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1 он все что угодно, только не трус
General subject: he is anything but a cowardУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > он все что угодно, только не трус
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2 он далеко не трус
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3 трусом его не назовёшь
General subject: he is anything but a cowardУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > трусом его не назовёшь
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4 claro
adj.1 obvious, apparent, clear, crisp.2 clear, bright, clear-cut, articulate.3 definite, distinct.intj.sure, sure enough, of course.m.1 clearing, glade, clear space, clear.2 gap.3 Claro.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) clear2 (iluminado) bright, well-lit3 (color) light4 (salsa etc) thin; (café, chocolate, etc) weak5 (evidente) clear► adverbio1 clearly1 (gen) gap, space; (de bosque) clearing2 (en el pelo) bald patch► interjección ¡claro!1 of course!■ ¡claro que no puedes! of course you can't!\a las claras openlydejar algo claro to make something clearestar claro to be clear¡lo llevas claro! / ¡lo tienes claro! familiar you've got it coming to you!más claro,-a que el agua familiar as clear as daylightponer en claro to make plain, clear upsacar en claro to get outclaro de luna moonlightmente clara figurado clear mind————————1 (gen) gap, space; (de bosque) clearing2 (en el pelo) bald patch* * *1. (f. - clara)adj.1) clear2) evident3) bright4) fair, light5) weak, thin6) frank2. adv.1) clearly2) sure3) frankly4) of course3. noun m.* * *1. ADJ1) (=no oscuro) [piel] fair; [color] light, paleun vestido verde claro — a light o pale green dress
2) (=evidente)a) [con sustantivos] [ejemplo, prueba, ventaja] clear; [inconveniente] obvious; [desastre] total, absoluteesto es un claro reflejo de que el sistema no funciona — this is a clear indication that the system does not work
España ganó por un claro 15-6 — Spain won a decisive 15-6 victory, Spain were clear winners by 15-6
... aseguró, en clara referencia a sus superiores —... he asserted, clearly referring o in an obvious reference to his superiors
b) [con verbos]•
dejar algo claro — to make sth clearha dejado bien claro que no quiere vernos más — he has made it quite clear he does not want to see us again
dejar las cosas claras o en claro — to get things clear, get things straight *
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estar claro — to be clear¿está claro? — is that clear?
estar claro que — to be clear that, be obvious that
está claro que así no vamos a ninguna parte — it's clear o obvious that we'll get nowhere like this
no está nada claro que nuestro partido vaya a ganar las elecciones — it's not at all clear that our party will win the election
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quedar claro — to be clearsi te lees la bibliografía, te quedará todo más claro — if you read the books on the reading list, it'll all be clearer to you o you'll have a better idea of things
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tener algo claro — to be sure of sth, be clear about sthni siquiera tengo claro lo que me espera mañana — I'm not even sure o clear what's in store for me tomorrow
no lo tengo nada claro — I'm not at all sure, I don't really know
c)a las claras —
su triunfo deja bien a las claras el buen momento que atraviesa — his victory is a clear indication o sign that he is on excellent form
las cuentas claras —
me gustan las cuentas claras — I like to have o keep things clear
el ministro ha presentado las cuentas claras al Parlamento — the minister has been quite straightforward with Parliament
llevarlo Esp o tenerlo claro iró —
sacar algo en claro (de algo) —
solo hemos sacado en claro que no pretende dimitir — all that we can safely o definitely say is that he has no intention of resigning
lo único que la policía consiguió sacar en claro durante el interrogatorio — the only definite thing the police got from the interview
ver algo claro —
no ven claro cómo van a poder terminar a tiempo — they can't really see how they are going to finish on time
el ministro ve claro que se puede lograr un acuerdo — the minister is optimistic about reaching an agreement
3) (=poco espeso) [té, café] weak; [caldo] thin4) (=luminoso) [día, mañana] bright; [habitación, casa] light, bright5) (=transparente) [agua] clear; [tejido] transparent6) (=nítido) [sonido, voz] clear; [imagen] sharp, clear7) (=escaso) [pelo] thin; [bosque] light, sparse8) (=preciso) [idea] clearuna mente clara — (lit) a clear mind; (fig) a clear thinker
9) (=sincero) frank2. ADV1) (=con precisión) [oír, ver, hablar] clearly2) (=sinceramente) frankly•
hablar claro — to speak frankly, be frank3) [tras invitaciones, peticiones] sure-¿puedo usar tu coche mañana? -¡claro! — "can I use your car tomorrow?" - "sure!"
-¿queréis venir a cenar? -¡claro! — "would you like to come to dinner?" - "sure!"
4) [uso enfático]¡claro! por eso estaba ayer tan rara — of course! that's why she was acting so funny yesterday
a menos que, claro está, él también la conozca — unless of course he knows her too
-¿por qué no te disfrazas tú? -¡claro, para que os riáis de mí todos! — "why don't you dress up?" - "oh sure, so you can all laugh at me!"
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claro que, claro que nadie se imaginaba lo que vendría después — of course nobody could imagine what would happen afterwards¡claro que no! — of course not!
¡claro que sí! — yes, of course!
3. SM1) (Meteo) bright spell, sunny intervalhabrá nubes y claros — it will be cloudy with bright spells o sunny intervals
2) [de tiempo] lullaprovechamos un clarillo para salir a comprar — we took advantage of a little lull to go and do some shopping
3) (=espacio despejado) [entre personas] space; [entre árboles] clearing; [de pelo] bald patch4) [en un texto] gap, space; [en discurso] pause5) (Arquit) (=claraboya) skylight; (=abertura) window (opening)6) Caribe (Culin) guava jelly7) Caribe (=bebida) sugar-cane brandy* * *I- ra adjetivo1) ( luminoso) <cielo/habitación> brighttiene los ojos claros — she has blue/green/gray eyes
3) <salsa/sopa> thin4) <agua/sonido> clear; <ideas/explicación/instrucciones> clear; <situación/postura> clearque quede bien claro que... — I want it to be quite clear that...
¿está claro? — is that clear?
quiero dejar (en) claro que... — I want to make it very o quite clear that...
a las claras: díselo a las claras tell her straight; llevarlo claro (Esp fam) to be in for a shock; sacar algo en claro de algo — to make sense of something
5) ( evidente) clear, obviousestá claro que... — it is clear o obvious that...
IIa no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo — unless, of course, he's lying
1) < ver> clearlyvoy a hablarte claro — I'm not going to beat around o about the bush
me lo dijo muy claro — he made it very o quite clear (to me)
2) (indep)a) ( en exclamaciones de asentimiento) of courseclaro que no! — no, of course not!
claro que sí! — of course, absolutely!
b) ( como enlace) mind younadie le creyó, claro no es de extrañar — nobody believed him. Mind you, it's not surprising
claro, así cualquiera puede — well, of course anyone can do it like that
IIIdíselo - claro, para que me regañe ¿no? — (iró) tell him - oh sure, and have him tell me off, right? (iro)
1) ( en bosque) clearing; (en el pelo, la barba) bald patch2) (Meteo) sunny spell o period o interval* * *= apparent, clear [clearer -comp., clearest -sup.], clear-cut, crisp [crisper -comp., crispest -sup.], definite, distinct, light, neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], straightforward, tidy, distinctive, designated, uncloudy, unclouded, unclouded, cloudless, forthright, uncompromising, unqualified, cut and dried [cut and dry], patent.Ex. Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.Ex. In practice the distinction between one term and the next is not very clear.Ex. The hierarchical relationship is relatively clear-cut, and rather precise guideliness can be formulated to ensure that the BT/NT relationship is consistently applied.Ex. A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.Ex. I don't see that we are going to stand a chance unless there is something very definite coming out of this conference and similar conferences where these ideas are advanced.Ex. Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.Ex. To match the small amount of existing furniture which was reused, internal joinery and furniture is in a light coloured timber.Ex. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.Ex. To reiterate, there are two main categories of relationship: the syntactic relationships referred to in the last paragraph and plain, for example, in a topic such as 'sugar and health'.Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.Ex. This was all very tidy, but who was to judge significance?.Ex. A patron may submit a beautifully legible request for a book with a distinctive author and title, accompanied by a reference to the journal article from which the citation was gleaned.Ex. It is tremendously valuable to library staff (particularly in libraries with a designated departmental structure) to maintain close professional ties with local academic departments.Ex. In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.Ex. As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.Ex. As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.Ex. This is the first cloudless image of the Earth from space.Ex. We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.Ex. Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.Ex. One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.Ex. It was patent that they could not compete on equal terms with the economic and social forces of a complex civilization.----* cantarlas claras = call + a spade a spade.* con una meta clara = focused [focussed].* con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].* cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].* de forma clara = clearly.* dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.* dejar claro = make + it + clear, send + a clear signal that.* de manera clara = distinctly, clearly.* de modo claro = transparently.* en + Lengua + claro = in plain + Lengua.* en términos claros = in simple terms.* estar claro = be plain, be out in the open.* hablar claro = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.* las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* más claro el agua = as clear as a bell.* más claro que el agua = as clear as a bell.* nada claro = unclear, uncleared.* no dar una impresión clara = send + mixed signals.* no está claro todavía = the jury is still out (on).* para que quede más claro = for main effects.* pasta de clara de huevo = glair.* poco claro = fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive.* poner en claro = clear up.* ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.* sin una meta clara = unfocused [unfocussed].* sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].* tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.* tener Algo claro = clarify + Posesivo + mind.* tener claro = be clear in your mind.* violeta claro = periwinkle.* * *I- ra adjetivo1) ( luminoso) <cielo/habitación> brighttiene los ojos claros — she has blue/green/gray eyes
3) <salsa/sopa> thin4) <agua/sonido> clear; <ideas/explicación/instrucciones> clear; <situación/postura> clearque quede bien claro que... — I want it to be quite clear that...
¿está claro? — is that clear?
quiero dejar (en) claro que... — I want to make it very o quite clear that...
a las claras: díselo a las claras tell her straight; llevarlo claro (Esp fam) to be in for a shock; sacar algo en claro de algo — to make sense of something
5) ( evidente) clear, obviousestá claro que... — it is clear o obvious that...
IIa no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo — unless, of course, he's lying
1) < ver> clearlyvoy a hablarte claro — I'm not going to beat around o about the bush
me lo dijo muy claro — he made it very o quite clear (to me)
2) (indep)a) ( en exclamaciones de asentimiento) of courseclaro que no! — no, of course not!
claro que sí! — of course, absolutely!
b) ( como enlace) mind younadie le creyó, claro no es de extrañar — nobody believed him. Mind you, it's not surprising
claro, así cualquiera puede — well, of course anyone can do it like that
IIIdíselo - claro, para que me regañe ¿no? — (iró) tell him - oh sure, and have him tell me off, right? (iro)
1) ( en bosque) clearing; (en el pelo, la barba) bald patch2) (Meteo) sunny spell o period o interval* * *= apparent, clear [clearer -comp., clearest -sup.], clear-cut, crisp [crisper -comp., crispest -sup.], definite, distinct, light, neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], straightforward, tidy, distinctive, designated, uncloudy, unclouded, unclouded, cloudless, forthright, uncompromising, unqualified, cut and dried [cut and dry], patent.Ex: Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.
Ex: In practice the distinction between one term and the next is not very clear.Ex: The hierarchical relationship is relatively clear-cut, and rather precise guideliness can be formulated to ensure that the BT/NT relationship is consistently applied.Ex: A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.Ex: I don't see that we are going to stand a chance unless there is something very definite coming out of this conference and similar conferences where these ideas are advanced.Ex: Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.Ex: To match the small amount of existing furniture which was reused, internal joinery and furniture is in a light coloured timber.Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.Ex: To reiterate, there are two main categories of relationship: the syntactic relationships referred to in the last paragraph and plain, for example, in a topic such as 'sugar and health'.Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.Ex: This was all very tidy, but who was to judge significance?.Ex: A patron may submit a beautifully legible request for a book with a distinctive author and title, accompanied by a reference to the journal article from which the citation was gleaned.Ex: It is tremendously valuable to library staff (particularly in libraries with a designated departmental structure) to maintain close professional ties with local academic departments.Ex: In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.Ex: As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.Ex: As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.Ex: This is the first cloudless image of the Earth from space.Ex: We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.Ex: Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.Ex: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.Ex: It was patent that they could not compete on equal terms with the economic and social forces of a complex civilization.* cantarlas claras = call + a spade a spade.* con una meta clara = focused [focussed].* con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].* cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].* de forma clara = clearly.* dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.* dejar claro = make + it + clear, send + a clear signal that.* de manera clara = distinctly, clearly.* de modo claro = transparently.* en + Lengua + claro = in plain + Lengua.* en términos claros = in simple terms.* estar claro = be plain, be out in the open.* hablar claro = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.* las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* más claro el agua = as clear as a bell.* más claro que el agua = as clear as a bell.* nada claro = unclear, uncleared.* no dar una impresión clara = send + mixed signals.* no está claro todavía = the jury is still out (on).* para que quede más claro = for main effects.* pasta de clara de huevo = glair.* poco claro = fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive.* poner en claro = clear up.* ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.* sin una meta clara = unfocused [unfocussed].* sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].* tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.* tener Algo claro = clarify + Posesivo + mind.* tener claro = be clear in your mind.* violeta claro = periwinkle.* * *A (luminoso) ‹cielo› bright; ‹habitación› bright, lightel día amaneció claro the day dawned bright and clearB (pálido) ‹color/verde/azul› light, pale; ‹piel› fair, whitetiene los ojos claros she has blue/green/gray eyesel típico sueco rubio y de ojos claros the typical blue-eyed, blond SwedeC ‹salsa/sopa› thin; ‹café/té› weakD ‹agua/sonido› clearhabló con voz clara she spoke in a clear voiceE ‹ideas/explicación/instrucciones› clear; ‹situación/postura› clearconsiguieron una clara ventaja they gained a clear advantagetiene muy claro lo que quiere en la vida she is very clear o sure about what she wants out of life, she knows exactly what she wants out of lifeque quede bien claro que … I want it to be quite clear that …lo harás como yo te diga, ¿está claro? you'll do it the way I say, is that clear o do I make myself clear?quiero dejar (en) claro que … or que quede bien (en) claro que … I want to make it very o quite clear that …, let it be very o quite clear that …a las claras: no me lo dijo a las claras she didn't tell me in so many words o straight out o ( AmE) right offno seas cobarde y díselo a las claras don't be a coward, tell her straightllevarlo claro ( Esp fam) (estar equivocado) to be in for a shock o a disappointment; (enfrentarse a algo difícil) to have one's work cut out ( colloq)pasar la noche en claro to lie o be awake all nightsacar algo en claro de algo to make sense of sth¿tú sacaste algo en claro de lo que dijo? did you manage to make any sense of what he said?F (evidente) clear, obvioushay pruebas claras de que miente there is clear evidence that he is lyingestá claro que ella es la culpable it is clear o obvious that she is the culprit, she is clearly o obviously the culprit… a no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo … unless, of course, he's lyingA ‹hablar/ver›voy a hablarte claro I'm not going to beat around o about the bush, I'm going to give it to you straight ( colloq)ahora lo veo claro I see it all clearly now, now I get it! ( colloq)me lo dijo muy claro he made it very o quite clear (to me)me lo dijo todo claro y raspado he told me straight, he didn't beat around o about the bushB ( indep)1 (en exclamaciones de asentimiento) of course!¡claro que lo sabe! of course she knows!¿te gustaría verlo? — ¡claro! would you like to see it? — yes, I'd love to o ( colloq) sure!¿lo hizo? — ¡claro que no! did he do it? — no, of course not! o no, of course he didn't!2 (como enlace) mind younadie le creyó, claro que conociéndolo no es de extrañar nobody believed him. Mind you, knowing him it's not surprisinglo ayudó la madre — claro, así cualquiera his mother helped him — well, of course anyone can do it like thatanda, díselo tú — claro, para que me eche a mí la bronca ¿no? ( iró); go on, you tell him — oh sure o oh fine o I see, so that way it's me he gets mad at, right? ( iro)A (en un bosque) clearing; (en el pelo, la barba) bald patchhabía algunos claros en las gradas there were a few empty spaces in the standB ( Meteo) sunny spell o period o intervalCompuesto:moonlight* * *
claro 1◊ -ra adjetivo
‹ piel› fair;◊ tiene los ojos claros she has blue/green/gray eyes
‹ideas/explicación/instrucciones› clear;
‹situación/postura› clear;
¿está claro? is that clear?;
quiero dejar (en) claro que … I want to make it clear that …;
sacar algo en claro de algo to make sense of sth
◊ está claro que … it is clear o obvious that …;
a no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo unless, of course, he's lying
claro 2 adverbio
1 ‹ ver› clearly;◊ voy a hablarte claro I'm not going to beat around o about the bush;
me lo dijo muy claro he made it very quite clear (to me)
2 ( indep) ( en exclamaciones de asentimiento) of course
■ sustantivo masculino
(en pelo, barba) bald patchb) (Meteo) sunny spell o period
claro,-a
I adjetivo
1 (despejado, evidente) clear: tengo muy claro que no va a volver, I'm quite sure she won't come back
un asunto poco claro, a shady deal
2 (poco espeso) thin
3 (color) light
II sustantivo masculino
1 (de un bosque) clearing
2 (entre las nubes) break in the clouds
3 claro de luna, moonlight
III adverbio clearly: deberías hablar claro, you must speak clearly
IV exclamación of course!
¡claro que puedo!, of course I can!
♦ Locuciones: a las claras, clearly
dejar algo claro, to make something clear
lo lleva claro si piensa que voy a tolerarlo, she can be quite sure that i?m not going to put up with it
sacar algo en claro, to draw a conclusion: después de tanta discusión, no sacamos nada en claro, we were back to square one after hours of discussion
' claro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
clara
- escarceo
- estar
- hombre
- nebulosa
- nebuloso
- nítida
- nítido
- notoria
- notorio
- patente
- poca
- poco
- precisa
- preciso
- pues
- rondar
- sacar
- salvaje
- agua
- celeste
- color
- constar
- hablar
- lavado
- neto
- oscuro
- palpable
- que
- quedar
- visto
English:
ale
- apparent
- articulate
- break
- broad
- clean-cut
- clear
- clear-cut
- clearing
- confusing
- crystal-clear
- decided
- distinct
- enough
- fuzzy
- good
- ice-blue
- indistinct
- let
- light
- lucid
- mousy
- mud
- neat
- obscure
- outset
- pale
- plain
- precise
- sharp
- speak out
- spell out
- straight
- surely
- tenuous
- then
- thin
- transparently
- unclear
- unequivocal
- why
- blur
- by
- certainly
- clearly
- course
- crystal
- flash
- increasingly
- more
* * *claro, -a♦ adj1. [luminoso] bright;una habitación clara a bright o light room2. [color] light;verde claro light green3. [sonido] clear;hablaba con una voz clara she spoke in a clear voice4. [sin nubes] clear;un día/cielo claro a clear day/sky5. [diluido] [té, café] weak;[salsa, sopa] thin;no me gusta el chocolate claro I don't like my hot chocolate thin6. [poco tupido] thin, sparse7. [persona, explicación, ideas, libro] clear;hablaba con un lenguaje claro she spoke in clear terms;dejar algo claro to make sth clear;poner algo en claro to get sth clear, to clear sth up;que quede (bien) claro que no fue idea mía I want to make it (quite) clear that it wasn't my idea;sacar algo en claro (de) to make sth out (from);después de escuchar su explicación no saqué nada en claro after listening to her explanation, I was none the wiser;tengo claro que no puedo contar con él one thing I'm quite sure about is that I can't rely on him, one thing's for sure, I can't rely on him;verlo claro [estar seguro] to be sure;pasar una noche en claro to have a sleepless night;Esp Famllevarlo o [m5]tenerlo claro: ¡lo lleva o [m5] tiene claro si piensa que le vamos a ayudar! if he thinks we're going to help him, he can think again!;si no vienen ellos, lo tenemos claro if they don't come, we've had it8. [obvio, evidente] clear;el resultado fue claro the result was clear;¿está claro? is that clear?;está claro que van a ganar it's clear they're going to win;está claro que te quieren engañar it's obvious that they are trying to deceive you, they are obviously trying to deceive you;está claro o [m5]claro está que si no quieres, no estás obligado a participar of course o obviously, you're not obliged to participate if you don't want to;a no ser, claro, que tengas una idea mejor unless, of course, you have a better idea;está más claro que el agua it's perfectly o crystal clear;allí no vuelvo, eso está más claro que el agua I'm not going there again, that's for certain♦ nm1. [en bosque] clearing;[en multitud] space, gap;vi un claro en la fila I saw a gap in the row2. [en cielo nublado] break in the clouds;se esperan nubes y claros it will be cloudy with some bright spells;en cuanto haya un claro salimos we'll go out as soon as it brightens up3. [calvicie, calva] bald patch4. [en pintura] highlight5. Arquit skylight6. claro de luna moonlight♦ advclearly;hablar claro to speak clearly;dilo claro, ¿te interesa o no? tell me straight, are you interested or not?;¡claro! of course!;¡claro que sí!, ¡pues claro! of course!;¡claro que no! of course not!;¡claro que me gusta! of course I like it!;Irónico¿me ayudarás? – claro, no pensaba en otra cosa will you help me? – oh sure, I wouldn't dream of doing anything else;Irónicove tú primero – claro, así si hay algún agujero me caigo yo you go first – oh great o thanks a lot, that way if there's a hole I'll be the one to fall into it;claro, con un jugador más ya se puede of course, with an extra player it's hardly surprising;la obra no tuvo éxito, claro que conociendo al director no me sorprende the play wasn't a success, but then again that's hardly surprising knowing the director♦ a las claras loc advclearly* * *I adj1 tb figclear;poner en claro make clear;dejar claro make plain;quedar claro be clear;tener algo claro be sure o clear about sth;pasar la noche en claro lie awake all night, not sleep a wink;a las claras clearly2 color light3 ( luminoso) bright4 salsa thinII adv:hablar claro speak plainly;¡claro! of course!;claro está of courseIII m1 METEO clear spell2 en bosque clearing* * *claro adv1) : clearlyhabla más claro: speak more clearly2) : of course, surely¡claro!, ¡claro que sí!: absolutely!, of course!claro que entendió: of course she understoodclaro, -ra adj1) : bright, clear2) : pale, fair, light3) : clear, evidentclaro nm1) : clearing2)claro de luna : moonlight* * *claro1 adj1. (en general) clear2. (luminoso) bright3. (color) lightclaro2 adv clearlyclaro3 interj of courseclaro4 n (en meteorología) sunny interval -
5 mouche
n. f.1. (sch.): 'Sneak', tell-tale.2. (Prison slang): 'Snitch', informer.3. Fine mouche: 'Canny customer', cunning and resourceful individual. C'est une fine mouche, tu sais! She wasn't born yesterday!4. Gober des mouches: To be 'stood gawping', to have a look of bewildered amazement on one's face.5. Quelle mouche t'a piqué?! (fig.): What's eating you?! — What on earth is the matter with you?!6. Ne pas avoir peur des mouches: To be no coward, to have guts, to be courageous.7. Faire la mouche du coche: To act the busybody and antagonize everyone.8. Mouche à merde: Scandal-monger, character who delights in spreading nasty rumours.9. Tuer les mouches à quinze pas (joc.): To suffer from 'terminal halitosis', to have really bad breath.10. C'est à cause des mouches! (Ironical catch phrase): Ask me another! — What answer do you expect?!11. Attraper les mouches (of woman): To 'lie back and think of England', to be anything but a willing participant during intercourse.12. Pattes de mouche: Spidery scrawl, illegible handwriting.13. Enculeur de mouches: 'Finicky nurk', overfussy and exacting character. -
6 palabra
intj.really, honest to goodness, honest, honest to God.f.1 word.de palabra by word of mouth, verballydejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut somebody off in mid-sentenceen cuatro o dos palabras in a few wordsen una palabra in a wordno dijo palabra he didn't say a wordmedir las palabras to weigh one's words (carefully)no habla ni (media) palabra de español she doesn't speak a word of Spanishpalabra por palabra word for wordser palabras mayores to be an important mattersin mediar palabra without a single wordpalabra divina o de Dios word of God2 word (juramento, promesa).dar su palabra to give one's wordfaltó a su palabra he went back on his word, he broke o didn't keep his wordmantuvo su palabra she kept her wordtienes mi palabra you have my wordtomar la palabra a alguien to hold somebody to their word3 speech (habla).4 word of honor, troth, word, word of honour.* * *1 word\dar su palabra to give one's word, promisedecir la última palabra to have the last worddejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut somebody offdirigirle la palabra a alguien to address somebodyen una palabra in a wordno decir ni media palabra a nadie not to breath a word to anyonemedir las palabras to weigh one's wordsno dirigirle la palabra a alguien not to be speaking to somebodypalabra por palabra word for wordquitarle a alguien la palabra to cut somebody short, interrupt somebodyser hombre/mujer de palabra to be a man of his word/a woman of her wordser hombre/mujer de pocas palabras to be a man/woman of few wordstener la palabra to have the floortener palabra to keep one's wordtener unas palabras con alguien to have words with somebodytomarle a alguien la palabra to take somebody at their wordpalabra clave key wordpalabra de honor word of honour* * *noun f.1) word2) faith* * *SF1) (=vocablo) word¿me permiten decir unas palabras? — could I say a few words?
no tengo palabras o me faltan palabras para expresar lo que siento — I haven't got the o there aren't words to express how I feel, words fail to express how I feel
sin decir o chistar * palabra — without a word
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con buenas palabras, me lo dijo con muy buenas palabras — he told me as cool as you like *nos entretenía con buenas palabras, pero nunca nos daba el dinero — he palmed us off with smooth talk, but he never gave us the money
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medias palabras — hints•
en una palabra — in a word¡ni una palabra más! — not another word!
- no cruzar una palabra con algnme dejó con la palabra en la boca y se fue de la habitación — he walked out of the room while I was in mid-sentence
palabras cruzadas — LAm (=crucigrama) crossword sing
palabras mayores — † offensive language sing
ser palabras mayores (=ser importante) —
juego II, 2)¿te han hecho directora? ¡eso ya son palabras mayores! — so you've been appointed director, that's really something!
2) (=facultad de hablar)tiene el don de la palabra, es de palabra fácil — he has a way with words, he has the gift of the gab *
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de palabra, he pecado solo de palabra — I've sinned in word only•
dirigir la palabra a algn, hace tiempo que no me dirige la palabra — he hasn't spoken to me for a long time3) frm (=turno para hablar) floor•
pedir la palabra — to ask for the floor, ask to be allowed to speak•
tener la palabra — to have the floor•
tomar la palabra — to take the floor, speak•
hacer uso de la palabra — to take the floor, speak4) (=promesa) wordcumplió su palabra — he kept his word, he was true to his word
palabra que yo no tengo nada que ver — * I've got nothing to do with it, (I) promise!
-¿de verdad que no sabías nada? -¡palabra! o hum ¡palabrita del Niño Jesús! — "you really didn't know anything?" - "cross my heart and hope to die!"
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bajo palabra — (Mil) on parole•
faltar a su palabra — to go back on o break one's wordpalabra de casamiento, dar palabra de casamiento — to promise to marry
palabra de honor — word of honour, word of honor (EEUU)
¿me das tu palabra de honor de que no dirás nada? — do you give me your word of honour you won't say anything?
¡palabra de honor! — word of honour!
* * *1) ( vocablo) worden pocas palabras, es un cobarde — in a word, he's a coward
yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto — I didn't know a thing o anything about it
eso ya son palabras mayores — (refiriéndose - a insulto, acusación) those are strong words; (- a propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far
quitarle las palabras de la boca a alguien — to take the words right out of somebody's mouth
tener la última palabra — to have the final say
2) ( promesa) wordnunca falta a su palabra — he never breaks o goes back on his word
se lo devolví palabra! — I gave it back to her, honest! (colloq)
cobrarle la palabra a alguien — (Chi fam) to hold somebody to his/her word (colloq)
tomarle la palabra a alguien: le tomé la palabra y le pedí un préstamo — I took him up on his offer and asked for a loan
3)a) ( habla) speechdejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca — ( me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; ( no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth
b) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea)pido la palabra — may I say something?, I'd like to say something
tener/tomar la palabra — to have/to take the floor (frml)
ceder (le) la palabra a alguien — to give the floor to somebody (frml), to call upon somebody to speak
* * *= word, headword.Ex. A subject index has alphabetical terms or words as headings; These terms represent concepts or subjects.Ex. This tool allows the user to generate all known inflected forms from a list of headwords.----* agrupar palabras que tienen la mism = merge + word forms.* agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.* análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.* anuncio por palabras = classified advertisement, classified ad.* búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.* búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.* catálogo alfabético de palabras clave = keyword catalogue.* citar las palabras de Alguien = quote + Nombre + words.* compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word.* concepto de múltiples palabras = multiple-word concept.* concepto expresado con varias palabras = database host.* con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.* con una separación de + Número + palabras = within + Número + words of each other.* coocurrencia de palabras = co-word [coword].* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.* cumplir la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.* dejar sin palabras = nonplus, leave + Nombre + speechless.* de múltiples palabras = multiple-word.* de palabra = by word of mouth, word-of-mouth.* describir con palabras = describe + in words.* descriptor compuesto de varias palabras = multiple-word descriptor.* de sólo palabras = word-oriented.* de una palabra = one-word.* de una única palabra = single-word.* dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.* dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.* encabezamiento compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word heading.* en dos palabras = in a nutshell.* en el estricto sentido de la palabra = strictly speaking.* en las palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.* en las propias palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.* en ningún sentido de la palabra = in any sense of the word.* en otras palabras = in other words, to put it another way, which is to say.* en palabras = verbally.* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.* entrada por palabra clave del título = catchword entry.* en una palabra = in a nutshell, in a word.* escoger las palabras = choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully).* expresar con palabras = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].* expresar los sentimientos con palabras = put + Posesivo + feelings into words.* fiarse de la palabra de Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.* fiel a la palabra de Uno = true to + Posesivo + word.* frecuencia de palabras = word count.* gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.* hilvanar palabras = orchestrate + words.* hombre que no tiene palabra = not a man of his word.* índice de palabras del documento = textwords ratio.* índice invertido de las palabras del título = title word dictionary.* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).* índice KWIT (Palabra Clave del Título) = KWIT (Keyword-in-Title).* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).* índice permutado de palabras clave = permuted keyword index.* indización por palabras clave = keyword indexing.* indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.* indización por palabras del título = title-term indexing.* inflexión lingüística de una palabra = word form.* intercambiar palabras = bandy + words.* juego de palabras = turn of phrase, pun, play of words, play on words.* la última palabra = the last word, the last word, the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.* ley de frecuencias de palabras de Zipf = Zipf's word frequency law.* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.* mala palabra = dirty word.* mantener la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.* medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).* memorizar palabra por palabra = memorise + word for word.* método de ordenación palabra por palabra = word by word method, nothing before something method.* !ni una palabra a nadie! = not a word to anyone!.* no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.* no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.* nombre compuesto por varias palabras = multiple-word name.* número de palabras = wordage.* ordenación alfabética palabra por palabra = word by word alphabetisation.* ordenación palabra por palabra = word-by-word filing, nothing before something arrangement, word by word arrangement.* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.* orden inverso de palabras = indirect word order.* palabra ambigua = weasel word.* palabra clave = keyword [key word], key term.* palabra coloquial = slang word.* palabra común = common word.* palabra de contenido = content word.* palabra de control = control word.* palabra de Dios = word of God.* palabra de entrada principal = primary entry word.* palabra del documento = textword.* palabra del texto = text word.* palabra del título = title word, title term.* palabra de moda = buzzword [buzz word], byword.* palabra engañosa = weasel word.* palabra equívoca = weasel word.* palabra escrita, la = written word, the.* palabra fosilizada = fossil word.* palabra hablada, la = spoken word, the.* palabra híbrida = portmanteau word.* palabra impresa = words in print.* palabra impresa, la = printed word, the.* palabra justa, la = mot juste, the.* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.* palabra malsonate = expletive.* palabra oculta = hidden word.* palabra por la que se ordena una entrada = filing word.* palabra por palabra = verbatim, word for word.* palabra puente = transitional word.* palabras = wordage.* palabras al viento = hot air.* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.* palabras de agradecimiento = vote of thanks, word of thanks, words of gratitude, congratulatory speech, congratulatory remarks.* palabras de alabanza = words of praise.* palabras de aliento = pep talk.* palabras de ánimo = pep talk.* palabras de bienvenida = welcoming remarks, welcome remarks.* palabras de consuelo = words of comfort.* palabra significativa = content-bearing word, significant word.* palabras iniciales = opening statement.* palabras literales = quote... unquote.* palabras para levantar la moral = pep talk.* palabras + penetrar = words + sink.* palabras sabias = words of wisdom, pearls of wisdom, nuggets of truth, nuggets of wisdom.* palabras usadas = wording.* palabra vacía = stopword [stop-word], function word.* primera palabra del encabezamiento = entry word.* primeras palabras = opening statement.* pronunciar las palabras de corrido = slur + words.* quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness, be at a loss for words, be lost for words.* ¡qué palabras son esas! = watch your language!.* raíz de palabra = word stem.* recordar + Posesivo + palabras = mark + Posesivo + words.* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* secuencia de palabras = word string.* según las palabras de = to quote + Nombre de Persona, in the words of.* según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.* sentido de la palabra = word sense.* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.* significado de la palabra = word sense.* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.* sin palabras = wordless.* sopesar las palabras = weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).* tener la última palabra = have + the ultimate say, have + the final say, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.* tener palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.* tomarle la palabra a Alguien = take + Nombre + at + Posesivo + word.* última palabra + depender de = ultimate authority + rest with.* Posesivo + últimas palabras = last words, Posesivo + dying last words.* últimas palabras que se han hecho famosas = famous last words.* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.* una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.* un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.* variante morfológica de una palabra = word variant.* * *1) ( vocablo) worden pocas palabras, es un cobarde — in a word, he's a coward
yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto — I didn't know a thing o anything about it
eso ya son palabras mayores — (refiriéndose - a insulto, acusación) those are strong words; (- a propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far
quitarle las palabras de la boca a alguien — to take the words right out of somebody's mouth
tener la última palabra — to have the final say
2) ( promesa) wordnunca falta a su palabra — he never breaks o goes back on his word
se lo devolví palabra! — I gave it back to her, honest! (colloq)
cobrarle la palabra a alguien — (Chi fam) to hold somebody to his/her word (colloq)
tomarle la palabra a alguien: le tomé la palabra y le pedí un préstamo — I took him up on his offer and asked for a loan
3)a) ( habla) speechdejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca — ( me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; ( no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth
b) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea)pido la palabra — may I say something?, I'd like to say something
tener/tomar la palabra — to have/to take the floor (frml)
ceder (le) la palabra a alguien — to give the floor to somebody (frml), to call upon somebody to speak
* * *= word, headword.Ex: A subject index has alphabetical terms or words as headings; These terms represent concepts or subjects.
Ex: This tool allows the user to generate all known inflected forms from a list of headwords.* agrupar palabras que tienen la mism = merge + word forms.* agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.* análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.* anuncio por palabras = classified advertisement, classified ad.* búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.* búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.* catálogo alfabético de palabras clave = keyword catalogue.* citar las palabras de Alguien = quote + Nombre + words.* compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word.* concepto de múltiples palabras = multiple-word concept.* concepto expresado con varias palabras = database host.* con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.* con una separación de + Número + palabras = within + Número + words of each other.* coocurrencia de palabras = co-word [coword].* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.* cumplir la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.* dejar sin palabras = nonplus, leave + Nombre + speechless.* de múltiples palabras = multiple-word.* de palabra = by word of mouth, word-of-mouth.* describir con palabras = describe + in words.* descriptor compuesto de varias palabras = multiple-word descriptor.* de sólo palabras = word-oriented.* de una palabra = one-word.* de una única palabra = single-word.* dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.* dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.* encabezamiento compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word heading.* en dos palabras = in a nutshell.* en el estricto sentido de la palabra = strictly speaking.* en las palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.* en las propias palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.* en ningún sentido de la palabra = in any sense of the word.* en otras palabras = in other words, to put it another way, which is to say.* en palabras = verbally.* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.* entrada por palabra clave del título = catchword entry.* en una palabra = in a nutshell, in a word.* escoger las palabras = choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully).* expresar con palabras = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].* expresar los sentimientos con palabras = put + Posesivo + feelings into words.* fiarse de la palabra de Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.* fiel a la palabra de Uno = true to + Posesivo + word.* frecuencia de palabras = word count.* gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.* hilvanar palabras = orchestrate + words.* hombre que no tiene palabra = not a man of his word.* índice de palabras del documento = textwords ratio.* índice invertido de las palabras del título = title word dictionary.* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).* índice KWIT (Palabra Clave del Título) = KWIT (Keyword-in-Title).* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).* índice permutado de palabras clave = permuted keyword index.* indización por palabras clave = keyword indexing.* indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.* indización por palabras del título = title-term indexing.* inflexión lingüística de una palabra = word form.* intercambiar palabras = bandy + words.* juego de palabras = turn of phrase, pun, play of words, play on words.* la última palabra = the last word, the last word, the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.* ley de frecuencias de palabras de Zipf = Zipf's word frequency law.* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.* mala palabra = dirty word.* mantener la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.* medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).* memorizar palabra por palabra = memorise + word for word.* método de ordenación palabra por palabra = word by word method, nothing before something method.* !ni una palabra a nadie! = not a word to anyone!.* no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.* no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.* nombre compuesto por varias palabras = multiple-word name.* número de palabras = wordage.* ordenación alfabética palabra por palabra = word by word alphabetisation.* ordenación palabra por palabra = word-by-word filing, nothing before something arrangement, word by word arrangement.* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.* orden inverso de palabras = indirect word order.* palabra ambigua = weasel word.* palabra clave = keyword [key word], key term.* palabra coloquial = slang word.* palabra común = common word.* palabra de contenido = content word.* palabra de control = control word.* palabra de Dios = word of God.* palabra de entrada principal = primary entry word.* palabra del documento = textword.* palabra del texto = text word.* palabra del título = title word, title term.* palabra de moda = buzzword [buzz word], byword.* palabra engañosa = weasel word.* palabra equívoca = weasel word.* palabra escrita, la = written word, the.* palabra fosilizada = fossil word.* palabra hablada, la = spoken word, the.* palabra híbrida = portmanteau word.* palabra impresa = words in print.* palabra impresa, la = printed word, the.* palabra justa, la = mot juste, the.* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.* palabra malsonate = expletive.* palabra oculta = hidden word.* palabra por la que se ordena una entrada = filing word.* palabra por palabra = verbatim, word for word.* palabra puente = transitional word.* palabras = wordage.* palabras al viento = hot air.* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.* palabras de agradecimiento = vote of thanks, word of thanks, words of gratitude, congratulatory speech, congratulatory remarks.* palabras de alabanza = words of praise.* palabras de aliento = pep talk.* palabras de ánimo = pep talk.* palabras de bienvenida = welcoming remarks, welcome remarks.* palabras de consuelo = words of comfort.* palabra significativa = content-bearing word, significant word.* palabras iniciales = opening statement.* palabras literales = quote... unquote.* palabras para levantar la moral = pep talk.* palabras + penetrar = words + sink.* palabras sabias = words of wisdom, pearls of wisdom, nuggets of truth, nuggets of wisdom.* palabras usadas = wording.* palabra vacía = stopword [stop-word], function word.* primera palabra del encabezamiento = entry word.* primeras palabras = opening statement.* pronunciar las palabras de corrido = slur + words.* quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness, be at a loss for words, be lost for words.* ¡qué palabras son esas! = watch your language!.* raíz de palabra = word stem.* recordar + Posesivo + palabras = mark + Posesivo + words.* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* secuencia de palabras = word string.* según las palabras de = to quote + Nombre de Persona, in the words of.* según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.* sentido de la palabra = word sense.* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.* significado de la palabra = word sense.* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.* sin palabras = wordless.* sopesar las palabras = weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).* tener la última palabra = have + the ultimate say, have + the final say, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.* tener palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.* tomarle la palabra a Alguien = take + Nombre + at + Posesivo + word.* última palabra + depender de = ultimate authority + rest with.* Posesivo + últimas palabras = last words, Posesivo + dying last words.* últimas palabras que se han hecho famosas = famous last words.* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.* una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.* un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.* variante morfológica de una palabra = word variant.* * *A (vocablo) worduna palabra de seis letras a six-letter wordes un bruto en toda la extensión de la palabra he's a brute, in every sense of the wordpalabras, palabras, yo lo que quiero son hechos I've heard enough words o talk, I want to see some actionno son más que palabras it's all talkes un hombre de pocas palabras he's a man of few wordssólo quiero decir unas palabras I just want to say a few wordstras unas palabras de saludo after a few words of welcomeno encuentro or tengo palabras para expresarles mi agradecimiento I cannot find words to express my gratitude to youmira, yo te lo puedo explicar en dos palabras look, let me put it to you simplyen pocas palabras, es un cobarde basically o to put it bluntly, he's a coward¿te parece bien? — en una palabra, no is that all right? in a word, nolo tradujo palabra por palabra he translated it word for wordni una palabra más, te quedas a cenar not another word o I don't want to hear another word, you're staying for dinneryo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto I didn't know a thing o anything about itde esto ni una palabra a nadie not a word to anyone about thisno entendí (ni) una palabra de lo que dijo I didn't understand a (single) word of what he saidsin decir (una) palabra without a wordcomerse las palabras to gabblecon (muy) buenas palabras in the nicest possible waydecirle a algn cuatro palabras bien dichas to tell sb a few home truthseso ya son palabras mayores (refiriéndose — a un insulto) those are strong words; (— a una acusación) that's a serious accusation, those are strong words; (— a una propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far, that's a bit excessivela última palabra the last wordsiempre tiene que ser él el que diga la última palabra he always has to have the last worden este asunto la última palabra le corresponde a Juárez Juárez has the final say on this matterquitarle las palabras de la boca a algn to take the words right out of sb's mouthtener unas palabras con algn to have words with sb ( colloq)tuvieron unas palabras por un asunto de dinero they had words over some money matterlas palabras se las lleva el viento actions speak louder than wordsa palabras necias oídos sordos take no notice of the stupid things people sayCompuestos:key wordcompound word● palabra funcional or vacíafunction wordfpl (CS) crossword, crossword puzzleB (promesa) wordme basta con tu palabra your word is enough for meme dio su palabra she gave me her wordes una mujer de palabra she's a woman of her wordsiempre cumple con su palabra she always keeps her wordnunca falta a su palabra he never breaks o goes back on his wordpalabra que yo no sabía nada ( fam); honest o really o ( BrE) straight up, I didn't know a thing about it ( colloq)se lo devolví ¡palabra! I gave it back to her, honest! ( colloq)cobrarle la palabra a algn ( Chi fam); to take sb up on sth ( colloq), to keep o hold sb to his/her wordtomarle la palabra a algn: le tome la palabra y le pedí un préstamo I took him up on his offer and asked for a loanCompuesto:word of honor*le dio su palabra de honor de que no volvería a hacerlo he gave her his word of honor o his solemn word that he wouldn't do it againyo no fui ¡palabra de honor! it wasn't me, word of honor o I swear!C1 (habla) speechel don de la palabra the gift of speechme invitó sólo de palabra I only got a verbal invitationfue un acuerdo de palabra it was a verbal agreementpecar de pensamiento, palabra y obra to sin in thought, word and deedno me dirigió la palabra en toda la noche she didn't speak to me all nightnos ha retirado la palabra she doesn't speak to us anymore, she no longer deigns to speak to us ( hum)dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca (me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; (no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth2 ( frml)(en una ceremonia, asamblea): pido la palabra may I say something?, I'd like to say somethingtiene la palabra el delegado estudiantil the student delegate has the floor ( frml)no le concedieron la palabra he was denied permission to speak, he was denied the floor ( frml)ceder la palabra a algn to give the floor to sb ( frml), to call upon sb to speaka continuación hizo uso de la palabra el presidente de la institución then the president of the institute made a speech* * *
palabra sustantivo femenino
1 ( vocablo) word;
no son más que palabras it's all talk;
en pocas palabras, es un cobarde in a word, he's a coward;
palabra por palabra word for word;
yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto I didn't know a thing o anything about it;
no entendí (ni) una palabra I didn't understand a (single) word;
sin decir (una) palabra without a word;
palabra compuesta compound word;
tener la última palabra to have the final say
2 ( promesa) word;
una mujer de palabra a woman of her word;
cumplió con su palabra she kept her word;
nunca falta a su palabra he never breaks o goes back on his word
3
un acuerdo de palabra a verbal agreement;
no me dirigió la palabra she didn't speak to me;
dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca to cut sb off in mid-sentenceb) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea):
tener/tomar la palabra to have/to take the floor (frml)
palabra sustantivo femenino
1 word
lo resumió en pocas palabras, she summarised it in a few words
(discurso) me quedé con la palabra en la boca, I was left speechless
Juan es hombre de pocas palabras, Juan is a man of few words
2 (capacidad para hablar) me dejó sin palabra, I was speechless
3 (compromiso) word: me dio su palabra, he gave me his word
no tiene palabra, she never keeps her word
4 (turno para hablar) right to speak
tener la palabra, to have the floor
♦ Locuciones: dirigir la palabra a alguien, to address sb
de palabra, by word of mouth
' palabra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogada
- abogado
- abreviar
- acento
- ayunas
- baja
- bajo
- bañera
- bar
- bastante
- calor
- ceder
- chalet
- chimenea
- ciudad
- colmo
- comida
- comprometerse
- culta
- culto
- decirse
- disonante
- empeñar
- entredicho
- faltar
- fresca
- fresco
- histórica
- histórico
- honor
- justa
- justo
- ladrón
- ladrona
- lata
- mayoría
- mirar
- muletilla
- padre
- piso
- promesa
- pronunciar
- recta
- recto
- saludar
- saludo
- sigla
- subrayar
- taco
- tela
English:
absent
- buzz off
- cagey
- clinch
- connotation
- current
- date
- dated
- derive
- do
- engine driver
- female
- fish
- floor
- fuck
- go back on
- high
- honour
- interrogative
- lady
- marmalade
- match
- mint
- misuse
- operative
- score out
- sense
- shorten
- speak
- spectacle
- speech
- state-of-the-art
- storey
- true
- use
- verbatim
- way
- word
- a
- call
- compound
- key
- strict
- swear
- take
- unwritten
* * *♦ nf1. [término, vocablo] word;con palabras no puedo expresar lo que sentía words cannot express what I felt;dilo con tus propias palabras say it in your own words;lo dijo, aunque no con esas palabras she said it, though not in so many words;no son más que palabras (vacías) it's all talk;buenas palabras fine-sounding words;no cruzaron palabra en todo el camino they didn't exchange a word throughout the journey;dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut sb off in mid-sentence;dirigir la palabra a alguien to speak to sb;no le dirige la palabra a su madre desde hace semanas he hasn't spoken to his mother for weeks;en otras palabras in other words;en una palabra in a word;lo dijo todo a medias palabras she only hinted at what she meant;medir las palabras to weigh one's words (carefully);no habla ni (media) palabra de español she doesn't speak a word of Spanish;yo de este tema no sé ni (media) palabra I don't know a thing about this subject;no dijo palabra he didn't say a word;palabra por palabra word for word;me has quitado la palabra de la boca you took the words right out of my mouth;lo de comprar una casa son palabras mayores buying a house is a very serious matter;no hace falta llegar a palabras mayores there is no need to get nasty about it;le aguanto casi todo, pero eso ya son palabras mayores I'll put up with almost anything from him, but that's going a bit (too) far;sin mediar palabra without a single word;tener la última palabra to have the last word;tener unas palabras con alguien to have words with sb;tuvo que tragarse sus palabras he had to eat his words;a palabras necias, oídos sordos sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)Informát palabra clave keyword;palabra compuesta compound word;CSur palabras cruzadas crossword;palabra de Dios word of God2. [juramento, promesa] word;es su palabra contra la mía it's her word against mine;dar/empeñar la palabra to give/pledge one's word;ella me dio su palabra she gave me her word;dio (su) palabra de que nada saldría mal he gave his word that nothing would go wrong;estar bajo palabra [en juicio] to be under oath;faltó a su palabra he went back on his word, he broke o didn't keep his word;mantuvo su palabra she kept her word;no tiene palabra he's not a man of his word;tienes mi palabra you have my word;tomar la palabra a alguien to hold sb to their wordpalabra de honor word of honour;¡palabra (de honor)! honestly!;yo no sabía nada, ¡palabra (de honor)! I didn't know anything, honestly! o I swear!3. [habla] speech;con el susto perdió la palabra the shock left her speechless;de palabra by word of mouth, verbally;el trato se hizo de palabra it was a purely verbal agreement o a gentleman's agreementpedir la palabra to ask for the floor;¡pido la palabra! could I say something, please?;tomar la palabra to take the floor5.palabras [discurso] words;a continuación nuestro invitado nos dirigirá unas palabras our guest will now say a few words♦ nmpalabra de honor [vestido] strapless dress* * *f tb figword;palabra por palabra word for word;bajo palabra on parole;en una palabra in a word;en pocas palabras briefly;tomar la palabra speak;de palabra acuerdo verbal;de pocas palabras persona of few words;tomar a alguien la palabra take s.o. at his/her word;dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca fig cut s.o. off in mid-sentence;buenas palabras fine words;lo de tener un hijo son palabras mayores having a child is a serious business o is not something to be undertaken lightly;con medias palabras dijo … he hinted that …, he half said that …* * *palabra nf1) vocablo: word2) promesa: word, promiseun hombre de palabra: a man of his word3) habla: speech4) : right to speaktener la palabra: to have the floor* * *palabra n word¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? what does this word mean? -
7 richtig
I Adj.1. right; (fehlerfrei) auch correct; (wahr) true; die richtige Antwort the right answer; richtige Aussprache / Übersetzung correct pronunciation / translation; es war richtig von dir, dass du... you did right ( oder it was right of you) to...; das finde ich nicht richtig I don’t think it’s right; das ist schon richtig, aber... that’s quite right ( oder true), but...; so ist’s richtig! umg. that’s the idea2. (echt, wirklich) real, genuine; (ordentlich) proper; das ist nicht ihr richtiger Name that is not her real name; ein richtiger Engländer a real ( oder true) Englishman; seine richtige Mutter his real ( oder birth) mother; er ist ein richtiger Cowboy he is a regular cowboy; wir hatten keinen richtigen Sommer we didn’t have any proper ( oder decent) summer; ein richtiger Feigling / Idiot umg. a proper coward / idiot3. (angemessen) appropriate; (geeignet) suitable; im richtigen Augenblick at the right moment; das ist der richtige Mann! he’s just the man we etc. need; ist diese Farbe richtig für mich? does this colo(u)r suit me?4. (gerecht) fair, right; Kopf 5II Adv.1. properly, correctly; geht deine Uhr richtig? is your watch right?; eine richtig gehende Uhr a watch that gives the right time; das Telefon etc. funktioniert nicht richtig the telephone isn’t working properly; richtig gerechnet lohnt es sich nicht if you work it out properly, you can see it’s not worth it; nicht richtig aussprechen / schreiben not pronounce / spell s.th. correctly; du hörst gar nicht richtig zu you’re not listening (properly); ich habe nicht richtig aufgepasst I wasn’t really paying attention; sehe ich das richtig? am I right?; du kommst gerade richtig! you’ve come at just the right moment; iro. you’re the last person I ( oder we) need; Sie sind der Chef? - richtig! umg. so you’re the boss? - you’ve got it!; ach ja, richtig yes, of course ( oder you’re right); mal wieder richtig ausschlafen have a really good sleep for once; jetzt aber richtig! umg. and now do it properly!2. (auf die richtige Weise) the right way; mach es richtig! do it properly; eine Sache richtig anpacken go about s.th. the right way; schlag richtig zu! hit it really hard!3. umg. (völlig) thoroughly, really; (wirklich) really; noch nicht richtig gar not properly cooked, not cooked right (Am. all the way) through; nicht richtig heiß not really hot; Catcher tun sich nicht richtig weh all-in (Am. WWF) wrestlers don’t really hurt one another; ich fand ihn richtig nett umg. I thought he was really nice; sie tat mir richtig Leid I was really sorry for her; es tat richtig weh it really hurt; sie wurde richtig verlegen she was really embarrassed; da wurde ich erst richtig böse then I really got angry; jetzt sitzen wir erst richtig in der Tinte oder Scheiße umg. now we’re really in a mess4. richtig liegen (tendenziell) be on the right track; (völlig Recht haben) be absolutely right; mit deiner Vermutung liegst du richtig you guessed right, your hunch was right; bei mir liegen Sie richtig you’ve come to the right person; er liegt immer richtig he always backs the right horse; mit Pralinen liegst du ( bei ihr) immer richtig you can’t go wrong with chocolates (for her)5. richtig stellen put s.th. right, correct, rectify; auch set the record straight; lassen Sie mich eines richtig stellen let me just correct one pointIII subst.: das Richtige the right thing; zum richtigen Zeitpunkt das Richtige tun do the right thing at the right time; nichts Richtiges gelernt haben have not learnt (Am. learned) any proper trade; ich habe den ganzen Tag noch nichts Richtiges gegessen umg. I haven’t had anything proper to eat all day; er ist der Richtige he’s the right man; sie ist nicht die Richtige für ihn she’s not right for him; du bist mir der Richtige! umg. you’re a fine one; ich hatte drei Richtige im Lotto I got three numbers right ( oder I matched three numbers) in the lottery; einzig II* * *rightly (Adv.);* * *rịch|tig ['rIçtɪç]1. adj1) right no comp; (= zutreffend) correct, righteine richtige Erkenntnis/Voraussetzung etc — a correct realization/presupposition etc
der richtige Mann am richtigen Ort — the right man for the job
ich halte es für richtig/das Richtigste,... — I think it would be right/best...
nicht ganz richtig ( im Kopf) sein (inf) — to be not quite right (in the head) (inf)
der Junge ist richtig (inf) — that boy's all right (inf) or OK (inf)
ein richtiger Idiot — a real or proper or right (inf) idiot
2. adv1) (= korrekt) correctly, right; passen, funktionieren, liegen etc properly, correctly, rightich habe ihn richtig eingeschätzt — I was right about him
richtig gehend (Uhr, Waage) — accurate
habe ich richtig gehört? (iro) — do my ears deceive me?, am I hearing things?; (Gerücht betreffend) is it right what I've heard?
wenn man es richtig nimmt (inf) — really, actually, properly speaking
du kommst gerade richtig! — you're just in time; (iro) you're just what I need
2) (inf = ganz und gar) really, real (esp US inf); sich schämen, verlegen thoroughly, really, real (esp US inf)3) (= wahrhaftig) right, correctdu bist doch Konrads Schwester – richtig! — you're Konrad's sister – (that's) right
wir dachten, es würde gleich regnen, und richtig, kaum... — we thought it would soon start raining and, sure enough, scarcely...
* * *1) correctly2) (free from faults or errors: This sum is correct.) correct3) (right; not wrong: Did I get the correct idea from what you said?; You are quite correct.) correct4) (correctly or rightly: She can't pronounce his name properly.) properly5) (right, correct, or suitable: That isn't the proper way to clean the windows; You should have done your schoolwork at the proper time - it's too late to start now.) proper6) ((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) right7) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) right8) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) right9) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) right10) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) right11) (correctly; accurately: They rightly assumed that he would refuse to help.) rightly12) (to understand, do, say etc (something) correctly: Did I get the answer right?) get right* * *rich·tig[ˈrɪçtɪç]I. adj1. (korrekt) correct, rightdie \richtige Antwort the right [or correct] answerdie \richtige Lösung the correct solution2. (angebracht) rightdie \richtige Handlungsweise the right course of actionzur \richtigen Zeit at the right timees war \richtig, dass du gegangen bist you were right to leave▪ irgendwo/bei jdm \richtig sein to be at the right place/address„ja, kommen Sie rein, bei mir sind Sie genau \richtig“ “yes, come in, you've come to [exactly] the right place”ist das hier \richtig zu/nach...? is this [or am I going] the right way to...?ich bin nicht deine \richtige Mutter I'm not your real motherdu bist ein \richtiger Idiot! you're a real idiot!6. (passend) rightsie ist nicht die \richtige Frau für dich she's not the right woman for you7. (ordentlich) real, properes ist lange her, dass wir einen \richtigen Winter mit viel Schnee hatten it's been ages since we've had a proper winter with lots of snow▪ \richtig sein to be all right [or okay]unser neuer Lehrer ist \richtig our new teacher is okay; s.a. KopfII. adv1. (korrekt) correctlySie haben irgendwie nicht \richtig gerechnet you've miscalculated somehow\richtig gehend accurateeine \richtig gehende Uhr an accurate watchhöre ich \richtig? did I hear right?, are my ears deceiving me? figich höre doch wohl nicht \richtig? excuse me? fam, you must be joking!sehr \richtig! quite right!der Blumentopf steht da nicht richtig the flowerpot is not in the right place thereirgendwie sitzt die Bluse nicht richtig somehow the blouse doesn't fit properlyich fühle mich von ihr \richtig verarscht I feel she has really taken the piss out of meer hat sie \richtig ausgenutzt he has really used her4. (tatsächlich)\richtig, das war die Lösung right, that was the solution* * *1.1) right; (zutreffend) right; correct; correct < realization>; accurate <prophecy, premonition>ja richtig! — yes, that's right
2) (ordentlich) propernicht ganz richtig [im Kopf od. (ugs.) im Oberstübchen] sein — be not quite right in the head (coll.) or not quite all there (coll.)
3) (wirklich, echt) real2.du bist ein richtiger Esel — you're a right or proper idiot (coll.)
1) right; correctlyrichtig sitzen od. passen — < clothes> fit properly
richtig liegen — (ugs.) be right
2) (ordentlich) properly3) (richtiggehend) really* * *A. adjdie richtige Antwort the right answer;richtige Aussprache/Übersetzung correct pronunciation/translation;es war richtig von dir, dass du … you did right ( oder it was right of you) to …;das finde ich nicht richtig I don’t think it’s right;das ist schon richtig, aber … that’s quite right ( oder true), but …;so ist’s richtig! umg that’s the ideadas ist nicht ihr richtiger Name that is not her real name;ein richtiger Engländer a real ( oder true) Englishman;seine richtige Mutter his real ( oder birth) mother;er ist ein richtiger Cowboy he is a regular cowboy;ein richtiger Feigling/Idiot umg a proper coward/idiotim richtigen Augenblick at the right moment;das ist der richtige Mann! he’s just the man we etc need;ist diese Farbe richtig für mich? does this colo(u)r suit me?B. adv1. properly, correctly;geht deine Uhr richtig? is your watch right?;eine richtig gehende Uhr a watch that gives the right time;das Telefon etcfunktioniert nicht richtig the telephone isn’t working properly;richtig gerechnet lohnt es sich nicht if you work it out properly, you can see it’s not worth it;nicht richtig aussprechen/schreiben not pronounce/spell sth correctly;du hörst gar nicht richtig zu you’re not listening (properly);ich habe nicht richtig aufgepasst I wasn’t really paying attention;sehe ich das richtig? am I right?;du kommst gerade richtig! you’ve come at just the right moment; iron you’re the last person I ( oder we) need;Sie sind der Chef? - richtig! umg so you’re the boss? - you’ve got it!;ach ja, richtig yes, of course ( oder you’re right);mal wieder richtig ausschlafen have a really good sleep for once;jetzt aber richtig! umg and now do it properly!2. (auf die richtige Weise) the right way;mach es richtig! do it properly;eine Sache richtig anpacken go about sth the right way;schlag richtig zu! hit it really hard!noch nicht richtig gar not properly cooked, not cooked right (US all the way) through;nicht richtig heiß not really hot;Catcher tun sich nicht richtig weh all-in (US WWF) wrestlers don’t really hurt one another;ich fand ihn richtig nett umg I thought he was really nice;sie tat mir richtig leid I was really sorry for her;es tat richtig weh it really hurt;sie wurde richtig verlegen she was really embarrassed;da wurde ich erst richtig böse then I really got angry;Scheiße umg now we’re really in a messC. substantivisch:das Richtige the right thing;zum richtigen Zeitpunkt das Richtige tun do the right thing at the right time;nichts Richtiges gelernt haben have not learnt (US learned) any proper trade;ich habe den ganzen Tag noch nichts Richtiges gegessen umg I haven’t had anything proper to eat all day;er ist der Richtige he’s the right man;sie ist nicht die Richtige für ihn she’s not right for him;du bist mir der Richtige! umg you’re a fine one;ich hatte drei Richtige im Lotto I got three numbers right ( oder I matched three numbers) in the lottery; → einzig B* * *1.1) right; (zutreffend) right; correct; correct < realization>; accurate <prophecy, premonition>ja richtig! — yes, that's right
2) (ordentlich) propernicht ganz richtig [im Kopf od. (ugs.) im Oberstübchen] sein — be not quite right in the head (coll.) or not quite all there (coll.)
3) (wirklich, echt) real2.du bist ein richtiger Esel — you're a right or proper idiot (coll.)
1) right; correctlyrichtig sitzen od. passen — < clothes> fit properly
richtig liegen — (ugs.) be right
2) (ordentlich) properly3) (richtiggehend) really* * *adj.accurate adj.appropriate adj.correct adj.exact adj.okay adj.proper adj.right adj.true adj.unmitigated adj. adv.aright adv.correctly adv.duly adv.justly adv.properly adv.right adv.rightfully adv.rightly adv. ausdr.O.K. expr.OK expr. -
8 gilipollas
adj.coward.m. s.&pl.1 stupid person, jerk, prat, git.2 coward.* * *1 tabú stupid1 jerk, arsehole (US asshole), GB prat* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)IImasculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)* * *= dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)IImasculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)* * *= dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* * *( Esp fam o vulg): ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! ( sl pej), that guy's such a prat o git! ( BrE sl pej)anda, gilipollas, cállate la boca shut up, you jerk o prat o git!* * *
gilipollas adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg):◊ ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! (sl &
pej)
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl
pej)
gilipollas mf ofens bloody fool o idiot
' gilipollas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boluda
- boludo
English:
bloody
- dork
- jerk
- prick
- twat
- wanker
* * *♦ adj inv♦ nmf invBr prat, Br pillock, US dork* * *m/f inv popjerk pop -
9 dire
dire [diʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 371. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► to say se construit, comme dire, avec un complément d'objet direct et un complément d'objet indirect: to say sth to sb, alors que to tell se construit avec deux compléments d'objet directs: to tell sb sth ; to tell ne peut pas s'employer sans objet.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• qu'est-ce que vous avez dit ? what did you say?• comment dit-on ça en anglais ? how do you say that in English?• vous nous dites dans votre lettre que... you say in your letter that...• je vous l'avais bien dit ! I told you so!• fais ce qu'on te dit ! do as you are told!• on dit que... people say that...• il faut bien dire que... ( = admettre) I must say that...• Jean-François ne sait pas ce qu'il dit ( = il déraisonne) Jean-François doesn't know what he's saying• venez bientôt, disons demain come soon, let's say tomorrow• je ne vous le fais pas dire ! you said it!• laisse dire ! let them talk!• qu'est-ce qui me dit que c'est vrai ? how do I know it's the truth?• je me suis laissé dire que... I heard that...• ça suffit, j'ai dit ! I said that's enough!b. ( = penser) to think• qu'est-ce que tu dis de ça ? what do you think about that?• que diriez-vous d'une promenade ? how about a walk?• on dirait qu'il le fait exprès ! you'd almost think he does it on purpose!c. ( = objecter) je n'ai rien à dire sur son travail I can't complain about his work• rien à dire ! you can't argue with that!• c'est pas pour dire, mais il n'est pas très sympathique I don't want to go on about him, but he's not very niced. ( = évoquer) ce nom me dit quelque chose the name rings a bell• Lucien Josse ? ça ne me dit rien du tout Lucien Josse? I've never heard of hime. ( = plaire) ça vous dit de sortir ? do you feel like going out?f. (locutions) dis Papa, quand est-ce qu'on part ? when are we going, daddy?• dites donc ! ( = à propos) by the way ; ( = holà) hey!• ça lui a rapporté 100 000 € -- ben dis donc ! (inf) that earned him 100,000 euros -- goodness me!• que tu dis ! (inf) that's your story!• à qui le dites-vous ! you're telling me! (inf)• qui dit mieux ? any advance?► vouloir dire ( = signifier) to mean• qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ? what does that mean?• que veux-tu dire par là ? what do you mean?• ça veut tout dire ! that says it all!► comment dirais-je ? how shall I put it?2. <► se direa. ( = penser) to think to o.s.• il faut bien se dire que... one has to realize that...b. ( = se prétendre) to claim to be• comment ça se dit en français ? how do you say that in French?3. <* * *
I
1. diʀ1) ( faire entendre) to say [mots, prière]; to tell [histoire, blague]‘entrez’ dit-elle — ‘come in,’ she said
2) ( faire savoir) to tellje me suis laissé dire que... — I heard that...
c'est moi qui vous le dis — (colloq) I'm telling you
permets-moi de te dire que tu vas le regretter! — (colloq) you'll regret this, I can tell you!
je ne te dis que ça — (colloq) I'll say no more
c'est pas pour dire, mais — (colloq) I don't want to make a big deal of it, but... (colloq)
à qui le dites-vous! — (colloq) don't I know it!
je ne vous le fais pas dire! — (colloq) you don't need to tell me!
ne pas se le faire dire deux fois — (colloq) not to need to be told twice
dis, tu me crois? — (colloq) tell me, do you believe me?
dis donc, où tu te crois? — (colloq) hey! where do you think you are?
ne fais pas attention, il ne sait pas ce qu'il dit — don't mind him, he doesn't know what he's talking about
on dit que... — it is said that...
autant dire que — you might as well say that, in other words
disons, demain — let's say tomorrow
tu l'as dit! — (colloq)
comme tu dis! — (colloq) you said it! (colloq)
4) ( formuler)lent, pour ne pas dire ennuyeux — slow, not to say boring
comme dirait l'autre — (colloq) as they say
qu'est-ce que ça veut dire tout ce bruit? — (colloq) what's the meaning of all this noise?
6) ( demander)7) ( objecter)il n'y a pas à dire (colloq), elle est belle — you have to admit, she's beautiful
il n'y a rien à dire, tout est en ordre — I have no complaint, everything's fine
tu n'as rien à dire! — ( ne te plains pas) don't complain!; ( tais-toi) don't say a word!
8) ( penser) to think9) ( inspirer)
2.
se dire verbe pronominalil faut (bien) se dire que... — one must realize that...
il faut te dire que... — you must understand that...
2) ( échanger) to exchange [insultes, mots doux]3) ( se prétendre) to claim to be4) ( se déclarer)il s'est dit favorable à — he says he's in favour [BrE] of
5) ( être exprimé)
3.
se dire verbe impersonnel
II
1. diʀnom masculin
2.
dires nom masculin pluriel statements* * *diʀ1. nm2. vt1) (= exprimer) to say, [secret, mensonge] to tellElle m'a dit la vérité. — She told me the truth.
dire qch à qn — to tell sb sth, to say sth to sb
Qu'est-ce qu'il t'a dit? — What did he tell you?, What did he say to you?
Dites-moi ce que vous pensez. — Tell me what you think.
dire à qn qu'il fasse; dire à qn de faire — to tell sb to do
Il nous a dit de regarder cette émission. — He told us to watch this programme.
dire que — to say, to say that
Il a dit qu'il ne viendrait pas. — He said he wouldn't come.
2) (= prétendre)On le dit malade. — They say he's ill., He's said to be ill.
3) (= plaire)dire à qn [idée, proposition] Si cela lui dit. — If he feels like it.
Cela ne me dit rien. — That doesn't appeal to me.
4) (= penser)que dites-vous de...? — what do you think of...?
on dit que — they say, they say that
On dit que la nourriture y est excellente. — They say that the food there is excellent.
on dirait que (il semble que) — it looks like, it looks as if
On dirait qu'il va pleuvoir. — It looks like it's going to rain., It looks as if it's going to rain.
dis donc!; dites donc! (pour attirer l'attention) — hey!, (= au fait) by the way
Il a drôlement changé, dis donc! — Hey, he's really changed!
et dire que... — and to think that...
ceci dit; cela dit — that being said
Cela dit, je n'aimerais pas être à sa place. — That being said, I wouldn't like to be in his place.
c'est dire si... — that just shows that...
* * *dire verb table: médireA nm au dire de according to; au dire des experts according to the experts; au dire de tous by all accounts.B dires nmpl statements; leurs dires ne concordent pas their statements do not agree; selon les dires de ta sœur according to your sister.C vtr1 ( faire entendre) to say [mots, prière]; to recite [poème]; to read [leçon]; to tell [histoire, blague]; dire non to say no; dites quelque chose de drôle say something funny; ‘entrez’ dit-elle ‘come in,’ she said; j'ai quelque chose à dire là-dessus I've got something to say about that; sans mot dire without saying a word; ce n'est pas une chose à dire you don't say that sort of thing; dire des bêtises or inepties to talk nonsense; dire qch à voix basse to whisper sth; dire qch entre ses dents to mutter sth; ne plus savoir que dire to be at a loss for words; avoir son mot à dire to have one's say; dire ce qu'on a à dire to say one's piece;2 ( faire savoir) to tell; dire des mensonges/la vérité/l'avenir to tell lies/the truth/the future; dire qch à qn to tell sb sth; dites-moi votre nom tell me your name; je le leur dirai I'll tell them; dis-le à ton frère tell your brother; je vous l'avais bien dit! I told you so!; dites-moi, vous aimez l'opéra? tell me, do you like opera?; c'est ce qu'on m'a dit so I've been told; dis-leur que tu es occupé tell them you're busy; je dois vous dire que… I have to tell you that…; faire dire à qn que to let sb know that…; faites dire à ma femme que je serai en retard let my wife know that I will be late; dire ses projets to describe one's plans; dire son opinion/sa satisfaction to express one's opinion/one's satisfaction; je me suis laissé dire que… I heard that…; tenez-vous le pour dit! I don't want to have to tell you again!; c'est moi qui vous le dis○ I'm telling you; permets-moi de te dire que tu vas le regretter○! you'll regret this, I can tell you!; je ne te dis que ça○ I'll say no more; c'est pas pour dire, mais○ I don't want to make a big deal of it, but○…; à qui le dites-vous○! don't I know it!; vous m'en direz tant○! you don't say!; je ne vous le fais pas dire○! you don't need to tell me!; ne pas se le faire dire deux fois○ not to need to be told twice; dis, tu me crois○? tell me, do you believe me?; dis donc, où tu te crois○? hey! where do you think you are?; dites-donc, il n'est pas valable, votre ticket! here-did you know your ticket's not valid?; à vous de dire Jeux your bid; ⇒ vérité;3 ( affirmer) to say (que that); elle dit pouvoir le faire she says she can do it; dire ce qu'on pense to say what one thinks; dire tout haut ce que d'autres pensent tout bas to say out loud what other people are thinking; ne fais pas attention, il ne sait pas ce qu'il dit don't mind him, he doesn't know what he's talking about ou he's talking through his hat; on dit que… it is said that…; on le dit marié/veuf he is said to be married/a widower; j'irai jusqu'à dire que I'd go as far as to say that; c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire that's the least one can say; le moins qu'on puisse dire c'est que… the least one can say is that…; si l'on peut dire if one might say so; si je puis dire if I may put it like that; on peut dire qu'elle a du toupet celle-là! she's really got a nerve○!; on ne peut pas dire qu'il se soit fatigué! he certainly didn't overtax himself; autant dire que you might as well say that, in other words; et que dire de…? to say nothing of…; j'ose dire que… I'm not afraid to say that…; si j'ose dire if I may say so; ce n'est pas à moi de le dire it's not for me to say; cela va sans dire it goes without saying; ce n'est pas peu dire that's saying a lot; il faut dire que one should say that; c'est (tout) dire! need I say more?; cela dit having said that; c'est vous qui le dites! that's what you say!; tu peux le dire○! you can say that again○!; disons, demain let's say tomorrow; c'est difficile à dire it's hard to tell; je sais ce que je dis I know what I'm talking about; à ce qu'il dit according to him; vous dites? pardon?; à vrai dire actually; entre nous soit dit between you and me; soit dit en passant incidentally; pour tout dire all in all; c'est dire si j'ai raison it just goes to show I'm right; c'est beaucoup dire that's going a bit far; c'est peu dire that's an understatement; c'est vite dit that's easy for you to say; ce n'est pas dit I'm not that sure; tout n'est pas dit that's not the end of the story; c'est plus facile à dire qu'à faire it's easier said than done; il est dit que je ne partirai jamais I'm destined never to leave; tu l'as dit○!, comme tu dis○! you said it○!; que tu dis○! says you○!; ⇒ envoyer, fontaine;4 ( formuler) dire qch poliment/effrontément to say sth politely/cheekily; voilà qui est bien dit! well said!; il l'a mal dit, mais j'ai compris he put it badly but I understood; comment dire?, comment dirais-je? how shall I put it?; tu ne crois pas si bien dire you don't know how true that is; pour ainsi dire, comme qui dirait○ so to speak; autrement dit in other words; lent, pour ne pas dire ennuyeux slow, not to say boring; comme dirait l'autre○ as they say; disons que je suis préoccupé let's say I'm worried; un livre, disons un ‘texte’, comme dirait Adam a book, or let's say a ‘text’, as Adam would have it; un lien disons social a link which we could call social;5 ( indiquer) [loi] to state (que that); [appareil de mesure] to show (que that); [sourire] to express (que that); ma calculatrice dit l'heure my calculator shows the time; que dit ta montre? what time is it by your watch?; vouloir dire to mean; qu'est-ce que tu crois qu'il a voulu dire? what do you think he meant?; quelque chose me dit que something tells me that; qu'est-ce que ça veut dire tout ce bruit○? what's the meaning of all this noise?; qu'est-ce que ça veut dire de téléphoner à une heure pareille○? what do you mean by calling me at this time?; qu'est-ce à dire†? what is the meaning of this?; est-ce à dire que…? does this mean that…?; ⇒ doigt;6 ( demander) dire à qn de faire to tell sb to do; dites-leur de venir tell them to come; je vous avais dit d'être prudent I told you to be careful; qui vous a dit de partir? who told you to go?; fais ce qu'on te dit! do as you're told!; faites dire au médecin de venir have somebody call the doctor;7 ( objecter) qu'avez-vous à dire à cela? what have you got to say to that?; j'ai beaucoup à dire sur ton travail I've quite a lot to say about your work; je n'ai rien à dire no comment; il n'y a pas à dire○, elle est belle you have to admit, she's beautiful; il n'y a rien à dire, tout est en ordre nothing to report, everything's fine; tu n'as rien à dire! ( ne te plains pas) don't complain!; ( tais-toi) don't say a word!;8 ( penser) to think; qu'en dites-vous? what do you think?; que dis-tu de mon nouveau sac? what do you think of my new bag?; que diriez- vous d'une promenade/d'aller au marché? how about a walk/going to the market?; on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir/neiger it looks as if it's going to rain/to snow, it looks like rain/snow; on dirait que le vent se lève the wind seems to be picking up; on dirait qu'elle me déteste you'd think she hated me; on dirait un fou you'd think he was mad; on aurait dit qu'elle était déçue you'd have thought she was disappointed; on dirait de l'estragon ( à la vue) it looks like tarragon; ( au goût) it tastes like tarragon; on dirait du Bach it sounds like Bach; dire qu'hier encore il était parmi nous! it's odd to think (that) he was still with us yesterday!; dire que demain à la même heure je serai chez moi it's odd to think that this time tomorrow I'll be home;9 ( inspirer) ça ne me/leur dit rien de faire I /they don't feel like doing; notre nouveau jardinier ne me dit rien (qui vaille) I don't think much of our new gardener;10 Ling il faut dire ‘excusez-moi’ et non ‘je m'excuse’ one should say ‘excusez-moi’, not ‘je m'excuse’; tu dirais ‘une professeur’, toi? would you say ‘une professeur’?; comment dis-tu ça en italien? how do you say that in Italian?D se dire vpr1 ( penser) to tell oneself (que that); je me suis dit qu'il était trop tard I told myself that it was too late; il faut (bien) se dire que… one must realize that…; il faut te dire que… you must understand that…;2 ( échanger des paroles) se dire des insultes/des mots doux to exchange insults/sweet nothings; se dire adieu to say goodbye to each other;3 ( se prétendre) to claim to be, to say one is; il se dit intelligent/innocent/ingénieur he claims to be intelligent/innocent/an engineer; elle se dit incapable de marcher she claims to be unable to walk;4 ( se déclarer) il s'est dit prêt à participer à la conférence he said that he was prepared to take part in the conference; ils se sont dits favorables à cette mesure they said that they were in favourGB of this measure; elle s'est dite persuadée que… she said that she was convinced that…;5 Ling comment se dit ‘voiture’ en espagnol? how do you say ‘car’ in Spanish?; ‘surprise-party’ ne se dit plus people don't say ‘surprise-party’ any more; ça ne se dit pas you can't say that;6 ( être dit) il ne s'est rien dit d'intéressant à la réunion nothing of interest was said during the meeting.bien faire et laisser dire Prov do right and fear no man Prov; dis-moi qui tu hantes, je te dirai qui tu es you're known by the company you keep; dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai qui tu es you are what you eat.I[dir] nom masculin————————dires nom masculin plurield'après ou selon les dires de son père according to his father ou to what his father saidau dire de locution prépositionnelleau dire de son professeur according to his teacher ou to what his teacher saysII[dir] verbe transitifA.[ARTICULER, PRONONCER]1. [énoncer] to sayquel nom dis-tu? Castagnel? what name did you say ou what's the name again? Castagnel?vous avez dit "démocratie"? "democracy", did you say?a. (très familier) [pour porter bonheur] break a leg!b. [pour insulter] get lost!je ne dirais pas qu'il est distant, je dirais plutôt effarouché I wouldn't say he's haughty, rather that he's been frightened offune honte, que dis-je, une infamie!, une honte, pour ne pas dire une infamie! a shame, not to say an infamy!qui dit... dit...: en ce temps-là, qui disait vol disait galère in those days, theft meant the gallowssi (l')on peut dire in a way, so to speakdisons-le, disons le mot let's not mince wordsdire non to say no, to refusea. [généralement] to say yesb. [à une proposition] to acceptc. [au mariage] to say I do2. [réciter - prière, table de multiplication] to say ; [ - texte] to say, to recite, to read ; [ - rôle] to speakdire la/une messe to say mass/a massdire des vers to recite verse, to give a recitationB.[EXPRIMER]1. [oralement] to sayque dis-tu là? what did you say?, what was that you said?j'ai l'habitude de dire ce que je pense I always speak my mind ou say what I thinkbon, bon, je n'ai rien dit! OK, sorry I spoke!pourquoi ne m'as-tu rien dit de tout cela? why didn't you speak to me ou tell me about any of this?je suis un raté? tu sais ce qu'il te dit, le raté? (familier) so I'm a loser, am I? well, do you want to hear what this loser's got to say to you?j'ai failli faire tout rater! — ça, tu peux le dire! I nearly messed everything up — you can say that again!j'ai une surprise — dis vite! I have a surprise — let's hear it ou do tell!comment dire ou dirais-je? how shall I put it ou say?dites donc, pour demain, on y va en voiture? by the way, are we driving there tomorrow?je peux y aller, dis? can I go, please?vous lui parlerez de moi, dites? you will talk to her about me, won't you?tu es bien habillé, ce soir, dis donc! my word, aren't you smart tonight!il nous faut, disons, deux secrétaires we need, (let's) say, two secretariesce disant with these words, so sayingc'est (te/vous) dire s'il est riche! that gives you an idea how wealthy he is!il ne m'a même pas répondu, c'est tout dire he never even answered me, that says it allpour tout dire in fact, to be honestje ne te/vous le fais pas dire how right you are, I couldn't have put it better myselfil va sans dire que... needless to say (that)...ce n'est pas pour dire, mais à sa place j'aurais réussi (familier) though I say it myself, if I'd been him I'd have succeededil en est incapable, enfin (moi), ce que j'en dis... he's not capable of it, at least that's what I'd say...voici une confiture maison, je ne te dis que ça here's some homemade jam that's out of this worldil y avait un monde, je te dis pas! you wouldn't have believed the crowds!vouloir dire [signifier] to meanun haussement d'épaules dans ce cas-là, ça dit bien ce que ça veut dire in a situation like that, a shrug (of the shoulders) speaks volumesvous partez, madame, qu'est-ce à dire? Madam, what mean you by leaving?3. [écrire] to saydans sa lettre, elle dit que... in her letter she says that...4. [annoncer - nom, prix] to givele général vous fait dire qu'il vous attend the general has sent me to tell you he's waiting for youtu vas le regretter, moi je (familier) ou c'est moi qui (familier) te le dis! you'll be sorry for this, let me tell you ou mark my words!6. [ordonner] to tell[conseiller] to telltu me dis d'oublier, mais... you tell me I must forget, but...toi, on ne peut jamais rien te dire! you can't take the slightest criticism!mais, me direz-vous, il n'est pas majeur but, you will object ou I hear you say, he's not of agej'aurais des choses à dire sur l'organisation du service I have a few things to say ou some comments to make about the organization of the departmentPierre n'est pas d'accord — il n'a rien à dire Pierre doesn't agree — he's in no position to make any objectionselle est maligne, il n'y a pas à ou on ne peut pas dire (le contraire) (familier) she's shrewd, there's no denying it ou and no mistakesi c'est vous qui le dites, si vous le dites, du moment que vous le dites if you say sopuisque je vous le dis! I'm telling you!, you can take it from me!c'est le bon train? — je te dis que oui! is it the right train? — yes it is! ou I'm telling you it is!il va neiger — la météo a dit que non it looks like it's going to snow — the weather forecast said it wouldn'ttu étais content, ne me dis pas le contraire! you were pleased, don't deny it ou don't tell me you weren't!on dit qu'il a un autre fils rumour has it that ou it's rumoured that ou it's said that he has another sonloin des yeux, loin du cœur, dit-on out of sight, out of mind, so the saying goes ou so they sayon le disait lâche he was said ou alleged ou reputed to be a cowardelle trouvera bien une place — qu'elle dit (familier) she'll find a job, no problem — that's what she thinks!on dira ce qu'on voudra, mais l'amour ça passe avant tout whatever people say, love comes before everything elseon ne dira jamais assez l'importance d'un régime alimentaire équilibré I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a balanced dietelle disait ne pas savoir qui le lui avait donné she claimed ou alleged that she didn't know who'd given it to her[dans des jeux d'enfants]je dois dire qu'elle est jolie I must say ou admit she's prettyil faut bien dire qu'il n'est plus tout jeune he's not young any more, let's face itil faut dire qu'elle a des excuses (to) give her her due, there are mitigating circumstancesdisons que... let's say (that)...11. [décider]il est dit que... fate has decreed that...il ne sera pas dit que... let it not be said that...a. [décidé] nothing's been decided yetb. [prévisible] nothing's for certain (yet)a. [il n'y a plus à discuter] the matter is closedb. [l'avenir est arrêté] the die is castaussitôt dit, aussitôt fait no sooner said than doneC.[PENSER, CROIRE]et comme dessert? — que dirais-tu d'une mousse au chocolat? and to follow? — what would you say to ou how about a chocolate mousse?dire que... to think that...2. [croire]a. [au goût] it tastes like teab. [à l'odeur] it smells like teac. [d'apparence] it looks like teaon dirait de la laine [au toucher] it feels like woolon dirait que je te fais peur you behave as if ou as though you were scared of me[exprime une probabilité]on dirait sa fille, au premier rang it looks like her daughter there in the front rowD.[INDIQUER, DONNER DES SIGNES DE]mon intuition ou quelque chose me dit qu'il reviendra I have a feeling (that) he'll be back2. [stipuler par écrit] to sayque dit la Bible/le dictionnaire à ce sujet? what does the Bible/dictionary say about this?3. [faire penser à]dire quelque chose: son visage me dit quelque chose I've seen her face before, her face seems familiarLambert, cela ne vous dit rien? Lambert, does that mean anything to you?4. [tenter]tu viens? — ça ne me dit rien are you coming? — I'm not in the mood ou I don't feel like it————————se dire verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)[échanger - secrets, paroles] to tell each other ou one another————————se dire verbe pronominal (emploi passif)1. [être formulé]comment se dit "bonsoir" en japonais? how do you say "goodnight" in Japanese?, what's the Japanese for "goodnight"?il est vraiment hideux — peut-être, mais ça ne se dit pas he's really hideous — maybe, but it's not the sort of thing you sayse dit de [pour définir un terme] (is) said of, (is) used for, describes————————se dire verbe pronominal transitifmaintenant, je me dis que j'aurais dû accepter now I think I should have accepteddis-toi bien que je ne serai pas toujours là pour t'aider you must realize that ou get it into your head that I won't always be here to help you————————se dire verbe pronominal intransitif[estimer être] to sayil se dit flatté de l'intérêt que je lui porte he says he's ou he claims to be flattered by my interest in himils se disent attachés à la démocratie they claim to ou (that) they care about democracy -
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HE ОСТАВАТЬСЯ/НЕ ОСТАТЬСЯ В ДОЛГУ (у кого, перед кем) VP subj: human usu. pfv) to respond to s.o. 's attitude, action etc with the same kind of attitude, a similar action etc occas., to remunerate s.o. for a favorX не остался у Y-a в долгу - X repaid YX paid Y back (in kind) X returned the favor (the compliment) (in limited contexts) X replied in the same vein (manner) (in refer, to a favor, kindness etc only) X made it up to Y (in refer, to a conflict, fight, revenge etc only) X paid Y back with interest X got even with Y X gave Y as good as X got X got back at Y.«Ты меня пожалела, а я в долгу не останусь!.. Ты, что понадобится, говори» (Шолохов 2). "You've been good to me, lass, and I'm going to pay you back!...So you just say if there's anything you need" (2a)«...Не только никаких Тихоновых и большинства Союза (писателей) нет для меня и я их отрицаю, но я не упускал случая открыто и прямо заявлять. И они, разумеется, правы, что в долгу у меня не остаются» (Гладков 1). "...Not only do Tikhonov and his like as well as most other members of the Union of Writers no longer exist for me, not only do I deny them, but I also lose no opportunity of saying so openly and plainly. And they, of course, are quite right to pay me back in kind" (1a).Квиты! Ты мне насолила, жизнь разломала, и я не остался в долгу. Сполна рассчитался (Абрамов 1). We're even! You did me dirt and smashed my life, and I've returned the compliment. So the score is settled (1a).Два дня спустя Дмитрий Алексеевич (Лопаткин) получил протокол заседания технического совета... Протокол заканчивался фразой: «Постановили признать нецелесообразным...» - дальше шли такие же знакомые слова... Дмитрий Алексеевич не остался в долгу... (Он) привычной рукой написал жалобу на имя начальника технического управления министерства (Дудинцев 1). Two days later Lopatkin received the minutes of the technical council's session....The minutes ended with the words: "it was decided to consider it unsuitable..." after which came other no-less-familiar phrases....He replied in the same vein...writing with a practiced hand a complaint addressed to the chief of the technical department of the Ministry (1a)....Наташенька, не сердись на меня, - сказал я. — Это было очень важно. Я в долгу не останусь...» (Зиновьев 2). "...Natasha, don't be angry with me," I said. "It was very important. But I'll make it up to you..." (2a).Говорят, его (Ситникова) кто-то недавно побил, но он в долгу не остался: в одной тёмной статейке, тиснутой в одном тёмном журнальце, он намекнул, что побивший его - трус (Тургенев 2). There is talk of someone having beaten him (Sitnikov) up not so long ago, but Sitnikov paid this fellow back with interest: in an obscure little article, published in an obscure little journalette, he hinted that the man who had beaten him up is a coward (2d). Rumour has it that he (Sitnikov) recently received a thrashing, but he got even with his assailant: in an insidious little paragraph squeezed into an insidious little journal he insinuated that his assailant was a coward (2a).Вышел оттуда (из чулана) Егорша покачиваясь, насквозь мокрый, будто вынырнул из воды, но довольный. «Досталось маленько, -сказал он, отряхиваясь и звонко шлёпая себя по мокрой груди. - Ну да я тоже не остался в долгу. Целое ведро на Раечку вылил» (Абрамов 1). Egorsha emerged (from the storeroom) - slightly unsteady and soaked through as if he had just taken a swim-but pleased. "I caught it a little," he said, shaking himself dry and slapping his chest. "But I gave as good as I got. I poured a whole bucketful over Raechka" (1a). -
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• НЕ ОСТАВАТЬСЯ/НЕ ОСТАТЬСЯ В ДОЛГУ(у кого, перед кем)[VP; subj: human; usu. pfv]=====⇒ to respond to s.o.'s attitude, action etc with the same kind of attitude, a similar action etc; occas., to remunerate s.o. for a favor:- [in limited contexts] X replied in the same vein (manner);- [in refer, to a favor, kindness etc only] X made it up to Y;- [in refer, to a conflict, fight, revenge etc only] X paid Y back with interest;- X got back at Y.♦ "Ты меня пожалела, а я в долгу не останусь!.. Ты, что понадобится, говори" (Шолохов 2). "You've been good to me, lass, and I'm going to pay you back!...So you just say if there's anything you need" (2a)♦ "...Не только никаких Тихоновых и большинства Союза [писателей] нет для меня и я их отрицаю, но я не упускал случая открыто и прямо заявлять. И они, разумеется, правы, что в долгу у меня не остаются" (Гладков 1). "...Not only do Tikhonov and his like as well as most other members of the Union of Writers no longer exist for me, not only do I deny them, but I also lose no opportunity of saying so openly and plainly. And they, of course, are quite right to pay me back in kind" (1a).♦ Квиты! Ты мне насолила, жизнь разломала, и я не остался в долгу. Сполна рассчитался (Абрамов 1). We're even! You did me dirt and smashed my life, and I've returned the compliment. So the score is settled (1a).♦ Два дня спустя Дмитрий Алексеевич [Лопаткин] получил протокол заседания технического совета... Протокол заканчивался фразой: "Постановили признать нецелесообразным..." - дальше шли такие же знакомые слова... Дмитрий Алексеевич не остался в долгу... [Он] привычной рукой написал жалобу на имя начальника технического управления министерства (Дудинцев 1). Two days later Lopatkin received the minutes of the technical council's session....The minutes ended with the words: "it was decided to consider it unsuitable..." after which came other no-less-familiar phrases....He replied in the same vein...writing with a practiced hand a complaint addressed to the chief of the technical department of the Ministry (1a).♦ "...Наташенька, не сердись на меня, - сказал я. - Это было очень важно. Я в долгу не останусь..." (Зиновьев 2). "...Natasha, don't be angry with me," I said. "It was very important. But I'll make it up to you..." (2a).♦ Говорят, его [Ситникова] кто-то недавно побил, но он в долгу не остался: в одной тёмной статейке, тиснутой в одном тёмном журнальце, он намекнул, что побивший его - трус (Тургенев 2). There is talk of someone having beaten him [Sitnikov] up not so long ago, but Sitnikov paid this fellow back with interest: in an obscure little article, published in an obscure little journalette, he hinted that the man who had beaten him up is a coward (2d). Rumour has it that he [Sitnikov] recently received a thrashing, but he got even with his assailant: in an insidious little paragraph squeezed into an insidious little journal he insinuated that his assailant was a coward (2a).♦ Вышел оттуда [из чулана] Егорша покачиваясь, насквозь мокрый, будто вынырнул из воды, но довольный. "Досталось маленько, - сказал он, отряхиваясь и звонко шлёпая себя по мокрой груди. - Ну да я тоже не остался в долгу. Целое ведро на Раечку вылил" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha emerged [from the storeroom]- slightly unsteady and soaked through as if he had just taken a swim-but pleased. "I caught it a little," he said, shaking himself dry and slapping his chest. "But I gave as good as I got. I poured a whole bucketful over Raechka" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не оставаться в долгу
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• НЕ ОСТАВАТЬСЯ/НЕ ОСТАТЬСЯ В ДОЛГУ(у кого, перед кем)[VP; subj: human; usu. pfv]=====⇒ to respond to s.o.'s attitude, action etc with the same kind of attitude, a similar action etc; occas., to remunerate s.o. for a favor:- [in limited contexts] X replied in the same vein (manner);- [in refer, to a favor, kindness etc only] X made it up to Y;- [in refer, to a conflict, fight, revenge etc only] X paid Y back with interest;- X got back at Y.♦ "Ты меня пожалела, а я в долгу не останусь!.. Ты, что понадобится, говори" (Шолохов 2). "You've been good to me, lass, and I'm going to pay you back!...So you just say if there's anything you need" (2a)♦ "...Не только никаких Тихоновых и большинства Союза [писателей] нет для меня и я их отрицаю, но я не упускал случая открыто и прямо заявлять. И они, разумеется, правы, что в долгу у меня не остаются" (Гладков 1). "...Not only do Tikhonov and his like as well as most other members of the Union of Writers no longer exist for me, not only do I deny them, but I also lose no opportunity of saying so openly and plainly. And they, of course, are quite right to pay me back in kind" (1a).♦ Квиты! Ты мне насолила, жизнь разломала, и я не остался в долгу. Сполна рассчитался (Абрамов 1). We're even! You did me dirt and smashed my life, and I've returned the compliment. So the score is settled (1a).♦ Два дня спустя Дмитрий Алексеевич [Лопаткин] получил протокол заседания технического совета... Протокол заканчивался фразой: "Постановили признать нецелесообразным..." - дальше шли такие же знакомые слова... Дмитрий Алексеевич не остался в долгу... [Он] привычной рукой написал жалобу на имя начальника технического управления министерства (Дудинцев 1). Two days later Lopatkin received the minutes of the technical council's session....The minutes ended with the words: "it was decided to consider it unsuitable..." after which came other no-less-familiar phrases....He replied in the same vein...writing with a practiced hand a complaint addressed to the chief of the technical department of the Ministry (1a).♦ "...Наташенька, не сердись на меня, - сказал я. - Это было очень важно. Я в долгу не останусь..." (Зиновьев 2). "...Natasha, don't be angry with me," I said. "It was very important. But I'll make it up to you..." (2a).♦ Говорят, его [Ситникова] кто-то недавно побил, но он в долгу не остался: в одной тёмной статейке, тиснутой в одном тёмном журнальце, он намекнул, что побивший его - трус (Тургенев 2). There is talk of someone having beaten him [Sitnikov] up not so long ago, but Sitnikov paid this fellow back with interest: in an obscure little article, published in an obscure little journalette, he hinted that the man who had beaten him up is a coward (2d). Rumour has it that he [Sitnikov] recently received a thrashing, but he got even with his assailant: in an insidious little paragraph squeezed into an insidious little journal he insinuated that his assailant was a coward (2a).♦ Вышел оттуда [из чулана] Егорша покачиваясь, насквозь мокрый, будто вынырнул из воды, но довольный. "Досталось маленько, - сказал он, отряхиваясь и звонко шлёпая себя по мокрой груди. - Ну да я тоже не остался в долгу. Целое ведро на Раечку вылил" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha emerged [from the storeroom]- slightly unsteady and soaked through as if he had just taken a swim-but pleased. "I caught it a little," he said, shaking himself dry and slapping his chest. "But I gave as good as I got. I poured a whole bucketful over Raechka" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не остаться в долгу
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13 τις
A any one, any thing, enclitic through all cases (for exceptions v. infr.):—but τίς; τί; Interrog. Pron. who? what?, oxyt. in the monosyll. cases, parox. in the others:—Dialectal forms: Cypr. σις ( si se) Inscr.Cypr.135.10 H.; Arc. σις (with <*> for ς) IG5(2).262.25 (Mantinea, v B.C.); Thess. κις ib.9(2).515.12 ([place name] Larissa), 1226.4, 1229.27 ([place name] Phalanna), pl. κινες ib.517.41 ([place name] Larissa), neut. κι in διεκί, ποκκί (qq.v.); neut. pl. [dialect] Dor. σά, [dialect] Boeot. τά, [dialect] Aeol. dat. τίω, τίοισι (v. infr. B). (I.-E. q[uglide]i-, cf. Lat. quis, quid, etc.; for σά, τά, v. ἄσσα, σά μάν; with τέο (v. infr. B) cf. OSlav. gen. c<*>eso.)A Indef. Pron. τις, τι, gen. [dialect] Ion. τεο Od.16.305, Hdt.1.58; more freq. τευ Il.2.388, al., Hdt.4.30, al., Meliss.7, etc.; Trag. and [dialect] Att. του A.Pr.21, Ar.Ach. 329, Th.1.70, etc. (sts. fem., S.Aj. 290, OT 1107 (lyr.), E.Hec. 370, etc.); του is rare after 300 B.C., never in LXX or NT, but found in IG12(5).798.17 (Tenos, iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.250.6, 647.23 (iii B.C.), Plb.3.23.3, revived by the Atticists, D.H.8.29, Plu.Fab.20, etc.; τινος Pi.P.2.90, IG12.16.17, 65.41, A.Eu. 5, Ch. 102, S.Ant. 698, al., Hdt.2.109, al. (Rh.Mus.72.483), etc.; dat. [dialect] Ion.τεῳ Il.16.227
, Od.11.502, Hdt.2.48, 5.86; Trag. and [dialect] Att. τῳ (also in Hom., Il.1.299, 12.328, Od.13.308, 20.297, al., always in masc.) A.Th. 1045, IG12.39.54, D.S.18.45; as fem., A.Th. 472, S. OT80, etc.; τινι (Hom. in the formοὔ τινι Il.17.68
, Od.14.96) Pi. O.9.26, al., B.17.12, Hdt.1.114 (elsewh. fem., 2.62, 3.69, 83, 4.113), A.Th. 1041, S.Aj. 443, 495, etc.; acc. τινα Il.1.62, 5.761, etc., neut. τι 2.122, etc.: dual τινε Od.4.26, Pl.Sph. 237d, Prm. 143c, 149e: pl. τινες (Hom. only inοὔ τινες Od.6.279
, 17.587 and οἵτινες (v. ὅστις)); [dialect] Dor. τινεν SIG527.127 (Drerus, iii B.C.); nom. and acc. neut. τινα (ὅτινα Il.22.450
), never in Trag., Ar., Th., or Hdt., f.l. in Isoc.4.74, first in Pl.Chrm. 163d, Ep. 325a, D.47.63, Hyp.Ath.19, Alex.110, Sotad.Com.1.22, Arist.EN 1094a5, IG42(1).121.35 (Epid., iv B.C.), etc.; ἄσσα (q.v.) Od.19.218, never in Trag. or Hdt.; [dialect] Att. ἄττα first in Th.1.113, 2.100, Ar.Ra. 173, al., Pl.R. 400a, etc., never in LXX, Plb., D.S., Str., revived by the Atticists, D.H.Comp.3, etc.; gen. [dialect] Ion. τεων Hdt.2.175, 5.57, τεῶν cj. for γε ῶν in 4.76; τινων not in Hdt., first in Ar.Eq. 977 (lyr.); dat. τισι, τισιν, first in Hdt. 9.113, X.Ath.1.18; N.-W. [dialect] Dor. τινοις GDI1409.5 (Delph., iii B.C.); [dialect] Ion. τεοισι Hdt.8.113, 9.27 (for τεοις and τεον v. τεός); acc. τινας Il.15.735, Od.11.371 (also in οὕστινας, ὅτινας, v. ὅστις), etc.; neut. τινα (v. supr.):—any one, any thing, some one, some thing; and as Adj. any, some, and serving as the Indef. Art. a, an;θεός νύ τίς ἐστι κοτήεις Il.5.191
;καί τις θεὸς ἡγεμόνευεν Od.9.142
; οὐδέ τις αὐτὸν ἠείδη δμώων ib. 205; ἤ τι ὀϊσάμενος, ἢ.. ib. 339; μή τίς μοι ὑποδείσας ἀναδύη ib. 377, cf. 405- 410; εἴ τινά που μετ' ὄεσσι λάβοι ib. 418, cf. 421, al.; τις θεός construed as if τις θεῶν, 19.40, cf. 11.502, IG12.94.19, E.Hel. 1039.II special usages:1 some one (of many), i.e. many a one,ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν Il.7.201
, etc.: sts. with meiosis, implying all or men, 13.638, Od.3.224; so in Prose, Hdt.5.49 fin., Th.2.37, etc.2 any one concerned, every one,εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω Il.2.382
; ἀλλά τις αὐτὸς ἴτω let every man come himself, 17.254; , cf. 16.209, 17.227, al.; so in Trag. and [dialect] Att., even with the imper., τοῦτό τις.. ἴστω S Aj.417 (lyr.), cf. E.Ba. 346, Ar.Av. 1187; ; τοὺς ξυμμάχους αὐτόν τινα κολάζειν that every man should himself chastise his own allies, Th.1.40, cf. 6.77;ὅ τί τις ἐδύνατο Id.7.75
; ἄμεινόν τινος better than any others, D.21.66, cf. 19.35:—this is more fully expressed by adding other pronominal words,τις ἕκαστος Od.9.65
, Th.6.31, etc.; , Hdt.6.80, Th.8.94, etc.;ἅπας τις Hdt.3.113
, etc.;οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον Id.4.118
. In these senses, τις is freq. combined with pl. words, οἱ κακοὶ.. οὐκ ἴσασι, πρίν τις ἐκβάλῃ, for πρὶν ἐκβάλωσι, S.Aj. 965; οἷς ἂν ἐπίω, ἧσσόν τις πρόσεισι, for ἧσσον προσίασι, Th.4.85;ἐτόλμα τις.., ὁρῶντες Id.2.53
, cf. 7.75; esp. after εἴ or ἤν τις, X. Mem.1.2.62, al.3 in reference to a definite person, whom one wishes to avoid naming, οὐκ ἔφασαν ἰέναι, ἐὰν μή τις χρήματα διδῷ (i.e. Cyrus) Id.An.1.4.12, cf. Ar.Ra. 552, Theoc.5.122; so also euphem. for something bad,ἤν τι ποιῶμεν Th.2.74
;ἂν οὗτός τι πάθῃ D.4.11
: hence for the [ per.] 1st or [ per.] 2nd pers. Pron.,ἅ τιν' οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω Il.1.289
, cf. S.Ant. 751; ποῖ τις τρέψεται; for ποῖ τρέψομαι; Ar.Th. 603, cf. S.Aj. 245 (lyr.), 1138, Th.4.59, X.An.3.4.40, 5.7.31, etc.4 indefinitely, where we say they, French on, sts. with an ironical force,φοβεῖταί τις A.Ch.59
(lyr.);μισεῖ τις ἐκεῖνον D.4.8
; as voc., τὸν Πλοῦτον ἔξω τις κάλει call P. out, somebody, Ar.Pl. 1196.5 τις, τι may be opposed, expressly or by implication, to οὐδείς, οὐδέν, and mean somebody, something, by meiosis for some great one, some great thing, ηὔχεις τις εἶναι you boasted that you were somebody, E.El. 939;εἰσὶν ὅμως τινὲς οἱ εὐδοκιμοῦντες Arist.Pol. 1293b13
;τὸ δοκεῖν τιν' εἶναι Men.156
;τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι D.21.213
;ὡς σὲ μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει δεῖ τινὰ φαίνεσθαι, τὴν πόλιν δ' ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησι μηδενὸς ἀξίαν εἶναι Id.10.71
; κἠγών τις φαίνομαι ἦμεν after all I too am somebody, Theoc.11.79, cf. Act.Ap.5.36; also in neut., , cf.Phd. 63c, Phdr. 243a, Euthd. 303c, etc.:— so τι λέγειν to be near the mark, opp. οὐδὲν λέγειν, Id.Prt. 339c, R. 329e, Phdr. 260a, etc.;ἵνα καὶ εἰδῶμεν εἴ τι ὅδε λέγει Id.Cra. 407e
;οἴεσθέ τι ποιεῖν, οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες Id.Smp. 173c
.b τις is sts. opp. to another word,ἀελλοπόδων μέν τιν' εὐφραίνοισιν ἵππων τιμαί.., τέρπεται δὲ καί τις.. Pi.Fr. 221
;τισὶ τῶν πολιτῶν ἀποροῦσι συνεξέδωκε θυγατέρας.., τοὺς δ' ἐλύσατο ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων Lys.19.59
;μέρος μέν τι σιδήρου, μέρος δέ τι ὀστράκινον LXX Da.2.33
(more freq. with the Article, v. infr. 10 c); ἔστιν οὖν οὐ πᾶν τὸ ταχύ, ἀλλά τι (sic codd. BT)αὐτοῦ ἀγαστόν Pl.Cra. 412c
;ἀναγκαῖον ἤτοι πᾶσι τοῖς πολίταις ἀποδίδοσθαι πάσας ταύτας τὰς κρίσεις ἢ τισὶ πάσας.. ἢ τινὰς μὲν αὐτῶν πᾶσι τινὰς δὲ τισίν Arist.Pol. 1298a9
, cf. 1277a23; τὸ μεῖζον τοῦθ' ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἑτέρου λέγεται· τινὸς γὰρ λέγεται μεῖζον greater than something, Id.Cat. 6a38;τὸ πρώτως ὂν καὶ οὐ τὶ ὂν ἀλλ' ὂν ἁπλῶς Id.Metaph. 1028a30
; πότερον τῷ τυχόντι ἢ τισίν; Id.Pol. 1269a26.6 with pr. names τις commonly signifies one named so-and-so,ἦν δέ τις ἐν Τρώεσσι Δάρης Il.5.9
, cf. X.An.3.1.4, etc.; with a sense of contempt, Θερσίτης τις ἦν there was one Thersites, S.Ph. 442.b one of the same sort, converting the pr. name into an appellative, ἤ τις Ἀπόλλων ἢ Πάν an Apollo or a Pan, A.Ag.55 (anap.); [πόλιες] ταὶ μέλονται πρός τινος ἢ Διὸς ἢ γλαυκᾶς Ἀθάνας Lyr.in PVat.11v xi7;Σκύλλαν τινά A.Ag. 1233
, cf.Ar.V. 181, Av. 512, Ra. 912: so alsoὥς τις ἥλιος A.Ag. 288
; ἰσθμόν τιν' Ar. Th. 647.7 with Adjs. τις combines to express the idea of a Subst. used as predicate, ὥς τις θαρσαλέος καὶ ἀναιδής ἐσσι προΐκτης a bold and impudent beggar, Od.17.449, cf. 18.382, 20.140, Il.3.220; ἐγώ τις, ὡς ἔοικε, δυσμαθής a dull ard, Pl.R. 358a, cf. Prt. 340e; φόβου πλέα τις εἶ a cow ard, A.Pr. 696, cf. Th. 979(lyr.), Ag. 1140 (lyr.); ὡς ταχεῖά τις.. χάρις διαρρεῖ in what swift fashion ( = ταχέως πως), S.Aj. 1266, cf. OT 618, Hdt.4.198; δεινόν τι ποιεύμενος thinking it a terrible thing, Id.3.155, 5.33.8 with numerals and Adjs. expressing number, size, or the like , εἷς δέ τις ἀρχὸς ἀνὴρ.. ἔστω some one man, Il.1.144;ἕνα τιν' ἂν καθεῖσεν Ar.Ra. 911
;δώσει δέ τι ἕν γε φέρεσθαι Od.15.83
;τινὰ μίαν νύκτα Th.6.61
;προσκαλεσάμενός τινας δύο τῶν ἑκατονταρχῶν Act.Ap.23.23
; sts. the τις softens the definiteness of the numeral, ἑπτά τινες some seven, seven or so, Th.7.34;ἐς διακοσίους τινάς Id.3.111
, cf. 7.87, 8.21; so without an actual numeral, ἡμέρας τινάς some days, i.e. several, Id.3.52; στρατῷ τινι of a certain amount, considerable, Id.8.3; ἐνιαυτόν τινα a year or so, Id.3.68; so οὐ πολλοί τινες, τινὲς οὐ πολλοί, A.Pers. 510, Th. 6.94, etc.; ὀλίγοι τινές orτινὲς ὀλίγοι Id.2.17
, 3.7; οὔ τινα πολλὸν χρόνον no very long time, Hdt.5.48;τις στρατιὰ οὐ πολλή Th.6.61
; so also ὅσσος τις χρυσός what a store of gold, Od.10.45, cf. Hdt. 1.193, 2.18, etc.;κόσοι τινές Id.7.234
;πηλίκαι τινὲς τιμωρίαι Isoc. 20.3
;πολλὸς γάρ τις ἔκειτο Il.7.156
;ἐκ πολλοῦ τευ χρόνου Hdt. 2.58
.9 with Pronominal words, ἀλλά τί μοι τόδε θυμὸς.. μερμηρίζει something, namely this, Od.20.38, cf. 380; οἷός τις what sort of a man, Il.5.638 (dub. l.), cf. Od.9.348, 20.377, Pl.Prt. 313a, etc.;ποῖός τις S.Ant.42
, OC 1163, Hdt.3.34, X.An.7.6.24, etc.;ὁποῖός τις Id.Cyr.2.2.2
, al.;εὐτυχίη τις τοιήδε Hdt.3.139
, cf. X.Mem.1.1.1, etc.;τοιοῦτός τις Id.An.5.8.7
.10 with the Article,a when a noun with the Art. is in appos. with τις, as ὅταν δ' ὁ κύριος παρῇ τις when the person in authority, whoever he be, is here, S.OC 289; τοὺς αὐτοέντας.. τιμωρεῖν τινας (v.l. τινα) Id.OT 107.b in Philosophic writers, τις is added to the Art. to show that the Art. is used to denote a particular individual who is not specified in the general formula, although he would be in the particular case, ὁ τὶς ἄνθρωπος the individual man (whoever he may be), this or that man, opp. ἄνθρωπος (man in general), ὁ τὶς ἵππος, ἡ τὶς γραμματική, Arist.Cat. 1b4, 8; τὸ τὶ μέγεθος, opp. ὅλως τὸ μέγεθος, Id.Pol. 1283a4, cf. S.E.P.2.223; but in , the Art. is used as in Il. cc. s.v. ὁ, ἡ, τό B.1.5
: later ὅ τις (or ὁ τὶς ) much like ὁ δεῖνα, δεῦρο ὅ τις θεός, ὄφθητί μοι in a general formula of invocation, PMag.Par.1.236; αἴρω σε, ἥ τις βοτάνη ib.287; εἰς τήν τινα κρείαν (leg. χρείαν) ib.289.c freq. in opposed clauses,ὁ μέν τις.., ὁ δὲ.. E.Med. 1141
, Hec. 624, Pl.Phd. 99b, etc.;ὁ μέν τις.., ἄλλος δὲ.. E.IT 1407
;ὁ μὲν.., ὁ δέ τις.. X.Cyr.1.4.15
: pl.,οἱ μέν τινες.., οἱ δὲ.. Hdt.1.127
, cf. Th.2.91;οἱ μέν τινες.., οἱ δὲ.., οἱ δέ τινες X.Cyr.3.2.10
, etc.; οἱ μὲν.., οἱ δέ τινες.. ib.6.1.26, etc.: also combined with other alternative words,ὁ μέν τις.., ὁ δέ τις.., ἕτερος δέ τις.. Id.Smp.2.6
; ὁ μὲν.., ἕτερος δέ τις.., ὁ δὲ.. , etc., Ar. Pl. 162 sq.: also in neut.,τὸ μέν τι.., τὸ δέ τι.. Pl.Ep. 358a
;τὸ μέν τι.., τὸ δὲ.. Hdt.3.40
; in adverb. sense, τὸ μὲν.., τὸ δέ τι.. partly.., partly.., Plb.1.73.4; and τι remains unaltered even when the Art. is pl.,τὰ μέν τι μαχόμενοι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀναπαυόμενοι X.An.4.1.14
, cf. HG7.1.46; also τὸ δέ τι.. but in some measure.., without τὸ μέν preceding, Th.1.107, cf. 118, 7.48.d later τις is used as in b supr. but without the Art., γράψον.. ὅτι τι καί τι εἴληφας that you have received such and such things, POxy.937.22 (iii A.D.); κληρονόμους καταλείπω τὴν θυγατέρα μού τινα καὶ τὸν σύντροφον αὐτῆς τινα καί τινα ib.1034.2 (ii A.D.); τίς τινι χαίρειν A to B greeting (in a draft letter), ib. 509 (ii A.D.).II the neut. τι is used,a collectively, ἦν τι καὶ ἐν ταῖς Συρακούσαις there was a party.., Th.7.48; so perh. τῶν ἄλλων οὔ πέρ τι πεφυγμένον ἐστ' Ἀφροδίτην, οὔτε θεῶν, οὔτ' ἀνθρώπων no class, h.Ven.34 (but masc. τις in h.Merc. 143).b euphem. for something bad, v. supr. 3.c joined with Verbs, somewhat, in any degree, at all,ἦ ῥά τί μοι κεχολώσεαι Il.5.421
;παρεθάρρυνέ τι αὐτούς X.HG6.4.7
, etc.: with Adjs. or Adverbs, οὕτω δή τι ἰσχυραί, οὕτω δή τι πολύγονον, etc., Hdt.3.12, 108, cf. 4.52; so alsoὀλίγον τι ἧσσον Od.15.365
;οὐδέ τι μᾶλλον Hdt.6.123
, etc.;ἧσσόν τι Th.3.75
, etc.; οὐ πάνυ τι, πολύ τι, σχεδόν τι, v. πάνυ 1.3,πολύς 111.1a
, 2a, σχεδόν IV; also in conjunction withοὐδέν, μηδέν, οὐδέν τι πάντως Hdt.6.3
; οὐδέν, μηδέν τι μᾶλλον, E.Alc. 522, S.Aj. 280;μηδέν τι λίαν E.Andr. 1234
:—also καί τι καὶ.. ὑποψίᾳ in part also from suspicion, Th.1.107;καί πού τι καί Pi.O.1.28
.12 τίς τε freq. in Hom.,ὡς ὅτε τίς τε Il.3.33
, 4.141, v. τε B.13 ἤ τις ἢ οὐδείς few or none, next to none, Hdt.3.140, X.Cyr.7.5.45, D.C.47.5, 48.4; ἤ τι ἢ οὐδέν little or nothing, Pl.Ap. 17b;ἢ οὐδεὶς ἤ τις D.C.41.62
(s. v.l.).b repeated in successive clauses, ; (where however κἄτι πλείους is prob. cj.), cf. E.Or. 1218 (whereas τις is sts. omitted in the first clause, , cf. S.Tr.3): but in E.Andr. 734, ἔστι γάρ τις οὐ πρόσω.. πόλις τις, the repetition is pleonastic, as also in A.Supp.57 sq. (lyr., s. v.l.).15 τις is sts. omitted, οὐδέ κεν ἔνθα τεόν γε μένος καὶ χεῖρας ὄνοιτο (sc. τις) Il.13.287; ὡς δ' ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται (sc. τις)φεύγοντα διώκειν 22.199
, cf. S.OC 1226 (lyr.), Leg.Gort.2.2, X.Smp.5.2, Pl.Grg. 456d: τις must often be supplied from what goes before, ib. 478c, Prt. 319d.b sts. also τις is omitted before a gen. case which must depend upon it, asἢ [τις] τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς S.Aj. 189
(lyr.); ἢν γαμῇ ποτ' αὐτὸς ἢ [τις]τῶν ξυγγενῶν Ar.Nu. 1128
;ἐν τῶν πόλεων IG12.56.14
.--Cf. ὅστις, οὔτις, μήτις, ἄλλο τι.1 accentuation: τις is normally enclitic, but in certain uses is orthotone, i.e. theoretically oxytone (τίς, τινά, τινές, τινῶν, etc., cf. Choerob. in Theod.1.373 H.) and barytone when followed by another word ( τὶς or τις, τινὰ, τινὲς, τινῶν, etc.). According to Sch. D.T.p.240 H. its orthotone accent is τίς (not τὶς) , τίνα, τίνες, etc. The orthotone form is used in codd.:a at the beginning of a sentence, τίς ἔνδον.. ; is any one within? A.Ch. 654 ( τὶς cj. Hermann); τί φημι; = λέγω τι; am I saying anything? S.Tr. 865, OT 1471; <τίς ἦλθε;> ἦλθέ τις has anybody come? Somebody has come, Sch.D.T. l.c.; τὶς κάθηται, τὶς περιπατεῖ, so and so is sitting (walking), S.E.M.8.97; τὶς αἰπόλος καλούμενος Κομάτας Sch.Theoc.7.78;τίς ποτε οἰκοδεσπότης.. ἐκοπία Aesop.
in Gloss. iii p.41; or after a pause,πῶς γὰρ ἄν, ἔφην ἐγώ, ὦ βέλτιστε, τὶς ἀποκρίναιτο Pl.R. 337e
; τι οὖν ([etym.] τὶς ἂν εἴποι) ταῦτα λέγεις; D.1.14 (v.l.);ἔντοσθεν δὲ γυνά, τι θεῶν δαίδαλμα Theoc.1.32
;οὐ γυμνὸν τὸ φίλαμα, τι δ' ὦ ξένε καὶ πλέον ἑξεῖς Mosch.1.5
(v.l. for τὺ).b when τις is opp. to another τις or to some other word,τισὶ μὲν συμφέρει, τισὶ δ' οὐ συμφέρει Arist.Pol. 1284b40
, cf. Th.2.92, Pl.Cri. 49a, D. 9.2;τινὲς μὲν οὖν.., ἡμεῖς δὲ.. Sor.1.1
;τὸ τὶ μὲν ψεῦδος ἔχον, τὶ δὲ ἀληθές S.E.M.8.127
;ἀλλὰ τινὰ μὲν.., τινὰ δὲ.. Gem.14.6
;ποτὲ μὲν πρὸς πάντα, ποτὲ δὲ πρὸς τινά Sor.1.48
: without such opposition, τοῦτ' εἰς ἀνίαν τοὔπος ἔρχεται τινί for a certain person, S.Aj. 1138. Codd. are not consistent; in signf.11.5a, 10c, 13 they make it enclitic; in signf. 11.5b sts. enclitic, sts. orthotone (v. supr.); sts. enclitic and orthotone in the same sentence,πάντα δὲ τὰ γιγνόμενα ὑπό τέ τινος γίγνεται καὶ ἔκ τινος καὶ τί Arist.Metaph. 1032a14
, cf. Pl.Chrm. 165c.2 position:a τις is rarely first word in the sentence, and rarely follows a pause (v. supr. 111.1a, b); it may stand second word,ἔσκε τις ἐνθάδε μάντις ἀνήρ Od.9.508
, cf. Il.8.515, 23.331; but in general its position is not far before or after the word to which it belongs in sense, ; .b in [dialect] Ion. Prose it sts. stands between its genitive and the Article of that genitive,τῶν τις Περσέων Hdt.1.85
;τῶν τις ἱρέων Id.2.38
;τῶν τινες Φοινίκων Id.8.90
;ἐς τῶν τι ἄλλο στομάτων τοῦ Νείλου Id.2.179
; so also in late Prose, Ath.3.108d, Eust.1402.18, 1659.27, 1676.1.c it stands between the Art. and Subst. in signf.11.10b.d τίς τι is the correct order, not τί τις, IG12.110.46, Th.7.10, X.An.4.1.14 (codd. dett.), D.22.22, etc.e whereas in [dialect] Att. the order ἐάν τις is compulsory, in [dialect] Dor. the usual order is αἴ τίς κα, Leg.Gort.9.43, al., Tab.Heracl.1.105, al. (butαἴ κά τις Epich.35
, 159;αἰ δέ κα μή τις Leg.Gort.5.13
): later [dialect] Dor. , al.; καἴ τι ἂν ( = καὶ εἴ τι ἂν) IG5(1).1390.50 (Andania, i B.C., v. infr. B.11.1b):—this [dialect] Dor. order influenced the Koine, as in the rareεἴ τις ἂν Plu.TG15
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14 defenderse
1 (espabilarse) to manage, get by, get along■ ¿qué tal se defiende en inglés? how does she get by in English?, what's her English like?* * *1) to protect oneself, defend oneself2) get by* * *VPR1) (=protegerse)defenderse de o contra — [+ calor, lluvia, sol] to protect o.s. from; [+ agresor, ataque] to defend o.s. from o against
2) (=desenvolverse) to get byme defiendo en inglés — I can get by o along in English
ya eres mayor, ya puedes defenderte solo — you're old enough, you can get by o manage on your own now
-¿sabes algo de ordenadores? -me defiendo — "do you know anything about computers?" - "I get by o I know a bit"
* * *(v.) = bite back, stand up, strike back, fight back, fight for + Posesivo + lifeEx. The article 'Book clubs bite back' points to the fact that there is evidence elsewhere in the world that book clubs are capable of thriving in markets where free pricing has been the norm.Ex. It is time for librarians to stand up = Es el momento para que los bibliotecarios defiendan su profesión.Ex. This paper details the attempt by Boston University to strike back at such agencies by filing a lawsuit against Internet term paper companies in the USA.Ex. In the meanwhile, librarians could fight back by means of their chequebooks but need to be alert to the strategies by which vendors could take over their functions.Ex. The bear was shot in his cage and was never given a sporting chance to fight for his life.* * *(v.) = bite back, stand up, strike back, fight back, fight for + Posesivo + lifeEx: The article 'Book clubs bite back' points to the fact that there is evidence elsewhere in the world that book clubs are capable of thriving in markets where free pricing has been the norm.
Ex: It is time for librarians to stand up = Es el momento para que los bibliotecarios defiendan su profesión.Ex: This paper details the attempt by Boston University to strike back at such agencies by filing a lawsuit against Internet term paper companies in the USA.Ex: In the meanwhile, librarians could fight back by means of their chequebooks but need to be alert to the strategies by which vendors could take over their functions.Ex: The bear was shot in his cage and was never given a sporting chance to fight for his life.* * *
■defenderse verbo reflexivo
1 to defend oneself
2 (resguardarse) to shelter [de, from]
3 fam (tener cierta habilidad) to get by: se defiende bien en inglés, he can get by in English
' defenderse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
defender
English:
acquit
- hit back
- hold
- fight
* * *vpr1. [protegerse] to defend oneself (de against);me defendí como pude de sus ataques I defended myself from his attacks as best I could;¡defiéndete, cobarde! defend yourself, you coward!2. [apañarse] to get by;se defiende bien en su trabajo he's getting along okay at work;se defiende en inglés he can get by in English;¿qué tal dibujas? – me defiendo how are you at drawing? – I'm not too bad;sé defenderme sola I can look after myself* * *v/r1 defend o.s. (de against);defenderse del frío ward off the cold2 fig fammanage, get by;me voy defendiendo I’m managing o coping* * *vr1) : to defend oneself2) : to get by, to know the basicssu inglés no es perfecto pero se defiende: his English isn't perfect but he gets by* * *defenderse vb (arreglárselas) to manage / to get byno domino el inglés, pero me defiendo my English isn't fluent, but I get by -
15 heißen
(benennen) to call;(hissen) to hoist;(sich nennen) to be called* * *hei|ßen ['haisn] pret hieß [hiːs] ptp geheißen [gə'haisn]1. vtjdn einen Lügner etc héíßen — to call sb a liar etc
oder wie heißt man das? (inf) —... or what do you call it?
... oder wie man das heißt —... or whatever it's called
2) (geh = auffordern) to tell, to bid (form)jdn etw tun héíßen — to tell sb to do sth, to bid sb do sth
jdn willkommen héíßen — to bid sb welcome
2. vi1) (= den Namen haben, bezeichnet werden) to be called (Brit) or named; (= als Titel haben) to be titledwie héíßen Sie/heißt die Straße? — what are you/is the street called?, what's your name/the name of the street?
wie kann man nur Gotthelf/so héíßen? — how can anyone have a name like Gotthelf/like that?
eigentlich heißt es richtig X — actually the correct word is X
... und wie sie alle héíßen —... and the rest of them
... so wahr ich Franz-Josef heiße (als Bekräftigung) —... as sure as I'm standing here
... dann will ich Fridolin héíßen —... then I'm a Dutchman (Brit) or a monkey's uncle
2) (= bestimmte Bedeutung haben) to mean3) (= lauten) to be; (Spruch, Gedicht etc) to go4)3. vi impers1)es soll nicht héíßen, dass... — never let it be said that...
2)(= zu lesen sein)
in der Bibel/im Gesetz/in seinem Brief heißt es, dass... — the Bible/the law/his letter says that..., in the Bible etc it says that...bei Hegel/Goethe etc heißt es... — Hegel/Goethe says...
3)* * *(to (cause a word, phrase etc to) be replaced by another, eg in a document or manuscript: There is one error on this page - For `two yards', read `two metres'; `Two yards long' should read `two metres long'.) read* * *hei·ßen< hieß, geheißen>[ˈhaisn̩]I. vi1. (den Namen haben) to be calledwie \heißen Sie? what's your name?ich heiße Schmitz my name is Schmitzwie soll das Baby denn \heißen? what shall we call [or will we name] the baby?er heißt jetzt anders he has changed his nameso heißt der Ort, in dem ich geboren wurde that's the name of the place where I was bornich glaube, der Bach heißt Kinsbeke oder so ähnlich I think the stream is called Kinsbeke or something like thatwie hieß die Straße noch, wo Sie wohnen? what did you say was the name of the street where you live?wie heißt das Buch? what is the title of the book?▪ nach jdm \heißen to be named after sb... und wie sie alle \heißen... and the rest of them2. (entsprechen) to mean„ja“ heißt auf Japanisch „hai“ “hai” is Japanese for “yes”was heißt eigentlich „Liebe“ auf Russisch? tell me, what's the Russian [word] for “love”?ich kann die Schrift nicht lesen, was soll das \heißen? I can't read the script, what is that meant to read?gut, er will sich darum kümmern, aber was heißt das schon good, he wants to take care of it, but that doesn't mean anythingheißt das, Sie wollen mehr Geld? does that mean you want more money?was soll das [denn] \heißen? what does that mean?, what's that supposed to mean?das will nicht viel \heißen that doesn't really mean muchwas heißt das schon that doesn't mean anythingdas will schon etwas \heißen that's saying somethingich weiß, was es heißt, allein zu sein I know what it means to be alonedas heißt,... that is to say...; (vorausgesetzt) that is,...; (sich verbessernd) or should I say,..., or what I really mean is,...4. (lauten)▪ irgendwie \heißen to go somehowdu irrst dich, das Sprichwort heißt anders you're wrong, the proverb goes something elsejetzt fällt mir wieder ein, wie der Spruch heißt now I remember how the motto goes5.II. vi impers1. (zu lesen sein)▪ irgendwo heißt es... it says somewhere...in ihrem Brief heißt es, dass sie die Prüfung bestanden hat it says in her letter that she's passed the examAuge um Auge, wie es im Alten Testament heißt an eye for an eye, as it says in the Old Testamentwie es im Faust heißt to quote from Faust2. (als Gerücht kursieren)▪ es heißt, dass... they say [or there is a rumour [or AM rumor]] that...bisher hieß es doch immer, dass wir eine Gehaltserhöhung bekommen sollen it has always been said up to now that we were to get a pay risein der Firma heißt es, dass Massenentlassungen geplant sind there's talk in the company that mass redundancies are plannedhier hast du fünfzig Euro, es soll nicht \heißen, dass ich geizig bin here's fifty euros for you, never let it be said that I'm tight-fisted▪ es heißt, etw zu tun I/we/you must do sthnun heißt es handeln now is the time for actionda heißt es auf der Hut sein you'd better watch out1. (nennen)▪ jdn/etw irgendwie \heißen to call sb/sth sther hieß ihn einen Lügner he called him a liardas heiße ich Pünktlichkeit that's what I call punctuality2. (auffordern)sie hieß ihn hereinkommen she asked him to come in* * *I 1.unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb1) (den Namen tragen) be calledso wahr ich... heiße — (ugs.) as sure as I'm standing here
dann will ich Emil heißen — (ugs.) then I'm a Dutchman (coll.)
2) (bedeuten) meanwas heißt ‘danke’ auf Französisch? — what's the French for ‘thanks’?
das will viel/nicht viel heißen — that means a lot/doesn't mean much
was heißt hier: morgen? — what do you mean, tomorrow?
das heißt — that is [to say]
der Titel/sein Motto heißt... — the title/his motto is...
4) unperses heißt, dass... — they say or it is said that...
es heißt, dass sie unheilbar krank ist — she is said to be incurably ill
es soll nicht heißen, dass... — never let it be said that...
5) unpersin dem Gedicht/Roman/Artikel heißt es... — in the poem/novel/article it says that...
6) unpers2.jetzt heißt es aufgepasst! — (geh.) you'd better watch out now!
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) (geh.): (auffordern) tell; bidjemanden etwas tun heißen — tell somebody to do something; bid somebody do something
2) (geh.): (bezeichnen als) call3) (veralt.): (nennen) name; callIItransitives Verb s. hissen* * *heißen1; heißt, hieß, hat geheißenA. v/i1. mit Name, Bezeichnung: be called;ich heiße … my name is …;wie heißt du? what’s your name?;sie heißt (Gertrud) nach ihrer Tante she’s called (Gertrude) after her aunt;früher hat sie anders geheißen she used to have a different name, she used to be called something else;so wahr ich … heiße as sure as my name’s …; wenn das stimmt,will ich … heißen then I’m …;… und wie sie alle heißen and so on, and all that sort of thing;wie heißt das? what’s that called?;wie heißt die Straße? what’s the name of this street?, what street is this?2. (bedeuten) mean;wie heißt das auf Englisch? what’s that (called) in English?;was heißt … auf Englisch? what’s … in English?, what’s the English (word oder expression) for …?;würde heißen that would mean;das will (et)was heißen that’s saying something;das will nicht viel heißen that doesn’t mean much;was heißt das schon? so?, that doesn’t mean a thing;das soll nicht heißen, dass … that doesn’t mean (to say) that …;soll das heißen, dass …? oderdas heißt also, dass … does that mean (that) …?, do you mean to say (that) …?;das heißt doch nicht etwa, dass …? you don’t mean to say (that) …?;was soll das denn heißen? what’s that supposed to mean?;was heißt hier: gleich? what do you mean, “straight away?”es heißt, dass … they say that …, apparently …;es soll nachher nicht heißen, dass … I don’t want it to be said that …;damit es nicht (nachher) heißt, … so that nobody can say …;es hieß doch (ausdrücklich), dass … it was (specifically oder expressly) stated that …;es heißt in dem Brief it says in the letter, the letter says;wie heißt es doch gleich bei Schiller/in der Bibel? what does it say in Schiller/the Bible?, what does Schiller/the Bible say?4. unpers:Vorsicht! then you’d etc better watch out!B. v/t1. (nennen) call;das heiße ich eine gute Nachricht that’s what I call good news;jemanden einen Lügner/Feigling heißen call sb a liar/coward2.jemanden willkommen heißen welcome sb3. geh (auffordern zu):er hieß sie schweigen he bade her be silent;wer hat dich denn kommen heißen? verärgert: who invited you?heißen2 v/t SCHIFF hoist* * *I 1.unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb1) (den Namen tragen) be calledich heiße Hans — I am called Hans; my name is Hans
so wahr ich... heiße — (ugs.) as sure as I'm standing here
dann will ich Emil heißen — (ugs.) then I'm a Dutchman (coll.)
2) (bedeuten) meanwas heißt ‘danke’ auf Französisch? — what's the French for ‘thanks’?
das will viel/nicht viel heißen — that means a lot/doesn't mean much
was heißt hier: morgen? — what do you mean, tomorrow?
das heißt — that is [to say]
der Titel/sein Motto heißt... — the title/his motto is...
4) unperses heißt, dass... — they say or it is said that...
es heißt, dass sie unheilbar krank ist — she is said to be incurably ill
es soll nicht heißen, dass... — never let it be said that...
5) unpersin dem Gedicht/Roman/Artikel heißt es... — in the poem/novel/article it says that...
6) unpers2.jetzt heißt es aufgepasst! — (geh.) you'd better watch out now!
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) (geh.): (auffordern) tell; bidjemanden etwas tun heißen — tell somebody to do something; bid somebody do something
2) (geh.): (bezeichnen als) call3) (veralt.): (nennen) name; callIItransitives Verb s. hissen* * *v.(§ p.,pp.: hieß, geheißen)= to call (give a name to) v.to mean v.(§ p.,p.p.: meant)to name v. -
16 criollo
adj.native, Creole.m.native, aboriginal, Creole.* * *► adjetivo1 Creole► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (persona) Creole1 (idioma) Creole* * *criollo, -a1. ADJ1) ( Hist) Creole; (=de origen español) of Spanish extraction2) LAm (=no extranjero) native, native to America2. SM / F1) ( Hist) Creole2) LAm Peruvian/Colombian/Ecuadorean, etc, native of a particular Latin American country, as opposed to a foreigner3) And (=cobarde) coward3.SM (Ling) Creolecomo dicen en criollo — as they say in Latin America/Peru etc
* * *I- lla adjetivoa) (Hist) Creoleb) (AmL) ( por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc); <plato/artesanía/cocina> nationalIIa la criolla — (RPl fam) informal, casual
- lla masculino, femeninoa) (Hist) Creole ( of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)c) criollo masculino (Ling) creoledecir algo/hablar en criollo — (AmL fam) to say something in plain Spanish
* * *= Creole.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex. Always a controversial and confusing term, the word Creole, to put it simply, means many things to many people.* * *I- lla adjetivoa) (Hist) Creoleb) (AmL) ( por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc); <plato/artesanía/cocina> nationalIIa la criolla — (RPl fam) informal, casual
- lla masculino, femeninoa) (Hist) Creole ( of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)c) criollo masculino (Ling) creoledecir algo/hablar en criollo — (AmL fam) to say something in plain Spanish
* * *= Creole.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex: Always a controversial and confusing term, the word Creole, to put it simply, means many things to many people.
* * *1 ( Hist) Creole2 ( AmL) (por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc); ‹plato/artesanía/cocina› nationalnació en Barcelona, pero es tan criollo como el que más he was born in Barcelona, but he's as Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc) as they come ( colloq)3 ‹lengua› creolemasculine, feminine1 ( Hist) Creole ( of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)3como se dice en criollo as we say in Latin America ( o in Peru etc)* * *
criollo◊ - lla adjetivoa) (Hist) Creole
‹plato/artesanía/cocina› national
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
criollo,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Creole
' criollo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
criolla
* * *criollo, -a♦ adj1. [persona] born in Latin America to European parents;sus dos hijas menores son criollas her two younger daughters were born in Latin America2. [objeto, cultura] local [native to Latin America as opposed to foreign];al poco tiempo de llegar adoptaron las costumbres criollas shortly after arriving, they began to adopt the local customs3. [comida, lengua] creole♦ nm,f1. [persona] = person born in Latin America to European parents2. CompPerú, PRico, RPhacer algo a la criolla to do sth informally♦ nm[idioma] creole; Amhablar en criollo to speak plainly, to speak in plain SpanishCRIOLLOThe term criollo (creole) was first used in the 16th century. It meant a descendant of European colonizers (as opposed to a native or African) born in the New World to Spaniards but without the full legal, political or social status of a person born in Spain. The word has acquired different meanings since then in different regions. It can now mean “national” as opposed to “from abroad”, referring to anything from people to animal breeds, and can be translated as “Mexican”, “Venezuelan” or whatever the relevant nationality may be.* * *I adj CreoleII m, criolla f Creole* * *1) : Creole2) : native, nationalcomida criolla: native cuisine: Creolecriollo nm: Creole (language) -
17 В-275
ПУГАНАЯ ВОРОНА (И) КУСТА БОИТСЯ (saying) a person who has been frightened by sth. or has suffered because of sth. becomes extremely wary and begins to fear even those things which are not dangerous: - once bitten (burned etc) twice shy.Подозрительная дружба Фомина с Капариным не осталась незамеченной. Несколько коммунистов из батальона устроили за ними слежку, сообщили о своих подозрениях начальнику политбюро Дончека Артемьеву... «Пуганая ворона куста боится, - смеясь, сказал Артемьев. - Капарин этот - трус, да разве он на что-либо решится? За Фоминым будем смотреть... только едва ли и Фомин отважится на выступление» (Шолохов 5). The suspicious friendship between Fomin and Kaparin did not pass unnoticed. Some of the Communists in the battalion started keeping a watch on them and reported their suspicions to Artemyev, head of the political Bureau of the Don Emergency Commission...."Once frightened twice shy," Artemyev said, laughing. "That Kaparin is a coward. D'you think he'd ever dare to start anything? We'll watch Fomin...but I shouldn't think even Fomin would risk any action" (5a). -
18 пуганая ворона и куста боится
[saying]=====⇒ a person who has been frightened by sth. or has suffered because of sth. becomes extremely wary and begins to fear even those things which are not dangerous:- - once bitten (burned etc) twice shy.♦ Подозрительная дружба Фомина с Капариным не осталась незамеченной. Несколько коммунистов из батальона устроили за ними слежку, сообщили о своих подозрениях начальнику политбюро Дончека Артемьеву... "Пуганая ворона куста боится, - смеясь, сказал Артемьев. - Капарин этот - трус, да разве он на что-либо решится? За Фоминым будем смотреть... только едва ли и Фомин отважится на выступление" (Шолохов 5). The suspicious friendship between Fomin and Kaparin did not pass unnoticed. Some of the Communists in the battalion started keeping a watch on them and reported their suspicions to Artemyev, head of the political Bureau of the Don Emergency Commission...."Once frightened twice shy," Artemyev said, laughing. "That Kaparin is a coward. D'you think he'd ever dare to start anything? We'll watch Fomin...but I shouldn't think even Fomin would risk any action" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пуганая ворона и куста боится
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19 пуганая ворона куста боится
[saying]=====⇒ a person who has been frightened by sth. or has suffered because of sth. becomes extremely wary and begins to fear even those things which are not dangerous:- - once bitten (burned etc) twice shy.♦ Подозрительная дружба Фомина с Капариным не осталась незамеченной. Несколько коммунистов из батальона устроили за ними слежку, сообщили о своих подозрениях начальнику политбюро Дончека Артемьеву... "Пуганая ворона куста боится, - смеясь, сказал Артемьев. - Капарин этот - трус, да разве он на что-либо решится? За Фоминым будем смотреть... только едва ли и Фомин отважится на выступление" (Шолохов 5). The suspicious friendship between Fomin and Kaparin did not pass unnoticed. Some of the Communists in the battalion started keeping a watch on them and reported their suspicions to Artemyev, head of the political Bureau of the Don Emergency Commission...."Once frightened twice shy," Artemyev said, laughing. "That Kaparin is a coward. D'you think he'd ever dare to start anything? We'll watch Fomin...but I shouldn't think even Fomin would risk any action" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пуганая ворона куста боится
См. также в других словарях:
coward — 01. The other kid called him a [coward] for refusing to fight. 02. He would never complain to the boss about anything; he s too much of a [coward]. 03. Bullies are often actually [cowards] because they usually pick on someone smaller and weaker… … Grammatical examples in English
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