ez nuke 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. ( zoriontsu) happy, content; \pozik dago he's happy; \pozik egingo nuke hori I'd love to do that; \pozik joan ziren they went away {happy || satisfied}

2. satisfied; ez nago \pozik zure lanarekin I'm not satisfied with your work; Freedoniako herritarren %75 pozik daude gure alderdiak gobernuan dagoenik egindako lanaz 75% of the population of Freedonia is satisfied with what our party has already done in the government

[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

[ du/ad.]

a. to be able to; hori egin \ahal izan izateko in order to be able to do that; \ahal izan banu, egingo nuke if I could, I would do it; \ahal izan badu, etorriko da if he can, he'll come; \ahal izan badeza, etorriko da Liter. Zah. if he is able, he will come

b. (I) (NG) Liter. (+ -(t)zen) egiten \ahal izan da he can do it; ez du egiten \ahal izan he can't do it

c. (H) ( + bukatua) egin \ahal izan du, ikusten? he can do it, you see?; hori egin \ahal izan izango du he'll be able to do that

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[ da/ad.]

a. to be able to; lehenago etorri \ahal izan izateko in order to be able to come earlier; \ahal izan bada if possible; \ahal izan den {neurrian || heinean || tamainan} as much as one can | as much as possible | to the extent one can ; \ahal izan (den) bezainbat | \ahal izan {adina || beste} as much as {can be || possible}; \ahal izan (den) garbia as pure as {can be || possible}

b. (I) (NG) Liter. (+ -(t)zen) etortzen \ahal izan da he can come; ez da etortzen \ahal izan he can't come

c. (H) ( + bukatua) etorri \ahal izan da he can come; bihar etorri \ahal izan izango da he'll be able to come tomorrow

[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

iz.

1. ( p.)

a. \kontrakoa izan to be opposed; aldaketen \kontrakoa da he's opposed to change; guztiz \kontrakoa naiz I'm totally opposed to it

b. ( lehiakidea) competitor, opponent

c. ( etsaia) adversary, enemy, foe, antagonist

2. ( erantzuna)

a. backlash, reaction; \kontrakoa hartu to go on the offensive

b. \kontrakoari ekin to maintain an opposite opinion | to take an opposite view

3. ( alderantzizkoa) opposite, antithesis formala. ; \kontrakoa egingo nuke I'd do the opposite il.

a. ( kontra dagoena) against t; Espiritu Santuaren \kontrako bekatuak sins against the Holy Spirit ; demokraziaren \kontrako etsairik amorratuena the most vehement foe of democracy; hori egitearen \kontrakoa naiz I'm against doing that ; elkarren \kontrakoak dira they're against each other | they're mutually antagonistic

b. \kontrako aldetik from the opposite side; \kontrako indarrak opposing forces ; \kontrako iritziak dituzte they have {contradictory || contrary || opposing} opinions

c. Kir. opposing; \kontrako talde the opposing side

2. anti-; indarkeriaren \kontrako taldeak anti-violence groups; juduen \kontrako liburuak {anti-Jewish || anti-Semitic} books; ; gobernuaren \kontrako gorrotoa handiu zen hate for the government increased

3. counter; \kontrako eraso counterattack; \kontrako neurriak hartuko dituzte they'll take counter-measures; \kontrako manifestaldi counter demonstration

4. Anat. \kontrako eztarri esphagus; janari puxketa bat \kontrako eztarritik joan zaio a little piece of meat went down the wrong way

5. ( kaltegarria) contrary, counter to; herriaren interesen \kontrakoa da it is {contrary || counter} to the country's interests

6. Met. head-; \kontrako haize headwind

7. \kontrako giltza skeleton key

[from lar (excess) + i] iz.

1. ( larritasuna) anguish, anxiety, distress consternation; zuzendari ikusi beharrak ematen zion \larria having to see the director distressed him; \larri bizian zegoen he was in great anguish; oi nire \larria! oh what anguish

a. \larriak [ izen plurala ] beldurrak eta \larriak fears and anxieties

b. xehe eta \larriak the great and the small

c. \larriak bota to throw up

3. fragment, chunk; harri \larri bat a {piece || chunk} of stone

4. \larrian saldu to wholesale io.

1. ( handia)

a. ( handia, handigaitza) great, immense; kezka \larriak sortu ditu it's caused great concern; gizon \larri bat a huge man ; haurrak eta jende \larria children and grownup people

b. ( letra) capital, big; letra \larriak eta xeheak capital and small letters ; letra \larriz idatzita printed out | written in block letters

c. ( bekatua, hobena) mortal

d. ( gatza, e.a.) coarse

e. ( errua, hutsa) serious, grave

f. ( haurdun) \larri dago she's about due

a. critical, grave, acute, momentous; gertakaririk \larriena the most critical event; une \larrietan in critical moments; heriotzako ordu \larrian at the momentous hour of death; euskararen egoera \larria the critical situation of Basque

b. ( garrantzi handikoa) considerable, great; kalte \larriak egin zituen it caused {considerable || great || tremendous} damage; kalte \larriak egin zituen it caused {considerable || great || tremendous} damage; bada beste arrisku are \larriagorik there's another even greater risk

3. ( estua, kezka bizia sortzen duena)

a. hard, tough, difficult; biziera \larri hard life

b. distressed, grieved, troubled, perturbed; izerdi \larri nervous sweat

c. ( ezinegon) anxious, restless

d. ( beldurti) fearful, alarmed

a. ( latza) rough; zolu \larri rough floor

b. ( gogorra) tough, hard; hitz \larriz manatuko duzu you'll keep him in his place by talking tough

5. ( harroa) smug, proud

6. ( esa.) \larriak bota to throw up, barf Argot. adb.

1. anxiously; semeaz \larri dago he's distressed over his son; zer gertatu zaizu horren \larri egoteko what's happened to you for you to be so distressed?; \larri(rik) nago nola egingo dudan I'm anguishing over how I'm going to do it; zorrez josita, \larri zebilen burdened by debt, he was {distressed || anxious}; nire bihotz triste eta \larri dago my heart is sorrowful and troubled; \larri eta ito beharrean egon to be absolutely fed up | to be sick and tired of it

2. Aita \larri dago, ez du luzaroan iraungo Father is seriously ill, he won't last long

3. (esa.) \larri ibili I bet (s)he does; j asoko ote du Perurenak harri hori? — ba, baietz esango nuke, oraingoan \larri ibili! will Perurena be able to lift that stone? — well, I'd say he will, I bet he does this time!