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1 bless
blesto ask God to show favour to: Bless this ship.) bendecir- blessed- blessedly
- blessedness
- blessing
- a blessing in disguise
bless vb bendecirbless you! ¡salud! / ¡Jesús!tr[bles]1 bendecir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto bless oneself persignarse, santiguarsebless you! (on sneezing) ¡Jesús!bless my soul! dated ¡Dios mío!well, I'll be blessed! ¡caramba!1) consecrate: bendecir, consagrar2) : bendecirmay God bless you!: ¡que Dios te bendiga!3)to bless with : dotar de4)to bless oneself : santiguarsev.• bendecir v.(§pres: bendigo, bendices...) pret: bendij-pp: bendichofut/c: bendir-•)• favorecer v.• santiguar v.blesa) ( give benediction) bendecir*b) ( favor) (usu pass)to be blessed with something: he is blessed with good health — goza de buena salud
c) (in interj phrases)bless you! — ( to somebody who sneezes) salud! or (Esp) Jesús!; ( expressing gratitude) (colloq) muchísimas gracias; ( as benediction) (que) Dios te (or los etc) bendiga
he's done all the ironing, bless him! — (colloq) ha planchado toda la ropa qué tierno! (fam)
Jane, bless her heart, has offered to put us up — la buena de Jane nos ha ofrecido alojamiento
bless me/my soul! — (colloq) válgame Dios!
d) ( consecrate) \<\<wine/bread/marriage\>\> bendecir*e) ( adore) bendecir*bless the Lord! — bendito or alabado sea el Señor!
[bles]VT1) [God, priest] bendecirGod bless you! — ¡Dios te bendiga!
God bless the Pope! — ¡Dios guarde al Papa!
bless you! — ¡qué cielo eres!; (after sneezing) ¡Jesús!
and Paul, bless him or bless his heart, had no idea that... — y Paul, el pobre, no tenía ni idea de que...
to bless o.s. — santiguarse
2) (fig)well I'm blessed!, God bless my soul! — † * ¡vaya por Dios!
I'm blessed if I know — (Brit) * no tengo ni idea
* * *[bles]a) ( give benediction) bendecir*b) ( favor) (usu pass)to be blessed with something: he is blessed with good health — goza de buena salud
c) (in interj phrases)bless you! — ( to somebody who sneezes) salud! or (Esp) Jesús!; ( expressing gratitude) (colloq) muchísimas gracias; ( as benediction) (que) Dios te (or los etc) bendiga
he's done all the ironing, bless him! — (colloq) ha planchado toda la ropa qué tierno! (fam)
Jane, bless her heart, has offered to put us up — la buena de Jane nos ha ofrecido alojamiento
bless me/my soul! — (colloq) válgame Dios!
d) ( consecrate) \<\<wine/bread/marriage\>\> bendecir*e) ( adore) bendecir*bless the Lord! — bendito or alabado sea el Señor!
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