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  • 1 nada

    adv.
    1 at all.
    la película no me ha gustado nada I didn't like the film at all
    no es nada extraño it's not at all strange
    la obra no es nada aburrida the play isn't the slightest bit boring
    2 a little, a bit (poco).
    no hace nada que salió he left just a minute ago
    3 not at all, not a single thing, nothing, not a bit.
    4 anything.
    intj.
    nothing at all.
    pron.
    1 nothing.
    no pasó nada nothing happened
    no he leído nada de Lorca I haven't read anything by Lorca
    nada me gustaría más que poder ayudarte there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to help you
    no hay nada como un buen libro there's nothing (quite) like a good book
    nada más nothing else, nothing more
    no quiero nada más I don't want anything else
    no dijo nada de nada he didn't say anything at all
    no es nada it's nothing serious
    esto no es nada that's nothing
    te he traído un regalito de nada I've brought you a little something
    cuesta cinco millones, ¡ahí es nada! it costs five million, a real snip!
    casi nada almost nothing
    como si nada as if nothing was the matter, as if nothing had happened
    de nada don't mention it, you're welcome (respuesta a 'gracias')
    dentro de nada any second now
    ¡nada de eso! absolutely not!
    No quiero nada I don't want any.
    2 love (en tenis). (peninsular Spanish)
    f.
    1 nothing, bugger all.
    2 little bit, trace, tiny bit, tiny little bit.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: nadar.
    * * *
    1 nothing
    ■ (no hay) nada como... there's nothing like...
    ■ ¿te has hecho daño? --no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? --no, I'm all right thank you
    1 (not) at all
    1 nothingness
    \
    antes de nada first of all
    como si nada just like that
    de nada (no hay de qué) don't mention it, think nothing of it, (US you're welcome) 2 (insignificante) insignificant
    ■ gracias, --de nada thanks, --don't mention it
    dentro de nada in a moment
    nada de eso not at all, nothing of the kind
    ■ ¿se casa Maribel? --¡nada de eso! is Maribel getting married? --absolutely not!, no way!
    nada más... as soon as..., no sooner...
    nada menos que no less than
    por nada for no reason at all
    por nada del mundo (not) for anything in the world
    ¡y nada de...! and don't...!
    ■ ¡y nada de bañarse en el río! and don't go bathing in the river!
    * * *
    1. noun f. 2. adv. - de nada 3. pron.
    nothing, anything
    * * *
    1. PRON
    1) (=ninguna cosa) [con el verbo inglés en forma afirmativa] nothing; [con el verbo inglés en forma negativa] anything

    no dijo nada en toda la tarde — he said nothing all afternoon, he didn't say anything all afternoon

    no hay nada como un café después de comer — there's nothing like a coffee after your meal, nothing beats a coffee after your meal

    -¿qué has comprado? -nada — "what have you bought?" - "nothing"

    • nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all

    -¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"

    ¡nada de eso! — not a bit of it!

    ¡nada de marcharse! — forget about leaving!

    nada de nada — absolutely nothing, nothing at all

    ahí
    2) [en locuciones]
    a) [con verbo]

    • estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it

    • no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need

    • hace nada — just a moment ago

    • no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike

    • quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

    • no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

    • no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

    • no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matter

    b) [con preposición, adverbio]

    • antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call

    • a cada nada — LAm * constantly

    • casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing

    ¡había unas cien mil personas! ¡casi nada! — there were no fewer than a hundred thousand people there!

    • como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spoken

    • de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"

    ¡tanto revuelo por un premio de nada! — all that fuss over such a silly little prize!

    • dentro de nada — very soon

    • nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"

    no dijo nada más — he didn't say anything else, he said nothing else

    nada más que estoy muy cansado — And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired

    • (nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...

    han ganado nada menos que un coche — they've won a car, no less

    • ni nada — or anything

    pues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!

    • para nada — at all

    -¿te gusta? -para nada — "do you like it?" - "not at all"

    • por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at all

    no por nada le llaman "apestoso" — he's not called "smelly" for nothing

    ¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!

    3) [como coletilla]

    pues nada, me voy — well, I'm off then

    -¿qué pasó? -pues nada, que estuve esperando y no llegó — "what happened?" - "well, I was there waiting and he didn't arrive"

    y nada, al final nos fuimos — anyway, in the end we left

    4) (Tenis) love
    2.
    ADV not at all, by no means

    no es nada fácil — it's not at all easy, it's by no means easy

    pues no eres tú nada ambicioso — iró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!

    3.
    SF
    * * *
    I
    1)

    antes que or de nada — first of all

    no hay nada como... — there's nothing like...

    no es por nada pero... — don't take this the wrong way but...

    nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

    nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

    2)
    b) ( muy poco)

    con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

    estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren — we very nearly missed the train

    c) (fam) ( uso expletivo)

    y nada, que al final no lo compró — anyway, in the end she didn't buy it

    pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

    3) (Esp) ( en tenis) love
    II

    no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

    III
    1) (Fil)
    2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)
    * * *
    = anything, nothing, nil, zero + Nombre, naught, nothingness, nowt, zilch.
    Ex. As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.
    Ex. Nothing happens until the ENTER key is pressed.
    Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
    Ex. Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.
    Ex. The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.
    Ex. There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's ' nowt' as controversial as that.
    Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    ----
    * a cambio de nada = for nothing.
    * a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.
    * antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.
    * antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.
    * a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.
    * caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.
    * casi nada = next to nothing.
    * como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.
    * contar para nada = count + for nothing.
    * decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
    * de la nada = from nowhere, out of nowhere.
    * del año de la nada = from the year dot.
    * en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.
    * en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time.
    * en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.
    * esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.
    * estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.
    * estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.
    * hablar sin decir nada = waffle.
    * hacer como si nada = play it + cool.
    * más que nada = more than anything else.
    * nada bonito = unlovely.
    * nada claro = unclear, uncleared.
    * nada convencido = unimpressed.
    * nada convencional = unorthodox.
    * ¡nada de eso! = no dice!.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * nada de nada = zilch.
    * nada desdeñable = not inconsiderable.
    * nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.
    * nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.
    * nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
    * nada envidiable = unenviable.
    * nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.
    * nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.
    * nada es mejor que = nothing beats....
    * nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada extraordinario = unremarkable.
    * nada impresionado = unimpressed.
    * nada instintivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada intuitivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada lógico = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada más = anything else, nothing else.
    * nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.
    * nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.
    * nada más y nada menos que de/por + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.
    * nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.
    * nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.
    * nada materialista = unworldly.
    * nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.
    * nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.
    * nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.
    * nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
    * nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.
    * nada sorprendente = unsurprising.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.
    * no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.
    * no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * no decir nada = keep + quiet.
    * no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.
    * no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.
    * no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.
    * no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.
    * no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.
    * no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.
    * no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.
    * no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.
    * no hay nada como = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.
    * no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.
    * no importar nada = not give a shit, not give a fuck.
    * no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.
    * no perderse nada = be no great loss.
    * no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.
    * no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.
    * no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.
    * no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no ser nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.
    * no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.
    * no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.
    * no significar nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + nothing against, have + no quarrel about + Nombre.
    * no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.
    * no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.
    * no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.
    * o nada en absoluto = if at all.
    * para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.
    * para que no falte de nada = for good measure.
    * persona que nunca se deshace de anda = hoarder, packrat, magpie.
    * por nada = for nothing.
    * por nada del mundo = for the life of me.
    * por nada o casi nada = at little or no extra cost.
    * por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.
    * por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.
    * por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * primero que nada = first off.
    * que no conduce a nada = circuitous.
    * quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.
    * saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.
    * sentarse sin hacer nada = sit + idle.
    * ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.
    * servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.
    * servir para nada = count + for nothing.
    * sin decir nada = dumbly.
    * sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.
    * sin nada de gracia = unfunny.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.
    * trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.
    * una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.
    * y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * * *
    I
    1)

    antes que or de nada — first of all

    no hay nada como... — there's nothing like...

    no es por nada pero... — don't take this the wrong way but...

    nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

    nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

    2)
    b) ( muy poco)

    con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

    estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren — we very nearly missed the train

    c) (fam) ( uso expletivo)

    y nada, que al final no lo compró — anyway, in the end she didn't buy it

    pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

    3) (Esp) ( en tenis) love
    II

    no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

    III
    1) (Fil)
    2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)
    * * *
    = anything, nothing, nil, zero + Nombre, naught, nothingness, nowt, zilch.

    Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.

    Ex: Nothing happens until the ENTER key is pressed.
    Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
    Ex: Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.
    Ex: The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.
    Ex: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's ' nowt' as controversial as that.
    Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    * a cambio de nada = for nothing.
    * a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.
    * antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.
    * antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.
    * a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.
    * caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.
    * casi nada = next to nothing.
    * como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.
    * contar para nada = count + for nothing.
    * decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
    * de la nada = from nowhere, out of nowhere.
    * del año de la nada = from the year dot.
    * en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.
    * en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time.
    * en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.
    * esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.
    * estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.
    * estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.
    * hablar sin decir nada = waffle.
    * hacer como si nada = play it + cool.
    * más que nada = more than anything else.
    * nada bonito = unlovely.
    * nada claro = unclear, uncleared.
    * nada convencido = unimpressed.
    * nada convencional = unorthodox.
    * ¡nada de eso! = no dice!.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * nada de nada = zilch.
    * nada desdeñable = not inconsiderable.
    * nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.
    * nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.
    * nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
    * nada envidiable = unenviable.
    * nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.
    * nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.
    * nada es mejor que = nothing beats....
    * nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada extraordinario = unremarkable.
    * nada impresionado = unimpressed.
    * nada instintivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada intuitivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada lógico = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada más = anything else, nothing else.
    * nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.
    * nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.
    * nada más y nada menos que de/por + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.
    * nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.
    * nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.
    * nada materialista = unworldly.
    * nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.
    * nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.
    * nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.
    * nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
    * nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.
    * nada sorprendente = unsurprising.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.
    * no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.
    * no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * no decir nada = keep + quiet.
    * no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.
    * no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.
    * no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.
    * no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.
    * no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.
    * no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.
    * no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.
    * no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.
    * no hay nada como = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.
    * no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.
    * no importar nada = not give a shit, not give a fuck.
    * no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.
    * no perderse nada = be no great loss.
    * no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.
    * no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.
    * no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.
    * no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no ser nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.
    * no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.
    * no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.
    * no significar nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + nothing against, have + no quarrel about + Nombre.
    * no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.
    * no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.
    * no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.
    * o nada en absoluto = if at all.
    * para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.
    * para que no falte de nada = for good measure.
    * persona que nunca se deshace de anda = hoarder, packrat, magpie.
    * por nada = for nothing.
    * por nada del mundo = for the life of me.
    * por nada o casi nada = at little or no extra cost.
    * por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.
    * por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.
    * por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * primero que nada = first off.
    * que no conduce a nada = circuitous.
    * quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.
    * saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.
    * sentarse sin hacer nada = sit + idle.
    * ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.
    * servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.
    * servir para nada = count + for nothing.
    * sin decir nada = dumbly.
    * sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.
    * sin nada de gracia = unfunny.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.
    * trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.
    * una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.
    * y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.

    * * *
    A
    1 nothing
    es mejor que nada it's better than nothing
    de nada sirve que le compres libros si no los lee there's no point in buying him books if he doesn't read them
    antes que or de nada first of all
    nada te faltará or no te faltará nada you won't want for anything
    no hay nada como un buen baño caliente there's nothing like a nice hot bath
    hace dos días que no come nada he hasn't eaten a thing o anything for two days
    ¡no sirves para nada! you're useless
    no se hizo nada he wasn't hurt
    no sé por qué llora, yo no le hice nada I don't know why he's crying, I didn't touch him
    ¿te has hecho daño? — no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? — no, it's nothing
    ¡perdón! — no fue nada sorry! — that's all right
    no es por nada pero … don't take this the wrong way but …
    se fue sin decir nada she left without a word
    nadie me dio nada nobody gave me anything
    nada DE algo:
    no necesita nada de azúcar it doesn't need any sugar at all
    eso no tiene nada de gracia that's not in the least bit o not at all funny
    ¡nada de juegos or jugar ahora! you're not playing o I don't want any games now!
    2 ( en locs):
    de nada you're welcome, it's a pleasure, don't mention it ( frml)
    nada de nada ( fam); not a thing
    nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else
    ¿algo más? — nada más anything else? — no, that's it o that's all o that's the lot
    no se pudo hacer nada más or más nada por él nothing more could be done for him
    nada más fui yo ( Méx); I was the only one who went
    no nada más yo lo critico ( Méx); I'm not the only one to criticize him
    salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch
    nada más llegar subió a verla as soon as he arrived he went up to see her
    nada más que: la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
    no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told, I didn't tell anyone except him o but him
    nada que … ( Andes fam): ya son las diez y nada que vienen it's already ten o'clock and there's still no sign of them
    ni nada ( fam): no me avisó ni nada ( fam); he didn't tell me or anything, he didn't even tell me
    no es ambicioso ni nada ( iró); he's not at all ambitious or anything like that! ( iro)
    para nada not … at all
    ese tema no se tocó para nada that topic didn't come up at all
    no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all o one little bit
    ahí es nada ( fam iró): hicieron un par de millones, ahí es nada they made a couple of million … peanuts o chickenfeed! ( colloq iro)
    como si nada ( fam): ¡me lo dice como si nada! she tells me as casual as you like, and she tells me as if it was nothing
    se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid
    se lo dije mil veces, pero como si nada I told her over and over again, but it didn't do the slightest bit of good
    no estás/está en nada ( Ven arg); you're/he's so uncool ( colloq), you don't/he doesn't have a clue ( colloq)
    no hay nada que hacerle ( fam); that's all there is to it, there are no two ways about it
    B
    1
    (algo): ¿has visto alguna vez nada igual? have you ever seen the like of it o the likes of it o anything like it?
    antes de que digas nada before you say anything
    2
    (muy poco): con or de nada se rompe it breaks just like that
    fue un golpe de nada it was only a little bump
    en nada de tiempo in no time at all
    compraron la casa por nada they bought the house for next to nothing
    dentro de nada very soon, in no time at all
    estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren we very nearly missed the train
    no nos vieron, pero estuvo en nada they didn't see us, but it was a close call o shave
    3 ( fam)
    (uso expletivo): y nada, que al final no lo compró anyway, in the end she didn't buy it
    pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa well o anyway, we'll see what happens
    C ( Esp) (en tenis) love
    quince-nada fifteen-love
    no está nada preocupado he isn't at all o the least bit worried
    anoche no dormí nada I didn't sleep a wink o at all last night
    no me gusta nada lo que has hecho I don't like what you've done one bit
    no es nada engreído el chico ( iró); he sure is vain!, he isn't half conceited! ( BrE)
    A ( Fil):
    la nada nothing
    el universo se creó de la nada the universe was created from nothing o from the void
    surgió de la nada it came out of nowhere
    B
    (Méx, RPl fam) (pequeña cantidad): ¿le diste vino al bebé? — sólo una nada did you give the baby wine? — only a tiny drop
    le puse una nada de sal I added a tiny pinch of salt
    ganó por una nada he won by a whisker
    * * *

     

    Del verbo nadar: ( conjugate nadar)

    nada es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
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    de nada sirve que le compres libros there's no point in buying him books;
    antes que or de nada first of all;
    no quiere nada he doesn't want anything;
    ¡no sirves para nada! you're useless;
    sin decir nada without a word
    b) ( en locs)


    nada de nada (fam) not a thing;
    nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else;
    ¿algo más? — nada más anything else? — no, that's it o that's all;
    nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went;
    salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch;
    sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less;
    para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all;
    por nada: la compraron por nada they bought it for next to nothing;
    discuten por nada they argue over nothing;
    llora por nada she cries at the slightest little thing
    2 (Esp) ( en tenis) love;

    ■ adverbio:
    ◊ no está nada preocupado he isn't at all o the least bit worried;

    esto no me gusta nada I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit
    nadar ( conjugate nadar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/pez] to swim;

    ◊ ¿sabes nada? can you swim?;

    nada (estilo) mariposa/pecho to do (the) butterfly/breaststroke;
    nada de espalda or (Méx) de dorso to do (the) back stroke
    b) [ramas/hojas] ( flotar) to float

    c)

    ◊ nadar en ( tener mucho): nada en dinero to be rolling in money (colloq);

    el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease
    verbo transitivo
    to swim
    nada
    I pron
    1 (ninguna cosa) nothing: ¿qué te cuentas?, - nada nuevo, how it's going?, - nothing new
    (con otro negativo) nothing, not... anything: no hay nada más importante, there is nothing more important
    no tocamos nada, we didn't touch anything
    no lo cambiaría por nada del mundo, I wouldn't change it for anything on earth
    2 (en preguntas) anything: ¿no tienes nada que decir?, don't you have anything to say?
    3 (muy poco) con la niebla no veíamos nada, we couldn't see a thing in the fog
    no fue nada, (herida, golpe) I wasn't hurt
    (respuesta a una disculpa) it's all right
    4 (en ciertas construcciones) anything
    más que nada, more than anything: me importa más que nada, it means more than anything else to me
    sin decir nada, without saying anything/a word
    II adverbio not at all: no nos aburrimos nada, we weren't bored at all
    no escribe nada mal, he doesn't write at all badly
    III sustantivo femenino nothingness
    ♦ Locuciones: casi nada, almost nothing
    gracias, - de nada, thanks, - don't mention it
    más que nada: te lo digo más que nada para que no vayas a meter la pata, more than anything else I'm telling you so you don't put your foot in it
    nada más: nada más oírlo, as soon as she heard it
    familiar para nada, not at all
    nadar verbo intransitivo
    1 Dep to swim: no sé nadar, I can't swim
    2 (un objeto) to float
    3 (tener en abundancia) nada en libros, she has a lot of books
    ' nada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absolutamente
    - adelantar
    - adorno
    - amilanarse
    - amohinarse
    - balde
    - bastante
    - bregar
    - cabo
    - callar
    - calmarse
    - cero
    - ciega
    - ciego
    - clara
    - claro
    - comecome
    - como
    - comparecencia
    - concreta
    - concreto
    - conducir
    - contra
    - dar
    - débil
    - decir
    - derecha
    - desocupada
    - desocupado
    - doblar
    - doblarse
    - doble
    - ecuánime
    - embalarse
    - envidiar
    - escaramuza
    - escarceo
    - faltar
    - frescura
    - ir
    - gusto
    - hablar
    - incumbir
    - interés
    - interlunio
    - jota
    - jueves
    - maldita
    - maldito
    - más
    English:
    all
    - all right
    - amusing
    - antsy
    - anything
    - associate
    - avail
    - blank
    - board
    - breathe
    - burn
    - clash
    - clear
    - click
    - come into
    - contrary
    - cop
    - damn
    - dark
    - dark horse
    - dead
    - depth
    - dim
    - dishwater
    - disorderly
    - drone
    - dwindle
    - earth
    - earthly
    - easy
    - enforce
    - ever
    - excuse
    - first
    - flair
    - further
    - go on
    - go without
    - going
    - good
    - hand
    - hang about
    - hang around
    - hardly
    - harm
    - have
    - head
    - home
    - hot
    - ill-considered
    * * *
    ♦ pron
    1. [ninguna cosa o cantidad] nothing;
    [en negativas] anything;
    no he leído nada de Lorca I haven't read anything by Lorca;
    no pasó nada nothing happened;
    a él nada parece satisfacerle he never seems to be satisfied with anything;
    de nada vale insistir there's no point in insisting;
    nada me gustaría más que poder ayudarte there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to help you;
    no hay nada como un buen libro there's nothing (quite) like a good book;
    tranquilos, no es nada don't worry, it's nothing serious;
    casi nada almost nothing;
    de nada, Am [m5] por nada [respuesta a “gracias”] you're welcome, don't mention it;
    esto no es nada that's nothing;
    no queda nada de café there's no coffee left;
    no tengo nada de ganas de ir I don't feel like going at all;
    no dijo nada de nada he didn't say anything at all;
    no me ha gustado nada de nada I didn't like it at all o one little bit;
    nada de quejas, ¿de acuerdo? no complaining, right?, I don't want any complaints, right?;
    nada más nothing else, nothing more;
    ¿desean algo más? – nada más, gracias do you want anything else? – no, that's everything o all, thank you;
    no quiero nada más I don't want anything else;
    me dio de plazo dos días nada más she only gave me two days to do it;
    me ha costado nada más que 20 dólares it only cost me 20 dollars;
    ¡tanto esfuerzo para nada! all that effort for nothing!
    2. [poco, muy poco]
    yo apenas sé nada de ese tema I hardly know anything about that subject;
    es muy frágil y con nada se parte it's very fragile and is easily broken;
    dentro de nada any second now;
    lo he visto salir hace nada I saw him leave just a moment ago o just this minute;
    no hace nada que salió he left just a moment ago o just this minute;
    por nada se enfada she gets angry at the slightest thing, it doesn't take much for her to get angry;
    CAm, Col, Ven Fam
    a cada nada every five minutes, constantly;
    Méx
    en nada estuvo que se casara he very nearly got married
    3. Esp [en tenis] love;
    treinta nada thirty love
    4. [expresando negación]
    ¡nada de eso! absolutely not!;
    no pienso ir, ni llamar, ni nada I won't go, or call, or anything;
    no tenemos ni coche, ni moto, ni nada que se le parezca we don't have a car or a motorbike, or anything of that sort
    5. Comp
    ¡ahí es nada!, ¡casi nada!: cuesta cinco millones, ¡ahí es nada! o [m5]¡casi nada! it costs a cool five million!;
    como si nada as if nothing was the matter, as if nothing had happened;
    (nada más y) nada menos que [cosa] no less than;
    [persona] none other than; Fam
    ni nada: ¡no es alta ni nada la chica! she's tall all right!, you could say she's tall!;
    no es por nada: no es por nada pero creo que estás equivocado don't take this the wrong way, but I think you're mistaken;
    no es por nada pero llevas la bragueta abierta by the way, your fly's undone
    ♦ adv
    1. [en absoluto] at all;
    la película no me ha gustado nada I didn't like the movie at all;
    no he dormido nada I didn't get any sleep at all;
    no es nada extraño it's not at all strange;
    la obra no es nada aburrida the play isn't the slightest bit boring;
    no está nada mal it's not at all bad;
    no nos llevamos nada bien we don't get on at all well;
    Fam
    ¿te importa que me quede? – ¡para nada! do you mind if I stay? – of course not! o not at all!
    2. Fam [enfático]
    nada, que no hay manera de convencerle but no, he just refuses to be convinced
    ♦ nf
    1.
    la nada nothingness, the void;
    [el no ser]
    salir o [m5] surgir de la nada to appear out of o from nowhere
    2. Méx, RP Fam [muy poco]
    le pedí plata y me dio una nada I asked him for some money and he gave me next to nothing;
    comí una nada de helado I had a tiny bit of ice cream
    ♦ de nada loc adj
    te he traído un regalito de nada I've brought you a little something;
    es sólo un rasguño de nada it's just a little scratch
    ♦ nada más loc adv
    1. [al poco de]
    nada más salir de casa… no sooner had I left the house than…, as soon as I left the house…;
    nos iremos nada más cenar we'll go as soon as we've had dinner, we'll go straight after dinner
    2. Méx [solamente]
    nada más vine yo I'm the only one who's come
    3. Méx [sin más]
    de la fiesta regresaron a casa y nada más they went straight home after the party
    * * *
    I pron nothing;
    no hay nada there isn’t anything;
    no es nada it’s nothing;
    nada más nothing else;
    nada menos que no less than;
    nada de nada nothing at all;
    para nada not at all;
    no lo entiendes para nada you don’t understand at all;
    lo dices como si nada you talk about it as if it was nothing;
    más que nada more than anything;
    no lo haría por nada del mundo I wouldn’t do it if you paid me;
    por menos de nada for no reason at all;
    nada más llegar as soon as I arrived;
    antes de nada first of all;
    ¡nada de eso! fam you can put that idea out of your head;
    ¡casi nada! peanuts!;
    ¡de nada! you’re welcome, not at all;
    pues nada, … well, …
    II adv not at all;
    no ha llovido nada it hasn’t rained;
    no estoy nada contento I’m not at all happy
    III f nothingness
    * * *
    nada adv
    : not at all, not in the least
    no estamos nada cansados: we are not at all tired
    nada nf
    1) : nothingness
    2) : smidgen, bit
    una nada le disgusta: the slightest thing upsets him
    nada pron
    1) : nothing
    no estoy haciendo nada: I'm not doing anything
    2)
    casi nada : next to nothing
    3)
    de nada : you're welcome
    4)
    dentro de nada : very soon, in no time
    5)
    nada más : nothing else, nothing more
    * * *
    nada1 adv at all
    nada2 pron
    1. nothing / not... anything
    no hay nada, está vacío there's nothing there, it's empty
    2. (en tenis) love
    de nada (como respuesta) you're welcome / don't mention it (sin importancia) little / slight
    nada de no / any
    no tengo nada de dinero I've got no money / I haven't got any money
    no habla nada de inglés he speaks no English / doesn't speak any English
    nada más... as soon as...
    nada más entrar, vi a Fernando I saw Fernando as soon as I went in

    Spanish-English dictionary > nada

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  • 3 nichts

    unbest. Pron.
    1. allein stehend: nothing; ich höre / sehe etc. nichts I can’t hear / see etc. a thing; nichts als Ärger etc. nothing but trouble etc.; nichts ist schöner als there’s nothing nicer than (+ Ger. oder to + Inf.); es geht nichts über (+Akk) there’s nothing like; gar nichts nothing at all; fast gar nichts hardly anything; für nichts und wieder nichts all for nothing; mir nichts, dir nichts umg. just like that; weggehen etc.: auch without so much as a word (of goodbye, of explanation etc.); so viel wie nichts next to nothing; daraus ist nichts geworden nothing came of it; daraus wird nichts nothing will come of it; (es geht nicht) we’ll have to forget about that(, I’m afraid); das geht dich nichts an it’s none of your business; aus nichts wird nichts you can’t make something out of nothing; von nichts kommt nichts you can’t get something for nothing; wie nichts (schnell) umg. like nobody’s business; das ist nichts für mich umg. that’s not my thing; nichts zu danken! not at all, don’t mention it; es macht nichts! it doesn’t matter, never mind; nichts zu machen! umg. nothing doing; (es kann nicht geändert werden) it can’t be helped; nichts da! umg. no way!; er wird es zu nichts bringen he’ll never get anywhere (in life); sich in nichts auflösen Projekt etc.: go up in smoke, auf rätselhafte Weise: vanish into thin air; ich komme zu nichts I never get time for anything, I never get (a)round to doing anything; nichts wie weg! umg. run!, let’s move!; nichts wie raus! umg. let’s get out of here quick!; nichts wie hin! umg. what are we waiting for?
    2. mit Subst., Adj., Adv. oder Pron.: nichts Neues nothing new; ich weiß nichts Genaues I don’t know any details; sie hatte nichts Eiligeres zu tun als (+ Inf.) she had nothing better to do than (+ Inf.) nichts lieber als wieder arbeiten there’s nothing I’d etc. rather do than work again; nichts weniger als nothing less than; nichts weiter oder weiter nichts nothing else; zu diskutieren etc.: auch nothing further; weiter nichts? is that all?; nichts dergleichen no such thing, nothing of the kind; nichts anderes als nothing but; sie interessiert sich für nichts anderes mehr she’s no longer interested in anything else
    3. mit Part. Präs.: nichts ahnend unsuspecting; nichts sagend Musik, Film, Äußerung: meaningless; Gesicht: expressionless; Mensch: insignificant
    * * *
    das Nichts
    nonentity; nothingness; negation; zero
    * * *
    Nịchts I [nɪçts]
    nt -, no pl (PHILOS)
    nothingness; (= Leere) emptiness, void; (= Kleinigkeit) trifle, triviality, trivia pl

    etw aus dem Nichts erschaffen — to create sth out of nothing(ness) or the void

    vor dem Nichts stehen —

    alle seine Hoffnungen endeten im Nichts (liter) — all his hopes came to nothing or nought

    II
    nt -es, -e
    (= Mensch) nobody, nonentity, (mere) cipher
    * * *
    das
    1) (nothing.) naught
    2) (no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) nothing
    3) (nothing.) nought
    4) (nowhere: He disappeared into thin air.) thin air
    * * *
    <-, -e>
    [ˈnɪçts]
    nt
    ▪ das/ein \Nichts nothingness
    2. (leerer Raum) void
    3. (Nullmenge) nothing
    aus dem \Nichts out of nothing
    er hat die Firma aus dem \Nichts aufgebaut he built the firm up out of nothing
    aus dem \Nichts auftauchen to show up from out of nowhere
    ▪ ein \Nichts a nonentity [or nobody
    5.
    ▶ vor dem \Nichts stehen to be left with nothing
    * * *
    das; Nichts, Nichtse
    1) o. Pl. (Philos.): (das Nicht-Sein) nothingness no art.
    2) o. Pl. (leerer Raum) void
    3) o. Pl. (wenig von etwas)

    vor dem Nichts stehen — be left with nothing; be faced with ruin

    4) (abwertend): (Mensch) nobody; nonentity
    * * *
    nichts indef pr
    1. alleinstehend: nothing;
    ich höre/sehe etc
    nichts I can’t hear/see etc a thing;
    nichts als Ärger etc nothing but trouble etc;
    nichts ist schöner als there’s nothing nicer than (+ger oder to +inf);
    es geht nichts über (+akk) there’s nothing like;
    gar nichts nothing at all;
    fast gar nichts hardly anything;
    mir nichts, dir nichts umg just like that; weggehen etc: auch without so much as a word (of goodbye, of explanation etc);
    so viel wie nichts next to nothing;
    daraus ist nichts geworden nothing came of it;
    daraus wird nichts nothing will come of it; (es geht nicht) we’ll have to forget about that(, I’m afraid);
    das geht dich nichts an it’s none of your business;
    aus nichts wird nichts you can’t make something out of nothing;
    von nichts kommt nichts you can’t get something for nothing;
    wie nichts (schnell) umg like nobody’s business;
    das ist nichts für mich umg that’s not my thing;
    nichts zu danken! not at all, don’t mention it;
    es macht nichts! it doesn’t matter, never mind;
    nichts zu machen! umg nothing doing; (es kann nicht geändert werden) it can’t be helped;
    nichts da! umg no way!;
    er wird es zu nichts bringen he’ll never get anywhere (in life);
    sich in nichts auflösen Projekt etc: go up in smoke, auf rätselhafte Weise: vanish into thin air;
    ich komme zu nichts I never get time for anything, I never get (a)round to doing anything;
    nichts wie weg! umg run!, let’s move!;
    nichts wie raus! umg let’s get out of here quick!;
    nichts wie hin! umg what are we waiting for?
    2. mit subst, adj, adv oder pron:
    nichts Neues nothing new;
    ich weiß nichts Genaues I don’t know any details;
    sie hatte nichts Eiligeres zu tun als (+inf) she had nothing better to do than (+inf)
    nichts lieber als wieder arbeiten there’s nothing I’d etc rather do than work again;
    nichts weniger als nothing less than;
    weiter nichts nothing else; zu diskutieren etc: auch nothing further;
    weiter nichts? is that all?;
    nichts dergleichen no such thing, nothing of the kind;
    nichts anderes als nothing but;
    sie interessiert sich für nichts anderes mehr she’s no longer interested in anything else
    3. mit ppr:
    nichts ahnend unsuspecting;
    * * *
    das; Nichts, Nichtse
    1) o. Pl. (Philos.): (das Nicht-Sein) nothingness no art.
    2) o. Pl. (leerer Raum) void
    3) o. Pl. (wenig von etwas)

    vor dem Nichts stehen — be left with nothing; be faced with ruin

    4) (abwertend): (Mensch) nobody; nonentity
    * * *
    n.
    nonentity n.
    nothingness n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > nichts

  • 4 Nichts

    unbest. Pron.
    1. allein stehend: nothing; ich höre / sehe etc. nichts I can’t hear / see etc. a thing; nichts als Ärger etc. nothing but trouble etc.; nichts ist schöner als there’s nothing nicer than (+ Ger. oder to + Inf.); es geht nichts über (+Akk) there’s nothing like; gar nichts nothing at all; fast gar nichts hardly anything; für nichts und wieder nichts all for nothing; mir nichts, dir nichts umg. just like that; weggehen etc.: auch without so much as a word (of goodbye, of explanation etc.); so viel wie nichts next to nothing; daraus ist nichts geworden nothing came of it; daraus wird nichts nothing will come of it; (es geht nicht) we’ll have to forget about that(, I’m afraid); das geht dich nichts an it’s none of your business; aus nichts wird nichts you can’t make something out of nothing; von nichts kommt nichts you can’t get something for nothing; wie nichts (schnell) umg. like nobody’s business; das ist nichts für mich umg. that’s not my thing; nichts zu danken! not at all, don’t mention it; es macht nichts! it doesn’t matter, never mind; nichts zu machen! umg. nothing doing; (es kann nicht geändert werden) it can’t be helped; nichts da! umg. no way!; er wird es zu nichts bringen he’ll never get anywhere (in life); sich in nichts auflösen Projekt etc.: go up in smoke, auf rätselhafte Weise: vanish into thin air; ich komme zu nichts I never get time for anything, I never get (a)round to doing anything; nichts wie weg! umg. run!, let’s move!; nichts wie raus! umg. let’s get out of here quick!; nichts wie hin! umg. what are we waiting for?
    2. mit Subst., Adj., Adv. oder Pron.: nichts Neues nothing new; ich weiß nichts Genaues I don’t know any details; sie hatte nichts Eiligeres zu tun als (+ Inf.) she had nothing better to do than (+ Inf.) nichts lieber als wieder arbeiten there’s nothing I’d etc. rather do than work again; nichts weniger als nothing less than; nichts weiter oder weiter nichts nothing else; zu diskutieren etc.: auch nothing further; weiter nichts? is that all?; nichts dergleichen no such thing, nothing of the kind; nichts anderes als nothing but; sie interessiert sich für nichts anderes mehr she’s no longer interested in anything else
    3. mit Part. Präs.: nichts ahnend unsuspecting; nichts sagend Musik, Film, Äußerung: meaningless; Gesicht: expressionless; Mensch: insignificant
    * * *
    das Nichts
    nonentity; nothingness; negation; zero
    * * *
    Nịchts I [nɪçts]
    nt -, no pl (PHILOS)
    nothingness; (= Leere) emptiness, void; (= Kleinigkeit) trifle, triviality, trivia pl

    etw aus dem Nichts erschaffen — to create sth out of nothing(ness) or the void

    vor dem Nichts stehen —

    alle seine Hoffnungen endeten im Nichts (liter) — all his hopes came to nothing or nought

    II
    nt -es, -e
    (= Mensch) nobody, nonentity, (mere) cipher
    * * *
    das
    1) (nothing.) naught
    2) (no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) nothing
    3) (nothing.) nought
    4) (nowhere: He disappeared into thin air.) thin air
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    <-, -e>
    [ˈnɪçts]
    nt
    ▪ das/ein \Nichts nothingness
    2. (leerer Raum) void
    3. (Nullmenge) nothing
    aus dem \Nichts out of nothing
    er hat die Firma aus dem \Nichts aufgebaut he built the firm up out of nothing
    aus dem \Nichts auftauchen to show up from out of nowhere
    ▪ ein \Nichts a nonentity [or nobody
    5.
    ▶ vor dem \Nichts stehen to be left with nothing
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    das; Nichts, Nichtse
    1) o. Pl. (Philos.): (das Nicht-Sein) nothingness no art.
    2) o. Pl. (leerer Raum) void
    3) o. Pl. (wenig von etwas)

    vor dem Nichts stehen — be left with nothing; be faced with ruin

    4) (abwertend): (Mensch) nobody; nonentity
    * * *
    Nichts n; -s, -e
    1. nur sg nothing(ness); (Leere) void;
    aus dem Nichts from nowhere;
    etwas aus dem Nichts schaffen create sth out of nothing;
    vor dem Nichts stehen be left with nothing; (ganz von vorne anfangen müssen) have to start from scratch
    2. nur sg:
    sich um ein Nichts streiten fight over nothing ( oder a triviality);
    ein Nichts von einem Bikini a nonexistent bikini
    3. pej (Person) a nobody;
    ein Nichts sein auch be totally insignificant
    * * *
    das; Nichts, Nichtse
    1) o. Pl. (Philos.): (das Nicht-Sein) nothingness no art.
    2) o. Pl. (leerer Raum) void
    3) o. Pl. (wenig von etwas)

    vor dem Nichts stehen — be left with nothing; be faced with ruin

    4) (abwertend): (Mensch) nobody; nonentity
    * * *
    n.
    nonentity n.
    nothingness n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Nichts

  • 5 de la nada

    = from nowhere, out of nowhere
    Ex. What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex. Mark has become a really good actor who kind of shot to stardom out of nowhere.
    * * *
    = from nowhere, out of nowhere

    Ex: What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.

    Ex: Mark has become a really good actor who kind of shot to stardom out of nowhere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de la nada

  • 6 camino

    m.
    1 path, track (sendero).
    camino de Santiago Milky Way; (astronomy) = pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela (religion)
    camino trillado well-trodden path
    2 way.
    el camino de la estación the way to the station
    camino de on the way to
    está camino de la capital it's on the way to the capital
    a estas horas ya estarán en camino they'll be on their way by now
    me pilla de camino it's on my way
    en el o de camino on the way
    por este camino this way
    3 journey (viaje).
    nos espera un largo camino we have a long journey ahead of us
    ponerse en camino to set off
    4 road, footpath, pathway, track.
    5 cart track, cart road.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: caminar.
    * * *
    1 (vía) path, track
    2 (ruta) way, route
    3 (viaje) journey
    \
    a medio camino half-way
    abrir camino to clear the way (a, for)
    abrir el camino to clear the way (a, for)
    abrirse camino to make one's way
    abrirse camino en la vida to get on in life
    coger de camino / pillar de camino to be on the way
    estar en camino to be on the way
    ir camino de to be on one's way to
    ir por (el) buen/mal camino figurado to be on the right/wrong track
    llevar buen camino to be on the right track
    llevar camino de to be on the way to, be heading for, look set to
    ponerse en camino to set off (on a journey)
    camino de herradura bridle path
    camino forestal forest track
    el camino del éxito figurado the road to success
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) road, path, track
    2) way
    * * *
    SM
    1) [sin asfaltar] track; (=sendero) path; (=carretera) road

    Caminos, Canales y Puertos — (Univ) Civil Engineering

    camino de ingresos, camino de peaje — toll road

    camino de rosas, la vida no es ningún camino de rosas — life's no bed of roses

    camino forestal — forest track; [para paseos] forest trail

    = Camino de Santiago

    camino trillado, caminos turísticos no trillados — tourist routes that are off the beaten track

    experimentan con nuevas técnicas, huyen de los caminos trillados — they are experimenting with new techniques and avoiding conventional approaches o the well-trodden paths

    este escritor ha recorrido los caminos trillados de sus antecesores — this writer has been down the well-trodden paths followed by his predecessors

    2) (=ruta)
    a) (lit) way, route; (=viaje) journey

    ¿sabes el camino a su casa? — do you know the way to his house?

    ¿cuánto camino hay de aquí a San José? — how far is it from here to San José?

    • abrirse camino entre la multitud — to make one's way through the crowd

    • de camino a, lo puedo recoger de camino al trabajo — I can collect it on my way to work

    • echar camino adelante — to strike out

    • en el camino — on the way, en route

    tienen dos niños, y otro en camino — they have two children, and another on the way

    • a medio camino — halfway (there)

    a medio camino paramos para comer — halfway there, we stopped to eat

    • se quedaron a mitad de camino — they only got halfway (there)

    b) (fig) (=medio) path, course

    • el camino a seguir, yo te explico el camino a seguir — I'll tell you the way o route

    allanar el camino —

    ir camino de —

    traer a algn por buen camino — (=orientar) to put sb on the right track o road; (=desengañar) to set sb straight

    quedarse en el camino —

    un 70% sacó el diploma y el resto se quedó en el camino — 70 per cent of them got the diploma, the rest didn't make it

    no me fijo en mis rivales, yo sigo por mi camino — I don't take any notice of what my rivals are doing, I just do my own thing

    3) (Inform) path
    4) And, Cono Sur (=alfombra, tapete) runner, strip of carpet o matting
    CAMINO DE SANTIAGO The Camino de Santiago is a medieval pilgrim route stretching from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain, where tradition has it that the body of Saint James the Apostle (Spain's patron saint) is buried. Those who had made the long, dangerous journey returned proudly wearing on their hat or cloak the venera or concha (scallop shell) traditionally associated with this pilgrimage - Saint James' body had reportedly been found covered in scallops. Today this symbolic shell can still be seen all along the Camino de Santiago, carved on ancient buildings and painted on modern-day road signs marking the historic route for the benefit of tourists and pilgrims. In astronomy the Camino de Santiago is another name for the Vía Láctea (Milky Way), hence the title of Buñuel's famous satirical film about the route to Compostela.
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    1) ( de tierra) track; ( sendero) path; ( en general) road

    abrir nuevos caminos — to break new o fresh ground

    allanar or preparar or abrir el camino — to pave the way, prepare the ground

    el camino trillado — the well-worn o well-trodden path

    la vida no es un camino de rosas — life is no bed of roses

    tener el camino trillado: tenía el camino trillado he'd had the ground prepared for him; todos los caminos llevan or conducen a Roma — all roads lead to Rome

    2)
    a) (ruta, dirección) way

    me salieron al camino — asaltantes they blocked my path o way; amigos/niños they came out to meet me

    el camino a la fama — the road o path to fame

    se me fue por mal camino or por el otro camino — it went down the wrong way

    abrir camino a algo — to clear the way for something

    abrirse camino — to make one's way

    buen/mal camino: este niño va por mal camino or lleva mal camino this boy's heading for trouble; ibas por or llevabas buen camino pero te equivocaste you were on the right track but you made a mistake; las negociaciones van por or llevan muy buen camino the negotiations are going extremely well; llevar a alguien por mal camino to lead somebody astray; cruzarse en el camino de alguien: superó todos los obstáculos que se le cruzaron en el camino he overcame all the problems that arose; errar el camino to be in the wrong job o the wrong line of work; tirar por el camino de en medio — to take the middle path

    b) (trayecto, viaje)

    llevamos 300 kms/una hora de camino — we've done 300 kms/been traveling for an hour

    todavía estamos a o nos quedan dos horas de camino — we still have two hours to go

    paramos a mitad de camino or a medio camino — we stopped halfway

    cortar o acortar camino — to take a shortcut

    a mitad de or a medio camino — halfway through

    camino de/a: me encontré con él camino del or al mercado I ran into him on the o on my way to the market; ya vamos camino del invierno winter's on the way o on its way; llevar or ir camino de algo: una tradición que va camino de desaparecer a tradition which looks set to disappear; de camino on the way to; pilla de camino it's on the way; me queda de camino I pass it on my way; de camino a on the way; está de camino a la estación it is on the way to the station; en el camino or de camino al trabajo on my/his/her way o the way to work; en camino on the way; tiene un niño y otro en camino she has one child and another on the way; deben estar ya en camino they must be on their way already; por el camino — on the way

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    * * *
    = avenue, path, road, route, footpath, lane, pathway, way.
    Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex. It can be in only one place, unless duplicates are used; one has to have rules as to which path will locate it, and the rules are cumbersome.
    Ex. Use of Woolston Library has declined slightly: the area is isolated by the River Itchen, a busy main road, and a natural escarpment.
    Ex. Each packet includes the address of the final destination, and the packets travel separately, perhaps taking different routes through the network.
    Ex. Equivalence relationships normally imply the selection of one form as the preferred term, as we have seen, so we make a cross-reference pointing from the non-preferred term to the preferred term: footpaths See Trails; Bovines USE Cattle.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Changing lanes on the information superhighway: academic libraries and the Internet'.
    Ex. This system automates the scientific task of determining the pathway of steps underlying a chemical reaction.
    Ex. He has chosen self-denial and altruism as the way to follow.
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    * abrir camino a = make + way (for).
    * abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.
    * abrirse camino = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world.
    * abrirse camino (a empujones) = push + Posesivo + way across/into.
    * abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.
    * abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.
    * abrir un camino = chart + direction.
    * al borde del camino = at the roadside.
    * alto en el camino = stopover.
    * a medio camino = halfway [half-way/half way].
    * a mitad de camino = halfway [half-way/half way].
    * a mitad de camino entre... y... = midway between, half way between... and....
    * a mitad de camino entre... y... = astride... and....
    * andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.
    * apartarse del buen camino = go off + the rails, stray from + the straight and narrow.
    * apartarse del camino de la verdad = stray from + the straight and narrow.
    * apartarse de los caminos principales = go + off-road.
    * borde del camino = roadside, wayside.
    * buen camino, el = straight and narrow (path), the.
    * buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.
    * cambiar de opinión a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.
    * cambiar de parecer a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.
    * cambiar de política a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.
    * camino apartado = byway.
    * camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.
    * camino correcto, el = way forward, the.
    * camino de acceso = approach path.
    * camino definido = charted route.
    * camino de herradura = bridle path, bridleway.
    * camino de la verdad, el = straight and narrow (path), the.
    * camino de tierra = dirt track, dirt road.
    * camino elevado = causeway.
    * camino hacia el estrellato = road to stardom.
    * camino hacia la fama = road to stardom.
    * camino largo y difícil = long haul.
    * camino largo y tortuoso = long and winding road.
    * camino lleno de baches = bumpy road.
    * camino más fácil, el = path of least resistance, the.
    * camino muy largo = circuitous route.
    * camino pecuario = cattle lane.
    * camino por recorrer, el = road ahead, the.
    * camino rural = country lane, country road.
    * camino seguro al desastre = blueprint for disaster.
    * camino seguro al éxito = blueprint for success.
    * camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * camino sin rumbo = the road to nowhere.
    * camino trillado = worn path, beaten road.
    * camino vecinal = country road, minor road, back road.
    * construcción de caminos = road construction.
    * continuar + Posesivo camino = continue on + Posesivo + way.
    * cruce de caminos = crossroads, fork in the road.
    * cruzar en el camino de Alguien = cross + Posesivo + path.
    * cruzársele a Uno en el camino = come + Posesivo + way.
    * de camino = on the way, while we're at it.
    * de camino a = en route for, on + Posesivo + way to, en route to.
    * descanso en el camino = rest stop.
    * desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.
    * detener en el camino = waylay.
    * detenerse en el camino = stop along + the way.
    * detenerse en el lado del camino = pull over.
    * el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.
    * el camino correcto = the way ahead, the way to go.
    * el camino hacia + Nombre + está lleno de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.
    * el camino hacia + Nombre + está plagado de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.
    * el camino por recorrer = the way ahead.
    * el camino que lleva a = a/the doorway to.
    * el camino recorrido = the road travelled so far.
    * el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.
    * elegir el camino más fácil = take + the path of least resistance.
    * en camino = on the way.
    * encontrar el camino = wayfinding.
    * encontrar el camino de vuelta = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * en el camino = along the way, en route, in the process.
    * estar a medio camino entre... y... = lie + midway between... and....
    * estar de camino a = be on the road to.
    * estar en camino de = be on the way to.
    * fuera de los caminos trillados = off the beaten track.
    * hacerse camino = foist + Posesivo + way into.
    * hacer una parada en el camino = stop along + the way.
    * hallar el camino de la verdad = think + Posesivo + way to the truth.
    * indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.
    * indicar el camino correcto = point + Nombre + in the right direction.
    * ingeniería de caminos = civil engineering.
    * ingeniero de caminos = civil engineer.
    * ir por buen camino = be on the right track.
    * ir por el buen camino = be right on track.
    * ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * junto al camino = by the roadside.
    * lado del camino = wayside.
    * ¡la vida no es un camino de rosas! = the course of true love never did run smooth!.
    * llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.
    * llevar por el camino de = lead + Pronombre + down the road to.
    * llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.
    * llevar por mal camino = mislead.
    * mantener Algo en el buen camino = keep + Nombre + on track.
    * marcar el camino correcto = point + Nombre + in the right direction.
    * mostrar el camino = blaze + the way, light + the way.
    * mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * mostrar el camino para = point + the way to, show + the way to.
    * no apartarse del buen camino = keep on + the right track.
    * parada en el camino = rest stop, stop along the way.
    * parapeto del camino = road bank.
    * pararse en el lado del camino = pull over.
    * perderse por los caminos secundarios = go + off-road.
    * por buen camino = a step in the right direction.
    * por caminos apartados = off-road.
    * por mal camino = astray.
    * preparar el camino = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    * preparar el camino para = smooth + the path of.
    * quedarse en el camino = fall by + the wayside.
    * retomar el camino = get back on + Posesivo + path.
    * retomar su camino = get back on + track.
    * seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * seguir este camino = go along + this road.
    * seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.
    * seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.
    * seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * tener mucho camino que recorrer = have + a long way to go.
    * un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.
    * un camino largo y difícil = a long haul.
    * volver a su camino = get back on + track, get back on + Posesivo + path.
    * * *
    1) ( de tierra) track; ( sendero) path; ( en general) road

    abrir nuevos caminos — to break new o fresh ground

    allanar or preparar or abrir el camino — to pave the way, prepare the ground

    el camino trillado — the well-worn o well-trodden path

    la vida no es un camino de rosas — life is no bed of roses

    tener el camino trillado: tenía el camino trillado he'd had the ground prepared for him; todos los caminos llevan or conducen a Roma — all roads lead to Rome

    2)
    a) (ruta, dirección) way

    me salieron al camino — asaltantes they blocked my path o way; amigos/niños they came out to meet me

    el camino a la fama — the road o path to fame

    se me fue por mal camino or por el otro camino — it went down the wrong way

    abrir camino a algo — to clear the way for something

    abrirse camino — to make one's way

    buen/mal camino: este niño va por mal camino or lleva mal camino this boy's heading for trouble; ibas por or llevabas buen camino pero te equivocaste you were on the right track but you made a mistake; las negociaciones van por or llevan muy buen camino the negotiations are going extremely well; llevar a alguien por mal camino to lead somebody astray; cruzarse en el camino de alguien: superó todos los obstáculos que se le cruzaron en el camino he overcame all the problems that arose; errar el camino to be in the wrong job o the wrong line of work; tirar por el camino de en medio — to take the middle path

    b) (trayecto, viaje)

    llevamos 300 kms/una hora de camino — we've done 300 kms/been traveling for an hour

    todavía estamos a o nos quedan dos horas de camino — we still have two hours to go

    paramos a mitad de camino or a medio camino — we stopped halfway

    cortar o acortar camino — to take a shortcut

    a mitad de or a medio camino — halfway through

    camino de/a: me encontré con él camino del or al mercado I ran into him on the o on my way to the market; ya vamos camino del invierno winter's on the way o on its way; llevar or ir camino de algo: una tradición que va camino de desaparecer a tradition which looks set to disappear; de camino on the way to; pilla de camino it's on the way; me queda de camino I pass it on my way; de camino a on the way; está de camino a la estación it is on the way to the station; en el camino or de camino al trabajo on my/his/her way o the way to work; en camino on the way; tiene un niño y otro en camino she has one child and another on the way; deben estar ya en camino they must be on their way already; por el camino — on the way

    •
    * * *
    = avenue, path, road, route, footpath, lane, pathway, way.

    Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

    Ex: It can be in only one place, unless duplicates are used; one has to have rules as to which path will locate it, and the rules are cumbersome.
    Ex: Use of Woolston Library has declined slightly: the area is isolated by the River Itchen, a busy main road, and a natural escarpment.
    Ex: Each packet includes the address of the final destination, and the packets travel separately, perhaps taking different routes through the network.
    Ex: Equivalence relationships normally imply the selection of one form as the preferred term, as we have seen, so we make a cross-reference pointing from the non-preferred term to the preferred term: footpaths See Trails; Bovines USE Cattle.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Changing lanes on the information superhighway: academic libraries and the Internet'.
    Ex: This system automates the scientific task of determining the pathway of steps underlying a chemical reaction.
    Ex: He has chosen self-denial and altruism as the way to follow.
    * abrir camino a = make + way (for).
    * abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.
    * abrirse camino = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world.
    * abrirse camino (a empujones) = push + Posesivo + way across/into.
    * abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.
    * abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.
    * abrir un camino = chart + direction.
    * al borde del camino = at the roadside.
    * alto en el camino = stopover.
    * a medio camino = halfway [half-way/half way].
    * a mitad de camino = halfway [half-way/half way].
    * a mitad de camino entre... y... = midway between, half way between... and....
    * a mitad de camino entre... y... = astride... and....
    * andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.
    * apartarse del buen camino = go off + the rails, stray from + the straight and narrow.
    * apartarse del camino de la verdad = stray from + the straight and narrow.
    * apartarse de los caminos principales = go + off-road.
    * borde del camino = roadside, wayside.
    * buen camino, el = straight and narrow (path), the.
    * buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.
    * cambiar de opinión a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.
    * cambiar de parecer a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.
    * cambiar de política a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.
    * camino apartado = byway.
    * camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.
    * camino correcto, el = way forward, the.
    * camino de acceso = approach path.
    * camino definido = charted route.
    * camino de herradura = bridle path, bridleway.
    * camino de la verdad, el = straight and narrow (path), the.
    * camino de tierra = dirt track, dirt road.
    * camino elevado = causeway.
    * camino hacia el estrellato = road to stardom.
    * camino hacia la fama = road to stardom.
    * camino largo y difícil = long haul.
    * camino largo y tortuoso = long and winding road.
    * camino lleno de baches = bumpy road.
    * camino más fácil, el = path of least resistance, the.
    * camino muy largo = circuitous route.
    * camino pecuario = cattle lane.
    * camino por recorrer, el = road ahead, the.
    * camino rural = country lane, country road.
    * camino seguro al desastre = blueprint for disaster.
    * camino seguro al éxito = blueprint for success.
    * camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * camino sin rumbo = the road to nowhere.
    * camino trillado = worn path, beaten road.
    * camino vecinal = country road, minor road, back road.
    * construcción de caminos = road construction.
    * continuar + Posesivo camino = continue on + Posesivo + way.
    * cruce de caminos = crossroads, fork in the road.
    * cruzar en el camino de Alguien = cross + Posesivo + path.
    * cruzársele a Uno en el camino = come + Posesivo + way.
    * de camino = on the way, while we're at it.
    * de camino a = en route for, on + Posesivo + way to, en route to.
    * descanso en el camino = rest stop.
    * desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.
    * detener en el camino = waylay.
    * detenerse en el camino = stop along + the way.
    * detenerse en el lado del camino = pull over.
    * el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.
    * el camino correcto = the way ahead, the way to go.
    * el camino hacia + Nombre + está lleno de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.
    * el camino hacia + Nombre + está plagado de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.
    * el camino por recorrer = the way ahead.
    * el camino que lleva a = a/the doorway to.
    * el camino recorrido = the road travelled so far.
    * el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.
    * elegir el camino más fácil = take + the path of least resistance.
    * en camino = on the way.
    * encontrar el camino = wayfinding.
    * encontrar el camino de vuelta = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * en el camino = along the way, en route, in the process.
    * estar a medio camino entre... y... = lie + midway between... and....
    * estar de camino a = be on the road to.
    * estar en camino de = be on the way to.
    * fuera de los caminos trillados = off the beaten track.
    * hacerse camino = foist + Posesivo + way into.
    * hacer una parada en el camino = stop along + the way.
    * hallar el camino de la verdad = think + Posesivo + way to the truth.
    * indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.
    * indicar el camino correcto = point + Nombre + in the right direction.
    * ingeniería de caminos = civil engineering.
    * ingeniero de caminos = civil engineer.
    * ir por buen camino = be on the right track.
    * ir por el buen camino = be right on track.
    * ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * junto al camino = by the roadside.
    * lado del camino = wayside.
    * ¡la vida no es un camino de rosas! = the course of true love never did run smooth!.
    * llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.
    * llevar por el camino de = lead + Pronombre + down the road to.
    * llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.
    * llevar por mal camino = mislead.
    * mantener Algo en el buen camino = keep + Nombre + on track.
    * marcar el camino correcto = point + Nombre + in the right direction.
    * mostrar el camino = blaze + the way, light + the way.
    * mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * mostrar el camino para = point + the way to, show + the way to.
    * no apartarse del buen camino = keep on + the right track.
    * parada en el camino = rest stop, stop along the way.
    * parapeto del camino = road bank.
    * pararse en el lado del camino = pull over.
    * perderse por los caminos secundarios = go + off-road.
    * por buen camino = a step in the right direction.
    * por caminos apartados = off-road.
    * por mal camino = astray.
    * preparar el camino = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    * preparar el camino para = smooth + the path of.
    * quedarse en el camino = fall by + the wayside.
    * retomar el camino = get back on + Posesivo + path.
    * retomar su camino = get back on + track.
    * seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * seguir este camino = go along + this road.
    * seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.
    * seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.
    * seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * tener mucho camino que recorrer = have + a long way to go.
    * un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.
    * un camino largo y difícil = a long haul.
    * volver a su camino = get back on + track, get back on + Posesivo + path.

    * * *
    camino Camino de Santiago (↑ camino a1)
    A (de tierra) track; (sendero) path; (en general) road
    sigan por ese camino continue along that path ( o road etc)
    han abierto/hecho un caminito a través del bosque they've opened up/made a path o little track through the wood
    están todos los caminos cortados all the roads are blocked
    abrir nuevos caminos to break new o fresh ground
    allanar or preparar or abrir el camino to pave the way, prepare the ground
    el camino trillado the well-worn o well-trodden path
    la vida no es un camino de rosas life is no bed of roses, life isn't a bowl of cherries
    tener el camino trillado: tenía el camino trillado he'd had the ground prepared for him
    todos los caminos llevan or conducen a Roma: por todos los caminos se va a Roma all roads lead to Rome
    el camino del infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones the road to hell is paved o strewn with good intentions
    Compuestos:
    bridle path
    towpath
    ( Hist) highway
    ● Caminos, Canales y Puertos
    civil engineering ingeniero
    B
    1 (ruta, dirección) way
    tomamos el camino más corto we took the shortest route o way
    ¿sabes el camino para ir allí? do you know how to get there?, do you know the way there?
    me salieron al camino «asaltantes» they blocked my path o way;
    «amigos/niños» they came out to meet me
    afrontaron todas las dificultades que se les presentaron en el camino they faced up to all the difficulties in their path
    éste es el mejor camino a seguir en estas circunstancias this is the best course to follow in these circumstances
    por ese camino no vas a ninguna parte you won't get anywhere that way o like that
    al terminar la carrera cada cual se fue por su camino after completing their studies they all went their separate ways
    sigue caminos muy diferentes de los trazados por sus predecesores he is taking very different paths from those of his predecessors
    se me fue por mal caminoor por el otro camino it went down the wrong way
    abrir(le) camino (a algo/algn) to clear the way (for sth/sb)
    los vehículos que abrían camino a los corredores the vehicles that were clearing the way for the runners
    abrirse camino to make one's way
    se abrió camino entre la espesura/a través de la multitud she made her way through the dense thickets/through the crowds of people
    no es fácil abrirse camino en esa profesión it's not easy to carve a niche for oneself in that profession
    estas técnicas se están abriendo camino entre nuestros médicos these techniques are gaining ground o are beginning to gain acceptance with our doctors
    tuvo que luchar mucho para abrirse camino en la vida he had to fight hard to get on in life
    buen/mal camino: este niño va por mal caminoor lleva mal camino this boy's heading for trouble
    ya tiene trabajo, va por buen camino he's found a job already, he's doing well
    ibas por or llevabas buen camino pero te equivocaste aquí you were on the right track o lines, but you made a mistake here
    las negociaciones van por or llevan muy buen camino the negotiations are going extremely well o very smoothly
    llevar a algn por mal camino to lead sb astray
    cruzarse en el camino de algn: la mala suerte se cruzó en su camino he ran up against o came up against some bad luck
    supo superar todos los obstáculos que se le cruzaron en el camino he was able to overcome all the problems which arose o which he came across
    errar el camino to be in the wrong job o the wrong line of work
    2
    (trayecto, viaje): emprendimos el camino de regreso we set out on the return journey
    se me hizo muy largo el camino the journey seemed to take forever
    lo debí perder en el camino de casa al trabajo I must have lost it on my o on the way to work
    se pusieron en camino al amanecer they set off at dawn
    llevamos ya una hora de camino we've been traveling for an hour now, we've been on the road for an hour now
    estamos todavía a dos horas de camino we still have two hours to go o two hours ahead of us
    paramos a mitad de caminoor a medio camino a descansar we stopped halfway to rest
    por aquí cortamos or acortamos camino we can take a shortcut this way o this way's shorter
    hizo todo el camino a pie he walked the whole way, he did the whole journey on foot
    se ha avanzado mucho en este campo, pero queda aún mucho camino por recorrer great advances have been made in this field, but there's still a long way to go
    el camino será largo y difícil, pero venceremos the road will be long and difficult, but we shall be victorious
    quedarse a mitad de or a medio camino: iba para médico, pero se quedó a mitad de camino he was studying to be a doctor, but he never completed the course o he gave up halfway through the course
    el programa de remodelación se quedó a medio camino the renovation project was left unfinished
    no creo que terminemos este año, ni siquiera estamos a mitad de camino I don't think we'll finish it this year, we're not even half way through yet
    3 ( en locs):
    camino de/a: me encontré con él camino del or al mercado I ran into him on the o on my way to the market
    ya vamos camino del invierno winter's coming o approaching, winter's on the way o on its way
    llevar or ir camino de algo: un actor que va camino del estrellato an actor on his way o on the road to stardom, an actor heading for stardom, an actor who looks set for stardom
    van camino de la bancarrota they are on the road to o heading for bankruptcy, they look set to go bankrupt
    una tradición que va camino de desaparecer a tradition which looks set to disappear
    de camino: tu casa me queda de camino I pass your house on my way, your house is on my way
    ve por el pan y, de camino, compra el periódico go and get the bread and buy a newspaper on the way o your way
    de camino a: íbamos de camino a Zacatecas we were on our way o the way to Zacatecas
    está de camino a la estación it is on the way to the station
    en el caminoor de camino al trabajo paso por tres bancos I pass three banks on my way o the way to work
    en camino: deben estar ya en camino they must be on the o on their way already
    tiene un niño y otro en camino she has one child and another on the way
    por el camino on the way
    te lo cuento por el camino I'll tell you on the way
    Compuestos:
    Inca trail
    el Camino de Santiago ( Hist, Relig) the pilgrims' road to Santiago;
    ( Astron) the Milky Way
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    Del verbo caminar: ( conjugate caminar)

    camino es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    caminó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    caminar    
    camino
    caminar ( conjugate caminar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( andar) to walk;

    podemos ir caminando we can walk, we can go on foot;
    camino hacia algo ‹hacia meta/fin› to move toward(s) sth
    2 (AmL) [reloj/motor] to work;

    verbo transitivo ‹ distancia› to walk
    camino sustantivo masculino
    1 ( en general) road;
    ( de tierra) track;
    ( sendero) path;

    2
    a) (ruta, dirección) way;


    me salieron al camino [ asaltantes] they blocked my path o way;

    [ amigos] they came out to meet me;

    el camino a la fama the road o path to fame;
    se abrió camino entre la espesura she made her way through the dense thickets;
    abrirse camino en la vida to get on in life;
    buen/mal camino: este niño va por mal camino this boy's heading for trouble;
    ibas por buen camino pero te equivocaste you were on the right track but you made a mistake;
    llevar a algn por mal camino to lead sb astray
    b) (trayecto, viaje):


    se pusieron en camino they set off;
    todavía nos quedan dos horas de camino we still have two hours to go
    c) ( en locs)

    ◊ camino de/a … on my/his/her way to …;

    ir camino de algo: una tradición que va camino de desaparecer a tradition which looks set to disappear;
    de camino on the way;
    pilla de camino it's on the way;
    me queda de camino I pass it on my way;
    de camino a la estación on the way to the station;
    en camino on the way;
    deben estar ya en camino they must be on their way already;
    por el camino on the way;
    a mitad de or a medio camino halfway through
    caminar
    I verbo intransitivo to walk
    II verbo transitivo (recorrer a pie) to cover,walk: camino un par de kilómetros diarios, I walk two kilometres every day
    camino sustantivo masculino
    1 (estrecho, sin asfaltar) path, track
    (en general) road
    2 (itinerario, ruta) route, way
    3 (medio, modo) way
    ♦ Locuciones: coger o pillar de camino, to be on the way
    estar en camino, to be on the way
    ir camino de, to be going to
    figurado ir por buen/mal camino, to be on the right/wrong track
    ponerse en camino, to set off
    a medio camino, halfway: lo deja todo a medio camino, she drops everything she starts halfway through
    figurado una casa de turismo rural es un sitio a medio camino entre un hotel y una casa de labranza, a rural tourism house is something halfway between a hotel and a farmhouse
    de camino a, on the way to
    ' camino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrirse
    - acceso
    - ahorrar
    - andar
    - baja
    - bajo
    - bifurcación
    - borde
    - caminar
    - como
    - conducir
    - cruzarse
    - desbloquear
    - desviarse
    - dificultosa
    - dificultoso
    - división
    - empinada
    - empinado
    - enderezar
    - enfilar
    - enrevesada
    - enrevesado
    - enseñar
    - entorpecer
    - escultórica
    - escultórico
    - franca
    - franco
    - ir
    - guiar
    - horqueta
    - indicar
    - interponerse
    - intersectarse
    - intrincada
    - intrincado
    - lado
    - marcha
    - margen
    - media
    - mitad
    - mostrar
    - obstáculo
    - orientar
    - orilla
    - paso
    - pillar
    - por
    - promedio
    English:
    astray
    - blaze
    - bridle path
    - circuitous
    - claw
    - concrete
    - devious
    - dirt road
    - drive
    - driveway
    - en route
    - fight
    - footpath
    - guide
    - half-way
    - lane
    - midway
    - passable
    - path
    - pathway
    - pave
    - road
    - rocky
    - rough
    - set off
    - set out
    - show
    - signpost
    - sloping
    - stray
    - strike out
    - struggle on
    - thrust aside
    - towpath
    - track
    - up
    - uphill
    - wade through
    - way
    - wayside
    - weave
    - wind
    - winding
    - work
    - work up to
    - bound
    - by
    - continue
    - direct
    - do
    * * *
    camino nm
    1. [sendero] path, track;
    [carretera] road;
    han abierto un camino a través de la selva they've cleared a path through the jungle;
    acorté por el camino del bosque I took a shortcut through the forest;
    Univ
    Caminos(, Canales y Puertos) [ingeniería] civil engineering;
    la vida no es un camino de rosas life is no bed of roses;
    todos los caminos llevan a Roma all roads lead to Rome
    camino de acceso access road; Fam Fig camino de cabras rugged path;
    camino forestal forest track;
    camino de grava gravel path;
    camino de herradura bridle path;
    camino de hierro railway, US railroad;
    Am camino de mesa table runner; Hist camino real king's highway;
    Camino de Santiago Rel = pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela;
    Astron Milky Way;
    camino de sirga towpath;
    Fig camino trillado well-trodden path; Fig
    tiene el camino trillado the hard work has already been done for him;
    camino vecinal country lane
    2. [ruta, vía] way;
    el camino de la estación the way to the station;
    equivocarse de camino to go the wrong way;
    indicar el camino a alguien to show sb the way;
    no recuerdo el camino de vuelta I can't remember the way back;
    iremos por el camino más corto we'll go by the shortest route, we'll go the quickest way;
    está camino de la capital it's on the way to the capital;
    me encontré a Elena camino de casa I met Elena on the way home;
    de camino [de paso] on the way;
    ve a comprar el periódico, y de camino sube también la leche go for the newspaper and bring the milk up while you're at it;
    me pilla de camino it's on my way;
    a estas horas ya estarán en camino they'll be on their way by now;
    en el camino on the way;
    por este camino this way
    3. [viaje] journey;
    nos espera un largo camino we have a long journey ahead of us;
    se detuvieron tras cinco horas de camino they stopped after they had been on the road for five hours;
    estamos casi a mitad de camino we're about halfway there;
    pararemos a mitad de camino we'll stop halfway;
    hicimos un alto en el camino para comer we stopped (along the way) to have a bite to eat;
    también Fig
    todavía nos queda mucho camino por delante we've still got a long way to go;
    ponerse en camino to set off
    4. [medio] way;
    el camino para conseguir tus propósitos es la honestidad the way to get what you want is to be honest
    5. Comp
    abrir camino a to clear the way for;
    el hermano mayor ha abierto camino a los pequeños the older brother cleared the way for the younger ones;
    dos jinetes abrían camino a la procesión two people rode ahead to clear a path for the procession;
    abrirse camino to get on o ahead;
    se abrió camino entre la maraña de defensas he found a way through the cluster of defenders;
    abrirse camino en el mundo to make one's way in the world;
    le costó mucho abrirse camino, pero ahora tiene una buena posición it wasn't easy for him to get on, but he's got a good job now;
    allanar el camino to smooth the way;
    atravesarse o [m5] cruzarse o [m5] interponerse en el camino de alguien to stand in sb's way;
    no permitiré que nadie se cruce en mi camino I won't let anyone stand in my way;
    Fam
    tienen un bebé en camino they've got a baby on the way;
    ir por buen camino to be on the right track;
    ir por mal camino to go astray;
    con su comportamiento, estos alumnos van por mal camino the way they are behaving, these pupils are heading for trouble;
    fueron cada cual por su camino they went their separate ways;
    van camino del desastre/éxito they're on the road to disaster/success;
    va o [m5] lleva camino de convertirse en estrella she's on her way to stardom;
    a medio camino halfway;
    siempre deja todo a medio camino she always leaves things half-done;
    estar a medio camino to be halfway there;
    está a medio camino entre un delantero y un centrocampista he's somewhere between a forward and a midfielder;
    quedarse a medio camino to stop halfway through;
    el proyecto se quedó a medio camino por falta de presupuesto the project was left unfinished o was abandoned halfway through because the funds dried up;
    iba para estrella, pero se quedó a mitad de camino she looked as if she would become a star, but never quite made it;
    traer a alguien al buen camino to put sb back on the right track
    CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
    The Galician city of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, traditionally held to be the burial site of the Apostle St James, was one of the most important Christian pilgrimage centres in Europe during the Middle Ages, second only to Rome. Countless pilgrims made the journey from different parts of Europe to Santiago along recognized pilgrimage routes. The main one crosses the north of Spain from the Pyrenees to Galicia and is known as the Camino de Santiago. Although its religious significance has declined, it has become a popular tourist route attracting a wide range of travellers: nature lovers on day trips, hikers and cyclists, and even latter-day pilgrims, whether solitary walkers or on package tours. Many of them avail themselves of the free or low-cost accommodation provided along the way by local councils and religious institutions.
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    m
    1 ( senda) path;
    no es (todo) un camino de rosas it isn’t all a bed of roses
    2 INFOR path
    3 ( ruta) way;
    a medio camino halfway;
    de camino a on the way to;
    por el camino on the way;
    camino de on the way to;
    abrirse camino fig make one’s way;
    estar en camino be on the way;
    abrirse camino en la vida get on;
    ir por buen/mal camino fig be on the right/wrong track;
    abrir camino hacia algo fig pave the way for sth;
    mitad de camino fig leave sth half finished
    * * *
    camino nm
    1) : path, road
    2) : journey
    ponerse en camino: to set off
    3) : way
    a medio camino: halfway there
    * * *
    1. (sendero) path
    2. (ruta, medio) way
    camino de on the way / on your way
    ponerse en camino to set off [pt. & pp. set]

    Spanish-English dictionary > camino

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    (КАК (КАК БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО) С НЁБА СВАЛИТЬСЯ (УПАСТЬ) coll (как etc +) VP usu. past usu. this WO
    1. (subj: human, abstr, or concr) to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly
    X как с неба свалился - X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue
    X came (sprang up) (from) out of nowhere X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
    Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глу-повской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
    Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffc.was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. (subj: human
    most often 2nd pers) not to know things that are obvious, understood by all: ты что, с неба свалился? = where (on earth) have you been all this time? did you fall out of the skies? are you
    what are you,) from another planet?
    have you been living in a cave (all your life)? «Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету...» - «Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?» Она не удостоила меня ответом. «А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура» (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
    «А „Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?» - «Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. — Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?» (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
    ...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось». - «Я рассказал так, как я видел...» -«Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться...» - «Да что он, с неба свалился!» - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. ( subj: concr or abstr) to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise
    X (как) с неба упал - X appeared (happened) as if by magic
    X came (seemed to come) out of the blue X (just) landed (fell) in Y's lap (in limited contexts) (itfs as if (though)) X fell from heaven (the sky).
    «Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!» (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 8 будто с неба свалиться

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 9 будто с неба упасть

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 10 как будто с неба свалиться

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 11 как будто с неба упасть

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 12 как с неба свалиться

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 13 как с неба упасть

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 14 с неба свалиться

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 15 с неба упасть

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 16 словно с неба свалиться

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 17 словно с неба упасть

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 18 точно с неба свалиться

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 19 точно с неба упасть

    • (КАК <KAK БУДТО, БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> С НЕБА СВАЛЯТЬСЯ < УПАСТЬ> colt
    [(как etc +) VP; usu. past; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: human, abstr, or concr]
    ⇒ to appear, occur unexpectedly, suddenly:
    - X как с неба свалился≈ X appeared (came) (as if) out of the blue;
    - X appeared (came) like a bolt from the blue.
         ♦ Среди всех этих толков и пересудов, вдруг как с неба упала повестка, приглашавшая именитейших представителей глуповской интеллигенции, в такой-то день и час, прибыть к градоначальнику для внушения (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Suddenly, amid all this talk and gossip, out of the blue came a notice summoning the most distinguished representatives of Foolov's intelligentsia to appear at such-and-such a day and hour at the town governor's for reprimand (1a).
         ♦ Когда мошенник Тартюф... уже торжествовал и разорил честных людей и когда, казалось, от него уже нет никакого спасения, всё-таки спасение явилось... Добродетельный полицейский офицер, свалившийся как бы с неба, не только в самый нужный и последний момент схватывает злодея, но ещё и произносит внушительный монолог... (Булгаков 5). When the swindler Tartuffe...was already on the verge of triumph, when he had ruined honest men and there seemed to be no escape from his clutches, rescue appeared.... A virtuous police officer, who springs up from out of nowhere, not only arrests the hero at the last and most crucial moment, but also delivers a most instructive monologue... (5a).
    2. [subj: human; most often 2nd pers]
    ⇒ not to know things that are obvious, understood by all:
    - ты что, с неба свалился? ≈ where (on earth) have you been all this time?;
    - did you fall out of the skies?;
    - are you <what are you,> from another planet?;
    - have you been living in a cave (all your life)?
         ♦ "Мы из оккупированной местности. Нам в городе прописки нету..." - "Вам сейчас сколько? Семнадцать? Девятнадцать? Так при немцах вам было восемь лет! Не больше! Столько, сколько Лёльке сейчас! - закричала я. - Какое же это может иметь значение?" Она не удостоила меня ответом. "А ты что, с неба свалилась? - выражала её спина. - Старая дура" (Чуковская 2). "...We're from occupied territory. They won't even give us permission to live in town...." "How old are you now? Seventeen? Nineteen? So when the Germans were here you were eight! Not more! As old as Lyolka is now!" I shouted. "How can that have any importance now?" She didn't deign to answer. "Where on earth have you been all this time, you old fool?" was what her back seemed to say (2a).
         ♦ " А "Кильдин", простите, что же, пришёл в Талый с острова Фиджи?" - "Прямым курсом из Марокко, - захохотал корреспондент. - Да вы что, ребята, с неба свалились?" (Аксёнов 1). "And the Kildinl Pardon me, but what'd it do, come to Slush from the Fiji Islands?" "A steady course from Morocco," laughed the correspondent. "But what's with you guys, you fall out of the skies?" (1a).
         ♦ "...Я уверен, что наш советский доктор не мог, покрывая убийцу, взять деньги или ещё что-то. Вам это просто показалось". - "Я рассказал так, как я видел..." - "Да, да, - повторил космонавт, - вам это показалось. Там и начальник милиции был, так что ему нечего было бояться..." - "Да что он, с неба свалился!" - воскликнул по-абхазски молодой хозяин... (Искандер 4). "...I'm sure our Soviet doctor couldn't have taken money or anything else to cover up a murder. That was just your imagination." "I told it as I saw it...." "Yes, yes," the cosmonaut repeated, "it was your imagination. The police chief was there too, so he had nothing to fear-" "What is he, from another planet?" the young host exclaimed in Abkhazian... (4a).
    3. [subj: concr or abstr]
    ⇒ to be obtained, found unexpectedly, coming as a pleasant surprise:
    - X (как) с неба упал≈ X appeared (happened) as if by magic;
    - [in limited contexts](it's as if < though>) X fell from heaven (the sky).
         ♦ "Ну что бы с нами было теперь, Дуня, без этих трёх тысяч! Господи, точно с неба упали!" (Достоевский 3). "Where would we be now, Dunya, without those three thousand roubles! Lord, just as though they fell from heaven!" (3c).

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  • 20 В-217

    ОТКУДА НИ ВОЗЬМИСЬ появился, выбежал, выскочил и т. п. coll AdvP Invar adv most often used with verbs in pfv past fixed WO
    (a person or thing appears etc) totally unexpectedly, from an unknown place or source: (from) out of the blue
    (from) out of nowhere out of a all of a sudden, (from) out of nowhere.
    Иногда на своём пути встречаешь доброго человека, и он возникает неожиданно, откуда ни возьмись, словно вестник, чтобы сказать: держись, ещё не всё потеряно, голову выше -уныние запрещено... (Мандельштам 2). Now and then you run into a kind person, someone who suddenly appears when you least expect it, like a messenger out of the blue telling you all is not lost, to hold your head high and never despair (2a).
    ...Откуда ни возьмись, у чугунной решётки вспыхнул огонёчек и стал приближаться к веранде (Булгаков 9)....A little light flared up from out of nowhere near the wrought-iron fence and floated toward the veranda (9a).
    Настроение у них (шофёров) было отличное -погода неплохая, а тут ещё, откуда ни возьмись, какой-то ушастый и головастый сорванец выбегает навстречу каждой машине, ошалев от дикой радости (Айтматов 1). The drivers were in a pleasant mood—the weather was fine, and here, all of a sudden, out of nowhere, came this lop-eared, roundheaded kid, meeting every truck as though crazed with joy (1a).

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