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play violin

1 violín

m.

1 violin, fiddle.

2 violin player, violin.

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violín

► nombre masculino

1 violin

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 violinist

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noun m.

violin

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1. SM

1) (=instrumento) violin

2)

violín de Ingres — spare-time occupation, art, hobby etc at which one shines

3) (Caribe) (=mal aliento) bad breath

4)

de violín — (Méx) *gratis, free

5)

- embolsar el violín

- meter violín en bolsa

- pintar un violín

- tocar violín

2.

SMF (=persona) violinist

primer violín, violín primero — (=concertino) leader; [de sección] first violin

segundo violín — second violin

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masculino

a) ( instrumento) violin

pintarle o hacerle violines or un violín a alguien — (Méx fam) ≈to give somebody the finger (AmE), to make a V sign at somebody (BrE)

tocar el violín — (Chi fam) to be a third wheel (AmE colloq), to play gooseberry (BrE colloq)

yo, violín en bolsa — (RPl fam) I'm keeping well out of it

b) violín masculino y femenino ( persona) violinist

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= violin, fiddle.

Ex. For example, violins, cellos, harps, guitars and lutes are all musical instruments which produce sound through the bowing or plucking of strings.

Ex. Departures from the norm included teaching of instruments like the dulcimer, harmonica, viol and fiddle.

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* parecido a un violín = fiddle-like.

* partichela de piano director, violín director, etc = piano/violin, etc. conductor part.

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masculino

a) ( instrumento) violin

pintarle o hacerle violines or un violín a alguien — (Méx fam) ≈to give somebody the finger (AmE), to make a V sign at somebody (BrE)

tocar el violín — (Chi fam) to be a third wheel (AmE colloq), to play gooseberry (BrE colloq)

yo, violín en bolsa — (RPl fam) I'm keeping well out of it

b) violín masculino y femenino ( persona) violinist

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= violin, fiddle.

Ex: For example, violins, cellos, harps, guitars and lutes are all musical instruments which produce sound through the bowing or plucking of strings.

Ex: Departures from the norm included teaching of instruments like the dulcimer, harmonica, viol and fiddle.

* parecido a un violín = fiddle-like.

* partichela de piano director, violín director, etc = piano/violin, etc. conductor part.

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violín

masculine

A

1 (instrumento) violin

pintarle or hacerle violines or un violín a algn ( Méx fam); ≈ to give sb the finger ( AmE), ≈ to make a V sign at sb ( BrE)

tocar el violín ( Chi fam); to be a third wheel ( AmE colloq), to play gooseberry ( BrE colloq)

yo, violín en bolsa ( RPl fam); I'm keeping well out of it

2

violín masculine and feminine (persona) violinist

primero¹ (↑ primero (1))

B ( Ven fam) (mal olor) stench, stink ( colloq)

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violín
a) sustantivo masculino ( instrumento) violin

b)

◊ violín sustantivo masculino y femenino ( persona) violinist

violín
I m (instrumento) violin
II m,f (intérprete) violin, violinist
' violín' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
maestría
- tocar
- verdad
- arco
- caja
- cuerda
- destemplar
- estuche
- mástil
- son
- sordina
English:
concerto
- fiddle
- principal
- violin
- goose
- neck
- peg
- solo
- strain

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violín

♦ nm

violin;

Comp
RP Fam
meter violín en bolsa to hold one's tongue, to shut up;

Comp
Méx Fam
pintar a alguien un violín Br to stick two fingers up at sb, US to flip sb the bird

♦ nmf

violinist

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violín

m violin

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violín nm, pl - lines : violin

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violín n violin

Spanish-English dictionary > violín
2 violin

fiddle, violin

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(en -er) violin,

T fiddle;

[ første (, anden) violin] first (, second) violin;

[ spille anden violin]

(fig) play second fiddle.

Danish-English dictionary > violin
3 violin

[vaɪəˈlɪn] noun
a type of musical instrument with four strings, played with a bow:

She played the violin in the school orchestra

Can you play that on the violin?
كَمان، كَمَنْجَه

Arabic-English dictionary > violin
4 tocar el violín

• play the violin

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tocar el violín
5 bermain biola

play violin

Indonesia-Inggris kamus > bermain biola
6 играть на скрипке

play violin

Американизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > играть на скрипке
7 цигулка

violin, fiddle

свиря на цигулка play the violin

първа/втора цигулка first/second violin

свиря първа/втора цигулка прен. play first/second fiddle

свиря първа цигулка boss the show

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цигу̀лка,

ж., -и муз. violin, fiddle; свиря на \цигулкаа play the violin; свиря първа \цигулкаа прен. boss/run the show.

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violin: play the цигулка - свиря на цигулка; fiddle: play first цигулка - свиря първа цигулка (прен.)

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1. violin, fiddle 2. първа/втора ЦИГУЛКА first/second violin 3. свиря на ЦИГУЛКА play the violin 4. свиря първа ЦИГУЛКА boss the show 5. свиря първа/втора ЦИГУЛКА прен. play first/second fiddle

Български-английски речник > цигулка
8 играть первую скрипку

play first fiddle словосочетание:
play first fiddle (играть первую скрипку, занимать руководящее положение)

play first violin (играть первую скрипку, быть главным, занимать ведущее положение)

Русско-английский синонимический словарь > играть первую скрипку
9 hrát na housle

play the violin

Czech-English dictionary > hrát na housle
10 гудење

play on the violin (fiddle)

Македонско-англиски речник > гудење
11 гуди

play on the violin, to fiddle

Македонско-англиски речник > гуди
12 Geige

f; -, -n; MUS. violin; Geige spielen play the violin; ( die) erste / zweite Geige spielen play first / second violin; fig. play first / second fiddle

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die Geige

violin; fiddle

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Gei|ge ['gaigə]
f -, -n
violin, fiddle (inf)
die erste/zweite Géíge spielen (lit) — to play first/second violin; (fig) to call the tune/play second fiddle

nach jds Géíge tanzen (fig) — to dance to sb's tune

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die

(a violin: She played the fiddle.) fiddle

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Gei·ge

<-, -n>

[ˈgaigə]

f violin, fiddle fam

\Geige spielen to play the violin

etw auf der \Geige spielen to play sth on the violin

die zweite \Geige spielen to play second violin

▶ die erste \Geige spielen to call the tune

▶ die zweite \Geige spielen to play second fiddle

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die; Geige, Geigen violin

die erste Geige spielen — (fig. ugs.) play first fiddle; call the tune

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Geige f; -, -n; MUS violin;

Geige spielen play the violin;

(die) erste/zweite Geige spielen play first/second violin; fig play first/second fiddle

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die; Geige, Geigen violin

die erste Geige spielen — (fig. ugs.) play first fiddle; call the tune

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-n f.

fiddle n.

violin n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Geige
13 geigen

I v/i

1. play the violin, fiddle umg.

2. poet. Grille: chirp

II v/t

1. play s.th. on the violin, fiddle umg.

2. umg., pej.: jemandem die Meinung oder es jemandem geigen tell s.o. what’s what

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gei|gen ['gaign]
1. vi
to play the violin, to (play the) fiddle (inf)
2. vt
Lied to play on a/the violin or fiddle (inf)
jdm die Meinung géígen (inf) — to give sb a piece of one's mind (inf)

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(to play a violin: He fiddled while they danced.) fiddle

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gei·gen

[ˈgaign̩]

I. vi to play the violin, to [play the] fiddle fam

II. vt

▪ etw \geigen to play sth on the violin [or fam fiddle]

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1.
intransitives Verb

1) (ugs.): (Geige spielen) play the fiddle (coll.) or the violin

2) (ugs.): (von Insekten) chirp; chirr
2.
transitives Verb

(ugs.): (auf der Geige spielen)

einen Walzer geigen — play a waltz on the fiddle (coll.) or violin

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geigen

A. v/i

1. play the violin, fiddle umg

2. poet Grille: chirp

B. v/t

1. play sth on the violin, fiddle umg

2. umg, pej:

jemandem die Meinung oder

es jemandem geigen tell sb what’s what

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1.
intransitives Verb

1) (ugs.): (Geige spielen) play the fiddle (coll.) or the violin

2) (ugs.): (von Insekten) chirp; chirr
2.
transitives Verb

(ugs.): (auf der Geige spielen)

einen Walzer geigen — play a waltz on the fiddle (coll.) or violin

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > geigen
14 spielen

I vt/i

1. allg. play (auch Schach, Karten etc.); Klavier / Geige / Schlagzeug spielen play the piano / violin / percussion ( Jazz: drums); Trumpf / eine andere Farbe spielen play a trump / a different suit; Fangen / Verstecken spielen play tag / hide-and-seek; falsch spielen MUS. play a wrong note ( oder the wrong note[s]); den Kindern beim Spielen zuschauen watch the children (at) play; zum Spielen rauskommen come out to play; mit dem Bleistift spielen fiddle ( oder play) around with one’s pencil; mit Worten spielen play (around) with words; das Radio spielt den ganzen Tag umg. the radio is on all day

2. bei einem Glücksspiel: gamble (um for); Lotto / Roulette / an Automaten spielen go in for ( oder play) the lottery / play roulette / play on the machines; falsch spielen cheat; aus Leidenschaft spielen have a passion for gambling; hoch / niedrig spielen play for high / low stakes; sich um sein Vermögen spielen gamble away one’s fortune; mit seinem Leben spielen fig. gamble with one’s life, put one’s life at risk

3. SPORT: gut / schlecht spielen play well / badly; unentschieden spielen gegen draw (Am. auch tie) with; 3:0 spielen win 3-0; zu Null spielen Fußball etc.: keep a clean sheet; Tennis etc.: win the game to love; A spielte gegen B A played (against) B; den Ball spielen (nicht foulen) play the ball; den Ball zu X spielen play ( oder pass) the ball to X; den Ball hoch / flach spielen play the ball in the air / along the ground; ( den Ball) mit Effet spielen make the ball swerve; Billard: put side on the ball; Libero / im Mittelfeld spielen play as a sweeper / in midfield; bei oder für Ajax spielen play for Ajax; sich an die Spitze spielen work one’s ( Mannschaft: their) way to the top (of the table); auf nassem Boden spielt es sich schwer playing on a wet pitch (Am. field) is difficult

4. THEAT. (aufführen) play, perform; (Film) show; spielen in (+Dat) Szene, Stück: be set in; Programm, Film: be on at; spielen an (+ Dat) Stück: be on at; Schauspieler: be (engaged) at; was wird heute Abend gespielt? what’s on tonight?; wann spielen sie wieder Hamlet? when are they performing (umg. doing) Hamlet again?; heute wird nicht gespielt there’s no performance tonight; der Film spielt schon wochenlang the film has been on ( oder running) for weeks; was wird hier gespielt? umg. what’s going on here?

5. (Rolle) play, act; den Hamlet / die Hauptrolle spielen play Hamlet / the lead; gut / schlecht spielen act well / badly, give a good / bad performance; den Gastgeber spielen umg., fig. play the host; ich mag nicht den ganzen Tag Hausfrau spielen umg. I don’t want to be stuck with being a housewife all day; den Beleidigten spielen umg. act (all) offended; den Kranken spielen umg. pretend to be ill; die feine Dame / den Boss spielen umg. act genteel, put on airs / act the boss; der Chef / mein Computer / das Wetter spielt verrückt umg., fig. the boss is being impossible / my computer is playing up / the weather’s gone crazy; gespielt

6. fig.: mit jemandem spielen play around with s.o., mess s.o. about; er lässt nicht mit sich spielen he’s not one to mess around ( oder to be trifled) with; mit dem Gedanken spielen, etw. zu tun toy with the idea of doing s.th.; mit dem Feuer spielen play with fire; jemandem etw. in die Hände spielen play s.th. into s.o.’s hands; ein falsches Spiel spielen play false

7. fig.: spielen lassen bring into play; die Muskeln spielen lassen flex one’s muscles; seine Beziehungen spielen lassen pull a few strings; seinen Charme spielen lassen use one’s charms; Mann: auch turn on the charm

8. fig.: in allen Farben spielen sparkle in all colo(u)rs, iridesce; ins Rötliche spielen have a reddish tinge; Geige, krank, Rolle2, Theater 2, 4, Wand etc.

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(Glücksspiel) to gamble;

(Schauspiel) to act; to perform; to play; to do;

(Spiel) to play;

(Spielzeug) to toy

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spie|len ['ʃpiːlən]
1. vt
to play
Klavier/Flöte spíélen — to play the piano/the flute

was wird heute im Theater/Kino gespielt? — what's on at the theatre (Brit) or theater (US)/cinema today?, what's playing at the theatre (Brit) or theater (US)/what's showing at the cinema today?

sie spíélen einen Film von... — they're showing a film by...

das Stück war sehr gut gespielt — the play was very well acted or performed or done

wir haben die Mutter Courage in Stuttgart gespielt — we played Mother Courage in Stuttgart

den Unschuldigen spíélen — to play the innocent

den Beleidigten spíélen — to act all offended

sie spielt die große Dame — she's playing or acting the grand lady or the grand old dame (US)

am Sonntag musste ich mal wieder Klempner spíélen — on Sunday I had to do my plumber's act again

was wird hier gespielt? (inf) — what's going on here?

See:

→ Herr

2. vi
to play; (THEAT ) (Schauspieler) to act, to play; (Stück) to be on, to be playing; (Film) to be on, to be showing; (beim Glücksspiel) to gamble
die Mannschaft hat gut/schlecht etc gespielt — the team had a good/bad etc game, the team played well/badly etc

bei ihm spielt das Radio den ganzen Tag — he has the radio on all day

seine Beziehungen spíélen lassen — to bring one's connections to bear or into play

seine Muskeln spíélen lassen — to ripple one's muscles

wie das Leben so spielt — life's funny like that

in der Hauptrolle spielt X — X is playing the lead

das Stück spielt im 18. Jahrhundert/in Italien — the play is set in the 18th century/in Italy

nervös spielte er mit dem Bleistift — he played or toyed nervously with the pencil

mit dem Gedanken spíélen, etw zu tun — to toy or play with the idea of doing sth

mit jdm/jds Liebe/Gefühlen spíélen — to play (around) with sb/sb's affections/feelings

ein Lächeln spielte um ihre Lippen — a smile played about her lips

ihr Haar spielt ins Rötliche — her hair has a reddish tinge

3. vr

sich müde spíélen — to tire oneself out playing

sich warm spíélen — to warm up

sich in den Vordergrund spíélen — to push oneself into the foreground

auf nassem Boden spielt es sich schlecht (Sport) — wet ground isn't very good to play on

See:

→ auch gespielt

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1) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) act

2) (to risk losing money on the result of a horse-race etc.) gamble

3) gambling

4) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) play

5) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) play

6) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) play

7) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) play

8) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) play

9) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) play

10) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) play

11) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) play

12) (to pretend to be etc: The children were playing at cowboys and Indians.) play at

13) (to act (in the theatre etc) or do anything musical, theatrical etc to entertain an audience: The company will perform a Greek play; She performed on the violin.) perform

14) strike

15) ((with with) to play with in an idle way: He wasn't hungry and sat toying with his food.) toy

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spie·len

[ˈʃpi:lən]

I. vt

1. (mit einem Spiel beschäftigt sein)

▪ etw \spielen to play sth

Lotto \spielen to play the lottery

2. (können)

Basketball/Schach/Tennis \spielen to play basketball/chess/tennis

Gitarre/Klavier \spielen to play the guitar/piano

3. MUS (vortragen)

▪ etw \spielen to play sth

4. FILM, THEAT (darstellen)

▪ jdn/etw \spielen to play sb/sth

die Rolle war schlecht gespielt the role [or part] was acted badly

5. FILM, THEAT (aufführen)

einen Film \spielen to show a film

was wird im Kino gerade gespielt? what's on [or showing] at the cinema at the moment?

im Theater wird heute Abend ein Stück von Brecht gespielt one of Brecht's plays is on at the theatre tonight

6. (vortäuschen)

den Ahnungslosen/Unschuldigen \spielen to act [or play] the ignorant/innocent, to pretend to be ignorant/innocent

7. (Rolle haben)

▪ jdn \spielen to act [or play] sb

den Gastgeber \spielen to play [or act] the host, to put on the host act

8. SPORT (Position innehaben)

Mittelstürmer \spielen to play centre-forward

9. (Ball etc. bewegen)

den Ball irgendwie/irgendwohin \spielen to play the ball somehow/somewhere

den Ball zu jdm \spielen to pass sb the ball

10. (etw im Spiel einsetzen)

eine Karte \spielen to play a card

11.

▶ was wird hier gespielt? (fam) what's going on here?; s.a. Streich, Vordergrund

II. vi

1. (sich beschäftigen)

▪ [irgendwo] \spielen to play [somewhere]

2. (musizieren) to play

falsch \spielen to play a wrong note

3. FILM, THEAT (auftreten)

er hat wieder einmal hervorragend gespielt he gave another marvellous performance

er spielt am Stadttheater he's engaged at the municipal theatre

gut/schlecht \spielen to play [or act] well/badly [or perform]

▪ in etw dat \spielen to star in sth

in der Hauptrolle \spielen to play the lead

vor vollem Haus \spielen to play to a full house

4. FILM, LIT, THEAT (als Szenario haben)

▪ irgendwann/irgendwo \spielen to be set in some time/place

Macbeth spielt im Schottland des 11. Jahrhunderts Macbeth is set in 11th-century Scotland

5. SPORT (ein Match austragen)

gegen jdn/ein Team \spielen to play [against] sb/a team

gut/schlecht \spielen to play well/badly

unentschieden \spielen to draw

6. (Glücksspiel betreiben) to gamble

um Geld \spielen to play for money

7. (nicht ernst nehmen)

▪ mit jdm/etw \spielen to play [around] with sb/sth

mit den Gefühlen einer Person gen \spielen to play with sb's feelings

8. (nicht in Ruhe lassen)

mit etw dat \spielen to play with sth

sie spielte mit ihrer Gabel she was playing [or fiddling] around with her fork

9. (leicht bewegen)

▪ irgendwo/mit etw dat \spielen to play somewhere/with sth

der Wind spielte mit dem Laub the wind was playing with the leaves

10. (übergehen)

▪ in etw akk \spielen to have a tinge of sth

das Grün spielt ins Türkis this green has a turquoise tinge

11. (in Betrieb sein) Radio to be on

12. (einsetzen)

etw \spielen lassen to bring sth into play

seinen Charme \spielen lassen to use one's charms

III. vr impers

sich akk gut/schlecht \spielen to be good/not very good to play on

auf einem nassen Platz spielt es sich sehr schlecht a wet pitch isn't very good to play on

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1.
intransitives Verb

1) play

um die Meisterschaft spielen — play for the championship

sie haben 1:0 gespielt — the match ended 1-0

auf der Gitarre spielen — play the guitar

er kann vom Blatt/nach Noten spielen — he can sight-read/play from music

2) (um Geld) play

er begann zu trinken und zu spielen — he began to drink and to gamble

um Geld spielen — play for money

3) (als Schauspieler) act; perform

4) (sich abspielen)

der Film spielt in Berlin — the film is set in Berlin

5) (fig.): (sich bewegen) <wind, water, etc.> play

seine Muskeln spielen lassen — flex one's muscles

seinen Charme/seine Beziehungen spielen lassen — (fig.) bring one's charm/connections to bear

6) (fig.): (übergehen)

das Blau spielt ins Violette — the blue is tinged with purple
2.
transitives Verb

1) play

Räuber und Gendarm spielen — play cops and robbers

Cowboy spielen — play at being a cowboy

Geige usw. spielen — play the violin etc.

Trumpf/Pik/ein As spielen — play a trump/spades/an ace

2) (aufführen, vorführen) put on < play>; show < film>; perform < piece of music>; play < record>

was wird hier gespielt? — (fig. ugs.) what's going on here?

3) (schauspielerisch darstellen) play < role>

den Beleidigten/Unschuldigen spielen — (fig.) act offended/play the innocent

sein Interesse war [nur] gespielt — he [only] pretended to be interested; his interest was [merely] feigned

4) (Sport): (werfen, treten, schlagen) play

einen Ball mit Rückhand spielen — play a ball backhand
3.
reflexives Verb

sich warm spielen — warm up

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spielen v/t & v/i

1. allg play (auch Schach, Karten etc);

Klavier/Geige/Schlagzeug spielen play the piano/violin/percussion ( Jazz: drums);

Trumpf/eine andere Farbe spielen play a trump/a different suit;

Fangen/Verstecken spielen play tag/hide-and-seek;

falsch spielen MUS play a wrong note ( oder the wrong note[s]);

den Kindern beim Spielen zuschauen watch the children (at) play;

zum Spielen rauskommen come out to play;

mit dem Bleistift spielen fiddle ( oder play) around with one’s pencil;

mit Worten spielen play (around) with words;

das Radio spielt den ganzen Tag umg the radio is on all day

2. bei einem Glücksspiel: gamble (

um for);

Lotto/Roulette/an Automaten spielen go in for ( oder play) the lottery/play roulette/play on the machines;

aus Leidenschaft spielen have a passion for gambling;

hoch/niedrig spielen play for high/low stakes;

sich um sein Vermögen spielen gamble away one’s fortune;

mit seinem Leben spielen fig gamble with one’s life, put one’s life at risk

3. SPORT:

gut/schlecht spielen play well/badly;

unentschieden spielen gegen draw (US auch tie) with;

3:0 spielen win 3-0;

zu Null spielen Fußball etc: keep a clean sheet; Tennis etc: win the game to love;

A spielte gegen B A played (against) B;

den Ball spielen (nicht foulen) play the ball;

den Ball zu X spielen play ( oder pass) the ball to X;

den Ball hoch/flach spielen play the ball in the air/along the ground;

(den Ball) mit Effet spielen make the ball swerve; Billard: put side on the ball;

Libero/im Mittelfeld spielen play as a sweeper/in midfield;

bei oder

für Ajax spielen play for Ajax;

sich an die Spitze spielen work one’s ( Mannschaft: their) way to the top (of the table);

auf nassem Boden spielt es sich schwer playing on a wet pitch (US field) is difficult

4. THEAT (aufführen) play, perform; (Film) show;

spielen in (+dat) Szene, Stück: be set in; Programm, Film: be on at;

spielen an (+dat) Stück: be on at; Schauspieler: be (engaged) at;

was wird heute Abend gespielt? what’s on tonight?;

wann spielen sie wieder Hamlet? when are they performing (umg doing) Hamlet again?;

heute wird nicht gespielt there’s no performance tonight;

der Film spielt schon wochenlang the film has been on ( oder running) for weeks;

was wird hier gespielt? umg what’s going on here?

5. (Rolle) play, act;

den Hamlet/die Hauptrolle spielen play Hamlet/the lead;

gut/schlecht spielen act well/badly, give a good/bad performance;

den Gastgeber spielen umg, fig play the host;

ich mag nicht den ganzen Tag Hausfrau spielen umg I don’t want to be stuck with being a housewife all day;

den Beleidigten spielen umg act (all) offended;

den Kranken spielen umg pretend to be ill;

die feine Dame/den Boss spielen umg act genteel, put on airs/act the boss;

der Chef/mein Computer/das Wetter spielt verrückt umg, fig the boss is being impossible/my computer is playing up/the weather’s gone crazy; → gespielt

6. fig:

mit jemandem spielen play around with sb, mess sb about;

er lässt nicht mit sich spielen he’s not one to mess around ( oder to be trifled) with;

mit dem Gedanken spielen, etwas zu tun toy with the idea of doing sth;

mit dem Feuer spielen play with fire;

jemandem etwas in die Hände spielen play sth into sb’s hands;

ein falsches Spiel spielen play false

7. fig:

spielen lassen bring into play;

die Muskeln spielen lassen flex one’s muscles;

seine Beziehungen spielen lassen pull a few strings;

seinen Charme spielen lassen use one’s charms; Mann: auch turn on the charm

8. fig:

in allen Farben spielen sparkle in all colo(u)rs, iridesce;

ins Rötliche spielen have a reddish tinge; → Geige, krank, Rolle², Theater 2, 4, Wand etc

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1.
intransitives Verb

1) play

um die Meisterschaft spielen — play for the championship

sie haben 1:0 gespielt — the match ended 1-0

auf der Gitarre spielen — play the guitar

er kann vom Blatt/nach Noten spielen — he can sight-read/play from music

2) (um Geld) play

er begann zu trinken und zu spielen — he began to drink and to gamble

um Geld spielen — play for money

3) (als Schauspieler) act; perform

4) (sich abspielen)

der Film spielt in Berlin — the film is set in Berlin

5) (fig.): (sich bewegen) <wind, water, etc.> play

seine Muskeln spielen lassen — flex one's muscles

seinen Charme/seine Beziehungen spielen lassen — (fig.) bring one's charm/connections to bear

6) (fig.): (übergehen)

das Blau spielt ins Violette — the blue is tinged with purple
2.
transitives Verb

1) play

Räuber und Gendarm spielen — play cops and robbers

Cowboy spielen — play at being a cowboy

Geige usw. spielen — play the violin etc.

Trumpf/Pik/ein As spielen — play a trump/spades/an ace

2) (aufführen, vorführen) put on < play>; show < film>; perform < piece of music>; play < record>

was wird hier gespielt? — (fig. ugs.) what's going on here?

3) (schauspielerisch darstellen) play < role>

den Beleidigten/Unschuldigen spielen — (fig.) act offended/play the innocent

sein Interesse war [nur] gespielt — he [only] pretended to be interested; his interest was [merely] feigned

4) (Sport): (werfen, treten, schlagen) play

einen Ball mit Rückhand spielen — play a ball backhand
3.
reflexives Verb

sich warm spielen — warm up

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n.

playing n.

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15 violon

violon [vjɔlɔ̃]

masculine noun

( = instrument, musicien d'orchestre) violin

• le premier violon [d'orchestre] the leader ; [de quatuor] the first violin

► violon d'Ingres artistic hobby

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vjɔlɔ̃
nom masculin

1) ( instrument) violin

jouer du violon — to play the violin

2) ( musicien) violin

3) (colloq) ( prison)

au violon — in the nick (colloq) GB ou slammer (colloq) US ou can (colloq) US

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Phrasal Verbs:

- violon d'Ingres

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accorder ses violons — to reach an agreement

autant pisser dans un violon! — (sl) it's just pissing (sl) in the wind!

payer les violons du bal — to foot the bill (colloq)

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vjɔlɔ̃ nm
1) (= instrument) violin

Je joue du violon. — I play the violin.

2) (= personne)

premier violon — first violin

3) * (= prison) lock-up

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violon ⇒ Les instruments de musique nm

1 ( instrument) violin; jouer du violon to play the violin;

2 ( musicien) violinist, violin; les violons the violins;

3 ○( prison) au violon in the nick○ GB, in the slammer○ US ou can○ US.

Composé

violon d'Ingres hobby.

Idiomes

accorder ses violons to reach an agreement; autant pisser dans un violon○! it's just pissing◑ in the wind; payer les violons du bal or de la fête to foot the bill○, to pick up the tab○.

[vjɔlɔ̃] nom masculin

1. MUSIQUE [instrument - d'orchestre] violin ; [ - de violoneux] fiddle

[artiste]

premier violon (solo) first violin

jouer les seconds ou troisièmes violons (figuré) to play second fiddle

violon d'Ingres hobby

accorder ses violons to reach an agreement

2. (familier) [prison] cells

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > violon
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faire [fεʀ]

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1. transitive verb

2. intransitive verb

3. impersonal verb

4. auxiliary verb

5. reflexive verb

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► Lorsque faire est suivi d'un nom dans une locution comme faire une faute, se faire des idées, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.

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► Lorsque faire est utilisé pour parler d'une activité non précisée, ou qu'il remplace un verbe plus spécifique, il se traduit par to do. Lorsque faire veut dire créer, préparer, fabriquer, il se traduit souvent par to make.

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   a. (activité non précisée) to do

• que fais-tu ce soir ? what are you doing tonight?

• je n'ai rien à faire I have nothing to do

• que voulez-vous qu'on y fasse ? what can be done about it?

• faire la chambre to do the room

• faire 10 km to do 10km

• faire 100 km/h to do 100km/h

• on a fait Lyon-Paris en cinq heures we did Lyon to Paris in five hours

• je n'en ferai rien ! I'll do nothing of the sort!

► faire de ( = utiliser) to do with

• je ne sais pas quoi faire de mon temps libre I don't know what to do with my spare time

• qu'avez-vous fait de votre sac ? what have you done with your bag?► ne faire que

• il ne fait que se plaindre he's always complaining

• il ne fait que bavarder he won't stop chattering

• je ne fais que passer I'm just passing

   b. (School) [+ devoirs, matière, auteur] to do

• faire de l'allemand to do German

• faire l'école hôtelière to go to a catering school

   c. ( = créer, préparer, fabriquer) to make

• faire un film to make a film

• faire de la confiture to make jam

   d. ( = constituer) c'est ce qui fait tout son charme that's what makes him so charming

   e. (Sport) [+ football, tennis, rugby] to play ; [+ sport de combat] to do

• faire du sport to do sport

• faire du judo to do judo

• faire de la boxe to box

   f. (Music) ( = jouer) to play

• faire du piano/du violon to play the piano/the violin

   g. (Medicine) [+ diabète, attaque] to have

• faire de la tension to have high blood pressure

   h. ( = chercher dans) il a fait toute la ville pour en trouver he's been all over town looking for some

   i. ( = vendre) nous ne faisons pas cette marque we don't stock that make

• je vous le fais à 700 € I'll let you have it for 700 euros

   j. ( = mesurer, peser, coûter) to be

• la cuisine fait 6 mètres de large the kitchen is 6 metres wide

• combien fait cette chaise ? how much is this chair?

• ça fait 130 € that's 130 euros

• deux et deux font quatre two and two is four

• cela fait combien en tout ? how much is that altogether?

   k. ( = agir sur, importer) ils ne peuvent rien me faire they can't do anything to me

• on ne me la fait pas à moi ! (inf) I wasn't born yesterday!

• qu'est-ce que cela peut bien te faire ? what's it to you?

• qu'est-ce que ça fait ? so what? (inf)

• cela ne vous ferait rien de sortir ? would you mind leaving the room?

   l. ( = imiter) il a fait celui qui ne comprenait pas he pretended not to understand

• ne fais pas l'enfant/l'idiot don't be so childish/so stupid

   m. ( = être, servir de) [personne] to be ; [acteur] to play ; [objet] to be used as

• tu fais l'arbitre ? will you be referee?

• cet hôtel fait aussi restaurant the hotel has its own restaurant

• quel imbécile je fais ! what a fool I am!

• il fera un bon avocat he'll make a good lawyer

   n. ( = dire) to say

• « vraiment ? » fit-il "really?" he said

• le chat fait miaou the cat goes miaow

   o. (Grammar) « canal » fait »canaux » au pluriel the plural of "canal" is "canaux"

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   a. (remplaçant un autre verbe) to do

• as-tu payé la note ? -- non, c'est lui qui l'a fait did you pay the bill? -- no, he did

• puis-je téléphoner ? -- faites, je vous en prie could I use the phone? -- yes, of course

   b. ( = agir) faire vite to act quickly

• faites vite ! be quick!

• faites comme chez vous make yourself at home

   c. ( = paraître) to look

• ce vase fait bien sur la table the vase looks nice on the table

• faire vieux to look old

• faire jeune to look young

   d. (besoins naturels) (inf) [personne] to go ; [animal] to do its business

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► il fait

• il fait nuit it is dark

• il faut chaud it is hot

• il fait bon vivre ici this is a nice place to be

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► cela or ça fait... que

• cela fait très longtemps que je ne l'ai pas vu I haven't seen him for a very long time it's a long time since I saw him

• ça fait trois ans qu'il est parti it's three years since he left he's been gone for three years

• ça fait que... that means...

4. <

   a. ( = pousser à) to make

• ça m'a fait pleurer it made me cry

• il lui a fait boire du whisky he made her drink some whisky

• ce genre de musique me fait dormir that kind of music puts me to sleep

• j'ai fait démarrer la voiture I got the car started

• faire réparer une montre to have a watch repaired

• elle a fait tomber une tasse she knocked a cup over

► faire faire

• faire faire qch par qn to get sth made (or done) by sb

• faire faire qch à qn to get sb to do (or to make) sth ; (en le forçant) to make sb do (or make) sth

• se faire faire une robe to have a dress made

   b. ( = aider à) faire traverser la rue à un aveugle to help a blind man across the road

• faire manger un patient to feed a patient

   c. ( = laisser) faire entrer qn (qn que l'on attendait) to let sb in ; (qn que l'on n'attendait pas) to ask sb in

• faire venir le médecin to call the doctor

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► se faire

   a. (pour soi)

il s'est fait beaucoup d'ennemis he has made a great many enemies

   b. ( = être fait) si ça doit se faire, ça se fera sans moi if it's going to happen, it'll happen without me

   c. ( = être convenable, courant) ça se fait d'offrir des fleurs à un homme ? is it OK to give flowers to a man?

• cela ne se fait pas it's not done

   d. (locutions)

► se faire + adjectif (involontairement) to get ; (volontairement) to make o.s.

• se faire vieux to be getting old

• il se faisait tard it was getting late

• se faire beau to make o.s. look nice

• sa voix se fit plus douce his voice became softer► se faire + infinitif

• il se faisait apporter le journal tous les matins he had the paper brought to him every morning

• fais-toi expliquer le règlement get someone to explain the rules to you

• se faire couper les cheveux to have one's hair cut

• je me suis fait couper les cheveux I've had my hair cut

• il s'est fait attaquer par deux jeunes he was attacked by two youths

• elle s'est fait renvoyer she was sacked

• tu vas te faire gronder you'll get yourself into trouble

• faut se le faire ! (inf!) he's a real pain in the neck! (inf)► se faire à ( = s'habituer à) to get used to

• il ne se fait pas au climat he can't get used to the climate► s'en faire to worry

• ne t'en fais pas don't worry

• il ne s'en fait pas ! he's got a nerve!► il se fait que

• il pourrait se faire qu'il pleuve it might rain

• comment se fait-il qu'il soit absent ? how come he's not here? (inf)

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fɛʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( produire) to make

trois et deux font cinq — three and two make five

combien font 13 fois 13? — what's 13 times 13?

œil fait yeux au pluriel — œil is yeux in the plural

2) ( façonner) to shape [histoire, période]

3) ( étudier) to do [licence, sujet]

faire du violon — to study ou play the violin

tu as fait ton piano? — have you practised your piano?

faire une école de commerce — to go to business school

4) ( préparer) to make [soupe, thé]; to prepare [salade]

faire du poulet — to cook a chicken

5) ( nettoyer) to do, to clean [vitres]; to clean, to polish [chaussures]

6) Commerce ( proposer) to do [service, marque]; ( vendre) to do, to sell [article]

ils ne font pas le petit déjeuner — they don't do breakfast

l'hôtel fait-il restaurant? — does the hotel have a restaurant?

7) ( cultiver)

faire des céréales — [personne] to grow ou do cereals; [région] to produce cereals

8) ( se fournir en)

faire de l'eau — Nautisme, Chemin de Fer to take on water

faire (de) l'essence — (colloq) Automobile to get petrol GB ou gas US

9) ( parcourir) to do [distance, trajet]; to go round [magasins, agences]; ( visiter) to do (colloq) [région, musées]

faire toute la ville — to go all over town

faire l'Écosse — to visit Scotland

j'ai fait tous les tiroirs — I went through all the drawers

10) ( souffrir de) to have [diabète, tension, complexe]

faire une crise cardiaque — to have a heart attack

11) ( demander un prix)

faire quelque chose à 30 francs — to sell something for 30 francs, to charge 30 francs for something

12) ( servir de) to serve as

13) (user, disposer de) to do

qu'as-tu fait du billet? — what have you done with the ticket?

pour quoi faire? — what for?

je n'ai que faire de — I have no need for

je n'en ai rien à faire — (colloq) I couldn't care less

14) ( avoir un effet)

que veux-tu que j'y fasse? — what do you want me to do about it?, what am I supposed to do about it?

ça y fait — (colloq) it has an effect

leur départ ne m'a rien fait — their departure didn't affect me at all

ça me fait quelque chose de la voir dans cet état — it upsets me to see her in that state

pour ce que ça fait! — (colloq) for all the good it does!

ça ne fait rien à la chose — it makes no difference

qu'est-ce que ça peut bien te faire? — (colloq) what is it to you?

15) (entraîner, causer)

faire des jaloux — to make some people jealous

l'explosion a fait 12 morts — the explosion killed 12 people, the explosion left 12 people dead

ça ne fait rien! — ( pas grave) it doesn't matter!

ça fait ou ce qui fait que j'ai oublié — (colloq) as a result I forgot

16) ( transformer) to make

elle en a fait sa confidente — she's made her her confidante

faire d'un garage un atelier — to make ou turn a garage into a workshop

17) ( proclamer)

faire quelqu'un général — to make somebody a general

18) ( imiter)

faire le courageux — to pretend to be brave

faire le dictateur — to act the dictator

19) ( tenir le rôle de) to be

quel plaisantin vous faites! — what a joker you are!

20) ( dans un souhait)

mon Dieu, faites qu'il réussisse! — God, please let him succeed!

21) (colloq) ( tromper)

il me l'a fait au baratin — he talked me into it

on ne me la fait pas! — I'm not a fool!

22) ( dire) to say

‘bien sûr,’ fit-elle — ‘of course,’ she said

le canard fait ‘coin-coin’ — the duck says ou goes ‘quack’

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( agir) to do, to act

fais comme tu veux — do as you like

faire vite — to act quickly

vas-y, mais fais vite! — go, but be quick about it!

fais comme chez toi — lit, iron make yourself at home

2) ( paraître) to look

faire jeune — to look young

3) (colloq) ( être) to be

il veut faire pompier — he wants to be a fireman

4) ( durer) to last

sa robe lui a fait deux ans — her dress lasted her two years

5) ( valoir)

ça fait cher — it is expensive

6) ( pour les besoins naturels) to go

tu as fait? — have you been?

7) (colloq)

faire avec — ( se contenter de) to make do with; ( supporter) to put up with

3.

se faire verbe pronominal

1)

se faire un café — to make oneself a coffee

se faire des amis — to make friends

se faire la cuisine soi-même — to do one's own cooking

combien se fait-il (colloq) par mois? — how much does he make a month?

2) ( devenir) to get, to become

il se fait tard — it's getting late

3) ( se rendre)

se faire tout petit — to make oneself very small

4) ( s'inquiéter)

s'en faire — to worry

il ne s'en fait pas! — ( sans inquiétude) he's not the sort of person to worry about things!; ( pas gêné) he's got a nerve!

5) ( s'habituer)

se faire à — to get used to [lieu, situation, idée]

6) ( être d'usage)

ça se fait encore ici — it's still done here

ça ne se fait pas — it's not the done thing ( de faire to do)

7) ( être à la mode) to be in (fashion)

ça ne se fait plus — it's no longer fashionable, it's out of fashion

8) ( être produit)

c'est ce qui se fait de mieux — it's the best there is

le pont se fera bien un jour — the bridge will be built one day

9) ( emploi impersonnel)

il se fit que — it (so) happened that

il se fit un grand silence — there was complete silence

comment se fait-il que...? — how is it that...?

10) [fromage] to ripen; [vin] to mature

11) (colloq)

il faut se le faire, son copain! — his/her mate is a real pain! (colloq)

12) ( avec infinitif)

se faire couler un bain — to run oneself a bath

se faire comprendre — to make oneself understood

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Un très grand nombre de tournures et locutions contenant ce verbe sont traitées ailleurs, généralement sous le terme qui suit faire, en particulier

- les expressions décrivant les tâches domestiques, agricoles (faire la cuisine/moisson), les occupations manuelles (faire du tricot/bricolage), les activités professionnelles ou de loisir (faire du théâtre/de la photo), les types d'études ( faire médecine). Pour ce qui est des jeux, sports et loisirs, voir également la note d'usage correspondante

- les locutions décrivant un mouvement, l'expression, un comportement (faire un geste/une grimace/le pitre)

- les expressions dans lesquelles faire signifie ‘formuler’ (faire une promesse/offre etc)

- les expressions décrivant la qualité de la lumière (il fait jour/sombre) ou l'état du temps

- les expressions contenant une mesure (faire 20 mètres de long/15 kilos/20°/15 kilomètres à l'heure etc) pour lesquelles on consultera les notes d'usage

- les expressions décrivant une démarche de l'esprit (se faire une opinion/du souci etc)

- les expressions indiquant l'effet produit (faire peur/mal/plaisir/du tort etc, faire cuire/sécher/tomber etc)

- faire + venir/ entrer/ sortir etc

- les locutions telles que faire semblant/exprès, se faire avoir etc

- les expressions familières ( faire un enfant etc)

Par ailleurs pour les expressions décrivant

- une activité sportive (faire du tennis/de la marche/du parapente)

- une durée ( ça fait 15 ans)

la consultation des notes d'usage vous fournira des traductions utiles. Voir la liste

En outre, certaines entrées telles que combien, ce, que, comment, laisser, rien, mieux, bien etc fourniront également des traductions utiles

To make ou to do?

Les principales traductions de faire sont to make et to do mais elles ne sont pas interchangeables

to make traduit faire + objet dénotant ce qui est créé, confectionné, composé, réalisé, obtenu; l'objet est le résultat de l'action: faire son lit/des confitures = to make one's bed/jam; faire un discours/une faute/un bénéfice = to make a speech/a mistake/a profit; je me suis fait un café = I made myself a coffee

to do a le sens plus vague de se livrer à une activité, s'occuper à quelque chose; l'objet peut préciser la nature de l'activité: faire de la recherche/un exercice/une réparation = to do research/an exercise/a repair job; faire son devoir = to do one's duty

ou bien la nature de l'activité reste indéterminée: que fait-il (dans la vie)? = what does he do in life?; qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir? = what are you doing tonight?; la science peut tout faire = science can do anything; j'ai à faire = I have things to do

ou encore le contexte suggère la nature de l'activité: faire une pièce = to do a room, peut vouloir dire la nettoyer, la ranger, la peindre

Si faire remplace un verbe plus précis, on traduira fréquemment par celui-ci: faire une maison/un nid = to build a house/a nest; faire une lettre = to write a letter; faire une visite = to pay a visit; faire un numéro de téléphone = to dial a number

Les périphrases verbales sont parfois rendues par un seul verbe: faire voir (= montrer) = to show; faire du tissage (= tisser) = to weave, mais faire un peu de tissage = to do a bit of weaving

Faire + infinitif + quelqu'un

faire + infinitive + quelqu'un, c'est-à-dire obtenir de quelqu'un qu'il agisse d'une certaine manière, se traduit selon le sens de faire, par: to make somebody do something (forcer, être cause que): fais-la lever = make her get up; ça m'a fait rire = it made me laugh; ça fait dormir = it makes you sleep; par to get somebody to do something (inciter): fais-leur prendre un rendez-vous = get them to make an appointment; par to help somebody to do something (aider): faire traverser la rue à un vieillard = to help an old man across the street; mais faire manger un bébé = to feed a child. Dans l'exemple ça fait dormir on notera qu'en anglais le sujet du verbe est toujours exprimé, ce qui n'est pas le cas en français

(se) faire faire quelque chose (par quelqu'un) se traduit par to have something done ou made (by somebody), ou, dans une langue plus familière, to get something done ou made (by somebody): (se) faire construire une maison = to have a house built; faire réparer sa voiture = to have ou get one's car repaired; c'est la table qu'il a fait faire = it's the table he had made; elle fait exécuter les travaux par un ami = she's having the work done by a friend

Ne faire que

exprime soit la continuité: il ne fait que pleuvoir = it never stops raining, it rains all the time

soit la restriction: je ne fais qu'obéir aux ordres = I'm only obeying orders

Faire reprend un autre verbe

Dans ce cas il sera généralement traduit par to do: ‘je peux regarder? ’ - ‘faites ou faites je vous en prie ’ = ‘may I look?’ - ‘please do’; il souffla, comme il avait vu faire son père = he blew, as he had seen his father do; on veut que je parte, mais je n'en ferai rien = they want me to leave, but I'll do nothing of the sort

Vous trouverez d'autres exemples dans l'entrée faire

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fɛʀ
1. vt

1) (= fabriquer) to make

faire un film — to make a movie

faire du pain — to make bread

faire un gâteau — to make a cake

faire une offre — to make an offer

faire du bruit — to make a noise

Ils font trop de bruit. — They're making too much noise.

2) (= effectuer) to do

Que faites-vous? — What are you doing?

Que faites-vous dans la vie? — What do you do?

Que faire? — What can be done about it?

Qu'allons-nous faire? — What are we going to do?

faire la lessive — to do the washing

faire le ménage — to do the housework

faire la vaisselle — to do the dishes, to do the washing up

3) [études, sujet] to do

faire du droit — to do law

faire du français — to do French

Il fait de l'italien. — He's doing Italian.

4) (pratiquer régulièrement) [musique, rugby] to play

Il fait du piano. — He plays the piano.

faire du rugby — to play rugby

faire de la natation — to swim

faire de l'équitation — to ride

5) (se livrer ponctuellement à une activité)

faire du cheval — to go riding

faire du ski — to go skiing

6) (= visiter)

faire les magasins — to go shopping

faire l'Europe — to tour Europe, to do Europe

7) (= imiter)

faire le malade — to play the invalid

faire le mort — to play dead

faire l'ignorant — to play the fool

8) (= mesurer, totaliser) to be, to make

2 et 2 font 4. — 2 and 2 are 4., 2 and 2 make 4.

Ça fait 10 m. — It's 10 m.

Ça fait 15 euros. — It's 15 euros.

Ça fait cinquante-trois euros en tout. — That's fifty-three euros all together., That makes fifty-three euros all together.

Je vous le fais 10 euros. — I'll let you have it for 10 euros.

9) (= dire) to go

"Vraiment?" fit-il. — "Really?" he goes.

10) (= souffrir de) [diabète, eczéma] to have

faire du diabète — to have diabetes

faire de la tension — to have high blood pressure

11) (autres constructions)

faire qch à qn — to do sth to sb

Il regrettait ce qu'il avait fait à son frère. — He was sorry for what he had done to his brother.

ça ne fait rien — it doesn't matter

ça ne me fait rien — I don't mind

faire qch de qch — to do sth with sth

Qu'a-t-il fait de sa valise? — What has he done with his case?

faire de qn un avocat — to make sb a lawyer

faire que (= impliquer que) — to mean that

ce qui fait que... — which means that...

ne faire que (= ne pas arrêter de) Il ne fait que critiquer. — All he ever does is criticize.

2. vi

1) (= agir) to act

Il faut faire vite. — We must act quickly., It's important to act quickly.

je n'ai pas pu faire autrement — there was nothing else I could do

laissez-moi faire! — let me do it!

faites comme chez vous — make yourself at home

2) (= s'y prendre)

comment a-t-il fait pour...? — how did he manage to...?

3) (= paraître) (avec adjectif) to look

faire vieux — to look old

faire démodé — to look old-fashioned

Tu fais jeune dans cette robe. — That dress makes you look younger.

ça fait bien — it looks good

4) (remplaçant autre verbe) to do

Ne le casse pas comme je l'ai fait. — Don't break it like I did.

Je peux regarder? - Faites! — Can I have a look? - Please do!

Remets-le en place. - Je viens de le faire. — Put it back in its place.- I just did.

3. vb aux

(suivi d'un infinitif) to make

faire tomber qch — to make sth fall, to knock sth over

Le chat a fait tomber le vase. — The cat knocked over the vase.

faire bouger qch — to make sth move

faire démarrer un moteur — to start up an engine

faire chauffer de l'eau — to heat some water

cela fait dormir — it makes you sleep

faire travailler les enfants — to make the children work, to get the children to work

faire réparer qch — to get sth repaired, to have sth repaired

Je dois faire réparer ma voiture. — I've got to get my car repaired.

faire faire qch — to have sth done

Elle fait faire des travaux dans sa maison. — She's having some work done on her house.

Il a fait faire son portrait. — He's had his portrait done.

faire faire des économies à qn — to save sb money

Cela fait faire des économies au consommateur. — This saves the consumer money.

4. vb impers (temps)
to be
il fait beau — it's a lovely day

Espérons qu'il fera beau demain. — Let's hope it'll be nice weather tomorrow.

Qu'est-ce qu'il fait chaud! — Isn't it hot!

1) (durée)

ça fait 2 ans qu'il est parti — it's 2 years since he left

ça fait 2 ans qu'il y est — he's been there for 2 years

ça fait trois ans qu'ils habitent à Paris — they've lived in Paris for three years, they've been living in Paris for three years

2) (autres locutions)

il fait bon; Il fait bon se promener dans cette région. — It's nice to go walking in this area.

Il ne fait pas bon traîner ici le soir. — It's not a good idea to hang around here at night.

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faire ⇒ Note d'usage verb table: faire

A vtr

1 (donner, émettre, produire) to make; le raisin fera un vin excellent the grapes will make ou produce (an) excellent wine; cet arbre fait des fleurs/baies this tree produces flowers/berries; le garage ferait une belle pièce the garage would make a nice room; ils font un beau couple they make a handsome couple; il fera un bon médecin he'll make a good doctor; les qualités qui font un champion the qualities which make a champion; trois et deux font cinq three and two make five; ça fait deux chacun that makes two each; combien font 13 fois 13? what's 13 times 13?; œil fait yeux au pluriel œil is yeux in the plural;

2 fig ( façonner) to shape [période]; les événements qui font l'histoire events which shape history;

3 ( étudier) to do [licence, diplôme]; on a fait la Chine en géographie we did China in geography; faire du violon to study ou play the violin; tu as fait ton piano? have you practised your piano?; faire une école de commerce/les Beaux-Arts to go to business school/art college;

4 ( préparer) to make [sauce, soupe, thé]; to prepare [salade]; faire du poulet to do ou cook a chicken; qu'est-ce que je fais pour le déjeuner? what shall I cook ou prepare for lunch?;

5 ( nettoyer) to do, to clean [vitres]; to clean, to polish [chaussures];

6 ( proposer) Comm to do [service, marque]; ( vendre) to do, to sell [article]; ils ne font pas le petit déjeuner/les réparations they don't do breakfast/repairs; je fais beaucoup ce modèle en ce moment I'm selling a lot of this particular model at the moment; l'hôtel fait-il restaurant? does the hotel do meals, does the hotel have a restaurant?;

7 (cultiver, produire) Agric faire des céréales [personne] to grow ou do cereals; [région] to produce cereals;

8 ( se fournir en) faire de l'eau Naut, Rail to take on water; faire (de) l'essence○ Aut to get petrol GB ou gas US; faire du bois dans la forêt to gather wood in the forest; faire de l'herbe pour les bêtes to cut grass for the animals;

9 ( parcourir) to do [distance, trajet]; to go round [magasins, agences]; ( visiter) to do○ [région, ville, musées]; faire 200 kilomètres to do 200 kilometres^GB; faire Rome-Nice en avion to do the Rome-Nice journey by plane; représentant qui fait○ la région parisienne rep○ who does the Paris area; j'ai dû faire toute la ville/toutes les boutiques pour trouver ça I had to go all over town/round GB ou around US all the shops to find this; faire la vallée de la Loire to do○ the Loire Valley; faire l'Écosse to visit Scotland; j'ai fait tous les tiroirs mais je ne l'ai pas trouvé I went through all the drawers but I couldn't find it;

10 ( dans le domaine de la santé) to have [diabète, tension, complexe]; faire une crise cardiaque to have a heart attack; faire de la fièvre○ to have ou run a temperature; faire de l'angine de poitrine to get angina; elle m'a encore fait une otite○! she's had another ear-infection!;

11 ( demander un prix) faire qch à 30 euros to sell sth for 30 euros, to charge 30 euros for sth; il me l'a fait à 500 euros he charged me ou sold it to me for 500 euros;

12 ( servir de) to serve as; ce coin fera bureau this corner will serve as a study;

13 (user, disposer de) to do; que vais-je faire des bagages/enfants? what am I going to do with the luggage/children?; qu'as-tu fait du billet? what have you done with the ticket?; pour ce qu'elle en fait! for all she does with it/them!; pour quoi faire? what for?; je n'ai que faire de I have no need for; je n'en ai rien à faire it's nothing to do with me;

14 ( avoir un effet) faire plus de mal que de bien to do more harm than good; qu'as-tu fait à ta sœur? what have you done to your sister?; que veux-tu que j'y fasse? what do you want me to do about it?, what am I supposed to do about it?; le cachet ne m'a rien fait the tablet didn't do anything, the tablet had no effect; ça y fait it has an effect; leur départ ne m'a rien fait their departure didn't affect me at all, their departure left me cold; ça me fait quelque chose de la voir dans cet état it upsets me to see her in that state; ça fait quelque chose pour la grippe? is it any good for flu?; pour ce que ça fait! for all the good it does!; ça ne vous fait rien que je fume? do you mind ou does it bother you if I smoke?; ça ne fait rien à la chose it doesn't alter ou change anything, it makes no difference; qu'est-ce que ça peut bien te faire? what is it to you?;

15 (entraîner, causer) faire des jaloux to make some people jealous; ça a fait leur fortune it made them rich; l'explosion a fait 12 morts the explosion killed 12 people, the explosion left 12 people dead; ne t'inquiète pas, ça ne fait rien! don't worry, it doesn't matter!; ça fait ou ce qui fait que j'ai oublié○ as a result I forgot; ‘qu'est-ce que j'ai fait?’-‘tu as fait que tu as menti○’ ‘what have I done?’-‘you lied, that's what you've done’; faites que tout se passe bien make sure that all goes well;

16 ( transformer) to make; l'armée en a fait un homme the army made a man of him; ils veulent en faire un avocat they want to make a lawyer of him; elle en a fait sa confidente she's made her her confidante; ça a fait de lui un révolté it turned him into a rebel, it made him a rebel; j'en ai fait un principe I made it a principle; faire d'un garage un atelier to make ou turn a garage into a workshop; faire sien qch to make sth one's own;

17 ( proclamer) faire qn duc/général to make sb a duke/general; la presse l'a fait diplomate ( à tort) the press made him out to be a diplomat; ne le fais pas pire qu'il n'est! don't make him out to be worse than he is!, don't paint him blacker than he is!;

18 ( imiter) faire le malade/le courageux to pretend to be ill/brave; faire l'ignorant or celui qui ne sait rien to pretend not to know; faire le dictateur to act the dictator;

19 ( tenir le rôle de) to be; quel plaisantin vous faites! what a joker you are!; vous ferez les voleurs! Jeux you be the robbers!; l'acteur qui fait le roi○ Cin, Théât the actor who plays the part of the king, the actor who is the king;

20 ( dans un souhait) mon Dieu, faites qu'il réussisse! God, please let him succeed!; Dieu or le ciel fasse qu'il ne leur arrive rien! may God ou Heaven protect them!;

21 ○( tromper) il me l'a fait au baratin/chantage he talked/blackmailed me into it; on ne me la fait pas! I'm not a fool!, I wasn't born yesterday!

B vi

1 (agir, procéder) to do, to act; je n'ai pas pu faire autrement I couldn't do otherwise; fais comme tu veux do as you like; elle peut faire mieux she can do better; dans ces situations, il faut faire vite in that sort of situation, one must act quickly; vas-y, mais fais vite! go, but be quick about it!; fais comme chez toi lit, iron make yourself at home;

2 ( paraître) to look; faire jeune/son âge to look young/one's age; ça fait bien avec du bleu it looks nice with blue; tes lunettes font très distingué your glasses make you look very distinguished; il croit que ça fait chic de dire ça he thinks it's chic to say that;

3 ( être) to be; il veut faire pompier he wants to be a fireman;

4 ( dire) to say; ‘bien sûr,’ fit-elle ‘of course,’ she said; le canard fait ‘coin-coin’ the duck says ou goes ‘quack’; faire plouf/aïe etc to go plop/ouch etc;

5 ( durer) to last; sa robe lui a fait deux ans her dress lasted her two years;

6 (+ adverbe de quantité) ça fait cher/grand/trop etc it is expensive/big/too much etc;

7 ( pour les besoins naturels) to go; tu as fait? have you been?; faire dans sa culotte ( déféquer) to dirty one's pants; ( uriner) to wet one's pants; fig to wet oneself;

8 ○ faire avec ( se contenter de) to make do with [personne, objet, quantité]; ( supporter) to put up with [personne, situation]; elle est là, et il faudra faire avec she's here, and we'll have to put up with her.

C se faire vpr

1 (confectionner, exécuter, obtenir pour soi) se faire un café to make oneself a coffee; se faire de l'argent/des amis to make money/friends; se faire ses vêtements to make one's own clothes; se faire la cuisine soi-même to do one's own cooking; combien se fait-il par mois? how much does he make a month? ; se faire un mec◑ to have◑ a man;

2 ( devenir) (+ adjectif attribut) to get, to become; (+ nom attribut) to become; il se fait vieux he's getting old; il se fait tard it's getting late; sa voix se fit dure his/her voice hardened ou became hard; se faire avocat to become a lawyer;

3 ( se rendre) se faire belle/tout petit to make oneself beautiful/very small;

4 ( s'inquiéter) s'en faire to worry; il ne s'en fait pas! ( sans inquiétude) he's not the sort of person to worry about things!; ( pas gêné) he's got a nerve!;

5 ( s'habituer) se faire à to get used to [lieu, situation, idée]; je ne m'y fais pas I can't get used to it;

6 ( être d'usage) ça se fait encore ici it's still done here; ça ne se fait pas de manger avec les doigts it's not the done thing ou it's not polite to eat with one's fingers;

7 ( être à la mode) [couleur, style] to be in (fashion); le tweed se fait beaucoup cette année tweed is very much in this year; ça ne se fait plus it's no longer fashionable, it's out of fashion;

8 ( être produit ou accompli) c'est ce qui se fait de mieux it's the best there is; le mariage s'est fait à Paris the wedding took place in Paris; le pont se fera bien un jour the bridge will be built one day; souhaitons que la paix se fasse let's hope there'll be peace;

9 ( emploi impersonnel) il se fit que it (so) happened that; il se fit un grand silence there was complete silence; il s'est fait un déclic dans mon esprit something clicked in my mind; il pourrait se faire que je parte I might leave; comment se fait-il que…? how is it that…?;

10 ( mûrir) [fromage] to ripen; [vin] to mature;

11 ○( supporter) to put up with, to endure [importun]; il faut se le faire, son copain! his/her mate is a real pain○!;

12 ( avec infinitif) se faire couler un bain to run oneself a bath; se faire comprendre to make oneself understood; se faire agresser to get mugged; tu vas te faire écraser! you'll get run over!

[fɛr] verbe transitif

A.[FABRIQUER, RÉALISER]

1. [confectionner - objet, vêtement] to make ; [ - construction] to build ; [ - tableau] to paint ; [ - film] to make ; [ - repas, café] to make, to prepare ; [ - gâteau, pain] to make, to bake ; [ - vin] to make ; [ - bière] to brew

[concevoir - thèse, dissertation] to do

qu'as-tu fait (à manger) pour ce soir ? what have you prepared for dinner ?

c'est elle qui fait ses chansons she writes her own songs

il sait tout faire he can turn his hand to anything

grand-mère est super — oui, on n'en fait plus des comme ça! (familier) grandma's great — yes, they broke the mould when they made her!

2. [produire, vendre]

faire de l'élevage de bétail to breed cattle

faire du blé/de la vigne to grow wheat/grapes

faire une marque/un produit to stock a make/an article

je vous fais les deux à 350 euros (familier) you can have both for 350 euros, I'll take 350 euros for both

3. [obtenir, gagner - bénéfices] to make

faire de l'argent to earn ou to make money

4. [mettre au monde]

faire un enfant to have a child

il lui a fait deux enfants he had two children with her

la chatte a fait des petits the cat has had kittens

5. PHYSIOLOGIE

faire ses besoins (euphémisme) to do one's business

(en usage absolu)

tu as fait ce matin ? did you go to the toilet this morning ?

il a fait dans sa culotte (familier) he messed his pants

B.[ACCOMPLIR, EXÉCUTER]

1. [effectuer - mouvement, signe] to make

[saut périlleux, roue] to do

fais-moi un bisou (familier) /un sourire give me a kiss/a smile

faire la tête ou la gueule (très familier) to sulk

2. [accomplir - choix, erreur, réforme, proposition] to make ; [ - inventaire] to do ; [ - discours] to deliver, to make, to give ; [ - conférence] to give ; [ - exercice] to do ; [ - recherches] to do, to carry out (separable) ; [ - enquête] to carry out (separable)

faire ses études to study

faire son devoir to do one's duty

faire une blague à quelqu'un to play a joke on somebody

faire son lit to make one's bed

la faire à quelqu'un (familier) [plaisanterie]: on ne me la fait pas, à moi! I won't be taken in!

on me l'a déjà faite, celle-là I know that one already

3. [étudier - matière, œuvre] to study, to do

[suivre les cours de]

elle voulait faire l'ENA she wanted to go to the ENA

4. [pratiquer]

faire de la poterie to do pottery

faire de la flûte/du violon to play the flute/the violin

faire de la danse [cours] to go to dance classes

il voulait faire de la danse he wanted to be a dancer

faire de l'équitation/de la natation/de la voile to go horseriding/swimming/sailing

faire du basket/du tennis to play basketball/tennis

5. [écrire - lettre] to write ; [ - contrat, testament] to write, to make

6. [dire] to say

il fit oui/non de la tête he nodded/he shook his head

"non", fit-elle "no", she said

la vache fait "meuh!" the cow goes "moo!"

7. [nettoyer - chambre, vitres] to clean, to do ; [ - chaussures] to polish, to clean

[tapisser, aménager - pièce, maison] to do, to decorate

8. [action non précisée] to do

que fais-tu dans la vie ? what do you do (for a living) ?

je ne t'ai jamais rien fait! I've never done you any harm!

ne faire que: elle ne fait que se plaindre she does nothing but complain

je ne veux rien avoir à faire avec eux! I don't want anything to do with them!

faire quelque chose de quelqu'un/quelque chose: qu'ai-je fait de mes clefs ? what have I done with ou where did I put my keys ?

que fais-tu de mes sentiments dans tout ça ? what about my feelings ?

que vais-je faire de toi ? what am I going to do with you ?

donne-le moi! — non, rien à faire! give it to me! — nothing doing ou no way!

tu lui as parlé ? — oui, mais rien à faire, il ne cédera pas did you talk to him ? — yes, but it's no use, he won't give in

je vais vous raccompagner — n'en faites rien! (soutenu) I'll take you back — there's really no need!

faire avec (familier) to make do

j'apprécie peu sa façon de travailler mais il faut bien faire avec! I don't like the way he works but I suppose I'll just have to put up with it!

faire sans (familier) to (make) do without

autant que faire se peut if possible, as far as possible

n'avoir que faire de: je n'ai que faire de tes conseils I don't need your advice

mais bien sûr, tu n'as que faire de ma carrière! but of course, my career matters very little to you! ou you don't care about my career!

pour ce faire for that

ce faisant in so doing

C.[AVEC IDÉE DE DÉPLACEMENT]

1. [se déplacer à la vitesse de]

le train peut faire jusqu'à 400 km/h the train can do 400 km/h

2. [couvrir - distance]

le Concorde fait Paris-New York en moins de quatre heures Concorde goes ou flies from Paris to New York in less than fours hours

il y a des cars qui font Londres-Glasgow there's a coach service between London and Glasgow

3. [visiter - pays, ville] to do, to go to, to visit

[inspecter, passer au crible]

j'ai fait tous les étages avant de vous trouver I looked on every floor before I found you

j'ai fait tous les hôtels de la ville

a. [j'y suis allé] I did ou went to ou tried every hotel in town

b. [j'ai téléphoné] I called ou did ou tried every hotel in town

faire les antiquaires to go round the antique shops

D.[AVEC IDÉE DE TRANSFORMATION]

1. [nommer]

elle l'a fait baron she gave him the title of Baron, she made him a baron

elle l'a fait chevalier she knighted him

2. [transformer en]

faire quelque chose de quelqu'un/quelque chose: des rats, la fée fit des laquais the fairy changed the rats into footmen

ce feuilleton en a fait une vedette this series made him a star

et ta robe bleue ? — j'en ai fait une jupe what about your blue dress ? — I made it into a skirt

garde les restes, j'en ferai une soupe keep the leftovers, I'll make a soup with them

c'était un tyran et votre livre en fait un héros! he was a tyrant, and your book shows ou presents him as a hero!

3. [devenir]

"cheval" fait "chevaux" au pluriel the plural of "cheval" is "chevaux"

4. [servir de]

une fois plié, le billard fait table the billiard table, when folded, can be used ou can serve as a normal table

un canapé qui fait lit a convertible settee

c'est un hôtel qui fait restaurant it's a hotel with a restaurant

5. [remplir un rôle, une fonction]

il fera un bon mari he'll make ou be a good husband

il fait le Père Noël dans les rues he goes around the streets disguised as Father Christmas

CINÉMA & THÉÂTRE to play the part of, to be

[imiter - personne] to imitate, to take off, to impersonate ; [ - automate, animal] to imitate

ne fais pas l'idiot don't be stupid

ne fais pas l'innocent don't play the innocent, don't come the innocent with me (UK)

il essayait de faire son intéressant he was showing off

E.[INDIQUE UN RÉSULTAT]

1. [provoquer]

faire de la poussière to raise dust

ce charbon fait beaucoup de fumée this coal makes a lot of smoke

ça va faire une marque/une auréole it will leave a mark/a ring

l'accident a fait cinq morts the accident left five dead ou claimed five lives

ce qui fait l'intérêt de son livre what makes his book interesting

faire quelque chose à quelqu'un [l'émouvoir] to move somebody, to affect somebody

la vue du sang ne me fait rien I don't mind the sight of blood, the sight of blood doesn't bother me

si cela ne vous fait rien if you don't mind

faire que: la gravitation, force qui fait que les objets s'attirent gravitation, the force which causes objects to be attracted towards each other

ce qui fait que je suis arrivé en retard which meant I was late

[pour exprimer un souhait]

faites qu'il ne lui arrive rien! please don't let anything happen to him!

2. [importer]

qu'est-ce que cela peut faire? what does it matter ?, so what?

qu'est-ce que cela peut te faire? what's it to (do with) you ?

cela ne fait rien it doesn't matter, never mind

F.[INDIQUE UNE QUALITÉ, UNE FORME, UNE MESURE]

1. [former]

la route fait un coude the road bends

le circuit fait un huit the circuit is (in the shape of) a figure of eight

le tas fait une pyramide the heap looks like a pyramid

2. [coûter] to be, to cost

ça fait combien ? how much is it ?

3. [valoir, égaler] to be, to make

2 et 2 font 4 2 and 2 are 4

ça fait 23 en tout that makes 23 altogether

on a dix euros, ça ne fait pas assez we've got ten euros, that's not enough

4. [mesurer]

il doit bien faire 1 m 90 he must be 1 m 90 tall

[taille, pointure]

je fais du 38 I take size 38

[peser]

je fais 56 kg I weigh ou am 56 kg

5. [indique la durée, le temps]

ça fait deux jours qu'il n'a pas mangé he hasn't eaten for two days

elle a téléphoné, cela fait bien une heure she phoned at least an hour ago

G.[VERBE ATTRIBUTIF]

1. [paraître]

la broche fait bien ou joli ou jolie sur ta robe the brooch looks nice on your dress

elle parle avec un léger accent, il paraît que ça fait bien! she talks with a slight accent, it's supposed to be smart!

ça fait bizarre it looks strange

il me faudrait un nom qui fasse artiste I would need a name which sounds good for an artist

ça fait comment ou quoi de voir son nom sur une affiche? what's it like to see your name on a poster ?

faire son âge to look one's age

2. (familier) [devenir, embrasser la carrière de] to be

je veux faire pompier I want to be a fireman

H.[VERBE DE SUBSTITUTION] (toujours en rappel du verbe utilisé)

range ta chambre — je l'ai déjà fait go and tidy up your room — I've already done it

vous le lui expliquerez mieux que je ne saurais le faire you'll explain it to her better than I could

tu lui écriras ? — oui, je le ferai will you write to him ? — yes I will

puis-je prendre cette chaise ? — (mais) faites donc! (soutenu) may I take this chair ? — please do ou by all means!

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[fɛr] verbe intransitif

[agir] to do

fais comme chez toi [à l'arrivée de quelqu'un] make yourself at home

fais comme chez toi, surtout! (ironique) you've got a nerve!, don't mind me! (ironique)

faites comme vous voulez do as you please

fais comme tu veux! [ton irrité] suit yourself!

je le lui ai rendu — tu as bien fait! I gave it back to him — you did the right thing ou you did right!

pourquoi l'as-tu acheté ? — je croyais bien faire! why did you buy it ? — I thought it was a good idea!

tu ferais bien d'y réfléchir you'd do well to ou you should ou you'd better think about it!

pour bien faire, il faudrait réserver aujourd'hui the best thing would be to book today, ideally we should book today

ça commence à bien faire! enough is enough!

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[fɛr] verbe impersonnel

1. MÉTÉOROLOGIE

il fait chaud/froid it's hot/cold

il faisait nuit it was dark

il fait (du) soleil the sun is shining

2. (locution)

c'en est fait de (soutenu) : c'en est fait de vous you've had it, you're done for

c'est bien fait pour toi it serves you right

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[fɛr] verbe auxiliaire

1. [provoquer une réaction]

tu l'as fait rougir you made her blush

ça me fait dormir it puts ou sends me to sleep

2. [forcer à] to make, to have

fais-moi penser à le lui demander remind me to ask him

faites-le attendre

a. [pour qu'il s'impatiente] let him wait

b. [en lui demandant] ask him to wait

n'essaie pas de me faire croire que... don't try to make ou to have me believe that...

ne me fais pas dire ce que je n'ai pas dit don't put words into my mouth

il me faisait faire ses dissertations he had me write his essays for him

3. [commander de]

fairefaire quelque chose par quelqu'un to have somebody do ou make something, to have something done ou made by somebody

il fait faire ses costumes sur mesure he has his suits tailormade

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faire dans verbe plus préposition

(familier)

il ne fait pas dans le détail he doesn't bother about details

son entreprise fait maintenant dans les produits de luxe her company now produces luxury items

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se faire verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

1. [réussir]

elle s'est faite seule she's a self-made woman

2. [se forcer à]

se faire pleurer/vomir to make oneselfcry/vomit

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se faire verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

se faire la guerre to wage war on each other

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se faire verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

1. [être à la mode] to be fashionable, to be in fashion

les salopettes ne se font plus dungarees are out of fashion

2. [être convenable]

ça ne se fait pas de demander son âge à une femme it's rude ou it's not done to ask a woman her age

3. [être réalisé]

sans argent le film ne se fera pas without money the film will never be made

les choses se font petit à petit things evolve gradually

je dois signer un nouveau contrat, mais je ne sais pas quand cela va se faire I'm going to sign a new contract, but I don't know when that will be

tu pourrais me prêter 1 500 euros ? — ça pourrait se faire could you lend me 1,500 euros ? — that should be possible

(tournure impersonnelle)

comment se fait-il que... ? how come ou how is it that... ?

il pourrait se faire que... it might ou may be that..., it's possible that...

c'est ce qui se fait de mieux en papiers peints lavables it's the best washable wallpaper available

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se faire verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [se former]

les couples se font et se défont people get together and separate

2. (suivi d'un infinitif)

se faire opérer to have an operation

se faire tuer to get killed

se faire couper les cheveux to have one's hair cut

3. [devenir] to become

sa voix se fit plus grave his voice became deeper

s'il arrive à l'heure, je veux bien me faire nonne! (familier) if he arrives on time, I'll eat my hat!

(tournure impersonnelle)

il se fait tard it's getting late

4. [s'améliorer - fromage] to ripen ; [ - vin] to mature

mes chaussures me serrent — elles vont se faire my shoes feel tight — they'll stretch

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se faire verbe pronominal transitif

1. [fabriquer]

elle se fait ses vêtements she makes her own clothes

2. [effectuer sur soi]

il se fait ses piqûres seul he gives himself his own injections

je me suis fait une natte I've plaited my hair

[se maquiller]

se faire les ongles to do one's nails

se faire les yeux to make up one's eyes

3. (familier) [gagner]

elle se fait 4000 euros par mois she earns 4,000 euros per month, she gets 4,000 euros every month

4. (familier) [s'accorder]

on se fait un film/un petit café ? what about going to see a film/going for a coffee ?

on s'est fait les trois musées dans la journée we did the three museums in one day

5. (familier) [supporter]

il faut se la faire! she's a real pain!

6. (très familier & argot milieu) [tuer] to kill, to bump off

[agresser] to beat up

7. (vulgaire) [posséder sexuellement] to screw (vulgaire), to lay (vulgaire)

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se faire à verbe pronominal plus préposition

to get used to

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s'en faire verbe pronominal intransitif

to worry

je ne m'en fais pas pour lui I'm not worried about him

elle s'en souviendra, ne t'en fais pas! she'll remember, don't you worry!

encore au lit ? tu ne t'en fais pas! still in bed ? you're taking it easy, aren't you ?

tu as ouvert mon courrier ? faut pas t'en faire! (familier) you've opened my mail ? you've got some nerve ou don't mind me!

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > faire

17 tocar

v.

1 to touch (entrar en contacto con).

Ella toca su mano She touches his hand.

Ese dolor lo tocó muy profundamente That pain touched him very deeply.

2 to play (hacer sonar) (instrumento, canción).

el reloj tocó las doce the clock struck twelve

Ella toca bellísimo She plays beautifully.

Toca el piano! Play the piano!

3 to touch on (abordar) (tema).

no toques ese tema don't mention that subject

4 to touch.

5 to be supposed to, to have to, to have the obligation of, to have the obligation to.

Me toca hacer esto I am supposed to do this=have to do this.

6 to touch upon, to make reference to, to get on to.

Ellos tocaron el tema They touched upon the subject.

7 to be in for.

Le toca un escarmiento He is in for a lesson.

8 to be time to.

Toca ir al doctor It is time to go to the doctor.

9 to be ringing, to ring.

Tocan las campanas The bells are ringing.

10 to knock, to knock at the door.

Ella toca pero no le abren She knocks but no-one opens.

11 to be one's turn to.

Me toca jugar It's my turn to play.

12 to reproduce, to replay, to play.

Ellos reproducen la cinta They play the cassette.

13 to clang.

María hizo sonar la campMaría Mary clanged the bell.

14 to feel.

El médico toca su piel The doctor feels her skin.

15 to bunt.

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tocar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to touch

■ no tocar la mercancía do not handle the goods

2 (sentir por el tacto) to feel

■ tócalo, está frío feel it, it's cold

3 (revolver) to rummage amongst, root around

■ no toques mis papeles leave my papers alone

4 (hacer sonar - instrumento, canción) to play; (timbre) to ring; (bocina) to blow, honk; (campanas) to strike

5 figurado (retocar) to change, alter

■ no toques más la redacción don't do anything else to your essay

6 (la hora) to strike

7 MILITAR (diana) to sound

8 DEPORTE (diana) to hit; (esgrima) to touch

9 figurado (mencionar) to touch on

10 figurado (impresionar) to touch, reach

■ me tocó el corazón he touched my heart

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ser el turno) to be one's turn

■ le toca a él it's his turn

2 (corresponder) to be up to

■ le toca a él explicarse it's up to him to explain himself

3 (ganar) to win

■ nos tocó un premio we won a prize

4 (en un reparto etc) to fall

■ me tocó a mí hablarle it fell to me to speak to him

5 (un destino) to be posted

■ le tocó en Cartagena he was posted to Cartagena

6 (tener que) to have to

■ nos tocó llevarla we had to take her

7 (afectar) to concern, affect

■ le toca directamente it directly concerns you

8 (ser parientes) to be a relative of, be related

9 (barco, avión) to call (en, at), stop over (en, at)

10 (entrar en contacto) to touch

► verbo pronominal tocarse

1 (uso reflexivo) to touch oneself; (uso recíproco) to touch each other

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FRASEOLOGÍA

por lo que a mí toca as far as I am concerned

tocar a muerto to toll

tocar a su fin figurado to be coming to an end

tocar con to be next to

■ toca con el cine it's next to the cinema

tocar en figurado to border on, verge on

■ sus palabras tocan en grosería his words are verging on rudeness

tocarse la nariz to pick one's nose

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tocar

► verbo transitivo

1 (peinar) to do the hair of

► verbo pronominal

1 (cubrirse) to cover one's head

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verb

1) to touch

2) feel

3) play

4) ring, knock

5) concern, affect

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- tocarle a

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1. VT

1) [gen] to touch; [para examinar] to feel

si lo tocas te vas a quemar — if you touch it you'll burn yourself

¡no me toques! — don't touch me!

que nadie toque mis papeles — don't let anyone touch my papers

no toques el dinero como no sea para una emergencia — don't touch the money unless it's an emergency

tócalo, verás qué suave — feel it and see how soft it is

tócale la frente, la tiene muy caliente — feel his forehead, it's very hot

no toques la mercancía sin guantes — don't handle the goods without gloves

el delantero tocó la pelota con la mano — the forward handled (the ball)

- tocar madera

2) (=estar en contacto con) to touch

la mesa está tocando la pared — the table is touching the wall

ponte ahí, tocando la pared — stand up against the wall over there

• tocar tierra — to touch down, land

3) (=hacer sonar) [+ piano, violín, trompeta] to play; [+ campana, timbre] to ring; [+ tambor] to beat; [+ silbato] to blow; [+ disco] to play

el reloj de la iglesia ha tocado las diez — the church clock has just struck ten

• tocar la bocina o el claxon — to hoot o sound one's horn

• tocar la generala — (Mil) to sound the call to arms

• tocar la retirada — to sound the retreat

4) [+ tema] to refer to, touch on

no tocó para nada esa cuestión — he didn't refer to o touch on that matter at all

prefiero no tocar lo relacionado con el trabajo — I'd prefer not to talk about work

5) (=afectar) to concern

esa cuestión me toca de cerca — that issue closely concerns me

por lo que a mí me toca — so far as I am concerned

6) (=estar emparentado con) to be related to

a mí Juan no me toca nada — Juan is not related to me in any way

7) (=conmover) to touch

las imágenes me tocaron en lo más profundo — the pictures moved o touched me deeply

el poema nos tocó el corazón — the poem touched our hearts

me has tocado el amor propio — you've wounded my pride

8) (Dep) to hit

el balón tocó el palo — the ball hit the post

9) (Náut)

hacía varios días que no tocábamos puerto — it was several days since we had called at o put in at a port

en este crucero tocaremos el puerto de Génova — on this cruise we will call o stop at Genoa

10) (Caza) to hit

11) (Arte) to touch up

2. VI

1) (Mús) to play

toca en un grupo de rock — he's in o he plays in a rock group

2) (=sonar)

en cuanto toque el timbre — when the bell rings

tocan a misa — they are ringing the bell for mass

tocar a muerto — to toll the death knell

3) (=llamar)

tocar a una puerta — to knock on o at a door

4) (=corresponder)

no toca hacerlo hasta el mes que viene — it's not due to be done until next month

ahora toca torcer a la derecha — now you have to turn right

tocar a algn: les tocó un dólar a cada uno — they got a dollar each

¿les tocará algo de herencia? — will they get anything under the will?

me ha tocado el peor asiento — I ended up with o got the worst seat

le tocó la lotería — he won the lottery

¿a quién le toca? — whose turn is it?

• tocar a algn hacer algo, te toca jugar — it's your turn (to play), it's your go

nos toca pagar a nosotros — it's our turn to pay

siempre me toca fregar a mí — I'm always the one who has to do the dishes

a usted le toca reprenderle si lo cree conveniente — it is up to you to reprimand him if you see fit

- ¡a pagar tocan!

5) (=rayar)

• tocar en algo — to border on sth, verge on sth

esto toca en lo absurdo — this borders o verges on the ridiculous

su conducta toca en locura — his behaviour borders o verges on madness

6) (=chocar)

• tocar con algo — to touch sth

7)

• tocar a su fin — to be drawing to a close

el verano tocaba a su fin — summer was drawing to a close

3.

See:

tocarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) persona to touch; ( palpar) to feel; ( manosear) to handle

no vayas a tocar ese cable! — don't touch that cable!

si le toca un pelo al niño... — if he lays a hand o finger on that child...

no ha tocado los libros — he hasn't opened the books

no puede tocar el alcohol — he mustn't touch a drop of alcohol

mis ahorros no los quiero tocar — I don't want to touch my savings

a los hijos no se los toques — don't say a word against her children

b) ( entrar en contacto con) to touch

la planta ya toca el techo — the plant is already touching the ceiling

la pelota tocó la red — the ball clipped the net

el avión tocó tierra — the plane touched down

2) (Aviac) to make a stopover in; (Náut) to put in

no toca puerto en Lisboa — it doesn't call at Lisbon

3) ( en béisbol) to bunt

4) < tema> ( tratar) to touch on, refer to; ( sacar) to bring up

5)

a) (conmover, impresionar) to touch

tu comentario tocó su amor propio — your comment hurt his pride

b) (atañer, concernir) to affect

un problema que nos toca de cerca — a problem which affects us directly

que ese tema no me toca en lo más mínimo — that subject doesn't concern me at all

c) (Esp fam) ( estar emparentado con)

¿Victoria te toca algo? — is Victoria related to you?

Sentido II

6)

a) ( hacer sonar) <timbre/campana> to ring; < claxon> to blow, sound

b) (Mús) <instrumento/pieza> to play
2.
tocar vi

Sentido I

1) ( concernir)

por or en lo que toca a la ecología — (frml) as far as ecology is concerned

2) ( rayar)

tocar EN algo — to border o verge on something

Sentido II

3)

a) (AmL) ( llamar) persona to knock at the door

alguien está tocando (a la puerta) — there's somebody at the door

b) campana/timbre to ring

las campanas tocaban a misa — the bells were ringing for mass

tocar a rebato/a retirada — (Mil) to sound the alarm/the retreat

c) (Mús) ( hacer música) to play

Sentido III

4)

a) (corresponder en reparto, concurso, sorteo) (+ me/te/le etc)

a ella le toca la mitad de la herencia — she gets half of the inheritance

le tocó el primer premio — she won the first prize

nos tocó (en suerte) — it fell to our lot

me tocó la maestra más antipática del colegio — I got the most horrible teacher in the school

nos tocó hacer la práctica en el mismo colegio — we happened to do our teaching practice at the same school

me tocó a mí comunicárselo — I was the one who had to tell him

b) ( ser el turno) (+ me/te/le etc)

te toca a ti — it's your turn

¿a quién le toca cocinar? — whose turn is it to do the cooking?

5) (en 3^a pers) (fam)

vamos, toca ponerse a estudiar — come on, it's time we/you got down to some studying

mañana toca historia — we've got history tomorrow
3.
tocarse v pron

a) (refl) <herida/grano> to touch

siempre se toca la barba/la nariz — he always plays with his beard/touches his nose

b) (recípr) personas to touch each other; cables to touch

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= touch, play, lay + a finger on.

Ex. He repeatedly comments on my appearance, makes sexual innuendoes, and touches me.

Ex. In another style of lesson, the book is approached through film clips, dramatizations on TV, or played on records or tapes made commercially.

Ex. That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims -- he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.

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* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* en lo que toca a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned.

* eso es lo que toca = that's + Posesivo + lot (in life).

* no tocar = hands off, leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* que toca aquí y allá = wandering.

* sin tocar = untouched.

* tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.

* tocar a su fin = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down.

* tocar con arco = bowing.

* tocar de refilón = brush past.

* tocar distraídamente = finger.

* tocar donde duele = touch on + raw nerve, touch on + a sore spot.

* tocar el claxon = honk.

* tocar fondo = hit + rock-bottom, reach + rock-bottom, bottom out, touch + rock bottom, strike + bottom.

* tocar juntos = play along with.

* tocar la bocina = honk.

* tocar la fibra sensible de = strike + a chord with.

* tocar la lotería = win + the lottery.

* tocar las pelotas = piss + Nombre + off.

* tocarle un pelo a = lay + a finger on.

* tocar ligeramente = skim + the surface of, stroke, brush past, tip.

* tocar ligeramente con el codo = nudge.

* tocar los cojones = piss + Nombre + off.

* tocar los huevos = piss + Nombre + off.

* tocar música = play + music.

* tocar una cuestión = touch on/upon + issue.

* tocar una vena sensible = hit + home.

* tocar un instrumento musical = play + instrument.

* tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.

* tocar un punto = touch on + a point.

* tocar un tema = touch on + a point.

* todo lo que toca se convierte en oro = Midas touch, the.

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1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) persona to touch; ( palpar) to feel; ( manosear) to handle

no vayas a tocar ese cable! — don't touch that cable!

si le toca un pelo al niño... — if he lays a hand o finger on that child...

no ha tocado los libros — he hasn't opened the books

no puede tocar el alcohol — he mustn't touch a drop of alcohol

mis ahorros no los quiero tocar — I don't want to touch my savings

a los hijos no se los toques — don't say a word against her children

b) ( entrar en contacto con) to touch

la planta ya toca el techo — the plant is already touching the ceiling

la pelota tocó la red — the ball clipped the net

el avión tocó tierra — the plane touched down

2) (Aviac) to make a stopover in; (Náut) to put in

no toca puerto en Lisboa — it doesn't call at Lisbon

3) ( en béisbol) to bunt

4) < tema> ( tratar) to touch on, refer to; ( sacar) to bring up

5)

a) (conmover, impresionar) to touch

tu comentario tocó su amor propio — your comment hurt his pride

b) (atañer, concernir) to affect

un problema que nos toca de cerca — a problem which affects us directly

que ese tema no me toca en lo más mínimo — that subject doesn't concern me at all

c) (Esp fam) ( estar emparentado con)

¿Victoria te toca algo? — is Victoria related to you?

Sentido II

6)

a) ( hacer sonar) <timbre/campana> to ring; < claxon> to blow, sound

b) (Mús) <instrumento/pieza> to play
2.
tocar vi

Sentido I

1) ( concernir)

por or en lo que toca a la ecología — (frml) as far as ecology is concerned

2) ( rayar)

tocar EN algo — to border o verge on something

Sentido II

3)

a) (AmL) ( llamar) persona to knock at the door

alguien está tocando (a la puerta) — there's somebody at the door

b) campana/timbre to ring

las campanas tocaban a misa — the bells were ringing for mass

tocar a rebato/a retirada — (Mil) to sound the alarm/the retreat

c) (Mús) ( hacer música) to play

Sentido III

4)

a) (corresponder en reparto, concurso, sorteo) (+ me/te/le etc)

a ella le toca la mitad de la herencia — she gets half of the inheritance

le tocó el primer premio — she won the first prize

nos tocó (en suerte) — it fell to our lot

me tocó la maestra más antipática del colegio — I got the most horrible teacher in the school

nos tocó hacer la práctica en el mismo colegio — we happened to do our teaching practice at the same school

me tocó a mí comunicárselo — I was the one who had to tell him

b) ( ser el turno) (+ me/te/le etc)

te toca a ti — it's your turn

¿a quién le toca cocinar? — whose turn is it to do the cooking?

5) (en 3^a pers) (fam)

vamos, toca ponerse a estudiar — come on, it's time we/you got down to some studying

mañana toca historia — we've got history tomorrow
3.
tocarse v pron

a) (refl) <herida/grano> to touch

siempre se toca la barba/la nariz — he always plays with his beard/touches his nose

b) (recípr) personas to touch each other; cables to touch

* * *

= touch, play, lay + a finger on.

Ex: He repeatedly comments on my appearance, makes sexual innuendoes, and touches me.

Ex: In another style of lesson, the book is approached through film clips, dramatizations on TV, or played on records or tapes made commercially.

Ex: That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims -- he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.

* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* en lo que toca a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned.

* eso es lo que toca = that's + Posesivo + lot (in life).

* no tocar = hands off, leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* que toca aquí y allá = wandering.

* sin tocar = untouched.

* tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.

* tocar a su fin = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down.

* tocar con arco = bowing.

* tocar de refilón = brush past.

* tocar distraídamente = finger.

* tocar donde duele = touch on + raw nerve, touch on + a sore spot.

* tocar el claxon = honk.

* tocar fondo = hit + rock-bottom, reach + rock-bottom, bottom out, touch + rock bottom, strike + bottom.

* tocar juntos = play along with.

* tocar la bocina = honk.

* tocar la fibra sensible de = strike + a chord with.

* tocar la lotería = win + the lottery.

* tocar las pelotas = piss + Nombre + off.

* tocarle un pelo a = lay + a finger on.

* tocar ligeramente = skim + the surface of, stroke, brush past, tip.

* tocar ligeramente con el codo = nudge.

* tocar los cojones = piss + Nombre + off.

* tocar los huevos = piss + Nombre + off.

* tocar música = play + music.

* tocar una cuestión = touch on/upon + issue.

* tocar una vena sensible = hit + home.

* tocar un instrumento musical = play + instrument.

* tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.

* tocar un punto = touch on + a point.

* tocar un tema = touch on + a point.

* todo lo que toca se convierte en oro = Midas touch, the.

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tocar [A2 ]

vt

Sentido I

A

1 «persona» to touch; (palpar) to feel; (manosear) to handle

¿puedes tocar el techo? can you touch o reach the ceiling?

¡no vayas a tocar ese cable! don't touch that cable!

por favor, no toquen los objetos expuestos please do not touch the exhibits

la pelota tocó (la) red the ball clipped the net

me tocó el hombro con el bastón she tapped me on the shoulder with her stick

le tocó la frente para ver si tenía fiebre he put his hand on her forehead to see if she had a fever

¿por qué le pegaste? — ¡pero si yo no la he tocado! why did you hit her? — I never touched her! ( colloq)

¿tocas fondo? can you touch the bottom?

si le toca un pelo al niño … if he lays a hand o finger on that child …, if he touches a hair on that child's head … ( colloq)

no puede tocar el alcohol he mustn't touch a drop of alcohol

ni siquiera tocó la comida he didn't even touch his food

no me toquen estos papeles don't touch these papers

mis ahorros no los quiero tocar I don't want to break into/touch my savings

del marido puedes decir lo que quieras pero a los hijos no se los toques you can say anything you like about her husband but don't say a word against her children

2 «objeto» to touch

la cama está tocando la pared the bed is up against o is touching the wall

la planta ya toca el techo the plant is already up to o is touching the ceiling

el avión tocó tierra the plane landed o touched down

B (hacer escala en) ( Aviac) to make a stopover in, go via

no toca puerto en Lisboa ( Náut) it doesn't call at o put in at Lisbon

C (en béisbol) to bunt

D ‹tema› (tratar) to touch on, refer to; (sacar) to bring up, broach

sólo tocó de paso el tema he only touched on o mentioned the subject in passing

E

1 (conmover, impresionar) to touch

sus palabras nos tocaron a todos profundamente his words moved us all deeply o affected us all profoundly, we were all deeply touched by his words

tu comentario tocó su amor propio your comment hurt his pride

supo tocar el corazón del público presente he touched the hearts of all those present

2 (atañer, concernir) to affect

el problema de la droga toca a muchos países the drug problem affects many countries

no siento que ese tema me toque en lo más mínimo I don't feel that subject concerns me at all

el tema del alcoholismo me toca muy de cerca the question of alcoholism concerns me very closely o is very close to my heart

3

( Esp fam) (estar emparentado con): ¿Victoria te toca algo? is Victoria a relation of yours?, is Victoria related to you?

Sentido II

A (hacer sonar) ‹timbre/campana› to ring

tocar el claxon to blow o sound o hoot the horn

B ( Mús) ‹instrumento/pieza› to play

está aprendiendo a tocar el piano he's learning to play the piano

C ( Mil) to sound

tocar retirada to sound the retreat

■ tocar

vi

Sentido I

A

(concernir): por or en lo que toca a la ecología ( frml); as far as ecology is concerned, regarding ecology, with regard to ecology

B (rayar) tocar EN algo to border o verge ON sth

la situación ya empezaba a tocar en lo grotesco by this time the situation was bordering o verging on the grotesque

Sentido II

A ( AmL) (llamar) «persona» to knock at the door

me parece que alguien está tocando (a la puerta) I think there's somebody at the door

B «campana» to ring

las campanas tocaban a muerto/a misa the bells were tolling the death knell/were ringing for mass

¿podemos salir a jugar? ya ha tocado el timbre can we go out to play? the bell rang already ( AmE) o ( BrE) the bell's already gone

el reloj tocó las tres the clock struck o chimed three

tocar a rebato ( Mil) to sound the alarm

C ( Mús) (hacer música) to play

Sentido III

A

1 (corresponder) (+ me/te/le etc):

me tocaría a mí ocuparme de los niños it would be up to me o it would be my job to take care of the children

siempre me toca a mí sacar al perro it's always me who has to take the dog out for a walk

nos tocan tres bombones a cada uno there are three chocolates for each of us

a ella le toca la mitad de la herencia she gets half of the inheritance

2 (en suerte) (+ me/te/le etc):

le ha tocado la lotería/el primer premio/un millón she has won the lottery/first prize/a million

nos ha tocado (en suerte) vivir en épocas difíciles it has fallen to our lot to live in difficult times

nos tocó la maestra más antipática del colegio we got the most horrible teacher in the school

nos tocó hacer las prácticas en el mismo colegio we happened to do our teaching practice at the same school

me tocó a mí comunicarle la mala noticia I was the one who had to tell him the bad news, it fell to me to tell him the bad news ( frml)

me tocó detrás de una columna y no vi casi nada I had to sit behind a pillar and I hardly saw anything

3 (ser el turno) (+ me/te/le etc):

te toca a ti ¿vas a jugar? it's your turn/move, are you going to play?

¿a quién le toca cocinar hoy? whose turn is it to do the cooking today?

nos toca pagar a nosotros it's our turn to pay

B ( en tercera persona)

1 ( fam)

(ser hora de): vamos, toca ponerse a estudiar come on, it's time we/you got down to some studying

¡a correr tocan! ( fam); run for it!

¡a pagar tocan! ( fam); it's time to pay up!

2 ( fam)

(haber que): toca comer otra vez arroz we're having rice again

■ tocarse

v pron

A

1 ( refl) ‹herida/grano› to touch

siempre se está tocando la barba/la nariz he's always playing with his beard/touching his nose

2 ( recípr) «personas» to touch each other; «cables» to touch

los fondos de nuestras casas se tocan our garden backs onto theirs

los extremos se tocan the two extremes come together o meet

B ( frml) (cubrirse la cabeza) tocarse CON algo to wear sth

la reina se tocaba con un sombrero azul the queen was wearing a blue hat

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tocar ( conjugate tocar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( en general) to touch;

( palpar) to feel;
( manosear) to handle;
◊ ¡no vayas a tocar ese cable! don't touch that cable!;

mis ahorros no los quiero tocar I don't want to touch my savings;
la planta ya toca el techo the plant is already touching the ceiling
b) ( hacer sonar) ‹timbre/campana› to ring;

‹ claxon› to blow, sound
c) (Mús) ‹instrumento/pieza› to play

2 ‹ tema› ( tratar) to touch on, refer to;
( sacar) to bring up
3 (atañer, concernir) to affect;
◊ un problema que nos toca de cerca a problem which affects us directly

verbo intransitivo
1
a) (AmL) ( llamar) [ persona] to knock at the door;

◊ alguien está tocando (a la puerta) there's somebody at the door

b) [campana/timbre] to ring;

◊ las campanas tocaban a misa the bells were ringing for mass

c) (Mús) to play

2
a) (corresponder en reparto, concurso, sorteo):

◊ a ella le toca la mitad de la herencia she gets half of the inheritance;

le tocó el primer premio she won the first prize;
me tocó la maestra más antipática del colegio I got the most horrible teacher in the school
b) ( ser el turno):

◊ te toca a ti it's your turn;

¿a quién le toca cocinar? whose turn is it to do the cooking?
tocarse verbo pronominal
a) ( refl) ‹herida/grano› to touch;

‹ barba› to play with
b) ( recípr) [ personas] to touch each other;

[ cables] to touch
tocar
I verbo transitivo
1 (entrar en contacto) to touch: el avión toca tierra, the airplane touches down
(a una persona) to touch
(manipular, manejar) to handle
(sentir al tacto) to feel
(mover, desordenar) yo no toqué tus papeles, I didn't touch your papers
2 (hacer alusión) to touch on
3 (un instrumento) to play: toca el violín, she plays the violin
4 (el timbre, la campana) to ring
II verbo intransitivo
1 (corresponder) a ti te toca decírselo, you're the one who has to tell him
los lunes te toca limpiar la casa, you have to clean the house on Mondays
(por turno) me toca, it's my turn
2 (en el juego, en un concurso) to win: le tocaron dos millones, he won two million pesetas
3 (afectar) to concern, affect
por lo que a ti te toca, as far as you are concerned
4 (sonar) tocan las campanas, the bells are ringing
' tocar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fondo
- pitar
- tacto
- timbre
- campana
- claxon
- destiempo
- gustar
- llamar
- madera
- oído
- palma
- pito
- rozar
- silbato
English:
beat
- blow
- bongo
- bottom out
- busk
- can
- dab
- disturb
- drum
- enjoy
- feel
- finger
- graze
- handle
- honk
- keep off
- lightly
- love
- meet
- paw
- play
- please
- replay
- ring
- sharp
- softly
- sound
- stop
- strike up
- thump out
- toll
- toot
- touch
- undisturbed
- clear
- ear
- goose
- hoot
- interfere
- jazz
- knock
- perform
- rock
- sight
- strike
- tamper with
- untouched

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tocar

♦ vt

1. [entrar en contacto con, alterar] to touch;
[palpar] to feel;
por favor, no toquen las esculturas please do not touch the sculptures;

el médico le tocó el estómago the doctor felt her stomach;

yo no lo tocaría, así está muy bien I wouldn't touch a thing, it's fine as it is;

tócalo, verás qué suave es touch it and see how soft it is;

¡no se te ocurra tocar al niño! don't you dare lay a finger on the child!;

el corredor cayó al tocar la valla con un pie the athlete fell when his foot struck o clipped the hurdle;

el balón tocó el poste the ball touched o clipped the post;

no ha tocado la comida he hasn't touched his food;

¡esos libros, ni tocarlos! don't you go near those books!;

Comp

tocar madera to touch wood

2. [hacer sonar] [instrumento, canción] to play;
[bombo] to bang; [sirena, alarma] to sound; [campana, timbre] to ring; [bocina, claxon] to hoot, to toot; [silbato] to blow;
el reloj tocó las doce the clock struck twelve

3. [abordar] [asunto, tema] to touch on;

lo tocó por encima he touched on it briefly;

no toques ese tema don't mention that subject

4. [concernir]
por lo que a mí me toca as far as I'm concerned;

en o [m5] por lo que toca al asunto de los ascensos as far as the matter of promotions is concerned;

tocar a alguien de cerca to concern sb closely

5. [conmover] to touch;

la historia la tocó hondo the story touched her deeply

♦ vi

1. [entrar en contacto] to touch;

no tocar [en letrero] don't touch;

no tocar, alto voltaje [en letrero] high voltage: do not touch

2. [estar próximo]
tocar con algo [pared, mueble] to be touching sth;
[país, jardín] to border (on) sth;
la mesa toca con la pared the table is touching the wall;

nuestra casa toca con la suya our house is right next to theirs

3. [llamar]
tocar a la puerta/ventana to knock on o at the door/window

4. [campanas, timbre] to ring

5. [en un reparto]
tocar a alguien: le tocó la mitad he got half of it;

a ti te toca la casa you get the house;

a mí me toca fregar la cocina I've got to mop the kitchen;

tocamos a dos trozos cada uno there's enough for two slices each;

tocamos a mil cada uno [nos deben] we're due a thousand each;
[debemos] it's a thousand each;
te toca a ti hacerlo [turno] it's your turn to do it;
[responsabilidad] it's up to you to do it;
te toca tirar a ti [en juegos] it's your go;

¿a quién le toca? whose turn is it?

6. [caer en suerte]
me ha tocado la lotería/el gordo I've won the lottery/the jackpot;

me tocaron seis millones a o [m5] en la lotería I won six million in the lottery;

le ha tocado sufrir mucho he has had to suffer a lot

7. [llegar el momento]
hoy toca limpiar it's cleaning day today;

ahora toca divertirse now it's time to have some fun;

le toca dar a luz la semana que viene she's due to have the baby next week;

ya me toca ir al dentista it's time for me to go to the dentist;

¿cuándo te toca renovar el permiso? when do you have to renew your licence?;
Fam Hum
si te dicen que salgas, a salir tocan if they tell you to go out, then you'd better go out

8. [rayar]
tocar en algo to verge o border on sth;

eso ya toca en lo imaginario that's verging on the imaginary

♦ See also the pronominal verb tocarse

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tocar

I v/t

1 touch;

tocar el corazón touch one’s heart;

tocar a alguien de cerca concern s.o. closely

2 MÚS play

II v/i

1 L.Am.

a la puerta knock (on the door); L.Am. ( sonar la campanita) ring the doorbell;

las campanas de la iglesia tocaban a misa the church bells were ringing for mass;

tocar a muerto toll the death knell

2 ( ser hora de)

:

ya toca dar de comer al bebé it’s time to feed the baby

3 ( ser el turno de)

:

te toca jugar it’s your turn

4

:

por lo que toca a … as far as … is concerned

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tocar {72} vt

1) : to touch, to feel, to handle

2) : to touch on, to refer to

3) : to concern, to affect

4) : to play (a musical instrument)

tocar vi

1) : to knock, to ring

tocar a la puerta: to rap on the door

2)

tocar en : to touch on, to border on

eso toca en lo ridículo: that's almost ludicrous

3)

tocarle a : to fall to, to be up to, to be one's turn

¿a quién le toca manejar?: whose turn is it to drive?

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tocar vb

1. (en general) to touch

me tocó la mejilla he touched my cheek

2. (instrumento) to play

toca la guitarra he plays the guitar

3. (timbre, campana) to ring [pt. rang; pp. rung]

¿has tocado el timbre? have you rung the bell?

4. (bocina) to sound

tocaba la bocina he was sounding his horn

5. (corresponder hacer algo) to be your turn

¿a quién le toca ahora? whose turn is it now?

6. (un premio) to win [pt. & pp. won]

le tocó la lotería he won the lottery

Spanish-English dictionary > tocar

18 свиря

1. play (music)

свиря с уста whistle

свиря със свирка blow a whistle, tootle on a whistle, pipe

свиря (на) инструмент play an instrument

свиря на цигулка/китара/пиано play (on) the violin/the guitar/the piano

свиря на акордеон play an accordeon

свиря с тромпет blow a trumpet

свиря с клаксон sound/play/hoot a horn

2. непрех. (за инструмент) play

(за радио) play, be on

(за сирена) hoot

(за клаксон) honk, toot

3. (за вятър) sing, whistle, sough

(за куршум и пр.) whistle, whiz (z), whine, sing

(за сабя и пр.) swish, whistle

(за гърди) wheeze

гранатите свиреха the shells whizzed past

4. (за щурец) chirr

(за комари) buzz

(за кос и пр.) pipe

свиря тревога sound the alarm

свиря зора воен. sound the reveille

както ми свирят, така играя dance to s.o.'s tune/pipe

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свѝря,

гл., мин. св. деят. прич. свѝрил 1. play (music); \свиря на акордеон play an accordion; \свиря (на) инструмент play an instrument; \свиря на цигулка/китара/пиано play (on) the violin/the guitar/the piano; \свиря с клаксон sound/play/hoot a horn; \свиря с тромпет blow a trumpet; \свиря с уста whistle; \свиря със свирка blow a whistle, tootle on a whistle, pipe;

2. непрех. (за инструмент) play; (за радио) play, be on; (за сирена) hoot; (за клаксон) honk, toot;

3. (за вятър) sing, whistle, sough; (за куршум и пр.) whistle, whiz(z), whine, sing; (за сабя и пр.) swish, whistle; (за гърди) wheeze;

4. (за щурец) chirr; (за комари) buzz; (за кос и пр.) pipe; • както ми свирят, така играя dance to s.o.’s tune/pipe; \свиря зора воен. sound the reveille; \свиря тревога sound the alarm.

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play: свиря the piano - свиря на пиано, whistle (с уста); blare ; blow (за духов инструмент); blast ; hoot ; perform (пред публика); chirr (за щурец); The radio is on. - Радиото свири.

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1. (за вятър) sing, whistle, sough 2. (за гърди) wheeze 3. (за клаксон) honk, toot 4. (за комари) buzz 5. (за кос и пр.) pipe 6. (за куршум и пр.) whistle, whiz(z), whine, sing 7. (за радио) play, be on 8. (за сабя и пр.) swish, whistle 9. (за сирена) hoot 10. (за щурец) chirr 11. play (music) 12. СВИРЯ (на) инструмент play an instrument 13. СВИРЯ зора воен. sound the reveille 14. СВИРЯ на акордеон play an accordeon 15. СВИРЯ на цигулка/китара/пиано play (on) the violin/the guitar/the piano 16. СВИРЯ с клаксон sound/play/hoot a horn 17. СВИРЯ с тромпет blow a trumpet 18. СВИРЯ с уста whistle 19. СВИРЯ със свирка blow a whistle, tootle on a whistle, pipe 20. СВИРЯ тревога sound the alarm 21. гранатите свиреха the shells whizzed past 22. както ми свирят, така играя dance to s.o.'s tune/pipe 23. нenpex. (за инструмент) play

Български-английски речник > свиря

19 Violine

f; -, -n; MUS. violin

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die Violine

violin

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Vi|o|li|ne [vio'liːnə]
f -, -n
violin
die erste/zweite Violine spielen — to play first/second violin

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die

(a type of musical instrument with four strings, played with a bow: She played the violin in the school orchestra; Can you play that on the violin?) violin

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Vi·o·li·ne

<-, -n>

[vi̯oˈli:nə]

f violin

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die; Violine, Violinen (Musik) violin

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Violine f; -, -n; MUS violin

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die; Violine, Violinen (Musik) violin

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-n f.

violin n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Violine

20 na

praep. 1. (wskazuje na kontakt z powierzchnią) [znajdować się] on
- na stole/kanapie/krześle on the table/sofa/chair

- na ścianie/drzwiach on the wall/door

- na Ziemi/Księżycu on the Earth/Moon

- na niebie in the sky

- na jeziorze/rzece on the lake/river

- na morzu at sea

- na zdjęciu/obrazie (jako temat) in a photo/picture

- na środku czegoś in the middle a. centre of sth

- na początku/końcu czegoś at the beginning/end of sth

- rana na nodze a wound on a a. in the leg

- mieć na sobie marynarkę/płaszcz to be wearing a jacket/coat

- nosiła pierścionek na małym palcu, a na szyi korale she had a ring on her little finger and beads (a)round her neck

- włóż płaszcz na sweter put your coat on over your sweater
2. (wskazuje na pomieszczenie, miejsce) at, in
- na stadionie at the stadium

- na korytarzu in the corridor

- na ulicy in the street, outside

- na ulicy Klonowej in a. on Klonowa Street

- na dworcu/przystanku autobusowym at the station/bus stop

- na staromiejskim rynku in the Old Town marketplace

- na wschodzie/południu in the East/South

- na Bliskim Wschodzie in the Middle East

- na Ukrainie/Węgrzech in (the) Ukraine/in Hungary

- na Śląsku/Mazowszu in Silesia/Mazovia

- na wyspie/Borneo on an island/in Borneo

- na wsi in the country

- na uniwersytecie at (the) university/in the university

- na wykładzie/przedstawieniu at a lecture/performance

- na górze/dole (wysokość) at the top/bottom; (w budynku) upstairs/downstairs
3. (wskazuje na kierunek) [pójść, prowadzić] to
- na plażę/bagna to the beach/marshes

- na stację/salę operacyjną to the station/the operating theatre

- na Łotwę/Pomorze to Latvia/Pomerania

- na Sycylię/Krym to Sicily/the Crimea

- wyprawa na Mount Everest an expedition to Mount Everest

- wspinać się na Giewont to climb Giewont

- robotnicy wylegli na ulice workers took to the streets

- dostał się na uniwersytet/prawo he entered university a. was admitted to university/he entered the law department

- poszła na zebranie/koncert she went to a meeting/concert

- iść/skręcać na północ/wschód to go/turn north/east

- okna wychodzą na południe/na ogród the windows face south/look onto the garden

- na północ/wschód od czegoś to the north/east of sth

- na górę/dół (wyżej/niżej) up/down; (w budynku) upstairs/downstairs

- patrzeć na kogoś to look at sb

- postawić wazon na stół a. na stole to put a vase on the table

- ładować meble na ciężarówkę to load furniture onto a lorry

- przenosić się z miejsca na miejsce to move from place to place
4. (wskazuje na odcinek czasu) for
- wyjechać na tydzień/dwa dni to go away for a week/two days

- na krótko for a bit a. a short while

- na zawsze forever, for ever

- muszę was na chwilę zostawić I’ll have to leave you for a moment

- ptaki odleciały na zimę the birds have flown off for the winter

- na pół godziny przed odlotem samolotu half an hour before the plane’s departure
5. (wskazuje na termin) przygotuję ten referat na środę I’ll prepare the paper for Wednesday
- miałeś zrobić tłumaczenie na wczoraj you were supposed to finish the translation by yesterday

- przesuńmy zebranie na jutro let’s postpone the meeting till tomorrow

- masz przyjść na drugą/lunch you must come at two/for lunch

- jestem z nim umówiony na siedemnastą/na piątego stycznia I’m seeing him at 5 p.m./on January the fifth
6. (wskazuje na okazję) for
- na tę okazję for the occasion

- sukienka na specjalne okazje a dress for special occasions

- zjeść coś na śniadanie/lunch to have a. eat sth for breakfast/lunch

- kupić komuś prezent na urodziny to buy sb a present for his/her birthday

- zaprosić kogoś na imieniny/wigilię to invite sb to one’s name day party/for Christmas Eve

- pójść na wesele/pogrzeb to go to a wedding/funeral

- pocałować/pomachać komuś na pożegnanie to kiss/wave sb goodbye
7. (z nazwami środków lokomocji) na nartach/rowerze on skis/on a bike
- policjanci na koniach policemen on horseback

- jechać na rowerze to cycle, to ride a bike

- latać na lotni to go hang-gliding

- jeździć na łyżwach/wrotkach to skate a. go skating/to (roller) skate a. go (roller) skating

- chodzić/stać na rękach to walk/stand on one’s hands

- skakać na jednej nodze to hop on one foot

- zjechał na nartach ze zbocza he skied down the slope

- dziecko poruszało się na pupie po całym pokoju the baby shuffled around the room on his/her bottom
8. (wskazujące na podporę) on
- stolik na kółkach a table on a. with wheels

- pantofle na wysokim obcasie highheeled shoes

- pantofle na płaskim obcasie low-heeled shoes, flats US

- fotel/konik na biegunach a rocking chair/horse

- spodnie na szelkach/pasku trousers with braces/with a belt

- prowadzić psa na smyczy to lead a dog on a leash

- leżeć na brzuchu/plecach to lie on one’s stomach/back

- oprzeć się na łokciu/na lasce to lean on one’s elbow/a cane
9. (z nazwami narzędzi, urządzeń, instrumentów) on
- na komputerze/kalkulatorze on a computer/calculator

- pisać na maszynie to type, to write on a typewriter

- uszyć sukienkę na maszynie to machine(-sew) a dress

- grać na skrzypcach/fortepianie to play (on) the violin/piano

- zagrać jakąś melodię na skrzypcach/fortepianie to play a tune on the violin/piano

- robić na drutach to knit
10. (wskazuje na sposób) pranie na sucho dry-cleaning
- jajka na twardo/miękko hard-boiled/soft-boiled eggs

- usmażyć coś na maśle/oleju to fry sth in butter/oil

- ten rosół jest na wołowinie, nie na kurczaku this is beef broth, not chicken broth

- nalewka na wiśniach cherry brandy

- sprzedawać coś na sztuki/tuziny to sell sth by the piece/dozen

- kupić coś na raty to pay for sth by a. in instalments

- pomalować coś na niebiesko/zielono to paint sth blue/green

- ubierać się na biało/czarno to dress in white/black

- „podawać na zimno/gorąco” ‘serve cold/hot’

- zrobiła się na Marylin Monroe pot. she dolled herself up like Marylin Monroe pot.

- (ona) uczy się na piątki she always gets top marks
11. (wskazuje na przeznaczenie) for
- mięso na befsztyki/zupę meat for steak/soup

- butelka na mleko a milk bottle

- materiał na sukienkę dress material

- stojak na buty a shoe rack

- syrop na kaszel cough syrup

- koncert na skrzypce i fortepian a concerto for violin and piano

- dom na sprzedaż a house for sale

- sztućce/stół na cztery osoby cutlery/a table for four (people)

- brała krople na serce she took drops for her heart

- nie mam już miejsca na książki I don’t have any more room for books

- na dokończenie tego mieliśmy tylko dwie godziny we only had two hours to finish it

- nie trać czasu na głupstwa don’t waste time on trifles

- brakuje pieniędzy na zasiłki there’s a shortage of money for benefits
12. (wskazuje na cel) for
- zabrali go do szpitala na operację they took him to hospital for an operation

- poszedł na egzamin he went to take a. went off for his exam

- idę do znajomych na brydża I’m going to my friends to play (some) bridge a. for a game of bridge

- umówmy się na piwo let’s meet for a beer

- muszę pójść na zakupy I have to do some a. go shopping

- na co chcesz pójść (do kina)? what (film) would you like to see?

- wybrać się na grzyby/ryby to go mushroom picking/fishing

- skoczył do wody jemu/jej na ratunek he jumped into the water to save him/her
13. (wskazuje na skutek) to, into
- podarł spodnie na strzępy he tore his trousers to shreds

- wazon rozbił się na kawałki the vase smashed to pieces

- porąbał drewno na kawałki he chopped the wood into pieces

- pokrój mięso na plastry/kawałki cut the meat into slices/chunks

- gips strwardniał na kamień the plaster set as hard as rock

- przerobiła sukienkę na spódnicę she turned the dress into a skirt

- przebudowali piwnicę na sklep they converted the cellar into a shop

- rodzice wychowali go na uczciwego człowieka his parents brought him up to be an honest man
14. (wskazuje na przyczynę) at
- na czyjąś prośbę/zaproszenie at sb’s request/invitation

- na czyjś rozkaz at sb’s order

- na widok kogoś/czegoś at the sight of sb/sth

- na dźwięk dzwonka wyskoczył z wanny at the sound of the bell he jumped out of the bath

- na myśl o tym zrobiło mu się słabo he felt faint at the (very) thought of it

- śledztwo rozpoczęto na wniosek poszkodowanego the investigation was opened at the request of the injured party

- na nasz apel zgłosiło się wielu ochotników many volunteers responded to our appeal

- oskarżeni utrzymują, że strzelali na rozkaz the accused claim that they were ordered to shoot

- chorować na grypę to be ill with flu

- przystanek na żądanie a request stop GB, a flagstop US
15. (w pomiarach, obliczeniach) 100 kilometrów na godzinę a hundred kilometres per a. an hour
- dwa razy na tydzień/rok twice a week/year

- jeden student na dziesięciu one student in ten a. out of ten

- na jedno miejsce było sześciu kandydatów there were six candidates per place

- bieg na 100 metrów the 100 metres sprint

- głęboki/długi na sześć metrów six metres deep/long

- drzwi były otwarte na całą szerokość the door was wide open

- podszedłem do niego na odległość kilku kroków I came to within several steps of him

- poziom wody podniósł się na wysokość pierwszego piętra the level of the water rose up to the first floor

- jak na swoje lata, jest w doskonałej formie he’s in excellent form for his years

- jak na emeryta, ma spore dochody for a pensioner he has quite a large income

- pomidory, jak na krajowe, są znakomite for Polish tomatoes they’re delicious

- suma, jak na owe czasy, ogromna a huge sum for a. in those days a. times

- na ówczesne warunki (for) the way things were at the time; for the conditions prevailing at that time książk.

- na co? what for?

- na co ci ołówek? what do you need a pencil for?

- i na co wam to było? what did you have to do that for?

- na odwal (się) pot. a. na odpieprz (się) posp. [zrobiony, wykonany] any old how pot.

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prep

(+acc) ( kierunek) to

na plażę/wieś — to the beach/country

na Węgry/Kubę — to Hungary/Cuba

wchodzić (wejść perf) na drzewo — to climb a tree

na zachód/północ — west/north, westward(s)/northward(s)

wpadać (wpaść perf) na kogoś — to bump into sb ( okres)

na dwa dni — for two days

na 5 minut przed na — +loc five minutes before... ( termin)

na poniedziałek — for Monday

na czwartą — ( zrobić coś) by four (o'clock); ( przyjść) at four (o'clock) ( okazja)

na śniadanie — for breakfast

na wiosnę — in spring ( sposób)

na sztuki/tuziny — by the piece/the dozen

na czyjś koszt — at sb's expense

na raty — on hire purchase (BRIT) lub installments (US)

jajko na twardo — hard-boiled egg

pranie na sucho — dry cleaning ( przyczyna)

na czyjąś prośbę/zaproszenie — at sb's request/invitation

na czyjś sygnał/życzenie — on sb's signal/wish

chory na grypę — ill lub sick (US) with flu ( miara)

100 km na godzinę — 100 km per hour

dwa razy na tydzień — twice a lub per week

stół na 20 osób — a table for twenty

jeden na dziesięć — one in ten, one out of ten

po trzy na raz — three at a time

szeroki na dwa cale — two inches wide ( rezultat)

kroić (pokroić) (perf) coś na kawałki — to cut sth into pieces

malować (pomalować perf) coś na biało — to paint sth white ( przeznaczenie)

album na znaczki — stamp album

kosz na śmieci — dustbin (BRIT), garbage can (US)

przerwa na kawę — coffee break ( zamiar)

iść na spacer — to go for a walk

jechać na wakacje/wycieczkę — to go on holiday/a trip

iść na wykład/koncert — to go to a lecture/concert ( z przysłówkami)

jeść obiad na stojąco — to eat lunch (while) standing

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prep.

+ Loc.

1. ( miejsce) on, at, in ( często nie tłumaczony jako przyimek); na stole on the table; na ścianie on the wall; na górze/na dole up/down; at the top/bottom ( czegoś of sth); (= na piętrze/na parterze) upstairs/downstairs; na ulicy on the street; Br. in the street; na Siódmej Ulicy on Seventh Street; Br. in Seventh Street; na Pennsylvania Avenue pod numerem 10 Br. at 10 Pennsylvania Avenue; na Alasce/Litwie in Alaska/Lithuania; na deszczu (out) in the rain; na dworze (= na zewnątrz) outside, outdoors; na koniu on a horse, on horseback; na korytarzu in the corridor; na palcu/głowie on one's finger/head; mieć mnóstwo spraw na głowie przen. have a lot on one's mind l. shoulders; na początku/końcu czegoś at the beginning/end of sth; na polu in the field; na uniwersytecie/poczcie at the university/post office; na zachodzie in the west.

2. ( sytuacja) gdybym był na twoim miejscu if I were you, if I were in your shoes.

3. (= podczas) at, during, on; na zebraniu/koncercie at a meeting/concert; na wakacjach on vacation; Br. on holiday; na wycieczce on a trip l. excursion; spędzać czas na czytaniu spend one's time reading.

4. ( środek lokomocji) on; jechać na koniu ride (on) a horse; jeździć na nartach ski, go skiing; jeździć na rowerze ride (on) a bicycle, ride a bike.

5. ( ruch lub pozycja ciała) on; chodzić na rękach walk on one's hands; leżeć na boku lie on one's side; na nogach (t. przen. = w dobrej kondycji) on one's feet.

6. ( instrument) on; grać na skrzypcach/fortepianie play the violin/piano; grać melodię na fortepianie play a tune on the piano.

7. ( narzędzie) pisać na maszynie type, typewrite; robić na drutach knit.

8. ( precyzowanie znaczenia rzeczownika) buty na wysokich obcasach high-heeled shoes; ciasto na drożdżach yeast dough; nalewka na wiśniach cherry liqueur; koń na biegunach rocking horse.

9. (po czasownikach l. przymiotnikach) oszczędzać na czymś economize on sth; wprawiać się na czymś cut one's teeth on sth; wychowany na czymś brought up l. raised on sth.

prep.

+ Acc.

1. (kierunek l. cel) to, toward(s), on, upon ( często nie tłumaczony jako przyimek); na Alaskę/Litwę to Alaska/Lithuania; na stolicę (o celu marszu, operacji wojskowej) toward l. on the capital; na górę/na dół up/down; ( po schodach) upstairs/downstairs; na pocztę/dworzec kolejowy to the post office/railroad station; na ulicę (out) into the street; na zachód west, westward(s); wyjść na ulicę (euf. = zacząć uprawiać prostytucję) go on the streets.

2. (po czasownikach l. przymiotnikach) chory na głowę (pot. = szalony) sick in the head, brainsick; chorować l. cierpieć na coś suffer from sth; cieszyć się na coś look forward to sth; krzyczeć na kogoś shout at sb; patrzeć na kogoś/coś look at sb/sth; zanosi się na deszcz it's going to rain; zły na kogoś/coś angry at/with sb/sth.

3. ( stan) postawić kogoś na nogi przen. put sb on their feet (again).

4. ( okres) for; na chwilę for a moment, for a while; na miesiąc for a month.

5. (termin, wyznaczony czas) (dokładnie) na czas (right) on time; obiad będzie na piątą dinner will be (ready) at five; umówić się na środę agree to meet on Wednesday, schedule an appointment for Wednesday; wracam na Wielkanoc I'll be back l. returning for Easter; zrobię to na jutro I'll do it for tomorrow.

6. (napęd, zasilanie) silnik na benzynę gasoline engine; zegar na baterię battery-powered clock.

7. ( przeznaczenie) kosz na śmieci waste-paper basket; materiał na sukienkę dress material; koncert na fortepian muz. piano concerto; skrzynka na listy mailbox; Br. letter-box.

8. ( sposób) with, by; walczyć na miecze fight with swords; kupować na raty buy on installments; kupować/sprzedawać na sztuki buy/sell by the piece.

9. ( miara) 100 kilometrów na godzinę a hundred kilometers an hour/per hour; szeroki na dwa metry two meters wide; raz na rok once a year.

10. (przyczyna, bodziec) on, upon, at, to; co ty na to? what do you say?, what would you say to that?; na żądanie on demand; na czyjąś prośbę/czyjś rozkaz on l. at sb's request/order; na widok kogoś/czegoś at the sight of sb/sth; na wieść o wypadku upon the news of the accident; odpowiedzieć na pytanie answer a question.

11. ( podział) into, in; drzeć coś na kawałki tear sth into l. to pieces; dzielenie włosa na czworo przen. hair-splitting; dzielić/łamać/składać coś na pół divide/break/fold sth in half.

12. ( dzielenie liczb) sto na dziesięć one hundred (divided) by ten.

13. ( wymiary) pięć na dziesięć cali five by ten inches.

14. ( cel) to, for, into; być przyjętym na (Uniwersytet) Yale be accepted at l. by Yale (University); dostać się na wydział chemii get into the chemistry department; iść na przyjęcie/zebranie go to a party/meeting; iść na ryby go fishing; iść na spacer go for a walk; jechać na wycieczkę go on an excursion; wyskoczyć na miasto go out, go into town.

15. ( w utarych zwrotach) na dobitkę to crown it all, to top it (all) off, on top of all that; na domiar złego to make matters worse; na przykład for example, for instance; jak na złość ironically; na zakończenie finally; na złamanie karku at breakneck speed l. pace, helter-skelter.

16. ( w równoważnikach zdań) na pomoc! help!; na koń! mount up!; na zdrowie! ( toast) cheers!; ( odpowiedź na kichnięcie) bless you!

prep.

z przysłówkami, przymiotnikami i wyrazami nieodmiennymi

1. ( z nazwami kolorów) pomalować coś na biało paint sth white.

2. ( okres) for; na długo/krótko for a long/short time; na zawsze forever.

3. ( sposób) na czczo on an empty stomach; na leżąco lying (down), reclining, prone; jajko na twardo hard-boiled egg; na wznak on the back.

4. ( relacje przestrzenne) na zewnątrz (czegoś) outside (sth); na wprost (straight) on l. ahead; (= naprzeciw) opposite; na zachód/lewo ( o położeniu) to the west/left ( od czegoś of sth).

5. ( w utartych zwrotach) wszystko na nic/na próżno (it's) all for nothing/in vain.

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