ez dut hori egingo

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.

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

il. [+1]

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin, bai eta izen pluralekin ere) such; \honelako gizonek ez dute ezertarako baliorik such men are absolutely worthless

b. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin baina soilik singularrean) such a; \honelako neskak ez luke hori egingo such a girl wouldn't do that

c. ( izenik gabe) \honelakoa nahi dut I want such one like this; ez dut \honelakorik ikusi I haven't seen such a thing; \honelakoak nahi dituzte they want ones like this

2. ( gehiago ez den zerbait adierazteko) like this; \honelako edo halako bizimodua hartu banu, izango nintzen zintzoa if I had lived a life like this or like that, I would have been good

1. ( kale egin) to miss; \huts egin egin zuen pilota eta tantoa galdu he missed the ball and lost the point; gutxiz \huts egin egin zuten they barely missed; tiroa \huts egin egin to miss one's shot

2. ( falta izan) to be missing, not be there; \huts egin egin dut hori I don't have that | I'm missing that; ardoak \huts egin egin digu we don't have any wine | we're out of wine; eskola \huts egin egin zuten they missed school

3. ( oker egin)

a. to be mistaken, make a mistake; \huts egin egin gabe flawlessly | without a hitch

b. ( bekatu) to commit an indiscretion; Aita, zeruaren kontrako \huts egin egin dut Father, I have committed a sin against heaven

a. ( etsimenean utzi) to let down; \huts egin egin digu he's let us down; ez \huts egin egin! don't let me down!

b. ez dio \huts egin egingo hitzari he won't go back on his promise; bihotzak \huts egin egin zion her heart failed

a. ( arma) to jam

b. ( motore) to stall

6. ( iraindu) [ dio ] to offend

[from Rom. "pensare"] du/ad.

1. ( oro.) to think; ez dakigu zer \pentsatu we don't know what to think; utzi pentsatzen! let me think!

2. ( aintzakotzat hartu, hausnartu)

a. to think, ponder, reflect, meditate; oraindik ez dakit baina \pentsatuko dut I don't know yet but I'll think about it; ongi \pentsatuta, ez dut uste hori egingo dutenik on second thought, I don't think they'll do it; asko \pentsatu eta gero, joatea erabaki zuen after much thought, he decided to go; zer \pentsatu handia eman to give (sb) a lot to think about | to give (sb) food for thought ; zer, ongi \pentsatu al duzu? well, have you thought {it through || about it carefully}? | well, have you given it careful thought?

b. bada zertan pentsa there's something to think about; heriotzan behar dugu \pentsatu eta hartara prestatu we should think about death and prepare ourselves for it

c. ( -z) zertaz pentsatzen duzu? i. ( normalean) what do you think about? ii. ( oraintxe bertan) what are you thinking about?

3. ( halako iritzia duena) to think, hold an opinion; bada, bai, bestela pentsatzen duenik there are indeed those who think differently

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

adb.

1. ( ezezkoan) by no means, in any way; hori ez da \inondik ere gure arazorik larriena that is by no means our greatest problem; ez zaitut \inondik iraindu nahi I don't want to offend you in any way; ez dut uste, \inondik ere, hori benetan gertatu zenik I don't believe one bit that really happened

2. ( baiezkoan)

a. gizon hori oso gaiztoa da \inondik ere that man was {certainly || positively} evil ; \inondik ere gizon hau Jainkoaren semea zen this man was surely the son of God

b. ( nolabait) somehow; neure ametsari eutsiko diot \inondik I'll somehow hold on to my dream

a. \inondik inora i. ( ezezkoan: inola ere) at all; ez zuten \inondik inora nahi they didn't want it at all; \inondik inora ezin dut ulertu I can't understand it at all | I can't make heads or tails of it

b. ( nolabait) \inondik inora ahal badut, egingo dut if there's any way I can, I'll do it

iz.

1. ( eskatzea)

a. request; bere aitaren \arrenez at the request of his father | at his father' s request

b. insistence; \arren {bai || eta} \arren eskatu to beg and beg

a. imprecation, cursing

b. [ izenen aurrean ] \arren hitzak curse words

3. (B) ( erromeskeria) penury, impoverishment, beggardom, poverty; \arrenean bizi izan to live in poverty interj.

1. formala. please, I pray formala. ; entzun, \arren, nire hitzak please listen to what I' m saying; entzun, \arren, nire eskaria please hear my plea ; zergatik, \arren, ez duzue hori egiten why, I pray, do you do that? ; ez \arren! please do not!

2. ( beraz) thus, hence, accordingly, wherefore formala. Zah. ; hemen dago, \arren, bestea accordingly, here is the other one

3. (B) ( baieztapena indartzeko) egingo dut \arren I will do it

junt.

1. ( nahiz eta)

a. although, though, even though; nik esan (dudan) \arren although I have said it; gaztea izan \arren though young; azkar ibili (zen) \arren, beranduegi etorri zen even though he went fast, he was still late

b. ( aditza kenduta) asto (izan) \arren, egingo luke as dumb as he might be, he' d do it; etxean ez \arren arren although not at home

c. nik erein \arren artoa soroan however much corn I might grow in the field

2. formala. \arren eta so that; mezua bidali zion \arren eta etor zedin she sent him the message so that he might come formala. | she sent him the message so he' d come

[from *berste from *berzte from bertze] io.

a. other; \beste gizona the other man; \beste gizon handi hura that other big man; \beste liburu guztiak all the other books

b. (+ bat) \beste bat another; \beste bat nahi dut I want another one; \beste tarta handi bat another large pie; \beste herri ingeles batean in another English town; \beste tarta handi bat another large pie; \beste herri ingeles batean in another English town; \beste bat! \beste bat! encore! encore!

2. (+ izo.)

a. else; \beste nonbait \\norbait \\ zerbait somewhere \\ someone \\ something else

b. \beste horrenbeste \\ hainbeste another so many

3. (izenordaina gisa) other; \bestek esan beza zein den hobea let others say which is better: \besterena da it's somebody else's

4. (esa.)

a. (+ -rik) hil zituzten, \besterik ez they just killed them; "B\besterik gabe, agur t'erdi" "Yours Truly"; \besterik gabe har gure agurrik beroena please accept our kindest regards; \besterik ezean for want of anything else; hori \besterik ez da it's {just || only} that | it's that and nothing else

b. (io. mugatu baten ondoren) alfer \bestea! nothing but a loafer!

c. eta \besteak and others, et al. umorezko erabilera. ; badakit Erregina eta \beste horretaz mintzatuak direla I know the Queen and others have talked about that izo. other; \bestea nahi dut I want the other one post. [-z] (salbu, ezik) except; Amaiaz \beste inor ez da etorri nobody came except Amaia zen. as much as; zuk \beste diru dut I have as much money as you {do || have}; egingo nuke edonori ziria sartzeko \beste badakiela I'd bet he knows enough to fool anyone; esanak esan arren, eta nahi \beste egin arren however much they say and however much they do

adb. \ezik ezenean ere, 300 euro balio du makina horrek however little it might be, that machine is worth 300 euros post.

1. ( kenduta, salbu) except, except for, save for; mundu guztiak egin du, zuk izan \ezik everyone's done it except you

2. ( gabe, barik) without; diru \ezik nago I'm broke; aspaldion bere \ezik dagoz herrikoak the townspeople have been without him for a while

3. ( besterik) but; norengana joko dut, zuregana izan \ezik? who will I turn to if not to you?

4. ( baino) than; lehen gehiago egiten zen \ezik orain before more was done than now junt.

1. honela izan \ezik should this not be the case | if not so; gertatutakoa esan \ezik, ez harritu should (s)he not tell about what happened, don't be surprised

2. ( nahiz eta) beti \ezik ere, hori sarritan egiten nuen although not always, I would often do that; bertutez \ezik, nahi eta nahi ez egingo dut if not out of virtue, I'll do it out of necessity

3. ( gabe) without; bere seme ikusi \ezik hil zen he died without seeing his son; nahi \ezik unwillingly; Errege zela jakin \ezik without knowing he was the King

iz.

1. ( iritzi, aburu) opinion, view, belief; hori da jendearen \ustea that's public opinion; zer da zure \ustea? what is your opinion?; \uste txarrean daukat I don't think much of him; bat dut \ustea alderki horrek hauteskundeak irabaziko dituela I am of the opinion that that party will win the elections; ene \ustearen arabera as I look at it; nire \ustez egia da in my opinion it's true \uste {bereko || berdineko || bateko} izan to be of the same opinion \uste hutsal groundless opinion; \uste oker mistaken opinion

2. ( konfidantza) trust, confidence; \uste {osoa || betea} full confidence; hala ere, izan dezagun \uste osoa gure buruzagiarengan nevertheless let us trust our leader; \uste oneko trustworthy; Jaunarengan \uste on du he trusts in the Lord; ez dut \usterik gizonengan I trust no man; \uste osarekin fully trusting; \uste osoan naiz egingo duzuela I am fully confident that you will do it

3. ( itxaropena)

a. hope; \ustearen aurka \uste izanik hoping against hope; \uste izpirik ez dute they don't have any hope; \uste hutsal vain hope

b. \usterik gutxien denan when you least expect it; \uste barik unexpectedly

4. ( asmoa) motive; \uste bikoitzaz with an ulterior motive; \uste eginarekin on purpose

5. ( ideia, burutapena) idea, notion \uste garbi clear idea; ez eta \ustez ere not even in my thoughts; horiek etxerako \usterik ez daukate; horiek lotara orduko, hamaikak bai they've got no intention of going home; by the time they go to bed it will be eleven

6. ( xedea) purpose; \ustea gauza bat, eta aurrera eroatea beste bat purpose is one thing, progress is another