me han invitado a cenar

cenamos a las diez de la noche — we have supper at ten o'clock

los británicos cenan a las seis — the British have dinner at six o'clock

me han invitado a cenar — they've asked me to dinner

siempre ceno algo muy ligero — I always have a very light supper

salimos a cenar — we went out for dinner

salimos a cenar — we went out for dinner

to invite somebody (TO something) — invitar a alguien (a algo)

I've invited her to o for dinner — la he invitado a cenar

he was invited for interview — lo citaron para una entrevista

to invite somebody over for dinner — invitar a alguien a cenar (en casa)

to invite somebody in/out — invitar a alguien a pasar/a salir

to invite somebody to + INF — invitar a alguien a + inf or a que (+ subj)

he invited questions from the audience — invitó al público a que formulara preguntas

you're inviting trouble — te estás buscando problemas

it invites people to draw the wrong conclusions — se presta a que la gente saque conclusiones erróneas

his work invites comparison with the classics — su obra sugiere comparación con los clásicos

to invite sb to do sth — invitar a algn a hacer algo

to invite sb to dinner/lunch — invitar a algn a cenar/almorzar

to invite sb to have a drink — invitar a algn a tomar algo

to invite sb in/up — invitar a algn a pasar/subir

to invite sb out — invitar a algn a salir

they invited me out to dinner — me invitaron a cenar (a un restaurante)

I've invited them over for drinks — los he invitado a tomar unas copas en casa

they are inviting applications for the post of... — han abierto el plazo para recibir solicitudes para el puesto de...

to invite trouble — buscarse problemas

to do so would be to invite defeat — hacer eso sería provocar la propia derrota

A invites comparison with B — A nos induce a compararlo con B

she seems to invite stares — parece que provoca las miradas de la gente

to invite somebody (TO something) — invitar a alguien (a algo)

I've invited her to o for dinner — la he invitado a cenar

he was invited for interview — lo citaron para una entrevista

to invite somebody over for dinner — invitar a alguien a cenar (en casa)

to invite somebody in/out — invitar a alguien a pasar/a salir

to invite somebody to + INF — invitar a alguien a + inf or a que (+ subj)

he invited questions from the audience — invitó al público a que formulara preguntas

you're inviting trouble — te estás buscando problemas

it invites people to draw the wrong conclusions — se presta a que la gente saque conclusiones erróneas

his work invites comparison with the classics — su obra sugiere comparación con los clásicos

me invitó al cine — she invited me to the cinema

me invitó a Marbella — she invited me to go to Marbella

invito yo — it's on me

nos invitó a cenar (fuera) — she took us out for a meal

dio las gracias a los que lo habían invitado — he thanked his hosts

invitar a algn a la violencia — to incite sb to violence

una frase que invita a comprar — a slogan which entices you to buy

sin estar invitado — uninvited

invitar a alguien a algo — to invite somebody to something

la invitó a entrar — he invited her in

invita la casa — it's on the house

el mar invitaba a bañarse — the sea looked very inviting

sin estar invitado — uninvited

invitar a alguien a algo — to invite somebody to something

la invitó a entrar — he invited her in

invita la casa — it's on the house

el mar invitaba a bañarse — the sea looked very inviting

ask your mother — pregúntale a tu madre

to ask a question — hacer* una pregunta

to ask somebody something — preguntarle algo a alguien

I asked him his name — le pregunté cómo se llamaba

I often ask myself... — muchas veces me pregunto...

to ask somebody about something/somebody/-ing: have you asked him about his trip/his mother? ¿le has preguntado por el viaje/por su madre?; ask her about doing overtime — pregúntale si sería posible hacer horas extras

nobody asked your opinion — nadie te ha pedido tu opinión

what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?

is that asking too much? — ¿es mucho pedir?

to ask somebody for something — pedirle* algo a alguien

I'm going to ask him for it back — le voy a pedir que me lo devuelva

to ask something of somebody: she asks too much of her students les exige demasiado a sus alumnos; to ask somebody to + inf pedirle* a alguien que (+ subj); they asked me to help out me pidieron que les diera una mano; I must ask you to leave haga el favor de irse; I asked her to dance la saqué a bailar; to ask to + inf: I asked to see the manager pedí hablar con el director; he's asking to be slapped — se está buscando una bofetada

to ask somebody (to something) — invitar a alguien (a algo)

we'll ask them to dinner — los invitaremos a cenar

ask them in — diles que pasen

haven't you asked her out yet? — ¿todavía no la has invitado a salir?

to ask something FOR something — pedir* algo por algo

how much is he asking for the car? — ¿cuánto pide por el coche?

you may well ask! — buena pregunta!

to ask about something/somebody: he asked about your health/you — preguntó por tu salud/por ti

it's yours for the asking — está a tu disposición

there's no harm in asking — con preguntar no se pierde nada

"how is Frank?" he asked — -¿cómo está Frank? -preguntó

to ask sb sth — preguntar algo a algn

I asked him his name/the time — le pregunté su nombre/la hora

to ask o.s. sth — preguntarse algo

ask her about her plans for Christmas — pregúntale qué planes tiene para la Navidad

if you ask me, I think she's crazy — para mí que está loca

ask them what time the party is — pregúntales a qué hora es la fiesta

they are asking £200,000 for the house — piden 200.000 libras por la casa

that's asking a lot — eso es mucho pedir

all he asked of us was that we tell people about his plight — solo nos pidió que habláramos a la gente de la difícil situación en que se encontraba

he asked to go on the picnic — preguntó si podía ir (con ellos) de picnic

to ask sb to do sth — pedir a algn que haga algo

I think she's asking too much — creo que está exigiendo demasiado

have you been asked? — ¿te han invitado?

he was too shy to ask — le dio vergüenza preguntar

he was asking about you — estaba preguntando por ti

if you need anything, just ask — si quieres algo no tienes más que pedirlo

I offered £5,000 below the asking price — les ofrecí 5.000 libras menos de lo que pedían

ask your mother — pregúntale a tu madre

to ask a question — hacer* una pregunta

to ask somebody something — preguntarle algo a alguien

I asked him his name — le pregunté cómo se llamaba

I often ask myself... — muchas veces me pregunto...

to ask somebody about something/somebody/-ing: have you asked him about his trip/his mother? ¿le has preguntado por el viaje/por su madre?; ask her about doing overtime — pregúntale si sería posible hacer horas extras

nobody asked your opinion — nadie te ha pedido tu opinión

what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?

is that asking too much? — ¿es mucho pedir?

to ask somebody for something — pedirle* algo a alguien

I'm going to ask him for it back — le voy a pedir que me lo devuelva

to ask something of somebody: she asks too much of her students les exige demasiado a sus alumnos; to ask somebody to + inf pedirle* a alguien que (+ subj); they asked me to help out me pidieron que les diera una mano; I must ask you to leave haga el favor de irse; I asked her to dance la saqué a bailar; to ask to + inf: I asked to see the manager pedí hablar con el director; he's asking to be slapped — se está buscando una bofetada

to ask somebody (to something) — invitar a alguien (a algo)

we'll ask them to dinner — los invitaremos a cenar

ask them in — diles que pasen

haven't you asked her out yet? — ¿todavía no la has invitado a salir?

to ask something FOR something — pedir* algo por algo

how much is he asking for the car? — ¿cuánto pide por el coche?

you may well ask! — buena pregunta!

to ask about something/somebody: he asked about your health/you — preguntó por tu salud/por ti

it's yours for the asking — está a tu disposición

there's no harm in asking — con preguntar no se pierde nada

¿quieres comer algo? — would you like something to eat?

no tienen qué comer — they have nothing to eat

sin comerlo ni beberlo —

sin comerlo ni beberlo, me vi envuelto en un caso de contrabando de drogas — without really knowing how, I found myself involved in a drug smuggling case

ha recibido una herencia sin comerlo ni beberlo — he's come into an inheritance without having done anything to deserve it

los domingos suelo comer paella — on Sundays I usually have paella for lunch

el pelo te come la cara — your hair's covering half your face

esto come las existencias — this devours the stocks

poco a poco el polvo fue comiendo la casa — dust gradually took over the house

el equipo se dejó comer el terreno — the team conceded a lot of ground

un ácido que come la plata — an acid that corrodes silver

el agua comió la piedra — the water wore down the stone

eso les come la moral — that's eating away at their morale

el picor me come la pierna — my leg's stinging

¿qué hay para comer? — what have we got to eat?, what is there to eat?

los leones tienen que cazar para comer — lions have to hunt to eat

come de los platos de los demás — she eats other people's food

no todos podemos comer de lo que cultivamos — not all of us can live off what we grow ourselves

comer con los ojos —

comemos a la una — we have lunch at one

me gusta comer fuerte y cenar poco — I like to have a big lunch and a light evening meal

• dar de comer — to feed

estaba dando de comer al niño — she was feeding her child

dar de comer a las gallinas — to feed the hens

ni siquiera nos dio de comer — she didn't even give us anything to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

lo hemos visto ya — we've seen it already

ya han dado las diez — it's past ten already

¿ya has terminado? — have you finished already?

¿ya habías estado antes en Valencia? — had you been to Valencia before?

ya me lo suponía — I thought as much

ya se acabó — it's all over now

ya en el siglo X — as early as the tenth century

ya es la hora — time's up

ya es hora de irnos — it's time for us to go now

ya está aquí — he's here already

ya viene el autobús — here's the bus

ya puedes irte — you can go now

ya podéis ir pasando al comedor — you can start going through into the dining room now

estos zapatos ya me están pequeños — these shoes are too small for me now

¿ya anda? — is she walking yet?

¿ya te vas? — are you leaving already?

lo quiero ya — I want it (right) now

¡cállate ya! — oh, shut up!

¡ya voy! — coming!

ya te llegará el turno a ti — you'll get your turn

ya lo arreglarán — it'll get fixed sometime

ya iré cuando pueda — I'll try and make it when I can

ya verás como todo se arregla — it'll all work out, don't you worry

ya veremos — we'll see (about that)

• ya no — not any more, no longer

ya no vive aquí — he doesn't live here any more, he no longer lives here

ya no viene a visitarnos — he doesn't come to see us any more, he no longer comes to see us

ya no quiero más — I don't want any more

ya no lo volverás a ver — you won't see it any more

Javier ya no es tan alto como su hermano — Javier isn't as tall as his brother any more, Javier is no longer as tall as his brother

ya entiendo — I see

¡ya lo sé! — I know!

-¿no te acuerdas de ella? es la hija de Ricardo -¡ah, ya! — "don't you remember her? she's Ricardo's daughter" - "oh yes, of course!"

ya, pero... — yes, but...

esto ya es un robo — this really is robbery

pues ya gasta ¿eh? — he really does spend a lot, doesn't he?

¿una hora tardas en llegar al trabajo? pues ya está lejos ¿eh? — it takes you an hour to get to work? it must be quite some way away!

ya lo creo que estuvimos allí — you bet we were there

¿que no se ha casado? ya lo creo que sí — you say she hasn't got married? I think you'll find she has

es más pobre que Haití, que ya es decir — it's poorer than Haiti, and that's saying something

¡murió con 104 años, que ya es decir! — she was 104 when she died, which is no mean achievement!

pues si él no viene, ya me dirás qué hacemos — you tell me what we'll do if he doesn't come

rellena el impreso y ya está — fill in the form and that's it

¡ya está bien! — that's (quite) enough!

¡ya me gustaría a mí poder viajar! — I wouldn't mind being able to travel either!

¡ya era hora! — about time too!

¡ya podían haber avisado de que venían! — they could have said they were coming!

¡ya puedes ir preparando el dinero! — you'd better start getting the money ready!

ya por una razón, ya por otra — whether for one reason or another

ya te vayas, ya te quedes, me es igual — whether you go or stay is all the same to me

ya dice que sí, ya dice que no — first he says yes, then he says no, one minute he says yes, the next he says no

no ya aquí, sino en todas partes — not only here, but everywhere

debes hacerlo, no ya por los demás, sino por ti mismo también — you should do it, not just for everyone else's sake but for your own sake too

• ya que — (seeing) as, since

ya que no estudia, por lo menos podía ponerse a trabajar — seeing as she isn't studying, the least she could do is get a job

¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? — have you spent all the money already?

ya terminé — I've (already) finished

ya te dije que no — I've already said no

ya lo sé — I (already) know

aprietas este botón y ya está! — you press this button, and that's it!

le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado — we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down

dile que venga - ya, pero ¿si no quiere? — tell her to come - yes, but what if she doesn't want to?

ese color ya no se lleva — nobody wears that color any more

ya ni siquiera me escribe — he doesn't even write (to) me any more

estaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar — I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to think

creo que ya no vienen — I don't think they'll come now

no ya... sino — not (just)... but

estamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración — we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuring

ya voy! — coming!

la comida ya va a estar — the meal's almost ready

preparados listos ya! — on your mark(s), get set, go!

ya puedes ir haciéndote a la idea — you'd better start getting used to the idea

ya te contaré — I'll tell you all about it

ya lo entenderás — you'll understand one day

éste ya no me gusta tanto — I don't like this one so much

pintado de blanco ya es otra cosa — it really does look much better painted white

ya quisiera yo! — I should be so lucky!

ya era hora — about time (too)!

ya me tienes harta! — I'm (just about) fed up with you!

ya que — since, as

ya que estás aquí — since o as you're here

ya que estoy, limpio éste también — while I'm at it I may as well clean this one too

se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono — it can be ordered either in person or by telephone

¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? — have you spent all the money already?

ya terminé — I've (already) finished

ya te dije que no — I've already said no

ya lo sé — I (already) know

aprietas este botón y ya está! — you press this button, and that's it!

le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado — we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down

dile que venga - ya, pero ¿si no quiere? — tell her to come - yes, but what if she doesn't want to?

ese color ya no se lleva — nobody wears that color any more

ya ni siquiera me escribe — he doesn't even write (to) me any more

estaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar — I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to think

creo que ya no vienen — I don't think they'll come now

no ya... sino — not (just)... but

estamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración — we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuring

ya voy! — coming!

la comida ya va a estar — the meal's almost ready

preparados listos ya! — on your mark(s), get set, go!

ya puedes ir haciéndote a la idea — you'd better start getting used to the idea

ya te contaré — I'll tell you all about it

ya lo entenderás — you'll understand one day

éste ya no me gusta tanto — I don't like this one so much

pintado de blanco ya es otra cosa — it really does look much better painted white

ya quisiera yo! — I should be so lucky!

ya era hora — about time (too)!

ya me tienes harta! — I'm (just about) fed up with you!

ya que — since, as

ya que estás aquí — since o as you're here

ya que estoy, limpio éste también — while I'm at it I may as well clean this one too

se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono — it can be ordered either in person or by telephone