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101 remedio
m.1 solution, remedy.no hay o queda más remedio que… there's nothing for it but…poner remedio a algo to do something about something¡qué remedio! there's no alternative!, what else can I/we/etc do?no tener más remedio (que) to have no alternative o choice (but)es peor el remedio que la enfermedad the solution is worse than the problem2 comfort, consolation (consuelo).el mejor remedio contra la depresión es el trabajo the best cure for depression is work3 remedy, cure (medicamento).un remedio contra el sida a cure for AIDSremedio casero home remedy4 Remedio.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: remediar.* * *1 (cura) remedy, cure2 figurado (solución) solution3 DERECHO remedy, recourse\como último remedio as a last resortno tener más remedio que / no haber más remedio que to have no choice but to, have no option but to¡no tienes remedio! familiar you're hopeless!, you're a case!poner remedio a algo to do something about something¡qué remedio! do I have any choice?, what choice do I have?, what else can I do?sin remedio without fail* * *noun m.1) remedy, cure2) option* * *SM1) (=alternativa) choice, alternativeno tengo más remedio que ir — I've got no alternative o choice but to go
-¿tienes que trabajar este sábado? -¡qué remedio! — "are you working this Saturday?" - "I've got no choice!"
¿qué remedio me queda? — what else can I do?, what choice have I got?
¡si no hay más remedio, iré! — well, if I have to, I'll go!
2) (=solución)Juan no tiene remedio — Juan's a hopeless case, Juan's beyond redemption
sin remedio: tenemos que hacerlo hoy sin remedio — we have to do it today without fail
es un tonto sin remedio — he's hopelessly stupid, he's so stupid he's beyond redemption
poner remedio a algo — to remedy sth, correct sth
3) (Med) cure, remedyun buen remedio contra o para el resfriado — a good cure o remedy for colds
un remedio contra o para la tos — a cough remedy
ni para un remedio —
4) frm (=alivio) relief, help5) (Jur) remedy, recourse* * *1)a) (Med) ( cura) remedy, cureb) (esp AmL) (Farm) medicineun remedio natural/a base de hierbas — a natural/herbal remedy
es/fue peor el remedio que la enfermedad — it is/was a case of the solution being worse than the problem
ni para (un) remedio: no dejaron vino ni para (un) remedio they finished off every (last) drop of wine; no encontré una habitación ni para un remedio I couldn't find a hotel room for love or money; santo remedio (AmL): hablé con él y santo remedio, no me molestó más — I talked to him and that did the trick, he didn't bother me again
2) ( solución) solutionno tiene remedio — there's nothing we/they can do
3) (alternativa, recurso) optionno tuvo/no le quedó más remedio que... — she had no option but...
no hay/no queda más or otro remedio que... — we have no alternative o choice but...
iré si no hay otro remedio — I'll go if I really have to o if I must
* * *= panacea, remedy, remediation, curative, fix, salve, countermeasure [counter measure], healer.Ex. Be warned that the operator NOT is not a panacea.Ex. The best remedy for distributed relatives in catalogues is to be found in multiple entry systems.Ex. This theory stresses the remediation of deficiencies.Ex. This idea spread during an era in which reformers regarded the book as a curative for societal ills = Esta idea se difundió durante una era durante la que los reformistas consideraban el libro como un remedio para los males sociales.Ex. A technological fix which prevents people from sending mail to more than a fixed number of people at once is needed.Ex. 'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.Ex. This article reviews the extent of book theft in libraries and discusses some effective countermeasures that may help reduce the problem.Ex. Turmeric is one of nature's most powerful healers -- it has shown promise in treating cancer and arthritis.----* no hay más remedio = needs must when the devil drives.* no tener más remedio que = be stuck with, be left with the need to, get + stuck with.* remedio a base de hierbas = herbal remedy.* remedio casero = household remedy, homemade remedy.* remedio natural = natural remedy.* remedio rápido = quick fix.* remedios medicinales = healing arts.* sin ningún remedio posible = beyond redemption.* sin remedio = beyond repair, incurably, incorrigibly.* * *1)a) (Med) ( cura) remedy, cureb) (esp AmL) (Farm) medicineun remedio natural/a base de hierbas — a natural/herbal remedy
es/fue peor el remedio que la enfermedad — it is/was a case of the solution being worse than the problem
ni para (un) remedio: no dejaron vino ni para (un) remedio they finished off every (last) drop of wine; no encontré una habitación ni para un remedio I couldn't find a hotel room for love or money; santo remedio (AmL): hablé con él y santo remedio, no me molestó más — I talked to him and that did the trick, he didn't bother me again
2) ( solución) solutionno tiene remedio — there's nothing we/they can do
3) (alternativa, recurso) optionno tuvo/no le quedó más remedio que... — she had no option but...
no hay/no queda más or otro remedio que... — we have no alternative o choice but...
iré si no hay otro remedio — I'll go if I really have to o if I must
* * *= panacea, remedy, remediation, curative, fix, salve, countermeasure [counter measure], healer.Ex: Be warned that the operator NOT is not a panacea.
Ex: The best remedy for distributed relatives in catalogues is to be found in multiple entry systems.Ex: This theory stresses the remediation of deficiencies.Ex: This idea spread during an era in which reformers regarded the book as a curative for societal ills = Esta idea se difundió durante una era durante la que los reformistas consideraban el libro como un remedio para los males sociales.Ex: A technological fix which prevents people from sending mail to more than a fixed number of people at once is needed.Ex: 'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.Ex: This article reviews the extent of book theft in libraries and discusses some effective countermeasures that may help reduce the problem.Ex: Turmeric is one of nature's most powerful healers -- it has shown promise in treating cancer and arthritis.* no hay más remedio = needs must when the devil drives.* no tener más remedio que = be stuck with, be left with the need to, get + stuck with.* remedio a base de hierbas = herbal remedy.* remedio casero = household remedy, homemade remedy.* remedio natural = natural remedy.* remedio rápido = quick fix.* remedios medicinales = healing arts.* sin ningún remedio posible = beyond redemption.* sin remedio = beyond repair, incurably, incorrigibly.* * *Ano hay un remedio eficaz contra la gripe there is no effective cure for flu¿conoces un buen remedio para la resaca? do you know of a good hangover cure o a good remedy for hangovers?¿has tomado el remedio? have you taken your medicine?un remedio natural/a base de hierbas a natural/herbal remedyes/fue peor el remedio que la enfermedad it is/was a case of the solution being worse than the problem, it just makes/made things worseni para (un) remedio: se han bebido todo el vino, no han dejado ni para (un) remedio they've finished off every (last) drop of wineno encontraron una habitación libre ni para un remedio they couldn't find a vacant room for love or moneysanto remedio ( AmL): les pegó cuatro gritos y santo remedio, se callaron enseguida she yelled at them and as if by magic they immediately shut upla cambiaron de escuela y fue santo remedio, no tuvo más problemas de disciplina they moved her to another school and that did the trick, no more discipline problemsB (solución) solutionla situación no tiene remedio the situation is hopeless o there's nothing we/they can dotiene fácil remedio it can easily be resolved o there's an easy solutionsu matrimonio no tiene remedio her marriage is a lost cause o is beyond hopela nueva ley pondrá remedio a esta anomalía the new law will do away with this anomalyparecía un caso sin remedio he seemed a hopeless case o a lost causeC (alternativa, recurso) optionno tuvo/no le quedó más remedio que darme la razón she had no option but to admit I was rightno hay/no queda más or otro remedio que despedirlo we have no alternative o choice o option but to dismiss himiré si no hay otro remedio I'll go if I really have to o if I must o if there's no way around ittendré que contárselo ¿qué remedio me queda? I'll have to tell him, what else can I do?lo haría sólo como último remedio I'd only do it as a last resort* * *
Del verbo remediar: ( conjugate remediar)
remedio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
remedió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
remediar
remedio
remediar ( conjugate remediar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹situación/problema› to remedy;
‹ daño› to repair;◊ ¿qué piensas hacer para remediolo? what are you going to do to put things right?;
con llorar no remedias nada crying won't solve anything
2 ( evitar):◊ no lo puedo/pude remedio I can't/couldn't help it
remedio sustantivo masculino
1
b) (esp AmL) (Farm) medicine
2 ( solución) solution;
su matrimonio no tiene remedio her marriage is beyond hope;
un caso sin remedio a hopeless case
3 (alternativa, recurso) option;◊ no queda más remedio que … we have no alternative o choice but …;
iré si no hay otro remedio I'll go if I really have to o if I must
remediar verbo transitivo
1 (un daño, un perjuicio) to repair, put right
2 (una necesidad, urgencia) to find a remedy for, solve: cree que puede remediar el problema con fármacos, she thinks she can resolve the problem with medication
3 (evitar) to avoid
♦ Locuciones: no poder remediar, cannot help: no he podido remediar reírme de él, I couldn't help laughing at him
remedio sustantivo masculino
1 (solución) remedy, solution
como último remedio, as a last resort
2 (para una enfermedad) treatment, cure
remedio casero, home-made remedy
♦ Locuciones: no hay o no queda más remedio que..., there is no alternative o choice but to...
no tiene remedio, it's hopeless
¡qué remedio!, what else can I/you/he/anybody, etc do?
' remedio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bilis
- incurable
- socorrida
- socorrido
- bueno
- conformar
- contraindicado
- efectivo
- eficacia
- eficaz
- ineficaz
- más
- quedar
- y
English:
alternative
- barrel
- captive
- choice
- cure
- find
- help
- must
- nothing
- option
- pinch
- remedy
- retrieval
- hopeless
- medicine
- resort
* * *remedio nm1. [solución] solution, remedy;este error ya no tiene remedio there's no longer anything that can be done about this mistake;poner remedio a algo to do something about sth;no tiene remedio [persona] he's a hopeless case;[problema] nothing can be done about it;sin remedio [sin cura, solución] hopeless;es peor el remedio que la enfermedad the solution is worse than the problem2. [alternativa] alternative;no le quedó otro remedio que pedir perdón she had no choice but to apologize;no tener más remedio (que hacer algo) to have no alternative o choice (but to do sth);¿vas a invitarla? – ¡qué remedio! are you going to invite her? – what else can I do?;como último remedio as a last resort3. [medicamento] remedy, cure;un remedio contra el sida a cure for AIDSremedio casero home remedy;conozco un remedio casero para quitar las manchas de vino I know a home remedy for getting rid of wine stains4. [consuelo] comfort, consolation;el mejor remedio contra la depresión es el trabajo the best cure for depression is work5. RP [fármaco] medicine* * *m remedy;remedio casero home-made remedy;sin remedio hopeless;no tiene remedio there’s no solution;no hay más remedio que … there’s no alternative but to …;poner remedio a algo remedy sth;¡qué remedio! I have no choice* * *remedio nm1) : remedy, cure2) : solution3) : optionno me quedó más remedio: I had no other choiceno hay remedio: it can't be helped4)poner remedio a : to put a stop to5)sin remedio : unavoidable, inevitable* * *remedio n2. (solución) solution3. (opción) choice / option / alternative¡qué remedio me queda! I've got no choice! / what else can I do?no tener remedio to be hopeless / to be a lost cause -
102 air
air [εʀ]1. masculine noun• s'élever dans l'air or dans les airs to rise into the air• vivre or se nourrir de l'air du temps to live on air► de plein air [activité, jeux] outdoor• flanquer or foutre tout en l'air (inf: inf!) ( = jeter) to chuck (inf) it all away ; ( = gâcher) to ruin everything• ce contretemps a fichu en l'air mon week-end (inf) this stupid business has completely messed up my weekend (inf)b. ( = apparence, manière) air• de quoi j'ai l'air maintenant ! (inf) j'ai l'air fin maintenant ! (inf) I look a right fool now (inf)• il n'a l'air de rien, mais il sait ce qu'il fait you wouldn't think it to look at him but he knows what he's doingc. ( = expression) lookd. ( = mélodie) tune ; [d'opéra] aria2. compounds* * *ɛʀ
1.
nom masculin1) ( que l'on respire) airà l'air libre — outside, outdoors
2) (brise, vent)un courant d'air — a draught GB ou draft US
ça fait de l'air — there's a draught GB ou draft US
3) ( autour de la terre) airdans l'air — fig [réforme, idée] in the air
en l'air — [menace, paroles] empty; [projet, idée] vague
envoyer or flanquer quelque chose en l'air — (colloq) to send something flying
tout mettre en l'air — (colloq) ( mettre en désordre) to make a dreadful mess; ( faire échouer) to ruin everything
4) ( manière d'être) manner; ( expression) expressionavoir un drôle d'air — to look odd ou funny
avoir un or l'air distingué — to look distinguished
d'un air fâché/désolé — angrily/helplessly
elle a eu l'air fin(e)! — (colloq) she looked a fool!
cela m'en a tout l'air — it seems ou looks like it to me
cela n'a l'air de rien mais — it may not look it, but
5) ( ambiance)6) ( mélodie) tunejouer toujours le même air — lit to play the same tune over and over again; fig to come out with the same old story
2.
air- (in compounds)Phrasal Verbs:••il ne manque pas d'air! — (colloq) he's got a nerve!
brasser or remuer de l'air — (colloq) to give the impression of being busy
prendre or se donner de grands airs — to put on airs
j'ai besoin de changer d'air — ( d'environnement) I need a change of scene; ( par agacement) I need to go and do something else
* * *ɛʀ nm1) (= élément) airprendre l'air (= s'aérer) — to get some fresh air, to get some air
2) (= mélodie) tuneElle a joué un air au piano. — She played a tune on the piano.
3) (= expression) look, airavoir l'air... — to look...
Elle a l'air fatiguée. — She looks tired.
Elle a l'air fatigué. — She looks tired.
avoir l'air de... — to look like...
Il a l'air d'un clown. — He looks like a clown.
avoir l'air de faire — to look as though one is doing, to appear to be doing
avoir l'air de dire que...; Il avait l'air de dire que la pièce n'est pas formidable. — He seemed to be saying that the play isn't much good.
prendre de grands airs — to give o.s. airs
prendre de grands airs avec qn — to give o.s. airs with sb
dans l'air fig — in the air
paroles en l'air — idle words, hot air
l'air de rien (= discrètement) — without any fuss
* * *air nm1 ( que l'on respire) air; l'air marin/de la campagne the sea/country air; le bon air clean air; l'air est vif/pollué the air is bracing/polluted; l'air est confiné it's stuffy; changer or renouveler l'air d'une pièce to let some air circulate in a room; mettre qch à l'air to put sth out to air [lit, tapis]; se promener les fesses à l'air to walk around with a bare bottom; à l'air libre outside, outdoors; faire sécher du linge à l'air to dry one's washing outside; concert en plein air open-air concert; activités de plein air outdoor activities; la vie au grand air outdoor life; on manque d'air ici it's stuffy in here; de l'air! lit let's get some air in here!; ( va-t'en)○ get lost○!; aller prendre l'air to go out and get some fresh air;2 (brise, vent) il y a de l'air ( dans une pièce) there's a draught GB ou draft US; ( à l'extérieur) there's a breeze; il n'y a pas d'air there's no wind; un déplacement d'air a rush of air; un courant d'air a draught GB ou draft US; ça fait de l'air there's a draught GB ou draft US;3 ( autour de la terre) air; jeter qch/tirer en l'air to throw sth/to shoot into the air; rester en l'air to stay in the air; avoir les bras/les pieds en l'air to have one's arms/one's feet (up) in the air; monter or s'élever dans les airs to rise into the air; planer dans les airs to glide into the air; par les airs, par air by air; transport par air transport by air; regarder en l'air to look up; avoir le nez en l'air to daydream; dans l'air fig [réforme, idée] in the air; il y a un virus dans l'air there's a virus going around; en l'air [menace, paroles, promesse] empty; [projet, idée] vague; parler en l'air to speculate; envoyer or flanquer qch en l'air○ to send sth flying; tout mettre en l'air○ ( mettre en désordre) to make a dreadful mess; ( jeter) to chuck everything out; ( faire échouer) to ruin everything; ils ont mis (toute) la maison en l'air○ they made a (dreadful) mess of the house;4 ( manière d'être) manner; ( expression) expression; avec un air résolu/prétentieux in a resolute/pretentious manner; avoir un drôle d'air to look odd ou funny; avoir un air très distingué to look very distinguished; un air bête/intelligent a stupid/an intelligent expression; afficher un air dégoûté/blasé to affect an expression of disgust/of indifference; avec son petit air supérieur/coquin with that superior/mischievous expression of his/hers; d'un air sérieux/triste with a serious/sad expression; d'un air fâché/désolé angrily/helplessly; il y a un air de famille entre vous deux you two share a family likeness; avoir l'air épuisé/heureux to look shattered/happy; elle a eu l'air fin(e)! she looked (like) a fool!; tu as l'air malin maintenant! iron you look a right fool now!; il avait l'air d'un prince he looked like a prince; la maison a l'air d'un taudis the house looks like a slum; leur histoire (m')a (tout) l'air d'un mensonge their story sounds like a lie (to me); cela m'en a tout l'air it seems ou looks like it to me; j'aurais l'air de quoi? I'd look a right idiot!; il n'a l'air de rien mais il… he doesn't look it but he…; il est futé sans en avoir l'air he's sly although he doesn't look it; cela n'a l'air de rien mais it may not look it, but; il a l'air de comprendre he seems to understand; cela a l'air d'être bien/solide it looks good/strong; cela a l'air d'être une usine it looks like a factory; ils n'ont pas l'air de se rendre compte they don't seem to realize; il a l'air de vouloir faire beau it looks as if it's going to be fine ou nice US;5 ( ambiance) un air d'abandon/de déchéance an air of neglect/of decay; il règne un air de fête there's a carnival atmosphere; la réunion avait un air de déjà-vu there was a feeling of déjà-vu about the meeting;6 ( mélodie) tune; l'air d'une chanson the tune of ou to a song; siffler/fredonner un air to whistle/to hum a tune; un air de jazz a jazz tune; un air d'opéra an aria; jouer toujours le même air lit to play the same tune over and over again; fig to come out with the same old story; danser sur un air de tango/valse to dance to a tango/waltz.air climatisé conditioned air; air comprimé compressed air; air conditionné ( système) air-conditioning; ( que l'on respire) conditioned air; air liquide Tech liquid air.il ne manque pas d'air○ he's got a nerve; brasser or remuer de l'air○ to give the impression of being busy; prendre or se donner des grands airs to put on airs; j'ai besoin de changer d'air ( d'environnement) I need a change of scene; ( par agacement) I need to go and do something else.[ɛr] nom masculin"bien sûr", dit-il d'un air guilleret/inquiet "of course," he said, jauntily/looking worriedil avait un air angoissé/mauvais he looked anxious/very nastycette poire a l'air mauvaise, jette-la this pear looks (as though it's) rotten, throw it awayje ne voudrais pas avoir l'air de lui donner des ordres I wouldn't like (it) to look as though I were ordering him aboutça a l'air d'un ou d'être un scarabée it looks like a beetleça m'a tout l'air (d'être) traduit de l'anglais (familier) it looks to me as though it's been translated from Englishavec son air de ne pas y toucher ou sans avoir l' air d'y toucher, il arrive toujours à ses fins though you wouldn't think it to look at him, he always manages to get his wayl'air de rien (familier) ou de ne pas en avoir (familier) : je me suis approchée, l'air de rien ou de ne pas en avoir, et je lui ai flanqué ma main sur la figure I walked up, all innocent, like, and gave him a slap in the faceça n'a l'air de rien comme ça, mais c'est une lourde tâche it doesn't look much but it's quite a big jobelle n'a pas l'air comme ça, mais elle sait ce qu'elle veut! (familier) you wouldn't think it to look at her, but she knows what she wants!sans en avoir l' air: sans en avoir l'air, elle a tout rangé en une heure she tidied up everything in an hour without even looking busyje suis arrivée au bout de mon tricot, sans en avoir l'air! I managed to finish my knitting, though it didn't seem that I was making any progress!prendre ou se donner des airs to give oneself airsun air de famille ou parenté a family resemblance ou likeness[à l'opéra] ariac'est l'air qui fait la chanson it's not what you say, it's the way you say it4. [qu'on respire] airla pollution/température de l'air air pollution/temperatureair conditionné [système] air-conditioning5. [vent]b. [beaucoup] it's windy today6. [ciel] airprendre l'air [avion] to take off, to become airborne, to take to the air7. [ambiance] atmospherede temps en temps, il me faut l'air du pays natal I need to go back to my roots from time to time————————à air locution adjectivale[pompe] air (modificateur)————————à l'air locution adverbiale————————à l'air libre locution adverbialeau grand air locution adverbiale[dehors] (out) in the fresh air————————dans l'air locution adverbiale————————de l'air locution adjectivale[hôtesse, mal, musée] air (modificateur)————————en l'air locution adjectivale2. [non fondé - promesse] emptyje ne fais pas de projets en l'air when I make a plan, I stick to it————————en l'air locution adverbiale1. [vers le haut] (up) in the airjeter ou lancer quelque chose en l'air to throw something (up) in the aira. [jeter] to chuck something out, to bin somethingb. [gâcher] to screw something up (très familier) -
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c black plus [ply]━━━━━━━━━4. conjunction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque plus fait partie d'une locution comme d'autant plus, non... plus, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <► ne... plus not any more• je ne reviendrai plus/plus jamais I won't/I'll never come back again• elle n'est plus très jeune she's not as young as she used to be► plus de + nom2. <a. (avec verbe) more━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son comparatif est formé avec ier.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur comparatif avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Attention aux comparatifs irréguliers.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. (locutions)• il y aura plus de 100 personnes there will be more than or over 100 people• il roulait à plus de 100 km/h he was driving at more than or over 100km per hour► à plus ! (inf) see you later!► plus que + adjectif ou adverbe• j'en ai plus qu'assez ! I've had more than enough of this!► de plus ( = en outre) (en tête de phrase) moreover• c'est dangereux, de plus c'est illégal it's dangerous, and what's more, it's illegal• vous n'avez pas une chaise en plus ? you wouldn't have a spare chair?• en plus de cela on top of that► en plus + adjectif• il ressemble à sa mère, mais en plus blond he's like his mother only fairer• je cherche le même genre de maison en plus grand I'm looking for the same kind of house only bigger► ... et plus• il est compétent, mais ni plus ni moins que sa sœur he's competent, but neither more nor less so than his sister► plus... moins the more... the less• plus on le connaît, moins on l'apprécie the more you get to know him, the less you like him► plus... plus the more... the more• plus il en a, plus il en veut the more he has, the more he wants► plus ou moins ( = à peu près, presque) more or less• ils utilisent cette méthode avec plus ou moins de succès they use this method with varying degrees of success► qui plus est moreover3. <a. ► le plus + verbe mostb. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe court━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison iest.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur superlatif avec most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━c. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe long━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec the most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. ► le plus de + nom the moste. (locutions)► le plus... possible• ça vaut 100 € au plus it's worth 100 euros at the most• il a trente ans, tout au plus he's thirty at most• rappelle-moi au plus vite call me back as soon as possible► des plus + adjectif4. <• tous les voisins, plus leurs enfants all the neighbours, plus their children5. <c black b. ( = avantage) plus• ici, parler breton est un plus indéniable being able to speak Breton is definitely a plus here━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The s of plus is never pronounced when used in negatives, eg il ne la voit plus. When used in comparatives the s is generally pronounced s, eg il devrait lire plus, although there are exceptions, notably plus preceding an adjective or adverb, eg plus grand, plus vite. Before a vowel sound, the comparative plus is pronounced z, eg plus âgé.* * *
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1. ply, plys, plyz8 plus 3 égale 11 — 8 and ou plus 3 equals 11
plus 10° — plus 10°
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adverbe de comparaison1) ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif)je ne peux pas faire plus — I can do no more, I can't do any more
plus j'y pense, moins je comprends — the more I think about it, the less I understand
qui plus est — furthermore, what's more
2) ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mostc'est le même modèle en plus petit — it's the same model, only smaller
3) ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mosttrois heures plus tôt/tard — three hours earlier/later
plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué — the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be
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adverbe de négationelle ne fume plus — she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes
plus besoin de se presser — (colloq) there's no need to hurry any more
il n'y a plus d'œufs — there are no more eggs, there aren't any eggs left
j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture! — I went into the garage, the car was gone!
plus que trois jours avant Noël! — only three days left ou to go until Christmas!
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plus de déterminant indéfini1) ( avec un nom dénombrable)plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries — the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have
il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place — quite a few people would like to be in his/her position
je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi — I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did
3) ( avec un numéral)il était déjà bien plus de onze heures — it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock
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au plus locution adverbiale at the most
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de plus locution adverbiale1) ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more2) ( en supplément)une fois de plus — once more, once again
9% de plus — 9% more
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en plus locutionle même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus — the same model, only with a sunroof
les taxes en plus — plus tax, tax not included
II plysnom masculin invariable1) Mathématique plus2) (colloq) ( avantage) plus (colloq)
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plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally usedplus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi]1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘-er’ à la fin de l'adjectif/adverbe: plus grand/petit/simple = taller/smaller/simpler; plus longtemps/vite = longer/faster- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big/bigger, sad/sadder, dim/dimmer, wet/wetter etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient sunnier, pretty/prettier, happy/happier etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute more devant le mot: plus beau/compétent/intéressant = more beautiful/competent/interesting; plus facilement/sérieusement = more easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple peut produire simpler ou more simple, handsome/handsomer ou more handsome etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec more: callous/more callous, cunning/more cunning- les adverbes se terminant par ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec more: quickly/more quickly, slowly/more slowly etc1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘(e)st’ à la fin du mot: le plus grand/petit/simple = the tallest/smallest/simplest; le plus longtemps/vite = the longest/fastest- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big- the biggest, sad- the saddest, dim- the dimmest etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient the sunniest, pretty/the prettiest, happy/the happiest etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute the most devant le mot: le plus beau/compétent/intéressant = the most beautiful/competent/interesting; le plus facilement/sérieusement = the most easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple/the simplest ou the most simple, clever/the cleverest ou the most clever etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec the most: callous/the most callous, cunning/the most cunning etc- les adverbes en ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec the most: quickly/the most quickly, slowly/the most slowly etcAttention: lorsque la comparaison ne porte que sur deux éléments on utilise la forme du comparatif: le plus doué des deux = the more gifted of the two; la voiture la plus rapide des deux = the faster carL'expression le plus possible est traitée avec possibleOn trouvera ci-contre exemples et exceptions illustrant les différentes fonctions de plus. On trouvera également des exemples de plus dans les notes d'usage. Voir l'index* * *ply, plys1. adv1) (négation)ne... plus — no longer, not... any more
Il ne travaille plus ici. — He's no longer working here., He doesn't work here any more.
Je ne veux plus le voir. — I don't want to see him any more., I no longer want to see him.
ne plus avoir de qch; Je n'ai plus d'argent. — I've got no more money., I've got no money left
Je n'ai plus de pain. — I've got no bread left., I've got no more bread.
2) (comparatif: devant un adjectif) moreIl fait un peu plus froid qu'hier. — It's a bit colder than yesterday.
Elle est plus grande que moi. — She's bigger than me.
Il est plus intelligent que son frère. — He's more intelligent than his brother.
3) (comparaison: non suivi d'un adjectif)Il travaille plus. — He works more.
Il travaille plus que moi. — He works more than me.
4)plus de; Il nous faut plus de pain. — We need more bread.
plus de 3 heures — more than 3 hours, over 3 hours
Il y avait plus de dix personnes. — There were more than 10 people.
plus de minuit — after midnight, past midnight
5)de plus; Il a 3 ans de plus que moi. — He's 3 years older than me.
Le voyage a pris trois heures de plus que prévu. — The journey took 3 hours longer than planned.
Il nous faut un joueur de plus. — We need one more player.
6)en plus; 3 kilos en plus — 3 kilos more
J'ai apporté quelques gâteaux en plus. — I brought a few more cakes.
en plus de; Deux personnes sont arrivées en plus de celles qui étaient déjà là. — Two more people came, in addition to those already there.
7)plus... plus... — the more... the more...
Plus il gagne d'argent, plus il en veut. — The more money he earns, the more he wants.
8)Il y a de plus en plus de touristes par ici. — There are more and more tourists round here.
de plus en plus (suivi d'un adjectif) Il fait de plus en plus chaud. — It's getting hotter and hotter.
9)ni plus ni moins — no more, no less
10) (superlatif)le plus; la plus; les plus — the most
C'est le plus grand de la famille. — He's the tallest in his family., (sans adjectif, modifiant un verbe)
C'est ce qu'elle aime le plus. — That's what she likes most.
de plus — what's more, moreover
en plus de cela... — what is more...
2. conjQuatre plus deux égalent six. — 4 plus 2 is 6.
3. nm(= avantage) plus* * *I.plus ⇒ Note d'usageA prép1 ( dans une addition) 8 plus 3 égale 11 8 and 3 equals 11, 8 plus 3 equals 11; on nous a servi du fromage, un dessert plus du café we were served cheese, a dessert and coffee (as well);2 ( pour exprimer une valeur) un jour il faisait moins 5°, le lendemain plus 10° one day it was minus 5°, the next plus 10°.B adv de comparaison1 ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) le plus the most; il mange/travaille plus (que moi) he eats/works more (than I do ou than me); tu devrais demander plus you should ask for more; je ne peux pas faire plus I can do no more, I can't do any more, I can't do more than that; elle en sait plus que lui sur le sujet she knows more about the subject than he does; c'est plus que je ne peux supporter it's more than I can bear; elle l'aime plus que tout she loves him/her more than anything; il est plus à plaindre qu'autre chose he's more to be pitied than anything else; c'est plus que bien it's more than just good; elle est plus que jolie she's more than just pretty; il a fait plus que l'embaucher, il l'a aussi formé he did more than just hire him, he also trained him; j'en ai plus qu'assez I've had more than enough; elle mange deux fois/trois fois plus que lui she eats twice/three times as much as he does; plus je gagne, plus je dépense the more I earn, the more I spend; plus j'y pense, moins je comprends the more I think about it, the less I understand; plus ça va as time goes on; qui plus est furthermore, what's more; c'est lui qui m'a le plus appris he's the one who taught me the most; quel pays aimes-tu le plus? which country do you like best?; de plus en plus more and more; il fume de plus en plus he smokes more and more;2 ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; deux fois plus vieux/cher twice as old/expensive (que as); trois/quatre fois plus cher three/four times as expensive (que as); il n'est pas plus riche que moi he's no richer than I am ou than me, he isn't any richer than I am ou than me; c'est le même modèle en plus petit it's the same model, only smaller; il est on ne peut plus gentil/désagréable he's as nice/unpleasant as can be; il est plus ou moins fou he's more or less insane; il est plus ou moins artiste he's an artist of sorts; la cuisine était plus ou moins propre the kitchen wasn't particularly clean, the kitchen was clean after a fashion; il a été plus ou moins poli he wasn't particularly polite; ils étaient plus ou moins ivres they were a bit drunk; le plus heureux des hommes the happiest of men; la plus belle de toutes the most beautiful of all; mon vœu le plus cher my dearest wish; l'arbre le plus gros que j'aie jamais vu the biggest tree I've ever seen; son livre le plus court his shortest book; c'est ce qu'il y a de plus beau/important au monde it's the most beautiful/important thing in the world; un livre des plus intéressants a most interesting book; un individu des plus méprisables a most despicable individual; de plus en plus difficile more and more difficult; de plus en plus chaud hotter and hotter;3 ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; trois heures plus tôt/tard three hours earlier/later; deux fois plus longtemps twice as long (que as); trois/quatre fois plus longtemps three/four times as long (que as); ils ne sont pas restés plus longtemps que nous they didn't stay any longer than we did ou than us; il l'a fait plus ou moins bien he didn't do it very well; de plus en plus loin further and further; plus tu te coucheras tard, plus tu auras de mal à te lever the later you go to bed, the harder it'll be for you to get up; plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be; c'est moi qui y vais le plus souvent I go there the most often; ça s'est passé le plus simplement/naturellement du monde it happened quite simply/naturally.C adv de négation elle ne fume plus she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes, she's given up smoking; il n'habite plus ici he no longer lives here, he doesn't live here any more ou any longer; le grand homme n'est plus the great man is no more; elle ne veut plus le voir she doesn't want to see him any more ou any longer, she no longer wants to see him; il a décidé de ne plus y aller he decided to stop going there; je ne veux plus en entendre parler I don't want to hear any more about it; il n'y est plus (jamais) retourné he never went back there (again); plus jamais ça! never again!; nous ne faisons plus ce modèle we no longer do this model, we don't do this model any more ou any longer; il n'a plus vingt ans ( il n'est plus très jeune) he's not twenty any more, he's no longer twenty; nous n'avons plus d'espoir we've no more hope, we no longer have any hope, we've given up hoping; plus besoin de se presser○ there's no longer any need to hurry, there's no more need to hurry, there's no need to hurry any more; il n'y a plus de pain/d'œufs there is no more bread/there are no more eggs, there isn't any bread left/there aren't any eggs left; je ne veux plus de vin I don't want any more wine; il n'y a plus rien there's nothing left; plus rien ne m'intéresse nothing interests me any more; je ne voyais plus rien I could no longer see anything, I couldn't see a thing any more; il n'y a plus personne dans la pièce there's nobody left in the room, there's no longer anybody in the room; il n'y a plus aucun crayon there aren't any pencils left, there are no more pencils; il n'y a plus aucun problème there's no longer any problem; ce n'est plus du courage, c'est de la folie it's no longer bravery, it's foolhardiness; j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture○! I went into the garage, the car was gone○!; ce n'est plus qu'une question de jours it's only a matter of days now; il n'y a plus qu'une solution there's only one solution left; il ne restait plus que quelques bouteilles there were only a few bottles left, there was nothing left but a few bottles; il n'y a plus que lui qui puisse nous aider only he can help us now; plus que trois jours avant les vacances! only three days left ou to go until the vacation!; nous n'avons plus qu'à rentrer à la maison all we can do now is go home; il ne me reste plus qu'à vous remercier it only remains for me to thank you.D plus de dét indéf1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) trois/deux fois plus de livres/verres que three times/twice as many books/glasses as; c'est là que j'ai vu le plus de serpents that's where I saw the most snakes; c'est lui qui a le plus de livres he's got the most books; le joueur qui a le plus de chances de gagner the player who is most likely to win; les jeunes qui posent le plus de problèmes the young people who pose the most problems; c'est le candidat qui a remporté le plus de voix he's the candidate who won the most votes; plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have; il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place quite a few people would like to be in his/her position;2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did; il n'a pas plus d'imagination que sa sœur he has no more imagination than his sister, he hasn't got any more imagination than his sister; trois/deux fois plus de vin/talent three times/twice as much wine/talent (que as); le joueur qui a gagné le plus d'argent the player who won the most money;3 ( avec un numéral) elle ne possède pas plus de 50 disques she has no more than 50 records; une foule de plus de 10 000 personnes a crowd of more than ou over 10,000 people; il a plus de 40 ans he's over 40, he's more than 40 years old; les gens de plus de 60 ans people over 60; les plus de 60 ans the over-sixties; il était déjà bien plus de onze heures/midi it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock/midday.F de plus loc adv1 ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more;2 ( en supplément) j'ai mangé deux pommes de plus qu'elle I ate two apples more than she did; donnez-moi deux pommes de plus give me two more apples; ça nous a pris deux heures de plus que la dernière fois it took us two hours longer than last time; j'ai besoin de deux heures de plus I need two more hours; il a trois ans de plus que sa sœur he's three years older than his sister; une fois de plus once more, once again; l'augmentation représente 9% de plus que l'année précédente the rise is 9% more than last year.G en plus loc en plus (de cela) on top of that; il est arrivé en retard et en plus (de cela) il a commencé à se plaindre he arrived late and what' s more ou on top of that he started complaining; c 'est le même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus it's the same model, only with a sunroof; c'est tout le portrait de son père, la moustache en plus he's the image of his father, only with a moustache GB ou mustache US; il a reçu 100 euros en plus de son salaire habituel he got 100 euros on top of his usual salary; en plus de son métier d'ingénieur il élève des tatous besides his job as an engineer, he breeds armadillos; les taxes en plus plus tax, tax not included; il s'est passé quelque chose en plus something else happened as well. A note on pronunciation: plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally used. plus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi].II.plus nm1 Math plus; le signe plus the plus sign;2 ○( avantage) plus○; son expérience d'enseignant constitue un plus pour lui his teaching experience is a point in his favourGB ou is a plus○.[ply(s)] adverbeA.[COMPARATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]c'est plus loin it's further ou fartherc'est plus rouge qu'orange it's red rather than ou it's more red than orangec'est plus que gênant it's embarrassing, to say the leastelle a eu le prix mais elle n'en est pas plus fière pour ça she got the award, but it didn't make her any prouder for all thatje veux la même, en plus large I want the same, only biggerencore plus beau more handsome still, even more handsomecinq fois plus cher five times dearer ou as dear ou more expensive2. [avec un verbe] moreje m'intéresse à la question plus que tu ne penses I'm more interested in the question than you thinkB.[SUPERLATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]le plus loin the furthest ou farthestc'est ce qu'il y a de plus original dans sa collection d'été it's the most original feature of his summer collection2. [précédé d'un verbe] mostc'est moi qui travaille le plus I'm the one who works most ou the hardestC.[ADVERBE DE NÉGATION]1. [avec 'ne']2. [tour elliptique]plus de glace pour moi, merci no more ice cream for me, thanks————————[ply(s)] adjectif————————[ply(s)] conjonction3 plus 3 égale 6 3 plus 3 is ou makes 6il fait plus 5º it's 5º above freezing, it's plus 5º2. [en sus de] plusle transport, plus le logement, plus la nourriture, ça revient cher travel, plus ou and accommodation, plus ou then food, (all) work out quite expensiveplus le fait que... plus ou together with the fact that...————————[ply(s)] nom masculinau plus locution adverbiale[au maximum] at the most ou outsideça coûtera au plus 30 euros it'll cost a maximum of 30 euros ou 30 euros at mostde plus locution adverbialemets deux couverts de plus lay two extra ou more placesil est content, que te faut-il de plus? he's happy, what more do you want?un mot/une minute de plus et je m'en allais another word/minute and I would have left10 euros de plus ou de moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?2. [en trop] too manyen recomptant, je trouve trente points de plus on adding it up again, I get thirty points too manyde plus, il m'a menti what's more, he lied to mede plus en plus locution adverbiale[suivi d'un adverbe] more and morede plus en plus dangereux more and more ou increasingly dangerousça devient de plus en plus facile/compliqué it's getting easier and easier/more and more complicated2. [précédé d'un verbe]de plus en plus de locution déterminante[suivi d'un nom comptable] more and more, a growing number of[suivi d'un nom non comptable] more and morede plus en plus de gens more and more people, an increasing number of peopleil y a de plus en plus de demande pour ce produit demand for this product is increasing, there is more and more demand for this productdes plus locution adverbialeson attitude est des plus compréhensibles her attitude is most ou quite understandableen plus locution adverbiale1. [en supplément] extra (avant nom)les boissons sont en plus drinks are extra, you pay extra for the drinks10 euros en plus ou en moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?[en trop] sparea. [à la fin du jeu] I've got one card left overb. [en distribuant] I've got one card too manyet vous emportez une bouteille de champagne en plus! and you get a bottle of Champagne as well ou on top of that ou into the bargain!elle a une excellente technique et en plus, elle a de la force her technique's first-class and she's got strength tooet elle m'avait menti, en plus! not only that but she'd lied to me (as well)!je ne tiens pas à le faire et, en plus, je n'ai pas le temps I'm not too keen on doing it, and besides ou what's more, I've no timeen plus de locution prépositionnelleen plus du squash, elle fait du tennis besides (playing) squash, she plays tenniset plus locution adverbiale45 kilos et plus over 45 kilos, 45 odd kilosni plus ni moins locution adverbialeje te donne une livre, ni plus ni moins I'll give you one pound, no more no lesstu t'es trompé, ni plus ni moins you were mistaken, that's allnon plus locution adverbialeje ne sais pas — moi non plus! I don't know — neither do I ou nor do I ou me neither!on ne peut plus locution adverbialeplus de locution déterminante1. [comparatif, suivi d'un nom] moreelle roulait à plus de 150 km/h she was driving at more than 150 km/h ou doing over 150 km/hil est plus de 5 h it's past 5 o'clock ou after 52. [superlatif, suivi d'un nom]les plus de 20 ans people over 20, the over-20splus... moins locution correlativethe more... the lessplus il vieillit, moins il a envie de sortir the older he gets, the less he feels like going outplus ça va, moins je la comprends I understand her less and less (as time goes on)plus... plus locution correlativethe more... the moreplus je réfléchis, plus je me dis que... the more I think (about it), the more I'm convinced that...plus ça va, plus il est agressif he's getting more and more aggressive (all the time)plus ça va, plus je me demande si... the longer it goes on, the more I wonder if...plus ou moins locution adverbialec'est plus ou moins cher, selon les endroits prices vary according to where you arequi plus est locution adverbialewhat's ou what is moresans plus locution adverbialec'était bien, sans plus it was nice, but nothing moretout au plus locution adverbialec'est une mauvaise grippe, tout au plus it's a bad case of flu, at the most -
104 sentir
sentir [sɑ̃tiʀ]➭ TABLE 161. transitive verb• il ne sent pas la différence entre le beurre et la margarine he can't tell the difference between butter and margarine• je ne sens plus mes jambes (de fatigue) my legs are dropping off (inf) (Brit) my legs are folding under me (US)• je ne le sens pas, ce type (inf) I don't like the look of himb. ( = avoir une odeur) to smell• sentir bon/mauvais to smell good/bad• ça ne sent pas la rose ! (inf) that doesn't smell too good!c. ( = dénoter) to smack ofd. ( = annoncer) ça sent le piège there's a trap• ça sent la pluie/la neige it looks like rain/snowe. ( = avoir conscience de) [+ changement, fatigue] to feel ; [+ importance de qch] to be aware of ; [+ danger, difficulté] to sense► se faire sentir [effet] to be felt• les effets des grèves vont se faire sentir à la fin du mois the effect of the strikes will be felt at the end of the month2. reflexive verba. [personne]• se sentir bien (physiquement, psychologiquement) to feel good• se sentir mieux/fatigué to feel better/tired• se sentir revivre/rajeunir to feel o.s. coming alive again/growing young again• il ne se sent plus ! (inf) he really thinks he's arrived!* * *sɑ̃tiʀ
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1) ( percevoir par l'odorat) to smell [parfum, fleur]2) (percevoir par le toucher, le corps, le goût) to feelj'ai marché trop longtemps, je ne sens plus mes pieds — I've been walking for too long, my feet are numb
sentir d'où vient le vent — lit, Nautisme to see how the wind blows ou lies; fig to see which way the wind is blowing
3) ( comprendre) to be conscious of [importance]; to feel [beauté, force]; to appreciate [difficulté]; to sense [danger, désapprobation]sentir que — ( percevoir) to feel that; ( avoir l'idée) to have a feeling that
je te sens inquiet, je sens que tu es inquiet — I can tell you're worried
se faire sentir — [besoin, présence, absence] to be felt
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verbe intransitif1) ( avoir une odeur) to smell2) ( puer) to smell3) ( révéler) to smack of
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se sentir verbe pronominal1) to feelne plus se sentir — (colloq) ( de joie) to be overjoyed; ( de vanité) to get above oneself
2) ( être perceptible) [phénomène, amélioration, effet] to be felt••je l'ai senti passer! — (piqûre, addition) it really hurt!; ( réprimande) I really got it in the neck!
* * *sɑ̃tiʀ1. vt"Ça t'a fait mal?" — "Non, je n'ai rien senti." — "Did it hurt?" — "No, I didn't feel a thing."
2) (= ressentir) to feelfaire sentir; Il m'a bien fait sentir que j'étais de trop. — He certainly made me feel I was in the way.
3) (répandre une odeur de) to smell ofÇa sent les frites ici. — It smells of chips in here.
4) (= dénoter, annoncer) to smack of5) * (= supporter) to standIl ne peut pas le sentir. — He can't stand him.
Il ne peut pas la sentir. — He can't stand her.
2. viÇa sent bon ici. — It smells good in here.
Ça sent mauvais ici. — It smells bad in here.
* * *sentir verb table: partirA vtr1 ( percevoir par l'odorat) to smell [parfum, fleur]; on sentait les foins or l'odeur des foins we could smell the hay; tu ne sens pas une odeur? can't you smell something?; je ne sens rien I can't smell anything; fais-moi sentir ce fromage let me smell that cheese; on sent que tu fumes le cigare one can tell that you smoke cigars by the smell;2 (percevoir par le toucher, le corps, le goût) to feel; sentir le froid/un caillou to feel the cold/a stone; je ne sens rien I can't feel anything; je ne sens plus mes orteils tellement j'ai froid I'm so cold I can't feel my toes any more; j'ai marché trop longtemps, je ne sens plus mes pieds I've been walking for too long, my feet are numb; elle m'a fait sentir sa bosse she made me feel her lump; on sent qu'il y a du vin dans la sauce one can smell ou taste the wine in the sauce; sentir d'où vient le vent lit, Naut to see how the wind blows ou lies; fig to see which way the wind is blowing; le froid commence à se faire sentir the cold weather is setting in; les effets du médicament se feront bientôt sentir the effects of the medicine will soon be felt;3 ( avoir conscience de) to be conscious of [importance]; ( percevoir) to feel [beauté, force]; ( apprécier) to appreciate [difficulté]; ( percevoir intuitivement) to sense [danger, désapprobation]; sentir les beautés d'un texte/la force d'une expression to feel the beauty of a text/the force of an expression; as-tu bien senti le message de ce film? did you fully appreciate the message of the film?; sentir que ( percevoir) to feel that; ( avoir l'idée) to have a feeling that; je sens qu'il est sincère I feel that he's sincere; je sens que ce livre te plaira I have a feeling that you'll like this book; on sent que l'hiver approche it feels wintry; il ne sent pas sa force he doesn't know his own strength; il ne sent pas (les subtilités de) l'art moderne he has no feeling for (the subtleties of) modern art; je te sens inquiet, je sens que tu es inquiet I can tell you're worried; faire sentir son autorité to make one's authority felt; les mesures commencent à faire sentir leurs effets the effects of the measures are beginning to make themselves felt ou to be felt; je leur ai fait sentir mon désaccord I made it clear to them that I didn't agree; faire sentir le rythme d'un poème to bring out the rhythm of a poem; se faire sentir [besoin, présence, absence] to be felt.B vi1 ( avoir une odeur) to smell; sentir bon/mauvais/fort to smell nice/bad/strong; tu sens le vin! you smell of wine!; ça sent le chou/la charogne/la cigarette it smells of cabbage/carrion/cigarettes; herbes qui sentent bon la Provence herbs smelling ou redolent sout of Provence; ça sent bon le café there's a nice smell of coffee; ça sent drôle ici there's a funny smell in here; fleurs qui ne sentent pas flowers which don't have a scent;2 ( puer) to smell; le poisson commence à sentir the fish is beginning to smell; qu'est-ce qui sent (comme ça)? what's that smell?; sentir des pieds/aisselles to have smelly feet/armpits; sentir de la bouche to have bad breath;3 ( révéler) to smack of; ta douleur/ton attitude sent la comédie or le théâtre your grief/your attitude smacks of insincerity; une fille qui sent la or sa province a girl with a touch of the provinces about her; ciel nuageux qui sent l'orage cloudy sky that heralds a storm.C se sentir vpr1 ( avoir la sensation de) to feel; se sentir mieux/las/chez soi to feel better/tired/at home; se sentir surveillé to feel that one is being watched; elle ne s'est pas sentie visée par ma remarque she didn't feel that my remark was aimed at her; elle s'est sentie rougir she felt herself blushing; elle s'est senti piquer par un moustique she felt a mosquito bite; non mais tu te sens bien (dans ta tête)○? are you feeling all right (in the head)○?; ne plus se sentir○ ( de joie) to be overjoyed; ( de vanité) to get above oneself; ne plus se sentir de joie○ to be beside oneself with joy;2 ( se reconnaître) to feel; se sentir assez fort pour faire, se sentir la force de faire to feel strong enough to do; se sentir libre de faire to feel free to do; se sentir victime d'une machination to feel that one is the victim of a scheme; se sentir une obligation envers qn to feel an obligation towards sb;3 ( être perceptible) [phénomène, amélioration, effet] to be felt; les sanctions commencent à se sentir the sanctions are beginning to bite, the effects of the sanctions are beginning to be felt.je ne peux pas le sentir I can't stand him; je l'ai senti passer! (piqûre, addition) it really hurt!; ( réprimande) I really got it in the neck!; elle va la sentir passer! (piqûre, addition) it's going to hurt!; ( réprimande) she's going to get it in the neck![sɑ̃tir] verbe transitifA.[AVOIR UNE IMPRESSION DE]1. [par l'odorat] to smell[par le toucher] to feel[par le goût] to tasteje ne sens plus ma main [d'ankylose] my hand's gone numb ou deadje ne sens plus mes jambes [de fatigue] my legs are killing meje n'ai pas senti l'après-midi/les années passer the afternoon/years just flashed byj'ai senti qu'on essayait de mettre la main dans ma poche I was aware ou I felt that someone was trying to reach into my pocketle sentir passer, la sentir passer (familier) [douleur, claque]: je l'ai sentie passer that really hurtvous allez la sentir passer, l'amende! you'll certainly know about it when you get the fine!c'est lui qui a payé le repas, il a dû le sentir passer! he paid for the meal, it must have cost him an arm and a leg!2. [avoir l'intuition de - mépris, présence, réticence] to feel, to sense, to be aware of ; [ - danger, menace] to be aware ou conscious of, to senseje le sentais venir (de loin) avec son petit air innocent! (familier) I could see him coming (a mile off) with that innocent look on his face!je le sentais prêt/résolu I could feel ou tell he was ready/determinedje sens bien qu'il m'envie I can feel ou tell that he envies mej'ai senti qu'on me suivait I felt ou sensed (that) I was being followedfaire sentir quelque chose à quelqu'un to make somebody aware of something, to show somebody somethingil m'a fait sentir que j'étais de trop he made me understand ou he hinted that I was in the wayles conséquences de votre décision se feront sentir tôt ou tard the implications of your decision will be felt sooner or later5. (familier) [être convaincu par]je ne le sens pas, ton projet I'm not convinced by your project6. [maîtriser - instrument, outil] to have a feel for ; [ - rôle, mouvement à exécuter] to feel at ease with7. (familier) [tolérer]je ne peux pas sentir sa sœur I can't bear the sight of ou stand her sisterje ne peux pas sentir ses blagues sexistes I can't stomach ou I just can't take his sexist jokesB.[EXHALER, DONNER UNE IMPRESSION]les roses ne sentent rien the roses don't smell (of anything) ou have no smellça sent bon le lilas, ici there's a nice smell of lilac in here2. [annoncer]ça sent la pluie/neige it feels like rain/snowse faire sentir [devenir perceptible] to be felt, to become obviousson interprétation/style sent un peu trop le travail her performance/style is rather too constrainedce n'est pas un acte de vandalisme, ça sentirait plutôt la vengeance it's not pure vandalism, it feels more like revenge————————[sɑ̃tir] verbe intransitif1. [avoir une odeur] to smella. [fleur, parfum] it smells niceb. [nourriture] it smells good ou niceça commence à sentir mauvais, filons! (familier & figuré) things are beginning to turn nasty, let's get out of here!il sent des pieds his feet smell, he's got smelly feet————————se sentir verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)————————se sentir verbe pronominal (emploi passif)il ne l'aime pas — ça se sent he doesn't like her — you can tell (he doesn't) ou you can sense it————————se sentir verbe pronominal intransitifse sentir en sécurité/danger to feel safe/threateneda. [s'évanouir] to feel faintb. [être indisposé] to feel illse sentir bien to feel good ou all rightje ne m'en sens pas capable I don't feel up to it ou equal to itelle ne se sent plus depuis qu'elle a eu le rôle (familier) she's been really full of it since she landed the partne plus se sentir de joie to be bursting ou beside oneself with joy————————se sentir verbe pronominal transitifje ne me sens pas le courage/la force de marcher I don't feel up to walking/have the strength to walk -
105 seem
intransitive verb1) (appear [to be]) scheinenyou seem tired — du wirkst müde
she seems nice — sie scheint nett zu sein
it's not quite what it seems — es ist nicht ganz das, was es [zunächst] zu sein scheint
it seems like only yesterday — es ist, als wäre es erst gestern gewesen
he seems certain to win — es sieht ganz so aus, als würde er gewinnen
what seems to be the trouble? — wo fehlt's denn?
I seem to recall having seen him before — ich glaube mich zu erinnern, ihn schon einmal gesehen zu haben
it seems [that]... — anscheinend...
it would seem to be... — es scheint ja wohl... zu sein
so it seems or would seem — so will es scheinen
2)somebody can't seem to do something — (coll.) jemand scheint etwas nicht tun zu können
she doesn't seem to notice such things — (coll.) so was merkt sie irgendwie nicht (ugs.)
* * *[si:m](to have the appearance or give the impression of being or doing: A thin person always seems (to be) taller than he really is; She seems kind; He seemed to hesitate for a minute.) scheinen- academic.ru/65461/seeming">seeming- seemingly
- seemly* * *[si:m]vihe \seems a very nice man er scheint ein sehr netter Mann zu seinyou \seem very quiet today du wirkst heute sehr stillhe's sixteen, but he \seems younger er ist sechzehn, wirkt aber jüngerthat \seems a good idea to me ich halte das für eine gute Ideethey \seem to be ideally suited sie scheinen hervorragend zusammenzupassenyou \seem as if you don't want to get involved es sieht so aus, als wolltest du nicht darin verwickelt werdenit \seems like ages since we last saw you es kommt mir wie eine Ewigkeit vor, seit wir dich das letzte Mal gesehen habenit \seemed like a good idea at the time damals hielt ich das für eine gute Ideesth is not all what it \seems etw ist anders, als es zu sein scheintwhat \seems to be the problem? wo liegt denn das Problem?I'm sorry, I \seem to have dented your car es tut mir leid, wie es aussieht, habe ich eine Delle in Ihr Auto gefahren2. (appear)▪ it \seems [that]... anscheinend...it now \seems likely that the event will be cancelled es scheint jetzt ziemlich wahrscheinlich, dass die Veranstaltung abgesagt wirdit \seems to me that he isn't the right person for the job ich finde, er ist nicht der Richtige für den JobI'm just telling you how it \seems to me ich sage dir nur, wie ich es seheI'm in a bad way — so it \seems! ich bin nicht gut drauf — den Eindruck habe ich auch!it \seems so [es] scheint soit \seems not anscheinend nichtthere \seems to have been some mistake da liegt anscheinend ein Irrtum vorthere \seemed to be no point in continuing es schien zwecklos weiterzumachen* * *[siːm]vi1) (= appear) scheinenhe seems (to be) honest/a nice young man —
he may seem poor but... — er mag arm scheinen or wirken, aber...
he seems younger than he is — er wirkt jünger, als er ist
he doesn't seem (to be) able to concentrate —
he is not what he seems (to be) — er ist nicht (das), was er zu sein scheint
things aren't always what they seem — vieles ist anders, als es aussieht
what seems to be the trouble? — worum geht es denn?; (doctor) was kann ich für Sie tun?
there seems to be no solution — da scheint es keine Lösung zu geben
it seems to me that I'll have to do that again —
he has left, it seems — er ist anscheinend weggegangen, es scheint, er ist weggegangen
we are not welcome, it seems — wir sind anscheinend or scheinbar nicht willkommen
he is, so it seems,... — er scheint... zu sein
it seems or would seem that he is coming after all —
it doesn't seem that he'll be coming — es sieht nicht so aus, als ob er kommt
it seems a shame to leave it unfinished — es ist doch irgendwie or eigentlich schade, das nicht fertig zu machen
it would seem that... — es scheint fast so, als ob...
2)it only seems like it —
I seem to be floating in space — es kommt mir so vor, als ob ich schweben würde
it all seems so unreal to him/me — es kommt ihm/mir alles so unwirklich vor
I seem to remember that you had that problem before — es kommt mir so vor, als hätten Sie das Problem schon einmal gehabt
* * *seem [siːm] v/i1. (zu sein) scheinen, anscheinend sein, erscheinen:it seems impossible to me es (er)scheint mir unmöglich;he seems (to be) a good fellow er scheint ein guter Kerl zu sein;I seem (to be) deaf today ich bin heute anscheinend taub;all is not what it seems der Anschein trügt eben oftyou seem to believe it Sie scheinen es zu glauben;apples do not seem to grow here Äpfel wachsen hier anscheinend nicht;I seem to hear voices mir ist, als hörte ich Stimmenit seems (that) you were lying du hast anscheinend gelogen;it seems to me (that) it will rain mir scheint, es wird regnen;* * *intransitive verb1) (appear [to be]) scheinenit's not quite what it seems — es ist nicht ganz das, was es [zunächst] zu sein scheint
it seems like only yesterday — es ist, als wäre es erst gestern gewesen
he seems certain to win — es sieht ganz so aus, als würde er gewinnen
I seem to recall having seen him before — ich glaube mich zu erinnern, ihn schon einmal gesehen zu haben
it seems [that]... — anscheinend...
it would seem to be... — es scheint ja wohl... zu sein
so it seems or would seem — so will es scheinen
2)somebody can't seem to do something — (coll.) jemand scheint etwas nicht tun zu können
she doesn't seem to notice such things — (coll.) so was merkt sie irgendwie nicht (ugs.)
* * *v.scheinen v.(§ p.,pp.: schien, geschienen) -
106 хоть уши затыкай
разг., неодобр.one is sick and tired of hearing it; it makes one sick to hear it- Ты же бубнишь столько лет подряд, извини за откровенность, да ещё каким-то заклинательным языком, про это самое постоянство лесопользования. Хоть уши затыкай! (Л. Леонов, Русский лес) — 'You've been bumbling about that sustained yield utilisation of yours for so many years pardon me for being so blunt about it - and with so much incantation, too, that people are sick and tired of hearing it.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хоть уши затыкай
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107 μῶλος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `battle, toil and moil of war' (Il. σ 233, Hes. Sc. 257; after these Archil. 3).Compounds: As 2. member in εὔμωλος ἀγαθὸς πολεμιστής, εὔοπλος (H.) with Εὑμωλ-ίων (Sparta); further in the words from Gortyn, which belong semantically together ἀντί-μωλος = ' ἀντίδικος, opponent in a suit' with ἀντι- μωλ-ία δίκη εἰς ἥν οἱ ἀντίδικοι παραγίνονται (H. s. μωλεῖ), ἀμφί-μωλος `because of whom a suit is carried, disputable', ἀμωλ-εί `without suit', uncertain ἀγχεμω[λία], = ' ἀγχιστεία'?Derivatives: Denom. verb. μωλέω, also with ἀμφι-, ἀπο-, ἐπι-, `be at law' (Gort.), μωλεῖ μάχεται, μωλήσεται μαχήσεται, πικρανθήσεται H. -- Here prob. also Μώλεια n. PN. of an Arcad. feast (sch. A. R. 1, 164).Etymology: Unknown. Usually with Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 239 a.o. connected with Lat. mōlēs `heavy mass, heaviness, effort, difficulty'; orig. meaning then *`effort, labour v.t.' (still retained in μῶλος Ἄρηος?), from where `fight' (cf. πόνος); from there with transition in the juridical sphere `lawsuit'; cf. διώκειν, φεύγειν and Trümpy Fachausdrücke 160ff., Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 95f. A quite hypothetical attempt to connect μῶλος and mōlēs morphologically with each other, by Pedersen Cinq. décl. lat. 62 (Schwyzer 425). -- Separation of an l-suffix makes connection possible with a Germ.-Slav. group, e.g. OHG muoan `burden, mühen' (with müde etc.), Russ. máj-u, - atь `tire, exhaust, tease', Lith. prisi-muol-ėti `get tired'. More forms in WP. 2, 301f., Pok. 746, W.-Hofmann s. mōlēs, Vasmer s. májatь.Page in Frisk: 2,Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μῶλος
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108 pretence
prɪˈtens сущ.
1) претенциозность;
показное проявление( чего-л.) ;
хвастовство;
выставление напоказ Syn: ostentation, parade, display
2) притворство;
ложь, неправда, обман to make a pretence ≈ притворяться to see through smb.'s pretence ≈ вывести кого-л. на чистую воду Syn: dissimulation, pretense
3) отговорка, предлог;
довод, повод under the pretence of ≈ под предлогом;
под видом A pretence was at hand to justify the most violent proceedings. ≈ Под рукой оказался предлог, чтобы оправдать самые жестокие действия. Syn: excuse, pretext
4) претензия;
требование;
притязания to make no pretence of smth. ≈ не претендовать на что-л. притворство, обман - * of repentance видимость раскаяния - under /on/ false *s обманным путем - his illness was all (a) * его болезнь была лишь притворством - he made a * of reading the newspaper он притворился, что читает газету - she makes a * of being interested in art она делает вид, что интересуется искусством отговорка, предлог - to complain on the smallest * жаловаться по малейшему поводу - under the * of helping под видом помощи - under the * of being tired под предлогом усталости - that's only a * это только предлог /отговорка/ - he is always making *s он всегда находит оправдание /отговорки/ претензия - * to being infallible претензия на непогрешимость - he makes no * to profound knowlege он и не претендует на глубокие знания претенциозность ~ притворство;
обман;
on (или under) false pretences обманным путем;
to make a pretence притворяться ~ претензия;
требование;
to make no pretence (of smth.) не претендовать (на что-л.) ~ притворство;
обман;
on (или under) false pretences обманным путем;
to make a pretence притворяться pretence обман ~ отговорка;
under the pretence of под предлогом;
под видом ~ отговорка ~ предлог ~ претензия;
требование;
to make no pretence (of smth.) не претендовать (на что-л.) ~ претензия ~ претенциозность ~ притворство;
обман;
on (или under) false pretences обманным путем;
to make a pretence притворяться ~ притворство pretense: pretense амер. = pretence ~ отговорка;
under the pretence of под предлогом;
под видомБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > pretence
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109 pretense
prɪˈtens амер.;
= pretence ;
сущ. притворство, обман - * of repentance видимость раскаяния - under /on/ false *s обманным путем - his illness was all (a) * его болезнь была лишь притворством - he made a * of reading the newspaper он притворился, что читает газету - she makes a * of being interested in art она делает вид, что интересуется искусством отговорка, предлог - to complain on the smallest * жаловаться по малейшему поводу - under the * of helping под видом помощи - under the * of being tired под предлогом усталости - that's only a * это только предлог /отговорка/ - he is always making *s он всегда находит оправдание /отговорки/ претензия - * to being infallible претензия на непогрешимость - he makes no * to profound knowlege он и не претендует на глубокие знания претенциозность pretense амер. = pretenceБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > pretense
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110 pretence
[prıʹtens] n1. притворство, обманunder /on/ false pretences - обманным путём
he made a pretence of reading the newspaper - он притворился, что читает газету
she makes a pretence of being interested in art - она делает вид, что интересуется искусством
2. отговорка, предлогthat's only a pretence - это только предлог /отговорка/
he is always making pretences - он всегда находит оправдание /отговорки/
3. претензияhe makes no pretence to profound knowledge - он и не претендует на глубокие знания
4. претенциозность -
111 very
'veri
1. adverb1) (to a great degree: He's very clever; You came very quickly; I'm not feeling very well.) muy2) (absolutely; in the highest degree: The very first thing you must do is ring the police; She has a car of her very own.) de todo; enteramente, completamente
2. adjective1) (exactly or precisely the thing, person etc mentioned: You're the very man I want to see; At that very minute the door opened.) justo, exacto2) (extreme: at the very end of the day; at the very top of the tree.) del todo3) (used for emphasis in other ways: The very suggestion of a sea voyage makes her feel seasick.) sólo, mero•very adv1. muy2. mucho3.tr['verɪ]1 (extremely) muy■ it's very easy es muy fácil, es facilísimo■ to be very hungry/sleepy tener mucha hambre/mucho sueño■ very few muy pocos,-as, poquísimos,-as■ very little muy poco,-a, poquísimo,-a2 (emphatic) muy■ at the very latest como muy tarde, a más tardar■ at the very least como mínimo, por lo menos■ there was another accident in the very same place ha habido otro accidente en el mismo lugar exacto1 (extreme) de todo2 (precise) mismo,-a, exacto,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLit's the very thing familiar es justo lo que necesitas/hace faltathe very best el/la mejor, lo mejornot very no mucho■ were the tickets expensive? --not very ¿eran caras las entradas? --no muchothe very thought of it! ¡sólo con pensarlo!very ['vɛri] adv1) extremely: muy, sumamentevery few: muy pocosI am very sorry: lo siento muchoat the very least: por lo menos, como mínimothe same dress: el mismo vestido1) exact, precise: mismo, exactoat that very moment: en ese mismo momentoit's the very thing: es justo lo que hacía falta2) bare, mere: solo, merothe very thought of it: sólo pensarlo3) extreme: extremo, de todoat the very top: arriba de todoadj.• mismo, -a adj.• mismísimo, -a adj.adj.indef.• mismo adj.indef.adv.• harto adv.• mismo adv.• mucho adv.• muy adv.pron.• mismo pron.
I 'veria) ( extremely) muyshe's very tall/clever/fat — es muy alta/inteligente/gorda; ( more emphatic) es altísima/inteligentísima/gordísima
was he upset? - very — ¿estaba disgustado? - mucho
it was very hot/cold — hacía mucho calor/frío
b) (in phrases)very much: thank you very much muchas gracias; did you enjoy it? - yes, very much indeed ¿te gustó? - sí, mucho; very well muy bien; I couldn't very well refuse — cómo me iba a negar!
c) ( emphatic)at the very most/least — como máximo/mínimo
II
adjective (before n)a) (exact, precise) mismofor that very reason — por esa misma razón, por eso mismo
ah! the very person I wanted to see! — ah, justo la persona a quien quería ver!
b) (absolute, extreme)c) ( actual) mismod) (mere, sheer) solo, merothe very mention of her name — la sola or mera mención de su nombre
['verɪ]walk out without paying? the very idea! — ¿irnos sin pagar? cómo se te ocurre!
1. ADV1) (=extremely) muy"that will be all" - "very good, sir" — -nada más -muy bien, señor
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you're not being very helpful — me ayudas bien poco, no me estás siendo de gran ayuda•
that's very kind of you — eres muy amable"did you enjoy it?" - "very much (so)" — -¿te ha gustado? -sí, mucho
I was very (much) surprised — me sorprendió mucho, para mí fue una gran sorpresa
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he very nearly missed the bus — por muy poco pierde el autobús•
we don't see each other very often — nos vemos poco, no nos vemos mucho•
he's so very poor — es tan pobre•
very well, I'll do what I can — muy bien or bueno, haré lo que pueda2) (=absolutely)•
the very best, she eats nothing but the very best — solo come lo mejor de lo mejor•
at the very latest — a más tardar, como muy tarde•
at the very most — a lo sumo, como mucho, como máximo•
the very next day — precisamente el día siguiente•
she was given her very own TV show — le dieron su propio programa de televisión•
the very same hat — el mismísimo sombrero3) (alone, in reply to question) mucho"are you tired?" - "(yes,) very" — -¿estás cansado? -(sí,) mucho
2. ADJ1) (=precise) mismo•
he's the very man we want — es justo el hombre que buscamos•
it's the very thing! — ¡es justo lo que necesitamos!2) (=mere)•
the very idea! — ¡qué cosas dices!, ¡cómo se te ocurre!•
the very thought (of it) makes me feel sick — con solo pensarlo me da náuseas3) (=extreme)•
at the very end — justo al final, al final de todo4) liter* * *
I ['veri]a) ( extremely) muyshe's very tall/clever/fat — es muy alta/inteligente/gorda; ( more emphatic) es altísima/inteligentísima/gordísima
was he upset? - very — ¿estaba disgustado? - mucho
it was very hot/cold — hacía mucho calor/frío
b) (in phrases)very much: thank you very much muchas gracias; did you enjoy it? - yes, very much indeed ¿te gustó? - sí, mucho; very well muy bien; I couldn't very well refuse — cómo me iba a negar!
c) ( emphatic)at the very most/least — como máximo/mínimo
II
adjective (before n)a) (exact, precise) mismofor that very reason — por esa misma razón, por eso mismo
ah! the very person I wanted to see! — ah, justo la persona a quien quería ver!
b) (absolute, extreme)c) ( actual) mismod) (mere, sheer) solo, merothe very mention of her name — la sola or mera mención de su nombre
walk out without paying? the very idea! — ¿irnos sin pagar? cómo se te ocurre!
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112 effort
nounmake an/every effort — (physically) sich anstrengen; (mentally) sich bemühen
without [any] effort — ohne Anstrengung; mühelos
[a] waste of time and effort — vergebliche Liebesmüh
make every possible effort to do something — jede nur mögliche Anstrengung machen, etwas zu tun
he makes no effort at all — er gibt sich überhaupt keine Mühe
2) (attempt) Versuch, derin an effort to do something — beim Versuch, etwas zu tun
make no effort to be polite — sich (Dat.) nicht die Mühe machen, höflich zu sein
that was a pretty poor effort — das war ein ziemlich schwaches Bild (ugs.)
whose is this rather poor effort? — welcher Stümper hat das denn verbrochen? (ugs.)
* * *['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) die Anstrengung2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) die Anstrengung3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) der Versuch•- academic.ru/23473/effortless">effortless- effortlessly* * *ef·fort[ˈefət, AM -ɚt]ndespite all my \efforts, he is still smoking trotz all meiner Bemühungen raucht er immer nochto be worth the \effort die Mühe wert seinit is an \effort [for sb] to do sth es kostet [jdn] Mühe, etw zu tunto not make any \effort to do sth sich dat nicht die geringste Mühe geben [o sich akk nicht bemühen], etw zu tunthat's a fairly poor \effort das ist eine ziemlich schwache Leistung* * *['efət]nto make an effort to do sth — den Versuch unternehmen, etw zu tun, sich bemühen, etw zu tun
to make the effort to do sth — sich (dat) die Mühe machen, etw zu tun
to make every effort or a great effort to do sth — sich sehr bemühen or anstrengen, etw zu tun
to make every possible effort to do sth — jede nur mögliche Anstrengung or große Anstrengungen unternehmen or machen, etw zu tun
to make little effort to do sth — sich (dat) wenig Mühe geben, etw zu tun
he made no effort to be polite — er machte sich (dat) nicht die Mühe, höflich zu sein
it's an effort (to get up in the morning) — es kostet einige Mühe or Anstrengung(, morgens aufzustehen)
he had to double his efforts —
if it's not too much of an effort for you (iro) — wenn es dir nicht zu viel Mühe macht
with a great effort of will — mit einer gewaltigen Willensanstrengung
come on, make an effort — komm, streng dich an
2) (= campaign) Aktion f3) (inf) Unternehmen ntit's not bad for a first effort —
his first effort at making a film —
best film went to a strange Swedish effort — die Auszeichnung für den besten Film ging an ein merkwürdiges schwedisches Machwerk
* * *effort [ˈefə(r)t] s1. Anstrengung f:a) Bemühung f, (angestrengter) Versuchb) Mühe f, harte Arbeit:make an effort sich bemühen, sich anstrengen ( beide:to do zu tun);make every effort sich alle Mühe geben, sich nach Kräften bemühen;make massive efforts gewaltige Anstrengungen unternehmen;put a lot of effort into sich gewaltige Mühe geben bei;spare no effort keine Mühe scheuen;with an effort mühsam;without effort mühelos, ohne Anstrengung;effort of will Willensanstrengung f;a good effort! immerhin!, nicht schlecht (für den Anfang)!2. SPORT etc Leistung f3. PHYS Sekundärkraft f, Potenzialabfall m* * *nounmake an/every effort — (physically) sich anstrengen; (mentally) sich bemühen
without [any] effort — ohne Anstrengung; mühelos
[a] waste of time and effort — vergebliche Liebesmüh
make every possible effort to do something — jede nur mögliche Anstrengung machen, etwas zu tun
2) (attempt) Versuch, derin an effort to do something — beim Versuch, etwas zu tun
make no effort to be polite — sich (Dat.) nicht die Mühe machen, höflich zu sein
* * *n.Anstrengung f.Aufwand -¨e m.Bemühen -ungen n.Bemühung -en f.Bestreben n.Bestrebung f.Leistung -en f.Mühe -n f.Versuch -e m. -
113 Über
I Präp.1. räumlich: over, above; (höher als) auch higher than; (über... hinaus) beyond; sie wohnt über uns she lives (on the floor) above us; über der Stadt tobte ein Gewitter a storm was raging over the town; über uns nichts als blauer Himmel nothing above us but blue sky; er stand bis über die Knöchel im Schlamm the mud came up past his ankles; über jemandem stehen fig. (überlegen sein) be above s.o. (auch beruflich); über den Dingen stehen fig. be above such things2. (quer über) across; über die Straße gehen cross the street; über den Fluss schwimmen swim across the river; jemandem über das Haar streichen stroke s.o.’s hair; Tränen liefen ihr über die Wangen tears ran down her cheeks3. (in Richtung) via, through; über München nach Rom to Rome via Munich; geht der Zug über Frankfurt? does the train go through ( oder via) Frankfurt?4. bei einer Tätigkeit etc.: over; über den Büchern sitzen sit ( oder pore) over one’s books; über der Arbeit / seiner Lektüre einschlafen fall asleep over one’s work / while reading5. über meine Kräfte ( hinaus) beyond my strength; das geht über meinen Verstand it’s beyond me, it’s above my head; das geht ihm über alles it means more than anything to him; es geht nichts über... there’s nothing like...6. (mehr als) over, more than; amtlich: exceeding; Temperaturen über null above freezing ( oder zero); über 30 Grad over 30 degrees; er ist über 70 Jahre alt past ( oder over) seventy; man muss über 18 ( Jahre) sein you must be over 187. (+ Akk) (wegen) over, about; über jemanden lachen laugh at / make fun of s.o.; sich (Dat) über etw. Sorgen machen worry about s.th.9. (während) during, while; über Nacht overnight; über das Wochenende over the weekend; über einige Jahre verteilt spread over several years; über kurz oder lang sooner or later; über all dem Gerede habe ich die Kinder ganz vergessen with all this chatting I completely forgot about the children10. sprechen etc. über (+ Akk) about; Abhandlung, Werk, Vortrag über (+ Akk) on; über Geschäfte / den Beruf / Politik reden talk business / shop / politics; nachdenken über (+ Akk) think about11. verstärkend: Fehler über Fehler one mistake after the other; Ärger über Ärger no end of trouble; er hat Schulden über Schulden he’s up to his ears in debtII Adv.: über und über all over; die ganze Zeit über all along; den ganzen Tag etc. über throughout the day etc.; etw. über sein umg. have had enough of s.th., be sick and tired of s.th.; übrig, vorüber, überhaben etc.* * *by way of; over; across; via; about; above; on* * *['yːbɐ]1. prepetw ǘber etw hängen/stellen — to hang/put sth over or above sth
es wurde ǘber alle Sender ausgestrahlt — it was broadcast over all transmitters
er lachte ǘber das ganze Gesicht — he was beaming all over his face
2) +dat (räumlich) (Lage, Standort) over, above; (= jenseits) over, acrosszwei Grad ǘber null — two degrees (above zero)
ǘber der Stadt lag dichter Nebel — a thick mist hung over the town
ǘber uns lachte die Sonne — the sun smiled above us
er trug den Mantel ǘber dem Arm — he was carrying his coat over his arm
ǘber jdm stehen or sein (fig) — to be over or above sb
er steht ǘber der Situation (fig) — he is above it all
3) +dat (zeitlich = bei, während) overǘber der Arbeit einschlafen — to fall asleep over one's work
etw ǘber einem Glas Wein besprechen — to discuss sth over a glass of wine
ǘber all der Aufregung/unserer Unterhaltung habe ich ganz vergessen, dass... — in all the or what with all the excitement/what with all this chatting I quite forgot that...
ǘber Mittag geht er meist nach Hause — he usually goes home at lunch or at midday
4) +accCäsars Sieg ǘber die Gallier — Caesar's victory over the Gauls
Gewalt ǘber jdn haben — to have power over sb
es kam plötzlich ǘber ihn — it suddenly came over him
sie liebt ihn ǘber alles — she loves him more than anything
das geht mir ǘber den Verstand — that's beyond my understanding
Fluch ǘber dich! (obs) — a curse upon you! (obs)
5) +acc (= vermittels, auf dem Wege über) viadie Nummer erfährt man ǘber die Auskunft — you'll get the number from or through or via information
wir sind ǘber die Autobahn gekommen — we came by or via the autobahn
nach Köln ǘber Aachen — to Cologne via Aachen
Zug nach Frankfurt ǘber Wiesbaden und Mainz — train to Frankfurt via or stopping at or calling at (Brit) Wiesbaden and Mainz
6) +acc (zeitlich) (= innerhalb eines Zeitraums, länger als) overǘber Weihnachten — over Christmas
bis ǘber Ostern — until after Easter
den ganzen Sommer ǘber — all summer long
ǘber Wochen (ausgedehnt) — for weeks on end
die ganze Zeit ǘber — all the time
das ganze Jahr ǘber — all through the year, all year round
ǘber kurz oder lang — sooner or later
es ist ǘber vierzehn Tage her, dass... — it's over fourteen days since...
7) +acc (bei Zahlenangaben) (= in Höhe von) for; (= mehr als) overein Scheck ǘber 20 Euro — a cheque (Brit) or check (US) for 20 euros
eine Rechnung von ǘber £ 100 — a bill for over or of over £100
Kinder ǘber 14 Jahre — children over 14 years or of 14 (years of age) and over
Städte ǘber 50.000 Einwohner — towns of over 50,000 inhabitants
Pakete ǘber 10 kg — parcels (esp Brit) or packages over 10 kgs
8) +acc (= wegen) over; (= betreffend) aboutein Buch/Film/Vortrag etc ǘber... — a book/film/lecture etc about or on...
was wissen Sie ǘber ihn? — what do you know about him?
ǘber welches Thema schreiben Sie Ihr neues Buch? — what's the subject of your new book?, what's your new book about?
ǘber Politik/Wörterbücher/Fußball etc reden — to talk (about) politics/dictionaries/football etc
ǘber jdn/etw lachen — to laugh about or at sb/sth
sich ǘber etw freuen/ärgern — to be pleased/angry about or at sth
9) +acc (steigernd) uponFehler ǘber Fehler — mistake upon or after mistake, one mistake after another
2. advǘber und ǘber — all over
er wurde ǘber und ǘber rot — he went red all over
ich stecke ǘber und ǘber in Schulden — I am up to my ears in debt
(das) Gewehr ǘber! (Mil) — shoulder arms!
ǘber sein (inf) — to be better than sb at sth
* * *1) (on the subject of: We talked about our plans; What's the book about?) about2) (in a higher position than: a picture above the fireplace.) above3) (greater than: The child's intelligence is above average.) above4) (to the other side (of); from one side to the other side of: He took her across the road.) across5) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) by6) (more than: His salary is in excess of $25,000 a year.) in excess of7) (about: a book on the theatre.) on8) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) over9) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) over10) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) over11) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) over12) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) over13) (finished: The affair is over now.) over14) (by way of: We went to America via Japan; The news reached me via my aunt.) via* * *[ˈy:bɐ]I. präp\über dem Waschbecken befindet sich ein Spiegel there's a mirror above the washbasin\über diesem Pullover kannst du keinen roten Mantel tragen you can't wear a red coat over that pulloverreinige die Flasche \über der Spüle clean the bottle over the sink\über der Straße across the streeter hängte ein Schild über die Tür he hang a sign over the doorreichst du mir mal den Kaffee \über den Tisch? can you pass me the coffee across the table?die Brücke führt \über den Fluss the bridge goes over [or across] the rivermit einem Satz sprang er \über den Graben with a single leap he jumped over [or across] [or cleared] the ditchdas Schloss ragte \über das Tal empor the castle towered above the valleybis \über die Knöchel im Dreck versinken to sink ankle-deep in mudder Scheinwerferstrahl strich \über die Mauer und den Gefängnishof the spotlight swept over [or across] the wall and the prison courtyardein Blick \über etw a view of [or over] sthein Überblick \über etw an overview of sthsie breitete eine Tischdecke \über den Tisch she spread a tablecloth over the tableer strich ihr \über das Haar/die Wange he stroked her hair/cheekseid ihr auf eurer Tour auch \über München gekommen? did you go through Munich on your trip?Zug nach Berlin über Leipzig train to Berlin via [or stopping at] Leipzig11. +akk (überlegen, vorrangig) aboveer steht \über den Dingen he is above it alles ist \über eine Woche her, dass... it's over a week since...bis \über Weihnachten until after Christmashabt ihr \über das Wochenende schon was vor? have you got anything planned for [or over] the weekend?\über Wochen for weeks on endvergiss \über dem ganzen Ärger aber nicht, dass wir dich lieben don't forget in the midst of all this trouble that we love youirgendwie muss ich \über diesem Gedanken wohl eingeschlafen sein I must have somehow fallen asleep [whilst] thinking about itsie sitzt \über ihren Büchern she is sitting over her booksKinder \über sechs [Jahre] children over six years [or of six years and over]bei \über 40° C... at a temperature [or temperatures] of more than [or over] 40° C...ich gebe Ihnen einen Scheck \über Euro 5.000 I'm giving you a cheque for 5,000 eurosich darf Ihnen keine Auskunft \über diese Sache geben I can't give you any information about [or on] this affairein Buch \über jdn/etw schreiben to write a book about [or on] sb/sthich habe diese Stelle \über Beziehungen bekommen I got this position through being well connected\über Satellit empfange ich 63 Programme I can receive 63 channels via [or on] satellite20.▶ ... \über... nothing but...es waren Vögel \über Vögel, die über uns hinwegrauschten! [what seemed like] an endless stream of birds flew over us!Fehler \über Fehler nothing but mistakes, mistake after [or upon] mistake!Reden \über Reden speech after speech▶ \über alles more than anythingsein Hund geht ihm \über alles he loves his dog more than anything elseII. adv1. (älter als) overKinder, die \über sechs Jahre alt sind,... children over six2. (mehr als) more than3. (während) throughdas ganze Jahr/den ganzen Sommer \über all through the year/summerden ganzen Tag \über all day long4.▶ \über und \über all over, completelyihr seid \über und \über mit Schlamm verschmiert! you're completely covered [or covered all over] in mud!\über und \über verdreckt sein to be absolutely filthy1. (übrig)etw [für jdn] \über haben to have sth left [for sb]; Essen to have sth left [over] [for sb]2. (überlegen)jdm auf einem bestimmten Gebiet \über sein to be better than sb in a certain field* * *1.1) (Lage, Standort) over; above; (in einer Rangfolge) aboveüber jemandem stehen — (fig.) be above somebody
2) (während) duringüber dem Lesen einschlafen — fall asleep over one's book/magazine etc.
3) (infolge) because of; as a result of2.über der Aufregung vergaß ich, dass... — in all the excitement I forgot that...
1) (Richtung) over; (quer hinüber) acrossüber die Straße gehen — go across the road; cross the road
er zog sich (Dat.) die Mütze über die Ohren — he pulled the cap down over his ears
2) (während) overüber Wochen/Monate — for weeks/months
die Woche/den Sommer über — during the week/summer
den ganzen Winter/Tag über — all winter/day long
3) (betreffend) aboutüber etwas reden/schreiben — talk/write about something
ein Buch über die byzantinische Kunst — a book about or on Byzantine art
4) (in Höhe von)ein Scheck/eine Rechnung über 1 000 Euro — a cheque/bill for 1,000 euros
5) (von mehr als)Kinder über 10 Jahre — children over ten [years of age]
6)7)8)9) (mittels, durch) through < person>; by <post, telex, etc.>; over <radio, loudspeaker>3.etwas über alle Sender bringen/ausstrahlen — broadcast something on all stations
1) (mehr als) over2)4.Adjektiv; nicht attr. (ugs.)jemandem über sein — have the edge on somebody (coll.)
* * *über…, Über… im adj & subst etc meist over…, hyper…* * *1.1) (Lage, Standort) over; above; (in einer Rangfolge) aboveüber jemandem stehen — (fig.) be above somebody
2) (während) duringüber dem Lesen einschlafen — fall asleep over one's book/magazine etc.
3) (infolge) because of; as a result of2.über der Aufregung vergaß ich, dass... — in all the excitement I forgot that...
1) (Richtung) over; (quer hinüber) acrossüber die Straße gehen — go across the road; cross the road
er zog sich (Dat.) die Mütze über die Ohren — he pulled the cap down over his ears
2) (während) overüber Wochen/Monate — for weeks/months
die Woche/den Sommer über — during the week/summer
den ganzen Winter/Tag über — all winter/day long
3) (betreffend) aboutüber etwas reden/schreiben — talk/write about something
ein Buch über die byzantinische Kunst — a book about or on Byzantine art
4) (in Höhe von)ein Scheck/eine Rechnung über 1 000 Euro — a cheque/bill for 1,000 euros
5) (von mehr als)Kinder über 10 Jahre — children over ten [years of age]
6)7)8)9) (mittels, durch) through < person>; by <post, telex, etc.>; over <radio, loudspeaker>3.etwas über alle Sender bringen/ausstrahlen — broadcast something on all stations
1) (mehr als) over2)4.Adjektiv; nicht attr. (ugs.)jemandem über sein — have the edge on somebody (coll.)
* * *präp.about prep.above prep.across prep.at prep.beyond prep.by prep.of prep.on prep.over prep.via prep. -
114 aclarar
v.1 to rinse (enjuagar). (peninsular Spanish)María aclaró su cabello Mary rinsed her hair.2 to clarify, to explain.aclaremos una cosa let's get one thing clearMaría aclarará los puntos mañMaría Mary will clarify the points tomorrow.3 to make lighter (color).el sol aclara el pelo the sun makes one's hair lighter4 to thin (down) (lo espeso) (chocolate, sopa).Pedro aclara la mezcla para pastel Peter thins the cake mixture.5 to become clear, to become brighter, to brighten, to clear.Aclarará dentro de un rato It will become clear in a while.6 to filter.Mario aclara el destilado Mario filters the distilled liquid.7 to make it clear for, to explain, to make clear for.* * *1 (cabello, color) to lighten, make lighter2 (líquido) to thin (down)3 (enjuagar) to rinse4 (explicar) to explain; (poner en claro) to make clear, clarify■ las zanahorias aclaran la vista carrots improve your eyesight, carrots are good for your eyes1 (mejorar el tiempo) to clear (up)■ hay una tormenta horrible y no parece que vaya a aclarar there's a heavy storm and it doesn't look as if it's going to clear up1 (entender) to understand2 (explicarse) to explain oneself3 (decidirse) to make up one's mind4 (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject) (el tiempo) to clear (up)\aclarar la voz to clear one's throat* * *verb1) to clarify, explain2) lighten3) rinse•* * *1. VT1) (=explicar) [+ suceso, motivo] to clarify; [+ duda, malentendido] to clear up; [+ misterio] to solveestán tratando de aclarar las circunstancias de su muerte — they are trying to clarify the circumstances surrounding her death
no pudo aclararnos el motivo de su comportamiento — she couldn't explain the reasons for her behaviour
me lo explicó dos veces pero no consiguió aclarármelo — she explained it to me twice but couldn't manage to make it clear
2) Esp [+ ropa, vajilla, pelo] to rinse3) (=diluir) [+ pintura, salsa] to thin, thin down4) (=hacer más claro) [+ color, pelo] to make lighter, lighten5) [+ bosque] to clear2. VI1) (=amanecer) to get light2) (=despejarse las nubes) to clear upen cuanto aclare, saldremos — as soon as it clears up, we'll go out
3) Esp (=enjuagar) to rinse3.See:* * *1.verbo impersonala) ( amanecer)cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando — dawn o day was breaking when we got up
b) ( escampar) to clear up2.aclarar vib) tiempo/día ( escampar) to clear up3.aclarar vt1) ( quitar color a) to lighten3)a) < salsa> to thinb) <vegetación/bosque> to clear4) (Esp) <ropa/vajilla> to rinse4.aclararse v pron1)2) (Esp fam)a) ( entender) to understanda ver si nos aclaramos — let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight
b) ( decidirse) to make up one's mind* * *= clarify, elucidate, qualify, rinse, sort out, shed + light (on/upon), throw + light on, make + the point that, spell out, explicate, make + explicit, clear up, shed + understanding, cast + light on, bring + clarity (to), get to + the bottom of, unravel, get to + the root of, rinse off.Ex. The examples above should serve also to clarify the relationship between the authority entry and the reference entry.Ex. An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.Ex. Common facets may be listed anywhere in the schedule order, because they are facets that, although only listed once can be applied anywhere in the citation order, as required to qualify the concept to which they apply.Ex. After treatment with NM2P a drawing is rinsed several times with acetone.Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.Ex. This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.Ex. It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.Ex. However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.Ex. Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.Ex. Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.Ex. The author stresses the need to distinguish between fact and opinion and to make explicit all sorts of assumptions and vaguenesses that tend to cloud the view.Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex. The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.Ex. The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment.Ex. A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.Ex. He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.Ex. Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.Ex. One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.Ex. The only thing that rinsing off baby carrots will do is remove any dirt that might be on the surface -- it won't wash away any bacteria.----* aclarar el pelo = lighten + Posesivo + hair.* aclarar el sentido = clarify + meaning.* aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.* aclarar las ideas de Uno = clarify + Posesivo + mind.* aclarar lo que sucedió = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.* aclarar los detalles = work out + details.* aclarar lo sucedido = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.* aclararse = become + apparent, get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right, fall into + place.* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.* aclarar una cuestión = clarify + matter, clarify + issue.* aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.* aclarar un concepto = clarify + idea, clarify + concept.* aclarar un malentendido = clear up + misunderstanding.* aclarar un misterio = unravel + mystery.* aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.* aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.* aclarar un punto = clarify + point.* tiempo + aclararse = weather + clear.* * *1.verbo impersonala) ( amanecer)cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando — dawn o day was breaking when we got up
b) ( escampar) to clear up2.aclarar vib) tiempo/día ( escampar) to clear up3.aclarar vt1) ( quitar color a) to lighten3)a) < salsa> to thinb) <vegetación/bosque> to clear4) (Esp) <ropa/vajilla> to rinse4.aclararse v pron1)2) (Esp fam)a) ( entender) to understanda ver si nos aclaramos — let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight
b) ( decidirse) to make up one's mind* * *= clarify, elucidate, qualify, rinse, sort out, shed + light (on/upon), throw + light on, make + the point that, spell out, explicate, make + explicit, clear up, shed + understanding, cast + light on, bring + clarity (to), get to + the bottom of, unravel, get to + the root of, rinse off.Ex: The examples above should serve also to clarify the relationship between the authority entry and the reference entry.
Ex: An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.Ex: Common facets may be listed anywhere in the schedule order, because they are facets that, although only listed once can be applied anywhere in the citation order, as required to qualify the concept to which they apply.Ex: After treatment with NM2P a drawing is rinsed several times with acetone.Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.Ex: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.Ex: It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.Ex: However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.Ex: Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.Ex: Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.Ex: The author stresses the need to distinguish between fact and opinion and to make explicit all sorts of assumptions and vaguenesses that tend to cloud the view.Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex: The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.Ex: The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment.Ex: A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.Ex: He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.Ex: Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.Ex: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.Ex: The only thing that rinsing off baby carrots will do is remove any dirt that might be on the surface -- it won't wash away any bacteria.* aclarar el pelo = lighten + Posesivo + hair.* aclarar el sentido = clarify + meaning.* aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.* aclarar las ideas de Uno = clarify + Posesivo + mind.* aclarar lo que sucedió = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.* aclarar los detalles = work out + details.* aclarar lo sucedido = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.* aclararse = become + apparent, get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right, fall into + place.* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.* aclarar una cuestión = clarify + matter, clarify + issue.* aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.* aclarar un concepto = clarify + idea, clarify + concept.* aclarar un malentendido = clear up + misunderstanding.* aclarar un misterio = unravel + mystery.* aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.* aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.* aclarar un punto = clarify + point.* tiempo + aclararse = weather + clear.* * *aclarar [A1 ]1(amanecer): cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando dawn o day was breaking when we got up, it was starting to get light when we got up2 (escampar) to clear upsi aclara, podemos salir if the weather o if it clears up, we can go outvi1 «día» (empezar) to break, dawn2 «día/tiempo» (escampar) to clear up■ aclararvtA ‹color› to lightenB1 ‹duda/problema› to clarifyintentaré aclarárselo I'll try to clarify it for you, I'll try to explain it to youme aclaró varias dudas que tenía she clarified several points I wasn't sure of, she cleared up several queries I hadno pudo aclararme nada sobre el tema she couldn't throw any light on the subjectquiero aclarar que yo no sabía nada sobre el asunto I want to make it clear that I didn't know anything about the matterC1 ‹salsa› to thin2 ‹vegetación/bosque› to clearD ( Esp) (enjuagar) ‹ropa/vajilla› to rinse; ‹pelo› to rinse1 ‹pelo› to lightense aclaraba el pelo she lightened her hair2aclararse la voz to clear one's throat3( Esp fam) «persona»: explícamelo otra vez, sigo sin aclararme explain it to me again, I still haven't got it straight o I still don't understandcomparemos las listas, a ver si nos aclaramos let's compare the lists and see if we can sort things out o get things straightno me aclaro con esta máquina I can't work out how to use this machine, I can't get the hang of this machine ( colloq)lleva una borrachera que no se aclara he's so drunk he doesn't know what's going ontengo un sueño que no me aclaro I'm so tired I can't think straightunos días de descanso para aclararme las ideas a few days' rest to get my ideas straight* * *
aclarar ( conjugate aclarar) v impersa) ( amanecer):
cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando dawn o day was breaking when we got up
verbo intransitivo
verbo transitivo
1 ( quitar color a) to lighten
2 ‹ ideas› to get … straight;
‹ duda› to clear up, clarify;◊ quiero aclarar que … I want to make it clear that …
3 (Esp) ‹ropa/vajilla› to rinse
aclararse verbo pronominal
1
2 (Esp fam) ( entender) to understand;◊ a ver si nos aclaramos let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight
aclarar
I verbo transitivo
1 (hacer comprensible) to clarify, explain: deberían aclarar las cosas entre ellos, they should clear things up among themselves
2 (suavizar color) to lighten, make lighter
3 (quitar el jabón) to rinse
II v impers Meteor to clear (up)
' aclarar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despejar
- determinar
- judicialmente
- ir
English:
air
- bleach
- clarify
- clear
- clear up
- elucidate
- explain
- illuminate
- inquest
- lighten
- meaning
- rinse
- straight
- straighten out
- talk over
- sort
- straighten
- thin
* * *♦ vt2. [explicar] to clarify, to explain;aclaremos una cosa let's get one thing clear;eso lo aclara todo that explains everything;¿me podría aclarar ese último punto? could you clarify o explain that last point for me?3. [color] to make lighter;el sol aclara el pelo the sun makes your hair lighter4. [lo espeso] [chocolate, sopa] to thin (down);[bosque] to thin out;aclaró la pintura con un poco de aguarrás she thinned the paint with a little turpentine♦ v impersonalya aclaraba [amanecía] it was getting light;[se despejaba] the sky was clearing;la tarde se fue aclarando it brightened up during the afternoon* * *I v/tII v/i1 de día break, dawn2 de tiempo clear up* * *aclarar vt1) clarificar: to clarify, to explain, to resolve2) : to lighten3)aclarar la voz : to clear one's throataclarar vi1) : to get light, to dawn2) : to clear up* * *aclarar vb2. (dudas) to clear up3. (color) to lighten4. (enjuagar) to rinse5. (mejorar el tiempo) to clear up -
115 mucho
adj.a lot of, too much, much, plenty of.adv.1 a lot, much, very much, a great deal.2 very often, too often.m.a great deal, quite much, much, a lot.* * *► adjetivo1 (singular - en afirmativas) a lot of; (- en negativas, interrogativas) a lot of, much■ no tiene mucho dinero he hasn't got a lot of/much money■ ¿nos queda mucha gasolina? have we got a lot of/much petrol left?2 (plural - en afirmativas) a lot of, lots of; (- en negativas, interrogativas) a lot of, many■ no hay muchas copas there aren't a lot of/many glasses■ ¿tienes muchos libros? have you got a lot of/many books?■ hace mucho calor/frío it's very hot/cold■ tengo mucha hambre/sed I'm very hungry/thirsty3 (demasiado - singular) too much; (- plural) too many1 (singular) a lot, much; (plural) a lot, many► adverbio1 (de cantidad) a lot, much■ mucho mejor/peor much better/worse■ ¿te ha gustado la película? --sí, mucho did you like the film? --yes, very much■ ¿estaba buena la comida? --sí, mucho was the food good? --yes, very good■ mucho antes/después much earlier/later3 (de frecuencia) often\como mucho at the mostcon mucho by farni con mucho nowhere near asni mucho menos far frompor mucho que however much* * *1. (f. - mucha)adj.many, much, a lot of, plenty of2. adv.much, a lot- con mucho
- mucho tiempo 3. (f. - mucha)pron.many, much, a lot* * *1. ADJ1) [en singular] [en oraciones afirmativas] a lot of, lots of; [en oraciones interrogativas y negativas] a lot of, muchtengo mucho dinero — I have a lot of o lots of money
había mucha gente — there were a lot of o lots of people there
¿tienes mucho trabajo? — do you have a lot of o much work?
no tengo mucho dinero — I don't have a lot of o much money
2) [en plural] [en oraciones afirmativas] a lot of, lots of; [en oraciones interrogativas y negativas] a lot of, manytiene muchas plantas — he has got a lot of o lots of plants
muchas personas creen que no — a lot of o lots of people don't think so
se lo he dicho muchas veces — I've told him many o lots of times
¿había muchos niños en el parque? — were there a lot of o many children in the park?
no había muchos patos en el lago — there weren't a lot of o many ducks on the lake
3) * [con singular colectivo]había mucho borracho — there were a lot of o lots of drunks there
hay mucho tonto suelto — there are a lot of o lots of idiots around
mucho beso, pero luego me critica por la espalda — she's all kisses, but then she criticizes me behind my back
4) (=demasiado)es mucha mujer para ti — * that woman is too much for you
esta es mucha casa para nosotros — * this house is too big for us
2. PRON1) [en singular]a) [en frases afirmativas] a lot, lots; [en frases interrogativas y negativas] a lot, muchtengo mucho que hacer — I have a lot o lots to do
tiene la culpa de mucho de lo que pasa — he's to blame for a lot of o much of what has happened
¿has aprendido mucho en este trabajo? — have you learnt a lot o much from this job?
no tengo mucho que hacer — I haven't got a lot o much to do
-¿cuánto vino queda? -mucho — "how much wine is left?" - "a lot" o "lots"
b) [referido a tiempo] long¿te vas a quedar mucho? — are you staying long?
¿falta mucho para llegar? — will it be long till we arrive?
-¿cuánto nos queda para acabar? -mucho — "how long till we finish?" - "ages"
hace mucho que no salgo a bailar — it's a long time o ages since I went out dancing
2) [en plural] [en frases afirmativas] a lot, lots; [en frases interrogativas y negativas] a lot, manysomos muchos — there are a lot of o lots of us
son muchos los que no quieren — there are a lot o lots who don't want to
muchos dicen que... — a lot of o lots of o many people say that...
muchos de los ausentes — many of o a lot of those absent
-¿hay manzanas? -sí, pero no muchas — "are there any apples?" - "yes, but not many o not a lot"
¿vinieron muchos? — did many o a lot of people come?
-¿cuántos había? -muchos — "how many were there?" - "a lot" o "lots"
3. ADV1) (=en gran cantidad) a lotte quiero mucho — I love you very much o a lot
viene mucho — he comes often o a lot
me gusta mucho el jazz — I really like jazz, I like jazz a lot
sí señor, me gusta y mucho — I do indeed like it and I like it a lot
- son 75 euros -es mucho — "that will be 75 euros" - "that's a lot"
lo siento mucho — I'm very o really sorry
¡mucho lo sientes tú! — * a fat lot you care! *
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muy mucho, se guardará muy mucho de hacerlo — * he'll jolly well be careful not to do it *•
pensárselo mucho, se lo pensó mucho antes de contestar — he thought long and hard about it before replying2) [en respuestas]-¿estás cansado? -¡mucho! — "are you tired?" - "I certainly am!"
-¿te gusta? -no mucho — "do you like it?" - "not really"
3) [otras locuciones]•
como mucho — at (the) most•
con mucho — by far, far and awayfue, con mucho, el mejor — he was by far the best, he was far and away the best
no se puede comparar, ni con mucho, a ninguna de nuestras ideas — it bears no comparison at all o you can't begin to compare it with any of our ideas
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cuando mucho — frm at (the) most•
tener a algn en mucho — to think highly of sb•
ni mucho menos, Juan no es ni mucho menos el que era — Juan is nothing like the man he wasmi intención no era insultarte, ni mucho menos — I in no way intended to insult you, I didn't intend to insult you, far from it
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por mucho que, por mucho que estudies — however hard you studypor mucho que lo quieras no debes mimarlo — no matter how much you love him, you shouldn't spoil him
* * *Ia) <salir/ayudar> a lotme gusta muchísimo — I like it/her/him very much o a lot
funciona mucho mejor — it works much o a lot better
¿llueve mucho? — is it raining hard?
b) ( en respuestas)¿estás preocupado? - mucho — are you worried? - (yes, I am,) very
II¿te gusta? - sí, mucho — do you like it? - yes, very much; para locs ver mucho III 3)
- cha adjetivo1)a) (sing) a lot of; ( en negativas e interrogativas) much, a lot of¿tienes mucha hambre? — are you very hungry?
b) (pl) a lot of; ( en negativas e interrogativas) many, a lot of¿recibiste muchos regalos? — did you get many o a lot of presents?
2) (sing)a) (fam) ( con valor plural)mucho elogio pero no me lo van a publicar — they're full of praise but they're not going to publish it
b) (fam) ( con valor ponderativo)III- cha pronombre1) (refiriéndose a cantidad, número)mucho de lo que ha dicho — much o a lot of what he has said
muchos creen que... — many (people) believe that...
2) mucho ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a long time¿falta mucho para llegar? — are we nearly there?
¿tuviste que esperar mucho? — did you have to wait long?
3) (en locs)con mucho — by far, easily
no es un buen pianista ni mucho menos — he isn't a good pianist, far from it
* * *= heavily, much, widely, a great deal, eminent + Nombre, utmost, vitally + Verbo, plenty, to any great degree, severely, lots of, rather a lot, numerable, a whole lot (of), a great deal of, a good deal of, greatly, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], extensively, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys, bags of.Ex. Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.Ex. Although the 1949 code was much longer than its predecessor, the 1908 code, it only contained rules pertaining to headings.Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.Ex. Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.Ex. 'I think it makes eminent sense, for the reasons I've outlined,' he said and started toward the door.Ex. Indeed, he must take the utmost care never to jump to conclusions.Ex. Though the reference librarian cannot enter the reference process until he receives the question from the enquirer he is vitally concerned about all of its stages.Ex. One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.Ex. Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.Ex. Pressure on space will create the desire on the part of the editor to limit severely the length any paper being published.Ex. Though reference work is the backbone of their task, they do lots of things that are not reference work.Ex. Carlyle has been dead nearly a hundred years, but many an academic would like to agree with Carlyle even if, perhaps, universities have changed rather a lot since his day.Ex. During the past decade both groups have developed numerable measures to assess creative potential.Ex. For the libraries in Belgium CD-ROM offers a new range of possibilities and a whole lot of reference works will be searchable and much more used.Ex. As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.Ex. There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.Ex. The computer can greatly assist in thesaurus compilation and updating.Ex. The method is sufficiently flexible to allow for wide modifications.Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.Ex. Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.Ex. The landlord is as mad as a barrel load of monkeys, but a fine man and ex-soldier.Ex. His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.----* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.* afectar mucho = hit + hard.* Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].* Algo que lleva mucho tiempo de hacer = time-consuming [time consuming].* a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].* andarse con mucho cuidado = walk on + eggshells, tread + the thin line between... and.* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* arriesgar mucho = play (for) + high stakes.* avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.* bajar mucho = go + way down.* beber mucho = drink + heavily.* bebida alcohólica con muchos grados = hard drink, hard liquor.* cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.* con mucha antelación = far in advance.* con mucha ceremonia = ceremoniously.* con mucha diferencia = by far.* con mucha energía = high energy.* con mucha frecuencia = very often.* con mucha información = populated.* con mucha labia = glibly, smooth-talking.* con mucha palabrería = glibly.* con mucha población = heavily populated.* con mucha pompa = ceremoniously.* con mucha prisa = without a minute to spare.* con muchas actividades = event-filled.* con muchas deudas = heavily indebted.* con muchas ilustraciones = copiously illustrated.* con muchas imágenes = image intensive.* con muchas prestaciones = feature-filled, multifacility.* con mucha vitalidad = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.].* con mucho = very much, far + Verbo, grossly, by far, by a long shot, by a long way, hands down.* con mucho ánimo = spiritedly.* con mucho bombo = ceremoniously.* con mucho contenido = information packed [information-packed].* con mucho esfuerzo = painfully.* con mucho éxito = with a wide appeal.* con mucho protocolo = ceremoniously.* con mucho público = well attended [well-attended].* con muchos acontecimientos = event-filled.* con muchos detalles = elaborately.* con muchos eventos = event-filled.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* con muchos lectores = with a wide appeal.* con muchos miramientos = ceremoniously.* con mucho trabajo = painfully.* conseguir mucho = do + much.* contener mucho = be high in.* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.* dar mucho en qué pensar = give + Nombre + much to think about, give + Nombre + a lot to think about.* dar mucho valor a Algo = value + Nombre + highly.* darse (muchos) aires = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.* decir mucho de Algo = speak + volumes.* de hace muchos años = long-standing.* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-term, long-lost.* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.* demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.* de muchas formas = in more ways than one.* de muchas maneras = in every way.* de mucho arraigo = long-established.* de mucho beneficio = high-payoff.* de mucho cuidado = badass.* de mucho provecho = high-payoff.* de muchos usos = all-purpose.* desde hace muchos años = for years.* desde hace mucho tiempo = for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages).* desear mucha suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck.* desempeñando muchas funciones = in many capacities.* destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).* día de mucho calor = scorcher.* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.* durante el transcurso de muchos años = over many years.* durante muchas horas = for many long hours.* durante muchos años = for many years, for years to come, for many years to come, over many years, for years and years (and years).* durante mucho tiempo = long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], for generations, long-time [longtime], for a long time to come, for long periods of time, for a long period of time, lastingly, for a very long time, for many long hours, for a long time, in ages (and ages and ages).* durar mucho = last + long.* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.* echar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.* en muchos aspectos = in most respects.* en muchos casos = in many instances.* en muchos grupos = in many quarters.* en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.* en muchos sectores = in many quarters.* en muchos sectores de la población = in many quarters.* en muchos sentidos = in many ways, in many respects, in most respects, in more ways than one.* escribir mucho sobre Algo = a lot + be written about, much + be written about.* existen de muchos tipos = come in + many guises.* existir mucha diferencia entre... y... = be a far cry from... to....* faltar mucho = be a long way off.* faltar mucho (para) = there + be + a long way to go (before), have + a long way to go (before).* fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.* ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.* guardar con mucho cariño = treasure.* guardar muchas esperanzas = get + Posesivo + hopes up.* gustar mucho = come up + a treat, go down + a treat.* gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].* gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth.* haber de muchos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.* haber recorrido mucho mundo = be well-travelled.* haber viajado mucho = be well-travelled.* hace muchas lunas = all those many moons ago, many moons ago.* hace muchos años = many years ago.* hace mucho tiempo = long since, all those many moons ago, many moons ago.* hacer mucho = do + much.* hacer mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.* hacer mucho por = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.* hacer muchos aspavientos por Algo = make + a song and dance about.* hace ya mucho tiempo que = gone are the days of.* hombre que tiene mucho mundo = a man of the world.* ir con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* la mayoría con mucho = the vast majority of.* llenar mucho = be filling.* lo mucho que = how extensively.* mucha gente + esperar que = be widely expected.* muchas ganancias = high return.* Muchas gracias = Thank you very much.* muchas horas = long hours.* muchas otras cosas = much else.* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.* mucha suerte = best of luck.* muchas veces = multiple times.* mucho + Adjetivo = very much + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo.* mucho antes = early on.* mucho antes de = well before.* mucho + Comparativo = a good deal + Comparativo.* mucho dinero = big bucks.* mucho esfuerzo = hard work.* mucho interés = keen interest.* mucho más = order of magnitude, much more, much more so, a lot more, lots more.* mucho más + Adjetivo = all the more + Adjetivo, far + Adjetivo Comparativo.* mucho más + Adverbio/Adjetivo = far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo, far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo.* mucho más allá de = far beyond.* mucho más cerca = far closer.* mucho más de = well over + Expresión Numérica.* mucho más rápido = far faster.* mucho mayor = far greater, far larger, very much greater.* mucho mejor = far better.* mucho mejor que = far superior to.* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.* mucho menos + Adjetivo = far + Adjetivo Comparativo.* mucho + Nombre = a lot of + Nombre, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre.* mucho peor = far worse.* mucho que + Infinitivo = a lot + Infinitivo.* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = much ado about nothing, storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* muchos = many, good many, many a(n).* muchos beneficios = high return.* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.* muchos más = a great many more.* muchos + Nombre = a lot of + Nombre.* mucho tiempo = long time, long periods of time, a very long time, long hours, ample time, for a long time.* mucho tiempo antes de (que) = long before.* mucho tiempo después = ages and ages hence.* mucho tiempo después (de que) = long after.* mucho trabajo = hard graft.* ni con mucho = not by a long shot.* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.* no estar finalizado (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + completeness.* no existir muchos indicios de que = there + be + little sign of.* no haber muchas señales de que = there + be + little sign of.* no hace mucho = in the recent past.* no hace mucho tiempo = not so long ago.* Nombre + no tardará mucho en = it won't be long before + Nombre.* Nombre + no tardó mucho en = it wasn't long before + Nombre.* no mucho después = not long after.* no parar mucho en un sitio = live out of + a suitcase.* no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.* no perderse mucho = be no great loss.* pasar mucho tiempo antes de que = be a long time before.* pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.* persona con mucha ambición = social climber.* persona que ha viajado mucho = seasoned traveller.* poner mucho ahínco = try + Posesivo + heart out.* poner mucho ahínco en = put + Posesivo + heart into.* poner mucho empe = put + Posesivo + heart into.* poner mucho empeño = try + Posesivo + heart out.* poner mucho empeño en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.* poner mucho empeño por = take + (great) pains to.* poner mucho esmero por = take + (great) pains to.* por muchas razones = in many ways.* por mucho que lo + intentar = try as + Pronombre + might.* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.* prometer mucho = promise + great possibilities, bode + well.* que consume mucha CPU = CPU intensive.* que consume mucha energía = energy-intensive.* que contiene muchas imágenes = image intensive.* quedar mucho más por hacer = much more needs to be done.* quedar mucho (para) = have + a long way to go (before), there + be + a long way to go (before).* quedar mucho por conocer = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.* quedar mucho por hacer = more needs to be done, have + a long way to go.* quedar mucho por saber = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.* que deja mucho al azar = hit-or-miss.* que hay que dar muchas vueltas = circuitous.* que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.* que ocupa mucho espacio = space-consuming.* que se percibe desde hace mucho tiempo = long-felt.* que utiliza muchos recursos = resource-intensive.* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.* resaltar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.* ser mucho = be a mouthful.* ser mucho más = be all the more.* ser mucho más que = be far more than.* sin mucha antelación = at short notice.* sin mucha anticipación = at short notice.* sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.* sin muchas contemplaciones = unceremoniously.* sin muchos inconvenientes = without much grudging.* sin pensarlo mucho = off the top of + Posesivo + head.* sorprenderse mucho = eyes + pop (out), Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + head, Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + socket.* tener mucha distancia que recorrer = have + a long way to go.* tener mucha personalidad = be full of character.* tener mucho camino que recorrer = have + a long way to go.* tener mucho carácter = be full of character.* tener mucho cuidado = be extra vigilant.* tener mucho éxito = hit + a home run, hit it out of + the park, knock it out of + the park.* tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.* tener mucho interés por = be keen to.* tener mucho que ver con = have + a great deal to do with.* tener mucho tiempo libre = have + plenty of time to spare.* trabajando mucho = hard at work.* trabajar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.* trabajar mucho = work + hard.* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.* venir de mucho tiempo atrás = go back + a long way.* Verbo + mucho = Verbo + hard.* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.* y mucho más = and much more.* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.* y mucho(s) más = and more.* * *Ia) <salir/ayudar> a lotme gusta muchísimo — I like it/her/him very much o a lot
funciona mucho mejor — it works much o a lot better
¿llueve mucho? — is it raining hard?
b) ( en respuestas)¿estás preocupado? - mucho — are you worried? - (yes, I am,) very
II¿te gusta? - sí, mucho — do you like it? - yes, very much; para locs ver mucho III 3)
- cha adjetivo1)a) (sing) a lot of; ( en negativas e interrogativas) much, a lot of¿tienes mucha hambre? — are you very hungry?
b) (pl) a lot of; ( en negativas e interrogativas) many, a lot of¿recibiste muchos regalos? — did you get many o a lot of presents?
2) (sing)a) (fam) ( con valor plural)mucho elogio pero no me lo van a publicar — they're full of praise but they're not going to publish it
b) (fam) ( con valor ponderativo)III- cha pronombre1) (refiriéndose a cantidad, número)mucho de lo que ha dicho — much o a lot of what he has said
muchos creen que... — many (people) believe that...
2) mucho ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a long time¿falta mucho para llegar? — are we nearly there?
¿tuviste que esperar mucho? — did you have to wait long?
3) (en locs)con mucho — by far, easily
no es un buen pianista ni mucho menos — he isn't a good pianist, far from it
* * *= heavily, much, widely, a great deal, eminent + Nombre, utmost, vitally + Verbo, plenty, to any great degree, severely, lots of, rather a lot, numerable, a whole lot (of), a great deal of, a good deal of, greatly, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], extensively, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys, bags of.Ex: Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.
Ex: Although the 1949 code was much longer than its predecessor, the 1908 code, it only contained rules pertaining to headings.Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.Ex: Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.Ex: 'I think it makes eminent sense, for the reasons I've outlined,' he said and started toward the door.Ex: Indeed, he must take the utmost care never to jump to conclusions.Ex: Though the reference librarian cannot enter the reference process until he receives the question from the enquirer he is vitally concerned about all of its stages.Ex: One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.Ex: Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.Ex: Pressure on space will create the desire on the part of the editor to limit severely the length any paper being published.Ex: Though reference work is the backbone of their task, they do lots of things that are not reference work.Ex: Carlyle has been dead nearly a hundred years, but many an academic would like to agree with Carlyle even if, perhaps, universities have changed rather a lot since his day.Ex: During the past decade both groups have developed numerable measures to assess creative potential.Ex: For the libraries in Belgium CD-ROM offers a new range of possibilities and a whole lot of reference works will be searchable and much more used.Ex: As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.Ex: There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.Ex: The computer can greatly assist in thesaurus compilation and updating.Ex: The method is sufficiently flexible to allow for wide modifications.Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.Ex: Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.Ex: The landlord is as mad as a barrel load of monkeys, but a fine man and ex-soldier.Ex: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.* afectar mucho = hit + hard.* Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].* Algo que lleva mucho tiempo de hacer = time-consuming [time consuming].* a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].* andarse con mucho cuidado = walk on + eggshells, tread + the thin line between... and.* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* arriesgar mucho = play (for) + high stakes.* avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.* bajar mucho = go + way down.* beber mucho = drink + heavily.* bebida alcohólica con muchos grados = hard drink, hard liquor.* cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.* con mucha antelación = far in advance.* con mucha ceremonia = ceremoniously.* con mucha diferencia = by far.* con mucha energía = high energy.* con mucha frecuencia = very often.* con mucha información = populated.* con mucha labia = glibly, smooth-talking.* con mucha palabrería = glibly.* con mucha población = heavily populated.* con mucha pompa = ceremoniously.* con mucha prisa = without a minute to spare.* con muchas actividades = event-filled.* con muchas deudas = heavily indebted.* con muchas ilustraciones = copiously illustrated.* con muchas imágenes = image intensive.* con muchas prestaciones = feature-filled, multifacility.* con mucha vitalidad = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.].* con mucho = very much, far + Verbo, grossly, by far, by a long shot, by a long way, hands down.* con mucho ánimo = spiritedly.* con mucho bombo = ceremoniously.* con mucho contenido = information packed [information-packed].* con mucho esfuerzo = painfully.* con mucho éxito = with a wide appeal.* con mucho protocolo = ceremoniously.* con mucho público = well attended [well-attended].* con muchos acontecimientos = event-filled.* con muchos detalles = elaborately.* con muchos eventos = event-filled.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* con muchos lectores = with a wide appeal.* con muchos miramientos = ceremoniously.* con mucho trabajo = painfully.* conseguir mucho = do + much.* contener mucho = be high in.* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.* dar mucho en qué pensar = give + Nombre + much to think about, give + Nombre + a lot to think about.* dar mucho valor a Algo = value + Nombre + highly.* darse (muchos) aires = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.* decir mucho de Algo = speak + volumes.* de hace muchos años = long-standing.* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-term, long-lost.* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.* demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.* de muchas formas = in more ways than one.* de muchas maneras = in every way.* de mucho arraigo = long-established.* de mucho beneficio = high-payoff.* de mucho cuidado = badass.* de mucho provecho = high-payoff.* de muchos usos = all-purpose.* desde hace muchos años = for years.* desde hace mucho tiempo = for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages).* desear mucha suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck.* desempeñando muchas funciones = in many capacities.* destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).* día de mucho calor = scorcher.* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.* durante el transcurso de muchos años = over many years.* durante muchas horas = for many long hours.* durante muchos años = for many years, for years to come, for many years to come, over many years, for years and years (and years).* durante mucho tiempo = long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], for generations, long-time [longtime], for a long time to come, for long periods of time, for a long period of time, lastingly, for a very long time, for many long hours, for a long time, in ages (and ages and ages).* durar mucho = last + long.* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.* echar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.* en muchos aspectos = in most respects.* en muchos casos = in many instances.* en muchos grupos = in many quarters.* en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.* en muchos sectores = in many quarters.* en muchos sectores de la población = in many quarters.* en muchos sentidos = in many ways, in many respects, in most respects, in more ways than one.* escribir mucho sobre Algo = a lot + be written about, much + be written about.* existen de muchos tipos = come in + many guises.* existir mucha diferencia entre... y... = be a far cry from... to....* faltar mucho = be a long way off.* faltar mucho (para) = there + be + a long way to go (before), have + a long way to go (before).* fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.* ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.* guardar con mucho cariño = treasure.* guardar muchas esperanzas = get + Posesivo + hopes up.* gustar mucho = come up + a treat, go down + a treat.* gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].* gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth.* haber de muchos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.* haber recorrido mucho mundo = be well-travelled.* haber viajado mucho = be well-travelled.* hace muchas lunas = all those many moons ago, many moons ago.* hace muchos años = many years ago.* hace mucho tiempo = long since, all those many moons ago, many moons ago.* hacer mucho = do + much.* hacer mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.* hacer mucho por = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.* hacer muchos aspavientos por Algo = make + a song and dance about.* hace ya mucho tiempo que = gone are the days of.* hombre que tiene mucho mundo = a man of the world.* ir con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* la mayoría con mucho = the vast majority of.* llenar mucho = be filling.* lo mucho que = how extensively.* mucha gente + esperar que = be widely expected.* muchas ganancias = high return.* Muchas gracias = Thank you very much.* muchas horas = long hours.* muchas otras cosas = much else.* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.* mucha suerte = best of luck.* muchas veces = multiple times.* mucho + Adjetivo = very much + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo.* mucho antes = early on.* mucho antes de = well before.* mucho + Comparativo = a good deal + Comparativo.* mucho dinero = big bucks.* mucho esfuerzo = hard work.* mucho interés = keen interest.* mucho más = order of magnitude, much more, much more so, a lot more, lots more.* mucho más + Adjetivo = all the more + Adjetivo, far + Adjetivo Comparativo.* mucho más + Adverbio/Adjetivo = far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo, far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo.* mucho más allá de = far beyond.* mucho más cerca = far closer.* mucho más de = well over + Expresión Numérica.* mucho más rápido = far faster.* mucho mayor = far greater, far larger, very much greater.* mucho mejor = far better.* mucho mejor que = far superior to.* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.* mucho menos + Adjetivo = far + Adjetivo Comparativo.* mucho + Nombre = a lot of + Nombre, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre.* mucho peor = far worse.* mucho que + Infinitivo = a lot + Infinitivo.* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = much ado about nothing, storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* muchos = many, good many, many a(n).* muchos beneficios = high return.* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.* muchos más = a great many more.* muchos + Nombre = a lot of + Nombre.* mucho tiempo = long time, long periods of time, a very long time, long hours, ample time, for a long time.* mucho tiempo antes de (que) = long before.* mucho tiempo después = ages and ages hence.* mucho tiempo después (de que) = long after.* mucho trabajo = hard graft.* ni con mucho = not by a long shot.* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.* no estar finalizado (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + completeness.* no existir muchos indicios de que = there + be + little sign of.* no haber muchas señales de que = there + be + little sign of.* no hace mucho = in the recent past.* no hace mucho tiempo = not so long ago.* Nombre + no tardará mucho en = it won't be long before + Nombre.* Nombre + no tardó mucho en = it wasn't long before + Nombre.* no mucho después = not long after.* no parar mucho en un sitio = live out of + a suitcase.* no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.* no perderse mucho = be no great loss.* pasar mucho tiempo antes de que = be a long time before.* pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.* persona con mucha ambición = social climber.* persona que ha viajado mucho = seasoned traveller.* poner mucho ahínco = try + Posesivo + heart out.* poner mucho ahínco en = put + Posesivo + heart into.* poner mucho empe = put + Posesivo + heart into.* poner mucho empeño = try + Posesivo + heart out.* poner mucho empeño en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.* poner mucho empeño por = take + (great) pains to.* poner mucho esmero por = take + (great) pains to.* por muchas razones = in many ways.* por mucho que lo + intentar = try as + Pronombre + might.* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.* prometer mucho = promise + great possibilities, bode + well.* que consume mucha CPU = CPU intensive.* que consume mucha energía = energy-intensive.* que contiene muchas imágenes = image intensive.* quedar mucho más por hacer = much more needs to be done.* quedar mucho (para) = have + a long way to go (before), there + be + a long way to go (before).* quedar mucho por conocer = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.* quedar mucho por hacer = more needs to be done, have + a long way to go.* quedar mucho por saber = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.* que deja mucho al azar = hit-or-miss.* que hay que dar muchas vueltas = circuitous.* que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.* que ocupa mucho espacio = space-consuming.* que se percibe desde hace mucho tiempo = long-felt.* que utiliza muchos recursos = resource-intensive.* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.* resaltar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.* ser mucho = be a mouthful.* ser mucho más = be all the more.* ser mucho más que = be far more than.* sin mucha antelación = at short notice.* sin mucha anticipación = at short notice.* sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.* sin muchas contemplaciones = unceremoniously.* sin muchos inconvenientes = without much grudging.* sin pensarlo mucho = off the top of + Posesivo + head.* sorprenderse mucho = eyes + pop (out), Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + head, Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + socket.* tener mucha distancia que recorrer = have + a long way to go.* tener mucha personalidad = be full of character.* tener mucho camino que recorrer = have + a long way to go.* tener mucho carácter = be full of character.* tener mucho cuidado = be extra vigilant.* tener mucho éxito = hit + a home run, hit it out of + the park, knock it out of + the park.* tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.* tener mucho interés por = be keen to.* tener mucho que ver con = have + a great deal to do with.* tener mucho tiempo libre = have + plenty of time to spare.* trabajando mucho = hard at work.* trabajar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.* trabajar mucho = work + hard.* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.* venir de mucho tiempo atrás = go back + a long way.* Verbo + mucho = Verbo + hard.* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.* y mucho más = and much more.* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.* y mucho(s) más = and more.* * *1salen mucho they go out a lotno salen mucho they don't go out much o a lot¿salen mucho? do they go out much o a lot?me ayudaron muchísimo they really helped me a lotahora funciona mucho mejor it works much o a lot better nowesto preocupa, y mucho, a los ecologistas this is a matter of great concern to ecologiststrabaja mucho he works very hard¿llueve mucho? is it raining hard?me gusta muchísimo I like it a lot o very muchpor mucho que insistas, no te va a hacer caso no matter how much you insist o however much you insist he won't listen to youpor mucho que le grites no te oye you can shout as much as you like but he won't hear youdespués de mucho discutir llegaron a un acuerdo after long discussions, they reached an agreementmucho criticar a los demás pero ella tampoco hace nada por ayudar she's forever o always criticizing others but she doesn't do anything to help either2(en respuestas): ¿estás preocupado? — mucho are you worried? — (yes, I am,) very¿te gusta? — sí, mucho do you like it? — yes, very muchA1 ( sing) a lot of; (en negativas e interrogativas) much, a lot oftiene mucha vitamina C it contains a lot of vitamin Cno le tienen mucho respeto they don't have much o a lot of respect for himhabía mucha gente there were lots of o a lot of people theresucedió hace mucho tiempo it happened a long time ago¿tienes mucha hambre? are you very hungry?una ciudad con mucha vida nocturna a city with plenty of night life2 (pl) a lot of; (en negativas e interrogativas) many, a lot of¿recibiste muchos regalos? did you get many o a lot of presents?sus muchas obligaciones le impidieron asistir his many commitments prevented him from attendingmuchos niños pasan hambre many children go hungryseis hijos son muchos six children's a lotsomos muchos there are a lot of usB ( sing)1 ( fam)(con valor plural): mucho elogio, mucho cumplido pero no me lo van a publicar they're full of praise and compliments but they're not going to publish ithoy día hay mucho sinvergüenza por ahí these days there are a lot of rogues around2 ( fam)(con valor ponderativo): era mucho jugador para un equipo tan mediocre he was much too good a player for a mediocre team like thatA(refiriéndose a cantidad, número): mucho de lo que ha dicho es falso much o a lot of what he has said is untruetengo mucho que hacer I have a lot to dosi no es mucho pedir if it's not too much to askmuchos creen que … many (people) believe that …muchos son los llamados pero pocos los elegidos ( Bib) many are called but few are chosenBmucho (refiriéndose a tiempo) a long timehace mucho que no vamos al teatro we haven't been to the theater for a long time o for ages¿falta mucho para llegar? are we nearly there?, is it much further?¿tuviste que esperar mucho? did you have to wait long?mucho antes de conocerte long o a long time before I met youC ( en locs):como mucho at (the) mostcostará unos 30 dólares como mucho it probably costs about 30 dollars at (the) mostcon mucho by far, easilyfue, con mucho, la mejor de la clase she was by far o easily the best in the class, she was the best in the class, by farcuando mucho at (the) mostni mucho menos: no pretendo aconsejarte ni mucho menos I'm in no way trying to give you adviceno es un buen pianista ni mucho menos he isn't a good pianist, far from it* * *
mucho 1 adverbio
‹ trabajar› hard;◊ no salen mucho they don't go out much o a lot;
me gusta muchísimo I like it very much o a lot;
mucho mejor a lot better;
por mucho que insistas no matter how much you insist;
después de mucho discutir after much discussionb) ( en respuestas):◊ ¿estás preocupado? — mucho are you worried? — (yes, I am,) very;
¿te gusta? — sí, mucho do you like it? — yes, very much
mucho 2◊ - cha adjetivo
(en oraciones negativas, interrogativas) much, a lot of;
no gano mucho dinero I don't earn much o a lot of money;
¿ves mucha televisión? do you watch much o a lot of television;
tiene mucha hambre he's very hungryb) (pl) many, a lot of;◊ había muchos extranjeros/muchas personas allí there were many o a lot of foreigners/people there;
hace muchos años many years ago
■ pronombre
1 ( referido a cantidad)
( en oraciones negativas) much;
tengo mucho que hacer I have a lot to do;
eso no es mucho that's not much;
no queda mucha there isn't much left
◊ muchos creen que … many (people) believe that …;
muchos de nosotros many of us
2◊ muchoa) ( referido a tiempo):
¿te falta mucho para terminar? will it take you long to finish?;
mucho antes long before;
¿tuviste que esperar mucho? did you have to wait long?b) ( en locs)
con mucho by far, easily;
ni mucho menos far from it;
por mucho que … however much …
mucho,-a
I adj indef
1 (abundante, numeroso) (en frases afirmativas) a lot of, lots of
mucha comida, a lot of food
muchos animales, lots of animals
(en frases negativas) much, many pl: no queda mucho azúcar, there isn't much sugar left
no conozco muchos sitios, I don't know many places
2 (intenso) very: tengo mucho calor/miedo, I'm very hot/scared
hizo mucho esfuerzo, he made a great effort
3 (demasiado) es mucha responsabilidad, it's too much responsibility
II pron
1 a lot, a great deal, many: muchos fuimos al baile, many/lots of us went to the dance
muchos de nosotros/vosotros, many of us/you
de ésos tengo muchos, I've got lots of those
III adverbio
1 (cantidad) a lot, very much: me arrepentí mucho, I was very sorry
2 (tiempo) hace mucho que desapareció, he went missing a long time ago
hace mucho que estamos aquí, we have been here for a long time
(a menudo) often: vamos mucho al cine, we go to the cinema quite often
♦ Locuciones: como mucho, at the most
con mucho, by far
¡ni mucho menos!, no way!
por mucho (que), however much
Recuerda que el singular es much, el plural es many, y que estas dos palabras se suelen usar en frases negativas (no tengo demasiado tiempo, I haven't got much time), mientras que a lot (of) y lots (of) se encuentran en frases afirmativas: Tengo mucho dinero. I've got a lot of/lots of money. En frases interrogativas se usa tanto much y many como a lot o lots of: ¿Tienes mucho dinero?, Have you got much/ a lot of/lots of money? Sin embargo, en preguntas que empiezan por how sólo puedes emplear much o many: ¿Cuánto dinero tienes?, How much money have you got?
' mucho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonarse
- abrigar
- abultar
- achicharrar
- achicharrarse
- acoger
- adelantar
- adentro
- adorar
- afear
- afecta
- afectar
- afecto
- agradecer
- alejarse
- antes
- aparato
- aprecio
- aprovechar
- ascendiente
- avejentarse
- avenida
- avenido
- bailar
- bastante
- boato
- bombo
- brío
- cacarear
- caché
- cachet
- calor
- carácter
- cariño
- carrete
- cascar
- cervical
- chapar
- chiflar
- cocerse
- coco
- comer
- contraponer
- costar
- cuando
- de
- deber
- decaer
- decir
- defraudar
English:
ability
- ado
- afraid
- age
- ago
- agony
- all-out
- alone
- anywhere
- around
- as
- attract
- attuned to
- backlog
- badly
- bake
- balance
- be
- best
- booze
- bulky
- busywork
- capital
- cautious
- chalk
- challenging
- charisma
- come along
- come into
- commotion
- concern
- deal
- dear
- demand
- devoted
- difficult
- do
- dog days
- doing
- easily
- emotional
- enthusiastic
- esteem
- exhilarate
- experience
- extravagant
- fancy
- far
- fat
- few
* * *mucho, -a♦ adj1. [gran cantidad de] a lot of;comemos mucho pescado/mucha verdura we eat a lot of fish/vegetables;había mucha gente there were a lot of people there;producen muchos residuos they produce a lot of waste;tengo muchos más/menos amigos que tú I've got a lot more/fewer friends than you;no tengo mucho tiempo I haven't got much o a lot of time;no nos quedan muchas entradas we haven't got many o a lot of tickets left;¿hay muchas cosas que hacer? are there a lot of things to do?, is there much to do?;no tengo muchas ganas de ir I don't really o much feel like going;tengo mucho sueño I'm very sleepy;hoy hace mucho calor it's very hot today;hace mucho tiempo a long time ago;¡mucha suerte! the best of luck!;¡muchas gracias! thank you very much!mucha sal me parece que le estás echando I think you're overdoing the salt a bit, I think you're adding a bit too much salt;ésta es mucha casa para mí this house is much too big for me;Fames mucho hombre he's a real man;es mucho coche para un conductor novato it's far too powerful a car for an inexperienced driver;es mucha mujer para ti she's out of your league!;Fammucho lujo y mucho camarero trajeado pero la comida es horrible it's all very luxurious and full of smartly dressed waiters, but the food's terrible♦ pron(singular) a lot;* * *I adjmuch;mucho tiempo a lot of time;no tengo mucho tiempo I don’t have a lot of time o much time;tengo mucho frío I am very cold;es mucho coche para mí this car’s too much for memany;muchos amigos a lot of friends;no tengo muchos amigos I don’t have a lot of friends o many friendsII pronmuch;no tengo mucho I don’t have much o a lotmany;no tengo muchos I don’t have many o a lot;muchos creen que … a lot of people o many people think that …III advmuch;¿cuesta mucho? does it cost a lot o much?;nos vemos mucho we see each other often o a lot;hace mucho que no te veo I haven’t seen you for a long time;¿dura/tarda mucho? does it last/take long?2:como mucho at the most;dan mucho de sí you can do a lot in 10 months;no es ni con mucho he is far from being …;ni mucho menos far from it;por mucho que however much* * *mucho adv1) : much, a lotmucho más: much morele gusta mucho: he likes it a lot2) : long, a long timetardó mucho en venir: he was a long time getting here3)por mucho que : no matter how much1) : a lot of, many, muchmucha gente: a lot of peoplehace mucho tiempo que no lo veo: I haven't seen him in ages2)muchas veces : often1) : a lot, many, muchhay mucho que hacer: there is a lot to domuchas no vinieron: many didn't come2)cuando mucho orcomo mucho : at most3)con mucho : by far4)ni mucho menos : not at all, far from it* * *mucho1 adj1. (en general) a lot of / lots oflee muchos libros he reads a lot of books lots of es lo mismo que a lot of, pero un poco más familiarcomo mucho queso I eat lots of cheese Much es singular y suele sustituir a lot of en frases negativas e interrogativas¿ganas mucho dinero? do you earn much money? many es plural y suele sustituir a lot of en frases negativas e interrogativas¿marcaste muchos goles? did you score many goals?2. (otras expresiones) verymucho2 adv1. (en general) a lotlo siento mucho I'm very sorry / I'm really sorry2. (comparaciones) much3. (mucho tiempo) a long timeno está acabado, ni mucho menos it is far from finishedmucho3 pron1. (en singular frases afirmativas) a lot2. (en singular frases negativas e interrogativas) much / a lot3. (con plurales) many / a lot -
116 queja
f.1 complaint (protesta).presentar una queja to make o lodge a complaint (formalmente)tener queja de algo/alguien to have a complaint about something/somebody2 moan, groan (lamento).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: quejar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: quejar.* * *1 (descontento) complaint2 (de dolor) moan, groan\dar queja de algo/alguien to complaint about something/somebodypresentar una queja DERECHO to lodge a complaintno tener queja de alguien to have no complaints about somebody* * *noun f.1) complaint2) protest* * *SF1) (=reclamación) [gen] complaint; [refunfuñando] grumble, grouse *; [con rencor] grudge, resentmentpresentar una queja — to make o lodge a complaint
2) (=gemido) moan, groan3) (Jur) protest* * *a) ( protesta) complaint* * *= complaint, cry, discontent, grievance, remonstration, demand, hand-wringing, reproach, axe + to grind, gripe, whining, jeremiad, beef, plaint, letter of complaint, nag, niggle.Ex. CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.Ex. The cry is often heard that it is impossible to put nonbook materials on open shelves because they will be stolen.Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).Ex. Interestingly enough, the immediate effect of Bodley's remonstrations was the inclusion in the inventory lists of additional separate entries for books bound with other books.Ex. Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.Ex. The book is simply an occasion for ritual hand-wringing about Northern Ireland's troubled past and present troubles = El libro es simplemente una ocasión para lamentarse sobre los problemas pasados y presentes de Irlanda del Norte.Ex. A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.Ex. The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.Ex. The article 'Interlibrary loan: automation, whither thou goest; some gripes and an accolade' advises postponing automation until dedicated funds are available and hardware is standardized.Ex. Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex. My major beef about ProCite (and it's actually true of Reference Manager as well) is that the import filters are not updated.Ex. A common plaint among some critics is that resemblance is a necessary condition of pictorial representation.Ex. In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.Ex. The article is entitled 'One last nag or two or three: it's the last chance this year for vendors to take my advice: put users first!'.Ex. Wilson was limping around so he must have picked up a knock or aggravated a niggle that he already had.----* atender quejas = handle + complaints.* dar lugar a queja = evoke + complaint.* desbaratar las quejas = disarm + complaints.* después de la queja = postcomplaint [post-complaint].* expresar queja = voice + complaint.* interponer una queja = file + complaint, file + grievance.* invalidar las quejas = disarm + complaints.* motivo de queja = pet peeve.* persona que se queja = complainant.* posterior a la queja = postcomplaint [post-complaint].* presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.* quejas = grumbling(s).* * *a) ( protesta) complaint* * *= complaint, cry, discontent, grievance, remonstration, demand, hand-wringing, reproach, axe + to grind, gripe, whining, jeremiad, beef, plaint, letter of complaint, nag, niggle.Ex: CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.
Ex: The cry is often heard that it is impossible to put nonbook materials on open shelves because they will be stolen.Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).Ex: Interestingly enough, the immediate effect of Bodley's remonstrations was the inclusion in the inventory lists of additional separate entries for books bound with other books.Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.Ex: The book is simply an occasion for ritual hand-wringing about Northern Ireland's troubled past and present troubles = El libro es simplemente una ocasión para lamentarse sobre los problemas pasados y presentes de Irlanda del Norte.Ex: A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.Ex: The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.Ex: The article 'Interlibrary loan: automation, whither thou goest; some gripes and an accolade' advises postponing automation until dedicated funds are available and hardware is standardized.Ex: Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex: My major beef about ProCite (and it's actually true of Reference Manager as well) is that the import filters are not updated.Ex: A common plaint among some critics is that resemblance is a necessary condition of pictorial representation.Ex: In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.Ex: The article is entitled 'One last nag or two or three: it's the last chance this year for vendors to take my advice: put users first!'.Ex: Wilson was limping around so he must have picked up a knock or aggravated a niggle that he already had.* atender quejas = handle + complaints.* dar lugar a queja = evoke + complaint.* desbaratar las quejas = disarm + complaints.* después de la queja = postcomplaint [post-complaint].* expresar queja = voice + complaint.* interponer una queja = file + complaint, file + grievance.* invalidar las quejas = disarm + complaints.* motivo de queja = pet peeve.* persona que se queja = complainant.* posterior a la queja = postcomplaint [post-complaint].* presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.* quejas = grumbling(s).* * *1 (protesta) complaintpresentar una queja to make o lodge o file a complaintnunca hemos tenido motivo de queja con él he has never given us any cause for complaintme han dado quejas de ti I've received complaints about youestoy harto de tus constantes quejas I've had enough of your endless complaining* * *
Del verbo quejarse: ( conjugate quejarse)
se queja es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
queja sustantivo femenino ( protesta) complaint;
queja sustantivo femenino
1 (reproche, protesta) complaint: no tenemos ninguna queja de ella, we've got no complaints about her
han presentado una queja a la administración, they complained to the administration
2 (de dolor) groan, moan
' queja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encima
- escrita
- escrito
- llorica
- presentar
- reclamación
- todavía
- embargo
- formular
- protesta
- reclamo
- reporte
- vicio
English:
air
- complaint
- file
- fuss
- grievance
- gripe
- grouse
- grumble
- lodge
- moan
- never
- strident
* * *queja nf1. [lamento] moan, groan2. [protesta] complaint;tener queja de algo/alguien to have a complaint about sth/sb;no tienes ningún motivo de queja you've got nothing to complain about, you've no cause for complaint;no me ha dado ningún motivo de queja I've got no complaints about him* * *f complaint;no tener queja de alguien have no complaints about s.o.* * *queja nf: complaint* * *queja n1. (protesta) complaint2. (grito) moan / groan -
117 reventar
v.1 to burst.si no se lo digo, reviento (figurative) I'd have exploded if I hadn't said anything to himpor mí, como si revienta (informal figurative) he can drop dead as far as I'm concernedEl globo reventó The balloon exploded.2 to break down (echar abajo).3 to ruin, to spoil.4 to shatter (informal) (cansar mucho).5 to annoy (informal) (fastidiar).me revienta que… it really bugs me that…6 to explode (informal) (perder los nervios).7 to crack, to split-open, to crack open.El golpe reventó el coco The blow cracked the coconut.8 to blow up, to make explode, to detonate.El chico reventó la bomba The boy blew up the bomb.9 to vex, to get up someone's nose.Todo eso me revienta! All that gets up my nose!* * *1 (gen) to burst2 (neumático) to puncture, burst3 (romper) to break, smash4 (estropear) to ruin, spoil1 familiar (fastidiar) to annoy2 familiar (disgustar) to disgust, make sick3 (estallar) to burst4 (rajarse) to split1 (estallar) to burst2 familiar (cansarse) to tire oneself out\reventar de cansancio to be dead tiredreventar de orgullo to be bursting with pridereventar de rabia to be furious, be fumingreventar de risa to die laughing* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [por presión] [+ globo, neumático, tubería, ampolla] to burst; [+ espinilla] to squeezetengo una cubierta reventada — I've got a puncture, I have a flat tyre
el ruido de las discotecas me revienta los oídos — I find the racket inside clubs deafening, the noise in clubs is enough to burst your eardrums
"reventamos los precios" — "prices slashed"
2) [por una explosión] [+ puente, vehículo] to blow up; [+ cristales] to shatter, blow out3) (=estropear) to ruin4) (=agotar) [+ caballo] to ride into the ground5) * (=golpear)si me desobedece lo reviento — if he doesn't obey me, I'll kill him *
6) * (=hacer fracasar) [+ plan, espectáculo] to wreck; [+ asamblea, mitin, ceremonia] to disrupt; [+ huelga] to smash, quash; [+ manifestación] to break upun grupo de sindicalistas intentó reventar la intervención del conferenciante — a group of trade union members heckled the delegate's speech o tried to shout down the delegate during his speech
7) * (=fastidiar)2. VI1) (=explotar) [globo, tubería, depósito] to burst; [neumático] to burst, blow out; [granada, proyectil] to blow up; [cristal] to break, shatterla presa reventó e inundó el valle — the dam burst, flooding the valley
parecía que las venas del cuello le iban a reventar — it looked as if the veins in his neck were about to burst
hacer reventar — [+ neumático] to burst; [+ costuras] to split
es bastante joven, a todo reventar tiene 30 años — he's pretty young, 30 years old at the most
no llegué tan tarde anoche, a todo reventar debían ser las once — I didn't get back so late last night, it must have been eleven at the latest
2) [persona]a) [por estar lleno]no puedo comer más, voy a reventar — I can't eat any more, I'm full to bursting
necesito entrar al baño, voy a reventar — I need to go to the toilet, I'm bursting *
b) [por enfado] to explodecuando dijeron que no querían trabajar, reventé — when they told me they didn't want to work, I just exploded
como esto dure un día más, creo que reviento — if this carries on one more day, I think I'll explode
sus relaciones son tan tensas que van a reventar en cualquier momento — relations between them are so tense that things are going to blow up at any moment
3) [lugar]el teatro estaba a reventar — the theatre was packed full, the theatre was full to bursting
más de 20.000 personas llenaron la plaza de toros a reventar — more than 20,000 people packed the bullring, the bullring was full to bursting with more than 20,000 people
4)reventar de: reventaba de ganas de decirlo todo — I was dying o bursting to tell him all about it
reventar de cansancio — to be worn out, be shattered
reventar de ira — to be livid, be absolutely furious
reventar de risa — to kill o.s. laughing, split one's sides (laughing)
5)reventar por — to be dying to, be bursting to
reventaba por ver lo que pasaba — he was dying o bursting to see what was going on
revienta por saber lo que dicen — she's dying o bursting to know what they're saying
6) * (=morir) to drop dead *7) [ola] to break3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) globo to burst, pop; neumático to blow out, burst; ampolla/tubería to burst; ola to break; capullo to burst openb) (fam) prenda to split2)a) persona ( uso hiperbólico)si sigue comiendo así va a reventar — if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!
que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)
b) (fam) ( de ganas)cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)
c) ( de ganas de orinar)estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)
d) (fam) ( de cansancio)trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)
3) (fam) ( molestar) to rile (colloq), to make... mad (colloq)2.reventar vta) <globo/neumático> to burstb) (fam) ( destrozar)3.le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose
reventarse v pron1)a) globo, etc reventar 1) a)b) (fam) ( agotarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)* * *= bust, burst, pop, rupture.Ex. 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.Ex. The article 'Will the CD bubble burst: conflicting messages on the future of electronic publishing' considers the future of the CD-ROM market.Ex. The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.Ex. In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.----* a reventar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.* hablar hasta reventar = talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.* lleno a reventar = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.* reventarse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) globo to burst, pop; neumático to blow out, burst; ampolla/tubería to burst; ola to break; capullo to burst openb) (fam) prenda to split2)a) persona ( uso hiperbólico)si sigue comiendo así va a reventar — if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!
que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)
b) (fam) ( de ganas)cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)
c) ( de ganas de orinar)estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)
d) (fam) ( de cansancio)trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)
3) (fam) ( molestar) to rile (colloq), to make... mad (colloq)2.reventar vta) <globo/neumático> to burstb) (fam) ( destrozar)3.le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose
reventarse v pron1)a) globo, etc reventar 1) a)b) (fam) ( agotarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)* * *= bust, burst, pop, rupture.Ex: 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.
Ex: The article 'Will the CD bubble burst: conflicting messages on the future of electronic publishing' considers the future of the CD-ROM market.Ex: The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.Ex: In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.* a reventar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.* hablar hasta reventar = talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.* lleno a reventar = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.* reventarse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head.* * *reventar [A5 ]viA1 «globo» to burst, pop; «neumático» to blow out, burst; «ampolla» to burst; «tubería» to burstlas olas reventaban contra el acantilado the waves were breaking against the cliffcapullos a punto de reventar buds about to burst open2 ( fam); «prenda» to splitB1«persona» (uso hiperbólico): si sigue comiendo así va a reventar if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!por mí ¡que reviente! as far as I'm concerned, he can go to hell! ( colloq)estaba que reventaba de rabia she was absolutely furious o livid, she was seething with ragereventaba de indignación she was bursting with indignation2 ( fam)(de ganas): anda, cuéntamelo, que si no, vas a reventar come on, then, I can see you're bursting o dying to tell me ( colloq)3(de ganas de orinar): no puedo aguantar más, estoy que reviento I can't hold on any longer, I'm bursting (to go) ( colloq)4 ( fam)(de cansancio): trabajaron hasta reventar they worked until they dropped ( colloq), they worked their butts off ( AmE colloq), they slogged their guts out ( BrE colloq)■ reventarvt1 ‹globo/neumático› to burst2 ( fam)(destrozar): reventó la puerta a patadas he kicked the door downle reventó la nariz de un puñetazo he punched him and broke o smashed his nose¡o lo haces o te reviento! ( AmS); do it or I'll wallop you o ( BrE) I'll thump you ( colloq), if you don't do it, I'll knock you into the middle of next week! ( colloq)4 (hacer fracasar) ‹marcha/mitin› to break up; ‹plan/reunión/fiesta› to wreckplanean reventar el homenaje al escritor they are planning to disrupt the ceremony in honor of the writerhay muchos interesados en reventar las elecciones locales there are a lot of people who have an interest in wrecking the local electionsme revienta su tonito paternal that patronizing tone of his really riles me o makes me mad o gets me ( colloq)AB ( refl) ‹grano› to squeeze; ‹ampolla› to burstse reventó un dedo con el martillo ( fam); he banged up ( AmE) o ( BrE) banged his finger with the hammer ( colloq)iban a 120 y se reventaron contra un árbol ( AmS fam); they were doing 120 and they smashed straight into a tree* * *
reventar ( conjugate reventar) verbo intransitivo
1 [ globo] to burst, pop;
[ neumático] to blow out, burst;
[ampolla/tubería] to burst;
[ ola] to break
2
◊ si sigue comiendo así, va a reventar if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!
verbo transitivo ‹globo/neumático› to burst
reventarse verbo pronominal
‹ ampolla› to burst
reventar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (un globo, una rueda) to burst
2 (un caballo) to die of exhaustion
3 (una situación) to blow up, (una persona) to explode: está que revienta, he is fuming
reventábamos de orgullo, we were bursting with pride
4 fam (de deseos, ganas) to be dying: revienta de ganas de preguntarnos, he is dying to ask us
II verbo transitivo
1 (a un caballo) to ride to death
2 (una propuesta, huelga) to break
3 (molestar mucho, enfadar) to annoy, bother: le revienta que le lleven la contraria, he hates it when people cross him
4 (un globo, las costuras) to burst
5 (una puerta, cerradura, ventana, caja fuerte: con explosivos) to blow open
(: con palanca) to lever open
' reventar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estallar
- revienta
English:
blow
- burst
- pop
- rupture
- seam
- split
- pound
* * *♦ vt1. [hacer estallar] to burst;el hielo reventó las tuberías the ice burst the pipes2. [romper] to break;[echar abajo] to break down; [con explosivos] to blow up3. Andes, RP Fam [golpear]si no me devolvés eso te reviento if you don't give that back to me I'm going to thump you one4. [hacer fracasar] to ruin, to spoil;Comreventar los precios to make massive price cuts5. [boicotear] to disruptel jinete reventó al caballo the jockey rode the horse into the groundme revienta que… it really gets me that…;me revienta que nunca cuenten conmigo it bugs the hell out of me that they never include me♦ vi1. [estallar] [globo, neumático] to burst;el jarrón reventó al estrellarse contra el suelo the vase shattered when it hit the ground;Figsi no se lo digo, reviento I'd have exploded if I hadn't said anything to him;Fampor mí, como si revienta he can drop dead as far as I'm concernedFamestoy que reviento [estoy lleno] I'm stuffed;el estadio reventaba de espectadores the stadium was packed to the rafters;la sala estaba (llena) a reventar the room was bursting at the seamsreventaba por contarnos el último cotilleo she was dying o bursting to tell us the latest gossip5. Fam [perder los nervios] to explode (de with);al final reventó de impaciencia her impatience finally got the better of her* * *I 1 v/i burst;lleno a reventar bursting at the seams, full to bursting;reventar de risa burst out laughing;reventar de orgullo be bursting with pride2 ( molestar):me revienta que … it really irritates me that …3:si no va revienta he’ll be so disappointed if he doesn’t go* * *reventar {55} vi1) estallar, explotar: to burst, to blow up2)reventar de : to be bursting withreventar vt1) : to burst* * *me revienta... I hate... -
118 roto
adj.broken, cracked, broken-down, bust-up.past part.past participle of spanish verb: romper.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rotar.* * *1 (agujero) hole, tear————————1→ link=romper romper► adjetivo1 (gen) broken2 (tela, papel) torn3 (gastado) worn out4 (andrajoso) tattered, in tatters, ragged5 (cansado) tired1 (agujero) hole, tear\con el corazón roto figurado heartbrokenservir igual para un roto que para un descosido figurado to be a jack of all trades* * *(f. - rota)adj.1) broken2) ripped, torn* * *roto, -a1.PP de romper2. ADJ1) (=partido, destrozado) [juguete, mueble, cristal, puerta] brokentengo la pierna rota — I've broken my leg, I've got a broken leg
2) (=rasgado) [tela, papel] torn3) (=estropeado) [lavadora, televisor] broken; [coche, motor] broken down4) [zapato] worn, worn-out5) (=destrozado) [persona] broken; [vida] shatteredestar roto de cansancio — to be exhausted, be worn-out
6) †† (=libertino) debauched, dissipated3. SM / F1) (=persona chilena)a) Perú, Bol * Chilean, Chilean personb) Chile2) Chile*a) (=pobre) pleb *b) (=persona) guy * /womanc) (=maleducado)esta rota no sabe comportarse a la mesa — she's so rude o such a pig **, she doesn't know how to behave at the dinner table
4.SM (=agujero) [en pantalón, vestido] hole- valer o servir lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido* * *I- ta adjetivo1)b) <vaso/plato> brokenc) < papel> tornd) <pierna/brazo> broken2) (RPl) <televisor/heladera> broken; < coche> broken down3) (Chi fam & pey)a) <barrio/gente> lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq & pej)b) ( mal educado) rudeII- ta masculino, femenino1) (Chi)a) (fam) ( individuo) (m) man, guy (colloq); (f) woman, girl (colloq)b) (fam & pey) ( de clase baja) pleb (colloq & pej)c) (fam & pey) ( mal educado)es una rota, nunca saluda — she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello
2) (Per fam) ( chileno) Chilean* * *= torn, broken, tatty [tattier -comp., tattiest -sup.], tear, in tatters.Ex. Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.Ex. Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.Ex. The best concentration of PVA solutions for restoring is 8 per cent for mending tears and suturing cuts.Ex. Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.----* blanco roto = off-white.* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.* familia rota = broken home.* hueso roto = broken bone.* letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter.* pagar los platos rotos = carry + the can, pick up + the pieces.* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.* promesa rota = broken promise.* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)b) <vaso/plato> brokenc) < papel> tornd) <pierna/brazo> broken2) (RPl) <televisor/heladera> broken; < coche> broken down3) (Chi fam & pey)a) <barrio/gente> lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq & pej)b) ( mal educado) rudeII- ta masculino, femenino1) (Chi)a) (fam) ( individuo) (m) man, guy (colloq); (f) woman, girl (colloq)b) (fam & pey) ( de clase baja) pleb (colloq & pej)c) (fam & pey) ( mal educado)es una rota, nunca saluda — she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello
2) (Per fam) ( chileno) Chilean* * *= torn, broken, tatty [tattier -comp., tattiest -sup.], tear, in tatters.Ex: Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.
Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.Ex: The best concentration of PVA solutions for restoring is 8 per cent for mending tears and suturing cuts.Ex: Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.* blanco roto = off-white.* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.* familia rota = broken home.* hueso roto = broken bone.* letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter.* pagar los platos rotos = carry + the can, pick up + the pieces.* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.* promesa rota = broken promise.* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.* * *A1 ‹camisa› torn, ripped; ‹zapato› worn-out2 ‹vaso/plato› broken3 ‹papel› tornle presté el libro y me lo devolvió roto I lent him the book and it was falling apart when he gave it back, I lent him the book and he gave it back all battered4 ‹pierna/brazo› broken5 (del dolor) ‹familia/compañero› devasted, heart-brokenB ( RPl) ‹televisor/heladera› broken; ‹coche› broken down1 ‹barrio/gente› lower-class ( pej), plebby ( colloq pej)2 (mal educado) rudemasculine, feminineA ( Chi)al Caribe el rotito, la suerte que tiene the lucky devil's off to the Caribbean ( colloq)3 ( fam pey)(mal educado): es una rota, nunca saluda she's so rude, she doesn't even say helloCompuesto:Ctienes un roto en la camisa you've got a hole o tear o rip in your shirt* * *
Del verbo romper: ( conjugate romper)
roto es:
el participio
Del verbo rotar: ( conjugate rotar)
roto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
rotó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
romper
rotar
roto
romper ( conjugate romper) verbo transitivo
1
‹ ventana› to break, smash;
‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap
( en varios pedazos) to tear up
2
‹ tranquilidad› to disturb
‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off
verbo intransitivo
1
c) ( empezar):◊ rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing
2 [ novios] to break up, split up;
roto CON algn ‹ con novio› to split o break up with sb;
roto CON algo ‹ con el pasado› to break with sth;
‹ con tradición› to break away from sth
romperse verbo pronominal
[ papel] to tear, rip, get torn o ripped;
[televisor/ascensor] (RPl) to break down
rotar ( conjugate rotar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to rotate
rotarse verbo pronominal ( en trabajo) to work on a rota system;
roto 1 -ta adjetivo
1
‹ zapato› worn-out
‹ coche› broken down
2 (Chi fam & pey)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (Chi)
b) (fam & pey) ( mal educado):◊ es una rota, nunca saluda she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello
2 (Per fam) ( chileno) Chilean
roto 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp) ( agujero) hole
romper
I verbo transitivo
1 to break
(un cristal, una pieza de loza) to smash, shatter
(una tela, un papel) to tear (up): rompió el contrato en pedazos, he tore the contract into pieces
2 (relaciones, una negociación) to break off
3 (una norma) to fail to fulfil, break
(una promesa, un trato) to break
4 (el ritmo, sueño, silencio) to break
II verbo intransitivo
1 (empezar el día, etc) to break: al cabo de un rato rompió a hablar, after a while she started talking
rompió a llorar, he burst into tears
2 (poner un fin) to break [con, with]: he roto con el pasado, I've broken with the past
(relaciones de pareja) rompieron hace una semana, they broke up a week ago ➣ Ver nota en break
rotar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (alrededor de un eje) to rotate
2 (en un trabajo o función) to take it in turns
II vtr Agr to rotate
roto,-a
I adjetivo
1 broken
(una camisa, un papel) torn
2 (una persona) worn-out: estaba roto del esfuerzo, he was all worn out from the exertion
II sustantivo masculino tear, hole: tengo un roto en el abrigo, I have a tear in my coat
' roto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consiguientemente
- estropearse
- jodida
- jodido
- polvo
- romper
- romperse
- rota
- saco
- tripa
- quebrado
English:
admit
- break
- broken
- bust
- crack
- deaf
- flagstone
- fragment
- his
- sweep up
* * *roto, -a♦ participiover romper♦ adj1. [partido, rasgado] broken;[tela, papel] torn; [zapato] worn out2. [estropeado] broken3. [deshecho] [vida] destroyed;[corazón] broken♦ nm,fChile Fam1. [tipo] guy;[mujer] woman♦ nmEsp [en tela] tear, rip;tengo un roto en el calcetín there's a hole in my sock;Famvale o [m5] sirve lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido [persona] he can turn his hand to all sorts of different things* * *I part → romperone of the urban poorvaler oservir lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido fig fam be useful for lots of things* * *roto, -ta adj1) : broken2) : ripped, torn* * *roto1 adj1. (en general) broken2. (papel, tela) torn3. (persona, ropa, zapatos) worn outroto2 n tear -
119 SI
I.si1 [si]━━━━━━━━━1. conjunction2. adverb━━━━━━━━━1. <a. if• s'il fait beau demain, je sortirai if it's fine tomorrow, I'll go out• si j'avais de l'argent, j'achèterais une voiture if I had any money, I would buy a car• tu viendras ? si oui, préviens-moi à l'avance are you coming? if so, tell me in advance• si seulement il venait/était venu if only he was coming/had come• s'il a tant de succès c'est que... if he is so successful it's because...• il ignore si elle viendra he doesn't know whether or if she'll come (or not)• il se demande si elle viendra he is wondering whether or if she'll come (or not)• tu imagines s'il était fier ! you can imagine how proud he was!• si je veux y aller ? quelle question ! do I want to go? what a question!• si j'avais su ! if only I had known!• et s'il refusait ? and what if he refused?c. ( = que) c'est un miracle si la voiture n'a pas pris feu it's a miracle that the car didn't catch fire• si ses intentions étaient louables, l'effet de son discours a été désastreux while his motives were excellent, the results of his speech were disastrouse. (locutions) et si tu lui téléphonais ? how about phoning him?► si ce n'est...• qui peut le savoir, si ce n'est lui ? if he doesn't know, who will?• si ce n'est elle, qui aurait osé ? who but she would have dared?• il n'avait rien emporté, si ce n'est quelques biscuits he had taken nothing with him apart from a few biscuits• elle va bien, si ce n'est qu'elle est très fatiguée she's quite well apart from the fact that she is very tired► si tant est que• ils sont sous-payés, si tant est qu'on les paie they are underpaid, if they are paid at all2. <a. (affirmatif) vous ne venez pas ? -- si/mais si aren't you coming? -- yes I am/of course I am• vous n'avez rien mangé ? -- si, une pomme haven't you had anything to eat? -- yes (I have), an apple• si, si, il faut venir oh but you must come!• il n'a pas voulu, moi si he didn't want to, but I did• il n'a pas écrit ? -- il paraît que si hasn't he written? -- yes, it seems that he has• je croyais qu'elle ne voulait pas venir, mais il m'a dit que si I thought she didn't want to come but he said she did• on est parti en retard, si bien qu'on a raté le train we left late so we missed the train• si bête soit-il, il comprendra however stupid he is he will understandd. ( = aussi) asII.si2 [si]invariable masculine noun* * *Note: si adverbe de degré modifiant un adjectif a deux traductions en anglais selon que l'adjectif modifié est attribut: la maison est si jolie = the house is so pretty, ou épithète: une si jolie maison = such a pretty houseDans le cas de l'épithète il existe une deuxième possibilité, assez rare et littéraire, citée pour information: = so pretty a house
I
1. sinom masculin invariable if
2.
1) ( marquant l'affirmation) yes‘tu ne le veux pas?’ - ‘si!’ — ‘don't you want it?’ - ‘yes I do!’
mais si — yes, of course
2) ( marquant l'intensité) soje suis heureux de visiter votre si jolie ville — I'm glad to visit your town, it's so pretty
si bien que — ( par conséquent) so; ( à tel point que) so much so that
3.
conjonction (s' before il or ils)1) ( marquant l'éventualité) ifsi ce n'est (pas) toi, qui est-ce? — if it wasn't you, who was it?, if not you, who?
à quoi servent ces réunions si ce n'est à nous faire perdre notre temps? — what purpose do these meetings serve other than to waste our time?
2) ( marquant l'hypothèse) ifje me demande s'il viendra — I wonder if ou whether he'll come
3) ( quand) ifenfant, si je lisais, je n'aimais pas être dérangé — when I was a child I used to hate being disturbed if ou when I was reading
4) ( introduit la suggestion)5) ( pour marquer l'opposition) whereassi la France est favorable au projet, les autres pays y sont violemment opposés — whereas France is in favour [BrE] of the project, the other countries are violently opposed to it
II si* * *abr nmSee:* * *I.II.si❢ Si adverbe de degré modifiant un adjectif a deux traductions en anglais selon que l'adjectif modifié est attribut: la maison est si jolie = the house is so pretty, ou épithète: une si jolie maison = such a pretty house. Dans le cas de l'épithète il existe une deuxième possibilité, assez rare et littéraire, citée pour information: = so pretty a house.A nm inv if; des si et des mais ifs and buts.B adv1 ( marquant l'affirmation) yes; ‘tu ne le veux pas?’-‘si!’ ‘don't you want it?’-‘yes I do!’; ‘ils n'ont pas encore vendu leur maison?’-‘il me semble que si’ ‘haven't they sold their house yet?’-‘yes, I think they have’; il n'ira pas, moi si he won't go, but I will; mais si yes, of course; ‘tu ne le veux pas?’-‘mais si’ ‘don't you want it?’-‘yes, of course I do’; si fort littér yes indeed;2 ( marquant l'intensité) so; ce n'est pas si simple it's not so simple; de si bon matin so early in the morning; de si bonne heure so early; c'est un homme si agréable he's such a pleasant man; vous habitez un si joli pays you live in such a lovely country; je suis heureux de visiter votre si jolie ville I'm glad to visit your town, it's so pretty; j'ai eu si peur que I was so afraid that; si bien que ( par conséquent) so; ( à tel point que) so much so that; elle n'a pas écrit, si bien que je ne sais pas à quelle heure elle arrive she hasn't written, so I don't know what time she's arriving; elle s'agitait en tous sens si bien qu'elle a fini par tomber she was flapping about all over the place, so much so that she fell over; tant et si bien que so much so that;3 ( pour marquer la comparaison) rien n'est si beau qu'un coucher de soleil there's nothing so beautiful as a sunset; est-elle si bête qu'on le dit? is she as stupid as people say (she is)?;4 ( pour marquer la concession) si loin que vous alliez nous saurons bien vous retrouver however far away you go ou no matter how far away you go, we will be able to find you; si intelligent qu'il soit or soit-il, il ne peut pas tout savoir as intelligent as he is ou however intelligent he is, he can't know everything; si pénible que soit la situation however hard the situation may be; si peu que ce soit however little it may be.1 ( marquant l'éventualité) if; si ce n'est (pas) toi, qui est-ce? if it wasn't you, who was it?; il n'a rien pris avec lui si ce n'est un livre et son parapluie he didn't take anything with him apart from ou other than a book and his umbrella; l'une des villes les plus belles, si ce n'est la plus belle one of the most beautiful cities, if not the most beautiful; personne n'a compris si ce n'est le meilleur de la classe nobody understood except the best pupil in the class; si ce n'était la peur d'être malade j'irais avec vous if it weren't for fear of getting ill I'd go with you; à quoi servent ces réunions si ce n'est à nous faire perdre notre temps? what purpose do these meetings serve other than to waste our time?; si c'est (comme) ça, je pars if that's how it is, I'm leaving; s'il vient demain et qu'il fait beau if he comes tomorrow and the weather's fine; lui seul peut trouver une solution, si solution il y a only he can find a solution, if there is one ou a solution; si oui if so; était-il à Paris? si oui avec qui? si non pourquoi? was he in Paris? if he was, who was he with? if he wasn't, why?; explique-moi tout si tant est que tu puisses le faire tell me everything, if you can do it that is; je ne sais pas s'il pourra nous prêter la somme avant dimanche, si tant est qu'il veuille bien nous la prêter I don't know if he will be able to lend us the money before Sunday, if he's willing to lend it to us at all (that is); si tant est qu'une telle distinction ait un sens if such a distinction makes any sense; c'est un brave homme s'il en est he's a brave man if ever there was one; c'était un homme cultivé s'il en fut he was an educated man if ever there was one;2 ( marquant l'hypothèse dans l'avenir ou le présent) if; si j'étais riche if I were rich; si j'étais toi, si j'étais à ta place if I were you; s'il pleuvait je serais content I would be glad if it rained;3 ( exprimant l'hypothèse dans le passé) if; si j'avais su qu'il était à Paris je l'aurais invité if I had known that he was in Paris I would have invited him; si j'avais eu l'argent if I had had the money;4 ( quand) if; s'il pleurait elle le prenait tout de suite dans ses bras if he cried she would pick him up straightaway; enfant, si je lisais, je n'aimais pas être dérangé when I was a child I used to hate being disturbed if ou when I was reading;5 ( dans une phrase exclamative) if only; si vous pouviez venir! if only you could come!, I wish you would come!; si au moins vous m'aviez téléphoné! if only you had phoned me!; si encore or enfin or seulement or même if only; si j'avais su! if only I'd known!, had I known!; vous pensez si j'étais content! you can imagine how happy I was!; si j'ai envie de partir? ah ça oui! do I want to leave? but of course I do!; et si je le rencontrais dans la rue! just imagine if ou just suppose I meet him in the street!;6 ( introduit la suggestion) si tu venais avec moi? how ou what about coming with me?, why don't you come with me?; si nous allions dîner au restaurant? how ou what about going out for dinner?; si tu venais passer le week-end avec nous? why don't you come and spend the weekend with us?; et s'il décidait de ne pas venir? and what if he decided not to come?; et si tu lui écrivais? why don't you write to him/her?;7 ( pour marquer l'opposition) whereas; si la France est favorable au projet, les autres pays y sont violemment opposés whereas France is in favourGB of the project, the other countries are violently opposed to it;8 ( introduit une interrogation indirecte) if, whether; je me demande s'il viendra I wonder if ou whether he'll come.1. → link=syndicatsyndicat d'initiative -
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━━━━━━━━━1. adverb4. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque mal est suivi d'un participe passé ou d'un adjectif, par exemple mal logé, mal aimé, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = de façon défectueuse) [organisé] badly ; [entretenu] poorlyb. ( = de façon répréhensible) [se conduire] badly• tu trouves ça mal qu'il y soit allé ? do you think it was wrong of him to go?c. ( = de façon peu judicieuse) mal choisi ill-chosend. ( = avec difficulté) il respire mal he has difficulty in breathinge. (locutions)• ça va ? -- pas mal how are you? -- not bad• pas mal de gens pensent que... quite a lot of people think that...2. <a. ( = contraire à la morale) wrongb. ( = laid) ce tableau n'est pas mal this picture is quite nicec. ( = malade) illd. ( = mal à l'aise) uncomfortablee. ( = en mauvais termes) se mettre mal avec qn to get on the wrong side of sb3. <b. ( = souffrance) pain ; ( = maladie) illness• le mal du siècle ( = fléau) the scourge of the age• je suis tombé -- tu as mal ? I've fallen -- does it hurt?• où avez-vous mal ? where does it hurt?• ça me fait mal au cœur ( = ça me rend malade) it makes me feel sick ; ( = ça me fait de la peine) it breaks my heart ; ( = ça me révolte) it makes me sickc. ( = dommage) harmd. ( = difficulté) difficulty• j'ai obtenu son accord, mais non sans mal ! I got him to agree, but it wasn't easy!• il a dû prendre son mal en patience ( = attendre) he had to put up with the delay ; ( = supporter) he had to grin and bear it• ne vous donnez pas ce mal don't bother► en mal de [+ argent, idées] short of ; [+ tendresse, amour] yearning for4. <* * *
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1) ( répréhensible) wrong2) ( mauvais) badce ne serait pas mal de déménager — it wouldn't be a bad idea to move out; an
3) (colloq)elle est pas mal — ( physiquement) she's rather good looking
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nom masculin1) ( peine) trouble, difficulty2) ( douleur) painfaire mal — lit, fig to hurt
ça me fait mal au ventre — lit it gives me a stomach-ache
3) ( maladie) illness, diseasetu vas attraper du mal — (colloq) you'll catch something; remède, patience
4) ( manque)5) ( dommage) harmfaire du mal à — ( durablement) to harm; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]
il n'y a pas de mal — ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done
une douche ne te ferait pas de mal — hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm
6) ( calamité)qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? — is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?
7) ( méchanceté)8) Philosophie, Religion evil
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1) ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit] badlyelle joue mal — ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player
s'y prendre mal avec quelqu'un — to deal with somebody the wrong way; étreindre
2) ( de manière défectueuse)elle est mal en point — she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way
3) ( difficilement)marcher mal — [personne] to walk with difficulty
4) ( insuffisamment) [éclairé, payé] poorlymal entretenu — neglected; cordonnier
5) ( sans goût) [s'habiller] badly6) ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly7) ( défavorablement)aller mal — [personne] not to be well; [affaires] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well
être mal (assis or couché) — not to be comfortable
ne le prenez pas mal — don't take it badly ou the wrong way
8) ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badlyse tenir mal — ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture
il serait mal venu de faire — it would be unseemly to do; acquis
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Phrasal Verbs:••ça me ferait mal — (sl) ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off (sl)
entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre — Proverbe it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils
* * *mal abr nfMaison d'animation et des loisirs cultural centre* * *A adj inv1 ( répréhensible) wrong; qu'a-t-elle fait de mal? what has she done wrong?; c'est mal de faire it's wrong to do;3 ○ un film pas mal a rather good film; elle est pas mal ( physiquement) she's rather good looking; c'est quelqu'un de pas mal ( sous tous rapports) he's/she's really nice; ‘et l'autre robe?’-‘pas mal!’ ‘and the other dress?’-‘it's not bad!’; pas mal la robe! what a great dress!B nm1 ( peine) sans mal easily; sans trop de mal quite easily; non sans mal not without difficulty; avoir du mal à faire to find it difficult to do; avoir beaucoup/un peu de mal à faire to find it very/a bit difficult to do; avoir un mal fou○ or de chien○ à faire to have a hell of a job○ doing; se donner du mal pour faire qch to go to a lot of trouble to do sth; se donner beaucoup de mal pour qn/pour faire qch to go to a great deal of trouble on sb's account/to do sth; ne te donne pas ce mal! don't bother!; donne-toi un peu de mal! make some effort!;2 ( douleur) faire mal lit, fig to hurt; se faire mal to hurt oneself; ça ne fait pas mal it doesn't hurt; ça va faire mal lit it's going to hurt ou be painful; ( nouvel impôt) it's going to hurt; ( apprendre la vérité) it's going to be painful; ( être remarquable) it's going to be big○; j'ai mal it hurts; avoir mal partout to ache all over; elle avait très mal she was in pain; ma jambe me fait mal my leg hurts; ces bottes me font mal aux pieds these boots hurt my feet; avoir mal à la tête/à l'estomac to have a headache/a stomach-ache; avoir mal au dos/aux dents/aux oreilles to have backache/toothache/earache; avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat; j'ai mal aux yeux my eyes are sore; j'ai mal au genou/au cou/au doigt my knee/neck/finger hurts; j'ai mal au cœur I feel sick GB ou nauseous US; j'ai mal au ventre I have a stomach-ache; ça me fait mal au ventre lit it gives me a stomach-ache; fig○ I find it really upsetting; j 'ai mal aux articulations I have aching joints; souffrir mille maux to suffer the torments of the damned;3 ( maladie) mal sans gravité minor illness; mal incurable incurable disease; le mal a progressé the disease has got GB ou gotten US worse; tu vas attraper du mal○ you'll catch something; ⇒ remède, patience;4 ( manque) être en mal de ( ne pas avoir) to be short of; ( ne pas recevoir) to be lacking in; être en mal d'inspiration to be short of inspiration; être en mal d'affection to be lacking in affection;5 ( dommage) le mal est fait the harm is done; faire du mal à ( durablement) to harm [personne, économie]; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]; il n'y a pas de mal or grand mal à cela there's no harm in that; il n'y a pas de mal ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done; une douche ne te fera pas de mal hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm; ne rien faire de mal not to do anything wrong; quel mal y a-t-il à cela? what harm is there in that?; mettre à mal qch to damage sth; mettre à mal qn to give sb a hard time;6 ( calamité) qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?; un mal à combattre an evil that must be fought;7 ( méchanceté) penser à mal to have evil intentions; sans songer or penser à mal without meaning any harm; dire du mal de qn/qch to speak ill of sb/sth; après avoir fait le mal pendant des années after years of evil-doing;8 Philos, Relig evil; conflit entre le bien et le mal conflict between good and evil; forces du mal forces of evil.C adv1 ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit, conçu, lire, conduire] badly; elle travaille mal her work isn't good; elle joue mal ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player; s'y prendre mal avec qn to deal with sb the wrong way; pas mal écrit/conçu rather well written/designed; pas trop mal écrit/conçu quite well written/designed; ⇒ étreindre;2 ( de manière défectueuse) mal fonctionner/ouvrir not to work/open properly; fonctionner très mal not to work properly GB ou right US at all; enfant mal élevé badly brought up child; c'est un petit mal élevé he's a badly brought up little brat; elle est mal en point she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way; dire quelque chose mal à propos to make an inappropriate remark;3 ( difficilement) ça s'explique mal it's difficult to explain; on voit mal comment it's difficult to see how; marcher mal [personne] to walk with difficulty;4 ( insuffisamment) [éclairé] poorly, badly; [payé] badly; je t'entends mal I can't hear you very well; il entend mal ( permanent) he's slightly deaf, he doesn't hear very well; ils mangent mal they don't eat very well; je les connais mal I don't know them well; mal entretenu neglected; pas mal payé/équipé rather well-paid/-equipped; ⇒ cordonnier;5 ( sans goût) [s'habiller, meubler] badly;6 ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly; mal m'a pris de faire ça I should never have done that; mal interpréter to misinterpret; j'avais mal compris I had misunderstood; mal informé ill-informed;7 ( défavorablement) aller mal [personne] not to be well; [affaires, vie] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well; ‘comment va-t-elle?’-‘mal!’ ‘how is she?’-‘not very well!’; le vert te va pas mal○ green rather suits you!; aller de plus en plus mal [personne] to be getting worse; [affaires, vie] to get worse and worse; se sentir mal ( santé) not to feel well; ( mal à l'aise) to feel awkward; se trouver mal to faint; être mal [personne] to feel awful; être mal (assis or couché or installé) not to be comfortable; être au plus mal to be critically ill; être mal remis not to have fully recovered; dormir/tourner/commencer mal to sleep/to turn out/to begin badly; ne le prenez pas mal don't take it badly ou the wrong way; être mal avec qn to be on bad terms with sb; se mettre mal avec qn to fall out with sb; être mal vu not to be well thought of; aller pas mal○ [personne, affaires] to be fine;8 ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badly; mal faire to do wrong; ils nous traitent mal ( employeurs) they don't treat us well; traiter mal ( frapper) to ill-treat; se tenir mal ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture; elle parle mal she uses bad language; tu as mal agi you shouldn't have done that; il serait mal venu de faire it would be unseemly to do; ⇒ acquis.D ○ pas mal loc adv ( beaucoup) il a pas mal bu he's had quite a lot to drink; il a bu pas mal de bière he's drunk quite a lot of beer; elle a pas mal d'amis she has quite a few friends; il est pas mal violent he's rather violent; ça a mis pas mal de temps it took quite a long time.mal de l'air airsickness; avoir le mal de l'air ( ponctuellement) to feel airsick; ( généralement) to suffer from airsickness; mal blanc whitlow; mal de dents toothache; avoir des maux de dents to have frequent toothache GB ou toothaches US; mal de dos backache ¢; mal d'estomac stomach-ache; avoir des maux d'estomac ( ponctuellement) to have a stomach-ache; ( souvent) to suffer from stomach-ache GB ou stomach-aches US; mal de gorge sore throat; avoir un mal de gorge to have a sore throat; avoir des maux de gorge to get sore throats; mal des grands ensembles social problems attendant on high-density housing; mal de mer seasickness; avoir le mal de mer ( ponctuellement) to feel seasick; ( généralement) to suffer from seasickness; mal du pays homesickness; avoir le mal du pays to feel homesick; mal du siècle world-weariness; mal de tête headache; avoir des maux de tête ( ponctuellement) to have headaches; ( souvent) to suffer from ou get headaches; mal des transports motion sickness; avoir le mal des transports to be prone to motion sickness.ça me ferait mal (aux seins)◑ ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off◑; entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre Prov it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.1. [souffrance physique] painj'ai mal là it hurts ou it's painful hereça vous fait encore mal? does it still hurt?, is it still hurting you?aïe, ça fait mal! ouch, it ou that hurts!a. [après un heurt] no broken bones!b. [après une erreur] no harm done!a. [habituellement] to suffer from seasicknessb. [au cours d'un voyage] to be seasick3. [dommage, tort] harmet si j'en ai envie, où est le mal? and if that's what I feel like doing, what harm is there in that?dire du mal de quelqu'un to gossip about somebody, to speak ill of somebody4. [douleur morale] painfaire (du) mal à quelqu'un to hurt somebody, to make somebody sufferquand j'y repense, ça me fait du ou ça fait mal it hurts to think about itn'essaie pas de la revoir, ça te ferait du mal don't try to see her again, it'll only cause you pain ou upset youentre deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre (proverbe) always choose the lesser evil ou the lesser of two evilsavoir du mal à faire quelque chose to have difficulty (in) ou trouble doing somethingj'ai de plus en plus de mal à me souvenir des noms I'm finding it harder and harder to remember names7. [par opposition au bien]le bien et le mal right and wrong, good and evil————————[mal] adverbe1. [désagréablement] wrongça commence mal, c'est mal parti things are off to a bad startça va finir mal ou mal finira. [généralement] it'll end in disasterb. [à des enfants turbulents] it'll all end in tearsil sera là aussi, ça tombe mal he'll be there too, which is unfortunate2. [en mauvaise santé]aller mal, se porter mal to be ill ou unwell, to be in poor health3. [défavorablement] badlyelle a très mal pris que je lui donne des conseils she reacted badly ou she took exception to my giving her advicene le prends pas mal mais... I hope you won't be offended but..., don't take it the wrong way but...être/se mettre mal avec quelqu'un to be/to get on the wrong side of somebodys'ils croient que je vais me laisser faire, ils me connaissent mal! if they think I'm going to take it lying down, they don't know me very well!a. [salement] he's a messy eaterb. [trop peu] he doesn't eat enoughc. [mal équilibré] he doesn't eat properlya. [tu es voûté] you've got poor postureb. [à table] you don't have any table mannerselle se voyait mal le lui demander (familier) she couldn't quite imagine ou she couldn't quite see herself asking himmal élevé bad-mannered, impolitea. [trop peu] to be underfed ou undernourishedb. [avec de la mauvaise nourriture] to be fed bad ou poor food6. [malhonnêtement - agir] badly7. [inconfortablement] uncomfortablyêtre mal assis to be uncomfortably seated ou uncomfortable8. (locution)si je n'y vais pas, ça la fiche mal it won't look good if I don't go————————[mal] adjectif invariable1. [immoral] wrongje n'ai rien dit/fait de mal I haven't said/done anything wrong3. [peu satisfaisant]ça n'était pas si mal [film, repas, prestation] it wasn't that bad————————au plus mal locution adjectivale2. [fâché]de mal en pis locution adverbiale————————en mal de locution prépositionnelleêtre en mal d'affection to be longing ou yearning for loveêtre en mal d'inspiration to be short of ou lacking inspirationmal à l'aise locution adjectivalemal à propos locution adverbiale————————
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