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calf ground

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1 calf-ground

[ʹkɑ:fgraʋnd] = calf-country

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2 calf-ground

место, где прошла юность

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > calf-ground
3 calf ground

Общая лексика: место юности

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > calf ground
4 calf-ground

Макаров: место, где прошла юность

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > calf-ground
5 calf-ground

= calf-country

English-Ukrainian dictionary > calf-ground
6 calf-ground

= calf-country

English-Ukrainian dictionary > calf-ground
7 calf ground

(n) место юности

Новый англо-русский словарь > calf ground
8 calfground

calf-ground
1> место, где прошла юность

НБАРС > calfground
9 место юности

General subject: calf country, calf ground

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > место юности
10 место, где прошла юность

1) General subject: calf-country

2) Makarov: calf-ground

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > место, где прошла юность
11 ternera

f.

1 veal (meat).

2 female calf, heifer calf, veal, heifer.

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ternera

► nombre femenino

1 COCINA veal, beef

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1. f., (m. - ternero) 2. noun f.
veal

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SF

1) (Agr) (heifer) calf

2) (Culin) veal

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femenino veal

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= beef, calf [calves, -pl.].

Ex. For livestock, the Commission produces an index in three sections ( beef and veal, sheepmeat, pigmeat), which includes the texts of the legislation and is updated regularly.

Ex. This article introduces an expert system the purpose of which is propose some candidate bull breeds for a cow to give birth to calves who might have improved properties in the point of eugenics.

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* bistec de ternera = beef steak.

* bisté de ternera = beef steak.

* caldo de ternera = beef broth.

* carne de ternera = veal.

* carne de ternera picada = ground beef.

* chuleta de ternera = beef steak.

* filete de ternera = beef steak.

* ternera picada = minced beef.

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femenino veal

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= beef, calf [calves, -pl.].

Ex: For livestock, the Commission produces an index in three sections ( beef and veal, sheepmeat, pigmeat), which includes the texts of the legislation and is updated regularly.

Ex: This article introduces an expert system the purpose of which is propose some candidate bull breeds for a cow to give birth to calves who might have improved properties in the point of eugenics.

* bistec de ternera = beef steak.

* bisté de ternera = beef steak.

* caldo de ternera = beef broth.

* carne de ternera = veal.

* carne de ternera picada = ground beef.

* chuleta de ternera = beef steak.

* filete de ternera = beef steak.

* ternera picada = minced beef.

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ternera

feminine

veal (in Spain often used to refer to beef, rather than veal)

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ternera sustantivo femenino
veal
ternera sustantivo femenino
1 Zool calf
2 Culin veal
Recuerda que los anglohablantes emplean diferentes palabras cuando se refieren al animal y a su carne. La carne de vaca, cow, es beef, y la de su cría, ternera, es veal.
' ternera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chuleta
- falda
- carne
English:
cutlet
- loin
- veal
- beef
- fillet

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ternera nf
[blanca] veal; [de más de 4 meses] beef
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ternera

f animal calf; GASTR veal

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ternera nf

: veal

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ternera n veal

Spanish-English dictionary > ternera
12 bota

f.

1 boot.

morir con las botas puestas (figurative) to die with one's boots on

ponerse las botas (informal figurative) to stuff one's face (comiendo)

con este negocio nos vamos a poner las botas we're going to make a fortune with this business

botas de agua gumboots, wellingtons (British)

botas camperas cowboy boots

botas de esquí ski boots

botas de fútbol soccer o football boots (British)

botas de goma rubber boots, wellingtons (British)

botas de montaña climbing boots

botas de montar riding boots

2 small wineskin.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: botar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: botar.

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bota

► nombre femenino

1 (de vino) wineskin

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bota

► nombre femenino

1 boot

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ponerse las botas familiar to stuff oneself

botas de agua gum boots, US rubber boots, wellingtons boots, wellingtons

botas de esquí / botas de esquiar ski boots

botas militares jackboots

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noun f.

boot

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SF

1) (=calzado) boot

- morir con las botas puestas

- ponerse las botas

botas camperas — cowboy boots

botas de agua — gumboots, wellingtons ( esp Brit), rubber boots ( esp EEUU)

botas de campaña — cowboy boots

botas de esquí — ski boots

botas de fútbol — football boots

botas de goma, botas de hule — Méx gumboots, wellingtons ( esp Brit), rubber boots ( esp EEUU)

botas de media caña — ankle boots

botas de montaña — mountain boots

botas de montar — riding boots

2)

bota de vino — wineskin bottle

3) (=tonel) large barrel

4) (=medida) 516 litres

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femenino

1) ( calzado) boot

botas de caña alta/de media caña — knee-high/calf-length boots

colgar las botas — to hang up one's boots

morir con las botas puestas — to die with one's boots on

ponerse las botas — (Esp fam)

como pagaba la compañía se pusieron las botas — the company was paying so they really made pigs of themselves

- botas de agua

- botas de esquiar or de esquí

- botas de montar

2) ( para vino) small wineskin

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= boot.

Ex. Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = La igualdad de oportunidades es un mito: mientras que algunas personas empiezan la carrera muy preparados y llevan zapatillas de clavos, otras arrastran grilletes y cadenas en sus tobillos y llevan botas con clavos.

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* bota de combate = combat boot.

* bota de fútbol = football boot.

* botas de fútbol = soccer cleats.

* botas de pescador = waders.

* el Gato con Botas = Puss in Boots.

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femenino

1) ( calzado) boot

botas de caña alta/de media caña — knee-high/calf-length boots

colgar las botas — to hang up one's boots

morir con las botas puestas — to die with one's boots on

ponerse las botas — (Esp fam)

como pagaba la compañía se pusieron las botas — the company was paying so they really made pigs of themselves

- botas de agua

- botas de esquiar or de esquí

- botas de montar

2) ( para vino) small wineskin

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= boot.

Ex: Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = La igualdad de oportunidades es un mito: mientras que algunas personas empiezan la carrera muy preparados y llevan zapatillas de clavos, otras arrastran grilletes y cadenas en sus tobillos y llevan botas con clavos.

* bota de combate = combat boot.

* bota de fútbol = football boot.

* botas de fútbol = soccer cleats.

* botas de pescador = waders.

* el Gato con Botas = Puss in Boots.

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bota

feminine

A (calzado) boot

botas de caña alta knee-high boots

botas de media caña calf-length boots

colgar las botas to hang up one's boots

morir con las botas puestas to die with one's boots on

ponerse las botas ( fam): con ese contrato se están poniendo las botas they're raking it in with that contract ( colloq)

como pagaba la compañía se pusieron las botas the company was paying so they really made pigs of themselves

Compuestos:

● botas camperas

fpl knee-high leather boots (pl)

● botas de agua

fpl gum boots (pl), rubber boots (pl) ( AmE), wellingtons (pl) ( BrE)

● botas de esquiar or de esquí

fpl ski boots (pl)

● botas de goma or de lluvia

fpl botas de agua

● botas de montar

fpl riding boots (pl)

● botas de pesca

fpl wading boots pl

● botas de trekking

fpl walking boots pl

● botas de vadeo

fpl wading boots pl

● botas pantaneras

fpl ( Col) botas de agua

● botas para caminar

fpl walking boots pl

● botas tejanas

fpl cowboy boots (pl)

B (para vino) small wineskin

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Del verbo botar: ( conjugate botar)

bota es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
bota
botar
bota sustantivo femenino
1 ( calzado) boot;
◊ botas de caña alta/de media caña knee-high/calf-length boots;

botas de agua rubber boots, wellingtons (BrE);
botas de esquí/montar ski/riding boots
2 ( para vino) small wineskin
botar ( conjugate botar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ barco› to launch
2 ‹ pelota› to bounce
3 (AmL exc RPl) ( tirar) to throw … out;
◊ no lo botes al suelo don't throw it on the ground;

bótalo a la basura chuck o throw it out (colloq);
bota el dinero to throw your money away
4 (AmL exc RPl fam)
a) ( echar — de lugar) to throw … out (colloq);

(— de trabajo) to fire (colloq), to sack (BrE colloq)
b) ( abandonar) ‹novio/novia› to chuck (colloq), to ditch (colloq);

‹marido/esposa› to leave;
◊ el tren nos dejó botados we missed the train

5 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( derribar) ‹puerta/árbol› to knock down;
‹botella/taza› to knock over;
◊ no empujes que me botas stop pushing, you're going to knock me over

6 (AmL exc RPl) ( perder) ‹aceite/gasolina› to leak
verbo intransitivo (Esp) [ pelota] to bounce
botarse verbo pronominal (AmL exc CS fam)
a) ( apresurarse) to rush

b) ( arrojarse) to jump

bota sustantivo femenino
1 boot
2 (de vino) wineskin
3 botas de agua, rubber boots, wellingtons
♦ Locuciones: figurado ponerse las botas, (sacar beneficio) to make a killing
(atiborrarse) to stuff oneself
botar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (una persona) to jump
2 (un objeto) to bounce
II verbo transitivo
1 Náut to launch
2 (un balón, pelota) to bounce
3 LAm (echar de un lugar, despedir) to throw o chuck out
' bota' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
taco
- botín
- caña
- empinar
English:
boot
- bootstrap
- bouncy
- high tops
- ski boot
- surgical
- wellington (boot)

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bota nf

1. [calzado] boot;

Comp

colgar las botas to hang up one's boots;

Comp

morir con las botas puestas to die with one's boots on;

Comp
Fam
ponerse las botas [comiendo] to stuff one's face;

con este negocio nos vamos a poner las botas we're going to make a fortune with this business;

Comp
Am
los tiene a todos abajo de la bota he has everyone under his thumb

Comp
botas de agua gumboots, Br wellingtons;
botas camperas cowboy boots;

botas de caña alta knee-length boots;
Méx, Ven botas de caucho gumboots, Br wellingtons;
botas de esquí o esquiar ski boots;

botas de fútbol Br football boots, US soccer shoes;

botas de goma rubber boots, Br wellingtons;

botas de montaña climbing boots;

botas de montar riding boots;

botas de senderismo hiking o walking boots

2. [de vino] = small leather container for wine

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bota

1 f de vino wineskin

bota

2 f boot;

ponerse las botas fig fam coin it fam, rake it in fam ; ( comer mucho) make a pig of o.s. fam ;

morir con las botas puestas fig die with one’s boots on;

colgar las botas DEP hang up one’s boots

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bota nf

1) : boot

2) : wineskin

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bota n (calzado) boot

llevaba botas de goma he was wearing wellington boots

ponerse las botas to stuff yourself

se puso las botas de marisco he stuffed himself with seafood

Spanish-English dictionary > bota
13 medio

adj.

1 half a, half, half an, mid.

2 average.

3 half-way, halfway.

4 one-half.

adv.

half-way, half, kind of, partially.

m.

1 means, manner, mode, way.

2 center, midway, midst.

3 medium, instrument, means.

4 environment.

5 halfback.

6 medium.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mediar.

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medio

► adjetivo

1 (mitad) half

■ las dos y media half past two

■ media docena de huevos half a dozen eggs

■ un año y medio a year and a half

2 (intermedio) middle

■ a media tarde in the middle of the afternoon

3 (de promedio) average

■ una velocidad media de... an average speed of...

► adverbio

1 half

■ medio terminado,-a half-finished

■ he dejado los platos a medio lavar I've left the washing-up half-done

► nombre masculino medio

1 (mitad) half

2 (centro) middle

■ en el medio de la plaza in the middle of the square

3 (contexto - físico) environment

■ tiene problemas de adaptación al medio she has problems adapting to her environment

4 (social) circle

■ se mueve en un medio muy poco estimulante he moves in rather boring circles

► nombre masculino plural medios

1 (recursos) means

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FRASEOLOGÍA

equivocarse de medio a medio to get it all wrong

estar (todo) por el medio to be in the way

ponerse en medio to get in the way

por medio de through, by means of

por todos los medios by all means

quitar algo/alguien de en medio to get something/somebody out of the way

media aritmética arithmetic mean

medio ambiente environment

medio fondo middle-distance

■ una carrera de medio fondo a middle-distance race

medios de comunicación (mass) media

medios de transporte means of transport

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medio

► nombre masculino

1 (mitad) half

2 (centro) middle

■ en el medio de la plaza in the middle of the square

3 (contexto - físico) environment

■ tiene problemas de adaptación al medio she has problems adapting to her environment

4 (social) circle

■ se mueve en un medio muy poco estimulante he moves in rather boring circles

► nombre masculino plural

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1. (f. - media)
adj.

1) middle

2) half

3) average

4) medium
2. adv.
1) half

2) rather
3. noun m.
1) middle

2) element

3) medium

4) means

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- medio ambiente

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1. ADJ

1) (=la mitad de) half

nos queda media botella — we've half a bottle left

medio limón — half a lemon

medio litro — half a litre

acudió media ciudad — half the town turned up

medio luto — half-mourning

media pensión — [en hotel] half-board

• media hora — half an hour

estuve esperando media hora — I was waiting for half an hour

el enfermo ha empeorado en la última media hora — the patient has got worse in the last half hour

una hora y media — an hour and a half

tardamos tres horas y media en llegar — we took three and a half hours to get there

son las ocho y media — it's half past eight

• media luna — (Astron) half-moon

en forma de media luna — crescent-shaped

la Media Luna — [en el Islam] the Crescent
asta, luz 1), mundo 2), naranja 1., 3), palabra 1), voz 1), vuelta 1)
2) (=intermedio)

la clase media — the middle class

café de media mañana — mid-morning coffee

a media tarde — halfway through the afternoon

• a medio camino, estamos a medio camino — we're halfway there

a medio camino entre Madrid y Barcelona — halfway between Madrid and Barcelona
plazo
3) (=promedio) average

la temperatura media — the average temperature
término 2)
4) (=normal) average

el francés medio — the average Frenchman

el hombre medio — the man in the street

5)

• a medias, lo dejó hecho a medias — he left it half-done

está escrito a medias — it's half-written

estoy satisfecho solo a medias — I am only partly satisfied

una verdad a medias — a half truth

ir a medias — to go fifty-fifty

lo pagamos a medias — we share o split the cost

2. ADV

1) [con adjetivo] half

está medio borracha — she's half drunk

medio dormido — half asleep

es medio tonto — he's not very bright, he's a bit on the slow side

2) [con verbo, adverbio]

está a medio escribir/terminar — it is half-written/finished

medio se sonrió — she gave a half-smile

lo dijo medio en broma — he was only half-joking

Ana medio se enamoró de Gonzalo — Ana kind of fell in love with Gonzalo

eso no está ni medio bien — that isn't even close to being right

3) LAm (=bastante) rather, quite, pretty *

fue medio difícil — it was pretty hard

3. SM

1) (=centro) middle, centre, center (EEUU)

justo en el medio de la plaza hay una fuente — there's a fountain right in the middle o centre of the square

coger algo por el medio — to take sth round the middle

el justo medio — a happy medium

• de en medio, la casa de en medio — the middle house

quitar algo de en medio — to get sth out of the way

quitarse de en medio — to get out of the way

• de por medio, hay droga de por medio — drugs are involved

hay dificultades de por medio — there are difficulties in the way

meterse de por medio — to intervene

día (de) por medio — LAm every other day

• en medio, iba a besarla, pero él se puso en medio — I was going to kiss her, but he got between us

no dejes las cosas por en medio — don't leave your things in the middle of the floor

en medio de la plaza — in the middle of the square

en medio de tanta confusión — in the midst of such confusion

en medio de todos ellos — among all of them

• por medio de, pasar por medio de — to go through (the middle of)

de medio a medio —

equivocarse de medio a medio — to be completely wrong

2) (Dep) midfielder

medio apertura — (Rugby) fly-half

medio centro — centre-half

medio (de) melé — (Rugby) scrum-half

3) (=método) means pl, way

lo intentaré por todos los medios (posibles) — I'll try everything possible

no hay medio de conseguirlo — there is no way of getting it, it's impossible to get

poner todos los medios para hacer algo, no regatear medios para hacer algo — to spare no effort to do sth

• por medio de, se mueve por medio de poleas — it moves by means of o using a pulley system

me avisó por medio de mi vecino — she let me know through my neighbour

respira por medio de las agallas — it breathes through o using o by means of its gills

lo consiguió por medio de chantajes — he obtained it by o through blackmail

medio de transporte — means of transport

4) pl los medios (tb: los medios de comunicación ó difusión) the media

los medios de comunicación de masas — the mass media

los medios informativos — the news media

5) pl medios (=recursos) means, resources

es un hombre de (muchos) medios — he's a man of means

no tienen medios económicos suficientes — they do not have sufficient financial resources

6) (Bio) (tb: medio ambiente) environment

7) (=círculo) circle

en los medios financieros — in financial circles

encontrarse en su medio — to be in one's element o milieu

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I
- dia adjetivo

1) (delante del n) ( la mitad de)

medio litro — half a liter, a half-liter

medio kilo — half a kilo

media manzana — half an apple

pagar medio pasaje — to pay half fare o half price

un retrato de medio cuerpo — a half-length portrait

media hora — half an hour, a half hour (AmE)

dos horas y media — two and a half hours

lo sabe medio Buenos Aires — half of Buenos Aires knows

se lo contó a medio mundo — he told the whole world

la falda le llega a media pierna — she's wearing a calf-length skirt

a media mañana/tarde dio un paseo — he went for a mid-morning/mid-afternoon stroll

está a medio vestir — she's still getting dressed

- media luna

- media naranja

- media pensión

- media vuelta

- medio campo

- medio del melé

- medio fondista

- medio fondo

- medio hermano -dia hermana

- medio luto

- medio pupilo -dia pupila

- medio tiempo

2) (mediano, promedio) average

el ciudadano/mexicano medio — the average citizen/Mexican

a medio y largo plazo — in the medium and long term

la temperatura media — the average temperature
II
adverbio half

está medio loca/dormida — she's half crazy/asleep

medio en broma medio en serio — half joking and half serious

todo lo deja a medio terminar — he leaves everything half finished

fue medio violento encontrármelo ahí — it was rather awkward meeting him there
III
masculino

1) (Mat) ( mitad) half

2)

a) ( centro) middle

en (el) medio de la habitación — in the middle o center of the room

el asiento de en or del medio — the middle seat, the seat in the middle

el justo medio — the happy medium

quitarse de en or del medio — to get out of the way

quitar a alguien de en medio — (euf) to bump somebody off (colloq)

b) los medios masculino plural (Taur) center* ( of the ring)

3)

a) (recurso, manera) means (pl)

como medio de coacción — as a means of coercion

lo intentaron por todos los medios — they tried everything they could

no hay medio de localizarlo — there's no way o means of locating him

b) (Art) ( vehículo) tb

medio de expresión — medium

c) medios masculino plural ( recursos económicos) tb

medios económicos — means (pl), resources (pl)

no escatimó medios — he spared no expense

no cuenta con los medios necesarios para hacerlo — she does not have the means o resources to do it

- medio de comunicación or difusión

- medio de transporte

- medio informativo

- medios audiovisuales

- medios de producción

4) (en locs)

de por medio: no puedo dejarlo, están los niños de por medio I can't leave him, there are the children to think of; hay intereses creados de por medio there are vested interests involved; había un árbol de por medio there was a tree in the way; en medio de: en medio de tanta gente (in) among so many people; cómo puedes trabajar en medio de este desorden how can you work in all this mess; en medio de la confusión in o amid all the confusion; en medio de todo all things considered; por medio (CS, Per): día/semana por medio every other day/week; dos o tres casas por medio every two or three houses; por medio de by means of; se comunicaban por medio de este sistema they communicated by means of this system; por medio de tu primo from o through your cousin; de medio a medio: te equivocas de medio a medio you're completely wrong; le acertó de medio a medio — she was absolutely right

5)

a) (círculo, ámbito)

en medios literarios/políticos — in literary/political circles

no está en su medio — he's out of his element

es desconocido en nuestro medio — he's unknown here (o in our area etc)

en medios bien informados se comenta que... — informed opinion has it that...

b) (Biol) environment

la adaptación al medio — adaptation to one's environment o surroundings

animales en su medio natural — animals in their natural habitat

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- medio ambiente

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I
- dia adjetivo

1) (delante del n) ( la mitad de)

medio litro — half a liter, a half-liter

medio kilo — half a kilo

media manzana — half an apple

pagar medio pasaje — to pay half fare o half price

un retrato de medio cuerpo — a half-length portrait

media hora — half an hour, a half hour (AmE)

dos horas y media — two and a half hours

lo sabe medio Buenos Aires — half of Buenos Aires knows

se lo contó a medio mundo — he told the whole world

la falda le llega a media pierna — she's wearing a calf-length skirt

a media mañana/tarde dio un paseo — he went for a mid-morning/mid-afternoon stroll

está a medio vestir — she's still getting dressed

- media luna

- media naranja

- media pensión

- media vuelta

- medio campo

- medio del melé

- medio fondista

- medio fondo

- medio hermano -dia hermana

- medio luto

- medio pupilo -dia pupila

- medio tiempo

2) (mediano, promedio) average

el ciudadano/mexicano medio — the average citizen/Mexican

a medio y largo plazo — in the medium and long term

la temperatura media — the average temperature
II
adverbio half

está medio loca/dormida — she's half crazy/asleep

medio en broma medio en serio — half joking and half serious

todo lo deja a medio terminar — he leaves everything half finished

fue medio violento encontrármelo ahí — it was rather awkward meeting him there
III
masculino

1) (Mat) ( mitad) half

2)

a) ( centro) middle

en (el) medio de la habitación — in the middle o center of the room

el asiento de en or del medio — the middle seat, the seat in the middle

el justo medio — the happy medium

quitarse de en or del medio — to get out of the way

quitar a alguien de en medio — (euf) to bump somebody off (colloq)

b) los medios masculino plural (Taur) center* ( of the ring)

3)

a) (recurso, manera) means (pl)

como medio de coacción — as a means of coercion

lo intentaron por todos los medios — they tried everything they could

no hay medio de localizarlo — there's no way o means of locating him

b) (Art) ( vehículo) tb

medio de expresión — medium

c) medios masculino plural ( recursos económicos) tb

medios económicos — means (pl), resources (pl)

no escatimó medios — he spared no expense

no cuenta con los medios necesarios para hacerlo — she does not have the means o resources to do it

- medio de comunicación or difusión

- medio de transporte

- medio informativo

- medios audiovisuales

- medios de producción

4) (en locs)

de por medio: no puedo dejarlo, están los niños de por medio I can't leave him, there are the children to think of; hay intereses creados de por medio there are vested interests involved; había un árbol de por medio there was a tree in the way; en medio de: en medio de tanta gente (in) among so many people; cómo puedes trabajar en medio de este desorden how can you work in all this mess; en medio de la confusión in o amid all the confusion; en medio de todo all things considered; por medio (CS, Per): día/semana por medio every other day/week; dos o tres casas por medio every two or three houses; por medio de by means of; se comunicaban por medio de este sistema they communicated by means of this system; por medio de tu primo from o through your cousin; de medio a medio: te equivocas de medio a medio you're completely wrong; le acertó de medio a medio — she was absolutely right

5)

a) (círculo, ámbito)

en medios literarios/políticos — in literary/political circles

no está en su medio — he's out of his element

es desconocido en nuestro medio — he's unknown here (o in our area etc)

en medios bien informados se comenta que... — informed opinion has it that...

b) (Biol) environment

la adaptación al medio — adaptation to one's environment o surroundings

animales en su medio natural — animals in their natural habitat

•

- medio ambiente

* * *

medio¹

= middle, one-half (1/2).

Ex: The purpose of the insert key is to allow the insertion of one or more characters in the middle of a field without disturbing the information already displayed.

Ex: The output of paperbacks accounted for one-third of the total US book production by 1962; nearly one-half of the fiction produced and a quarter of the available titles.

* Alta Edad Media, la = Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, the.

* a media asta = at half-mast, at half staff.

* a media mañana = mid-morning.

* a medias entre... y... = betwixt and between.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* a medio camino = halfway [half-way/half way].

* a medio comprender = half-understood.

* a medio formar = half-formed.

* a medio fuego = medium heat.

* a medio hacer = halfway done, half done.

* a medio plazo = near-term, in the medium term, medium-term, in the mid-term, mid-term [midterm].

* a medio rimar = half-rhymed.

* a medio vestir = partly dressed, half dressed.

* arco de medio punto = round arch.

* baja Edad Media, la = late Middle Ages, the.

* barba de media tarde = five o'clock shadow.

* clase media = middle class.

* cocer a medias = parboil.

* comprendido a medias = half-understood.

* dar media vuelta = do + an about-face.

* darse media vuelta = turn on + Posesivo + heel.

* de la edad media = dark-age.

* del medio = middle.

* del Medio Oriente = Middle Eastern.

* de media jornada = half-day [half day].

* de media mañana = mid-morning.

* de medio día de duración = half-day [half day].

* de medio pelo = small-time.

* de talla media = middle-sized.

* dividir por medio = rend in + two.

* Edad Media = mediaeval ages [medieval ages, -USA], Middle Ages.

* edición media = medium edition.

* en el nivel medio de = in the middle range of.

* en medio de = amidst, in the midst of, in the throes of, right in, amid.

* entender a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.

* enterarse a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.

* entre medias = in between.

* estar a medio camino entre... y... = lie + midway between... and....

* estar en medio de = caught in the middle.

* estar justo en medio de = stand + squarely in.

* foto de medio cuerpo = mugshot [mug shot].

* haber dinero de por medio = money + change hands.

* haber una transacción económica de por medio = money + change hands.

* habitante del Medio Oriente = Middle Easterner.

* histeria a medias = semi-hysteria.

* Hora + y media = half past + Hora.

* IME (Integración a Media Escala) = MSI (Medium Scale Integration).

* justo en el medio (de) = plumb in the middle (of).

* letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter.

* línea de medio campo = halfway line.

* media docena = half a dozen, half-dozen.

* media hora = half-hour.

* Media Luna Roja, la = Red Crescent, the.

* media luz = half-light.

* media pensión = half board.

* media tinta = Mezzotint.

* media verdad = half truth, half-fact.

* media vuelta = about-face.

* medio abierto = half-opened, half-way open.

* medio administrativo = quasi-clerical.

* medio adormilado = bleary-eyed.

* medio despierto = drowsily, groggily, bleary-eyed.

* medio día = one-half day.

* medio dormido = drowsily, groggily, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].

* medio en broma = tongue-in-cheek.

* medio + Expresión Temporal = half + a + Expresión Temporal.

* medio hecho = halfway done, half done.

* Medio Oeste, el = Midwest, the.

* Medio Oriente = Middle East.

* medio pliego = half-sheet.

* medio sumergido = half-submerged.

* medio vacío = half-empty.

* medio vestido = partly dressed, half dressed.

* nacido en medio = middleborn.

* nivel medio de gestión = middle management.

* pantalones de media caña = knee breeches, jodhpurs.

* partir por medio = rend in + two.

* Pasado = half + Pasado/Participio.

* ponerse en medio = get in + the way (of).

* Posesivo + media naranja = Posesivo + significant other, Posesivo + better half, Posesivo + other half.

* punto medio = mid-point.

* quedarse a medias = fall (between/through) + the cracks.

* quitarse de en medio = take + Nombre + out.

* quitarse del medio = run for + cover.

* sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.

* tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.

* tentempié de media mañana = elevenses.

* un día y medio = one and a half days.

* verdad a medias = half truth, half-fact.

* verse en medio de = caught in the middle.

medio²

² = average, mainline, mainstream.

Ex: The average family does have very real information needs, even though these may not be immediately recognized as such.

Ex: This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.

Ex: Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.

* ciudadano medio, el = average man, the.

* como término medio = on average.

* de nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].

* de nivel medio = medium level [medium-level], middle-range.

* de precio medio = medium-priced.

* de talle medio = medium-length.

* de tamaño medio = medium-sized, mid-sized [midsized], middle-sized, mid-size [midsize].

* de tipo medio = middle-range.

* el ciudadano medio = the average Joe.

* hombre medio, el = average person, the.

* la ciudadana media = the average Jane.

* nivel de dominio medio = working knowledge.

* persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].

* por término medio = on average.

* precio medio = average price.

* tener por término medio = average.

* término medio = compromise, balance.

* valor medio = midrange, mean value.

medio³

³ = instrumentality, means, vehicle.

Nota: Sentido figurado.

Ex: But there are signs of a change as new and powerful instrumentalities come into use.

Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex: This journal serves as a vehicle for the continuing education of librarians, as a showcase for current practice and as a spotlight for significant activities.

* alfabetización en los medios de comunicación = media literacy.

* anuncios en los medios de comunicación = media releases.

* aprendizaje a través de medios electrónicos = online learning.

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* bibliotecario de medios audiovisuales = library media specialist.

* bien dotado de medios = well-resourced.

* bien equipado de medios = well-resourced.

* búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.

* búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.

* codificación por medio de códigos de barras = barcoding [bar-coding].

* codificar por medio de códigos de barras = barcode [bar-code].

* conducir por medio de tubos = duct.

* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.

* con medios insuficientes = on a shoestring (budget).

* con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).

* con medios muy exiguos = on a shoestring (budget).

* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).

* con todos los medios a + Posesivo + alcance = with all the means at + Posesivo + disposal.

* desplazamiento por medio del ordenador = computer commuting.

* documentalista de los medios de comunicación = news librarian.

* dotar de medios = resource.

* el fin justifica los medios = the end justifies the means.

* empresa de medios de comunicación = media company.

* enseñanza a través de medios electrónicos = online education.

* enseñanza por medio del ordenador (CBI) = computer-based instruction (CBI).

* entrevista en los medios de comunicación = media interview.

* equipar de medios = resource.

* exceso de medios = overkill.

* expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.

* industria de los medios de comunicación de masas = mass communications industry.

* interfaz por medio de gráficos = graphics interfacing.

* máquina de registro de préstamos por medio de la fotografía = photocharger, photocharging machine.

* medio de ahorro = economy measure.

* medio de almacenamiento = storage medium.

* medio de almacenamiento físico = physical storage media.

* medio de comunicación = medium [media, -pl.].

* medio de interpretación = medium of performance.

* medio de transmisión = conduit.

* medio físico = physical medium.

* medios = ways and means.

* medios de almacenamiento digital = digital media.

* medios de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage media.

* medios de comunicación = news media.

* medios de comunicación de masas = mass media, mass communications media, communications media, communications media.

* medios de comunicación social = mass media.

* medios de microalmacenamiento de la información = microstorage media.

* medios de producción = means of production.

* medios digitalizados de almacenamiento de información = digitised media.

* medios económicos = economic resources.

* medios, los = wherewithal, the, means, the.

* medios oficiales = official channels.

* medios técnicos = IT capabilities.

* medios visuales = visual media.

* mostrar por medio de cambio de intensidad en el brillo = flash up.

* multimedia = multimedia [multi-media].

* mundo de los medios de comunicación, el = mediascape, the.

* por medio = out of.

* por medio de = by means of, by way of, in the form of, through, via, via the medium of, by dint of.

* por medio de isótopos = isotopically.

* por medio de otro(s) = by proxy.

* por medio de una agencia = on a bureau basis.

* por todos los medios = by all means.

* proporcionar los medios para = provide + the material for.

* ser un medio para llegar a un fin = be the means to an end.

* streaming media = streaming media.

* técnica de recuperación por medio de la lógica difusa = fuzzy IR technique.

* terapia por medio de aromas = aroma therapy.

* tratar por todos los medios de = take + (great) pains to.

* tratar por todos los medios de + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.

* un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.

* un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.

* un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.

* utilizar al máximo por medio del ordenador = explode.

* * *

medio¹ - dia

adjective

A ( delante del n)

(la mitad de): medio litro half a liter, a half-liter

medio kilo de harina half a kilo of flour

media docena de huevos half a dozen eggs, a half-dozen eggs

¿quieres media manzana? do you want half an apple?

los niños pagan medio billete or pasaje children pay half fare o half price

un retrato de medio cuerpo a half-length portrait

llevo media hora esperando I've been waiting for half an hour

la última media hora es muy divertida the last half hour is very entertaining

hay trenes a y cinco y a y media there are trains at five past and half past (the hour)

aún faltan dos horas y media para que empiece la función there are still two and a half hours to go before the show starts

si se lo dices a él mañana lo sabe medio Buenos Aires if you tell him, half (of) Buenos Aires will know by tomorrow

la bandera ondea a media asta the flag is flying at half-mast

la falda le llega a media pierna she's wearing a calf-length skirt

a media mañana/tarde siempre da un paseo he always goes for a mid-morning/mid-afternoon stroll, he always goes for a stroll mid-morning/mid-afternoon

¿qué haces aquí leyendo a media luz? what are you doing in here reading in such poor light?

la habitación estaba a media luz the room was dimly lit

Compuestos:

● media lengua

feminine:

habla con or (CS) en medioa lengua he talks in baby language

la deliciosa medioa lengua de los dos años the delightful way a two-year-old talks

● media luna feminine

A ( Astron) half-moon

en forma de medioa luna crescent-shaped

la Medio Luna de las tierras fértiles the Fertile Crescent

B (de las uñas) half-moon

C ( RPl) ( Coc) croissant ( often with ham and cheese)

D

(organización): la Medioa Luna Roja the Red Crescent

● media manga

feminine short sleeve

llevaba un vestido de medioa manga she was wearing a dress with short sleeves o a short-sleeved dress

● media naranja

masculine and feminine ( fam hum):

todavía no ha encontrado su medioa naranja (el hombre ideal) Mr Right hasn't come along yet; (la mujer ideal) he hasn't found his ideal woman yet

vino con su medioa naranja he/she came along with his/her better half ( colloq hum)

● media pensión

feminine (en hoteles) half board

(en colegios): los alumnos en régimen de medioa pensión pupils who have school dinners

● medias palabras

fpl:

me lo dijo con medioas palabras she didn't say it in so many words

● media suela

feminine half sole, sole

● media volea

feminine half volley

● media voz

feminine:

a medioa voz in a low voice

hablaban a medioa voz they were talking in low voices

● media vuelta

feminine ( Mil) about-face ( AmE), about-turn ( BrE)

(se) dio medioa vuelta y se fue she turned on her heel o she turned around and left

● medio apertura

masculine and feminine fly half, outside half

● medio campo

masculine midfield

● medio del melé

masculine and feminine scrum half

● medio fondista

masculine and feminine middle-distance runner

● medio fondo

masculine middle-distance

● medio hermano, media hermana

masculine, feminine

( masculine) half-brother; ( feminine) half-sister

● medio luto

masculine half-mourning

● medio pupilo, media pupila or medio pupila

masculine, feminine (CS) day pupil

los medio pupilos the day pupils

● medio tiempo

( AmL) half-time

B (mediano, promedio) average

el cuidadano/mexicano medio the average citizen/Mexican

barrios madrileños de standing alto a medio middle to upper-class districts of Madrid

a medio y largo plazo in the medium and long term

técnico de grado medio technician who has taken a three-year course rather than a five-year degree course

la temperatura media es de 22 grados the average temperature is 22 degrees

clase¹ (↑ clase (1)), edad, término, etc

C

a medias ( loc adv)

1

(de manera incompleta): dejó el trabajo a medios he left the work half-finished

me dijo la verdad a medios she didn't tell me the whole truth o story

lo arregló a medios he didn't fix it properly

2

(entre dos): voy a comprar un número de lotería ¿vamos a medios? I'm going to buy a lottery ticket. Do you want to go halves?

pagar a medios to pay half each, go halves

lo hicimos a medios we did it between us

D

( Chi fam) ( delante del n) (uso enfático): el medio auto que se gasta just look at the car he drives!

medio²

adverb

half

está medio borracha/loca she's half drunk/crazy

lo dejaron allí medio muerto they left him there half dead

fue medio violento encontrármelo ahí it was rather awkward meeting him there

me lo dijo medio en broma medio en serio she said it half joking and half serious

todo lo deja a medio hacer he never finishes anything, he leaves everything half finished

medio como que se molestó cuando se lo dije (CS fam); she got kind of o sort of annoyed when I told her ( colloq)

medio³

masculine

A [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Mat) (mitad) half

B

1 (centro) middle

en (el) medio de la habitación in the middle o center of the room

el botón de en or del medio the middle button, the button in the middle

el justo medio the happy medium

quítate de en or del medio, que no me dejas ver get out of the way, I can't see

quitar a algn de en medio ( euf); to get rid of sb ( euph), bump sb off ( colloq)

2 los medios mpl ( Taur) center* ( of the ring)

C

1 (recurso, manera) means (pl)

lo intentaron por todos los medios they tried everything they could

no hay medio de localizarlo there's no way o means of locating him

hizo lo que pudo con los medios a su alcance she did everything she could with the resources at her disposal

como medio de coacción as a means of coercion

2 ( Art) (vehículo) tb

medio de expresión medium

3 medios mpl (recursos económicos) tb

medios económicos means (pl), resources (pl)

no escatimó medios he spared no expense

a pesar de los escasos medios de que dispone in spite of his limited means

no cuenta con los medios necesarios para hacerlo she does not have the means o resources to do it

Compuestos:

● medio de comunicación

la entrevista concedida a un medio de comunicación francés the interview given to a French newspaper ( o television station etc)

los medios de comunicación the media

los medios de comunicación sociales or de masas the mass media

● medio de difusión

medio de comunicación

● medio de transporte

means of transport

● medio impugnativo

( Méx) legal challenge

● medio informativo

medio de comunicación

● medios audiovisuales

mpl audiovisual aids (pl)

● medios de producción

mpl:

los medio de producción the means of production

D ( en locs):

de por medio: no puedo dejarlo, están los niños de por medio I can't leave him, there are the children to think of

hay muchos intereses creados de por medio there are a lot of vested interests involved

en medio de: en medio de tanta gente (in) among so many people

no sé cómo puedes trabajar en medio de este desorden I don't know how you can work in all this mess

en medio de la confusión in o amid all the confusion

en medio de todo all things considered

en medio de todo más vale así all things considered, it's probably better this way

por medio (CS, Per): día/semana por medio every other day/week

dos o tres casas por medio every two or three houses

por medio de: nos enteramos por medio de tu primo we found out from o through your cousin

atrapa su presa por medio de estas pinzas it catches its prey by using these pincers

se comunicaban por medio de este sistema they communicated by means of this system

obtuvo el puesto por medio de estas influencias she got the job through these contacts

de medio a medio: te equivocas de medio a medio you're completely wrong o utterly mistaken

le acertó de medio a medio she was absolutely right

E

1

(círculo, ámbito): en medios literarios/políticos in literary/political circles

no está en su medio he's out of his element

un artista prácticamente desconocido en nuestro medio (Col, CS); an artist who is practically unknown here o in our country ( o area etc)

en medios bien informados se comenta que … informed opinion has it that …

2 ( Biol) environment

estos animales no sobreviven fuera de su medio natural these animals do not survive if removed from their natural habitat

la adaptación al medio adaptation to one's environment o surroundings

Compuesto:

medio ambiente

environment

que no daña el medio ambiente eco-friendly, environmentally friendly

F (dedo) middle finger

G (moneda) five centavo or centésimo coin formerly used in some Latin American countries

ni medio ( RPl fam): no se ve/no entendí ni medio you can't see/I didn't understand a thing

el que nace para medio nunca llega a real if you don't have what it takes, you won't get on in the world

* * *

Del verbo mediar: ( conjugate mediar)

medio es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

medió es:

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

Multiple Entries:
mediar
medio
mediar ( conjugate mediar) verbo intransitivo
a) ( intervenir) to mediate;

medio EN algo ‹en conflicto/negociaciones› to mediate in sth, to act as mediator in sth
b) ( interceder) medio POR algn to intercede for sb;

medio ANTE algn to intercede o intervene with sb
medio 1
◊ - dia adjetivo

1 ( delante del n) ( la mitad de):
◊ medio kilo half a kilo;

media manzana half an apple;
pagar medio pasaje to pay half fare o half price;
media hora half an hour, a half hour (AmE);
dos horas y media two and a half hours;
a las cinco y media at half past five;
a media mañana/tarde in the middle of the morning/afternoon;
a medio camino halfway;
media pensión ( en hoteles) half board;
(se) dio medio vuelta y se fue she turned on her heel and left;
un jugador de medio campo a midfield player;
medio tiempo (AmL) half-time;
mi media naranja (fam &
hum) my better half (colloq & hum)
2 (mediano, promedio) average;
◊ el ciudadano medio the average citizen;

a medio y largo plazo in the medium and long term
medio 2 adverbio
half;
◊ está medio loca she's half crazy;

todo lo deja a medio terminar he leaves everything half finished
■ sustantivo masculino
1 (Mat) ( mitad) half
2 ( centro) middle;
◊ en (el) medio de la habitación in the middle o center of the room;

quitarse de en or del medio to get out of the way
3
a) (recurso, manera) means (pl);

◊ como medio de coacción as a means of coercion;

los medios de comunicación the media;
medio de transporte means of transport
b)

◊ medios sustantivo masculino plural ( recursos económicos) tb medios económicos means (pl), resources (pl)

4 ( en locs)
◊ en medio de: en medio de tanta gente (in) among so many people;

en medio de la confusión in o amid all the confusion;
por medio (CS, Per): día/semana por medio every other day/week;
dos casas por medio every two houses;
por medio de (de proceso/técnica) by means of;
por medio de tu primo from o through your cousin
5
a) (círculo, ámbito):

◊ en medios literarios/políticos in literary/political circles;

no está en su medio he's out of his element
b) (Biol) environment;

◊ la adaptación al medio adaptation to one's environment;

medio ambiente environment;
que no da daña el medio ambiente eco-friendly, environmentally friendly
mediar verbo intransitivo
1 (arbitrar, intervenir) to mediate: España mediará en el conflicto, Spain will mediate in the conflict
2 (interceder) to intercede: mediará por ti, she'll intercede on your behalf
3 (interponerse) media la circunstancia de que..., you must take into account that...
4 (periodo de tiempo) to pass: mediaron un par de días, two days passed
medio,-a
I adjetivo
1 (mitad) half: sólo queda medio melón, there is only half a melon left
una hora y media, an hour and a half
2 (no extremo) middle
a media tarde, in the middle of the afternoon
clase media, middle class
punto medio, middle ground
3 (prototípico) average: la calidad media es baja, the average quality is poor
la mujer media, the average woman
II adverbio half: el trabajo está medio hecho, the work is half done
III sustantivo masculino
1 (mitad) half
2 (centro) middle
en medio de la batalla, in the midst of the battle
en medio de los árboles, among the trees
(entre dos) in between the trees
un barco en medio del desierto, a ship in the middle of the desert
sal de ahí en medio, get out of the way
3 (instrumento, vía) means: el fin no justifica los medios, the aim doesn't justify the means
4 (entorno) enviroment
un medio hostil, a hostile enviroment
' medio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achuchar
- adivinarse
- ambiente
- calle
- camino
- coger
- conducto
- coralina
- coralino
- cuerpo
- Ecuador
- elemento
- en
- entorno
- habitar
- lado
- locomoción
- media
- ocupante
- odisea
- oriente
- perder
- por
- radical
- recurso
- sacar
- tener
- término
- tierra
- través
- a
- alzado
- arma
- atontado
- caja
- canal
- derruido
- destruir
- día
- efectivo
- gusto
- hombre
- hostil
- instrumento
- ir
- loco
- Medio Oriente
- mejor
- menos
- meter
English:
about
- air
- and
- average
- backdrop
- between
- bread
- call away
- canter
- centre
- cobble together
- discern
- East
- end
- environment
- environmentalist
- envoy
- freight
- half
- half-dead
- half-dressed
- half-empty
- half-full
- half-open
- half-serious
- half-way
- mean
- means
- medium
- medium-term
- mid
- middle
- Middle East
- middleweight
- midst
- moderate
- on
- over
- part
- resource
- Roman arch
- rough up
- sandwich course
- scrum-half
- semiliterate
- shelf
- slush
- slushy
- stimulate
- television

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medio, -a

♦ adj

1. [igual a la mitad] half;

media docena half a dozen;

media hora half an hour;

medio litro half a litre;

el estadio registra media entrada the stadium is half full;

medio pueblo estaba allí half the town was there;

medio Quito se quedó sin electricidad half of Quito was left without electricity;

la bandera ondeaba a media asta the flag was flying at half mast;

a medio camino [en viaje] halfway there;
[en trabajo] halfway through;
a media luz in the half-light;

nos salimos a media película we left halfway through the movie o Br film;

como algo a media mañana I have something to eat halfway through the morning, I have a mid-morning snack;

docena y media one and a half dozen;

un kilo y medio one and a half kilos;

son las dos y media it's half past two;

son y media it's half past

Comp
Andes, Méx, Ven medio fondo waist petticoat o slip;
la media luna the crescent;

la Media Luna Roja the Red Crescent;
Fam Fig media naranja:
mi/su/ etc[m5]. media naranja my/your/ etc other o better half;

media pensión half board;
CSur medio pupilo [que va a dormir a casa] day pupil; [que va a casa el fin de semana] boarder;
media suela half-sole;

media volea half volley

2. [intermedio] [estatura, tamaño] medium;
[posición, punto] middle;
de una calidad media of average quality;

a medio plazo in the medium term;

de clase media middle-class;

a media distancia in the middle distance

Comp
medio campo midfield; Am medio tiempo half-time
3. [de promedio] [temperatura, velocidad] average;
Mat mean;
el consumo medio de agua por habitante the average water consumption per head of the population;

a una velocidad media de 50 km/h at an average speed of 50 km/h

4. [corriente] ordinary, average;

el ciudadano medio the average person, ordinary people

♦ adv

half;

medio borracho half drunk;

estaba medio muerto he was half dead;

a medio hacer half done;

han dejado la obra a medio hacer they've left the building half finished;

aún estoy a medio arreglar I'm only half ready;

pasé la noche medio en vela I barely slept all night, I spent half the night awake

♦ nm

1. [mitad] half;

uno y medio one and a half

2. [centro] middle, centre;

íbamos por el carril del medio o [m5] de en medio we were driving in the middle lane;

en medio (de) in the middle (of);

estaba incómoda en medio de toda aquella gente I felt uncomfortable among all those people;

está en medio de una profunda depresión she's in the middle of a deep depression;

no se oía nada en medio de tanto ruido you couldn't hear a thing with all that noise;

han puesto una valla en medio they've put a fence in the way;

si te pones en medio no veo la tele I can't see the TV if you're in the way;

quítate de en medio get out of the way;

siempre tienes todas tus cosas por medio your things are always lying around all over the place;

estar por (en) medio [estorbar] to be in the way;

hay muchos intereses de por medio there are a lot of interests involved;

meterse o [m5] ponerse (de) por medio [estorbar] to get in the way;
Fig [entrometerse] to interfere;
Comp

equivocarse de medio a medio to be completely wrong;

Comp
Fam
quitar de en medio a alguien to get rid of sb;

Comp

quitarse de en medio [suicidarse] to do away with oneself

3. [sistema, manera] means [singular or plural], method;

utilice cualquier medio a su alcance use whatever means are available, use every means available;

encontró un medio para pagar menos impuestos she found a way of paying less tax;

no hay medio de convencerla she refuses to be convinced;

por medio de by means of, through;

ha encontrado trabajo por medio de un conocido she got a job through an acquaintance;

por todos los medios by all possible means;

intentaré conseguir ese trabajo por todos los medios I'll do whatever it takes to get that job;

su medio de vida es la chatarra he earns his living from scrap metal

Comp
los medios de comunicación the media;
medios de comunicación electrónicos electronic media;

los medios de comunicación de masas the mass media;

los medios de difusión the media;

medio de expresión medium;

los medios de información the media;

medios de producción means of production;

medio de transporte means of transport o US transportation

4.
medios [recursos] means, resources;

no cuenta con los medios económicos para realizarlo she lacks the means o the (financial) resources to do it

5. [elemento físico] environment;

animales que viven en el medio acuático animals that live in an aquatic environment

Comp
medio ambiente environment; Biol medio de cultivo culture medium;
medio físico physical environment

6. [ámbito]
el medio rural/urbano the countryside/city;

en medios financieros/políticos in financial/political circles;

en medios bien informados in well-informed circles

7. Dep [en fútbol, hockey] midfielder;
[en rugby] halfback
Comp
medio (de) apertura [en rugby] fly half, stand-off;
medio (de) melé [en rugby] scrum half

8. Taurom
los medios = centre of bullring

9. Comp
CSur Fam
ni medio: no oye ni medio he's as deaf as a post;

no entiende ni medio she hasn't got a clue;

por medio: nado día por medio I swim every other day

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medio

I adj

1 half;

las tres y media half past three, three-thirty;

a medio camino halfway

2 tamaño medium

3 (de promedio) average

4 posición middle

II m

1 ( entorno) environment

2 en fútbol midfielder

3 ( centro) middle;

en medio de in the middle of

4 ( manera) means;

por medio de by means of;

medios pl dinero means, resources

III adv half;

hacer algo a medias half do sth;

ir a medias go halves;

a medio hacer half done;

de medio a medio completely;

día por medio L.Am. every other day;

quitar de en medio algo fam move sth out of the way;

quitarse de en medio get out of the way

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medio adv

1) : half

está medio dormida: she's half asleep

2) : rather, kind of

está medio aburrida esta fiesta: this party is rather boring

medio, - dia adj

1) : half

una media hora: half an hour

medio hermano: half brother

a media luz: in the half-light

son las tres y media: it's half past three, it's three-thirty

2) : midway, halfway

a medio camino: halfway there

3) : middle

la clase media: the middle class

4) : average

la temperatura media: the average temperature

medio nm

1) centro: middle, center

en medio de: in the middle of, amid

2) ambiente: milieu, environment

3) : medium, spiritualist

4) : means pl, way

por medio de: by means of

los medios de comunicación: the media

5) medios nmpl

: means, resources

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medio¹ adj

1. (mitad) half

pesa medio kilo it weighs half a kilo

tardaré media hora I'll be half an hour

un litro y medio de agua a litre and a half of water

2. (promedio, normal) average

el español medio the average Spaniard

medio² adv half

las manzanas estaban medio podridas the apples were half rotten

medio³ n

1. (centro) middle

hay una fuente en medio de la plaza there's a fountain in the middle of the square

2. (entorno) environment

los anfibios necesitan un medio húmedo amphibians need a damp environment

3. (recurso, método) means

han utilizado medios dudosos they used doubtful means

media de transporte means of transport

medio ambiente environment

medios de comunicación media

Spanish-English dictionary > medio
14 गो _gō

गो m. f. (Nom. गौः) [गच्छत्यनेन, गम् करणे डो Tv.]

1 Cattle, kine (pl.)

-2 Anything coming from a cow; such as milk, flesh, leather &c.

-3 The stars; वि रश्मिभिः ससृजे सूर्यो गाः Rv.7.36.1.

-4 The sky.

-5 The thunder- bolt of Indra; Ki.8.1.

-6 A ray of light; नान्यस्तप्ता विद्यते गोषु देव Mb.1.232.11; बालो$यं गिरिशिखरेषु चारयन् गाः त्रैलोक्यं तिमिरभरेण दुष्टमेतत् (रविः नैर्मल्यं नयति) । Rām. Ch. 7.6.

-7 A diamond.

-8 Heaven.

-9 An arrow. -f.

1 A cow; जुगोप गोरूपधरामिवोर्वीम् R.2.3; क्षीरिण्यः सन्तु गावः Mk.1.6.

-2 The earth; दुदोह गां स यज्ञाय R.1.26; गामात्तसारां रघुरप्यवेक्ष्य 5.26;11.36; Bg.15.13; सेको$- नुगृह्णातु गाम् Mu.3.2; Me.3; cf. also the quotation for (

-6).

-3 Speech, words; कुलानि समुपेतानि गोभिः पुरुषतो$- र्थतः Mb.5.28; रघोरुदारामपि गां निशम्य R.5.12;2.59; Ki.4.2.

-4 The goddess of speech, Sarasvatī.

-5 A mother.

-6 A quarter of the compass.

-7 Water; सायं भेजे दिशं पश्चाद्गविष्ठो गां गतस्तदा Bhāg.1.1.36; also pl.; Bhāg.11.7.5.

-8 The eye; गोकर्णा सुमुखी कृतेन इषुणा गोपुत्रसंप्रेषिता Mb.8.9.42.

-9 A region of the sky. -m. A bull, an ox; असंजातकिणस्कन्धः सुखं स्वपिति गौर्गडिः K. P.1; Ms.4.72; cf. चरद्गव.

-2 The hair of the body.

-3 An organ of sense; अदान्तगोभिर्विशतां तमिस्रं पुनः पुनश्चर्वितचर्वणानाम् Bhāg..7.5.3.

-4 The sign Taurus of the zodiac; Bṛi. S.49.

-5 The sun.

-6 The number 'nine' (in math.).

-7 The moon.

-8 A singer.

-9 A billion.

-1 A cow-sacrifice

-11 A house; cf. गौर्वज्रं गौः प्रभा भूमिर्वाणी तोयं त्रिविष्टपम् । धेनुर्बस्तो वृषो दिग्गौर्नेत्रं लज्जा गुरू रमा ॥ इन्द्रियं श्रीरुमा... Enm.

-Comp. -कण्टकः, -कम् 1 a road or spot trodden down by oxen and thus made im- passable.

-2 the cow's hoof.

-3 the print of a cow's hoof.

-कर्ण a. having cow's ears.

(-र्णः) 1 a cow's ear; गोकर्णसदृशौ कृत्वा करावाबद्धसारणौ Ks.6.57.

-2 a mule.

-3 a snake; Mb.8.9.42.

-4 a span (from the tip of the thumb to that of the ring-finger); गोकर्णशिथिल- श्चरन् Mb.2.68.75; तालः स्मृतो मध्यमया गोकर्णश्चाप्यनामया Brahmāṇḍa P.

-5 N. of a place of pilgrimage in the south, sacred to Śiva. श्रितगोकर्णनिकेतमीश्वरम् R.8.33.

-6 a kind of deer.

-7 a kind of arrow; Mb.8.9.42.

-किराटा -किराटिका the Sārikā bird.

-किलः, -कीलः 1 a plough

-2 a pestle.

-कुलम् 1 a herd of kine; वृष्टिव्याकुलगोकुलावनरसादुद्धृत्य गोवर्धनम् Gīt.4; गोकुलस्य तृषा- र्तस्य Mb.

-2 a cow-house.

-3 N. of a village (where Kṛiṣṇa was brought up).

-कुलिक a.

1 one who does not help a cow in the mud.

-2 squint-eyed.

-कुलोद्भवा an epithet of Durgā.

-कृतम् cow-dung.

-क्षीरम् cow's milk.

-क्षुरम्, -रकम् a cow's hoof.

-खरः a beast (पशु); यत्तीर्थबुद्धिः सलिले न कर्हिचिज्जनेष्वभिज्ञेषु स एव गोखरः Bhāg.1.84.13.

-खा a nail.

-गृष्टिः a young cow which has had only one calf.

-गोयुगम् a pair of oxen.

-गोष्ठम् a cow-pen, cattle-shed.

-ग्रन्थिः 1 dried cowdung.

-2 a cow-house.

-ग्रहः capture of cattle (गवालम्भ); Mb.12.265.2.

-ग्रासः the ceremony of offering a morsel (of grass) to a cow when performing an expiatory rite.

-घातः, -घातकः, -घातिन् m. a cow-killer.

-घृतम् 1 rain-water.

-2 clarified butter coming from a cow.

-घ्न a.

1 destructive to cows.

-2 one who has killed a cow.

-3 one for whom a cow is killed, a guest.

-चन्दनम् a kind of sandal-wood.

-चर a.

1 grazed over by cattle.

-2 frequenting, dwelling, resorting to, haunting पितृसद्मगोचरः Ku.5.77.

-3 within the scope, power, or range of; अवाङ्मनसगोचरम् R.1.15; so बुद्धि˚, दृष्टि˚, श्रवण˚ स्वगोचरे दीप्ततरा बभूव Bu. Ch.1.13.

-4 moving on earth.

-5 accessible to, attainable; त्याग- सूक्ष्मानुगः क्षेम्यः शौचगो ध्यागोचरः Mb.12.236.12.

-6 circulating, having a particular meaning, prevalent.

(-रः) 1 the range of cattle, pasturage; उपारताः पश्चिम- रात्रिगोचरात् Ki.4.1.

-2 (a) a district, department, province, sphere. (b) an abode, dwelling-place, a place of resort; Śi.1.21; Ms.1.39.

-3 range of the organs of sense, an object of sense; श्रवणगोचरे तिष्ठ be within ear-shot; नयनगोचरं या to become visible.

-4 scope, range, in general; हर्तुर्याति न गोचरम् Bh.2.16.

-5 (fig.) grip, hold, power, influence, control; कः कालस्य न गोचरा- न्तरगतः Pt.1.146; गोचरीभूतमक्ष्णोः U.6.26; Māl.5.24; अपि नाम मनागवतीर्णो$सि रतिरमणबाणगोचरम् Māl.1.

-6 horizon.

-7 field for action, scope; इन्द्रियाणि हयानाहुर्विषयांस्तेषु गोचरान् Kaṭh.3.4.

-8 the range of the planets from the Lagna or from each other.

˚पीडा in- auspicious position of stars within the ecliptic; गोचर- पीडायामपि राशिर्बलिभिः शुभग्रहैर्दृष्टः (पीडां न करोति) Bṛi.S.41.13. (गोचरीकृ to place within the range (of sight), make current).

-चर्मन् n.

1 a cow's hide.

-2 a particular measure of surface thus defined by Vasiṣṭha:-- दशहस्तेन वंशेन दशवंशान् समन्ततः । पञ्च चाभ्यधिकान् दद्यादेतद्गोचर्म चोच्यते ॥ ˚वसनः an epithet of Śiva.

-चर्या seeking food like a cow; गोचर्यां नैगमश्चरेत् Bhāg.11.18.29.

-चारकः cowherd.

-चरणम् the tending or feeding of cows; Bhāg.1.38.8.

-ज a.

1 born in the earth (rice &c.).

-2 produced by milk; अब्जा गोजा...... Kaṭh.5.2.

-जरः an old ox or bull; नाद्रियन्ते यथापूर्वं कीनाशा इव गोजरम् Bhāg.3.3.13.

-जलम् the urine of a bull or cow.

-जागरिकम् auspi- ciousness, happiness. (

-कः) a preparer of food, baker.

-जात a. born in the heaven (gods); गोजाता अप्या मृळता च देवाः Rv.6.5.11.

-जिह्वा N. of a plant (Mar. पाथरी).

-जिह्विका the uvula.

-जीव a. living on cattle (milk- man); Hch.1.7.

-तल्लजः an excellent bull or cow.

-तीर्थम् a cowhouse.

-त्रम् [गां भूमिं त्रायते त्रै-क]

1 a cow-pen.

-2 a stable in general.

-3 a family, race, lineage; गोत्रेण माठरो$स्मि Sk.; so कौशिकगोत्राः, वसिष्ठगोत्राः &c.; Ms.3.19,9.141.

-4 a name, appellation; जगाद गोत्र- स्खलिते च का न तम् N.1.3; Ś.6.5; see ˚स्खलित below; मद्गोत्राङ्कं विरचितपदं गेयमुद्गातुकामा Me.88.

-5 a multitude.

-6 increase.

-7 a forest.

-8 a field.

-9 a road.

-1 possessions, wealth.

-11 an umbrella, a parasol.

-12 knowledge of futurity.

-13 a genus, class, species.

-14 a caste, tribe, caste according to families. (

-त्रः) a mountain; 'गोत्रं नाम्नि कुले$प्यद्रौ' इति यादवः; Śi.9.8. Hence गोत्रोद्दलनः means Indra; cf. इन्द्रे तु गोत्रोद्दलनः कुलघ्ने गिरिदारणे Nm.

(-त्रा) 1 a multitude of cows.

-2 the earth.

˚उच्चारः recitation of family pedigree.

˚कर्तृ, -कारिन् m. the founder of a family.

˚कीला the earth.

˚ज a. born in the same family, gentile, a relation; Bhāg.3.7.24; Y.2.135.

˚पटः a genealogical table, pedigree.

˚प्रवरः the oldest member or founder of a family.

-भिद् m. an epithet of Indra; हृदि क्षतो गोत्रभिदप्यमर्षणः R.3.53;6.73; Ku.2.52.

˚स्खलनम्, ˚स्खलितम् blundering or mistaking in calling (one) by his name, calling by a wrong name; स्मरसि स्मर मेखलागुणैरुत गौत्रस्खलितेषु बन्धनम् Ku.4.8.

-द a. giving cows; Ms.4.231. (

-दः) brain. (

-दा) N. of the river Godāvarī.

-दत्र a. Ved. giving cows. (

-त्रः) an epithet of Indra. (

-त्रम्) a crown (pro- tecting the head).

-दन्त a. armed with a coat of mail.

(-तम्) 1 yellow orpiment.

-2 a white fossil substance.

-दानम् 1 the gift of a cow.

-2 the ceremony of tonsure or cutting the hair; रामलक्ष्मणयो राजन् गोदानं कारयस्व ह Rām.1.71.23; अथास्य गोदानविधेरनन्तरम् R.3. 33; (see Mallinātha's explanation of the word); कृत- गोदानमङ्गलाः U.1; अतोनं गोदानं दारकर्म च Kau. A.1.5; (Rām. explains the word differently).

-3 the part of the head close to the right ear.

-दाय a. intending to give cows.

-दारणम् 1 a plough.

-2 a spade, hoe.

-दा, -दावरी N. of a river in the south.

-दुह् m.,

-दुहः 'cow-milker', a cowherd; सुदुघामिव गोदुहे R.1.4.1; चिरं निदध्यौ दुहतः स गोदुहः Śi.

-दोहः 1 the milking of cows.

-2 the milk of cows.

-3 the time of milking cows.

-दोहनम् 1 the time of milking cows.

-2 the milking of cows; न लक्ष्यते ह्यवस्थानमपि गोदोहनं क्वचित् Bhāg.1.19. 4.

-दोहनी a milk-pail.

-द्रवः the urine of a bull or cow.

-धनम् 1 a herd or multitude of cows, cattle.

-2 possession of cows. (

-नः) a broad-pointed arrow.

-धरः a mountain.

-धर्मः the law of cattle, rules relating to cattle; (open and unconcealed intercourse of the sexes); गोधर्मं सौरभेयाच्च सो$धीत्य निखिलं मुनिः । प्रावर्तत तदा कर्तुं श्रद्धावांस्तमशङ्कया ॥ Mb.1.14.26.

-धुमः, -धूमः 1 wheat; Bṛi. Up.6.3.13.

-2 the orange. ˚चूर्णम् wheat flour;

-सम्भवम् a sour paste.

-धूलिः 'dust of the cows', the time of sunset or evening twilight (so called be- cause cows, which generally return home at about sunset, raise up clouds of dust by their treading on the earth).

-धेनुः a milch-cow with a calf.

-भ्रः a mountain.

-नन्दा an epithet of the wife of Śiva.

-नन्दी the female of the Sārasa bird.

-नर्दः 1 the (Indian) crane.

-2 an epithet of Śiva (bellowing like a bull).

-3 N. of a country.

-नर्दीयः an epithet of Patañjali, author of the Mahābhāṣya.

-नसः, -नासः 1 a kind of snake.

-2 a kind of gem.

-नसा the mouth of a cow.

-नाथः 1 a bull.

-2 an owner of land.

-3 a herdsman.

-4 an owner of kine.

-नायः a cowherd; तद्यथा गोनायो$श्वनायः पुरुषनाय इत्येवं तदप आचक्षते$शनायेति Ch. Up.6.8.3.

-नाशनः a wolf.

-नासा the projecting snout of a cow or ox.

-नासम् a kind of gem.

-निष्यन्दः cow's urine.

-पः 1 a cowherd (considered as belonging to a mixed tribe); गोपवेशस्य विष्णोः Me.15.

-2 the chief of a cowpen.

-3 the superintendent of a village.

-4 a king.

-5 a protector, guardian; Rv.1.61.1.

˚अनसी the wood of a thatch; गोपानसीषु क्षणमास्थितानाम् Śi.3.49.

˚अष्टमी the eighth day of the bright fortnight of Kārttika when Kṛiṣṇa is said to have worn the dress of a cowherd.

˚आटविका a cowherd.

˚कन्या 1 the daughter of a cowherd.

-2 a nymph of Vṛindāvana.

˚अध्यक्षः, ˚इन्द्रः, ˚ईशः the chief of herdsmen, an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.

˚चापः the rainbow.

˚दलः the betel-nut tree.

˚भद्रम् the fibrous root of a water-lily.

˚रसः gum myrrh.

˚राष्ट्राः (pl.) N. of a people. ˚वधूः f. a cowherd's wife; Bhāg.1.9.4. ˚वधूटी a young cowherdess, a young wife of a cowherd; गोपवधूटीदुकूलचौराय Bhāṣā P.1.

(-पकः) 1 the superin- tendent of a district.

-2 myrrh.

(-पिका) 1 a cowher- dess; Bhāg.1.9.14-15.

-2 protectress. (

-पी) a cowherd's wife (especially applied to the cowherdesses of Vṛindāvana, the companions of Kṛiṣṇa in his juvenile sports).

-2 a milk-maid.

-3 a protectress.

-4 Nature, elementary nature.

-पतिः 1 an owner of cows.

-2 a bull.

-3 a leader, chief.

-4 the sun; नीहारमिव गोपतिः Bhāg.1.12.1; Mb.1.173.32.

-5 Indra; सुराङ्गना गोपतिचापगोपुरं पुरम् (जहुः) Ki.8.1.

-6 N. of Kṛiṣṇa.

-7 N. of Śiva.

-8 N. of Varuṇa; एष पुत्रो महाप्रज्ञो वरुणस्येह गोपतेः Mb.5.98.11.

-9 a king; नासतो विद्यते राजन् स ह्यरण्येषु गोपतिः Mb.12.135.26.

-पथः N. of a Brāhmaṇa of Av.

-पर्वतम् the name of the place where Pāṇini is said to have performed penance and propitiated Śiva; गोपर्वतमिति स्थानं शम्भोः प्रख्यापितं मया । यत्र पाणिनिना लेभे वैयाकरणिकाग्ऱ्यता ॥ अरुणाचलमाहात्म्यम्- उत्तरार्धः 2 अ. 68 श्लो.

-पशुः a sacrificial cow.

-पाः m. Ved.

1 a herdsman.

-2 protector, or guardian; मन्द्राग्रे- त्वरी भुवनस्य गोपा Av.2.1.57.

-पानसी a curved beam which supports a thatch; गोपानसी तु वलभिच्छादने वक्रदारुणि Ak.2.2.15.

-पालः 1 a cowherd; Ms.4.253.

-2 a king.

-3 an epithet of Śiva.

-4 an epithet of Kṛ&iṣṇa. ˚धानी a cow-pen, cow-shed.

-पालकः 1 a cowherd.

-2 a king.

-3 an epithet of Śiva; also of Kṛiṣṇa.

-पालिः an epithet of Śiva.

-पालिका, -पाली the wife of a cowherd; पार्थः प्रस्थापयामास कृत्वा गोपालिकावपुः Mb.1.221.19.

-पालितः N. of a lexicographer.

-पित्तम् bile of cows, ox-bile (from which the yellow pigment गोरोचना is prepared; गोपित्ततो रोचना Pt.1.94.).

-पीतः a species of wagtail.

-पीथः protection; अस्माकमृषीणां गोपीथे न उरुष्यतम् Rv.5.65.6. (

-थम्) a holy place, a place of pilgrimage.

-पुच्छम् a cow's tail.

-2 a particular point of an arrow.

(-च्छः) 1 a sort of monkey; Bhāg.8.2.22.

-2 a sort of necklace consisting of two or four or thirty-four strings.

-3 a kind of drum.

-पुटिकम् the head of Śiva's bull.

-पुत्रः 1 a young bull.

-2 an epithet of Karṇa.

-पुरम् 1 a town-gate; उत्तुङ्गसौधसुरमन्दिरगोपुरम् Māl.9.1.

-2 a principal gate; दधतमुच्चशिलान्तरगोपुराः Ki.5.5.

-3 the ornamental gate- way of a temple.

-पुरीषम् cowdung.

-प्रकाण्डम् an ex- cellent cow or bull.

-प्रचारः pasture-ground, pasturage for cattle; ग्राम्येच्छया गोप्रचारो भूमी राजवशेन वा Y.2.166.

-प्रत (ता) रः 1 a ford for cattle.

-2 a place of pilgrimage on the Śarayū; यद्गोप्रतरकल्पो$भूत्संमर्दस्तत्र मज्जताम् । अतस्तदाख्यया तीर्थं पावनं भुवि पप्रथे ॥ R.15.11.

-प्रदानम् same as गोदान.

-प्रवेशः the time when cows return home, sunset or evening-twilight; गोप्रवेशसमये Bṛi. S.24.35.

-फणा 1 a bandage hollowed out so as to fit the chin or nose &c.

-2 a sling.

-बालः the hair of cows.

-भुज् m. a king; गोभुजां वल्लभा लक्ष्मीः Rāj. T.5.6.

-भृत् m.

1 a mountain.

-2 a king.

-मक्षिका a gadfly.

-मघ a. granting cattle or cows कदा गोमघा हवनानि गच्छाः Rv.6.35.3.

-मंडलम् 1 the globe.

-2 a multitude of cows.

-मण़्डीरः a kind of an aquatic bird; L. D. B.

-मतम् = गव्यूति q. v.

-मतल्लिका a tract- able cow, an excellent cow; अरिर्मधोरैक्षत गोमतल्लिकाम् Śi.12.41.

-मथः a cowherd.

-मध्यमध्य a. slender in the waist.

-महिषदा N. of one of the Mātṛis attending on कार्तिकेय.

-मांसम् beef.

-मायु 1 a kind of frog.

-2 a jackal; अनुहंकुरुते घनध्वनिं न हि गोमायुरुतानि केसरी Śi.16. 25.

-3 bile of a cow.

-4 N. of a Gandharva.

-मीनः a kind of fish.

-मुखः, -मुखम् [गोर्मुखमिव मुखमस्य] a kind of musical instrument; Bg.1.13; गोमुखानां च शृङ्गाणाम- नीकद्वयवर्तिनाम् Śiva. B.24.55.

(-खः) 1 a crocodile, shark.

-2 a hole of a particular shape in a wall made by thieves.

(-खम्) 1 a house built unevenly.

-2 spreading unguents, smearing; 'गोमुखं कुटिलाकारे वाद्यभाण्डे विलेपने' इति विश्वः; यस्यामलिन्देषु न चक्रुरेव मुग्धाङ्गना गोमयगो- मुखानि Śi.3.48. (

-खम्, -खी) a cloth-bag of the shape of a gnomon containing a rosary, the beads of which are counted by the hand thrust inside.

-2 a house built unevenly.

-3 a particular method of sitting (a योगासन) (

-खी) the chasm in the Himālaya mountains through which the Ganges flows.

-मूढ a. stupid as a bull.

-मूत्रम् cow's urine.

-मूत्रकः a variety of lapis lazuli (बैदूर्य); Kau. A.2.11.

-कम् a particular attitude (मण्डल) in गदायुद्ध; दक्षिणं मण्डलं सव्यं गोमूत्रकमथापि च । व्यचर- त्पाण्डवो राजन्नरिं संमोहयन्निव ॥ Mb.9.58.23. -a. zigzagging, going unevenly.

-मूत्रिका 1 an artificial verse, the second of which repeats nearly all the syllables of the first. (Malli. thus defines it:-- वर्णानामेकरूपत्वं यद्येकान्तरमर्धयोः गोमूत्रिकेति तत्प्राहुर्दुष्करं तद्विदो विदुः ॥ see Śi.19.46.)

-2 a form of calculation.

-मृगः a kind of ox (गवय).

-मेदः a gem brought from the Himālaya and Indus, des- cribed as of four different colours:-- white, pale-yellow, red, and dark-blue.

-मेदकः 1 see गोमेद.

-2 a kind of poison (काकोल).

-3 smearing the body with unguents.

-मेधः, -यज्ञः a cow-sacrifice; Rām.7.25.8.

-यानम्, -रथः a carriage drawn by oxen; Rām.2.82.26; Ms. 11.174.

-युक्त a. drawn by oxen.

-युतम् 1 a cattle station.

-2 a measure of two Krośas (गव्यूत); गोयुते गोयुते चैव न्यवसत्पुरुषर्षभः Mb.14.65.22.

-रक्षः 1 a cow- herd.

-2 keeping or tending cattle.

-3 the orange.

-4 an epithet of Śiva. ˚जम्बू f. wheat.

-रक्षणम् tending cattle (with religious faith).

-रङ्कुः 1 a water-fowl

-2 a prisoner.

-3 a naked man, a mendicant wandering about without clothes.

-4 a chanter.

-रवम् saffron.

-रसः cow's milk.

-2 curds.

-3 buttermilk.

-4 the flavour of a sentence; को रसो गोरसं विना Udb. ˚जम् buttermilk.

-राजः an excellent bull.

-राटिका, -राटी the Sārikā bird.

-रुतम् a measure of dis- tance equal to two Krośas.

-रूपम् the form of a cow. (

-पः) N. of Śiva.

-रोचम् yellow orpiment.

-रोचना a bright yellow pigment prepared from the urine or bile of a cow, or found in the head of a cow.

-लवणम् a measure of salt given to a cow.

-लाङ्गु- (गू) लः a kind of monkey with a dark body, red cheeks and a tail like that of a cow; गोलाङ्गूलः कपोलं छुरयति रजसा कौसुमेन प्रियायाः Māl.9.3.

-लोकः a part of heaven, cow-world.

-लोभिका, -लोभी 1 a prostitute.

-2 white Dūrvā grass.

-3 Zedoary.

-4 N. of a shrub.

-वत्सः a calf. ˚आदिन m. a wolf.

-वधः the killing of a cow; Ms.11.59.

-वर्धनः a celebrated hill in वृन्दावन the country about Mathurā. ('This hill was lifted up and supported by Kṛiṣṇa upon one finger for seven days to shelter the cowherds from a storm of rain sent by Indra to test Kṛiṣṇa's divinity.') ˚धरः, ˚धरिन् m. an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.

-वरम् pounded cowdung.

-वशा a barren cow.

-वाटम्, -वासः a cow-pen.

-वासन a. covered with an ox-hide.

-विकर्तः, -विकर्तृ m.

1 the killer of a cow; Mb.4.2.9.

-2 a hus- bandman.

-विततः a horse-sacrifice having many cows.

-विन्दः 1 a cowkeeper, a chief herdsman.

-2 N. of Kṛiṣṇa.

-3 Bṛihaspati. ˚द्वादशी the twelfth day in the light half of the month of फाल्गुन

-विष् f.,

-विष्ठा cowdung.

-विषाणिकः a kind of musical instrument; Mb.6.44.4.

-विसर्गः day-break (when cows are let loose to graze in forests); Rām.7.111.9.

-वीथिः f. N. of that portion of the moon's path which contains the asterisms भाद्रपदा, रेवती and अश्विनी, or according to some, हस्त, चित्रा and स्वाती Bṛi. S.9.2.

-वीर्यम् the price received for milk.

-वृन्दम् a drove of cattle.

-वृन्दारकः an excellent bull or cow.

-वृषः, -वृषभः an excellent bull; न तां शेकुर्नृपा वोढुमजित्वा सप्त गोवृषान् Bhāg 1.58.33. ˚ध्वजः an epithet of Śiva.

-वैद्यः a quack docter.

-व्रजः 1 a cow-pen.

-2 a herd of cows.

-3 a place where cattle graze.

-व्रत, -व्रतिन् a. one who imitates a cow in fru- gality;...अत्र गोव्रतिनो विप्राः... ॥ यत्रपत्रशयो नित्यं येन केन- चिदाशितः । येन केनचिदाच्छन्नः स गोव्रत इहोच्यते ॥ Mb.5.99. 13-14.

-शकृत् n. cowdung; Ms.2.182.

-शतम् a present of a hundred cows to a Brāhmaṇa.

-शालम्, -ला a cow-stall.

-शीर्षः, -र्षम् a kind of sandal; Kau. A.2.11.

-2 a kind of weapon (arrow ?); Mb.7.178. 23.

-षड्गवम् three pairs of kine.

-षन्, -षा a. Ved. acquiring or bestowing cows.

-षा (सा) तिः 1 acquiring cattle; or fighting for cattle. गोषाता यस्य ते गिरः Rv.8.84.7.

-2 giving cattle.

-ष्टोमः a kind of sacri- fice fasting for one day.

-संख्यः a cowherd.

-सदृक्षः a species of ox (गवय).

-सर्गः the time at which cows are usually let loose, day-break; see गोविसर्ग.

-सवः a kind of cow-sacrifice (not performed in the Kali age); Mb.3.3.17.

-सहस्रम् a kind of present (महादान). (

-स्त्री) N. of two holidays on the fifteenth day of the dark half of कार्तिक and ज्येष्ठ.

-सावित्री N. of a hymn (cf. गायत्री).

-सूत्रिका a rope fastened at both ends having separate halters for each ox or cow.

-स्तनः 1 the udder of a cow.

-2 a cluster of blossoms, nosegay &c.

-3 a pearl-necklace of four strings.

-4 a kind of fort.

-स्तना, -नी a bunch of grapes.

-स्थानम्, -क्रम् a cow-pen.

-स्वामिन् m.

1 an owner of cows.

-2 a religious mendicant.

-3 an honorary title affixed to proper names; (e. g. वोपदेवगोस्वामिन्).

-हत्या cow-slaughter.

-हल्लम् (sometimes written हन्नम्) cow-dung.

-हरः, -हरणम् stealing of cows; गोष्ठमुत्किरति गोहरं वदेत् Bṛi. S.89.9. (v. l.)

-हित a. cherishing or protecting kine. (

-तः) N. of Viṣṇu.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > गो _gō
15 throw

1. transitive verb,
threw, thrown

1) werfen

throw something to somebody — jemandem etwas zuwerfen

throw something at somebody — etwas nach jemandem werfen

throw me that towel, please — wirf mal bitte das Handtuch rüber (ugs.)

throw a punch/punches — zuschlagen

throw a left/right — eine Linke/Rechte schlagen

throw oneself on one's knees/to the floor/into a chair — sich auf die Knie/zu Boden/in einen Sessel werfen

throw oneself at somebody — sich auf jemanden werfen; (fig.) sich jemandem an den Hals werfen (ugs.)

2) (fig.)

throw somebody out of work/into prison — jemanden entlassen od. (ugs.) hinauswerfen/ins Gefängnis werfen (geh.)

be thrown upon one's own resources — selbst für sich aufkommen müssen

throw oneself into a task — sich in eine Arbeit (Akk.) stürzen

throw something into disarray — etwas durcheinander bringen

3) (bring to the ground) zu Boden werfen [Ringer, Gegner]; (unseat) abwerfen [Reiter]

4) (coll.): (disconcert) [Frage:] aus der Fassung bringen

5) (Pottery) drehen

6) also abs. (Games) werfen

throw [the/a dice] — würfeln
2. noun
Wurf, der

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/74793/throw_about">throw about

- throw around

- throw away

- throw back

- throw down

- throw in

- throw off

- throw on

- throw out

- throw together

- throw up

* * *
[Ɵrəu] 1. past tense - threw; verb
1) (to send through the air with force; to hurl or fling: He threw the ball to her / threw her the ball.) (zu-)werfen

2) ((of a horse) to make its rider fall off: My horse threw me.) abwerfen

3) (to puzzle or confuse: He was completely thrown by her question.) verwirren

4) ((in wrestling, judo etc) to wrestle( one's opponent) to the ground.) werfen
2. noun
(an act of throwing: That was a good throw!) der Wurf

- throw away
- throw doubt on
- throw in
- throw light on
- throw oneself into
- throw off
- throw open
- throw out
- throw a party
- throw up
- throw one's voice
- throwaway
* * *

throw

[θrəʊ, AM θroʊ]

I. n

1. (act of throwing) Wurf m

discus \throw Diskuswurf m

a stone's \throw [away] ( fig) nur einen Steinwurf von hier

2. SPORT (in wrestling, cricket) Wurf m

3. ( fam: each)

▪ a \throw pro Stück

they're charging nearly £100 a \throw for concert tickets! eine Konzertkarte kostet fast 100 Pfund!

4. (furniture cover) Überwurf m

II. vi

<threw, thrown>

werfen

III. vt

<threw, thrown>

1. (propel with arm)

▪ to \throw sth etw werfen; (hurl) etw schleudern

my friend threw the ball back over the fence mein Freund warf den Ball über den Zaun zurück

▪ to \throw sb sth [or sth to sb] jdm etw zuwerfen

to \throw oneself into sb's arms sich akk jdm in die Arme werfen

to \throw a haymaker einen Schwinger schlagen

to \throw a jab/left/right (boxing) eine Gerade/Linke/Rechte schlagen

to \throw money at sth etw mit Geld ausgleichen

we can't solve this problem by \throwing money at it wir können dieses Problem nicht mit Geld lösen

to \throw a punch at sb jdm einen Schlag versetzen

to \throw punches Schläge austeilen

to \throw sb a kiss jdm eine Kusshand zuwerfen

to \throw one's voice seine Stimme zum Tragen bringen

2. (pounce upon)

▪ to \throw oneself onto sb sich akk auf jdn stürzen

▪ to \throw oneself onto sth sich akk auf etw akk werfen

exhausted after the long day she threw herself onto the sofa nach dem langen Tag ließ sie sich erschöpft auf das Sofa fallen

3. SPORT

▪ to \throw sb (in wrestling) jdn zu Fall bringen [o werfen]

to \throw a rider einen Reiter abwerfen

4. (of dice)

to \throw a [or the] dice würfeln

to \throw an eight eine Acht [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR einen Achter] würfeln

5. ( fam: lose on purpose)

to \throw a game ein Spiel absichtlich verlieren

6. (direct)

▪ to \throw sb sth [or sth to sb] jdm etw zuwerfen

to \throw sb a cue jdm ein Stichwort geben

to \throw sb a glance [or look] jdm einen Blick zuwerfen

to \throw a glance [or look] at sb/sth einen Blick auf jdn/etw werfen

to \throw an angry look at sb jdm einen wütenden Blick zuwerfen

to \throw sb a line jdm ein Seil zuwerfen; THEAT jdm soufflieren

▪ to \throw oneself at sb (embrace) sich akk jdm an den Hals werfen; (attack) sich akk auf jdn werfen [o stürzen]; (seek comfort, protection) bei jdm Halt suchen

to \throw a remark at sb jdm gegenüber eine Bemerkung fallenlassen

7. (dedicate)

▪ to \throw oneself into sth sich akk in etw akk stürzen

she was \thrown into the funeral preparations and so had no time to grieve die Vorbereitungen für die Beerdigung ließen ihr keine Zeit zum Trauern

to \throw one's energy/one's resources into sth seine Energie/sein Vermögen in etw akk stecken fam

8. (move violently)

▪ to \throw sth against sth etw gegen etw akk schleudern

the ship was \thrown against the cliffs das Schiff wurde gegen die Klippen geschleudert

9. ART (pottery)

▪ to \throw sth etw töpfern [o auf der Drehscheibe formen]

hand-\thrown pottery handgetöpferte Keramik

10. (bewitch)

to \throw a spell on sb jdn verzaubern [o in seinen Bann ziehen

11. SA (foretell future)

to \throw the bones die Zukunft vorhersagen

12. ( also fig: cause)

to \throw a shadow over sth einen Schatten auf etw akk werfen

13. (turn on, off)

to \throw a switch einen Schalter betätigen

14. (show emotion)

to \throw a fit ( fam) einen Anfall bekommen

to \throw a tantrum einen Wutanfall bekommen [o fam Koller kriegen]

to \throw a wobbly BRIT ( fam: become angry) einen Wutanfall bekommen; (become nervous) nur noch ein Nervenbündel sein

15. (give)

to \throw a party eine Party geben [o fam schmeißen

16. ( fig fam: confuse)

▪ to \throw sb jdn durcheinanderbringen fam

to \throw sb into confusion jdn verwirren

to \throw sb into a state of panic jdn in Panik versetzen

to \throw sb off balance jdn aus der Fassung [o dem Gleichgewicht] bringen

17. (cast off)

to \throw its skin snake sich akk häuten

18. (give birth)

to \throw a calf/cub/lamb/piglet ein Kalb/Junges/Lamm/Ferkel werfen

19.

▶ to \throw the book at sb jdn nach allen Regeln der Kunst fertigmachen

▶ to \throw the book at sth etw heftig kritisieren

▶ to \throw caution to the winds eine Warnung in den Wind schlagen

▶ to \throw cold water on sth etw dat einen Dämpfer versetzen [ o bes SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR verpassen]

▶ to \throw dust in sb's eyes jdm Sand in die Augen streuen

▶ to \throw good money after bad noch mehr Geld rausschmeißen fam

▶ to \throw one's hat into the ring seine Kandidatur anmelden

▶ to \throw mud at sb jdn mit Schmutz bewerfen

▶ people who live in glass houses shouldn't \throw stones ( saying) wer im Glashaus sitzt, sollte nicht mit Steinen werfen prov

▶ to not trust sb further than one could \throw them jdm nicht über den Weg trauen

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[ɵrəʊ] vb: pret threw, ptp thrown
1. n

1) (of ball, javelin, dice) Wurf m

it's your throw — du bist dran

have another throw — werfen Sie noch einmal

to lose the throw (dice) —

a 30-metre throw the first throw went to the German (Wrestling) — ein Wurf von 30 Metern der Deutsche brachte seinen Gegner als erster zu Boden

at 10 dollars a throw — zu 10 Dollar das Stück

2) (for covering furniture) Überwurf m

2. vt

1) ball, stone werfen; water schütten

to throw the dice — würfeln

to throw a six — eine Sechs würfeln

to throw sth to sb — jdm etw zuwerfen

throw me those keys — werfen Sie mir die Schlüssel herüber

to throw sth at sb — etw nach jdm werfen; mud, paint etc jdn mit etw bewerfen

to throw a ball 20 metres — einen Ball 20 Meter weit werfen

to throw sth across the room —

to throw sb across the ring — jdn durch den Ring schleudern

he threw himself to the floor — er warf sich auf den Boden or zu Boden

to throw oneself at sb (physically) — sich auf jdn werfen or stürzen; (fig) sich jdm an den Hals werfen or schmeißen (inf)

to throw oneself into the job — sich in die Arbeit stürzen

to throw one's voice — seine Stimme zum Tragen bringen

to throw money at sth — etw mit Geld überhäufen

to throw one's hat or cap into the ring (fig) — sich anbieten

2) (= send to ground) rider abwerfen; opponent zu Boden werfen or bringen

to be thrown from the saddle — aus dem Sattel geworfen werden

3) (= put hastily) werfen

to throw a coat over sb — jdm einen Mantel überwerfen

4) (fig: cast) werfen

to throw a glance at sb/sth — einen Blick auf jdn/etw werfen

to throw an angry look at sb/sth — jdm/einer Sache einen wütenden Blick zuwerfen

to throw light — Licht geben

to throw sb off the scent or trail — jdn von der Spur abbringen

to throw sb into prison — jdn ins Gefängnis werfen

to throw the blame on sb — jdm die Schuld zuschieben or in die Schuhe schieben

to throw doubt on sth —

he threw his troops into action — er warf seine Truppen ins Gefecht

5) switch, lever betätigen

6) (inf: disconcert) aus dem Konzept bringen

7) party geben, schmeißen (inf)

8) fit bekommen, kriegen (inf)

9) (inf: deliberately lose) match, game absichtlich verlieren

10) vase töpfern, drehen; silk zwirnen

11)

(snake) to throw its skin — sich häuten

12) (animal = give birth to) werfen

3. vi
werfen; (= throw dice) würfeln
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throw [θrəʊ]

A s

1. Werfen n, (Speer- etc) Wurf m

2. a) (einzelner) Wurf: three cassette recorders of $100 a throw US umg zu 100 Dollar das Stück, à 100 Dollar

b) Wurfweite f: → stone’s throw

3. umg

a) Versuch m

b) Chance f

4. TECH

a) (Kolben) Hub m

b) Kröpfung f (einer Kurbelwelle)

5. TECH (Regler- etc) Ausschlag m

6. TECH (Projektions) Entfernung f

7. US (Damen)Schal m

8. US leichte (Woll)Decke

9. Würfelspiel: Wurf m (Werfen und gewürfelte Zahl)

10. Ringen: Schwung m, Wurf m

11. Fußball: Einwurf m:

take the throw einwerfen

B v/t prät threw [θruː], pperf thrown [θrəʊn]

1. werfen, schleudern ( beide:

at nach):

throw sth at sb auch jemanden mit etwas bewerfen;

throw o.s. at sb

a) sich jemandem an den Hals werfen,

b) sich auf jemanden stürzen

2. jemandem einen Ball, Blick etc zuwerfen: → kiss A 1

3. das Netz, die Angel etc auswerfen

4. sich ein Kleidungsstück werfen ( over über akk): → throw on 1

5. fig versetzen ( into in Verwirrung etc):

be thrown out of work arbeitslos werden

6. TECH einen Hebel umlegen, die Kupplung ein- oder ausrücken, einen Schalter ein- oder ausschalten

7. Gefäße (auf einer Töpferscheibe) formen, drehen

8. Kartenspiel:

a) ausspielen

b) ablegen

9. zu Boden werfen, (Ringen) den Gegner auf die Matte werfen, den Reiter abwerfen (Pferd)

10. US umg einen Wettkampf etc absichtlich verlieren

11. a) throw dice würfeln, knobeln

b) eine Zahl würfeln

12. ZOOL Junge werfen

13. ZOOL die Haut etc abwerfen

14. Seide etc zwirnen, moulinieren

15. eine Brücke schlagen (over, across über akk)

16. umg eine Gesellschaft geben, eine Party schmeißen

17. umg aus dem Konzept oder aus der Fassung oder in Verlegenheit oder ins Schleudern bringen:

that threw me das hat mich (glatt) umgehauen

18. umg einen Wutanfall etc bekommen

C v/i

1. werfen

2. würfeln, knobeln

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1. transitive verb,
threw, thrown

1) werfen

throw something to somebody — jemandem etwas zuwerfen

throw something at somebody — etwas nach jemandem werfen

throw me that towel, please — wirf mal bitte das Handtuch rüber (ugs.)

throw a punch/punches — zuschlagen

throw a left/right — eine Linke/Rechte schlagen

throw oneself on one's knees/to the floor/into a chair — sich auf die Knie/zu Boden/in einen Sessel werfen

throw oneself at somebody — sich auf jemanden werfen; (fig.) sich jemandem an den Hals werfen (ugs.)

2) (fig.)

throw somebody out of work/into prison — jemanden entlassen od. (ugs.) hinauswerfen/ins Gefängnis werfen (geh.)

be thrown upon one's own resources — selbst für sich aufkommen müssen

throw oneself into a task — sich in eine Arbeit (Akk.) stürzen

throw something into disarray — etwas durcheinander bringen

3) (bring to the ground) zu Boden werfen [Ringer, Gegner]; (unseat) abwerfen [Reiter]

4) (coll.): (disconcert) [Frage:] aus der Fassung bringen

5) (Pottery) drehen

6) also abs. (Games) werfen

throw [the/a dice] — würfeln
2. noun
Wurf, der

Phrasal Verbs:

- throw about

- throw around

- throw away

- throw back

- throw down

- throw in

- throw off

- throw on

- throw out

- throw together

- throw up

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n.

Wurf ¨-e m. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: threw, thrown)

= drehen v.

formen (Töpferei) v.

schmeißen v.

(§ p.,pp.: schmiß, geschmissen)

werfen v.

(§ p.,pp.: warf, geworfen)

English-german dictionary > throw
16 list

drvo, knjiga leaf, papira sheet, noga calf, riba sole, krsni list birth certificate

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• butt

• calf

• drvo

• topknot

• single sheet

• sheet

• sole

• letter

• leaf

• folio

• flatfish

• flap

• field

• ground

• blade

• plaice

• rag

Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > list
17 haragi

[probablyfrom *har- (meat, flesh) + ?, cf. Z "aratsu" (fleshy)] iz.

1.

a. ( biziduna) flesh; hezur-\haragizkoa naiz I'm flesh and bones

b. Kristau. flesh; eta Hitza \haragi egin zen and the Word became flesh; espiritua prest dago baina \haragia argal the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak; \haragiaren pekatua carnal sin; \haragizko bekatu carnal sin

c. (esa.) ukondoa \haragi bizitan daukat the wound on my elbow is raw; \haragi bizi egiteraino jo zuten they beat him to a pulp ; \haragi jo hitz itsusia. to ball hitz itsusia., screw hitz itsusia.

2. ( jatekoa)

a. meat; txahal horrek \haragi asko dauka that calf has got a lot of meat on it; \haragi {txikitu || xehatu} ground meat; \haragitarako azienda meat livestock

b. [izenen aurrean] meat; \haragi-pastel meat pie; \haragi-xerra fillet

3. healing properties; \haragi onekoa da he is amazing healing properties

Jakingarria: Ingelesek hitz bat erabili ohi dute animalia adierazteko eta beste bat haren haragia adierazteko. Askotan, animaliaren izena anglosaxoniarra eta haragiaren izena frantsesa: pig (txerria) esaten dugu bizirik badago, baina pork jaten badugu. Horretaz gain, cow (behia) eta haren haragia, beef (behikia); calf (txahala) eta veal (txahalkia); sheep (ardia) eta mutton (ardikia); deer (oreina) eta venison (oreinkia). Baina lamb (arkumea) eta lamb (arkumekia).

Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > haragi
18 bind

1. n связывание

2. n связанность, связь

3. n узы; путы

4. n разг. безвыходное положение, тупик

to be in a bind — попасть в переплёт, оказаться загнанным в угол

5. n муз. лигатура

6. n захват оружия

bind blade attack — атака с захватом

double bind — двойной захват оружия

7. n угольный сланец

8. n плеть, стебель ползучего растения

9. v вязать, связывать

to bind hand and foot — связать по рукам и ногам

10. v привязывать

the dog was bound to a tree — собака была привязана к дереву

11. v повязывать, завязывать

her head was bound by a kerchief — её голова была повязана платком

12. v затягивать поясом

13. v опоясывать

14. v переплетать

I shall have these magazines bound in one volume — мне переплетут эти журналы в общий переплёт

bind a book — переплетать книгу

bind in calf — переплетать в кожу

to bind in calf — переплетать в кожу

15. v обшивать, обвязывать

the edge of the carpet was worn out, so we had it bound — край ковра обтрепался, поэтому мы дали его обшить

16. v делать твёрдым, плотным

frost binds the ground in winter — мороз сковывает землю зимой

17. v затвердевать

clay binds when it is heated — глина становится твёрдой при нагревании

18. v закреплять желудок, вызывать запор

bind duties — закреплять уровень пошлин

19. n сл. зануда

20. v сл. нудить; надоедать

Синонимический ряд:

1. associate (verb) affiliate; ally; associate; combine; connect; join; link; relate

2. bandage (verb) bandage; dress; treat

3. charge (verb) charge; commit; pledge

4. confine (verb) border; chain; confine; constrain; constrict; encircle; fetter; handcuff; shackle; yoke

5. hamper (verb) hamper; restrict

6. indenture (verb) apprentice; enslave; indenture

7. obligate (verb) confirm; engage; force; involve; necessitate; obligate; oblige; sanction

8. secure (verb) attach; fasten; gird; knot; make fast; secure; tape; tie; tie up; truss; wrap

Антонимический ряд:

free; release; unbind; unfasten; unloose; untie

English-Russian base dictionary > bind
19 box

box [bɒks] (pl boxes)

1 noun

(a) (container, contents) boîte f; (with lock) coffret m; (cardboard box) carton m; (crate) caisse f; (for money) caisse f; (collecting box) tronc m;

∎ box of chocolates boîte f de chocolats;

∎ figurative how can people live in these little boxes? comment les gens font-ils pour vivre dans ces trous de souris?;

∎ figurative in a pine or wooden box (coffin) dans un cercueil;

∎ if you keep on taking drugs you'll end up in a wooden box si tu continues à te droguer, tu vas finir au cimetière;

∎ humorous the only way he's leaving here is in a wooden box il ne partira d'ici que les pieds devant;

∎ British familiar to be out of one's box (extremely drunk) être complètement pété, être plein comme une barrique

(b) (compartment) compartiment m; Theatre loge f; Theatre (on ground floor) baignoire f; Law (for jury, reporters) banc m; Law (for witness) barre f; Horseriding (in stable) box m, stalle f; History (of coachman) siège m (de cocher);

∎ the Royal box = loge réservée aux membres de la famille royale

(c) (designated area → on form) case f; (→ in newspaper) encadré m; (→ frame around article) cadre m; (→ on screen) boîte f, case f; Computing (→ for graphic) cadre m; (→ that can be drawn) encadré m; (→ on road, sportsfield) zone f quadrillée; Football (penalty box) surface f de réparation

(d) Cars & Technology (casing) boîte f, carter m; (of axle, brake) boîte f; (of wheel) moyeu m; (of lock) palâtre m, palastre m

(e) familiar Television (television)

∎ the box la télé;

∎ what's on the box? qu'y a-t-il à la télé?

(f) (postal address) boîte f postale

(g) (blow)

∎ a box on the ears une gifle, une claque

(h) Gymnastics (for vaulting) plinth m

(i) Sport (protector) coquille f

(j) Botany buis m

(k) vulgar (vagina) chatte f

2 compound-forming noun

(border, hedge) de ou en buis

3 intransitive verb

(fight) faire de la boxe, boxer

4 transitive verb

(a) Boxing (fight) boxer avec, boxer

(b) (put in box) mettre en boîte ou caisse

(c) Nautical

∎ to box the compass réciter les aires du vent

(d) (idiom)

∎ to box sb's ears gifler qn;

∎ she boxed his ears elle l'a giflé

►► box calf box m, box-calf m;

Photography box camera appareil m photographique rudimentaire;

American Geography box canyon cañon m ou canyon m encaissé;

American Technology box end wrench clef f polygonale;

box file boîte f archive;

Building industry box girder poutre-caisson f;

box jellyfish cuboméduse f;

British box junction carrefour m (matérialisé sur la chaussée par des bandes croisées);

box kite cerf-volant m cellulaire;

American box lunch = déjeuner à emporter, vendu dans une boîte;

box number (in newspaper) numéro m d'annonce; (at post office) numéro m de boîte à lettres;

∎ Box number 301 Référence 301, Réf. 301;

Theatre & Cinema box office (office) bureau m de location; (window) guichet m (de location);

∎ the play was a big success at the box office or was good box office la pièce a fait beaucoup d'entrées;

Sewing box pleat pli m creux;

Technology box spanner clef f ou clé f en douille;

box spring sommier m à ressort;

American box stall box m;

box of tricks sac m à malices

➲ box in separable transitive verb

(enclose) enfermer, confiner; (pipes, bath, wash basin) encastrer;

∎ the car was boxed in between two vans la voiture était coincée entre deux camionnettes;

∎ to feel boxed in se sentir à l'étroit;

∎ don't box me in! de l'air!

➲ box off separable transitive verb

compartimenter, cloisonner

➲ box up separable transitive verb

mettre en boîte ou caisse; figurative enfermer

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > box
20 thick

1. adjective
1) dick; breit, dick [Linie]

a rope two inches thick, a two-inch thick rope — ein zwei Zoll starkes od. dickes Seil

that's or it's a bit thick! — (Brit. fig. coll.) das ist ein starkes Stück! (ugs.)

2) (dense) dicht [Haar, Nebel, Wolken, Gestrüpp usw.]

3) (filled)

thick with — voll von

air thick with fog and smoke — von Nebel und Rauch erfüllte Luft

4) steif [Gallerte]; dickflüssig [Sahne]; dick [Suppe, Schlamm, Brei, Kleister]

5) (stupid) dumm

you're just plain thick — du bist ganz einfach doof (salopp)

[as] thick as two short planks — (coll.) dumm wie Bohnenstroh (ugs.)

6) (coll.): (intimate)

be very thick with somebody — mit jemandem dick befreundet sein (ugs.)

be [as] thick as thieves — dicke Freunde sein (ugs.)
2. noun, no pl., no indef. art.
in the thick of — mitten in (+ Dat.)

in the thick of it or things — mitten drin

stay with somebody/stick together through thick and thin — mit jemandem/zusammen durch dick und dünn gehen
3. adverb
job offers/complaints came in thick and fast — es kam eine Flut von Stellenangeboten/Beschwerden

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[Ɵik] 1. adjective
1) (having a relatively large distance between opposite sides; not thin: a thick book; thick walls; thick glass.) dick

2) (having a certain distance between opposite sides: It's two inches thick; a two-inch-thick pane of glass.) dick

3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) containing solid matter; not flowing (easily) when poured: thick soup.) dickflüssig

4) (made of many single units placed very close together; dense: a thick forest; thick hair.) dicht

5) (difficult to see through: thick fog.) dicht

6) (full of, covered with etc: The room was thick with dust; The air was thick with smoke.) voller

7) (stupid: Don't be so thick!)
2. noun
(the thickest, most crowded or active part: in the thick of the forest; in the thick of the fight.) dichtester Teil, das Gewühl

- academic.ru/92633/thickly">thickly
- thickness
- thicken
- thick-skinned
- thick and fast
- through thick and thin
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thick

[θɪk]

I. adj

1. (not thin) coat, layer, volume dick

with a \thick helping of butter dick mit Butter bestrichen

2. (bushy) eyebrows dicht

\thick hair volles [o dichtes] [o SCHWEIZ meist dickes] Haar

3. after n (measurement) dick, stark

the walls are two metres \thick die Wände sind zwei Meter dick

4. (not very fluid) dick, zähflüssig

5. (dense) dicht

the air in the banqueting hall was \thick with smoke die Luft im Festsaal war völlig verraucht

the atmosphere was \thick with unspoken criticism ( fig) unausgesprochene Kritik belastete die Atmosphäre

\thick clouds dichte Wolkendecke

\thick fog dichter Nebel

6. (extreme) deutlich, ausgeprägt

\thick accent starker Akzent

\thick darkness tiefe Dunkelheit

7. voice belegt, heiser

he spoke and his voice was \thick with fear er sprach mit angstvoller Stimme

8. (headache)

to have a \thick head einen Brummschädel [o dicken Kopf] haben fam

I've got a \thick head mir brummt der Schädel fam

9. ( pej sl: mentally slow) dumm

to be [a bit] \thick [ein bisschen] begriffsstutzig sein

10. BRIT ( fam: plentiful) reichlich, massenhaft

female engineers are not too \thick on the ground weibliche Ingenieure sind dünn gesät

11. BRIT (exaggerated)

to be a bit \thick etwas übertrieben sein

hiring four Rolls Royces for a village wedding was a bit \thick vier Rolls Royce für eine Dorfhochzeit zu mieten, war schon etwas dick aufgetragen

12.

▶ to be as \thick as two short planks dumm wie Bohnenstroh sein

▶ blood is \thicker than water ( saying) Blut ist dicker als Wasser prov

▶ to get a \thick ear BRIT ein paar auf [o hinter] die Ohren bekommen fam

▶ to give sb a \thick ear BRIT jdm ein paar [o eins] hinter die Ohren geben fam

▶ to have a \thick skin ein dickes Fell haben

▶ to be as \thick as thieves wie Pech und Schwefel zusammenhalten

▶ to be \thick with sb mit jdm eng befreundet sein

Peter is \thick with Tom Peter und Tom sind dicke Freunde

II. n no pl ( fam)

▪ in the \thick of sth mitten[drin] in etw dat

an argument had ensued at the bar and in the \thick of it stood my husband an der Bar war ein Streit ausgebrochen und mein Mann steckte mittendrin

in the \thick of the battle im dichtesten Kampfgetümmel

III. adv (heavily) dick

the snow lay \thick on the path auf dem Weg lag eine dicke Schneedecke

to spread bread \thick with butter Brot dick mit Butter bestreichen

▶ to come \thick and fast hart auf hart kommen

the complaints were coming \thick and fast es hagelte Beschwerden

▶ to lay it on \thick dick auftragen fam

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[ɵɪk]
1. adj (+er)

1) dick; thread, legs, arms dick, stark; lips dick, voll

a wall three feet thick — eine drei Fuß dicke or starke Wand

to give sb a thick ear ( Brit inf ) — jdm ein paar hinter die Ohren hauen (inf)

you'll get a thick ear in a minute ( Brit inf ) — du kriegst gleich ein paar hinter die Ohren! (inf)

the shelves were thick with dust — auf den Regalen lag dick der Staub

to have a thick head — einen Brummschädel haben (inf), einen dicken Kopf haben (inf)

2) hair, fog, smoke dick, dicht; forest, hedge, beard dicht; liquid, sauce, syrup etc dick(flüssig); mud dick; darkness tief; night undurchdringlich; crowd dicht (gedrängt); air schlecht, dick (inf); (= airless) atmosphere schwer; (= unclear) voice träge; accent stark, breit

they are thick on the ground (inf) — die gibt es wie Sand am Meer

the hedgerows were thick with wild flowers the streets are thick with people/traffic — die Hecken strotzten von wilden Blumen die Straßen sind voller Menschen/Verkehr

his voice was thick with a cold/emotion/fear/drink —

the air is pretty thick in here — hier ist eine Luft zum Schneiden, hier ist sehr schlechte Luft

the air is thick with rumours — Gerüchte liegen in der Luft

3) (Brit inf = stupid) person dumm, doof (inf)

to get sth into or through sb's thick head — etw in jds dicken Schädel bekommen (inf)

as thick as a brick or as two (short) planks — dumm wie ein Brett (inf), strohdoof (inf)

4) (inf

= intimate) they are very thick — sie sind dicke Freunde (inf)

to be very thick with sb — mit jdm eine dicke Freundschaft haben (inf)

5) (inf

= much) that's a bit thick! — das ist ein starkes Stück (inf)

2. n

1)

in the thick of the crowd — mitten in der Menge

to be in the thick of the fighting — im dicksten Kampfgetümmel stecken

in the thick of it — mittendrin

he likes to be in the thick of things — er ist gern bei allem voll dabei

to stick together through thick and thin — zusammen durch dick und dünn gehen

2) (of finger, leg) dickste Stelle

the thick of the calf — die Wade

3. adv (+er)
spread, lie, cut dick; grow dicht
the snow lay thick — es lag eine dichte Schneedecke

his blows fell thick and fast — seine Schläge prasselten nieder

offers of help poured in thick and fast —

they are falling thick and fast — sie fallen um wie die Fliegen (inf)

the jokes came thick and fast — die Witze kamen Schlag auf Schlag

to lay it on thick (inf) — (zu) dick auftragen (inf)

that's laying it on a bit thick (inf) — das ist ja wohl etwas übertrieben

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thick [θık]

A adj (adv thickly)

1. allg dick:

a board 2 inches thick ein zwei Zoll starkes Brett;

the book is 500 pages thick das Buch ist 500 Seiten stark; → skin A 1

2. dick, massig (Nacken etc)

3. Bergbau: mächtig (Flöz)

4. give sb a thick ear umg jemandem eins oder ein paar hinter die Ohren geben

5. dicht (Haar, Menschenmenge etc), (Nebel etc auch) dick

6. thick with über und über bedeckt von:

the furniture was thick with dust auf den Möbeln lag dick der Staub

7. thick with voll von, voller, reich an (dat):

thick with smoke verräuchert;

the air is thick with snow die Luft ist voll(er) Schnee

8. dick(flüssig)

9. neblig, trüb(e) (Wetter)

10. schlammig:

thick puddles Schlammpfützen

11. dumpf, belegt, heiser (Stimme)

12. umg dumm

13. dicht (aufeinanderfolgend)

14. fig reichlich, massenhaft:

they are thick on the ground, they are (as) thick as peas es gibt sie wie Sand am Meer

15. umg stark, frech:

that’s a bit thick! das ist ein starkes Stück!

16. umg dick befreundet ( with mit):

they are (as) thick as thieves

a) sie sind dicke Freunde,

b) sie halten zusammen wie Pech und Schwefel

B s

1. dickster Teil, dick(st)e Stelle

2. fig dichtester Teil, Mitte f, Brennpunkt m:

in the thick of mitten in (dat);

in the thick of it mittendrin;

in the thick of the fight(ing) im dichtesten Kampfgetümmel;

in the thick of the crowd im dichtesten Menschengewühl;

through thick and thin durch dick und dünn

C adv

1. dick:

spread thick Butter etc dick aufstreichen oder auftragen;

lay it on thick umg dick auftragen

2. dicht oder rasch (aufeinander):

the blows came thick and fast die Schläge fielen hageldicht

* * *
1. adjective
1) dick; breit, dick [Linie]

a rope two inches thick, a two-inch thick rope — ein zwei Zoll starkes od. dickes Seil

that's or it's a bit thick! — (Brit. fig. coll.) das ist ein starkes Stück! (ugs.)

2) (dense) dicht [Haar, Nebel, Wolken, Gestrüpp usw.]

3) (filled)

thick with — voll von

air thick with fog and smoke — von Nebel und Rauch erfüllte Luft

4) steif [Gallerte]; dickflüssig [Sahne]; dick [Suppe, Schlamm, Brei, Kleister]

5) (stupid) dumm

you're just plain thick — du bist ganz einfach doof (salopp)

[as] thick as two short planks — (coll.) dumm wie Bohnenstroh (ugs.)

6) (coll.): (intimate)

be very thick with somebody — mit jemandem dick befreundet sein (ugs.)

be [as] thick as thieves — dicke Freunde sein (ugs.)
2. noun, no pl., no indef. art.
in the thick of — mitten in (+ Dat.)

in the thick of it or things — mitten drin

stay with somebody/stick together through thick and thin — mit jemandem/zusammen durch dick und dünn gehen
3. adverb
job offers/complaints came in thick and fast — es kam eine Flut von Stellenangeboten/Beschwerden

* * *

adj.

dicht adj.

dick adj.

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