We do a lot of entertaining

entertaining [‚entəˈteɪnɪŋ]

1. adjective

2. noun

• she loves entertaining elle adore recevoir

• this dish is ideal for entertaining c'est un plat idéal quand on reçoit

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adjective divertissant

noun art m de recevoir

entertaining

A adj divertissant.

B n ( art) art m de recevoir ; they do a lot of entertaining ils reçoivent beaucoup ; I love entertaining j'adore recevoir ; ideal for entertaining! parfait pour recevoir vos amis!

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adjective (amusing: entertaining stories.) unterhaltend

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[ˌentəˈteɪnɪŋ, AM -t̬ɚˈ-]

I. adj unterhaltsam

an \entertaining evening ein reizender Abend

an \entertaining speaker ein gewitzter [o gewandter] Redner

II. n no pl

to do a lot of \entertaining häufig jdn bewirten

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1. adj

2. n

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entertaining

A adj (adv entertainingly) unterhaltend, amüsant, unterhaltsam

B s:

they do a great deal of entertaining sie haben oft Gäste

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unterhaltend adj. adv.

unterhaltsam adv.

adjective (amusing: entertaining stories.) divertido, entretenido

entertaining adj entretenido / divertido

tr[entə'teɪnɪŋ]

adjective

1 divertido,-a, entretenido,-a

• divertido, -a adj.

• entretenido, -a adj.

• gracioso, -a adj.

adjective <book/movie/anecdote> entretenido, ameno; < person> divertido

ADJ [person] divertido; [film, book, account, evening] entretenido, ameno

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adjective <book/movie/anecdote> entretenido, ameno; < person> divertido

aggettivo divertente, piacevole

nome (art)

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adjective (amusing: entertaining stories.) divertente

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A a.

B n. [u]

1 intrattenimenti (pl.): corporate entertaining, intrattenimenti organizzati da una società ( per visitatori, clienti, ecc.)

2 il ricevere; il dare party, ricevimenti, ecc.: We do a lot of entertaining, riceviamo molto; al fresco entertaining, ricevimenti all'aperto.

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aggettivo divertente, piacevole

nome (art)

en·ter·tain·ing [ˌentəʼteɪnɪŋ, Am -t̬ɚʼ-] adj

unterhaltsam;

an \entertaining evening ein reizender Abend;

an \entertaining speaker ein gewitzter [o gewandter] Redner n

to do a lot of \entertaining häufig jdn bewirten

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adjective (amusing: entertaining stories.) zabawny

1. adj

2. n

entertaining [‚entə'teɪnɪŋ]

1 noun

∎ she enjoys entertaining elle aime bien recevoir;

∎ they do a lot of business entertaining ils donnent pas mal de réceptions d'affaires

2 adjective

amusant, divertissant

1 grande; grosso; voluminoso; vasto: big toe, alluce; a big house, una grande casa; DIALOGO → - Shoes- They're a bit big, mi stanno un po' grandi; He has got a big heart, ha un gran cuore; è generoso; great big, grandissimo; enorme; grande e grosso: He's got great big eyes, ha degli occhi grandissimi; She had curly hair and a great big nose, aveva i capelli ricci e un gran nasone

2 (attr.) grande ( d'età); maggiore: You're a big boy now, ormai sei grande; my big brother, il mio fratello maggiore

3 importante; notevole; grande; grosso; serio; forte: big news, grosse novità; a big success, un grande successo; a big mistake, un grosso errore; a big decision, una decisione importante; a big landowner, un grosso possidente; the big day, il gran giorno; the Big Four [Five, Six, etc.], i (o le) quattro [cinque, sei, ecc.] Grandi (banche, società, ecc.); a big rise in prices, un forte aumento dei prezzi; a big appetite, un forte appetito; a big eater, un gran mangiatore; a big spender, uno che spende e spande; uno spendaccione; He's very big in showbiz, è molto importante (o è un pezzo grosso) nel mondo dello spettacolo; (iron.) big idea, idea grandiosa; gran progetto; trovata; alzata d'ingegno

4 (fam.) ambizioso; grande; grandioso: big plans, progetti ambiziosi; to think big, pensare in grande; fare grandi progetti

5 (fam.) entusiasta; gran: a big soccer fan, un gran tifoso (o un patito) del calcio

6 (pred.) (fam., spesso iron.) generoso: That's very big of you!, è molto generoso da parte tua; che generosità!

7 (fam.) famoso; molto in voga; di successo

8 – (arc., di donna) big with, incinta di

● (fam. USA) the Big Apple, New York □ big-ass ► bigass □ the big bad wolf, il lupo cattivo □ (mus.) big band, big band; grande orchestra jazz o da ballo □ (astron.) the big bang, il big bang □ (fin., in GB) the Big Bang, la deregolamentazione e computerizzazione della Borsa Valori di Londra ( il 27 dicembre 1986) □ big-bellied, panciuto; ( di femmina) incinta, gravida □ (in GB) Big Ben, il Big Ben NOTE DI CULTURA: Big Ben: è propriamente il nome della campana della torre del Parlamento a Londra, fusa nel 1856 e così chiamata in onore di Benjamin Hall, allora direttore dei lavori pubblici; ormai il nome viene anche usato per indicare la torre stessa e l'orologio, famoso per la sua accuratezza e per essere usato come segnale orario dalla BBC □ (fin., in USA) the Big Board, il cartellone delle quotazioni ( alla Borsa Valori di New York); la Borsa Valori di New York □ big-boned, di forte ossatura; robusto □ Big Brother, Grande Fratello; dittatore □ (fam. USA) big bucks = big money ► sotto □ (fam.) big bug ► bigwig □ big business, attività commerciale redditizia; ( anche) le grandi società, le grandi imprese, la grande industria □ big cat, grosso felino (leone, tigre, leopardo, ecc.) □ (fam. scherz.) big cheese, pezzo grosso □ (astron.) big crunch, «big crunch» ( collasso della materia con cui avrà fine la vita dell'universo) □ ( slang USA) big daddy, capo; capoccia; boss □ ( slang USA) big deal, roba grossa; pezzo grosso: to make a big deal out of st., fare un sacco di storie per qc.; fare un affare di stato (o un dramma) di qc.; (iron.) Big deal!, sai che roba!; bell'affare!; no big deal, niente di speciale; roba da poco; What's the big deal?, e con ciò?; embè? □ (GB) big dipper, (le) montagne russe ( nei luna park) □ (astron., USA) the Big Dipper, l'Orsa Maggiore □ (mecc.) big end, testa ( di pistone) □ (fam. USA) the Big Easy, New Orleans □ big game, le grosse fiere ( come preda di caccia): big-game hunting, caccia grossa □ (fam.) big girl's blouse, smidollato; femminuccia □ ( USA) big government, governo (o Stato) troppo assistenziale; Stato troppo invadente; statalismo □ (fam. USA) big gun, pezzo grosso; persona influente □ big hair, pettinatura cotonata; testa cotonata □ (fam.) big-head, tipo presuntuoso; tipo spocchioso □ (fam.) big-headed, presuntuoso; spocchioso □ big-hearted, generoso; buono □ (fam.) big-hitter, ( persona) pezzo grosso; big; ( cosa) hit; successo □ the big house, la casa più importante (di un villaggio, un circondario); la casa dei signori □ ( USA) the big league, ( baseball) la serie A; (fig. fam.) i grandi, i campioni □ (fam. USA) big-league (agg.), grosso; importante; serio □ (fam.) big money, somme enormi; un sacco di soldi; soldi a palate: This is where the big money is, qui si fanno un sacco di soldi □ (fam.) big-mouth, uno che parla troppo o a sproposito; chiacchierone; lingua lunga □ (fam.) big-mouthed, chiacchierone; che ha la lingua lunga; che non sa tenere la lingua a posto □ (fam.) big name, persona famosa; grosso nome □ (fam.) big noise = big shot ► sotto □ ( slang USA) a big one, (un biglietto da) mille dollari □ ( USA) the big one, il grande evento; il grande momento; il gran giorno; ‘quello grosso’ (uragano, terremoto, ecc.) □ the big screen, il grande schermo; il cinema □ (fam.) big science, la grande ricerca scientifica □ (fam.) big shot, pezzo grosso; persona influente □ (fam.) big-shot (agg.), importante; influente; grosso □ (fin., stor.) the big slump, il tracollo ( della Borsa Valori) di Wall Street ( nel 1929) □ (fam. GB) the Big Smoke, Londra □ (fam.) the big stick, la maniera forte; l'uso della forza; il bastone □ (fam. USA) big talk, promesse vuote; millanterie; vanterie; spacconate □ (polit.) big-tent party, partito che riunisce diverse ideologie e punti di vista eterogenei □ (fam. USA) big-ticket (agg.), costoso; caro □ ( slang) the big time, l'apice di una professione, una carriera, un'attività; ( per estens.) il successo, la fama: to hit (o to make it to) the big time, arrivare al successo; sfondare □ ( slang) big-time (agg.), molto importante; grosso; di alto livello □ ( slang) big time (avv.), molto; alla grande (fam.): You've screwed it up big time!, hai fatto proprio un gran casino □ ( slang) big-timer, personaggio di primo piano; pezzo grosso; peso massimo □ the big top, il tendone ( del circo) □ (bot., USA) big tree ( Sequoiadendron giganteum), sequoia gigante □ big wheel, ruota gigante ( di luna park); ( slang) pezzo grosso □ to get (o to grow) big (o bigger), ingrossare; ingrandire; ingrassare; crescere □ (fam.) to go over big, avere successo; andare forte □ (fam.) in a big way, moltissimo; enormemente; alla grande (fam.): They do a lot of entertaining in a big way, ricevono moltissimo; danno un sacco di ricevimenti □ (fam.) to make it big, avere un gran successo; sfondare □ (fam.) to talk big, vantarsi; fare lo sbruffone; spararle grosse □ too big for one's boots (o, antiq., breeches; USA pants), che si dà un sacco d'arie; che si è montato la testa; presuntuoso.

1) (to receive, and give food etc to (guests): They entertained us to dinner.) recibir

2) (to amuse: His stories entertained us for hours.) divertir, entretener

3) (to hold in the mind: He entertained the hope that he would one day be Prime Minister.) abrigar

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- entertainer

entertain vb

1. entretener

2. recibir / invitar

tr[entə'teɪn]

transitive verb

1 (amuse) entretener, divertir

■ Peter never fails to entertain us with his jokes Peter nunca deja de divertirnos con sus chistes

2 formal use (suggestion etc) considerar, tener en cuenta; (doubts etc) abrigar

3 (invite) recibir, invitar

■ they're always entertaining somebody siempre tienen algún invitado

intransitive verb

1 (act as host) tener invitados

■ they used to entertain a lot solían tener muchos invitados

entertain [.ɛntər'teɪn] vt

1) : recibir, agasajar

to entertain guests: tener invitados

2) consider: considerar, contemplar

3) amuse: entretener, divertir

• abrigar v.

• agasajar v.

• distraer v.

(§pres: -traigo, -traes...) pret: -traj-•)

• divertir v.

• embebecer v.

• entretener v.

(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-

• festejar v.

1) ( amuse) \<\<audience\>\> entretener*

2) ( give hospitality to)

3) (frml) \<\<idea/suggestion\>\> contemplar, considerar; \<\<doubt/suspicions\>\> abrigar* (frml), albergar* (frml)

1) ( provide entertainment) entretener*

2) ( have guests) recibir

1. VT

1) (=amuse) [+ audience] divertir, entretener

2) (=offer hospitality to) [+ guest] recibir

3) (=consider) [+ idea, hope] abrigar; [+ proposal] tomar en consideración; [+ doubts] albergar

2. VI

1) (=amuse) [book, film, performer] entretener

2) (=have visitors) recibir visitas

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1) ( amuse) \<\<audience\>\> entretener*

2) ( give hospitality to)

3) (frml) \<\<idea/suggestion\>\> contemplar, considerar; \<\<doubt/suspicions\>\> abrigar* (frml), albergar* (frml)

1) ( provide entertainment) entretener*

2) ( have guests) recibir

(coll.) lustig; amüsant

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- academic.ru/29917/funny">funny

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I. n no pl Spaß m, SCHWEIZ a. Vergnügen nt

it was good \fun es hat viel Spaß gemacht; (funny) es war sehr lustig [o witzig]

it's no \fun having to work on Saturdays es ist nicht lustig, samstags arbeiten zu müssen

that sounds like \fun das klingt gut

to be full of \fun (be active) immer unternehmungslustig sein; (be mischievous) nur Dummheiten im Kopf haben

to do sth for \fun [or the \fun of it] [or the \fun of the thing] etw nur [so] zum Spaß [o spaßeshalber] [o fam aus Jux und Tollerei] machen

to do sth in \fun etw im [o zum] Spaß tun

I didn't mean what I said, it was only in \fun ich hab's nicht so gemeint, das war doch nur Spaß

to get a lot of \fun out of [or from] sth viel Spaß an etw dat haben

children get a lot of \fun out of playing with water Kindern macht es großen Spaß, mit Wasser zu spielen

to have [a lot of] \fun [viel] Spaß haben, sich akk [gut [o köstlich]] amüsieren

have \fun! viel Spaß!

have \fun on your vacation! schöne Ferien!

to have \fun at sb's expense sich akk auf jds Kosten amüsieren

to make \fun of [or poke \fun at] sb sich akk über jdn lustig machen

to put the \fun back into sth etw [doch noch] retten

to spoil sb's/the \fun [of sth] jdm den/den Spaß [an etw dat] verderben

to take the \fun out of sth etw verderben

Rolf broke his leg when we went skiing and that took all the \fun out of it als wir im Skiurlaub waren, hat sich Rolf das Bein gebrochen, das hat uns den ganzen Spaß verdorben

like \fun! ( fam) Pustekuchen! fam

what \fun! super! fam

▶ \fun and games das reine Vergnügen

▶ it's not all \fun and games being/doing sth (not easy) es ist nicht immer einfach, etw zu sein/zu tun; (not fun) es ist nicht immer lustig, etw zu sein/zu tun

▶ \fun is \fun and work is work ( prov) erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen

II. adj attr ( fam)

1. (enjoyable) activity lustig

sth is a \fun thing to do etw macht Spaß

going camping would be a real \fun thing to do ich hätte schrecklich Lust, campen zu gehen fam

2. (entertaining) person lustig, witzig

she's a real \fun person ( fam) sie ist echt witzig fam

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1. n

2. adj attr (inf)

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fun [fʌn]

A s Spaß m:

for fun, for the fun of it aus oder zum Spaß, spaßeshalber, zum Vergnügen;

in fun im oder zum Scherz;

like fun! US umg von wegen!;

it is fun (doing sth) es macht Spaß(, etwas zu tun);

it is no fun ( oder there is no fun in) doing sth es macht keinen Spaß, etwas zu tun;

it (he) is great fun es (er) ist sehr amüsant oder lustig;

there is no fun like … es geht nichts über … (akk);

have some fun sich amüsieren;

have fun viel Spaß oder Vergnügen!;

have one’s fun and games umg seinen Spaß oder sein Vergnügen haben, sich amüsieren;

make fun of sb sich über jemanden lustig machen;

make fun of sth auch etwas ins Lächerliche ziehen;

this is nothing to make fun of über so etwas spottet man nicht!;

I don’t see the fun of it ich finde das (gar) nicht komisch; → figure A 5, poke¹ A 5

B adj lustig, spaßig:

fun man → funster;

a fun sport ein Sport, der Spaß macht;

have a fun time sich amüsieren

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(coll.) lustig; amüsant

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Freude -n f.

Scherz -e m.

Spaß ¨-e m.

[fʌn] n

Spaß m;

it was good \fun es hat viel Spaß gemacht;

( funny) es war sehr lustig [o witzig];

it's no \fun having to work on Saturdays es ist nicht lustig, samstags arbeiten zu müssen;

that sounds like \fun das klingt gut;

to be full of \fun ( be active) immer unternehmungslustig sein;

( be mischievous) nur Dummheiten im Kopf haben;

to do sth for \fun [or the \fun of it] [or the \fun of the thing] etw nur [so] zum Spaß [o spaßeshalber]; [o ( fam) aus Jux und Tollerei] machen;

to do sth in \fun etw im [o zum] Spaß tun;

I didn't mean what I said; it was only in \fun ich hab's nicht so gemeint; das war doch nur Spaß;

to get a lot of \fun out of [or from] sth viel Spaß an etw dat haben;

children get a lot of \fun out of playing with water Kindern macht es großen Spaß, mit Wasser zu spielen;

to have [a lot of] \fun [viel] Spaß haben, sich akk [gut [o köstlich] ] amüsieren;

have \fun! viel Spaß!;

have \fun on your vacation! schöne Ferien!;

to have \fun at sb's expense sich akk auf jds Kosten amüsieren;

to make \fun of [or poke \fun at] sb sich akk über jdn lustig machen;

to put the \fun back into sth etw [doch noch] retten;

to spoil sb's/the \fun [of sth] jdm den/den Spaß [an etw dat] verderben;

to take the \fun out of sth etw verderben;

Rolf broke his leg when we went skiing and that took all the \fun out of it als wir im Skiurlaub waren, hat sich Rolf das Bein gebrochen, das hat uns den ganzen Spaß verdorben;

like \fun! ( fam) Pustekuchen! ( fam)

what \fun! super! ( fam)

\fun and games das reine Vergnügen;

it's not all \fun and games being/ doing sth ( not easy) es ist nicht immer einfach, etw zu sein/zu tun;

( not fun) es ist nicht immer lustig, etw zu sein/zu tun; ( iron)

\fun is \fun and work is work ( is work) erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen adj

1) ( enjoyable) activity lustig;

sth is a \fun thing to do etw macht Spaß;

going camping would be a real \fun thing to do ich hätte schrecklich Lust, campen zu gehen ( fam)

2) ( entertaining) person lustig, witzig;

she's a real \fun person ( fam) sie ist echt witzig ( fam)

1) (amusement) Unterhaltung, die

2) (public performance, show) Veranstaltung, die

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1) (something that entertains, eg a theatrical show etc.) die Veranstaltung

2) (the act of entertaining.) die Unterhaltung

3) (amusement; interest: There is no lack of entertainment in the city at night.) die Unterhaltung

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[ˌentəˈteɪnmənt, AM -t̬ɚˈ-]

n Unterhaltung f

to get a lot of \entertainment from sth etw sehr unterhaltsam finden

to provide some \entertainment für ein wenig Unterhaltung sorgen

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1) (= amusement) Unterhaltung f; (professional) Entertainment nt

2) (= performance) Darbietung f

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entertainment s

1. Unterhaltung f:

for sb’s entertainment zu jemandes Unterhaltung;

much to his entertainment sehr zu seiner Belustigung

2. (öffentliche) Unterhaltung, (professionell dargeboten auch) Entertainment n:

a place of entertainment eine Vergnügungsstätte;

entertainment industry Unterhaltungsindustrie f;

entertainment tax Vergnügungssteuer f;

entertainment value Unterhaltungswert m

3. gastliche Aufnahme, Gastfreundschaft f, Bewirtung f:

entertainment allowance WIRTSCH Aufwandsentschädigung f

4. Fest n, Gesellschaft f

5. Erwägung f

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1) (amusement) Unterhaltung, die

2) (public performance, show) Veranstaltung, die

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Unterhaltung f.

- friendly conversation

- continue a conversation

- draw out conversation agreeable to the party