today er ist heute nicht imstande zu arbeitenshe can't \face seeing him so soon after their break-up sie sieht sich außerstande, ihn so kurz nach ihrer Trennung wiederzusehenI can't \face climbing those stairs again! allein der Gedanke, noch einmal die Treppen hochsteigen zu müssen!I can't \face telling him the truth ich bringe es einfach nicht über mich, ihm die Wahrheit zu sagen9. ARCHIT10. TECH11. FASHION▪ to \face sth etw einfassen12.you had better go in and \face the music now geh lieber gleich rein und stell dich der Sache famIII. vi1. (point)to \face backwards/downwards/forwards nach hinten/unten/vorne zeigena seat facing forwards TRANSP ein Sitz in Fahrtrichtungto \face downhill/east bergab/nach Osten zeigen2. (look onto)to \face south/west room, window nach Süden/Westen [hinaus]gehen; house, garden nach Süden/Westen liegen3. (look) person blicken\face right! MIL Abteilung rechts[um]!to \face away [from sb/sth] sich akk [von jdm/etw] abwendento sit/stand facing away from sb/sth mit dem Rücken zu jdm/etw sitzen/stehenfacing forwards/left mit dem Gesicht nach vorne/linksto \face [or sit facing] backwards/forwards TRANSP entgegen der/in Fahrtrichtung sitzen* * *[feɪs]1. n1) Gesicht ntto go red in the face — rot anlaufen
we were standing face to face — wir standen einander Auge in Auge or von Angesicht zu Angesicht (geh) gegenüber
next time I see him face to face — das nächste Mal, wenn ich ihm begegne
to bring sb face to face with sb/sth — jdn mit jdm/etw konfrontieren
to bring two people face to face — zwei Leute einander gegenüberstellen or miteinander konfrontieren
to come face to face with sth — einer Sache (dat) ins Auge sehen
get outta my face! ( US inf ) — lass mich in Ruhe!
in the face of great difficulties/much opposition etc — angesichts or (= despite) trotz größter Schwierigkeiten/starker Opposition etc
See:→ flat2) (= expression) Gesicht(sausdruck m) ntto make or pull faces/a funny face — Gesichter or Grimassen/eine Grimasse machen or schneiden (at sb jdm)
to put a brave face on it — sich (dat) nichts anmerken lassen
3)(= prestige)
loss of face — Gesichtsverlust m4) (of clock) Zifferblatt nt; (= rock face) (Steil)wand f; (= coalface) Streb m; (= typeface) Schriftart f; (of playing card) Bildseite f; (of coin) Vorderseite f; (of house) Fassade fto put sth face up( wards)/down(wards) — etw mit der Vorderseite nach oben/unten legen
to be face up( wards)/down(wards) (person) — mit dem Gesicht nach oben/unten liegen; (thing) mit der Vorderseite nach oben/unten liegen; (book) mit der aufgeschlagenen Seite nach oben/unten liegen
to work at the ( coal) face —
he/it vanished off the face of the earth (inf) — er/es war wie vom Erdboden verschwunden
I'm the luckiest person on the face of the earth (inf) — ich bin der glücklichste Mensch auf der Welt
on the face of it — so, wie es aussieht
5) (inf= effrontery)
to have the face to do sth — die Stirn haben, etw zu tun2. vt1) (= be opposite, have one's face towards) gegenüber sein (+dat), gegenüberstehen/-liegen etc (+dat); (window, door) north, south gehen nach; street, garden etc liegen zu; (building, room) north, south liegen nach; park, street liegen zuto face the wall/light — zur Wand gekehrt/dem Licht zugekehrt sein; (person) mit dem Gesicht zur Wand/zum Licht stehen/sitzen etc
the picture/wall facing you — das Bild/die Wand Ihnen gegenüber
2) (fig) possibility, prospect rechnen müssen mitto be faced with sth — sich einer Sache (dat) gegenübersehen
the problem facing us — das Problem, dem wir gegenüberstehen or mit dem wir konfrontiert sind
to be faced with a bill for £100 — eine Rechnung über £ 100 präsentiert bekommen
he is facing a charge of murder — er steht unter Mordanklage, er ist wegen Mordes angeklagt
he faces life in prison if convicted — wenn er für schuldig befunden wird, muss er mit lebenslänglich rechnen
3) (= meet confidently) situation, danger, criticism sich stellen (+dat); person, enemy gegenübertreten (+dat)let's face it —
you'd better face it, you're not going to get the job — du musst dich wohl damit abfinden, dass du die Stelle nicht bekommst
7) stone glätten, (plan) schleifen3. vi(house, room) liegen (towards park dem Park zu, onto road zur Straße, away from road nicht zur Straße); (window) gehen (onto, towards auf +acc, zu, away from nicht auf +acc)the house faces south/toward(s) the sea — das Haus liegt nach Süden/zum Meer hin
why was the house built facing away from the park? —
* * *face [feıs]A s1. Gesicht n, besonders poet Angesicht n, Antlitz n (beide auch fig):face down (upwards) mit dem Gesicht nach unten (oben);for your fair face um deiner schönen Augen willen;face to face von Angesicht zu Angesicht, direkt;they were sitting face to face sie saßen sich (direkt) gegenüber;bring persons face to face Personen (einander) gegenüberstellen;face to face with Auge in Auge mit, gegenüber, vor (dat);she’s not just a face in the crowda) sie hat kein Dutzendgesicht,b) sie ist nicht irgendjemand;do (up) one’s face, umg put one’s face on sich schminken, sich anmalen pej;a) jemandem ins Gesicht springen,b) sich (offen) widersetzen (dat), auch der Gefahr trotzen;laugh into sb’s face jemandem ins Gesicht lachen;look sb in the face jemandem ins Gesicht sehen;say sth to sb’s face jemandem etwas ins Gesicht sagen;shut ( oder slam) the door in sb’s face jemandem die Tür vor der Nase zuschlagen; → flat1 C 1, show B 1, write A 22. Gesicht(sausdruck) n(m), Aussehen n, Miene f:have a face as long as a fiddle umg ein Gesicht machen wie drei Tage Regenwetter;put a good face on the matter gute Miene zum bösen Spiel machen;make ( oder pull) a face ein Gesicht oder eine Grimasse oder eine Fratze machen oder schneiden ( at sb jemandem);pull a long face ein langes Gesicht machen;put a bold face on sth sich etwas (Unangnehmes etc) nicht anmerken lassen, einer Sache gelassen entgegensehen; → set against 13. umg Stirn f, Dreistigkeit f, Unverschämtheit f:have the face to do sth die Stirn haben oder so unverfroren sein, etwas zu tun4. fig Gegenwart f, Anblick m, Angesicht n:before his face vor seinen Augen, in seiner Gegenwart;a) angesichts (gen), gegenüber (dat),b) trotz (gen od dat);in the face of danger angesichts der Gefahr;in the very face of day am helllichten Tagethe face of affairs die Sachlage;on the face of it auf den ersten Blick, oberflächlich (betrachtet);put a new face on sth etwas in neuem oder anderem Licht erscheinen lassen6. fig Gesicht n, Ansehen n:save (one’s) face, preserve face das Gesicht wahren;lose face das Gesicht verlieren7. WIRTSCH, JUR Nenn-, Nominalwert m (eines Wertpapiers etc), Wortlaut m (eines Dokuments)8. Ober-, Außenfläche f, Vorderseite f:face (of a clock) Zifferblatt n;lie on its face nach unten gekehrt oder auf dem Gesicht liegen;wipe off the face of the earth eine Stadt etc ausradieren, dem Erdboden gleichmachen10. rechte Seite (Stoff, Leder etc)11. Bildseite f (einer Spielkarte), (einer Münze auch) Vorderseite f, (einer Münze) Avers mface of a crystal Kristallfläche13. TECHa) Stirnseite f, -fläche fb) Amboss-, Hammerbahn fc) Breite f (eines Zahnrades etc)d) Brust f (eines Bohrers, Zahns etc)e) Schneide f14. TYPO Bild n (der Type)face of a gangway Ort einer Strecke, Ortsstoß m;face of a shaft Schachtstoß m;at the face vor Ort16. (Fels)Wand f:the north face of the Eiger die EigernordwandB v/t2. a) jemandem, einer Sache gegenüberstehen, -liegen, -sitzen:the man facing me der Mann mir gegenüberthe house faces the sea das Haus liegt (nach) dem Meer zu;the windows face the street die Fenster gehen auf die Straße (hinaus)3. etwas umkehren, umwenden:face a card eine Spielkarte aufdecken4. j.m, einer Sache mutig entgegentreten oder begegnen, sich stellen, die Stirn oder Spitze bieten, trotzen:face death dem Tod ins Auge blicken;face it out die Sache durchstehen;5. oft be faced with fig sich jemandem od einer Sache gegenübersehen, gegenüberstehen, entgegenblicken, ins Auge sehen (dat):he was faced with ruin er stand vor dem Nichts;he is facing imprisonment er muss mit einer Gefängnisstrafe rechnen6. etwas hinnehmen:face the facts sich mit den Tatsachen abfinden;let’s face it seien wir ehrlich, machen wir uns nichts vor7. TECHa) eine Oberfläche verkleiden, verblendenb) plandrehen, fräsen, Stirnflächen bearbeitenc) Schneiderei: besetzen, einfassen, unterlegen:faced with red mit roten Aufschlägen8. ARCHa)(mit Platten etc) verblendenb) verputzenc) Steine glättenface tea Tee färben10. MIL eine Wendung machen lassenC v/i1. das Gesicht wenden, sich drehen, eine Wendung machen ( alle:to, toward[s] nach):face about sich umwenden, kehrtmachen (a. fig);about face! MIL US ganze Abteilung kehrt!;left face! MIL US linksum!;right about face! MIL US rechtsum kehrt!;face away sich abwenden2. blicken, liegen (to, toward[s] nach) (Raum etc):face east nach Osten liegen;south-facing balcony Südbalkon m* * *1. noun1) Gesicht, daswash one's face — sich (Dat.) das Gesicht waschen
go blue in the face — (with cold) blau im Gesicht werden
go red or purple in the face — (with exertion or passion or shame) rot im Gesicht werden
bring A and B face to face — A und B einander (Dat.) gegenüberstellen
come or be brought face to face with somebody — mit jemandem konfrontiert werden
come face to face with the fact that... — vor der Tatsache stehen, dass...
in [the] face of something — (despite) trotz
fall [flat] on one's face — (lit. or fig.) auf die Nase fallen (ugs.)
look somebody/something in the face — jemandem/einer Sache ins Gesicht sehen
show one's face — sich sehen od. blicken lassen
tell somebody to his face what... — jemandem [offen] ins Gesicht sagen, was...
save one's face — das Gesicht wahren od. retten
lose face [with somebody] [over something] — das Gesicht [vor jemandem] [wegen etwas] verlieren
make or pull a face/faces [at somebody] — (to show dislike) ein Gesicht/Gesichter machen od. ziehen; (to amuse or frighten) eine Grimasse/Grimassen schneiden
2) (front) (of mountain, cliff) Wand, die; (of building) Stirnseite, die; (of clock, watch) Zifferblatt, das; (of coin, medal, banknote, playing card) Vorderseite, die; (of golf club, cricket bat, hockey stick, tennis racket) Schlagfläche, die3) (surface)disappear off or from the face of the earth — spurlos verschwinden
4) (Geom.; also of crystal, gem) Fläche, die2. transitive verb1) (look towards) sich wenden zu[stand] facing one another — sich (Dat.) od. (meist geh.) einander gegenüber [stehen]
the window faces the garden/front — das Fenster geht zum Garten/zur Straße hinaus
sit facing the engine — (in a train) in Fahrtrichtung sitzen
2) (fig.): (have to deal with) ins Auge sehen (+ Dat.) [Tod, Vorstellung]; gegenübertreten (+ Dat.) [Kläger]; sich stellen (+ Dat.) [Anschuldigung, Kritik]; stehen vor (+ Dat.) [Ruin, Entscheidung]face trial for murder, face a charge of murder — sich wegen Mordes vor Gericht verantworten müssen
3) (not shrink from) ins Auge sehen (+ Dat.) [Tatsache, Wahrheit]; mit Fassung gegenübertreten (+ Dat.) [Kläger]face the music — (fig.) die Suppe auslöffeln (ugs.)
let's face it — (coll.) machen wir uns (Dat.) doch nichts vor (ugs.)
4)be faced with something — sich einer Sache (Dat.) gegenübersehen
5) (coll.): (bear) verkraften3. intransitive verbface forwards/backwards — [Person, Bank, Sitz:] in/entgegen Fahrtrichtung sitzen/aufgestellt sein
face away from the road/on to the road/east[wards] or to[wards] the east — [Fenster, Zimmer:] nach hinten/vorn/Osten liegen
the side of the house faces to[wards] the sea — die Seite des Hauses liegt zum Meer
Phrasal Verbs:* * *n.Anschein -e m.Fläche -n f.Gesicht -er n.Miene -n f.Oberfläche f. v.Trotz bieten ausdr.beschichten v.gegenüberliegen v. -
17 Ab
I Präp.1. räumlich: from; ab Brüssel from Brussels; WIRTS. ab Berlin / Werk / Lager etc. ex Berlin / works / warehouse etc.2. zeitlich: from... (on[wards]); amtlich: as of, with effect from; ab heute starting today, from today (onwards); ab erstem oder ersten Mai from the first of May; ab 18 Film, Lokal etc.: no admittance to persons under 183. Reihenfolge etc.: from... (on[wards]); Menge: from... (up[wards]); ab 30 Leute(n ) auch 30 people and up, for groups of 30 and more; ab 100 Exemplare(n) from 100 copiesII Adv.1. zeitlich: from; von heute ab starting today, from today; von jetzt ab from now on, in future (Am. the future); ab und zu oder nordd. an now and then, from time to time, occasionally2. räumlich: von hier ab from here on(wards); ab mit dir! oder ab ( geht) die Post! oder ab durch die Mitte! umg. off you go now; ab ins Bett! umg. off to bed (with you)!3. umg.: ab sein (abgegangen sein) have come ( oder fallen) off allg.; (erschöpft sein) be knackered (Am. wiped out) umg.4. EISENB. Hamburg ab 20.15 dep. (= departure) Hamburg 20.157. MIL.: Gewehr / Helm ab! order arms / helmet(s) off!* * *from (Präp.); off (Adv.); away (Adv.)* * *[ap]1. advoff, away; (THEAT) exit sing, exeunt plab Hamburg — after Hamburg
München ab 12.20 Uhr (Rail) — leaving Munich 12.20
ab nach Hause — go home, off you go home (Brit)
ab ins Bett mit euch! — off to bed with you or you go (Brit), time for bed
Mütze/Helm ab! — caps/hats off
ab durch die Mitte (inf) — beat it! (inf), hop it! (inf)
kommt jetzt, ab durch die Mitte! — come on, let's beat (inf) or hop (Brit inf) it!
an — from time to time, now and again, now and then
See:→ von2. prep +datViertel ab 7 — a quarter past or after (US) 7
* * ** * *ab[ap]I. advzur Post geht es an der Kreuzung links \ab the post office is off to the left at the crossroadsdas Lokal ist mir zu weit \ab the pub is too far awaydas liegt zu weit \ab vom Weg that's too far off the beaten track2. (abgetrennt) off\ab sein (fam) to be broken [off]der Henkel ist \ab the handle has come off [or is broken]mein Knopf ist \ab I've lost a buttonerst muss die alte Farbe \ab first you have to remove the old paint3. (abgehend) fromFrankfurt \ab 19 Uhr, New York an 20 Uhr Ortszeit departing Frankfurt [at] 19.00, arriving New York [at] 20.00 local time4. THEAT exit\ab Hamlet Hamlet goes [or departs5. (in Befehlen) off\ab, ihr beiden, Hände waschen! off you two, go and wash your hands!\ab ins Bett! off to bed!\ab nach Hause! off home with you!auf ihr beiden, \ab nach oben/unten! come on both of you, up/down you go!Gewehr \ab! MIL order arms!6.1. (räumlich) fromwir fliegen \ab allen deutschen Flughäfen we fly from all German airportsder Zug fährt \ab Köln the train departs from Cologne\ab wo? from where?Sie erhalten das Heft \ab der nächsten Ausgabe you will receive the magazine from the next issue onwards\ab heute/kommenden Mai as of [or from] today/next May\ab jetzt from now [on]Kinder \ab 14 Jahren children from the age of 14 up\ab sofort as of now\ab wann... from when...\ab wann können wir uns anmelden? from when can we register?\ab wann gelten die neuen Preise? when do the new prices come into effect?\ab diesem Zeitpunkt from that time on3. ÖKON exPreis \ab Fabrik/Werk price ex factory/works\ab einem bestimmten Einkommen erhöht sich der Steuersatz from a certain income up a higher rate of tax has to be paid\ab 100 Stück gewähren wir Rabatt from 100 pieces [up] we offer a discount\ab welchem Dienstgrad steht einem Wohngeld zu? from which rank [up] are you entitled to housing allowance?ich suche ein Geschenk \ab €10 I'm looking for a present from €10 on\ab Seite 30/Kapitel 3 from page 30/chapter 3/ [on]Viertel \ab 8 quarter past eight\ab Kassette on tape* * *1.1) (zeitlich) fromJugendliche ab 16 Jahren — young people over the age of 16
ab [dem] 3. April — from the 3rd of April
2) (bes. Kaufmannsspr.): (räumlich) ex3) ([Rang]folge) from... on[wards]2.ab 20 Euro — from 20 euros [upwards]
1) (weg) off; awaynicht weit ab vom Weg — not far [away] from the path
an der Kreuzung links ab — turn off left at the junction
[an etwas (Dat.)] ab sein — (ugs.): (sich von etwas gelöst haben) have come off [something]
2) (ugs.): (Aufforderung) off; awayab die Post — (fig.) off you/we etc. go
ab nach Kassel — (fig.) it's off and away
3) (milit. Kommando)4)* * ** * *1.1) (zeitlich) fromab [dem] 3. April — from the 3rd of April
2) (bes. Kaufmannsspr.): (räumlich) ex3) ([Rang]folge) from... on[wards]2.ab 20 Euro — from 20 euros [upwards]
1) (weg) off; awaynicht weit ab vom Weg — not far [away] from the path
[an etwas (Dat.)] ab sein — (ugs.): (sich von etwas gelöst haben) have come off [something]
2) (ugs.): (Aufforderung) off; awayab die Post — (fig.) off you/we etc. go
ab nach Kassel — (fig.) it's off and away
3) (milit. Kommando)4)* * *adj.ex adj. -
18 пьяный
1) General subject: bacchic, bibacious, blind drunk, (вдребезги) blind to the world, boxed, canned, cock-eyed, disguised with liquor, drunken man, ebrious, flyblown, foxed, geed up, gingery, glassy eyed, groggy, high, in (one's) pot, in (one's) pots, in drink, in liquor, in wine, inebriate, inebrious, intoxicated, jagged, lit up, lush, off (one's) nut, overcome by drink, overcome with drink, overtaken in drink, pickled, pie eyed, pinko, queer, screwy, shot away, slewed, sodden, sotted, sozzled, spiffed, stewed, the worse for liquor, tiddly, tight, up the pole, vinose, vinous, wall eyed, winy, wiped-out2) Naval: shot-away3) Colloquial: baked, boozy, bousy, disguised, drunk back, loaded, lubricated, malty, pie-eyed, plastered, two sheets to the wind, under-the-table, wat, wet, bevvied, stocious, stotious, drunk, drunken, pissed, topsy4) Slang: nimptopsical5) American: frazzled, fuzzled, gaged, glassy-eyed, liquored up, lit, looped, tanked, vulcanized, half-blind, half-canned, half-crocked, belted6) Obsolete: intoxicate7) Military: one over the eight8) Bookish: ebriate9) Jocular: ebriose10) Rare: tempulent11) Law: drunken person12) Australian slang: half-seas-over14) Scottish language: fou as a wulk15) Jargon: Kentucky fried, Rileyed, awash, bagged, bamboozled, banged, barreled up, behind the cork, bewitched, blind, blitzed, blotto, boiled (How can you get so boiled on wine? Как ты мог стать таким пьяным от вина?), bombed, bongoed, boozed up, bottled, bowzed, bruised, buzzey, canned up, clobbered, comfortable, corked (up) (You'd be corked up, too, if you'd drunk as much as I have. Ты тоже был бы пьян если бы выпил столько как я.), corned, crocked, cronk, crumped up, cuckooed, dagged, damaged, decks awash, discouraged, edged, elevated, embalmed, faint, flooey, fluffy, four sheets in the wind, fractured, fried, geared up, ginned, glazed, glued, greased, half under, half-corned, half-screwed, half-stewed, hammered, happy (обычно слегка), high lonesome, hoary-eyed, hooted, hot, hot short, how-come-ye-so, illuminated, in (one's) cups, in the gun, jazzed, jug-steamed, jugged (up), juiced, juiced (up), jungled, keyed up to the roof, lathered, limp, lined, lit to the guards, lit up like the gills, lit up like the guards, loop-legged, lushed-up, maggoty, melted, merry, moppy, mulled mulled up, nazy, noggy, oiled, on the lee lurch, on the wagon, organized, orie-eyed, orry-eyed, oryide, ossified, out of one's skull, over the hump, overset, owl-eyed, owly eyed, paid, parboiled, pasted, pee'd, peonied, pepped, peppedup, peppy, piffed, pifficated, pigeon-eyed, pilfered, piped, pizz, plunked, polished up, polluted, potted (up), preserved, primed, primed to the ears, primed to the muzzle, pruned, rigid, sawed, scammered, schnozzle, scraunched, scronched, scrooched, shikker, slammed (АБ), sleepy, slopped, slopped over, sloshed, smashed, smoked, snapped, snozzle, snozzled, snubbed, snuffy, soaked, soapy-eyed, soshed, soused, sozzly, spifflicated, sprung, squiffed, squiffy, striped, stunned, swacked, swazzled, swiped, tandiged, tangle-footed, teed up, three sheets in (to) the wind, tipped, torn up (alcohol or drug intoxicated: He wasn't just drunk - he was massively tore up), tuned, tweased, tweeked, twisted, varnished, vegetable, wall-eyed, weak-Jointed, well oiled well-oiled, whipped, whipsy, whittled, whooshed, wilted, wing-heavy, woofled, zonked, chipper (A glass of wine will make her chipper almost immediately. Она становится почти сразу пьяной от стакана вина.), flabbergasted (After about six beers, Harry became flabbergasted and slid under the table. После приблизительно шести кружек пива Гэри опьянел и сполз под стол.), belly up (After four beers, I was belly up, for sure. После четырёх бутылок пива, я точно был пьян.), dinged out (Gary is dinged out and can't drive. Гэри пьян и не может управлять автомобилем.), elephant's (He shouldn't be driving! He's bloody elephant's.), piffled (He was so fiffled he couldn't walk. Он был настолько пьян, что не мог идти.), S.F. (How can that guy get so S.F.? Как мог этот парень так опьянеть?), coo-coo (How'd you get coo-coo so soon? Как ты мог так быстро опьянет?), arseholed (I got totally arseholed on Saturday night.), blown up (I guess I'm a little too blow up to drive Я думаю, я чересчур пьян, чтобы управлять автомобилем.), candу (I thing he's too candy to drive. Я думаю он слышком пьян для вождения.), dipsy (I think that Jed is permanently dipsy. Я думаю Джед постоянно пьян.), that way (I'm sorry, but Fred's that way again and can't drive to work. Я извиняюсь, но Фред опять пьян и не может приехать на работу.), glad (In fact, she was too glad to stand up. В действительности она была слишком пьяна чтобы стоять.), blooey (Man, I' m totaly blooey. I'm stoned to the bones. Чувак, я пьян в стельку.), sauced (Man, do you look sauced. Чувак, ты выглядишь пьяным.), clear (Man, is she ever clear. Чувак, она всегда пьяна.), clinched (Oh, brother, are you clinched! Так ты, брат, пьян!), fuzzy (She was too fuzzy to drive home. Она сильно пьяна чтобы ехать домой.), topsy-turvy (She was too topsy-turvy to stand up. Она была слишком пьяна чтобы стоять.), schicker (Two glasses of wine and she was totally schicker. Два стакана вина и она была совершенно пьяна.), floored (You'd be floored, too, if you'd drank a dozen beers. Ты бы тоже был пьян если бы выпил дюжину бутылок пива.), squizzed, stonkered, impaired, swizzled, whistled, whiffled, Brahms and Liszt, blown away, (от вина) grape shot, groggified, rattled, half-baked, half in the bag, half lit, have-sprung, half up the pole, upholstered, both sheets in the wind (She's both sheets in the wind at the moment. В данный момент она пьяна.), boozy-woozy, hard up, walking on rocky socks, hit under the wing, hepped(up), horizontal, honked, honkers, hooched up, screwed tight, screwed, blued, and tattooed, waxed, in the bag, in the suds, in bad shape, in a bad way, in rare form, shagged, shredded, buzzy, jambled, jiggered, skunked, slewy, sizzled, carrying a heavy load, juiced to the gills, electrified, on the sauce, tanky, tan someone's hide, laid to the bone, slugged, slushed (up), waa-zooed, whazood, snooted, snoozamorooed, soggy, loaded to the gills, loaded to the barrel, sopping(wet), soppy, soupy, spifficated, spificated, winged, maggotty, maxed out, starched, starchy, messed up, zagged, zissified, zoobang, zooted, zorked, (игра слов на Mickey Finn) Mickey finished, milled, mopped, mixed (up), moist around the edges, stuccoed, stozzled, muddied (up), muggy, swamped, stung, feshnushkied, flaked out, out cold, out of one's head, out of the way, discomboobulated, swoozled, swozzled, folded, foozlified, perked (up), batted, funked out, fuzzed, thawed, tiddled, gauged, pixilated, pixolated, phfft, pifflicated, pipped(up), tiffled, giffed, plootered, poopied, pop-eyed, popped, tipply, toasted, putrid, psyched (out), pummeled, topsy-boozy, quartzed, put the bed with a shovel, totalled, touched, trammeled, cotton-eyed, pafisticated, packaged, out, all geezed up, balmy, bent, blue, blue-eyed, breezy, cockeyed, cooked, crump, cut, fired up, floating, fogmatic, fresh, full, gassed, geezed, ginned up, grogged, guzzled, half-cocked half cocked, heeled, jake, jammed, jolly, knocked out, lit (особенно в приподнятом настроении), loaded for bear, lushed up, on, out of it, out on the roof, overboard, potted, puggled, pushed, queered, raunchie, raunchy, ready the ready, right, ripe, ripped off, ripped up, rocky, ronchie, rosy, rotten, rum dum, rum-dam, rumdum, sap-happy, screwed, sent, shaved, shot, shot in the neck, steamed up, stiff, stinko, tacky, tired, under the table, under the weather, up a tree, wiped out, woozy, wuzzy, zig-zag16) Simple: lumpy18) Makarov: bibulous, ebriated, overtaken with drink19) Taboo: bladdered (от bladder - мочевой пузырь), langered, leathered, peed, screwed up, shit-faced, shitty, snotted, tight as a fart, wazzed20) Aphorism: cherry- marry21) Idiomatic expression: loaded to the gunwales -
19 off
1. adverb1) (away, at or to a distance)the lake is not far off — der See ist nicht weit [weg od. entfernt]
Christmas is not far off — es ist nicht mehr lang bis Weihnachten
some way off — in einiger Entfernung
I must be off — ich muss fort od. weg od. los
off we go! — (we are starting) los od. ab geht's!; (let us start) gehen/fahren wir!
get the lid off — den Deckel abbekommen
the meat etc. is off — das Fleisch usw. ist schlecht [geworden]
be a bit off — (Brit. fig.) ein starkes Stück sein (ugs.)
3)the light/radio etc. is off — das Licht/Radio usw. ist aus
4)is Sunday's picnic off? — fällt das Picknick am Sonntag aus?
off and on — immer mal wieder (ugs.)
on my day off — an meinem freien Tag
take/get/have a week etc. off — eine Woche usw. Urlaub nehmen/bekommen/haben
6) (no longer available)soup etc. is off — es gibt keine Suppe usw. mehr
7) (situated as regards money etc.)he is badly etc. off — er ist schlecht usw. gestellt
how are you off for food? — wieviel Essbares hast du noch?
2. prepositionbe badly off for something — mit etwas knapp sein
1) (from) von2)be off school/work — in der Schule/am Arbeitsplatz fehlen
get off the subject — [vom Thema] abschweifen
4) (designed not to cover)off-the-shoulder — schulterfrei [Kleid]
be off something — etwas leid sein od. haben (ugs.)
6) (leading from, not far from)just off the square — ganz in der Nähe des Platzes
3. adjectivea street off the main road — eine Straße, die von der Hauptstraße abgeht
the off side — (Brit.) (when travelling on the left/right) die rechte/linke Seite
* * *(to register or record time of arriving at or leaving work.) ein-, ausstempeln* * *[ɒf, AM ɑ:f]I. prephe wiped all the dust \off the tables er wischte den ganzen Staub von den Tischenplease take your foot \off mine nimm bitte deinen Fuß von meinem [herunter]keep your dog \off my property! halten Sie Ihren Hund von meinem Grundstück fern!has anyone taken a book \off my desk? hat jemand ein Buch von meinem Tisch genommen?I can't get this paint \off my hands ich bekomme die Farbe nicht von meinen Händen abthat cherry stain won't come \off the shirt dieser Kirschfleck geht nicht aus dem Hemd heraushe cut a piece \off the cheese er schnitt ein Stück Käse abto be \off the air RADIO, TV nicht mehr sendenthe TV station goes \off the air at 11:30 pm die Fernsehstation beendet ihr Programm um 23.30 Uhrthey jumped \off the cliff sie sprangen von der Klippethe boy fell \off his bike several times der Junge fiel ein paar Mal von seinem Fahrrad [herunter]he rolled \off the bed er rollte aus dem Bettthe coat slipped \off his arms der Mantel rutschte von seinen Armenlet's get \off the bus at the next stop lass uns bei der nächsten Bushaltestelle aussteigento get \off sb/sth ( fam) jdn/etw in Ruhe lassensingle wires are leading \off the main lines einzelne Drähte führen von der Hauptleitung weghe managed to stay \off alcohol er schaffte es, keinen Alkohol mehr anzurühren\off the point nicht relevantsomehow we keep getting \off the point irgendwie kommen wir immer vom Thema ab\off the record inoffiziell, nicht für die Öffentlichkeit bestimmt\off the subject nicht zum Thema gehörendI wish we could talk about something \off the subjects of sports and cars ich würde gerne mal über ein anderes Thema als Sport oder Autos redento get \off the subject vom Thema abschweifena long way \off doing sth weit davon entfernt, etw zu tunwe're still a long way \off finishing es dauert noch lange, bis wir fertig sindfar \off weit entfernthow far \off finishing the project are we? wie lange werden wir noch brauchen, um das Projekt abzuschließen?just \off sth in der Nähe einer S. genthey live just \off the main street sie wohnen gleich an der Hauptstraßeto anchor \off Blue Bay vor Blue Bay ankernsix miles \off Dunkirk sechs Meilen vor Dünkirchen6. (absent from)to be \off work am Arbeitsplatz fehlenhe's been \off work for over six months er war seit sechs Monaten nicht mehr bei der Arbeit▪ to be \off sb/sth von jdm/etw genug habento be \off one's food keinen Appetit habento go \off sb/sth jdn/etw nicht mehr mögenI used to love wine but I've gone \off it recently ich habe immer gerne Wein getrunken, aber seit Kurzem mag ich keinen mehr8. (not taking)▪ to be \off sth etw nicht mehr einnehmen müssenshe's well enough to be \off the medicine es geht ihr gut genug, dass sie die Medizin absetzen kannto be \off the tablets ohne die Tabletten auskommento come \off the pill die Pille nicht mehr nehmen9. (subsisting)they live \off a small inheritance sie leben von einer kleinen Erbschaftthe car runs \off solar energy der Wagen läuft mit Solarenergie10. (from source)I don't like taking money \off you ich möchte kein Geld von dir nehmenthe girl bought the boy's old bike \off him das Mädchen kaufte dem Jungen sein altes Rad abto get sth \off sb ( fam) etw von jdm bekommenI take $10 \off the price of the jeans for you ich lasse Ihnen 10 Dollar vom Preis für die Jeans nachthere was $40 or $50 \off most jackets in the shop die meisten Jacken in dem Laden waren um 40 oder 50 Dollar billiger12.to be \off beam daneben liegen fam▶ \off the cuff aus dem Stegreif▶ \off one's head nicht ganz bei Trosthe's \off his head er ist nicht mehr ganz bei Trostshe went completely \off her head sie hat komplett den Verstand verloren▶ \off the top of one's head aus dem Stegreifto go \off the wall ausflippen fam1. (not on) aus2. (away) weg-let's try to \off early tomorrow lass uns versuchen, morgen frühzeitig loszukommenI didn't get \off to a very good start this morning der Tag hat für mich nicht gut angefangenshe's \off to Canada next week sie fährt nächste Woche nach Kanadato drive \off wegfahrento go \off weggehenI'm just going \off to the shops ich gehe nur schnell mal einkaufento see sb \off jdn verabschieden3. (removed) ab-I'll take my jacket \off ich ziehe meine Jacke aushe helped her \off with her jacket er half ihr aus der Jackeone of my buttons has come \off einer von meinen Knöpfen ist abgegangen\off with his head! Kopf ab!\off with your jacket! zieh die Jacke aus!4. (completely)between us we managed to finish \off eight bottles of wine ( fam) zusammen schafften wir es, acht Flaschen Wein zu leerento burn \off ⇆ sth etw verbrennento kill \off ⇆ sth etw vernichten [o ausrotten]to kill \off germs Keime abtötento pay \off ⇆ sth etw abbezahlen5. (in bad shape) schlecht6. (distant in time) entferntyour birthday is only one week \off dein Geburtstag ist schon in einer Wocheto be far \off weit weg seinthe exams are so far \off es ist noch so lange hin bis zu den Prüfungen7. (stopped) abgesagtthe wedding's \off die Hochzeit ist abgeblasen famhis hockey match was rained \off sein Hockeyspiel fand wegen Regen nicht stattto call sth \off etw absagen8. (discounted) reduziertthere's 40% \off this week on all winter coats diese Woche gibt es einen Preisnachlass von 40 % auf alle Wintermäntelto get money \off Rabatt bekommen9. (separated)to shut \off streets Straßen sperrento fence sth \off etw abzäunen10. (expressing riddance)we went out to walk \off some of our dinner wir ging raus, um einen Verdauungsspaziergang zu machenhe's gone to sleep \off a headache after rather too much alcohol er ist dabei, seinen Kater auszuschlafento laugh sth \off etw mit einem Lachen abtunI can't find the \off switch ich kann den Schalter nicht findenthe cream is \off die Sahne hat einen Stich BRD3. (not at work)▪ to be \off freihabento have/take some time \off einige Zeit freibekommen/freinehmenI'm having an \off day today ich habe heute einen schlechten Tag5. (provided for)sb is badly/well \off jdm geht es [finanziell] schlecht/gut, jd ist schlecht/gut dran famI'm quite well \off for sweaters was Pullover angeht, bin ich gut ausgestattethow are you \off for money? BRIT, AUS wie sieht es bei dir mit dem Geld aus?that's a bit \off das ist ein dicker Hund [o nicht die feine Art] famto be ready for the \off bereit zum Gehen seinV. vt AM (sl)* * *[ɒf]1. adv1)the house is 5 km off — das Haus ist 5 km entferntsome way off (from here) — in einiger Entfernung (von hier)
it's a long way off — das ist weit weg; (time) das liegt in weiter Ferne
August isn't/the exams aren't very far off —
noises off (Theat) — Geräusche pl hinter den Kulissen
2)to be/go off — gehen(be) off with you! — fort mit dir!, mach, dass du wegkommst!
it's time I was off — es wird or ist (höchste) Zeit, dass ich gehe
where are you off to? — wohin gehen Sie denn?, wohin gehts denn? (inf)
off we go! — los!, auf los gehts los!, na denn man los! (inf)
3)he had his coat off — er hatte den Mantel aushe helped me off with my coat — er half mir aus dem Mantel
there are two buttons off — es fehlen zwei Knöpfe, da sind zwei Knöpfe ab
off with his head! — herunter mit seinem Kopf!, Kopf ab!
4)3% off for cash (Comm) — 3% Skonto, bei Barzahlung 3%
to give sb £5/something off — jdm £ 5 Ermäßigung/eine Ermäßigung geben
he let me have £5 off — er gab es mir (um) £ 5 billiger
5)(= not at work)
to have time off to do sth — (Zeit) freibekommen haben, um etw zu tunshe's nearly always off on Tuesdays — dienstags hat sie fast immer frei
6)off and on, on and off — ab und zu, ab und an2. adj1) attr (= substandard) year, day etc schlechtthe bet/agreement is off — die Wette/Abmachung gilt nicht (mehr)
4) TV, light, machine aus(geschaltet); tap zu(gedreht)the gas/electricity was off — das Gas/der Strom war abgeschaltet
5)they are badly/well or comfortably off — sie sind nicht gut/(ganz) gut gestellt, sie stehen sich schlecht/(ganz) gut
I am badly off for money/time —
how are we off for time? — wie sieht es mit der Zeit aus?, wie viel Zeit haben wir noch?
he is better/worse off staying in England — er steht sich in England besser/schlechter
6) predhe was quite a bit off in his calculations — er hatte sich in seinen Berechnungen ziemlich or schwer (inf) vertan
7) pred (inf)it's a bit off not letting me know — das ist ja nicht die feine Art, mir nicht Bescheid zu sagen
she's been a bit off with me all week — sie hat sich die ganze Woche mir gegenüber etwas komisch verhalten
3. prep1) (indicating motion, removal etc) von (+dat)he jumped off the roof — er sprang vom Dach
I'll take something off the price for you — ich lasse Ihnen vom or im Preis etwas nach
he got £2 off the shirt — er bekam das Hemd £ 2 billiger
2) (= distant from) ab(gelegen) von (+dat); (= in a side street from) in einer Nebenstraße von (+dat); (NAUT) vor (+dat)the house was just off the main road — das Haus lag in unmittelbarer Nähe der Hauptstraße
just off Piccadilly — in der Nähe von Piccadilly, gleich bei Piccadilly
3)See:* * *off [ɒf]A adv1. (meist in Verbindung mit Verben) fort, weg, davon:a) weg oder fort sein,b) (weg)gehen,c) SPORT starten;be off!, off you go!, off with you! fort mit dir!, weg!;off to bed with you! ins Bett mit euch!;where are you off to? wo gehst du hin?;he’s off sick today er hat sich für heute krankgemeldet2. ab…, aus…, los…:the apple is off der Apfel ist ab;3. weg, entfernt:4. Zeitpunkt: von jetzt an, hin:Christmas is a week off bis Weihnachten ist es eine Woche;a) ab und zu, hin und wieder,b) ab und an, mit (kurzen) Unterbrechungen5. 5% off WIRTSCH 5% Nachlass6. TECH aus (geschaltet), abgeschaltet, abgestellt (Maschine, Radio etc), (ab)gesperrt (Gas etc), zu (Hahn etc):“off” „aus“7. be off ausfallen, nicht stattfinden:the bet is off die Wette gilt nicht mehr;their engagement is off sie haben ihre Verlobung gelöst;8. aus(gegangen), (aus)verkauft, nicht mehr vorrätig, alle:9. frei (von Arbeit):take a day off sich einen Tag freinehmen;have one day a week off einen Tag in der Woche freihaben;give sb the afternoon off jemandem den Nachmittag freigeben;she’s off today sie hat heute ihren freien Tag10. ganz, zu Ende: → die Verbindungen mit den verschiedenen Verben11. WIRTSCH flau:12. nicht mehr frisch, (leicht) verdorben (Nahrungsmittel):the milk is off die Milch hat einen Stich umg13. SPORT nicht in Form14. besonders US im Irrtum:you are off on that point da bist du auf dem Holzweg umg16. SCHIFF vom Lande etc abhow are you off for …? wie sieht es bei dir mit … aus?, wie steht es bei dir mit …?B präpclimb off the horse vom Pferd (herunter)steigen;take sth off the table etwas vom Tisch (weg)nehmen;he drove them off the seas er vertrieb sie von den Weltmeeren;eat off a plate von einem Teller essen;cut a slice off the loaf eine Scheibe vom Laib abschneiden;2. weg von, entfernt von, abseits von (oder gen), von … ab:a street off Piccadilly eine Seitenstraße von Piccadilly;off the ball SPORT ohne Ball;sing off the note falsch singen;be off size vom Maß abweichen4. be off stha) etwas nicht mehr mögen,b) kuriert von etwas sein umg:5. SCHIFF auf der Höhe von Trafalgar etc, vor der Küste etc:C adj1. (weiter) entfernt2. Seiten…, Neben…:3. fig Neben…, sekundär, nebensächlich4. recht(er, e, es) (von Tieren, Fuhrwerken etc):the off hind leg das rechte Hinterbein;the off horse das rechte Pferd, das Handpferd5. SCHIFF weiter von der Küste entfernt, seewärts gelegen6. ab(-), los(gegangen), weg:the button is off der Knopf ist ab7. (arbeits-, dienst)frei:an off day ein freier Tag ( → C 8)8. schlecht:an off day ein schlechter Tag (an dem alles misslingt) ( → C 7);I’m having one of my off days heute geht mir alles schief, das ist heute nicht mein Tag;he must have written this on an off day er muss einen schlechten Tag gehabt haben, als er das geschrieben hat;off shade Fehlfarbe fD v/t US sl jemanden umlegenE v/i meist imp verschwindenF int fort!, weg!, raus!:hands off! Hände weg!* * *1. adverb1) (away, at or to a distance)the lake is not far off — der See ist nicht weit [weg od. entfernt]
I must be off — ich muss fort od. weg od. los
off we go! — (we are starting) los od. ab geht's!; (let us start) gehen/fahren wir!
2) (not in good condition) mitgenommenthe meat etc. is off — das Fleisch usw. ist schlecht [geworden]
be a bit off — (Brit. fig.) ein starkes Stück sein (ugs.)
3)be off — (switched or turned off) [Wasser, Gas, Strom:] abgestellt sein
the light/radio etc. is off — das Licht/Radio usw. ist aus
4)be off — (cancelled) abgesagt sein; [Verlobung:] [auf]gelöst sein
off and on — immer mal wieder (ugs.)
5) (not at work) freitake/get/have a week etc. off — eine Woche usw. Urlaub nehmen/bekommen/haben
soup etc. is off — es gibt keine Suppe usw. mehr
7) (situated as regards money etc.)2. prepositionhe is badly etc. off — er ist schlecht usw. gestellt
1) (from) von2)be off school/work — in der Schule/am Arbeitsplatz fehlen
get off the subject — [vom Thema] abschweifen
off-the-shoulder — schulterfrei [Kleid]
be off something — etwas leid sein od. haben (ugs.)
6) (leading from, not far from)a street off the main road — eine Straße, die von der Hauptstraße abgeht
7) (to seaward of) vor (+ Dat.)3. adjectivethe off side — (Brit.) (when travelling on the left/right) die rechte/linke Seite
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vt/i (hat gewischt)1. wipe; Staub wischen dust; mit der Hand über den Tisch wischen wipe one’s hand over the table; mit dem Ärmel über das Bild wischen (und es verschmieren) brush the picture with one’s sleeve, brush one’s sleeve over the picture; sich (Dat) den Schweiß von der Stirn wischen wipe the sweat from one’s brow; sich (Dat) den Schlaf aus den Augen wischen rub the sleep out of one’s eyes; jemandes Einwände vom Tisch wischen fig. sweep aside s.o.’s objections2. (säubern) wipe; ( feucht) wischen (Fußboden, Küche etc.) mop, swab; sie wischte sich die Augen / die Stirn / den Mund she wiped her eyes / forehead / mouth3. umg., fig.: jemandem eine wischen give s.o. a clip (a)round the ears; eine gewischt bekommen (Ohrfeige) get a clip (a)round the ear; einen gewischt bekommen (Stromschlag) get a shock4. schw. (fegen, kehren) sweep (the floor)—v/i (ist gewischt) (sich schnell bewegen) whisk* * *to wipe; to whisk* * *wị|schen ['vɪʃn]1. vtito wipe; (= mit Lappen reinigen) to wipe clean; (Sw = fegen) to sweepmit einem Tuch über eine Schallplatte wischen —
sie wischte ihm/sich den Schweiß mit einem Handtuch von der Stirn — she wiped the sweat from his/her brow with a towel
Bedenken/Einwände (einfach) vom Tisch wischen (fig) — to sweep aside thoughts/objections
2. vi aux sein(= sich schnell bewegen) to whisk3. vt (inf)jdm eine wischen — to clout sb one (Brit inf), to clobber sb (inf)
* * *das1) (an act of mopping: He gave the floor a quick mop.) mop2) (to rub or wipe with a mop: She mopped the kitchen floor.) mop3) (a rapid, sweeping motion.) whisk4) (to remove by rubbing with a cloth, paper etc: The child wiped her tears away with her handkerchief; Wipe that writing off (the blackboard); Please wipe up that spilt milk.) wipe5) (an act of cleaning by rubbing: Give the table a wipe.) wipe* * *wi·schen[ˈvɪʃn̩]I. vt▪ etw \wischen to wipe sth2. (abwischen)▪ etw \wischen to sweep sth4.II. vi1. (putzen)haben Sie im Bad schon gewischt? have you already done [or cleaned] the bathroom?* * *intransitives, transitives Verb wipeetwas von etwas wischen — wipe something off or from something
Staub wischen — do the dusting; dust
* * *wischen1 v/t & v/i (hat gewischt)1. wipe;Staub wischen dust;mit der Hand über den Tisch wischen wipe one’s hand over the table;mit dem Ärmel über das Bild wischen (und es verschmieren) brush the picture with one’s sleeve, brush one’s sleeve over the picture;sich (dat)den Schweiß von der Stirn wischen wipe the sweat from one’s brow;sich (dat)den Schlaf aus den Augen wischen rub the sleep out of one’s eyes;jemandes Einwände vom Tisch wischen fig sweep aside sb’s objections2. (säubern) wipe;(feucht) wischen (Fußboden, Küche etc) mop, swab;sie wischte sich die Augen/die Stirn/den Mund she wiped her eyes/forehead/mouth3. umg, fig:jemandem eine wischen give sb a clip (a)round the ears;eine gewischt bekommen (Ohrfeige) get a clip (a)round the ear;einen gewischt bekommen (Stromschlag) get a shock4. schweiz (fegen, kehren) sweep (the floor)wischen2 v/i (ist gewischt) (sich schnell bewegen) whisk* * *intransitives, transitives Verb wipeetwas von etwas wischen — wipe something off or from something
Staub wischen — do the dusting; dust
* * *v.to smear v.to whisk v.to wipe v.
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