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  • 1 nutzlos

    Adj. useless; (vergeblich) auch futile; präd. auch no use; alles Bitten war nutzlos all our etc. pleading was in vain; es ist nutzlos zu (+ Inf.) it’s useless ( oder pointless, no use) (+ Ger.)
    * * *
    abortive; unprofitable; vain; bootless; useless; sterile; futile
    * * *
    nụtz|los
    1. adj
    1) useless; (= unergiebig, vergeblich) futile, vain attr, in vain pred

    es ist völlig nutzlos, das zu tun — it's absolutely useless or pointless or futile doing that

    2) (= unnötig) needless
    2. adv
    1) (= ohne Nutzen) uselessly
    2) (= unnötig) futilely, in vain

    er hat seine Zeit nutzlos mit Spielen zugebracht — he frittered away or wasted his time playing

    sein Leben nutzlos aufs Spiel setzen — to risk one's life needlessly or unnecessarily

    * * *
    1) (of no use or effect: He tried to revive her but to no avail; His efforts were of no avail.) of no avail
    2) (of no use or effect: He tried to revive her but to no avail; His efforts were of no avail.) to no avail
    3) (useless; having no effect: a futile attempt.) futile
    4) (useless; pointless: It's no good crying for help - no-one will hear you; This penknife is no good - the blades are blunt.) no good
    5) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) idle
    6) (having no use or no effect: Why don't you throw away those useless things?; We can't do it - it's useless to try.) useless
    * * *
    nutz·los
    I. adj futile, useless
    ▪ \nutzlos sein, etw zu tun to be futile to do sth
    der Versuch wäre \nutzlos it would be a waste of time trying
    II. adv in vain pred
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv useless; (vergeblich) futile; vain attrib.; in vain pred.

    es wäre nutzlos, das zu tun — it would be useless or pointless or futile doing that

    2.
    adverbial uselessly; (vergeblich) futilely; in vain
    * * *
    nutzlos adj useless; (vergeblich) auch futile; präd auch no use;
    alles Bitten war nutzlos all our etc pleading was in vain;
    es ist nutzlos zu (+inf) it’s useless ( oder pointless, no use) (+ger) Nutzlosigkeit f uselessness; (Vergeblichkeit) futility
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv useless; (vergeblich) futile; vain attrib.; in vain pred.

    es wäre nutzlos, das zu tun — it would be useless or pointless or futile doing that

    2.
    adverbial uselessly; (vergeblich) futilely; in vain
    * * *
    adj.
    futile adj.
    idle adj.
    needless adj.
    useless adj. adv.
    fustily adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > nutzlos

  • 2 протереть глаза

    I
    • ПРОДИРАТЬ/ПРОДРАТЬ ГЛАЗА highly coll; ПРОТИРАТЬ/ПРОТЕРЕТЬ ГЛАЗА coll; ПРОДИРАТЬ/ПРОДРАТЬ ЗЕНКИ <ГЛАЗЕНАПА obs> substand, rude
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to awaken from sleep:
    - X продрал глаза≈ X opened his eyes;
    - [in limited contexts] X rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
         ♦ [Кухарка:] Только, господи благослови, глаза продерут, сейчас самовар... Только самовара два отопьют, уж третий ставь (Толстой 3). [Woman Cook:] God bless us, as soon as they open their eyes, they have to have their samovar....No sooner have they finished two samovars than they need a third (За).
         ♦ "Я и сегодня пришёл в камеру только в третьем часу ночи. И заснул не сразу... Утром еле глаза продрал..." (Копелев 1). "I only got in last night from working after two in the morning And I couldn't fall asleep right away....I could barely open my eyes in the morning... (1a).
         ♦ Едва продирал я глаза по утрам - тянуло меня не к роману, а Предупреждение ещё раз переписать, это было сильней меня, так во мне и ходило (Солженицын 2). As soon as I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes in the morning I longed to get to my novel, but the urge to rewrite my Warning just once more would be too strong for me, I was so worked up about it (2a).
    II
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. highly coll [usu. imper]
    ⇒ (to begin) to see things as they are, think clearly:
    - протри глаза! - open your eyes!;
    - wake up (to reality)!;
    - come to your senses!
    2. протереть глаза чему, usu. деньгам, денежкам obs, substand. Also: ПРОТЕРЕТЬ ГЛАЗКИ to waste money, spend money senselessly:
    - X протёр глаза деньгам≈ X squandered the money;
    - X blew the money < a fortune>.
    3. протереть глаза кому obs, substand. Also: ПРОТЕРЕТЬ ГЛАЗКИ to prove one's superiority over s.o. in sth., outdo s.o.:
    - X протёр глаза Y-y ≈ X showed Y up;
    - X got the better (the best) of Y.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > протереть глаза

  • 3 Г-90

    ПРОТЕРЕТЬ ГЛАЗА VP subj: human
    1. highly coll
    usu. imper
    (to begin) to see things as they are, think clearly: протри глаза! - open your eyes!
    wake up (to reality)! come to your senses!
    2. - чему, usu. деньгам, денежкам obs, substand. Also: ПРОТЕРЕТЬ ГЛАЗКИ to waste money, spend money senselessly
    X протёр глаза деньгам - X squandered the money
    X blew the money (a fortune).
    3. \Г-90 кому obs, substand. Also: ПРОТЕРЕТЬ ГЛАЗКИ to prove one's superiority over s.o. in sth., outdo s.o.: X протёр глаза Y-y - X showed Y up
    X got the better (the best) of Y.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Г-90

  • 4 протереть глазки

    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. highly coll [usu. imper]
    ⇒ (to begin) to see things as they are, think clearly:
    - протри глаза! - open your eyes!;
    - wake up (to reality)!;
    - come to your senses!
    2. протереть глазки чему, usu. деньгам, денежкам obs, substand. Also: ПРОТЕРЕТЬ ГЛАЗКИ to waste money, spend money senselessly:
    - X протёр глаза деньгам≈ X squandered the money;
    - X blew the money < a fortune>.
    3. протереть глазки кому obs, substand. Also: ПРОТЕРЕТЬ ГЛАЗКИ to prove one's superiority over s.o. in sth., outdo s.o.:
    - X протёр глаза Y-y ≈ X showed Y up;
    - X got the better (the best) of Y.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > протереть глазки

  • 5 Singer, Isaac Merritt

    [br]
    b. 27 October 1811 Pittstown, New York, USA
    d. 23 July 1875 Torquay, Devonshire, England
    [br]
    American inventor of a sewing machine, and pioneer of mass production.
    [br]
    The son of a millwright, Singer was employed as an unskilled labourer at the age of 12, but later gained wide experience as a travelling machinist. He also found employment as an actor. On 16 May 1839, while living at Lockport, Illinois, he obtained his first patent for a rock-drilling machine, but he soon squandered the money he made. Then in 1849, while at Pittsburgh, he secured a patent for a wood-and metal-carving machine that he had begun five years previously; however, a boiler explosion in the factory destroyed his machine and left him penniless.
    Near the end of 1850 Singer was engaged to redesign the Lerow \& Blodgett sewing machine at the Boston shop of Orson C.Phelps, where the machine was being repaired. He built an improved version in eleven days that was sufficiently different for him to patent on 12 August 1851. He formed a partnership with Phelps and G.B. Zieber and they began to market the invention. Singer soon purchased Phelps's interest, although Phelps continued to manufacture the machines. Then Edward Clark acquired a one-third interest and with Singer bought out Zieber. These two, with dark's flair for promotion and marketing, began to create a company which eventually would become the largest manufacturer of sewing machines exported worldwide, with subsidiary factories in England.
    However, first Singer had to defend his patent, which was challenged by an earlier Boston inventor, Elias Howe. Although after a long lawsuit Singer had to pay royalties, it was the Singer machine which eventually captured the market because it could do continuous stitching. In 1856 the Great Sewing Machine Combination, the first important pooling arrangement in American history, was formed to share the various patents so that machines could be built without infringements and manufacture could be expanded without fear of litigation. Singer contributed his monopoly on the needle-bar cam with his 1851 patent. He secured twenty additional patents, so that his original straight-needle vertical design for lock-stitching eventually included such refinements as a continuous wheel-feed, yielding presser-foot, and improved cam for moving the needle-bar. A new model, introduced in 1856, was the first to be intended solely for use in the home.
    Initially Phelps made all the machines for Singer. Then a works was established in New York where the parts were assembled by skilled workers through filing and fitting. Each machine was therefore a "one-off" but Singer machines were always advertised as the best on the market and sold at correspondingly high prices. Gradually, more specialized machine tools were acquired, but it was not until long after Singer had retired to Europe in 1863 that Clark made the change to mass production. Sales of machines numbered 810 in 1853 and 21,000 ten years later.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    12 August 1851, US patent no. 8,294 (sewing machine)
    Further Reading
    Biographies and obituaries have appeared in Appleton's Cyclopedia of America, Vol. V; Dictionary of American Biography, Vol XVII; New York Times 25 July 1875; Scientific American (1875) 33; and National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
    D.A.Hounshell, 1984, From the American System to Mass Production 1800–1932. The
    Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States, Baltimore (provides a thorough account of the development of the Singer sewing machine, the competition it faced from other manufacturers and production methods).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Singer, Isaac Merritt

  • 6 malgastar

    v.
    to waste.
    Ella desbarata el dinero del esposo She squanders her husband's money.
    * * *
    1 to waste, squander
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT [+ tiempo, esfuerzo] to waste; [+ recursos, dinero] to squander, waste; [+ salud] to ruin
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <tiempo/esfuerzo> to waste; <dinero/herencia> to squander
    * * *
    = fritter away, squander.
    Ex. Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
    Ex. By doing this, resources will be squandered.
    ----
    * malgastar dinero = waste + money.
    * quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not.
    * seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <tiempo/esfuerzo> to waste; <dinero/herencia> to squander
    * * *
    = fritter away, squander.

    Ex: Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.

    Ex: By doing this, resources will be squandered.
    * malgastar dinero = waste + money.
    * quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not.
    * seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

    * * *
    malgastar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹tiempo/esfuerzo› to waste
    malgastó su parte de la herencia she squandered her part of the inheritance
    * * *

    malgastar ( conjugate malgastar) verbo transitivo ‹tiempo/esfuerzo› to waste;
    ‹dinero/herencia› to squander
    malgastar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to waste: no malgastes tus fuerzas, don't waste your energy
    ' malgastar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derrochar
    - desaprovechar
    - desperdiciar
    - tirar
    - gastar
    English:
    fritter away
    - squander
    - waste
    - fritter
    * * *
    [dinero, tiempo] to waste
    * * *
    v/t waste
    * * *
    : to squander (resources), to waste (time, effort)
    * * *
    malgastar vb to waste

    Spanish-English dictionary > malgastar

  • 7 dilapidar

    v.
    to squander, to waste.
    * * *
    1 to waste, squander
    * * *
    VT to squander, waste
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) <fortuna/bienes> to squander; < energía> to waste, squander
    * * *
    = fritter away, squander, waste.
    Ex. Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
    Ex. By doing this, resources will be squandered.
    Ex. Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) <fortuna/bienes> to squander; < energía> to waste, squander
    * * *
    = fritter away, squander, waste.

    Ex: Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.

    Ex: By doing this, resources will be squandered.
    Ex: Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.

    * * *
    dilapidar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml); ‹fortuna/bienes› to squander; ‹energía› to waste, squander
    * * *

    dilapidar ( conjugate dilapidar) verbo transitivo
    to squander
    dilapidar verbo transitivo to squander: ha dilapido la herencia de sus padres, she squandered her inheritance from her parents
    ' dilapidar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    liquidar
    English:
    squander
    - dissipate
    - fritter
    * * *
    to squander, to waste
    * * *
    v/t waste, squander
    * * *
    : to waste, to squander

    Spanish-English dictionary > dilapidar

  • 8 В-82

    ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ ПО ВЕТРУ (ПО ВЕТРУ) деньги, состояние, имущество и т. п. VP subj: human to spend (money) wastefully, fritter away (one's fortune) to no purpose, senselessly
    X пустил деньги по ветру - X threw money to the (four) winds
    X threw money out the window (down the drain) X squandered (away) money.
    ...Через двадцать лет упорных трудов мой старик уже имел всё - и детей, и хозяйство, и огромный загон скота... А теперь что? А теперь всем колхозом они не имеют столько скота, сколько он один тогда имел. Пустомели, всё по ветру пустили! (Искандер 3)....After twenty years of unrelenting labor my old man had it all - children, a farm, and a huge pen of stock....And now what? Now they don't have as much stock in the whole kolkhoz as he alone had then. Big talk, but they've thrown it all to the winds! (3a).
    «Ваши брильянты! - закричал он, пугаясь силы своего голоса. - В стул! Кто вас надоумил? Почему вы не дали их мне?» - «Как же было дать вам брильянты, когда вы пустили по ветру имение моей дочери?» - спокойно и зло молвила старуха (Ильф и Петров 1). "Your jewels!" he cried, startled at the loudness of his own voice. "In a chair? Who induced you to do that? Why didn't you give them to me?" "Why should I have given them to you when you squandered away my daughter's estate?" said the old woman quietly and viciously (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-82

  • 9 пускать по ветру

    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ ПО ВЕТРУ < ПО ВЕТРУ> деньги, состояние, имущество и т.п.
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to spend (money) wastefiilly, fritter away (one's fortune) to no purpose, senselessly:
    - X пустил деньги по ветру≈ X threw money to the (four) winds;
    - X squandered (away) money.
         ♦...Через двадцать лет упорных трудов мой старик уже имел всё - и детей, и хозяйство, и огромный загон скота... А теперь что? А теперь всем колхозом они не имеют столько скота, сколько он один тогда имел. Пустомели, всё по ветру пустили! (Искандер 3)....After twenty years of unrelenting labor my old man had it all - children, a farm, and a huge pen of stock....And now what? Now they don't have as much stock in the whole kolkhoz as he alone had then. Big talk, but they've thrown it all to the winds! (3a).
         ♦ "Ваши брильянты! - закричал он, пугаясь силы своего голоса. - В стул! Кто вас надоумил? Почему вы не дали их мне?" - "Как же было дать вам брильянты, когда вы пустили по ветру имение моей дочери?" - спокойно и зло молвила старуха (Ильф и Петров 1). "Your jewels!" he cried, startled at the loudness of his own voice. MIn a chair? Who induced you to do that? Why didn't you give them to me?" "Why should I have given them to you when you squandered away my daughter's estate?" said the old woman quietly and viciously (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пускать по ветру

  • 10 пустить по ветру

    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ ПО ВЕТРУ < ПО ВЕТРУ> деньги, состояние, имущество и т.п.
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to spend (money) wastefiilly, fritter away (one's fortune) to no purpose, senselessly:
    - X пустил деньги по ветру≈ X threw money to the (four) winds;
    - X squandered (away) money.
         ♦...Через двадцать лет упорных трудов мой старик уже имел всё - и детей, и хозяйство, и огромный загон скота... А теперь что? А теперь всем колхозом они не имеют столько скота, сколько он один тогда имел. Пустомели, всё по ветру пустили! (Искандер 3)....After twenty years of unrelenting labor my old man had it all - children, a farm, and a huge pen of stock....And now what? Now they don't have as much stock in the whole kolkhoz as he alone had then. Big talk, but they've thrown it all to the winds! (3a).
         ♦ "Ваши брильянты! - закричал он, пугаясь силы своего голоса. - В стул! Кто вас надоумил? Почему вы не дали их мне?" - "Как же было дать вам брильянты, когда вы пустили по ветру имение моей дочери?" - спокойно и зло молвила старуха (Ильф и Петров 1). "Your jewels!" he cried, startled at the loudness of his own voice. MIn a chair? Who induced you to do that? Why didn't you give them to me?" "Why should I have given them to you when you squandered away my daughter's estate?" said the old woman quietly and viciously (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пустить по ветру

  • 11 desperdiciar

    v.
    to waste.
    Ella desaprovechó el dinero She wasted the money.
    * * *
    1 to waste, squander (oportunidad) to throw away
    * * *
    verb
    2) miss
    * * *
    VT [+ comida, tiempo] to waste; [+ oportunidad] to waste, throw away; [+ fortuna] to waste, squander
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <comida/papel/tela> to waste; < oportunidad> to miss, waste
    * * *
    = waste, squander, go to + waste, fritter away.
    Ex. Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.
    Ex. By doing this, resources will be squandered.
    Ex. The article 'Information: the resource that goes to waste' argues that industry has consistently failed to use the information at its disposal in a coherent and integrated system.
    Ex. Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
    ----
    * desperdiciar tiempo = squander + time.
    * desperdiciar una ocasión = kill + chance.
    * desperdiciar una oportunidad = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunity, spurn + chance.
    * sin desperdiciar un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <comida/papel/tela> to waste; < oportunidad> to miss, waste
    * * *
    = waste, squander, go to + waste, fritter away.

    Ex: Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.

    Ex: By doing this, resources will be squandered.
    Ex: The article 'Information: the resource that goes to waste' argues that industry has consistently failed to use the information at its disposal in a coherent and integrated system.
    Ex: Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
    * desperdiciar tiempo = squander + time.
    * desperdiciar una ocasión = kill + chance.
    * desperdiciar una oportunidad = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunity, spurn + chance.
    * sin desperdiciar un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹comida/papel/tela› to waste; ‹oportunidad› to miss, waste
    * * *

    desperdiciar ( conjugate desperdiciar) verbo transitivo ‹comida/papel/tela› to waste;
    ‹ oportunidad› to miss, waste
    desperdiciar verbo transitivo
    1 (malgastar) to waste
    2 (no aprovechar) to throw away: no puedes desperdiciar la ocasión, you can't miss this opportunity
    ' desperdiciar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    delito
    - gastar
    - tirar
    English:
    blow
    - idle away
    - squander
    - throw away
    - waste
    - dissipate
    - fritter
    - muff
    * * *
    [tiempo, energía, comida] to waste; [dinero] to waste, to squander; [ocasión, oportunidad] to waste, to throw away
    * * *
    v/t oportunidad waste
    * * *
    1) desaprovechar, malgastar: to waste
    2) : to miss, to miss out on
    * * *
    desperdiciar vb to waste

    Spanish-English dictionary > desperdiciar

  • 12 gastar

    v.
    1 to spend.
    Ricardo gasta mucho dinero Richard spends a lot of money.
    2 to waste (malgastar) (dinero, energía).
    3 to wear (tener, usar) (clothes). (peninsular Spanish)
    gastar mal genio to have a bad temper
    4 to wear down, to play out, to sap, to wear.
    María gastó las suelas Mary wore down the soles.
    María gastó una broma Mary played a joke.
    * * *
    1 (consumir dinero, tiempo) to spend; (gasolina, electricidad) to use (up), consume
    2 (malgastar) to waste
    3 (usar perfume, jabón) to use; (ropa) to wear
    ■ ¿qué número gastas? what size do you take?
    4 (tener) to have
    1 (desgastarse) to wear out
    2 (consumirse) to run out
    \
    gastarlas familiar to behave
    * * *
    verb
    2) use
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ dinero] to spend (en on)
    2) (=consumir) [+ gasolina, electricidad, agua] to use
    3) (=desgastar) [+ ropa, zapato] to wear out; [+ tacones] to wear down
    4) (=malgastar) to waste
    saliva
    5) (=llevar) [+ ropa, gafas] to wear; [+ barba] to have

    ¿qué número (de zapatos) gasta? — what size (shoes) do you take?

    ¿qué talla gasta? — what size are you?

    6) [+ broma] to play (a on)
    7)

    gastarlas Esp *: no le repliques, que ya sabes como las gasta — don't answer him back, you know what he's like when he gets angry *

    2. VI
    1) (=gastar dinero)
    2) (=consumir)
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( consumir)
    a) < dinero> to spend
    b) <gasolina/electricidad> to use
    2) (desperdiciar, malgastar) <dinero/tiempo/energía> to waste
    3) ( desgastar) <ropa/zapatos> to wear out; < tacones> to wear down
    4)
    a) (fam) (llevar, usar) <ropa/gafas> to wear

    ¿qué marca de cigarrillos gastas? — what brand of cigarettes do you smoke?

    b) (fam) ( tener) to have

    ése gasta un genio... — he has a terrible temper!

    5) < broma> to play
    2.
    gastarse v pron
    1) (enf) < dinero> to spend
    2) <pilas/batería> to run down
    3) ropa/zapatos ( desgastarse) to wear out
    4) (enf) (fam) ( tener) to have
    * * *
    = disburse, spend, expend.
    Ex. The final aspect of budgeting is that of keeping accurate records of what has been disbursed, what has been encumbered, and what remains.
    Ex. In 1986/87 Glasgow District Library spent over £30,000 on vandalism -- both on putting it right and in trying to prevent it.
    Ex. Command of various techniques for forecasting payments and managing funds is necessary to expend fully without overspending the annual materials budget.
    ----
    * apartar + Dinero + para gastárselo en = set + aside + Dinero + for.
    * gastar bromas = prank, play + pranks, banter.
    * gastar con prudencia = spend + wisely.
    * gastar demasiado = overspend.
    * gastar dinero = expend + funds, spend + money.
    * gastar en exceso = overspend.
    * gastarle una putada a Alguien = do + this/that + across + Nombre.
    * gastar más de la cuenta = overspend.
    * gastar saliva = preach + to the converted.
    * gastarse + Dinero + en = set + aside + Dinero + for.
    * gastarse más dinero = dig + deep.
    * gastarse un dineral = fork out + lots of money.
    * gastarse un dineral en = go to + great expense to.
    * gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on), go to + town on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( consumir)
    a) < dinero> to spend
    b) <gasolina/electricidad> to use
    2) (desperdiciar, malgastar) <dinero/tiempo/energía> to waste
    3) ( desgastar) <ropa/zapatos> to wear out; < tacones> to wear down
    4)
    a) (fam) (llevar, usar) <ropa/gafas> to wear

    ¿qué marca de cigarrillos gastas? — what brand of cigarettes do you smoke?

    b) (fam) ( tener) to have

    ése gasta un genio... — he has a terrible temper!

    5) < broma> to play
    2.
    gastarse v pron
    1) (enf) < dinero> to spend
    2) <pilas/batería> to run down
    3) ropa/zapatos ( desgastarse) to wear out
    4) (enf) (fam) ( tener) to have
    * * *
    = disburse, spend, expend.

    Ex: The final aspect of budgeting is that of keeping accurate records of what has been disbursed, what has been encumbered, and what remains.

    Ex: In 1986/87 Glasgow District Library spent over £30,000 on vandalism -- both on putting it right and in trying to prevent it.
    Ex: Command of various techniques for forecasting payments and managing funds is necessary to expend fully without overspending the annual materials budget.
    * apartar + Dinero + para gastárselo en = set + aside + Dinero + for.
    * gastar bromas = prank, play + pranks, banter.
    * gastar con prudencia = spend + wisely.
    * gastar demasiado = overspend.
    * gastar dinero = expend + funds, spend + money.
    * gastar en exceso = overspend.
    * gastarle una putada a Alguien = do + this/that + across + Nombre.
    * gastar más de la cuenta = overspend.
    * gastar saliva = preach + to the converted.
    * gastarse + Dinero + en = set + aside + Dinero + for.
    * gastarse más dinero = dig + deep.
    * gastarse un dineral = fork out + lots of money.
    * gastarse un dineral en = go to + great expense to.
    * gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on), go to + town on.

    * * *
    gastar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹dinero› to spend gastar algo EN algo to spend sth ON sth
    ha gastado un dineral en arreglar la casa she's spent a fortune on doing up the house
    2 ‹gasolina/electricidad› to use
    estamos gastando demasiada agua we're using too much water
    ¿ya has gastado toda la leche? you haven't used up all the milk already!
    no sé ya cuántas cajas he gastado esta semana I don't know how many boxes I've got through o gone through this week
    apágala, me vas a gastar las pilas turn it off, you're going to run the batteries down
    B (desperdiciar, malgastar) ‹dinero› to waste, squander; ‹tiempo/energía› to waste; ‹gasolina/electricidad› to waste
    C (desgastar) ‹ropa/zapatos› to wear out; ‹tacones› to wear down
    D
    1 ( fam) (llevar, usar) ‹ropa/gafas› to wear
    gasta barba he has a beard
    gasto el 37 I'm a size 37, I take a (size) 37
    ¿qué marca de cigarrillos gastas? what brand of cigarettes do you smoke?
    2 ( fam) ‹genio/modales›
    ¡vaya unos modales que gasta con su padre! what a way to behave toward(s) her father!
    ten cuidado porque ése gasta un genio … be careful, he has a terrible temper!
    gastarlas ( Esp fam): ya sabes cómo las gasta you know how nasty he can get
    E ‹broma› to play
    siempre está gastando bromas he's always playing practical jokes
    le gastaron una broma they played a joke o trick on him
    A ( enf) ‹dinero› to spend
    ¿ya te has gastado todo lo que te di? you don't mean to say you've already spent all the money I gave you!
    B (consumirse) to run down
    estas pilas se gastan enseguida these batteries run down so quickly o last no time at all
    está gastada la batería the battery's flat, the battery's run down
    se me ha gastado la tinta I've run out of ink
    C «ropa/zapatos» (desgastarse) to wear out
    se le gastaron los codos a la chaqueta the elbows of his jacket wore thin/wore through
    D ( enf) ( fam) (tener) to have
    ¡vaya modales que se gasta! that's a fine way to behave, isn't it?
    se gasta un genio de mil demonios he has a hell of a temper ( colloq)
    ¡qué pinta de hippy se gasta! he looks like a real hippy!
    con la puntería que se gasta, no puede fallar she's such a good shot, she won't miss
    E ( RPl fam) (desperdiciar esfuerzos) to waste one's breath
    * * *

     

    gastar ( conjugate gastar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( consumir)
    a) ‹ dinero› to spend;

    gastar algo en algo to spend sth on sth
    b) ‹gasolina/electricidad› to use

    2 (desperdiciar, malgastar) ‹dinero/tiempo/energía› to waste
    3 ( desgastar) ‹ropa/zapatos› to wear out;
    ‹ tacones› to wear down
    4 (fam) (llevar, usar) ‹ropa/gafas› to wear;

    5 ‹ broma› to play;
    ◊ le gastaron una broma they played a joke o trick on him

    gastarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( enf) ‹ dinero› to spend
    2 [pilas/batería] to run down;

    3 [ropa/zapatos] ( desgastarse) to wear out
    4 ( enf) (fam) ( tener) to have;
    ◊ se gasta un genio … he has a terrible temper!

    gastar verbo transitivo
    1 (dinero, tiempo) to spend
    (gasolina, energía) to consume
    2 (desperdiciar) to waste
    3 (terminar) to use up
    4 (emplear, usar) (ropa, gafas, zapatos) to wear: gasta papel de cartas azul, he uses blue writing paper
    5 le gastaron una broma, they played a joke on him
    ♦ Locuciones: gastarlas, to behave, act: procura no llevarte mal con el jefe, que no sabes como las gasta, tread carefully with the boss until you find out what sort of person she is
    ' gastar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    broma
    - irse
    - terminar
    - cachar
    - desgastar
    English:
    dip into
    - expend
    - go through
    - joke
    - lay out
    - overspend
    - pay out
    - play
    - prank
    - spend
    - trick
    - use
    - use up
    - wear down
    - wear out
    - eat
    - go
    - lay
    - over
    - splash
    - wear
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dinero] to spend;
    gastar algo en algo to spend sth on sth;
    gastó una fortuna en decorar la casa she spent a fortune (on) decorating the house
    2. [consumir] [tiempo] to spend;
    [gasolina, electricidad] to use;
    esta lámpara gasta mucha electricidad this lamp uses a lot of electricity;
    esta moto gasta muy poco this motorbike uses very little Br petrol o US gas;
    mi coche gasta 7 litros a los cien ≈ my car does 41 miles to the gallon
    3. [malgastar] [dinero, energía] to waste
    4. [desgastar] [ropa, zapatos] to wear out
    5. Esp [tener, usar] [ropa] to wear;
    gasta sombrero he wears a hat;
    gasto el 42 I take a size 42, I'm a size 42
    6. Esp [hacer]
    gastar una broma (a alguien) to play a joke (on sb)
    7. Esp [genio]
    gastar mal genio to have a bad temper;
    gastarlas to carry on, to behave;
    ¡no sabes cómo se las gastan allí! you can't imagine how they carry on there!
    8. RP Fam [burlarse de] to make fun of
    ♦ vi
    to spend (money)
    * * *
    v/t
    2 ( llevar) wear;
    ¿qué número gastas? what size do you take?, what size are you?
    3 ( desperdiciar) waste
    4 ( desgastar) wear out
    * * *
    gastar vt
    1) : to spend
    2) consumir: to consume, to use up
    3) : to squander, to waste
    4) : to wear
    gasta un bigote: he sports a mustache
    * * *
    gastar vb
    1. (dinero) to spend [pt. & pp. spent]
    2. (consumir) to use
    3. (utilizar) to use / to take [pt. took; pp. taken]
    ¿qué champú gastas? what shampoo do you use?
    ¿qué número gastas? what size shoes do you take?

    Spanish-English dictionary > gastar

  • 13 desaprovechar

    v.
    1 to waste.
    El desaprovechó la oportunidad He wasted the opportunity.
    Ella desaprovechó el dinero She wasted the money.
    2 to learn nothing from, to waste the opportunity of dealing with.
    El desaprovecha las lecciones He learns nothing from the lessons.
    3 to miss the opportunity to, to lose the opportunity to.
    El desaprovechó graduarse He missed the opportunity to graduate.
    * * *
    1 (no sacar suficiente provecho) not to take advantage of
    2 (desperdiciar) to waste
    \
    desaprovechar una ocasión to miss an opportunity, waste an opportunity
    * * *
    verb
    to waste, misuse
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ ocasión, oportunidad] to waste, miss; [+ talento] not to use to the full
    2.
    VI (=perder terreno) to lose ground, slip back
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < oportunidad> to waste; <tiempo/comida> to waste
    * * *
    = squander, go to + waste, waste.
    Ex. By doing this, resources will be squandered.
    Ex. The article 'Information: the resource that goes to waste' argues that industry has consistently failed to use the information at its disposal in a coherent and integrated system.
    Ex. Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.
    ----
    * desaprovechar una oportunidad = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunity.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < oportunidad> to waste; <tiempo/comida> to waste
    * * *
    = squander, go to + waste, waste.

    Ex: By doing this, resources will be squandered.

    Ex: The article 'Information: the resource that goes to waste' argues that industry has consistently failed to use the information at its disposal in a coherent and integrated system.
    Ex: Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.
    * desaprovechar una oportunidad = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunity.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹oportunidad› to waste; ‹tiempo/comida› to waste
    desaprovechó su viaje a Inglaterra he didn't make the most of o he wasted his trip to England, he didn't use his time in England wisely
    esta habitación está muy desaprovechada this room's not being put to good use
    * * *

    desaprovechar ( conjugate desaprovechar) verbo transitivo ‹ oportunidad› to waste;
    ‹tiempo/comida› to waste
    desaprovechar vtr (malgastar) to waste: no desaprovechéis esta oportunidad, don't miss this opportunity
    ' desaprovechar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    squander
    - waste
    * * *
    1. [desperdiciar] [tiempo, ocasión, talento] to waste;
    desaprovechó la ocasión de empatar el partido he missed his chance to tie the match;
    no desaproveches el agua don't waste water
    2. [aprovechar mal] [espacio, recursos, terreno] to underuse, to fail to exploit fully
    * * *
    v/t oportunidad waste
    * * *
    malgastar: to waste, to misuse
    : to lose ground, to slip back
    * * *
    desaprovechar vb to waste

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaprovechar

  • 14 dilapidare

    squander
    * * *
    dilapidare v.tr. to squander, to dissipate; to waste: dilapidare il proprio denaro, to squander (o to waste) one's money; ha dilapidato l'intera eredità nel giro di pochi mesi, he squandered the entire inheritance in the space of a few months; ha dilapidato tutto al gioco, he squandered it all gambling (o gambled it all away).
    * * *
    [dilapi'dare]
    verbo transitivo to dissipate, to squander [denaro, patrimonio]
    * * *
    dilapidare
    /dilapi'dare/ [1]
    to dissipate, to squander [denaro, patrimonio].

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > dilapidare

  • 15 ostat|ek

    Ⅰ m książk. (pozostałość, resztka) remains pl
    - oddać komuś ostatek chleba/pieniędzy to give sb the last of one’s bread/money
    - wkrótce roztrwonił ostatki rodzinnego majątku he soon squandered the remains of the family fortune
    - wykorzystał ostatki zapasów he used up the last of his supplies
    - ostatkiem sił wczołgał się do pokoju he managed to drag himself into the room with his last breath
    Ⅱ ostatki plt pot. pancake day, Shrove Tuesday Ⅲ do ostatka adv. książk. 1. (do końca) to a. until the last
    - walczyli do ostatka they fought to the last
    2. (całkowicie) completely, utterly
    - zmęczony do ostatka completely worn out
    - przemoczony do ostatka soaked through
    Ⅳ na ostatek adv. pot. (na koniec) last
    - zrobić/zostawić coś na ostatek to leave sth till last
    - na ostatek odrobił matematykę he did the maths homework last
    Ⅴ na ostatku adv. (na samym końcu) finally, in the end, eventually
    - przybył na ostatku he arrived in the end
    ■ kto zjada ostatki, ten (jest) piękny i gładki przysł. whoever eats the last of the food will be very pretty

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > ostat|ek

  • 16 Dawson, William

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. mid-eighteenth century
    d. c.1805 London, England
    [br]
    English inventor of the notched wheel for making patterns on early warp knitting machines.
    [br]
    William Dawson, a Leicester framework knitter, made an important addition to William Lee's knitting machine with his invention of the notched wheel in 1791. Lee's machine could make only plain knitting; to be able to knit patterns, there had to be some means of mechanically selecting and operating, independently of all the others, any individual thread, needle, lever or bar at work in the machine. This was partly achieved when Dawson devised a wheel that was irregularly notched on its edge and which, when rotated, pushed sprung bars, which in turn operated on the needles or other parts of the recently invented warp knitting machines. He seems to have first applied the idea for the knitting of military sashes, but then found it could be adapted to plait stay laces with great rapidity. With the financial assistance of two Leicester manufacturers and with his own good mechanical ability, Dawson found a way of cutting his wheels. However, the two financiers withdrew their support because he did not finish the design on time, although he was able to find a friend in a Nottingham architect, Mr Gregory, who helped him to obtain the patent. A number of his machines were set up in Nottingham but, like many other geniuses, he squandered his money away. When the patent expired, he asked Lord Chancellor Eldon to have it renewed: he moved his workshop to London, where Eldon inspected his machine, but the patent was not extended and in consequence Dawson committed suicide.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1791, British patent no. 1,820 (notched wheel for knitting machine).
    Further Reading
    W.Felkin, 1867, History of Machine-Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufacture (covers Dawson's invention).
    W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (provides an outline history of the development of knitting machines).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Dawson, William

  • 17 Д-267

    ТУДА И ДОРОГА coll (sent Invar fixed WO
    1. \Д-267 кому usu. disapprov s.o. deserves precisely that (which is specified by the preceding context), there is no reason to pity him: туда X-y и дорога - (it) serves X right
    X got what (no more than) he deserved X asked (was asking) for it (in limited contexts) X had it coming (to him).
    Дело идёт к развязке, сказал Неврастеник. Редколлегию разогнали. Претендент продал Мыслителя, Социолога и Супругу. Из редколлегии их выгнали... Туда им и дорога, сказал Болтун (Зиновьев 1). "Here comes the denouement," said Neurasthenic: "The editorial committee has been dissolved. Claimant has sold out Thinker, Sociologist and Wife. They've been expelled from the editorial board..." "Serves them right," said Chatterer (1a).
    2. \Д-267- чему it is not worth regretting, being distressed over the loss of sth.: туда X-y и дорога = X won't be missed
    X isn't worth losing sleep over X is no great loss (in limited contexts) and a very good thing at that and a very good thing, if you ask me (in refer, to discarding sth.) that's where X belongs!
    (Любим Карпыч:) Вот я этот капитал взял да пропил, промотал. Туда ему и дорога! (Островский 2). (L.K.:) So I took it (the money) and squandered it. Drank it up. And a very good thing, if you ask me (2b)
    «...Свой-то пистолет схватил, оборотился назад, да швырком, вверх, в лес и пустил: „Туда, кричу, тебе и дорога!"» (Достоевский 1). "...I seized my pistol, turned around, and sent it hurtling up into the trees. That's where you belong!'" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-267

  • 18 туда и дорога

    [sent; Invar; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. туда и дорога кому usu. disapprov s.o. deserves precisely that (which is specified by the preceding context), there is no reason to pity him: туда X-у и дорога ≈ (it) serves X right; X got what (no more than) he deserved; X asked (was asking) for it; [in limited contexts] X had it coming (to him).
         ♦ Дело идёт к развязке, сказал Неврастеник. Редколлегию разогнали. Претендент продал Мыслителя, Социолога и Супругу. Из редколлегии их выгнали... Туда им и дорога, сказал Болтун (Зиновьев 1). "Here comes the denouement," said Neurasthenic: "The editorial committee has been dissolved. Claimant has sold out Thinker, Sociologist and Wife. They've been expelled from the editorial board..." "Serves them right," said Chatterer (1a).
    2. туда и дорога чему it is not worth regretting, being distressed over the loss of sth.: туда X-у и дорога ≈ X won't be missed; X isn't worth losing sleep over; X is no great loss; [in limited contexts] and a very good thing at that; and a very good thing, if you ask me; [in refer, to discarding sth.] that's where X belongs!
         ♦ [Любим Карпыч:] Вот я этот капитал взял да пропил, промотал. Туда ему и дорога! (Островский 2). [L.K.:] So I took it [the money] and squandered it. Drank it up. And a very good thing, if you ask me (2b)
         ♦ "...Свой-то пистолет схватил, оборотился назад, да швырком, вверх, в лес и пустил: "Туда, кричу, тебе и дорога!"" (Достоевский 1). "...I seized my pistol, turned around, and sent it hurtling up into the trees. 'That's where you belong!'" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > туда и дорога

  • 19 harrotu

    du/ad.
    1. ( zuhaitza) to hollow out
    2. ( lurra) to till, work; lurra goldeaz \harrotu zuten they tilled the land with the {plough (GB) || plow (USA) }
    3.
    a. ( hair) to fluff up
    b. ( haizeak zerbait) to swell, puff up; haizeak belak \harrotu zituen the wind swelled the sails; haizeak gonak \harrotu zituen the wind made their skirts bulge
    c. ( zereala, alea) to puff up; arroz \harrotua puffed rice
    d. ( esnegaina) to whip, whip up
    4. ( harropuztu) to make... proud; zure jakinduriak \harrotu zaitu your wisdom has made you proud
    5. ( dirua) to go through, squander; laster \harrotu zituen bere diruak he soon squandered his money
    a. ( zaldiek, e.a.) to kick up
    b. ( haizeak) to raise a cloud of da/ad.
    1.
    a. (z.o.) to be proud; horretaz harrotzen naiz I'm proud of that
    b. (z.tx.) ( harropuztu) to become proud, put on airs, get uppity Lagunart. ; bere aberastasunaz \harroturik proud of his wealth
    2.
    a. Med. to swell up
    b. ( ura, ibaia, e.a.) to swell; goiak bota zituen bota ahalak, errekak \harrotu ziren it poured down furiously and the streams swelled
    3. ( zuhaitza, e.a.) to become hollowed, hollow out
    4. ( ogia labean, e.a.) to rise; arroz \harrotua puffed rice

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > harrotu

  • 20 продувать

    несов. - продува́ть, сов. - проду́ть
    1) (вн.; прочищать) blow (d) through; тех. тж. blow off (d), blow down (d); ( цилиндр дизеля) scavenge (d)
    2) тк. несов. ( обдувать холодом) blow cold (on)

    ве́тер продува́ет — there is a chilling wind

    здесь продува́ет безл. — there is a draught [drɑːft] here, it is draughty here

    3) безл. ( вызывать простуду) give (i) a chill

    его́ проду́ло на сквозняке́ — he caught cold [a chill] from staying in the draught

    4) прост. (вн.; дт.; вн. дт.; проигрывать) lose (d); lose (to); be beaten / licked (by)

    я проду́л все де́ньги — I lost [frittered / squandered away] all the money I had

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > продувать

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