no hablaba en serio

ponerse serio: se puso seria al ver la foto — she went o became serious when she saw the photo

el negro es un color demasiado serio para una niña — black is too serious o severe a colour for a young girl

qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

se puso muy serio — his expression became very serious o grave

qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

se puso muy serio — his expression became very serious o grave

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me convencieron de su inocencia — they convinced o persuaded me he was innocent o of his innocence

al final la convencí de que era verdad — I eventually convinced o persuaded her it was true

no me convenceréis de lo contrario — you won't convince o persuade me otherwise

me han convencido de o para que los vote — they persuaded me to vote for them

ninguno de los dos candidatos me convence — neither of the two candidates seems very convincing o good to me

no se dejó convencer — she wouldn't be convinced o persuaded

convencer a alguien para or de que + subj — to persuade somebody to + inf

¿te convences de que tenía razón? — do you believe o accept I was right?

no se dejó convencer — she wouldn't be convinced o persuaded

convencer a alguien para or de que + subj — to persuade somebody to + inf

¿te convences de que tenía razón? — do you believe o accept I was right?

Ex: I am convinced, from my experience in an undergraduate library, that subject cataloging is as important as descriptive, and that all library users are serious library users.

necesito hablar contigo — I need to talk o speak to you

acabamos de hablar del premio — we were just talking o speaking about the prize

¡hable!, ¡puede hablar! — (Telec) you're through!, go ahead! (EEUU)

¿quién habla? — (Telec) who's calling?, who is it?

• hablar alto — to speak o talk loudly

• hablar bajo — to speak o talk quietly, speak o talk in a low voice

• hablar claro — (fig) to speak plainly o bluntly

• dar que hablar a la gente — to make people talk, cause tongues to wag

• hablaba en broma — she was joking

• hacer hablar a algn — to make sb talk

• hablar por hablar — to talk for talking's sake, talk for the sake of it

• hablar por teléfono — to speak on the phone

• hablar solo — to talk o speak to o.s.

-¿vas a ayudarle en la mudanza? -¡ni hablar! — "are you going to help him with the move?" - "no way!" o - "you must be joking!"

• no hay más que hablar — there's nothing more to be said about it

hablar en voz baja — to speak o talk quietly

aún no sabe hablar — he hasn't started to talk yet o isn't talking yet

déjalo hablar — let him speak, let him have his say (colloq)

hablar claro — ( claramente) to speak clearly; ( francamente) to speak frankly

mira quién habla or quién fue a hablar — (fam) look o hark who's talking (colloq)

hablar por hablar — to talk for the sake of it

se pasaron toda la noche hablando — they spent the whole night talking o (colloq) chatting

tengo que hablarte or que hablar contigo — I need to speak to you o have a word with you

hablando se entiende la gente — (fr hecha) the way to work things out is by talking

hablar con alguien — to speak o talk to somebody

ni hablar: de eso ni hablar that's totally out of the question; ni hablar! no way! (colloq), no chance! (colloq); nos castigaron por hablar en clase — we were punished for talking in class

a la gente le gusta hablar — people just like to talk o gossip

dar que hablar — to start people talking

¿quién habla? — who's speaking o calling?

¿con quién hablo? — who am I speaking with (AmE) o (BrE) speaking to?

tú y yo no tenemos nada de que hablar — you and I have nothing to say to each other o nothing to discuss

hablar de negocios — to talk (about) o discuss business

hablar sobre or acerca de algo — to talk about something

el rey habló a la nación — the king spoke to o addressed the nation

mucho hablar de ahorrar y va y se compra esto — all this talk of saving and he goes and buys this! (colloq)

se habla de que va a renunciar — it is said o rumored that she's going to resign

ya lo hablaremos más adelante — we'll talk about o discuss that later

háblalo con ella — speak o talk to her about it

no hables disparates or tonterías — don't talk nonsense

no se habla con ella — he's not speaking o talking to her, he's not on speaking terms with her

hablar en voz baja — to speak o talk quietly

aún no sabe hablar — he hasn't started to talk yet o isn't talking yet

déjalo hablar — let him speak, let him have his say (colloq)

hablar claro — ( claramente) to speak clearly; ( francamente) to speak frankly

mira quién habla or quién fue a hablar — (fam) look o hark who's talking (colloq)

hablar por hablar — to talk for the sake of it

se pasaron toda la noche hablando — they spent the whole night talking o (colloq) chatting

tengo que hablarte or que hablar contigo — I need to speak to you o have a word with you

hablando se entiende la gente — (fr hecha) the way to work things out is by talking

hablar con alguien — to speak o talk to somebody

ni hablar: de eso ni hablar that's totally out of the question; ni hablar! no way! (colloq), no chance! (colloq); nos castigaron por hablar en clase — we were punished for talking in class

a la gente le gusta hablar — people just like to talk o gossip

dar que hablar — to start people talking

¿quién habla? — who's speaking o calling?

¿con quién hablo? — who am I speaking with (AmE) o (BrE) speaking to?

tú y yo no tenemos nada de que hablar — you and I have nothing to say to each other o nothing to discuss

hablar de negocios — to talk (about) o discuss business

hablar sobre or acerca de algo — to talk about something

el rey habló a la nación — the king spoke to o addressed the nation

mucho hablar de ahorrar y va y se compra esto — all this talk of saving and he goes and buys this! (colloq)

se habla de que va a renunciar — it is said o rumored that she's going to resign

ya lo hablaremos más adelante — we'll talk about o discuss that later

háblalo con ella — speak o talk to her about it

no hables disparates or tonterías — don't talk nonsense

no se habla con ella — he's not speaking o talking to her, he's not on speaking terms with her

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• jugar a algo — to play sth

• jugar con algo — to play with sth

• jugar contra algn — to play (against) sb

¿quién juega? — whose move o turn o go is it?

¿quién juega? — whose turn o go is it?

• jugar a algo — to play at being sth

• jugar con —

no juegues con el enchufe, que es peligroso — don't play o mess around with the plug - it's dangerous

estaba jugando con un bolígrafo mientras hablaba — he was toying o fiddling with a pen while he spoke

• jugar en contra de algo/algn — to work against sth/sb

• jugar a favor de algo/algn — [situación] to work in sth/sb's favour o (EEUU) favor; [tiempo, destino] to be on sb's side

existe otro elemento que juega a favor del acusado — there is another factor that should go o work in favour of the defendant

su hermano se la jugó — his brother did the dirty on him *

¡me la han jugado! — I've been had! *

su mujer se la jugaba con otro — LAm his wife was two-timing him *

jugar cinco dólares a una carta — to bet o put five dollars on a card

jugar al fútbol — (Esp, RPl) to play football

jugar en contra de alguien — to work o count against somebody

jugársela a alguien — to play a dirty trick on somebody

se lo jugó todo en el negocio — she staked o risked everything on the business

jugarse el pellejo — (fam) to risk one's neck (colloq)

jugar al fútbol — (Esp, RPl) to play football

jugar en contra de alguien — to work o count against somebody

jugársela a alguien — to play a dirty trick on somebody

se lo jugó todo en el negocio — she staked o risked everything on the business

jugarse el pellejo — (fam) to risk one's neck (colloq)

Ex: In the case of bookshops the function of 'buying' calls for real skill since the bookseller is gambling with his (or her) capital in purchasing the goods.