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he's rather a cruel man

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1 rather

rather

A adv

1 (somewhat, quite) plutôt ; it's rather fun/expensive c'est plutôt amusant/cher ; he's rather young il est plutôt jeune ; it's rather like an apple ça ressemble un peu à une pomme ; rather easily/stupidly plutôt facilement/bêtement ; I rather like him je le trouve plutôt sympathique ; I rather think she's right j'ai plutôt l'impression qu'elle a raison ; he's rather a bore il est plutôt or assez ennuyeux ; he's rather a cruel man c'est un homme plutôt or assez cruel ; I'm in rather a hurry je suis plutôt or assez pressé ; it's rather a pity c'est assez dommage ; it's rather too/more difficult c'est un peu trop/plus difficile ;

2 (more readily, preferably) rather than sth plutôt que qch ; rather than do plutôt que de faire ; I would ou had rather do je préférerais faire (than do que faire) ; I would ou had much rather do je préférerais de loin faire ; would you rather wait? préférez-vous attendre? ; he'd die rather than admit it il préférerait mourir plutôt que de l'avouer ; I'd rather die! plutôt mourir! ; I'd rather not j'aimerais mieux pas ; I'd rather not say je préférerais or j'aimerais mieux ne pas dire ; I'd rather you did/didn't je préférerais or j'aimerais mieux que tu fasses/ne fasses pas ;

3 ( more exactly) plutôt ; a tree, or rather a bush un arbre, ou plutôt un buisson ; practical rather than decorative pratique plutôt que décoratif ; ‘did it improve?’-‘no, rather it got worse’ ‘ça s'est amélioré?’-‘non, ça a plutôt empiré’.

B excl† GB et comment!

Big English-French dictionary > rather
2 bien

adv.

1 well (debidamente, adecuadamente).

¿cómo estás? — bien, gracias how are you? — fine, thanks

hacer algo bien to do something well

has hecho bien you did the right thing

¡bien hecho! well done!

habla inglés bien she speaks English well

cierra bien la puerta shut the door properly

hiciste bien en decírmelo you were right to tell me

¿vamos bien de gasolina? are we doing all right for petrol o (British) gas?, have we got plenty of (United States) petrol o (British) gas? (United States)

2 very (muy, bastante).

hoy me he levantado bien temprano I got up nice and early today

quiero un vaso de agua bien fría I'd like a nice cold glass of water

3 all right, OK (vale, de acuerdo).

¿nos vamos? — bien shall we go? — all right

4 quite happily.

ella bien que lo haría, pero no le dejan she'd be happy to do it, but they won't let her

intj.

1 all right, OK, it's OK, it's okay.

2 well done.

3 well then.

4 good.

m.

1 good (concepto abstracto).

el bien y el mal good and evil

hacer el bien to do good (deeds)

2 good (provecho).

esto te hará bien this will do you good

por el bien de for the sake of

lo hice por tu bien I did it for your own good

3 good (note).

4 possession, good, article, asset.

5 well-being, good, welfare.

Buscamos su bien We seek his well-being.

6 benefit, sake.

Para su bien For his sake.

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bien

► adverbio

1 (gen) well

■ canta bien she sings well

■ la casa está bien construida the house is well built

■ trabaja bien her work is good, she does a good job

■ todo eso está muy bien, pero... that's all very well, but...

2 (como es debido) properly, right

■ si no pronuncias bien, no te van a entender if you don't pronounce the words properly, they won't understand you

■ siéntate bien sit properly

■ ¡pórtate bien! behave yourself!

■ no está bien que hagan eso it's not right for them to do that

3 (acertadamente) right, correctly

■ contestó bien a todas las preguntas she answered all the questions correctly

4 (con éxito) successfully

5 (de acuerdo) O.K., all right

■ ven mañana a las dos, --bien come tomorrow at two, --all right

6 (de buena gana) willingly, gladly

■ bien me iría contigo si no tuviera que trabajar I'd gladly go with you if I didn't have to work

7 (mucho) very

■ quiero un vaso de leche bien fría I want a glass of nice cold milk

■ ha pagado bien caro su error he has paid dearly for his mistake

■ dale bien fuerte hit it good and hard

■ es bien sencillo it's really simple

8 (fácilmente) easily

■ bien se ve que... it is easy to see that...

■ bien podrías haberme avisado you might have warned me

9 (de gusto, olor, aspecto, etc) good, nice, lovely

■ esta cerveza está muy bien this beer's very good

■ la comida estaba bien the food was nice

■ quiero uno que esté bien I want a good one

10 (de salud) well

■ ¿te encuentras bien? are you feeling all right?

11 (físicamente) good-looking

■ su novio está muy bien her boyfriend's very good-looking

► adjetivo

1 (acomodado) well-off

► nombre masculino

1 good

■ el bien siempre triunfa sobre el mal good always triumphs over evil

2 (bienestar) benefit

■ lo hice por el bien de todos I did it for the good of everyone

► nombre masculino plural bienes

1 property sing, possessions

► conjunción bien... bien

1 either... or

■ se lo enviaremos bien por correo, bien por mensajero we'll send it to you either by post or by messenger

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en bien de for the sake of

estarle bien algo a alguien to serve somebody right

■ lo han despedido y le está bien he's got the sack and it serves him right

■ le está bien lo que le ha pasado he deserves what happened to him

hacer bien to do good

bien que although

tener a bien de hacer algo to be good enough to do something

¡ya está bien! that's enough!

bien de consumo consumer item

bienes de consumo consumer goods

bien de equipo capital asset

bienes de equipo capital goods, capital assets

bienes inmuebles real estate sing

bienes muebles movables, personal property sing

gente bien familiar the upper classes plural

* * *
1. adj.
well-to-do
2. adv.
1) well

2) correctly, properly

3) all right

4) easily

•

- más bien

- si bien
3. interj.
good
4. noun m.
good

- bienes
- bienes de consumo
- bienes de equipo
- bienes raíces
* * *

1. ADV

1) (=satisfactoriamente) well

hablas bien el español — you speak good Spanish, you speak Spanish well

el libro se ha vendido bien — the book has sold well

no veo muy bien — I can't see very well

lo sé muy bien — I know that perfectly well

viven bien — they live well

me gusta la carne bien hecha — I like my meat well-done

bien gracias, ¿y usted? — fine thanks, and you?

¡muy bien! — very good!; [aprobando un discurso] hear, hear!

¡qué bien! — great!, excellent!

• oler bien — to smell good

• saber bien — to taste good

2) (=correctamente)

¿has puesto bien la rueda? — have you put the wheel on properly?

si no cierras la tapa bien, se saldrá el líquido — if you don't screw the top on properly, the liquid will leak out

se limpia bien el pescado — clean the fish thoroughly o well

¡bien hecho! — well done!

has contestado bien — you gave the right answer, you answered correctly

no consigo hacerlo bien — I can't seem to do it right

haces bien — you're (quite) right

• hacer bien en, hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him, you did the right thing in telling him

3)

• estar bien, ¿estás bien? — are you all right?, are you OK?

aquí se está bien — it's nice here

¡está bien!, lo haré — O.K. o all right, I'll do it!

¡pues sí que estamos bien! — this is a fine mess we're in!

ese libro está muy bien — that book's very good, that's a very good book

estás muy bien con ese sombrero — you look really nice in that hat

la casa está muy bien — the house is really nice

está muy bien que ahorres dinero — it's very good that you're saving

que esté(s) bien — Col * bye *

¡eso no está bien! — [a un niño] that's not very nice!

te está bien la falda — the skirt fits you fine

¡ya está bien! — that's enough!

ya está bien de quejas — that's (quite) enough complaining

• estar bien de algo, estar bien de salud — to be well, be in good health

estar bien de dinero — to be well off

no está bien de la cabeza — he isn't right in the head

4) (=de acuerdo)

¡bien! — all right!, O.K.!

-¿quieres que vayamos al cine? -bien — "shall we go to the cinema?" - "O.K. o all right"

si a ustedes les parece bien — if it's all right with o by you

5) (=muy)

un café bien caliente — a nice hot coffee

un coche bien caro — a pretty expensive car

bien temprano — pretty early

estoy bien seguro — I am pretty certain

eso es bien tonto — that's pretty silly

esperamos hasta bien entrada la noche — we waited until very late at night, we waited until well into the night

6)

• bien de (=muchos) —

bien de veces — lots of times

¡te han dado bien de regalos! — you got a lot of presents!

bebe bien de café — he drinks a lot of coffee

7) (=de buena gana)

yo bien iría, pero... — I'd gladly go, but..., I'd be happy to go, but...

bien me tomaría ahora un café — I'd love a coffee now

8) (=fácilmente) easily

bien se ve que... — it is easy to see that...

¡bien podía habérmelo dicho! — he could have told me!

9) [locuciones]

• estar a bien con algn — to be on good terms with sb

• de bien en bien o mejor — better and better

• bien que mal — one way or another, by hook or by crook

• más bien — rather

más bien bajo — on the short side, rather short

más bien creo que... — I actually think...

• pues bien — well

• tener a bien hacer algo — to see fit to do sth

sus padres tienen a bien que se vaya a vivir con su tía — her parents have seen fit to send her to live with her aunt

le ruego tenga a bien inscribirme en la lista — please be so kind as to include me on the list, I would be grateful if you would include me on the list

le ruego tenga a bien comunicarlo a sus lectores — please be kind enough to inform your readers

• bien es verdad que... — it is of course true that...

• ¿y bien? — well?

2. CONJ

1)

• si bien — although

si bien es cierto que... — although it's true that...

2)

• no bien, ni bien Cono Sur —

no bien llegó, empezó a llover — no sooner had he arrived than it started to rain, as soon as he arrived it started to rain

3) [en alternancia]

bien por avión, bien en tren — either by air or by train

bien se levantó, bien se sentó — whether he stood up or sat down

3.

ADJ [persona] well-to-do; [restaurante, barrio] posh *

son gente bien — they're well-to-do

son de casa bien — they come from a good home

4. SM

1) (=bondad) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good

hombre de bien — good man

2) (=provecho) good

el bien común o público — the common good

en bien de — for the good of

hacer algo para el bien de — to do sth for the good of

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

3) [apelativo]

• mi bien — my dear, my darling

4) pl bienes (=géneros) goods; (=propiedad) property sing, possessions; (=riqueza) riches, wealth sing

bienes activos — active assets

bienes de capital — capital goods

bienes de consumo — consumer goods

bienes de consumo duraderos — consumer durables

bienes de equipo — capital goods

bienes de inversión — capital goods

bienes de la tierra — agricultural produce sing

bienes de producción — industrial goods

bienes de servicio — services

bienes dotales — dowry sing

bienes duraderos — durables

bienes fungibles — perishables

bienes gananciales — shared possessions

bienes inmuebles — real estate sing

bienes mostrencos — unclaimed property sing

bienes muebles — personal property sing, goods and chattels

bienes públicos — government property sing

bienes raíces — real estate sing, realty sing (EEUU)

bienes relictos — estate sing, inheritance sing

bienes semovientes — livestock sing

bienes terrestres — worldly goods

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I
adjetivo invariable

1) [estar] ( sano) well

no me siento or encuentro bien — I don't feel well

tú no estás bien de la cabeza! — you're not right in the head!

2) [estar] (fam) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

3) [estar] (cómodo, agradable)

¿vas bien ahí atrás? — are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra — it's nice in the shade

4) ( agradable) <oler/saber>

qué bien huele! — it smells really good!

este café sabe muy bien — this coffee tastes very good o nice

5) [estar]

¿está bien así, señorita? — is that all right, miss?

saliste muy bien en esta foto — you look really good in this photo

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí — that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien — we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien — the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien — have you read it? it's very good

está bien! si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas — all right o okay, then! don't do it if you don't want to

qué bien mañana es fiesta! — great! tomorrow's a holiday!

no funciona - pues qué bien! — (iró) it's not working - oh, great! (iro)

6) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa — it's right and proper that initiative should be rewarded

7)

a) ( suficiente)

estar or andar bien de algo — to be all right for something

¿estamos bien de aceite? — are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo — I'm a bit short of time

b)

ya está bien — that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir — you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

8)

a) (fam) ( de buena posición social) <familia/gente> well-to-do

un barrio bien — a well-to-do o (BrE) posh area

b) (RPl fam) <gente/persona> ( honrado) respectable, decent
II
adverbio

1) ( de manera satisfactoria) <dormir/funcionar/cantar> well

no le fue bien en Alemania — things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar — you have to be cruel to be kind

2) ( ventajosamente) well

vendió el coche muy bien — she got a good price for the car

3) ( favorablemente)

pensar bien de la gente — to think well of people

hablar bien de alguien — to speak highly of somebody

4)

a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

bien cocido — well o properly cooked

¿cerraste bien? — did you lock the door properly?

bien sabes que... — you know perfectly well that...

bien se ve que está enamorado — it's obvious that he's in love

b) (con cuidado, atención) <escuchar/mirar> carefully

5) ( correctamente) well

bien hecho/dicho! — well done/said!

pórtate bien — behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him

siéntate bien — sit properly

6) ( como intensificador)

a) ( muy) very

canta bien mal — he sings really badly

llegó bien entrada la noche — she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? — are you positive?

ser bien de adentro — (Per fam) to be a good sort

b) ( fácilmente) easily

bien pudo suceder — it could well o easily have happened

c) (en recriminaciones, protestas)

bien podías haberlo ayudado — you could o might have helped him!

d)

bien que...: bien que llama cuando necesita dinero — he soon calls when he needs money

7) (en locs)

más bien: es más bien delgada she's quite slim; no bien as soon as; si bien although; estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with somebody; tener a bien hacer algo (frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma — we would ask you to pay this sum (frml)
III
interjección

a) ( como enlace)

bien, sigamos adelante — right then o fine, let's continue

bien,... ¿dónde estábamos? — right,... where were we?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo... — so, as I was telling you...

b)

bien! — ( expresando aprobación) well done!

no habrá clases hoy - bieeeen! — there won't be any lessons today - yippee o hurrah!
IV
conjunción

puede abonarse o bien al contado o bien en 12 cuotas mensuales — (frml) payment may be made either in cash or in twelve monthly installments
V
masculino

1) (Fil) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good deeds

haz bien y no mires a quién — do good to all alike

un hombre de bien — a good man

2)

a) (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

por el bien de todos — for the good of all

b)

hacer bien — (+ me/te/le etc)

esto te hará bien — this will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien — what he said did me a lot of good

3) ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

4)

a) ( posesión)

le dejó todos sus bienes — she left him everything she owned

mi bien más preciado — my most precious possession

b) bienes masculino plural (Fin) assets (pl)

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes — the order applies to all his assets

•

- bien de consumo

- bien de equipo

- bien ganancial

- bien inmueble

- bien mueble

- bien raíz

* * *
I
adjetivo invariable

1) [estar] ( sano) well

no me siento or encuentro bien — I don't feel well

tú no estás bien de la cabeza! — you're not right in the head!

2) [estar] (fam) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

3) [estar] (cómodo, agradable)

¿vas bien ahí atrás? — are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra — it's nice in the shade

4) ( agradable) <oler/saber>

qué bien huele! — it smells really good!

este café sabe muy bien — this coffee tastes very good o nice

5) [estar]

¿está bien así, señorita? — is that all right, miss?

saliste muy bien en esta foto — you look really good in this photo

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí — that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien — we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien — the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien — have you read it? it's very good

está bien! si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas — all right o okay, then! don't do it if you don't want to

qué bien mañana es fiesta! — great! tomorrow's a holiday!

no funciona - pues qué bien! — (iró) it's not working - oh, great! (iro)

6) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa — it's right and proper that initiative should be rewarded

7)

a) ( suficiente)

estar or andar bien de algo — to be all right for something

¿estamos bien de aceite? — are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo — I'm a bit short of time

b)

ya está bien — that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir — you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

8)

a) (fam) ( de buena posición social) <familia/gente> well-to-do

un barrio bien — a well-to-do o (BrE) posh area

b) (RPl fam) <gente/persona> ( honrado) respectable, decent
II
adverbio

1) ( de manera satisfactoria) <dormir/funcionar/cantar> well

no le fue bien en Alemania — things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar — you have to be cruel to be kind

2) ( ventajosamente) well

vendió el coche muy bien — she got a good price for the car

3) ( favorablemente)

pensar bien de la gente — to think well of people

hablar bien de alguien — to speak highly of somebody

4)

a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

bien cocido — well o properly cooked

¿cerraste bien? — did you lock the door properly?

bien sabes que... — you know perfectly well that...

bien se ve que está enamorado — it's obvious that he's in love

b) (con cuidado, atención) <escuchar/mirar> carefully

5) ( correctamente) well

bien hecho/dicho! — well done/said!

pórtate bien — behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him

siéntate bien — sit properly

6) ( como intensificador)

a) ( muy) very

canta bien mal — he sings really badly

llegó bien entrada la noche — she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? — are you positive?

ser bien de adentro — (Per fam) to be a good sort

b) ( fácilmente) easily

bien pudo suceder — it could well o easily have happened

c) (en recriminaciones, protestas)

bien podías haberlo ayudado — you could o might have helped him!

d)

bien que...: bien que llama cuando necesita dinero — he soon calls when he needs money

7) (en locs)

más bien: es más bien delgada she's quite slim; no bien as soon as; si bien although; estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with somebody; tener a bien hacer algo (frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma — we would ask you to pay this sum (frml)
III
interjección

a) ( como enlace)

bien, sigamos adelante — right then o fine, let's continue

bien,... ¿dónde estábamos? — right,... where were we?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo... — so, as I was telling you...

b)

bien! — ( expresando aprobación) well done!

no habrá clases hoy - bieeeen! — there won't be any lessons today - yippee o hurrah!
IV
conjunción

puede abonarse o bien al contado o bien en 12 cuotas mensuales — (frml) payment may be made either in cash or in twelve monthly installments
V
masculino

1) (Fil) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good deeds

haz bien y no mires a quién — do good to all alike

un hombre de bien — a good man

2)

a) (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

por el bien de todos — for the good of all

b)

hacer bien — (+ me/te/le etc)

esto te hará bien — this will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien — what he said did me a lot of good

3) ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

4)

a) ( posesión)

le dejó todos sus bienes — she left him everything she owned

mi bien más preciado — my most precious possession

b) bienes masculino plural (Fin) assets (pl)

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes — the order applies to all his assets

•

- bien de consumo

- bien de equipo

- bien ganancial

- bien inmueble

- bien mueble

- bien raíz

* * *

bien¹

¹ = fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], neatly, tidy, jolly + Adjetivo/Adverbio, aright, alright [all right], all right [alright], good.

Ex: The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.

Ex: This arrangement is ideal for well-defined subjects which coincide neatly with the interest of the library user.

Ex: This was all very tidy, but who was to judge significance?.

Ex: The public library people and some others have needs that have long been unmet, but jolly well ought to be as soon as possible.

Ex: Another wise precaution at this preliminary stage is to make sure that he has heard aright.

Ex: The article 'The kids are alright?' presents some of the findings of the questionnaire study which had as its focus the qualitative impact of public libraries on children's reading.

Ex: So the system apparently works all right and no one is suggesting that it needs a major overhaul.

Ex: It is imperative for young people to learn to be empathetic, both for their own good and for the good of society as a whole.

* abrigarse bien = wrap up + warm.

* acoger bien = welcome.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* ahora bien = now.

* bastante bien = good enough, rather well, fairly + Verbo.

* bien aceptado = well-accepted.

* bien acomodado = well-to-do, well-off.

* bien administrado = well-managed.

* bien afeitado = clean shaven.

* bien andado = well trodden.

* bien anunciado = well-advertised, well-announced.

* bien arado = well-tilled.

* bien argumentado = well-considered.

* bien arreglado = well-groomed.

* bien comprendido = well-understood.

* bien común, el = common good, the, common wealth, the.

* bien conectado = well-connected.

* bien conocido = well-known, well-understood.

* bien conseguido = well-rendered.

* bien conservado = well-kept.

* bien considerado = all things considered.

* bien construido = well-built.

* bien controlado = well-regulated.

* bien cuidado = clean-cut, well-tended.

* bien cultural = cultural product.

* bien definido = well-defined, clearly defined, clearly-drawn, clean-cut, articulated, clear-cut.

* bien demarcado = hard-edged.

* bien de todos, el = common good, the.

* bien dicho = amen to that!.

* bien diferenciado = well differentiated.

* bien dirigido = well-regulated.

* bien documentado = well documented [well-documented].

* bien dotado = well-equipped, well-endowed, well-resourced.

* bien dotado de medios = well-resourced.

* bien dotado de personal = well-staffed.

* bien dotado de recursos = well-resourced.

* bien educado = urbane.

* bien encaminado = a step in the right direction.

* bien ensayado = well-practised [well-practiced, -USA].

* bien entrada la noche = late at night.

* bien equilibrado = well balanced [well-balanced].

* bien equipado = well-appointed, well-equipped, well-resourced.

* bien equipado de medios = well-resourced.

* bien equipado de recursos = well-resourced.

* bien escrito = well-written.

* bien estructurado = well thought out, well-structured [well structured].

* bien expresado = well-articulated.

* bien financiado = well-funded.

* bien formado = shapely [shapelier -comp., shapeliest -sup.], articulated.

* bien formalizado = well-formalised [well-formalized].

* bien formulado = well-formulated.

* bien fundado = well-justified, well-formulated.

* bien fundamentado = well-founded.

* bien gestionado = well-managed.

* bien gobernado = well-regulated, well-governed.

* bien hecho = well-made, well formed [well-formed], well-rendered, well done.

* ¡bien hecho! = the way to go!.

* bien iluminado = well-lit.

* bien informado = well-informed, informed.

* bienintencionado = well-intentioned, well meant, well-intended, well-meaning.

* bien justificado = well-founded, well-formulated.

* bien llevado = well-run.

* bien merecido = well deserved, well deserved, well-earned.

* bien mirado = all things considered.

* bien... o... = either... or..., either... or....

* bien ordenado = well-kept, well-ordered, in good order.

* bien organizado = well-organised [well-organized], well-structured [well structured].

* bien pagado = well-paid.

* bien parecido = personable, good looking.

* bien pensado = well thought out.

* bien planeado = well-planned.

* bien planificado = well-planned.

* bien practicado = well-practised [well-practiced, -USA].

* bien preparado = well-trained, well-prepared.

* bien presentado = well-presented, well-rendered.

* bien producido = well-produced, well-made.

* bien proporcionado = shapely [shapelier -comp., shapeliest -sup.].

* bien provisto = well-endowed.

* bien provisto (de) = well-stocked (with).

* bien público = public good, commonwealth.

* bien recibido = welcome.

* bien reconocido = well-recognised [well-recognized].

* bien redondito = well-rounded.

* bien remunerado = well-paid.

* bien representado = well represented, well-rendered.

* bien seleccionado = well-chosen, well-selected.

* bien sincronizado = well-synchronised [well-synchronized, -USA].

* bien surtido (de) = well-stocked (with).

* bien testado = well-tested.

* bien tratado = well represented.

* bien uniformado = well-uniformed.

* bien ventilado = airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.].

* bien vestido = well-dressed, dapper.

* bien visto = welcome.

* caerse bien = hit it off.

* cambiar Algo para bien = turn + Nombre + into a good thing.

* cambiar para bien = change for + the better.

* casar bien = fit in + well.

* comenzar bien = get off to + a (good/great) start, make + a good start.

* comprender bien = be clear in your mind.

* comprenderse bien = be well understood.

* conservarse bien = keep + well.

* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.

* creer que estar bien = feel + right.

* cuatro verdades bien dichas = home truth.

* dársele Algo bien a Uno = be good at.

* dársele a Uno bien las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.

* desempeñar bien una función = perform + well.

* despedirse de Alguien deseándole que todo vaya bien = wish + well.

* el bien de = the good of.

* empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.

* estar bien = be okay, be in good shape, be in good health.

* estar bien de salud = be in good health.

* estar bien encaminado = be on the right track.

* estar bien pensado = be carefully thought out.

* funcionar bien = be in order.

* gente bien = well-to-do, well-off.

* hablar muy bien de = rant and rave.

* hablarse bien de Algo o Alguien = be well spoken of.

* hacer Algo muy bien = do + an excellent job of, make + an excellent job of.

* hacer bien = do + good.

* hacerlo bien = put + matters + right, be right on track.

* hacer sentir bien = make + Nombre + feel good.

* hasta ahora, todo bien = so far, so good.

* haz el bien y no mires a quién = cast your bread upon the waters.

* impuesto de bienes inmuebles (IBI) = property tax.

* ir bien = go + well, do + well, go + strong.

* ir bien encaminado = be on the right track.

* ir todo bien = be fine.

* jugar bien + Posesivo + baza = play + Posesivo + cards right.

* jugar bien + Posesivo + cartas = play + Posesivo + cards right.

* llevarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* llevarse bien = get along, on good terms.

* llevarse bien con Alguien = get on with + Pronombre Personal.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* mantener los ojos bien abiertos = keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* mantenerse bien = keep + well.

* marchar bien = go + strong.

* más bien = if you like, instead.

* más bien bajo = shortish.

* más bien pequeño = smallish.

* más bien todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* masticar bien = chew up.

* mirándolo bien = all things considered.

* muy bien = nicely.

* ¡muy bien! = the way to go!.

* muy bien pagado = highly paid.

* muy bien + podría + Verbo = might + well + Verbo.

* muy bien + puede + Verbo = may well + Verbo.

* muy bien remunerado = highly paid.

* no caer bien = not take + kindly to.

* no estar bien equilibrado = skew.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no importa lo bien = no matter how well.

* no muy bien informado = not-too-well-informed.

* no ser bien visto = be in the doghouse.

* no tomárselo bien = not take + kindly to.

* pago único y bien grande = fat lump sum.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* parecer bien = be all right with + Persona.

* pasarlo bien = have + fun, be a great time.

* pasárselo bien = have + a good time, have + a great time.

* pasárselo la mar de bien = have + a whale of a time, have + a great time.

* persona que duerme bien = good sleeper.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* puede muy bien ser = could well be.

* puede muy bien ser que = it may well be that.

* puede que al final sea para bien = be a blessing in disguise.

* pues bien = well.

* que bota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.].

* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.

* que no cierra bien = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.

* que no queda bien = ill-fitting.

* que rebota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.].

* recibir bien = welcome.

* recibir bien una iniciativa = welcome + initiative.

* salir bien = go + well.

* salir bien al final = turn out + right in the end.

* salir todo bien = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet.

* seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.

* sentar bien a Alguien = look + good on + Nombre.

* sentirse bien = feel + good, wellness, feel + right, get + high.

* sentirse bien con Uno mismo = feel + right.

* ser algo bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo (muy) bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser por el bien de Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.

* estar suficientemente bien + Participio Pasado = be sufficiently well + Participio Pasado.

* ser suficientemente bien + Participio Pasado = be sufficiently well + Participio Pasado.

* ser un hecho bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser un hecho bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* servir muy bien = take + Nombre + a long way.

* si bien es cierto que = albeit (that).

* sin bien se mira = all things considered.

* sino más bien = rather.

* sino (que) más bien = but rather.

* todo ir bien = all + be + well with the world.

* tomárselo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.

* usar Algo bien = put to + good use.

* venir bien = be none the worse for (that), suit + best.

* venir muy bien = fit + the bill.

* ver bien = welcome.

* * *

bien¹

adj inv

A [ ESTAR] (sano) well

mi padre no anda or no está bien my father's not very well

no me siento or encuentro bien I don't feel well

¡tú no estás bien de la cabeza! you're not right in the head!

estuvo enfermo pero ya está bien he was ill but he's all right now

B [ ESTAR]

(económicamente acomodado): los padres están muy bien her parents are well off

no son ricos, pero están bien they're not rich but they're reasonably well off o they're comfortably off

C [ ESTAR] ( fam) (refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

D [ ESTAR]

(cómodo, agradable): estoy bien aquí I'm fine o all right here

¿vas bien allí atrás? are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra it's nice in the shade

E (agradable) ‹oler/saber›

¡qué bien huele! it smells really good!

¡qué bien hueles! you smell nice!

este café sabe muy bien this coffee tastes very good o nice

F [ ESTAR]

(satisfactorio): ¿está bien así, señorita? is that right o all right, miss?

estás or quedaste or saliste muy bien en esta foto you look very nice o really good in this photograph

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien have you read it? it's very good

¡está bien!, si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas all right o okay, then! if you don't want to do it, don't

¡qué bien, mañana es fiesta! great! tomorrow's a holiday!

la lavadora no funciona — ¡pues qué bien! ( iró); the washing machine's not working — oh, great! o well, that's great! ( iro)

G [ ESTAR] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa it's right o good that initiative should be rewarded

estuviste bien en negarle la entrada you did o were right to refuse to let him in

H

1 (indicando suficiencia) estar bien DE algo:

¿estamos bien de aceite? are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo I'm a bit short of time, I don't have much time

2

ya está bien that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

I

1 ( fam) (de buena posición social) ‹familia/gente› well-to-do

viven en un barrio bien they live in a well-to-do o ( BrE) posh area

niño² (↑ niño (2))

2 ( RPl fam) ‹gente/persona› (honrado) respectable, decent

bien²

adverb

A (de manera satisfactoria) ‹dormir/funcionar/cantar› well

se come de bien allí … the food is so good there!

¿cómo te va? — bien, ¿y a ti? how are things? — fine, how about you?

no le fue bien en Alemania things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar you have to be cruel to be kind

B (ventajosamente) well

el local está muy bien ubicado the premises are very well situated

vendió el coche muy bien she sold the car well o for a good price

C

(favorablemente): me habló muy bien de ti he spoke very highly of you

yo prefiero pensar bien de la gente I prefer to think well of people

D

1 (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

¿cerraste bien? did you make sure the door was locked (properly)?

el cerdo debe comerse bien cocido pork should be well cooked o properly cooked before being eaten

bien sabes que … you know perfectly well o very well that …

2 (con cuidado, atención) carefully

escucha bien lo que te voy a decir listen carefully to what I'm going to say

E (correctamente) well

pórtate bien behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo you did the right thing to tell him

¡bien dice tu padre que eres un terco! your father's dead right when he says you're stubborn

¡bien hecho/dicho! well done/said!

F (como intensificador)

1 (muy) very

canta bien mal he sings really o very badly

llegó bien entrada la noche she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? are you positive o certain?, are you absolutely sure?

bien por debajo de lo normal well below average

ponte bien adelante sit close to the front, sit well forward

2 (fácilmente) easily

vale bien dos millones it's worth two million easily

yo no me acuerdo pero bien pudo ser I don't remember but it could well o easily have been

3

(en recriminaciones, protestas): bien podías haberlo ayudado you could o might have helped him!

4

bien que …: pero bien que llama cuando necesita dinero he's quick enough to call when he needs money, though

¿por qué no le compras algo?, a ti bien que te gusta que te hagan regalos why don't you buy her something? you like it when people give you presents

G ( en locs):

más bien: una chica más bien delgada a rather thin girl

no me cae bien — di más bien que no lo puedes ver I don't like him — what you mean is you can't stand the sight of him

¿vas a ir? — ¡más bien! ( Arg fam); are you going to go? — you bet! ( colloq)

no bien or ( RPl) ni bien. as soon as

no bien llegó, le dieron la noticia no sooner had he arrived than they told him the news, as soon as he arrived they told him the news

si bien although

estar a bien con algn to be on good terms with sb

tener a bien hacer algo ( frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma a la mayor brevedad posible we would ask you to pay this sum as soon as possible ( frml)

le ruego tenga a bien considerar mi solicitud I would be grateful if you would consider my application

Compuesto:

bien nacido, bien nacida

masculine, feminine nice person ver tb bienintencionado, bien parecido, etc

bien³

interjection

1

(como enlace): bien, sigamos adelante right then o fine, let's continue

bien, … ¿dónde estábamos? now o right, … where were we?

y bien ¿estás dispuesto a hacerlo o no? so, are you prepared to do it or not?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo … so, as I was telling you …

2

¡bien! (expresando aprobación) well done!

¡bien, muchachos! well done, boys!

no habrá clases hoy — ¡bieeeen! there won't be any lessons today — yippee o hurrah!

bien⁴

conjunction

puede abonarse (o) bien al contado (o) bien en 12 cuotas mensuales ( frml); payment may be made (either) in cash or in twelve monthly installments

o bien te disculpas o te quedas castigado either you say you're sorry or I'll keep you in

bien⁵

masculine

A ( Fil) good

el bien y el mal good and evil

haz bien y no mires a quién do good to all alike

un hombre de bien a good man

B

1 (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien it's for your own good

trabajar por el bien de todos to work for the good of all

que sea para bien I hope things go well for you/him/them

acepté, no sé si para bien o para mal I accepted, though I'm not sure if it was a good move or not

2

hacer bien (+ me/te/le etc): la sopa te hará bien the soup will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien what he said helped me a lot o did me a lot of good

C ( apelativo) dear, darling

¡mi bien! or ¡bien mío! ( ant o hum); my dear o darling

D (en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

E

(posesión): el único bien valioso the only item of value

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes the order applies to all his assets o possessions o goods

Compuestos:

● bien comunal

common asset

bienes comunales common property

● bien de consumo

consumer article o item

bienes de consumo consumer goods

● bien de equipo

capital item o asset

bienes de equipo capital goods o assets

● bienes parafernales

mpl wife's personal property

● bienes semovientes

mpl livestock ( sing or pl)

● bien ganancial

joint asset ( acquired during marriage)

bienes gananciales joint property, community property ( AmE)

● bien inmueble

immovable item o asset

● bien mostrenco

item of unclaimed property

● bien mueble

movable item

bienes muebles movables, personal property, goods and chattels

● bien raíz

immovable item o asset

bienes raíces real estate, realty ( AmE), property ( BrE)

● bien vacante

ownerless piece of land ( o asset etc)

* * *

bien 1 adjetivo invariable
1 [estar] (de salud, en general) well;
sentirse or encontrarse bien to feel well;
◊ ¿cómo estás? — muy bien, gracias how are you? — (I'm) very well, thank you;

¡qué bien estás! you look really well!;
¡tú no estás bien de la cabeza! you are not right in the head
2 [estar]
a) (cómodo, agradable):

◊ ¿vas bien ahí atrás? are you all right in the back?;

se está bien a la sombra it's nice in the shade;
la casa está muy bien the house is very nice
b) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right;

◊ la fecha/el reloj está bien the date/the clock is right;

¿está bien así? is this all right?;
si te parece bien if that's all right with you;
el cuadro no queda bien ahí the picture doesn't look right there
c) ( suficiente): estar or andar bien de algo to be all right for sth;

◊ ¿estamos bien de aceite? are we all right for oil?;

ya está bien that's enough
3 [estar]
a) ( en calidad) good;

◊ ¿lo has leído? está muy bien have you read it? it's very good

b) (fam) ( sexualmente atractivo) good-looking, attractive

4 (fam)
a) ( de buena posición social) ‹familia/gente› well-to-do

b) ‹ barrio› well-to-do, posh (BrE)

bien 2 adverbio
1
a) ( de manera satisfactoria) ‹dormir/funcionar/cantar› well;

◊ no le fue bien en Alemania things didn't work out for her in Germany

b) ( correctamente) well;

◊ habla muy bien inglés she speaks English very well o very good English;

¡bien hecho/dicho! well done/said!;
pórtate bien behave yourself;
hiciste bien en decírselo you were right to tell him;
siéntate bien sit properly
c) ( de manera agradable) ‹oler/saber› good

2
a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly;

◊ bien cocido well o properly cooked;

¿cerraste bien? did you lock the door properly?;
bien sabes que … you know perfectly well that …
b) (con cuidado, atención) ‹escuchar/mirar› carefully

3
a) ( como intensificador) ( muy) very;

◊ canta bien mal he sings really badly;

bien entrada la noche very late at night;
¿estás bien seguro? are you positive?
b) ( en locs)

◊ más bien rather;

no bien as soon as;
si bien although
■ interjección:
◊ ¡(muy) bien! well done!, (very) good!;

¡qué bien! great!
■ conjunción: bien … o … either … or …;
se puede subir bien a pie o a caballo you can go up either on foot or on horseback
bien 3 sustantivo masculino
1 (Fil) good;
◊ el bien y el mal good and evil;

hacer el bien to do good deeds;
un hombre de bien a good man
2
a) (beneficio, bienestar) good;

◊ es por mi/tu bien it's for my/your own good

b)

◊ hacer bien (+ me/te/le etc): esto te hará bien this will do you good

3 ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10
4
◊ bienes

a) sustantivo masculino plural (Com) goods;

◊ bienes de consumo consumer goods

b) (Der) property;

◊ le dejó todos sus bienes she left him everything she owned;

bienes inmuebles or raíces real estate (AmE), property (BrE);
bienes muebles personal property, goods and chattels;
bienes públicos public property
bien
I sustantivo masculino
1 (justicia, bondad) good
no sabe diferenciar entre el bien y el mal, he can't tell the diference between good and evil
una persona de bien, a good person
2 (provecho, ventaja) lo hago por tu bien, I do it for your sake
en bien de la comunidad, for the good of community
3 (propiedad) property: no tiene ningún bien con el que avalar el crédito, he has no property or goods to guarantee his credit
bienes, goods
bienes de consumo, consumer goods pl; bienes gananciales, communal property
bienes inmuebles/raíces, real estate
II adverbio
1 (correctamente) well: hiciste bien en protestar, you were right to protest
toca bien el piano, she plays piano well
2 (sano) well, fine
sentirse/encontrarse bien, to feel well
3 (satisfactoriamente) este vestido te sienta bien, this dress suits you
oler bien, to smell nice
vivir bien, to be comfortably off
4 (antepuesto a un adjetivo: muy) very, quite
una cerveza bien fría, a nice cold beer
bien pronto, very early, very soon
(de buena gana) willingly, gladly: bien me iría ahora al cine, I'd love to go to the movies now
III conj ahora bien, now, now then
bien... o bien..., either... or...
bien que mal, one way or another
más bien, rather, a little
no bien, as soon as: no bien llegó..., no sooner had she arrived than...
pues bien, well then
o bien, or, or else
si bien, although, even though...: si bien es cierto que..., although it's quite clear that...
IV exclamación ¡bien!, good!, great!
¡está bien!, (¡de acuerdo!) fine!, all right
¡muy bien!, excellent, first class!
¡qué bien!, great!, fantastic
(desaprobación) ¡pues qué bien!, that's all I needed!
¡ya está bien!, that's (quite) enough!
V adj inv un barrio bien, a well-to-do neighbourhood
un niño bien, a rich kid
En general se traduce por well. Sin embargo, cuando hablamos de personas decimos fine al referirnos a su salud: ¿Qué tal estás? - Muy bien, gracias. How are you? - Fine, thanks. Para describir un objeto puedes usar good: Ese libro está muy bien. That book is very good.
' bien' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- acabar
- acero
- agarrar
- ahora
- alternar
- amarrar
- andar
- antes
- atrancar
- avenida
- avenido
- avenirse
- bailar
- barbaridad
- base
- bastante
- cabeza
- caer
- casar
- cerrarse
- columpiarse
- cómo
- comprobar
- comunicada
- comunicado
- comunitaria
- comunitario
- coña
- concesión
- considerada
- considerado
- consuelo
- contraria
- contrario
- convenir
- cumplir
- dar
- darse
- decirse
- declarar
- defenderse
- deteriorarse
- diáfana
- diáfano
- dinero
- discreta
- discreto
- disfrutar
- disputarse
English:
absence
- acquit
- agree
- airy
- all right
- along
- alternatively
- antisocial
- appreciate
- aptly
- articulate
- at
- aware
- balance
- ball
- begin
- behave
- beneath
- best
- better
- bookmobile
- boom
- border
- bouncy
- by
- card
- charity
- cheap
- clean-shaven
- clockwork
- closely
- cloud
- come in
- come off
- come out
- conform
- congenial
- convenient
- cosy
- cozy
- deserve
- do
- done
- effective
- either
- enjoy
- enunciate
- equipped
- familiar
- far

* * *

bien

♦ adj inv
[respetable]
una familia bien a good family;

un barrio bien a good area;
Pey a posh area;
un restaurante bien a posh restaurant;
Pey
niño bien rich kid;

gente bien well-to-do people

♦ nm

1. [concepto abstracto] good;

el bien y el mal good and evil;

se cree que está por encima del bien y del mal she thinks ordinary moral laws don't apply to her;

hacer el bien to do good (deeds);

un hombre de bien a good man

2. [provecho] good;

los padres desean el bien de los hijos parents desire the best for their children;

esto te hará bien this will do you good;

si se marcha, nos hará un bien a todos if she leaves, she'll be doing us all a favour;

espero que el cambio sea para bien I hope the change is for the best, I hope the change works out well;

por el bien de for the sake of;

lo hice por tu bien I did it for your own good;

han trabajado muy duro por el bien de todos they have worked very hard for the good of everyone

3. [nota] = mark between 6 and 6.9 out of 10, ≈ pass, ≈ C

♦ bienes nmpl

1. [patrimonio] property

Comp
bienes de capital capital assets;
bienes comunales common property;

bienes fungibles perishables;

bienes gananciales shared possessions;

bienes inmateriales intangible assets;

bienes inmuebles real estate, US real property;

bienes muebles personal property;

bienes públicos public property;

bienes raíces real estate, landed property

2. [productos] goods

Comp
bienes de consumo consumer goods;
bienes de consumo duraderos consumer durables, US hard goods;

bienes de equipo capital goods;

bienes de producción industrial goods;

bienes terrenales worldly goods

♦ adv

1. [debidamente, adecuadamente] well;

¿cómo estás? – bien, gracias how are you? – fine, thanks;

habla inglés bien she speaks English well;

¡agárrate bien! hold on tight!;

cierra bien la puerta shut the door properly;

conoce bien el tema she knows a lot about the subject, she knows the subject well;

¿vamos bien de gasolina? are we doing all right for Br petrol o US gas?, have we got plenty of Br petrol o US gas?;

bien mirado [bien pensado] if you look at it closely;
[bien visto] well-regarded;
bien pensado on reflection;

contestar bien [correctamente] to answer correctly;
[cortésmente] to answer politely;
escucha bien,… listen carefully,…;

estar bien relacionado to have good connections;

le está bien empleado he deserves it, it serves him right;

hacer algo bien to do sth well;

has hecho bien you did the right thing;

hiciste bien en decírmelo you were right to tell me;

pórtate bien be good, behave yourself;

salir bien librado to get off lightly;

todo salió bien everything turned out well;

vivir bien [económicamente] to be well-off;
[en armonía] to be happy
2. [expresa opinión favorable] well;

¡muy bien! very good!, excellent!;

¡bien hecho! well done!;

me cayó muy bien I liked her a lot;

me han hablado bien de él they have spoken well of him to me;

en Portugal se come muy bien the food is very good in Portugal;

estar bien [de aspecto] to be nice;
[de salud] to be o feel well; [de calidad] to be good; [de comodidad] to be comfortable;
¡está bien! [bueno, vale] all right then!;
[es suficiente] that's enough!;
este traje te está bien this suit looks good on you;

la tienda está bien situada the shop is well situated;

está bien que te vayas, pero antes despídete it's all right for you to go, but say goodbye first;

tal comportamiento no está bien visto such behaviour is frowned upon;

encontrarse bien [de salud] to feel well;

no se encuentra nada bien she doesn't feel at all well;

oler/saber bien to smell/taste nice o good;

¡qué bien huele en esta cocina! it smells nice o good in this kitchen!;

opinar bien de alguien to think highly of sb;

no acaba de parecerme bien I don't really think it's a very good idea;

no me parece bien que no la saludes I think it's wrong of you not to say hello to her;

¿te parece bien así? is it O.K. like this?, is this all right?;

pasarlo bien to have a good time;

¡qué bien, mañana no trabajo! great, I don't have to go to work tomorrow!;
Irónico
¡qué bien, ahora dice que no me puede pagar! isn't that just great, now she says she can't pay me!;

salir bien to turn out well;

¡qué bien sales en la foto! you look great in the photo!;

sentar bien a alguien [ropa] to suit sb;
[comida] to agree with sb; [comentario] to please sb;
el rojo no te sienta nada bien red doesn't suit you at all;

come tan rápido que no le puede sentar bien she eats so quickly she's bound to get indigestion;

algunos consideran que una copita de vino sienta bien some people think a glass of wine is good for you;

no le sentó nada bien que lo criticaras en público he didn't like you criticizing him in public at all, he was none too impressed by you criticizing him in public;

tu ayuda va a venir muy bien your help will be very welcome;

no me viene nada bien salir esta tarde it's not very convenient for me o it doesn't really suit me to go out this afternoon;

Prov

bien está lo que bien acaba all's well that ends well

3. [muy]
quiero el filete bien hecho I want my steak well done;

bien abierto wide open;

abre bien la boca open wide

4. [uso enfático] pretty;

un regalo bien caro a pretty expensive present;

vamos a llegar bien tarde we're going to be pretty late;

estoy bien cansado I'm pretty tired;

hoy me he levantado bien temprano I got up nice and early today;

quiero un vaso de agua bien fría I'd like a nice cold glass of water

5. [vale, de acuerdo] all right, O.K.;

¿nos vamos? – bien shall we go? – all right

6. [de buena gana, fácilmente] quite happily;

ella bien que lo haría, pero no le dejan she'd be happy to do it o she'd quite happily do it, but they won't let her

7. [expresa protesta]
¡bien podrías haberme avisado! you could at least have told me!;

¡bien podrías pagar tú esta vez! it would be nice if you paid for once o for a change!

8. [en frases]
bien es verdad que… it's certainly true that…;

¡bien por…! three cheers for…!;

¡ya está bien! that's enough!;

¡ya está bien de hacer el vago! that's enough lazing around!;

estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with sb;

¡pues (sí que) estamos bien! that's all we needed!;

tener a bien hacer algo to be good enough to do sth;

le rogamos tenga a bien pasarse por nuestras oficinas we would ask you to (be good enough to) come to our offices

♦ conj

bien… bien either… or;

puedes venir bien por avión, bien por barco you can come by plane or by boat;

dáselo bien a mi hermano, bien a mi padre give it to either my brother or my father

♦ interj

1. [aprobación] good!, great!;
[fastidio] oh, great!;
hoy saldréis al recreo media hora antes – ¡bien! break time will be half an hour earlier today – great!;

se acaba de estropear la televisión – ¡bien, lo que nos faltaba! the television has just broken down – oh great, that's all we needed!

2. [enlazando]
y bien, ¿qué te ha parecido? well o so, what did you think of it?;

y bien, ¿a qué estás esperando? well, what are you waiting for?

♦ más bien loc conj

rather;

no estoy contento, más bien estupefacto I'm not so much happy as stunned;

más bien creo que no vendrá I rather suspect she won't come, I think it unlikely that she'll come

♦ no bien, RP ni bien loc conj

no sooner, as soon as;

no bien me había marchado cuando empezaron a… no sooner had I gone than they started…

♦ si bien loc conj

although, even though

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bien

I m good;

por tu bien for your own good;

bienes pl goods, property sg ;

hombre de bien good man;

estar por encima del bien y del mal be above the law

II adj

:

¡está bien! it’s OK!, it’s alright!;

estoy bien I’m fine, I’m OK;

¿estás bien aquí? are you comfortable here?;

la gente bien well-to-do people

III adv

1 well; ( muy) very;

¡bien hecho! well done!;

bien está lo que bien acaba all’s well that ends well

2 ( correctamente) well, properly

3 en locuciones

:

más bien rather;

tener a bien hacer algo see fit to do sth;

hicieron bien en reservar los billetes con tanta antelación they did the right thing booking the tickets so far ahead;

haces bien en llevarte el paraguas it’s a good idea to take your umbrella;

estar (a) bien con alguien be on good terms with s.o.

IV conj

:

o bien … o … either … or …;

si bien, bien que although;

no bien as soon as

V int

:

¡ya está bien! that’s it!, that’s enough!;

pues bien well

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bien adv

1) : well

¿dormiste bien?: did you sleep well?

2) correctamente: correctly, properly, right

hay que hacerlo bien: it must be done correctly

3) : very, quite

el libro era bien divertido: the book was very amusing

4) : easily

bien puede acabarlo en un día: he can easily finish it in a day

5) : willingly, readily

bien lo aceptaré: I'll gladly accept it

6)

bien que : although

7)

más bien : rather

bien adj

1) : well, OK, all right

¿te sientes bien?: are you feeling all right?

2) : pleasant, agreeable

las flores huelen bien: the flowers smell very nice

3) : satisfactory

4) : correct, right

bien nm

1) : good

el bien y el mal: good and evil

2) bienes nmpl

: property, goods, possessions

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bien¹ adj (acomodado) well off / rich

un niño bien a rich kid

bien² adv

1. (en general) well

lo conozco bien I know him well

toca el piano muy bien she plays the piano really well

el examen le fue bien the exam went well / he did well in the exam

2. (de salud) well / fine

ayer me dolía el estómago, pero ya estoy bien I had a stomachache yesterday, but I'm fine now

estoy muy bien, gracias I'm very well, thank you

no me encuentro bien I don't feel very well

¿estás bien? are you all right?

3. (de gusto, olor, aspecto) nice / good [comp. better; superl. best]

¡qué bien huele! what a nice smell! / it smells really good!

4. (de manera correcta) properly / correctly / right

es importante comer bien it's important to eat properly

lo hace todo bien he does everything right

5. (para intensificar) very / quite

bien caliente nice and hot / very hot

es bien diferente it's quite different

6. (de acuerdo) all right / OK

¿vienes? Bien are you coming? OK

hacer bien en hacer algo to be right to do something

haces bien en no enfadarte you're right not to get angry

pasarlo bien to have a good time

portarse bien to behave yourself

bien³ conj either... or

se puede ir bien en tren, bien en autocar you can either go by train or by coach

bien⁴ n

1. (lo bueno) good

el bien y el mal good and evil

2. (beneficio) good

es por tu propio bien it's for you own good

3. (nota académica) good / C

sacó un bien he got a C

Spanish-English dictionary > bien
3 mögen

I Modalv.; mag, mochte, hat... mögen

1. Wunsch ausdrückend: ich möchte (Dial. mag) gehen I want to go; sie mochte nicht bleiben she didn’t want to stay; Bier hat sie noch nie trinken mögen she never liked drinking beer; ich möchte Tee trinken I’d like to drink tea; darüber möchte ich nicht reden I don’t want to talk about that; ich möchte ihn sehen I want ( höflicher: I’d like) to see him; möchtest (Dial. magst) du mitkommen? do you want ( höflicher: would you like) to come?; ich möchte wissen I’d like to know; (ich frage mich) I wonder; ich möchte lieber ins Kino gehen I’d rather go to the cinema (Am. movies); das möchte ich doch einmal sehen! I’d like to see that; man möchte meinen... you might think...; man möchte verrückt werden! umg. it’s enough to drive you up the wall

2. Vermutung ausdrückend: das mag ( wohl) sein that may be (so); mag sein, dass... perhaps..., maybe...; das möchte sein Dial. (that) could be; wo er auch sein mag wherever he may be; wie dem auch sein mag be that as it may; was mag er dazu sagen? I wonder what he’ll say to that; was mag das bedeuten? what can it mean?, I wonder what it could mean?; man mag das bedauern, aber... it may be regrettable, but...; Müller, Maier und wie sie alle heißen mögen Müller, Maier and whatever their names are; sie mochte 30 Jahre alt sein she must have been ( oder she looked) about 30; es mochten etwa 100 Leute sein there must have been about 100 people

3. einräumend: mag er sagen, was er will he can say what he wants; was ich auch tun mag whatever I do, no matter what I do

4. auffordernd: Zeugen möchten sich bitte melden would any witnesses please come forward; sag ihr, sie möge oder möchte zu mir kommen tell her she should come and see me

II v/t (hat gemocht)

1. (wünschen) want; was möchtest du denn? (was ist?) what is it you want?

2. (gern mögen) like, be fond of; nicht mögen not like; stärker: dislike; Milch mag ich nicht besonders I’m not particularly keen on (Am. not crazy about) milk; lieber mögen like better, prefer; Tee mag ich lieber als Kaffee I prefer tea to coffee; am liebsten mögen like best

III v/i (hat gemocht) (wollen) want; ich mag nicht I don’t want to; (ich habe keine Lust) I don’t feel like it; ich möchte schon, aber... I’d like to, but...; sie möchte noch nicht nach Hause she doesn’t want to go home yet; er hat nicht in die Schule gemocht he didn’t want to go to school; magst / möchtest du noch? zum Essen/Trinken: do you want / would you like some more?; weitermachen: do you want / would you like to go on?

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to be fond of; to like; to love; may

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mö|gen ['møːgn] pret mo\#chte, ['mɔxtə] ptp gemo\#cht
1. vt
[gə'mɔxt] to like
mö́gen Sie ihn/Operettenmusik? — do you like him/operetta?

ich mag ihn/Operettenmusik nicht — I don't like him/operetta, I don't care for him/operetta

sie mag das ( gern) — she (really) likes that

sie mag kein Sauerkraut — she doesn't like sauerkraut

was möchten Sie, bitte? — what would you like?; (Verkäufer) what can I do for you?

mö́gen Sie eine Praline/etwas Wein? (form) — would you like a chocolate/some wine?, would you care for a chocolate/some wine?

nein danke, ich möchte lieber Tee — no thank you, I would prefer tea or would rather have tea

2. vi

1) (eine Praline/etwas Wein etc mögen) to like one/some; (= etw tun mögen) to like to

ich mag nicht mehr — I've had enough

kommen Sie mit? – ich möchte gern, aber... — are you coming too? – I'd like to, but...

2) (= gehen/fahren wollen) to want to go

ich möchte (gern) nach Hause — I want to go home

ich möchte lieber in die Stadt — I would prefer to go or I would rather go into town ptp mögen

3. modal aux vb

1) (im Konjunktiv: Wunsch) to like to +infin

möchten Sie etwas essen? — would you like something to eat?, would you care for something to eat?

wir möchten (gern) etwas trinken — we would like something to drink

ich möchte gern Herrn Schmidt sprechen — I would like to speak to Mr Schmidt

ich möchte dazu nichts sagen — I don't want to say anything about that, no comment

ich hätte gern dabei sein mö́gen — I would like or have liked to have been there

ich hätte lieber dabei sein mö́gen — I would prefer or have preferred to have been there

das möchte ich auch wissen —

möge er/mögest du Erfolg haben (old) — may he/you be successful

2)

(im Konjunktiv: einschränkend) man möchte meinen, dass... — you would think that...

ich möchte fast sagen... — I would almost say...

3)

(geh Einräumung) es mag wohl sein, dass er recht hat, aber... — he may well be right, but...

wie dem auch sein mag — however that may be

was sie auch sagen mag — whatever she says

oder wie er auch heißen mag — or whatever he is or might be or may be called

es mag dieses Mal gehen — it's all right this time

mag kommen was da will — come what may

mag es schneien, so viel es will —

von mir aus mag er warten — as far as I'm concerned he can wait

man mag es tun, wie man will, aber... — you can do it how you like, but...

4)

(Vermutung) es mochten etwa fünf Stunden vergangen sein — about five hours must or would have passed

sie mag/mochte etwa zwanzig sein — she must or would be/have been about twenty

wie alt mag sie sein? — how old might or would she be?, how old is she, I wonder?

wo mag sie das gehört haben? — where could or might she have heard that?

was mag das wohl heißen? — what might that mean?

5) (= wollen) to want

sie mag nicht bleiben — she doesn't want to stay

6)

(Aufforderung, indirekte Rede) (sagen Sie ihm,) er möchte zu mir kommen — would you tell him to come and see me

Sie möchten zu Hause anrufen —

du möchtest dich brieflich melden — you should write

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1) (having a liking for: He is very fond of dogs.) fond of

2) (to be pleased with; to find pleasant or agreeable: I like him very much; I like the way you've decorated this room.) like

3) (to enjoy: I like gardening.) like

4) (used to express a wish: May you live a long and happy life.) may

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mö·gen

[ˈmø:gn̩]

I. modal vb

<mochte, hat... mögen>

+ infin

1. (wollen)

▪ etw tun \mögen to want to do sth

ich mag dich nicht mehr sehen! I don't want to see you any more!

ich mag dich nicht gern[e] allein lassen I don't like to leave you alone [or leaving you alone]

Stefan hat noch nie Fisch essen \mögen Stefan has never liked fish

das hätte ich sehen \mögen! I would have liked to see that!

ich mochte nicht länger bleiben I didn't want to stay longer

2. im Konjunktiv (den Wunsch haben)

▪ jd möchte etw tun sb would like to do sth

ich möchte gerne kommen I'd like to come

hier möchte ich gerne leben I'd really like to live here

ich möchte jetzt einfach Urlaub machen können I wish I could [or I'd like to be able to] just take off on holiday now

das möchte ich sehen! I'd like to see that!

möchten Sie noch ein Glas Bier trinken? would you like another beer?

möchten Sie etwas essen/trinken? would you like something to eat/drink?

ich möchte gerne etwas trinken I would like something to drink

ich möchte gern Herrn Kuhn sprechen I would like to speak to Mr. Kuhn

ich möchte dazu nichts sagen I don't want to say anything about that, no comment

ich möchte zu gerne wissen... I'd love to know...

das möchte ich auch wissen I'd like to know that too

ich möchte nicht stören, aber... I don't want to interrupt, but...

3. im Konjunktiv (einschränkend)

man möchte meinen, es wäre schon Winter you'd think that it was already winter

ich möchte fast sagen... I would almost say...

4. (Vermutung, Möglichkeit)

sie mag sogar Recht haben she may be right

hm, das mag schon stimmen hmm, that might [well] be true

das mag noch angehen it might be all right

was mag das wohl bedeuten? what's that supposed to mean?, I wonder what that means?

jetzt mag sie denken, dass wir sie nicht sehen wollen she probably thinks [that] we don't want to see her now

wie alt sie wohl sein mag? I wonder how old she is

nun, sie mag so um die 40 sein well, she must be [or I'd say she's] about 40

wo mag sie das gehört haben? where could [or might] she have heard that?

was mag das wohl heißen? what might that mean?

was mag sie damit gemeint haben? what can she have meant by that?

wie viele Leute \mögen das gewesen sein? how many people would you say there were?

es mochten so um die zwanzig Personen gewesen sein there must have been around twenty people there

es mochten etwa zwei Stunden vergangen sein about two hours would have passed

5. (geh: Einräumung)

mag das Wetter auch noch so schlecht sein,... however bad the weather may be,...

er mag das zwar behaupten, aber deswegen stimmt es noch lange nicht just because he says that, doesn't necessarily mean that it's true

mag kommen, was will, wir sind vorbereitet come what may, we are prepared

was immer kommen mag, wir bleiben zusammen whatever happens we'll stay together

das mag für dieses Mal hingehen it's all right this time

diese Warnung mag genügen let this warning be enough, this warning should suffice

was immer er auch behaupten/sagen mag,... whatever he may claim/say,...

so gemein wie es auch klingen mag, es ist die Wahrheit however cruel this may sound, it is the truth

er sieht immer noch sehr gut aus, mag er auch inzwischen Mittfünfziger sein he's still very handsome, even if he's in his mid-fifties now

... und wie sie alle heißen \mögen... whatever they're called

[das] mag sein maybe

[es] mag sein, dass sie Recht hat it may be that she's right

das mag schon sein, aber trotzdem! that's as may be, but still!

wie dem auch sein mag be that as it may

wer er auch sein mag whoever he may be

es mag wohl sein, dass er Recht hat, aber... he may well be right, but...

es mag so sein, wie er behauptet it may well [or might] be as he says

6. (Erlaubnis, Zustimmung)

▪ etw tun \mögen to be allowed [or able] to do sth

du magst tun, was du willst you may do as you please [or can]

mag sie von mir aus gehen she can go as far as I'm concerned

es mag schneien, so viel es will let it snow as much as it likes

7. (sollen)

▪ jd möge [o möchte] etw tun sb should do sth

bestellen Sie ihm bitte, er möchte mich morgen anrufen please tell him to ring me tomorrow

sagen Sie ihr, sie möchte zu mir kommen would you tell her to come and see me

Sie möchten gleich mal zur Chefin kommen the boss has asked to see you right away

Sie möchten zu Hause anrufen you should call home

8. in der Wunschform (wenn doch)

möge sie bald kommen! I do hope she'll come soon!

möge es so bleiben! may it stay like that!

möge das stimmen! let's hope it's true!

möge Gott [o der Himmel] das verhüten! God [or Heaven] forbid!

wenn sie mir das doch nur verzeihen möge! if she could only forgive me this!

9. DIAL, BES SCHWEIZ (können)

es mochte nichts helfen it [just] didn't help

II. vt

<mochte, gemocht>

1. (gernhaben)

▪ jdn \mögen to like sb

magst du ihn? do you like him?

ich mag ihn I do like him

er mag mich nicht he does not like me

sie mag ihn sehr [gern] she is very fond of him

die beiden \mögen sich [o einander] nicht the two of them don't like each other

2. (eine Vorliebe haben)

▪ jdn/etw \mögen to like sb/sth

sie mag das [gern] she [really] likes that

welchen Maler magst du am liebsten? who is your favourite painter?, which painter do you like best?

sie mag keine Hunde she does not like dogs

am liebsten mag ich Eintopf I like stew best, stew is my favourite [meal]

ich mag lieber/am liebsten Rotwein I like red wine better/best [of all]

3. (haben wollen)

▪ etw \mögen to want sth

ich möchte ein Stück Kuchen I'd like a slice of cake

ich möchte im Augenblick nichts mehr I don't want anything else for the moment

möchten Sie noch etwas Kaffee/ein Glas Wein? would you like some more coffee/another glass of wine?

nein danke, ich möchte lieber Tee no thank you, I would prefer [or rather have] tea

magst du noch ein Bier? would you like another beer?

was möchten Sie bitte? what would you like?; (Verkäufer) what can I do for you?

4. (sich wünschen)

▪ jd möchte, dass jd etw tut sb would like sb to do sth

Ich möchte nicht, dass sie heute kommt I would not like her to come today

ich möchte, dass du dich sofort bei ihr entschuldigst I would like [or want] you to apologize to her at once

ich möchte nicht, dass das bekannt wird I don't want this to get out

ich möchte gern, dass er mir öfters schreibt I wish he would write [to me] more often

III. vi

<mochte, gemocht>

1. (wollen) to want [or like] to

es ist noch Nachtisch da, magst du noch? there is [still] some dessert left, would you like [to have] some more?

es ist doch keine Frage, ob ich mag, ich muss es eben tun it's not a question of whether I want to do it [or not], I have to [do it] [or it has to be done]

lass uns morgen weitermachen, ich mag nicht mehr let's carry on tomorrow, I don't feel like doing anymore today

wenn du magst, machen wir jetzt eine Pause we could take a break now if you like

iss doch bitte auf — ich mag aber nicht mehr come on, finish up — but I don't want any more

ich möchte schon, aber... I should like to, but...

nicht so recht \mögen to not [really] feel like it

gehst du mit ins Kino? — nein, ich mag nicht so recht are you coming to the cinema? — no, I don't really feel like it

2. (fam: gehen/fahren wollen)

▪ irgendwohin \mögen to want to go somewhere

ich mag jetzt nach Hause I want to go home

ich möchte nach Hause I'd like to go home

möchtest du auch ins Kino? do you want to go to the cinema too?

ich möchte zu Herrn Peters he would like to see Mr. Peters

ich möchte lieber in die Stadt I would prefer to go [or would rather go] into town

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1.
unregelmäßiges Modalverb; 2. Part. mögen

1) (wollen) want to

das hätte ich sehen mögen — I would have liked to see that

2) (geh.): (sollen)

das mag genügen — that should be or ought to be enough

3) (geh.): (Wunschform)

möge er bald kommen! — I do hope he'll come soon!

4) (Vermutung, Möglichkeit)

sie mag/mochte vierzig sein — she must be/must have been [about] forty

Meier, Müller, Koch - und wie sie alle heißen mögen — Meier, Müller, Koch and [the rest,] whatever they're called

wie viele Personen mögen das sein? — how many people would you say there are?

was mag sie damit gemeint haben? — what can she have meant by that?

[das] mag sein — maybe

5) (geh.): (Einräumung)

es mag kommen, was will — come what may

6) Konjunktiv II (den Wunsch haben)

ich/sie möchte gern wissen... — I would or should/she would like to know...

ich möchte nicht stören, aber... — I don't want to interrupt, but...

ich möchte zu gerne wissen — I'd love to know...

man möchte meinen, er sei der Chef — one would [really] think he was the boss
2.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1)

[gern] mögen — like

sie mag keine Rosen — she does not like roses

sie mag ihn sehr [gern] — she likes him very much; (hat ihn sehr gern) she is very fond of him

ich mag lieber/am liebsten Bier — I like beer better/best [of all]

2) Konjunktiv II (haben wollen)

möchten Sie ein Glas Wein? — would you like a glass of wine?

ich möchte lieber Tee — I would prefer tea or rather have tea
3.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) (es wollen) like to

ich mag nicht — I don't want to

magst du? — do you want to?; (bei einem Angebot) would you like one/some?

2) Konjunktiv II (fahren, gehen usw. wollen)

ich möchte nach Hause/in die Stadt/auf die Schaukel — I want or I'd like to go home/into town/on the swing

er möchte zu Herrn A — he would like to see Mr A

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mögen

A. v/mod; mag, mochte, hat … mögen

1. Wunsch ausdrückend:

ich möchte (dial

mag)

gehen I want to go;

sie mochte nicht bleiben she didn’t want to stay;

Bier hat sie noch nie trinken mögen she never liked drinking beer;

ich möchte Tee trinken I’d like to drink tea;

darüber möchte ich nicht reden I don’t want to talk about that;

ich möchte ihn sehen I want ( höflicher: I’d like) to see him;

möchtest (dial

magst)

du mitkommen? do you want ( höflicher: would you like) to come?;

ich möchte wissen I’d like to know; (ich frage mich) I wonder;

ich möchte lieber ins Kino gehen I’d rather go to the cinema (US movies);

das möchte ich doch einmal sehen! I’d like to see that;

man möchte meinen … you might think …;

man möchte verrückt werden! umg it’s enough to drive you up the wall

2. Vermutung ausdrückend:

das mag (wohl) sein that may be (so);

mag sein, dass … perhaps …, maybe …;

das möchte sein dial (that) could be;

wo er auch sein mag wherever he may be;

wie dem auch sein mag be that as it may;

was mag er dazu sagen? I wonder what he’ll say to that;

was mag das bedeuten? what can it mean?, I wonder what it could mean?;

man mag das bedauern, aber …it may be regrettable, but …;

Müller, Maier und wie sie alle heißen mögen Müller, Maier and whatever their names are;

sie mochte 30 Jahre alt sein she must have been ( oder she looked) about 30;

es mochten etwa 100 Leute sein there must have been about 100 people

3. einräumend:

mag er sagen, was er will he can say what he wants;

was ich auch tun mag whatever I do, no matter what I do

4. auffordernd:

Zeugen möchten sich bitte melden would any witnesses please come forward;

sag ihr, sie möge oder

möchte zu mir kommen tell her she should come and see me

B. v/t (hat gemocht)

1. (wünschen) want;

was möchtest du denn? (was ist?) what is it you want?

2. (gern mögen) like, be fond of;

nicht mögen not like; stärker: dislike;

Milch mag ich nicht besonders I’m not particularly keen on (US not crazy about) milk;

lieber mögen like better, prefer;

Tee mag ich lieber als Kaffee I prefer tea to coffee;

am liebsten mögen like best

C. v/i (hat gemocht) (wollen) want;

ich mag nicht I don’t want to; (ich habe keine Lust) I don’t feel like it;

ich möchte schon, aber … I’d like to, but …;

sie möchte noch nicht nach Hause she doesn’t want to go home yet;

er hat nicht in die Schule gemocht he didn’t want to go to school;

magst/möchtest du noch? zum Essen/Trinken: do you want/would you like some more?; weitermachen: do you want/would you like to go on?

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1.
unregelmäßiges Modalverb; 2. Part. mögen

1) (wollen) want to

das hätte ich sehen mögen — I would have liked to see that

2) (geh.): (sollen)

das mag genügen — that should be or ought to be enough

3) (geh.): (Wunschform)

möge er bald kommen! — I do hope he'll come soon!

4) (Vermutung, Möglichkeit)

sie mag/mochte vierzig sein — she must be/must have been [about] forty

Meier, Müller, Koch - und wie sie alle heißen mögen — Meier, Müller, Koch and [the rest,] whatever they're called

wie viele Personen mögen das sein? — how many people would you say there are?

was mag sie damit gemeint haben? — what can she have meant by that?

[das] mag sein — maybe

5) (geh.): (Einräumung)

es mag kommen, was will — come what may

6) Konjunktiv II (den Wunsch haben)

ich/sie möchte gern wissen... — I would or should/she would like to know...

ich möchte nicht stören, aber... — I don't want to interrupt, but...

ich möchte zu gerne wissen — I'd love to know...

man möchte meinen, er sei der Chef — one would [really] think he was the boss
2.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1)

[gern] mögen — like

sie mag keine Rosen — she does not like roses

sie mag ihn sehr [gern] — she likes him very much; (hat ihn sehr gern) she is very fond of him

ich mag lieber/am liebsten Bier — I like beer better/best [of all]

2) Konjunktiv II (haben wollen)

möchten Sie ein Glas Wein? — would you like a glass of wine?

ich möchte lieber Tee — I would prefer tea or rather have tea
3.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) (es wollen) like to

ich mag nicht — I don't want to

magst du? — do you want to?; (bei einem Angebot) would you like one/some?

2) Konjunktiv II (fahren, gehen usw. wollen)

ich möchte nach Hause/in die Stadt/auf die Schaukel — I want or I'd like to go home/into town/on the swing

er möchte zu Herrn A — he would like to see Mr A

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: mochte, gemocht)

= to like v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > mögen
4 vida

f.

1 life (existencia).

en vida de during the life o lifetime of

estar con vida to be alive

perder la vida to lose one's life

quitar la vida a alguien to kill somebody

¿qué es de tu vida? how's life?

vida amorosa love life

vida campestre country life

la vida estudiantil student life

vida eterna eternal life

vida de familia family life

vida laboral working life

vida matrimonial married life

vida privada private life

vida sana clean living

vida sentimental love life

vida sexual sex life

vida social social life

vida útil shelf life

2 life span, life span of person, duration.

3 livelihood, subsistence.

4 cost of living.

5 Vida.

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vida

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) life

2 (viveza) liveliness

3 (tiempo) lifetime, life

4 (modo de vivir) life, way of life

5 (medios) living, livelihood

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FRASEOLOGÍA

amargarle la vida a alguien to make somebody's life a misery

¡así es la vida! such is life!, that's life!

cambiar de vida to change one's life style

como si le fuera la vida en ello as if his life depended on it

costarle algo la vida a alguien to pay with one's life

dar la vida por to give one's life for, give one's right arm for

dar vida a (parir) to give birth to 2 (realizar) to bring to life

darse la gran vida / pegarse la gran vida / darse la vida padre familiar to live it up

debatirse entre la vida y la muerte to fight for one's life

de por vida for life

de toda la vida lifelong

■ un amigo de toda la vida a lifelong friend

echarse a la vida familiar to go on the game, become a prostitute

en la flor de la vida in the prime of life

en mi (tu, su, etc) vida never in my (your, his, etc) life

en vida de during the life of

escapar con vida / salir con vida to come out alive, survive

estar con vida / estar sin vida to be alive / be dead

¡esto es vida! / ¡esto sí que es vida! this is the life!

ganarse la vida to earn one's living

hacerle la vida imposible a alguien to make life impossible for somebody

llevar una vida agitada / llevar una vida tranquila to lead a busy life / lead a quiet life

pagar alguien con su vida to pay with one's life

pasar a mejor vida eufemístico to pass away

perder la vida to die

¿qué es de tu vida? how are things?

quitarle la vida a alguien to take somebody's life

¡vida mía! / ¡mi vida! my love!, darling!

la otra vida the next life

señales de vida signs of life

vida de perros dog's life

vida familiar family life

vida íntima private life

vida sentimental love life

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noun f.

1) life

2) lifetime

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SF

1) (=existencia) life

he vivido aquí toda mi vida — I've lived here all my life

está escribiendo la vida de Quevedo — he is writing the life o a life o a biography of Quevedo

¿qué es de tu vida? — what's new?, how's life?

le va la vida en ello — his life depends on it

• con vida — alive

estar con vida — to be still alive

escapar o salir con vida — to escape o come out alive

•en vida de, en vida de mi marido — when my husband was alive, during my husband's lifetime

¡en la o mi vida! — never (in all my life)!

en mi vida he visto semejante cosa — I've never seen such a thing (in all my life)

• vida o muerte, una operación a vida o muerte — a life-or-death operation

es una cuestión de vida o muerte — it's a matter of life and death

estar entre la vida y la muerte — to be at death's door

debatirse entre la vida y la muerte — to be fighting for one's life

• la otra vida — the next life

• perder la vida — to lose one's life

• de por vida — for life

• quitar la vida a algn — to take sb's life

• quitarse la vida — to take one's own life

• rehacer la vida — to start a new life

• sin vida — lifeless

encontró en el suelo el cuerpo sin vida de su marido — she found her husband's lifeless body on the floor

fue hallado sin vida — he was found dead

un cuerpo sin vida — a (dead) body, a corpse

• toda la vida, un amigo de toda la vida — a lifelong friend

ya no hay trabajos para toda la vida — there are no jobs for life nowadays

vida eterna — everlasting life

vida íntima — private life

vida nocturna — nightlife

vida privada — private life

vida sentimental — love-life
esperanza
2) (=forma de vivir) life

llevan una vida muy tranquila — they lead a very quiet life

• la vida airada — (=modo de vida) the criminal life; (=hampa) the underworld

de vida airada — loose-living, immoral

• mujer de vida alegre — loose woman

• vida arrastrada — wretched life

• la vida cotidiana — everyday life

• doble vida — double life

llevar una doble vida — to lead o live a double life

• hacer vida marital — to live together (as man and wife)

hacer una vida normal — to lead a normal life

no hacer vida social — to have no social life

hay que dejarles hacer su vida — you must let them live their own life

• mala vida, echarse a la mala vida — to go astray

llevar mala vida — to have a dissolute lifestyle

mujer de mala vida — loose woman

vida de perros, vida perra — dog's life, wretched life

3) (=sustento)

la vida está muy cara — the cost of living is very high

tienen la vida resuelta — they are set up for life

• coste de la vida — cost of living

• ganarse la vida — to earn o make one's living

se gana la vida haciendo traducciones — he earns o makes his living doing translations

• nivel de vida — standard of living
buscar 3.
4) [de objeto]

la vida de estos edificios es breve — the life of these buildings is short

la media de vida de un televisor — the average lifespan of a television set

vida útil — (Com) lifespan; (Téc) useful life

5)

- amargar la vida a algn

- así es la vida

- ¡por vida del chápiro verde!

- complicarse la vida

contar la vida —

¡no me cuentes tu vida! — I don't want your life story!

costarle la vida a algn —

le costó la vida — it cost him his life

dar vida a algn —

la mujer que me dio la vida — the woman who brought me into the world

dar vida a un personaje — to play a part

- darse buena vida o la vida padre

- estar encantado de la vida

acepté encantada de la vida — I was delighted to accept

- enterrarse en vida

- ¡esto es vida!

- hacer por la vida

- dar mala vida a algn

- meterse en vidas ajenas

- ¡hijo de mi vida!

- la vida y milagros de algn

cuéntame tu vida y milagros — tell me all about yourself

pasarse la vida —

se pasa la vida quejándose — he's forever complaining

pasar la vida a tragos — *to have a miserable life

- pasar a mejor vida

- pegarse la gran vida o la vida padre

- tener siete vidas como los gatos

- vender cara la vida
vivir 2., 1)
6) (=vitalidad)

lleno de vida — [ojos] lively; [persona] full of life

sus ojos sin vida — his lifeless eyes

este sol es la vida — this sunshine is a real tonic

• dar vida a, la música le da vida a estas imágenes — the music brings these images to life

dar vida a una fiesta — to liven up a party

7) (apelativo cariñoso)

¡vida!, ¡vida mía! — my love!, my darling!

8) euf
(=prostitución)
una mujer de la vida — a loose woman

echarse a la vida — to go on the game *

hacer la vida — to be on the game *

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femenino

1)

a) (Biol) life

la vida marina — marine life

a los tres meses de vida — at three months (old)

el derecho a la vida — the right to life

una cuestión de vida o muerte — a matter of life and death

se debate entre la vida y la muerte — she's fighting for her life

140 personas perdieron la vida — (period) 140 people lost their lives (journ)

quitarse la vida — to take one's (own) life (frml)

eso le costó la vida — (period) that cost him his life

como si le fuera la vida en ello — as if his life depended on it

salir con vida — to escape alive

dieron la vida por la patria — they gave o sacrificed their lives for their country

la mujer que te dio la vida — the woman who brought you into this world

mientras hay vida hay esperanza — where there is life there is hope

b) (viveza, vitalidad) life

lleno de vida — full of life

le falta vida — it's/she's/he's not very lively

2) ( extensión de tiempo) life

a lo largo de su vida — throughout his life

toda una vida — a lifetime

en vida de tu padre — when your father was alive

la relación tuvo una vida muy corta — the relationship was very short-lived

la vida de un coche — the life-span of a car

un amigo de toda la vida — a lifelong friend

el hombre de su vida — the man of her dreams

el amor de mi vida — the love of my life

amargarle la vida a alguien — to make somebody's life a misery

amargarse la vida — to make oneself miserable

complicarle la vida a alguien — to make somebody's life difficult

complicarse la vida — to make life difficult for oneself

de por vida — for life

en la/mi vida: en la or en mi vida he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it in my life!; en la or mi vida haría una cosa así! I'd never dream of doing something like that!; hacerle la vida imposible a alguien to make somebody's life impossible; tener siete vidas — to have nine lives

3)

a) (manera de vivir, actividades) life

lleva una vida muy ajetreada — she leads a very busy life

la música es toda su vida — she lives for music

¿qué es de tu vida? — what have you been up to?

hace or vive su vida — he gets on with o lives his own life

esto sí que es vida! — this is the life!

(así) es la vida! — that's life, such is life

qué vida ésta! — what a life!

darse la gran vida — to live the life of Riley (colloq)

estar encantado de la vida — to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq)

estar/quedar loco de la vida — (CS fam) to be over the moon (colloq)

la vida y milagros de alguien — (CS fam) somebody's life story

pasar a mejor vida — (hum) persona to kick the bucket (colloq); traje/botas to bite the dust (colloq)

pegarse la vida padre — (fam) to live the life of Riley (colloq)

b) ( en determinado aspecto) life

vida privada — private life

su vida sentimental — his love life

c) ( biografía) life

- vida alegre

- vida de perros

- vida eterna

- vida social

4) ( necesidades materiales)

tiene la vida resuelta — she's set up for life

la vida está carísima — the cost of living is very high

ganarse la vida — to earn one's o a living

buscarse la vida — (fam) to make a living

5) ( como apelativo) darling

mi vida! — (my) darling!

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= life [lives, -pl.], life story, lifeblood, lifetime [life time], living, life's work, lifework, life and limb.

Ex. We are comfortable with the things we know and can do because they give us a sense of control over our lives.

Ex. This study attempts to illustrate and illuminate the life story of a remarkable pioneering woman, Tryn Ras, using pictorial sources.

Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex. Bibliography and Library science reflect the changes that took place in Bliss's lifetime.

Ex. They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

Ex. Evelyn Bliss devoted his life's work to the study of classification and BC is the results of his efforts.

Ex. This is an eloquent, moving testament to the lifework of a major artist of unimpeachable technique and passion.

Ex. This is a special issue devoted partly to the theme: Life and limb: issues of security and safety.

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* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

* acabar + Posesivo + vida útil = run towards + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* acortar + Posesivo + vida = cut + Posesivo + life short.

* actitud ante la vida = approach to life.

* a favor de la vida humana = pro-life.

* agotar + Posesivo + vida útil = run towards + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* ahorros de toda la vida = life-time savings, life savings.

* ahorros de toda una vida = life savings.

* alargar la vida = prolong + life, prolong + longevity.

* alegrar la vida a Alguien = brighten up + Posesivo + life.

* al igual que con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* amante de la vida al aire libre = outdoor enthusiast.

* apostarse la vida = bet + Posesivo + life.

* aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida = lifelong learning.

* aprendizaje durante toda la vida = lifelong education.

* arreglar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.

* arriesgar la vida = risk + life and limb, play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life.

* arriesgar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + life on the line.

* aspectos de la vida = sphere of life.

* atentar contra la vida de Alguien = attempt on + Posesivo + life.

* atraído por la promesa de una vida mejor = drawn by the promise of a better life.

* aunque me fuera la vida ene ello = for the life of me.

* autoaprendizaje durante toda la vida = lifelong learning.

* buena vida = good life.

* calidad de vida = quality of life.

* cambiar la vida = change + life.

* cambiar + Posesivo + vida = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* ciencias de la vida = biosciences.

* ciencias de la vida, las = life sciences, the.

* ciencias sobre la vida en el espacio = space life sciences.

* circunstancias de la vida = accident of birth.

* cobrarse la vida de Alguien = claim + life.

* cobrarse muchas vidas = take + a heavy toll of life.

* cobrar vida = come + alive, come to + life.

* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* compañero de vida = lifemate.

* compañía aseguradora de vida = life-insurance company.

* compañía de seguros de vida = life-insurance company.

* complicarse la vida = ask for + trouble.

* condicionar la vida = condition + life.

* condiciones de vida = living conditions.

* conocer vida = see + the world.

* contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros = spill + Posesivo + guts.

* costar la vida = cost + life.

* coste de la vida = cost of living.

* coste de vidas humanas = human cost.

* crearse una vida = build + life.

* crucial para la vida de una persona = lifesaving.

* cuerpo sin vida = dead body.

* cuestión de vida o muerte = life or death issue.

* culto a la vida = cult of life.

* dar la vida = lay down + Posesivo + life, give + Posesivo + life.

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.

* dar sentido a la vida = give + meaning to life.

* dar sentido a + Posesivo + vida = make + sense of + Posesivo + life.

* dar señales de vida = show + signs of life.

* dar una segunda vida = give + a second life.

* dar vida = imbue with + life, animate, bring to + life.

* dar vida a = jazz up, brighten up, give + life to.

* dar vida a Algo = bring + Nombre + to life.

* dedicar la vida a = devote + life to.

* dedicar toda una vida = spend + lifetime.

* defensor de la vida humana = pro-lifer.

* de la vida real = real-life.

* de por vida = lifelong [life-long], lifetime [life-time].

* derecho a la vida = right to live.

* desquiciar + Posesivo + vida = turn + Posesivo + life upside down.

* de toda la vida = lifelong [life-long].

* de vida enclaustrada = cloistered.

* de vida o muerte = lifesaving, life threatening.

* devolver el sentido a la vida = put + meaning + back in + Posesivo + life.

* devolver la vida = bring + Nombre + back to life.

* disfrutar de la vida = sail through + life.

* diversidad de la vida = biodiversity, diversity of life, life-form diversity.

* durante toda la vida = lifelong [life-long].

* durante toda una vida = over a lifetime.

* durar toda una vida = go on + for a lifetime, last + (for) a lifetime.

* el amor de + Posesivo + vida = the love of + Posesivo + life.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* encarcelar de por vida = jail for + life.

* en el transcurso normal de + Posesivo + vida(s) = in the normal course of + Posesivo + life/lives.

* enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life, face + life, cope.

* en la vida real = in real life.

* en los primeros años de vida = early in life.

* en + Posesivo + vida = in + Posesivo + time.

* enriquecer la vida de Alguien = enrich + Posesivo + life.

* entregar + Posesivo + vida, = give + Posesivo + all.

* equipo de mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life-support system.

* esperanza de vida = life expectancy, lifespan [life span].

* estilo de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style], style of life, way of life.

* estilo de vida alternativo = alternative life-style.

* etapa de la vida = life stage.

* expectativas de vida = life expectancy.

* experiencia de la vida = experience of life.

* facilitarle la vida a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* filosofía de vida = philosophy of life.

* forma de vida = way of life.

* ganarse la vida = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* habilidades necesarias para la vida cotidiana = life skills.

* hábitos de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style].

* hacer frente a la vida = cope.

* hacer la vida imposible = make + life hell.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* hacer que la vida sea un infierno = make + life hell.

* hacerse un hueco en la vida = get on in + life.

* hacer vida social = socialise [socialize, -USA].

* historia de vida = life history.

* índice del coste de (la) vida = cost of living index.

* índice del costo de (la) vida = cost of living index.

* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.

* inmiscuirse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* jugarse la vida = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life.

* la oportunidad de + Posesivo + vida = the opportunity of a lifetime.

* la vida continúa = the show must go on.

* la vida + continuar = life + go on.

* la vida es así = life's like that.

* ¡la vida no es un camino de rosas! = the course of true love never did run smooth!.

* la vida + seguir = life + go on.

* ley de vida = fact of life, laws of nature.

* lienzo de la vida, el = canvas of life, the.

* línea de vida = lifeline.

* lisiado de por vida = lamed for life.

* lisiar a Alguien de por vida = lame + Nombre + for life.

* llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* lleno de vida = vibrant, feisty [feistier -comp., feistiest -sup.], spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], spirited, teeming with life, vivacious, ebullient, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.].

* llevar una vida + Ajetivo = lead + an + Adjetivo + existence.

* llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.

* llevar una vida de perros = lead + a dog's life.

* llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

* mantener la vida = sustain + life.

* mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life support.

* mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.

* mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.

* mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.

* meterse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* mientras hay vida hay esperanza = where there's life there's hope.

* modo de vida = way of life.

* modo de vida tradicional = folklife.

* muerto en vida = living dead.

* nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* nivel de vida = standard of living, living standard.

* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.

* oportunidad única en la vida = chance of a lifetime.

* otra vida, la = afterlife [after-life].

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* pasar a mejor vida = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost.

* pasar a vida mejor = lay + Nombre + low.

* perder la vida = lose + Posesivo + life.

* pérdida de vidas = loss of life, toll on life.

* perdonar la vida = spare + life.

* permanecer con vida = stay + alive.

* pletórico de vida = teeming with life.

* poner en peligro la vida = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb.

* poner la vida en peligro = put + Posesivo + life at risk.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* posteriormente en + Posesivo + vida = in later life.

* problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].

* prolongar la vida = prolong + life, prolong + longevity.

* prolongar la vida útil = extend + the useful life, prolong + useful life, increase + useful life.

* que cambia la vida = life-changing, life-altering.

* que da vida = life-giving.

* que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.

* que pone la vida en peligro = life threatening.

* quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life.

* rebosante de vida y energía = all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

* reconstruir + Posesivo + vida = rebuild + Posesivo + life.

* reformar + Posesivo + vida = reform + Posesivo + life.

* régimen de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style].

* rehacer + Posesivo + vida = rebuild + Posesivo + life.

* salir adelante en la vida, = get on in + life.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* secreto de la vida, el = secret of life, the.

* seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.

* seguro de vida = life insurance.

* seguro de vida a término = term life insurance.

* seguro de vida vitalicio = whole life insurance.

* sentido de la vida, el = meaning of life, the.

* sentido de la vida y al muerte, el = meaning of life and death, the.

* ser todo vida = be all life.

* situaciones de la vida = life situations [life-situations].

* soplo de vida = kiss of life.

* tener éxito en la vida = succeed in + life, get on in + life.

* tener una vida larga y próspera = live + long and prosper.

* toda la vida = from the cradle to the grave, whole lifelong, whole life.

* toda una vida = a lifetime.

* toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.

* toda una vida de trabajo = a lifetime of work.

* trabajo de toda una vida = life's work, lifework.

* triunfar en la vida = succeed in + life.

* truncar + Posesivo + vida = snip + Posesivo + life short, cut + Posesivo + life short.

* una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.

* una oportunidad única en la vida = once in a lifetime opportunity.

* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.

* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.

* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.

* vida acuática = aquatic life.

* vida afectiva = love life.

* vida amorosa = love life.

* vida animal = animal life.

* vida a toda pastilla = life in the fast lane.

* vida + cambiar por completo = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* vida cívica = civic life.

* vida civil = civic life.

* vida como trabajador = working life.

* vida corporativa = corporate life.

* vida cotidiana = daily life, everyday living, daily living.

* vida cotidiana, la = day to day life, the, everyday life.

* vida cultural = cultural life.

* vida + dar un giro de 180 grados = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* vida + dar un vuelco = turn + Posesivo + life upside down.

* vida de archivo = archival life.

* vida de, la = life nerve of, the.

* vida de la ciudad = urban life, city life.

* vida de la comunidad = community life.

* vida del mundo literario = literary life.

* vida de perros = a dog's life.

* vida desenfrenada = life in the fast lane.

* vida desequilibrada = unbalanced life, imbalanced life.

* vida después de la muerte = afterlife [after-life].

* vida diaria = daily life.

* vida diaria, la = everyday life.

* vida dilatada = long life.

* vida disoluta = life in the fast lane, loose life.

* vida doméstica = domestic life, home life.

* vida emocional = emotional life.

* vida en el campo = rural life.

* vida en el entorno familiar = family life.

* vida en el hogar = home life.

* vida en el trabajo = job life.

* vida entera, la = whole lifelong, whole life.

* vida equilibrada = balanced life.

* vida espiritual = spiritual life.

* vida + expirar = life + expire.

* vida extraterrestre = alien life.

* vida fácil = fast living.

* vida familiar = family life.

* vida futura = future life.

* vida humana = human life.

* vida laboral = working life.

* vida literaria = literary life.

* vida marítima = seafaring.

* vida media = half-life.

* vida mejor = better life.

* vida moderna, la = modern life.

* vida nocturna = nightlife, night life.

* vida or muerte = life or death.

* vida pasada = previous life.

* vida + pender + de un hilo = live on + the line.

* vida personal = personal life.

* vida privada = private life.

* vida profesional = professional life.

* vida pública = public life.

* vida real = real life.

* vida rural = rural life.

* vida salvaje = wildlife.

* vida sana = healthy life.

* vida sentimental = love life.

* vida sexual = sex life.

* vida social = social life.

* vida urbana = city life, urban life.

* vida útil = lifetime [life time], life expectancy, lifespan [life span], useful life, shelf life, service life.

* vida útil de un documento = shelf life.

* vida vegetal = plant life.

* vivir la vida al máximo = live + life to the full.

* volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

* vuelta a la vida = resuscitation, resurrection.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Biol) life

la vida marina — marine life

a los tres meses de vida — at three months (old)

el derecho a la vida — the right to life

una cuestión de vida o muerte — a matter of life and death

se debate entre la vida y la muerte — she's fighting for her life

140 personas perdieron la vida — (period) 140 people lost their lives (journ)

quitarse la vida — to take one's (own) life (frml)

eso le costó la vida — (period) that cost him his life

como si le fuera la vida en ello — as if his life depended on it

salir con vida — to escape alive

dieron la vida por la patria — they gave o sacrificed their lives for their country

la mujer que te dio la vida — the woman who brought you into this world

mientras hay vida hay esperanza — where there is life there is hope

b) (viveza, vitalidad) life

lleno de vida — full of life

le falta vida — it's/she's/he's not very lively

2) ( extensión de tiempo) life

a lo largo de su vida — throughout his life

toda una vida — a lifetime

en vida de tu padre — when your father was alive

la relación tuvo una vida muy corta — the relationship was very short-lived

la vida de un coche — the life-span of a car

un amigo de toda la vida — a lifelong friend

el hombre de su vida — the man of her dreams

el amor de mi vida — the love of my life

amargarle la vida a alguien — to make somebody's life a misery

amargarse la vida — to make oneself miserable

complicarle la vida a alguien — to make somebody's life difficult

complicarse la vida — to make life difficult for oneself

de por vida — for life

en la/mi vida: en la or en mi vida he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it in my life!; en la or mi vida haría una cosa así! I'd never dream of doing something like that!; hacerle la vida imposible a alguien to make somebody's life impossible; tener siete vidas — to have nine lives

3)

a) (manera de vivir, actividades) life

lleva una vida muy ajetreada — she leads a very busy life

la música es toda su vida — she lives for music

¿qué es de tu vida? — what have you been up to?

hace or vive su vida — he gets on with o lives his own life

esto sí que es vida! — this is the life!

(así) es la vida! — that's life, such is life

qué vida ésta! — what a life!

darse la gran vida — to live the life of Riley (colloq)

estar encantado de la vida — to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq)

estar/quedar loco de la vida — (CS fam) to be over the moon (colloq)

la vida y milagros de alguien — (CS fam) somebody's life story

pasar a mejor vida — (hum) persona to kick the bucket (colloq); traje/botas to bite the dust (colloq)

pegarse la vida padre — (fam) to live the life of Riley (colloq)

b) ( en determinado aspecto) life

vida privada — private life

su vida sentimental — his love life

c) ( biografía) life

- vida alegre

- vida de perros

- vida eterna

- vida social

4) ( necesidades materiales)

tiene la vida resuelta — she's set up for life

la vida está carísima — the cost of living is very high

ganarse la vida — to earn one's o a living

buscarse la vida — (fam) to make a living

5) ( como apelativo) darling

mi vida! — (my) darling!

* * *

= life [lives, -pl.], life story, lifeblood, lifetime [life time], living, life's work, lifework, life and limb.

Ex: We are comfortable with the things we know and can do because they give us a sense of control over our lives.

Ex: This study attempts to illustrate and illuminate the life story of a remarkable pioneering woman, Tryn Ras, using pictorial sources.

Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex: Bibliography and Library science reflect the changes that took place in Bliss's lifetime.

Ex: They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

Ex: Evelyn Bliss devoted his life's work to the study of classification and BC is the results of his efforts.

Ex: This is an eloquent, moving testament to the lifework of a major artist of unimpeachable technique and passion.

Ex: This is a special issue devoted partly to the theme: Life and limb: issues of security and safety.

* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

* acabar + Posesivo + vida útil = run towards + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* acortar + Posesivo + vida = cut + Posesivo + life short.

* actitud ante la vida = approach to life.

* a favor de la vida humana = pro-life.

* agotar + Posesivo + vida útil = run towards + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* ahorros de toda la vida = life-time savings, life savings.

* ahorros de toda una vida = life savings.

* alargar la vida = prolong + life, prolong + longevity.

* alegrar la vida a Alguien = brighten up + Posesivo + life.

* al igual que con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* amante de la vida al aire libre = outdoor enthusiast.

* apostarse la vida = bet + Posesivo + life.

* aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida = lifelong learning.

* aprendizaje durante toda la vida = lifelong education.

* arreglar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.

* arriesgar la vida = risk + life and limb, play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life.

* arriesgar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + life on the line.

* aspectos de la vida = sphere of life.

* atentar contra la vida de Alguien = attempt on + Posesivo + life.

* atraído por la promesa de una vida mejor = drawn by the promise of a better life.

* aunque me fuera la vida ene ello = for the life of me.

* autoaprendizaje durante toda la vida = lifelong learning.

* buena vida = good life.

* calidad de vida = quality of life.

* cambiar la vida = change + life.

* cambiar + Posesivo + vida = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* ciencias de la vida = biosciences.

* ciencias de la vida, las = life sciences, the.

* ciencias sobre la vida en el espacio = space life sciences.

* circunstancias de la vida = accident of birth.

* cobrarse la vida de Alguien = claim + life.

* cobrarse muchas vidas = take + a heavy toll of life.

* cobrar vida = come + alive, come to + life.

* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* compañero de vida = lifemate.

* compañía aseguradora de vida = life-insurance company.

* compañía de seguros de vida = life-insurance company.

* complicarse la vida = ask for + trouble.

* condicionar la vida = condition + life.

* condiciones de vida = living conditions.

* conocer vida = see + the world.

* contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros = spill + Posesivo + guts.

* costar la vida = cost + life.

* coste de la vida = cost of living.

* coste de vidas humanas = human cost.

* crearse una vida = build + life.

* crucial para la vida de una persona = lifesaving.

* cuerpo sin vida = dead body.

* cuestión de vida o muerte = life or death issue.

* culto a la vida = cult of life.

* dar la vida = lay down + Posesivo + life, give + Posesivo + life.

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.

* dar sentido a la vida = give + meaning to life.

* dar sentido a + Posesivo + vida = make + sense of + Posesivo + life.

* dar señales de vida = show + signs of life.

* dar una segunda vida = give + a second life.

* dar vida = imbue with + life, animate, bring to + life.

* dar vida a = jazz up, brighten up, give + life to.

* dar vida a Algo = bring + Nombre + to life.

* dedicar la vida a = devote + life to.

* dedicar toda una vida = spend + lifetime.

* defensor de la vida humana = pro-lifer.

* de la vida real = real-life.

* de por vida = lifelong [life-long], lifetime [life-time].

* derecho a la vida = right to live.

* desquiciar + Posesivo + vida = turn + Posesivo + life upside down.

* de toda la vida = lifelong [life-long].

* de vida enclaustrada = cloistered.

* de vida o muerte = lifesaving, life threatening.

* devolver el sentido a la vida = put + meaning + back in + Posesivo + life.

* devolver la vida = bring + Nombre + back to life.

* disfrutar de la vida = sail through + life.

* diversidad de la vida = biodiversity, diversity of life, life-form diversity.

* durante toda la vida = lifelong [life-long].

* durante toda una vida = over a lifetime.

* durar toda una vida = go on + for a lifetime, last + (for) a lifetime.

* el amor de + Posesivo + vida = the love of + Posesivo + life.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* encarcelar de por vida = jail for + life.

* en el transcurso normal de + Posesivo + vida(s) = in the normal course of + Posesivo + life/lives.

* enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life, face + life, cope.

* en la vida real = in real life.

* en los primeros años de vida = early in life.

* en + Posesivo + vida = in + Posesivo + time.

* enriquecer la vida de Alguien = enrich + Posesivo + life.

* entregar + Posesivo + vida, = give + Posesivo + all.

* equipo de mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life-support system.

* esperanza de vida = life expectancy, lifespan [life span].

* estilo de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style], style of life, way of life.

* estilo de vida alternativo = alternative life-style.

* etapa de la vida = life stage.

* expectativas de vida = life expectancy.

* experiencia de la vida = experience of life.

* facilitarle la vida a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* filosofía de vida = philosophy of life.

* forma de vida = way of life.

* ganarse la vida = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* habilidades necesarias para la vida cotidiana = life skills.

* hábitos de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style].

* hacer frente a la vida = cope.

* hacer la vida imposible = make + life hell.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* hacer que la vida sea un infierno = make + life hell.

* hacerse un hueco en la vida = get on in + life.

* hacer vida social = socialise [socialize, -USA].

* historia de vida = life history.

* índice del coste de (la) vida = cost of living index.

* índice del costo de (la) vida = cost of living index.

* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.

* inmiscuirse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* jugarse la vida = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life.

* la oportunidad de + Posesivo + vida = the opportunity of a lifetime.

* la vida continúa = the show must go on.

* la vida + continuar = life + go on.

* la vida es así = life's like that.

* ¡la vida no es un camino de rosas! = the course of true love never did run smooth!.

* la vida + seguir = life + go on.

* ley de vida = fact of life, laws of nature.

* lienzo de la vida, el = canvas of life, the.

* línea de vida = lifeline.

* lisiado de por vida = lamed for life.

* lisiar a Alguien de por vida = lame + Nombre + for life.

* llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* lleno de vida = vibrant, feisty [feistier -comp., feistiest -sup.], spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], spirited, teeming with life, vivacious, ebullient, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.].

* llevar una vida + Ajetivo = lead + an + Adjetivo + existence.

* llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.

* llevar una vida de perros = lead + a dog's life.

* llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

* mantener la vida = sustain + life.

* mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life support.

* mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.

* mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.

* mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.

* meterse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* mientras hay vida hay esperanza = where there's life there's hope.

* modo de vida = way of life.

* modo de vida tradicional = folklife.

* muerto en vida = living dead.

* nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* nivel de vida = standard of living, living standard.

* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.

* oportunidad única en la vida = chance of a lifetime.

* otra vida, la = afterlife [after-life].

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* pasar a mejor vida = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost.

* pasar a vida mejor = lay + Nombre + low.

* perder la vida = lose + Posesivo + life.

* pérdida de vidas = loss of life, toll on life.

* perdonar la vida = spare + life.

* permanecer con vida = stay + alive.

* pletórico de vida = teeming with life.

* poner en peligro la vida = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb.

* poner la vida en peligro = put + Posesivo + life at risk.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* posteriormente en + Posesivo + vida = in later life.

* problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].

* prolongar la vida = prolong + life, prolong + longevity.

* prolongar la vida útil = extend + the useful life, prolong + useful life, increase + useful life.

* que cambia la vida = life-changing, life-altering.

* que da vida = life-giving.

* que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.

* que pone la vida en peligro = life threatening.

* quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life.

* rebosante de vida y energía = all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

* reconstruir + Posesivo + vida = rebuild + Posesivo + life.

* reformar + Posesivo + vida = reform + Posesivo + life.

* régimen de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style].

* rehacer + Posesivo + vida = rebuild + Posesivo + life.

* salir adelante en la vida, = get on in + life.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* secreto de la vida, el = secret of life, the.

* seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.

* seguro de vida = life insurance.

* seguro de vida a término = term life insurance.

* seguro de vida vitalicio = whole life insurance.

* sentido de la vida, el = meaning of life, the.

* sentido de la vida y al muerte, el = meaning of life and death, the.

* ser todo vida = be all life.

* situaciones de la vida = life situations [life-situations].

* soplo de vida = kiss of life.

* tener éxito en la vida = succeed in + life, get on in + life.

* tener una vida larga y próspera = live + long and prosper.

* toda la vida = from the cradle to the grave, whole lifelong, whole life.

* toda una vida = a lifetime.

* toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.

* toda una vida de trabajo = a lifetime of work.

* trabajo de toda una vida = life's work, lifework.

* triunfar en la vida = succeed in + life.

* truncar + Posesivo + vida = snip + Posesivo + life short, cut + Posesivo + life short.

* una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.

* una oportunidad única en la vida = once in a lifetime opportunity.

* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.

* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.

* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.

* vida acuática = aquatic life.

* vida afectiva = love life.

* vida amorosa = love life.

* vida animal = animal life.

* vida a toda pastilla = life in the fast lane.

* vida + cambiar por completo = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* vida cívica = civic life.

* vida civil = civic life.

* vida como trabajador = working life.

* vida corporativa = corporate life.

* vida cotidiana = daily life, everyday living, daily living.

* vida cotidiana, la = day to day life, the, everyday life.

* vida cultural = cultural life.

* vida + dar un giro de 180 grados = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* vida + dar un vuelco = turn + Posesivo + life upside down.

* vida de archivo = archival life.

* vida de, la = life nerve of, the.

* vida de la ciudad = urban life, city life.

* vida de la comunidad = community life.

* vida del mundo literario = literary life.

* vida de perros = a dog's life.

* vida desenfrenada = life in the fast lane.

* vida desequilibrada = unbalanced life, imbalanced life.

* vida después de la muerte = afterlife [after-life].

* vida diaria = daily life.

* vida diaria, la = everyday life.

* vida dilatada = long life.

* vida disoluta = life in the fast lane, loose life.

* vida doméstica = domestic life, home life.

* vida emocional = emotional life.

* vida en el campo = rural life.

* vida en el entorno familiar = family life.

* vida en el hogar = home life.

* vida en el trabajo = job life.

* vida entera, la = whole lifelong, whole life.

* vida equilibrada = balanced life.

* vida espiritual = spiritual life.

* vida + expirar = life + expire.

* vida extraterrestre = alien life.

* vida fácil = fast living.

* vida familiar = family life.

* vida futura = future life.

* vida humana = human life.

* vida laboral = working life.

* vida literaria = literary life.

* vida marítima = seafaring.

* vida media = half-life.

* vida mejor = better life.

* vida moderna, la = modern life.

* vida nocturna = nightlife, night life.

* vida or muerte = life or death.

* vida pasada = previous life.

* vida + pender + de un hilo = live on + the line.

* vida personal = personal life.

* vida privada = private life.

* vida profesional = professional life.

* vida pública = public life.

* vida real = real life.

* vida rural = rural life.

* vida salvaje = wildlife.

* vida sana = healthy life.

* vida sentimental = love life.

* vida sexual = sex life.

* vida social = social life.

* vida urbana = city life, urban life.

* vida útil = lifetime [life time], life expectancy, lifespan [life span], useful life, shelf life, service life.

* vida útil de un documento = shelf life.

* vida vegetal = plant life.

* vivir la vida al máximo = live + life to the full.

* volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

* vuelta a la vida = resuscitation, resurrection.

* * *

vida

feminine

A

1 ( Biol) life

la vida marina marine life

a los tres meses de vida at three months (old)

el derecho a la vida the right to life

no pudieron salvarle la vida they were unable to save his life

era una cuestión de vida o muerte it was a matter of life and death

se debate entre la vida y la muerte she's fighting for her life

140 personas perdieron la vida en el accidente ( period); 140 people lost their lives in the accident ( journ)

quitarse la vida to take one's (own) life ( frml)

el accidente que le costó la vida ( period); the accident that cost him his life

jugarse la vida to risk one's life

se puso como si le fuera la vida en ello he behaved as if his life depended on it

sólo tres personas lograron salir con vida only three people escaped alive, there were only three survivors

encontraron su cuerpo sin vida junto al río ( period); his body was found by the river

el cuerpo sin vida de su amada ( liter); the lifeless body of his beloved ( liter)

dieron la vida por la patria they gave o sacrificed their lives for their country

la mujer que te dio la vida the woman who brought you into this world

el actor que da vida al personaje de Napoleón the actor who plays o portrays Napoleon

con la vida en un hilo or pendiente de un hilo: estuvo un mes entero con la vida en un hilo his life hung by a thread for a whole month

real como la vida misma true, true-life

es una historia real como la vida misma it's a true o true-life story

mientras hay vida hay esperanza where there is life there is hope

2 (viveza, vitalidad) life

es un niño sano, lleno de vida he's a healthy child, full of life

la ciudad es bonita, pero le falta vida it's a nice city but it's not very lively o it doesn't have much life

unas cortinas amarillas le darían vida a la habitación yellow curtains would liven up o brighten up the room

B (extensión de tiempo) life

se pasa la vida viendo la televisión he spends his life watching television

toda una vida dedicada a la enseñanza a lifetime dedicated to teaching

a lo largo de su vida throughout his life

en vida de tu padre when your father was alive

la corta vida del último gobierno the short life of the last government

la relación tuvo una vida muy corta the relationship was very short-lived

la vida de un coche/electrodoméstico the life-span of a car/an electrical appliance

cuando encuentres al hombre de tu vida when you find the man of your dreams o your Mr Right

es el amor de mi vida she's the love of my life

amargarle la vida a algn to make sb's life a misery

amargarse la vida to make oneself miserable

complicarle la vida a algn to make sb's life difficult

complicarse la vida to make life difficult for oneself

de por vida for life

de toda la vida loc adj/adv (desde siempre) lifelong

se conocen de toda la vida they know each other from way back

un programa/una medicina de toda la vida a run-of-the-mill program*/medicine

un amigo/votante de toda la vida a lifelong friend/voter

en la/mi vida: ¡en la or en mi vida he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it in my life!

¡en la or mi vida haría una cosa así! I'd never dream of doing something like that!

en mi perra vida lo he visto (CS fam); I've never seen him in my life

enterrarse en vida to cut oneself off from the world

hacerle la vida imposible a algn to make sb's life impossible

tener siete vidas como los gatos to have nine lives

C

1 (manera de vivir, actividades) life

lleva una vida muy ajetreada she leads a very busy life

la medicina/pintura es toda su vida she lives for medicine/painting

¿qué tal? ¿qué es de tu vida? how are you? what have you been up to?

déjalo que haga or viva su vida let him get on with o let him live his own life

¡esto sí que es vida! this is the life!

¡(así) es la vida! that's life, such is life

la vida le sonríe fortune has smiled on her

hacen vida de casados or marital they live together

comparten la casa pero no hacen vida en común they share the house but they lead separate lives o they live separately

¡qué vida ésta! what a life!

¡qué vida más cruel! ( hum); it's a hard life! ( hum)

darse or pegarse una or la gran vida to have an easy life ( colloq), to live the life of Riley ( colloq)

estar encantado de la vida to be thrilled, to be thrilled to bits ( colloq), to be over the moon ( colloq)

está encantada de la vida con el nuevo trabajo she's thrilled to bits o she's over the moon with her new job

¿podríamos hacer la fiesta en tu casa? — por mí, encantado de la vida could we have the party at your house? — I'd be delighted to o that's absolutely fine by me

estar/quedar loco de la vida (CS fam); to be over the moon ( colloq), to be thrilled

la vida y milagros or ( RPI) la vida, obra y misterios ( fam); life story

se sabe la vida y milagros de todo el mundo he knows everybody's life story

pasar a mejor vida ( hum) «persona» to kick the bucket ( colloq), to croak ( colloq);

«vestido/zapatos» to bite the dust ( colloq)

pegarse la vida padre ( fam); to have an easy life

2 (en determinado aspecto) life

vida privada/militar private/military life

su vida sentimental or amorosa his love life

3 (biografía) life

la vida y obra de Cervantes the life and works of Cervantes

las vidas de los santos the lives of the saints

Compuestos:

● vida alegre

( euf):

ser de vida alegre to be in the profession o the life ( AmE), to be on the game ( BrE colloq)

● vida contemplativa

life of contemplation

● vida de perros

( fam); dog's life

tuvo una vida de perros she led a dog's life

● vida eterna or perdurable

la vida eterna or perdurable eternal o everlasting life

● vida nocturna

nightlife

● vida social

social life

no hacen mucha vida social they don't socialize much, they don't have much social life

D

(necesidades materiales): con ese dinero tiene la vida resuelta with that money she's set up for life

la vida está carísima everything is so expensive, the cost of living is very high

ganarse la vida to earn one's o a living

buscarse la vida ( fam): me busco la vida como puedo one way or another I get by o I make a living

¡pues, ahora que se busque la vida! well, now he'll have to stand on his own two feet o get by on his own!

E (como apelativo) darling

¡mi vida! or ¡vida mía! my darling!, darling!

pero hija de mi vida ¿cómo se te ocurrió hacer eso? but my dear, what made you do that?

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vida sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Biol) life;

◊ la vida marina marine life;

una cuestión de vida o muerte a matter of life and death;
quitarse la vida to take one's (own) life (frml);
salir con vida to escape alive
b) (viveza, vitalidad) life;

◊ lleno de vida full of life;

le falta vida it's/she's/he's not very lively
2 ( extensión de tiempo, existencia) life;
◊ a lo largo de su vida throughout his life;

toda una vida a lifetime;
la vida de un coche the life-span of a car;
un amigo de toda la vida a lifelong friend;
amargarle la vida a algn to make sb's life a misery;
complicarse la vida to make life difficult for oneself;
de por vida for life;
hacerle la vida imposible a algn to make sb's life impossible
3 (manera de vivir, actividades) life;
◊ lleva una vida muy ajetreada she leads a very busy life;

¿qué es de tu vida? what have you been up to?;
hace or vive su vida he lives his own life;
¡esto sí que es vida! this is the life!;
¡(así) es la vida! that's life, such is life;
vida privada private life;
su vida sentimental his love life;
una mujer de vida alegre a woman of easy virtue;
¡qué vida de perros! it's a dog's life;
hacer vida social to socialize;
estar encantado de la vida to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq)
4 ( necesidades materiales):
◊ la vida está carísima the cost of living is very high;

ganarse la vida to earn one's o a living;
tiene la vida resuelta he's set up for life
5 ( como apelativo) darling;
◊ ¡mi vida! (my) darling!

vida sustantivo femenino
1 (existencia) life: no hay vida en Marte, there is no life on Mars
estar con vida, to be alive
quitarse la vida, to take one's own life
2 (periodo vital) life: toda la vida ha sido socialista, he's been a socialist all his life
de corta vida, short-lived
toda una vida, a lifetime
3 (modo de vida) ¿cómo te va la vida?, how's life?
la literatura es su vida, he lives for literature o literature is his life
lleva una vida muy desordenada, she lives o leads a very chaotic life
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡esto es vida!, this is the life (situación muy agradable, placentera) ¡esto es vida!, todo el día tumbado sin tener que trabajar, this is the life! lazing around all day without having to work
fam (resolver un asunto, problema) buscarse la vida: no tengo dinero, - me da igual, ¡búscate la vida!, I haven't got any money, - I couldn't care less, go and sort your own problems out
figurado Lit Cine Teat (representar un personaje) dar vida: en esa película el actor da vida a Napoleón, in that film the actor plays the part of Napoleon
dar la vida, to sacrifice o give one's life
ganarse la vida, to earn one's living
fig fam (morir) pasar a mejor vida, to pass away
(independencia) tener/vivir su (propia) vida alguien: ya no está con sus padres, tiene su propia vida, he isn't with his parents anymore, he's living his own life
a vida o muerte, (situación de alto riesgo) le tuvieron que operar a vida o muerte, it was a life or death operation
de mi/tu/su... vida: el amor de mi vida, the love of my life
de por vida, for life
de toda la vida, lifelong
en la vida, never in one's life
Rel la otra vida, the next life
familiar vida de perros, dog's life
fam (hechos y anécdotas de un personaje o persona) vida y milagros de alguien, the full details about sb
' vida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agitada
- agitado
- amargarse
- andar
- atentar
- comentar
- complicarse
- constante
- contemplativa
- contemplativo
- convivencia
- conyugal
- cosa
- crepúsculo
- cruzarse
- delante
- descansada
- descansado
- desengañarse
- desgraciada
- desgraciado
- encarrilar
- episodio
- ser
- ermitaña
- ermitaño
- esperanza
- flor
- ir
- ganarse
- hipótesis
- ilusión
- indigna
- indigno
- inerte
- intrepidez
- jamás
- juego
- jugar
- martirio
- muerta
- muerto
- mujer
- normalización
- oportunidad
- padecer
- padre
- pajolera
- pajolero
- pantalla
English:
abundance
- account
- active
- afterlife
- alive
- amenities
- assurance
- attempt
- bang up
- battle
- bread
- breeding ground
- bright
- busy
- carp
- chapter
- clean
- conception
- cost
- cost of living
- crossroads
- dead
- dear
- dedicate
- destroy
- dodge
- dog
- domestic
- earn
- easy
- eccentric
- emigrate
- existence
- fascination
- flat
- give up
- gracious
- greed
- greediness
- hell
- herself
- high life
- himself
- hurdle
- impossible
- index-linked
- insurance
- lead
- life
- life expectancy

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vida nf

1. [estado fisiológico, hecho de existir] life;

¿hay vida en otros planetas? is there life on other planets?;

el cuerpo sin vida de un soldado the lifeless body of a soldier;

el conflicto se cobró muchas vidas many lives were lost in the conflict;

aquello le costó la vida that cost him his life;

dar la vida por to give one's life for;

estar con vida to be alive;

va a ser una operación a vida o muerte the operation may save his life but it may also kill him;

estar entre la vida y la muerte to be at death's door;

perder la vida to lose one's life;

quitar la vida a alguien to kill sb;

quitarse la vida to take one's (own) life;

salir con vida to come out alive;

como si la vida le fuera en ello as if his/her life depended on it;

ser una cuestión o [m5] un asunto de vida o muerte to be a matter of life and death;

Comp

enterrarse en vida to forsake the world;

Comp

pasar a mejor vida Euf [persona] to pass away;
[prenda, aparato, utensilio] to have had it;
Comp

la otra vida the next life;

Comp

tenía la vida pendiente de un hilo her life was hanging by a thread;

Comp

tener siete vidas (como los gatos) to have nine lives;

Prov

mientras hay vida hay esperanza hope springs eternal

Comp
vida artificial artificial life;
la vida eterna eternal life;

vida extraterrestre extraterrestrial life;

vida intrauterina intrauterine life

2. [periodo de existencia] life;

trabajó toda su vida he worked all his life;

una vida plagada de éxitos a lifetime of success;

de mi/tu/ etc[m5] vida of my/your/ etc life;

el amor/la oportunidad de su vida the love/chance of his life;

un amigo de toda la vida a lifelong friend;

le conozco de toda la vida I've known him all my life;

de toda la vida las novias van de blanco brides have worn white since time immemorial, brides have always worn white;

de por vida for life;

en vida de during the life o lifetime of;

eso no lo hubieras dicho en vida de tu padre you would never have said that while your father was alive;

así no vas a aprobar en la o [m5] tu vida you'll never pass like that;

¡en mi o [m5] la vida vi cosa igual! I'd never seen such a thing in all my life!;

pasarse la vida haciendo algo to spend one's life doing sth;

se pasa la vida quejándose he does nothing but complain all the time;

Comp

hacer la vida imposible a alguien to make sb's life impossible;

Comp
Am
toda la vida: [sin duda] [m5]¿prefieres África a Europa? – ¡toda la vida! do you prefer Africa to Europe? – every time! o you bet!;

Comp

la vida da muchas vueltas you never know what life has got in store for you;

Comp

la vida y milagros de alguien sb's life story

3. Com [de maquinaria, aparato, automóvil] life;

tiene una vida útil de veinte años it has a useful life of twenty years, it's designed to last for twenty years

Comp
vida en estantería shelf life;
vida media average life, mean lifetime

4. [forma de vivir, faceta cotidiana] life;

su vida es el teatro the theatre is her life;

¿cómo es tu vida diaria? what would be a typical day in your life?;

la vida política del país the country's political life;

¿no te gustaría cambiar de vida? wouldn't you like to change your life o the way you live?;

yo hago o [m5] vivo mi vida como todo el mundo I just get on with my life like everyone else;

lleva una vida muy tranquila she leads o lives a very peaceful life;

¡así es la vida! that's life!, such is life!;

¡esto (sí que) es vida! this is the life!;

una mujer de vida alegre a loose woman;

¿qué es de tu vida? how's life?;

¡qué vida ésta! what a life!;

la buena vida the good life;

Comp

darse o [m5]pegarse la gran vida, darse o [m5] pegarse la vida padre to live the life of Riley;

Comp

llevar una vida de perros to lead a dog's life

Comp
vida amorosa love life;
vida de familia family life;

vida privada private life;

vida pública public life;

vida sentimental love life;

vida sexual sex life;

vida social social life;

hacer vida social (con) to socialize (with)

5. [animación] life;

este pueblo tiene mucha vida this town is very lively;

estar lleno de vida to be full of life;

Brando da vida al personaje del padre Brando plays the father

Comp
vida nocturna nightlife
6. [necesidades materiales]
la vida está muy cara en Japón the cost of living is very high in Japan;
Fam
está la vida muy achuchada money's very tight;

ganarse la vida to earn a living;

con este trabajo me gano bien la vida I make a good living from this job

7. [apelativo cariñoso] darling;

¡mi vida!, ¡vida mía! my darling!

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vida

f life; esp
TÉC life span;
de por vida for life;

toda la vida all one’s life;

somos amigos de toda la vida we have been friends all our lives;

en mi vida never (in my life);

en vida in his/ her etc lifetime;

¿qué es de tu vida? how are things?;

ganarse la vida earn a living;

vivir su vida live one’s own life;

hacer la vida imposible a alguien make s.o.’s life impossible;

a vida o muerte life-or-death;

estar entre la vida y la muerte be hovering between life and death, be fighting for life;

darse buena vida o

la gran vida live high on the hog fam, live the life of Riley fam ;

pasar a mejor vida pass away;

quitarse la vida take one’s own life, kill o.s.;

perder la vida lose one’s life;

salir con vida come out alive;

sin vida lifeless;

la vida y milagros de alguien s.o.’s life story;

vida en pareja married life, life together;

vida familiar/sentimental family/love life;

vida interior inner self;

así es la vida that’s life;

vida mía my love;

mujer de la vida loose woman;

dar vida a TEA play the part of

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vida nf

1) : life

la vida cotidiana: everyday life

2) : life span, lifetime

3) biografía: biography, life

4) : way of life, lifestyle

5) : livelihood

ganarse la vida: to earn one's living

6) viveza: liveliness

7)

media vida : half-life

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vida n

1. (en general) life [pl. lives]

lleva una vida muy interesante she leads a very interesting life

2. (sustento) living

se gana la vida como escritor he earns a living as a writer

de toda la vida all one's life

lo conozco de toda la vida I've known him all my life

en la vida never

en la vida había visto algo así I've never seen anything like it

estar con vida to be alive

Spanish-English dictionary > vida
5 duro

adj.

1 hard, hard-core, stiff, strong.

2 hard, hard-boiled, hard-bitten, severe.

3 hard, tough, difficult, rough.

4 headstrong, unbending, obdurate.

5 harsh, severe.

adv.

hard, with force.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: durar.

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duro

► adjetivo

1 hard

2 (carne) tough; (pan) stale

3 (difícil) hard, difficult

4 (cruel) tough, hardhearted, callous

5 (resistente) strong, tough

6 (obstinado) obstinate, stubborn

► nombre masculino duro

1 (antiguamente) five pesetas; (moneda) five-peseta coin

2 familiar tough guy

► adverbio

1 hard

■ dale duro hit him hard

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

lo que faltaba para el duro familiar just what I (we etc) needed!

ser duro,-a de mollera to be thick, be as thick as two short planks

————————

duro

► nombre masculino

1 (antiguamente) five pesetas; (moneda) five-peseta coin

2 familiar tough guy

► adverbio

1 hard

■ dale duro hit him hard

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1. adv.
hard
2. (f. - dura)
adj.

1) hard

2) harsh

3) rough

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duro, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=resistente) [material, superficie, cama, agua] hard; [cable, alambre] stiff; [pan] hard, stale; [carne] tough; [legumbres] hard; [articulación, mecanismo] stiff; [músculo] firm, hard

la cerradura está muy dura — the lock is very stiff

- más duro que una piedra

2) (=agresivo) [clima, tiempo, crítica] harsh, severe; [deporte, juego] rough; [ataque] fierce; [castigo, sentencia] severe, harsh; [carácter, actitud] tough

fue un duro golpe para el partido — it was a severe o heavy blow to the party

una postura dura contra la droga — a tough stance o hard line against drugs

el sector duro del partido — the hardliners in the party

es muy duro con sus hijos — he's very strict o tough with his children

hay que tener mano dura con los estudiantes — you have to be firm o strict with students, students need a firm hand

rock duro — hard rock

- a las duras y a las maduras

3) (=difícil) [tarea, prueba, examen] hard

el slálom es una prueba muy dura — the slalom is a very hard o tough race

este coche ha pasado las pruebas más duras — this car has passed the most stringent tests

lo tienes duro para aprobar — * it will be hard o difficult for you to pass

¡qué dura es la vida! — it's a hard life!

- ser duro de pelar

4) * (=torpe)

es muy duro para las matemáticas — he's hopeless o no good at maths *

duro de mollera — dense *, dim *

duro de oído — (=medio sordo) hard of hearing; (Mús) tone deaf

5) Méx
* (=borracho)
estar duro — to be drunk

2.

ADV hard

mi padre trabaja duro — my father works hard

pégale o dale duro — hit him hard

3.

SM (=cinco pesetas) five pesetas; (=moneda) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — * to be broke *

- ¡lo que faltaba para el duro!

- ¡y que te den dos duros!

vender duros a tres pesetas —

cree que en Estados Unidos venden duros a tres pesetas — he thinks that in the States the streets are paved with gold

4. SM / F

1) [en película, historia] tough character

se hizo el duro para disimular su tristeza — he acted the tough guy o hard man in order to hide his sadness

2) (Pol) hard-liner

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I
- ra adjetivo

1) < mineral> hard; < material> hard, tough; <asiento/colchón> hard; < carne> tough; < músculo> hard; < pan> stale

las peras todavía están duras — the pears aren't ripe yet

2) <luz/voz> harsh; < facciones> hard, harsh; < agua> hard

3)

a) (severo, riguroso) < persona> harsh, hard; <castigo/palabras> harsh, severe; <crítica/ataque> harsh; < clima> harsh; < juego> rough, hard

estuviste or fuiste demasiado duro con él — you were too hard on him

una postura más dura — a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura — the hardliners

b) (difícil, penoso) <trabajo/vida> hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella — it was a very hard blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras — through thick and thin (colloq)

estar duro — (Méx fam) ( poco probable) to be unlikely; ( muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo — it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar — (fam) < problema> to be tough o hard (colloq)

ser duro de pelar — (fam) < persona> to be a hard o tough nut to crack

4) (Per) ( tacaño) (fam) tight (colloq), stingy (colloq)
II
adverbio (esp AmL) <trabajar/estudiar/llover> hard

pégale duro! — hit him hard!

le estamos dando duro — we're working hard on it

hable más duro — (Col, Ven) speak up!

reírse duro — (Col, Ven) to laugh loudly

agárrense duro — (Col, Ven) hold on tight

duro y parejo — (AmL fam) flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo — to work flat out
III
masculino

1) ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — (Esp fam) to be broke (colloq)

2)

a) (fam) ( en películas) tough guy

b) (Pol) hardliner

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I
- ra adjetivo

1) < mineral> hard; < material> hard, tough; <asiento/colchón> hard; < carne> tough; < músculo> hard; < pan> stale

las peras todavía están duras — the pears aren't ripe yet

2) <luz/voz> harsh; < facciones> hard, harsh; < agua> hard

3)

a) (severo, riguroso) < persona> harsh, hard; <castigo/palabras> harsh, severe; <crítica/ataque> harsh; < clima> harsh; < juego> rough, hard

estuviste or fuiste demasiado duro con él — you were too hard on him

una postura más dura — a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura — the hardliners

b) (difícil, penoso) <trabajo/vida> hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella — it was a very hard blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras — through thick and thin (colloq)

estar duro — (Méx fam) ( poco probable) to be unlikely; ( muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo — it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar — (fam) < problema> to be tough o hard (colloq)

ser duro de pelar — (fam) < persona> to be a hard o tough nut to crack

4) (Per) ( tacaño) (fam) tight (colloq), stingy (colloq)
II
adverbio (esp AmL) <trabajar/estudiar/llover> hard

pégale duro! — hit him hard!

le estamos dando duro — we're working hard on it

hable más duro — (Col, Ven) speak up!

reírse duro — (Col, Ven) to laugh loudly

agárrense duro — (Col, Ven) hold on tight

duro y parejo — (AmL fam) flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo — to work flat out
III
masculino

1) ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — (Esp fam) to be broke (colloq)

2)

a) (fam) ( en películas) tough guy

b) (Pol) hardliner

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duro¹

¹ = harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], stiff [stiffer -comp., stiffest -sup.], tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], flinty [flintier -comp., flintiest -sup.], hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.], stern, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], rugged, hard-nosed, unfeeling, tough-minded, hard-line, hardy [hardier -comp., hardiest -sup.], hard-wearing, gruelling [grueling, -USA].

Ex: In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.

Ex: Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.

Ex: Ironically, however, the internal organisation walls librarians have built to categorise materials by format remain stiff and solid.

Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex: 'I wish she'd tell me when she asks one of my people to do something,' she added in the same flinty tone.

Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

Ex: There are two good reasons for this stern rule.

Ex: The changes for the latter group are going to be abrupt, and rough -- very revolutionary.

Ex: The article 'Where no drive has gone before: ruggedized CD-ROM drives' provides examples of conditions where CD-ROM drives need to be particularly rugged (severe industrial conditions, severe shock and vibration conditions, and severe military conditions).

Ex: Companies must adopt a hard-nosed attitude in judging the cost benefits of teletext.

Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.

Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.

Ex: Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.

Ex: These plants are often not as hardy when placed in the garden under less than hothouse conditions.

Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.

Ex: He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.

* actuar duro = play + hardball.

* a duras penas = with great difficulty.

* arreglárselas a duras penas = muddle through.

* avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.

* cara dura = impudence, effrontery, blatancy, shameless, shamelessness.

* ciencias duras, las = hard sciences, the.

* dar duro = pack + a wallop.

* de línea dura = hard-line.

* disco duro = hard disc.

* dura realidad = fact of life, harsh reality.

* duro como una piedra = rock-hard.

* duro de corazón = hard-hearted.

* duro de oído = hard-of-hearing.

* duro despertar = rude awakening.

* duro golpe = cruel blow.

* duro revés = cruel blow.

* edición en cubierta dura = hardcover.

* edición en tapas duras = hardcover.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* hacerse el duro = play it + cool, play + hard to get.

* hueso duro = tough nut.

* hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.

* huevo duro = hard-boiled egg.

* la parte más dura de = brunt of, the.

* libro impreso en pastas duras = board book.

* madera dura = hardwood.

* ¿mano blanda o mano dura? = the carrot vs. the stick.

* mano blanda y mano dura = carrots and sticks.

* mano dura = iron fist, iron hand.

* más duro que la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* más duro que una piedra = as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* paladar duro = hard palate.

* pastas duras = hard cover.

* personas que son duras de oído, las = hard of hearing, the.

* pornografía dura = hard core pornography.

* puro y duro = unvarnished.

* recibir duras críticas = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* salir adelante a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* sector duro = hard sector.

* tan duro como el pedernal = as hard as nails.

* tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails.

* tan duro como la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* tenerlo duro = not be easy.

* tener un duro despertar = rude awakening + be in store.

* trabajar duro = labour [labor, -USA], toil, slave away.

* trabajo duro = hard graft, hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

duro²

* dejar a Alguien sin un duro = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* estar sin un duro = not have a bean.

* faltar el canto de un duro para = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, come + very close to.

* no tener un duro = not have a bean.

* novela a duro = dime and nickel novel.

* sin un duro = broke, down-and-out, skint, penniless.

* * *

duro¹ -ra

adjective

A

1 ‹mineral› hard; ‹material› hard, tough; ‹asiento/colchón› hard; ‹carne› tough; ‹músculo› hard

las zanahorias todavía están duras the carrots are still hard

huevo

2 ‹pan›

este pan está duro como una piedra this bread is rock-hard

pan duro para rallar stale bread for making breadcrumbs

3 (entumecido) ‹cuello/dedos› stiff

estoy duro de frío ( fam); I'm frozen stiff

B

1 ‹luz/voz› harsh; ‹facciones› hard, harsh

2 ‹agua› hard

C

1 (severo, riguroso) ‹persona› harsh, hard; ‹castigo/palabras› harsh, severe; ‹crítica/ataque› harsh; ‹clima› harsh

estuviste demasiado duro con él you were too hard on him

una postura más dura a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura the hardliners, those who favor a tough stance

el equipo es famoso por su juego duro the team is notorious for its rough o hard play

lo que hace falta aquí es una mano dura what's needed here is a firm hand

2 (difícil, penoso) ‹trabajo/vida› hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella it was a very hard o a terrible blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras through thick and thin ( colloq)

estar duro ( Méx fam) (poco probable) to be unlikely; (muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar ( fam); ‹problema› to be tough o hard ( colloq)

ser duro de pelar ( fam); ‹persona› to be a hard o tough nut to crack

3 ( fam) (torpe) dumb ( colloq)

es duro para los idiomas he's useless at languages ( colloq)

D ( Per) (tacaño) ( fam) tight ( colloq), stingy ( colloq)

duro²

adverb

( esp AmL) ‹trabajar/estudiar/llover› hard

¡pégale duro! hit him hard!

¡agárrate duro! hold on tight!

le estamos dando duro we're working hard on it

los periódicos le dieron duro the newspapers gave him a rough ride

hable más duro (Col, Ven); speak up!

estábamos riéndonos muy duro (Col, Ven); we were laughing very loudly

agárrense duro (Col, Ven); hold on tight

corrimos bien duro (Col, Ven); we ran really fast

duro y parejo ( AmL fam); flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo to work flat out

duro³

masculine

A (en España) ( Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro ( Esp fam); to be broke ( colloq)

B

1 ( fam) (en películas) tough guy

2 ( Pol) hardliner

* * *

Del verbo durar: ( conjugate durar)

duro es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

duró es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
durar
duro
durar ( conjugate durar) verbo intransitivo
a) [reunión/guerra/relación] to last;

◊ ¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?

b) [coche/zapatos] to last

c) (Col, Ven) See Also→ demorar a

durarse verbo pronominal (Ven) See Also→
◊ demorarse

duro 1 -ra adjetivo
1 ( en general) hard;
‹ carne› tough;
‹ pan› stale;
◊ las peras están duras the pears aren't ripe

2 ‹luz/voz› harsh;
‹ facciones› hard, harsh
3
a) (severo, riguroso) harsh;

‹ juego› rough, hard;
◊ fuiste demasiado duro con él you were too hard on him;

una postura más dura a tougher line
b) (difícil, penoso) ‹trabajo/vida› hard, tough;

◊ fue un golpe muy duro it was a very hard blow

duro 2 adverbio (esp AmL) ‹trabajar/estudiar/llover› hard;
‹ hablar› (Col, Ven) loudly
duro 3 sustantivo masculino ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin
durar verbo intransitivo
1 to last
2 (ropa, calzado) to wear well, last
duro,-a
I adjetivo
1 hard: ... y también dos huevos duros,... and also two hard-boiled eggs
2 (insensible, intransigente) harsh, hard: su mirada era dura, her look was harsh
3 (violento, brusco) rough: aguanté una dura reprimenda, I endured a rough reprimand
II m (moneda) five-peseta coin
III adverbio hard
' duro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bregar
- canto
- disco
- dura
- durante
- edificación
- golpe
- huevo
- larga
- largo
- mollera
- oído
- pelar
- roer
- sobremesa
- suela
- tarugo
- aplastar
- entrado
- noviazgo
- pesado
- piedra
- rock
- tieso
English:
achieve
- blow
- broke
- celebration
- cold-hearted
- dammit
- disc
- disk
- easy
- elbow-grease
- empire
- exacting
- exertion
- graft
- grill
- gristle
- hard
- hard disk
- hard porn
- hard-boiled
- hard-core
- harsh
- hawkish
- lack
- last
- long
- nail
- not
- nougat
- nut
- penny
- punishing
- recognition
- rough
- rugged
- second
- severe
- slog
- stale
- stark
- stiff
- sweat
- thrive
- toil
- tough
- tough-minded
- arduous
- boil
- dense
- firm

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duro, -a

♦ adj

1. [objeto, material, superficie] hard;
[carne] tough; [pan] stale;
estas peras están todavía muy duras these pears are still hard o not ripe;
Vulg
ponérsele dura a alguien: se me puso dura I got a hard-on;

Comp

estar duro como una piedra to be rock-hard;

Comp

más dura será la caída: cuanto más famosos se hagan, más dura será la caída the more famous they get, the worse it is when they fall from popularity;

Comp
Fam
ser duro de mollera [estúpido] to be thick in the head;
[testarudo] to be pigheaded;
Comp
Fam
ser duro de oído to be hard of hearing

2. [cerradura, grifo, mecanismo] stiff;

los cajones van un poco duros the drawers are a bit stiff

3. [agua] hard

4. [penoso, inclemente] [clima, invierno] harsh, severe;
[etapa, experiencia, vida] hard, tough;
fue un golpe muy duro para todos it was a heavy blow for everybody;

son o [m5] corren tiempos muy duros these are hard times;

Comp
Fam
estar a las duras y a las maduras [sin rendirse] to be there through thick and thin;
[sin quejarse] to take the rough with the smooth
5. [severo, áspero] [persona, palabras, críticas] harsh, severe;
[acciones, medidas, condena] harsh; [postura, sector] hard-line; [juego, partido] rough;
estuvo muy duro con él he was very hard on him;

el ala dura del partido the hard-line faction of the party;

una entrada muy dura [de futbolista] a very hard tackle

6. [fuerte, resistente] tough;

un tipo duro a tough guy;

Comp
Fam
ser duro de pelar to be a hard nut to crack

♦ nm

1. [persona] tough guy;
[en partido político] hardliner;
hacerse el duro to act tough

2. Esp Antes [moneda] 5-peseta coin;

me debes 1.000 duros you owe me 5,000 pesetas;

5 duros [moneda] 25-peseta coin;

Comp

estar sin un duro to be flat broke;

Comp
Fam
¡lo que faltaba para el duro! that really is all we needed!;

Comp
Fam
que le/te/ etc [m5] den dos duros to hell with him/you/ etc

♦ adv

1. [mucho] hard;

trabajar duro to work hard

2. Col, Ven Fam [alto] loudly;

hablar duro to talk loudly;

reír duro to laugh noisily

3. Col, Ven Fam [rápido] quickly, fast;

nadan muy duro, es imposible alcanzarlos they're very strong swimmers, it's impossible to catch them

4. Col, Ven Fam [fuerte] hard;

pégale duro hit him hard

* * *

duro

I adj

1 material hard; carne tough

2 clima, fig

harsh

3

:

duro de oído fam hard of hearing;

duro de corazón hard-hearted;

ser duro de pelar be a tough nut to crack

II adv hard

III m five peseta coin

* * *

duro adv

: hard

trabajé tan duro: I worked so hard

duro, -ra adj

1) : hard, tough

2) : harsh, severe

* * *

duro¹ adj

1. (en general) hard

es duro como una roca it's as hard as a rock

2. (carne, persona) tough

es un tipo duro he's a tough guy

3. (castigo, clima) harsh

una crítica muy dura very harsh criticism

4. (pan) stale

duro² adv hard

trabajó muy duro he worked very hard

duro³ n five peseta coin

no tener ni un duro to be broke

Spanish-English dictionary > duro
6 kind

I noun
(a sort or type: What kind of car is it?; He is not the kind of man who would be cruel to children.) tipo, género, clase

II
1. adjective
(ready or anxious to do good to others; friendly: He's such a kind man; It was very kind of you to look after the children yesterday.) amable

- kindly

2. adjective
(having or showing a gentle and friendly nature: a kindly smile; a kindly old lady.) bondadoso, amable, agradable, simpático

- kindliness
- kindness
- kind-hearted

kind¹ adj amable / bondadoso

that's very kind of you muy amable por su parte

kind² n clase / tipo

she is the kind of person who helps people es la clase de persona que ayuda a la gente

what kind of flat are you looking for? ¿qué tipo de piso buscas?

kind

tr[kaɪnd]

adjective

1 (person) amable

■ she is the sweetest, kindest person I know es la persona más dulce y amable que conozco

■ that's very kind of you eres muy amable

noun

1 (sort) tipo, género, clase nombre femenino

■ what kind of...? ¿qué clase de...?

■ he's the kind who'll look after you es de ese tipo de personas que te protegerán

■ she met all kinds of people conoció a todo tipo de personas

■ it's a kind of fruit es una clase de fruta

adverb kind of

1 bastante, algo, un poco

■ it's kind of difficult es un poco difícil

■ have you finished? --Kind of... ¿has acabado? --Más o menos

■ ... and that kind of thing ... y cosas por el estilo

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

nothing of the kind nada por el estilo

to be one of a kind ser único,-a

to be so kind as to... tener la bondad de..., hacer el favor de..., tener la amabilidad de...

to be two of a kind ser tal para cual

to pay in kind pagar en especie 2 (treatment) pagar con la misma moneda

kind ['kaɪnd] adj

: amable, bondadoso, benévolo

kind n

1) essence: esencia f

a difference in degree, not in kind: una diferencia cuantitativa y no cualitativa

2) category: especie f, género m

3) type: clase f, tipo m, índole f

kind (Quality)

n.

• ralea s.f.

adj.

• agasajador adj.

• benigno, -a adj.

• bonachón, -ona adj.

• bondadoso, -a adj.

• buenazo, -a adj.

• cariñoso, -a adj.

• expresivo, -a adj.

• favorable adj.

• humano, -a adj.

n.

• casta s.f.

• categoría s.f.

• clase s.f.

• especie s.f.

• género s.m.

• laya s.f.

• suerte s.f.

I kaɪnd
noun

1) (sort, type)

a) ( of things) tipo m, clase f

of all kinds — de todo tipo, de toda clase

I like the kind with walnuts in — me gustan las/los que tienen nueces

the usual kind of thing — lo de siempre

and all that kind of thing — y todo eso

he has a business of some kind — tiene un negocio de algo

I didn't say anything of the kind — yo no dije nada semejante

b) ( of people) clase f, tipo m

she's not that kind of girl — no es de ésas

what kind of a fool do you take me for? — ¿tú te crees que soy tonta?

they're not really our kind of people — no son gente como uno

2) ( something approximating to) especie f

she was overcome by a kind of yearning — la invadió una especie de añoranza

3) (in phrases)

in kind: payment in kind pago m en especie; he repaid their insolence in kind les pagó su insolencia con la misma moneda; kind of (colloq): he seemed kind of stupid parecía como tonto (fam); I kind of thought he would no sé por qué, pero pensé que lo haría; of a kind: they served a meal, of a kind sirvieron una especie de comida, si se le puede llamar así; three of a kind ( Games) tres del mismo palo; they're two of a kind — son tal para cual

II

adjective -er, -est < offer> amable

he's very kind — es muy buena persona

what a kind thought! — qué amabilidad!

she has a kind heart — tiene buen corazón

to be kind TO somebody: she's always been kind to me siempre ha sido muy amable conmigo or se ha portado muy bien conmigo; life has been kind to him la vida lo ha tratado bien; it's very kind to your skin no daña la piel; would you be kind enough to o (frml) so kind as to accompany me? — ¿tendría la amabilidad de acompañarme?

[kaɪnd]
1.

ADJ
(compar kinder) (superl kindest) [person] amable, atento; [act, word, offer] amable; [treatment] bueno, cariñoso; [voice] tierno, cariñoso
thank you for your kind offer of help — gracias por ofrecerte amablemente a ayudarnos; (more frm) gracias por su amable oferta de ayuda

the kindest thing that can be said about the play is that... — lo menos malo que se puede decir de la obra es que...

• he was kind enough to help — tuvo la amabilidad de ayudar

would you be kind enough to or would you be so kind as to close the door? — frm ¿haría el favor de cerrar la puerta, por favor?, ¿tendría la bondad de cerrar la puerta, por favor? frm

• to have a kind heart — tener buen corazón

• that's very kind of you — es usted muy amable; (more frm) es muy amable de su parte

it was very kind of you to pick us up — fuiste muy amable viniéndonos a recoger; (more frm) fue muy amable de su parte el venir a recogernos

• she was very kind to me — fue muy amable conmigo, se portó muy bien conmigo

life has been kind to me — la vida me ha tratado bien

you must be kind to animals — hay que tratar bien a los animales

a washing-up liquid that is kind to your hands — un lavavajillas que no daña sus manos, un lavavajillas que es suave con sus manos

2. N

1) (=type) clase f, tipo m

which kind do you prefer? — ¿qué tipo prefieres?

I prefer the kind with handles — prefiero los que tienen asas

she hated Lewis and his kind — odiaba a Lewis y a la gente como él

many kinds of books/cars — muchos tipos de libros/coches

people of all kinds — gente f de todas clases, gente f de todo tipo

all kinds of things — toda clase de cosas

it can fail for all kinds of reasons — puede fallar por todo tipo de razones

a kind of lizard — un tipo de lagarto

she's the kind (of person) that... — ella es de las que...

what kind of person do you take me for? — ¿por quién me tomas?

what kind of an answer is that?, what kind of an answer do you call that? — ¿qué clase de respuesta es esa?

I had a kind of feeling that would happen — tuve el presentimiento de que ocurriría así

you know the kind of thing I mean — ya sabes a lo que me refiero

it's not his kind of film/thing — no es el tipo de película/cosa que (a él) le gusta

he's not her kind of man — no es su tipo de hombre

• it was tea of a kind — pej se supone que era té pej

three/four of a kind — (in card games) tres/cuatro del mismo palo

they're two of a kind — son tal para cual

she's a very unusual woman, one of a kind — es una mujer muy poco corriente, única

• it's the only one of its kind — es único (en su género)

the castle is the largest of its kind — el castillo es el más grande de los de su estilo

• something of the kind — algo por el estilo

nothing of the kind! — ¡nada de eso!, ¡ni hablar!

she never said anything of the kind — nunca dijo nada parecido

2)

• in kind, payment in kind — pago m en especie

to repay sth in kind — [+ cruelty, ingratitude etc] pagar algo con la misma moneda

we repaid her generosity in kind — respondimos con nuestra generosidad a la suya

3)

• kind of * — (=rather) algo

we're kind of busy right now — ahora mismo estamos algo ocupados

I kind of felt it might happen — tenía el presentimiento de que iba a suceder

it's kind of awkward at the moment — ahora mismo me va mal, ahora no es el mejor momento

it was kind of sad, really — era un poco triste, la verdad

she was kind of cute — tenía cierto atractivo

* * *

I [kaɪnd]
noun

1) (sort, type)

a) ( of things) tipo m, clase f

of all kinds — de todo tipo, de toda clase

I like the kind with walnuts in — me gustan las/los que tienen nueces

the usual kind of thing — lo de siempre

and all that kind of thing — y todo eso

he has a business of some kind — tiene un negocio de algo

I didn't say anything of the kind — yo no dije nada semejante

b) ( of people) clase f, tipo m

she's not that kind of girl — no es de ésas

what kind of a fool do you take me for? — ¿tú te crees que soy tonta?

they're not really our kind of people — no son gente como uno

2) ( something approximating to) especie f

she was overcome by a kind of yearning — la invadió una especie de añoranza

3) (in phrases)

in kind: payment in kind pago m en especie; he repaid their insolence in kind les pagó su insolencia con la misma moneda; kind of (colloq): he seemed kind of stupid parecía como tonto (fam); I kind of thought he would no sé por qué, pero pensé que lo haría; of a kind: they served a meal, of a kind sirvieron una especie de comida, si se le puede llamar así; three of a kind ( Games) tres del mismo palo; they're two of a kind — son tal para cual

II

adjective -er, -est < offer> amable

he's very kind — es muy buena persona

what a kind thought! — qué amabilidad!

she has a kind heart — tiene buen corazón

to be kind TO somebody: she's always been kind to me siempre ha sido muy amable conmigo or se ha portado muy bien conmigo; life has been kind to him la vida lo ha tratado bien; it's very kind to your skin no daña la piel; would you be kind enough to o (frml) so kind as to accompany me? — ¿tendría la amabilidad de acompañarme?

English-spanish dictionary > kind
7 rest

̈ɪrest I
1. сущ.
1) а) покой, отдых, тж. сон complete rest ≈ полный отдых take a rest without rest set smb.'s mind at rest set a question at rest day of rest at rest bed rest earned rest go to rest retire to rest Syn: repose, relief б) вечный покой, смерть lay to rest в) австрал. сл. срок на один год тюрьмы
2) а) перерыв, пауза;
передышка б) муз. пауза
3) неподвижность bring to rest
4) а) место для отдыха (гостиница, пансионат и т. п.) б) прям. перен. опора;
подставка, подпорка;
упор;
стойка armrest rest chin rest в) тех. суппорт;
воен. сошка г) кий с подставкой (в биллиарде) ∙ Syn: residence, abode ∙ rest-room ≈ туалет
2. гл.
1) а) отдыхать, давать отдых, покой to rest from one's labours ≈ отдыхать от трудов rest your men for an hour ≈ дайте людям передохнуть часок rest up Syn: comfort б) оставаться спокойным, не волноваться He could not rest till he got his wish. ≈ Он не мог успокоиться, пока не получил, что хотел. в) театр. быть незанятым ни в каких ролях, быть безработным в данный период( об актере)
2) а) покоиться, лежать (в частности, в могиле) ;
амер. находиться в каком-л. специальном месте( церкви, доме;
о теле в промежутке между смертью и погребением) It was so comfortable resting in his arms. ≈ Было так хорошо лежать в его объятиях. My father is dead;
may he rest in peace. ≈ Мой отец умер, упокой Господь его душу. Let us rest his body in his family grave. ≈ Давайте похороним его в семейном склепе. Syn: lie б) класть, прислонять Rest your head against the back of the chair. ≈ Откинь голову на спинку кресла. Syn: support в) прям. перен. держать(ся), основывать(ся), лежать на;
опираться (on, upon, against) г) покоиться (о взгляде) ;
останавливаться, быть прикованным ( о взгляде, внимании, мыслях) (on, upon) His eyes rested on the peaceful valley below. ≈ Его взгляд лежал на мирной долине внизу. д) быть возложенным, лежать (об ответственности, вине и т. п.) ;
возлагать (ответственность и т. п. на кого-л.) Enough of blood rests on my head. ≈ На моих руках достаточно крови. It rests with the court to decide the prisoners guilt. ≈ Решить, виновны подсудимые или нет - дело суда. The nation rests too much power in the President. ≈ Народ доверил президенту слишком много власти.
3) а) оставаться неподвижным б) оставаться без изменений let the matter rest
4) с.-х. находиться под паром( об участке земли)
5) юр. прекращать дело по своему желанию, отзывать иск из суда (о тяжущихся сторонах) ∙ to rest on one's laurels ≈ почивать на лаврах II
1. сущ.
1) а) остаток, остальное, другие, прочие, остальные( с определенным артиклем) the rest of us all the rest of it for the rest Syn: remainder, remnant, other б) мн. редк. останки Syn: remains в) мн. редк. реликвии, древности Syn: remnants, relics
2) фин. резервный фонд (особенно о Банке Англии)
2. гл.
1) оставаться, сохраняться
2) а) оставаться, оказываться в каком-л. состоянии To let his son's fate rest a dark and cruel mystery. ≈ Чтобы судьба его сына осталась темной и ужасной тайной. His mind was much too active and powerful to rest satisfied. ≈ Его душа была слишком живой и великой, чтобы остаться удовлетворенной. It rests with you to announce it. ≈ Однако, именно вам надлежит объявить об этом. б) редк. прощальная формула в письме I rest your affectionate sister, E. ≈ Остаюсь твоя любящая сестра, Э
3) быть должным, задолжать He rests me nothing. ≈ Он мне ничего не должен. покой, отдых;
сон - day of * день отдыха, выходной день, воскресенье - without * без отдыха, без передышки - at * в покое - to be at * успокоиться - to set smb.'s mind at * успокоить кого-л. - to set a question at * улаживать вопрос - to go /to retire/ to * ложиться отдыхать /спать/ - to take a * отдыхать;
спать - to have a good night's * хорошо выспаться - I could get no * у меня не было ни минуты покоя /отдыха/;
я не сомкнул глаз - my mind is at * about the matter этот вопрос меня больше не тревожит - his fears were laid to * его опасения исчезли вечный покой, смерть - to lay to * хоронить - to be at * with one's fathers отойти к праотцам, уснуть вечным сном - to be at * from toil обрести вечный покой - he has gone to his * он умер перерыв, пауза, передышка - * area (военное) район расположения войск на отдых - * halt (военное) остановка на отдых, привал - to make a * from work сделать передышку - he had several *s on his way up the mountain при подъеме на гору он несколько раз отдыхал (военное) положение "вольно" неподвижность - at * неподвижный - to bring to * останавливать - the horses were brought to * лошадей остановили - to come to * остановиться место отдыха, клуб( обыкн. для моряков) (специальное) упор, опора ( техническое) суппорт;
люнет( спортивное) упор (точка опоры ниже уровня плеч) - arm * упор на руках - bent arm /cross, front/ * упор на согнутых руках (музыкальное) пауза (стихосложение) цезура отдыхать;
лежать;
спать - he likes to * after dinner после обеда он любит отдохнуть покоиться - he *s in the churchyard он покоится на кладбище - let her * in peace мир праху ее лежать, покоиться - clouds *ing on mountain tops облака, лежащие на вершинах гор - my eye *ed on those remote blue peaks мой взор был прикован к этим далеким голубым вершинам отдыхать (от дел и т. п.), не работать - to * from one's labours отдыхать от /после/ трудов - not to let the enemy * не давать покоя противнику - to * on one's oars бездействовать;
почивать на лаврах - *! вольно! (команда) - she planned to * during her vacation во время отпуска она решила ничем не заниматься давать отдых, покой - to * men and horses дать отдых людям и лошадям - to * oneself дать себе отдых;
передохнуть - they stopped at the wayside cafe to * themselves они остановились у придорожного кафе, чтобы немного передохнуть - * the players for tomorrow's game пусть игроки отдохнут перед завтрашним состязанием - these dark glasses * my eyes в этих темных очках у меня отдыхают глаза - a colour that *s the eyes спокойный цвет быть спокойным, не волноваться - he could not * till he got his wish он не мог успокоиться, пока не добился своего (on, against) класть (на что-л.) ;
прислонять (к чему-л.) - to * one's elbows on the table класть локти на стол - to * one's head on a cushion положить голову на подушку - * the picture against the wall прислони картину к стене (on, against) обосновывать - he *ed his argument on trivialities его аргументация строилась на общих местах - the verdict *ed on several precedents в основе вердикта лежали несколько прецедентов (on) опираться (на что-л.) ;
покоиться (на чем-л.) - the roof *s on eight columns крыша покоится на восьми колоннах - she let her glance * on me ее взгляд остановился на мне;
она пристально взглянула на меня (upon, on, in) опираться (на кого-л., что-л.) - his fame *s upon his novels славу ему создали его романы - the charge *ed upon one man's unsupported statement обвинение строилось на ничем не подтвержденном заявлении одного лица - he *ed all his hopes in his son все свои надежды он возлагал на сына - all our hopes *ed upon this venture все наши надежды были связаны с этим рискованным предприятием (on, upon, in) возлагать (ответственность и т. п. на кого-л., что-л.) - to * responsibility on /upon/ smb. возлагать ответственность на кого-л. - we * in your promise мы уповаем на ваше обещание( with) быть возложенным (на кого-л.) ;
лежать (на ком-л.;
об ответственности и т. п.) - the fault *s with him вина лежит на нем - the answer *s with you ответ за вами - it *s with you to decide as best you can ваше дело решать по своему усмотрению оставаться без изменений - let the matter * оставим (дело) так, как есть;
не будем больше об этом говорить - the matter cannot * here этим дело еще не кончается;
этим нельзя ограничиться - this *s a mystery это остается тайной продолжать быть в каком-л. состоянии - you may * assured можете быть совершенно уверены, можете не волноваться (сельскохозяйственное) быть под паром, паровать (сельскохозяйственное) оставлять под паром (юридическое) заканчивать выступление обвинения или защиты, предоставление доказательств и т. п. - the defence *s защите нечего добавить (the *) остаток, остальное - and (all) the * of it и все остальное /другое, прочее/ - (as) for the * что касается остального, что до остального - as to the * в других отношениях - take what you want and throw the * away возьмите, что надо, а остальное выбросьте - her hat was red as the * of her clothes шляпа на ней была красная, как и вся остальная одежда остальные;
другие - the * of us все (мы), остальные - to cut adrift from the * оторваться от всех( финансовое) (the *) остаток, остающаяся сумма - for the * на остающуюся сумму( финансовое) резервный фонд the ~ of it, all the ~ of it и все другое, остальное, и прочее;
for the rest что до остального, что же касается остального ~ держать(ся), основывать(ся), лежать на;
опираться (on, upon, against) ;
the argument rests on rather a weak evidence довод довольно слабо обоснован at ~ в состоянии покоя at ~ мертвый;
to go (или to retire) to rest ложиться отдыхать, спать;
to take a rest отдыхать;
спать;
without rest без отдыха, без передышки at ~ неподвижный rest быть возложенным, лежать (об ответственности, вине и т. п.) ;
the blam'e rests with them вина лежит на них ~ неподвижность;
to bring to rest останавливать (экипаж и т. п.) to set (smb.'s) mind at ~ успокаивать( кого-л.) ;
to set a question at rest улаживать вопрос;
day of rest день отдыха, выходной день, воскресенье the ~ of it, all the ~ of it и все другое, остальное, и прочее;
for the rest что до остального, что же касается остального at ~ мертвый;
to go (или to retire) to rest ложиться отдыхать, спать;
to take a rest отдыхать;
спать;
without rest без отдыха, без передышки ~ вечный покой, смерть;
he has gone to his rest он умер;
to lay to rest хоронить it rests with you to decide за вами право решения;
the next move rests with you следующий шаг за вами ~ вечный покой, смерть;
he has gone to his rest он умер;
to lay to rest хоронить ~ оставаться без изменений;
let the matter rest не будем это трогать, оставим так, как есть;
the matter cannot rest here дело должно быть продолжено ~ оставаться без изменений;
let the matter rest не будем это трогать, оставим так, как есть;
the matter cannot rest here дело должно быть продолжено ~ покоиться, лежать;
отдыхать;
to rest from one's labours отдыхать от трудов;
never let your enemy rest не давайте покоя врагу it rests with you to decide за вами право решения;
the next move rests with you следующий шаг за вами rest быть возложенным, лежать (об ответственности, вине и т. п.) ;
the blam'e rests with them вина лежит на них ~ вечный покой, смерть;
he has gone to his rest он умер;
to lay to rest хоронить ~ возлагать (ответственность и т. п. на кого-л.) ~ давать отдых, покой;
rest your men for an hour дайте людям передохнуть часок ~ держать(ся), основывать(ся), лежать на;
опираться (on, upon, against) ;
the argument rests on rather a weak evidence довод довольно слабо обоснован ~ заканчивать (выступление обвинения, защиты, представление доказательств и т.д.) ~ запрещать распространение( печатного издания) ~ класть, прислонять;
to rest one's elbow on the table опираться локтем о стол ~ лежать (на ком-л.) (об ответственности, обязанности и т.д.) ~ место для отдыха (гостиница, отель, мотель и т. п.) ~ неподвижность;
to bring to rest останавливать (экипаж и т. п.) ~ опора;
подставка, подпорка;
упор;
стойка ~ оставаться;
this rests a mystery это остается тайной;
you may rest assured можете быть уверены ~ с.-х. оставаться, находиться под паром ~ оставаться без изменений;
let the matter rest не будем это трогать, оставим так, как есть;
the matter cannot rest here дело должно быть продолжено ~ оставаться спокойным, не волноваться ~ муз. пауза ~ перерыв, пауза;
передышка ~ покоиться (о взгляде) ;
останавливаться, быть прикованным (о внимании, мыслях;
on, upon) ~ покоиться, лежать;
отдыхать;
to rest from one's labours отдыхать от трудов;
never let your enemy rest не давайте покоя врагу ~ покой, отдых;
сон ~ фин. резервный фонд ~ тех. суппорт ~ прос. цезура ~ покоиться, лежать;
отдыхать;
to rest from one's labours отдыхать от трудов;
never let your enemy rest не давайте покоя врагу the ~ of it, all the ~ of it и все другое, остальное, и прочее;
for the rest что до остального, что же касается остального ~the ~ остаток;
остальное;
остальные, другие;
the rest of us остальные ~ класть, прислонять;
to rest one's elbow on the table опираться локтем о стол ~the ~ остаток;
остальное;
остальные, другие;
the rest of us остальные ~ давать отдых, покой;
rest your men for an hour дайте людям передохнуть часок to set (smb.'s) mind at ~ успокаивать (кого-л.) ;
to set a question at rest улаживать вопрос;
day of rest день отдыха, выходной день, воскресенье to set (smb.'s) mind at ~ успокаивать (кого-л.) ;
to set a question at rest улаживать вопрос;
day of rest день отдыха, выходной день, воскресенье at ~ мертвый;
to go (или to retire) to rest ложиться отдыхать, спать;
to take a rest отдыхать;
спать;
without rest без отдыха, без передышки ~ оставаться;
this rests a mystery это остается тайной;
you may rest assured можете быть уверены at ~ мертвый;
to go (или to retire) to rest ложиться отдыхать, спать;
to take a rest отдыхать;
спать;
without rest без отдыха, без передышки ~ оставаться;
this rests a mystery это остается тайной;
you may rest assured можете быть уверены

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8 شيء

شَيْء \ article: a particular thing: an article of clothing. element: a part of sth.; a quality that is noticed: There is an element of truth in what you say. object: sth. that can be seen or touched: The dead man had been struck with some sharp object, such as an axe. thing: an action: You did the wrong thing, any object I can’t lift heavy things, a matter; an affair He told me some strange things. \ أَشْياء متعاقِبَة أو متتالِيَة \ succession: a number of things that follow each other: a succession of accidents. \ أَشْياء مُسْتَنْقَذَة \ salvage: things that are salvaged; waste material (such as paper and iron) that can be collected, treated and reused. \ أَشْياء نفيسة جدًّا \ treasure: sth. very valuable and rare: art treasures. \ شَيْءٌ آخَر \ other: (in comparisons) a different one: Some smoke; others do not. He likes French cigarettes and won’t smoke any others. This side is dry; the other is wet. \ الشَّيْءُ الأَقَلّ \ least: one that is smallest: That is the least of my troubles! Helping him was the least we could do. \ شَيْءٌ تافه \ trifle: a small unimportant matter: Don’t quarrel over trifles. \ شَيْءٌ ثَمين \ asset: a valuable quality or possession: A fast runner is an asset to his team. \ See Also قيم (قَيِّم)، مكسب (مَكْسَب)‏ \ شَيْءٌ جَذّاب \ attraction: power of attracting; sth. that attracts. \ See Also جذب (جَذْب)‏ \ شَيْءٌ حَرِيّ بالنَّظَر \ sight: sth. that is seen, or is worth seeing: The spring flowers in the public gardens are a wonderful sight. We are going to Rome to see the sights. \ شَيْءٌ شبيه بِـ \ something like: rather like: A rat looks something like a mouse, but it’s bigger. \ See Also مثل (مِثْل)‏ \ شَيْءٌ عَجيب \ wonder: sth. that causes surprise or admiration: Read about the wonders of modern science. Clever men can work wonders (produce surprising results). \ شَيْءٌ عديم القيمة \ dud: sth. useless because it is badly or dishonestly made; sth. that doesn’t work: We bought a dud washing-machine. This coin is a dud. \ شَيْءٌ غَرِيب \ curiosity: a strange object. \ الشَّيْءُ القليل \ little: hardly anything; less than a reasonable amount: He did little to help her. \ شَيْءٌ مؤسِف \ shame: (with a) an unfortunate thing: It’s a shame that you can’t go with us to the park. \ See Also محزن (مُحْزِن)‏ \ شَيْءٌ مَا \ anything: pron. a thing of any kind: Will you have anything to eat?. something: some thing (but usu. anything in questions or negative sentences): Give him something to eat. \ شَيْءٌ مُخْجِل \ shame: a dishonourable thing: It’s a shame to play tricks on a blind man. \ See Also مخز (مُخْزٍ)‏ \ شَيْءٌ مُخَيِّب للأَمَل \ disappointment: (a cause for) being disappointed. \ شَيْءٌ معروض \ exhibit: sth. that is put on show. \ شَيْءٌ مِنْ \ any: pron. in questions; after if or whether: Have you any money? Have you any books on art? I wonder if / whether she has any milk / any bottles of beer?, after not and without: I haven’t got any money / books. He did it without any difficulty. some: (with nouns) an amount of: I need some money. Can you lend me some?. \ See Also أي (أيّ)‏ \ شَيْءٌ مُنْتَج \ production: producing; the quantity of things produced; an act of producing (a play or film): We must increase car production. They saw a new production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. \ See Also إنتاج (إنْتَاج)‏ \ شَيْءٌ نادر الحصول \ freak: sth. that is rare and peculiar; a living creature of unnatural form: By some strange freak, a little snow fell in Egypt. This animal is a freak; it has two tails. \ شَيْءٌ هائِل الحَجْم \ monster: an unusually large (and often strangely shaped) person or thing; a nasty cruel person: They found the bones of some ancient monster. An aircraft with 500 seats is a real monster. \ شَيْءٌ يُشْتَرَى للاستثمار \ investment: sth. expensive that seems worth it: I bought this picture as an investment (I hope to sell it at a higher price later). \ شَيْءٌ يُشْعَل به (وَلْعَة)‏ \ light: the use of a match or lighter for a cigarette: Can you give me a light?. \ شَيْءٌ يُلهي \ distraction: sth. that takes one’s mind off one’s work. \ See Also يُشْغِل \ والشَّيءُ بالشّيءِ يُذكَر (عِلى فِكْرَة)‏ \ by the way: (used when adding a new idea to what one has said): By the way, did you know his wife was ill?.

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9 Т-108

HE TO ЧТО... A... coord Conj, correlative)
1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО (A)...)
HE TO ЧТО... HO... (variants with чтобы are more common) used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc
not so much...as (but)...
not exactly...but... itb not so much...as... itfsnotso much that...but... itfs not so much a matter of..., but rather... itfs not exactly...but
(in limited contexts) though one (it) is not exactly... Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days,-actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (3a).

Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера» (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...
...(A) HE TO ЧТО...(A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ (variants with что are more common) used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement: not only... (, but...) (when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element) let alone not to mention to say nothing of much less.
(Говорящий — мул) «„Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать» (Искандер 3). (The speaker is a mule) "'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (3a).

У Гудзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

Миловзоров:) Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? (Шмага:) Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. (Миловзоров:) Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. (Шмага:)...И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). (М.:) Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? (Sh.:) How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. (M.:) I thought you two were inseparable. (Sh.:)...Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

«Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести» (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Т-108
10 а не то что

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

[coord Conj, correlative]

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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... НО... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... НО... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > а не то что
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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... НО... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: НЕ ТО ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > а не то чтобы
12 не то что

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то что
13 не то что... а

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то что... а
14 не то что... но

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

[coord Conj, correlative]

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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то что... но
15 не то что... но...

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

[coord Conj, correlative]

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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то что... но...
16 не то чтоб...

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то чтоб...
17 не то чтоб... а

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то чтоб... а
18 не то чтоб... а но

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

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1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also:HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то чтоб... а но
19 не то чтоб... но

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

[coord Conj, correlative]

=====

1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то чтоб... но
20 не то чтобы...

• НЕ ТО ЧТО... A...

[coord Conj, correlative]

=====

1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО <А>...); HE TO ЧТО... HO... [variants with чтобы are more common]

⇒ used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining etc sth., the second is more accurate, precise etc:

- not so much...as (but)...;

- not exactly...but...;

- it'snotsomuch...as...;

- it'snotso much that...but...;

- it's not so much a matter of..., but rather...;

- it's not exactly...but;

- [in limited contexts] though one (it) is not exactly...

     ♦ Всегда бывает в январе несколько дней, похожих на весну - собственно, не то чтобы похожих на весну, а таких дней, которые вдруг приводят тебе на память облик весны (Олеша 3). In January there are always several springlike days, actually, they don't so much resemble spring as suddenly remind you of what it is like (За).

     ♦ Они вышли из врат и направились лесом. Помещик Максимов, человек лет шестидесяти, не то что шёл, а лучше сказать, почти бежал сбоку, рассматривая их всех с судорожным, невозможным почти любопытством (Достоевский 1). They went out the gate and through the woods. The landowner Maximov, a man of about sixty, was not so much walking but, more precisely, almost running alongside, staring at them all with contorted, almost impossible curiosity (1a).

     ♦ "Отец мой один из замечательнейших людей своего века. Но он становится стар, и он не то что жесток, но он слишком деятельного характера" (Толстой 5) "My father is one of the most remarkable men of his time. But he's growing old, and though he is not exactly cruel, he has too vigorous a nature" (5a).

2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...;... (A) HE TO ЧТО;... (A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ [variants with что are more common]

⇒ used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement:

- not only... (, but...);

- [when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что etc follows the other, more extreme, element] let alone;

- not to mention;

- to say nothing of;

- much less.

     ♦ [Говорящий - мул] ""Сейчас никому нельзя доверять. Даже собственному мулу не доверяй своих мыслей!" Ну уж такой глупости я от Самуила никак не ожидал. Я не то чтобы предать своего хозяина, я жизнь готов за него отдать" (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule]"'You mustn't confide in anyone now. Don't even confide your thoughts to your own mule!' Now, I never expected to hear such foolishness from Samuel. I not only wouldn't betray my master, but would lay down my life for him" (За). ФУГ удзя генеральский авторитет, но он безволен, трусоват, видимо необразован... Была бы воля Ершова, он генералу Гудзю полком не доверил бы командовать, не то что корпусом (Гроссман 2). General Gudz had the authority of his rank, but he was weak-willed, cowardly and obviously uneducated....If it had been up to him, Yershov wouldn't have trusted Gudz with a regiment, let alone a whole corps (2a).

     ♦ [Миловзоров:] Шмага, ты не видал Незнамова? Будет он на репетиции? [Шмага:] Кто же его знает! Я не нянька его. [Миловзоров:] Вы, кажется, такие неразрывные были. [Шмага:].,.И мужья с жёнами расходятся, а не то что друзья (Островский 3). [М.:] Shmaga, have you seen Neznamov? Will he be at rehearsal today? [Sh.:] How should I know? I'm not his nurse-maid. [М.:] I thought you two were inseparable. [Sh.:]... Even husbands and wives part company, to say nothing of friends (3a).

     ♦ "Взял март у апреля два дня и нагнал такую погоду, что по нужде не выйдешь из-под крыши, а не то чтобы стадо вывести" (Искандер 3). "March took two days from April and brewed up some weather that was so bad you wouldn't set foot out of doors for a call of nature, much less lead the flock out" (3a).

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