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1 encounter
[ɪnˈkauntə]1. verb1) to meet especially unexpectedly:يُصادِف، يَلْتَقي صُدْفَةًShe encountered the manager in the hall.
يُواجِهI expect to encounter many difficulties in the course of this job.
2. noun1) a meeting:لِقاء غَيْر مُتَوَقَّعI feel that I know him quite well, even after a brief encounter.
2) a fight:مُواجَهَه، صِدامThe encounter between the armies was fierce.
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2 Begegnung
f1. meeting; auch feindliche: encounter; ein Ort kultureller / internationaler Begegnung a place where cultures / nations meet2. SPORT match, meeting* * *die Begegnungmeeting; encounter* * *Be|geg|nungf -, -enbei der ersten/letzten Begégnung der beiden — at the first/last meeting between the two
ein Ort internationaler Begégnung — an international meeting place
2) (SPORT) encounter, matchdie Begégnung Spanien-Italien findet nächsten Monat statt — Spain and Italy meet next month
* * *die1) (a meeting: I feel that I know him quite well, even after a brief encounter.) encounter2) (an act of meeting: The meeting between my mother and my husband was not friendly.) meeting* * *Be·geg·nung<-, -en>f1. (Zusammenkunft) meeting, encounterein Ort internationaler/weltweiter \Begegnung an international/global meeting place2. SPORT encounter* * *die; Begegnung, Begegnungen1) meeting2) (Sport) match* * *1. meeting; auch feindliche: encounter;ein Ort kultureller/internationaler Begegnung a place where cultures/nations meet2. SPORT match, meeting* * *die; Begegnung, Begegnungen1) meeting2) (Sport) match* * *f.chance meeting n.encounter n. -
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НА ЛЕТУ PrepP Invar1.advduring flight, while sth. or s.o. is still in the airon the flyon the wing in midair in mid flight.Началось кормление. Александр Петрович вынул из сачка крупную ставриду и бросил её пеликану. Разинув свой чудовищный клюв, пеликан... на лету подхватил добычу (Искандер 3). The feeding began. Alexander Petrovich took a large horse mackerel from the net and threw it to the pelican. Opening its monstrous bill, the pelican caught it adroitly on the fly... (3a).Доктор ещё раз брезгливо оглядел комнату и сбросил с себя шубу... Штабс-капитан подхватил на лету шубу, а доктор снял фуражку (Достоевский 1). The doctor once again looked squeamishly around the room and threw off his fur coat. The captain caught the coat in midair, and the doctor took off his hat (1a)2. ( usu. adv or nonagreeing modif l (to do sth., sth. is carried out) in a hurried fashion (often during a brief encounter)hurriedlyin a rush for a brief moment a quick (brief, fleeting) NP. Странное, необычное то было лето... Была радость у людей. Были свадьбы и скороспелая любовь на лету. И были плачи великие. От земли до неба. По тем, кто не вернулся с войны... (Абрамов 1). A strange, an unusual summer it was....There was rejoicing among the people There were weddings and there were rushed, fleeting romances And there was great weeping. From earth to heaven on high. For the ones who did not come home from the war (1a). -
4 на лету
• НА ЛЕТУ[PrepP; Invar]=====1. [adv]⇒ during flight, while sth. or s.o. is still in the air:- on the fly;- on the wing;- in midair;- in mid flight.♦ Началось кормление. Александр Петрович вынул из сачка крупную ставриду и бросил её пеликану. Разинув свой чудовищный клюв, пеликан... на лету подхватил добычу (Искандер 3). The feeding began. Alexander Petrovich took a large horse mackerel from the net and threw it to the pelican. Opening its monstrous bill, the pelican caught it adroitly on the fly... (3a).♦ Доктор ещё раз брезгливо оглядел комнату и соросил с себя шубу... Штабс-капитан подхватил на лету шубу, а доктор снял фуражку (Достоевский 1). The doctor once again looked squeamishly around the room and threw off his fur coat. The captain caught the coat in midair, and the doctor took off his hat (1a)2. [usu. adv or nonagreeing modif]⇒ (to do sth., sth. is carried out) in a hurried fashion (often during a brief encounter):- hurriedly;- in a rush;- a quick (brief, fleeting) [NP].♦ Странное, необычное то было лето... Была радость у людей. Были свадьбы и скороспелая любовь на лету. И были плачи великие. От земли до неба. По тем, кто не вернулся с войны... (Абрамов 1). A strange, an unusual summer it was....There was rejoicing among the people There were weddings and there were rushed, fleeting romances And there was great weeping. From earth to heaven on high. For the ones who did not come home from the war (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на лету
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5 минутный
1. прил. к минутаминутное дело разг. — it's a moment's work
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6 минутный
мину́тная стре́лка — minute hand
2) (мгновенный, быстрый) momentaryмину́тное де́ло разг. — a moment's work
3) (недолговечный, преходящий) momentary, short-lived; fleetingмину́тный успе́х — transient success
мину́тная встре́ча — brief encounter
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7 fait
fait, faite [fε, fεt]a. ( = constitué) tout fait ready-made• c'est bien fait pour toi ! it serves you right!c. [fromage] riped. ( = maquillé) avoir les yeux faits to have one's eyes made up2. masculine nouna. ( = acte) le fait de manger/bouger eating/moving• reconnaissez-vous les faits ? do you accept the facts?c. ( = conséquence) c'est le fait du hasard it's the work of fate• être le fait de ( = être typique de) to be typical of ; ( = être le résultat de) to be the result ofd. (locutions)► au fait ( = à propos) by the way• au fait de ( = au courant) informed of► de fait [gouvernement, dictature] de facto ; ( = en fait) in fact• en fait de spécialiste, c'est plutôt un charlatan ! as for being a specialist - charlatan more like! (inf)► le fait est que the fact is that3. compounds► fait divers ( = nouvelle) news item* * *
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1) (réalisé, accompli) [tâche] donebien/mal fait — well/badly done
c'est bien fait (colloq) (pour toi)! — it serves you right!
2) ( constitué)fait de or en — ( d'un élément) made of; ( composite) made up of
3) ( adapté)fait pour quelque chose/pour faire — meant for something/to do
4) ( conçu) [programme, dispositif] designedbien/mal fait — well-/badly-designed
5) (colloq) ( pris) done for6) ( mûr)
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nom masculin1) (élément de réalité, acte) factil a réussi, c'est un fait, mais... — he has succeeded, certainly, but...
2) ( cause)de ce fait — because of this ou that
3) ( événement) event4) ( sujet) pointau fait, je te prie! — get to the point, please!
elle lui a dit son fait — she told him/her straight
5) ( trait)mentir n'est pas son fait — it isn't like him/her to lie
6) ( exploit) feat, exploit
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au fait ofɛt locution adverbiale by the way
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de fait locution [situation, pouvoir] de facto (épith); [exister, entraîner] effectively; ( en effet) indeed
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en fait locution adverbiale in fact, actually
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en fait de locution prépositive as regardsen fait de réforme, il s'agit plutôt d'une... — it isn't so much a reform as a...
en fait de rénovation du système, ils (en) ont seulement changé quelques éléments — they haven't so much renovated the system as tinkered about at the edges
Phrasal Verbs:••* * *fɛ
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1. vbSee:2. nm1) (= événement) event2) (= réalité) factC'est un fait, on ne peut pas prétendre le contraire. — It's a fact, we can't pretend otherwise.
du fait de... — because of..., on account of...
du fait que... — because of the fact that..., on account of the fact that...
du fait qu'il a menti — because of the fact that had lied, on account of his lying
de ce fait — therefore, for this reason
3) (= acte)au fait (= à propos) — by the way
Au fait, est-ce que tu as aimé le film d'hier? — By the way, did you enjoy the film yesterday?
mettre qn au fait — to inform sb, to put sb in the picture
en fait — in fact, actually
En fait je n'ai pas beaucoup de temps. — I haven't got much time actually.
II fait, -e1. ppSee:2. adj1) (fromage, melon) ripetout fait; toute faite (= préparé à l'avance) — ready-made
Il n'a pas réussi - c'est bien fait! — He failed - which served him right.
* * *A pp ⇒ faire.B pp adj1 (réalisé, accompli) [tâche] done; ce qui est fait est fait what's done is done; bien/mal fait well/badly done; il aime le travail bien fait he likes work that is well done; c'en est fait de that's the end of; c'est bien fait○ (pour toi/lui/elle)! it serves you/him/her right!; bien fait pour lui○! serves him right!; bien fait pour ta gueule◑! serves you bloody◑ GB ou damn◑ well right!;2 ( constitué) fait de/en ( d'un élément) made of; ( composite) made up of; mur fait en pierre wall made of stone; une foule faite de collectionneurs et d'amateurs a crowd made up of collectors and enthusiasts; idée/réponse toute faite ready-made idea/answer; formules toutes faites clichés; elle est bien faite she's good-looking; elle a la taille bien faite she has a shapely waist; un corps merveilleusement/mal fait a marvellousGB/an ugly body; je suis ainsi fait that's how I am; la vie est ainsi faite! life's like that!; la vie/société est mal faite life/society is unfair;3 ( adapté) fait pour qch/pour faire meant for sth/to do; ils ne sont pas faits l'un pour l'autre they're not meant for each other; ces ciseaux ne sont pas faits pour couper de la viande these scissors are not meant for cutting ou to cut meat; il n'est pas fait pour travailler hum he's not cut out for work hum; ta remarque n'était pas faite pour arranger les choses your comment certainly didn't help matters;5 ○( pris) done for; la maison est cernée, nous sommes faits! the house is surrounded, we're done for!;6 ( mûr) un fromage bien fait a ripe cheese.C nm1 (élément de réalité, acte) fact; le fait d'avoir the fact of having; le fait de faire/d'avoir fait (the fact of) doing/of having done; le fait d'être heureux being happy; le fait d'être parti/tombé (the fact of) having left/fallen; le fait est là that's the fact of the matter; le fait est là ou les faits sont là, il t'a trompé the fact (of the matter) is that he cheated you; le fait est que tu avais raison/que cela n'a pas marché the fact is that you were right/that it didn't work; le fait même que/de faire the very fact that/of doing; le simple fait de faire the simple fact of doing, simply doing; le fait qu'il est or soit possible de faire the fact that it is possible to do; il a réussi, c'est un fait, mais… he has succeeded, certainly, but…; c'est un fait que it's a fact that; s'appuyer sur des faits to rely on facts; reconnaître les faits to acknowledge the facts; s'incliner devant les faits to bow to the facts; au moment des faits at the time of the events; les faits et gestes de qn sb's movements; les menus faits de la vie quotidienne the tiny details of everyday life;2 ( ce qui est la cause) de ce fait because of this ou that; du fait de qch due to sth; du fait même que/de faire due to the very fact that/of doing; du fait que due to the fact that; être le fait de qn to be due to sb; cette rencontre n'est pas le fait du hasard this encounter isn't due to chance; par le fait du hasard due to chance;3 ( événement) event; c'est un fait unique dans l'histoire it's an event that's unique in history; le film part de faits réels the film is based on real-life events;4 ( sujet) point; venons-en au fait let's get to the point; au fait, je te prie! get to the point, please!; aller droit au fait to go straight to the point;5 ( ce qui caractérise) le mensonge or mentir n'est pas son fait it isn't like him to lie; la patience n'est pas son fait patience isn't his strong point; elle lui a dit son fait she told him straight;6 ( exploit) feat, exploit; les hauts faits heroic deeds.D au fait excl by the way.E de fait loc [situation, pouvoir, gouverneur] de facto ( épith); [exister, supprimer, entraîner] effectively; ( en effet) indeed.F en fait loc adv in fact, actually; il s'agit en fait de son cousin/de faire it's actually his cousin/a question of doing; ce poste lui servait en fait de couverture this position actually served as a cover for him.G en fait de loc prép as regards; en fait de réforme/philosophie, il s'agit plutôt d'une… it isn't so much a reform/a philosophy as a…; en fait de rénovation du système, ils (en) ont seulement changé quelques éléments they haven't so much renovated the system as tinkered about at the edges.fait accompli fait accompli; mettre qn devant le fait accompli to present sb with a fait accompli; fait d'actualité news item; fait d'armes feat of arms; fait divers Presse (short) news item; la rubrique (des) ‘faits divers’ the ‘news in brief’ column; fait de guerre exploit of war; fait du prince fiat; fait de société fact of life.être au fait de fml to be informed about; mettre qn au fait fml to inform sb; être sûr de son fait to be sure of one's facts; prendre qn sur le fait to catch sb in the act; ⇒ cause.I( féminin faite) [fɛ, fɛt] participe passé→ link=faire faire————————( féminin faite) [fɛ, fɛt] adjectif1. [formé]elle a la jambe bien faite she's got shapely ou nice legsfait au tour shapely, well-turned3. [maquillé] made-up4. [prêt]a. [vêtement] ready-made, ready-to-wearb. [tournure] set, ready-madeune expression toute faite a set phrase, a clichéII[fɛ] nom masculinles faits et gestes de quelqu'un everything somebody says and does, somebody's every moveil est pénalisé par le seul fait de son divorce the very fact that he's divorced puts him at a disadvantagecomme (par) un fait exprès, il n'avait pas de monnaie funnily enough, he had no change3. [réalité] factplacer ou mettre quelqu'un devant le fait accompli to present somebody with a fait accompli4. [sujet, question] pointvenons-en au fait let's come ou get to the point5. (locution)au fait locution adverbialeau fait, on pourrait peut-être y aller à pied? by the way, couldn't we walk there?au fait de locution prépositionnellede fait locution adjectivale2. [en affirmation]il est de fait que it is true ou a fact thatde fait locution adverbiale,en fait locution adverbialeen fait, il n'est pas mon père actually ou in fact he isn't my fatherdu fait de locution prépositionnelledu fait que locution conjonctiveen fait de locution prépositionnelle1. [en guise de] by way ofen fait de nourriture, il n'y a qu'une boîte de sardines there's only a can of sardines by way of food2. [au lieu de] instead ofen fait de chien, c'était un loup it wasn't a dog at all, it was a wolf -
8 sostener
v.1 to support, to hold up.sostenme esto, por favor hold this for me, pleaseLa columna sostiene la pared The column supports the wall.Elsa sostiene la verdad Elsa sustains=adduces the truth.2 to defend (defender) (idea, opinión, tesis).sostener que… to maintain that…3 to support.4 to hold, to have (tener) (conversación).sostener correspondencia con alguien to correspond with somebody5 to sustain.La organización sostiene a María The organization sustains Mary.6 to maintain to.Ella sostiene tener crédito She maintains to have a credit.7 to claim to, to hold to.Elsa sostiene la verdad Elsa sustains=adduces the truth.Ella sostuvo ser la heredera She claimed to be the heiress.* * *1 (mantener firme) to support, hold up2 (sujetar) to hold4 figurado (soportar) to endure, bear, put up with5 figurado (defender) to defend, uphold7 figurado (alimentar) to support, keep8 figurado (velocidad, correspondencia, relación, etc) to keep up, maintain1 (mantenerse) to support oneself; (de pie) to stand up2 (permanecer) to stay, remain\sostener la palabra figurado to keep one's wordsostener una conversación figurado to hold a conversationsostener la mirada a alguien figurado to stare somebody out* * *verb1) to support2) hold3) defend, uphold4) maintain, sustain•* * *1. VT1) (=sujetar)a) [en las manos, los brazos] to hold¡sostén esto un momentito! — hold this a minute!
yo llevaba las cajas mientras él me sostenía la puerta — I carried the boxes while he held the door open for me
b) [en pie] [+ construcción, edificio, techo] to hold up, supportlos pilares que sostienen el puente — the pillars which hold up o support the bridge
las piernas apenas me sostenían — my legs could barely hold me up o support me
entró borracho, sostenido por dos amigos — he came in drunk, held up o supported by two friends
c) (=soportar) [+ peso, carga] to bear, carry, sustain frm2) (=proporcionar apoyo a)a) [económicamente] to supportalgunas de las alternativas sugeridas para sostener al club — some of the alternatives suggested to keep the club going
b) (=alimentar) to support, sustain frmla tierra no da para sostener a todo el mundo — the land does not provide enough to support o frm sustain everyone
c) [moralmente] to supportuna mayoría capaz de sostener al Gobierno — a majority large enough to keep o support the government in power
3) (=mantener)a) [+ opinión] to holdsostiene un punto de vista muy diferente — he has o holds a very different point of view
no tiene datos suficientes para sostener esa afirmación — she doesn't have enough information to back up o support that statement
la investigación no ha terminado, como sostiene el juez — the investigation has not concluded, as the judge maintains o holds
sigue sosteniendo que es inocente — she still maintains o holds that she is innocent
b) [+ situación] to maintain, keep upno podrán sostener su puesto en la clasificación — they won't be able to maintain o keep up their place in the ranking
los campesinos han sostenido desde siempre una fuerte lucha con el medio — country people have always kept up o carried on a hard struggle against the environment
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sostener la mirada de algn — to hold sb's gaze4) (=tener) [+ conversación, enfrentamiento, polémica] to have[+ reunión, audiencia]sostuvo recientemente un enfrentamiento con el presidente — he recently had a clash with the president
5) (Mús) [+ nota] to hold, sustain2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( apoyar)a) <estructura/techo> to hold up, support; <carga/peso> to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos — it needed both of them to support him o hold him up o prop him up
b) ( en un estado) to keep2) (sujetar, tener cogido) < paquete> to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo — don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3) <conversación/relación/reunión> to have4)a) ( opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que... — I have always maintained o held that...
b) <argumento/afirmación> to support, back up5)a) <lucha/ritmo/resistencia> to keep up, sustainb) (Mús) < nota> to hold, sustain2.sostenerse v pron1)a) ( no caerse)b) ( en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder — she managed to stay o remain in power
2) ( mantenerse)se sostiene a base de leche — she lives on o survives on milk
* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( apoyar)a) <estructura/techo> to hold up, support; <carga/peso> to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos — it needed both of them to support him o hold him up o prop him up
b) ( en un estado) to keep2) (sujetar, tener cogido) < paquete> to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo — don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3) <conversación/relación/reunión> to have4)a) ( opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que... — I have always maintained o held that...
b) <argumento/afirmación> to support, back up5)a) <lucha/ritmo/resistencia> to keep up, sustainb) (Mús) < nota> to hold, sustain2.sostenerse v pron1)a) ( no caerse)b) ( en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder — she managed to stay o remain in power
2) ( mantenerse)se sostiene a base de leche — she lives on o survives on milk
* * *sostener11 = sustain, balance, hold.Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio held.Ex: Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.
Ex: He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.Ex: If the search is made with a call number, a summary of copies with that call number which are held by the library is first displayed.sostener22 = be + Posesivo + contention, contend, submit, uphold, underpin, hold, maintain.Ex: It is our contention that an understanding of such basic principles is fundamental to an appreciation of the many and varied contexts that the individual is likely to encounter.
Ex: The author contends that it is possible to view the search conducted with the aid of a series of menus as having strong similarities with the search through the hierarchy of a enumerative classification scheme.Ex: I submit that no ordinary, right-minded library user who is looking for Western Behavioral Institute is going to look under LA JOLLA, California.Ex: It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.Ex: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.Ex: Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.Ex: They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.* sostener la opinión = argue.* sostener una opinión = hold + view, hold + opinion.* sostener un punto de vista = assert + view, hold + point of view.* * *vtA (apoyar)1 ‹estructura/techo› to hold up, support; ‹carga/peso› to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos it needed both of them to support him o hold him o prop him up2 (en un estado) to keeplas fuerzas que lo sostuvieron en el poder the forces which kept him in powerlo único que la sostiene es la fuerza de voluntad it's sheer willpower that's keeping her going3 (sustentar) ‹familia› to support, maintainB (sujetar, tener cogido) ‹paquete› to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you o I'll keep hold of yousostén la puerta hold the door openponte un pasador para sostener el pelo put a barrette ( AmE) o ( BrE) slide in your hair to keep it in place ( o up etc)C ‹conversación/relación/reunión› to havesostuvieron una acalorada discusión they had a heated discussionno he sostenido nunca una relación duradera I've never had a lasting relationshipla polémica que sostiene con Godoy the dispute that he and Godoy are engaged in o that he is carrying on with GodoyD1 (opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que … I have always maintained o held that …2 ‹argumento/afirmación› to support, back upno tienes pruebas para sostener esa afirmación you don't have any proof to back up o support that statementE1 ‹lucha/ritmo/resistencia› to keep up, sustainla miró y ella sostuvo su mirada he looked at her and she held his gaze2 ( Mús) ‹nota› to hold, sustainA1(no caerse): la estructura se sostiene sola the structure stays up o stands up without supportestaba tan débil que apenas se sostenía en pie he was so weak that he could hardly standla planta ya no se sostiene the plant doesn't stand up on its own o can't support itself any more2 (en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder a pesar de la crisis she managed to stay o remain in power despite the crisisla economía se ha sostenido firme the economy has held o stood firmse sostuvo en su negativa he kept o stuck firmly to his refusalB(sustentarse): apenas puede sostenerse con lo que gana he can hardly support himself on what he earnsse sostiene a base de zumos y de leche she lives on o survives on fruit juice and milk* * *
sostener ( conjugate sostener) verbo transitivo
1 ( apoyar)
‹carga/peso› to bear
2 (sujetar, tener cogido) ‹ paquete› to hold;◊ no tengas miedo, yo te sostengo don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3 ‹conversación/relación/reunión› to have
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sostenerse verbo pronominala) ( no caerse):
apenas se sostenía en pie he could hardly stand
sostener verbo transitivo
1 (un peso, cúpula, etc) to support, hold up
(con la mano) sosténme el paraguas un momento, hold the umbrella for me for a moment
2 fig (un derecho, etc) to uphold
(una teoría) to maintain
3 (a la familia) to support
4 (negociaciones, una conversación) to have
' sostener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
coger
- mantener
- mirada
- sujetarse
- aguantar
- sostuve
- sujetar
- tener
English:
allege
- argue
- bolster
- contend
- hold up
- submit
- support
- sustain
- uphold
- hold
- prop
* * *♦ vt1. [sujetar] [edificio, estructura, lo que se tambalea] to support, to hold up;[objeto, puerta, bebé] to hold;cuatro columnas sostienen todo el peso de la cúpula four columns take o support the entire weight of the dome;sosténgame esto, por favor hold this for me, please;si no nos llegan a sostener nos hubiéramos peleado if they hadn't held us back, we'd have started fighting;sólo les sostiene su inquebrantable optimismo the only thing that keeps them going is their unshakeable optimism2. [dar manutención a, sustentar] to support3. [mantener] [idea, opinión, tesis] to defend;[promesa, palabra] to keep;sostienen su oferta/invitación their offer/invitation still stands;sostener que… to maintain that…4. [tener] [conversación] to have;[reunión, negociaciones] to hold, to have;sostener correspondencia con alguien to correspond with sb;durante semanas sostuvo una agria polémica he was involved in a bitter dispute which lasted several weeks5. Fig [aguantar]el corredor no podía sostener aquel ritmo de carrera the athlete couldn't keep up with the pace of the race;era una situación imposible de sostener the situation was untenable;le sostuve la mirada I held her gaze* * *I v/t1 familia support2 opinión hold* * *sostener {80} vt1) : to support, to hold up2) : to holdsostenme la puerta: hold the door for mesostener una conversación: to hold a conversation3) : to sustain, to maintain* * *sostener vb2. (aguantar) to support3. (afirmar, mantener) to maintain -
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confĕro, contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.I.To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).A.In gen.:B.ligna circa casam,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:arma,
Vell. 2, 114, 4:cibos ore suo (aves),
Quint. 2, 6, 7:undique collatis membris,
Hor. A. P. 3 al.:sarcinas in unum locum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25:collatis militaribus signis,
id. ib. 7, 2:ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 19:quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum,
Col. 1, 6, 7:illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges,
Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.:dentes in corpore (canes),
Ov. M. 3, 236:materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur,
Quint. 3, 9, 8:summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita,
id. 10, 7, 32:plura opera in unam tabulam,
id. 8, 5, 26:quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt,
id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23:rogus inimicis collatus manibus,
Petr. 115 fin. —In partic.1.To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute:b.dona mihi,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:contulit aes populus,
Ov. F. 4, 351;so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO,
Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59:EX AERE CONLATO,
Inscr. Orell. 3991:aurum argentumque in publicum,
Liv. 28, 36, 3:munera ei,
Nep. Ages. 7, 3:tributa quotannis ex censu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:conferre eo minus tributi,
Liv. 5, 20, 5:in commune,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12:quadringena talenta quotannis Delum,
Nep. Arist. 3, 1:(pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata,
Cic. Fl. 25, 59:ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:sextantes in capita,
Liv. 2, 33, 11:pecunias,
Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6:vinum alius, alius mel,
Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.:sua bona in medium,
ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.:magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei,
ib. 50, 4, 5:cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.— Absol.:nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,Trop., like the Gr. sumpherô (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.(α).With ad:* (β).naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina,
Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—With in:(γ).rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert,
Quint. 10, 7, 26.—With dat.:(δ).Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—With subj. inf.:(ε).incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere,
Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—Absol.:2.multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum,
Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect:b.membris collatis, of an embrace,
Lucr. 4, 1101; cf.ora,
App. M. 5, p. 161, 17:fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt,
Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so,gradum ( = congredi),
id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union:dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem,
Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—Trop.:3.collatis viribus,
Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.:conferre vires in unum,
Liv. 33, 19, 7:collata omnium vota in unius salutem,
Plin. Pan. 23, 5:e singulis frustis collata oratio,
Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3:velut studia inter nos conferebamus,
id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together:si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus,
Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1:sollicitudines nostras inter nos,
id. Fam. 6, 21, 2:rationes,
id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39:cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit,
id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.:cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia,
id. Phil. 2, 15, 38:consilia ad adulescentes,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.:consilia dispersim antea habita,
Suet. Caes. 80:injurias,
to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.:omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause:fusi contulerimus inter nos... quid finis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4:ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset,
Liv. 27, 20, 4.—To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.):b.(Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt,
Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):signa cum Alexandrinis,
id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.:collatis signis depugnare,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:arma cum aliquo,
Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.:arma inter se,
Liv. 21, 1, 2:castra cum hoste,
id. 26, 12, 14; cf.:castra castris,
id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79:pedem cum pede,
to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.:pede conlato,
id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.:gradum cum aliquo,
id. 7, 33, 11:pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus,
Ov. M. 6, 242:stat conferre manum Aeneae,
Verg. A. 12, 678:prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā,
Ov. F. 1, 569:collatis cursibus hastas conicere,
Val. Fl. 6, 270:seque viro vir contulit,
Verg. A. 10, 735.— Poet.:inter sese duri certamina belli,
Verg. A. 10, 147:contra conferre manu certamina pugnae,
Lucr. 4, 843:collato Marte,
Ov. M. 12, 379.— Absol.:mecum confer, ait,
fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack:4.non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere?
Cic. Planc. 19, 48:pedem cum singulis,
Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.:qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri,
Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.— Poet.:lites,
to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.(α).With cum:(β).quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi?
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115:ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius,
id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72:cum maximis minima,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.:nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone,
Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.:illa cum Graeciā,
id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also d. —With inter se (rare):* (γ).vitam inter se utriusque conferte,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—With ad:(δ).bos ad bovem collatus,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—With dat.:(ε).tempora praesentia praeteritis,
Lucr. 2, 1166:parva magnis,
Cic. Or. 4, 14:alicui illud,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 151:lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae,
Quint. 12, 10, 75:ingenia ingeniis,
Sen. Contr. 5, 33:illam puellis,
Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9:nil jucundo amico,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 44:(Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, a.—With acc. only:5.tesseram hospitalem,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88:conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:exemplum,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696:nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit,
Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47:census,
Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents:haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief:6.quam potero in verba conferam paucissima,
Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.:in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 44:rem in pauca,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and:in pauca verba,
id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109:totam Academiam... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor,
Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1:ut in pauca conferam,
id. Caecin. 6, 17:sua verba in duos versus,
Ov. F. 1, 162:ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros,
Suet. Caes. 44.— [p. 412] *To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf.II.fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus,
Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.(Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).A.Prop.1.In gen.(α).With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:(β). 2.qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:se suaque eo,
id. ib. 3, 28:se suaque in naves,
Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.:iter Brundisium versus,
Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39;Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat,
Liv. 23, 17, 8:parentes illuc,
Tac. A. 4, 46:se Rhodum conferre,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4:se Colonas,
Nep. Paus. 3, 3:quo se fusa acies,
Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.:se ad Tissaphernem,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so,se ad Pharnabazum,
id. Con. 2, 1:se in fugam,
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.:conicere se in pedes,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things:pituita eo se umorve confert,
Cels. 2, 12.—Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something:B.aliquem in saxum,
Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus ( poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348:corpus in albam volucrem,
id. ib. 12, 145.—Trop.1.In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.:2.quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1:(Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset,
id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2:qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:se ad studium scribendi,
id. Arch. 3, 4:se ad studia litterarum,
id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24:meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion),
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17:suspitionem in Capitonem,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret,
Tac. A. 4, 39:lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum,
id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).(α).With dat.:(β).dona quid cessant mihi Conferre?
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:tibi munera,
Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3:victoribus praemia,
Suet. Calig. 20:puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm,
Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:fructum alio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—With ad and acc.:(γ).hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam,
Tac. A. 3, 72:Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam,
id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam,
id. ib. 4, 3, 4:omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam... confer ad eam curam,
id. Att. 7, 1, 2:animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne,
Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:orationem omnem ad misericordiam,
id. Lig. 1, 1.—With in:(δ).omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam,
Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2:diligentiam in valetudinem tuam,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 23, 60:in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre,
id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so,plurimum benignitatis in eum,
id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53:in unius salutem collata omnium vota,
Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—With erga:3.commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses,
Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of:4.species istas hominum in deos,
Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77:res ad imperium deorum,
Lucr. 6, 54:permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur,
Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2:mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum,
id. Fl. 17, 41:suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 5, 14:hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli,
id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.:culpam in aliquem,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1:causam in aliquem,
id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.:causam in tempus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo):5.Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum,
Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:omnia in mensem Martium,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24:aliquid in ambulationis tempus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,
id. Off. 3, 24, 93:quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.:alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem,
Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place:idoneum locum in agris nactus... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin. —To bring on, cause, occasion, induce:pestem alicui,
Col. 1, 5, 4:candorem mollitiamque,
Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.
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