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  • 101 देव _dēva

    देव a. (
    -वी f.) [दिव्-अच्]
    1 Divine, celestial; Bg.11. 11; Ms.12.117.
    -2 Shining; यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् Rv.1.1.1.
    -3 Fit to be worshipped or honoured.
    -वः 1 A god, deity; एको देवः केशवो वा शिवो वा Bh.3.12.
    -2 (a) The god of rain, an epithet of Indra; as in द्वादश वर्षाणि देवो न ववर्ष; अवर्षयद्देवः Rām.1.9.18; काले च देशे च प्रववर्ष देवः Bu. Ch.2.7. (b) A cloud.
    -3 A divine man, Brāhmaṇa, as in भूदेव.
    -4 A king, ruler, as in मनुष्यदेव; तां देवसमितिं (अभ्या- गच्छत्) Mb.3.13.22.
    -5 A title affixed to the names of Bārhmaṇas; as in गोविन्ददेव, पुरुषोत्तमदेव &c.
    -6 (In dramas) A title of honour used in addressing a king, ('My lord', 'Your majesty'); ततश्च देव Ve.4; यथाज्ञापयति देवः &c.
    -7 Quicksilver.
    -8 The Supreme Spirit; हित्वा च देहं प्रविशन्ति देवं दिवौकसो द्यामिव पार्थ सांख्याः Mb.12.31.112.
    -9 A fool
    -1 A child.
    -11 A man following any particular business.
    -12 A lover.
    -13 Emulation.
    -14 Sport, play.
    -15 A husband's brother (cf. देवृ, देवर).
    -16 A lancer.
    -वम् An organ of sense; देवानां प्रभवो देवो मनसश्च त्रिलोककृत् Mb.14.41.3. [cf. L. deus; Gr. deos.].
    -Comp. -अंशः a partial incarnation of god.
    -अगारः, -रम् a temple.
    -अङ्गना a celestial damsel, an apsaras.
    -अतिदेवः, -अधिदेवः 1 the highest god.
    -2 an epithet of (1) Śiva. (2) Buddha. (3) Viṣṇu. देवातिदेवो भगवान् प्रसूतिरंशे हरिर्यस्य जगत्प्रणेता Hariv.
    -अधिपः 1 an epithet of Indra.
    -2 the supreme god.
    -अनीकम् an army of celestials.
    -अनुचरः, -अनुयायिन् m. an attendant or follower of a god; निशम्य देवानुचरस्य वाचं मनुष्यदेवः पुनरप्युवाच R.2.52.
    -अन्धस् n.,
    अन्नम् 1 the food of gods, divine food, ambrosia.
    -2 food that has been first offered to an idol; see Ms.5.7 and Kull. thereon.
    -अभीष्ट a.
    1 liked by or dear to gods.
    -2 sacred or dedicated to a deity. (
    -ष्टा) piper betel.
    -अरण्यम् the garden of gods, the Nandana gar- den; अलमुद्द्योतयामासुर्देवारण्यमिवर्तवः R.1.8.
    -अरिः a demon.
    -अर्चनम्, -ना 1 the worship of gods.
    -2 idolatry.
    -अर्पणम् 1 an offering to the god.
    -2 the Veda; पृथग्- भूतानि चान्यानि यानि देवार्पणानि च Mb.13.86.17 (see com.).
    -आवसथः a temple.
    -अश्वः an epithet of उच्चैःश्रवस्, the horse of Indra.
    -आक्रीडः 'the garden of the gods', Nandana garden.
    -आजीवः, -आजीविन् m. an attendant upon an idol.
    -2 a low Brāhmaṇa subsisting by attendance upon an idol and upon the offerings made to it.
    -आत्मन् a.
    1 consecrated, holy, sacred.
    -2 of a divine nature. (-m.)
    1 the divine soul; ते ध्यानयोगानुगता$ पश्यन् देवात्मशक्तिं स्वगुणैर्निगूढाम् Śvet. Up.1.3.
    -2 the holy fig-tree.
    -आयतनम् a temple; Ms.4.46; न देवा- यतनं गच्छेत् कदाचिद् वा$प्रदक्षिणम् । न पीडयेद् वा वस्त्राणि न देवा- यतनेष्वपि ॥ Kūrma P.
    -आयुधम् 1 a divine weapon.
    -2 rainbow.
    -आयुष्म् the life-time of a god.
    -आलयः 1 heaven.
    -2 a temple.
    -आवासः 1 heaven.
    -2 the holy fig-tree (अश्वत्थ).
    -3 a temple.
    -4 the Sumeru mountain.
    -आहारः nectar, ambrosia.
    -इज् a. (nom. sing. देवेट्-ड्) worshipping the gods.
    -इज्यः an epithet of Bṛihaspati, preceptor of the gods.
    -इज्जः 1 an epithet of Indra.
    -2 of Śiva.
    -इष्ट a. dear to gods. (
    -ष्टः) bdellium. (
    -ष्टा) the wild lime tree.
    -ईशः an epithet of (1) Indra. (2) Śiva. (3) Viṣṇu. (4) Brahman. (
    -शी) N. of Durgā also of Devakī mother of Kṛiṣṇa.
    -ईश्वरः N. of (1) Śiva. (2) Indra.
    -उद्यानम् 1 divine garden.
    -2 The Nandana garden.
    -3 a garden near a temple.
    -ऋषिः (देवर्षिः)
    1 a deified saint, divine sage such as अत्रि, भृगु, पुलस्त्य, अङ्गिरस् &c.; एवंवादिनि देवर्षौ Ku.6.84 (i. e. अङ्गिरस्); अथ देवऋषी राजन् संपरेतं नृपात्मजम् Bhāg.; आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोका देवर्षिपितृमानवाः । तृप्यन्तु पितरः सर्वे मातृमातामहा- दयाः Tarpaṇamantra.
    -2 an epithet of Narada; देवर्षीणां च नारदः Bg.1.13.26.
    -ओकस् n. the mountain Meru or Sumeru.
    -कन्या a celestial damsel, a nymph; also देवकन्यका.
    -कर्दमाः sandal, aloe wood, camphor, saffron pounded together and made into a paste.
    -कर्मन् n.,
    -कार्यम् 1 a religious act or rite, divine command; अनुष्ठितदेवकार्यम् R.12.13.
    -2 the worship of gods.
    -काष्ठम् the Devadāru tree.
    -किरी N. of a Rāgiṇī; ललिता मालती गौरी नाटी देवकिरी तथा । मेघरागस्य रागिण्यो भवन्तीमाः सुमध्यमाः ॥
    -कुटम् a temple.
    -कुण़्डम् a natural spring.
    -कुलम् 1 a temple.
    -2 a race of gods.
    -3 a group of gods.
    -कुल्या the celestial Ganges.
    -कुसुमम् cloves; एलां च देवकुसुमं त्वक्पत्रं देवदारु च Śiva. B.3.14.
    -खातम्, -खातकम् 1 a natural hollow among moun- tains.
    -2 a natural pond or reservoir; Ms.4.23.
    -3 a pond near a temple. ˚बिल a cavern, chasm.
    -गणः a class of gods.
    -गणिका an apsaras; q. v.
    -गतिः the path of देवलोक; अनुज्ञातश्च रामेण ययौ देवगतिं मुनिः A. Rām. 2.1.4.
    -गन्धर्वः an epithet of Nārada. (
    -र्वम्) a particular mode of singing.
    -गर्जनम् thunder.
    -गर्भः see हिरण्यगर्भ; Rām.2.4.23.
    -गायनः a celestial choris- ter, a Gandharva.
    -गान्धारी N. of a Rāgiṇī गान्धारी देवगान्धारी मालवी श्रीश्च सारवी । रामकीर्यपि रागिण्यः श्रीरागस्य प्रिया इमाः ॥
    -गिरिः 1 N. of a mountain; cf. Me.44.
    -2 N. of a town (Daulatabad).
    -गिरी f. N. of a Rāgiṇī.
    -गुरुः 1 an epithet of Kaśyapa (the father of gods).
    -2 of Bṛihaspati (the preceptor of gods).
    -गुही an epithet of Sarasvatī or of a place situated on it.
    -गुह्यम् 1 a secret only known by gods.
    -2 death.
    -गृहम् 1 a temple.
    -2 the place of a king.
    -3 a planetary sphere.
    -ग्रहः a class of demons who causes harmless madness.
    -चरितम् the course of action or practices of the gods; न देवचरितं चरेत्.
    -चर्या the worship or service of gods.
    -चिकित्सकौ (du.) Aśvins, the twin physicians of gods.
    -छन्दः a pearl-necklace having 81, 1 or 18 strings; शतमष्टयुतं हारो देवच्छन्दो ह्यशीतिरेकयुता Bṛi. S.81.32.
    -जनः the gods collectively. ˚विद्या the science of music, dance, other arts &c.; Ch. Up.7.1.2.
    -जातम् a class of gods.
    -जामिः f. a sister of the gods; देवजामीनां पुत्रो$सि Av. 6.46.1.
    -तरुः 1 the holy fig-tree.
    -2 one of the trees of paradise. (i. e. मन्दार, पारिजात, सन्तान, कल्प and हरि- चन्दन); पञ्चैते देवतरवो मन्दारः पारिजातकः । सन्तानः कल्पवृक्षश्च पुंसि वा हरिचन्दनम् ॥ Ak.
    -3 the tree in a village (चैत्यवृक्ष) where the villagers usually meet (Mar. पार).
    -तर्पणम् offerings of water, part of the सन्ध्या ceremony.
    -ताडः 1 fire.
    -2 an epithet of Rāhu.
    -तातः 1 a sacrifice.
    -2 N. of Kaśyapa.
    -तातिः 1 a god.
    -2 divine service; स नो यक्षद् देवताता यजीयान् Rv.3.19.1.
    -तीर्थम् 1 the right moment for the worship of gods.
    -2 the tips of the fingers sacred to gods.
    -दत्त a.
    1 god-given, grant- ed by the gods.
    -2 given to the gods (as a village, &c.).
    (-त्तः) 1 N. of the conch-shell of Arjuna; देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः (दध्मौ) Bg.1.15.
    -2 a certain person (used in speaking of men indefinitely); मुक्तस्ततो यदि बन्धाद्देवदत्त उपाच्छिनत्ति Bhāg.5.14.24; देवदत्तः पचति, पिनो देवदत्तो दिवा न भुङ्क्ते &c.
    -3 one of the vital airs exhaled in yawning; देवदत्तो विजृम्भणे. ˚अग्रजः N. of Buddha.
    -दर्शन a. visiting the gods. (
    -नः) N. of Nārada; यथा प्राह नारदो देवदर्शनः Bhāg.2.8.1.
    -दारु m., n. a species of pine; गङ्गाप्रवाहोक्षित- देवदारु Ku.1.54; R.2.36.
    -दासः a servant or attendant upon a temple.
    (-सी) 1 a female in the service of gods or a temple.
    -2 a courtezan (employed as a dancer in a temple).
    -3 the wild citron tree.
    -दीपः the eye.
    -दुन्दुभिः 1 divine drum; देवदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषो पुष्पवृष्टिश्च खात् पतन् Rām.
    -2 the holy basil with red flowers.
    -3 an epi- thet of Indra.
    -दूतः a divine envoy or messenger, an angel.
    -देवः 1 an epithet of Brahman; Rām.1.43.1.
    -2 of Śiva; अयाचितारं न हि देवदेवमद्रिः सुतां ग्राहयितुं शशाक Ku.1.52.
    -3 of Viṣṇu; Bg.1.15.
    -4 of Gaṇeśa; दृष्टप्रभावो वरदो देवदेवो विनायकः Ks.2.55.
    -दैवत्य a. destined for the god; Ms.2.189.
    -द्रोणी a procession with idols.
    -धर्मः a religious duty or office.
    -धानी the city of Indra; तां देवधानीं स वरुथिनीपतिर्बहिः समन्ताद्रुरुधे पृतन्यया Bhāg. 8.15.23.
    -धान्यम् a kind of grass-grain (Mar. देवभात).
    -धिष्ण्यम् a chariot of the gods (विमान); Bhāg.1. 82.7.
    -नक्षत्रम् N. of the first 14 नक्षत्रs in the southern quarter (opp. to यमनक्षत्रम्).
    -नदी 1 the Ganges.
    -2 any holy river; Ms.2.17.
    -नन्दिन् m. N. of the door- keeper of Indra.
    -2 N. of a grammarian.
    -नागरी N. of the character in which Sanskrit is usually written.
    -नाथः Śiva.
    -निकायः 1 'residence of gods', paradise, heaven; तं तुष्टुवुर्देवनिकायकेतवः Bhāg.1.27.25.
    -2 a host or assembly of gods; Ms.1.36.
    -निन्दकः a blasphe- mer, unbeliever, heretic, atheist.
    -निन्दा heresy, athe- ism.
    -निर्माल्यम् 1 a garland remaining from a sacrifice.
    -निर्मित a. 'god-created', natural.
    -पतिः an epithet of Indra.
    -पादाः 'the royal feet or presence', an honorific term for a king; देवपादाः प्रमाणम्.
    -पथः 1 'heavenly passage', heaven, firmament दिव्यो देवपथो ह्येष नात्र गच्छन्ति मानुषाः Mb.
    -2 the milky way.
    -पशुः any animal con- secrated to a deity.
    -पात्रम् an epithet of Agni.
    -पुर्, -पुरी f. an epithet of Amarāvatī, the city of Indra.
    -पुरोहितः 1 a domestic priest of the gods.
    -2 the planet Jupiter (बृहस्पति).
    -पुष्पम् cloves.
    -पूज्यः an epithet of Bṛihaspati.
    -प्रतिकृतिः f.,
    -प्रतिमा an idol, the image of a deity.
    -प्रश्नः 'consulting deities', astrology, for- tune-telling.
    -प्रसूत a. good-produced (water); Av.6. 1.2.
    -प्रियः 'dear to the gods', an epithet of Śiva; (देवानांप्रियः an irreg. comp. meaning-
    1 a goat.
    -2 a fool, idiot like a brute breast, as in ते$प्यतात्पर्यज्ञा देवानांप्रियाः K. P.
    -3 an ascetic, who renounces the world).
    -बलिः an oblation to the gods.
    -बाहुः 1 N. of a king in the Yadu race.
    -2 N. of a sage; देवबाहुः शतधनुः कृतवर्मेति तत्सुताः Bhāg.
    -ब्रह्मन् m. an epithet of Nārada.
    -ब्राह्मणः 1 a Brāhmaṇa who lives on the proceeds of a temple.
    -2 a venerable Brāhmaṇa.
    -भक्तिः worship or service of the gods.
    -भवनम् 1 the heaven.
    -2> a temple.
    -3 the holy fig-tree.
    -भागः the northern hemisphere.
    -भ m. a god; (-f.) heaven.
    -भूमिः f. heaven; पितुः प्रदेशा- स्तव देवभूमयः Ku.5.45.
    -भूतिः f. an epithet of the Ganges.
    -भूयम् divinity, godhead; विदितमेव भवतां...... परां निर्वृतिमुपेत्य देवभूयं गताः सर्वे न पूर्वपुरुषा इति Rām. Champū.
    -भृत् m. an epithet of
    1 Viṣṇu.
    -2 of Indra.
    -भोगः Pleasure of the gods, heavenly joy; अन्नन्ति दिव्यान् दिवि देवभोगान् Bg.9.2.
    -भोज्यम् nectar.
    -मणिः 1 the jewel of Viṣṇu called कौस्तुभ.
    -2 the sun.
    -3 a curl of hair on a horse's neck; आवर्तिनः शुभफल- प्रदशुक्तियुक्ताः संपन्नदेवमणयो भृतरन्ध्रभागाः (अश्वाः) Śi.5.4; N.1.58.
    -मधु n. divine honey; असौ वा आदित्यो देवमधु Ch. Up.3.1.1.
    -मातृ f. N. of Aditi, mother of gods.
    -मातृक a. 'having the god of rain or clouds as foster-mother', watered only by the clouds, depending on rain-water and not on irrigation, deprived of every other kind of water (as a country); देशो नद्यम्बुवृष्ट्यम्बु- संपन्नव्रीहिपालितः । स्यान्नदीमातृको देवमातृकश्च यथाक्रमम् ॥ Ak.; cf. also वितन्वति क्षेममदेवमातृकाः (i. e. नदीमातृकाः) चिराय तस्मिन् कुरवश्चकासते Ki.1. 17.
    -मानकः the jewel of Viṣṇu called कौस्तुभ.
    -माया the Māyā of gods; ते दुस्तराम- तितरन्ति च देवमायाम् Bhāg.
    -मार्गः the air or sky.
    -मासः the eighth month of pregnancy.
    -मुनिः a divine sage.
    -यजनम् 1 a sacrificial place, a place where a sacrifice is performed; ततस्ते देवयजनं ब्राह्मणाः स्वर्णलाङ्गलैः (कृष्ट्वा) Bhāg.1.74.12. देवयजनसंभवे सीते U.4.
    -2 a place of worship; मण्डलं देवयजनं दीक्षासंस्कार आत्मनः Bhāg.12.11.17.
    -यजि a. making oblations to gods.
    -यज्ञः a sacrifice to the superior gods made by oblations to fire, or through fire to the gods; (one of the five daily sacri- fices of a Brāhmaṇa; see Ms.3.81,85 and पञ्चयज्ञ also).
    -यज्यम्, -यज्या a sacrifice.
    -यात्रा 'an idol- procession,' any sacred festival when the idols are carried in procession; केनापि देवयात्रागतेन सिद्धादेशेन साधुना मत्समक्षमादिष्टा M.5.12-13.
    -यान bestowing मोक्ष; यज्ञस्य देवयानस्य मेध्याय हविषे नृप Bhāg.8.8.2.
    -नः the path leading to मोक्ष; सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः Muṇḍ.3.1.6.
    -यानम् a celestial car.
    -युगम् 1 the first of the four ages of the world; also called कृतयुग, सनत्कुमारो भगवान् पुरा देवयुगे प्रभुः Rām.1.11.11.
    -2 an age of the gods comprising four ages of men.
    -योनिः 1 a super- human being, a demigod; विद्याधरो$प्सरोयक्षरक्षोगन्धर्वकिन्नराः । पिशाचो गुह्यकः सिद्धो भूतो$मी देवयोनयः ॥ Ak.
    -2 a being of divine origin.
    -3 fuel used in kindling fire (f. also).
    -योषा an apsaras.
    -रथः a car for carrying the image of god in procession.
    -थम् a day's journey for the sun's chariot.
    -रहस्यम् a divine mystery.
    -राज्, -राजः 1 an epithet of Indra; Rām.7.6.6.
    -2 a king.
    -3 N. of Buddha.
    -रातः 1 an epithet of Parīkṣit.
    -2 a kind of swan or crane.
    -राष्ट्रम् N. of an empire in the Deccan.
    -लक्ष्मम् the Brāhmanical cord.
    -लता the Navamallikā or double jasmine plant.
    -लिङ्गम् the image or statue of a deity; Bhāg.3.17.13.
    -लोकः heaven, paradise; देवलोकस्य चर्त्विजः (प्रभुः) Ms.4.182.
    -वक्त्रम् an epithet of fire.
    -वर्त्मन् n. the sky or atmosphere.
    -वर्धकिः, -शिल्पिन् m. Viśvakarman, the architect of gods.
    -वाणी 'divine voice', a voice from heaven.
    -वाहनः an epithet of Agni.
    -विद्या 1 divine science; Ch. Up.7.1.2.
    -2 the science of Nirukta or etymology; ibid.
    -विभागः the northern hemisphere.
    -विश् f.,
    -विशा a deity.
    -वीतिः food of the gods.
    -वृक्षः the Mandāra tree.
    -व्यचस् a. Ved. occupied by the gods.
    -व्रतम् 1 a religious observance, any religious vow.
    -2 the favourite food of the gods. (
    -तः) an epithet of
    1 Bhīṣma; ततो विनशनं प्रागाद्यत्र देवव्रतो$पतत् Bhāg.1.9.1.
    -2 Kārtikeya.
    -व्रतत्वम् celibacy (ब्रह्मचारिव्रत); देवव्रतत्वं विज्ञाप्य Mb.5.172.19.
    -शत्रुः a demon; स देवशत्रूनिव देवराजः Mb.
    -शुनी an epithet of Saramā, the bitch of the gods.
    -शेखर the damanaka tree (Mar. दवणा).
    -शेषम् the remnants of a sacrifice offered to gods.
    -श्रीः m. a sacrifice. (f.) Lakṣmī.
    -श्रुतः an epithet of
    1 Viṣṇu.
    -2 Nārada.
    -3 a sacred treatise.
    -4 a god in general.
    -संसद् f. देवसभा q. v.
    -सत्यम् divine truth, established order of the gods.
    -संध a. divine.
    -सभा 1 an assembly of the gods (सुधर्मन्).
    -2 a council of a king, council-chamber.
    -3 a gambling-house.
    -सभ्यः 1 a gambler.
    -2 a fre- quenter of gaming-houses.
    -3 an attendant on a deity.
    -4 the keeper of a gambling-house.
    -सहा 1 rules of begging alms (? भिक्षासूत्र); L. D. B.
    -2 N. of a plant.
    -सायुज्यम् identification or unification with a deity, conjunction with the gods, deification.
    -सिंह an epithet of Śiva.
    -सुषिः a tube or cavity (in the heart) leading to the gods; cf. उदान, तस्य ह वा एतस्य हृदयस्य पञ्च देवसुषयः Ch. Up.3.13.1.
    -सू N. of 8 deities (अग्नि, सोम, सवितृ, रुद्र, बृहस्पति, इन्द्र, मित्र and वरुण).
    -सृष्टा an intoxicating drink.
    -सेना 1 the army of gods.
    -2 N. of the wife of Skanda; स्कन्देन साक्षादिव देवसेनाम् R.7.1. (Malli.:-- देवसेना = स्कन्दपत्नी perhaps it merely means 'the army of the gods' personified as Skanda's wife). ˚पतिः, ˚प्रियः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
    -स्वम् 'property of gods', property applicable to religious purposes or endowments; यद्धनं यज्ञशीलानां देवस्वं तद्विदु- र्बुधाः Ms.11.2,26. ˚अपहरणम् sacrilege.
    -सावर्णिः the 13th Manu; मनुस्त्रयोदशो भाव्यो देवसावर्णिरात्मवान् Bhāg. 8.13.3.
    -हविस् n. an animal offered to gods at a sacrifice.
    -हिंसकः an enemy of gods.
    -हूः the left ear; Bhāg.4.25.51.
    -हूतिः f.
    1 invocation of the gods.
    -2 N. of a daughter of Manu Svāyambhuva and wife of Kardama.
    -हेडनम् an offence against the gods.
    -हेतिः a divine weapon.

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  • 102 MAÐR

    (gen. manns, pl. menn, with the art. menninir), m.
    1) man (irrespective of sex), human being (guð skapaði síðarst menn tvá, er ættir eru frá komnar);
    sýndi maðr manni, one showed it to another, it went from from hand to hand;
    fjöldi manns, a great number of people;
    múgr manns, crowd of people;
    2) degree in kinship;
    vera at þriðja, fjórða, fimta manni, to be related in the third, fourth, fifth degree;
    hann var manni firr en systrungr Bárðar, he was the son of a cousin of B.;
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    m., qs. mann-r, which form also occurs in old poets, engi mannr und ranni, Vellekla, (for the change of nn before r into ð see the introduction to letter N); gen. manns, dat. manni, acc. mann, plur. menn, qs. menn-r; with the article, menninir, so always in old writers, but in mod. mennirnir erroneously, as if from mennir: the plur. meðr, answering to the sing. maðr, occurs in old poets—meðr vituð öðling æðra, Fms. vii. 87 (in a verse); Norð-meðr róa naðri, vi. 309 (in a verse); meðr fengu mikit veðr, Edda 102; hirð-meðr, veðja, Rekst., all verses of the 11th and 12th centuries; er meðr Myrkvið kalla, Akv. 5: meðr hlutu sár, Fbr. 75 new Ed. (in a verse): gen. pl. manna, dat. mönnum, acc. menn. In Ballads and Rímur after the 15th century, and hence in eccl. writers of later times, a nom. mann is now and then used, esp. in compds influenced by Germ. and Engl., e. g. hreysti-mann, Skíða R. 58; or for the sake of rhyme, ætla þú ekki, aumr mann | af komast muni strafflaust hann, Pass. 14. 17: [Ulf. manna = ἄνθρωπος; in other Teut. languages spelt man, or better mann.]
    B. A man = Lat. homo, Gr. ἄνθρωπος, also people; eigi vil ek segja frá manninum þvíat mér er maðrinn skyldr, þat er frá manni at segja, at maðr er vel auðigr at fé, Nj. 51; mennskr maðr, a manlike man, a human being, opp. to giants or beings of superhuman strength, Gm. 31; menn eru hér komnir ef menn skal kalla, en líkari eru þeir þursum at vexti ok sýn en mennskum mönnum, Eg. 110; flýjum nú! ekki er við menn um at eiga, Nj. 97; þat hafa gamlir menn mælt, at þess manns mundi hefnt verða ef hann félli á grúfu, Eg. 107; þeir ungu menn ( the young people) elskask sín í millum, Mar.; þótt nökkut væri þústr á með enum yngrum mönnum, Ld. 200; fjöldi manns, múgr manns, Fms. ii. 45, 234, xi. 245; þykkir mönnum nökkur várkunn til þess, 192; var þat margra manna mál, at …, Eg. 537, Fms. i. 45; er þat íllt manni? Eg. 604; sá maðr, that person, K. Þ. K. 4; manna beztr, fríðastr …, the best, fairest … of men, passim; allra manna bezt, beyond all men, best of all men, Bs. i. 67; kona var enn þriði maðr, Hkr. iii. 184; hvárr þeirra manna, each of the wedded fair, Grág. i. 476; góðir menn, good men! in addressing, passim: allit., Guði ok góðum mönnum, to God and all good men, Bs. i. 68: sayings, maðr skal eptir mann lifa, man shall live after man (as a consolation), Eg. 322: maðr er manns gaman, man is man’s comfort, Hm. 46; whence huggun er manni mönnum at, Pass. 2. 10: maðr eptir mann, man after man, in succession; or, maðr af manni, man after man, in turn: sýndi maðr manni, man shewed it to man, it went round from hand to hand, Fms. vi. 216; nú segir maðr manni þessi fagnaðar-tíðendi, Bs. i. 181, Þiðr. 142; kunni þat maðr manni at segja at Bróðir felldi Brján, Nj. 275.
    2. phrases, þat veit menn (the verb in sing., the noun in plur.), every one knows that! to be sure! Art. 31, 62, Karl. 48; meðr of veit, Sighvat: mod. viti menn! with a notion of irony; thus also menn segja, men say, (in old poët. usage elliptically, kveða = Lat. dicunt, Vþm. 24, 26, 28, 30, Gm. 13, Hdl. 42, Hm. 11; kváðu, people said, Vm. 33): the sing. maðr = Fr. on, mod. Dan. man (in Dan. man siger), is not vernacular.
    3. in compds. kvenn-maðr, a woman; karl-maðr, a man: of families, Mýra-menn, Síðu-menn, Landn.: inhabitants, people, Norð-menn, Norsemen; Noregs-menn, the men of Norway; Athenu-menn, Athenians; Korintu-menn, Corinthians; of condition of life, leik-menn, laymen; kenni-menn, clergymen; búand-menn, peasants; valds-menn, rulers; kaup-menn, merchants; sjó-menn, seamen; vinnu-menn, labourers.
    4. degree in a lineage: at þriðja, fjórða, fimta … manni, in the third, fourth, fifth … degree, Grág. i. 321; manni firnari en systrungr …, one degree remoter than …, used of odd degrees (e. g. four on one side and three on the other), ii. 172; hann var manni firr en systrungr Bárðar, he was an odd second cousin of B., Bárð. 165; hence tví-menningar, þrí-menningar, fjór-menningar …, a second, third, fourth … cousin, passim.
    II. a man. Lat. vir; vér höfum þrjú skip ok hundruð manna á hverju, Fas. ii. 521; síðan fór hann til manna sinna, Fms. v. 514; greiða eyri gulls hverjum manni, 178; hann fór með of manns yfir landit, iv. 146; and so in countless instances: Sigurðar-menn, the followers of S.; Tuma-menn, konungs-menn, Krist-menn, kross-menn, vii. 293, 299, Ó. H. 216.
    2. a husband; Guð er Kristinnar andar maðr er honum giptisk í trú, Greg. 31: freq. in mod. usage, maðrinn minn, my husband! dóttur-maðr, a son-in-law.
    3. metaph., vera maðr fyrir e-u, to be man enough for it, able to do it; eg er ekki maðr fyrir því, maðr til þess, id.; hann sýndisk eigi maðr til at setjask í svá háleitt sæti, Bs. i. 743; mikill, lítill, maðr fyrir sér, to be a great, strong, weak man, and the like.
    III. the Rune m, see introduction.
    C. COMPDS, manns- and manna-: manns-aldr, m. a man’s life, generation, 623. 10, Fms. viii. 240, Fas. i. 406. manns-bani, a, m. ‘man’s bane,’ a man-slayer, Js. 49, Ni. 119. manns-barn, n. a ‘man’s bairn;’ in the phrase, hvert m., every child of man, Sturl. i. 47. manna-bein, n. pl. human bones, Fms. i. 230. manns-blóð, n. human blood, Nj. 59, Fms. iii. 125. manna-búkar, m. pl. corpses of slain, Fms. iii. 7, xi. 355. manna-bygð, f. human abodes, opp. to the wilderness, Fms. i. 215. manna-bær, m. dwelling-houses, Ann. 1390. manns-bætr, f. pl. weregild, Eg. 259. manns-efni, n. a man to be; gott-m. (see efni), Eg. 368, Fms. i. 174, Fær. 231. manna-farvegr, m. a foot-path, Gþl. 539. manns-fingr, m. a human finger. manna-forráð, n. ‘man-sway,’ rule, dominion; the godord or priesthood is often in the Laws and Sagas so called, Hrafn. 21, Nj. 149, Grág., Ísl. ii. 402, Fms. x. 45. manna-forræði, n. = mannaforráð, Nj. 231, Ld. 310. manns-fótr, m. a human foot, Hkr. ii. 114. manna-fundr, m. a meeting of men, Grág. i. 420. manns-fylgja, u, f., or manna-fylgjur, f. pl. fetches of men, Lv. 69, Fs. 68; see fylgja. manna-för, n. pl. men’s footprints, Eg. 578. manna-grein, f. distinction of men, Fms. viii. 21. manns-hauss, m. a human skull, Þorf. Karl. 242. manns-hár, n. human hair, Edda 4, Fas. iii. 266. manns-hold, n. human flesh, Fms. xi. 235. manna-hugir, m. pl., see hugr III. 2, Háv. 55, Þórð. 17 new Ed. manna-hús, n. pl. men’s houses, Fbr. 77: human abodes. manns-höfuð, manna-höfuð, m. (he human head, K. Á. 1, Fms. x. 280, Nj. 275. manns-hönd, f. a human hand, Fas. i. 66. manns-kona, u, f. a man’s wife, married woman, Grág. i. 335, 337, 341, 344, 380, Bs. i. 777, Sks. 340. manna-lát, n. the loss of men, loss of life, death, Nj. 248, Eg. 585, Orkn. 296. manns-lát, n. a person’s death, decease; heyra mannslát, to hear of a person’s death. manns-líf, n. man’s life, Hom. 6. manns-líki, n. human shape, Edda 9. manna-lof, n. praise of men, Hom. 83. manna-mál, n. human voices, human speech, Nj. 154; or manns-mál, id., in the phrase, það heyrist ekki mannsmál, no man’s voice can be heard, of a great noise. manna-missir, m. the loss of men, Sturl. iii. 7, Fas. ii. 552. manns-morð, n. murder, N. G. L. i. 256. manna-mót, n. = mannfundr, Grág. i. 343. manns-mót, n. manly mien, ‘manfulness,’ Fms. i. 149, xi. 86; þat er mannsmót að honum, he looks like a true man. manna-munr, m. distinction, difference of men, Bs. i. 855. manna-múgr, m. a crowd of people, Fær. 12. manns-mynd, f. the human shape, Stj. 147. manna-reið, f. (a body of) horsemen, Nj. 206. manna-samnaðr, m. = mannsafnaðr, Ísl. ii. 83. manna-seta, u, f. men staying in a place, Ld. 42. manna-skipan, f. the placing of people, as at a banquet, in battle, Korm. 62, Sturl. i. 20, ii. 237. manna-skipti, n. pl. exchange of men, Germ. auswechselung, Hkr. i. 8. manna-slóð, f. ‘man’s sleuth,’ a track of men, Sturl. i. 83. manna-spor, n. pl. men’s footprints. Sturl. ii. 90, Eg. 578, Landn. 191. manna-styrkr, m. help, Þórð. 74. manna-sættir, m. a daysman, peacemaker, Fms. x. 51, Eb. manna-taka, u, f. a reception of men, strangers, Fb. ii. 194. manna-tal, n. = manntal, Hkr. ii. 340. manns-váði, a, m. danger of life, Fms. viii. 224. manna-vegr, m. a road where men pass, opp. to a wilderness, Grett. 115 A, Ld. 328. manna-verk, n. pl. = mannvirki, man’s work, work by human hands, Fb. i. 541. manns-verk, n. work to be done by a person, N. G. L. i., 38, Gþl. 114. manna-vist, f. a human abode. Fms. i. 226, Jb. 9, Orkn. 434. manns-vit, n. ‘man’s wit,’ human understanding, reason, Nj. 106. manna-völd, n. pl.; in the phrase, e-t er af manna-völdum, it is due to human causes, not by natural causes, e. g. of a fire, the disappearance of a thing, or the like, Nj. 76, Fms. ii. 146, iii. 98. manns-vöxtr, m. a man’s stature, Fas. ii. 508, Hom. 112. manna-þengill, m. king of men, the name of Njörð, Gm. 16, Edda 104. manns-æði, n. human bearing, behaviour. manns-æfi, f. man’s lifetime; mart kann skipask á mannsæfinni, a saying, Fms. vii. 156; mart verðr á mannsætinni, útítt var þat þá er vér vórum ungir, Fær. 195.

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  • 103 acosar

    v.
    1 to pursue relentlessly.
    2 to harass.
    3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.
    El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.
    * * *
    1 to pursue, chase
    \
    acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions
    * * *
    verb
    to harass, hound
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    VT
    1) (=atosigar) to hound, harass

    ser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed

    2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
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    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    ----
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.

    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

    Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.

    * * *
    acosar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to hound
    lo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after him
    un compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing her
    se ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and disease
    me acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts
    2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *

     

    acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ persona› to hound;

    ( sexualmente) to harass;
    ◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions


    acosar verbo transitivo
    1 to harass
    2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
    ' acosar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrinconar
    - asediar
    - hostigar
    English:
    assault
    - beset
    - harass
    - hound
    - mob
    - molest
    - persecute
    - plague
    - ply
    - stalk
    - bait
    - goad
    - harry
    - worry
    * * *
    acosar, Méx acosijar vt
    1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly
    2. [hostigar] to harass;
    lo acosaron a o [m5] con preguntas they fired questions at him;
    fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work
    * * *
    v/t hound, pursue;
    me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions
    * * *
    acosar vt
    perseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass

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  • 104 devoir

    devoir [d(ə)vwaʀ]
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    • elle lui doit 200 € she owes him 200 euros
    • il lui doit bien cela ! it's the least he can do for him!
    • à qui doit-on la découverte du radium ? who discovered radium?
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       a. (obligation)
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    ► Lorsque devoir exprime une obligation, il se traduit généralement par to have (got) to lorsqu'il s'agit de contraintes extérieures ; notez que to have got to ne s'utilise qu'au présent. must a généralement une valeur plus impérative ; must étant défectif, on utilise to have to aux temps où il ne se conjugue pas.
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    • je ne peux pas aller au cinéma, je dois travailler I can't go to the cinema, I've got to work
    • si je rentre tard, je dois téléphoner à ma mère if I stay out late, I have to phone my mother
    • je dois téléphoner à ma mère ! I must phone my mother!
    • Martin avait promis, il devait le faire Martin had promised, so he had to do it
    • dois-je comprendre par là que... am I to understand from this that...
       b. (conseil)
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    ► Lorsque devoir est au conditionnel et qu'il exprime une suggestion, il se traduit par should.
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       c. (fatalité)
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    ► Lorsque devoir exprime une fatalité, il se traduit généralement par to be bound to.
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    • cela devait arriver ! it was bound to happen!
       d. (prévision)
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    ► Lorsque devoir exprime une prévision, il est souvent traduit par to be going to.
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    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    ► Notez l'emploi de to be due to dans les contextes où la notion de temps est importante.
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    • son train doit or devrait arriver dans cinq minutes his train is due to arrive in five minutes
       e. (hypothèse)
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    ► Lorsque devoir exprime une hypothèse, il se traduit par must dans les phrases affirmatives.
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    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    ► Au conditionnel, on utilise should.
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    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    ► Dans les phrases négatives, on utilise généralement can't.
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    3. <
    • j'en ai informé mon chef, comme il se doit I informed my boss, of course
    • on a fêté l'événement, comme il se doit and naturally, we celebrated the event
    4. <
       a. ( = obligation) duty
    • il est de mon devoir de... it is my duty to...
       b. (scolaire) ( = dissertation) essay ; ( = exercice fait en classe) exercise ; (fait à la maison) homework uncount
    • devoir surveillé or sur table written test
    * * *
    Note: Lorsque devoir est utilisé comme auxiliaire pour exprimer une obligation posée comme directive, une recommandation, une hypothèse ou un objectif, il se traduit par must suivi de l'infinitif sans to: je dois finir ma traduction aujourd'hui = I must finish my translation today; tu dois avoir faim! = you must be hungry!
    Lorsqu'il exprime une obligation imposée par les circonstances extérieures, il se traduit par to have suivi de l'infinitif: je dois me lever tous les matins à sept heures = I have to get up at seven o'clock every morning
    Les autres sens du verbe auxiliaire, et devoir verbe transitif et verbe pronominal, sont présentés ci-dessous

    I
    1. dəvwɑʀ
    verbe auxiliaire
    1) (obligation, recommandation, hypothèse)

    il a dû accepter — ( obligation) he had to accept; ( hypothèse) he must have accepted

    il doit absolument éviter l'alcool — it's imperative that he avoid alcohol, he really must avoid alcohol

    je dois dire/reconnaître que cela ne m'étonne pas — I have to ou I must say/admit I'm not surprised

    dussé-je en mourir — liter even if I die for it

    cela devait arriver — it was bound ou it had to happen


    2.
    1) ( avoir à payer) to owe [argent, repas]

    devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un — to owe something to somebody, to owe somebody something

    combien vous dois-je? — ( pour un service) how much do I owe you?; ( pour un achat) how much is it?

    devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un — to owe something to somebody, to owe somebody something


    3.
    se devoir verbe pronominal

    se devoir à quelqu'un/son pays — to have a duty to somebody/one's country


    4.
    comme il se doit locution adverbiale

    faire quelque chose/agir comme il se doit — to do something/to act in the correct way

    comme il se doit, elle est en retard! — as you might expect, she's late!


    II dəvwɑʀ
    nom masculin ( obligation morale) duty

    il est de mon devoir de — it's my duty to; École ( exercice fait en classe) test; ( fait à la maison) homework [U]

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    d(ə)vwaʀ
    1. nm
    1) (= obligation) duty

    Aller voter fait partie des devoirs du citoyen. — Voting is part of one's duty as a citizen.

    2) ÉDUCATION (à faire chez soi) piece of homework, homework no pl (à faire en classe) exercise
    2. vt
    1) (= être redevable de) [argent] to owe

    devoir qch à qn [argent, respect] — to owe sb sth

    Je lui dois de régler cette affaire le plus rapidement possible. — I owe it to him to sort this matter out as quickly as possible.

    Il doit le faire tout de suite. — He has to do it immediately., He must do it immediately.

    Je dois partir. — I've got to go., I must go.

    je devrais faire... — I ought to do..., I should do...

    Tu n'aurais pas dû... — You ought not to have..., You shouldn't have...

    Cela devait arriver un jour. — It was bound to happen some day.

    Il doit partir demain. — He is to leave tomorrow., He is due to leave tomorrow.

    Le nouveau centre commercial doit ouvrir en mai. — The new shopping centre is due to open in May.

    Il doit être tard. — It must be late.

    Tu dois être fatigué. — You must be tired.

    * * *
    I.
    A nm
    1 ( obligation morale) duty; avoir le sens du devoir to have a sense of duty; homme/femme de devoir man/woman of conscience; agir par devoir to act out of a sense of duty; faire son devoir to do one's duty; je n'ai fait que mon devoir I only did my duty;
    2 ( obligation imposée par la loi ou les convenances) duty; manquer à tous ses devoirs to fail in all one's duties; le devoir m'appelle! duty calls!; se faire un devoir de faire to make it one's duty to do; il est de mon devoir de it's my duty to; se mettre en devoir de faire qch to set about doing sth; voter est un droit, c'est aussi un devoir voting is not only a right, but also a duty; ⇒ réserve;
    3 Scol ( exercice écrit) ( fait en classe) test; ( fait à la maison) homework ¢; faire ses devoirs to do one's homework; fais tes devoirs avant d'aller jouer do your homework before going out to play; j'ai un devoir d'anglais demain I've got an English test tomorrow; j'ai un devoir à rendre pour lundi I have a piece of homework to hand in on Monday.
    B † devoirs nmpl ( hommages) respects; présenter ses devoirs à qn to pay one's respects to sb; les derniers devoirs rendus à qn the last respects paid to sb.
    devoir d'ingérence Pol duty to interfere in the affairs of another nation; devoir surveillé or sur table Scol written test; devoir de vacances holiday homework (done from workbooks).
    II.
    devoir verb table: devoir
    ❢ Lorsque devoir est utilisé comme auxiliaire pour exprimer une obligation posée comme directive, une recommandation, une hypothèse ou un objectif, il se traduit par must suivi de l'infinitif sans to: je dois finir ma traduction aujourd'hui = I must finish my translation today; tu dois avoir faim! = you must be hungry!Lorsqu'il exprime une obligation imposée par les circonstances extérieures, il se traduit par to have suivi de l'infinitif: je dois me lever tous les matins à sept heures = I have to get up at seven o'clock every morning.
    Les autres sens du verbe auxiliaire, et devoir verbe transitif et verbe pronominal, sont présentés ci-dessous.
    A v aux
    1 (obligation, recommandation, hypothèse) tu dois te brosser les dents au moins deux fois par jour you must brush your teeth at least twice a day; je dois aller travailler I've got to go to work; je devais aller travailler I had to go to work; il doit accepter he has got to accept; il a dû accepter ( obligation) he had to accept; ( hypothèse) he must have accepted; tu ne dois pas montrer du doigt! you shouldn't point!; ces mesures doivent permettre une amélioration du niveau de vie these measures should allow an improvement in the standard of living; le texte doit pouvoir être compris de tous the text should be comprehensible to everyone; il doit absolument éviter l'alcool it's imperative that he avoid alcohol, he really must avoid alcohol; je dois dire/reconnaître que cela ne m'étonne pas I have to ou I must say/admit I'm not surprised; je dois avouer que j'ai hésité I have to ou must admit I did hesitate; vous devrez être attentif à cela you'll have to ou you must watch out for that; tu devrais réfléchir avant de parler you should think before you speak; on devrait mettre cet enfant au lit this child ought to be put to bed; elle ne doit pas être fière! she must be ashamed of herself!; ils ne doivent plus lui faire confiance they can't trust him any more; je devais avoir 12 ans à ce moment-là I must have been 12 at the time; ils doivent arriver d'une minute à l'autre they're due to arrive any minute;
    2 ( être dans la nécessité de) l'entreprise va devoir fermer the company will have to close, the company is going to have to close; encore doivent-elles faire leurs preuves they still have to prove themselves; dois-je prendre un parapluie? should I take an umbrella?, do I need to take an umbrella?; dussé-je en mourir liter even if I die for it; il a cru devoir partir he felt obliged to leave;
    3 ( exprime une prévision) elles devaient en parler they were to talk about it; le contrat doit être signé à 16 heures the contract is to be signed at 4 pm; cet argent devait rester disponible this money was to have remained available; à quelle heure doit-il rentrer? what time should he be home?; à quoi doivent-ils s'attendre ensuite? what are they to expect next?; nous ne devons pas partir cet été we're not intending to go away this summer; je dois le voir demain I'll be seeing him tomorrow; je dois m'absenter prochainement I'll have to leave shortly; nous devions partir quand il s'est mis à pleuvoir we were about to leave when it started raining, we should have left but it started raining;
    4 ( exprime la fatalité) 10 ans plus tard, il devait sombrer dans la pauvreté 10 years later, he was to be found languishing in poverty; ce qui devait arriver arriva the inevitable happened; cela devait arriver it had ou it was bound to happen; nous devons tous mourir un jour we all have to die some day; elle devait mourir dans un accident de voiture she was to die in a car crash.
    B vtr
    1 ( avoir à payer) to owe [argent, repas]; devoir qch à qn to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth; il déteste devoir de l'argent he hates owing money; combien vous dois-je? ( pour un service) how much do I owe you?; ( pour un achat) how much is it?; j'ai payé la veste mais je dois encore la jupe I've paid for the jacket but I haven't paid for the skirt yet;
    2 ( être redevable de) devoir qch à qn to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth; devoir qch à qch to owe sth to sth ; il doit tout à sa femme he owes it all to his wife; je te dois d'avoir gagné it's thanks to you that I won; c'est à votre générosité que nous devons de ne pas être morts de faim it's thanks to your generosity that we didn't die of hunger; ⇒ chandelle;
    3 ( avoir une obligation morale) devoir qch à qn to owe sb sth; il me doit des excuses he owes me an apology.
    C se devoir vpr
    1 ( avoir une obligation morale) se devoir à qn/son pays to have a duty to sb/one's country; je me dois de le faire it's my duty to do it, I have a duty to do it;
    2 ( réciproquement) les époux se doivent fidélité spouses owe it to each other to be faithful;
    3 ( par convention) un homme de son rang se doit d'avoir un chauffeur a man of his standing has to have a chauffeur.
    D comme il se doit loc adv
    1 ( comme le veut l'usage) faire qch/agir comme il se doit to do sth/to act in the correct way; il plaça les convives comme il se doit he seated the guests as was proper;
    2 ( comme prévu) comme il se doit, elle est en retard! as you might expect, she's late!
    I
    [dəvwar] nom masculin
    2. [impératifs moraux] duty
    3. [tâche à accomplir] duty, obligation
    faire ou accomplir ou remplir son devoir to carry out ou to do one's duty
    ————————
    devoirs nom masculin pluriel
    ————————
    de devoir locution adjectivale
    homme/femme de devoir man/woman with a (strong) sense of duty
    ————————
    du devoir de locution prépositionnelle
    II
    [dəvwar] verbe auxiliaire
    1. [exprime l'obligation]
    il doit he has to, he needs to, he must
    dois-je être plus clair? do I need ou have to be more explicit?
    je dois admettre que... I must admit that...
    il ne doit pas he must not, he musn't
    2. [dans des conseils, des suggestions]
    il devrait he ought to, he should
    3. [indique une prévision, une intention]
    il doit m'en donner demain he's due to ou he should give me some tomorrow
    [dans le passé]
    4. [exprime une probabilité]
    il/cela doit he/it must, he's/it's got to
    il doit être fatigué he must be tired, he's probably tired
    il doit y avoir ou cela doit faire un an que je ne l'ai pas vu it must be a year since I (last) saw him
    5. [exprime l'inévitable]
    la maison où elle devait écrire "Claudine" the house where she was to write "Claudine"
    [exprime une norme]
    je l'aiderai, dussé-je aller en prison/y passer ma vie I'll help him, even if it means going to prison/devoting my life to it
    ————————
    [dəvwar] verbe transitif
    1. [avoir comme dette] to owe
    devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un to owe somebody something, to owe something to somebody
    2. [être moralement obligé de fournir]
    3. [être redevable de]
    c'est à Guimard que l'on doit cette découverte we have Guimard to thank ou we're indebted to Guimard for this discovery
    ————————
    se devoir verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)
    [avoir comme obligation mutuelle]
    les époux se doivent fidélité spouses ou husbands and wives must be faithful to each other
    ————————
    se devoir à verbe pronominal plus préposition
    ————————
    se devoir de verbe pronominal plus préposition
    tu es grand, tu te dois de donner l'exemple you're a big boy now, it's your duty to show a good example

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > devoir

  • 105 inútil

    adj.
    useless, needless, pointless, unnecessary.
    f. & m.
    lame duck, prat, ineffectual person, sad pack.
    * * *
    1 (gen) useless
    2 (intento) vain, futile
    3 MEDICINA disabled
    4 MILITAR unfit
    1 familiar (persona) hopeless case
    \
    es inútil que + subjuntivo there is no point in + gerund
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=vano) [intento, esfuerzo] unsuccessful, fruitless

    lo intenté todo, pero fue inútil — I tried everything, but it was no use o useless

    es inútil que usted proteste — it's no good o use you protesting, there's no point in protesting

    2) (=inepto) useless *, hopeless *
    3) (=inválido) disabled
    4) (=inservible) useless
    5) (Mil) unfit
    2.
    SMF

    ¡tu hermana es una inútil! — your sister is useless o hopeless! *

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <esfuerzo/papeleo> useless
    b) < trasto> useless
    2)
    a) ( incompetente) useless
    b) (Mil) ( no apto) unfit
    c) (Med) disabled
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = futile, useless, deadwood [dead wood], helpless, ineffectual, inutile, wasteful, good-for-nothing, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], duffer, toothless, ineffective.
    Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
    Ex. Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    Ex. Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.
    Ex. In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
    Ex. A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex. However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.
    Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.
    Ex. Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
    ----
    * algo inútil = a dead dog.
    * cosa inútil = dead horse.
    * misión inútil = fool's errand.
    * ser inútil = fire + blanks.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <esfuerzo/papeleo> useless
    b) < trasto> useless
    2)
    a) ( incompetente) useless
    b) (Mil) ( no apto) unfit
    c) (Med) disabled
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = futile, useless, deadwood [dead wood], helpless, ineffectual, inutile, wasteful, good-for-nothing, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], duffer, toothless, ineffective.

    Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.

    Ex: Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    Ex: Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.
    Ex: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
    Ex: A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex: However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.
    Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.
    Ex: Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
    * algo inútil = a dead dog.
    * cosa inútil = dead horse.
    * misión inútil = fool's errand.
    * ser inútil = fire + blanks.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹esfuerzo/papeleo› useless
    es inútil, no lo vas a convencer it's useless o you're wasting your time, you won't convince him
    todo fue inútil it was all futile o useless o in vain
    es inútil que insistas there's no point (in) insisting
    es inútil que trates de hacerlo entender it's pointless trying to make him understand, there's no point trying to make him understand
    2 ‹trasto› useless
    B
    1 (incompetente) useless
    2 ( Mil) (no apto) unfit
    3 ( Med) disabled
    quedó inútil después del accidente the accident left him disabled
    es un inútil he's useless
    * * *

     

    inútil adjetivo
    useless;

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: es un inútil he's useless
    inútil
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin utilidad) useless
    (sin resultado) vain, pointless
    2 Mil unfit (for service)
    II mf fam good-for-nothing

    ' inútil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chisme
    - desperdicio
    - gasto
    - lindeza
    - pegote
    - trasto
    - vana
    - vano
    - cachivache
    - calamidad
    - incapaz
    - inservible
    - insistir
    English:
    breath
    - dead loss
    - dead weight
    - dead wood
    - dud
    - futile
    - gesture
    - good-for-nothing
    - helpless
    - lemon
    - render
    - unhelpful
    - unnecessary
    - use
    - useless
    - vain
    - which
    - white elephant
    - wild-goose chase
    - hopeless
    - incapable
    - pointless
    - waste
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [objeto] useless;
    [intento, esfuerzo] unsuccessful, vain;
    sus intentos resultaron inútiles his attempts were unsuccessful o in vain;
    es inútil, ya es demasiado tarde there's no point, it's too late;
    es inútil que lo esperes, se ha ido para siempre there's no point in waiting for him, he's gone for good
    2. [inválido] disabled;
    le dieron la baja por inútil he was allowed to take disability leave;
    quedó inútil tras el accidente she was disabled as a result of the accident
    3. [no apto] unfit;
    fue declarado inútil para el servicio militar he was declared unfit for military service
    ♦ nmf
    hopeless case, useless person;
    es un inútil he's useless o hopeless
    * * *
    I adj
    1 useless
    2 MIL unfit
    II m/f
    :
    es un inútil he’s useless
    * * *
    inútil adj
    inservible: useless
    ♦ inútilmente adv
    inútil nmf
    : good-for-nothing
    * * *
    inútil1 adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > inútil

  • 106 Alte

    m, f; -n, -n
    1. männlich: old man; weiblich: old woman; Pl. (alte Menschen) old people, senior citizens; die Alten und Kranken the aged and the infirm
    2. umg. (Vater, Ehemann) the old man; (Mutter) the old woman; (Ehefrau) auch the missus, her indoors, the little lady hum.; Pl. (Eltern) the folks, the Aged Parents hum.
    3. umg. (Chef) the boss; männlich auch: the guv gesproch. (meist von Männern)
    4. ZOOL.; weiblich: (Muttertier) mother, (the) old one; Pl. (Elterntiere) (the) parents; wie die Alten sungen, (so) zwitschern auch die Jungen Sprichw. like father, like son, as the old cock crows, so the young cock learns
    5. die Alten Pl. (Ahnen) the forebears; (Völker der Antike) the ancients
    6. das Alte (Abgelegtes, Veraltetes etc.) old things; das Alte kommt nicht wieder old times are gone; alt
    * * *
    Ạl|te ['altə]
    f decl as adj
    (= alte Frau, inf: = Ehefrau, Mutter) old woman; (inf = Vorgesetzte) boss
    See:
    → auch Alte(r)
    * * *
    Al·te(r)
    [ˈaltə, -tɐ]
    f(m) dekl wie adj
    1. (fam: alter Mann) old geezer; (alte Frau) old dear [or girl]
    ▪ die \Alten the older generation, the old folks fam
    2. (fam: Ehemann, Vater) old man; (Mutter) old woman
    ▪ meine/die \Alte (Ehefrau) the old wife fam
    ▪ die/jds \Alten (Eltern) the/sb's old folks
    3. (fam: Vorgesetzter)
    ▪ der/die \Alte the boss
    4. pl (die Ahnen)
    ▪ die \Alten the ancients
    ▪ die \Alten the parent animals
    6.
    ▶ wie die \Alten sungen, so zwitschern auch die Jungen (prov) like father, like son prov
    Al·te(s)
    [ˈaltə, -təs]
    1. (das Traditionelle)
    ▪ das \Alte tradition
    das \Alte und das Neue the old and the new
    2. (alte Dinge) old things
    3.
    ▶ alles bleibt beim \Alten nothing ever changes
    ▶ aus Alt mach Neu (prov fam) make do and mend prov
    * * *
    der/die; adj. Dekl
    1) (alter Mensch) old man/woman; Plural (alte Menschen) old people
    2) (salopp) (Vater, Ehemann) old man (coll.); (Mutter) old woman (coll.); (Ehefrau) missis (sl.); old woman (coll.); (Chef) boss (coll.); governor (sl.); (Chefin) boss (coll.)

    die Alten — (Eltern) my/his etc. old man and old woman (coll.)

    3) Plural (Tiereltern) parents

    die Alten — (geh.): (Menschen der Antike) the ancients

    * * *
    Alte m/f; -n, -n
    1. männlich: old man; weiblich: old woman; pl (alte Menschen) old people, senior citizens;
    die Alten und Kranken the aged and the infirm
    2. umg (Vater, Ehemann) the old man; (Mutter) the old woman; (Ehefrau) auch the missus, her indoors, the little lady hum; pl (Eltern) the folks, the Aged Parents hum
    3. umg (Chef) the boss; männlich auch: the guv gespr (meist von Männern)
    4. ZOOL; weiblich: (Muttertier) mother, (the) old one; pl (Elterntiere) (the) parents;
    wie die Alten sungen, (so) zwitschern auch die Jungen sprichw like father, like son, as the old cock crows, so the young cock learns
    5.
    die Alten pl (Ahnen) the forebears; (Völker der Antike) the ancients
    6.
    das Alte (Abgelegtes, Veraltetes etc) old things;
    das Alte kommt nicht wieder old times are gone; → alt
    * * *
    der/die; adj. Dekl
    1) (alter Mensch) old man/woman; Plural (alte Menschen) old people
    2) (salopp) (Vater, Ehemann) old man (coll.); (Mutter) old woman (coll.); (Ehefrau) missis (sl.); old woman (coll.); (Chef) boss (coll.); governor (sl.); (Chefin) boss (coll.)

    die Alten — (Eltern) my/his etc. old man and old woman (coll.)

    3) Plural (Tiereltern) parents

    die Alten — (geh.): (Menschen der Antike) the ancients

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  • 107 asediar

    v.
    1 to lay siege to (military).
    2 to besiege, to beset, to beleaguer, to bedevil.
    * * *
    1 to besiege, lay siege to
    2 figurado to besiege, pester, harass
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Mil) to besiege; (Náut) to blockade
    2) (=molestar) to bother, pester; [+ amante] to chase, lay siege to frm
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Mil) < ciudad> to lay siege to, besiege; < ejército> to surround, besiege
    b) ( acosar) < persona> to besiege
    * * *
    = plague, beat + a path to + Posesivo + door, importune, pester, stalk, bedevil.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. The article is titled 'Our mousetrap's fine: so why aren't people beating a path to our door?' = El artículo se titula "Nuestra ratonera está bien, entonces ¿por qué la gente no nos asedia?".
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    ----
    * asediado por problemas = embattled.
    * asediar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Mil) < ciudad> to lay siege to, besiege; < ejército> to surround, besiege
    b) ( acosar) < persona> to besiege
    * * *
    = plague, beat + a path to + Posesivo + door, importune, pester, stalk, bedevil.

    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

    Ex: The article is titled 'Our mousetrap's fine: so why aren't people beating a path to our door?' = El artículo se titula "Nuestra ratonera está bien, entonces ¿por qué la gente no nos asedia?".
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    * asediado por problemas = embattled.
    * asediar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.

    * * *
    asediar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ( Mil) ‹fortaleza/ciudad› to lay siege to, besiege, blockade; ‹ejército› to surround, besiege
    2 (acosar) ‹persona› to besiege
    asediaron a la cantante con preguntas they besieged the singer, firing questions at her
    * * *

    asediar ( conjugate asediar) verbo transitivo
    a) (Mil) ‹ ciudad› to lay siege to, besiege;

    ‹ ejército› to surround, besiege

    asediar verbo transitivo to besiege
    ' asediar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acosar
    - acribillar
    English:
    besiege
    - mob
    * * *
    1. [ciudad] to lay siege to, to besiege
    2. [persona]
    los fans la asediaban pidiéndole autógrafos she was besieged by fans asking for autographs;
    el equipo visitante asedió la portería rival the away team laid siege to their opponents' goal;
    lo asediaron a preguntas he was bombarded with questions
    * * *
    v/t tb fig
    besiege
    * * *
    1) sitiar: to besiege
    2) acosar: to harass

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  • 108 incordiar

    v.
    to bother, to pester (informal). (peninsular Spanish)
    * * *
    1 to pester, bother
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to annoy, to pester (colloq)
    2.
    incordiar vi (Esp)

    lo hace para incordiar — (fam) he does it just to be annoying

    * * *
    = pester, niggle, importune, hassle.
    Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex. He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to annoy, to pester (colloq)
    2.
    incordiar vi (Esp)

    lo hace para incordiar — (fam) he does it just to be annoying

    * * *
    = pester, niggle, importune, hassle.

    Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

    Ex: He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.

    * * *
    incordiar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( Esp fam) to annoy, to pester ( colloq), to bug ( colloq)
    ■ incordiar
    vi
    ( Esp): ¡no incordies! don't be such a nuisance!
    lo hace para incordiar ( fam); he does it just to be annoying
    intentaré incordiar lo menos posible I'll try to cause as little inconvenience o trouble as possible
    * * *

    incordiar ( conjugate incordiar) verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to annoy, to pester (colloq)
    verbo intransitivo (Esp):
    ◊ ¡no incordies! don't be such a nuisance!

    incordiar vtr fam to bother, pester

    ' incordiar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    joder
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to bother, to pester
    ♦ vi
    to be a pest;
    ¡deja ya de incordiar! stop being such a pest!
    * * *
    v/t annoy
    * * *
    incordiar vb to bother

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  • 109 perezoso

    adj.
    lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish.
    m.
    1 lazy person, sloth, loafer, slouch.
    2 sloth.
    3 deck chair.
    4 squeegee mop.
    * * *
    1 lazy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lazy person, idler, lazybones
    1 ZOOLOGÍA sloth
    ————————
    1 ZOOLOGÍA sloth
    * * *
    (f. - perezosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    perezoso, -a
    1.
    ADJ lazy
    2.
    SM / F (=vago) idler, lazybones *
    3. SM
    1) (Zool) sloth
    2) Caribe, Méx (=imperdible) safety pin
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo lazy, idle, slothful (liter)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( holgazán) lazybones (colloq)
    2) perezoso masculino (Zool) sloth
    * * *
    = lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.], sluggish, indolent, shiftless.
    Ex. It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.
    Ex. Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.
    Ex. The average man is by nature indolent; he works as little as possible = El ciudadano medio es perezoso por naturaleza; trabaja lo menos posible.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo lazy, idle, slothful (liter)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( holgazán) lazybones (colloq)
    2) perezoso masculino (Zool) sloth
    * * *
    = lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.], sluggish, indolent, shiftless.

    Ex: It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.

    Ex: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.
    Ex: The average man is by nature indolent; he works as little as possible = El ciudadano medio es perezoso por naturaleza; trabaja lo menos posible.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

    * * *
    perezoso1 -sa
    lazy, idle, slothful ( liter)
    perezoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    A (holgazán) lazybones ( colloq)
    B
    1 ( Zool) sloth
    2 (Ur) (hamaca) deck chair
    3 ( Arg) (para lavar pisos) squeegee mop
    * * *

    perezoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    lazy, idle
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 ( holgazán) lazybones (colloq)
    2
    ◊ perezoso sustantivo masculino (Zool) sloth

    perezoso,-a adjetivo lazy, idle
    ' perezoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    floja
    - flojo
    - perezosa
    English:
    lazy
    - sloth
    - sluggish
    * * *
    perezoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [vago] lazy
    2. [lento] slow, sluggish
    ♦ nm,f
    [vago] lazy person, idler
    ♦ nm
    [animal] sloth
    * * *
    I adj lazy
    II m ZO sloth
    * * *
    perezoso, -sa adj
    flojo, holgazán: lazy
    : sloth (animal)
    * * *
    perezoso1 adj lazy [comp. lazier; superl. laziest]
    perezoso2 n lazybones

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  • 110 KONA

    * * *
    (gen. pl. kvenna), f.
    1) woman (var hón kvenna fríðust);
    2) wife (ek em kona Njáls).
    * * *
    u, f., kuna, Fms. vii. 106; gen. pl. kvinna, 109, 274, Hdl. 15, but usually kvenna, which form is a remains of an older obsolete kvina: [Goth. qino = γυνή; Hel. quena; O. H. G. chiona; Swed. kåna; Dan. kone; again, the forms of the Goth. quens or qveins, A. S. cwen, Engl. queen, Scot. quean = Engl. wench, Dan. kvinde answer to the obsolete kván, q. v.]:—a woman; karl ok kona, man and woman, passim; brigðr er karla hugr konum, Hm. 90; kona ok karlmaðr, Grág. i. 171; kona eða karlmaðr, Nj. 190; hón var kvinna fríðust, Fms. vii. 109; henni lézt þykkja agasamt, ok kvað þar eigi kvinna vist, 274; konor þær er óarfgengjar eru, Grág. i. 228; mun þat sannask sem mælt er til vár kvenna, Fms. iv. 132; kveðr hann vera konu níundu nótt hverja ok eiga þá viðskipti við karlmenn, N. G. L. i. 57: sayings, köld er kvenna ráð, Gísl.; meyjar orðum skyli manngi trúa, né því er kveðr kona, Hm. 83; svá er friðr kvenna, 89; hón var væn kona ok kurteis, Nj. 1; ok var hón kvenna fríðust, she was the fairest of women, 50; hón var skörungr mikill ok kvenna fríðust sýnum, hón var svá hög at fár konur vóru jafnhagar henni, hón var allra kvenna grimmust, 147; fundusk mönnum orð um at konan var enn virðuleg, Ld. 16; Unnr var vegs-kona mikil ( a stately lady), Landn. 117; konur skulu ræsta húsin ok tjalda, Nj. 175; konu-hár, -klæði, -föt, woman’s hair, attire, Fms. iii. 266, Greg. 53; konu bú, woman’s estate, Grág. ii. 47; konu-líki (liking), woman’s shape, Skálda 172, Grett. 141; konu-nám, konu-tak, eloping, abduction of a woman, Grág. i. 355, Bjarn. 17; konu-mál, rape, fornication, = kvenna-mál, Eb. 182, Fs. 62, Stj. 499: frænd-kona, a kinswoman; vin-kona, a female friend; mág-kona, a sister-in-law; álf-kona, an ‘elf-quean;’ troll-kona, a giantess; heit-kona, a spouse; brúð-kona, a bridemaid; vinnu-kona, grið-kona, a female servant; ráðs-kona, a stewardess; bú-kona, hús-kona, a house-mistress, house-wife; spá-kona, a prophetess, Scot. ‘spae-wife;’ skáld-kona, a poëtess.
    II. a wife; ek em kona Njáls, Nj. 54; Evu Adams konu, Hom. 31; við hans konu Sophram, Ver. 52; af konu minni eða sonum, Nj. 65; en ef bú þeirra standa, þá munu þeir vitja þeirra ok kvenna sinna, 207; messu-djákn enginn, né kona hans né klerkr hans, N. G. L. i. 97.—The word is now almost disused in sense I, kvennmaðr being the common word, whereas in sense II. it is a household word. konu-efni, n. one’s future wife, bride: konu-fé, n. a marriage portion, Js. 80: konu-lauss, adj. wifeless, unmarried, Fs.: konu-leysi, n. the being konulauss: konu-ríki, n., see kvánríki.
    B. COMPDS, with the gen. plur. kvenna-: kvenna-askr, m. a kind of half measure, opp. to karlaskr, q. v.; hálfr annarr k. í karlaski, Jb. 375. kvenna-ást, f. amour, Bs. i. 282, Fms. v. 341. kvenna-búnaðr, m. a woman’s attire, Skálda 334. kvenna-far, n. love affairs, Lat. amores, Fms. i. 187. kvenna-ferð, f. a journey fit for women, Ld. 240. kvenna-fólk, n. woman-folk, Nj. 199. kvenna-friðr, m. sacredness of women, N. G. L. ii. kvenna-fylgjur, f. pl. female attendants, Grág. i. 342. kvenna-gipting, f. marriage, N. G. L. i. 343, Jb. 6. kvenna-giptir, f. pl. a giving in marriage, N. G. L. i. 27, 343. kvenna-hagr, m. woman’s condition, Rb. 414. kvenna-heiti, n. names of women, Edda (Gl.) kvenna-hjal, n. women’s gossip, Gísl. 15. kvenna-hús, n. a lady’s bower, Fas. ii. 162. kvenna-innganga, u, f. entrance of women into the church, churching, B. K. 110. kvenna-klæðnaðr, m. a female dress, Grág. i. 338. kvenna-land, n. the land of the Amazons, Rb. 348, Fms. xi. 414. kvenna-leiðir, m. ‘women-guide,’ a law term used of a child as the sole witness to lawsuit for a rape; barn þat er heitir k., N. G. L. i. 357, 367. kvenna-lið, n. woman-folk, Nj. 199, Lv. 38. kvenna-maðr, m. a woman’s man, given to women; mikill k., Hkr. i. 208, Rb. 414; lítill k., chaste, Fbr. 12. kvenna-mál, n. love matters, Orkn. 334: rape, fornication, 444, Lv. 3. kvenna-munr, m. distinction of women, Fms. x. 387. kvenna-nám, n. a rape, Grág. i. 353. kvenna-ráð, n. pl. women’s counsel, Nj. 177. kvenna-siðr, m. habits of women, Grág. i. 338. kvenna-skap, n. a woman’s temper, Nj. 68. kvenna-skáli, a, m. a woman’s apartment, Sturl. iii. 186. kvenna-skipan, f. arrangement of the ladies (at a banquet), Ld. 202. kvenna-sveit, f. a bevy of ladies, Fms. vi. 1. kvenna-vagn, m. ‘woman’s wain,’ a constellation, opp. to karlsvagn, Rb. 1812. 16. kvenna-vist, f. women’s abode, fit for women, Hkr. iii. 339.

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  • 111 ערוה

    עֶרְוָהf. (b. h.; עָרָה I) nakedness, shame; unchastity, lewdness, obscenity. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה מים מכסים עֶרְוָתוֹ … עֶרְוָתָן as water covers the nakedness of the sea, … so (study of) the Law covers up the nakedness (atones for the sins) of Israel. Ber.24b לבו רואה את הע׳ his heart sees the nakedness, i. e. there is no garment (girdle) separating the upper part of the body from the lower. Ib. 24a, משום ע׳ v. עֲגָבָה. Ib. קול באשה ע׳ hearing a womans voice is indecency (you must not read the Shmʿa while a woman is singing within your heaving); שער באשה ע׳ the sight of womans hair is an impropriety (with regard to reading the Shmʿa). Gitt.IX, 10 לא יגרש … דבר ע׳ a man must not divorce his wife, unless he have found in her something improper (v. Deut. 24:1). Ib. 90a (interpret. ערות דבר, Deut. l. c.) אם נאמר ערות … הייתי אומר משום ע׳ תצא משום דבר לא תצא if the text had ʿervath (meaning ʿervah) without dabar, I might have thought, for scandalous conduct she is to be dismissed, for ‘something (any other cause) she must not be dismissed. Ib. לא מצא בה לא ע׳ ולא דבר if he found in her neither indecency nor any other fault. Ib. 64a a. fr. אין דבר שבע׳ פחות משנים any act in which purity of sexual life is concerned (marriage, divorce) requires no less than two witnesses. Ab. III, 13 שחוק … מרגילין (את האדם) לע׳ merriment and light-mindedness make man familiar with licentiousness; a. v. fr.Esp. incest, trnsf. ʿervah, a woman forbidden to a man ( and vice versa) on account of consanguinity. Yeb.3b מה אחות אשה מיוחדת שהיא ע׳ … אף כל שהיא ע׳וכ׳ as the sister of a mans (living) wife who is singled out (Lev. 18:18) as an ʿervah, with the punishment of extinction in case of wilfulness, and of a sin-offering in case of mistake, may not be taken in a levirate marriage, so no woman that is a forbidden relation … may be taken Ib. 13a צרות ע׳ the rivals of a woman forbidden on account of consanguinity; a. v. fr.Pl. עֲרָיוֹת (fr. עֶרְיָה). Keth.13b, v. אֶפִּיטְרוֹפּוֹס.גילוי ע׳, v. גִּילּוּי. Yeb.I, 2 היתה בתו או אחת מכל הע׳ האלווכ׳ if a mans daughter or any other of those (above mentioned) relations was married to his brother, Ib. 3b כל הע׳ האמורות בתורה all forbidden relations named in the Torah. Ib. I, 3 שש ע׳ חמורות מאלו six relations more rigorously forbidden than these. Meg.IV, 9, v. כָּנָה; a. fr.

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  • 112 עֶרְוָה

    עֶרְוָהf. (b. h.; עָרָה I) nakedness, shame; unchastity, lewdness, obscenity. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה מים מכסים עֶרְוָתוֹ … עֶרְוָתָן as water covers the nakedness of the sea, … so (study of) the Law covers up the nakedness (atones for the sins) of Israel. Ber.24b לבו רואה את הע׳ his heart sees the nakedness, i. e. there is no garment (girdle) separating the upper part of the body from the lower. Ib. 24a, משום ע׳ v. עֲגָבָה. Ib. קול באשה ע׳ hearing a womans voice is indecency (you must not read the Shmʿa while a woman is singing within your heaving); שער באשה ע׳ the sight of womans hair is an impropriety (with regard to reading the Shmʿa). Gitt.IX, 10 לא יגרש … דבר ע׳ a man must not divorce his wife, unless he have found in her something improper (v. Deut. 24:1). Ib. 90a (interpret. ערות דבר, Deut. l. c.) אם נאמר ערות … הייתי אומר משום ע׳ תצא משום דבר לא תצא if the text had ʿervath (meaning ʿervah) without dabar, I might have thought, for scandalous conduct she is to be dismissed, for ‘something (any other cause) she must not be dismissed. Ib. לא מצא בה לא ע׳ ולא דבר if he found in her neither indecency nor any other fault. Ib. 64a a. fr. אין דבר שבע׳ פחות משנים any act in which purity of sexual life is concerned (marriage, divorce) requires no less than two witnesses. Ab. III, 13 שחוק … מרגילין (את האדם) לע׳ merriment and light-mindedness make man familiar with licentiousness; a. v. fr.Esp. incest, trnsf. ʿervah, a woman forbidden to a man ( and vice versa) on account of consanguinity. Yeb.3b מה אחות אשה מיוחדת שהיא ע׳ … אף כל שהיא ע׳וכ׳ as the sister of a mans (living) wife who is singled out (Lev. 18:18) as an ʿervah, with the punishment of extinction in case of wilfulness, and of a sin-offering in case of mistake, may not be taken in a levirate marriage, so no woman that is a forbidden relation … may be taken Ib. 13a צרות ע׳ the rivals of a woman forbidden on account of consanguinity; a. v. fr.Pl. עֲרָיוֹת (fr. עֶרְיָה). Keth.13b, v. אֶפִּיטְרוֹפּוֹס.גילוי ע׳, v. גִּילּוּי. Yeb.I, 2 היתה בתו או אחת מכל הע׳ האלווכ׳ if a mans daughter or any other of those (above mentioned) relations was married to his brother, Ib. 3b כל הע׳ האמורות בתורה all forbidden relations named in the Torah. Ib. I, 3 שש ע׳ חמורות מאלו six relations more rigorously forbidden than these. Meg.IV, 9, v. כָּנָה; a. fr.

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  • 113 importunar

    v.
    1 to bother, to pester.
    2 to be tiresome or a nuisance.
    3 to importune, to beset with solicitations over and over again, to tout.
    * * *
    1 (molestar) to pester; (uso formal) to importune
    * * *
    VT to bother, pester
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (frml) to inconvenience, disturb
    2.

    espero no importunar — I hope it's not inconvenient, I hope I'm not disturbing you

    * * *
    = intrude, importune, pester.
    Ex. Although every assistance should be given to the user of the microfilm collection, attendants should be careful not to intrude.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (frml) to inconvenience, disturb
    2.

    espero no importunar — I hope it's not inconvenient, I hope I'm not disturbing you

    * * *
    = intrude, importune, pester.

    Ex: Although every assistance should be given to the user of the microfilm collection, attendants should be careful not to intrude.

    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

    * * *
    importunar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml); to inconvenience, disturb
    quisiera hacerle unas preguntas, si no lo importuno I would like to ask you a few questions, if it's not inconvenient o if it's convenient
    ■ importunar
    vi
    espero no importunar I hope it's not inconvenient, I hope I'm not disturbing you
    * * *

    importunar ( conjugate importunar) verbo transitivo (frml) to inconvenience, disturb
    verbo intransitivo:

    importunar verbo transitivo to importune, pester

    ' importunar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atosigar
    - molestar
    English:
    intrude
    - molest
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to bother, to pester;
    no me importunes con preguntas don't bother o pester me with questions
    ♦ vi
    to be tiresome o a nuisance
    * * *
    v/t bother
    * * *
    : to bother, to inconvenience
    : to be inconvenient

    Spanish-English dictionary > importunar

  • 114 Familie

    f; -, -n family (auch LING., ZOOL., BOT.); ( die) Familie Miller the Miller family, the Millers; eine Familie gründen start a family; Familie haben have a family, have children; sechsköpfige Familie family of six; das bleibt in der Familie it will go no further; es liegt in der Familie it runs in the family; das kommt in den besten Familien vor umg. it happens to the best of us
    * * *
    die Familie
    family; kinfolk
    * * *
    Fa|mi|lie [fa'miːliə]
    f -, -n
    family

    eine Familie gründen — to start a family

    es liegt in der Familie — it runs in the family

    zur Familie gehören — to be one of the family

    See:
    → beste(r, s)
    * * *
    die
    1) ((singular or plural) a man, his wife and their children: These houses were built for families; The (members of the) Smith family are all very athletic; ( also adjective) a family holiday.) family
    2) (a group of people related to each other, including cousins, grandchildren etc: He comes from a wealthy family; ( also adjective) the family home.) family
    3) (the children of a man and his wife: When I get married I should like a large family.) family
    4) (a group of plants, animals, languages etc that are connected in some way: In spite of its name, a koala bear is not a member of the bear family.) family
    * * *
    Fa·mi·lie
    <-, -n>
    [faˈmi:li̯ə]
    f family
    aus guter \Familie sein to come from [or to be of] a good family, to be of good stock form
    eine kinderreiche \Familie a large family, a family with many children
    eine vierköpfige \Familie a family of four
    in[nerhalb] der \Familie bleiben to stay in the family
    zur \Familie gehören to be one of the family
    eine \Familie gründen (geh) to start a family
    \Familie haben (fam) to have a family
    das liegt in der \Familie it runs in the family
    das kommt in den besten \Familien vor (fam) it can happen in the best of families
    „\Familie Lang“ “The Lang Family”, “Mr and Mrs Lang and family”
    * * *
    die; Familie, Familien

    Familie haben — (ugs.) have a family

    eine Familie gründen — (heiraten) marry; (Kinder bekommen) start a family

    das bleibt in der Familie — it will stay in the family

    2) (Biol.) family
    * * *
    Familie f; -, -n family ( auch LING, ZOOL, BOT);
    (die) Familie Miller the Miller family, the Millers;
    eine Familie gründen start a family;
    Familie haben have a family, have children;
    sechsköpfige Familie family of six;
    das bleibt in der Familie it will go no further;
    es liegt in der Familie it runs in the family;
    das kommt in den besten Familien vor umg it happens to the best of us
    * * *
    die; Familie, Familien

    Familie haben — (ugs.) have a family

    2) (Biol.) family
    * * *
    -n f.
    family n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Familie

  • 115 Hochzeit

    [‘hɔxts ait] f wedding; grüne Hochzeit wedding day; silberne / goldene / diamantene / eiserne Hochzeit silver / golden / diamond / 65th wedding anniversary; Hochzeit feiern oder halten Paar: get married; Gesellschaft: have a wedding; wann feiert ihr denn Hochzeit? auch iro. when’s the wedding ( oder big) day then?; man kann ( mit einem Hintern) nicht auf zwei Hochzeiten tanzen umg. Sprichw. räumlich: you can’t be in more than one place at the same time; fig. you can’t have your cake and eat it
    —
    [‘ho:xts ait] f geh. (Blütezeit) golden age
    * * *
    die Hochzeit
    marriage; match; nuptials; wedding
    * * *
    Họch|zeit ['hɔxtsait]
    f -, -en
    wedding; (= Eheschließung auch) marriage

    Hochzeit machen or haben — to get married

    etw zur Hochzeit geschenkt bekommen/schenken — to get/give sth as a wedding present

    silberne/goldene/diamantene Hochzeit — silver/golden/diamond wedding (anniversary)

    * * *
    die
    1) (the ceremony by which a man and woman become husband and wife: Their marriage took place last week; ( also adjective) the marriage ceremony.) marriage
    2) (a marriage ceremony: The wedding will take place on Saturday; ( also adjective) a wedding-cake; her wedding-day; a wedding-ring.) wedding
    * * *
    Hoch·zeit1
    <-, -en>
    [ˈhɔxtsait]
    f wedding
    \Hochzeit feiern [o (veraltend) halten] to have a wedding
    \Hochzeit haben [o machen] to get married
    diamantene/eiserne/goldene/silberne \Hochzeit diamond/65th/gold/silver wedding anniversary
    grüne \Hochzeit wedding day
    ▶ man kann nicht auf zwei \Hochzeiten tanzen (prov) you can't have your cake and eat it; (an zwei Orten gleichzeitig sein wollen) you can't be in two places at once
    Hoch·zeit2
    <-, -en>
    [ˈho:xtsait]
    f (geh: Blütezeit) golden age
    * * *
    I
    die (geh.) Golden Age
    II
    die; Hochzeit, Hochzeiten wedding

    silberne/goldene Hochzeit — silver/golden wedding [anniversary]

    man kann nicht auf zwei Hochzeiten tanzen — (fig. ugs.) you can't be in two places at once

    * * *
    Hochzeit1 [ˈhɔxtsait] f wedding;
    grüne Hochzeit wedding day;
    silberne/goldene/diamantene/eiserne Hochzeit silver/golden/diamond/65th wedding anniversary;
    halten Paar: get married; Gesellschaft: have a wedding;
    wann feiert ihr denn Hochzeit? auch iron when’s the wedding ( oder big) day then?;
    man kann (mit einem Hintern) nicht auf zwei Hochzeiten tanzen umg sprichw räumlich: you can’t be in more than one place at the same time; fig you can’t have your cake and eat it
    Hochzeit2 [ˈhoːxtsait] f geh (Blütezeit) golden age
    * * *
    I
    die (geh.) Golden Age
    II
    die; Hochzeit, Hochzeiten wedding

    silberne/goldene Hochzeit — silver/golden wedding [anniversary]

    man kann nicht auf zwei Hochzeiten tanzen — (fig. ugs.) you can't be in two places at once

    * * *
    -en f.
    marriage n.
    nuptials n.
    wedding n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Hochzeit

  • 116 regañón

    adj.
    scolding, grumbling, grumpy, nagging.
    m.
    grumbler, nag, grouch, grump.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy, irritable
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, moaner
    * * *
    ADJ (=gruñón) grumbling; [mujer] nagging
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = nag, shrewish.
    Ex. No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = nag, shrewish.

    Ex: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.

    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq), grouchy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    grumbler ( colloq), grouch ( colloq)
    * * *
    regañón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    es muy regañón he's always telling people off for nothing
    ♦ nm,f
    es un regañón he's always telling people off for nothing
    * * *
    regañon, - ñona adj, mpl - ñones fam : grumpy, irritable

    Spanish-English dictionary > regañón

  • 117 trato

    m.
    1 treatment (comportamiento, conducta).
    malos tratos battering (of child, wife)
    2 dealings.
    tener trato con to associate with, to be friendly with
    no querer tratos con alguien to want (to have) nothing to do with somebody
    3 deal (acuerdo).
    cerrar o hacer un trato to do o make a deal
    ¡trato hecho! it's a deal!
    4 title, term of address (tratamiento).
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: tratar.
    * * *
    1 (acción) treatment
    2 (modales) manner
    3 (contacto) contact
    4 (acuerdo) agreement
    5 COMERCIO deal
    \
    cerrar un trato to close a deal
    dar a alguien el trato de... to address somebody as...
    estar en tratos con alguien to be negotiating with somebody
    tener trato de gentes to have a good way with people
    tener un trato agradable to have a pleasant manner
    ¡trato hecho! it's a deal!
    trato carnal sexual intercourse
    trato diario daily contact
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) deal
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acuerdo) deal

    ¡trato hecho! — it's a deal!

    cerrar un trato — to close o clinch a deal

    hacer buenos tratos a algn — † to offer sb advantageous terms

    2) (=relación)

    trato carnal, trato sexual, tener trato carnal o sexual con algn — to have sexual relations with sb

    3) pl tratos (=negociaciones) negotiations

    estar en tratos con algn — to be in negotiations with sb, be negotiating with sb

    4) (=tratamiento) treatment

    trato de favor, trato preferente — preferential treatment

    5) (=manera de ser) manner
    6) [forma de cortesía]

    no sé qué trato darle, si de tú o de usted — I don't know whether to address him as "tú" or as "usted"

    7) Méx (=puesto) market stall; (=negocio) small business
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( acuerdo) deal

    hacer/cerrar un trato — to make/finalize a deal

    b) tratos masculino plural ( negociaciones)

    estamos en tratos con otra compañía — we are talking to o negotiating with another company

    2)
    a) ( relación)
    b) ( cualidad) manner
    c) ( manera de tratar) treatment
    d) tb
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( acuerdo) deal

    hacer/cerrar un trato — to make/finalize a deal

    b) tratos masculino plural ( negociaciones)

    estamos en tratos con otra compañía — we are talking to o negotiating with another company

    2)
    a) ( relación)
    b) ( cualidad) manner
    c) ( manera de tratar) treatment
    d) tb
    * * *
    trato1
    1 = dealing.

    Ex: The most serious problem for librarians in their dealings with media materials is the massive multiplication of formats, making it difficult for librarians to decide what to buy in what format.

    * cerrar un trato = close + deal.
    * tener tratos con = have + dealings with.
    * trato o truco = trick or treat.

    trato2
    2 = treatment, intercourse.

    Ex: Not all classification schemes need to aim for this comprehensive treatment.

    Ex: The great practical education of the Englishman is derived from incessant intercourse between man and man, in trade.
    * de trato fácil = easy-going [easygoing].
    * directiva sobre la igualdad de trato = equal treatment directive.
    * igualdad de trato = equal treatment.
    * malos tratos = mistreatment, maltreatment, physical abuse.
    * malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.
    * recibir un trato justo = treat + fairly.
    * tener trato = have + contact.
    * trato de favor = preferential treatment.
    * trato del paciente = bedside manners.
    * trato especial = special treatment.
    * trato preferencial = preferential treatment.
    * trato preferente = preferential treatment.
    * un trato justo = a square deal.

    * * *
    A
    1 (acuerdo, convenio) deal
    hicimos un trato we made o did a deal
    ¡ah no, ése no era el trato! oh no, that wasn't the deal!, oh no, that wasn't what we agreed!
    cerraron el trato de madrugada they closed o ( colloq) wrapped up the deal in the early hours of the morning
    ¡trato hecho! it's a deal!, you've got yourself a deal! ( colloq)
    (negociaciones): ahora estamos en tratos con otra compañía we are now talking to o negotiating with another company
    B
    1
    (relación): la conozco pero realmente tengo muy poco trato con ella I know her but I don't really have much contact with her o much to do with her
    no tiene trato con sus vecinos he doesn't mix with his neighbors, he doesn't have anything to do with his neighbors
    2
    (manera de tratar): tiene un trato muy agradable she has a very pleasant manner, she's very easy to get on with
    no le gustó nada el trato que le dieron she wasn't at all pleased with the treatment she received o with the way she was treated
    le dan un trato preferencial or preferente they give him preferential treatment
    el trato que les da a los juguetes the way he treats his toys
    este mecanismo requiere un trato muy cuidadoso this mechanism needs to be handled very carefully
    malo1 (↑ malo (1))
    Compuesto:
    carnal knowledge, sexual relations (pl)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo tratar: ( conjugate tratar)

    trato es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    trató es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    tratar    
    trato
    tratar ( conjugate tratar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( intentar) to try;

    tratoé de que no vuelva a suceder I'll try to make sure it doesn't happen again
    2 [obra/libro/película] trato de algo to be about sth;
    trato sobre algo to deal with sth;

    3 (tener contacto, relaciones) trato con algn to deal with sb;

    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹persona/animal/instrumento› to treat;

    2 ( frecuentar):

    3 ‹tema/asunto› to discuss, to deal with
    4
    a) (Med) to treat

    b) ‹sustancia/metal› to treat

    tratarse verbo pronominal
    1 tratose con algn ( ser amigo de) to be friendly with sb;
    ( alternar) to socialize o mix with sb;

    2 (+ compl) ( recípr):

    3 (Med) to have o undergo treatment
    4
    ◊ tratarse de (en 3a pers)


    ◊ ¿de qué se trata? what's it about?


    ◊ se trata de participar, no de ganar it's a question of taking part, not of winning;

    solo porque se trata de ti just because it's you
    trato sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) ( acuerdo) deal;


    ¡trato hecho! it's a deal!
    b)

    ◊ tratos sustantivo masculino plural ( negociaciones): estamos en tratos con otra compañía we are talking to o negotiating with another company

    2
    a) ( relación):


    tengo poco trato con ella I don't really have much contact with her o much to do with her


    tratar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (portarse) to treat
    2 (cuidar) to look after, care: trátame el libro bien, look after my book
    3 (dirigirse a una persona) address: nos tratamos de tú, we call each other "tú" o we're on first name terms
    4 (considerar, llamar) me trató de tonto, he called me stupid
    5 (someter a un proceso) to treat
    6 (someter a tratamiento médico) to treat: le tienen que tratar la artritis, they have to treat his arthritis
    7 (tener relación social) la he tratado muy poco, I don't know her very well
    8 (considerar, discutir) to deal with: no hemos tratado la cuestión, we haven't discussed that subject
    II verbo intransitivo 1 tratar de, (un libro, una película) to be about: ¿de qué trata?, what is it about?
    2 (intentar) to try [de, to]
    3 Com tratar en, to trade in o with 4 tratar con, (negociar) to negotiate with
    trato sustantivo masculino
    1 (pacto) treaty
    2 Com deal
    3 (relación, carácter) es una persona de trato muy agradable, he's very pleasant
    no quiero tener trato con ellos, I don't want anything to do with them
    ' trato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arreglo
    - cerrar
    - con
    - confianza
    - contacto
    - deshacer
    - dolerse
    - equitativa
    - equitativo
    - exquisitez
    - humanizar
    - humillante
    - igualdad
    - infrahumana
    - infrahumano
    - llaneza
    - proverbial
    - roce
    - romper
    - severidad
    - soslayo
    - suavizar
    - suavidad
    - tratar
    - amigable
    - áspero
    - brusquedad
    - cortesía
    - despectivo
    - diplomático
    - familiar
    - frialdad
    - ganar
    - hacer
    - igual
    - imaginar
    - llano
    - mezclar
    - mimo
    - parejo
    - pasada
    - proponer
    - rehacer
    - relación
    English:
    arrangement
    - balance
    - bargain
    - businesslike
    - clinch
    - close
    - consummate
    - deal
    - decisive
    - demonstration
    - enter into
    - excessively
    - fair
    - fall through
    - foreign
    - indifference
    - informal
    - informality
    - love
    - mate
    - officer
    - private
    - raw
    - sew up
    - shoddy
    - special
    - square
    - square deal
    - superior
    - sweetheart
    - tie up
    - treatment
    - truck
    - unfair
    - as
    - back
    - bring
    - dealing
    - discourage
    - easy
    - grab
    - manner
    - next
    - off
    - preferential
    - sneak
    - squeeze
    - strike
    * * *
    trato nm
    1. [acuerdo] deal;
    cerrar o [m5] hacer un trato to do o make a deal;
    ¡trato hecho! it's a deal!
    2. [relación]
    con el trato continuo se conoce más a una persona you get to know a person better when you deal with them on a day-to-day basis;
    no busco el trato con él I don't seek out his company;
    no tengo mucho trato con ellos I don't have much to do with them;
    no querer tratos con alguien to want (to have) nothing to do with sb
    trato carnal sexual relations
    3. [negociación]
    estar en tratos con alguien to be in talks o negotiation with sb
    4. [manera de tratar] treatment;
    dar un trato preferente a alguien to give sb preferential treatment;
    le dan muy buen trato they treat him very well;
    malos tratos battering, physical abuse
    5. [comportamiento]
    una persona de trato agradable/fácil a pleasant/easy-going person
    6. [título] title, form of address
    * * *
    m
    1 de prisionero, animal treatment;
    malos tratos pl ill treatment sg, abuse sg ;
    trato de favor favorable o preferential treatment
    2 COM deal;
    hacer un trato make a deal;
    ¡trato hecho! it’s a deal;
    tener trato con alguien have dealings with s.o.;
    estar en tratos con alguien be negotiating with s.o., be talking to s.o.
    * * *
    trato nm
    1) : deal, agreement
    2) : relationship, dealings pl
    3) : treatment
    malos tratos: ill-treatment
    * * *
    1. (tratamiento) treatment
    2. (relación) contact
    no tengo mucho trato con él I don't have much contact with him / I don't see much of him
    3. (acuerdo) deal / agreement

    Spanish-English dictionary > trato

  • 118 उत्तम _uttama

    उत्तम a. [उद्-तमप्]
    1 Best, excellent (oft. in comp.); उत्तमे शिखरे देवी Mahānār. Up.15.5. स उत्तमः पुरुषः Ch. Up.8.12.3. उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः Bg.15.17. द्विजोत्तमः the best of Brāhmaṇas; so सुर˚, नर˚ &c.; प्रायेणाधममध्यमोत्तमगुणः संसर्गतो जायते Bh.2.67.
    -2 Foremost, uppermost, highest (opp. हीन, जघन्य).
    -3 Most elevated, chief, principal.
    -4 Greatest, first; स गच्छत्युत्तमस्थानम् Ms.2.249.
    -मः 1 N. of Viṣṇu.
    -2 The third person (= first person according to English phraseology). (pl.) N. of a people; Mb.
    -मा 1 An excellent woman.
    -2 A kind of pustule or pimple.
    -3 The plant Asclepias Rosea Roxb. (दुग्धिका; Mar. भुई- आंवळी, अळिता).
    -Comp. -उङ्गम् 'the best limb of the body', the head; कश्चिद् द्विषत्खङ्गहृतोत्तमाङ्गः R.7.51; Ms.1.93,8.3; Ku.7.41; Bg.11.27. the back; तान् क्षिप्रं व्रज सतताग्निहोत्रयाजिन् । मत्तुल्यो भव गरुडोत्तमाङ्गयानः ॥ Mb.7.143.48.
    - अधम a. high and low; ˚मध्यम good, middling, and bad; high, low, and middling; (the order is often reversed); cf. भक्षयित्वा बहून्मत्स्यानुत्तमाधम- मध्यमान् Pt.1.21.
    -अम्भस् n. a sort of satisfaction (acquiescence) one of the nine kinds of तुष्टि in Sāṅ. Phil.
    -अरणी the plant Asparagus Racemosus (इन्दीवरी शतावरी).
    -अर्धः 1 the best half.
    -2 the last half or part.
    -अर्ध्य a. pertaining to the best half.
    -अहः the last or latest day; a fine or lucky day.
    - उपपद a. one to whom the best term is applicable, best, excellent.
    ऋणः, ऋणिकः (उत्तमर्णः) a creditor (opp. अधमर्णः) धारेरुत्तमर्णः P.I.4.35; अधमर्णार्थसिद्धयर्थमुत्तमर्णेन चोदितः Ms.8.47,5; Y.2.42. Śukra.4.831. (pl.) N. of a people; V. P., Mārk. P.
    -ओजस् a. of excellent valour, N. of one of the warriors of the Mahābhārata; उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान् Bg.1.6.
    -गन्धाढ्य a. possessing copiously the most delicious fragrance.
    -गुण a. of the best qualities, best, highest; विघ्नैः पुनः पुनरपि प्रतिहन्यमानाः प्रारब्धमुत्तमगुणा न परित्यजन्ति Mu.2.17. (v. l.)
    -दशतालम् A sculptural measurement in which the whole height of an image is generally divided into 12 equal parts. The same measurement in 112 equal parts is called उत्तमनवताल.
    -पदम् a high office.
    -पु (पू)- रुषः 1 the third person in verbal conjugation; (= first person according to English phraseology; in Sanskrit, verbs are conjugated by putting the English I st person last and 3 rd person first).
    -2 the Supreme Spirit.
    -3 an excellent man.
    -फलिनी f. The plant Oxystelma Esculentum (Mar. दुधी, दुधाणी).
    -लाभः an excellent profit.
    -वयसम् The last period of life; Śat. Br.12.9.1.8.
    -व्रता A wife devoted to the husband; हृदयस्येव शोकाग्निसंतप्तस्योत्तमव्रताम् Bk.9.87.
    -वेशः N. of Śiva.
    -शाखः 1 a tree having excellent branches.
    -2 N. of a region.
    -श्रुत a. Possessing the utmost learning. Rām.
    -श्लोक a. of excellent fame, illustrious, glorious, well-known, famous.
    -कः N. of Vi&stoa;ṇu, क उत्तमश्लोक- गुणानुवादात् पुमान् विरज्येत विना पशुघ्नात् Bhāg.1.1.4.
    -संग्रहः (˚स्त्री˚) intriguing with another man's wife, i. e. speaking with her privately, looking amorously at her &c.
    -साहसः, -सम् 1 the highest (of the fixed) pecuniary punishments; a fine of 1 (or according to some 8,) paṇas; Ms.9.24; Y.1.366; पणानां द्वे शते सार्धे प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः । मध्यमः पञ्च विज्ञेयः सहस्रं त्वेष चोत्तमः ॥ Capital punishment, banishment, confiscation, and mutilation are also regarded as forms of this punishment.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > उत्तम _uttama

  • 119 जाया _jāyā

    जाया A wife. (The word is thus derived-- पतिर्भार्यां संप्रविश्य गर्भो भूत्वेह जायते । जायायास्तद्धि जायात्वं यदस्यां जायते पुनः ॥ Ms.9.8; see also Malli. on R.2.1.) As last member of Bah. comp. जाया is changed to जानि; सीताजानिः 'one who has Sītā for his wife'; so युवजानिः, मामार्धजानिः
    -Comp. -अनुजीविन् m.,
    -आजीवः 1 an actor, a dancer.
    -2 the husband of a harlot.
    -3 a needy man, pauper.
    -4 a kind of crane (बक).
    -घ्नः 1 a murderer of his wife.
    -2 a mole or mark on the body indicative of the death of one's wife.
    -पती (dual) husband and wife. (The other forms of the comp. are दम्पती and जम्पती q. v.)

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > जाया _jāyā

  • 120 emazte

    [from eme (female) + gazte (young)] iz.
    1. ( ezkonkidea) wife; \emazteak wives; \emazte egin da she married; bere \emazte eta seme-alabak his wife and children; senar-\emazteak husband and wife ; alaba \emaztetzat eman zion he gave him his daughter as a wife ; \emazte hartu to take a wife
    2. ( emakumea) woman, lady; bata gizona, bestea \emaztea one was a man, the other was a woman

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > emazte

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