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a mere form

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1 a mere form

a mere form

uma mera formalidade.

English-Portuguese dictionary > a mere form
2 form

I 1. fo:m noun
1) ((a) shape; outward appearance: He saw a strange form in the darkness.) form, skikkelse

2) (a kind, type or variety: What form of ceremony usually takes place when someone gets a promotion?) type, form, slag

3) (a document containing certain questions, the answers to which must be written on it: an application form.) formular, skjema

4) (a fixed way of doing things: forms and ceremonies.) formalitet, formsak

5) (a school class: He is in the sixth form.) (skole)klasse
2. verb
1) (to make; to cause to take shape: They decided to form a drama group.) danne, stifte

2) (to come into existence; to take shape: An idea slowly formed in his mind.) ta form, danne seg

3) (to organize or arrange (oneself or other people) into a particular order: The women formed (themselves) into three groups.) opprette, danne

4) (to be; to make up: These lectures form part of the medical course.) danne, utgjøre

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- formation
- be in good form
- in the form of II fo:m noun
(a long, usually wooden seat: The children were sitting on forms.) (tre)benk

art
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I
subst. \/fɔːm\/

1) form, utforming, fasong

• the form of a poem

et dikts form

• the table has a very simple form

bordet har en svært enkel form

2) skikkelse, figur

3) form, versjon

• the law in its new form

loven i sin nye form

4) skjema, blankett

• fill in a form

fylle ut et skjema

5) benk (uten rygg), skolebenk

6) (skole)klasse, kull

• first form

første klasse

7) manerer, oppførsel

• spitting is bad form

det er ikke pent å spytte

8) ( grammatikk) ordform

• the plural form normally ends in s

9) ( sport) form, kondisjon

• he is in\/on great form for the match

han er i storform til kampen

10) støpeform

11) (boktrykking, også forme) form

12) ( for hare) hi

be off\/out of form ( sport e.l.) ikke være i form, være utrent

for form's sake for formens skyld, for ordens skyld

in due form i behørig form

in form i (god) kondisjon (fysisk og mentalt)

i riktig form

in the form of i form av

lose form ( om veddeløpshester e.l.) miste formen, være i dårlig form, ha dårlig kondisjon

low forms of life ( biologi) lavere former for liv

a matter of form eller a mere form en formalitet, proforma

run true to form eller be true to form oppføre seg som ventet, være seg selv lik

take form ta form

take the form of forme seg til
II
verb \/fɔːm\/

1) danne (seg), stifte(s)

• ice had formed

det hadde dannet seg is

• they will form a coalition

de vil danne en koalisjon

2) forme (ved opplæring eller trening)

• you can form a child's character

du kan forme et barns personlighet

3) utvikle, skaffe seg, stifte

• form a friendship with someone

stifte vennskap med noen

4) tenke ut, utforme i tankene, danne seg, gjøre seg opp

• have you formed an opinion?

har du gjort deg opp en mening?

5) utgjøre

• the fireplace forms part of the decor

peisen er en del av utsmykningen

6) ( militærvesen) formere (seg), stille (seg) opp, danne formasjon

• form two deep!

still opp på to rekker!

form into forme seg til, danne seg til

form up stille seg opp

English-Norwegian dictionary > form
3 form

I 1. [fo:m] noun
1) ((a) shape; outward appearance: He saw a strange form in the darkness.) vulto

2) (a kind, type or variety: What form of ceremony usually takes place when someone gets a promotion?) tipo

3) (a document containing certain questions, the answers to which must be written on it: an application form.) formulário

4) (a fixed way of doing things: forms and ceremonies.) formalidade

5) (a school class: He is in the sixth form.) ano
2. verb
1) (to make; to cause to take shape: They decided to form a drama group.) formar

2) (to come into existence; to take shape: An idea slowly formed in his mind.) formar-se

3) (to organize or arrange (oneself or other people) into a particular order: The women formed (themselves) into three groups.) juntar(-se)

4) (to be; to make up: These lectures form part of the medical course.) constituir

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- formation
- be in good form
- in the form of II [fo:m] noun
(a long, usually wooden seat: The children were sitting on forms.) banco

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[fɔ:m] n 1 forma, configuração, aparência, aspecto, contorno, formato. his gratitude took the form of a check / sua gratidão manifestou-se em forma de cheque. 2 figura, feição, feitio, talhe, vulto. 3 molde, modelo, padrão, forma. the disease appears under various forms / a doença manifesta-se de vários modos. 4 constituição específica, estrutura, sistema, arranjo e estilo, em composição literária, musical ou plástica. his form in running is bad / seu estilo de corrida não é bom. 5 método, uso, ritual, prática, praxe, formalidade. 6 ordem, disposição, norma, arranjo. 7 formulário: documento impresso ou datilografado com claros para preencher. 8 estado, caráter, aparição, visão, condição, manifestação. 9 espécie, sorte, variedade. heat, light, electricity are forms of energy / calor, luz, eletricidade são espécies de energia. 10 Philos forma. 11 Gram flexão. 12 Brit classe, série (nas escolas). 13 Typogr forma. 14 Brit banco escolar. • vt+vi 1 formar, afeiçoar, dar forma ou feição a (alguma coisa), moldar, modelar, fazer, fabricar, criar. form good habits while you are young / adquira bons hábitos enquanto for jovem. 2 formar-se, tomar forma, surgir. 3 produzir, fazer, criar, converter-se em, constituir. 4 conceber, idear, planejar, imaginar. 5 organizar, formar-se, estabelecer. we formed a club / constituímos um clube. 6 adquirir, contrair, ensinar, educar. 7 pôr em ordem, dispor em certa ordem. the soldiers formed themselves into lines / os soldados entraram em forma. 8 Gram servir de, construir (frases, sentenças). a matter of form uma formalidade. a mere form uma mera formalidade. bad form sem modos, sem educação. clouds form in the sky no céu formam-se nuvens. for form’s sake por formalidade, pro forma. good form boas maneiras. in due and legal form nos termos da lei. in due form em devida forma. in great form com ótima disposição. it is bad form isso não se faz, não está direito. to form the mind desenvolver a inteligência. to form up entrar em forma, ficar em fila. water forms ice água converte-se em gelo.

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English-Portuguese dictionary > form
4 формалност

formality; form

само формалност a mere form

наказание без формалности a summary punishment

извършвам митнически формалности effect customs clearance

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форма̀лност,

ж., -и formality; form, technicality; извършвам митнически \формалности effect customs clearance; наказание без \формалности a summary punishment; само \формалност mere formality; юридически \формалности legal technicalities/formalities.

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formality: a mere формалност - просто формалност; solemnity (юр.)

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1. formality;form 2. извършвам митнически ФОРМАЛНОСТи effect customs clearance 3. наказание без ФОРМАЛНОСТи a summary punishment 4. само ФОРМАЛНОСТ a mere form

Български-английски речник > формалност
5 Formalität

Formalität f GEN formality
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f < Geschäft> formality

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Formalität
formality, form;
• ohne Formalität free and easy, shirt-sleeve;
• Formalitäten circumstances, formalities;
• bedeutungslose Formalität empty formality, mere form;
• gerichtliche Formalitäten forms of a court;
• gesetzliche Formalitäten legal formalities;
• leere Formalitäten dead forms;
• reine Formalitäten empty formalities, mere forms;
• nicht auf Formalitäten bestehen to be no stickler for formalities;
• haushaltsrechtliche Formalitäten einholen to bring the budget into compliance;
• vorgeschriebene Formalitäten erfüllen to comply with all necessary formalities.

Business german-english dictionary > Formalität
6 imago

ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. [cf. imitor], an imitation, copy of a thing, an image, likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition, ghost, phantom; the latter only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: simulacrum, effigies, statua, sigillum): imago ab imitatione dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf.: imago dicitur quasi imitago, Porphyr. Hor. C. 1, 12, 4.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., a representation, likeness (usu. of a person), statue, bust, picture:
Spartiates Agesilaus neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse... unus Xenophontis libellus in eo rege laudando facile omnes imagines omnium statuasque superavit,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:
Demosthenes, cujus nuper inter imagines tuas ac tuorum imaginem ex aere vidi,
id. Or. 31, 110:
Epicuri in poculis et in anulis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: hominis imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in eam formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153:
Africani,
Cic. Rep. 6, 10:
mulieris,
Quint. 7, 7, 5:
Antigoni,
id. 2, 13, 12:
depictam in tabula sipariove imaginem rei,
id. 6, 1, 32:
si in tabula mea aliquis pinxerit velut imaginem,
Gai. Inst. 2, 78:
cereae,
Hor. Epod. 17, 76; id. S. 1, 8, 43:
ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,
Juv. 7, 29:
hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,
Mart. 9, 1:
epistula atque imago me certum fecit,
i. e. the image on the seal, the signet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 35; 4, 2, 29; 4, 7, 105:
nunc amici anne inimici sis imago, Alcesime, mihi, sciam,
i. e. will act like a friend, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 1.—
2.
A phantom, ghost, apparition:
infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae Visa mihi ante oculos et nota major imago,
Verg. A. 2, 773; cf.:
et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago,
shade, spirit, Verg. A. 4, 654; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6; cf. id. ib. 1:
non vanae redeat sanguis imagini,
Hor. C. 1, 24, 15:
(somnus) Vanum nocturnis fallit imaginibus,
Tib. 3, 4, 56; cf. Hor. C. 3, 27, 40; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 50:
te videt in somnis, tua sacra et major imago humana turbat pavidum,
Juv. 13, 221:
quid natum totiens falsis Ludis imaginibus?
phantoms, Verg. A. 1, 408:
ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago,
id. ib. 2, 369; cf.:
repetitaque mortis imago,
Ov. M. 10, 726:
lurida mortis imago,
Petr. 123, v. 257:
varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,
Tac. H. 3, 28:
caesorum insepultorumque,
id. A. 1, 62:
supremorum (i. e. funeris) imago,
id. H. 4, 45.— Poet.:
genitiva (with forma),
natural shape, figure, Ov. M. 3, 331; so,
rudis et sine imagine tellus (= informis),
shapeless, id. ib. 1, 87.—
B.
In partic., an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions.—
(α).
In plur.: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, commendatione fumosarum imaginum, quarum simile habes nihil praeter colorem, of smoky (i. e. old) ancestral images, Cic. Pis. 1, 1; cf. Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:
si quid deliquero, nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,
no ancestors of distinction, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; cf.:
quia imagines non habeo et quia mihi nova nobilitas est,
Sall. J. 85, 25:
qui imagines familiae suae consecuti sunt,
Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1:
homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum,
Sall. J. 85, 10:
majorum imagines,
id. ib. 5, 5; Suet. Vesp. 1:
multis in familia senatoriis imaginibus,
id. Aug. 4:
esto beata, funus atque imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,
Hor. Epod. 8, 11:
qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,
id. S. 1, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6 sqq.; Prop. 2, 13, 19; Suet. Vesp. 19.—
(β).
In sing. (rare):
jus imaginis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:
imaginis ornandae causa,
id. Sest. 8, 19:
vir honoratissimae imaginis futurus ad posteros,
Liv. 3, 58, 2:
clarum hac fore imagine Scaptium,
would become an aristocrat, id. 3, 72, 4, v. Weissenb. ad loc.:
Tunc Cotta ne imago Libonis exsequias posterorum comitaretur censuit,
Tac. A. 2, 32.
II.
Transf., a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):
(mellaria facere oportet) potissimum ubi non resonent imagines,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:
concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago,
Verg. G. 4, 50; cf. Sil. 14, 365:
alternae deceptus imagine vocis: Huc coëamus ait... Coëamus retulit Echo,
Ov. M. 3, 385:
cujus recinit jocosa Nomen imago,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 4; so,
jocosa Vaticani montis,
id. ib. 1, 20, 8:
vaga,
Val. Fl. 3, 596.
III.
Trop.
A.
In gen., an image or likeness of a thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought, imagination, idea:
Scipionis memoriam atque imaginem sibi proponere,
Cic. Lael. 27, 102:
magnam partem noctium in imagine tua vigil exigo,
Plin. Ep. 7, 5, 1:
Verginium cogito, Verginium video, Verginium jam vanis imaginibus audio,
id. ib. 2, 1, 12: imagines, quae eidôla nominant, quorum incursione non solum videmus, sed etiam cogitamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; cf.:
imagines extrinsecus in animos nostros per corpus irrumpere,
id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plena sunt imaginum omnia, nulla species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, etc.; id. Div. 2, 67, 137 sq.: unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, columen rei publicae diceres intueri, an image of the olden time, id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:
expressam imaginem vitae quotidianae videre,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:
quidnam illi consules dictatoresve facturi essent, qui proconsularem imaginem tam saevam ac trucem fecerint, i. e. by cruelty in office,
Liv. 5, 2, 9:
naturae... urbis et populi,
Cic. Rep. 2, 39 fin.:
justitiae,
Quint. 2, 20, 6:
virtutis,
id. 10, 2, 15:
similitudines ad exprimendas rerum imagines compositae,
id. 8, 3, 72: illae rerum imagines, quas vocari phantasias indicavimus, id. 10, 7, 15:
conscripta formantur imagine templa,
plans, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:
scipione determinata prius templi imagine in solo,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:
tua, pater Druse, imago,
memory, Tac. A. 1, 13:
magna illic imago tristium laetorumque,
recollection, id. ib. 2, 53:
si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,
Verg. A. 6, 405.—
B.
In partic.
1.
In rhet., a figurative representation, similitude, comparison:
comparabile est, quod in rebus diversis similem aliquam rationem continet. Ejus partes sunt tres: imago, collatio, exemplum. Imago est oratio demonstrans corporum aut naturarum similitudinem, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:
imago est formae cum forma cum quadam similitudine collatio,
Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Sen. Ep. 59, 92; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 320; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—
2.
With the idea predominating of mere imitation, in opp. to what is original or real, a mere form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow:
consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:
nos veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus: umbra et imaginibus utimur,
id. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf.:
non in umbra et imagine civitatis, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 30; and:
umbram equitis Romani et imaginem videtis,
id. Rab. Post. 15, 41:
haec ars tota dicendi, sive artis imago quaedam est et similitudo, habet hanc vim, ut, etc.,
id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:
judiciorum,
only the appearance of courts, id. Sest. 13, 30; cf.:
imaginem rei publicae nullam reliquissent,
id. Agr. 2, 32, 88:
his quoque imaginibus juris spretis,
Liv. 41, 8, 10:
imaginem retinendi largiendive penes nos, vim penes Parthos,
Tac. A. 15, 14:
habitu et ore ad exprimendam imaginem honesti exercitus,
the pretence, id. ib. 16, 32; 6, 27; id. H. 1, 84; 3, 70:
qui faciem eloquentiae, non imaginem praestaret,
id. Or. 34:
nec imagine rerum, sed rebus incendit,
Quint. 10, 1, 16:
in falsa rerum imagine detineri,
id. 10, 5, 17; cf.:
nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, quam quod illi (hermae) marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago,
Juv. 8, 55.—
3.
A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;
sed imaginem veram, caelesti sanguine ortam, intellegere discrimen, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 52.—
4.
That which suggests or recalls something by resemblance, a reminder:
me consolatur recordatio meorum temporum, quorum imaginem video in rebus tuis,
Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:
a Corbulone petierat, ne quam imaginem servitii Tiridates perferret,
nothing to suggest slavery, Tac. A. 15, 31; cf.:
moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo possim imaginem antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis adgnoscere,
Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imago
7 εἴδωλον

εἴδωλον, τό, ([etym.] εἶδος)

A phantom, Il.5.451, Od.4.796, Hdt.5.92.ή, Pl. Lg. 959b; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων, of ghosts, Od.11.476, etc.; ψυχῶν Procl.Inst.64
.

2 any unsubstantial form, εἴδωλον σκιᾶς A.Ag. 839
, S.Fr.659.6, Chaerem.14.15; οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα.. ἢ κούφην σκιάν S.Aj. 126
; εἴ. ἄλλως a mere form, Id.Ph. 947; αἰῶνος εἴ. Pi.Fr.131.3.

3 image reflected in a mirror or in water, Pl.Sph. 266b, Arist.Div.Somn. 464b9.

4 in the system of Epicurus, film given off by any object and conveying an impression to the eye, Epicur.Ep.1p.10U., Nat.2.1, al., Cic.Fam.15.16.1, etc.

II image in the mind, idea, X.Smp.4.21; phantom of the mind, fancy, Pl.Phd. 66c; εἴ. καὶ ψεῦδος Id.Tht. 150c
.

III image, likeness, γυναικὸς εἴ. χρύσεον Hdt.1.51
, cf.6.58: metaph., λόγος εἴ. ψυχῆς Isoc.3.7
.

IV later, image of a god, idol, LXX 4 Ki.17.12, 1 Ep.Cor.12.2, OGI201.8 (Silco, vi A.D.), etc.

V εἴ. οὐράνια constellations, A.R.3.1004, cf. Max.56.

Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > εἴδωλον
8 bedeutungslose Formalität

bedeutungslose Formalität
empty formality, mere form

Business german-english dictionary > bedeutungslose Formalität
9 сидя у матушки на сарафане умен не будешь

form
set phr. de mère piteuse fille teigneuse

Dictionnaire russe-français universel > сидя у матушки на сарафане умен не будешь
10 тише едешь, дальше будешь

form
1) set phr. tout vient à point à qui sait attendre, qui va piano, va lontano

2) liter. qui veut voyager loin ménage sa monture

3) saying. la méfiance est mère de la sûreté

Dictionnaire russe-français universel > тише едешь, дальше будешь
11 Formsache

Form·sa·che f

formality;

eine [reine] \Formsache sein to be a [mere] formality

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > Formsache
12 Formsache

f matter of form; ( eine reine) Formsache (a mere) formality

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die Formsache

matter of form; technicality; mere matter of form

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Fọrm|sa|che
f
matter of form, formality
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Form·sa·che

f formality

eine [reine] \Formsache sein to be a [mere] formality

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die formality

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Formsache f matter of form;

(eine reine) Formsache (a mere) formality

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die formality

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f.

formality n.

matter of form n.

technicality n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Formsache
13 simple

adj.

1 simple (sin componentes).

2 simple (sencillo, tonto).

3 simple, easy.

es muy simple, metes la moneda y ya está it's quite simple, all you have to do is insert the coin

4 mere (mero).

por simple estupidez through sheer stupidity

nos basta con su simple palabra his word is enough for us by itself

no le pedí más que un simple favor all I asked him for was a favor

5 prime (Mat).

f. & m.

simpleton (person).

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simple

► adjetivo

1 (gen) simple

2 (único) single, just one

■ con una simple llamada lo hubiera arreglado he could have settled it with just one phone call

3 (mero) mere

4 (persona) simple, simple-minded

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 simpleton

► nombre masculino

1 (tenis) singles plural

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

por simple descuido through sheer carelessness

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adj.

1) mere

2) simple

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1. ADJ

1) (=sin adornos) [peinado, objeto] simple; [vestido, decoración] plain

2) [método] simple, easy, straightforward

3) [antes de sustantivo] (=mero) mere

por simple descuido — through sheer carelessness

es cosa de una simple plumada — it's a matter of a mere stroke of the pen

somos simples aficionados — we're just amateurs

4) [antes de sustantivo] (=corriente) ordinary

es un simple abogado — he's only o just a solicitor

un simple soldado — an ordinary soldier

5) [persona] (=sin complicaciones) simple; (=crédulo) gullible; pey (=de pocas luces) simple-minded

6) (Ling, Quím) simple

7) (Bot) single

2.

SMF (=persona) simpleton

3.

SMPL pl simples (Tenis) singles; (Bot) simples

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I
adjetivo

1)

a) (sencillo, fácil) <sistema/procedimiento> simple

no puede ser más simple — it couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward; llanamente

b) (Quím) < sustancia> simple

c) (Ling) < tiempo> simple

2) (delante del n) ( mero) simple

es un simple resfriado — it's just a common cold

un simple soldado — an ordinary soldier

3) ( tonto) simple, simple-minded

no seas simple — don't be silly
II
masculino y femenino simpleton

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= mere, non-intellectual, pure [pure -comp., purest -sup.], sheer [sheerer -comp., sheerest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], single, straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, low-key [low key], schematic, simple-minded, uncluttered, unsophisticated, naked, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, hassle-free, no-brainer.

Ex. Contextual logic or proximity operators: these are a useful means of searching for more than the mere occurrence of a term; they also permit the searcher to specify the context in which the term should appear in some sense or other.

Ex. The picture of the self-improvement-oriented readers contrasts sharply with the typical adult user who asks quite non-intellectual questions at the reference desk.

Ex. The notation used in DC is pure, and numbers.

Ex. The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex. Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.

Ex. Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.

Ex. Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.

Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex. Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.

Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.

Ex. None of this is ever as schematic and neatly arranged, step-by-step, as my discussion of it here makes it seem = Nunca nada de esto es tan simple, bien ordenado y secuencial como lo hago parecer.

Ex. Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.

Ex. Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.

Ex. Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.

Ex. Everything in this book is set down without reference to context, or author's intention, or the naked facts and figures, or the difference between one kind of writing and reading and another.

Ex. Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex. It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.

Ex. Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.

Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.

Ex. Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.

Ex. Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.

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* a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.

* búsqueda simple = simple search.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner.

* de una manera simple = in a simple manner.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* interés simple = simple interest.

* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.

* simple mortal = lesser mortal.

* simple y llanamente = just plain, plainly and simply.

* tan simple como = with as little ado as.

* unidad simple = singleton.

* * *
I
adjetivo

1)

a) (sencillo, fácil) <sistema/procedimiento> simple

no puede ser más simple — it couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward; llanamente

b) (Quím) < sustancia> simple

c) (Ling) < tiempo> simple

2) (delante del n) ( mero) simple

es un simple resfriado — it's just a common cold

un simple soldado — an ordinary soldier

3) ( tonto) simple, simple-minded

no seas simple — don't be silly
II
masculino y femenino simpleton

* * *

= mere, non-intellectual, pure [pure -comp., purest -sup.], sheer [sheerer -comp., sheerest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], single, straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, low-key [low key], schematic, simple-minded, uncluttered, unsophisticated, naked, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, hassle-free, no-brainer.

Ex: Contextual logic or proximity operators: these are a useful means of searching for more than the mere occurrence of a term; they also permit the searcher to specify the context in which the term should appear in some sense or other.

Ex: The picture of the self-improvement-oriented readers contrasts sharply with the typical adult user who asks quite non-intellectual questions at the reference desk.

Ex: The notation used in DC is pure, and numbers.

Ex: The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex: Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.

Ex: Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.

Ex: Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.

Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex: Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.

Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.

Ex: None of this is ever as schematic and neatly arranged, step-by-step, as my discussion of it here makes it seem = Nunca nada de esto es tan simple, bien ordenado y secuencial como lo hago parecer.

Ex: Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.

Ex: Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.

Ex: Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.

Ex: Everything in this book is set down without reference to context, or author's intention, or the naked facts and figures, or the difference between one kind of writing and reading and another.

Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex: It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.

Ex: Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.

Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.

Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.

Ex: Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.

* a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.

* búsqueda simple = simple search.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner.

* de una manera simple = in a simple manner.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* interés simple = simple interest.

* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.

* simple mortal = lesser mortal.

* simple y llanamente = just plain, plainly and simply.

* tan simple como = with as little ado as.

* unidad simple = singleton.

* * *

simple¹

adjective

A

1 (sencillo, fácil) ‹sistema/procedimiento› simple

el mecanismo no puede ser más simple the mechanism couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward

la solución es muy simple the solution is very simple

es una dieta simple pero completa it's a simple but complete diet

llanamente

2 ( Quím) ‹sustancia› simple

3 ( Ling) ‹tiempo› simple

B ( delante del n) (mero) simple

un simple error puede causar un accidente a simple mistake can cause an accident

no es más que un simple resfriado it's just a common cold

era un simple soldado he was an ordinary soldier

vista² (↑ vista (2))

C (tonto, bobo) simple, simple-minded

es muy simple, pero buena persona he's rather simple o simple-minded, but he's a nice person

no seas simple ¿no ves que así no haces nada? don't be silly o ( BrE colloq) daft, can't you see you won't get anywhere like that?

simple²

masculine and feminine

simpleton

* * *

simple adjetivo
1 (sencillo, fácil) simple;
See also→ llanamente
2 ( delante del n) ( mero) simple;
◊ el simple hecho de … the simple fact of …;

es un simple resfriado it's just a common cold;
un simple soldado an ordinary soldier
3 ( tonto) simple, simple-minded
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
simpleton
simple
I adjetivo
1 (sencillo) simple: estos ejercicios son muy simples, these exercises are very easy
una cámara de simple manejo, an easy-to-use camera
2 Ling Quím (no complejo, no compuesto) simple
oración simple, simple sentence
3 (mero, tan solo) mere, pure: somos simples espectadores, we are mere observers
fue simple casualidad, it was pure coincidence
pey es un simple secretario, he's just a secretary
4 (cándido, sin malicia) naive, innocent
pey (tonto) simple-minded, half-witted, foolish
II m (ingenuo, inocente) innocent, naive person
pey (simplón, tonto) simpleton, half-wit
' simple' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
babosa
- baboso
- bendita
- bendito
- boba
- bobalicón
- bobalicona
- bobo
- borrica
- borrico
- clavar
- compuesta
- compuesto
- hincapié
- idea
- lila
- llaneza
- mayoría
- pánfila
- pánfilo
- pardilla
- pardillo
- preferir
- sencilla
- sencillo
- simpleza
- triste
- vista
- hechura
- llanamente
- mero
- pretérito
- puro
- ya
English:
ago
- arithmetic
- dowdy
- gravestone
- mere
- naked
- plain
- simple
- simple interest
- simple-minded
- simple-mindedness
- single-spacing
- basic
- simply
- unsophisticated

* * *

simple

♦ adj

1. [sencillo, tonto] simple

2. [fácil] easy, simple;

es muy simple, metes la moneda y ya está it's quite simple, all you have to do is insert the coin

3. [sin complicación] simple;

una decoración simple a simple decoration

4. [único, sin componentes] single;

dame una simple razón give me one single reason

5. [mero]
es un simple trabajador he's a simple o an ordinary worker;

no le pedí más que un simple favor I merely asked her a favour;

nos basta con su simple palabra his word is enough for us by itself;

por simple estupidez through sheer stupidity

6. Mat prime

7. Quím simple

8. Ling [verbo] simple

♦ nmf
[persona] simpleton
* * *

simple

I adj

1 ( fácil) simple

2 ( mero) ordinary

II m/f simpleton

* * *

simple adj

1) sencillo: plain, simple, easy

2) : pure, mere

por simple vanidad: out of pure vanity

3) : simpleminded, foolish

simple n

: fool, simpleton

* * *

simple adj

1. (sencillo) simple

era un problema muy simple it was a very simple problem

2. (solamente) just

es un simple resfriado it's just a cold

con una simple llamada with just a phone call

Spanish-English dictionary > simple
14 sólo

adj.

1 alone, by himself, isolated, all by oneself.

2 lonely, lonesome.

3 single, by itself.

4 very, merest, only.

m.

1 solo, solo interpretation, solo act.

2 turbot, Psetta maxima.

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solo

► adjetivo

1 (sin compañía) alone, on one's own, by oneself; (sin ayuda) (by) oneself, (for) oneself

■ vive solo he lives alone, he lives by himself

■ lo dejaron solo he was left on his own

■ lo haré yo sola I'll do it (by) myself

■ se apaga solo it switches itself off automatically

2 (solitario) lonely

■ me siento sola I feel lonely

3 (único) only, sole, single

■ ni una sola palabra not a single word

■ ni una sola vez not even once

4 (café) black; (bebida alcohólica) straight

► nombre masculino solo

1 (naipes) solitaire

2 familiar (café) black coffee

3 MÚSICA solo

► adverbio

1→ link=sólosólo

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a solas alone, by oneself

como él solo / como ella sola familiar as only he can / as only she can

quedarse solo,-a familiar to have no equal

■ cuando empieza a contar chistes se queda solo when he starts telling jokes no one can match him

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solo

► nombre masculino

1 (naipes) solitaire

2 familiar (café) black coffee

3 MÚSICA solo

► adverbio

1→ link=sólosólo

* * *

(f. - sola)

adj.

1) alone

2) only, unique, sole, single

* * *
I
1. ADJ

1) (=sin compañía) alone, on one's own

pasa los días solo en su cuarto — he spends the days alone o on his own in his room

iré solo — I'll go alone o on my own

dejar solo a algn — to leave sb alone

me quedé solo — I was left alone

habla solo — he talks to himself

se quedó solo a los siete años — he was left an orphan o alone in the world at seven

- estar más solo que la una

- es tonto como él solo

- lo hace como él solo

- se queda solo contando mentiras

- más vale estar solo que mal acompañado

2) (=solitario) lonely

me siento muy solo — I feel very lonely

3) (=único)

su sola preocupación es ganar dinero — his one o only concern is to make money

con esta sola condición — on this one condition

hay una sola dificultad — there is only o just one problem

no hubo ni una sola objeción — there was not a single objection

4) (=sin acompañamiento) [café, té] black; [whisky, vodka, ron] straight, neat

tendremos que comer pan solo — we shall have to eat plain bread

5) (Mús) solo

cantar solo — to sing solo

2. SM

1) (Mús) solo

un solo de guitarra — a guitar solo

un solo para tenor — a tenor solo

2) (=café) black coffee

3) (Naipes) solitaire, patience

4) Cono Sur (=lata) tedious conversation
II
ADV
=sólo ADV (=únicamente) only; (=exclusivamente) solely, merely, just
solo quiero verlo — I only o just want to see it

es solo un teniente — he's only a lieutenant, he's a mere lieutenant

no solo A sino también B — not only A but also B

solo con apretar un botón — at the touch of a button

me parece bien solo que no tengo tiempo — that's fine, only o but I don't have the time

ven aunque solo sea para media hora — come even if it's just for half an hour

con solo que sepas tocar algunas notas — even if you only know how to play a few notes

solo con que estudies dos horas diarias — by studying for as little as two hours a day

tan solo — only, just

solo que... — except that...

viajará sólo un par de días — he'll only be away for a couple of days
In the past the standard spelling for this adverb was with an accent ( sólo). Nowadays the Real Academia Española advises that the accented form is only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjective solo.
* * *

adverbio [The accented spelling remains the norm despite the Real Academica Española's recommended form solo] only

sólo quería ayudarte — I only wanted to help, I was only o just trying to help

sólo quiero que me lo expliques — I just want you to explain it to me

es sólo un momento — it will only take a moment

pero si es sólo un niño! — but he's just o only a child!

sólo de pensarlo me dan escalofríos — just o merely thinking about it makes me shudder

no sólo estudia sino que también trabaja — she isn't just studying, she's working as well

sólo con mencionar su nombre me dejaron pasar — I only had to mention his name and they let me through

podríamos ir sólo que no tengo coche — we could go except that I don't have a car

* * *
I
- la adjetivo

a) ( sin compañía)

estar/sentirse solo — to be/feel lonely

no tiene amigos allí, está muy solo — he doesn't have any friends out there, he's all alone

lo dejaron solo — ( sin compañía) they left him on his own o by himself; ( para no molestar) they left him alone

el niño ya camina solo — the baby's walking on his own now

qué bonito! ¿lo hiciste tú solito? — isn't that lovely! did you do it all by yourself?

es mentirosa como ella sola — she's the biggest liar I know

baila como ella sola — nobody dances like her

hablar solo — to talk to oneself

a solas — alone

quedarse más solo que la una — (fam & hum) to be left all by oneself

más vale (estar) solo que mal acompañado — it's better to be on your own than with people you don't like

b) <café/té> black; < whisky> straight, neat; < pan> dry

c) (delante del n) ( único)

lo haré con una sola condición — I'll do it on one condition

no puso ni una sola objeción — she didn't raise one o a single objection

su sola presencia me molestaba — her very o mere presence upset me
II
masculino

1) (Mús) solo

un solo de violín — a violin solo

2) (Esp) ( café) black coffee

* * *

solo¹

¹ = alone, lonely [lonelier -comp., loneliest -sup.], on + Posesivo + own, solo, unattended, all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo, lorn.

Ex: I do not think I am alone in believing there is a need for significant change, for reshaping our educational programs as well as our institutional goals and philosophies.

Ex: A lengthy list may be printed off-line and sent through the mail, rather than have the user maintain a lonely vigil at the terminal.

Ex: As a concluding exercise, therefore, it would be helpful for you to try some examples of analysis and translation on your own.

Ex: Many subjects lend themselves to a quasi-arithmetical arrangement, eg music: solos, duets, trios, etc.

Ex: He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.

Ex: One can only cultivate one's virtues all by oneself, and no one else can take one's place.

Ex: Certainly, it is possible to do it by oneself.

Ex: I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.

* a cargo de una sola persona = one-man band.

* Algo a cargo de una sola persona = one-person operation.

* aparecer por sí solo = stand on + Posesivo + own.

* aparecer solo = stand + alone.

* arreglárselas solo = losers weepers.

* a solas = by + Reflexivo.

* a un solo espacio = single-spaced.

* aventura de una sola noche = one-night stand.

* con una sola acción = in one action.

* con un solo brazo = one-armed.

* con un solo filo = single-edge.

* con un solo ojo = one-eyed.

* cuchillo de un solo uso = disposable knife.

* dejar a Alguien que se las apañe solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar a Alguien que se las arregle solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar que Alguien se las arregle solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources.

* dejar solo = leave + Alguien + alone, leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* de una sola cara = single sided.

* de una sola escritura = write-once.

* de una sola persona = one-man.

* de una sola vez = once-only, at one pull, at one whack, in one shot, in one lump, in one action, in one go, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de un solo brazo = one-armed.

* de un solo filo = single-edge.

* de un solo ojo = one-eyed.

* de un solo uso = disposable, single-use.

* en una sola columna = single columned, single-column.

* escrito por un solo autor = single authored [single-authored].

* estar solo = stand + alone, be on + Posesivo + own.

* forma de un solo fondo = single-faced mould.

* forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado = single-faced laid mould.

* hacerlo solo = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.

* jugárselo todo a una sola carta = put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket.

* ligue de una sola noche = one-night stand.

* ni una sola vez = not once (did).

* plato de un solo uso = disposable plate.

* por sí solo = by itself, for its/their own sake, on its own, in and of + Reflexivo.

* por sí solos = by themselves, in themselves.

* por uno solo = solo.

* ser de un solo uso = be a one-trip pony.

* servilleta de un solo uso = disposable napkin.

* sin demorarse un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin desperdiciar un (solo) minuto = without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin perder un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* solas = all by + Reflexivo.

* solo ante el peligro = out on a limb.

* tenedor de un solo uso = disposable fork.

* tener que arreglárselas solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.

* * *

solo¹ -la

adjective

1

(sin compañía): no conoce a nadie en la ciudad, está muy solo he doesn't know anyone in the town, he's all alone o all on his own

se fueron todos y lo dejaron solo they all went off and left him alone o on his own o by himself

estaba or me sentía muy sola I was o I felt very lonely

el niño ya camina solo the baby's walking on his own now

¡qué bonito! ¿lo hiciste tú solito? isn't that lovely! did you do it all by yourself?

se quedó solo cuando era un muchacho he was left alone in the world when he was only a boy

para una persona sola da pereza cocinar cooking is a real effort when you are on your own o by yourself, cooking for one o just for yourself is a real effort

es mentirosa como ella sola she's the biggest liar I know

habla sola she talks to herself

a solas alone

quiero hablar contigo a solas I want to talk to you alone

quedarse más solo que la una ( fam hum); to be left all by oneself, to be left all on one's tod ( BrE colloq)

más vale (estar) solo que mal acompañado it's better to be on your own than with people you don't like

2 ‹café/té› black; ‹whisky› straight, neat

me gusta el pan así solo, sin mantequilla I like bread on its own o plain bread like this, without butter, I like bread like this, with nothing on it

3 ( delante del n)

(único): te lo presto con una sola condición I'll lend it to you on one condition

no puso ni una sola objeción she didn't raise one o a single objection

su sola presencia me molestaba her very o mere presence upset me

hay una sola dificultad there's just one problem

solo²

masculine

A ( Mús) solo

un solo de violín a violin solo

B ( Esp) (café) black coffee

* * *

Del verbo solar: ( conjugate solar)

soló es:

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

Multiple Entries:
solar
solo
sólo
solar adjetivo ‹energía/año/placa› solar;
◊ los rayos sóloes the sun's rays

■ sustantivo masculino
1 ( terreno) piece of land, site
2
a) ( casa solariega) ancestral home

b) ( linaje) lineage

3 (Per) ( casa de vecindad) tenement building
solo 1
◊ -la adjetivo

a) ( sin compañía):

◊ estar/sentirse sólo to be/feel lonely;

lo dejaron sólo ( sin compañía) they left him on his own o by himself;

( para no molestar) they left him alone;
◊ el niño ya camina sólo the baby's walking on his own now;

hacen los deberes sólos they do their homework by themselves;
hablar sólo to talk to oneself;
a solas alone, by oneself
b) ‹café/té› black;

‹ whisky› straight, neat;
‹ pan› dry
c) ( delante del n) ( único):

◊ lo haré con una sola condición I'll do it on one condition;

hay un sólo problema there's just one problem
solo 2 sustantivo masculino (Mús) solo
sólo The written accent may be omitted when there is no risk of confusion with the adjective adverbio
only;
sólo or solo quería ayudarte I only wanted to help, I was only o just trying to help;
sólo or solo de pensarlo me dan escalofríos just o merely thinking about it makes me shudder;
◊ canto sólo porque me gusta I sing just for pleasure

solar 1 sustantivo masculino
1 (terreno para edificar) plot
2 Hist (mansión ancestral) noble house
solar 2 adjetivo solar
energía solar, solar energy
luz solar, sunlight
sistema solar, solar system
solar 3 vtr (el suelo) to floor, pave
solo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (único) only, single: en la caja había una sola galleta, there was a single biscuit in the box
no me ha respondido ni una sola vez, he hasn't answered once
2 (sin compañía) alone: me gusta estar sola, I like to be alone
iba hablando solo por la calle, he was walking down the street talking to himself
vive solo, he lives alone
3 (sin protección, apoyo) se siente sola, she feels lonely
4 (sin añadidos) un whisky solo, a whisky on its own ➣ Ver nota en alone
5 (sin ayuda, sin intervención) se desconecta solo, it switches itself off automatically
podemos resolverlo (nosotros) solos, we can solve it by ourselves
II sustantivo masculino
1 Mús solo: el concierto comienza con un solo de piano, the concert starts off with a piano solo
2 Esp black (coffee)
III adverbio only: solo con mirarle sabes que está mintiendo, just by looking at him you can tell he is lying
(tan) solo quiero hablar con él, I only want to talk to him
♦ Locuciones: a solas, alone

' sólo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actual
- actualidad
- bastante
- bastarse
- batería
- bebible
- cada
- café
- cala
- cerdo
- como
- concernir
- corresponder
- dato
- decir
- dejar
- delgada
- delgado
- desalmada
- desalmado
- disparate
- don
- doña
- dos
- entera
- entero
- escaramuza
- faltar
- folclórica
- folclórico
- frustrarse
- gustar
- hablarse
- hasta
- iceberg
- indispensable
- individual
- infante
- infarto
- interés
- irse
- limitarse
- media
- medio
- mucha
- mucho
- mustia
- mustio
- para
- pintarse
English:
aback
- ablaze
- actual
- alive
- alone
- already
- also
- ammunition
- approximation
- as
- aside
- asleep
- attain
- attention span
- bear
- bear with
- beware
- black
- boat
- bring in
- bust
- but
- by
- cater
- certain
- close
- coffee
- conjecture
- dabble
- detest
- disposable
- do
- down
- effect
- end
- female
- find
- fix
- fraction
- fun
- further
- game
- go
- half
- hand-luggage
- hear of
- herself
- himself
- incoming
- isolated

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solo¹, sólo adv Note that the adverb solo can be written with an accent when there is a risk of confusion with the adjective.

only, just;

solo he venido a despedirme I've only o just come to say goodbye;

come solo fruta y verdura she only o just eats fruit and vegetables;

es solo un bebé he's only o just a baby;

solo le importa el dinero she's only interested in money, all she cares about is money;

trabajo veinte horas a la semana – ¿solo? I work twenty hours a week – is that all?;

no solo… sino (también)… not only… but (also)…;

no solo me insultaron sino que además me golpearon they didn't only insult me, they beat me too, not only did they insult me, they beat me too;

con solo o [m5] solo con una llamada basta para obtener el crédito all you need to do to get the loan is to make one phone call;

con solo o [m5]solo con accionar la palanca… by simply operating the lever…;

solo con que te disculpes me conformo all you need to do is apologize and I'll be happy, all I ask is that you apologize;

solo de pensarlo me pongo enfermo just thinking about it makes me ill;

solo que… only…;

lo compraría, solo que no tengo dinero I would buy it, only I haven't got any money;

solo se vive una vez you only live once

solo², -a

♦ adj

1. [sin nadie, sin compañía] alone;

me gusta estar solo I like being alone o on my own o by myself;

¿vives sola? do you live alone o on your own o by yourself?;

lo hice yo solo I did it on my own o by myself;

me quedé solo [todos se fueron] I was left on my own;
[nadie me apoyó] I was left isolated;
se quedó solo a temprana edad he was on his own from an early age;

quería estar a solas she wanted to be alone o by herself;

ya hablaremos tú y yo a solas we'll have a talk with just the two of us, we'll have a talk alone;
Fam
es gracioso/simpático como él solo he's really funny/nice;

Comp

estar/quedarse más solo que la una to be/be left all on one's own;

Prov

más vale estar solo que mal acompañado better to be alone than to be with the wrong people

2. [solitario] lonely;

me sentía solo I felt lonely

3. [sin nada] on its own;
[café] black; [whisky] neat;
¿quieres el café solo o con leche? would you like your coffee black or with milk?;

le gusta comer el arroz solo he likes to eat rice on its own

4. [único] single;

no me han comprado ni un solo regalo they didn't buy me a single present;

ni una sola gota not a (single) drop;

dame una sola razón give me one reason;

queda una sola esperanza only one hope remains

5. [mero, simple] very, mere;

la sola idea de suspender me deprime the very o mere idea of failing depresses me;

el solo hecho de que se disculpe ya le honra the very fact that he is apologizing is to his credit

♦ nm

1. Mús solo;

un solo de guitarra a guitar solo

2. Fam [café] black coffee

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solo

adj

1 single;

estar solo be alone;

sentirse solo feel lonely;

a solas alone, by o.s.;

más solo que la una all alone, all by oneself;

por sí solo by o.s.

2 café black

3 ( único)

:

un solo día a single day

II m MÚS solo

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sólo adv

solamente: just, only

sólo quieren comer: they just want to eat

solo, -la adj

1) : alone, by oneself

2) : lonely

3) único: only, sole, unique

hay un solo problema: there's only one problem

4)

a solas : alone

solo nm

: solo

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solo¹ adj

1. (sin compañía) alone / on your own

estaba solo he was alone

vive sola she lives alone / she lives on her own

vino solo he came on his own

2. (solitario) lonely [comp. lonelier; superl. loneliest]

se siente muy sola she feels very lonely

3. (sin ayuda) on your own / by yourself

¿lo has hecho tú solo? did you do it by yourself?

4. (único) one

una sola persona one single persona

hay un solo problema there's just one problema

solo² n

1. (café) black coffee

2. (música) solo

Spanish-English dictionary > sólo
15 formalità

f invar formality

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formalità s.f.

1 form, formality: formalità legali, burocratiche, legal, bureaucratic formalities; le formalità per ottenere il passaporto, the formalities for obtaining a passport

2 (estens.) formality, ceremony: ci accolsero amichevolmente, senza troppe formalità, they welcomed us in a friendly way (o without too much formality o quite informally); senza troppe formalità mi hanno invitato ad andarmene, without mincing their words they told me to clear off // è una pura formalità, it is a mere formality.

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[formali'ta]
sostantivo femminile invariabile

1) formality; dir. technicality

una pura formalità — a mere formality, just a formality

per pura formalità — purely as a matter of form

2) (forma esteriore) formality

mettiamo da parte le formalità — let's drop o skip the formalities

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formalità

/formali'ta/

f.inv.

1 formality; dir. technicality; una pura formalità a mere formality, just a formality; per pura formalità purely as a matter of form

2 (forma esteriore) formality; mettiamo da parte le formalità let's drop o skip the formalities.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > formalità
16 mother

mother [ˈmʌðə^r]

1. noun

a. mère f

• Ann, a mother of three Ann, une mère de trois enfants

• the Reverend Mother la Révérende Mère

• she's her mother's daughter c'est (bien) la fille de sa mère

b. ( = greatest) (inf) the mother of all battles une bataille sans précédent

• the mother of all traffic jams un énorme embouteillage

2. transitive verb

( = act as mother to) s'occuper de ; ( = indulge, protect) materner

• why do men so often want their girlfriends to mother them? pourquoi les hommes veulent-ils si souvent se faire materner par leur petite amie ?

3. compounds

► mother country noun mère patrie f

► mother-in-law noun (plural mothers-in-law) belle-mère f

► Mother Nature noun Dame Nature f

► Mother of God noun Marie, mère f de Dieu

► mother-of-pearl noun nacre f

► Mother's Day noun fête f des Mères

► Mother Superior noun Mère f supérieure

► mother-to-be noun (plural mothers-to-be) future maman f

► mother tongue noun langue f maternelle

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['mʌðə(r)] 1.
noun

1) ( parent) mère f

2) ( form of address) mère f fml, maman f
2.
Mother proper noun Religion Mère f

Reverend Mother — révérende Mère
3.
transitive verb lit materner; fig dorloter also pej

••

every mother's son (of them) — tous sans exception

to learn something at one's mother's knee — apprendre quelque chose dans sa plus tendre enfance

English-French dictionary > mother
17 formalidad

f.

1 formality (requisito).

es una mera formalidad it's just a formality

2 (good) manners.

3 reliability.

4 seriousness.

5 conventionality.

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formalidad

► nombre femenino

1 (norma de comportamiento) formality

2 (seriedad) seriousness

3 (fiabilidad) reliability

4 (trámite) formality, requisite

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

¡un poco de formalidad! please behave yourselves!

una mera formalidad a mere formality

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noun f.

1) formality

2) seriousness

3) reliability

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SF

1) (=requisito) formality

son las formalidades de costumbre — these are the usual formalities

es pura formalidad — it's a pure o mere formality, it's just a matter of form

2) (=fiabilidad) reliability

alabó la formalidad de nuestra empresa — he praised our company for its reliability

se quedó sin clientes por falta de formalidad — he lost all his customers because of his unreliability

esta empresa no tiene formalidad ninguna — this company is totally unreliable

3) (=seriedad)

¡señores, un poco de formalidad! — gentlemen, let's be serious!

¡niños, formalidad! — kids, behave yourselves!

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femenino

1) ( de persona) reliability

no tiene formalidad — he's so unreliable

tengamos formalidad — let's be serious

2) ( requisito) formality

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= formality, dependability.

Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.

Ex. Dependability could be subdivided into 1) discharge of own job responsibilities, 2) regular and punctual attendance, and 3) self-control.

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femenino

1) ( de persona) reliability

no tiene formalidad — he's so unreliable

tengamos formalidad — let's be serious

2) ( requisito) formality

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= formality, dependability.

Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.

Ex: Dependability could be subdivided into 1) discharge of own job responsibilities, 2) regular and punctual attendance, and 3) self-control.

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formalidad

feminine

A (de una persona) reliability, dependability

niños, formalidad behave yourselves, children

no se puede hacer planes con él, no tiene formalidad it's impossible to plan anything with him, he's so unreliable

B (requisito) formality

es una simple formalidad it's a mere formality

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formalidad sustantivo femenino
1 ( de persona) reliability;
◊ no tiene formalidad he's so unreliable

2 ( requisito) formality
formalidad sustantivo femenino
1 (trámite, protocolo) formality
2 (seriedad, corrección) seriousness
3 (responsabilidad, puntualidad) reliability
' formalidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
formalmente
- trámite
English:
form
- formality
- mere
- reliability
- seriousness
- trustworthiness
- stiffly

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formalidad nf

1. [requisito] formality;

es una mera formalidad it's just a formality

2. [fiabilidad] reliability;

este mecánico no tiene ninguna formalidad this mechanic is totally unreliable;

¡qué poca formalidad! you just can't rely on some people!

3. [seriedad] seriousness

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formalidad

f formality

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formalidad nf

1) : formality

2) : seriousness, dignity

3) : dependability, reliability

Spanish-English dictionary > formalidad
18 formalité

formalité [fɔʀmalite]

feminine noun

formality

• les formalités à accomplir the necessary procedures

• ce n'est qu'une formalité it's a mere formality

• sans autre formalité without any further ado

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fɔʀmalite
nom féminin Administration formality

les formalités à accomplir pour obtenir un visa — the necessary procedure to obtain a visa

simplifier les formalités — to simplify procedure

ce n'est qu'une formalité — it's a mere formality

par pure formalité — as a matter of form

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fɔʀmalite nf
formality

Ce n'est qu'une simple formalité. — It's just a formality.

formalités administratives — administrative formalities

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formalité nf Admin formality; les formalités de douane customs formalities; remplir une formalité to comply with a formality; les formalités à accomplir pour obtenir un visa the necessary procedure to obtain a visa; simplifier les formalités to simplify procedure; ce n'est qu'une formalité it's a mere formality; par pure formalité as a matter of form; sans autre formalité fig without further ado.

[fɔrmalite] nom féminin

1. ADMINISTRATION formality

formalités administratives/douanières administrative/customs formalities

2. [acte sans importance]

notre enquête n'est qu'une simple ou pure formalité we're just making routine enquiries

cet examen n'est qu'une formalité this medical test is a mere formality

3. [cérémonial] formality

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > formalité
19 EINN

one

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card. numb. and pron.

1) one;

einn skal við einn eiga, one shall fight against one;

einn ok einn, one by one, one at a time, singly;

2) as ord. numb. = inn fyrsti (Urð hétu eina, aðra Verðandi, Skuld ina þriðju);

3) the same, one and the same (váru sveinarnir up fœddir báðir í einu þorpi);

allt í eina leið, all in one way;

einn … ok, the same as (í einu herbergi ok hinn);

allr einn, the very same, quite the same (þat er allt eitt ok himinn);

allt at einu, nevertheless, for all that (þó at þú þjónaðir illum, þó var hann allt at einu þinn herra);

4) indef. one, a certain (einn vetr, einn dag, eitt kveld);

einn vinr Þóris, a certain friend of Th.;

before numbers, about, some;

einar fimm þúsundir, some five thousand;

einir … aðrir, some … others (einir tóku dúka ok aðrir rekkjublæjur);

einn ok ýmiss, one and another (einar ok ýmissar þjóðir);

5) after a negation, any;

né eitt, not anything;

6) gen. pl. ‘einna’ used in an intensive sense;

einna manna bezt, best of all (single) men;

einna verst, by far the worst;

einna sízt, by far the least, least of all;

engi er einna hvatastr, no man is superior to all others;

7) alone (Guðrún skyldi ein ráða fyrir fé þeirra);

láta konu eina, to desert or divorce one’s wife;

with gen., hann varð einn sinna manna, he was separated from his men;

if put after the noun ‘einn’ generally denotes only, but;

segja þetta prett einn, to call this a mere trick;

vín eitt, wine only;

var þat (handklæði) raufar einar, all in holes, mere tatters;

fáir einir, only a few;

einn sér or sér einn, quite by oneself, alone (hann var einn sér);

einn saman, einn samt, quite alone;

kona eigi ein saman, not alone, with child;

at eins, only, but;

eigi at eins, not only;

því at eins, only in that case;

údauðr at eins, merely not dead, all but dead, barely alive;

at einu = at eins.

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adj., pl. einir, acc. sing. einn, but also einan, esp. in the sense al-einan etc.; [Gr. εἱς, εν; Lat. ūnus, and early Lat. oinos; Ulf. ains; A. S. ân; Engl. one, in E. Engl. proncd. like stone, bone; Scot. ane; Swed. en; Dan. een]:—one.

A. Cardinal number, one; einn, tveir, þrír …, opp. to báðir, fleiri, etc.; einum eðr fleirum, Grág. i. 108; eina sök eðr fleiri, 78; unnu báðir eins verk, Fas. i. 515; einum ok einum, one by one, ii. 252; tveir menn veðmæltu um einn grip, Grág. i. 412.

2. in old poems it is used as an ordinal number; Urð hétu eina, aðra Verðandi, Vsp. 20; segðu þat it eina …, opp. to þat it annat, Vþm. 20; hjálp heitir eitt, help ranks first, Hm. 147, Vkv. 2; but this use is quite obsolete.

3. with the notion of sameness, one and the same (unus et idem;) í einu húsi, in the same house, Grág. ii. 42; ein ero lög um, hvárt sem ero naut eðr sauðir, i. 422; allt á eina leið, all one way, Fms. ii. 315; til einnar gistingar báðir, vii. 274; í einu brjósti, Alm. 36; allr einn, the very same, Nj. 213.

II. indefinite, a, an, a certain one; einn vetr, a winter, Fms. i. 57; einn dag, x. 11, Fas. i. 514; eitt kveld, Ld. 38; einn hinn versti maðr, Fær. 91; Breiðlingr einn, a man from Broaddale, Sturl. ii. 249; einn vinr Þóris, a certain friend of Thorir, Fms. vi. 277: einn as the indefinite article is hardly found in old writers; and though it is freq. in the Bible, sermons, hymns, etc., since the Reformation, it was no doubt borrowed from the German, and has never been naturalised.

β. about, before numbers; ein tvau hundruð vaðmála, about two hundred pieces, Sks. 30; einar fimm þúsudir, about three thousand, Al. 111,—obsolete, in mod. usage hérum-bil or the like.

III. alone, Gr. μόνος, Lat. solus, used both in sing. and plur.; Guðrún skyldi ein ráða, Ld. 132; Hallr tók einn upp fang, 38; láta einan, to let alone; láttu mig Drottinn einan ekki, Pass. 34. 11; as a law term, to let one’s wife alone, þá lét hann eina Guðrúnu, Fms. x. 324 (cp. einlát); Gunnarr mundi vera einn heima, Nj. 113; sjá einn hlutr, that one thing only, 112; þau ein tíðendi (plur.), only such news, 242.

β. if put after the noun, einn denotes, only, but, sheer, and is almost adverb.; segja þetta prett einn, a mere trick, Sturl. ii. 249; raufar einar, all in holes, Nj. 176; urðu borðin í blóði einu, the tables were bedabbled with blood all over, 270, Ó. H. 116; öll orðin at hvölum einum, all turned into whales, Fas. i. 372; gabb eitt ok háð, sheer mockery, Sks. 247; orð ein, mere words, Nj. 123; ígangs-klæði ein, Eg. 75; vin eitt, wine only, Gm. 19; heiptyrði ein, Fm. 9; hamingjur einar, Vþm. 49; ofsamenn einir, Ld. 158; þá nótt eina, for that one night, N. G. L. i. 240: also after an adj., lítið eina, only a little, Stj. 177; þat eina, er hann ætti sjálfr, Eg. 47, Fms. v. 303; nema góðs eina, naught but good, Eg. 63; fátt eitt, few only, but few; vilt eitt, but what is agreeable, Hm. 125; mikit eitt skala manni gefa, a proverb, ‘small gifts shew great love,’ 51; sá einn, er …, he only, who …, 17; satt eitt, sooth only, Fm. 9; the sense differs according as the adj. is placed before or after the noun, einn Guð, the one God; but, Guð einn, God only, none but God.

IV. plur. in a distributive sense, single; ein gjöld, a single weregild, opp. to tvenn, þrenn, fern, double, triple, quadruple, Grág. ii. 232; thus Icel. say, einir sokkar, skór, vetlingar, a pair of socks, shoes, gloves; einar brækr, a pair of breeches; also with nouns which have only plur., e. g. ein, tvenn, þrenn Jól, one, two, three Christmasses ( Yules); einar (tvennar) dyrr, a single … door; eina Páska, one Easter.

V. gen. pl. einna is used in an intensive sense; einna manna bezt, best of all single men, Fms. ix. 258; í mesta lagi einna manna, foremost of all single men, Bjarn. 65; fátt er svá einna hluta, at örvænt sé at hitti annat slíkt, Ó. H. 75.

β. ellipt., manna, hluta, or the like being omitted, einna becomes almost an adverbial phrase, by far, exceedingly; at engi viti einna miklogi görr (= einna manna), that no one ( no single man) shall know it much better, Grág. i. 2; einna verst, by far the worst, Orkn. 162, Nj. 38; einna sizt, by far the least, least of all, Fms. i. 37; einna mest verðr, Ld. 8; er einna var ríkastr, who was the mightiest of all, Fms. i. 297; engan rétt einna meir kunnan at göra (= einna rétta meir), Sks. 22; engi er einna hvatastr (= e. manna), there is none so mighty but be may find his match, Hm. 63: in mod. usage einna, joined with a superlative, is used adverbially, e. beztr, e. fljótastr, the best, the fleetest, but in a somewhat depreciatory sense.

VI. used adverb.:

1. gen. sing. eins,

α. eins ok, as, as if; eins ok væri hann með öllu óttalauss, Hkr. iii. 275; allt eins ok ( just as) rakkar metja með tungu, Stj. 392.

β. likewise, in the same way; mikill þorri var þat er þær sögðu eins báðar, Landn. (Hb.) 320; this use of eins is very rare in old writers, but freq. in mod. use; in the spoken language at least ‘eins’ (= as) has almost replaced the old ‘sem.’

γ. only; er ek hefi áðr spurn til eins, Fms. iv. 139 (rare).

δ. at eins, only, but, Grág. i. 235; vel at eins, ironically, well enough, Ld. 248; eigi at eins, not only, Fms. i. 266; með sínum at eins kostnaði, vii. 184; því at eins, only in that case, Nj. 228; þar at eins, Ísl. ii. 400; allt eins, not the less for that, 216: in mod. use, just as (vide allr A. V. 5).

2. dat. at einu = at eins; údauðr at einu, Ld. 242; því at einu = því at eins, Fms. iv. 195; því at einu er rétt …, Grág. i. 164; svá at einu, id., Nj. 103; sá evkr syndir sínar at einu, he but adds to his sins, Hom. 157; allt at einu, all the same, Ísl. ii. 216, v. l.: af því einu, only because, Mork. 140.

B. Joined to another pronominal adj. or adv.:

I. einn hverr, adj. pron., in old writers usually in two words and with a double declension (see below), but now and then (and in mod. usage always) in a single word, einn being indecl.; einhverja (acc. f.), Hbl. 30; einhverjum (dat. sing.), Hm. 122, Fms. x. 71; einhverjo héraði, Al. 98, Nj. 2; einhverra (gen.), Fms. iv. 75; einhverir (nom. pl.), viii. 202; einhver, einhverir, etc.: the form eins-hverr is peculiar, keeping the gen. indecl. through all the cases, nom. einshverr, N. G. L. i. 6; acc. einshverja, Stj. 156, 655 xxxii. 18, Gþl. 135; dat. einshverjum, Stj. 22, 442, 448; this form seems to be chiefly Norse, is very rare in old writers, and now quite obsolete; neut. sing. eitthvert, Vm. 73, or eitthvat, Stj. 442, the mod. usage makes a distinction, and uses eitthvert only as adj., eitthvað as subst.:

1. each one, each single one; maðr er einn hverr, Edda 108; þær eru svá margar, at ein hver má vel endask, Eg. 414; ór þeirra fjórðungi sem ór einum hverjum öðrum, Íb. ch. 5; skal einn hverr ( each) þeirra nefna sér vátta, Grág. i. 74; jafnmikinn arf sem einn hverr ( each) sona hans, Sturl. ii. 77; fátt er svá herra einhverra hluta, of any single thing, Fms. iv. 175.

β. joined to a superl. it strengthens the sense; ágætastr maðr einn hverr, one of the very first men, Nj. 282; vinsælastr höfðingi einhverr, highly popular, Fms. vii. 4; einhver drengilegust vörn, ix. 515.

2. in an indefinite sense, some, somebody, a certain one; eitthvert ríki, Sks. 350; eina hverja nótt, some night, 686 B. 4; eitthvert sinn, once, sometime, Sturl. i. 77, Nj. 79; einhverju sinni, id., 2; einhvern dag, some day, Fms. v. 177, Ísl. ii. 212; eina hverja þessa tíð, about this time, N. G. L. i. 355; til einnar hverrar stefnu, to some meeting, Fb. i. 354; eins-hverja hluti, Stj. 156; með eins-hverjum sveini, 442; at ekki sé minna vert, at hlýða prests-messu nývígðs hinni fyrstu, heldr en biskups-messu einhverri, Bs. i. 131.

β. used as subst.; einn hverr várr búandanna, Fms. i. 34; einn hvern manna hans, Eg. 258; einhverr í hverjum dal, Ld. 258, Nj. 192.

γ. einhver-staðar (eins-hver-staðar, Fms. vii. 84), adv. somewhere, Grett. 130, Fms. iv. 57, Sd. 181.

II. einn-saman, adj. ‘one together’ (vide einsamall), i. e. quite alone; maðrinn lifir ekki af einu-saman brauði, Matth. iv. 4; með einni-saman sinni sýn, með einni-saman sinni þefan, Stj. 93; ef útlegðir fara einar-saman, if it be solely a matter of outlay ( fine), Grág. i. 103; ef þat færi eitt-saman, ii. 10: of a woman, vera eigi ein-saman, to be not alone, to be with a child, Fms. iii. 109.

III. with other words; einir … ýmissir, ‘one and sundry;’ various, mixed, Stj. 88, 204; eina hluti ok ýmissa, Fb. i. 191.

β. hverr ok einn, ‘each and one,’ every one, 677. 1, H. E. i. 393, Rb. 492; fyrir hvern mun ok einn, Fas. i. 396.

γ. einn ok sér-hverr, one and all.

δ. einn sér, apart, for oneself, alone; Múspells-synir hafa einir sér fylking, Edda 41; einn sér, sole, Fms. ii. 308; sér einir, Sturl. ii. 53: metaph. singular, peculiar, ein var hón sér í lýðsku, Fs. 30.

ε. sér-hverr, adj. every one, q. v.: eins-konar, adv. of one kind, Skálda 165; mod. indef. of a certain kind, a kind of: eins-kostar, adv. particularly, Ísl. ii. 322, Mork. 81.

ζ. né einn, not one, none; in old writers usually so, but now and then contracted neinn (q. v.), and in mod. usage always so; né eina sekð, Grág. i. 136; né eitt úhreint, Stj. 409; né einu sinni, not once, Fms. xi. 13; né eins, not a single thing, 112; né eina herferð, vii. 28.

η. fáir einir, only a few, in mod. usage in one word, nom. fáeinir, dat. fáeinum, gen. fáeinna: ein-stakr, single, q. v.: al-einn, alone, q. v.: ein-mana, q. v. (cp. Gr. μόνος): einum-megin, adv. on one side, Nj. 248 (vide vegr).

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simple [sɛ̃pl]

1. adjective

   a. simple ; [nœud, cornet de glace] single

• en simple épaisseur in a single layer

• réduit à sa plus simple expression reduced to a minimum

• simple comme bonjour (inf) as easy as falling off a log (inf)

• dans le plus simple appareil (humorous) in one's birthday suit

• pour faire simple... (faire les choses simplement) to make things simple... ; (dire les choses simplement) to put it simply...

   b. ( = modeste) [personne] unpretentious

• il a su rester simple he hasn't let it go to his head

   c. ( = de condition modeste) ce sont des gens simples they are simple folk

   d. ( = naïf) simple

• il est un peu simple he's a bit simple

• il est simple d'esprit

• c'est un simple d'esprit he's simple-minded

   e. ( = ordinaire) [particulier, salarié] ordinary

• un simple soldat a private

   f. (valeur restrictive) une simple formalité a mere formality

• une simple remarque la déconcertait a mere comment would upset her

• d'un simple geste de la main with just a movement of his hand

• par simple curiosité out of pure curiosity

• vous obtiendrez le cadeau sur simple envoi de ce bon for your free gift, simply send us this voucher

• vous obtiendrez des informations sur simple appel simply pick up the phone and you will get all the information you need

2. masculine noun

   a. passer du simple au double to double

• les prix peuvent varier du simple au double prices can vary by as much as 100%

   b. (Tennis) singles

• simple messieurs/dames men's/women's singles

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sɛ̃pl
1.

adjectif

1) ( facile)

c'est (bien) simple, il ne fait plus rien — he simply doesn't do anything any more

2) ( sans prétention) [repas, cérémonie, mariage, vie, goûts] simple; [décoration, intérieur] plain; [vêtement] simple, plain; [personne, air] unaffected, unpretentious

une jupe toute simple — a very plain skirt

3) ( modeste) [origines] modest

venir d'un milieu simple — to come from a modest background

4) ( ordinaire) [fonctionnaire, travailleur] ordinary

c'est une simple question de bon sens — it's just common sense

un simple tour de clé suffit — just one turn of the key does it

il est simple garçon de café — he's just a waiter in a café

même en hiver, il n'est vêtu que d'une simple chemise — even in winter he only ou just wears a shirt

pour la simple raison que — for the simple reason that

le simple fait de poser la question — the mere fact of asking the question

par simple curiosité — out of pure curiosity

sur simple présentation du passeport — on presentation of one's passport

ce ne sera qu'une simple formalité/vérification — it will be a mere formality/a simple check

réduire quelque chose à sa plus simple expression — to reduce something to a minimum, to pare something down to basics

5) ( peu intelligent) [personne] simple

6) Chimie, Botanique simple

7) Linguistique [passé, futur] simple

8) ( non multiple) [cornet de glace, nœud] single

2.

nom masculin

1) ( dans un calcul)

le prix varie du simple au double — the price can turn out to be twice as high

2) Sport

simple dames/messieurs — ladies'/men's singles (pl)

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sɛ̃pl
1. adj

1) (pas compliqué) (personne, méthode, chose) simple

2) (non multiple) single

3) (avant le nom) (= ordinaire)

un simple particulier — an ordinary citizen

simple soldat — private

une simple formalité — a mere formality

dans le plus simple appareil (= nu) — in one's birthday suit

2. nm

1) TENNIS (= match)

le simple messieurs — the men's singles pl

le simple dames — the ladies' singles pl

2)

aller du simple au double — to double

3. simples nmpl

MÉDECINE medicinal plants

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simple

A adj

1 ( facile) [problème, question, situation, idée] simple, straightforward; [choix, moyen, façon, explication, calcul] simple; son raisonnement est très simple his/her reasoning is very simple; je veux des phrases simples mais correctes I want simple but correct sentences; la situation est loin d'être simple the situation is far from (being) simple ou straightforward; c'est (bien) simple, il ne fait plus rien he simply doesn't do anything any more; pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué? iron why not make life even more difficult for yourself?;

2 ( sans prétention) [repas, cérémonie, mariage, vie, goûts] simple; [décoration, intérieur] plain; [vêtement] simple, plain; [personne, air] unaffected, unpretentious; elle portait une jupe toute simple she was wearing a very simple ou plain skirt; elle est simple et naturelle she's unaffected and natural; il est resté très simple malgré son succès he's remained very unpretentious in spite of his success;

3 ( modeste) [origines] modest; venir d'un milieu simple to come from a modest background;

4 ( ordinaire) [avertissement, remarque] mere; [fonctionnaire, travailleur] ordinary; c'est une simple question d'honneur/de bon sens it's simply ou purely a question of honour^GB/of common sense; un simple tour de clé suffit just one turn of the key does it; il est simple garçon de café/employé du bureau he's just a waiter in a café/a clerk; il l'a mis KO d'un simple coup de poing he knocked him out with a single blow; même en hiver, il n'est vêtu que d'une simple chemise even in winter he only ou just wears a shirt; pour la simple raison que for the simple reason that; le simple fait de poser la question the mere fact of asking the question; par simple curiosité out of pure curiosity; sur simple présentation du passeport simply on presentation of one's passport; ce ne sera qu'une simple formalité/vérification it will be a mere formality/a simple check; réduire qch à sa plus simple expression to reduce sth to a minimum;

5 ( peu intelligent) [personne] simple; il est gentil mais un peu simple he's nice but a bit simple;

6 Chimie, Nucl, Bot simple;

7 Ling [passé, futur] simple;

8 ( non multiple) [cornet de glace, nœud] single.

B nm

1 ( dans un calcul) le prix varie du simple au double the price can turn out to be twice as high;

2 Sport simple dames/messieurs ladies'/men's singles (pl).

C simples nmpl Bot, Pharm medicinal herbs.

Composés

simple d'esprit simple-minded; c'est un or il est simple d'esprit he's simple-minded; simple soldat private.

[sɛ̃pl] adjectif

1. [facile - exercice, système] straightforward, simple, easy

c'est très simple à utiliser it's very easy ou simple to use

c'est simple comme bonjour it's as easy as ABC ou as pie

2. (avant le nom) [avec une valeur restrictive] mere, simple

c'est une simple question d'argent it's simply ou only a matter of money

pour la simple raison que... for the simple reason that...

réduit à sa plus simple expression reduced to its simplest form

vous aurez une démonstration gratuite sur simple appel all you need do is (to) ou simply phone this number for a free demonstration

ce n'est qu'une simple formalité it's merely a ou it's a mere formality

ça s'ouvre d'une simple pression du doigt it opens simply by pressing on it

ce n'est qu'un simple employé de bureau he's just an ordinary office worker

3. [non raffiné - gens] unaffected, uncomplicated ; [ - objets, nourriture, goûts] plain, simple

elle est apparue dans le plus simple appareil she appeared in her birthday suit (humoristique)

4. [ingénu] simple, simple-minded

5. [non composé - mot, élément, fleur, fracture] simple ; [ - chaînette, nœud] single

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[sɛ̃pl] nom masculin

1. [ce qui est facile]

aller du simple au complexe to progress from the simple to the complex

2. [proportion]

les prix varient du simple au double prices can double

3. SPORT singles

jouer en simple to play a singles match

simple messieurs/dames men's/ladies' singles

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simples nom masculin pluriel

medicinal herbs ou plants

simple d'esprit nom masculin

simpleton, halfwit

simple d'esprit locution adjectivale

il est un peu simple d'esprit he's a bit simple

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