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princely sum

  • 1 bonita suma

    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * * *

    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bonita suma

  • 2 suma importante

    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * * *

    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > suma importante

  • 3 suma

    f.
    1 addition (Mat) (acción).
    2 total, sum (conjunto) (de conocimientos, datos).
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: sumar.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: sumir.
    * * *
    1 (cantidad) sum, amount
    2 MATEMÁTICAS sum, addition
    3 (resumen) summary
    \
    en suma in short
    suma total sum total
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) sum, amount
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (Mat) (=acción) addition, adding, adding up; (=cantidad) total, sum; (=dinero) sum

    ¿cuánto es la suma de todos los gastos? — what are the total expenses?

    hacer sumas — to add up, do addition

    suma y sigue — (Com) "carried forward"; (fig) * and it's still going on

    2) (=resumen) summary
    2.
    SM
    * * *
    1) ( cantidad) sum
    2)
    a) (Mat) addition

    hacer sumas — to do addition, to do sums (BrE)

    b) ( conjunto) combination
    * * *
    = aggregation, sum, summation, addition, accrual.
    Ex. We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.
    Ex. In an application where weighted term logic is the primary search logic, search profiles are framed by combining index terms in a simple logical sum.
    Ex. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex. Computers have circuits for performing arithmetic operations, such as: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and exponentiation.
    Ex. Calcium and possibly vitamin D intake throughout childhood and adolescence may enhance bone mineral accrual.
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    * bonita suma = princely sum.
    * buena suma de dinero = hefty sum of money.
    * de suma importancia = of utmost importance.
    * de suma + Nombre = vitally + Adjetivo.
    * el todo es más grande que la suma de sus partes = the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
    * en suma = in short, in sum, in a word.
    * grandes sumas de dinero = vast sums of money.
    * la suma total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.
    * más que la suma de sus partes = Comparativo + than the sum of its parts.
    * pagar una suma de dinero = pay + sum.
    * sabrosa suma de dinero, una = handsome sum of money, a.
    * suma de capital = capital sum.
    * suma de dinero = sum of money.
    * suma global = lump sum.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * suma lógica = logical sum.
    * suma simbólica de dinero = symbolic sum of money.
    * suma total = sum total, total, grand total, count.
    * * *
    1) ( cantidad) sum
    2)
    a) (Mat) addition

    hacer sumas — to do addition, to do sums (BrE)

    b) ( conjunto) combination
    * * *
    = aggregation, sum, summation, addition, accrual.

    Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

    Ex: In an application where weighted term logic is the primary search logic, search profiles are framed by combining index terms in a simple logical sum.
    Ex: The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex: Computers have circuits for performing arithmetic operations, such as: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and exponentiation.
    Ex: Calcium and possibly vitamin D intake throughout childhood and adolescence may enhance bone mineral accrual.
    * bonita suma = princely sum.
    * buena suma de dinero = hefty sum of money.
    * de suma importancia = of utmost importance.
    * de suma + Nombre = vitally + Adjetivo.
    * el todo es más grande que la suma de sus partes = the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
    * en suma = in short, in sum, in a word.
    * grandes sumas de dinero = vast sums of money.
    * la suma total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.
    * más que la suma de sus partes = Comparativo + than the sum of its parts.
    * pagar una suma de dinero = pay + sum.
    * sabrosa suma de dinero, una = handsome sum of money, a.
    * suma de capital = capital sum.
    * suma de dinero = sum of money.
    * suma global = lump sum.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * suma lógica = logical sum.
    * suma simbólica de dinero = symbolic sum of money.
    * suma total = sum total, total, grand total, count.

    * * *
    una importante/módica suma de dinero a considerable/modest sum of money
    B
    1 ( Mat) addition
    hacer sumas to do addition, to do sums ( BrE)
    hagamos la suma de todo lo que hemos gastado let's add up o ( colloq) tot up everything we've spent, let's do a reckoning of everything we've spent
    2 (conjunto) combination
    la suma de estos incidentes the combination of these events
    en suma in short
    * * *

     

    Del verbo sumar: ( conjugate sumar)

    suma es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Del verbo sumir: ( conjugate sumir)

    suma es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    suma    
    sumar    
    sumir
    suma sustantivo femenino
    1 ( cantidad) sum
    2 (Mat) addition;

    sumar ( conjugate sumar) verbo transitivo


    ◊ 8 y 5 suman 13 8 and 5 add up to o make 13

    verbo intransitivo
    to add up
    sumarse verbo pronominal
    a) ( agregarse) sumase A algo:

    ◊ esto se suma a los problemas ya existentes this comes on top of o is in addition to any already existing problems

    b) ( adherirse) sumase A algo ‹a protesta/celebración› to join sth

    sumir ( conjugate sumir) verbo transitivo
    1 ( sumergir) suma algo/a algn EN algo ‹en tristeza/desesperación› to plunge sth/sb into sth
    2 (Col, Méx) ( abollar) to dent, make a dent in
    sumirse verbo pronominal
    1 ( hundirse) sumase EN algo ‹ en tristeza› to plunge into sth;
    ‹ en pensamientos› to become lost in sth
    2 (Col, Méx) ( abollarse) to get dented
    sumo,-a adjetivo
    1 (muy grande) extreme: es tóxico, manéjalo con sumo cuidado, it's toxic, handle it with extreme care
    de suma importancia, extremely important
    2 (máximo en una jerarquía) supreme
    ♦ Locuciones: a lo sumo, at the most
    Rel Sumo Pontífice, the Pope
    suma sustantivo femenino
    1 Mat addition: la suma de cinco y dos da siete, the sum of five plus two is five
    hacer sumas, to do sums, US addition ➣ Ver nota en sumar 2 (cantidad) sum: ganó una suma importante con ese negocio, she earnt a considerable sum of money for having closed the deal
    la suma total, the total amount
    sumar verbo transitivo
    1 Mat to add (up): seis y dos suman ocho, six and o plus two add up to o make eight
    2 (la cuenta, la factura) la factura suma tres mil pesetas, the bill comes to three thousand pesetas
    3 (añadir, incorporar) si al terremoto sumas las inundaciones, el desastre fue total, the earthquake, taken in conjunction with the flooding, meant total disaster
    ¿Cómo se dice 2 + 3 = 5?
    Two and three is/equals five.
    Two plus three is/equals five.
    What's two and three?
    sumir verbo transitivo
    1 (sumergir) to submerge, sink
    2 figurado la noticia le sumió en la tristeza, the news plunged him into sadness
    ' suma' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cantidad
    - defraudar
    - respetable
    - sabrosa
    - sabroso
    - sumar
    - sumo
    - toda
    - todo
    - abultado
    - apreciable
    - cobrar
    - conclusión
    - desgravar
    - despreciable
    - enorme
    - insignificante
    - integrar
    - nómina
    - número
    - sacar
    - traspaso
    English:
    addition
    - amount
    - appropriate
    - check
    - inaccurate
    - paltry
    - paramount
    - remittance
    - substantial
    - sum
    - tendency
    - add
    - all
    - combined
    - fee
    - head
    - less
    - utmost
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [operación matemática] addition;
    hacer una suma to do an addition
    2. [conjunto] [de conocimientos, datos] total, sum;
    [de dinero] sum;
    es la suma del trabajo de varios investigadores it is the product of the work of several researchers;
    la suma de los gastos asciende a 4.000 pesos total expenditure was 4,000 pesos
    Informát suma de comprobación checksum; Informát suma de control checksum
    ♦ en suma loc adv
    [en resumen] in short
    * * *
    f sum;
    en suma in short
    * * *
    suma nf
    1) cantidad: sum, quantity
    2) : addition
    * * *
    suma n sum

    Spanish-English dictionary > suma

  • 4 importante

    adj.
    1 important (destacado, significativo).
    2 considerable.
    3 significant, considerable, sizable.
    * * *
    1 (gen) important; (por su gravedad) serious; (por su cantidad) considerable
    2 (influyente) important
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=trascendental) [información, persona] important; [acontecimiento] significant, important; [papel, factor, parte] important, major; [cambio] significant, major

    un paso importante para la democracia — an important o a big o a major step for democracy

    • dárselas de importante — to give o.s. airs

    • lo importante es... — the main thing is...

    • poco importante — unimportant

    • es importante que — it is important that

    2) [como intensificador] [cantidad, pérdida] considerable; [herida] serious; [retraso] considerable, serious
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.
    Ex. The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.
    Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex. The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex. There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex. We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    ----
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.

    Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.

    Ex: Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex: This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex: The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex: There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex: Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex: Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex: We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

    * * *
    1 ‹noticia/persona› important; ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant
    tengo algo importante que decirte I have something important to tell you
    ¿qué dice la carta? — nada importante what does the letter say? — nothing of any importance o nothing much
    lo importante es participar the important thing is to take part
    es importante que vayas it's important that you go
    2 ‹pérdidas› serious, considerable; ‹cantidad› considerable, significant
    una importante suma de dinero a large o considerable o significant sum of money
    la tormenta causó importantes daños the storm caused severe o considerable damage
    un número importante de ciudadanos a significant o considerable o large number of citizens
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    algo importante    
    importante
    importante adjetivo
    a) ‹noticia/persona› important;

    ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant;
    dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs

    ‹ daños› severe, considerable;
    ‹ cantidad› considerable, significant
    importante adjetivo important, significant: un importante geólogo dará la conferencia, a noted geologist will give the lecture
    una cantidad importante, a considerable amount
    ' importante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bonita
    - bonito
    - categoría
    - ciudad
    - comodidad
    - consignar
    - cosa
    - cualquiera
    - despreciable
    - eje
    - eslabón
    - floricultura
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - historia
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - inmediatez
    - menos
    - nada
    - núcleo
    - opinar
    - personaje
    - pintar
    - poderosa
    - poderoso
    - reseñar
    - sabrosa
    - sabroso
    - salario
    - señalada
    - señalado
    - señor
    - suma
    - sustancial
    - sustantiva
    - sustantivo
    - tomo
    - viso
    - indiferente
    - notable
    - papel
    - parecer
    - personalidad
    - pez
    - que
    - trascendental
    - trascendente
    - un
    - visita
    English:
    amount to
    - appreciable
    - armory
    - armoury
    - assassin
    - assassination
    - big
    - consideration
    - depreciate
    - edit
    - flagship
    - grain
    - grand
    - great
    - head-hunt
    - high
    - if
    - important
    - increasingly
    - large
    - last
    - leading
    - least
    - major
    - mean
    - morality
    - prominent
    - significant
    - sponsor
    - thing
    - VIP
    - weighty
    - assassinate
    - come
    - considerable
    - feature
    - feel
    - first
    - foremost
    - name
    - priority
    - strongly
    - substantial
    * * *
    1. [destacado, significativo] important;
    el descontento está adquiriendo proporciones importantes dissatisfaction is becoming widespread;
    ocupa un cargo importante en el ministerio he has an important job at the ministry;
    ella es muy importante para mí she's very important to me;
    lo importante es hacerlo despacio the important thing is to do it slowly;
    no te preocupes, lo importante es que tengas buena salud don't worry, the most important thing is for you to be healthy;
    dárselas de importante, hacerse el/la importante to give oneself airs, to act all important
    2. [cantidad] considerable;
    [lesión] serious;
    una cantidad importante de dinero a significant o considerable sum of money;
    * * *
    adj important
    * * *
    : important
    * * *
    1. (en general) important
    2. (considerable) considerable

    Spanish-English dictionary > importante

  • 5 кругленькая сумма

    2) Colloquial: a small fortune

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > кругленькая сумма

  • 6 adquirir

    v.
    1 to acquire, to purchase.
    Ricardo adquirió un televisor nuevo Richard acquired a new television set.
    Silvia adquirió experiencia Silvia acquired experience.
    2 to acquire (conseguir) (conocimientos, hábito, cultura).
    3 to incur in, to fall into.
    María adquirió una deuda Mary incurred in a debt.
    4 to get.
    5 to gain in.
    Elsa adquirió peso Elsa gained in weight.
    * * *
    (i changes to ie in stressed syllables)
    Present Indicative
    adquiero, adquieres, adquiere, adquirimos, adquirís, adquieren.
    Present Subjunctive
    adquiera, adquieras, adquiera, adquiramos, adquiráis, adquieran.
    Imperative
    adquiere (tú), adquiera (él/Vd.), adquiramos (nos.), adquirid (vos.), adquieran (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to acquire, gain
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=comprar) [+ vivienda, billete] to purchase; (Econ) [+ derechos, acciones, empresa] to acquire, purchase
    2) (=conseguir) [+ cultura, conocimientos, dinero] to acquire; [+ fama] to gain, achieve
    3) (=adoptar) [+ costumbre] to adopt; [+ carácter, identidad] to take on, acquire; [+ nacionalidad] to acquire, obtain; [+ compromiso] to undertake; [+ color] to take on

    la palabra "enchufe" adquirió el sentido que todos conocemos — the word "enchufe" took on o acquired the sense we are all familiar with

    * * *
    verbo transitivo to acquire, obtain

    adquiera su nuevo coche antes del día 30 — purchase o buy your new car before the 30th

    adquirió renombre internacional — he attained o achieved international renown

    * * *
    = acquire, assume, purchase, buy, attain, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own.
    Ex. Many libraries have special collections of foreign, unpublished or unusual materials which include items unlikely to be acquired by other libraries.
    Ex. A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex. This mode of publication permits special libraries to purchase relevant parts and facilitates revision at a later date.
    Ex. Discount charges are available by contracting to buy a predetermined number of connect hours per year.
    Ex. A fully comparative account of recommendations for filing orders is likely to prove confusing until the reader has attained some familiarity with the general problems, and the solutions offered by one code.
    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    ----
    * adquirir conocimiento = gain + knowledge, glean + knowledge, acquire + knowledge, build up + knowledge.
    * adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).
    * adquirir fama = achieve + notoriety.
    * adquirir ímpetu = pick up + speed.
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * adquirir una idea = gain + impression.
    * adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.
    * adquirir un gusto por = get + a taste for.
    * adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.
    * adquirir un valor añadido = take on + added weight.
    * gusto que se adquiere con el tiempo = acquired taste.
    * voz + adquirir + tono = voice + take on + quality.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to acquire, obtain

    adquiera su nuevo coche antes del día 30 — purchase o buy your new car before the 30th

    adquirió renombre internacional — he attained o achieved international renown

    * * *
    = acquire, assume, purchase, buy, attain, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own.

    Ex: Many libraries have special collections of foreign, unpublished or unusual materials which include items unlikely to be acquired by other libraries.

    Ex: A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex: This mode of publication permits special libraries to purchase relevant parts and facilitates revision at a later date.
    Ex: Discount charges are available by contracting to buy a predetermined number of connect hours per year.
    Ex: A fully comparative account of recommendations for filing orders is likely to prove confusing until the reader has attained some familiarity with the general problems, and the solutions offered by one code.
    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * adquirir conocimiento = gain + knowledge, glean + knowledge, acquire + knowledge, build up + knowledge.
    * adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).
    * adquirir fama = achieve + notoriety.
    * adquirir ímpetu = pick up + speed.
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * adquirir una idea = gain + impression.
    * adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.
    * adquirir un gusto por = get + a taste for.
    * adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.
    * adquirir un valor añadido = take on + added weight.
    * gusto que se adquiere con el tiempo = acquired taste.
    * voz + adquirir + tono = voice + take on + quality.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹artículo/propiedad› to acquire, obtain; ‹cultura/conocimientos› to acquire; ‹experiencia› to gain, acquire; ‹nacionalidad› to acquire, obtain; ‹lengua› to acquire
    ha adquirido el 13% de las acciones de Bianco he has acquired o obtained o purchased 13% of Bianco's shares
    adquiera su nuevo coche antes del día 30 purchase o buy your new car before the 30th
    ha adquirido renombre internacional he has attained o achieved international renown
    con el tiempo ha ido adquiriendo madurez y aplomo over the years he has gained in maturity and assurance
    derechos adquiridos vested o acquired rights
    * * *

     

    adquirir ( conjugate adquirir) verbo transitivo ‹casa/coche› to acquire, obtain;
    ( comprar) to purchase, buy;
    ‹conocimientos/colección/fortuna› to acquire;
    ‹ fama› to attain, achieve;
    ‹ experiencia› to gain;

    adquirir verbo transitivo
    1 to acquire
    2 frml (comprar) to purchase

    ' adquirir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    carta
    - contagiarse
    - empeñarse
    - iniciarse
    - soltarse
    - adquiera
    - agarrar
    - asentar
    - cobrar
    - coger
    - compromiso
    - ganar
    - hábito
    - hacer
    - tomar
    - vale
    English:
    acquire
    - come by
    - edition
    - gain
    - mail order
    - form
    - lapse
    - pick
    - purchase
    - take
    * * *
    1. [comprar] to acquire, to purchase;
    ya es posible adquirir pasajes de avión a través de Internet you can now buy air tickets on the Internet;
    adquirieron el 51 por ciento de las acciones de la empresa they acquired a 51 percent shareholding in the company
    2. [conseguir] [conocimientos, hábito, cultura] to acquire;
    [éxito, popularidad] to achieve; [libertad, experiencia] to gain; [fortuna] to acquire, to come by; [nacionalidad] to obtain;
    adquirió una reputación de inflexibilidad he gained o acquired a reputation for inflexibility;
    adquirieron el compromiso de ayudarse mutualmente they committed themselves to helping each other
    * * *
    v/t
    1 acquire
    2 ( comprar) buy, purchase fml
    * * *
    adquirir {4} vt
    1) : to acquire, to gain
    2) comprar: to purchase
    * * *
    1. (llegar a tener) to acquire
    2. (comprar) to buy [pt. & pp. bought]

    Spanish-English dictionary > adquirir

  • 7 comprar

    v.
    1 to buy, to purchase.
    se lo compré a un vendedor ambulante I bought it from a street vendor o seller
    se lo compraron a Ignacio como regalo de despedida they bought it for Ignacio as a leaving present
    Ella compra para vender luego She shops to sell afterwards.
    2 to buy (off), to bribe.
    ¡el árbitro está comprado! they've bribed the referee!
    El equipo compró al árbitro The team bribed the referee.
    * * *
    1 to buy
    2 figurado (sobornar) to bribe, buy off
    \
    comprar al contado to pay cash
    * * *
    verb
    to buy, purchase
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=adquirir) [+ casa, comida, regalo] to buy, purchase frm

    ¿te has comprado por fin la bici? — did you buy the bike in the end?

    comprar algo a algn — [para algn] to buy sth for sb, buy sb sth; [de algn] to buy sth from sb

    le compré un vestido a mi hija — I bought a dress for my daughter, I bought my daughter a dress

    si decides vender el coche, yo te lo compro — if you decide to sell the car, I'll buy it from o off you

    • comprar algo al contado — to pay cash (for sth), pay sth in cash

    • comprar algo al detalle — to buy sth retail

    • comprar algo al por mayor — to buy sth wholesale

    • comprar algo al por menor — to buy sth retail

    • comprar deudas — to factor

    2) (=sobornar) to bribe, buy off *
    2.
    VI (=hacer la compra) to buy, shop

    nunca compro en grandes almacenes — I never buy o shop in department stores

    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <casa/regalo/comida> to buy, purchase (frml)

    comprarle algo a alguien — ( a quien lo vende) to buy something from somebody; ( a quien lo recibe) to buy something for somebody

    comprar algo al por mayor/al por menor or al detalle — to buy o purchase something wholesale/retail

    2) (fam) ( sobornar) to buy (colloq)

    un árbitro comprado — a crooked o (esp BrE) bent referee

    * * *
    = buy, purchase, take over, shop, bribe, grease + Posesivo + palm, oil + Posesivo + palm, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own.
    Ex. Discount charges are available by contracting to buy a predetermined number of connect hours per year.
    Ex. This mode of publication permits special libraries to purchase relevant parts and facilitates revision at a later date.
    Ex. Pergamon-INFOLINE came into being in its present form in 1980 when it was taken over by Pergamon.
    Ex. Before shopping for a new computer, you should make a plan detailing what you can afford, what you expect to do with the computer, and how much the computer is worth to you.
    Ex. Local officials can easily be bribed by foreign pharmaceutical laboratories.
    Ex. The local bishop was under his thumb, our priest greased his palm well.
    Ex. The judge has to be bribed and if you can't afford to ' oil his palm' your case will never reach court.
    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    ----
    * comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke.
    * comprar Algo = make + a purchase.
    * comprar Algo hecho en serie = buy + off-the-shelf.
    * comprar Algo ya hecho de antemano = buy + off-the-shelf.
    * comprar al por mayor = buy + in bulk.
    * comprar comparando productos = shop around, shopping around.
    * comprar directamente = buy + direct(ly).
    * comprar en cantidad = stock up.
    * comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.
    * comprar regularmente en una tienda = patronise + shop.
    * comprarse = change + hands.
    * comprar tiempo = buy + time.
    * comprar un producto comercial = buy + off-the-shelf.
    * darse el gusto de comprar = splurge on.
    * novelas o libros que se compran en el supermercado = self-help.
    * que se compra = priced.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <casa/regalo/comida> to buy, purchase (frml)

    comprarle algo a alguien — ( a quien lo vende) to buy something from somebody; ( a quien lo recibe) to buy something for somebody

    comprar algo al por mayor/al por menor or al detalle — to buy o purchase something wholesale/retail

    2) (fam) ( sobornar) to buy (colloq)

    un árbitro comprado — a crooked o (esp BrE) bent referee

    * * *
    = buy, purchase, take over, shop, bribe, grease + Posesivo + palm, oil + Posesivo + palm, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own.

    Ex: Discount charges are available by contracting to buy a predetermined number of connect hours per year.

    Ex: This mode of publication permits special libraries to purchase relevant parts and facilitates revision at a later date.
    Ex: Pergamon-INFOLINE came into being in its present form in 1980 when it was taken over by Pergamon.
    Ex: Before shopping for a new computer, you should make a plan detailing what you can afford, what you expect to do with the computer, and how much the computer is worth to you.
    Ex: Local officials can easily be bribed by foreign pharmaceutical laboratories.
    Ex: The local bishop was under his thumb, our priest greased his palm well.
    Ex: The judge has to be bribed and if you can't afford to ' oil his palm' your case will never reach court.
    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke.
    * comprar Algo = make + a purchase.
    * comprar Algo hecho en serie = buy + off-the-shelf.
    * comprar Algo ya hecho de antemano = buy + off-the-shelf.
    * comprar al por mayor = buy + in bulk.
    * comprar comparando productos = shop around, shopping around.
    * comprar directamente = buy + direct(ly).
    * comprar en cantidad = stock up.
    * comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.
    * comprar regularmente en una tienda = patronise + shop.
    * comprarse = change + hands.
    * comprar tiempo = buy + time.
    * comprar un producto comercial = buy + off-the-shelf.
    * darse el gusto de comprar = splurge on.
    * novelas o libros que se compran en el supermercado = self-help.
    * que se compra = priced.

    * * *
    comprar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹casa/regalo/comida› to buy, purchase ( frml) comprarle algo A algn (a quien lo vende) to buy sth FROM sb; (a quien lo recibe) to buy sth FOR sb
    le compré estas flores a una gitana I bought these flowers from o ( colloq) off a gypsy
    ¿quieres vender el coche? ¡te lo compro! do you want to sell your car? I'll buy it from you!
    les compré caramelos a los niños I bought the children some candy, I bought some candy for the children
    se lo voy a comprar para su cumpleaños I'm going to buy it for his birthday
    comprar algo al por menor or al detalle to buy o purchase sth retail
    las compran al por mayor they buy o purchase them wholesale
    comprar dólares a plazo fijo to buy dollars forward
    B ( fam) (sobornar) to buy ( colloq)
    no se deja comprar he won't be bought
    un árbitro comprado a crooked o ( BrE colloq) bent referee
    * * *

     

    comprar ( conjugate comprar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹casa/regalo/comida› to buy, purchase (frml);

    comprarle algo a algn ( a quien lo vende) to buy sth from sb;
    ( a quien lo recibe) to buy sth for sb
    b) (fam) ( sobornar) to buy (colloq)

    comprar verbo transitivo
    1 to buy: compramos el ordenador a plazos, we bought the computer on hire purchase
    le compra el periódico a Lucía, (para Lucía) he buys the newspaper for Lucia
    (Lucía lo vende) he buys the newspaper from Lucia
    2 figurado (sobornar) to bribe, buy off
    ' comprar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adquirir
    - barata
    - barato
    - barrio
    - concretamente
    - más
    - óbice
    - permitirse
    - plazo
    - prematura
    - prematuro
    - prohibir
    - regatear
    - adelantar
    - andar
    - así
    - colecta
    - dudar
    - granel
    - huevo
    - llevar
    - marca
    - rematar
    English:
    antibiotic
    - approach
    - book token
    - buy
    - buy off
    - buy out
    - cream
    - dip into
    - disinfectant
    - exercise
    - flour
    - foresight
    - gazump
    - get in
    - go ahead
    - groceries
    - hold off
    - individual
    - must
    - opportune
    - purchase
    - remember
    - set aside
    - stop
    - view
    - want
    - alone
    - any
    - certainly
    - door
    - get
    - hire
    - house
    - ill
    - installment
    - none
    - second-hand
    - some
    * * *
    1. [adquirir] to buy, to purchase;
    se lo compré a un vendedor ambulante I bought it from a street vendor o seller;
    se lo compraron a Ignacio como regalo de despedida they bought it for Ignacio as a leaving present;
    se lo compraron para Navidades they bought it for her for Christmas;
    comprar algo al contado [en metálico] to pay cash for sth;
    [en un plazo] to pay for sth all at once o Br on the nail;
    comprar a plazos o Am [m5] cuotas to buy on Br hire purchase o US an installment plan;
    comprar al por mayor to buy wholesale;
    Fam
    ¡cómprate un bosque y piérdete! go and play in the traffic!, take a hike!
    2. [sobornar] to buy (off), to bribe;
    ¡el árbitro está comprado! they've bribed the referee!
    * * *
    v/t buy, purchase
    * * *
    : to buy, to purchase
    * * *
    comprar vb to buy [pt. & pp. bought]
    ¿me compras un juego? will you buy me a game?

    Spanish-English dictionary > comprar

  • 8 estar en venta

    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * * *

    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar en venta

  • 9 hacerse de

    v.
    1 to acquire, to buy, to get, to get hold of.
    María se hizo de un vestido blanco Mary acquired a white dress.
    2 to be made of.
    El adorno se hace de arcilla The ornament is made of clay.
    3 to pluck up, to pluck out.
    María se hizo de valor Mary plucked up courage.
    * * *
    = avail + Reflexivo + of, grab, buy in, snag, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own
    Ex. This paper deals with the advantages of optical publishing for information providers and traditional publishers, and how they can avail themselves of the technology.
    Ex. If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.
    Ex. Yet the genuine stockholding bookseller is committed to holding good stocks of books for the customers' benefit which means that he does not aim simply at buying in the books with the quickest turnover.
    Ex. For sunny days, snag yourself a cute terry cloth hat and revel in the shade.
    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * * *
    = avail + Reflexivo + of, grab, buy in, snag, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own

    Ex: This paper deals with the advantages of optical publishing for information providers and traditional publishers, and how they can avail themselves of the technology.

    Ex: If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.
    Ex: Yet the genuine stockholding bookseller is committed to holding good stocks of books for the customers' benefit which means that he does not aim simply at buying in the books with the quickest turnover.
    Ex: For sunny days, snag yourself a cute terry cloth hat and revel in the shade.
    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerse de

  • 10 ático

    adj.
    attic.
    m.
    1 attic, top floor, mansard.
    2 Ático.
    * * *
    1 (vivienda) penthouse, attic flat
    2 ARQUITECTURA attic, loft
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM (=desván) attic; (=apartamento) penthouse
    * * *
    a) ( apartamento) top-floor apartment o (BrE) flat; ( de lujo) penthouse; ( de techo bajo) garret (AmE), attic flat (BrE)
    b) ( desván) attic, loft (BrE)
    * * *
    = attic, attic room, penthouse.
    Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    Ex. Armed with a skeleton key that unlocks every door, she discovers a hidden attic room that holds a deadly and terrifying secret.
    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * * *
    a) ( apartamento) top-floor apartment o (BrE) flat; ( de lujo) penthouse; ( de techo bajo) garret (AmE), attic flat (BrE)
    b) ( desván) attic, loft (BrE)
    * * *
    = attic, attic room, penthouse.

    Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.

    Ex: Armed with a skeleton key that unlocks every door, she discovers a hidden attic room that holds a deadly and terrifying secret.
    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.

    * * *
    1 (apartamento) top-floor apartment o flat; (de lujo) penthouse; (de techo bajo) garret ( AmE), attic flat ( BrE)
    2 (desván) attic, loft, garret ( AmE)
    * * *

    ático sustantivo masculino
    a) ( apartamento) top-floor apartment o (BrE) flat;

    ( de lujo) penthouse;
    ( de techo bajo) garret (AmE), attic flat (BrE)
    b) ( desván) attic, loft (BrE)

    ático sustantivo masculino
    1 (desván) attic
    2 (última casa) penthouse
    ' ático' also found in these entries:
    English:
    attic
    - penthouse
    * * *
    ático nm
    1. [piso] = attic Br flat o US apartment, usually with a roof terrace
    2. [desván] attic
    * * *
    m piso top floor; apartamento top floor apartment o Br
    flat; ( desván) attic
    * * *
    ático nm
    1) : penthouse
    2) buhardilla, desván: attic
    * * *
    ático n (piso) top floor flat

    Spanish-English dictionary > ático

  • 11 royalement

    royalement [ʀwajalmɑ̃]
    adverb
    [recevoir, vivre] in royal fashion
    • il m'a royalement offert 100 € d'augmentation (ironic) he offered me a princely 100-euro rise (ironique)
    * * *
    ʀwajalmɑ̃
    1) ( avec magnificence) [recevoir, traiter] royally, like royalty; [vivre] royally, like a king
    2) (colloq) ( complètement)
    * * *
    ʀwajalmɑ̃ adv
    1) (= complètement)
    2) (= avec majesté) regally, (= superbement) superbly
    3) (= généreusement) [payer, rétribuer] lavishly, ironique generously

    Le gouvernement a royalement accordé 70 euros de majoration aux infirmières ayant plus de huit ans d'ancienneté. — The government has given the princely increase of 70 euros to nurses with more than eight years' service.

    * * *
    1 ( avec magnificence) [recevoir, traiter] royally, like royalty; [vivre] royally, like a king ou queen; j'espère être payé royalement pour ce travail I hope I will be paid handsomely for this work;
    2 ( complètement) il se moque royalement de son travail he really couldn't care less○ about his work; il se fiche royalement de l'opinion des autres he couldn't give a damn○ about what other people think.
    [rwajalmɑ̃] adverbe
    1. [avec magnificence] royally, regally
    2. (familier) [complètement] totally
    je m'en fiche ou moque royalement! I really couldn't care less!, I don't give a damn!

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > royalement

  • 12 bonito

    adj.
    nice, pretty, cute, handsome.
    m.
    bonito, bonito fish, striped tunny.
    * * *
    1 lovely, nice
    ————————
    1 (pez) bonito, Atlantic bonito
    * * *
    (f. - bonita)
    adj.
    nice, pretty
    * * *
    I
    1. ADJ
    1) (=bello) pretty

    es un bebé muy bonito — he's a very pretty baby, he's a lovely baby

    un hombre bonito — Cono Sur a handsome man

    ¡qué bonito! ¡contestarle así a tu padre! — iró that's nice, answering your father back like that!

    ¡bonito follón se armó! — * iró there was certainly a bit of a row!

    • lo bonito, lo bonito sería que no hubiera guerras — it would be nice if there were no wars

    • quedar bonito, ese cuadro queda ahí muy bonito — that picture looks very nice there

    2) (=considerable)

    una bonita cantidad o suma — a tidy little sum *, a pretty penny *

    2.
    ADV LAm * nicely
    II
    SM (=pez) tuna, bonito
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) ( hermoso) <vestido/flor> pretty, nice; <mujer/niño> pretty; <canción/apartamento> nice, lovely

    la has hecho llorar! ¿te parece bonito? — you've made her cry, I suppose you think that's clever!

    2) (delante del n) <suma/cantidad> nice, tidy (before n)
    II
    adverbio (CS) <bailar/cantar> nicely, well
    III
    masculino tuna, bonito
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) ( hermoso) <vestido/flor> pretty, nice; <mujer/niño> pretty; <canción/apartamento> nice, lovely

    la has hecho llorar! ¿te parece bonito? — you've made her cry, I suppose you think that's clever!

    2) (delante del n) <suma/cantidad> nice, tidy (before n)
    II
    adverbio (CS) <bailar/cantar> nicely, well
    III
    masculino tuna, bonito
    * * *
    bonito1

    Ex: Monitoring these compounds in the open seas, using skipjack tuna as a bioindicator, is needed to further understand the future trend of contamination.

    bonito2
    2 = nice, handsome [handsomer -comp., handsomest -sup.], beautiful, lovely [lovelier - comp., loveliest -sup.], pretty, comely [comelier -comp., comeliest -sup.].

    Ex: One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said ' Nice tits, uh?'.

    Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.
    Ex: The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.
    Ex: The article ' Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Virtual reality: tomorrow's information system, or just another pretty interface?'.
    Ex: He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.
    * bonita suma = princely sum.
    * chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.
    * nada bonito = unlovely.
    * poner bonito = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.
    * ser bonito + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

    * * *
    bonito1 -ta
    A (hermoso) ‹vestido/flor› pretty, nice; ‹mujer/niño› pretty; ‹canción/apartamento› nice, lovely
    es bonita, pero no es una belleza she's pretty but she's not what I'd call beautiful
    un bonito pueblo de Vermont a pretty village in Vermont
    le quedaba muy bonito it really suited her, she looked lovely o very nice in it
    ¡la has hecho llorar! ¿te parece bonito? you've made her cry, I suppose you think that's clever!
    así que me habías mentido, ¿muy bonito, eh? ( iró); so you'd lied to me; that was nice, wasn't it? ( iro)
    B ( delante del n) ‹suma/cantidad› nice, tidy ( before n)
    había conseguido ahorrar una bonita cantidad he'd managed to save a tidy o nice little sum of money
    (CS) ‹bailar/cantar› nicely, well
    borda muy bonito she does lovely embroidery
    tuna, bonito
    * * *

     

    bonito 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    pretty;

    ‹canción/apartamento› nice, lovely
    bonito 2 sustantivo masculino
    tuna, bonito
    bonito,-a 1 adjetivo
    1 (gracioso, lindo) pretty, nice
    2 (correcto, elegante) no me parece muy bonito que le grites al niño, I don't think it's very nice of you to shout at the child
    3 (importante, considerable) nice, tidy
    4 adv LAm well: espero que te vaya bonito, I hope it all goes well for you
    bonito 2 m Zool tuna
    ' bonito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - aparente
    - bonita
    - chula
    - chulo
    - ésta
    - éste
    - expositor
    - expositora
    - linda
    - lindo
    - mona
    - monada
    - mono
    - ver
    - chicho
    - encachado
    - tanto
    English:
    A
    - bonny
    - cheap
    - it
    - nice
    - outfit
    - pretty
    - tuna
    * * *
    bonito1 nm
    bonito
    bonito de altura skipjack tuna;
    bonito del norte long-finned tuna, albacore
    bonito2, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [lindo] pretty;
    [agradable] nice;
    tu hermana es bastante bonita your sister is quite pretty;
    salió un día muy bonito it turned out to be a nice day;
    es la canción más bonita del disco it's the most beautiful song on the album
    2. Fam [grande]
    recibió una bonita suma de sus padres she got a tidy sum of money from her parents
    3. Irónico
    ¡muy bonito! great!, wonderful!;
    ¿te parece bonito lo que has hecho? are you proud of what you've done, then?
    ♦ adv
    Am
    1. [bien] well;
    baila muy bonito she's a very good dancer
    2. [mucho] a lot;
    ha crecido bonito he's really grown
    * * *
    I adj pretty
    II m ZO tuna
    III adv L.Am.
    well
    * * *
    bonito adv
    : nicely, well
    ¡qué bonito canta tu hermana!: your sister sings wonderfully!
    bonito, -ta adj
    lindo: pretty, lovely
    tiene un apartamento bonito: she has a nice apartment
    bonito nm
    : bonito (tuna)
    * * *
    bonito adj
    1. (en general) nice / lovely [comp. lovelier; superl. loveliest]
    2. (de vista) pretty [comp. prettier; superl. prettiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > bonito

  • 13 щедрая сумма

    General subject: princely sum

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > щедрая сумма

  • 14 pokaźny

    * * *
    a.
    1. (= znaczny) substantial, considerable, sizeable; pokaźna biblioteka (private) library of ample holdings; pokaźny majątek considerable fortune; pokaźna l. imponująca sumka princely sum.
    2. (= okazały) splendid, magnificent; pokaźny dom splendid house; pokaźny pałac magnificent palace.

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  • 15 bonito2

    2 = nice, handsome [handsomer -comp., handsomest -sup.], beautiful, lovely [lovelier - comp., loveliest -sup.], pretty, comely [comelier -comp., comeliest -sup.].
    Ex. One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said ' Nice tits, uh?'.
    Ex. All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.
    Ex. The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.
    Ex. The article ' Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Virtual reality: tomorrow's information system, or just another pretty interface?'.
    Ex. He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.
    ----
    * bonita suma = princely sum.
    * chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.
    * nada bonito = unlovely.
    * poner bonito = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.
    * ser bonito + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

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  • 16 recipio

    rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 ( fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.:

    recepso, for recepero,

    Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].
    I.
    To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.
    A.
    Lit. (very freq. and class.):

    dandis recipiendisque meritis,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

    tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.:

    centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,

    Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4:

    si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.:

    obsides,

    Suet. Aug. 21:

    reges,

    Liv. 2, 15:

    recepto amico,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake:

    cum Tarento amisso... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11:

    Lavinium,

    Liv. 2, 39;

    so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,

    Liv. 3, 63:

    praeda omnis recepta est,

    id. 3, 3:

    signa, quae ademerant Parthi,

    Suet. Tib. 9:

    arma,

    Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so,

    sagittam ab alterā parte,

    Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so,

    milites defessos,

    id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.:

    exercitum,

    Liv. 10, 42:

    equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

    illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,

    bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—
    b.
    With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:

    se ex eo loco,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 10; cf.:

    se e fano,

    id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:

    se ex opere,

    id. Men. 5, 3, 7:

    se ex hisce locis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:

    se e Siciliā,

    id. Brut. 92, 318:

    se ex fugā,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 102:

    se inde,

    id. B. G. 5, 15:

    se hinc,

    id. B. C. 1, 45 et saep.:

    recipe te,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:

    se,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45 (just before, reverti); Caes. B. C. 3, 45 (coupled with loco excedere); 3, 46; cf.:

    sui recipiendi facultas,

    id. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 6, 37;

    for which: se recipiendi spatium,

    Liv. 10, 28:

    recipe te ad erum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:

    se ad dominum,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 1:

    se ad nos,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:

    se ad suos,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 46; 7, 82; id. B. C. 3, 38; 3, 50; 3, 52 fin.:

    se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),

    id. B. G. 1, 11; 4, 38:

    se ad agmen,

    id. ib. 7, 13; id. B. C. 3, 75 fin.:

    se penitus ad extremos fines,

    id. B. G. 6, 10:

    se ad legionem,

    id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

    se ad oppidum llerdam,

    id. B. C. 1, 45:

    se ad ordines suos,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    se ad signa,

    id. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 43 fin.:

    se a pabulo ad stabulum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:

    inde se in currus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

    se ex castris in oppidum,

    id. B. C. 2, 35:

    se in castra,

    id. B. G. 2. 11 fin.; 2, 24; 3, 6; 3, 26 fin.;

    4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,

    id. ib. 4, 16:

    se in Galliam,

    id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:

    se in montem,

    id. ib. 1, 25: se in antiquas munitiones, id. B. C. 3, 54 fin.:

    se in silvas ad suos,

    id. B. G. 2, 19:

    se in castra ad urbem,

    id. B. C. 2, 25; 2, 26; cf.:

    se retro in castra,

    Liv. 23, 36;

    and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,

    id. 23, 37;

    and so, se, with rursus,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 6, 19; Caes. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 41 et saep.:

    se in novissimos,

    Liv. 7, 40:

    se intra munitiones,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44; cf.:

    se intra montes,

    id. B. C. 1, 65:

    se per declive,

    id. ib. 3, 51:

    se sub murum,

    id. ib. 2, 14:

    se trans Rhenum,

    id. B. G. 6, 41:

    se Larissam versus,

    id. B. C. 3, 97:

    se domum ex hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:

    se domum,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 31; id. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Aul. 2, 1, 55:

    se Adrumetum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 23:

    se Hispalim,

    id. ib. 2, 20:

    se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,

    id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:

    se illuc,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 10; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40; id. Ps. 3, 1, 23 al.; cf.:

    se huc esum ad praesepim suam,

    id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:

    se eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25 et saep. — In the same meaning, without se: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.); cf.

    of a military retreat: si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.; so without se after the verbum finitum several times in Plaut.:

    rursum in portum recipimus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:

    dum recipis,

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:

    actutum face recipias,

    id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):

    posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.:

    aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—
    (β).
    To restore (late Lat.):

    urbem munitissimam,

    to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —
    B.
    Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:

    ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,

    Liv. 24, 3:

    jus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 118:

    et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,

    got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:

    quam (vitam) postquam recepi,

    received again, id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one ' s breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf.

    spiritum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 55:

    animam,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. §

    13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,

    Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:

    a pavore animum,

    id. 2, 50, 10:

    e pavore recepto animo,

    id. 44, 10, 1;

    for which: animos ex pavore,

    id. 21, 5 fin.:

    recepto animo,

    Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29:

    animum vultumque,

    Ov. F. 4, 615:

    mente receptā,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

    (vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,

    to bring it back, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —

    In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,

    Curt. 4, 12, 17.—
    b.
    With se.
    (α).
    To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:

    ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:

    ad frugem bonam,

    Cic. Cael. 12, 28:

    ad reliquam cogitationem belli,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.:

    se a voluptatibus in otium,

    Plin. Pan. 82, 8:

    se in principem,

    to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,
    (β).
    To recover, to collect one ' s self:

    difficulter se recipiunt,

    regain strength, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

    quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

    nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,

    Liv. 10, 28:

    se ex terrore ac fugā,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    se ex timore,

    id. ib. 4, 34:

    se ex fugā,

    id. ib. 4, 27:

    nondum totā me mente recepi,

    Ov. M. 5, 275.
    II.
    (Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With simple acc.:

    quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:

    aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

    hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.:

    hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,

    id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.;

    3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,

    Sall. J. 16, 3:

    neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,

    Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89:

    nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 [p. 1533] et saep.:

    quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and:

    (Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,

    i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

    equus frenum recepit,

    received, submitted to, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

    necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —
    (β).
    With ad:

    recipe me ad te,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 9; id. Am. 3, 2, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 20; id. Ps. 3, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Caes. 63:

    aliquem ad epulas,

    Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:

    ad lusum,

    Suet. Ner. 11. —
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    recipe me in tectum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:

    concubinam in aedes,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:

    nos in custodiam tuam,

    id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:

    Tarquinium in civitatem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31; Liv. 2, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 6:

    aliquem in ordinem senatorium,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

    aliquem in fidem,

    id. Fam. 13, 19, 2; id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 15; 4, 22:

    aliquem in civitatem,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    aliquem in caelum,

    id. N. D. 3, 15, 39:

    aliquem in deditionem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.; Liv. 8, 13; Suet. Calig. 14 al.:

    aliquem in jus dicionemque,

    Liv. 21, 61:

    aliquem in amicitiam,

    Sall. J. 14, 5; 5, 4 Kritz N. cr.:

    aliquam in matrimonium,

    Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —
    (δ).
    With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):

    aliquem in loco,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:

    loricati in equis recipiuntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 4, 2: sidera in caelo recepta,

    Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —
    (ε).
    With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):

    ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 18; so,

    aliquem tecto,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

    exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

    aliquem suis urbibus,

    id. Fl. 25, 61:

    aliquem civitate,

    id. Balb. 14, 32:

    aliquem finibus suis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 6; 7, 20 fin.:

    aliquem oppido ac portu,

    id. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 102 fin.:

    aliquem moenibus,

    Sall. J. 28, 2:

    Romulus caelo receptus,

    Quint. 3, 7, 5:

    receptus Terra Neptunus,

    Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —
    (ζ).
    With local acc.:

    me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:

    aliquem domum suam,

    Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:

    aliquem domum ad se hospitio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—
    (η).
    Absol.:

    plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:

    dena milia sestertia ex melle,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11:

    pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    pecunia, quae recipi potest,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —
    b.
    In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;

    for which: totum telum corpore,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and:

    ense recepto,

    Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—
    c.
    Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;

    eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

    Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,

    Liv. 6, 29:

    Aegyptum sine certamine,

    Just. 11, 11, 1:

    eo oppido recepto,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

    civitatem,

    id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30;

    3, 16: Aetoliam,

    id. ib. 3, 55:

    rempublicam armis,

    Sall. C. 11, 4:

    Alciden terra recepta vocat,

    the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —
    d.
    In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:

    antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,

    Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:

    non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91:

    jusjurandum,

    id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one ' s self, Liv. 10, 40:

    quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,

    admitted, Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15:

    antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19:

    nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

    assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,

    id. Lael. 26, 97:

    timor misericordiam non recipit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

    casus recipere (res),

    to admit, be liable to, id. B. C. 1, 78; so,

    aliquem casum (res),

    id. ib. 3, 51:

    re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,

    Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3:

    sed hoc distinctionem recipit,

    Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:

    si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,

    Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

    in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31:

    nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,

    id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—
    (β).
    Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):

    alicujus sententiam,

    Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:

    opinionem,

    id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:

    spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

    in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and:

    in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39:

    verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:

    causam Sex. Roscii,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:

    mandatum,

    id. ib. 38, 112:

    officium,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    curam ad se,

    Suet. Tit. 6.—
    b.
    To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:

    ad me recipio: Faciet,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:

    promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

    spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:

    promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.:

    pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:

    de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,

    Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf.

    also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,

    had given him a solemn assurance, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo):

    ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1:

    mihi,

    id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.:

    quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause:

    mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,

    Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;

    so,

    id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —
    c.
    In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;

    for which: recipere reum,

    Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21:

    aliquem inter reos,

    id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,
    A.
    rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):

    auctoritas receptior,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—
    B.
    rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:

    satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:

    promissum et receptum intervertit,

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > recipio

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