ez dugu hori egin

[from *e-gi-n] iz.

1. act; Apostoluen E\eginak Acts of the Apostles

2. ( ondorioa) effect, consequence; \eginak eragilea du lehen there is no effect without cause | things don't happen by themselves

3. fact; \egina dela {eta || bide} by that very fact | ipso facto du/ad.

1. ( jardun)

a. ( oro.) to do ; \egin ezazu nahi duzuna do as you please; ez dakit zer egin I don't know what to do; zer egiten duzu hor? what are you doing there? ; ez dakit zer \egin I don't know what to do; ikasleek ariketa \egin zuten the students did the exercise

b. ( burutu) to do, execute, carry out; \egin dugu gure eginkizuna we've done what we set out to do

c. (+ -(r)ekin) to do; esango al diguk, babo horrek, zer egin behar dugun hirekin? will you tell us, you fool, what we're going to do with you?

2. ( sorrarazi)

a. ( oro.) to make, create; irakasleak ariketak egin zituen the teacher made (up) the exercises Oharra: ikus adibideak make sarreran

b. Tek. to make, manufacture

c. ( etxea) to build, construct, make

d. (l an, irudi) to make, fashion; mahai bat \egin zuen he made a table

e. ( bihurtu) to make; alkate \egin dute they've made him mayor

3. ( prestatu, gertu, gauzatu)

a. to make, prepare; bidea \egin to make way

b. ( ohea) to make

c. ( galdera) to ask; "maiz egiten diren galderak" Inform. "frequently asked questions"

c. ( afari, bazkari) to make, put (GB), pose

d. ( maleta, balisa) to pack

e. ( apustu, dema) to lay, make

f. ( gorbata) to tie

g. ( tratu) to make

4. ( beste aditzak ordezkatzeko) to do; esan zidaten hori prestatzeko eta \egin nuen they told me to prepare it and I did; garbitu al zara? Bai, ni egin naiz, zoaz zu ere egitera! have you washed yourself? I have so you go and do so too!

5. ( itxura egin) inorena \egin to act like; inozoarena egin to act like a fool | to act the fool; gaiztoarena \egin to act the {villain || bad guy (USA) Lagunart. } | to play the part of the villain; gaztearena egiten duten zaharrak old people who act like young people; Garikoitzek, Charlotenak egiten dituenean, barrez lehertzekoa izaten da when Garikoitz imitates Charlie Chaplin he is absolutely hilarious

6. Met. to be; euria egiten duenean when it rains; hotza egiten du hemen it's cold here

7. ( aditz elkartuak egiteko, normalean ez da itzultzen)

a. ( + iz.) barre \egin to laugh; hitz \egin to speak; lan \egin to work; lo \egin to sleep ; zin \egin to swear

b. (+ adb.) atzera \egin to go back, get back; aurrera \egin to go ahead, make headway

c. ( kontu egin) to suppose; \egin dezagun (kontu) gizon errugabe bat hil dutela... let's suppose that they've killed an innocent man...

8. ( elipsia)

a. ( apustu egin) to bet; mila euro \egingo nuke baietz I'd bet a thousand euros it is ; ezetz egiten diat I bet it isn't; burua \egin nuke ez direla garaiz helduko I'd bet my life they won't arrive on time

b. ( hitz egin) to speak; ongi egiten dute euskaraz they speak Basque well

c. ( erabaki egin) to decide; \egin dute bihar bilduko direla they have decided to meet tomorrow; \egin dute elkarri idatzeko they have agreed to write each other

d. ( kotizatu) to perform; zer \egin\\\egin dolarrak? what did the dollar do?

e. ( joko egin) to play; musean \egin play mus; \egingo al dugu kartetan? shall we play cards?

f. ( bide egin) i. ( jo) to head for; ezkerrera \egin zuen he veered to the left ii. ( igaroz) zelai eta mendiak \egin zituen atzerritik bere etxera he went across meadows and mountains abroad to get to his house

9. ( bukatu) nireak \egin du I've had it | my number's up Lagunart. ; hireak \egin dik you've had it!

10. (G) ( erein) to sow

11. ( uste izan) to think, believe; neska laguna zela \egin nuen I took her for your girlfriend | I thought she was your girlfriend

12. ( begiratu) to look out; leiho horrek plazara egiten du that window looks out on the square da/ad.

1. to become; apaiza \egin zen he became a priest

2. ( iruditu) [ zaio ] to seem, look; zaila egiten zait hori sinestea it's hard for me to believe that

3. ( ohitu) to get used (- ra: to) ; azkenean lanera \egin zen finally he got used to the job

4. ( kokatu) to be located, be; non egiten da herri hori? where is that town located? Oharra: egin duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., hitz egin aurkitzeko, bila ezazu hitz adieran

ad/lag.

1. (B) ( + -ke) hori egin da(g)iket I can do that; eroan e(g)izu! take it away!

2. ( galdegaia adierazteko)

a. ( du/ad.) to do; beste guztiak itsutu \egin al ditu? has it blinded all the rest?

b. ( da/ad.) zer esan du?— joan \egingo direla esan du what did he say? — he said they would go

adb.

1. ( halaber)

a. too, also; guk \ere egiten dugu hori we also do that | we do that too; Hartenstein jauna \ere badator Mr. Hartenstein is also coming |Mr. Hartenstein's coming too ; zu baldin bazoaz, ni \ere bai if you are going, so am I

b. (+ bezala) zeruan bezala, lurrean \ere on earth as it is in heaven; urtero bezala, aurten \ere this year as well as every other year; Portugalen bezala, Angolan \ere in Angola as well as in Portugal

c. ( ezezkoan) either, neither; ez dugu hori egin — guk \ere ez we don't do that — neither do we | nor do we ; ez eta haiek \\ \ere neither do they \\ I; ezin dut hori egin, ez eta zuk \ere I can't do that nor can you ; ez genuen hori egin ez eta haiek \ere we didn't do that nor did they Oharra: ikus oharra neither sarreran

2. ( indartzeko)

a. even; ume txiki batek \ere badaki hori even a small child knows that ; oraingo egunean \ere even to this day ; gaztea eta agurea \ere the youth and even the old man; jo \ere egin zuten they even hit him

b. ( ezezkoan) even; izenik \ere\\\erezigun galdetu he didn't even ask us our name; hori egiten ere ez dakizu? don't you even know how to do that?

c. (+ ezer, inon, inor, e.a.) at all; ez zen inor \ere etorri no one came at all; ez genuen inor \ere ikusi we didn't see anyone at all; ezer \ere behar baduzu, deitu if you need anything at all, call

d. ( + -rik, -ta) jakinda \ere ez nizuke esango even if I did know I wouldn't tell you ; zuk ikusita \\ irabazita \ere however much you might have seen \\ won ; hil eta gero \ere gogan izango naute even after my death I will be remembered ; azkenekoa izanda \ere even if it's the last one

e. (+ - (ren)gatik) zaila izanagatik \ere, ez dugu huts egingo however difficult it may be, we won't fail

3. ( + ba) ba- \ere even if, although; polita bada \ere even though it's pretty

b. even when; guk ondo egiten badugu \ere, eta asmo onak baditugu \ere even when we do right and even when our intentions are good

c. (+ baldintzazkoa) even ; ikusiko bazenu \ere, ez zenuke sinetsiko even if you did see her, you wouldn't believe it

d. (+ -tzea) zarauztarra naizen? galdetzea \ere! me from Zarautz? what a question!; aizu, hori esatea \ere! hey, what a thing to say!

4. (+ izenordea + bait -) nork \ere gauzak jendea baino maiteago baitu ez da zintzoa whoever loves things more than people is not righteous; zenbat \ere ogia gogorra baitzen, gosetiek gogotik jaten dute no matter how stale the bread might be, hungry people eat it gladly ; zenbat \ere gure asmoak eta egitateak on baitira however good our intentions and deeds are; non \ere, noiz \ere aurkituko baitut wherever and whenever I may find him

iz.

a. no ; \eza harria eta orma baino gogorragoa iza n liteke a no can be harder than the hardest rock ; lehenbiziko \ezean with her first refusal ; hari ere ematen diozu \eza you've also said no to him | you've also refused him

b. (irud.) ; \ez zera! indeed not!; gaur ez dira etorriko — \ez zera! they're not coming today — what do you mean they're not!; ez dugu sekula horrelakorik egin — \ez zera! we've never done any such thing — like hell you haven't!; \ezaren ondo-ondokoa da it's next to nothing; besterik \ezean for want of something else; \ezetik baira bizi izan to live from hand to mouth ; \ezetik baira egon i. ( nekez bizi izan) to be living from hand to mouth ii. ( diruez ez) to be flat broke; \ezetatik \ezetara under no circumstance

a. no; dirurik \ez no money

b. ( falta, gabezia) lack, want beldurrik \eza the lack of fear ; damu dut nire hitz bete \eza I regret my inability to keep my word ; bere haurrik \ezak tristetzen zuen her {barrenness || not having children} saddened her ; gazte horrek ez dakit zer den \eza that young man doesn't know what going without is; gerra-garaian \eza zer den ikasi zuten during the war they learnt what going without was all about

3. ( ukapena) denial adb.

1. ( erantzunez) no; hau al da? — \ez is this it? — no

2. ( + iz.) not; txerrikia jango genuke baina katukia \ez we would eat pork but not cat meat; ezer ere \ez nothing at all

3. ( aditzekin)

a. ( ingelesari dagokio-nez, aditz laguntzaile, moduzko aditz eta infinitoboekin) not; ez naiz Superman I am not Superman ez al naiz Superman? am I not Superman? | aren't I Superman?; ez nuke hori egingo I {would not || wouldn't} do that ; \ez dezaket hori egin I {cannot || can't} do that ez dut hori egingo I {will not || won't} do that ez duzu hori egin behar you {must not || mustn't} do that agian \ez dira etorriko they may not come ; ez dugu hori egin we haven't done that \ez gara hara joan we haven't gone there; hori egitera ez da ausartzen he dares not do that; \ez onartzea iraingarria izango litzateke not to accept would be insulting

b. ( aditz arruntekin) do not, don't; does not, doesn't ( orainaldia, 3. p. s.) | did not, didn't ( lehenaldia) ; \ez dut erretzen I don't smoke; Kroftek \ez du erretzen Kroft doesn't smoke; \ez nuen erre I didn't smoke

c. ( elipsian) gameluzopa jango nuke baina zuk \ez I would eat camel soup but you wouldn't ; gu etorriko gara baina haiek \ez we will come but they won't ni etorri nintzen baina Kristensen jauna \ez I came but Mr. Kristensen didn't; nik kafea edaten dut baina nire emazteak \ez I drink coffee but my wife doesn't

a. \ez eta bai ari dira they're arguing about it; \ez bat eta \ez bi suddenly; \ez bat eta \ez bi agertu ziren they suddenly popped up; \ez hil bai hil dago he's on his death bed | he's about to die

b. egingo \ez egingo dago he's on the verge of doing it junt.

1. ez... ez neither... nor; \ez dira aktore onak \ez Miguel Bos— \ez Ronald Reagan neither Miguel Bos— nor Ronald Reagan are good actors; \ez ur \ez ardo neither water nor wine ; \ez non \ez han without further ado; \ez bat \ez bestea neither

2. ( ezik) except, except for, save for; guztiak, Txirri eta Mirri \ez, goibel daude all, except for Txirri and Mirri, are sad

3. \ez eta neither; ez dugu hori egiten, \ez eta haiek ere we don't do that {nor do they || and neither do they}; Afera ez zen indarkeria gehiegi erabiltzea izan, \ez eta sexu gehiegi ere. Horretarik ere izan zen, auskarki izan ere it wasn't a question of using too much violence or too much sex either. There was some of that too, even to a daring extent

adb.

a. still; \oraindik egiten dute they still do it

b. ( ezezkoan) yet; hori egin al duk? — \oraindik ez have you done that yet? not yet; \oraindik ez dugu hori egin we haven't done that yet | we still haven't done that

2. ( hemendik aurrera) from now on, henceforth formala. Oharra: ikus oharra yet sarreran

3. \oraindik orain just now | recently | lately

izo.

a. \zer? what?; \zer diozu? what are you saying?; \zer arren? why? | how come?; \zer ba? how come?; \zer dela eta? for what reason? eta niri \zer? what about me?; zuri eta niri \zer? what do I have to do with you?; nire eta zure artean \zer? what do I have to do with you?; hau \zer dela? guess what it is?; \zeri eta \zertara how? | what for and to what end?; \zeri dagokiola etorri zara? for what reason have you come?; \zertatik \zertara erori zaren! how is it that you fell!

b. eta niri \zer? what about me?

2. \zer gerta ere whatever might happen | whatever should happen | whatever happens ; \zer ikus ere whatever might be seen

3. → zeren, zertan, zertarako, zertarik zenb. [ erak. ]

a. what; \zer liburu? what book?; \zer gauza nahi duzu? what thing do you want?

b. ( zeharkako gelderetan) ez dakit \zer nahi duten I don't know how much they want

2. (+ aditzera bukatu) ez dago \zer eginik there's nothing to do; ez dago \zer esanik there's nothing to be said | no comment; ez du \zer izuturik he's got nothing to be frightened of; \zer galdurik ez dute they've got nothing to lose

3. ( harridura)

a. \zer ondo! how nice!

b. ( zenbatzeko modukoa) what a; \zer gizona! what a man!

c. ( zenbatu ezinezkoa) what; \zer zorigaitza! what bad luck!

iz. [ -r- ]

a. reason; \zerik gabe without reason; beste \zerik barik for no reason whatsoever

b. eskerrik asko — ez dago \zerrik thank you — don't mention it | you're welcome

2. (Psik.) \zera the id

3. Lagunart.

a. ( p.) what's-his-name gizonezkoa., what-d'ye-call-him gizonezkoa., what's-her-name emakumezkoa., so-and-so, what's-his-face Lagunart. ; hi, \zera, arin etorri you, fellow, come quickly; atzo ikusi nian \zera... ahaztu zaidak haren izena! yesterday I saw what's-her-name...I've forgotten her name

b. ( izenondo gisan) gizon \zer bat some kind of a man

c. ( leku) \zerera joan dira they went to some place; \zereko \zerarekin ezkondu zen she married some guy from some place

4. Lagunart. ( gauza)

a. stuff, thing, something or the other, thingamajig, thingamabob (GB), watchamacallit Lagunart., what-d'ye-call-it Lagunart. ; \zer denik ere ez not a thing; \zer bat ikusi diat kalean I saw somethng or the other in the street; gero egurrezko \zer bat ekarri ziaten later they brought a wood {thing || what-d'ye-call-it || thingamajig}; larruzko \zer asko egiten ziaten they made a lot of leather {stuff || things}; lege honek eskatzen dituen \zerakin, eskubidea zeukak according to the stuff required by this law, he has the right

b. ( makina, tresna) thing, gizmo Lagunart.

c. \zereko \zera it ; \zereko \zera egiten zuten egongelan they were doing it in the living room

d. \zerak [ izen plurala ] stuff, things; bere \zerak hartu zituen eta alde egin he got his stuff and left

5. (irud.) \zer edo \zer something; ikus dezagun \zertarainoko indarra duen bihotzean let's see how strong his heart is

6. bai \zera I bet! | for sure!; ez dugu hori egin beharrik — bai \zera we don't have to do that — the hell we don't!; badakit kantari hori oso gogoko duzula — bai \zer! I know you like that singer a lot — yeah, right! (iron.)

to need; hara joan \behar izan dut I must go there

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[ du/ad. ]

1. to need; ez zaitut \behar izan I don't need you; zure laguntza \behar izan dut I need your help

2. (+ aditz)

a. to need; to have to, must (indartsuagoa); hori egin \behar izan dute i. they need to do that ii. (indartsuagoa) they have to do that | they must do that Oharra: ikus oharra must sarreran ; hori egin \behar izan izan zenuen you should have done that; hori egin \behar izan zenuen you had to do that; irratian entzun nuen lehengoan, euskaraz ongi hitz egiteko, "iritzi" esan \behar izan omen dela, eta tristura sartu zitzaidan, tristura eta beldur pixka bat the other day I heard on the radio that one is supposed to say "iritzi" in correct Basque and a feeling of sadness came over me, sadness and a little trepidation

b. ("nork" gabea) hori egin \behar izan da that has to be done ; hori egin \behar izan zen it had to be done

c. (+ izan, izango, izaten) hori egin \behar izan izan dute they have had to do that; hori egin \behar izan izan zuten they should have done that; hori egin {\behar izanko || \behar izan izango} dute they'll have to do that; hori egin \behar izan izaten dute they usually have to do that

d. (laster edo derrigorrez gertatzekoa) arkatz hau erabili \behar izan al duzu? are you going to use this pencil?; gizakiak garenez, hil \behar izan dugu as we are human, we {are going to || must} die ; bihar etorri \behar izan dute they are going to come tomorrow |they are to come tomorrow

e. (+ nuke, huke, luke, genuke, e.a.) hori egin \behar izan zenuke \\ luke \\ genuke you \\ (s)he \\ we should do that | you \\ (s)he \\ we ought to do that

[ du/ad.]

1. to want, wish (for); zein \nahi izan duzu? which one do you want? ; ez dut gehiagorik \nahi izan I don't want any more; zigarrorik \nahi izan al duzu? would you like a cigarette?; ezkon ezak seme \nahi izan duanean eta alaba ahal dagianean marry off your son when you want and your daughter when you can; \nahi izan duzun bezala as you wish | as you please; etorri \nahi izan duzunean come whenever you want ; \nahi izan eta behar dugu atsedena we want and need a break ; umeak zurekin \nahi izan du the baby wants you ; autoengatik zenbat \nahi izan dute? how much do they want for the car?; \nahi izan duenak \nahi izan duena esango du baina horrela da they can say whatever they want but that's how it is; hor dago nire arazoa: \nahi izan baina ezin therein lies my problem: I want to but can't; zer gehiago \nahi izan duzu? what more do you want?; ez da aski \nahi izan izatea wanting it is not enough; \nahi izan izatea ez da beti ahal izatea wanting to do it does not mean always being able to; edonor ia edonon bizi liteke, \nahi izan izan behar da anyone can live almost anywhere, it's a question of wanting to; nahi ez izatekoa da it's undesirable; Jainkoak hala \nahi izanrik God be willing; gaur jostailu hau \nahi izan du eta bihar beste horiek \nahi izanko ditu today he wants this toy and tomorrow he'll want those others

2. ( + aditza)

a. (+ era bukatua) etorri \\ joan \nahi izan dut I want to come \\ go; ikusi \\ egin \nahi izan dut I want to see \\ do it; eman \nahi izan dizut I want to give it to you; gizon horiek hil \nahi izan zaituzte those men want to kill you; Mongoliara joan \nahi izan nuen baina emazteak ez zuen \nahi izan I wanted to go to Mongolia but my wife didn't want to; hori egin \nahi izan izan dute they've wanted to do that; jakin \nahi izan nuke noiz etorriko diren I'd like to know when they're going to come; zurekin joan \nahi izan nuke I'd like to go with you

b. (+ era bukatu gabea) haiek egitea \nahi izan dut I want them to do it; haiek egitea \nahi izan nuen I wanted them to do it; haiek etortzea \nahi izan dut I want them to come; haiek etortzea \nahi izan nuen I wanted them to come; zer \nahi izan duzu (nik) egitea? what do you want me to do?; nola \nahi izan duzu milaka urteko historia 10 minutu eskasetan azaltzea? how do you expect me to explain a history that's thousands of years old in a measly 10 minutes?; haiek joatea \nahi izan nuke I'd like them to go; ez nuke \nahi izan, inola ere, ohitura hori galtzerik I wouldn't want, by any means, that tradition to become lost; hori egia dela sinestarazi \nahi izan digutenek beste zerbait esango lukete those who would have us believe that is true would say otherwise

c. (+ menpeko perpausa) zer \nahi izan duzu egin dezadan? formala. what will you have me do? | what do you want me to do? Oharra: ikus oharra want sarreran

3. ( zentzu absolutua)

a. ez dut \nahi izan! I won't!; baina ez zuten \nahi izan but they refused | but they were unwilling

b. ( ezkontzan) \nahi izan dut I will | I do; \nahi izan? — ez eskerrik asko want any? — no thanks; lagundu, ateak ez du ireki \nahi izan! help, the door won't open!

4. esan \nahi izan izan [ du/ad.] to mean, zer esan \nahi izan du hitz horrek? what does that word mean?; horrekin zer esan \nahi izan duzu? what do you mean by that?

zenb. [+1]

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) so much; \honenbeste ur daukagu we have so much water; \honenbeste gorroto diogu etsaiari we have such hatred for the enemy

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin) so many; gizon honek ez du \honenbeste gauza this man hasn't got so many things; \honenbeste liburu dut etxean I have so many books at home

3. ( izenik gabe) few; \honenbestek uste dugu hori hori egia dela so many of us think that is true

4. ( adb. gisan) so much; ez nuen uste liburu honek \honenbeste balio zuenik I didn't think this book was worth so much; guk ere egin genezake beste \honenbeste we could do another so many

[from ba- + ledin (if + that it might be)] part. if ; beraz, \baldin geure buruoz kontu onik eman nahi badugu, hori egin behar dugu thus if we wish to give a good account of ourselves, we have to do that; nahi \baldin baduzu, aurrera! if you want to, go ahead!; etortzen \baldin bada if he actually does come ; \baldin badator, \baldin eta badator if he's coming, that is if he is coming; \baldin eta soilik \baldin egia bada,... if and only if it is true,... ; \baldin bada eta ez \baldin bada just in case {he is || he does || e.a.} junt.

1. \baldin eta provided that; baduzu etortzerik \baldin eta lan guztia egiten baduzu you can come provided that you do all the work

2. \baldin baitere etorriko al da! may he come!; \baldin baitere ez al da eroriko! may he not fall! i nterj. \baldin bere! i. absolutely! | yes indeed! ii. most likely, probably so; ez \baldin bere! i. not in the least! ii. not very likely! | hardly!

iz.

a. word; esanak \esan whatever they say | let them say what they please; esanak \esan arren, eta nahi beste egin arren however much they say and however much they do; haren \esanak haizeak eroan zituen laster his words were gone with the wind ; \esan-eginak barkatu to forgive what one's said and done ; \esanari nagokio I stick to what I said; \esanetik irten to get out of what one's said

b. (+ -(e)an, -etan) ; Churchillen \esanetan in the words of Churchill | as Churchill would say | according to Churchill; alkatearen \esanean according to the mayor

c. i-en \esanetara according to sb

2. ( obedientzari d.)

a. mutil hori \esan onekoa da that boy is obedient; mutil hori \esan txarrekoa da that boy is disobedient; gurasoen \esanak bete to do what one's parents tell him | to obey one's parents

b. (+ -(e)an, -etan) zure \esanetan naukazu I'm at your command; agintariaren \esanean dagoen armada an army at the commander's command; dukearen \esanetan ari dira they're working at the behest of the duke

c. (+ - ra) nagusien \esanera egon beharko duzue you will have to obey your elders; etxeko mirabeak etxeko andrearen \esanetara zeuden the household servants answered to the lady of the house

3. (esa.) \esanak eder, eginak lander || \esana da eraz eta egina garratz (atsot.) there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip (atsot.) | talking is not the same as actually doing (atsot.) ; ez da zer \esanik there's nothing to be said; \esanaren \esanez, zuritu zuten Pello they talked Pello into it ad/irk.

1. ( oro.)

a. [ Nor Nori b.b. ] to say; hori egia dela \esan du he's said it's true; ezetz \esan to say no; nola esaten da "kaixo" albanieraz? how do you say "hello" in Albanian?; hori oso argi dago, eta garrantzitsuena jendaurrean esatea da, \esan egin behar da that's crystal clear and the most important thing to say it publically, it just has to be said; handiak \esan to say terrible things; esateko moduan i. as they say ii. ( hau da, alegia) that is to say; gotzainak badu zer \esana Aste Santuaz the bishop has something to say about Holy Week

b. [ Nor Nori Nork b.b. ] to tell; hori \esan zigun he told us that | he said that to us; isiltzeko esan diet \\ dizut I told them \\ you to shut up; joateko \esan nien \\ nion I told them \\ him to go

c. ( + dio, diozu, e.a.) zer diozu? what are you saying?; egia diotsut I'm telling you the truth

d. ( egia) to say, speak

e. ( gezurra) to tell

f. ( meza) to say

2. (esa.)

a. bere {barnean || artean || golkorako} \esan to say to o.s.; egingo dut horrenbeste aldiz esaten badidazu I'll do it if you insist berriro diotsut, utzi hori I must insist you stop it

b. ( \esan eta \esan) \esan eta \esan to insist; \esan eta esaten dut I if I've said it once, I'll say it again

c. ( esaerak, era bukatuarekin) ez dakit zer \esan I don't know what to say; \esan\\\esan beharrik ere needless to say; hori askoz hobea da, \esan beharrik ere that is much better, needless to say; \esan beharrik ez dago it goes without saying; zer \esanik ez needless to say egia \esan to tell the truth; \esan gabez by omission; \esan delako the so-called; Mongoliara joango zela \esan zidan. E\esan eta egin he said he'd go to Mongolia and that's what he did; \esan eta izan no sooner said than done; egia \esan to tell the truth ; ez da, egia \esan, guk nahi genuena it isn't exactly what we wanted | it isn't, to tell the truth, what we wanted

d. ( + nahi) \esan nahi izan ( du/ad.) to mean; horrekin zer \esan nahi duzu? what do you mean by that? ; zer \esan nahi du "nann trugarez" delakoak? what does "nann trugarez" mean?; \esan nahi baita that is to say Oharra: esan duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., gezurra esan aurkitzeko, bila ezazu gezur adieran

[from *e-iza-n] iz.

a. ( izatea) being, existence

b. reality; esana eta \izana what one says and what one does; \izanez i. by nature ii. really, truly

2. ( iragana) past

3. ( ondasuna) wealth; \izan handiak zituen he was very wealthy

4. \izan ere in fact, in effect ad/lag.

1. ( aditz iragangaitzetan)

a. [aditz era bukatuekin, orainaldia izanik] to have; etorri \\ joan \\ mintzatu naiz I have \\ come \\ gone \\ spoken; etorri dira they have come

b. [ beste aditz eretan ez da itzultzen ] etortzen da (s)he comes; mintzatzen dira they speak; etorri banintz if I had come

c. [Nor Nori] gustatzen zaigu we like it; gustatu zaigu we've liked it

2. ( aditz iragankorrekin)

a. [ aditz era bukatuekin, orainaldia izanik ] to have; ikusi \\ egin \\ bukatu dut I have seen \\ done \\ finished it; bukatu dute they have finished it

b. [ beste aditz eretan ez da itzultzen ] bukatzen du (s)he finishes it

c. [Nor Nori Nork] liburua ematen diot I give him the book | I give the book to him; liburua eman diot I've given him the book | I've given the book to him

3. ( pertsonagabeen laguntzaile gisa, askotan, ingelesez, pasiboa adierazten du) liburu asko saldu dira many books have been sold; nola egiten da marmitakoa? how is marmitako made?

a. ( jarduna buruturik dagoela adierazteko) nola ahaztu \izan naiz ni egia honetaz? how could I have forgotten about this truth?; erakunde hartan parte hartu \izana gezurtatu egin du Agirrek Agirre has denied having taken part in that organization

b. ( jardunak oraindik ere dirauela adierazteko) beti ibili \izan naiz I have always been getting about; adi ezazu Davidek adierazi \izan ziguna hear what David had to say to us

c. ( iteratiboa) askotan entzun \izan nituen haren ipuinak I would often listen to his stories

5. (esa.) direnak eta ez direnak | zirenak eta ez zirenak all kinds of things; direnak eta ez direnak agindu zizkidan he promised me the moon, the sun, and the stars; hi haiz izatekoa! you're something else! du/ad.

1. ( ukan) to have; hori \izan dute they've had that, hori \izango dute they'll have that; eguraldi ona \izan dugu we've had good weather

2. ( adinari buruz) to be; zazpi urte ditu (s)he's seven years old

a. ( nork beregan izan) to have; begi politak ditu she's got pretty eyes

b. ( nork beregan sentitu) to have; buruko mina dut I've got a headache

4. ( lotura bat adieraziz) to be; bera laguna dut he's my friend; autoa gorria dugu our car is red; Hugo aspaldiko ezaguna dut I've known Hugo for a long time da/ad.

a. to be; oso ona da it is very good

b. gose \\ egarri \\ beldur dira they are hungry \\ thirsty \\ afraid

2. ( inorena) inorena \izan to belong to sb; etxe hori Amaiarena da that house belongs to Amaia

3. ( jatorriari d.) to be, come; Mongoliakoa da (s)he {is || comes} from Mongolia; nongoa zara zu? where are you from? | where do you come from?

4. beldur \izan to be afraid; egarri \izan to be thirsty; gose \izan to be hungry

5. to exist, be

6. ( ordua adierazteko) to be; hirurak dira it's three o'clock

a. ( askotan Hegoaldean "egon" erabiltzen da bere ordez) to be; apaiza elizan da the priest is at church; Gure aitona ongi da my grandfather is fine

b. ( joan eta etorri) Erroman izan nintzen iaz I was in Rome last year

8. ( egon) there + be; etxe honetan euli asko dira there are many flies in this house

9. ( + -tzeko) bihar etortzekoa da he's to come tomorrow | he's coming tomorrow

10. ( bizi izan) to live, exist; naizeino maitatuko zaitut I'll love you as long as I live

iz.

a. count; \kontu zehatz exact count

b. ( kalkulua) reckoning, calculation

c. ( esa.) \kontuan eduki to take into account; \kontuan hartu to take into account | to bear in mind; hori \kontuan harturik bearing that in mind ; i-r \kontuan {ipini || jarri} to let sb know | to warn sb

2. Fin.

a. ( banketxeetakoa) account; aurrezki \kontua savings account; zorpeko \kontu overdraught; \kontua ireki current account; \kontu bat ireki to open up an account; \kontu bat itxi to close an account; \kontu korronte current account; \kontuan saldoak eduki to maintain a balance in the account; \kontu zordundu to debit the account

b. ( enpresa batean egiten dena) account

3. Fin.

a. ( bidalitakoa, e.a.) bill account, book; \kontu biko kontabilitate double bookke eping ; kobratu beharreko \kontu outstanding account

b. ( jatetxeari d.) bill; aizu, \kontua mesedez! waiter, the bill please!

4. ( arazoa) matter, business; ez da txantxetako \kontua it's no laughing matter; hori beste \kontua da that's a different matter; gure \kontuak zuzentzeko ordua heldu da the time's come to settle our scores; adin \kontua duk it's a matter of age

5. ( txostena) account, report; -(r)en \kontu(ak) eman to give an account (of); ez dio inori \kontua eman beharrik he's answerable to no one; horiez guztiez \kontu eman beharko dugu we'll have to give an account of all this

6. ( arreta, ardura)

a. attention, care ; mihiaz \kontu eduki! mind your tongue!; \kontu handia ipini behar dugu horretan! we've got to pay extra attention to that

b. bere \kontura lan egiten zuen he worked on his own; bere \kontuz egin zuen he did it by himself ; nire \kontura dago ume hori that child is under my care; mesedez, emaiozu Amaiari! — bai, hori nire \kontu! please give that to Amaia — all right, I'll take care of it

iz.

1. ( begiraldia) look, glimpse

2. visit; i-i \ikusi bat egin to call on sb du/ad.

1. ( oro.) to see; ikustera noa I'll go and see; \ikusi eta ikasi! look and learn!

a. ( zerbaiten ikusle izan) to watch; telebista \ikusi to watch television; estropadak \ikusi to watch boat races

b. ( lekukoa izan) to see; kaletik etortzen \ikusi nuen I saw her coming down the street; hori egiten sarritan \ikusi dut I've often seen it done; hori \ikusita daukat I've seen that ( already) ; ez du bakerik izango Euskal Herria aske \ikusi arte he won't rest until he sees the Basque Country free

3. (irud.) (ulertu) to see, get; ikusten? ez dute nahi! you see? they don't want to!; \ikusiko duzu! you'll see!

4. ( jasan) to see, go though; gorriak \ikusi ditugu we've had a rough time; asko ikusten du harrengatik she's been having a rough time a lot on account of her children

5. ( gorrotatu: + ezin) to stand, bear; ezin dute elkar \ikusi they can't stand each other; ezin zuen inor \ikusi he couldn't stand anybody

6. (irud.) ( ikertu) to see, look into, examine; \ikusiko dugu we'll see | we'll look into it ; ikus dezagun zer dioen txostenak let's see what the report says

7. ( bisitatu) to see, call on; bere ama ikustera joan zen he went and saw his mother

8. ( ohartu)

a. to see. look; nekatuta ikusten zaitut I see you're tired | you look tired

b. ( ohartu, konturatu) to see, realize

9. ( iritzi) to see, view; nola ikusten duzu zuk gaurko egoera? how do you {look at || see || view} the current situation?; ez dut hori begi onez ikusten she doesn't think much of that

10. ( gogoan hartu) to pay attention, pay heed to; zenbait gaztek ez dituzte \ikusi nahi gure ohitura zaharrak some young people don't care about our old customs

11. ( zer + \ikusi) guk ez dugu horrekin zer \ikusirik we have nothing to do with that; geuk ere badugu zer \ikusirik auzi horretan we too have something to do with that matter Oharra: ikusi duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., gorriak ikusi aurkitzeko, bila ezazu gorri adieran

iz. [cf. Iber. ar'ci, merely formal coincidence]

a. Fis. light; Izan bedi \argia. Eta \argia egin izan zen Let there be light. And there was light; e-r \argiari eman to expose sth to light; \argi ikuskor visible light; \argi polarizatu polarized light

b. [ izenen aurrean ] light-; \argi-intentsitate light intensity; \argi-izpi light ray; \argi-uhin light wave

2. ( beronen iturria) [K]

a. light; \argia {itzali || hil} to turn off the light; \argia piztu to turn on the light; autoaren atzeko \argiak the cars back lights

b. Aut. \argi keinukari i. turning signal (light) ii. flashing light; \argi labur dipped headlights; \argi luze high beam | brights; balazta-\argi brake light; egoera-\argi parking light

3. ( argialdi, argizkunde) [ mugagabe ]

a. light, illumination; suaren \argi the light of the fire; \argi bizi \\ ilun bright \\ dim light; \argi {urri || motel} faded light

b. (esa.) \argia aurten ikusi du it' s come out this year; \argitan jarri to uncover, reveal, bring to light

4. ( egun argia)

a. [ mugagabea ] daylight; egun \argitan in broad daylight; egun \argiz by light | in the daytime

b. ( egunsentia) daybreak; \argia {urratu || zabaldu || hasi} zuen when day broke; \argida, jaiki behar dugu it' s daybreak, we have to get up ; \argiak txirrist egin zuen day broke suddenly

c. [ izenen aurrean ] day-, morning-; \argi ezkila morning bell; \argi izar ( h.g. artizar) day star, morning star

d. (esa.) ez zuen \argi ikusi it never saw the light of day | it never appeared; \argitara eman to publish | to come out with

5. Ele. ( h.g. \argi-indar) power, electric power; \argi gabe gelditu to be left without power

6. ( ezaguerari d.)

a. understanding, enlightenment; \argi gutxiko da (s)he' s dense; Indiara joan zen, \argiaren bila he went to India in search of enlightenment; A\argiaren Mendea the Age of Enlightenment

b. (- tan, -tara) adierazpen horren \argitan in light of that explanation; gauzak zuk guri dioskuzunaren \argitara ikusiz, ez da harritzekoa in light of the things you' re telling us, it' s not surprising

7. ( agiri)

a. paper

b. proof; \argirik al duzu? do you have any proof?

8. ( ikusmena) seeing; \argia izango banintz if I had my sight io.

1. ( argi asko duena)

a. ( etxea, gela) well-lit

b. ( eguna) bright

c. ( eguzkia) bright, radiant, luminous

2. ( kolorea)

a. light; urdin \argia light blue

b. ( ur) clear, cristalline, unclouded

c. ( gardena) lucid, transparent

3. ( p.)

a. smart

b. agreeable, nice

c. ( argi-ikusle) clairvoyant

c. ( erdi moxkor, lore eginda) tipsy, happy Lagunart.

d. ( ospetsu) illustrious, distinguished; Jaun txit \argia distinguished Sir

4. (irud.)

a. ( egoera) clear; hori \argi dago that is clear

b. ( xedea, asmoa) clear, obvious

c. ( ustea, iritzia) well-defined, articulate, clear

d. ( azalpena) express, explicit, unreserved, candid

e. ( hizkera) clear, articulate, lucid

5. ( erne) aware ; \argi ibili to be on the look out ; \argi!, bestela erori egingo zara! watch out or else you' ll fall

a. ( metala) refined

b. ( harri) precious adb.

1. clearly, explicitly; \argi hitz egin to speak {plainly || bluntly}; hori \argi ikusi zuten they saw that clearly; e-r \argi utzi to make sth clear

2. ( kontuz) carefully; \argi ibili to tread carefully

[from *inar- (?) + eduki (have)] iz. fight, spat; ez min guziengatik atxeterretara, ez \iharduki orogatik auzitara (atsot.) don't make a mountain out of a molehill du/ad.

1. ( eztabaidatu, aharratu) to fight, argue, quarrel, squabble; elkarren artean \ihardukitzen zuten they {argued || quarreled || squabbled} among themselves; halakoek dihardukatenean ez da zuhurtzia haien artea sartzea when such people are quarreling no wisdom can be prevailed upon them; eta hasi ziren haren \ihardukitzen and they began to argue with him; hitzez ez dezan nehork iharduk so that no one will argue about words

2. ( mintzatu, solastu)

a. to talk, speak, discuss; ezkonduz gero ez du gehiago gazte lagunekin \ihardukitzen since she married she no longer talks to her childhood friends ; egun herriaren egoeraz \iharduki behar dugu today we must discuss the situation of the country; gizon prestuekin ez da deus ere galtzen nothing is lost by talking to righteous men; gizon hark zihardukan ebasle gaiztoen gain that man spoke out against wicked thieves

b. ( arazo batez solastu) to talk, converse, communicate; zerbait egitekoz \iharduki behar dugu we must talk about doing something ; bekatua eginez gero Jainkoarekin \iharduki behar da having committed sin you must communicate with God

3. ( jardun) to be busy doing, be at it; zertan dihardukazu hori? what are you up to there?

a. ( buru egin, gogor egin) [ dio ] to resist, oppose, dispute; Jainkoaren nahia ri \ihardukiz going against God's will; landare honek ederki \ihardukitzen dio gaitz horri this plant is very resistant to that disease

b. ( gudukatu) (- (r)ekin) ; to fight, battle, contend ; zeren berdinarekin \ihardukitzea arriskutsu da, handiagoarekin erokeria, eta txikiagoarekin itsusi eta desohore for it is risky to fight against your equal, insanity to fight against someone bigger, and unseemly and dishonorable to fight against someone smaller; orain hamar bekaturekin dihardukazu, gero ehunekin \iharduki beharko duzu now you're contending with ten sins and then you'll have to contend with a hundred

5. ( ihardetsi) to reply, answer, talk back; obedi dezagun \iharduki gabe let us obey without talking back; hor dago — \iharduki zuen mutikoak "there it is", answered the little boy

iz. single occasion; \behin batean i. once, one time, one day ii. (ipuina hasteko esamoldea) once upon a time; \behin batean Pernando Amezketarrak saldu nahi zuen bere astoa one day Pernado Amezketarra wanted to sell his donkey io. first; euskaren aldeko gudari berriak dira, lanean ari diren euskaldun \behinenak they are the new soldiers for Basque, the very first Basques who are striving for it adb.

1. (aldi bat) once; zenbat aldiz egin duzu hori? \emdash \behin how many times have you done that? \emdash once; \behin baino gehiagotan more than once; \behin betiko once and for all; \behin edo \behin i. (noizbait) sometime ii. (azkenean) finally iii. (behin betiko) once and for all ; \behin edo \behin bukatzeko to get it over with; \behin edo behintxotan on some rare occasion ; \behin eta berriro time and time again | over and over, repeatedly ; \behin eta berriz esan dudanez as I have said time and time again; noiz edo \behin | noizean \behin once in a while, every now and then; behinik \behin i. (behintzat) at least, in the very least ii. (noski) certainly

b. (denboraldiei b.) once; astean / urtean \behin once a week / year

c. (+ -z gero) \behin hori lortuz gero, gainerakoa erraz izango da once that is achieved, the rest will be easy

2. (inoiz) \behin ere ez never ever, not once, not even once; \behin ere huts egin gabe without ever once making a mistake

3. (behintzat, bederen) at least ; gaur \behin today at least

4. (lehenik) Lit. first, firstly junt. behin... behin whether... or; \behin ona \behin txarra whether it is good or bad | be it good or bad ; \behin batera \behin bestera one way or the other ; \behin batak \behin besteak izaten dugu we alternate (with it)

du/ad. [from ate (door) + -ra]

1. ( oro.)

a. to take out ( -tik: of) ; giltzak sakeletik \atera zituen he took the keys out of his pocket ; txakurra kanpora \atera zuen he took the dog outside

b. to get out, take out ( -tik: of) ; txanpona kaxatik \atera zuen she {took || got} the coin out of the box ; txanpona kaxatik \atera zuen she {took || got} the coin out of the box

c. ( tinko den zerbait, e.a. hortz) to pull out, draw out ( -tik: of)

d. ( begi) to take out, pluck out

e. ( p.) to take out ; paseatzera \atera to take sb out for a walk; i-r espetxetik \atera i. to get sb out of prison ii. ( ihes eginez) to spring sb from prison; harrika \atera dute herritik they' ll stone him out of town

f. Kim. to extract

g. ( arma) to draw ( -tik: from) ; ezpata \atera to draw one' s sword

h. Fin. ( bankutik) to withdraw ( -tik: from)

i. ( ezabatu) kendu, borratu

j. ( arnasa) to take ( -tik: from)

k. argitara \atera to expose to light

2. (irud.)

a. to get out ( -tik: of) ; datuak liburu askotatik \ateratakoak dira the information is gleaned from many books ; hitzik ere ez du \atera he didn' t {utter || say} a word; i-r bere onetik \atera to get on sb' s nerves; nondik \atera duzu ideia hori? where did you get that idea from?

3. ( zikindura, tinta gune, e.a.) to get out ( -tik: of), remove ( -tik: from)

4. ( soldadu, ordezkari) to withdraw

5. (Josk.) ( janzki) to let out

6. ( lortu)

a. to get; harena behar du beti \atera he' s always got to get his way ; pobreek nekez \ateratzen dute beren bizia the poor struggle to {get by || make ends meet}

b. ( dirua) to make, get

c. ( titulua, ikastagiria) to get, earn

7. ( gorputzatala) mingaina \atera to stick one' s tongue out; mingaina \atera zidan she stuck her tongue out at me

a. ( soluziobide) to reach, obtain, get

b. ( ondorioa) to draw; ondorioa \atera to draw conclusions |to reach a conclusion; hori \atera dezakegu ikusten dugunetik that we can infer from what we see

9. ( sortu)

a. ( produktu) to produce, make

b. ( modelu berri bat) to come out with

c. ( kanta, abesti) to make up, compose

d. ( moda berri bat) to create

e. Leg. to come out with; horren kontrako lege bat \atera zuten they came out with a law against that

a. ( argazkia) to take; argazki bat \atera nahi zigun he wanted to take a picture of us

b. ( kopia) to make, have made

11. ( bereganatu)

a. ( sari, loteria) to get, receive; horrela ez duzu ezer \aterako you won' t get anything that way; urtean enpresa honek 2.000.000 dolarretako mozkina \ateratzen du that company makes a profit of 2,000,000 dollars a year

a. ( bete) to keep, fulfill, comply with; emandako hitzak \atera behar dira promises must be kept

b. ( zorrak) to pay up, liquidate

c. ( bekatu) to atone for

13. ( frogatu) to prove, demonstrate; lana izango du bere errugabetasuna \ateratzeko it' ll be hard for him to prove his innocence | he' s got his work cut out to prove his innocence

14. ( albiste) to let it be known ; {hil dela || hil delakoa || hil delako } \atera dute word' s gone out that he' s died

15. Kir. ( pilota, baloi)

a. ( tenis) to serve

b. ( futbola) to throw in

a. ( hartu) \atera gehiago help yourself to some more

b. aizak, \atera beste hiru gorri waiter, we' ll have another three ros—s

17. (Pol.) to elect, have elected da/ad.

1. ( p.)

a. to come out, go out; kalera \atera ginen we went out; ez \atera ez egon zen she couldn' t make up her mind whether to go out or not; nondik \atera zara? where did you {come || pop up} from?; zinetik \ateratzean ikusi genuen {on leaving the cinema || when we were coming out of the cinema} we saw her; hemendik \ateratzean egingo dugu we' ll do it on the way out of here; etxetik gehiago \atera behar genuke we should get out of the house some more ; noiz \atera zen espetxetik? when did he get out of prison?

b. ( agertu) to appear, emerge

c. (irud.) bizirik \atera to survive, come out alive; istripuan soilik bera \atera zen bizirik only he survived the accident; larrialditik \atera to get out of a {jam || fix}; komatik \atera to emerge from a coma | to come out of a coma; ez da bere eleetatik \ateratzen he' s sticking to his {guns || story}; mahaiburuaren kargutik \ateratzekoa da aurten he' s giving up the chairmanship this year

2. ( gauzak b.b.)

a. ( oro.) to come out ( -tik: of) ; ura hemendik \ateratzen da water comes out here

b. ( ageri) to emerge, appear ; pikortak aurpegian \atera zitzaizkion pimples {broke out || appeared} on his face

c. ( landare) to appear, come up

d. ( aldizkari) to come out, appear

e. Astron. to rise, come up

f. ( eguzki) to come out, come up

g. ( kale, karrika) to lead ( -ra: to) ; kale hori enparantzara \ateratzen da that street leads to the square

h. ( etorri) to come out ( -tik: from), come ( -tik: from) ; ardoa mahatsetatik \ateratzen da wine comes from grapes

i. ( hortz) haurrari hortz bat \atera zaio the child cut a tooth

j. ( eraztun kendu, e.a.) to come off, slip off; eraztuna hatzetik \atera zait my ring has {slipped || come} off my finger; zapata \aterata daukazu your shoe' s {come || slipped} off

k. ( albiste) to come out ; berri hori atzoko egunkarian \atera zen that piece of news came out in the paper yesterday

l. (irud.) aurpegiari bozkarioa \atera zitzaion joy showed on her face

3. ( ondorio izan; suertatu)

a. to turn out; to be, prove, turn out to be ; ez zaio ongi \atera it didn' t work out for him very well; ehiztari \atera zen he turned out to be a hunter

b. ( arrakasta) to turn out; garaile \atera ziren they turned out to be the victor ; azterketa ondo \atera zitzaion he did well on the test |he aced the test (USA) Lagunart.

c. ( porrot egin) to come out; asmoa gaizki \atera zitzaien the scheme misfired | the plan went wrong on them

d. ( prezio) to cost; oso garestia \aterako zaizu this is going to cost you | this is going to run into a lot of money

a. ( p.) to leave, depart ( -tik: from) ; zortzietan hiritik \atera ziren they left the city at eight o' clock

b. ( autobusa, trena) to leave, depart ( -tik: from)

c. Naut. ( itsasontzia) to sail

5. i-kin \atera to go out with, date; 3 urte dira \ateratzen direla they have been going out for three years

6. ( bide) to lead ; nora \ateratzen da bide hau? where does this road lead to? ; Kale Nagusira \ateratzen da it leads to {Main Street (USA) || High Street (GB) }

7. ( esankizun) to come out; eta orain honekin \atera da and now he comes out with this; esan ba! — ez zait \ateratzen! say it! — I just can' t!

8. ( balkoi, leiho bat, e.a.) to jut out, project

a. Tek. to become disconnected

b. Trenb. trenbidetik \atera to leave the rails | to jump the track

10. ( jokoetan, e.a.)

a. ( xakejokoan) to have the first move

b. Kartak. to lead; batekoarekin \atera to lead with an ace

c. Kir. to start

11. Inform. to exit, quit

12. Antz. to come on, enter; harakin bezala jantzita \ateratzen da he comes on dressed as a butcher Oharra: atera duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila ezazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., argazkiak atera aurkitzeko, bila ezazu argazki sarreran

[from *iraitsi] du/ad.

1. ( oro.) to lower; ontzia osinera \jaitsi zuen she lowered the bucket into the well

b. ( goian zintzilikatuta dagoena) to let down, lower

c. ( maleta, balisa, etc.) to take down; maletak jaisten lagundu zidan i. ( apal batetik) he helped him get my suitcases down ii. ( behera eramateko) he helped me take my suitcases down; botila hauek sotora \jaitsi behar dira we have to take these bottles down to the basement

d. ( autoko leihoa) to roll down

2. ( p.)

a. ( eria, zaharra) to help down

b. ( autotik, e.a.) to help out ( e-tik: of)

c. ( gidatuz) to lead down

3. ( begia) to put down, lower, drop

b. ( burua) to bow, lower

4. ( prezioa) to lower, reduce

b. ( irratia, e.a.) to turn down

c. ( propanoa, e.a.) to turn down

d. ( ahotsa) to lower

e. ( kopurua) to lower, decrease

f. ( kalitatea) to lower

5. ( hartuz, eramanez)

a. to take down; \jaitsi botila hauek beheko dendara! take these bottles down to the shop below

b. to bring down; \jaitsi kaxa hori ganbaratik bring me the box down from the attic

c. get down; \jaitsi liburu hori apal horretatik get that book down from the shelf for me; nola \jaitsiko al dugu katu hori zuhaitzetik? how are we going to get the cat down out of the tree? da/ad.

1. to come down, go down, descend formala. ; ez naiz \jaitsiko bera ikustera I won't go down and see him; oraintxe \jaitsiko naiz zu ikustera I'll come down and see you right now; itxaron, oraintxe \jaitsiko naiz wait, I'll be right down

b. ( oinez) to walk down; eskaileratik \jaitsitiko naiz I'll walk down the stairs | I'll take the stairs

2. ( hegazkin txikitik, autotik) to get out (- tik: of) ; ez naiz jaisten, autoan geldituko naiz I'm not getting out, I'm staying in the car

b. ( autobusetik, hegazkin handitik, tren, bizikletatik, zaldi gainetik) to get off; hurrengoan \jaitsiko naiz I'm getting off at the next stop

c. ( zuhaitzetik) to get down; \jaitsi zuhaitz horretatik! get down out of that tree!

3. ( presioa, tenperatura, ur-maila) to drop, fall, go down; tenperaturak \jaitsi egingo dira bihar temperatures will be dropping tomorrow

b. (i tsasaldia) to go down, ebb, go out

c. Kir. (ekipoa) to go down, be relegated

d. ( prezioa) to fall, drop

e. ( kotizazioa) to drop

f. ( kalitatea, e.a.) to go down; produktuaren kalitatea asko \jaitsi da the quality of the product has deteriorated badly

4. (I) ( jaramon egin) to listen to, pay attention to; erranera jaisten ez bada... if he doesn't listen to what he's been told...

iz.

1. ( bizimodu erraza) ease, comfort; hori guztiarekin, badut \aise bizitzeko with all that I can live in comfort; ez da bere \aisean he doesn't feel {at ease || comfortable}

2. (esa.) nora haize, hara \aise (atsot.) it is ill striving against the stream (atsot.) io. easy, effortless; \aise izana, \aise galtzea easy come, easy go adb.

1. easily; hori da \aise egin litekeena that is what could easily be done; \aise erabiltzen den makina da it is an easy to operate machine; oso gutxi dira idazleak, beren liburuetatik \aise bizi direnak there are very few writers who live comfortably from their books; arazo hau \aiseago aztertzeko in order to examine this problem in a calmer manner; bere lanbidetik \aise bizi zen medikua the doctor made a comfortable living from his profession; \aise aurkituko duzu haren etxea you'll have no problem in finding his house; aisegi esaten dituzu horrelako gauzak you say such thngs with not much thought

2. ( erostasunez) splendidly, comfortably; \aise irabazia, \aise gastatzen (atsot.) soon gotten, soon spent (atsot.) ; \aise izana, \aise galtzen (atsot.) easy come, easy go

3. ( zalantzarik gabe) certainly, you bet, absolutely; berriro egingo dugu -- bai \aise! we'll do it again -- absolutely!

4. ( askoz) much, far; zu ere \aise gozoagoa zinen duela 20 urte you too were much sweeter 20 years ago

[from Lat. "vigiliare"] iz. look, glance; e-i \begiratu bat eman to have a look at sth; \begiratu batean at a mere glace; \begiratu zorrotz penetrating glace, sharp stare io.

1. (zuhur) prudent, wise, discerning

2. (erne) wary, alert, watchful, mindful, attentive, cagey

3. (diruari d.) thrifty, parsimonious, frugal

4. (L)

a. (kontuz dabilen) circumspect, reserved, cautious

b. (zintzo) honest, decent, upright du/ad.

1. (behatu, so egin)

a. to look (- (r)i: at) ; haren aurpegiari \begiratu nion I looked at his face; zeri begiratzen diozu? what are you looking at?; mendi aldera \begiratu zuen she looked towards the mountain

b. (aginteran delarik) begira zure ahizpari! look at your sister!

2. (irud.) [ dio ]

a. (izarrei d.) to observe, gaze ( -(r)i: at)

b. Fil. to contemplate, ponder

3. (aztertu)

a. to look into, delve into, examine; hizkuntzalariak hitzi \begiratu behar die, hitzei hitz diren aldetik linguists must examine words insofar as they are words

b. Inform. to check; "mezurik dagoen begiratzen" "checking mail"

4. (kontuan hartu) to consider; haintzat \begiratu to take into consideration; lapurtzat \begiratu zuten they looked upon him as a thief; anaiatzat eta arrebatzat jotzen dugu batak bestea, geure sorterriari \begiratu gabe we all look upon one another as brothers and sisters, regardless of the land we call home

a. (agindu) to follow, keep, obey; agindua erraz bazen ere, ez zuen \begiratu, hautsi egin zuen even though the commandment was simple, she did not keep it, she broke it

b. (legeak) to observe, comply with, conform to

6. (zaindu)

a. to look after, see to, take care of; seme-alaben onari \begiratu behar diozu you must see to the welfare of the children

b. (dirua) to take care of, manage; ongi begiratzen du bere dirua he manages his money very well

7. (babestu)

a. to protect (- tik: from) ; Harresi Handiak begiratzen zuen Txina mongoliarren erasoetatik the Great Wall protected China from Mongol attacks

b. (zaindu, jagon) to protect, watch over, preserve, conserve, maintain ; euskara \begiratu eta zaintzeko erakunde bat an organization to preserve and protect Basque

8. (galarazi, baztertu) to prevent, avert; \begiratu zuten hori ez gertatzetik they prevented that from happening; haiek Erregeren kontra jaikitzetik begiratzeko in order to prevent them from rising against the King

9. (gorde, mantendu)

a. (oro.) to keep, preserve, maintain, sustain

b. (etxea) to keep up, maintain da/ad. (L)

1. (saihestu) to refrain, desist (- tik: from) ; inori gaitz egitetik begiratzen zen he refrained from doing {evil || harm} to anyone

b. (ardo, jan-edanei d., e.a.) to abstain (- tik: from), forego ( -tik: —)

2. (aldendu, e.a.)

a. to keep away, stay away ( -tik: from ; i-gandik: from sb) ; begira zaitez harengandik stay away from him

b. (galbidetik) to avoid (- tik: —), eschew formala. (- tik: —), keep away ( -tik: from)

c. (arrisku, gauza txar bat) to avoid (- tik: —), eschew formala. (- tik: —), refrain (- tik: from) ; nagusia iraintzetik begira zaitez avoid insulting your boss

3. (B) ( iruditu) to figure, imagine; \begiratu zait I figured so