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1 venir
v.1 to come.venir a/de hacer algo to come to do something/from doing somethingvenir de algo to come from something (proceder, derivarse)venir a alguien con algo to come to somebody with somethingno me vengas con exigencias don't come to me making demandsel año que viene next yearUna persona vino A person came.2 to arrive.vino a las doce he arrived at twelve o'clock3 to be.su foto viene en primera página his photo is o appears on the front pageel texto viene en inglés the text is in Englishvienen en todos los tamaños they come in every sizelas anchoas vienen en lata anchovies come in tinsElla venía cantando por la calle She was singing in the street.4 to receive.Me vino un telegrama I received a telegram.5 to come up, to blow up.6 to be the host for.Nos vinieron tres personas We were the host for three people.7 to come to.Nos vino una idea An idea came to us.* * *Present IndicativePast IndicativeFuture IndicativeConditionalPresent SubjunctiveImperfect SubjunctiveFuture SubjunctiveImperative* * *verb1) to come2) arrive3) fit4) follow, come after•* * *Para las expresiones venir al caso, venir de lejos, venir a las manos, venir a menos, venir a pelo, venir de perlas, venirse abajo, venirse encima, ver la otra entrada.1. VERBO INTRANSITIVO1) (a un lugar) to come¡ven acá o aquí! — come (over) here!
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¿y todo esto a quéviene? — what's all this in aid of?¿a qué vienen tantos llantos? — what's all this crying about?
¿y ahora a qué vienes? — what do you want now?
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hacer venir a algn, le hicieron venir desde Londres — they had him come (all the way) from Londonhicieron venir al médico — they sent for the doctor, they called out the doctor
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venir (a) por algn/algo — to come for sb/sthvinieron (a) por el enfermo — they came to pick up the patient, they came for the patient
han venido (a) por el coche — they've come to pick up the car, they've come for the car
venirle a algn con —
2) (=volver)¡enseguida o ahora vengo! — I'll be right back! *
cuando vinimos de las vacaciones todo estaba sucio — when we got back from our holiday everything was dirty
3) (=estar) to be4) (=ocurrir) to comela guerra y todo lo que vino después — the war and everything that happened o came afterwards
ahora viene lo mejor de la película — this is the best bit in the film, the best bit in the film is coming up now
- estar a verlas venir5) venir de (=provenir) to come from6) (=sobrevenir)7) (=quedar)este puesto de trabajo me viene grande o ancho — this job is beyond me, this job is too much for me
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venir bien, ¿te viene bien el sábado? — is Saturday all right for you?•
venir mal, mañana me viene mal — tomorrow is inconvenient8) por venir(=futuro)las generaciones por venir — future generations, generations to come
que viene (=próximo) next venga a (con sentido reiterativo)lo peor está por venir — the worst is yet o still to come
yo no tenía dinero y el niño venga a pedir chucherías — I didn't have any money and my boy was always o forever asking for little treats
tenía mucha prisa y los periodistas venga a preguntas — I was in a real hurry and the journalists wouldn't stop asking questions
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vino a parar o dar a la cárcel — he ended up in jail
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venir a ser, viene a ser 84 en total — it comes to 84 all togetherviene a ser lo mismo — it comes to o amounts to the same thing
b) [+ gerund]c) [+ participio]venía hecho polvo — *he was shattered *
10) ¡venga!( Esp) *¡venga, vámonos! — come on, let's go!
¡venga, una canción! — let's have a song!
préstame cinco euros, venga — go on, lend me five euros
-¿quieres que lo hagamos juntos? -¡venga! — "shall we do it together?" - "come on, then"
-¡hasta luego! -¡venga! — "see you later!" - "O.K.!" o"right!"
¡venga ya, no seas pesado! — come on, don't be such a bore!
-me ha tocado la lotería -¡venga ya! — "I've won the lottery" - "you're kidding! *"
2.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( a un lugar) to comevine en tren/avión — I came by train/plane
¿a qué vino? — what did he come by o around for?
¿ha venido el electricista? — has the electrician been?
venir por or (Esp) a por alguien/algo — to come for somebody/something, come to pick somebody/something up
venir a + inf — to come to + inf
b) ( volver) to come backno vengas tarde — don't be late home o back
c) ( salir)venir con algo: me vino con un cuento he came up with some excuse; no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands; no me vengas con eso ahora don't give me that (colloq); y ahora viene con que necesita el doble — and now he says he needs double
d) ( sobrevenir) (+ me/te/le etc)me vino una gripe — I came o went down with flu
me vinieron unas ganas de reír... — I felt like bursting out laughing
2)a) ( tener lugar)¿qué viene después de las noticias? — what's on after the news?
b) ( indicando procedencia)¿a qué viene eso? — why do you say that?
¿a qué vienen esos gritos? — what's all the shouting about?
c) ( indicando presentación) to comed) ( estar incluido)3) (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( quedar) (+ compl)b) ( convenir) (+ compl)¿te viene bien a las ocho? — is eight o'clock all right o OK for you?
4) (como aux)a)venir a + inf: esto viene a confirmar mis sospechas this confirms my suspicions; vendrá a tener unos 30 años she must be about 30; el precio viene a ser el mismo — the price works out (about) the same
b)2.venir + ger: hace mucho que lo venía diciendo I'd been saying so all along; viene trabajando aquí desde hace muchos años — he has been working here for many years
venirse v pron (enf)a) ( a un lugar) to come¿te vienes al parque? — are you coming to the park?
venirse abajo — persona to go to pieces; techo to fall in, collapse; estante to collapse; ilusiones to go up in smoke; proyectos to fall through
b) ( volver) to come back* * *= come.Ex. This article urges children's librarians to attack 'aliteracy' (lack of a desire to read) as well as illiteracy by taking programmes, e.g. story hours, to children who do not come to libraries.----* ¡venga ya! = on your bike!.* ir y venir = come and go.* lo bueno viene en frascos pequeños = small is beautiful.* no hay mal que por bien no venga = be a blessing in disguise.* Nombre/Pronombre + vino como anillo al dedo = it worked out beautifully for + Nombre/Pronombre.* no venir al caso = be immaterial.* no venir mal + Infinitivo = not hurt to + Infinitivo.* que viene = incoming.* que viene el lobo = crying wolf.* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* sin venir a pelo = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* sistema + venirse abajo = system + crash.* ven aquí = come over here.* venir a continuación de + Nombre = come in + Posesivo + footsteps.* venir a la mente = spring to + mind.* venir al mundo = come into + the world.* venir a menos = retrench.* venir aquí = come over.* venir a ser lo mismo que = amount to + the same thing as.* venir bien = be none the worse for (that), suit + best.* venir como anillo al dedo = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea, be right as rain, fit + the bill, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.* venir con = come with.* venir con buenas intenciones = come in + peace.* venir de maravilla = be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.* venir de mucho tiempo atrás = go back + a long way.* venir de perilla = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.* venir en son de paz = come in + peace.* venir instintivamente a = come + naturally to, be second nature to + Pronombre.* venir justo después de = come on + the heels of.* venirle Algo grande a Alguien = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.* venirle a Uno a la mente = come to + mind.* venir muy bien = fit + the bill.* venir por naturaleza a = come + naturally to, be second nature to + Pronombre.* venirse abajo = break down, tumble down, tumble, fall + apart.* ver Algo venir = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* verse venir = be on the cards.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( a un lugar) to comevine en tren/avión — I came by train/plane
¿a qué vino? — what did he come by o around for?
¿ha venido el electricista? — has the electrician been?
venir por or (Esp) a por alguien/algo — to come for somebody/something, come to pick somebody/something up
venir a + inf — to come to + inf
b) ( volver) to come backno vengas tarde — don't be late home o back
c) ( salir)venir con algo: me vino con un cuento he came up with some excuse; no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands; no me vengas con eso ahora don't give me that (colloq); y ahora viene con que necesita el doble — and now he says he needs double
d) ( sobrevenir) (+ me/te/le etc)me vino una gripe — I came o went down with flu
me vinieron unas ganas de reír... — I felt like bursting out laughing
2)a) ( tener lugar)¿qué viene después de las noticias? — what's on after the news?
b) ( indicando procedencia)¿a qué viene eso? — why do you say that?
¿a qué vienen esos gritos? — what's all the shouting about?
c) ( indicando presentación) to comed) ( estar incluido)3) (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( quedar) (+ compl)b) ( convenir) (+ compl)¿te viene bien a las ocho? — is eight o'clock all right o OK for you?
4) (como aux)a)venir a + inf: esto viene a confirmar mis sospechas this confirms my suspicions; vendrá a tener unos 30 años she must be about 30; el precio viene a ser el mismo — the price works out (about) the same
b)2.venir + ger: hace mucho que lo venía diciendo I'd been saying so all along; viene trabajando aquí desde hace muchos años — he has been working here for many years
venirse v pron (enf)a) ( a un lugar) to come¿te vienes al parque? — are you coming to the park?
venirse abajo — persona to go to pieces; techo to fall in, collapse; estante to collapse; ilusiones to go up in smoke; proyectos to fall through
b) ( volver) to come back* * *= come.Ex: This article urges children's librarians to attack 'aliteracy' (lack of a desire to read) as well as illiteracy by taking programmes, e.g. story hours, to children who do not come to libraries.
* ¡venga ya! = on your bike!.* ir y venir = come and go.* lo bueno viene en frascos pequeños = small is beautiful.* no hay mal que por bien no venga = be a blessing in disguise.* Nombre/Pronombre + vino como anillo al dedo = it worked out beautifully for + Nombre/Pronombre.* no venir al caso = be immaterial.* no venir mal + Infinitivo = not hurt to + Infinitivo.* que viene = incoming.* que viene el lobo = crying wolf.* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* sin venir a pelo = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* sistema + venirse abajo = system + crash.* ven aquí = come over here.* venir a continuación de + Nombre = come in + Posesivo + footsteps.* venir a la mente = spring to + mind.* venir al mundo = come into + the world.* venir a menos = retrench.* venir aquí = come over.* venir a ser lo mismo que = amount to + the same thing as.* venir bien = be none the worse for (that), suit + best.* venir como anillo al dedo = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea, be right as rain, fit + the bill, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.* venir con = come with.* venir con buenas intenciones = come in + peace.* venir de maravilla = be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.* venir de mucho tiempo atrás = go back + a long way.* venir de perilla = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.* venir en son de paz = come in + peace.* venir instintivamente a = come + naturally to, be second nature to + Pronombre.* venir justo después de = come on + the heels of.* venirle Algo grande a Alguien = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.* venirle a Uno a la mente = come to + mind.* venir muy bien = fit + the bill.* venir por naturaleza a = come + naturally to, be second nature to + Pronombre.* venirse abajo = break down, tumble down, tumble, fall + apart.* ver Algo venir = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* verse venir = be on the cards.* * *viA1 (a un lugar) to comevine en tren/avión I came by train/plane¿puedes venir un momento? can you come here a second?casi nos matamos viniendo or al venir de Medellín we nearly got killed on our way from o coming from Medellín¿a qué vino? what did he come by o around o ( BrE) round for?¿ha venido el electricista? has the electrician been?¡que venga el encargado! I want to see the person in charge!vengo de parte del Sr Díaz Mr Díaz sent me, I'm here on behalf of Mr Díaz¿vienes solo? — no, con un amigo have you come on your own? — no, with a friendvine dormida todo el tiempo I slept (for) the whole journeyviene furiosa she's furiousvenir POR algn to come for sb, come to pick sb upvienen por mí a las ocho they're coming for me o they're picking me up at eightvenir ( A) POR algo to come for sth, come to pick sth upvinieron (a) por el pan they came for o came to pick up the breadvenir A + INF:ven a ver esto come and see thisvienen a pasar unos días con nosotros they're coming to spend a few days with usa las siete me vienen a buscar they're coming to pick me up at sevenel que venga detrás que arree ( fam); let the next person sort things out2 (volver) to come backno vengas tarde don't be late home o back, don't come home o back lateahora vengo I'll be back in a momentvino muy cansado del viaje he was very tired when he got back from his trip, he came back very tired from his trip3 (con excusas, exigencias) venir CON algo:no me vengas ahora con exigencias don't start making demands nowno me vengas con cuentos I don't want (to hear) any excuses, don't give me any excusesy ahora viene con que necesita el doble and now he says he needs double4 (sobrevenir) (+ me/te/le etc):me vino una gripe I came o went down with flume vinieron unas ganas de reír … I felt like bursting out laughingB1(tener lugar): ahora viene esa escena que te conté that scene I told you about is coming up nowentonces vino la guerra then the war came¿qué viene ahora después de las noticias? what's on after the news?vino una ola de frío inesperada there was an unexpected cold spellya vendrán tiempos mejores things will get better2 (indicando procedencia) venir DE algo to come FROM sthuna tela que viene de la India a cloth that's made in o that comes from Indiaesa palabra viene del griego that word comes from Greekla enfermedad le viene de familia the illness runs in his familyel problema viene ya de lejos the problem goes back a long wayde ahí viene que tenga tantas deudas that's why he has so many debts3¿a qué viene/vienen …?: ¿a qué viene eso? why do you say that?¿a qué vienen esos gritos? what's all the shouting about o ( colloq) in aid of?, why all the shouting? ( colloq) what's with all the shouting? ( colloq)4(indicando presentación): el folleto viene en inglés y en francés the brochure is available in English and in French, you can get the brochure in English and in Frenchviene en tres tamaños it comes in three sizesasí venía, yo no lo he tocado it came like that, I haven't touched it5(estar incluido): su foto viene en la primera página her picture is on the front pageno viene nada sobre la manifestación de ayer there's nothing about yesterday's demonstrationCese abrigo te viene mal that coat doesn't suit you o doesn't look right on youel cargo le viene grande the job's too much for him, he isn't up to the jobestas cajas me vendrán muy bien para la mudanza these boxes will be useful o ( colloq) will come in handy when I move¿te viene bien a las ocho? is eight o'clock all right o OK for you?, does eight o'clock suit you?el jueves no me viene bien Thursday's no good o not a good day for me, I can't make Thursdayno me vendrían mal unas vacaciones I could do with a vacationlos abajo firmantes venimos en declarar que … we, the undersigned, hereby declare that …E ( como aux)1 venir A + INF:esto viene a confirmar mis sospechas this serves to confirm my suspicions, this confirms my suspicionsvendrá a tener unos 30 años she must be about 30el precio viene a ser el mismo the price works out (about) the same, they're around the same price2 venir + GER:lo venía diciendo yo desde hace mucho tiempo I'd been saying so for agesviene utilizando nuestros servicios desde hace muchos años he has been using our services for many years■ venirseA ( enf)1 (a un lugar) to comese han venido desde Málaga a vernos they've come (all the way) from Malaga to see us¿te vienes al parque? are you coming to the park?venirse abajo «persona» to go to pieces;«techo» to fall in, collapse; «estante» to collapse; «ilusiones» to go up in smoke, fall apart; «proyectos» to fall through, go up in smoke2 (volver) to come backestaban de vacaciones pero tuvieron que venirse they were on vacation but they had to come back o come home* * *
venir ( conjugate venir) verbo intransitivo
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¿a qué vino? what did he come by o around for?;
vine dormida todo el tiempo I slept (for) the whole journey;
venir por or (Esp) a por algn/algo to come for sb/sth, come to pick sb/sth up;
la vino a buscar su madre her mother came to pick her up;
ven a ver esto come and see this
no vengas tarde don't be late home o backc) ( salir):
no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands
2a) ( tener lugar):
¿qué viene después de las noticias? what's on after the news?;
ya vendrán tiempos mejores things will get betterb) ( indicando procedencia) venir de algo to come from sth;
le viene de familia it runs in his family;
¿a qué viene eso? why do you say that?
d) ( estar incluido):
no viene nada sobre la huelga there's nothing about the strike
3 ( convenir):
el jueves no me viene bien Thursday's no good for me;
me vendría bien un descanso I could do with a rest
4 ( como aux):
hace mucho que lo venía diciendo I'd been saying so all along
venirse verbo pronominal ( enf)
venirse abajo [ persona] to go to pieces;
[ techo] to fall in, collapse;
[ estante] to collapse;
[ ilusiones] to go up in smoke;
[ proyectos] to fall through
venir verbo intransitivo
1 to come
ven y mira lo que he dibujado, come and see what I've drawn
2 (llegar) to come: viene el invierno, winter is coming
acaba de venir de la tienda, he's just come from the shop
3 (volver) to come back: vengo en un minuto, I'll be back in a minute
4 (proceder) to come from: estos juguetes vienen de China, these toys come from China
5 (surgir, sobrevenir) me vino la gripe, I went down with flu
(suceder) entonces vino la guerra civil, then came the civil war
6 (quedar) este jersey me viene grande, this sweater is too big for me
7 (aparecer, presentarse) to come: esa información viene en el capítulo dos, that information comes in chapter two
¿viene algo del terremoto?, is there anything about the earthquake?
viene en un estuche verde, it comes in a green case
8 (indicando aproximación) este libro viene a tener unos cien años, this book must be about a hundred years old
♦ Locuciones: venir al mundo, to be born
venir de lejos, to come from afar
' venir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acaso
- acercarse
- acudir
- adelantarse
- animarse
- balde
- caso
- comprometerse
- constructor
- constructora
- convenir
- en
- esperar
- familia
- graduación
- gratuitamente
- hacer
- hispanista
- inconveniente
- lástima
- menos
- molestia
- pelo
- precisamente
- sobrevenir
- son
- tejemaneje
- aceptar
- anillo
- aprovechar
- atraer
- corazonada
- cosa
- cuento
- hombre
- importar
- ir
- jalar
- macana
- molestar
- mundo
- parar
- perilla
- poco
- poder
- quedar
- seguir
- soler
- subir
- suponer
English:
amenable
- and
- bank on
- call out
- card
- come
- come along
- come in
- come over
- come round
- family
- handy
- have
- let
- like
- pop over
- shuttle
- spot
- suit
- tale
- taste
- too
- useful
- visit
- walk about
- welcome
- agreeable
- aid
- better
- delighted
- down
- expect
- foot
- get
- obviously
- one
- shall
- thank
- will
- would
* * *♦ vi1. [desplazarse, aproximarse] to come;ayer vino a casa she came to visit us yesterday;¿de dónde vienes? where have you been?;vengo del mercado I've come from o been to the market;venir a/de hacer algo to come to do sth/from doing sth;¿a qué has venido? why have you come?, what have you come for?;ven a ayudarme come and help me;voy y vengo I'll be right back;he venido (a) por Marta I've come for Marta;vinieron (a) por mí al aeropuerto they picked me up at the airport;todos veníamos muy cansados we were all very tired;vino hablando todo el camino she spent the whole journey talking;el año/mes que viene next year/month;RPvenir al teléfono to come to the phone2. [llegar] to arrive;[regresar] to get back;aún no ha venido [llegado] she hasn't arrived yet;[regresado] she's not back yet;vendré tarde I'll be late (back);¿han venido los del gas? has the gas man come yet?;cuando venga el verano when summer arrives¿qué viene ahora? what comes next?;después de este programa viene una película after this programme there's a movieviene de familia rica she's from o she comes from a rich family;el talento para la música le viene de familia the gift for music runs in the family;¿de qué árbol viene el caucho? from what tree do we get rubber?;de ahí viene que te duela la espalda that's why your back is hurting;viniendo de ella no me sorprende it doesn't surprise me, coming from herno me vengas con exigencias don't come to me making demands;¡no me vengas con ésas! don't give me that!;vino con que le hacía falta el dinero he said he needed the money6. [hallarse] to be;su foto viene en primera página his photo is o appears on the front page;¿dónde viene la sección de deportes? where's the sports section?;el texto viene en inglés the text is in English;vienen en todos los tamaños they come in every size;me venían ganas de vomitar I kept wanting to be sick;le vinieron ganas de reír he was seized by a desire to laugh;me ha venido el periodo my period has started;le vino una tremenda desgracia he suffered a great misfortune8. [ropa, calzado]¿qué tal te viene? does it fit all right?;el abrigo le viene pequeño the coat is too small for her;9. [convenir]venir bien/mal a alguien to suit/not to suit sb;el diccionario me vendrá muy bien the dictionary will come in very useful;¿qué tal te viene el lunes? how's Monday for you?, how does Monday suit you?;mañana no me viene bien tomorrow isn't a good day for me, I can't make it tomorrow;esto viene a significar… this effectively means…;¿cómo has venido a parar aquí? how did you end up here?;venir a ser to amount to;viene a ser lo mismo it doesn't make much difference;venir a menos [negocio] to go downhill;[persona] to go down in the world;son una familia venida a menos they're a family which has gone down in the world12.¿a qué viene…?: ¿a qué viene eso? what do you mean by that?, what's that in aid of?;¿a qué viene tanta amabilidad? why all this kindness?, what's all this kindness in aid of?♦ v auxvengo diciéndolo desde hace tiempo I've been saying so for some time now;las peleas vienen sucediéndose desde hace tiempo fighting has been going on for some time;el desempleo viene siendo el mayor problema unemployment has been the major problem2. [antes de participio] [haber sido]los cambios vienen motivados por la presión de la oposición the changes have resulted from pressure on the part of the opposition;un espectáculo que viene precedido de gran polémica a show which has been surrounded by controversy* * *v/i1 come;venir de Lima come from Lima;a por algo come for sth, come to collect sth;viene a ser lo mismo it comes down to the same thing;venir a menos come down in the world;le vino una idea an idea occurred to him2:venir bien/mal be convenient/ inconvenient3 ( sentar):el vestido me viene estrecho this dress is too tight for me4:viene en la página 3 it’s on page 35:¿a qué viene eso? why do you say that?;no me vengas ahora con … I don’t want to hear your…6:el año que viene next year, the coming year, the year to come7:* * *venir {87} vi1) : to comelo vi venir: I saw him coming¡venga!: come on!2) : to arrivevinieron en coche: they came by car3) : to come, to originatesus zapatos vienen de Italia: her shoes are from Italy4) : to come, to be availableviene envuelto en plástico: it comes wrapped in plastic5) : to come back, to return6) : to affect, to overcomeme vino un vahído: a dizzy spell came over me7) : to fitte viene un poco grande: it's a little big for youviene entrenando diariamente: he's been training daily9)viene a ser lo mismo: it comes out the sameque viene : coming, nextel año que viene: next yearvenir bien : to be suitable, to be just right* * *venir vb¿cuándo vendrás a vernos? when will you come to see us?¿has venido en tren? did you come by train?2. (volver) to be back3. (estar, ser) to be¡venga! come on!¡venga ya! come off it!¿te viene bien esta tarde? does this afternoon suit you? -
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arriver [aʀive]➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. intransitive verb• réveille-toi, on arrive ! wake up, we're almost there!• arriver le premier (à une course) to come in first ; (à une soirée, une réception) to arrive firstb. ( = approcher) [saison, nuit, personne, véhicule] to come• j'arrive ! I'm coming!• le lierre arrive jusqu'au 1er étage the ivy goes up to the 1st floor• et le problème des salaires ? -- j'y arrive and what about the wages problem? -- I'm just coming to thatd. ( = réussir) arriver à (+ infinitif) to manage to• tu y arrives ? how are you getting on?e. ( = atteindre une réussite sociale) to succeedf. ( = se produire) to happen• tu n'oublies jamais ? -- ça m'arrive don't you ever forget? -- yes, sometimes• cela ne m'arrivera plus ! I won't let it happen again!g. ► en arriver à ( = finir par) to come to• on n'en est pas encore arrivé là ! (résultat négatif) we've not reached that stage yet! ; (résultat positif) we've not got that far yet!• on en arrive à se demander si... it makes you wonder whether...► il arrive que/de• il m'est arrivé plusieurs fois de le voir I have seen him or it several times* * *aʀive
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verbe intransitif1) ( parvenir) [personne, avion, lettre] to arrive; ( s'acheminer) [personne, pluie] to comearriver dans les premiers — ( en compétition) to be among the first to finish; ( à une soirée) to be among the first to arrive
2) ( atteindre)arriver aux chevilles — [eau] to come up to one's ankles; [jupe] to come down to one's ankles
arriver (jusqu')à quelqu'un — [nouvelle, odeur] to reach somebody
‘qu'en est-il du chômage?’ - ‘j'y arrive’ — ‘what about unemployment?’ - ‘I'm coming to that’
3) ( réussir) ( socialement) to succeed; gén4) ( aboutir)j'en arrive à croire que... — I'm beginning to think that...
5) ( survenir) [accident, catastrophe] to happence sont des choses qui arrivent — these things happen, it's just one of those things
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verbe impersonnel* * *aʀive1. vi1) [train, visiteur, courrier] to arrivearriver à Paris — to get to Paris, to arrive in Paris
Il arrive à Paris à 8 h. — He gets to Paris at 8., He arrives in Paris at 8.
J'arrive à l'école à huit heures. — I get to school at 8 o'clock., I arrive at school at 8 o'clock.
j'arrive! — I'm coming!, coming!
en arriver à faire — to end up doing, to get to the point of doing
2) (= survenir) to happenCe sont des choses qui arrivent. — These things happen.
3)arriver à terme [contrat] — to come to an end
4) (= réussir)arriver à [perfection, but] — to reach, to achieve
J'espère que je vais y arriver. — I hope I'm going to manage it.
2. vb impersIl m'arrive de dormir jusqu'à midi. — I sometimes sleep till midday.
* * *arriver verb table: aimerA vi1 ( dans l'espace) [personne, avion, train, colis, lettre] to arrive; [nuage, pluie] to come; arriver de [personne, train, bus] to come from; arriver par [eau, gaz] to come through; arriver ensemble to arrive together; elle n'est pas encore arrivée she hasn't arrived yet; arriver à 13 h à Paris to arrive in Paris at 1 pm; arriver dans le centre ville/sur la berge to reach the town centreGB/the bank; arriver par bateau/avion/le train to arrive by boat/plane/train; je suis arrivé chez moi I got home; j'arriverai chez toi dans l'après-midi/tard I'll get to ou arrive at your place in the afternoon/late; appelle-nous dès que tu seras arrivé give us a call as soon as you arrive ou get there; arriver en avance/en retard/à l'heure to arrive early/late/on time; arriver juste au bon moment to arrive ou come at just the right moment; je suis arrivée avant/après toi I got here before/after you; elle est arrivée au Japon en 1982 she came to Japan in 1982; dépêche-toi, le train arrive! hurry up, the train is coming!; regarde qui arrive look who's coming; le mauvais temps arrive par le nord the bad weather is coming from the north; l'eau arrive par ce tuyau the water comes in through this pipe; j'arrive! I'm coming!; j'arrive du centre ville I've just come from the city centreGB; j'arrive de Londres I've just come from London; arriver en courant to come running up; arriver sur qn [orage, cyclone] to hit sb; [personne] to descend on sb; l'eau nous arrivait aux chevilles the water came up to our ankles, we were ankle-deep in water; l'eau arrivait au niveau de la fenêtre the water came up to the window; ma jupe m'arrive aux chevilles my skirt comes down to my ankles; arriver (jusqu')à qn [nouvelle, rumeur, odeur] to reach sb; heureusement cela n'est pas arrivé jusqu'à lui or jusqu'à ses oreilles○ luckily it didn't reach him ou his ears; arriver sur scène [chanteur, acteur] to come on stage; arriver sur le marché [personnes, produits] to come on the market;2 ( dans le temps) arriver en tête/en queue to come first/last; en arrivant au ministère when he/she became minister; il est arrivé le premier he arrived first, he was the first to arrive; arriver dans les premiers ( en compétition) to be among the first to finish; ( à une soirée) to be among the first to arrive; de nombreux signes montrent qu'on arrive à la fin d'une période a number of signs show that we are coming to the end of an era; arriver à son terme [contrat] to expire; [projet] to come to an end; ce plan arrive au moment où this plan comes at a time when; maintenant j'arrive au problème de la drogue now, I'll come to the problem of drugs; ‘qu'en est-il du chômage?’-‘j'y arrive’ ‘what about unemployment?’-‘I'm coming to that’; tu arrives à un âge où you are getting to an age when;3 (avec un raisonnement, après une suite d'événements) arriver à une somme to come to an amount; arriver à des résultats to achieve results; arriver à une solution to find a solution; arriver à une conclusion to come to a conclusion; arriver à un accord to reach an agreement;4 ( réussir) arriver à faire to manage to do, to succeed in doing; je n'arrive pas à faire I can't do; il n'arrive plus à la suivre he can't keep up with her; j'essaie, mais je n'y arrive pas I'm trying, but I can't do it; je n'arrive à rien I'm getting nowhere; arriver à ses fins to achieve one's ends;5 ( aboutir) on en arrive à des absurdités you end up with nonsense; comment peut-on en arriver là? how could it have come to this?; (parlant d'un pays, d'une économie) how did things get into that state?; j'en arrive à croire que/à me demander si… I'm beginning to think that/to wonder if…;6 ( survenir) [accident, catastrophe] to happen; ce sont des choses qui arrivent these things happen, it's just one of those things; cela n'était pas arrivé depuis longtemps it hadn't happened for a long time; ça arrive mais c'est rare it does happen, but not very often; tout peut arriver anything can happen; ça n'arrive qu'aux autres it only happens to other people; on ne sait jamais ce qui peut arriver you never know what may happen; un accident est si vite arrivé accidents happen so easily; voilà ce qui arrive quand on ne fait pas attention that's what happens when you don't pay attention; la même chose m'est arrivée il y a un mois the same thing happened to me a month ago; tu vois, tout arrive! I told you, you should never give up hope!;7 ( réussir socialement) [personne] to succeed; faire n'importe quoi pour arriver to do anything to succeed.B v impers il est arrivé quelque chose something has happened (à to); il arrive toujours quelque chose something always happens; qu'est-il arrivé? what happened?; il n'est rien arrivé nothing happened; il n'arrive jamais rien ici nothing ever happens around here; il arrive un moment où there comes a time when; il arrive que qn fasse sometimes sb does; il m'arrive d'être en retard/d'aller à l'opéra sometimes I'm late/I go to the opera; est -ce qu'il arrive que le courrier se perde? does the mail ever go missing GB ou get lost?; est-ce qu'il t'arrive d'y penser? do you ever think about it?; qu'est-il arrivé à ta voiture? what happened to your car?; que t'arrive-t-il? what's wrong with you?; il m'est arrivé une chose bizarre something odd happened to me; quoi qu'il arrive whatever happens; je t'appellerai quoi qu'il arrive I'll call you whatever happens ou come what may; que peut-il arriver au pays? what can happen to the country?[arive] verbe intransitif (aux être)A.[DANS L'ESPACE]1. [parvenir à destination - voyageur, véhicule, courrier] to arrivearriver chez soi to get ou to arrive homedès que je suis arrivé au Canada as soon as I arrived in ou got to Canadamême en roulant vite ça nous fait arriver après minuit even if we drive fast we won't get there before midnightnous sommes bientôt ou presque arrivés we're almost therequi est arrivé après l'appel? [en classe] who came in after I called the register (UK) ou called roll (US)?être bien arrivé [personne, colis] to have arrived safelyvous voilà enfin arrivés, je m'inquiétaisa. [ici] here you are ou you've arrived at last, I was getting worriedb. [là-bas] you got there at last, I was getting worrieda. [ici] which way did you come?b. [là-bas] which way did you go?ils arrivent de Tokyo they've just arrived ou come from Tokyo2. [finir - dans un classement] to come (in)arriver le premier/derniera. [coureur] to come in first/last, to take first/last placeb. [invité] to arrive first/last, to be the first/last to arrivetu es prêt? — j'arrive tout de suite/dans une minute are you ready? — I'm coming/I'll be with you in a minutej'arrive, j'arrive! I'm coming!une odeur de chocolat arrivait de la cuisine a smell of chocolate wafted in ou came from the kitchenB.[DANS LE TEMPS]1. [événement, jour, moment] to comeNoël arrive bientôt Christmas will soon be here ou with usle jour arrivera où... the day will come when...la soixantaine/retraite est vite arrivée sixty/retirement is soon here2. [se produire] to happentu ne te décourages jamais? — si, ça m'arrive don't you ever get discouraged? — yes, from time to timetu es encore en retard. Que cela ne t'arrive plus! you're late again. Don't let it happen again!————————[arive] verbe impersonnel1. [venir]2. [aventure, événement]s'il m'arrivait quelque chose, prévenez mon père if anything happens ou should anything happen to me, let my father know3. [se produire parfois]il arrive que: ne peut-il pas arriver que l'ordinateur se trompe? couldn't the computer ever make a mistake?————————arriver à verbe plus préposition1. [niveau, taille, lieu]le fil du téléphone n'arrive pas jusqu'à ma chambre the phone cord doesn't reach ou isn't long enough to reach my bedroomla boue m'arrivait jusqu'aux genoux the mud came up to my knees, I was knee-deep in mudoù (en) étions-nous arrivés la semaine dernière? [dans une leçon] where did we get up to ou had we got to last week?j'arrive à un âge où... I've reached an age when...et ses tableaux? — j'y arrive/arrivais what about his paintings? — I'm/I was coming to that3. [rang, résultat] to get[succès] to achievetu as refait l'addition? — oui, j'arrive au même total que toi did you redo the calculations? — yes, I get the same result as yousi tu veux arriver if you want to get on ou to succeed in life4. [pouvoir, réussir à]arriver à faire quelque chose to manage to do something, to succeed in doing somethingtu n'arriveras jamais à la convaincre you'll never manage to convince her, you'll never succeed in convincing hertu m'aides? je n'y arrive pas! can you help me? I can't do ou manage it!5. (locution)(en) arriver à quelque chose [en venir à]: comment peut-on en arriver au suicide? how can anybody get to the point of contemplating suicide?j'en arrive à penser que... I'm beginning to think that...j'en arrive parfois à me demander si... sometimes I (even) wonder if...en arriver là: depuis, je ne lui parle plus — c'est malheureux d'en arriver là since then, I haven't spoken to him — it's a shame it has come to that -
3 passer
passer [pαse]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque passer fait partie d'une locution comme passer sous le nez de qn, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <• où passe la route ? where does the road go?► passer à ( = passer par, aller à)• si nous passions au salon ? shall we go into the sitting room?• le confort, ça passe après comfort is less important► passer avant• passez donc devant ! you go first!• il est passé devant le conseil de discipline he came up before the disciplinary committee► passer par to go through• pour y aller, je passe par Amiens I go there via Amiens• par où êtes-vous passé ? (pour venir ici) which way did you come? ; (pour aller ailleurs) which way did you go?• pour téléphoner, il faut passer par le standard you have to go through the switchboard to make a call• ça fait du bien par où ça passe ! (inf) that's just what the doctor ordered! (inf)► passer sous to go under• l'air passe sous la porte there's a draught from under the door► passer sur to go over ; ( = ignorer) to ignore• et je passe sur la saleté du lieu ! not to mention how dirty the place was!► laisser passer [+ air, lumière] to let in ; [+ personne, procession] to let through ; [+ erreur, occasion] to missb. ( = faire une halte rapide) passer au bureau to call in at the office► passer + infinitif• puis-je passer te voir en vitesse ? can I pop round?► en passant ( = sur le chemin) on the way ; ( = dans la conversation) in passing• il aime tous les sports, du football à la boxe en passant par le golf he likes all sports, from football to golf to boxingd. ( = franchir un obstacle) [véhicule] to get through ; [cheval, sauteur] to get over• ça passe ? (en manœuvrant) have I got enough room?e. ( = s'écouler) [temps] to go by• comme le temps passe ! how time flies!f. ( = être digéré) to go down• ça ne passe pas [repas] I've got indigestiong. ( = être accepté) [demande, proposition] to be accepted• il est passé dans la classe supérieure he's moved up to the next class (Brit) he's been promoted to the next grade (US)• l'équipe est passée en 2e division the team have moved up to the second divisionh. ( = devenir) to becomei. ( = être montré) [film, émission, personne] to be onj. ( = disparaître) [douleur] to pass ; [orage] to blow over ; [beauté, couleur] to fade ; [colère] to subside ; [mode] to die outl. (locutions) qu'il soit menteur, passe encore,... he may be a liar, that's one thing,...• se faire passer pour to pass o.s. off ason a eu la grippe, tout le monde y est passé we've all had flu• si elle veut une promotion, il faudra bien qu'elle y passe (sexuellement) if she wants to be promoted, she'll have to sleep with the boss► passons let's say no more about it2. <a. ( = franchir) [+ frontière] to cross ; [+ porte] to go throughb. ( = donner, transmettre) to give ; [+ consigne, message] to pass on• je vous passe M. Duroy [standard] I'm putting you through to Mr Duroy ; ( = je lui passe l'appareil) here's Mr Duroyc. ( = mettre) [+ vêtement] to put ond. ( = dépasser) [+ gare, maison] to passe. ( = omettre) [+ mot, ligne] to leave out• et j'en passe ! and that's not all!f. ( = permettre) passer un caprice à qn to humour sbg. [+ examen] to takeh. [+ temps, vacances] to spendi. [+ film, diapositives] to show ; [+ disque] to playj. [+ commande] to place3. <a. ( = avoir lieu) to happen• qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ? what happened?• que se passe-t-il ? what's going on?• ça ne se passera pas comme ça ! I won't stand for that!b. ( = se mettre à soi-même) elle s'est passé de la crème solaire sur les épaules she put some sun cream on her shouldersc. (se transmettre) [+ ballon] to pass to each other ; [+ notes de cours, livre, plat] to pass around━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━+1! La traduction la plus courante de passer n'est pas to pass ; passer un examen se traduit par to take an exam.* * *pɑse
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1) ( franchir) to cross [fleuve, frontière]; to go through [porte, douane]; to get over [obstacle]2) ( faire franchir)3) ( dépasser) to go past, to passquand vous aurez passé le feu, tournez à droite — turn right after the lights
4) ( mettre)5) ( transmettre) to pass [objet] (à to); to pass [something] on [consigne, maladie] (à to); ( prêter) (colloq) to lend ( à quelqu'un to somebody); ( donner) (colloq) to give ( à quelqu'un to somebody)6) ( au téléphone)attends, je te la passe — hold on, here she is, I'll put her on
je vous le passe — ( sur un autre poste) I'm putting you through
7) ( se présenter à) to take, to sit [examen scolaire, test]; to have [visite médicale, entretien]c'est moi qui fais passer l'oral de français aux nouveaux — I'm taking the new pupils for the French oral
8) ( réussir) to pass [examen, test]9) ( dans le temps) to spend [temps] ( à faire doing)dépêche-toi, on ne va pas y passer la nuit! — (colloq) hurry up, or we'll be here all night!
10) ( pardonner)11) ( omettre) to skip [mot, page, paragraphe]j'en passe et des meilleures — (colloq) ( après énumération) and so on and so forth, I could go on
12) ( utiliser)passer l'aspirateur dans le salon — to hoover® GB ou vacuum the lounge
13) ( étendre)14) ( soumettre)qu'est-ce qu'elle nous a passé! — (colloq) she really went for us! (colloq)
15) ( à travers une grille) to filter [café]; to strain [jus, sauce]; to purée [légumes]16) ( enfiler) to slip [something] on [vêtement, anneau]; to slip into [robe]17) ( faire jouer) to play [disque, cassette audio]; ( projeter) to show [film, diapositives, cassette vidéo]; ( diffuser) to place [annonce]18) ( signer) to sign [contrat]; to enter into [accord]; to place [commande]; to pass [loi, décret]passer un marché — (colloq) to make a deal
19) Automobile ( enclencher)passer la troisième/la marche arrière — to go into third gear/into reverse
20) Jeux
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verbe intransitif1) ( parcourir son chemin) [personne, animal, véhicule, ballon] to go past ou by, to passle facteur n'est pas encore passé — the postman hasn't come ou been yet
passer à pied/à bicyclette — to walk/to cycle past
2) (se trouver, s'étendre)ligne qui passe par les centres de deux cercles — line that goes through the centres [BrE] of two circles
3) ( faire un saut)je ne fais que passer — I've just popped in GB ou dropped by for a minute
passer dans la matinée — to call in the morning GB, to come over in the morning
passer prendre quelqu'un/qch — to pick somebody/sth up
4) ( se rendre) to goil est passé devant moi — ( dans une queue) he pushed in front of me
5) ( aller au-delà) to get throughvas-y, ça passe! — go on, there's plenty of room!
il est passé par la fenêtre — ( par accident) he fell out of the window; ( pour entrer) he got in through the window
passer derrière la maison — to get round GB ou around US the back of the house
6) ( transiter)passer par — [personne] lit to pass ou go through; fig to go through
qu'est-ce qui lui est passé par la tête? — what was he/she thinking of?
un sourire passa sur ses lèvres — he/she smiled briefly
des reptiles à l'homme, en passant par le singe — from reptiles to man, including apes
7) (colloq) ( avoir son tour)il accuse le patron, ses collègues, bref, tout le monde y passe — he's accusing the boss, his colleagues - in other words, everyone in sight
que ça te plaise ou non, il va falloir y passer — whether you like it or not, there's no alternative
je sais, j'en suis déjà passé par là — I know all about that, I've been there (colloq)
8) ( négliger)passons! — ( injonction) let's hear no more about it!
passer à côté d'une question — ( involontairement) to miss the point
laisser passer quelque chose — ( délibérément) to overlook something
laisser passer plusieurs fautes — ( par inadvertance) to let several mistakes slip through
9) ( ne pas approfondir)10) (être admis, supporté) [aliment, repas] to go down; [commentaires, discours, critiques] to go down well ( auprès de with); [loi, candidat] to get through; [attitude, pensée] to be acceptedprends un peu de cognac, ça fait passer! — have a drop of brandy, it's good for the digestion
que je sois critiqué, passe encore, mais calomnié, non! — criticism is one thing, but I draw the line at slander
avec lui, la flatterie, ça ne passe pas — flattery won't work with him
passer au premier tour — Politique to be elected in the first round
passer dans la classe supérieure — to move up to the next year ou grade US
(ça) passe pour cette fois — (colloq) I'll let it go this time
11) ( se déplacer)12) ( être pris)faire passer quelqu'un/qch pour exceptionnel — to make somebody/sth out to be exceptional
13) ( disparaître) [douleur, événement] to passquand l'orage sera or aura passé — lit when the storm is over; fig when the storm dies down
ça passera — ( sa mauvaise humeur) it'll pass; ( ton chagrin) you'll get over it
la première réaction passée — once we/they calmed down
nous avons dû attendre que sa colère soit passée — we had to wait for his/her anger to subside
14) (apparaître, être projeté, diffusé) [artiste, groupe] ( sur une scène) to be appearing; (à la télévision, radio) to be on; [spectacle, film] to be on; [cassette, musique] to be playing15) ( être placé)passer avant/après — ( en importance) to come before/after
16) (colloq) ( disparaître)17) ( s'écouler) [temps] to pass, to go by18) ( se mettre à) to turn to19) ( être transmis)20) ( être promu) to be promoted to21) ( être dépensé) [argent, somme] to go on ou in ou into; [produit, matière] to go into22) (colloq) ( mourir)si tu continues à conduire comme ça, tu vas finir par y passer — if you keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself
on y passera tous, mais le plus tard sera le mieux — we've all got to go sometime, the later the better
23) ( se décolorer) [teinte, tissu] to fade24) ( filtrer) [café] to filter25) ( changer de vitesse)passer en troisième/marche arrière — to go into third/reverse
la troisième passe mal or a du mal à passer — third gear is a bit stiff
26) Jeux (au bridge, poker) to pass
3.
se passer verbe pronominal1) ( se produire) to happen2) ( être situé) to take place3) ( se dérouler) [opération, examen, négociations] to go4) ( s'écouler) [période] to go by, to pass5) ( se dispenser)se passer de — [personne] to do without [objet, activité, personne]; to go without [repas, nourriture, sommeil]
6) ( se mettre)7) ( l'un à l'autre)* * *pɒse1. vi1) (= aller) to go, to pass, to pass by, to go byIls sont passés par Paris. — They went through Paris.
2) (= faire une halte rapide) [facteur] to come, to call, (pour rendre visite) to call in, to drop inJe passerai chez vous ce soir. — I'll call in this evening., I'll drop in this evening.
Je lui ai dit en passant que j'allais me marier. — I told him in passing that I was getting married.
3) CARTES to pass4)passe encore de le penser, mais de le dire! — it's one thing to think it, but to say it!
passer sur qch [faute, détail inutile] — to pass over sth
5) (= s'écouler) [temps, jours] to go by, to pass6) (= disparaître) [douleur] to pass, to go away, [mode] to die out, [couleur, papier] to fadefaire passer à qn le goût de qch [homme] — to cure sb of his taste for sth, [femme] to cure sb of her taste for sth
7) (= franchir un obstacle, traverser) [personne] to get through, [courant, air, lumière] to get through, [liquide, café] to go throughfaire passer [message] — to get over, to get across
laisser passer [air, lumière, personne] — to let through, [occasion] to miss, [erreur] to overlook
Il m'a laissé passer. — He let me through.
8) (= être digéré, avalé) to go down10) (= être diffusé) [film, émission] to be on"Titanic" passe à la télé ce soir. — "Titanic" is on TV tonight.
Mon père passe à la radio demain soir. — My father's on the radio tomorrow night.
passer à [ennemi, opposition] — to go over to
passer aux aveux — to confess, to make a confession
passer avant qch/qn fig — to come before sth/sb
passer en seconde AUTOMOBILES — to change into second
passer pour; Il passe pour riche. — He is thought to be rich.
faire passer qn/qch pour — to make sb/sth out to be
2. vt1) (= franchir) [frontière, rivière] to cross, [douane] to go throughNous avons passé la frontière belge. — We crossed the Belgian border.
2) (= transmettre, donner)passer qch à qn — to pass sth to sb, to give sb sth
Passe-moi le sel, s'il te plaît. — Pass me the salt, please.
je vous passe M. Cousin (au téléphone) — I'm putting you through to Mr Cousin
passer qch en fraude (= faire entrer) — to smuggle sth in, (= faire sortir) to smuggle sth out
3) [temps, journée] to spendElle a passé la journée à ne rien faire. — She spent the day doing nothing.
Ils passent toujours leurs vacances au Danemark. — They always spend their holidays in Denmark.
4) (= subir) [examen] to sit, to take, [visite médicale] to haveGordon a passé ses examens la semaine dernière. — Gordon took his exams last week.
5) (= mettre) [vêtement] to slip onpasser la seconde AUTOMOBILES — to change into second
6) (= faire passer) [thé, soupe] to strain7) (= jouer) [film] to show, [disque, CD] to play, to put onOn passe "Le Kid" au cinéma cette semaine. — They're showing "The Kid" at the cinema this week.
8) (= conclure) [marché] to agree on, [accord] to reach9) (= tolérer)10) (= devenir)* * *passer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( franchir) to cross [fleuve, pont, frontière, col]; to go through [porte, douane]; to get over [haie, obstacle]; ils ont fait passer la rivière au troupeau they took the herd across the river; il m'a fait passer la frontière he got me across the border;2 ( faire franchir) passer qch à la douane to get sth through customs; passer qch en fraude or contrebande to smuggle sth; passer qn en fraude ( vers l'intérieur) to smuggle sb in; ( vers l'extérieur) to smuggle sb out; ⇒ gauche;3 ( dépasser) to go past, to pass; quand vous aurez passé le feu, tournez à droite turn right after the lights; passer la barre des dix euros to pass the ten-euro mark; on a passé l'heure it's too late; j'ai passé l'âge I'm too old; le malade ne passera pas la nuit the patient won't last the night;4 ( mettre) passer le doigt sur la table to run one's finger over the table-top; passer la tête à la fenêtre to stick one's head out of the window; elle m'a passé le bras autour des épaules she put her arm around my shoulders; elle m'a passé la main dans les cheveux she ran her fingers through my hair;5 ( transmettre) to pass [objet] (à to); to pass [sth] on [consigne, maladie] (à to); ( prêter)○ to lend (à qn to sb); ( donner)○ to give (à qn to sb); passer le ballon au gardien de but to pass the ball to the goalkeeper; passe-moi le sel pass me the salt; passe le vin à ton père pass your father the wine; faites passer le plat entre vous pass the dish around; fais passer la bonne nouvelle à tes amis pass the good news on to your friends; elle a attrapé la grippe et l'a passée à son mari she caught flu and gave it to her husband; il m'a passé son vélo○ ( prêté) he lent me his bike; ( donné) he gave me his bike; il m'a passé son rhume he's given me his cold;6 ( au téléphone) tu peux me passer Chris? can you put Chris on?; attends, je te la passe hold on, here she is, I'll put her on; je vous le passe ( sur un autre poste) I'm putting you through; pourriez-vous me passer le poste 4834/le service de traduction? could you put me through to extension 4834/the translation department, please?; il est sorti, je vous passe sa secrétaire he's out, I'll put you through to his secretary;7 ( se présenter à) to take, to sit [examen scolaire, test]; to have [visite médicale, entretien]; passer son permis de conduire to take one's driving test; faire passer un test à qn to give sb a test; c'est moi qui fais passer l'oral de français aux nouveaux I'm taking the new pupils for the French oral;8 ( réussir) to pass [examen, test];9 ( dans le temps) to spend [temps, jour, vie, vacances] (à faire doing); passer une nuit à l'hôtel to spend a night at a hotel; nous avons passé de bons moments ensemble we've had some good times together; dépêche-toi, on ne va pas y passer la nuit○! hurry up, or we'll be here all night!; passer sa colère sur son chat/ses collègues to take one's anger out on the cat/one's colleagues;10 ( pardonner) passer qch à qn to let sb get away with sth; il ne me passe rien he doesn't let me get away with anything; elle leur passe tout she lets them get away with murder; passez-lui ses écarts de langage excuse his/her strong language; il passe tous ses caprices à sa fille he indulges his daughter's every whim; passez-moi l'expression/le terme if you'll pardon the expression/the word;11 ( omettre) to skip [mot, page, paragraphe]; je vous passe les détails I'll spare you the details; j'en passe et des meilleures ( après énumération) and so on and so forth, I could go on;12 ( utiliser) passer un chiffon humide sur les meubles to go over the furniture with a damp cloth; passer un coup de fer sur une chemise to give a shirt a quick press; n'oublie pas de passer l'aspirateur dans le salon don't forget to hoover® GB ou vacuum the lounge;13 ( étendre) en passant un peu de cire, les rayures disparaîtront if you go over it with a bit of wax, the scratches will disappear; passer un peu de baume sur une brûlure to dab some ointment on a burn; passer une couche de peinture sur qch to give sth a coat of paint;14 ( soumettre) passez le plat au four put the dish in the oven; passer la pointe d'une aiguille à la flamme to hold the point of a needle over a flame; passer le plancher à la cire to put some wax on the floor; passer qch à l'eau ( pour rincer) to give sth a rinse; ( pour obtenir une réaction) to soak sth briefly in water; qu'est-ce qu'elle nous a passé○! she really went for us○!; ⇒ peigne;15 ( à travers une grille) to filter [café]; to strain [jus de fruit, sauce]; to purée [légumes]; passer des légumes au moulin à légumes to purée vegetables;16 ( enfiler) to slip [sth] on [vêtement, anneau]; to slip into [robe]; ils ont essayé de me passer la camisole they tried to put me in a straitjacket;17 ( faire jouer) to play [disque, cassette audio]; ( projeter) to show [film, diapositives, cassette vidéo]; ( diffuser) to place [annonce];18 ( signer) to sign [contrat]; to enter into [accord]; to place [commande]; to pass [loi, décret]; passer un marché○ to make a deal;20 Aut ( enclencher) to go into [vitesse]; passer la troisième/la marche arrière to go into third gear/into reverse;B vi1 ( parcourir son chemin) [personne, animal, véhicule, ballon] to go past ou by, to pass; passer entre to pass between; regarder passer les trains to watch the trains go past ou by; nous sommes passés devant le palais/près du lac we went past the palace/the lake; passer sous/sur un pont to go under/over a bridge; l'autobus vient juste de passer the bus has just gone; le facteur n'est pas encore passé the postman hasn't been yet; quand passe le prochain car pour Caen? when is the next coach GB ou bus for Caen?; je suis passé à côté de lui/du monument I passed him/the monument; nous sommes passés près de chez toi ce matin we were near your house this morning; passer à pied/à cheval/en voiture/à bicyclette to walk/ride/drive/cycle past; un avion est passé a plane flew past overhead; il est passé en courant/boitant he ran/limped past; j'ai renversé le vase en passant I knocked over the vase as I went by; en passant, achète du lait buy some milk while you're out; le ballon est passé tout près des buts the ball narrowly missed the goal;2 (se trouver, s'étendre) la route passe à côté du lac the road runs alongside the lake; le ruisseau passe derrière la maison the stream runs behind the house; ils ont fait passer la route devant chez nous/près de l'église/derrière le village they built the road in front of our house/near the church/behind the village; ligne qui passe par les centres de deux cercles line that connects the centresGB of two circles; en faisant passer une ligne par ces deux villes drawing a line through these two towns;3 ( faire un saut) je ne fais que passer I've just popped in GB ou dropped by for a minute; quand je suis passé au marché when I went down to the market; quand je suis passé à l'école when I dropped by the school; quand je suis passé chez lui when I called in to see him GB, when I dropped by his place; passer à la banque to call in at the bank GB, to drop by the bank; il est passé déposer un dossier he came to drop off a file; il est passé quelqu'un pour toi someone was looking for you; je passerai un de ces jours I'll drop by one of these days; passer dans la matinée [plombier, représentant] to call in the morning GB, to come over in the morning; passe nous voir plus souvent! come and see us more often!; passer prendre qn/qch to pick sb/sth up; je passerai te prendre à six heures I'll pick you up at six; je passerai prendre le gâteau dans une heure I'll pick up the cake in an hour;4 ( se rendre) to go; passez au guichet numéro 3 go to counter 3; passons au salon let's go into ou through to the lounge; les contrebandiers sont passés en Espagne the smugglers have crossed into Spain; passez derrière moi, je vous montrerai le chemin follow me, I'll show you the way; il est passé devant moi, il m'est passé devant○ ( dans une queue) he pushed in front of me; passer à la visite médicale to go for a medical examination; passer devant une commission to come before a committee;5 ( aller au-delà) to get through; tu ne passeras pas, c'est trop étroit you'll never get through, it's too narrow; on ne peut pas passer à cause de la neige we can't get through because of the snow; impossible de passer tant il y avait de monde you couldn't get through, there were so many people; il est passé au rouge he went through the red lights; il n'a pas attendu le feu vert pour passer he didn't wait for the lights to turn green; il m'a fait signe de passer he waved me on; il a fait passer la vieille dame devant lui he let the old lady go first; vas-y, ça passe! ( à un automobiliste) go on, there's plenty of room!; laisser passer qn to let sb through; laisser passer une ambulance to let an ambulance through; le volet laisse passer un peu de lumière the shutter lets in a chink of light; la cloison laisse passer le bruit the partition doesn't keep the noise out; passer par-dessus bord to fall overboard; il est passé par la fenêtre ( par accident) he fell out of the window; ( pour entrer) he got in through the window; il est passé sous un train he was run over by a train; nous n'avons pas pu faire passer l'armoire par la porte we couldn't get the wardrobe through the door; à cause des travaux, on ne peut pas passer derrière la maison because of the road works, we can't get round GB ou around US the back of the house; ⇒ caravane, casser;6 ( transiter) passer par [personne] lit to pass ou go through; fig to go through; nous sommes passés par Édimbourg we went via Edinburgh; ça ira plus vite en passant par la Belgique it'll be quicker to go via Belgium; la manifestation passera dans cette avenue the demonstration will come along this avenue; passer par qn pour faire qch to do sth through sb; passer par de rudes épreuves to go through the mill, to have a rough time; passer par l'opératrice to go through the operator; passer par une rue to go along a street; passer par l'escalier de service to use the service stairs; nous sommes passés par une agence matrimoniale we met through a marriage bureau; il est passé par tous les stades de la formation he went through the various different stages of training; passer au bord de la faillite to come very close to bankruptcy; il est passé par une très bonne école he went to a very good school; la formation par laquelle il est passé the training (that) he had; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he always says the first thing that comes into his head; je ne sais jamais ce qui te passe par la tête I never know what's going on in your head; une idée m'est passée par la tête an idea occurred to me; mais qu'est-ce qui lui est passé par la tête? what on earth was he/she thinking of?; ça fait du bien par où ça passe○! [aliment, boisson] I needed that!; un éclair de malice passa dans ses yeux his/her eyes gleamed with mischief, he/she had a mischievous glint in his/her eyes; un sourire passa sur ses lèvres he/she smiled for a second; en passant par including; des reptiles à l'homme, en passant par le singe from reptiles to man, including apes; ⇒ maire;7 ○( avoir son tour) il accuse le patron, ses collègues, le cuisinier, bref, tout le monde y passe he's accusing the boss, his colleagues, the cook-in other words, everyone in sight; le rock, le blues, la musique classique, tout y passe rock, blues, classical music, you name it; que ça te plaise ou non, il va falloir y passer whether you like it or not, there's no alternative; la nouvelle secrétaire va y passer aussi the new secretary will get it as well; on ne peut pas faire autrement que d'en passer par là there is no other way around it; je sais, j'en suis déjà passé par là I know all about that, I've been there○;8 ( négliger) passer sur to pass over [question, défaut, erreur]; je préfère passer sur ce point pour l'instant I'd rather not dwell on that point for the moment; il est or a passé sur les détails he didn't go into the details; si l'on passe sur les frais de déplacement if we ignore the travel expenses; passons (là-dessus)! ( injonction) let's hear no more about it!; ( pardon) let's say no more about it!; passer à côté d'une question ( volontairement) to sidestep a question; ( involontairement) to miss the point; laisser passer qch ( délibérément) to let sth pass, to overlook sth; ( par inadvertance) to let sth slip through, to overlook sth; laisser passer une occasion, passer à côté d'une occasion to miss an opportunity, to let an opportunity slip ou go by; laisser passer quelques erreurs par gentillesse to overlook a few errors out of soft-heartedness; on ne peut pas laisser passer une telle erreur we cannot let a mistake like that through; le réviseur a laissé passer plusieurs fautes the proofreader let several mistakes slip through; il leur laisse passer tous leurs caprices he indulges their every whim;9 ( ne pas approfondir) en passant in passing; notons en passant que we should note in passing that; en passant, il a ajouté que in passing, he added that; soit dit en passer incidentally;10 (être admis, supporté) [aliment, repas] to go down; [commentaires, discours, critiques] to go down well (auprès de with); [loi, règlement, mesure] to get through; [attitude, pensée, doctrine] to be accepted; [candidat] to get through; je ne me sens pas bien, ce doit être le concombre qui passe mal I don't feel well, it must be the cucumber; prends un peu de cognac, ça fait passer! have a drop of brandy, it's good for the digestion; vos critiques sont mal passées/ne sont pas passées your criticism went down badly/didn't go down well; ils n'ont jamais pu faire passer leur réforme/leurs idées they never managed to get their reform through/their ideas accepted; que je sois critiqué, passe encore, mais calomnié, non! criticism is one thing, but I draw the line at slander; avec lui, la flatterie, ça ne passe pas flattery won't work with him; passer au premier tour Pol to be elected in the first round; passer dans la classe supérieure to move up to the next year ou grade US; (ça) passe pour cette fois○ this time, I'll let it go;11 ( se déplacer) passer de France en Espagne to leave France and enter Spain; passer de la salle à manger au salon to move from the dining room to the lounge; passer à l'ennemi to go over to the enemy; passer dans le camp adverse to go over to the other side; passer sous contrôle de l'ONU/de l'État to be taken over by the UN/the government; passer sous contrôle ennemi to fall into enemy hands; passer de main en main to be passed around; passer constamment d'un sujet à l'autre to flit from one subject to another; passer d'un amant à un autre to go from one lover to the next; passer de l'opulence à la misère to go from extreme wealth to extreme poverty; passer de la théorie à la pratique to put theory into practice; leur nombre pourrait passer à 700 their number could reach 700; passer à un taux supérieur/inférieur to go up to a higher rate/down to a lower rate; faire passer qch de 200 à 300 to increase sth from 200 to 300; faire passer qch de 300 à 200 to decrease sth from 300 to 200; expression passée en proverbe expression that has become a proverb;12 ( être pris) passer pour un imbécile/pour être une belle ville to be generally thought of as stupid/as a beautiful town (auprès de by); passer pour un génie to pass as a genius; son excentricité passe pour de l'intelligence his/her eccentricity passes for intelligence; il passe pour l'inventeur de l'ordinateur he's supposed to have invented computers; passer pour quelqu'un d'autre to be taken for someone else; il pourrait passer pour un Américain he could be taken for an American; il veut passer pour un grand homme he wants to be seen as a great man; faire passer qn/qch pour exceptionnel/exemplaire to make sb/sth out to be exceptional/a model of perfection; se faire passer pour malade to pretend to be ill; se faire passer pour mort to fake one's own death; il se fait passer pour mon frère he passes himself off as my brother; se faisant passer pour un agent d'assurance by passing himself off as ou by impersonating an insurance salesman; il m'a fait passer pour un imbécile he made me look like a fool;13 ( disparaître) [douleur, événement] to pass; quand l'orage sera or aura passé lit when the storm is over; fig when the storm dies down; ça passera ( sa mauvaise humeur) it'll pass; ( ton chagrin) you'll get over it; la première réaction passée, il a été possible de faire once we/they calmed down it was possible to do; nous avons dû attendre que sa colère soit passée we had to wait for his/her anger to subside; passer de mode [vêtement, style, chanson, expression] to go out of fashion; cette mode est vite passée or a vite passé that fashion was short-lived; faire passer à qn l'envie or le goût de faire to cure sb of the desire to do; les sales gosses, je vais leur faire passer l'envie or l'habitude de tirer sur ma sonnette! those damn kids, I'll teach them to ring my bell!; ce médicament fait passer les maux d'estomac this medicine relieves stomach ache; cette mauvaise habitude te passera it's a bad habit you'll grow out of; ça lui passera avant que ça me reprenne○ it won't last;14 (apparaître, être projeté, diffusé) [artiste, groupe] ( sur une scène) to be appearing; (à la télévision, radio) to be on; [spectacle, film] to be on; [cassette, musique] to be playing; mon ami passe à la télévision ce soir my friend is on television tonight; les films portugais qui passent à la télévision/au Rex/à Paris the Portuguese films (that are) on television/on at the Rex/on in Paris;15 ( être placé) passer avant/après ( en importance) to come before/after; la santé passe avant tout health comes first; il fait passer sa famille avant ses amis he puts his family before his friends;16 ○( disparaître) où étais-tu (encore) passé? where (on earth) did you get to?; où est passé mon livre/le chat? where has my book/the cat got to?;17 ( s'écouler) [temps] to pass, to go by; deux ans ont passé depuis l'événement two years have passed since it happened; le temps a passé, et les gens ont oublié time has passed and people have forgotten; je ne vois pas le temps passer I don't know where the time goes; le week-end a or est passé trop vite the weekend went too quickly;18 ( se mettre à) to turn to; passons aux choses sérieuses let's turn to serious matters; nous pouvons passer à l'étape suivante we can move on to the next stage; passons à autre chose let's change the subject; nous allons passer au vote let's vote now; passer à l'offensive to take the offensive;19 ( être transmis) passer de père en fils/de génération en génération/à ses héritiers to be handed down from father to son/from generation to generation/to one's heirs; l'expression est passée dans la langue the expression has become part of the language; ça finira par passer dans les mœurs it'll eventually become common practice; il a fait passer son émotion dans la salle he transmitted his emotion to the audience;20 ( être promu) to be promoted to; il est passé général he's been promoted to general; elle est passée maître dans l'art de mentir she's an accomplished liar;21 ( être dépensé) [argent, somme] to go on ou in ou into; [produit, matière] to go into; la moitié de mon salaire passe en remboursement de mes dettes half my salary goes on paying off my debts; toutes mes économies y sont passées○ all my savings went into it;22 ○( mourir) y passer to die; si tu continues à conduire comme ça, tu vas finir par y passer if you keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself; on y passera tous, mais le plus tard sera le mieux we've all got to go sometime, the later the better;25 ( changer de vitesse) passer en troisième/marche arrière to go into third/reverse; la troisième passe mal or a du mal à passer third gear is a bit stiff; passer de seconde en troisième to go from second into third;26 Jeux (au bridge, poker) to pass.C se passer vpr1 ( se produire) to happen; ça s'est passé en Chine/à Pékin/le matin/au bon moment it happened in China/in Beijing/in the morning/at the right time; il ne se passe jamais rien dans ce village nothing ever happens in this village; que se passe-t-il?, qu'est-ce qui se passe? what's happening, what's going on?; tout se passe comme si le dollar avait été dévalué it's as if the dollar was devalued;2 ( être situé) to take place; la scène se passe au Viêt Nam/dans les années trente/de nos jours the scene is set in Vietnam/in the thirties/in the present day;3 ( se dérouler) [opération, examen, négociations] to go; comment s'est passée la réunion? how did the meeting go?; tout s'est bien passé everything went well; ça s'est mal passé it didn't go well; la réunion s'est très mal passée the meeting went very badly; tout s'est passé très vite it all happened very fast; ça va mal se passer pour toi si tu continues! you're going to be in trouble if you carry on GB ou continue doing that!; ça ne se passera pas comme ça! I won't leave it at that!;4 ( s'écouler) [période] to go by, to pass; il s'est passé deux ans depuis, deux ans se sont passés depuis that was two years ago; il ne se passe guère de jour (sans) qu'elle ne trouve à se plaindre hardly a day goes by without her finding something to complain about; attendons que ça se passe let's wait till it's over; nos soirées se passaient à regarder la télévision we spent the evenings watching television; ⇒ jeunesse;5 ( se dispenser) se passer de [personne] to do without [objet, activité, personne]; to go without [repas, nourriture, sommeil]; nous nous sommes passés de voiture we did without a car; nous nous passerons de lui we'll do without him; je me passerais bien de tes remarques I can do without your comments; se passer de commentaires to speak for itself; ne pas pouvoir se passer de faire not to be able to help oneself from doing; se passer des services de qn to do without sb's services;6 ( se mettre) se passer la langue sur les lèvres/la main dans les cheveux to run one's tongue over one's lips/one's fingers through one's hair; se passer la main sur le front to put a hand to one's forehead;7 ( l'un à l'autre) ils se sont passé des documents they exchanged some documents; nous nous sommes passé le virus we caught the virus from each other.[pase] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)A.[EXPRIME UN DÉPLACEMENT]passer dans: pour empêcher les poids lourds de passer dans le village to stop lorries from driving ou going through the villagea. [devant moi] go in front of me if you can't seeb. [devant tout le monde] go to the front if you can't seepasser sous une voiture [se faire écraser] to get run over (by a car)des péniches passaient sur le canal barges were going past ou were sailing on the canal[fugitivement]un sourire passa sur ses lèvres a smile played about her lips, she smiled briefly3. [emprunter un certain itinéraire]si vous passez à Paris, venez me voir come and see me if you're in Paris[fleuve, route] to go, to run5. [sur un parcours régulier - démarcheur, représentant] to call ; [ - bateau, bus, train] to come ou to go pastle facteur passe deux fois par jour the postman delivers ou comes twice a dayle bateau/train est déjà passé the boat/train has already gone ou leftle prochain bateau passera dans deux jours the next boat will call ou is due in two days6. [faire une visite] to callj'ai demandé au médecin de passer I asked the doctor to call (in) ou to come ou to visit7. [franchir une limite] to get through8. [s'infiltrer] to passpasser dans le sang to pass into ou to enter the bloodstreamle café doit passer lentement [dans le filtre] the coffee must filter through slowly9. [aller, se rendre] to gooù sont passées mes lunettes? where have my glasses got ou disappeared to?passer de Suisse en France to cross over ou to go from Switzerland to FranceB.[EXPRIME UNE ACTION]1. [se soumettre à]ce matin, je suis passé au tableau I was asked to explain something at the blackboard this morningy passer (familier) : je ne veux pas me faire opérer — il faudra bien que tu y passes, pourtant! I don't want to have an operation — you're going to have to!avec lui, toutes les femmes du service y sont passées he's had all the women in his department2. [être accepté] to passelle est passée à l'écrit mais pas à l'oral she got through ou she passed the written exam but not the oralton petit discours est bien passé your little speech went down well ou was well receivedle film passe mal sur le petit écran/en noir et blanc the film just isn't the same on TV/in black and whitepasse (encore): l'injurier, passe encore, mais le frapper! it's one thing to insult him, but quite another to hit him!3. [être transmis] to gola ferme est passée de père en fils depuis cinq générations the farm has been handed down from father to son for five generationsla locution est passée du latin à l'anglais the phrase came ou passed into English from Latin4. [entrer] to passc'est passé dans le langage courant it's passed into ou it's now part of everyday speechc'est passé dans les moeurs it's become standard ou normal practice5. [être utilisé, absorbé] to gosi les socialistes passent if the socialists get in ou are electedRADIO & TÉLÉVISIONpasser à la radio [émission, personne] to be on the radio ou the aira. [personne] to be ou to appear on televisionb. [film] to be on television8. DROIT [comparaître]passer devant le tribunal to come up ou to go before the courtpasser en correctionnelle ≃ to go before the magistrate's courtC.[EXPRIME UN CHANGEMENT D'ÉTAT]1. [accéder - à un niveau]2. [devenir] to become3. [dans des locutions verbales]passer de... à [changer d'état]: passer de l'état liquide à l'état gazeux to pass ou to change from the liquid to the gaseous statela production est passée de 20 à 30/de 30 à 20 tonnes output has gone (up) from 20 to 30/(down) from 30 to 20 tonnescomment êtes-vous passé du cinéma au théâtre? how did you move ou make the transition from the cinema to the stage?il passe d'une idée à l'autre he jumps ou flits from one idea to another4. AUTOMOBILEpasser en troisième to change ou go into third (gear)D.[EXPRIME UNE ÉVOLUTION DANS LE TEMPS]la journée est passée agréablement the day went off ou passed pleasantly2. [s'estomper - douleur] to fade (away), to wear off ; [ - malaise] to disappear ; [ - mode, engouement] to die out ; [ - enthousiasme] to wear off, to fade ; [ - beauté] to fade, to wane ; [ - chance, jeunesse] to pass ; [ - mauvaise humeur] to pass, to vanish ; [ - rage, tempête] to die down ; [ - averse] to die down, to stopfaire passer: ce médicament fait passer la douleur très rapidement this medicine relieves pain very quickly[se faner - fleur] to wilt[pâlir - teinte]4. (auxiliaire avoir) (vieilli) [mourir]il a passé cette nuit he passed on ou away last night————————[pase] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)A.[EXPRIME UN DÉPLACEMENT]1. [traverser - pont, col de montagne] to go over (inseparable), to cross ; [ - écluse] to go through (inseparable)2. [franchir - frontière, ligne d'arrivée] to crosspasser l'arrêt de l'autobus [le manquer] to miss one's bus stoppasser le cap Horn to (go) round Cape Horn, to round the Capequand on passe les 1 000 mètres d'altitude when you go over 1,000 metres highl'or a passé les 400 dollars l'once gold has broken through the $ 400 an ounce mark4. [transporter] to ferry ou to take across (separable)5. [introduire]passer de la drogue/des cigarettes en fraude to smuggle drugs/cigarettes6. [engager - partie du corps] to putpasser son bras autour de la taille de quelqu'un to put ou to slip one's arm round somebody's waistje n'arrive pas à passer ma tête dans l'encolure de cette robe my head won't go through the neck of the dress7. [faire aller - instrument] to runpasse le balai dans l'escalier give the stairs a sweep, sweep the stairs9. SPORT [franchir - obstacle, haie] to jump (over)[transmettre - ballon] to passB.[EXPRIME UNE ACTION]1. [se soumettre à - permis de conduire] to take ; [ - examen] to take, to sit (UK) ; [ - entretien] to have ; [ - scanner, visite médicale] to have, to go for (inseparable)il a passé l'écrit, mais attendons l'oral he's passed the written exam, but let's see what happens in the oralje passe toutes les descriptions dans ses romans I miss out ou I skip all the descriptions in her novels4. [tolérer]passez-moi l'expression/le mot if you'll pardon the expression/excuse the term5. [soumettre à l'action de]passer des légumes au mixeur to put vegetables through the blender, to blend vegetablespasser quelque chose sous l'eau to rinse something ou to give something a rinse under the tappasser quelque chose à quelqu'un (familier) to give somebody a good dressing-down, to tick somebody off (UK)se faire passer quelque chose (familier) to get a good ticking off (UK), to get a good chewing-out (US)6. [donner, transmettre - généralement] to pass, to hand, to give ; [ - maladie] to give ; [ - au téléphone] to put through (separable)je te passe Fred here's Fred, I'll hand you over to Fredpasse-moi Annie let me talk to Annie, put Annie on7. [rendre public - annonce]8. (familier) [prêter] to lendje vais te passer de la crème dans le dos I'm going to put ou to rub some cream on your back11. [enfiler - vêtement] to slip ou to put on (separable)12. AUTOMOBILEpasser la troisième to change ou to shift into third gear[diapositive] to showRADIO [émission] to broadcast14. COMMERCE [conclure - entente] to conclude, to come to (inseparable), to reach ; [ - marché] to agree on (inseparable), to strike, to reach ; [ - commande] to placeC.[EXPRIME UNE NOTION TEMPORELLE]1. [employer - durée] to spendpassez un bon week-end/une bonne soirée! have a nice weekend/evening!as-tu passé une bonne nuit? did you sleep well last night?, did you have a good night?elle ne passera pas la nuit she won't see the night out, she won't last the night3. [assouvir - envie] to satisfy————————passer après verbe plus prépositionil faut le faire libérer, le reste passe après we must get him released, everything else is secondary————————passer avant verbe plus prépositionto go ou to come beforeses intérêts passent avant tout his own interests come before anything else, he puts his own interests before everything else————————passer par verbe plus préposition1. [dans une formation] to go through2. [dans une évolution] to go through, to undergole pays est passé par toutes les formes de gouvernement the country has experienced every form of government3. [recourir à] to go throughpour comprendre, il faut être passé par là you have to have experienced it to understand————————passer pour verbe plus préposition1. [avec nom] to be thought of asje vais passer pour un idiot I'll be taken for ou people will take me for an idiot2. [avec adj]3. [avec verbe]elle passe pour descendre d'une famille noble she is said to be descended from an aristocratic family————————passer sur verbe plus préposition[excuser] to overlookpassons sur les détails let's pass over ou skip the detailspassons! let's say no more about it!, let's drop it!tu me l'avais promis, mais passons! you promised me, but never mind!————————se passer verbe pronominal intransitifla soirée s'est passée tranquillement the evening went by ou passed quietlyqu'est-ce qui se passe? what's happening?, what's going on?il se passe que ton frère vient d'être arrêté, (voilà ce qui se passe)! your brother's just been arrested, that's what's!il ne se passe pas une semaine sans qu'il perde de l'argent aux courses not a week goes by without him losing money on the horses3. [se dérouler - dans certaines conditions] to go (off)l'opération s'est bien/mal passée the operation went (off) smoothly/badlysi tout se passe bien, nous y serons demain if all goes well, we'll be there tomorrowtout se passe comme prévu everything's going according to plan ou going as planned————————se passer verbe pronominal transitifil se passa un peigne/la main dans les cheveux he ran a comb/his fingers through his hair————————se passer de verbe pronominal plus préposition1. [vivre sans] to do ou to go without2. [s'abstenir]3. [ne pas avoir besoin de]————————en passant locution adverbiale1. [dans la conversation] in passingfaire une remarque en passant to remark in passing, to make a casual remark2. [sur son chemin]il s'arrête de temps à autre en passant he calls on his way by ou past from time to time————————en passant par locution prépositionnelle————————1. [dans l'espace] vial'avion va à Athènes en passant par Londres the plane goes to Athens via London ou stops in London on its way to Athens2. [dans une énumération] (and) including -
4 kommen
v/i; kommt, kam, ist gekommen1. come; (ankommen) auch arrive; (gelangen) get ( bis to); durch eine Stadt / Gegend kommen pass through a town / area; nach Hause kommen come ( oder get) home; wie komme ich zum Bahnhof / nach Linz? how do I get to the (Am. train) station / to Linz?; ich komme gerade von der Arbeit I’ve just got back from work; komm schon! come on!, hurry up!; ich komme schon! I’m coming; na, komm schon! umg. come on (, now)!; er wird bald kommen he’ll be here ( oder with you) soon, he won’t be long; da kommt jemand there’s somebody coming; es ist Post für dich gekommen there’s some post (Am. mail) for you; spät kommen come ( oder be) late; zu spät kommen be late; und etwas versäumen: be too late; jetzt komme ich an die Reihe now it’s my turn; zuerst oder als Erster / zuletzt oder als Letzter kommen come first / last; wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst Sprichw. first come, first served; wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben etwa: he who lags behind, loses; angelaufen etc. kommen come running etc. along ( oder up); der soll mir nur kommen!, er soll nur kommen! drohend: (just) let him come; jemanden kommen lassen send for s.o.; etw. kommen lassen (bestellen) send for ( oder order) s.th.; wie weit bist du gekommen? how far did you get?; es kam mir ( der Gedanke), dass... it occurred to me that...; es kommt mir oder mir kommt eine Idee I’ve got an idea, I know what we can do; mir kommen die Tränen tears come to my eyes, my eyes fill with tears; iro. don’t make me weep; das wird teuer kommen / dich teuer kommen umg. it’ll come expensive / it’ll cost you; ihr Aufschlag kommt gut Tennis: her serve is coming on well; siehe auch Reihe, spät II etc.2. (herannahen) be coming; es kommt ein Gewitter there’s a storm coming (up); der Morgen kommt it’s nearly morning, it’s starting to get light; die Flut kommt the tide is coming in; da vorn kommt gleich eine Kreuzung there’s a junction (Am. intersection) coming up, we’re just coming to a junction (Am. intersection)3. (geschehen) auch happen; etw. kommen sehen (voraussehen) see s.th. coming; das kommt mir gelegen / ungelegen it’s a good / bad time ( oder the right / wrong moment) for me; wie kommt das? how does that come about?, how is that possible?; wie oder woher kommt es, dass how is it that, how come umg.; das kommt daher, dass it’s because; das durfte jetzt nicht kommen it shouldn’t happen (now), it shouldn’t be possible; umg. (das hättest du nicht sagen sollen) you shouldn’t have said that; was auch ( immer) kommen mag... whatever happens,...; komme, was da wolle come what may; es wird noch ganz anders kommen there’s worse to come (yet); das musste ja so kommen it had to ( oder was bound to) happen; es kam, wie es kommen musste the inevitable happened; es ist so weit gekommen, dass things have got to the stage where; es wird noch so weit kommen, dass er rausgeschmissen wird he’ll be thrown out one of these days4. umg. wenn Sie mir so kommen if you talk to me like that; komm mir ja nicht so frech! don’t be so cheeky, Am. don’t be such a smart aleck, I don’t want any of your cheek; komm mir nur nicht mit diesen Ausreden spare me your excuses; damit kannst du mir nicht kommen you don’t expect me to believe that, do you?; komm mir nicht dauernd mit der Geschichte I wish you wouldn’t keep going on ( oder I wish you’d stop pestering me) about that business; er kommt einfach mit diesen Ideen he just trots out these ideas6. umg. (sich entwickeln) develop; wie kommt dein neues Projekt? how is your new project coming on?a) (gelangen zu) come ( oder get) to, arrive at; (jemandem zukommen) go ( oder fall) to; an jemandes Stelle kommen take s.o.’s place;b) (sich verschaffen, bekommen) get hold of; wie bist du an die Daten gekommen? how did you come by these data?8. kommen auf (+ Akk) (herausfinden) think of, hit upon; (sich erinnern an) think of, remember; auf eine Summe kommen come to ( oder total) an amount; auf die Rechnung kommen go ( oder be put) on the bill (Am. auch tab); das kommt (steht) auf Seite 12 that comes ( oder is) on page 12; auf etw. zu sprechen kommen get onto the subject of s.th.; wie kommst du darauf? what makes you say that?, what gives you that idea?; darauf wäre ich nie gekommen it would never have occurred to me; ich komme nicht darauf! I just can’t think of it; darauf komme ich gleich I’ll be coming to that; auf 100 Einwohner kommt ein Arzt there’s a ( oder one) doctor for every 100 inhabitants; ich lasse nichts auf ihn kommen I won’t have anything said against him10. das Buch kommt ins oberste Regal / ins Arbeitszimmer the book goes on the top shelf / belongs in the study; in Gefahr / Not / Verlegenheit kommen get into danger / difficulties Pl. / an embarrassing situation; ins Rutschen kommen get into a slide ( oder skid)11. über einen Zaun etc. kommen get over a fence etc.; über jemanden kommen Gefühl etc.: come over s.o.; Fluch: come upon s.o.12. um etw. kommen lose s.th.; durch fremdes Mitwirken: be done out of s.th.; ums Leben kommen lose one’s life, die, (getötet werden) auch be killed14. kommen von Ergebnis: be a result of ( oder due to); das kommt davon! see what happens?, what did I tell you?; das kommt davon, wenn du so viel trinkst that’s what happens when you drink so much16. zu etw. kommen come ( oder get) to s.th.; (bekommen) come by s.th., get hold of s.th.; zu Geld kommen (erben) come into money; zur Ansicht kommen, dass... come to the conclusion that..., decide that...; zur Sprache kommen come up (for discussion); ( wieder) zu sich kommen come to ( oder [a]round), regain consciousness; wie kamst du bloß dazu(, das zu tun)? what on earth made you do that?; es kam zum Streit a quarrel developed; es kam zu Kämpfen zwischen... fighting broke out between...; zum Stehen kommen come to a standstill; ich komme einfach nicht zum Lesen I just don’t get ( oder find) the time to read anything; ich komme aber erst morgen dazu I won’t get (a)round to it ( oder manage it) before tomorrow; wie kommen Sie dazu? how dare you?; siehe auch Kraft 1, Sache etc.* * *to arrive; to emerge; to come* * *Kọm|mennt -s, no plcomingein einziges Kommen und Gehen — a constant coming and going
jd ist im Kommen — sb is on his/her way up
* * *das1) (coming or arrival: the advent of space travel.) advent2) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) get3) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) come4) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) come* * *kom·men[ˈkɔmən]1.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (eintreffen) to come, to arriveich bin gerade ge\kommen I just arrived [or got here]ich komme schon! I'm coming!sie \kommen morgen aus Berlin they're arriving [or coming] from Berlin tomorrowder Zug kommt aus Paris the train is coming from Parisda kommt Anne/der Bus there's Anne/the busder Bus müsste jeden Augenblick \kommen the bus is due any minuteich komme um vier und hole Sie ab I'll come and fetch you at fourder Wind kommt von Osten/von der See the wind is blowing [or coming] from the East/off the seasie kam in Begleitung ihres Mannes she was accompanied by her husbandich bin ge\kommen, um zu helfen I've come [or I'm here] to helpdu kommst wie gerufen! you've come just at the right moment!wann soll das Baby \kommen? when's the baby due?das Baby kam am 1. Mai the baby arrived [or was born] on the 1 Mayzurzeit \kommen laufend Anfragen zur neuen Software we keep receiving queries about the new software at the momentseine Antwort kam zögernd his answer was hesitant, he answered hesitantlyjede Hilfe kam zu spät help came [or arrived] too lateangefahren/angeflogen/angerannt \kommen to arrive by car/by plane/at a runsie kamen gestern aus Rom angefahren/angeflogen they drove up/flew in from Rome yesterdayangereist \kommen to arrivemit dem Auto/Fahrrad \kommen to come by car/bike, to drive/cycleals Erster/Letzter \kommen to be the first/last to arrive, to arrive first/lastfrüh/pünktlich/rechtzeitig/spät \kommen to arrive early/on time [or punctually]/in time/latezu Fuß \kommen to come on foot, to walk2.<kam, gekommen>▪ irgendwohin \kommen to get [or reach] somewherekommt man hier zum Bahnhof? is this the way to the station?wie komme ich von hier zum Bahnhof? how do I get to the station from here?zu Fuß kommt man am schnellsten dahin the quickest way [to get] there is to walksie kommt kaum noch aus dem Haus she hardly gets out of the house these daysnach Hause \kommen to come [or get] homeunter's Messer \kommen (hum) to have an operation[sicher] ans Ufer \kommen to [safely] reach the bankans Ziel \kommen to reach the finishing [or AM finish] line3.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich begeben) to comekommst du mit uns ins Kino? are you coming to the cinema with us?meine Kollegin kommt sofort zu Ihnen my colleague will be with you [or be along] immediatelynach draußen/oben/unten \kommen to come outside/upstairs/downstairsnach London/England \kommen to come to London/England4.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (passieren)5.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (teilnehmen)6.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (besuchen)▪ zu jdm \kommen to visit sb, to come and see [or visit] sbich komme gern[e] einmal zu Ihnen I'd be delighted to visit you sometimekomm doch mal, ich würde mich sehr freuen! [come and] stop by sometime, I'd love to see you!7.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (herstammen)▪ irgendwoher \kommen to come [or be] [or hail] from somewheresie kommt aus New York/Australien she's [or she comes] [or she hails] from New York/Australia, she's a New Yorker/an Australian8.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (folgen, an der Reihe sein) to comewer kommt [jetzt]? whose turn [or go] is it?die Schule kommt kurz nach der Kreuzung the school is just after the crossroads▪ nach/vor jdm \kommen to come after/before sban die Reihe \kommen to be sb's turn [or go]ich komme zuerst [an die Reihe] I'm first, it's my turn [or go] firstnoch \kommen to be still [or yet] to comeda wird noch mehr Ärger \kommen there'll be more trouble yetdas Schlimmste kommt noch the worst is yet to comezuerst [o als Erster] /als Nächster/zuletzt [o als Letzter] \kommen to come first/next/last9.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (untergebracht werden)ins Gefängnis/Krankenhaus \kommen to go to prison/into hospitalin die Schule/Lehre \kommen to start school/an apprenticeship10.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (erlangen)wie komme ich zu dieser Ehre? (iron, hum) to what do I owe this honour?zu der Erkenntnis \kommen, dass... to realize [or come to the realization] that...zu Geld \kommen to come into moneyzu Kräften \kommen to gain strengthzu Ruhm \kommen to achieve [or win] fame[wieder] zu sich dat selbst \kommen to get out of one's head, to come back to [or find] oneself again▪ an jdn/etw \kommen to get hold of sb/sthwie bist du an das viele Geld ge\kommen? how did you get hold of [or come by] all that money?; s.a. Besinnung, Ruhe11.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (verlieren)ums Leben \kommen to lose one's life, to be killed, to die12.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (erreichen) to reachauf den 2. Platz \kommen to reach 2nd place, to come [in] 2nd13.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (gebracht werden) to comekam Post für mich? was there any post for me?14.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (veranlassen, dass jd kommt)den Arzt/den Klempner/ein Taxi \kommen lassen to send for [or call] the doctor/the plumber/a taxi15.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (hingehören) to go, to belongdie Tasse kommt dahin the cup belongs there16.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (herannahen) to approach; (eintreten, geschehen) to come about, to happenheute kommt noch ein Gewitter there'll be a thunderstorm todayder Winter kommt mit Riesenschritten winter is fast approachingder Termin kommt etwas ungelegen the meeting comes at a somewhat inconvenient timedas habe ich schon lange \kommen sehen! I saw that coming a long time agodas kam doch anders als erwartet it/that turned out [or happened] differently than expectedes kam eins zum anderen one thing led to anotherund so kam es, dass... and that's why/how..., and that's how it came about [or happened] that...wie kommt es, dass...? how is it that...?, how come...?es musste ja so \kommen it/that was bound to happenes hätte viel schlimmer \kommen können it could have been much worsezum Prozess \kommen to come to trialso weit \kommen, dass... to get to the stage [or point] where...komme, was da wolle come what maywas auch immer \kommen mag whatever happenswie's kommt so kommt's whatever will be, will be[wieder] im K\kommen sein to be[come] fashionable again17.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (in Erscheinung treten) Pflanzen to come on [or along]die ersten Tomaten \kommen schon the first tomatoes are appearing18.<kam, gekommen>eine gewaltige Traurigkeit kam über mich I was overcome by a tremendous sadnesses kam einfach so über mich it just came over me19.<kam, gekommen>jdm \kommen die Tränen sb is overcome by tears, sb starts to cry20.<kam, gekommen>wir kamen plötzlich ins Schleudern we suddenly started to skidin Gefahr/Not \kommen to get into danger/difficultyin Sicherheit \kommen to get to safetyin Verlegenheit \kommen to get [or become] embarrassed; s.a. Stillstand21.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich verhalten) to beso lasse ich mir nicht \kommen! I won't have [or stand for] that!so kommst du mir nicht! don't you take that line with me!jdm frech \kommen to be cheeky to sb22.<kam, gekommen>komm mir nicht schon wieder damit! don't give me [or start] that again!der soll nur \kommen! (fam) just let him try!23.<kam, gekommen>daher kommt es, dass... that's why...das kommt davon! (fam) it's your own fault!das kommt davon, dass/weil... that's because...das kommt davon, wenn... that's what happens when...wie kommt es, dass... how come..., how is it that [that]...24.<kam, gekommen>ich komme beim besten Willen nicht darauf I just can't seem to remember [or recall] it25.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (einfallen)▪ jdm \kommen to think of, to occurjdm kommt der Gedanke, dass... it occurs to sb that...na, das kommt dir aber früh! (iron) why didn't that occur to you sooner?26.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich verschaffen)wie bist du an das Geld ge\kommen? where did you get the money?27.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (etw herausfinden)hinter ein Geheimnis \kommen to uncover [or sep find out] a secret28.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein FILM, RADIO, TV (gesendet werden) to be onwas kommt heute im Fernsehen? what's on [television] tonight?als Nächstes \kommen die Nachrichten the news is [on] next29.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (Zeit für etw finden)ich komme zu nichts mehr! I don't have time for anything else!30.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (entfallen)▪ auf jdn/etw \kommen to be allotted to sb/sthauf jeden Studenten kamen drei Studentinnen for every male student there were three female students, the ratio of female to male students was 3:131.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (ähnlich sein)▪ nach jdm \kommen to take after sb32.<kam, gekommen>die Reparatur kam sehr teuer the repairs cost a lot [of money]33.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (überfahren werden)unter ein Auto/einen Lastwagen \kommen to be knocked down by a car/lorry [or AM truck]unter die Räder \kommen to get knocked [or run] down [or run over34.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (ansprechen)auf einen Punkt/eine Angelegenheit \kommen to broach [or get onto] a point/matterjetzt, wo wir auf das Thema Gehaltserhöhung zu sprechen \kommen,... now that we're on [or we've got round to] the subject of pay rises...ich werde gleich darauf \kommen I'll come [or get] to that in a moment35.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (reichen)36.<kam, gekommen>37.<kam, gekommen>komm, sei nicht so enttäuscht come on, don't be so disappointedkomm, lass uns gehen! come on [or hurry up], let's go!komm, komm, werd nicht frech! now now, don't get cheeky!ach komm! (fam) come on!38.▶ erstens kommt es anders und zweitens als man denkt (prov) things never turn out the way you expect▶ zu kurz \kommen to come off badly, to get a raw deal1.<kam, gekommen>▪ es kommt jd sb is cominges kommt jetzt der berühmte Magier Obrikanus! and now the famous magician, Obrikanus!es scheint keiner mehr zu \kommen nobody else seems to be coming2.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (beginnen)▪ es kommt etw sth is cominges kommt auch mal wieder schöneres Wetter the weather will turn nice again3.<kam, gekommen>III. TRANSITIVES VERB<kam, gekommen>▪ jdn etw \kommen to cost sb sthdie Reparatur kam mich sehr teuer I paid a lot [of money] for the repairs, the repairs cost a lot [of money]* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1) come; (eintreffen) come; arriveangelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up
angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up
durch eine Gegend kommen — pass through a region
nach Hause kommen — come or get home
zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody
ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?
etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something
jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody
da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.
komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!
[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]
2) (gelangen) getans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line
wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)
auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something
jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks
dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something
zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing
3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come throughihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her
zur Schule kommen — go to or start school
ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison
in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell
5) (gehören) go; belongin die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf
6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go7) (geraten) getin Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed
unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed
neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung
8) (nahen)ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in
der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling
im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up
9) (sich ereignen) come about; happendas durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now
gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient
überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]
daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...
das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...
vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency
wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)
10) unperses kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight
es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently
so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!
11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)da vorn kommt eine Tankstelle — there's a petrol station coming up (coll.)
12)zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.
nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere
[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round
13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...
als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last
jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now
14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody
so lasse ich mir nicht kommen! — I don't stand for that sort of thing!
15)ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.
über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody
16) (entfallen)auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed
17)seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony
18) (ugs.): (kosten)alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...
wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?
etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]
21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now
22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well
23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall* * *bis to);durch eine Stadt/Gegend kommen pass through a town/area;nach Hause kommen come ( oder get) home;wie komme ich zum Bahnhof/nach Linz? how do I get to the (US train) station/to Linz?;ich komme gerade von der Arbeit I’ve just got back from work;komm schon! come on!, hurry up!;ich komme schon! I’m coming;na, komm schon! umg come on(, now)!;er wird bald kommen he’ll be here ( oder with you) soon, he won’t be long;da kommt jemand there’s somebody coming;spät kommen come ( oder be) late;zu spät kommen be late; und etwas versäumen: be too late;jetzt komme ich an die Reihe now it’s my turn;als Erster/zuletzt oderals Letzter kommen come first/last;wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst sprichw first come, first served;wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben etwa: he who lags behind, loses;angelaufen etcder soll mir nur kommen!, er soll nur kommen! drohend: (just) let him come;jemanden kommen lassen send for sb;wie weit bist du gekommen? how far did you get?;es kam mir (der Gedanke), dass … it occurred to me that …;mir kommt eine Idee I’ve got an idea, I know what we can do;mir kommen die Tränen tears come to my eyes, my eyes fill with tears; iron don’t make me weep;das wird teuer kommen/dich teuer kommen umg it’ll come expensive/it’ll cost you;2. (herannahen) be coming;es kommt ein Gewitter there’s a storm coming (up);der Morgen kommt it’s nearly morning, it’s starting to get light;die Flut kommt the tide is coming in;da vorn kommt gleich eine Kreuzung there’s a junction (US intersection) coming up, we’re just coming to a junction (US intersection)3. (geschehen) auch happen;etwas kommen sehen (voraussehen) see sth coming;das kommt mir gelegen/ungelegen it’s a good/bad time ( oder the right/wrong moment) for me;wie kommt das? how does that come about?, how is that possible?;woher kommt es, dass how is it that, how come umg;das kommt daher, dass it’s because;das durfte jetzt nicht kommen it shouldn’t happen (now), it shouldn’t be possible; umg (das hättest du nicht sagen sollen) you shouldn’t have said that;was auch (immer) kommen mag … whatever happens, …;komme, was da wolle come what may;es wird noch ganz anders kommen there’s worse to come (yet);das musste ja so kommen it had to ( oder was bound to) happen;es kam, wie es kommen musste the inevitable happened;es ist so weit gekommen, dass things have got to the stage where;es wird noch so weit kommen, dass er rausgeschmissen wird he’ll be thrown out one of these days4. umgwenn Sie mir so kommen if you talk to me like that;komm mir ja nicht so frech! don’t be so cheeky, US don’t be such a smart aleck, I don’t want any of your cheek;komm mir nur nicht mit diesen Ausreden spare me your excuses;damit kannst du mir nicht kommen you don’t expect me to believe that, do you?;komm mir nicht dauernd mit der Geschichte I wish you wouldn’t keep going on ( oder I wish you’d stop pestering me) about that business;er kommt einfach mit diesen Ideen he just trots out these ideas5. umg (einen Orgasmus haben) come;ich komme I’m coming;es kommt ihr she’s coming6. umg (sich entwickeln) develop;wie kommt dein neues Projekt? how is your new project coming on?7.kommen an (+akk) (gelangen zu) come ( oder get) to, arrive at; (jemandem zukommen) go ( oder fall) to;an jemandes Stelle kommen take sb’s place; (sich verschaffen, bekommen) get hold of;wie bist du an die Daten gekommen? how did you come by these data?8.auf eine Summe kommen come to ( oder total) an amount;auf etwas zu sprechen kommen get onto the subject of sth;wie kommst du darauf? what makes you say that?, what gives you that idea?;darauf wäre ich nie gekommen it would never have occurred to me;ich komme nicht darauf! I just can’t think of it;darauf komme ich gleich I’ll be coming to that;auf 100 Einwohner kommt ein Arzt there’s a ( oder one) doctor for every 100 inhabitants;ich lasse nichts auf ihn kommen I won’t have anything said against him9.hinter etwas (+akk)kommen find sth out10.das Buch kommt ins oberste Regal/ins Arbeitszimmer the book goes on the top shelf/belongs in the study;in Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen get into danger/difficulties pl/an embarrassing situation;ins Rutschen kommen get into a slide ( oder skid)11.über einen Zaun etckommen get over a fence etc;12.um etwas kommen lose sth; durch fremdes Mitwirken: be done out of sth;ums Leben kommen lose one’s life, die, (getötet werden) auch be killed13.14.das kommt davon! see what happens?, what did I tell you?;das kommt davon, wenn du so viel trinkst that’s what happens when you drink so much15.vors Gericht kommen Sache: come up before the court16.zu Geld kommen (erben) come into money;zur Ansicht kommen, dass … come to the conclusion that …, decide that …;zur Sprache kommen come up (for discussion);(wieder) zu sich kommen come to ( oder [a]round), regain consciousness;wie kamst du bloß dazu(, das zu tun)? what on earth made you do that?;es kam zum Streit a quarrel developed;es kam zu Kämpfen zwischen … fighting broke out between …;zum Stehen kommen come to a standstill;ich komme einfach nicht zum Lesen I just don’t get ( oder find) the time to read anything;ich komme aber erst morgen dazu I won’t get (a)round to it ( oder manage it) before tomorrow;* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1) come; (eintreffen) come; arriveangelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up
angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up
nach Hause kommen — come or get home
zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody
ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?
etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something
jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody
da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.
komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!
[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]
2) (gelangen) getans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line
wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)
auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something
jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks
dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something
zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing
3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come throughihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her
zur Schule kommen — go to or start school
ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison
in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell
5) (gehören) go; belongin die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf
6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go7) (geraten) getin Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed
unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed
neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung
8) (nahen)ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in
der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling
im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up
9) (sich ereignen) come about; happendas durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now
gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient
überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]
daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...
das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...
vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency
wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)
10) unperses kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight
es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently
so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!
11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)12)zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.
nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere
[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round
13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...
als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last
jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now
14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody
15)ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.
über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody
16) (entfallen)auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed
17)seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony
18) (ugs.): (kosten)alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...
wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?
etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]
21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now
komm, komm — oh, come on
22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well
23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall* * *interj.come interj. v.(§ p.,pp.: kam, ist gekommen)= to come v.(§ p.,p.p.: came, come)to cum v. -
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descendre [desɑ̃dʀ]➭ TABLE 41━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. intransitive verb• descendre à pied/à bicyclette to walk/cycle down• « tout le monde descend ! » "all change!"• vous descendez à la prochaine ? are you getting off at the next stop?d. ( = atteindre) [habits, cheveux] descendre à or jusqu'à to come down toe. ( = loger) descendre dans un hôtel or à l'hôtel to stay at a hotelf. ( = s'étendre de haut en bas) [colline, route] descendre en pente douce to slope gently downg. ( = tomber) [obscurité, neige] to fall ; [soleil] to go downh. ( = baisser) to fall ; [mer, marée] to go outi. ( = faire irruption) la police est descendue dans cette boîte de nuit the police raided the night club• descendre de ( = avoir pour ancêtre) to be descended from3. transitive verba. ( = parcourir vers le bas) [+ escalier, colline, pente] to go downb. ( = porter, apporter en bas) [+ valise] to get down ; [+ meuble] to take down• tu peux me descendre mes lunettes ? can you bring my glasses down for me?• il faut descendre la poubelle tous les soirs the rubbish (Brit) or garbage (US) has to be taken down every nightc. ( = baisser) [+ étagère, rayon] to lower• l'auteur s'est fait descendre en beauté (par la critique) the author was shot down in flames (by the critics)• qu'est-ce qu'il descend ! he drinks like a fish! (inf)* * *dɛsɑ̃dʀ
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verbe transitif (+ v avoir)1) ( transporter) ( en bas) gén to take [sb/sth] down (à to); ( d'en haut) gén to bring [sb/sth] down (de from)2) ( placer plus bas) to put [something] down [objet]; ( en abaissant) gén to lower (de by); ( avec une manivelle) to wind [something] down3) ( réussir à mettre plus bas) to get [something] down [objet]comment va-t-on descendre le piano? — ( de l'étage) how are we going to get the piano downstairs?
descendre la colline en rampant/à bicyclette — to crawl/to cycle down the hill
descendre la rivière en pagayant/à la nage — to paddle/to swim down the river
5) (colloq) ( éliminer) to bump off (colloq) [personne]; to shoot down [avion]6) (colloq) ( malmener) to tear [sb/sth] to pieces7) (colloq) ( boire) [personne] to down [bouteille]
2.
verbe intransitif (+ v être)1) ( se déplacer) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go down (à to); ( en venant) gén to come down (de from); [ascenseur, avion] ( en allant) to go down; ( en venant) to come down; [oiseau] to fly down; [soleil] to set ( sur over); [nuit] to fall; [brouillard] to come down ( sur over)nous sommes descendus par la route — ( à pied) we walked down by the road; ( à cheval) we rode down by the road
descends, je te suis — go on down, I'll follow you
descendre de — to step off [trottoir, marche]; to climb down from [mur, tabouret, échelle]
descendre aux Enfers — Religion to descend into Hell
faites-les descendre — send them down [clients, marchandises]
2) ( d'un moyen de transport)descendre d'un train/bus/avion — to get off a train/bus/plane
descendre de cheval — to get off one's horse, to dismount sout
descendre à Marseille — (d'avion, de bateau, bus, train) to get off at Marseilles
3) ( s'étendre de haut en bas) [route, voie ferrée] to go downhill, to go down; [terrain] to go downdescendre jusqu'à la mer — [route, rivière] to go right down to the sea
descendre en lacets — [route] to wind its way down
descendre en pente douce — [terrain, route] to slope down gently
descendre en pente raide — [terrain, route] to drop steeply
5) ( baisser) [niveau, baromètre, température, pression, prix, taux] to drop, to go down (à to; de by); [marée] to go outl'euro est or a descendu par rapport à la livre — the euro has dropped ou gone down against the pound
ça fait descendre la température — gén it lowers the temperature; Médecine it brings one's temperature down
6) (se rendre, séjourner)descendre dans la rue — Politique to take to the streets
7) ( être issu)descendre de — gén to come from; ( génétiquement) to be descended from
* * *desɑ̃dʀ1. vt1) [escalier, montagne] (en allant) to go down, (en venant) to come downJe suis tombé en descendant l'escalier. — I fell down the stairs., I fell as I was going down the stairs.
2) [valise, paquet] (en allant) to take down, (en venant) (de l'étage en dessus, du grenier) to bring down, (d'une étagère) to get downVous pouvez descendre ma valise, s'il vous plaît? — Can you get my suitcase down, please?
3) [étagère] to lower4) * (= abattre) to shoot down5) * (= boire) to knock back *2. viAttends en bas, je descends! — Wait downstairs, I'm coming down!
descendre à pied — to walk down, to go down on foot
descendre en voiture — to drive down, to go down by car
descendre en ville — to go into town, to go down town
descendre dans la rue (= manifester) — to take to the streets
2) [passager] (d'une voiture) to get out, (d'un train, d'un bus) to get offNous descendons à la prochaine station. — We're getting off at the next station.
3) [niveau, température] to go down, to come down, [marée] to go out4)descendre de (= avoir pour origine) — to be descended from
* * *descendre verb table: rendreA vtr1 ( transporter) ( en bas) gén to take [sb/sth] down [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] downstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en haut) gén to bring [sb/sth] down [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] downstairs [personne, objet]; descendre les bouteilles à la cave to take the bottles down to the cellar; descendre les valises du grenier to bring the suitcases down from the attic; je peux vous descendre au village I can take you down to the village; descends-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers down for me; je leur ai fait descendre les bouteilles à la cave I had them take the bottles down to the cellar; j'ai fait descendre le piano dans le salon I had the piano taken ou brought down to the living room; faites-moi descendre les dossiers secrets have the secret files brought down to me;2 ( placer plus bas) to put [sth] down [objet]; ( en abaissant) gén to lower (de by); ( avec une manivelle) to wind [sth] down; descends le store put the blind down; j'ai descendu le vase sur l'étagère du bas/de l'étagère du haut I moved the vase down to the bottom shelf/from the top shelf; descendre l'étagère d'un cran/de 20 centimètres to lower the shelf by one notch/by 20 centimetresGB; descendre un seau dans un puits to lower a bucket into a well;3 ( réussir à mettre plus bas) to get [sth] down [objet]; impossible de descendre le piano par l'escalier/par la fenêtre it's impossible to get the piano down the stairs/through the window; comment va-t-on descendre le piano? ( de l'étage) how are we going to get the piano downstairs?; ( du camion) how are we going to get the piano out?; tu peux me descendre cette valise de l'armoire? can you get this suitcase down from the wardrobe for me?;4 ( parcourir) ( en allant) to go down [pente, rue, marches, fleuve]; ( en venant) to come down [pente, rue, marches, fleuve]; je l'ai vu descendre les escaliers sur le derrière○ I saw him slide down the stairs on his bottom; descendre la colline en rampant/à bicyclette to crawl/to cycle down the hill; descendre la rivière en pagayant/à la nage to paddle/to swim down the river; je leur ai fait descendre la colline en courant I made them run down the hill; il m'a fait descendre les escaliers trois fois he made me go downstairs ou down the stairs three times;5 ○( éliminer) to bump off○, to plug○, to kill [personne]; to shoot down [avion]; se faire descendre [personne] to be bumped off○; [avion] to be shot down; on l'a descendu d'une balle dans la poitrine/tête he was shot in the chest/head and killed;6 ○( malmener) to tear [sb/sth] to pieces; il s'est fait descendre par la presse the newspapers tore him to pieces; ils ont descendu ma thèse pendant deux heures they spent two hours tearing my thesis to pieces;7 ○( boire) [personne] to down [bouteille, verre]; il a descendu son verre en deux secondes he downed his drink in two seconds flat.B vi (+ v être)1 ( se déplacer) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go down (à to); ( de l'étage) to go downstairs; ( en venant) gén to come down (de from); ( de l'étage) to come downstairs; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique, avion, hélicoptère] ( en allant) to go down; ( en venant) to come down; [oiseau] to fly down; [soleil] to set (sur over); [nuit] to fall; [brouillard] to come down (sur over); reste ici, je descends à la cave stay here, I'm going down to the cellar; peux-tu descendre chercher mon sac? can you go downstairs and get my bag?; tu peux descendre m'aider à pousser l'armoire? can you come downstairs and help me push the wardrobe?; il est descendu fumer he went downstairs to smoke; te voilà! tu es descendu par l'ascenseur? there you are! did you come down in the elevator?; tu es descendu à pied? did you walk down?; je préfère descendre par l'escalier I prefer to go down by the stairs; nous sommes descendus par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked down by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode down by the path/the road; il est descendu du col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove down from the pass; où est l'écureuil? il a dû descendre de l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have come down ou climbed down from the tree; descends, je te suis go on down, I'll follow you; descends de là! get down from there!; je suis descendu au fond du puits/au bas de la falaise I went down to the bottom of the well/to the foot of the cliff; descendre de son lit to get out of bed; descendre de son nid [oiseau] to fly out of its nest; descendre de [personne] to step off [trottoir, marche]; [animal] to get off [marche, trottoir]; [personne, animal] to climb down from [mur, tabouret]; il est descendu du toit [enfant, chat] he' s come down from the roof; descendre de l'échelle/l'arbre/la corde to climb down from the ladder/the tree/the rope; descendre à la verticale [paquet, alpiniste] to descend vertically; descendre aux Enfers Relig to descend into Hell; l'air froid fait descendre les ballons/planeurs cold air makes balloons/gliders drop; elle m'a fait/ne m'a pas laissé descendre à la cave she had me/didn't let me go down to the cellar; faites-les descendre send them down [clients, marchandises]; faire descendre sa jupe/ses bas/son châle to pull one's skirt/one's tights/one's shawl down;2 ( d'un moyen de transport) descendre d'une voiture to get out of a car; le chien ne veut pas descendre ( de la voiture) the dog doesn't want to get out; descendre d'un train/bus/avion to get off a train/bus/plane; descendre d'avion/de bateau to get off a plane/a boat; descendre de bicyclette to get off one 's bicycle; descendre de cheval to get off one's horse, to dismount sout; descendre à Marseille (d'avion, de bateau, de bus, de train) to get off at Marseilles;3 ( s'étendre de haut en bas) [route, voie ferrée] to go downhill, to go down; [terrain] to go down; [canalisations, ligne téléphonique] ( en allant) to go down; ( en venant) to come down; [rivière] to flow down; descendre jusqu'à [chemin, muraille, escalier] to go down to; descendre jusqu'à la mer [route, rivière] to go right down to the sea; descendre en lacets [route] to wind its way down; descendre en pente douce [terrain, route] to slope down gently; descendre en pente raide [terrain, route] to drop steeply; descendre brusquement sur 200 mètres [pente, route] to drop sharply for 200 metresGB;4 ( atteindre) [vêtement, cheveux] to come down (jusqu'à to); robe qui descend jusqu'aux chevilles dress that comes down to the ankles; elle avait une robe qui lui descendait aux chevilles she was wearing an ankle-length dress; il a les cheveux qui lui descendent sur la nuque/jusqu'à la taille his hair comes down the nape of his neck/to his waist;5 ( baisser) [niveau, baromètre, température, pression, prix, taux] to drop, to go down (à to; de by); [marée] to go out; l’euro est or a descendu par rapport à la livre the euro has dropped ou gone down against the pound ; faire descendre les cours de 2% to bring prices down by 2%; ça va faire descendre le dollar it'll send ou put the dollar down; ça fait descendre la température gén it lowers the temperature; Méd it brings one's temperature down; ça ne fera pas descendre le taux de chômage it won't bring the unemployment rate down;6 (se rendre, séjourner) descendre à Marseille/dans le Midi to go down to Marseilles/to the South (of France); descendre en ville to go into town; descendre dans un hôtel to stay at a hotel; descendre dans la rue gén to go outside; Pol to take to the streets; descendre dans un bar/chez qn [police] to raid a bar/sb's place;7 ( être issu) descendre de gén to come from; ( génétiquement) to be descended from; descendre d'une famille de négociants to come from a family of merchants; l'homme descend du singe man is descended from the ape;8 ○( passer) boire de l'eau pour faire descendre la viande to have a drink of water to help the meat down; un petit vin qui descend bien a wine which slips down nicely.[desɑ̃dr] verbe intransitif (aux être)A.1. [personne, mécanisme, avion - vu d'en haut] to go down ; [ - vu d'en bas] to come down[oiseau] to fly ou to swoop downje descends toujours par l'escalier I always go down by the stairs ou take the stairs downnotre équipe est descendue à la huitième place our team moved down ou dropped to eighth placele premier coureur à descendre au-dessous de dix secondes au 100 mètres the first runner to break ten seconds for the 100 metresmes chaussettes descendent my socks are falling down ou slipping downils ont fait descendre les passagers sur les rails they made the passengers get down onto the tracksc'est ce mécanisme qui fait descendre la plate-forme this mechanism brings the platform down ou lowers the platforma. [échafaudage, échelle] to come ou to climb down from, to get down fromb. [arbre] to climb ou to come down out ofc. [balançoire] to get offdescendre dans la rue [manifester] to take to the streets2. [air froid, brouillard] to come down[soleil] to go downla nuit ou le soir descend night is closing in ou falling3. [se rendre - dans un lieu d'altitude inférieure, dans le Sud, à la campagne] to go down‘ne pas descendre avant l'arrêt complet du train’ ‘please do not attempt to alight until the train has come to a complete standstill’descendre de bateau to get off a boat, to land5. [faire irruption]la police est descendue chez elle/dans son bar the police raided her place/her bar6. [se loger] to staydescendre dans un hôtel to put up at ou to stay at a hotel7. (familier) [repas, boisson] to go ou to slip downavec lui, ça descend!a. [il boit] he really knocks it back!b. [il mange] he can really tuck it away!B.1. [cheveux, vêtement]descendre à ou jusqu'àb. [puits] to go down to2. [suivre une pente - rivière] to flow down ; [ - route] to go down ou downwards ; [ - toit] to slope downdescendre en pente raide [route, terrain, toit] to drop sharplyC.la température est descendue au-dessous de zéro the temperature has dropped ou fallen below zerole cours du café est descendu à 800 dollars the trading price of coffee has fallen down to 800 dollarsl'essence est descendue au-dessous de un euro the price of petrol has fallen below the one euro mark2. [s'abaisser moralement] to stoop3. MUSIQUE to go ou to drop downdescendre d'une octave to go down ou to drop an octave————————[desɑ̃dr] verbe transitif (aux avoir)1. [parcourir - escalier, montagne] to go down (inseparable)descendre le courant [détritus, arbre] to float downstreama. [en nageant] to swim downstreamb. [en bateau] to sail down a river3. [porter vers le bas - colis] to take down (separable), to get down (separable), - porter vers soi] to bring down (separable)tu pourrais me descendre une veste, s'il te plaît? could you bring me down a jacket please?4. [amener en voiture] to take ou to drive down (separable)5. (familier) [abattre - gangster] to gun ou to shoot down (separable) ; [ - avion] to bring ou to shoot down (separable)8. MUSIQUE————————descendre de verbe plus préposition[être issu de] to be descended from -
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monter [mɔ̃te]➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. intransitive verb► monter sur [+ table, rocher, toit] to climb onto• monté sur une chaise, il accrochait un tableau he was standing on a chair hanging a picture• monter à bicyclette ( = faire du vélo) to ride a bicycle• monter à or jusqu'à to come up to• jusqu'où monte le téléphérique ? where does the cable car go up to?• la voiture peut monter jusqu'à 250 km/h the car can do up to 250km/h• ce tableau peut monter jusqu'à 30 000 € this painting could fetch up to 30,000 euros2. transitive verba. ( = gravir) to go upb. ( = porter) to take upd. ( = augmenter) monter le son to turn the sound upe. ( = exciter) monter qn contre qn to set sb against sb• « je monte la garde ! » "beware of the dog!"h. [+ pièce de théâtre] to put on ; [+ affaire, opération, campagne publicitaire] to set up ; [+ canular] to play ; [+ complot] to hatchi. [+ diamant, perle] to mount ; [+ pneu] to put on3. reflexive verba.se monter à [+ prix] to amount to* * *mɔ̃te
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verbe transitif (+ v avoir)1) ( transporter) ( en haut) gén to take [somebody/something] up (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [somebody/something] upstairs2) ( placer plus haut) to put [something] up [objet]; to raise [étagère] (de by)3) ( réussir à transporter) to get [something] up [objet]4) ( parcourir) to go up [escalier, pente, rue]5) (en valeur, intensité) to turn up [volume, thermostat]; Musique to raise the pitch of [instrument]6) Culinaire to beat, to whisk [blanc d'œuf, mayonnaise]7) ( rendre hostile)monter quelqu'un contre quelqu'un — to turn ou set somebody against somebody
8) ( chevaucher) to ride [cheval]9) (couvrir, saillir) to mount, to cover10) ( assembler) to assemble [meuble, appareil]; to put up [tente, échafaudage]; to set, to mount [pierre précieuse]; to mount [gravure]; Musique to string [instrument]11) ( en couture) to put [something] in [col]; to set [something] in [manche]12) ( organiser) to hatch [complot]; to mount [attaque]; to set up [société]; Théâtre to stage [pièce]monter une histoire de toutes pièces — to concoct ou fabricate a story from beginning to end
13) ( fournir)
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verbe intransitif (+ v être)1) ( se déplacer) ( en allant) gén to go up; ( à l'étage) to go upstairs; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb; [oiseau] to fly up; [soleil, brume] to risetu es monté à pied? — gén did you walk up?
il est monté au col à bicyclette/en voiture — he cycled/drove up to the pass
monter sur — to get onto [trottoir]; to climb onto [mur]
monter sur le toit — [enfant, chat] to go up onto the roof
monter à l'échelle/l'arbre — to climb (up) the ladder/the tree
faites-les monter — (clients, marchandises) send them up
monter dans un train/bus/avion — to get on a train/bus/plane
monter sur — to get on [cheval, bicyclette, tracteur]
3) ( s'étendre de bas en haut) [route, voie ferrée] to go uphill, to climb; [terrain] to rise; [canalisation, ligne téléphonique] ( en allant) to go upmonter en lacets — [route] to wind its way up
monter en pente douce — [terrain, route] to slope up gently
monter en pente raide — [terrain, route] to climb steeply
4) ( atteindre) [vêtement, liquide, neige] to come up5) ( augmenter) gén to rise, to go up (à to; de by); [marée] to come in; Musique [mélodie] to risefaire monter les cours de 2% — to push prices up by 2%
6) (se rendre, séjourner)monter à or sur Paris — ( de province) to go up to Paris
7) ( chevaucher)monter à bicyclette/moto — to ride a bicycle/motorbike
8) Arméemonter à l'assaut or l'attaque — to mount an attack (de on)
9) Jeux ( aux cartes) to play a higher card10) ( progresser) [employé, artiste] to riseà force de monter, il deviendra directeur — he'll work his way right up to director
monter en puissance — [parti, politicien] to rise
11) ( gagner en intensité) [colère, émotion] to mount; [sanglots] to rise; [larmes] to well uple ton monta — ( animation) the conversation became noisier; ( énervement) the discussion became heated
12) ( saisir)monter à la gorge de quelqu'un — [sanglots, cri] to rise (up) in somebody's throat
monter à la tête de quelqu'un — [vin, succès] to go to somebody's head
le rouge lui est monté au front — he/she went red in the face
13) Automobile, Technologiemonter à 250 km/h — to go up to 250 kph
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se monter verbe pronominal1) ( s'élever)se monter à — [frais, facture] to amount to
2) ( s'équiper) to get oneself set up (en with)••se monter la tête — (colloq) to get worked up (colloq)
* * *mɔ̃te1) [escalier, côte] (en allant) to go up, (en venant) to come upElle a du mal à monter les escaliers. — She has difficulty going upstairs.
2) [valise, paquet] (en allant) to take up, (en venant) to bring upMonte les valises pendant que je règle le taxi. — Take the suitcases up while I pay the cab fare.
Monte-moi le dossier. — Bring me up the file.
3) [société, opération] to set up4) [tente, échafaudage, étagères] to put up, [machine] to assemble5) (= fixer)monter qch sur qch [dispositif, moteur] — to fit sth on sth
6) [cheval] to mount, to get on7) ZOOLOGIE, [femelle] to cover, to serve8) [bijou] to mount, to set10) CINÉMA to edit11) THÉÂTRE, [pièce] to put on, to stage1) [personne] (aller) to go up, (venir) to come upmonter à pied — to walk up, to go up on foot
monter sur [chaise, escabeau] — to get onto
Tu vas devoir monter sur une chaise pour changer l'ampoule. — You'll have to get onto a chair to change the light bulb.
2) [avion, voiture] to climb, to go up3) [chemin, niveau, température, voix, prix] to go up, to riseLes prix ont encore monté. — Prices have gone up again.
4) [brouillard, bruit] to rise, to come up5) [passager] to get onmonter dans le train — to get on the train, to board the train
monter dans l'avion — to get on the plane, to board the plane
Il est temps de monter dans l'avion. — It's time to get on the plane.
6) (= faire du cheval) to ride, to ride a horsemonter à cheval (hobby) — to ride, to go riding, (action) to get on a horse
monter bien — to be a good rider, to ride well
monter mal — to be a poor rider, to ride badly
* * *monter verb table: aimerA vtr (+ v avoir)1 ( transporter) ( en haut) gén to take [sb/sth] up [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] upstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en bas) gén to bring [sb/sth] up [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] upstairs [personne, objet]; monter les valises au grenier to take the suitcases up to the attic; monter les bouteilles de la cave to bring the bottles up from the cellar; je peux vous monter au village I can take you up to the village; monte-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers up (to me); je leur ai fait monter les valises au grenier I made them take the suitcases up to the attic; j'ai fait monter le piano dans la chambre I had the piano taken up to the bedroom; faites -moi monter les dossiers secrets get the secret files brought up to me;2 ( placer plus haut) to put [sth] up [objet]; to raise [étagère] (de by); monte le store put the blind up; j'ai monté le vase sur l'étagère du haut I put the vase on the top shelf; tu peux me monter cette valise sur l'armoire? can you put ou get this suitcase up on the wardrobe for me?; monter l'étagère d'un cran/de 20 centimètres to raise the shelf by one notch/by 20 centimetresGB;3 ( réussir à transporter) to get [sth] up [objet]; impossible de monter le piano par l'escalier/par la fenêtre it's impossible to get the piano up the stairs/up through the window; comment va-t-on monter le piano? ( à l'étage) how are we going to get the piano upstairs?; ( dans le camion) how are we going to get the piano in?;4 ( parcourir) ( en allant) to go up [pente, rue, marches]; to go up, to climb [côte, escaliers]; ( en venant) to come up [pente, rue, marches, escaliers]; je l'ai vu monter les escaliers sur les or à genoux I saw him go ou climb up the stairs on his knees; monter la colline à bicyclette to cycle up the hill; je leur ai fait monter la colline en courant I made them run up the hill; il m'a fait monter les escaliers trois fois he made me go upstairs ou up the stairs three times;5 (en valeur, intensité) to turn up [volume, thermostat, gaz]; Mus to raise the pitch of [instrument]; Art to intensify [couleur]; monte un peu la radio turn the radio up a bit; monter un violon d'un ton to raise the pitch of a violin by a tone;6 Culin to beat, to whisk [blanc d'œuf, mayonnaise]; monter les blancs en neige ( dans une recette) beat ou whisk the egg whites until stiff; monter une sauce to thicken a sauce;7 ( rendre hostile) monter qn contre qn to turn ou set sb against sb; monter qn contre un projet to put sb off a plan; être monté contre qn to have it in for sb;8 ( chevaucher) to ride [cheval, âne, éléphant]; ce cheval n'a jamais été monté this horse has never been ridden (before);9 (couvrir, saillir) to mount, to cover;10 ( assembler) to assemble [meuble, appareil, machine]; to put up [tente, échafaudage]; to set, to mount [pierre précieuse]; to mount [gravure, estampe, photo]; Mus to string [instrument]; monter un film Cin to edit a film; monter une page Imprim to set (up) a page; monter une émission TV to edit a broadcast; monter en parallèle Électrotech to connect in parallel;11 Cout to put [sth] in [col]; to set [sth] in [manche]; monter un manteau/une robe to make up a coat/a dress;12 ( organiser) to hatch [complot]; to mount [attaque, opération militaire]; to set up [société, opération financière]; Théât to stage, to put on [pièce]; monter un spectacle to stage ou put on a show; monter une histoire de toutes pièces to concoct ou fabricate a story from beginning to end;13 ( fournir) monter son ménage/sa maison to set up home/house; monter sa garde-robe to build up one's wardrobe.B vi (+ v être)1 ( se déplacer) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go up (à to); ( à l'étage) to go upstairs; ( en venant) gén to come up (de from); ( à l'étage) to come upstairs; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique] ( en allant) to go up; ( en venant) to come up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb; [oiseau] to fly up; [soleil, brume] to rise (sur over); [fumée, odeur, bruit] to come up; reste-ici, je monte au grenier stay here, I'm going up to the attic; peux-tu monter chercher mon sac? can you go upstairs and get my bag?; tu peux monter m'aider à pousser l'armoire? can you come upstairs and help me push the wardrobe?; il est monté s'allonger he went upstairs to lie down; te voilà! tu es monté par l'ascenseur? there you are! did you come up in the lift GB ou elevator US?; tu es monté à pied? gén did you walk up?; ( plutôt que par l'ascenseur) did you come up on foot?; je préfère monter par l'escalier I prefer to go up by the stairs; nous sommes montés par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked up by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode up by the path/the road; il est monté au col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove up to the pass; il est monté vers moi en rampant he crawled up to me; où est l'écureuil? il a dû monter à l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have gone up ou climbed the tree; monte, je te suis go on up, I'll follow you; monte ici! come up here!; je suis monté en haut de la tour/au sommet de la falaise I went up to the top of the tower/to the top of the cliff; monter sur [personne] to step onto, to get onto [trottoir, marche]; [animal] to get onto [marche, trottoir]; [personne, animal] to climb onto [mur, tabouret]; il est monté sur le toit [enfant, chat] he's/it's gone up onto the roof; monter à l'échelle/l'arbre/la corde to climb (up) the ladder/the tree/the rope; monter à la verticale [ballon, alpiniste] to climb vertically; monter au ciel to ascend into Heaven; l'air chaud fait monter les ballons/planeurs warm air makes balloons/gliders rise; elle m'a fait/ne m'a pas laissé monter dans sa chambre she had me/didn't let me go up to her bedroom; faites-les monter (clients, marchandises) send them up;2 ( sur un moyen de transport) monter dans une voiture to get in a car; monter dans un train/bus/avion to get on a train/bus/plane; monter dans un canoë/sur un bateau to get into a canoe/on a boat; il n'est jamais monté en avion he's never been on a plane; il a peur de monter en avion he's afraid of flying; monter à bord to get on board; monter sur to get on [âne, cheval, bicyclette, tracteur]; monté sur son cheval/sur son chameau, il parcourait le pays he travelledGB the country on horseback/on his camel;3 ( s'étendre de bas en haut) [route, voie ferrée] to go uphill, to climb; [terrain] to rise; [canalisation, ligne téléphonique] ( en allant) to go up; ( en venant) to come up; monter jusqu'à [chemin, muraille, escalier] ( description) to go up to; ( emphase) to go up as far as; monter jusqu'au sommet [route, ligne téléphonique] to go right up to the top; monter en lacets [route] to wind its way up; monter en pente douce [terrain, route] to slope up gently; monter en pente raide [terrain, route] to climb steeply; monter brusquement sur 200 mètres [pente, route] to climb sharply for 200 metresGB;4 ( atteindre) [vêtement, liquide, neige] to come up (jusqu'à to); des chaussettes qui montent jusqu'aux genoux socks that come up to the knees; il avait des chaussettes qui lui montaient aux genoux he was wearing knee socks; l'eau nous montait jusqu'à la taille the water came up to our waists, we were waist-deep in water; l'eau montait sur la berge the water came up onto the bank;5 ( augmenter) [niveau, baromètre, température, pression, prix, taux] to rise, to go up (à to; de by); [marée] to come in; Mus [mélodie] to rise; l’euro est or a monté par rapport à la livre the euro has risen ou gone up against the pound; faire monter les cours de 2% to push prices up by 2%; ça va faire monter le dollar it'll send ou push the dollar up; ça fait monter la température gén it raises the temperature; Méd it puts one's temperature up; ça ne fera pas monter leur niveau de vie it won't raise their standard of living;6 (se rendre, séjourner) monter à or sur Paris ( de province) to go up to Paris; monter à Lyon ( du Midi) to go up to Lyons;7 ( chevaucher) monter (à cheval) to ride; monter à bicyclette/moto to ride a bicycle/motorbike; il ne sait pas monter (à cheval) he can't ride; elle monte à cheval deux fois par semaine she goes riding ou rides twice a week;8 Mil monter à l'assaut or l'attaque to mount an attack (de on); monter au front to move up to the front; monter en ligne to move up the line; monter au combat to go into battle;9 Jeux ( aux cartes) to play a higher card; monter à carreau/l'atout to play a higher diamond/trump;10 ( progresser) ( dans une hiérarchie) to rise, to move up; ( en notoriété) [artiste] to rise; à force de monter, il deviendra directeur he'll work his way right up to director; c'est un jeune peintre qui monte he's an up-and-coming ou a rising young painter; monter en puissance [parti, politicien] to rise;11 ( gagner en intensité) [colère, émotion] to mount; [sanglots] to rise; [larmes] to well up; le ton monta ( animation) the conversation became noisier; ( énervement) the discussion became heated;12 ( saisir) monter à la gorge de qn [sanglots, cri] to rise (up) in sb's throat; monter à la tête de qn [vin, alcool, succès] to go to sb's head; le rouge lui est monté au front he/she went red in the face;13 Aut, Tech monter à 250 km/h [véhicule] to go up to ou reach 250 km/h; [automobiliste] to go up to 250 km/h; monter en puissance [moteur] to increase in power.C se monter vpr1 ( s'élever) se monter à [dépenses, frais, facture] to come to, to amount to; [dette] to amount to;2 ( s'équiper) to get oneself set up (en with).se monter la tête○ to get worked up○.[mɔ̃te] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être ou avoir)1. [personne, animal - vu d'en bas] to go up ; [ - vu d'en haut] to come up[drapeau] to go upmonte par l'ascenseur go up in ou use the liftle premier de cordée continuait à monter the leader continued to climb ou continued the ascentes-tu déjà montée au dernier étage de la tour Eiffel? have you ever been up to the top of the Eiffel Tower?monter en pente raide to climb steeply ou sharplyça monte trop, passe en première it's too steep, change down into firstmonter de [suj: odeur, bruit] to rise (up) from, to come from2. [dans un moyen de transport]a. [avion, train] to get on ou onto, to boardb. [bus] to get on, to boardc. [voiture] to get intotu montes (avec moi)? [dans ma voiture] are you coming with me (in my car)?elle monte à Versailles [dans le train] she gets on at Versailles (station)monter sur un ou à bord d'un bateau to board a shipmonter sur un cheval to get on ou to mount a horseça fait longtemps que je ne suis pas monté sur une bicyclette it's a long time since I've been on a bicycle3. [apparaître suite à une émotion]les larmes lui sont montées aux yeux tears welled up in his eyes, his eyes filled with tears4. [s'élever - température] to rise, to go up ; [ - fièvre] to rise ; [ - prix, taux] to rise, to go up, to increase ; [ - action] to rise ; [ - rivière] to rise ; [ - mer, marée] to come in ; [ - anxiété, mécontentement] to grow, to increasefaire monter [tension, peur] to increasea. [surenchère] to send ou to put prices upb. [marchand] to put up ou to increase pricesles loyers ont monté de 25 % rents have gone up ou increased by 25%a. [il bout] the milk is boilingb. [chez une femme qui allaite] lactation has startedprends de grosses aiguilles, ton pull montera plus vite your sweater will knit up more quickly if you use big needlesle soufflé a bien monté/n'a pas monté the soufflé rose beautifully/didn't risea. [de colère] voices were being raised, the discussion was becoming heatedb. [d'animation] the noise level was rising5. [atteindre un certain niveau]monter à ou jusqu'à [eau, vêtement, chaussures] to come up toles pistes de ski montent jusqu'à 3 000 m the ski runs go up to ou as high as 3,000 ml'hectare de vigne peut monter jusqu'à 30 000 euros one hectare of vineyard can cost up to ou fetch as much as 30,000 eurosil peut monter jusqu'au "si" he can go ou sing up to B7. [pour attaquer]8. [dans une hiérarchie] to rise[dans le temps]la génération qui monte the rising ou new generation9. [aller vers le nord]10. JEUX————————[mɔ̃te] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)1. [gravir] to go up (inseparable)monter l'escalier to go ou to climb up the stairs, to go upstairs2. [porter en haut - bagages, colis] to take ou to carry up (separable) ; [ - courrier] to take up (separable)peut-on se faire monter le repas dans les chambres? is it possible to have meals brought to the room?3. [mettre plus haut]monte la vitre, j'ai froid wind up the (car) window, I'm cold[mettre en colère]5. [assembler - kit] to assemble, to put together (separable) ; [ - tente] to pitch, to put up (separable) ; [ - abri] to rig up (separable)a. [sur une marie-louise] to mount an engravingb. [dans un cadre] to frame an engraving7. [organiser - généralement] to organize ; [ - pièce, spectacle] to put on (separable), to stage, to produce ; [ - canular] to think up (separable) ; [ - complot, machination] to set up (separable)8. [pourvoir - bibliothèque, collection, cave] to set up (separable)monter son ménage ou sa maison to set up house9. ÉQUITATION[film] to edit11. COUTURE to fit (on)monter une manche to sew on ou to attach a sleevele pantalon est prêt à être monté the trousers are ready to assemble ou to be made up[tricoter - maille] to cast on (separable)12. CUISINE————————se monter à verbe pronominal plus préposition[coût, dépenses] to come ou to amount ou to add up to————————se monter en verbe pronominal plus prépositionto equip ou to provide oneself with -
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trouver [tʀuve]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. to find• où peut-on le trouver ? where is he?• mais qu'est-ce qu'elle lui trouve ? what on earth does she see in him?• comment as-tu fait pour trouver ? (énigme) how did you work it out?• j'ai trouvé ! I've got it! (inf)• explication/excuse toute trouvée ready-made explanation/excuse• où est-il allé trouver ça ? where on earth did he get that idea from?► trouver à + infinitif• trouver à manger/boire to find something to eat/drink• trouver à s'occuper to find something to occupy o.s. with• si tu trouves à te garer dans ma rue... if you manage to find a parking space in my street...b. ( = rencontrer par hasard) [+ document, information, personne] to come across ; [+ idée] to hit onc. ( = penser, juger) to find• trouver qch à son goût/trop cher to find sth to one's liking/too expensive• comment l'as-tu trouvé ? what did you think of him?• vous la trouvez sympathique ? do you like her?• vous trouvez ça normal ? do you think that's right?• tu trouves ça drôle ! so you find that funny!• vous trouvez ? do you think so?d. ( = rendre visite à) aller/venir trouver qn to go/come and see sb• quand il a des ennuis, c'est moi qu'il vient trouver when he has problems, it's me he comes toe. ( = éprouver) trouver (du) plaisir à qch/à faire qch to take pleasure in sth/in doing sth2. reflexive verba. ( = être dans une situation) [personne] to find o.s. ; [chose] to beb. ( = être situé) [personne, chose] to be• je me trouvais près de l'entrée I was (standing or sitting etc) near the entrance• où se trouve la poste ? where is the post office?c. ( = se sentir) to feel• se trouver mal ( = s'évanouir) to faint• tu te trouves malin ? I suppose you think that's clever!e. (exprimant la coïncidence: souvent avec infinitif) se trouver être/avoir... to happen to be/have...f. ( = découvrir sa personnalité, son style) il ne s'est pas encore trouvé ( = artiste) he hasn't found his own distinctive style yetg. (locutions)• il s'est trouvé que j'étais là quand... I happened to be there when...• il se trouvait qu'elle avait menti it turned out that she had been lying► il se trouve + nom ( = il y a)il se trouve toujours des gens qui disent or pour dire... there are always people who will say...► si ça se trouve (inf)ils sont sortis, si ça se trouve they're probably out• si ça se trouve, il ne viendra pas maybe he won't come* * *tʀuve
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1) ( par hasard) to find2) ( en cherchant) to findveuillez trouver ci-joint... — ( dans une lettre) please find enclosed...
tu as trouvé ça tout seul? — iron did you work that out all by yourself?
si tu continues tu vas me trouver! — (colloq) don't push your luck! (colloq)
3) ( voir) to find4) ( estimer)trouver quelqu'un gentil/pénible — to think somebody is nice/tiresome
je trouve ça bizarre/drôle — I think it's strange/funny, I find it strange/funny
comment trouves-tu mon ami? — what do you think of my friend?, how do you like my friend?
je me demande ce qu'elle lui trouve! — I wonder what she sees in him/her!
je te trouve bien calme, qu'est-ce que tu as? — you're very quiet, what's the matter?
5) ( imaginer) to come up with [raison, excuse, moyen, produit]trouver le moyen de faire — lit, iron to manage to do
il n'a rien trouvé de mieux que de le leur répéter! — iron he would have to go and tell them!
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se trouver verbe pronominal1) ( être situé) to be2) ( se sentir) to feel3) ( se considérer)4) ( se procurer) to find [raison, excuse, motif]
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verbe impersonnelil se trouve qu'elle ne leur avait rien dit — as it happened, she hadn't told them anything
ça s'est trouvé comme ça — (colloq) it just happened that way
si ça se trouve (colloq) ça te plaira — you might like it
* * *tʀuve vt1) [objet] to findJe ne trouve pas mes lunettes. — I can't find my glasses.
2)trouver à faire qch; trouver à boire — to find something to drink
3) (= penser) to thinkje trouve que — I think that, I find that
Je trouve que c'est bête. — I think it's stupid.
4) (= rendre visite à)* * *trouver verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( par hasard) to find [parapluie, chat, cadavre] (en faisant while doing); où as-tu trouvé ça? where did you find that?; nous avons trouvé un petit hôtel charmant we found a charming little hotel; trouver qch dans un tiroir/la rue/le bus to find sth in a drawer/in the street/on the bus; c'est surprenant de vous trouver ici! I'm surprised to find you here!; on trouve de tout ici they have everything here; trouver qch par hasard to come across sth; j'ai trouvé Luc au supermarché I ran into Luc at the supermarket;2 ( découvrir en cherchant) to find [personne, clés, gants, numéro de téléphone, erreur]; il a trouvé la maison/femme de ses rêves he found the house/woman of his dreams; trouver l'amour/la paix to find love/peace; j'ai trouvé quelqu'un à qui demander conseil I've found someone to go to for advice; elle a trouvé quelqu'un qui peut la renseigner/l'aider she's found somebody who can give her the information/help her; alors tu le trouves ce livre? have you found that book yet?; trouver son chemin to find one's way; j'ai eu du mal à trouver leur maison I had trouble finding their house; tu trouveras à manger dans la cuisine you'll find something to eat in the kitchen; trouver ce que l'on cherche to find what one is looking for; les médecins n'ont pas trouvé ce qu'il avait the doctors couldn't find what was wrong with him; ils ont trouvé qui a volé la voiture they found the person who stole the car; trouver de quoi écrire to find something to write with; vous le trouverez à son bureau/chez lui you'll find him in his office/at home; savez-vous où je peux la trouver? do you know where I can find her?; veuillez trouver ci-joint… ( dans une lettre) please find enclosed…; j'ai trouvé! I've got it!; combien trouves-tu dans le premier exercice? what answer did you get for the first exercise?; tu as trouvé ça tout seul? iron did you work that out all by yourself?; si tu continues tu vas me trouver○! don't push your luck○!; il va trouver à qui parler he's going to be for it○; ⇒ chaussure;3 ( se procurer) to find [emploi, appartement, associé]; il ne trouve pas de travail he can't find a job; j'ai trouvé une amie en elle I found a friend in her; trouver une consolation dans to find consolation in; trouver du plaisir/une satisfaction dans qch/à faire to get pleasure/satisfaction out of sth/out of doing; trouver un réconfort dans to take comfort in; il ne nous reste plus qu'à trouver le financement all we have to do now is get financial backing;4 ( voir) to find; trouver qch dans un état lamentable to find sth in an appalling state; trouver qch cassé/déchiré/ouvert to find sth broken/torn/open; trouver qn debout/couché/assis to find sb standing/lying down/sitting down; trouver qn malade/en pleurs/mort to find sb ill/in tears/dead; il a été trouvé mort dans son lit un matin he was found dead in his bed one morning; trouver qn en train de faire to find sb doing; je les ai trouvés en train de fouiller dans mes affaires I found them rummaging through my belongings; ils sont tous venus me trouver après le cours they all came to see me after the class; je vais aller trouver le responsable du rayon I'm going to go and see the head of the department;5 ( estimer) trouver qn gentil/adorable/pénible to think sb is nice/adorable/tiresome; je trouve ça bizarre/drôle/inadmissible I think it's strange/funny/intolerable; comment trouves-tu mon gâteau? what do you think of my cake?; comment trouves-tu mon ami? what do you think of my friend?, how do you like my friend?; trouver triste de faire to find it sad to do; il trouve (ça) dommage de ne pas en profiter he thinks it's a shame not to take advantage of it; j'ai trouvé bon de vous prévenir I thought it right to warn you; trouver un intérêt à qch/faire to find sth interesting/find it interesting to do; trouver des qualités/défauts à qch/qn to see good qualities/faults in sth/sb; elle ne me trouve que des défauts she only sees my faults; je me demande ce qu'elle lui trouve! I wonder what she sees in him!; elle m'a trouvé bonne/mauvaise mine she thought I looked well/didn't look well; je te trouve bien calme, qu'est-ce que tu as? you're very quiet, what's the matter?; trouver que to think that; tu trouves que j'ai tort/raison? do you think I'm wrong/right?; ils ont trouvé que j'exagérais they thought I was going too far; tu trouves? do you think so?; je ne trouve pas qu'il est or soit méchant I don't think he's so bad;6 ( imaginer) to come up with [raison, excuses, moyen, produit]; trouver une astuce to come up with a crafty solution; ils ont trouvé un nouveau système they've come up with a new system; trouver à s'amuser/s'occuper to find sth to play with/do; trouver qch à dire sur to find sth to say about; trouver à redire to find fault; trouver le moyen de faire aussi iron to manage to do; il n'a rien trouvé de mieux que de le leur répéter! iron he WOULD have to go and tell them!B se trouver vpr1 ( être situé) to be; se trouver à Rome/dans l'avion/au bord de la rivière to be in Rome/on the plane/on the river bank; le résumé se trouve page 11 the summary is on page 11; se trouver incapable or dans l'impossibilité de faire to be unable to do; je me trouvais seule chez moi I was home alone;2 ( se retrouver) [personne] to find oneself [bloqué, pris, isolé]; [projet] to be [compromis, entravé]; [ville, région, pays] to be [assiégé, envahi, inondé]; se trouver confronté à de grosses difficultés to have run into major problems;3 ( se sentir) to feel; se trouver mal à l'aise quelque part to feel uneasy somewhere; se trouver embarrassé to feel embarrassed; se trouver bien quelque part to be happy somewhere; se trouver mal to pass out; j'ai failli me trouver mal I nearly passed out;4 ( se considérer) il se trouver beau/laid he thinks he's good-looking/ugly;5 ( se procurer) to find oneself [emploi, logement, voiture]; to find [raisons, excuses, motif]; trouve-toi une occupation find yourself something to do; elle s'est trouvé un petit ami she's found herself a boyfriend.C v impers il se trouve que je le connais I happen to know him; il se trouve que nous nous connaissons we happen to know each other; il se trouve que je le savais as it happens, I already knew; il se trouve qu'elle ne leur avait rien dit as it happened, she hadn't told them anything; il ne s'est trouvé que dix personnes pour accepter in the event, only ten people accepted; ça s'est trouvé comme ça○ it just happened that way; si ça se trouve○ ça te plaira/tu les verras you might like it/see them; si ça se trouve○ il est mort/ne viendra pas he might be dead/not come.[truve] verbe transitifA.[APRÈS UNE RECHERCHE]1. [objet perdu, personne, emploi] to findoù pourrais-je la trouver mardi? where could I find ou contact her on Tuesday?trouver où [découvrir un lieu approprié pour]: j'ai trouvé où faire reproduire des cartes postales anciennes I've found a place where they do reproductions of old postcardsil faut que je trouve 5 000 euros avant demain I must get hold of ou find 5,000 euros before tomorrowj'ai trouvé en elle la sœur/l'amie que je cherchais in her I found the sister/the friend I'd been looking fordu safran, on en trouve dans les épiceries fines you can get ou find saffron in good delicatessens4. [rendre visite à]aller trouver quelqu'un to go to somebody, to go and see somebodyvenir trouver quelqu'un to come to somebody, to come and see somebodyB.[INVOLONTAIREMENT]1. [tomber sur - personne, lettre, trésor] to findj'ai trouvé ce livre en faisant du rangement I found ou came across this book while I was tidying upà notre grande surprise, nous avons trouvé le beau temps en arrivant when we got there we were surprised to find that the weather was goodsi je trouve celui qui m'a cabossé ma portière! just let me lay my hands on whoever dented my car door!trouver quelque chose par hasard to chance ou to stumble upon somethingj'ai trouvé ma maison cambriolée I found my house burgled ou that my house had been burgledtrouver à qui parler [un confident] to find a friends'il continue comme ça, il va trouver à qui parler! if he goes on like that, I'll give him what for!je l'ai trouvé fouillant ou qui fouillait dans mes tiroirs I found ou I caught him searching through my drawersC.[PAR L'ESPRIT, LA VOLONTÉ]1. [inventer - prétexte, méthode etc] to findje ne savais pas ce que je faisais — c'est tout ce que tu as trouvé? I didn't know what I was doing — is that the best you can come up with?2. [deviner - solution] to find ; [ - réponse, mot de passe] to find (out), to discover ; [ - code] to break, to crackj'ai trouvé! I've got it!, I know!39 moins 7, il fallait trouver 32 39 take away 7, the correct result was 323. [parvenir à] to findça y est, j'ai trouvé ce que je voulais te dire! I know what I wanted to tell you!je n'arrivais pas à trouver mes mots I couldn't find the right words, I was lost for wordslà, tu as trouvé le mot juste! you've said it!4. [se ménager] to find5. [ressentir] to findtrouver du plaisir à (faire) quelque chose to take pleasure in (doing) something, to enjoy (doing) somethingnous trouvions de la satisfaction à remplir notre devoir we used to find it satisfying to do our dutyD.[AVOIR COMME OPINION]trouver quelque chose remarquable to find something remarkable, to think that something is remarkabletu vas me trouver vieilli you'll think ou find I've agedtrouver que to think ou to find thatla soupe manque de sel, tu ne trouves pas? the soup needs more salt, don't you think?2. [reconnaître]tu ne lui trouves pas une petite ressemblance avec ta sœur? don't you think ou wouldn't you say that she looks a bit like your sister?mais enfin, qu'est-ce que tu lui trouves, à ce type? (familier) for goodness' sake, what do you see in this guy?————————se trouver verbe impersonnelil se trouve [il existe, il y a] there isil se trouvera toujours quelqu'un pour te renseigner you'll always find somebody ou there'll always be someone you can ask2. [fait du hasard]il se trouve que... as it happens...il se trouve que quelqu'un vous a vu dans mon bureau as it happens, somebody saw you in my officeil s'est trouvé que je les ai entendus I chanced to overhear them, by chance I overheard them————————se trouver verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)[s'estimer]————————se trouver verbe pronominal (emploi passif)de bons artisans, cela se trouve difficilement it's not easy to find ou to get good craftsmen————————se trouver verbe pronominal intransitif1. [en un lieu, une circonstance - personne] to be ; [ - bâtiment, ville] to be (situated) ou locatedqu'est-ce que tu dirais si tu te trouvais face à face avec lui? what would you say if you suddenly found yourself face to face with him?se trouver sur [figurer] to appear ou to be shown on[résider - intérêt, problème] to be, to lie2. [arriver]quand vous vous trouverez sur la place, tournez à droite when you arrive at the square, turn rightse trouver dans l'impossibilité de faire quelque chose to find oneself ou to be unable to do something4. [se sentir] to feelse trouver bien/mieuxa. [du point de vue de la santé] to feel good/betterb. [dans un siège] to feel comfortable/more comfortablec. [avec quelqu'un] to feel at ease/more at eased. [dans un vêtement élégant] to feel (that one looks) good/betterse trouver mal [s'évanouir] to pass out, to faintse trouver bien/mal de quelque chose: elle a suivi mes conseils et s'en est bien/mal trouvée she followed my advice, and benefited from it/and lived to regret itse trouver mieux de quelque chose: qu'il parte, je ne m'en trouverai que mieux! let him leave, see if I care!5. [se réaliser] to find oneselfen tant qu'écrivain, elle ne s'est pas encore trouvée as a writer, she hasn't found her individual voice ou style yet6. [exprime la fortuité d'un événement, d'une situation] to happenils se trouvaient appartenir au même club they happened to belong ou it turned out that they belonged to the same club -
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prep.viven en la capital they live in the capitaltiene el dinero en el banco he keeps his money in the banken la mesa/el plato on the table/plateen casa/el trabajo at home/work2 into.el avión cayó en el mar the plane fell into the seaentraron en la habitación they came/went into the room3 in (time) (month, year).nació en 1953/marzo she was born in 1953/Marchen Nochebuena on Christmas Eveen Navidades at Christmasen aquella época at that time, in those daysen un par de días in a couple of days4 by (medio de transporte).ir en tren/coche/avión/barco to go by train/car/plane/boat5 in (modo).en voz baja in a low voicelo dijo en inglés she said it in Englishpagar en libras to pay in poundsla inflación aumentó en un 10 por ciento inflation increased by 10 percenttodo se lo gasta en ropa he spends everything on clothes6 in (price).las ganancias se calculan en millones profits are calculated in millionste lo dejo en 5.000 I'll let you have it for 5,0007 from (causa).lo detecté en su forma de hablar I could tell from the way he was speaking8 in, made of (materia).en seda in silk9 in terms of.lo supera en inteligencia she is more intelligent than he is10 on, over, upon.11 at, over at, in, over in.En ese momento ...at that moment.12 to.* * *en1 (lugar - gen) in, at2 (- en el interior) in, inside3 (lugar - sobre) on5 (dirección) into6 (transporte) by7 (tema, materia) at, in8 (modo, manera) in9 (porcentaje) by■ los valores aumentaron en un 6% securities increased by 6%10 en + gerund upon■ en llegando el maestro, los niños se levantan upon the teacher's arrival, the children stand up\de casa en casa from house to houseen cuanto as soon asen camino on the way* * *prep.1) in2) on3) at4) by5) inside6) into* * *PREP1) [indicando lugar]a) (=dentro de) inestá en el cajón/en el armario — it's in the drawer/in the wardrobe
b) (=encima de) onc) [con países, ciudades, calles]d) [con edificios]2) [indicando movimiento] into3) [indicando modo] in4) [indicando proporción] by5) [indicando tiempo]ayer en la mañana — LAm yesterday morning
en la mañana del accidente — LAm on the morning of the accident
6) [indicando tema, ocupación]Hugo en Segismundo — (Cine, Teat) Hugo as Segismundo, Hugo in the role of Segismundo
7) [con medios de transporte] by8) [con cantidades] at, forlo vendió en cinco dólares — he sold it at o for five dollars
estimaron las ganancias en unos trescientos mil euros — they estimated the profits to be around three hundred thousand euros
9) [con infinitivo]10) † [con gerundio]EN Como preposición de lugar, en se traduce normalmente por on, in o at. La elección de una de estas tres preposiciones depende a menudo de cómo percibe el hablante la relación espacial. He aquí unas líneas generales: ► Se traduce por on cuando en equivale a encima de o nos referimos a algo que se percibe como una superficie o una línea, por ejemplo una mesa, una carretera {etc}: "¿Has visto mi vestido?" - "Está en la tabla de planchar" "Have you seen my dress?" - "It's on the ironing-board" Estaban tumbados en la playa They were lying on the beach Está construyendo una casa en la colina He's building a house on the hill ... un pueblo en la costa oeste...... a village on the west coast... La gasolinera está en la carretera que va a Motril The petrol station is on the road to Motril Dibujó un león en la hoja de papel He drew a lion on the piece of paper Tiene un grano en la nariz He has a spot on his nose Lo vi en la tele I saw him on TV ► Se usa in cuando equivale a dentro de o cuando nos referimos a un espacio que se percibe como limitado (calle, montañas, etc): Tus gafas están en mi bolso Your glasses are in my bag Tienes una pestaña en el ojo You've got an eyelash in your eye Lo leí en un libro I read it in a book Se han comprado un chalet en la sierra They've bought a chalet in the mountains Viven en la calle de Serrano They live in the Calle de Serrano ► Lo traducimos por at para referirnos a un edificio cuando hablamos de la actividad que normalmente se realiza en él o cuando en indica un lugar concreto. También se traduce por at cuando en la dirección incluimos el número o el nombre de la casa: ¿Por qué no comemos en el restaurante de tu hermano? Why don't we have lunch at your brother's restaurant? Voy a pasar el día en el museo I'm going to spend the day at the museum Te espero en la parada del autobús I'll meet you at the bus-stop Vivimos en la calle Dale nº 12 We live at 12 Dale Street Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *1) ( en expresiones de lugar)a) (refiriéndose a ciudad, edificio)viven en París/en una granja/en el número diez/en un hotel — they live in Paris/on a farm/at number ten/in a hotel
viven en la calle Goya — they live on o (BrE) in Goya Street
nos quedamos en casa — we stayed home (AmE), we stayed at home (BrE)
b) ( dentro de) inc) ( sobre) on2) (expresando circunstancias, ambiente, medio) in3)a) (indicando tema, especialidad, cualidad)b) (indicando proporción, precio)lo vendió en $30 — he sold it for $30
las pérdidas se calcularon en $50.000 — the losses were calculated at $50,000
4)a) (indicando estado, manera) inen buenas/malas condiciones — in good/bad condition
en llamas — in flames, on fire
b) ( en forma de)colóquense en círculo — get into o in a circle
c) ( en el papel de) asd) ( con medios de transporte) byir en taxi/barco — to go by taxi/by boat
fueron en bicicleta — they cycled, they went on their bikes
5)a) ( expresando el material)¿lo tienen en azul? — do you have it in blue?
en la mañana/tarde/noche — (esp AmL) in the morning/afternoon/at night
7)a) ( con construcciones verbales) inb) ( con complementos de persona) in* * *= in, onto, into, at, throughout.Ex. The first institute, 'The Catalog: Its Nature and Prospects,' was held in New York City on October 9 and 10, 1975.Ex. When one is in place, the depression of a lever causes it to be photographed onto the next blank space.Ex. The application of a classification scheme to a set of documents should result in the ordering or arranging of that set of documents into groups or classes according to their subject content.Ex. He also resolved to talk with Cleo Passantino, a young librarian who had been at the library for three years and with whom he had had little contact.Ex. Throughout this chapter the term 'document' is used to refer to any item which might be found in a library or information center or data base.----* en absoluto = at all, in the slightest, whatsoever, not at all, in any shape or form.* en abstracto = abstractly.* en abundancia = in plenty, liberally, in abundance, exuberantly, in profusion, aplenty [a-plenty], prodigiously, plentifully.* en activo = practising [practicing, -USA].* en adelante = forward [forwards].* en agradecimiento por = appreciative of.* en alerta roja = on red alert.* en alguna ocasión = on any one occasion.* en alguna parte = someplace.* en alguna parte de + Nombre = some way down + Nombre.* en algún lugar = somewhere, at some point.* en algún lugar (de por ahí) = somewhere out there.* en algún momento = somewhere along the line, sometime, at sometime, at some point, at some point in time, at one time or another.* en algunos casos = in some cases.* en algunos grupos = in some quarters.* en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.* en algunos sectores = in some quarters.* en algunos sectores de la población = in some quarters.* en algunos sentidos = in some respects.* en algunos sitios = in places.* en alquiler = rented.* en alta mar = on the open sea, offshore, on the high seas.* en alza = on the upswing.* en ambas direcciones = two-way.* en ambos casos = in either case, in either instance.* en ángulo = angled.* en ángulo recto = at right angles.* en antaño = in olden times, in olden days.* en antelación = anticipatory.* en anticipación = anticipatory.* en años anteriores = in prior years, in years past, in past years.* en apariencia = apparently, looking, seemingly, on the face of it, on the surface, ostensibly.* en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.* en apoyo a = in support of.* en apuros = hard-pressed, beleaguered, in deep trouble, in difficulties, if it comes to the crunch, when push comes to shove, when it comes to the crunch, when the worst comes to the worst, if the worst comes to the worst, in deep water, in hot water, in dire straits.* en aquel entonces = at the time, the then + Nombre, by this time, at that time, in the course of events, during the course of events, back then, in those days.* en aquella época = at the time, at that time, in those days.* en aquellas ocasiones cuando = on occasions when.* en aquellos casos = in those cases.* en aquellos casos en los que = in those cases where.* en aquellos tiempos = at the time, the then + Nombre, by this time, in those days.* en aquel momento = at the time, the then + Nombre, by this time, at that time.* en aras a = in the name of.* en aras de = in the interest(s) of.* en armonía = harmoniously, in harmony.* en armonía con = in harmony with, in harness with, in keeping with, in tune with, in sync with.* en ascuas = on tenterhooks.* en auge = in ascendancy, buoyant, booming, on the rise, at high tide.* en aumento = burgeoning, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, heightening.* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.* en Babia = absent-minded.* en balde = in vain, vainly, to no avail, of no avail.* en bandada = in full force.* en bandadas = in droves.* en base a = in terms of, on the grounds that/of, on the basis of.* en beneficio de = for the benefit of, to the benefit of.* en beneficio propio = to + Posesivo + advantage.* en bisel = angled.* en blanco = blankly, blank.* en blanco y negro = b&w (black and white).* en bloque = en bloc.* en boga = in vogue, in fashion, voguish.* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.* en breve = shortly, the long and (the) short of, soon [sooner -comp., soonest -sup.].* en broma = teasingly.* en buena compañía = in good company.* en buena condición = in good condition, in good shape, in good nick.* en buena forma = in good nick.* en buena parte = for the most part.* en buenas condiciones para navegar = seaworthy.* en buenas manos = in a safe place, in safekeeping.* en buen estado = in good condition, in good working condition, in good shape, in good nick.* en buen estado de funcionamiento = in good working condition.* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.* en búsqueda de = a quest for.* en cada fase = at each stage.* en caída = flowing.* en caja = boxed.* en caliente = in the heat of the moment, on the spur of the moment.* en cama = abed.* en cambio = by contrast, in contrast, instead, shifting, by comparison.* en camino = on the way.* en cantidad = bulk.* en + Cantidad + años = in + Cantidad + years' time.* en capilla = on tenterhooks, in suspense.* en carnavales = carnivalistically.* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.* en casa = in the home.* en casa de herrero cuchillo de palo = the cobbler's children run barefoot.* en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.* en casi todos los + Nombre = in just about every + Nombre.* en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* en caso de emergencia = in an emergency, in an emergency situation.* en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* en CD-ROM = CD-ROM-based.* en chirona = behind bars.* en ciernes = developing, budding, in the making.* en cierta medida = to some extent, to a certain extent, to some degree.* en ciertas circunstancias = in certain circumstances.* en ciertas ocasiones = at certain times.* en cierto grado = something of.* en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.* en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.* en ciertos casos = in certain cases.* en cierto sentido = in several respects, to some extent, in a sense, in some respects, to some degree.* en circuito cerrado = looped.* en círcuitos de segunda categoría = in the provinces.* en circuitos de segundo orden = in the provinces.* en circumstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.* en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.* en circunstancias normales = in the course of events, during the course of events, under normal circumstances.* en circusntancias normales = in the normal run of things.* en coche = drive.* en colaboración = collaborative, cooperative [co-operative], jointly, participatory, in concert, in consort, collaboratively, synergistic, synergistically, in tandem, in a tandem fashion, in partnership.* en colaboración con = in concert with, in consultation with, in collaboration with, in alliance with, in conjunction with, in partnership with.* en colaboración con, junto con, de manera conjunta con = in partnership with.* en color = coloured [colored, -USA], full-colour.* en columnas = columnar.* en colusión con = in collusion with, in complicity with, in connivance with.* en coma = comatose.* en combinación con = in parallel to/with, in combination with.* en comisión de servicios = seconded.* en comparación = by comparison.* en comparación con = against, as compared to, set against, in comparison with, in comparison to.* en compensación = compensatory.* en complicidad con = in cahoots (with), in complicity with, in complicity with, in collusion with, in connivance with.* en común con = in common with.* en conciencia = in good conscience.* en conclusión = in conclusion.* en concordancia con = in accordance with, in accord with.* en concreto = in particular, to be specific.* en condiciones = decent.* en condiciones de = in the position to.* en condiciones de igualdad = on an equal footing, on equal terms, on an equal basis.* en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.* en conexión con = in respect of.* en confidencia = in confidence.* en conflicto (con) = in conflict (with).* en conformidad con = in conformity with, in keeping with.* en conjunción con = in conjunction with, in tandem with.* en conjunto = altogether, on balance, bulk, all in all, overall, overall.* en conmemoración de = in celebration of, commemorative.* en connivencia = colluding.* en connivencia con = in collusion with, in cahoots (with), in complicity with, in connivance with.* en consecuencia = accordingly, consequently, hence, in consequence, as a consequence (of), it follows that, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.* en consecuencia lógica = by implication.* en consideración = under consideration.* en consideración a = for the sake of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.* en consonacia con = in line with.* en consonancia con = in concert with, in keeping with, in step with, in tune with, in consonance with.* en constante cambio = ever-changing [ever changing], ever-fluid, on the move, fast changing [fast-changing], ever-shifting.* en constante expansión = ever-expanding, ever-growing.* en constante movimiento = on the move, on the go.* en construcción = under development, under construction.* en contacto = in communication.* en contacto con la realidad = in touch with + reality.* en contadas ocasiones = rarely, seldom, on rare occasions.* en contenedor = containerised [containerized, -USA].* en continua expansión = expanding.* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.* en continuo cambio = constantly shifting, ever-changing [ever changing], ever-shifting.* en contra = counterpoint, against.* en contra de la guerra = antiwar [anti-war].* en contra de la opinión general = contrary to popular belief.* en contra de la raza blanca = anti-white [antiwhite].* en contra de la raza negra = antiblack [anti-black].* en contra de las circunstancias = against circumstances.* en contra de las instituciones = anti-establishment.* en contra del gobierno = anti-government.* en contraposición a = as opposed to, in contrast (to/with), in contradistinction to.* en contraste con = in contrast (to/with).* en contravención de = in contravention of.* en contubernio (con) = in cahoots (with).* en cooperación = cooperative [co-operative].* en cooperación con = in cooperation with.* en cooperativa = cooperatively [co-operatively].* en costras = caked.* en crisis = depressed, crisis-ridden, on the rocks.* en cuadernillo = in booklet form.* en cualquier caso = for that matter, in any event, in any case, in either case.* en cualquier domingo = on any given Sunday.* en cualquier lugar = everywhere, anywhere.* en cualquier momento = anytime, at any one time, at any point, at any point in time, at any time, at any moment, at any given point, at any moment in time, at any given moment, momentarily, on any given Sunday.* en cualquier momento en el futuro = at some stage.* en cualquier orden = either way round.* en cualquier otra circunstancia = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en cualquier otra parte = anywhere else, everywhere else.* en cualquier otra situación = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en cualquier otro lugar = anywhere else, everywhere else.* en cualquier otro momento = some other time.* en cualquier otro sitio = anywhere else.* en cualquier parte = anywhere, everywhere.* en cualquier sitio = everywhere, anywhere.* en cualquier situación = in any given situation.* en + Cuantificador + aspectos = in + Cuantificador + respects.* en + Cuantificador + sentidos = in + Cuantificador + respects.* en cuanto a = as to, in extent of, in regard to, in terms of, in the way of, with regard(s) to, as for, as regards, as to the matter of, in reference to, now as to, moving on to.* en cuanto a él = as for him.* en cuanto a ella = as for her.* en cuanto a ellos = as for them.* en cuanto a los hechos = factually.* en cuanto a mí = as for me.* en cuanto a nosotros = as for us.* en cuanto a ti = as for you.* en cuanto a usted = as for you.* en cuanto a vosotros = as for you.* en cuanto + nacer = at birth.* en cuanto que = in that.* en cuarto lugar = fourthly.* en cuatro niveles = quadraplaner.* en cuclicllas = in a squatting position.* en cuclillas = squat, in a squat position, in a crouching position.* en cueros = in the buff, in the nod, stark naked.* en cuestión = at hand, concerned, in hand, individual, at issue, of concern.* en cuestión de minutos = within minutes, in a matter of minutes.* en cuestión de segundos = within seconds, in a matter of seconds.* en cuestión de + Tiempo = in a matter of + Tiempo, within a matter of + Tiempo.* en cuestiones de = in matters of.* en cumplimiento con = in line with, in compliance with.* en cursiva = in italic type.* en curso = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation.* en curso de = in course of.* en cuyo caso = in which case.* en danza = on the run.* en decadencia = bankrupt.* en defensa propia = in self-defence.* en definitiva = in all, all in all, in the last analysis, in the final analysis, all things considered.* en definitiva, bien mirado, bien considerado = all things considered.* en demanda = in-demand.* en demasía = excess, to excess, excessively.* en desacuerdo = disapproving, at odds.* en desacuerdo con = at odds with.* en desarmonía con = out of tune with, out of keeping with.* en desarrollo = evolving, under development.* en descomposición = decaying, putrefying.* en desesperación = despairing, in despair.* en desuso = obsolete, disused.* en detalle = at length.* en deterioro = deteriorating, crumbling, decaying, dilapidated, disintegrating.* en determinadas ocasiones = sometimes, on particular occasions.* en detrimento de = to the detriment of, to + Posesivo + detriment, to the neglect of.* en diagonal = herringbone.* en días alternos = every other day.* en diferente grado = differing, in varying measures.* en diferente medida = differing, in varying measures.* en diferentes momentos = at various times, at different times.* en diferentes ocasiones = at different times, at various times.* en dificultades = stranded.* en dinero = monetised [monetized, -pl.].* en dirección de la proa = abaft.* en dirección este = eastward(s), eastbound.* en dirección norte = northbound.* en dirección oeste = westbound, westward(s).* en dirección sur = southward(s), southbound.* en disco = ondisc.* en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.* en + Distancia + a la redonda = within + Distancia.* en distinta medida = differing, in varying measures.* en distintas ocasiones = at different times, at various times, on several occasions.* en distinto grado = in varying measures, differing, to varying degrees.* en distintos formatos = multiform.* en distintos momentos = at different times, at various times.* en diversas lenguas = multilingually.* en diversas ocasiones = on several occasions.* en diverso grado = to varying extents, to varying degrees.* en diversos formatos = multiform.* en donde = where, wherein.* en dos años = over a two-year period.* en dos lenguas = bilingually.* en dos niveles = split-level.* en dos palabras = in a nutshell, in a nutshell.* en dos volúmenes = two-volume.* en duda = in doubt.* en edad de trabajar = working-age.* en efecto = to all intents and purposes, for all intents and purposes.* en ejercicio = incumbent, practising [practicing, -USA].* en el abandono = in the wilderness.* en el acto = ipso facto, outright, on the spot, while-you-wait [while-u-wait], at the drop of a hat.* en el aire = in mid-air, airborne.* en el ámbito de = in the realm of.* en el año catapún = in the dim and distant past.* en el año del Señor = in the year of our Lord.* en el año entrante = in the coming year.* en el año próximo = in the coming year.* en el año venidero = in the coming year.* en el área de + Lugar = Lugar + area.* en el asiento de atrás = in the back seat.* en el asiento trasero = in the back seat.* en el aula de clase = classroom-based.* en el banquillo = on the bench.* en el blanco de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.* en el camino = along the way, en route, in the process.* en el campo de = in the realm of, in the field of.* en el campus universitario = campus-based.* en el candelero = in the spotlight.* en el cargo = in the saddle, in office.* en el caso de = for, in association with, in the case of, in the event of, in case of, in the context of.* en (el) caso de que = in the event that, should, in case.* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).* en el centro de = at the heart of.* en el cine = at the movies.* en el clima actual de = in the present climate of.* en el contexto de = in the realm of.* en el culo = in the bottom.* en el culo del mundo = in the arse of nowhere.* en el curso de la historia = in the course of history.* en el curso normal de = in the mainstream of.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en el curso normal de las cosas, en el curso normal de los acontecimientos, = in the normal run of things.* en el curso normal de los acontecimientos = in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.* en el desierto = in the wilderness.* en el detalle = in detail.* en el día a día = in the day to day, in the trenches.* en el dique seco = in dry dock, in the wilderness.* en el eje = at the core (of).* en el entorno de = in the realm of.* en el escenario = on stage.* en el escenario mundial = on the world stage.* en el espacio = spatially.* en el estricto sentido de la palabra = strictly speaking.* en el estudio = at study, at study.* en el extranjero = abroad, overseas, offshore.* en el extremo opuesto = at the far end.* en el fin de semana = over the weekend, over the weekend, at the weekend.* en el foco de atención = in the spotlight.* en el fondo = at heart, deep down, in the back of + Posesivo + mind, in the back of + Posesivo + head, at the back of + Posesivo + head, bottom line, the, in the bottom.* en el fondo de = at the root of.* en el futuro = Número + Tiempo + ahead, down the road, in future, in time(s) to come, at + future date, in (the) years to come, at some future time, in the years to come, in the years ahead, in years to come, at some future point, in the future, for future reference, for the years to come.* en el futuro a largo plazo = in the long-term future.* en el futuro cercano = in the foreseeable future.* en el futuro inmediato = in the offing, in the foreseeable future.* en el futuro lejano = further in the future.* en el haber de Uno = under + Posesivo + belt.* en el horario de trabajo = on company time.* en el horizonte = on the horizon.* en el hospital = at the bedside.* en el improbable caso de que = in the unlikely case (that).* en el instante en que + Subjuntivo = the moment + Verbo.* en el ínterin = in the interim, in the intervening years, in the intervening period, ad interim.* en el juego = at play.* en el lado negativo = on the debit side, on the negative side, on the downside.* en el lado positivo = on the credit side, on the positive side, on the plus side, on the bright side.* en ello = therein, thereupon [thereon].* en el lugar del accidente = at the scene, at the scene of the accident.* en el lugar de los hechos = at the scene.* en el mandato = in office.* en el mando = at the wheel.* en el mar = at sea.* en el marco de = within the ambit of, within the bounds of.* en el más allá = dead and gone.* en el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.* en el mejor de los casos = at best, at most, ideally, in the best of circumstances, the best case scenario, at the most, at the best of times, at the very best.* en el mejor momento de Uno = at + Posesivo + (very) best.* en el mismo centro (de) = plumb in the middle (of).* en el mismo número de años = in as many years.* en el mismo orden que = in sync with.* en el momento = on the spot.* en el momento actual = in this day and age, at the present time.* en el momento adecuado = at the right time.* en el momento de = at the time (that/of).* en el momento de escribir estas líneas = at the time of writing.* en el momento de la impresión = at the time of going to print.* en el momento en que se necesita = at the point-of-need, at the point of use, point of use.* en el momento en que + Subjuntivo = the moment + Verbo.* en el momento justo = on cue.* en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.* en el momento oportuno = at the right time, not a moment too soon, not a minute too soon.* en el momento peor de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.* en el mundo = on the face of the earth, on the world stage.* en el mundo antiguo = in antiquity.* en el mundo entero = all over the world, worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over.* en el mundo que nos rodea = out there.* en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.* en el nivel intermedio de = in the middle range of.* en el nivel medio de = in the middle range of.* en el norte del estado = upstate.* en el núcleo = at the core (of).* en el ocaso = over the hill.* en el ojo del huracán = in the eye of the storm, in the eye of the hurricane.* en el orden del día = on the agenda.* en el origen (de) = in the early days (of).* en el otro extremo = at the other extreme.* en el otro extremo de la escala = at the other end of the scale, at the other end of the spectrum, at the other extreme.* en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.* en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = be a case of the blind leading the blind.* en el pasado = in the past, in past eras, at some point in the past, in years gone by, in days gone by, in former times.* en el pasado remoto = in the dim and distant past.* en el peor de los casos = at worst, in the worst of circumstances, at + Posesivo + very worst, the worst case scenario, at + Posesivo + worst, in the worst case.* en el período penoso de = in the throes of.* en el período previo a = in the run up to, during the run up to.* en el piso de abajo = downstairs.* en el piso de arriba = upstairs.* en el poder = in office.* en el primer caso = in the former case.* en el proceso = in the process.* en el propio campus universitario = campus-based.* en el propio cortijo = on-farm.* en el próximo año = in the year ahead, in the coming year.* en el puesto de dirección = in the hot seat.* en el punto álgido de = at the height of.* en el punto de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.* en el que = wherein.* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.* en el quinto coño = in the arse of nowhere.* en el quinto pino = in the arse of nowhere.* en el quirófano = under the knife.* en el resto = everywhere else.* en el resto de = elsewhere.* en el seguimiento de = in the pursuit of.* en el segundo caso = in the latter case.* en el seno de = within, among.* en el sentido de las agujas del reloj = clockwise.* en el sentido de que = in the sense that, along the lines that, in that.* en el sentido más amplio = in the broadest sense, in the widest sense.* en el sentido más general = in the broadest sense.* en el sentido que = in which.* en el timón = in the saddle.* en el trabajo = on-the-job, at work.* en el transcurso de = throughout the course of, throughout the course of, in the course of, during the course of, over the course of, throughout.* en el transcurso de algunos años = over a period of years.* en el transcurso de la historia = in the course of history.* en el transcurso de los siglos = over the course of the centuries.* en el transcurso normal de + Posesivo + vida(s) = in the normal course of + Posesivo + life/lives.* en el trasfondo de = at the root of.* en el último caso = in the latter case.* en el último minuto = last minute [last-minute], at the last minute.* en el último momento = at the eleventh hour, at the very last minute, at the very last moment, at the very last, at the last minute.* en el umbral de = on the threshold of.* en el vuelo = in-flight.* en entrante = recessed.* en entredicho = under challenge.* en episodios = episodic.* en época de carnaval = carnivalistically.* en época de feria = carnivalistically.* en época de paz = in peacetime, during peacetime.* en épocas anteriores = in former times, in past eras.* en épocas de = in times of.* en épocas de guerra = in time(s) of war.* en épocas de paz = in time(s) of peace.* en épocas de prosperidad económica = in affluent times.* en épocas difíciles = in times of need.* en épocas pasadas = in past ages.* en escamas = flaky.* en ese caso = in that case.* en ese mismo instante = at that very moment.* en ese mismo momento = at that very moment.* en ese momento = at that point, at this point, at that time, just then, at that point in time.* en esencia = in essence, essentially.* en ese sentido = on that score, to that effect.* en esos casos = in those cases.* en espacios cerrados = indoors.* en especial = especially (specially), notably, specially (especially).* en especie = in kind.* en espera = on hold.* en espiga = herringbone.* en esta coyuntura = at this juncture.* en estado = pregnant, in the family way.* en estado de abandono = decaying, dilapidated, dilapidated.* en estado de alerta = on alert.* en estado de alerta, de guardia = on standby.* en estado de buena esperanza = pregnant, in the family way.* en estado de cambio = in a state of flux.* en estado de descomposición = decaying.* en estado de deterioro = decaying, dilapidated.* en estado de reserva = on standby.* en estado de reserva, en estado de alerta, de guardia = on standby.* en estado de sitio = in a state of siege, under siege.* en estado embrionario = embryo, embryonic, in embryonic stage, in embryo, in the embryo stage.* en esta época del año = around this time of year.* en esta ocasión = on this occasion.* en estas circunstancias = under these circumstances.* en esta situación = at this juncture.* en este caso = in this case.* en este contexto = against this background.* en este documento = herein, herewith, hereto.* en este extremo = to this extent.* en este grado = to this extent.* en este mismo sentido = along the same lines.* en este momento = at this point, at this stage, at this juncture, at this time, at this moment in time, right now.* en este período = in the course of events, during the course of events.* en este sentido = along these lines, in this connection, in this direction, in this sense, in this vein, in this spirit, in this regard, in this effort, in that spirit, on this score, to that effect.* en estos casos = in these cases.* en estos días = today, these days.* en estos tiempos = in these times, in this day and age.* en estrecha colaboración = in close collaboration.* en estrecha colaboración con = hand-in-glove with.* en estuche = boxed.* en excelente estado = in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.* en excelentes condiciones = in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.* en exceso = overflow, overflowing, excessively, excess, to excess.* en exclusiva = exclusively.* en existencia = in existence.* en expansión = expanded.* en exposición = on exhibit, on show, on display.* en + Expresión Temporal = as of + Expresión Temporal, come + Expresión Temporal.* en extensión = in length.* en extenso = at length, in full.* en extremo = no end, to no end.* en fase terminal = terminally ill.* en favor de = in favour of.* en flor = in full blossom, in blossom.* en forma = fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], toned.* en forma de = in the form of, in the shape of.* en forma de A = A-shaped.* en forma de arco = arched, bowed.* en forma de capa = cape-like.* en forma de cruz = cross-shaped.* en forma de cuadrado = square-shaped.* en forma de cuña = wedge-shaped.* en forma de cúpula = dome-shaped, domed.* en forma de D = d-shaped.* en forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].* en forma de L = L-shaped.* en forma de libro = in book form.* en forma de medialuna = crescent-shaped.* en forma de parásito = parasitically.* en forma de pera = pear-shaped.* en forma de pirámide = pyramidal-shaped.* en forma de trompeta = trumpet-shaped.* en forma de U = U-shaped.* en forma de V = V-shaped.* en forma física = physically fit.* en forma física y mental = physically and mentally fit.* en forma ovalada = oval-shaped.* en forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.* en formato de libro moderno = in codex form.* en formato digital = digitally.* en formato electrónico = in electronic form.* en formato MARC = in MARC form.* en formato papel = paper-based, in hard copy.* en frente = ahead, in front.* en frente de = in front of.* en funcionamiento = in operation.* en función de = according to, as a function of, depending on/upon.* en general = at large, by and large, for the most part, generally, in general, in the main, on balance, on the whole, overall, all in all, broadly, as a whole, generally speaking.* en germinación = budding.* en gestación = in the making.* en grado mínimo = minimally.* en gran cantidad = prodigiously.* en grandes cantidades = en masse, in good number, in record numbers, in bulk.* en grandes números = in record numbers.* en gran formato = oversize, oversized.* en gran medida = broadly, by and large, extensively, greatly, heavily, largely, to a considerable extent, to a high degree, to a large extent, tremendously, vastly, very much, keenly, in no small way, to any great degree, in many ways, in large part, in large measure, in no small measure, to a great extent, to a large degree, to a great degree.* en gran número = numerously.* en gran parte* * *1) ( en expresiones de lugar)a) (refiriéndose a ciudad, edificio)viven en París/en una granja/en el número diez/en un hotel — they live in Paris/on a farm/at number ten/in a hotel
viven en la calle Goya — they live on o (BrE) in Goya Street
nos quedamos en casa — we stayed home (AmE), we stayed at home (BrE)
b) ( dentro de) inc) ( sobre) on2) (expresando circunstancias, ambiente, medio) in3)a) (indicando tema, especialidad, cualidad)b) (indicando proporción, precio)lo vendió en $30 — he sold it for $30
las pérdidas se calcularon en $50.000 — the losses were calculated at $50,000
4)a) (indicando estado, manera) inen buenas/malas condiciones — in good/bad condition
en llamas — in flames, on fire
b) ( en forma de)colóquense en círculo — get into o in a circle
c) ( en el papel de) asd) ( con medios de transporte) byir en taxi/barco — to go by taxi/by boat
fueron en bicicleta — they cycled, they went on their bikes
5)a) ( expresando el material)¿lo tienen en azul? — do you have it in blue?
en la mañana/tarde/noche — (esp AmL) in the morning/afternoon/at night
7)a) ( con construcciones verbales) inb) ( con complementos de persona) in* * *= in, onto, into, at, throughout.Ex: The first institute, 'The Catalog: Its Nature and Prospects,' was held in New York City on October 9 and 10, 1975.
Ex: When one is in place, the depression of a lever causes it to be photographed onto the next blank space.Ex: The application of a classification scheme to a set of documents should result in the ordering or arranging of that set of documents into groups or classes according to their subject content.Ex: He also resolved to talk with Cleo Passantino, a young librarian who had been at the library for three years and with whom he had had little contact.Ex: Throughout this chapter the term 'document' is used to refer to any item which might be found in a library or information center or data base.* en absoluto = at all, in the slightest, whatsoever, not at all, in any shape or form.* en abstracto = abstractly.* en abundancia = in plenty, liberally, in abundance, exuberantly, in profusion, aplenty [a-plenty], prodigiously, plentifully.* en activo = practising [practicing, -USA].* en adelante = forward [forwards].* en agradecimiento por = appreciative of.* en alerta roja = on red alert.* en alguna ocasión = on any one occasion.* en alguna parte = someplace.* en alguna parte de + Nombre = some way down + Nombre.* en algún lugar = somewhere, at some point.* en algún lugar (de por ahí) = somewhere out there.* en algún momento = somewhere along the line, sometime, at sometime, at some point, at some point in time, at one time or another.* en algunos casos = in some cases.* en algunos grupos = in some quarters.* en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.* en algunos sectores = in some quarters.* en algunos sectores de la población = in some quarters.* en algunos sentidos = in some respects.* en algunos sitios = in places.* en alquiler = rented.* en alta mar = on the open sea, offshore, on the high seas.* en alza = on the upswing.* en ambas direcciones = two-way.* en ambos casos = in either case, in either instance.* en ángulo = angled.* en ángulo recto = at right angles.* en antaño = in olden times, in olden days.* en antelación = anticipatory.* en anticipación = anticipatory.* en años anteriores = in prior years, in years past, in past years.* en apariencia = apparently, looking, seemingly, on the face of it, on the surface, ostensibly.* en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.* en apoyo a = in support of.* en apuros = hard-pressed, beleaguered, in deep trouble, in difficulties, if it comes to the crunch, when push comes to shove, when it comes to the crunch, when the worst comes to the worst, if the worst comes to the worst, in deep water, in hot water, in dire straits.* en aquel entonces = at the time, the then + Nombre, by this time, at that time, in the course of events, during the course of events, back then, in those days.* en aquella época = at the time, at that time, in those days.* en aquellas ocasiones cuando = on occasions when.* en aquellos casos = in those cases.* en aquellos casos en los que = in those cases where.* en aquellos tiempos = at the time, the then + Nombre, by this time, in those days.* en aquel momento = at the time, the then + Nombre, by this time, at that time.* en aras a = in the name of.* en aras de = in the interest(s) of.* en armonía = harmoniously, in harmony.* en armonía con = in harmony with, in harness with, in keeping with, in tune with, in sync with.* en ascuas = on tenterhooks.* en auge = in ascendancy, buoyant, booming, on the rise, at high tide.* en aumento = burgeoning, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, heightening.* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.* en Babia = absent-minded.* en balde = in vain, vainly, to no avail, of no avail.* en bandada = in full force.* en bandadas = in droves.* en base a = in terms of, on the grounds that/of, on the basis of.* en beneficio de = for the benefit of, to the benefit of.* en beneficio propio = to + Posesivo + advantage.* en bisel = angled.* en blanco = blankly, blank.* en blanco y negro = b&w (black and white).* en bloque = en bloc.* en boga = in vogue, in fashion, voguish.* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.* en breve = shortly, the long and (the) short of, soon [sooner -comp., soonest -sup.].* en broma = teasingly.* en buena compañía = in good company.* en buena condición = in good condition, in good shape, in good nick.* en buena forma = in good nick.* en buena parte = for the most part.* en buenas condiciones para navegar = seaworthy.* en buenas manos = in a safe place, in safekeeping.* en buen estado = in good condition, in good working condition, in good shape, in good nick.* en buen estado de funcionamiento = in good working condition.* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.* en búsqueda de = a quest for.* en cada fase = at each stage.* en caída = flowing.* en caja = boxed.* en caliente = in the heat of the moment, on the spur of the moment.* en cama = abed.* en cambio = by contrast, in contrast, instead, shifting, by comparison.* en camino = on the way.* en cantidad = bulk.* en + Cantidad + años = in + Cantidad + years' time.* en capilla = on tenterhooks, in suspense.* en carnavales = carnivalistically.* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.* en casa = in the home.* en casa de herrero cuchillo de palo = the cobbler's children run barefoot.* en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.* en casi todos los + Nombre = in just about every + Nombre.* en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* en caso de emergencia = in an emergency, in an emergency situation.* en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* en CD-ROM = CD-ROM-based.* en chirona = behind bars.* en ciernes = developing, budding, in the making.* en cierta medida = to some extent, to a certain extent, to some degree.* en ciertas circunstancias = in certain circumstances.* en ciertas ocasiones = at certain times.* en cierto grado = something of.* en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.* en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.* en ciertos casos = in certain cases.* en cierto sentido = in several respects, to some extent, in a sense, in some respects, to some degree.* en circuito cerrado = looped.* en círcuitos de segunda categoría = in the provinces.* en circuitos de segundo orden = in the provinces.* en circumstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.* en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.* en circunstancias normales = in the course of events, during the course of events, under normal circumstances.* en circusntancias normales = in the normal run of things.* en coche = drive.* en colaboración = collaborative, cooperative [co-operative], jointly, participatory, in concert, in consort, collaboratively, synergistic, synergistically, in tandem, in a tandem fashion, in partnership.* en colaboración con = in concert with, in consultation with, in collaboration with, in alliance with, in conjunction with, in partnership with.* en colaboración con, junto con, de manera conjunta con = in partnership with.* en color = coloured [colored, -USA], full-colour.* en columnas = columnar.* en colusión con = in collusion with, in complicity with, in connivance with.* en coma = comatose.* en combinación con = in parallel to/with, in combination with.* en comisión de servicios = seconded.* en comparación = by comparison.* en comparación con = against, as compared to, set against, in comparison with, in comparison to.* en compensación = compensatory.* en complicidad con = in cahoots (with), in complicity with, in complicity with, in collusion with, in connivance with.* en común con = in common with.* en conciencia = in good conscience.* en conclusión = in conclusion.* en concordancia con = in accordance with, in accord with.* en concreto = in particular, to be specific.* en condiciones = decent.* en condiciones de = in the position to.* en condiciones de igualdad = on an equal footing, on equal terms, on an equal basis.* en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.* en conexión con = in respect of.* en confidencia = in confidence.* en conflicto (con) = in conflict (with).* en conformidad con = in conformity with, in keeping with.* en conjunción con = in conjunction with, in tandem with.* en conjunto = altogether, on balance, bulk, all in all, overall, overall.* en conmemoración de = in celebration of, commemorative.* en connivencia = colluding.* en connivencia con = in collusion with, in cahoots (with), in complicity with, in connivance with.* en consecuencia = accordingly, consequently, hence, in consequence, as a consequence (of), it follows that, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.* en consecuencia lógica = by implication.* en consideración = under consideration.* en consideración a = for the sake of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.* en consonacia con = in line with.* en consonancia con = in concert with, in keeping with, in step with, in tune with, in consonance with.* en constante cambio = ever-changing [ever changing], ever-fluid, on the move, fast changing [fast-changing], ever-shifting.* en constante expansión = ever-expanding, ever-growing.* en constante movimiento = on the move, on the go.* en construcción = under development, under construction.* en contacto = in communication.* en contacto con la realidad = in touch with + reality.* en contadas ocasiones = rarely, seldom, on rare occasions.* en contenedor = containerised [containerized, -USA].* en continua expansión = expanding.* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.* en continuo cambio = constantly shifting, ever-changing [ever changing], ever-shifting.* en contra = counterpoint, against.* en contra de la guerra = antiwar [anti-war].* en contra de la opinión general = contrary to popular belief.* en contra de la raza blanca = anti-white [antiwhite].* en contra de la raza negra = antiblack [anti-black].* en contra de las circunstancias = against circumstances.* en contra de las instituciones = anti-establishment.* en contra del gobierno = anti-government.* en contraposición a = as opposed to, in contrast (to/with), in contradistinction to.* en contraste con = in contrast (to/with).* en contravención de = in contravention of.* en contubernio (con) = in cahoots (with).* en cooperación = cooperative [co-operative].* en cooperación con = in cooperation with.* en cooperativa = cooperatively [co-operatively].* en costras = caked.* en crisis = depressed, crisis-ridden, on the rocks.* en cuadernillo = in booklet form.* en cualquier caso = for that matter, in any event, in any case, in either case.* en cualquier domingo = on any given Sunday.* en cualquier lugar = everywhere, anywhere.* en cualquier momento = anytime, at any one time, at any point, at any point in time, at any time, at any moment, at any given point, at any moment in time, at any given moment, momentarily, on any given Sunday.* en cualquier momento en el futuro = at some stage.* en cualquier orden = either way round.* en cualquier otra circunstancia = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en cualquier otra parte = anywhere else, everywhere else.* en cualquier otra situación = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en cualquier otro lugar = anywhere else, everywhere else.* en cualquier otro momento = some other time.* en cualquier otro sitio = anywhere else.* en cualquier parte = anywhere, everywhere.* en cualquier sitio = everywhere, anywhere.* en cualquier situación = in any given situation.* en + Cuantificador + aspectos = in + Cuantificador + respects.* en + Cuantificador + sentidos = in + Cuantificador + respects.* en cuanto a = as to, in extent of, in regard to, in terms of, in the way of, with regard(s) to, as for, as regards, as to the matter of, in reference to, now as to, moving on to.* en cuanto a él = as for him.* en cuanto a ella = as for her.* en cuanto a ellos = as for them.* en cuanto a los hechos = factually.* en cuanto a mí = as for me.* en cuanto a nosotros = as for us.* en cuanto a ti = as for you.* en cuanto a usted = as for you.* en cuanto a vosotros = as for you.* en cuanto + nacer = at birth.* en cuanto que = in that.* en cuarto lugar = fourthly.* en cuatro niveles = quadraplaner.* en cuclicllas = in a squatting position.* en cuclillas = squat, in a squat position, in a crouching position.* en cueros = in the buff, in the nod, stark naked.* en cuestión = at hand, concerned, in hand, individual, at issue, of concern.* en cuestión de minutos = within minutes, in a matter of minutes.* en cuestión de segundos = within seconds, in a matter of seconds.* en cuestión de + Tiempo = in a matter of + Tiempo, within a matter of + Tiempo.* en cuestiones de = in matters of.* en cumplimiento con = in line with, in compliance with.* en cursiva = in italic type.* en curso = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation.* en curso de = in course of.* en cuyo caso = in which case.* en danza = on the run.* en decadencia = bankrupt.* en defensa propia = in self-defence.* en definitiva = in all, all in all, in the last analysis, in the final analysis, all things considered.* en definitiva, bien mirado, bien considerado = all things considered.* en demanda = in-demand.* en demasía = excess, to excess, excessively.* en desacuerdo = disapproving, at odds.* en desacuerdo con = at odds with.* en desarmonía con = out of tune with, out of keeping with.* en desarrollo = evolving, under development.* en descomposición = decaying, putrefying.* en desesperación = despairing, in despair.* en desuso = obsolete, disused.* en detalle = at length.* en deterioro = deteriorating, crumbling, decaying, dilapidated, disintegrating.* en determinadas ocasiones = sometimes, on particular occasions.* en detrimento de = to the detriment of, to + Posesivo + detriment, to the neglect of.* en diagonal = herringbone.* en días alternos = every other day.* en diferente grado = differing, in varying measures.* en diferente medida = differing, in varying measures.* en diferentes momentos = at various times, at different times.* en diferentes ocasiones = at different times, at various times.* en dificultades = stranded.* en dinero = monetised [monetized, -pl.].* en dirección de la proa = abaft.* en dirección este = eastward(s), eastbound.* en dirección norte = northbound.* en dirección oeste = westbound, westward(s).* en dirección sur = southward(s), southbound.* en disco = ondisc.* en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.* en + Distancia + a la redonda = within + Distancia.* en distinta medida = differing, in varying measures.* en distintas ocasiones = at different times, at various times, on several occasions.* en distinto grado = in varying measures, differing, to varying degrees.* en distintos formatos = multiform.* en distintos momentos = at different times, at various times.* en diversas lenguas = multilingually.* en diversas ocasiones = on several occasions.* en diverso grado = to varying extents, to varying degrees.* en diversos formatos = multiform.* en donde = where, wherein.* en dos años = over a two-year period.* en dos lenguas = bilingually.* en dos niveles = split-level.* en dos palabras = in a nutshell, in a nutshell.* en dos volúmenes = two-volume.* en duda = in doubt.* en edad de trabajar = working-age.* en efecto = to all intents and purposes, for all intents and purposes.* en ejercicio = incumbent, practising [practicing, -USA].* en el abandono = in the wilderness.* en el acto = ipso facto, outright, on the spot, while-you-wait [while-u-wait], at the drop of a hat.* en el aire = in mid-air, airborne.* en el ámbito de = in the realm of.* en el año catapún = in the dim and distant past.* en el año del Señor = in the year of our Lord.* en el año entrante = in the coming year.* en el año próximo = in the coming year.* en el año venidero = in the coming year.* en el área de + Lugar = Lugar + area.* en el asiento de atrás = in the back seat.* en el asiento trasero = in the back seat.* en el aula de clase = classroom-based.* en el banquillo = on the bench.* en el blanco de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.* en el camino = along the way, en route, in the process.* en el campo de = in the realm of, in the field of.* en el campus universitario = campus-based.* en el candelero = in the spotlight.* en el cargo = in the saddle, in office.* en el caso de = for, in association with, in the case of, in the event of, in case of, in the context of.* en (el) caso de que = in the event that, should, in case.* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).* en el centro de = at the heart of.* en el cine = at the movies.* en el clima actual de = in the present climate of.* en el contexto de = in the realm of.* en el culo = in the bottom.* en el culo del mundo = in the arse of nowhere.* en el curso de la historia = in the course of history.* en el curso normal de = in the mainstream of.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en el curso normal de las cosas, en el curso normal de los acontecimientos, = in the normal run of things.* en el curso normal de los acontecimientos = in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.* en el desierto = in the wilderness.* en el detalle = in detail.* en el día a día = in the day to day, in the trenches.* en el dique seco = in dry dock, in the wilderness.* en el eje = at the core (of).* en el entorno de = in the realm of.* en el escenario = on stage.* en el escenario mundial = on the world stage.* en el espacio = spatially.* en el estricto sentido de la palabra = strictly speaking.* en el estudio = at study, at study.* en el extranjero = abroad, overseas, offshore.* en el extremo opuesto = at the far end.* en el fin de semana = over the weekend, over the weekend, at the weekend.* en el foco de atención = in the spotlight.* en el fondo = at heart, deep down, in the back of + Posesivo + mind, in the back of + Posesivo + head, at the back of + Posesivo + head, bottom line, the, in the bottom.* en el fondo de = at the root of.* en el futuro = Número + Tiempo + ahead, down the road, in future, in time(s) to come, at + future date, in (the) years to come, at some future time, in the years to come, in the years ahead, in years to come, at some future point, in the future, for future reference, for the years to come.* en el futuro a largo plazo = in the long-term future.* en el futuro cercano = in the foreseeable future.* en el futuro inmediato = in the offing, in the foreseeable future.* en el futuro lejano = further in the future.* en el haber de Uno = under + Posesivo + belt.* en el horario de trabajo = on company time.* en el horizonte = on the horizon.* en el hospital = at the bedside.* en el improbable caso de que = in the unlikely case (that).* en el instante en que + Subjuntivo = the moment + Verbo.* en el ínterin = in the interim, in the intervening years, in the intervening period, ad interim.* en el juego = at play.* en el lado negativo = on the debit side, on the negative side, on the downside.* en el lado positivo = on the credit side, on the positive side, on the plus side, on the bright side.* en ello = therein, thereupon [thereon].* en el lugar del accidente = at the scene, at the scene of the accident.* en el lugar de los hechos = at the scene.* en el mandato = in office.* en el mando = at the wheel.* en el mar = at sea.* en el marco de = within the ambit of, within the bounds of.* en el más allá = dead and gone.* en el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.* en el mejor de los casos = at best, at most, ideally, in the best of circumstances, the best case scenario, at the most, at the best of times, at the very best.* en el mejor momento de Uno = at + Posesivo + (very) best.* en el mismo centro (de) = plumb in the middle (of).* en el mismo número de años = in as many years.* en el mismo orden que = in sync with.* en el momento = on the spot.* en el momento actual = in this day and age, at the present time.* en el momento adecuado = at the right time.* en el momento de = at the time (that/of).* en el momento de escribir estas líneas = at the time of writing.* en el momento de la impresión = at the time of going to print.* en el momento en que se necesita = at the point-of-need, at the point of use, point of use.* en el momento en que + Subjuntivo = the moment + Verbo.* en el momento justo = on cue.* en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.* en el momento oportuno = at the right time, not a moment too soon, not a minute too soon.* en el momento peor de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.* en el mundo = on the face of the earth, on the world stage.* en el mundo antiguo = in antiquity.* en el mundo entero = all over the world, worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over.* en el mundo que nos rodea = out there.* en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.* en el nivel intermedio de = in the middle range of.* en el nivel medio de = in the middle range of.* en el norte del estado = upstate.* en el núcleo = at the core (of).* en el ocaso = over the hill.* en el ojo del huracán = in the eye of the storm, in the eye of the hurricane.* en el orden del día = on the agenda.* en el origen (de) = in the early days (of).* en el otro extremo = at the other extreme.* en el otro extremo de la escala = at the other end of the scale, at the other end of the spectrum, at the other extreme.* en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.* en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = be a case of the blind leading the blind.* en el pasado = in the past, in past eras, at some point in the past, in years gone by, in days gone by, in former times.* en el pasado remoto = in the dim and distant past.* en el peor de los casos = at worst, in the worst of circumstances, at + Posesivo + very worst, the worst case scenario, at + Posesivo + worst, in the worst case.* en el período penoso de = in the throes of.* en el período previo a = in the run up to, during the run up to.* en el piso de abajo = downstairs.* en el piso de arriba = upstairs.* en el poder = in office.* en el primer caso = in the former case.* en el proceso = in the process.* en el propio campus universitario = campus-based.* en el propio cortijo = on-farm.* en el próximo año = in the year ahead, in the coming year.* en el puesto de dirección = in the hot seat.* en el punto álgido de = at the height of.* en el punto de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.* en el que = wherein.* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.* en el quinto coño = in the arse of nowhere.* en el quinto pino = in the arse of nowhere.* en el quirófano = under the knife.* en el resto = everywhere else.* en el resto de = elsewhere.* en el seguimiento de = in the pursuit of.* en el segundo caso = in the latter case.* en el seno de = within, among.* en el sentido de las agujas del reloj = clockwise.* en el sentido de que = in the sense that, along the lines that, in that.* en el sentido más amplio = in the broadest sense, in the widest sense.* en el sentido más general = in the broadest sense.* en el sentido que = in which.* en el timón = in the saddle.* en el trabajo = on-the-job, at work.* en el transcurso de = throughout the course of, throughout the course of, in the course of, during the course of, over the course of, throughout.* en el transcurso de algunos años = over a period of years.* en el transcurso de la historia = in the course of history.* en el transcurso de los siglos = over the course of the centuries.* en el transcurso normal de + Posesivo + vida(s) = in the normal course of + Posesivo + life/lives.* en el trasfondo de = at the root of.* en el último caso = in the latter case.* en el último minuto = last minute [last-minute], at the last minute.* en el último momento = at the eleventh hour, at the very last minute, at the very last moment, at the very last, at the last minute.* en el umbral de = on the threshold of.* en el vuelo = in-flight.* en entrante = recessed.* en entredicho = under challenge.* en episodios = episodic.* en época de carnaval = carnivalistically.* en época de feria = carnivalistically.* en época de paz = in peacetime, during peacetime.* en épocas anteriores = in former times, in past eras.* en épocas de = in times of.* en épocas de guerra = in time(s) of war.* en épocas de paz = in time(s) of peace.* en épocas de prosperidad económica = in affluent times.* en épocas difíciles = in times of need.* en épocas pasadas = in past ages.* en escamas = flaky.* en ese caso = in that case.* en ese mismo instante = at that very moment.* en ese mismo momento = at that very moment.* en ese momento = at that point, at this point, at that time, just then, at that point in time.* en esencia = in essence, essentially.* en ese sentido = on that score, to that effect.* en esos casos = in those cases.* en espacios cerrados = indoors.* en especial = especially (specially), notably, specially (especially).* en especie = in kind.* en espera = on hold.* en espiga = herringbone.* en esta coyuntura = at this juncture.* en estado = pregnant, in the family way.* en estado de abandono = decaying, dilapidated, dilapidated.* en estado de alerta = on alert.* en estado de alerta, de guardia = on standby.* en estado de buena esperanza = pregnant, in the family way.* en estado de cambio = in a state of flux.* en estado de descomposición = decaying.* en estado de deterioro = decaying, dilapidated.* en estado de reserva = on standby.* en estado de reserva, en estado de alerta, de guardia = on standby.* en estado de sitio = in a state of siege, under siege.* en estado embrionario = embryo, embryonic, in embryonic stage, in embryo, in the embryo stage.* en esta época del año = around this time of year.* en esta ocasión = on this occasion.* en estas circunstancias = under these circumstances.* en esta situación = at this juncture.* en este caso = in this case.* en este contexto = against this background.* en este documento = herein, herewith, hereto.* en este extremo = to this extent.* en este grado = to this extent.* en este mismo sentido = along the same lines.* en este momento = at this point, at this stage, at this juncture, at this time, at this moment in time, right now.* en este período = in the course of events, during the course of events.* en este sentido = along these lines, in this connection, in this direction, in this sense, in this vein, in this spirit, in this regard, in this effort, in that spirit, on this score, to that effect.* en estos casos = in these cases.* en estos días = today, these days.* en estos tiempos = in these times, in this day and age.* en estrecha colaboración = in close collaboration.* en estrecha colaboración con = hand-in-glove with.* en estuche = boxed.* en excelente estado = in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.* en excelentes condiciones = in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.* en exceso = overflow, overflowing, excessively, excess, to excess.* en exclusiva = exclusively.* en existencia = in existence.* en expansión = expanded.* en exposición = on exhibit, on show, on display.* en + Expresión Temporal = as of + Expresión Temporal, come + Expresión Temporal.* en extensión = in length.* en extenso = at length, in full.* en extremo = no end, to no end.* en fase terminal = terminally ill.* en favor de = in favour of.* en flor = in full blossom, in blossom.* en forma = fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], toned.* en forma de = in the form of, in the shape of.* en forma de A = A-shaped.* en forma de arco = arched, bowed.* en forma de capa = cape-like.* en forma de cruz = cross-shaped.* en forma de cuadrado = square-shaped.* en forma de cuña = wedge-shaped.* en forma de cúpula = dome-shaped, domed.* en forma de D = d-shaped.* en forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].* en forma de L = L-shaped.* en forma de libro = in book form.* en forma de medialuna = crescent-shaped.* en forma de parásito = parasitically.* en forma de pera = pear-shaped.* en forma de pirámide = pyramidal-shaped.* en forma de trompeta = trumpet-shaped.* en forma de U = U-shaped.* en forma de V = V-shaped.* en forma física = physically fit.* en forma física y mental = physically and mentally fit.* en forma ovalada = oval-shaped.* en forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.* en formato de libro moderno = in codex form.* en formato digital = digitally.* en formato electrónico = in electronic form.* en formato MARC = in MARC form.* en formato papel = paper-based, in hard copy.* en frente = ahead, in front.* en frente de = in front of.* en funcionamiento = in operation.* en función de = according to, as a function of, depending on/upon.* en general = at large, by and large, for the most part, generally, in general, in the main, on balance, on the whole, overall, all in all, broadly, as a whole, generally speaking.* en germinación = budding.* en gestación = in the making.* en grado mínimo = minimally.* en gran cantidad = prodigiously.* en grandes cantidades = en masse, in good number, in record numbers, in bulk.* en grandes números = in record numbers.* en gran formato = oversize, oversized.* en gran medida = broadly, by and large, extensively, greatly, heavily, largely, to a considerable extent, to a high degree, to a large extent, tremendously, vastly, very much, keenly, in no small way, to any great degree, in many ways, in large part, in large measure, in no small measure, to a great extent, to a large degree, to a great degree.* en gran número = numerously.* en gran parte* * *en1(refiriéndose a una ciudad, un edificio): viven en París/en una granja/en el número diez/en un hotel they live in Paris/on a farm/at number ten/in a hotelviven en la calle Goya they live on o ( BrE) in Goya Street2 (dentro de) inmétete en la cama get into bedlo puso en una caja he put it in a boxmetió la mano en el conducto she stuck her hand into ( o down etc) the pipe3 (sobre) onlo puso en la mesa/pared he put it on the table/wallse sentó en una silla/en un sillón she sat down on a chair/in an armchairtendrás que dormir en el suelo you'll have to sleep on the floorse le nota en la cara you can see it in his faceB1 (expresando circunstancias, ambiente, medio) invivir en armonía con la naturaleza to live in harmony with nature2de … en …: van de casa en casa/de puerta en puerta pidiendo dinero they go from house to house/from door to door asking for moneynos tienes de sorpresa en sorpresa you're full of surprisesC1 ‹un tema/una especialidad/una cualidad›es licenciado en filosofía he has a degree in philosophyes un experto en la materia he's an expert on the subjectes muy bueno en historia he's very good at historysupera a su hermana en inteligencia she surpasses her sister in intelligence2 ‹una proporción/un precio›ha aumentado en un diez por ciento it has gone up by ten per centme lo vendió en $30 he sold it to me for $30las pérdidas se calcularon en $50.000 the losses were calculated at $50,000D1 ‹un estado/una manera› inen buenas/malas condiciones in good/bad conditionun edificio en llamas a building in flames o on firenos recibió en camisón he received us in his nightshirtcon los músculos en tensión with (his) muscles tenseden posición vertical in an upright position2(con forma de): termina en punta it's pointed, it ends in o comes to a pointcolóquense en círculo get into o in a circle3 (en el papel de) asLuis Girón en el Alcalde Luis Girón as the Mayorpensamos ir en taxi/en coche/en barco we plan to go by taxi/by car/by boat¿fueron en tren? — no, en avión did you go by train? — no, by plane o no, we flewfueron en bicicleta they cycled, they went on their bikesfuimos a dar una vuelta en coche we went for a drive o we went for a ride in the carE1(expresando el material): un modelo realizado en seda natural an outfit in natural silkcapa para la lluvia en plástico plastic raincape¿lo tienen en azul/(un) 38? do you have it in blue/a 38?una obra en tres actos a play in three acts¿cuánto pesas en kilos? how much do you weigh in kilos?en ruso/en el código Morse in Russian/in Morse CodeF(en expresiones de tiempo): en verano in (the) summeren mayo/1947 in May/1947en varias ocasiones on several occasionsllegó justo en ese momento she arrived just at that moment, just then she arriveden la mañana/tarde ( esp AmL); in the morning/afternoonen la noche ( esp AmL); at nightno vi a nadie en todo el día I didn't see anybody all dayGno hay nada de malo en lo que hacen there's nothing wrong in what they're doingen + INF:tardó media hora en resolverlo it took her half an hour to work it outsiempre es el último en salir he's always the last to leave2(con complementos de persona): en él ha encontrado un amigo she's found a friend in himproblemas que se dan en las personas de edad problems which affect old people* * *
Multiple Entries:
en
en.
en preposición
1 ( en expresiones de lugar)a) (refiriéndose a ciudad, edificio):◊ viven en París/en el número diez/en un hotel they live in Paris/at number ten/in a hotel;
en el último piso on the top floor;
está en la calle Goya it's on o (BrE) in Goya Street;
en casa at home
se le nota en la cara you can see it in his face
2 (expresando circunstancias, ambiente) in;
3a) (indicando tema, especialidad):
doctor en derecho Doctor of Lawb) (indicando proporción, precio):
en dólares in dollars
4a) (indicando estado, manera) in;
en llamas in flames, on fireb) ( en forma de):
colóquense en círculo get into o in a circle
fueron en bicicleta they cycled, they went on their bikes;
dimos una vuelta en coche we went for a ride in the car
5a) ( indicando el material):
una escultura en bronce a bronze (sculpture)
◊ en azul/ruso in blue/Russian
6 ( con expresiones de tiempo):
en varias ocasiones on several occasions;
en la mañana/noche (esp AmL) in the morning/at night
7
fuí el último en salir I was the last to leave
en preposición
1 (lugar) in, on, at: nos encontramos en el autobús, we met on the bus
en Barcelona/Río, in Barcelona/Rio
en el cajón, in the drawer
en casa/el trabajo, at home/work
(sobre) en la mesa, on the table
2 (tiempo) in, on, at: cae en lunes, it falls on a Monday
en 1975, in 1975
en ese preciso instante, at that very moment
en un minuto, in a minute
en primavera, in spring
LAm en la mañana, in the morning
3 (modo) en bata, in a dressing gown
en francés, in French
en serio, seriously
4 (medio) by, in: puede venir en avión/ coche/metro/tren, she can come by air/car/tube/train
¿por qué no vienes en avión?, why don't you fly?
5 (movimiento) into: entró en la habitación, he went into the room
entró en escena, he went on stage
6 (tema, materia) at, in
es muy bueno en matemáticas, he's very good at maths
experto en finanzas, expert in finances
7 (partición, fases) in: hicimos el viaje en dos etapas, we did the journey in two stages
8 (de... en...) entraremos de tres en tres, we shall go in three by three
9 (con infinitivo) fue rápido en desenfundar, he was quick to pull out
se le nota la timidez en el hablar, you can notice his shyness by the way he speaks
'en' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abajo
- abarrotada
- abarrotado
- abasto
- abatimiento
- abdicar
- abierta
- abierto
- abogar
- abogada
- abogado
- abominar
- abonada
- abonado
- abordar
- abrir
- abreviar
- absoluta
- absoluto
- absorta
- absorto
- abstracta
- abstracto
- abstraída
- abstraído
- abuela
- abundar
- abundancia
- abundante
- abusar
- acabar
- academia
- acariciar
- acceder
- acentuar
- achantarse
- achatamiento
- achuchar
- acoger
- acomodar
- acompañar
- aconsejar
- acontecer
- acordar
- acordarse
- acostada
- acostado
- acostumbrada
- acostumbrado
English:
A
- aback
- abdicate
- abide
- ablaze
- able
- above
- above-board
- abreast
- abroad
- abscess
- absence
- absent
- absolutely
- absorbed
- abstract
- abundant
- academic
- academy
- accent
- access
- account
- accustom
- acknowledgement
- acquiesce
- acquire
- act
- acting
- action
- active
- actually
- add
- add in
- addition
- adept
- adequate
- administration
- admission
- admit
- advance
- advantage
- adventure
- advertise
- advertising
- affair
- affect
- afford
- afloat
- afraid
- after
* * *EN nm (abrev de Encuentro Nacional)= Paraguayan political party* * *enprp1 ( dentro de) in;en un mes in a month;en junio in June;en casa at home;en el cielo in heaven2 ( sobre) on;en la mesa on the table;en la calle on the street, Br tb in the street:en coche/tren by car/train4:en inglés in English;póngamelo en la cuenta put it on my account;aumentar en un 10 % grow (by) 10%, increase (by) 10%* * *en prep1) : inen el bolsillo: in one's pocketen una semana: in a week2) : onen la mesa: on the table3) : aten casa: at homeen el trabajo: at worken ese momento: at that moment* * *en prep1. (en general) in¿en qué calle vives? which street do you live in?2. (edificios, fiestas específicas) at3. (superficies, días concretos) on4. (medio de transporte) by -
9 remonter
remonter [ʀ(ə)mɔ̃te]➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. intransitive verba. ( = monter à nouveau) to go or come back up• remonter sur les planches [comédien] to go back on the stage• remonter à cheval ( = se remettre en selle) to get back onto one's horsec. ( = s'élever de nouveau) [prix, température, baromètre] to rise again• il est remonté de la 7e à la 3e place he has come up from 7th to 3rd placed. ( = réapparaître) to come backe. ( = retourner) to return• remonter à la source/cause to go back to the source/cause• il faut remonter plus loin pour comprendre l'affaire you must look further back to understand this businessf. remonter à ( = dater de) cette histoire remonte à plusieurs années all this goes back several years2. transitive verba. [+ étage, côte, marche] to go or come back up• remonter le courant/une rivière (à la nage) to swim back upstream/up a river ; (en barque) to sail back upstream/up a riverb. ( = rattraper) [+ adversaire] to catch up with• se faire remonter par un adversaire to let o.s. be caught up by an opponentc. [+ mur, tableau, étagère] to raise ; [+ vitre] (en poussant) to push up ; (avec bouton ou manivelle) to wind up ; [+ store] to raise ; [+ pantalon, manche] to pull up ; (en roulant) to roll up ; [+ chaussettes] to pull up ; [+ col] to turn up ; [+ jupe] to pick up ; [+ mauvaise note] to raise• il s'est fait remonter les bretelles par le patron (inf) the boss gave him a real tongue-lashing (inf)d. ( = remporter) to take or bring back upe. [+ montre, mécanisme] to wind upf. [+ machine, moteur, meuble] to put together again ; [+ robinet, tuyau] to put back• il a eu du mal à remonter les roues de sa bicyclette he had a job putting the wheels back on his bicycleg. ( = remettre en état) [+ personne] to buck (inf) up again ; [+ entreprise] to put back on its feet ; [+ mur en ruines] to rebuild ; → moralh. [+ pièce de théâtre, spectacle] to restage3. reflexive verb* * *ʀəmɔ̃te
1.
verbe transitif (+ v avoir)1) ( transporter de nouveau)remonter quelqu'un/quelque chose — ( en haut) gén to take somebody/something back up (à to); ( à l'étage) to take somebody/something back upstairs; ( d'en bas) gén to bring somebody/something back up (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [somebody/something] back upstairs [personne, objet]
2) ( replacer en haut) to put [something] back up [valise, boîte]3) ( relever) to raise [étagère, store, tableau] (de by); to wind [something] back up [vitre de véhicule]; to roll up [manches, jambes de pantalon]; to hitch up [jupe, pantalon]; to turn up [col]; to pull up [chaussettes]4) ( parcourir de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) to go back up [pente, rue]; to go ou climb back up [escalier, échelle]; ( en venant) to come back up [pente, rue, échelle]; [voiture, automobiliste] to drive back up [pente]5) ( parcourir en sens inverse) [bateau] to sail up [fleuve]; [poisson] to swim up [rivière]; [personne, voiture] to go up [rue]remonter une filière or piste — fig to follow a trail ( jusqu'à quelqu'un to somebody)
6) ( rattraper dans un classement) [cycliste] to catch up with [peloton, concurrent]7) ( réconforter)remonter quelqu'un or le moral de quelqu'un — to cheer somebody up, to raise somebody's spirits
8) ( assembler de nouveau) to put [something] back together again [armoire, jouet]; to put [something] back [roue]9) ( retendre le ressort de) to wind [something] up [mécanisme, réveil]être remonté à bloc — (colloq) fig [personne] to be full of energy
10) ( remettre en scène) to revive [pièce, spectacle]
2.
verbe intransitif (+ v être)1) ( monter de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go back up, to go up again (à to); ( en venant) gén to come back up, to come up again (de from); ( à l'étage) to go/to come back upstairs; ( après être redescendu) to go/to come back up again; [train, ascenseur] to go back up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb again; [mer] to come in again; [prix, température, baromètre] to rise again, to go up againreste ici, je remonte au grenier — stay here, I'm going back up to the attic
remonter sur — [personne] to step back onto [trottoir]; to climb back onto [mur]
remonter à la surface — lit [plongeur] to surface; [huile, objet] to rise to the surface; fig [scandale] to resurface; [souvenirs] to surface again
remonter dans les sondages — [politicien, parti] to move up in the opinion polls
remonter de la quinzième à la troisième place — [sportif, équipe] to move up from fifteenth to third position
remonter à Paris — ( retourner) to go back up to Paris
2) ( pour retrouver l'origine)remonter à — [historien] to go back to [époque, date]; [événement, œuvre, tradition] to date back to [époque, date, personnage historique]; [habitude] to be carried over from [enfance, période]; [enquêteur, police] to follow the trail back to [personne, chef de gang]
remonter 20 ans en arrière — [historien] to go back 20 years
faire remonter — to trace (back) [origines, ancêtres] (à to)
3) ( se retrousser) [pull, jupe] to ride up4) ( se faire sentir)5) Nautismeremonter au or dans le vent — to sail into the wind
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se remonter verbe pronominal1) ( se réconforter)se remonter le moral — ( seul) to cheer oneself up; ( à plusieurs) to cheer each other up
2) ( s'équiper de nouveau)se remonter en meubles/draps — to get some new furniture/sheets
* * *ʀ(ə)mɔ̃te1. vi1) (d'où l'on vient) to go back upIl est remonté au premier étage. — He has gone back up to the first floor.
2) (sur un cheval) to get back on, to remount3) (dans un véhicule) to get back in4) [route, température, prix] to go up again5) [vêtement] to ride up2. vt1) [personne] to cheer up, to buck upCette nouvelle m'a un peu remonté. — The news cheered me up a bit.
remonter le moral à qn — to raise sb's spirits, to cheer sb up
2) [manches, pantalon] to roll up3) [col] to turn up4) [fleuve, courant] (en bateau) to sail up, (à la nage) to swim up5) [niveau, limite] to raise6) [moteur, meuble] to put back together, to reassemble7) [montre, mécanisme] to wind up8)remonter à (= dater de) — to date back to, to go back to
* * *remonter verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( transporter de nouveau) ( en haut) gén to take [sb/sth] back up [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] back upstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en bas) gén to bring [sb/sth] back up [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] back upstairs [personne, objet]; remonter les valises au grenier to take the suitcases back up to the attic; remonter les bouteilles de la cave to bring the bottles back up from the cellar; je peux vous remonter au village I can take you back up to the village; remonte-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers back up (to me); je leur ai fait remonter les valises au grenier I made them take the suitcases back up to the attic; j'ai fait remonter le piano dans la chambre I had the piano taken back up to the bedroom; faites-moi remonter les dossiers secrets get the secret files brought back up to me;2 ( remettre en haut) to put [sth] back up [valise, boîte]; remonter la valise sur l'armoire to put the suitcase back up on the wardrobe; remonter un seau d'un puits to pull a bucket up from a well;3 ( relever) to raise [étagère, store, tableau] (de by); to wind [sth] back up [vitre de véhicule]; to roll up [manches, jambes de pantalon]; to hitch up [jupe, pantalon]; to turn up [col]; to pull up [chaussettes]; remonter une étagère de 20 centimètres/d'un cran to raise a shelf another 20 centimetresGB/by another notch; remonter une note de deux points to raise a mark GB ou grade US by two points;4 ( parcourir de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) to go back up [pente, rue, étage]; to go ou climb back up [escalier, marches, échelle]; ( en venant) to come back up [pente, rue, marches, échelle]; [voiture, automobiliste] to drive back up [pente, route]; nous avons remonté la colline à pied ( en marchant) we walked back up the hill; ( et non à bicyclette) we went back up the hill on foot; remonter la colline en rampant/à bicyclette to crawl/cycle back up the hill; il m'a fait remonter l'escalier en courant he made me run back up the stairs;5 ( parcourir en sens inverse) [bateau] to sail up [fleuve, canal]; [poisson] to swim up [rivière]; [personne, voiture] to go up [rue, boulevard]; tu remontes l'avenue jusqu'à la banque you go up the avenue until you get to the bank; remonter un canal en péniche to go up a canal in a barge; remonter une rivière en canoë/en yacht/à la nage to canoe/sail/swim up a river; remonter un boulevard à bicyclette/en voiture to cycle/drive up a boulevard; remonter le flot de voyageurs to walk against the flow of passengers; remonter une filière or piste fig to follow a trail (jusqu'à qn to sb); remonter le temps par la pensée or l'imagination to go back in time in one's imagination;6 ( rattraper dans un classement) [cycliste] to catch up with [peloton, concurrent];7 ( réconforter) remonter qn or le moral de qn to cheer sb up, to raise sb's spirits; la nouvelle/il m'a remonté le moral the news/he cheered me up;8 ( assembler de nouveau) to put [sth] back together again [armoire, table, jouet]; to re-erect [échafaudage]; to reassemble [moteur, machine]; to put [sth] back [roue]; il s'amuse à démonter et remonter ses jouets he's having fun taking his toys apart and putting them back together again;9 ( retendre le ressort de) to wind [sth] up [mécanisme, montre, réveil]; to wind [sth] up [boîte à musique] (avec with); être remonté à bloc○ fig [personne] to be full of energy;10 ( remettre en scène) to revive [pièce, spectacle].B vi1 ( monter de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go back up, to go up again (à to); ( à l'étage) to go back upstairs, to go upstairs again; ( en venant) gén to come back up, to come up again (de from); ( à l'étage) to come back upstairs, to come upstairs again; ( après être redescendu) ( en allant) to go back up again; ( en venant) to come back up again; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique] ( en allant) to go back up; ( en venant) to come back up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb again; [oiseau] to fly up again; [prix, taux, monnaie] to go up again; [chemin, route] to rise again; [mer] to come in again; [température, baromètre] to rise again, to go up again; reste ici, je remonte au grenier stay here, I'm going back up to the attic; peux-tu remonter chercher mon sac? can you go back upstairs and get my bag?; tu es remonté à pied? gén did you walk back up?; ( plutôt que par l'ascenseur) did you come back up on foot?; je préfère remonter par l'escalier I prefer to go back up by the stairs; nous sommes remontés par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked back up by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode back up by the path/the road; il est remonté vers moi en rampant he crawled back up to me; il est remonté au col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove back up to the pass; où est l'écureuil? il a dû remonter à l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have gone back up the tree; je suis remonté en haut de la tour/au sommet de la falaise I went back up to the top of the tower/to the top of the cliff; elle est remontée dans sa chambre she went back up to her bedroom; remonter à l'échelle/la corde to climb back up the ladder/the rope; remonter sur [personne] to step back onto [trottoir, marche]; [personne, animal] to climb back onto [mur, tabouret]; il est remonté sur le toit [enfant, chat] he's gone back up onto the roof; remonter dans son lit to get back into bed; remonter à la surface lit [plongeur] to surface; [huile, objet] to rise to the surface; fig [scandale] to resurface; [souvenirs] to surface again; remonter à cheval to get back on a horse; remonter en voiture/dans le train to get back in the car/on the train; remonter à bord d'un avion to board a plane again; remonter dans les sondages [politicien, parti] to move up in the opinion polls; remonter de la quinzième à la troisième place [sportif, équipe] to move up from fifteenth to third position; remonter à Paris ( retourner) to go back up to Paris; la criminalité remonte crime is rising again; les cours sont remontés de 20% prices have gone up another 20%; faire remonter le dollar to send ou put the dollar up again; faire remonter les cours to put prices up again; l’euro est remonté par rapport à la livre the euro has gone up ou risen against the pound again; faire remonter la température gén to raise the temperature; Méd to raise one's temperature;2 ( pour retrouver l'origine) remonter dans le temps to go back in time; remonter à [historien] to go back to [époque, date]; [événement, œuvre, tradition] to date back to [époque, date, personnage historique]; [habitude] to be carried over from [enfance, période]; [enquêteur, police] to follow the trail back to [personne, chef de gang]; remonter 20 ans en arrière [historien] to go back 20 years; l'histoire remonte à quelques jours the story goes back a few days; il nous a fallu remonter jusqu'en 1770 we had to go back to 1770; les manuscrits remontent au XIe siècle the manuscripts date back to the 11th century; remonter à l'époque où to date back to the days when; remonter aux causes de qch to identify the causes of sth; faire remonter to trace (back) [origines, ancêtres] (à to);3 ( se retrousser) [pull, jupe] to ride up;4 ( se faire sentir) les odeurs d'égout remontent dans la maison the smell from the drains reaches our house; j'ai mon petit déjeuner qui remonte○ my breakfast is repeating on me○;5 Naut remonter au or dans le vent to sail into the wind.C se remonter vpr1 ( se réconforter) se remonter le moral ( seul) to cheer oneself up; ( à plusieurs) to cheer each other up;2 ( s'équiper de nouveau) se remonter en meubles/draps to get some new furniture/sheets; se remonter en vin to replenish one's stock ou supply of wine.[rəmɔ̃te] verbe transitif1. [côte, étage] to go ou to climb back up2. [porter à nouveau] to take back up3. [parcourir - en voiture, en bateau etc.] to go up (inseparable)remonter le défilé [aller en tête] to work one's way to the front of the processionremonter la rue to go ou to walk back up the street4. [relever - chaussette] to pull up (separable) ; [ - manche] to roll up (separable) ; [ - col, visière] to raise, to turn up (separable) ; [ - robe] to raise, to lift ; [ - store] to pull up, to raiseremonter quelque chose to put something higher up, to raise somethingtous les résultats des examens ont été remontés de 2 points all exam results have been put up ou raised by 2 marks5. [assembler à nouveau - moteur, kit] to reassemble, to put back (separable) together (again) ; [ - étagère] to put back (separable) upà sa sortie de prison, il a remonté une petite affaire de plomberie when he came out of prison he started up another small plumbing business[faire prospérer à nouveau]il a su remonter l'entreprise he managed to set ou to put the business back on its feet8. [mécanisme, montre] to wind (up)10. SPORT [concurrent] to catch up (with)————————[rəmɔ̃te] verbe intransitif (surtout aux être)l'enfant remonta dans la brouette/sur l'escabeau the child got back into the wheelbarrow/up onto the stool2. TRANSPORTSa. [bateau, bus, train] to get back ontob. [voiture] to get back intoa. [se remettre en selle] to remountb. [refaire de l'équitation] to take up riding again[avoir un niveau supérieur]le prix du sucre a remonté [après une baisse] the price of sugar has gone back up again4. [jupe] to ride ou to go up5. [faire surface - mauvaise odeur] to come back upa. [noyé] to float back (up) to the surfaceb. [plongeur] to resurfacec. [scandale] to reemerge, to resurface6. [retourner vers l'origine]remonter à [se reporter à] to go back to, to return tole renseignement qui nous a permis de remonter jusqu'à vous the piece of information which enabled us to trace youremonter à [dater de] to go ou to date back toon fait généralement remonter la crise à 1910 the crisis is generally believed to have started in 19107. NAUTIQUE [navire] to sail north[vent] to come round the north————————se remonter verbe pronominal (emploi passif)————————se remonter verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)[physiquement] to recover one's strength[moralement] to cheer oneself upelle dit qu'elle boit pour se remonter she says she drinks to cheer herself up ou to make herself feel better————————se remonter en verbe pronominal plus préposition(familier) [se réapprovisionner en] to replenish one's stock of -
10 Kommen
v/i; kommt, kam, ist gekommen1. come; (ankommen) auch arrive; (gelangen) get ( bis to); durch eine Stadt / Gegend kommen pass through a town / area; nach Hause kommen come ( oder get) home; wie komme ich zum Bahnhof / nach Linz? how do I get to the (Am. train) station / to Linz?; ich komme gerade von der Arbeit I’ve just got back from work; komm schon! come on!, hurry up!; ich komme schon! I’m coming; na, komm schon! umg. come on (, now)!; er wird bald kommen he’ll be here ( oder with you) soon, he won’t be long; da kommt jemand there’s somebody coming; es ist Post für dich gekommen there’s some post (Am. mail) for you; spät kommen come ( oder be) late; zu spät kommen be late; und etwas versäumen: be too late; jetzt komme ich an die Reihe now it’s my turn; zuerst oder als Erster / zuletzt oder als Letzter kommen come first / last; wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst Sprichw. first come, first served; wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben etwa: he who lags behind, loses; angelaufen etc. kommen come running etc. along ( oder up); der soll mir nur kommen!, er soll nur kommen! drohend: (just) let him come; jemanden kommen lassen send for s.o.; etw. kommen lassen (bestellen) send for ( oder order) s.th.; wie weit bist du gekommen? how far did you get?; es kam mir ( der Gedanke), dass... it occurred to me that...; es kommt mir oder mir kommt eine Idee I’ve got an idea, I know what we can do; mir kommen die Tränen tears come to my eyes, my eyes fill with tears; iro. don’t make me weep; das wird teuer kommen / dich teuer kommen umg. it’ll come expensive / it’ll cost you; ihr Aufschlag kommt gut Tennis: her serve is coming on well; siehe auch Reihe, spät II etc.2. (herannahen) be coming; es kommt ein Gewitter there’s a storm coming (up); der Morgen kommt it’s nearly morning, it’s starting to get light; die Flut kommt the tide is coming in; da vorn kommt gleich eine Kreuzung there’s a junction (Am. intersection) coming up, we’re just coming to a junction (Am. intersection)3. (geschehen) auch happen; etw. kommen sehen (voraussehen) see s.th. coming; das kommt mir gelegen / ungelegen it’s a good / bad time ( oder the right / wrong moment) for me; wie kommt das? how does that come about?, how is that possible?; wie oder woher kommt es, dass how is it that, how come umg.; das kommt daher, dass it’s because; das durfte jetzt nicht kommen it shouldn’t happen (now), it shouldn’t be possible; umg. (das hättest du nicht sagen sollen) you shouldn’t have said that; was auch ( immer) kommen mag... whatever happens,...; komme, was da wolle come what may; es wird noch ganz anders kommen there’s worse to come (yet); das musste ja so kommen it had to ( oder was bound to) happen; es kam, wie es kommen musste the inevitable happened; es ist so weit gekommen, dass things have got to the stage where; es wird noch so weit kommen, dass er rausgeschmissen wird he’ll be thrown out one of these days4. umg. wenn Sie mir so kommen if you talk to me like that; komm mir ja nicht so frech! don’t be so cheeky, Am. don’t be such a smart aleck, I don’t want any of your cheek; komm mir nur nicht mit diesen Ausreden spare me your excuses; damit kannst du mir nicht kommen you don’t expect me to believe that, do you?; komm mir nicht dauernd mit der Geschichte I wish you wouldn’t keep going on ( oder I wish you’d stop pestering me) about that business; er kommt einfach mit diesen Ideen he just trots out these ideas6. umg. (sich entwickeln) develop; wie kommt dein neues Projekt? how is your new project coming on?a) (gelangen zu) come ( oder get) to, arrive at; (jemandem zukommen) go ( oder fall) to; an jemandes Stelle kommen take s.o.’s place;b) (sich verschaffen, bekommen) get hold of; wie bist du an die Daten gekommen? how did you come by these data?8. kommen auf (+ Akk) (herausfinden) think of, hit upon; (sich erinnern an) think of, remember; auf eine Summe kommen come to ( oder total) an amount; auf die Rechnung kommen go ( oder be put) on the bill (Am. auch tab); das kommt (steht) auf Seite 12 that comes ( oder is) on page 12; auf etw. zu sprechen kommen get onto the subject of s.th.; wie kommst du darauf? what makes you say that?, what gives you that idea?; darauf wäre ich nie gekommen it would never have occurred to me; ich komme nicht darauf! I just can’t think of it; darauf komme ich gleich I’ll be coming to that; auf 100 Einwohner kommt ein Arzt there’s a ( oder one) doctor for every 100 inhabitants; ich lasse nichts auf ihn kommen I won’t have anything said against him10. das Buch kommt ins oberste Regal / ins Arbeitszimmer the book goes on the top shelf / belongs in the study; in Gefahr / Not / Verlegenheit kommen get into danger / difficulties Pl. / an embarrassing situation; ins Rutschen kommen get into a slide ( oder skid)11. über einen Zaun etc. kommen get over a fence etc.; über jemanden kommen Gefühl etc.: come over s.o.; Fluch: come upon s.o.12. um etw. kommen lose s.th.; durch fremdes Mitwirken: be done out of s.th.; ums Leben kommen lose one’s life, die, (getötet werden) auch be killed14. kommen von Ergebnis: be a result of ( oder due to); das kommt davon! see what happens?, what did I tell you?; das kommt davon, wenn du so viel trinkst that’s what happens when you drink so much16. zu etw. kommen come ( oder get) to s.th.; (bekommen) come by s.th., get hold of s.th.; zu Geld kommen (erben) come into money; zur Ansicht kommen, dass... come to the conclusion that..., decide that...; zur Sprache kommen come up (for discussion); ( wieder) zu sich kommen come to ( oder [a]round), regain consciousness; wie kamst du bloß dazu(, das zu tun)? what on earth made you do that?; es kam zum Streit a quarrel developed; es kam zu Kämpfen zwischen... fighting broke out between...; zum Stehen kommen come to a standstill; ich komme einfach nicht zum Lesen I just don’t get ( oder find) the time to read anything; ich komme aber erst morgen dazu I won’t get (a)round to it ( oder manage it) before tomorrow; wie kommen Sie dazu? how dare you?; siehe auch Kraft 1, Sache etc.* * *to arrive; to emerge; to come* * *Kọm|mennt -s, no plcomingein einziges Kommen und Gehen — a constant coming and going
jd ist im Kommen — sb is on his/her way up
* * *das1) (coming or arrival: the advent of space travel.) advent2) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) get3) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) come4) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) come* * *kom·men[ˈkɔmən]1.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (eintreffen) to come, to arriveich bin gerade ge\kommen I just arrived [or got here]ich komme schon! I'm coming!sie \kommen morgen aus Berlin they're arriving [or coming] from Berlin tomorrowder Zug kommt aus Paris the train is coming from Parisda kommt Anne/der Bus there's Anne/the busder Bus müsste jeden Augenblick \kommen the bus is due any minuteich komme um vier und hole Sie ab I'll come and fetch you at fourder Wind kommt von Osten/von der See the wind is blowing [or coming] from the East/off the seasie kam in Begleitung ihres Mannes she was accompanied by her husbandich bin ge\kommen, um zu helfen I've come [or I'm here] to helpdu kommst wie gerufen! you've come just at the right moment!wann soll das Baby \kommen? when's the baby due?das Baby kam am 1. Mai the baby arrived [or was born] on the 1 Mayzurzeit \kommen laufend Anfragen zur neuen Software we keep receiving queries about the new software at the momentseine Antwort kam zögernd his answer was hesitant, he answered hesitantlyjede Hilfe kam zu spät help came [or arrived] too lateangefahren/angeflogen/angerannt \kommen to arrive by car/by plane/at a runsie kamen gestern aus Rom angefahren/angeflogen they drove up/flew in from Rome yesterdayangereist \kommen to arrivemit dem Auto/Fahrrad \kommen to come by car/bike, to drive/cycleals Erster/Letzter \kommen to be the first/last to arrive, to arrive first/lastfrüh/pünktlich/rechtzeitig/spät \kommen to arrive early/on time [or punctually]/in time/latezu Fuß \kommen to come on foot, to walk2.<kam, gekommen>▪ irgendwohin \kommen to get [or reach] somewherekommt man hier zum Bahnhof? is this the way to the station?wie komme ich von hier zum Bahnhof? how do I get to the station from here?zu Fuß kommt man am schnellsten dahin the quickest way [to get] there is to walksie kommt kaum noch aus dem Haus she hardly gets out of the house these daysnach Hause \kommen to come [or get] homeunter's Messer \kommen (hum) to have an operation[sicher] ans Ufer \kommen to [safely] reach the bankans Ziel \kommen to reach the finishing [or AM finish] line3.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich begeben) to comekommst du mit uns ins Kino? are you coming to the cinema with us?meine Kollegin kommt sofort zu Ihnen my colleague will be with you [or be along] immediatelynach draußen/oben/unten \kommen to come outside/upstairs/downstairsnach London/England \kommen to come to London/England4.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (passieren)5.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (teilnehmen)6.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (besuchen)▪ zu jdm \kommen to visit sb, to come and see [or visit] sbich komme gern[e] einmal zu Ihnen I'd be delighted to visit you sometimekomm doch mal, ich würde mich sehr freuen! [come and] stop by sometime, I'd love to see you!7.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (herstammen)▪ irgendwoher \kommen to come [or be] [or hail] from somewheresie kommt aus New York/Australien she's [or she comes] [or she hails] from New York/Australia, she's a New Yorker/an Australian8.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (folgen, an der Reihe sein) to comewer kommt [jetzt]? whose turn [or go] is it?die Schule kommt kurz nach der Kreuzung the school is just after the crossroads▪ nach/vor jdm \kommen to come after/before sban die Reihe \kommen to be sb's turn [or go]ich komme zuerst [an die Reihe] I'm first, it's my turn [or go] firstnoch \kommen to be still [or yet] to comeda wird noch mehr Ärger \kommen there'll be more trouble yetdas Schlimmste kommt noch the worst is yet to comezuerst [o als Erster] /als Nächster/zuletzt [o als Letzter] \kommen to come first/next/last9.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (untergebracht werden)ins Gefängnis/Krankenhaus \kommen to go to prison/into hospitalin die Schule/Lehre \kommen to start school/an apprenticeship10.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (erlangen)wie komme ich zu dieser Ehre? (iron, hum) to what do I owe this honour?zu der Erkenntnis \kommen, dass... to realize [or come to the realization] that...zu Geld \kommen to come into moneyzu Kräften \kommen to gain strengthzu Ruhm \kommen to achieve [or win] fame[wieder] zu sich dat selbst \kommen to get out of one's head, to come back to [or find] oneself again▪ an jdn/etw \kommen to get hold of sb/sthwie bist du an das viele Geld ge\kommen? how did you get hold of [or come by] all that money?; s.a. Besinnung, Ruhe11.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (verlieren)ums Leben \kommen to lose one's life, to be killed, to die12.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (erreichen) to reachauf den 2. Platz \kommen to reach 2nd place, to come [in] 2nd13.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (gebracht werden) to comekam Post für mich? was there any post for me?14.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (veranlassen, dass jd kommt)den Arzt/den Klempner/ein Taxi \kommen lassen to send for [or call] the doctor/the plumber/a taxi15.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (hingehören) to go, to belongdie Tasse kommt dahin the cup belongs there16.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (herannahen) to approach; (eintreten, geschehen) to come about, to happenheute kommt noch ein Gewitter there'll be a thunderstorm todayder Winter kommt mit Riesenschritten winter is fast approachingder Termin kommt etwas ungelegen the meeting comes at a somewhat inconvenient timedas habe ich schon lange \kommen sehen! I saw that coming a long time agodas kam doch anders als erwartet it/that turned out [or happened] differently than expectedes kam eins zum anderen one thing led to anotherund so kam es, dass... and that's why/how..., and that's how it came about [or happened] that...wie kommt es, dass...? how is it that...?, how come...?es musste ja so \kommen it/that was bound to happenes hätte viel schlimmer \kommen können it could have been much worsezum Prozess \kommen to come to trialso weit \kommen, dass... to get to the stage [or point] where...komme, was da wolle come what maywas auch immer \kommen mag whatever happenswie's kommt so kommt's whatever will be, will be[wieder] im K\kommen sein to be[come] fashionable again17.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (in Erscheinung treten) Pflanzen to come on [or along]die ersten Tomaten \kommen schon the first tomatoes are appearing18.<kam, gekommen>eine gewaltige Traurigkeit kam über mich I was overcome by a tremendous sadnesses kam einfach so über mich it just came over me19.<kam, gekommen>jdm \kommen die Tränen sb is overcome by tears, sb starts to cry20.<kam, gekommen>wir kamen plötzlich ins Schleudern we suddenly started to skidin Gefahr/Not \kommen to get into danger/difficultyin Sicherheit \kommen to get to safetyin Verlegenheit \kommen to get [or become] embarrassed; s.a. Stillstand21.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich verhalten) to beso lasse ich mir nicht \kommen! I won't have [or stand for] that!so kommst du mir nicht! don't you take that line with me!jdm frech \kommen to be cheeky to sb22.<kam, gekommen>komm mir nicht schon wieder damit! don't give me [or start] that again!der soll nur \kommen! (fam) just let him try!23.<kam, gekommen>daher kommt es, dass... that's why...das kommt davon! (fam) it's your own fault!das kommt davon, dass/weil... that's because...das kommt davon, wenn... that's what happens when...wie kommt es, dass... how come..., how is it that [that]...24.<kam, gekommen>ich komme beim besten Willen nicht darauf I just can't seem to remember [or recall] it25.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (einfallen)▪ jdm \kommen to think of, to occurjdm kommt der Gedanke, dass... it occurs to sb that...na, das kommt dir aber früh! (iron) why didn't that occur to you sooner?26.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich verschaffen)wie bist du an das Geld ge\kommen? where did you get the money?27.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (etw herausfinden)hinter ein Geheimnis \kommen to uncover [or sep find out] a secret28.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein FILM, RADIO, TV (gesendet werden) to be onwas kommt heute im Fernsehen? what's on [television] tonight?als Nächstes \kommen die Nachrichten the news is [on] next29.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (Zeit für etw finden)ich komme zu nichts mehr! I don't have time for anything else!30.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (entfallen)▪ auf jdn/etw \kommen to be allotted to sb/sthauf jeden Studenten kamen drei Studentinnen for every male student there were three female students, the ratio of female to male students was 3:131.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (ähnlich sein)▪ nach jdm \kommen to take after sb32.<kam, gekommen>die Reparatur kam sehr teuer the repairs cost a lot [of money]33.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (überfahren werden)unter ein Auto/einen Lastwagen \kommen to be knocked down by a car/lorry [or AM truck]unter die Räder \kommen to get knocked [or run] down [or run over34.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (ansprechen)auf einen Punkt/eine Angelegenheit \kommen to broach [or get onto] a point/matterjetzt, wo wir auf das Thema Gehaltserhöhung zu sprechen \kommen,... now that we're on [or we've got round to] the subject of pay rises...ich werde gleich darauf \kommen I'll come [or get] to that in a moment35.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (reichen)36.<kam, gekommen>37.<kam, gekommen>komm, sei nicht so enttäuscht come on, don't be so disappointedkomm, lass uns gehen! come on [or hurry up], let's go!komm, komm, werd nicht frech! now now, don't get cheeky!ach komm! (fam) come on!38.▶ erstens kommt es anders und zweitens als man denkt (prov) things never turn out the way you expect▶ zu kurz \kommen to come off badly, to get a raw deal1.<kam, gekommen>▪ es kommt jd sb is cominges kommt jetzt der berühmte Magier Obrikanus! and now the famous magician, Obrikanus!es scheint keiner mehr zu \kommen nobody else seems to be coming2.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (beginnen)▪ es kommt etw sth is cominges kommt auch mal wieder schöneres Wetter the weather will turn nice again3.<kam, gekommen>III. TRANSITIVES VERB<kam, gekommen>▪ jdn etw \kommen to cost sb sthdie Reparatur kam mich sehr teuer I paid a lot [of money] for the repairs, the repairs cost a lot [of money]* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1) come; (eintreffen) come; arriveangelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up
angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up
durch eine Gegend kommen — pass through a region
nach Hause kommen — come or get home
zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody
ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?
etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something
jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody
da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.
komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!
[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]
2) (gelangen) getans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line
wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)
auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something
jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks
dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something
zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing
3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come throughihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her
zur Schule kommen — go to or start school
ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison
in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell
5) (gehören) go; belongin die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf
6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go7) (geraten) getin Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed
unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed
neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung
8) (nahen)ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in
der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling
im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up
9) (sich ereignen) come about; happendas durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now
gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient
überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]
daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...
das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...
vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency
wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)
10) unperses kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight
es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently
so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!
11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)da vorn kommt eine Tankstelle — there's a petrol station coming up (coll.)
12)zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.
nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere
[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round
13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...
als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last
jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now
14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody
so lasse ich mir nicht kommen! — I don't stand for that sort of thing!
15)ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.
über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody
16) (entfallen)auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed
17)seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony
18) (ugs.): (kosten)alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...
wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?
etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]
21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now
22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well
23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall* * *ein ständiges Kommen und Gehen a constant coming and going;es ist ein ständiges Kommen und Gehen people are in and out all day, there’s a constant stream of of people coming and going;im Kommen sein Ideologie etc: be in the ascendant;sind wieder im Kommen wider ties etc are coming in again;dieser Dirigent ist im Kommen he’s an up-and-coming conductor* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1) come; (eintreffen) come; arriveangelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up
angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up
nach Hause kommen — come or get home
zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody
ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?
etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something
jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody
da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.
komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!
[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]
2) (gelangen) getans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line
wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)
auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something
jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks
dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something
zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing
3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come throughihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her
zur Schule kommen — go to or start school
ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison
in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell
5) (gehören) go; belongin die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf
6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go7) (geraten) getin Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed
unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed
neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung
8) (nahen)ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in
der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling
im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up
9) (sich ereignen) come about; happendas durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now
gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient
überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]
daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...
das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...
vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency
wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)
10) unperses kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight
es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently
so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!
11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)12)zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.
nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere
[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round
13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...
als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last
jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now
14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody
15)ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.
über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody
16) (entfallen)auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed
17)seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony
18) (ugs.): (kosten)alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...
wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?
etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]
21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now
komm, komm — oh, come on
22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well
23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall* * *interj.come interj. v.(§ p.,pp.: kam, ist gekommen)= to come v.(§ p.,p.p.: came, come)to cum v. -
11 rentrer
rentrer [ʀɑ̃tʀe]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <a. ( = entrer de nouveau) to go (or come) back in━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► rentrer se traduira par to come back in ou par to go back in suivant que le locuteur se trouve ou non à l'endroit en question.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• rentrez tout de suite, les enfants ! come in at once children!• il commence à faire froid, rentrons ! it's getting cold, let's go in!• il est rentré dans la pièce he went back (or came back) into the room• rentrer à sa base [avion] to go back to base• est-ce qu'il est rentré ? is he back?• rentrer à Paris to come (or go) back to Paris• il pleuvait, nous sommes rentrés dans un café it was raining so we went into a caféd. ( = reprendre ses activités) [élèves] to go back to school ; [parlement] to reassemble ; [députés] to returne. ( = tenir) to go inf. ( = heurter) rentrer dans to crash into• il voulait lui rentrer dedans or dans le chou (inf: inf) he was so furious he felt like smashing his head in (inf)g. ( = être une composante) rentrer dans to be part ofh. [argent] to come ini. [connaissances] (inf) l'anglais, ça commence à rentrer I'm (or he is etc) beginning to get the hang of English2. <a. to get in• ne laisse pas ton vélo sous la pluie, rentre-le don't leave your bicycle out in the rain, put it awayb. ( = faire disparaître) [+ train d'atterrissage] to raise ; [+ griffes] to draw in• rentrer le or son ventre to pull one's stomach inc. [+ données] to enter3. <• ils se sont rentrés dedans ( = heurtés) they crashed into each other ; ( = battus) (inf) they laid into each other* * *ʀɑ̃tʀe
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1) ( mettre à l'abri) gén to put [something] in [objet, animal]; ( en venant) to bring [something] in [objet, animal]; ( en allant) to take [something] in [objet, animal]2) ( rétracter) [pilote] to raise [train d'atterrissage]; [félin] to draw in [griffes]3) ( faire pénétrer) to put [clé] ( dans in, into); to tuck [pan de chemise] ( dans into)
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verbe intransitif (+ v être)1) ( pénétrer) (dans une pièce, une cabine téléphonique) to go in; (dans une voiture, un ascenseur) to get in; (tenir, s'adapter) to fitrentrer dans un arbre — (colloq) to hit a tree
2) ( entrer de nouveau) ( en allant) to go back in; ( en venant) to come back inrentrer dans — ( en allant) to go back into; ( en venant) to come back into
3) ( revenir) gén to get back, to come back, to return (de from); ( chez soi) to come home (de from)il fait trop froid, je rentre — ( à l'intérieur) it's too cold, I'm going (back) inside; ( de plus loin) it's too cold, I'm going (back) home
se dépêcher de rentrer — ( chez soi) to hurry home
5) ( récupérer)6) ( être encaissé) [argent, loyer, créance] to come in7) ( pouvoir trouver place)8) (colloq) ( être compris)l'algèbre ça ne rentre pas! — I just can't understand ou get my head round (colloq) algebra!
••je vais leur rentrer dedans — (sl)(physiquement, oralement) I'm going to lay into them (colloq)
il m'est rentré dedans — (sl) ( en voiture) ( légèrement) he bumped ou ran into me; ( violemment) he crashed into me
* * *ʀɑ̃tʀe1. vi1) (= revenir chez soi) to come home, (= partir pour aller chez soi) to go home, (= arriver chez soi) to get homeElle n'est pas encore rentrée. — She isn't home yet., She hasn't come home yet.
Je suis rentré à sept heures hier soir. — I got home at 7 o'clock last night.
Il faut que je rentre chez moi. — I've got to go home.
2) (= entrer) to go in, to come inRentre, tu vas prendre froid. — Come in, you'll catch cold.
rentrer dans — to go into, to come into
Elle est rentrée dans le magasin. — She went into the shop.
3) (= entrer à nouveau) to go back in, to come back inrentrer dans (une pièce, immeuble) — to go back into, to come back into, (parmi les siens) to go back to, to return to
4) (= pénétrer) [air, clou] to go in5) [revenu, argent] to come inL'argent rentrait à flots. — The money was pouring in.
6)Sa voiture est rentrée dans un arbre. — He crashed into a tree., (une catégorie) to fall into
2. vt1) [linge] to bring in, [véhicule] to put away2) [chemise] to tuck in3) [griffes] to draw in4) [train d'atterrissage] to raise5) fig, [larmes, colère] to hold back* * *rentrer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( mettre à l'abri) gén to put [sth] in [objet, animal]; ( en venant) to bring [sth] in [objet, animal]; ( en allant) to take [sth] in [objet, animal]; rentre la bicyclette/voiture au garage put the bike/car in the garage; rentre le linge, il va pleuvoir bring the washing in, it's going to rain;2 ( rétracter) [pilote] to raise [train d'atterrissage]; [félin] to draw in [griffes]; rentrez le ventre! hold your stomach in!;5 Imprim to indent [ligne].B vi (+ v être)1 ( pénétrer) (dans une pièce, une cabine téléphonique) to go in; (dans une voiture, un ascenseur) to get in; (tenir, s'adapter) to fit; ( percuter)○ rentrer dans to hit; rentrer dans le salon to go into the living room; rentrer dans un arbre○ to hit a tree;2 ( entrer de nouveau) ( en allant) to go back in; ( en venant) to come back in; rentrer dans to go/to come back into; ils sont sortis puis rentrés cinq minutes plus tard they went out only to come back in (again) five minutes later; le satellite va rentrer dans l'atmosphère the satellite is about to re-enter the atmosphere;3 ( revenir) gén to get back, to come back, to return (de from); ( chez soi) to come home (de from); il est rentré tard dans la nuit he got back late at night; il ne va pas tarder à rentrer du travail he'll be back from work soon; ne rentre pas trop tard! don't stay out too late!; quand es-tu rentré en France/à Paris? when did you get back to France/to Paris?; mon mari rentrera le 17 my husband will be home on the 17th; rentre à la maison tout de suite! come home immediately!;4 ( repartir) gén to get back, to go back, to return; ( chez soi) to go home (de from); nous rentrons en France/à Paris le 17 we're going back to France/to Paris on the 17th; il est tard, je dois rentrer (chez moi) it's late, I must get back; il fait trop froid, je rentre ( à l'intérieur) it's too cold, I'm going (back) inside; ( de plus loin) it's too cold, I'm going (back) home; se dépêcher de rentrer ( chez soi) to hurry home; rentrer en classe [élèves] to go back to school;6 ( être encaissé) [argent, loyer, créance] to come in; faire rentrer l'argent to get the money in; des fonds vont me rentrer bientôt I'll be getting some money in soon;7 ( pouvoir trouver place) to fit; mes chaussures ne rentrent pas dans ma valise my shoes won't fit into my case, I can't get my shoes into my case; faire rentrer qch dans la tête de qn to get sth into sb's head; il n'y a rien à faire pour leur faire rentrer ça dans la tête there's no way of getting it into their heads; rentrer dans la serrure to fit the lock; ( être compris) l'algèbre/l'économie, ça ne rentre pas! algebra/economics just won't go in!; ‘ça marche l'anglais?’-‘ça commence à rentrer’ ‘how's the English going?’-‘I'm beginning to get the hang of it○’.rentrer en soi-même to withdraw; je vais leur rentrer dedans◑ or dans le lard◑ or dans le chou◑ (physiquement, verbalement) I'm going to lay into them○; il s'est fait rentrer dans le lard par la critique◑ the critics laid into him○; il m'est rentré dedans◑ ( en voiture) ( légèrement) he bumped ou ran into me; ( violemment) he crashed into me; il s'est fait rentrer dedans another car crashed into him; se rentrer dedans◑ [adversaires] to lay into each other○; [automobilistes, voitures] ( légèrement) to bump ou run into each other; ( violemment) to crash into each other.[rɑ̃tre] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)1. [personne - vue de l'intérieur] to come in ; [ - vue de l'extérieur] to go in[chose] to go intu es rentré dans Lyon par quelle route? which way did you come to Lyons?, which road did you take into Lyons?[s'emboîter] to go ou to fit ina. [poteau] to crash intob. [véhicule] to collide witha. [en voiture] I drove straight ou right into himb. (familier) [verbalement] I laid into him3. [pour travailler]rentrer dans les affaires/la police to go into business/join the police[revenir chez soi] to come ou to get (back) home[aller chez soi] to go (back) ou to return homeje rentre tout de suite! I'm on my way home!, I'm coming home straightaway!les enfants, rentrez! children, get ou come back in!je rentre chez moi pour déjeuner [tous les jours] I have lunch at homeje vous laisse, il faut que je rentre I'll leave you now, I must go home ou get (back) homeen rentrant de l'école on the way home ou back from schoolrentrer dans son pays to go back ou to return home (to one's country)5. [reprendre ses occupations - lycéen] to go back to school, to start school again ; [ - étudiant] to go back, to start the new term ; [ - école] to start again, to go back ; [ - parlementaire] to start the new session, to return to take one's seat ; [ - parlement] to reopen, to reassemble ; [ - cinéaste] to start the season6. [être perçu - argent] to come infaire rentrer l'argent/les devises to bring in money/foreign currencyfaire rentrer l'impôt/les cotisations to collect taxes/dues7. (familier) [explication, idée, connaissances] to sink inça rentre, l'informatique? are you getting the hang of computing?le russe, ça rentre tout seul avec Sophie!a. [elle apprend bien] Sophie is having no trouble picking up Russian!b. [elle enseigne bien] Sophie makes learning Russian easyje le lui ai expliqué dix fois, mais ça n'est toujours pas rentré I've told him ten times but it hasn't gone ou sunk in yetfaire rentrer quelque chose dans la tête de quelqu'un to get something into somebody's head, to drum something into somebody8. JEUX & SPORT————————[rɑ̃tre] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)1. [mettre à l'abri - linge, moisson] to bring ou to get in (separable) ; [ - bétail] to bring ou to take in (separable) ; [ - véhicule] to put away (separable) ; [ - chaise] to carry ou to take in (separable)2. [mettre - généralement] to put in (separable)[faire disparaître - antenne] to put down (separable) ; [ - train d'atterrissage] to raise, to retract ; [ - griffes] to draw in (separable), to retractrentre ton ventre/tes fesses! pull your stomach/bottom in!rentrer ses larmes/son humiliation to swallow one's tears/humiliation5. IMPRIMERIE————————rentrer dans verbe plus préposition[recouvrer] to recoverrentrer dans son argent/ses dépenses to recover one's money/expenses, to get one's money/expenses backa. [criminel] to reformb. [opération, manœuvre] to become legal————————rentrer en verbe plus préposition————————se rentrer verbe pronominal (emploi passif)————————se rentrer dedans verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)a. [heurtés] they smashed ou banged into one anotherb. [disputés] they laid into one another -
12 redescendre
redescendre [ʀ(ə)desɑ̃dʀ]➭ TABLE 41━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. transitive verba. [+ objet] to bring or take down (again)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► redescendre se traduira par to bring down (again) ou par to take down (again) suivant que le locuteur se trouve ou non à l'endroit en question.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• pourrais-tu redescendre cette malle à la cave ? je n'en ai plus besoin could you take this trunk down to the cellar? I don't need it any more• redescendez-moi le dossier quand vous viendrez me voir bring the file back down for me when you come and see meb. [+ escalier] to go or come down (again)• j'ai monté toutes ces marches et maintenant il faut que je redescende I've climbed all these stairs and now I've got to go down again2. intransitive verb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► redescendre se traduira par to come down (again) ou par to go down (again) suivant que le locuteur se trouve ou non à l'endroit en question.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (d'une colline, d'un endroit élevé) to go or come down (again) ; (dans l'escalier) to go or come downstairs (again)• redescendez tout de suite les enfants ! come down at once, children!b. [ascenseur, avion, chemin] to go down again ; [baromètre, fièvre] to fall again* * *ʀədɛsɑ̃dʀ
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1) ( transporter de nouveau) ( en bas) gén to take [somebody/something] back down (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [somebody/something] back downstairs; ( d'en haut) gén to bring [somebody/something] back down (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [somebody/something] back downstairs2) ( remettre en bas) to get [something] back down [valise, boîte]3) ( rabaisser) to lower [étagère, tableau, store] (de by); to wind [something] back down [vitre de véhicule]4) ( parcourir de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) to go back down [pente, rue, étage]; to go ou climb back down [escalier, échelle]; ( en venant) to come back down [rue, marches]; [voiture, automobiliste] to drive back down [route]
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verbe intransitif ( descendre de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go back down, to go down again (à to); ( de l'étage) to go back downstairs, to go downstairs again; ( en venant) gén to come back down, to come down again (de from); ( de l'étage) to come back downstairs, to come downstairs again; ( après être remonté) ( en allant) to go back down again; ( en venant) to come back down again; [ascenseur, avion] ( en allant) to go back down; ( en venant) to come back down; [oiseau] to fly down again; [prix, taux, monnaie] to go down again; [mer] to go back out; [température, baromètre] to fall again, to go down againtu es redescendu à pied? — gén did you walk back down?
il est redescendu du toit — [enfant] he's come back down off the roof
redescendre à Marseille — ( retourner) to go back down to Marseilles
redescendre dans les sondages — [politicien, parti] to drop ou to move down in the opinion polls
les cours sont redescendus de 20% — prices have dropped again by 20%
••* * *ʀ(ə)desɑ̃dʀ1. vi1) (= aller) to go back downIl est redescendu au premier étage. — He went back down to the first floor.
2) (= revenir) to come downIl est redescendu par le versant nord de la montagne. — He came back down the north face of the mountain.
Après avoir débordé, la rivière est redescendue à son niveau initial. — After bursting its banks, the river went back down to its original level.
2. vt1) (en allant) to go back down, (en revenant) to come back downElle a redescendu l'escalier. — She went back down the stairs., She came back down the stairs.
2) (= ramener) [objet] (en allant) to take back down, (en revenant) to bring back downIl a redescendu ce chapeau du grenier. — He brought the hat back down from the attic.
* * *redescendre verb table: rendreA vtr1 ( transporter de nouveau) ( en bas) gén to take [sb/sth] back down [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] back downstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en haut) gén to bring [sb/sth] back down [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] back downstairs [personne, objet]; redescendre les bouteilles à la cave to take the bottles back down to the cellar; redescendre les valises du grenier to bring the suitcases back down from the attic; je peux vous redescendre au village I can take you back down to the village; redescends-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers back down (to me); je leur ai fait redescendre les bouteilles à la cave I made them take the bottles back down to the cellar; j'ai fait redescendre le piano dans le salon I had the piano taken ou brought back down to the living room; faites-moi redescendre les dossiers secrets get the secret files brought back down to me;2 ( remettre en bas) to get [sth] back down [valise, boîte]; redescends-moi cette boîte get me that box back down; redescendre un seau dans un puits to lower a bucket back into a well;3 ( rabaisser) to lower [étagère, tableau, store] (de by); to wind [sth] back down [vitre de véhicule]; to roll [sth] back down [manches, jambes de pantalon]; to pull [sth] back down [jupe, robe]; to turn down [col]; redescendre une étagère de 20 centimètres/d'un cran to lower a shelf another 20 centimetresGB/by another notch;4 ( parcourir de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) to go back down [pente, rue, étage]; to go ou climb back down [escalier, marches, échelle]; ( en venant) to come back down [pente, rue, marches, échelle]; [voiture, automobiliste] to drive back down [pente, route]; [bateau] to sail back down [fleuve]; nous avons redescendu la colline à pied ( en marchant) we walked back down the hill; ( et non à bicyclette) we went back down the hill on foot; redescendre la colline en rampant/à bicyclette to crawl/cycle back down the hill; il m'a fait redescendre l'escalier en courant he made me run back down the stairs.B vi ( descendre de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go back down, to go down again (à to); ( de l'étage) to go back downstairs, to go downstairs again; ( en venant) gén to come back down, to come down again (de from); ( de l'étage) to come back downstairs, to come downstairs again; ( après être remonté) ( en allant) to go back down again; ( en venant) to come back down again; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique, avion, hélicoptère] ( en allant) to go back down; ( en venant) to come back down; [oiseau] to fly down again; [prix, taux, monnaie] to go down again; [mer] to go back out; [température, baromètre] to fall again, to go down again; reste ici, je redescends à la cave stay here, I'm going back down to the cellar; peux-tu redescendre chercher mon sac? can you go back downstairs and get my bag?; tu es redescendu à pied? gén did you walk back down?; ( plutôt que par l'ascenseur) did you come back down on foot?; je préfère redescendre par l'escalier I prefer to go back down by the stairs; nous sommes redescendus par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked back down by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode back down by the path/road; il est redescendu vers moi en rampant he crawled back down to me; il est redescendu du col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove back down from the pass; où est l'écureuil? il a dû redescendre de l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have climbed back down from the tree; je suis redescendu au fond du puits/au bas de la falaise I went back down to the bottom of the well/to the foot of the cliff; redescendre de [personne] to step back off [trottoir, marche]; [personne, animal] to climb back down from [mur, tabouret]; redescendre de l'échelle/la corde to climb back down from the ladder/the rope; il est redescendu du toit [enfant, chat] he's come back down off the roof; redescendre de son lit to get out of bed again; redescendre de cheval/bicyclette to get off one's horse/bicycle again; redescendre de voiture to get out of the car again; redescendre du train to get off the train again; on nous a fait redescendre de l'avion we were made to get out of the plane again; redescendre à Marseille ( retourner) to go back down to Marseilles; redescendre dans les sondages [politicien, parti] to drop ou to move down in the opinion polls; l'opposition redescend dans la rue the opposition is taking to the streets again; redescendre en deuxième position [équipe] to go back down to second place; les cours sont redescendus de 20% prices have gone down another 20%; faire redescendre les cours to bring the prices down again; faire redescendre le dollar to send ou put the dollar down again; l’euro est redescendu par rapport à la livre the euro has gone down ou dropped against the pound again; faire redescendre la température gén to lower the temperature; Méd to lower one's temperature.redescendre sur terre to come (back) down to earth.[rədesɑ̃dr] verbe transitif1. [colline, montagne etc. - en voiture] to drive (back) down ; [ - à pied] to walk (back) down[suj: alpiniste] to climb back down (inseparable)2. [passager, fret] to take ou to drive (back) down (separable)a. [je suis en haut] I'll take the cardboard boxes back down laterb. [je suis en bas] I'll bring the cardboard boxes back down later————————[rədesɑ̃dr] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)1. [descendre] to go ou to come ou to get (back) downla température/le niveau de l'eau redescend the temperature/the water level is falling (again)2. [descendre à nouveau] to go down again -
13 andar
m.1 gait, walk.tener andares de to walk like2 way of walking, walking, gait, pace.v.1 to walk (caminar). (especially peninsular Spanish)¿fuiste en autobús o andando? did you go by bus or on foot?, did you go by bus or did you walk?andar por la calle to walk in the streetRicardo anduvo por las calles Richard walked along the streets.María anduvo el muelle Mary walked the dock.2 to work, to go.el reloj no anda the clock has stoppedlas cosas andan mal things are going badlylos negocios andan muy bien business is going very wellEl motor anda bien The engine is working well.3 to be.¿qué tal andas? how are you (doing)?andar preocupado to be worriedcreo que anda por el almacén I think he is somewhere in the warehouseandar haciendo algo to be doing somethinganda explicando sus aventuras he's talking about his adventuresandar tras algo/alguien to be after something/somebodyde andar por casa basic, rough and ready (explicación, método)mi ropa de andar por casa my clothes for wearing around the houseAnda triste He is sad.Ella anda visitando a su prima She is visiting her cousin.4 to go, to travel.anduvimos 15 kilómetros we walked (for) 15 kilometers5 to wear. ( Central American Spanish)6 to carry. ( Central American Spanish)7 to have, to be using.Anda una pistola He has a gun.8 to be wearing, to wear.Anda una bonita corbata He is wearing a nice tie.* * *Past IndicativeImperfect SubjunctiveFuture Subjunctive* * *1. verb1) to walk2) function, work, run•2. noun m.* * *1. VI1) (=ir a pie) to walk; (=moverse) to move; (=viajar) to travel aroundvinimos andando — we walked here, we came on foot
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andar tras algo/algn — to be after sth/sbandar tras una chica — to be o chase after a girl
2) (=funcionar) to go, workel reloj no anda — the clock won't go, the clock isn't working
¿cómo anda esto? — how does this work?
3) * (=estar) to beandar alegre — to be o feel cheerful
andar bien de salud — to be well, be in good health
andamos mal de dinero — we're badly off for money, we're short of money
¿cómo andan las cosas? — how are things?
¿cómo anda eso? — how are things going?
¿qué tal andas? — how are you?
¿cómo andas de tabaco? — how are you off for cigarettes?
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de andar por casa, ropa de andar por casa — clothes for wearing around the house4) (=rebuscar)¡no andes ahí! — keep away from there!
5)• andar a, siempre andan a gritos — they're always shouting
andan a la greña o a la gresca — they're at each other's throats
6)• andar con algn — to go around with sb
7)• andar en — (=estar implicado en) to be involved in
andar en pleitos — to be engaged o involved in lawsuits
¿en qué andas? — what are you up to?
8)• andar haciendo algo — to be doing sth
¿qué andas buscando? — what are you looking for?
9)• andar por (=rondar) —
el pueblo anda por los 1.000 habitantes — the village has about 1,000 inhabitants
10)andando el tiempo —
un niño que, andando el tiempo, sería rey — a child who, in time, would become king
11) [exclamaciones]¡anda! — (=¡no me digas!) well I never!; (=¡vamos!) come on!
¡anda!, no lo sabía — well I never, I didn't know that!
anda, dímelo — go on, tell me
anda, no me molestes — just stop annoying me, will you?
anda, no te lo tomes tan a pecho — come on, there's no need to take it to heart like that
¡anda, anda! — come on!
¡ándale (pues)! — Méx * (=apúrese) come on!, hurry up!; (=adiós) cheerio!; (=gracias) thanks!; [encontrando algo] that's it!
¡andando! — right, let's get on with it!
andando, que todavía hay mucho que hacer — let's get moving, there's still a lot to do
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¡anda ya!, anda ya, no nos vengas con esnobismos — come on, don't be such a snob-dile que te gusta -¡anda ya, para que me suba el precio! — "tell her you like it" - "oh sure, so she can charge me more!"
2. VT1) (=recorrer a pie) [+ trecho] to walkme conocía muy bien el camino por haberlo andado varias veces — I knew the path very well, as I'd been down o walked it several times before
3.See:* * *I 1.verbo intransitivo1)a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk¿has venido andando? — did you come on foot?, did you walk?
a poco andar — (Chi) before long
b) (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to goandá a pasear (RPl fam) — get lost! (colloq)
c) (AmL)andar a caballo/en bicicleta — to ride (a horse/a bicycle)
2) (marchar, funcionar) to workel coche anda de maravilla — the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream
3) (+ compl)a) ( estar) to be¿cómo andas? — how are you?, how's it going? (colloq)
¿quién anda ahí? — who's there?
¿cómo andamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?
andar + ger — to be -ing
anda buscando pelea — he's out for o he's looking for a fight
lo andan buscando — they are looking for him o (colloq) are after him
quien mal anda, mal acaba — if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end
b)andar con alguien — ( juntarse) to mix with somebody; ( salir con) to go out with somebody
4) ( rondar)andar por algo: andará por los 60 (años) — he must be around o about 60
5)andar detrás de or tras alguien/algo — (buscar, perseguir) to be after somebody/something
6)a)andar con algo — (esp AmL fam) con revólver/dinero to carry something; con traje/sombrero to wear something
no me gusta que andes con cuchillos — I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives
b) ( revolver)andar en algo — to rummage o poke around in something
7) ( en exclamaciones)a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad)anda! mira quién está aquí! — well, well! look who's here!
b) (expresando irritación, rechazo)anda! déjame en paz! — oh, leave me alone!
c) ( instando a hacer algo)préstamelo, anda — go on, lend it to me!
ándale, no seas sacón — (Méx fam) go on, don't be chicken (colloq)
2.andando, que se hace tarde! — let's get a move on, it's getting late!
andar vt1) ( caminar) to walkhe andado muchos caminos — (liter) I have trodden many paths (liter)
2) (AmC) ( llevar)3.siempre ando shorts — I always go around in o wear shorts
andarse v pron1)andarse con algo: ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke; ándate con cuidado — take care, be careful
2) (en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse)IIándate luego — get going o get a move on (colloq)
* * *= tread, walking.Nota: Nombre.Ex. E. M. Forster fashions a homoerotic subjectivity in his novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'.Ex. Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.----* andando = on foot.* andar a caballo entre... y = tread + the line between... and.* andar a la caza de = tout for, gun for.* andar al antojo de Uno = roam + freely.* andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).* andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).* andar a traspiés = stumble.* andar a tropezones = stumble.* andar a zancadas = stride.* andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.* andar como un reloj = fit as a fiddle.* andar con = be in with.* andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.* andar con cuidado = tread + lightly, tread + softly, tread + carefully.* andar con los hombros caídos = slouch.* andar con pesadez = trudge.* andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.* andar de arriba para abajo = pace.* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.* andar de prisa = patter.* andar de puntillas = tiptoe.* andar despacio = saunter.* andar de un lado para otro = pace.* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.* andar encorbado = slouch.* andar encorbado, encorbarse, andar con los hombros caídos, sentarse encorbad = slouch.* andar escaso de = be short of.* andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar escondido = abscond.* andar falto de = be short of.* andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.* andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.* andar pisando huevos = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.* andar por = move about, walk (a)round, hike.* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tight wire, walk + the tightrope.* andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish.* andar por los treinta = be thirtyish.* andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.* andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.* andarse con cuidado = tread with + care.* andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate.* andarse con mucho cuidado = tread + the thin line between... and.* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.* andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.* andarse por las ramas = mince + words.* andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].* andar sin prisa = mosey.* andar suavemente = pad.* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a pocos minutos andando = within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.* conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.* echar a andar = implement, leg it.* edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.* el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.* llegar andando pausadamente = stroll into + view.* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.* modo de andar = gait.* no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.* no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.* no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.* raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.* * *I 1.verbo intransitivo1)a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk¿has venido andando? — did you come on foot?, did you walk?
a poco andar — (Chi) before long
b) (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to goandá a pasear (RPl fam) — get lost! (colloq)
c) (AmL)andar a caballo/en bicicleta — to ride (a horse/a bicycle)
2) (marchar, funcionar) to workel coche anda de maravilla — the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream
3) (+ compl)a) ( estar) to be¿cómo andas? — how are you?, how's it going? (colloq)
¿quién anda ahí? — who's there?
¿cómo andamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?
andar + ger — to be -ing
anda buscando pelea — he's out for o he's looking for a fight
lo andan buscando — they are looking for him o (colloq) are after him
quien mal anda, mal acaba — if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end
b)andar con alguien — ( juntarse) to mix with somebody; ( salir con) to go out with somebody
4) ( rondar)andar por algo: andará por los 60 (años) — he must be around o about 60
5)andar detrás de or tras alguien/algo — (buscar, perseguir) to be after somebody/something
6)a)andar con algo — (esp AmL fam) con revólver/dinero to carry something; con traje/sombrero to wear something
no me gusta que andes con cuchillos — I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives
b) ( revolver)andar en algo — to rummage o poke around in something
7) ( en exclamaciones)a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad)anda! mira quién está aquí! — well, well! look who's here!
b) (expresando irritación, rechazo)anda! déjame en paz! — oh, leave me alone!
c) ( instando a hacer algo)préstamelo, anda — go on, lend it to me!
ándale, no seas sacón — (Méx fam) go on, don't be chicken (colloq)
2.andando, que se hace tarde! — let's get a move on, it's getting late!
andar vt1) ( caminar) to walkhe andado muchos caminos — (liter) I have trodden many paths (liter)
2) (AmC) ( llevar)3.siempre ando shorts — I always go around in o wear shorts
andarse v pron1)andarse con algo: ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke; ándate con cuidado — take care, be careful
2) (en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse)IIándate luego — get going o get a move on (colloq)
* * *= tread, walking.Nota: Nombre.Ex: E. M. Forster fashions a homoerotic subjectivity in his novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'.
Ex: Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.* andando = on foot.* andar a caballo entre... y = tread + the line between... and.* andar a la caza de = tout for, gun for.* andar al antojo de Uno = roam + freely.* andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).* andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).* andar a traspiés = stumble.* andar a tropezones = stumble.* andar a zancadas = stride.* andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.* andar como un reloj = fit as a fiddle.* andar con = be in with.* andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.* andar con cuidado = tread + lightly, tread + softly, tread + carefully.* andar con los hombros caídos = slouch.* andar con pesadez = trudge.* andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.* andar de arriba para abajo = pace.* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.* andar de prisa = patter.* andar de puntillas = tiptoe.* andar despacio = saunter.* andar de un lado para otro = pace.* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.* andar encorbado = slouch.* andar encorbado, encorbarse, andar con los hombros caídos, sentarse encorbad = slouch.* andar escaso de = be short of.* andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar escondido = abscond.* andar falto de = be short of.* andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.* andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.* andar pisando huevos = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.* andar por = move about, walk (a)round, hike.* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tight wire, walk + the tightrope.* andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish.* andar por los treinta = be thirtyish.* andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.* andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.* andarse con cuidado = tread with + care.* andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate.* andarse con mucho cuidado = tread + the thin line between... and.* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.* andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.* andarse por las ramas = mince + words.* andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].* andar sin prisa = mosey.* andar suavemente = pad.* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a pocos minutos andando = within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.* conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.* echar a andar = implement, leg it.* edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.* el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.* llegar andando pausadamente = stroll into + view.* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.* modo de andar = gait.* no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.* no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.* no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.* raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.* * *viAla niña ya anda the little girl's already walkinganda encorvado he stoops, he walks with a stoopel perrito venía andando detrás de ella the little dog was coming along o walking along behind herse acercó andando de puntillas she tiptoed up to him, she went up to him on tiptoes¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?a poco andar ( Chi); before long2 (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to goanda a comprar el periódico go and buy the newspaperanduvo de aquí para allá intentando encontrarla he went all over the place trying to find herandá a pasear ( fam) or ( vulg) a la mierda ( RPl) get lost! ( colloq), go to hell! (sl), piss off! ( BrE sl)3fue a andar a caballo al parque she went horseriding o riding in the parklos domingos salen a andar en bicicleta they go cycling on Sundays, they go for bike rides on Sundays ( colloq)está aprendiendo a andar en bicicleta she's learning to ride a bicycleB (marchar, funcionar) to workel tocadiscos no anda the record player's not workingel coche anda de maravilla the car's running o ( BrE) going like a dreamC (+ compl)1 (estar) to be¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? ( colloq), how are things? ( colloq), what's up? ( AmE colloq)¿cómo andas de calcetines? how are you for o ( BrE) how are you off for socks?¿cómo andamos de tiempo? how are we doing for time?no anda muy bien de salud he isn't very wellando enfermo I'm illanda un poco tristón he's (looking) a bit gloomysiempre anda con prisas he's always in a hurryanda siempre muy arregladita she's always very well turned-outno andes descalza don't walk o go around without your shoes on¿quién anda ahí? who's there?¿y Manolo? — creo que anda por América what about Manolo? — I think he's in America somewhere¿dónde andan mis calcetines? where have my socks got(ten) o gone to? ( colloq), what's happened to my socks?andar + GER to be -INGanda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fightla policía lo anda buscando the police are looking for him o ( colloq) are after himquien mal anda, mal acaba if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end2 (juntarse) andar CON algn to mix WITH sbno me gusta la gente con la que andas I don't like the people you're mixing with o ( colloq) you're hanging around withdime con quién andas y te diré quién eres you can tell a man o a man is known by the company he keeps3(salir con): andar CON algn to go out WITH sbD (rondar) andar POR algo:andará por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60E andar DETRáS DE or TRAS algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be AFTER sb/sthese sólo anda detrás de tu dinero he's only after your moneyandan tras la fama y la riqueza they are looking for o ( colloq) they are out for fame and fortuneF1 ( fam) andar CON algo (llevar) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth; ‹contraje/sombrero› to wear sthsabes que no me gusta que andes con cuchillos you know I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives2 (revolver) andar EN algo to rummage o poke o ferret around IN sthno me andes en el bolso don't go rummaging o poking o ferreting around in my bag1(expresando sorpresa, incredulidad): ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! well! o good heavens! o good grief! what a coincidence!¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! o hey! look who's here!2(expresando irritación, rechazo): ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!¡anda! no me vengas con excusas come on! o come off it! I don't want to hear your excuses ( colloq)¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! ( colloq)3(instando a hacer algo): préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!anda, déjate de tonterías come on, stop being silly!¡anda! or ( Méx) ¡ándale! or ( Col) ¡ándele! que llegamos tarde come on o get a move on o let's get moving, we'll be late! ( colloq)¡vamos, andando, que se hace tarde! come on, let's get a move on, it's getting late!■ andarvtA (caminar) to walktuvimos que andar un buen trecho we had to walk a fair distanceBsiempre ando shorts en casa I always go around in o wear shorts at home■ andarseA andarse CON algo:ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke around o not one for jokesándate con cuidado take care, be carefulB ( en imperativo)ándate luego, no vayas a llegar tarde get going o get a move on, otherwise you'll be late ( colloq)A (modo de andar) gait, walkun viejo de andar pausado an old man with an unhurried gait o walktiene andares de princesa she walks like a princess, she has the bearing o deportment of a princess ( frml)1 (viajes) travels (pl)en mis andares por Sudamérica on my travels through South America2 (aventuras) adventures (pl)* * *
andar 1 ( conjugate andar) verbo intransitivo
1
◊ ¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?b) (AmL):◊ andar a caballo/en bicicleta to ride (a horse/a bicycle)
2 (marchar, funcionar) to work;◊ el coche anda de maravilla the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream
3 (+ compl)
◊ ¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? (colloq);
¿quién anda por ahí? who's there?;
anda en Londres he's in London;
anda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fight;
me anda molestando (AmL fam) he keeps bothering meb) andar con algn ( juntarse) to mix with sb;
( salir con) to go out with sb;
c) andar detrás de or tras algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be after sb/sth
4 ( rondar):◊ andará por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60
5 andar con algo (esp AmL fam) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth;
‹con traje/sombrero› to wear sth
6 ( en exclamaciones)a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad):◊ ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! good heavens! what a coincidence!;
¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! look who's here!b) (expresando irritación, rechazo):◊ ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!;
¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! (colloq)c) ( instando a hacer algo):◊ préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!;
¡ándale (Méx) or (Col) ándele que llegames tarde! come on, we'll be late! (colloq)
verbo transitivo
1 ( caminar) to walk
2 (AmC) ( llevar):
siempre ando shorts I always wear shorts
andarse verbo pronominal
1 andarse con algo:
ándate con cuidado take care, be careful
2 ( en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse):
ándate luego get going, get a move on (colloq)
andar 2 sustantivo masculino,◊ andares sustantivo masculino plural
gait, walk
andar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to walk
2 (moverse) to move
3 (funcionar) to work: este reloj no anda bien, this clock doesn't keep good time
4 (aproximarse a una cantidad) andará por los cincuenta, she's about fifty
5 (realizar una acción: + gerundio) anda contando por ahí tu vida y milagros, he's telling everybody all about you
6 (estar) ¿cómo andamos de tiempo?, how are we off for time?
tus llaves tienen que andar por casa, your keys must be somewhere in the house
7 (llevar consigo) LAm to have on, to carry/take with oneself: la llave la andaba con él a todas partes, he carried the key with him everywhere he went
II vtr (recorrer) to walk: andaré el tortuoso camino que lleva a tu casa, I'll walk the winding road that leads to your door
andar m, andares mpl walk sing, gait sing
' andar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andares
- bicicleta
- boca
- casa
- cien
- dinero
- echar
- escasa
- escaso
- gatas
- greña
- holgada
- holgado
- juego
- peculiar
- puntilla
- reconocer
- soltarse
- tienta
- torpe
- torpeza
- anduve
- bien
- caballo
- caminar
- cojo
- compañía
- corto
- descaminado
- desgarbado
- gata
- gatear
- mal
- nube
- ojo
- paso
English:
ambulatory
- badly
- barefoot
- blunder
- bustle
- crawl
- down
- drag
- even
- gait
- grope
- heavily
- large
- loose
- mooch
- mope about
- mope around
- move about
- move around
- pad about
- pad around
- pick
- plod
- pound
- prance
- pressed
- pussyfoot
- run
- scramble
- short
- slouch
- slouch about
- slouch around
- slow
- stall
- steadily
- stoop
- stride
- tiptoe
- toddler
- tout
- tramp
- trek
- trip along
- upright
- waddle
- walk
- walking pace
- walking shoes
- blink
* * *♦ vi[moverse] to move;¿fuiste en autobús o andando? did you go by bus or on foot?, did you go by bus or did you walk?;andar por la calle to walk in the street;andar deprisa/despacio to walk quickly/slowly;andar a gatas to crawl;andar de puntillas to tiptoetodo se andará all in good time2. [funcionar] to work, to go;la nueva moto anda estupendamente the new motorbike is running superbly;el reloj no anda the clock has stopped;las cosas andan mal things are going badly;los negocios andan muy bien business is going very well3. [estar] to be;¿qué tal andas? how are you (doing)?;no sabía que habían operado a tu padre – ¿qué tal anda? I didn't know your father had had an operation, how is he (getting on o doing)?;¿dónde anda tu hermano? no lo he visto desde hace meses what's your brother up to these days? I haven't seen him for months;creo que anda por el almacén I think he's somewhere in the warehouse;andar en boca de todos to be on everyone's lips;desde que tiene novia, andar muy contento ever since he got a girlfriend he's been very happy;ando muy ocupado I'm very busy at the moment;¿cómo andas de dinero? how are you (off) for money?;andamos muy mal de dinero we're very short of money, we're very badly off for money;¡date prisa, que andamos muy mal de tiempo! hurry up, we haven't got much time!, hurry up, we're late!;de andar por casa [explicación, método] basic, rough and ready;mi ropa de andar por casa my clothes for wearing around the house;hice un apaño de andar por casa y ya funciona I patched it up myself and it works again now;ande yo caliente, ríase la gente I'm quite happy, I don't care what other people think;quien mal anda mal acaba everyone gets their just deserts[papeleos, negocios] to be busy with;anda metido en pleitos desde el accidente ever since the accident he's been busy fighting legal battles¿quién ha andado en mis papeles? who has been messing around with my papers?con esa chulería, David anda buscándose problemas David's asking for trouble, always being so cocky;en ese país andan a tiros in that country they go round shooting one another;andan a voces todo el día they spend the whole day shouting at each other;anda echando broncas a todos he's going round telling everybody off;anda explicando sus aventuras he's talking about his adventures;andar a vueltas con algo to be having trouble with sth;RP¡andá a saber! who knows!anda por ahí con una jovencita he's running around with a young girl;anda con gente muy poco recomendable she mixes with o goes around with a very undesirable crowd;dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres birds of a feather flock together8.andar por [alcanzar, rondar] to be about;anda por los sesenta he's about sixty;debe de andar por el medio millón it must be o cost about half a million♦ vt1. [recorrer] to go, to travel;anduvimos 15 kilómetros we walked (for) 15 kilometres♦ nm1. [modo de caminar] gait, walk;andares [de persona] gait;tiene andares de modelo she walks like a model2. [transcurso]con el andar del tiempo, comprenderás todo mejor you'll understand everything better with the passing of time* * *I v/i1 ( caminar) walk;andando on foot;¡andando! come on!, move it! fam2 ( funcionar) work3:andar alegre/triste be happy/sad;andar bien/mal do well/badly;andar bien/mal de algo have a lot of/be short of sth;andar con cuidado be careful;andar con alguien mix with s.o., hang out with s.o. fam ;andar en algo ( buscar) rummage in sth;andar en el cajón rummage around in the drawer;andar en opor los 30 años be around 30;andar tras algo be after sth fam ;andar haciendo algo be doing sth;andar a golpes, andar a palos be always fighting;andar a una work together;II v/t walkIII m:andares gait, walk* * *andar {6} vi1) caminar: to walk2) ir: to go, to travel3) funcionar: to run, to functionel auto anda bien: the car runs well4) : to rideandar a caballo: to ride on horseback5) : to beanda sin dinero: he's brokeandar vt: to walk, to travelandar nm: walk, gait* * *andar vb1. (caminar) to walk2. (moverse) to go3. (funcionar) to work / to go4. (estar) to be¿cómo andas? how are you?¿cómo andas de tu resfriado? how's your cold?¿por dónde anda Enrique? where's Enrique?¿quién anda por ahí? who's there? -
14 salire
1. v/i climbdi livello, prezzi, temperatura, risetreno, autobus get on2. v/t: salire le scale andare go up, climbvenire come up, climb* * *salire v. intr.1 to rise*; to climb (sthg.); to go* up (sthg.); to come* up (sthg.); to mount (sthg.); to ascend (sthg.): l'aeroplano saliva lentamente, the plane was climbing slowly; il calore, il fumo sale, heat, smoke rises; le lacrime le salirono agli occhi, tears rose to her eyes (o tears welled up in her eyes); non salii perché l'ascensore era rotto, I did not go up because the lift wasn't working; devo salire a prendere l'ombrello, I'll have to go up and get an umbrella; salgo un attimo da mia zia, I must pop up (o nip up) to my aunt's for a moment; non salì perché non voleva vedermi, he did not come up because he did not want to see me; non salire su quel ramo perché potrebbe rompersi, don't get on that branch because it might break; il pallone salì diritto e poi scoppiò, the balloon went (o rose) straight up, then burst; salì a cavallo e scomparve nel bosco, he mounted his horse and disappeared into the wood; la strada sale, the road rises (o climbs o goes uphill); salì a piedi sino all'ottavo piano, he walked up to the eighth floor; salì in ascensore sino all'ottavo piano, he took the lift up to the eighth floor; salire in tutta fretta, to rush up // salire su un albero, to climb a tree; salire su un monte, to climb (o to go up) a mountain; salire su una scala, to climb (up) (o to mount) a ladder; salire su una sedia, to climb (o to get) on a chair // salire al trono, to ascend the throne // salire in cielo, to go to heaven2 ( su mezzi di trasporto) to get* on; to get* in: salire su un tram, un treno, una bicicletta, to get on a tram, a train, a bike; salire in macchina, to get into a car; salire a bordo di una nave, to go on board a ship // far salire qlcu. nella propria automobile, to let s.o. get into one's car3 (fig.) ( crescere) to rise*, to increase; to climb; to go* up; to mount: il fiume è salito di un metro, the river has risen a metre; la temperatura sale, the temperature is rising; la marea sta salendo, the tide is coming in (o rising) // salire socialmente, to rise socially // salire nella considerazione generale, to go up (o rise) in people's estimation // (comm.): i prezzi salgono, prices are rising (o increasing); la benzina è salita ancora, (the price of) petrol has gone up again // (econ.): il volume delle esportazioni è salito nettamente quest'anno, the volume of exports has climbed sharply this year; salire automaticamente, (di prezzi, tariffe) to escalate; salire rapidamente, to jump (o to soar o to shoot up); salire vertiginosamente, to rocket; far salire gli affitti, (amer.) to hike rents; far salire i prezzi, to raise (o to force up) prices; far salire i prezzi in un'asta, to puff (o to increase) prices◆ v.tr. to climb; to go* up, to ascend; to come* up; to mount: salire un monte, to climb (o to go up) a mountain; salire le scale, to go up the stairs.* * *1. [sa'lire]vb irreg vt(scale, pendio) to climb, go (o come) up1) (gen) to go (o come) up, (aereo) to climb, go upsalimmo a piedi/con la bicicletta fino in cima — we walked/cycled up to the top
2)salire sull'autobus/sul treno — to get on the bus/on the train
salire su una o in bicicletta — to get on a bicycle
4)salire in cielo o paradiso — to go to heavensalire alle stelle — (prezzi) to rocket
* * *[sa'lire] 1.1) (andare su) to go* up; (venire su) to come* up; (arrampicarsi) to climbsalire al terzo piano — to go o come up to the third floor
sei salito in ascensore? — did you come up in the lift BE o elevator AE ?
salire su una scala — to go up o climb a ladder
salire su un albero, una montagna — to climb up a tree, a mountain
salire su — to get on [autobus, treno, moto, bicicletta]; to go aboard, to board [nave, aereo]
3) (levarsi) [ nebbia] to rise*; [ fumo] to rise* up; [ razzo] to climb; (sorgere) [ sole] to rise*, to climb4) (essere in salita) [strada, terreno] to go* uphill, to climb, to rise*5) (crescere, aumentare) [temperatura, prezzi, numero] to rise*, to go* up, to climb; [ febbre] to go* up; [ marea] to rise*, to come* in, to come* up; fig. [tensione, pressione] to rise*, to mount; [sentimento, emozione] to mount, to surgesalire alle stelle — [ prezzi] to shoot up, to skyrocket, to soar
fare salire la tensione — fig. to raise the tension o temperature
6) fig. (progredire)2.salire nella stima o considerazione di qcn. to rise in sb.'s estimation; salire in classifica [ squadra] to improve one's ranking; salire al trono to accede to the throne, to mount o ascend form. the throne; salire al potere — to come to power
* * *salire/sa'lire/ [104](aus. essere)1 (andare su) to go* up; (venire su) to come* up; (arrampicarsi) to climb; salire al piano di sopra to go upstairs; salire al terzo piano to go o come up to the third floor; sei salito a piedi? did you walk up? sei salito in ascensore? did you come up in the lift BE o elevator AE ? è salito al valico in bicicletta he cycled up to the pass; salire su una scala to go up o climb a ladder; salire su un albero, una montagna to climb up a tree, a mountain2 (montare su un mezzo) salire in to get in(to) [ auto]; salire su to get on [autobus, treno, moto, bicicletta]; to go aboard, to board [nave, aereo]; non è mai salito su un aereo he's never been on a plane; salire a bordo to go on board3 (levarsi) [ nebbia] to rise*; [ fumo] to rise* up; [ razzo] to climb; (sorgere) [ sole] to rise*, to climb; l'aria calda fa salire i palloni aerostatici warm air makes balloons rise; il sangue gli salì al viso blood mounted to his cheeks4 (essere in salita) [strada, terreno] to go* uphill, to climb, to rise*5 (crescere, aumentare) [temperatura, prezzi, numero] to rise*, to go* up, to climb; [ febbre] to go* up; [ marea] to rise*, to come* in, to come* up; fig. [tensione, pressione] to rise*, to mount; [sentimento, emozione] to mount, to surge; salire alle stelle [ prezzi] to shoot up, to skyrocket, to soar; fare salire i prezzi to send prices up; fare salire la tensione fig. to raise the tension o temperature6 fig. (progredire) salire di grado to rise in rank; salire nella stima o considerazione di qcn. to rise in sb.'s estimation; salire in classifica [ squadra] to improve one's ranking; salire al trono to accede to the throne, to mount o ascend form. the throne; salire al potere to come to powerto go* up, to climb [ scale]; salire le scale di corsa to run up the stairs. -
15 andén
m.1 platform.2 emergency lane.3 dock, loading platform, freight platform.* * *1 platform* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Ferro) platform2) (Náut) quayside* * *1) ( en estación) platform2) (AmC, Col) ( acera) sidewalk (AmE), pavement (BrE)* * *= platform.Ex. For example at a station we might inquire 'What platform for the London train?' and get the response 'The 11:30 has been cancelled. There has been a derailment at Hitchin'.* * *1) ( en estación) platform2) (AmC, Col) ( acera) sidewalk (AmE), pavement (BrE)* * *= platform.Ex: For example at a station we might inquire 'What platform for the London train?' and get the response 'The 11:30 has been cancelled. There has been a derailment at Hitchin'.
* * *A (en una estación) platformel autobús saldrá del andén número 5 the bus will depart from bay 5* * *
Del verbo andar: ( conjugate andar)
anden es:
3ª persona plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) presente subjuntivo3ª persona plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
andar
andén
andar 1 ( conjugate andar) verbo intransitivo
1
◊ ¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?b) (AmL):◊ andén a caballo/en bicicleta to ride (a horse/a bicycle)
2 (marchar, funcionar) to work;◊ el coche anda de maravilla the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream
3 (+ compl)
◊ ¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? (colloq);
¿quién anda por ahí? who's there?;
anda en Londres he's in London;
anda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fight;
me anda molestando (AmL fam) he keeps bothering meb) andén con algn ( juntarse) to mix with sb;
( salir con) to go out with sb;
c) andén detrás de or tras algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be after sb/sth
4 ( rondar):◊ andéná por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60
5 andén con algo (esp AmL fam) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth;
‹con traje/sombrero› to wear sth
6 ( en exclamaciones)a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad):◊ ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! good heavens! what a coincidence!;
¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! look who's here!b) (expresando irritación, rechazo):◊ ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!;
¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! (colloq)c) ( instando a hacer algo):◊ préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!;
¡ándale (Méx) or (Col) ándele que llegames tarde! come on, we'll be late! (colloq)
verbo transitivo
1 ( caminar) to walk
2 (AmC) ( llevar):
siempre ando shorts I always wear shorts
andarse verbo pronominal
1 andénse con algo:
ándate con cuidado take care, be careful
2 ( en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse):
ándate luego get going, get a move on (colloq)
andar 2 sustantivo masculino,◊ andares sustantivo masculino plural
gait, walk
andén sustantivo masculino
andar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to walk
2 (moverse) to move
3 (funcionar) to work: este reloj no anda bien, this clock doesn't keep good time
4 (aproximarse a una cantidad) andará por los cincuenta, she's about fifty
5 (realizar una acción: + gerundio) anda contando por ahí tu vida y milagros, he's telling everybody all about you
6 (estar) ¿cómo andamos de tiempo?, how are we off for time?
tus llaves tienen que andar por casa, your keys must be somewhere in the house
7 (llevar consigo) LAm to have on, to carry/take with oneself: la llave la andaba con él a todas partes, he carried the key with him everywhere he went
II vtr (recorrer) to walk: andaré el tortuoso camino que lleva a tu casa, I'll walk the winding road that leads to your door
andar m, andares mpl walk sing, gait sing
andén sustantivo masculino platform
' andén' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
marquesina
- salir
- servicio
English:
platform
- side
* * *andén nm1. [en estación] platform2. Andes, CAm [acera] Br pavement, US sidewalk* * *m1 platform2 L.Am.sidewalk, Brpavement* * *1) : (train) platform2) CA, Col : sidewalk* * *andén n platform -
16 juste
juste [ʒyst]1. adjectivea. ( = équitable) [personne, notation] fair ; [sentence, guerre, cause] justb. ( = légitime) [revendication, vengeance, fierté] just ; [colère] justifiable• il en est fier, et à juste titre he's proud of it and rightly soc. ( = précis) right ; [appareil, montre] accurated. ( = pertinent) [idée, raisonnement] sound ; [remarque, expression] apt• très juste ! good point!e. [note, voix] true ; [instrument] in tunef. ( = insuffisant) [vêtement, chaussure] tight ; (en longueur, hauteur) on the short side• 1 kg pour six, c'est un peu juste 1 kg for six people is not really enough• trois heures pour faire cette traduction, c'est juste three hours to do that translation is not really enough2. adverba. ( = avec précision) [compter, viser] accurately ; [raisonner] soundly ; [deviner] correctly ; [chanter] in tune• juste à temps [arriver] just in timeb. ( = exactement) just• que veut-il au juste ? what exactly does he want?c. ( = seulement) justd. ( = pas assez) [compter, prévoir] not quite enough* * *ʒyst
1.
1) ( impartial) [personne] fair2) ( équitable) [règlement, partage] fair; [récompense, sanction, cause] justjuste retour des choses, il a été renvoyé — it was poetic justice that he got expelled
juste ciel! — (dated) good heavens!
3) ( légitime) [colère, certitude] righteous (épith); [revendication] legitimate; [crainte] justifiable; [raisonnement, remarque, comparaison] validà juste raison or titre — with good reason
4) ( adéquat) rightcomme de juste (colloq) il était en retard — of course, he was late
5) ( exact) [calcul, proportion, heure, analyse] correctle juste prix des choses — fig the true value of things
6) ( précis) [instrument de mesure] accurate7) Musique [piano, voix] in tune (jamais épith); [note] true8) ( trop ajusté) [vêtement, chaussure] tight9) ( à la limite)nous sommes un peu justes (colloq) en ce moment — money is a bit tight (colloq) at the moment
2.
1) ( sans erreur) [chanter] in tune; [sonner] true; [deviner] rightviser juste — lit to aim straight; fig to hit the nail on the head
2) ( précisément) just3) ( seulement) just4) ( depuis peu)5) ( à peine) hardlyj'ai réussi à éviter le bus mais ça a été juste — (colloq) I managed to avoid the bus but it was a close shave (colloq)
3.
au juste locution adverbiale exactly
4.
nom masculin righteous man* * *ʒyst1. adj1) (= équitable) (personne, partage) fairIl est sévère, mais juste. — He's strict but fair.
2) (= légitime) (réclamation) just, justifiedà juste titre — justifiably, rightfully
On peut se demander à juste titre s'ils n'ont pas été trop loin. — We may justifiably ask ourselves if they have gone too far.
Il a réclamé, à juste titre. — He complained, and rightfully so.
3) (= exact) (compte) right4) (= étroit) tightCette veste est un peu juste. — This jacket is a bit tight.
5) (= insuffisant)Ce sera un peu juste, tu aurais dû prendre plus de vin. — It's only just going to be enough, you should have got more wine.
2. adv1) (= seulement) just2) [aller, être] (vêtement, budget) tight3) [chanter] in tune4) [prévoir, calculer] right3. nm1) (= personne)2)comme de juste — of course, naturally
au juste — exactly, actually
* * *A adj1 ( impartial) [personne] fair;2 ( équitable) [règlement, partage] fair; [récompense, sanction, cause] just; ce n'est pas juste! it's not fair!; il est juste que/de faire it is fair that/to do; il est juste qu'il ait réussi it is fair that he succeeded; il ne serait pas juste de tout te donner it wouldn't be fair to give you everything; juste retour des choses, il a été dédommagé it was poetic justice that he got compensation; trouver un juste milieu to find a happy medium; juste ciel†! good heavens!;3 ( légitime) [colère, certitude] righteous ( épith); [revendication] legitimate; [raison] good; [crainte] justifiable; [raisonnement, remarque, comparaison] valid; j'ai de justes raisons de ne pas le croire I have good reason not to believe him; à juste raison or titre quite rightly, with good reason; ta remarque est très juste your remark is very valid; dire des choses justes to make some valid points;4 ( adéquat) right; trouver le mot juste to find the right word; c'est (très) juste! that's (quite) right!; comme de juste il était en retard as one might expect ou as per usual, he was late;5 ( exact) [calcul, proportion, heure, analyse] correct; j'ai tout juste I've got everything right; avoir l'heure juste to have the correct time; connaître le juste prix des choses fig to know the true value of things; apprécier qn/qch à sa juste valeur to appreciate sb fully/the true value of sth;6 ( précis) [instrument de mesure] accurate; ma montre n'est pas très juste my watch is not very accurate;7 Mus [piano, voix] in tune ( jamais épith); [note] true; ton piano n'est pas juste your piano is out of tune;9 ( à la limite) un poulet pour six c'est un peu juste one chicken for six people is stretching it a bit; une heure pour y aller c'est un peu juste one hour to get there is cutting it a bit fine; nous sommes un peu justes en ce moment○ money is a bit tight○ at the moment; j'ai réussi à éviter le bus mais ça a été juste○ I managed to avoid the bus but it was a close shave○.B adv1 ( sans erreur) [chanter] in tune; [sonner] true; [deviner] right; elle a vu juste dans ses prévisions she was right in her forecasts; viser juste lit to aim straight; fig to hit the nail on the head;2 ( précisément) just; juste quand j'arrivais just as I was arriving; c'est juste ce qu'il me faut that is just or exactly what I need; c'est juste avant/après la poste it's just before/after the post office; juste après les informations just ou straight after the news; j'ai juste assez (d'argent) I've got just enough (money); juste à temps just in time; ‘tu as eu ton train?’-‘oui mais tout juste’ ‘did you catch your train?’-‘yes, but only just’;3 ( seulement) just; j'en prends juste un I'm just taking one; ils ont juste eu le temps de manger they just had time to eat;4 ( depuis peu) (tout) juste only just; j'arrive juste I've only just arrived; il vient juste de partir he's only just left; il a tout juste vingt ans he's only just twenty;5 ( à peine) hardly; c'est tout juste s'il sait lire/tient debout he can hardly read/stand;6 ( parcimonieusement) j'ai prévu trop/un peu juste pour le repas I didn't prepare enough/quite enough food; calculer les prix au plus juste to calculate the prices down to the last penny.C au juste loc adv exactly; que s'est-il passé au juste? what happened exactly?; je ne sais pas au juste combien nous serons I don't know exactly how many of us there will be.[ʒyst] adverbe1. [avec justesse]tomber juste to guess right, to hit the nail on the headtu as vu ou deviné juste! you guessed correctly ou right!juste quand ou comme le téléphone sonnait just as ou when the phone was ringing3. [à peine, seulement] justil est juste 9 h, vous n'allez pas partir déjà it's only 9 o'clock, you're not going to leave alreadytout juste: j'ai tout juste le temps de prendre un café I've just about enough ou I've just got enough time to have a cup of coffeec'est tout juste s'il ne m'a pas frappé he very nearly ou all but hit mec'est tout juste s'il dit bonjour he hardly bothers to say hello, you're lucky if he says hello4. [en quantité insuffisante]un gâteau pour 8, ça fait (un peu) juste one cake for 8 people, that won't go very far————————[ʒyst] adjectif1. [équitable - partage, décision, personne] fairêtre juste envers ou avec quelqu'un to be fair to somebodyil ne serait que juste qu'il soit remboursé it would only be fair ou right for him to get his money back(avant le nom) [justifié - cause, récompense, punition] just ; [ - requête] legitimate ; [ - colère] just, legitimate2. (après le nom) [exact - calcul, compte, réponse] rightas-tu l'heure juste? have you got the right ou exact time?la nappe est un peu juste en longueur/largeur the tablecloth is a bit on the short/narrow sideune heure pour aller à l'aéroport, c'est trop juste an hour to get to the airport, that's not enoughses notes sont trop justes pour que vous le laissiez passer his marks are too borderline for you to pass him[de justesse]elle a réussi l'examen, mais c'était juste she passed her exam, but it was a close thing5. (après le nom) [compétent] goodavoir l'oreille/le coup d'œil juste to have a good ear/eyetrès juste! quite right!, good point!j'ai moins d'expérience que lui — c'est juste I'm less experienced than he is — that's true ou right6. (avant le nom) [approprié]apprécier quelque chose à son juste prix to appreciate the true value ou worth of somethingapprécier quelqu'un à sa juste valeur to appreciate the true worth ou value of somebody————————[ʒyst] nom masculin————————au juste locution adverbiale————————au plus juste locution adverbialecomme de juste locution adverbialecomme de juste, elle avait oublié she'd forgotten, of coursejuste ciel, juste Dieu interjection -
17 godzin|a
Ⅰ f 1. Miary hour- pół godziny half an hour- półtorej godziny an hour and a half- za godzinę/dwie godziny in an hour/two hours- godzinę/dwie godziny temu an hour/two hours ago- był tu godzinę temu a. przed godziną he was here an hour ago- wyjść na godzinę/pół godziny to go out for an hour/for half an hour- spóźnić się o dwie godziny to be two hours late- przyszedł (na) godzinę przed rozpoczęciem zebrania he came an hour before the meeting started- przyjechał (w) godzinę po wypadku he came an hour after the accident- gdybyś przyszedł godzinę wcześniej/później if you had come an hour earlier/later- wyszedł i po godzinie wrócił he went out and came back an hour later- mamy jeszcze pół godziny do odjazdu pociągu we still have half an hour before the train leaves- macie półtorej godziny na napisanie pracy you have an hour and a half to write the paper- zrobię to w godzinę a. w ciągu godziny I can do it within an hour- dzwonisz po raz trzeci w ciągu godziny that’s the third time you’ve rung in an hour- jeśli w ciągu godziny przestanie padać, to… if it stops raining within the next hour, then…- film trwał trzy godziny the film was three hours long- minęła kolejna godzina another hour passed- jechaliśmy (przez) dwie godziny we were driving for two hours- autobus kursuje co godzinę/pół godziny the buses run every hour/half hour- jechać 100 kilometrów na godzinę to drive at 100 kilometres an hour- zarabiać 20 dolarów za godzinę to earn 20 dollars an hour- (całymi) godzinami siedzi przed telewizorem he spends hours in front of the TV- czekałem chyba z godzinę I must have waited around an hour- to mi zajęło dobre a. bite trzy godziny it took me a good three hours2. (moment dnia) która (jest) godzina? what time is it?, what’s the time?- jest godzina ósma it’s eight o’clock- o której godzinie wróciłeś/skończyłeś? at what time did you come back/finish?- wybijać godziny to strike the hours- zegar bije tylko o pełnej godzinie the clock strikes only on the hour- przyszedł o wyznaczonej/umówionej godzinie he arrived at the appointed/agreed time- do godziny osiemnastej brakowało kilku minut it was (still) a few minutes before 6 p.m.- sytuacja zmieniała się z godziny na godzinę the situation changed from hour to hour a. from one hour to the next- opowiedział wszystko godzina po godzinie he told the whole story as it had happened hour by hour3. (pora) hour- w godzinach porannych/wieczornych in the morning/evening- pracowali do późnych godzin nocnych they worked until all hours- byłem w mieście w godzinie największego tłoku I was in the city during the heaviest traffic- będą tu lada godzina they’ll be here any time now- nadeszła a. wybiła godzina próby/zemsty książk. the hour of trial/vengeance has come- wybiła jej ostatnia godzina książk. her time a. last hour has come- zawiódł w godzinie próby książk. he failed in his hour of trial4. (odległość) hour- to dwie godziny marszu stąd it’s two hours’ walk from here- następny przystanek jest (o) godzinę drogi stąd the next stop is an hour (away) from here- do stacji jest pół godziny samochodem/piechotą the station is half an hour’s drive/walk away5. Szkol. (lekcja) hour- godzina lekcyjna forty-five minutes- sześć godzin angielskiego tygodniowo six hours of English a week- siatka godzin a timetable6. Górn. (znak mierniczy) kind of directional marker Ⅱ godziny plt hours- godziny urzędowania opening a. business hours- godziny przyjęć (lekarza) surgery hours- w godzinach pracy during working hours- pracować po godzinach to work after hours a. overtime- □ godzina policyjna curfew- godzina zegarowa sixty minutes- godziny dziekańskie/rektorskie Uniw. cancellation of classes by the dean/vice-chancellor- godziny nadliczbowe overtime- godzina a. godziny szczytu rush hour- w godzinach szczytu in a. during the rush hour■ godzina zero zero hour- szara godzina twilight, dusk- powiedzieć coś w dobrą/złą godzinę to say something at the right/wrong time- nie znać a. nie być pewnym dnia ani godziny not to be sure of anything- zostawić coś na czarną godzinę to keep sth for a rainy dayThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > godzin|a
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18 Strecke
f; -, -n1. stretch (auch Teilstrecke); (Wegstrecke, Flugstrecke) route; SPORT, für ein Rennen: course; MATH. line; EDV link path; TELEF. line; EISENB. section (of line); die Strecke München-Köln (Route) the Munich-Cologne route; VERK. the road (EISENB. line, section) from Munich to Cologne; (Reise) the journey from Munich to Cologne; die Strecke zwischen A und B the stretch between A and B; auf freier Strecke EISENB. between stations; umg. in the middle of nowhere; (auf der Straße) on the open road; das Auto blieb mitten auf der Strecke stehen the car broke down on the way (there); die Straße ist auf einer Strecke von 5 km gesperrt a 5 km stretch of the road is closed; auf der Strecke bleiben fig. im Konkurrenzkampf: fall by the wayside; SPORT auch drop out (of the race); die guten Vorsätze blieben auf der Strecke good intentions fell by the wayside2. (Entfernung) auch SPORT distance; eine lange Strecke zurücklegen cover a long distance ( oder stretch); einen Teil der Strecke zu Fuß gehen walk part of the way; es ist eine ganze Strecke ( bis dorthin) it’s quite a long distance ( oder way, stretch); wir müssen noch eine ganze Strecke fahren we’ve still got quite a way ( oder distance) to go; über lange Strecken auch fig. for long stretches; das Buch ist über lange Strecken langweilig the book has long boring sections (lit. has its longueurs)3. BERGB. roadway, gallery4. Jagd: bag; eine Strecke von 12 Fasanen a bag of 12 pheasants; zur Strecke bringen (Tier) kill, shoot down, bag; fig. (Verbrecher etc.) hunt down, catch; weitS. (Gegner) lay low* * *die Strecke(Entfernung) way; distance;(Rennstrecke) course;(Route) route;(Wegstrecke) stretch* * *Strẹ|cke ['ʃtrɛkə]f -, -n1) (=Entfernung zwischen zwei Punkten SPORT) distance; (MATH) line (between two points)bis zum Ende des Projekts ist es noch eine ziemliche or lange Strecke — there is still quite a good way to go until the end of the project
2) (= Abschnitt) (von Straße, Fluss) stretch; (von Bahnlinie) section3) (= Weg, Route, Flugstrecke) route; (= Straße) road; (= Bahnlinie, SPORT = Bahn) track; (fig = Passage) passagefür die Strecke London-Glasgow brauchen wir 5 Stunden —
die Strecke Wien-München führt durch... — the road/track etc between Vienna and Munich goes through...
in einer Strecke — in one go (inf), without stopping
auf freier or offener Strecke (esp Rail) — on the open line, between stations
auf weite Strecken (hin) (lit, fig) — for long stretches
auf der Strecke bleiben (bei Rennen) — to drop out of the running; (in Konkurrenzkampf) to fall by the wayside
4) (HUNT) (= Jagdbeute) bag, killzur Strecke bringen — to bag, to kill; (fig) Verbrecher to hunt down
* * *(a section of a bus route.) stage* * *Stre·cke<-, -n>[ˈʃtrɛkə]f1. (Wegstrecke) distanceeine \Strecke von zehn Kilometern zurücklegen to cover [or do] a distance of ten kilometresbis zur Berghütte ist es noch eine ziemliche \Strecke zu gehen it's still quite a [long] way to the mountain hutdie \Strecke bis zur Hütte führt von jetzt an ziemlich steil bergan the next stretch up to the hut is rather steepich kann doch nicht die ganze \Strecke zwei schwere Koffer mitschleppen I can't carry two heavy suitcases all that wayich habe auf der ganzen \Strecke geschlafen I slept the whole wayauf halber \Strecke halfwayüber weite \Strecken [hin] for long stretchesin nur 20 Jahren wird das Gebiet über weite \Strecken zur Steppe geworden sein large parts of the region will have turned to steppe in just 20 yearsauf freier [o offener] \Strecke between stations, on the open line4.▶ jdn zur \Strecke bringen to hunt sb down, to apprehend sb* * *die; Strecke, Strecken1) (WegStrecke) distanceauf der Strecke bleiben — (ugs.) fall by the wayside
2) (Abschnitt, Route) route; (EisenbahnStrecke) lineder Zug hielt auf freier od. offener Strecke — the train stopped between stations
3) (Sport) distance4) (Geom.) line segment5) (Jägerspr.)ein Tier zur Strecke bringen — bag or kill an animal
jemanden zur Strecke bringen — (fig.) hunt somebody down
* * *1. stretch (auch Teilstrecke); (Wegstrecke, Flugstrecke) route; SPORT, für ein Rennen: course; MATH line; IT link path; TEL line; BAHN section (of line);die Strecke München-Köln (Route) the Munich-Cologne route; Verkehrswesen: the road (BAHN line, section) from Munich to Cologne; (Reise) the journey from Munich to Cologne;die Strecke zwischen A und B the stretch between A and B;auf freier Strecke BAHN between stations; umg in the middle of nowhere; (auf der Straße) on the open road;das Auto blieb mitten auf der Strecke stehen the car broke down on the way (there);die Straße ist auf einer Strecke von 5 km gesperrt a 5 km stretch of the road is closed;auf der Strecke bleiben fig im Konkurrenzkampf: fall by the wayside; SPORT auch drop out (of the race);die guten Vorsätze blieben auf der Strecke good intentions fell by the waysideeine lange Strecke zurücklegen cover a long distance ( oder stretch);einen Teil der Strecke zu Fuß gehen walk part of the way;es ist eine ganze Strecke (bis dorthin) it’s quite a long distance ( oder way, stretch);wir müssen noch eine ganze Strecke fahren we’ve still got quite a way ( oder distance) to go;über lange Strecken auch fig for long stretches;das Buch ist über lange Strecken langweilig the book has long boring sections (liter has its longueurs)3. BERGB roadway, gallery4. Jagd: bag;eine Strecke von 12 Fasanen a bag of 12 pheasants;zur Strecke bringen (Tier) kill, shoot down, bag; fig (Verbrecher etc) hunt down, catch; weitS. (Gegner) lay low* * *die; Strecke, Strecken1) (WegStrecke) distanceauf der Strecke bleiben — (ugs.) fall by the wayside
2) (Abschnitt, Route) route; (EisenbahnStrecke) lineder Zug hielt auf freier od. offener Strecke — the train stopped between stations
3) (Sport) distance4) (Geom.) line segment5) (Jägerspr.)ein Tier zur Strecke bringen — bag or kill an animal
jemanden zur Strecke bringen — (fig.) hunt somebody down
* * *-n f.line n.route n.stretch n.way n. -
19 strecke
f; -, -n1. stretch (auch Teilstrecke); (Wegstrecke, Flugstrecke) route; SPORT, für ein Rennen: course; MATH. line; EDV link path; TELEF. line; EISENB. section (of line); die Strecke München-Köln (Route) the Munich-Cologne route; VERK. the road (EISENB. line, section) from Munich to Cologne; (Reise) the journey from Munich to Cologne; die Strecke zwischen A und B the stretch between A and B; auf freier Strecke EISENB. between stations; umg. in the middle of nowhere; (auf der Straße) on the open road; das Auto blieb mitten auf der Strecke stehen the car broke down on the way (there); die Straße ist auf einer Strecke von 5 km gesperrt a 5 km stretch of the road is closed; auf der Strecke bleiben fig. im Konkurrenzkampf: fall by the wayside; SPORT auch drop out (of the race); die guten Vorsätze blieben auf der Strecke good intentions fell by the wayside2. (Entfernung) auch SPORT distance; eine lange Strecke zurücklegen cover a long distance ( oder stretch); einen Teil der Strecke zu Fuß gehen walk part of the way; es ist eine ganze Strecke ( bis dorthin) it’s quite a long distance ( oder way, stretch); wir müssen noch eine ganze Strecke fahren we’ve still got quite a way ( oder distance) to go; über lange Strecken auch fig. for long stretches; das Buch ist über lange Strecken langweilig the book has long boring sections (lit. has its longueurs)3. BERGB. roadway, gallery4. Jagd: bag; eine Strecke von 12 Fasanen a bag of 12 pheasants; zur Strecke bringen (Tier) kill, shoot down, bag; fig. (Verbrecher etc.) hunt down, catch; weitS. (Gegner) lay low* * *die Strecke(Entfernung) way; distance;(Rennstrecke) course;(Route) route;(Wegstrecke) stretch* * *Strẹ|cke ['ʃtrɛkə]f -, -n1) (=Entfernung zwischen zwei Punkten SPORT) distance; (MATH) line (between two points)bis zum Ende des Projekts ist es noch eine ziemliche or lange Strecke — there is still quite a good way to go until the end of the project
2) (= Abschnitt) (von Straße, Fluss) stretch; (von Bahnlinie) section3) (= Weg, Route, Flugstrecke) route; (= Straße) road; (= Bahnlinie, SPORT = Bahn) track; (fig = Passage) passagefür die Strecke London-Glasgow brauchen wir 5 Stunden —
die Strecke Wien-München führt durch... — the road/track etc between Vienna and Munich goes through...
in einer Strecke — in one go (inf), without stopping
auf freier or offener Strecke (esp Rail) — on the open line, between stations
auf weite Strecken (hin) (lit, fig) — for long stretches
auf der Strecke bleiben (bei Rennen) — to drop out of the running; (in Konkurrenzkampf) to fall by the wayside
4) (HUNT) (= Jagdbeute) bag, killzur Strecke bringen — to bag, to kill; (fig) Verbrecher to hunt down
* * *(a section of a bus route.) stage* * *Stre·cke<-, -n>[ˈʃtrɛkə]f1. (Wegstrecke) distanceeine \Strecke von zehn Kilometern zurücklegen to cover [or do] a distance of ten kilometresbis zur Berghütte ist es noch eine ziemliche \Strecke zu gehen it's still quite a [long] way to the mountain hutdie \Strecke bis zur Hütte führt von jetzt an ziemlich steil bergan the next stretch up to the hut is rather steepich kann doch nicht die ganze \Strecke zwei schwere Koffer mitschleppen I can't carry two heavy suitcases all that wayich habe auf der ganzen \Strecke geschlafen I slept the whole wayauf halber \Strecke halfwayüber weite \Strecken [hin] for long stretchesin nur 20 Jahren wird das Gebiet über weite \Strecken zur Steppe geworden sein large parts of the region will have turned to steppe in just 20 yearsauf freier [o offener] \Strecke between stations, on the open line4.▶ jdn zur \Strecke bringen to hunt sb down, to apprehend sb* * *die; Strecke, Strecken1) (WegStrecke) distanceauf der Strecke bleiben — (ugs.) fall by the wayside
2) (Abschnitt, Route) route; (EisenbahnStrecke) lineder Zug hielt auf freier od. offener Strecke — the train stopped between stations
3) (Sport) distance4) (Geom.) line segment5) (Jägerspr.)ein Tier zur Strecke bringen — bag or kill an animal
jemanden zur Strecke bringen — (fig.) hunt somebody down
* * *…strecke f im subst1. (Weg):Autobahnstrecke stretch of motorway;Gleisstrecke stretch ( oder section) of track2. (Entfernung) distance;Bremsstrecke braking distanceAbfahrtsstrecke downhill course;Hindernisstrecke obstacle course; Reiten: steeplechase course* * *die; Strecke, Strecken1) (WegStrecke) distanceauf der Strecke bleiben — (ugs.) fall by the wayside
2) (Abschnitt, Route) route; (EisenbahnStrecke) lineder Zug hielt auf freier od. offener Strecke — the train stopped between stations
3) (Sport) distance4) (Geom.) line segment5) (Jägerspr.)ein Tier zur Strecke bringen — bag or kill an animal
jemanden zur Strecke bringen — (fig.) hunt somebody down
* * *-n f.line n.route n.stretch n.way n. -
20 venire
come( riuscire) turn outi suoi disegni vengono ammirati da tutti his drawings are admired by allvenire a costare total, work out atvenire a sapere qualcosa learn something, find something outvenire al dunque get to the pointmi sta venendo fame I'm getting hungry* * *venire v. intr.1 to come*: vieni con noi?, are you coming (o will you come) with us?; vengo!, I am coming!; venite dunque!, come along, then!; non è ancora venuto, he hasn't come yet; è venuto ieri, he came yesterday; vieni a trovarmi, come and see me; vieni a vedere chi c'è, come and see who is here; sono venuto a prendere il libro, I've come for the book; vieni da piazza della Scala?, have you just come from piazza della Scala?; da che paese vieni?, where do you come (o are you) from?; mi venne vicino, incontro, dietro, he came near (o up to), towards, after me; sono venuto a piedi, in automobile, per mare, I've come on foot, by car, by sea; dopo gennaio viene febbraio, after January comes February; è venuto il tempo di dirglielo, the time has come to tell him // venire su, to come up, ( per le scale) to come upstairs, ( crescere) to grow up: viene su una bella ragazza, she's growing up into a beautiful girl; le cipolle mi sono venute su tutto il giorno, onions repeated on me all day; venire giù, to come down, ( per le scale) to come downstairs; la pioggia veniva giù a scrosci, the rain was pelting down // venire dentro, to come in; venire fuori, to come out (anche fig.): venne fuori a dire che non voleva più andare a scuola, he came out all at once and said he didn't want to go to school any longer // venire via, to come away, ( staccarsi) to come off: il chiodo è venuto via, the nail has come off // venire avanti, to come on: venne avanti e disse..., he came on and said...; vieni avanti!, come here! // venire meno, ( svenire) to faint (o to swoon), ( svanire) to fail (s.o.), ( mancare) to break (sthg.): gli vennero meno le forze, his strength failed him; venire meno a una promessa, to break one's promise // venire prima, dopo, to come first, after: la salute viene prima, tutto il resto viene dopo, health comes first, all the rest comes after // far venire: fecero venire il dottore, they sent for (o called in) the doctor; fa venire i suoi abiti da Parigi, she has her dresses sent from Paris; bisogna far venire dell'altro vino, you must order some more wine; mi fa venire i brividi, it makes me shiver; questo cibo mi fa venire l'acquolina in bocca, la nausea, this food makes my mouth water, makes me sick2 ( provenire) to come*; ( derivare) to derive: un vento che viene dal mare, a wind (coming) from the sea; viene da una buona famiglia, he comes of a good family; questa parola viene dal latino, this word derives from Latin3 ( manifestarsi) to have got (sthg.): mi viene un dubbio, I've got a doubt; m'è venuta un'idea, I've got an idea; gli è venuta la febbre, he's got a temperature4 ( riuscire, risultare) to turn out; to come* out: venire bene, male, to turn out well, badly; il dolce non è venuto bene, the cake hasn't turned out well; non vengo bene in fotografia, I don't come out well in photographs (o I don't photograph well); il solitario non mi viene, this game of patience isn't coming out; la divisione non mi viene, the division won't come out; ho fatto la divisione e mi è venuto questo numero, I did the division and it gave me this number // è venuto il 90, ( è stato estratto) 90 came up7 ( essere) to be: viene rispettato da tutti, he is respected by everyone; verrà trasferito ad altro ufficio, he will be transferred to another office; il lavoro venne eseguito male, the work was done badly8 ( seguito da gerundio) to be: veniva scrivendo, he was writing; mi vengo accorgendo che avevi ragione, I'm beginning to realize that you were right.* * *1. [ve'nire]vb irreg vi (aus essere)1) to comeè venuto in macchina/treno — he came by car/train
vengo! — I'm coming!, just coming!
2) (giungere) to come, arrivenon è ancora venuto — he hasn't come o arrived yet
venire al mondo o alla luce — to come into the world
venire a patti/alle mani — to come to an agreement/to blows
venire a capo di qc — to unravel sth, sort sth out
venire al dunque o nocciolo o fatto o sodo — to come to the point
questo lavoro/quel tipo mi è venuto a noia — I'm fed up with this work/with that guy
è venuto il momento di... — the time has come to...
negli anni a venire — in the years to come, in future
gli era venuto il dubbio o sospetto che... — he began to suspect that...
mi viene da piangere/ridere — I feel like crying/laughing
ti venisse un colpo/accidente! fam — drop dead!
3)venire da — to come from4) (riuscire: lavoro) to turn outvenire bene/male — to turn out well/badly
il maglione viene troppo lungo/stretto — the sweater is going to end up too long/tight
non mi viene — (problema, operazione, calcolo) I can't get it to come out right
5) (fam : raggiungere l'orgasmo) to come6) (costare) to costquanto viene? — how much is it o does it cost?
7) (essere sorteggiato) to come up8)venire fuori — to come outvenire fuori con — (battuta) to come out with
venire meno — (svenire) to faint
venire meno a — (promessa) to break, (impegno, dovere) not to fulfil Brit o fulfill Am
venire via — to come away o off, (macchia) to come out
9)far venire — (medico) to call, send for
mi hai fatto venire per niente — you got me to come o you made me come for nothing
mi fa venire il vomito (anche) fig — it (o he ecc) makes me sick
mi fa venire i brividi (anche) fig — it (o he ecc) gives me creeps
10)(come ausiliare: essere)
viene ammirato da tutti — he is admired by everyoneverrà giudicato in base al suo punteggio — he will be judged on his marks Brit o grades Am
2. vip (venirsene)3. sm* * *I [ve'nire]1) [ persona] to come*venire a piedi, in bici — to come on foot, by bike
dai, vieni! — come on!
adesso vengo — I'm coming, I'll be right there
fare venire — to send for, to call [idraulico, dottore]
mi venne a prendere alla stazione — she came to meet me o she picked me up at the station
2) (arrivare) to come*, to arrivel'anno che viene — the coming o next year
verrà il giorno in cui... — the day will come when..., there will come a day when...
la famiglia viene prima di tutto il resto — fig. the family comes before everything else
3) (provenire) to come*4) (passare)venire a — to come to [problema, argomento]
5) (sorgere, manifestarsi)mi è venuta sete, mi è venuto caldo — I'm feeling thirsty, hot
mi fa venire fame, sonno — it makes me hungry, sleepy
se ci penso, mi viene una rabbia! — it makes me mad to think of it!
questo mi fa venire in mente che... — this reminds me that...
6) (riuscire) to come* out, to turn out; [ calcoli] to work outvenire bene, male — to come out well, badly
7) (risultare)che risultato ti è venuto? — what result o answer did you get?
8) colloq. (costare) to cost*9) colloq. (spettare)ti viene ancora del denaro — you've still got some money coming to you, some money is still owed to you
mi viene da piangere — (ho voglia) I feel like crying; (sto per) I'm about to cry
11) (con valore di ausiliare) to be*, to get*venne preso — he was o got caught
12) colloq. (avere un orgasmo) to come*13) venire avanti (entrare) to come* in; (avvicinarsi) to come* forward14) venire dentro (entrare) to come* in15) venire dietro (seguire) to follow16) venire fuori (uscire) to come* out17) venire giù (scendere) to come* down; (piovere)viene giù come Dio la manda — it's raining buckets o cats and dogs, it's pouring
18) venire meno (svenire) to faint; (mancare) [interesse, speranza] to fadeil coraggio gli è venuto meno — courage failed him; (non rispettare)
venire meno a una promessa — to break o betray a promise
venire meno ai propri doveri — to fail in o neglect one's duties
19) venire su (salire) to come* up; (crescere) [ persona] to grow* up; (tornare su)20) venire via (allontanarsi) to come* away; (staccarsi) [ bottone] to come* off; (scomparire) [ macchia] to come* out, to come* off21) a venire22) venirseneII [ve'nire]sostantivo maschiletutto questo andare e venire — all this toing and froing o these comings and goings
* * *venire1/ve'nire/ [107](aus. essere)1 [ persona] to come*; venire a piedi, in bici to come on foot, by bike; vieni da me come to me; è venuto qualcuno per te someone came to see you; dai, vieni! come on! adesso vengo I'm coming, I'll be right there; fare venire to send for, to call [idraulico, dottore]; mi venne a prendere alla stazione she came to meet me o she picked me up at the station; vienimi a prendere alle 8 come for me at 8 o'clock; venne a trovarci he came to see us; vieni a sciare con noi domani come skiing with us tomorrow; vieni a vedere come and see; vieni a sederti accanto a me come and sit by me2 (arrivare) to come*, to arrive; l'anno che viene the coming o next year; quando la primavera verrà when spring comes; verrà il giorno in cui... the day will come when..., there will come a day when...; è venuto il momento di partire it's time to leave; prendere la vita come viene to take life as it comes; è di là da venire it's still a long way off; la famiglia viene prima di tutto il resto fig. the family comes before everything else3 (provenire) to come*; da dove viene? where is she from? where does she come from? venire da lontano to come from far away; venire da una famiglia protestante to come from a Protestant family5 (sorgere, manifestarsi) mi è venuto (il) mal di testa I've got a headache; mi è venuta sete, mi è venuto caldo I'm feeling thirsty, hot; mi fa venire fame, sonno it makes me hungry, sleepy; la cioccolata mi fa venire i brufoli chocolate brings me out in spots; gli vennero le lacrime agli occhi tears sprang to his eyes; se ci penso, mi viene una rabbia! it makes me mad to think of it! le parole non mi venivano I couldn't find the right words; mi è venuta un'idea I've got an idea; questo mi fa venire in mente che... this reminds me that...; mi venne in mente che it occurred to me that; il nome non mi viene in mente the name escapes me; mi è venuta voglia di telefonarti I got the urge to phone you6 (riuscire) to come* out, to turn out; [ calcoli] to work out; venire bene, male to come out well, badly; venire bene in fotografia to photograph well7 (risultare) che risultato ti è venuto? what result o answer did you get? mi viene 6 I got 6 as an answer8 colloq. (costare) to cost*; quanto viene? how much does it cost? how much is this? viene 2 euro it's 2 euros9 colloq. (spettare) ti viene ancora del denaro you've still got some money coming to you, some money is still owed to you10 (con da e infinito) mi viene da piangere (ho voglia) I feel like crying; (sto per) I'm about to cry11 (con valore di ausiliare) to be*, to get*; viene rispettato da tutti he is respected by everybody; venne preso he was o got caught12 colloq. (avere un orgasmo) to come*14 venire dentro (entrare) to come* in15 venire dietro (seguire) to follow16 venire fuori (uscire) to come* out; è venuto fuori che it came out that; venire fuori con una scusa to come out with an excuse17 venire giù (scendere) to come* down; (piovere) viene giù come Dio la manda it's raining buckets o cats and dogs, it's pouring18 venire meno (svenire) to faint; (mancare) [interesse, speranza] to fade; il coraggio gli è venuto meno courage failed him; (non rispettare) venire meno a una promessa to break o betray a promise; venire meno ai propri doveri to fail in o neglect one's duties19 venire su (salire) to come* up; (crescere) [ persona] to grow* up; (tornare su) i cetrioli mi vengono su cucumbers repeat on me20 venire via (allontanarsi) to come* away; (staccarsi) [ bottone] to come* off; (scomparire) [ macchia] to come* out, to come* off22 venirsene se ne veniva piano piano he was coming along very slowly.————————venire2/ve'nire/sostantivo m.tutto questo andare e venire all this toing and froing o these comings and goings.
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