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1 pull

جَذَبَ \ attract: to pull towards by a hidden force: magnets attract iron, to draw the attention of Football attracts large crowds. haul: to pull with great effort: We hauled the boat out of the water. pluck: to pick or pull, with a sharp twist of the hand: The child plucked at her sleeve. pull: (the opposite of push) to draw (sth.) towards oneself: Pull the rope to ring the bell. Don’t pull so hard, or you’ll break it.

Arabic-English glossary > pull
2 резко затормозить

1) General subject: pull up sharp, slam on the brakes, brake hard

2) Makarov: stop with a jerk

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > резко затормозить
3 fuerte

adj.

1 strong (persona, viento).

un medicamento muy fuerte a very powerful medicine

2 heavy (food) (pesado).

3 loud (alto) (sonido).

está demasiado fuerte it's on too loud

4 tight (nudo).

5 strong.

es una empresa fuerte en el sector the company's strong in this sector

una moneda fuerte a strong currency

6 large, considerable (grande) (cantidad).

una fuerte presencia de artistas europeos a large contingent of European artists

adv.

1 hard (intensamente).

2 a lot (abundantemente) (comer).

3 loudly.

4 strong.

m.

1 fort.

2 strong point, forte (punto fuerte).

su fuerte son las matemáticas mathematics is his forte

3 fortress, fort, bastille, fortification.

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fuerte

► adjetivo

1 (gen) strong

■ un café bien fuerte a good strong coffee

■ un fuerte olor a gas a strong smell of gas

■ tiene un sabor fuerte it has a strong taste

■ una cuerda fuerte a strong rope

■ un acento vasco fuerte a strong Basque accent

■ el euro está muy fuerte the euro is very strong

■ hay una fuerte conexión entre los dos there is a strong connection between them

2 (en asignatura) strong, good

■ está muy fuerte en historia she's very strong on history

3 (viento) strong; (lluvia, nevada) heavy; (tormenta, seísmo) severe; (calor) intense

■ vientos fuertes del norte strong northerly winds

■ los fuertes calores del verano the intense summer heat

4 (escena - violento) violent; (- escandaloso) shocking; (- inquietante) disturbing

5 (dolor, enfermedad) severe, bad

■ una fuerte colitis a severe stomach infection

■ una jaqueca fuerte a splitting headache

6 (golpe) hard, heavy

7 (sonido) loud

8 (subida) steep, sharp; (bajada) sharp

■ el fuerte aumento del paro the steep rise in unemployment

■ un fuerte descenso en el precio del petróleo a sharp fall in the price of oil

9 (discusión) heated, violent; (protesta) violent, vigorous; (polémica) bitter; (aplauso) loud, thunderous

10 (presión) intense; (influencia) powerful, strong

11 (suma de dinero) large

■ pagaron una fuerte suma de dinero they paid a large sum of money

■ tuvo que hacer un fuerte desembolso he had to spend a great deal of money

■ esto requiere una fuerte inversión this requires large-scale investment

12 (comida - pesado) heavy; (- cargado) rich

■ no le gustan las cenas muy fuertes he doesn't like heavy suppers

■ este guiso lo encuentro un poco fuerte I find this stew a little rich

13 (color) intense

14 (contraste) marked, sharp; (tendency) strong, marked

15 (cosa fija) stiff, tight

16 familiar (terrible) awful

► nombre masculino

1 (fortificación) fort

2 (punto fuerte) forte, strong point

► adverbio

1 (mucho) a lot

■ comer fuerte to eat a lot

2 (con fuerza) hard

■ empuja fuerte push hard

■ llovía fuerte it was raining hard

■ le pegó fuerte she hit him hard

3 (volumen) loud

■ la música sonaba fuerte the music was loud

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡abrázame fuerte! hold me tight!

estar fuerte en algo to be good at something

¡habla más fuerte! speak up!

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1. adv.
1) hard

2) loudly
2. adj.
1) strong

2) loud
3. noun m.
fort

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1. ADJ

1) [persona]

a) [físicamente] [gen] strong; (=robusto) sturdy, powerfully built; euf (=obeso) large

- fuerte como un roble o un toro

b) [emocionalmente] strong, tough

hemos de ser fuertes ante la adversidad — we must be strong o tough in the face of adversity

c)

estar fuerte en filosofía/historia — [estudiante] to be strong in philosophy/history

2) (=intenso)

a) [sabor, olor, viento] strong; [dolor, calor] intense; [lluvia] heavy; [ejercicio] strenuous

b) [explosión, voz, ruido] loud; [golpe] heavy, hard; [acento] strong, thick

c) [color] (=no pálido) strong; (=llamativo) bright

una blusa de un rosa fuerte — a bright pink blouse

d) [impresión] strong, powerful; [deseo] strong, deep; [fe, objeción] strong; [discusión] heated

los vecinos tuvieron una discusión muy fuerte — the neighbours had a heated argument

en la película se oyen expresiones muy fuertes — the film contains strong language

el taco más fuerte que ha pronunciado — the worst swearword he has ever said

e) [abrazo, beso] big

un beso muy fuerte — [en cartas] lots of love

un fuerte abrazo, Carmen — best wishes, Carmen; [más cariñoso] love, Carmen

3) [bebida, medicamento] strong; [comida] (=pesada) heavy; (=indigesta) indigestible

nunca toma cosas fuertes, solo cerveza y vino — he never drinks spirits o the hard stuff *, just beer and wine

4) (=resistente) [cuerda, tela] strong; [economía, moneda, país] strong

5) (=importante) [aumento, bajada] sharp; [crisis] serious, severe; [pérdidas] large, substantial

la fuerte caída de ventas — the sharp drop in sales

6) (=impactante) [escena] shocking, disturbing

me dijo cosas muy fuertes que no podría repetir ahora — she said some harsh o nasty * things that I couldn't repeat now

-lo llamó a la oficina y lo despidió en el acto -¡qué fuerte! — * "he called him at the office and fired him there and then" - "that's outrageous o appalling!"

7)

hacerse fuerte — (=protegerse) to hole up; (=volverse fuerte) to gain strength

un comando se hizo fuerte en las montañas — a group of commandos holed up in the mountains

el fundamentalismo se hace fuerte otra vez — fundamentalism is gaining strength again

8) [terreno] rough, difficult

9) Chile (=apestoso) [persona] stinky

ser o estar fuerte a algo — to stink of sth

2. ADV

1) (=con fuerza) [golpear] hard; [abrazar] tight, tightly

pegar fuerte al enemigo — to hit the enemy hard

apostar fuerte — to bet heavily

la editorial ha apostado fuerte por los nuevos poetas — the publishing house is backing new poets in a big way

jugar fuerte — (lit) to gamble heavily; (fig) to take a gamble

2) (=en voz alta) [hablar, tocar] loud, loudly

toca muy fuerte — she plays very loud o loudly

¡más fuerte! ¡que no se le oye aquí atrás! — speak up! we can't hear at the back

poner la radio más fuerte — to turn the radio up

3) (=gran cantidad)

desayunar fuerte — to have a big breakfast

comer fuerte — to have a big lunch

3. SM

1) (Mil) fort

2) (Mús) forte

3) (=especialidad) forte, strong point

el canto no es mi fuerte — singing is not my forte o strong point

4) Chile (=bebida) hard liquor, hard stuff *

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I
adjetivo

1) < persona>

a) ( físicamente) strong

de complexión fuerte — well-built

es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo — he's an exeptionally strong man

b) ( moralmente) strong

hacerse fuerte — to pull oneself together

c) ( en asignatura) strong

no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema/en física — I'm not very strong on that topic/in physics (colloq)

2) ( resistente) <tela/cuerda> strong

una silla bien fuerte — a good sturdy chair

3)

a) < viento> strong; < terremoto> severe; <lluvia/nevada> heavy

b) < dolor> intense, bad; < resfriado> bad

un fuerte golpe — a heavy o hard blow

c) <abrazo/beso> big

4) < ruido> loud

la música está muy fuerte — the music's too loud

5)

a) <olor/sabor> strong

b) <licor/medicina> strong

c) < comida> heavy

6) < acento> strong, thick

7) ( violento) < discusión> violent, heated

tiene escenas muy fuertes — it has some very shocking scenes

me dijo que era un inútil - qué fuerte! — (fam) he said I was useless - that's a bit much (AmE) o (BrE) a bit over the top!

8)

a) ( poderoso) <nación/empresa/equipo> strong

es más fuerte que yo — it's stronger than I am

b) < moneda> strong

c) ( importante)

una fuerte suma de dinero — a large sum of money

un fuerte contingente de la policía — a strong police contingent

un fuerte incremento de precio — a sharp price increase

una fuerte dosis de analgésicos — a heavy dose of painkillers

9) (Ling) < vocal> stressed
II
adverbio

1) <golpear/empujar> hard; <agarrar/apretar> tightly; < llover> heavily

una canción que está pegando fuerte — a song that's a big hit at the moment

2) < hablar> loudly

pon la radio más fuerte — turn the radio up

hable más fuerte — speak up

3) ( mucho)

desayunar fuerte — to have a big breakfast

4) <jugar/apostar> heavily
III
masculino

1) (Mil) fort

2) ( especialidad) strong point, forte

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I
adjetivo

1) < persona>

a) ( físicamente) strong

de complexión fuerte — well-built

es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo — he's an exeptionally strong man

b) ( moralmente) strong

hacerse fuerte — to pull oneself together

c) ( en asignatura) strong

no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema/en física — I'm not very strong on that topic/in physics (colloq)

2) ( resistente) <tela/cuerda> strong

una silla bien fuerte — a good sturdy chair

3)

a) < viento> strong; < terremoto> severe; <lluvia/nevada> heavy

b) < dolor> intense, bad; < resfriado> bad

un fuerte golpe — a heavy o hard blow

c) <abrazo/beso> big

4) < ruido> loud

la música está muy fuerte — the music's too loud

5)

a) <olor/sabor> strong

b) <licor/medicina> strong

c) < comida> heavy

6) < acento> strong, thick

7) ( violento) < discusión> violent, heated

tiene escenas muy fuertes — it has some very shocking scenes

me dijo que era un inútil - qué fuerte! — (fam) he said I was useless - that's a bit much (AmE) o (BrE) a bit over the top!

8)

a) ( poderoso) <nación/empresa/equipo> strong

es más fuerte que yo — it's stronger than I am

b) < moneda> strong

c) ( importante)

una fuerte suma de dinero — a large sum of money

un fuerte contingente de la policía — a strong police contingent

un fuerte incremento de precio — a sharp price increase

una fuerte dosis de analgésicos — a heavy dose of painkillers

9) (Ling) < vocal> stressed
II
adverbio

1) <golpear/empujar> hard; <agarrar/apretar> tightly; < llover> heavily

una canción que está pegando fuerte — a song that's a big hit at the moment

2) < hablar> loudly

pon la radio más fuerte — turn the radio up

hable más fuerte — speak up

3) ( mucho)

desayunar fuerte — to have a big breakfast

4) <jugar/apostar> heavily
III
masculino

1) (Mil) fort

2) ( especialidad) strong point, forte

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fuerte¹

¹ = fort (ft).

Ex: Had he consulted an Indian history, he would have found, for instance, that what the Britannica called the Fort Phil Kearney massacre the Indians call the 'Battle of the Hundred Slain'.

* defender el fuerte = hold + the fortress.

fuerte²

² = robust, strong [stronger -comp., strongest -sup.], sturdy [sturdier -comp., sturdiest -sup.], loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], forte, brawny [brawnier -comp., brawniest -sup.], buoyant, hard-wearing, strong point, nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].

Nota: Generalmente referido a los sabores.

Ex: Although microcomputers are relatively robust, they do not take kindly to frequent moves from one location to another, particularly on wheeled trollies.

Ex: In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up.

Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

Ex: This new font had increased contrast and x-height in the lower case and a hefty set of capitals = Este nuevo tipo de letra había aumentado el contraste y el ojo medio de las minúsculas y las mayúsculas eran voluminosas.

Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.

Ex: Statistical analysis has long been a forte of sociological & social research.

Ex: This revolutionary syndicalist union consistently supported the most downtrodden & oppressed, & encouraged a cult of the unspoiled, heroic brawny proletarian with raw courage & 'natural' virtues.

Ex: The foreign relations of the Community will probably remain a buoyant area.

Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.

Ex: One of the strong points of the DIALOG service is the documentation.

Ex: Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.

* amarillo fuerte = bright yellow.

* andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.

* apretar fuerte = bear down on.

* bebida alcohólica fuerte = hard drink, hard liquor.

* caja fuerte = safe, safety deposit box.

* combinación de la caja fuerte = safe code, safe combination.

* con fuertes aspiraciones profesionales = upward-mobile.

* dar fuerte = pack + a wallop.

* delgado y fuerte = wiry.

* demasiado fuerte = over-strong.

* de olor fuerte = strong-smelling.

* fuerte como un roble = as strong as an ox.

* fuerte como un toro = as strong as an ox.

* fuertes lluvias = heavy rain.

* fuerte viento = strong wind.

* golpear fuerte = wallop, whack.

* golpe fuerte = whack.

* hacer más fuerte = toughen.

* hacerse más fuerte = gain in + strength, grow in + strength.

* iluminación fuerte = task lighting.

* ley del más fuerte, la = law of the jungle, the, survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.

* mar fuerte = heavy sea.

* más fuerte que un roble = as strong as an ox.

* más fuerte que un toro = as strong as an ox.

* naranja fuerte = bright orange.

* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* pegar fuerte = pack + a wallop.

* pisar fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact, stomp.

* plato fuerte = main dish, strong point, entrée, main entrée.

* poner más fuerte = crank up.

* punto fuerte = strength.

* sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* supervivencia del más fuerte = survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.

* tener una personalidad muy fuerte = be full of character.

* tener un carácter muy fuerte = be full of character.

* un fuerte sentimiento de = a strong sense of.

* viento fuerte = high wind.

fuerte³

³ = tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.].

Ex: The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

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fuerte¹

adjective

A ‹persona›

1 (físicamente) strong

nunca ha sido muy fuerte he has never been very strong

es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo he's an exceptionally strong man

de complexión fuerte well-built

2 (moralmente) strong

hacerse fuerte to pull oneself together

3 (en una asignatura) strong

no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema I'm not very strong on o well up on that topic ( colloq)

anda muy fuerte en física he's doing very well in physics

B (resistente) ‹tela/cuerda› strong

una caja bien fuerte a good, sturdy o strong box

una valla alta y fuerte a tall, sturdy o strong fence

C

1 ‹viento› strong; ‹terremoto› severe; ‹lluvia/nevada› heavy

2 ‹dolor› intense, bad; ‹resfriado› bad

un fuerte golpe a heavy o hard blow

reinaba un fuerte nerviosismo tension was high

3 ‹abrazo/beso› big

D ‹ruido› loud

la radio está muy fuerte, bájale el volumen the radio's too loud, turn it down

E

1 ‹olor/sabor› strong

2 ‹licor› strong; ‹medicina› strong

3 ‹comida› heavy

F ‹acento› strong, thick

G

(violento): tiene escenas muy fuertes it has some very shocking o disturbing scenes

me dijo que no valía para nada — ¡qué fuerte! ( fam); he said I was absolutely useless — strong o harsh words!

tuvieron una discusión fortísima or fuertísima they had a violent o heated argument

H

1 (poderoso) ‹nación/empresa/equipo› strong

es algo más fuerte que yo, no puedo dejar de hacerlo it's stronger than I am, I can't stop o give it up

2 ‹moneda› strong

3

(importante): una fuerte suma de dinero a large sum of money

un fuerte contingente de la policía a strong police contingent

un fuerte incremento de precio a sharp price increase

le recetó una fuerte dosis de analgésicos she prescribed a heavy dose of painkillers

I ( Ling) ‹vocal› stressed

J

( Chi fam) (hediondo): ¡qué fuerte andas! you stink! ( colloq)

es fuerte de patas his feet stink ( colloq)

fuerte²

adverb

A ‹golpear/empujar› hard; ‹agarrar/apretar› tightly; ‹llover› heavily

una canción que está pegando fuerte a song that's a big hit at the moment

B ‹hablar› loudly

pon la radio más fuerte turn the radio up

hable más fuerte speak up

C

(abundantemente): desayunar fuerte to have a big breakfast

D ‹jugar/apostar› heavily

fuerte³

masculine

A ( Mil) fort

B (especialidad) strong point, forte

C ( Chi fam) (licor) hard stuff ( colloq)

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fuerte adjetivo
1 ( en general) strong;
◊ un equipo/una cuerda fuerte a strong team/rope

2
a) ‹ viento› strong;

‹ terremoto› severe;
‹lluvia/nevada› heavy
b) ‹ dolor› intense, bad;

‹ golpe› heavy;
‹ resfriado› bad;
‹abrazo/beso› big
c) ‹ruido/música› loud

d) ‹olor/sabor/medicina› strong;

‹comida/dosis› heavy
e) ‹ acento› strong, thick

3 ( violento) ‹ discusión› violent, heated;
‹película/escena› shocking
■ adverbio
1 ‹golpear/empujar› hard;
‹agarrar/apretar› tightly;
‹ llover› heavily
2 ‹ hablar› loudly;
◊ pon la radio más fuerte turn the radio up;

habla más fuerte speak up
■ sustantivo masculino
a) (Mil) fort

b) ( especialidad) strong point, forte

fuerte
I adjetivo
1 strong
2 (intenso) (dolor) severe
(color) intense
3 (excesivo) strong
(comida) heavy: el café es muy fuerte para la niña, coffee is too strong for the child
4 (volumen) loud
5 (impactante) (escenas) violent, grisly
(comentarios) serious
II sustantivo masculino
1 (fortificación) fort
2 (punto fuerte) forte, strong point
III adv (con fuerza, con violencia) hard: el viento sopla fuerte, the wind is blowing hard
(con intensidad, apretadamente) tight: ¡agárrate fuerte!, hold on tight!
(en cantidad) tienes que desayunar fuerte, you have to have a good breakfast
(más alto) louder: ¡habla más fuerte!, speak up!
' fuerte' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acento
- agarrarse
- animal
- caja
- campeonato
- conmoción
- débil
- diezmar
- dirigir
- espanto
- estirón
- férrea
- férreo
- frágil
- fulminante
- grande
- hacer
- opresión
- pisar
- plato
- relumbrón
- resistente
- reventar
- sacudida
- suave
- sujetar
- tirón
- torta
- tortazo
- trompazo
- viento
- abrazar
- agarrar
- apariencia
- bajón
- caer
- carácter
- codazo
- combinación
- comida
- constitución
- crecida
- dispositivo
- estridente
- fortín
- golpe
- impulso
- indignación
- indignado
English:
A
- agony
- ale
- aloud
- backbone
- bad
- balance
- bang
- bash
- beat down
- best
- blare
- bond
- boo
- break into
- burly
- crack
- dish
- fluid
- forte
- fresh
- fuck
- great
- grip
- hard
- hard currency
- heady
- heavy
- high
- highlight
- hold
- hold on
- hug
- iron
- keen
- liaison
- loud
- lung
- must
- point
- potent
- powerful
- press
- resilient
- robust
- rugged
- safe
- sing up
- slight
- slog

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fuerte

♦ adj

1. [persona] [físicamente] strong;

Comp

estar fuerte como un roble to be as strong as an ox

2. [persona] [psicológicamente] strong;

tiene un carácter muy fuerte she has a strong character

3.
hacerse fuerte en Mil to make one's stronghold in;
Fig
el equipo se hizo fuerte en su área the team fell back into their own half

4. [material] strong;

necesito un tejido fuerte I need a strong material

5. [viento] strong;
[lluvia] heavy
6. [intenso] [frío, dolor, color] intense;
[golpe, pelea] hard
7. [medicamento] powerful

8. [influyente, sólido] strong;

es una empresa fuerte en el sector the company's strong in this sector;

una moneda fuerte a strong currency;

fuertes razones powerful reasons

9. [violento, impactante] powerful, shocking;

lenguaje fuerte strong language;

un chiste fuerte a crude joke;

algunas de las escenas son muy fuertes some of the scenes are very shocking

10. [grande] large, considerable;

una fuerte cantidad de dinero a large o considerable amount of money;

una fuerte presencia de artistas caribeños a large contingent of Caribbean artists

11. [comida] [pesado] heavy;
[picante] hot
12. [nudo] tight

13. [sílaba] accented, stressed

14. [vocal] strong

15. [versado]
estoy fuerte en idiomas I'm good at languages

16. [alto] [sonido] loud;

la televisión está demasiado fuerte the television is on too loud

17. Fam [increíble] astonishing, amazing;

¡qué fuerte! [fabuloso] wow!, amazing!;
[terrible] how awful!, oh no!;
…y después me insultó – ¡qué fuerte! …and then he insulted me – that's awful o terrible!

♦ adv

1. [intensamente] hard;
[abrazar, agarrar] tight;
está nevando fuerte it's snowing hard o heavily;

lo ató bien fuerte she tied it tight;

chuta fuerte he has a powerful kick

2. [abundantemente] a lot;

en España se suele almorzar fuerte in Spain, people usually have a big meal at lunchtime

3. [en voz alta] loudly;

¿podría hablar más fuerte? could you speak louder?

♦ nm

1. [fortificación] fort

2. [especialidad] strong point, forte;

su fuerte son las matemáticas mathematics is his forte

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fuerte

I adj

1 strong

2 dolor intense; lluvia heavy

3 aumento sharp

4 ruido loud

5

:

estoy fuerte en idiomas I’m good at languages

6 fig pop

incredible fam ;

¡qué fuerte!, ¡esto es muy fuerte! fam God, this is awful! fam

II adv hard;

hablar fuerte speak loudly;

jugar fuerte bet heavily

III m MIL fort;

hacerse fuerte dig o.s. in

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fuerte adv

1) : strongly, tightly, hard

2) : loudly

3) : abundantly

fuerte adj

1) : strong

2) : intense

un fuerte dolor: an intense pain

3) : loud

4) : extreme, excessive

fuerte nm

1) : fort, stronghold

2) : forte, strong point

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fuerte¹ adj

1. (en general) strong

una persona fuerte a strong person

un sabor muy fuerte a very strong taste

2. (dolor) severe

sentí un fuerte dolor en el costado I felt a severe pain in my side

3. (voz, ruido) loud

4. (golpe) hard

5. (comida) heavy [comp. heavier; superl. heaviest]

6. (imágenes) violent

estar fuerte en algo to be good at something

¡qué fuerte! how awful!

fuerte² adv

1. (con fuerza) hard

le pegó fuerte he hit him hard

está lloviendo fuerte it's raining hard

2. (hablar) loud / loudly

no hables tan fuerte don't talk so loud

3. (sujetar) tight

abrázame fuerte hold me tight

4. (comer)

desayuna fuerte antes de salir have a good breakfast before you leave

fuerte³ n

1. (fortificación) fort

2. (punto sobresaliente) strong point

su fuerte son las mates maths are her strong point

Spanish-English dictionary > fuerte
4 vivo

adj.

1 live, alive, living, above-ground.

2 lively, keen, alert, brisk.

3 bright, shining, vivid.

4 alive, passionate.

f. & m.

living person.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vivir.

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vivo

► adjetivo

1 (que tiene vida) living; (que está) alive

■ materia viva living matter

■ Pepe está vivo Pepe is alive

2 (fuego, llama) live, burning

3 (lengua) living

4 figurado (color etc) bright, vivid

5 figurado (animado) lively, vivacious

6 figurado (dolor, emoción, etc) acute, deep, intense

7 figurado (descripción etc) lively, graphic

8 figurado (carácter) quick, irritable

9 figurado (listo) quick-witted

10 figurado (astuto) shrewd, sly

11 figurado (llaga, herida) open

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 living person

■ los vivos the living

2 familiar figurado (astuto) quick-witted person

► nombre masculino vivo

1 COSTURA trimming, border

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a lo vivo vividly

de viva voz verbally, by word of mouth

en carne viva raw, red raw 2 figurado fresh

en vivo TELEVISIÓN live

al rojo vivo red-hot

herir a alguien en lo más vivo / tocar a alguien en lo más vivo figurado to cut somebody to the quick

¿quién vive? MILITAR who goes there?

ser el vivo retrato de / ser la viva imagen de familiar to be the spitting image of

tener el genio vivo to be quick-tempered

fuerzas vivas figurado driving forces

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vivo

► nombre masculino

1 COSTURA trimming, border

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(f. - viva)

adj.

1) alive

2) lively

3) vivid

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vivo, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=con vida)

a) [persona, animal] (tras sustantivo) living; (tras verbo) alive

los seres vivos — living beings

lo quemaron vivo — he was burned alive

se busca vivo o muerto — wanted, dead or alive

venden los cebos vivos — they sell live bait

b) [piel] raw

tenía la piel en carne viva — his skin was raw

me dio o hirió en lo más vivo — it cut me to the quick

a lo vivo —

le quitó la muela a lo vivo — he just pulled the tooth clean out

lo explica a lo vivo — he explains it very expressively

describir algo a lo vivo — to describe sth very realistically
cal, fuerza 5), lágrima, lengua 4)
2) (TV, Radio)

en vivo — (=en directo) live; (=en persona) in person

una transmisión en vivo desde el estadio — a live broadcast from the stadium

un espectáculo con música en vivo — a live music show, a show with live music

¿has visto en vivo a algún famoso? — have you ever seen anyone famous in the flesh?

3) (=intenso) [descripción] vivid, graphic; [imaginación, mirada, ritmo] lively; [movimiento, paso] quick, lively; [color] bright; [sensación] acute; [genio] fiery; [ingenio] ready; [inteligencia] sharp, keen; [filo] sharp

su recuerdo siempre seguirá vivo entre nosotros — her memory will always be with us, her memory will live on in our minds

- ser la viva imagen o el vivo retrato de algn
rojo 2., 1), voz 1)
4) [persona] (=listo) clever; (=astuto) sharp; (=animado) lively

pasarse de vivo — to be too clever by half *

2. SM/ F

1) *
(=aprovechado)
es un vivo — he's a clever one *, he's a sly one *

2)

los vivos — the living

3.

SM (Cos) edging, border

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I
- va adjetivo

1)

a) ( con vida) alive

no quedó nadie vivo — no one was left alive

es una leyenda viva — he is a living legend

mantener vivo un recuerdo — to keep a memory alive

a lo vivo — (fam) without anesthetic*

en vivo — <actuación/transmisión> live

b) < lengua> living (before n)

2)

a) < persona> (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly; < descripción> vivid, graphic; <relato/imaginación> lively

b) < color> bright, vivid; <llama/fuego> bright; <ojos/mirada> lively, bright

c) <sentimiento/deseo> intense, strong

en lo más vivo: me hirió en lo más vivo he cut me to the quick; me afectó en lo más vivo — it affected me very deeply

3) (avispado, astuto) sharp

no seas tan vivo — don't try to be clever

esos vendedores son muy vivos — those salesmen are razor-sharp (colloq)
II
- va masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq); ( aprovechado) freeloader

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= alive, live, living, vivid, quickened, vibrant + Color, bright [brighter -comp., brightest -sup.], living and breathing, surviving, walking, land of the living, the, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

Ex. Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.

Ex. By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 kN/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.

Ex. Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.

Ex. There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.

Ex. For a storyteller preparation is like rehearsal for an orchestra; there will be passages that need emphasis, and some that need a slow pace, others that need a quickened tempo, and so on = La preparación de un narrador de cuentos es como el ensayo de una orquesta; habrá pasajes que necesiten énfasis, otros un ritmo lento, otros un ritmo acelerado, etcétera.

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 openness of the now accessible stacks is emphasised by use of glass and bright colours.

Ex. They are more than simple documents -- they are living and breathing expressions of important ethical concerns.

Ex. Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.

Ex. He is a walking history of modern librarianship and has been a mentor to many.

Ex. This is a review article on a book by Stephen M. Borish ' The Land of the Living'.

Ex. A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.

Ex. He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.

Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

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* actuación en vivo = live performance, live entertainment.

* apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.

* a viva voz = open outcry.

* cal viva = quicklime.

* comerse Algo vivo, devorarse Algo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* concierto en vivo = live concert.

* continuar vivo = live on.

* cosa viva = living thing.

* de viva voz = orally, word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.

* entre los vivos = land of the living, the.

* en vivo = live-action, in vivo, live.

* imaginación muy viva = vivid imagination.

* leyenda vivida = living legend.

* llorar a lágrima viva = sob + Posesivo + heart out, cry + Posesivo + heart out, cry + uncontrollably.

* mantener Algo vivo = keep + the flame alive, keep + Nombre + at the fore.

* mantener vivo = keep + alive, keep + Nombre + going.

* materia viva = living matter.

* monumento vivo = living monument.

* música en vivo = live music.

* no vivo = nonliving [non-living].

* organismo vivo = living thing.

* permanecer vivo = remain + alive.

* ponerse al rojo vivo = reach + boiling point, fire up.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* revista viva = active journal.

* rojo vivo = vibrant red, vermilion [vermillion].

* seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.

* sentirse vivo = feel + alive.

* ser un vivo retrato de = be a dead ringer for.

* servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.

* ser vivo = sentient being.

* tener algo muy vivo en la mente de uno = be strong in + mind.

* viva + Nombre = long live + Nombre.

* vivos, los = living, the.

* * *
I
- va adjetivo

1)

a) ( con vida) alive

no quedó nadie vivo — no one was left alive

es una leyenda viva — he is a living legend

mantener vivo un recuerdo — to keep a memory alive

a lo vivo — (fam) without anesthetic*

en vivo — <actuación/transmisión> live

b) < lengua> living (before n)

2)

a) < persona> (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly; < descripción> vivid, graphic; <relato/imaginación> lively

b) < color> bright, vivid; <llama/fuego> bright; <ojos/mirada> lively, bright

c) <sentimiento/deseo> intense, strong

en lo más vivo: me hirió en lo más vivo he cut me to the quick; me afectó en lo más vivo — it affected me very deeply

3) (avispado, astuto) sharp

no seas tan vivo — don't try to be clever

esos vendedores son muy vivos — those salesmen are razor-sharp (colloq)
II
- va masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq); ( aprovechado) freeloader

* * *

= alive, live, living, vivid, quickened, vibrant + Color, bright [brighter -comp., brightest -sup.], living and breathing, surviving, walking, land of the living, the, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

Ex: Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.

Ex: By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 kN/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.

Ex: Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.

Ex: There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.

Ex: For a storyteller preparation is like rehearsal for an orchestra; there will be passages that need emphasis, and some that need a slow pace, others that need a quickened tempo, and so on = La preparación de un narrador de cuentos es como el ensayo de una orquesta; habrá pasajes que necesiten énfasis, otros un ritmo lento, otros un ritmo acelerado, etcétera.

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 openness of the now accessible stacks is emphasised by use of glass and bright colours.

Ex: They are more than simple documents -- they are living and breathing expressions of important ethical concerns.

Ex: Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.

Ex: He is a walking history of modern librarianship and has been a mentor to many.

Ex: This is a review article on a book by Stephen M. Borish ' The Land of the Living'.

Ex: A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.

Ex: He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.

Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

* actuación en vivo = live performance, live entertainment.

* apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.

* a viva voz = open outcry.

* cal viva = quicklime.

* comerse Algo vivo, devorarse Algo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* concierto en vivo = live concert.

* continuar vivo = live on.

* cosa viva = living thing.

* de viva voz = orally, word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.

* entre los vivos = land of the living, the.

* en vivo = live-action, in vivo, live.

* imaginación muy viva = vivid imagination.

* leyenda vivida = living legend.

* llorar a lágrima viva = sob + Posesivo + heart out, cry + Posesivo + heart out, cry + uncontrollably.

* mantener Algo vivo = keep + the flame alive, keep + Nombre + at the fore.

* mantener vivo = keep + alive, keep + Nombre + going.

* materia viva = living matter.

* monumento vivo = living monument.

* música en vivo = live music.

* no vivo = nonliving [non-living].

* organismo vivo = living thing.

* permanecer vivo = remain + alive.

* ponerse al rojo vivo = reach + boiling point, fire up.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* revista viva = active journal.

* rojo vivo = vibrant red, vermilion [vermillion].

* seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.

* sentirse vivo = feel + alive.

* ser un vivo retrato de = be a dead ringer for.

* servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.

* ser vivo = sentient being.

* tener algo muy vivo en la mente de uno = be strong in + mind.

* viva + Nombre = long live + Nombre.

* vivos, los = living, the.

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vivo¹ -va

adjective

A

1 (con vida) alive

[ S ] se busca vivo o muerto wanted, dead or alive

los mosquitos me están comiendo vivo ( fam); I'm being eaten alive by mosquitoes

no vimos ninguna serpiente viva we didn't see any live snakes

es ya una leyenda viva he is a legend in his own lifetime, he is a living legend

mantuvo viva su fé she kept her faith alive

a lo vivo ( fam); without anesthetic*

en vivo live

música en vivo live music

hicieron el programa en vivo they did the program live

2 ‹lengua› living ( before n)

el idioma sigue vivo the language is still alive

B

1 ‹persona› (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly

2 ‹descripción› vivid, graphic; ‹relato/imaginación› lively

aún tengo vivo en la memoria aquel momento I can still remember that moment vividly

3 ‹color› bright, vivid; ‹llama/fuego› bright rojo² (↑ rojo (2))

4 ‹ojos/mirada› lively, bright

5 ‹sentimiento/deseo› intense, strong

lo más vivo: sus palabras me llegaron a lo más vivo her words cut me to the quick

su muerte me afectó en lo más vivo his death affected me very deeply

C (avispado, astuto) sharp

ése es muy vivo y no se va a dejar engañar that guy is too smart o sharp to be taken in ( colloq)

no seas tan vivo, que ésta es mi parte don't try to be clever o to pull a fast one, this is my share ( colloq)

esos vendedores son muy vivos those salesmen are razor-sharp ( colloq)

vivo² -va

masculine, feminine

( fam)

1 (oportunista) sharp o smooth operator ( colloq)

2 (aprovechado) crafty devil ( colloq)

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Del verbo vivir: ( conjugate vivir)

vivo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
vivir
vivo
vivir ( conjugate vivir) verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to live;
◊ vive solo he lives alone o on his own;

vivo para algo/algn to live for sth/sb;
vivo en paz to live in peace;
la pintura no da para vivo you can't make a living from painting;
el sueldo no le alcanza para vivo his salary isn't enough (for him) to live on;
vivo de algo ‹ de la caridad› to live on sth;

‹del arte/de la pesca› to make a living from sth;
ver tb
◊ renta

2 ( estar vivo) to be alive
3 ( como interj):
◊ ¡viva el Rey! long live the King!;

¡vivan los novios! three cheers for the bride and groom!;
¡viva! hurray!
verbo transitivo
a) ( pasar por):

◊ vivo momentos difíciles to live in difficult times;

los que vivimos la guerra those of us who lived through the war
b) ‹personaje/música› to live

c) ‹ vida› to live

vivo
◊ -va adjetivo

1
a) ( con vida) alive;

◊ no quedó nadie vivo no one was left alive;

en vivo ‹actuación/transmisión› live
b) ‹ lengua› living ( before n)

2
a) ‹ persona› (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly;

‹ descripción› vivid, graphic;
‹relato/imaginación› lively
b) ‹ color› bright, vivid;

‹llama/fuego› bright;
‹ojos/mirada› lively, bright
c) ‹sentimiento/deseo› intense, strong

3 (avispado, astuto) sharp;
◊ no seas tan vivo don't try to be clever

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq);
( aprovechado) freeloader
vivir
I verbo intransitivo
1 (tener vida) to live: vivió ochenta años, she lived to be eighty
¡aún vive!, he's still alive!
2 (estar residiendo) to live: viven en Australia, they live in Australia
3 (en la memoria) su recuerdo aún vive en nosotros, our memories of him still live on
4 (subsistir) no es suficiente para vivir, it's not enough to live on
esa gente vive de la caza, those people live from o by hunting
5 (convivir) viven juntos desde hace muchos años, they've been living together for years
II vtr (pasar una experiencia) to live through
III sustantivo masculino
1 life, living
2 (una persona) de mal vivir, loose, disreputable
♦ Locuciones: dejar vivir a alguien, (no molestar) vive y deja vivir, live and let live; familiar no vivir alguien, (preocupación, angustia) desde que tiene esa grave enfermedad, sus padres no viven, his parents have been in a state of anxiety since he's had this serious illness; familiar vivir la vida alguien, (libertad, ociosidad) ha acabado la carrera y ahora se dedica a vivir la vida, now he's finished his university studies he's going to enjoy life
vivo,-a
I adjetivo
1 alive: todavía está vivo, he's still alive
(un espectáculo) en vivo, live ➣ Ver nota en alive 2 (persona: vital, alegre) vivacious
(astuta) sharp
3 (intenso, brillante) bright
una camisa de un rojo vivo, a bright red shirt
4 (un relato, descripción) lively, graphic
(un sentimiento) intense, deep
II sustantivo masculino y femenino (persona avispada, astuta) sharp
♦ Locuciones: al rojo vivo, red-hot
familiar vivito y coleando, alive and kicking
' vivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actualmente
- alegre
- alta
- alto
- ardiente
- criatura
- despierta
- despierto
- emisión
- ser
- estrangular
- extremidad
- fogón
- macho
- mantener
- prodigio
- retrato
- revivir
- roja
- rojo
- salud
- subsistir
- viva
- crecer
- espabilado
- inquieto
- listo
- paseo
- posibilidad
- punta
- que
- vivir
English:
active
- actually
- alive
- alone
- animate
- animated
- bright
- brighten up
- dad
- daddy
- deep
- develop
- eat
- fur
- hot up
- image
- keen
- live
- lively
- living
- midway
- near
- on
- out
- quicktempered
- red-hot
- rich
- solid
- spit
- still
- up
- vivid
- beyond
- concert
- glow
- hedge
- hedgerow
- home
- longing
- memory
- pull
- quick
- red
- sear
- survive

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vivo, -a

♦ adj

1. [ser, lengua] living

2. [tras verbo] alive;

estar vivo [persona, costumbre, recuerdo] to be alive;

su recuerdo sigue vivo entre los suyos his memory lives on among his family;

quemar vivo alguien to burn sb alive

3. [intenso] [dolor, deseo, olor] intense;
[luz, color, tono] bright; [genio] quick, hot; [paso, ritmo] lively;
un vivo interés por algo a lively interest in sth

4. [con vitalidad] [gestos, ojos] lively;
[descripción, recuerdo] vivid;
es el vivo retrato de su padre he's the spitting image of his father

5. [despierto] quick, sharp;
[astuto] shrewd, sly
♦ los vivos nmpl

the living

♦ en vivo loc adj
[en directo] live; [sin anestesia] without anaesthetic;
haremos el programa en vivo we will do the programme live

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vivo

I adj

1 alive;

los seres vivo living things;

en vivo concierto live

2 fig fam

sharp, smart

3 color bright

4 ritmo lively

II m, viva f sharp operator

* * *

vivo, -va adj

1) : alive

2) intenso: vivid, bright, intense

3) animado: lively, vivacious

4) astuto: sharp, clever

5)

en vivo : live

transmisión en vivo: live broadcast

6)

al rojo vivo : red-hot

* * *

vivo adj

1. (con vida) alive

las víctimas del naufragio aún están vivas the victims of the shipwreck are still alive

los seres vivos living beings

2. (intenso) bright

colores vivos bright colours

3. (listo) clever [comp. cleverer; superl. cleverest]

es una niña muy viva she's a very clever girl

Spanish-English dictionary > vivo
5 piquer

piquer [pike]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. [guêpe, ortie] to sting ; [moustique, serpent] to bite ; (avec une épingle, une pointe) to prick ; [barbe] to prickle ; (Medicine) to give an injection to

• faire piquer un chien to have a dog put down

• la fumée me pique les yeux the smoke is making my eyes sting

• j'ai les yeux qui piquent my eyes are stinging

• attention, ça pique [alcool sur une plaie] careful, it's going to sting

   b. [+ aiguille, fléchette] to stick ( dans into)

• piquez la viande avec une fourchette prick the meat with a fork

   c. (Sewing) piquer qch (à la machine) to machine-stitch sth

   d. [+ curiosité, intérêt] to arouse

• piquer qn au vif to cut sb to the quick

   e. ( = faire) (inf) piquer un sprint to sprint

• piquer un roupillon (inf) to have a nap

• piquer une crise to throw a fit

   f. ( = voler) (inf) to pinch (inf) ( à qn from sb)

2. intransitive verb

   a. [avion] to go into a dive ; [oiseau] to swoop down

• piquer du nez [avion] to nosedive ; [fleurs] to droop ; [personne] to fall headfirst ; (de sommeil) to nod off (inf)

   b. [moutarde, radis] to be hot ; [vin] to have a sour taste ; [fromage] to be sharp

• de l'eau qui pique (inf) fizzy water

3. reflexive verb

► se piquer

   a. ( = se blesser) (avec une aiguille) to prick o.s. ; (dans les orties) to get stung

   b. [drogué] to shoot up

   c. ( = prétendre pouvoir) se piquer de faire qch to pride o.s. on one's ability to do sth

• il s'est piqué au jeu he became quite taken with it

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pike
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( blesser) [guêpe, ortie] to sting; [moustique, serpent] to bite; [chardon, rosier] to prick

2) ( enfoncer une pointe) [personne] to prick [animal, fruit]

piquer un couteau dans le gâteau — to prick the cake with a knife

piquer des petits pois avec sa fourchette — to stab peas with one's fork

3) Médecine to give [somebody] an injection

je me suis fait piquer contre la grippe — I've had a flu injection

faire piquer un animal — to have an animal put down

4) Culinaire

piquer un gigot d'ail — to stud a leg of lamb with garlic

piquer un oignon de clous de girofle — to stick an onion with cloves

5) ( fixer) to stick [épingle]

6) ( de trous) [insecte, ver] to make holes in [bois, meuble]

7) ( irriter)

mon pull me pique la peau — my sweater feels scratchy

le froid me pique le visage — the cold is making my face tingle

la fumée me pique la gorge — the smoke is stinging my throat

ses yeux la piquaient — her eyes were stinging

ça me pique partout — I'm itchy all over

8) (colloq) ( voler) to pinch (colloq) GB, to steal [livre, idée] (à from); ( emprunter) to pinch (colloq) GB, to borrow [crayon, pull]

il pique (dans les magasins) — he's always pinching things (from shops GB ou stores US)

9) (colloq) ( arrêter) [police] to nab (colloq), to nick (colloq) GB [bandit]; ( surprendre) to get [personne]

ils se sont fait piquer à tricher pendant l'examen — they got caught cheating during the exam

10) (colloq) ( attraper) to catch [virus]

11) to stitch [tissu, vêtement]

12) [propos] to needle [personne]; to sting [orgueil, fierté]

piquer quelqu'un au vif — to cut somebody to the quick

13) ( éveiller) to arouse [curiosité, intérêt]

14) (colloq) ( commencer)

piquer un fou rire — to have a fit of the giggles

piquer une crise de nerfs — to throw a fit (colloq)

piquer un cent mètres — to break into a run

piquer un galop — to break into a gallop

15) ( plonger)

piquer une tête (dans l'eau) — to dive (into the water)

16) Musique

piquer une note — to play a note staccato

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( irriter) [barbe] to be bristly; [vêtement, laine] to be scratchy; [gorge, yeux] to sting; [vent, froid] to be biting

2) ( exciter les sens) [moutarde, sauce] to be hot; [vin, fromage] to be sharp; [boisson, soda] (colloq) to be fizzy (colloq) GB ou sparkling

3) ( descendre) [oiseau] to swoop down; [avion] to dive

piquer du nez — ( s'endormir) to nod off, to doze off; ( baisser la tête) to look down; ( chuter) [avion] to go into a nosedive; [marché, Bourse] to take a nosedive; [fleur] to droop

4) (colloq) ( prendre)

arrête de piquer dans le plat — stop picking (things out of the dish)

pique dans le tas si tu veux — help yourself from the pile

5) (colloq) ( s'élancer)

le taureau piqua droit sur nous — the bull came straight for us

il piqua à travers bois — he cut across the woods

3.

se piquer verbe pronominal

1) ( se blesser) to prick oneself

se piquer aux ronces — to scratch oneself on the brambles

se piquer aux orties — to get stung by nettles

2) ( se faire une piqûre) to inject oneself; ( se droguer) (colloq) to shoot up (colloq)

3) ( se couvrir de taches) [miroir, linge, métal] to become spotted; [papier, livre] to become foxed

4) ( par prétention) fml

se piquer d'être philosophe — to like to pretend one is a philosopher

se piquer de pouvoir réussir seul — to claim that one can manage on one's own

5) ( se vexer) to take offence [BrE] (de at)

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quelle mouche t'a piqué? — (colloq) what's eating (colloq) you?

son article n'était pas piqué des vers (colloq) or hannetons — (colloq) his/her article didn't pull any punches

c'est une petite maison pas piquée des vers (colloq) or hannetons — (colloq) it's a really lovely little house

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pike
1. vt

1)

piquer qch dans — to stick sth into

piquer qch sur; piquer qch à [tableau d'affichage] — to pin sth onto

2) [abeille] to sting, [moustique] to bite

Nous avons été piqués par les moustiques. — We were bitten by mosquitoes.

se faire piquer par une guêpe — to be stung by a wasp

3) [ortie] to sting

piquer les yeux [fumée] — to make one's eyes sting

4) [froid] to bite

La fumée me pique les yeux. — The smoke is making my eyes sting.

5) [sauce, poivre] to burn

Cette sauce me pique la langue. — This sauce is burning my tongue.

6) [patient] to give an injection to

7) [chien, chat] to put to sleep

8) COUTURE to machine (stitch)

9) [intérêt, curiosité] to arouse

10) * (= voler) to pinch *

On m'a piqué mon porte-monnaie. — Somebody pinched my purse.

11) * (= arrêter) [voleur] to nab *

se faire piquer — to be nabbed *

12) (autres locutions)

piquer qn au vif — to cut sb to the quick

piquer une tête — to dive headfirst

piquer un galop — to break into a gallop

piquer un cent mètres — to put on a sprint

piquer une crise — to throw a fit

2. vi

1) [oiseau, avion] to go into a dive

piquer sur [proie, cible] — to swoop down on

piquer du nez [avion] — to go into a nose-dive, fig, [personne] to doze off, [économie, chiffres] to nose-dive, to take a nose-dive

2) (= brûler) [plante, feuille] to sting, [froid] to bite, [sauce] to be hot

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piquer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( blesser) [guêpe, scorpion, méduse, ortie] to sting; [moustique, puce, araignée, serpent] to bite; [chardon, rosier] to prick; le scorpion l'a piqué au bras the scorpion stung his arm; il s'est fait piquer par une méduse he was ou got stung by a jellyfish;

2 ( enfoncer une pointe) [personne, bec, aiguille] to prick [animal, fruit]; piquer qn avec une aiguille to prick sb with a needle; piquer son cheval to spur one's horse; piquer un rôti avec une fourchette to prick a roast with a fork; piquer un couteau dans le gâteau to prick the cake with a knife; piquer des petits pois avec sa fourchette to stab peas with one's fork; piquer (son cheval) des éperons to urge one's horse on with one's spurs;

3 Méd to give [sb] an injection; piquer qn à l'épaule/au bras to give sb an injection in the shoulder/in the arm; je me suis fait piquer contre la grippe I've had a flu injection; faire piquer un animal to have an animal put down; on a dû faire piquer le chat we had to have the cat put down;

4 Culin piquer un gigot d'ail to stud a leg of lamb with garlic; piquer un oignon de clous de girofle to stick an onion with cloves; un gigot d'agneau piqué d'ail a leg of lamb studded with garlic;

5 ( fixer) to stick [épingle, peigne] (dans into); ( épingler) to pin [carte, badge] (à to; sur on); piquer des fleurs dans ses cheveux to stick flowers in one's hair; piquer une photo au mur/une médaille sur une veste to pin a photo to the wall/a medal on a jacket;

6 ( parsemer) ( de trous) [insecte, ver] to make holes in [bois, meuble]; ( de taches) [moisissure, rouille] to spot [linge, miroir]; to fox [papier, livre];

7 ( irriter) [vent, froid] to be biting; mon pull me pique la peau my sweater feels scratchy; le froid me pique le visage the cold is making my face tingle; la fumée me pique la gorge/les yeux the smoke is stinging my throat/eyes; sa gorge le pique his throat is prickling ou stinging; ses yeux la piquaient her eyes were stinging; ça me pique partout I'm itchy all over;

8 ○( voler) to pinch○ GB, to steal [livre, idée] (à from); ( emprunter) to pinch○ GB, to borrow [crayon, pull]; ( choisir) to pick [nombre, personne]; il a piqué cette invention à son professeur he pinched the invention from his professor; il pique (dans les magasins) he's always pinching things (from shops GB ou stores US); il n'arrête pas de me piquer mes fringues○ he's always pinching my clothes; je me suis fait piquer mon sac à main I had my handbag pinched; piquer un numéro au hasard to pick a number at random;

9 ○( arrêter) [police] to nab○, to nick○ GB [bandit, voleur]; ( surprendre) to get [personne]; il s'est fait piquer à la sortie du magasin he was nabbed ou nicked GB as he left the store; ils se sont fait piquer à tricher pendant l'examen they got caught cheating during the exam;

10 ○( attraper) to catch [maladie, virus];

11 Cout to stitch [tissu, vêtement]; piquer une robe à la machine to machine(-stitch) a dress; est- ce que tu sais piquer? do you know how to use a sewing-machine?;

12 (toucher, affecter) [propos, attitude, personne] to needle [personne]; to sting [orgueil, fierté]; cette remarque m'a piquée this remark wounded me; piquer qn au vif to cut sb to the quick;

13 ( éveiller) to arouse [curiosité, intérêt];

14 ○( commencer) piquer un fou rire to have a fit of the giggles; piquer une crise de nerfs to throw a fit○; piquer un cent mètres to break into a run; piquer un galop to break into a gallop;

15 ( plonger) piquer une tête (dans l'eau) to dive (into the water);

16 Mus piquer une note to play a note staccato.

B vi

1 ( irriter) [barbe] to be bristly; [vêtement, laine] to be scratchy ; [gorge, yeux, nez] to sting; ça pique! [ortie, seringue] it stings!; [plante épineuse] it pricks!; [fumée] it stings!; [barbe] it's bristly!; j'ai la gorge qui pique my throat is stinging; tu piques ce matin you are all bristly this morning;

2 ( exciter les sens) [moutarde, sauce] to be hot; [vin, fromage] to be sharp; [boisson, soda]○ to be fizzy○ GB ou sparkling; c'est de l'eau qui pique this is fizzy GB ou sparkling water;

3 ( descendre) [oiseau] to swoop down; [avion] to dive; l'aigle piqua droit sur sa proie the eagle swooped on its prey; piquer du nez ( s 'endormir) to nod off, to doze off; ( baisser la tête) to look down; ( chuter) [avion] to go into a nosedive; [marché, Bourse, actions] to take a nosedive; [fleur] to droop;

4 ( prendre) arrête de piquer dans le plat stop picking (things out of the serving dish); il y a plein de livres/vêtements dans le grenier, pique dans le tas si tu veux there are lots of books/clothes in the attic, help yourself from the pile;

5 ○( s'élancer) le taureau piqua droit sur nous the bull came straight for us; il piqua à travers bois pour échapper à la police he cut across the woods to escape (from) the police.

C se piquer vpr

1 ( se blesser) to prick oneself; se piquer avec to prick oneself with [aiguille]; to prick oneself on [clou]; se piquer aux ronces to scratch oneself on the brambles; se piquer aux orties to get stung by nettles; ⇒ frotter;

2 ( se faire une piqûre) to inject oneself; ( se droguer)○ to shoot up○, to inject oneself; il se pique he shoots up○; je n'ai pas besoin d'infirmière, je me pique moi-même I don't need a nurse, I do my own injections; il se pique à l'héroïne he injects himself ou shoots up○ with heroin;

3 ( se couvrir de taches) [miroir] to go spotty GB, to become spotted; [papier, livre] to become foxed; [confiture] to go GB ou become mouldy GB ou moldy US; [linge] to become spotted; [métal] to become spotted (with rust); le papier mural de la salle de bains est en train de se piquer the bathroom wallpaper is becoming mildewed;

4 fml ( par prétention) se piquer de philosophie to like to make out GB ou pretend one is a philosopher; se piquer de peindre/d'écrire to like to make out GB ou pretend that one is a painter/writer; se piquer de réussir seul to claim that one can manage on one's own;

5 ( se vexer) to take offence^GB (de at); elle s'est piquée de ta plaisanterie she took offence^GB at your joke; il se pique facilement he takes offence^GB easily.

Idiomes

quelle mouche t'a piqué○? what's eating○ you?; piquer des deux Équit to spur on one's horse; ( s'enfuir)○ to beat it○; son article n'était pas piqué des vers○ or hannetons○ his/her article didn't pull any punches; c'est une petite maison pas piquée des vers○ ou hannetons○ it's a really lovely little house; se piquer le nez○ or la truffe◑ to booze○, to knock it back○.

[pike] verbe transitif

1. MÉDECINE [avec une seringue]

piquer quelqu'un to give somebody an injection

2. MÉDECINE VÉTÉRINAIRE [tuer]

piquer un animal to put an animal down, to put an animal to sleep

faire piquer un chien to have a dog put down

3. [avec une pointe] to prick

piquer un morceau de viande avec une fourchette/la pointe d'un couteau to stick a fork/the tip of a knife into a piece of meat

piquer un bœuf avec un aiguillon to goad an ox

4. [suj: animal, plante] to sting, to bite

être piqué ou se faire piquer par une abeille to get stung by a bee

se faire piquer par un moustique to get bitten by a mosquito

5. [enfoncer] to stick

piquer une fleur dans ses cheveux to put a flower in ou to stick a flower in one's hair

piquer une broche sur un chemisier to pin a brooch on ou onto a blouse

6. [brûler] to tickle, to tingle, to prickle

ça pique la gorge it gives you a tickle in your ou the throat

le poivre pique la langue pepper burns the tongue

la fumée me pique les yeux the smoke is making my eyes smart

un tissu rêche qui pique la peau a rough material which chafes the skin

7. [stimuler - curiosité, jalousie] to arouse, to awaken ; [ - amour-propre] to pique ; [ - intérêt] to stir (up)

8. (familier) [faire de manière soudaine]

piquer un cent mètres ou un sprint

a. (sens propre) to put on a sprint

b. (figuré) to take off in a flash

piquer une colère to throw a fit (of anger)

piquer une crise (de nerfs) to get hysterical

piquer un somme ou un roupillon (familier) to grab a nap ou some shuteye

piquer un fard to turn red ou crimson

piquer une tête to dive head first

9. (familier) [dérober] to steal, to pinch, to grab (US)

piquer un porte-monnaie to snatch a wallet

il a piqué la femme de son copain he ran off with his friend's wife

piquer une phrase dans un livre/à un auteur to lift a sentence from a book/an author

10. (familier) [arrêter] to nab, to collar, to nick (UK)

se faire piquer

a. [arrêter] to get nabbed ou nailed (US)

b. [surprendre] to get caught

11. MUSIQUE

piquer une note to dot a note, to play a note staccato

12. COUTURE to sew

[cuir] to stitch

13. CUISINE

piquer un rôti d'ail to stick garlic into a roast

piquer une viande de lardons to lard a piece of meat

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[pike] verbe intransitif

1. [brûler - barbe] to prickle ; [ - désinfectant, alcool] to sting ; [ - yeux] to burn, to smart

radis/moutarde qui pique hot radish/mustard

eau qui pique (familier) fizzy water

vin qui pique sour wine

gorge qui pique sore throat

2. [descendre - avion] to (go into a) dive ; [ - oiseau] to swoop down ; [ - personne] to head straight towards

piquer (droit) vers to head (straight) for

3. (locution)

piquer du nez

a. [avion] to go into a nosedive

b. [bateau] to tilt forward

c. [fleur] to droop

d. [personne] to (begin to) drop off

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se piquer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

[avec une seringue - malade] to inject oneself ; [ - drogué] to take drugs (intravenously)

il se pique à l'héroïne he shoots ou does heroin

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se piquer verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [par accident] to prick oneself

2. [s'abîmer - papier, linge] to turn mildewy, to go mouldy ; [ - métal] to pit, to get pitted ; [ - vin] to turn sour

3. (locution)

se piquer au jeu: elle s'est piquée au jeu it grew on her

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se piquer verbe pronominal transitif

se piquer le nez (familier) to hit the bottle, to tipple

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se piquer de verbe pronominal plus préposition

to pride oneself on

il se pique de connaissances médicales he prides himself on his knowledge of medicine

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > piquer
6 do

m.

1 C (Music).

dar el do de pecho (informal figurative) to give one's all

2 do.

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do

► nombre masculino

1 (de solfa) doh, do; (de escala diatónica) C

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar el do de pecho familiar to surpass oneself

do de pecho high C

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SM (Mús) C

do de pecho — high C

- dar el do de pecho

do mayor — C major

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masculino ( nota) C; ( en solfeo) do, doh (BrE)

do bemol/sostenido — C flat/sharp

en do mayor/menor — in C major/minor

- do de pecho

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* dar el do de pecho = do + Posesivo + best, pull out + all the stops, do + Posesivo + utmost.

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masculino ( nota) C; ( en solfeo) do, doh (BrE)

do bemol/sostenido — C flat/sharp

en do mayor/menor — in C major/minor

- do de pecho

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* dar el do de pecho = do + Posesivo + best, pull out + all the stops, do + Posesivo + utmost.

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do¹

masculine

(nota) C; (en solfeo) do, doh ( BrE)

do bemol/sostenido C flat/sharp

en do mayor/menor in C major/minor

Compuesto:

do de pecho

el do de pecho high C, top C

dar el do de pecho to give one's best

habrá que dar el do de pecho para superar ese récord we'll have to pull out all the stops o give our best to beat that record

do²

adverb

( liter); where

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Multiple Entries:
D.O.
do
do.
do sustantivo masculino ( nota) C;
( en solfeo) do, doh (BrE);
◊ do de pecho high C, top C

do sustantivo masculino Mús (de solfeo) doh, do
(de escala diatónica) C
do bemol, C-flat
do de pecho, high C
do sostenido, C-sharp
♦ Locuciones: dar el do de pecho, to do one's very best

'do' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrochar
- acomodada
- acomodado
- acompañar
- anda
- animarse
- apetecer
- apostarse
- aprender
- arte
- así
- atañer
- atonía
- atreverse
- bajeza
- bastar
- bastante
- bastarse
- bien
- bola
- bordar
- brazo
- bricolaje
- broma
- caballo
- cacharro
- cada
- calaña
- campar
- capaz
- cara
- cargar
- cascabel
- casual
- cepillarse
- cerrar
- colada
- coletilla
- comer
- comandita
- comecome
- como
- componer
- componenda
- compromiso
- común
- con
- contentarse
- contrapelo
- corpachón
English:
about-face
- about-turn
- actually
- advance
- again
- agree
- aim to
- all
- all-out
- allow
- any
- approachable
- approve of
- as
- ask
- aspect
- associate
- attempt
- attribute
- authorize
- bankrupt
- begin
- best
- born
- bunk
- burden
- business
- busywork
- by
- C
- call
- can
- carry-on
- cast
- cease
- cheap
- chief
- choose
- cleaning
- clear
- come through
- command
- commit
- compel
- compelling
- complaint
- compute
- conception
- condescend
- condition

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DO (abrev de Denominación de Origen)

= certification that a product (e.g. wine) comes from a particular region and conforms to certain quality standards

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do

m

:

do sostenido C sharp

Spanish-English dictionary > do
7 destrozar

v.

1 to smash (físicamente) (romper).

2 to shatter, to devastate (emocionalmente) (person).

3 to tear apart, to destroy, to shatter, to break down into pieces.

Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.

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destrozar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (romper) to destroy, shatter, wreck; (despedazar) to tear to pieces, tear to shreds

■ la explosión destrozó el puente the explosion wrecked the bridge

2 figurado (gastar) to wear out

■ destroza los zapatos she wears her shoes out

3 figurado (estropear) to ruin, spoil; (corazón) to break

■ destrozó sus sueños she shattered his dreams

4 figurado (causar daño moral) to crush, shatter, devastate

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1. VT

1) (=romper) [+ cristal, cerámica] to smash; [+ edificio] to destroy; [+ ropa, zapatos] to ruin; [+ nervios] to shatter

ha destrozado el coche — he's wrecked the car

encontraron los cuerpos destrozados — they found the mangled bodies

2) (=dejar abatido a) [+ persona] to shatter; [+ corazón] to break; [+ ejército, enemigo] to crush

destrozar a algn en una discusión — to crush sb in an argument

le ha destrozado el que no quisiera casarse con él — her refusal to marry him has devastated o shattered him

3) (=arruinar) [+ persona, vida] to ruin

destrozar la armonía — to ruin the harmony

2.

See:

destrozarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

vas a destrozar los zapatos — you'll ruin your shoes

b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios — she's making me a nervous wreck

su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
2.
destrozarse v pron (refl)

a) ( romperse)

se cayó al suelo y se destrozó — it fell to the ground and it smashed

se me destrozaron los zapatos — my shoes are ruined

b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies con esos zapatos — you're going to ruin your feet wearing those shoes

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= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.

Ex. Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.

Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.

Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex. The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

Ex. He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.

Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

Ex. Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.

Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex. Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.

Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Ex. Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.

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* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

vas a destrozar los zapatos — you'll ruin your shoes

b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios — she's making me a nervous wreck

su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
2.
destrozarse v pron (refl)

a) ( romperse)

se cayó al suelo y se destrozó — it fell to the ground and it smashed

se me destrozaron los zapatos — my shoes are ruined

b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies con esos zapatos — you're going to ruin your feet wearing those shoes

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= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.

Ex: Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.

Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.

Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

Ex: He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.

Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

Ex: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.

Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex: Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.

Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.

* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.

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destrozar [A4 ]

vt

1 (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

no hagas eso que vas a destrozar los zapatos don't do that, you'll ruin your shoes

2 ‹felicidad/armonía› to destroy, shatter; ‹corazón› to break; ‹matrimonio› to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios she's making me a nervous wreck

la muerte de su marido la destrozó she was devastated o shattered by her husband's death

■ destrozarse

v pron

1

(romperse): se cayó al suelo y se destrozó it fell to the ground and smashed

se me han destrozado los zapatos my shoes are ruined o have fallen to pieces

2 ( refl) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies usando esos zapatos you're going to ruin o damage your feet wearing those shoes

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destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
a) (romper, deteriorar) ‹ zapatos› to ruin;

‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
‹ coche› to wreck;
‹ libro› to pull apart
b) ‹felicidad/matrimonio/vida› to wreck, destroy;

‹ corazón› to break;
◊ tiene los nervios destrozados he's a nervous wreck

destrozarse verbo pronominal
a) ( romperse) [ zapatos] to be ruined;

[jarrón/cristal] to smash
b) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

destrozar verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
' destrozar' also found in these entries:
English:
break
- destroy
- mangle
- shatter
- smash
- smash up
- tear apart
- trash
- vandalize
- wreck
- write off
- get
- murder
- piece
- pull
- write

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destrozar

♦ vt

1. [físicamente] [romper] to smash;
[estropear] to ruin;
el terremoto destrozó la ciudad the earthquake destroyed the city;

vas a destrozar o [m5] destrozarte los zapatos de tanto usarlos you'll ruin your shoes, wearing them so much

2. [emocionalmente] [persona] to shatter, to devastate;
[matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up; [vida] to ruin; [corazón] to break;
el divorcio la ha destrozado she was devastated by the divorce;

ese ruido le destroza los nervios a cualquiera that noise is enough to drive anyone up the wall;

destrozó a su oponente en el debate he destroyed his opponent in the debate

♦ See also the pronominal verb destrozarse

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destrozar

v/t

1 destroy

2 emocio- nalmente shatter, devastate

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destrozar {21} vt

1) : to smash, to shatter

2) : to destroy, to wreck

♦ See also the reflexive verb destrozarse

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destrozar vb

1. (en general) to destroy / to wreck

la bomba destrozó el coche por completo the bomb completely destroyed the car

2. (hacer trozos) to smash

han destrozado el escaparate they've smashed the shop window

destrozarle el corazón a alguien to break somebody's heart [pt. broke; pp. broken]

Spanish-English dictionary > destrozar
8 SKARPR

a.

1) scorched, pinched from dryness; með skörpum reipum, with hard ropes; s. belgr, a shrivelled skin; s. fiskr, dried (hard) fish;

2) barren (landit er skarpt ok lítit matland);

3) sharp, vehement, bitter (skörp deila); taka skarpara á, to pull sharper;

4) tight, strong (skarpar álar þóttu þér Skrýmis vera);

5) keen, sharp, of a weapon (skörp sverð).

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skörp, skarpt, adj.; [A. S. scearp; Engl. sharp; Germ. scharf; akin to skorpinn, related to a lost strong verb]:—sharp, prop. scorched or pinched from dryness; með skörpum reipum, with hard ropes (of ropes of skin), Stj. 416; því harðara er hann brautsk, því skarpara varð bandit, Edda 20; skarpar álar, Ls. 62; skarpr belgr, a shrivelled skin, Hm. 135; skörp skrydda, Gd. 34; skarpr skinn-stakkr, Fas. ii. 147; skarpr fiskr (mod. harðr), a dried fish, Bs. i. 209, 365, 367, H. E. ii. 120; skörp skreið, id., i. 457.

II. metaph. sharp, barren (Engl. farmers speak of a sharp gravel); landit er skarpt ok lítið matland, Fms. vii. 78; eiga skarpan kost, to have small fare; það er skarpt um, dearth, want (cp. Engl. sharp-set).

2. sharp, bitter; skörp deila, Stj. 234; hin skarpa skálmöld, Sturl. (in a verse); skarpt él, Edda (Ht.); skörp skæra, Fms. vi. 64 (in a verse); taka skarpara á, to pull sharper, Gs. 19; s. í sókn, Trist.

3. keen, sharp, of a weapon; skörp sverð, Þiðr. 322; skarpr geirr, Gs. 14; skarpr brandr, Rekst. 6; skarpr hamarr, Haustl.:—keen, acute, of the intellect, hann er skarpr, flug-skarpr; ó-skarpr, dull, freq. in mod. usage.

III. in pr. names, Skarp-héðinn, prop. ‘parched goat-skin,’ see Nj.

Íslensk-ensk orðabók > SKARPR
9 резкий

1. deeply

2. sleep

3. vehement

4. trenchant

5. rank

6. shar

резонанс выражен очень резко — a very sharp resonance occurs

четкое изображение; резкое изображение — sharp image

резкий скачок цен — a sharp turnabout in prices

получение резкого изображения — sharp imaging

резкая реакция, раздражение — sharp reaction

7. violent

полет с резкими маневрами — violent flight

резкие колебания — violent fluctuations

резкий манёвр — violent manoeuvre

резкий маневр — violent manoeuvre

8. abruptly

резкий переход на кабрирование — abrupt pull up

резкий выход из пикирования — abrupt pull out

резко выраженная граница — abrupt boundary

резкий р-n-переход — abrupt junction

резкое управление — abrupt control

9. acrid

10. acridly

11. drastically

резко сократить вмешательство военных в экономику — to reduce drastically the interference of the military in the operation of the economy

12. roundly

резко подвернул — snubbed round

резко подворачивать — snub round

резкое подворачивание — snubbing round

13. shrill

резкий свист — shrill whistle

резкий тревожный гудок — shrill alarm

14. slashing

резкое падение — slashing

резкое снижение — slashing

резкое понижение цен — price slashing

15. strident

16. stridently

17. sharp; keen; biting; piercing; acute; harsh; shrill; glaring; rough; abrupt

сцепление работает резко — the clutch is harsh

резко выраженная складчатость — acute folding

резкая отсечка топлива — sharp fuel cutoff

резкое падение дозы — sharp dose fall-off

резкий монтажный переход — cut transition

18. abrupt

резкий разворот — abrupt turn

резкое движение — abrupt movement

резкий переход — abrupt transition

19. bitter

резкая жалоба — bitter complain

20. bluff

21. blunt

прямая и резкая манера говорить — blunt and brusque ways of speaking

22. brusque

23. cutting

резкое замечание — cutting remark

24. grating

25. keen

26. rugged

27. scathing

28. severe

29. smart

Синонимический ряд:

1. дерзкий (прил.) вызывающий; грубый; дерзкий

2. крутой (прил.) крутой

3. пронзительный (прил.) визгливый; острый; пронзительный

4. четкий (прил.) отчетливый; четкий; явственный; ясный

Антонимический ряд:

мягкий

Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > резкий
10 Ruck

Adv. umg.: ruck, zuck in no time, in a flash; jetzt aber ruck, zuck! make it snappy!

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der Ruck

hitch; jerk; flip

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Rụck [rʊk]
m -(e)s, -e
jerk, tug; (von Fahrzeug) jolt, jerk; (POL) swing, shift
auf einen or mit einem Ruck — in one go, with one heave

er stand mit einem Ruck auf — he sprang to his feet, he stood up suddenly

einen Ruck geben (inf) — to make an effort, to give oneself a kick up the backside (Brit inf) or in the ass (US sl)

etw in einem Ruck erledigen — to do sth at one fell swoop

durch die Gesellschaft muss ein Ruck gehen — society needs to be jolted out of its complacency

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der

1) (a short, sudden movement: We felt a jerk as the train started.) jerk

2) (a sudden, short pull upwards: She gave her skirt a hitch.) hitch

3) (a sudden movement or shake: The car gave a jolt and started.) jolt

4) (a strong, sharp pull: He gave the rope a tug.) tug

5) (a sudden sharp pull; a jerk: She gave the rope a yank.) yank

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Ruck

<-[e]s, -e>

[rʊk]

m

1. (ruckartige Bewegung) jolt

2. POL swing, shift

3.

▶ sich dat einen \Ruck geben (fam) to pull oneself together

▶ mit einem \Ruck suddenly, in one go

er erhob sich mit einem \Ruck he got up suddenly

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der; Ruck[e]s, Rucke jerk

sich (Dat.) einen Ruck geben — (fig.) pull oneself together

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Ruck m; -(e)s, -e jerk; im Zug etc: jolt (auch fig);

es gab einen Ruck there was a jerk ( oder jolt);

Ruck nach links POL swing to the left;

mit einem Ruck in one go;

sich (dat)

einen Ruck geben fig pull o.s. together;

es ging ein Ruck durch das Team this made the team sit up (with a jolt), this gave the team a jolt

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der; Ruck[e]s, Rucke jerk

sich (Dat.) einen Ruck geben — (fig.) pull oneself together

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-e m.

flip n.

hitch n.

(§ pl.: hitches)

jerk n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ruck
11 ruck

Adv. umg.: ruck, zuck in no time, in a flash; jetzt aber ruck, zuck! make it snappy!

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der Ruck

hitch; jerk; flip

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Rụck [rʊk]
m -(e)s, -e
jerk, tug; (von Fahrzeug) jolt, jerk; (POL) swing, shift
auf einen or mit einem Ruck — in one go, with one heave

er stand mit einem Ruck auf — he sprang to his feet, he stood up suddenly

einen Ruck geben (inf) — to make an effort, to give oneself a kick up the backside (Brit inf) or in the ass (US sl)

etw in einem Ruck erledigen — to do sth at one fell swoop

durch die Gesellschaft muss ein Ruck gehen — society needs to be jolted out of its complacency

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der

1) (a short, sudden movement: We felt a jerk as the train started.) jerk

2) (a sudden, short pull upwards: She gave her skirt a hitch.) hitch

3) (a sudden movement or shake: The car gave a jolt and started.) jolt

4) (a strong, sharp pull: He gave the rope a tug.) tug

5) (a sudden sharp pull; a jerk: She gave the rope a yank.) yank

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Ruck

<-[e]s, -e>

[rʊk]

m

1. (ruckartige Bewegung) jolt

2. POL swing, shift

3.

▶ sich dat einen \Ruck geben (fam) to pull oneself together

▶ mit einem \Ruck suddenly, in one go

er erhob sich mit einem \Ruck he got up suddenly

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der; Ruck[e]s, Rucke jerk

sich (Dat.) einen Ruck geben — (fig.) pull oneself together

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ruck adv umg:

ruck, zuck in no time, in a flash;

jetzt aber ruck, zuck! make it snappy!

ruck, zuck adv umg → ruck

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der; Ruck[e]s, Rucke jerk

sich (Dat.) einen Ruck geben — (fig.) pull oneself together

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-e m.

flip n.

hitch n.

(§ pl.: hitches)

jerk n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > ruck
12 tirer

tirer [tiʀe]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = amener vers soi) [+ pièce mobile, poignée, corde] to pull ; (vers le bas) to pull down ; (vers le haut) to pull up ; [+ rideaux] to draw ; [+ tiroir] to pull open ; [+ verrou] ( = fermer) to slide to ; ( = ouvrir) to draw

• tire la porte pull the door to

• as-tu tiré le verrou ? have you bolted the door?

• tirer les cheveux à qn to pull sb's hair

• tirer qn par le bras to pull sb by the arm

• tirer qn par la manche to tug sb's sleeve

• tirer qn à l'écart to draw sb aside

► tirer sur [+ corde, poignée, rênes] to pull on ; [+ pipe, cigarette, cigare] to puff at

• tirer sur la ficelle or la corde (inf: inf) (figurative) to push one's luck (inf)

• un vert qui tire sur le bleu a bluish green

• il tire sur la soixantaine he's going on sixty

   b. ( = remorquer) [+ véhicule, charge] to pull ; [+ navire, remorque] to tow

   c. ( = sortir) [+ épée, couteau, vin, cidre] to draw

• tirer un son d'un instrument to get a sound out of an instrument

• tirer qn du sommeil to arouse sb from sleep

• tirer qn du lit to get sb out of bed

• tirer qn de son travail to take sb away from his work

• ce bruit le tira de sa rêverie the noise brought him out of his daydream

• tirer des larmes à qn to make sb cry

   d. ( = obtenir) [+ conclusion, idée, plaisir, satisfaction] to draw (de from)

• tirer de l'argent d'une activité to make money from an activity

• il a tiré 4 000 € de sa vieille voiture he managed to get 4,000 euros for his old car

• tirer de l'argent de qn to get money out of sb

• on ne peut rien en tirer (enfant têtu) you can't do anything with him ; (personne qui refuse de parler) you can't get anything out of him

   e. ( = délivrer) tirer qn de prison/d'une situation dangereuse to get sb out of prison/of a dangerous situation

• tirer qn du doute to dispel sb's doubts

• tirer qn de la misère to rescue sb from poverty

• il faut le tirer de là we'll have to help him out

   f. (indiquant l'origine) mots tirés du latin words taken from Latin

• tirer son nom de to take one's name from

• pièce tirée d'un roman play taken from a novel

• l'opium est tiré du pavot opium is obtained from poppies

• tirer une substance d'une matière première to extract a substance from a raw material

   g. (Games) [+ billet, numéro, loterie] to draw ; [+ carte] to pick

• tirer les cartes to give a reading

• tirer qch au sort to draw lots for sth

• tirer les rois (à l'Épiphanie) to cut the Twelfth Night cake

• tirer la fève to win the charm

   h. (Photography, typography) to print

• ce journal est tiré à 100 000 exemplaires this paper has a circulation of 100,000

• tirer un roman à 8 000 exemplaires to print 8,000 copies of a novel

   i. ( = tracer) [+ ligne, trait] to draw ; [+ plan] to draw up

   j. [+ coup de feu, balle] to fire ; [+ flèche, gibier] to shoot ; [+ feu d'artifice] to set off

• il a tiré plusieurs coups de revolver sur l'agent he fired several shots at the policeman

• tirer un coup (vulg!) to have it off (vulg!)

   k. (Football) to shoot

• tirer un corner/un penalty to take a corner/a penalty

   l. [+ chèque, lettre de change] to draw

• tirer de l'argent sur son compte to draw money out of one's account

• prête-moi ta carte bleue pour que j'aille tirer de l'argent lend me your credit card so that I can go and get some money out

   m. (Nautical) tirer 6 mètres to draw 6 metres of water

   n. ( = passer) (inf) to get through

• encore une heure/un mois à tirer another hour/month to get through

• tirer deux ans de prison to do two years in prison

• voilà une semaine de tirée that's one week over with

   o. ( = voler) (inf!) to pinch (inf)

• il s'est fait tirer son blouson he got his jacket pinched (inf)

2. intransitive verb

   a. to pull

• tirez ici pull here

   b. ( = faire feu) to fire ; ( = se servir d'une arme à feu, viser) to shoot

• il leur a donné l'ordre de tirer he gave the order for them to fire

• apprendre à tirer to learn to shoot

• tirer sur qn/qch to shoot at sb/sth

• il m'a tiré dessus he shot at me

• tirer à la carabine to shoot with a rifle

• tirer en l'air to fire into the air

• tirer à vue to shoot on sight

• il lui a tiré dans le dos he shot him in the back ; (figurative) he stabbed him in the back

• tirer dans les pattes de qn (inf) to make life difficult for sb

   c. (Sport, football) to shoot

• tirer au but to take a shot at goal

   d. (Press) tirer à 10 000 exemplaires to have a circulation of 10,000

   e. [cheminée, poêle] to draw

• la cheminée tire bien the chimney draws well

   f. [moteur, voiture] to pull

• le moteur tire bien en côte the engine pulls well on hills

   g. [points de suture, sparadrap] to pull

• le matin, j'ai la peau qui tire my skin feels tight in the morning

   h. (locutions)

► tirer à sa fin [journée] to be drawing to a close ; [épreuve] to be nearly over ; [provisions] to be nearly finished

► tirer au flanc (inf) to skive (inf) (Brit) to shirk

3. reflexive verb

► se tirer

   a.

se tirer de [+ danger, situation] to get o.s. out of

• il s'est tiré sans dommage de l'accident he came out of the accident unharmed

• sa voiture était en mille morceaux mais lui s'en est tiré his car was smashed to pieces but he escaped unharmed

• il est très malade mais je crois qu'il va s'en tirer he's very ill but I think he'll pull through

• cette fois il ne va pas s'en tirer si facilement he won't get off so lightly this time

• il s'en est tiré avec une amende he got off with a fine

• il s'en est tiré avec une jambe cassée he got out of it with a broken leg

   b. bien/mal se tirer de qch [+ tâche] to handle sth well/badly

• comment va-t-il se tirer de ce sujet/travail ? how will he cope with this subject/job?

• les questions étaient difficiles mais il s'en est bien tiré the questions were difficult but he handled them well

• on s'en tire tout juste we just scrape by

   c. ( = déguerpir) (inf!) to clear off (inf)

• allez, on se tire come on, let's be off

• il s'est tiré he's gone

• il s'est tiré avec la caisse he ran off with the money

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tiʀe
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( déplacer) to pull [véhicule]; to pull up [chaise]; to pull away [tapis]

tirer la tête en arrière — to toss one's head back

2) ( exercer une traction) ( avec une force régulière) to pull [cheveux]; to pull on [corde]; ( par à-coups) to tug at

tirer quelqu'un par le bras — to pull somebody's arm

3) ( tendre)

tirer ses bas — to pull up one's stockings

tirer sa chemise — to straighten one's shirt

avoir les traits tirés — to look drawn

4) ( fermer) to draw [verrou, rideau]; to pull down [store]; to close [porte, volet]

5) ( avec une arme) to fire off [balle, obus, grenade]; to fire [missile]; to shoot [flèche]

6) Sport ( de ballon)

tirer un corner/penalty — to take a corner/penalty

7) ( choisir au hasard)

tirer (au sort) — to draw [carte, loterie, nom]; to draw for [partenaire]

tirer les cartes à quelqu'un — to tell the cards for somebody

se faire tirer les cartes — to have one's fortune told with cards

8) ( prendre) to draw [vin, électricité, argent] (de, sur from)

9) ( sortir)

tirer un stylo de son sac — to take a pen out of one's bag

tirer un enfant de l'eau — to pull a child out of the water

tirer quelque chose de sa poche — to pull something out of one's pocket

10) ( faire sortir)

tirer le pays de la récession — to get the country out of recession

tire-moi de là! — get me out of this!

tirer quelqu'un d'une maladie — to pull somebody through an illness

tu l'as tirée de son silence — you drew her out of her silence

11) ( obtenir)

tirer de quelqu'un — to get [something] from somebody [renseignement, aveu]

tirer de quelque chose — to draw [something] from something [force, ressources]; to derive [something] from something [orgueil, satisfaction]; to make [something] out of something [argent]

tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de cette voiture — ( comme argent) you won't get much for this car; ( comme service) you won't get much out of this car

tirer le maximum de la situation — to make the most of the situation

tirer un son d'un instrument — to get a note out of an instrument

12) ( dériver)

le film est tiré du roman — the film is based on the novel

la guillotine tire son nom de son inventeur — the guillotine gets its name from its inventor

le mot est tiré de l'anglais — the word comes from the English

13) ( extraire)

texte tiré de Zola — text taken from Zola

le médicament est tiré d'une plante — the drug comes from a plant

14) ( faire un tirage) to print [livre, négatif]; to run off [épreuve, exemplaire]

journal tiré à dix mille exemplaires — newspaper with a circulation of ten thousand

tiré à part — [texte] off-printed

15) ( tracer) to draw [ligne, trait]

tirer un chèque — to draw a cheque GB ou check US

tirer des plans — fig to draw up plans

16) (colloq) ( passer)

plus qu'une heure/semaine à tirer — only one more hour/week to go

tirer quelques années en prison — to spend a few years in prison

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( exercer une traction) to pull

tirer sur quelque chose — to pull on something; ( d'un coup ou par à-coups) to tug at something

tire fort! — pull hard!

2) ( utiliser une arme) gén to shoot ( sur at); ( à feu) to fire ( sur at)

tirer à la carabine — to shoot with a rifle

tirer au fusil — to fire a gun

elle lui a tiré dans la jambe — she shot him/her in the leg

3) ( au football) to shoot; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a shot

4) ( choisir au hasard)

tirer (au sort) — to draw lots

5) ( prendre)

tirer sur — to draw on

tirer sur son compte — to draw on one's account

6) ( aspirer)

la cheminée tire bien — the chimney draws well

7) ( être imprimé)

tirer à mille exemplaires — [périodique] to have a circulation of one thousand

8) ( aller vers)

tirer sur le jaune/l'orangé — [couleur] to be yellowish/orangy

tirer sur la cinquantaine — [personne] to be pushing fifty

tirer à gauche/droite — [voiture] to pull to the left/right

3.

se tirer verbe pronominal

1) ( sortir)

se tirer de — to come through [situation, difficultés]

2) (sl) ( partir) to push off (colloq)

3) ( avec une arme)

se tirer une balle — to shoot oneself ( dans in)

se tirer dessus — ( l'un l'autre) lit to shoot at one another

4) (colloq) ( se débrouiller)

s'en tirer — to cope, to manage

5) (colloq) ( échapper)

s'en tirer — ( à un accident) to escape; ( à une maladie) to pull through; ( à une punition) to get away with it (colloq)

s'en tirer à bon prix — to get off lightly

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tiʀe
1. vt

1) (pour arracher, amener à soi) to pull

Il m'a tiré les cheveux. — He pulled my hair.

tiré par les cheveux fig (histoire, intrigue, explications) — far-fetched

2) (= fermer) [volet, porte, trappe] to pull to, to close, [rideau] to draw

tirer les rideaux — to draw the curtains

3) (= extraire)

tirer qch de qch — to take sth from sth, to pull sth out of sth, [fruit, sol] to extract sth from sth

Elle a tiré un mouchoir de son sac. — She took a handkerchief from her bag., She pulled a handkerchief out of her bag.

tirer son nom de — to take one's name from, to get one's name from

tirer qch de qn — to get sth out of sb

tirer qn de qch [embarras] — to help sb out of sth, to get sb out of sth

tirer qn d'embarras — to get sb out of an awkward situation

tirer qn d'un mauvais pas — to get sb out of a fix

4) (= sortir)

tirer la langue — to stick out one's tongue

5) (avec une arme) [balle, coup de feu] to fire, [animal] to shoot

Il a tiré plusieurs coups de feu. — He fired several shots.

6) [chèque] to draw

7) (= tracer) to draw, to trace

tirer un trait — to draw a line

tirer un trait sur qch fig — to draw a line under sth

tirer un trait sur son passé — to draw a line under one's past

8) (= imprimer) [journal, livre, photo] to print

9) (= choisir) [carte] to draw

tirer les cartes — to read the cards, to tell the cards

tirer au sort — to draw lots

tirer des conclusions — to draw conclusions

10) FOOTBALL, [corner] to take

11) NAVIGATION

tirer 6 mètres — to draw 6 metres of water

2. vi

1)

"Tirer" — "Pull"

tirer sur qch [corde, poignée] — to pull on sth, to pull at sth, [pipe] to draw on sth

2) (avec arme) to shoot, (= faire feu) to shoot, to fire

tirer à l'arc — to shoot with a bow and arrow

tirer à la carabine — to shoot with a rifle, to fire with a rifle

tirer sur qn (= faire feu sur) — to shoot at sb, to fire on sb

Il a tiré sur les policiers. — He shot at police officers., He fired on police officers.

3) FOOTBALL to shoot

4) [cheminée] to draw

5)

tirer à sa fin — to be drawing to an end

tirer en longueur — to drag on

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tirer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( déplacer) [personne, animal, véhicule] to pull [véhicule]; [personne] to pull up [fauteuil, chaise]; [personne] to pull away [tapis]; tirer la tête en arrière to toss one's head back; ⇒ chapeau, couverture;

2 ( exercer une traction) ( avec une force régulière) to pull [cheveux]; to pull on [corde]; ( par à-coups) to tug at [cordelette, manette, sonnette]; tirer qn par le bras to pull sb's arm; tirer les cheveux à qn to pull sb's hair; tirer qn par la manche to tug at sb's sleeve;

3 ( tendre) tirer ses cheveux en arrière to pull back one's hair; tirer ses bas to pull up one's stockings; tirer sa chemise/jupe to straighten one's shirt/skirt; ⇒ épingle; se faire tirer la peau○ Cosmét to have a face-lift; la peau/ça me tire○ my skin/it feels tight;

4 ( fermer) to draw [verrou, rideau]; to pull down [store]; to close [porte, volet];

5 Mil to fire off [balle, obus, grenade]; to fire [missile]; tirer un coup de feu to fire a shot; tirer le canon ( pour honorer) to fire a salute; tirer vingt et un coups de canon to fire a twenty-one gun salute;

6 ( propulser) to shoot [balle, flèche] (sur at); elle lui a tiré (une balle) dans le dos she shot him in the back;

7 ( viser) tirer le canard/faisan/gibier to shoot duck/pheasant/game;

8 Sport ( de ballon) tirer un corner/penalty to take a corner/penalty; tirer un coup franc ( au football) to take a free kick; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a free throw;

9 ( choisir au hasard) tirer (au sort) to draw [carte, loterie, nom, gagnant, adversaire]; to draw for [partenaire]; tirer les blancs to draw white; tirer une bonne carte to draw a strong card;

10 Jeux ( aux cartes) tirer ses atouts to draw trumps;

11 Astrol tirer les cartes à qn to tell the cards for sb; se faire tirer les cartes to have one's fortune told with cards;

12 ( prendre) to draw [vin, bière, eau, électricité, argent] (de, sur from); tirer de l'eau du puits to draw water from the well; tirer de l'argent sur un compte to draw money from an account; ⇒ vin;

13 ( sortir) tirer de qch to take [sth] out of sth [objet]; to pull [sb] out of sth [personne]; tirer un stylo de son sac/d'un tiroir to take a pen out of one's bag/out of a drawer; tirer un enfant de l'eau/des flammes to pull a child out of the water/out of the flames; tirer qch de sa poche to pull sth out of one's pocket; tirer une bouffée de sa cigarette/pipe to take a puff at ou on one's cigarette/pipe; ⇒ épingle, marron, ver;

14 ( faire sortir) tirer de qch to get [sb/sth] out of sth [personne, pays, entreprise]; tirer le pays de la récession to get the country out of recession; tire-moi de là! get me out of this!; tirer qn d'une maladie to pull sb through an illness; tu l'as tirée de son silence/sa mélancolie you drew her out of her silence/her melancholy;

15 ( obtenir) tirer de qn to get [sth] from sb [renseignement, aveu]; tirer de qch to draw [sth] from sth [force, ressources]; to derive [sth] from sth [orgueil, satisfaction]; to make [sth] out of sth [argent]; tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de cette voiture ( comme argent) you won't get much for this car; ( comme service) you won't get much out of this car; tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de lui (comme argent, renseignements, preuve d'intelligence) you won't get much out of him; tirer le maximum de la situation to make the most of the situation; tirer un son d'un instrument to get a note out of an instrument;

16 ( dériver) tirer de qch to base [sth] on sth [récit, film]; to get [sth] from sth [nom]; le film est tiré du roman the film is based on the novel; la guillotine tire son nom de son inventeur the guillotine gets its name from its inventor; le mot est tiré de l'anglais the word comes from the English;

17 ( extraire) tirer de qn/qch to take [sth] from sb/sth [texte]; to derive [sth] from sth [substance]; texte tiré de Zola/la Bible text taken from Zola/the Bible; le médicament est tiré d'une plante the drug comes from a plant;

18 ( faire un tirage) to print [livre, tract, texte, négatif]; to run off [épreuve, exemplaire]; journal tiré à dix mille exemplaires newspaper with a circulation of ten thousand;

19 ( tracer) to draw [ligne, trait]; tirer un chèque Fin to draw a cheque GB ou check US (sur on); tirer des plans fig to draw up plans; ⇒ comète;

20 ○( passer) plus qu'une heure/semaine à tirer only one more hour/week to go; tirer quelques années en prison to spend a few years in prison.

B vi

1 ( exercer une traction) to pull; tirer sur qch ( avec une force régulière) to pull on sth; ( d'un coup ou par à-coups) to tug at sth; tire fort! pull hard!; tirer sur les rames to pull on the oars; tirer de toutes ses forces to heave with all one's might; le moteur tire bien/tire mal○ the engine is pulling well/isn't pulling properly; ⇒ corde;

2 ( utiliser une arme) to shoot (sur at); ( à feu) to fire (sur at); tirer à l'arc to shoot with a bow and arrow; tirer à la carabine/à l'arbalète to shoot with a rifle/with a crossbow; tirer pour tuer to shoot to kill; tirer au fusil/en l'air/à balles réelles to fire a gun/into the air/with live ammunition; tirer le premier to fire first, to shoot first; se faire tirer dessus to come under fire, to be shot at; ⇒ boulet; elle lui a tiré dans la jambe she shot him in the leg;

3 Sport ( au football) to shoot; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a shot; tirer au but ( au football) to take a shot at goal;

4 ( choisir au hasard) tirer (au sort) to draw lots; on n'a qu'à tirer let's just draw lots; ⇒ paille;

5 ( prendre) tirer sur to draw on; tirer sur son compte/ses réserves to draw on one's account/one's reserves;

6 ( aspirer) la cheminée tire bien/tire mal the chimney draws well/doesn't draw well; tirer sur sa cigarette/pipe to draw on one's cigarette/pipe;

7 Imprim, Presse tirer à mille exemplaires [périodique] to have a circulation of a thousand; à combien tire la revue? what's the circulation of the magazine?;

8 ( avoir une nuance) tirer sur le jaune/le bleu/le vert/le violet/l'orangé to be yellowish/bluish/greenish/purplish/orangy; être d'un bleu tirant sur le vert to be greenish-blue;

9 ( se rapprocher) tirer sur la cinquantaine ( âge) to be pushing fifty;

10 ( dévier) [voiture]tirer à gauche/droite to pull to the left/right; Équit tirer à la main [cheval] to pull.

C se tirer vpr

1 ( sortir) se tirer de to come through [situation, difficultés]; se tirer de ses ennuis to come through one's troubles; ⇒ pas;

2 ◑( partir) je me tire I'm off○ GB, I'm splitting○; tire-toi get lost○; je me suis tiré de chez lui I cleared from his place; je me suis tiré de chez mes parents I left home; je vais me tirer à Montréal I'm going off to Montreal;

3 ( se servir d'une arme) se tirer une balle to shoot oneself (dans in); se tirer une balle dans la tête to blow one's brains out; se tirer dessus ( l'un l'autre) lit to shoot at one another;

4 ( exercer une traction) se tirer la moustache to pull at one's moustache;

5 ○( se débrouiller) s'en tirer to cope; il s'en tire mal ( forte contrainte) he's finding it hard to cope; ( travail délicat) he doesn't do very well; comment est-ce que vous vous en tirez? how do you cope?; elle s'en tire mieux que lui ( épreuve de résistance) she is coping better than he is; ( épreuve d'habileté) she is doing better than him; elle s'en tire tout juste she just gets by;

6 ○( échapper) s'en tirer ( à un accident) to escape; ( à une maladie) to pull through; ( à une punition) to get away with it○; je m'en suis tiré avec quelques égratignures I escaped with a few scratches; son médecin pense qu'elle s'en tirera her doctor thinks (that) she will pull through; sans diplôme, il ne s'en tirera jamais without a degree, he'll never get by; il ne s'en tirera pas comme ça he's not going to get away with it; s'en tirer à bon prix to get off lightly; ⇒ compte.

[tire] verbe transitif

A.[DÉPLACER]

1. [traîner - avec ou sans effort] to pull, to drag ; [ - en remorquant] to draw, to tow

tire la table au milieu de la pièce pull the table out into the centre of the room

tiré par un cheval horse-drawn

tirer quelqu'un par le bras/les cheveux/les pieds to drag somebody by the arm/hair/feet

2. [amener à soi] to pull

[étirer - vers le haut] to pull (up) ; [ - vers le bas] to pull (down)

je sentis que quelqu'un tirait ma veste I felt a tug at my jacket

elle me tira doucement par la manche she tugged ou pulled at my sleeve

tirer les cheveux à quelqu'un to pull somebody's hair

tirer ses cheveux en arrière to draw ou to pull one's hair back

tire bien le drap stretch the sheet (taut)

tirer un fil

a. [accidentellement] to pull a thread

b. [pour faire un jour] to draw a thread

tirer la couverture à soi

a. [s'attribuer le mérite] to take all the credit

b. [s'attribuer le profit] to take the lion's share

3. [pour actionner - cordon d'appel, élastique] to pull ; [ - tiroir] to pull (open ou out)

tirer les rideaux to pull ou to draw the curtains

tire le portail derrière toi close the gates behind you, pull the gates to

tirer un verrou

a. [pour ouvrir] to slide a bolt open

b. [pour fermer] to slide a bolt to, to shoot a bolt

tirer la chasse d'eau to flush the toilet

4. NAUTIQUE to draw

B.[EXTRAIRE, OBTENIR]

1. [faire sortir]

tirer quelque chose de to pull ou to draw something out of

tirer le vin/cidre (du tonneau) to draw wine/cider (off from the barrel)

tirer quelqu'un de [le faire sortir de] to get somebody out of

tirer quelqu'un d'un cauchemar (figuré) to rouse somebody from a nightmare

tirer quelqu'un du sommeil to wake somebody up

tirer quelqu'un du coma to pull somebody out of a coma

tirer quelqu'un de son silence to draw somebody out (of his/her silence)

tirer une œuvre de l'oubli to rescue a work from oblivion

tire-moi de là help me out

2. [fabriquer]

tirer quelque chose de to derive ou to get ou to make something from

les produits que l'on tire du pétrole oil-based products

tirer des sons d'un instrument to get ou to draw sounds from an instrument

tirer un film d'une pièce de théâtre to adapt a play for the screen

photos tirées d'un film movie stills

3. [percevoir - argent]

elle tire sa fortune de ses terres she makes her money from her land

tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de ta vieille montre you won't get much (money) for your old watch

[retirer - chèque, argent liquide] to draw

tirer de l'argent d'un compte to draw money out of ou to withdraw money from an account

4. [extraire, dégager]

tirer la morale/un enseignement de quelque chose to learn a lesson from something

ce vers est tiré d'un poème de Villon this line is (taken) from a poem by Villon

ce que j'ai tiré de ce livre/cet article what I got out of this book/article

ce roman tire son titre d'une chanson populaire the title of this novel is taken from a popular song

tirer satisfaction de to derive satisfaction from

tirer vanité de to be proud of

tirer vengeance de quelque chose to avenge something

5. [obtenir, soutirer]

tirer quelque chose de: tirer de l'argent de quelqu'un to extract money from somebody, to get money out of somebody

la police n'a rien pu tirer de lui the police couldn't get anything out of him

tu auras du mal à lui tirer des remerciements you'll get no thanks from her

tirer des larmes à quelqu'un to make somebody cry

on n'en tirera jamais rien, de ce gosse

a. (familier) [il n'est bon à rien] we'll never make anything out of this kid

b. [il ne parlera pas] we'll never get this kid to talk, we'll never get anything out of this kid

je n'ai pas pu en tirer davantage I couldn't get any more out of her

6. (familier) [voler]

je me suis fait tirer mon portefeuille au cinéma! somebody nicked (UK) ou swiped (US) my wallet at the cinema!

7. JEUX [billet, numéro] to draw, to pick

[loterie] to draw, to carry out the draw for

[carte] to draw, to take

tirez une carte postale au hasard pick any postcard

qui va tirer le nom du gagnant? who will draw (out) the name of the winner?

le gagnant sera tiré au sort there will be a draw to decide the winner

C.[PROJETER]

1. ARMEMENT [coup de fusil, missile] to fire

[balle, flèche] to shoot

tirer un coup de feu to fire a shot

2. [feu d'artifice] to set off

ce soir, on tirera un feu d'artifice there will be a fireworks display tonight

3. CHASSE [lapin, faisan] to shoot

4. [à la pétanque, boule en main] to throw

[boule placée] to knock out (separable)

FOOTBALL to take

tirer un corner to take a corner

le penalty va être tiré par le capitaine the penalty will be taken by the captain

TENNIS [passing-shot, volée] to hit

[en haltérophilie] to lift

ESCRIME

tirer des armes to fence

5. (locution)

tirer un coup avec quelqu'un (vulgaire) to have it off with somebody (très familier)

D. (familier) [PASSER] (familier) to spend, to do, to get through (inseparable)

j'ai encore trois semaines à tirer avant mon congé I've another three weeks to go before my leave

E.[TRACER, IMPRIMER]

1. [dessiner - ligne] to draw ; [ - plan] to draw up (separable)

tirez deux traits sous les verbes underline the verbs twice

2. PHOTOGRAPHIE to print

je voudrais que cette photo soit tirée sur du papier mat I'd like a matt print of this picture

3. IMPRIMERIE [livre] to print

[estampe, lithographie] to print, to draw

[tract] to print, to run

[gravure] to strike, to pull, to print

ce magazine est tiré à plus de 200 000 exemplaires this magazine has a print run ou a circulation of 200,000

bon à tirer ‘passed for press’

un bon à tirer [épreuve] a press proof

4. (Belgique & locution)

tu es assez grand, tu tires ton plan you're old enough to look after yourself

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[tire] verbe intransitif

1. MILITAIRE [faire feu] to fire, to shoot

ne tirez pas, je me rends! don't shoot, I surrender!

tirez dans les jambes shoot at ou aim at the legs

il tire mal he's a bad shot

tirer à balles/à blanc to fire bullets/blanks

tirer sur quelqu'un to take a shot ou to shoot ou to fire at somebody

ils ont l'ordre de tirer sur tout ce qui bouge they've been ordered to shoot ou to fire at anything that moves

on m'a tiré dessus I was fired ou shot at

2. ARMEMENT & SPORT

tirer à l'arc/l'arbalète

a. [activité sportive] to do archery/crossbow archery

b. [action ponctuelle] to shoot a bow/crossbow

tirer à la carabine/au pistolet

a. [activité sportive] to do rifle/pistol shooting

b. [action ponctuelle] to shoot with a rifle/pistol

3. FOOTBALL [au golf] to shoot

il a tiré dans le mur/petit filet he sent the ball against the wall/into the side netting

ESCRIME to fence

4. [exercer une traction] to pull

tire! pull!, heave!

ça tire dans les genoux à la montée (familier) going up is tough on the knees

elle tire bien, ta voiture! (familier) it goes well, your car!

la moto tire à droite the motorbike pulls to the right

ne tire pas sur ton gilet don't pull your cardigan out of shape

il tira violemment sur le fil du téléphone he gave the phone wire a sharp pull

tirer sur (figuré) [délais, budget] to stretch

tirer sur la ficelle to go a bit far

5. [aspirer - fumeur]

tirer sur une pipe to draw on ou to pull at a pipe

tirer sur une cigarette to puff at ou to draw on a cigarette

6. [avoir un bon tirage - cheminée, poêle]

tirer (bien) to draw (well)

la cheminée/pipe tire mal the fireplace/pipe doesn't draw properly

7. [peau] to feel tight

[points de suture] to pull

ma peau me tire (familier) my skin feels tight

aïe, ça tire! ouch, it's pulling!

8. JEUX

tirer au sort to draw ou to cast lots

9. IMPRIMERIE

tirer à 50 000 exemplaires to have a circulation of ou to have a (print) run of 50,000 (copies)

à combien le journal tire-t-il? what are the paper's circulation figures?

10. (locution, Belgique & Suisse)

ça tire there's a draught

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tirer à verbe plus préposition

1. PRESSE

tirer à la ligne to pad out an article (because it is being paid by the line)

2. NAUTIQUE

tirer au large to make for the open sea

3. (locution)

tirer à sa fin to come to an end

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tirer sur verbe plus préposition

[couleur] to verge ou to border on

ses cheveux tirent sur le roux his hair is reddish ou almost red

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se tirer verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

le store se tire avec un cordon the blind pulls down with a cord

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se tirer verbe pronominal intransitif

(familier)

1. [partir, quitter un endroit] to clear off, to make tracks

[s'enfuir] to beat it, to clear off

s'il n'est pas là dans 5 minutes, je me tire if he's not here in 5 minutes I'm going

tire-toi! [ton menaçant] beat it!, clear ou push off!

il s'est tiré de chez lui he's left home

dès que je peux, je me tire de cette boîte as soon as I can, I'll get out of this dump

2. [toucher à sa fin - emprisonnement, service militaire] to draw to a close

plus qu'une semaine, ça se tire quand même! only a week to go, it's nearly over after all!

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se tirer de verbe pronominal plus préposition

[se sortir de] to get out of

il s'est bien/mal tiré de l'entrevue he did well/badly at the interview

s'en tirer (familier) [s'en sortir]: avec son culot, elle s'en tirera toujours with her cheek, she'll always come out on top

si tu ne m'avais pas aidé à finir la maquette, je ne m'en serais jamais tiré if you hadn't given me a hand with the model, I'd never have managed

rien à faire, je ne m'en tire pas! [financièrement] it's impossible, I just can't make ends meet!

il y a peu de chances qu'il s'en tire [qu'il survive] the odds are against him pulling through

tu ne t'en tireras pas avec de simples excuses [être quitte] you won't get away ou off with just a few words of apology

je m'en suis tiré avec une suspension de permis I got away with my licence being suspended

s'en tirer à ou avec ou pour [devoir payer] to have to pay

à quatre, on ne s'en tirera pas à moins de 150 euros le repas the meal will cost at least 150 euros for the four of us

il ne s'en tirera pas comme ça he won't get off so lightly, he won't get away with it

on n'a encaissé qu'un seul but, on ne s'en est pas trop mal tirés they scored only one goal against us, we didn't do too badly

je n'aime pas faire de discours — tu t'en es très bien tiré I don't like to make speeches — you did very well

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tirer
13 anilla

f.

1 ring.

anillas rings (sport)

2 ring-pull.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: anillar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: anillar.

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anilla

► nombre femenino

1 (aro) ring

► nombre femenino plural anillas

1 DEPORTE rings

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FRASEOLOGÍA

anilla de lata ringpull

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SF

1) [de cortina] curtain ring; [de puro] cigar band

anilla de desgarre — ring pull

2) (Orn) ring

3) pl anillas (Gimnasia) rings

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femenino

a) (de cortina, llavero) ring; ( de puro) band; ( de lata) ringpull; ( de ave) ring

b) anillas femenino plural (Dep) rings (pl)

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= grommet, clip.

Ex. For simple rubber grommets, one option may be to open a slit in the side of the grommet with razor blade, sharp knife, or simply a pair of scissors.

Ex. Some vertical storage chests utilize wooden rods to which the maps are attached and others use clips or pegs.

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* anilla de refuerzo = grommet.

* archivador de anillas = looseleaf binder, ring binder.

* carpeta de anillas = ring binder.

* lata abrefácil de anilla = ring pull can.

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femenino

a) (de cortina, llavero) ring; ( de puro) band; ( de lata) ringpull; ( de ave) ring

b) anillas femenino plural (Dep) rings (pl)

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= grommet, clip.

Ex: For simple rubber grommets, one option may be to open a slit in the side of the grommet with razor blade, sharp knife, or simply a pair of scissors.

Ex: Some vertical storage chests utilize wooden rods to which the maps are attached and others use clips or pegs.

* anilla de refuerzo = grommet.

* archivador de anillas = looseleaf binder, ring binder.

* carpeta de anillas = ring binder.

* lata abrefácil de anilla = ring pull can.

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anilla

feminine

1 (de una cortina, un llavero) ring; (de un puro) band

2 (de una lata) ringpull, tab

3 (de un ave) ring

4 anillas fpl ( Dep) rings (pl)

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Del verbo anillar: ( conjugate anillar)

anilla es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
anilla
anillar
anilla sustantivo femenino
a) (de cortina, llavero) ring;

( de puro) band;
( de lata) ringpull;
( de ave) ring
b)

◊ anillas sustantivo femenino plural (Dep) rings (pl)

anilla sustantivo femenino
1 ring
2 Dep anillas, rings
' anilla' also found in these entries:
English:
ring

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anilla nf

1. [de llavero, cadena, cortina] ring;

carpeta de anillas ring binder

2. [de lata] ring pull

3. [de puro] band

4. Dep
anillas rings

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anilla

f

1 ring;

cuaderno de anillas ring binder

2

:

anillas pl DEP rings

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anilla n ring

Spanish-English dictionary > anilla
14 Ohr

n; -(e)s, -en

1. ANAT. ear (auch fig., Gehör); gute / schlechte Ohren haben have good / poor hearing; jemandem etw. ins Ohr flüstern whisper s.th. into s.o.’s ear; die Ohren anlegen Hund, Pferd: lay back its ears; ich habe es mit eigenen Ohren gehört I heard it with my own ears; jemandem eins hinter die Ohren geben umg. give s.o. a clip (a)round the ears; spitzen I, taub 1

2. fig., in Wendungen: die Ohren aufmachen listen carefully; die Ohren spitzen oder lange Ohren bekommen prick up one’s ears; ganz Ohr sein be all ears; ein Ohr haben für have an ear for; ein feines Ohr haben für have a good ear for; ein offenes Ohr für jemanden haben be prepared to listen to s.o.; ein offenes Ohr finden find a good listener; jemandem ein Ohr oder die Ohren abreden oder abquatschen umg. jabber away endlessly at s.o.; gleich gibt’s rote Ohren oder einen Satz heiße Ohren umg., hum. you’re just asking for a clip (a)round the ears; ich habe es noch im Ohr (Musik etc.) it’s still going (a)round in my head; stärker: it’s still ringing in my ears; die Melodie geht leicht ins Ohr it’s a really catchy tune; jemandem in den Ohren liegen pester s.o.; jemanden übers Ohr hauen umg. rip s.o. off; sich aufs Ohr legen umg. get some shuteye; schreib dir das hinter die Ohren! umg. and don’t you forget it!; bis über die oder beide Ohren in Arbeit / Schulden etc. stecken umg. be up to one’s ears in work / debt etc.; bis über die oder beide Ohren verliebt umg. head over heels in love; viel um die Ohren haben umg. have an awful lot on one’s plate; von einem Ohr ( bis) zum anderen grinsen umg. grin from ear to ear; mir klingen die Ohren my ears are burning; halt die Ohren steif! umg. keep your pecker (Am. chin) up!; sich (Dat) die Ohren brechen Sl. slave away, work one’s fingers to the bone; mir kam zu Ohren, dass... I happened to hear that...; was kommt mir da zu Ohren? what’s this I hear?; ich traute meinen Ohren nicht I couldn’t believe my ears; es ist nichts für fremde Ohren it’s not for public consumption; das ist nichts für zarte Ohren this is not for sensitive souls; er hört nur mit halbem Ohr hin he’s only half listening; auf dem Ohr ist er taub he’s deaf ( oder he doesn’t want to know) where that’s concerned; wasch dir mal die Ohren! umg. you should get your ears seen to; zum einen Ohr hinein, zum andern hinaus in one ear, out the other; faustdick I 2, Nacht 2, schlackern, taub 1, trocken I 4

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das Ohr

ear

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[oːɐ]
nt -(e)s, -en
ear
seine Óhren sind nicht mehr so gut — his hearing isn't too good any more

auf einem Óhr taub sein — to be deaf in one ear

auf dem Óhr bin ich taub (fig) — nothing doing (inf), I won't hear of it

auf taube/offene Óhren stoßen — to fall on deaf/sympathetic ears

bei jdm ein aufmerksames/geneigtes/offenes Óhr finden — to find sb a ready/willing/sympathetic listener

ein offenes Óhr für jdn/etw haben — to be ready to listen to sb/sth

jdm ein geneigtes Óhr leihen or schenken (geh) — to lend sb an ear or a sympathetic ear

lange Óhren machen (inf) — to prick up one's ears

ein musikalisches Óhr haben — to have a musical ear or an ear for music

ein scharfes or feines Óhr haben — to have a good ear

die Óhren hängen lassen (inf) — to look down in the mouth (inf) or down in the dumps (inf)

die Óhren steifhalten (inf) — to keep one's chin up

die Óhren anlegen — to put its ears back

mach or sperr die Óhren auf! (inf) — wash or clean out your ears (inf)

mir klingen die Óhren — my ears are burning

seine Kritik klingt ihnen noch immer in den Óhren — his criticism is still ringing in their ears

jdm die Óhren volljammern (inf) — to keep (going) on or moaning at sb

die Wände haben Óhren — walls have ears

ganz Óhr sein (hum) — to be all ears

sich aufs Óhr legen or hauen (inf) — to turn in (inf), to hit the hay or the sack (inf), to kip down (Brit inf)

sitzt er auf seinen Óhren? (inf) — is he deaf or something?

jdn bei den Óhren nehmen, jdm die Óhren lang ziehen (inf) — to tweak sb's ear(s)

für deutsche/englische Óhren klingt das komisch — that sounds odd to German/English ears

diese Nachricht war nicht für fremde Óhren bestimmt — this piece of news was not meant for other ears

jdm eins or ein paar hinter die Óhren geben (inf) — to give sb a clip round (Brit) or a smack on the ear

ein paar or eins hinter die Óhren kriegen (inf) — to get a clip round (Brit) or a smack on the ear

or schlagen (inf) — to hit sb over the head with sth

schreib es dir hinter die Óhren (inf) — will you (finally) get that into your (thick) head (inf), has that sunk in? (inf)

noch nass or feucht or nicht trocken hinter den Óhren sein — to be still wet behind the ears

jdm etw ins Óhr sagen — to whisper sth in sb's ear

die Melodie geht ( leicht) ins Óhr — the tune is very catchy

du hast wohl Dreck or Watte in den Óhren! (inf) — are you deaf or something?, is there something wrong with your ears?

ich habe seine Worte noch deutlich im Óhr — I can still hear his words clearly, his words are still ringing in my ears

jdm ( mit etw) in den Óhren liegen — to badger sb (about sth), to keep on at sb (about sth) (inf)

mit halbem Óhr(e) hinhören or zuhören — to half listen, to listen with half an ear

jdn übers Óhr hauen — to take sb for a ride (inf), to pull a fast one on sb (inf)

bis über die or beide Óhren verliebt sein — to be head over heels in love

bis über die or beide Óhren verschuldet sein — to be up to one's ears or eyes (Brit) in debt

viel um die Óhren haben (inf) — to have a lot on (one's plate) (inf), to be rushed off one's feet (inf)

es ist mir zu Óhren gekommen — it has come to my ears (form)

zum einen Óhr hinein und zum anderen wieder hinaus gehen (inf) — to go in one ear and out the other (inf)

dein Wort in Gottes Óhr — God willing

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(the part of the head by means of which we hear, or its external part only: Her new hair-style covers her ears.) ear

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Ohr

<-[e]s, -en>

[ˈo:ɐ̯]

nt ear

abstehende \Ohren haben sb's ears stick out

die \Ohren anlegen Tier to put its ears back

feine/scharfe \Ohren haben to have a keen/sharp ear

in jds \Ohr flüstern to whisper in sb's ear

gute/schlechte \Ohren haben to have good/bad ears

ein \Ohr für Musik haben to have a good ear for music

rote \Ohren bekommen to go red

jdm sausen die \Ohren sb's ears are buzzing [or singing]

sich dat etw akk in die \Ohren stopfen to put sth into one's ears

auf einem \Ohr taub sein to be deaf in one ear

in den \Ohren weh tun to grate on the ears

jdn am \Ohr ziehen to pull sb's ear

jds \Ohren sind zu sb's ears are deaf

sich dat die \Ohren zuhalten to put one's hands over one's ears

▶ von einem \Ohr zum andern strahlen to grin from ear to ear

▶ die \Ohren anlegen (fam) to put one's ears back, to get stuck in BRIT fam

▶ ein aufmerksames/geneigtes/offenes \Ohr finden to find a ready/willing/sympathetic listener [or a sympathetic ear]

▶ die \Ohren aufmachen/aufsperren (fam) to listen attentively/carefully

▶ eins hinter die \Ohren bekommen to get a clip round [or on] the ear, to get a thick ear

▶ auf diesem \Ohr schlecht hören [o taub sein] (fam o fig) to turn a deaf ear to sth

▶ die \Ohren auf Durchzug stellen to not listen [to sb]

▶ es faustdick hinter den \Ohren haben (fam) to be a crafty [or sly] one

▶ noch feucht [o nicht trocken] hinter den \Ohren sein (fam) to be still wet behind the ears

▶ nicht für fremde \Ohren [bestimmt] sein to be not [meant] for other ears

▶ für jds \Ohren to sb's ears

für deutsche/englische \Ohren klingt das komisch that sounds odd to a German/to an English person

▶ ganz \Ohr sein (hum fam) to be all ears

▶ jdm eins [o ein paar] hinter die \Ohren geben (fam) to give sb a clip round the ear [or a thick ear]

▶ ins \Ohr gehen to be catchy

▶ ein geneigtes \Ohr finden (geh) to find a willing ear

▶ etw noch im \Ohr haben to be still able to hear sth

ich habe seine Worte noch deutlich im \Ohr I can still clearly hear his words, his words are still ringing in my ears

▶ viel [o jede Menge] um die \Ohren haben (fam) to have a lot [or a great deal] on one's plate fam

▶ mit halbem \Ohr hinhören to listen with half an ear, to half-listen

▶ die \Ohren hängen lassen (fam) to let it get one down, to get downhearted

▶ jdn übers \Ohr hauen (fam) to take sb for a ride fam, to pull a fast one on sb fam

▶ jdm etw um die \Ohren hauen [o schlagen] (fam) to hit [or beat] sb round [or over] the head with sth, throw something [back] at sb

▶ zu einem \Ohr hinein-, und zum anderen wieder hinausgehen (fam) to go in at one ear and out at the other

▶ jdm klingen die \Ohren sb's ears are burning

▶ jdm zu \Ohren kommen to come to sb's ears [or attention]

▶ jdm die \Ohren lang ziehen (fam) to give sb a good talking to

▶ lange \Ohren machen (fam) to prick up one's ears

▶ sich akk aufs \Ohr legen [o (fam) hauen] to put one's head down, to have a kip BRIT fam

▶ jdm sein \Ohr leihen to lend sb one's ear

▶ jdm [mit etw dat] in den \Ohren liegen (fam) to go [or keep] on at sb [about sth], to badger [or pester] sb [with sth]

▶ \Ohren wie ein Luchs haben to have a very sharp sense of hearing

▶ mach [o sperr] die \Ohren auf! (fam) wash [or clean] your ears out! fam

▶ bei jdm auf offene \Ohren stoßen to fall on sympathetic ears [with sb]

bei ihr stößt man immer auf offene \Ohren she always has a sympathetic ear

▶ jdn um ein offenes \Ohr bitten to ask sb to listen to one

▶ ein offenes \Ohr für jdn/etw haben to be willing to listen to sb/sth

▶ jdm zu [o aus] den \Ohren rauskommen (fam) to be [or have sth] coming out of one's ears

▶ ein scharfes [o feines] \Ohr haben to have a sharp [or keen] sense of hearing, to have a good ear

▶ mit den \Ohren schlackern (fam) to be struck speechless, to be gobsmacked BRIT sl

▶ etw schmeichelt jd's \Ohr sth is music in sb's ear

▶ sich dat etw hinter die \Ohren schreiben (fam) to get sth into one's head, to etch sth indelibly in one's mind

▶ auf den \Ohren sitzen (fam) to close one's ears

sag mal, sitzt du auf deinen \Ohren, oder was ist los? hey, have you gone deaf or something?

▶ die \Ohren spitzen to prick one's ears

▶ bis über beide \Ohren in Arbeit/Schulden, etc. stecken (fam) to be up to one's ears in work, debt, etc.

▶ die \Ohren steifhalten (fam) to keep a stiff upper lip

▶ auf dem \Ohr taub sein (fam o fig) to be deaf to that sort of thing

▶ [bei jdm] auf taube \Ohren stoßen (fam) to fall on deaf ears [with sb]

▶ tauben \Ohren predigen to preach to deaf ears

▶ seinen \Ohren nicht trauen to not believe one's ears

▶ bis über die [o beide] \Ohren verliebt sein to be head over heels in love

▶ [vor etw dat] die \Ohren verschließen to turn a deaf ear [to sth]

▶ viel um die \Ohren haben (fam) to have a lot on one's plate fam

▶ jdm die \Ohren volljammern (fam) to keep [going] on [or moaning] at sb

▶ jdm wackeln die \Ohren (fam) to be staggered [or fam gobsmacked]

an jedem Film-Set können Ihnen Regisseure Sache erzählen, dass Ihnen die \Ohren wackeln on any film set the director can tell you things that will make your hair curl

▶ die Wände haben \Ohren the walls have ears

▶ das ist nichts für zarte \Ohren that is not for tender [or sensitive] ears

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das; Ohr[e]s, Ohren

1) ear

auf dem linken Ohr taub sein — be deaf in one's left ear

gute/schlechte Ohren haben — have good/poor hearing sing.

er hört nur auf einem Ohr — he only has one good ear

ich habe seine Worte/die Melodie noch im Ohr — his words are still ringing in my ears/the tune is still going around my head

2) (fig.)

die Ohren aufmachen od. aufsperren/spitzen — (ugs.) pin back/prick up one's ears

die Wände haben Ohren — the walls have ears

ein offenes Ohr für jemanden/etwas haben — be ready to listen to somebody/be open to or ready to listen to something

auf dem Ohr hört er schlecht/nicht — (ugs.) he doesn't want to hear anything about that

sich aufs Ohr legen od. (ugs.) hauen — get one's head down (coll.)

noch feucht/nicht [ganz] trocken hinter den Ohren sein — (ugs.) be still wet behind the ears

schreib dir das mal hinter die Ohren! — (ugs.) just you remember that!

eine od. eins/ein paar hinter die Ohren kriegen — (ugs.) get a thick ear (Brit. coll.)

jemandem [mit etwas] in den Ohren liegen — (ugs.) pester somebody the whole time [with something]

bis über beide Ohren verliebt [in jemanden] — (ugs.) head over heels in love [with somebody]

bis über beide od. die Ohren in etwas stecken — (ugs.) be up to one's ears in something (coll.)

jemanden übers Ohr hauen — (ugs.) take somebody for a ride (fig. coll.); put one over on somebody (coll.)

viel od. eine Menge um die Ohren haben — (ugs.) have a lot on one's plate (coll.)

zum einen Ohr rein- und zum anderen wieder rausgehen — (ugs.) go in one ear and out the other (coll.); s. auch faustdick 2.; Fell 1); Floh 1)

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Ohr n; -(e)s, -en

1. ANAT ear (auch fig, Gehör);

gute/schlechte Ohren haben have good/poor hearing;

jemandem etwas ins Ohr flüstern whisper sth into sb’s ear;

die Ohren anlegen Hund, Pferd: lay back its ears;

ich habe es mit eigenen Ohren gehört I heard it with my own ears;

jemandem eins hinter die Ohren geben umg give sb a clip (a)round the ears; → spitzen A, taub 1

2. fig, in Wendungen:

die Ohren aufmachen listen carefully;

die Ohren spitzen oder

lange Ohren bekommen prick up one’s ears;

ganz Ohr sein be all ears;

ein Ohr haben für have an ear for;

ein feines Ohr haben für have a good ear for;

ein offenes Ohr für jemanden haben be prepared to listen to sb;

ein offenes Ohr finden find a good listener;

jemandem ein Ohr oder

die Ohren abreden oder

abquatschen umg jabber away endlessly at sb;

gleich gibt’s rote Ohren oder

einen Satz heiße Ohren umg, hum you’re just asking for a clip (a)round the ears;

ich habe es noch im Ohr (Musik etc) it’s still going (a)round in my head; stärker: it’s still ringing in my ears;

die Melodie geht leicht ins Ohr it’s a really catchy tune;

jemandem in den Ohren liegen pester sb;

jemanden übers Ohr hauen umg rip sb off;

sich aufs Ohr legen umg get some shuteye;

schreib dir das hinter die Ohren! umg and don’t you forget it!;

bis über die oder

beide Ohren in Arbeit/Schulden etc

stecken umg be up to one’s ears in work/debt etc;

bis über die oder

beide Ohren verliebt umg head over heels in love;

viel um die Ohren haben umg have an awful lot on one’s plate;

von einem Ohr (bis) zum anderen grinsen umg grin from ear to ear;

mir klingen die Ohren my ears are burning;

halt die Ohren steif! umg keep your pecker (US chin) up!;

sich (dat)

die Ohren brechen sl slave away, work one’s fingers to the bone;

mir kam zu Ohren, dass … I happened to hear that …;

was kommt mir da zu Ohren? what’s this I hear?;

ich traute meinen Ohren nicht I couldn’t believe my ears;

es ist nichts für fremde Ohren it’s not for public consumption;

das ist nichts für zarte Ohren this is not for sensitive souls;

er hört nur mit halbem Ohr hin he’s only half listening;

auf dem Ohr ist er taub he’s deaf ( oder he doesn’t want to know) where that’s concerned;

wasch dir mal die Ohren! umg you should get your ears seen to;

zum einen Ohr hinein, zum andern hinaus in one ear, out the other; → faustdick A 2, Nacht 2, schlackern, taub 1, trocken A 4

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das; Ohr[e]s, Ohren

1) ear

auf dem linken Ohr taub sein — be deaf in one's left ear

gute/schlechte Ohren haben — have good/poor hearing sing.

er hört nur auf einem Ohr — he only has one good ear

ich habe seine Worte/die Melodie noch im Ohr — his words are still ringing in my ears/the tune is still going around my head

2) (fig.)

die Ohren aufmachen od. aufsperren/spitzen — (ugs.) pin back/prick up one's ears

die Wände haben Ohren — the walls have ears

ein offenes Ohr für jemanden/etwas haben — be ready to listen to somebody/be open to or ready to listen to something

auf dem Ohr hört er schlecht/nicht — (ugs.) he doesn't want to hear anything about that

sich aufs Ohr legen od. (ugs.) hauen — get one's head down (coll.)

noch feucht/nicht [ganz] trocken hinter den Ohren sein — (ugs.) be still wet behind the ears

schreib dir das mal hinter die Ohren! — (ugs.) just you remember that!

eine od. eins/ein paar hinter die Ohren kriegen — (ugs.) get a thick ear (Brit. coll.)

jemandem [mit etwas] in den Ohren liegen — (ugs.) pester somebody the whole time [with something]

bis über beide Ohren verliebt [in jemanden] — (ugs.) head over heels in love [with somebody]

bis über beide od. die Ohren in etwas stecken — (ugs.) be up to one's ears in something (coll.)

jemanden übers Ohr hauen — (ugs.) take somebody for a ride (fig. coll.); put one over on somebody (coll.)

viel od. eine Menge um die Ohren haben — (ugs.) have a lot on one's plate (coll.)

zum einen Ohr rein- und zum anderen wieder rausgehen — (ugs.) go in one ear and out the other (coll.); s. auch faustdick 2.; Fell 1); Floh 1)

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-en n.

ear n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ohr
15 Öhr

n; -(e)s, -en

1. ANAT. ear (auch fig., Gehör); gute / schlechte Ohren haben have good / poor hearing; jemandem etw. ins Ohr flüstern whisper s.th. into s.o.’s ear; die Ohren anlegen Hund, Pferd: lay back its ears; ich habe es mit eigenen Ohren gehört I heard it with my own ears; jemandem eins hinter die Ohren geben umg. give s.o. a clip (a)round the ears; spitzen I, taub 1

2. fig., in Wendungen: die Ohren aufmachen listen carefully; die Ohren spitzen oder lange Ohren bekommen prick up one’s ears; ganz Ohr sein be all ears; ein Ohr haben für have an ear for; ein feines Ohr haben für have a good ear for; ein offenes Ohr für jemanden haben be prepared to listen to s.o.; ein offenes Ohr finden find a good listener; jemandem ein Ohr oder die Ohren abreden oder abquatschen umg. jabber away endlessly at s.o.; gleich gibt’s rote Ohren oder einen Satz heiße Ohren umg., hum. you’re just asking for a clip (a)round the ears; ich habe es noch im Ohr (Musik etc.) it’s still going (a)round in my head; stärker: it’s still ringing in my ears; die Melodie geht leicht ins Ohr it’s a really catchy tune; jemandem in den Ohren liegen pester s.o.; jemanden übers Ohr hauen umg. rip s.o. off; sich aufs Ohr legen umg. get some shuteye; schreib dir das hinter die Ohren! umg. and don’t you forget it!; bis über die oder beide Ohren in Arbeit / Schulden etc. stecken umg. be up to one’s ears in work / debt etc.; bis über die oder beide Ohren verliebt umg. head over heels in love; viel um die Ohren haben umg. have an awful lot on one’s plate; von einem Ohr ( bis) zum anderen grinsen umg. grin from ear to ear; mir klingen die Ohren my ears are burning; halt die Ohren steif! umg. keep your pecker (Am. chin) up!; sich (Dat) die Ohren brechen Sl. slave away, work one’s fingers to the bone; mir kam zu Ohren, dass... I happened to hear that...; was kommt mir da zu Ohren? what’s this I hear?; ich traute meinen Ohren nicht I couldn’t believe my ears; es ist nichts für fremde Ohren it’s not for public consumption; das ist nichts für zarte Ohren this is not for sensitive souls; er hört nur mit halbem Ohr hin he’s only half listening; auf dem Ohr ist er taub he’s deaf ( oder he doesn’t want to know) where that’s concerned; wasch dir mal die Ohren! umg. you should get your ears seen to; zum einen Ohr hinein, zum andern hinaus in one ear, out the other; faustdick I 2, Nacht 2, schlackern, taub 1, trocken I 4

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das Ohr

ear

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[oːɐ]
nt -(e)s, -en
ear
seine Óhren sind nicht mehr so gut — his hearing isn't too good any more

auf einem Óhr taub sein — to be deaf in one ear

auf dem Óhr bin ich taub (fig) — nothing doing (inf), I won't hear of it

auf taube/offene Óhren stoßen — to fall on deaf/sympathetic ears

bei jdm ein aufmerksames/geneigtes/offenes Óhr finden — to find sb a ready/willing/sympathetic listener

ein offenes Óhr für jdn/etw haben — to be ready to listen to sb/sth

jdm ein geneigtes Óhr leihen or schenken (geh) — to lend sb an ear or a sympathetic ear

lange Óhren machen (inf) — to prick up one's ears

ein musikalisches Óhr haben — to have a musical ear or an ear for music

ein scharfes or feines Óhr haben — to have a good ear

die Óhren hängen lassen (inf) — to look down in the mouth (inf) or down in the dumps (inf)

die Óhren steifhalten (inf) — to keep one's chin up

die Óhren anlegen — to put its ears back

mach or sperr die Óhren auf! (inf) — wash or clean out your ears (inf)

mir klingen die Óhren — my ears are burning

seine Kritik klingt ihnen noch immer in den Óhren — his criticism is still ringing in their ears

jdm die Óhren volljammern (inf) — to keep (going) on or moaning at sb

die Wände haben Óhren — walls have ears

ganz Óhr sein (hum) — to be all ears

sich aufs Óhr legen or hauen (inf) — to turn in (inf), to hit the hay or the sack (inf), to kip down (Brit inf)

sitzt er auf seinen Óhren? (inf) — is he deaf or something?

jdn bei den Óhren nehmen, jdm die Óhren lang ziehen (inf) — to tweak sb's ear(s)

für deutsche/englische Óhren klingt das komisch — that sounds odd to German/English ears

diese Nachricht war nicht für fremde Óhren bestimmt — this piece of news was not meant for other ears

jdm eins or ein paar hinter die Óhren geben (inf) — to give sb a clip round (Brit) or a smack on the ear

ein paar or eins hinter die Óhren kriegen (inf) — to get a clip round (Brit) or a smack on the ear

or schlagen (inf) — to hit sb over the head with sth

schreib es dir hinter die Óhren (inf) — will you (finally) get that into your (thick) head (inf), has that sunk in? (inf)

noch nass or feucht or nicht trocken hinter den Óhren sein — to be still wet behind the ears

jdm etw ins Óhr sagen — to whisper sth in sb's ear

die Melodie geht ( leicht) ins Óhr — the tune is very catchy

du hast wohl Dreck or Watte in den Óhren! (inf) — are you deaf or something?, is there something wrong with your ears?

ich habe seine Worte noch deutlich im Óhr — I can still hear his words clearly, his words are still ringing in my ears

jdm ( mit etw) in den Óhren liegen — to badger sb (about sth), to keep on at sb (about sth) (inf)

mit halbem Óhr(e) hinhören or zuhören — to half listen, to listen with half an ear

jdn übers Óhr hauen — to take sb for a ride (inf), to pull a fast one on sb (inf)

bis über die or beide Óhren verliebt sein — to be head over heels in love

bis über die or beide Óhren verschuldet sein — to be up to one's ears or eyes (Brit) in debt

viel um die Óhren haben (inf) — to have a lot on (one's plate) (inf), to be rushed off one's feet (inf)

es ist mir zu Óhren gekommen — it has come to my ears (form)

zum einen Óhr hinein und zum anderen wieder hinaus gehen (inf) — to go in one ear and out the other (inf)

dein Wort in Gottes Óhr — God willing

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das

(the part of the head by means of which we hear, or its external part only: Her new hair-style covers her ears.) ear

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Ohr

<-[e]s, -en>

[ˈo:ɐ̯]

nt ear

abstehende \Ohren haben sb's ears stick out

die \Ohren anlegen Tier to put its ears back

feine/scharfe \Ohren haben to have a keen/sharp ear

in jds \Ohr flüstern to whisper in sb's ear

gute/schlechte \Ohren haben to have good/bad ears

ein \Ohr für Musik haben to have a good ear for music

rote \Ohren bekommen to go red

jdm sausen die \Ohren sb's ears are buzzing [or singing]

sich dat etw akk in die \Ohren stopfen to put sth into one's ears

auf einem \Ohr taub sein to be deaf in one ear

in den \Ohren weh tun to grate on the ears

jdn am \Ohr ziehen to pull sb's ear

jds \Ohren sind zu sb's ears are deaf

sich dat die \Ohren zuhalten to put one's hands over one's ears

▶ von einem \Ohr zum andern strahlen to grin from ear to ear

▶ die \Ohren anlegen (fam) to put one's ears back, to get stuck in BRIT fam

▶ ein aufmerksames/geneigtes/offenes \Ohr finden to find a ready/willing/sympathetic listener [or a sympathetic ear]

▶ die \Ohren aufmachen/aufsperren (fam) to listen attentively/carefully

▶ eins hinter die \Ohren bekommen to get a clip round [or on] the ear, to get a thick ear

▶ auf diesem \Ohr schlecht hören [o taub sein] (fam o fig) to turn a deaf ear to sth

▶ die \Ohren auf Durchzug stellen to not listen [to sb]

▶ es faustdick hinter den \Ohren haben (fam) to be a crafty [or sly] one

▶ noch feucht [o nicht trocken] hinter den \Ohren sein (fam) to be still wet behind the ears

▶ nicht für fremde \Ohren [bestimmt] sein to be not [meant] for other ears

▶ für jds \Ohren to sb's ears

für deutsche/englische \Ohren klingt das komisch that sounds odd to a German/to an English person

▶ ganz \Ohr sein (hum fam) to be all ears

▶ jdm eins [o ein paar] hinter die \Ohren geben (fam) to give sb a clip round the ear [or a thick ear]

▶ ins \Ohr gehen to be catchy

▶ ein geneigtes \Ohr finden (geh) to find a willing ear

▶ etw noch im \Ohr haben to be still able to hear sth

ich habe seine Worte noch deutlich im \Ohr I can still clearly hear his words, his words are still ringing in my ears

▶ viel [o jede Menge] um die \Ohren haben (fam) to have a lot [or a great deal] on one's plate fam

▶ mit halbem \Ohr hinhören to listen with half an ear, to half-listen

▶ die \Ohren hängen lassen (fam) to let it get one down, to get downhearted

▶ jdn übers \Ohr hauen (fam) to take sb for a ride fam, to pull a fast one on sb fam

▶ jdm etw um die \Ohren hauen [o schlagen] (fam) to hit [or beat] sb round [or over] the head with sth, throw something [back] at sb

▶ zu einem \Ohr hinein-, und zum anderen wieder hinausgehen (fam) to go in at one ear and out at the other

▶ jdm klingen die \Ohren sb's ears are burning

▶ jdm zu \Ohren kommen to come to sb's ears [or attention]

▶ jdm die \Ohren lang ziehen (fam) to give sb a good talking to

▶ lange \Ohren machen (fam) to prick up one's ears

▶ sich akk aufs \Ohr legen [o (fam) hauen] to put one's head down, to have a kip BRIT fam

▶ jdm sein \Ohr leihen to lend sb one's ear

▶ jdm [mit etw dat] in den \Ohren liegen (fam) to go [or keep] on at sb [about sth], to badger [or pester] sb [with sth]

▶ \Ohren wie ein Luchs haben to have a very sharp sense of hearing

▶ mach [o sperr] die \Ohren auf! (fam) wash [or clean] your ears out! fam

▶ bei jdm auf offene \Ohren stoßen to fall on sympathetic ears [with sb]

bei ihr stößt man immer auf offene \Ohren she always has a sympathetic ear

▶ jdn um ein offenes \Ohr bitten to ask sb to listen to one

▶ ein offenes \Ohr für jdn/etw haben to be willing to listen to sb/sth

▶ jdm zu [o aus] den \Ohren rauskommen (fam) to be [or have sth] coming out of one's ears

▶ ein scharfes [o feines] \Ohr haben to have a sharp [or keen] sense of hearing, to have a good ear

▶ mit den \Ohren schlackern (fam) to be struck speechless, to be gobsmacked BRIT sl

▶ etw schmeichelt jd's \Ohr sth is music in sb's ear

▶ sich dat etw hinter die \Ohren schreiben (fam) to get sth into one's head, to etch sth indelibly in one's mind

▶ auf den \Ohren sitzen (fam) to close one's ears

sag mal, sitzt du auf deinen \Ohren, oder was ist los? hey, have you gone deaf or something?

▶ die \Ohren spitzen to prick one's ears

▶ bis über beide \Ohren in Arbeit/Schulden, etc. stecken (fam) to be up to one's ears in work, debt, etc.

▶ die \Ohren steifhalten (fam) to keep a stiff upper lip

▶ auf dem \Ohr taub sein (fam o fig) to be deaf to that sort of thing

▶ [bei jdm] auf taube \Ohren stoßen (fam) to fall on deaf ears [with sb]

▶ tauben \Ohren predigen to preach to deaf ears

▶ seinen \Ohren nicht trauen to not believe one's ears

▶ bis über die [o beide] \Ohren verliebt sein to be head over heels in love

▶ [vor etw dat] die \Ohren verschließen to turn a deaf ear [to sth]

▶ viel um die \Ohren haben (fam) to have a lot on one's plate fam

▶ jdm die \Ohren volljammern (fam) to keep [going] on [or moaning] at sb

▶ jdm wackeln die \Ohren (fam) to be staggered [or fam gobsmacked]

an jedem Film-Set können Ihnen Regisseure Sache erzählen, dass Ihnen die \Ohren wackeln on any film set the director can tell you things that will make your hair curl

▶ die Wände haben \Ohren the walls have ears

▶ das ist nichts für zarte \Ohren that is not for tender [or sensitive] ears

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das; Ohr[e]s, Ohren

1) ear

auf dem linken Ohr taub sein — be deaf in one's left ear

gute/schlechte Ohren haben — have good/poor hearing sing.

er hört nur auf einem Ohr — he only has one good ear

ich habe seine Worte/die Melodie noch im Ohr — his words are still ringing in my ears/the tune is still going around my head

2) (fig.)

die Ohren aufmachen od. aufsperren/spitzen — (ugs.) pin back/prick up one's ears

die Wände haben Ohren — the walls have ears

ein offenes Ohr für jemanden/etwas haben — be ready to listen to somebody/be open to or ready to listen to something

auf dem Ohr hört er schlecht/nicht — (ugs.) he doesn't want to hear anything about that

sich aufs Ohr legen od. (ugs.) hauen — get one's head down (coll.)

noch feucht/nicht [ganz] trocken hinter den Ohren sein — (ugs.) be still wet behind the ears

schreib dir das mal hinter die Ohren! — (ugs.) just you remember that!

eine od. eins/ein paar hinter die Ohren kriegen — (ugs.) get a thick ear (Brit. coll.)

jemandem [mit etwas] in den Ohren liegen — (ugs.) pester somebody the whole time [with something]

bis über beide Ohren verliebt [in jemanden] — (ugs.) head over heels in love [with somebody]

bis über beide od. die Ohren in etwas stecken — (ugs.) be up to one's ears in something (coll.)

jemanden übers Ohr hauen — (ugs.) take somebody for a ride (fig. coll.); put one over on somebody (coll.)

viel od. eine Menge um die Ohren haben — (ugs.) have a lot on one's plate (coll.)

zum einen Ohr rein- und zum anderen wieder rausgehen — (ugs.) go in one ear and out the other (coll.); s. auch faustdick 2.; Fell 1); Floh 1)

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Öhr n; -(e)s, -e eye

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das; Ohr[e]s, Ohren

1) ear

auf dem linken Ohr taub sein — be deaf in one's left ear

gute/schlechte Ohren haben — have good/poor hearing sing.

er hört nur auf einem Ohr — he only has one good ear

ich habe seine Worte/die Melodie noch im Ohr — his words are still ringing in my ears/the tune is still going around my head

2) (fig.)

die Ohren aufmachen od. aufsperren/spitzen — (ugs.) pin back/prick up one's ears

die Wände haben Ohren — the walls have ears

ein offenes Ohr für jemanden/etwas haben — be ready to listen to somebody/be open to or ready to listen to something

auf dem Ohr hört er schlecht/nicht — (ugs.) he doesn't want to hear anything about that

sich aufs Ohr legen od. (ugs.) hauen — get one's head down (coll.)

noch feucht/nicht [ganz] trocken hinter den Ohren sein — (ugs.) be still wet behind the ears

schreib dir das mal hinter die Ohren! — (ugs.) just you remember that!

eine od. eins/ein paar hinter die Ohren kriegen — (ugs.) get a thick ear (Brit. coll.)

jemandem [mit etwas] in den Ohren liegen — (ugs.) pester somebody the whole time [with something]

bis über beide Ohren verliebt [in jemanden] — (ugs.) head over heels in love [with somebody]

bis über beide od. die Ohren in etwas stecken — (ugs.) be up to one's ears in something (coll.)

jemanden übers Ohr hauen — (ugs.) take somebody for a ride (fig. coll.); put one over on somebody (coll.)

viel od. eine Menge um die Ohren haben — (ugs.) have a lot on one's plate (coll.)

zum einen Ohr rein- und zum anderen wieder rausgehen — (ugs.) go in one ear and out the other (coll.); s. auch faustdick 2.; Fell 1); Floh 1)

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-en n.

ear n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Öhr
16 retirar

v.

1 to remove.

me ha retirado el saludo he's not speaking to me

2 to force to retire (jubilar) (a deportista).

una lesión lo retiró de la alta competición an injury forced him to retire from top-flight competition

3 to pick up, to collect.

puede pasar a retirar sus fotos el jueves you can pick your photos up o collect your photos on Thursday

4 to take back (retractarse de).

¡retira eso que o lo que dijiste! take that back!, take back what you said!

5 to withdraw, to draw off, to draw out, to retire.

Retiramos nuestro dinero We withdrew our money.

6 to call in, to call back.

La fábrica retiró diez piezas malas The factory called in ten damaged units.

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retirar

► verbo transitivo

1 (apartar - gen) to take away, remove; (- un mueble) to move away

2 (un carnet) to take away

3 (algo dicho) to take back

4 (dinero, ley, moneda) to withdraw

5 (jubilar) to retire

► verbo pronominal retirarse

1 MILITAR to retreat, withdraw

2 (apartarse del mundo) to go into seclusion

3 (apartarse) to withdraw, draw back, move back

■ retírate, no veo move back, I can't see

4 (alejarse) to move away

■ retírate de la ventana, te van a ver move away from the window, they'll see you

5 (marcharse) to leave

■ cuando acabó, se retiró when he finished, he left

6 (irse a descansar) to retire

■ se retiró a su habitación she retired to her bedroom

7 (jubilarse) to retire

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no se retire (al teléfono) hold on, don't hang up

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verb

1) to take away, remove

2) withdraw

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- retirarse

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1. VT

1) [+ acusación, apoyo, subvención] to withdraw; [+ demanda] to withdraw, take back

han retirado su apoyo al Gobierno — they have withdrawn their support for the Government

les retiraron las subvenciones — they had their subsidies taken away o withdrawn

retiró su candidatura a la Presidencia — he stood down from the presidential election, he withdrew his candidacy for the presidency

la mayoría del electorado le ha retirado la confianza — he has lost the confidence o trust of the majority of the electorate

retirar la palabra a algn — to stop speaking to sb

retirar el saludo a algn — to stop saying hello to sb

2) [+ moneda, sello] to withdraw (from circulation); [+ autobús, avión] to withdraw (from service)

estos aviones serán retirados de o del servicio — these planes are to be withdrawn from service

el producto fue retirado del mercado — the product was withdrawn from the market o taken off the market

3) [+ permiso, carnet, pasaporte] to withdraw, take away

le han retirado el permiso de conducir — he's had his driving licence taken away

4) [+ dinero] to withdraw

fui a retirar dinero de la cuenta — I went to withdraw some money from my account

5) [+ tropas] to withdraw; [+ embajador] to recall, withdraw; [+ atleta, caballo] to withdraw, scratch

6) (=quitar) to take away, remove

la camarera retiró las copas — the waitress took the glasses away

le retiraron todos los objetos afilados de la celda — all sharp objects were removed from his cell

7) [+ cabeza, cara] to pull back, pull away; [+ mano] to draw back, withdraw; [+ tentáculo] to draw in

8) (=jubilar) to retire, pension off

2.

See:

retirarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( quitar) to remove, take away; ( apartar) to move away

retíralo de ahí un poco — move it a bit further away from there

retiró la cacerola del fuego — he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

el autobús fue retirado del servicio — the bus was withdrawn from service

retirar de la circulación — to withdraw from circulation

b) <cabeza/mano> to pull... back

retiré la mano de la bolsa — I took my hand out of the bag

c) <embajador/tropas> to withdraw, pull out

d) < jugador> to take off, pull... out of the game; <corredor/ciclista> to withdraw, pull out

e) (+ me/te/le etc) < apoyo> to withdraw; <pasaporte/carnet> to withdraw, take away

me retiró la palabra — she stopped speaking to me

2) <afirmaciones/propuesta> to withdraw

retiro lo dicho — I take back what I said

3)

a) (de cuenta, fondo) < dinero> to withdraw

b) ( recoger) <carnet/entradas> to collect
2.
retirarse v pron

1)

a) ( apartarse) to move back o away; ( irse) to leave, withdraw

cuando las aguas se retiraron — when the waters receded

b) ejército/tropas to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2) ( jubilarse) to retire; ( de actividad) to withdraw

se retiró de la carrera — ( antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race; ( una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race

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= pick up, withdraw, retire, take back, perfect, revoke, haul away.

Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex. These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.

Ex. Even the fully-developed rotary, which soon included devices for cutting and folding the paper as well as for printing and perfecting it, remained fundamentally simple.

Ex. I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.

Ex. City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

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* retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.

* retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.

* retirar paulatinamente = phase out.

* retirarse = retreat, pull back, bow out, draw back, stand down, back out, walk out.

* retirarse a los aposientos de Uno = retire + at night.

* retirarse (de) = pull out of, pull away (from).

* retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirar una acusación = drop + a charge.

* retirar una propuesta = withdraw + proposal.

* retirar un libro en préstamo = check out + book.

* sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( quitar) to remove, take away; ( apartar) to move away

retíralo de ahí un poco — move it a bit further away from there

retiró la cacerola del fuego — he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

el autobús fue retirado del servicio — the bus was withdrawn from service

retirar de la circulación — to withdraw from circulation

b) <cabeza/mano> to pull... back

retiré la mano de la bolsa — I took my hand out of the bag

c) <embajador/tropas> to withdraw, pull out

d) < jugador> to take off, pull... out of the game; <corredor/ciclista> to withdraw, pull out

e) (+ me/te/le etc) < apoyo> to withdraw; <pasaporte/carnet> to withdraw, take away

me retiró la palabra — she stopped speaking to me

2) <afirmaciones/propuesta> to withdraw

retiro lo dicho — I take back what I said

3)

a) (de cuenta, fondo) < dinero> to withdraw

b) ( recoger) <carnet/entradas> to collect
2.
retirarse v pron

1)

a) ( apartarse) to move back o away; ( irse) to leave, withdraw

cuando las aguas se retiraron — when the waters receded

b) ejército/tropas to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2) ( jubilarse) to retire; ( de actividad) to withdraw

se retiró de la carrera — ( antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race; ( una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race

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= pick up, withdraw, retire, take back, perfect, revoke, haul away.

Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex: These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.

Ex: Even the fully-developed rotary, which soon included devices for cutting and folding the paper as well as for printing and perfecting it, remained fundamentally simple.

Ex: I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.

Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

* retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.

* retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.

* retirar paulatinamente = phase out.

* retirarse = retreat, pull back, bow out, draw back, stand down, back out, walk out.

* retirarse a los aposientos de Uno = retire + at night.

* retirarse (de) = pull out of, pull away (from).

* retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirar una acusación = drop + a charge.

* retirar una propuesta = withdraw + proposal.

* retirar un libro en préstamo = check out + book.

* sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

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retirar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (quitar) to remove, take away; (apartar) to move o take away

retiraron las sillas para que pudiéramos bailar they moved o took away the chairs so that we could dance

el camarero retiró los platos the waiter took o cleared the plates away

retiraron los dos vehículos accidentados the two vehicles involved in the accident were moved out of the way o were removed

los vehículos mal estacionados serán retirados badly-parked vehicles will be towed (away) o removed

sin retirar la tapadera without taking off o removing the lid

retiraremos a nuestro embajador we shall recall o withdraw our ambassador

retirar algo DE algo:

retíralo de la chimenea un poco move it back from the fireplace a little, move it a bit further away from the fire

retiró la cacerola del fuego he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

retiraron los tres coches de la calzada the three cars were removed from o moved off the road

el autobús tuvo que ser retirado del servicio the bus had to be withdrawn from service

retiró el ejército de la frontera he withdrew the army from the border

serán retirados de la circulación they will be withdrawn from circulation

2 ‹cabeza/mano›

en el último momento retiró la cabeza at the last moment she pulled her head back o away

no intentes retirar la mano don't try to pull your hand back ( o out etc), don't try to remove o withdraw your hand

retirar algo DE algo:

retiré la mano de la bolsa I took my hand out of the bag, I removed o withdrew my hand from the bag

3 «entrenador» ‹jugador› to take off, pull … out of the game; ‹corredor/ciclista› to withdraw, pull out

4 (+ me/te/le etc) ‹apoyo› to withdraw; ‹pasaporte/carnet› to withdraw, take away

me retiró el saludo/la palabra she stopped saying hello to me/speaking to me

B ‹afirmaciones/acusación› to withdraw; ‹candidatura/propuesta› to withdraw

retiro lo dicho I take back o withdraw what I said

C

1 (de una cuenta, un fondo) ‹dinero› to withdraw

2 (recoger) ‹certificado/carnet/entradas› to collect

■ retirarse

v pron

A

1 (apartarse) to move back o away; (irse) to leave, withdraw

me retiré de la puerta para dejarle paso I moved back from o away from o I stood back from the door to let him through

puede retirarse you may go o ( frml) withdraw

el ejército se retiró de la zona the army withdrew from o pulled out of the area

se retiró a un convento he retired o withdrew to a monastery

cuando las aguas se retiraron when the waters receded o retreated

2 (irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire ( frml)

B

1 (jubilarse) to retire

2 (de una actividad) to withdraw

se retiró una semana antes de la votación he withdrew one week before the vote

se retiró de la vida pública she retired o withdrew from public life

se retiró de la carrera/competición (antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race/competition; (una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race/competition

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retirar ( conjugate retirar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( quitar) to remove, take away;

( apartar) to move away;
◊ retiró la cacerola del fuego he removed the saucepan from the heat;

retirar de la circulación to withdraw from circulation
b) ‹cabeza/mano› to pull … back

c) ‹embajador/tropas› to withdraw, pull out

d) (+ me/te/le etc) ‹ apoyo› to withdraw;

‹pasaporte/carnet› to withdraw, take away
2 ‹afirmaciones/propuesta› to withdraw;
◊ retiro lo dicho I take back what I said

3 ( de cuenta) ‹ dinero› to withdraw
retirarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( apartarse) to move back o away;

( irse) to leave, withdraw
b) [ejército/tropas] to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2 ( jubilarse) to retire;
( de competición — antes de iniciarse) to withdraw, pull out;
(— una vez iniciada) to pull out
retirar verbo transitivo
1 (de un lugar) to remove, move away: ya hemos retirado todos los muebles, we've already removed all of the furniture
2 (de una actividad) to retire from
3 (una ayuda, dinero) to withdraw
4 (un comentario) to take back: espero que retires esas palabras, I hope you take back those words
5 (el pasaporte, carné) to take away
' retirar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
quitar
- saludo
- desautorizar
- sacar
English:
draw back
- ex
- ground
- ill health
- phase
- pull out
- recall
- retire
- retract
- take back
- take out
- withdraw
- call
- disengage
- drop
- pull
- reclaim
- take

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retirar

♦ vt

1. [quitar, sacar] to remove (a from); [moneda, producto] to withdraw (de from); [carné, pasaporte] to take away (a from); [ayuda, subvención, apoyo] to withdraw (a from); [ejército, tropas] to withdraw (de from); [embajador] to withdraw, to recall (de from);
retirar dinero del banco/de la cuenta to withdraw money from the bank/one's account;

el entrenador retiró a Claudio del terreno de juego/del equipo the manager took Claudio off/left Claudio out of the team;

me ha retirado el saludo she's not speaking to me

2. [apartar, quitar de en medio] [objeto] to move away;
[nieve] to clear; [mano] to withdraw;
habrá que retirar ese armario de ahí we'll have to move that wardrobe (away) from there;

retira el dedo o te cortarás move your finger back or you'll cut yourself

3. [recoger, llevarse] to pick up, to collect;

puede pasar a retirar sus fotos el jueves you can pick your photos up o collect your photos on Thursday

4. [retractarse de] [insultos, acusaciones, afirmaciones] to take back;
[denuncia] to drop;
¡retira eso que o [m5] lo que dijiste! take that back!, take back what you said!

5. [jubilar] [a empleado] to retire;

una lesión lo retiró de la alta competición an injury forced him to retire from top-flight competition

♦ See also the pronominal verb retirarse

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retirar

v/t silla, obstáculo take away, remove; acusación, dinero withdraw

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retirar vt

1) : to remove, to take away, to recall

2) : to withdraw, to take out

♦ See also the reflexive verb retirarse

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retirar vb

1. (en general) to withdraw [pt. withdrew; pp. withdrawn]

le han retirado el pasaporte his passport has been withdrawn

retiró todo su dinero del banco he withdrew all his money from the bank

retiró la denuncia she withdrew the complaint

retira la olla del fuego remove the pan from the heat

2. (acusación, palabras) to take back [pt. took; pp. taken]

retiro lo dicho I take back what I said

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17 тянуть

гл.

1. to pull; 2. to draw; 3. to drag; 4. to jerk; 5. to tug; 6. to wrench; 7. to tow; 8. to yank; 9. to heave

Русский многозначный глагол тянуть определяет только направление действия, не уточняя способа, манеры и того, на что это действие направлено. Эти характеристики действия глагола тянуть в русском языке передаются главным образом различными словосочетаниями, в то время как в английском языке разные виды этого действия передаются разными словами, которые употребляются в разного типа сочетаниях и соответствуют разным ситуациям.

1. to pull — тянуть ( к себе), дергать, тащить: to pull hard — сильно дергать; to pull with all one's strength — тянуть изо всех сил; to pull smth behind oneself — тянуть что-либо за собой; to pull one's cap (hat) — надвинуть кепку (шляпу) на глаза/натянуть кепку (шляпу) на глаза; to pull smb's hair — дергать кого-либо за волосы; to pull smb's sleeve — дергать кого-либо за рукав; to pull the rope (smb's hand) — тянуть за веревку (кого-либо за руку)/дергать за веревку (кого-либо за руку); to pull the reins — натянуть поводья; to pull a revolver from his pocket — вытащить револьвер из кармана; to pull up (down) the blind — поднять (опустить) штору; to pull the bell — дергать за шнурок звонка Pull! — К себе! ( надпись на дверях) The engine is pulling ten carriages. — Паровоз тянет десять вагонов. Не pulled her toward him. — Он притянул ее к себе. Не pulled the door behind him. — Он закрыл за собой дверь. Не could not pull the cork. — Он не смог вытащить пробку. Be careful not to pull the trigger. — Осторожней, смотри не нажми на курок. Don't pull faces. — Не гримасничай. Help me to move the piano. You push and I'll pull. — Помоги мне подвинуть рояль. Ты толкай, а я буду тянуть. I pulled the handle and it just snapped off. — Я потянул за ручку, и она сразу отлетела. Pull the chair nearer to the fireplace. — Подвинь стул поближе к камину. Ted pulled the socks on. — Тед натянул носки. She pulled her arm out of his grasp. — Он крепко схватил ее за руку, но она выдернула ее.

2. to draw — медленно подтянуть (кого-либо, что-либо к себе), притягивать ( к себе), подтягивать ( к себе), двигаться ( в каком-либо направлении): Не took my hand and drew me closer. — Он взял меня за руку и притянул к себе. Не wound in the line, steadily drawing the fish to the bank. — Он наматывал леску, постепенно подтягивая рыбу к берегу. Paula drew back the sheet and looked at the sleeping child. — Паула отодвинула простынку и посмотрела на спящего ребенка. It's time to draw the curtain and switch on the light. — Пора закрыть шторы и зажечь свет./Пора задернуть шторы и зажечь свет. She drew back in horror when she saw the cuts on his face. — При виде порезов на его лице, она в ужасе отпрянула назад. She drew a knot. — Она затянула узел. Try to draw the nail out of/from the plank. — Попытайся вытащить гвоздь из доски. She went to draw water from the well. — Она пошла набрать воды из колодца. Do you know how to draw a fowl? — Ты умеешь потрошить птицу?

3. to drag — тянуть, тянуть ( по земле), волочить ( с большим усилием): Bill and Sandy dragged the boat far up the beach. — Билл и Сэнди втащили лодку подальше на берег./Билл и Сэнди втянули лодку далеко но берег. Не seized my arm and tried to drag me towards his house. — Он схватил меня за руку и пытался потащить к своему дому. Don't drag the table overacross the room, you will scratch the floor. — He тяни/не вези/не тащи стол по полу, ты его поцарапаешь. The heavy logs were dragged over the ground by the elephant. — Слон тянул/тащил по земле тяжелые бревна. Time was dragging on. — Время мучительно тянулось. The meeting dragged on for hours. — Собрание затянулось на долгие часы. She dragged behind us, so tired she was. — Следуя за нами, она еле волочила ноги от усталости.

4. to jerk — дернуть рывком, рвануть: Не jerked the string and the light came on. — Он дернул за шнур, и свет зажегся. Jerking his coat from the hook lie rushed out of the door. — Он рванул с крючка пальто и бросился вон из комнаты. She pulled the dog back with a sharp jerk at the leash. — Она резко дернула собаку за поводок назад.

5. to tug — тянуть, тянуть рывком (особенно то, что трудно сдвинуть с места): Steve tugged my sleeve to get my attention. — Стив дернул меня за рукав, чтобы привлечь внимание./Стив потянул меня за рукав, чтобы привлечь внимание. They tugged the boat over the sand and into the water. — Они тащили лодку по песку и столкнули ее в воду.

6. to wrench —тянуть, выдернуть, вырвать, потянуть что-либо с силой ( особенно крутя или ломая этот предмет): Не wrenched the door off its hinges. — Он сорвал дверь с петель. Не wrenched the steering wheel round. — Он рывком повернул руль. Не wrenched the key out of my hand. — Он вырвал ключ у меня из рук. She seems to have wrenched her ankle. — Она, по-видимому, вывихнули лодыжку. I managed to wrench the knife out of her hand. — Мне удалось вырвать из ее руки нож. The necklace broke as she wrenched it from her neck and flung it on the floor. — Ожерелье рассыпалось, когда она сорвала его с шеи и швырнула на пол.

7. to tow — буксировать, тащить на буксире, тянуть на буксире: The barges are towed up the river by powerful tugs. — Мощные буксиры тянут баржи вверх по реке. A small car like this is not powerful enough to tow the trailer. — Такая Маленькая машина как эта, недостаточно мощна, чтобы тянуть на буксире прицеп. The truck which broke down on the road had to be towed away by the police. — Полиции пришлось отбуксировать грузовик, который сломался на дороге.

8. to yank — тянуть, дергать рывком, рвать: Yank down at the bell rope. — Резко дергать за шнур звонка. I ran to the door and yanked it open. — Я подбежал к двери и рывком открыл ее. His friend grabbed him and yanked him to his feet. — Друг схватил его и рывком поднял/поставил на ноги.

9. to heave — тянуть, вытаскивать ( с силой): to heave a rope — вытягивать канат We heaved with all our strength but could not move the piano. — Мы со всех сил тянули рояль, но не могли сдвинуть его с места. Не heaved on the rope with all his strength. — Он тянул канат изо всех сил.

Русско-английский объяснительный словарь > тянуть
18 despedazar

v.

1 to tear apart.

2 to shatter (moralmente).

3 to tear into pieces, to destroy, to break up, to shatter.

El perro despedaza los diarios The dog tears the newspapers into pieces.

La ansiedad despedaza el ánimo Anxiety breaks the spirit.

4 to slaughter, to butcher, to tear limb from limb.

El asesino despedaza a sus víctimas The killer slaughters his victims.

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despedazar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 to tear to pieces, cut to pieces

2 figurado (maltratar) to break

■ le despedazó el alma she broke his heart

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verb

to cut to pieces

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VT

1) (=hacer pedazos) [+ objeto] [con la mano] to tear apart, tear to pieces; [con cuchillo] to cut into pieces; [+ presa] to tear to pieces; [+ víctima] to chop (up) into pieces

2) (=criticar) to tear to shreds, tear to pieces

3) [+ corazón] to break

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verbo transitivo < res> to joint, cut... into pieces; < presa> to tear... to pieces o shreds; < juguete> to pull... apart

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= shred, slaughter.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

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verbo transitivo < res> to joint, cut... into pieces; < presa> to tear... to pieces o shreds; < juguete> to pull... apart

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= shred, slaughter.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

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despedazar [A4 ]

vt

1 ‹res› to joint, cut … into pieces; ‹presa› to tear … to pieces o shreds; ‹juguete› to pull … apart

2 ‹corazón› to break

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despedazar ( conjugate despedazar) verbo transitivo
a) ( cortar en trozos) to cut … into pieces

b) ‹ presa› to tear … to pieces o shreds

despedazar verbo transitivo to cut o tear to pieces
' despedazar' also found in these entries:
English:
limb

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despedazar

♦ vt

1. [físicamente] [objeto] to tear apart;
[cadáver, presa, víctima] to dismember
2. [moralmente] to shatter

3. [criticar] to tear o pull to pieces

♦ See also the pronominal verb despedazarse

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despedazar

v/t tear apart; fig: honra destroy

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despedazar {21} vt

: to cut to pieces, to tear apart

Spanish-English dictionary > despedazar
19 deutlich

I Adj.

1. Ahnung, Erinnerung, Gefühl etc.: clear, distinct; Fortschritt, Unterschied: auch marked; (merklich) noticeable

2. Aussprache: clear, intelligible; Schrift: legible

3. (eindeutig) clear, plain; Antwort, Worte: plain; (unverblümt) blunt, plainspoken; ein deutlicher Beweis seiner Unschuld clear proof of his innocence; deutlicher Wink broad hint; etw. deutlich machen make s.th. clear ( oder plain) (+ Dat to); jemandem etw. deutlich machen auch explain s.th. to s.o.; weitS.: drive s.th. home to s.o.; sehr deutlich werden not pull any punches, talk straight with s.o. umg.; muss ich noch deutlicher werden? am I making myself understood?, have I not made myself clear enough?; eine deutliche Sprache sprechen Person: not mince matters ( oder one’s words); Sache: speak volumes

II Adv. siehe I; deutlich besser etc. much better etc.; um es ganz deutlich zu sagen to put it quite bluntly, not to put too fine a point on it; habe ich mich deutlich genug ausgedrückt? have I made myself understood ( oder clear)?

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notedly (Adv.); perspicuous (Adj.); lucid (Adj.); visible (Adj.); explicit (Adj.); well-defined (Adj.); conspicuous (Adj.); emphatic (Adj.); articulate (Adj.); direct (Adj.); clear (Adj.); distinct (Adj.); plain (Adj.)

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deut|lich ['dɔytlɪç]
1. adj

1) (= klar) clear

2) (= unmissverständlich) clear, plain

eine déútliche Sprache mit jdm reden — to speak plainly or bluntly with sb

déútlich werden — to make oneself clear or plain

muss ich déútlicher werden? — have I not made myself clear or plain enough?

2. adv

1) (= klar) sehen, unterscheiden, sprechen clearly; erkennbar, hörbar, wahrnehmbar clearly, plainly

déútlich zu erkennen/sehen/hören — easy to recognize/see/hear

déútlich fühlen — to feel distinctly

ich fühle déútlich, dass... — I have the distinct feeling that...

2) (= unmissverständlich) sich ausdrücken, sagen explicitly

jdm etw déútlich vor Augen führen — to make sth perfectly clear or plain to sb

sich déútlich ausdrücken — to make oneself clear or plain

ich muss es einmal déútlich sagen — let me make myself perfectly clear

jdm déútlich zu verstehen geben, dass... — to make it clear or plain to sb that...

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1) (striking and well-marked: a dress with bold stripes.) bold

2) (easy to see, hear or understand: a clear explanation; The details on that photograph are very clear.) clear

3) clearly

4) (easily seen, heard or noticed: There are distinct differences between the two; Her voice is very distinct.) distinct

5) explicitly

6) (stated, or stating, fully and clearly: explicit instructions; Can you be more explicit?) explicit

7) (noticeably: It's markedly easier to do it by this method.) markedly

8) (clear; striking: I have many vivid memories of that holiday; a vivid image/description.) vivid

9) (noticeable; definite: He walks with a pronounced limp.) pronounced

10) ((of pictures, outlines etc) clear and distinct: the sharp outline of the mountain.) sharp

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deut·lich

[ˈdɔytlɪç]

I. adj

1. (klar) clear

[un]\deutliche Schrift [il]legible writing

\deutliche Umrisse distinct [or clear] [or sharp] outlines

[jdm] \deutlich werden to become clear [to sb]

2. (eindeutig) clear

das war \deutlich! that was clear [or plain] enough!

\deutlich werden to make oneself clear [or plain], to use words of one syllable a. iron

muss ich \deutlicher werden? have I not made myself clear [enough]?

ich hoffe, ich muss nicht \deutlicher werden! I hope I won't have to spell it out

II. adv

1. (klar) clearly, plainly

etw \deutlich fühlen to distinctly feel sth

\deutlich sprechen to speak clearly [or distinctly]

etw \deutlich zeichnen to draw sth in sharp detail/contrast

2. (eindeutig) clearly, plainly

sich akk \deutlich ausdrücken to make oneself clear [or plain]

\deutlich fühlen, dass... to have the distinct feeling that...

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1.
Adjektiv

1) clear

daraus wird deutlich, dass/wie... — this makes it clear that/how...

2) (eindeutig) clear, distinct <recollection, feeling>

deutlich werden — make oneself plain or clear
2.
adverbial

1) clearly

2) (eindeutig) clearly; plainly

jemandem etwas deutlich zu verstehen geben — make something clear or plain to somebody

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deutlich

A. adj

1. Ahnung, Erinnerung, Gefühl etc: clear, distinct; Fortschritt, Unterschied: auch marked; (merklich) noticeable

2. Aussprache: clear, intelligible; Schrift: legible

3. (eindeutig) clear, plain; Antwort, Worte: plain; (unverblümt) blunt, plainspoken;

ein deutlicher Beweis seiner Unschuld clear proof of his innocence;

deutlicher Wink broad hint;

etwas deutlich machen make sth clear ( oder plain) (+dat to);

jemandem etwas deutlich machen auch explain sth to sb; weitS.: drive sth home to sb;

sehr deutlich werden not pull any punches, talk straight with sb umg;

muss ich noch deutlicher werden? am I making myself understood?, have I not made myself clear enough?;

eine deutliche Sprache sprechen Person: not mince matters ( oder one’s words); Sache: speak volumes

B. adv → A;

deutlich besser etc much better etc;

um es ganz deutlich zu sagen to put it quite bluntly, not to put too fine a point on it;

habe ich mich deutlich genug ausgedrückt? have I made myself understood ( oder clear)?

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1.
Adjektiv

1) clear

daraus wird deutlich, dass/wie... — this makes it clear that/how...

2) (eindeutig) clear, distinct <recollection, feeling>

deutlich werden — make oneself plain or clear
2.
adverbial

1) clearly

2) (eindeutig) clearly; plainly

jemandem etwas deutlich zu verstehen geben — make something clear or plain to somebody

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adj.

bold adj.

broad adj.

clarion adj.

clear adj.

clear cut (unambiguous) adj.

conspicuous adj.

distinct (from) adj.

distinct adj.

explicit adj.

lucid adj.

obvious adj.

perspicuous adj. adv.

articulately adv.

conspicuously adv.

lucidly adv.

notedly adv.

perspicuously adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > deutlich
20 cerrado

adj.

closed, locked, shut, not open.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: cerrar.

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cerrado

► participio pasado

1→ link=cerrar cerrar

► adjetivo

1 shut, closed

■ la ventana está cerrada the window is closed

2 LINGÚÍSTICA close, closed

■ vocal cerrada close vowel

3 (acento) broad, thick

■ hablar un gallego cerrado to speak with a broad Galician accent

4 (curva) tight, sharp

5 (ovación) thunderous

6 (barba) bushy, thick

7 (noche) black, dark; (cielo) overcast, dark

8 figurado (oculto) obscure, hidden

9 figurado (persona introvertida) uncommunicative, reserved

10 figurado (intransigente) intransigent, unyielding

11 familiar figurado (torpe) thick, dim

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a ojos cerrados figurado with one's eyes closed

ser cerrado,-a de mollera familiar to be pig-headed

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(f. - cerrada)

adj.

1) closed, shut

2) thick

3) reserved

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ADJ

1) (=no abierto) [puerta, ventana, boca] closed; [puño] clenched; [curva] sharp, tight

escuchaban música con los ojos cerrados — they were listening to music with their eyes closed

respira con la boca cerrada — breathe with your mouth closed

cerrado — closed

"cerrado por vacaciones" — "closed for holidays", "closed for vacation" (EEUU)

cerrado por reformas — closed for refurbishment

la puerta no estaba cerrada con llave — the door was not locked

se lo dio en un sobre cerrado — he gave it to her in a sealed envelope

¿está el grifo bien cerrado? — is the tap turned off properly?

esa fábrica lleva varios años cerrada — that factory has been closed for years

el caso está cerrado — the case is closed

el mitin se celebró en un recinto cerrado — the rally was held indoors

huele a cerrado — it smells stuffy in here

cerrado a — closed to

los jardines están cerrados al público — the gardens are closed to the public

el aeropuerto permanece cerrado al tráfico aéreo — the airport remains closed to all air traffic
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2) (=apretado) [barba] thick, full; [bosque] dense, thick; [ambiente, atmósfera] stuffy

el candidato fue recibido con una cerrada ovación — the presidential candidate was given a rapturous welcome
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3) [cielo] cloudy, overcast; [noche] dark, black

era ya noche cerrada cuando llegamos a casa — it was completely dark by the time we got home

4) (Ling) [acento] broad, strong; [vocal] closed

tiene un acento muy cerrado — she has a very broad o strong accent

hablaba con cerrado acento gallego — he spoke with a broad o strong o thick Galician accent

5) [persona]

a) (=intransigente)

la gente de este pueblo es muy cerrada — the people in this village don't much like strangers

no está cerrado a ningún tipo de sugerencias — he is open to all suggestions

b) (=torpe) (tb: cerrado de mollera) dense, thick *

c) (=reservado) reserved

6) (Com) [precio] fixed

a precio cerrado — at a fixed price

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- da adjetivo

1)

a) <puerta/ventana/ojos/boca> closed, shut; <mejillones/almejas> closed; <sobre/carta> sealed; < puño> clenched; < cortinas> drawn, closed

estaba cerrado con llave — it was locked

b) < válvula> closed, shut off; < grifo> turned off

2) <tienda/restaurante/museo> closed, shut

cerrado — closed

cerrado por defunción/reformas — closed owing to bereavement/for alterations

3)

a) <espacio/recinto> enclosed

b) ( cargado) < ambiente> stuffy

c) < grupo> closed

d) (Mat) <serie/conjunto> closed

4) (Ling) < vocal> close, closed; <acento/dialecto> broad

5) < curva> sharp

6) ( nublado) overcast; ( referiéndose a la noche)

ya era noche cerrada — it was already completely dark

7) < barba> thick

8) ( enérgico)

una cerrada ovación — an ecstatic reception

una cerrada descarga — a burst of gunfire

9)

a) (poco receptivo, intransigente) set in one's ways

estar cerrado a algo: está cerrado a todo cambio his mind is closed to change; el país ha estado cerrado a influencias externas — the country has been shut off from outside influence

b) ( poco comunicativo) uncommunicative

c) (fam) ( torpe) dense (colloq), thick (colloq)

es muy cerrado de mollera — he's very dense (colloq)

10) (Esp) (Fin)

apartamentos de lujo, precio cerrado — apartments, price guaranteed

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- da adjetivo

1)

a) <puerta/ventana/ojos/boca> closed, shut; <mejillones/almejas> closed; <sobre/carta> sealed; < puño> clenched; < cortinas> drawn, closed

estaba cerrado con llave — it was locked

b) < válvula> closed, shut off; < grifo> turned off

2) <tienda/restaurante/museo> closed, shut

cerrado — closed

cerrado por defunción/reformas — closed owing to bereavement/for alterations

3)

a) <espacio/recinto> enclosed

b) ( cargado) < ambiente> stuffy

c) < grupo> closed

d) (Mat) <serie/conjunto> closed

4) (Ling) < vocal> close, closed; <acento/dialecto> broad

5) < curva> sharp

6) ( nublado) overcast; ( referiéndose a la noche)

ya era noche cerrada — it was already completely dark

7) < barba> thick

8) ( enérgico)

una cerrada ovación — an ecstatic reception

una cerrada descarga — a burst of gunfire

9)

a) (poco receptivo, intransigente) set in one's ways

estar cerrado a algo: está cerrado a todo cambio his mind is closed to change; el país ha estado cerrado a influencias externas — the country has been shut off from outside influence

b) ( poco comunicativo) uncommunicative

c) (fam) ( torpe) dense (colloq), thick (colloq)

es muy cerrado de mollera — he's very dense (colloq)

10) (Esp) (Fin)

apartamentos de lujo, precio cerrado — apartments, price guaranteed

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cerrado¹

= closed, static, enclosed, bolt-on.

Ex: In order to be able to calculate due dates, DOBIS/LIBIS must know what days the library is open so that it does not make a book due on a closed day.

Ex: The list or thesaurus cannot be static.

Ex: Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y cuanto mucho menos conservadores.

Ex: These may be perceived as unimportant ' bolt-on' courses about irrelevant systems.

* aprobar con los ojos cerrados = sail through + exam.

* a puerta cerrada = behind closed doors.

* con olor a cerrado = musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.].

* curva muy cerrada = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.

* en circuito cerrado = looped.

* en lugares cerrados = indoors.

* espacio cerrado = closed space.

* formando un circuito cerrado = looped.

* mantener la boca cerrada = keep + Posesivo + mouth shut.

* pregunta cerrada = closed-ended question.

* puño cerrado = clenched fist.

* recinto cerrado = walled garden.

cerrado²

² = cliquish, insular, cliquey [cliquy].

Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

Ex: Within that chummy, insular world of imperial elites, Senator Jaguaribe recoiled in horror at the prospect of a permanent pauper class supported by public funds.

Ex: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.

* círculo cerrado de gente = clique.

* coto cerrado = closed shop.

cerrado³

³ = bushy [bushier -comp., bushiest -sup.].

Ex: Whether short and thin or long and bushy, applying a fake mustache is often the best solution to create the look of a character.

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cerrado -da

adjective

A

1 ‹puerta/ventana› closed, shut; ‹ojos/boca› closed, shut; ‹mejillones/almejas› closed

la puerta estaba cerrada con llave the door was locked

tenía los ojos cerrados she had her eyes closed o shut

el frasco no está bien cerrado the top ( o lid etc) isn't on properly, the jar isn't closed properly

un sobre cerrado a sealed envelope

las cortinas estaban cerradas the curtains were drawn o closed

normalmente tenemos la mesa cerrada we usually keep the table closed/down

2 ‹válvula› closed, shut off

los grifos están cerrados the taps are turned off

B ‹tienda/restaurante/museo› closed, shut

[ S ] cerrado closed

[ S ] cerrado por defunción/reformas closed owing to bereavement/for alterations

C

1 (confinado, limitado) ‹espacio/recinto› enclosed

2 (cargado) ‹ambiente› stuffy

3 ‹grupo›

un círculo de amigos muy cerrado a very closed circle of friends

un club de ambiente cerrado y snob a club with a very exclusive and snobbish atmosphere

4 ( Mat) ‹serie/conjunto› closed circuito

D ( Ling)

1 ‹vocal› close, closed

2 ‹acento/dialecto› broad

tiene un acento andaluz cerrado he has a broad o thick Andalusian accent

E ‹curva› sharp

F

1 (nublado) overcast

2

(referiéndose a la noche): ya era noche cerrada cuando salimos when we left it was already completely dark

G ‹barba› thick

H

(enérgico): lo recibieron con una cerrada ovación he was given an ecstatic reception

mantienen una cerrada pugna por el título they are engaged in a fierce fight for the title

I ‹persona›

1

(poco receptivo, intransigente): son muy cerrados y no se adaptan a estas novedades they're very set in their ways and they won't adapt to these new ideas

no lo vas a convencer, es muy cerrado you'll never persuade him, he's very stubborn o he's very set in his ways

estar cerrado A algo:

está cerrado a todo lo que signifique cambiar his mind is closed to o he's against anything that involves change

el país ha estado cerrado durante años a todo tipo de influencias externas the country has, for years, been shut off from all outside influence

2 (poco comunicativo) uncommunicative

3 ( fam) (torpe) dense ( colloq), thick ( colloq)

es muy cerrado de mollera he's very dense ( colloq), he's as thick as two short planks ( BrE colloq)

J

( Esp) ( Fin): [ S ] apartamentos de lujo, precio cerrado luxury apartments, price guaranteed

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Del verbo cerrar: ( conjugate cerrar)

cerrado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
cerrado
cerrar
cerrado
◊ -da adjetivo

1
a) ‹puerta/ventana/ojos/boca› closed, shut;

‹mejillones/almejas› closed;
‹sobre/carta› sealed;
‹ puño› clenched;
‹ cortinas› drawn, closed;
◊ estaba cerrado con llave it was locked

b) ‹ válvula› closed, shut off;

‹grifo/llave› turned off
2 ‹tienda/restaurante/museo› closed, shut
3 ‹espacio/recinto› enclosed;
‹ curva› sharp
4 ‹acento/dialecto› broad
5 ‹ persona› ( poco comunicativo) uncommunicative;
◊ está cerrado a todo cambio his mind is closed to change;

cerrado a influencias externas shut off from outside influence
cerrar ( conjugate cerrar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹puerta/ventana› to close, shut;

‹ojos/boca› to shut, close;
◊ cierra la puerta con llave lock the door

b) ‹ botella› to put the top on/cork in;

‹ frasco› to put the lid on;
‹ sobre› to seal
c) ‹paraguas/abanico/mano› to close;

‹ libro› to close, shut;
‹ puño› to clench
d) ‹ cortinas› to close, draw;

‹ persianas› to lower, pull down;
‹ abrigo› to fasten, button up;
‹ cremallera› to do … up
e) ‹grifo/agua/gas› to turn off;

‹ válvula› to close, shut off
2
a) ‹fábrica/comercio/oficina› ( en el quehacer diario) to close;

( definitivamente) to close (down)
b) ‹aeropuerto/carretera/frontera› to close

3
a) ‹ cuenta bancaria› to close

b) ‹caso/juicio› to close

c) ‹acuerdo/negociación› to finalize

d) ‹acto/debate› to bring … to an end

verbo intransitivo
1 (hablando de puerta, ventana):
◊ cierra, que hace frío close o shut the door (o window etc), it's cold;

¿cerraste con llave? did you lock up?
2 [puerta/ventana/cajón] to close, shut
3 [comercio/oficina] ( en el quehacer diario) to close, shut;
( definitivamente) to close (down)
cerrarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [puerta/ventana] to shut, close;

◊ la puerta se cerró de golpe the door slammed shut

b) [ ojos] to close;

◊ se le cerraban los ojos his eyes were closing

c) [flor/almeja] to close up

d) [ herida] to heal (up)

2 ( refl) ‹ abrigo› to fasten, button up;
‹ cremallera› to do … up
3 [acto/debate/jornada] to end
cerrado,-a adjetivo
1 closed, shut
(recinto) enclosed ➣ Ver nota en cerrar
2 (intransigente) uncompromising, unyielding
(a las novedades, etc) narrow minded
3 (tímido) reserved
4 (un acento, una forma de hablar) broad
5 (curva) tight, sharp
6 (tupido) bushy
♦ Locuciones: a puerta cerrada, behind closed doors
cerrar
I verbo transitivo
1 to shut, close
(con llave) to lock
(un grifo abierto) to turn off
(el ordenador) to turn off, switch off
(subir una cremallera) to do up
(un sobre) to seal
(los puños) to clench
2 (un negocio temporalmente) to close
(definitivamente) to close down
3 (un trato, un acuerdo) to finalize
(liquidar una cuenta bancaria) to close
4 (un acceso, un servicio de transporte) to close
(bloquear) cerrarle el paso a alguien, to block sb's way
II verbo intransitivo
1 to close, shut
2 (un negocio temporalmente) to close
(definitivamente) to close down
♦ Locuciones: familiar cerrar el pico, to shut one's trap
' cerrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agobiante
- cal
- cerrada
- concesión
- cuadriculada
- cuadriculado
- defunción
- herméticamente
- reforma
- cuadrado
- estacionamiento
- mollera
- televisión
- tufo
English:
cliquey
- closed
- hermetically
- musty
- secure
- sharp
- shut
- small-minded
- to
- broad
- enclose
- insular
- loop
- narrow
- repair
- small
- stock
- unlock

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cerrado, -a

♦ participio
ver cerrar
♦ adj

1. [puerta, boca, tienda] closed, shut;
[con llave, pestillo] locked; [puño] clenched; [sobre] closed;
la botella no está bien cerrada the top of the bottle isn't on properly;

todos los grifos están cerrados all the Br taps o US faucets are (turned) off;

en esta habitación huele a cerrado this room smells stuffy;

la puerta estaba cerrada con llave the door was locked;

cerrado por obras/vacaciones [en letrero] closed for alterations/holidays;

cerrado los fines de semana [en letrero] closed at weekends

2. [curva] sharp, tight

3. [circuito] closed

4. [aplauso, ovación] rapturous

5. [lucha] bitter;

una cerrada lucha por el liderazgo a bitter leadership struggle

6. Ling [vocal] close

7. [acento, deje] broad, thick;

habla con un acento gallego cerrado she speaks with a broad o thick Galician accent

8. [mentalidad, sociedad] closed (a to);
tiene una actitud muy cerrada she has a very closed mentality;

es muy cerrado he's very narrow-minded;

está cerrado al cambio he is not open to change

9. [tiempo, cielo] overcast;

la noche era cerrada it was a dark night

10. [rodeado] surrounded;
[por montañas] walled in;
no se adaptan a espacios cerrados they aren't suited to living in confined spaces;

una terraza cerrada a glazed balcony

11. [vegetación, bosque] thick, dense;
[barba] thick
12. [poco claro, difícil] abstruse;

su estilo es muy cerrado his style is very abstruse

13. [introvertido, tímido] reserved;

le cuesta hacer amigos porque es muy cerrado he finds making friends difficult because he's very reserved

14. [estricto] strict;

el colegio tiene criterios muy cerrados de admisión the school has very strict entrance requirements

15. [torpe] dense, stupid;

es un poco cerrado, hay que explicarle todo varias veces he's rather dense o stupid, you have to explain everything to him over and over again;

Comp
Fam
ser cerrado de mollera to be thick in the head

16. [obstinado] obstinate, stubborn

♦ nm

fenced-in garden

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cerrado

adj

1 closed;

oler a cerrado smell stuffy

2 persona narrow-minded

3 ( tímido) introverted

4 cielo overcast

5 acento broad

6

:

curva cerrada tight curve

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cerrado, -da adj

1) : closed, shut

2) : thick, broad

tiene un acento cerrado: she has a thick accent

3) : cloudy, overcast

4) : quiet, reserved

5) : dense, stupid

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cerrado adj

1. (en general) closed / shut

la tienda está cerrada the shop's closed

2. (con llave) locked

la puerta estaba cerrada con llave the door was locked

3. (acento) broad

habla un andaluz cerrado he speaks with a broad Andalusian accent

4. (curva) sharp

no adelantes en una curva cerrada don't overtake on a sharp bend

5. (persona) reserved / shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]

es muy cerrado he's very reserved

Spanish-English dictionary > cerrado

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