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a walking catastrophe

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1 walking catastrophe

Общая лексика: двадцать два несчастья

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > walking catastrophe
2 catastrophe

catastrophe [katastʀɔf]

feminine noun

disaster

• atterrir en catastrophe to make an emergency landing

• partir en catastrophe to leave in a terrible rush

• scénario catastrophe nightmare scenario

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katastʀɔf
nom féminin disaster

catastrophe aérienne — air disaster

tourner à la catastrophe — to end in disaster

ce n'est pas une catastrophe — it's not the end of the world

en catastrophe — in a (mad) panic

atterrissage en catastrophe — crash landing

Phrasal Verbs:

- catastrophe naturelle

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katastʀɔf nf
disaster

une catastrophe écologique — an ecological disaster

une catastrophe humanitaire — a humanitarian disaster

en catastrophe [appeler, nommer] — urgently

s'arrêter en catastrophe — to do an emergency stop

se réunir en catastrophe — to hold an emergency meeting

atterrir en catastrophe — to make an emergency landing

partir en catastrophe — to rush away

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catastrophe nf disaster; catastrophe aérienne air disaster; tourner à la catastrophe to end in disaster; aller or courir à la catastrophe to head for disaster; ce n'est pas une catastrophe it's not the end of the world; en catastrophe [partir, terminer] in a (mad) panic; atterrissage en catastrophe crash landing.

Composé

catastrophe naturelle gén natural disaster; Assur, Jur act of God.

[katastrɔf] nom féminin

[désastre - en avion, en voiture] disaster ; [ - dans une vie, un gouvernement] catastrophe, disaster

éviter la catastrophe to avoid a catastrophe

frôler la catastrophe to come close to disaster

une catastrophe, ce type! (familier) that guy's a walking disaster!

catastrophe, il nous manque deux chaises! oh horrors, we're a couple of chairs short!

catastrophe naturelle

a. natural disaster

b. [assurances] act of God

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en catastrophe locution adverbiale

partir en catastrophe to rush off

atterrir en catastrophe to make a forced ou an emergency landing

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > catastrophe
3 walking

walking ['wɔ:kɪŋ]

1 noun

(a) (activity → gen) marche f (à pied), promenade f, promenades fpl; (→ hiking) randonnée f; Sport marche f (athlétique);

∎ walking is the best form of exercise la marche est le meilleur des exercices

(b) (in basketball) marcher m

2 adjective

(clothing, shoes) de marche;

∎ at walking pace au pas;

∎ is it within walking distance? est-ce qu'on peut y aller à pied?;

∎ a walking holiday in the Vosges un séjour de randonnée dans les Vosges;

∎ we went on a walking tour of the Alps nous avons fait de la randonnée dans les Alpes;

∎ the walking wounded les blessés qui peuvent encore marcher;

∎ familiar she's a walking dictionary/encyclopedia c'est un dictionnaire/une encyclopédie ambulant(e);

∎ that man's a walking disaster area! ce type est une catastrophe ambulante!;

∎ American familiar to hand or to give sb their walking papers (employee) renvoyer qn^□, flanquer qn à la porte; (lover) plaquer qn;

∎ to get one's walking papers (of employee) se faire mettre à la porte; (of lover) se faire plaquer

►► walking frame déambulateur m;

walking race épreuve f de marche;

walking shoes chaussures fpl de marche;

walking stick

(a) (cane) canne f

(b) American (stick insect) phasme m

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > walking
4 несчастье

ср. misfortune;
disaster;
accident;
мн. adversity, ills, misery;
мн. woe поэт.;
шутл. товарищ по несчастью ≈ fellow-sufferer, companion in distress, fellow victim двадцать два несчастья ≈ разг. a walking catastrophe приносить несчастье ≈ to bring misfortune к несчастью, на несчастье ≈ unfortunately, unluckily, unhappily, alas

несчасть|е - с. misfortune;
(бедствие) calamity, disaster;
к ~ю unfortunately;
я имел ~ (+ инф.) I had the bad luck (+ to inf).

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > несчастье
5 двадцать два несчастья

General subject: walking catastrophe

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > двадцать два несчастья
6 Н-88

ДВАДЦАТЬ ДВА НЕСЧАСТЬЯ coll, humor NP Invar fixed WO
a person experiencing a long period of bad luck, a series of failures

a walking catastrophe
(in limited contexts) trouble and he (she etc) are never far apart an accident (a disaster) waiting to happen. (source) (Дуняша:) Человек он несчастливый, каждый день что-нибудь. Его так и дразнят у нас: двадцать два несчастья... (Чехов 2). I context transl) (D.:) He's an unlucky fellow
every day something happens to him. They tease him about it around here

they call him Two-and-twenty Troubles (2a).

The nickname of a character in Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard («Вишневый сад»), 1903.

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Н-88
7 двадцать два несчастья

• ДВАДЦАТЬ ДВА НЕСЧАСТЬЯ coll, humor

[NP; Invar; fixed WO]

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⇒ a person experiencing a long period of bad luck, a series of failures:

- a walking catastrophe;

- [in limited contexts] trouble and he (she etc) are never far apart;

- an accident (a disaster) waiting to happen.

♦ [source] [Дуняша:] Человек он несчастливый, каждый день что-нибудь. Его так и дразнят у нас: двадцать два несчастья... (Чехов 2). [context transl] [D.:] He's an unlucky fellow: every day something happens to him. They tease him about it around here; they call him TWo-and-twenty Troubles (2a).

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← The nickname of a character in Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard ("Вишневый сад"), 1903.

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > двадцать два несчастья
8 несчастье

с.

misfortune; ( несчастный случай) accident

••

к несча́стью — unfortunately

три́дцать три́ несча́стья (о человеке) — ≈ a walking catastrophe [-fɪ]

Новый большой русско-английский словарь > несчастье
9 несчастье

ср.

misfortune; disaster; accident; мн. ч. adversity, ills, misery; мн. ч. woe поэт.; шутл.

товарищ по несчастью — fellow-sufferer, companion in distress, fellow victim

двадцать два несчастья — разг. a walking catastrophe

к несчастью, на несчастье — unfortunately, unluckily, unhappily, alas

приносить несчастье — to bring misfortune

Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > несчастье
10 calamité

calamité [kalamite]

feminine noun

( = malheur) calamity ; (humorous) disaster

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kalamite
nom féminin

1) ( malheur) disaster, calamity

2) (colloq) ( personne insupportable) pain (colloq); ( catastrophe ambulante) walking disaster

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kalamite nf
disaster

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calamité nf

1 ( malheur) disaster, calamity;

2 ( personne insupportable) hum pain○; ( catastrophe ambulante) walking disaster.

[kalamite] nom féminin

1. [événement] calamity, catastrophe, disaster

2. (familier & humoristique) [personne] walking disaster

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > calamité
11 disaster

disaster [dɪ'zɑ:stə(r)]

noun

désastre m, catastrophe f; (natural) catastrophe f, sinistre m;

∎ air disaster catastrophe f aérienne;

∎ financial disaster désastre m financier;

∎ a series of disasters une suite de désastres ou de malheurs;

∎ at the scene of the disaster sur les lieux de la catastrophe ou du sinistre;

∎ the town has suffered one disaster after another la ville a subi désastre après désastre;

∎ the project is heading for disaster le projet est voué à l'échec ou à la catastrophe;

∎ she's heading for or courting disaster elle court à sa perte ou à la catastrophe;

∎ they were near the summit when disaster struck ils avaient presque atteint le sommet quand la catastrophe s'est produite;

∎ we were going along quite happily then disaster struck nous suivions notre petit bonhomme de chemin, quand soudain, catastrophe!;

∎ as a manager, he's a disaster! en tant que directeur, ce n'est pas une réussite!;

∎ my hair's a disaster this morning! mes cheveux sont dans un état épouvantable ce matin!

►► disaster area région f sinistrée; figurative champ m de bataille;

∎ to declare a town a disaster area déclarer une ville zone sinistrée;

∎ your sister's a walking disaster area! ta sœur est une vraie catastrophe ambulante!;

disaster fund fonds m de secours;

disaster movie film m catastrophe

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > disaster
12 ayudar

v.

to help.

ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help somebody (to) do something

¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?

¿puedo ayudar? can I help?

Ella asiste a todo el mundo She helps everybody.

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ayudar

► verbo transitivo

1 to help, aid, assist

■ ¿en qué podemos ayudarte? how can we help you?

► verbo pronominal ayudarse

1 (apoyarse) to make use (de/con, of)

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verb

to help, aid, assist

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1.

VT (=asistir) to help, assist, aid

ayudar a algn a hacer algo — to help sb to do sth

¿me puedes ayudar con la limpieza esta tarde? — can you help me out with the cleaning this afternoon?

me ayudó a bajar del autobús — he helped me off the bus

me ayuda muchísimo — he's a great help to me, he helps me a lot

2.

See:

ayudarse
AYUDAR Ayudar se puede traducir por help, assist y aid. ► La manera más frecuente de traducir ayudar es por help. Si help va seguido de un verbo, este puede ir en infinitivo {con} {o} {sin} to: ¿Puedes ayudarnos? Can you help (us)? Siempre le ayuda con la tarea He always helps her with her homework ¿Me puedes ayudar a preparar la cena? Can you help me (to) get dinner ready? ► Ayudar se traduce por assist en un registro bastante más formal y se construye frecuentemente en la estructura to assist somebody with something: La comadrona ayudó al médico con el parto The midwife assisted the doctor with the delivery ► Ayudar se traduce por aid en inglés formal en el contexto de asesorar o prestar ayuda a un grupo de personas necesitadas: ... los intentos de Estados Unidos de ayudar a los refugiados kurdos...... attempts by the United States to aid Kurdish refugees... Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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1.
verbo transitivo to help

ayudar al prójimo — to help one's neighbor

¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?

vino a ayudarme — she came to help me out

ayudar a alguien con algo — to help somebody with something

ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf

ayúdame a poner la mesa — help me (to) set the table
2.
ayudar vi to help

¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?

ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass
3.
ayudarse v pron to help oneself

ayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick

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= aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].

Ex. Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.

Ex. You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.

Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

Ex. Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.

Ex. How can we help library users to gain confidence?.

Ex. Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.

Ex. There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.

Ex. Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.

Ex. Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.

Ex. Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.

Ex. In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.

Ex. Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.

Ex. These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.

Ex. She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.

Ex. They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.

Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.

Ex. All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.

Ex. It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.

Ex. We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.

Ex. There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them.

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* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.

* ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.

* ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.

* ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.

* ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.

* ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.

* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.

* ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.

* ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.

* ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.

* ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.

* ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.

* ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.

* ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.

* dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.

* estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.

* que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.

* utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.

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1.
verbo transitivo to help

ayudar al prójimo — to help one's neighbor

¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?

vino a ayudarme — she came to help me out

ayudar a alguien con algo — to help somebody with something

ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf

ayúdame a poner la mesa — help me (to) set the table
2.
ayudar vi to help

¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?

ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass
3.
ayudarse v pron to help oneself

ayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick

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= aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].

Ex: Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.

Ex: You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.

Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

Ex: Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.

Ex: How can we help library users to gain confidence?.

Ex: Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.

Ex: There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.

Ex: Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.

Ex: Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.

Ex: Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.

Ex: In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.

Ex: Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.

Ex: These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.

Ex: She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.

Ex: They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.

Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.

Ex: All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.

Ex: It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.

Ex: We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.

Ex: There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them
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* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.

* ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.

* ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.

* ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.

* ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.

* ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.

* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.

* ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.

* ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.

* ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.

* ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.

* ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.

* ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.

* ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.

* dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.

* estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.

* que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.

* utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.

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ayudar [A1 ]

vt

to help

ayudar al prójimo to help one's neighbor

¿te ayudo? do you need any help?, can o shall I help you?, can o shall I give you a hand? ( colloq)

vino a ayudarme unos días she came to help me out for a few days

ayudar a algn CON algo to help sb WITH sth

ayuda a tu hermano con los deberes help your brother with his homework

mis padres me ayudaron con los gastos de la fiesta my parents helped me (out) with the cost of the party

ayudar a algn A + INF to help sb (to) + INF

ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table

lo ayudé a arreglar la moto I helped him (to) fix his motorbike

■ ayudar

vi

to help

¿puedo ayudar en algo? can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?, can I help you with anything?

ayudar a or en misa to serve at mass

■ ayudarse

v pron

to help oneself

tú mismo tienes que ayudarte you've got to do something to help yourself

para ayudarse empezó a dar clases de inglés he started giving English classes to earn a bit more money

ayudarse DE or CON algo:

camina ayudándose de or con un bastón he walks with the aid o help of a stick, he walks with a stick

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ayudar ( conjugate ayudar) verbo transitivo
to help;
◊ ayudar al prójimo to help one's neighbor;

¿te ayudo? do you need any help?;
vino a ayudarme she came to help me out;
ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
verbo intransitivo
to help;
¿puedo ayudar en algo? can I do anything to help?
ayudar verbo transitivo to help: ¿puedes ayudarme a mover la mesa?, can you help me to move the table? ➣ Ver nota en help

' ayudar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hacer
- imposible
- volcarse
- asistir
- condición
- dedicar
- favorecer
- mano
- mucho
- poco
- pretender
- solícito
English:
aid
- appreciate
- assist
- back
- desire
- finger
- fund
- help
- help out
- minister
- offer
- ostensible
- pitch in
- propensity
- see
- short
- talk down
- tide over
- unable
- useful
- wave aside
- anything
- do
- not
- patch
- precious
- rally
- rely
- sorry
- unhelpful
- way
- well

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ayudar

♦ vt

to help;

ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help sb (to) do sth;

me ayudaron a subir el piano they helped me carry the piano up;

una profesora particular le ayuda en los estudios a private tutor is helping him with his studies;

necesito que me ayuden con este problema I need your help with this problem;

¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?

♦ vi

to help;

¿puedo ayudar? can I help?

♦ See also the pronominal verb ayudarse

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ayudar

v/t help;

¿le ayudo? can I help?, would you like some help?;

le ayudó a ponerse el abrigo he helped her put on her coat

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ayudar vt

: to help, to assist

♦ See also the reflexive verb ayudarse

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ayudar vb to help

Spanish-English dictionary > ayudar
13 calamite

calamité [kalamite]

feminine noun

( = malheur) calamity ; (humorous) disaster

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kalamite
nom féminin

1) ( malheur) disaster, calamity

2) (colloq) ( personne insupportable) pain (colloq); ( catastrophe ambulante) walking disaster

* * *
kalamite nf
disaster

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calamité nf

1 ( malheur) disaster, calamity;

2 ( personne insupportable) hum pain○; ( catastrophe ambulante) walking disaster.

[kalamit] nom féminin

BOTANIQUE calamite

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > calamite
14 coger

v.

1 to take.

coger a alguien de la mano to take somebody by the hand

coge esta bolsa un momento hold this bag a moment

¿puedes coger el teléfono, por favor? could you pick the phone up o answer the phone, please?

Ella cogió una rama She caught a branch.

Ella cogió impulso para despegar She took impulse to lift off.

2 to catch (atrapar) (ladrón, pez, pájaro).

¿a que no me coges? bet you can't catch me!

Ella cogió un ratón con su ratonera She caught a mouse with her mousetrap.

Ella cogió una enfermedad contagiosa She caught a contagious disease.

3 to catch up with (alcanzar) (persona, vehículo).

4 to pick up (recoger) (objeto caído).

se me ha caído el bolígrafo, ¿me lo puedes coger? I've dropped my pen, could you pick it up for me?

5 to take (quedarse con) (propina, empleo, piso).

llegaremos pronto para coger buen sitio we'll get there early to get a good seat

6 to take on (contratar) (personal).

7 to take.

¿quién me ha cogido el lápiz? who's taken my pencil?

te he cogido la calculadora un momento I've just borrowed your calculator for a moment

8 to take, to catch.

no me gusta coger el avión I don't like flying

9 to catch, to get (contraer) (gripe, resfriado).

coger una borrachera to get drunk

coger frío to get cold

10 to start to feel (sentir) (manía, odio, afecto).

coger cariño/miedo a to become fond/scared of

11 to knock over, to run over.

12 to catch.

no cogió el chiste he didn't get the joke

13 to get, to receive (sintonizar) (canal, emisora).

14 to cover, to take up (abarcar) (espacio).

15 to screw, to fuck. ( Latin American Spanish)

16 to be.

coge muy cerca de aquí it's not very far from here

17 to catch on, to understand, to catch.

Ella cogió la conversación She caught on the conversation.

18 to have.

Nos cogió un acceso de tos We had a coughing fit.

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coger

Conjugation model [ PROTEGER], like link=proteger proteger

► verbo transitivo

1 (asir) to seize, take hold of

■ coge al bebé hold the baby

2 (apresar) to capture, catch

3 (tomar) to take

■ coger un empleo to take a job

■ coge algo para beber take a drink

4 (contratar) to take on

■ cogimos a una secretaria we took on a secretary

5 (tren etc) to catch

6 (tomar prestado) to borrow

■ te he cogido el libro I've borrowed your book

7 (recolectar frutos etc) to pick; (del suelo) to gather

8 (enfermedad, balón) to catch

■ cogí un resfriado I caught a cold

9 (acento, costumbres) to pick up

10 (velocidad, fuerza) to gather

11 (atropellar) to run over, knock down

12 (emisora, canal) to pick up, get

■ coger la BBC to get the BBC

13 (notas) to take, take down

14 (oír) to catch

■ no he cogido lo que ha dicho I didn't catch what she said

15 (entender) to understand, get

■ no cogí el final I didn't get the end

16 ESPAÑOL AMERICANO tabú to fuck

► verbo intransitivo

1 (plantas, colores) to take

■ el limonero no ha cogido the lemon tree didn't take

2 (ir) to turn, take, go

■ coge a la izquierda turn left

■ coge todo recto go straight on

3 familiar (caber) to fit

■ coge allí it fits there

■ no cogemos todos there isn't room for all of us

► verbo pronominal cogerse

1 (pillarse) to catch

2 (agarrarse) to hold on

■ cógete fuerte hold on tight

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FRASEOLOGÍA

coger algo por los pelos figurado to just make something

■ cogimos el tren por los pelos we just made the train

coger del brazo a alguien to take somebody by the arm, grab somebody by the arm

coger cariño a algo/alguien to become fond of something/somebody, take a liking to something/somebody

coger desprevenido,-a figurado to catch unawares

coger miedo a algo to become afraid of something

coger por sorpresa to catch by surprise

coger puntos (de media etc) to pick up stitches

coger una borrachera familiar to get drunk

coger una manía a alguien familiar to take a dislike to somebody

coger y... familiar to up and..., go and...

■ cogió y se fue she upped and left

■ y entonces coge y lo insulta so then she goes and insults him

cogerse un cabreo familiar to get very angry

no hay por dónde cogerlo he hasn't got a leg to stand on

* * *

verb

1) to take

2) seize

3) catch

4) gather

5) pick

* * *
Para las expresiones coger desprevenido, coger in fraganti, ver la otra entrada.
1. VERBO TRANSITIVO

1) (=con la mano)

a) (=tomar) to take

¿puedo coger este? — can I take this one?

coger un libro de un estante — to take a book from a shelf

coge un poco más de queso — have a bit more cheese

• coger a algn de la [mano] — to take sb by the hand

ir cogidos de la mano — to walk along holding hands {o} hand in hand

b) (=levantar) to pick up

cogió la guitarra y se puso a tocar — he picked up the guitar and started to play

coge al niño, que está llorando — pick up the baby, he's crying

cogió el bolso y salió de casa — she picked up her handbag and went out

c) [con fuerza] to grasp

la cogió por la muñeca y no la soltó — he grabbed her by the wrist and wouldn't let go

d) (=sostener) to hold

coge bien el bolígrafo — hold the biro properly

no ha cogido un fusil en la vida — he's never held a gun in his life

2) (=escoger) to pick

cogió el azul — she picked the blue one

coge el que más te guste — take {o} pick the one you like best

has cogido un mal momento — you've picked a bad time

3) [+ flor, fruta] to pick

4) (=quitar) [gen] to take; (=pedir prestado) to borrow

me coge siempre las cerillas — he's always taking my matches

¿quién ha cogido el periódico? — who's taken the newspaper?

¿te puedo coger el bolígrafo? — can I borrow your pen?

te he cogido la regla — I've borrowed your ruler, I've pinched your ruler *

5) (=apuntar) to take (down)

cogió la dirección del cliente — she took (down) the customer's address

coger apuntes — to take notes

6) esp Esp (=conseguir) to get

¿nos coges dos entradas? — would you get us two tickets?

cógeme un buen sitio — get me a good place

he cogido un billete de avión — I've bought an air ticket

• coger [hora] para el dentista/en la peluquería — to make an appointment to see {o} with the dentist/at the hairdresser's

7) (=adquirir)

a) [+ enfermedad] to catch

coger un resfriado — to catch a cold

el niño cogió sarampión — the child got {o} caught measles

• coger [frío] — to get cold

• ha cogido una [insolación] — she's got sunstroke

b) [+ costumbre, hábito] to get into; [+ acento] to pick up

ha cogido la costumbre de morderse las uñas — she has got into the habit of biting her nails

ha cogido la manía de las quinielas — he's caught the pools craze

cogieron acento irlandés — they picked up an Irish accent

c) [+ fuerzas] to gather; [+ velocidad] to gather, pick up

8) (=atrapar)

a) esp Esp [+ persona, pez, balón] to catch

¡coge la pelota! — catch the ball!

¡por fin te he cogido! — caught you at last!

les cogieron con varios kilos de heroína — they were caught with several kilos of heroin

b) esp Esp [toro] (=cornear) to gore; (=voltear) to toss

c) esp Esp [coche] (=atropellar) to knock down, run over

d) (Mil) to take prisoner, capture

han cogido a quince soldados — fifteen soldiers have been taken prisoner {o} have been captured

9) esp Esp (=sorprender) to catch

la cogieron robando — they caught her stealing

coger a algn en una mentira — to catch sb lying, catch sb in a lie

la guerra nos cogió en Francia — the war found {o} caught us in France

la noche nos cogió todavía en el mar — the night caught us still at sea

antes que nos coja la noche — before night overtakes us {o} comes down on us

- coger a algn detrás de la puerta

- coger de nuevas a algn

10) (=empezar a sentir)

• coger [aversión] a algo — to take a strong dislike to sth

• coger [cariño] a algn — to grow {o} become fond of sb, become attached to sb

• coger [celos] de algn — to become jealous of sb

11) (=tomarse) to take

no sé si podré coger vacaciones — I don't know if I'll be able to take any holidays

¿vas a coger fiesta mañana? — are you going to take tomorrow off?, are you going to take the day off tomorrow?

12) (=entender) [+ sentido, giro] to get

¿no has cogido el chiste? — don't you get the joke?

13) esp Esp (=aceptar) [+ empleados, trabajo] to take on; [+ alumnos] to take in; [+ pacientes] [en hospital] to take in; [en consultorio] to take on

acabo de coger una secretaria nueva — I've just taken on a new secretary

14) (=alquilar) to take, rent

cogimos un apartamento — we took {o} rented an apartment

15) (=viajar en) [+ tren, avión, autobús] to take

vamos a coger el tren — let's take {o} get the train

quiero coger el tren de las tres — I want to catch the three o'clock train

16) (=ir por) to take

coja la primera calle a la derecha — take the first street on the right

no cojas las curvas tan rápido — don't take the bends so fast

17) (=recibir) [+ emisora, canal] to pick up, get

con esta radio cogemos Radio Praga — we can pick up {o} get Radio Prague on this set

18) (=retener) [+ polvo] to gather, collect

esta moqueta coge mucho polvo — this carpet gathers {o} collects a lot of dust

los perros cogen pulgas — dogs get {o} catch fleas

19) (=aprender) to pick up

los niños lo cogen todo enseguida — children pick things up very quickly

20) (=incorporarse a)

cogí la conferencia a la mitad — I joined the discussion halfway through

cogí la obra casi al final — the play was almost over when I got there

21) Méx, Arg, Ven *** [sexualmente] to fuck ***, screw ***

2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO

1) (=estar) to be

¿coge muy lejos de aquí? — is it very far from here?

el cine coge bastante cerca — the cinema is quite near here

el banco me coge de camino — the bank's on my way

2) (=ir)

• coger [por], cogió por esta calle — he went down this street

3) Esp * (=caber) to fit

aquí no coge — there's no room for it here, it doesn't fit (in) here

4) [planta] to take

5) Méx, Arg, Ven *** [sexualmente] to fuck ***, screw ***

6)

- cogió y se fue

3.

See:

cogerse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1) (esp Esp)

a) ( tomar) to take

lo cogió del brazo — she took him by the arm

coge un folleto — pick up o take a leaflet

esto no hay or no tiene por donde cogerlo — (fam) I just don't know where to start with this

b) ( quitar) (+ me/te/le etc) to take

siempre me está cogiendo los lápices — she's always taking my pencils

c) <flores/fruta> to pick; < levantar> to pick up

coge esa revista del suelo — pick that magazine up off the floor

cogió al niño en brazos — she picked the child up in her arms

coger a alguien en autostop — (Esp) to pick up a hitchhiker

no cogen el teléfono — (Esp) they're not answering the phone

2) (esp Esp) (alcanzar, atrapar)

a) <ladrón/terrorista> to catch

b) < pelota> to catch

c) <pescado/liebre> to catch

d) toro to gore

3) (esp Esp)

a) ( descubrir) to catch

lo cogieron in fraganti/robando — he was caught red-handed/stealing

b) ( encontrar) to catch

me cogió de buenas — she caught me in a good mood

la noticia nos cogió en París — we were in Paris when we got the news

4)

a) <tren/autobús/taxi> to catch, take

b) <calle/camino> to take

coge la primera a la derecha — take the first right

5) (Esp fam)

a) (sacar, obtener) <billete/entrada> to get

coger hora para el médico — to make an appointment to see the doctor

b) ( traer)

vete a coger el coche — go and get o bring the car

c) ( ocupar)

coger sitio — to save a place

coge la vez en la cola — take your turn in the line (AmE) o (BrE) queue

cogió la delantera — he took the lead

Sentido II

6) (Esp)

a) ( aceptar) <dinero/trabajo/casa> to take

no puedo coger más clases — I can't take on any more classes

b) ( admitir) to take

ya no cogen más niños en ese colegio — they're not taking any more children at that school now

c) ( atender)

no pudieron cogerme en la peluquería — they couldn't fit me in at the hairdresser's

7) (esp Esp) ( adquirir)

a) < enfermedad> to catch; < insolación> to get

vas a coger frío — you'll catch cold

cogí una borrachera — I got plastered (colloq)

cogió un berrinche — she had a temper tantrum

b) <polvo/suciedad> to collect, gather

coger algo de color — ( broncearse) to get a bit of color

c) < acento> to pick up; <costumbre/vicio> to pick up; < ritmo> to get into

le cogí cariño — I got quite fond of him

cogerle manía a alguien — to take a dislike to somebody

cogerla con alguien — to take it out on somebody

cogerla por hacer algo — (Ven fam) to take to doing something

8) (esp Esp) ( captar)

a) <sentido/significado> to get

b) < emisora> to pick up, get

9) (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)
2.
coger vi

1) (esp Esp) planta to take; tinte/permanente to take

2)

a) (esp Esp)

cojo/cogió y... — (fam)

si empiezas con eso cojo y me voy — if you're going to start talking about that, I'm off o (AmE) I'm taking off (colloq)

de repente cogió y se fue — suddenly he upped and went (colloq)

cogió y se puso a llorar — she (suddenly) burst into tears

b) (esp Esp) ( por un camino)

coge por esta calle y... — take this street and...

c) (Esp fam) ( caber) to fit

3) (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)
3.
cogerse v pron (esp Esp)

a) (agarrarse, sujetarse) to hold on

cógete de la barandilla — hold on to the railing

b) (recípr)

ir cogidos de la mano — to walk hand in hand

* * *

= pick up, seize, take, trap, brace, catch, grab, pick, entrap, hop on, pull from, pull off, reach out, grasp.

Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex. A vague sensation of apprehension seized the newly appointed personnel officer as she knocked on the director's door.

Ex. If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.

Ex. If the borrower being processed has been set to be trapped, DOBIS/LIBIS displays the message: 'You have trapped a borrower'.

Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.

Ex. 'And of course,' said the director, brightening as his idea gave birth to another one in her mind, 'it will be interesting to know how efficient electronic systems are at catching thieves'.

Ex. If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.

Ex. The network itself is assumed to be unreliable; any portion of the network could disappear at any moment ( pick your favorite catastrophe -- these days backhoes cutting cables are more of a threat than bombs).

Ex. Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.

Ex. The article ' Hop on the Internet, it's time' provides a general discussion of the advantages to be gained by using the Internet.

Ex. The data is pulled directly from all the bibliographic data bases on DIALOG that have a JN field.

Ex. One of its main advantages is the potential to pull off descriptive entries onto disc to create annotated booklists.

Ex. The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.

Ex. A mouse is commonly moved or lifted from its cage by grasping the base of the tail.

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* coger a Alguien con las manos en la masa = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.

* coger a Alguien desprevenido = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.

* coger a Alguien in fraganti = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.

* coger a Alguien por sorpresa = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.

* coger cariño a = grow + fond of.

* coger con chinchetas = thumbtack.

* coger de la mano = hold + Posesivo + hand.

* coger desprevenido = come as + a great surprise, catch + unprepared, take + Nombre + unawares.

* coger el avión = jet off.

* coger el toro por los cuernos = seize + the bull by the horns, take + the bull by the horns, grasp + the nettle, face + Posesivo + fears.

* coger la mano = take + Posesivo + hand.

* coger las tetas = breast grabbing.

* cogerle el gusto a = acquire + a taste for, develop + a taste for.

* cogerle el truco a Algo = get + the hang of.

* coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo.

* coger peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.

* coger por sorpresa = come as + a great surprise, catch out, blindside, take + Nombre + unawares.

* coger rápidamente = snatch up.

* cogerse = snag.

* cogerse de la mano = hold + hands.

* cogerse la mano = join + hands.

* coger una indirecta = take + a hint, get + a hint.

* coger un enfriamiento = catch + a chill.

* coger un resfriado de muerte = catch + Posesivo + death (of cold).

* coger un taxi = take + a taxi.

* extender la mano para coger algo = hand + reach for.

* intentar coger = reach for.

* no coger Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.

* no coger por sorpresa = come as + no surprise.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1) (esp Esp)

a) ( tomar) to take

lo cogió del brazo — she took him by the arm

coge un folleto — pick up o take a leaflet

esto no hay or no tiene por donde cogerlo — (fam) I just don't know where to start with this

b) ( quitar) (+ me/te/le etc) to take

siempre me está cogiendo los lápices — she's always taking my pencils

c) <flores/fruta> to pick; < levantar> to pick up

coge esa revista del suelo — pick that magazine up off the floor

cogió al niño en brazos — she picked the child up in her arms

coger a alguien en autostop — (Esp) to pick up a hitchhiker

no cogen el teléfono — (Esp) they're not answering the phone

2) (esp Esp) (alcanzar, atrapar)

a) <ladrón/terrorista> to catch

b) < pelota> to catch

c) <pescado/liebre> to catch

d) toro to gore

3) (esp Esp)

a) ( descubrir) to catch

lo cogieron in fraganti/robando — he was caught red-handed/stealing

b) ( encontrar) to catch

me cogió de buenas — she caught me in a good mood

la noticia nos cogió en París — we were in Paris when we got the news

4)

a) <tren/autobús/taxi> to catch, take

b) <calle/camino> to take

coge la primera a la derecha — take the first right

5) (Esp fam)

a) (sacar, obtener) <billete/entrada> to get

coger hora para el médico — to make an appointment to see the doctor

b) ( traer)

vete a coger el coche — go and get o bring the car

c) ( ocupar)

coger sitio — to save a place

coge la vez en la cola — take your turn in the line (AmE) o (BrE) queue

cogió la delantera — he took the lead

Sentido II

6) (Esp)

a) ( aceptar) <dinero/trabajo/casa> to take

no puedo coger más clases — I can't take on any more classes

b) ( admitir) to take

ya no cogen más niños en ese colegio — they're not taking any more children at that school now

c) ( atender)

no pudieron cogerme en la peluquería — they couldn't fit me in at the hairdresser's

7) (esp Esp) ( adquirir)

a) < enfermedad> to catch; < insolación> to get

vas a coger frío — you'll catch cold

cogí una borrachera — I got plastered (colloq)

cogió un berrinche — she had a temper tantrum

b) <polvo/suciedad> to collect, gather

coger algo de color — ( broncearse) to get a bit of color

c) < acento> to pick up; <costumbre/vicio> to pick up; < ritmo> to get into

le cogí cariño — I got quite fond of him

cogerle manía a alguien — to take a dislike to somebody

cogerla con alguien — to take it out on somebody

cogerla por hacer algo — (Ven fam) to take to doing something

8) (esp Esp) ( captar)

a) <sentido/significado> to get

b) < emisora> to pick up, get

9) (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)
2.
coger vi

1) (esp Esp) planta to take; tinte/permanente to take

2)

a) (esp Esp)

cojo/cogió y... — (fam)

si empiezas con eso cojo y me voy — if you're going to start talking about that, I'm off o (AmE) I'm taking off (colloq)

de repente cogió y se fue — suddenly he upped and went (colloq)

cogió y se puso a llorar — she (suddenly) burst into tears

b) (esp Esp) ( por un camino)

coge por esta calle y... — take this street and...

c) (Esp fam) ( caber) to fit

3) (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)
3.
cogerse v pron (esp Esp)

a) (agarrarse, sujetarse) to hold on

cógete de la barandilla — hold on to the railing

b) (recípr)

ir cogidos de la mano — to walk hand in hand

* * *

= pick up, seize, take, trap, brace, catch, grab, pick, entrap, hop on, pull from, pull off, reach out, grasp.

Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex: A vague sensation of apprehension seized the newly appointed personnel officer as she knocked on the director's door.

Ex: If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.

Ex: If the borrower being processed has been set to be trapped, DOBIS/LIBIS displays the message: 'You have trapped a borrower'.

Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.

Ex: 'And of course,' said the director, brightening as his idea gave birth to another one in her mind, 'it will be interesting to know how efficient electronic systems are at catching thieves'.

Ex: If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.

Ex: The network itself is assumed to be unreliable; any portion of the network could disappear at any moment ( pick your favorite catastrophe -- these days backhoes cutting cables are more of a threat than bombs).

Ex: Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.

Ex: The article ' Hop on the Internet, it's time' provides a general discussion of the advantages to be gained by using the Internet.

Ex: The data is pulled directly from all the bibliographic data bases on DIALOG that have a JN field.

Ex: One of its main advantages is the potential to pull off descriptive entries onto disc to create annotated booklists.

Ex: The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.

Ex: A mouse is commonly moved or lifted from its cage by grasping the base of the tail.

* coger a Alguien con las manos en la masa = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.

* coger a Alguien desprevenido = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.

* coger a Alguien in fraganti = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.

* coger a Alguien por sorpresa = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.

* coger cariño a = grow + fond of.

* coger con chinchetas = thumbtack.

* coger de la mano = hold + Posesivo + hand.

* coger desprevenido = come as + a great surprise, catch + unprepared, take + Nombre + unawares.

* coger el avión = jet off.

* coger el toro por los cuernos = seize + the bull by the horns, take + the bull by the horns, grasp + the nettle, face + Posesivo + fears.

* coger la mano = take + Posesivo + hand.

* coger las tetas = breast grabbing.

* cogerle el gusto a = acquire + a taste for, develop + a taste for.

* cogerle el truco a Algo = get + the hang of.

* coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo.

* coger peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.

* coger por sorpresa = come as + a great surprise, catch out, blindside, take + Nombre + unawares.

* coger rápidamente = snatch up.

* cogerse = snag.

* cogerse de la mano = hold + hands.

* cogerse la mano = join + hands.

* coger una indirecta = take + a hint, get + a hint.

* coger un enfriamiento = catch + a chill.

* coger un resfriado de muerte = catch + Posesivo + death (of cold).

* coger un taxi = take + a taxi.

* extender la mano para coger algo = hand + reach for.

* intentar coger = reach for.

* no coger Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.

* no coger por sorpresa = come as + no surprise.

* * *

coger [E6 ]

vt

Sentido I

A

1 (tomar) to take

coge lo que quieras take what you like

a la salida coge un folleto pick up o take a leaflet on the way out

lo cogió del brazo she took him by the arm

no ha cogido una brocha en su vida she's never used o picked up a paintbrush in her life

esto no hay or no tiene por donde cogerlo ( fam); I just don't know where to start with this, I can't make head or tail of this ( colloq)

2 (quitar) (+ me/te/le etc) to take

siempre me está cogiendo los lápices she's always taking my pencils

3 (recoger) to pick up; ‹flores/moras/uvas› to pick

coge esa revista del suelo pick that magazine up off the floor

¿quién ha cogido el dinero que dejé aquí? who's taken the money I left here?

cogió sus cosas y se largó she got her things together o picked up her things and left

coger los puntos pick up the stitches

cogió al niño en brazos she picked the child up in her arms

no cogen el teléfono they're not answering the phone

B (alcanzar, atrapar)

1 ( esp Esp) ‹ladrón/terrorista› to catch

como te coja, ya verás you'll be sorry if I catch you

2 ‹pelota› to catch

3 ‹pescado› to catch; ‹liebres/faisanes› to catch, bag

4 ( esp Esp) «toro» to gore; «coche» to knock … down

C

1 ( esp Esp) (descubrir) to catch

lo cogieron in fraganti/robando he was caught red-handed/stealing

los cogieron con 100 gramos de cocaína they were caught with 100 grams of cocaine

2 (encontrar) ( esp Esp) to catch

no quiero que me coja la noche en la carretera I don't want to be driving when it gets dark

la noticia nos cogió en París we were in Paris when we got the news

me cogió de buenas/malas she caught me in a good/bad mood

nos cogió desprevenidos it took us by surprise, it caught us unawares

D

1 ‹tren/autobús/taxi› to catch, take

no me apetece coger el coche I don't feel like taking the car

hace años que no cojo un coche I haven't driven for years

2 ‹calle/camino› to take

coge la primera a la derecha take the first right

E

1 ( Esp fam) (sacar, obtener) ‹billete/entrada› to get

tengo que coger hora para ir al médico I have to make an appointment to see the doctor

2

(ocupar): ve pronto y coge sitio get there early and save a place

coge la vez en la cola take your turn in the line ( AmE) o ( BrE) queue

cogió la delantera he took the lead

Sentido II

A (aceptar)

1 ‹dinero/propina› to take

2 ‹trabajo/casa› to take

cogió una casa en las afueras she took a house in the outskirts

no puedo coger más clases I can't take on any more classes

3

( Esp) (admitir, atender): ya no cogen más niños en ese colegio they're not taking any more children at that school now

estuvimos haciendo autostop durante horas hasta que nos cogieron we were hitching for hours before someone picked us up

no pudieron cogerme en la peluquería, they couldn't fit me in at the hairdresser's

entrevistó a cinco personas, pero no cogió a ninguno she interviewed five people, but she didn't give the job to any of them o she didn't take any of them on

B (adquirir)

1 ‹enfermedad› to catch; ‹insolación› to get

vas a coger frío you'll catch cold

2 ‹borrachera/berrinche›

cogí una borrachera I got plastered ( colloq)

cogió un berrinche she had a temper tantrum

3 ‹polvo/suciedad› to collect, gather

con dos días en la playa ya cojo algo de color it only takes me a couple of days on the beach to start to tan o to get a bit of color

los tejidos sintéticos no cogen bien el tinte synthetic fabrics don't dye well

4 ‹costumbre/vicio/acento› to pick up; ‹ritmo› to get into

le cogí cariño I got quite fond of him

si le gritas te va a coger manía if you shout at him he'll take against you

cogerla con algn to take it out on sb

cogerla por hacer algo ( Ven fam); to take to doing sth

C (captar)

1 ‹sentido/significado› to get

no cogió el chiste/la indirecta he didn't get the joke/take the hint

2 ‹emisora› to pick up, get

3 ‹programa/frase› to catch

cogí el programa por la mitad I only caught the second half of the program

4 ‹apuntes/notas› to take

le cogió las medidas para el vestido she measured her o took her measurements for the dress

D (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) (acostarse con) to screw ( vulg), to fuck ( vulg)

■ coger

vi

A

1 «planta» to take

2 «tinte/permanente» to take

el tinte no cogió the dye didn't take

B

1

coge/cogió y … ( fam): si empiezas con ese tema cojo y me voy if you're going to start talking about that, I'm off o ( AmE) I'm taking off ( colloq)

de repente cogió y se fue suddenly he upped and went ( colloq)

cogió y se puso a llorar she (suddenly) burst into tears

2

(por un camino): cogieron por el camino más corto they took the shortest route

coge por esta calle go down this street

3 ( Esp fam) (caber) to fit

C (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) (copular) to screw ( vulg), to fuck ( vulg)

■ cogerse

v pron

1 (agarrarse, sujetarse) to hold on

cógete de la barandilla hold on to the railing

2 ( recípr):

iban cogidos de la mano they were walking along hand in hand

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coger ( conjugate coger) verbo transitivo
1 (esp Esp)
a) ( tomar) to take;

◊ lo cogió del brazo she took him by the arm;

coge un folleto pick up o take a leaflet
b) ( quitar) to take;

◊ siempre me está cogiendo los lápices she's always taking my pencils

c) ‹flores/fruta› to pick

d) ( levantar) to pick up;

◊ coge esa revista del suelo pick that magazine up off the floor;

no cogen el teléfono (Esp) they're not answering the phone
2 ( atrapar) (esp Esp)
a) ‹ladrón/pelota› to catch

b) ‹pescado/liebre› to catch

c) ( descubrir) to catch;

◊ lo cogieron robando he was caught stealing

d) [ toro] to gore

3
a) ‹tren/autobús/taxi› to catch, take

b) ‹calle/camino› to take

4 (Esp fam)
a) ( obtener) ‹billete/entrada› to get;

◊ coger hora para el médico to make an appointment to see the doctor;

coger sitio to save a place
b) ( aceptar) ‹dinero/trabajo/casa› to take

c) ( admitir) ‹alumnos/solicitudes› to take

5 (esp Esp) ( adquirir)
a) ‹ enfermedad› to catch;

‹ insolación› to get;
◊ vas a coger frío you'll catch cold

b) ‹ acento› to pick up;

‹costumbre/vicio› to pick up;
◊ le cogí cariño I got quite fond of him

6 (esp Esp) ( captar)
a) ‹sentido/significado› to get

b) ‹ emisora› to pick up, get

7 (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)
verbo intransitivo
1 (esp Esp) [ planta] to take;
[tinte/permanente] to take
2 (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)
cogerse verbo pronominal (esp Esp)
a) (agarrarse, sujetarse) to hold on;

◊ cógete de la barandilla hold on to the railing

b) ( recípr):

◊ se cogieron de la mano they held hands

coger
I verbo transitivo
1 to take
(agarrar) to seize: me cogió del brazo, he seized me by the arm
(sostener) to hold: cógeme el bolso un momento, por favor, please hold my bag for a moment
2 (un medio de transporte) to take, catch
(una pelota, un resfriado, a alguien que huye, a alguien haciendo algo) to catch: ¡te cogí!, I caught you!
3 (recoger del suelo) to pick (up)
(una cosecha, flores, ropa tendida) to pick
4 (un hábito) to pick up
(velocidad, impulso) to gather
5 (entender el sentido de algo) to grasp: no lo cojo, I don't understand it
6 (atropellar) to run over, knock down
7 LAm vulgar to fuck
II verbo intransitivo familiar
1 (caber) to fit
2 (para indicar inicio de acción) cogió y se puso a cantar, he went and started singing
♦ Locuciones: ¡Dios me/te/le... coja confesado!, Lord help us!
no hay por donde cogerlo, awful, third-rate
' coger' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acostumbrada
- acostumbrado
- agarrar
- alcanzar
- anillo
- atajo
- baja
- banda
- calle
- camino
- debajo
- despechugada
- despechugado
- desprevenida
- desprevenido
- embalarse
- empuñar
- enfriarse
- horizontal
- ligar
- mona
- prestar
- separarse
- soler
- sorprender
- sujetar
- timón
- tomar
- toro
- turca
- volante
- carrerilla
- catarro
- frío
- mano
- perra
- sorpresa
- tren
- trompa
English:
act
- bend
- bypass
- catch
- catch out
- catch up
- cotton
- end
- entrap
- gather
- get
- go down with
- hold
- hook
- hop
- lasso
- luckily
- nail
- observe
- opt
- pants
- pick
- pluck
- reach
- red-handed
- stick
- take
- take to
- tape
- train
- trip up
- umbrella
- unawares
- answer
- fuck
- hint
- knack
- latch
- nab
- prisoner
- red
- surprise
- up

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coger Although the word coger is accepted in educated use throughout Latin America, in many places its principal meaning is the taboo sense indicated at 21. For this reason it tends to be avoided in other contexts, and is usually replaced by agarrar.

♦ vt

1. [tomar, agarrar] to take;

coger a alguien de la mano to take sb by the hand;

pasear cogidos de la mano to walk hand in hand;

coger a alguien en brazos to take sb in one's arms;

coge la tetera por el asa take o hold the teapot by the handle;

coge esta bolsa un momento hold this bag a moment;

¿puedes coger el teléfono, por favor? could you pick the phone up o answer the phone, please?;
Fam
éste no ha cogido un libro en su vida he's never picked up a book in his life;

Comp
Fam
no haber por dónde cogerlo: esta película no hay por dónde cogerla I couldn't make head or tail of this movie o Br film;

tu hermano es muy raro, no hay por dónde cogerlo your brother's very strange, it's hard to know what to make of him;

se sabe todas las respuestas, no hay por dónde cogerlo he knows all the answers, it's impossible to catch him out

2. [quitar] to take;

coger algo a alguien to take sth from sb;

¿quién me ha cogido el lápiz? who's taken my pencil?;

te he cogido la calculadora un momento I've just borrowed your calculator for a moment

3. [recoger] [objeto caído] to pick up;
[frutos, flores] to pick;
se me ha caído el bolígrafo, ¿me lo puedes coger? I've dropped my pen, could you pick it up for me?;

nos gusta mucho coger setas we really enjoy picking mushrooms o going mushrooming;

cogimos a un autoestopista muy simpático we picked up a very friendly hitchhiker

4. [atrapar] [ladrón, pez, pájaro, pelota] to catch;

¿a que no me coges? bet you can't catch me!;
Fam
¡si te cojo, te la cargas! if I catch you, you'll be in for it!

5. [sorprender]
coger a alguien haciendo algo to catch sb doing sth;

coger a alguien desprevenido to take sb by surprise;

coger a alguien in fraganti to catch sb red-handed o in the act;

la tormenta me cogió cerca de casa the storm broke when I was nearly home;

el terremoto nos cogió en la capital the earthquake happened while we were in the capital;

lo cogí de buen humor I caught him in a good mood

6. [alcanzar] [persona, vehículo] to catch up with;

aceleró para coger al corredor que llevaba delante she ran faster to try and catch up with the runner in front of her;

cogió la delantera tras la segunda vuelta she went into o took the lead after the second lap

7. [tren, autobús] to take, to catch;

no me gusta coger el avión I don't like flying;

prefiero coger el coche I'd rather drive

8. [sacar, obtener] to get;

he cogido hora con el dentista I've made an appointment with the dentist;

¿has cogido las entradas? have you got the tickets?

9. [quedarse con] [propina, empleo, apartamento] to take;

ha cogido un trabajo de mecanógrafo he has taken a job as a typist;

llegaremos pronto para coger buen sitio we'll get there early to get a good seat;

están tan ocupados que ya no cogen más encargos they're so busy they've stopped taking on o accepting orders

10. [contratar, admitir] [personal] to take on;

hemos cogido a una secretaria nueva we've taken on a new secretary;

el colegio ya no coge más alumnos para este curso the school has stopped taking pupils for this year

11. [contraer] [gripe, resfriado] to catch, to get;

coger frío to get cold;

coger una insolación to get sunstroke;

coger el sarampión to get o catch (the) measles;

coger una borrachera to get drunk;

coger un berrinche to throw a tantrum

12. [absorber] to absorb, to soak up;

este tipo de esponja coge mucha agua this type of sponge absorbs a lot of water;

esta mesa coge mucho polvo al lado de la ventana this table gets very dusty o gathers a lot of dust next to the window

13. [empezar a sentir] [odio, afecto] to start to feel;

coger cariño/miedo a to become fond/scared of

14. [adquirir] [costumbre, vicio, acento] to pick up;

los hijos cogen los hábitos de los padres children pick up the habits of their parents;

ha cogido la costumbre de cantar por las mañanas she has taken to singing in the mornings;

Comp
Fam
cogerle el truco o [m5] tranquillo a algo to get the knack of sth;

Comp
Fam
cogerla con alguien: la ha cogido con nosotros, y no deja de molestarnos she's got it in for us and never leaves us alone

15. [sintonizar] [canal, emisora] to get, to receive

16. [entender] to get;
[oír] to catch;
¿coges lo que te digo? do you get o understand what I'm saying to you?;

no cogió la indirecta she didn't take the hint;

no cogió el chiste he didn't get the joke;

cogí su comentario a mitad I only half heard what she said, I only caught half of what she said

17. [cobrar]
coger fuerzas to build up one's strength;

coger velocidad to gather o gain speed

18. [sujeto: vehículo] to knock over, to run over;
[sujeto: toro] to gore;
me cogió un coche, y ando con muletas I was run over o hit by a car, and I'm on crutches now;

le cogió un toro he was gored by a bull

19. [abarcar] [espacio] to cover, to take up;

estas oficinas cogen tres plantas del edificio these offices take up o occupy three floors of the building

20. [elegir] to choose;

cogió un mal momento para anunciar el resultado she chose a bad moment to announce the result

21. Am Vulg [tener relaciones sexuales con] to screw, to fuck;

coger a alguien to screw o fuck sb

♦ vi

1. [situarse] to be;

coge muy cerca de aquí it's not very far from here

2. [dirigirse]
coger a la derecha/la izquierda to turn right/left;

coge por la calle de la iglesia take the church road

3. [enraizar] to take;

los rosales han cogido the roses have taken

4. [contestar al teléfono] to answer;

llevo un rato llamando, pero no cogen I've been calling for a while now, but there's no answer o they don't answer

5. [indicando acción repentina]
cogió y se fue she upped and went;

de pronto cogió y me insultó he turned round and insulted me;

si seguimos así, cojo y me marcho if we carry on like this, I'm off

6. Am Vulg [tener relaciones sexuales] to screw, to fuck;

coger con alguien to screw o fuck sb

♦ See also the pronominal verb cogerse

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coger

I v/t

1 ( asir) take (hold of); del suelo pick up

2 L.Am. vulg

screw vulg

3 ladrón, enfermedad catch

4 TRANSP catch, take;

coger el tren/bus catch the train/bus

5 ( entender) get

6 emisora de radio pick up

II v/i

1 en un espacio fit

2 L.Am. vulg

screw vulg

3 de una planta take, take root

4

:

coger por la primera a la derecha take the first right

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coger {15} vt

1) : to seize, to take hold of

2) : to catch

3) : to pick up

4) : to gather, to pick

5) : to gore

♦ See also the reflexive verb cogerse

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coger vb

1. (tomar) to take [pt. took; pp. taken]

coge un trozo más grande take a bigger piece

¿quién ha cogido mi libro? who's taken my book?

voy a coger un poco más de tortilla I'm going to have some more omelette

2. (pillar) to catch [pt. & pp. caught]

quiero coger el tren de las 10.30 I want to catch the 10.30 train

ha cogido la gripe she's caught the flu

¿a que no me coges? I bet you can't catch me

3. (entender) to get

no he cogido el chiste I didn't understand the joke

4. (fruta, flor) to pick

hemos cogido unas moras we've picked some blackberries

5. (emisora, canal) to pick up

no cojo el canal local I can't pick up the local channel

6. (tomar prestado) to borrow

te cojo el diccionario, ¿vale? I'm just borrowing your dictionary, OK?

coger de camino to be on your way

te llevo a tu casa, me coge de camino I'll take you home, it's on my way

Spanish-English dictionary > coger
15 short

1. adjective
1) kurz

a short time or while ago/later — vor kurzem/kurze Zeit später

for a short time or while — eine kleine Weile; ein [kleines] Weilchen

a short time before he left — kurz bevor er ging

a short time or while before/after something — kurz vor/nach etwas (Dat.)

in a short time or while — (soon) bald; in Kürze

within a short [space of] time — innerhalb kurzer Zeit

in the short run or term — kurzfristig; kurzzeitig

wear one's hair/skirts short — seine Haare kurz tragen/kurze Röcke tragen

2) (not tall) klein [Person, Wuchs]; niedrig [Gebäude, Baum, Schornstein]

3) (not far-reaching) kurz [Wurf, Schuss, Gedächtnis]

4) (deficient, scanty) knapp

be in short supply — knapp sein

good doctors are in short supply — gute Ärzte sind rar od. (ugs.) sind Mangelware

be [far/not far] short of a record — einen Rekord [bei weitem] nicht erreichen/[knapp] verfehlen

somebody/something is so much/so many short — jemandem/einer Sache fehlt soundsoviel/fehlen soundsoviele

somebody is short of something — jemandem fehlt es an etwas (Dat.)

time is getting/is short — die Zeit wird/ist knapp

keep somebody short [of something] — jemanden [mit etwas] kurz halten

[have to] go short [of something] — [an etwas (Dat.)] Mangel leiden [müssen]

she is short of milk today — sie hat heute nicht genug Milch

the firm is short of staff — die Firma hat zu wenig Arbeitskräfte

be short [of cash] — knapp [bei Kasse] sein (ugs.)

he is just short of six feet/not far short of 60 — er ist knapp sechs Fuß [groß]/sechzig [Jahre alt]

it is nothing short of miraculous — es ist ein ausgesprochenes Wunder

5) (brief, concise) kurz

a short history of Wales — eine kurz gefasste Geschichte von Wales

the short answer is... — um es kurz zu machen: die Antwort ist...

short and sweet — (iron.) kurz und schmerzlos (ugs.)

in short,... — kurz,...

6) (curt, uncivil) kurz angebunden; barsch

7) (Cookery) mürbe [Teig]

8)

sell oneself short — (fig.) sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen

sell somebody/something short — (fig.) jemanden/etwas unterschätzen
2. adverb
1) (abruptly) plötzlich

stop short — plötzlich abbrechen; [Musik, Gespräch:] jäh (geh.) abbrechen

stop short at something — über etwas (Akk.) nicht hinausgehen

stop somebody short — jemandem ins Wort fallen

pull up short — plötzlich anhalten

bring or pull somebody up short — jemanden stutzen lassen

2) (curtly) kurz angebunden; barsch

3) (before the expected place or time)

jump/land short — zu kurz springen/zu früh landen (ugs.)

short of something — vor etwas (Dat.)

stop short of the line — vor der Linie stehen-/liegenbleiben

the bomb dropped short [of its target] — die Bombe fiel vor das Ziel

fall or come [far/considerably] short of something — etwas [bei weitem] nicht erreichen

stop short of something — (fig.) vor etwas zurückschrecken

stop short of doing something — davor zurückschrecken, etwas zu tun

4)

nothing short of a catastrophe/miracle can... — nur eine Katastrophe/ein Wunder kann...

short of locking him in, how can I keep him from going out? — wie kann ich ihn daran hindern auszugehen - es sei denn ich schlösse ihn ein?
3. noun
1) (Electr. coll.) Kurze, der (ugs.)

2) (coll.): (drink) Schnaps, der (ugs.)
4. transitive verb
(Electr. coll.) kurzschließen
5. intransitive verb
(Electr. coll.) einen Kurzschluss kriegen (ugs.)

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[ʃo:t] 1. adjective
1) (not long: You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?) kurz

2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) klein

3) (not lasting long; brief: a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.) kurz

4) (not as much as it should be: When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.) zu wenig

5) ((with of) not having enough (money etc): Most of us are short of money these days.) knapp

6) ((of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.) mürbe
2. adverb
1) (suddenly; abruptly: He stopped short when he saw me.) kurzerhand

2) (not as far as intended: The shot fell short.) zu kurz

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- academic.ru/66859/shortness">shortness
- shortage
- shorten
- shortening
- shortly
- shorts
- shortbread
- short-change
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- shortcut
- shorthand
- short-handed
- short-list 3. verb
(to put on a short-list: We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.) in die engere Wahl ziehen

- short-lived
- short-range
- short-sighted
- short-sightedly
- short-sightedness
- short-tempered
- short-term
- by a short head
- for short
- go short
- in short
- in short supply
- make short work of
- run short
- short and sweet
- short for
- short of
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short

[ʃɔ:t, AM ʃɔ:rt]

I. adj

1. (not long) kurz

Jo's \short for Josephine Jo ist die Kurzform von Josephine

2. (not tall) klein

3. (not far) kurz

\short distance kurze Strecke

a \short haul eine kurze Strecke [o Fahrt]

a \short hop ein Katzensprung m

at \short range aus kurzer Entfernung

4. (brief) kurz

to have a \short memory ein kurzes Gedächtnis haben

at \short notice kurzfristig

in the \short term kurzfristig, in nächster Zeit

\short trip Kurztrip m

\short and sweet kurz und schmerzlos

5. (not enough)

we're £15 \short to pay the bill uns fehlen 15 Pfund, um die Rechnung bezahlen zu können

we're still one person \short to make up a quiz team uns fehlt noch eine Person für ein Quizteam

to be \short [of cash] ( fam) knapp bei Kasse sein

we're a bit \short of coffee wir haben nur noch wenig Kaffee

to be \short of breath außer Atem sein

to be \short of space wenig Platz haben, räumlich beengt sein

to be in \short supply schwer zu beschaffen sein, knapp sein

to be \short of time wenig Zeit haben

▪ to be \short on sth von etw dat wenig haben

to be \short on brains nur wenig im Kopf haben

6. LING

\short vowel kurzer Vokal, Kurzvokal m

7. pred (not friendly)

▪ to be \short [with sb] [jdm gegenüber] kurz angebunden sein

8. STOCKEX

\short position Baisseposition f

9.

▶ the \short answer is ‘no’ die Antwort ist kurz und bündig ‚nein‘

▶ to not be \short of a bob or two BRIT, AUS ( fam) reich sein

▶ to draw [or get] the \short straw den Kürzeren ziehen

▶ to get [or be given] \short shrift kurz abgefertigt werden

▶ to have a \short fuse sich akk schnell aufregen

he has a \short fuse bei ihm brennt leicht die Sicherung durch fam

▶ to have sb by the \short hairs [or by the \short and curlies] esp BRIT (sl) jdn in der Hand haben

▶ to make \short shrift of sth mit etw dat kurzen Prozess machen, etw schnell erledigen

▶ to make \short work of sb mit jdm kurzen Prozess machen

▶ to make \short work of sth etw schnell erledigen

II. n

1. FILM Kurzfilm m

2. ELEC ( fam) Kurzer m

3. BRIT ( fam: alcoholic drink) Kurzer m, Stamperl nt ÖSTERR

III. adv

to cut sth \short etw abkürzen

I had to cut our holiday \short ich musste unseren Urlaub unterbrechen

they never let the children go \short sie ließen es den Kindern an nichts fehlen

to fall \short of sth etw nicht erreichen, hinter etw dat zurückbleiben; of expectations etw dat nicht entsprechen

to go [or AM usu be] \short [of sth] etw zu wenig haben

to stop sb \short jdn unterbrechen

to stop sth \short etw abbrechen

she stopped \short of accusing him of lying beinahe hätte sie ihm vorgeworfen, dass er log

▶ to be caught [or taken] \short BRIT ( hum fam) dringend [aufs Klo] müssen fam

▶ in \short kurz gesagt

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[ʃɔːt]
1. adj (+er)

1) kurz; steps, person klein; waist (of dress) hoch

a short way off — nicht weit entfernt

to be short in the leg (person) — kurze Beine haben; (trousers) zu kurz sein

to be in short trousers — in kurzen Hosen herumlaufen; (fig) ein kleiner Junge sein

short back and sides — kurzer Haarschnitt

a short time ago — vor kurzer Zeit, vor Kurzem

in a short time or while — in Kürze, in kurzer Zeit

time is getting/is short —

to take the short view — die Sache auf kurze Sicht betrachten

in short order ( US inf ) — sofort

short drink — Kurze(r) m (inf), Schnaps m

2) (LING) vowel, syllable kurz; (= unstressed) unbetont

3) (= brief) kurz

short and sweet — schön kurz, kurz und ergreifend (iro)

the short answer is that he refused — kurz gesagt, er lehnte ab

in short — kurz gesagt

she's called Pat for short — sie wird kurz or einfach Pat genannt

Pat is short for Patricia — Pat ist die Kurzform von Patricia

4) (= curt) reply knapp; (= rude) barsch, schroff; manner, person schroff, kurz angebunden (inf)

to have a short temper — unbeherrscht sein

his short temper — seine Unbeherrschtheit

to be short with sb — jdn schroff behandeln, jdm gegenüber kurz angebunden sein (inf)

5) (= insufficient) zu wenig inv; rations knapp

to be in short supply — knapp sein; (Comm) beschränkt lieferbar sein

we are (five/£3) short, we are short (of five/£3) — wir haben (fünf/£ 3) zu wenig

it's five/£3 short — es fehlen fünf/£ 3

we are seven short — uns (dat)

we are short of books/staff — wir haben zu wenig Bücher/Personal

we are not short of volunteers — wir haben genug Freiwillige, uns fehlt es nicht an Freiwilligen

to be short of time — wenig Zeit haben

I'm a bit short (of cash) (inf) — ich bin etwas knapp bei Kasse

he's one sandwich short of a picnic (hum inf) he's one or several cards short of a full deck ( US hum inf ) — er hat sie nicht alle beisammen (inf)

we are £2,000 short/not far short of our target — wir liegen £ 2.000/(nur) knapp unter unserem Ziel

not far or much short of £100 — nicht viel weniger als £ 100, beinahe £ 100, knapp unter £ 100

he is not far short of his fiftieth birthday now — er ist jetzt knapp unter fünfzig, ihm fehlt nicht mehr viel bis zu seinem fünfzigsten Geburtstag

to be short on experience/examples — wenig Erfahrung/Beispiele haben

to give sb short change — jdm zu wenig herausgeben or zu wenig Wechselgeld geben

See:

→ breath, measure

6) (FIN) sale ohne Deckung, ungedeckt; loan, bill kurzfristig

short stock — auf Baisse gekaufte Aktien

7) pastry mürbe

2. adv

1)

(= below the expected amount) to fall short (arrow etc) — zu kurz landen; (shot) zu kurz sein; (supplies etc) nicht ausreichen

that's where the book falls short — daran fehlt es dem Buch

to fall short of sth — etw nicht erreichen; of expectations etw nicht erfüllen

it fell 10 feet short of the target — es fehlten 10 Fuß zum Ziel, es war 10 Fuß zu kurz

it falls far short of what we require — das bleibt weit hinter unseren Bedürfnissen zurück; (in quantity) das bleibt weit unter unseren Bedürfnissen

production has fallen short by 100 tons — die Produktion ist um 100 Tonnen zu niedrig

to go short (of money/food etc) — zu wenig (Geld/zu essen etc) haben

we never went short — wir hatten immer genügend

the parents went short of food so that the children could eat — die Eltern haben an sich (dat) selbst gespart, damit die Kinder zu essen hatten

they never let the children go short — sie ließen es den Kindern an nichts fehlen

we are running short (of water/time) — wir haben nicht mehr viel (Wasser/Zeit)

I'm running short of ideas — mir gehen die Ideen aus

my patience is running short — meine Geduld ist bald zu Ende

sugar/water is running short — Zucker/Wasser ist knapp

to sell sb short (in shop) — jdm zuwenig geben

to sell oneself short (inf) — sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen, sich unter Wert verkaufen

to sell short (Fin) — ungedeckt or ohne Deckung verkaufen

2) (= abruptly, suddenly) plötzlich, abrupt

to pull up or stop short (while driving) — plötzlich or abrupt anhalten; (while walking also) plötzlich or abrupt stehen bleiben

to stop short (while talking) — plötzlich or unvermittelt innehalten

to stop sb short — jdn unterbrechen

to stop sth short — etw abbrechen

I'd stop short of murder —

he stopped short of actually calling me a liar — er ging nicht so weit, mich tatsächlich einen Lügner zu nennen

to catch sb short (inf) — jdn in einer Verlegenheit antreffen

to be caught short by sth — auf etw (acc) nicht vorbereitet sein

3)

it is nothing short of robbery — das ist glatter Diebstahl

nothing short of a revolution can... — nur eine Revolution kann...

it's little short of madness — das grenzt an Wahnsinn

it's little short of murder — das ist ja schon fast Mord

I don't see what you can do short of asking him yourself — ich sehe keine andere Möglichkeit, außer dass Sie ihn selbst fragen

short of telling him a lie... — außer ihn zu belügen...

3. n
(= short circuit) Kurzschluss, Kurze(r) (inf) m; (inf = short drink) Kurze(r) m (inf); (= short film) Kurzfilm m
to have/get sb by the short and curlies ( Brit inf ) — jdn am Wickel haben/kriegen (inf)

See:

→ long

4. vt (ELEC)
kurzschließen
5. vi (ELEC)
einen Kurzschluss haben
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short [ʃɔː(r)t]

A adj (adv → shortly)

1. (räumlich und zeitlich) kurz:

a short life (memory, street, etc);

a short time ago vor kurzer Zeit, vor Kurzem;

get the short end of the stick US umg schlecht wegkommen (bei einer Sache);

short holiday (bes US vacation) Kurzurlaub m; → hair Bes Redew, run A 1 a, shrift 2, ton¹ 1 b, work A 1

2. klein (von Gestalt)

3. kurz, knapp (Rede etc). “phone” is short for “telephone” „phone“ ist die Kurzform von „telephone“

4. kurz angebunden, barsch

5. knapp (Rationen, Stunde etc):

time was short;

run short knapp werden, zur Neige gehen ( → A 8)

6. fall ( oder come) short of fig etwas nicht erreichen, den Erwartungen etc nicht entsprechen, hinter einer Sache zurückbleiben

7. geringer, weniger ( beide:

of als):

little short of 10 dollars nicht ganz 10 Dollar;

nothing short of nichts weniger als, geradezu;

I need £100 but I’m still £10 short aber mir fehlen noch 10 Pfund;

they are one player short SPORT sie haben einen Mann weniger auf dem Platz oder Eis

8. knapp (of an dat):

short of breath kurzatmig;

short of cash ( oder money) knapp bei Kasse umg;

they ran short of bread das Brot ging ihnen aus ( → A 5)

9. mürbe (Gebäck etc)

10. brüchig (Metall etc)

11. besonders WIRTSCH kurzfristig, auf kurze Sicht (Wechsel etc):

at short date kurzfristig; → notice A 4

12. WIRTSCH Baisse…

13. a) klein, in einem kleinen Glas serviert:

short drink Schnaps m, Kurze(r) m

b) stark, unverdünnt

B adv

1. kurz(erhand), plötzlich, jäh, abrupt:

cut sb short jemandem über den Mund fahren, jemandem das Wort abschneiden fig,;

be taken ( oder caught) short umg dringend (verschwinden oder austreten) müssen;

stop short jäh innehalten, stutzen ( → B 3)

2. zu kurz:

throw short

3. short of

a) (kurz oder knapp) vor (dat),

b) abgesehen von, außer,

c) beinahe, fast:

it was little short of a miracle es grenzte an ein Wunder;

stop short of zurückschrecken vor (dat)( → B 1)

4. WIRTSCH ungedeckt:

sell short

a) ohne Deckung verkaufen, fixen,

b) fig umg bagatellisieren

C s

1. (etwas) Kurzes, z. B.

a) Kurzfilm m

b) MUS kurzer Ton

c) LIT kurze Silbe

d) LING Kürze f, kurzer Laut

e) (Morse) Punkt m, kurzes Zeichen; → long¹ C 1

2. Kurzform f:

he is called Bill for short er wird kurz oder der Kürze halber Bill genannt;

in short kurz(um)

3. Fehlbetrag m, Manko n

4. pl, auch pair of shorts

a) Shorts pl,

b) bes US (Herren)Unterhose f

5. ELEK Kurze(r) m umg (Kurzschluss)

6. WIRTSCH Baissespekulant(in)

7. pl WIRTSCH

a) ohne Deckung verkaufte Waren pl oder Wertpapiere pl

b) zur Deckung benötigte Wertpapiere pl (beim Blankoverkauf)

8. pl TECH Abfall- oder Nebenprodukte pl

9. pl feine (Weizen)Kleie

D v/t umg für short-circuit 1

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1. adjective
1) kurz

a short time or while ago/later — vor kurzem/kurze Zeit später

for a short time or while — eine kleine Weile; ein [kleines] Weilchen

a short time before he left — kurz bevor er ging

a short time or while before/after something — kurz vor/nach etwas (Dat.)

in a short time or while — (soon) bald; in Kürze

within a short [space of] time — innerhalb kurzer Zeit

in the short run or term — kurzfristig; kurzzeitig

wear one's hair/skirts short — seine Haare kurz tragen/kurze Röcke tragen

2) (not tall) klein [Person, Wuchs]; niedrig [Gebäude, Baum, Schornstein]

3) (not far-reaching) kurz [Wurf, Schuss, Gedächtnis]

4) (deficient, scanty) knapp

be in short supply — knapp sein

good doctors are in short supply — gute Ärzte sind rar od. (ugs.) sind Mangelware

be [far/not far] short of a record — einen Rekord [bei weitem] nicht erreichen/[knapp] verfehlen

somebody/something is so much/so many short — jemandem/einer Sache fehlt soundsoviel/fehlen soundsoviele

somebody is short of something — jemandem fehlt es an etwas (Dat.)

time is getting/is short — die Zeit wird/ist knapp

keep somebody short [of something] — jemanden [mit etwas] kurz halten

[have to] go short [of something] — [an etwas (Dat.)] Mangel leiden [müssen]

she is short of milk today — sie hat heute nicht genug Milch

the firm is short of staff — die Firma hat zu wenig Arbeitskräfte

be short [of cash] — knapp [bei Kasse] sein (ugs.)

he is just short of six feet/not far short of 60 — er ist knapp sechs Fuß [groß]/sechzig [Jahre alt]

it is nothing short of miraculous — es ist ein ausgesprochenes Wunder

5) (brief, concise) kurz

a short history of Wales — eine kurz gefasste Geschichte von Wales

the short answer is... — um es kurz zu machen: die Antwort ist...

short and sweet — (iron.) kurz und schmerzlos (ugs.)

in short,... — kurz,...

6) (curt, uncivil) kurz angebunden; barsch

7) (Cookery) mürbe [Teig]

8)

sell oneself short — (fig.) sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen

sell somebody/something short — (fig.) jemanden/etwas unterschätzen
2. adverb
1) (abruptly) plötzlich

stop short — plötzlich abbrechen; [Musik, Gespräch:] jäh (geh.) abbrechen

stop short at something — über etwas (Akk.) nicht hinausgehen

stop somebody short — jemandem ins Wort fallen

pull up short — plötzlich anhalten

bring or pull somebody up short — jemanden stutzen lassen

2) (curtly) kurz angebunden; barsch

3) (before the expected place or time)

jump/land short — zu kurz springen/zu früh landen (ugs.)

short of something — vor etwas (Dat.)

stop short of the line — vor der Linie stehen-/liegenbleiben

the bomb dropped short [of its target] — die Bombe fiel vor das Ziel

fall or come [far/considerably] short of something — etwas [bei weitem] nicht erreichen

stop short of something — (fig.) vor etwas zurückschrecken

stop short of doing something — davor zurückschrecken, etwas zu tun

4)

nothing short of a catastrophe/miracle can... — nur eine Katastrophe/ein Wunder kann...

short of locking him in, how can I keep him from going out? — wie kann ich ihn daran hindern auszugehen - es sei denn ich schlösse ihn ein?
3. noun
1) (Electr. coll.) Kurze, der (ugs.)

2) (coll.): (drink) Schnaps, der (ugs.)
4. transitive verb
(Electr. coll.) kurzschließen
5. intransitive verb
(Electr. coll.) einen Kurzschluss kriegen (ugs.)

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adj.

klein adj.

kurz adj.

English-german dictionary > short
16 disaster

noun

(a terrible event, especially one that causes great damage, loss etc: The earthquake was the greatest disaster the country had ever experienced.) desastre

- disastrous
- disastrously

disaster n desastre

disaster

tr[dɪ'zɑːstə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 (flood, earthquake) desastre nombre masculino, catástrofe nombre femenino; (crash, sinking, fire) desastre nombre masculino, siniestro

■ the worst air disaster since 1990 el peor desastre aéreo desde 1990

■ it was then that disaster struck fue entonces cuando se produjo la catástrofe

2 familiar (failure) desastre nombre masculino

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be a recipe for disaster buscarse problemas

to spell disaster for somebody/something resultar desastroso,-a para alguien/algo

disaster area (site of disaster) zona siniestrada 2 (mess) desastre nombre masculino

disaster fund fondo para los damnificados

disaster [dɪ'zæstər] n

: desastre m, catástrofe f

disaster

n.

• desastre s.m.

• siniestro s.m.

dɪ'zæstər, dɪ'zɑːstə(r)
noun

1) c (flood, earthquake) catástrofe f, desastre m; (crash, sinking) siniestro m, desastre m; (before n)

disaster fund — fondo m para los damnificados

2) c

a) ( fiasco) desastre m

b) ( hopeless person) (colloq) desastre m (fam)

3) u ( misfortune)

disaster struck — ocurrió or se produjo una catástrofe

[dɪ'zɑːstǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (=catastrophe) desastre m ; court 2., 2), strike 2., 2)

2) (=inept person) desastre m

2.

CPD

disaster area N — zona f catastrófica

he's a walking disaster area — hum es un puro desastre

disaster fund N — fondo m de ayuda para casos de desastre

disaster movie N — película f de catástrofes

disaster relief N — (=aid) ayuda f a las víctimas de una catástrofe

disaster victim N — víctima f de una catástrofe

disaster zone N — zona f catastrófica

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[dɪ'zæstər, dɪ'zɑːstə(r)]
noun

1) c (flood, earthquake) catástrofe f, desastre m; (crash, sinking) siniestro m, desastre m; (before n)

disaster fund — fondo m para los damnificados

2) c

a) ( fiasco) desastre m

b) ( hopeless person) (colloq) desastre m (fam)

3) u ( misfortune)

disaster struck — ocurrió or se produjo una catástrofe

English-spanish dictionary > disaster
17 tourner

tourner [tuʀne]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. to turn ; [+ sauce] to stir ; [+ salade] to toss

• tournez s.v.p. please turn over

• tourner et retourner [+ pensée, problème] to turn over and over in one's mind

• tourner la tête à qn [vin, succès] to go to sb's head ; [personne] to turn sb's head

   b. ( = orienter) [+ appareil, tête, yeux] to turn

• elle tourna son regard or les yeux vers la fenêtre she turned her eyes towards the window

• tourner la tête à droite/à gauche to turn one's head to the right/to the left

• quand il m'a vu, il a tourné la tête when he saw me he looked away

   c. [+ difficulté, règlement] to get round

• tourner la loi to find a loophole in the law

• il vient de tourner le coin de la rue he has just turned the corner

   d. [+ phrase] to turn ; [+ demande, lettre] to phrase

   e. ( = transformer) tourner qn/qch en ridicule to ridicule sb/sth

• il tourne tout à son avantage he turns everything to his own advantage

   f. tourner une scène [cinéaste] to film a scene ; [acteur] to act in a scene

• tourner un film ( = faire les prises de vues) to shoot a film ; ( = produire) to make a film ; ( = jouer) to make a film

• ils ont dû tourner en studio they had to do the filming in the studio

   g. [+ bois, ivoire] to turn ; [+ pot] to throw

2. intransitive verb

   a. to turn ; [toupie] to spin ; [taximètre] to tick away ; [usine, moteur] to run

• tourner sur soi-même to turn round ; (très vite) to spin round and round

• la grande aiguille tourne plus vite que la petite the big hand goes round faster than the small one

• l'heure tourne time's getting on

• tout d'un coup, j'ai vu tout tourner all of a sudden my head began to spin

• l'usine tourne à plein (régime) the factory is working at full capacity

• ce représentant tourne sur Lyon this sales representative covers Lyon

• son spectacle va tourner dans le Midi cet été his show is on tour in the South of France this summer

• faire tourner le moteur to run the engine

• faire tourner les tables (Spiritualism) to hold seances

• c'est elle qui fait tourner l'affaire she's the one who keeps the business going

• faire tourner la tête à qn [compliments, succès, vin] to go to sb's head ; [bruit, altitude] to make sb's head spin

• j'ai la tête qui tourne my head's spinning

• tourner de l'œil (inf) to pass out

► tourner autour de to turn round ; [terre, roue] to go round ; [oiseau] to fly round ; [mouches] to buzz round ; [prix] to be around or about (Brit)

• tourner autour de la piste to go round the track

• tourner autour de qn to hang round sb ; (par curiosité) to hover round sb

• l'enquête tourne autour de ces trois suspects the inquiry centres on these three suspects

• le prix doit tourner autour de 80 000 € the price must be around 80,000 euros

   b. [vent, opinion, chemin, promeneur] to turn

• la chance a tourné his (or her etc) luck has turned

• la voiture a tourné à gauche the car turned left

• tournez à droite au prochain feu rouge turn right at the next traffic lights

   c. ( = évoluer) bien tourner to turn out well

• mal tourner [farce, entreprise, personne] to turn out badly

• ça va mal tourner it'll end in trouble

• si les choses avaient tourné autrement if things had turned out differently

• tourner à l'avantage de qn to turn to sb's advantage

• le débat tournait à la polémique the debate was becoming increasingly heated

• tourner au drame/au tragique to take a dramatic/tragic turn

• tourner au vinaigre [vin] to turn vinegary ; (figurative) to turn sour

   d. [programme informatique] to work

• ça tourne sur quelles machines ? which machines does it work on?

   e. [lait] to turn sour ; [poisson, viande, fruits] to go bad

3. reflexive verb

► se tourner

• se tourner du côté de or vers qn/qch to turn towards sb/sth

• se tourner vers qn pour lui demander de l'aide to turn to sb for help

• se tourner vers une profession/la politique to turn to a profession/to politics

• une entreprise tournée vers l'avenir a forward-looking company

• se tourner et se retourner dans son lit to toss and turn in bed

• tourne-toi turn round

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tuʀne
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( faire pivoter) to turn [volant, clé, bouton, meuble]

tourner la tête vers — to turn to look at

tourner les yeux vers — to look at

le bruit m'a fait tourner la tête — I looked around at the noise

2) Cinéma to shoot [film, scène]

3) ( éluder) to get around [difficulté, loi]

4) ( formuler) to phrase [lettre, compliment, critique]

5) Technologie ( façonner) to turn [bois, pièce]; to throw [pot]

6) ( transformer)

tourner quelqu'un/quelque chose en dérision or ridicule — to deride ou ridicule somebody/something

7) ( orienter) to turn [pensées, attention] ( vers to); to direct [colère] ( contre against)

8) ( envisager)

tourner et retourner quelque chose dans son esprit — to mull something over

tourner une proposition en tous sens — to look at a proposal from every angle

9) ( remuer) to stir [sauce]; to toss [salade]

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( pivoter) gén [clé, disque] to turn; [roue] to turn, to revolve; [planète, hélice] to rotate; [porte à gonds] to swing; [porte à tambour] to revolve; ( rapidement) [toupie, danseur] to spin

tourner sur soi-même — to spin around

faire tourner — gén to turn; ( rapidement) to spin

faire tourner les tables — ( en spiritisme) to do table-turning

2) ( graviter)

tourner autour de — gén to turn around; [planète, étoile] to revolve around; [avion] to circle

3) ( aller et venir)

tourner (en rond) — [personne] to go around and around; [automobiliste] to drive around and around

tourner en rond — fig [discussion] to go around in circles

il tourne dans son bureau depuis une heure — he has been pacing up and down in his office for the last hour

4) ( virer) to turn ( vers toward(s))

tournez à gauche — turn left

le chemin tourne entre les arbres — the path winds between the trees

5) ( se situer)

tourner autour de — [effectifs, somme d'argent] to be (somewhere) in the region of, to be round about (colloq) GB, to be around

6) ( fonctionner) [moteur, usine] to run

tourner rond — [moteur] to run smoothly; [entreprise, affaires] to be doing well

les affaires tournent (bien) — business is good

faire tourner — to run [entreprise]

il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans cette histoire — (colloq) there's something fishy (colloq) about this business

mon frère ne tourne pas rond (colloq) depuis quelque temps — my brother has been acting strangely for some time

7) ( évoluer)

les choses ont bien/mal tourné pour lui — things turned out well/badly for him

leur frère a mal tourné — their brother turned out badly

leur réunion a mal tourné — their meeting went badly

tourner à l'avantage de quelqu'un/au désavantage de quelqu'un — to swing in somebody's favour [BrE]/against somebody

la réunion a tourné à la bagarre/en mascarade — the meeting turned into a brawl/into a farce

8) Cinéma [réalisateur] to shoot, to film

tourner (dans un film) — [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US

elle a tourné avec les plus grands acteurs — she's worked with top actors

9) ( faire une tournée) [représentant, spectacle] to tour

10) ( fermenter) [lait, sauce, viande] to go off

11) ( chercher à séduire)

tourner autour de quelqu'un — to hang around somebody

3.

se tourner verbe pronominal

1) (se diriger, par intérêt ou besoin)

se tourner vers or du côté de quelqu'un/quelque chose — to turn to somebody/something

ne pas savoir vers qui se tourner/de quel côté se tourner — not to know who to turn to/which way to turn

2) ( changer de position)

se tourner vers quelqu'un/quelque chose — to turn toward(s) somebody/something

tous les yeux se sont tournés vers elle — all eyes turned toward(s) her

3) ( faire demi-tour sur soi-même) to turn around

tourne-toi un peu plus sur la or à gauche — just turn a little bit more to the left

se tourner et se retourner dans son lit — to toss and turn

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tuʀne
1. vt

1) [manivelle, poignée] to turn

2) [sauce, mélange] to stir, [salade] to toss

3) CINÉMA, [scène] to shoot

tourner un film — to make a film

4) (= contourner) [obstacle] to get around, to get round Grande-Bretagne

5) (autres locutions)

tourner la tête — to look away

tourner la tête à qn fig — to go to sb's head

tourner la page fig — to turn the page

tourner le dos à (mouvement) — to turn one's back on, (position) to have one's back to

tourner en ridicule — to ridicule

2. vi

1) (mouvement, direction, orientation) to turn

Tournez à droite au prochain feu. — Turn right at the lights.

2) [moteur] to run

3) [compteur] to tick away

4) [lait] to go sour, to turn

Le lait a tourné. — The milk's gone sour., The milk has turned.

5) fig (= changer) [chance] to turn, [temps] to change

6) (autres locutions)

bien tourner — to turn out well

mal tourner — to go wrong

Ça a mal tourné. — It all went wrong.

tourner de l'œil — to pass out

tourner autour du pot fig — to go round in circles

tourner à; tourner en — to turn into

tourner à la pluie — to turn to rain

tourner court — to come to a sudden end

tourner autour de (à pied, en voiture) — to go around, [axe, planète] to revolve around, péjoratif (= rôder) to hang around

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tourner verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( faire pivoter) to turn [volant, clé, bouton, meuble]; tourner la tête vers to turn to look at; tourner les yeux vers to look at; le bruit m'a fait tourner la tête I looked around at the noise; ⇒ bouche, tête;

2 Cin to shoot [film, scène]; scène tournée à Pékin scene shot in Beijing; ⇒ bout;

3 ( éluder) to get around [difficulté, obstacle, problème, loi];

4 ( formuler) to phrase [lettre, compliment, critique]; il tourne bien ses phrases he has a nice turn of phrase; il tourne mal ses phrases he doesn't have a very elegant turn of phrase;

5 Tech ( façonner) to turn [bois, pièce]; to throw [pot];

6 ( transformer) tourner qn en dérision or ridicule to make sb a laughing stock; tourner qch en dérision to make a mockery of sth;

7 ( orienter) to turn [pensées, attention] (vers to); to direct [colère] (contre against);

8 ( envisager) tourner et retourner qch dans son esprit to mull sth over; tourner une proposition en tous sens pour en trouver les implications to look at a proposal from every angle to work out the implications;

9 ( remuer) to stir [sauce]; to toss [salade].

B vi

1 ( pivoter) gén [clé, disque] to turn; [roue] to turn, to revolve; [planète, rotor, hélice] to rotate; [porte à gonds] to swing; [porte à tambour] to revolve; ( rapidement) [toupie, étoile, particule, danseur] to spin; tourner sur soi-même to spin around; faire tourner gén to turn; ( rapidement) to spin; danseur qui fait tourner sa partenaire dancer spinning his partner around; faire tourner les tables ( en spiritisme) to do table-turning; ⇒ heure, œil, tête;

2 ( graviter) tourner autour de gén to turn around; [planète, étoile] to revolve around; [avion] to circle; tourner au-dessus de [hélicoptère, oiseau] to circle over; [insecte] to buzz around;

3 ( aller et venir) tourner (en rond) [personne] to go around and around; [automobiliste] to drive around and around; tourner en rond fig [discussion, négociations] to go around in circles; ça fait une heure qu'on tourne ( en voiture) we've been driving around for an hour; il tourne dans son bureau depuis une heure he has been pacing up and down in his office for the last hour; ⇒ cage, pot;

4 ( virer) to turn (vers toward, towards GB); tournez à gauche turn left; le chemin tourne entre les arbres the path winds between the trees; ⇒ chance, vent;

5 ( se situer) tourner autour de [effectifs, somme d'argent] to be (somewhere) in the region of, to be round about○ GB, to be around;

6 ( fonctionner) [moteur, usine, entreprise] to run; tourner rond [moteur] to run smoothly; [entreprise, affaires] to be doing well; l'usine tourne au tiers de sa capacité the factory is running at one third of its capacity; les affaires tournent (bien) business is good; faire tourner qch to run sth [entreprise]; il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans cette histoire○ there's something fishy○ about this business; mon frère ne tourne pas rond depuis quelque temps○ my brother has been acting strangely for some time;

7 ( évoluer) comment ont tourné les choses? how did things turn out?; les choses ont bien/mal tourné pour lui things turned out well/badly for him; leur frère a mal tourné their brother turned out badly; leur réunion a mal tourné their meeting went badly; tourner à l'avantage de qn/au désavantage de qn to swing in sb's favour^GB/against sb; la réunion a tourné à la bagarre /en mascarade the meeting turned into a brawl/into a farce; mon rhume a tourné en bronchite my cold turned into bronchitis;

8 Cin [réalisateur] to shoot, to film; [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US; tourner dans un film [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US; tourner en Espagne to shoot in Spain; elle a tourné avec les plus grands acteurs she's worked with top actors; silence, on tourne! quiet everyone, we're shooting!;

9 ( faire une tournée) [représentant, spectacle] to tour; troupe de théâtre qui tourne en Europe theatre^GB company touring (in) Europe; le spectacle a tourné dans toute la France the show went all over France on tour;

10 ( fermenter) [lait, sauce, viande] to go off;

11 ( chercher à séduire) tourner autour de qn to hang around sb; qu'est-ce qu'il a à me tourner autour○? why doesn't he leave me alone?

C se tourner vpr

1 (se diriger, par intérêt ou besoin) se tourner vers or du côté de qn/qch to turn to sb/sth; se tourner vers la botanique/un ami to turn to botany/a friend; se tourner du côté du mysticisme to turn to mysticism; ne pas savoir vers qui se tourner/de quel côté se tourner not to know who to turn to/which way to turn; de quelque côté qu'on se tourne whichever way you turn;

2 ( changer de position) se tourner vers qn/qch to turn toward(s) sb/sth; tous les yeux se sont tournés vers elle all eyes turned toward(s) her; nous nous sommes tournés dans la direction d'où venait le bruit we turned in the direction of the noise;

3 ( faire demi-tour sur soi-même) to turn around; tournez-vous, je me change! turn around, I'm changing!; tourne-toi, que je voie ta coupe de cheveux turn around and let me see your haircut; tourne-toi un peu plus sur la or à gauche just turn a little bit more to the left; se tourner et se retourner dans son lit to toss and turn; ⇒ pouce.

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[turne] verbe intransitif

A.[DÉCRIRE DES CERCLES]

1. [se mouvoir autour d'un axe - girouette] to turn, to revolve ; [ - disque] to revolve, to spin

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[turne] verbe intransitif

A.[DÉCRIRE DES CERCLES]

1. [se mouvoir autour d'un axe - girouette] to turn, to revolve ; [ - disque] to revolve, to spin ; [ - aiguille de montre, manège] to turn, to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - objet suspendu, rouet, toupie] to spin (round (UK)) ou around ; [ - aile de moulin] to turn ou to spin round (UK) ou around ; [ - clef, pédale, poignée] to turn ; [ - hélice, roue, tour] to spin, to rotate

tourner sur soi-même

a. to turn round

b. [vite] to spin (round and round)

la Terre tourne sur elle-même the Earth spins on its axis

je voyais tout tourner everything was spinning ou swimming

faire tourner

a. [pièce de monnaie, manège, roue] to spin

b. [clef] to turn

faire tourner les tables to do table-turning

j'ai la tête qui tourne my head's spinning

ça me fait tourner la tête it makes my head spin

tourner de l'œil (familier) to pass out, to faint

2. [se déplacer en cercle - personne] to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - oiseau] to fly ou to wheel round (UK) ou around, to circle (round (UK)) ou around ; [ - insecte] to fly ou to buzz round (UK) ou around ; [ - avion] to fly round (UK) ou around (in circles), to circle ; [ - astre, satellite] to revolve, to go round (UK) ou around

les prisonniers tournaient dans la cour the prisoners were walking round (and round) the yard

j'ai tourné 10 minutes avant de trouver à me garer I drove round for 10 minutes before I found a parking space

3. (familier) [être en tournée - chanteur] to (be on) tour

notre représentant tourne dans votre région en ce moment our representative is in your area at the moment

B.[CHANGER D'ORIENTATION, D'ÉTAT]

1. [changer de direction - vent] to turn, to veer, to shift ; [ - personne] to turn (off) ; [ - véhicule] to turn (off), to make a turn ; [ - route] to turn, to bend

tournez à droite turn (off to the) right

tourne dans l'allée turn into the drive

tourner au coin de la rue to turn at the corner (of the street)

la chance ou la fortune a tourné (pour eux) their luck has changed

2. [faire demi-tour] to turn (round (UK)) ou around

tourne dans le parking turn round in the car park (UK) ou parking lot (US)

3. (familier) [se succéder - équipes] to rotate

les médecins tournent pour assurer les urgences the doctors operate a rota system to cover emergencies

4. [évoluer] to go, to turn out

bien tourner [situation, personne] to turn out well ou satisfactorily

mal tourner [initiative, plaisanterie] to turn out badly, to go wrong

tout ça va mal tourner! no good will come of it!

la conversation a très mal tourné the discussion took a very nasty turn

un jeune qui a mal tourné a youngster who turned out badly ou went off the straight and narrow

5. [s'altérer - lait] to go off (UK), ou bad (US), to turn (sour) ; [ - viande] to go off (UK) ou bad ; [ - crème, mayonnaise] to curdle

faire tourner du lait/une mayonnaise to curdle milk/mayonnaise

C.[MARCHER, RÉUSSIR]

1. [fonctionner - compteur] to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - taximètre] to tick away ; [ - programme informatique] to run

le moteur tourne the engine's running ou going

faire tourner un moteur (à plein régime) to run an engine (at full throttle)

l'heure ou la pendule tourne time passes

l'usine tourne à plein (rendement) the factory's working at full capacity

faire tourner une entreprise [directeur] to run a business

ce sont les commandes étrangères qui font tourner l'entreprise orders from abroad keep the business going

2. [réussir - affaire, entreprise, économie] to be running well

alors, les affaires, ça tourne? (familier) so, how's business (going)?

ça ne tourne pas très bien entre eux (familier) it's not going too well between them

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[turne] verbe transitif

A.[FAIRE CHANGER D'ORIENTATION]

1. [faire pivoter - bouton, clé, poignée, volant] to turn

tourne le bouton jusqu'au 7 turn the knob to 7

il faut tourner le couvercle pour ouvrir le bocal it's a jar with a twist-off top

2. [mélanger - sauce, café] to (give a) stir ; [ - salade] to toss

3. [diriger - antenne, visage, yeux] to turn

tourner son regard ou les yeux vers to turn one's eyes ou to look towards

tourner ses pensées vers to turn one's thoughts to ou towards

tourner son attention vers to focus one's attention on, to turn one's attention to

4. [retourner - carte] to turn over ou up (separable) ; [ - page] to turn (over) (separable) ; [ - brochette, grillade] to give a turn, to turn (over) (separable)

tourner quelque chose contre un mur to turn something against ou to face a wall

tourner et retourner, tourner dans tous les sens

a. [boîte, gadget] to turn over and over

b. [problème] to turn over and over (in one's mind), to mull over

tourner la mêlée SPORT to wheel the scrum (round)

5. [contourner - cap] to round ; [ - coin de rue] to turn ; [ - ennemi] to get round (inseparable)

tourner la difficulté/le règlement/la loi (figuré) to get round the problem/regulations/law

6. (locution)

tourner le cœur à quelqu'un

a. (sens propre) to nauseate somebody, to turn somebody's stomach

b. (figuré) to break somebody's heart

B.cinématélévision

1. [cinéaste]

tourner un film

a. to shoot ou to make a film (UK) ou movie (US)

b. [acteur] to make a film (UK) ou movie (US)

tourner une scène

a. [cinéaste] to shoot ou to film a scene

b. [acteur] to play ou to act a scene

2. (en usage absolu)

elle a tourné plusieurs fois avec Pasolini she played in several of Pasolini's films (UK) ou movies (US)

silence, on tourne! quiet please, action!

C.[METTRE EN FORME]

1. MENUISERIE & MÉTALLURGIE to turn

2. [formuler - compliment] to turn ; [ - critique] to phrase, to express

je ne sais pas comment tourner cela I don't know how to put it

il tourne bien ses phrases he's got a neat turn of phrase

3. [transformer]

elle tourne tout au tragique she always makes a drama out of everything

tourner quelque chose à son avantage/désavantage to turn something to one's advantage/disadvantage

tourner quelque chose/quelqu'un en ridicule to ridicule something/somebody, to make fun of something/somebody

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tourner à verbe plus préposition

tourner au burlesque/drame to take a ludicrous/tragic turn

tourner à la catastrophe to take a disastrous turn

tourner au ridicule to become ridiculous

ça tourne à la farce! it's turning into a farce!

le temps tourne à la pluie/neige it looks like rain/snow

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tourner autour de verbe plus préposition

1. [axe] to move ou to turn round

les planètes qui tournent autour du Soleil the planets revolving round the Sun

l'escalier tourne autour de l'ascenseur the staircase spirals ou winds round the lift

2. [rôder]

tourner autour de quelqu'un

a. [généralement] to hang ou to hover round somebody

b. [pour le courtiser] to hang round somebody

les enfants tournaient autour du magasin depuis un moment

a. [par désœuvrement] the children had been hanging around outside the shop for a while

b. [avec de mauvaises intentions] the children had been loitering outside the shop for a while

3. [valoir environ] to be around ou about, to be in the region of

les réparations devraient tourner autour de 200 euro the repairs should cost around ou should cost about ou should be in the region of 200 euro

4. [concerner - suj: conversation] to revolve round, to centre ou to focus on ; [ - suj: enquête policière] to centre on

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tourner en verbe plus préposition

to turn ou to change into

la neige tourne en gadoue the snow's turning into slush

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se tourner verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [faire un demi-tour] to turn round

tourne-toi, je me déshabille turn round ou turn your back, I'm getting undressed

2. [changer de position] to turn

il se tournait et se retournait dans son lit he was tossing and turning in his bed

tourne-toi sur le ventre turn over onto your belly

(figuré)

de quelque côté qu'on se tourne wherever ou whichever way you turn

je ne sais plus de quel côté me tourner I don't know which way to turn any more

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se tourner contre verbe pronominal plus préposition

to turn against

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se tourner en verbe pronominal plus préposition

(littéraire)

to turn into

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se tourner vers verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [s'orienter vers] to turn towards

tous les regards se tournèrent vers elle all eyes turned to look at her

2. (figuré)

se tourner vers quelqu'un/Dieu to turn to somebody/God

se tourner vers une carrière to take up a career

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tourner
18 near

1. adverb
1) (at a short distance) nah[e]

stand/live [quite] near — [ganz] in der Nähe stehen/wohnen

come or draw near/nearer — [Tag, Zeitpunkt:] nahen/näherrücken

get nearer together — näher zusammenrücken

near at hand — in Reichweite (Dat.); [Ort] ganz in der Nähe

be near at hand — [Ereignis:] nahe bevorstehen

so near and yet so far — so nah und doch so fern

2) (closely)

near to = 2 a, b, c; we were near to being drowned — wir wären fast od. beinah[e] ertrunken
2. preposition
1) (in space) (position) nahe an/bei (+ Dat.); (motion) nahe an (+ Akk.); (fig.) nahe (geh.) nachgestellt (+ Dat.); in der Nähe (+ Gen.)

go near the water's edge — nahe ans Ufer gehen

keep near me — halte dich od. bleib in meiner Nähe

near where... — in der Nähe od. unweit der Stelle (Gen.), wo...

move it nearer her — rücke es näher zu ihr

don't stand so near the fire — geh nicht so nahe od. dicht an das Feuer

when we got nearer Oxford — als wir in die Nähe von Oxford kamen

wait till we're nearer home — warte, bis wir nicht mehr so weit von zu Hause weg sind

don't come near me — komm mir nicht zu nahe

it's near here — es ist hier in der Nähe

the man near/nearest you — der Mann, der bei dir/der dir am nächsten steht

2) (in quality)

nobody comes anywhere near him at swimming — im Schwimmen kommt bei weitem keiner an ihn heran

we're no nearer solving the problem — wir sind der Lösung des Problems nicht nähergekommen

3) (in time)

ask me again nearer the time — frag mich, wenn der Zeitpunkt etwas näher gerückt ist, noch einmal

it's drawing near Christmas — es geht auf Weihnachten zu

come back nearer 8 o'clock — komm kurz vor 8 Uhr noch einmal zurück

near the end/the beginning of something — gegen Ende/zu Anfang einer Sache (Gen.)

4) in comb. Beinahe[unfall, -zusammenstoß, -katastrophe]

near-hysterical — fast hysterisch

be in a state of near-collapse — kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch stehen

a near-miracle — fast od. beinahe ein Wunder
3. adjective
1) (in space or time) nahe

in the near future — in nächster Zukunft

the chair is nearer — der Stuhl steht näher

our nearest neighbours — unsere nächsten Nachbarn

2) (closely related) nahe [Verwandte]; eng [Freund]

near and dear — lieb und teuer

3) (in nature) fast richtig [Vermutung]; groß [Ähnlichkeit]

£30 or near/nearest offer — 30 Pfund oder nächstbestes Angebot

this is the nearest equivalent — dies entspricht dem am ehesten

that's the nearest you'll get to an answer — eine weitergehende Antwort wirst du nicht bekommen

near escape — Entkommen mit knapper Not

round it up to the nearest penny — runde es auf den nächsthöheren Pfennigbetrag

be a near miss — [Schuss, Wurf:] knapp danebengehen

that was a near miss — (escape) das war aber knapp!

4)

the near side — (Brit.) (travelling on the left/right) die linke/rechte Seite

5) (direct)

4 miles by the nearest road — 4 Meilen auf dem kürzesten Wege
4. transitive verb
sich nähern (+ Dat.)

the building is nearing completion — das Gebäude steht kurz vor seiner Vollendung

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[niə] 1. adjective
1) (not far away in place or time: The station is quite near; Christmas is getting near.) nahe

2) (not far away in relationship: He is a near relation.) nahe
2. adverb
1) (to or at a short distance from here or the place mentioned: He lives quite near.) nahe

2) ((with to) close to: Don't sit too near to the window.) nahe
3. preposition
(at a very small distance from (in place, time etc): She lives near the church; It was near midnight when they arrived.) nahe
4. verb
(to come near (to): The roads became busier as they neared the town; as evening was nearing.) sich nähren

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near

[nɪəʳ, AM nɪr]

I. adj

1. (close in space) nahe, in der Nähe

where's the \nearest phone box? wo ist die nächste Telefonzelle?

in the \near distance [ganz] in der Nähe

2. (close in time) nahe

in the \near future in der nahen Zukunft

3. (most similar)

▪ \nearest am nächsten

walking in these boots is the \nearest thing to floating on air in diesen Stiefeln läuft man fast wie auf Watte

this was the \nearest equivalent to cottage cheese I could find von allem, was ich auftreiben konnte, ist das hier Hüttenkäse am ähnlichsten

he rounded up the sum to the \nearest dollar er rundete die Summe auf den nächsten Dollar auf

4. attr (close to being)

he was in a state of \near despair er war der Verzweiflung nahe

that's a \near certainty/impossibility das ist so gut wie sicher/unmöglich

a \near catastrophe/collision eine Beinahekatastrophe/ein Beinahezusammenstoß m

5. attr (person) nahe, eng

he's a \near neighbour er gehört zu der unmittelbaren Nachbarschaft

\near relative enge[r] [o nahe[r]] Verwandte[r]

his \nearest and dearest ( hum) seine Lieben hum

6. attr BRIT, AUS AUTO, TRANSP (nearside) auf der Beifahrerseite präd, nach n

7.

▶ a \near thing:

that was a \near thing! it could have been a disaster das war aber knapp! es hätte ein Unglück geben können

she won in the end but it was a \near thing am Ende hat sie doch noch gewonnen, aber es war knapp

II. adv

1. (close in space) nahe

do you live somewhere \near? wohnst du hier irgendwo in der Nähe?

I wish we lived \nearer ich wünschte, wir würden näher beieinanderwohnen

I was standing just \near enough to hear what he was saying ich stand gerade nah genug, um zu hören, was er sagte

\near at hand object in [unmittelbarer] Reichweite; place [ganz] in der Nähe

2. (close in time) nahe

to draw [or get] \near näher rücken

the time is drawing \nearer die Zeit rückt näher

3. (almost) beinahe, fast

a \near perfect performance eine fast perfekte Vorstellung

I \near fell out or the chair ich wäre beinahe vom Stuhl gefallen

as \near as:

as \near as he could recall, the burglar had been tall soweit er sich erinnern konnte, war der Einbrecher groß gewesen

I'm as \near certain as can be ich bin mir so gut wie sicher

there were about 60 people at the party, as \near as I could judge ich schätze, es waren so um die 60 Leute auf der Party

\near enough ( fam) fast, beinahe

she's been here 10 years, \near enough sie ist seit 10 Jahren hier, so ungefähr jedenfalls

they're the same age or \near enough sie haben so ungefähr dasselbe Alter

nowhere [or not anywhere] \near bei Weitem nicht

his income is nowhere \near enough to live on sein Einkommen reicht bei Weitem nicht zum Leben [aus]

he's not anywhere \near as [or so] tall as his sister er ist längst nicht so groß wie seine Schwester

4.

▶ as \near as dammit [or damn it] BRIT ( fam)

it will cost £200, or as \near as dammit so Pi mal Daumen gerechnet wird es etwa 200 Pfund kosten

III. prep

1. (in proximity to)

▪ \near [to] nahe [bei] + dat

he stood \near her er stand nahe [o dicht] bei ihr

do you live \near here? wohnen Sie hier in der Nähe?

we live quite \near [to] a school wir wohnen in unmittelbarer Nähe einer Schule

the house was nowhere \near the port das Haus lag nicht mal in der Nähe des Hafens

don't come too \near me, you might catch my cold komm mir nicht zu nahe, du könntest dich mit meiner Erkältung anstecken

which bus stop is \nearest [to] your house? welche Bushaltestelle ist von deinem Haus aus die nächste?

go and sit \nearer [to] the fire komm, setz dich näher ans Feuer

there's a car park \near the factory bei [o in der Nähe] der Fabrik gibt es einen Parkplatz

2. (almost time of)

I shan't be home till some time \near midnight ich werde erst so um Mitternacht zurück sein

it's nowhere \near time for us to leave yet es ist noch längst nicht Zeit für uns zu gehen

I'm nowhere \near finishing the book ich habe das Buch noch längst nicht ausgelesen

details will be given \near the date die Einzelheiten werden kurz vor dem Termin bekanntgegeben

his birthday is very \near Easter er hat kurz vor Ostern Geburtstag

I'll think about it \nearer [to] the time wenn die Zeit reif ist, dann werde ich drüber nachdenken

\near the end of the war gegen Kriegsende

3. (close to a state) nahe

we came \near to being killed wir wären beinahe getötet worden

they came \near to blows over the election results sie hätten sich fast geprügelt wegen der Wahlergebnisse

\near to starvation/dehydration nahe dem Verhungern/Verdursten

\near to tears den Tränen nahe

4. (similar in quantity or quality)

he's \nearer 70 than 60 er ist eher 70 als 60

this colour is \nearest [to] the original diese Farbe kommt dem Original am nächsten

nobody else comes \near him in cooking was das Kochen angeht, da kommt keiner an ihn ran

5. (about ready to)

▪ to be \near to doing sth nahe daran sein, etw akk zu tun

I am \near to losing my temper ich verliere gleich die Geduld

he came \near to punching him er hätte ihn beinahe geschlagen

6. (like)

he felt something \near envy er empfand so etwas wie Neid

what he said was nothing \near the truth was er sagte, entsprach nicht im Entferntesten der Wahrheit

7. (almost amount of) annähernd, fast

it weighed \near to a pound es wog etwas weniger als ein Pfund

temperatures \near 30 degrees Temperaturen von etwas unter 30 Grad

profits fell from £8 million to \nearer £6 million die Gewinne sind von 8 Millionen auf gerade mal 6 Millionen zurückgegangen

IV. vt

▪ to \near sth sich akk etw dat nähern, etw dat näher kommen

we \neared the top of the mountain wir kamen dem Gipfel des Berges immer näher

to \near completion kurz vor der Vollendung stehen

sb \nears his/her end ( liter) jds Ende naht euph

V. vi sich akk nähern, näher kommen [o rücken]

lunchtime is \nearing es ist bald Mittagszeit

as Christmas \neared, little Susan became more and more excited als Weihnachten nahte, wurde die kleine Susan immer aufgeregter

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[nɪə(r)] (+er)
1. ADVERB

1) = close in space or time nahe

he lives quite near — er wohnt ganz in der Nähe

don't sit/stand so near — setzen Sie sich/stehen Sie nicht so nahe (daran)

you live nearer/nearest — du wohnst näher/am nächsten

to move/come nearer — näher kommen

could you move nearer together? — könnten Sie näher or enger zusammenrücken?

that was the nearest I ever got to seeing him — da hätte ich ihn fast gesehen

this is the nearest I can get to solving the problem — besser kann ich das Problem nicht lösen

that's the nearest I ever got to being fired — da hätte nicht viel gefehlt und ich wäre rausgeworfen worden

the nearer it gets to the election, the more they look like losing — je näher die Wahl kommt or rückt, desto mehr sieht es danach aus, dass sie verlieren werden __diams; to be near at hand zur Hand sein; (shops) in der Nähe sein; (help) ganz nahe sein; (event) unmittelbar bevorstehen

2) = closely, accurately genau

as near as I can tell —

the same size as near as dammit (inf) — fast genau die gleiche Größe

(that's) near enough — so gehts ungefähr, das haut so ungefähr hin (inf)

... no, but near enough —... nein, aber es ist nicht weit davon entfernt

there were near enough 60 people at the party — es waren knapp 60 Leute auf der Party

they're the same length or as near as makes no difference — sie sind so gut wie gleich lang

it's as near stopped as makes no difference — es hat so gut wie aufgehört

3) = almost fast, beinahe; impossible nahezu, fast; dead nahezu

he very near succeeded — fast or beinahe wäre es ihm gelungen

4)

in negative statements it's nowhere near enough — das ist bei Weitem nicht genug

it's nowhere near right — das ist weit gefehlt

we're not any nearer (to) solving the problem — wir sind der Lösung des Problems kein bisschen näher gekommen

we're nowhere or not anywhere near finishing the book —

nowhere near as much — lange or bei Weitem nicht so viel

you are nowhere or not anywhere near the truth — das ist weit gefehlt, du bist weit von der Wahrheit entfernt

he is nowhere or not anywhere near as clever as you — er ist lange or bei Weitem nicht so klug wie du

2. PREPOSITION
(also ADV: near to)
1) = close to position nahe an (+dat), nahe (+dat); (with motion) nahe an (+acc); (= in the vicinity of) in der Nähe von or +gen; (with motion) in die Nähe von or +gen

to get near (to) the church — in die Nähe der Kirche kommen

he lives near (to) the border — er wohnt in der Nähe der Grenze or nahe der Grenze

the hotel is very near (to) the station — das Hotel liegt ganz in der Nähe des Bahnhofs

move the chair near/nearer (to) the table — rücken Sie den Stuhl an den/näher an den Tisch

to get near/nearer (to) sb/sth — nahe/näher an jdn/etw herankommen

to stand near/nearer (to) the table — nahe/näher am Tisch stehen

he won't go near anything illegal —

when we got near (to) the house — als wir an das Haus herankamen or in die Nähe des Hauses kamen

when we are nearer home — wenn wir nicht mehr so weit von zu Hause weg sind

keep near me — bleib in meiner Nähe

near here/there — hier/dort in der Nähe

don't come near me — komm mir nicht zu nahe

near (to) where I had seen him — nahe der Stelle, wo ich ihn gesehen hatte

to be nearest to sth — einer Sache (dat) am nächsten sein

take the chair nearest (to) you/the table — nehmen Sie den Stuhl direkt neben Ihnen/dem Tisch

that's nearer it —

the adaptation is very near (to) the original — die Bearbeitung hält sich eng ans Original

to be near (to) sb's heart or sb — jdm am Herzen liegen

to be near (to) the knuckle or bone (joke) — gewagt sein; (remark) hart an der Grenze sein

2) = close in time with time stipulated gegen

near (to) death — dem Tode nahe

she is near her time — es ist bald so weit (bei ihr)

near (to) the appointed time — um die ausgemachte Zeit herum

phone again nearer (to) Christmas — rufen Sie vor Weihnachten noch einmal an

come back nearer (to) 3 o'clock —

on the Wednesday nearest Easter — am Mittwoch (direkt) vor Ostern

to be nearer/nearest (to) sth — einer Sache (dat) zeitlich näher liegen/am nächsten liegen

near (to) the end of my stay/the play/the book — gegen Ende meines Aufenthalts/des Stücks/des Buchs

I'm near (to) the end of the book — ich habe das Buch fast zu Ende gelesen

she's near (to) the end of her stay — ihr Aufenthalt ist fast zu Ende or vorbei

her birthday is near (to) mine — ihr und mein Geburtstag liegen nahe beieinander

the sun was near (to) setting —

it is drawing near (to) Christmas — es geht auf Weihnachten zu

as it drew near/nearer (to) his departure — als seine Abreise heranrückte/näher heranrückte

3)

= on the point of to be near (to) doing sth — nahe daran sein, etw zu tun

to be near (to) tears/despair etc — den Tränen/der Verzweiflung etc nahe sein

she was near (to) laughing out loud — sie hätte beinahe laut gelacht

the project is near/nearer (to) completion —

he came near to ruining his chances — er hätte sich seine Chancen beinahe verdorben, es hätte nicht viel gefehlt, und er hätte sich seine Chancen verdorben

we were near to being drowned — wir waren dem Ertrinken nahe, wir wären beinahe ertrunken

4) = similar to ähnlich (+dat)

German is nearer (to) Dutch than English is — Deutsch ist dem Holländischen ähnlicher als Englisch

it's the same thing or near it —

nobody comes anywhere near him at swimming (inf) — im Schwimmen kann es niemand mit ihm aufnehmen (inf)

3. ADJECTIVE

1) = close in space or time nahe

to be near (person, object) — in der Nähe sein; (danger, end, help) nahe sein; (event, departure, festival) bevorstehen

to be very near — ganz in der Nähe sein; (in time) nahe or unmittelbar bevorstehen; (danger etc) ganz nahe sein

to be nearer/nearest — näher/am nächsten sein; (event etc) zeitlich näher/am nächsten liegen

it looks very near —

our nearest neighbours are 5 miles away — unsere nächsten Nachbarn sind 5 Meilen entfernt

these glasses make things look nearer — diese Brille lässt alles näher erscheinen

his answer was nearer than mine/nearest — seine Antwort traf eher zu als meine/traf die Sachlage am ehesten

when death is so near — wenn man dem Tod nahe ist

these events are still very near —

the hour is near (when...) (old) her hour was near (old) — die Stunde ist nahe(, da...) (old) ihre Stunde war nahe (old)

2) fig escape knapp

a near disaster/accident — beinahe or fast ein Unglück nt/ein Unfall m

his nearest rival — sein schärfster Rivale, seine schärfste Rivalin

our nearest competition — unsere stärkste Konkurrenz

to be in a state of near collapse/hysteria — am Rande eines Zusammenbruchs/der Hysterie sein

round up the figure to the nearest pound — runden Sie die Zahl auf das nächste Pfund auf

£50 or nearest offer (Comm) — Verhandlungsbasis £ 50

we'll sell it for £50, or nearest offer — wir verkaufen es für £ 50 oder das nächstbeste Angebot

the nearest in line to the throne — der unmittelbare Thronfolger

this is the nearest equivalent — das kommt dem am Nächsten

this is the nearest translation you'll get — besser kann man es kaum übersetzen, diese Übersetzung trifft es noch am ehesten

that's the nearest thing you'll get to a compliment/an answer — ein besseres Kompliment/eine bessere Antwort kannst du kaum erwarten

3) = closely related, intimate relation nah; friend nah, vertraut

my nearest and dearest — meine Lieben

a near and dear friend — ein lieber und teurer Freund

4. TRANSITIVE VERB
sich nähern (+dat)
he was nearing his end — sein Leben neigte sich dem Ende zu

to be nearing sth (fig) — auf etw (acc) zugehen

she was nearing fifty — sie ging auf die Fünfzig zu

to near completion — kurz vor dem Abschluss stehen

5. INTRANSITIVE VERB
(time, event) näher rücken
the time is nearing when... — die Zeit rückt näher, da...

* * *

near [nıə(r)]

A adv

1. nahe, (ganz) in der Nähe, dicht dabei

2. nahe (bevorstehend) (Zeitpunkt, Ereignis etc)

3. nahe (heran), näher:

he stepped near

4. nahezu, beinahe, fast:

£1,000 is not anywhere near enough 1000 Pfund sind bei Weitem nicht genug oder sind auch nicht annähernd genug;

not anywhere near as bad as nicht annähernd so schlecht wie, bei Weitem nicht so schlecht wie

5. obs sparsam:

live near sparsam oder kärglich leben

6. fig eng (verwandt, befreundet etc)

7. SCHIFF hart (am Winde):

sail near to the wind

B adj (adv → nearly)

1. nahe (gelegen), in der Nähe:

the nearest place der nächstgelegene Ort

2. kurz, nahe:

the nearest way der kürzeste Weg

3. nahe (Zeitpunkt, Ereignis etc):

Christmas is near;

the near future

4. nahe (verwandt):

the nearest relations die nächsten Verwandten

5. eng (befreundet oder vertraut):

a near friend ein guter oder enger Freund;

my nearest and dearest friend mein bester Freund;

my nearest and dearest meine Lieben

6. knapp:

we had a near escape wir sind mit knapper Not entkommen;

near miss FLUG, AUTO Beinahe-, Fastzusammenstoß m;

be a near miss

a) knapp danebengehen (Schuss etc),

b) fig knapp scheitern;

that was a near thing umg das hätte ins Auge gehen können, das ist gerade noch einmal gut gegangen

7. genau, wörtlich, wortgetreu (Übersetzung etc)

8. umg knaus(e)rig

C präp

1. nahe (dat), in der oder die Nähe von (oder gen), nahe an (dat) oder bei, unweit (gen):

near sb in jemandes Nähe;

a house near the station ein Haus in Bahnhofsnähe;

get near the end of one’s career sich dem Ende seiner Laufbahn nähern;

near completion der Vollendung nahe, nahezu fertiggestellt;

near here

a) nicht weit von hier,

b) hier in der Nähe;

his opinion is very near my own wir sind fast der gleichen Meinung;

be near doing sth nahe daran sein, etwas zu tun; → bone¹ A 1

2. (zeitlich) nahe, nicht weit von

D v/t & v/i sich nähern, näher kommen (dat):

be nearing completion der Vollendung entgegengehenBesondere Redewendungen: near at hand

a) → A 1,

b) → A 2 near by → nearby A;

come ( oder go) near to

a) sich ungefähr belaufen auf (akk),

b) einer Sache sehr nahe oder fast gleichkommen, fast etwas sein she came near to tears sie war den Tränen nahe, sie hätte fast geweint;

come ( oder go) near to doing sth etwas fast oder beinahe tun;

not come near to sth in keinem Verhältnis stehen zu etwas; → draw near, nowhere A 3

nr abk near

* * *
1. adverb
1) (at a short distance) nah[e]

stand/live [quite] near — [ganz] in der Nähe stehen/wohnen

come or draw near/nearer — [Tag, Zeitpunkt:] nahen/näherrücken

get nearer together — näher zusammenrücken

near at hand — in Reichweite (Dat.); [Ort] ganz in der Nähe

be near at hand — [Ereignis:] nahe bevorstehen

so near and yet so far — so nah und doch so fern

2) (closely)

near to = 2 a, b, c; we were near to being drowned — wir wären fast od. beinah[e] ertrunken
2. preposition
1) (in space) (position) nahe an/bei (+ Dat.); (motion) nahe an (+ Akk.); (fig.) nahe (geh.) nachgestellt (+ Dat.); in der Nähe (+ Gen.)

go near the water's edge — nahe ans Ufer gehen

keep near me — halte dich od. bleib in meiner Nähe

near where... — in der Nähe od. unweit der Stelle (Gen.), wo...

move it nearer her — rücke es näher zu ihr

don't stand so near the fire — geh nicht so nahe od. dicht an das Feuer

when we got nearer Oxford — als wir in die Nähe von Oxford kamen

wait till we're nearer home — warte, bis wir nicht mehr so weit von zu Hause weg sind

don't come near me — komm mir nicht zu nahe

it's near here — es ist hier in der Nähe

the man near/nearest you — der Mann, der bei dir/der dir am nächsten steht

2) (in quality)

nobody comes anywhere near him at swimming — im Schwimmen kommt bei weitem keiner an ihn heran

we're no nearer solving the problem — wir sind der Lösung des Problems nicht nähergekommen

3) (in time)

ask me again nearer the time — frag mich, wenn der Zeitpunkt etwas näher gerückt ist, noch einmal

it's drawing near Christmas — es geht auf Weihnachten zu

come back nearer 8 o'clock — komm kurz vor 8 Uhr noch einmal zurück

near the end/the beginning of something — gegen Ende/zu Anfang einer Sache (Gen.)

4) in comb. Beinahe[unfall, -zusammenstoß, -katastrophe]

near-hysterical — fast hysterisch

be in a state of near-collapse — kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch stehen

a near-miracle — fast od. beinahe ein Wunder
3. adjective
1) (in space or time) nahe

in the near future — in nächster Zukunft

the chair is nearer — der Stuhl steht näher

our nearest neighbours — unsere nächsten Nachbarn

2) (closely related) nahe [Verwandte]; eng [Freund]

near and dear — lieb und teuer

3) (in nature) fast richtig [Vermutung]; groß [Ähnlichkeit]

£30 or near/nearest offer — 30 Pfund oder nächstbestes Angebot

this is the nearest equivalent — dies entspricht dem am ehesten

that's the nearest you'll get to an answer — eine weitergehende Antwort wirst du nicht bekommen

near escape — Entkommen mit knapper Not

round it up to the nearest penny — runde es auf den nächsthöheren Pfennigbetrag

be a near miss — [Schuss, Wurf:] knapp danebengehen

that was a near miss — (escape) das war aber knapp!

4)

the near side — (Brit.) (travelling on the left/right) die linke/rechte Seite

5) (direct)

4 miles by the nearest road — 4 Meilen auf dem kürzesten Wege
4. transitive verb
sich nähern (+ Dat.)

the building is nearing completion — das Gebäude steht kurz vor seiner Vollendung

* * *

adj.

nah adj. prep.

nächst präp.

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