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  • 21 татуировка тюремная

    "Баклан" (жаргонное слово, означающее "хулиган").—"Biff-guy" (the jargon for hoodlum, rowdy, street-tough).
    "Верю в воровскую романтику".—"I believe in the romance of the underworld".
    "Верю в свою фортуну". —"I believe in my fortune".
    "Воровской крест", символ авторитета в среде заключенных.—The "thieves' cross", a symbol of authority with prison inmates. The inscription means "amen".
    "Вот что нас губит".—"This is what we are ruined by".
    "Завязал".—"Gone straight" (the jargon for "renounced a life of crime).
    "Искушен с юных лет". —"Corrupted from my youth up".
    "Мой бог — злой демон". —"My God is a malignant demon".
    "Проигрался — плати!"—"If you lose at cards, pay your debt!"
    "Смерть прокурору!" —"Death to prosecutor!"
    "Смерть той, которая толкнула меня на преступление и предала". Число поленьев означает полученный срок.—"Death to the one who drove me to crime and than betrayed". The number of logs stands for a prison term in years.
    18 лет исполнилось в ВТК.—Came of age in a penitentiary for youths.
    Вера в удачу. —Faith in good luck.
    Все в жизни преходяще. —Everything in life is transient.
    Всю жизнь за решеткой—All life long behind bars.
    Долгое время занимался кражами и грабежами, неоднократно судим; "авторитет".—Engaged for a long time in larcenies and robberies, had several convictions; a "big" (the jargon for one who is a big shot in crime)
    Жизнь тает как свеча. Туз треф — тюрьма, туз пик — надежда. Надпись на латыни — "жизнь коротка".—The life is melting away like a candle. The ace of clubs stands for prison, the ace of spades — for hope. The inscription in Latin means "the life is short".
    Жить — значит бороться.—The inscription in Latin means "to live is to fight".
    Знак дружбы до заключения.—A sign of friendship before imprisonment.
    Карикатура на сотрудников правоохранительных органов. Иногда волк изображается в форме.—A cartoon of law-enforcement officers. The wolf sometimes appears uniformed.
    Клятва мести.—A vow of vengeance.
    Кровная месть. —Vendetta.
    Купола означают число "ходок" (судимостей).—The domes stand for the number of "trips" (the jargon for convictions).
    На преступление толкнула женщина.—Driven to crime by a woman. "УК" is the acronym for Penal Code.
    Наполеон — авторитет в уголовном мире?—Napoleon — a man of authority with the underworld?
    Начал воровать и грабить. —Began to steal and rob.
    Обе татуировки имеют одинаковое значение: "было счастье, да черт унес". Подкова — символ удачи, заплата на мешке — тюремная решетка.—Both tattoos have the same meaning: "I had good fortune, but it was carried away by the devil". The horseshoe is a symbol of good luck, the patch on the bag stands for prison bars.
    Осужден за убийство жены или родственника.—Convicted for the murder of the wife or a relative.
    Отбывал срок на Севере.—Served time in the northern regions (the inscription means "North").
    Оторван от жизни. —Cut off from life.
    Символ борьбы за лидерство среди уголовников. Наносится на лопатках.—A symbol of fighting for leadership in the underworld. Drawn on the shoulder-blades.
    Символ отрицательного отношения к работникам правоохранительных органов.—A symbol of negative attitude to law-enforcement officers.
    Символ товарищества в местах лишения свободы—A symbol of comradeship in places of confinement. The inscription means "freedom".
    Склонен к жестокости и насилию. Лица с такой татуировкой в ИТУ называются "бойцами".—Given to brutality and violence. The persons so tattooed are called "strong-arm men" in places of confinement.
    Склонен к побегу из мест заключения.—Given to escape from places of confinement.
    Склонен к разбоям и грабежам.—Given to hold-ups and robberies.
    Судим за грабеж. —Convicted for robbery.
    Татуировка пассивного гомосексуалиста. Наносится насильно (только на спине).—A tattoo of a passive homosexual. Made by force (only on the back).
    Татуировки, характерные для наркоманов.—Distinctive tattoos of drug-addicts.
    Тоска по дому, по воле. —Longing for home, for freedom.
    Злая неволя отняла солнце, любовь, надежду.—The sun, love and hope were taken away by the evil captivity.
    "Вафлер" (минетчик). Татуировка наносится насильно.—"Bone queen" (the jargon for a male homosexual fellator). The tattoo is made by force.
    "По стопам любимого отца" (память о судимых родителях).—"Following in my dear father's footsteps" (in memory of convicted parents).
    "Села на якорь" (осуждена к лишению свободы).—"Got the key" (the jargon for "sentenced to a term in prison").
    "Сердцеедка". —A "man-killer".
    "Тянул срок" (был в заключении).—"Laid in lavenders (the jargon for "served a term of imprisonment").
    "Чухан" (грязный, опустившийся заключенный, презираемый сокамерниками).—"Crum" (the jargon for a dirty, degraded prisoner held in contempt by cellmates).
    "Шестерка" (осужденный, прислуживающий сокамерникам).—"Gummy" (the jargon for a prisoner used by cellmates to run errands).
    Ангелы — символ надежды.—The angels are a symbol of hope.
    Была невинной, была свободной.—I was innocent, I was free.
    В объятиях злой судьбы. —In the embrace of ill fate.
    Верю в свою любовь. —I believe in my love.
    За причиненное мне зло — отомщу!—I'll revenge the evil done to me!
    Муза всегда в моей душе. —The Muse is always in my heart.
    Наркоман. —A drug-addict.
    Невинно осужденная. —Convicted without guilt.
    Ожидание свободы, счастливой жизни.—In expectation of freedom and happy life.
    Отбывала срок на чужбине (за пределами России).—Served time in a strange land (beyond the boundaries of Russia).
    Отрицательно настроен к работникам правоохранительных органов.—A symbol of negative attitude to law-enforcement officers.
    Отсидела срок "звонком" (отбыла наказание полностью).—"Maxed-out" (the jargon for "completed a maximum sentence without previously earning parole").
    Память об умерших родителях.—In memory of the deceased parents.
    Память об умерших родителях.—In memory of the deceased parents.
    Пережила зло, предательство, любовь.—Gone through evil, betrayal, love.
    Перстень несовершеннолетних преступников. "Свети вору, а не прокурору".—A finger-ring of juvenile delinquents. "Shine for thief, but not for prosecutor".
    Погубила свекровь.—My life was ruined by Mother-in-law.
    Рождена свободной. —Born free.
    Семнадцать лет исполнилось в ВТК.—Turned seventeen at a penitentiary for youths.
    Символ амнистии, снижения срока.—A symbol of amnesty or reduction in a prison term.
    Символ любви. —A symbol of love.
    Символ материнской любви и веры в будущее.—A symbol of motherly love and faith in the future.
    Судим за грабеж. —Convicted for robbery.
    [m1 ] Судим за изнасилование. —Convicted for rape.
    Судим за кражу государственного или общественного имущества.—Convicted for theft of state or public property.
    Судим за кражу, склонен к созданию группировок.—Convicted for larceny. Given to formation of gangs.
    Судим за разбой. —Convicted for armed robbery.
    Судим за убийство, нанесение тяжких телесных повреждений.—Convicted for murder or grievous bodily harm.
    Судим за хулиганство. He поддается перевоспитанию.—Convicted for hooliganism. Unamenable to reforming.
    Счастье было почти в руках. —Fortune was next my hand.
    Татуировка наркоманок.—A tattoo of female drug-addicts.
    Умею хранить тайну. —Able to keep a secret.
    Я бандитка.—I am a gun-woman.
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    English-Russian dictionary of the underworld > татуировка тюремная

  • 22 HALDA

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    (held; hélt, héldum; haldinn), v.
    I. with dat.
    1) to hold fast (Gunnarr var kyrr svá at honum hélt einn maðr);
    to keep back, restrain (Hrafn fekk eigi haldit henni heima);
    2) to withhold (héldu bœndrgjaldinu);
    3) to keep, retain (þú skalt jafhan þessu sæti halda);
    to preserve (halda virðingu sinni, lífi ok limum);
    halda vöku sinni, to keep oneself awake;
    4) to hold, keep one’s stock;
    also ellipt. (vetr var illr ok héldu menn illa);
    5) phrases, halda njósnum, to keep watch, to spy (= halda njósnum til um e-t);
    halda (hendi) fyrir auga, to hold (the hand) before the eyes, shade the eyes;
    halda hendi yfir e-m, to protect one;
    6) to hold, stand, steer, ellipt., þeir héldu aptr (held back again) um haustit;
    þeir héldu út eptir fírði, they stood out the firth;
    halda heim, to steer homewards;
    7) to graze, put in the field (halda fé til haga);
    8) impers. to continue, last (hélt því lengi um vetrinn);
    II. with acc.
    1) to hold in possession, a fief, land, estate (þeir héldu alla hina beztu staði með sjónum);
    2) to hold, keep, observe, a feast, holiday (í hvers minning heldr þú þenna. dag?);
    3) to keep (halda orð sín, eið, sættir, frið);
    to observe (halda guðs lög ok landsins);
    4) to uphold, maintain, support (halda vini sína, halda e-n til ríkis);
    5) halda sik, to comport oneself (kunna halda sik með hófi);
    halda sik ríkmannliga, to fare sumptuously;
    halda sik aptr af e-u, to abstain from;
    6) to hold, consider, deem (hón hélt engan hans jafningja);
    7) to hold, keep up;
    halda varnir, to keep up a defence;
    halda vörð, to keep watch;
    8) to hold, compel, bind (heldr mik þá ekki til útanferðar);
    þó heldr þik várkunn til at leita á, thou hast some excuse for trying;
    III. with preps.:
    halda á e-u, to hold, wield in the hand (halda á sverði);
    to hold to a thing, go on with it, be busy about (halda á drykkju, á ferð sinni, á sýslu);
    halda e-t af e-m, to hold (land, office) from or of one (þeir er höfðu haldið land af Danakonungi);
    halda mikit af e-m, to make much of one;
    halda eptir e-m, to pursue one;
    halda e-u eptir, to keep back;
    halda sik frá e-u, to keep oneself back from, refrain from;
    halda e-u fram, to uphold, support;
    halda e-u fyrir e-u, to withhold from one;
    to protect against (héldu engar grindr fénu fyrir birninum);
    halda e-n fyrir e-t, to hold, consider one to be so and so (síðan hélt konungr Erling fyrir tryggvan vin);
    halda í e-t, to hold fast, grasp (þú skalt halda í hurðarhringinn);
    halda til e-s, to be the cause of, be conducive to;
    heldr þar margt til þess, there are many reasons for this;
    hélt til þess (conduced to it) góðgirni hans;
    halda til e-s, to be bent on, fond of (halda mjök til skarts, til gleði);
    halda til jafns við e-n, to bear up against one, to be a match for one;
    halda um e-t, to grasp with the hand (= halda hendi um e-t);
    halda barni undir skírn, to hold at baptism;
    halda e-u upp, to hold aloft, lift (halda upp höndum);
    halda upp árum, to hold up the oars, cease pulling;
    to uphold, maintain, support (halda upp hofum, kristninni);
    to keep going (halda upp bardaga);
    to discharge (halda upp kostnaði, bótum);
    halda upp bœnum fyrir e-m, to pray for one;
    halda e-u við, to maintain a thing;
    halda við e-m, to stand against (hvar sem harm kom fram, hélt ekki við honum);
    hélt þá við atgöngu (acc.), they were near coming to fight;
    heldr nú við hót, it is little short of threats;
    IV. refl., haldast.
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    pret. hélt (= Goth. haihald), 2nd pérs. hélt, mod. hélzt, pl. héldum; pres. held, pl. höldum; pret. subj. héldi; part. haldinn; imperat. hald and haltú: [Ulf. haldan = βόσκειν, ποιμαίνειν, whereas he renders to keep, hold by other words; Hel. haldan = alere, fovere, colere, which thus seems to be the primitive sense of the word, and to be akin to Lat. cŏlo; again, A. S. healdan, Engl. hold, O. H. G. haltan, Germ. halten, Swed. hålla, halda, Dan. holde, are all of them used in a more general sense]:—to hold.
    A. WITH DAT. to hold to:
    I. to hold fast by; with the notion of restraint or force, tók Gizurr förunaut Ögmundar ok hélt honum, Sturl. i. 150; Gunnarr var kyrr svá at honum hélt einn maðr, Nj. 92; ef maðr heldr manni …, varðar fjörbaugs-garð, Grág. ii. 110; h. e-m undir drep, 17; h. skipum ( to grapple the ships) með stafnljám, Fms. ii. 315: to keep back, Hrafn fékk eigi haldit henni heima þar, Ísl. ii. 249; ok halda þeim veðr í enni sömu höfn, Grág. i. 92; h. (sér) í e-t, to hold oneself fast by, grasp, þú skalt h. í hurðar-hringinn, Dropl. 29; heldr sér í faxit, Sd. 177.
    β. so in the phrases, halda barni (manni) undir skírn, vatn, primsignan, biskups hönd, eccl. to hold a bairn ( man) at baptism, prima signatio, confirmation, Grág. i. 29; h. vatni (tárum), to hold one’s tears, 623. 56, Fms. viii. 232, vi. (in a verse); halda munni, to hold one’s tongue, be silent, vii. 227; halda tungu sinni, Þórð.
    2. to withhold; þá megu þeir h. tíundum hans í móti, K. Þ. K. 62; h. vætti, Grág. i. 42; h. gögnum, 56; ef goði heldr tylftar-kvið, er hann heldr kviðnum, 58; halda matinum fyrir honum, 47; h. sköttum fyrir e-m, Nj. 8; h. skógar-manni fyrir e-m, Finnb. 334; um þat er hann hefir konunni haldit, Grág. i. 313; héldu bændr gjaldinu, Fms. vii. 302; hélt ek því (i. e. the money) fyrir honum, i. e. paid it not, Ísl. ii. 244.
    II. to hold, of a rope or the like; sá maðr hugði h. mundu er festi, … ok h. mundu í slíku veðri, Grág. ii. 361; reip þau tíu er tveggja manna afli haldi hvert, id.; skal hann svá göra at haldi fyrir fyrnsku, 268.
    β. to hold, hold out, last; optast halda þar íllviðri litla hríð, Sks. 212; sunnudags-helgi ríss upp á laugardegi, ok heldr ( lasts) til mánadags, N. G. L. i. 138.
    III. to keep, retain, Germ. behalten; fá-ein skip héldu seglum sinum, Fms. x. 143; þú skalt jafnan þessu sæti h., Nj. 6; h. bústað sínum, Ld. 26; h. ríki sínu, Al. 58, Fms. i. 13; h. öllum Noregi, viii. 155; h. frelsi ok eignum, vi. 40; h. hlut sínum, to uphold one’s right, Eg. passim; halt sömum vinum sem ek hefi haft, Fas. i. 375; h. hreinleik sínum, Al. 58.
    β. to hold, keep safe, preserve; h. hlut sínum, Ld. 54; h. heilsu, Grág. i. 145; h. virðingu sinni, Ld. 16; þá heldr hann kosti sínum, Grág. ii. 209; h. tíma ( honour) sínum, Al. 59; h. lífi ok limum, Eg. 89; h. lífinu, Nj. 111; h. trúnaði sínum, 109; vináttu sinni, Ld. 200; einorð sinni, Fb. ii. 265; h. sér réttum, to keep oneself right, Ld. 158; h. e-m heilum, Odd. 30; h. ríki fyrir e-m, Fms. v. 279; h. manna-forræði fyrir e-m, Hrafn. 19; h. réttu máli fyrir e-m, Fms. vii. 64.
    2. to continue to keep, keep all along; h. teknum hætti, Fms. iv. 254; h. vöku, to keep oneself awake, Ld. 152; but h. vöku fyrir e-m, to keep another awake; halda sýslu sinni, Fs. 36; h. högum, to keep grazing, Eb. 104, Ld. 148.
    3. to hold, keep one’s stock; ellipt., vetr var íllr ok héldu menn ílla, the winter was cold and it was ill to keep live stock, Sturl. ii. 143, (cp. fjár-höld); hann hélt vel svá at nær lifði hvat-vetna, Hrafn. 22: metaph., ílla hefir þinn faðir þá haldit, Fms. xi. 144; öld hefir ílla haldit, the people have had a sad loss, vi. (in a verse); h. fangi, and also ellipt. halda, of sheep and cattle, opp. to ‘to go back.’
    4. phrases, halda njósnum, to keep watch, to spy, Fms. viii. 146, Nj. 113; hann hélt njósnum til Önundar, Landn. 287; hélt konungr njósnum til, ef …, Fms. vii. 128; hann skyldi h. njósnum til ok gera orð konungi, i. 54; h. njósnum til um e-t, iv. 119, Nj. 93; halda njósn (sing.) um skip þat, Eg. 74; þér haldit njósnum nær færi gefr á Arnkatli, Eb. 186; hann lét h. njósnum uppi á landi, Fms. vii. 316; hann hélt fréttum til, ef …, iv. 349.
    β. halda (hendi) fyrir auga, to hold ( the hand) before the eyes, shade the eyes, Nj. 132, Fms. v. 196; h. fyrir munn e-m, to hold ( the hand) over one’s mouth; h. hendi yfir e-m, to hold the hand over one, protect one, Nj. 266, Fbr. 22, Korm.; h. hendi um háls e-m, to clasp the hands around one’s neck, Fms. i. 9; h. skildi fyrir e-n, to hold the shield for one as a second in a duel, Ísl. ii. 257, passim; h. e-m til náms, to hold one to the book, make one study, K. Þ. K. 56; h. e-m til virðingar, Ld. 98.
    IV. ellipt. (liði, skipi, för, stefnu, etc. understood), to hold, stand in a certain direction, esp. as a naut. term; þeir héldu aptr ( stood back again) um haustið, Eg. 69; treystisk hann eigi á haf at halda, Eb. 6; héldu þeir vestr um haf, id.; stigu þeir á skip sín, ok héldu út ( stood out) eptir firði, Fms. i. 63; þeir héldu þat sama sumar til Íslands, Ld. 6; hann hélt upp eptir hinni eystri kvísl, Fms. vii. 55; h. heim, to hold one’s course, stand homewards, Odd. 30; h. á braut, Grág. i. 92; Hrútr hélt suðr til Eyrar-sunds, Nj. 8; h. eptir e-m, to pursue one, 7; h. undan, to fly, Fms. x. 396, Nj. 98 (on land); kom móti þeim sunnan-veðr með myrkri, ok urðu þeir fyrir at h., to lay one’s course for the wind, A. A. 271; h. útleið, to stand on the outer tack, Eg. 78; h. til, to turn against, attack (on sea), Fms. xi. 72; hélt hann liði sínu suðr á Mæri, i. 62; þeir héldu liði sínu norðr til Þrándheims, id.; Haraldr konungr hélt norðan liði sínu, Eg. 32; héldu þeir skipi því suðr með landi, 69; skipi því lét hann halda vestr til Englands, id.; Unnr hélt skipinu í Orkneyjar, eptir þat hélt Unnr skipi sínu til Færeyja, Ld. 8.
    β. to graze, put in the field, of sheep, cattle; þykkir mér þat miklu skipta at þeim sé vel til haga haldit, Eg. 714; hvert Steinarr hafði látið nautum sínum halda, 715; ok bað hann h. nautunum annan veg, 716.
    γ. phrases, halda kyrru fyrir, to hold still, remain quiet, Ld. 216, Þórð. 30 new Ed., Nj. 223, 258; Hallr heldr nú til fangs ( went fishing) sem áðr, Ld. 38.
    V. with prep.; halda á e-u, to hold, wield in the hand, freq. in mod. usage, h. á bók, penna, fjöðr, hníf, skærum, nál, etc.; hafði hverr þat er hélt á, Nj. 279; h. á sverði, Fb. i. 33; hann tók við öxinni ok hélt (viz. á), ok sá á, Eg. 180: to hold fast, heldr nú maðr á manni, Fas. i. 12; eigi máttu helvítis byrgi h. á honum, 656 C. 6; ef hann heldr á fénu ( withholds it), Grág. i. 427.
    β. [Germ. anhalten], to hold to a thing, go on with, be busy about; h. á sýslu, to be busy, Rm. 14; h. á keri, qs. halda á drykkju, to go on drinking, carousing, Hm. 18: h. á hinni sömu bæn, Stj. 417; h. á fyrirsátrum við e-n, Þórð. 51 new Ed.; h. á búnaði sínum, Ld. 164; hélt hann þá á búnaði sínum sem skjótligast, Fms. ix. 215, x. 119, Sturl. ii. 245; þogar á bak Jólum hélt Ólafr konungr á búningi, Fms. v. 41; hann heldr nú á málinu, Nj. 259; nú heldr Þórðr á málinu ok verðr Oddný honum gipt, Bjarn. 11, Konr. (Fr.); h. á tilkalli, Fms. i. 84; h. á þessum sið, xi. 41; h. á för, to go on with one’s journey, Sighvat; gengu síðan brott ok héldu á ferð sinni, and went on their journey, Sturl.;—whence the mod. phrase, halda áfram, to go on, which seems not to occur in old writers.
    2. halda e-u fram, to hold up, make much of; bróðir minn mun mér mjök hafa fram haldit fyrir ástar sakir, Nj. 3.
    β. to hold on doing, (hence fram-hald, continuation); halda fram upp-teknu efni, Fms. i. 263; slíku hélt hann fram meðan hann lifði, iv. 254; hélt hann (fram) teknum hætti um veizlurnar, id., Grett. 14.
    3. halda saman, to hold together, Eluc. 6, Fms. vii. 140, Rb. 340.
    4. halda e-u upp, to hold aloft, Yngvarr hélt upp vísu þeirri, Eg. 152; steinninn heldr upp annarr öðrum, Rb. 390; h. upp árum, to hold up the oars, cease pulling, Fas. ii. 517, N. G. L. i. 65.
    β. to uphold, maintain, support; halda upp hofi, Landn. 64, Eb. 24; h. upp hofum ok efla blót, Fms. i. 91; h. upp kirkju, K. Þ. K. 52; h. upp Kristninni, Fms. i. 32: to keep going, h. upp bardaga, orrostu, xi. 66, 188, 340.
    γ. to discharge; h. upp féráns-dómi, Grág. i. 120; h. upp lögskilum, 145; h. upp svörum, Ó. H. 174; h. upp kostnaði, Eg. 77; h. upp gjaldi, Grág. i. 384; gjöldum, Fms. i. 81; h. upp bót, Grág. ii. 182; bótum, Eb. 100, 162, N. G. L. i. 311; ef hann heldr upp yfirbót ( penance) þeirri, Hom. 70; h. upp bænum fyrir e-m, to pray for one, Fms. xi. 271; hélt hann því vel upp sem vera átti, discharged it well, x. 93.
    δ. halda sér vel upp, to hold oneself well up, Sturl.
    ε. metaph., skal-at hann lögvillr verða, svá at honum haldi þat uppi (i. e. went unpunished), Grág. i. 316; ok heldr honum þat uppi ( that will save him), ef hann er rétt-hafi at orðinn, ii. 242.
    5. halda e-u við, to maintain a thing, Hkr. i. 195.
    VI. impers.,
    1. to continue, last; hélt því nokkura stund dags, Fms. x. 125: hélt því lengi um vetrinn, Ld. 288; regni hélt haustnótt gegnum, Fms. vi. 83.
    2. with prep. við, to be on the brink of; hélt þá við atgöngu, they were within a hair’s breadth of coming to fight, Hkr. i. 143; hélt þá við vandræði, Fms. ix. 434; heldr við bardaga, vi. 8; heldr nú við hót, it is little short of a threat, i. 305; hélt við blót, x. 106; ok hélt við flótta, i. 174; hélt við meiðingar, Nj. 21, Sd. 143; henni hélt við, at hón mundi drepa hana, Nj. 118; þeim hélt við váða sjálfan, Ó. H. 168; konungi hélt við, hvárt hann mundi standask eðr eigi, Mag. 100; honum hélt við kafnan, Bs. i. 18; hélt þó við at þeir mundi berjask, Fs. 53.
    B. WITH ACC. to hold:
    I. to hold in possession, a fief, land, estate, office, or the like; þeir héldu alla hina beztu staði með sjónum, Fms. xi. 131; þeir er áðr höfðu haldit land af Dana-konungi, i. 232; Eirekr skyldi h. land af Aðalsteini konungi, 23; Vemundr hélt Firða-fylki, Eg. 12; hélt hann þat ríki undir Knút konungi, Ísl. ii. 242; í þeirri borg héldu þeir langfeðgar fimmtán konungdóma, Ver. 37; h. land sem leigu-land, Grág. ii. 278; konungrinn heldr af Guði nafnit, Sks. 599 B; prestar er kirkjur halda, H. E. i. 486; sá prestr er heldr Pétrs-kirkju, N. G. L. i. 312; presta þeirra er kirkju halda, 346; skal sá maðr ráða er kirkju heldr, K. Þ. K. 60; Ólafs kirkju þá er Væringjar halda (the parish church of W.), Hkr. iii. 408.
    2. halda ábyrgju, ábyrgð á e-n, to have the responsibility of a thing, Grág. ii. 399, K. Þ. K. 66; h. grip, to be in the possession of, Grág. i. 438, ii. 190; h. skóla, to keep a school, Mar.; h. fylgð, to perform, Fms. ix. 279; eiga vandræði at h., to be in a strait, difficulty, Eb. 108.
    II. to hold, keep, observe, a feast, holiday, or the like; halda kirkju-dag, K. Þ. K. 42; í hvers minning heldr þú þenna dag? Nj. 157; h. helgan þvátt-dag hvern, Pr. 437; h. helga daga, Sl.; h. Jóla-dag, Páska, Hvíta-sunnu, Rb. 134; minnstú að h. helgan hvíldar-daginn Drottins Guðs þíns (the Fourth Commandment in the Icel. version); h. heilagt, to keep holiday, Dipl. ii. 14; í dag þá hátíð höldum vér til himna sté vor Herra, Hólabók 54; er Júdar héldu hátíðligt, Stj. 110; (hence forn-haldinn, time-honoured): of the day-marks (vide dagr, p. 95), er þaðan haldinn miðr-morgin, Hrafn. 9.
    2. to keep; halda orð sín, to keep one’s word, Fms. x. 95; höldum öll einka-mál vár, vii. 305; h. sættir, Nj. 57; gerðú svá vel, félagi, at þú halt vel sætt þessa, 111, Sturl. iii. 153, Fs. 65, Gullþ. 20; hann kvaðsk vilja hafa svardaga af þeim ok festu, at halda, Nj. 164; h. eið, Sturl. iii. 153; h. frið, to keep peace, Greg. 7; ef þú vilt nokkura hluti eigi h. þá er ek hefi á lagt við þik, Eg. 738: to observe faith, law, rite, etc., halda átrúnað, Fms. i. 34, x. 277; h. Guðs lög ok landsins, vii. 305; h. lands lög, viii. 155; h. ein lög, 625. 52; hafa ok halda þau lög, Fms. i. 34; h. Kristilega trú, K. Á. 74; h. mál (orð) e-s, Greg. 17; h. alla hluti með athugasamlegu minni, Sks. 439.
    3. to keep, tend; halda geitr, Hkv. 2. 20 (exactly as in Gothic).
    III. to uphold, maintain, support; þykkir mér þér sé nú ísjár-vert, hvárt þú munt fá haldit þik eðr eigi, Nj. 155; munu vér þó ekki einhlitir at h. oss eptir þessi verk, Háv. 50; at hón mætti með valdi h. sik ok menn sína, Fas. i. 375; þat væri nokkurr várkunn, at þú héldir frænda þinn eðr fóstbróður, en þetta er alls engi (at) halda útlaga konungs, Ó. H. 145; enda ætla ek lítinn viljann til at h. vini þína, Fms. vii. 244; því at Eysteinn konungr kenndi Inga konungi, at hann héldi þá menn, 248; ef þú heldr hann ( upholdest him) til þess at ganga á vini mína, Eg. 339; viljum vér allir fylgja þér ok þik til konungs halda, Fms. i. 34; Stephanus skyldi h. hann til laga ok réttinda, Sks. 653; h. e-n til ríkis, Fb. i. 236; vinsæld föður hans hélt hann mest til alþýðu vináttu, Fms. vii. 175; þeir sem upp h. ( sustain) þenna líkama, Anecd. 4.
    β. phrases, halda e-m kost, borð, to keep at board, entertain, Fms. ix. 220, x. 105, 146, Nj. 6; or, halda e-n at klæðum ok drykk, Ó. H. 69; h. stríð, bellum gerere (not class.), Fms. x. 51; h. úfrið, Fas. ii. 539.
    2. halda sik, to comfort oneself, Sks. 281, Hom. 29; kunna sik með hófi at h., Sturl. iii. 108; h. sik ríkmannliga, to fare sumptuously, Ld. 234; hann hélt betr húskarla sína en aðrir, Fms. vii. 242; h. mjök til skarts, to dress fine, Ld. 196; þar var Hrefna ok hélt allmjök til skarts, id.; hann var hægr hvers-dagliga, ok hélt mjök til gleði, Sturl. iii. 123; hélt hann hér mjök til vinsælda ok virðinga, he enjoyed much popularity and fame, Ld. 298.
    β. ellipt. (sik understood), at h. til jafns við e-n, to bear up against one, to be a match for one, Ld. 40; ef þér hefir eigi til þess hug eðr afl at h. til jafns við e-n húskarl Þorsteins, Eg. 714; h. til fullnaðar, to stand on one’s full rights; ef þær taka eigi fullrétti, eðr h. eigi til fullnaðar, Grág. ii. 109; h. fullara, to hold one above other men, Ó. H. (in a verse); lét konungr þá h. mjök til ( make great preparations) at syngja messu hátíðliga, Hkr. i. 287.
    3. to hold forth, put forward; at þeim inyiidi þungbýlt vera í nánd honum, ef þeir héldi nokkurn annan fyrir betra mann en hann, Ld. 26; síðan hélt konungr Erling fyrir tryggvan mann, Fms. ix. 399.
    β. to hold, deem, be of opinion; the old writers seem not to use the word exactly in this sense, but near to it come such phrases as, hón hélt engan hans jafningja innan hirðar hvárki í orðum né öðrum hlutum, i. e. she held him to be above all men, Ld. 60; halda menn hann fyrir konung, Fb. i. 216; still closer, halda menn at Oddný sé nú betr gipt, Bjarn. 12 (but only preserved in a paper MS.): this sense is very freq. in mod. usage, to hold, mean, eg held það; eg held ekki, I think not; (hence hald, opinion.)
    γ. phrases, halda mikit upp á e-n, to hold one in much esteem, love, Stj. 33; halda af e-m, id., Fas. i. 458, ii. 63, 200, iii. 520, esp. freq. in mod. usage, (upp-á-hald, af-hald, esteem.)
    4. to hold on, keep up; halda varnir, to keep up a defence, Sks. 583; halda vörð, to keep watch, Eg. 120, Grág. i. 32, 264; halda njósn, Eg. 72, 74, Fms. xi. 46; halda tal af e-m, to speak, communicate with one, ii. 88.
    5. to hold, be valid, be in force, a law term; á sú sekt öll at halda, Grág. i. 89; á þat at h. allt er þeir urðu á sáttir, 86; enda á þat at h. með þeim síðan, ii. 336.
    IV. to hold, compel, bind (with the notion of obligation or duty); heldr mik þá ekki til utan-ferðar, Nj. 112; þó heldr þik várkunn til at leita á, i. e. thou art excused, thou hast some excuse in trying, 21; var auðsætt hvat til hélt um sættir, Bjarn. 70; þik heldr eigi hér svá mart, at þú megir eigi vel bægja héraðs-vist þinni, Eb. 252; þar mælir þú þar, er þik heldr várkunn til at mæla, Nj. 227; ek mun vera vinr hans, ok alla þá, er at mínum orðum láta, halda til vináttu við hann, i. e. I will be his friend, and all those who lend ear to my words I will hold to friendship with him, Eg. 18.
    2. halda sik frá e-u, to keep oneself from, to refrain from a thing, Sks. 276 B; h. sik frá munaðlífi, Post. 656 A. ii. 16, Hom. 53, 135; h. sik aptr af e-u, to abstain from, Hkr. i. 512.
    V. absol. to be the cause of, be conducive to a thing; heldr þar margt til þess, there are many reasons for this, Nj. 192; vildim vér vita hvat til heldr, Fms. vii. 106; en hann vissi eigi hvat til hafði haldit, er hann kom eigi, xi. 11; margir hlutir héldu til þess, Eg. 38; þat hélt til þess, at …, Al. 94; hélt til þess ( conduced to it) góðgirnd hans, stórmennska ok vitsmunir, Fs. 29; hefir þat mjök til haldit, er ek hefi svá lengi dvalizt, at ek ætlaða, Ld. 32; hann lét bæði til h. vingan ok mágsemd, Fs. 24; heldr þat mest til at þá var komit útfall sjávar, Ld. 56; hélt þat mest til þess, at hann gafsk bezt í öllum mannraunum, 60; þat eitt hélt til, at þeir fóru eigi málum á hendr Þórði, at þeir höfðu eigi styrk til, 138.
    VI. to hold, comprise; sólar-öld heldr tuttugu ok átta ár, Rb. 510; h. skor (of weight), Grág. i. 500.
    ☞ In some instances the use of dat. and acc. wavers, e. g. halda húsum, to keep up the houses, Grág. ii. 278, 335; h. hliði, to keep the gate in repair, 265; but halda hlið (acc.), 332: to keep, observe, h. lögum, griðum, boðorðum, Glúm. 333, Grág. i. 357, ii. 166, 623. 28; hélt hann þessu sumu, Fms. x. 416 (Ágrip); halda ílla orðum, vii. (in a verse); þeir er því þingi áttu at h., Glúm. 386; h. sáttum, St. 17; h. eiðum, Bkv. 18; Gizuri þótti biskup h. ríkt ( protect strongly) brennu-mönnum, Sturl. i. 201 C; Guð er sínum skepnum heldr (keeps, protects) ok geymir, Mar.; þá hélt engi kirkju mönnum, … kept no man safe, Fms. ix. 508; h. njósn (acc.) um e-t, Eg. 74; h. til njósn, 72; njósnir, Fms. xi. 46. In most of these instances the acc. is the correct case, and the dat. is due either to careless transcribers or incorrect speaking: in some instances an enclitic um has been taken for a dative inflexion, thus e. g. sáttum haldi in Stor. l. c. is to be restored to sátt um haldi; eiðum haldit in Bkv. l. c. to eið (for eiða) um haldit; in others the prep. um has caused the confusion, as ‘halda njósn um at’ has been changed into halda njósnum at. But in the main the distinction between the use of dat. and acc. is fixed even at the present time: the acc. seems to represent the more primitive usage of this verb, the dat. the secondary.
    C. REFLEX.:
    I. to hold oneself, to stay; héldusk þeir þá ekki fyrir norðan Stað, Fms. i. 63; mátti hann eigi þar haldask, Landn. 246; h. á baki, to keep oneself on horseback, keep one’s seat, Grág. ii. 95; munu þeir skamma stund hér við haldask, Nj. 247: to be kept, remain, þá skal hann h. með Helju, Edda 39: to resist, megu vér ekki við h. fyrir ofreflis-mönnum þessum, Nj. 254; hélzk þá ekki við honum, Eg. 289; mann er svá hefir haldisk við höfuð-syndum, Hom. 157.
    β. to hold out, last, continue; ok hélzk ferillinn, Eg. 579; hélzk undr þetta allt til dags, Nj. 272 (twice); hélzk konungdómr í kyni hans, Rb. 394; lengi síðan hélzk bruna-öld með Svíum, Yngl. S.; lengi hélzk þat í ætt þeirri, at …, Eg. 770; hélzk vinátta með þeim, Nj. 66; þat hefir enn haldizk í ætt hans, Fms. iv. 8; ok hefir þat haldizk ( it has continued to be so) síðan er ek hefi hann séð, Ld. 174; honum haldisk (imperat.) sigr ok langt líf, Ver. 57; betr þætti mér, at hún héldisk þér, that it (the luck) would hold out for thee, Fb. ii. 74; ef hann helzk í útrú sinni, if he perseveres in his untruth, 623. 26.
    γ. to be kept safe and sound; menn allir héldusk ( all bands were saved) ok svá fé, Ld. 8, Fs. 143; þar héldusk menn allir ok mestr hluti fjár, Eg. 405; hafði fé vel haldizk, has been well kept, done well, Ld. 34.
    δ. to be valid, stand; eigu þau handsöl hennar at haldask, Grág. i. 334; engi má haldask dómr hans, Edda 15; skyldu þau (the truce) haldask um þingit, Nj. 348.
    2. impers., mér helzk, e-m helzk vel, ílla, á e-u, to have a good hold, have luck with a thing; mér helzk lítt á sauða-mönnum, Grett. 110 A.
    3. recipr., haldask á, to hold or pull one against another, wrestle, (hence á-höld); var sagt Magnúsi, at þeir héldisk á úti, that they were fighting outside, Sturl. ii. 44.
    II. part. pass. haldinn, [Dan. holden], so ‘holden,’ in such and such a state; vel haldinn, in good condition, faring well, well to do, Eg. 20, 234; hugðusk þar ok haldnir ( safe) mundu vera, Ver. 34; þungliga h., very sick, Eg. 565, Hkr. ii. 199; vel haldinn, doing well; tak heldr annat fé, svá mikit, at þú þykisk vel haldinn af, i. e. fully satisfied, having got full redress, Boll. 350; Sveinn sagði, at hann vill hafa tvá hluti fjárins, Hrani sagðisk ekki af því haldinn ( satisfied) vera, Fms. iv. 31: in the phrase, heilu ok höldnu, safe and sound, Bs. i. 191, Fms. xi. 376, Hkr. i. 319; með höldnu hljóði, preserving the sound, Skálda 175.
    2. ok mun þykkja sér misboðit ef þú ert haldinn (kept, protected), Finnb. 344.
    β. kept, observed, Fms. xi. 99.
    γ. held in custody, in prison, Bs. i. 419, Sturl. i. 151.
    III. gerund., haldandi, holding good, valid; sá dómr er eigi haldandi, is not valid, K. Á. 304; af öllu afli er friðr haldandi, Hom. 5.
    2. part. act., með upp haldandi höndum, with uplifted hands, Bs. i. 684.

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  • 23 gefangen

    I P.P. fangen
    II Adj.
    1. caught; MIL. captive; (eingekerkert) imprisoned, in prison; sich gefangen geben oder nehmen lassen surrender; gefangen halten keep ( oder hold) s.o. prisoner, keep s.o. imprisoned; ein Tier gefangen halten keep an animal locked up; im Zoo etc.: hold an animal captive; gefangen nehmen arrest; MIL. capture, take s.o. prisoner; gefangen setzen put s.o. in prison, imprison
    2. fig. captivated ( von by); gefangen halten hold s.o. under one’s spell; Sache: have s.o. spellbound; gefangen nehmen captivate, enthral(l); sich von jemandem gefangen nehmen lassen come under s.o.’s spell
    * * *
    captive
    * * *
    ge|fạn|gen [gə'faŋən] ptp von fangen
    adj
    (= gefangen genommen) captured; (fig) captivated

    sich gefangen gebento give oneself up, to surrender

    * * *
    (kept prisoner: captive soldiers; The children were taken/held captive.) captive
    * * *
    ge·fan·gen
    [gəˈfaŋən]
    II. adj
    1. (in Gefangenschaft)
    jdn \gefangen halten to hold sb captive [or prisoner]
    ein Tier \gefangen halten to keep an animal in captivity
    jdn \gefangen nehmen MIL to take sb prisoner, to capture sb; JUR (verhaften) to arrest sb
    jdn \gefangen halten [o nehmen] to captivate sb
    ihre Bücher nehmen mich ganz \gefangen I find her books captivating [or riveting]
    * * *
    2. Part. v. fangen
    * * *
    A. pperf fangen
    B. adj
    1. caught; MIL captive; (eingekerkert) imprisoned, in prison;
    nehmen lassen surrender;
    gefangen halten keep ( oder hold) sb prisoner, keep sb imprisoned;
    ein Tier gefangen halten keep an animal locked up; im Zoo etc: hold an animal captive;
    gefangen nehmen arrest; MIL capture, take sb prisoner;
    gefangen setzen put sb in prison, imprison
    2. fig captivated (
    von by);
    gefangen halten hold sb under one’s spell; Sache: have sb spellbound;
    gefangen nehmen captivate, enthral(l);
    * * *
    2. Part. v. fangen
    * * *
    adj.
    captive adj.
    captured adj.
    caught adj.
    trapped adj.

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  • 24 chantaje

    m.
    1 blackmail.
    hacer chantaje a alguien to blackmail somebody
    chantaje emocional emotional blackmail
    2 blackmailing, racketeering, blackmail, extortion.
    3 act of extortion, act of blackmail.
    * * *
    1 blackmail
    \
    hacer chantaje a alguien to blackmail somebody
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino blackmail
    * * *
    = blackmail, extortion.
    Ex. This sort of competitive blackmail does nothing but the problems that hinder poor readers and feed the egos of those held up for praise.
    Ex. One of the problems to be anticipated once a prison law library has been established is the possible ' extortion' by jailhouse lawyers demanding compensation from fellow inmates they legally advise.
    * * *
    masculino blackmail
    * * *
    = blackmail, extortion.

    Ex: This sort of competitive blackmail does nothing but the problems that hinder poor readers and feed the egos of those held up for praise.

    Ex: One of the problems to be anticipated once a prison law library has been established is the possible ' extortion' by jailhouse lawyers demanding compensation from fellow inmates they legally advise.

    * * *
    blackmail
    le hacen chantaje he is being blackmailed
    * * *

     

    chantaje sustantivo masculino
    blackmail;

    chantaje sustantivo masculino blackmail
    hacer chantaje, to blackmail

    ' chantaje' also found in these entries:
    English:
    blackmail
    - extortion
    - racketeering
    - protection
    * * *
    blackmail;
    hacer chantaje a alguien to blackmail sb;
    le hicieron un chantaje he was blackmailed
    chantaje emocional emotional blackmail
    * * *
    m blackmail;
    hacer chantaje a alguien blackmail s.o.
    * * *
    : blackmail

    Spanish-English dictionary > chantaje

  • 25 encerrar

    v.
    1 to shut up or in.
    2 to contain.
    sus palabras encerraban una amenaza there was a threat in his words
    3 to shut in, to close in, to confine, to lock in.
    Ella encerró al chico mal portado She shut in the misbehaving boy.
    4 to enclose, to encompass, to contain, to comprise.
    Ese poema encierra mucha verdad That poem encloses much truth.
    5 to surround, to hem.
    La cerca encierra el potrero The fence surrounds the pasture.
    6 to block in, to box in, to box up.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar
    1 (gen) to shut in, shut up
    2 (con llave) to lock in, lock up
    3 (palabras, frases, etc) to put
    4 (ajedrez, damas) to block
    5 figurado (contener) to contain, include; (implicar) to involve
    1 (recogerse) to go into retreat; (en sí mismo) to become withdrawn
    * * *
    verb
    1) to lock up, shut up
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=meter) to shut (up); [con llave] to lock (up)
    2) (=contener) to contain
    3) (=implicar) to involve
    4) (Ajedrez, Damas) to block
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < ganado> to shut up, pen; < persona> ( con llave) to lock up, to shut

    me encerró en mi habitaciónhe shut me o locked me in my room

    está para que lo encierren — (fam) he's crazy o a nut (colloq)

    2)
    a) ( contener) to contain
    b) ( conllevar) to involve, entail
    2.
    encerrarse v pron (refl) ( en una habitación) to shut oneself in; (en una fábrica, universidad) obreros/estudiantes to lock oneself in
    * * *
    = enclose, lock, intern, shut up, closet, hold + prisoner, coop up, hem + Nombre + in, pen.
    Ex. The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.
    Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex. The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.
    Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex. Too often guests are snatched up on arrival and closeted away from the children before being produced like a rabbit out of a hat for the 'official' appearance.
    Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.
    Ex. We've all heard of road rage: being cooped up in a car on a crowded freeway with no means of escape.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. There's also goats, but I don't think they're penned anywhere -- they seem to have the run of the place as much as the chickens.
    ----
    * encerrar con candado = padlock.
    * encerrar en una jaula = cage.
    * hora de encerrarse = curfew.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < ganado> to shut up, pen; < persona> ( con llave) to lock up, to shut

    me encerró en mi habitaciónhe shut me o locked me in my room

    está para que lo encierren — (fam) he's crazy o a nut (colloq)

    2)
    a) ( contener) to contain
    b) ( conllevar) to involve, entail
    2.
    encerrarse v pron (refl) ( en una habitación) to shut oneself in; (en una fábrica, universidad) obreros/estudiantes to lock oneself in
    * * *
    = enclose, lock, intern, shut up, closet, hold + prisoner, coop up, hem + Nombre + in, pen.

    Ex: The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.

    Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex: The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.
    Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex: Too often guests are snatched up on arrival and closeted away from the children before being produced like a rabbit out of a hat for the 'official' appearance.
    Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.
    Ex: We've all heard of road rage: being cooped up in a car on a crowded freeway with no means of escape.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: There's also goats, but I don't think they're penned anywhere -- they seem to have the run of the place as much as the chickens.
    * encerrar con candado = padlock.
    * encerrar en una jaula = cage.
    * hora de encerrarse = curfew.

    * * *
    encerrar [A5 ]
    vt
    A ‹persona› to lock up; ‹ganado› to shut up, pen
    lo han encerrado en la cárcel he's been locked up in prison o put behind bars
    me encerraban en mi habitación they used to shut me in my room
    encierra al perro shut the dog in
    está para que lo encierren ( fam); he's crazy o a nut ( colloq), he should be put away o certified ( colloq)
    nos dejaron encerrados en la oficina we got locked in the office
    encerrar algo entre comillas to put sth in quotation marks ( AmE) o ( BrE) inverted commas
    B
    1 (contener) to contain
    la película encierra una gran carga moral the movie contains o has a strong moral message
    2 (conllevar) to involve, entail
    no sabe el peligro que encierra she does not know the danger which it involves o entails
    ( refl) to shut oneself in
    se ha encerrado en su habitación he has shut himself in his room
    se encerró en un convento she shut herself away in a convent
    los trabajadores se encerraron en la fábrica the workers locked themselves in the factory o occupied the factory
    * * *

    encerrar ( conjugate encerrar) verbo transitivo
    1 ganado to shut up, pen;
    perroto shut … in;
    persona› (en cárcel, calabozo) to lock up;
    me encerró en mi habitación he shut me o locked me in my room;

    me dejaron encerrada en la oficina I got locked in the office
    2 ( conllevar) ‹peligro/riesgo to involve, entail
    encerrarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( en habitación) to shut oneself in;
    (en fábrica, universidad) [obreros/estudiantes] to lock oneself in
    encerrar verbo transitivo
    1 to shut in: encerraron al perro en la cocina, they shut the dog in the kitchen
    (con llave) to lock in
    2 (entrañar) to contain, include: la Esfinge encierra la clave, the Sphinx holds the key
    ' encerrar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encierra
    English:
    confine
    - enclose
    - hem in
    - lock in
    - lock up
    - put away
    - seal in
    - shut away
    - shut in
    - shut up
    - coop
    - hem
    - lock
    - put
    - shut
    * * *
    vt
    1. [recluir] to shut up o in;
    [con llave] to lock up o in; [en la cárcel] to lock away o up; [ganado, rebaño] to pen (up); [gallinas] to shut up; [en carreras] to box in;
    lo encerraron en un psiquiátrico they shut him away o up in a mental hospital;
    me encerraron en la curva y no pude esprintar they boxed me in on the bend and I couldn't put on a sprint;
    Fam
    estar para que lo/la/ etc[m5]. encierren to be off one's head
    2. [contener] to contain;
    el espectáculo encierra grandes sorpresas the show has some big surprises;
    sus palabras encerraban una amenaza there was a threat in his words
    3. [en ajedrez] to checkmate
    4. [con signos de puntuación] to enclose ( entre in);
    encerró el comentario entre paréntesis she enclosed the comment in brackets
    * * *
    v/t
    1 lock up, shut up
    2 ( contener) contain
    * * *
    encerrar {55} vt
    1) : to lock up, to shut away
    2) : to contain, to include
    3) : to involve, to entail
    * * *
    1. (en general) to shut up [pt. & pp. shut]
    2. (con llave) to lock

    Spanish-English dictionary > encerrar

  • 26 galera

    f.
    1 galley.
    2 row of extra beds in the hospital.
    3 galley proof.
    4 women's prison.
    5 covered wagon.
    6 hospital ward.
    7 top hat.
    8 jack plane.
    * * *
    1 (mar) galley
    2 (crustáceo) squilla
    3 (imprenta) galley
    \
    condenar a alguien a galeras to send somebody to the galleys
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Náut) galley
    2) (=carro) covered wagon
    3) (Med) hospital ward; ( Hist) women's prison
    4) CAm, Méx (=cobertizo) shed
    5) CAm (=matadero) slaughterhouse
    6) LAm (=chistera) top hat; (=fieltro) felt hat, trilby, fedora (EEUU); (=hongo) bowler hat, derby (EEUU)
    7) (Tip) galley
    * * *
    1) (Hist, Náut) galley
    2) (Impr) galley
    3) (RPl) ( sombrero) top hat
    * * *
    = galley.
    Nota: En la composición manual, utensilio empleado para colocar los tipos una vez que el componedor estaba lleno.
    Ex. The compositor's apparatus was in three main parts: the type cases already described; a composing stick, which was a hand-held tray in which pieces of type from the case were assembled; and galleys, larger trays on which pieces of type from the case were transferred when the composing stick was full.
    * * *
    1) (Hist, Náut) galley
    2) (Impr) galley
    3) (RPl) ( sombrero) top hat
    * * *
    Nota: En la composición manual, utensilio empleado para colocar los tipos una vez que el componedor estaba lleno.

    Ex: The compositor's apparatus was in three main parts: the type cases already described; a composing stick, which was a hand-held tray in which pieces of type from the case were assembled; and galleys, larger trays on which pieces of type from the case were transferred when the composing stick was full.

    * * *
    A ( Hist, Náut) galley
    B ( Impr) galley
    C (crustáceo) squilla, mantis prawn
    D ( RPl) (sombrerode copa) top hat; (— de hongo) derby ( AmE), bowler hat ( BrE)
    sacarse algo de la galera ( fam); to make sth up
    * * *

    galera sustantivo femenino
    1 (Hist, Náut) galley
    2 (RPl) ( sombrero) top hat
    galera sustantivo femenino
    1 Náut galley
    2 Impr galley
    3 (carreta de caballos) covered wagon
    ' galera' also found in these entries:
    English:
    galley
    * * *
    galera nf
    1. [embarcación] galley;
    condenar a galeras to send to the galleys
    2. [marisco] mantis shrimp, squilla
    3. CSur [sombrero] top hat;
    Fam
    sacar algo de la galera [improvisar] to make sth up on the spur of the moment;
    [idear] to come up with sth
    4. CAm, Méx [cobertizo] shed
    * * *
    f HIST galley
    * * *
    galera nf
    : galley

    Spanish-English dictionary > galera

  • 27 grupo

    m.
    1 group (conjunto).
    en grupo in a group
    grupo ecologista environmental group
    grupo de estudio study group
    grupo de presión (politics) pressure group, lobby
    grupo de riesgo group at risk
    grupo de rock rock group
    2 group of people, bevy, circle, group.
    * * *
    1 group
    2 TÉCNICA unit, set
    \
    en grupo together, en masse
    grupo electrógeno power plant
    grupo sanguíneo blood group
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) band
    * * *
    SM
    1) [gen] group; (=equipo) team; [de árboles] cluster, clump

    grupo de contacto — (Pol) contact group

    grupo de estafas — (Policía) fraud squad

    grupo de estupefacientes — (Policía) drug squad

    grupo de homicidios — (Policía) murder squad

    grupo de investigación — research team, team of researchers

    grupo de presión — pressure group, special interest group (EEUU)

    2) (Elec, Téc) unit, plant; (=montaje) assembly

    grupo electrógeno, grupo generador — generating set, power plant

    3) Cono Sur (=trampa) trick, con *
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo<salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.
    Ex. The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.
    Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex. A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex. The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex. The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex. This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex. This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex. This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex. SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex. Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex. If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex. 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex. Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex. These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex. DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex. It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex. No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex. The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    ----
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo<salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.

    Ex: The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

    Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex: A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex: The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex: This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex: This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex: Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex: If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex: 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex: Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex: These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex: No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex: The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de personas) group; (de empresas, países) group; (de árboles) clump
    los grupos sociales marginados marginalized social groups
    un grupo de casas a group o cluster of houses
    se dividieron en grupos de (a) cuatro they split into groups of four
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    2 ( Mús) tb
    grupo musical group, band
    3 ( Quím) group
    Compuestos:
    support group
    advisory group, think tank
    construction consortium
    control group
    consortium
    hotel chain
    grupo de interés or presión
    pressure group
    jazz group o band
    internet forum
    press consortium
    ( Pol) Group of Eight
    newsgroup
    working party
    user group
    generator
    grupo fónico/tónico
    phonic/tonic group
    target group
    ( frml); peer group
    parliamentary group
    blood group
    tener el grupo sanguíneo Rh or Rhesus positivo/negativo to be Rhesus positive/negative
    ¿qué grupo sanguíneo tiene? what blood group are you?
    tengo el grupo sanguíneo A/AB/B positivo/negativo I'm blood group A/AB/B positive/negative
    control group
    B ( Chi arg) (mentira) lie; (engaño) trick
    * * *

     

    grupo sustantivo masculino
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group;

    ( de árboles) clump;

    grupos sociales social groups;
    de grupo ‹terapia/trabajo group ( before n);
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajarin a group/in groups
    b) (Mús) tb


    grupo sustantivo masculino
    1 g roup: no queda sangre del groupo B+, there is no B+ blood left
    tiene mi grupo sanguíneo, he has the same blood group as I do
    grupo de trabajo, working party
    terapia de grupo, group therapy
    2 Mús group, band
    3 Elec grupo electrógeno, power generator o electric generating set
    ' grupo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparato
    - argot
    - beatería
    - cada
    - clase
    - comando
    - componente
    - conjunta
    - conjunto
    - contra
    - cuerpo
    - delirio
    - descolgarse
    - desfilar
    - dirigirse
    - disolver
    - disolverse
    - dispersar
    - dispersarse
    - ecologista
    - entrada
    - equipo
    - escolta
    - estamento
    - exclusión
    - figurar
    - fuerza
    - GEO
    - guerrilla
    - incorporarse
    - iniciar
    - jerga
    - junta
    - manifestarse
    - maquinaria
    - mayoría
    - minoritaria
    - minoritario
    - ninguna
    - ninguno
    - núcleo
    - nutrido-a
    - panel
    - paquete
    - patrulla
    - pertenencia
    - pesar
    - piña
    - readmitir
    - relevo
    English:
    address
    - army
    - back
    - band
    - bear down on
    - blood group
    - body
    - bracket
    - breakaway
    - bunch
    - camp
    - chain gang
    - class
    - cliquey
    - clump
    - cluster
    - collection
    - collective
    - combine
    - come under
    - commission
    - contra
    - crowd
    - demo
    - dense
    - drummer
    - dynamics
    - fervent
    - flagship
    - flock
    - foursome
    - fraternity
    - frenzied
    - gather
    - group
    - guard
    - heterogeneous
    - homogeneous
    - huddle
    - inbred
    - Ivy League
    - join
    - knot
    - lead
    - leadership
    - lobby
    - make up
    - manager
    - manageress
    - motley
    * * *
    grupo nm
    1. [conjunto] group;
    [de árboles] cluster;
    grupo (de empresas) (corporate) group;
    en grupo in a group;
    el grupo de cabeza [en carrera] the leading group
    Pol grupo de contacto contact group; Econ grupo de control control group; Informát grupo de discusión discussion group;
    grupo ecologista environmental group;
    grupo de edad age group;
    grupo empresarial (business) group o combine;
    grupo de estudio study group;
    Pol grupo mixto = independent MPs and MPs from minor parties in Spanish parliament; Informát grupo de noticias newsgroup;
    grupo parlamentario parliamentary group;
    Pol grupo de presión pressure group, lobby;
    grupo de riesgo group at risk;
    UE Grupo de Sabios Committee of Wise Men;
    grupo sanguíneo blood group;
    Informát grupo de usuarios user group
    2. [de músicos] group, band
    3. Tec unit, set
    Elec grupo electrógeno generator
    4. Quím group
    5. Ling grupo consonántico consonant cluster;
    grupo fónico phonic group;
    grupo nominal noun phrase;
    grupo de palabras word group;
    grupo vocálico vowel cluster
    * * *
    m group;
    en grupos in groups
    * * *
    grupo nm
    : group
    * * *
    grupo n group

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo

  • 28 arresto

    m.
    1 arrest.
    2 detention, imprisonment.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: arrestar.
    * * *
    1 arrest
    1 (ímpetu) daring sing, guts
    \
    tener arrestos to be bold, be daring
    estar bajo arresto to be under arrest
    arresto mayor close arrest
    arresto menor open arrest
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Jur) (=acción) arrest; (=detención) remand; (Mil) detention, confinement

    arresto mayor Esp imprisonment for from one month and a day to six months

    arresto menor Esp imprisonment for from one day to thirty days

    2) pl arrestos (=arrojo) daring sing

    tener arrestos — to be bold, be daring

    * * *
    1) (Der, Mil)
    a) ( detención) arrest
    b) ( prisión) detention
    2) arrestos masculino plural ( audacia) boldness, daring

    no tiene arrestos para... — she's not daring o bold enough to...

    * * *
    = arrest, detention.
    Ex. The number of drug related arrests in the USA has increased considerably.
    Ex. Children charged with offense are usually at risk of detention between the time of arraignment and the time of hearing.
    ----
    * arresto domiciliario = house arrest.
    * bajo arresto domiciliario = under house arrest.
    * estar bajo arresto = be under arrest.
    * hacer un arresto = make + an arrest.
    * orden de arresto = warrant for + Posesivo + arrest, arrest warrant.
    * * *
    1) (Der, Mil)
    a) ( detención) arrest
    b) ( prisión) detention
    2) arrestos masculino plural ( audacia) boldness, daring

    no tiene arrestos para... — she's not daring o bold enough to...

    * * *
    = arrest, detention.

    Ex: The number of drug related arrests in the USA has increased considerably.

    Ex: Children charged with offense are usually at risk of detention between the time of arraignment and the time of hearing.
    * arresto domiciliario = house arrest.
    * bajo arresto domiciliario = under house arrest.
    * estar bajo arresto = be under arrest.
    * hacer un arresto = make + an arrest.
    * orden de arresto = warrant for + Posesivo + arrest, arrest warrant.

    * * *
    A ( Der, Mil)
    1 (detención) arrest
    se encuentran bajo arresto en la comisaría they are being held in custody at o they are under arrest in the police station
    2 (prisión) detention
    Compuestos:
    house arrest
    se encuentra bajo arresto domiciliario he is under house arrest
    fue condenado a seis meses de arresto mayor he was sentenced to six months imprisonment o in prison
    preventive detention
    B arrestos mpl (valor, audacia) spirit, boldness, daring; (energía) energy
    no tiene arrestos para hacerlo she's not daring o bold enough to do it
    * * *

    Del verbo arrestar: ( conjugate arrestar)

    arresto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    arrestó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    arrestar    
    arresto
    arrestar ( conjugate arrestar) verbo transitivo
    to arrest
    arresto sustantivo masculino (Der, Mil)



    arrestar verbo transitivo to arrest
    arresto sustantivo masculino arrest
    Jur arresto domiciliario, house arrest
    ' arresto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    orden
    - detención
    English:
    apprehension
    - arrest
    - detain
    - detention
    - under
    - house
    - warrant
    * * *
    1. [detención] arrest;
    su arresto se produjo en plena calle he was arrested in broad daylight;
    durante su arresto lo torturaron while under arrest he was tortured
    2. [reclusión]
    al soldado le impusieron dos días de arresto the soldier was locked up for two days
    arresto domiciliario house arrest;
    arresto mayor = prison sentence of between one month and a day and six months;
    arresto menor = prison sentence of between one and thirty days
    * * *
    m
    1 arrest;
    orden de arresto arrest warrant
    2
    :
    arrestos pl spirit sg, daring sg
    * * *
    1) detención: arrest
    2) arrestos nmpl
    : boldness, daring

    Spanish-English dictionary > arresto

  • 29 ligar

    v.
    1 to bind.
    Ellos ligaron las cuerdas They bound the ropes.
    2 to slur (Music).
    4 to alloy, to combine, to mix.
    Ellos ligaron los metales They alloyed the metals.
    5 to league, to unite, to confederate, to join.
    Ellos ligaron a los bandos They leagued the parties.
    6 to associate, to bind together, to link.
    Ellos ligaron las empresas They associated the companies.
    7 to pair up, to mix well, to pull.
    8 to take a beating.
    9 to ligate.
    * * *
    1 (atar) to tie, bind
    2 (unir) to link, connect
    3 (metales) to alloy
    4 COCINA to bind
    ligó con una italiana he picked up an Italian girl, he got off with an Italian girl
    \
    estar ligado,-a a to be linked to, be connected
    ir ligado,-a a→ link=estar estar ligado,-a
    ligarse a alguien familiar to pick somebody up, get off with somebody
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=atar) [gen] to tie, bind; (Med) to bind up, put a ligature on
    2) (=mezclar) [+ metales] to alloy, mix; [+ bebidas] to mix; [+ salsa] to thicken
    3) (=unir) to join, bind together
    4) * (=conquistar) to pick up *, get off with *, pull *
    5) * (=birlar) to pinch *
    6) * (=conseguir) to get hold of, lay one's hands on
    7) * (=comprar) to buy
    8) * (=detener) to nick *
    9) Caribe (=contratar) to contract in advance for
    2. VI
    1) (=ir juntos) to mix well, blend well, go well together
    2) * (=conquistar) to pull *
    3) Caribe, Méx * (=tener suerte) to have a bit of luck, be lucky

    la cosa le ligó And, CAm the affair went well for him

    4) Caribe, Méx (=mirar) to look, stare
    5)

    le ligó su deseo And, Caribe * her wish came true

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (unir, vincular) to bind
    2) ( atar)
    3) < metales> to alloy; < salsa> to bind
    2.

    salieron a ligarthey went out on the make o (BrE) pull (colloq)

    ligar con alguiento make out with somebody (AmE), to get off with somebody (BrE)

    3.
    ligarse v pron
    1) (fam) ( conquistar) to make out with (AmE colloq), to get off with (colloq BrE)
    2) salsa to bind
    * * *
    = attach, connect, intertwine, bind + Nombre + together, entwine, chat up.
    Ex. In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.
    Ex. Plainly, it is not always the case that there is a connection between farming and spelling, and many other documents can be identified where these subjects are not connected.
    Ex. Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.
    Ex. People value the public library highly as an educational and community resource and the library acts as an 'information junction' to bind the community together.
    Ex. The Zimbabwe Library Association history is entwined with library development in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).
    Ex. She was 15 kilograms too heavy, rudderless, half-lost to drinking and chatting up other girls' boyfriends.
    ----
    * frase usada para ligar = chat-up line.
    * intentar ligar = chat up.
    * tratar de ligar = chat up.
    * truco para ligar = chat-up line.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (unir, vincular) to bind
    2) ( atar)
    3) < metales> to alloy; < salsa> to bind
    2.

    salieron a ligarthey went out on the make o (BrE) pull (colloq)

    ligar con alguiento make out with somebody (AmE), to get off with somebody (BrE)

    3.
    ligarse v pron
    1) (fam) ( conquistar) to make out with (AmE colloq), to get off with (colloq BrE)
    2) salsa to bind
    * * *
    = attach, connect, intertwine, bind + Nombre + together, entwine, chat up.

    Ex: In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.

    Ex: Plainly, it is not always the case that there is a connection between farming and spelling, and many other documents can be identified where these subjects are not connected.
    Ex: Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.
    Ex: People value the public library highly as an educational and community resource and the library acts as an 'information junction' to bind the community together.
    Ex: The Zimbabwe Library Association history is entwined with library development in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).
    Ex: She was 15 kilograms too heavy, rudderless, half-lost to drinking and chatting up other girls' boyfriends.
    * frase usada para ligar = chat-up line.
    * intentar ligar = chat up.
    * tratar de ligar = chat up.
    * truco para ligar = chat-up line.

    * * *
    ligar [A3 ]
    vt
    A (unir, vincular) to bind
    el contrato que la ligaba a la empresa the contract which bound her to the company
    los ligaba una larga amistad they were bound together by a long-standing friendship
    B
    (atar): le ligaron las manos con una cuerda they tied his hands together o they bound his hands with a rope
    un fajo de billetes ligados con una goma elástica a bundle of bills held together with a rubber band
    C
    1 ‹metales› to alloy
    2 ‹salsa› to bind
    D
    1 ( fam)
    (en naipes): ligar un full to get a full house
    2 ( RPl fam) (conseguir, obtener) to get
    van a visitarlos sólo para ver si ligan algo they only go to visit them to see what they can get out of them
    3 ( Esp arg) ‹hachís/coca› to score (sl)
    4 ( Esp arg) (apresar) to bust (sl), to nick ( BrE sl)
    ■ ligar
    vi
    A ( fam)
    (conquistar): los sábados salían a ligar on Saturdays they went out trying to pick up girls/boys ( colloq), on Saturdays they went out on the pick-up o ( AmE) on the make (sl)
    ligar CON algn to make out WITH sb ( AmE), to get off WITH sb ( BrE)
    B ( Chi fam) (flirtear con) to give … the come-on ( colloq), to give … the eye ( BrE colloq)
    C
    ( Chi fam) (tocar) (+ me/te/le etc): a mí siempre me liga lavar los platos it's always me who gets landed with washing o who has to wash the dishes ( colloq)
    ligarle ( Per fam); to pull it off ( colloq)
    A ( fam) (conquistar) to make out with ( AmE colloq), to get off with ( colloq BrE)
    B «salsa» to bind
    C ( RPl fam) ‹reto/cachetada› to get
    se ligó tres meses a la sombra he got three months in prison o ( colloq) inside
    ligársela ( RPl fam); to get a hiding o clobbering ( colloq)
    D
    (Arg, Ven) ( Telec): la línea se ligó I got a crossed line
    * * *

     

    ligar ( conjugate ligar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( unir) to bind;


    b) ( atar):


    un fajo de billetes ligados con una goma elástica a bundle of bills held together with a rubber band
    c) metales to alloy;

    salsa to bind
    verbo intransitivo (fam) ( con el sexo opuesto):
    salieron a ligar they went out on the make o (BrE) pull (colloq);

    ligar con algn to make out with sb (AmE), to get off with sb (BrE)
    ligarse verbo pronominal (fam) ( conquistar) to make out with (AmE colloq), to get off with (colloq BrE)
    ligar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (unir) to join
    figurado mis recuerdos me ligan a esta ciudad, my memories bind me to this town
    2 (relacionar) to link
    3 fam (coger) to get
    II vi fam (seducir, cortejar) to make advances: estaba ligando con mi primo, she was making advances to my cousin

    ' ligar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bronce
    - pinchar
    English:
    advance
    - chat up
    - pass
    - pick up
    - score
    - screw around
    - strong
    - bind
    - slur
    * * *
    vt
    1. [atar] to tie (up);
    liga bien los paquetes tie the packages up tightly;
    les ligaron las manos they tied their hands
    2. [unir] to bind;
    los ligan muchos lazos afectivos they are bound together by a lot of emotional ties;
    un contrato lo liga con la empresa he is contractually bound to the company
    3. [salsa] to thicken
    4. Med to put a ligature on
    5. Mús to slur
    6. [en naipes] to get;
    ligué un póquer de ases I got four aces
    7. [metales] to alloy
    8. Fam [droga] to score, to get hold of
    9. RP [conseguir] to get;
    siempre viene a ver si liga algo he always comes along to see what he can get
    10. Comp
    Fam
    ligar bronce to catch some rays
    11. Cuba [cosecha] to contract in advance for
    12. Ven Dep [béisbol] to hit;
    ligó un cuadrangular he hit a home run
    vi
    1. Fam [encontrar pareja] to score, Br to pull;
    en esta ciudad no se liga nada it's a nightmare trying to score o Br pull in this town;
    esta noche vamos a salir a ligar we're going out to score with someone tonight, Br we're going out on the pull tonight
    2. [salsa] to bind
    3. RP, Ven Fam [tener suerte] to be damn lucky, Br to be jammy
    4. Carib, Guat, Perú [deseo] to be fulfilled
    5. Ven Dep [en béisbol] to go into the wind-up
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 bind
    2 ( atar) tie
    3 GASTR blend
    II v/i
    :
    ligar con fam pick up
    * * *
    ligar {52} vt
    : to bind, to tie (up)
    * * *
    ligar vb
    1. (unir) to bind [pt. & pp. bound]
    2. (atar) to tie

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  • 30 emprisonner

    emprisonner [ɑ̃pʀizɔne]
    ➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb
    * * *
    ɑ̃pʀizɔne
    1) ( mettre en prison) to imprison (à, dans in); fig
    2) ( retenir) to keep [somebody] prisoner (à, dans in)
    3) ( enfermer) to clasp [personne, main]
    * * *
    ɑ̃pʀizɔne vt
    to imprison, to jail
    * * *
    emprisonner verb table: aimer vtr
    1 ( mettre en prison) to imprison (à, dans in); fig être emprisonné dans to be the prisoner of;
    2 ( retenir) to keep [sb] prisoner (à, dans in);
    3 ( enfermer) to clasp [personne, main]; [vêtement] to squeeze [personne, taille].
    [ɑ̃prizɔne] verbe transitif
    1. [incarcérer - malfaiteur] to imprison, to put in jail, to put in prison
    2. [immobiliser] to trap
    3. [psychologiquement]

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  • 31 in

    in [ɪn]
    dans1A (a)-(e), 1B (c), 1C (d), 1D (a), 1F (a) à1A (g), 1F (b) en1A (h), 1B (a), 1B (b), 1C (a), 1C (b), 1C (d), 1E (b), 1F (b) chez1C (f) sur1G (b) à l'intérieur2A (a) à la mode2E (b), 3 (a)
    A.
    in a box dans une boîte;
    what have you got in your pockets? qu'est-ce que tu as dans tes poches?;
    she was sitting in an armchair elle était assise dans un fauteuil;
    in the house dans la maison;
    in Catherine's house chez Catherine;
    they're playing in the garden/living room/street ils jouent dans le jardin/le salon/la rue;
    we live in a village nous habitons un village;
    he's still in bed/in the bath il est encore au lit/dans son bain;
    she shut herself up in her bedroom elle s'est enfermée dans sa chambre;
    the light's gone in the fridge la lumière du réfrigérateur ne marche plus;
    Law in camera à huis clos
    she trailed her hand in the water elle laissait traîner sa main dans l'eau;
    there's a smell of spring in the air ça sent le printemps;
    we swam in the sea nous nous sommes baignés dans la mer
    put it in your pocket mets-le dans ta poche;
    throw the letter in the bin jette la lettre à la poubelle;
    we headed in the direction of the port nous nous sommes dirigés vers le port
    he had a knife in his hand il avait un couteau dans ou à la main;
    she held her tight in her arms elle la serrait dans ses bras;
    with tears in his eyes les larmes aux yeux
    a hole in the wall un trou dans le mur;
    there were deep cuts in the surface la surface était marquée de profondes entailles;
    a reflection in the mirror un reflet dans la glace;
    how much is that jumper in the window? combien coûte ce pull dans la vitrine?;
    who's that man in the photo? qui est cet homme sur la photo?
    she's in hospital/in prison elle est à l'hôpital/en prison;
    he teaches in a language school il enseigne dans une école de langues
    in Paris à Paris;
    in France en France;
    in Afghanistan en Afghanistan;
    in the States aux États-Unis;
    in Portugal au Portugal;
    in the Pacific dans l'océan Pacifique;
    in the Third World dans les pays du tiers-monde
    he was in a suit il était en costume;
    she was still in her dressing gown elle était encore en robe de chambre;
    he always dresses in green il s'habille toujours en vert;
    who's that woman in the hat? qui est la femme avec le ou au chapeau?;
    in uniform/mourning en uniforme/deuil
    sardines in tomato sauce des sardines à la sauce tomate;
    beef in a red wine sauce bœuf mijoté dans une sauce au vin rouge;
    fish in breadcrumbs poisson pané;
    we were up to our waists in mud nous étions dans la boue jusqu'à la taille
    B.
    in 1992 en 1992;
    in March en mars, au mois de mars;
    in the thirties dans les années trente;
    in (the) summer/autumn/winter en été/automne/hiver;
    in (the) spring au printemps;
    he doesn't work in the afternoon/morning il ne travaille pas l'après-midi/le matin;
    I'll come in the afternoon/morning je viendrai l'après-midi/le matin;
    at 5 o'clock in the afternoon/morning à 5 heures de l'après-midi/du matin;
    in the future à l'avenir;
    in the past autrefois
    he cooked the meal in ten minutes il prépara le repas en dix minutes
    I'll be back in five minutes je reviens dans cinq minutes, j'en ai pour cinq minutes
    we haven't had a proper talk in ages nous n'avons pas eu de véritable conversation depuis très longtemps;
    I hadn't seen her in years ça faisait des années que je ne l'avais pas vue
    in my absence en ou pendant mon absence;
    in the ensuing chaos dans la confusion qui s'ensuivit
    C.
    (a) (indicating arrangement, shape) en;
    in five rows/parts en cinq rangées/parties;
    stand in a circle mettez-vous en cercle;
    line up in twos mettez-vous par deux;
    cut the cake in three/in half coupe le gâteau en trois/en deux;
    she had her hair up in a ponytail ses cheveux étaient relevés en queue de cheval
    (b) (indicating form, method)
    in cash en liquide;
    in writing par écrit;
    in English/French en anglais/français;
    written in ink écrit à l'encre;
    do you have these shoes in a 5? est-ce que vous auriez ces chaussures en 38?;
    have you got this jacket in a large? est-ce que vous auriez cette veste dans une taille plus grande?;
    does it come in red? est-ce que ça existe ou est-ce que ça se fait en rouge?
    she's in a bit of a state elle est dans tous ses états;
    to be in love être amoureux;
    don't keep us in suspense ne nous tiens pas en haleine plus longtemps;
    he watched in wonderment il regardait avec émerveillement
    (d) (indicating state, situation) dans, en;
    in the present circumstances dans les circonstances actuelles;
    in the dark dans l'obscurité;
    in this weather par ou avec ce temps;
    in the sun au soleil;
    in the rain/snow sous la pluie/neige;
    in danger/silence en danger/silence;
    in my presence en ma présence;
    she's got her leg in plaster elle a une jambe plâtrée ou dans le plâtre
    in blossom en fleur ou fleurs;
    in pup/calf/cub plein;
    American in heat en chaleur
    (f) (among) chez;
    a disease common in five-year-olds une maladie très répandue chez les enfants de cinq ans;
    the sense of smell is more developed in dogs l'odorat est plus développé chez les chiens
    D.
    in chapter six dans le chapitre six;
    we were standing in a queue nous faisions la queue;
    she's appearing in his new play/film elle joue dans sa nouvelle pièce/son nouveau film;
    he has two Picassos in his collection il a deux Picasso dans sa collection;
    this is a common theme in Shakespeare's work c'est un thème fréquent dans les œuvres de Shakespeare;
    the best player in the team le meilleur joueur de l'équipe;
    how many feet are there in a metre? combien de pieds y a-t-il dans un mètre?;
    service is included in the price le service est inclus dans le prix
    she hasn't got it in her to be nasty elle est bien incapable de méchanceté;
    I didn't think she had it in her je ne l'en croyais pas capable;
    it's the Irish in me c'est mon côté irlandais
    she has no confidence in him elle n'a aucune confiance en lui;
    they showed no interest in my work mon travail n'a pas eu l'air de les intéresser le moins du monde
    in my opinion or view à mon avis
    E.
    (a) (indicating purpose, cause)
    he charged the door in an effort to get free dans un effort pour se libérer, il donna un grand coup dans la porte;
    in reply or response to your letter... en réponse à votre lettre...;
    there's no point in complaining il est inutile de ou ça ne sert à rien de se plaindre
    in doing so, you only encourage him en faisant cela, vous ne faites que l'encourager;
    in attempting to save her son's life, she almost died en essayant de sauver son fils, elle a failli mourir
    it's five feet in length ça fait cinq pieds de long;
    the town has grown considerably in size la ville s'est beaucoup agrandie;
    a change in direction un changement de direction;
    he's behind in maths il ne suit pas en maths;
    spinach is rich in iron les épinards sont riches en fer;
    we've found the ideal candidate in Richard nous avons trouvé en Richard le candidat idéal
    I've got a pain in my arm j'ai une douleur au ou dans le bras
    F.
    (a) (indicating specified field, sphere of activity) dans;
    to be in the army/navy être dans l'armée/la marine;
    she's in advertising elle est dans la publicité;
    an expert in economics un expert en économie politique;
    he's in business with his sister il dirige une entreprise avec sa sœur;
    there have been tremendous advances in the treatment of cancer de grands progrès ont été faits dans le traitement du cancer;
    a degree in Italian une licence d'italien
    our days were spent in swimming and sailing nous passions nos journées à nager et à faire de la voile;
    they spent hours (engaged) in complex negotiations ils ont passé des heures en négociations difficiles;
    you took your time in getting here! tu en as mis du temps à venir!
    G.
    (a) (indicating approximate number, amount)
    people arrived in droves/in dribs and drabs les gens sont arrivés en foule/par petits groupes;
    they came in their thousands ils sont venus par milliers;
    he's in his forties il a la quarantaine;
    the temperature was in the nineties la température était dans les trente degrés
    one child in three un enfant sur trois;
    a one-in-five hill une pente de 20 pour cent;
    once in ten years une fois tous les dix ans
    A.
    (a) (into an enclosed space) à l'intérieur, dedans;
    she opened the door and looked in elle ouvrit la porte et regarda à l'intérieur;
    he jumped in il sauta dedans
    breathe in then out inspirez puis expirez;
    we can't take in any more refugees nous ne pouvons pas accueillir plus de réfugiés;
    she's been in and out of mental hospitals all her life elle a passé presque toute sa vie dans des hôpitaux psychiatriques;
    she and I were always in and out of each other's houses nous étions tout le temps fourrées l'une chez l'autre
    is your wife/the boss in? est-ce que votre femme/le patron est là?;
    it's nice to spend an evening in c'est agréable de passer une soirée chez soi;
    to eat/to stay in manger/rester à la maison;
    we've got the builders in nous avons des ouvriers à la maison;
    he usually comes in about 10 o'clock en général, il est là vers 10 heures;
    familiar what's he in for? (in prison) pourquoi est-ce qu'il fait de la tôle?; (in hospital) pourquoi est-ce qu'il est à l'hôpital?
    B.
    to go in entrer;
    come in! entrez!;
    to saunter/to run in entrer d'un pas nonchalant/en courant;
    in we go! on y va!
    the bus isn't in yet le bus n'est pas encore arrivé;
    what time does your train get in? quand est-ce que votre train arrive?
    the walls fell in les murs se sont écroulés;
    the edges bend in le bord est recourbé
    the tide is in la marée est haute
    C.
    write in for further information écrivez-nous pour plus de renseignements;
    entries must be in by 1 May les bulletins doivent nous parvenir avant le 1 mai;
    offers of help poured in les propositions d'aide sont arrivées en masse
    (b) (indicating participation, addition)
    to be in at the start/finish of sth assister au début/à la fin de qch;
    we asked if we could join in nous avons demandé si nous pouvions participer;
    stir in the sliced onions ajouter les oignons en lamelles;
    fill in the blanks remplissez les espaces vides
    D.
    the ball was in la balle était bonne
    (b) (in cricket) à l'attaque;
    the other side went in first c'est l'autre équipe qui était d'abord à l'attaque
    E.
    he failed to get in at the last election il n'a pas été élu aux dernières élections
    (b) (in fashion) à la mode;
    short skirts are coming back in les jupes courtes reviennent à la mode
    F.
    you're in for a bit of a disappointment tu vas être déçu;
    he's in for a surprise/shock il va avoir une surprise/un choc;
    we're in for a storm nous aurons sûrement de l'orage;
    they don't know what they're in for ils ne savent pas ce qui les attend;
    now he's really in for it cette fois-ci, il va y avoir droit;
    he's in on the secret il est dans le secret;
    he's in on it il est dans le coup;
    we were all in on the plot on était tous au courant;
    I wasn't in on that particular conversation je n'étais pas là pendant cette conversation;
    familiar to be in with sb être en bons termes avec qn;
    he's trying to get in with the boss il essaie de se faire bien voir du patron
    (a) (fashionable) à la mode, branché;
    that nightclub is very in cette boîte est très à la mode;
    it's the in place to go c'est l'endroit branché du moment;
    to be the in thing être à la mode;
    the in crowd les gens dans le coup
    it's an in joke c'est une plaisanterie entre nous/elles/ etc
    4 noun
    to have an in avoir de l'influence;
    he has an in with the senator il a ses entrées chez le sénateur
    the ins and outs (of a situation) les tenants et les aboutissants (d'une situation)
    en tout;
    there are 30 in all il y en a 30 en tout
    a row of bushes with little clumps of flowers in between une rangée d'arbustes séparés par des petites touffes de fleurs;
    he's neither right nor left but somewhere in between il n'est ni de droite ni de gauche mais quelque part entre les deux;
    she either plays very well or very badly, never in between elle joue très bien ou très mal, jamais entre les deux
    (b) (in time) entretemps, dans l'intervalle
    entre
    en soi;
    the town is not in itself beautiful but it has style la ville n'est pas belle en soi mais elle a de l'allure;
    this was in itself an achievement c'était déjà un exploit en soi
    puisque;
    I'm not badly off in that I have a job and a flat but... je ne peux pas me plaindre puisque j'ai un emploi et un appartement mais...;
    we are lucky in that there are only a few of us nous avons de la chance d'être si peu nombreux
    ►► Computing in box (for e-mail) boîte f de réception, corbeille f d'arrivée

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  • 32 ser

    m.
    1 being (ente).
    ser humano human being
    los seres vivos living things
    2 ens.
    v.
    1 to be (to be in some place or situation, to originate in, to belong to, to pertain, to exist really).
    fue aquí it was here
    lo importante es decidirse the important thing is to reach a decision
    ¿de dónde eres? where are you from?
    los juguetes son de mi hijo the toys are my son's
    es alto/gracioso he is tall/funny
    es azul/difícil it's blue/difficult
    es un amigo/el dueño he is a friend/the owner
    Yo soy buena I am good.
    2 to be (to be worth, quantity).
    ¿cuánto es? how much is it?
    son 300 pesos that'll be 300 pesos
    ¿qué (día) es hoy? what day is it today?, what's today?
    mañana será 15 de julio tomorrow (it) will be 15 July
    ¿qué hora es? what time is it?, what's the time?
    son las tres (de la tarde) it's three o'clock (in the afternoon), it's three (pm)
    3 to be (joined to nouns which signify employment or occupation).
    soy abogado/actriz I'm a lawyer/an actress
    son estudiantes they're students
    4 to be (to happen, to occur, to fall out).
    es muy tarde it's rather late
    era de noche/de día it was night/day
    5 to be (auxiliary verb, by which the passive is formed).
    fue visto por un testigo he was seen by a witness
    6 to exist, to live.
    7 to be for.
    Me es muy fácil aprender español It is very easy for me to learn Spanish.
    * * *
    Present Indicative
    soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son.
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Past Indicative
    Future Indicative
    seré, serás, será, seremos, seréis, serán.
    Conditional
    sería, serías, sería, seríamos, seríais, serían.
    Present Subjunctive
    sea, seas, sea, seamos, seáis, sean.
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Future Subjunctive
    Imperative
    (tú), sea (él/Vd.), seamos (nos.), sed (vos.), sean (ellos/Vds.).
    Past Participle
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    * * *
    1. verb 2. noun m.
    * * *
    SF ABR Esp
    = Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión radio network
    * * *
    I 1.
    [ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1]

    es inglés/rubio/católico — he's English/fair/(a) Catholic

    era cierto/posible — it was true/possible

    sé bueno, estáte quieto — be a good boy and keep still

    que seas muy feliz — I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc)

    para serte sincero — to be honest with you, to tell you the truth

    siempre le he sido fiel — I've always been faithful to her; ver tb verbo intransitivo I 5

    ¿éste es o se hace?/¿tú eres o te haces? — (AmL fam) is he/are you stupid or something? (colloq)

    el mayor es casado/divorciado — the oldest is married/divorced

    es viuda — she's a widow; ver tb estar I 3)

    3) (seguido de nombre, pronombre, sintagma nominal) to be

    soy peluquera/abogada — I'm a hairdresser/a lawyer

    ábreme, soy Mariano/yo — open the door, it's Mariano/it's me

    por ser usted, haremos una excepción — for you o since it's you, we'll make an exception

    4) (con predicado introducido por `de')

    es de los vecinos — it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'

    ésa es de las que... — she's one of those people who..., she's the sort of person who...

    ser de lo que no hay — (fam) to be incredible (colloq)

    5) (hipótesis, futuro)

    ¿será cierto? — can it be true?

    2.
    ser vi
    1)
    a) ( existir) to be
    b) (liter) ( en cuentos)

    érase una vez... — once upon a time there was...

    2)
    a) (tener lugar, ocurrir)

    ¿dónde fue el accidente? — where did the accident happen?

    el asunto fue así... — it happened like this...

    ser de algo/alguien: ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him; ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? — what will become of us?

    3) ( sumar)

    ¿cuánto es (todo)? — how much is that (altogether)?

    son 3.000 pesos — that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos

    4) (causar, significar) to be
    5) ( resultar)
    6) ( consistir en) to be

    lo importante es participarthe important o main thing is to take part

    7) (indicando finalidad, adecuación)

    fue aquí donde lo vi — this is where I saw him, it was here that I saw him

    fui yo quien or la que lo dije fui yo quien or la que lo dijo — I was the one who said it, it was me that said it

    9)

    es que...: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; díselo, si es que te atreves — tell him, if you dare

    10)

    lo que es... — (fam)

    lo que es yo, no pienso hablarle más — I certainly have no intention of speaking to him again

    lo que es saber idiomas!it sure is something to be able to speak languages! (AmE), what it is to be able to speak languages! (BrE)

    a no ser que — (+ subj) unless

    como debe ser: ¿ves como me acordé? - como debe ser! see, I did remember- I should think so too!; los presentó uno por uno, como debe ser she introduced them one by one, as you should; ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; como ser (CS) such as; de no ser así (frml) should this not be the case (frml); de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); de no ser por...: de no ser por él,... if it hadn't been o if it weren't for him,...; eso es! that's it!, that's right!; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; tú pagas tus mil pesos o lo que sea... you pay your thousand pesos or whatever...; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes o anything; no sea que or no vaya a ser que (+ subj) in case; cierra la ventana, no sea or no vaya a ser que llueva close the window in case it rains; ten cuidado, no sea or no vaya a ser que lo eches todo a perder be careful or you'll ruin everything; o sea: los empleados de más antigüedad, o sea los que llevan aquí más de... longer serving employees, that is to say those who have been here more than...; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea..., (ya) sea... either..., or...; (ya) sea por caridad, (ya) sea por otra razón,... whether he did it out of charity or for some other reason,...; sea como sea: hay que impedirlo, sea como sea it must be prevented now matter how o at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea quien sea le dices que no estoy whoever it is, tell them I'm not in; si no fuera/hubiera sido por... — if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for...

    12) ( en el tiempo) to be

    ¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what's today's date

    ¿qué día es hoy? — what day is it today?

    serían las cuatro cuando llegó — it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb verbo impersonal

    3.
    ser v impers to be
    4.

    ser + pp — to be + pp

    II
    1)
    a) ( ente) being
    b) (individuo, persona)
    2)
    b) ( carácter esencial) essence
    3) (Fil) being
    * * *
    I 1.
    [ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1]

    es inglés/rubio/católico — he's English/fair/(a) Catholic

    era cierto/posible — it was true/possible

    sé bueno, estáte quieto — be a good boy and keep still

    que seas muy feliz — I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc)

    para serte sincero — to be honest with you, to tell you the truth

    siempre le he sido fiel — I've always been faithful to her; ver tb verbo intransitivo I 5

    ¿éste es o se hace?/¿tú eres o te haces? — (AmL fam) is he/are you stupid or something? (colloq)

    el mayor es casado/divorciado — the oldest is married/divorced

    es viuda — she's a widow; ver tb estar I 3)

    3) (seguido de nombre, pronombre, sintagma nominal) to be

    soy peluquera/abogada — I'm a hairdresser/a lawyer

    ábreme, soy Mariano/yo — open the door, it's Mariano/it's me

    por ser usted, haremos una excepción — for you o since it's you, we'll make an exception

    4) (con predicado introducido por `de')

    es de los vecinos — it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'

    ésa es de las que... — she's one of those people who..., she's the sort of person who...

    ser de lo que no hay — (fam) to be incredible (colloq)

    5) (hipótesis, futuro)

    ¿será cierto? — can it be true?

    2.
    ser vi
    1)
    a) ( existir) to be
    b) (liter) ( en cuentos)

    érase una vez... — once upon a time there was...

    2)
    a) (tener lugar, ocurrir)

    ¿dónde fue el accidente? — where did the accident happen?

    el asunto fue así... — it happened like this...

    ser de algo/alguien: ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him; ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? — what will become of us?

    3) ( sumar)

    ¿cuánto es (todo)? — how much is that (altogether)?

    son 3.000 pesos — that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos

    4) (causar, significar) to be
    5) ( resultar)
    6) ( consistir en) to be

    lo importante es participarthe important o main thing is to take part

    7) (indicando finalidad, adecuación)

    fue aquí donde lo vi — this is where I saw him, it was here that I saw him

    fui yo quien or la que lo dije fui yo quien or la que lo dijo — I was the one who said it, it was me that said it

    9)

    es que...: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; díselo, si es que te atreves — tell him, if you dare

    10)

    lo que es... — (fam)

    lo que es yo, no pienso hablarle más — I certainly have no intention of speaking to him again

    lo que es saber idiomas!it sure is something to be able to speak languages! (AmE), what it is to be able to speak languages! (BrE)

    a no ser que — (+ subj) unless

    como debe ser: ¿ves como me acordé? - como debe ser! see, I did remember- I should think so too!; los presentó uno por uno, como debe ser she introduced them one by one, as you should; ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; como ser (CS) such as; de no ser así (frml) should this not be the case (frml); de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); de no ser por...: de no ser por él,... if it hadn't been o if it weren't for him,...; eso es! that's it!, that's right!; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; tú pagas tus mil pesos o lo que sea... you pay your thousand pesos or whatever...; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes o anything; no sea que or no vaya a ser que (+ subj) in case; cierra la ventana, no sea or no vaya a ser que llueva close the window in case it rains; ten cuidado, no sea or no vaya a ser que lo eches todo a perder be careful or you'll ruin everything; o sea: los empleados de más antigüedad, o sea los que llevan aquí más de... longer serving employees, that is to say those who have been here more than...; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea..., (ya) sea... either..., or...; (ya) sea por caridad, (ya) sea por otra razón,... whether he did it out of charity or for some other reason,...; sea como sea: hay que impedirlo, sea como sea it must be prevented now matter how o at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea quien sea le dices que no estoy whoever it is, tell them I'm not in; si no fuera/hubiera sido por... — if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for...

    12) ( en el tiempo) to be

    ¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what's today's date

    ¿qué día es hoy? — what day is it today?

    serían las cuatro cuando llegó — it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb verbo impersonal

    3.
    ser v impers to be
    4.

    ser + pp — to be + pp

    II
    1)
    a) ( ente) being
    b) (individuo, persona)
    2)
    b) ( carácter esencial) essence
    3) (Fil) being
    * * *
    ser1
    1 = being, creature.

    Ex: A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.

    Ex: Stories that lead to doing things are all the more attractive to children, who are active rather than passive creatures.
    * abducción por seres extraterrestres = alien abduction.
    * alimentación del ser humano = human nutrition.
    * llegada de seres extraterrestres = alien visitation.
    * nutrición del ser humano = human nutrition.
    * ser consecuente con Uno mismo = be true to + Reflexivo.
    * ser extraterrestre = alien creature.
    * ser fiel con Uno mismo = be true to + Reflexivo.
    * ser humano = human being, human, human person.
    * ser inteligente = intelligent being.
    * ser pensante = sentient being.
    * ser superior = supreme being, higher being, superior being.
    * ser supremo = supreme being.
    * ser todo un éxito = hit + a home run, knock it out of + the park.
    * ser vivo = living being, sentient being.
    * todo ser humano = every living soul.
    * tráfico de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.
    * trata de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.

    ser2
    2 = be, take + the form of, stand as.

    Ex: Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.

    Ex: Hierarchical relationships may also take the form of co-ordinate relationships, in which case they may be represented by 'RT' or related term, in a similar manner to affinitive relationships below.
    Ex: Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.
    * anhelar ser = ache to be.
    * a no ser que = unless.
    * así es = that's how it is.
    * así sea = amen.
    * así son las cosas = that's they way things are.
    * centrado en el ser humano = anthropocentric.
    * clonación del ser humano = human cloning.
    * como es el caso de = as it is with.
    * cómo + ser = what + be like.
    * conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * cualquiera que fuere = any... whatsoever.
    * cualquiera que fuese = any... whatsoever.
    * cualquiera que sea + Nombre = whichever + Nombre.
    * debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.
    * dejar de ser útil = outlive + Posesivo + usefulness.
    * demostrar ser = prove + to be.
    * de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.
    * dicho sea de paso = by the by(e).
    * dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.
    * dinero + ser para = money + go towards.
    * el + Nombre + es inestimable = the + Nombre + cannot be overestimated.
    * el ser barato = cheapness.
    * el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.
    * entrar sin ser visto = sneak into.
    * es = it's [it is].
    * esa es la cuestión = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esa es la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * es decir = i.e. (latín - id est), in other words, that is, that is to say, which is to say.
    * es de deducir que = it follows that.
    * es de destacar que = significantly.
    * es de esperar = hopefully.
    * es de esperar que = all being well.
    * es de resaltar que = significantly.
    * es de suponer que = presumably.
    * ese es el asunto = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * es el momento adecuado = the moment is ripe, the time is ripe.
    * es el momento oportuno = the moment is ripe, the time is ripe.
    * es evidente = clearly.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * es inevitable que = inevitably.
    * es interesante que = interestingly.
    * es lo que a mí me parece = my two cents' worth.
    * es lo que yo pienso = my two cents' worth.
    * es más = more important, moreover.
    * es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.
    * es mi opinión = my two cents' worth.
    * es mi parecer = my two cents' worth.
    * es por lo tanto deducible que = it therefore follows that.
    * es por lo tanto de esperar que = it therefore follows that.
    * es por lo tanto lógico que = it therefore follows that.
    * ¡esta es tu oportunidad! = here's your chance!.
    * estar siendo + Participio = be in process of + Nombre.
    * evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.
    * fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.
    * haber sido aceptado = be here to stay, have come + to stay.
    * haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.
    * la razón de ser = the reason for being.
    * la verdad sea dicha = to tell the truth.
    * llegar a ser = become, develop into.
    * llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.
    * lo que es aun peor = worse still.
    * lo que es peor = what's worse.
    * lo que haya que de ser, será = que sera sera, what's meant to be, will be, whatever will be, will be.
    * lo que + ser = what + be like.
    * lo que tenga que ser, será = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.
    * merecer ser mencionado = deserve + mention.
    * no ser aconsejable = be undesirable.
    * no ser + Adjetivo + Infinitivo = be less than + Adjetivo + Infinitivo.
    * no ser así ya = be no longer the case.
    * no ser bien visto = be in the doghouse.
    * no ser cobarde = be no chicken.
    * no ser consciente de = remain + unaware of.
    * no ser deseable = be undesirable.
    * no + ser + de sorprender que = it + be + not surprising that.
    * no ser fácil = be no picnic, not be easy.
    * no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.
    * no ser lo suficientemente bueno = not be good enough.
    * no ser más que = be nothing more than, be nothing but.
    * no ser nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.
    * no ser ningún jovencito = be no chicken.
    * no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.
    * no ser sino = be nothing but.
    * no ser una gran pérdida = be no great loss.
    * no ser un lecho de rosas = be not all roses.
    * no ser verdad = be untrue.
    * no somos todos iguales = one size doesn't fit all.
    * no tener razón de ser + Infinitivo = there + be + no sense in + Gerundio.
    * para ser específico = to be specific.
    * para ser franco = in all honesty.
    * para ser sincero = to be honest, in all honesty.
    * pasar a ser = become, develop into.
    * por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.
    * por si fuera poco = to boot, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.
    * posible de ser consultado por máquina = machine-viewable.
    * posible de ser visto en pantalla = displayable.
    * primer puesto + ser para = pride of place + go to.
    * puede muy bien ser = could well be.
    * puede muy bien ser que = it may well be that.
    * que fue = one-time.
    * que fue común antes = once-common.
    * que ha sido abordado con preguntas = accost.
    * que puede ser apilado = stacking.
    * razón de ser = point, raison d'etre, rationale, sense of purpose.
    * ser reconocido = gain + recognition.
    * resultar ser = prove + to be, turn out to be, happen + to be.
    * sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price, come hell or high water.
    * sea cual fuere = any... whatsoever, any... whatsoever.
    * sea cual fuese = any... whatsoever, any... whatsoever.
    * sea cual sea el criterio utilizado = by any standard(s).
    * sea lo que sea = whatever it is, be that as it may, call it what you want.
    * seamos realistas = face it, let's face it.
    * sean cuales sean = whatever they may be.
    * sentido del ser humano = human sense.
    * ser accesible a través de = be available through.
    * ser aceptado = take + hold, gain + acceptance, take off.
    * ser acertado = be spot on.
    * ser aconsejable = be welcome, be better served by, be in order.
    * ser acorde con = be commensurate with.
    * ser acuciante = be acute.
    * ser acusado de delito criminal = face + criminal charge.
    * ser adecuado = be right, stand up, fit + the bill.
    * ser + Adjetivo = get + Adjetivo.
    * ser + Adjetivo + para = have + a + Adjetivo + effect on.
    * ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * ser aficionado a = be fond of.
    * ser afortunado = be lucky, strike + lucky.
    * ser agradable de oír = be good to hear.
    * ser agradable + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.
    * ser algo bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.
    * ser algo bueno = be a good thing.
    * ser algo completamente distinto = be nothing of the sort.
    * ser algo común = be a fact of life, dominate + the scene, be a common occurrence, become + a common feature, be a part of life.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser algo excepcional = be the exception rather than the rule, be in a league of its own.
    * ser algo fácil = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.
    * ser algo facilísimo = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.
    * ser algo habitual = become + a common feature, be a fact of life.
    * ser Algo imponente = loom + large.
    * ser algo inevitable = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.
    * ser algo más profundo que = go + deeper than.
    * ser algo más serio que = go + deeper than.
    * ser algo (muy) bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.
    * ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.
    * ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser algo muy obvio = be a dead giveaway.
    * ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.
    * ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.
    * ser algo muy revelador = be a giveaway.
    * ser algo natural para = be second nature to + Pronombre, come + naturally to.
    * ser algo normal = be a fact of life, become + a common feature, be a part of life.
    * ser algo permanente = be here to stay.
    * ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.
    * ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.
    * ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.
    * ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.
    * ser algo por lo que = be a matter for/of.
    * ser algo por ver = be an open question.
    * ser algo que no ocurre con frecuencia = be a rare occurrence.
    * ser algo seguro = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.
    * ser algo útil para = be something in the hand for.
    * ser amado = loved-one.
    * ser amigo de = be buddies with.
    * ser analizado como una frase = be phrase parsed.
    * ser apreciado = receive + appreciation.
    * ser apropiado = be right.
    * ser aproximadamente + Número = be around + Número, be about + Número.
    * ser arrestado = be under arrest.
    * ser asequible = be available, become + available.
    * ser asequible a = be amenable to.
    * ser así = be the case (with), be just like that.
    * ser atacado = be under attack, come under + fire, be under assault.
    * ser atractivo = look + attractive, be popular in appeal.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.
    * ser atribuible a = be attributable to.
    * ser aun más = be all the more.
    * ser autosuficiente = stand on + Posesivo + own, self-serve.
    * ser autosuficiente económicamente = pay + Posesivo + own way.
    * ser avaricioso = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.
    * ser bienvenido = be most welcome, make + welcome, be welcome.
    * ser bonito + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.
    * ser buenísimo + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.
    * ser bueno = make + good + Nombre.
    * ser bueno en = be good at.
    * ser bueno para Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser capaz de = be capable of.
    * ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.
    * ser característico de = be emblematic of.
    * ser carísimo = cost + be prohibitive.
    * ser caro = be steep.
    * ser casi seguro = be a good bet.
    * ser chiquito pero matón = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser chulo = be cool.
    * ser clavado a = be a dead ringer for.
    * ser cliente de una tienda = patronise + shop.
    * ser coherente = cohere.
    * ser como el día y la noche = different as night and day.
    * ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.
    * ser como mínimo = be no less than.
    * ser como una esfera = wrap around.
    * ser como un círculo = wrap around.
    * ser como un libro abierto = be an open book.
    * ser complementario el uno del otro = be integral one to another.
    * ser complementarios = be integral one to another.
    * ser completamente diferente = be in a different league.
    * ser completo = be all inclusive.
    * ser común = be the case (with).
    * ser condenado a prisión = receive + prison sentence.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * ser conocido por = famously, have + a track record of.
    * ser conocido por todos = be out in the open.
    * ser consciente = sentient being.
    * ser consciente de = be alive to, be aware of, be cognisant of, be mindful of/that, become + cognisant of, be aware of, realise [realize, -USA].
    * ser consciente de + Posesivo + valía = be alive to + Posesivo + worth.
    * ser consciente + desafortunadamente = be painfully aware of.
    * ser contradictorio de = run + contrary to.
    * ser contraproducente = defeat + Posesivo + purpose, blowback.
    * ser contrario a = be contrary to, be hostile to.
    * ser conveniente + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.
    * ser correcto = be all right, be correct, be right.
    * ser cortés con = be civil towards.
    * ser costumbre = be customary.
    * ser creativo = be inventive.
    * ser creíble = invoke + belief.
    * ser criticado = be subjected to + criticism, be (the) subject of/to criticism, take + heat, come under + fire.
    * ser crucial (para) = be central (to).
    * ser cuestión de = come down to.
    * ser culpable = be to blame.
    * ser culpable (por/de) = be at fault (for/to).
    * ser dado a = be amenable to, be apt to, be given to.
    * ser de = be a native of.
    * ser de alto nivel = be at a high level.
    * ser de armas tomar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser de ayuda = be of assistance.
    * ser debatible = be a moot point, be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.
    * ser de calidad = be up to snuff, be up to scratch.
    * ser decisión de + Nombre = be down to + Nombre.
    * ser de contenido + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in content.
    * ser de crecimiento rápido = be a quick grower.
    * ser de difícil acceso = tuck away.
    * ser de dominio público = be public domain.
    * ser deficiente = be wanting.
    * ser definitivo = be final.
    * ser de gran ayuda para = be a boon to.
    * ser de gran beneficio para = be of great benefit to.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * ser de interés para = be of interest (to/for).
    * ser dejado en la obligación de Uno = be derelict in + duty.
    * ser de la izquierda = be of the left.
    * ser de la noche = night creature.
    * ser de la opinión de que = be of the opinion that, be of the view that.
    * ser del gusto de Uno = be to + Posesivo + taste.
    * ser del orden de + Número = be of the order of + Número.
    * ser de los que piensan que = subscribe to + view.
    * ser demasiado = be over-provided, be a mouthful.
    * ser demasiado + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.
    * ser demasiado complaciente = lean over + too far backwards.
    * ser demasiado común = be all too common.
    * ser demasiado para = be too much for, be too much for.
    * ser demasiado precavido = err + on the side of caution.
    * ser demasiado preciso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.
    * ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.
    * ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.
    * ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.
    * ser de número limitado = be limited in number.
    * ser de origen + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in origin.
    * ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.
    * ser de primera categoría = be top notch.
    * ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.
    * ser de sabios = be a point of wisdom.
    * ser desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * ser desconocido para = be alien to.
    * ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.
    * ser desoído = be unheeded.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser detenido = be under arrest.
    * ser de un solo uso = be a one-trip pony.
    * ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind, differ in + kind (from).
    * ser de un valor especial = be of particular value.
    * ser de uso general = be in general use, be generally available.
    * ser de utilidad = be of use.
    * ser de utilidad a = be of service to.
    * ser diestro en = be skilled at.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser digno de = merit.
    * ser digno de admiración = deserve + admiration.
    * ser digno de crítica = merit + a critical eye.
    * ser digno de + Infinitivo = be worth + Gerundio.
    * ser diplomático = say + the right thing.
    * ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.
    * ser dogmático = be dogmatic.
    * ser dos mundos completamente distintos = be poles apart.
    * ser dudoso = be doubtful.
    * ser duro = play + hardball.
    * ser eficaz para + Infinitivo = be efficient at + Gerundio.
    * ser el acabóse = take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limit.
    * ser el alma de = be the life of, be the life and soul of.
    * ser el asunto = be the point.
    * ser el beneficiario de = be on the receiving end of.
    * ser el blanco de = be a pushover for.
    * ser el blanco de las críticas = come under + fire.
    * ser el canalizador de = be the conduit for.
    * ser el capitán = skipper, captain.
    * ser el caso (de) = be the case (with).
    * ser el centro de atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show, cut + a dash.
    * ser el centro de todas las miradas = cut + a dash.
    * ser el colmo = be the last straw, bring + the situation to a head, take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limit.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.
    * ser elegido = get in.
    * ser elevado = be steep.
    * ser el éxito de la fiesta = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.
    * ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for).
    * ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * ser el límite = be the limit.
    * ser el mandamás = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * ser el más afectado por = bear + the brunt of.
    * ser el máximo = be the limit.
    * ser el momento clave = mark + the watershed.
    * ser el momento (de) = be the time to.
    * ser el momento decisivo = mark + the watershed.
    * ser el momento de/para = it + be + time to/for.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * ser el orgullo de = be the pride and joy of.
    * ser el origen de = provide + the material for.
    * ser el paraje natural de = be home to.
    * ser el preludio = usher in.
    * ser el primero = be second to none, come out on + top.
    * ser el primero en = lead + the way in.
    * ser el primero en + Infinitivo = take + the lead in + Gerundio.
    * ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * ser el que con mayor frecuencia = be (the) most likely to.
    * ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.
    * ser el resultado de = follow from, result from.
    * ser el segundo de a bordo = play + second fiddle.
    * ser el último grito = be all the rage.
    * ser el último mono ser el último mono = feel + pulled and tugged.
    * ser emblemático de = be emblematic of.
    * ser en balde = be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.
    * ser en vano = be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * ser enviado a = have + the lead to.
    * ser equiparable a = be commensurate with.
    * ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong.
    * ser escaso = be few and far between, be in short supply.
    * ser esclavo de = be slave to.
    * ser estupendo = sound + great, be fine and dandy.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.
    * ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.
    * ser experto en = be skilled at.
    * ser expulsado de = be dropped from.
    * ser extraño para = be alien to.
    * ser extremadamente + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.
    * ser fácil = be easy.
    * ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.
    * ser facilísimo = be a snap, be a piece of cake.
    * ser factible de = be amenable to.
    * ser familiar = strike + familiar chords, ring + a bell.
    * ser famoso = gain + recognition, be popular.
    * ser famoso por = famously, have + a track record of.
    * ser favorable = be a plus.
    * ser ficticio = be fiction.
    * ser fiel a = cleave to.
    * ser fructífero = come to + fruition.
    * ser goloso = have + a sweet tooth.
    * ser grosero con = be abusive of.
    * ser hábil para = be adroit at.
    * ser habitual = be customary.
    * ser harina de otro costal = be a different kettle of fish.
    * ser hipertenso = be hyper.
    * ser hora de = it + be + time to/for.
    * ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.
    * ser hora de irse = be time to go.
    * ser hora de marcharse = be time to go.
    * ser hora ya de que = be about time (that), be high time (that/to/for).
    * ser humilde = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.
    * sería mejor que + Subjuntivo = better + Infinitivo.
    * ser ideal = suit + best, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.
    * ser ideal para Uno = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.
    * ser idóneo para = be suited to.
    * ser ignorado = be unheeded.
    * ser igual a = be equivalent to, equal.
    * ser igual que = amount to + the same thing as.
    * ser ilegal = be against the law.
    * ser ilimitado = be boundless.
    * ser implacable = play + hardball.
    * ser imponente = be awe-inspiring.
    * ser importante = be of importance, make + a difference, be of consequence.
    * ser importantísimo = make + all the difference in the world, make + difference in the world.
    * ser importantísimo (para) = be central (to).
    * ser imposible = be dead meat.
    * ser imprescindible = be a must.
    * ser improcedente = be out of order.
    * ser imprudente = be reckless.
    * ser inalterable = set in + stone, set in + tablets of stone.
    * ser incapaz de = be unable to.
    * ser incoherente = Negativo + hold + water.
    * ser incompatible (con) = be irreconcilable (with).
    * ser inconsistente = Negativo + hold + water.
    * ser increíble = beggar + belief.
    * ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stew in + Posesivo + own juice, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.
    * ser indescriptible = beggar + description.
    * ser indispensable = be a must.
    * ser ineficaz = fire + blanks.
    * ser infundado = be unfounded.
    * ser inherente a = inhere in.
    * ser inimaginable = beggar + imagination.
    * ser inminente = be on the cards.
    * ser inmune a = be immune from, be immune against.
    * ser innovador = break + new ground, break + ground.
    * ser innumerable = be without number, be legion.
    * ser innumerables = run into + the thousands.
    * ser insignificante = pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequence.
    * ser insignificante de = be slight in.
    * ser inteligente = be talented.
    * ser interesante = be of interest (to/for).
    * ser interesante + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.
    * ser interesante + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.
    * ser interminable = there + be + no end to.
    * ser intransigente = play + hardball.
    * ser inútil = fire + blanks.
    * ser irrespetuoso con = disrespect, diss.
    * ser justo = play + fair.
    * ser justo con todos = give the devil his due.
    * ser justo hasta con el diablo = give the devil his due.
    * ser justo lo que se necesita = be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.
    * ser justo lo que Uno necesita = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.
    * ser justo que = there + be + justice in.
    * ser juzgado = stand + trial, stand for + trial.
    * ser la abreviatura de = be short for.
    * ser la base de = be at the core of, form + the basis of, be at the heart of.
    * ser la ciudad de = be home to.
    * ser la clave de = hold + the key to.
    * ser la comidilla del barrio = be the talk of the town.
    * ser la comidilla del pueblo = be the talk of the town.
    * ser la consecuencia de = follow from, result from.
    * ser la costumbre = be customary.
    * ser la cuestión = be the point.
    * ser la culminación de Algo = represent + the culmination of, mark + the culmination of.
    * ser la culpa de = be the fault of.
    * ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.
    * ser la elección lógica = be a/the natural choice.
    * ser la elección natural = be a/the natural choice.
    * ser la excepción = be the exception.
    * ser la excepción a la regla = constitute + the exception to the rule.
    * ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.
    * ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.
    * ser la forma de = be a recipe for.
    * ser la fórmula para = be a recipe for.
    * ser la gota que colma el vaso = bring + the situation to a head.
    * ser la idea central de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.
    * ser la imagen de = be a picture of.
    * ser la intención = be the intention.
    * ser la intención de uno = be + Posesivo + intention.
    * ser la manera de = be a recipe for.
    * ser la materia prima de = be grist to + Posesivo + mill.
    * ser la mayoría = be in the majority.
    * ser la mejor alternativa = be the best bet.
    * ser la mejor manera de = be the conduit for.
    * ser lamentable = be a pity.
    * ser la minoría = be in the minority.
    * ser la norma = be the norm, be the rule, become + the norm.
    * ser la novedad = be on the scene.
    * ser la obra de = be the work of.
    * ser la persona ideal para = be the best placed to.
    * ser la persona más indicada para = be in a position to.
    * ser la propia responsabilidad de Alguien = be of + Posesivo + own making.
    * ser la prueba de fuego de Algo = test + Nombre + to the limit.
    * ser la punta de lanza de = spearhead.
    * ser la razón de = lie at + the root of.
    * ser la representación misma de = be a picture of.
    * ser la responsabilidad de = be the responsibility of.
    * ser la responsabilidad de Alguien + Infinitivo = it + lie with + Nombre/Pronombre + to + Infinitivo.
    * ser la última palabra = be all the rage.
    * ser la última persona del mundo que + Infinitivo = be one of the last people in the world to + Infinitivo.
    * ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.
    * ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * ser líder en = take + the lead in + Gerundio.
    * ser lo de Uno = be cut out for, be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.
    * ser lo más parecido a = be as close as we come to.
    * ser lo mismo = be one and the same.
    * ser lo normal = be the order of the day.
    * ser lo principal de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.
    * ser lo que a Uno le encanta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.
    * ser lo que a Uno le gusta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.
    * ser lo que a Uno le interesa = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.
    * ser lo que a Uno le va = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.
    * ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene.
    * ser lo que nos espera = be the shape of things to come.
    * ser lo suficientemente + Adjetivo + como para = be + Adjetivo + enough to.
    * ser lo suficientemente comprensivo = go + far enough.
    * ser lo suficientemente conocido como para que = be sufficiently well known for.
    * serlo todo para todos = be all things to all men, be all things to all people.
    * ser lo último = be all the rage, be the pits.
    * ser lo último en = become + the next stop in.
    * ser lo último en lo que + pensar = be the last thing of + Posesivo + mind.
    * ser lo último que + ocurrir + a Alguien = be the last thing of + Posesivo + mind.
    * ser magnífico + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.
    * ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.
    * ser maravilloso = sound + great.
    * ser más astuto que = outfox, outwit, outsmart.
    * ser más interno = inner being.
    * ser más un + Nombre = be more of a + Nombre.
    * ser mayor = be older.
    * ser mejor en = be better at.
    * ser mejor que = be superior to, compare + favourably.
    * ser mejor que + Subjuntivo = better + Infinitivo.
    * ser menor = be less.
    * ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.
    * ser mínimo = be at a minimum.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * ser modesto = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.
    * ser molesto = be disturbing.
    * ser moroso = be in default.
    * ser motivador = be motivating.
    * ser motivo de preocupación = loom + large.
    * ser mucho = be a mouthful.
    * ser mucho más = be all the more.
    * ser mucho más que = be far more than.
    * ser muy aconsejable que = be well advised to.
    * ser muy alto = be metres high.
    * ser muy amigo de = be pally with.
    * ser muy antiguo = go ba

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    ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
    1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be
    ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;

    es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
    es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
    era cierto it was true;
    sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
    que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;

    (+ me/te/le etc)

    ver tb imposible, difícil etc
    2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;

    es viuda she's a widow;
    ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
    3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;

    ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
    4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):

    soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
    es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
    no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
    5 (hipótesis, futuro):

    ¿será cierto? can it be true?
    verbo intransitivo
    1

    b) (liter) ( en cuentos):

    érase una vez … once upon a time there was …

    2
    a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):


    ¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?

    ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;

    ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
    ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
    3 ( sumar):
    ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;

    son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
    somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
    4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) ser para algo to be for sth;

    ( en locs)
    a no ser que (+ subj) unless;

    ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
    como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
    hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
    el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
    puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
    de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
    ¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
    es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
    es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
    lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
    estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
    o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
    o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
    o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
    (ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
    sea como sea at all costs;
    sea cuando sea whenever it is;
    sea donde sea no matter where;
    sea quien sea whoever it is;
    si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
    ( en el tiempo) to be;
    ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;

    serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
    ver tb v impers
    ser v impers to be;

    ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
    fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) ( ente) being;

    ser humano/vivo human/living being

    b) (individuo, persona):


    2 ( naturaleza):

    ser
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
    ser humano, human being
    ser vivo, living being
    2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
    2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
    ya es la una, it's one o'clock
    3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
    (al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
    son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
    Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
    4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
    5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
    6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
    es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
    7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
    es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
    8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
    ¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
    9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
    10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
    11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
    12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
    13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
    (adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
    esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
    15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
    es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
    no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
    16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
    17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
    ♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
    como sea, anyhow
    de no ser por..., had it not been for
    es más, furthermore
    es que..., it's just that...
    lo que sea, whatever
    o sea, that is (to say)
    sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
    ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
    ' ser' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - acceder
    - además
    - aficionada
    - aficionado
    - alardear
    - alcanzar
    - alimentar
    - alta
    - alto
    - ambicionar
    - antigüedad
    - aparición
    - arma
    - atinar
    - atorarse
    - aúpa
    - babear
    - básica
    - básico
    - bendición
    - caber
    - cacho
    - cada
    - cafetera
    - cafetero
    - calco
    - callo
    - canela
    - cansada
    - cansado
    - cantar
    - capaz
    - capirote
    - carácter
    - cardo
    - carne
    - carné
    - caso
    - cero
    - colarse
    - comida
    - comidilla
    - comido
    - conmigo
    - conquistador
    - conquistadora
    - contagiarse
    - contemplar
    - contienda
    English:
    accountable
    - addicted
    - adjust
    - allow
    - allowance
    - ambition
    - amount to
    - anathema
    - anomaly
    - arduous
    - around
    - aspire
    - aware
    - bad
    - be
    - beating
    - being
    - belong
    - betray
    - big
    - bill
    - bind over
    - bird
    - booby trap
    - boring
    - bounce
    - can
    - carry
    - catch up
    - cerebral
    - ceremonial
    - ceremony
    - charm
    - chip
    - claim
    - come into
    - come under
    - connoisseur
    - court
    - degree
    - deserve
    - destroy
    - differ
    - do
    - dodger
    - doubly
    - due
    - ear
    - easy
    - edit
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    ser The auxiliary verb ser is used with the past participle of a verb to form the passive (e.g. la película fue criticada the movie was criticized).
    v aux
    [para formar la voz pasiva] to be;
    fue visto por un testigo he was seen by a witness;
    la propuesta es debatida o [m5] está siendo debatida en el parlamento the proposal is being debated in parliament
    v copulativo
    1. [con adjetivos, sustantivos, pronombres] [indica cualidad, identidad, condición] to be;
    es alto/gracioso he's tall/funny;
    soy chileno/chiapaneco I'm Chilean/from Chiapas;
    es azul/difícil it's blue/difficult;
    sé discreta/paciente be discreet/patient;
    es un amigo/el dueño he's a friend/the owner;
    son unos amigos míos they're friends of mine;
    es el cartero/tu madre it's the postman o US mailman/your mother;
    soy yo, ábreme open up, it's me;
    soy Víctor [al teléfono] it's Víctor;
    la casa es aquella de ahí the house is that one over there;
    es un tipo muy simpático he's a very nice guy;
    ¿es eso verdad? is that true?;
    eso no es cierto that isn't true;
    es obvio que le gustas it's obvious that he likes you;
    no es necesario ir it isn't necessary to go;
    es posible que llueva it may rain;
    no está mal para ser de segunda mano it's not bad considering it's second-hand;
    no pierde sus derechos por ser inmigrante just because he's an immigrant doesn't mean he doesn't have any rights;
    te lo dejo en la mitad por ser tú seeing as o because it's you, I'll let you have it half-price;
    por ser usted, señora, 15 euros to you, madam, 15 euros;
    que seas muy feliz I wish you every happiness, I hope you'll be very happy;
    ¡será imbécil el tipo! the guy must be stupid!;
    este restaurante ya no es lo que era this restaurant isn't as good as it used to be o isn't what it used to be;
    RP Fam
    ser loco por algo to be wild about sth
    2. [con sustantivos, adjetivos] [indica empleo, dedicación, estado civil, religión] to be;
    soy abogado/actriz I'm a lawyer/an actress;
    son estudiantes they're students;
    para ser juez hay que trabajar mucho you have to work very hard to be o become a judge;
    es padre de tres hijos he's a father of three;
    es soltero/casado/divorciado he's single/married/divorced;
    era viuda she was a widow;
    son budistas/protestantes they are Buddhists/Protestants;
    el que fuera gobernador del estado the former governor of the state;
    Am Fam
    ¿tú eres o te haces? are you stupid or what?;
    RP Fam
    ¿vos sos o te hacés? are you stupid or what?
    3. [con "de"] [indica material, origen, propiedad]
    ser de [estar hecho de] to be made of;
    [provenir de] to be from; [pertenecer a] to belong to;
    un juguete que es todo de madera a completely wooden toy, a toy made completely of wood;
    ¿de dónde eres? where are you from?;
    estas pilas son de una linterna these batteries are from a torch;
    ¿es de usted este abrigo? is this coat yours?, does this coat belong to you?;
    los juguetes son de mi hijo the toys are my son's;
    portarse así es de cobardes only cowards behave like that, it's cowardly to behave like that
    4. [con "de"] [indica pertenencia a grupo]
    ser de [club, asociación, partido] to be a member of;
    ¿de qué equipo eres? [aficionado] which team o who do you support?;
    soy del Barcelona I support Barcelona;
    ser de los que… to be one of those people who…;
    ése es de los que están en huelga he is one of those on strike;
    no es de las que se asustan por cualquier cosa she's not one to get scared easily
    vi
    1. [ocurrir, tener lugar] to be;
    fue aquí it was here;
    ¿cuándo es la boda? when's the wedding?;
    la final era ayer the final was yesterday;
    ¿cómo fue lo de tu accidente? how did your accident happen?;
    ¿qué fue de aquel amigo tuyo? what happened to that friend of yours?;
    ¿qué es de Pablo? how's Pablo (getting on)?
    2. [constituir, consistir en] to be;
    fue un acierto que nos quedáramos en casa we were right to stay at home;
    lo importante es decidirse the important thing is to reach a decision;
    su ambición era dar la vuelta al mundo her ambition was to travel round the world;
    tratar así de mal a la gente es buscarse problemas treating people so badly is asking for trouble
    3. [con fechas, horas] to be;
    ¿qué (día) es hoy? what day is it today?, what's today?;
    hoy es jueves today's Thursday, it's Thursday today;
    ¿qué (fecha) es hoy? what's the date today?, what date is it today?;
    mañana será 15 de julio tomorrow (it) will be 15 July;
    ¿qué hora es? what time is it?, what's the time?;
    son las tres (de la tarde) it's three o'clock (in the afternoon), it's three (pm);
    serán o [m5] deben de ser las tres it must be three (o'clock)
    4. [con precios] to be;
    ¿cuánto es? how much is it?;
    son 300 pesos that'll be 300 pesos;
    ¿a cómo son esos tomates? how much are those tomatoes?
    5. [con cifras, en operaciones] to be;
    ellos eran unos 500 there were about 500 of them;
    11 por 100 son 1.100 11 times 100 is 1,100
    6. [servir, ser adecuado]
    ser para to be for;
    este trapo es para (limpiar) las ventanas this cloth is for (cleaning) the windows;
    este libro es para niños this book is for children;
    la ciudad no es para mí the city isn't for me
    7. [con "de" más infinitivo] [indica necesidad, posibilidad]
    es de desear que… it is to be hoped that…;
    era de esperar que pasara algo así it was to be expected that something like that would happen;
    es de suponer que aparecerá presumably, he'll turn up;
    es de temer cuando se enoja she's really scary when she gets angry
    8. [para recalcar, poner énfasis]
    ése es el que me lo contó he's the one who told me;
    lo que es a mí, no me llamaron they certainly didn't call me, they didn't call me, anyway;
    ¿es que ya no te acuerdas? don't you remember any more, then?, you mean you don't remember any more?
    9. [indica excusa, motivo]
    es que no me hacen caso but o the thing is they don't listen to me;
    es que no vine porque estaba enfermo the reason I didn't come is that I was ill, I didn't come because I was ill, you see;
    ¿cómo es que no te han avisado? how come they didn't tell you?
    10. Literario [existir]
    Platón, uno de los grandes sabios que en el mundo han sido Plato, one of the wisest men ever to walk this earth
    11. [en frases]
    a no ser que venga unless she comes;
    tengo que conseguirlo (sea) como sea I have to get it one way or another;
    hay que evitar (sea) como sea que se entere we have to prevent her from finding out at all costs o no matter what;
    hazlo cuando sea do it whenever;
    de no ser/haber sido por… if it weren't/hadn't been for…;
    de no ser por él no estaríamos vivos if it weren't for him, we wouldn't be alive;
    de no ser así otherwise;
    de ser así if that should happen;
    déjalo donde sea leave it anywhere o wherever;
    érase una vez, érase que se era once upon a time;
    dile lo que sea, da igual tell her anything o whatever, it doesn't make any difference;
    haré lo que sea para recuperar mi dinero I will do whatever it takes o anything to get my money back;
    se enfadó, y no era para menos she got angry, and not without reason;
    no sea que…, no vaya a ser que… in case…;
    la llamaré ahora no sea que luego me olvide I'll call her now in case I forget later;
    Estados Unidos y Japón, o sea, las dos economías mundiales más importantes the United States and Japan, that is to say o in other words, the two most important economies in the world;
    50 euros, o sea unas 8.300 pesetas 50 euros, that's about 8,300 pesetas;
    o sea que no quieres venir so you don't want to come then?;
    por si fuera poco as if that wasn't enough;
    habla con quien sea talk to anyone;
    sea quien sea no abras la puerta don't open the door, whoever it is;
    si no fuera/hubiera sido por… if it weren't/hadn't been for…;
    Am
    siendo que… seeing that o as…, given that…;
    Am
    siendo que tienes la plata, cómprate el vestido más caro seeing as o since you've got the money, buy yourself the more expensive dress
    v impersonal
    [indica tiempo] to be;
    es muy tarde it's rather late;
    era de noche/de día it was night/day
    nm
    1. [ente] being;
    seres de otro planeta beings from another planet
    ser humano human being;
    Ser Supremo Supreme Being;
    los seres vivos living things
    2. [persona] person;
    sus seres queridos his loved ones
    3. [existencia]
    mis padres me dieron el ser my parents gave me my life
    4. [esencia, naturaleza] being;
    la quiero con todo mi ser I love her with all my being o soul
    * * *
    f abr (= Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión) network of independent Spanish radio stations
    * * *
    ser {77} vi
    1) : to be
    él es mi hermano: he is my brother
    Camila es linda: Camila is pretty
    2) : to exist, to live
    ser, o no ser: to be or not to be
    3) : to take place, to occur
    el concierto es el domingo: the concert is on Sunday
    4) (used with expressions of time, date, season)
    son las diez: it's ten o'clock
    hoy es el 9: today's the 9th
    5) : to cost, to come to
    ¿cuánto es?: how much is it?
    6) (with the future tense) : to be able to be
    ¿será posible?: can it be possible?
    7)
    ser de : to come from
    somos de Managua: we're from Managua
    8)
    ser de : to belong to
    ese lápiz es de Juan: that's Juan's pencil
    9)
    es que : the thing is that
    es que no lo conozco: it's just that I don't know him
    ¡sea! : agreed!, all right!
    sea... sea : either... or
    la cuenta ha sido pagada: the bill has been paid
    él fue asesinado: he was murdered
    ser nm
    : being
    ser humano: human being
    * * *
    ser1 n (ente) being
    ser2 vb
    1. (en general) to be
    2. (estar hecho) to be made
    3. (pertenecer) to belong
    este libro es de María this book belongs to María / this book is María's

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  • 33 Ч-172

    НИ ЗА ЧТО2 НИ ЗА ЧТО НИ ПРО ЧТО НИ ЗА ЧТО НИ ПРО ЧТО all coll PrepP these forms only adv more often used with pfv verbs fixed WO
    1. погибнуть, пропасть и т. п. — (of a person) (to perish, be destroyed etc) to no purpose, futilely: (all) for nothing (naught)
    (all) in vain.
    Здесь ни за что погиб мой отец... Ни за грош пропала моя собственная жизнь (Зиновьев 1). "My Father died here for nothing.... My own life has been ruined for nothing" (1a).
    2. обидеть, оскорбить, ударить, ругать, арестовать кого и т. п. \Ч-172 (to offend, insult, hit, berate, arrest etc s.o.) without any reason or grounds for doing so
    for no reason (at all)
    for no reason whatever (whatsoever) for no good (particular) reason for nothing (at all) for nothing, for no reason just for the hell of it (quarrel) over nothing.
    Настёна обычно отмалчивалась, она научилась этому ещё в то... лето, когда обходила с Катькой ангарские деревни и когда каждый, кому не лень, мог ни за что ни про что ее облаять (Распутин 2). Nastyona usually held her peace. She had learned how that summer when she and Katya made the rounds of the Angara villages and anyone who felt like it could shower her with curses for no reason at all (2a).
    Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).
    Я защищал людей, которых сажали, как принято выражаться, за убеждения, или, иначе говоря, ни за что (Войнович 1)....I spoke out in defense of people who, as we usually say, were imprisoned for their convictions, or, to put it another way, for nothing at all (1a).
    «Значит, вас арестовали ни за что ни про что? Мы сажаем невинных людей?» (Рыбаков 2). "So, you were arrested for nothing, for no reason? We put innocent people in prison, do we?" (2a).
    Эти умники из Кенгура... вполне могут засадить человека ни за что ни про что (Искандер 4)....Those wiseacres from Kengur...were quite capable of putting a man in prison just for the hell of it (4a).

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  • 34 ни за что

    I
    НИ ЗА ЧТО; НИ ЗА ЧТО НА СВЕТЕ both coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv; used with negated verbs (more often pfv fut or subjunctive); fixed WO]
    =====
    under no conditions or circumstances:
    - not for anything (in the world < on earth>);
    - on no < not on any> account;
    - nothing on earth (would (could) make one do sth.);
    - [in limited contexts] not on your life!;
    - no way! no dice!;
    - never. Cf. not for all the tea in China.
         ♦ "...Мне ни за что не хотелось бы расстаться с вами" (Булгаков 9). "I would not like to part with you for anything" (9a).
         ♦ Понять его [приказ] Руслан не то что не мог, но не согласился бы ни за что на свете (Владимов 1). It was not that Ruslan could not understand the order; he would not have accepted it for anything in the world (1a).
         ♦ "...Вот какие у меня подозрения: они, то есть секунданты, должно быть, несколько переменили свой прежний план и хотят зарядить пулею один пистолет Грушницкого... Как вы думаете? Должны ли мы показать им, что догадались?" - "Ни за что на свете, доктор" (Лермонтов 1). "...Here are my suspicions: they, that is to say the seconds, have apparently altered somewhat their former plan and want to load, with a bullet, only Grushnitski's pistol.... What do you think, should we show them that we have found them out?" "Not for anything on earth, doctor!" (1a).
         ♦...Кузнец, который был издавна не в ладах с ним, при нём ни за что не отважится идти к дочке, несмотря на свою силу (Гоголь 5)....The blacksmith, who had for a long time been on bad terms with him, would on no account have ventured, strong as he was, to visit the daughter when the father was at home (5a).
         ♦ Он договорить ещё не успел, я уже понял: ни за что не поеду! (Солженицын 2). Before he had finished speaking, my mind was made up. Nothing on earth would make me go! (2a).
         ♦ [Бусыгин:] Мы едем домой. [Сильва:] Ни за что (Вампилов 4). [В.:] We're going home. [S.:] Not on your life! (4a). [B.:] We're going home. [S.:] No dice (4b).
    II
    НИ ЗА ЧТО; НИ ЗА ЧТО НИ ПРО ЧТО; НИ ЗА ЧТО НИ ПРО ЧТО all coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv; more often used with pfv verbs; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. погибнуть, пропасть и т.п. ни за что (of a person) (to perish, be destroyed etc) to no purpose, finitely:
    - (all) in vain.
         ♦ Здесь ни за что погиб мой отец... Ни за грош пропала моя собственная жизнь (Зиновьев 1). "My Father died here for nothing.... My own life has been ruined for nothing" (1a).
    2. обидеть, оскорбить, ударить, ругать, арестовать кого и т.п. ни за что (to offend, insult, hit, berate, arrest etc s.o.) without any reason or grounds for doing so:
    - for nothing, for no reason;
    - (quarrel) over nothing.
         ♦ Настёна обычно отмалчивалась, она научилась этому ещё в то... лето, когда обходила с Катькой ангарские деревни и когда каждый, кому не лень, мог ни за что ни про что ее облаять (Распутин 2). Nastyona usually held her peace. She had learned how that summer when she and Katya made the rounds of the Angara villages and anyone who felt like it could shower her with curses for no reason at all (2a).
         ♦ Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).
         ♦...Я защищал людей, которых сажали, как принято выражаться, за убеждения, или, иначе говоря, ни за что (Войнович 1)....I spoke out in defense of people who, as we usually say, were imprisoned for their convictions, or, to put it another way, for nothing at all (1a). Ф "Значит, вас арестовали ни за что ни про что? Мы сажаем невинных людей?" (Рыбаков 2). "So, you were arrested for nothing, for no reason? We put innocent people in prison, do we?" (2a).
         ♦...Эти умники из Кенгура... вполне могут засадить человека ни за что ни про что (Искандер 4)....Those wiseacres from Kengur...were quite capable of putting a man in prison just for the hell of it (4a).

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  • 35 ни за что ни про что

    НИ ЗА ЧТО; НИ ЗА ЧТО НИ ПРО ЧТО; НИ ЗА ЧТО НИ ПРО ЧТО all coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv; more often used with pfv verbs; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. погибнуть, пропасть и т.п. ни за что ни про что (of a person) (to perish, be destroyed etc) to no purpose, finitely:
    - (all) in vain.
         ♦ Здесь ни за что погиб мой отец... Ни за грош пропала моя собственная жизнь (Зиновьев 1). "My Father died here for nothing.... My own life has been ruined for nothing" (1a).
    2. обидеть, оскорбить, ударить, ругать, арестовать кого и т.п. ни за что ни про что (to offend, insult, hit, berate, arrest etc s.o.) without any reason or grounds for doing so:
    - for nothing, for no reason;
    - (quarrel) over nothing.
         ♦ Настёна обычно отмалчивалась, она научилась этому ещё в то... лето, когда обходила с Катькой ангарские деревни и когда каждый, кому не лень, мог ни за что ни про что ее облаять (Распутин 2). Nastyona usually held her peace. She had learned how that summer when she and Katya made the rounds of the Angara villages and anyone who felt like it could shower her with curses for no reason at all (2a).
         ♦ Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).
         ♦...Я защищал людей, которых сажали, как принято выражаться, за убеждения, или, иначе говоря, ни за что (Войнович 1)....I spoke out in defense of people who, as we usually say, were imprisoned for their convictions, or, to put it another way, for nothing at all (1a). Ф "Значит, вас арестовали ни за что ни про что? Мы сажаем невинных людей?" (Рыбаков 2). "So, you were arrested for nothing, for no reason? We put innocent people in prison, do we?" (2a).
         ♦...Эти умники из Кенгура... вполне могут засадить человека ни за что ни про что (Искандер 4)....Those wiseacres from Kengur...were quite capable of putting a man in prison just for the hell of it (4a).

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  • 36 arrestar

    v.
    1 to arrest.
    La policía arrestó a Ricardo The police arrested Richard.
    La policía arrestó el paro The police arrested the strike.
    2 to hold back, to cork, to rein back, to restrain.
    Ricardo arrestó su ira Richard held back his anger.
    * * *
    1 to arrest, detain
    2 (poner en prisión) to imprison, jail, put in prison
    * * *
    verb
    to arrest, detain
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=detener) to arrest, detain; (=encarcelar) to imprison, put in prison

    arrestar en el cuartel — (Mil) to confine to barracks

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to arrest
    * * *
    = detain, arrest, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, bust.
    Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
    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. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
    Ex. In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
    Ex. They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.
    Ex. The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.
    Ex. A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.
    Ex. On Saturday, a trooper stood on a street corner dressed in plain clothes and helped bust 30 people for not wearing their seat belts.
    ----
    * estar arrestado = be under arrest.
    * ser arrestado = be under arrest.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to arrest
    * * *
    = detain, arrest, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, bust.

    Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.

    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: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
    Ex: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
    Ex: They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.
    Ex: The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.
    Ex: A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.
    Ex: On Saturday, a trooper stood on a street corner dressed in plain clothes and helped bust 30 people for not wearing their seat belts.
    * estar arrestado = be under arrest.
    * ser arrestado = be under arrest.

    * * *
    arrestar [A1 ]
    vt
    to arrest
    queda arrestado you're under arrest
    los soldados que están arrestados the soldiers who are confined to barracks
    * * *

    arrestar ( conjugate arrestar) verbo transitivo
    to arrest
    arrestar verbo transitivo to arrest
    ' arrestar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    prender
    - detener
    English:
    apprehend
    - bust
    - arrest
    * * *
    to arrest
    * * *
    v/t arrest
    * * *
    detener: to arrest, to detain
    * * *
    arrestar vb (detener) to arrest

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrestar

  • 37 estar detenido

    v.
    1 to be in prison, to be in custody, to be held.
    Estamos detenidos We are in prison.
    2 to be stopped, to be motionless, to be hung up, to be without motion.
    La construcción está detenida The construction is stopped.
    * * *
    Ex. Prior to that, Fleming had never been under arrest or handcuffed.
    * * *

    Ex: Prior to that, Fleming had never been under arrest or handcuffed.

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  • 38 aprisionar

    v.
    1 to imprison.
    El guarda aprisionó al ladrón The guard imprisoned the thief.
    2 to seize, to grab, to clutch.
    Elsa aprisionó su mano Elsa grabbed his hand.
    3 to hold.
    * * *
    1 (encarcelar) to imprison, put in prison
    2 (sujetar) to hold tight
    * * *
    VT (=encarcelar) to imprison, put in prison; (=atar) to bind, tie; (=atrapar) to trap; (=aherrojar) (tb fig) to shackle
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to trap
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to trap
    * * *
    aprisionar [A1 ]
    vt
    to trap
    se siente aprisionado he feels trapped
    la aprisionó entre sus brazos he held her tight in his arms
    * * *

    aprisionar ( conjugate aprisionar) verbo transitivo
    to trap
    aprisionar verbo transitivo to trap
    * * *
    aprisionar a alguien con cadenas to put sb in chains;
    quedaron aprisionados bajo los escombros they were trapped under the rubble;
    la viga le aprisionaba la pierna her leg was trapped under the beam
    * * *
    v/t fig
    trap
    * * *
    1) : to imprison
    2) : to trap, to box in

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  • 39 Garde

    I.
    garde1 [gaʀd]
    1. feminine noun
       a. ( = surveillance) confier qch/qn à la garde de qn to entrust sth/sb to sb's care
       c. ( = veille) [de soldat] guard duty ; [d'infirmière] ward duty ; [de médecin] duty period
       d. ( = groupe, escorte) guard
       e. ( = infirmière) nurse
    garde de jour/de nuit day/night nurse
       f. (Boxing, fencing) guard
    en garde ! on guard!
       h. (locutions)
    prendre garde de or à ne pas faire qch to be careful not to do sth
    être/se tenir sur ses gardes to be/stay on one's guard
    garde à vue ≈ police custody
    être mis or placé en garde à vue ≈ to be kept in police custody
    II.
    garde2 [gaʀd]
    masculine noun
    [de locaux, prisonnier] guard ; [de domaine, château] warden (Brit), keeper (US) ; [de jardin public] keeper
    * * *

    I gaʀd
    nom masculin
    1) (soldat, policier) guard
    2) ( de malade) carer; ( de prison) warder
    Phrasal Verbs:

    II gaʀd
    1) ( infirmière) nurse
    2) ( groupe) guard
    3) (surveillance, protection)

    monter la garde[soldat] to mount guard

    monter la garde auprès deto keep watch over [prisonnier, malade]; to stand guard over [enfant, homme politique]

    mettre sous bonne garde — to put [somebody] under guard [suspect, prisonnier]

    être sous la garde de quelqu'un[prisonnier] to be guarded by somebody; [enfant, objet de valeur] to be looked after by somebody; Droit to be in somebody's custody

    4) ( service)

    être de garde[médecin] to be on call; [soldat, sentinelle] to be on guard duty

    pharmacie de gardeduty chemist's GB, emergency drugstore US

    5) ( position de défense) guard, on-guard position

    prendre garde — ( se méfier) to watch out (à for); ( se soucier) to be careful ( de faire to do)

    n'avoir garde de fairefml to be careful not to do

    6) ( d'épée) hilt
    7) (de livre, cahier)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    ɡaʀd
    1. nm/f
    1) (= personne) [prisonnier] guard
    2) [domaine, parc] warden
    3) (= soldat, sentinelle) guard
    2. nf
    1) [captifs] guarding

    Il est chargé de la garde des prisonniers. — He's responsible for guarding the prisoners.

    2) [surveillance, guet] (action) guard
    3) (= faction) watch

    J'ai la prochaine garde. — I've got the next watch.

    4) [enfants, personnes âgées] care

    Ils cherchent quelqu'un pour la garde des enfants. — They're looking for someone to look after the children.

    5) (= soldats) guard
    6) BOXE, ESCRIME guard
    7) [arme] hilt

    Prenez garde au verglas. — Watch out for black ice.

    Elle m'a mis en garde contre les pickpockets. — She warned me about pickpockets.

    de garde (pharmacie)duty modif (médecin) on call

    La pharmacie de garde ce week-end est... — The duty chemist this weekend is...

    Le médecin de garde était en état d'ivresse. — The doctor on call was inebriated.

    être de garde [pharmacien] — to be open, [médecin] to be on call, [soldat] to be on guard duty

    * * *
    A nm
    1 (soldat, policier) guard;
    2 ( de malade) carer; ( de prison) warder.
    B nf
    1 ( infirmière) nurse;
    2 ( groupe) guard; la vieille garde fig the old guard; à moi, la garde! help! guards!;
    3 (surveillance, protection) monter la garde [soldat] to mount guard; monter la garde auprès de to keep watch over [prisonnier, malade]; to stand guard over [enfant, homme politique]; placer/mettre qn sous bonne garde to put sb under guard [suspect, prisonnier]; être sous la garde de qn [prisonnier] to be guarded by sb; [enfant, objet de valeur] to be looked after by sb; Jur to be in sb's custody; elle a obtenu la garde de ses enfants Jur she was granted custody of her children; laisser qch/un animal en garde chez qn to leave sth/an animal to be looked after by sb; confier qch/qn à la garde de X to leave X to look after sth/sb; assurer la garde d'une villa to be in charge of the security of a villa;
    4 ( continuité de service) être de garde [docteur, infirmière] to be on call; [soldat, sentinelle] to be on guard duty; la pharmacie de garde the duty chemist's GB, the emergency drugstore US;
    5 Sport ( position de défense) guard, on-guard position; en garde! on guard!; il a une excellente garde he has an excellent on-guard position; se mettre en garde to square up; baisser sa garde lit, fig to lower one's guard; être/se tenir sur ses gardes to be/to remain on one's guard; mettre qn en garde to warn sb (à propos de about; contre against); mise en garde warning; prendre garde ( se méfier) to watch out (à for); ( se soucier) to be careful (de faire to do); sans y prendre garde inadvertently; n'avoir garde de faire fml to be careful not to do;
    6 ( d'épée) hilt; jusqu'à la garde [plonger, enfoncer] up to the hilt;
    garde champêtre local policeman (appointed by the municipality); garde du corps bodyguard; garde du courrier Postes postal service offering mail storage at the delivery office in one's absence; garde descendante Mil outgoing guard; garde d'enfant childminder GB, day-care lady US; garde forestier forest warden, forest ranger; garde d'honneur guard of honourGB; garde impérial Hist soldier of the Imperial Guard; garde impériale Hist Imperial Guard; garde montante Mil new guard, relieving guard; garde pontifical member of the papal guard; garde pontificale papal guard; garde républicain member of the Republican Guard; garde républicaine Republican Guard; garde rouge Red Guard; garde des Sceaux French Minister of Justice; garde au sol Aut road clearance; garde suisse Swiss Guard; garde à vue Jur police custody; placer qn en garde à vue to hold sb for questioning.
    Garde à vue The process of police detention during which a person can be held for questioning for up to 48 hours without a warrant.
    Garde républicaine A section of the Gendarmerie nationale, with special ceremonial, security and escort duties in connection with prestigious occasions or institutions.
    [gard] nom propre
    → link=lac lac

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > Garde

  • 40 garde

    I.
    garde1 [gaʀd]
    1. feminine noun
       a. ( = surveillance) confier qch/qn à la garde de qn to entrust sth/sb to sb's care
       c. ( = veille) [de soldat] guard duty ; [d'infirmière] ward duty ; [de médecin] duty period
       d. ( = groupe, escorte) guard
       e. ( = infirmière) nurse
    garde de jour/de nuit day/night nurse
       f. (Boxing, fencing) guard
    en garde ! on guard!
       h. (locutions)
    prendre garde de or à ne pas faire qch to be careful not to do sth
    être/se tenir sur ses gardes to be/stay on one's guard
    garde à vue ≈ police custody
    être mis or placé en garde à vue ≈ to be kept in police custody
    II.
    garde2 [gaʀd]
    masculine noun
    [de locaux, prisonnier] guard ; [de domaine, château] warden (Brit), keeper (US) ; [de jardin public] keeper
    * * *

    I gaʀd
    nom masculin
    1) (soldat, policier) guard
    2) ( de malade) carer; ( de prison) warder
    Phrasal Verbs:

    II gaʀd
    1) ( infirmière) nurse
    2) ( groupe) guard
    3) (surveillance, protection)

    monter la garde[soldat] to mount guard

    monter la garde auprès deto keep watch over [prisonnier, malade]; to stand guard over [enfant, homme politique]

    mettre sous bonne garde — to put [somebody] under guard [suspect, prisonnier]

    être sous la garde de quelqu'un[prisonnier] to be guarded by somebody; [enfant, objet de valeur] to be looked after by somebody; Droit to be in somebody's custody

    4) ( service)

    être de garde[médecin] to be on call; [soldat, sentinelle] to be on guard duty

    pharmacie de gardeduty chemist's GB, emergency drugstore US

    5) ( position de défense) guard, on-guard position

    prendre garde — ( se méfier) to watch out (à for); ( se soucier) to be careful ( de faire to do)

    n'avoir garde de fairefml to be careful not to do

    6) ( d'épée) hilt
    7) (de livre, cahier)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    ɡaʀd
    1. nm/f
    1) (= personne) [prisonnier] guard
    2) [domaine, parc] warden
    3) (= soldat, sentinelle) guard
    2. nf
    1) [captifs] guarding

    Il est chargé de la garde des prisonniers. — He's responsible for guarding the prisoners.

    2) [surveillance, guet] (action) guard
    3) (= faction) watch

    J'ai la prochaine garde. — I've got the next watch.

    4) [enfants, personnes âgées] care

    Ils cherchent quelqu'un pour la garde des enfants. — They're looking for someone to look after the children.

    5) (= soldats) guard
    6) BOXE, ESCRIME guard
    7) [arme] hilt

    Prenez garde au verglas. — Watch out for black ice.

    Elle m'a mis en garde contre les pickpockets. — She warned me about pickpockets.

    de garde (pharmacie)duty modif (médecin) on call

    La pharmacie de garde ce week-end est... — The duty chemist this weekend is...

    Le médecin de garde était en état d'ivresse. — The doctor on call was inebriated.

    être de garde [pharmacien] — to be open, [médecin] to be on call, [soldat] to be on guard duty

    * * *
    A nm
    1 (soldat, policier) guard;
    2 ( de malade) carer; ( de prison) warder.
    B nf
    1 ( infirmière) nurse;
    2 ( groupe) guard; la vieille garde fig the old guard; à moi, la garde! help! guards!;
    3 (surveillance, protection) monter la garde [soldat] to mount guard; monter la garde auprès de to keep watch over [prisonnier, malade]; to stand guard over [enfant, homme politique]; placer/mettre qn sous bonne garde to put sb under guard [suspect, prisonnier]; être sous la garde de qn [prisonnier] to be guarded by sb; [enfant, objet de valeur] to be looked after by sb; Jur to be in sb's custody; elle a obtenu la garde de ses enfants Jur she was granted custody of her children; laisser qch/un animal en garde chez qn to leave sth/an animal to be looked after by sb; confier qch/qn à la garde de X to leave X to look after sth/sb; assurer la garde d'une villa to be in charge of the security of a villa;
    4 ( continuité de service) être de garde [docteur, infirmière] to be on call; [soldat, sentinelle] to be on guard duty; la pharmacie de garde the duty chemist's GB, the emergency drugstore US;
    5 Sport ( position de défense) guard, on-guard position; en garde! on guard!; il a une excellente garde he has an excellent on-guard position; se mettre en garde to square up; baisser sa garde lit, fig to lower one's guard; être/se tenir sur ses gardes to be/to remain on one's guard; mettre qn en garde to warn sb (à propos de about; contre against); mise en garde warning; prendre garde ( se méfier) to watch out (à for); ( se soucier) to be careful (de faire to do); sans y prendre garde inadvertently; n'avoir garde de faire fml to be careful not to do;
    6 ( d'épée) hilt; jusqu'à la garde [plonger, enfoncer] up to the hilt;
    garde champêtre local policeman (appointed by the municipality); garde du corps bodyguard; garde du courrier Postes postal service offering mail storage at the delivery office in one's absence; garde descendante Mil outgoing guard; garde d'enfant childminder GB, day-care lady US; garde forestier forest warden, forest ranger; garde d'honneur guard of honourGB; garde impérial Hist soldier of the Imperial Guard; garde impériale Hist Imperial Guard; garde montante Mil new guard, relieving guard; garde pontifical member of the papal guard; garde pontificale papal guard; garde républicain member of the Republican Guard; garde républicaine Republican Guard; garde rouge Red Guard; garde des Sceaux French Minister of Justice; garde au sol Aut road clearance; garde suisse Swiss Guard; garde à vue Jur police custody; placer qn en garde à vue to hold sb for questioning.
    Garde à vue The process of police detention during which a person can be held for questioning for up to 48 hours without a warrant.
    Garde républicaine A section of the Gendarmerie nationale, with special ceremonial, security and escort duties in connection with prestigious occasions or institutions.
    I
    [gard] nom féminin
    A.
    1. [surveillance - d'un bien, d'un lieu]
    je te confie la garde du manuscrit I am entrusting you with the manuscript, I am leaving the manuscript in your safekeeping ou care
    b. [concierge] to look after a building, to be caretaker of a building
    faire bonne garde: on te prête la maison pour le week-end, mais fais bonne garde we'll let you use our house for the weekend, but look after it carefully
    2. [protection - d'un enfant, d'un animal] care
    3. MÉDECINE [service de surveillance]
    interne qui fait des gardes locum (UK), locum tenens (UK), intern on duty (US)
    la garde des enfants fut confiée à la mère the mother was given custody of the children, the children were left in the custody of their mother
    B.sport
    prendre garde de: prenez garde de ne rien oublier make sure ou take care you don't leave anything behind
    C.
    1. [escorte, milice] guard
    2. [soldats en faction] guard
    garde montante/descendante relief/old guard
    D.armement
    [d'une arme blanche] hilt
    ————————
    gardes nom féminin pluriel
    guard (civil militia, 1789-1871)
    être/se tenir sur ses gardes to be/to stay on one's guard
    ————————
    de garde locution adjectivale
    1. → link=chien chien
    médecin de garde duty doctor, doctor on duty
    ————————
    en garde locution adverbiale
    1. MILITAIRE & SPORT
    2. [sous surveillance]
    3. DROIT in care (UK), in custody (US)
    sous bonne garde locution adverbiale
    II
    [gard] nom masculin et féminin
    [personne]
    la garde des enfants est une jeune Allemande the childminder (UK) ou baby-sitter is a young German girl
    ————————
    [gard] nom masculin
    1. [surveillant] warden
    garde des Sceaux (French) Minister of Justice ≃ Lord Chancellor (UK), ≃ Attorney General (US)
    2. [soldat - en faction] guard ; [ - en service d'honneur] guardsman
    ————————
    [gard] nom féminin

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > garde

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