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1 mœurs
mœʀ(s)nom féminin pluriel1) ( usages) gén customs; ( de milieu social) lifestyle (sg)entrer dans les mœurs — [usage] to become part of everyday life
comédie de mœurs — Littérature comedy of manners
2) ( habitudes de conduite) habits3) ( moralité) morals••autres temps, autres mœurs — other days, other ways
* * *mœʀ(s) nfpl1) (= conduite)2) (= pratiques sociales)3) (= mode de vie) lifestyle sg4) [espèce animale] behaviour sg Grande-Bretagne behavior sg USA* * *mœurs nfpl1 ( usages) (d'époque, de pays, peuple) customs, mores sout; ( de milieu social) lifestyle (sg); les mœurs de la bourgeoisie/des banlieusards the bourgeois/suburban lifestyle; entrer dans les mœurs [usage, pratique] to become part of everyday life; il faut vivre avec les mœurs de son temps you've got to move with the times; roman/comédie de mœurs Littérat novel/comedy of manners; l'évolution des mœurs the change in attitudes; les mœurs politiques political practices;2 ( habitudes de conduite) habits; avoir des mœurs austères/simples to have austere/simple habits, to have an austere/a simple lifestyle; les mœurs des renards the habits of foxes;3 ( moralité) morals; des mœurs relâchées or dissolues loose morals; avoir des mœurs irréprochables to have the highest moral standards; leur conduite est contraire aux bonnes mœurs their behaviourGB is not in keeping with good moral standards; la police des mœurs, les Mœurs○ the vice squad; une sordide affaire de mœurs a sordid sex case; ⇒ adoucir.autres temps, autres mœurs other days, other ways.[mɶr(s)] nom féminin pluriel[style de vie] life-style————————de mœurs locution adjectivale1. [sexuel]2. LITTÉRATUREcomédie/roman de mœurs comedy/novel of manners -
2 costumbre
f.habit, custom.tomar/perder la costumbre de hacer algo to get into/out of the habit of doing somethingcomo de costumbre as usualla cantidad de costumbre the usual amounttener la costumbre de o tener por costumbre hacer algo to be in the habit of doing somethingno hay que perder las buenas costumbres we don't want to break with traditionpres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: costumbrar.* * *1 (hábito) habit2 (tradición) custom3 DERECHO usage\como de costumbre as usualperder la costumbre to lose the habittener por costumbre + inf to be in the habit of + gerundla fuerza de la costumbre the force of habitpersona de buenas costumbres respectable person* * *noun f.1) custom2) habit* * *SF1) [tradicional] custompl costumbres customs, ways2) [de una persona] habitpersona de buenas costumbres — respectable person, decent person
tener la costumbre de hacer algo, tener por costumbre hacer algo — to be in the habit of doing sth
3)de costumbre — [adj] usual; [adv] usually
* * *1) ( de individuo) habitagarró la costumbre de... — she got into the habit of...
para no perder la costumbre — as always o usual
el sitio/a la hora de costumbre — the usual place/time
se quejó más/menos que de costumbre — he complained more/less than he usually does
2) (de país, pueblo) custom* * *= custom, habit, use, wont, practice, ritual.Ex. If we don't understand these customs and traditions we shall misunderstand books of that particular period.Ex. This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.Ex. This paper discusses factors which led to the need to reexamine the use of UK dealers, the major difference between UK and US dealers being their variance in pricing policies.Ex. He had greeted her courteously, as was his wont, and had inquired if she minded his smoking; she told him to go ahead and slid over an ashtray.Ex. This practice ensures that a later match can be achieved between the document and its description.Ex. For example, a textbook on 'Social anthropology' will contain information on a large number of concepts such as social structure, kinship, marriage, ritual, etc.----* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.* buenas costumbres = propriety, decorum.* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.* consagrado por la costumbre = sanctified by custom.* consagrado por la costumbre y la tradición = sanctified by custom and tradition.* costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.* costumbre popular = folkway.* costumbres = mores.* costumbres relajadas = loose morals.* costumbres y convenciones = mores.* costumbre tradicional = traditional custom.* debido a la costumbre = inertial.* de costumbre = usual, usually.* desacatar las costumbres = flout + convention.* Posesivo + viejas costumbres = Posesivo + old ways.* según la costumbre = according to normal practice.* ser costumbre = be customary.* ser la costumbre = be customary.* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tener la costumbre de = have + a habit of, have + the habit of.* tener la costumbre de + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.* tener por costumbre + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.* usos y costumbres = customs and habits.* viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.* * *1) ( de individuo) habitagarró la costumbre de... — she got into the habit of...
para no perder la costumbre — as always o usual
el sitio/a la hora de costumbre — the usual place/time
se quejó más/menos que de costumbre — he complained more/less than he usually does
2) (de país, pueblo) custom* * *= custom, habit, use, wont, practice, ritual.Ex: If we don't understand these customs and traditions we shall misunderstand books of that particular period.
Ex: This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.Ex: This paper discusses factors which led to the need to reexamine the use of UK dealers, the major difference between UK and US dealers being their variance in pricing policies.Ex: He had greeted her courteously, as was his wont, and had inquired if she minded his smoking; she told him to go ahead and slid over an ashtray.Ex: This practice ensures that a later match can be achieved between the document and its description.Ex: For example, a textbook on 'Social anthropology' will contain information on a large number of concepts such as social structure, kinship, marriage, ritual, etc.* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.* buenas costumbres = propriety, decorum.* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.* consagrado por la costumbre = sanctified by custom.* consagrado por la costumbre y la tradición = sanctified by custom and tradition.* costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.* costumbre popular = folkway.* costumbres = mores.* costumbres relajadas = loose morals.* costumbres y convenciones = mores.* costumbre tradicional = traditional custom.* debido a la costumbre = inertial.* de costumbre = usual, usually.* desacatar las costumbres = flout + convention.* Posesivo + viejas costumbres = Posesivo + old ways.* según la costumbre = according to normal practice.* ser costumbre = be customary.* ser la costumbre = be customary.* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tener la costumbre de = have + a habit of, have + the habit of.* tener la costumbre de + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.* tener por costumbre + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.* usos y costumbres = customs and habits.* viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.* * *A (de un individuo) habittenía (la) costumbre de madrugar he was in the habit of getting up early, he used to get up earlyagarró la costumbre de estudiar por la noche she got into the habit of studying at nighttiene por costumbre llamarme a esta hora he usually calls me at this timellegas tarde para no perder la costumbre you're late, as always o usualse van perdiendo las buenas costumbres good manners are becoming a thing of the pastde costumbre usualse encontraron en el sitio/a la hora de costumbre they met at the usual place/timelo hizo mal, como de costumbre she did it wrong, as usualB (de un país, pueblo) customsegún los usos y costumbres de nuestra región according to the customs and traditions of our regionno es costumbre en nuestro país festejar la Navidad it is not customary o it is not the custom to celebrate Christmas in our country* * *
costumbre sustantivo femenino
agarró la costumbre de … she got into the habit of …;
hacer algo por costumbre to do sth out of habit;
a la hora de costumbre at the usual time;
como de costumbre as usual;
se quejó menos que de costumbre he complained less than he usually does
costumbre sustantivo femenino
1 (práctica habitual) habit: llegarán tarde, para no perder la costumbre, they will be late, as always
es una persona de costumbres, he's used to a routine
tengo la costumbre de acostarme a las doce, I usually go to bed at midnight
como de costumbre, as usual
2 (de un pueblo, cultura, etc) custom
' costumbre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acogerse
- acostumbrar
- arábiga
- arábigo
- arraigada
- arraigado
- enraizada
- enraizado
- hábito
- manía
- perder
- pervivir
- práctica
- puñetera
- puñetero
- quitarse
- resucitar
- rígida
- rigidez
- rígido
- sana
- sancionar
- sano
- subsistir
- superada
- superado
- usanza
- uso
- vicio
- vigente
- vulgarización
- vulgarizar
- adoptar
- agarrar
- ancestral
- antiguo
- añejo
- arraigar
- asqueroso
- bueno
- calar
- campesino
- castizo
- coger
- consagrado
- desaparecer
- extendido
- falta
- introducir
- morir
English:
custom
- customary
- established
- habit
- institution
- nail-biting
- pass down
- practice
- practise
- self
- usage
- usual
- way
- wean
- fashion
- few
- get
- unusually
- wont
* * *costumbre nf1. [de persona] habit;tomar/perder la costumbre de hacer algo to get into/out of the habit of doing sth;costumbres habits;el hombre es un animal de costumbres man is a creature of habit;no hay que perder las buenas costumbres we don't want to break with tradition;como de costumbre as usual;la cantidad de costumbre the usual amount;nos vemos a las ocho, en el sitio de costumbre I'll see you at eight, in the usual place2. [de país, cultura] custom* * *f1 de país custommala costumbre bad habit;persona de costumbres creature of habit;tengo la costumbre de madrugar I usually get up early;de costumbre usual;como de costumbre as usual* * *costumbre nf1) : custom2) hábito: habit* * *1. (de persona) habit2. (de país) custom -
3 vita
vīta, ae ( gen. sing. vitaï, Lucr. 1, 415; 2, 79; 3, 396), f. [vivo; Sanscr. gīv, to live; Gr. bios, life], life.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.tribus rebus animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potione, spiritu,
Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134:dare, adimere vitam alicui,
id. Phil. 2, 3, 5:necessaria praesidia vitae,
id. Off. 1, 17, 58:in liberos vitae necisque potestatem habere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 19:exiguum vitae curriculum,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:ego in vitā meā nullā umquam voluptate tantā sum adfectus, etc.,
id. Att. 5, 20, 6:vitam agere honestissime,
id. Phil. 9, 7, 15; cf.:degere miserrimam,
id. Sull. 27, 75:vitam in egestate degere,
id. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:tutiorem vivere,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 118:profundere pro aliquo,
id. Phil. 14, 11, 30 fin.:amittere per summum dedecus,
id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:auferre alicui,
id. Sen. 19, 71:in vitā manere,
id. Fam. 5, 15, 3:in vitā diutius esse,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:e vitā discedere,
id. Fam. 2, 2; cf.cedere,
id. Brut. 1, 4:vitā cedere,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35:de vitā decedere,
id. Rab. Perd. 11:vitā se privare,
id. de Or. 3, 3, 9:vitā aliquem expellere,
id. Mur. 16, 34:si vita suppetet,
id. Fin. 1, 4, 11: si mihi vita contigerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1:ne ego hodie tibi bonam vitam feci,
a pleasant life, Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 3:bonam vitam dare,
id. Cas. 4, 4, 21; cf., on the other hand: malae taedia vitae,
Ov. P. 1, 9, 31.—In partic., life, as a period of time = aetas (post-Aug.):II.ii quadragensimum annum vitae non excedunt,
Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 195; 7, 2, 2, § 30; 7, 49, 50, § 160:periit anno vitae septimo et quinquagesimo,
Suet. Vit. 18:septem et triginta annos vitae explevit,
Tac. A. 2, 88 fin.; Val. Max. 4, 1, 6; 8, 13, ext. 7; Gell. 15, 7, 1; Hier. in Dan. 6, 1.— Plur.:nec vero, si geometrae et grammatici... omnem suam vitam in singulis artibus consumpserint, sequitur, ut plures quasdam vitas ad plura discenda desideremus,
Quint. 12, 11, 20; cf. also in the foll.—Transf.A.A living, support, subsistence (Plautinian;B.syn. victus): vitam sibi repperire,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 9; cf.:neque illi concedam quicquam de vitā meā,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 76.—A life, i. e. a way or mode of life (class.): vita hominis [p. 1999] ex ante factis spectabitur, Auct. Her. 2, 3, 4:C.vita rustica honestissima atque suavissima,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48:hanc usus, vita, mores respuit,
id. Mur. 35, 74; cf.:inquirendo in utriusque vitam et mores,
Liv. 40, 16, 2; so (with mores) Ov. H. 17, 172 Ruhnk.:neque ante philosophiam patefactam hac de re communis vita dubitavit,
nor was it doubted in common life, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 86:vita, victusque communis,
social life, id. Off. 1, 17, 58; cf.:omni vitā atque victu excultus,
id. Brut. 25, 95.— Plur.:inspicere, tamquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61; cf.:per omnium vitas amicitia serpit,
Cic. Leal. 23, 87:(Minos) vitas et crimina discit,
Verg. A. 6, 433. —Life, real life (opp. fancy or fiction):D.ex quo est illud e vitā ductum ab Afranio,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:de vitā hominum mediā sumptum,
Gell. 2, 23, 12:nil sine magno Vita labore dedit mortalibus,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 60.—Like our life, to denote a very dear object:E.certe tu vita es mihi,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 33.—Hence, mea vita, or simply vita, my life, as a term of endearment, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 6; Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; 14, 4, 1; Prop. 1, 2, 1; 2, 20 (3, 13), 17.—The living, i. e. mankind, the world; like Gr. bios ( poet. and in postAug. prose):F.rura cano, rurisque deos, his vita magistris Desuevit quernā pellere glande famem,
Tib. 2, 1, 37:agnoscat mores vita legatque suos,
Mart. 8, 3, 20:verum falsumne sit, vita non decrevit,
Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 48:alias in tumultu vita erat,
id. 13, 13, 27, § 89.—A life, i. e. a course of life, career, as the subject of biography: in hoc exponemus libro de vitā (al. vitam) excellentium imperatorum, Nep. praef. § 8; id. Epam. 4 fin.:G.vitae memoriam prosā oratione composuit,
Suet. Claud. 1 fin.:propositā vitae ejus velut summā,
id. Aug. 9:referam nunc interiorem ac familiarem ejus vitam,
id. ib. 61; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 368:qui vitas resque gestas clarorum hominum memoriae mandaverunt,
Gell. 1, 3, 1.—The duration of life (in plants, etc.), duration:H.arborum immensa,
Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234; 16, 44, 90, § 241; Pall. 12, 7, 17.—An existence, a being, of spirits in the infernal regions:tenues sine corpore vitae,
Verg. A. 6, 292; cf. id. ib. 12, 952.
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