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1 rotten

1. adjective,
rottener, rottenest

1) (decayed) verrottet; verwest [Leiche]; verrottet [Holz]; verfault [Obst, Gemüse, Fleisch]; faul [Ei, Zähne]; (rusted) verrostet

rotten to the core — (fig.) verdorben bis ins Mark; völlig verrottet [System, Gesellschaft]

2) (corrupt) verdorben; verkommen

3) (coll.): (bad) mies (ugs.)

feel rotten — (ill) sich mies fühlen (ugs.); (have a bad conscience) ein schlechtes Gewissen haben

rotten luck — saumäßiges Pech (salopp)
2. adverb
(coll.) saumäßig (salopp)

hurt/stink something rotten — saumäßig weh tun/stinken (salopp)

spoilt rotten — ganz schön verwöhnt (ugs.)

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adjective

1) ((of meat, fruit etc) having gone bad; decayed: rotten vegetables.) verfault

2) (bad; mean: What rotten luck!; It was a rotten thing to do.) niederträchtig

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rot·ten

[ˈrɒt^ən, AM ˈrɑ:-]

I. adj

1. (decayed) verfault; fruit verdorben; tooth faul; wood modrig

2. (corrupt) korrupt, völlig verdorben fig

3. ( fam: very bad) mies fam

I'm a \rotten cook ich bin ein hundsmiserabler Koch fam

to feel \rotten sich akk mies fühlen fam

4. ( fam: nasty) trick, joke gemein

II. adv ( fam) total fam

to be spoiled \rotten child völlig verzogen sein

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['rɒtn]
adj

1) vegetation, egg, tooth faul; wood morsch, faul; fruit faul, verdorben; (fig = corrupt) korrupt, verdorben

rotten to the core (fig) — durch und durch verdorben

rotten apple (fig) — schwarzes Schaf

there's always one rotten egg ( in the basket) (fig) — es gibt immer ein schwarzes Schaf

2) (inf: poor, incompetent) mies (inf)

she was a rotten driver — sie war eine miserable Fahrerin

to be rotten at sth — in etw (dat) schlecht sein

I was always rotten at drawing — ich konnte noch nie gut zeichnen

3) (inf: dreadful, unpleasant) scheußlich (inf); weather mies (inf), scheußlich (inf)

what rotten luck! — so ein Pech!

it's a rotten business —

to have a rotten time — eine schlimme Zeit durchmachen

what a rotten time you're having — was du zurzeit aber auch alles durchmachen musst! (inf)

isn't it rotten about poor David? — ist das nicht furchtbar mit dem armen David?

4) (inf: mean) gemein, eklig

that was a rotten trick/a rotten thing to do — das war ein übler Trick/eine Gemeinheit

that's a rotten thing to say — es ist gemein, so etwas zu sagen

5) (inf: unwell) elend, mies (inf)

to feel rotten — sich elend fühlen

to look rotten — schlecht aussehen

6) (inf

= guilty) to feel rotten about doing sth — sich (dat) mies vorkommen, etw zu tun (inf)

7) (inf: damned) verdammt (inf)

you can keep your rotten bike! — du kannst dein verdammtes or blödes Fahrrad behalten! (inf)

8) (inf)

to spoil sb ( something) rotten — jdn nach Strich und Faden verwöhnen (inf)

to fancy sb (something) rotten — jdn wahnsinnig gernhaben (inf)

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rotten [ˈrɒtn; US ˈrɑtn] adj (adv rottenly)

1. verfault, faul:

rotten egg faules Ei;

rotten to the core

a) vollkommen verfault,

b) fig durch und durch korrupt; → academic.ru/3229/apple">apple 1

2. morsch

3. brandig, stockig (Holz)

4. MED faul (Zähne)

5. fig

a) verderbt, korrupt ( → 1)

b) niederträchtig, gemein (Lüge, Trick etc):

something is rotten in the state of Denmark (Shakespeare) etwas ist faul im Staate Dänemark

6. sl (hunds)miserabel, saumäßig (Buch etc):

rotten luck Saupech n;

rotten weather Sauwetter n;

feel rotten sich beschissen fühlen

7. VET mit der (Lungen)Fäule behaftet (Schaf)

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1. adjective,
rottener, rottenest

1) (decayed) verrottet; verwest [Leiche]; verrottet [Holz]; verfault [Obst, Gemüse, Fleisch]; faul [Ei, Zähne]; (rusted) verrostet

rotten to the core — (fig.) verdorben bis ins Mark; völlig verrottet [System, Gesellschaft]

2) (corrupt) verdorben; verkommen

3) (coll.): (bad) mies (ugs.)

feel rotten — (ill) sich mies fühlen (ugs.); (have a bad conscience) ein schlechtes Gewissen haben

rotten luck — saumäßiges Pech (salopp)
2. adverb
(coll.) saumäßig (salopp)

hurt/stink something rotten — saumäßig weh tun/stinken (salopp)

spoilt rotten — ganz schön verwöhnt (ugs.)

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adj.

faulig adj.

mies adj.

morsch adj.

scheußlich adj.

verfault adj.

English-german dictionary > rotten
2 rotten

adjective

1) ((of meat, fruit etc) having gone bad; decayed: rotten vegetables.) gnil

2) (bad; mean: What rotten luck!; It was a rotten thing to do.) slab, hudoben

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[rɔtn]
adjective ( rottenly adverb)

gnil, črviv, trohnel, razpadel; onemogel, izčrpan (od starosti ali uporabe); colloquially grd (o vremenu); figuratively pokvarjen, ničvreden, podel, hudoben; slang beden, odvraten, gnusen

a rotten business — umazan posel (zadeva)

rotten egg — gnilo jajce

rotten luck — grda (vražja) smola

a rotten play — strašansko slaba gledališka igra

Rotten Row — jahalna pot v Hydeparku

rotten to the core — do stržena gnil, figuratively skoz in skoz pokvarjen

a rotten trick — surovo, objestno dejanje

rotten weather — zelo grdo vreme

to get rotten — zgniti; pokvariti se

something is rotten in the state of Denmark — nekaj je gnilega v državi Danski

English-Slovenian dictionary > rotten
3 дело пахнет керосином

прост.

it's a rotten business; things are looking black (grim); cf. the band begins to play

- Ничего не видать, должно быть, ключ с той стороны торчит... - Да, - сказал чуть спустя Валенчик, - дело пахнет керосином! Нужно звонить в милицию. (В. Пьецух, Новая московская философия) — 'I can't see anything, the key must be blocking it from the other side.'... 'Yes,' said Valenchik a little later, 'it's a rotten business. We'll have to ring the police.'

Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дело пахнет керосином
4 faul

I Adj.

1. Obst, Gemüse, Ei, Zähne etc.: rotten, bad; Fisch, Fleisch: bad, präd. Brit. off, Am. bad; (stinkend) putrid; Holz: rotten; Wasser: foul, brackish; Luft: foul

2. (träge) lazy, idle; faules Aas umg., pej. Mann: lazy sod (Am. bum) Sl.; Frau: lazy bitch; umg., hum. lazybones (Sg.) auf der faulen Haut liegen laze around; sich auf die faule Haut legen take a rest; er, nicht faul, handelte sofort he was on the ball and took immediate action; du hast wohl heute deinen faulen Tag? you must be having your lazy day today; am Wochenende war ich mal so richtig schön faul I had a really lazy time at the weekend

3. fig. pej. Ausrede: lame; Kompromiss etc.: shabby; Friede: phon(e)y umg.; Witz: bad; Scheck, Wechsel: dud; (verdächtig) Person: shady; Sache: fishy; fauler Zauber humbug; da ist doch etwas faul there’s something fishy about it; etwas ist faul im Staate Dänemark something is rotten in the state of Denmark

4. (säumig) Zahler: late

II Adv.: faul herumliegen laze around ( oder about); häng hier nicht faul rum, hilf mir lieber umg. instead of hanging around doing nothing you could help me

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(kariös) decayed;

(träge) sluggard; lazy; idle; slothful; indolent; shiftless;

(verdächtig) fishy (ugs.); shady (ugs.);

(verfault) bad; rotten; putrid

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[faul]
adj

1) (= verfault) bad; Lebensmittel off pred (Brit), bad pred; Eier, Obst rotten, bad; Holz, Gesellschaftsordnung rotten; Geschmack, Geruch foul, putrid; Zahn bad, decayed; Laub rotting; Wasser foul

2) (= verdächtig) fishy (inf), suspicious, dubious; (COMM) Wechsel, Scheck dud (inf); Kredit bad; (= fadenscheinig) Ausrede flimsy, feeble; Kompromiss uneasy; Friede empty; (= dumm) Witz bad

hier ist etwas fáúl (inf) — there's something fishy here (inf)

an der Sache ist etwas fáúl (inf) — there's something fishy about the whole business (inf)

etwas ist fáúl im Staate Dänemark (prov) — there's something rotten in the State of Denmark (prov)

3) (= träge) lazy, idle

fáúl wie die Sünde — bone idle (Brit inf), very lazy

See:

→ Haut, Strick

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1) (odd or suspicious: There's something fishy about that man.) fishy

2) ((especially of smell or taste) causing disgust: a foul smell.) foul

3) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) idle

4) idly

5) lazily

6) (too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise etc: I take the bus to work as I'm too lazy to walk; Lazy people tend to become fat.) lazy

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faul

[faul]

adj

1. (nicht fleißig) idle, lazy

\fauler Sack (pej) lazy slob

2. (verfault) rotten [or bad]; (verrottet) decayed, rotten

\faule Blätter dead leaves; (faulig) foul

3. (pej fam: nicht einwandfrei) feeble

ein \fauler Kompromiss a shabby compromise

ein \fauler Kredit a bad credit

ein \fauler Kunde a shady customer

▪ an etw dat ist etw \faul sth is fishy about sth

an diesem Angebot ist irgendwas \faul there's something fishy about this offer

4. (ohne zu zögern)

nicht \faul not slow

5.

▶ etw ist \faul im Staate Dänemark (prov) there's something rotten in the State of Denmark

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1.
Adjektiv

1) (verdorben) rotten, bad < food>; bad < tooth>; rotten < wood>; foul, stale < air>; foul < water>

2) (träge) lazy; idle

zu faul zu etwas sein/zu faul sein, etwas zu tun — be too lazy or idle for something/to do something

auf der faulen Haut liegen/sich auf die faule Haut legen — take it easy

3) (ugs.): (nicht einwandfrei) bad < joke>; dud < cheque>; false < peace>; lame < excuse>; shabby < compromise>; shady <business, customer>

das ist doch [alles] fauler Zauber — it's [all] quite bogus

etwas ist faul im Staate Dänemark — something is rotten in the state of Denmark

4) (säumig) bad < debtor>
2.
adverbial (träge) lazily; idly

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faul

A. adj

1. Obst, Gemüse, Ei, Zähne etc: rotten, bad; Fisch, Fleisch: bad, präd Br off, US bad; (stinkend) putrid; Holz: rotten; Wasser: foul, brackish; Luft: foul

2. (träge) lazy, idle;

faules Aas umg, pej Mann: lazy sod (US bum) sl; Frau: lazy bitch; umg, hum lazybones (sg)

auf der faulen Haut liegen laze around;

sich auf die faule Haut legen take a rest;

er, nicht faul, handelte sofort he was on the ball and took immediate action;

du hast wohl heute deinen faulen Tag? you must be having your lazy day today;

am Wochenende war ich mal so richtig schön faul I had a really lazy time at the weekend

3. fig pej Ausrede: lame; Kompromiss etc: shabby; Friede: phon(e)y umg; Witz: bad; Scheck, Wechsel: dud; (verdächtig) Person: shady; Sache: fishy;

fauler Zauber humbug;

da ist doch etwas faul there’s something fishy about it;

etwas ist faul im Staate Dänemark something is rotten in the state of Denmark

4. (säumig) Zahler: late

B. adv:

faul herumliegen laze around ( oder about);

häng hier nicht faul rum, hilf mir lieber umg instead of hanging around doing nothing you could help me

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1.
Adjektiv

1) (verdorben) rotten, bad < food>; bad < tooth>; rotten < wood>; foul, stale < air>; foul < water>

2) (träge) lazy; idle

zu faul zu etwas sein/zu faul sein, etwas zu tun — be too lazy or idle for something/to do something

auf der faulen Haut liegen/sich auf die faule Haut legen — take it easy

3) (ugs.): (nicht einwandfrei) bad < joke>; dud < cheque>; false < peace>; lame < excuse>; shabby < compromise>; shady <business, customer>

das ist doch [alles] fauler Zauber — it's [all] quite bogus

etwas ist faul im Staate Dänemark — something is rotten in the state of Denmark

4) (säumig) bad < debtor>
2.
adverbial (träge) lazily; idly

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adj.

idle adj.

lazy adj.

slothful adj.

sluggard adj.

sluggish adj. adv.

lazily adv.

rottenly adv.

slothfully adv.

sluggishly adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > faul
5 marcio

(pl -ci) bad, rotten

( corrotto) corrupt, rotten to the core

avere torto marcio be totally wrong

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marcio agg.

1 rotten, bad: frutta marcia, rotten fruit; legno marcio, rotten (o decayed) wood; pesce marcio, rotten fish; uovo marcio, rotten egg; si sono intossicati mangiando della carne marcia, they got food poisoning by eating bad (o contaminated) meat; la parte inferiore di quel muro è completamente marcia, the bottom (part) of that wall is completely rotten; dente marcio, bad (o decayed) tooth

2 (fig.) (corrotto) corrupt, rotten: società marcia, corrupt society; è cresciuto in un ambiente marcio, he grew up in a corrupt environment

3 (fam.): lo fece a suo marcio dispetto, she did it deliberately to spite him; aver torto marcio, to be totally in the wrong

◆ s.m.

1 rottenness, badness; (parte marcia) rotten (o bad) part: quel pesce sa di marcio, that fish smells bad; togli il marcio a quelle mele, cut the bad parts out of those apples

2 (med.) (pus, materia) pus, matter

3 (fig.) (corruzione) corruption, rottenness: era evidente che c'era del marcio nelle alte sfere, it was evident that there was corruption in high places.

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['martʃo] marcio -cia, -ci, -ce
1. agg

(uovo, legno) rotten, (foglie) rotting, (frutta) rotten, bad, (ferita, piaga) festering, (fig : corrotto) corrupt, rotten

avere torto marcio — to be utterly wrong

2. sm

(di frutto ecc) rotten o bad part

c'è del marcio in questa storia — there's something fishy about this business

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1.
pl. -ci, -ce ['martʃo, tʃi, tʃe] aggettivo

1) [uova, carne, frutto] rotten; [ legno] rotten, decayed; [muro, roccia] rotten, crumbling

2) fig. (corrotto) [ persona] corrupt; [ società] corrupt, rotten
2.
sostantivo maschile

1) rottenness; (parte marcia) rotten part, rot

puzza di marcio — it smells rotten

2) fig. (corruzione) rot

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avere torto marcio — to be dead wrong

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marcio

pl. -ci, -ce /'mart∫o, t∫i, t∫e/

I aggettivo

1 [uova, carne, frutto] rotten; [ legno] rotten, decayed; [muro, roccia] rotten, crumbling

2 fig. (corrotto) [ persona] corrupt; [ società] corrupt, rotten

II sostantivo maschile

1 rottenness; (parte marcia) rotten part, rot; puzza di marcio it smells rotten

2 fig. (corruzione) rot

IDIOMS

avere torto marcio to be dead wrong.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > marcio
6 bad

1. adjective,
worse, worst

1) schlecht; (worthless) wertlos, ungedeckt [Scheck]; (rotten) schlecht, verdorben [Fleisch, Fisch, Essen]; faul [Ei, Apfel]; (unpleasant) schlecht, unangenehm [Geruch]

something gives somebody a bad name — etwas trägt jemandem einen schlechten Ruf ein

somebody gets a bad name — jemand kommt in Verruf

she is in bad health — sie hat eine angegriffene Gesundheit

[some] bad news — schlechte od. schlimme Nachrichten

bad breath — Mundgeruch, der

he is having a bad day — er hat einen schwarzen Tag

bad hair day — (coll) schlechter Tag

I'm having a bad hair day — (coll.) heute geht bei mir alles schief

bad business — ein schlechtes Geschäft

it is a bad business — (fig.) das ist eine schlimme Sache

in the bad old days — in den schlimmen Jahren

not bad — (coll.) nicht schlecht; nicht übel

something is not a bad idea — etwas ist keine schlechte Idee

not half bad — (coll.) [gar] nicht schlecht

something is too bad — (coll.) etwas ist ein Jammer

too bad! — (coll.) so ein Pech! (auch iron.)

go bad — schlecht werden

2) (noxious) schlecht; schädlich

3) (wicked) schlecht; (immoral) schlecht; verdorben; (naughty) ungezogen, böse [Kind, Hund]

4) (offensive)

[use] bad language — Kraftausdrücke [benutzen]

5) (in ill health)

she's bad today — es geht ihr heute schlecht

I have a bad pain/finger — ich habe schlimme Schmerzen/(ugs.) einen schlimmen Finger

be in a bad way — in schlechtem Zustand sein

6) (serious) schlimm, böse [Sturz, Krise]; schwer [Fehler, Krankheit, Unfall, Erschütterung]; hoch [Fieber]; schrecklich [Feuer]

7) (coll.): (regretful)

a bad conscience — ein schlechtes Gewissen

feel bad about something/not having done something — etwas bedauern/bedauern, dass man etwas nicht getan hat

I feel bad about him/her — ich habe seinetwegen/ihretwegen ein schlechtes Gewissen

8) (Commerc.)

a bad debt — eine uneinbringliche Schuld (Wirtsch.). See also academic.ru/83116/worse">worse 1.; worst 1.
2. noun
be £100 to the bad — mit 100 Pfund in der Kreide stehen (ugs.)

go to the bad — auf die schiefe Bahn geraten

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[bæd]
comparative - worse; adjective

1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) schlecht

2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) böse

3) (unpleasant: bad news.) schlecht

4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) schlecht

5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) schlecht

6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) schlecht

7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) schlecht

8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) schlimm

9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) ungünstig

•

- badly
- badness
- badly off
- feel bad about something
- feel bad
- go from bad to worse
- not bad
- too bad
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bad

<worse, worst>

[bæd]

I. adj

1. (inferior, of low quality) schlecht

not \bad! nicht schlecht!

not half \bad! ( fam) [gar] nicht übel! fam

to have \bad taste einen schlechten Geschmack haben

2. (incompetent) schlecht

▪ to be \bad at sth etw nicht gut können

he's \bad at flirting er kann nicht gut flirten

to be very \bad at football sehr schlecht Fußball spielen

to be \bad at German/maths schlecht in Deutsch/Mathe sein

3. (unpleasant, unfavourable) schlecht; (difficult) schwierig

they have a \bad marriage sie führen keine gute Ehe

things are looking \bad [for him] es sieht nicht gut [für ihn] aus

things look \bad in this company es sieht nicht gut für die Firma aus

if it's \bad weather, we won't play bei schlechtem Wetter spielen wir nicht

things are [or it is] going from \bad to worse es wird immer schlimmer

this year their situation has gone from \bad to worse ihre Situation hat sich in diesem Jahr zunehmend verschlechtert [o verschlimmert]

a \bad dream ein böser Traum

\bad news schlechte Nachrichten

a \bad situation eine schlimme Situation

a \bad smell ein übler Geruch

\bad times schwere Zeiten

4. (objectionable) person, character, manners schlecht

it was \bad of you to laugh at her in front of everybody es war gemein von dir, sie vor allen auszulachen

to fall in with a \bad crowd in eine üble Bande geraten

a \bad egg ( fig fam) eine ziemlich üble Person

a \bad habit eine schlechte Angewohnheit

to use \bad language Kraftausdrücke benutzen

a \bad neighbourhood eine verkommene [Wohn]gegend

to have a \bad personality eine unangenehme Art haben

sb's \bad points jds schlechte Seiten

to be a \bad sport ein schlechter Verlierer/eine schlechte Verliererin sein

to have a \bad temper schlecht gelaunt sein

5. (naughty) ungezogen; (wicked, aggressive) böse

\bad blood böses Blut

[to act] in \bad faith in böser Absicht [handeln]

6. (pity) schade

too \bad zu schade [o fam dumm

7. (regretful)

to feel \bad about sth sich akk wegen einer S. gen schlecht fühlen

8. (unfortunate) decision schlecht, unglücklich

\bad luck Pech nt

9. (harmful) schlecht, schädlich

▪ to be \bad for sb schlecht für jdn sein

to be \bad for sb's health jds Gesundheit schaden

to be \bad for one's teeth schlecht für die Zähne sein

10. (spoiled) food verdorben, schlecht; ( fig) atmosphere, reputation schlecht

to have a \bad name einen schlechten Ruf haben

to go \bad verderben, schlecht werden

11. (serious) schlimm

to have a \bad cold eine schlimme Erkältung haben

a \bad crime ein schweres Verbrechen

a \bad debt eine uneinbringliche Schuld

a \bad storm ein heftiger Sturm

to be nowhere near as \bad as... nicht halb [o annähernd] so schlimm sein wie...

12. MED schlecht

I feel \bad mir geht es nicht gut

to have a \bad leg ein schlimmes Bein haben

to have \bad skin [or a bad complexion] schlechte Haut haben

13. (not valid) cheque falsch

14. AM (sl: cool) fabelhaft, super

15.

▶ to give sth up as a \bad job BRIT etw abschreiben fig fam

▶ sb has it \bad (sl) jdn hat es schwer erwischt hum fam

he's got it \bad for Lucy er ist total verknallt in Lucy fam

▶ to make the best of a \bad job das Beste aus einer schlechten Situation machen

II. adv ( fam) sehr

to need sth [real] \bad etw dringend brauchen

to want sth \bad etw unbedingt haben wollen

III. n no pl

1. (ill luck)

to take the \bad with the good auch das Schlechte [o die schlechten Seiten] in Kauf nehmen

2. (evil) Schlechte(s) nt

▪ the \bad das Böse; (people) die Bösen pl

there is good and \bad in everybody jeder hat seine guten und schlechten Seiten

3. (immoral state)

to go to the \bad auf die schiefe Bahn geraten

4. (debt)

to be in the \bad im Minus sein

5. (mistake) Fehler m

6. (disfavour)

to be in \bad with sb bei jdm in Ungnade sein

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I [bd]
1. adj comp worse,
superl worst
1) schlecht; smell übel; habit schlecht, übel; insurance risk hoch; word unanständig, schlimm; (= immoral, wicked) böse; (= naughty, misbehaved) unartig, ungezogen; dog böse

it was a bad thing to do —

it was bad of you to treat her like that — das war gemein von dir, sie so zu behandeln

he went through a bad time — er hat eine schlimme Zeit durchgemacht

I've had a really bad day —

you bad boy! — du ungezogener Junge!, du Lümmel! (also iro)

he's been a bad boy —

I didn't mean that word in a bad sense — ich habe mir bei dem Wort nichts Böses gedacht

it's a bad business — das ist eine üble Sache

it's not so bad/not bad at all — es ist nicht/gar nicht so schlecht

things are going from bad to worse — es wird immer schlimmer

to go bad — schlecht werden, verderben

he's gone bad (US) — er ist auf die schiefe Bahn geraten

to be bad for sb/sth — schlecht or nicht gut für jdn/etw sein

he's bad at French —

he's bad at sports — im Sport ist er schlecht or nicht gut, er ist unsportlich

I'm very bad at telling lies — ich kann schlecht or nicht gut lügen

he speaks very bad English, his English is very bad — er spricht sehr schlecht(es) Englisch

to be bad to sb —

there's nothing bad about living together — es ist doch nichts dabei, wenn man zusammenlebt

this is a bad town for violence —

bad light stopped play — das Spiel wurde aufgrund des schlechten Lichts abgebrochen

it would not be a bad thing — das wäre nicht schlecht or keine schlechte Idee

that's not a bad idea! — das ist keine schlechte Idee!

(that's) too bad! (indignant) — so was!

it's too bad of you — das ist wirklich nicht nett von dir

too bad you couldn't make it —

to have a bad hair day (inf) (fig) — Probleme mit der Frisur haben total durch den Wind sein (inf)

to be in bad with sb (US) — bei jdm schlecht angeschrieben sein

2) (= serious) wound, sprain schlimm; accident, mistake, cold schlimm, schwer; headache stark

he's got it bad (inf) — ihn hats schwer erwischt (inf)

to have it bad for sb (inf) — in jdn schwer or unheimlich verknallt sein (inf)

3) (= unfavourable) time, day ungünstig, schlecht

Thursday's bad, can you make it Friday? — Donnerstag ist ungünstig or schlecht, gehts nicht Freitag?

4) (= in poor health, sick) stomach krank; leg, knee, hand schlimm; tooth (generally) schlecht; (now) schlimm

he/the economy is in a bad way (Brit) —

I've got a bad head (Brit) — ich habe einen dicken Kopf (inf)

to feel bad — sich nicht wohlfühlen

I feel bad —

to be taken bad (Brit) to take a bad turn (inf) — plötzlich krank werden

how is he? – he's not so bad — wie geht es ihm? – nicht schlecht

I didn't know she was so bad — ich wusste nicht, dass es ihr so schlecht geht or dass sie so schlimm dran ist (inf)

5)

(= regretful) I feel really bad about not having told him — es tut mir wirklich leid or ich habe ein schlechtes Gewissen, dass ich ihm das nicht gesagt habe

don't feel bad about it — machen Sie sich (dat) keine Gedanken or Sorgen (darüber)

6) debt uneinbringlich; voting slip, coin ungültig; (= damaged) copies etc beschädigt

7) (COMPUT) data format ungültig (= corrupted) fehlerhaft

2. n no pl

1)

to take the good with the bad — (auch) die schlechten Seiten in Kauf nehmen

there is good and bad in everything/everybody — alles/jeder hat seine guten und schlechten Seiten

2)

he's gone to the bad (Brit) — er ist auf die schiefe Bahn geraten
II pret See: of bid
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bad¹ [bæd]

A adj komp worse [wɜːs; US wɜrs], sup worst [wɜːst; US wɜrst] (adv → badly)

1. allg schlecht

2. böse, schlimm, arg, schwer:

a bad accident ein schwerer Unfall;

a bad dream ein böser Traum;

a bad mistake ein schwerer Fehler; → end Bes Redew

3. böse, ungezogen (Junge etc)

4. verdorben, lasterhaft (Frau etc)

5. unanständig, unflätig:

bad language

a) unanständige Ausdrücke pl,

b) (gottes)lästerliche Reden pl,

c) beleidigende Äußerungen pl;

a bad word ein hässliches Wort

6. falsch, fehlerhaft, schlecht:

his bad English sein schlechtes Englisch;

bad grammar grammatisch falsch oder schlecht

7. unbefriedigend, schlecht (Ernte, Jahr, Plan etc):

not bad nicht schlecht oder übel;

not bad fun ganz amüsant

8. ungünstig, schlecht (Nachrichten etc):

he’s bad news umg er ist ein unangenehmer Zeitgenosse

9. schädlich, ungesund, schlecht ( alle:

for für):

be bad for sb jemandem nicht guttun;

be bad for sb’s health jemandes Gesundheit schaden

10. unangenehm, ärgerlich:

that’s too bad das ist (zu) schade, das ist (doch) zu dumm;

too bad that … schade, dass …

11. schlecht (Qualität, Zustand):

in bad condition in schlechtem Zustand;

bad trip sl Bad Trip m (Drogenrausch mit Angstzuständen); → breath 1

12. ungültig (Anspruch, Münze etc), ungedeckt (Scheck):

bad debts WIRTSCH zweifelhafte Forderungen;

bad shot SPORT ungültiger Schuss oder Schlag;

bad title JUR mangelhafter Rechtstitel; → penny 1

13. schlecht, verdorben (Fleisch etc):

go bad schlecht werden, verderben; → apple 1

14. schlecht, angegriffen (Gesundheit)

15. a) unwohl, krank:

she is ( oder feels) very bad today es geht ihr heute sehr schlecht;

he is in a bad way (a. weitS.) es geht ihm schlecht, er ist übel dran;

he was taken bad umg er wurde krank

b) niedergeschlagen:

feel bad about (sehr) deprimiert sein über (akk); ein schlechtes Gewissen haben wegen

16. schlimm, böse, arg, heftig:

a bad finger ein böser oder schlimmer Finger; → cold C 3

17. widerlich, schlecht (Geruch etc)

18. schlecht, schwach (at in dat)

B s

1. (das) Schlechte, (das) Böse, Unglück n:

be to the bad von Nachteil sein;

go to the bad auf die schiefe Bahn geraten oder kommen;

go from bad to worse immer schlimmer werden;

take the bad with the good (auch) die Nachteile oder die schlechten Seiten in Kauf nehmen

2. WIRTSCH Defizit n:

be $25 to the bad ein Defizit oder einen Verlust von 25 Dollar haben, 25 Dollar im Minus sein

3. umg be in bad with schlecht angeschrieben sein bei;

get in bad with sich unbeliebt machen bei;

my bad! bes US ich wars!

C adv umg → badly

bad² [bæd] obs prät von bid¹

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1. adjective,
worse, worst

1) schlecht; (worthless) wertlos, ungedeckt [Scheck]; (rotten) schlecht, verdorben [Fleisch, Fisch, Essen]; faul [Ei, Apfel]; (unpleasant) schlecht, unangenehm [Geruch]

something gives somebody a bad name — etwas trägt jemandem einen schlechten Ruf ein

somebody gets a bad name — jemand kommt in Verruf

she is in bad health — sie hat eine angegriffene Gesundheit

[some] bad news — schlechte od. schlimme Nachrichten

bad breath — Mundgeruch, der

he is having a bad day — er hat einen schwarzen Tag

bad hair day — (coll) schlechter Tag

I'm having a bad hair day — (coll.) heute geht bei mir alles schief

bad business — ein schlechtes Geschäft

it is a bad business — (fig.) das ist eine schlimme Sache

in the bad old days — in den schlimmen Jahren

not bad — (coll.) nicht schlecht; nicht übel

something is not a bad idea — etwas ist keine schlechte Idee

not half bad — (coll.) [gar] nicht schlecht

something is too bad — (coll.) etwas ist ein Jammer

too bad! — (coll.) so ein Pech! (auch iron.)

go bad — schlecht werden

2) (noxious) schlecht; schädlich

3) (wicked) schlecht; (immoral) schlecht; verdorben; (naughty) ungezogen, böse [Kind, Hund]

4) (offensive)

[use] bad language — Kraftausdrücke [benutzen]

5) (in ill health)

she's bad today — es geht ihr heute schlecht

I have a bad pain/finger — ich habe schlimme Schmerzen/(ugs.) einen schlimmen Finger

be in a bad way — in schlechtem Zustand sein

6) (serious) schlimm, böse [Sturz, Krise]; schwer [Fehler, Krankheit, Unfall, Erschütterung]; hoch [Fieber]; schrecklich [Feuer]

7) (coll.): (regretful)

a bad conscience — ein schlechtes Gewissen

feel bad about something/not having done something — etwas bedauern/bedauern, dass man etwas nicht getan hat

I feel bad about him/her — ich habe seinetwegen/ihretwegen ein schlechtes Gewissen

8) (Commerc.)

a bad debt — eine uneinbringliche Schuld (Wirtsch.). See also worse 1.; worst 1.
2. noun
be £100 to the bad — mit 100 Pfund in der Kreide stehen (ugs.)

go to the bad — auf die schiefe Bahn geraten

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(for) adj.

schädlich (für) adj. adj.

bös adj.

schlecht adj.

schlimm adj.

übel adj.

English-german dictionary > bad
7 schlecht

I Adj.

1. allg. bad (Komp. schlechter worse, Sup. schlechtest worst); Augen, Gesundheit, Gedächtnis, Qualität, Leistung etc.: bad, poor; nicht schlecht! not bad; schlechter Absatz WIRTS. poor sales; ein schlechtes Geschäft a bad deal; schlechte Aussichten auch poor prospects, a grim outlook Sg.; ein schlechtes Zeichen a bad sign; wir hatten ( nur) schlechtes Wetter we had (nothing but) bad weather; schlechtes Essen bad food; schlechter Flug bad flight; ich war ein schlechter Schüler auch I was no good at school ( oder was a terrible student); ich hatte schlechte Lehrer I had bad teachers; schlechte Führung bad conduct; eine schlechte Nachricht bad news Sg.; zuerst die schlechte Nachricht first, the bad news; schlechte Zeiten bad ( oder hard) times; schlecht in etw. sein be bad at s.th.; schlechter werden get worse, deteriorate; du bist ein schlechter Lügner you’re a bad liar

2. (böse) bad; (boshaft) auch wicked; ein schlechter Mensch a bad ( oder wicked) person; sie hat einen schlechten Charakter she has an evil disposition; er ist abgrundtief schlecht he is rotten to the core; ein schlechter Freund not a good friend, a treacherous friend

3. (verdorben) bad, off; (schädlich) bad; Luft: bad, stale; (verschmutzt) polluted; Wasser: polluted, contaminated; Wein: off; schlecht werden go off (Am. go bad); die Milch ist schlecht has gone off (Am. bad), is off (Am. bad); es muss weg, bevor’s schlecht wird umg. we must get rid of it before it goes bad ( oder off)

4. (unpassend) bad; einen schlechten Augenblick wählen pick a bad ( oder the wrong) moment; im Moment ist es schlecht just now is not a good time; Freitagnachmittag ist schlecht Friday afternoon is bad for me

5. Gesundheit: poor; sein Zustand ist schlecht he is in a bad way; das feuchte Klima ist schlecht für ihn the damp climate is bad for him; mir ist schlecht I feel ill (bes. Am. sick); (ich habe einen Brechreiz) I feel sick; mir wird schlecht (ich muss brechen) I’m going to be sick; es kann einem schlecht dabei werden umg. it’s enough to make you sick; mir ist jetzt schon ganz schlecht umg. I’m feeling quite ill already; Laune 1, Tag1 4 etc.

II Adv.

1. allg. badly; schlecht riechen / schmecken smell / taste bad; er hört / sieht schlecht he can’t hear / see very well; his hearing / eyesight is bad ( oder poor); ich verstehe dich ganz schlecht I can hardly hear what you’re saying; schlecht aussehen not look good; gesundheitlich: look ill; wie ist die Lage? - es sieht schlecht aus things are looking bad, the prospects are bleak; schlecht dran sein umg. be badly off; es steht schlecht um ihn things aren’t looking too good for him; gesundheitlich: he’s in a bad way; schlecht abschneiden bei Prüfung, Wettkampf etc.: do badly; schlecht dastehen be in a bad way; damit würde ich mich nur schlechter stellen I’d be worse off than (I was) before; schlecht besucht sein Lokal, Vorstellung etc.: be poorly attended; Sie wären schlecht beraten zu (+ Inf.) I wouldn’t advise you to (+ Inf.), I would advise you against (+ Ger.) schlecht bezahlt badly paid; schlecht gelaunt grumpy, in a bad mood; schlecht sitzend Anzug etc.: badly-fitting; schlecht und recht after a fashion; er hat’s mehr schlecht als recht getan auch he made a hit-or-miss ( oder rough) job of it

2. es geht ihm schlecht he’s having a bad ( oder hard) time, things are going badly for him; gesundheitlich: he’s not well ( stärker: in a bad way); finanziell: he’s in a bad way financially, he’s pretty hard up umg.; es geht ihnen nicht schlecht they’re doing pretty well; es ist mir noch nie so schlecht gegangen gesundheitlich: I’ve never been so ill; finanziell, wirtschaftlich: things have never been so bad (for me); wenn das rauskommt, geht’s euch aber schlecht umg. if that gets out you’ll be in for it

3. schlecht machen umg. (jemanden) run down, knock ( bei jemandem in front of s.o.); warum musst du immer alles schlecht machen? auch why do you always have to be so disparaging about everything?, why are you always trashing everything? umg.

4. schlecht behandeln treat badly, maltreat; schlecht reden von talk negatively about; (schlecht machen) run down, say nasty things about umg.; ich bin auf ihn schlecht zu sprechen don’t talk to me about him; es bekam ihm schlecht Essen etc.: it didn’t agree with him; fig. it didn’t do him any good; er kann es sich schlecht leisten zu (+ Inf.) he can’t really afford to (+ Inf.) er hat nicht schlecht gestaunt umg. he wasn’t half surprised; das kann ich schlecht sagen I can’t really say; heute geht es schlecht (passt nicht) it’s awkward ( oder difficult) today; ich kann schlecht nein sagen (bin zu gutmütig) I just can’t say no, I find it hard to say no; (in diesem Fall) I can hardly ( oder I can’t very well) say no

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poor (Adj.); ill (Adj.); sick (Adj.); bad (Adj.); weak (Adj.); unpalatable (Adj.); wicked (Adj.); amiss (Adv.)

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schlẹcht [ʃlɛçt]
1. adj

1) bad; Zustand, Aussprache, Geschmack, Zensur, Leistung poor, bad; Qualität poor, bad, inferior; Luft stale, bad; Zeiten bad, hard

das Schlechte in der Welt/im Menschen — the evil in the world/in man

das ist ein schlechter Scherz — that is a dirty trick

er ist in Latein schlechter als ich — he is worse at Latin than I am

sich zum Schlechten wenden — to take a turn for the worse

nur Schlechtes von jdm or über jdn sagen — not to have a good word to say for sb

See:

→ Dienst

2) pred (= ungenießbar) off pred (Brit), bad

die Milch/das Fleisch ist schlecht — the milk/meat has gone off or is off (Brit), the milk/meat has gone bad or is bad

schlecht werden — to go off (Brit) or bad

3) (gesundheitlich etc) Zustand poor; Nieren, Herz bad; Durchblutung bad, poor

jdm ist (es) schlecht — sb feels sick or ill

in schlechter Verfassung sein — to be in a bad way

schlecht aussehen (Mensch) — to look bad or sick or ill; (Lage) to look bad

mit jdm/etw sieht es schlecht aus — sb/sth looks in a bad way

damit sieht es schlecht aus — things look bad

See:

→ schlecht gehen

2. adv

1) badly

schlecht beraten sein — to be ill-advised

schlecht bezahlt (Person, Job) — low-paid, badly paid

sich schlecht vertragen (Menschen) — to get along badly; (Dinge, Farben etc) not to go well together

die beiden können sich schlecht leiden — the two of them don't get along (with each other)

an jdm schlecht handeln — to do sb wrong, to wrong sb

schlecht über jdn sprechen/von jdm denken — to speak/think ill of sb

schlecht gelaunt — bad-tempered

schlecht gelaunt sein — to be in a bad mood

2) (= mit Schwierigkeiten) hören, sehen badly; lernen, begreifen with difficulty

er kann schlecht nein or Nein sagen — he finds it hard to say no, he can't say no

da kann man schlecht nein or Nein sagen — you can hardly say no to that, it's hard to say no to that

heute geht es schlecht — today is not very convenient

das lässt sich schlecht machen, das geht schlecht — that's not really possible or on (inf)

er ist schlecht zu verstehen — he is hard to understand

sie kann sich schlecht anpassen — she finds it difficult or hard to adjust

das kann ich schlecht sagen — it's hard to say, I can't really say

sie kann es sich schlecht leisten, zu... — she can ill afford to...

ich kann sie schlecht sehen — I can't see her very well

3)

(in festen Redewendungen) auf jdn/etw schlecht zu sprechen sein — not to have a good word to say for sb/sth

schlecht gerechnet — at the very least

mehr schlecht als recht (hum) — after a fashion

4) (inf)

er hat nicht schlecht gestaunt — he wasn't half surprised (Brit inf), he was very surprised

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1) (not well, efficiently or satisfactorily: He plays tennis very badly.) badly

2) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) bad

3) (rotten: This meat is bad.) bad

4) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) bad

5) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) bad

6) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) bad

7) (bad or evil: The government is corrupt.) corrupt

8) (evil or unlucky: ill luck.) ill

9) (not easily: We could ill afford to lose that money.) ill

10) (in bad taste: a sick joke.) sick

11) (not as good as usual, or as it should be: His work has gone off recently;) off

12) (shameful or disgraceful: That was an unworthy act/thought.) unworthy

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schlecht

[ʃlɛçt]

I. adj

1. (nachteilig, übel) bad

nicht \schlecht! not bad!

das ist keine \schlechte Idee! that's not a bad idea!

das ist ein \schlechtes Zeichen that's a bad sign

Rauchen ist \schlecht für die Gesundheit smoking is bad for your health

\schlechtes Benehmen bad manners pl

\schlechter Geschmack bad taste

ein \schlechter Geruch a bad smell

\schlechte Gewohnheiten bad habits

\schlechter Laune sein to be in a bad mood

\schlechte Manieren haben to have bad manners

eine \schlechte Meinung über jdn haben to have a poor opinion of sb

sich akk zum S \schlechten wenden to take a turn for the worse

\schlechtes Wetter bad weather

\schlechte Zeiten hard times

2. (minderwertig) bad, poor

ein \schlechtes Beispiel geben to be a bad example

\schlechte Luft stale air

von \schlechter Qualität of poor quality

\schlechter Stil bad style

\schlechte Verarbeitung/Waren inferior workmanship/goods

3. präd KOCHK (verdorben) Lebensmittel bad

▪ \schlecht sein/werden to be/become bad, to be/go off BRIT

ich fürchte, das Fleisch ist \schlecht geworden I'm afraid the meat has gone off BRIT

4. (ungenügend) poor

deine Aussprache ist noch zu \schlecht your pronunciation is still not good enough

er sprach [ein] \schlechtes Französisch he spoke poor French

es regnete stark, und die Sicht war \schlecht it was raining heavily and visibility was poor

ein \schlechter Esser sein to be a poor eater

eine \schlechte Ernte a poor harvest

ein \schlechtes Gehalt a poor salary

in Latein/Mathematik \schlecht sein to be bad at Latin/mathematics

in Englisch ist er \schlechter als ich he is worse at English than I am

5. (moralisch) bad, wicked, evil

er ist ein \schlechter Mensch he is a wicked man

er ist nicht der S\schlechteste he's not too bad

ich habe nur S\schlechtes über sie gehört I've heard only bad things about her

das war ein \schlechter Scherz that was a dirty trick

ein \schlechtes Gewissen haben to have a bad conscience

das S\schlechte im Menschen/in der Welt the evil in man/in the world

jdm etwas S\schlechtes nachsagen to speak disparagingly about sb, to cast aspersions on sb form

einen \schlechten Ruf haben [o in \schlechtem Ruf stehen] to have a bad reputation

S\schlechtes über jdn sagen to say sth bad about sb; s.a. Gesellschaft

6. MED (nicht gut funktionierend) bad, poor

\schlechte Augen poor [or weak] eyesight, weak eyes

eine \schlechte Durchblutung a poor [or bad] circulation

eine \schlechte Entwässerung water retention

bei \schlechter Gesundheit sein to be in poor health

ein \schlechtes Herz a bad heart

in \schlechter Verfassung [o in \schlechtem Zustand] sein to be in [a] poor condition

7. präd (körperlich unwohl)

▪ jdm ist [o wird] [es] \schlecht sb feels sick [or ill]

da kann einem ja \schlecht werden! (fig fam) it's enough to make you ill!

8.

▶ es [bei jdm] \schlecht haben to not be doing well [or to be doing badly] [with sb]

II. adv

1. (nachteilig, übel)

in dem Restaurant speist man nicht \schlecht you can eat [quite] well in that restaurant

so \schlecht habe ich selten gegessen I've rarely had such bad food

\schlecht aussehen (Mensch) to look sick [or ill]; (Lage) to look bad

es sieht \schlecht aus it doesn't [or things don't] look good

mit ihm sieht es \schlecht aus the prospects [or things] don't look good for him

\schlecht beraten ill-advised

\schlecht gelaunt [o (fam) drauf] bad-tempered, ill-tempered form, in a bad mood pred

\schlecht sitzend ill-fitting

um jdn/etw steht es \schlecht sb/sth is in a bad way, things look bad for sb/sth

2. (ungenügend) badly, poorly

die Geschäfte gehen \schlecht business is bad

sie verdient ziemlich \schlecht she is badly [or poorly] paid

er spricht \schlecht Französisch he speaks poor French

ich kann dich \schlecht sehen I can't see you very well

sie war \schlecht zu verstehen she was hard to understand

er kann sich \schlecht anpassen he finds it difficult [or hard] to adjust

die Vorstellung war \schlecht besucht the performance was poorly attended

etw \schlecht beschreiben to describe sth superficially [or badly]

\schlecht bezahlt badly [or poorly] paid, low-paid attr

\schlecht geplant/konzipiert badly [or poorly] planned/conceived

\schlecht lernen to be a poor learner

\schlecht zahlen to pay badly

3. (moralisch)

von jdm \schlecht denken to think ill of sb

an jdm \schlecht handeln to do sb wrong, to wrong sb

über jdn \schlecht reden to say bad things about sb, to speak disparagingly about sb

4. (fast nicht)

die beiden können sich \schlecht leiden the two of them don't get along [with each other]

\schlecht mit jdm auskommen to not get on [well] with sb

sich akk \schlecht vertragen Menschen to not get on well; Dinge, Farbe to not go well together

die beiden vertragen sich \schlecht they don't get on well

die Farben vertragen sich \schlecht the colours don't go well together

5. (körperlich)

jdm geht es \schlecht sb doesn't feel [or isn't] well

\schlecht hören to be hard of hearing

\schlecht sehen to have poor [or weak] eyesight

6. (kaum, schwerlich) hardly

du wirst \schlecht anders können you can't really do anything else

es ist \schlecht vorstellbar it's difficult to imagine

sie kann \schlecht nein sagen she finds it hard to say no, she can't say no

da kann man \schlecht nein sagen you can hardly say no

heute geht es \schlecht today is not very convenient

heute passt es mir \schlecht it's not very convenient for me today

das lässt sich \schlecht machen that's not really possible

das kann ich \schlecht sagen it's hard to say, I can't really say

er kann es sich \schlecht leisten, das Treffen jetzt abzusagen he can ill afford to cancel the meeting now

das wird sich \schlecht vermeiden lassen it can hardly be avoided

7.

▶ \schlecht gerechnet at the very least

▶ jdn aber \schlecht kennen to not know sb [very well]

▶ nicht \schlecht (fam)

er war nicht \schlecht beeindruckt he wasn't half impressed fam

nicht \schlecht staunen (fam) to be astonished

da hat sie nicht \schlecht gestaunt she wasn't half surprised fam

nicht \schlecht verwundert sein to be amazed

▶ \schlecht und recht [o mehr \schlecht als recht] (hum fam) after a fashion, more or less

ich spiele Klavier, aber mehr \schlecht als recht I can play the piano, after a fashion

▶ auf jdn/etw \schlecht zu sprechen sein to not have a good word to say for sb/sth

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1.
Adjektiv

1) bad; poor, bad <food, quality, style, harvest, health, circulation>; poor <salary, eater, appetite>; poor-quality < goods>; bad, weak < eyes>

in Mathematik schlecht sein — be bad at mathematics

das wäre nicht schlecht — that wouldn't be a bad idea

mit jemandem od. um jemanden/mit etwas steht es schlecht — somebody/something is in a bad way

jemanden schlecht machen — (herabsetzen) run somebody down; disparage somebody

2) (böse) bad; wicked

das Schlechte im Menschen — the evil in man

sie ist nicht die Schlechteste — she's not too bad

3) nicht attr. (ungenießbar) off

das Fleisch ist schlecht geworden — the meat has gone off
2.
adverbial

1) badly

sie spricht schlecht Englisch — she speaks poor English

er sieht/hört schlecht — his sight is poor/he has poor hearing

die Geschäfte gehen im Moment schlecht — business is bad at the moment

über jemanden od. von jemandem schlecht sprechen — speak ill of somebody

schlecht bezahlt — badly or poorly paid

2) (schwer)

heute geht es schlecht — today is difficult

das kann ich schlecht sagen — I can't really say

das wird sich schlecht vermeiden lassen — it can hardly be avoided

3) in

schlecht und recht, mehr schlecht als recht — after a fashion

sie hat sich schlecht und recht durchs Leben geschlagen — she got by in life as best she could

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schlecht

A. adj

1. allg bad (komp

schlechter worse, sup

schlechtest worst); Augen, Gesundheit, Gedächtnis, Qualität, Leistung etc: bad, poor;

nicht schlecht! not bad;

schlechter Absatz WIRTSCH poor sales;

ein schlechtes Geschäft a bad deal;

schlechte Aussichten auch poor prospects, a grim outlook sg;

ein schlechtes Zeichen a bad sign;

wir hatten (nur) schlechtes Wetter we had (nothing but) bad weather;

schlechtes Essen bad food;

schlechter Flug bad flight;

ich war ein schlechter Schüler auch I was no good at school ( oder was a terrible student);

ich hatte schlechte Lehrer I had bad teachers;

schlechte Führung bad conduct;

eine schlechte Nachricht bad news sg;

zuerst die schlechte Nachricht first, the bad news;

schlechte Zeiten bad ( oder hard) times;

schlecht in etwas sein be bad at sth;

schlechter werden get worse, deteriorate;

du bist ein schlechter Lügner you’re a bad liar

2. (böse) bad; (boshaft) auch wicked;

ein schlechter Mensch a bad ( oder wicked) person;

sie hat einen schlechten Charakter she has an evil disposition;

er ist abgrundtief schlecht he is rotten to the core;

ein schlechter Freund not a good friend, a treacherous friend

3. (verdorben) bad, off; (schädlich) bad; Luft: bad, stale; (verschmutzt) polluted; Wasser: polluted, contaminated; Wein: off;

schlecht werden go off (US go bad);

die Milch

ist schlecht has gone off (US bad), is off (US bad);

es muss weg, bevor’s schlecht wird umg we must get rid of it before it goes bad ( oder off)

4. (unpassend) bad;

einen schlechten Augenblick wählen pick a bad ( oder the wrong) moment;

im Moment ist es schlecht just now is not a good time;

Freitagnachmittag ist schlecht Friday afternoon is bad for me

5. Gesundheit: poor;

sein Zustand ist schlecht he is in a bad way;

das feuchte Klima ist schlecht für ihn the damp climate is bad for him;

mir ist schlecht I feel ill (besonders US sick); (ich habe einen Brechreiz) I feel sick;

mir wird schlecht (ich muss brechen) I’m going to be sick;

es kann einem schlecht dabei werden umg it’s enough to make you sick;

mir ist jetzt schon ganz schlecht umg I’m feeling quite ill already; → Laune 1, Tag¹ 4 etc

B. adv

1. allg badly;

schlecht riechen/schmecken smell/taste bad;

er hört/sieht schlecht he can’t hear/see very well; his hearing/eyesight is bad ( oder poor);

ich verstehe dich ganz schlecht I can hardly hear what you’re saying;

schlecht aussehen not look good; gesundheitlich: look ill;

wie ist die Lage? -

es sieht schlecht aus things are looking bad, the prospects are bleak;

schlecht dran sein umg be badly off;

es steht schlecht um ihn things aren’t looking too good for him; gesundheitlich: he’s in a bad way;

schlecht abschneiden bei Prüfung, Wettkampf etc: do badly;

schlecht dastehen be in a bad way;

damit würde ich mich nur schlechter stellen I’d be worse off than (I was) before;

schlecht besucht sein Lokal, Vorstellung etc: be poorly attended;

Sie wären schlecht beraten zu (+inf) I wouldn’t advise you to (+inf), I would advise you against (+ger)

schlecht bezahlt badly paid;

schlecht gelaunt grumpy, in a bad mood;

schlecht sitzend Anzug etc: badly-fitting;

schlecht und recht after a fashion;

er hat’s mehr schlecht als recht getan auch he made a hit-or-miss ( oder rough) job of it

2.

es geht ihm schlecht he’s having a bad ( oder hard) time, things are going badly for him; gesundheitlich: he’s not well ( stärker: in a bad way); finanziell: he’s in a bad way financially, he’s pretty hard up umg;

es geht ihnen nicht schlecht they’re doing pretty well;

es ist mir noch nie so schlecht gegangen gesundheitlich: I’ve never been so ill; finanziell, wirtschaftlich: things have never been so bad (for me);

wenn das rauskommt, geht’s euch aber schlecht umg if that gets out you’ll be in for it

3.

schlecht behandeln treat badly, maltreat;

schlecht reden von talk negatively about; (schlechtmachen) run down, say nasty things about umg;

ich bin auf ihn schlecht zu sprechen don’t talk to me about him;

es bekam ihm schlecht Essen etc: it didn’t agree with him; fig it didn’t do him any good;

er kann es sich schlecht leisten zu (+inf) he can’t really afford to (+inf)

er hat nicht schlecht gestaunt umg he wasn’t half surprised;

das kann ich schlecht sagen I can’t really say;

heute geht es schlecht (passt nicht) it’s awkward ( oder difficult) today;

ich kann schlecht Nein sagen (bin zu gutmütig) I just can’t say no, I find it hard to say no; (in diesem Fall) I can hardly ( oder I can’t very well) say no

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1.
Adjektiv

1) bad; poor, bad <food, quality, style, harvest, health, circulation>; poor <salary, eater, appetite>; poor-quality < goods>; bad, weak < eyes>

in Mathematik schlecht sein — be bad at mathematics

das wäre nicht schlecht — that wouldn't be a bad idea

mit jemandem od. um jemanden/mit etwas steht es schlecht — somebody/something is in a bad way

jemanden schlecht machen — (herabsetzen) run somebody down; disparage somebody

2) (böse) bad; wicked

das Schlechte im Menschen — the evil in man

sie ist nicht die Schlechteste — she's not too bad

3) nicht attr. (ungenießbar) off

das Fleisch ist schlecht geworden — the meat has gone off
2.
adverbial

1) badly

sie spricht schlecht Englisch — she speaks poor English

er sieht/hört schlecht — his sight is poor/he has poor hearing

die Geschäfte gehen im Moment schlecht — business is bad at the moment

über jemanden od. von jemandem schlecht sprechen — speak ill of somebody

schlecht bezahlt — badly or poorly paid

2) (schwer)

heute geht es schlecht — today is difficult

das kann ich schlecht sagen — I can't really say

das wird sich schlecht vermeiden lassen — it can hardly be avoided

3) in

schlecht und recht, mehr schlecht als recht — after a fashion

sie hat sich schlecht und recht durchs Leben geschlagen — she got by in life as best she could

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adj.

amiss adj.

bad adj.

ill adj.

unpalatable adj. adv.

badly adv.

unpalatably adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > schlecht
8 böse

I Adj.

1. Menschen, Taten: bad; (verrucht) evil, wicked; (böswillig) spiteful; böse Zeiten hard times; eine böse Zunge haben have a wicked ( oder malicious) tongue; der böse Geist (the) evil spirit; die böse Sieben the unlucky seven; die böse Fee the Wicked Fairy; in böser Absicht with evil intent; Blick 1, gut

2. (unartig) bad, naughty; pfui, böser Hund! bad ( oder naughty) dog!; Laura, du bist schon wieder böse! you’re being naughty again Laura!

3. oft umg.

a) (unerfreulich) unpleasant, bad;

b) (schmerzend) Finger etc.: bad, sore; Wunde, Schrecken etc.: nasty; Fehler: bad; eine böse Erkältung a nasty (oder umg. rotten) cold; ein böser Husten a bad cough; eine böse Krankheit a nasty ( oder very unpleasant) illness; böse Folgen dire consequences; sich in einer bösen Situation oder Lage befinden be in dire straights; eine böse Sache a nasty business; eine böse Überraschung a nasty ( oder an unpleasant) surprise; ein böses Ende nehmen come to a bad ( oder sticky) end; eine böse Wende nehmen take a nasty turn, take a turn for the worse; das gibt ein böses Erwachen he ( oder she etc.) will have a rude awakening ( oder will come down to earth with a bump umg.); es sieht böse aus things don’t look too good, things look (umg. pretty) bad ( oder grim) ( für for)

4. (wütend, aufgebracht) angry, cross, bes. Am. mad umg.; wegen der Lüge war sie böse auf ihn oder mit ihm oder war sie ihm böse she was angry with him about ( oder because of) the lie, she was angry with him because he lied; böse werden get angry etc.; bist du böse auf mich? are you angry with me?; ein böses Gesicht machen scowl; Blut 2

II Adv.

1. (sehr) badly; sich böse erschrecken get a real fright, get the fright of one’s life; sich ( ganz) böse irren make a fatal ( oder very bad) mistake; sich ( ganz) böse verirren oder verlaufen get hopelessly lost; sich böse schneiden / verbrennen etc. cut / burn o.s. badly; ich war böse erschrocken I got a bad shock; das hat sie böse mitgenommen it really took it out of her

2. (schlimm): das wird böse enden oder ausgehen it will come to a bad end, it will end in tears umg.; böse dran sein umg. not have an easy time (of it)

3. (gemein) nasty; ich habe es nicht böse gemeint I didn’t mean any harm

4. (zornig): jemanden böse ansehen scowl at s.o.; stärker: give s.o. a black look, look daggers at s.o.; schau nicht so böse! don’t look so grumpy!

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das Böse

evil

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Bö|se(r) I ['bøːzə]
mf decl as adj
wicked or evil person; (FILM, THEAT) villain, baddy (inf)
die Bö́sen — the wicked
II ['bøːzə]
nt decl as adj
evil; (= Schaden, Leid) harm
jdm Bö́ses antun — to do sb harm

ich will dir doch nichts Bö́ses — I don't mean you any harm

im Bö́sen auseinandergehen — to part on bad terms

mir schwant Bö́ses — it sounds/looks ominous (to me)

ich dachte an gar nichts Bö́ses, als... — I was quite unsuspecting when...

ich habe mir gar nichts Bö́ses dabei gedacht, als ich das sagte — I didn't mean any harm when I said that

und erlöse uns von dem Bö́sen (Eccl) — and deliver us from evil

See:

→ ahnen

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1) (red and sore-looking: He has an angry cut over his left eye.) angry

2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) bad

3) black

4) (very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) evil

5) evilly

6) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) evil

7) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) nasty

8) ((American) irritated, annoyed or offended: He is still sore about what happened.) sore

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bö·se

[ˈbø:zə]

I. adj

1. (sittlich schlecht) bad; (stärker) evil, wicked

\böse Absicht/ \böser Wille malice

etw mit \böser Absicht tun to do sth with evil intent

das war keine \böse Absicht! no harm intended!

er wittert hinter jedem Vorfall eine \böse Absicht he suspects malice behind every incident

die \böse Fee the Wicked Fairy

jdm B\böses tun to cause [or do] sb harm

er will dir doch nichts B\böses he doesn't mean you any harm

pass auf, er will dir B\böses! watch out, he's out to get your blood [or fam to get you]

er könnte niemandem B\böses tun he could never hurt a fly

2. attr (unangenehm, übel) bad

\böses Blut machen [o schaffen] to cause bad blood

ein \böses Ende nehmen (geh) to end in disaster

es wird ein \böses Erwachen geben sb is going to have a rude awakening [or to have [or get] a nasty shock]

\böse Folgen [o Konsequenzen] haben to have dire consequences

eine \böse Geschichte [o Angelegenheit] a nasty affair [or business]

jdm einen \bösen Streich spielen to play a nasty [or mean] trick on sb

ein \böser Traum a bad dream

eine \böse Überraschung erleben to have an unpleasant [or a nasty] surprise

\böse Zeiten bad [or hard] times

ein \böser Zufall a terrible coincidence

nichts \böses ahnen to not suspect anything is [or expect anything to be] wrong, to be unsuspecting

nichts B\böses daran [o dabei] finden, etw zu tun/wenn... to not see any harm [or anything wrong] in doing sth/in it if...

mir schwant B\böses I don't like the look of this

er dachte an nichts B\böses, als... (a. hum) he was minding his own business when... a. hum

3. (verärgert) angry, cross

ein \böses Gesicht/ \böser Gesichtsausdruck a scowl

ein \böses Gesicht/einen \bösen Gesichtsausdruck machen to scowl, to glower

\böse sein/werden to be/get [or become] angry [or cross]; (stärker) to be/get furious [or fam mad]

sie wird leicht \böse she angers [or gets angry] easily

auf jdn/mit jdm \böse sein, jdm \böse sein to be angry [or cross] with sb

sei [mir] bitte nicht \böse, aber... please don't be cross [or angry] [with me], but...

zum B\bösen ausschlagen (geh) to have bad [or negative] consequences

im B\bösen auseinandergehen, sich akk im B \bösen trennen to part on bad terms

sich akk zum B \bösen wenden to take an unpleasant [or a nasty] turn

4. (fam: unartig) naughty, bad

5. (gefährlich, schlimm) bad, nasty

ein \böser Husten/Sturz a bad [or nasty] cough/fall

eine \böse Krankheit a serious illness

ein \böser Unfall (fam) a terrible accident; (fam: schmerzend, entzündet) bad, sore

ein \böser Finger a sore finger

6.

▶ den \bösen Blick haben to have the evil eye

▶ B\böses im Schilde führen to be up to no good

II. adv

1. (übelwollend) evilly

\böse gucken/lächeln to give an evil look/smile

das habe ich nicht \böse gemeint I meant no [or didn't mean any] harm, no harm intended

2. (fam: sehr) badly

sich akk \böse irren to make a serious mistake

jdn \böse mitnehmen to hit sb hard

jdn \böse reinlegen to drop sb in it fam

3. (schlimm, übel) badly

er ist \böse gefallen he had a nasty fall

\böse ausgehen to end in disaster, to turn out badly

das wird \böse ausgehen! that'll end in disaster! [or turn out badly!]

\böse dran sein to be in a bad way

\böse [für jdn] aussehen to look bad [for sb]

es sieht \böse aus für dich things are looking bad for you

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1.
Adjektiv

1) wicked; evil

jemandem Böses tun — (geh.) do somebody harm

ich will dir doch nichts Böses — I don't mean you any harm

2) nicht präd. (schlimm, übel) bad <times, illness, dream, etc.>; nasty <experience, affair, situation, trick, surprise, etc.>

ein böses Ende nehmen — end in disaster

eine böse Geschichte — a bad or nasty business

nichts Böses ahnend — unsuspectingly

3) (ugs.) (wütend) mad (coll.); (verärgert) cross (coll.)

böse auf jemanden od. mit jemandem sein — be mad at/cross with somebody (coll.)

böse über etwas (Akk.) sein — be mad at/cross about something (coll.)

4) (fam.): (ungezogen) naughty

5) nicht präd. (ugs.): (arg) terrible (coll.) <pain, fall, shock, disappointment, storm, etc.>
2.
adverbial

1) (schlimm, übel) < end> badly

mit ihm wird es noch böse enden — he'll come to a bad end

das wird böse enden — it is bound to end in disaster

es war nicht böse gemeint — I didn't mean it nastily

2) (ugs.) (wütend) angrily; (verärgert) crossly (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (sehr) terribly (coll.); < hurt> badly

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böse

A. adj

1. Menschen, Taten: bad; (verrucht) evil, wicked; (böswillig) spiteful;

böse Zeiten hard times;

eine böse Zunge haben have a wicked ( oder malicious) tongue;

der böse Geist (the) evil spirit;

die böse Sieben the unlucky seven;

die böse Fee the Wicked Fairy;

in böser Absicht with evil intent; → Blick 1, gut

2. (unartig) bad, naughty;

pfui, böser Hund! bad ( oder naughty) dog!;

Laura, du bist schon wieder böse! you’re being naughty again Laura!

3. oft umg (unerfreulich) unpleasant, bad; (schmerzend) Finger etc: bad, sore; Wunde, Schrecken etc: nasty; Fehler: bad;

eine böse Erkältung a nasty (oder umg rotten) cold;

ein böser Husten a bad cough;

eine böse Krankheit a nasty ( oder very unpleasant) illness;

böse Folgen dire consequences;

sich in einer bösen Situation oder

Lage befinden be in dire straights;

eine böse Sache a nasty business;

eine böse Überraschung a nasty ( oder an unpleasant) surprise;

ein böses Ende nehmen come to a bad ( oder sticky) end;

eine böse Wende nehmen take a nasty turn, take a turn for the worse;

das gibt ein böses Erwachen he ( oder she etc) will have a rude awakening ( oder will come down to earth with a bump umg);

es sieht böse aus things don’t look too good, things look (umg pretty) bad ( oder grim) (

für for)

4. (wütend, aufgebracht) angry, cross, besonders US mad umg;

wegen der Lüge war sie böse auf ihn oder

mit ihm oder

war sie ihm böse she was angry with him about ( oder because of) the lie, she was angry with him because he lied;

böse werden get angry etc;

bist du böse auf mich? are you angry with me?;

ein böses Gesicht machen scowl; → Blut 2

B. adv

1. (sehr) badly;

sich böse erschrecken get a real fright, get the fright of one’s life;

sich (ganz) böse irren make a fatal ( oder very bad) mistake;

sich (ganz) böse verirren oder

verlaufen get hopelessly lost;

sich böse schneiden/verbrennen etc cut/burn o.s. badly;

ich war böse erschrocken I got a bad shock;

das hat sie böse mitgenommen it really took it out of her

2. (schlimm):

das wird böse enden oder

ausgehen it will come to a bad end, it will end in tears umg;

böse dran sein umg not have an easy time (of it)

3. (gemein) nasty;

ich habe es nicht böse gemeint I didn’t mean any harm

4. (zornig):

jemanden böse ansehen scowl at sb; stärker: give sb a black look, look daggers at sb;

schau nicht so böse! don’t look so grumpy!

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1.
Adjektiv

1) wicked; evil

jemandem Böses tun — (geh.) do somebody harm

ich will dir doch nichts Böses — I don't mean you any harm

2) nicht präd. (schlimm, übel) bad <times, illness, dream, etc.>; nasty <experience, affair, situation, trick, surprise, etc.>

ein böses Ende nehmen — end in disaster

eine böse Geschichte — a bad or nasty business

nichts Böses ahnend — unsuspectingly

3) (ugs.) (wütend) mad (coll.); (verärgert) cross (coll.)

böse auf jemanden od. mit jemandem sein — be mad at/cross with somebody (coll.)

böse über etwas (Akk.) sein — be mad at/cross about something (coll.)

4) (fam.): (ungezogen) naughty

5) nicht präd. (ugs.): (arg) terrible (coll.) <pain, fall, shock, disappointment, storm, etc.>
2.
adverbial

1) (schlimm, übel) < end> badly

mit ihm wird es noch böse enden — he'll come to a bad end

das wird böse enden — it is bound to end in disaster

es war nicht böse gemeint — I didn't mean it nastily

2) (ugs.) (wütend) angrily; (verärgert) crossly (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (sehr) terribly (coll.); < hurt> badly

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(auf, über) adj.

angry (at, about) n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > böse
9 bad

bæd
comparative - worse; adjective

1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) malo

2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) malo

3) (unpleasant: bad news.) malo

4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) malo, podrido, pasado

5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) malo, perjudicial, nocivo, pernicioso

6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) que duele; enfermo

7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) mal

8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) grave

9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) incobrable

•

- badly
- badness
- badly off
- feel bad about something
- feel bad
- go from bad to worse
- not bad
- too bad

bad adj

1. malo

the weather was bad hizo mal tiempo

I've got some bad news tengo malas noticias

2. grave / fuerte

a bad accident un accidente grave

a bad headache un fuerte dolor de cabeza

a bad cold un resfriado fuerte

3. malo / podrido / pasado

this peach is bad este melocotón está podrido

to be not bad estar bien / no estar mal

this book's not bad at all este libro no está nada mal

how are things? Not bad ¿cómo va todo? Bien

to be bad at something ser malo en algo / darse mal algo

I'm bad at maths soy malo en mates / se me dan mal las mates

to be bad for you ser malo / ser malo para la salud

smoking is bad for you fumar es malo

to go bad podrirse / echarse a perder

this ham has gone bad este jamón se ha echado a perder

El comparativo de bad es worse; el superlativo es worst

bad

tr[bæd]

adjective (comp worse, superl worst)

1 malo,-a (before masc noun) mal

■ he made a bad decision tomó una mala decisión

■ he arrived at a bad time llegó en un mal momento

2 (rotten) podrido,-a, pasado,-a

3 (serious) grave

■ they had a bad accident tuvieron un accidente grave

4 (harmful) nocivo,-a, perjudicial

■ cigarettes are bad for your health el tabaco es perjudicial para la salud

5 (polluted) viciado,-a, contaminado,-a

6 (naughty) malo,-a, travieso,-a

7 (aches, illnesses) fuerte, intenso,-a

■ he's got a bad headache tiene un fuerte dolor de cabeza

8 (tooth) cariado,-a

noun

1 lo malo

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

too bad! ¡mala pata!, ¡qué lástima!

to be bad at (skill, subject) ser malo,-a en

■ he's bad at English es malo en inglés

■ I'm really bad at Maths soy nulo para las mates

to be in a bad way estar hecho,-a un Cristo

to be in somebody's bad books estar en la lista negra de alguien

to come to a bad end acabar mal

to feel bad encontrarse mal

to feel bad about something saberle mal a alguien algo

■ I feel bad about the accident me sabe mal lo del accidente

to go bad (food) estropearse, alterarse

to go from bad to worse ir de mal en peor

to have a bad leg tener la pierna lisiada

to look bad (person) tener mala cara 2 (situation) pintar mal

to take the bad with the good estar a las duras y a las maduras

bad cheque cheque nombre masculino sin fondos

bad debt deuda incobrable

bad news malas noticias nombre femenino plural 3 figurative use mal bicho

bad ['bæd] adv badly

bad adj

1) : malo

2) rotten: podrido

3) serious, severe: grave

4) defective: defectuoso

a bad check: un cheque sin fondos

5) harmful: perjudicial

6) corrupt, evil: malo, corrompido

7) naughty: travieso

8)

from bad to worse : de mal en peor

9)

too bad! : ¡qué lástima!

bad n

: lo malo

the good and the bad: lo bueno y lo malo

bad

adj.

• dañado, -a adj.

• desgraciado, -a adj.

• falso, -a adj.

• fatal adj.

• maleta adj.

• malo, -a adj.

• podrido, -a adj.

I bæd
adjective (comp worse; superl worst) [The usual translation, malo, becomes mal when it is used before a masculine singular noun]

1)

a) ( of poor quality) malo

bad example — mal ejemplo m

b) (unreliable, incompetent) (pred)

to be bad at something/-ing — ser* malo para algo/+ inf

I'm bad at names — soy malo or no tengo cabeza para los nombres

to be bad about -ing: he's bad about apologising le cuesta pedir disculpas; to be bad on something: I'm bad on punctuation — la puntuación no es mi fuerte

2)

a) ( unpleasant) malo

I've had a bad day — he tenido (un) mal día

to go from bad to worse — ir* de mal en peor

it tastes/smells bad — sabe/huele mal

b) ( unsatisfactory) malo

you've come at a bad moment — vienes en (un) mal momento

that's not bad at all! — no está nada mal!

it'll look bad if you don't turn up — queda mal or feo que no vayas

it's too bad you can't come — es una lástima or una pena que no puedas venir

if she doesn't like it, that's just too bad — (colloq) si no le gusta, peor para ella

c) ( harmful) malo

to be bad for somebody/something: too much food is bad for you comer demasiado es malo or hace mal; smoking is bad for your health — fumar es malo or perjudicial para la salud

3)

a) <behavior/manners> malo

b) ( evil) malo

anyone who likes children can't be all bad — si le gustan los niños no puede ser tan malo

4) <mistake/injury> grave; < headache> fuerte

he has a bad cough — tiene mucha tos

5) ( rotten) <egg/fruit> podrido

to go bad — echarse a perder

6) ( afflicted)

she's got a bad knee — tiene problemas con la rodilla

how are you? - not (too) bad! — (colloq) ¿qué tal estás? - aquí ando, tirando (fam)

to be in a bad way — (colloq) estar* fatal (fam)

7) ( sorry)

I feel bad about not having written to her — me da no sé qué no haberle escrito

it's not your fault; there's no need to feel bad about it — no es culpa tuya, no tienes por qué preocuparte

II

mass noun

all the bad that he's done — todo el mal que ha hecho

there's good and bad in everybody — todos tenemos cosas buenas y malas

you have to learn to take the bad with the good — hay que aprender a aceptar lo bueno y lo malo

III

adverb (esp AmE colloq)

to need something real bad — necesitar algo desesperadamente

if you want it bad enough — si de verdad lo quieres

she's got it bad for him — está loca por él, se derrite por él (fam)

[bæd]
1. ADJ
(compar worse) (superl worst)
1) (=disagreeable) malo

I've had a bad day at work — he tenido un mal día en el trabajo

to taste bad — saber mal, no saber bueno

she looked as if she had a bad smell under her nose — parecía como si algo le oliera mal

• to go from bad to worse — ir de mal en peor
mood II, 1., temper 1., 1), time 1., 7)
2) (=poor, inferior) malo

her English is bad — habla inglés mal

his handwriting is bad — tiene mala letra

business is bad — el negocio va mal

• to be bad at sth — ser malo para algo

I was bad at sports — era muy malo para los deportes, los deportes se me daban mal

• he was a bad driver — era un mal conductor

• that's not a bad idea — esa no es una mala idea

• I'm a bad liar — no sé mentir

• bad light stopped play — se suspendió el partido debido a la falta de luz

• it would make me look bad in the press — daría una mala imagen de mí en la prensa

• he wasn't bad- looking — no estaba mal

• bad management — mala administración

• this wine's not bad at all — este vino no está nada mal

• too bad, it's too bad you couldn't get tickets — es una pena or una lástima que no hayas podido conseguir entradas

"that was my drink!" - "too bad!" — -¡ésa era mi bebida! -¡qué le vamos a hacer!

if you don't like it, (that's) too bad! — si no te gusta, ¡peor para ti!

• the firm has had a bad year — la empresa ha tenido un mal año

3) (=serious, severe) [accident, mistake] grave; [headache] fuerte

she's got a bad cold — está muy resfriada, tiene un resfriado fuerte

the traffic was bad today — hoy había mucho tráfico

4) (=unfavourable) malo

the plane was diverted due to bad weather — el avión fue desviado debido al mal tiempo

you've come at a bad time — vienes en un mal momento

things are looking bad for the government — las cosas se están poniendo feas para el gobierno

it'll look bad if we don't go — quedará mal que no vayamos
book 1., 1)
5) (=harmful) malo

he was a bad influence — era una mala influencia

• to be bad for sth/sb, smoking is bad for you or for your health — fumar es malo or perjudicial para la salud, fumar perjudica la salud

soap is bad for the skin — el jabón no es bueno para la piel

6) (=wicked) [person, behaviour] malo

you bad boy! — ¡qué niño más malo eres!

they're a bad lot * — no son buena gente

he said a bad word — ha dicho una palabrota

• it's too bad of you! — ¿no te da vergüenza?

it's really too bad of him! — ¡realmente no tiene vergüenza!
language 1., 5)
7)

• to feel bad about sth (=sorry) —

I feel bad about hurting his feelings — me sabe mal haber herido sus sentimientos (=guilty)

are you trying to make me feel bad? — ¿estás intentando hacer que me sienta culpable?

don't feel bad (about it), it's not your fault — no te preocupes, no es culpa tuya

8) (=ailing)

I feel bad — me siento mal

he has a bad back — está mal de la espalda

• to be in a bad way, the economy is in a bad way — la economía va mal

he looked in a bad way — tenía mal aspecto

9) (=rotten) [food] podrido; [milk] cortado; [tooth] picado

• to go bad — pasarse, estropearse
blood
10) (Econ) [cheque] sin fondos

• a bad debt — una deuda incobrable or de pago dudoso

2.

N lo malo

parents can have a powerful influence for good or bad — los padres pueden tener mucha influencia para lo bueno y para lo malo

there's good and bad in this news — esta noticia tiene su lado bueno y su lado malo

there is both good and bad in every human being — hay una parte buena y una parte mala en cada ser humano

to take the bad with the good — aceptar tanto lo bueno como lo malo

3.

ADV
*
he's hurt bad — está malherido

she took it bad — se lo tomó a mal

if you want it that bad you can pay for it yourself — si tanto lo quieres, comprátelo tú

to need sth real bad — necesitar algo desesperadamente

• the way she looks at him, you can tell she's got it bad — por la forma en que lo mira, se nota que está colada por él *

• to be in bad with sb, he's in bad with the law — tiene problemas con la ley

4.

CPD

bad apple N — (=person) manzana f podrida

bad guy * N — (=baddy) (in film, story) malo m ; (=criminal) delincuente m

bad hair day * N — (=bad day) mal día m

• to have a bad hair day — (bad day) tener un mal día; (with messy hair) tener el pelo todo revuelto
BAD
"Malo" shortened to "mal"
► Malo must be shortened to mal before a masculine singular noun:
He was in a bad mood Estaba de mal humor
Position of "malo"
► Mal/ Mala {etc} precedes the noun in general comments. Here, there is no comparison, implied or explicit, with something better:
I'm afraid I have some bad news for you Me temo que traigo malas noticias para usted
I've had a bad day today Hoy he tenido un mal día ► Malo/ Mala {etc} follows the noun when there is an implicit or explicit comparison with something good:
... his only bad day in the race...... su único día malo en la carrera...
Ser/Estar malo
► Use malo with ser to describe inherent qualities and characteristics:
Smoking is bad for your health Fumar es malo para la salud
This is a very bad film Esta película es malísima ► Use malo with estar to describe unpleasant food or else to mean "unwell":
The food was really bad La comida estaba malísima
He's been unwell lately Ha estado malo últimamente
Estar mal
► Use estar with the adverb mal to give a general comment on a situation that seems bad or wrong:
Cheating in your exams is really bad Está muy mal que copies en los exámenes
In the space of an hour I've signed fifty books. Not bad En una hora he firmado cincuenta libros. No está mal
I managed to come second, which wasn't bad He conseguido acabar segundo, lo que no estuvo mal For further uses and examples, see main entry
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I [bæd]
adjective (comp worse; superl worst) [The usual translation, malo, becomes mal when it is used before a masculine singular noun]

1)

a) ( of poor quality) malo

bad example — mal ejemplo m

b) (unreliable, incompetent) (pred)

to be bad at something/-ing — ser* malo para algo/+ inf

I'm bad at names — soy malo or no tengo cabeza para los nombres

to be bad about -ing: he's bad about apologising le cuesta pedir disculpas; to be bad on something: I'm bad on punctuation — la puntuación no es mi fuerte

2)

a) ( unpleasant) malo

I've had a bad day — he tenido (un) mal día

to go from bad to worse — ir* de mal en peor

it tastes/smells bad — sabe/huele mal

b) ( unsatisfactory) malo

you've come at a bad moment — vienes en (un) mal momento

that's not bad at all! — no está nada mal!

it'll look bad if you don't turn up — queda mal or feo que no vayas

it's too bad you can't come — es una lástima or una pena que no puedas venir

if she doesn't like it, that's just too bad — (colloq) si no le gusta, peor para ella

c) ( harmful) malo

to be bad for somebody/something: too much food is bad for you comer demasiado es malo or hace mal; smoking is bad for your health — fumar es malo or perjudicial para la salud

3)

a) <behavior/manners> malo

b) ( evil) malo

anyone who likes children can't be all bad — si le gustan los niños no puede ser tan malo

4) <mistake/injury> grave; < headache> fuerte

he has a bad cough — tiene mucha tos

5) ( rotten) <egg/fruit> podrido

to go bad — echarse a perder

6) ( afflicted)

she's got a bad knee — tiene problemas con la rodilla

how are you? - not (too) bad! — (colloq) ¿qué tal estás? - aquí ando, tirando (fam)

to be in a bad way — (colloq) estar* fatal (fam)

7) ( sorry)

I feel bad about not having written to her — me da no sé qué no haberle escrito

it's not your fault; there's no need to feel bad about it — no es culpa tuya, no tienes por qué preocuparte

II

mass noun

all the bad that he's done — todo el mal que ha hecho

there's good and bad in everybody — todos tenemos cosas buenas y malas

you have to learn to take the bad with the good — hay que aprender a aceptar lo bueno y lo malo

III

adverb (esp AmE colloq)

to need something real bad — necesitar algo desesperadamente

if you want it bad enough — si de verdad lo quieres

she's got it bad for him — está loca por él, se derrite por él (fam)

English-spanish dictionary > bad
10 arruinar

v.

to ruin (also figurative).

La lluvia arruinó los cultivos The rain ruined the crops.

Sus vicios arruinaron a Ricardo His vices brought ruin upon Richard.

Sus celos arruinaron su fiesta His jealousy ruined her party.

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arruinar

► verbo transitivo

1 to bankrupt, ruin

2 (estropear) to damage

■ la tormenta ha arruinado la cosecha the storm has ruined the crops

► verbo pronominal arruinarse

1 to be bankrupt, be ruined

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verb

1) to ruin

2) wreck, destroy

•

- arruinarse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=empobrecer) to ruin

2) (=destruir) to wreck, destroy

3) LAm (=desvirgar) to deflower

2.

See:

arruinarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( empobrecer) to ruin

2) ( estropear) <vida/salud/reputación> to ruin, wreck; <proyecto/cosecha> to ruin; <velada/sorpresa> to spoil, ruin
2.
arruinarse v pron

1) ( empobrecerse)

se arruinó — he lost everything o he was ruined

por invitarme a una copa no te vas a arruinar — (hum) buying me one drink isn't going to break you (hum)

2) proyecto/cosecha to be ruined

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= ruin, scupper, bankrupt, cast + a blight on, put + Nombre + out of business, go out + the window, bring + ruin to, mangle, wreck, fudge, run down, blight, beggar.

Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

Ex. As a writer on the publishing of scholarly books in the USA once put it, 'A book that would bankrupt a scholarly publisher does not fall within the proper domain of scholarly publishing'.

Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.

Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

Ex. He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.

Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.

Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Ex. But other military officers conceded a war would serve little purpose other than to beggar the two already impoverished nations.

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* arruinarlo = crap it up.

* arruinar los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.

* arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.

* arruinarse = go + bankrupt, go + broke, go to + rack and ruin, go + bust, go to + ruin.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( empobrecer) to ruin

2) ( estropear) <vida/salud/reputación> to ruin, wreck; <proyecto/cosecha> to ruin; <velada/sorpresa> to spoil, ruin
2.
arruinarse v pron

1) ( empobrecerse)

se arruinó — he lost everything o he was ruined

por invitarme a una copa no te vas a arruinar — (hum) buying me one drink isn't going to break you (hum)

2) proyecto/cosecha to be ruined

* * *

= ruin, scupper, bankrupt, cast + a blight on, put + Nombre + out of business, go out + the window, bring + ruin to, mangle, wreck, fudge, run down, blight, beggar.

Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

Ex: As a writer on the publishing of scholarly books in the USA once put it, 'A book that would bankrupt a scholarly publisher does not fall within the proper domain of scholarly publishing'.

Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.

Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

Ex: He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.

Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.

Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Ex: But other military officers conceded a war would serve little purpose other than to beggar the two already impoverished nations.

* arruinarlo = crap it up.

* arruinar los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.

* arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.

* arruinarse = go + bankrupt, go + broke, go to + rack and ruin, go + bust, go to + ruin.

* * *

arruinar [A1 ]

vt

A (empobrecer) to ruin, bankrupt

B (estropear) ‹vida/salud› to ruin, wreck; ‹proyecto/cosecha› to ruin; ‹velada/sorpresa› to spoil, ruin; ‹reputación› to ruin, wreck, destroy

me arruinaron el vestido en la tintorería they ruined my dress at the dry cleaner's

■ arruinarse

v pron

A

(empobrecerse): se arruinó con el crac he lost everything o he was ruined when the market crashed

por invitarme a una copa no te vas a arruinar ( hum); buying me one drink isn't going to break you ( hum)

B «proyecto/cosecha» to be ruined

se me arruinaron los zapatos con la lluvia the rain ruined my shoes, my shoes got ruined in the rain

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arruinar ( conjugate arruinar) verbo transitivo
to ruin
arruinarse verbo pronominal
to be ruined
arruinar verbo transitivo to ruin
' arruinar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
definitivamente
- jorobar
English:
bankrupt
- break
- do for
- ruin
- blight
- destroy

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arruinar

♦ vt

1. [financieramente] to ruin

2. [estropear] to ruin;

el pedrisco arruinó la cosecha the hail ruined the crop;

el alcohol le arruinó la salud alcohol ruined his health;

el mal tiempo arruinó la ceremonia the bad weather ruined o spoiled the ceremony

♦ See also the pronominal verb arruinarse

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arruinar

v/t ruin

* * *

arruinar vt

: to ruin, to wreck

♦ See also the reflexive verb arruinarse

* * *

arruinar vb (estropear) to ruin

la helada arruinó las cosechas the frost ruined the crops

Spanish-English dictionary > arruinar
11 decay

1. intransitive verb
1) (become rotten) verrotten; [ver]faulen; [Zahn:] faul od. (fachspr.) kariös werden; [Gebäude:] zerfallen

2) (decline) verfallen
2. noun
1) (rotting) Verrotten, das; (of tooth) Fäule, die; (of building) Zerfall, der

2) (decline) Verfall, der

* * *
[di'kei] 1. verb
(to (cause to) become rotten or ruined: Sugar makes your teeth decay.) verderben
2. noun
(the act or process of decaying: tooth decay; in a state of decay.) der Verfall

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de·cay

[dɪˈkeɪ]

I. n no pl

1. (deterioration) Niedergang m, Verfall m

death and \decay Tod und Untergang

to be in a[n advanced] state of \decay in einem Zustand des [fortgeschrittenen] Zerfalls sein

environmental \decay Verfall m der Umwelt

industrial \decay Untergang m der Industrie

mental/moral \decay geistiger/moralischer Verfall

urban \decay Verfall m der Städte, Niedergang m der Stadtkultur

to fall into \decay verfallen

2. BIOL Verwesung f; BOT Fäulnis f; PHYS of radioactive substance Zerfall m

dental [or tooth] \decay Zahnfäule f

\decay chain NUCL radioaktive Zerfallsreihe

\decay factor TECH Dämpfungszahl f

\decay law NUCL Zerfallsgesetz nt

II. vi

1. (deteriorate) verfallen

2. BIOL verwesen, verfaulen, faulen; BOT verblühen, absterben; NUCL zerfallen, abklingen; PHYS zerfallen

III. vt

▪ to \decay sth etw zerstören [o ruinieren]

to \decay wood Holz morsch werden lassen

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[dI'keɪ]
1. vi

1) (lit) verfallen; (PHYS) zerfallen; (= rot, dead body, flesh, vegetable matter) verwesen; (food) schlecht werden, verderben; (tooth) faulen, verfallen; (bones, wood) verfallen, morsch werden

2) (fig) verfallen; (health also) sich verschlechtern; (beauty also) verblühen, vergehen; (civilization, race) untergehen; (friendship) auseinandergehen, zerfallen; (one's faculties) verkümmern; (business, family) herunterkommen

2. vt
food schlecht werden lassen, verderben; tooth faulen lassen, schlecht werden lassen; wood morsch werden lassen
3. n

1) (lit: action) Verfall m; (PHYS) Zerfall m; (= rotting, of dead body, flesh, vegetable matter) Verwesung f; (of food) Schlechtwerden nt; (of bones, wood) Morschwerden nt

tooth decay — Zahnfäule f, Karies f

to fall into decay — in Verfall geraten, verfallen

2) (= decayed part or area) Fäule f, Fäulnis f

3) (fig) Verfall m; (of friendship, civilization) Zerfall m; (of race, family, business) Untergang m; (of faculties) Verkümmern nt

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decay [dıˈkeı]

A v/i

1. verfallen, in Verfall geraten, zugrunde gehen

2. schwach oder kraftlos werden

3. abnehmen, schwinden

4. verwelken, absterben

5. zerfallen, vermodern

6. verfaulen, verwesen

7. MED faulen, kariös oder schlecht werden (Zahn)

8. GEOL verwittern

9. PHYS zerfallen (Radium etc)

B s

1. Verfall m:

fall ( oder go) (in)to decay → A 1

2. Verfall m, (Alters)Schwäche f

3. Nieder-, Untergang m, Ruin m

4. (ständiger) Rückgang

5. Verwelken n

6. Zerfall m, Vermodern n

7. Verfaulen n, Verwesung f

8. MED Faulen n, Schlechtwerden n (der Zähne)

9. GEOL Verwitterung f

10. PHYS Zerfall m (von Radium etc):

decay product Zerfallsprodukt n

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1. intransitive verb
1) (become rotten) verrotten; [ver]faulen; [Zahn:] faul od. (fachspr.) kariös werden; [Gebäude:] zerfallen

2) (decline) verfallen
2. noun
1) (rotting) Verrotten, das; (of tooth) Fäule, die; (of building) Zerfall, der

2) (decline) Verfall, der

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v.

sich zersetzen v.

verfallen v.

verwesen v.

English-german dictionary > decay
12 core

ko:
1. noun
(the innermost part of something, especially fruit: an apple-core; the core of the earth.) corazón (fruta); núcleo

2. verb
(to take out the core of (fruit): Core the apples.) quitar el corazón a

core n corazón

an apple core el corazón de una manzana

core

tr[kɔː^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 (of earth) núcleo, centro; (of magnet, nuclear reactor) núcleo; (of computer) núcleo magnético

2 (of apple, pear, etc) corazón nombre masculino

3 (most important part) núcleo, meollo

■ the core of the problem el meollo del problema

transitive verb

1 quitarle el corazón a

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to the core figurative use hasta la médula

■ he's rotten to the core está totalmente corrompido, está corrompido hasta la médula

core curriculum programa nombre masculino de estudios obligatorios

core ['kor] vt, cored ; coring : quitar el corazón a (una fruta)

core n

1) : corazón m, centro m (de algunas frutas)

2) center: núcleo m, centro m

3) essence: núcleo m, meollo m

to the core: hasta la médula

core

n.

• alma s.f.

• central s.m.

• centro s.m.

• corazón s.m.

• eje s.m.

• esencia s.f.

• foco s.m.

• núcleo s.m.

• quid s.m.

• ánima s.f.

I kɔːr, kɔː(r)
noun

a) (of apple, pear) corazón m, centro m; ( of Earth) centro m, núcleo m; ( of nuclear reactor) núcleo m

to the core: the organization is rotten to the core — la organización está totalmente corrompida

b) (central, essential part) núcleo m; ( of problem) meollo m

a hard core of resistance — un foco de resistencia férrea; (before n) <subject, vocabulary> ( Educ) básico

core curriculum — plan m de estudios común

c) ( Comput) núcleo m magnético; (before n)

core memory — memoria f central

d) ( of electric cable) alma f‡

II

transitive verb \<\<apple\>\> quitarle el corazón or el centro a

[kɔː(r)]
1. N

1) [of fruit] corazón m ; [of earth] centro m, núcleo m ; [of cable, nuclear reactor] núcleo m

2) (fig) [of problem etc] esencia f, meollo m ; [of group etc] centro m

English to the core — inglés hasta los tuétanos

rotten to the core — corrompido hasta la médula

shocked to the core — profundamente afectado

a hard core of resistance — un núcleo or foco arraigado de resistencia

the hard core of unemployment — los parados que tienen pocas posibilidades de salir de esa situación

2.

VT [+ fruit] deshuesar

3.

CPD

core business N — actividad f principal

core curriculum N — (Scol) asignaturas fpl comunes

core memory N — (Comput) memoria f de núcleos

core subject N — (Scol, Univ) asignatura f común

core time N — periodo m nuclear

core value N — valor m central

* * *

I [kɔːr, kɔː(r)]
noun

a) (of apple, pear) corazón m, centro m; ( of Earth) centro m, núcleo m; ( of nuclear reactor) núcleo m

to the core: the organization is rotten to the core — la organización está totalmente corrompida

b) (central, essential part) núcleo m; ( of problem) meollo m

a hard core of resistance — un foco de resistencia férrea; (before n) <subject, vocabulary> ( Educ) básico

core curriculum — plan m de estudios común

c) ( Comput) núcleo m magnético; (before n)

core memory — memoria f central

d) ( of electric cable) alma f‡

II

transitive verb \<\<apple\>\> quitarle el corazón or el centro a

English-spanish dictionary > core
13 saber

m.

knowledge.

el saber no ocupa lugar (Prov) you can never know too much

El saber es un tesoro Knowledge is priceless.

v.

1 to know.

ya lo sé I know

de haberlo sabido (antes) o si lo llego a saber, me quedo en casa if I'd known, I'd have stayed at home

hacer saber algo a alguien to inform somebody of something, to tell somebody something

para que lo sepas, somos amigos we're friends, for your information

Ellos saben de eso They know about that.

Ellos saben la información They know the information.

2 to learn, to find out (enterarse de).

lo supe ayer I found out yesterday

¿sabes algo de Juan?, ¿qué sabes de Juan? have you had any news from o heard from Juan?

3 to know about (entender de).

sabe mucha física he knows a lot about physics

4 to taste.

saber bien/mal to taste good/bad

saber a cuernos o rayos (informal figurative) to taste disgusting o revolting

le supo mal (figurative) it upset o annoyed him (le enfadó)

me sabe mal mentirle (figurative) I feel bad about lying to him

Esto sabe bien This tastes good.

5 to know how to, to know, to know to.

Ellos saben pintar They know how to paint.

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SABER

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

sé, sabes, sabe, sabemos, sabéis, saben.

Past Indicative

supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supieron.

Future Indicative

sabré, sabrás, sabrá, sabremos, sabréis, sabrán.

Conditional

sabría, sabrías, sabría, sabríamos, sabríais, sabrían.

Present Subjunctive

sepa, sepas, sepa, sepamos, sepáis, sepan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

supiera, supieras, supiera, supiéramos, supierais, supieran;

supiese, supieses, supiese, supiésemos, supieseis, supiesen.

Future Subjunctive

supiere, supieres, supiere, supiéremos, supiereis, supieren.

Imperative

sabe (tú), sepa (él/Vd.), sepamos (nos.), sabed (vos.), sepan (ellos/Vds.).

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1. verb
1) to know

2) can

3) learn

•

- a saber
- saber a 2. noun m.
knowledge

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1. VT

1) (=tener conocimiento de)

a) [+ dato, información] to know

no sabía que era tu cumpleaños — I didn't know it was your birthday

sé que me has mentido — I know you've lied to me

lo sé — I know

sin saberlo yo — without my knowledge, without me knowing

• hacer saber algo a algn — to inform sb of sth, let sb know about sth

quiero hacerle saber que... — I would like to inform o advise you that...

el motivo de esta carta es hacerle saber que... — I am writing to inform o advise you that...

b) [locuciones]

• a saber — namely

dos planetas, a saber, Venus y la Tierra — two planets, namely Venus and Earth

a saber si realmente lo compró — I wonder whether he really did buy it

a saber dónde lo tiene guardado — I wonder where he has it hidden away

• ¡ anda a saber! — LAm God knows!

• demasiado bien sé que... — I know only too well that...

¡no lo sabes bien! — * not half! *

• cualquiera sabe si... — it's anybody's guess whether...

• ¡de haberlo sabido! — if only I'd known!

• lo dudo, pero nunca se sabe — I doubt it, but you never know

• para que lo sepas — let me tell you, for your information

• que yo sepa — as far as I know

que sepamos — as far as we know

• un no sé qué — a certain something

un no sé qué de afectado — a certain (element of) affectation

• ¡ quién sabe! — who knows!

¿quién sabe? — who knows?, who can tell?, who's to say?

• ¡si lo sabré yo! — I should know!

• tú sabrás (lo que haces) — I suppose you know (what you're doing)

¿tú qué sabes? — what do you know about it?

• ¡ vete a saber! — God knows!

¡vete a saber de dónde ha venido! — goodness only knows where he came from!

vete tú a saber — your guess is as good as mine

• ya lo sabía yo — I thought as much

• ¡yo qué sé!, ¡qué sé yo! — how should I know!, search me! *

- cada uno sabe dónde le aprieta el zapato

- no sabía dónde meterse

- no saber ni papa
Briján
2) (=enterarse de) to find out

en cuanto lo supimos fuimos a ayudarle — as soon as we found out, we went to help him

cuando lo supe — when I heard o found out about it

lograron saber el secreto — they managed to learn the secret

3) (=tener noticias) to hear

desde hace seis meses no sabemos nada de él — we haven't heard from him for six months

4) (=tener destreza en)

¿sabes ruso? — do you speak Russian?, can you speak Russian?

no sé nada de cocina — I don't know anything about cookery, I know nothing about cookery

• saber hacer algo, sabe cuidar de sí mismo — he can take care of himself, he knows how to take care of himself

¿sabes nadar? — can you swim?

saben tratar muy bien al forastero — they know how to look after visitors

¿sabes ir? — do you know the way?

todavía no sabe orientarse por la ciudad — he still doesn't know his way around town

pocos campeones saben perder — few champions are good losers

es una persona que sabe escuchar — she's a good listener

5) LAm

saber hacer — to be in the habit of doing

no sabe venir por aquí — he doesn't usually come this way, he's not in the habit of coming along here

2. VI

1) (=tener conocimiento)

• saber de algo — to know of sth

sabe mucho de ordenadores — he knows a lot about computers

sé de un sitio muy bueno — I know of a very good place

hace mucho que no sabemos de ella — it's quite a while since we heard from her, we haven't had any news from her for quite a while

2) (=estar enterado) to know

costó muy caro, ¿sabe usted? — it was very expensive, you know

un 5% no sabe, no contesta — there were 5% "don't knows"

3) (=tener sabor) to taste

no sabe demasiado bien — it doesn't taste too good

sabe un poco amargo — it tastes rather bitter

• saber a — to taste of

esto sabe a queso — this tastes of cheese

esto sabe a demonio(s) — this tastes awful

saberle mal a algn —

me supo muy mal lo que hicieron — I didn't like what they did, I wasn't pleased o didn't feel good about what they did

no me sabe mal que un amigo me gaste bromas — I don't mind a friend playing jokes on me, it doesn't bother me having a friend play jokes on me

3.

See:

saberse
SABER Por regla general, si saber va seguido de un infinitivo, se traduce por can cuando indica una habilidad permanente y por know how cuando se trata de la capacidad de resolver un problema concreto. La construcción correspondiente habrá de ser can + ((INFINITIVO)) {sin} to {o} know how + ((INFINITIVO)) {con} to: Jaime sabe tocar el piano Jaime can play the piano ¿Sabes cambiar una rueda? Do you know how to change a wheel? Hay que tener en cuenta que know (sin how) nunca puede ir seguido directamente de un infinitivo en inglés. Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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I
masculino knowledge

una persona de gran saber — a person of great learning

el saber no ocupa lugar — one can never know too much
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <nombre/dirección/canción> to know

ya lo sé — I know

no lo sé — I don't know

no sé cómo se llama — I don't know his name

así que or conque ya lo sabes — so now you know

no sabía que tenía hijos — I didn't know he had (any) children

para que lo sepas, yo no miento — (fam) for your information, I don't tell lies

si lo sabré yo! — don't I know it!

cállate ¿tú qué sabes? — shut up! what do you know about it?

yo qué sé dónde está! — how (on earth) should I know where he/it is! (colloq)

no se sabe si... — they don't know if...

no sé qué decirte — I really don't know what to say

¿a que no sabes qué? — (fam) you'll never guess what

tiene un no sé qué — she has a certain something

me da no sé qué decirte esto — I feel very awkward saying this to you

que yo sepa — as far as I know

saber algo de algo — to know something about something

sé muy poco de ese tema — I know very little about the subject

hacerle saber algo a alguien — (frml) to inform somebody of something

nos hizo saber su decisión — he informed us of his decision

b) ( darse cuenta de) to know

no sabe lo que dice — he doesn't know what he's talking about

tú no sabes lo que es esto! — you can't imagine what it's like!

2) ( ser capaz de)

saber + inf — to know how to + inf

¿sabes nadar/escribir a máquina? — can you swim/type?, do you know how to swim/type?

ya sabe leer y escribir — she can already read and write

sabe escuchar — she's a good listener

sabe hablar varios idiomas — she can speak several languages

no saben perder — they're bad losers

sabe defenderse — she knows how to o she can look after herself

3) ( enterarse) to find out

lo supe por mi hermana — I found out about it through my sister

si es así, pronto se va a saber — if that's the case, we'll know o find out soon enough

sin que lo supiéramos — without our knowing

si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! — if I had only known before!

cómo iba yo a saber que...! — how was I to know that...!

¿se puede saber por qué? — may I ask why?

¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? — and where were you, I'd like to know?

4)

a saber — (frml) namely
2.
saber vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( tener conocimiento) to know

vete tú/vaya usted a saber — but who knows

¿quién sabe? — who knows?

saber de algo/alguien — to know of something/somebody

yo sé de un sitio donde te lo pueden arreglar — I know of a place where you can get it fixed

b) (tener noticias, enterarse)

saber de alguien/algo: no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month; yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio; no quiero saber de él — I want nothing to do with him

Sentido II

2)

a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste

sabe dulce/bien/amargo — it tastes sweet/nice/bitter

saber a algo — to taste of something

sabe a ajo — it tastes of garlic

no sabe a nada — it has no taste to it

sabe a podrido — it tastes rotten

b) ( causar cierta impresión)

saberle mal/bien a alguien: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone else; me sabe mal tener que decírselo — I don't like having to tell him
3.
saberse v pron (enf) <lección/poema> to know

se sabe todo el cuento de memoria — he knows the whole story off by heart

sabérselas todas — (fam) to know every trick in the book (colloq)

* * *
I
masculino knowledge

una persona de gran saber — a person of great learning

el saber no ocupa lugar — one can never know too much
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <nombre/dirección/canción> to know

ya lo sé — I know

no lo sé — I don't know

no sé cómo se llama — I don't know his name

así que or conque ya lo sabes — so now you know

no sabía que tenía hijos — I didn't know he had (any) children

para que lo sepas, yo no miento — (fam) for your information, I don't tell lies

si lo sabré yo! — don't I know it!

cállate ¿tú qué sabes? — shut up! what do you know about it?

yo qué sé dónde está! — how (on earth) should I know where he/it is! (colloq)

no se sabe si... — they don't know if...

no sé qué decirte — I really don't know what to say

¿a que no sabes qué? — (fam) you'll never guess what

tiene un no sé qué — she has a certain something

me da no sé qué decirte esto — I feel very awkward saying this to you

que yo sepa — as far as I know

saber algo de algo — to know something about something

sé muy poco de ese tema — I know very little about the subject

hacerle saber algo a alguien — (frml) to inform somebody of something

nos hizo saber su decisión — he informed us of his decision

b) ( darse cuenta de) to know

no sabe lo que dice — he doesn't know what he's talking about

tú no sabes lo que es esto! — you can't imagine what it's like!

2) ( ser capaz de)

saber + inf — to know how to + inf

¿sabes nadar/escribir a máquina? — can you swim/type?, do you know how to swim/type?

ya sabe leer y escribir — she can already read and write

sabe escuchar — she's a good listener

sabe hablar varios idiomas — she can speak several languages

no saben perder — they're bad losers

sabe defenderse — she knows how to o she can look after herself

3) ( enterarse) to find out

lo supe por mi hermana — I found out about it through my sister

si es así, pronto se va a saber — if that's the case, we'll know o find out soon enough

sin que lo supiéramos — without our knowing

si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! — if I had only known before!

cómo iba yo a saber que...! — how was I to know that...!

¿se puede saber por qué? — may I ask why?

¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? — and where were you, I'd like to know?

4)

a saber — (frml) namely
2.
saber vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( tener conocimiento) to know

vete tú/vaya usted a saber — but who knows

¿quién sabe? — who knows?

saber de algo/alguien — to know of something/somebody

yo sé de un sitio donde te lo pueden arreglar — I know of a place where you can get it fixed

b) (tener noticias, enterarse)

saber de alguien/algo: no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month; yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio; no quiero saber de él — I want nothing to do with him

Sentido II

2)

a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste

sabe dulce/bien/amargo — it tastes sweet/nice/bitter

saber a algo — to taste of something

sabe a ajo — it tastes of garlic

no sabe a nada — it has no taste to it

sabe a podrido — it tastes rotten

b) ( causar cierta impresión)

saberle mal/bien a alguien: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone else; me sabe mal tener que decírselo — I don't like having to tell him
3.
saberse v pron (enf) <lección/poema> to know

se sabe todo el cuento de memoria — he knows the whole story off by heart

sabérselas todas — (fam) to know every trick in the book (colloq)

* * *

saber¹

¹ = learning.

Ex: It is the responsibility of educators to stretch their student's intellects, hone their skills of intuitive judgment and synthesis, and build a love of learning that will sustain them beyond the level of formal education.

* ansia de saber = thirst for knowledge.

* a + Posesivo + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.

* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.

* cúmulo de saber = knowledge repository, repository of knowledge.

* hasta donde + Pronombre + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.

* institución del saber = institution of learning.

* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.

* rama del saber = branch of learning.

* saber escuchar = listening capacity.

saber²

² = know, learn, find out.

Ex: However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.

Ex: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.

Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.

* a saber = namely, viz, to wit.

* capacidad de saber leer y escribir = literacy skills.

* curioso por saber = interrogator.

* de quién sabe dónde = out of the woodwork.

* hacer saber = let + Nombre + know, let + it be known.

* hacer saber la intención de uno = announce + intention.

* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.

* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.

* no saber cómo explicarlo = be at a loss to explain it.

* no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.

* no saber de = have + no understanding of.

* no saber dónde meterse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.

* no saber expresarse bien = inarticulateness.

* no saber más por ello = be none the wiser.

* no saber qué contestar = stump.

* no saber qué decir = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no saber qué hacer = be at a loss, get out of + Posesivo + depth, be on the horns of a dilemma, be at a nonplus.

* no saber qué hacer a continuación = draw + a blank, be stuck, get + stuck.

* no saber qué hacer con = be at sixes and sevens with.

* no saber qué más hacer = be at + Posesivo + wit's end.

* no saberse cuándo = there + be + no telling when.

* no se sabe todavía = the jury is still out (on).

* nunca se sabe... = one never knows....

* persona que sabe contar anécdotas = raconteur.

* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.

* quedar mucho por saber = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.

* que sabe lo que = who knows what.

* ¿quién sabe? = who knows?.

* quién sabe lo que = who knows what.

* quién sabe qué = who knows what.

* saber a ciencia cierta = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.

* saber a ciencia cierta que = know + for a fact that.

* saber argumentar Algo convincentemente = make + a business case.

* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.

* saber con certeza = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.

* saber contestar muy bien = be not at a loss for words.

* saber cúal es la verdad = discern + the truth.

* saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.

* saber de buena tinta = have + it on good word.

* saber defenderse = hold + Posesivo + own.

* saber de lo que Uno estar hablando = know + Posesivo + stuff.

* saber de seguro = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a fact.

* saber escuchar = listening skills.

* saber hacer = savoir faire.

* saber hacer cuentas = be numerate.

* saber interiormente = know + underneath.

* saber leer y escribir = be literate.

* saberlo todo = be omniscient.

* saberse Algo al dedillo = know + Nombre + inside-out, learn + Nombre + inside-out.

* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.

* sabiendo diferenciar entre lo que vale y lo que no = discriminatingly.

* sabiendo que = on the understanding that.

* salir de quién sabe dónde = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser una incógnita = be anyone's guess.

* sin saberlo = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.

* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].

* un no sé qué = a je ne sais quoi.

* y Dios sabe qué más = and Heaven knows what else.

saber³

³ = taste.

Ex: Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.

* saber a = reek of.

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saber¹

masculine

knowledge

un compendio del saber humano a compendium of human knowledge

una persona de gran saber a person of great learning

el saber no ocupa lugar one can never know too much

saber² [ E25 ]

vt

A

1 ‹nombre/dirección/chiste/canción› to know

(ya) lo sé, pero aun así … I know, but even so …

quizás sea así, no lo sé that might be the case, I don't know

así que or conque ya lo sabes so now you know

¡no le habrás dicho nada de aquello que tú sabes! you didn't tell him anything about you know what, did you?

no sabía que tenía or tuviera hijos I didn't know he had (any) children

¿sabes lo que me dijo? do you know what he said to me?

¿sabes lo que te digo? ¡que me tienes harta! you know something? I'm fed up with you!

para que lo sepas, yo no miento ( fam); for your information, I don't tell lies

es tan latoso … — ¡si lo sabré yo! he's such a nuisance — don't I know it!

cállate ¿tú qué sabes? shut up! what do you know about it?

¡yo qué sé dónde está tu diccionario! how (on earth) should I know where your dictionary is! ( colloq)

no se sabe si se salvará they don't know if he'll pull through

no sabía dónde meterme I didn't know where to put myself

no supe qué decir I didn't know what to say

mira, no sé qué decirte look, I really don't know what to say

no lo saben a ciencia cierta they don't know for certain

¿a que no sabes a quién vi? ( fam); I bet you don't know who I saw ( colloq), you'll never guess who I saw

quién or cualquiera sabe dónde estará goodness only knows where it is

un tal Ricardo no sé cuántos ( fam); Ricardo something-or-other ( colloq)

le salió con no sé qué historias ( fam); he came out with some story or other

tiene un no sé qué que la hace muy atractiva she has a certain something that makes her very attractive

ese hombre tiene un no sé qué que me cae mal there's something about that man I don't like

me da no sé qué tener que decirte esto I feel very awkward about having to say this to you

ya no viven allí, que yo sepa as far as I know, they don't live there anymore

¿tiene antecedentes? — que yo sepa no does she have any previous convictions? — not that I know of

—¿quién es ése? —quiso saber who's that? he wanted to know

sé muy poco de ese tema I know very little about the subject

sabe mucho sobre la segunda guerra mundial he knows a lot about the Second World War

2

hacerle saber algo a algn ( frml): nos hizo saber su decisión he informed us of his decision

por la presente deseo hacerle saber que … ( Corresp) I am pleased to advise you o to be able to inform you that …

la directiva hace saber a los señores socios que … the board wishes to inform members o advises members that …

3 (darse cuenta) to know

¡tú no sabes lo que es esto! you can't imagine what it's like!

está furiosa, no sabes lo que te espera she's furious, you don't know what you're in for

perdónalos Señor, porque no saben lo que hacen ( Bib) forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do

B (ser capaz de) saber + INF:

¿sabes nadar/cocinar/escribir a máquina? can you swim/cook/type?

ya sabe leer y escribir she can already read and write

sabe escuchar she's a good listener

no saben perder they're bad losers

no sabe tratar con la gente he doesn't know how to deal with people

no te preocupes, ella sabe defenderse don't worry, she knows how to o she can look after herself

este niño no sabe estarse quieto this child is incapable of keeping still o just can't keep still

C

a saber ( frml); namely

lo forman cuatro países, a saber: Suecia, Noruega, Dinamarca y Finlandia it is made up of four countries, namely Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland

D (enterarse) to find out

no lo supimos hasta ayer we didn't find out until yesterday

lo supe por mi hermana I found out about it through my sister, I heard about it o ( frml) learned of it through my sister

si es así, pronto se va a saber if that's the case, we'll know soon enough

¡si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! if I had only known before!

¿que qué me dijo de ti? ¡no quieras saberlo! what did she say about you? don't ask! o you wouldn't want to know!

¿se puede saber qué estabas haciendo allí? would you mind telling me what you were doing there?

¿y tú dónde estabas, si se puede saber? and where were you, I'd like to know?

■ saber

vi

Sentido I

A

1 to know

¿crees que vendrá? — supongo que sí, aunque con ella nunca se sabe do you think she'll come? — I suppose so, although you never know o you can never tell with her

dice que ella se lo dio, vete tú/vaya usted a saber he says she gave it to him, but who knows

no puede ser verdad — ¿quién sabe? a lo mejor sí it can't be true — who knows, it could be

parece incapaz de eso, pero nunca se sabe or cualquiera sabe he doesn't seem capable of such a thing, but you never know

él que sabe, sabe ( fr hecha); it's easy when you know how

2 saber DE algo/algn to know (of) sth/sb

yo sé de un sitio donde te lo pueden arreglar I know (of) a place where you can get it fixed

¿sabes de alguien que haya estado allí? do you know (of) anyone who's been there?

3 (tener noticias) saber DE algn:

no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month

no quiero saber nada más de él I want nothing more to do with him

B (enterarse) saber DE algo:

yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio

si llegas a saber de una cámara barata, avísame if you hear of a cheap camera, let me know

Sentido II

A (tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste

sabe muy dulce/bien/amargo it tastes very sweet/nice/bitter

saber A algo to taste OF sth

sabe a ajo/almendra it tastes of garlic/almonds, it has a garlicky/almondy taste

esta sopa no sabe a nada this soup doesn't taste of anything o has no taste to it

sabe a quemado/podrido it tastes burnt/rotten

tenía tanta hambre que el arroz me supo a gloria I was so hungry the rice tasted delicious

B

(causar cierta impresión): saberle mal/bien a algn: no le supo nada bien que ella bailara con otro he wasn't at all pleased that she danced with someone else

me sabe mal tener que decirle que no otra vez I don't like having to say no to him again, I feel bad having to say no to him again

■ saberse

v pron

A ( enf) ( fam) (conocer) ‹lección/poema› to know

se sabe todo el cuento de memoria he knows the whole story off by heart

se sabe los nombres de todos los jugadores del equipo he knows the names of every player in the team

sabérselas todas ( fam): este niño se las sabe todas this child knows every trick in the book ( colloq)

se cree que se las sabe todas she thinks she has all the answers

B ( refl) (saber que se es) (+ compl):

se sabe atractiva she knows she's attractive

* * *

saber 1 sustantivo masculino
knowledge;
◊ una persona de gran saber a person of great learning

saber 2 ( conjugate saber) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹nombre/dirección/canción› to know;

◊ ya lo sé I know;

no lo sé I don't know;
no sé cómo se llama I don't know his name;
¡yo qué sé! how (on earth) should I know! (colloq);
que yo sepa as far as I know;
saber algo de algo to know sth about sth;
sé muy poco de ese tema I know very little about the subject;
no sabe lo que dice he doesn't know what he's talking about
b) ( enterarse) to find out;

◊ lo supe por mi hermana I found out about it through my sister;

sin que lo supiéramos without our knowing;
¡si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! if I had only known before!;
¡cómo iba yo a saber que …! how was I to know that …!
2 ( ser capaz de):
◊ saber hacer algo to know how to do sth;

¿sabes nadar? can you swim?, do you know how to swim?;
sabe escuchar she's a good listener;
sabe hablar varios idiomas she can speak several languages
verbo intransitivo
a) ( tener conocimiento) to know;

◊ ¿quién sabe? who knows?;

saber de algo/algn to know of sth/sb;
yo sé de un lugar donde te lo pueden arreglar I know of a place where you can get it fixed
b) (tener noticias, enterarse):

◊ no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month;

yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio
a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste;

◊ sabe dulce/bien it tastes sweet/nice;

saber a algo to taste of sth;
no sabe a nada it doesn't taste of anything;
sabe a podrido it tastes rotten
b) ( causar cierta impresión): me sabe mal or no me sabe bien tener que decírselo I don't like having to tell him

saberse verbo pronominal ( enf) ‹lección/poema› to know
saber sustantivo masculino knowledge, learning, information
saber
I verbo transitivo
1 (una cosa) to know: no sé su dirección, I don't know her address
para que lo sepas, for your information
que yo sepa, as far as I know
2 (hacer algo) to know how to: no sabe nadar, he can't swim
3 (capacidad, destreza) sabe dibujar muy bien, he knows how to draw really well
4 (comportarse, reaccionar) can: no sabe aguantar una broma, she can't take a joke
no sabe perder, he's a bad loser
5 (tener conocimientos elevados sobre una materia) sabe mucho de música, she knows a lot about music
6 (enterarse) to learn, find out: lo llamé en cuanto lo supe, I called him as soon as I heard about it
7 (estar informado) sabía que te ibas a retrasar, he knew that you were going to be late
8 (imaginar) no sabes qué frío hacía, you can't imagine how cold it was
II verbo intransitivo
1 (sobre una materia) to know [de, of]: sé de un restaurante buenísimo, I know of a very good restaurant
2 (tener noticias) (de alguien por él mismo) to hear from sb
(de alguien por otros) to have news of sb
(de un asunto) to hear about sthg
3 (tener sabor) to taste [a, of]: este guiso sabe a quemado, this stew tastes burnt
4 (producir agrado o desagrado) to like, please: me supo mal que no viniera, it upset me that he didn't come
♦ Locuciones: el saber no ocupa lugar, you can never learn too much
me ha sabido a poco, I couldn't get enough of it
quién sabe, who knows
vas a saber lo que es bueno, I'll show you what's what
vete a saber, God knows
a saber, namely
' saber' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atenerse
- ávida
- ávido
- básica
- básico
- carta
- cojear
- combinar
- comparecencia
- conjugar
- consuelo
- convenir
- cuerno
- dedillo
- demonio
- desconocer
- diferenciar
- economía
- entender
- estimable
- estribar
- eufórica
- eufórico
- gloria
- impresión
- latín
- morbosa
- morboso
- puesta
- puesto
- relacionarse
- sable
- si
- terrena
- terreno
- tinta
- bien
- ciencia
- conocer
- conocimiento
- deber
- derecho
- experiencia
- feo
- hallar
- llegar
- lo
- mal
- memoria
- porqué
English:
acquaint
- aware
- can
- certain
- curious
- flounder
- fortuneteller
- guess
- hand
- hear
- horrify
- know
- learning
- namely
- nice
- pat
- pride
- should
- taste
- tell
- truck
- understand
- unknowingly
- wisdom
- able
- appreciation
- authority
- claim
- copy
- early
- funny
- heart
- knowledge
- let
- priority
- realize
- reassuring
- right
- saber
- sabre
- score
- skill
- stump
- suppose
- viz
- way

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saber

♦ nm

knowledge;
Formal
según mi/nuestro/ etc[m5]. leal saber y entender to the best of my/our/ etc knowledge;

Prov

el saber no ocupa lugar you can never know too much

♦ vt

1. [conocer] to know;

ya lo sé I know;

no lo sé I don't know;

yo no sabía nada de eso I didn't know anything about that;

no sabía que eras médico I didn't know you were a doctor;

ya sé lo que vas a decir I know what you're going to say;

de haberlo sabido (antes) o [m5]si lo llego a saber, me quedo en casa if I'd known, I'd have stayed at home;

es de o [m5]por todos sabido que… it's common knowledge that…, everyone knows that…;

hacer saber algo a alguien to inform sb of sth, to tell sb sth;

para que lo sepas, somos amigos we're friends, for your information;

¿sabes qué (te digo)?, que no me arrepiento you know what, I don't regret it;

si lo sabré yo, que tengo cuatro hijos you're telling me! I've got four children!;

sin yo saberlo, sin saberlo yo without my knowledge;
Fig
no sabía dónde meterme I didn't know where to put myself, I wanted to crawl under a rock;

no sabe lo que (se) hace she doesn't know what she's doing;

no sabe lo que tiene he doesn't realize just how lucky he is;
Fam
te ha llamado un tal Antonio no sé cuántos there was a call for you from Antonio something or other;

no sé qué decir I don't know what to say;

¡qué sé yo!, ¡y yo qué sé! how should I know!;

¡qué sé yo la de veces que me caí de la bici! heaven knows how many times I fell off my bike!;
Irónico
como te pille vas a saber lo que es bueno just wait till I get my hands on you!;
Irónico
cuando hagas la mili sabrás lo que es bueno you'll be in for a nasty surprise when you do your military service;

tener un no sé qué to have a certain something;
Fam
y no sé qué y no sé cuántos and so on and so forth

2. [ser capaz de]
saber hacer algo to be able to do sth, to know how to do sth;

¿sabes cocinar? can you cook?;

no sé nadar I can't swim, I don't know how to swim;

sabe hablar inglés/montar en bici she can speak English/ride a bike;

sabe perder he's a good loser;

su problema es que no saben beber [beben demasiado] their problem is they don't know when to stop drinking

3. [enterarse de] to learn, to find out;

lo supe ayer/por los periódicos I found (it) out yesterday/in the papers;

supe la noticia demasiado tarde I only heard the news when it was too late;

¿sabes algo de Juan?, ¿qué sabes de Juan? have you had any news from o heard from Juan?;

¿sabes algo de cuándo será el examen? have you heard anything about when the exam's going to be?

4. [entender de] to know about;

sabe mucha física he knows a lot about physics

♦ vi

1. [tener sabor] to taste (a of);
a mí me sabe a fresa it tastes of strawberries to me;

sabe mucho a cebolla it has a very strong taste of onions, it tastes very strongly of onions;

esto no sabe a nada this has no taste to it, this doesn't taste of anything;

saber bien/mal to taste good/bad;

¡qué bien sabe este pan! this bread's really tasty!, this bread tastes really good!;

esta agua sabe this water has a funny taste;

Comp
Fam
saber a cuerno quemado o [m5] a rayos to taste disgusting o revolting

2. [sentar]
le supo mal [le enfadó] it upset o annoyed him;

me sabe mal mentirle I feel bad about lying to him;

Comp
Fam
saber a cuerno quemado o [m5]a rayos: sus comentarios me supieron a cuerno quemado o [m5] a rayos I thought his comments were really off

3. [tener conocimiento] to know;

no sé de qué me hablas I don't know what you're talking about;

sé de una tienda que vende discos de vinilo I know of a shop that sells vinyl records;

que yo sepa as far as I know;

¡quién sabe!, ¡vete (tú) a saber!, ¡vaya usted a saber! who knows!;

pues, sabes, a mí no me importaría I wouldn't mind, you know;

es vecino mío, ¿sabes? he's my neighbour, you know;

Comp
Méx Fam
¡sepa Pancha!, ¡sepa la bola! who knows?

4. [entender]
saber de algo to know about sth;

¿tú sabes de mecánica? do you know (anything) about mechanics?;

ése sí que sabe he's a canny one

5. [tener noticia]
saber de alguien to hear from sb;

no sé de él desde hace meses I haven't heard (anything) from him for months;

saber de algo to learn of sth;

supe de su muerte por los periódicos I learnt of her death in the papers;

no quiero saber (nada) de ti I don't want to have anything to do with you

6. [parecer]
eso me sabe a disculpa that sounds like an excuse to me;

este postre me ha sabido a poco I could have done with the dessert being a bit bigger;

las vacaciones me han sabido a muy poco my holidays weren't nearly long enough, I could have done with my holidays being a lot longer

7. Am [soler]
saber hacer algo to be in the habit of doing sth

♦ See also the pronominal verb saberse

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saber

I v/t

1 know;

hacer saber algo a alguien let s.o. know sth;

¿cómo lo sabes? how do you know?;

¡si lo sabré yo! don’t I know it!;

¡para que lo sepas! so there!;

sabérselas todas fam know every trick in the book

2 ( ser capaz de)

:

saber hacer algo know how to do sth, be able to do sth;

sé nadar/leer I can swim/read;

saber alemán know German

3 ( enterarse) find out;

lo supe ayer I found out yesterday

II v/i

1 know (de about);

¡vete a saber!, ¡vaya usted a saber! heaven knows;

¡quién sabe! who knows!;

¡qué sé yo! who knows?;

que yo sepa as far as I know;

no que yo sepa not as far as I know;

hace mucho que no sé de ella I haven’t heard from her for a long time

2 ( tener sabor) taste (a of);

me sabe a quemado it tastes burnt to me;

las vacaciones me han sabido a poco my vacation went much too quickly;

me sabe mal fig it upsets me

III m knowledge, learning

IV

:

a saber namely

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saber {71} vt

1) : to know

2) : to know how to, to be able to

sabe tocar el violín: she can play the violin

3) : to learn, to find out

4)

a saber : to wit, namely

saber vi

1) : to know, to suppose

2) : to be informed

supimos del desastre: we heard about the disaster

3) : to taste

esto no sabe bien: this doesn't taste right

4)

saber a : to taste like

sabe a naranja: it tastes like orange

♦ See also the reflexive verb saberse

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saber vb

1. (en general) to know [pt. knew; pp. known]

sabe mucho de política he knows a lot about politics

¿alguien sabe lo que ha pasado? does anyone know what happened?

sé llegar al parque I know how to get to the park

no sé dónde está el coche I don't know where the car is

2. (tener capacidad, habilidad) can [pt. could]

sabe tocar el piano she can play the piano

¿sabes cocinar? can you cook?

3. (hablar) to speak [pt. spoke; pp. spoken]

sabe inglés y francés she speaks English and French

4. (tener noticias) to hear [pt. & pp. heard]

hace mucho tiempo que no sé nada de ellos I haven't heard anything from them for ages

5. (enterarse) to find out [pt. & pp. found]

cuando supe que era su cumpleaños... when I found out it was her birthday...

6. (tener sabor) to taste

este helado sabe a avellana this ice cream tastes of hazelnuts

este potaje no sabe a nada this stew has no taste

saber mal una cosa a alguien (disgustar, enfadar) to be upset / not to like

le supo mal que se fueran sin ella she was upset that they went without her

me sabe mal no acompañarte hasta tu casa I don't like not walking you home

que yo sepa as far as I know

vete a saber goodness knows / it's anyone's guess

vete a saber dónde estarán las llaves it's anyone's guess where the keys are

¡yo qué sé! how should I know?

Spanish-English dictionary > saber
14 sale

sale [sal]

1. adjective

   a. ( = crasseux) dirty

• sale comme un cochon or un porc filthy

   b. ( = douteux) [blanc, gris] dirty

• argent sale dirty money

   c. (avant le nom) ( = mauvais) (inf) [affaire, maladie, habitude] nasty ; [guerre] dirty

• sale coup ( = mauvais tour) dirty trick ; ( = choc) terrible blow

• faire un sale coup à qn to play a dirty trick on sb

• c'est un sale coup pour l'entreprise it's bad news for the company

• sale tour dirty trick

• sale temps filthy (inf) weather

• avoir une sale tête or gueule (inf: inf!) ( = sembler malade) to look awful ; ( = sembler antipathique) to be nasty-looking

• faire une sale tête ( = être mécontent) to look furious

• il a fait une sale tête ( = il était dépité) his face fell

• il m'est arrivé une sale histoire something nasty happened to me

• faire le sale travail or boulot (inf) to do the dirty work

2. masculine noun

• mettre qch au sale to put sth in the wash

• aller/être au sale to go/be in the wash

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sal
1.

adjectif

1) (after n) ( pas propre) dirty; ( obscène) dirty

2) (colloq) (before n) ( désagréable) [individu] horrible; [bête, maladie, affaire, habitude] nasty; [temps] foul, horrible; [travail, endroit] rotten; offensive dirty

sale menteur! — you dirty liar!

il a une sale tête — ( antipathique) he's got a nasty face; ( maladif) he looks dreadful

un sale coup — lit, fig a very nasty blow

jouer un sale tour à quelqu'un — to play a dirty trick on somebody

un sale caractère — a foul temper

2.

nom masculin

mettre quelque chose au sale — to put something in the wash

••

être sale comme un peigne or un cochon — to be filthy dirty

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sal adj
1) (= souillé) dirty

2) fig (avant le nom) (affaire, coup) nasty

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sale

A adj

1 (after n) ( pas propre) dirty; ( obscène) dirty; ⇒ linge;

2 (before n) ( désagréable) [individu] horrible; [bête, maladie, affaire, habitude] nasty; [temps] filthy; [métier, travail, endroit] rotten; offensive dirty; quel sale gosse○! what a horrible brat○!; sale menteur! you dirty liar!; quel sale bled○! what a dump○!; il a une sale tête or gueule◑ ( antipathique) he's got a nasty face; ( maladif) he looks dreadful; ( mécontent) he's pulling GB ou making US an awful face; faire une sale tête to pull GB ou make US an awful face; l'événement fut un sale coup pour lui the event dealt him a very nasty blow; jouer un sale tour à qn to play a dirty trick on sb; elle a vraiment un sale caractère she's got a foul temper; j'ai passé un sale quart d'heure or de sales moments I had a pretty grim time (of it).

B nm mettre qch au sale to put sth in the wash; aller au sale to go in the wash.

Idiome

être sale comme un peigne or un cochon to be filthy dirty.

[sal] adjectif

1. [malpropre - visage] dirty, filthy ; [ - eau] dirty, murky ; [ - mur] dirty, grimy

blanc sale dirty white

oh que tu es sale! [à un enfant] you mucky pup!

il est sale comme un cochon ou peigne ou porc he's filthy dirty

2. [salissant] dirty

3. [obscène] filthy, dirty

4. (familier) (avant le nom) (familier) [mauvais, désagréable] nasty

c'est une sale affaire it's a nasty business

elle a un sale caractère she has a filthy ou rotten temper

quel sale temps! what rotten ou foul weather!

il m'a joué un sale tour he played a dirty trick on me

sale bête

a. [insecte] nasty creature, creepy crawly (humoristique)

b. [personne] nasty character ou piece of work (UK)

avoir une sale tête ou gueule (très familier) [à faire peur] to look evil, to be nasty-looking

il a une sale tête ce matin

a. [malade] he looks under the weather ou (UK) off-colour this morning

b. [renfrogné] he's got a face like a thundercloud this morning

quand je vais lui dire, il va faire une sale tête he's not going to be very pleased when I tell him

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[sal] nom masculin et féminin

[personne] dirty person

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[sal] nom masculin

ton pantalon est au sale your trousers are with the dirty washing

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > sale
15 marcio

['martʃo] marcio -cia, -ci, -ce
1. agg

(uovo, legno) rotten, (foglie) rotting, (frutta) rotten, bad, (ferita, piaga) festering, (fig : corrotto) corrupt, rotten

avere torto marcio — to be utterly wrong

2. sm

(di frutto ecc) rotten o bad part

c'è del marcio in questa storia — there's something fishy about this business

Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > marcio
16 испорченный

1) General subject: addle (addle egg - тухлое яйцо, яйцо-болтун), addled, adulterated (примесями), bad, bitched up, broken, bust, corrupt (о воздухе и т. п.), debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, deformed, degenerate, depraved, disfigured, faulty, flyblown, fouled up, fouled-up, graceless, miscreant, out of order, perverse, perverted, putrid, rank, rotten, rotten hearted, rotten-hearted, twisted, unplayable (о пластинке, кассете), unsound, vitiate, vitiated, wicked, wasted

2) Computers: garbled

3) Biology: tainted

4) Naval: cant

5) Obsolete: naughty

6) Engineering: in bad repair

7) Australian slang: ratshit

8) Automobile industry: lame

9) Mining: foul

10) Polygraphy: dead

11) Jargon: assy, bitched-up, kaput, on the fritz, out the window, snafu, wonky, (о работе) foozlified (This job is really foozlified. Who was in charge? Эта работа точно испорчена. Кто был ответственным?), mungy, nasty

12) Oil: made havoc, messed up, played havoc among, played havoc with

13) Banking: mutilated (о ценной бумаге)

14) Food industry: botched

15) Business: damaged, spoiled, spoilt

16) Automation: foul

17) Quality control: injured

18) Makarov: evil, foul (о корме), foul (о пище), hurt

19) Taboo: all assed up, assed up (о деле), buggered, bum squabbled, bummy, (о предмете) fucked, fucked up, no bloody good, on the bum, screwed up, shot to hell, shot up the ass

20) Tengiz: deteriorated

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > испорченный
17 manera

f.

1 way, manner.

a manera de as, by way of (como)

a la manera de in the style of, after the fashion of

a mi manera de ver the way I see it

de cualquier manera any old how; (sin cuidado) anyway, in any case (de todos modos)

de esta manera in this way

de mala manera badly (peninsular Spanish)

lo hice de la misma manera que ayer/tú I did it the same way as yesterday/you

de manera que so (that)

de ninguna manera, en manera alguna by no means, under no circumstances; (refuerza negación) no way!, certainly not! (respuesta exclamativa)

de todas maneras anyway

de una manera o de otra one way or another

en cierta manera in a way

no hay manera there is no way, it's impossible

¡contigo no hay manera! you're impossible!

¡qué manera de llover! just look at that rain!

manera de pensar way of thinking

manera de ser way of being, nature

2 fashion, style.

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manera

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) way, manner

► nombre femenino plural maneras

1 (educación) manners

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a manera de by way of

a la manera de in the style of

a mi (tu etc) manera my (your etc) way

de cualquier manera (en cualquier caso) in any case 2 (sin cuidado, consideración, interés) carelessly

de manera que so that

de ninguna manera certainly not

de todas maneras in any case, anyhow

de mala manera familiar (groseramente) rudely 2 (con violencia) roughly

¡de una manera! in such a way!

de una manera o de otra whatever way

en cierta manera in a way

en gran manera enormously

no hay manera it's impossible

¡qué manera de... ! what a way to... !

manera de ser character

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noun f.

way, manner

- de manera que
- de ninguna manera
- de todas maneras
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SF

1) (=modo) way

hay varias maneras de hacerlo — there are various ways of doing it

eso no es manera de tratar a un animal — that's not the way to treat an animal, that's no way to treat an animal

hazlo de la manera que sea — do it however o the way you like

de una manera u otra — (in) one way or another

¡llovía de una manera! — it was really pouring down!

¡nunca he visto nevar de esta manera! — I've never seen it snow like this!

no hubo manera de convencerla — there was no convincing her, there was no way we could convince her

• a mi/tu etc manera — my/your etc way

lo hice a mi manera — I did it my way

a mi manera de ver, tenemos dos opciones — the way I see it, we have two options

• a la manera de algn/algo, siguen arando a la manera de sus abuelos — they still plough as o in the way their grandfathers did

una novela escrita a la manera de Kafka — a novel written in a Kafkaesque manner o in the style of Kafka

• de manera perfecta — perfectly, in a perfect way

nos recibió de manera cortés — he received us courteously o in a courteous way

• de esta manera — (in) this way, (in) this fashion

• de la misma manera — (in) the same way, (in) the same fashion

manera de ser, es su manera de ser — that's the way she is

cada uno tiene una manera de ser — everyone has their own character

2) [locuciones]

• de alguna manera — (=en cierto modo) to some extent; (=de cualquier modo) somehow; [al principio de frase] in a way, in some ways

• en cierta manera — in a way, to a certain extent

• de cualquier manera — (=sin cuidado) any old how; (=de todos modos) anyway

• en gran manera — to a large extent

• de mala manera, le pegó de mala manera — he hit her really hard

lo estafaron de mala manera — * they really ripped him off *

me contestó de muy mala manera — he answered me very rudely

ese tío se enrolla de mala manera — * that guy just can't stop jabbering *

• de ninguna manera, eso no lo vamos a aceptar de ninguna manera — there's no way we are going to accept that

de ninguna manera deben paralizarse las obras — on no account must the work stop

no quiero de ninguna manera implicarla en esto — I don't want to involve her in this in any way

no se parece de ninguna manera a lo que habíamos imaginado — it's nothing like we had imagined

¡de ninguna manera! — certainly not!, no way!

• de otra manera — (=de otro modo) in a different way; (=por otra parte) otherwise

los jóvenes entienden el mundo de otra manera — young people see the world in a different way

las cosas podrían haber sido de otra manera — things could have been different

no podía ser de otra manera — it couldn't be any other way

de otra manera, no es posible entender su actitud — otherwise, it's impossible to understand his attitude

dicho de otra manera — in other words, to put it another way

• sobre manera — exceedingly

• de tal manera que... — in such a way that...

• de todas maneras — anyway, in any case

3)

• de manera que — [antes de verbo] so; [después de verbo] so that

¿de manera que esto no te gusta? — so you don't like this?

lo hizo de manera que nadie se dio cuenta — he did it so that nobody noticed

4) pl maneras (=modales) manners

buenas maneras — good manners

se lo dije con buenas maneras — I told him politely

malas maneras — bad manners, rudeness

con muy malas maneras — very rudely

tener maneras — LAm to have good manners, be well-mannered

5) liter (=tipo) kind

otra manera de valentía — another kind of courage

6) (Arte, Literat) (=estilo) style

las diferentes maneras de Picasso — Picasso's different styles
MANERA, FORMA, MODO De manera + ((adjetivo)) ► Cuando de manera + ((adjetivo)) añade información sobre una acción, la traducción más frecuente al inglés es un adverbio terminado en -ly. En inglés este tipo de adverbio es mucho más común que el equivalente - mente español: Todos estos cambios ocurren de manera natural All these changes happen naturally La Constitución prohíbe de manera expresa la especulación inmobiliaria The Constitution expressly forbids speculation in real estate ► De manera + ((adjetivo)) también se puede traducir por in a + ((adjetvo)) + way si no existe un adverbio terminado en -ly que equivalga al adjetivo: Se lo dijo de manera amistosa He said it to her in a friendly way ► En los casos en que se quiere hacer hincapié en la manera de hacer algo, se puede utilizar tanto un adverbio en -ly como la construcción in a + ((adjetivo)) + way, aunque esta última posibilidad es más frecuente: Tienes que intentar comportarte de manera responsable You must try to behave responsibly o in a responsible way Ellos podrán ayudarte a manejar tu negocio de manera profesional They'll be able to help you run your business professionally o in a professional way Para otros usos y ejemplos ver manera, forma, modo
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femenino

1)

a) (modo, forma) way

yo lo hago a mi manera — I do it my way, I have my own way of doing it

¿qué manera de comer es ésa? — that's no way to eat your food

comimos de una manera...! — you should have seen the amount we ate!

qué manera de malgastar el dinero! — what a waste of money!

no saldrás a la calle vestida de esa manera ¿no? — you're not going out dressed like that, are you?

se puede ir vestido de cualquier manera — you can dress however you want

no lo pongas así de cualquier manera, dóblalo — don't just put it in any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how, fold it up

de alguna manera tendré que conseguirlo — I'll have to get it somehow (or other)

de una manera u otra habrá que terminarlo — it'll have to be finished one way or another

no hay/hubo manera — it is/it was impossible

b) (en locs)

a manera de — by way of

se levantó el sombrero a manera de saludo — he lifted his hat in greeting

de cualquier manera or de todas maneras — anyway

de manera que — ( así que) (+ indic) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that, so

de ninguna manera: ¿me lo das? - de ninguna manera will you give it to me? - certainly not; de ninguna manera lo voy a permitir there's no way I'm going to allow it; no son de ninguna manera inferiores they are in no way inferior; sobre manera sobremanera; de mala manera: me contestó de muy mala manera she answered me very rudely; la trataba de mala manera he used to treat her badly; los precios han subido de mala manera (Esp) prices have shot up (colloq); lo malcrió de mala manera (Esp) she spoiled him terribly o (colloq) rotten; querer algo de mala manera — (Esp fam) to want something really badly

- manera de ser

2) maneras femenino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, form, guise, means, way, manner, fashion.

Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Ex. It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex. In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex. The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex. City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

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* a + Posesivo + manera = in + Posesivo + own way.

* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.

* de alguna manera = in some sense, in some way, somehow, in any sense, some way.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].

* de esta manera = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de igual manera = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s).

* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* de la manera normal = in the normal manner.

* de la mejor manera posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* de la misma manera = by the same token.

* de la misma manera (que) = in the same way (as), in the same manner (as).

* de la otra manera = the other way (a)round.

* de las dos maneras = in both ways.

* de la siguiente manera = in the following terms.

* de manera amena = pleasantly.

* de manera clara = distinctly, clearly.

* de manera confusa = hazily.

* de manera conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de manera constructiva = constructively.

* de manera decepcionante = disappointingly.

* de manera deprimente = sombrely [somberly, -USA].

* de manera despreocupada = casually.

* de manera desproporcionada = disproportionately.

* de manera divertida = funnily.

* de manera encantadora = winningly.

* de manera escandalosa = outrageously.

* de manera especial = in a certain way, in a special way.

* de manera esquemática = briefly.

* de manera estupenda = marvellously [marvelously, -USA].

* de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de manera global = holistically.

* de manera graciosa = funnily.

* de manera grotesca = grotesquely.

* de manera humillante = abjectly.

* de manera inconsecuente = inconsistently.

* de manera informal = casually.

* de manera inquietante = eerily.

* de manera insinuante = suggestively.

* de manera intermitente = intermittently.

* de manera involuntaria = involuntarily.

* de manera lamentable = lamentably, miserably.

* de manera lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de manera maravillosa = marvellously [marvelously, -USA].

* de manera marginal = tangentially.

* de manera memorable = memorably.

* de manera misteriosa = eerily.

* de manera muy clara = in no uncertain terms.

* de manera muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de manera muy superficial = sketchily.

* de manera negativa = in a negative light.

* de manera obsesiva = neurotically.

* de manera óptima = optimally.

* de manera poco convincente = lamely.

* de manera poco ética = unethically.

* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de manera positiva = in a positive light.

* de manera precisa = precisely.

* de manera preocupante = disturbingly.

* de manera previsible = predictably.

* de manera protectora = protectively.

* de manera provocativa = suggestively.

* de manera que = in a form that.

* de manera rara = oddly, funnily.

* de manera realista = realistically.

* de manera semipermanente = on a semi-permanent basis.

* de manera significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de manera similar = in a similar way.

* de manera similar a = in a similar manner to.

* de manera sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de manera sorprendente = shockingly.

* de manera sutil = subtly.

* de manera tangencial = tangentially.

* de manera uniforme = evenly.

* de manera vaga = hazily.

* de mejor manera = best.

* de muchas maneras = in every way, in more ways than one.

* de ninguna manera = at all, in any sense of the word, not at all, under no/any circumstances, on no account, not on any account, in any way at all.

* !de ninguna manera! = Not on your life!, over + Posesivo + dead body.

* de nuevas maneras = in new ways.

* de tal manera que = so that.

* de todas maneras = at any rate.

* de una manera + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, in a + Adjetivo + vein.

* de una manera eficaz = competently.

* de una manera extraña = strangely.

* de una manera genial = in a masterful way.

* de una manera lógica = logically.

* de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.

* de una manera rara = strangely.

* de una manera satisfactoria = neatly.

* de una manera seductora = seductively.

* de una manera significativa = meaningfully.

* de una manera simple = in a simple manner.

* de una manera solemne = solemnly.

* de una manera tentad = seductively.

* de una manera tentadora = seductively.

* de una manera torpe = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de una misma manera = in a similar fashion.

* de una nueva manera = in a new way.

* estudiar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* expresar de otra manera = rephrase.

* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.

* justo de la misma manera que = in just the same way as.

* la manera de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* la mejor manera = how best.

* la mejor manera de = the best way of.

* manera de actuar = line of attack.

* manera de pensar = way of thinking.

* manera de trabajar = work practice.

* manera de tratar = avenue of approach.

* manera de ver las cosas = line of thought.

* no haber manera de = there + be + no way.

* no hay manera de que = for the life of me.

* pero no hubo manera = but no dice.

* ponerlo de otra manera = put it + in a different way.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por la manera = by the way.

* presentar de manera esquemática = give + overview.

* redactar de otra manera = reword.

* ser la manera de = be a recipe for.

* ser la mejor manera de = be the conduit for.

* una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.

* usar de manera general = be in general use.

* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (modo, forma) way

yo lo hago a mi manera — I do it my way, I have my own way of doing it

¿qué manera de comer es ésa? — that's no way to eat your food

comimos de una manera...! — you should have seen the amount we ate!

qué manera de malgastar el dinero! — what a waste of money!

no saldrás a la calle vestida de esa manera ¿no? — you're not going out dressed like that, are you?

se puede ir vestido de cualquier manera — you can dress however you want

no lo pongas así de cualquier manera, dóblalo — don't just put it in any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how, fold it up

de alguna manera tendré que conseguirlo — I'll have to get it somehow (or other)

de una manera u otra habrá que terminarlo — it'll have to be finished one way or another

no hay/hubo manera — it is/it was impossible

b) (en locs)

a manera de — by way of

se levantó el sombrero a manera de saludo — he lifted his hat in greeting

de cualquier manera or de todas maneras — anyway

de manera que — ( así que) (+ indic) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that, so

de ninguna manera: ¿me lo das? - de ninguna manera will you give it to me? - certainly not; de ninguna manera lo voy a permitir there's no way I'm going to allow it; no son de ninguna manera inferiores they are in no way inferior; sobre manera sobremanera; de mala manera: me contestó de muy mala manera she answered me very rudely; la trataba de mala manera he used to treat her badly; los precios han subido de mala manera (Esp) prices have shot up (colloq); lo malcrió de mala manera (Esp) she spoiled him terribly o (colloq) rotten; querer algo de mala manera — (Esp fam) to want something really badly

- manera de ser

2) maneras femenino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, form, guise, means, way, manner, fashion.

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Ex: It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex: In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex: City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

* a + Posesivo + manera = in + Posesivo + own way.

* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.

* de alguna manera = in some sense, in some way, somehow, in any sense, some way.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].

* de esta manera = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de igual manera = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s).

* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* de la manera normal = in the normal manner.

* de la mejor manera posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* de la misma manera = by the same token.

* de la misma manera (que) = in the same way (as), in the same manner (as).

* de la otra manera = the other way (a)round.

* de las dos maneras = in both ways.

* de la siguiente manera = in the following terms.

* de manera amena = pleasantly.

* de manera clara = distinctly, clearly.

* de manera confusa = hazily.

* de manera conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de manera constructiva = constructively.

* de manera decepcionante = disappointingly.

* de manera deprimente = sombrely [somberly, -USA].

* de manera despreocupada = casually.

* de manera desproporcionada = disproportionately.

* de manera divertida = funnily.

* de manera encantadora = winningly.

* de manera escandalosa = outrageously.

* de manera especial = in a certain way, in a special way.

* de manera esquemática = briefly.

* de manera estupenda = marvellously [marvelously, -USA].

* de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de manera global = holistically.

* de manera graciosa = funnily.

* de manera grotesca = grotesquely.

* de manera humillante = abjectly.

* de manera inconsecuente = inconsistently.

* de manera informal = casually.

* de manera inquietante = eerily.

* de manera insinuante = suggestively.

* de manera intermitente = intermittently.

* de manera involuntaria = involuntarily.

* de manera lamentable = lamentably, miserably.

* de manera lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de manera maravillosa = marvellously [marvelously, -USA].

* de manera marginal = tangentially.

* de manera memorable = memorably.

* de manera misteriosa = eerily.

* de manera muy clara = in no uncertain terms.

* de manera muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de manera muy superficial = sketchily.

* de manera negativa = in a negative light.

* de manera obsesiva = neurotically.

* de manera óptima = optimally.

* de manera poco convincente = lamely.

* de manera poco ética = unethically.

* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de manera positiva = in a positive light.

* de manera precisa = precisely.

* de manera preocupante = disturbingly.

* de manera previsible = predictably.

* de manera protectora = protectively.

* de manera provocativa = suggestively.

* de manera que = in a form that.

* de manera rara = oddly, funnily.

* de manera realista = realistically.

* de manera semipermanente = on a semi-permanent basis.

* de manera significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de manera similar = in a similar way.

* de manera similar a = in a similar manner to.

* de manera sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de manera sorprendente = shockingly.

* de manera sutil = subtly.

* de manera tangencial = tangentially.

* de manera uniforme = evenly.

* de manera vaga = hazily.

* de mejor manera = best.

* de muchas maneras = in every way, in more ways than one.

* de ninguna manera = at all, in any sense of the word, not at all, under no/any circumstances, on no account, not on any account, in any way at all.

* !de ninguna manera! = Not on your life!, over + Posesivo + dead body.

* de nuevas maneras = in new ways.

* de tal manera que = so that.

* de todas maneras = at any rate.

* de una manera + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, in a + Adjetivo + vein.

* de una manera eficaz = competently.

* de una manera extraña = strangely.

* de una manera genial = in a masterful way.

* de una manera lógica = logically.

* de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.

* de una manera rara = strangely.

* de una manera satisfactoria = neatly.

* de una manera seductora = seductively.

* de una manera significativa = meaningfully.

* de una manera simple = in a simple manner.

* de una manera solemne = solemnly.

* de una manera tentad = seductively.

* de una manera tentadora = seductively.

* de una manera torpe = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de una misma manera = in a similar fashion.

* de una nueva manera = in a new way.

* estudiar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* expresar de otra manera = rephrase.

* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.

* justo de la misma manera que = in just the same way as.

* la manera de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* la mejor manera = how best.

* la mejor manera de = the best way of.

* manera de actuar = line of attack.

* manera de pensar = way of thinking.

* manera de trabajar = work practice.

* manera de tratar = avenue of approach.

* manera de ver las cosas = line of thought.

* no haber manera de = there + be + no way.

* no hay manera de que = for the life of me.

* pero no hubo manera = but no dice.

* ponerlo de otra manera = put it + in a different way.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por la manera = by the way.

* presentar de manera esquemática = give + overview.

* redactar de otra manera = reword.

* ser la manera de = be a recipe for.

* ser la mejor manera de = be the conduit for.

* una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.

* usar de manera general = be in general use.

* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.

* * *

manera

feminine

A

1 (modo, forma) way

yo lo hago a mi manera I do it my way, I have my own way of doing it

¿qué manera de comer es ésa? that's no way to eat your food

¡comimos de una manera …! you should have seen the amount we ate!

¡qué manera de llover! it's absolutely pouring (with rain)

¡qué manera de malgastar el dinero! what a waste of money!

no saldrás a la calle vestida de esa manera ¿no? you're not going out dressed like that, are you?

se puede ir vestido de cualquier manera you can dress however you want, you can wear whatever you like

no lo pongas así, de cualquier manera, dóblalo don't just put it in any which way ( AmE) o ( BrE) any old how o way, fold it up

de esta manera iremos más cómodos we'll be more comfortable this way o like this

de alguna manera tendré que conseguir el dinero I'll have to get the money somehow (or other)

sus novelas son, de alguna manera, un reflejo de su propia juventud her novels are, to some extent o in some ways, a reflection of her own youth

de una manera u otra habrá que terminarlo it'll have to be finished one way or another

no hay/hubo manera it is/was impossible

2 ( en locs):

a manera de by way of

a manera de ejemplo by way of example

se levantó el sombrero a manera de saludo he lifted his hat in greeting

de cualquier manera or de todas maneras anyway

de cualquier manera or de todas maneras ya tenía que lavarlo I had to wash it anyway o in any case

de todas maneras prefiero que me llames por teléfono antes I'd rather you called me first anyway

de manera que (así que) (+ indic) so;

(para que) (+ subj) so that, so

¿de manera que te casas en julio? so you're getting married in July, are you?

dilo en voz alta, de manera que todos te oigan say it out loud, so (that) everyone can hear you

de ninguna manera: ¿me lo das? — de ninguna manera will you give it to me? — certainly not

de ninguna manera lo voy a permitir there's no way I'm going to allow it

no son de ninguna manera inferiores they are in no way inferior

sobre manera sobremanera:

de mala manera: me contestó de muy mala manera she answered me very rudely

la trataba de mala manera he used to treat her badly

los precios han subido de mala manera ( Esp); prices have shot up ( colloq), prices have risen exorbitantly

lo malcrió de mala manera ( Esp); she spoiled him terribly o ( colloq) rotten

querer algo de mala manera ( Esp fam); to want sth really badly, want sth in the worst way ( AmE colloq)

Compuesto:

manera de ser

su manera de ser the way she is

tiene una manera de ser que se lleva bien con todos she has a nice way about her, she gets on well with everyone ( colloq)

su manera de ser le acarrea muchos problemas his manner o the way he comes across causes him a lot of problems

B maneras fpl (modales) manners (pl)

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manera sustantivo femenino
1 (modo, forma) way;
◊ yo lo hago a mi manera I do it my way;

a manera de by way of;
de todas maneras anyway;
su manera de ser the way she is;
se puede ir vestido de cualquier manera you can dress however you want;
no lo pongas así, de cualquier manera don't just put it in any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how;
de ninguna manera lo voy a permitir there's no way I'm going to allow it;
de alguna manera tendré que conseguirlo I'll have to get it somehow (or other);
no hay/hubo manera it is/it was impossible;
de manera que so;
de mala manera ‹ contestar› rudely;

‹ tratar› badly
2
◊ maneras sustantivo femenino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

manera
I sustantivo femenino
1 way, manner: hagámoslo a nuestra manera, let's do it our way
lo hace todo de cualquier manera, he does everything any old how
no hay manera de que me escuche, there is no way to make him listen to me
me disgusta su manera de ser, I don't like the way he behaves
II fpl maneras, manners: contestó con malas maneras, she answered rudely
♦ Locuciones: a manera de, as: se puso una cacerola a manera de casco, she used a cooking pot as a helmet
de cualquier manera/de todas maneras, anyway, at any rate, in any case
de manera que, so (that)
de ninguna manera, in no way, certainly not: no pienso disculparme de ninguna manera, there's no way that I'm going to apologise
de tal manera que, in such a way that
en cierta manera, in some sense: en cierta manera todos somos responsables de ella, to a certain degree we are all responsible for her
' manera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- arrancar
- categórica
- categórico
- como
- como quiera
- comoquiera
- cortante
- despatarrarse
- despeluchar
- encantar
- enfocar
- escritura
- expiar
- igual
- inri
- letra
- mal
- ninguna
- ninguno
- peculiar
- perfectamente
- precisamente
- tal
- tener
- tuntún
- bien
- cómo
- en
- escándalo
- forma
- fórmula
- habla
- hacer
- ilegal
- inconsciente
- índole
- inesperado
- interesado
- medio
- modo
- norma
- ordinariez
- otro
- plantear
- seguir
- temperamento
- tirar
- torpe
- trato
English:
abrupt
- abusive
- accusingly
- angrily
- as
- brittle
- by
- certainly
- challenging
- conciliatory
- decidedly
- definitive
- differently
- distant
- dramatically
- effective
- elaborately
- fashion
- friendly
- gait
- impersonally
- impossibly
- in
- intimidate
- jabber
- jangle
- logical
- manner
- means
- mimic
- miserably
- mismanage
- naturally
- nice
- not
- oddly
- originally
- other
- otherwise
- persuasively
- pleasantly
- practically
- pretence
- pretense
- propose
- radiantly
- realistically
- reception
- remotely
- should

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manera nf

1. [forma] way, manner;

manera de pensar way of thinking;

tiene una manera de ser muy agradable she has a very pleasant nature;

no me gusta su manera de ser I don't like the way he is;

no encuentro la manera de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking;

esa no es manera de decir las cosas that's no way to speak;

¿has visto la manera en que o [m5] la manera como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?;

esta vez lo haremos a mi manera this time we'll do it my way;

a la manera de in the style of, after the fashion of;

a manera de [como] as, by way of;

a mi manera de ver the way I see it;

de alguna manera somehow;

se le cayó el botón porque lo cosió de cualquier manera the button fell off because he sewed it on carelessly o any old how;

hazlo de cualquier manera do it however you like;

no te preocupes, de cualquier manera no pensaba ir don't worry, I wasn't going to go anyway;

de esta/esa manera this/that way;

trata a su hijo de mala manera he treats his son badly;

lo dijo de mala manera she said it very rudely;
Esp Fam
estuvo lloviendo de mala manera it was pouring o Br bucketing down;
Esp Fam
se pusieron a beber de mala manera they started a serious drinking session;
Esp Fam
tu hermana se enrolla de mala manera your sister goes on a bit;

de la misma manera similarly, in the same way;

lo hice de la misma manera que ayer/tú I did it the same way as yesterday/you;

lo organizaron de manera que acabara antes de las diez they organized it so (that) it finished before ten;

¿de manera que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?;

de ninguna manera o [m5] en manera alguna deberíamos dejarle salir under no circumstances should we let her out;

de ninguna manera o [m5] en manera alguna quise ofenderte I in no way intended to offend you;

¿te he molestado? – de ninguna manera o [m5] en manera alguna did I annoy you? – not at all o by no means;

¿quieres que lo invitemos? – ¡de ninguna manera! shall we invite him? – no way o certainly not!;

de otra manera… [si no] otherwise…;

de tal manera (que) [tanto] so much (that);

de todas maneras anyway;

de todas maneras, ¿qué es eso que decías de un viaje? anyway, what's that you were saying about going away?;

de una manera o de otra one way or another;

en cierta manera in a way;
Formal
la ópera me aburre en gran manera I find opera exceedingly tedious;

no hay manera there is no way, it's impossible;

no hay manera de que haga los deberes it's impossible to get him to do his homework;

¡contigo no hay manera! you're impossible!;

¡qué manera de hacer las cosas! that's no way to do things!;

¡qué manera de llover! just look at that rain!;
Formal
me place sobre manera que recurran a nuestros servicios I'm exceedingly pleased that you should have decided to use our services

2.
maneras [modales] manners;

buenas/malas maneras good/bad manners;

de muy buenas maneras nos dijo que saliéramos she very politely asked us to leave;

atiende a los clientes de malas maneras he's rude to the customers;

Comp
Esp
de aquella manera: lo hicieron de aquella manera they did it any old how;

¿crees en Dios? – de aquella manera do you believe in God? – well, sort of

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manera

f way;

esa es su manera de ser that’s the way he is;

maneras pl manners;

lo hace a su manera he does it his way;

a manera de like;

un cuadro a la manera de los cubistas a Cubist-style picture;

no hay manera de it is impossible to;

de mala manera tratar badly; responder rudely;

de manera que so (that);

de ninguna manera certainly not;

en gran manera greatly;

sobre manera exceedingly;

de todas maneras anyway, in any case;

de alguna manera somehow;

de cualquier manera anyway, anyhow;

de la misma manera que in the same way that;

de otra manera if not;

de tal manera que in such a way that, so that

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manera nf

1) modo: way, manner, fashion

2)

de cualquier manera or

de todas maneras : anyway, anyhow

3)

de manera que : so, in order that

4)

de ninguna manera : by no means, absolutely not

5)

manera de ser : personality, demeanor

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manera n way

una manera de hablar muy poco corriente an unusual way of speaking

a mi manera my way

de manera + adjetivo in a... way

de manera extraña in a strange way / strangely

de manera que so that

de ninguna manera no way

de todas maneras anyway

manera de ser character

Spanish-English dictionary > manera
18 Böse

I Adj.

1. Menschen, Taten: bad; (verrucht) evil, wicked; (böswillig) spiteful; böse Zeiten hard times; eine böse Zunge haben have a wicked ( oder malicious) tongue; der böse Geist (the) evil spirit; die böse Sieben the unlucky seven; die böse Fee the Wicked Fairy; in böser Absicht with evil intent; Blick 1, gut

2. (unartig) bad, naughty; pfui, böser Hund! bad ( oder naughty) dog!; Laura, du bist schon wieder böse! you’re being naughty again Laura!

3. oft umg.

a) (unerfreulich) unpleasant, bad;

b) (schmerzend) Finger etc.: bad, sore; Wunde, Schrecken etc.: nasty; Fehler: bad; eine böse Erkältung a nasty (oder umg. rotten) cold; ein böser Husten a bad cough; eine böse Krankheit a nasty ( oder very unpleasant) illness; böse Folgen dire consequences; sich in einer bösen Situation oder Lage befinden be in dire straights; eine böse Sache a nasty business; eine böse Überraschung a nasty ( oder an unpleasant) surprise; ein böses Ende nehmen come to a bad ( oder sticky) end; eine böse Wende nehmen take a nasty turn, take a turn for the worse; das gibt ein böses Erwachen he ( oder she etc.) will have a rude awakening ( oder will come down to earth with a bump umg.); es sieht böse aus things don’t look too good, things look (umg. pretty) bad ( oder grim) ( für for)

4. (wütend, aufgebracht) angry, cross, bes. Am. mad umg.; wegen der Lüge war sie böse auf ihn oder mit ihm oder war sie ihm böse she was angry with him about ( oder because of) the lie, she was angry with him because he lied; böse werden get angry etc.; bist du böse auf mich? are you angry with me?; ein böses Gesicht machen scowl; Blut 2

II Adv.

1. (sehr) badly; sich böse erschrecken get a real fright, get the fright of one’s life; sich ( ganz) böse irren make a fatal ( oder very bad) mistake; sich ( ganz) böse verirren oder verlaufen get hopelessly lost; sich böse schneiden / verbrennen etc. cut / burn o.s. badly; ich war böse erschrocken I got a bad shock; das hat sie böse mitgenommen it really took it out of her

2. (schlimm): das wird böse enden oder ausgehen it will come to a bad end, it will end in tears umg.; böse dran sein umg. not have an easy time (of it)

3. (gemein) nasty; ich habe es nicht böse gemeint I didn’t mean any harm

4. (zornig): jemanden böse ansehen scowl at s.o.; stärker: give s.o. a black look, look daggers at s.o.; schau nicht so böse! don’t look so grumpy!

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das Böse

evil

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Bö|se(r) I ['bøːzə]
mf decl as adj
wicked or evil person; (FILM, THEAT) villain, baddy (inf)
die Bö́sen — the wicked
II ['bøːzə]
nt decl as adj
evil; (= Schaden, Leid) harm
jdm Bö́ses antun — to do sb harm

ich will dir doch nichts Bö́ses — I don't mean you any harm

im Bö́sen auseinandergehen — to part on bad terms

mir schwant Bö́ses — it sounds/looks ominous (to me)

ich dachte an gar nichts Bö́ses, als... — I was quite unsuspecting when...

ich habe mir gar nichts Bö́ses dabei gedacht, als ich das sagte — I didn't mean any harm when I said that

und erlöse uns von dem Bö́sen (Eccl) — and deliver us from evil

See:

→ ahnen

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1) (red and sore-looking: He has an angry cut over his left eye.) angry

2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) bad

3) black

4) (very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) evil

5) evilly

6) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) evil

7) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) nasty

8) ((American) irritated, annoyed or offended: He is still sore about what happened.) sore

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bö·se

[ˈbø:zə]

I. adj

1. (sittlich schlecht) bad; (stärker) evil, wicked

\böse Absicht/ \böser Wille malice

etw mit \böser Absicht tun to do sth with evil intent

das war keine \böse Absicht! no harm intended!

er wittert hinter jedem Vorfall eine \böse Absicht he suspects malice behind every incident

die \böse Fee the Wicked Fairy

jdm B\böses tun to cause [or do] sb harm

er will dir doch nichts B\böses he doesn't mean you any harm

pass auf, er will dir B\böses! watch out, he's out to get your blood [or fam to get you]

er könnte niemandem B\böses tun he could never hurt a fly

2. attr (unangenehm, übel) bad

\böses Blut machen [o schaffen] to cause bad blood

ein \böses Ende nehmen (geh) to end in disaster

es wird ein \böses Erwachen geben sb is going to have a rude awakening [or to have [or get] a nasty shock]

\böse Folgen [o Konsequenzen] haben to have dire consequences

eine \böse Geschichte [o Angelegenheit] a nasty affair [or business]

jdm einen \bösen Streich spielen to play a nasty [or mean] trick on sb

ein \böser Traum a bad dream

eine \böse Überraschung erleben to have an unpleasant [or a nasty] surprise

\böse Zeiten bad [or hard] times

ein \böser Zufall a terrible coincidence

nichts \böses ahnen to not suspect anything is [or expect anything to be] wrong, to be unsuspecting

nichts B\böses daran [o dabei] finden, etw zu tun/wenn... to not see any harm [or anything wrong] in doing sth/in it if...

mir schwant B\böses I don't like the look of this

er dachte an nichts B\böses, als... (a. hum) he was minding his own business when... a. hum

3. (verärgert) angry, cross

ein \böses Gesicht/ \böser Gesichtsausdruck a scowl

ein \böses Gesicht/einen \bösen Gesichtsausdruck machen to scowl, to glower

\böse sein/werden to be/get [or become] angry [or cross]; (stärker) to be/get furious [or fam mad]

sie wird leicht \böse she angers [or gets angry] easily

auf jdn/mit jdm \böse sein, jdm \böse sein to be angry [or cross] with sb

sei [mir] bitte nicht \böse, aber... please don't be cross [or angry] [with me], but...

zum B\bösen ausschlagen (geh) to have bad [or negative] consequences

im B\bösen auseinandergehen, sich akk im B \bösen trennen to part on bad terms

sich akk zum B \bösen wenden to take an unpleasant [or a nasty] turn

4. (fam: unartig) naughty, bad

5. (gefährlich, schlimm) bad, nasty

ein \böser Husten/Sturz a bad [or nasty] cough/fall

eine \böse Krankheit a serious illness

ein \böser Unfall (fam) a terrible accident; (fam: schmerzend, entzündet) bad, sore

ein \böser Finger a sore finger

6.

▶ den \bösen Blick haben to have the evil eye

▶ B\böses im Schilde führen to be up to no good

II. adv

1. (übelwollend) evilly

\böse gucken/lächeln to give an evil look/smile

das habe ich nicht \böse gemeint I meant no [or didn't mean any] harm, no harm intended

2. (fam: sehr) badly

sich akk \böse irren to make a serious mistake

jdn \böse mitnehmen to hit sb hard

jdn \böse reinlegen to drop sb in it fam

3. (schlimm, übel) badly

er ist \böse gefallen he had a nasty fall

\böse ausgehen to end in disaster, to turn out badly

das wird \böse ausgehen! that'll end in disaster! [or turn out badly!]

\böse dran sein to be in a bad way

\böse [für jdn] aussehen to look bad [for sb]

es sieht \böse aus für dich things are looking bad for you

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1.
Adjektiv

1) wicked; evil

jemandem Böses tun — (geh.) do somebody harm

ich will dir doch nichts Böses — I don't mean you any harm

2) nicht präd. (schlimm, übel) bad <times, illness, dream, etc.>; nasty <experience, affair, situation, trick, surprise, etc.>

ein böses Ende nehmen — end in disaster

eine böse Geschichte — a bad or nasty business

nichts Böses ahnend — unsuspectingly

3) (ugs.) (wütend) mad (coll.); (verärgert) cross (coll.)

böse auf jemanden od. mit jemandem sein — be mad at/cross with somebody (coll.)

böse über etwas (Akk.) sein — be mad at/cross about something (coll.)

4) (fam.): (ungezogen) naughty

5) nicht präd. (ugs.): (arg) terrible (coll.) <pain, fall, shock, disappointment, storm, etc.>
2.
adverbial

1) (schlimm, übel) < end> badly

mit ihm wird es noch böse enden — he'll come to a bad end

das wird böse enden — it is bound to end in disaster

es war nicht böse gemeint — I didn't mean it nastily

2) (ugs.) (wütend) angrily; (verärgert) crossly (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (sehr) terribly (coll.); < hurt> badly

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Böse¹ m/f; -n, -n bad person; (Kind) bad boy (bzw girl);

die Bösen im Film etc: the baddies (US bad guys) umg;

der Böse (Teufel) the Evil One, the Devil;

den Bösen spielen play the villain ( oder baddy, US bad guy umg);

und ich bin wieder der Böse! and I’m the baddy (US bad guy) again

Böse² n; -n, nur sg

1. evil; (Schaden) harm;

Böses tun do evil;

jemandem (etwas) Böses antun do sb harm;

Böses im Sinn haben oder

im Schilde führen be up to no good;

Böses reden über speak ill of;

jemandem Böses nachsagen spread nasty rumo(u)rs about sb, bitch about sb umg;

das Böse in ihm siegte the evil in him triumphed;

vom Bösen (ab)lassen geh turn away from evil, repent;

Böses mit Gutem vergelten repay evil with good

2. (Schlimmes);

nichts Böses ahnen be unsuspecting;

sich (dat)

nichts Böses dabei denken not mean any harm by it;

ich dachte an nichts Böses, als … I didn’t mean any harm when …;

jemandem nichts Böses wünschen wish only the best for sb;

keine Angst, es geschieht dir nichts Böses don’t worry, nothing bad will happen to you

3. nach Streit:

im Bösen auseinander gehen part on bad terms; → auch schlimm, Gute²

* * *
1.
Adjektiv

1) wicked; evil

jemandem Böses tun — (geh.) do somebody harm

ich will dir doch nichts Böses — I don't mean you any harm

2) nicht präd. (schlimm, übel) bad <times, illness, dream, etc.>; nasty <experience, affair, situation, trick, surprise, etc.>

ein böses Ende nehmen — end in disaster

eine böse Geschichte — a bad or nasty business

nichts Böses ahnend — unsuspectingly

3) (ugs.) (wütend) mad (coll.); (verärgert) cross (coll.)

böse auf jemanden od. mit jemandem sein — be mad at/cross with somebody (coll.)

böse über etwas (Akk.) sein — be mad at/cross about something (coll.)

4) (fam.): (ungezogen) naughty

5) nicht präd. (ugs.): (arg) terrible (coll.) <pain, fall, shock, disappointment, storm, etc.>
2.
adverbial

1) (schlimm, übel) < end> badly

mit ihm wird es noch böse enden — he'll come to a bad end

das wird böse enden — it is bound to end in disaster

es war nicht böse gemeint — I didn't mean it nastily

2) (ugs.) (wütend) angrily; (verärgert) crossly (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (sehr) terribly (coll.); < hurt> badly

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(auf, über) adj.

angry (at, about) n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Böse
19 deal

deal

A n

1 ( agreement) gen accord m ; (in commerce, finance) affaire f ; (with friend, criminal) marché m ; the pay/OPEC deal l'accord salarial/de l'OPEC ; to make ou strike a deal with sb gen passer un accord avec qn ; ( in business) conclure une affaire avec qn ; to do a deal with faire un marché avec [friend, kidnapper, criminal] ; négocier une affaire avec [client, company] ; to do a deal ( in business) conclure une affaire ; (with friend, colleague) s'arranger ; ( with criminal) faire un marché ; to pull off a deal mener à bien une affaire ; it's a deal! marché conclu! ; the deal's off le marché est rompu ; it's no deal! pas question! ; a good deal une bonne affaire ; to get the best of a deal se tirer au mieux d'une affaire ; it's all part of the deal ( part of the arrangement) ça fait partie du marché ; (part of the price, package) c'est inclus dans le reste ; to be in on the deal être dans le coup ○ ;

2 ( sale) vente f ; cash/credit deal vente au comptant/à crédit ; property/arms deal vente immobilière/d'armes ;

3 (special offer, bargain) for the best deal(s) in ou on electrical goods come to Electrotech pour les meilleurs prix or les prix les plus bas en électroménager venez à Electrotech ; I got a good deal on a used Fiat j'ai fait une bonne affaire en achetant une Fiat d'occasion ;

4 ( amount) a great ou good deal beaucoup (of de) ; he's a good deal older than me il est beaucoup plus âgé que moi ; they have a great deal in common ils ont beaucoup de choses en commun ; she travels a great deal elle voyage beaucoup ; she means a great deal to me je l'aime beaucoup ; this job means a great deal to me ce travail est très important pour moi ;

5 ( treatment) to get a good/bad deal (from sb) être bien/mal traité (par qn) ; to give sb a fair deal agir loyalement envers qn ; he got a raw ou rotten deal il n'a vraiment pas eu de chance ;

6 Games ( in cards) donne f ; it's my deal c'est à moi de donner ;

7 ( timber) bois m blanc.

B vtr ( prét, pp dealt)

1 gen to deal a blow to sb/sth ou to deal sb/sth a blow lit, fig porter un coup à qn/qch (with avec) ;

2 Games ( also deal out) distribuer [cards] ; donner [hand].

C vi ( prét, pp dealt) Comm, Fin ( carry on business) [person, firm] être en activité ; ( operate on stock exchange) faire des opérations boursières ; to deal in être dans le commerce de [commodity, product, shares] ; we deal in software nous sommes dans le commerce des logiciels ; we don't deal in blackmail fig le chantage n'est pas notre affaire.

Idioms

big deal ○ ! iron la belle affaire! iron ; it's no big deal ○ ( modestly) il n'y a pas de quoi en faire un plat ○ ; if I lose it's no big deal ○ si je perds ce n'est pas dramatique ; to make a big deal out of sth faire tout un plat ○ de qch.

Phrasal verbs

■ deal out:

▶ deal out [sth], deal [sth] out

1 ( distribute) distribuer [money, profit, cards] ;

2 ( mete out) administrer [punishment, fine].

■ deal with:

▶ deal with [sth]

1 ( sort out) s'occuper de [complaint, emergency, matter, request, situation, work] ; faire face à [social problem] ; leave it to James, he'll deal with it laisse ça à James, il s'en occupera ; new measures to deal with vandalism de nouvelles mesures pour faire face au vandalisme ;

2 (consider, discuss) traiter de [topic, question, issue] ;

▶ deal with [sb]

1 (attend to, handle) s'occuper de [client, customer, patient, public, troublemaker] ; she's a difficult person to deal with elle est difficile (à vivre), elle n'est pas commode ; he did not deal fairly with us il n'a pas été correct avec nous ;

2 ( do business with) traiter avec [person, company, terrorist organization] ; [supplier] vendre à [public] ; [customer] se fournir chez [stockist].

Big English-French dictionary > deal
20 продажный

1) General subject: accessible to bribery, bribable, corrupt, emptional, for sale (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051219/scheer1207), hireling, mercenary, on the take, pensionary, procurable, prostitute, purulent, reptile, rotten hearted, rotten-hearted, salable, saleable, scab, venal, vendible, sold-out ('laid blame squarely on "soldout leaders and officials"'), open to bribery, sell-out, suborned

2) Mathematics: sale

3) Religion: Babylonian

4) British English: bent

5) Commerce: sales

6) Diplomatic term: trading (о человеке), truculent

7) Business: selling

8) Makarov: purchasable

9) Electrochemistry: commercial

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