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121 Fors
fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.I.Subst.A.As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.B.also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,
Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:sed haec, ut fors tulerit,
Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:sed haec fors viderit,
id. ib. 14, 13, 3;4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,
Liv. 1, 4, 4:fors fuit, ut, etc.,
it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:fors fuat pol!
so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,
Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,
perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:II.dea Fors,
Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,sit sane Fors domina campi,
Cic. Pis. 2, 3:fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),
id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,
id. Att. 4, 10, 1:saeva,
Cat. 64, 170:dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;aedis Fortis Fortunae,
Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:Fortunae Fortis honores,
Ov. F. 6, 773:o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).Adverb., in the nom. and abl.A.fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):B.similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,
Prisc. p. 1015 P.:et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,
if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,
Prop. 2, 9, 1:et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,
Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:fors etiam,
Val. Fl. 4, 620.—forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).1.Lit.:2. a.quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,
Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,
id. Div. 2, 68, 141:quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,
id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,
Curt. 5, 11, 10:captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,
Liv. 9, 31, 7:dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,
Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,
Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,
Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:seu forte seu tentandi causa,
Suet. Aug. 6:donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,
Tac. A. 4, 54:cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,
Cic. Planc. 26, 65:cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,
Liv. 2, 4, 5:ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,
id. 2, 12, 6:forte aspicio militem,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:rus ut ibat forte,
id. ib. 63:forte ut assedi in stega,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,
id. Most. 2, 2, 56:forte evenit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:Tarenti ludi forte erant,
Plaut. Men. prol. 29:erat forte brumae tempus,
Liv. 21, 54, 7:et pernox forte luna erat,
id. 32, 11, 9:per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,
i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:per eosdem forte dies, etc.,
id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,
Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:ibam forte via sacra,
id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—In conditional and causal sentences.(α).With si:(β).irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?
id. Mil. 38, 104:si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:si te Latina forte deficient,
id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:si qui me forte locus admonuerit,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,
id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:quod si forte ceciderint,
id. Lael. 15, 53:si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,
id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,
Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,
Verg. A, 5, 485.—With nisi ironically:(γ).hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,
Cic. Mur. 6, 13:propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,
id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 33, 120:negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;nisi memoria forte defecerit,
id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,
Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,
id. Rep. 1, 13:ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,
id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—With ne:b.ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,
Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,
Liv. 2, 12, 4:comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—In relat. clauses (very rare):c.nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,
Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,
Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;and in the corrupt passage,
id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,
Quint. 9, 4, 49:sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,
id. 2, 4, 35:ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,
id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,
what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,
than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179. -
122 fors
fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.I.Subst.A.As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.B.also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,
Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:sed haec, ut fors tulerit,
Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:sed haec fors viderit,
id. ib. 14, 13, 3;4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,
Liv. 1, 4, 4:fors fuit, ut, etc.,
it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:fors fuat pol!
so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,
Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,
perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:II.dea Fors,
Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,sit sane Fors domina campi,
Cic. Pis. 2, 3:fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),
id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,
id. Att. 4, 10, 1:saeva,
Cat. 64, 170:dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;aedis Fortis Fortunae,
Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:Fortunae Fortis honores,
Ov. F. 6, 773:o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).Adverb., in the nom. and abl.A.fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):B.similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,
Prisc. p. 1015 P.:et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,
if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,
Prop. 2, 9, 1:et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,
Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:fors etiam,
Val. Fl. 4, 620.—forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).1.Lit.:2. a.quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,
Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,
id. Div. 2, 68, 141:quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,
id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,
Curt. 5, 11, 10:captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,
Liv. 9, 31, 7:dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,
Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,
Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,
Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:seu forte seu tentandi causa,
Suet. Aug. 6:donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,
Tac. A. 4, 54:cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,
Cic. Planc. 26, 65:cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,
Liv. 2, 4, 5:ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,
id. 2, 12, 6:forte aspicio militem,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:rus ut ibat forte,
id. ib. 63:forte ut assedi in stega,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,
id. Most. 2, 2, 56:forte evenit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:Tarenti ludi forte erant,
Plaut. Men. prol. 29:erat forte brumae tempus,
Liv. 21, 54, 7:et pernox forte luna erat,
id. 32, 11, 9:per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,
i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:per eosdem forte dies, etc.,
id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,
Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:ibam forte via sacra,
id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—In conditional and causal sentences.(α).With si:(β).irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?
id. Mil. 38, 104:si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:si te Latina forte deficient,
id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:si qui me forte locus admonuerit,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,
id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:quod si forte ceciderint,
id. Lael. 15, 53:si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,
id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,
Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,
Verg. A, 5, 485.—With nisi ironically:(γ).hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,
Cic. Mur. 6, 13:propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,
id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 33, 120:negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;nisi memoria forte defecerit,
id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,
Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,
id. Rep. 1, 13:ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,
id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—With ne:b.ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,
Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,
Liv. 2, 12, 4:comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—In relat. clauses (very rare):c.nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,
Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,
Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;and in the corrupt passage,
id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,
Quint. 9, 4, 49:sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,
id. 2, 4, 35:ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,
id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,
what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,
than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179. -
123 Computers
The brain has been compared to a digital computer because the neuron, like a switch or valve, either does or does not complete a circuit. But at that point the similarity ends. The switch in the digital computer is constant in its effect, and its effect is large in proportion to the total output of the machine. The effect produced by the neuron varies with its recovery from [the] refractory phase and with its metabolic state. The number of neurons involved in any action runs into millions so that the influence of any one is negligible.... Any cell in the system can be dispensed with.... The brain is an analogical machine, not digital. Analysis of the integrative activities will probably have to be in statistical terms. (Lashley, quoted in Beach, Hebb, Morgan & Nissen, 1960, p. 539)It is essential to realize that a computer is not a mere "number cruncher," or supercalculating arithmetic machine, although this is how computers are commonly regarded by people having no familiarity with artificial intelligence. Computers do not crunch numbers; they manipulate symbols.... Digital computers originally developed with mathematical problems in mind, are in fact general purpose symbol manipulating machines....The terms "computer" and "computation" are themselves unfortunate, in view of their misleading arithmetical connotations. The definition of artificial intelligence previously cited-"the study of intelligence as computation"-does not imply that intelligence is really counting. Intelligence may be defined as the ability creatively to manipulate symbols, or process information, given the requirements of the task in hand. (Boden, 1981, pp. 15, 16-17)The task is to get computers to explain things to themselves, to ask questions about their experiences so as to cause those explanations to be forthcoming, and to be creative in coming up with explanations that have not been previously available. (Schank, 1986, p. 19)In What Computers Can't Do, written in 1969 (2nd edition, 1972), the main objection to AI was the impossibility of using rules to select only those facts about the real world that were relevant in a given situation. The "Introduction" to the paperback edition of the book, published by Harper & Row in 1979, pointed out further that no one had the slightest idea how to represent the common sense understanding possessed even by a four-year-old. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 102)A popular myth says that the invention of the computer diminishes our sense of ourselves, because it shows that rational thought is not special to human beings, but can be carried on by a mere machine. It is a short stop from there to the conclusion that intelligence is mechanical, which many people find to be an affront to all that is most precious and singular about their humanness.In fact, the computer, early in its career, was not an instrument of the philistines, but a humanizing influence. It helped to revive an idea that had fallen into disrepute: the idea that the mind is real, that it has an inner structure and a complex organization, and can be understood in scientific terms. For some three decades, until the 1940s, American psychology had lain in the grip of the ice age of behaviorism, which was antimental through and through. During these years, extreme behaviorists banished the study of thought from their agenda. Mind and consciousness, thinking, imagining, planning, solving problems, were dismissed as worthless for anything except speculation. Only the external aspects of behavior, the surface manifestations, were grist for the scientist's mill, because only they could be observed and measured....It is one of the surprising gifts of the computer in the history of ideas that it played a part in giving back to psychology what it had lost, which was nothing less than the mind itself. In particular, there was a revival of interest in how the mind represents the world internally to itself, by means of knowledge structures such as ideas, symbols, images, and inner narratives, all of which had been consigned to the realm of mysticism. (Campbell, 1989, p. 10)[Our artifacts] only have meaning because we give it to them; their intentionality, like that of smoke signals and writing, is essentially borrowed, hence derivative. To put it bluntly: computers themselves don't mean anything by their tokens (any more than books do)-they only mean what we say they do. Genuine understanding, on the other hand, is intentional "in its own right" and not derivatively from something else. (Haugeland, 1981a, pp. 32-33)he debate over the possibility of computer thought will never be won or lost; it will simply cease to be of interest, like the previous debate over man as a clockwork mechanism. (Bolter, 1984, p. 190)t takes us a long time to emotionally digest a new idea. The computer is too big a step, and too recently made, for us to quickly recover our balance and gauge its potential. It's an enormous accelerator, perhaps the greatest one since the plow, twelve thousand years ago. As an intelligence amplifier, it speeds up everything-including itself-and it continually improves because its heart is information or, more plainly, ideas. We can no more calculate its consequences than Babbage could have foreseen antibiotics, the Pill, or space stations.Further, the effects of those ideas are rapidly compounding, because a computer design is itself just a set of ideas. As we get better at manipulating ideas by building ever better computers, we get better at building even better computers-it's an ever-escalating upward spiral. The early nineteenth century, when the computer's story began, is already so far back that it may as well be the Stone Age. (Rawlins, 1997, p. 19)According to weak AI, the principle value of the computer in the study of the mind is that it gives us a very powerful tool. For example, it enables us to formulate and test hypotheses in a more rigorous and precise fashion than before. But according to strong AI the computer is not merely a tool in the study of the mind; rather the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind in the sense that computers given the right programs can be literally said to understand and have other cognitive states. And according to strong AI, because the programmed computer has cognitive states, the programs are not mere tools that enable us to test psychological explanations; rather, the programs are themselves the explanations. (Searle, 1981b, p. 353)What makes people smarter than machines? They certainly are not quicker or more precise. Yet people are far better at perceiving objects in natural scenes and noting their relations, at understanding language and retrieving contextually appropriate information from memory, at making plans and carrying out contextually appropriate actions, and at a wide range of other natural cognitive tasks. People are also far better at learning to do these things more accurately and fluently through processing experience.What is the basis for these differences? One answer, perhaps the classic one we might expect from artificial intelligence, is "software." If we only had the right computer program, the argument goes, we might be able to capture the fluidity and adaptability of human information processing. Certainly this answer is partially correct. There have been great breakthroughs in our understanding of cognition as a result of the development of expressive high-level computer languages and powerful algorithms. However, we do not think that software is the whole story.In our view, people are smarter than today's computers because the brain employs a basic computational architecture that is more suited to deal with a central aspect of the natural information processing tasks that people are so good at.... hese tasks generally require the simultaneous consideration of many pieces of information or constraints. Each constraint may be imperfectly specified and ambiguous, yet each can play a potentially decisive role in determining the outcome of processing. (McClelland, Rumelhart & Hinton, 1986, pp. 3-4)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Computers
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124 не
частица
1) not (придает слову значение полного отрицания) ;
no, not...any (при сравн. степени) ;
no (при именном сказуемом) ;
without он не знает ≈ he does not know;
he doesn't know разг. ей не хуже ≈ she is no worse, she is not any worse он не гений ≈ he is no genius не долетев до цели ≈ without reaching the target он ничего не сказал ≈ he said nothing, he did not say anything
2) (придает значение неполного отрицания) perhaps not (между повторяющимися сущ.;
при переводе первое сущ. опускается) ;
whether... or not (между повторяющимися гл.) счастье не счастье, но что-то похожее ≈ perhaps not happiness, but something very much like it хочешь не хочешь, а придется сделать ≈ whether you like it or not, you'll have to do it
3) (делать что-л.) (в значении невозможности) will never ему этого не сделать ≈ he will never do it
4) (придает выражению утвердительное значение;
обычно не переводится): какие тут цветы не растут! ≈ there are so many flowers growing here! кто не любит поесть! ≈ everyone likes a good meal!
5) (без) (придает значение ограниченного утверждения) not: не без труда ≈ not without difficulty, with some difficulty
6) (в сочетании с предлогами является отделяемой частью местоимений ""некого"", ""нечего"": ""не с кем"", ""не о ком"" и т.п.) не с кем поговорить ≈ there is nobody to talk to выбрать было не из чего ≈ there was nothing to choose from ∙ не раз не по себе тем не менее не к чему спрашивать не тоparticle no -
125 besser
I Komp. gut; wohl 2II Adj.1. better; ein besseres Geschäft etc. (gutes) an upmarket shop etc., Am. an upscale store etc.; ein besserer Stoff a better ( oder superior) material; besser werden improve, get better; hoffentlich ist das Wetter zum Wochenende besser I hope the weather will be better at the weekend; er ist besser dran als ich he’s better off than me; es wäre besser, wenn sie das nicht wüsste it would be better if she did not know this ( oder for her not to know this); besser ist besser just to be on the safe side; es wurde noch besser iro. that wasn’t all, it gets better; das wäre ja noch besser! iro. you must be joking!; um so oder desto besser so much the better, that’s even better; besser als gar nichts better than nothing(, I suppose); Hälfte2. subst.: das Bessere ist des Guten Feind Sprichw. the search for something better leads to the neglect of what is good; jemanden eines Besseren belehren put s.o. right, weitS. open s.o.’s eyes; sich eines Besseren besinnen change one’s mind, think better of s.th.; ich habe Besseres zu tun I’ve got better ( oder more important) things to do; eine Wende zum Besseren a change for the better3. (sozial) höher gestellt: superior, better-class; in besseren Kreisen verkehren move in higher ( oder more elevated) circles; die besseren Leute superior ( oder better-class) people; eine Wohngegend für bessere Leute a residential area for a better class of people ( oder for the well-to-do); eine bessere Gegend / Adresse a superior ( oder better-class oder respectable) area / address; in einem besseren Restaurant essen eat in a better ( oder upmarket, Am. upscale) restaurant; ich suche ein Zimmer in einem besseren Hotel I’m looking for a room in a better-class hotel; etwas Besseres something better; sie meint, sie sei etwas Besseres she thinks she’s superiorIII Adv.1. better; es besser wissen know better; es besser machen als jemand do better than s.o., go one up on s.o.; ich hoffe, du hast es mal besser I hope things will start looking up for you; bes. finanziell: I hope you’ll be better off; es geht ihm heute besser he’s feeling better today; wenn es dir wieder besser geht, darfst du nach Hause when you feel better ( oder have recovered) you can go home; es geht ( wirtschaftlich etc.) besser things are looking up; du kannst es besser als er you’re better at it than him ( oder he is); sich besser stellen better o.s., improve one’s (financial) position; durch den Berufswechsel stellt er sich besser he will be better off with his change of career; besser gestellt finanziell etc.: better-off; die besser Gestellten Bessergestellte; besser verdienen earn more; die besser Verdienenden Besserverdienende; du tätest besser daran zu gehen it would be better if you went; einen Mantel etc. nur für besser tragen wear a coat etc. only for best; besser gesagt or rather2. (lieber) gehen wir besser, wir sollten besser gehen I think we should go, I think ( oder perhaps) we’d better go; möchtest du noch ein Glas?- besser nicht I’d better not; Ruf 4* * *better (Adv.); better (Adj.); superior (Adj.)* * *bẹs|ser ['bɛsɐ]1) betterbessere Kreise/Gegend — better circles/area
bessere Leute — better class of people
er hat bessere Tage or Zeiten gesehen (iro) — he has seen better days
du willst wohl etwas Besseres sein! (inf) — I suppose you think you're better than other people, I suppose you think yourself superior
besser werden — to improve, to get better
eine Wendung zum Besseren nehmen — to take a turn for the better
jdn eines Besseren belehren — to teach sb otherwise or better
See:→ besinnen2)das Essen war nur ein besserer Imbiss — the meal was just a glorified snack
2. adv comp von gut, wohl1) betterbesser ist besser — (it is) better to be on the safe side
umso besser! (inf) — so much the better!
besser (gesagt) — or rather, or better
das macht nichts besser — that doesn't improve matters, that doesn't make things any (the) better
2)(= lieber)
lass das besser bleiben — you had better leave well alonedu tätest besser daran... — you would do better to..., you had better...
* * *1) (good to a greater extent: His new car is better than his old one.) better2) (preferable: Better to do it now than later.) better3) (well to a greater extent: He sings better now than he did before.) better* * *bes·ser[ˈbɛsɐ]1. (höher) better\besseres Gehalt higher wages, better pay\bessere Qualität superior quality▪ etwas B\besseres something betternichts B\besseres nothing betterSie finden nichts B\besseres! you won't find anything better!es gibt auf dem Markt nichts B\besseres it's the best on the market▪ \besser sein to be betteretw könnte \besser sein sth could be better, sth has room for improvementnicht \besser als... no better than...▪ [es ist] \besser, [wenn]... it would be better if...\besser, man sieht uns nicht zusammen it would be better if nobody saw us together▪ etw ist ein \besserer/ \besseres/eine \bessere... sth is just a bit better than... [or a better sort of]das nennen Sie anständige Wohnung? das ist doch allenfalls eine \bessere Bruchbude! you call that a decent flat? it's just a slightly upmarket garden shed!4.▶ jdn eines B\besseren belehren to put sb right, to enlighten sbich lasse mich gern[e] eines B\besseren belehren I'm willing to admit I'm wrongals ob ich nichts B\besseres zu tun hätte! as if I had nothing better to do!; s.a. Wendung1. (nicht mehr schlecht)es geht jdm \besser MED sb is [or feels] better, sb is recoveringes geht der Landwirtschaft noch nicht \besser the agricultural industry is still not doing well; \besser verdienen to get a better wage, to earn more2. (mehr als gut) better\besser verdienen to earn moredem solltest du \besser aus dem Wege gehen! it would be better if you avoided him!, you would do better to keep out of his way!lass \besser mich ran! let me have a go!soll ich ihm von unserem Gespräch berichten? — nein, das lassen Sie \besser bleiben! shall I tell him about our conversation? — no, it would be better not to!4.▶ es \besser haben to be [a lot] better off▶ es [mit jdm] \besser haben to be better off [with sb]▶ jd täte \besser daran... sb would do better to...▶ jd will es [o alles] [immer] \besser wissen sb [always] knows better* * *1.1) betterbesser werden — get better; <work etc.> improve
um so besser — so much the better; all the better; that wasn't the best of it (iron.)
jemanden eines Besseren belehren — (geh.) put somebody right; s. auch besinnen 1)
2) (sozial höher gestellt) superior; upper-classbessere od. die besseren Kreise — more elevated circles
eine bessere Gegend/Adresse — a smart[er] or [more] respectable area/address
3) (abwertend) glorified2.adverbial better[immer] alles besser wissen — always know better
es besser haben — be better off; (es leichter haben) have an easier time of it
es kommt noch besser — (iron.) it gets even better (iron.)
besser gesagt — to be [more] precise
3.er täte besser daran, zu... — he would do better to...
Adverb (lieber)das lässt du besser sein od. (ugs.) bleiben — you'd better not do that
* * *B. adj1. better;besser werden improve, get better;hoffentlich ist das Wetter zum Wochenende besser I hope the weather will be better at the weekend;er ist besser dran als ich he’s better off than me;es wäre besser, wenn sie das nicht wüsste it would be better if she did not know this ( oder for her not to know this);besser ist besser just to be on the safe side;es wurde noch besser iron that wasn’t all, it gets better;das wäre ja noch besser! iron you must be joking!;desto besser so much the better, that’s even better;2. subst:das Bessere ist des Guten Feind sprichw the search for something better leads to the neglect of what is good;jemanden eines Besseren belehren put sb right, weitS. open sb’s eyes;sich eines Besseren besinnen change one’s mind, think better of sth;ich habe Besseres zu tun I’ve got better ( oder more important) things to do;eine Wende zum Besseren a change for the better3. (sozial) höher gestellt: superior, better-class;in besseren Kreisen verkehren move in higher ( oder more elevated) circles;die besseren Leute superior ( oder better-class) people;eine Wohngegend für bessere Leute a residential area for a better class of people ( oder for the well-to-do);ich suche ein Zimmer in einem besseren Hotel I’m looking for a room in a better-class hotel;etwas Besseres something better;sie meint, sie sei etwas Besseres she thinks she’s superior4. pej:C. adv1. better;es besser wissen know better;es besser machen als jemand do better than sb, go one up on sb;ich hoffe, du hast es mal besser I hope things will start looking up for you; besonders finanziell: I hope you’ll be better off;es geht ihm heute besser he’s feeling better today;wenn es dir wieder besser geht, darfst du nach Hause when you feel better ( oder have recovered) you can go home;es geht (wirtschaftlich etc)besser things are looking up;sich besser stellen better o.s., improve one’s (financial) position;durch den Berufswechsel stellt er sich besser he will be better off with his change of career;besser gestellt finanziell etc: better-off;besser verdienen earn more;du tätest besser daran zu gehen it would be better if you went;einen Mantel etcnur für besser tragen wear a coat etc only for best;besser gesagt or rather2. (lieber)gehen wir besser, wir sollten besser gehen I think we should go, I think ( oder perhaps) we’d better go;möchtest du noch ein Glas?-* * *1.1) betterbesser werden — get better; <work etc.> improve
um so besser — so much the better; all the better; that wasn't the best of it (iron.)
jemanden eines Besseren belehren — (geh.) put somebody right; s. auch besinnen 1)
2) (sozial höher gestellt) superior; upper-classbessere od. die besseren Kreise — more elevated circles
eine bessere Gegend/Adresse — a smart[er] or [more] respectable area/address
3) (abwertend) glorified2.adverbial better[immer] alles besser wissen — always know better
es besser haben — be better off; (es leichter haben) have an easier time of it
es kommt noch besser — (iron.) it gets even better (iron.)
besser gesagt — to be [more] precise
3.er täte besser daran, zu... — he would do better to...
Adverb (lieber)das lässt du besser sein od. (ugs.) bleiben — you'd better not do that
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126 chispa
f.1 spark.2 bit.3 sparkle (sharpness, humor).esa novela tiene chispa that novel has really got something4 wit, cleverness, scintillation.5 small bit, shred.6 spoon bait, spinner.* * *1 (de lumbre, eléctrica, etc) spark2 (brillo) sparkle, glitter3 (brillante pequeño) small diamond5 (de lluvia) drop, droplet7 (mentira) lie\coger una chispa / pillar una chispa familiar to get sloshedechar chispas figurado to be ragingno tiene ni chispa de gracia figurado it's not funny at all, it's not a bit funnyser una chispa figurado to be very brighttener chispa figurado to be witty, be funnychispa eléctrica spark* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) [de luz, fuego] spark- echar chispas: está que echa chispas2) (=gota de lluvia) drop3) (=pizca) bit, tiny amount4) (=ingenio) wit- es de chispa retardada5) * (=borrachera) drunkennesscoger o pillar una chispa — to get sloshed *
estar con o tener la chispa — to be tight *
6) CAm, Méxdar chispa — to work, be successful, yield results
7) And (=rumor) rumour, rumor (EEUU)8) And (=arma) gun, weapon2. ADJ INV1) (=borracho)estar chispa — * to be sloshed *
2) Méx (=divertido) funny, amusing3.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)II1)a) ( del fuego) sparkestá/están que echa/echan chispas — (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)
b) (Auto, Elec) sparklo enchufé y empezaron a saltar chispas — I plugged it in and it started sparking o giving off sparks
2) (fam) ( pizca)¿más vino? - una chispita — more wine? - just a drop
3) (gracia, ingenio) wit* * *= spark, zest, piquancy, sizzle, wit.Ex. However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.Ex. In the humanistic perspective, the concern is with potential, unique capabilities, and dignity -- with a dash of joy to add zest.Ex. Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex. The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.----* echar chispas = fume, froth at + the mouth.* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).* encender la chispa = kindle + spark.* ni una chispa de viento = not a drop of wind.* soltar chispas = emit + sparks.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)II1)a) ( del fuego) sparkestá/están que echa/echan chispas — (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)
b) (Auto, Elec) sparklo enchufé y empezaron a saltar chispas — I plugged it in and it started sparking o giving off sparks
2) (fam) ( pizca)¿más vino? - una chispita — more wine? - just a drop
3) (gracia, ingenio) wit* * *= spark, zest, piquancy, sizzle, wit.Ex: However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.
Ex: In the humanistic perspective, the concern is with potential, unique capabilities, and dignity -- with a dash of joy to add zest.Ex: Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex: The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.* echar chispas = fume, froth at + the mouth.* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).* encender la chispa = kindle + spark.* ni una chispa de viento = not a drop of wind.* soltar chispas = emit + sparks.* * *A1 (del fuego) sparkestá/están que echa/echan chispas ( fam); he's/they're hopping mad ( colloq), he's/they're fuming! ( colloq)cuando lo enchufé empezaron a saltar chispas when I plugged it in it started sparking o giving off sparkstiene la chispa atrasada the ignition timing needs adjustingB ( fam)(pizca): ¿te sirvo más vino? — una chispita would you like some more wine? — just a dropvio en sus ojos una chispa de ironía/esperanza she saw a flicker of irony/hope in his eyesno tiene ni chispa de inteligencia he doesn't have an ounce o an iota o a spark of intelligenceC (gracia, ingenio) witsus chistes tienen mucha chispa his jokes are very funny o wittyD ( Chi) (para pescar) spinner* * *
chispa sustantivo femenino
1
◊ está/están que echa/echan chispas (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)b) (Auto, Elec) spark
2 (fam) ( pizca) little bit
3 (gracia, ingenio) wit;
■ adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)
chispa sustantivo femenino
1 spark
2 familiar (un poco, pizca) bit, dash
una chispa de coñac, a dash of brandy
3 familiar (ingenio) wit, sparkle
4 (gracia, simpatía) liveliness
' chispa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gracia
- graciosa
- gracioso
- inflamarse
- sal
- centella
- chiribita
- ingenio
- ingenioso
English:
gleam
- spark
- sparkle
- droll
- glint
* * *♦ nf1. [de fuego] spark;Famechar chispas to be hopping mad;está que echa chispas she's hopping mad, she's fuming2. [de electricidad] spark;si juntas los cables, saltan chispas if you put the cables together, you get o it throws off sparks;Figsaltaron chispas entre los asistentes al debate sparks flew among the participants in the debate3. [pizca] bit;añade una chispa de sal add a pinch of salt4. [agudeza, gracia] sparkle;esa novela tiene chispa that novel has really got something;cuenta los chistes con mucha chispa he tells jokes really well5.están cayendo chispas [lluvia ligera] it's spitting (with rain)♦ interjMéx¡chispas! good heavens!, Br blimey!, US jeez!* * *I adj:estar chispa fam be tipsy famII f1 spark;echar chispas be fuming fam2 fig famwitni chispa not one iota;una chispa de … a touch of …;eres una chispa revolucionario you’re a bit of a revolutionary* * *chispa adjun perrito chispa: a frisky puppychispa nf1) : spark2)echar chispas : to be furious* * *chispa n spark -
127 dudar
v.1 to doubt.¿vas a venir? — lo dudo are you going to come? — I doubt it o I don't think solo dudo mucho I very much doubt ityo no lo hice — no lo dudo, pero… I didn't do it — I'm sure you didn't, but…dudo que venga I doubt (whether) he'll comeRicardo duda Richard doubts.2 to hesitate.dudar entre hacer una cosa u otra to be unsure whether to do one thing or anotherno dudes en venir a preguntarme don't hesitate to come and ask meMaría duda Mary hesitates.* * *1 to doubt, have doubts2 (titubear) to hesitate1 to doubt\dudar de alguien to doubt somebody, mistrust somebody* * *verb1) to doubt2) hesitate* * *1. VT1) (=no estar seguro de) to doubtespero que venga, aunque lo dudo mucho — I hope she'll come, although I doubt very much (if) she will
-yo te ayudaré -no lo dudo, pero... — "I'll help you" - "I'm sure you will, but..."
es lo mejor para ti, no lo dudes — it's the best thing for you, believe me
•
a no dudarlo — undoubtedly•
dudar que, dudo que sea verdad — I doubt (whether o if) it's true•
dudar si, dudaba si había echado la carta — I wasn't sure if I had posted the letter2) (=vacilar sobre)lo dudé mucho y al final me decidí por el azul — I thought about it o dithered * a lot but in the end I decided on the blue one
si yo fuera tú, no lo dudaría — if I were you, I wouldn't hesitate
2. VI1) (=desconfiar) to doubt, have doubts•
dudar de algo — to question sth, doubt sthlos celos le hicieron dudar de su cariño — jealousy made her question o doubt his affection
2) (=vacilar)no sé qué hacer, estoy dudando — I don't know what to do, I'm in two minds o I'm undecided
•
dudar en hacer algo — to hesitate to do sth* * *1.verbo transitivo to doubtdudo que te haya dicho la verdad — I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth
es el mejor, no lo dudes — it's the best one, take it from me
2.yo hice todo lo que pude - no lo dudo, pero... — I did everything I could - I'm sure you did, but...
dudar vicómpralo, no sigas dudando — go ahead and buy it, stop dithering
dudar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf
dudar de algo/alguien — to doubt something/somebody
* * *= be hesitant (to), doubt, have + second thoughts, hesitate, waver, express + reservations, have + reservations (about), dither, hang back, be suspicious, voice + reservations, teeter + on the edge of, think + twice.Ex. I remember being hesitant to buy a CD player because I was attached to my extensive collection of LPs collected over a lifetime.Ex. He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.Ex. We can then have second thoughts, and possibly arrive at a more suitable form of truncation.Ex. Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.Ex. While reservations have been expressed about the festival, its value in enhancing and enriching the cultural life of this part of the country is evident.Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.Ex. The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.Ex. This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.Ex. Collection development librarians are often met with distrust from faculty colleagues who are often suspicious of their ability to select books.Ex. The author voices reservations about the latest amendments to the Library Act.Ex. We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.Ex. I would urge you most sincerely and strongly to think twice or three times before putting your shelflist into an undeveloped system.----* dudar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....* hacer dudar = make + Nombre + doubt, misgive.* no lo dudes = take it from me.* sin dudar = without a doubt.* sin dudarlo = without hesitation.* * *1.verbo transitivo to doubtdudo que te haya dicho la verdad — I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth
es el mejor, no lo dudes — it's the best one, take it from me
2.yo hice todo lo que pude - no lo dudo, pero... — I did everything I could - I'm sure you did, but...
dudar vicómpralo, no sigas dudando — go ahead and buy it, stop dithering
dudar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf
dudar de algo/alguien — to doubt something/somebody
* * *= be hesitant (to), doubt, have + second thoughts, hesitate, waver, express + reservations, have + reservations (about), dither, hang back, be suspicious, voice + reservations, teeter + on the edge of, think + twice.Ex: I remember being hesitant to buy a CD player because I was attached to my extensive collection of LPs collected over a lifetime.
Ex: He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.Ex: We can then have second thoughts, and possibly arrive at a more suitable form of truncation.Ex: Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.Ex: While reservations have been expressed about the festival, its value in enhancing and enriching the cultural life of this part of the country is evident.Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.Ex: The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.Ex: This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.Ex: Collection development librarians are often met with distrust from faculty colleagues who are often suspicious of their ability to select books.Ex: The author voices reservations about the latest amendments to the Library Act.Ex: We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.Ex: I would urge you most sincerely and strongly to think twice or three times before putting your shelflist into an undeveloped system.* dudar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....* hacer dudar = make + Nombre + doubt, misgive.* no lo dudes = take it from me.* sin dudar = without a doubt.* sin dudarlo = without hesitation.* * *dudar [A1 ]vtto doubtlo dudo mucho I doubt it very muches lo que te conviene, no lo dudes it's what's right for you, take it from meyo hice todo lo que pude — no lo dudo, pero … I did everything I could — I'm sure you did, but …dudar QUE + SUBJ:nunca dudé que fuera inocente I never doubted his innocence o that he was innocentdudo que llegue a tiempo I doubt that o if o whether I'll get there in time, I don't think I'll get there in timedudo que te haya dicho la verdad I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth■ dudarvivamos, cómpralo, no sigas dudando go ahead and buy it, stop hesitating o ditheringestá dudando entre comprar y alquilar she can't make up her mind o she is in two minds whether to buy or rentdudar EN + INF to hesitate to + INFno dudes en llamarme don't hesitate to call medudar DE algo/algn to doubt sth/sb¿dudas de su honradez? do you doubt his honesty?no dudo de su capacidad para desempeñar el cargo I don't doubt o I'm not questioning his ability to do the job¿cómo pude dudar de ti? how could I have doubted you?* * *
dudar ( conjugate dudar) verbo transitivo
to doubt;◊ dudo que lo haya terminado I doubt if o whether he's finished it
verbo intransitivo: duda entre comprar y alquilar she can't make up her mind whether to buy or rent;
dudar en hacer algo to hesitate to do sth;
dudar de algo/algn to doubt sth/sb
dudar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to doubt: no dudes de él, don't distrust him
2 (estar indeciso) to hesitate [en, to]: dudaban entre comprarlo o no, they hesitated whether to buy it or not
II verbo transitivo to doubt: dudo mucho que se disculpe, I very much doubt that he'll apologize
' dudar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vacilar
- ver
- titubear
English:
debate
- doubt
- falter
- hesitate
- shot
- suspect
- vacillate
- waver
* * *♦ vi1. [desconfiar]dudar de algo/alguien to have one's doubts about sth/sb;dudo de sus intenciones I question his intentions;no dudo de su buena voluntad I don't doubt his goodwill;sé que dudan de mí, pero yo soy inocente I know they have their doubts about me, but I'm innocent;¿acaso dudas de mí? don't you trust me then?3. [vacilar] to hesitate;dudar entre hacer una cosa u otra to be unsure whether to do one thing or another;no dudes en venir a preguntarme don't hesitate to come and ask me♦ vtto doubt;¿vas a venir? – lo dudo are you going to come? – I doubt it, I don't think so;lo dudo mucho I very much doubt it;después de dudarlo bastante se decidió a ir after being in some doubt he decided to go;¿que eres sincero? permíteme que lo dude so you're telling the truth, are you? I think I'll reserve judgement on that, if I may;yo no lo hice – no lo dudo, pero… I didn't do it – I'm sure you didn't, but…;no lo dude, ha hecho lo que debía you can rest assured you've done the right thing;dudo que venga I doubt (whether) he'll come;no dudo que lo hiciera con muy buena intención no doubt he did it with the best of intentions* * *I v/t doubt;¡no lo dudes! of course!, no problem!II v/i1 hesitate (en to);no dudar en hacer algo not hesitate to do sth2:dudar de alguien not trust s.o.* * *dudar vt: to doubtdudar vidudar en : to hesitate tono dudes en pedirme ayuda: don't hesitate to ask me for help* * *dudar vb1. (en general) to doubtsi llueve, que lo dudo, iremos al museo if it rains, which I doubt, we'll go to the museum2. (vacilar) to hesitate3. (no poder escoger) not to be sure / not to be able to make up your mind4. (desconfiar) to mistrust -
128 fiesta
f.1 (local) festivities.el pueblo está en fiestas the town is holding its annual fair o festivalaguar la fiesta a alguien to spoil somebody's funfiesta mayor = local celebrations for the festival of a town's patron saintfiesta(s) patronal(es) = celebrations for the feast day of a town's patron saint2 public holiday.ser fiesta to be a public holidayhacer fiesta to be on holiday3 party.dar una fiesta en honor de alguien to give a party in somebody's honorfiesta de disfraces fancy dress party4 formal party, gala, party.5 feast, holy day, religious celebration.* * *1 (día no laborable) holiday2 (reunión) party3 RELIGIÓN feast1 (festividades) festivity, fiesta2 (navidad) Christmas\aguar la fiesta to be a wet blanket, be a killjoyestar de fiesta figurado to be in a festive mood¡felices fiestas! Merry Christmas!hacer fiesta un día to take a day offno estar para fiestas to be in no mood for jokes¡tengamos la fiesta en paz! let's not argue!fiesta de cumpleaños birthday partyfiesta de disfraces fancy-dress partyfiesta de guardar day of obligationfiesta de la cerveza beer festivalFiesta de la Hispanidad Columbus Dayfiesta de precepto day of obligationFiesta del Trabajo Labour (US Labor) Dayfiesta fija immovable feastfiesta móvil movable feastla fiesta de los toros bullfightinglas fiestas de Navidad Christmas sing* * *noun f.1) party2) holiday* * *SF1) (=reunión) partydar u organizar una fiesta — to give o throw a party
el país entero está de fiesta ante la buena noticia — the whole country is celebrating the good news
tener la fiesta en paz —
aguar 2)no os peleéis, ¡tengamos la fiesta en paz! — behave yourselves, don't fight!
2) (=día festivo) holidayFiesta del Trabajo — Labour day, Labor day (EEUU)
fiesta nacional — public holiday, bank holiday
fiesta movible, fiesta móvil — movable feast
fiesta patria — LAm independence day
3) (Rel) feast dayguardar o santificar las fiestas — to observe feast days
fiesta de guardar, fiesta de precepto — day of obligation
4) (=festejo) fiesta, festivalel pueblo está en fiestas o de fiesta — the town's having its local fiesta
la fiesta nacional — (Taur) bullfighting
fiesta de armas — ( Hist) tournament
5) pl fiestas (=vacaciones) holiday, vacation (EEUU)¡Felices Fiestas! — [en navidad] Happy Christmas
6) pl fiestas (=carantoñas)FIESTAS There are a fixed number of public holidays in the Spanish calendar but some dates vary locally. National public holidays include Navidad (25 December), Reyes (6 January), the Día de los Trabajadores (1 May), the Día de la Hispanidad/del Pilar (12 October) and the Día de la Constitución (6 December). Additionally, each autonomous region and town has at its discretion a small number of public holidays that usually coincide with local traditions like a patron saint's day or other celebrations such as Carnaval. Thus there is a holiday in Madrid for San Isidro, the city's patron saint, and one in Catalonia for Sant Jordi, who is the patron saint of the region.* * *1) ( celebración) partydieron una gran fiesta — they threw o had a big party
hacerle fiestas a alguien — to make a fuss of somebody
tener la fiesta en paz — (Esp fam) to enjoy some peace and quiet
2)a) ( día festivo) (public) holiday¿dónde vas a pasar estas fiestas? — where are you going to spend the vacation (AmE) o (BrE) holidays?
••• Cultural note:A fiesta in Spain can be a day of neighborhood celebrations, a larger event for a town or city, or a national holiday, to commemorate a saint's day or some historical event. For example, Madrid has the fiestas de San Isidro, in honor of its patron saint. Other famous Spanish holidays include the Fallas in Valencia, the Sanfermines in July in Pamplona, and the Feria de Sevilla, two weeks after Easter. They can last for a week or more, during which everyday life is often interrupted. Classes in schools may stop and banks, stores, and post offices alter their opening hours. There are often bullfights and dancing to live bands and people eat and drink plentifullyIn Latin America, a period of one or more days on which each country celebrates its independence. There are usually military parades, firework displays, and folk activities typical of the country* * *= party, celebration, feast, bash, festive occasion, social gathering.Ex. Their purposes was to settle the disputes between the members, to negotiate with master, to accumulate and disburse a benevolent fund, and to exact contributions for drinks and parties.Ex. The sense of camaraderie experienced in meeting with other devotees is not unworthy of some kind of celebration.Ex. Sometimes this was done simply by staying away (Saint Monday was always a popular feast in the trade), but perhaps more often by contracting with the master to work less.Ex. The 'Book bash' designed to recruit special needs children and their families to the library.Ex. The sale, nearly stopped on legal technicalities, was held as a festive occasion with tea and auction of more valuable books.Ex. The study room was transformed for an evening into a coffee house where an intellectual and social gathering took place.----* dar una fiesta = give + a party.* día de fiesta = holiday, public holiday.* droga de fiesta = club drug.* ¡felices fiestas! = season's greetings!.* fiesta de aniversario = anniversary celebration, anniversary party.* fiesta de apertura = opening party.* fiesta de borrachos = drunken party.* fiesta de despedida = farewell dinner, goodbye party.* fiesta de despedida de soltera = bachelorette party, bridal shower, bachelorette shower.* fiesta de despedida de soltero = stag night, bachelor party, stag party.* fiesta de disfraces = costume party, fancy dress ball.* fiesta de guardar = holiday of obligation.* fiesta de inauguración = opening party.* fiesta de la cerveza = beer party.* fiesta de Navidad = festive season holiday.* fiesta de Nochevieja = New Year's Eve party.* fiesta de pijamas = slumber party, pyjamas party.* fiesta de precepto = holiday of obligation.* fiesta de recién nacido = baby shower.* fiesta en honor al sol = solar festival.* fiesta rave = rave.* fiesta sorpresa = surprise party.* ofrecer una fiesta = host + party.* reina de las fiestas = beauty queen.* sala de fiestas = dance-hall.* salir de fiesta = party.* salón de baile = ballroom.* ser el éxito de la fiesta = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.* * *1) ( celebración) partydieron una gran fiesta — they threw o had a big party
hacerle fiestas a alguien — to make a fuss of somebody
tener la fiesta en paz — (Esp fam) to enjoy some peace and quiet
2)a) ( día festivo) (public) holiday¿dónde vas a pasar estas fiestas? — where are you going to spend the vacation (AmE) o (BrE) holidays?
••• Cultural note:A fiesta in Spain can be a day of neighborhood celebrations, a larger event for a town or city, or a national holiday, to commemorate a saint's day or some historical event. For example, Madrid has the fiestas de San Isidro, in honor of its patron saint. Other famous Spanish holidays include the Fallas in Valencia, the Sanfermines in July in Pamplona, and the Feria de Sevilla, two weeks after Easter. They can last for a week or more, during which everyday life is often interrupted. Classes in schools may stop and banks, stores, and post offices alter their opening hours. There are often bullfights and dancing to live bands and people eat and drink plentifullyIn Latin America, a period of one or more days on which each country celebrates its independence. There are usually military parades, firework displays, and folk activities typical of the country* * *= party, celebration, feast, bash, festive occasion, social gathering.Ex: Their purposes was to settle the disputes between the members, to negotiate with master, to accumulate and disburse a benevolent fund, and to exact contributions for drinks and parties.
Ex: The sense of camaraderie experienced in meeting with other devotees is not unworthy of some kind of celebration.Ex: Sometimes this was done simply by staying away (Saint Monday was always a popular feast in the trade), but perhaps more often by contracting with the master to work less.Ex: The 'Book bash' designed to recruit special needs children and their families to the library.Ex: The sale, nearly stopped on legal technicalities, was held as a festive occasion with tea and auction of more valuable books.Ex: The study room was transformed for an evening into a coffee house where an intellectual and social gathering took place.* dar una fiesta = give + a party.* día de fiesta = holiday, public holiday.* droga de fiesta = club drug.* ¡felices fiestas! = season's greetings!.* fiesta de aniversario = anniversary celebration, anniversary party.* fiesta de apertura = opening party.* fiesta de borrachos = drunken party.* fiesta de despedida = farewell dinner, goodbye party.* fiesta de despedida de soltera = bachelorette party, bridal shower, bachelorette shower.* fiesta de despedida de soltero = stag night, bachelor party, stag party.* fiesta de disfraces = costume party, fancy dress ball.* fiesta de guardar = holiday of obligation.* fiesta de inauguración = opening party.* fiesta de la cerveza = beer party.* fiesta de Navidad = festive season holiday.* fiesta de Nochevieja = New Year's Eve party.* fiesta de pijamas = slumber party, pyjamas party.* fiesta de precepto = holiday of obligation.* fiesta de recién nacido = baby shower.* fiesta en honor al sol = solar festival.* fiesta rave = rave.* fiesta sorpresa = surprise party.* ofrecer una fiesta = host + party.* reina de las fiestas = beauty queen.* sala de fiestas = dance-hall.* salir de fiesta = party.* salón de baile = ballroom.* ser el éxito de la fiesta = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.* * *A (celebración) partyfiesta de cumpleaños birthday partydieron una gran fiesta they threw o had a big partycualquier visita es una fiesta para ella every visit is a treat for herlos vecinos están de fiesta the neighbors are having a partyaguar la fiesta to spoil the fun, be a wet blanket ( colloq)hacerle fiestas a algn to make a fuss of sbno estoy para fiestas I'm not in the mood for fun and gamestener la fiesta en paz to enjoy some peace and quiettengamos la fiesta en paz that's enough!, cut it out! ( colloq), let's have some peace and quietB1 (día festivo) holidayel lunes es fiesta Monday is a holidaysantificar las fiestas ( Relig) to observe feast daysesta semana son las fiestas del pueblo this week the town's holding its annual festival o fiesta¡felices fiestas! Merry o ( BrE) Happy Christmas!¿dónde vas a pasar estas fiestas? where are you going to spend the vacation ( AmE) o ( BrE) holidays?; fiestas (↑ fiesta a1)Compuestos:day of obligationfixed feast● fiesta movible or móvilmovable feastA (día festivo) public holiday( AmL) independence day fiestas patrias (↑ fiesta aa1)* * *
fiesta sustantivo femenino
dieron una gran fiesta they threw o had a big party;
estar de fiesta to be having a party;
aguar la fiesta to spoil the fun
fiesta nacional ( día festivo) public holiday;
(Taur) bullfighting;◊ fiesta patria (AmL) independence dayc)
(de fin de año, etc) festive season;◊ ¡felices fiestas! Merry Christmas!;
¿dónde vas a pasar estas fiestas? where are you going to spend the vacation (AmE) o (BrE) holidays?
fiesta sustantivo femenino
1 (reunión de amigos) party: daremos una fiesta, we'll hold a party
2 (festividad) celebration, festivity
fuimos a las fiestas del pueblo, we went to the village fiesta/carnival
día de fiesta, holiday
fiesta nacional, bank holiday
Esp la fiesta nacional, bullfighting
3 Rel feast
♦ Locuciones: aguar la fiesta, to spoil the fun
tengamos la fiesta en paz, let's not quarrel
' fiesta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguar
- animar
- animada
- animado
- animarse
- baile
- bochinche
- cabezudo
- celebración
- cóctel
- comistrajo
- conocerse
- corear
- dar
- deslucir
- disfraz
- disfrazarse
- elemento
- escabullirse
- gala
- haber
- hazmerreír
- hogareña
- hogareño
- languidecer
- mañana
- mentar
- mescolanza
- mezcolanza
- motivo
- nanay
- obligada
- obligado
- organizar
- organizarse
- pensar
- preparar
- propia
- propio
- quisque
- quisqui
- rabiar
- reticencia
- romería
- sarao
- velada
- acabar
- aguado
- alargar
- alegrar
English:
advance
- annoy
- ask back
- bank holiday
- beeline
- book
- booze-up
- cocktail party
- do
- family
- feast
- festival
- find out
- first
- folding
- frazzled
- funny
- gala
- garden party
- gatecrash
- gatecrasher
- give
- go
- half-holiday
- Hallowe'en
- Halloween
- have
- heart
- hoedown
- hold
- holiday
- housewarming
- legal holiday
- let on
- loud
- miffed
- miss
- name
- night
- nobody
- noisy
- party
- presentable
- rave
- reception
- riotous
- rip-roaring
- rowdy
- shower
- swing
* * *fiesta nf1. [reunión] party;dar una fiesta en honor de alguien to give a party in sb's honour;Fam¡se acabó la fiesta, todo el mundo a trabajar! the party's over, back to work everyone!;Famaguar la fiesta a alguien to spoil sb's fun;Famno estar para fiestas to be in no mood for joking;Famno sabe de qué va la fiesta he hasn't got a clue;Famtengamos la fiesta en paz let's have no more argumentsfiesta benéfica fête;fiesta de cumpleaños birthday party;fiesta de disfraces fancy dress party;fiesta de fin de año New Year o Year's party;Urug fiesta lluvia potluck party;la fiesta nacional [de país] national holiday;Esp [los toros] bullfighting; Am fiesta patria national holiday [commemorating important historical event];fiesta sorpresa surprise party;la fiesta de los toros bullfighting2.fiestas [de pueblo, barrio] (local) festivities;el pueblo está en fiestas the town is holding its annual fair o festivalfiesta(s) mayor(es) = local celebrations for the festival of a town's patron saint;fiesta(s) patronal(es) = celebrations for the feast day of a town's patron saint3. [día] public holiday;ser fiesta to be a public holiday;hacer fiesta to be on holiday;mañana tenemos fiesta en la oficina it's an office holiday tomorrow;¡felices fiestas! [en Navidad] Merry Christmas!, US happy holidays!Rel fiesta de guardar holiday of obligation; Rel fiesta movible moveable feast; Rel fiesta de prefecto holiday of obligationFIESTASComing from the same Latin root as “feast”, the Spanish word fiesta has long since entered the vocabulary of English. This is largely because of the importance of such celebrations in the Spanish-speaking world. Every town or village, of whatever size, has its day (if not week) of annual celebrations. These may be associated with the local patron saint or with some historical event, such as Independence Day. On these days people may dress up in traditional clothes, take part in traditional dances and eat special dishes associated with the festival. There may be firework displays and street processions of a more or less religious nature, and, as the saying goes, a good time is generally had by all.* * *f1 festival;estar de fiesta be in a party mood;no estar para fiestas be in no mood for jokes;¡se acabó la fiesta! the party’s over!hacer fiesta have a day off* * *fiesta nf1) : party, fiesta2) : holiday, feast day* * *fiesta n2. (día festivo) holidayhacer fiesta / tener fiesta to have a day off
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perhaps — per|haps [ pər hæps ] adverb *** Perhaps can be used in the following ways: as a sentence adverb (making a comment on the whole sentence or clause): Perhaps we ve met before. as an ordinary adverb (before a number): He was perhaps 95. 1. ) used… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
perhaps */*/*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈhæps] / US [pərˈhæps] adverb Summary: Perhaps can be used in the following ways: as a sentence adverb (making a comment on the whole sentence or clause): Perhaps we ve met before. as an ordinary adverb (before a number): He was perhaps… … English dictionary
perhaps — per|haps W1S2 [pəˈhæps, præps US pər , præps] adv [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: per + haps, plural of hap chance (13 20 centuries) ( HAPPY)] 1.) used to say that something may be true, but you are not sure = ↑maybe ▪ Perhaps she s next door. ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
perhaps — adverb 1 possibly; maybe: This is perhaps her finest novel yet. | Perhaps she s next door. | Do you think Mark s upset? Perhaps. | perhaps not: Do you think I dare ask him? Perhaps not. 2 used to say that a number is only a guess: The room was… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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perhaps*/*/*/ — [pəˈhæps] adv 1) used for saying that you are not certain whether something is true I haven t seen them for months – perhaps they ve moved away.[/ex] There were perhaps a dozen women in the audience.[/ex] 2) spoken used when you are making a… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Not I — This article is about the play. For the restriction enzyme NotI, see restriction enzyme. Photo of Lisa Dwan, Battersea Arts Centre © Allan Titmuss Not I is a twenty minute dramatic monologue written in 1972 (March 20 to April 1) by Samuel Beckett … Wikipedia
perhaps — Paha, pēlā paha, malia, malia paha, ā … paha, mali a, inā paha, mea paha. Rare: ano ai, māki a, malama, āpaha. Perhaps not, a ole paha. ♦ Perhaps so, pēlā paha … English-Hawaiian dictionary