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  • 121 Ч-93

    ЧЁРТ ЗНАЕТ (ЧЁРТ-ТЕ) ЧТО coll, disapprov NP
    1. \Ч-93 творится, начинается и т. п. говорить, городить и т. п. \Ч-93 ( usu. subj or obj) something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc)
    (to say prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc
    the devil (God) knows what
    the oddest (damnedest) thing(s) something unimaginable (in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only) some damned nonsense all sorts of rubbish.
    (Маша:) Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). (М.:) You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). (M.:) You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
    «Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что». - «Точно». - «А какая разница, в конце концов?» (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
    Об исчезнувших (жильцах) и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
    В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
    .(Местная газета «Большевистские темпы») печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... (The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos) was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) \Ч-93 ! Also: ($TO) ЧЁРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ!
    Interj) used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.: the devil (only) knows what's going on (what it means etc)! ift the devil knows what! what the devil (the hell)! what in heU (in blazes)!
    Персиков бушевал. «Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией» (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
    «Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!» (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

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  • 122 черт знает что

    • ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ < ЧЕРТ-ТЕ> ЧТО coll, disapprov
    [NP]
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    1. черт знает что творится, начинается и т. п.; говорить, городить и т.п. черт знает что [usu. subj or obj]
    ⇒ something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc); (to say, prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc:
    - the devil < God> knows what;
    - [in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only] some damned nonsense;
    - all sorts of rubbish.
         ♦ [Маша:] Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). [М.:] You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). [M.:] You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
         ♦ "Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что". - " Точно". - "А какая разница, в конце концов?" (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
         ♦ ОО исчезнувших [жильцах] и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
         ♦ В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
         ♦...[Местная газета "Большевистские темпы"] печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... [The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos] was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) - ! Also: (ЭТО) ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ! [Interj]
    ⇒ used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.:
    - the devil (only) knows whaft going on <what it means etc>!;
    - it's the devil knows what!;
    - what the devil < the hell>!;
    - what in hell < in blazes>!
         ♦ Персиков бушевал. "Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией" (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
         ♦ "Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!" (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

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  • 123 черт знает что такое!

    • ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ < ЧЕРТ-ТЕ> ЧТО coll, disapprov
    [NP]
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    1. черт знает что такое! творится, начинается и т. п.; говорить, городить и т.п. черт знает что такое! [usu. subj or obj]
    ⇒ something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc); (to say, prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc:
    - the devil < God> knows what;
    - [in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only] some damned nonsense;
    - all sorts of rubbish.
         ♦ [Маша:] Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). [М.:] You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). [M.:] You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
         ♦ "Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что". - " Точно". - "А какая разница, в конце концов?" (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
         ♦ ОО исчезнувших [жильцах] и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
         ♦ В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
         ♦...[Местная газета "Большевистские темпы"] печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... [The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos] was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) - ! Also: (ЭТО) ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ! [Interj]
    ⇒ used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.:
    - the devil (only) knows whaft going on <what it means etc>!;
    - it's the devil knows what!;
    - what the devil < the hell>!;
    - what in hell < in blazes>!
         ♦ Персиков бушевал. "Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией" (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
         ♦ "Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!" (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

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  • 124 черт-те что

    • ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ < ЧЕРТ-ТЕ> ЧТО coll, disapprov
    [NP]
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    1. черт-те что творится, начинается и т. п.; говорить, городить и т.п. черт-те что [usu. subj or obj]
    ⇒ something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc); (to say, prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc:
    - the devil < God> knows what;
    - [in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only] some damned nonsense;
    - all sorts of rubbish.
         ♦ [Маша:] Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). [М.:] You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). [M.:] You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
         ♦ "Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что". - " Точно". - "А какая разница, в конце концов?" (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
         ♦ ОО исчезнувших [жильцах] и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
         ♦ В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
         ♦...[Местная газета "Большевистские темпы"] печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... [The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos] was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) - ! Also: (ЭТО) ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ! [Interj]
    ⇒ used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.:
    - the devil (only) knows whaft going on <what it means etc>!;
    - it's the devil knows what!;
    - what the devil < the hell>!;
    - what in hell < in blazes>!
         ♦ Персиков бушевал. "Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией" (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
         ♦ "Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!" (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

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  • 125 это черт знает что такое!

    • ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ < ЧЕРТ-ТЕ> ЧТО coll, disapprov
    [NP]
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    1. это черт знает что такое! творится, начинается и т. п.; говорить, городить и т.п. это черт знает что такое! [usu. subj or obj]
    ⇒ something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc); (to say, prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc:
    - the devil < God> knows what;
    - [in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only] some damned nonsense;
    - all sorts of rubbish.
         ♦ [Маша:] Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). [М.:] You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). [M.:] You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
         ♦ "Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что". - " Точно". - "А какая разница, в конце концов?" (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
         ♦ ОО исчезнувших [жильцах] и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
         ♦ В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
         ♦...[Местная газета "Большевистские темпы"] печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... [The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos] was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) - ! Also: (ЭТО) ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ! [Interj]
    ⇒ used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.:
    - the devil (only) knows whaft going on <what it means etc>!;
    - it's the devil knows what!;
    - what the devil < the hell>!;
    - what in hell < in blazes>!
         ♦ Персиков бушевал. "Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией" (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
         ♦ "Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!" (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

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  • 126 droga

    - ogi; - ogi; dat sg - odze; gen pl -óg; f
    ( pas terenu) road; ( trasa) way; ( właściwy kierunek) way; ( podróż) journey; ( odległość między dwoma punktami) distance; (przen) way

    Droga Krzyżowa — REL the Way of the Cross

    drogą lotniczą/morską — by air/sea

    drogą służbową/urzędową — through official channels

    drogi oddechowe/moczowe — respiratory/urinary tract

    być na dobrej/złej drodze — to be on the right/wrong track

    stawać (stanąć perf) komuś na drodze — to stand lub be in sb's way

    po drodze — on the way, en route

    swoją drogą... — still,...

    w drodze wyjątku — by way of exception, as an exception

    w połowie lub pół drogi — half way there

    zejść ( perf) komuś z drogi — to get out of sb's way

    pięć minut drogi (stąd) — ( piechotą) five minutes' walk (from here); ( samochodem) five minutes' drive (from here)

    sprowadzać (sprowadzić perf) kogoś na złą drogę — to lead sb astray

    * * *
    I.
    droga1
    f.
    Gen.pl. dróg
    1. (= trakt) road; główna droga main road; boczna droga side road, by-road; droga publiczna public road; droga dojazdowa access road; skrzyżowanie dróg intersection, junction, crossroads; szeroka/wąska droga broad/narrow road; wyboista/równa droga bumpy/smooth road; gęsta sieć dróg extensive road network; zły stan dróg bad condition of the roads; droga bita macadam, macadamized road; droga gruntowa dirt road; swoją drogą nie masz racji while we are at it, you're wrong; to swoją drogą that's a different story; być na rozstajnych drogach be at crossroads; rozbój na prostej drodze barefaced robbery; wszystkie drogi prowadzą do Rzymu all roads lead to Rome.
    2. (= szlak) route, way, track; przewozić towary drogą morską/powietrzną/lądową transport goods by sea/air/land; droga żelazna przest. railroad; droga startowa lotn. runway; droga hamowania braking distance, stopping distance; droga strategiczna strategic route; drogi oddechowe anat. respiratory tract; drogi żółciowe anat. bile ducts; drogi łzowe anat. lacrimal ducts, lachrymal ducts; Droga Mleczna astron. Milky Way; przekazywać wiadomości drogą radiową transmit messages by radio; zgodzę się na to w drodze wyjątku I'll agree to that by way of exception; in that case I'll make an exception; być na drodze do sławy be on the road to fame; moje plany wakacyjne są na dobrej drodze my vacation l. holiday plans are on the right track; pójść niewłaściwą drogą go the wrong way, take the wrong path; kpisz, czy o drogę pytasz? pot. and I'm supposed to believe you don't know a thing about it?; nie tędy droga that's not the way to do it.
    3. (= trasa) way; zmyliłem drogę I lost my way; nadłożyć drogi take a roundabout way; czy może pani wskazać mi drogę do muzeum? can you show me the way to the museum?, which way to the museum, please?; dlaczego zawróciłeś z raz obranej drogi? why have turned back from the path you took?; tędy wiodła jedyna droga ucieczki that was the only escape (route); dalsza droga prowadzi przez Francję i Hiszpanię do Portugalii then you have to travel through France and Spain to Portugal; droga wolna kol. the coast is clear; (rób, jak chcesz -) wolna droga! do as you please; suit yourself; it's a free country; klasztor był o jakieś dwie godziny drogi stąd the monastery was some two hours away; pięć minut drogi stąd piechotą five minutes' walk from here; pięć minut drogi stąd samochodem five minutes' drive from here; to jest kawał drogi stąd that's a long way from here; odciąć komuś drogę odwrotu t. przen. cut off sb's escape route; torować sobie drogę do sukcesu pave one's way to success; stawać komuś na drodze stand in sb's way l. path; schodzić komuś z drogi get out of sb's way; zatrzymać się w pół drogi stop half way there; zamknąć komuś drogę do kariery block l. stand in the way of sb's career, close the door on sb's career.
    4. (= podróż) journey, travel, voyage; droga powrotna return journey; ruszyć w drogę depart, set off l. out; pot. hit the road; być gotowym do drogi be ready to set off l. out; odpoczywać po długiej drodze rest after a long journey; jestem w drodze od trzech dni I have been on the road for three days; odbyć drogę pieszo travel on foot; Droga Krzyżowa rz.-kat. the Way of the Cross, the Stations of the Cross; droga krzyżowa przen. bearing one's cross; dziecko jest w drodze child is on the way; po drodze wstąp do nich drop in on them on your way; w drodze do domu on the way home; krzyżyk na drogę good riddance (to bad rubbish); it's your funeral; it's no skin off my nose l. back; szerokiej drogi! have a safe journey l. trip!; w drogę! let's go!, move!; z drogi! get out of my way!; komu w drogę, temu czas I, we, etc. must be off; it's high time I, we, etc. went; we should be going soon l. getting along now; it's about time I, we, etc. left l. hit the road l. trail.
    5. (= metoda działania) way; nie sądzę, żeby to była właściwa droga do pozyskania przychylności dziekana I don't think this is the right way to get the dean's support; osiagnął te wyniki drogą żmudnych badań he obtained these results after painstaking research; przekazać coś drogą służbową communicate sth through official channels; rozstrzygnąć spór na drodze prawnej settle a matter by legal action; rozstrzygnąć spór na drodze sądowej settle a matter in court; dochodzić swoich praw na drodze sądowej seek justice in court; kroczyć swoją własną drogą take one's own road; chodzić własnymi drogami follow one's own path; ona nie może znaleźć drogi do swojej córki she can't get through to her own daughter; sprowadzać kogoś na złą drogę lead sb astray.
    6. fiz. path.
    II.
    droga2
    f.
    Gen. - giej dear, love, honey; ależ moja droga, nie masz racji but my dear, you're quite wrong l. mistaken; zrobię wszystko dla mojej najdroższej I'll do anything for my love.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > droga

  • 127 parezca

    parezcas, etc see parecer I
    * * *
    parezcas, etc see parecer I
    * * *
    parezca, parezcas, etc
    parecer1 (↑ parecer (1))
    * * *

    Del verbo parecer: ( conjugate parecer)

    parezca es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    parecer    
    parezca
    parecer 1 ( conjugate parecer) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( aparentar ser):

    no pareces tú en esta foto this picture doesn't look like you (at all);
    parecía de cuero it looked like leather;
    parece ser muy inteligente she seems to be very clever
    2 ( expresando opinión) (+ me/te/le etc):

    ¿qué te parecieron? what did you think of them?;
    vamos a la playa ¿te parece? what do you think, shall we go to the beach?;
    si te parece bien if that's alright with you;
    me parece que sí I think so;
    ¿a ti qué te parece? what do you think?;
    me parece importante I think it's important;
    me pareció que no era necesario I didn't think it necessary;
    hazlo como mejor te parezca do it however o as you think best;
    me parece mal que vaya sola I don't think it's right that she should go on her own
    3 ( dar la impresión) (en 3a pers): así parece or parece que sí it looks like it;
    ◊ aunque no lo parezca, está limpio it might not look like it, but it's clean;

    parece que va a llover it looks like (it's going to) rain;
    parece que fue ayer it seems like only yesterday;
    parece mentira que tenga 20 años it's hard to believe o I can't believe that he's 20;
    parece que fuera más joven you'd think she was much younger
    parecerse verbo pronominal
    a) ( asemejarse) parezcase A algn/algo ( en lo físico) to look o to be like sb/sth;

    ( en el carácter) to be like sb/sth

    ◊ no se parecen en nada they're not/they don't look in the least bit alike;

    se parecen mucho they are very similar
    parecer 2 sustantivo masculino ( opinión) opinion;

    son del mismo parezca they're of the same opinion
    parezca, parezcas, etc see parecer 1
    parecer 1 sustantivo masculino
    1 (juicio, opinión) opinion
    cambiar de parecer, to change one's mind
    2 frml (aspecto, presencia) appearance
    parecer 2 verbo intransitivo
    1 (tener un parecido) to look like: pareces una reina, you look like a queen
    (tener un aspecto) to look: pareces agotado, you look exhausted
    2 (causar una impresión) to seem: parecía tener prisa, he seemed to be in a hurry
    su intención parece buena, his intention seems good
    3 (al emitir un juicio) le pareces un engreído, he thinks you are a bighead
    me parece inoportuno, it seems very ill-timed to me
    ¿qué te parece si vamos al cine?, what about going to the cinema?
    4 (uso impersonal) parece que va a haber tormenta, it looks as if there's going to be a storm
    no parece que le importe, it doesn't seem to bother him

    ' parezca' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intromisión
    - mentira
    - aunque
    - parecer
    English:
    bombed-out
    - dwarf
    - oddly
    - strangely
    - though
    - as
    - good
    - odds
    - seem

    Spanish-English dictionary > parezca

  • 128 comprobar

    v.
    1 to check.
    tengo que comprobar si lo tengo I have to check o see if I've got it
    ¿podrías comprobar a qué hora sale el tren? could you check what time the train leaves?
    Ricardo comprobó los resultados Richard checked the results.
    2 to prove.
    se ha comprobado que la vacuna es efectiva the vaccine has been proved to be effective
    3 to find.
    María comprobó la solución Mary found the solution.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar
    1 (verificar) to verify, check
    2 (demostrar) to prove
    3 (observar) to see, observe
    4 (confirmar) to confirm
    * * *
    verb
    2) verify, probe
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=examinar) [+ billete, documento, frenos] to check

    tendré que comprobar si se han cumplido los objetivos — I shall have to see o check whether the objectives have been met

    necesito algún documento para comprobar su identidad — I need some document that proves your identity, I need some proof of identity

    2) (=confirmar) [+ teoría, existencia] to prove; [+ eficacia, veracidad] to verify, confirm

    pudimos comprobar que era verdad — we were able to verify o confirm o establish that it was true

    3) frm (=darse cuenta) to realize
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( verificar) <operación/resultado> to check

    comprueba si funciona — see o check if it works

    b) ( demostrar) to prove

    ¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? — do you have any proof of identity?

    c) ( darse cuenta) to realize
    d) prueba ( confirmar) to confirm
    * * *
    = check, cross check, make + sure, verify, vet, double-check [doublecheck], collate, test, check out, check for.
    Ex. This would be the last stage in the compilation of the scheme in order to check that the scheme seems likely to be effective.
    Ex. All Allibone's work reveals how important it is for bibliographers to cross check their references and not take earlier work at its face value.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.
    Ex. Cataloguers use the NUC and other LC catalogues to verify authors and titles and as sources of authoritative catalogue records.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex. Duplicates should be double-checked before being handled as duplicates.
    Ex. It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.
    ----
    * comprobar con = check against.
    * comprobar de antemano = pretest [pre-test], pilot-test.
    * comprobar en la práctica real = field-test.
    * comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.
    * comprobar la validez = pilot-test.
    * comprobar la validez de = test + the validity of.
    * comprobar los ingresos = means test.
    * comprobar si el contenido de un vídeo es adecuado o no = vet + video.
    * comprobar si un dispositivo o dirección web está activa = ping.
    * comprobar una hipótesis = test + hypothesis.
    * haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.
    * sin comprobar = untested.
    * volver a comprobar = check back.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( verificar) <operación/resultado> to check

    comprueba si funciona — see o check if it works

    b) ( demostrar) to prove

    ¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? — do you have any proof of identity?

    c) ( darse cuenta) to realize
    d) prueba ( confirmar) to confirm
    * * *
    = check, cross check, make + sure, verify, vet, double-check [doublecheck], collate, test, check out, check for.

    Ex: This would be the last stage in the compilation of the scheme in order to check that the scheme seems likely to be effective.

    Ex: All Allibone's work reveals how important it is for bibliographers to cross check their references and not take earlier work at its face value.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.
    Ex: Cataloguers use the NUC and other LC catalogues to verify authors and titles and as sources of authoritative catalogue records.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex: Duplicates should be double-checked before being handled as duplicates.
    Ex: It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.
    * comprobar con = check against.
    * comprobar de antemano = pretest [pre-test], pilot-test.
    * comprobar en la práctica real = field-test.
    * comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.
    * comprobar la validez = pilot-test.
    * comprobar la validez de = test + the validity of.
    * comprobar los ingresos = means test.
    * comprobar si el contenido de un vídeo es adecuado o no = vet + video.
    * comprobar si un dispositivo o dirección web está activa = ping.
    * comprobar una hipótesis = test + hypothesis.
    * haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.
    * sin comprobar = untested.
    * volver a comprobar = check back.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (verificar) ‹operación/resultado› to check
    ¿le compruebo el nivel del aceite? shall I check the oil for you?
    compruébalo tú mismo si no me crees check o see for yourself if you don't believe me
    voy a comprobar si funciona I'm going to see o check if it works
    2 (demostrar) to prove
    ¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? do you have any proof of identity o any identification?
    3 (darse cuenta) to realize
    al examinarlo comprobó que le faltaba una pieza when he examined it he realized that there was a part missing
    comprobé con tristeza que era cierto I was sad to discover that it was true
    4 «prueba» (confirmar) to confirm
    * * *

     

    comprobar ( conjugate comprobar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( verificar) ‹operación/resultado/funcionamiento› to check




    comprobar verbo transitivo to check: déjame que compruebe que llevas bien atada la corbata, let me check to see whether your necktie is tied correctly
    ' comprobar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constatar
    - controlar
    - interesar
    - ver
    English:
    authenticity
    - check
    - crosscheck
    - double-check
    - pace
    - prove
    - try
    - verify
    - test
    * * *
    1. [revisar] to check;
    comprueba los frenos antes de salir de viaje check your brakes before setting out on a journey;
    tengo que comprobar si lo tengo I have to check o see if I've got it
    2. [averiguar] to check;
    ¿podrías comprobar a qué hora sale el tren? could you check what time the train leaves?;
    he comprobado en carne propia que estabas en lo cierto I found out o discovered through personal experience that you were right
    3. [demostrar] to prove;
    esto comprueba que yo tenía razón this proves that I was right;
    se ha comprobado que la vacuna es efectiva the vaccine has been proved to be effective
    * * *
    v/t
    1 check
    2 ( darse cuenta de) realize
    * * *
    comprobar {19} vt
    1) : to verify, to check
    2) : to prove
    * * *
    comprobar vb (verificar) to check

    Spanish-English dictionary > comprobar

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