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  • 21 Les mesures de longueur

    Le système métrique est de plus en plus utilisé en Grande-Bretagne et aux États-Unis pour les mesures de longueur. Mais les anciennes mesures ont encore cours, et sont quelquefois préférées, notamment pour les distances, exprimées en miles, et non en kilomètres. Les commerçants utilisent en général les deux systèmes.
    Équivalences
    1 inch = 2,54 cm
    1 foot = 12 inches = 30,48 cm
    1 yard = 3 feet = 91,44 cm
    1 furlong = 220 yards = 201,17 m
    1 mile = 1760 yards = 1,61 km
    Pour la prononciation des nombres, voir ⇒ Les nombres.
    dire dire
    one millimetre 1 mm 0.04 in* inches
    one centimetre 1 cm 0.39 in
    one metre 1 m 39.37 ins
    3.28 ft feet†
    1.09 yds yards
    one kilometre 1 km 1094 yds
    0.62 ml miles
    * Le symbole de inch est ": 4 inches = 4".
    † Le symbole de foot et feet est ': 5 feet 4 inches = 5' 4".
    Pour l’écriture, noter:
    - on écrit -metre en anglais britannique, mais -meter en anglais américain;
    - pour le système métrique, les abréviations sont les mêmes en anglais qu’en français;
    - l’anglais utilise un point là où le français a une virgule.
    il y a 100 centimètres dans un mètre
    = there are 100 centimetres in one metre
    il y a douze pouces dans un pied
    = there are twelve inches in one foot
    il y a trois pieds dans un yard
    = there are three feet in one yard
    La distance
    quelle distance y a-t-il entre A et B?
    = what’s the distance from A to B? ou how far is it from A to B?
    à quelle distance de l’église se trouve l’école?
    = how far is the school from the church?
    il y a 2 km
    = it is 2 kilometres
    il y a environ 2 km
    = it is about 2 kilometres
    la distance est de 2 km
    = the distance is 2 kilometres
    il y a 2 km entre A et B
    = it is 2 kilometres from A to B
    A est à 2 km de B
    = A is 2 kilometres from B
    (Noter l’absence d’équivalent anglais de la préposition française à avant le chiffre dans le dernier exemple.)
    à peu près 2 km
    = about 2 kilometres
    presque 3 km
    = almost 3 kilometres
    plus de 2 km
    = more than 2 kilometres ou over 2 kilometres
    moins de 3 km
    = less than 3 kilometres ou under 3 kilometres
    A est plus loin de B que C de D
    = it is further from A to B than from C to D ou A is further away from B than C is from D
    C est plus près de B que A
    = C is nearer to B than A is
    A est plus près de B que de C
    = A is nearer to B than to C
    A est aussi loin que B
    = A is as far away as B
    A et B sont à la même distance
    = A and B are the same distance away
    Noter l’ordre des mots dans l’adjectif composé anglais, et l’utilisation du trait d’union. Noter aussi que kilometre, employé comme adjectif, ne prend pas la marque du pluriel.
    une promenade de 10 kilomètres
    = a 10-kilometre walk
    La longueur
    combien mesure la corde?
    = how long is the rope?
    elle mesure 10 m de long
    = it is 10 metres long
    elle fait 10 m de long
    = it is 10 metres in length
    une corde d’environ 10 m de long
    = a rope about 10 metres long ou 10 metres in length
    à peu près 10 m
    = about 10 metres
    presque 11 m
    = almost 11 metres
    plus de 10 m
    = more than 10 metres
    moins de 11 m
    = less than 11 metres
    A est plus long que B
    = A is longer than B
    B est plus court que A
    = B is shorter than A
    A est aussi long que B
    = A is as long as B
    A et B ont la même longueur
    = A and B are the same length
    A a la même longueur que B
    = A is the same length as B
    10 mètres de corde
    = 10 metres of rope
    6 mètres de soie
    = 6 metres of silk
    vendu au mètre
    = sold by the metre
    Noter l’ordre des mots dans les adjectifs composés anglais, et l’utilisation du trait d’union. Noter aussi que metre et foot, employés comme adjectifs, ne prennent pas la marque du pluriel.
    une corde de 10 mètres
    = a 10-metre rope ou a rope 10 metres long
    un python de six pieds de long
    = a six-foot-long python ou a python six feet long
    La hauteur
    La taille des personnes
    combien mesure-t-il?
    = how tall is he? ou (si l’on veut obtenir un chiffre précis) what is his height?
    En anglais, la taille des personnes est donnée en pieds (feet) et en pouces (inches), jamais en yards. En gros, 1,50 m = cinq pieds, et 1,80 m = six pieds.
    il mesure 1,80 m
    = he is 6 feet tall ou he is 6 feet ou he is 1.80 m
    il mesure 1,75 m
    = he is 5 feet 10 inches ou he is 5 feet 10 ou he is 1.75 m
    Dans la conversation courante, on utilise souvent foot au lieu de feet: on peut donc dire: he is 5 foot 10 inches ou 5 foot 10.
    à peu près 1,80 m
    = about 6 ft
    presque 1,80 m
    = almost 6 ft
    plus de 1,75 m
    = more than 5 ft 10 ins
    moins de 1,85 m
    = less than 6 ft 3 ins
    Pierre est plus grand que Paul
    = Pierre is taller than Paul
    Paul est plus petit que Pierre
    = Paul is smaller than Pierre ou Paul is shorter than Pierre
    Pierre est aussi grand que Paul
    = Pierre is as tall as Paul
    Pierre a la même taille que Paul
    = Pierre is the same height as Paul
    Pierre et Paul ont la même taille
    = Pierre and Paul are the same height
    Noter l’ordre des mots dans l’adjectif composé anglais, et l’utilisation du trait d’union. Noter également que foot, employé comme adjectif, ne prend pas la marque du pluriel.
    un athlète d’un mètre quatre-vingts
    = a six-foot athlete
    On peut aussi dire an athlete six feet tall. De même, a footballer over six feet in height, etc.
    La hauteur des choses
    quelle est la hauteur de la tour?
    = what is the height of the tower?
    combien mesure la tour?
    = what is the height of the tower?
    elle fait 23 mètres de haut
    = it is 23 metres high
    elle mesure 23 mètres de hauteur
    = it is 23 metres high ou it is 23 metres in height
    elle a une hauteur de 23 m
    = its height is 23 metres
    une tour d’environ 25 m de haut
    = a tower about 25 metres high ou about 25 metres in height
    à une hauteur de 20 mètres
    = at a height of 20 metres
    A est plus haut que B
    = A is higher than B
    B est moins haut que A
    = B is lower than A
    A est aussi haut que B
    = A is as high as B
    A et B sont de la même hauteur
    = A and B are the same height
    A est de la même hauteur que B
    = A is the same height as B
    Noter l’ordre des mots dans l’adjectif composé anglais, et l’utilisation du trait d’union. Noter aussi que metre, employé comme adjectif, ne prend pas la marque du pluriel.
    une tour haute de 23 mètres
    = a 23-metre-high tower
    On peut aussi dire: a tower 23 metres high. De même, a mountain over 4,000 metres in height, etc.
    à quelle altitude est l’avion?
    = how high is the plane?
    à quelle altitude vole l’avion?
    = what height is the plane flying at?
    l’avion vole à 5000 m d’altitude
    = the plane is flying at 5,000 metres
    son altitude est de 5000 m
    = its altitude is 5,000 metres
    à une altitude de 5000 m
    = at an altitude of 5,000 metres
    La largeur
    L’anglais dispose de deux mots pour la largeur: wide mesure la distance entre deux limites (a wide valley; le nom est width), alors que broad décrit ce qui remplit un espace d’une certaine largeur (a broad avenue; le nom est breadth).
    Les expressions suivantes utilisent wide et width, mais broad et breadth s’emploient de la même façon.
    quelle est la largeur de la rivière?
    = how wide is the river? ou what width is the river?
    elle fait 7 m
    = it is 7 metres
    elle fait 7 m de large
    = it is 7 metres wide ou it is 7 metres in width ou it is 7 metres across
    elle fait environ 7 m de large
    = it is about 7 metres wide
    A est plus large que B
    = A is wider than B
    B est plus étroit que A
    = B is narrower than A
    A est aussi large que B
    = A is as wide as B
    A et B sont de la même largeur
    = A and B are the same width
    A est de la même largeur que B
    = A is the same width as B
    Noter l’ordre des mots dans l’adjectif composé anglais, et l’utilisation du trait d’union. Noter aussi que metre, employé comme adjectif, ne prend pas la marque du pluriel.
    une rivière de 7 m de large
    = a seven-metre-wide river
    On peut aussi dire: a river seven metres wide. De même, a ditch two metres wide, a piece of cloth two metres in width, etc.
    La profondeur
    quelle est la profondeur du lac?
    = how deep is the lake ou what depth is the lake? ou what is the depth of the lake?
    il fait 4 m
    = it is 4 metres deep
    il fait 4 m de profondeur
    = it is 4 metres in depth
    il fait environ 4 m de profondeur
    = it is about 4 metres deep
    un lac de 4 mètres de profondeur
    = a lake four metres deep ou a lake four metres in depth
    Noter l’absence d’équivalent anglais de la préposition française de avant le chiffre dans les expressions de ce genre. Mais:
    à une profondeur de dix mètres
    = at a depth of ten metres
    A est plus profond que B
    = A is deeper than B
    B est moins profond que A
    = B is shallower* than A
    A est aussi profond que B
    = A is as deep as B
    A et B ont la même profondeur
    = A and B are the same depth
    A a la même profondeur que B
    = A is the same depth as B
    un puits de 7 m de profondeur
    = a well seven metres deep
    * Noter que l’adjectif shallow (peu profond) n’a pas d’équivalent simple en français.

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > Les mesures de longueur

  • 22 ancho

    adj.
    1 broad, wide.
    2 latus.
    3 large-waist.
    4 permissive, lax, loose.
    m.
    width, breadth.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: anchar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) broad, wide
    2 (prenda - holgada) loose-fitting; (- grande) too big
    1 (anchura) breadth, width
    ■ ¿qué ancho tiene? how wide is it?
    2 (en costura) width
    \
    a sus anchas familiar comfortable, at ease
    a lo ancho breadthwise, across
    estar más ancho,-a que largo,-a to be full of oneself
    estar muy ancho,-a to have plenty of space, have plenty of room
    ponerse más ancho,-a que largo,-a to swell with pride
    quedarse tan ancho,-a familiar to behave as if nothing had happened, not bat an eyelid
    ————————
    1 (anchura) breadth, width
    ■ ¿qué ancho tiene? how wide is it?
    2 (en costura) width
    * * *
    1. noun m.
    breadth, width
    2. (f. - ancha)
    adj.
    1) broad, wide
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=amplio) [camino, puente, habitación] wide; [calle, sonrisa, manos] broad; [muro] thick

    • a lo ancho de algo — across sth

    • por todo el ancho mundo — throughout the whole wide world, the world over

    Castilla, largo 1., 6)
    2) (=holgado) [chaqueta, pantalón] loose, loose-fitting; [falda] full; [manga] wide

    quedar o Esp estar o Esp venir ancho a algn — to be too wide for sb

    esta camisa me viene ancha — this shirt is too big for me, this shirt is on the big side *

    a sus anchas —

    ponerse a sus anchas — to make o.s. comfortable, spread o.s.

    manga 1)
    3) Esp (=cómodo, confortable)

    en dos coches iremos más anchos — we'll be more comfortable in two cars, we'll have more room if we go in two cars

    quedarse tan ancho, quedarse más ancho que largo —

    pancho
    4) (=liberal) liberal, broad-minded

    • ancho de conciencia — Esp not overscrupulous

    • ancho de miras — broad-minded

    5) (=orgulloso) proud
    2. SM
    1) (=anchura) [de camino, ventana] width; [de río] width, breadth

    ¿cuál es el ancho de la mesa? — what is the width of the table?

    • de ancho, tiene doce metros de ancho — it is twelve metres wide

    doble 1., 1)
    2) (Ferro) (tb: ancho de vía) gauge, gage (EEUU)

    • ancho europeo — European gauge

    • ancho normal — standard gauge

    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo
    1)
    a) <camino/río/mueble> wide

    a lo ancho — breadthways o (BrE) widthways

    b) <manos/cara/espalda> broad
    c) < ropa> loose-fitting, loose
    2) (fam) (ufano, orgulloso) proud
    3) (cómodo, tranquilo)

    allí estaremos más anchos — (Esp) we'll have more room there

    qué ancho me quedé después de decírselo! — (Esp) I felt really good after I'd told him

    estar/sentirse/ponerse a sus anchas — to be/feel/make oneself at home

    quedarse tan ancho — (Esp fam) ver pimpante

    II
    masculino width

    ¿cuánto tiene or mide de ancho? — how wide is it?

    tiene or mide 6 metros de ancho — it's 6 meters wide

    * * *
    = broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], loose fitting, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.
    Ex. Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.
    Ex. Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.
    Ex. After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.
    Ex. The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.
    ----
    * a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide].
    * a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.
    * ancho de banda = bandwidth.
    * ancho de caderas = pear-shaped, wide-hipped.
    * ancho de espaldas = broad-shouldered.
    * anchos de diferentes tamaños = graded widths.
    * cinta adhesiva ancha para libros = book tape.
    * cinta ancha adhesiva plateada = duct tape.
    * corbata ancha de colorines = kipper tie.
    * de caderas anchas = wide-hipped.
    * de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered.
    * meter de ancho = take in.
    * Número + de ancho = Número + wide.
    * pantalones anchos = baggy pants.
    * sombrero de alas anchas = broad-brimmed hat.
    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo
    1)
    a) <camino/río/mueble> wide

    a lo ancho — breadthways o (BrE) widthways

    b) <manos/cara/espalda> broad
    c) < ropa> loose-fitting, loose
    2) (fam) (ufano, orgulloso) proud
    3) (cómodo, tranquilo)

    allí estaremos más anchos — (Esp) we'll have more room there

    qué ancho me quedé después de decírselo! — (Esp) I felt really good after I'd told him

    estar/sentirse/ponerse a sus anchas — to be/feel/make oneself at home

    quedarse tan ancho — (Esp fam) ver pimpante

    II
    masculino width

    ¿cuánto tiene or mide de ancho? — how wide is it?

    tiene or mide 6 metros de ancho — it's 6 meters wide

    * * *
    = broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], loose fitting, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

    Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

    Ex: Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.
    Ex: Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.
    Ex: After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.
    Ex: The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.
    * a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide].
    * a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.
    * ancho de banda = bandwidth.
    * ancho de caderas = pear-shaped, wide-hipped.
    * ancho de espaldas = broad-shouldered.
    * anchos de diferentes tamaños = graded widths.
    * cinta adhesiva ancha para libros = book tape.
    * cinta ancha adhesiva plateada = duct tape.
    * corbata ancha de colorines = kipper tie.
    * de caderas anchas = wide-hipped.
    * de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered.
    * meter de ancho = take in.
    * Número + de ancho = Número + wide.
    * pantalones anchos = baggy pants.
    * sombrero de alas anchas = broad-brimmed hat.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹camino› wide; ‹río› wide, broad; ‹cama/mesa› wide
    la entrada no es lo suficientemente ancha the entrance is not wide enough
    pusieron barricadas a todo lo ancho de la carretera they put barricades right across the road
    doblar el papel a lo ancho fold the paper breadthways o ( BrE) widthways
    2 ‹manos/cara/espalda› broad
    es ancho de espaldas he's broad-shouldered
    3 ‹pared› thick
    4 ‹pantalones/chaqueta› loose-fitting, loose
    la falda me está or queda or viene ancha de cintura the skirt is too big around the waist for me
    B ( fam) (ufano, orgulloso) proud
    iba todo ancho del brazo de su hija he was very proud o bursting with pride as he walked arm-in-arm with his daughter
    C
    (cómodo, tranquilo): vamos en mi coche, así estaremos más anchos ( Esp); we'll take my car, that way we'll have more room
    ¡qué ancho me quedé después de decírselo! ( Esp); I felt really good o I felt I'd got(ten) a real weight off my chest after I'd told him
    estar/sentirse/ponerse a sus anchas to be/feel/make oneself at home
    en su casa me siento a mis anchas I feel at home o at ease at his house
    ahora podemos charlar a nuestras anchas now we can relax and have a good chat
    llegó al hotel y se puso a sus anchas he arrived at the hotel and made himself comfortable o made himself at home o settled himself in
    quedarse tan ancho ( Esp fam): lo dijo mal y se quedó tan ancho he said it wrong but just carried on regardless o as if nothing had happened o but he wasn't at all fazed
    lo echaron del trabajo y se quedó tan ancho they fired him but he wasn't the least bit bothered o worried o but he was totally unpertubed
    casi se mata y se queda tan ancho he nearly kills himself and then behaves o acts as if nothing had happened, he nearly kills himself and he doesn't bat an eyelash ( AmE) o ( BrE) eyelid o turn a hair
    me llamó mentirosa y se quedó tan ancho he called me a liar, quite unashamedly
    dijo que se iba a vivir con él, así tan ancha she quite boldly o calmly said she was going to go and live with him, she said she was going to go and live with him, quite brazenly o unashamedly
    1 width
    mide el ancho de la alfombra measure the width of the carpet
    ¿cuánto tiene or mide de ancho? how wide is it?
    tiene or mide 6 metros de largo por 3 de ancho it's 6 meters long by 3 meters wide
    2 ( Tex) width doble1 adj A. (↑ doble (1))
    Compuestos:
    bandwidth
    gauge
    ( Ferr) Spanish broad gauge
    ( Ferr) standard gauge
    * * *

     

    ancho 1
    ◊ - cha adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹camino/río/mueble› wide;


    a lo ancho breadthways o (BrE) widthways
    b) ‹manos/cara/espalda› broad;




    2 (cómodo, tranquilo):

    estar/sentirse/ponerse a sus anchas to be/feel/make oneself at home
    ancho 2 sustantivo masculino
    width;
    ◊ ¿cuánto mide de ancho? how wide is it?;

    tiene 6 metros de ancho it's 6 meters wide
    ancho,-a
    I adjetivo wide, broad
    ese vestido te está muy ancho, that dress is too big for you
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (anchura) width, breadth: ¿qué ancho tiene?, how wide is it?
    la mesa tiene un metro de ancho, the table is a metre wide
    2 Cost width
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar quedarse tan ancho (tranquilo): llega tarde y se queda tan ancha, she is always late but never shows any sign of remorse
    a lo ancho: mide la cocina a lo ancho, measure the kitchen widthways
    familiar a mis/tus/sus anchas, at ease, comfortable
    Empleamos wide (ancho) para hablar de distancias físicas: Vivimos en una calle ancha. We live in a wide street. El coche no entra, es demasiado ancho. The car won't go in, it's too wide.
    Broad     (amplio) es más abstracto y lo usamos en ciertas expresiones (plena luz de día, broad daylight; liberal, broad-minded) o en estilo literario para describir ríos, valles u otros elementos geográficos: Al otro lado del ancho valle se encuentra el castillo. On the other side of the broad valley stands the castle.

    ' ancho' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amplia
    - amplio
    - ancha
    - interlineal
    - medir
    - sacar
    - tener
    - de
    - espalda
    - impresión
    - por
    English:
    across
    - breadth
    - broad
    - frame
    - gauge
    - in
    - wide
    - width
    - baggy
    - coast
    - depth
    - how
    - length
    * * *
    ancho, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [abertura, carretera, río] wide;
    mídelo a lo ancho measure it crosswise;
    a lo ancho de across (the width of);
    había rocas a lo ancho de la carretera there were rocks across the middle of the road;
    es ancho de hombros he's broad-shouldered;
    en este asiento se está muy ancho this seat is nice and wide
    2. [muro] thick
    3. [ropa] loose-fitting;
    te va o [m5] está ancho it's too big for you;
    este vestido me viene ancho de cintura this dress is too big for me around the waist;
    venirle ancho a alguien to be too big for sb;
    el puesto de director le viene ancho he doesn't have what it takes for the job of manager
    4. [persona] [cómoda] comfortable;
    estaremos más anchos si nos vamos al jardín we'll have more room if we go into the garden;
    a mis/tus anchas at ease;
    ponte a tus anchas make yourself at home
    5. Esp [persona] [satisfecha, orgullosa] smug, self-satisfied;
    [desahogada] relieved;
    estar/ponerse muy ancho to be/become conceited;
    yo tan preocupada y él, tan ancho I was so worried whereas he didn't seem at all bothered o the least bit concerned;
    quedarse tan ancho not to care less;
    lo dijo delante de todos y se quedó tan ancho he said it in front of everyone, just like that;
    ¡qué ancho me he quedado después del examen! I'm so relieved to have got the exam over with!;
    Irónico
    ¡se habrá quedado ancho con la tontería que ha dicho! he must be delighted with himself for making that stupid remark
    ♦ nm
    width;
    ¿cuánto mide o [m5] tiene de ancho? how wide is it?;
    tener 5 metros de ancho to be 5 metres wide
    Informát ancho de banda bandwidth; Ferroc ancho de vía gauge
    * * *
    I adj
    1 wide, broad
    :
    a sus anchas at ease, relaxed;
    quedarse tan ancho fam carry on as if nothing had happened
    :
    ponerse muy ancho be very proud
    4
    :
    venir ancho a be too much for;
    le viene ancho el cargo the job is too much for her
    II m width;
    dos metros de ancho two meters wide
    * * *
    ancho, - cha adj
    1) : wide, broad
    2) : ample, loose-fitting
    ancho nm
    : width, breadth
    * * *
    ancho1 adj
    1. (en general) wide
    2. (ropa) baggy [comp. baggier; superl. baggiest] / loose
    3. (hombros, espalda) broad
    estar muy ancho to have plenty of space / to have plenty of room
    quedarse tan ancho not to be at all bothered / not to bat an eyelid
    lo hizo todo mal y se quedó tan ancho he did it all wrong, but he wasn't at all bothered
    ancho2 n width
    a mis anchas comfortable / at home

    Spanish-English dictionary > ancho

  • 23 misterioso

    adj.
    mysterious, hidden, secret, puzzling.
    * * *
    1 mysterious
    * * *
    (f. - misteriosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo mysterious
    * * *
    = arcane, darkling, mysterious, unexplainable, uncanny, shadowy, unaccountable, intriguing.
    Ex. It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.
    Ex. I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.
    Ex. By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex. In Study 1 users performed significantly faster and made fewer errors with structured abstracts but there were some unexplainable practice effects.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. However, in spite of Seymour's very significant role in Dickens's life, he remains something of a shadowy figure and no book has ever been written about him.
    Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    Ex. Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    ----
    * de manera misteriosa = eerily.
    * en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo mysterious
    * * *
    = arcane, darkling, mysterious, unexplainable, uncanny, shadowy, unaccountable, intriguing.

    Ex: It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

    Ex: I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.
    Ex: By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex: In Study 1 users performed significantly faster and made fewer errors with structured abstracts but there were some unexplainable practice effects.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: However, in spite of Seymour's very significant role in Dickens's life, he remains something of a shadowy figure and no book has ever been written about him.
    Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    Ex: Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    * de manera misteriosa = eerily.
    * en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.

    * * *
    mysterious
    * * *

    misterioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    mysterious
    misterioso,-a adjetivo mysterious

    ' misterioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    misteriosa
    - oculto
    English:
    cryptic
    - disclose
    - hiatus
    - mysterious
    - puzzling
    - shadowy
    - uncanny
    - weird
    * * *
    misterioso, -a adj
    mysterious
    * * *
    adj mysterious
    * * *
    misterioso, -sa adj
    : mysterious
    * * *
    misterioso adj mysterious

    Spanish-English dictionary > misterioso

  • 24 rebuscado

    adj.
    1 farfetched, recherché, fancy.
    2 affected, sham.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: rebuscar.
    * * *
    1→ link=rebuscar rebuscar
    1 affected, recherché (estilo) elaborate, contrived
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [estilo] affected; [palabra] recherché
    2) LAm (=afectado) affected, stuck-up *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( complicado) over-elaborate, roundabout; ( afectado) affected, recherché
    * * *
    = arcane, recondite, stilted, far-fetched [farfetched].
    Ex. It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.
    Ex. This is an example of a source -- albeit in this case a highly recondite one -- which will assist with this type of enquiry.
    Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex. If the situation arises in Britain as in the United States, where there is a proliferation of TV channels, and many local television stations, then it is perhaps not too far-fetched to imagine some of these transmitting either specialized or local teletext information.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( complicado) over-elaborate, roundabout; ( afectado) affected, recherché
    * * *
    = arcane, recondite, stilted, far-fetched [farfetched].

    Ex: It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

    Ex: This is an example of a source -- albeit in this case a highly recondite one -- which will assist with this type of enquiry.
    Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex: If the situation arises in Britain as in the United States, where there is a proliferation of TV channels, and many local television stations, then it is perhaps not too far-fetched to imagine some of these transmitting either specialized or local teletext information.

    * * *
    ‹lenguaje/expresiones› recherché, over-elaborate; ‹persona› affected
    * * *

    Del verbo rebuscar: ( conjugate rebuscar)

    rebuscado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    rebuscado    
    rebuscar
    rebuscado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ explicación› over-elaborate, overcomplicated;


    ‹ejemplo/argumento› far-fetched;
    ‹ estilo› affected
    rebuscar ( conjugate rebuscar) verbo intransitivo:

    rebuscaba en la basura he was rummaging about in the garbage
    rebuscado,-a adjetivo
    1 (complicado, muy elaborado) round-about
    2 (con poca naturalidad, con afectación) stilted, recherché
    rebuscar verbo intransitivo & vt to search throroughly: rebuscó entre las carpetas, she went through the files with a fine-tooth comb
    el gato rebuscaba en la basura, the cat rummaged through the rubbish

    ' rebuscado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rebuscada
    English:
    stilted
    * * *
    rebuscado, -a adj
    [lenguaje] obscure, recherché;
    una explicación rebuscada a roundabout explanation;
    el final de la película es muy rebuscado the ending of the movie is very contrived
    * * *
    adj over-elaborate
    * * *
    rebuscado, -da adj
    : affected, pretentious

    Spanish-English dictionary > rebuscado

  • 25 βάθος

    βάθος [ᾰ], εος, τό, ([etym.] βαθύς)
    A depth or height, acc. as measured up or down,

    Ταρτάρου βάθη A.Pr. 1029

    ;

    αἰθέρος βάθος E.Med. 1297

    , cf. Ar. Av. 1715; βάθους μετέχειν to be a solid, possessing depth as well as length and breadth, Pl.R. 528b;

    εἴτ' ἐν βάθεσιν εἴτ' ἐν τάχεσιν Id.Plt. 299e

    ;

    βάθους αὔξη Id.R. 528d

    ; opp. μῆκος, πλάτος, Arist.Ph. 209a5;

    μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ τρία [συνεχὲς] β. Id.Metaph. 1020a12

    : with Preps.,

    ἐκ βάθεος

     in depth,

    Hdt.1.186

    ;

    ἐκ βάθους

     through and through,

    Plot. 5.8.10

    ;

    εἰς βάθος Arist.Mete. 386a23

    , al.;

    ἐν βάθει Id.Sens. 440a14

    , etc.;

    κατὰ βάθους Id.Mete. 339b12

    ; κατὰ βάθος in a descending scale, metaph. of causation, Dam.Pr.95: freq. in military sense, depth of a line of battle, X.HG3.4.13, etc.;

    ἐπὶ βάθος τάσσεσθαι

     in depth of line,

    Th.5.68

    ;

    ἐς β. ἐκτάξαι Arr.An.1.2.4

    ; β. τριχῶν, of long thick hair, Hdt.5.9;

    ἄτομα πώγωνος βάθη Ephipp.14.7

    ; interior of a country, Str.3.3.7, al.; depth, of perspective in a picture, Procop.Gaz.Ecphr. p.157 B.: pl.,

    βάθη

     depths,

    Pl.Ti. 44d

    , etc.; deep water, opp. shallows near shore, LXXPs.68(69).2, al., Ev.Luc.5.4;

    ἐν τοῖς βάθεσιν Arist. HA 599b9

    .
    b Astron., = ταπείνωμα, Vett.Val.241.26.
    2 metaph.,

    κακῶν ὁρῶν β. A.Pers. 465

    ;

    ἢ μακροῦ πλούτου βάθει S.Aj. 130

    , cf. Ep.Rom.11.33;

    β. ἡγεμονίας Plu.Pomp.53

    ; depth of mind, β. τι ἔχειν γενναῖον, of Parmenides, Pl.Tht. 184a; ἐν βάθει πόσιος deep in drink, Theoc.14.29;

    β. καρδίας ἀνθρώπου LXXJu.8.14

    ; τὰ β. τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ Σατανᾶ, 1 Ep.Cor.2.10, Apoc.2.24.
    3 of lit. style, bathos,

    ὕψους ἢ β. Longin.2.1

    . (Substituted for βένθος under the influence of βαθύς.)

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > βάθος

  • 26 Große

    f; -, -n
    1. size; (Fläche) area; (Ausdehnung) dimensions Pl.; (Geräumigkeit) spaciousness; (Weite) vastness; (Körpergröße, Höhe) height; eines Gefäßes: capacity; (Rauminhalt) volume; der Größe nach aufstellen: according to height (bzw. size); sortieren: by size; von mittlerer Größe medium-sized; Person: of medium height; dieselbe Größe haben be the same size ( Person: height); er hat ungefähr deine Größe he’s about your height; in voller Größe full-size, weitS. (as) large as life; sich zu voller Größe aufrichten draw oneself up to one’s full height
    2. zahlen-, mengenmäßig: size; (Menge) quantity; (Größenordnung) order; (Ausmaß) extent; ASTRON. magnitude; Stern erster Größe star of the first magnitude
    3. von Kleidung, Schuhen: size; welche Größe haben oder tragen Sie? what size do you take?; der Pulli dürfte deine Größe haben this pullover should be your size
    4. eines Künstlers, einer Kultur etc.: greatness; (Bedeutsamkeit) significance; (Wichtigkeit) importance; eines Vergehens: enormity
    5. charakterlich: greatness; (Edelhaftigkeit) nobility; Größe besitzen / zeigen oder beweisen possess / show greatness
    6. (berühmte Person) celebrity, important figure; bes. iro. worthy; Theat., SPORT star; Wissenschaftler: authority; politische Größe political heavyweight; eine vergangene Größe a has-been, a late great
    7. MATH., PHYS. quantity; (un) bekannte Größe (un)known quantity
    * * *
    die Größe
    largeness; bigness; size; extent; greatness; breadth; magnitude; bulk; giganticness; grandness; sizableness; grandeur
    * * *
    Grö|ße ['grøːsə]
    f -, -n
    1) (= Format, Maßeinheit) size

    nach der Grö́ße — according to size

    er trägt or hat Grö́ße 48 — he takes or is size 48

    2) no pl (= Höhe, Körpergröße) height; (= Flächeninhalt) size, area, dimensions pl; (= Dimension) size, dimensions pl; (MATH, PHYS) quantity; (ASTRON) magnitude

    nach der Grö́ße — according to height/size

    eine unbekannte Grö́ße (lit, fig) — an unknown quantity

    ein Stern erster Grö́ße — a star of the first magnitude

    3) no pl (= Ausmaß) extent; (= Bedeutsamkeit) significance
    4) no pl (= Erhabenheit) greatness
    5) (= bedeutender Mensch) leading light, important figure
    * * *
    die
    1) (importance or seriousness: the dignity of the occasion.) dignity
    2) (scope or extent: breadth of outlook.) breadth
    4) (size: a star of great magnitude.) magnitude
    5) (largeness: an area the size of a football pitch; The size of the problem alarmed us.) size
    6) (one of a number of classes in which shoes, dresses etc are grouped according to measurements: I take size 5 in shoes.) size
    * * *
    Grö·ße
    <-, -n>
    [ˈgrø:sə]
    f
    1. pl selten (räumliche Ausdehnung) size
    in voller \Größe in full size
    2. pl selten (zahlenmengenmäßiger Umfang) size
    die \Größe eines Volkes the population of a nation
    3. pl selten (Körpergröße) height
    eine Frau mittlerer \Größe a woman of medium size
    sich akk zu voller \Größe aufrichten to draw oneself up to one's full height
    4. (Maß für Kleidungsstücke) size
    ich suche einen Mantel \Größe 56 I'm looking for a size 56 coat
    5. MATH, PHYS (Wert) quantity
    unbekannte \Größe (a. fig) unknown quantity a. fig
    6. pl selten (Bedeutsamkeit) significance no pl, importance no pl; (Erheblichkeit) magnitude; Problem seriousness no pl; Erfolg extent no pl; (Beträchtlichkeit) strength; Interesse a. keenness; Kummer, Leid, Zorn depth; Schmerz intensity
    7. pl selten (Großartigkeit) greatness, generosity
    er bewies mit seiner Geste menschliche \Größe his gesture showed true human greatness
    8. (bedeutender Mensch) important figure, leading light BRIT fam
    zu seiner Zeit war er eine der \Größen des Showgeschäfts in his time he was one of the show business greats
    erster/zweiter/dritter/etc. \Größe first/second/third/etc. magnitude
    * * *
    die; Größe, Größen
    1) size; (KleiderGröße)
    2) (Höhe, KörperGröße) height
    3) (Bedeutsamkeit, sittlicher Wert) greatness
    4) (Genie) outstanding or important figure
    5) (Math., Physik) quantity
    * * *
    Große1 m/f; -n, -n
    1.
    die Großen der Welt/des Films the great ones of this world (oder oft iron the great and the good)/the big names in the film industry (US in Hollywood oder motion pictures)
    2. pl (Erwachsene) grown-ups;
    für Große und Kleine for all ages
    3. (ältestes Kind) our etc eldest, oldest;
    unser Großer wird nächstes Monat zehn our eldest will be ten next month
    Große2 n; -n, kein pl
    1.
    Großes great things ( oder deeds) pl;
    es hat sich nichts Großes ereignet nothing important happened
    2.
    im Großen (im großen Maßstab) on a large scale, large-scale …; WIRTSCH kaufen etc: wholesale, (in) bulk;
    im Großen und Ganzen by and large, on the whole;
    im Großen wie im Kleinen at all levels
    * * *
    die; Größe, Größen
    1) size; (KleiderGröße)
    2) (Höhe, KörperGröße) height
    3) (Bedeutsamkeit, sittlicher Wert) greatness
    4) (Genie) outstanding or important figure
    5) (Math., Physik) quantity
    * * *
    -n f.
    bigness n.
    bulk n.
    extent n.
    grandness n.
    greatness n.
    grossness n.
    largeness n.
    magnitude n.
    quantity n.
    sizableness n.
    size n.
    variable n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Große

  • 27 Á

    * * *
    a negative suffix to verbs, not;
    era útmakligt, at it is not unmeet that.
    * * *
    1.
    á, prep., often used elliptically, or even adverbially, [Goth. ana; Engl. on; Germ. an. In the Scandinavian idioms the liquid n is absorbed. In English the same has been supposed to happen in adverbial phrases, e. g. ‘along, away, abroad, afoot, again, agate, ahead, aloft, alone, askew, aside, astray, awry,’ etc. It is indeed true that the Ormulum in its northern dialect freq. uses o, even in common phrases, such as ‘o boke, o land, o life, o slæpe, o strande, o write, o naht, o loft,’ etc., v. the glossary; and we may compare on foot and afoot, on sleep (Engl. Vers. of Bible) and asleep; A. S. a-butan and on-butan (about); agen and ongean (again, against); on bæc, aback; on life, alive; on middan, amid. But it is more than likely that in the expressions quoted above, as well as in numberless others, as well in old as in modern English, the English a- as well as the o- of the Ormulum and the modern Scottish and north of England o- are in reality remains of this very á pronounced au or ow, which was brought by the Scandinavian settlers into the north of England. In the struggle for supremacy between the English dialects after the Conquest, the Scandinavian form á or a won the day in many cases to the exclusion of the Anglo-Saxon on. Some of these adverbs have representatives only in the Scandinavian tongues, not in Anglo-Saxon; see below, with dat. B. II, C. VII; with acc. C. I. and VI. The prep. á denotes the surface or outside; í and ór the inside; at, til, and frá, nearness measured to or from an object: á thus answers to the Gr. επί; the Lat. in includes á and i together.]
    With dat. and acc.: in the first case with the notion of remaining on a place, answering to Lat. in with abl.; in the last with the notion of motion to the place, = Lat. in with acc.
    WITH DAT.
    A. Loc.
    I. generally on, upon; á gólfi, on the floor, Nj. 2; á hendi, on the hand (of a ring), 48, 225; á palli, 50; á steini, 108; á vegg, 115; á sjá ok á landi, on sea and land. In some instances the distinction between d and i is loose and wavering, but in most cases common sense and usage decide; thus ‘á bók’ merely denotes the letters, the penmanship, ‘í’ the contents of a book; mod. usage, however, prefers ‘í,’ lesa í bók, but stafr á bók. Old writers on the other hand; á bókum Enskum, in English books, Landn. 24, but í Aldafars bók, 23 (in the book De Mensurâ Temporum, by Bede), cp. Grág. i. 76, where á is a false reading instead of at; á bréfi, the contents of a letter: of clothing or arms, mítr á höfði, sverð á hlið, mitre on head, sword on side, Fms. i. 266, viii. 404; hafa lykil á sér, on one’s person, 655 xxvii. 22; möttull á tyglum, a mantle hanging on (i. e. fastened by) laces, Fms. vii. 201: á þingi means to be present at a meeting; í þingi, to abide within a jurisdiction; á himni, á jörðu, on (Engl. in) heaven and earth, e. g. in the Lord’s Prayer, but í helviti, in hell; á Gimli, Edda (of a heavenly abode); á báti, á skipi denote crew and cargo, ‘í’ the timber or materials of which a ship is built, Eg. 385; vera í stafni á skipi, 177: á skógi, to be abroad in a wood (of a hunter, robber, deer); but to be situated (a house), at work (to fell timber), í skógi, 573, Fs. 5, Fms. iii. 122, viii. 31, xi. 1, Glúm. 330, Landn. 173; á mörkinni, Fms. i. 8, but í mörk, of a farm; á firðinum means lying in a firth, of ships or islands (on the surface of the water), þær eyjar liggja á Breiðafirði, Ld. 36; but í firði, living in a district named Firth; á landi, Nj. 98, Fms. xi. 386.
    II. á is commonly used in connection with the pr. names or countries terminating in ‘land,’ Engl. in, á Englandi, Írlandi, Skotlandi, Bretlandi, Saxlandi, Vindlandi, Vínlandi, Grænalandi, Íslandi, Hálogalandi, Rogalandi, Jótlandi, Frakklandi, Hjaltlandi, Jamtalandi, Hvítramannalandi, Norðrlöndum, etc., vide Landn. and the index to Fms. xii. In old writers í is here very rare, in modern authors more frequent; taste and the context in many instances decide. An Icelander would now say, speaking of the queen or king, ‘á Englandi,’ ruling over, but to live ‘í Englandi,’ or ‘á Englandi;’ the rule in the last case not being quite fixed.
    2. in connection with other names of countries: á Mæri, Vörs, Ögðum, Fjölum, all districts of Norway, v. Landn.; á Mýrum (in Icel.), á Finnmörk, Landn., á Fjóni (a Danish island); but í Danmörk, Svíþjóð (á Svíþjóðu is poët., Gs. 13).
    3. before Icel. farms denoting open and elevated slopes and spaces (not too high, because then ‘at’ must be used), such as ‘staðr, völlr, ból, hjalli, bakki, heimr, eyri,’ etc.; á Veggjum, Landn. 69; á Hólmlátri, id.: those ending in ‘-staðr,’ á Geirmundarstöðum, Þórisstöðum, Jarðlangsstöðum…, Landn.: ‘-völlr,’ á Möðruvöllum: á Fitjum (the farm) í Storð (the island), í Fenhring (the island) á Aski (the farm), Landn., Eg.: ‘-nes’ sometimes takes á, sometimes í (in mod. usage always ‘í’), á Nesi, Eb. 14, or í Krossnesi, 30; in the last case the notion of island, νησος, prevails: so also, ‘fjörðr,’ as, þeir börðust á Vigrafirði (of a fight o n the ice), Landn. 101, but orusta í Hafrsfirði, 122: with ‘-bær,’ á is used in the sense of a farm or estate, hón sa á e-m bæ mikit hús ok fagrt, Edda 22; ‘í bæ’ means within doors, of the buildings: with ‘Bær’ as pr. name Landn. uses ‘í,’ 71, 160, 257, 309, 332.
    4. denoting on or just above; of the sun, when the time is fixed by regarding the sun in connection with points in the horizon, a standing phrase in Icel.; sól á gjáhamri, when the sun is on the crag of the Rift, Grág. i. 26, cp. Glúm. 387; so, brú á á, a bridge on a river, Fms. viii. 179, Hrafn. 20; taka hús á e-m, to surprise one, to take the house over his head, Fms. i. 11.
    III. á is sometimes used in old writers where we should now expect an acc., esp. in the phrase, leggja sverði (or the like) á e-m, or á e-m miðjum, to stab, Eg. 216, Gísl. 106, Band. 14; þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi, then Starkad stabbed the king with the wand, Fas. iii. 34; bíta á kampi (vör), to bite the lips, as a token of pain or emotion, Nj. 209, 68; taka á e-u, to touch a thing, lay hold of it, v. taka; fá á e-u, id. (poët.); leggja hendr á (better at) síðum, in wrestling, Fms. x. 331; koma á úvart á e-m, to come on one unawares, ix. 407 (rare).
    B. TEMP. of a particular point or period of time, at, on, in:
    I. gener. denoting during, in the course of; á nótt, degi, nætrþeli …, Bs. i. 139; or spec. adding a pron. or an adject., á næsta sumri, the next summer; á því ári, þingi, misseri, hausti, vári, sumri …, during, in that year …, Bs. i. 679, etc.; á þrem sumrum, in the course of three summers, Grág. i. 218; á þrem várum, Fms. ii. 114; á hálfs mánaðar fresti, within half a month’s delay, Nj. 99; á tvítugs, sextugs … aldri, á barns, gamals aldri, etc., at the age of …, v. aldr: á dögum e-s, in the days of, in his reign or time, Landn. 24, Hrafn. 3, Fms. ix. 229.
    II. used of a fixed recurrent period or season; á várum, sumrum, haustum, vetrum, á kveldum, every spring, summer …, in the evenings, Eg. 711, Fms. i. 23, 25, vi. 394, Landn. 292: with the numeral adverbs, cp. Lat. ter in anno, um sinn á mánuði, ári, once a month, once a year, where the Engl. a is not the article but the preposition, Grág. i. 89.
    III. of duration; á degi, during a whole day, Fms. v. 48; á sjau nóttum, Bárð. 166; á því meli, during that time, in the meantime, Grág. i. 259.
    IV. connected with the seasons (á vetri, sumri, vári, hausti), ‘á’ denotes the next preceding season, the last winter, summer, autumn, Eb. 40, 238, Ld. 206: in such instances ‘á’ denotes the past, ‘at’ the future, ‘í’ the present; thus í vetri in old writers means this winter; á vetri, last winter; at vetri, next winter, Eb. 68 (in a verse), etc.
    C. In various other relations, more or less metaphorically, on, upon, in, to, with, towards, against:
    I. denoting object, in respect of, against, almost periphrastically; dvelja á náðum e-s, under one’s protection, Fms. i. 74; hafa metnað á e-u, to be proud of, to take pride in a thing, 127.
    2. denoting a personal relation, in; bæta e-t á e-m, to make amends, i. e. to one personally; misgöra e-t á e-m, to inflict wrong on one; hafa elsku (hatr) á e-m, to bear love ( hatred) to one, Fms. ix. 242; hefna sín á e-m, to take revenge on one’s person, on anyone; rjúfa sætt á e-m, to break truce on the person of any one, to offend against his person, Nj. 103; hafa sár á sér, 101; sjá á e-m, to read on or in one’s face; sér hann á hverjum manni hvárt til þín er vel eðr illa, 106; var þat brátt auðséð á hennar högum, at …, it could soon be seen in all her doings, that …, Ld. 22.
    3. also generally to shew signs of a thing; sýna fáleika á sér, to shew marks of displeasure, Nj. 14, Fs. 14; taka vel, illa, lítt, á e-u, to take a thing well, ill, or indifferently, id.; finna á sér, to feel in oneself; fann lítt á honum, hvárt …, it could hardly be seen in his face, whether …, Eb. 42; líkindi eru á, it is likely, Ld. 172; göra kost á e-u, to give a choice, chance of it, 178; eiga vald á e-u, to have power over …, Nj. 10.
    II. denoting encumbrance, duty, liability; er fimtardómsmál á þeim, to be subject to …, Nj. 231; the phrase, hafa e-t á hendi, or vera á hendi e-m, on one’s hands, of work or duty to be done; eindagi á fé, term, pay day, Grág. i. 140; ómagi (skylda, afvinna) á fé, of a burden or encumbrance, D. I. and Grág. in several passages.
    III. with a personal pronoun, sér, mér, honum …, denoting personal appearance, temper, character, look, or the like; vera þungr, léttr … á sér, to be heavy or light, either bodily or mentally; þungr á sér, corpulent, Sturl. i. 112; kátr ok léttr á sér, of a gay and light temper, Fms. x. 152; þat bragð hafði hann á sér, he looked as if, … the expression of his face was as though …, Ld., cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á sér svip, bragð, æði, sið, of one’s manner or personal appearance, to bear oneself as, or the like; skjótr (seinn) á fæti, speedy ( slow) of foot, Nj. 258.
    IV. as a periphrasis of the possessive pronoun connected with the limbs or parts of the body. In common Icel. such phrases as my hands, eyes, head … are hardly ever used, but höfuð, eyru, hár, nef, munnr, hendr, fætr … á mér; so ‘í’ is used of the internal parts, e. g. hjarta, bein … í mér; the eyes are regarded as inside the body, augun í honum: also without the possessive pronoun, or as a periphrasis for a genitive, brjóstið á e-m, one’s breast, Nj. 95, Edda 15; súrnar í augum, it smarts in my eyes, my eyes smart, Nj. 202; kviðinn á sér, its belly, 655 xxx. 5, Fms. vi. 350; hendr á henni, her hands, Gísl. (in a verse); í vörunum á honum, on his lips, Band. 14; ristin á honum, his step, Fms. viii. 141; harðr í tungu, sharp of tongue, Hallfred (Fs. 114); kalt (heitt) á fingrum, höndum, fótum …, cold ( warm) in the fingers, hands, feet …, i. e. with cold fingers, etc.; cp. also the phrase, verða vísa (orð) á munni, of extemporising verses or speeches, freq. in the Sagas; fastr á fótum, fast by the leg, of a bondsman, Nj. 27: of the whole body, díla fundu þeir á honum, 209. The pers. pron. is used only in solemn style (poetry, hymns, the Bible), and perhaps only when influenced by foreign languages, e. g. mitt hjarta hví svo hryggist þú, as a translation of ‘warumb betrübst du dich mein Herz?’ the famous hymn by Hans Sachs; instead of the popular hjartað í mér, Sl. 43, 44: hjartað mitt is only used as a term of endearment, as by a husband to his wife, parents to their child, or the like, in a metaphorical sense; the heart proper is ‘í mér,’ not ‘mitt.’
    2. of other things, and as a periphrasis of a genitive, of a part belonging to the whole, e. g. dyrr á husi = húsdyrr, at the house-doors; turn á kirkju = kirkju turn; stafn, skutr, segl, árar … á skipi, the stem, stern, sail … of a ship, Fms. ix. 135; blöð á lauk, á tré …, leaves of a leek, of a tree …, Fas. i. 469; egg á sverði = sverðs egg; stafr á bók; kjölr á bók, and in endless other instances.
    V. denoting instrumentality, by, on, or a-, by means of; afla fjár á hólmgöngum, to make money a-duelling, by means of duels, Eg. 498; á verkum sínum, to subsist on one’s own work, Njarð. 366: as a law term, sekjast á e-ju, to be convicted upon …, Grág. i. 123; sekst maðr þar á sínu eigini ( a man is guilty in re sua), ef hann tekr af þeim manni er heimild ( possessio) hefir til, ii. 191; falla á verkum sínum, to be killed flagranti delicto, v. above; fella e-n á bragði, by a sleight in wrestling; komast undan á flótta, to escape by flight, Eg. 11; á hlaupi, by one’s feet, by speed, Hkr. ii. 168; lifa á e-u, to feed on; bergja á e-u, to taste of a thing; svala sér á e-u, to quench the thirst on.
    VI. with subst. numerals; á þriðja tigi manna, up to thirty, i. e. from about twenty to thirty, Ld. 194; á öðru hundraði skipa, from one to two hundred sail strong, Fms. x. 126; á níunda tigi, between eighty and ninety years of age, Eg. 764, v. above: used as prep., á hendi, on one’s hand, i. e. bound to do it, v. hönd.
    VII. in more or less adverbial phrases it may often be translated in Engl. by a participle and a- prefixed; á lopti, aloft; á floti, afloat; á lífi, alive; á verðgangi, a-begging; á brautu, away; á baki, a-back, behind, past; á milli, a-tween; á laun, alone, secretly; á launungu, id.; á móti, against; á enda, at an end, gone; á huldu, hidden; fara á hæli, to go a-heel, i. e. backwards, Fms. vii. 70;—but in many cases these phrases are transl. by the Engl. partic. with a, which is then perh. a mere prefix, not a prep., á flugi, a-flying in the air, Nj. 79; vera á gangi, a-going; á ferli, to be about; á leiki, a-playing, Fms. i. 78; á sundi, a-swimming, ii. 27; á verði, a-watching, x. 201; á hrakningi, a-wandering; á reiki, a-wavering; á skjálfi, a-shivering; á-hleri, a-listening; á tali, a-talking, Ísl. ii. 200; á hlaupi, a-running, Hkr. ii. 268; á verki, a-working; á veiðum, a-hunting; á fiski, a-fishing; á beit, grazing: and as a law term it even means in flagranti, N. G. L. i. 348.
    VIII. used absolutely without a case in reference to the air or the weather, where ‘á’ is almost redundant; þoka var á mikil, a thick fog came on, Nj. 267; niðamyrkr var á, pitch darkness came on, Eg. 210; allhvast á norðan, a very strong breeze from the north, Fms. ix. 20; þá var á norðrænt, a north wind came on, 42, Ld. 56; hvaðan sem á er, from whatever point the wind is; var á hríð veðrs, a snow storm came on, Nj. 282; görði á regn, rain came on, Fms. vi. 394, xi. 35, Ld. 156.
    WITH ACC.
    A. Loc.
    I. denoting simple direction towards, esp. connected with verbs of motion, going, or the like; hann gékk á bergsnös, Eg. 389; á hamar, Fas. ii. 517.
    2. in phrases denoting direction; liggja á útborða, lying on the outside of the ship, Eg. 354; á annat borð skipinu, Fms. vii. 260; á bæði borð, on both sides of the ship, Nj. 124, Ld. 56; á tvær hliðar, on both sides, Fms. v. 73. Ísl. ii. 159; á hlið, sidewards; út á hlið, Nj. 262, Edda 44; á aðra hönd henni, Nj. 50, Ld. 46; höggva á tvær hendr, to hew or strike right and left, Ísl. ii. 368, Fas. i. 384, Fms. viii. 363, x. 383.
    3. upp á, upon; hann tók augu Þjaza ok kastaði upp á himin, Edda 47: with verbs denoting to look, see, horfa, sjá, líta, etc.; hann rak skygnur á land, he cast glances towards the land, Ld. 154.
    II. denoting direction with or without the idea of arriving:
    1. with verbs denoting to aim at; of a blow or thrust, stefna á fótinn, Nj. 84; spjótið stefnir á hann miðjan, 205: of the wind, gékk veðrit á vestr, the wind veered to west, Fms. ix. 28; sigla á haf, to stand out to sea, Hkr. i. 146, Fms. i. 39: with ‘út’ added, Eg. 390, Fms. x. 349.
    2. conveying the notion of arriving, or the intervening space being traversed; spjótið kom á miðjan skjöldinn, Eg. 379, Nj. 96, 97; langt upp á land, far up inland, Hkr. i. 146: to reach, taka ofan á belti, of the long locks of a woman, to reach down to the belt, Nj. 2; ofan á bringu, 48; á þa ofan, 91.
    III. without reference to the space traversed, connected with verbs denoting to go, turn, come, ride, sail, throw, or the like, motion of every kind; hann kastar honum á völlinn, he flings him down, Nj. 91; hlaupa á skip sitt, to leap on board his ship, 43; á hest, to mount quickly, Edda 75; á lend hestinum, Nj. 91; hann gengr á sáðland sitt, he walks on to his fields, 82: on, upon, komast á fætr, to get upon one’s legs, 92; ganga á land, to go a-shore, Fms. i. 40; ganga á þing, vii. 242, Grág. (often); á skóg, á merkr ok skóga, into a wood, Fb. i. 134, 257, Fms. xi. 118, Eg. 577, Nj. 130; fara á Finnmörk, to go travelling in Finmark, Fms. i. 8; koma, fara á bæ, to arrive at the farm-house; koma á veginn, Eg. 578; stíga á bát, skip, to go on board, 158; hann gékk upp á borg, he went up to the burg (castle), 717; en er þeir komu á loptriðið, 236; hrinda skipum á vatn, to float the ships down into the water, Fms. i. 58; reka austr á haf, to drift eastwards on the sea, x. 145; ríða ofan á, to ride down or over, Nj. 82.
    IV. in some cases the acc. is used where the dat. would be used, esp. with verbs denoting to see or hear, in such phrases as, þeir sá boða mikinn inn á fjörðinn, they saw great breakers away up in the bight of the firth, the acc. being due perhaps to a motion or direction of the eye or ear towards the object, Nj. 124; sá þeir fólkit á land, they saw the people in the direction of land, Fas. ii. 517: in phrases denoting to be placed, to sit, to be seated, the seat or bench is freq. in the acc. where the dat. would now be used; konungr var þar á land upp, the king was then up the country, the spectator or narrator is conceived as looking from the shore or sea-side, Nj. 46; sitja á miðjan bekk, to be seated on the middle bench, 50; skyldi konungs sæti vera á þann bekk … annat öndvegi var á hinn úæðra pall; hann setti konungs hásæti á miðjan þverpall, Fms. vi. 439, 440, cp. Fagrsk. l. c., Sturl. iii. 182; eru víða fjallbygðir upp á mörkina, in the mark or forest, Eg. 58; var þar mörk mikil á land upp, 229; mannsafnaðr er á land upp (viewed from the sea), Ld. 76; stóll var settr á mótið, Fas. i. 58; beiða fars á skip, to beg a passage, Grág. i. 90.
    V. denoting parts of the body; bíta e-n á barka, to bite one in the throat, Ísl. ii. 447; skera á háls, to cut the throat of any one, Nj. 156; brjóta e-n á háls, to break any one’s neck; brjóta e-n á bak, to break any one’s back, Fms. vii. 119; kalinn á kné, frozen to the knees with cold, Hm. 3.
    VI. denoting round; láta reipi á háls hesti, round his horse’s neck, 623. 33; leggja söðul á hest, Nj. 83; and ellipt., leggja á, to saddle; breiða feld á hofuð sér, to wrap a cloak over his head, 164; reyta á sik mosa, to gather moss to cover oneself with, 267; spenna hring á hönd, á fingr, Eg. 300.
    VII. denoting a burden; stela mat á tvá hesta, hey á fimtán hesta, i. e. a two, a fifteen horse load, Nj. 74: metaph., kjósa feigð á menn, to choose death upon them, i. e. doom them to death, Edda 22.
    B. TEMP.
    I. of a period of time, at, to; á morgun, to-morrow (í morgun now means the past morning, the morning of to-day), Ísl. ii. 333.
    II. if connected with the word day, ‘á’ is now used before a fixed or marked day, a day of the week, a feast day, or the like; á Laugardag, á Sunnudag …, on Saturday, Sunday, the Old Engl. a-Sunday, a-Monday, etc.; á Jóladaginn, Páskadaginn, on Yule and Easter-day; but in old writers more often used ellipt. Sunnudaginn, Jóladaginn …, by dropping the prep. ‘á,’ Fms. viii. 397, Grág. i. 18.
    III. connected with ‘dagr’ with the definite article suffixed, ‘á’ denotes a fixed, recurring period or season, in; á daginn, during the day-time, every day in turn, Grett. 91 A.
    IV. connected with ‘evening, morning, the seasons,’ with the article; á kveldit, every evening, Ld. 14; á sumarit, every summer, Vd. 128, where the new Ed. Fs. 51 reads sumrum; á haust, every autumn, Eg. 741 (perh. a misprint instead of á haustin or á haustum); á vetrinn, in the winter time, 710; á várit, every spring, Gþl. 347; the sing., however, is very rare in such cases, the old as well as mod. usage prefers the plur.; á nætrnar, by night, Nj. 210; á várin, Eg. 710; á sumrin, haustin, á morgnana, in the morning (á morgin, sing., means to-morrow); á kveldin, in the evening, only ‘dagr’ is used in sing., v. above (á daginn, not á dagana); but elliptically and by dropping the article, Icelanders say, kveld og morgna, nótt og dag, vetr sumar vor og haust, in the same sense as those above mentioned.
    V. denoting duration, the article is dropped in the negative phrase, aldri á sinn dag, never during one’s life; aldri á mína daga, never in my life, Bjarn. 8, where a possess. pron. is put between noun and prep., but this phrase is very rare. Such phrases as, á þann dag, that day, and á þenna dag, Stj. 12, 655 xxx. 2. 20, are unclassical.
    VI. á dag without article can only be used in a distributive sense, e. g. tvisvar á dag, twice a-day; this use is at present freq. in Icel., yet instances from old writers are not on record.
    VII. denoting a movement onward in time, such as, liðið á nótt, dag, kveld, morgun, sumar, vetr, vár, haust (or nóttina, daginn …), jól, páska, föstu, or the like, far on in the night, day …, Edda 33; er á leið vetrinn, when the winter was well on, as the winter wore on, Nj. 126; cp. áliðinn: also in the phrase, hniginn á inn efra aldr, well stricken in years, Ld. 68.
    C. Metaph. and in various relations:
    I. somewhat metaphorically, denoting an act only (not the place); fara á fund, á vit e-s, to call for one, Eg. 140; koma á ræðu við e-n, to come to a parley with, to speak, 173; ganga á tal, Nj. 103; skora á hólm, to challenge to a duel on an island; koma á grið, to enter into a service, to be domiciled, Grág. i. 151; fara á veiðar, to go a-hunting, Fms. i. 8.
    β. generally denoting on, upon, in, to; bjóða vöxtu á féit, to offer interest on the money, Grág. i. 198; ganga á berhögg, to come to blows, v. berhögg; fá á e-n, to make an impression upon one, Nj. 79; ganga á vápn e-s, to throw oneself on an enemy’s weapon, meet him face to face, Rd. 310; ganga á lagið, to press on up the spear-shaft after it has passed through one so as to get near one’s foe, i. e. to avail oneself of the last chance; bera fé á e-n, to bribe, Nj. 62; bera öl á e-n, to make drunk, Fas. i. 13; snúinn á e-t, inclined to, Fms. x. 142; sammælast á e-t, to agree upon, Nj. 86; sættast, verða sáttr á e-t, in the same sense, to come to an agreement, settlement, or atonement, 78, Edda 15, Eb. 288, Ld. 50, Fms. i. 279; ganga á mála, to serve for pay as a soldier, Nj. 121; ganga á vald e-s, to put oneself in his power, 267; ganga á sætt, to break an agreement; vega á veittar trygðir, to break truce, Grág. ii. 169.
    II. denoting in regard to, in respect to:
    1. of colour, complexion, the hue of the hair, or the like; hvítr, jarpr, dökkr … á hár, having white, brown, or dark … hair, Ísl. ii. 190, Nj. 39; svartr á brún ok brá, dark of brow and eyebrow; dökkr á hörund, id., etc.
    2. denoting skill, dexterity; hagr á tré, a good carpenter; hagr á járn, málm, smíðar …, an expert worker in iron, metals …, Eg. 4; fimr á boga, good at the bow: also used of mastership in science or arts, meistari á hörpuslátt, a master in striking the harp, Fas. iii. 220; fræðimaðr á kvæði, knowing many poems by heart, Fms. vi. 391; fræðimaðr á landnámssögur ok forna fræði, a learned scholar in histories and antiquities (of Are Frode), Ísl. ii. 189; mikill á íþrótt, skilful in an art, Edda (pref.) 148; but dat. in the phrase, kunna (vel) á skíðum, to be a cunning skater, Fms. i. 9, vii. 120.
    3. denoting dimensions; á hæð, lengd, breidd, dýpt …, in the heighth, length, breadth, depth …, Eg. 277; á hvern veg, on each side, Edda 41 (square miles); á annan veg, on the one side, Grág. i. 89.
    β. the phrase, á sik, in regard to oneself, vel (illa) á sik kominn, of a fine ( ugly) appearance, Ld. 100, Fas. iii. 74.
    III. denoting instrumentality; bjargast á sínar hendr, to live on the work of one’s own hands, (á sínar spýtur is a mod. phrase in the same sense); (vega) á skálir, pundara, to weigh in scales, Grág. ii. 370; at hann hefði tvá pundara, ok hefði á hinn meira keypt en á hinn minna selt, of a man using two scales, a big one for buying and a little one for selling, Sturl. i. 91; á sinn kostnað, at one’s own expense; nefna e-n á nafn, by name, Grág. i. 17, etc. The Icel. also say, spinna á rokk, snældu, to spin on or with a rock or distaff; mala á kvern, to grind in a ‘querne,’ where Edda 73 uses dat.; esp. of musical instruments, syngja, leika á hljóðfæri, hörpu, gígju …; in the old usage, leika hörpu …, Stj. 458.
    IV. denoting the manner or way of doing:
    1. á þessa lund, in this wise, Grág. ii. 22; á marga vega, á alla, ymsa vega, in many, all, respects, Fms. i. 114; á sitt hóf, in its turn, respectively, Ld. 136, where the context shews that the expression answers to the Lat. mutatis mutandis; á Þýðersku, after German fashion, Sks. 288.
    2. esp. of language; mæla, rita á e-a tungu, to speak, write in a tongue; á Írsku, in Irish, Ld. 76; Norrænu, in Norse, Eb. 330, Vm. 35; a Danska tungu, in Danish, i. e. Scandinavian, Norse, or Icelandic, Grág. i. 18; á Vára tungu, i. e. in Icelandic, 181; rita á Norræna tungu, to write in Norse, Hkr. (pref.), Bs. i. 59:—at present, dat. is sometimes used.
    3. in some phrases the acc. is used instead of the dat.; hann sýndi á sik mikit gaman, Fms. x. 329; hann lét ekki á sik finna, he shewed no sign of motion, Nj. 111; skaltú önga fáleika á þik gera (Cod. Kalf.), 14.
    V. used in a distributive sense; skal mörk kaupa gæzlu á kú, eðr oxa fim vetra gamlan, a mark for every cow, Grág. i. 147; alin á hvert hross, 442; á mann, per man (now freq.): cp. also á dag above, lit. B.
    VI. connected with nouns,
    1. prepositional; á hendr (with dat.), against; á hæla, at heel, close behind; á bak, at back, i. e. past, after; á vit (with gen.), towards.
    2. adverbially; á braut, away, abroad; á víxl, in turns; á mis, amiss; á víð ok dreif, a-wide and a-drift, i. e. dispersedly.
    3. used almost redundantly before the following prep.; á eptir, after, behind; á undan, in front of; á meðal, á milli, among; á mót, against; á við, about, alike; á frá (cp. Swed. ifrån), from (rare); á fyrir = fyrir, Haustl. 1; á hjá, beside (rare); á fram, a-head, forwards; á samt, together; ávalt = of allt, always: following a prep., upp á, upon; niðr á, down upon; ofan á, eptir á, post eventum, (temp.) á eptir is loc., id., etc.
    VII. connected with many transitive verbs, answering to the Lat. ad- or in-, in composition, in many cases periphrastically for an objective case. The prep. generally follows after the verb, instead of being prefixed to it as in Lat., and answers to the Engl. on, to; heita kalla, hrópa á, to call on; heyra, hlusta, hlyða á, to hearken to, listen to; hyggja, hugsa á, to think on; minna á, to remind; sjá, líta, horfa, stara, mæna, glápa, koma auga … á, to look on; girnast á, to wish for; trúa á, to believe on; skora á, to call on any one to come out, challenge; kæra á, to accuse; heilsa á, to greet; herja, ganga, ríða, hlaupa, ráða … á, to fall on, attack, cp. ágangr, áreið, áhlaup; ljúga á, to tell lies of, to slander; telja á, to carp at; ausa, tala, hella, kasta, verpa … á, to pour, throw on; ríða, bera, dreifa á, to sprinkle on; vanta, skorta á, to fall short of; ala á, to plead, beg; leggja á, to throw a spell on, lay a saddle on; hætta á, to venture on; gizka á, to guess at; kveða á, to fix on, etc.: in a reciprocal sense, haldast á, of mutual strife; sendast á, to exchange presents; skrifast á, to correspond (mod.); kallast á, to shout mutually; standast á, to coincide, so as to be just opposite one another, etc.
    2.
    f. [Lat. aqua; Goth. ahva; Hel. aha; A. S. eâ; O. H. G. aha, owa; cp. Germ. ach and aue; Fr. eau, eaux; Engl. Ax-, Ex-, etc., in names of places; Swed.-Dan. å; the Scandinavians absorb the hu, so that only a single vowel or diphthong remains of the whole word]:—a river. The old form in nom. dat. acc. sing. is , v. the introduction to A, page 1, Bs. i. 333 sq., where ́n, ́ (acc.), and ́na; so also Greg. 677; the old fragm. of Grág. ii. 222, 223, new Ed. In the Kb. of the Edda the old form occurs twice, viz. page 75, ́na (acc.), (but two lines below, ána), í ́nni (dat.) The old form also repeatedly occurs in the Kb. and Sb. of the Grág., e. g. ii. 266, 267: gen. sing. ár; nom. pl. ár, gen. á contracted, dat. ám, obsolete form ́m; Edda 43, Eg. 80, 99, 133, 185: proverbs, at ósi skal á stemma, answering to the Lat. principiis obsta, Edda 60; hér kemr á til sæfar, here the river runs into the sea, metaph. = this is the very end, seems to have been a favourite ending of old poems; it is recorded in the Húsdrápa and the Norðsetadrápa, v. Edda 96, Skálda 198; cp. the common saying, oil vötn renna til sævar, ‘all waters run into the sea.’ Rivers with glacier water are in Icel. called Hvítá, White river, or Jökulsá: Hitá, Hot river, from a hot spring, opp. to Kaldá, v. Landn.: others take a name from the fish in them, as Laxá, Lax or Salmon river (freq.); Örriða á, etc.: a tributary river is þverá, etc.: ár in the Njála often means the great rivers Ölfusá and Þjórsá in the south of Iceland. Áin helga, a river in Sweden, Hkr. ii: á is also suffixed to the names of foreign rivers, Tempsá = Thames; Dóná, Danube (Germ. Don-au), (mod.), etc. Vide Edda (Gl.) 116, 117, containing the names of over a hundred North-English and Scottish rivers.
    COMPDS: áráll, árbakki, árbrot, ardjúp, árfarvegr, árfors, árgljúfr, árhlutr, ármegin, árminni, ármót, áróss, árreki, árstraumr, árströnd, árvað, árvegr, árvöxtr.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > Á

  • 28 secreto

    adj.
    1 secret, backstairs, backstage, covert.
    2 secret, undeclared.
    3 secret, hidden.
    m.
    1 secret, secrecy.
    2 secret, hidden fact.
    3 secret, hidden know-how.
    4 soundboard, sounding board.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: secretar.
    * * *
    1 secret
    2 (reserva) secrecy
    \
    en secreto secretly
    guardar un secreto to keep a secret
    secreto de estado state secret
    secreto profesional (práctica) professional secrecy
    ————————
    2 (reserva) secrecy
    * * *
    1. (f. - secreta)
    adj.
    2. noun m.
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (=confidencia) secret

    confiar o contar un secreto a algn — to tell sb a secret

    en secreto — in secret, secretly

    estar en el secreto — frm to be in on the secret

    hacer secreto de algo — frm to be secretive about sth, keep sth secret

    secreto de confesión — (Rel) confessional secret

    secreto de Polichinela — frm open secret

    secreto de sumario, secreto sumarial, debido al secreto del sumario o sumarial — because the matter is sub judice

    mantener 1., 2), b)
    2) (=clave) secret

    ¿cuál es el secreto de su éxito? — what is the secret of her success?

    3) (=reserva) secrecy
    4) (=cajón) secret drawer
    5) (=combinación) combination
    2.
    ADJ secret
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo secret
    II

    revelar un secreto — to give away o reveal a secret

    no es ningún secreto que... — it is no secret that...

    b) ( truco) secret
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo secret
    II

    revelar un secreto — to give away o reveal a secret

    no es ningún secreto que... — it is no secret that...

    b) ( truco) secret
    * * *
    secreto1
    1 = secrecy, secret.

    Ex: That book is a source document; it's something in the hand for somebody interested in censorship and secrecy in government.

    Ex: And therein lies the secret of the unshakeable belief of reference librarians that what they do is the very pith and marrow of librarianship.
    * confiar un secreto = tell + a secret.
    * descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * en el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.
    * filtración de secreto industrial = industry leak.
    * guardar en secreto = keep + Nombre + under wraps.
    * guardar un secreto = keep + a secret.
    * ley del secreto industrial = trade secret law.
    * mantener en secreto = keep + Nombre + under wraps.
    * prohibición de informar por secreto de sumario = gag order.
    * revelar el secreto de = lift + the curtain on.
    * revelar secretos = reveal + secrets.
    * revelar un secreto = spill + secret, spill + the beans, tell + a secret, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff.
    * secreto a voces = open secret.
    * secreto celosamente guardado = closely kept secret.
    * secreto comercial = trade secret, competitive information.
    * secreto de estado = state secret.
    * secreto de familia = skeleton in the closet.
    * secreto de la vida, el = secret of life, the.
    * secreto del éxito = secret of/for success.
    * secreto de sumario = gag order.
    * secreto industrial = trade secret, competitive information.
    * secreto mejor guardado = best kept secret.
    * secreto militar = military secret.
    * secretos = wall of secrecy.
    * secretos profesionales = security classification.
    * secreto sumarial = gag order.

    secreto2
    2 = arcane, confidential, q.t., secret, stealth, undercover, cryptic, hush-hush.

    Ex: It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

    Ex: There is also a large amount of information that is kept secret: not merely cloak-and-dagger state secrets, but vast quantities of confidential technical and commercial data.
    Ex: 'I probably shouldn't tell you this,' he said confidentially, 'but you'll find out sooner or later; in the meantime, it's strictly q.t.; Jay's in trouble'.
    Ex: This article raises some of the issues associated with the collection and documentation of Aboriginal archival material which is secret/sacred in nature.
    Ex: A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.
    Ex: Small to midsize companies are more likely to use technological surveillance (i.e., computer spy programs), as they're more readily available than undercover detective agencies, which can get a bit pricey.
    Ex: Documentation in the on-line fields is a mass of small and medium-sized pamphlets, clumsy binder and cryptic electronic paragraphs.
    Ex: Several hundred women die every year in the United States from hospital-acquired infections, but it's so hush-hush here that we rarely hear about them.
    * acuerdo secreto = secret deal.
    * agente secreto = secret agent.
    * amigo secreto = invisible friend.
    * argot secreto de los cacos = thieves' cant.
    * argot secreto de los ladrones = thieves' cant.
    * arma secreta = secret weapon.
    * célula secreta = secret cell.
    * con el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.
    * en secreto = in confidence, covertly, in secret.
    * guardar en secreto = keep + confidential.
    * información secreta = secret information.
    * mantener en secreto = keep + secret, keep + hush hush, keep + confidential.
    * mantener secreto = keep + secret.
    * más secreto = innermost.
    * pacto secreto = secret deal.
    * pasadizo secreto = secret passage.
    * policía secreto = undercover police officer.
    * sociedad secreta = secret brotherhood.
    * voluntad de mantener Algo en secreto = secretiveness.
    * voto secreto = secret ballot.

    * * *
    secreto1 -ta
    secret
    guardar un secreto to keep a secret
    el secreto de su éxito the secret of his success
    los preparamos en secreto we prepared them secretly o in secret o in secrecy
    reveló todos los secretos she gave away o revealed all the secrets
    te lo dije en secreto I told you in confidence
    ven que te lo digo en secreto ( fam); come here and I'll whisper it in your ear
    no es ningún secreto que están pasando una crisis it is no secret that they are going through a crisis
    2 (truco) secret
    el secreto está en la manera de doblarlo the secret is in the way you fold it
    y no tiene más secreto and that's all there is to it
    Compuestos:
    open secret
    el secreto bancario client confidentiality
    intimate secret
    secret of the confessional
    state secret
    el secreto de sumario me impide dar más detalles I am unable to give further details because the matter is sub judice
    military secret
    professional secret
    * * *

    Del verbo secretar: ( conjugate secretar)

    secreto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    secretó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    secretar    
    secreto
    secreto 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    secret
    secreto 2 sustantivo masculino

    ◊ los preparamos en secreto we prepared them secretly o in secret;

    secreto a voces open secret
    b) ( truco) secret;

    ◊ el secreto está en … the secret is in …

    secretar verbo transitivo to secrete
    secreto,-a
    I adjetivo secret
    agente secreto, secret agent
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 secret: no sabe guardar un secreto, he can't keep a secret
    la naturaleza tiene sus secretos, Nature has its own mysteries
    un secreto a voces, an open secret
    2 (discreción, reserva) secrecy
    secreto profesional, professional secrecy
    ♦ Locuciones: en secreto, in secret, secretly
    ' secreto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    callarse
    - cifra
    - consistir
    - descubrir
    - divulgar
    - divulgación
    - guardar
    - hermética
    - hermético
    - iniciar
    - privada
    - privado
    - reservarse
    - revelar
    - revelación
    - sanctasanctórum
    - secreta
    - urdir
    - voto
    - voz
    - agente
    - callar
    - confiar
    - contar
    - develar
    - impenetrable
    - indiscreción
    - indiscreto
    - íntimo
    - luz
    - pregonar
    - reserva
    English:
    agent
    - away
    - betray
    - classified
    - closely
    - closet
    - collude
    - confidence
    - confidential
    - covert
    - divulge
    - ear
    - expose
    - exposure
    - give away
    - hush-hush
    - in
    - inner
    - innermost
    - intelligence agent
    - keep
    - let out
    - open
    - put
    - repeat
    - scandal
    - search out
    - secrecy
    - secret
    - secret agent
    - secret service
    - secretly
    - skeleton
    - sneaking
    - strict
    - swear
    - top-secret
    - trade secret
    - undercover
    - unspoken
    - well-kept
    - wrap
    - hush
    - top
    - trade
    - under
    * * *
    secreto, -a
    ♦ adj
    secret
    ♦ nm
    1. [noticia, información] secret;
    guardar un secreto to keep a secret;
    mantener algo en secreto to keep sth secret;
    ser un secreto a voces to be an open secret;
    no es ningún secreto que el país atraviesa una crisis it's no secret that the country is going through a crisis;
    la mecánica no tiene ningún secreto para él mechanics holds no secrets for him
    secreto bancario banking confidentiality;
    secreto de confesión secrecy of the confessional;
    secreto de Estado State secret;
    secreto profesional professional secret;
    secreto sumarial o del sumario: [m5] decretar el secreto sumarial o [m5] del sumario = to deny access to information relating to a judicial inquiry
    2. [sigilo] secrecy;
    en secreto in secret;
    me dijo en secreto que iba a divorciarse she told me in secret that she was going to get divorced;
    llevaban con mucho secreto los preparativos de la fiesta they kept the preparations for the party very secret
    * * *
    I adj secret
    II m secret;
    un secreto a voces an open secret;
    en secreto in secret
    * * *
    secreto, -ta adj
    1) : secret
    2) : secretive
    ♦ secretamente adv
    1) : secret
    2) : secrecy
    * * *
    secreto adj n secret
    en secreto in secret / secretly

    Spanish-English dictionary > secreto

  • 29 ager

    ăger, gri, m. [agros; Germ. Acker, Eng. acre, Sanscr. agras = surface, floor; Grimm conjectured that it was connected with ago, agô, a pecore agendo, and this was the ancient view; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 34 Müll., and Don. ad Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 47; so the Germ. Trift = pasture, from treiben, to drive].
    I.
    In an extended sense, territory, district, domain, the whole of the soil belonging to a community (syn.: terra, tellus, arvum, solum, rus, humus; opp. terra, which includes [p. 70] many such possessions taken together; cf.

    Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 694 sq.): Ager Tusculanus,... non terra,

    Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 84:

    praedā atque agro adfecit familiares suos,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 38:

    abituros agro Achivos,

    id. ib. 1, 53, 71:

    ut melior fundus Hirpinus sit, sive ager Hirpinus (totum enim possidet), quam, etc.,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2: fundum habet in agro Thurino, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 131 (pro Tull. 14):

    Rhenus, qui agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:

    ager Noricus,

    id. ib. 1, 5:

    in agro Troade,

    Nep. Paus. 3:

    in agro Aretino,

    Sall. C. 36, 1:

    his civitas data agerque,

    Liv. 2, 16:

    in agro urbis Jericho,

    Vulg. Josue, 5, 13.—In the Roman polity: ager Romanus, the Roman possessions in land (distinguished from ager peregrinus, foreign territory) was divided into ager publicus, public property, domains, and ager privatus, private estates; v. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 695 and 696; cf. with 153 sq.—
    II.
    In a more restricted sense.
    A.
    Improdued or productive land, a field, whether pasture, arable, nursery ground, or any thing of the kind; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, 7 sq.; 1, 71; Hab. Syn. 68, and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 13:

    agrum hunc mercatus sum: hic me exerceo,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 94:

    agrum de nostro patre colendum habebat,

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 17:

    ut ager quamvis fertilis, sine culturā fructuosus esse non potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5; id. Fl. 29:

    agrum colere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 18:

    conserere,

    Verg. E. 1, 73:

    agrum tuum non seres,

    Vulg. Lev. 19, 19:

    (homo) seminavit bonum semen in agro suo,

    ib. Matt. 13, 24; ib. Luc. 12, 16. —
    * Of a piece of ground where vines or trees are planted, a nursery:

    ut ager mundus purusque flat, ejus arbor atque vitis fecundior,

    Gell.
    19, 12, 8.—Of a place of habitation in the country, estate, villa:

    in tuosne agros confugiam,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15 (so agros, Hom. Od. 24, 205).—
    B.
    The fields, the open country, the country (as in Gr. agros or agroi), like rus, in opp. to the town, urbs (in prose writers generally only in the plur.), Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 2:

    homines ex agris concurrunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44:

    non solum ex urbe, sed etiam ex agris,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

    annus pestilens urbi agrisque,

    Liv. 3, 6; id. 3, 32:

    in civitatem et in agros,

    Vulg. Marc. 5, 14.—And even in opp. to a village or hamlet, the open field:

    sanum hominem modo ruri esse oportet, modo in urbe, saepiusque in agro,

    Cels. 1, 1.—
    C.
    Poet., in opp. to mountains, plain, valley, champaign:

    ignotos montes agrosque salutat,

    Ov. M. 3, 25.—
    D.
    As a measure of length (opp. frons, breadth):

    mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

    in depth, Hor. S. 1, 8, 12.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ager

  • 30 secreto2

    2 = arcane, confidential, q.t., secret, stealth, undercover, cryptic, hush-hush.
    Ex. It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.
    Ex. There is also a large amount of information that is kept secret: not merely cloak-and-dagger state secrets, but vast quantities of confidential technical and commercial data.
    Ex. 'I probably shouldn't tell you this,' he said confidentially, 'but you'll find out sooner or later; in the meantime, it's strictly q.t.; Jay's in trouble'.
    Ex. This article raises some of the issues associated with the collection and documentation of Aboriginal archival material which is secret/sacred in nature.
    Ex. A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.
    Ex. Small to midsize companies are more likely to use technological surveillance (i.e., computer spy programs), as they're more readily available than undercover detective agencies, which can get a bit pricey.
    Ex. Documentation in the on-line fields is a mass of small and medium-sized pamphlets, clumsy binder and cryptic electronic paragraphs.
    Ex. Several hundred women die every year in the United States from hospital-acquired infections, but it's so hush-hush here that we rarely hear about them.
    ----
    * acuerdo secreto = secret deal.
    * agente secreto = secret agent.
    * amigo secreto = invisible friend.
    * argot secreto de los cacos = thieves' cant.
    * argot secreto de los ladrones = thieves' cant.
    * arma secreta = secret weapon.
    * célula secreta = secret cell.
    * con el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.
    * en secreto = in confidence, covertly, in secret.
    * guardar en secreto = keep + confidential.
    * información secreta = secret information.
    * mantener en secreto = keep + secret, keep + hush hush, keep + confidential.
    * mantener secreto = keep + secret.
    * más secreto = innermost.
    * pacto secreto = secret deal.
    * pasadizo secreto = secret passage.
    * policía secreto = undercover police officer.
    * sociedad secreta = secret brotherhood.
    * voluntad de mantener Algo en secreto = secretiveness.
    * voto secreto = secret ballot.

    Spanish-English dictionary > secreto2

  • 31 τετράγωνος

    τετράγων-ος [ᾰ], ον,
    A with four angles, but usu. square, Hdt.1.178, 181, 2.124, Hp.Fract.13; δοκοὶ τ. squared, Th.4.112; ξύλα τ. IG12.313.101, 42(1).108.162, al. (Epid., iv/iii B.C.); τ. ἐργασία, of the Hermes-statues, Th.6.27;

    πρόσωπον -ότερον Arist.Phgn. 809b16

    ; κύκλος τετράγωνος ταῖς ἐπιφανείαις a ring with four surfaces, the breadth of the outer and inner equal to the depth of the two sides, Ptol.Alm.5.1 (with the commentary of Procl.Hyp.6.3).
    2 τὸ τ. a square, Pl.R. 510d, and freq. in Geom., but sts. of any quadrilateral, Arist.Metaph. 1054b2, cf. Hero *Deff.100, Procl. in Euc.p.166 F.
    b in Tactics, a body of men drawn up in square, X.Lac.12.1;

    τ. τάξις Th.4.125

    .
    3 τ. ἀριθμός a square number, i.e. a number made up of two equal factors, Pl.Tht. 147e, Phld.Sign.1,15.
    4 in quartile aspect, Gem.2.16, Max.446, Procl.Hyp.1.16.
    III ἱμάτιον τ., of the χλαῖνα which hung square, while the χλαμύς took a circular form, Id.Fr. 500; contrasted with the ἡμικύκλιον formed by the Roman toga, Posidon.36 J., App.BC 5.11.
    2 οἱ ἔμποροι καὶ οἱ τὴν τ. ἐργαζόμενοι perh. those who trade in the ἀγορὰ τετράγωνος, Durrbach Choix d'Inscrr. de Délos 138.
    IV Adv.

    - νως Philostr.VA7.42

    .

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > τετράγωνος

  • 32 átt-ræðr

    adj. [for the numbers twenty to seventy the Icel, say tvítugr, … sjautugr; but for eighty to one hundred and twenty, áttræðr, níræðr, tíræðr, tólfræðr].
    1. temp, numbering eighty years of age, (hálfáttræðr, that of seventy-six to eighty): á. karl, an octogenarian, Ld. 150. Eighty years of age is the terminus ultimus in the eyes of the law; an octogenarian is no lawful witness; he cannot dispose of land or priesthood (goðorð) without the consent of his heir; if he marries without the consent of his lawful heir, children begotten of that marriage are not to inherit his property, etc.; ef maðr kvángast er á. er eðr ellri, etc., Grág. i. 178; á. maðr né ellri skal hvárki selja land né gorðorð undan erfingja sinum, nema hann megi eigi eiga fyrir skuld, 224; ef maðr nefnir vátta … mann tólf vetra gamlan eðr ellra … áttröðan eðr yngra, ii. 20.
    2. loc. measuring eighty fathoms ( ells …) in height, breadth, depth …: also of a ship with eighty oars [cp. Germ, ruder], Eg. 599, Vm. 108; vide áttærr.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > átt-ræðr

  • 33 product mix

    Mktg
    the variety of product lines that a company produces, or that a retailer stocks. Product mix usually refers to the length (the number of products in the product line), breadth (the number of product lines that a company offers), depth (the different varieties of product in the product line), and consistency (the relationship between products in their final destination) of product lines. Product mix is sometimes called product assortment.

    The ultimate business dictionary > product mix

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