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adj.so much, all that much, that much, as much.adv.so much, such a lot, so, so very much.pron.as much, so much, all that much, that much.m.1 portion, certain amount.2 score point, point.* * *► adjetivo1 (incontables) so much; (contables) so many■ ¡tengo tanto calor! I'm so hot!■ ¡ha pasado tanto tiempo! it's been so long!2 (comparación - incontable) as much; (- contables) as many1 (incontable) so much; (contable) so many► adverbio1 (cantidad) so much■ ¡te quiero tanto! I love you so much!2 (tiempo) so long3 (frecuencia) so often2 (cantidad imprecisa) so much, a certain amount3 (poco) bit\a las tantas familiar very late, at an unearthly houra tantos de sometime incon tanto / de tanto with so muchcuanto más... tanto más... the more... the more...en tanto / entre tanto / mientras tanto meanwhileeso es tanto como... that is like...ni tanto ni tan poco / ni tanto ni tan calvo familiar neither one extreme nor the otherno es para tanto / no hay para tanto it's not that badno será tanto it can't be as bad as you make outotro tanto as much again, the same againpor lo tanto thereforeser uno de tantos / ser una de tantos to be nothing specialtanto cuanto as much astanto más / tanto menos all the more / all the lesstanto mejor / tanto peor so much the better / so much the worsetanto si... como si... whether... or...uno de tantos / una de tantas run-of-the-milltanto por ciento percentage————————2 (cantidad imprecisa) so much, a certain amount3 (poco) bit* * *1. noun m.1) point, goal3) rate•2. (f. - tanta)adj.1) so many, so much, such2) as many, as much3. adv.1) so much2) so long•- al tanto- entre tanto
- por lo tanto
- un tanto 4. (f. - tanta)pron.so many, so much* * *1. ADJ1) [indicando gran cantidad] [en singular] so much; [en plural] so manyahora no bebo tanta leche — I don't drink so o as much milk now
tiene tanto dinero que no sabe qué hacer con él — he has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it
¡tuve tanta suerte! — I was so lucky!
¡tengo tantas cosas que hacer hoy! — I have so many things to do today!
había tantos coches que no había donde aparcar — there were so many cars that there was nowhere to park
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tanto gusto — how do you do?, pleased to meet you2) [indicando cantidad indeterminada]hay otros tantos candidatos — there are as many more candidates, there's the same number of candidates again
2. PRON1) (=gran cantidad) [en singular] so much; [en plural] so manyvinieron tantos que no cabían en la sala — so many people came that they wouldn't all fit into the room
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es uno de tantos — he's nothing special2) (=cantidad indeterminada)nació en el mil novecientos cuarenta y tantos — she was born in nineteen forty-something o some time in the forties
las tantas (de la madrugada o de la noche) —
el tren llegó a las tantas — the train arrived really late o in the middle of the night
-¿qué hora es? -deben de ser las tantas — "what's the time?" - "it must be pretty late"
3) [otras locuciones]•
entre tanto — meanwhile•
mientras tanto — meanwhile•
no es para tanto — [al quejarse] it's not as bad as all that; [al enfadarse] there's no need to get like that about it•
por lo tanto — so, thereforeni tanto así —
¡y tanto! —
-¿necesitarás unas vacaciones? -¡y tanto! — "do you need a holiday?" - "you bet I do!"
3. ADV1) [con verbos] [indicando duración, cantidad] so much; [indicando frecuencia] so oftense preocupa tanto que no puede dormir — he gets so worried that he can't sleep, he worries so much that he can't sleep
¡cuesta tanto comprar una casa! — buying a house is such hard work!
¡no corras tanto! — don't run so fast!
ya no vamos tanto al cine — we don't go to the cinema so o as much any more
ahora no la veo tanto — I don't see so o as much of her now, I don't see her so often now
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tanto como, él gasta tanto como yo — he spends as much as I do o as metanto como corre, va a perder la carrera — he may be a fast runner, but he's still going to lose the race
montar 2., 3)•
tanto es así que — so much so that2) [con adjetivos, adverbios]los dos son ya mayores, aunque su mujer no tanto — the two of them are elderly, although his wife less so
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tanto como, es difícil, pero tanto como eso no creo — it's difficult, but not that difficultes un poco tacaño, pero tanto como estafador, no — he's a bit on the mean side, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a swindler
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es tanto más difícil — it is all the more difficultes tanto más loable cuanto que... — it is all the more praiseworthy because...
tanto peor para ti — it's your loss o that's just too bad
3) [en locuciones conjuntivas]•
en tanto — as (being)estoy en contra de la leyes en tanto sistema represivo — I am against laws as (being) a repressive system
no puede haber democracia en tanto que siga habiendo torturas — for as long as there is torture, there can never be democracy, there cannot be democracy while there is torture
4. SM1) (=cantidad)¿qué tanto será? — LAm how much (is it)?
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otro tanto, las máquinas costaron otro tanto — the machines cost as much again o the same again2) (=punto) (Ftbl, Hockey) goal; (Baloncesto, Tenis) point•
apuntar los tantos — to keep scoretanto a favor — goal for, point for
apuntarse 3)tanto en contra — goal against, point against
3)• estar al tanto — to be up to date
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mantener a algn al tanto de algo — to keep sb informed about sth•
poner a algn al tanto de algo — to put sb in the picture about sth4)• un tanto — [como adv] rather
* * *I1) [see note under tan] ( aplicado a adjetivo o adverbio) so; ( aplicado a verbo) so muchsi es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better
y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!
no es tan difícil — it's not that difficult
ya no salimos tanto — nowadays we don't go out so often o so much
tan/tanto... que — so... (that)
tan/tanto... como — as... as
sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do
2) (AmL exc RPl)qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?
3) para locs ver tanto III 2)II- ta adjetivo1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyhabía tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children
tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!
tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)
2) (sing) (fam) ( con valor plural) so manyIII- ta pronombre1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyquería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much
¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?
ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far
no ser para tanto — (fam)
no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it
duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad
tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so
c) tanto ( refiriéndose a tiempo) so longaún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?
2) (en locs)en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as
entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime
hasta tanto + subj — (frml)
cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again
otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...
IVtan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...
1) ( cantidad)2) ( punto - en fútbol) goal; (- en fútbol americano) point; (- en tenis, en juegos) point3) (en locs)al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad
* * *I1) [see note under tan] ( aplicado a adjetivo o adverbio) so; ( aplicado a verbo) so muchsi es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better
y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!
no es tan difícil — it's not that difficult
ya no salimos tanto — nowadays we don't go out so often o so much
tan/tanto... que — so... (that)
tan/tanto... como — as... as
sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do
2) (AmL exc RPl)qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?
3) para locs ver tanto III 2)II- ta adjetivo1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyhabía tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children
tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!
tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)
2) (sing) (fam) ( con valor plural) so manyIII- ta pronombre1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyquería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much
¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?
ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far
no ser para tanto — (fam)
no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it
duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad
tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so
c) tanto ( refiriéndose a tiempo) so longaún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?
2) (en locs)en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as
entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime
hasta tanto + subj — (frml)
cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again
otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...
IVtan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...
1) ( cantidad)2) ( punto - en fútbol) goal; (- en fútbol americano) point; (- en tenis, en juegos) point3) (en locs)al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad
* * *tanto1* al tanto = in the know, in step.* al tanto de = on the lookout for, on the alert for, in step with.* debe por lo tanto ser una consecuencia lógica que = it must therefore follow that.* en tanto por ciento = percentage-wise.* estar al tanto = monitor + developments.* estar al tanto de = be on the lookout for, keep + track of, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* mantenerse al tanto = stay + tuned.* mantenerse al tanto de = keep in + sync, keep + a finger on the pulse of, keep + track of, stay in + step with, keep in + step with, keep + step with.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* mantenerse al tanto de las noticias = keep up with + the news.* mantenerse al tanto de los avances = track + developments.* mientras tanto = in (the) meantime, meantime, ad interim.* no estar al tanto de = be out of touch with.* otros tantos = as many.* poner a Alguien al tanto de = fill + Alguien + in on.* poner al tanto (de) = bring into + the swim of, bring + Nombre + up to speed (on), get + Nombre + up to speed on.* poner al tanto sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.* ponerse al tanto = get + up to speed, wise up.* ponerse al tanto de = get up to + speed on.* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.tanto2= so much, so + Participio, quite so much.Ex: It is rather a pity that book reviewers tend to ignore this very popular genre so much.
Ex: On the other hand, 626 is now unused, for the subject to which it was originally allocated, Canal engineering, has so decreased in importance that it no longer justifies a separate heading.Ex: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.* cada tanto = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.* cada tantos minutos = every few minutes.* cada tantos + Período de Tiempo = every few + Período de Tiempo.* cada tanto tiempo = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.* cambiar tanto que resulta irreconocible = change + beyond (all) recognition.* con tan buenos resultados = to such good effect.* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.* con tanta frecuencia = so often.* desde hace tanto tiempo = so long.* dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.* durante tanto tiempo = for so long, so long.* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.* en tanto en cuanto = as long as, so long as.* en tanto en cuanto que = inasmuch as, insomuch as.* en tanto en cuanto + Subjuntivo = provided (that).* en tanto que = insofar as [in so far as].* es por lo tanto deducible = it therefore follows that.* es por lo tanto lógico que = it therefore follows that.* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish, moreish.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.* no tan bueno = not-so-good.* quedarse tan fresco = not bat an eyelash, not bat an eyelid.* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.* tan = all too + Adjetivo.* tan + Adjetivo = most + Adjetivo, so + Adjetivo, as + Adjetivo + as that.* tan + Adjetivo/Adverbio = all that + Adjetivo/Adverbio.* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tan + Adverbio = ever so + Adverbio.* tan amado de todos = so beloved of all.* tan amado por todos = so beloved of all.* tan a menudo = so often.* tan anunciado = much-vaunted, much-touted, long-heralded, much-heralded.* tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox, as wily as a fox.* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.* tan bueno como ningún otro = as good as any.* tan cacareado = much-vaunted, much-touted, long-heralded, much-heralded, much acclaimed.* tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.* 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.* tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.* tan famoso = much acclaimed.* tan fresco = as cool as a cucumber.* tan inocente como un bebé = as innocent as a lamb.* tan lejano como = as far afield as.* tan lejos como = as far away as.* tan manso como un cordero = as meek as a lamb.* tan pancho = as cool as a cucumber, unfazed.* tan pregonado = much-vaunted.* tan pronto = quite so soon.* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.* tan pronto como + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap), at an early a juncture as possible.* tan querido de todos = so beloved of all.* tan querido por todos = so beloved of all.* tan rápido como una liebre = as quick as a wink.* tan rápido como un rayo = as quick as a wink.* tan rápido como un relámpago = as quick as a wink.* tan renombrado = much acclaimed.* tan simple como = with as little ado as.* tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post.* tan sorprendente como pueda parecer = as amazing as it seems.* tan suave como el terciopelo = as smooth as silk, as soft as velvet.* tan suave como la seda = as soft as silk, as smooth as silk.* tan suave como un guante = as meek as a lamb.* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.* tanto como sea posible = as far as possible.* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.* tanto es así que = so much so that.* tanto mejor = so much the better.* tanto por ciento = percentage.* tanto que = so much so that, insomuch that.* tantos = so many.* tanto tiempo = so much time, this long, such a very long time.* tan tranquilo = unfazed.* tardar tanto tiempo en = take + so long to.* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the machine.* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the wheel.* un tanto + Adjetivo = vaguely + Adjetivo.tanto33 = goal.Ex: Kristen Taylor leads Carolina with three goals and an assist.
* encargado de anotar los tantos = scorer.* marcar un tanto = score, poach + a goal, score + goal.* tanto de la victoria = winning goal.* tanto del empate = equaliser [equalizer, -USA].* * *es tan difícil de describir it's so difficult to describe¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!¡te he echado tanto de menos! I've missed you so much!si es así, tanto mejor if that's the case, so much the bettery si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti and if you don't like it, too bad o ( colloq) tough!vamos, no es tan difícil come on, it's not that difficult¡y tanto! and how!el tan esperado acontecimiento the long-awaited eventya no cenamos afuera tanto nowadays we don't eat out so often o so muchde tanto que habla te marea he talks so much he makes your head spines tanto más importante cuanto que es su única fuente de ingresos ( frml); it is all the more important because it is his only source of incomeno deberías trabajar/gastar tanto you shouldn't work so hard/spend so muchtan/tanto … QUE:llegó tan tarde que ya no había nadie he arrived so late (that) everybody had gonetanto insistió que no tuve más remedio que quedarme he was so insistent that I just had to staytan/tanto … COMO:no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she lookssale tanto como tú/como se lo permiten los compromisos he goes out as much o as often as you do/as his commitments allowtan pronto como le sea posible as soon as you can, as soon as possibleno han mejorado tanto como para poder ganar el torneo they haven't improved enough to win the tournamenttanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted againstte lo cobran tanto si lo comes como si no lo comes they charge you for it whether you eat it or notB( AmL exc CS): qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?es difícil decir qué tanto hay de autobiográfico en la novela it is difficult to say how much of the novel is autobiographicalA1 ( sing) so much; (pl) so manyno sabía que había tanto espacio/tantas habitaciones I didn't know there was so much space/there were so many roomshabía tantísima gente ( fam); there were so many o such a lot of people¡tiene tanta fuerza …! she has such strength …!, she is so strong …!¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!, it's been such a long time!tanto … QUE:comió tanto chocolate que le hizo mal he ate so much chocolate (that) it made him illtanto … COMO:tengo tanto derecho como el que más I've got as much right as anyone else o as the next manno ha habido tantos turistas como el año pasado there haven't been as many o so many tourists as last year2 ( fam)(expresando cantidades indeterminadas): tenía setenta y tantos años he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd ( colloq)mil quinientos y tantos pesos one thousand five hundred and something pesos, fifteen hundred something pesos ( AmE)había tanto mosquito que no pudimos dormir there were so many mosquitoes we couldn't sleepA1 ( sing) so much; (pl) so many¿no querías azúcar? — sí, pero no tanta didn't you want sugar? — yes, but not that muchvinieron tantos que no alcanzaron los asientos so many people came there weren't enough seatses uno de tantos he's one of many¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco there's no need to go that farno es para tanto ( fam): no te pongas así, hombre; tampoco es para tanto come on, there's no need to get like that about itduele un poco, pero no es para tanto it hurts a bit, but it's not that badno pinta mal pero tampoco es para tanto she's not a bad artist but she's not that goodtanto tienes, tanto vales you are what you own2 ( fam)(expresando cantidades indeterminadas): hasta las tantas de la madrugada until the early hours of the morningte cobran tanto por folio/por minuto they charge you so much a sheet/a minuteen el año mil ochocientos treinta y tantos in eighteen thirty-somethingcincuenta y tantas fifty-odd, fifty or so3tanto (refiriéndose a tiempo) so longhace tanto que no me llama she hasn't called me for such a long time o for so long, it's been so long since she called metodavía faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long?B ( en locs):en tanto whileen tanto ella atendía a los clientes, él cocinaba while she served the customers, he did the cookingen tanto + SUBJ as long as, so long asen tanto tú estés aquí as long as you're hereentre tanto meanwhile, in the meantimehasta tanto + SUBJ( frml): hasta tanto (no) se solucione este conflicto until this conflict is solvedotro tanto: otro tanto cabe decir de su política exterior the same can be said of their foreign policyme queda otro tanto por hacer I have as many again still to docuesta unos $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto it costs about $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much againpor (lo) tanto thereforetan siquiera: ¡si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!no le escribió ni tan siquiera una notita he didn't even write her a little notecómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers o buy her some flowers, at leasttan sólo onlytenía tan sólo cuatro años he was only four years oldpor tan sólo dos mil pesos for only o for as little as two thousand pesostanto es así or tan así es so much sose sentía mal, tanto es así que no quiso comer she felt ill, so much so that she didn't want anything to eattanto más cuanto que specially since, all the more so becausees importante, tanto más cuanto que es su única fuente de ingresos it's important, specially since o all the more so because it's his only source of incomeA(cantidad): recibe un tanto por ciento por cada venta she gets a percentage o a certain percentage on every saletienes que entregar un tanto de depósito you have to put down so much o a certain amount as a depositapuntarse un tanto to score a pointC ( en locs):al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the pictureme mantengo al tanto de lo que pasa en el mundo I keep abreast of o I keep up to date with what is going on in the worldte mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informedya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happenedestáte al tanto para cuando venga keep an eye out for him ( colloq)un tanto somewhat, rather, a littleun tanto triste somewhat o rather o a little sad* * *
tanto 1 adverbio
1 [ see note under
( aplicado a verbo) so much;
¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!;
tanto mejor so much the better;
tan solo only;
tanto es así que … so much so that …;
ya no salimos tanto we don't go out so often o so much now;
llegó tan tarde que … he arrived so late (that) …;
no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she looks;
sale tanto como tú he goes out as much as you do;
tan pronto como puedas as soon as you can;
tanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted against
2 (AmL exc RPl)◊ qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tanto te duele? how much does it hurt?;
¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?
■ sustantivo masculino
1 ( cantidad):
hay que dejar un tanto de depósito you have to put down a certain amount as a deposit
2 ( punto — en fútbol) goal;
(— en fútbol americano, tenis, juegos) point
3 ( en locs)◊ al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture;
mantenerse al tanto de algo to keep up to date with sth;
estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq);
está al tanto de lo ocurrido he knows what's happened;
un tanto somewhat, rather;
un tanto triste somewhat sad
tanto 2◊ -ta adjetivo
(pl) so many;◊ había tanto espacio/tantos niños there was so much space/there were so many children;
¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!;
tanto dinero/tantos turistas como … as much money/as many tourists as …b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas):
■ pronombre
1
(pl) so many;◊ ¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!;
vinieron tantos que … so many people came (that) …;
¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?;
no ser para tanto (fam): duele, pero no es para tanto it hurts, but it's not that badb) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas):
treinta y tantas thirty or soc) ( refiriéndose a tiempo):
aún faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long?
2 ( en locs)
entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime;
otro tanto as much again;
me queda otro tanto por hacer I have as much again still to do;
por (lo) tanto therefore
tanto,-a
I adjetivo & pron
1 (gran cantidad, mucho) (con singular) so much
(con plural) so many: ¿cómo puedes ahorrar tanto (dinero)?, how are you able to save so much money?
no necesito tantos folios, I don't need so many sheets of paper
¡hace tanto tiempo!, it's been so long!
no es para tanto, it's not that bad
2 (cantidad imprecisa) le costó cuarenta y tantos dólares, it cost her forty-odd dollars
tiene cincuenta y tantos años, he's fifty something o fifty-odd
3 (en comparaciones: con singular) as much
(: en plural) as many: tiene tantos amigos como tú, he has as many friends as you
II adverbio tanto 1 (hasta tal punto) so much: no deberías beber tanto, you shouldn't drink so much
si vienes con nosotros, tanto mejor, if you come with us, so much the better
tanto peor, so much the worse
2 (referido a tiempo) so long: tardé un mes en escribirlo, - ¿tanto?, I spent one month writing it, - so long?
(a menudo) ya no sale tanto, nowadays he doesn't go out so often
III sustantivo masculino tanto 1 Dep point
Ftb goal
2 (una cantidad determinada) a certain amount
♦ Locuciones: figurado apuntarse un tanto, to score a point
estar al tanto, to be up-to-date
poner al tanto, to put sb in the picture
a las tantas: me llamó a las tantas de la madrugada/de la noche, she phoned me in the early hours of the morning/very late at night
entre tanto, meanwhile
otro tanto, as much again
por lo tanto, therefore
tanto (...) como (...), both: tanto Pedro como María, both Pedro and María
tanto por ciento, percentage
un tanto, somewhat, rather, a bit
un tanto cansado, rather tired
¡y tanto!, and how!
' tanto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alquilar
- amargada
- amargado
- atonía
- bar
- calva
- calvo
- ciento
- cuñada
- cuñado
- embrutecerse
- empañar
- escarnio
- fastidio
- griterío
- gusto
- hartar
- hermano
- histórica
- histórico
- idiotizar
- licuación
- marcar
- mejor
- mientras
- mucha
- mucho
- normal
- objeto
- padre
- para
- parecerse
- permitirse
- que
- ronca
- ronco
- satisfacción
- sobrino
- tanta
- tela
- toda
- todo
- tutearse
- ver
- vencerse
- anotar
- anular
- apuntar
- arreglar
- así
English:
acquaint
- all
- alone
- as
- awaken
- ball
- better
- bog down
- both
- critical
- delay
- din
- ear
- excitement
- fall apart
- fuss over
- hence
- labour
- lie down
- meantime
- meanwhile
- monopolize
- much
- must
- name
- neither
- packaging
- picture
- point
- privy
- rupture
- score
- scorer
- so
- somewhat
- song
- spin out
- stretch out
- such
- that
- therefore
- this
- whereas
- work
- alike
- begrudge
- cope
- every
- fail
- follow
* * *tanto, -a♦ adj1. [gran cantidad] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;tanto dinero so much money, such a lot of money;tanta gente so many people;tiene tanto entusiasmo/tantos amigos que… she is so enthusiastic/has so many friends that…;Famnunca había visto tanto niño junto en mi vida I'd never seen so many children in one place;de tanto gritar se quedó afónico he lost his voice from all that shouting, he shouted so much that he lost his voice;¡tanto quejarse del tiempo y luego se mudan a Alaska! they never stop complaining about the weather and then they move to Alaska!2. [cantidad indeterminada] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;nos daban tantos pesos al día they used to give us so many pesos per day;hay cuarenta y tantos candidatos there are forty-odd o forty or so candidates;tiene treinta y tantos años she's thirty-something o thirty-odd;nos conocimos en el año sesenta y tantos we met in nineteen sixty-something3. [en comparaciones]tanto… como as much… as;tantos… como as many… as;hoy no hay tanta gente como ayer there aren't as many people today as yesterday♦ pron1. [tan gran cantidad] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;tenemos tanto de qué hablar we have so much o such a lot to talk about;¿cómo puedes tener tantos? how can you have so many?;éramos tantos que faltó comida there were so many of us we ran out of food;ser uno de tantos to be nothing special2. [cantidad indeterminada] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;si el petróleo está a tanto el barril… if oil costs so much a barrel…;a tantos de agosto on such and such a date in August;debe de andar por los cuarenta y tantos he must be forty-odd;ocurrió en el sesenta y tantos it happened in nineteen sixty-something3. [igual cantidad] [singular] as much;[plural] as many;tantos as many;tantos como desees as many as you like;había mucha gente aquí, pero allí no había tanta there were a lot of people here, but there weren't as many there;otro tanto as much again, the same again;otro tanto le ocurrió a los demás the same thing happened to the rest of them;ponme otro tanto same again, please;Famni tanto ni tan calvo there's no need to go to extremes;Esptanto monta, monta tanto it makes no difference, it's all the same to me/him/ etc♦ adv1. [mucho][tiempo] so long (that…);tanto (que…) [cantidad] so much (that…);no bebas tanto don't drink so much;de eso hace tanto que ya no me acordaba it's been so long since that happened that I don't even remember;la aprecia tanto que… he's so fond of her that…;ya no llueve tanto it's not raining as much o so hard now;ya no vienen tanto por aquí they don't come here so often o as much any more;la quiero, pero no tanto I like her, but not that much;quizás tardemos una hora en llegar – ¡no tanto! it may take us an hour to get there – it won't take that long!;¿nos denunciarán? – no creo que la cosa llegue a tanto will they report us? – I don't think it will come to that;no es para tanto [no es tan grave, malo] it's not too serious;[no te enfades] there's no need to get so upset about it, it's not such a big deal;¿el mejor escritor de la historia? yo creo que no es para tanto the best writer ever? I don't see what all the fuss is about myself;faltan cien kilómetros todavía – ¿tanto? there are still a hundred kilometres to go – as much as that?;tanto (es así) que… so much so that…;odia las fiestas, tanto es así que no celebra ni su cumpleaños he hates parties, so much so that he doesn't even celebrate his own birthday;tanto más cuanto que… all the more so because…;tanto mejor/peor so much the better/worse;si no nos quieren invitar, tanto peor para ellos if they don't want to invite us, that's their loss;¡y tanto! absolutely!, you bet!;hay cosas más importantes en la vida – ¡y tanto! there are more important things in life – there certainly are! o that's too true!me gusta tanto como a ti I like it (just) as much as you do;la casa está deteriorada, pero no tanto como para demolerla the house is in a poor state of repair, but not so as you'd want to demolish it;tanto hombres como mujeres both men and women;tanto si estoy en casa como si no whether I'm at home or notno importa qué tanto sepan de tecnología it doesn't matter how much they know about technology♦ nm1. [punto] point;[gol] goal;marcar un tanto to scoretanto directo de saque [en tenis] ace;tanto de saque [en tenis] service point2. [ventaja] point;apuntarse un tanto (a favor) to earn a point in one's favoures un tanto pesada she's a bit of a bore o rather boring;se le ve un tanto triste he seems rather sadte cobran un tanto por la reparación y otro por el desplazamiento they charge you so much o a certain amount for the repair work and on top of that a call-out charge;un tanto así [acompañado de un gesto] this muchtanto por ciento percentage;¿qué tanto por ciento de IVA llevan los libros? what percentage Br VAT o US sales tax do you pay on books?♦ al tanto loc advsiempre está al tanto de todo she always knows everything that's going on;no estoy al tanto de lo que ha pasado I'm not up to date with what happened;te mantendremos al tanto we'll keep you informed;mantenerse al tanto (de algo) to keep up to date (on sth), to keep oneself informed (about sth);poner a alguien al tanto (de algo) to inform sb (about sth)♦ en tanto que loc conj1. [mientras, hasta que] while;espera en tanto que acabamos wait while we finish2. [mientras, pero] while, whereas;él dimitió en tanto que los demás siguieron en el cargo he resigned while o whereas the others remained in their posts♦ en tanto que loc prep[como] as;en tanto que director, me corresponde la decisión as manager, it's for me to decide♦ entre tanto loc adv[mientras] meanwhile;haz las camas y entre tanto, yo lavo los platos you make the beds and, meanwhile, I'll do the dishes♦ hasta tanto loc conj[hasta que] until;hasta tanto no se reúnan until they meet♦ por (lo) tanto loc conjtherefore, so* * *comí tantos pasteles que me puse malo I ate so many candies that I was ill;no vimos tantos pájaros como ayer we didn’t see as many birds as we did yesterdayun tanto a little;uno de tantos one of many;tienes tanto you have so much;no hay tantos como ayer there aren’t as many as yesterday;a las tantas de la noche in the small hourstardó tanto como él she took as long as him;tanto mejor so much the better;no es para tanto it’s not such a big deal;a tanto no llega things aren’t as bad as that;tanto es así que … so much so that…;tanto (me) da I don’t really care;¡y tanto! yeah!, right on!:por lo tanto therefore, so;entre tanto meanwhile;ella trabajaba en tanto que él veía la televisión she was working while he was watching televisionV m1 point;marcar un tanto DEP score a point;tanto por ciento percentage2:estar al tanto be informed (de about)3:él es muy inteligente, y ella otro tanto he is very intelligent and so is she o and she is too* * *tanto adv1) : so muchtanto mejor: so much the better2) : so long¿por qué te tardaste tanto?: why did you take so long?tanto, -ta adj1) : so much, so many, suchno hagas tantas preguntas: don't ask so many questionstiene tanto encanto: he has such charm, he's so charming2) : as much, as manycome tantos dulces como yo: she eats as many sweets as I do3) : odd, however manycuarenta y tantos años: forty-odd yearstanto nm1) : certain amount2) : goal, point (in sports)3)al tanto : abreast, in the picture4)un tanto : somewhat, ratherun tanto cansado: rather tiredtanto, -ta pron1) : so much, so manytiene tanto que hacer: she has so much to do¡no me des tantos!: don't give me so many!2)entre tanto : meanwhile3)por lo tanto : therefore* * *tanto1 adj pron1. (con nombres incontables) so much2. (con nombres contables) so many¡hay tantos mosquitos! there are so many mosquitoes!tanto... como as much... as / as many... as... y tantos... somethingtanto2 adv1. (en general) so much2. (tiempo) so longtardabas tanto, que me fui you took so long, that I wenttanto... como... both... and...tanto3 n point / goal -
122 tirer
tirer [tiʀe]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. ( = amener vers soi) [+ pièce mobile, poignée, corde] to pull ; (vers le bas) to pull down ; (vers le haut) to pull up ; [+ rideaux] to draw ; [+ tiroir] to pull open ; [+ verrou] ( = fermer) to slide to ; ( = ouvrir) to draw• as-tu tiré le verrou ? have you bolted the door?b. ( = remorquer) [+ véhicule, charge] to pull ; [+ navire, remorque] to towc. ( = sortir) [+ épée, couteau, vin, cidre] to draw• il a tiré 4 000 € de sa vieille voiture he managed to get 4,000 euros for his old car• on ne peut rien en tirer (enfant têtu) you can't do anything with him ; (personne qui refuse de parler) you can't get anything out of hime. ( = délivrer) tirer qn de prison/d'une situation dangereuse to get sb out of prison/of a dangerous situationh. (Photography, typography) to print• ce journal est tiré à 100 000 exemplaires this paper has a circulation of 100,000• tirer un roman à 8 000 exemplaires to print 8,000 copies of a noveli. ( = tracer) [+ ligne, trait] to draw ; [+ plan] to draw up• tirer un coup (vulg!) to have it off (vulg!)• tirer un corner/un penalty to take a corner/a penaltyl. [+ chèque, lettre de change] to draw• prête-moi ta carte bleue pour que j'aille tirer de l'argent lend me your credit card so that I can go and get some money outn. ( = passer) (inf) to get through• encore une heure/un mois à tirer another hour/month to get through2. intransitive verba. to pullb. ( = faire feu) to fire ; ( = se servir d'une arme à feu, viser) to shoot• tirer sur qn/qch to shoot at sb/sthc. (Sport, football) to shoote. [cheminée, poêle] to drawf. [moteur, voiture] to pullg. [points de suture, sparadrap] to pull• le matin, j'ai la peau qui tire my skin feels tight in the morningh. (locutions)► tirer à sa fin [journée] to be drawing to a close ; [épreuve] to be nearly over ; [provisions] to be nearly finished3. reflexive verb► se tirera.se tirer de [+ danger, situation] to get o.s. out of• sa voiture était en mille morceaux mais lui s'en est tiré his car was smashed to pieces but he escaped unharmedb. bien/mal se tirer de qch [+ tâche] to handle sth well/badly• comment va-t-il se tirer de ce sujet/travail ? how will he cope with this subject/job?• les questions étaient difficiles mais il s'en est bien tiré the questions were difficult but he handled them wellc. ( = déguerpir) (inf!) to clear off (inf)• allez, on se tire come on, let's be off* * *tiʀe
1.
1) ( déplacer) to pull [véhicule]; to pull up [chaise]; to pull away [tapis]2) ( exercer une traction) ( avec une force régulière) to pull [cheveux]; to pull on [corde]; ( par à-coups) to tug at3) ( tendre)4) ( fermer) to draw [verrou, rideau]; to pull down [store]; to close [porte, volet]5) ( avec une arme) to fire off [balle, obus, grenade]; to fire [missile]; to shoot [flèche]tirer un corner/penalty — to take a corner/penalty
7) ( choisir au hasard)tirer (au sort) — to draw [carte, loterie, nom]; to draw for [partenaire]
9) ( sortir)10) ( faire sortir)11) ( obtenir)tirer de quelqu'un — to get [something] from somebody [renseignement, aveu]
tirer de quelque chose — to draw [something] from something [force, ressources]; to derive [something] from something [orgueil, satisfaction]; to make [something] out of something [argent]
tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de cette voiture — ( comme argent) you won't get much for this car; ( comme service) you won't get much out of this car
12) ( dériver)13) ( extraire)14) ( faire un tirage) to print [livre, négatif]; to run off [épreuve, exemplaire]tiré à part — [texte] off-printed
15) ( tracer) to draw [ligne, trait]tirer un chèque — to draw a cheque GB ou check US
tirer des plans — fig to draw up plans
16) (colloq) ( passer)plus qu'une heure/semaine à tirer — only one more hour/week to go
2.
verbe intransitif1) ( exercer une traction) to pulltirer sur quelque chose — to pull on something; ( d'un coup ou par à-coups) to tug at something
2) ( utiliser une arme) gén to shoot ( sur at); ( à feu) to fire ( sur at)elle lui a tiré dans la jambe — she shot him/her in the leg
3) ( au football) to shoot; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a shot4) ( choisir au hasard)5) ( prendre)6) ( aspirer)7) ( être imprimé)tirer à mille exemplaires — [périodique] to have a circulation of one thousand
8) ( aller vers)tirer sur le jaune/l'orangé — [couleur] to be yellowish/orangy
tirer sur la cinquantaine — [personne] to be pushing fifty
tirer à gauche/droite — [voiture] to pull to the left/right
3.
se tirer verbe pronominal1) ( sortir)se tirer de — to come through [situation, difficultés]
2) (sl) ( partir) to push off (colloq)3) ( avec une arme)se tirer dessus — ( l'un l'autre) lit to shoot at one another
4) (colloq) ( se débrouiller)s'en tirer — to cope, to manage
5) (colloq) ( échapper)s'en tirer — ( à un accident) to escape; ( à une maladie) to pull through; ( à une punition) to get away with it (colloq)
* * *tiʀe1. vt1) (pour arracher, amener à soi) to pullIl m'a tiré les cheveux. — He pulled my hair.
tiré par les cheveux fig (histoire, intrigue, explications) — far-fetched
2) (= fermer) [volet, porte, trappe] to pull to, to close, [rideau] to draw3) (= extraire)tirer qch de qch — to take sth from sth, to pull sth out of sth, [fruit, sol] to extract sth from sth
Elle a tiré un mouchoir de son sac. — She took a handkerchief from her bag., She pulled a handkerchief out of her bag.
tirer son nom de — to take one's name from, to get one's name from
tirer qn de qch [embarras] — to help sb out of sth, to get sb out of sth
4) (= sortir)5) (avec une arme) [balle, coup de feu] to fire, [animal] to shootIl a tiré plusieurs coups de feu. — He fired several shots.
6) [chèque] to draw7) (= tracer) to draw, to trace8) (= imprimer) [journal, livre, photo] to print9) (= choisir) [carte] to drawtirer les cartes — to read the cards, to tell the cards
10) FOOTBALL, [corner] to take11) NAVIGATION2. vi1)"Tirer" — "Pull"
tirer sur qch [corde, poignée] — to pull on sth, to pull at sth, [pipe] to draw on sth
2) (avec arme) to shoot, (= faire feu) to shoot, to firetirer à la carabine — to shoot with a rifle, to fire with a rifle
tirer sur qn (= faire feu sur) — to shoot at sb, to fire on sb
Il a tiré sur les policiers. — He shot at police officers., He fired on police officers.
3) FOOTBALL to shoot4) [cheminée] to draw5)* * *tirer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( déplacer) [personne, animal, véhicule] to pull [véhicule]; [personne] to pull up [fauteuil, chaise]; [personne] to pull away [tapis]; tirer la tête en arrière to toss one's head back; ⇒ chapeau, couverture;2 ( exercer une traction) ( avec une force régulière) to pull [cheveux]; to pull on [corde]; ( par à-coups) to tug at [cordelette, manette, sonnette]; tirer qn par le bras to pull sb's arm; tirer les cheveux à qn to pull sb's hair; tirer qn par la manche to tug at sb's sleeve;3 ( tendre) tirer ses cheveux en arrière to pull back one's hair; tirer ses bas to pull up one's stockings; tirer sa chemise/jupe to straighten one's shirt/skirt; ⇒ épingle; se faire tirer la peau○ Cosmét to have a face-lift; la peau/ça me tire○ my skin/it feels tight;5 Mil to fire off [balle, obus, grenade]; to fire [missile]; tirer un coup de feu to fire a shot; tirer le canon ( pour honorer) to fire a salute; tirer vingt et un coups de canon to fire a twenty-one gun salute;6 ( propulser) to shoot [balle, flèche] (sur at); elle lui a tiré (une balle) dans le dos she shot him in the back;7 ( viser) tirer le canard/faisan/gibier to shoot duck/pheasant/game;8 Sport ( de ballon) tirer un corner/penalty to take a corner/penalty; tirer un coup franc ( au football) to take a free kick; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a free throw;9 ( choisir au hasard) tirer (au sort) to draw [carte, loterie, nom, gagnant, adversaire]; to draw for [partenaire]; tirer les blancs to draw white; tirer une bonne carte to draw a strong card;11 Astrol tirer les cartes à qn to tell the cards for sb; se faire tirer les cartes to have one's fortune told with cards;12 ( prendre) to draw [vin, bière, eau, électricité, argent] (de, sur from); tirer de l'eau du puits to draw water from the well; tirer de l'argent sur un compte to draw money from an account; ⇒ vin;13 ( sortir) tirer de qch to take [sth] out of sth [objet]; to pull [sb] out of sth [personne]; tirer un stylo de son sac/d'un tiroir to take a pen out of one's bag/out of a drawer; tirer un enfant de l'eau/des flammes to pull a child out of the water/out of the flames; tirer qch de sa poche to pull sth out of one's pocket; tirer une bouffée de sa cigarette/pipe to take a puff at ou on one's cigarette/pipe; ⇒ épingle, marron, ver;14 ( faire sortir) tirer de qch to get [sb/sth] out of sth [personne, pays, entreprise]; tirer le pays de la récession to get the country out of recession; tire-moi de là! get me out of this!; tirer qn d'une maladie to pull sb through an illness; tu l'as tirée de son silence/sa mélancolie you drew her out of her silence/her melancholy;15 ( obtenir) tirer de qn to get [sth] from sb [renseignement, aveu]; tirer de qch to draw [sth] from sth [force, ressources]; to derive [sth] from sth [orgueil, satisfaction]; to make [sth] out of sth [argent]; tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de cette voiture ( comme argent) you won't get much for this car; ( comme service) you won't get much out of this car; tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de lui (comme argent, renseignements, preuve d'intelligence) you won't get much out of him; tirer le maximum de la situation to make the most of the situation; tirer un son d'un instrument to get a note out of an instrument;16 ( dériver) tirer de qch to base [sth] on sth [récit, film]; to get [sth] from sth [nom]; le film est tiré du roman the film is based on the novel; la guillotine tire son nom de son inventeur the guillotine gets its name from its inventor; le mot est tiré de l'anglais the word comes from the English;17 ( extraire) tirer de qn/qch to take [sth] from sb/sth [texte]; to derive [sth] from sth [substance]; texte tiré de Zola/la Bible text taken from Zola/the Bible; le médicament est tiré d'une plante the drug comes from a plant;18 ( faire un tirage) to print [livre, tract, texte, négatif]; to run off [épreuve, exemplaire]; journal tiré à dix mille exemplaires newspaper with a circulation of ten thousand;19 ( tracer) to draw [ligne, trait]; tirer un chèque Fin to draw a cheque GB ou check US (sur on); tirer des plans fig to draw up plans; ⇒ comète;20 ○( passer) plus qu'une heure/semaine à tirer only one more hour/week to go; tirer quelques années en prison to spend a few years in prison.B vi1 ( exercer une traction) to pull; tirer sur qch ( avec une force régulière) to pull on sth; ( d'un coup ou par à-coups) to tug at sth; tire fort! pull hard!; tirer sur les rames to pull on the oars; tirer de toutes ses forces to heave with all one's might; le moteur tire bien/tire mal○ the engine is pulling well/isn't pulling properly; ⇒ corde;2 ( utiliser une arme) to shoot (sur at); ( à feu) to fire (sur at); tirer à l'arc to shoot with a bow and arrow; tirer à la carabine/à l'arbalète to shoot with a rifle/with a crossbow; tirer pour tuer to shoot to kill; tirer au fusil/en l'air/à balles réelles to fire a gun/into the air/with live ammunition; tirer le premier to fire first, to shoot first; se faire tirer dessus to come under fire, to be shot at; ⇒ boulet; elle lui a tiré dans la jambe she shot him in the leg;3 Sport ( au football) to shoot; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a shot; tirer au but ( au football) to take a shot at goal;4 ( choisir au hasard) tirer (au sort) to draw lots; on n'a qu'à tirer let's just draw lots; ⇒ paille;5 ( prendre) tirer sur to draw on; tirer sur son compte/ses réserves to draw on one's account/one's reserves;6 ( aspirer) la cheminée tire bien/tire mal the chimney draws well/doesn't draw well; tirer sur sa cigarette/pipe to draw on one's cigarette/pipe;7 Imprim, Presse tirer à mille exemplaires [périodique] to have a circulation of a thousand; à combien tire la revue? what's the circulation of the magazine?;8 ( avoir une nuance) tirer sur le jaune/le bleu/le vert/le violet/l'orangé to be yellowish/bluish/greenish/purplish/orangy; être d'un bleu tirant sur le vert to be greenish-blue;10 ( dévier) [voiture]tirer à gauche/droite to pull to the left/right; Équit tirer à la main [cheval] to pull.C se tirer vpr1 ( sortir) se tirer de to come through [situation, difficultés]; se tirer de ses ennuis to come through one's troubles; ⇒ pas;2 ◑( partir) je me tire I'm off○ GB, I'm splitting○; tire-toi get lost○; je me suis tiré de chez lui I cleared from his place; je me suis tiré de chez mes parents I left home; je vais me tirer à Montréal I'm going off to Montreal;3 ( se servir d'une arme) se tirer une balle to shoot oneself (dans in); se tirer une balle dans la tête to blow one's brains out; se tirer dessus ( l'un l'autre) lit to shoot at one another;4 ( exercer une traction) se tirer la moustache to pull at one's moustache;5 ○( se débrouiller) s'en tirer to cope; il s'en tire mal ( forte contrainte) he's finding it hard to cope; ( travail délicat) he doesn't do very well; comment est-ce que vous vous en tirez? how do you cope?; elle s'en tire mieux que lui ( épreuve de résistance) she is coping better than he is; ( épreuve d'habileté) she is doing better than him; elle s'en tire tout juste she just gets by;6 ○( échapper) s'en tirer ( à un accident) to escape; ( à une maladie) to pull through; ( à une punition) to get away with it○; je m'en suis tiré avec quelques égratignures I escaped with a few scratches; son médecin pense qu'elle s'en tirera her doctor thinks (that) she will pull through; sans diplôme, il ne s'en tirera jamais without a degree, he'll never get by; il ne s'en tirera pas comme ça he's not going to get away with it; s'en tirer à bon prix to get off lightly; ⇒ compte.[tire] verbe transitifA.[DÉPLACER]tirer quelqu'un par le bras/les cheveux/les pieds to drag somebody by the arm/hair/feet2. [amener à soi] to pull[étirer - vers le haut] to pull (up) ; [ - vers le bas] to pull (down)elle me tira doucement par la manche she tugged ou pulled at my sleevetirer ses cheveux en arrière to draw ou to pull one's hair backa. [accidentellement] to pull a threadb. [pour faire un jour] to draw a threada. [s'attribuer le mérite] to take all the creditb. [s'attribuer le profit] to take the lion's share3. [pour actionner - cordon d'appel, élastique] to pull ; [ - tiroir] to pull (open ou out)tirer les rideaux to pull ou to draw the curtainstire le portail derrière toi close the gates behind you, pull the gates toa. [pour ouvrir] to slide a bolt openb. [pour fermer] to slide a bolt to, to shoot a boltB.[EXTRAIRE, OBTENIR]1. [faire sortir]tirer quelque chose de to pull ou to draw something out oftirer le vin/cidre (du tonneau) to draw wine/cider (off from the barrel)tirer quelqu'un de [le faire sortir de] to get somebody out oftirer quelqu'un de son silence to draw somebody out (of his/her silence)2. [fabriquer]tirer quelque chose de to derive ou to get ou to make something fromtirer des sons d'un instrument to get ou to draw sounds from an instrument3. [percevoir - argent][retirer - chèque, argent liquide] to drawtirer de l'argent d'un compte to draw money out of ou to withdraw money from an account4. [extraire, dégager]tirer la morale/un enseignement de quelque chose to learn a lesson from somethingce que j'ai tiré de ce livre/cet article what I got out of this book/articlece roman tire son titre d'une chanson populaire the title of this novel is taken from a popular song5. [obtenir, soutirer]tirer quelque chose de: tirer de l'argent de quelqu'un to extract money from somebody, to get money out of somebodyon n'en tirera jamais rien, de ce gossea. (familier) [il n'est bon à rien] we'll never make anything out of this kidb. [il ne parlera pas] we'll never get this kid to talk, we'll never get anything out of this kid6. (familier) [voler]je me suis fait tirer mon portefeuille au cinéma! somebody nicked (UK) ou swiped (US) my wallet at the cinema!C.[PROJETER][balle, flèche] to shoot2. [feu d'artifice] to set offce soir, on tirera un feu d'artifice there will be a fireworks display tonight4. [à la pétanque, boule en main] to throw[boule placée] to knock out (separable)[en haltérophilie] to lift5. (locution)E.[TRACER, IMPRIMER]3. IMPRIMERIE [livre] to printce magazine est tiré à plus de 200 000 exemplaires this magazine has a print run ou a circulation of 200,000bon à tirer ‘passed for press’un bon à tirer [épreuve] a press proof4. (Belgique & locution)tu es assez grand, tu tires ton plan you're old enough to look after yourself————————[tire] verbe intransitifne tirez pas, je me rends! don't shoot, I surrender!tirez dans les jambes shoot at ou aim at the legstirer à balles/à blanc to fire bullets/blankstirer sur quelqu'un to take a shot ou to shoot ou to fire at somebodyils ont l'ordre de tirer sur tout ce qui bouge they've been ordered to shoot ou to fire at anything that moveson m'a tiré dessus I was fired ou shot at2. ARMEMENT & SPORTtirer à l'arc/l'arbalètea. [activité sportive] to do archery/crossbow archeryb. [action ponctuelle] to shoot a bow/crossbowtirer à la carabine/au pistoleta. [activité sportive] to do rifle/pistol shootingb. [action ponctuelle] to shoot with a rifle/pistolil a tiré dans le mur/petit filet he sent the ball against the wall/into the side netting4. [exercer une traction] to pulltire! pull!, heave!5. [aspirer - fumeur]tirer sur une pipe to draw on ou to pull at a pipetirer sur une cigarette to puff at ou to draw on a cigarette6. [avoir un bon tirage - cheminée, poêle]la cheminée/pipe tire mal the fireplace/pipe doesn't draw properly7. [peau] to feel tight[points de suture] to pullaïe, ça tire! ouch, it's pulling!8. JEUXtirer au sort to draw ou to cast lots9. IMPRIMERIEtirer à 50 000 exemplaires to have a circulation of ou to have a (print) run of 50,000 (copies)10. (locution, Belgique & Suisse)————————tirer à verbe plus préposition1. PRESSE2. NAUTIQUE3. (locution)————————tirer sur verbe plus préposition[couleur] to verge ou to border onses cheveux tirent sur le roux his hair is reddish ou almost red————————se tirer verbe pronominal (emploi passif)————————se tirer verbe pronominal intransitifs'il n'est pas là dans 5 minutes, je me tire if he's not here in 5 minutes I'm goingtire-toi! [ton menaçant] beat it!, clear ou push off!dès que je peux, je me tire de cette boîte as soon as I can, I'll get out of this dump2. [toucher à sa fin - emprisonnement, service militaire] to draw to a closeplus qu'une semaine, ça se tire quand même! only a week to go, it's nearly over after all!————————se tirer de verbe pronominal plus préposition[se sortir de] to get out ofil s'est bien/mal tiré de l'entrevue he did well/badly at the interviews'en tirer (familier) [s'en sortir]: avec son culot, elle s'en tirera toujours with her cheek, she'll always come out on topsi tu ne m'avais pas aidé à finir la maquette, je ne m'en serais jamais tiré if you hadn't given me a hand with the model, I'd never have managedrien à faire, je ne m'en tire pas! [financièrement] it's impossible, I just can't make ends meet!tu ne t'en tireras pas avec de simples excuses [être quitte] you won't get away ou off with just a few words of apologys'en tirer à ou avec ou pour [devoir payer] to have to payà quatre, on ne s'en tirera pas à moins de 150 euros le repas the meal will cost at least 150 euros for the four of usil ne s'en tirera pas comme ça he won't get off so lightly, he won't get away with iton n'a encaissé qu'un seul but, on ne s'en est pas trop mal tirés they scored only one goal against us, we didn't do too badly -
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prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].I. A.Lit., of place:B.portus propior,
Verg. A. 3, 530:tumulus,
Liv. 22, 24:ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:domus,
Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,
Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:propior montem suos collocat,
Sall. J. 49, 1:propior hostem,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:quisquis ab igne propior stetit,
Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:propior timeri,
Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:propiora fluminis,
Tac. H. 5, 16:tenere,
Verg. A. 5, 168.—Trop.1.Of time, nearer, later, more recent:2.veniunt inde ad propiora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:venio ad propiorem (epistulam),
id. Att. 15, 3, 2:propior puero quam juveni,
Vell. 2, 53, 1:septimus octavo jam propior annus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:mors,
Tib. 2, 3, 42:propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,
Dig. 23, 4, 17.—Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:3.quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,
Cic. Quint. 31, 97:ille gradu propior sanguinis,
Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:amicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:4.quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:tauro,
Verg. G. 3, 57:vero est propius,
more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:scribere Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):propius est fidem,
is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,
Sall. C. 11, 1.—Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:A.hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,
my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,
id. Sest. 18, 40:alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,
id. Att. 14, 19, 1:damnum propius medullis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:cura propior luctusque domesticus,
Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:supplemento vel Latium propius esse,
Liv. 8, 11:irae quam timori propiorem cernens,
more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).Lit.1.Absol.:2.propius accedamus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:res adspicere,
Verg. A. 1, 526:propius spectare aliquid,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;stare,
id. A. P. 361.—With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):3.propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3:propius stabulis armenta tenerent,
Verg. G. 1, 355.—With acc.:4.ne propius se castra moveret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9:pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:propius urbem,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:mare,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—With ab:B.propius a terris,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:ab Urbe,
Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—Trop.:II.ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,
id. Fl. 10, 23:a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,
Tac. H. 2, 76:nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,
he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).A.Lit., of place:1. 2.proxima oppida,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12:via,
Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,
Sall. J. 23, 2:in proximos collis discedunt,
id. ib. 54, 10:proximum iter in Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:agri termini,
id. C. 2, 18, 23:proximus vicinus,
one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:proxima Campano ponti villula,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):qui te proximus est,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,
Liv. 35, 27:Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,
Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:dactylus proximus a postremo,
next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,
Liv. 37, 25:proximus a dominā,
Ov. A. A. 1, 139:proxima regio ab eā (urbe),
Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:B.vicinus e proximo,
hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,
from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:cum in proximo hic sit aegra,
close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:huic locum in proximum conduxi,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:traicit in proxima continentis,
Liv. 31, 46, 12.—Trop.1.Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:2.quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,
id. Lael. 2, 7:Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:proximo anno,
Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,
Cic. Mil. 9, 24:proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,
id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,
Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,
id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,
recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:3.summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 3:proximos dentes eiciunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:prima vulnera... Proxima,
Ov. M. 3, 233:proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,
Hor. A. P. 338:proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,
Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:b.AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:proximus cognatione,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:id des proximum,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:proxima virtutibus vitia,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:propinquitate,
Nep. Ages. 1, 3:proximae necessitudines,
Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:injuriosi sunt in proximos,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,
i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:4.sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,
Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:quis est mihi proximus?
Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):1.argumentum,
App. Mag. p. 278:cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,
Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,
there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):2.quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,
Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:proxime Pompeium sedebam,
id. ib. 1, 14, 3:proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,
Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,
Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,
Col. 1, 6, 8.—Trop.a.Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:b.civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:cum proxime judices contrahentur,
id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,
Cels. 3, 2:proxime solis occasum,
Pall. 9, 8, 5.—Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:c.proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:proxime a nobilissimis viris,
Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:proxime valent cetera lauri genera,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;proxime viride,
id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:proxime morem Romanum,
closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,
closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—Very closely, nicely, accurately:ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,
Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,
id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:nonne apertius, proximius, verius?
Min. Fel. Oct. 19. -
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prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].I. A.Lit., of place:B.portus propior,
Verg. A. 3, 530:tumulus,
Liv. 22, 24:ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:domus,
Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,
Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:propior montem suos collocat,
Sall. J. 49, 1:propior hostem,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:quisquis ab igne propior stetit,
Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:propior timeri,
Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:propiora fluminis,
Tac. H. 5, 16:tenere,
Verg. A. 5, 168.—Trop.1.Of time, nearer, later, more recent:2.veniunt inde ad propiora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:venio ad propiorem (epistulam),
id. Att. 15, 3, 2:propior puero quam juveni,
Vell. 2, 53, 1:septimus octavo jam propior annus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:mors,
Tib. 2, 3, 42:propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,
Dig. 23, 4, 17.—Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:3.quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,
Cic. Quint. 31, 97:ille gradu propior sanguinis,
Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:amicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:4.quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:tauro,
Verg. G. 3, 57:vero est propius,
more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:scribere Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):propius est fidem,
is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,
Sall. C. 11, 1.—Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:A.hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,
my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,
id. Sest. 18, 40:alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,
id. Att. 14, 19, 1:damnum propius medullis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:cura propior luctusque domesticus,
Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:supplemento vel Latium propius esse,
Liv. 8, 11:irae quam timori propiorem cernens,
more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).Lit.1.Absol.:2.propius accedamus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:res adspicere,
Verg. A. 1, 526:propius spectare aliquid,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;stare,
id. A. P. 361.—With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):3.propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3:propius stabulis armenta tenerent,
Verg. G. 1, 355.—With acc.:4.ne propius se castra moveret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9:pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:propius urbem,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:mare,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—With ab:B.propius a terris,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:ab Urbe,
Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—Trop.:II.ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,
id. Fl. 10, 23:a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,
Tac. H. 2, 76:nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,
he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).A.Lit., of place:1. 2.proxima oppida,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12:via,
Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,
Sall. J. 23, 2:in proximos collis discedunt,
id. ib. 54, 10:proximum iter in Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:agri termini,
id. C. 2, 18, 23:proximus vicinus,
one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:proxima Campano ponti villula,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):qui te proximus est,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,
Liv. 35, 27:Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,
Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:dactylus proximus a postremo,
next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,
Liv. 37, 25:proximus a dominā,
Ov. A. A. 1, 139:proxima regio ab eā (urbe),
Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:B.vicinus e proximo,
hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,
from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:cum in proximo hic sit aegra,
close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:huic locum in proximum conduxi,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:traicit in proxima continentis,
Liv. 31, 46, 12.—Trop.1.Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:2.quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,
id. Lael. 2, 7:Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:proximo anno,
Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,
Cic. Mil. 9, 24:proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,
id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,
Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,
id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,
recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:3.summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 3:proximos dentes eiciunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:prima vulnera... Proxima,
Ov. M. 3, 233:proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,
Hor. A. P. 338:proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,
Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:b.AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:proximus cognatione,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:id des proximum,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:proxima virtutibus vitia,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:propinquitate,
Nep. Ages. 1, 3:proximae necessitudines,
Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:injuriosi sunt in proximos,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,
i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:4.sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,
Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:quis est mihi proximus?
Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):1.argumentum,
App. Mag. p. 278:cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,
Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,
there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):2.quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,
Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:proxime Pompeium sedebam,
id. ib. 1, 14, 3:proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,
Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,
Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,
Col. 1, 6, 8.—Trop.a.Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:b.civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:cum proxime judices contrahentur,
id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,
Cels. 3, 2:proxime solis occasum,
Pall. 9, 8, 5.—Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:c.proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:proxime a nobilissimis viris,
Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:proxime valent cetera lauri genera,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;proxime viride,
id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:proxime morem Romanum,
closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,
closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—Very closely, nicely, accurately:ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,
Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,
id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:nonne apertius, proximius, verius?
Min. Fel. Oct. 19. -
125 proximi
prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].I. A.Lit., of place:B.portus propior,
Verg. A. 3, 530:tumulus,
Liv. 22, 24:ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:domus,
Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,
Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:propior montem suos collocat,
Sall. J. 49, 1:propior hostem,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:quisquis ab igne propior stetit,
Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:propior timeri,
Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:propiora fluminis,
Tac. H. 5, 16:tenere,
Verg. A. 5, 168.—Trop.1.Of time, nearer, later, more recent:2.veniunt inde ad propiora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:venio ad propiorem (epistulam),
id. Att. 15, 3, 2:propior puero quam juveni,
Vell. 2, 53, 1:septimus octavo jam propior annus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:mors,
Tib. 2, 3, 42:propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,
Dig. 23, 4, 17.—Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:3.quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,
Cic. Quint. 31, 97:ille gradu propior sanguinis,
Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:amicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:4.quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:tauro,
Verg. G. 3, 57:vero est propius,
more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:scribere Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):propius est fidem,
is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,
Sall. C. 11, 1.—Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:A.hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,
my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,
id. Sest. 18, 40:alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,
id. Att. 14, 19, 1:damnum propius medullis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:cura propior luctusque domesticus,
Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:supplemento vel Latium propius esse,
Liv. 8, 11:irae quam timori propiorem cernens,
more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).Lit.1.Absol.:2.propius accedamus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:res adspicere,
Verg. A. 1, 526:propius spectare aliquid,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;stare,
id. A. P. 361.—With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):3.propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3:propius stabulis armenta tenerent,
Verg. G. 1, 355.—With acc.:4.ne propius se castra moveret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9:pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:propius urbem,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:mare,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—With ab:B.propius a terris,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:ab Urbe,
Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—Trop.:II.ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,
id. Fl. 10, 23:a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,
Tac. H. 2, 76:nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,
he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).A.Lit., of place:1. 2.proxima oppida,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12:via,
Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,
Sall. J. 23, 2:in proximos collis discedunt,
id. ib. 54, 10:proximum iter in Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:agri termini,
id. C. 2, 18, 23:proximus vicinus,
one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:proxima Campano ponti villula,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):qui te proximus est,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,
Liv. 35, 27:Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,
Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:dactylus proximus a postremo,
next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,
Liv. 37, 25:proximus a dominā,
Ov. A. A. 1, 139:proxima regio ab eā (urbe),
Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:B.vicinus e proximo,
hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,
from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:cum in proximo hic sit aegra,
close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:huic locum in proximum conduxi,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:traicit in proxima continentis,
Liv. 31, 46, 12.—Trop.1.Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:2.quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,
id. Lael. 2, 7:Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:proximo anno,
Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,
Cic. Mil. 9, 24:proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,
id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,
Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,
id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,
recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:3.summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 3:proximos dentes eiciunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:prima vulnera... Proxima,
Ov. M. 3, 233:proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,
Hor. A. P. 338:proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,
Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:b.AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:proximus cognatione,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:id des proximum,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:proxima virtutibus vitia,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:propinquitate,
Nep. Ages. 1, 3:proximae necessitudines,
Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:injuriosi sunt in proximos,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,
i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:4.sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,
Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:quis est mihi proximus?
Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):1.argumentum,
App. Mag. p. 278:cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,
Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,
there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):2.quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,
Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:proxime Pompeium sedebam,
id. ib. 1, 14, 3:proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,
Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,
Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,
Col. 1, 6, 8.—Trop.a.Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:b.civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:cum proxime judices contrahentur,
id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,
Cels. 3, 2:proxime solis occasum,
Pall. 9, 8, 5.—Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:c.proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:proxime a nobilissimis viris,
Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:proxime valent cetera lauri genera,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;proxime viride,
id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:proxime morem Romanum,
closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,
closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—Very closely, nicely, accurately:ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,
Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,
id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:nonne apertius, proximius, verius?
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prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].I. A.Lit., of place:B.portus propior,
Verg. A. 3, 530:tumulus,
Liv. 22, 24:ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,
Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:domus,
Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,
Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:propior montem suos collocat,
Sall. J. 49, 1:propior hostem,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:quisquis ab igne propior stetit,
Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:propior timeri,
Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:propiora fluminis,
Tac. H. 5, 16:tenere,
Verg. A. 5, 168.—Trop.1.Of time, nearer, later, more recent:2.veniunt inde ad propiora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:venio ad propiorem (epistulam),
id. Att. 15, 3, 2:propior puero quam juveni,
Vell. 2, 53, 1:septimus octavo jam propior annus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:mors,
Tib. 2, 3, 42:propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,
Dig. 23, 4, 17.—Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:3.quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,
Cic. Quint. 31, 97:ille gradu propior sanguinis,
Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:amicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:4.quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:tauro,
Verg. G. 3, 57:vero est propius,
more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:scribere Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):propius est fidem,
is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,
Sall. C. 11, 1.—Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:A.hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,
my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,
id. Sest. 18, 40:alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,
id. Att. 14, 19, 1:damnum propius medullis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:cura propior luctusque domesticus,
Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:supplemento vel Latium propius esse,
Liv. 8, 11:irae quam timori propiorem cernens,
more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).Lit.1.Absol.:2.propius accedamus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:res adspicere,
Verg. A. 1, 526:propius spectare aliquid,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;stare,
id. A. P. 361.—With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):3.propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3:propius stabulis armenta tenerent,
Verg. G. 1, 355.—With acc.:4.ne propius se castra moveret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9:pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:propius urbem,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:mare,
Sall. J. 18, 9.—With ab:B.propius a terris,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:ab Urbe,
Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—Trop.:II.ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,
id. Fl. 10, 23:a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,
Tac. H. 2, 76:nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,
he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).A.Lit., of place:1. 2.proxima oppida,
Caes. B. G. 3, 12:via,
Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,
Sall. J. 23, 2:in proximos collis discedunt,
id. ib. 54, 10:proximum iter in Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:agri termini,
id. C. 2, 18, 23:proximus vicinus,
one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:proxima Campano ponti villula,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):qui te proximus est,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,
Liv. 35, 27:Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,
Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:dactylus proximus a postremo,
next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,
Liv. 37, 25:proximus a dominā,
Ov. A. A. 1, 139:proxima regio ab eā (urbe),
Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:B.vicinus e proximo,
hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,
from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:cum in proximo hic sit aegra,
close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:huic locum in proximum conduxi,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:traicit in proxima continentis,
Liv. 31, 46, 12.—Trop.1.Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:2.quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,
id. Lael. 2, 7:Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:proximo anno,
Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,
Cic. Mil. 9, 24:proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,
id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,
Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,
id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,
recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:3.summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 3:proximos dentes eiciunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:prima vulnera... Proxima,
Ov. M. 3, 233:proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,
Hor. A. P. 338:proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,
Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:b.AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:proximus cognatione,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:id des proximum,
id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:proxima virtutibus vitia,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:propinquitate,
Nep. Ages. 1, 3:proximae necessitudines,
Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:injuriosi sunt in proximos,
Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,
i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:4.sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,
Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:quis est mihi proximus?
Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):1.argumentum,
App. Mag. p. 278:cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,
Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,
there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):2.quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,
Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:proxime Pompeium sedebam,
id. ib. 1, 14, 3:proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,
Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,
Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,
Col. 1, 6, 8.—Trop.a.Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:b.civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:cum proxime judices contrahentur,
id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,
Cels. 3, 2:proxime solis occasum,
Pall. 9, 8, 5.—Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:c.proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:proxime a nobilissimis viris,
Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:proxime valent cetera lauri genera,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;proxime viride,
id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:proxime morem Romanum,
closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,
closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—Very closely, nicely, accurately:ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,
Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,
id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:nonne apertius, proximius, verius?
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1. (с усилие) with great difficultyедва прочитам книга wade through a bookедва се отървах от него I had a hard time getting rid of him, I got rid of him with great difficulty2.(слабо, почти не, за малко да не) hardly, barely, scarcely, only just, just aboutедва можех да говоря I could scarcely speakедва се движех I could hardly/scarcely moveедва го изядох I could hardly manage to eat itедва се вижда/чува one can hardly/barely see/hear it, it is barely visible/audibleедва го познавам I barely/scarcely know himедва имах време да I had barely time toедва не умря he barely escaped deathедва хванахме влака we all but missed the trainедва успях да се приготвя I just about managed to get readyедва-едва only just, by/with the skin of o.'s teeth, by a finger's nailедва се спасихме it was a narrow escape/squeak, it was a narrow/a close shaveедва излизам от криза come narrowly out of a crisisедва спечелвам (избори и пр.) win by a narrow margin/majorityедва спечелена победа a narrow victoryедва доловима усмивка a scarcely perceptible/an almost imperceptible smile, a ghost of a smileедва не nearly, almost, very nearly, all butедва не се сбиха they nearly/all but had a fightедва не се изсмях I nearly laughed out loudедва не се разплаках I came near to cryingедва не се удави he nearly drowned3. (чак) only, not untilедва когато only when ( с инверсия)едва сега only now ( с инверсия)едва тогава only then ( с инверсия)едва сега си дадоха сметка за това only then/not till then did they realize itедва по-късно not till later ( с инверсия)едва догодина not until next yearедва вчера only yesterdayроклята ще бъде свършена едва следващата седмица the dress won't be finished till next week4. (веднага щом, току-що) just, only just, scarcely ( с перфектно време)едва...когато no sooner... than, scarcely/barely... when(с инверсия, когато е в началото на изречението)едва бе изгряло слънцето, когато hardly/scarcely had the sun risen when, no sooner had the sun risen when, the sun had scarcely/hardly risen whenедва що only justедва що съм станал I've only just got upедва на десет години barely ten years old. ли hardly, scarcely, it is hardly likely/probable, it is unlikelyедва е казвал такова нещо he can scarcely have said thatедва ще го повярваш you'll hardly/scarcely believe-itедва ще дойде he is not likely to come, it is hardly likely/probable that he will/should comeедва е необходимо да ви казвам I need hardly tell you, I needn't tell youедва не almost, all but; little short ofедва не е гений he is little short of a genius* * *едва̀,нареч.1. (с усилие) with great difficulty; \едва-\едва кретам labour (along); \едва изкарвам прехраната си pick up a scanty livelihood; \едва прочитам книга wade through a book; \едва се отървах от него I had a hard time getting rid of him;2. ( слабо, почти не; за малко да не) hardly, barely, scarcely, only just, just about; \едва доловима усмивка scarcely perceptible/almost imperceptible smile, a flicker of a smile; \едва-\едва only just, by/with the skin of o.’s. teeth, by a finger’s nail; \едва изкарах изпита I (only) just scraped through; \едва не nearly, almost, very nearly, all but; \едва не се разплаках I came near to crying; \едва не умря he barely escaped death; \едва се държа hang on by the eyelids; \едва се спасихме it was a narrow escape/squeak; \едва спечелвам ( избори и пр.) win by a narrow margin/majority; \едва спечелена победа narrow victory; \едва хванахме влака we all but missed the train; тя \едва не падна she was as near as she could to falling down;3. ( чак) only, not until; \едва когато only when (с инверсия); \едва по-късно not till later (с инверсия); \едва през ХIX век as late as the XIX c.; \едва сега only now (с инверсия); \едва сега осъзнаха това only then/not till then did they realize it; \едва тогава only then (с инверсия); той писа \едва след два месеца it took him two months to write;4. ( веднага-щом, току-що) just, only just, scarcely (с перфектно време); (с инверсия, когато е в началото на изречението); \едва бе влязъл в стаята, когато … hardly/scarcely had he entered the room when …, no sooner had he entered the room when …; \едва … когато no sooner … than, scarcely/barely … when; \едва-що only just; \едва-що пристигнах I’ve only just arrived; • \едва на десет години barely ten years old.* * *barely ; faintly: She can едва hear you. - Тя едва те чува.; just ; lightly ; narrowly ; scarcely* * *1. (веднага щом, току-що) just, only just, scarcely (с перфектно време) 2. (с инверсия, когато е в началото на изречението) 3. (с усилие) with great difficulty 4. (слабо, почти не 5. (чак) only, not until 6. ЕДВА - ЕДВА only just, by/with the skin of o.'s teeth, by a finger's nail 7. ЕДВА - ЕДВА кретам labour (along) 8. ЕДВА...когато no sooner... than, scarcely/barely... when 9. ЕДВА бе изгряло слънцето, когато hardly/scarcely had the sun risen when, no sooner had the sun risen when, the sun had scarcely/hardly risen when 10. ЕДВА вчера only yesterday 11. ЕДВА го изядох I could hardly manage to eat it 12. ЕДВА го познавам I barely/scarcely know him 13. ЕДВА догодина not until next year 14. ЕДВА доловима усмивка a scarcely perceptible/an almost imperceptible smile, a ghost of a smile 15. ЕДВА е казвал такова нещо he can scarcely have said that 16. ЕДВА е необходимо да ви казвам I need hardly tell you, I needn't tell you 17. ЕДВА изкарах изпита I (only) just scraped through 18. ЕДВА изкарвам прехраната си, ЕДВА преживявам pick up a scanty livelihood 19. ЕДВА излизам от криза come narrowly out of a crisis 20. ЕДВА имах време да I had barely time to 21. ЕДВА когато only when (с инверсия) 22. ЕДВА можех да говоря I could scarcely speak 23. ЕДВА на десет години barely ten years old.ли hardly, scarcely, it is hardly likely/probable, it is unlikely 24. ЕДВА не almost, all but;little short of 25. ЕДВА не nearly, almost, very nearly, all but 26. ЕДВА не е гений he is little short of a genius 27. ЕДВА не се изсмях I nearly laughed out loud 28. ЕДВА не се разплаках I came near to crying 29. ЕДВА не се сбиха they nearly/all but had a fight 30. ЕДВА не се удави he nearly drowned 31. ЕДВА не умря he barely escaped death 32. ЕДВА по-късно not till later (с инверсия) 33. ЕДВА през XVIII век not until the XVIII c., only in the XVIII с., as late as the XVIII с. 34. ЕДВА прочитам книга wade through a book 35. ЕДВА се вижда/ чува one can hardly/barely see/hear it, it is barely visible/audible 36. ЕДВА се движех I could hardly/scarcely move 37. ЕДВА се отървах от него I had a hard time getting rid of him, I got rid of him with great difficulty 38. ЕДВА се спасихме it was a narrow escape/squeak, it was a narrow/a close shave 39. ЕДВА сега only now (с инверсия) 40. ЕДВА сега си дадоха сметка за това only then/not till then did they realize it 41. ЕДВА спечелвам (избори и np.) win by a narrow margin/majority 42. ЕДВА спечелена победа a narrow victory 43. ЕДВА тогава only then (с инверсия) 44. ЕДВА успях да се приготвя I just about managed to get ready 45. ЕДВА хванахме влака we all but missed the train 46. ЕДВА ще го повярваш you'll hardly/scarcely believe-it 47. ЕДВА ще дойде he is not likely to come, it is hardly likely/probable that he will/should come 48. ЕДВА що only just 49. ЕДВА що съм станал I've only just got up 50. за малко да не) hardly, barely, scarcely, only just, just about 51. роклята ще бъде свършена ЕДВА следващата седмица the dress won't be finished till next week 52. той ЕДВА знае/иска I don't suppose he knows/wants 53. той е ЕДВА не най-добрият шахматист в страната he is probably the best chess-player in the country 54. той писа ЕДВА след два месеца it took him two months to write 55. тя ЕДВА може да чете she can hardly/barely read -
128 малко
1. нар. (за мярка, степен, неброимо количество) littleям/пия/пуша малко eat/drink/smoke littleмалко известен little known, obscureмалко по-нагоре a bit higher upне приема нито стотинка по- малко от he will take nothing less than2. (известно количество, до из вестна степен) a little, some; a bit, a touch(за храна, питие, работа) a spot of(в незначителна степен) slightly, a bitпознавам го малко I know him slightlyмалко съм неразположен I'm slightly/a bit indisposed(в неопределена степен) somewhat, rather, a bitмалко си при бързал you have been somewhat rash3. (с бройни същ.) fewмалко хора го знаят few people know him(недостатъчно) (с не бройни същ.) (too) little, not enoughвиното беше малко the wine was not enough(с бройни същ.) (too) few, not enoughдаде ми по- малко отколкото трябва he gave me short measure4. (за време) a little while, a short time, shortly, a bit (earlier/later)оставам за малко stay for a whileмалко след това shortly after wardsмалко преди 4 часа shortly before four o'clockмалко по-рано/по-късно a bit earlier/later5. (почти) nearly, all but, narrowlyза/без малко щях да изпусна влака I nearly missed the trainнай- малкото at (the very) least; at bestи това не е малко! who'd have thought it! that beats all! малко му трябва, за да кипне/да се напие he flares up/gets drunk easilyтимът игра с един човек по- малко the team played a man shortмалко-много more or lessот малко-малко at leastзадоволявам се с малко make do with (very) little6. същ. little one, child, baby(на жи вотно) cubмалки (на животно) young, litter, ( на птица и) nestраждам малки bring forth young* * *ма̀лко,нареч.1. (за мярка, степен и пр.) little; \малко по-вляво a bit (over) to the left; \малко по-нагоре a bit higher up; най-\малко least; по-\малко less;2. (до известна степен) a little, some; a bit, a touch; (за храна, питие, работа) a spot of; имам \малко пари I’ve got some/a little money; (в незначителна степен) slightly, a bit; \малко си прибързал you have been somewhat rash; познавам го \малко l know him slightly; (в неопределена степен) somewhat, rather, a bit;3. (с броими същ.) few; даде ми по-\малко отколкото трябва he gave me short measure; \малко хора го знаят few people know him; ( недостатъчно) (с неброими същ.) (too) little, not enough; (с броими същ.) (too) few, not enough;4. (за време) a little while, a short time, shortly, a bit (earlier/later); за \малко for a short time; за по-\малко от час in less than an hour, within an hour; \малко преди 4 часа̀ shortly before four o’clock; \малко след това shortly afterwards; оставам за \малко stay for a while; преди \малко a short/little while ago; след \малко presently, in a moment, in a very few minutes;5. ( почти) nearly, all but, narrowly; за/без \малко щях да изпусна влака I nearly missed the train; за \малко не бутнах лампата I narrowly missed the lamp; за \малко не загина he narrowly/just missed being killed; за \малко не избухнах I all but/nearly lost my temper, I was on the point of flaring up; задоволявам се с \малко make do with (very) little; и това не е \малко! who’d have thought it! that beats all! \малко-много more or less; \малко му трябва, за да кипне he flares up easily; \малко по \малко little by little, bit by bit, in dribs and drabs, in penny numbers; най-\малко аз съм човекът, който I am the last person to; най-\малко с оценка добър 4 with a mark/grade 4 or better; най-\малкото at (the very) least; at best; ни най-\малко not at all, not in the least; not in the slightest (degree), not by a long chalk; парите за \малко не ни стигнаха we were just a few dollars/pounds etc. short; сега по-\малко от всякога е моментът да it is less than ever the time to; тимът игра с един човек по-\малко the team played a man short.* * *a bit; few: малко people know it. - Малко хора го знаят.; little; some: Give me малко bread. - Дай ми малко хляб.; somewhat; a touch (of)* * *1. (в незначителна степен) slightly, a bit 2. (в неопределена степен) somewhat, rather, a bit 3. (за време) a little while, a short time, shortly, a bit (earlier/later) 4. (за храна, питие, работа) а spot of 5. (известно количество, до из вестна степен) a little, some;a bit, a touch 6. (на жи вотно) cub 7. (недостатъчно) (с не бройни същ.) (too) little, not enough 8. (почти) nearly, all but, narrowly 9. (с бройни същ.) (too) few, not enough 10. (с бройни същ.) few 11. 1 нар. (за мярка, степен, неброимо количество) little 12. 5 часа shortly before four o'clock 13. 7 същ. little one, child, baby 14. МАЛКО -много more or less 15. МАЛКО известен little known, obscure 16. МАЛКО пo МАЛКО little by little, bit by bit 17. МАЛКО по-вляво a bit (over) to the left 18. МАЛКО по-нагоре a bit higher up 19. МАЛКО по-рано/по-късно a bit earlier/ later 20. МАЛКО преди 21. МАЛКО си при бързал you have been somewhat rash 22. МАЛКО след това shortly after wards 23. МАЛКО съм неразположен I'm slightly/a bit indisposed 24. МАЛКО хора го знаят few people know him 25. виното беше МАЛКО the wine was not enough 26. даде ми по-МАЛКО отколкото трябва he gave me short measure 27. дай ми МАЛКО хляб give me some bread 28. за -МАЛКО for a short time 29. за МАЛКО не бутнах лампата I narrowly missed the lamp 30. за МАЛКО не загина he narrowly/ just missed being killed 31. за МАЛКО не заплаках I was on the point/verge of tears. I nearly burst into tears 32. за МАЛКО не избухнах I all but/nearly lost my temper, I was on the point of flaring up 33. за по- МАЛКО от час in less than an hour, within an hour 34. за по-МАЛКО (пари) for anything less 35. за/без МАЛКО щях да изпусна влака I nearly missed the train 36. задоволявам се с МАЛКО make do with (very) little 37. и това не е МАЛКО! who'd have thought it! that beats all! МАЛКО му трябва, за да кипне/да се напие he flares up/gets drunk easily 38. имай МАЛКО търпение have some patience 39. имам МАЛКО пари I've got some/a little money 40. малки (на животно) young, litter, (на птица и) nest 41. най-МАЛКО least 42. най-МАЛКО аз съм човекът, който I am the last person to 43. най-МАЛКОто at (the very) least;at best 44. не приема нито стотинка по-МАЛКО от he will take nothing less than 45. ни най-МАЛКО not at all. not in the least;not in the slightest (degree) 46. оставам за МАЛКО stay for a while 47. от МАЛКО-МАЛКО at least 48. пo-МАЛКО less 49. парите за МАЛКО не ни стигнаха we were just a few levs/pounds etc. short 50. познавам го МАЛКО I know him slightly 51. преди МАЛКО a short/little while ago 52. раждам малки bring forth young 53. след МАЛКО presently, in a moment, in a very few minutes 54. тимът игра с един човек по-МАЛКО the team played a man short 55. той е МАЛКО нещо пи сател he is a bit of a writer 56. ям/пия/пуша МАЛКО eat/drink/smoke little
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