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I [ forma debole davanti a consonante tə] [ davanti a vocale tʊ] [, forma forte tuː]
particella infinitiva

1) (expressing purpose) per

to do sth. to impress sb. — fare qcs. per impressionare qcn

2) (linking consecutive acts)

he looked up to see... — guardò in su e vide

3) (after superlatives) a

the youngest to do — il più giovane a fare

4) (avoiding repetition of verb)

"did you go?" - "no I promised not to" — "sei andato?" - "no, ho promesso di no o di non farlo"

"are you staying?" - "I'd like to but..." — "resti?" - "vorrei ma..."

5) (following impersonal verb)

it is difficult to do sth. — è difficile fare qcs

6) (expressing wish)

oh to be able to stay in bed! — scherz. che bello se potessi restare a letto!
II [ forma debole davanti a consonante tə] [ davanti a vocale tʊ] [, forma forte tuː]
preposizione

1) (in direction of) a [shops, school etc.]; (with purpose of visiting) da [doctor's, dentist's etc.]

she's gone to Mary's — è andata da Mary

to Paris — a Parigi

to Spain — in Spagna

to town — in città

the road to the village — la strada per il paese

trains to and from — i treni per e da [ place]

2) (facing towards) verso

turned to the wall — girato verso il muro

with his back to them — con le spalle rivolte verso di loro, volgendo loro le spalle

3) (against) contro

holding the letter to his chest — stringendosi la lettera al petto

back to back — schiena contro schiena

4) (up to) fino a

to the end, this day — fino alla fine, fino a oggi

50 to 60 people — dalle 50 alle 60 persone, fra le 50 e le 60 persone

in five to ten minutes — fra cinque-dieci minuti, fra i cinque e i dieci minuti

5) (used as dative) [give, offer] a

give the book to Sophie — dai il libro a Sophie

6) (in attitude to)

be nice to your brother — sii gentile o fai il bravo con tuo fratello

7) (in the opinion of)

to me it's just a minor problem — per me, non è che un problema secondario

8) (in toasts, dedications) a

to prosperity — alla prosperità; (on tombstone)

to our dear mother — alla nostra cara mamma

9) (in accordance with)

is it to your taste? — è di tuo gusto?

to dance to the music — ballare a ritmo o tempo di musica

10) (in relationships, comparisons)

to win by three goals to two — vincere per tre gol a due

perpendicular to the ground — perpendicolare al terreno

next door to the school — di fianco alla scuola

11) (showing accuracy)

three weeks to the day — tre settimane giuste

to scale — in scala

to time — tempestivamente, a tempo (debito)

12) (showing reason)

to invite sb. to dinner — invitare qcn. a cena

to this end — con o per questo fine

13) (belonging to) di

the key to the safe — la chiave della cassaforte

a room to myself — una stanza tutta per me

there's no sense to it — non ha alcun senso

14) (on to) [ tied] a; [ pinned] a [noticeboard etc.]; su [lapel, dress etc.]

15) (showing reaction) con

to his (great) surprise — con sua (grande) sorpresa

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that's all there is to it — (it's easy) è tutto qua; (not for further discussion) è tutto quello che c'è da dire

there's nothing to it — non c'è niente di difficile

what's it to you? — colloq. che cosa te ne importa?
III [tuː]
avverbio colloq. (closed)

to push the door to — chiudere la porta

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1. [tə,tu] preposition
1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) verso, in, a

2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) a

3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) fino a

4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) a

5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) a, per

6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) in

7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) a

8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) in, con

9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) di, per

10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) usato in sostituzione di un verbo sottinteso all'infinito)
2. [tu:] adverb
1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) chiuso

2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) rinvenire; cominciare

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I [ forma debole davanti a consonante tə] [ davanti a vocale tʊ] [, forma forte tuː]
particella infinitiva

1) (expressing purpose) per

to do sth. to impress sb. — fare qcs. per impressionare qcn

2) (linking consecutive acts)

he looked up to see... — guardò in su e vide

3) (after superlatives) a

the youngest to do — il più giovane a fare

4) (avoiding repetition of verb)

"did you go?" - "no I promised not to" — "sei andato?" - "no, ho promesso di no o di non farlo"

"are you staying?" - "I'd like to but..." — "resti?" - "vorrei ma..."

5) (following impersonal verb)

it is difficult to do sth. — è difficile fare qcs

6) (expressing wish)

oh to be able to stay in bed! — scherz. che bello se potessi restare a letto!
II [ forma debole davanti a consonante tə] [ davanti a vocale tʊ] [, forma forte tuː]
preposizione

1) (in direction of) a [shops, school etc.]; (with purpose of visiting) da [doctor's, dentist's etc.]

she's gone to Mary's — è andata da Mary

to Paris — a Parigi

to Spain — in Spagna

to town — in città

the road to the village — la strada per il paese

trains to and from — i treni per e da [ place]

2) (facing towards) verso

turned to the wall — girato verso il muro

with his back to them — con le spalle rivolte verso di loro, volgendo loro le spalle

3) (against) contro

holding the letter to his chest — stringendosi la lettera al petto

back to back — schiena contro schiena

4) (up to) fino a

to the end, this day — fino alla fine, fino a oggi

50 to 60 people — dalle 50 alle 60 persone, fra le 50 e le 60 persone

in five to ten minutes — fra cinque-dieci minuti, fra i cinque e i dieci minuti

5) (used as dative) [give, offer] a

give the book to Sophie — dai il libro a Sophie

6) (in attitude to)

be nice to your brother — sii gentile o fai il bravo con tuo fratello

7) (in the opinion of)

to me it's just a minor problem — per me, non è che un problema secondario

8) (in toasts, dedications) a

to prosperity — alla prosperità; (on tombstone)

to our dear mother — alla nostra cara mamma

9) (in accordance with)

is it to your taste? — è di tuo gusto?

to dance to the music — ballare a ritmo o tempo di musica

10) (in relationships, comparisons)

to win by three goals to two — vincere per tre gol a due

perpendicular to the ground — perpendicolare al terreno

next door to the school — di fianco alla scuola

11) (showing accuracy)

three weeks to the day — tre settimane giuste

to scale — in scala

to time — tempestivamente, a tempo (debito)

12) (showing reason)

to invite sb. to dinner — invitare qcn. a cena

to this end — con o per questo fine

13) (belonging to) di

the key to the safe — la chiave della cassaforte

a room to myself — una stanza tutta per me

there's no sense to it — non ha alcun senso

14) (on to) [ tied] a; [ pinned] a [noticeboard etc.]; su [lapel, dress etc.]

15) (showing reaction) con

to his (great) surprise — con sua (grande) sorpresa

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that's all there is to it — (it's easy) è tutto qua; (not for further discussion) è tutto quello che c'è da dire

there's nothing to it — non c'è niente di difficile

what's it to you? — colloq. che cosa te ne importa?
III [tuː]
avverbio colloq. (closed)

to push the door to — chiudere la porta

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to [tu:, tə]

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1. preposition

2. adverb

3. compounds

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► When to is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg apply to, set to, look up the verb. When to is part of a set combination, eg nice to, of help to, look up the adjective or noun.

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   a. (direction, movement) à

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► à + le = au, à + les = aux.

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• he went to the door il est allé à la porte

• to go to school aller à l'école

• we're going to the cinema on va au cinéma

• she's gone to the toilet elle est allée aux toilettes

• to go to town aller en ville

► to it ( = there) y

• I liked the exhibition, I went to it twice j'ai aimé l'exposition, j'y suis allé deux fois

   b. ( = towards) vers

• he turned to me il s'est tourné vers moi

   c. (home, workplace) chez

• let's go to Christine's (house) si on allait chez Christine ?

• we're going to my parents' for Christmas nous allons passer Noël chez mes parents

• to go to the doctor('s) aller chez le médecin

   d. (with geographical names)

► to + feminine country/area en

• to England/France en Angleterre/France

• to Brittany/Provence en Bretagne/Provence

• to Sicily/Crete en Sicile/Crète

• to Louisiana/Virginia en Louisiane/Virginie

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► en is also used with masculine countries beginning with a vowel.

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• to Iran/Israel en Iran/Israël

► to + masculine country/area au

• to Japan/Kuwait au Japon/Koweït

• to the Sahara/Kashmir au Sahara/Cachemire► to + plural country/group of islands aux

• to the United States/the West Indies aux États-Unis/Antilles► to + town/island without article à

• to London/Lyons à Londres/Lyon

• to Cuba/Malta à Cuba/Malte

• is this the road to Newcastle? est-ce que c'est la route de Newcastle ?

• it is 90km to Paris ( = from here to) nous sommes à 90 km de Paris ; ( = from there to) c'est à 90 km de Paris

• planes to Heathrow les vols mpl à destination de Heathrow► to + masculine state/region/county dans

• to Texas/Ontario dans le Texas/l'Ontario

• to Sussex/Yorkshire dans le Sussex/le Yorkshire

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► dans is also used with many départements.

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• to the Drôme/the Var dans la Drôme/le Var

   e. ( = up to) jusqu'à

• to count to 20 compter jusqu'à 20

• I didn't stay to the end je ne suis pas resté jusqu'à la fin

• from Monday to Friday du lundi au vendredi

• there were 50 to 60 people il y avait entre 50 et 60 personnes

   f. ► to + person (indirect object) à

• to give sth to sb donner qch à qn

• we have spoken to the children about it nous en avons parlé aux enfants

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► When a relative clause ends with to, a different word order is required in French.

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• the man I sold it to l'homme à qui je l'ai vendu

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► When translating to + pronoun, look up the pronoun. The translation depends on whether it is stressed or unstressed.

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• he was speaking to me il me parlait

• he was speaking to ME c'est à moi qu'il parlait

   g. (in time phrases) 20 to two deux heures moins 20

   h. (in ratios) he got a big majority (twenty votes to seven) il a été élu à une large majorité (vingt voix contre sept)

• they won by four (goals) to two ils ont gagné quatre (buts) à deux

• three men to a cell trois hommes par cellule

• two euros to the dollar deux euros pour un dollar

   i. ( = concerning) that's all there is to it ( = it's easy) ce n'est pas plus difficile que ça

• you're not going, and that's all there is to it ( = that's definite) tu n'iras pas, un point c'est tout

   j. ( = of) de

• the key to the front door la clé de la porte d'entrée

• he has been a good friend to us il a été vraiment très gentil avec nous

   k. (infinitive) to be être

• to eat manger

• they didn't want to go ils ne voulaient pas y aller

• she refused to listen elle n'a pas voulu écouter

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► A preposition may be required with the French infinitive, depending on what precedes it: look up the verb or adjective.

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• he refused to help me il a refusé de m'aider

• we're ready to go nous sommes prêts à partir

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► The French verb may take a clause, rather than the infinitive.

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• he was expecting me to help him il s'attendait à ce que je l'aide

   l. (infinitive expressing purpose) pour

• well, to sum up... alors, pour résumer...

• we are writing to inform you... nous vous écrivons pour vous informer que...

   m. (to avoid repetition of verb)

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► to is not translated when it stands for the infinitive.

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• he'd like me to come, but I don't want to il voudrait que je vienne mais je ne veux pas

• yes, I'd love to oui, volontiers

• I didn't mean to je ne l'ai pas fait exprès

2. adverb

( = shut) to push the door to pousser la porte

3. compounds

► - to-be adjective (in compounds) futur

• husband-to-be futur mari m ► to-do (inf) noun

(plural to-dos)

• he made a great to-do about lending me the car il a fait toute une histoire pour me prêter la voiture ► to-ing and fro-ing noun allées et venues fpl

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1. [tə], devant une voyelle [tʊ, tuː], emphatique [tuː]
infinitive particle

1) ( expressing purpose) pour

to do something to impress one's friends — faire quelque chose pour impressionner ses amis

2) ( linking consecutive acts)

he looked up to see... — en levant les yeux, il a vu...

3) ( after superlatives) à

the youngest to do — le or la plus jeune à faire

4) ( avoiding repetition of verb)

‘did you go?’ - ‘no I promised not to’ — ‘tu y es allé?’ - ‘non j'avais promis de ne pas le faire’

‘are you staying? ’ - ‘I want to but...’ — ‘tu restes?’ - ‘j'aimerais bien mais...’

5) ( following impersonal verb)

it is difficult to do something — il est difficile de faire quelque chose; ( expressing wish)

oh to be able to stay in bed! — hum ô pouvoir rester au lit!
2.
preposition

1) ( in direction of) à [shops, school]; ( with purpose of visiting) chez [doctor's, dentist's]; ( towards) vers

she's gone to Mary's — elle est partie chez Mary

to Paris — à Paris

to Spain — en Espagne

to town — en ville

the road to the village — la route qui mène au village

trains to and from — les trains à destination et en provenance de [place]

turned to the wall — tourné vers le mur

with his back to them — en leur tournant le dos

holding the letter to his chest — tenant la lettre contre sa poitrine

2) ( up to) jusqu'à

to the end/this day — jusqu'à la fin/ce jour

50 to 60 people — entre 50 et 60 personnes

in five to ten minutes — d'ici cinq à dix minutes

3) ( in telling time)

ten (minutes) to three — trois heures moins dix

it's five to — il est moins cinq

4) ( introducing direct or indirect object) [give, offer] à

give the book to Sophie — donne le livre à Sophie

be nice to your brother — sois gentil avec ton frère

to me/my daughter it's just a minor problem — pour moi/ma fille ce n'est qu'un problème mineur

5) (in toasts, dedications) à

to prosperity — à la prospérité; ( on tombstone)

to our dear son — à notre cher fils

6) ( in accordance with)

is it to your taste? — c'est à ton goût?

to dance to the music — danser sur la musique

7) (in relationships, comparisons)

to win by three goals to two — gagner par trois buts à deux

perpendicular to the ground — perpendiculaire au sol

next door to the school — à côté de l'école

8) ( showing accuracy)

three weeks to the day — trois semaines jour pour jour

to scale — à l'échelle

to time — à l'heure

9) ( showing reason)

to invite somebody to dinner — inviter quelqu'un à dîner

to this end — à cette fin

10) ( belonging to) de

the key to the safe — la clé du coffre

a room to myself — une chambre pour moi tout seul

personal assistant to the director — assistant/-e m/f du directeur

there's no sense to it — ça n'a aucun sens

11) ( on to) [tied] à; [pinned] à [noticeboard etc]; sur [lapel, dress]

12) ( showing reaction) à

to his surprise/dismay — à sa grande surprise/consternation
3. [tuː]
adverb (colloq) ( closed) fermé

to push the door to — fermer la porte

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that's all there is to it — ( it's easy) c'est aussi simple que ça; ( not for further discussion) un point c'est tout

there's nothing to it — ce n'est pas compliqué

what a to-do! — (colloq) quelle histoire! (colloq)

what's it to you? — (colloq) qu'est-ce que ça peut te faire?

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to ⇒ Usage note: to, before a vowel,, emphat. ⇒ The clock

A infinitive particle

1 ( expressing purpose) pour ; to do sth to impress one's friends faire qch pour impressionner ses amis ;

2 ( expressing wish) oh to be in England! littér ô être en Angleterre! ; oh to be able to stay in bed! hum ô pouvoir rester au lit! ;

3 ( linking consecutive acts) he looked up to see… en levant les yeux, il a vu… ; he woke up (only) to find en se réveillant il a découvert ;

4 ( after superlatives) à ; the youngest to do le or la plus jeune à faire ;

5 ( avoiding repetition of verb) ‘did you go?’-‘no I promised not to’ ‘tu y es allé?’-‘non j'avais promis de ne pas le faire’ ; ‘are you staying?’-‘I want to but…’ ‘tu restes?’-‘j'aimerais bien mais…’ ;

6 ( following impersonal verb) it is interesting/difficult etc to do sth il est intéressant/difficile etc de faire qch ; it's hard to understand why he did it il est difficile de comprendre pourquoi il l'a fait.

B prep

1 ( in direction of) à [shops, school etc] ; ( with purpose of visiting) chez [doctor's, dentist's etc] ; she's gone to Mary's elle est partie chez Mary ; to Paris à Paris ; to Spain en Espagne ; to the country à la campagne ; to town en ville ; the road to the village la route qui mène au village ; trains to and from les trains à destination et en provenance de [place] ; to your positions! à vos positions! ; children to the front, adults to the back les enfants devant, les adultes derrière ;

2 ( facing towards) vers ; turned to the wall tourné vers le mur ; with his back to them en leur tournant le dos ;

3 ( against) contre ; holding the letter to his chest tenant la lettre contre sa poitrine ; back to back dos à dos ;

4 ( up to) jusqu'à ; to count to 100 compter jusqu'à 100 ; to the end/this day jusqu'à la fin/ce jour ; from this post to that tree it's 100 metres de ce poteau à cet arbre il y a 100 mètres ; 50 to 60 people entre 50 et 60 personnes ; in five to ten minutes d'ici cinq à dix minutes ; to Manchester, it takes 20 minutes pour aller à Manchester ça prend 20 minutes ; cheque to the value of chèque d'un montant de ;

5 ( used as dative) [give, offer, hand] à ; give the book to Sophie donne le livre à Sophie ; she 's given the meat to the dog/dogs elle a donné la viande au chien/aux chiens ; ‘give the letter to her’-‘to who?’-‘to her over there!’ ‘donne-lui la lettre’-‘à qui?’-‘à elle là-bas!’ ;

6 ( with respect to) personal assistant to the director assistant du directeur ; ambassador to Japan ambassadeur au Japon ;

7 ( in attitude to) be nice to your brother sois gentil avec ton frère ;

8 ( in the opinion of) to me/my daughter it's just a minor problem pour moi/ma fille ce n'est qu'un problème mineur ; it looks to me like rain à mon avis il va pleuvoir ;

9 (in toasts, dedications) à ; to Steve/prosperity à Steve/la prospérité ; ( on tombstone) to our dear son à notre cher fils ;

10 ( in accordance with) is it to your taste? c'est à ton goût? ; to dance to the music danser sur la musique ;

11 (in relationships, comparisons) to win by three goals to two gagner par trois buts à deux ; five to the square metre/to the dollar cinq par mètre carré/pour un dollar ; perpendicular to the ground perpendiculaire au sol ; next door to the school à côté de l'école ; X is to Y as A is to B Math X est à Y ce que A est à B ;

12 ( showing accuracy) three weeks to the day trois semaines jour pour jour ; to scale à l'échelle ; to time à l'heure ;

13 ( showing reason) to invite sb to dinner inviter qn à dîner ; to this end à cette fin, dans ce but ;

14 ( belonging to) de ; the key to the safe la clé du coffre ; a room to myself une chambre pour moi tout seul ; there's no sense to it ça n'a aucun sens ;

15 ( on to) [tied] à ; [pinned] à [noticeboard etc] ; sur [lapel, dress etc] ;

16 ( showing reaction) à ; to his surprise/dismay à sa grande surprise/consternation ; to the sound of the drums au son du tambour ;

17 Comm to repairing/delivering etc à réparer/livrer etc.

C adv

1 ○ ( closed) to push the door to fermer la porte ; when the curtains are to quand les rideaux sont fermés.

Idioms

that's all there is to it ( it's easy) c'est aussi simple que ça ; ( not for further discussion) un point c'est tout ; there's nothing to it ce n'est pas compliqué ; what a to-do ○ ! quelle histoire ○ ! ; they made such a to-do ○ ils en ont fait toute une histoire ○ ; what's it to you ○ ? qu'est-ce que ça peut te faire?

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be [bi:]

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1. link verb

2. auxiliary verb

3. modal verb

4. intransitive verb

5. impersonal verb

6. compounds

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► pres am, is, are, pret was, were, ptp been

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1. link verb

   a. être

• the sky is blue le ciel est bleu

• who is that? -- it's me! qui est-ce ? -- c'est moi !

• she's English elle est anglaise

• they are friendly ils sont sympathiques

• if I were you I would refuse si j'étais vous, je refuserais

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► The following translations use ce + être because they contain an article or possessive in French.

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• she is an Englishwoman c'est une Anglaise

• they are my best friends ce sont mes meilleurs amis

• it's the most expensive c'est le plus cher

   b. (with occupation) être

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► No article is used in French, unless the noun is qualified by an adjective.

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• he wants to be a doctor il veut être médecin

• she's a well-known lawyer c'est une avocate renommée

   c. (referring to health) aller

• how are you? comment allez-vous ?

• I'm better now je vais mieux maintenant

   d. ( = cost) coûter

• how much is it? combien ça coûte ?

   e. ( = equal) faire

• two and two are four deux et deux font quatre

   f.

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► Note how the verb avoir is used when translating to be + certain adjectives.

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• to be cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/ashamed/right/wrong avoir froid/chaud/faim/soif/honte/raison/tort

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► Note how French makes the person, not the part of the body, the subject of the sentence in the following.

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• my feet are cold j'ai froid aux pieds

• my hands are frozen j'ai les mains gelées

   g. (with age) avoir

• how old is he? quel âge a-t-il ?

• he's 25 il a 25 ans

• she's about my age elle a à peu près mon âge

2. auxiliary verb

   a. (in continuous tenses)

► to be + -ing

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► French does not distinguish between simple and continuous actions as much as English does.

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• I'm coming! j'arrive !

• she's always complaining elle est toujours en train de se plaindre

• what have you been doing this week? qu'est-ce que tu as fait cette semaine ?

• will you be seeing her tomorrow? est-ce que vous allez la voir demain ?

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► être en train de + infinitive emphasizes that one is in the middle of the action.

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• I haven't got time, I'm cooking the dinner je n'ai pas le temps, je suis en train de préparer le repas

• I was just writing to him when he phoned j'étais en train de lui écrire quand il m'a appelé

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► The imperfect tense is used for continuous action in the past.

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• he was driving too fast il conduisait trop vite

► have/had been +... for/since

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► French uses the present and imperfect where English uses the perfect and past perfect.

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• I've been waiting for you for an hour je t'attends depuis une heure

• I've been waiting for you since six o'clock je t'attends depuis six heures

• I'd been at university for six weeks when my father got ill j'étais à l'université depuis six semaines quand mon père est tombé malade

   b. (in tag questions seeking confirmation) n'est-ce pas ?

• he's a friend of yours, isn't he? c'est un ami à toi, n'est-ce pas ?

• she wasn't happy, was she? elle n'était pas heureuse, n'est-ce pas ?

• so it's all done, is it? tout est fait, alors ?

• you're not ill, are you? tu n'es pas malade j'espère ?

   c. (in tag responses) they're getting married -- oh are they? ils vont se marier -- ah bon ?

• he's going to complain about you -- oh is he? il va porter plainte contre toi -- ah vraiment ?

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► When answering questions, oui or non may be used alone.

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• he's always late, isn't he? -- yes, he is il est toujours en retard, n'est-ce pas ? -- oui

• is it what you expected? -- no it isn't est-ce que tu t'attendais à ça ? -- non

   d. (in passives) être

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► The past participle in French passive constructions agrees with the subject.

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• he was killed il a été tué

• she was killed elle a été tuée

• both goals were scored in the second half les deux buts ont été marqués à la deuxième mi-temps

• the cars were set on fire les voitures ont été incendiées

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► The passive is used less in French than in English. It is often expressed by on + active verb.

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• the door was shut in his face on lui a fermé la porte au nez

• it is said that... on dit que...

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► The reflexive can be used to describe how something is usually done.

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• peaches are sold by the kilo les pêches se vendent au kilo

3. modal verb

► am/are/is to + infinitive

   a. ( = will)

the talks are to start tomorrow les négociations doivent commencer demain

• now the old lady has died, her house is to be sold maintenant que la vieille dame est décédée, sa maison va être mise en vente

   b. ( = must) you are to follow these instructions exactly tu dois suivre ces instructions scrupuleusement

• you are not to touch that tu ne dois pas y toucher

• this door is not to be opened cette porte ne doit pas être ouverte

   c. ( = should) he is to be pitied il est à plaindre

• not to be confused with... à ne pas confondre avec...

   d. ( = be destined to) this was to have serious repercussions cela devait avoir de graves répercussions

• they were never to return ils ne devaient jamais revenir

   e. ( = can) these birds are to be found all over the world on trouve ces oiseaux dans le monde entier

4. intransitive verb

   a. être ; ( = take place) avoir lieu

• to be or not to be être ou ne pas être

• he is there at the moment, but he won't be there much longer il est là en ce moment mais il ne va pas rester très longtemps

• the match is tomorrow le match a lieu demain

• Christmas Day is on a Wednesday this year Noël tombe un mercredi cette année

► there is/are ( = there exist(s)) il y a

• there is a mouse in the room il y a une souris dans la pièce

• there are pigeons on the roof il y a des pigeons sur le toit

• I thought there would be problems je pensais qu'il y aurait des problèmes

• there are three of us nous sommes trois► there's (pointing out sth) voilà

• there's the church voilà l'église► here is/are voici

• here's your key voici ta clé

• here are the tickets voici les billets

• here you are at last! te voilà enfin !

• here you are! ( = take this) tiens (or tenez) !

   b. ► to have been (to a place)

I have already been to Paris je suis déjà allé à Paris

• I have been to see my aunt je suis allé voir ma tante

• he has been and gone il est venu et reparti

• where have you been? où étais-tu passé ?

5. impersonal verb

   a. (weather, temperature) faire

• it's fine/cold/dark il fait beau/froid/nuit

• it's 20 degrees in the shade il fait 20 degrés à l'ombre

• it's windy/foggy il y a du vent/du brouillard

   b. (time) être

• it's morning c'est le matin

• it's 6 o'clock il est 6 heures

• tomorrow is Friday demain c'est vendredi

• it is 14 June today nous sommes le 14 juin

   c. (emphatic) it's me who does all the work c'est moi qui fais tout le travail

• it was then we realized that... c'est alors que nous nous sommes rendu compte que...

• it was they who suggested that... ce sont eux qui ont suggéré que...

• why is it that she is so popular? pourquoi a-t-elle tant de succès ?

6. compounds

► the be-all and end-all noun le but suprême

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noun: abrév bill of exchange

English-French dictionary > BE
5 be

be [bi:]

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1. link verb

2. auxiliary verb

3. modal verb

4. intransitive verb

5. impersonal verb

6. compounds

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► pres am, is, are, pret was, were, ptp been

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1. link verb

   a. être

• the sky is blue le ciel est bleu

• who is that? -- it's me! qui est-ce ? -- c'est moi !

• she's English elle est anglaise

• they are friendly ils sont sympathiques

• if I were you I would refuse si j'étais vous, je refuserais

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► The following translations use ce + être because they contain an article or possessive in French.

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• she is an Englishwoman c'est une Anglaise

• they are my best friends ce sont mes meilleurs amis

• it's the most expensive c'est le plus cher

   b. (with occupation) être

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► No article is used in French, unless the noun is qualified by an adjective.

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• he wants to be a doctor il veut être médecin

• she's a well-known lawyer c'est une avocate renommée

   c. (referring to health) aller

• how are you? comment allez-vous ?

• I'm better now je vais mieux maintenant

   d. ( = cost) coûter

• how much is it? combien ça coûte ?

   e. ( = equal) faire

• two and two are four deux et deux font quatre

   f.

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► Note how the verb avoir is used when translating to be + certain adjectives.

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• to be cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/ashamed/right/wrong avoir froid/chaud/faim/soif/honte/raison/tort

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► Note how French makes the person, not the part of the body, the subject of the sentence in the following.

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• my feet are cold j'ai froid aux pieds

• my hands are frozen j'ai les mains gelées

   g. (with age) avoir

• how old is he? quel âge a-t-il ?

• he's 25 il a 25 ans

• she's about my age elle a à peu près mon âge

2. auxiliary verb

   a. (in continuous tenses)

► to be + -ing

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► French does not distinguish between simple and continuous actions as much as English does.

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• I'm coming! j'arrive !

• she's always complaining elle est toujours en train de se plaindre

• what have you been doing this week? qu'est-ce que tu as fait cette semaine ?

• will you be seeing her tomorrow? est-ce que vous allez la voir demain ?

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► être en train de + infinitive emphasizes that one is in the middle of the action.

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• I haven't got time, I'm cooking the dinner je n'ai pas le temps, je suis en train de préparer le repas

• I was just writing to him when he phoned j'étais en train de lui écrire quand il m'a appelé

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► The imperfect tense is used for continuous action in the past.

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• he was driving too fast il conduisait trop vite

► have/had been +... for/since

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► French uses the present and imperfect where English uses the perfect and past perfect.

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• I've been waiting for you for an hour je t'attends depuis une heure

• I've been waiting for you since six o'clock je t'attends depuis six heures

• I'd been at university for six weeks when my father got ill j'étais à l'université depuis six semaines quand mon père est tombé malade

   b. (in tag questions seeking confirmation) n'est-ce pas ?

• he's a friend of yours, isn't he? c'est un ami à toi, n'est-ce pas ?

• she wasn't happy, was she? elle n'était pas heureuse, n'est-ce pas ?

• so it's all done, is it? tout est fait, alors ?

• you're not ill, are you? tu n'es pas malade j'espère ?

   c. (in tag responses) they're getting married -- oh are they? ils vont se marier -- ah bon ?

• he's going to complain about you -- oh is he? il va porter plainte contre toi -- ah vraiment ?

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► When answering questions, oui or non may be used alone.

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• he's always late, isn't he? -- yes, he is il est toujours en retard, n'est-ce pas ? -- oui

• is it what you expected? -- no it isn't est-ce que tu t'attendais à ça ? -- non

   d. (in passives) être

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► The past participle in French passive constructions agrees with the subject.

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• he was killed il a été tué

• she was killed elle a été tuée

• both goals were scored in the second half les deux buts ont été marqués à la deuxième mi-temps

• the cars were set on fire les voitures ont été incendiées

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► The passive is used less in French than in English. It is often expressed by on + active verb.

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• the door was shut in his face on lui a fermé la porte au nez

• it is said that... on dit que...

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► The reflexive can be used to describe how something is usually done.

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• peaches are sold by the kilo les pêches se vendent au kilo

3. modal verb

► am/are/is to + infinitive

   a. ( = will)

the talks are to start tomorrow les négociations doivent commencer demain

• now the old lady has died, her house is to be sold maintenant que la vieille dame est décédée, sa maison va être mise en vente

   b. ( = must) you are to follow these instructions exactly tu dois suivre ces instructions scrupuleusement

• you are not to touch that tu ne dois pas y toucher

• this door is not to be opened cette porte ne doit pas être ouverte

   c. ( = should) he is to be pitied il est à plaindre

• not to be confused with... à ne pas confondre avec...

   d. ( = be destined to) this was to have serious repercussions cela devait avoir de graves répercussions

• they were never to return ils ne devaient jamais revenir

   e. ( = can) these birds are to be found all over the world on trouve ces oiseaux dans le monde entier

4. intransitive verb

   a. être ; ( = take place) avoir lieu

• to be or not to be être ou ne pas être

• he is there at the moment, but he won't be there much longer il est là en ce moment mais il ne va pas rester très longtemps

• the match is tomorrow le match a lieu demain

• Christmas Day is on a Wednesday this year Noël tombe un mercredi cette année

► there is/are ( = there exist(s)) il y a

• there is a mouse in the room il y a une souris dans la pièce

• there are pigeons on the roof il y a des pigeons sur le toit

• I thought there would be problems je pensais qu'il y aurait des problèmes

• there are three of us nous sommes trois► there's (pointing out sth) voilà

• there's the church voilà l'église► here is/are voici

• here's your key voici ta clé

• here are the tickets voici les billets

• here you are at last! te voilà enfin !

• here you are! ( = take this) tiens (or tenez) !

   b. ► to have been (to a place)

I have already been to Paris je suis déjà allé à Paris

• I have been to see my aunt je suis allé voir ma tante

• he has been and gone il est venu et reparti

• where have you been? où étais-tu passé ?

5. impersonal verb

   a. (weather, temperature) faire

• it's fine/cold/dark il fait beau/froid/nuit

• it's 20 degrees in the shade il fait 20 degrés à l'ombre

• it's windy/foggy il y a du vent/du brouillard

   b. (time) être

• it's morning c'est le matin

• it's 6 o'clock il est 6 heures

• tomorrow is Friday demain c'est vendredi

• it is 14 June today nous sommes le 14 juin

   c. (emphatic) it's me who does all the work c'est moi qui fais tout le travail

• it was then we realized that... c'est alors que nous nous sommes rendu compte que...

• it was they who suggested that... ce sont eux qui ont suggéré que...

• why is it that she is so popular? pourquoi a-t-elle tant de succès ?

6. compounds

► the be-all and end-all noun le but suprême

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[biː, bɪ]
intransitive verb (p prés being; 3^e pers sg prés is, prét was, pp been)

1) gen être

it's me —

it's I — c'est moi

he's a good pupil — c'est un bon élève

2) ( in probability)

if Henri were here — si Henri était là

were it not that... — si ce n'était que...

were they to know — s'ils savaient

if I were you — à ta place

had it not been for Frank, I'd have missed the train — sans Frank j'aurais raté le train

3) ( phrases)

so be it — d'accord

be that as it may — quoi qu'il en soit

as it were — pour ainsi dire

even if it were so — même si c'était le cas

I preferred it as it was — je l'aimais mieux avant

leave it as it is — ne changez rien

let ou leave him be — laisse-le tranquille

English-French dictionary > be
6 have

have [hæv]

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1. auxiliary verb

2. modal verb

3. transitive verb

4. noun

5. Phrasal Verbs

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► 3rd pers sg pres has, pret, ptp had

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► When have is part of a set combination, eg have a look, have a good time, look up the noun.

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1. auxiliary verb

   a. avoir

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► avoir is the auxiliary used with most verbs to form past tenses. For important exceptions see below.

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• I have eaten j'ai mangé

• I had eaten j'avais mangé

• haven't you grown! comme tu as grandi !

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► Note the agreement of the past participle with the preceding direct object.

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• I haven't seen her je ne l'ai pas vue

• I hadn't seen him je ne l'avais pas vu

• if I had seen her I would have spoken to her si je l'avais vue, je lui aurais parlé

• having seen them les ayant vus

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► When describing uncompleted states or actions, French generally uses the present and imperfect where English uses the perfect and past perfect.

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• I have lived or have been living here for 10 years/since January j'habite ici depuis 10 ans/depuis janvier

• I had lived or had been living there for 10 years j'habitais là depuis 10 ans

► to have just... venir de...

• I have just seen him je viens de le voir

• I had just spoken to him je venais de lui parler

   b. être

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► être is the auxiliary used with all reflexives, and the following verbs when used intransitively: aller, arriver, descendre, devenir, entrer, monter, mourir, naître, partir, passer, rentrer, rester, retourner, revenir, sortir, tomber, venir.

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• I have gone je suis allé

• I've made a mistake je me suis trompé

• I had gone j'étais allé

• I had made a mistake je m'étais trompé

   c. (in tag questions seeking confirmation) n'est-ce pas

• you've seen her, haven't you? vous l'avez vue, n'est-ce pas ?

• he hasn't told anyone, has he? il n'en a parlé à personne, n'est-ce pas ?

   d. (in tag responses) he's got a new job -- oh has he? il a un nouveau travail -- ah bon ?

• you've dropped your book -- so I have! vous avez laissé tomber votre livre -- en effet !

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► (mais) si or (mais) non are used to contradict.

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• you haven't seen her -- yes I have! vous ne l'avez pas vue -- (mais) si !

• you've made a mistake -- no I haven't! vous vous êtes trompé -- mais non !

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► oui or non are often sufficient when answering questions.

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• have you met him? -- yes I have est-ce que tu l'as rencontré ? -- oui

• has he arrived? -- no he hasn't est-ce qu'il est arrivé ? -- non

   e. (avoiding repetition of verb) have you ever been there? if you have... y êtes-vous déjà allé ? si oui,...

• have you tried it? if you haven't... est-ce que vous avez goûté ça ? si vous ne l'avez pas fait,...

2. modal verb

► to have to + infinitive devoir falloir

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► falloir is always used in the third person singular, in an impersonal construction. Note that falloir que is always followed by the subjunctive.

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• they have to work hard ils doivent travailler dur il faut qu'ils travaillent dur

• they had to work hard ils ont dû travailler dur il a fallu qu'ils travaillent dur

• you're going to have to work hard! tu vas devoir travailler dur ! il va falloir que tu travailles dur !

• I'll have to leave now or I'll miss the train il faut que je parte, sinon je vais rater mon train

• he had to pay all the money back il a dû tout rembourser

• don't you have to get permission? est-ce qu'on ne doit pas demander la permission ?

• do you have to go now? est-ce que vous devez partir tout de suite ?

• we've had to work late twice this week nous avons dû rester travailler tard deux fois cette semaine

• we'll have to find an alternative nous allons devoir trouver une autre solution

• the locks will have to be changed il va falloir changer les serrures

• what kind of equipment would you have to have? quel type de matériel vous faudrait-il ?

• it has to be the biggest scandal this year c'est sans aucun doute le plus gros scandale de l'année

• it still has to be proved ça reste à prouver

• do you have to make such a noise? tu ne pourrais pas faire un peu moins de bruit ?

► don't/doesn't have to + infinitive

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• he doesn't have to work il n'a pas besoin de travailler

• you didn't have to tell her! tu n'avais pas besoin de le lui dire !

• it's nice not to have to work on Saturdays c'est agréable de ne pas avoir à travailler le samedi

• I don't have to do it je ne suis pas obligé or forcé de le faire

3. transitive verb

   a. avoir

• I have or I've got three books j'ai trois livres

• have you got a suitcase? avez-vous une valise ?

• she has blue eyes elle a les yeux bleus

• have you got this jumper in black? est-ce que vous avez ce pull en noir ?

• I haven't any more je n'en ai plus

• I have got nothing to do je n'ai rien à faire

• I've got a headache j'ai mal à la tête

• I had my camera ready j'avais mon appareil tout prêt

• to have a child avoir un enfant

• she is having a baby in April elle va avoir un bébé en avril

• our cat has had kittens notre chatte a eu des petits

• I'll have everything ready je veillerai à ce que tout soit prêt

   b. ( = eat, drink, take) he had an egg for breakfast il a mangé un œuf au petit déjeuner

• I'll just have a sandwich je vais juste prendre un sandwich

• have some more reprends-en

• shall we have a coffee? on prend un café ?

• to have tea with sb prendre le thé avec qn

• I've had a couple of aspirins j'ai pris deux aspirines

► will you have...? (in offers)

will you have tea or coffee? vous prendrez du thé ou du café ?

   c. ( = spend) passer

• what sort of day have you had? est-ce que tu as passé une bonne journée ?

• to have a pleasant evening passer une bonne soirée

   d. ( = smoke) fumer

• he had a cigarette il a fumé une cigarette

   e. ( = catch) tenir

• he had me by the throat il me tenait à la gorge

• I've got him where I want him! (inf) je le tiens !

• to be had (inf) ( = taken in) se faire avoir

• you've been had tu t'es fait avoir (inf)

   f. (set structures)

► to let sb have ( = give) donner à qn

• let me have your address donnez-moi votre adresse

• I'll let you have it for $100 je vous le cède pour 100 dollars► must have or have to have

• I must have £50 at once il me faut 50 livres immédiatement

• I must or have to have them by this afternoon il me les faut pour cet après-midi► won't have ( = refuse to accept)

I won't have this nonsense! je ne tolérerai pas ces enfantillages !

• I won't have it! je ne tolérerai pas ça !

• I won't have him risking his neck on that motorbike je ne veux pas qu'il risque sa vie sur cette moto► would have ( = wish)

what would you have me do? que voulez-vous que je fasse ?

• I would have you know that... sachez que...► to have sth done [+ service] faire faire qch

• to have sth mended faire réparer qch

• to have one's hair cut se faire couper les cheveux

• I've had the brakes checked j'ai fait vérifier les freins

• he had his car stolen il s'est fait voler sa voiture

• he had his worst fears confirmed ses pires craintes se sont réalisées► to have sb do sth faire faire qch à qn

• I had him clean the car je lui ai fait nettoyer la voiture

• she soon had them all reading and writing elle a réussi très rapidement à leur apprendre à lire et à écrire► had better ( = should)

I had better go now il vaut mieux que j'y aille

• you'd better not tell him that! tu ferais mieux de ne pas lui dire ça !► to have had it (inf)

I've had it ( = am done for) je suis fichu (inf)

• I've had it up to here j'en ai marre ! (inf)► to have to do with

• I have nothing to do with it je n'y suis pour rien

• that has nothing to do with it ça n'a rien à voir

4. noun

• the haves and the have-nots les riches mpl et les pauvres mpl

5. Phrasal Verbs

► have in separable transitive verb

   a. faire venir

• we'll have them in and discuss it nous allons les faire venir pour en discuter

   b. to have it in for sb (inf) avoir une dent contre qn

   c. to have it in one en être capable

• she has got it in her elle en est capable► have off separable transitive verb

(British)

to have it off with sb (inf!) s'envoyer (inf !) qn► have on separable transitive verb

   a. [+ clothes] porter

• he had nothing on il était tout nu

   b. (British = have planned) I've got so much on this week that... j'ai tant de choses à faire cette semaine que...

• I've got nothing on this evening je suis libre ce soir

   c. (British = tease) (inf) faire marcher (inf)

   d. Richard has nothing on him! (inf) Richard ne lui arrive pas à la cheville !

• the police have nothing on me (inf) la police n'a pas de preuve contre moi► have out separable transitive verb

   a. to have a tooth out se faire arracher une dent

   b. to have it out with sb s'expliquer avec qn► have round separable transitive verb

[+ friends, neighbours] inviter

► have up separable transitive verb

• to be had up passer en jugement ( for doing sth pour avoir fait qch)

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[hæv, həv] 1.
transitive verb ( uses not covered in NOTE)

1) ( possess) avoir

she has (got) a dog — elle a un chien

2) ( consume) prendre

to have a sandwich — manger un sandwich

to have a whisky — boire un whisky

to have a cigarette — fumer une cigarette

to have breakfast — prendre le petit déjeuner

to have dinner — dîner

to have lunch — déjeuner

I had some more cake — j'ai repris du gâteau

3) ( want) vouloir, prendre

what will you have? — qu'est-ce que vous prendrez or voulez?

she won't have him back — elle ne veut plus de lui

I wouldn't have it any other way — ça me convient comme ça

I wouldn't have him/her any other way — c'est comme ça que je l'aime

4) (receive, get) recevoir [letter, information]

I've had no news from him — je n'ai pas eu de nouvelles de lui

I must have the information soon — il me faut l'information bientôt

to let somebody have something — donner quelque chose à quelqu'un

5) ( hold) faire [party, celebration]; tenir [meeting]; organiser [competition, ballot, exhibition]; avoir [conversation]; mener [enquiry]

6) (exert, exhibit) avoir [effect, influence]; avoir [courage, courtesy] ( to do de faire)

7) ( spend) passer

to have a nice day/evening — passer une journée/soirée agréable

to have a good time — bien s'amuser

to have a hard ou bad time — traverser une période difficile

to have a good vacation — passer de bonnes vacances

8) ( be provided with) (also have got)

to have something to do — avoir quelque chose à faire

I have ou I've got letters to write — j'ai du courrier à faire

9) (undergo, suffer) avoir

to have (the) flu/a heart attack — avoir la grippe/une crise cardiaque

to have toothache — avoir mal aux dents

to have a shock — subir un choc

he had his car stolen — il s'est fait voler sa voiture

she has had her windows broken — on lui a cassé ses vitres

they like having stories read to them — ils aiment qu'on leur lise des histoires

to have an interview — avoir or passer un entretien

10) ( cause to be done)

to have something done — faire faire quelque chose

to have the house painted — faire peindre la maison

to have one's hair cut — se faire couper les cheveux

to have an injection — se faire faire une piqûre

to have somebody do something — faire faire quelque chose à quelqu'un

she had him close the door — elle lui a fait fermer la porte

they would have us believe that... — ils voudraient nous faire croire que...

I would have you know that... — je voudrais que vous sachiez que...

he had them laughing — il les a fait rire

11) ( cause to become)

he had his revolver ready — il avait son revolver prêt

we'll soon have everything ready/clean — nous aurons bientôt fini de tout préparer/nettoyer

if you're not careful you'll have that glass over — si tu ne fais pas attention tu vas renverser le verre

she had them completely baffled — elle les a complètement déroutés

I had it finished by 5 o'clock — je l'avais fini avant 5 heures

12) ( allow) tolérer

I won't have this kind of behaviour! — je ne tolérerai pas ce comportement!

I won't have it! — ça ne va pas se passer comme ça!

I won't have them exploit him — je ne tolérerai pas qu'ils l'exploitent

I won't have him hurt — je ne laisserai personne le blesser

we can't have them staying in a hotel — on ne peut pas les laisser aller à l'hôtel

13) ( physically hold) tenir

she had the glass in her hand — elle tenait le verre dans la main

she had him by the throat/by the arm — elle le tenait à la gorge/par le bras

he had his hands over his eyes — il avait les mains sur les yeux

14) ( give birth to) [woman] avoir [child]; [animal] mettre bas, avoir [young]

has she had it yet? — est-ce qu'elle a accouché?

she's having a baby (in May) — elle va avoir un enfant (en mai)

15) ( as impersonal verb)

over here, we have a painting by Picasso — ici vous avez un tableau de Picasso

what we have here is a small group of extremists — ce à quoi nous avons affaire ici, est un petit groupe d'extrémistes

16) ( puzzle)

you have ou you've got me there! — là tu me poses une colle! (colloq)

17) ( have at one's mercy) (also have got)

I've got you/him now! — maintenant je te/le tiens!

I'll have you! — je vais te montrer!
2.
modal auxiliary

1) ( must)

I have (got) to leave now — je dois partir maintenant, il faut que je parte maintenant

2) ( need to)

you don't have to ou you haven't got to leave so early — tu n'as pas besoin de or tu n'es pas obligé de partir si tôt

why did this have to happen? — pourquoi fallait-il que ça arrive?

something has (got) to be done — il faut faire quelque chose

3) ( for emphasis)

this has (got) to be the most difficult decision I've ever made — c'est sans doute la décision la plus difficile que j'aie jamais eu à prendre
3.
auxiliary verb

1) gen avoir; ( with movement and reflexive verbs) être

she has lost her bag — elle a perdu son sac

she has already left — elle est déjà partie

she has hurt herself — elle s'est blessée

2) ( in tag questions etc)

you've seen the film, haven't you? — tu as vu le film, n'est-ce pas?

you haven't seen the film, have you? — tu n'as pas vu le film?

you haven't seen my bag, have you? — tu n'as pas vu mon sac, par hasard?

‘he's already left’ - ‘has he indeed!’ — ‘il est déjà parti’ - ‘vraiment!’

‘you've never met him’ - ‘yes I have!’ — ‘tu ne l'as jamais rencontré’ - ‘mais si!’
4.
having auxiliary verb

1) ( in time clauses)

having finished his breakfast, he went out — après avoir fini son petit déjeuner, il est sorti

2) (because, since)

having already won twice — comme il a déjà gagné deux fois

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Phrasal Verbs:

- have around

- have back

- have in

- have on

- have over

- have up

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to have done with something — en finir avec quelque chose

this car/TV has had it — (colloq) cette voiture/télé est foutue (colloq)

when your father finds out, you've had it! — (colloq) ( in trouble) quand ton père l'apprendra, ça va être ta fête! (colloq)

I can't do any more, I've had it! — (colloq) ( tired) je n'en peux plus, je suis crevé! (colloq)

I've had it (up to here) with... — (colloq) j'en ai marre de... (colloq)

to have it in for somebody — (colloq) avoir quelqu'un dans le collimateur (colloq)

she has/doesn't have it in her to do — elle est capable/incapable de faire

to have it out with somebody — s'expliquer avec quelqu'un

he will have it that — il soutient que

I've got it! — je sais!

and the ayes/noes have it — les oui/non l'emportent

the haves and the have-nots — les riches et les pauvres

...and what have you —...etc

there is no milk/there are no houses to be had — on ne trouve pas de lait/de maisons

English-French dictionary > have
7 Usage note : it

When it is used as a subject pronoun to refer to a specific object (or animal) il or elle is used in French according to the gender of the object referred to:

‘where is the book/chair?’ ‘it’s in the kitchen’

= ‘où est le livre/la chaise?’ ‘il/elle est dans la cuisine’

‘do you like my skirt?’ ‘it’s lovely’

= ‘est-ce que tu aimes ma jupe?’ ‘elle est très jolie’

However, if the object referred to is named in the same sentence, it is translated by ce (c’ before a vowel):

it’s a good film

= c’est un bon film

When it is used as an object pronoun it is translated by le or la (l’ before a vowel) according to the gender of the object referred to:

it’s my book/my chair and I want it

= c’est mon livre/ma chaise et je le/la veux

Note that the object pronoun normally comes before the verb in French and that in compound tenses like the perfect and the past perfect, the past participle agrees with it:

I liked his shirt - did you notice it?

= j’ai aimé sa chemise - est-ce que tu l’as remarquée? or l’as-tu remarquée?

In imperatives only, the pronoun comes after the verb:

it’s my book - give it to me

= c’est mon livre - donne-le-moi (note the hyphens)

When it is used vaguely or impersonally followed by an adjective the translation is ce (c’ before a vowel):

it’s difficult

= c’est difficile

it’s sad

= c’est triste

But when it is used impersonally followed by an adjective + verb the translation is il:

it’s difficult to understand how…

= il est difficile de comprendre comment …

If in doubt consult the entry for the adjective in question.

For translations for impersonal verb uses (it’s raining, it’s snowing) consult the entry for the verb in question.

it is used in expressions of days of the week (it’s Friday) and clock time (it’s 5 o’clock). This dictionary contains usage notes on these and many other topics. For other impersonal and idiomatic uses see the entry it.

When it is used after a preposition in English the two words (prep + it) are often translated by one word in French. If the preposition would normally be translated by de in French (e.g. of, about, from etc.) the prep + it = en:

I’ve heard about it

= j’en ai entendu parler

If the preposition would normally be translated by à in French (e.g. to, in, at etc.) the prep + it = y:

they went to it

= ils y sont allés

For translations of it following prepositions not normally translated by de or à (e.g. above, under, over etc.) consult the entry for the preposition.

Big English-French dictionary > Usage note : it
8 retourner

retourner [ʀ(ə)tuʀne]

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► When retourner has an object it is conjugated with avoir ; otherwise the auxiliary is être.

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1. transitive verb

   a. ( = mettre dans l'autre sens) [+ caisse, seau] to turn upside down ; [+ matelas, carte, omelette] to turn over

• retourner un tableau contre le mur to turn a picture against the wall

• retourner la situation to turn the situation round

   b. [+ terre] to turn over

   c. ( = mettre l'intérieur à l'extérieur) [+ parapluie, sac, vêtement] to turn inside out ; [+ col] to turn

• retourner ses poches pour trouver qch to turn one's pockets inside out to find sth

   d. ( = orienter dans le sens opposé) [+ mot, phrase] to turn round

• retourner un argument contre qn to turn an argument against sb

• retourner un compliment to return a compliment

• je pourrais vous retourner votre critique I could criticize you in the same way

   e. ( = renvoyer) [+ lettre, marchandise] to return

   f. ( = bouleverser) [+ maison, pièce] to turn upside down ; [+ personne] to shake

• il a tout retourné dans la maison pour retrouver ce livre he turned the whole house upside down to find that book

• la nouvelle l'a complètement retourné the news has severely shaken him

• ce spectacle m'a retourné seeing it gave me quite a turn (inf)

   g. ( = tourner plusieurs fois) retourner une idée dans sa tête to turn an idea over in one's mind

• retourner le couteau dans la plaie to twist the knife in the wound

   h. (Canadian) (Telecommunications) retourner un appel to call back

2. intransitive verb

   a. ( = aller à nouveau) to return, to go back

• retourner en Italie/à la mer to return or go back to Italy/to the seaside

• retourner en arrière or sur ses pas to turn back

• il retourne demain à son travail/à l'école he's going back to work/to school tomorrow

• elle est retournée chez elle she went back home

   b. (à un état antérieur) retourner à to go back to

• il est retourné à son ancien métier he has gone back to his old job

3. impersonal verb

• nous voudrions bien savoir de quoi il retourne we'd really like to know what is going on

4. reflexive verb

► se retourner

   a. [personne couchée, automobiliste, véhicule] to turn over ; [bateau] to capsize

• se retourner dans son lit toute la nuit to toss and turn all night in bed

• la voiture s'est retournée (dans un fossé) the car overturned (into a ditch)

• laissez-lui le temps de se retourner (figurative) give him time to sort himself out

• il doit se retourner dans sa tombe ! he must be turning in his grave!

   b. ( = tourner la tête) to turn round

• partir sans se retourner to leave without looking back

• tout le monde se retournait sur lui or sur son passage everyone turned round as he went by

   c. [situation] to be turned round

• se retourner contre qn [personne] to turn against sb ; [acte, situation] to backfire on sb ; ( = poursuivre en justice) to take court action against sb

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+1! to return n'est pas la traduction la plus courante de retourner.

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ʀ(ə)tuʀne
1.

verbe transitif (+ v avoir)

1) ( changer de côté) to turn [something] over [seau, steak]; to turn [matelas]

retourner une carte à jouer — to turn over a playing card

2) ( mettre à l'envers) to turn [something] inside out [vêtement, sac]

3) ( tourner à plusieurs reprises) to turn over [terre]; to toss [salade, foin]

retourner une idée dans sa tête — fig to turn an idea over in one's mind

4) ( changer d'orientation) to return [compliment, critique]

retourner la situation — to reverse the situation

elle a retourné le pistolet contre elle-même — she then turned the gun on herself

si tu retournes l'argument contre lui — if you turn his own argument against him

5) ( bouleverser) [personne] to turn [something] upside down [maison]; [nouvelle, spectacle] to shake [personne]

je suis encore tout retourné — (colloq) I'm still quite shaken

6) ( renvoyer) to send [something] back, to return [colis, lettre]

2.

verbe intransitif (+ v être) to go back (à to), to return (à to)

3.

se retourner verbe pronominal

1) ( tourner la tête) to turn around

partir sans se retourner — lit, fig to leave without a backward glance

elle est tellement grande que tout le monde se retourne sur son passage — she's so tall that everybody turns to look as she goes past

2) to turn over

se retourner sur le dos — to turn over onto one's back

il n'a pas arrêté de se retourner (dans son lit) — he kept tossing and turning

la voiture s'est retournée dans un fossé — the car overturned into a ditch

3) ( s'organiser) to get organized

4) ( prendre un tour inverse)

se retourner contre quelqu'un — [personne, animal] to turn against somebody; [situation, agissements] to backfire on somebody

se retourner contre ses alliés — to turn on one's allies

ses arguments se sont retournés contre lui — his arguments backfired on him

5) ( se tordre)

elle s'est retourné le doigt — she bent back her finger

6) ( repartir)

s'en retourner — to go back

s'en retourner chez soi — to go back home

4.

verbe impersonnel

j'aimerais savoir de quoi il retourne — I'd like to know what's going on

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retourner quelqu'un comme une crêpe (colloq) or un gant — (colloq) to make somebody change their mind completely

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ʀ(ə)tuʀne
1. vt

1) (= changer de côté) [matelas, crêpe] to turn over

Elle a retourné la crêpe. — She turned the pancake over.

2) (= renverser) to turn upside down

Il a retourné la poubelle. — He turned the bin upside down.

3) [sac, vêtement] to turn inside out

retourner sa veste fig — to change sides, to go over to the other side

4) [terre, sol, foin] to turn over

5) [arme] to turn round

retourner une arme contre soi — to turn a weapon against o.s.

6) [argument] to turn round

retourner un argument contre qn — too turn an argument against sb

7) (= émouvoir) [personne] to shake

8) (= renvoyer)

retourner qch à qn — to return sth to sb

2. vi

(= aller, revenir)

retourner à [endroit] — to go back to, to return to, [état, activité] to return to, to go back to

retourner quelque part — to go back somewhere

Est-ce que tu es retourné à Londres? — Have you been back to London?

retourner en arrière — to turn back

retourner sur ses pas — to retrace one's steps

3. vb impers

(= s'agir)

savoir de quoi il retourne — to know what it is all about

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retourner verb table: aimer

A vtr (+ v avoir)

1 ( changer de côté) to turn [sth] over [seau, caisse, steak, poisson]; to turn [matelas]; retourner une carte à jouer ( figure visible) to turn up a playing card; ( figure pas visible) to put a playing card face down; retourner un tableau contre le mur to turn a painting to the wall;

2 ( mettre à l'envers) to turn [sth] inside out [vêtement, sac]; Cout to turn [vêtement, coussin, col]; un coup de vent a retourné son parapluie a gust of wind turned his umbrella inside out; il a retourné ses poches à la recherche de quelques sous he turned his pockets inside out looking for some change;

3 ( tourner à plusieurs reprises) to turn over [terre]; to toss [salade, foin]; retourner une idée or pensée dans sa tête to turn an idea ou a thought over in one's mind;

4 ( changer d'orientation) to return [compliment, critique]; retourner la situation to reverse the situation; elle a retourné le pistolet contre elle-même she then turned the gun on herself; si tu retournes l'argument contre lui if you turn his own argument against him;

5 ( bouleverser) [personne] to turn [sth] upside down [maison, pièce]; [nouvelle, spectacle] to shake [personne]; elle a retourné toute la maison pour retrouver la facture she turned the house upside down trying to find the bill; je suis encore tout retourné○ I'm still quite shaken;

6 ( renvoyer) to send [sth] back, to return [colis, lettre, marchandise].

B vi (+ v être)

1 ( aller à nouveau) to go back, to return (à to); retourner dans son village natal to return to the village where one was born; retourner chez le dentiste/médecin pour une nouvelle visite to go back to the dentist's/doctor's for another visit; retourner à l'école/au bureau to go back to school/to the office; je n'y suis jamais retourné depuis I've never been back ou never returned since;

2 ( à un état antérieur) to go back (à to), to return (à to); animal qui est retourné à l'état sauvage animal that has gone back ou returned to its wild state; retourner à ses premières amours liter to return to one's first love; il est retourné à son laboratoire et à ses expériences he went back to his laboratory and to his experiments; les biens retournent à leur légitime possesseur the property reverts to its rightful owner.

C se retourner vpr

1 ( tourner la tête) to turn around, to turn round GB; je l'ai appelée et elle s'est retournée I called her and she turned around; partir sans se retourner lit, fig to leave without once looking back; elle est tellement grande que tout le monde se retourne sur son passage she's so tall that everybody turns to look as she goes past;

2 ( changer de position) [personne couchée] to turn over; [véhicule, automobiliste] to turn over, to overturn; se retourner sur le dos/ventre to turn over onto one's back/stomach; il n'a pas arrêté de se retourner (dans son lit) pendant toute la nuit he kept tossing and turning all night long; la voiture s'est retournée dans un fossé the car overturned into a ditch;

3 ( s'organiser) to get organized; ça lui laissera le temps de se retourner it'll give her time to sort things out ou to get organized;

4 ( prendre un tour inverse) se retourner contre qn [personne, animal] to turn against sb; [situation, agissements] to backfire on sb; se retourner contre ses alliés to turn on one's allies; ses arguments se sont retournés contre lui his arguments backfired on him;

5 ( se tordre) elle s'est retourné le doigt/un ongle she bent back her finger/a nail;

6 ( repartir) s'en retourner to go back; s'en retourner chez soi to go back home; ⇒ plaie.

D v impers j'aimerais savoir de quoi il retourne I'd like to know what's going on.

Idiome

retourner qn comme une crêpe○ or un gant○ to make sb change their mind completely.

[rəturne] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)

1. [orienter dans le sens contraire] to turn round ou around (separable)

retourner une arme contre ou sur quelqu'un to turn a weapon on somebody

[renverser - situation] to reverse, to turn inside out ou back to front

je lui ai retourné son ou le compliment I returned the compliment

2. [renvoyer - colis, lettre] to send back (separable)

3. [mettre à l'envers - literie] to turn round ou around ; [ - carte à jouer] to turn up (separable) ; [ - champ, paille] to turn over (separable) ; [ - verre] to turn upside down ; [ - grillade] to turn over (separable) ; [ - gant, poche] to turn inside out

il a retourné la photo contre le mur he turned the photo against the wall

retourner sa veste to sell out

il te retournera comme une crêpe ou un gant he'll twist you round his little finger

4. [mélanger - salade] to toss

5. [fouiller - maison, pièce] to turn upside down

6. [examiner - pensée]

tourner et retourner une idée dans sa tête to mull over an idea (in one's head)

7. (familier) [émouvoir]

j'en suis encore tout retourné! I'm still reeling from the shock!

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[rəturne] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)

1. [aller à nouveau] to return, to go again ou back

je n'y étais pas retourné depuis des années I had not been back there for years

si tu étais à ma place, tu retournerais le voir? if you were me, would you (ever) go and see him again?

je retournai la voir une dernière fois I paid her one ou my last visit

2. [revenir] to go back, to return

retourner chez soi to go (back) home

retourner à sa place [sur son siège] to go back to one's seat

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[rəturne] verbe impersonnel

peut-on savoir de quoi il retourne? what is it all about?, what exactly is going on?

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retourner à verbe plus préposition

[reprendre, retrouver] to return to, to go back to

retourner à un stade antérieur to revert to an earlier stage

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se retourner verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [tourner la tête] to turn round

partir sans se retourner to leave without looking back

tout le monde se retournait sur eux everybody turned round to look at them

2. [se mettre sur l'autre face] to turn over

se retourner sur le dos/ventre to turn over on one's back/stomach

je me suis retourné dans mon lit toute la nuit I tossed and turned all night

elle doit se retourner dans sa tombe she must be turning in her grave

3. [se renverser - auto, tracteur] to overturn, to turn over

4. [réagir] to sort things out

ils ne me laissent pas le temps de me retourner

a. [de décider] they won't give me time to make a decision

b. [de me reprendre] they won't give me time to sort things out

5. [situation] to be reversed, to change completely

le lendemain, la situation s'était retournée the following day, the situation had changed beyond recognition

6. [déplacement]

s'en retourner [partir]

a. to depart, to leave

b. [rentrer] to make one's way back

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se retourner verbe pronominal transitif

se retourner un ongle/doigt to twist a nail/finger

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se retourner contre verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [agir contre]

se retourner contre quelqu'un to turn against somebody

tout cela finira par se retourner contre toi all this will eventually backfire on you

2. DROIT to take (legal) action against

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > retourner
9 Usage note : your

For a full note on the use of the vous and tu forms in French, see the entry you.

In French, determiners agree in gender and number with the noun they qualify. So your, when addressing one person, is translated by votre, or more familiarly ton, + masculine singular noun ( votre chien or ton chien), by votre or ta + feminine singular noun ( votre maison or ta maison) and by vos or tes + plural noun ( vos enfants or tes enfants). Note that ton is used with a feminine noun beginnning with a vowel or mute ‘h’ ( ton adresse).

When addressing more than one person, the translation is votre + singular noun and vos + plural noun. When your is stressed, à vous or à toi is added after the noun:

your house

= votre maison à vous

When used impersonally to mean one’s, your is translated by son, sa or ses when you is translated by on:

you buy your tickets at the door

= on prend ses billets à l’entrée

The translation after an impersonal verb in French is son, sa, ses:

you have to buy your tickets at the door

= il faut prendre ses billets à l’entrée

Note, however, the following:

sweets are bad for your teeth

= les bonbons sont mauvais pour les dents

your average student

= l’étudiant moyen

For your used with parts of the body ⇒ The human body.

Big English-French dictionary > Usage note : your
10 be

'bi: ɡi:
( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Engineering; first degree in Engineering.) licenciatura en Ingeniería

be vb

1. ser

Michael is very tall Michael es muy alto

Lisbon is the capital of Portugal Lisboa es la capital de Portugal

sugar is sweet el azúcar es dulce

Napoleon was Corsican Napoleón era corso

my father is an architect mi padre es arquitecto

my mother is from Bristol mi madre es de Bristol

what time is it? It's 3 o'clock ¿qué hora es? Son las tres

June 17th is Elena's birthday el 17 de junio es el cumpleaños de Elena

who is it? It's me ¿quién es? Soy yo

this exercise is difficult este ejercicio es difícil

the house was built 50 years ago la casa fue construida hace 50 años

he was attacked by a dog le atacó un perro

2. estar

how are you? I'm fine ¿cómo estás? estoy bien

David is very happy David está muy contento

I'm tired estoy cansado

his wife's pregnant su mujer está embarazada

we were worried about you estábamos preocupados por ti

where is Pauline? ¿dónde está Pauline?

the milk is on the table la leche está en la mesa

how far is it? ¿a qué distancia está?

what day is it today? ¿qué día es hoy? / ¿a qué día estamos?

3. tener

how old are you? I'm 16 ¿cuántos años tienes? tengo 16 años

I'm cold tengo frío

she's hungry tiene hambre

you're right tienes razón

4. costar / valer / ser

how much is it? ¿cuánto cuesta? / ¿cuánto vale? / ¿cuánto es?

the tickets are £15 each las entradas valen 15 libras cada una

5. hacer

it's sunny hace sol

it's hot hace calor

it was cold hacía frío

6. haber

there are a lot of people hay mucha gente

how many children are there? ¿cuántos niños hay?

there was an explosion hubo una explosión

El pasado de be es was o were y el participio pasado es been; el gerundio se escribe being

Se usa también para construir el tiempo verbal llamado present continuous que indica una acción que está pasando en estos momentos

what are you doing? ¿qué estás haciendo? / ¿qué haces?

I'm reading a magazine estoy leyendo una revista

look, it's snowing mira, está nevando

be sustantivo femenino: name of the letter b, often called be largaor grande to distinguish it from v 'be' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - abasto - abate - abismo - abotargarse - abreviar - abrirse - absoluta - absoluto - abultar - abundar - aburrir - aburrirse - acabose - acariciar - acaso - acertar - achantarse - acometer - acostada - acostado - acostumbrar - acostumbrada - acostumbrado - acreditar - activa - activo - adelantar - adelantarse - adentro - adivinarse - admirarse - adolecer - aferrarse - afianzarse - aficionada - aficionado - afligirse - agonizar - agotarse - agradecer - agua - ahogarse - ahora - aire - ajo - ala - alarmarse - alcanzar - alegrarse English: aback - abate - about - absent - accordance - account for - accountable - accustom - acquaint - action - addicted - address - adequate - adjust - admit - affiliated - afford - afraid - agenda - agree - agreement - ahead - air - airsick - alert - alive - alone - along - aloof - alphabetically - always - am - ambition - amenable - amusing - anathema - annoyance - anomaly - anxious - apologetic - appal - appall - are - arm - around - arrears - as - ashamed - aspire - assert

be

tr[biː]

intransitive verb (pres 1ª pers am, 2ª pers sing y todas del pl are, 3ª pers sing is; pt 1ª y 3ª pers sing was, 2ª pers sing y todas del pl; pp been)

1 (permanent characteristic) ser

■ she's clever es inteligente

■ he's blind es ciego

■ I'm deaf soy sordo

2 (essential quality) ser

■ diamonds are hard los diamantes son duros

3 (nationality) ser

■ John's English John es inglés

■ they are Japanese son japoneses

4 (occupation) ser

■ he's an engineer es ingeniero

■ we are both teachers los dos somos profesores

5 (origin) ser

■ they are from York son de York

6 (ownership) ser

■ it's my pencil es mi lápiz

7 (authorship) ser

■ this painting is by Botero este cuadro es de Botero

8 (composition) ser

■ this cupboard is oak este armario es de roble

9 (use) ser

■ this product is for tiles este producto es para baldosas

10 (location) estar

■ Whitby is on the coast Whitby está en la costa

11 (temporary state) estar

■ your supper's cold tu cena está fría

■ how are you? ¿cómo estás?

■ you're a bit deaf today estás un poco sordo hoy

■ prawns are cheap today las gambas están bien de precio hoy

12 (age) tener

■ Philip is 22 Philip tiene 22 años

13 (price) costar, valer

■ a single ticket is £9.50 un billete de ida cuesta £9.50

14 tener

■ he's hot/cold tiene calor/frío

■ we're hungry/thirsty tenemos hambre/sed

■ she's in a hurry tiene prisa

■ he's right tiene razón

auxiliar be + pres part

1 (action in progress or near future) estar

■ it is raining está lloviendo

■ he's working está trabajando

■ the train is coming viene el tren

■ I am going on Thursday iré el jueves

■ she's meeting Mr Broddle tomorrow se reunirá con el señor Broddle mañana

auxiliar to be + past participle

1 (passive) ser

■ she was arrested at the border fue detenida en la frontera, la detuvieron en la frontera

■ he's hated by everybody es odiado por todos, todos lo odian

■ he was discharged fue dado de alta, lo dieron de alta

■ the house has been sold la casa ha sido vendida, la casa se ha vendido, han vendido la casa

■ he was given a clock le dieron un reloj

■ thirty children were injured treinta niños fueron heridos, treinta niños resultaron heridos

■ the two areas of the town are divided by a wall las dos zonas de la ciudad están divididas por un muro

auxiliar be + to + inf

1 (obligation) deber, tener que

■ you are not to come here again no debes volver aquí

■ you are to do as I say tienes que hacer lo que yo te diga

1 (future)

■ the King is to visit Egypt el Rey visitará Egipto

phrase there is / there are

1 hay

■ there's some wine in the bottle hay algo de vino en la botella

■ there are two policemen following us hay dos policías que nos siguen

■ is there much traffic ¿hay mucho tráfico?

1 había

■ there was no money no había dinero

■ there were twenty five candles on the cake había veinticinco velas en la tarta

■ were there many people? ¿había mucha gente?

phrase there will be

1 habrá

■ there will be snow in the mountains habrá nieve en las montañas

phrase there would be

1 habría

■ there would be time to see the castle habría tiempo para ver el castillo

■ if Mike came, there would be ten of us si viniera Mike, seríamos diez

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be about to «+ inf» estar para + inf, estar a punto de + inf

■ the train is about to arrive el tren está a punto de llegar

to be or not to be ser o no ser

be ['bi:] v, was ['wəz, 'wɑz] ; were ['wər] ; been ['bɪn] ; being ; am ['æm] ; is ['ɪz] ; are ['ɑr] vi

1) (expressing equality) : ser

José is a doctor: José es doctor

I'm Ana's sister: soy la hermana de Ana

2) (expressing quality) : ser

the tree is tall: el árbol es alto

you're silly!: ¡eres tonto!

3) (expressing origin or possession) : ser

she's from Managua: es de Managua

it's mine: es mío

4) (expressing location) : estar

my mother is at home: mi madre está en casa

the cups are on the table: las tazas están en la mesa

5) (expressing existence) : ser, existir

to be or not to be: ser, o no ser

I think, therefore I am: pienso, luego existo

6) (expressing a state of being) : estar, tener

how are you?: ¿cómo estás?

I'm cold: tengo frío

she's 10 years old: tiene 10 años

they're both sick: están enfermos los dos

be v impers

1) (indicating time) : ser

it's eight o'clock: son las ocho

it's Friday: hoy es viernes

2) (indicating a condition) : hacer, estar

it's sunny: hace sol

it's very dark outside: está bien oscuro afuera

be v aux

1) (expressing progression) : estar

what are you doing? -I'm working: ¿qué haces? -estoy trabajando

2) (expressing occurrence) : ser

it was finished yesterday: fue acabado ayer, se acabó ayer

it was cooked in the oven: se cocinó en el horno

3) (expressing possibility) : poderse

can she be trusted?: ¿se puede confiar en ella?

4) (expressing obligation) : deber

you are to stay here: debes quedarte aquí

he was to come yesterday: se esperaba que viniese ayer

be

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: was, were, been) = estar v.

(§pres: estoy, estás...) pret: estuv-•)

• ser v.

(§pres: soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son) subj: se-

imp: er-

pret

fu-•)

biːˌ weak form bi
1.

1) (pres am, are, is; past was, were; past p been) intransitive verb [See notes at ser and estar]

Sense I

2)

a) (followed by an adjective)

she's French/intelligent — es francesa/inteligente

he's worried/furious — está preocupado/furioso

he's blind — es or (Esp tb) está ciego

he's short and fat — es bajo y gordo

he's so fat he can't get into his clothes any more — está tan gordo que ya no le cabe la ropa

these shoes are new — estos zapatos son nuevos

have you never had gazpacho? it's delicious! — ¿nunca has comido gazpacho? es delicioso!

the gazpacho is delicious, did you make it yourself? — el gazpacho está delicioso ¿lo hiciste tú?

she was very rude to me — estuvo or fue muy grosera conmigo

she's very rude — es muy grosera

be good — sé bueno

don't be silly! — no seas tonto!

b) ( talking about marital status)

Tony is married/divorced/single — Tony está or (esp AmL) es casado/divorciado/soltero

to be married to somebody — estar* casado con alguien

we've been married for eight years — llevamos ocho años casados

3)

a) (followed by a noun) ser*

she's a lawyer — es abogada

he's a Catholic — es católico

she was Prime Minister for 11 years — fue Primera Ministra durante 11 años

who was Prime Minister at the time? — ¿quién era Primer Ministro en ese momento?

it's me/Daniel — soy yo/es Daniel

if I were you, I'd stay — yo que tú or yo en tu lugar me quedaría

b) ( play the role of) hacer* de

I was Juliet in the school play — hice de Julieta en la obra del colegio

4)

a) ( talking about mental and physical states)

how are you? — ¿cómo estás?

I'm much better — estoy or me encuentro mucho mejor

she's pregnant/tired — está embarazada/cansada

I'm cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/sleepy — tengo frío/calor/hambre/sed/sueño

she has been ill — ha estado enferma

he's dead — está muerto

b) ( talking about age) tener*

how old are you? — ¿cuántos años tienes?

I'm 31 — tengo 31 años

Paul was four last Monday — Paul cumplió cuatro años el lunes pasado

he's a lot older/younger — es mucho mayor/menor

our house is over 100 years old — nuestra casa tiene más de 100 años

c) (giving cost, measurement, weight)

how much is that? - that'll be $15, please — ¿cuánto es? - (son) 15 dólares, por favor

they are $15 each — cuestan or valen 15 dólares cada una

two plus two is four — dos más dos son cuatro

how tall/heavy is he? — ¿cuánto mide/pesa?

Jim's over six feet (tall) — Jim mide más de seis pies

Sense II

5)

a) (exist, live)

I think, therefore I am — pienso, luego existo

to be or not to be — ser o no ser

to let something/somebody be — dejar tranquilo or en paz algo/a alguien

her husband-to-be — su futuro marido

b) ( in expressions of time)

don't be too long — no tardes mucho, no (te) demores mucho (esp AmL)

I'm drying my hair, I won't be long — me estoy secando el pelo, enseguida estoy

how long will dinner be? — ¿cuánto falta para la cena?

c) ( take place) ser*

the party is tomorrow — la fiesta es mañana

6) (be situated, present) estar*

where is the library? — ¿dónde está or queda la biblioteca?

where are you? — ¿dónde estás?

what's in that box? — ¿qué hay en esa caja?

who's in the movie? — ¿quién actúa or trabaja en la película?

he's here for two weeks — va a estar aquí dos semanas

how long are you in Chicago (for)? — (colloq) ¿cuánto (tiempo) te vas a quedar en Chicago ?

7) (only in perfect tenses) ( visit) estar*

I've never been to India — nunca he estado en la India

have you been to the exhibition yet? — ¿ya has estado en or has ido a la exposición?

2.

v impers

1)

a) (talking about physical conditions, circumstances)

it's sunny/cold/hot — hace sol/frío/calor

it's cloudy — está nublado

it was three degrees below zero — hacía tres grados bajo cero

it's so noisy/quiet in here! — qué ruido/silencio hay aquí!

I have enough problems as it is, without you... — yo ya tengo suficientes problemas sin que tú encima...

b) ( in expressions of time) ser*

it's three o'clock — son las tres

it's one o'clock — es la una

it was still very early — todavía era muy temprano

it's Wednesday today — hoy es miércoles

hi, Joe, it's been a long time — qué tal, Joe, tanto tiempo (sin verte)

c) ( talking about distance) estar*

it's 500 miles from here to Detroit — Detroit queda or está a 500 millas de aquí

2)

a) (introducing person, object) ser*

it was me who told them — fui yo quien se lo dije or dijo, fui yo el que se lo dije or dijo

b) (in conditional use) ser*

if it hadn't been o had it not been for Juan, we would have been killed — si no hubiera sido por Juan or de no ser por Juan, nos habríamos matado

3.

v aux

1) to be -ing

a) ( used to describe action in progress) estar* + ger

what was I saying? — ¿qué estaba diciendo?

she was leaving when... — se iba cuando...

how long have you been waiting? — ¿cuánto (tiempo) hace que esperas?, ¿cuánto (tiempo) llevas esperando?

b) ( with future reference)

he is o will be arriving tomorrow — llega mañana

when are you seeing her? — ¿cuándo la vas a ver or la verás?

she'll be staying at the Plaza — se va a alojar en el Plaza

2) (in the passive voice) ser* [The passive voice, however, is less common in Spanish than it is in English]

it was built in 1903 — fue construido en 1903, se construyó en 1903, lo construyeron en 1903

she was told that... — le dijeron or se le dijo que...

it is known that... — se sabe que...

3) to be to + inf

a) ( with future reference)

I'm to be met at the airport by Joe — Joe me irá a buscar al aeropuerto

the dessert is (still) to come — todavía falta el postre

if a solution is to be found... — si se quiere encontrar or si se ha de encontrar una solución...

b) ( expressing possibility)

what are we to do? — ¿qué podemos hacer?

he wasn't to know — no tenía cómo saberlo

it was nowhere to be found — no se lo pudo encontrar por ninguna parte

c) ( expressing obligation) deber* + inf, tener* que + inf, haber* de + inf

tell her she's to stay here — dile que debe quedarse or tiene que quedarse aquí, dile que se quede aquí

you are not to tell Carol! — no debes decírselo a Carol!

am I to understand that... ? — ¿debo entender que... ?

I'm not to be disturbed! — que nadie me moleste!

4) ( in hypotheses)

what would happen if she were o was to die? — ¿qué pasaría si ella muriera?

5)

a) (in tag questions)

she's right, isn't she? — tiene razón, ¿no? or ¿verdad? or ¿no es cierto?

so that's what you think, is it? — de manera que eso es lo que piensas

b) (in elliptical uses)

are you disappointed? - yes, I am/no, I'm not — ¿estás desilusionado? - sí (, lo estoy)/no (, no lo estoy)

she was told the news, and so was he/but I wasn't — a ella le dieron la noticia, y también a él/pero a mí no

I'm surprised, are/aren't you? — estoy sorprendido, ¿y tú?/¿tú no?

[biː] (present am, is or are pt was or were pp been)
1. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1) (linking nouns, noun phrases, pronouns) ser

he's a pianist — es pianista

he wants to be a doctor — quiere ser médico

Monday's a holiday — el lunes es fiesta

two and two are four — dos y dos son cuatro

it's me! — ¡soy yo!

it was me — fui yo

who wants to be Hamlet? — ¿quién quiere hacer de or ser Hamlet?

you be the patient and I'll be the doctor — tú eres el enfermo y yo seré el médico

if I were you... — yo en tu lugar..., yo que tú... *

2) (possession) ser

she's his sister — es su hermana

it's mine — es mío

3) (characteristics seen as inherent) ser

the sky is blue — el cielo es azul

it's (made of) plastic — es de plástico

they're English — son ingleses

he's tall — es alto

it's round/enormous — es redondo/enorme

she is boring — es aburrida

I used to be poor but now I'm rich — antes era pobre pero ahora soy rico

if I were rich — si fuera rico

I'm from the south — soy del sur

the book is in French — el libro es en francés
Use [estar] with past participles used as adjectives describing the results of an action or process:
it's broken — está roto

he's dead — está muerto

4) (changeable or temporary state) estar

it's dirty — está sucio

she's bored/ill — está aburrida/enferma

how are you? — ¿cómo estás?, ¿qué tal estás?

how are you now? — ¿qué tal te encuentras ahora?

I'm very well, thanks — estoy muy bien, gracias
In certain expressions where English uses [be] + adjective to describe feelings ([be cold]/[hot]/[hungry]/[thirsty]), Spanish uses [tener] with a noun:
I'm cold/hot — tengo frío/calor

my feet are cold — tengo los pies fríos

I'm hungry/thirsty — tengo hambre/sed

be good! — ¡pórtate bien!

you're late — llegas tarde
afraid, sleepy, right
5) (age)

"how old is she?" - "she's nine" — -¿cuántos años tiene? -tiene nueve años

she will be two tomorrow — mañana cumple dos años

when I'm old — cuando sea viejo

when I was young — cuando era joven

6) (=take place) ser

the meeting's today — la reunión es hoy

the service will be at St Ninian's Church — el oficio será en la iglesia de San Ninian

7) (=be situated) estar

Edinburgh is in Scotland — Edimburgo está en Escocia

it's on the table — está sobre or en la mesa

where is the Town Hall? — ¿dónde está or queda el ayuntamiento?

it's 5 km to the village — el pueblo está or queda a 5 kilómetros

he won't be here tomorrow — mañana no estará aquí

we've been here for ages — hace mucho tiempo que estamos aquí, llevamos aquí mucho tiempo, estamos aquí desde hace mucho tiempo

• here you are(, take it) — aquí tienes(, tómalo)

• there's the church — ahí está la iglesia

8) (impersonal use)

a) (referring to weather) hacer

it's hot/cold — hace calor/frío

it's too hot — hace demasiado calor

it's fine — hace buen tiempo

b) (referring to time, date etc) ser

it's eight o'clock — son las ocho

it's morning in New York now — en Nueva York ahora es por la mañana

wake up, it's morning — despierta, es de día

what's the date (today)? — ¿qué fecha es hoy?

it's 3 May or the 3rd of May — es 3 de mayo

it's Thursday today — hoy es jueves
But note the following alternatives with [estar]:
it's 3 May or the 3rd of May — estamos a 3 de mayo

it's Thursday today — hoy estamos a jueves

c) (asking and giving opinion) ser

is it certain that...? — ¿es verdad or cierto que...?

it is easy to make a mistake — es fácil cometer un fallo

is it fair that she should be punished while...? — ¿es justo que se la castigue mientras que...?

it is possible that he'll come — es posible que venga, puede (ser) que venga

it is impossible to study all the time — es imposible estar siempre estudiando

it is unbelievable that... — es increíble que...

it's not clear whether... — no está claro si...

it would be wrong for us to do that — no estaría bien que nosotros hiciésemos eso

d) (emphatic) ser

it's me who does all the work — soy yo quien hace todo el trabajo

it was Peter who phoned — fue Peter quien llamó

why is it that she's so successful? — ¿cómo es que tiene tanto éxito?, ¿por qué tiene tanto éxito?

it was then that... — fue entonces cuando...

9) (=exist) haber

there is/are — hay

what is (there) in that room? — ¿qué hay en esa habitación?

there is nothing more beautiful — no hay nada más bello

is there anyone at home? — ¿hay alguien en casa?

there were six road accidents here last year — el año pasado hubo seis accidentes de tráfico aquí

there must be an explanation — debe de haber una explicación

there being no alternative solution... — al no haber or no habiendo otra solución...

let there be light! — ¡hágase la luz!

there are three of us — somos tres

there were three of them — eran tres

after the shop there's the bus station — después de la tienda está la estación de autobuses

See:

THERE IS, THERE ARE in there

10) (=cost)

how much was it? — ¿cuánto costó?

the book is £20 — el libro vale or cuesta 20 libras

how much is it? — ¿cuánto es?; (when paying) ¿qué le debo? frm

11) (=visit)

has the postman been? — ¿ha venido el cartero?

he has been and gone — vino y se fue

I have been to see my aunt — he ido a ver a mi tía

have you ever been to Glasgow? — ¿has estado en Glasgow alguna vez?

I've been to China — he estado en China

12) (in noun compounds) futuro

• mother to be — futura madre or mamá f

• my wife to be — mi futura esposa

13) (in set expressions)

to be or not to be — ser o no ser

• been and * —

you've been and done it now! — ¡buena la has hecho! *

that dog of yours has been and dug up my flowers! — ¡tu perro ha ido y me ha destrozado las flores!

• you're busy enough as it is — estás bastante ocupado ya con lo que tienes, ya tienes suficiente trabajo

as things are — tal como están las cosas

be that as it may — sea como fuere

• if it hadn't been for..., if it hadn't been for you or frm had it not been for you, we would have lost — si no hubiera sido por ti or de no haber sido por ti, habríamos perdido

• let me be! — ¡déjame en paz!

• if that's what you want to do, then so be it — si eso es lo que quieres hacer, adelante

• what is it to you? * — ¿a ti qué te importa?

• what's it to be? — (in bar etc) ¿qué va a ser?, ¿qué vas a tomar?

2. AUXILIARY VERB

1) (forming passive) ser

the house was destroyed by an earthquake — la casa fue destruida por un terremoto
The passive is not used as often in Spanish as in English, active and reflexive constructions often being preferred:
the box had been opened — habían abierto la caja

these cars are produced in Spain — estos coches se fabrican en España

it is said that... — dicen que..., se dice que...

he was killed by a terrorist — lo mató un terrorista

she was killed in a car crash — murió en un accidente de coche, resultó muerta en un accidente de coche frm

what's to be done? — ¿qué hay que hacer?

• it's a film not to be missed — es una película que no hay que perderse

• we searched everywhere for him, but he was nowhere to be seen — lo buscamos por todas partes pero no lo encontramos en ningún sitio

2) (forming continuous) estar

it's raining — está lloviendo

what are you doing? — ¿qué estás haciendo?, ¿qué haces?

don't distract me when I'm driving — no me distraigas cuando estoy conduciendo

he's always grumbling — siempre está quejándose

he was studying until the early hours — estuvo estudiando hasta la madrugada
Use the present simple to talk about planned future events and the construction to talk about intention:
they're coming tomorrow — vienen mañana

"it's a pity you aren't coming with us" - "but I am coming!" — -¡qué pena que no vengas con nosotros! -¡sí que voy!

will you be seeing her tomorrow? — ¿la verás or la vas a ver mañana?

will you be needing more? — ¿vas a necesitar más?

I shall be seeing him — voy a verlo

I'll be seeing you — hasta luego, nos vemos (esp LAm)
The imperfect tense can be used for continuous action in the past:
he was driving too fast — conducía demasiado rápido
for, since
3) (verb substitute)

a)

he's older than you are — es mayor que tú

he isn't as happy as he was — no está tan contento como antes

"he's going to complain about you" - "oh, is he?" — -va a quejarse de ti -¿ah, sí?

"I'm worried" - "so am I" — -estoy preocupado -yo también

"I'm not ready" - "neither am I" — -no estoy listo -yo tampoco

"you're tired" - "no, I'm not" — -estás cansado -no, ¡qué va!

"you're not eating enough" - "yes I am" — -no comes lo suficiente -que sí

"they're getting married" - "oh, are they?" — (showing surprise) -se casan -¿ah, sí? or -¡no me digas!

"he isn't very happy" - "oh, isn't he?" — -no está muy contento -¿ah, no?

"he's always late, isn't he?" - "yes, he is" — -siempre llega tarde, ¿verdad? -(pues) sí

"is it what you expected?" - "no, it isn't" — -¿es esto lo que esperabas? -(pues) no

"she's pretty" - "no, she isn't" — -es guapa -¡qué va!

b) (in question tags)

he's handsome, isn't he? — es guapo, ¿verdad?, es guapo, ¿no?, es guapo, ¿no es cierto?

it was fun, wasn't it? — fue divertido, ¿verdad?, fue divertido, ¿no?

she wasn't happy, was she? — no era feliz, ¿verdad?

so he's back again, is he? — así que ha vuelto, ¿eh?

you're not ill, are you? — ¿no estarás enfermo?

3. MODAL VERB
(with infinitive construction)
1) (=must, have to)

you're to put on your shoes — tienes que ponerte los zapatos

he's not to open it — no debe abrirlo, que no lo abra

I am to do it — he de hacerlo yo, soy yo el que debe hacerlo

I am not to speak to him — no tengo permiso para hablar con él

I wasn't to tell you his name — no podía or debía decirte su nombre

2) (=should) deber

he is to be congratulated on his work — debemos felicitarlo por su trabajo

am I to understand that...? — ¿debo entender que...?

she wrote "My Life", not to be confused with Bernstein's book of the same name — escribió "Mi Vida", que no debe confundirse con la obra de Bernstein que lleva el mismo título

he was to have come yesterday — tenía que or debía haber venido ayer

he is to be pitied — es digno de lástima

3) (=will)

the talks are to start tomorrow — las conversaciones darán comienzo mañana

her house is to be sold — su casa se pondrá a la venta

they are to be married in the summer — se casarán en el verano

4) (=can)

these birds are to be found all over the world — estos pájaros se encuentran por todo el mundo

little traffic was to be seen — había poco tráfico

you weren't to know — no tenías por qué saberlo

5) (expressing destiny)

this was to have serious repercussions — esto iba a tener serias repercusiones

they were never to return — jamás regresaron

it was not to be — no quiso el destino que así fuera

6) (in conditional sentences)

you must work harder if you are to succeed — debes esforzarte más si quieres triunfar

if it was or were to snow... — si nevase or nevara...

if I were to leave the job, would you replace me? — si yo dejara el puesto, ¿me sustituirías?
BE
"Ser" or "estar"?
You can use "ser": ► when defining or identifying by linking two nouns or noun phrases:
Paris is the capital of France París es la capital de Francia
He was the most hated man in the village Era el hombre más odiado del pueblo ► to describe essential or inherent characteristics (e.g. colour, material, nationality, race, shape, size {etc}):
His mother is German Su madre es alemana
She was blonde Era rubia ► with most impersonal expressions not involving past participles:
It is important to be on time Es importante llegar a tiempo
Está claro que is an exception:
It is obvious you don't understand Está claro que no lo entiendes ► when telling the time or talking about time or age:
It is ten o'clock Son las diez
It's very late. Let's go home Es muy tarde. Vamos a casa
He lived in the country when he was young Vivió en el campo cuando era joven ► to indicate possession or duty:
It's mine Es mío
This is your responsibility Este asunto es responsabilidad tuya ► with events in the sense of "take place":
The 1992 Olympic Games were in Barcelona Los Juegos Olímpicos de 1992 fueron en Barcelona
"Where is the exam?" - "It's in Room 1" "¿Dónde es el examen?" - "Es en el Aula Número 1" NOTE: Compare this usage with that of estar (see below) to talk about location of places, objects and people.
You can use "estar": ► to talk about location of places, objects and people:
"Where is Zaragoza?" - "It's in Spain" "¿Dónde está Zaragoza?" - "Está en España"
Your glasses are on the bedside table Tus gafas están en la mesilla de noche NOTE: But use ser with events in the sense of "take place" (see above)}. ► to talk about changeable state, condition or mood:
The teacher is ill La profesora está enferma
The coffee's cold El café está frío
How happy I am! ¡Qué contento estoy! NOTE: Feliz, however, which is seen as more permanent than contento, is used mainly with ser. ► to form progressive tenses:
We're having lunch. Is it ok if I call you later? Estamos comiendo. Te llamaré luego, ¿vale?
Both "ser" and "estar" can be used with past participles ► Use ser in {passive} constructions:
This play was written by Lorca Esta obra fue escrita por Lorca
He was shot dead (by a terrorist group) Fue asesinado a tiros (por un grupo terrorista) NOTE: The passive is not used as often in Spanish as it is in English. ► Use estar with past participles to describe the {results} of a previous action or event:
We threw them away because they were broken Los tiramos a la basura porque estaban rotos
He's dead Está muerto ► Compare the use of ser + ((past participle)) which describes {action} and estar + ((past participle)) which describes {result} in the following:
The window was broken by the firemen La ventana fue rota por los bomberos
The window was broken La ventana estaba rota
It was painted around 1925 Fue pintado hacia 1925
The floor is painted a dark colour El suelo está pintado de color oscuro ► Ser and estar are both used in impersonal expressions with past participles. As above, the use of ser implies {action} while the use of estar implies {result}:
It is understood that the work was never finished Es sabido que el trabajo nunca se llegó a terminar
It is a proven fact that vaccinations save many lives Está demostrado que las vacunas salvan muchas vidas
"Ser" and "estar" with adjectives ► Some adjectives can be used with both ser and estar but the meaning changes completely depending on the verb:
He's clever Es listo
Are you ready? ¿Estás listo?
Chemistry is boring La química es aburrida
I'm bored Estoy aburrido ► Other adjectives can also be used with both verbs but the use of ser describes a {characteristic} while the use of estar implies a {change}:
He's very handsome Es muy guapo
You look great in that dress! Estás muy guapa con ese vestido
He's slim Es delgado
You're (looking) very slim ¡Estás muy delgada! For further uses and examples, see main entry
* * *
[biːˌ] weak form [bi]
1.

1) (pres am, are, is; past was, were; past p been) intransitive verb [See notes at ser and estar]

Sense I

2)

a) (followed by an adjective)

she's French/intelligent — es francesa/inteligente

he's worried/furious — está preocupado/furioso

he's blind — es or (Esp tb) está ciego

he's short and fat — es bajo y gordo

he's so fat he can't get into his clothes any more — está tan gordo que ya no le cabe la ropa

these shoes are new — estos zapatos son nuevos

have you never had gazpacho? it's delicious! — ¿nunca has comido gazpacho? es delicioso!

the gazpacho is delicious, did you make it yourself? — el gazpacho está delicioso ¿lo hiciste tú?

she was very rude to me — estuvo or fue muy grosera conmigo

she's very rude — es muy grosera

be good — sé bueno

don't be silly! — no seas tonto!

b) ( talking about marital status)

Tony is married/divorced/single — Tony está or (esp AmL) es casado/divorciado/soltero

to be married to somebody — estar* casado con alguien

we've been married for eight years — llevamos ocho años casados

3)

a) (followed by a noun) ser*

she's a lawyer — es abogada

he's a Catholic — es católico

she was Prime Minister for 11 years — fue Primera Ministra durante 11 años

who was Prime Minister at the time? — ¿quién era Primer Ministro en ese momento?

it's me/Daniel — soy yo/es Daniel

if I were you, I'd stay — yo que tú or yo en tu lugar me quedaría

b) ( play the role of) hacer* de

I was Juliet in the school play — hice de Julieta en la obra del colegio

4)

a) ( talking about mental and physical states)

how are you? — ¿cómo estás?

I'm much better — estoy or me encuentro mucho mejor

she's pregnant/tired — está embarazada/cansada

I'm cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/sleepy — tengo frío/calor/hambre/sed/sueño

she has been ill — ha estado enferma

he's dead — está muerto

b) ( talking about age) tener*

how old are you? — ¿cuántos años tienes?

I'm 31 — tengo 31 años

Paul was four last Monday — Paul cumplió cuatro años el lunes pasado

he's a lot older/younger — es mucho mayor/menor

our house is over 100 years old — nuestra casa tiene más de 100 años

c) (giving cost, measurement, weight)

how much is that? - that'll be $15, please — ¿cuánto es? - (son) 15 dólares, por favor

they are $15 each — cuestan or valen 15 dólares cada una

two plus two is four — dos más dos son cuatro

how tall/heavy is he? — ¿cuánto mide/pesa?

Jim's over six feet (tall) — Jim mide más de seis pies

Sense II

5)

a) (exist, live)

I think, therefore I am — pienso, luego existo

to be or not to be — ser o no ser

to let something/somebody be — dejar tranquilo or en paz algo/a alguien

her husband-to-be — su futuro marido

b) ( in expressions of time)

don't be too long — no tardes mucho, no (te) demores mucho (esp AmL)

I'm drying my hair, I won't be long — me estoy secando el pelo, enseguida estoy

how long will dinner be? — ¿cuánto falta para la cena?

c) ( take place) ser*

the party is tomorrow — la fiesta es mañana

6) (be situated, present) estar*

where is the library? — ¿dónde está or queda la biblioteca?

where are you? — ¿dónde estás?

what's in that box? — ¿qué hay en esa caja?

who's in the movie? — ¿quién actúa or trabaja en la película?

he's here for two weeks — va a estar aquí dos semanas

how long are you in Chicago (for)? — (colloq) ¿cuánto (tiempo) te vas a quedar en Chicago ?

7) (only in perfect tenses) ( visit) estar*

I've never been to India — nunca he estado en la India

have you been to the exhibition yet? — ¿ya has estado en or has ido a la exposición?

2.

v impers

1)

a) (talking about physical conditions, circumstances)

it's sunny/cold/hot — hace sol/frío/calor

it's cloudy — está nublado

it was three degrees below zero — hacía tres grados bajo cero

it's so noisy/quiet in here! — qué ruido/silencio hay aquí!

I have enough problems as it is, without you... — yo ya tengo suficientes problemas sin que tú encima...

b) ( in expressions of time) ser*

it's three o'clock — son las tres

it's one o'clock — es la una

it was still very early — todavía era muy temprano

it's Wednesday today — hoy es miércoles

hi, Joe, it's been a long time — qué tal, Joe, tanto tiempo (sin verte)

c) ( talking about distance) estar*

it's 500 miles from here to Detroit — Detroit queda or está a 500 millas de aquí

2)

a) (introducing person, object) ser*

it was me who told them — fui yo quien se lo dije or dijo, fui yo el que se lo dije or dijo

b) (in conditional use) ser*

if it hadn't been o had it not been for Juan, we would have been killed — si no hubiera sido por Juan or de no ser por Juan, nos habríamos matado

3.

v aux

1) to be -ing

a) ( used to describe action in progress) estar* + ger

what was I saying? — ¿qué estaba diciendo?

she was leaving when... — se iba cuando...

how long have you been waiting? — ¿cuánto (tiempo) hace que esperas?, ¿cuánto (tiempo) llevas esperando?

b) ( with future reference)

he is o will be arriving tomorrow — llega mañana

when are you seeing her? — ¿cuándo la vas a ver or la verás?

she'll be staying at the Plaza — se va a alojar en el Plaza

2) (in the passive voice) ser* [The passive voice, however, is less common in Spanish than it is in English]

it was built in 1903 — fue construido en 1903, se construyó en 1903, lo construyeron en 1903

she was told that... — le dijeron or se le dijo que...

it is known that... — se sabe que...

3) to be to + inf

a) ( with future reference)

I'm to be met at the airport by Joe — Joe me irá a buscar al aeropuerto

the dessert is (still) to come — todavía falta el postre

if a solution is to be found... — si se quiere encontrar or si se ha de encontrar una solución...

b) ( expressing possibility)

what are we to do? — ¿qué podemos hacer?

he wasn't to know — no tenía cómo saberlo

it was nowhere to be found — no se lo pudo encontrar por ninguna parte

c) ( expressing obligation) deber* + inf, tener* que + inf, haber* de + inf

tell her she's to stay here — dile que debe quedarse or tiene que quedarse aquí, dile que se quede aquí

you are not to tell Carol! — no debes decírselo a Carol!

am I to understand that... ? — ¿debo entender que... ?

I'm not to be disturbed! — que nadie me moleste!

4) ( in hypotheses)

what would happen if she were o was to die? — ¿qué pasaría si ella muriera?

5)

a) (in tag questions)

she's right, isn't she? — tiene razón, ¿no? or ¿verdad? or ¿no es cierto?

so that's what you think, is it? — de manera que eso es lo que piensas

b) (in elliptical uses)

are you disappointed? - yes, I am/no, I'm not — ¿estás desilusionado? - sí (, lo estoy)/no (, no lo estoy)

she was told the news, and so was he/but I wasn't — a ella le dieron la noticia, y también a él/pero a mí no

I'm surprised, are/aren't you? — estoy sorprendido, ¿y tú?/¿tú no?

English-spanish dictionary > be
11 THEY, THEM

(3rd person pl. and dual forms): As the pronominal ending for “they”, Tolkien hesitated between -ltë and -ntë. For instance, a verb like “they do” is attested both as cariltë and carintë (VT49:16, 17). In one text, the ending -ltë is marked as archaic or poetic (VT49:17), but in other paradigms no such qualification occurs (VT49:51). The alternative form -nte- occurs in UT:317, with a second pronominal marker (-s “it”, denoting the object) following: Tiruvantes "they will keep it". General considerations of euphony may favour -ltë rather than -ntë (e.g. *quenteltë rather than *quententë for “they spoke” – in the past tense, many verbs end in -ntë even before any pronominal endings are supplied, like quentë “spoke” in this example). The ending -ltë (unlike -ntë) would also conform with the general system that the plural pronominal endings include the plural marker l (VT48:11). – In Tolkien’s early material, the ending -ltë appears as -lto instead (e.g. tulielto “they have come”, LT1:270). – A simple plural verb (with ending -r) can have “they” as its implied subject, as in the example quetir en “they still say” (PE17:167). – In the independent pronouns, distinct forms of may be used depending on whether “they, them” refers to living beings (persons, animals or even plants) or to non-living things or abstracts. The “personal” independent pronoun is te, which may have a long vowel when stressed (té, VT49:51). It is also attested in object position (laita te “bless them”, LotR:989 cf. Letters:308, VT43:20). It can receive case endings, e.g. dative ten (VT49:14; variant forms téna and tien, VT49:14, VT43:12, 21). As the “impersonal” they, them referring to non-living things, Tolkien in some sources used ta (VT43:20; 8, 9), but this apparently caused dissatisfaction because he also wanted ta to be the singular pronoun “that, it”. According to VT49:32, the form tai was introduced as the word for impersonal or inanimate “they, them” (in some places changed to te, apparently suggesting that Tolkien considered using te for both personal and impersonal “they/them”, abandoning the distinction). Another source (VT49:51) lists sa as the pl. impersonal form, but all other published sources use this pronoun for singular impersonal “it”, not pl. “they”. – The object “them” can also be expressed by the ending -t following another pronominal suffix (laituvalmet, “we shall bless [or praise] them", LotR:989 cf Letters:308). Presumably this ending -t makes no distinction between personal and impersonal forms. – Quenya also possesses special dual forms of “they, them”, used where only two persons or things are referred to (none of these pronouns distinguish between personal and impersonal forms). In VT49:16, the old ending for dual “they” is given as -stë (marked as archaic or poetic), but this would clash with the corresponding 2nd person ending. According to VT49:51, this ending was changed (also within the imaginary world) from -stë to -ttë, which seems the better alternative (*carittë, “the two of them do”). The independent dual pronoun is given as tú (ibid.) However, it may also be permissible to use te for “they, them” even where only two persons are involved (te is seemingly used with reference to Frodo and Sam in one of the examples above, laita te “bless them”). – Genitive forms, see THEIR; reflexive pronoun, see THEMSELVES.

Quettaparma Quenyallo (English-Quenya) > THEY, THEM
12 it

it
pronoun

1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) él; ella; ello (sujeto); lo, la (complemento directo)

2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) (se usa como sujeto en frases impersonales: it is cold = hace frío)

3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) (se usa para dar énfasis a ciertas palabras o frases)

4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!) lo, la

•

- its
- itself

it pron

1. él / ella / ello

where's my shirt?, it's not in my room ¿dónde está mi camisa?, no está en mi habitación

2. lo / la

I've lost my wallet and I can't find it he perdido mi cartera y no la encuentro

3. le

the dog's thirsty Give it some water el perro tiene sed Dale un poco de agua

Muchas veces it funciona como un sujeto impersonal

who is it? It's me, Peter ¿quién es? Soy yo, Peter

it is very hot today hace mucho calor hoy

it's nearly four o'clock son casi las cuatro

it is September 11th es el 11 de septiembre

it's 10 miles to the next village hay 10 millas hasta el próximo pueblo

IT

tr['aɪ'tiː]

abbreviation

1 ( information technology) informática

it ['ɪt] pron

1) (as subject; generally omitted) : él, ella, ello

it's a big building: es un edificio grande

who was it?: ¿quién era?

2) (as indirect object) : le

I'll give it some water: voy a darle agua

3) (as direct object) : lo, la

give it to me: dámelo

4) (as object of a preposition; generally omitted) : él, ella, ello

behind it: detrás, detrás de él

5) (in impersonal constructions)

it's raining: está lloviendo

it's 8 o'clock: son las ocho

6) (as the implied subject or object of a verb)

it is necessary to study: es necesario estudiar

to give it all one's got: dar lo mejor de sí

it

pron.

• ella pron.

• ello pron.

• la pron.

• le pron.

• lo pron.

• él pron.

pron.

• le pron.

mass noun = information technology

I [ɪt]
1. PRON

1) (specific)

It as subject or following a preposition is often not translated. (direct object) lo, la; (indirect object) le; (after prep) (if translated) él m, ella f; (neuter) ello
it's on the table — está en la mesa

where is it? — ¿dónde está?

"here's the book" - "give it to me" — -aquí está el libro -dámelo

if you have the list, give it to him — si tienes la lista, dásela

it's a good film, have you seen it? — es una buena película, ¿la has visto?

give it a kick — dale una patada

I have no money for it — no tengo dinero para comprarlo

I doubt it — lo dudo

there's a wall in front of/behind it — hay una pared delante/detrás (de ello)

she put a plate on top of it — le puso un plato encima, lo tapó con un plato

it's a she — [dog, cat etc] es hembra

it's a boy — [baby] es niño

2) (indefinite)
The indefinite subject is not translated.
it's raining — está lloviendo

it's Friday tomorrow — mañana es viernes

it's 10 October or the 10th of October — es el diez de octubre

it's six o'clock — son las seis

how far is it? — ¿a qué distancia está?

it's ten miles to London — son diez millas de aquí a Londres

I like it here, it's quiet — me gusta aquí, es tranquilo

it was kind of you — fue muy amable de su parte

it's easy to talk — hablar no cuesta nada

it is not in him to do it — no es capaz de hacer eso

• it's me — soy yo

don't worry, it's only me — soy yo, no te emociones

• it's no use worrying — no vale la pena inquietarse

• it is said that... — se dice que...

I have heard it said that... — he oído decir que...

• it was Peter who phoned — fue Peter quien llamó

• what is it? — (=what's the matter?) ¿qué pasa?

• who is it? — ¿quién es?

3) (special uses with "to be")

• how is it that...? — ¿cómo es que...?, ¿cómo resulta que...?

• that's it for today — eso es todo por hoy

that's it! just there is fine — ¡eso es! ahí mismo está bien

that's it! I've had enough of this waiting! — ¡ya está bien! ¡estoy harto de esperar!

that's it then! we leave on Sunday — ¡muy bien! or ¡solucionado! salimos el domingo

that's just it! — ¡ahí está el problema!

• this is it — (=it's time) ya llegó la hora; (=train, bus etc) ahí viene

4) (referring to situation)

he won't agree to it — no lo aceptará

I spoke to him about it — lo hablé con él

• I'm against it — estoy en contra

• I'm (all) for it * — estoy (muy) a favor

• the worst of it is that... — lo peor del caso es que...

- he's dropped us in it
at, get 1., 20)
5) (in games)

you're it! — ¡te tocó!

6) * (=sexual attraction)

you've either got it or you haven't — ese algo, o se tiene o no, no hay vuelta de hoja

7) * (=something special)

she thinks she's just it! * — se las da de maravillosa *

2.

CPD

It Girl * N — (esp Brit) mujer muy moderna, famosa, que inicia modas

II

* [ɪt]
N vermú m or vermut m italiano
* * *

mass noun = information technology

English-spanish dictionary > it
13 love

1. noun
1) (a feeling of great fondness or enthusiasm for a person or thing: She has a great love of music; her love for her children.) amor

2) (strong attachment with sexual attraction: They are in love with one another.) amor

3) (a person or thing that is thought of with (great) fondness (used also as a term of affection): Ballet is the love of her life; Goodbye, love!) guapo, cielo

4) (a score of nothing in tennis: The present score is fifteen love (written 15-0).) cero

2. verb
1) (to be (very) fond of: She loves her children dearly.) amar, querer

2) (to take pleasure in: They both love dancing.) gustar, encantar

•

- lovable
- lovely
- loveliness
- lover
- loving
- lovingly
- love affair
- love-letter
- lovesick
- fall in love with
- fall in love
- for love or money
- make love
- there's no love lost between them

love¹ n amor

Cupid was the god of love Cupido era el dios del amor

to fall in love enamorarse

he fell in love with a dancer se enamoró de una bailarina

La palabra love se emplea también al final de una carta para despedirse de una persona querida; equivale a un abrazo fuerte o con cariño

love² vb

1. querer / amar

I love you te quiero

2. encantar / gustar mucho

Pauline loves reading a Pauline le encanta leer

love

tr[lʌv]

noun

1 (in general) amor nombre masculino; (affection) cariño; (liking) afición nombre femenino ( for, a)

2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (person) guapo,-a, chato,-a

3 (regards) recuerdos nombre masculino plural

■ (give my) love to your parents muchos recuerdos a tus padres

4 (tennis) cero

transitive verb

1 amar, querer

■ do you love him? ¿lo quieres?

2 (like a lot) encantarle a uno, gustarle a uno mucho

■ I love playing tennis me encanta jugar a tenis

■ we'd love to see you nos encantaría verte

■ I love to watch her dancing me gusta mucho verla bailar

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

for the love of it por amor al arte

love at first sight amor a primera vista

not for love or money por nada del mundo

to be in love with estar enamorado,-a de

to fall in love enamorarse

to make love hacer el amor (to, a)

love affair aventura amorosa, lío

love child hijo,-a natural

love life vida sentimental 2 (sexual) vida sexual

love ['lʌv] v, loved ; loving vt

1) : querer, amar

I love you: te quiero

2) enjoy: encantarle a alguien, ser (muy) aficionado a, gustarle mucho a uno (algo)

she loves flowers: le encantan las flores

he loves golf: es muy aficionado al golf

I'd love to go with you: me gustaría mucho acompañarte

love vi

: querer, amar

love n

1) : amor m, cariño m

to be in love with: estar enamorado de

to fall in love with: enamorarse de

2) enthusiasm, interest: amor m, afición m, gusto m

love of music: afición a la música

3) beloved: amor m; amado m, -da f; enamorado m, -da f

love

adj.

• amoroso, -a adj.

• de amor adj.

n.

• amado s.m.

• amar s.m.

• amor s.m.

• cariño s.m.

• dilección s.f.

• querer s.m.

v.

• amar v.

• querer v.

(§pret: quis-) fut/c: querr-•)

• ser aficionado a v.

• tener cariño a v.

I lʌv
noun

1)

a) (affection, emotional attachment) amor m

their love for each other — el amor or el cariño que se tenían

to feel love for somebody — sentir* cariño or amor por algn

to fall/be in love with somebody/something — enamorarse/estar* enamorado de algn/algo

to make love to somebody — ( sexually) hacer* el amor con algn; ( flirt) (dated) hacer(le)* el amor or la corte (a algn) (ant)

a love-hate relationship — una relación de amor y odio

not for love or o (esp BrE) nor money — por nada del mundo

there's no love lost between them — no se pueden ver

love bite — mordisco m or (CS fam) chupón m or (Méx fam) chupete m

b) (enthusiasm, interest)

love OF something — amor m a or por algo

her love of reading — su amor a or por la lectura, su afición por la lectura

2)

a) (greetings, regards)

give my love to your parents — (dale) recuerdos a tus padres (de mi parte), cariños a tus padres (AmL)

b) ( in letters)

love from John o love, John — un abrazo, John or (AmL tb) cariños, John

lots of love, John — un apretado abrazo, John

all my love, John — con todo mi cariño, John

3)

a) ( person loved) amor m

b) ( thing loved) pasión f

the theater remained her first love — el teatro siguió siendo su gran pasión

4) (colloq) (as form of address)

a) ( to loved one) cariño, cielo

don't cry, my love — no llores, mi vida or mi amor

b) (BrE) ( to older woman) señora; ( to younger woman) señorita, guapa (Esp); ( to older man) señor; ( to younger man) joven, guapo (Esp)

5) ( in tennis) cero m

II

transitive verb

a) ( care for) querer*, amar (liter)

children need to be loved — los niños necesitan cariño

b) ( like)

to love something/-ING/to + INF: I love music/reading/to get presents me encanta la música/leer/recibir regalos; I'd love a cup of tea una taza de té me vendría de maravilla; I'd love to come — me encantaría ir, me gustaría muchísimo ir

[lʌv]
1. N

1) (=affection) [of person] amor m

• I no longer feel any love for or towards him — ya no siento amor or cariño por él

• it was love at first sight — fue amor a primera vista, fue un flechazo

• her love for or of her children — su amor m por sus hijos

her children's love for her — el amor de sus hijos por ella

don't give me any money, I'm doing it for love — no me des dinero, lo hago por amor al arte hum

to marry for love — casarse por amor

for love of her son, out of love for her son — por amor a su hijo, por el amor que le tiene/tenía a su hijo

for the love of God or Mike! — ¡por el amor de Dios!

• to be/fall in love (with sb) — estar enamorado/enamorarse (de algn)

they are in love (with each other) — están enamorados (el uno del otro)

• to make love (with/to sb) — euph (=have sex) hacer el amor (con algn)

• to make love to sb — † (=woo) hacer la corte or el amor a algn

- there is no love lost between them

- I wouldn't do it for love nor money

it wasn't to be had for love nor money — era imposible conseguirlo

2) (=liking) [of activity, food, place] afición f, pasión f

her love of colour comes out in her garden — su afición f or pasión f por el colorido se refleja en su jardín

he studies history for the love of it — estudia historia por pura afición

3) (in greetings, letters)

(with) love (from) Jim — con cariño (de) Jim, besos (de) Jim

• all my love, Jim — con todo mi cariño, Jim

• give him my love — dale or mándale recuerdos míos

• lots of love, Jim — muchos besos, Jim

• he sends (you) his love — te da or manda recuerdos

4) (=person loved) amor m ; (=thing loved) pasión f

• she was my first love — fue mi primer amor

football was his first love — el fútbol era su principal pasión

• the theatre was her great love — el teatro era su gran pasión

• he was the love of her life — fue el amor de su vida

5) (as term of address) cariño m

yes, love — si, cariño

thanks, love — (to woman) gracias, guapa or (Sp) maja; (to man) gracias, guapo or (Sp) majo; (to child) gracias, cielo or cariño

my love — amor mío, mi vida

6) (=adorable person)

he's a little love — es un cielo, es un encanto

be a love and make us a cup of tea — venga, cielo or cariño, prepáranos una taza de té

7) (Tennis)

love all — cero cero

15 love — 15 a cero

2. VT

1) (=feel affection for) querer, amar frm

you don't love me any more — ya no me quieres

I loved that boy as if he were my own son — quería a ese chico como si fuera mi hijo

love thy neighbour as thyself — ama al prójimo como a ti mismo frm

she loves her children/her cat/that car — quiere mucho a or siente mucho cariño por sus hijos/su gato/ese coche

• she loved him dearly — lo quería muchísimo, lo amaba profundamente

• I must love you and leave you hum — me despido que me tengo que marchar

• love me, love my dog — quien quiere a Beltrán quiere a su can

- she loves me, she loves me not

2) (=like very much)

I love strawberries — me encantan las fresas

I love Madrid — me encanta Madrid, me gusta muchísimo Madrid

"would you like a drink?" - "I'd love one" — -¿quieres tomar algo? -¡sí, por favor!

I'd love a beer — daría cualquier cosa por una cerveza

he loves swimming, he loves to swim — le encanta nadar, le gusta muchísimo nadar

I'd love to come — me encantaría ir, me gustaría muchísimo ir

I'd love to! — ¡con mucho gusto!, ¡yo, encantado!

3.

CPD

love affair N — aventura f (sentimental), amorío m ; (fig) pasión f

her love affair with France began in 1836 — su pasión por Francia comenzó en 1836

she had a love affair with a younger man — tuvo una aventura (sentimental) or un amorío con un hombre más joven que ella

love child N — hijo(-a) m / f natural

love game N — (Tennis) juego m en blanco

love handles ** NPL — agarraderas ** fpl

love letter N — carta f de amor

love life N — (emotional) vida f sentimental; (sexual) vida f sexual

how's your love life these days? — ¿qué tal te va la vida últimamente en el campo sentimental or romántico?

love match N — matrimonio m por amor

love nest N — nido m de amor

love potion N — filtro m (de amor), bebedizo m (de amor)

love scene N — escena f de amor

love seat N — confidente m, canapé m

love song N — canción f de amor

love story N — historia f de amor

love token N — prenda f de amor, prueba f de amor

love triangle N — triángulo m amoroso
LOVE
L ove can usually be translated by querer. ► With people, pets and native lands, que rer is the most typical translation:
I love you Te quiero
Timmy loves his mother more than his father Timmy quiere más a su madre que a su padre
When he lived abroad he realized how much he loved his country Cuando vivió en el extranjero, se dio cuenta de lo mucho que quería a su país ► Que rer is commonly used with mucho in statements like the following:
I love my parents Quiero mucho a mis padres
He loved his cat and was very depressed when it died Quería mucho a su gato y tuvo una gran depresión cuando murió ► Use amar, especially in formal language, to talk about spiritual or elevated forms of love:
To love God above everything else Amar a Dios sobre todas las cosas
Their duty was to love and respect their parents Su deber era amar y respetar a sus padres ► Use the impersonal enc antarle a uno to talk about things and people that you like very much:
He loved playing tennis Le encantaba jugar al tenis
I love children (A mí) me encantan los niños For further uses and examples, see main entry
* * *

I [lʌv]
noun

1)

a) (affection, emotional attachment) amor m

their love for each other — el amor or el cariño que se tenían

to feel love for somebody — sentir* cariño or amor por algn

to fall/be in love with somebody/something — enamorarse/estar* enamorado de algn/algo

to make love to somebody — ( sexually) hacer* el amor con algn; ( flirt) (dated) hacer(le)* el amor or la corte (a algn) (ant)

a love-hate relationship — una relación de amor y odio

not for love or o (esp BrE) nor money — por nada del mundo

there's no love lost between them — no se pueden ver

love bite — mordisco m or (CS fam) chupón m or (Méx fam) chupete m

b) (enthusiasm, interest)

love OF something — amor m a or por algo

her love of reading — su amor a or por la lectura, su afición por la lectura

2)

a) (greetings, regards)

give my love to your parents — (dale) recuerdos a tus padres (de mi parte), cariños a tus padres (AmL)

b) ( in letters)

love from John o love, John — un abrazo, John or (AmL tb) cariños, John

lots of love, John — un apretado abrazo, John

all my love, John — con todo mi cariño, John

3)

a) ( person loved) amor m

b) ( thing loved) pasión f

the theater remained her first love — el teatro siguió siendo su gran pasión

4) (colloq) (as form of address)

a) ( to loved one) cariño, cielo

don't cry, my love — no llores, mi vida or mi amor

b) (BrE) ( to older woman) señora; ( to younger woman) señorita, guapa (Esp); ( to older man) señor; ( to younger man) joven, guapo (Esp)

5) ( in tennis) cero m

II

transitive verb

a) ( care for) querer*, amar (liter)

children need to be loved — los niños necesitan cariño

b) ( like)

to love something/-ING/to + INF: I love music/reading/to get presents me encanta la música/leer/recibir regalos; I'd love a cup of tea una taza de té me vendría de maravilla; I'd love to come — me encantaría ir, me gustaría muchísimo ir

English-spanish dictionary > love
14 εἰμί

εἰμί ( εἰμ（ί), [ἔσσι], ἐσσί, ἔστι（ν), ἐστί（ν), ἔσθ, εἰμέν, ἐντί, εἰσίν, ἔντι; εἴην, εἴη; ἔστω; ἐών, ἐόντα, ὄντα, ἐόντων, ἐοῖσα, ἐοῖσαν, ἐόντων; ἔμμεναι, ἔμμεν, [εἶναι codd.]: fut. ἔσομαι, ἔσσομαι, ἔσεται, ἔσσεται, ἔσται; ἐσσομένας gen., ἐσσόμενον, ἐσσόμενα; ἔσσεσθαι, ἔσεσθαι: impf. ἦν, ἔσαν, ἦσαν; ἔσκεν.)

1 be. A

1 c. predicative adj.

a
ἄπιστον ἐμήσατο πιστὸν ἔμμεναι O. 1.32

τὸ πόρσω δ' ἐστὶ σοφοῖς ἄβατον κἀσόφοις O. 3.44

θεὸς εὔφρων εἴη λοιπαῖς εὐχαῖς O. 4.13

ἠὺ δ' ἔχοντες σοφοὶ καὶ πολίταις ἔδοξαν ἔμμεν O. 5.16

ἦν δὲ κλέος βαθύ O. 7.52

φανερὰν ἐν πελάγει Ῥόδον ἔμμεν ποντίῳ O. 7.56

τερπνὸν δ' ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἴσον ἔσσεται οὐδέν O. 8.53

μάτρωος δ' ἐκάλεσσέ μιν ἰσώνυμον ἔμμεν O. 9.64

ὁ δὲ λόγος δόξαν φέρει, λοιπὸν ἔσσεσθαι στεφάνοισί νιν ἵπποις τε κλυτὰν P. 1.37

γένοἰ οἷος ἐσσὶ μαθών P. 2.72
[ ἀβάπτιστός εἰμι (codd.: εἶμι Schnitzer) P. 2.80]
σμικρὸς ἐν σμικροῖς, μέγας ἐν μεγάλοις ἔσσομαι P. 3.107
“ ἔσομαι τοῖος” P. 4.156
δίδυμαι γὰρ ἔσαν ζωαί P. 4.209

πόνων δ' οὔ τις ἀπόκλαρός ἐστιν οὔτ ἔσεται P. 5.54

εὐθύτομόν τε κατέθηκεν Ἀπολλωνίαις ἀλεξιμβρότοις πεδιάδα πομπαῖς ἔμμεν ἱππόκροτον σκυρωτὰν ὁδόν P. 5.92

ἐδόκησέν τε ὕπατος ἀμφὶ τοκεῦσιν ἔμμεν πρὸς ἀρετάν P. 6.42
“ κρυπταὶ κλαίδες ἐντὶ σοφᾶς Πειθοῦς ἱερᾶν φιλοτάτων” P. 9.39
θεὸς εἴη ἀπήμων κέαρ P. 10.21

θαμὰ δ' ἀλλοδαπῶν οὐκ ἀπείρατοι δόμοι ἐντί N. 1.24

ἐστὶ δ' αἰετὸς ὠκὺς ἐν ποτανοῖς N. 3.80

τὸ δ' ἐναντίον ἔσκεν N. 5.31
σέο δὲ προπράον' ἔμμεν ξεῖνον ἀδελφεόν τ (Schr.: προπρεῶνα μέν codd.) N. 7.86 ξανθοκομᾶν Δαναῶν ἦσαν μέγιστοι <¯˘¯> N. 9.17
ἁ Μοῖσα γὰρ οὐ φιλοκερδής πω τότ' ἦν οὐδ ἐργάτις I. 2.6

ἐσσὶ γὰρ ὦν σοφός I. 2.12

οὐκ ἀγνῶτες ὑμῖν ἐντὶ δόμοι οὔτε κώμων I. 2.30
ἰατὰ δ' ἐστὶ βροτοῖς σύν γ ἐλευθερίᾳ καὶ τά ( ἔστι Er. Schmid) I. 8.15 ἄλοχον εὐειδέα θέλων ἑκάτερος ἑὰν ἔμμεν (Tricl.: ἔμμεναι codex) I. 8.29 ἦν γὰρ τὸ πάροιθε φορητὰ sc. Delos fr. 33d. 1.
νεόπολίς εἰμι Pae. 2.28

ἄνιππός εἰμι Pae. 4.27
λίαν μοι [δέο]ς ἔμπεδον
εἴη κεν Pae. 4.49

κατεκρίθης δὲ θνατοῖς ἀγανώτατος ἔμμεν Pae. 16.7
= fr. 147 Schr. σῶμα δ' ἐστὶ θνατόν Παρθ. 1. 1. τί ἔρδων φίλος σοι εἴην, τοῦτ αἴτημί σε (<ἂνγτ; εἴην coni. Christ) fr. 155. 3. νὸκακ ἔμμεναι fr. 169. 17.

b with infinitive added.
ἦν δ' ἐσορᾶν καλός O. 8.19

εἲην εὑρησιεπὴς ἀναγεῖσθαι O. 9.80
“ ἐντὶ μὲν θνατῶν φρένες ὠκύτεραι κέρδος αἰνῆσαι” P. 4.139
εἰμὶ δ' ἄσχολος ἀναθέμεν P. 8.29

ἐμοὶ δὲ θαυμάσαι θεῶν τελεσάντων οὐδέν ποτε φαίνεται ἔμμεν ἄπιστον P. 10.50

καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι N. 5.18

αἰδοῖος μὲν ἦν ἀστοῖς ὁμιλεῖν I. 2.37

c impersonal.
ἀλλὰ μοιρίδιον ἦν P. 1.55

2 c. pred. subs.
ἦν Τάνταλος οὗτος O. 1.55

Σικελίας ἔσαν ὀφθαλμός O. 2.9
εἰ δ' εἴη μὲν Ὀλυμπιονίκας, τίνα κεν φύγοι ὕμνον; O. 6.4
Φοίβου γὰρ αὐτὸν φᾶ γεγάκειν πατρός, περὶ θνατῶν δ' ἔσεσθαι μάντιν ἐπιχθονίοις ἔξοχον O. 6.50
ἐσσὶ γὰρ ἄγγελος ὀρθός ( εεσι Π: ἔστι vel εἶσι Wi<*>.) O. 6.90
ἐκέλευσεν νεῦσαι μιν ἑᾷ κεφαλᾷ ἐξοπίσω γέρας ἔσσεσθαι O. 7.68
“ φάτο δΕὐρύπυλος ἔμμεναι” P. 4.34 “ οὐδὲ μὰν χαλκάρματός ἐστι πόσις Ἀφροδίτας” P. 4.87 “Ποίαν γαῖαν, ὦ ξεῖν, εὔχεαι πατρίδ' ἔμμεν;” P. 4.98 “ καρτερὸς ὅρκος ἄμμιν μάρτυς ἔστω Ζεὺς” P. 4.167
ἐσσὶ δ' ἰατὴρ ἐπικαιρότατος P. 4.270

βασιλεὺς ἐσσὶ P. 5.16

Λαπιθᾶν ὑπερόπλων τουτάκις ἦν βασιλεύς P. 9.14
φίλτατον παρθενικαὶ πόσιν ἢ υἱὸν εὔχοντ, ὦ Τελεσίκρατες, ἔμμεν (sc. σε) P. 9.100
πάτραν ἵν' ἀκούομεν, Τιμάσαρχε, τεὰν ἐπινικίοισιν ἀοιδαῖς πρόπολον ἔμμεναι N. 4.79

οὐκ ἀνδριαντοποιός εἰμ N. 5.1

ξεῖνός εἰμι N. 7.61

φαῖμέν κε γείτον' ἔμμεναι νόῳ φιλήσαντ ἀτενέι γείτονι χάρμα πάντων ἐπάξιον N. 7.87

ἀρχοὶ δοὐκ ἔτ' ἔσαν Ταλαοῦ παῖδες N. 9.14

οὐ θαῦμα σφίσιν ἐγγενὲς ἔμμεν ἀεθληταῖς ἀγαθοῖσιν N. 10.51

πάμπαν θεὸς ἔμμεναι οἰκεῖν τ' οὐρανῷ N. 10.58
“ ἐσσί μοι υἱός” (Snell ἔσσι) N. 10.80
φαίης κέ νιν ἄνδρ' ἐν ἀεθληταῖσιν ἔμμεν Ναξίαν πέτραις ἐν ἄλλαις χαλκοδάμαντ ἀκόναν I. 6.72
τί ἔλπεαι σοφίαν ἔμμεν (Bergk: εἶναι Stobaeus: om. Clem. Alex.) fr. 61. 1. ἐν ξυνῷ κεν εἴη συμπόταισίν τε γλυκερὸν κέντρον fr. 124. 2. εὐδαιμόνων δραπέτας οὐκ ἔστιν ὄλβος fr. 134. φὰν δ' ἔμμεναι Ζηνὸς υἱοὶ καὶ κλυτοπώλου Ποσειδάωνος fr. 243. as inf. of purpose,
ποτὶ γραμμᾷ μὲν αὐτὰν στᾶσε κοσμήσαις, τέλος ἔμμεν ἄκρον P. 9.118
Θέμιν Μοῖραι ἇγον σωτῆρος ἀρχαίαν ἄλοχον Διὸς ἔμμεν fr. 30. 6.

3 emphatic, there is, are
ἐντὶ γὰρ ἄλλαι ὁδῶν ὁδοὶ περαίτεραι O. 9.104

ἐξ ὀνείρου δαὐτίκα ἦν ὕπαρ O. 13.67

ἔστι δὲ φῦλον ἐν ἀνθρώποισι ματαιότατον P. 3.21

δυσθρόου φωνᾶς ἀνακρινόμενον ποινὰ τίς ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν P. 4.63

ὅσαι τεἰσὶν ἐπιχωρίων καλῶν ἔσοδοι, τετόλμακε P. 5.116

ἀλλ' ἔσται χρόνος οὗτος, ὃ P. 12.30

ἔστι δ' ἐν εὐτυχίᾳ πανδοξίας ἄκρον N. 1.10

εἰ πόνος ἦν, τὸ τερπνὸν πλέον πεδέρχεται N. 7.74

ἐχθρὰ δ' ἄρα πάρφασις ἦν καὶ πάλαι N. 8.32

ἦν γε μὰν ἐπικώμιος ὕμνος δὴ πάλαι N. 8.50

ἔστι δέ τις λόγος ἀνθρώπων N. 9.6

ἔστι δὲ καὶ κόρος ἀνθρώπων βαρὺς ἀντιάσαι N. 10.20
“ τίς δὴ λύσις ἔσσεται πενθέων;” N. 10.77 οὐ γὰρ ἦν πενταέθλιον (Calliergus; ἦεν, ἦς codd.) I. 1.26
ἔστιν δ' ἀφάνεια τύχας καὶ μαρναμένων I. 4.31
τέθμιόν μοι φαμὶ σαφέστατον ἔμμεν τάνδ' ἐπιστείχοντα νᾶσον ῥαινέμεν εὐλογίαις (Boeckh: εἶναι codd.) I. 6.20
οὐδ' ἔστιν οὕτω βάρβαρος οὔτε παλίγγλωσσος πόλις ἅτις οὐ Πηλέος ἀίει κλέος I. 6.24
]ον τέλος [ἔς]ται[ (ἔσσεται Σ̆{im}) Πα. 7C. 6. ἦν γάρ τι παλαίφατον[ fr. 140a. 69. “ἦν διακρῖναι ἰδόντ' λτ;οὐγτ; πολλὸς ἐν καιρῷ χρόνος” fr. 168. 6. χρυσέων βελέων ἐντὶ τραυματίαι ( ἔντι alii) fr. 223.

4 c. dat. (= ἔχω.) πολλά μοι ὑπ' ἀγκῶνος ὠκέα βέλη ἔνδον ἐντὶ φαρέτρας (= ἐστί Boeckh, wrongly) O. 2.84 ἔστι δὲ καί τι θανόντεσσιν μέρος κὰν νόμον
ἐρδόμενον O. 8.77

πλατεῖαι πάντοθεν λογίοισιν ἐντὶ πρόσοδοι νᾶσον εὐκλέα τάνδε κοσμεῖν N. 6.45

εἴη μή ποτέ μοι τοιοῦτον ἦθος, Ζεῦ πάτερ N. 8.35
“ ἔστι σοι τούτων λάχος” N. 10.85
ἔστι δὲ καὶ διδύμων ἀέθλων Μελίσσῳ μοῖρα πρὸς εὐφροσύναν τρέψαι γλυκεῖαν ἦτορ I. 3.9

ἔστι μοι θεῶν ἕκατι μυρία παντᾷ κέλευθος I. 4.1
“ἔσσεταί τοι παῖς, ὃν αἰτεῖς, ὦ Τελαμών” I. 6.52 cf. also O. 12.1—2.

5 be (situated)
τοῖσι μὲν ἐξεύχετἐν ἄστει Πειράνας σφετέρου πατρὸς ἀρχὰν καὶ βαθὺν κλᾶρον ἔμμεν O. 13.62

ἄτερθε δὲ πρὸ δωμάτων ἕτεροι λαχόντες Ἀίδαν βασιλέες ἱεροὶ ἐντί P. 5.98

ἐχρῆν δέ τιν' ἔνδον ἄλσει παλαιτάτῳ Αἰακιδᾶν κρεόντων τὸ λοιπὸν ἔμμεναι N. 7.45

ἐντί τοι φίλιπποί ταὐτόθι καὶ κτεάνων ψυχὰς ἔχοντες κρέσσονας ἄνδρες N. 9.32

κατ' Ὄλυμπον ἄλοχος Ἥβα τελείᾳ παρὰ ματέρι βαίνοισ ἔστι, καλλίστα θεῶν N. 10.18
cf. B. 1.

6 be, come to pass
ὤρνυεν κάρυκας ἐόντα πλόον φαινέμεν παντᾷ P. 4.170
“χὤ τι μέλλει χὠπόθεν ἔσσεται, εὖ καθορᾷς” P. 9.49

7 c. gen.

a of origin: be descended (from) κείνων δ' ἔσαν χαλκάσπιδες ὑμέτεροι πρόγονοι ( ἔσσαν byz.: ἦσαν Σ̆{1}, Turyn) O. 9.54

b possessive: be of, belong to
γνόντα τὸ πὰρ ποδός, οἵας εἰμὲν αἴσας P. 3.60
ἔντι μὲν χρυσαλακάτου τεκέων Λατοῦς ἀοιδαὶ ὥριαι παιάνιδες. ἔντι[ (edd.: ἕντι codex: ἐντὶ legendum) Θρ. 3. 1—2. cf. I. 4.31

8 c. ἐκ, ἀπό.

a be, come from
χρὴ δ' ἀπ Ἀθανᾶν τέκτον ἀεθληταῖσιν ἔμμεν N. 5.49
τὸ γάρ ἐστι μόνον ἐκ θεῶν fr. 131b. 2.

b be born of
υἱὸς Δανάας· τὸν ἀπὸ χρυσοῦ φαμὲν αὐτορύτου ἔμμεναι P. 12.18
B part.

1 pres. part.

a [† ἅμα (codd.: ἐόντα Maas) O. 1.104]
θεὸς ἐπίτροπος ἐὼν O. 1.106

ἐμὲ πρόφαντον σοφίᾳ ἐόντα O. 1.116

οὔτε δύσηρις ἐὼν οὔτ' ὦν φιλόνικος O. 6.19

ὡραῖος ἐὼν καὶ καλὸς O. 9.94
οἷος ἐὼν θρέψεν
ποτὲ P. 3.5

Ἰόλαον ὑμνητὸν ἐόντα P. 11.61

ἐὼν καλὸς ἔρδων τ' ἐοικότα μορφᾷ N. 3.19

Τελαμὼν Ἰόλᾳ παραστάτας ἐὼν N. 3.37

Ἀχιλεὺς παῖς ἐὼν ἄθυρε N. 3.44

κεῖνος γὰρ Ὀλυμπιόνικος ἐὼν N. 6.17

πομπαῖς θεμισκόπον οἰκεῖν ἐόντα πολυθύτοις N. 7.47

εἰ γάρ σφίσιν ἐμπεδοσθενέα βίοτον διαπλέκοις εὐδαίμον' ἐόντα N. 7.100

θυμὸς ἄτολμος ἐών N. 11.32

Ἰφικλέος μὲν παῖς ὁμόδαμος ἐὼν Σπαρτῶν γένει I. 1.30

ἐὼν καλὸς I. 2.4

θεότιμος ἐών I. 6.13
]βαρβι[τί]ξαι θυμὸν ἀμβλὺν ὄντα καὶ φωνὰν ἐν οἴνῳ[ (forma valde dubia: v.l. ἀμβλύνοντα) fr. 124d.

b where the part. is concessive.
σὺν δ' ἀνάγκᾳ μιν φίλον καί τις ἐὼν μεγαλάνωρ ἔσανεν P. 1.52

καὶ φθινόκαρπος ἐοῖσα διδοῖ ψᾶφον P. 4.265
καὶ πολυκλείταν περ ἐοῖσαν ὅμως Θήβαν ἐπασκήσει fr. 194. 4.

c where the part. is conditional.
ἀξιωθείην κεν, ἐὼν Θρασύκλου Ἀντία τε σύγγονος, Ἄργει μὴ κρύπτειν φάος ὀμμάτων N. 10.39

d following
φαίνομαι. θαυμαστὸς ἐὼν φάνη O. 9.96

ἀπειρομάχας ἐών κε φανείη λόγον ὁ μὴ συνιείς N. 4.30
cf. P. 4.170

e c. adv., being (situated) cf. A. 5 supra.
εὐθὺν δὲ πλόον καμάτων ἐκτὸς ἐόντα δίδοι O. 6.104

εἶδον γὰρ ἑκὰς ἐὼν P. 2.54

ἐὼν δ' ἐγγὺς Ἀχαιὸς οὐ μέμψεταί μ ἀνήρ N. 7.64
“ ἥμισυ μέν κε πνέοις γαίας ὑπένερθεν ἐὼν” N. 10.87

f subs., n. pl., goods, possessions
οὐκ ἔραμαι πολὺν ἐν μεγάρῳ πλοῦτον κατακρύψαις ἔχειν, ἀλλ' ἐόντων εὖ τε παθεῖν N. 1.32
]
ἑκὰς ἐόντων Pae. 4.35
m. pl., living ( φάμα）· ἅ τε ὤπασεν τοιάδε τῶν τότ' ἐόντων φύλλ ἀοιδᾶν (ὡς ἄλλων ἐγκωμιακότων ποιητῶν. Σ.) I. 4.27

2 fut. part.

a
ἀμφὶ πράξιος ἐσσομένας O. 12.8

b subs.
τά τ' ἐσσόμενα τότ ἂν φαίην σαφές O. 13.103

ἐσσόμενον προιδεῖν συγγενὲς οἷς ἕπεται N. 1.27
C various impersonal usages.

a in wishes, εἴη c. (dat., acc. &) inf.
εἴη σέ τε πατεῖν, ἐμέ τε ὁμιλεῖν O. 1.115

εἴη, Ζεῦ, τὶν εἴη ἀνδάνειν P. 1.29

φίλον εἴη φιλεῖν P. 2.83

ἁδόντα δεἴη με τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ὁμιλεῖν P. 2.96
( ῥῆμα)
τό μοι θέμεν Κρονίδᾳ τε Δὶ καὶ Νεμέᾳ Τιμασάρχου τε πάλᾳ ὕμνου προκώμιον εἴη N. 4.11

εἴη μιν ἔρνεσι φράξαι χεῖρα I. 1.64

εἴη δὲ τρίτον σωτῆρι πορσαίνοντας Ὀλυμπίῳ Αἴγιναν κάτα σπένδειν μελιφθόγγοις ἀοιδαῖς I. 6.7
εἴη καὶ ἐρᾶν καὶ ἔρωτι χαρίζεσθαι κατὰ καιρόν fr. 127. 1.

b c. adj., part. & inf.
ἔστι δἀνδρὶ φάμεν ἐοικὸς ἀμφὶ δαιμόνων καλά O. 1.35

ἦν ὅτι νιν πεπρωμένον ἀμπνεῦσαι καπνόν O. 8.33

θέσφατον ἦν Πελίαν θανέμεν P. 4.71

φαντὶ δἔμμεν τοῦτ' ἀνιαρότατον, καλὰ γινώσκοντ ἀνάγκα ἐκτὸς ἔχειν πόδα P. 4.287

ἔστι δἐοικὸς ὀρειᾶν γε Πελειάδων μὴ τηλόθεν ὠαρίωνα νεῖσθαι N. 2.10

συμβαλεῖν μὰν εὐμαρὲς ἦν τό τε Πεισάνδρου πάλαι αἷμἀπὸ Σπάρτας N. 11.33

πεπρωμένον ἦν, φέρτερον πατέρος ἄνακτα γόνον τεκεῖν ποντίαν θεόν I. 8.32

c = ἔξεστι,

c acc. & inf. εἰ γὰρ ἦν ἓ τὰν ἀλάθειαν ἰδέμεν ( ἑὰν codd. Σγρ: ἐὰν Σγρ: ἓ τὰν Boeckh) N. 7.24 οὐκ ἔστι πρόσωθεν θνατὸν ἔτι σκοπιᾶς ἄλλας ἐφάψασθαι ποδοῖν (Böhmer: οὐκέτι πόρσω, οὐκ ἔστι πρόσω codd.) N. 9.47

d c. dat. (& inf.?): it is one's duty ἔστι μοι πατρίδ' ἀρχαίαν κτενὶ Πιερίδ[ων (supp. Lobel: ἀγάλλειν supp. Snell, e. g.) fr. 215. 5.

e ἔστιν ὅτε, ἦν ὅτε, there is, was a time when ἦν ὅτε σύας Βοιώτιον ἔθνος ἔνεπον fr. 83. subordinate verb suppressed: ἔστιν ἀνθρώποις ἀνέμων ὅτε πλείστα χρῆσις, ἔστι δοὐρανίων ὑδάτων sometimes O. 11.1—2. ἔσθ' ὅτε πιστόταται σιγᾶς ὁδοί fr. 180.

f οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως, it is impossible that οὐ γὰρ ἔσθ' ὅπως τὰ θεῶν βουλεύματ ἐρευνάσει βροτέᾳ φρενί fr. 61. 3. D dub. † ἔστι δέ τοι χέκωνκακίει καπνός ( ἔτι coni. Heyne) fr. 185. fragg. ]
έμμεν ἁλίῳ κυ[ Pae. 6.149

ἔσσεται γὰρ ἁδυ[ Pae. 21.13
]ὅτ' ἦσαν [fr. 111a. 3. ἐμμεν[ ?fr. 338. 3.

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