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81 paquete
m.1 parcel.paquete bomba parcel bombpaquete postal parcel2 pack, packet.paquete de tabaco cigarette packet3 bag (maleta, bulto).4 package (conjunto).paquete de acciones share holdingpaquete de medidas package of measurespaquete turístico package holiday5 package (computing).6 passenger.ir de paquete to ride pillion7 packet, bulge (informal) (genitales masculinos). (peninsular Spanish)8 headache, problem, hot seat, difficulty.* * *2 (conjunto) set, packet■ un paquete de medidas a package, a package of measures4 familiar (genitales masculinos) bulge, packet\ir de paquete to ride pillionmarcar paquete familiar to have a bulge in one's trousersmeter un paquete a alguien argot to come down on somebody like a ton of brickspaquete postal parcel* * *noun m.1) package2) packet3) parcel* * *1. SM1) [de correos] [grande] parcel; [pequeño] packagepaquetes postales — [como servicio] parcel post sing
2) [de cigarrillos, galletas] packet, pack (EEUU); [de harina, azúcar] bag3) (Econ, Inform) (=conjunto) packagepaquete accionarial, paquete de acciones — parcel of shares
4) * (=persona torpe)ser un paquete — to be useless, be a dead loss *
5) * (=castigo)el sargento le metió un paquete por abandonar su puesto — the sergeant threw the book at him for leaving his post
6) * (=bebé)7) ** (=genitales masculinos) bulge, lunchbox **8) * (=pañal) [limpio] nappy; [sucio] dirty nappy9) (Náut) packet (boat)10) † * (=majo) dandyestar hecho un paquete — to be all dressed up, be dressed in style
11) (Med) ** dose (of VD) **12) LAm (=cosa pesada) nuisance, bore¡menudo paquete!, ¡vaya paquete! — what a bore!
13)14) Méx (=asunto) tough job, hard one15) Cono Sur ** queer **, poof **, fag (EEUU) **16) LAm (=vacaciones) package holiday2.ADJ INV And, Arg * elegant, chic* * *I- ta adjetivo (RPl fam) smart, chicII1)a) ( bulto envuelto) package, parcelir de paquete — (fam) to ride on the back ( of a motorcycle)
b) (de galletas, cigarrillos) pack (AmE), packet (BrE)un paquete de papas fritas — (AmL) a bag of chips (AmE), a packet of crisps (BrE)
meterle un paquete a alguien — (Esp fam) to throw the book at somebody
2) ( conjunto) packageun paquete de software/de aplicación — (Inf) a software/an application package
3) (fam) ( genitales masculinos) bulge (colloq & euph)4) (Méx fam) ( problema) headache (colloq)cargar con el paquete — (fam) to take responsibility
* * *I- ta adjetivo (RPl fam) smart, chicII1)a) ( bulto envuelto) package, parcelir de paquete — (fam) to ride on the back ( of a motorcycle)
b) (de galletas, cigarrillos) pack (AmE), packet (BrE)un paquete de papas fritas — (AmL) a bag of chips (AmE), a packet of crisps (BrE)
meterle un paquete a alguien — (Esp fam) to throw the book at somebody
2) ( conjunto) packageun paquete de software/de aplicación — (Inf) a software/an application package
3) (fam) ( genitales masculinos) bulge (colloq & euph)4) (Méx fam) ( problema) headache (colloq)cargar con el paquete — (fam) to take responsibility
* * *paquete11 = pack, package, packet, parcel, deck, bundle, tranche.Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
Ex: A spider web of metal, sealed in a thin glass container, a wire heated to brilliant glow, in short, the thermionic tube of radio sets is made by the hundred million, tossed about in packages, plugged into sockets -- and it works!.Ex: In packet switching the message is split up in order to be sent through the network in short fixed length packets.Ex: You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.Ex: As the user traverses links, new pages appear on top of the current deck.Ex: Many of them use a technique called packet-switching in which data are sent from transmitter to receiver in small bundles or packets.Ex: The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.* conmutación en paquetes = packet switching.* empresa de reparto de paquetes = package delivery company.* franquear un paquete = frank + parcel.* insertar aguja en un paquete de fichas = needling the pack.* paquete ALEPH = ALEPH software.* paquete de azúcar = sugar packet.* paquete de chicles = packet of chewing gum.* paquete de clasificación = sort package.* paquete de comunicaciones = communications package.* paquete de discos = disc pack.* paquete de edición de texto = editing package.* paquete de entrada y comprobación de datos = data entry and validation package.* paquete de información = pack, information kit.* paquete de inscripción = registration package.* paquete de material didáctico = training package.* paquete de objetos e información sobre un tema concreto = topic kit.* paquete de programas = package.* paquete de programas de ordenador = software package.* paquete de revistas = journal package.* paquete de seis = six-pack.* paquete de trabajo = workpackage.* paquete de vacaciones = package holiday, vacation package.* paquete hotelero = hotel package.* paquete informativo = topic pack, pack, information kit.* paquete integrado de programas = software suite.* paquete ofimático = software suite, software suite.* paquete postal = parcel post.* paquetes de programas = programme packages.* paquetes editoriales = publishers' packages.* paquete turístico = tour package.* Sistema de Comunicación por Paquetes (PSS) = Packet-Switching System (PSS).* un paquete de = a suite of.* un paquete integrado de programas = a suite of + programmes.* un paquete ofimático integrado = a suite of office automation software.paquete22 = pillion.Ex: We will organize a special tour for a group if there is a minimum of four riders (i.e. four motorcycles, or a group of six -- three riders and pillions).
* ir de paquete = pillion riding, ride + pillion.* * *¡qué paqueta te has puesto! you're looking very smart o chictienen la casa muy paqueta their house is done out o up really nicely ( colloq)para la fiesta quiero algo más paquete I want something a bit dressier o a bit smarter for the party ( colloq)Ano soy muy bueno haciendo paquetes I'm not very good at wrapping up parcelsdejar a algn con el paquete ( fam); to get sb pregnant, to get sb in the club o in the family way ( colloq)meterle un paquete a algn to throw the book at sbCompuestos:parcel bombparcel ( sent by mail)envíalo como paquete postal send it (by) parcel postB (conjunto) packageun paquete de programas a software packageun paquete de información a workpackun paquete oferta a value packDcargar con el paquete ( fam); to take responsibility o the blame* * *
paquete 1
paquete 2 sustantivo masculino
1
paquete bomba parcel bomb;
paquete postal parcel ( sent by mail)
2 ( conjunto) package;
(Inf) package
3 (Méx fam) ( problema) headache (colloq)
paquete sustantivo masculino
1 package, parcel
(de café, cereales, folios, etc) packet, US pack
2 (conjunto, grupo) set, package
paquete de medidas, package of measures
3 Inform software package
4 (de bicicleta, moto) pillion passenger: Juan iba de paquete, John was riding pillion
5 fam (castigo, sanción) punishment: si se enteran, me meterán un paquete, if they find out, I'll be severely punished
' paquete' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bomba
- deshacer
- deshecha
- deshecho
- empezar
- envasada
- envasado
- envío
- envuelta
- envuelto
- ligadura
- amarrar
- atar
- certificado
- consignar
- desamarrar
- despachar
- destinado
- destinatario
- entrega
- entregar
- enviar
- envoltorio
- envolver
- ligero
- liviano
- nombre
- papa
- pesar
- precintar
- recoger
- sospechoso
- sostener
- voluminoso
English:
block
- cracker
- make up
- pack
- package
- packet
- parcel
- parcel bomb
- reverse
- seal
- seal up
- send
- sign for
- six-pack
- software package
- tie up
- tissue
- unpack
- unwrap
- bundle
- way
- which
* * *paquete1, -a adjRP Fam smart, elegant;es una mujer muy paqueta she's a very smart dresser;hoy estás muy paquete you're looking very elegant today;tiene un apartamento muy paquete he's got a very chic apartmentpaquete2 nm1. [de libros, regalos] package, parcelpaquete de bienvenida [en congreso, hotel] welcome pack; Col, Ven Fam paquete chileno [timo] = deception involving the use of a fake wad of bank notes; [estafa] swindle;paquete postal parcel, package2. [de cigarrillos, folios] Br packet, US pack;[de azúcar, arroz] bag3. [maleta, bulto] bag4. [en rugby] pack5. [en ciclismo] pack6. [en motocicleta] passenger;ir de paquete to ride pillion7. [conjunto] packageBolsa paquete de acciones bundle o lot of esp Br shares o esp US stock(s);paquete de medidas package of measures;paquete turístico package tour8. Informát packagepaquete integrado integrated packagemarcar paquete to draw attention to one's packet o bulge14. CompFammeter un paquete a alguien [castigar] to come down hard on sb;Fam Méxdarse paquete to put on airs* * *m1 package, parcel2 de cigarrillos packet3 famen moto (pillion) passenger* * *paquete nmbulto: package, parcel* * *paquete n1. (objeto envuelto) parcel2. (caja, bolsa) packet -
82 figure
{'figə}
I. 1. фигура, човек, тяло, телосложение, външен вид, образ, облик
in FIGURE по телосложение
fine FIGURE of a man хубав/представителен мъж
to cut/make a (brilliant) FIGURE правя силно впечатление, блестя, играя важна роля
to cut a poor/sorry FIGURE жалък съм, не правя никакво впечатление
to cut no FIGURE ам. нямам значение, не важа
person of FIGURE забележителен човек
2. личност, деец
public FIGURE общественик
3. изк. изображение (ни човешка и пр. фигура), образ, фигура, статуя
4. фигура, илюстрация, чертеж, диаграма и пр. (в книга и пр.)
5. геом. фигура, тяло
6. фигура (при танц, кънки)
to cut FIGUREs правя фигури (с кънки)
7. десен (на плат)
8. цифра, число, сума, цена
рl смятане, аритметика
to be quick/smart at FIGUREs умея да смятам, бива ме по аритметика
double FIGUREs двуцифрени числа
his income runs into four/five, etc. FIGUREs доходът му e с хиляди/десетки хиляди и пр
9. лит. реторична фигура, преносен израз, метафора
сравнение (и FIGURE of speech)
10. муз. мотив
II. v l. рисувам, изобразявам, представям графически, чертая, начертавам
обик. pass украсявам с фигури, десенирам
2. представям си, въобразявам си (to oneself)
3. означавам с цифри, (пре) смятам, изчислявам
4. фигурирам, съм, участвувам, явявам се
5. ам. мисля, смятам, преценявам
6. муз. шифрирам (бас)
that/it FIGUREs aм. разг. ясно, така е, вероятно
figure on разчитам на
they FIGUREd on your arriving early разчитаха, че ще пристигнете рано
figure out пресмятам, изчислявам
възлизам (at на), измислям, намислям, разбирам, проумявам* * *{'figъ} n 1. фигура; човек; тяло, телосложение; външен вид; об(2) {'figъ} v l. рисувам, изобразявам; представям графически,* * *фигура; хороскоп; число; цифра; тяло; телосложение; рисувам; облик; образ; представям; герой; десен; диаграма; деец; илюстрация; личност; начертавам; мотив;* * *1. double figures двуцифрени числа 2. figure on разчитам на 3. figure out пресмятам, изчислявам 4. fine figure of a man хубав/представителен мъж 5. his income runs into four/five, etc. figures доходът му e с хиляди/десетки хиляди и пр 6. i. фигура, човек, тяло, телосложение, външен вид, образ, облик 7. ii. v l. рисувам, изобразявам, представям графически, чертая, начертавам 8. in figure по телосложение 9. person of figure забележителен човек 10. pl смятане, аритметика 11. public figure общественик 12. that/it figures aм. разг. ясно, така е, вероятно 13. they figured on your arriving early разчитаха, че ще пристигнете рано 14. to be quick/smart at figures умея да смятам, бива ме по аритметика 15. to cut a poor/sorry figure жалък съм, не правя никакво впечатление 16. to cut figures правя фигури (с кънки) 17. to cut no figure ам. нямам значение, не важа 18. to cut/make a (brilliant) figure правя силно впечатление, блестя, играя важна роля 19. ам. мисля, смятам, преценявам 20. възлизам (at на), измислям, намислям, разбирам, проумявам 21. геом. фигура, тяло 22. десен (на плат) 23. изк. изображение (ни човешка и пр. фигура), образ, фигура, статуя 24. лит. реторична фигура, преносен израз, метафора 25. личност, деец 26. муз. мотив 27. муз. шифрирам (бас) 28. обик. pass украсявам с фигури, десенирам 29. означавам с цифри, (пре) смятам, изчислявам 30. представям си, въобразявам си (to oneself) 31. сравнение (и figure of speech) 32. фигура (при танц, кънки) 33. фигура, илюстрация, чертеж, диаграма и пр. (в книга и пр.) 34. фигурирам, съм, участвувам, явявам се 35. цифра, число, сума, цена* * *figure[´figə] I. n 1. фигура, образ, облик, външен вид; човек; тяло; телосложение; to lose o.'s \figure напълнявам, развалям фигурата си; to have a substantial \figure пълен съм; a fine \figure of a man ( woman) хубав (представителен) мъж (жена); a \figure of fun разг. смешна фигура, смешен човек, карикатура; to cut ( make) a \figure имам смешен (жалък) вид; играя важна роля, правя впечатление; to cut a sorry \figure не правя никакво впечатление, жалък съм; a person of \figure забележителен човек; човек, който прави впечатление; to cut no \figure ам. нямам никакво значение, не играя никаква роля; 2. личност; деец; герой, действащо лице (в драма и пр.); a public \figure общественик, обществен деец; 3. изк. изображение (на човешка и пр. фигура), образ, фигура; статуя; a lay \figure модел (на художник); прен. неправдоподобен (схематичен) герой; човек без всякаква индивидуалност, "пионка"; 4. фигура, илюстрация, чертеж, диаграма, таблица (в книга и пр.); 5. мат. фигура, тяло; 6. фигура (при танц, кънки и пр.); to cut \figures правя фигури по леда (с кънки); 7. десен (на плат); 8. астр. хороскоп; to cast a \figure правя хороскоп; 9. цифра; pl смятане, аритметика; сума, цена; double \figure двуцифрено число; in round \figures закръглено; a mistake in \figures грешка при изчислението; to be quick ( smart) at \figures умея да смятам, добър съм (бива ме) в аритметиката; to fetch a high \figure продава се на висока цена; his income runs ino four \figures доходът му е с хиляди; to put a \figure on поставям (определям) цена(та) на; \figures цифрови данни; 10. лит. реторическа фигура; преносен израз; метафора, сравнение (и \figure of speech); 11. муз. мотив; II. v 1. рисувам, изобразявам; представям графически; чертая, начертавам; 2. представям си, въобразявам си (to o.s.); 3. обикн. pass украсявам с фигури; десенирам; 4. означавам с цифри; (пре)смятам, изчислявам; 5. фигурирам, съм, явявам се, участвам; to \figure as s.o. явявам се като някого, правя се на, играя ролята на някого; 6. ам. разг. смятам, преценявам; мисля; 7. муз. цифровам ( бас); 8. ам. подразбира се (that \figures); 9. sl разследвам, проверявам, проучвам; -
83 изхитрявам
outwit, overreach, circumvent* * *изхитря̀вам,гл. outwit, overreach, circumvent;\изхитрявам се make (a) shift, be smart enough (да to c inf.).* * *1. outwit, overreach, circumvent 2. ИЗХИТРЯВАМ се make (a) shift, be smart enough (да to с inf.) -
84 snappy
['snæpɪ]1) (bad-tempered) [person, animal] aggressivo2) (lively) [ rhythm] vivace; [ reply] pronto; (punchy) [ advertisement] accattivante••make it snappy! — colloq. sbrigati!
* * *1) (irritable; inclined to snap: He is always rather snappy on a Monday morning.) irritabile2) (quick; prompt: You'll have to be snappy if you're catching that bus!) rapido3) (smart: He's certainly a snappy dresser.) elegante* * *snappy /ˈsnæpɪ/a.2 energico; vigoroso3 (fam.) elegante; alla moda4 rapido; convulso; improvviso5 fragile; che si spezza facilmente6 ► snappish● a snappy dresser, un elegantone; un damerino □ (fam.) Look snappy!, ( USA anche: Make it snappy!), sbrigati!; spicciati!snappily avv. snappiness n. [u].* * *['snæpɪ]1) (bad-tempered) [person, animal] aggressivo2) (lively) [ rhythm] vivace; [ reply] pronto; (punchy) [ advertisement] accattivante••make it snappy! — colloq. sbrigati!
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85 recht
I Adj.1. (richtig) right; am rechten Ort in the right place; vom rechten Weg abkommen lose one’s way; fig. go off the rails, stray from the straight and narrow; ich habe keinen rechten Appetit I don’t really feel like eating anything; ganz recht! quite right!, Am. absolutely!; so ist’s recht that’s right, that’s the stuff umg.; es ist nicht recht, dass wenige alles haben it’s not right that everything is in the hands of a few; das ist nur recht und billig it’s only fair ( oder right and proper); das ist alles recht und schön, aber... that’s all very well, but...; alles was recht ist! fair’s fair; (das geht zu weit) you can go too far, there’s a limit; schon recht! all right, Am. umg. alright; was dem einen recht ist, ist dem andern billig what’s sauce (Am. good) for the goose is sauce (Am. good) for the gander2. (passend, angebracht) right, proper, suitable; der rechte Augenblick the right ( oder a suitable) moment3. (gesetzmäßig) lawful, legitimate5. (gut) good6. (akzeptabel) all right, Am. umg. alright; mir ist’s recht I don’t mind, it’s all right (Am. umg. alright) with me, (it) suits me; mir ist alles recht it’s all the same to me, I don’t mind either way; ihm ist jedes Mittel recht he’ll stop (stick umg.) at nothing7. subst.: nach dem Rechten sehen make sure everything’s all right (Am. umg. alright); es war nichts Rechtes it wasn’t the real thing; nichts Rechtes gelernt haben have learnt (Am. learned) no proper trade; aus ihm kann ja nichts Rechtes werden he will never come to anything; nichts Rechtes mit jemandem / etw. anzufangen wissen not know what to do with s.o. / s.th.; Recht, richtig, Ding 2, Licht, schlecht IIII Adv.1. (richtig) properly; recht daran tun zu (+ Inf.) do right to (+ Inf.) es geschieht ihr recht it serves her right; sie will es allen recht machen she wants to please everybody; man kann es nicht allen recht machen you can’t please everyone ( oder all the people all of the time); dir kann man auch nichts recht machen one can’t do anything right for you, everything I do is wrong (for you); ich weiß nicht recht I’m not sure, I really don’t know; wenn ich es mir recht überlege when I think about it; ich werde nicht recht klug daraus I don’t quite know what to make of it; wenn ich Sie recht verstehe if I understand you right(ly); verstehen Sie mich recht! don’t get me wrong; ich seh wohl nicht recht! I must be seeing things; ich hör wohl nicht recht! I can’t believe what you’re saying, say that again; (das kann nicht dein Ernst sein) you can’t be serious; du kommst mir gerade recht just the person I want; iro. you’re the last person I wanted (to see)2. (sehr) very; (ziemlich) rather, bes. Am. somewhat, pretty umg.; recht enttäuscht rather disappointed; recht geschickt rather ( oder very) clever, Am. umg. pretty smart; recht gut pretty good ( oder well); es gefällt mir recht gut I rather ( stärker: really) like it, Am. auch I like it a lot; erst recht all the more (so)* * *das Recht(Anspruch) right;(Gesetz) law* * *Rẹcht [rɛçt]nt -(e)s, -e1) (= Rechtsordnung, sittliche Norm) law; (= Gerechtigkeit) justiceRecht sprechen — to administer or dispense justice
nach geltendem Recht — in law
für das Recht kämpfen — to fight for justice
das Schwurgericht hat für Recht erkannt... — the court has reached the following verdict or has decided...
von Rechts wegen — legally, as of right; (inf
2) pl form = Rechtswissenschaft) jurisprudence3) (= Anspruch, Berechtigung) right (auf +acc to, zu to)seine Rechte geltend machen — to insist on one's rights
ich nehme mir das Recht, das zu tun — I shall make so bold as to do that
sein Recht bekommen or erhalten or kriegen (inf) — to get one's rights, to get what is one's by right
zu seinem Recht kommen (lit) — to gain one's rights; (fig) to come into one's own
auch das Vergnügen muss zu seinem Recht kommen — there has to be a place for pleasure too
der Körper verlangt sein Recht auf Schlaf — the body demands its rightful sleep
gleiche Rechte, gleiche Pflichten — equal rights, equal duties
mit or zu Recht — rightly, with justification
Sie stellen diese Frage ganz zu Recht — you are quite right to ask this question
im Recht sein — to be in the right
es ist unser gutes Recht, zu erfahren... — we have every right to know...
woher nimmt er das Recht, das zu sagen? — what gives him the right to say that?
See:4)er hat recht bekommen — he was right
ich hatte recht, und ich habe recht behalten — I was right and I'm still right
* * *das1) (the collection of rules according to which people live or a country etc is governed: Such an action is against the law; law and order.) law2) (to be fair to someone.) give (someone) his due3) (the law or the administration of it: Their dispute had to be settled in a court of justice.) justice4) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) right5) (at the right; to the right of something else: the top right-hand drawer of my desk.) right-hand* * *<-[e]s, -e>[rɛçt]ntdas Gericht hat für \Recht erkannt, dass... the court has reached the verdict [or has decided] that...das \Recht war auf ihrer Seite she had right on her side\Recht des Erfüllungsortes lex loci solutionis\Recht des Gerichtsortes lex fori\Recht der unerlaubten Handlungen law of torts\Recht des Kaufvertrags law of sales\Recht der belegenen Sache lex situs [or rei sitae]das \Recht des Stärkeren the law of the jungle\Recht des Vertragsortes lex loci contractusakzessorisches \Recht accessory rightalleiniges/veräußerliches \Recht sole/alienable rightausländisches \Recht foreign lawbürgerliches/kirchliches [o kanonisches] /öffentliches \Recht civil/canon/public lawdispositives \Recht optional rules pl, flexible lawformelles/materielles \Recht procedural/substantive lawgeltendes \Recht prevailing lawobjektives \Recht objective lawpositives \Recht positive lawzwingendes \Recht cogent [or binding] lawdas Recht \Recht to bend the lawdas \Recht brechen to break the lawfür das Recht \Recht to fight for justice\Recht sprechen to dispense [or administer] justice [or the law]das \Recht mit Füßen treten to fly in the face of the lawgegen \Recht und Gesetz verstoßen to infringe [or violate] the lawnach deutschem \Recht in [or under] [or according to] German lawnach geltendem \Recht under existing law2. (juristischer oder moralischer Anspruch) rightgleiches \Recht für alle! equal rights for all!das ist dein gutes \Recht that is your rightmit welchem \Recht hat sie das getan? by what right did she do that?ich nehme mir das \Recht, das zu tun I shall make so bold as to do that▪ jds \Recht auf jdn/etw sb's right to sb/sth\Recht auf Ablehnung eines Richters right of rejectiondas \Recht auf einen Anwalt/auf Verweigerung der Aussage the right to a lawyer/to remain silentdas \Recht auf Arbeit the right to work\Recht auf Entnahme FIN right of withdrawal\Recht auf [rechtliches] Gehör right to be heard [or of audience [in court]]\Recht auf ungestörte Nutzung right of quiet enjoyment\Rechte und Pflichten laws and dutiesabgeleitetes \Recht derivative rightdingliches \Recht right in rem, real rightgrundstücksgleiches \Recht full legal title to landsubjektives \Recht [individual's] rightsubjektiv dingliches \Recht right ad [or in] remwohl erworbenes \Recht vested right [or interest]ein \Recht ausüben/verlieren to exercise/forfeit a rightein \Recht begründen/genießen to establish/enjoy a rightjds \Rechte beeinträchtigen/verletzen to encroach/to trespass upon sb's rightsauf seinem \Recht beharren to stand on one's rightssein \Recht bekommen [o erhalten] [o (fam) kriegen] to get one's rights [or justice] [or one's dues]sein \Recht fordern [o verlangen] to demand one's rightsder Körper verlangt sein \Recht the body demands its dueder Körper verlangt sein Recht auf Schlaf the body demands its due [or rightful] sleepseine \Rechte geltend machen to insist on one's rightsein \Recht auf etw haben to have a right to sthzu seinem \Recht kommen to get justice [or one's rights]; (fig) to be given due attentionauf sein \Recht pochen [o bestehen] to insist on one's rightsauf ein \Recht verzichten to relinquish a rightalle \Rechte vorbehalten all rights reservedwohl erworbene \Rechte acquired [or vested] rightsvon \Rechts wegen legally, as of right; (eigentlich) by rightswas gibt Ihnen das \Recht,...? what gives you the right...?mit welchem \Recht? by what right?woher nimmst du das \Recht, das zu sagen? what gives you the right to say that?jds gutes \Recht sein[, etw zu tun] to be sb's [legal] right [to do sth]das ist mein gutes \Recht it's my rightes ist mein gutes \Recht, zu erfahren... I have every right to know...etw mit [gutem] \Recht tun to be [quite] right to do sthmit [o zu] \Recht rightly, with justificationund das mit \Recht! and rightly so!du stellst mir die Frage ganz zu \Recht you are quite right to ask this question4. (das Richtige, Zustehende) right\Recht bekommen to win one's casejdm \Recht geben to admit that sb is right, to agree with sb\Recht haben to be [in the] rightim \Recht sein to be in the rightDoktor der [o beider] \Rechte Doctor of Laws6.* * *das; Recht[e]s, Rechte1) (Rechtsordnung) lawdas Recht brechen/beugen — break/bend the law
Recht sprechen — administer the law; administer justice
von Rechts wegen — by law; (ugs.): (eigentlich) by rights
2) (Rechtsanspruch) rightdas ist sein gutes Recht — that is his right
alle Rechte vorbehalten — all rights reserved
sein Recht fordern od. verlangen — demand one's rights
zu seinem Recht kommen — (fig.) be given due attention
3) o. Pl. (Berechtigung) right (auf + Akk. to)zu Recht — rightly; with justification
4)jemandem Recht geben — concede or admit that somebody is right
* * *A.1. adj (richtig) right;am rechten Ort in the right place;vom rechten Weg abkommen lose one’s way; fig go off the rails, stray from the straight and narrow;ich habe keinen rechten Appetit I don’t really feel like eating anything;ganz recht! quite right!, US absolutely!;so ist’s recht that’s right, that’s the stuff umg;es ist nicht recht, dass wenige alles haben it’s not right that everything is in the hands of a few;das ist nur recht und billig it’s only fair ( oder right and proper);das ist alles recht und schön, aber … that’s all very well, but …;schon recht! all right, US umg alright;was dem einen recht ist, ist dem andern billig what’s sauce (US good) for the goose is sauce (US good) for the gander2. (passend, angebracht) right, proper, suitable;der rechte Augenblick the right ( oder a suitable) moment3. (gesetzmäßig) lawful, legitimate4. (wirklich) true, real;ein rechter Narr a right (US complete) fool5. (gut) goodmir ist alles recht it’s all the same to me, I don’t mind either way;7. subst:nach dem Rechten sehen make sure everything’s all right (US umg alright);es war nichts Rechtes it wasn’t the real thing;nichts Rechtes gelernt haben have learnt (US learned) no proper trade;aus ihm kann ja nichts Rechtes werden he will never come to anything;nichts Rechtes mit jemandem/etwas anzufangen wissen not know what to do with sb/sth; → Recht, richtig, Ding 2, Licht, schlecht BB. adv1. (richtig) properly;es geschieht ihr recht it serves her right;sie will es allen recht machen she wants to please everybody;man kann es nicht allen recht machen you can’t please everyone ( oder all the people all of the time);dir kann man auch nichts recht machen one can’t do anything right for you, everything I do is wrong (for you);ich weiß nicht recht I’m not sure, I really don’t know;wenn ich es mir recht überlege when I think about it;ich werde nicht recht klug daraus I don’t quite know what to make of it;wenn ich Sie recht verstehe if I understand you right(ly);verstehen Sie mich recht! don’t get me wrong;ich seh wohl nicht recht! I must be seeing things;ich hör wohl nicht recht! I can’t believe what you’re saying, say that again; (das kann nicht dein Ernst sein) you can’t be serious;recht enttäuscht rather disappointed;erst recht all the more (so)recht haben be right;er muss immer recht haben he always has to be right, he always insists he’s right;jemandem recht geben concede ( widerwillig: admit) that sb is right;da muss ich Ihnen recht geben I have to agree with you there;er hat (wieder) recht behalten he was proved (to be) right (again)…recht n im subst1. (Recht auf etwas):Anwesenheitsrecht right to be present;Aufenthaltsrecht right of residence;Einspruchsrecht right to object ( oder to protest);Elternrecht parental right2. Rechtsnorm: lawrecht… adj1. (Ggs link) right;rechte Hand right hand; fig auch right-hand man;2. POL right-wing, rightist3. MATH:rechter Winkel right angle* * *das; Recht[e]s, Rechte1) (Rechtsordnung) lawdas Recht brechen/beugen — break/bend the law
Recht sprechen — administer the law; administer justice
von Rechts wegen — by law; (ugs.): (eigentlich) by rights
2) (Rechtsanspruch) rightsein Recht fordern od. verlangen — demand one's rights
zu seinem Recht kommen — (fig.) be given due attention
3) o. Pl. (Berechtigung) right (auf + Akk. to)zu Recht — rightly; with justification
4)jemandem Recht geben — concede or admit that somebody is right
* * *-e m.due n. -e n.claim n.justice n.law n.privilege n.right n. -
86 dirigirse
1 (ir) to go (a, to), make one's way (a, to), make (a, for)2 (hablar) to address (a, -), speak (a, to)3 (escribir) to write■ si quiere más información diríjase a esta dirección if you want further information write to this address* * *VPR1) (=ir)dirigirse a o hacia — to head for
se dirigía a la oficina cuando lo arrestaron — he was on his way to o heading for the office when he was arrested
2) (=ponerse en contacto)dirigirse a algn — [oralmente] to speak to sb, address sb frm; [por escrito] to contact sb
el presidente se dirigió a la nación — the president spoke to o frm addressed the nation
¿se dirige usted a mí? — are you speaking to me?
"diríjase a..." — "contact..."
3) (=estar destinado)el programa se dirige a los adultos — the programme is aimed at o geared towards adults
toda sus esfuerzos van dirigidos a conseguir un nuevo récord — she is concentrating all her efforts on setting a new record
* * *(v.) = be headed, head, head outEx. It is clear to me, and I hope to you, that unless we drastically change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.Ex. The skilled searcher knows which sources to tap first, and can often take shortcuts by heading straight for the most effective index for his purposes.Ex. It's tempting to splurge on a new hi-fi system or head out on a shopping spree, but the smart option might be to pay off an existing debt.* * *(v.) = be headed, head, head outEx: It is clear to me, and I hope to you, that unless we drastically change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.
Ex: The skilled searcher knows which sources to tap first, and can often take shortcuts by heading straight for the most effective index for his purposes.Ex: It's tempting to splurge on a new hi-fi system or head out on a shopping spree, but the smart option might be to pay off an existing debt.* * *
■dirigirse verbo reflexivo
1 (encaminarse) to go [a/hacia, to], to make one's way [a/hacia, towards]
2 (a una persona, un grupo) to address: se dirigía a ti, he was speaking to you
diríjase al servicio de atención al cliente, contact the customer service department
' dirigirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ir
- tratar
- tratamiento
- dirigir
- encaminar
- hablar
- majestad
English:
address
- approach
- bound
- head
- home in
- lord
- make for
- home
- inquiry
- make
* * *vprse dirigió al centro de la ciudad por un atajo she took a shortcut Br to the city centre o US downtown;pasajeros con destino a Miami: por favor, diríjanse a la puerta 5 would passengers flying to Miami please proceed to gate 5;¿hacia dónde te diriges? where are you heading for?;nos dirigimos hacia el río we made our way towards the river2.[escribir a] to write to;dirigirse a [hablar con] to address, to speak to;se dirigió a mí en un tono amenazador she addressed me threateningly, she spoke to me in a threatening tone of voice;se dirigió a varias empresas por escrito para pedir ayuda financiera he wrote to several firms asking for financial assistance;el monarca se dirigió a la nación por televisión the monarch addressed the nation on television, the monarch gave a television address to the nation;me estoy dirigiendo tí, así que escúchame I'm talking to you, so listen;me dirijo a usted para solicitarle… I'm writing to you to request…;diríjase al apartado de correos 42 write to PO Box 42* * *v/r make, head (a, hacia for)* * *vr1)dirigirse a : to go towards2)dirigirse a : to speak to, to address* * *dirigirse vb1. (ir) to go / to headse dirige a Roma he's going to Rome / he's heading for Romeel profesor se dirigió a toda la clase the teacher addressed the whole class / the teacher spoke to the whole classme dirijo a usted... I'm writing to you... -
87 gracioso
adj.1 funny, comical, witty, humorous.2 graceful, attractive, charming.* * *► adjetivo1 (atractivo) graceful, charming2 (bromista) witty, facetious3 (divertido) funny, amusing4 (tratamiento) Gracious► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 TEATRO jester, clown, fool\hacerse el gracioso to try to be funny* * *(f. - graciosa)adj.funny, witty* * *gracioso, -a1. ADJ1) (=divertido) funny, amusinguna situación muy graciosa — a very funny o amusing situation
es de lo más gracioso — he's really funny o amusing
estás tú muy graciosillo hoy — iró you're very witty o funny today
•
lo gracioso del caso es que... — the funny o amusing thing about it is that...lo gracioso sería que ganaran ellos, cuando van los últimos — it would be funny if they won, when they're last at the moment
•
¡ qué gracioso! — how funny!has visto cómo me ha adelantado ese coche ¡qué gracioso! — iró did you see how that car overtook me - now that was really clever, wasn't it?
2) (=mono) cuteun sombrerito muy gracioso — a lovely o cute little hat
3) [como título] gracious4) (=gratuito) free2.SM / F iró joker *•
hacerse el gracioso — to try to be funny¡no se haga el gracioso! — don't try to be funny!
3.SM (Teat, Hist) comic character, fool* * *I- sa adjetivo1) ( divertido) <chiste/persona> funnylo gracioso del caso es que... — the funny o amusing thing about it is that...
sería gracioso que nos hicieran pagar si nos han invitado — (iró) that would be great, making us pay after they'd invited us (colloq & iro)
2)a) ( atractivo) <cara/figura> attractiveb)II- sa masculino, femeninoel gracioso de tu hermano... — that joker of a brother of yours...
hacerse el gracioso — to play the fool
* * *= facetious, humorous, amusing, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], prankster, cute [cuter -comp., cutest -sup.], joky [jokey], droll, comical.Ex. This might, perhaps, be considered a facetious example; however, consider the effect of the indiscriminate use of LATIN AMERICA and SPANISH AMERICA.Ex. Supporting material -- cartoons, quotations and humorous excerpts -- are used to keep students intrigued and clues are allowed if students are unable to formulate a research strategy.Ex. In the proceedings of the pioneer 1876 Conference of Librarians we can read that 'Mr Edmands gave some amusing illustrations to show that readers often had only the most vague idea of what they really wanted'.Ex. This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).Ex. The author describes the story made up by a prankster about a crocodile eating a golfer in Florida.Ex. Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.Ex. However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.Ex. Never sentimental, the movie has moments of droll, deadpan humor.Ex. Even so, the ' comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.----* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* comentario gracioso = witty remark, funny remark.* de forma graciosa = funnily.* de manera graciosa = funnily.* de modo gracioso = comically, funnily.* dicho gracioso = witticism, quip.* frase graciosa final = punchline [punch line].* ser muy gracioso = be a right laugh.* * *I- sa adjetivo1) ( divertido) <chiste/persona> funnylo gracioso del caso es que... — the funny o amusing thing about it is that...
sería gracioso que nos hicieran pagar si nos han invitado — (iró) that would be great, making us pay after they'd invited us (colloq & iro)
2)a) ( atractivo) <cara/figura> attractiveb)II- sa masculino, femeninoel gracioso de tu hermano... — that joker of a brother of yours...
hacerse el gracioso — to play the fool
* * *= facetious, humorous, amusing, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], prankster, cute [cuter -comp., cutest -sup.], joky [jokey], droll, comical.Ex: This might, perhaps, be considered a facetious example; however, consider the effect of the indiscriminate use of LATIN AMERICA and SPANISH AMERICA.
Ex: Supporting material -- cartoons, quotations and humorous excerpts -- are used to keep students intrigued and clues are allowed if students are unable to formulate a research strategy.Ex: In the proceedings of the pioneer 1876 Conference of Librarians we can read that 'Mr Edmands gave some amusing illustrations to show that readers often had only the most vague idea of what they really wanted'.Ex: This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).Ex: The author describes the story made up by a prankster about a crocodile eating a golfer in Florida.Ex: Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.Ex: Never sentimental, the movie has moments of droll, deadpan humor.Ex: Even so, the ' comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* comentario gracioso = witty remark, funny remark.* de forma graciosa = funnily.* de manera graciosa = funnily.* de modo gracioso = comically, funnily.* dicho gracioso = witticism, quip.* frase graciosa final = punchline [punch line].* ser muy gracioso = be a right laugh.* * *gracioso -saA (divertido) ‹chiste› funny; ‹episodio› funny, amusing; ‹persona› funnyte creerás muy gracioso ¿verdad? I suppose you think you're funnyqué gracioso, Eva dijo lo mismo ayer how funny, Eva said the same thing yesterdaylo gracioso del caso es que … the funny o amusing thing about it is that …sería gracioso que nos hicieran pagar cuando nos han invitado ( iró); that would be great o ( BrE) charming, making us pay after they'd invited us ( colloq iro)B1 (atractivo) ‹cara/figura› attractivelas pecas le dan un aspecto muy gracioso those freckles make her look really cute o sweettiene una manera muy graciosa de reírse she's got a really cute laugh, she's got a lovely laugh2su Graciosa Majestad her gracious Majesty* * *
gracioso◊ -sa adjetivo
1 ( divertido) ‹chiste/persona› funny;◊ ¡qué gracioso! how funny!;
hacerse el gracioso to play the fool
2 ( atractivo) ‹cara/figura› attractive;◊ las pecas le dan un aspecto muy gracioso those freckles make her look really cute o sweet
gracioso,-a
I adjetivo
1 (con chispa) funny
2 (con atractivo, encanto) graceful
3 (concede gracias) gracious
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (bromista) joker
2 Teat Lit comic character ➣ Ver nota en funny
' gracioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bonita
- bonito
- chiste
- cómica
- cómico
- graciosa
- ingeniosa
- ingenioso
- monada
- agudo
- bufón
- chusco
- dicharachero
- divertido
- genial
- ocurrencia
- ocurrente
- salado
English:
funny
- humorous
- rich
- witticism
- droll
- witty
* * *gracioso, -a♦ adj1. [divertido] funny, amusing;se cree muy gracioso he thinks he's so funny;Irónicosería gracioso que ahora me echaran la culpa a mí it would be a bit rich if they blamed me now2. [curioso] funny;es gracioso que… it's funny how…;¡qué gracioso, los dos se llaman Vicente González! how funny, they're both called Vicente González!;lo gracioso es que no es la primera vez que me pasa the funny thing is, it's not the first time it's happened to me3. [bonito, atractivo] pretty;ese sombrero le queda muy gracioso that hat looks very pretty o nice on her4.su Graciosa Majestad her Gracious Majesty♦ nm,f1. [persona divertida] funny o amusing person;es un gracioso he's really funny2. [persona molesta] smart alec, comedian;¿quién ha sido el gracioso que ha apagado la luz? who's the smart alec o joker who turned the light out?♦ nmTeatro fool, clown* * *I adj funny;¡muy gracioso! irón very funny!II m TEA comic character* * *gracioso, -sa adj1) chistoso: funny, amusing2) : cute, attractive* * *¡qué gracioso! how funny!lo gracioso es que... the funny thing is that... -
88 hacerse
pron.v.1 to recede, to separate.2 to become, to enter into some new state or condition (llegar a ser).3 to accustom oneself (acostumbrarse).Hacerse de miel, to treat one gently, not to be very severe. Hacerse con alg or de algo, to acquire, to attain; to purchase anything which is wantingHacerse memorable to become memorable, famous, notorious, etc. Hacerse añicos, to take great pains in doing anythingHacerse chiquito to pretend to be modest; to conceal one's knowledgeTodavía no se ha hecho, it still has not been done. Hacer cortesía (mutuamente), to exchange courtesiesHacerse grande to grow tall, to get tall* * *1 (volverse) to become, get2 (crecer) to grow3 (acostumbrarse) to get used (a, to), become accustomed (a, to)4 (resultar) to become, go on, seem■ la película se hizo muy larga the film went on too long, I found the film too long5 (simular) to pretend6 (mandar hacer) to have made, have done* * *1) to become2) get3) pretend, play* * *VERBO PRONOMINAL1) (=realizar, crear)hacerse algo — [uno mismo] to make o.s. sth; [otra persona] to have sth made
¿os hicisteis muchas fotos? — did you take a lot of photos?
idea 1), nudo II, 1)•
hacerse pipí — to wet o.s.2) (=cocinarse)3) + infina) (=conseguir)b) (=mandar)4) (=reflexivo)5) [recíproco]6) (=llegar a ser)a) + sustantivo to becomeb) + adjesto se está haciendo pesado — this is getting o becoming tedious
7) (=parecer)se me hizo largo/pesado el viaje — the journey felt long/boring
se me hace que... — esp LAm it seems to me that..., I get the impression that...
se me hace que nos están engañando — it seems to me that o I get the impression that we're being deceived
8) * (=fingirse)9) (=moverse)•
hazte para allá, que me siente — move up that way a bit so I can sit down10) [seguido de preposición]hacerse a (=acostumbrarse) to get used tohacerse con [+ información] to get hold of; [+ ciudad, fortaleza] to take¿te has hecho ya a levantarte temprano? — have you got used to getting up early yet?
* * *(v.) = grow up to be, grow up intoEx. Quite obviously, however, everything rests in the end on the extent to which people grow up to be avid, thoughtful readers.Ex. Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.* * *(v.) = grow up to be, grow up intoEx: Quite obviously, however, everything rests in the end on the extent to which people grow up to be avid, thoughtful readers.
Ex: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.* * *
■hacerse verbo reflexivo
1 (convertirse) to become, grow
hacerse mayor, to grow old
se hizo monja, she became a nun
2 (simular) to pretend: me vio, pero se hizo el despistado, he saw me, but pretended he hadn't
hacerse el sordo, to turn a deaf ear 3 hacerse con, (conseguir) to get hold of
4 (acostumbrarse) to get used [a, to]: enseguida me hice a dormir sola, I soon got used to sleeping alone
me tengo que hacer a la idea, I've got to get used to the idea
' hacerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adueñarse
- agenciarse
- arrumaco
- asegurarse
- boca
- cargar
- cargo
- comprometerse
- curar
- dueña
- dueño
- eco
- idea
- ilusión
- ladearse
- lío
- loca
- loco
- lograr
- mar
- oro
- ovillo
- permanente
- remolón
- remolona
- rogar
- sorda
- sordo
- sueca
- sueco
- suplantar
- taco
- tonta
- tonto
- agujero
- América
- amigo
- análisis
- ánimo
- añicos
- bola
- caca
- camote
- cirugía
- cocer
- competencia
- comprender
- confiar
- control
- correr
English:
appear
- become
- befriend
- break
- break up
- charge
- come
- cook
- corner
- daydream
- deepen
- delude
- drag on
- endear
- evidence
- fall
- fiendish
- get on
- get through
- get-rich-quick
- grow
- grow up
- hard
- impersonate
- join
- kid
- masquerade
- materialize
- move along
- muddle
- part
- part with
- piece
- play
- pose
- possum
- power
- pretend
- pull over
- put out
- run
- sail
- sea
- seize
- shatter
- shoeshine
- sidestep
- smash
- stage
- stake
* * *vpr1. [convertirse en] to become;hacerse musulmán to become a Muslim;se hizo hombre he became a man;hacerse viejo to grow old;hacerse del Universitario to sign for o join Universitario2. [guisarse, cocerse] to cook;el pavo se está haciendo the turkey's in the oveny se hizo la luz [cita bíblica] and there was light4. [resultar] + adj to get;se hace muy pesado it gets very tedious;se me ha hecho muy corto el viaje the journey seemed very short;la clase se me ha hecho eterna the class seemed to go on foreverse hizo un corte en la mano she cut her hand6. [fabricarse] + nombre to make oneself;me hice un vestido [yo mismo] I made myself a dress;[la modista] I had a dress made;se han hecho una casa al lado del mar they've built (themselves) a house by the seacon lo que me has dicho ya me hago una idea de cómo es la escuela from what you've told me I've got a pretty good idea of what the school is like;no me hago una idea de cómo debió ser I can't imagine what it must have been like9. [mostrarse] + "el" + adjse hace el gracioso/el simpático he acts the comedian/the nice guy;hacerse el distraído to pretend to be miles away;¿eres tonto o te lo haces? are you stupid or are you just pretending to be?10.hacerse a [acostumbrarse a] [m5] no consiguió hacerse a la comida británica she couldn't get used to British food;no me hago a su forma de trabajar I can't get used to the way they work;hacerse a una idea to get used to an idea;hazte a la idea de que no vamos a poder ir de vacaciones you'd better start getting used to the idea that we won't be able to go on holiday[vehículo] to pull over12.se hizo con el control de la empresa he took control of the company13. [referido a necesidades fisiológicas][excremento] the baby has dirtied his Br nappy o US diaper; Famel bebé se ha hecho encima [orina] the baby has wet himself;el bebé se ha hecho pipí the baby's wet himselftengo que hacerme de unas llaves para poder entrar I need to get hold of some keys to get in;se hizo de un diploma y salió a buscarse la vida she got herself a qualification and set out to make her fortune;nos hicimos de algo de comida y pasamos el día en el campo we got some food together and spent the day in the country¿y tu prima? ¿qué se hizo? [corto plazo] where has your cousin got to?;[largo plazo] whatever happened to that cousin of yours?17. Am Fam [salir bien]precisaba una beca y por suerte se le hizo she needed a scholarship and luckily she got one;después de años, se me hizo, gané la grande after waiting for years, at last it happened for me, I got the big one18. Méx, RP Fam [creer]¿llegará Pedro? – se me hace que no do you think Pedro will come? – I don't think so* * *v/r2 ( cocinarse) cook3 ( convertirse, volverse) get, become;hacerse viejo get old;hacerse de noche get dark;se hace tarde it’s getting late;¿qué se hizo de aquello? what happened with that?4:hacerse el sordo/el tonto pretend to be deaf/stupid5:hacerse a algo get used to sth6:hacerse con algo get hold of sth* * *vr1) : to become2) : to pretend, to act, to playhacerse el tonto: to play dumb3) : to seemel examen se me hizo difícil: the exam seemed difficult to me4) : to get, to growse hace tarde: it's growing late* * *hacerse vb2. (volverse + adjetivo) to get3. (fingir) to pretend to be4. (parecer) to seem5. (conseguir) to get¿dónde te has hecho con esa camiseta? where did you get that T shirt?7. (acostumbrarse) to get used to8. (apartarse) to move -
89 snappy
1) (irritable; inclined to snap: He is always rather snappy on a Monday morning.) irritable2) (quick; prompt: You'll have to be snappy if you're catching that bus!) rápido3) (smart: He's certainly a snappy dresser.) elegantetr['snæpɪ]1 (quick) rápido,-a; (brisk, lively) enérgico,-a, vivo,-a■ make it snappy! ¡date prisa!, ¡rápido!2 (stylish) elegante3 (short-tempered) irritable, irascible\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a snappy dresser vestir con elegancia1) fast: rápidomake it snappy!: ¡date prisa!2) lively: vivaz3) chilly: frío4) stylish: eleganteadj.• chulesco, -a adj.• chulo, -a adj.• irritable adj.• rápido, -a adj.'snæpiadjective -pier, -piestb) (brisk, lively) (colloq) < pace> ágil, brioso; < conversation> animado, vivazc) ( stylish) (colloq) elegante['snæpɪ]ADJ (compar snappier) (superl snappiest)1) (=quick) rápido; (=energetic) enérgico, vigorosomake it snappy! — ¡date prisa!, ¡apúrate! (esp LAm)
and be snappy about it! — ¡y date prisa!, ¡y apúrate! (esp LAm)
2) (=smart) elegante3) (=punchy) [slogan] conciso4) = snappish* * *['snæpi]adjective -pier, -piestb) (brisk, lively) (colloq) < pace> ágil, brioso; < conversation> animado, vivazc) ( stylish) (colloq) elegante -
90 dalli
Adv. umg.: dalli, dalli! get a move on!, hurry up!; aber ein bisschen dalli! and make it snappy!* * *dạl|li ['dali]adv (inf)dalli, dalli! — on the double! (inf), look smart! (inf)
verzieh dich, aber dalli! — beat it, go on, quick!
* * *dal·li[ˈdali]adv (fam)[nun] mach mal \dalli! get a move on!, be quick about it!..., aber \dalli!..., and be quick about it! [or fam make it snappy]hau ab, aber \dalli! get lost, go on, quick!* * *Adverb (ugs.)aber [ein bisschen] dalli! — and make it snappy (coll.)
[dalli] dalli! — get a move on!
* * *dalli adv umg:dalli, dalli! get a move on!, hurry up!;aber ein bisschen dalli! and make it snappy!* * *Adverb (ugs.)aber [ein bisschen] dalli! — and make it snappy (coll.)
[dalli] dalli! — get a move on!
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91 schönmachen
* * *schön|ma|chen sep1. vi(Hund) to sit up (and beg)2. vtrSee:→ schön* * *schön|ma·chenvr (fam)▪ sich akk [für jdn] \schönmachen to make oneself up [for sb]; (sich schön kleiden) to dress oneself up [for sb], to get dressed up [for sb]* * *1.(ugs.) transitives Verb smarten <person, thing> up; make <person, thing> look nice2.reflexives Verb smarten oneself up; make oneself look smart* * *schönmachen v/i (trennb, hat -ge-) Hund: sit up (and beg);* * *1.(ugs.) transitives Verb smarten <person, thing> up; make <person, thing> look nice2.reflexives Verb smarten oneself up; make oneself look smart -
92 zackig
Adj.1. indented; Felsen: jagged2. umg., fig. (schneidig) snappy; Soldat: smart, Am. neat; Musik, Schritt, Tempo: brisk, lively; Bewegung: short, sharp* * *(gezackt) indented; ragged; pronged; jagged;(schwungvoll) snappy* * *zạ|ckig ['tsakɪç]1. adj1) (= gezackt) jagged; Stern pointed2) (inf) Soldat, Bursche smart; Tempo, Musik brisk; Team, Manager etc dynamic, zippy (inf)2. adv1)(= gezackt)
zackig schreiben — to write a very angular hand2) (inf = schnell) laufen briskly; fahren, bedienen quicklybring mir meine Hausschuhe, aber ein bisschen zackig! — fetch me my slippers, and make it snappy! (inf)
* * *1) jaggedly2) (having rough or sharp and uneven edges: jagged rocks.) jagged3) (rough or uneven; not straight or smooth: a ragged edge.) ragged* * *za·ckig[ˈtsakɪç]1. (gezackt) jaggedein \zackiger Stern a pointed starein \zackiger Rand a jagged edge\zackige Bewegungen brisk movements\zackige Musik upbeat musicein \zackiger junger Mann a smart young man* * *1.1) jagged2.1) (gezackt) jaggedly2) (schneidig) smartly; < play music> rousingly* * *zackig adj1. indented; Felsen: jagged2. umg, fig (schneidig) snappy; Soldat: smart, US neat; Musik, Schritt, Tempo: brisk, lively; Bewegung: short, sharp* * *1.1) jagged2.1) (gezackt) jaggedly2) (schneidig) smartly; < play music> rousingly* * *adj.jagged adj.pronged adj.snappish adj. adv.jaggedly adv. -
93 burlar
v.1 to evade.consiguió burlar a sus perseguidores she managed to outwit her pursuersEl ladrón burló la seguridad The thief evaded the security measures.2 to trick, to put on.Silvia burló a Ricardo Silvia tricked Richard.3 to get by.El auto burló a la policía The car got by the police.* * *1 to deceive, trick2 (eludir) to dodge, evade1 to mock (de, -), make fun (de, of), laugh (de, at)* * *verb- burlarse* * *1. VT1) (=engañar) [+ persona] to deceive, trick; [+ enemigo] to outwit; [+ vigilancia] to defeat; [+ bloqueo] to run2) (=frustrar) [+ ambición, plan] to thwart, frustrate; [+ esperanzas] to ruin, frustrate3) (=seducir) to seduce4) * (=saber usar) to know how to use, be able to handle2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < medidas de seguridad> to evade, get aroundb) < enemigo> to outwit2.burlarse v pronburlarse de algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody
* * *= mock, hoodwink, outwit, bilk, outfox, outsmart.Nota: Literalmente significa "ser más listo que".Ex. They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.Ex. In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.Ex. Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.Ex. It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.Ex. Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.----* burlar el sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < medidas de seguridad> to evade, get aroundb) < enemigo> to outwit2.burlarse v pronburlarse de algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody
* * *= mock, hoodwink, outwit, bilk, outfox, outsmart.Nota: Literalmente significa "ser más listo que".Ex: They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.
Ex: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.Ex: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.Ex: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.Ex: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.* burlar el sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.* * *burlar [A1 ]vt‹medidas de seguridad/control› to evade, get aroundel barco se fugó burlando la vigilancia de la marina the boat escaped despite being under navy surveillance■ burlarseburlarse DE algo/algn to make fun OF sth/sb¡de mí no se burla nadie! no-one makes fun of me!* * *
burlar ( conjugate burlar) verbo transitivo
burlarse verbo pronominal burlarse de algo/algn to make fun of sth/sb
burlar verbo transitivo
1 (engañar) to outwit
2 (esquivar) to evade
' burlar' also found in these entries:
English:
cheat
- outwit
- run
- out
* * *♦ vt[esquivar] to evade; [ley] to flout;consiguió burlar a sus perseguidores she managed to outwit her pursuers;el ladrón burló los sistemas de seguridad the thief found a way round the security systems;burla burlando without anyone noticing* * *I v/t1 riesgo, dificultad get round2 ( engañar) trick, take inII v/i mock* * *burlar vtengañar: to trick, to deceive* * *burlar vb2. (engañar) to trick -
94 tarjeta
f.card (gen) & (computing).tarjeta postal postcardtarjeta sanitaria = card bearing national insurance number and doctor's addresstarjeta amarilla/roja (sport) yellow/red cardtarjeta de compra store card, charge cardtarjeta de crédito credit cardtarjeta de débito debit cardtarjeta de embarque boarding passtarjeta inteligente smart cardtarjeta multiviaje travel pass* * *1 card\tarjeta amarilla yellow cardtarjeta censal polling cardtarjeta de débito debit cardtarjeta de cliente customer cardtarjeta de crédito credit cardtarjeta de embarque boarding cardtarjeta de expansión expansion cardtarjeta de felicitación greetings cardtarjeta de fidelización loyalty cardtarjeta de memoria memory card, chip cardtarjeta de presentación business cardtarjeta de residencia residence permittarjeta de sonido sound cardtarjeta de vídeo video cardtarjeta de visita visiting card, US calling cardtarjeta inteligente smart cardtarjeta magnética swipe cardtarjeta multiviaje travel cardtarjeta perforada punch card, punched cardtarjeta postal postcardtarjeta roja red cardtarjeta telefónica phonecard* * *noun f.* * *SF cardtarjeta amarilla — (Dep) yellow card
tarjeta bancaria — banker's card, bank card
tarjeta de circuitos — (Inform) circuit board
tarjeta de felicitación — greetings card, greeting card (EEUU)
tarjeta de prepago — [de móvil] prepaid card
tarjeta de saludo — greetings card, greeting card (EEUU)
tarjeta de video — LAm video card
tarjeta de visita — business card, visiting card
tarjeta gráfica — (Inform) graphics card
tarjeta monedero — electronic purse o wallet
tarjeta roja — (Dep) red card
tarjeta verde — Méx (=visado) Green Card (EEUU)
* * *femenino cardmarcar (AmL) or (Méx) checar tarjeta — to clock in/out, punch in/out (AmE)
* * *----* aceptar tarjeta de crédito = honour + credit card.* datos de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card details.* número de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card number.* número de tarjeta de proceso = transaction card number.* pago mediante tarjeta = card payment.* pasar una tarjeta por un lector electrónico = swipe.* sistema de acceso mediante tarjeta = card access system.* sistema de entrada mediante tarjetas = card-entry system.* tarjeta amarilla = yellow card.* tarjeta añadida = add-on card.* tarjeta de acceso = swipecard.* tarjeta de aceleración = accelerator board.* tarjeta de banda magnética = swipecard.* tarjeta de crédito = credit card.* tarjeta de débito = debit card.* tarjeta de embarque = boarding pass, boarding card.* tarjeta de felicitación = greeting card [greetings card], congratulatory card.* tarjeta de gráficos = graphics card.* tarjeta de identificación = identification card.* tarjeta de interrogación = poll card.* tarjeta de invitación = invitation card.* tarjeta de invitación de boda = wedding invitation card.* tarjeta de lector = borrower's card, borrower's identification badge, reader's card.* tarjeta del lector = borrower identification label.* tarjeta de ordenador = computer card.* tarjeta de presentación = business card, calling card, visiting card.* tarjeta de proceso = transaction card.* tarjeta de San Valentín = valentine.* tarjeta de sonido = sound card.* tarjeta de vídeo = video card.* tarjeta de visita = calling card, carte de visite, visiting card, business card.* tarjeta identificativa = badge, name badge.* tarjeta inteligente = smart card [smartcard].* tarjeta perforada = punched card.* tarjeta postal = postcard, picture postcard.* tarjeta prepago = prepaid card.* tarjeta roja = red card.* tarjeta telefónica = calling card, telephone card.* tarjeta verde = green card.* titular de la tarjeta = cardholder.* * *femenino cardmarcar (AmL) or (Méx) checar tarjeta — to clock in/out, punch in/out (AmE)
* * ** aceptar tarjeta de crédito = honour + credit card.* datos de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card details.* número de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card number.* número de tarjeta de proceso = transaction card number.* pago mediante tarjeta = card payment.* pasar una tarjeta por un lector electrónico = swipe.* sistema de acceso mediante tarjeta = card access system.* sistema de entrada mediante tarjetas = card-entry system.* tarjeta amarilla = yellow card.* tarjeta añadida = add-on card.* tarjeta de acceso = swipecard.* tarjeta de aceleración = accelerator board.* tarjeta de banda magnética = swipecard.* tarjeta de crédito = credit card.* tarjeta de débito = debit card.* tarjeta de embarque = boarding pass, boarding card.* tarjeta de felicitación = greeting card [greetings card], congratulatory card.* tarjeta de gráficos = graphics card.* tarjeta de identificación = identification card.* tarjeta de interrogación = poll card.* tarjeta de invitación = invitation card.* tarjeta de invitación de boda = wedding invitation card.* tarjeta de lector = borrower's card, borrower's identification badge, reader's card.* tarjeta del lector = borrower identification label.* tarjeta de ordenador = computer card.* tarjeta de presentación = business card, calling card, visiting card.* tarjeta de proceso = transaction card.* tarjeta de San Valentín = valentine.* tarjeta de sonido = sound card.* tarjeta de vídeo = video card.* tarjeta de visita = calling card, carte de visite, visiting card, business card.* tarjeta identificativa = badge, name badge.* tarjeta inteligente = smart card [smartcard].* tarjeta perforada = punched card.* tarjeta postal = postcard, picture postcard.* tarjeta prepago = prepaid card.* tarjeta roja = red card.* tarjeta telefónica = calling card, telephone card.* tarjeta verde = green card.* titular de la tarjeta = cardholder.* * *cardCompuestos:( Dep) yellow cardle mostró or sacó (la) tarjeta amarilla he showed him the yellow card(Col, Ven) ( Mil) draft cardswipe carddebit card( Fin) credit card( Esp): tirar de la tarjeta de crédito to make use of one's credit card( Transp) boarding pass o cardstudent card( Inf) expansion card( Marketing) loyalty card( Inf) memory cardChristmas cardbusiness card, visiting card( AmL) scratch card( Esp) scratch card( Electrón) sound card( Electrón) video card● tarjeta gráfica or digitalizadoragraphics card( Inf) wireless card( Electrón) smart card( Inf) multimedia cardpunch cardpostcard( Telec) top-up cardred cardle mostró or sacó (la) tarjeta roja he showed him the red card( Electrón) ROM card( Med) European Health Insurance Card( Telec) SIM card( Telec) phonecard* * *
tarjeta sustantivo femenino
card;
marcar (AmL) or (Méx) checar tarjeta to clock in/out, punch in/out (AmE);◊ tarjeta amarilla/roja yellow/red card;
tarjeta de crédito credit card;
tarjeta de embarque boarding pass o card;
tarjeta de Navidad Christmas card;
tarjeta de prepago top-up card;
tarjeta de visita or (Méx) de presentación ( personal) visiting card;
( de negocios) business card;◊ tarjeta postal/telefónica postcard/phonecard
tarjeta sustantivo femenino card
tarjeta de crédito, credit card
tarjeta de embarque, boarding pass o card
tarjeta postal, postcard
tarjeta telefónica, phonecard
Inform tarjeta de sonido, sound card
Dep tarjeta amarilla/roja, yellow/red card
' tarjeta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dorso
- embarque
- felicitación
- ficha
- pagar
- picar
- postal
- perforar
- retener
- tragar
English:
boarding card
- boarding pass
- book
- business card
- calling card
- card
- cardholder
- cash card
- charge card
- Christmas card
- compliment
- credit card
- get-well card
- green card
- greeting card
- interested
- phonecard
- postcard
- railcard
- valentine
- visiting
- wherever
- bank
- boarding
- by
- charge
- Christmas
- clock
- credit
- debit
- greeting
- him
- loyalty
- phone
- post
- punch
- swipe
- top
* * *tarjeta nf1. [para presentación, pagos, transporte] cardtarjeta bancaria bank card;tarjeta de cliente customer card;tarjeta de compra store card, charge card;tarjeta de crédito credit card;tarjeta de débito debit card;tarjeta de embarque boarding pass;tarjeta de felicitación greetings card;Com tarjeta de fidelización loyalty card;tarjeta identificativa identity badge;tarjeta de inmigración landing card;tarjeta inteligente smart card;tarjeta magnética card with a magnetic strip;tarjeta monedero electronic wallet;tarjeta multiviaje travel pass;tarjeta de Navidad Christmas card;tarjeta postal postcard;Tel tarjeta (de) prepago pre-paid card; Tel tarjeta de recarga Br top-up card, US pre-paid calling card;tarjeta sanitaria = card bearing personal identification number and doctor's address;tarjeta sanitaria europea European Health Insurance Card;Tel tarjeta SIM SIM card;tarjeta teléfonica phonecard;tarjeta de teléfono phonecard;tarjeta de visita visiting card, US calling card2. [en deportes] cardtarjeta amarilla yellow card;tarjeta roja red card3. Informát cardtarjeta aceleradora acceleration card;tarjeta de ampliación expansion card;tarjeta caché cache card;tarjeta de expansión expansion card;tarjeta lógica logic card;tarjeta perforada punched card;tarjeta de registro registration card;tarjeta de sonido sound card;tarjeta de vídeo video card* * *f card* * *tarjeta nf: cardtarjeta de crédito: credit cardtarjeta postal: postcard* * *tarjeta n cardtarjeta de embarque boarding card / boarding pass -
95 piquer
piquer [pike]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [guêpe, ortie] to sting ; [moustique, serpent] to bite ; (avec une épingle, une pointe) to prick ; [barbe] to prickle ; (Medicine) to give an injection to• attention, ça pique [alcool sur une plaie] careful, it's going to stingd. [+ curiosité, intérêt] to arouse2. intransitive verba. [avion] to go into a dive ; [oiseau] to swoop down• piquer du nez [avion] to nosedive ; [fleurs] to droop ; [personne] to fall headfirst ; (de sommeil) to nod off (inf)3. reflexive verbb. [drogué] to shoot upc. ( = prétendre pouvoir) se piquer de faire qch to pride o.s. on one's ability to do sth* * *pike
1.
1) ( blesser) [guêpe, ortie] to sting; [moustique, serpent] to bite; [chardon, rosier] to prick2) ( enfoncer une pointe) [personne] to prick [animal, fruit]3) Médecine to give [somebody] an injection4) Culinaire5) ( fixer) to stick [épingle]6) ( de trous) [insecte, ver] to make holes in [bois, meuble]7) ( irriter)8) (colloq) ( voler) to pinch (colloq) GB, to steal [livre, idée] (à from); ( emprunter) to pinch (colloq) GB, to borrow [crayon, pull]il pique (dans les magasins) — he's always pinching things (from shops GB ou stores US)
9) (colloq) ( arrêter) [police] to nab (colloq), to nick (colloq) GB [bandit]; ( surprendre) to get [personne]10) (colloq) ( attraper) to catch [virus]11) to stitch [tissu, vêtement]12) [propos] to needle [personne]; to sting [orgueil, fierté]13) ( éveiller) to arouse [curiosité, intérêt]14) (colloq) ( commencer)15) ( plonger)16) Musique
2.
verbe intransitif1) ( irriter) [barbe] to be bristly; [vêtement, laine] to be scratchy; [gorge, yeux] to sting; [vent, froid] to be biting2) ( exciter les sens) [moutarde, sauce] to be hot; [vin, fromage] to be sharp; [boisson, soda] (colloq) to be fizzy (colloq) GB ou sparkling3) ( descendre) [oiseau] to swoop down; [avion] to divepiquer du nez — ( s'endormir) to nod off, to doze off; ( baisser la tête) to look down; ( chuter) [avion] to go into a nosedive; [marché, Bourse] to take a nosedive; [fleur] to droop
4) (colloq) ( prendre)5) (colloq) ( s'élancer)
3.
se piquer verbe pronominal1) ( se blesser) to prick oneself2) ( se faire une piqûre) to inject oneself; ( se droguer) (colloq) to shoot up (colloq)3) ( se couvrir de taches) [miroir, linge, métal] to become spotted; [papier, livre] to become foxed4) ( par prétention) fml5) ( se vexer) to take offence [BrE] (de at)••quelle mouche t'a piqué? — (colloq) what's eating (colloq) you?
son article n'était pas piqué des vers (colloq) or hannetons — (colloq) his/her article didn't pull any punches
c'est une petite maison pas piquée des vers (colloq) or hannetons — (colloq) it's a really lovely little house
* * *pike1. vt1)piquer qch sur; piquer qch à [tableau d'affichage] — to pin sth onto
2) [abeille] to sting, [moustique] to biteNous avons été piqués par les moustiques. — We were bitten by mosquitoes.
3) [ortie] to stingpiquer les yeux [fumée] — to make one's eyes sting
4) [froid] to biteLa fumée me pique les yeux. — The smoke is making my eyes sting.
5) [sauce, poivre] to burnCette sauce me pique la langue. — This sauce is burning my tongue.
6) [patient] to give an injection to7) [chien, chat] to put to sleep8) COUTURE to machine (stitch)9) [intérêt, curiosité] to arouse10) * (= voler) to pinch *On m'a piqué mon porte-monnaie. — Somebody pinched my purse.
11) * (= arrêter) [voleur] to nab *2. vi1) [oiseau, avion] to go into a divepiquer sur [proie, cible] — to swoop down on
piquer du nez [avion] — to go into a nose-dive, fig, [personne] to doze off, [économie, chiffres] to nose-dive, to take a nose-dive
2) (= brûler) [plante, feuille] to sting, [froid] to bite, [sauce] to be hot* * *piquer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( blesser) [guêpe, scorpion, méduse, ortie] to sting; [moustique, puce, araignée, serpent] to bite; [chardon, rosier] to prick; le scorpion l'a piqué au bras the scorpion stung his arm; il s'est fait piquer par une méduse he was ou got stung by a jellyfish;2 ( enfoncer une pointe) [personne, bec, aiguille] to prick [animal, fruit]; piquer qn avec une aiguille to prick sb with a needle; piquer son cheval to spur one's horse; piquer un rôti avec une fourchette to prick a roast with a fork; piquer un couteau dans le gâteau to prick the cake with a knife; piquer des petits pois avec sa fourchette to stab peas with one's fork; piquer (son cheval) des éperons to urge one's horse on with one's spurs;3 Méd to give [sb] an injection; piquer qn à l'épaule/au bras to give sb an injection in the shoulder/in the arm; je me suis fait piquer contre la grippe I've had a flu injection; faire piquer un animal to have an animal put down; on a dû faire piquer le chat we had to have the cat put down;4 Culin piquer un gigot d'ail to stud a leg of lamb with garlic; piquer un oignon de clous de girofle to stick an onion with cloves; un gigot d'agneau piqué d'ail a leg of lamb studded with garlic;5 ( fixer) to stick [épingle, peigne] (dans into); ( épingler) to pin [carte, badge] (à to; sur on); piquer des fleurs dans ses cheveux to stick flowers in one's hair; piquer une photo au mur/une médaille sur une veste to pin a photo to the wall/a medal on a jacket;6 ( parsemer) ( de trous) [insecte, ver] to make holes in [bois, meuble]; ( de taches) [moisissure, rouille] to spot [linge, miroir]; to fox [papier, livre];7 ( irriter) [vent, froid] to be biting; mon pull me pique la peau my sweater feels scratchy; le froid me pique le visage the cold is making my face tingle; la fumée me pique la gorge/les yeux the smoke is stinging my throat/eyes; sa gorge le pique his throat is prickling ou stinging; ses yeux la piquaient her eyes were stinging; ça me pique partout I'm itchy all over;8 ○( voler) to pinch○ GB, to steal [livre, idée] (à from); ( emprunter) to pinch○ GB, to borrow [crayon, pull]; ( choisir) to pick [nombre, personne]; il a piqué cette invention à son professeur he pinched the invention from his professor; il pique (dans les magasins) he's always pinching things (from shops GB ou stores US); il n'arrête pas de me piquer mes fringues○ he's always pinching my clothes; je me suis fait piquer mon sac à main I had my handbag pinched; piquer un numéro au hasard to pick a number at random;9 ○( arrêter) [police] to nab○, to nick○ GB [bandit, voleur]; ( surprendre) to get [personne]; il s'est fait piquer à la sortie du magasin he was nabbed ou nicked GB as he left the store; ils se sont fait piquer à tricher pendant l'examen they got caught cheating during the exam;10 ○( attraper) to catch [maladie, virus];11 Cout to stitch [tissu, vêtement]; piquer une robe à la machine to machine(-stitch) a dress; est- ce que tu sais piquer? do you know how to use a sewing-machine?;12 (toucher, affecter) [propos, attitude, personne] to needle [personne]; to sting [orgueil, fierté]; cette remarque m'a piquée this remark wounded me; piquer qn au vif to cut sb to the quick;13 ( éveiller) to arouse [curiosité, intérêt];14 ○( commencer) piquer un fou rire to have a fit of the giggles; piquer une crise de nerfs to throw a fit○; piquer un cent mètres to break into a run; piquer un galop to break into a gallop;15 ( plonger) piquer une tête (dans l'eau) to dive (into the water);16 Mus piquer une note to play a note staccato.B vi1 ( irriter) [barbe] to be bristly; [vêtement, laine] to be scratchy ; [gorge, yeux, nez] to sting; ça pique! [ortie, seringue] it stings!; [plante épineuse] it pricks!; [fumée] it stings!; [barbe] it's bristly!; j'ai la gorge qui pique my throat is stinging; tu piques ce matin you are all bristly this morning;2 ( exciter les sens) [moutarde, sauce] to be hot; [vin, fromage] to be sharp; [boisson, soda]○ to be fizzy○ GB ou sparkling; c'est de l'eau qui pique this is fizzy GB ou sparkling water;3 ( descendre) [oiseau] to swoop down; [avion] to dive; l'aigle piqua droit sur sa proie the eagle swooped on its prey; piquer du nez ( s 'endormir) to nod off, to doze off; ( baisser la tête) to look down; ( chuter) [avion] to go into a nosedive; [marché, Bourse, actions] to take a nosedive; [fleur] to droop;4 ( prendre) arrête de piquer dans le plat stop picking (things out of the serving dish); il y a plein de livres/vêtements dans le grenier, pique dans le tas si tu veux there are lots of books/clothes in the attic, help yourself from the pile;5 ○( s'élancer) le taureau piqua droit sur nous the bull came straight for us; il piqua à travers bois pour échapper à la police he cut across the woods to escape (from) the police.C se piquer vpr1 ( se blesser) to prick oneself; se piquer avec to prick oneself with [aiguille]; to prick oneself on [clou]; se piquer aux ronces to scratch oneself on the brambles; se piquer aux orties to get stung by nettles; ⇒ frotter;2 ( se faire une piqûre) to inject oneself; ( se droguer)○ to shoot up○, to inject oneself; il se pique he shoots up○; je n'ai pas besoin d'infirmière, je me pique moi-même I don't need a nurse, I do my own injections; il se pique à l'héroïne he injects himself ou shoots up○ with heroin;3 ( se couvrir de taches) [miroir] to go spotty GB, to become spotted; [papier, livre] to become foxed; [confiture] to go GB ou become mouldy GB ou moldy US; [linge] to become spotted; [métal] to become spotted (with rust); le papier mural de la salle de bains est en train de se piquer the bathroom wallpaper is becoming mildewed;4 fml ( par prétention) se piquer de philosophie to like to make out GB ou pretend one is a philosopher; se piquer de peindre/d'écrire to like to make out GB ou pretend that one is a painter/writer; se piquer de réussir seul to claim that one can manage on one's own;5 ( se vexer) to take offenceGB (de at); elle s'est piquée de ta plaisanterie she took offenceGB at your joke; il se pique facilement he takes offenceGB easily.quelle mouche t'a piqué○? what's eating○ you?; piquer des deux Équit to spur on one's horse; ( s'enfuir)○ to beat it○; son article n'était pas piqué des vers○ or hannetons○ his/her article didn't pull any punches; c'est une petite maison pas piquée des vers○ ou hannetons○ it's a really lovely little house; se piquer le nez○ or la truffe◑ to booze○, to knock it back○.[pike] verbe transitif1. MÉDECINE [avec une seringue]2. MÉDECINE VÉTÉRINAIRE [tuer]piquer un animal to put an animal down, to put an animal to sleep3. [avec une pointe] to prickpiquer un morceau de viande avec une fourchette/la pointe d'un couteau to stick a fork/the tip of a knife into a piece of meatêtre piqué ou se faire piquer par une abeille to get stung by a bee5. [enfoncer] to stickpiquer une fleur dans ses cheveux to put a flower in ou to stick a flower in one's hairpiquer une broche sur un chemisier to pin a brooch on ou onto a blouseça pique la gorge it gives you a tickle in your ou the throat7. [stimuler - curiosité, jalousie] to arouse, to awaken ; [ - amour-propre] to pique ; [ - intérêt] to stir (up)8. (familier) [faire de manière soudaine]piquer un cent mètres ou un sprintpiquer un fard to turn red ou crimsonpiquer une phrase dans un livre/à un auteur to lift a sentence from a book/an authora. [arrêter] to get nabbed ou nailed (US)b. [surprendre] to get caught11. MUSIQUEpiquer une note to dot a note, to play a note staccato[cuir] to stitch13. CUISINE————————[pike] verbe intransitifradis/moutarde qui pique hot radish/mustard2. [descendre - avion] to (go into a) dive ; [ - oiseau] to swoop down ; [ - personne] to head straight towards3. (locution)a. [avion] to go into a nosediveb. [bateau] to tilt forwardc. [fleur] to droopd. [personne] to (begin to) drop off————————se piquer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)il se pique à l'héroïne he shoots ou does heroin————————se piquer verbe pronominal intransitif1. [par accident] to prick oneself2. [s'abîmer - papier, linge] to turn mildewy, to go mouldy ; [ - métal] to pit, to get pitted ; [ - vin] to turn sour3. (locution)————————se piquer verbe pronominal transitif————————se piquer de verbe pronominal plus préposition -
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c black tout, toute [tu, tut]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque tout fait partie d'une locution comme en tout cas, tout le temps, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <a. ( = entier)b. ( = unique) only• pour tout mobilier, il avait un lit et une table the only furniture he had was a bed and a tablec. (indéfini)2. <• tout ce que je sais, c'est qu'il est parti all I know is that he's gone• ne croyez pas tout ce qu'il raconte don't believe everything he tells you► tout ce qu'il y a de ( = extrêmement) most• c'était tout ce qu'il y a de chic it was the last word in chic► avoir tout de + nom• l'organisation a tout d'une secte the organization is nothing less than a sect► à tout va (inf) [licencier, investir, recruter] like mad (inf) ; [libéralisme, communication, consommation] unbridled• à l'époque, on construisait à tout va at that time there were buildings going up everywhere► en tout ( = au total) in all• ça coûte 1 000 € en tout it costs 1,000 euros in all• leurs programmes politiques s'opposent en tout their political programmes clash in every way► en tout et pour tout all in all• il lui reste 150 euros en tout et pour tout he only has a total of 150 euros left► et tout (inf) and everything• avec les vacances et tout, je n'ai pas eu le temps what with the holidays and all (inf), I didn't have time• j'avais préparé le dîner, fait le ménage et tout et tout I'd made the dinner, done the housework and everything► c'est + tout• ce sera tout ? will that be all?• et ce n'est pas tout ! and that's not all!• c'est pas tout ça, mais il est tard (inf) all this is very nice, but it's getting late► ce n'est pas tout de• ce n'est pas tout de faire son métier, il faut le faire bien it's not enough just to do your job, you have to do it well• cette idée avait surpris et pour tout dire n'avait pas convaincu this idea surprised everybody and, to be honest, wasn't convincing• écoutez bien tous ! listen, all of you!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The final s of tous is pronounced only when it is a pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. <a. ► tout + adjectif ( = très) very ; ( = entièrement) quite• toute petite, elle aimait la campagne as a very small child she liked the country► tout (+ en) + nom• je suis tout ouïe ! I'm all ears!• le jardin est tout en fleurs the garden is a mass of flowers► tout + adverbeb. ( = déjà) tout prêtc. ► tout en + participe présent• je suis incapable de travailler tout en écoutant de la musique I can't work and listen to music at the same time• tout en prétendant le contraire il voulait être élu although he pretended otherwise he wanted to be electedd. (locutions)• vous êtes d'accord ? -- tout à fait ! do you agree? -- absolutely!► tout à l'heure ( = plus tard) later ; ( = peu avant) a short while ago• tout à l'heure tu as dit que... you said earlier that...• ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( = ce n'est pas près d'arriver) it won't happen overnight ; ( = c'est improbable) it's hardly likely to happen4. <a. ( = ensemble) whole• prendre le tout to take all of it (or them)b. ( = essentiel) le tout c'est de faire vite the main thing is to be quick about it• ce n'est pas le tout de s'amuser, il faut travailler there's more to life than enjoying yourself, people have got to workc. (locutions)► du tout• pas du tout ! not at all!* * *tu
1.
en tout — ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect
tout bien compté or pesé or considéré — all in all
tout est là — fig that's the whole point
et tout et tout — (colloq) and all that sort of thing
ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir — it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished
2) tous tus, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/youtoutes tant qu'elles sont — all of them, each and every one of them
est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? — will it suit everybody ou everyone?
2.
1) ( exprimant la totalité)bois tout ton lait — drink all your milk, drink up your milk
2) ( véritable)c'est tout un travail/événement — it's quite a job/an event
3) (devant ce qui/que/dont) ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything‘tu en es sûr?’ - ‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ — ‘are you sure?’ - ‘as sure as can be’
4) ( n'importe quel) anyà tout moment — ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly
5) ( total)en toute innocence/franchise — in all innocence/honesty
6) (unique, seul)il a souri pour toute réponse — his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply
on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages — all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables
en toutes choses — in all things, in everything
toutes les pages sont déchirées — all the pages are torn, every page is torn
nous irons tous les deux — both of us will go, we'll both go
8) ( chaque) tous/toutes les every
3.
adverbe (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)1) (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) alltout étonnées/toutes honteuses — very surprised/ashamed
tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner — as a small child she already liked to draw
être tout mouillé/sale — to be all wet/dirty
c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire — it's a different matter altogether
2) ( devant un nom)c'est tout le portrait de sa mère — she's the spitting ou very image of her mother
c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire — it's the very opposite
avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre — you see everything in black and white
3) ( tout à fait)tout à côté de/contre/en haut — right by/against/at the top
ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur — they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat
4) ( d'avance)5) ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although6) (marquant la concession: quoique)tout malin/roi qu'il est, il... — he may be clever/a king, but he...
7) ( rien d'autre que)je suis tout ouïe — hum I'm all ears
4.
du tout locution adverbiale(pas) du tout, (point) du tout — not at all
5.
1) ( ensemble)former un tout — to make up ou form a whole
2)le tout — ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing
le tout est de réussir — the main ou most important thing is to succeed
ce n'est pas le tout! — (colloq) this is no good!
6.
Tout- (in compounds)le Tout-Paris/-Londres — the Paris/London smart set
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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière généraleOn emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I knowOn emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/grouptout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole bookMais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stayAvec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my lifetout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier
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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière généraleOn emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I knowOn emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/grouptout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole bookMais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stayAvec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my lifetout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier* * *tu, tut tout, -e tous mpl toutes fpl1. adj1) (avec article singulier) alltoute la nuit — all night, the whole night
tout le temps — all the time, the whole time
c'est toute une affaire; c'est toute une histoire — it's quite a business, it's a whole rigmarole
2) (avec article pluriel) (= chaque) every, (idée d'intégralité) alltoutes les deux semaines — every other week, every two weeks
toutes les trois semaines — every three weeks, every third week
tous les deux; Nous y sommes allés tous les deux. — We both went., Both of us went.
Nous y sommes allés tous les trois. — All three of us went.
Je les ai invités tous les trois. — I invited all three of them.
3) (sans article) (= n'importe quel)à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit — at any time of the day or night, (= seul)
pour toute nourriture, il avait... — his only food was..., (= chaque)
de tous côtés; de toutes parts (= de partout) — from everywhere, from every side, (= partout) all around
2. prontous; toutes — all
Il a tout fait. — He did everything.
Il a tout organisé. — He organized everything.
Je les vois tous. — I can see them all., I can see all of them.
Je les connais tous. — I know them all., I know all of them.
Nous y sommes tous allés. — We all went., All of us went.
Nous y sommes toutes allées. — We all went., All of us went.
tout de...; Elle a tout d'une mère. — She's a real mother., She's a true mother.
en tout — all together, altogether
tout ce que...; tout ce qu'il sait — all he knows
C'était tout ce qu'il y a de plus chic. — It was the last word in chic., It was the ultimate in chic.
3. nmCeci forme un tout. — It forms a whole.
Je prends le tout. — I'll take it all., I'll take the whole lot.
le tout est de... — the main thing is to...
4. adv1) (= très, complètement) verytout près; tout à côté — very near
Elle habite tout près. — She lives very near.
le tout premier; la toute première — the very first
tout seul; toute seule — all alone
Il est tout seul. — He's all alone.
Elle est toute seule. — She's all alone.
Il était tout rouge. — He was all red in the face.
Elle était toute rouge. — She was all red in the face.
tout de suite — immediately, straight away
2)tout en... — while...
Il a fait son travail tout en chantant. — He sang as he worked., He sang while he worked.
tout à coup; tout d'un coup — suddenly
tout court; Charles-Henri, pouvez-vous... — Je vous en prie, appelez-moi Charles tout court. — Charles-Henri, could you... — Please, just call me Charles.
communication par internet, mais aussi communication tout court — communication via the internet, but also simply communication
tout à l'heure (passé) — just now, a short while ago
Je l'ai vu tout à l'heure. — I saw him just now., (futur) shortly, in a moment
Je finirai ça tout à l'heure. — I'll finish it in a moment.
* * *A pron indéf1 tout ( chaque chose) everything; ( n'importe quoi) anything; ( l'ensemble) all; penser à tout to think of everything; tout est prêt everything is ready; le sucre, les graisses, le sel, tout me fait mal sugar, fat, salt, everything is bad for me; être tout pour qn to be everything to sb; tout peut arriver anything can happen; le chien mange (de) tout the dog will eat anything; tout est prétexte à querelle(s) any pretext will do to start a quarrel; tout n'est pas perdu all is not lost; tout ou rien all or nothing; tout ou partie de qch all or part of sth; tout va bien all's well, everything's fine; en tout ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect; en tout et pour tout all told; et tout ça parce que/pour and all because/for; tout bien compté or pesé or considéré all in all; tout est là fig that's the whole point; c'est tout dire I need say no more; et tout et tout○ and all that sort of thing; et ce n'est pas tout! and that's not all!; ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished; avoir tout d'un singe/assassin to look just like a monkey/murderer; ⇒ bien, monde, salaire, or;2 tous, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/you; nous sommes tous des pécheurs we are all sinners; le film n'est pas à la portée de tous the film is not accessible to all; merci à tous thank you all; tous ensemble all together; ce sont tous d'anciens soldats all of them are ou they are all former soldiers; il les a tous cassés he has broken all of them, he's broken them all; il l'a dit devant nous tous he said it in front of all of us; leurs enfants, tous musiciens de talent their children, all of them talented musicians; tous ne sont pas d'accord not all of them agree; toutes tant qu'elles sont all of them, each and every one of them; vous tous qui le connaissez all of you who know him; écoutez-moi tous listen to me, all of you; est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? will it suit everybody ou everyone?B adj1 ( exprimant la totalité) bois tout ton lait drink all your milk, drink up your milk; tout le reste est à jeter everything else is to be thrown away; manger tout un pain to eat a whole loaf; tout Pompéi a été enseveli the whole of Pompeii was buried; tout Nice se réjouit the whole of ou all Nice rejoiced; il a plu toute la journée it rained all day (long) ou the whole day; pendant toute une année for a whole year; la semaine se passa toute à attendre the whole ou entire week was spent waiting; j'ai passé tout mon dimanche à travailler I spent the whole of ou all Sunday working; je ne l'ai pas vu de tout l'été I haven't seen him all summer; cet enfant est toute ma vie this child is my whole life; c'est tout le plaisir que tu y trouves? is that all the pleasure ou the only pleasure it gives you?; tout le problème est là that's where the problem lies; tout cela ne compte pas none of that counts; le meilleur dentiste de toute la ville the best dentist in town; tout le monde everybody; ⇒ cœur, monde, temps;2 ( véritable) c'est tout un travail/événement it's quite a job/an event; il a fait toute une histoire he made a real ou big fuss, he made quite a fuss; c'est tout un art there's a whole art to it;3 tout ce qui/que/dont ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything; tout ce qui compte all that matters; c'est tout ce que je fais that's all I do; tout ce dont j'ai besoin all I need; j'ai acheté tout ce qui était sur la liste I bought everything that was on the list; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he says anything that comes into his head; tout ce qu'il dit n'est pas vrai not all of what he says is true; tout ce que le village compte d'enfants, tout ce qu'il y a d'enfants dans le village all the children in the village; être tout ce qu'il y a de plus serviable to be most obliging; c'est tout ce qu'on fait de mieux it's the best there is; ‘tu en es sûr?’-‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ ‘are you sure?’-‘as sure as can be’, ‘absolutely sure’;4 ( n'importe quel) any; à tout âge at any age; de toute nature of any kind; à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit at all times of the day or night; ‘service à toute heure’ ‘24 hour service’; à tout moment ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly; tout prétexte leur est bon they'll jump at any excuse; toute personne qui anyone ou anybody who; toute autre solution serait rejetée any other solution would be rejected; tout autre que lui/toi aurait abandonné anybody else would have given up; toute publicité est interdite all advertising is prohibited; pour toute réclamation, s'adresser à… all complaints should be addressed to…; tout billet n'est pas valable not all tickets are valid; ⇒ vérité;5 (sans déterminant: total) en toute innocence/franchise in all innocence/honesty; en toute liberté with complete freedom; donner toute satisfaction to give complete satisfaction; c'est tout bénéfice it's all profit; il aurait tout intérêt à placer cet argent it would be in his best interests to invest this money; partir en toute hâte to leave in a great hurry; un jardin de toute beauté a most beautiful garden; être à toute extrémité to be close to death; ⇒ épreuve, hasard, prix, vitesse;6 (unique, seul) il a souri pour toute réponse his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply; on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables; elle a un chien pour toute compagnie the only company she has ou all she has for company is a dog;7 tous, toutes ( les uns et les autres sans distinction) all, every (+ v sg); ceci vaut pour tous les candidats this applies to all candidates ou to every candidate; en tous pays in all countries, in every country; en toutes choses in all things, in everything; toutes les pages sont déchirées all the pages are torn, every page is torn; les lettres ont toutes été signées the letters have all been signed; j'ai toutes les raisons de me plaindre I have every reason to complain; tous les hommes sont mortels all men are mortal; il a fait tous les métiers he's done all sorts of jobs; tous les prétextes leur sont bons they'll use any excuse (pour to); meubles tous budgets furniture to suit every pocket; tous deux se levèrent both of them got up, they both got up; nous irons tous les deux both of us will go, we'll both go; je les prends tous les trois/quatre etc I'm taking all three/four etc (of them);8 ( chaque) tous/toutes les every; à tous les coins de rue on every street corner; saisir toutes les occasions to seize every opportunity; tous les jours/mois/ans every day/month/year; tous les quarts d'heure/10 mètres every quarter of an hour/10 metres; un cachet toutes les quatre heures one tablet every four hours; tous les deux jours/mois every other day/month; tous les combien? how often?C adv (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)1 (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) all; tout doucement very gently; ils sont tout contents they are very happy; elles sont tout étonnées/toutes honteuses they are very surprised/ashamed; être tout excité to be very ou all excited; être tout jeune/petit to be very young/small; tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner as a small child she already liked to draw; c'est tout naturel it's quite natural; des yeux tout ronds de surprise eyes wide with surprise; être tout mouillé/sale to be all wet/dirty; tout seul dans la vie all alone in life; faire qch tout seul to do sth all by oneself; c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire it's a different matter altogether;2 ( devant un nom) c'est tout le portrait de sa mère she's the spitting ou very image of her mother; c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire it's the very opposite; ça m'en a tout l'air it looks very much like it to me; tu as tout le temps d'y réfléchir you've got plenty of time to think it over; avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre you see everything in black and white;3 ( tout à fait) la toute dernière ligne the very last line; les tout premiers fruits de l'été the very first fruits of summer; j'habite tout près I live very close by ou very near; tout près de very close to, very near; tout à côté de/contre/en haut right by/against/at the top; il les a mangés tout crus he ate them raw; un gâteau tout entier a whole cake; j'en sais tout autant que lui I know just as much as he does; c'est tout aussi cher it's just as expensive; vêtue tout de noir, tout de noir vêtue dressed all in black; maison tout en longueur very long and narrow house; un jeu tout en finesse a very subtle game; une semaine toute de fatigue a very tiring week; une vie toute de soucis a life full of worry; ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat; être tout en larmes to be in floods of tears; la colline est tout en fleurs the hill is a mass of flowers; elle est tout(e) à son travail she's totally absorbed in her work;4 ( d'avance) tout prêt ready-made; sauces/idées toutes faites ready-made sauces/ideas; des légumes tout épluchés ready-peeled vegetables; ⇒ cuit, vu;5 ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although; il lisait tout en marchant he was reading as he walked; elle le défendait tout en le sachant coupable she defended him although she knew he was guilty; ⇒ en;6 (marquant la concession: quoique) tout aussi étrange que cela paraisse however strange it may seem; tout prudemment que l'on conduise however carefully one drives; tout malins qu'ils sont, ils… clever though they may be, they…, they may be clever, but they…; toute reine qu'elle est, elle ne peut pas faire ça she may be a queen, but she can't do that;7 ( rien d'autre que) être tout énergie/muscle to be all energy/muscle; être tout sourires to be all smiles; je suis tout ouïe hum I'm all ears; veste tout cuir/laine all leather/wool jacket; ⇒ feu, sucre.D du tout loc adv pas du tout, point du tout liter not at all; sans savoir du tout without knowing at all; je ne le vois plus du tout I don't see him at all now; il ne m'en reste plus du tout I have none left at all; crois-tu qu'il m'ait remercié? du tout! do you think he thanked me? not at all!1 ( ensemble) former un tout to make up ou form a whole; mon tout ( charade) my whole, my all; du tout au tout completely;2 le tout ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing; vendre le tout pour 200 euros to sell the (whole) lot for 200 euros; le tout est de réussir/qu'il réussisse the main ou most important thing is to succeed/that he should succeed; le Grand Tout Relig the Great Whole; ce n'est pas le tout○! this is no good!tout à coup suddenly; tout d'un coup ( soudain) suddenly; ( à la fois) all at once; tout à fait ( entièrement) quite, absolutely; ce n'est pas tout à fait vrai/pareil it's not quite true/the same thing; c'est tout à fait vrai it's quite ou absolutely true; ‘tu es d'accord?’-‘tout à fait’ ‘do you agree?’-‘absolutely’; il est tout à fait charmant he's absolutely ou perfectly charming; être tout à fait pour/contre to be totally for/against; tout à l'heure ( bientôt) in a moment; ( peu avant) a little while ago, just now; à tout à l'heure! see you later!; tout de même ( quand même) all the same, even so; ( indigné) tout de même! really!, honestly!; ( vraiment) quite; tu aurais tout de même pu faire attention! all the same ou even so you might have been careful!; c'est tout de même un peu fort! really ou honestly, it's a bit much!; c'est tout de même bizarre que it's quite strange that; tout de suite at once, straight away; ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( ce n'est pas pressé) there's no rush; ( ce sera long) it's going to take some time.tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well; être tout yeux tout oreilles to be very attentive.[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) adjectif qualificatif (au singulier)il se plaint toute la journée he complains all the time ou the whole day longtout ceci/cela all (of) this/thatj'ai tout mon temps I've plenty of time ou all the time in the worldavec lui, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre with him, it's either (all) black or (all) white2. [devant un nom propre] allj'ai visité tout Paris en huit jours I saw all ou the whole of Paris in a week3. [devant un nom sans article]rouler à toute vitesse to drive at full ou top speeden toute franchise/simplicité in all sincerity/simplicity4. [avec une valeur emphatique]5. (comme adverbe) [entièrement] completely6. [unique, seul] onlyma fille est tout mon bonheur my daughter is my sole ou only source of happiness7. [suivi d'une relative]tout ce qui me gêne, c'est la différence d'âge the only thing ou all I'm worried about is the age differencetout ce qu'il y a de: ses enfants sont tout ce qu'il y a de bien élevés his children are very well-behaved ou are models of good behaviour————————[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) déterminant (adjectif indéfini)tout citoyen a des droits every citizen has rights, all citizens have rightspour tout renseignement, écrivez-nous for further information, write to usde tout temps since time immemorial, from the beginning of timeen tout temps throughout ou all through historytout autre que lui aurait refusé anyone other than him ou anybody else would have refusedB.[AU PLURIEL]1. [exprimant la totalité] alltous les hommes all men, the whole of mankindtous les gens everybody, everyoneje veux tous les détails I want all the details ou the full details2. [devant un nom sans article]ils étaient 150 000, toutes disciplines/races confondues there were 150,000 of them, taking all disciplines/races together3. [exprimant la périodicité] everytoutes les deux semaines every other week, every second week, every two weeksà prendre toutes les quatre heures to be taken every four hours ou at four-hourly intervals————————[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) pronom indéfini[n'importe quoi] anythingce sera tout? [dans un magasin] will be that all?, anything else?ce n'est pas tout de faire des enfants, il faut les élever ensuite having children is one thing, but then you've got to bring them upêtre tout pour quelqu'un to be everything for somebody, to mean everything to somebodyon aura tout vu! now I've ou we've seen everything!a. [objets] that's everythingb. [problème] that's the whole point ou the crux of the matteravec toi c'est tout ou rien with you, it's all or nothing ou one extreme or the othertout se passe comme si... it's as though...à tout faire [produit] all-purposetout bien considéré, tout bien réfléchi all things consideredB.[AU PLURIEL]1. [désignant ce dont on a parlé]il y a plusieurs points de vue, tous sont intéressants there are several points of view, they are all interestingj'adore les prunes — prends-les toutes I love plums — take them all ou all of them2. [avec une valeur récapitulative] allJean, Pierre, Jacques, tous voulaient la voir Jean, Pierre, Jacques, they all wanted to see her3. [tout le monde]à vous tous qui m'avez aidé, merci to all of you who helped me, thank youtous tant ou autant que nous sommes all of us, every (single) one of ustout ( féminin toute, pluriel féminin toutes) adverbe (s'accorde en genre et en nombre devant un adjectif féminin commençant par une consonne ou un h aspiré)ils étaient tout seuls they were quite ou completely alonesa chevelure était toute hérissée his/her hair was all messyses tout premiers mots his/her very first wordstout mouillé wet ou soaked through, drenchedtout simplement/autrement quite simply/differentlytéléphone-moi, tout simplement just phone me, that's the easiest (way)une toile tout coton a 100% cotton cloth, an all cotton materialil est toute bonté/générosité he is goodness/generosity itselfça, c'est tout lui! that's typical of him ou just like him!2. [en intensif]tout en haut/bas right at the top/bottom3. [déjà]tout prêt ou préparé ready-madetout bébé, elle dansait déjà even as a baby, she was already dancing4. (avec un gérondif) [indiquant la simultanéité][indiquant la concession]tout en avouant son ignorance dans ce domaine, il continuait à me contredire although he'd confessed his ignorance in that field, he kept on contradicting metout nom masculin1. [ensemble] wholemon tout est un instrument de musique [dans une charade] my whole ou all is a musical instrument2. [l'essentiel]ce n'est pas le tout de critiquer, il faut pouvoir proposer autre chose it's not enough to criticize, you've got to be able to suggest something elsejouer ou risquer le tout pour le tout to risk (one's) alltenter le tout pour le tout to make a (final) desperate attempt ou a last ditch effortc'est un tout it's all the same, it makes no difference————————du tout locution adverbialeje vous dérange? — du tout, du tout! am I disturbing you? — not at all ou not in the least!elle finissait son café sans du tout se soucier de notre présence she was finishing her coffee without paying any attention to us at all ou whatsoever————————en tout locution adverbialeen tout et pour tout locution adverbialeen tout et pour tout, nous avons dépensé 300 euros all in all, we've spent 300 eurostout à coup locution adverbialetout à fait locution adverbiale2. [exactement] exactlyc'est tout à fait ce que je cherche/le même it's exactly what I've been looking for/the same3. [oui] certainly————————tout de même locution adverbialej'irai tout de même all the same, I'll still go2. [en intensif]tout de même, tu exagères! steady on!, that's a bit much!————————tout de suite locution adverbiale2. [dans l'espace] immediately————————tout... que locution conjonctivetout directeur qu'il est ou qu'il soit,... he may well be the boss,... -
97 presenza
"presence;Vorhandensein;presença"* * *f presencealla (o in) presenza di in the presence ofdi bella presenza fine-looking* * *presenza s.f.1 presence: nessuno si era accorto della sua presenza, nobody had noticed his presence; la sua presenza ci salvò dal pericolo, his presence saved us from danger; si segnala la presenza di banchi di nebbia, have been reported banks of fog; in presenza dello zinco, l'acido solforico sviluppa idrogeno, in the presence of zinc, sulphuric acid gives off hydrogen; non dire parolacce in sua presenza, don't use bad language in his presence; in presenza di testimoni, in the presence (o in front) of witnesses; la cerimonia si è svolta alla presenza del presidente, the ceremony took place in the presence of the president; fu condotto alla presenza del re, he was taken into the presence of the king // presenza d'animo, di spirito, presence of mind // di presenza, (non com.) ( di persona) in person (o personally) // fare atto di presenza, to put in (o to make) an appearance2 ( aspetto fisico) presence, appearance: una ragazza di bella presenza, a good-looking girl // non aver presenza, to lack physical presence3 ( a scuola, in ufficio) attendance: la presenza è obbligatoria alla mia scuola, attendance is compulsory at my school; in questa settimana ha solo due presenze, this week his record shows only two attendances; libro delle presenze, attendance book (o register)4 ( spirito, fantasma) ghost: in quella casa si segnalano presenze, there have been reports of ghosts in that house.* * *[pre'zɛntsa]sostantivo femminile1) presencein o alla presenza di qcn. in sb.'s presence, in the presence of sb.; essere ammesso alla presenza di qcn. to be admitted to sb.'s presence; fare atto di presenza to put in o make an appearance; una massiccia presenza di polizia a heavy police presence; si è riscontrata la presenza di bacilli nell'acqua — bacilli have been found in that water
2) scol.-e — attendance
prendere le -e — to take the register o attendance AE
3) (aspetto)"si richiede bella presenza" — "smart appearance essential"
•conservare la propria presenza di spirito — to have o keep (all) one's wits about
••* * *presenza/pre'zεntsa/sostantivo f.1 presence; in o alla presenza di qcn. in sb.'s presence, in the presence of sb.; essere ammesso alla presenza di qcn. to be admitted to sb.'s presence; fare atto di presenza to put in o make an appearance; una massiccia presenza di polizia a heavy police presence; si è riscontrata la presenza di bacilli nell'acqua bacilli have been found in that water2 scol. -e attendance; registro delle -e attendance register; prendere le -e to take the register o attendance AE3 (aspetto) "si richiede bella presenza" "smart appearance essential"fare sentire la propria presenza to make one's presence felt\presenza di spirito presence of mind; conservare la propria presenza di spirito to have o keep (all) one's wits about; presenza scenica stage presence. -
98 even
I 1. i:vən adjective1) (level; the same in height, amount etc: Are the table-legs even?; an even temperature.) jevn, ensartet2) (smooth: Make the path more even.) jevn, glatt, flat3) (regular: He has a strong, even pulse.) regelmessig, jevn4) (divisible by 2 with no remainder: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc are even numbers.) like (tall)5) (equal (in number, amount etc): The teams have scored one goal each and so they are even now.) jevnbyrdig, lik6) ((of temperament etc) calm: She has a very even temper.) rolig2. verb1) (to make equal: Smith's goal evened the score.) jevne (ut)2) (to make smooth or level.) glatte, jevne (ut)•- evenly- evenness
- be/get even with
- an even chance
- even out
- even up II i:vən adverb1) (used to point out something unexpected in what one is saying: `Have you finished yet?' `No, I haven't even started.'; Even the winner got no prize.) enda, ikke engang, til og med, selv2) (yet; still: My boots were dirty, but his were even dirtier.) enda•- even if- even so
- even thoughflat--------like--------nettopp--------slettIsubst. \/ˈiːv(ə)n\/( poetisk) aftenIIverb \/ˈiːv(ə)n\/jevnes ut, bli likeeven out jevne ut, glatte ut, fordele jevnteven up få til å stå (mer) likt, balansere, kompensereIIIadj. \/ˈiːv(ə)n\/1) slett, jevn, flat2) enhetlig, likeformet3) rolig, balansert4) regelmessig5) lik, jevnbyrdig6) ( om tall) like, par-7) rund, akkurat• 10,000 is an even sum8) kvitt, skulseven break\/chance ( hverdagslig) rimelig sjanse, femti prosents sjanseeven and odd par og oddeeven with likt med, på høyde med, i rett linje med, parallell medget even with somebody (for something) bli skuls med noen, ta revansj gjøre opp med noenkeep even with holde seg på høyde medof even date ( handel eller jus) av samme dato, datert samme dagon an even keel på rett kjølon even ground på like vilkårIVadv. \/ˈiːv(ə)n\/1) til og med, også, selv, endog, sågar2) ennå, allerede3) ( med nektelse) (ikke) så mye som4) ( forsterkende) ja (til og med), ja (endog)• all the competitors, even our own, are very fitalle konkurransedeltakerne, ja til og med våre egne, er i svært god formja, kanskje du til og med har mistet den5) ( ved sammenligning) enda6) ( gammeldags) aldeles, nettopp, akkurateven as i samme stund som, akkurat idet, mens til og med som, allerede someven if selv om, til og med• even if I had seen it, it wouldn't have helpedselv om jeg hadde sett det, ville det ikke ha hjulpeteven now til og med nå enda, i alle fall, like fullteven so enda, i alle fall, på tross av det, likevel• I'll give you fifty and we can call it even-Steven, OK?jeg gir deg femti og vi sier vi er skuls, OK?even then til og med da, allerede da enda, i alle fall, like fullteven though selv om• she refused, even though I saw ithun nektet, selv om jeg så detnot even ikke en gang -
99 acertado
adj.correct, right, well-chosen.past part.past participle of spanish verb: acertar.* * *1→ link=acertar acertar► adjetivo1 (opinión etc) right, correct; (comentario) fitting; (idea, decisión) clever; (color) well-chosen; (palabra) exact2 (conveniente) suitable\estar acertado,-a to be wise* * *(f. - acertada)adj.correct, accurate* * *ADJ1) (=correcto) [diagnóstico, respuesta] right, correct; [descripción, resumen] accuratehan sido tres respuestas acertadas — you had three right o correct answers
estuvieron acertados en su elección — they made the right o correct choice
el portero estuvo muy acertado en la segunda mitad — the goalkeeper didn't put a foot wrong in the second half
2) (=apropiado) [comentario, título, regalo] appropriate3) (=sensato) [juicio, consejo, idea] wise* * *- da adjetivo < comentario> pertinent; <solución/elección> goodno estuviste muy acertado en decirle eso — it wasn't very clever o smart of you to tell her that
* * *= fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], judicious, sound [sounder -comp., soundest -sup.], wise [wiser -comp., wisest -sup.], successful.Ex. The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.Ex. They can also alert the user to unexpected filing orders by the judicious use of references.Ex. Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.Ex. Just as in the establishment of headings for use in catalogues and indexes a code was deemed useful so a code is a wise precaution in any search for standard filing orders.Ex. Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.----* estar acertado = be right on track.* hacer lo más acertado dadas las circunstancias = do + the best thing in the circumstances.* metodología acertada = lessons learned [lessons learnt].* no muy acertado = wide of the mark.* poco acertado = injudicious.* ser acertado = be spot on.* tomar la decisión más acertada dadas las circunstancias = do + the best thing in the circumstances.* * *- da adjetivo < comentario> pertinent; <solución/elección> goodno estuviste muy acertado en decirle eso — it wasn't very clever o smart of you to tell her that
* * *= fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], judicious, sound [sounder -comp., soundest -sup.], wise [wiser -comp., wisest -sup.], successful.Ex: The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.
Ex: They can also alert the user to unexpected filing orders by the judicious use of references.Ex: Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.Ex: Just as in the establishment of headings for use in catalogues and indexes a code was deemed useful so a code is a wise precaution in any search for standard filing orders.Ex: Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.* estar acertado = be right on track.* hacer lo más acertado dadas las circunstancias = do + the best thing in the circumstances.* metodología acertada = lessons learned [lessons learnt].* no muy acertado = wide of the mark.* poco acertado = injudicious.* ser acertado = be spot on.* tomar la decisión más acertada dadas las circunstancias = do + the best thing in the circumstances.* * *acertado -dael suyo fue un comentario muy acertado his remark was very much to the point o was very relevantno me parece muy acertada su decisión I don't think it was a very good decisionno estuviste muy acertado en decirle eso it wasn't very clever o smart of you to tell her that¡qué poco acertados estuvimos en la elección! we didn't make a very good choice at allha sido la compra más acertada que he hecho en mi vida it's the best buy I've ever made* * *
Del verbo acertar: ( conjugate acertar)
acertado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
acertado
acertar
acertado◊ -da adjetivo ‹ comentario› pertinent;
‹solución/elección› good
acertar ( conjugate acertar) verbo transitivo ‹respuesta/resultado› to get … right;
verbo intransitivo
1
2 ( lograr) acertado a hacer algo to manage to do sth
acertado,-a adjetivo
1 (hipótesis, respuesta) right, correct
2 (iniciativa, decisión) wise: no estuviste muy acertado al elegir, you didn't make a very good choice
acertar
I verbo transitivo
1 (dar con la solución) to get right
2 (adivinar) to guess correctly
3 acertar la quiniela, to win the pools
II verbo intransitivo
1 (decidir correctamente) to be right
2 (encontrar) cuando por fin acertó con la llave..., when she finally found the right key...
' acertado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acertada
- feliz
- Tiro
English:
accurate
- apt
- shrewd
- wise
- judicious
- right
* * *acertado, -a adj1. [certero] [respuesta] correct;[disparo] on target; [comentario] appropriate2. [oportuno] good, clever;estuvo muy acertado en su elección he made a very clever choice* * *I adj1 comentario apt2 elección good, wise;estar acertado fam be right;estar muy acertado fam be dead right famII part → acertar* * *acertado, -da adjcorrecto: accurate, correct, on target♦ acertadamente adv* * *acertado adj1. (correcto) right / correct -
100 marcharse
1 to leave* * *1) to depart2) leave* * *VPR to go (away), leave¿os marcháis? — are you leaving?
con permiso, me marcho — if you don't mind I must go
es tarde, me marcho a casa — it's late, I'm going home
¿cuándo te marchas de vacaciones? — when are you going on holiday?
* * *= go off, head off, head out, depart, walk out, make + a quick getaway.Ex. In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.Ex. The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.Ex. It's tempting to splurge on a new hi-fi system or head out on a shopping spree, but the smart option might be to pay off an existing debt.Ex. He smiled again, waved goodbye, and departed.Ex. At least five members of the audience walked out during the bishop's address.Ex. Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.----* marcharse apresuradamente = hasten away.* marcharse para siempre = go + forever.* ser hora de marcharse = be time to go.* * *= go off, head off, head out, depart, walk out, make + a quick getaway.Ex: In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
Ex: The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.Ex: It's tempting to splurge on a new hi-fi system or head out on a shopping spree, but the smart option might be to pay off an existing debt.Ex: He smiled again, waved goodbye, and departed.Ex: At least five members of the audience walked out during the bishop's address.Ex: Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.* marcharse apresuradamente = hasten away.* marcharse para siempre = go + forever.* ser hora de marcharse = be time to go.* * *
■marcharse vr (irse) to leave, go away: ¡márchate, quiero estar sola!, go away, I want to be on my own! ➣ Ver nota en leave
' marcharse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estar
- irse
- resolución
- decisión
- ir
- marchar
- partir
- terminar
English:
arguable
- book out
- check out
- depart
- dismiss
- drift
- go away
- go off
- head off
- leave
- move off
- move out
- push off
- quit
- reluctant
- troop
- trot away
- trot off
- walk away
- walk off
- go
- walk
* * *vprto leave, to go;se marchó de aquí cuando era muy pequeño he left here when he was very young;me tengo que marcharse I've got to go* * *v/r leave, go* * *vr: to leave* * *
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