in some style or other

• nubes de humo con forma de hongo — mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke

• dar forma a — [+ objeto, joya] to shape; [+ idea, teoría] to give shape to

• en forma de U — U-shaped

• tomar forma — to take shape

solo conozco una forma llegar hasta allí — I only know one way of getting there o one way to get there

• de forma directa/inmediata/natural — directly/immediately/naturally

• de esta forma — [gen] in this way; (=por consecuencia) thus

• de todas formas — anyway, in any case

él intentó contestar la pregunta de forma que no le comprometiese — he tried to answer the question so as o in such a way as not to commit himself

el número de socios fue creciendo cada año, de forma que en 1989 eran ya varios miles — the number of members grew every year, so that o such that by 1989 there were several thousand

• de tal forma que — (=en un modo que) in such a way that; (=tanto que) so much that; (=por eso) so that

la empresa ha crecido de tal forma que es irreconocible — the company has grown so much o to such an extent that it is unrecognizable

el jugador ha recuperado su forma física — the player is fit again, the player has regained fitness o form

• estar en (buena) forma — [para hacer deporte] to be fit, be in good shape; [para realizar otra actividad] to be in (good) form

estar en baja forma — (lit) to be not fully fit; (fig) to be in bad shape

• defecto de forma — (Jur) technicality

• guardar o mantener las formas — to keep up appearances

• la Sagrada Forma — the Host

• en forma, una fiesta en forma — a proper party, a blowout *

va a celebrar su cumpleaños en forma — he's going to have a proper o a serious * birthday party

nos aburrimos en forma — we were seriously bored *

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

buone -e — good o nice manners, (good) breeding

es un simple abogado — he's only o just a solicitor

no puede ser más simple — it couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward; llanamente

no puede ser más simple — it couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward; llanamente

Ex: Contextual logic or proximity operators: these are a useful means of searching for more than the mere occurrence of a term; they also permit the searcher to specify the context in which the term should appear in some sense or other.

non è una buona ragione! — that's no excuse o reason!

a o con ragione — with good reason, rightly, justly

a ragion veduta — after due consideration, (intenzionalmente) deliberately

avere ragione da vendere — to be absolutely right, be dead right fam

dare ragione a qn — (sogg : persona) to side with sb, (fatto) to prove sb right

avere tutte le -i per fare — to have every reason for doing o to do

in ragione diretta, inversa — in direct, inverse ratio o proportion

ragione sociale — dir. company o corporate name

ragion di stato — pol. reason of state

a ragion veduta — after due consideration; (di proposito) deliberately, intentionally

a o con ragione rightly; a torto o a ragione whether mistakenly or not, rightly or wrongly; avere ragione di qcn., qcs. to get the better of sb., sth.; perdere (il lume del)la ragione to lose one's reason o one's mind; darle a qcn. di santa ragione to thrash the living daylights out of sb., to give sb. a good thrashing; prenderle di santa ragione — to get a beating o thrashing

in human form — in menschlicher Gestalt; in Menschengestalt

in the form of — in Form von od. + Gen.

in book form — in Buchform; als Buch

take form — Gestalt annehmen od. gewinnen

peak form — Bestform, die

out of form — außer Form; nicht in Form

in [good] form — (lit. or fig.) [gut] in Form

she was in great form at the party — (fig.) bei der Party war sie groß in Form

on/off form — (lit. or fig.) in/nicht in Form

on/judging by [past/present] form — (fig.) nach der Papierform

true to form — (fig.) wie üblich od. zu erwarten

be formed from something — aus etwas entstehen

form of government — Regierungsform f

form of address — Anrede f

forms of worship — Formen pl der Gottesverehrung

in the form of — in Form von or +gen; (with reference to people) in Gestalt von or +gen

to take form (lit, fig) — Form or Gestalt annehmen

he did it for form's sake — er tat es der Form halber

it's bad form — so etwas tut man einfach nicht

what's the form? (inf) — was ist üblich?

to be in fine or good form — gut in Form sein, in guter Form or Verfassung sein