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1 felice
happy( fortunato) lucky* * *felice agg.1 happy, glad; pleased, delighted: matrimonio felice, happy marriage; sono molto felice di vederti, I am very glad (o pleased o happy) to see you; far felice qlcu., to make s.o. happy: il suo gesto mi ha reso felice per tutto il giorno, his gesture made my day; vissero felici e contenti, they lived happily ever after; felice come una Pasqua, as happy as a lark, ( soddisfatto) as pleased as punch // felice di conoscerLa, ( formula usata nelle presentazioni) how do you do?; pleased to meet you2 ( fortunato) lucky, fortunate: giorno felice, lucky day; nel complesso è stato un anno felice, on the whole it has been a lucky year4 (estens.) ( azzeccato) happy: scelta felice, happy choice; è uscito con una frase non molto felice, he came out with an unfortunate remark // avere la mano felice, to be good with one's hands (at doing sthg.): il mio dentista non ha sempre la mano felice con i suoi pazienti, my dentist is sometimes a bit rough with his patients; ha la mano felice nel gettare i dadi, he is lucky with the dice.* * *[fe'litʃe]nome proprio maschile Felix* * *felice/fe'lit∫e/1 (soddisfatto, contento) happy, glad, delighted, pleased (per, di qcs. about sth.; per qcn. for sb.); essere felice di fare to be happy o glad to do; vivere felice to live happily; fare felice qcn. to make sb. happy; sono felice di vederti I'm happy o glad to see you; felice di fare la sua conoscenza! felice di conoscerla! pleased to meet you! e vissero (tutti) -i e contenti they (all) lived happily ever after2 (lieto) [vita, matrimonio, giorni] happy; felice anno nuovo! Happy New Year!3 (favorevole) [combinazione, scelta, idea] happy; un'espressione felice, poco felice a well-chosen, ill-chosen expression; avere una felice intuizione to make an inspired guess. -
2 Felice
happy( fortunato) lucky* * *felice agg.1 happy, glad; pleased, delighted: matrimonio felice, happy marriage; sono molto felice di vederti, I am very glad (o pleased o happy) to see you; far felice qlcu., to make s.o. happy: il suo gesto mi ha reso felice per tutto il giorno, his gesture made my day; vissero felici e contenti, they lived happily ever after; felice come una Pasqua, as happy as a lark, ( soddisfatto) as pleased as punch // felice di conoscerLa, ( formula usata nelle presentazioni) how do you do?; pleased to meet you2 ( fortunato) lucky, fortunate: giorno felice, lucky day; nel complesso è stato un anno felice, on the whole it has been a lucky year4 (estens.) ( azzeccato) happy: scelta felice, happy choice; è uscito con una frase non molto felice, he came out with an unfortunate remark // avere la mano felice, to be good with one's hands (at doing sthg.): il mio dentista non ha sempre la mano felice con i suoi pazienti, my dentist is sometimes a bit rough with his patients; ha la mano felice nel gettare i dadi, he is lucky with the dice.* * *[fe'litʃe]nome proprio maschile Felix* * *Felice/fe'lit∫e/n.pr.m.Felix. -
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4 alegre como unas pascuas
• as happy as a larkDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > alegre como unas pascuas
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5 más alegre que unas Pascuas
• as happy as a larkDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > más alegre que unas Pascuas
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6 más contento que unas Pascuas
• as happy as a larkDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > más contento que unas Pascuas
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7 más feliz que unas castańuelas
• as happy as a larkDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > más feliz que unas castańuelas
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8 ser alegre como un cascabel
• be happy as a larkDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ser alegre como un cascabel
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9 heureux
heureux, -euse [øʀø, øz]1. adjectivea. happyb. ( = satisfait) pleased• M. et Mme Durand sont heureux de vous annoncer... Mr and Mrs Durand are pleased to announce...c. ( = chanceux) lucky• encore heureux que je m'en sois souvenu ! (inf) it's just as well I remembered!d. [décision, choix] fortunate2. masculine noun• ces jouets vont faire des heureux ! these toys will make some children very happy!* * *- euse œʀø, øz adjectif1) ( satisfait) [personne, visage, enfance] happy2) ( satisfaisant) [fin] happy; [surprise] pleasant3) ( optimiste) [nature, caractère] happy4) ( chanceux) lucky‘il a réussi!’ - ‘encore heureux!’ — ‘he succeeded!’ - ‘just as well!’
l'heureux propriétaire de... — the proud owner of...
5) ( réussi) [idée] happy; [proportions] pleasing; [formulation] happy, felicitous soutce n'est pas très heureux comme choix de mots — it's an unfortunate ou unhappy choice of words
•Phrasal Verbs:••être heureux comme un roi or un pape — to be happy as a lark ou as Larry
* * *øʀø, øz adj (-euse)1) (qui connaît le bonheur) happyêtre heureux de qch — to be pleased about sth, to be happy about sth
Je serais heureux de vous rencontrer. — I would be happy to meet you.
J'ai été très heureux de vous rencontrer. — It was very nice to meet you.
être heureux que — to be pleased that, to be glad that
Nous sommes très heureux que vous soyez rétabli. — We are very glad you are better.
3) (= chanceux) lucky, fortunates'estimer heureux de qch — to consider o.s. fortunate in sth
s'estimer heureux que — to consider o.s. fortunate that
encore heureux que... — just as well that...
4) (= judicieux) (choix, mélange) happy* * *1 ( satisfait) [personne, visage, enfance] happy (de faire to do); être heureux de vivre to be happy with life; elle a tout pour être heureuse she has everything she needs to be happy; je serais trop heureux de vous aider I should ou would be only too happy to help you; être heureux en ménage to be happily married; je suis heureux qu'il soit guéri I am pleased (that) he is better; très heureux de faire votre connaissance (very) pleased to meet you; Monsieur et Madame Bon sont heureux de vous faire part de… Mr and Mrs Bon are pleased to announce…;3 ( optimiste) [nature, caractère] happy;4 ( chanceux) lucky; l'heureux gagnant the lucky winner; je m'estime heureux d'être encore en vie I consider myself lucky to be still alive; encore heureux que tu sois en vie! at least you're alive!; c'est or il est heureux qu'il soit venu it's lucky he came; ‘il a réussi!’-‘encore heureux!’ ‘he succeeded!’-‘just as well!’; être l'heureux propriétaire de… to be the proud owner of…;5 ( réussi) [combinaison, idée] happy; [proportions] pleasing; [formulation] happy, felicitous sout; rouge et orange, ce n'est pas très heureux red with orange, that's not a very happy combination; ce n'est pas très heureux comme choix de mots it's an unfortunate ou unhappy choice of words.l'heureuse élue ( en amour) the lucky lady; ( à un jeu) the lucky winner; l'heureux élu ( en amour) the lucky man; ( à un jeu) the lucky winner; les heureux élus the happy ou chosen few; heureux événement happy event; attendre un heureux événement to be expecting a baby.être heureux comme un roi or un pape to be happy as a lark ou as Larry; tu vas faire un heureux/des heureux you will make somebody happy/some people happy; heureux au jeu, malheureux en amour Prov lucky at cards, unlucky in love Prov; pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés Prov happy are they who value their privacy.1. [qui éprouve du bonheur] happy(très) heureux de faire votre connaissance pleased ou nice to meet youil est heureux que... it's fortunate ou it's a good thing that...4. [bon] good————————, heureuse [ɶrø, øz] nom masculin, nom féminin -
10 contento
pleased (di with)( lieto) glad, happy* * *contento1 agg. ( pago) content (with sthg.), satisfied (with sthg.); ( lieto) pleased (with sthg.); glad; happy: un sorriso contento, a happy (o contented) smile; fu contento del risultato, he was satisfied (o pleased) with the result; fummo contenti di vederli, we were glad (o pleased) to see them; sono contento di voi, I am pleased with you; non è mai contento di nulla, he's never happy with anything; l'ha detto tanto per farti contento, he said so just to make you happy; ora che sei riuscito a rompere la loro amicizia, sei contento?, are you happy now that you've broken up their friendship? // chiamarsi contento, to be satisfied // è un cuor contento, he's a happy soul; cuor contento ciel l'aiuta, heaven helps the happy // contento come una pasqua, as pleased as Punch.contento2 s.m. (letter.) ( contentezza) content, contentment, contentedness; satisfaction, pleasure.* * *[kon'tɛnto]1) (felice) glad, pleased (di qcs. about sth.; di fare to do); happy (di qcs. about, with sth.; di fare to do); content, contented (di qcs. with sth.; di fare with doing)2) (soddisfatto) pleased, satisfied (di with)hai rotto tutto, sei contento adesso? — you've broken everything, are you happy now?
••contento come una pasqua — as happy as a lark o as Larry
* * *contento/kon'tεnto/1 (felice) glad, pleased (di qcs. about sth.; di fare to do); happy (di qcs. about, with sth.; di fare to do); content, contented (di qcs. with sth.; di fare with doing); sono contento che tu sia qui I'm glad you are here; sono contento per te! good for you! un viso contento a happy face2 (soddisfatto) pleased, satisfied (di with); contento di sé pleased with oneself; hai rotto tutto, sei contento adesso? you've broken everything, are you happy now? non contento di (fare) not content with (doing)contento come una pasqua as happy as a lark o as Larry. -
11 gai
gai, e [ge]1. adjectivea. cheerful ; [couleur, pièce] bright• on annonce une nouvelle grève des transports, c'est gai or ça va être gai ! there's going to be another strike - just what we needed!b. ( = ivre) merryc. ( = homosexuel) gay2. masculine noun( = homosexuel) gay* * *
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gaie gɛ adjectif1) ( joyeux) [personne, visage] happy; [caractère, regard] cheerful; [réunion, œuvre] light-hearted; [couleur] bright, cheerful2) ( plaisant) iron3) ( éméché) merry4) (colloq) ( homosexuel) controv gay
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(colloq) nom masculin ( homosexuel) controv gay* * *ɡe adj gai, -e1) (= joyeux) cheerfulElle est très gaie. — She's very cheerful.
2) (livre, pièce de théâtre) light-hearted3) (un peu ivre) merry* * *A adj1 ( joyeux) [personne, humeur] happy, gay; [caractère, regard] cheerful; [visage] happy; [réunion, conversation, œuvre] light-hearted; [couleur, papier peint] bright, cheerful; j'ai repeint la pièce en rose, ça fait plus gai I've repainted the room in pink, it makes it more cheerful;2 iron ( plaisant) c'est gai great!; il pleut, c'est gai great! it's raining; ils viennent à huit pendant cinq jours, ça va être or ça promet d'être gai! eight of them are coming for five days, that's going to be great fun!; ça promet d'être gai that promises to be great fun;3 ( éméché) merry;4 ○( homosexuel) controv gay.3. [homosexuel] → link=gay gay————————, gaie [gɛ] nom masculin, nom féminin→ link=gay gay -
12 Pasqua
f Easter* * *Pasqua s.f. ( dei Cristiani) Easter; ( degli ebrei) Passover, Pesach: Pasqua alta, bassa, late, early Easter; giorno, settimana, vacanze di Pasqua, Easter Day, week, holidays; uovo di Pasqua, Easter egg // Pasqua delle rose, ( Pentecoste) Whitsunday (o Pentecost); Pasqua di ceppo, ( Natale) Christmas // buona Pasqua, happy Easter // essere contento come una Pasqua, to be as happy as can be (o as a king o as a sand-boy) // fare la Pasqua, to do one's Easter duty.* * *['paskwa]sostantivo femminile1) (cristiana) Easter2) (ebraica) Passover••contento come una pasqua — as happy as a lark o as Larry
* * *Pasqua/'paskwa/sostantivo f.1 (cristiana) Easter; a Pasqua at Easter; domenica di Pasqua Easter Sunday; Buona Pasqua! Happy Easter!2 (ebraica) Passovercontento come una pasqua as happy as a lark o as Larry. -
13 contento
adj.1 content, delighted, glad, happy.2 satisfied, pleased, content.m.1 pleasure, joy, happiness, content.2 satisfaction, contentness.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: contentar.* * *► adjetivo1 happy, pleased1 happiness, joy, contentment\darse por contento,-a to consider oneself luckyestar más contento,-a que unas Pascuas familiar to be as happy as a larksentir gran contento to feel great joy————————1 happiness, joy, contentment* * *(f. - contenta)adj.glad, happy, pleased* * *1. ADJ1) (=alegre, feliz) happy¿estás contento? — are you happy?
estar loco de contento, no caber en sí de contento — frm to be overjoyed
2) (=satisfecho) pleasedno contentos con sus excusas, lo denunciaron — not satisfied with his excuses, they reported him
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estar contento con algn/algo — to be pleased with sb/sth•
estar contento de hacer algo — to be happy o pleased to do sth•
dejar a algn contento — to satisfy sb•
quedar contento con algo — to be satisfied with sthlo escribió con b y se quedó tan contento — he wrote it with a b but didn't seem to let that bother him
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tener contento a algn — to keep sb happy o satisfiedcontenta me tienes, hijo — iró oh, wonderful!, oh, great! *
3) (=bebido) merryno me emborraché, pero estaba contento o contentillo — I didn't get drunk but I was quite merry
2.SM frm (=alegría) happiness, joy* * *I- ta adjetivoa) [estar] (feliz, alegre) happyse puso muy contento al oír que venías — he was very happy o pleased to hear you were coming
contento con algo/alguien — happy with something/somebody
b) ( satisfecho) happy, contentno contento con que le prestara el coche... — not content o satisfied with me lending him the car...
darse por contento — to consider o count oneself lucky
quedarse tan contento — (fam)
IIlo dijo mal y se quedó tan contento — he said it wrong but he wasn't in the least bit bothered (colloq)
masculino (liter) happiness, joy* * *= content, contentment, happy [happier -com., happiest -sup.], blissful, satisfied, chuffed.Ex. Many librarians viewed AACR1 as such a significant improvement upon its predecessors, that they were content.Ex. The contentment can only be alarming, however, in the context both of the needs of information education for the future and the much higher levels of resources enjoyed by the principal competitors of SLIS.Ex. The user who is ignorant of the expansion of the abbreviations in these headings, will be happier to be able to find these headings file under their abbreviated form, than under a spelt-out version or complete version.Ex. Vaguely blissful, but with nothing to occupy her save reflection, she sat in the cafeteria and gave herself up to the physical pleasures of coffee.Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.Ex. However, CSA is not chuffed that the government has rejected the amendment.----* contento con uno mismo = complacent.* contento de uno mismo = complacently.* estar la mar de contento = be over the moon.* estar loco de contento = be over the moon.* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.* más contento que unas castañuelas = as happy as Larry.* más contento que unas pascuas = as happy as Larry.* nadie está contento con lo que tiene = the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence).* nadie esta contento con su suerte = the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence).* no estar contento = be unhappy.* * *I- ta adjetivoa) [estar] (feliz, alegre) happyse puso muy contento al oír que venías — he was very happy o pleased to hear you were coming
contento con algo/alguien — happy with something/somebody
b) ( satisfecho) happy, contentno contento con que le prestara el coche... — not content o satisfied with me lending him the car...
darse por contento — to consider o count oneself lucky
quedarse tan contento — (fam)
IIlo dijo mal y se quedó tan contento — he said it wrong but he wasn't in the least bit bothered (colloq)
masculino (liter) happiness, joy* * *= content, contentment, happy [happier -com., happiest -sup.], blissful, satisfied, chuffed.Ex: Many librarians viewed AACR1 as such a significant improvement upon its predecessors, that they were content.
Ex: The contentment can only be alarming, however, in the context both of the needs of information education for the future and the much higher levels of resources enjoyed by the principal competitors of SLIS.Ex: The user who is ignorant of the expansion of the abbreviations in these headings, will be happier to be able to find these headings file under their abbreviated form, than under a spelt-out version or complete version.Ex: Vaguely blissful, but with nothing to occupy her save reflection, she sat in the cafeteria and gave herself up to the physical pleasures of coffee.Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.Ex: However, CSA is not chuffed that the government has rejected the amendment.* contento con uno mismo = complacent.* contento de uno mismo = complacently.* estar la mar de contento = be over the moon.* estar loco de contento = be over the moon.* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.* más contento que unas castañuelas = as happy as Larry.* más contento que unas pascuas = as happy as Larry.* nadie está contento con lo que tiene = the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence).* nadie esta contento con su suerte = the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence).* no estar contento = be unhappy.* * *1 [ ESTAR] (feliz, alegre) happyse puso muy contento al oír que venías he was very happy o pleased o glad to hear you were comingse puso a trabajar con el corazón contento she set to work happily o with a light heartestá muy contento en su nuevo trabajo he's very happy o contented in his new jobcontento CON algo/algn happy WITH sth/sbestán muy contentos con la casa they're very happy o pleased with the house2 (satisfecho) happy, content contento CON algo:no se quedó muy contenta con el regalo she wasn't very happy o pleased with the presentestán contentos con su suerte they are content o happy with their lotno contento con que le prestara el coche, pretendía que le pagase el peaje not content o satisfied with me lending him the car, he expected me to pay for the tolls as welldarse por contento to consider o count oneself luckyquedarse tan contento ( fam): les enchufas la tele y se quedan tan contentos you just stick them in front of the TV and they're quite happy ( colloq)lo dijo mal y se quedó tan contento he said it wrong but just carried on regardless o but he wasn't at all fazed ( colloq)( liter)happiness, joydando grandes muestras de contento se dirigió al estrado she showed great delight as she went up to the stageno cabía en sí de contento he was beside himself with joy, he was overjoyed* * *
Del verbo contentar: ( conjugate contentar)
contento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
contentó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
contentar
contento
contentar ( conjugate contentar) verbo transitivo
to please;◊ ¡qué difícil de contento eres! you're so hard to please!
contentarse verbo pronominal contentose con algo to be satisfied with sth;
se contenta con muy poco he's easy to please
contento -ta adjetivo [estar]
contento con algo/algn happy with sth/sb
no contento con que le prestara el coche … not content o satisfied with me lending him the car …
contentar verbo transitivo
1 (alegrar) to cheer up
2 (satisfacer) to please
contento,-a adjetivo happy, pleased [con, with]
' contento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alegre
- campante
- contenta
- dichosa
- dichoso
- poner
- satisfecha
- satisfecho
- ufana
- ufano
- agradar
- alegrar
- con
- encantado
- imaginar
English:
all
- chuffed
- content
- contented
- do
- glad
- happy
- joyful
- moon
- pleased
- sweet
- grass
- unhappy
* * *contento, -a♦ adj1. [alegre] happy;está muy contenta she is very happy;se puso muy contento al ver a sus nietos he was very happy to see his grandchildren;estamos contentos de poder ayudar we're happy o glad to be able to help;han hecho un gran esfuerzo por tener contentos a sus huéspedes they've made a big effort to keep their guests happy;está muy contenta en el trabajo she is very happy in her job2. [satisfecho] pleased;la decisión no dejó contento a nadie the decision didn't satisfy anyone;no estoy nada contenta con la reparación I'm not at all happy with the repair;no contento con insultarlo, le pegó una bofetada not content with insulting him, he slapped his face;Fampagamos cada uno la mitad y todos tan contentos we paid half each and that was us;Famse llevó las llaves y se quedó tan contento he took the keys just like that o as cool as you like♦ nmhappiness, joy;el contento del público era evidente you could see that the audience was happy;no caber en sí de contento to be beside oneself with joy* * *I adj1 ( satisfecho) pleased2 ( feliz) happy;y tan contentos fam and that is/was no problem famII m joy* * *contento, -ta adj: contented, glad, happycontento nm: joy, happiness* * *contento adj2. (satisfecho) pleased -
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1) General subject: as happy as the day is long, as happy as a clam at high water, as happy as Larry, as happy as a sandboy2) Colloquial: happy as a clam3) Australian slang: happy as Larry, happy as a pig in mud4) Taboo: happy as a pig in shit5) Phraseological unit: as happy as a lark, as happy as a clam, as happy as a dog with two tails -
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I Adj.; präd. happy as a larkII Adv. quite happily* * *A. adj; präd happy as a larkB. adv quite happily -
16 pinson
pinson [pɛ̃sɔ̃]masculine noun* * *pɛ̃sɔ̃nom masculin chaffinch••* * *pɛ̃sɔ̃ nm* * *pinson nm chaffinch.être gai comme un pinson to be as happy as a lark.[pɛ̃sɔ̃] nom masculin -
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18 skowron|ek
m 1. Zool. skylark, lark 2. pot., przen. (ranny ptaszek) early bird pot.■ być całym w skowronkach to be happy as a larkThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > skowron|ek
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19 я доволен, как ребёнок
General subject: I'm as happy as a clam in high waters, I'm as happy as a lark in the skyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > я доволен, как ребёнок
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СМОТРЕТЬ ЖЕНИХОМ highly coll VP subj: human to look very happy, contentX смотрит женихом ' X is (looks) (as) happy as a larkX is walking (floating) on air X looks radiant.
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Lark (cigarette) — Infobox name = Infobox/doc above = Lark Cigarettes caption = Logo from a pack of regular Lark Cigarettesheaderstyle = background:#ccf; labelstyle = background:#zzz; datasytle = background:#ddf; bodystyle = background:#abcheader1 = Product… … Wikipedia
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White lark — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English