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rise against the dollar

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3 frente

f.

forehead.

frente a frente face to face

m.

1 front (parte delantera).

dar un paso al frente to step forward

estar al frente de to be in charge of, to head; (empresa) to be at the front of, to lead (manifestación)

de frente forward (hacia delante)

chocaron de frente they collided head on

me encontré de frente con él I found myself face to face with him

en frente opposite

en frente de mi casa opposite my house

hacer frente a algo to face up to something

2 front (military) (de batalla).

hacer o formar frente común to make common cause

3 front (Meteo).

frente cálido/frío warm/cold front

4 forehead, brow.

5 alliance, coalition.

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frente

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) front

2 MILITAR front, front line

► nombre femenino

1 ANATOMÍA forehead

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al frente de (delante) at the head of 2 (hacia delante) ahead

arrugar la frente to frown

chocar de frente to crash head on

con la frente muy alta with one's head up high

de frente (hacia adelante) straight ahead 2 (sin rodeos) straight

frente a (enfrente de) in front of, opposite 2 (en contra de) against 3 (en presencia de) in the presence of

frente a frente face to face

hacer frente a alguien to challenge somebody, face up to somebody

hacer frente a algo to face something, face up to something

no tener dos dedos de frente to be as thick as two short planks

ponerse al frente de algo to take command of something

* * *

noun f.

1) front

2) brow, forehead

* * *

1.

SF (Anat) forehead, brow liter

• arrugar la frente — to frown, knit one's brow

- adornar la frente a algn

- con la frente muy alta

- lo lleva escrito en la frente

- frente a frente
dedo
2. SM

1) (=parte delantera) front

• al frente — in front

un ejército con su capitán al frente — an army led by its captain, an army with its captain at the front

• al frente de, entró en Madrid al frente de las tropas — he led the troops into Madrid, he entered Madrid at the head of his troops

el Madrid sigue al frente de la clasificación — Madrid still lead the table o are still top of the league

espero seguir al frente del festival — I hope to continue as director of the festival

estuvo al frente del Ministerio de Industria — he was Minister for Industry

un concierto con Herbert Von Karajan al frente de la Filarmónica de Berlín — a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert Von Karajan

• en frente, la casa de en frente — the house opposite

• hacer frente a — [+ crisis, problemas] to tackle; [+ situación, realidad] to face up to

hay que hacer frente a las dificultades — we have to tackle the problems

tenemos que hacer frente a grandes gastos — we are facing considerable expenses

• frente por frente, vivimos frente por frente — we live directly opposite each other

está frente por frente del cine — it's directly opposite the cinema

frente de arranque, frente de trabajo — (Min) coalface

2)

• de frente, atacar de frente — to make a frontal attack

chocar de frente — to crash head-on

ir de frente — to go forward

mirar de frente — to look (straight) ahead

seguir de frente — to go straight on, go straight ahead

viene un coche de frente — there's a car heading straight for us

3) (Mil, Pol) front

• formar o hacer un frente común con algn — to form a united front with sb

han formado un frente contra la corrupción — they have formed an alliance against corruption

frente de batalla — battle front

frente del oeste — western front

Frente Polisario — Polisario Front

frente popular — popular front

frente unido — united front

4) (Meteo) front

frente cálido — warm front

frente frío — cold front

5)

• frente a —

a) (=enfrente de) opposite

frente al hotel hay un banco — there's a bank opposite the hotel

ella está frente a mí — she is facing o opposite me

el barco encalló frente a la costa irlandesa — the boat ran aground off the Irish coast

b) (=en presencia de)

frente a las cámaras — in front of the cameras

me encontré frente a una situación difícil — I found myself facing a difficult situation

ceder frente a una amenaza — to give way to o in the face of a threat

c) (=en oposición a)

el euro sigue fuerte frente al dólar — the euro remains strong against the dollar

logró un 39% de los votos, frente al 49% de 1990 — she got 39% of the vote, as against 49% in 1990

empataron frente al Santander — they drew against o with Santander

frente a lo que pensaba, eran franceses — in contrast to what I thought, they were French

6)

• frente mío/ suyo — esp Cono Sur * in front of me/you, opposite me/you

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I
femenino forehead, brow (liter)

arrugó la frente — she frowned

una frente despejada or ancha — a broad forehead

con la frente bien alta or en alto — with one's head held high
II
masculino

1)

a) ( de edificio) front, facade (frml)

hacer(le) frente a algo — (a la realidad, una responsabilidad) to face up to something; (a gastos, obligaciones) to meet something

le hizo frente a la vida por sus propios medios — she stood on her own two feet

hacerle frente a alguien — (a enemigo, atacante) to face somebody

b) (en locs)

al frente: dio un paso al frente she took a step forward; la Orquesta Sinfónica, con López Morán al frente the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by López Morán; desfilaron llevando al frente el emblema de la paz they marched behind the symbol of peace; vive al frente (Chi) she lives opposite; pasar al frente (AmL) to come/go up to the front; al frente de: están al frente de la clasificación they are at the top of the table; iba al frente de la patrulla he was leading the patrol; está al frente de la empresa she is in charge of the company; de frente: chocaron de frente they crashed head on; una foto de frente a full-face photo; no entra de frente it won't go in front on; de frente a (AmL) facing; frente a opposite; viven frente a mi casa they live opposite me; el hotel está frente al mar the hotel faces the sea; estamos frente a un grave problema we are faced with a serious problem; se mantiene estable frente al dólar — it is holding up against the dollar

2)

a) (Meteo) front

b) ( en una guerra) front

sin novedad en el frente — (fr hecha, hum) all quiet on that front (colloq & hum)

un frente de acción contra la droga — a campaign to combat drugs

c) (Pol) ( agrupación) front

el frente de liberación — the liberation front

hacer (un) frente común — to form a united front

•

- frente de batalla

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I
femenino forehead, brow (liter)

arrugó la frente — she frowned

una frente despejada or ancha — a broad forehead

con la frente bien alta or en alto — with one's head held high
II
masculino

1)

a) ( de edificio) front, facade (frml)

hacer(le) frente a algo — (a la realidad, una responsabilidad) to face up to something; (a gastos, obligaciones) to meet something

le hizo frente a la vida por sus propios medios — she stood on her own two feet

hacerle frente a alguien — (a enemigo, atacante) to face somebody

b) (en locs)

al frente: dio un paso al frente she took a step forward; la Orquesta Sinfónica, con López Morán al frente the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by López Morán; desfilaron llevando al frente el emblema de la paz they marched behind the symbol of peace; vive al frente (Chi) she lives opposite; pasar al frente (AmL) to come/go up to the front; al frente de: están al frente de la clasificación they are at the top of the table; iba al frente de la patrulla he was leading the patrol; está al frente de la empresa she is in charge of the company; de frente: chocaron de frente they crashed head on; una foto de frente a full-face photo; no entra de frente it won't go in front on; de frente a (AmL) facing; frente a opposite; viven frente a mi casa they live opposite me; el hotel está frente al mar the hotel faces the sea; estamos frente a un grave problema we are faced with a serious problem; se mantiene estable frente al dólar — it is holding up against the dollar

2)

a) (Meteo) front

b) ( en una guerra) front

sin novedad en el frente — (fr hecha, hum) all quiet on that front (colloq & hum)

un frente de acción contra la droga — a campaign to combat drugs

c) (Pol) ( agrupación) front

el frente de liberación — the liberation front

hacer (un) frente común — to form a united front

•

- frente de batalla

* * *

frente¹

¹ = brow, forehead.

Nota: De la cabeza.

Ex: I can see a staff member in a sitting position with hand held on the brow covering the eye vision and engrossed in reading.

Ex: The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.

* con el sudor de + Posesivo + frente = by the sweat of + Posesivo + brow.

* con la frente en alto = stand + tall.

* dinero ganado con el sudor de la frente = hard-earned money.

* ganarse el pan con el sudor de la frente = earn + Posesivo + daily bread with the sweat of + Posesivo + brow.

* no tener dos dedos de frente = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.

* sudor de la frente = sweat of the brow.

frente²

² = front.

Ex: In addition, one must not forget such mundane matters as door bells ( front and back), a closing bell, fire bells, security alarms and possibly others all of which must be noticeably different.

* al frente de = in the forefront of/in, in charge (of), at the forefront of.

* choque de frente = head-on collision.

* dar un paso al frente = step up.

* de frente = head-on, frontal.

* hacia el frente = ahead.

* mantenerse al frente = keep + ahead.

* mirar al frente = look + straight ahead.

* poner a Alguien al frente de = put + Nombre + in charge of.

* viento de frente = headwind.

frente³

³ = front.

Ex: Present auguries on the resource front are not good.

* frente cálido = warm front.

* frente de altas presiones = ridge of high pressure.

* frente de bajas presiones = ridge of low pressure.

* frente de batalla, el = battlefront, the.

* frente de guerra, el = war front, the.

* frente de investigación = research front.

* frente frío = cold front.

* frente glacial = cold front.

* frente metereológico = weather front.

* frente occidental, el = Western Front, the.

* hacer un frente común = stand up as + one.

* presentar un frente común = present + common front.

frente⁴

= against.

Ex: Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.

* en frente = ahead, in front.

* en frente de = in front of.

* frente a = opposite, versus (vs - abreviatura), outside, in the face of.

* frente a la playa = beachfront.

* frente al mar = on the seafront, seafront, beachfront.

* frente al océano = oceanfront.

* hacer frente = combat, come to + terms with, contain, address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on, engage.

* hacer frente a = confront, deal with, face, face up to, meet, cope with, stand up to, brave, breast, address.

* hacer frente a deudas = meet + debts.

* hacer frente a gastos = meet + expenses.

* hacer frente a la delincuencia = tackle + crime.

* hacer frente a la inflación = combat + inflation.

* hacer frente a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + (up to) the fact that, face + reality.

* hacer frente a la realidad (de que) = face + the truth (that).

* hacer frente a las diferencias = face + differences.

* hacer frente a la situación = tackle + situation.

* hacer frente a la vida = cope.

* hacer frente al cambio = manage + change.

* hacer frente al futuro = face up to + the future.

* hacer frente al hecho de que = face + (up to) the fact that.

* hacer frente a los elementos = brave + the elements.

* hacer frente a los hechos = face + facts.

* hacer frente a tiempos difíciles = cope with + difficult times.

* hacer frente a una amenaza = address + threat.

* hacer frente a una crisis = face + crisis, meet + crisis.

* hacer frente a una incertidumbre = meet + uncertainty.

* hacer frente a una necesidad = meet + need, serve + need.

* hacer frente a una responsabilidad = meet + responsibility, face up to + responsibility.

* hacer frente a un cambio = meet + change.

* hacer frente a un gasto = meet + cost.

* hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.

* hacer frente a un reto = rise (up) to + challenge, confront + challenge, meet + challenge, embrace + challenge.

* superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.

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frente¹

feminine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

forehead, brow ( liter)

arrugó la frente extrañada she gave a puzzled frown, she knitted her brow in puzzlement

tiene la frente despejada or ancha he has a broad forehead

con la frente bien alta or en alto or levantada with one's head held high

frente²

masculine

A

1 (de un edificio) front, facade ( frml)

unos reflectores iluminaban todo el frente the whole facade was lit up by spotlights

pintaron el frente de la casa they painted the front of the house

hacer(le) frente a algo/algn to face up to sth/sb

hay que hacer frente a la realidad you must face up to reality

le hizo frente a la vida por sus propios medios she stood on her own two feet

no puede hacer frente a sus obligaciones he is unable to meet his obligations

2 ( en locs):

al frente: dio un paso al frente she took a step forward, she stepped forward one pace

la Orquesta Sinfónica, con López Morán al frente the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by o under the direction of López Morán

desfilaron llevando al frente el emblema de la paz they marched behind the symbol of peace

vive al frente ( Chi); she lives opposite

cruzó al frente para no saludarme ( Chi); he crossed the road to avoid speaking to me

pasar al frente ( AmL); to come/go up to the front

al frente de: están al frente de la clasificación they are at the top of the table, they lead o head the division

iba al frente de la patrulla he was leading the patrol

puso a su hija al frente de la empresa he put his daughter in charge of the company

de frente: los dos vehículos chocaron de frente the two vehicles crashed head on

una foto de frente a full-face photo

no entra de frente it won't go in front on o frontways

de frente a ( AmL); facing

se puso de frente a la clase she stood facing the class

frente a opposite

viven justo frente a mi casa they live directly opposite me

se detuvo frente al museo he stopped in front of o opposite the museum

el hotel está frente al mar the hotel faces the sea

estamos frente a un grave problema we are faced with a serious problem, we have a serious problem on our hands

se tomarán medidas frente al grave problema de la droga measures will be taken to confront the serious drug problem

se mantiene estable frente al dólar it is holding up o remaining stable against the dollar

hay 150, frente a las 120 del año pasado there are 150, compared to o as against 120 last year

frente a frente face to face

cuando estuvimos frente a frente no supimos qué decir when we met face to face we didn't know what to say to each other

le dije frente a frente lo que pensaba de él I told him to his face what I thought of him

frente por frente: la iglesia y el colegio están frente por frente the church and the school are right o directly opposite each other

B

1 ( Meteo) front

2 (en una guerra) front

sin novedad en el frente (fr hecha, hum); all quiet on that front ( colloq hum)

han convertido las aulas en un frente de contiendas políticas they have turned the classrooms into political battlegrounds

un frente de acción contra la droga a campaign to combat drugs

3 ( Pol) (agrupación) front

pertenece al frente de liberación she belongs to the liberation front

hacer (un) frente común to form a united front

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frente sustantivo femenino
forehead, brow (liter);
◊ arrugar la frente to frown

■ sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( de edificio) front, facade (frml);

◊ hacer(le) frente a algo (a la realidad, una responsabilidad) to face up to sth;

(a gastos, obligaciones) to meet sth;
◊ hacerle frente a algn (a enemigo, atacante) to face sb

b) ( en locs)

◊ al frente: dar un paso al frente to take a step forward;

vive al frente (Chi) she lives opposite;
estar al frente de algo ( de una clasificación) to be at the top of sth;

( de una empresa) to be in charge of sth;
◊ de frente ‹ chocar› head on;

una foto de frente a full-face photo;
de frente a (AmL) facing;
frente a opposite;
estamos frente a un grave problema we are faced with a serious problem
2 (Meteo, Mil, Pol) front
frente
I sustantivo masculino
1 front: los soldados se marchan al frente mañana, the soldiers are leaving for the front tomorrow
2 (fachada) front, facade: el frente del hotel da al Paseo del Prado, the front of the hotel faces the Paseo del Prado
II f Anat forehead
♦ Locuciones: hacer frente a algo, to face something, stand up to something
al frente de, at the head of
de frente, (hacia delante) ahead
(frontalmente) head-on
frente a, in front of, opposite
frente a frente, face-to-face
tener dos dedos de frente, to have common sense
' frente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrugarse
- copete
- dedo
- desafiar
- enfrentar
- escrita
- escrito
- fomento
- juramentar
- miliciana
- miliciano
- nacional
- penetrar
- salida
- salido
- saliente
- sudor
- testuz
- valor
- ante
- brecha
- chocar
- dar
- enjugar
- reaccionar
- recurrir
- rozar
- tomar
- tormenta
English:
brow
- collide
- confront
- cushion
- dissenter
- face
- forehead
- front
- head-on
- mop
- music
- off
- opposite
- pucker
- self-conscious
- shortfall
- stand up
- thick
- across
- amenable
- brave
- cover
- forefront
- give
- hard
- head
- lose
- meet
- picket
- present
- stand
- straight
- trickle

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frente

♦ nf

forehead;

arrugar la frente to knit one's brow, to frown;

frente a frente face to face;

Comp

ir con la frente muy alta to hold one's head high

♦ nm

1. [parte delantera] front;

el frente de la casa está pintado de amarillo the front of the house is painted yellow;

que den un paso al frente los voluntarios could the volunteers please step forward?;

su hermano está al frente de la compañía her brother is in charge of the company;

marchaba al frente de los manifestantes she was marching at the front of o leading the demonstration;

el Académico sigue al frente de la liga Académico are still top of the league;
Am
pasar al frente [en clase] to come to the front of the class [to recite a lesson];

de frente [hacia delante] forwards;
[uno contra otro] head-on;
chocaron de frente they collided head-on, they were involved in a head-on collision;

me encontré de frente con él I found myself face to face with him;

abordar un problema de frente to tackle a problem head-on;
Am
de frente a facing;

se puso de frente a la casa he stood facing the house;

hay una panadería en frente there's a baker's opposite;

en frente de mi casa opposite my house;

frente a [enfrente de] opposite;

se encuentra frente a él she's opposite him

2. Mil front;

murió en el frente he died on the front;

hacer o [m5] formar frente común to make common cause

Comp
frente de batalla battlefront
3. Meteo front

Comp
frente cálido warm front;
frente frío cold front

4. [grupo, organización] front

Comp
Frente Amplio = coalition of left-wing Uruguayan political parties;
frente popular popular front;

Frente Sandinista (de Liberación Nacional) Sandinista (National Liberation) Front

5.
hacer frente a algo [enfrentarse a algo] to face up to sth, to tackle sth;

hicieron frente a la situación they faced up to the situation;

hacer frente a un problema to tackle a problem

♦ prep

1 [de cara a]
estamos frente a una revolución científica we are facing a scientific revolution;

frente a la injusticia es necesario actuar we must act to combat injustice;

frente a las duras críticas de la oposición… in the face of harsh criticism from the opposition…

2 [en contraste con]
frente al cielo nublado de ayer, hoy tendremos sol unlike yesterday, when it was cloudy, today it will be sunny;

frente a los habitantes de la costa, los del interior… compared to people who live on the coast, those who live inland…

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frente

I f forehead;

con la frente alta/erguida fig with (one’s) head held high;

lo lleva escrito en la frente fig it’s written all over him

II m

1 MIL, METEO front

2 en locuciones

:

de frente colisión head-on;

de frente al grupo L.Am. facing the group;

foto de frente head and shoulders photograph;

frente a frente fig face to face;

estar al frente de algo head sth, lead sth;

hacer frente a situación face up to; deudas meet, be able to pay;

ponte más al frente move further forward, move closer to the front;

ponerse al frente de la situación fig take charge (of the situation)

III prp

:

frente a opposite;

estar frente a crisis be faced with, be facing

* * *

frente nm

1) : front

al frente de: at the head of

en frente: in front, opposite

2) : facade

3) : front line, sphere of activity

4) : front (in meteorology)

frente frío: cold front

5)

hacer frente a : to face up to, to brave

frente nf

1) : forehead, brow

2)

frente a frente : face to face

* * *

frente n

1. (en meteorología, guerra) front

un frente frío a cold front

2. (de la cara) forehead

tiene la frente amplia he has a high forehead

al frente (hacia delante) forward (al mando) in charge

de frente head on

hacer frente a algo to face up to something

hacer frente a alguien to stand up to somebody [pt. & pp. stood]

Spanish-English dictionary > frente
4 rapport

rapport [ʀapɔʀ]

1. masculine noun

   a. ( = lien, corrélation) connection

• établir un rapport entre deux incidents to establish a connection between two incidents

• avoir un certain rapport avec qch to have some connection with sth

• avoir rapport à qch to be connected with sth

• n'avoir aucun rapport avec or être sans rapport avec qch to have no connection with sth

• les deux incidents n'ont aucun rapport the two incidents are not connected

• je ne vois pas le rapport I don't see the connection

► rapport à (inf) about

• je viens vous voir rapport à votre annonce (inf) I've come (to see you) about your advertisement► en rapport

• être en rapport avec qch ( = lié) to be in keeping with sth

• un poste en rapport avec ses goûts a job in line with his tastes

• son train de vie n'est pas en rapport avec son salaire his lifestyle doesn't match his salary

• être en rapport avec qn ( = en contact) to be in touch with sb

• nous n'avons jamais été en rapport avec cette société we have never had any dealings with that company

• se mettre en rapport avec qn to get in touch with sb

• mettre qn en rapport avec qn d'autre to put sb in touch with sb else► par rapport à ( = comparé à) in comparison with ; ( = en fonction de) in relation to ; ( = envers) with respect to

• le cours de la livre par rapport à l'euro the price of the pound against the euro

   b. ( = relation personnelle) relationship (à, avec with)

• rapports relations

• rapports sociaux/humains social/human relations

• les rapports d'amitié entre les deux peuples the friendly relations between the two nations

• les rapports entre professeurs et étudiants relations between teachers and students

• son rapport à l'argent est bizarre he has a strange relationship with money

• avoir or entretenir de bons/mauvais rapports avec qn to be on good/bad terms with sb

   c. rapport (sexuel) sexual intercourse uncount

• avoir des rapports (sexuels) to have sex

• rapports protégés safe sex

• rapports non protégés unprotected sex

   d. ( = exposé, compte rendu) report

• rapport de police police report

   e. ( = revenu, profit) return

• rapports [de tiercé] winnings

• être d'un bon rapport to give a good return

   f. (Mathematics, technical) ratio

• le rapport qualité-prix the quality-price ratio

• il y a un bon rapport qualité-prix it's good value for money

   g. ( = aspect) jeune homme bien sous tous rapports (humorous) clean-living young man

2. compounds

► rapport de forces ( = équilibre) balance of power ; ( = conflit) power struggle

* * *
ʀapɔʀ
1.

nom masculin

1) ( lien) connection, link

faire/établir le rapport entre — to make/to establish the connection ou link between

avoir rapport à quelque chose — to have something to do with something

être sans rapport avec — to bear no relation to

n'avoir aucun rapport avec — to have nothing to do with, to have no connection with

les deux événements sont sans rapport — the two events are unrelated ou unconnected

je ne vois pas le rapport! — I don't see the connection!

un emploi en rapport avec tes goûts — a job suited to ou that matches your interests

rapport de cause à effet — relation of cause and effect

2) ( relations)

rapports — relations ( entre between)

avoir or entretenir de bons/mauvais rapports avec quelqu'un — to be on good/bad terms with somebody

il a des rapports difficiles avec sa mère — he has a difficult relationship with his mother

3) ( contact)

être/se mettre en rapport avec quelqu'un — to be/to get in touch with somebody

nous sommes en rapport avec d'autres entreprises — we have dealings with other companies

mettre des gens en rapport — to put people in touch with each other

4) ( point de vue)

sous tous les rapports — in every respect

il est bien sous tous (les) rapports — he's a decent person in every way

5) ( compte rendu) report

6) Armée daily briefing ( with roll-call)

7) ( rendement) return, yield; ( de pari)

les rapports — the winnings (de on)

investissement d'un bon rapport — investment that offers a good return ou yield

être en plein rapport — [arbres, terres] to be in full yield

8) Mathématique, Technologie ratio

le rapport hommes/femmes est de trois contre un — the ratio of men to women is three to one

bon/mauvais rapport qualité prix — good/poor value for money

2.

par rapport à locution prépositive

1) ( comparé à) compared with

par rapport au dollar — against the dollar

2) ( en fonction de)

le nombre de voitures par rapport au nombre d'habitants — the number of cars per head of the population

un changement par rapport à la position habituelle du parti — a departure from the usual party line

3) ( vis-à-vis de) with regard to, toward(s)

l'attitude de la population par rapport à l'immigration — people's attitudes (pl) to immigration

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Phrasal Verbs:

- rapport de force

- rapports sexuels

- avoir des rapports

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ʀapɔʀ nm
1) (= compte rendu) report

Il a écrit un rapport. — He wrote a report.

2) (= lien) connection, link

Il y a un rapport évident entre ces faits. — There's an obvious connection between these events., There's an obvious link between these events.

le rapport entre criminalité et niveau de vie — the link between criminality and living standards

Je ne vois pas le rapport. — I don't see the connection.

par rapport à (= comparé à) — in relation to, (= à propos de) with regard to

sous le rapport de (point de vue) — from the point of view of

sous le rapport de la fiabilité — from the point of view of reliability

sous tous (les) rapports — in all respects

avoir rapport à — to have something to do with, to concern

être en rapport avec qch (conformité) — to be in keeping with sth

3) (= proportion) MATHÉMATIQUE, TECHNIQUE ratio

le rapport prix/surface — the price/area ratio

dans un rapport de 1 à 10 — in a ratio of 1 to 10

4) (= relation) (entre personnes, pays) relationship

Ils ont de bons rapports. — They have a good relationship.

les rapports humains — human relationships

être en rapport avec qn — to be in touch with sb

se mettre en rapport avec qn — to get in touch with sb

5) (rapport sexuel) intercourse

rapport sexuel — sexual intercourse

Ont-ils eu des rapports? — Have they had sexual relations?

des rapports protégés — safe sex

6) (= profit) yield, return

des obligations de bon rapport — bonds with a good return, bonds with a high yield

immeuble de rapport — investment property

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rapport

A nm

1 ( lien) connection, link; faire/établir le rapport entre to make/to establish the connection ou link between; avoir rapport à qch to have something to do with sth; être sans rapport avec to bear no relation to; n'avoir aucun rapport avec to have nothing to do with, to have no connection with; les deux événements sont sans rapport (entre eux) the two events are unrelated ou unconnected; il y a un rapport étroit entre ces deux phénomènes there is a close connection between the two phenomena; je ne vois pas le rapport! I don't see the connection!; il n'y a aucun rapport de parenté entre eux they're not related; un emploi/salaire en rapport avec mes qualifications a job/salary appropriate to ou that matches my qualifications; un emploi en rapport avec tes goûts a job suited to ou that matches your interests; il faut que la peine soit en rapport avec le délit the punishment must fit the crime; rapport de cause à effet relation of cause and effect; rapport à◑ about, concerning; je viens vous voir rapport à mon augmentation I'm coming to see you about my rise GB ou raise US;

2 ( relations) rapports relations; rapport amicaux or d'amitié friendly relations; avoir or entretenir de bons/mauvais rapports avec qn to be on good/bad terms with sb; les rapports entre les deux pays sont tendus/amicaux relations between the two countries are strained/friendly; il a des rapports difficiles avec sa mère he has a difficult relationship with his mother; avoir des rapports○ euph to have intercourse ou sex;

3 ( contact) être en rapport avec qn to be in touch with sb; nous sommes en rapport avec d'autres entreprises we have dealings with other companies; se mettre en rapport avec qn to get in touch with sb; mettre des gens en rapport to put people in touch with each other;

4 ( point de vue) sous le rapport de from the point of view of; sous ce rapport in this respect; sous tous les rapports in every respect; il est bien sous tous (les) rapports he's a decent person in every way ou respect;

5 ( compte rendu) report; rapport officiel official report; rapport de police/commission d'enquête police/select committee report; rapport confidentiel confidential report; rédiger un rapport to draw up a report;

6 Mil daily briefing (with roll-call);

7 ( rendement) return, yield; ( de pari) les rapports the winnings (de on); investissement d' un bon rapport investment that offers a good return or yield; produire un rapport de 4% to produce a return ou yield of 4%; immeuble de rapport block of flats GB ou apartment block US that is rented out; être en plein rapport [arbres, terres] to be in full yield;

8 Math, Tech ratio; dans un rapport de 1 à 10 in a ratio of 1 to 10; le rapport hommes/femmes est de trois contre un the ratio of men to women is three to one; bon/mauvais rapport qualité prix good/poor value for money; changer de rapport Aut, Mécan to change gear.

B par rapport à loc prép

1 ( comparé à) compared with, in comparison with; le chômage a augmenté par rapport à l'an dernier unemployment increased compared with last year; il est généreux/petit par rapport à son frère he's generous/small compared with his brother; par rapport au dollar/mark against the dollar/German mark;

2 ( en fonction de) le nombre de voitures par rapport au nombre d'habitants the number of cars in relation to the number of inhabitants; un angle de 40° par rapport à la verticale an angle of 40° to the vertical; un changement par rapport à la position habituelle du parti a change from the usual party line;

3 ( vis-à-vis de) with regard to, toward(s); notre position par rapport à ce problème our position with regard to this problem; l'attitude de la population par rapport à l'immigration people's attitude toward(s) immigration.

Composés

rapport d'engrenage Aut, Mécan gear ratio; rapport de force ( équilibre) balance of power; ( lutte) power struggle; ils veulent créer un rapport de force en leur faveur they want to tilt the balance of power in their favour^GB; je rêve d'une relation sans rapport de force I dream of a relationship free of any power struggle; rapports sexuels sexual relations.

[rapɔr] nom masculin

1. [compte rendu - généralement] report

MILITAIRE briefing

faire un rapport sur les conditions de travail to report on working conditions

rapport détaillé item-by-item report, full rundown

rapport annuel annual report

rapport d'expert audit report

rapport financier annual (financial) report ou statement

rapport de police police report

rapport quotidien MILITAIRE (daily) briefing

rapport de recherche research paper

au rapport!

a. (sens propre) read!

b. (figuré & humoristique) let's hear it then!

2. [profit] profit

il vit du rapport de son capital he lives on the income from his investments

d'un bon rapport profitable

cette terre est d'un bon rapport this land gives a good yield

3. [ratio] ratio

dans le rapport de 1 à 5 in a ratio of 1 to 5

rapport du changement de vitesse AUTOMOBILE gear ratio

rapport profit-ventes profit-volume ou profit-to-volume ratio

rapport qualité-prix

a. [généralement] value for money

b. COMMERCE quality-price ratio

c'est d'un bon rapport qualité-prix it's good value for money

rapport signal-bruit signal-to-noise ratio

4. [relation] connection, link

n'avoir aucun rapport avec quelque chose to have no connection with ou to bear no relation to something

son dernier album n'a aucun rapport avec les précédents her latest record is nothing like her earlier ones

c'est sans rapport avec le sujet that's beside the point, that's irrelevant

je ne vois pas le rapport I don't see the connection

où est le rapport? what's that got to do with it?

mais ça n'a aucun rapport! but that's got nothing to do with it!

cette décision n'est pas sans rapport avec les récents événements this decision isn't totally unconnected with recent events

rapport de forces: le rapport de forces entre les deux pays the balance of power between the two countries

il y a un rapport de forces entre eux they are always trying to see who can get the upper hand

5. DROIT

rapport à succession hotchpot

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rapports nom masculin pluriel

[relations] relationship, relations

nous n'avons plus de rapports avec cette société we no longer deal with that company

entretenir de bons rapports avec quelqu'un to be on good terms with somebody

rapports sexuels (sexual) intercourse

avoir des rapports (avec quelqu'un) to have sex (with somebody)

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de rapport locution adjectivale

→ link=immeuble immeuble

en rapport avec locution prépositionnelle

1. [qui correspond à] in keeping with

2. [en relation avec]

mettre quelqu'un en rapport avec quelqu'un to put somebody in touch with somebody

mettre quelque chose en rapport avec to link something to

se mettre en rapport avec quelqu'un to get in touch ou contact with somebody

par rapport à locution prépositionnelle

1. [en ce qui concerne] regarding

2. [comparativement à] compared with, in comparison to

on constate un retrait de l'euro par rapport aux autres monnaies européennes the euro has dropped sharply against other European currencies

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sous le rapport de locution prépositionnelle

as regards

sous ce rapport in this respect

sous tous (les) rapports locution adverbiale

in every respect

‘jeune homme bien sous tous rapports’ ‘respectable young man’

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > rapport
5 rivalutazione

f revaluation

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rivalutazione s.f. reassessment; revaluation, appreciation, re-appraisal: rivalutazione della situazione, re-appraisal of the situation // (fin.): rivalutazione di una moneta, currency appreciation; la rivalutazione dell'euro rispetto al dollaro, the revaluation of the euro against the dollar // (econ.): rivalutazione delle attività, revaluation (o right up) of assets; rivalutazione degli stipendi, rise in salaries; rivalutazione delle scorte, inventory revaluation.

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[rivalutat'tsjone]
sostantivo femminile

1) (nuova valutazione) revaluation

2) econ. revaluation, revalorization

la rivalutazione dell'euro sul dollaro — the revaluation of the euro against the dollar

una rivalutazione dei salari del 3% — a 3% wage increase

3) fig. reappraisal, reassessment

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rivalutazione

/rivalutat'tsjone/

sostantivo f.

1 (nuova valutazione) revaluation

2 econ. revaluation, revalorization; la rivalutazione dell'euro sul dollaro the revaluation of the euro against the dollar; una rivalutazione dei salari del 3% a 3% wage increase

3 fig. reappraisal, reassessment.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > rivalutazione
6 elevarse

elevarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (subir) to rise (up)

■ el humo se elevaba the smoke was rising up

2 (alcanzar) to reach

■ se eleva hasta el techo it reaches the ceiling

3 (erguirse, levantarse) to stand

■ allí se elevaba la catedral there stood the cathedral

4 (sumar) to amount to, come to

■ los gastos se elevan a cuarenta euros the expenses amount to forty euros

5 figurado (engreírse) to become conceited

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to rise

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VPR

1) (=erguirse) [montaña, edificio] to rise

la cordillera se eleva 2.500m sobre el nivel del mar — the mountain range rises to 2,500m above sea level

el rascacielos se eleva por encima del parque — the skyscraper soars o rises above the park

2) (=estar situado) to stand

en la plaza se eleva la iglesia — the church stands in the square

3) (=ascender) [humo] to rise; [avión] to climb

el humo se elevaba hacia el cielo — the smoke rose into the sky

el avión se elevó hasta 7.800 metros — the plane climbed to 7,800 metres

el balón se elevó por encima de la portería — the ball went over the top of the goal

4) (=aumentar) to rise, increase

si se le eleva la fiebre — if his temperature rises o increases

en el interior de la cámara la temperatura se eleva tres grados más — inside the chamber the temperature rises o increases by three degrees

5) (=alcanzar)

elevarse a — [cifra, cantidad] to stand at, amount to; [temperatura] to be, reach

la cifra de heridos se eleva ya a 300 — the number of the injured now stands at 300 o is now 300

la temperatura se elevó a 40 grados — the temperature reached 40 degrees

6) [en estilo]

el tono de la obra se eleva al final — the tone of the work becomes loftier o more elevated at the end

7) (=enajenarse) to go into raptures

8) (=envanecerse) to get conceited

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(v.) = soar, tower above/over

Ex. With manuscript prices soaring on the open market, the government has introduced tax incentives to encourage donations.

Ex. Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.

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(v.) = soar, tower above/over

Ex: With manuscript prices soaring on the open market, the government has introduced tax incentives to encourage donations.

Ex: Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.

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■elevarse verbo reflexivo
1 (levantarse del suelo) to rise: el globo se elevó sin dificultad, the ballon gained height easily
2 (alzarse) to stand: el castillo se eleva sobre la cumbre, the castle stands on the summit 3 elevar a, (cantidad) to amount o come to
' elevarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
elevar
English:
rise
- spring up
- soar
- total

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vpr

1. [subir] to rise;

el globo se elevó por los aires the balloon rose into the air;

el avión comenzó a elevarse the plane began to climb;

elevarse a [altura] to reach

2. [edificio, montaña] to rise up

3. [aumentar] [precio, temperatura] to increase, to go up;

el peso se ha elevado con respecto al dólar the peso has risen against the dollar;

elevarse a [gastos, daños] to amount o come to;

el número de muertos se eleva ya a treinta the number of dead has now risen to thirty

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elevarse

v/r

1 rise

2 de monumento stand

3

:

elevarse a de cantidad, número etc stand at, have reached

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vr

: to rise

Spanish-English dictionary > elevarse
7 revalorizarse

revalorizarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (moneda) to revalue; (precio) to appreciate, go up in value

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VPR [divisa] to rise; [mercancía] to rise in value

el euro se ha revalorizado frente a la libra — the euro has risen against the pound

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■revalorizarse verbo reflexivo to go up in value
' revalorizarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
revalorizar

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vpr

1. [aumentar de valor] to appreciate

2. [moneda] to be revalued;

la libra se revalorizó frente al dólar the pound rose against the dollar

3. [recuperar valor] to be reassessed favourably;

un artista que se ha revalorizado en los últimos años an artist who has undergone a favourable reappraisal in recent years

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revalorizarse

v/r appreciate (en by), increase in value (en by)

Spanish-English dictionary > revalorizarse
8 s'apprécier

apʀesje vpr/pass
[monnaie] to rise

Pendant cette période, l'euro s'est apprécié de 8,4% par rapport au dollar. — During this period the euro has risen 8.4% against the dollar.

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > s'apprécier
9 valor

intj.

cheer up.

m.

1 value.

de valor valuable

joyas por valor de… jewels worth…

sin valor worthless

tener valor to be valuable; (ser valioso) to be valid (ser válido)

tiene valor sentimental it is of sentimental value

sin el sello oficial carece de o no tiene valor it is not valid without the official seal

valor adquisitivo purchasing power

valor añadido added value (Am)

valor agregado added value (Am)

valor comercial commercial value

valor nominal face o nominal value

valor nutritivo nutritional value

2 value (math & music).

3 importance (importancia).

su opinión es de enorme valor para nosotros her opinion is of great value o importance to us

dar valor a to give o attach importance to

quitar valor a algo to take away from something, to diminish the importance of something

4 bravery, courage.

armarse de valor to pluck up one's courage

5 cheek, nerve (desvergüenza).

tener el valor de hacer algo to have the cheek o nerve to do something

6 asset, security.

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valor

► nombre masculino

1 (valía) value, worth, merit

■ una persona de gran valor a person of great merit

2 (precio) price

3 (validez) value

■ estas monedas dejarán de tener valor muy pronto these coins will soon be of no value

4 (importancia) importance

5 (coraje) courage, valour (US valor)

6 (desvergüenza) cheek, nerve

■ tuvo valor para pedirle más she had the nerve to ask him for more

7 (talento) talent

■ es un actor de gran valor he's a very talented actor

8 MATEMÁTICAS value

► nombre masculino plural valores

1 FINANZAS securities, bonds

2 (principios) values

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armarse de valor to pluck up courage

dar valor a algo to attach importance to something

de valor valuable

por el valor de to the value of

■ artículos por el valor de mil libras goods to the value of a thousand pounds

¡qué valor! what a nerve!

quitar valor a algo to reduce the value of something

sin valor / sin ningún valor worthless

valor adquisitivo purchasing power

valor alimenticio food value, nutritional value

valor de mercado market value

valor nominal (de cheque) face value

valores en cartera investments

valores inmuebles real estate sing

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noun m.

1) value, worth

2) courage, heart, nerve

•

- valores

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SM

1) (Com, Econ) value

¿cuál es el valor real de ese cuadro? — what's this painting worth in real terms?, what's the real value of this painting?

un documento de gran valor — a very valuable document, a document of great value

objetos de incalculable valor — priceless objects

billetes de pequeño valor — small-denomination notes

el contrato fue declarado nulo y sin valor — the contract was declared null and void

el valor del cheque no es correcto — the amount on the cheque is not correct

•de valor — [joya, obra] valuable

• objetos de valor — valuables

• por valor de — to the value of

importaciones por valor de un millón de dólares — imports to the value of one million dollars

un cheque por valor de 500 euros — a cheque for the sum of o to the value of 500 euros

ha habido pérdidas por valor de diez millones de euros — there have been losses of ten million euros

valor adquisitivo — purchasing power

valor a la par — par value

valor añadido — added value

valor catastral — rateable value

valor comercial — commercial value

valor contable — asset value

valor de cambio — exchange value

valor de compra — purchasing power

valor de desecho — salvage value

valor de escasez — scarcity value

valor de mercado — market value

valor de rescate — surrender value

valor desglosado — break-up value

valor de sustitución — replacement value

valor de uso — use value

valor en bolsa — stock market value

valor en libros — book value

valor estrella — blue-chip stock, blue-chip share

valor facial — face value, denomination

valor nominal — nominal value

valor por defecto — default value

valor según balance — book value

2) (=importancia) value

una composición de indudable valor musical — a composition of undoubted musical value

una pintura de gran valor artístico — a painting of great artistic merit o value

este anillo tiene un gran valor para mí — this ring means a great deal to me, this ring is very valuable to me

• dar valor a algo, lo que le da valor musical a este trabajo es su originalidad — it is the originality of this work that gives it its musical worth o value

no dábamos valor a nuestro patrimonio — we didn't value our heritage highly enough

no le di valor a sus palabras — I didn't attach any importance to what he said

• quitar valor a algo — to minimize the importance of sth

valor alimenticio — nutritional value, food value

valor calorífico — calorific value

valor nutritivo — nutritional value

valor sentimental — sentimental value

3) pl valores

a) (=principios) values

los valores morales de la sociedad occidental — the moral values of Western society
escala 1), juicio 3)
b) (Econ) (=títulos) securities, stocks, bonds

valores de renta fija — fixed-interest securities

valores de renta variable — variable-yield securities

valores en cartera — holdings

valores fiduciarios — fiduciary issue [sing], banknotes

valores habidos — investments

valores inmuebles — real estate [sing]

4) (=persona famosa) star

uno de los nuevos valores del cine español — one of the rising stars of Spanish cinema

5) (=validez) validity

• tener valor — to be valid

este documento ya no tiene valor — this document is no longer valid

6) (en una escala) level

las temperaturas han alcanzado valores superiores a los normales — temperatures have reached higher than normal levels

se han medido valores de 80 litros por metro cúbico — levels of 80 litres per cubic metre have been recorded

7) (Mat) value

valor absoluto — absolute value

8) (Mús) value

el valor de una blanca es de dos negras — a minim is worth two crotchets

9) (=coraje) bravery, courage

el valor de los soldados — the bravery o courage of the soldiers

le dieron una medalla al valor — he was awarded a medal for bravery

no tuve valor para decírselo — I didn't have the courage to tell her

• armarse de valor — to pluck up (the) courage

valor cívico — (sense of) civic duty

10) * (=descaro) nerve *

¿cómo puedes tener el valor de negarlo? — how do you have the nerve to deny it? *

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masculino

Sentido I

1)

a) (Com, Fin) value

libros por valor de $150 — books to the value of $150

droga por (un) valor de... — drugs worth o with a value of...

objetos de valor — valuables

b) (importancia, mérito) value

valor artístico — artistic merit

valor sentimental — sentimental value

su palabra tiene un gran valor para mí — I set great store by what he says

¿qué valor tiene si lo copió? — what merit is there in it if he copied it?

c) ( validez) validity

sin la firma no tiene ningún valor — it's not valid without the signature

- valor adquisitivo

- valor alimenticio or nutritivo

- valor añadido

- valor nominal

2) valores masculino plural (Econ, Fin) securities (pl), stocks (pl), shares (pl)

3) ( persona)

los valores del tenis — the tennis stars

los nuevos valores de nuestra música — our up-and-coming musicians

4) valores masculino plural ( principios morales) values (pl)

Sentido II

5) (coraje, valentía) courage

me faltó valor — I didn't have the courage

hay que tener valor para hacer algo así — it takes courage to do a thing like that

armarse de valor — to pluck up courage

6) (fam) (descaro, desvergüenza) nerve (colloq)

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masculino

Sentido I

1)

a) (Com, Fin) value

libros por valor de $150 — books to the value of $150

droga por (un) valor de... — drugs worth o with a value of...

objetos de valor — valuables

b) (importancia, mérito) value

valor artístico — artistic merit

valor sentimental — sentimental value

su palabra tiene un gran valor para mí — I set great store by what he says

¿qué valor tiene si lo copió? — what merit is there in it if he copied it?

c) ( validez) validity

sin la firma no tiene ningún valor — it's not valid without the signature

- valor adquisitivo

- valor alimenticio or nutritivo

- valor añadido

- valor nominal

2) valores masculino plural (Econ, Fin) securities (pl), stocks (pl), shares (pl)

3) ( persona)

los valores del tenis — the tennis stars

los nuevos valores de nuestra música — our up-and-coming musicians

4) valores masculino plural ( principios morales) values (pl)

Sentido II

5) (coraje, valentía) courage

me faltó valor — I didn't have the courage

hay que tener valor para hacer algo así — it takes courage to do a thing like that

armarse de valor — to pluck up courage

6) (fam) (descaro, desvergüenza) nerve (colloq)

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valor¹

¹ = courage, guts, spunk, bravery.

Ex: In this novel the central themes are courage and cowardice and what these are.

Ex: Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.

Ex: In her youth, as in her adult years, she was a person with spunk.

Ex: Contributing to the problem are the harsh desert environment, & a society based on patriarchy, in which a code of honor, esprit de corps, & bravery takes precedence over intelligence & culture.

* armarse de valor = muster (up) + (the) courage, pluck up + courage, nerve + Reflexivo, gather up + courage.

* con valor = valiantly.

* demostrar + Posesivo + valor = prove + Posesivo + value, prove + Posesivo + worth, prove + Reflexivo, show + Posesivo + worth, prove + Posesivo + courage.

* echar valor = pluck up + courage, muster (up) + (the) courage, gather up + courage.

* falta de valor = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* hacerse de valor = muster (up) + (the) courage.

* perder el valor = lose + Posesivo + nerve.

* tener el valor = have + the courage.

* tener el valor de = have + the guts to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener valor = pluck up + courage, gather up + courage.

valor²

² = attribute value, esteem, value, value, worth, worthiness, goodness.

Ex: Others have used possibility distributions for representing fuzzily known or incompletely known attribute values.

Ex: The two cases perhaps indicate the beginning of attitudinal changes in awards administrators which will give parity of esteem to information-driven programmes.

Ex: A good initial value for this field will start the system off with a good guess so that claims for missing issues are not unreasonable at the beginning.

Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.

Ex: The circulation of large numbers of books regardless of their worth to multitudes of people is no better criterion of mental health than is the profitable sale of quack medicines evidence of bodily health.

Ex: Another goal of terrorism is to demonstrate to terrorists their own worthiness and thus to claim a sort of moral victory over their enemies.

Ex: Measurement in and of itself is neutral and cannot indicate ' goodness' or 'badness' = La medición en sí misma es neutral y no puede indicar lo bueno o malo que algo es.

* adición de valor = value adding.

* adquirir un valor añadido = take on + added weight.

* asignar valor a = attach + value to.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* bolsa de valores = stock exchange, stock market, share market.

* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

* cadena de valores = value chain.

* carecer de valor = have + a hollow ring.

* carente de valor = worthless.

* centrado en los valores = value-driven.

* código de valores = code of values.

* conflicto de valores = conflict of values.

* con juicio de valor = value-loaded.

* conjunto de valores = set of values.

* contabilidad de valores devengados = accrual accounting.

* con valores difusos = fuzzy-valued.

* conversión en valor monetario = monetisation [monetization, -USA].

* convertido en valor monetario = monetised [monetized, -pl.].

* convertir en valor monetario = monetise [monetize, -USA].

* dar mucho valor a Algo = value + Nombre + highly.

* dar valor = imbue with + value.

* de gran valor = highly valued, highly valuable.

* de gran valor histórico = of great historical value.

* de incalculable valor = priceless.

* de poco valor = a dime a dozen.

* descomposición por valores simples = singular value decomposition.

* de valor = of value.

* de valor añadido = value-added, value-adding.

* de valor equiparable = of comparable worth.

* de valor incalculable = invaluable.

* disminuir el valor de = belittle.

* edificio de valor histórico = heritage-listed building.

* emitir un juicio de valor = exercise + value judgment, pass + value judgement.

* enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.

* escala de valores = graded range, set of values.

* establecer valores = establish + values.

* falta de valor = worthlessness.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* hacer prevaler las ideas y valores de uno mismo = assert + own ideas and values.

* hacer que tenga más valor = put + a premium on.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de igual valor = equal pay for equal work.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for comparable work.

* impuesto sobre el valor añadido (IVA) = value added tax (VAT).

* juicio de valor = value judgement.

* mercado de valores = stock market, share market.

* método del Valor de Discriminación (DV) = Discrimination Value model (DV).

* minar los valores tradicionales = undermine + traditional values.

* no tener valor = be valueless.

* nuevo valor = newcomer.

* objeto de valor = valuable.

* objeto de valor cultural = cultural valuable.

* objetos de valor = valuables.

* perder valor = lose + Posesivo + value.

* pérdida de valor = devaluation, loss of value.

* pez de valor = game fish.

* por valor de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* quitar el valor = render + valueless.

* quitar valor = devalue, deflate.

* reducir el valor = reduce + value.

* regla del valor literal = face value rule.

* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.

* ser de un valor especial = be of particular value.

* servicios de red de valor añadido (VANS) = value added network services (VANS).

* sin valor = dummy, worthless, valueless, drossy.

* sistema de valores = system of values, value system.

* sistema de valores personales = personal value system.

* sistema de valores sociales = social value system.

* tener poco valor = be of little value.

* tener un valor especial = be of particular value.

* tener valor = count.

* valor afectivo del servicio = affect of service.

* valor añadido = added benefit, added value.

* valor atípico = outlier.

* valor característico = eigenvalue.

* valor comercial = marketing value, commercial paper.

* valor cultural = cultural value.

* valor de la novedad = novelty value.

* valor de la propiedad = property value.

* valor de ley = force of law.

* valor de ordenación = filing value.

* valor de pertinencia = estimation of relevance.

* valor de predicción = predictive power.

* valor de retención = retention value.

* valor económico = monetary value, economic value, monetary worth.

* valor efectivo = cash value.

* valores = assets, ethos, equities, equity shares.

* valores agregados = value chain.

* valores añadidos = value chain.

* valores de la bolsa = stock prices, stock market quotations.

* valores familiares = family values.

* valor específico = weight, weighting.

* valores y normas de comportamiento de los miembros de una instutición = corporate culture.

* valor ético = ethical value.

* valor fundamental = asset.

* valor global = overall value.

* valor humano = human value.

* valor intrínsico = intrinsic worth.

* valor máximo = high-water mark.

* valor medicinal = medicinal value.

* valor medio = midrange, mean value.

* valor mínimo = low-water mark.

* valor monetario = monetary value, monetary worth.

* valor moral = moral value.

* valor numérico = numerical value.

* valor numérico exacto = crisp value.

* valor nutritivo = nutritional value, nutrient value.

* valor político = political value.

* valor por omisión = default value.

* valor positivo = virtue.

* valor representativo = eigenvalue.

* valor social = social value.

* VAN (red de valor añadido) = VAN (value added network).

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valor

masculine

Sentido I

A

1 ( Com, Fin) (de una moneda) value; (de un cuadro, una joya) value

dio a conocer el verdadero valor del collar he revealed the true value o worth of the necklace

un alijo de droga por (un) valor de 5.000 euros a consignment of drugs worth o with a value of 5,000 euros

libros por valor de $150 books to the value of $150 o $150 worth of books

el valor de las acciones ha bajado the value of the shares has dropped, the shares have fallen in value

no se llevaron ningún objeto de valor they didn't take any valuables o anything valuable

enseres de poco valor material things of little material o real value

2 (importancia, mérito) value

no tiene ningún valor artístico it has no artistic value o merit

valor sentimental sentimental value

su palabra tiene un gran valor para mí I set great store by his word

sus promesas no tienen ningún valor her promises are worthless

si no lleva la firma no tiene ningún valor it's worthless unless it's signed

¿qué valor tiene si lo copió? what merit is there in it if he copied it?

¿qué valor tiene que se lo sepa de memoria si no lo entiende? what's the use o good of her knowing it by heart if she doesn't understand it?

Compuestos:

● valor absoluto

absolute value

● valor adquisitivo

purchasing power

● valor alimenticio

food o nutritional value

● valor añadido

value added, added value

● valor catastral

value recorded in the land registry ( used for calculating property taxes)

● valor de cambio

exchange value

● valor de rescate

surrender value

● valor de uso

usage o practical value

● valor facial

face value

● valor nominal

par o nominal value

● valor nutritivo

food o nutritional value

● valor por defecto

( Inf) default value

● valor relativo

relative value

B valores mpl ( Econ, Fin) securities (pl), stocks (pl), shares (pl)

Compuestos:

● valores de renta fija

mpl fixed yield securities (pl)

● valores de renta variable

mpl variable yield securities (pl)

C

1 ( Mat) (de una incógnita) value

2 ( Mús) (de una nota) value, length

D

(persona): uno de los jóvenes valores de nuestro tenis one of our young tennis stars

los nuevos valores de nuestra música our up-and-coming musicians

E valores mpl (principios morales) values (pl)

escala or jerarquía de valores scale of values

Sentido II

A (coraje, valentía) courage

me faltó valor para decírselo I didn't have the courage to tell him

hay que tener valor para hacer algo así you have to be brave o it takes courage to do a thing like that

el capitán ensalzó el valor de los soldados the captain praised the soldiers for their bravery o courage

armarse de valor to pluck up courage

B ( fam) (descaro, desvergüenza) nerve ( colloq), cheek ( BrE colloq)

¡encima tiene el valor de protestar! and then she has the nerve o cheek to complain!, and then she dares to complain!

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valor sustantivo masculino
1
a) (Com, Fin) value;

◊ libros por valor de $150 books to the value of $150;

objetos de valor valuables;
valor adquisitivo purchasing power
b) (importancia, mérito) value;

◊ valor sentimental sentimental value

c) ( validez) validity;

◊ sin la firma no tiene ningún valor it's not valid without the signature

2
a) (coraje, valentía) courage;

◊ me faltó valor I didn't have the courage;

armarse de valor to pluck up courage
b) (fam) (descaro, desvergüenza) nerve (colloq);

◊ ¡encima tiene el valor de protestar! and then she has the nerve to complain!

3
◊ valores sustantivo masculino plural

a) ( principios morales) values

b) (Fin) securities, stocks, shares

valor sustantivo masculino
1 (valentía, arrojo) courage, bravery
2 (mérito, importancia, etc) value, worth
(precio) price: ha invertido en joyas por valor de un millón de pesetas, he has invested in a million pesetas' worth of jewels
no le da ningún valor al dinero, he attaches no importance to money
objetos de valor, valuables
sin valor, worthless
3 (vigencia, validez legal) validity
4 Mat Mús value
5 fam (jeta, caradura) cheek: tuvo el valor de preguntarme por ella, he had the nerve to ask me about her
6 Fin valores securities, bonds
7 (éticos) valores, values
♦ Locuciones: armarse de valor: se armó de valor e hizo frente a la agresión, she gathered up her courage and stood up to the aggression
' valor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agalla
- alimento
- antigüedad
- armarse
- aumentar
- bagatela
- bastante
- catastral
- conceder
- determinación
- importar
- impuesta
- impuesto
- infundir
- IVA
- juicio
- mérito
- ni
- nominal
- nula
- nulo
- nutritiva
- nutritivo
- oscilación
- oscilante
- ponderar
- preciosa
- precioso
- relativa
- relativo
- relieve
- representar
- reunir
- sanctasanctórum
- tal
- tan
- tres
- valer
- valorar
- valoración
- agallas
- alguno
- aliento
- alimenticio
- anecdótico
- armar
- asignar
- audacia
- bajar
- carecer
English:
absolute
- appreciate
- appreciation
- assess
- assessment
- asset
- attach
- book
- bravery
- cheap
- courage
- denomination
- detract
- equity
- estimate
- everything
- face value
- gain
- grit
- heart
- intrinsic
- invaluable
- nerve
- par
- pluck
- pluck up
- prowess
- replacement value
- rise
- sink
- steel
- street value
- strength
- summon up
- tax
- trash
- underprice
- valuable
- value
- value added tax
- VAT
- worth
- worthless
- worthlessness
- cheapen
- credit
- doubtful
- face
- fail
- go

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valor nm

1. [precio, utilidad, mérito] value;

ha subido el valor del peso frente al dólar the peso has risen against the dollar;

tiene valor sentimental it is of sentimental value;

tiene más valor arqueológico que artístico it is of more archaeological than artistic value;

de (mucho) valor (very) valuable;

no había nada de valor en la casa there was nothing of value in the house;

joyas por valor de… jewels worth…;

sin valor worthless;

tener valor [ser valioso] to be valuable;
[ser válido] to be valid;
sin el sello oficial carece de o [m5] no tiene valor it is not valid without the official seal;

tener mucho/poco valor to be very/not very valuable

Comp
Fin valor de los activos asset value; Fin valor actual neto net present value;
valor adquisitivo purchasing power;
Am Econ valor agregado added value;
valor alimenticio food value;
Econ valor añadido added value; Fin valor asegurado insured value;
valor biológico biological value;

valor calórico [de comida] calorific value;

valor catastral = value of a property recorded in the land register, Br ≈ rateable value, US ≈ assessed value;

valor comercial commercial value;
Fin valor contable book price o value;
valor de mercado market value;

valor nominal face o nominal value;

valor nutritivo nutritional value;
Fin valor realizable neto net realizable value; Fin valor de reposición replacement value; Fin valor de rescate surrender value
2. Mat value

3. Mús value

4. [importancia] importance;

su opinión es de enorme valor para nosotros her opinion is of great value o importance to us;

dar valor a to give o attach importance to;

quitar valor a algo to take away from sth, to diminish sth

5. [valentía] bravery;

se necesita valor para hacer una cosa así you need to be brave o it takes courage to do a thing like that;

armarse de valor to pluck up one's courage;

le eché valor, y le confesé la verdad I plucked up my courage and told her the truth;

Comp

¡valor y al toro! go for it!

6. [desvergüenza] cheek, nerve;

¡hace falta valor para decir eso! what a cheek o nerve saying a thing like that!;

tener el valor de hacer algo to have the cheek o nerve to do sth

7. [personaje]
un joven valor del atletismo/teatro an up-and-coming young athlete/actor

8.
valores [principios] values

9. Fin
valores [de inversión] securities

Comp
valores en cartera investment portfolio;
valores de crecimiento growth stock;

valores inmuebles real estate;

valores negociables negotiable securities;

valores de renta fija fixed-interest o fixed-income securities;

valores de renta variable variable-interest o variable-income securities, equities

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valor

m

1 value;

de gran valor very valuable; fig of great worth o

value;

objetos de valor valuables

2

:

valores pl COM securities

3 ( valentía) courage

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valor nm

1) : value, worth, importance

2) coraje: courage, valor

3) valores nmpl

: values, principles

4) valores nmpl

: securities, bonds

5)

sin valor : worthless

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valor n

1. (valía) value

los recuerdos tienen valor sentimental souvenirs have a sentimental value

2. (precio) price

¿cuál es el valor de este terreno? how much is this land worth?

3. (valentía) courage

hay que tener valor para hacer lo que hizo it takes a lot of courage to do what he did

Spanish-English dictionary > valor
10 monter

monter [mɔ̃te]

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► When monter has an object it is conjugated with avoir ; otherwise, the auxiliary is être.

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1. intransitive verb

   a. to go up ( dans into ) ; [avion] to climb

• monter à pied to walk up

• monter en courant to run up

• monter en titubant to stagger up

• monter dans sa chambre to go up to one's room

• monte me voir come up and see me

• monte le prévenir go up and tell him

• faites-le monter (visiteur) ask him to come up

• monter aux arbres to climb trees

• monter à Paris to go up to Paris

► monter sur [+ table, rocher, toit] to climb onto

• monté sur une chaise, il accrochait un tableau he was standing on a chair hanging a picture

• monter sur une colline to go up a hill

• monter sur une bicyclette to get on a bicycle

• monté sur un cheval gris riding a grey horse

   b. (dans un véhicule) monter en voiture to get into a car

• monter dans un avion to get on an aircraft

• je suis monté à Lyon I got on at Lyon

• monter à bord (d'un navire) to go on board (a ship)

• monter à bicyclette ( = faire du vélo) to ride a bicycle

• monter à cheval ( = se mettre en selle) to get on a horse ; ( = faire de l'équitation) to ride

• elle monte bien she rides well

   c. ( = s'élever) to rise ; [mer, marée] to come in ; [voix] to go up

• monter à or jusqu'à to come up to

• la vase lui montait jusqu'aux genoux the mud came right up to his knees

• le chemin monte en lacets the path winds upwards

• jusqu'où monte le téléphérique ? where does the cable car go up to?

• une odeur montait de la cave there was a smell coming from the cellar

• le lait monte (sur le feu) the milk's about to boil over

• ça a fait monter les prix it sent prices up

• la tension monte tension is rising

• le ton monte (colère) the discussion is getting heated

• la voiture peut monter jusqu'à 250 km/h the car can do up to 250km/h

• ce tableau peut monter jusqu'à 30 000 € this painting could fetch up to 30,000 euros

• les blancs n'arrivent pas à monter the egg whites won't go stiff

• elle sentait la colère monter en elle she could feel herself getting angry

• les larmes lui montaient aux yeux tears were welling up in her eyes

• le vin lui monte à la tête wine goes to his head

• le succès lui monte à la tête success is going to his head

• c'est l'artiste qui monte he's the up-and-coming artist

2. transitive verb

   a. ( = gravir) to go up

• monter l'escalier précipitamment to rush upstairs

• monter une côte (en marchant) to walk up a hill

   b. ( = porter) to take up

• montez-lui son petit déjeuner take his breakfast up to him

• faire monter ses valises to have one's luggage taken up

   c. monter un cheval to ride a horse

   d. ( = augmenter) monter le son to turn the sound up

   e. ( = exciter) monter qn contre qn to set sb against sb

• monter la tête à qn to get sb worked up

• quelqu'un lui a monté la tête contre moi someone has set him against me

   f. monter la garde [soldat] to mount guard ; [chien] to be on guard

• « je monte la garde ! » "beware of the dog!"

   g. [+ machine] to assemble ; [+ tente] to pitch ; [+ film] to edit ; [+ robe] to sew together

• monter des mailles to cast on stitches

   h. [+ pièce de théâtre] to put on ; [+ affaire, opération, campagne publicitaire] to set up ; [+ canular] to play ; [+ complot] to hatch

   i. [+ diamant, perle] to mount ; [+ pneu] to put on

• monter qch en épingle to blow sth up out of all proportion

3. reflexive verb

► se monter

   a.

se monter à [+ prix] to amount to

   b. se monter la tête to get all worked up

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mɔ̃te
1.

verbe transitif (+ v avoir)

1) ( transporter) ( en haut) gén to take [somebody/something] up (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [somebody/something] upstairs

2) ( placer plus haut) to put [something] up [objet]; to raise [étagère] (de by)

3) ( réussir à transporter) to get [something] up [objet]

impossible de monter le piano par l'escalier — it's impossible to get the piano up the stairs

4) ( parcourir) to go up [escalier, pente, rue]

monter la colline à bicyclette — to cycle up the hill

5) (en valeur, intensité) to turn up [volume, thermostat]; Musique to raise the pitch of [instrument]

6) Culinaire to beat, to whisk [blanc d'œuf, mayonnaise]

7) ( rendre hostile)

monter quelqu'un contre quelqu'un — to turn ou set somebody against somebody

8) ( chevaucher) to ride [cheval]

9) (couvrir, saillir) to mount, to cover

10) ( assembler) to assemble [meuble, appareil]; to put up [tente, échafaudage]; to set, to mount [pierre précieuse]; to mount [gravure]; Musique to string [instrument]

monter un film — to edit a film

11) ( en couture) to put [something] in [col]; to set [something] in [manche]

12) ( organiser) to hatch [complot]; to mount [attaque]; to set up [société]; Théâtre to stage [pièce]

monter une histoire de toutes pièces — to concoct ou fabricate a story from beginning to end

13) ( fournir)

monter son ménage — to set up home

monter sa garde-robe — to build up one's wardrobe

2.

verbe intransitif (+ v être)

1) ( se déplacer) ( en allant) gén to go up; ( à l'étage) to go upstairs; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb; [oiseau] to fly up; [soleil, brume] to rise

tu es monté à pied? — gén did you walk up?

il est monté au col à bicyclette/en voiture — he cycled/drove up to the pass

monter sur — to get onto [trottoir]; to climb onto [mur]

monter sur le toit — [enfant, chat] to go up onto the roof

monter à l'échelle/l'arbre — to climb (up) the ladder/the tree

monter au ciel — to ascend into Heaven

l'air chaud fait monter les ballons — warm air makes balloons rise

faites-les monter — (clients, marchandises) send them up

2) ( sur un moyen de transport)

monter dans une voiture — to get in a car

monter dans un train/bus/avion — to get on a train/bus/plane

il a peur de monter en avion — he's afraid of flying

monter à bord — to get on board

monter sur — to get on [cheval, bicyclette, tracteur]

3) ( s'étendre de bas en haut) [route, voie ferrée] to go uphill, to climb; [terrain] to rise; [canalisation, ligne téléphonique] ( en allant) to go up

monter en lacets — [route] to wind its way up

monter en pente douce — [terrain, route] to slope up gently

monter en pente raide — [terrain, route] to climb steeply

4) ( atteindre) [vêtement, liquide, neige] to come up

il avait des chaussettes qui lui montaient aux genoux — he was wearing knee socks

5) ( augmenter) gén to rise, to go up (à to; de by); [marée] to come in; Musique [mélodie] to rise

faire monter les cours de 2% — to push prices up by 2%

6) (se rendre, séjourner)

monter à or sur Paris — ( de province) to go up to Paris

7) ( chevaucher)

monter (à cheval) — to ride

monter à bicyclette/moto — to ride a bicycle/motorbike

8) Armée

monter à l'assaut or l'attaque — to mount an attack (de on)

monter au front — to move up to the front

monter en ligne — to move up the line

monter au combat — to go into battle

9) Jeux ( aux cartes) to play a higher card

10) ( progresser) [employé, artiste] to rise

à force de monter, il deviendra directeur — he'll work his way right up to director

monter en puissance — [parti, politicien] to rise

11) ( gagner en intensité) [colère, émotion] to mount; [sanglots] to rise; [larmes] to well up

le ton monta — ( animation) the conversation became noisier; ( énervement) the discussion became heated

12) ( saisir)

monter à la gorge de quelqu'un — [sanglots, cri] to rise (up) in somebody's throat

monter à la tête de quelqu'un — [vin, succès] to go to somebody's head

le rouge lui est monté au front — he/she went red in the face

13) Automobile, Technologie

monter à 250 km/h — to go up to 250 kph

3.

se monter verbe pronominal

1) ( s'élever)

se monter à — [frais, facture] to amount to

2) ( s'équiper) to get oneself set up (en with)

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se monter la tête — (colloq) to get worked up (colloq)

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mɔ̃te
1. vt (avec l'auxiliaire avoir aux temps composés)

1) [escalier, côte] (en allant) to go up, (en venant) to come up

Elle a du mal à monter les escaliers. — She has difficulty going upstairs.

2) [valise, paquet] (en allant) to take up, (en venant) to bring up

Monte les valises pendant que je règle le taxi. — Take the suitcases up while I pay the cab fare.

Monte-moi le dossier. — Bring me up the file.

3) [société, opération] to set up

4) [tente, échafaudage, étagères] to put up, [machine] to assemble

Est-ce que ces étagères sont difficiles à monter? — Are these shelves difficult to put up?

5) (= fixer)

monter qch sur qch [dispositif, moteur] — to fit sth on sth

6) [cheval] to mount, to get on

7) ZOOLOGIE, [femelle] to cover, to serve

8) [bijou] to mount, to set

9) COUTURE, [pièce] to sew on, [manche] to set in

10) CINÉMA to edit

11) THÉÂTRE, [pièce] to put on, to stage

12) (autres locutions)

monter qn contre qn — to set sb against sb

monter la tête à qn — to get sb worked up

2. vi (avec l'auxiliaire être aux temps composés)

1) [personne] (aller) to go up, (venir) to come up

monter à pied — to walk up, to go up on foot

monter sur [chaise, escabeau] — to get onto

Tu vas devoir monter sur une chaise pour changer l'ampoule. — You'll have to get onto a chair to change the light bulb.

monter à un arbre — to climb a tree

monter à une échelle — to climb a ladder

2) [avion, voiture] to climb, to go up

3) [chemin, niveau, température, voix, prix] to go up, to rise

Les prix ont encore monté. — Prices have gone up again.

4) [brouillard, bruit] to rise, to come up

5) [passager] to get on

monter dans le train — to get on the train, to board the train

monter dans l'avion — to get on the plane, to board the plane

Il est temps de monter dans l'avion. — It's time to get on the plane.

monter à bord — to get on board

monter en voiture — to get in the car

6) (= faire du cheval) to ride, to ride a horse

monter à cheval (hobby) — to ride, to go riding, (action) to get on a horse

monter bien — to be a good rider, to ride well

monter mal — to be a poor rider, to ride badly

7) (autres locutions)

monter à bicyclette — to get on a bicycle

monter à la tête de qn — to go to sb's head

monter sur les planches — to go on the stage

monter en grade — to be promoted

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monter verb table: aimer

A vtr (+ v avoir)

1 ( transporter) ( en haut) gén to take [sb/sth] up [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] upstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en bas) gén to bring [sb/sth] up [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] upstairs [personne, objet]; monter les valises au grenier to take the suitcases up to the attic; monter les bouteilles de la cave to bring the bottles up from the cellar; je peux vous monter au village I can take you up to the village; monte-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers up (to me); je leur ai fait monter les valises au grenier I made them take the suitcases up to the attic; j'ai fait monter le piano dans la chambre I had the piano taken up to the bedroom; faites -moi monter les dossiers secrets get the secret files brought up to me;

2 ( placer plus haut) to put [sth] up [objet]; to raise [étagère] (de by); monte le store put the blind up; j'ai monté le vase sur l'étagère du haut I put the vase on the top shelf; tu peux me monter cette valise sur l'armoire? can you put ou get this suitcase up on the wardrobe for me?; monter l'étagère d'un cran/de 20 centimètres to raise the shelf by one notch/by 20 centimetres^GB;

3 ( réussir à transporter) to get [sth] up [objet]; impossible de monter le piano par l'escalier/par la fenêtre it's impossible to get the piano up the stairs/up through the window; comment va-t-on monter le piano? ( à l'étage) how are we going to get the piano upstairs?; ( dans le camion) how are we going to get the piano in?;

4 ( parcourir) ( en allant) to go up [pente, rue, marches]; to go up, to climb [côte, escaliers]; ( en venant) to come up [pente, rue, marches, escaliers]; je l'ai vu monter les escaliers sur les or à genoux I saw him go ou climb up the stairs on his knees; monter la colline à bicyclette to cycle up the hill; je leur ai fait monter la colline en courant I made them run up the hill; il m'a fait monter les escaliers trois fois he made me go upstairs ou up the stairs three times;

5 (en valeur, intensité) to turn up [volume, thermostat, gaz]; Mus to raise the pitch of [instrument]; Art to intensify [couleur]; monte un peu la radio turn the radio up a bit; monter un violon d'un ton to raise the pitch of a violin by a tone;

6 Culin to beat, to whisk [blanc d'œuf, mayonnaise]; monter les blancs en neige ( dans une recette) beat ou whisk the egg whites until stiff; monter une sauce to thicken a sauce;

7 ( rendre hostile) monter qn contre qn to turn ou set sb against sb; monter qn contre un projet to put sb off a plan; être monté contre qn to have it in for sb;

8 ( chevaucher) to ride [cheval, âne, éléphant]; ce cheval n'a jamais été monté this horse has never been ridden (before);

9 (couvrir, saillir) to mount, to cover;

10 ( assembler) to assemble [meuble, appareil, machine]; to put up [tente, échafaudage]; to set, to mount [pierre précieuse]; to mount [gravure, estampe, photo]; Mus to string [instrument]; monter un film Cin to edit a film; monter une page Imprim to set (up) a page; monter une émission TV to edit a broadcast; monter en parallèle Électrotech to connect in parallel;

11 Cout to put [sth] in [col]; to set [sth] in [manche]; monter un manteau/une robe to make up a coat/a dress;

12 ( organiser) to hatch [complot]; to mount [attaque, opération militaire]; to set up [société, opération financière]; Théât to stage, to put on [pièce]; monter un spectacle to stage ou put on a show; monter une histoire de toutes pièces to concoct ou fabricate a story from beginning to end;

13 ( fournir) monter son ménage/sa maison to set up home/house; monter sa garde-robe to build up one's wardrobe.

B vi (+ v être)

1 ( se déplacer) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go up (à to); ( à l'étage) to go upstairs; ( en venant) gén to come up (de from); ( à l'étage) to come upstairs; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique] ( en allant) to go up; ( en venant) to come up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb; [oiseau] to fly up; [soleil, brume] to rise (sur over); [fumée, odeur, bruit] to come up; reste-ici, je monte au grenier stay here, I'm going up to the attic; peux-tu monter chercher mon sac? can you go upstairs and get my bag?; tu peux monter m'aider à pousser l'armoire? can you come upstairs and help me push the wardrobe?; il est monté s'allonger he went upstairs to lie down; te voilà! tu es monté par l'ascenseur? there you are! did you come up in the lift GB ou elevator US?; tu es monté à pied? gén did you walk up?; ( plutôt que par l'ascenseur) did you come up on foot?; je préfère monter par l'escalier I prefer to go up by the stairs; nous sommes montés par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked up by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode up by the path/the road; il est monté au col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove up to the pass; il est monté vers moi en rampant he crawled up to me; où est l'écureuil? il a dû monter à l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have gone up ou climbed the tree; monte, je te suis go on up, I'll follow you; monte ici! come up here!; je suis monté en haut de la tour/au sommet de la falaise I went up to the top of the tower/to the top of the cliff; monter sur [personne] to step onto, to get onto [trottoir, marche]; [animal] to get onto [marche, trottoir]; [personne, animal] to climb onto [mur, tabouret]; il est monté sur le toit [enfant, chat] he's/it's gone up onto the roof; monter à l'échelle/l'arbre/la corde to climb (up) the ladder/the tree/the rope; monter à la verticale [ballon, alpiniste] to climb vertically; monter au ciel to ascend into Heaven; l'air chaud fait monter les ballons/planeurs warm air makes balloons/gliders rise; elle m'a fait/ne m'a pas laissé monter dans sa chambre she had me/didn't let me go up to her bedroom; faites-les monter (clients, marchandises) send them up;

2 ( sur un moyen de transport) monter dans une voiture to get in a car; monter dans un train/bus/avion to get on a train/bus/plane; monter dans un canoë/sur un bateau to get into a canoe/on a boat; il n'est jamais monté en avion he's never been on a plane; il a peur de monter en avion he's afraid of flying; monter à bord to get on board; monter sur to get on [âne, cheval, bicyclette, tracteur]; monté sur son cheval/sur son chameau, il parcourait le pays he travelled^GB the country on horseback/on his camel;

3 ( s'étendre de bas en haut) [route, voie ferrée] to go uphill, to climb; [terrain] to rise; [canalisation, ligne téléphonique] ( en allant) to go up; ( en venant) to come up; monter jusqu'à [chemin, muraille, escalier] ( description) to go up to; ( emphase) to go up as far as; monter jusqu'au sommet [route, ligne téléphonique] to go right up to the top; monter en lacets [route] to wind its way up; monter en pente douce [terrain, route] to slope up gently; monter en pente raide [terrain, route] to climb steeply; monter brusquement sur 200 mètres [pente, route] to climb sharply for 200 metres^GB;

4 ( atteindre) [vêtement, liquide, neige] to come up (jusqu'à to); des chaussettes qui montent jusqu'aux genoux socks that come up to the knees; il avait des chaussettes qui lui montaient aux genoux he was wearing knee socks; l'eau nous montait jusqu'à la taille the water came up to our waists, we were waist-deep in water; l'eau montait sur la berge the water came up onto the bank;

5 ( augmenter) [niveau, baromètre, température, pression, prix, taux] to rise, to go up (à to; de by); [marée] to come in; Mus [mélodie] to rise; l’euro est or a monté par rapport à la livre the euro has risen ou gone up against the pound; faire monter les cours de 2% to push prices up by 2%; ça va faire monter le dollar it'll send ou push the dollar up; ça fait monter la température gén it raises the temperature; Méd it puts one's temperature up; ça ne fera pas monter leur niveau de vie it won't raise their standard of living;

6 (se rendre, séjourner) monter à or sur Paris ( de province) to go up to Paris; monter à Lyon ( du Midi) to go up to Lyons;

7 ( chevaucher) monter (à cheval) to ride; monter à bicyclette/moto to ride a bicycle/motorbike; il ne sait pas monter (à cheval) he can't ride; elle monte à cheval deux fois par semaine she goes riding ou rides twice a week;

8 Mil monter à l'assaut or l'attaque to mount an attack (de on); monter au front to move up to the front; monter en ligne to move up the line; monter au combat to go into battle;

9 Jeux ( aux cartes) to play a higher card; monter à carreau/l'atout to play a higher diamond/trump;

10 ( progresser) ( dans une hiérarchie) to rise, to move up; ( en notoriété) [artiste] to rise; à force de monter, il deviendra directeur he'll work his way right up to director; c'est un jeune peintre qui monte he's an up-and-coming ou a rising young painter; monter en puissance [parti, politicien] to rise;

11 ( gagner en intensité) [colère, émotion] to mount; [sanglots] to rise; [larmes] to well up; le ton monta ( animation) the conversation became noisier; ( énervement) the discussion became heated;

12 ( saisir) monter à la gorge de qn [sanglots, cri] to rise (up) in sb's throat; monter à la tête de qn [vin, alcool, succès] to go to sb's head; le rouge lui est monté au front he/she went red in the face;

13 Aut, Tech monter à 250 km/h [véhicule] to go up to ou reach 250 km/h; [automobiliste] to go up to 250 km/h; monter en puissance [moteur] to increase in power.

C se monter vpr

1 ( s'élever) se monter à [dépenses, frais, facture] to come to, to amount to; [dette] to amount to;

2 ( s'équiper) to get oneself set up (en with).

Idiome

se monter la tête○ to get worked up○.

[mɔ̃te] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être ou avoir)

1. [personne, animal - vu d'en bas] to go up ; [ - vu d'en haut] to come up

[avion, soleil] to rise, to climb (up)

[drapeau] to go up

[rideau de théâtre, air, fumée] to go up, to rise

[chemin] to go up, to rise, to climb

monte par l'ascenseur go up in ou use the lift

monte sur une chaise pour que j'épingle ton ourlet stand on a chair so I can pin up your hem

le premier de cordée continuait à monter the leader continued to climb ou continued the ascent

es-tu déjà montée au dernier étage de la tour Eiffel? have you ever been up to the top of the Eiffel Tower?

monter en pente douce to climb gently (upwards)

monter en pente raide to climb steeply ou sharply

ça monte trop, passe en première it's too steep, change down into first

monter de [suj: odeur, bruit] to rise (up) from, to come from

2. [dans un moyen de transport]

monter dans

a. [avion, train] to get on ou onto, to board

b. [bus] to get on, to board

c. [voiture] to get into

tu montes (avec moi)? [dans ma voiture] are you coming with me (in my car)?

elle monte à Versailles [dans le train] she gets on at Versailles (station)

monter sur un ou à bord d'un bateau to board a ship

monter sur un cheval to get on ou to mount a horse

monter sur une bicyclette to get on a bicycle

ça fait longtemps que je ne suis pas monté sur une bicyclette it's a long time since I've been on a bicycle

monter à [pratiquer]: monter à cheval/bicyclette to ride (a horse)/a bicycle

ÉQUITATION to ride

3. [apparaître suite à une émotion]

les larmes lui sont montées aux yeux tears welled up in his eyes, his eyes filled with tears

le rouge lui est monté aux joues the colour rose to her cheeks

le sang lui monta au visage the blood rushed to his face

4. [s'élever - température] to rise, to go up ; [ - fièvre] to rise ; [ - prix, taux] to rise, to go up, to increase ; [ - action] to rise ; [ - rivière] to rise ; [ - mer, marée] to come in ; [ - anxiété, mécontentement] to grow, to increase

faire monter [tension, peur] to increase

faire monter les prix

a. [surenchère] to send ou to put prices up

b. [marchand] to put up ou to increase prices

empêcher les prix de monter to keep prices down

les loyers ont monté de 25 % rents have gone up ou increased by 25%

le thermomètre monte (familier) MÉTÉOROLOGIE it's ou the weather's getting warmer

le lait monte

a. [il bout] the milk is boiling

b. [chez une femme qui allaite] lactation has started

prends de grosses aiguilles, ton pull montera plus vite your sweater will knit up more quickly if you use big needles

faire monter des blancs en neige CUISINE to whisk up egg whites

le soufflé a bien monté/n'a pas monté the soufflé rose beautifully/didn't rise

le ton montait

a. [de colère] voices were being raised, the discussion was becoming heated

b. [d'animation] the noise level was rising

5. [atteindre un certain niveau]

la cloison ne monte pas assez haut the partition isn't high enough

monter à ou jusqu'à [eau, vêtement, chaussures] to come up to

son plâtre monte jusqu'au genou his leg is in a plaster cast up to the knee

les pistes de ski montent jusqu'à 3 000 m the ski runs go up to ou as high as 3,000 m

je peux monter jusqu'à 200 km/h (familier) I can do up to 200 km/h

l'hectare de vigne peut monter jusqu'à 30 000 euros one hectare of vineyard can cost up to ou fetch as much as 30,000 euros

6. MUSIQUE [voix] to go up, to rise

il peut monter jusqu'au "si" he can go ou sing up to B

7. [pour attaquer]

monter à l'abordage NAUTIQUE to board

monter à l'attaque ou à l'assaut MILITAIRE to go into the attack

monter à l'assaut de to launch an attack on

monter au filet TENNIS [au volleyball] to go up to the net

8. [dans une hiérarchie] to rise

monter en grade to be promoted

un chanteur qui monte an up-and-coming singer

[dans le temps]

la génération qui monte the rising ou new generation

9. [aller vers le nord]

je monte à Paris demain I'm going (up) to Paris tomorrow

il a dû monter à Lyon pour trouver du travail he had to move (up) to Lyons in order to find work

10. JEUX

monter sur le valet de trèfle to play a club higher than the jack

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[mɔ̃te] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)

1. [gravir] to go up (inseparable)

monter l'escalier to go ou to climb up the stairs, to go upstairs

la voiture a du mal à monter la côte the car has difficulty getting up the hill

monter la gamme MUSIQUE to go up ou to climb the scale

2. [porter en haut - bagages, colis] to take ou to carry up (separable) ; [ - courrier] to take up (separable)

monte-moi mes lunettes bring my glasses up for me

je lui ai monté son journal I took the newspaper up to him

peut-on se faire monter le repas dans les chambres? is it possible to have meals brought to the room?

3. [mettre plus haut]

monte l'étagère d'un cran put the shelf up a notch

monte la vitre, j'ai froid wind up the (car) window, I'm cold

4. [augmenter - son] to turn up (separable) ; [ - prix] to put up (separable)

monte la télé (familier) turn the TV up

[mettre en colère]

monter quelqu'un contre to set somebody against

5. [assembler - kit] to assemble, to put together (separable) ; [ - tente] to pitch, to put up (separable) ; [ - abri] to rig up (separable)

monter une page IMPRIMERIE to make up ou to paste up ou to lay out a page

monter en parallèle/série ÉLECTRICITÉ to connect in parallel/series

6. [fixer - radiateur] to fit, to mount ; [ - store] to put up (separable), to mount

monter une gravure

a. [sur une marie-louise] to mount an engraving

b. [dans un cadre] to frame an engraving

il a monté un moteur plus puissant sur sa voiture he has put a more powerful engine into his car

JOAILLERIE to mount, to set

7. [organiser - généralement] to organize ; [ - pièce, spectacle] to put on (separable), to stage, to produce ; [ - canular] to think up (separable) ; [ - complot, machination] to set up (separable)

monter un atelier de poterie to set up a pottery workshop

il avait monté tout un scénario dans sa tête he'd thought up some weird and wonderful scheme

8. [pourvoir - bibliothèque, collection, cave] to set up (separable)

monter son ménage ou sa maison to set up house

9. ÉQUITATION

monter un cheval to ride a horse

10. CINÉMA [bobine] to mount

[film] to edit

11. COUTURE to fit (on)

monter une manche to sew on ou to attach a sleeve

le pantalon est prêt à être monté the trousers are ready to assemble ou to be made up

[tricoter - maille] to cast on (separable)

12. CUISINE

monter des blancs en neige to whisk up egg whites

monter une mayonnaise to make some mayonnaise

13. MÉDECINE VÉTÉRINAIRE & ZOOLOGIE to cover, to serve

14. NAUTIQUE to crew

monter un gréement to rig a ship

PÊCHE to assemble

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se monter à verbe pronominal plus préposition

[coût, dépenses] to come ou to amount ou to add up to

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se monter en verbe pronominal plus préposition

to equip ou to provide oneself with

se monter en vins to stock (up) one's cellar

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > monter
11 estar

v.

1 to be.

estamos a veinte grados (expresa valores, grados) it's twenty degrees here

el dólar está a 10 pesos the dollar is at 10 pesos

están a dos euros el kilo they're two euros a kilo

está terminado it's finished

2 to be.

¿dónde está la llave? where is the key?

¿está María? — no, no está is Maria there? — no, she's not here

Ella estuvo aburrida She was bored.

El edificio está en la calle tres The building is on third street.

3 to be (expresa cualidad, estado).

los pasteles están ricos the cakes are delicious

esta calle está sucia this street is dirty

4 to be (expresa estado).

estar de mudanza to be (in the process of) moving

estamos de suerte we're in luck

estar de vacaciones to be on holiday

estar de viaje to be on a trip

estar en uso to be in use

estar en guardia to be on guard

estamos sin agua we have no water, we're without water

5 to be.

están golpeando la puerta they're banging on the door

6 to stay, to be.

estaré un par de horas y me iré I'll stay a couple of hours and then I'll go

7 to be ready (hallarse listo).

¿aún no está ese trabajo? is that piece of work still not ready?

8 to be for.

Me estuvo difícil el examen The exam was difficult for me.

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ESTAR

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están.

Imperfect Indicative

estaba, estabas, estaba, estábamos, estabais, estaban.

Past Indicative

estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron.

Future Indicative

estaré, estarás, estará, estaremos, estaréis, estarán.

Conditional

estaría, estarías, estaría, estaríamos, estaríais, estarían.

Present Subjunctive

esté, estés, esté, estemos, estéis, estén.

Imperfect Subjunctive

estuviera, estuvieras, estuviera, estuviéramos, estuvierais, estuvieran;

estuviese, estuvieses, estuviese, estuviésemos, estuvieseis, estuviesen.

Future Subjunctive

estuviere, estuvieres, estuviere, estuviéremos, estuviereis, estuvieren.

Imperative

está (tú), esté (él/Vd.), estemos (nos.), estad (vos.), estén (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

to be

- estar en contra
- estarse
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Para las expresiones estar bien, estar mal, ver la otra entrada.
1. VERBO INTRANSITIVO

1) [indicando situación] to be

¿dónde estabas? — where were you?

la última vez que estuve en Roma — the last time I was in Rome

Madrid está en el centro de España — Madrid is in the centre of Spain

el monumento está en la plaza — the monument is in the square

eso no está en sus declaraciones — that's not in any of his statements

-las tijeras están en el cajón -no, aquí no están — "the scissors are in the drawer" - "no, they're not in here"

-hola, ¿está Carmen? -no, no está — "hello, is Carmen in?" - "no, I'm afraid she isn't"

el día que estuve a verlo — the day I went to see him

• está [fuera] — [de casa] she's out; [de la ciudad/en el extranjero] she's away

• [ya que] estamos — while we are at it

2) [indicando un estado transitorio]

a) + adj, adv to be

está mucho mejor — he's much better

estar enfermo {o} malo — to be ill

estoy muy cansada — I'm very tired

¿estás casado o soltero? — are you married or single?

está vacío — it's empty

estaba herido — he was injured

¿cómo estamos? — [gen] how are we doing?; [a otra persona] how are you?

con este frío, aquí no se puede estar — it's unbearably cold here

¡qué bueno está este café! — this coffee's really good!

mis padres están como siempre — my parents are the same as ever

¿está libre el baño? — is the bathroom free?

¿qué tal {o} cómo estás? — how are you?

el récord anterior estaba en 33 segundos — the previous record was {o} stood at 33 seconds

b) + participio to be

la radio está rota — the radio is broken

para las seis estará terminado — it will be finished by six o'clock

estaba sentada en la arena — she was sitting on the sand

está (embarazada) de dos meses — she's two months pregnant

él no estaba implicado — he wasn't involved

le está bien empleado por ingenuo — it serves him right for being so naïve

c) + gerundio to be

estaba corriendo — he was running

me está molestando — he's annoying me

se está muriendo — she's dying

venga, ya nos estamos yendo, que es tarde — come on, it's time to go, it's late

está siendo preparado — it's being prepared

nos estamos engañando — we're deceiving ourselves

3) (=existir) to be

además están los gastos del viaje — then there are the travel expenses

• [dejar] estar, déjalo estar — just leave him be

si dejas estar ese asunto te irán mejor las cosas — you'll do better to let the matter drop

4) [indicando el aspecto de algo] to look

¡qué elegante estás! — you're looking really smart!

estás más delgado — you've lost weight, you look slimmer

está más viejo — he looks older

el sofá estará mejor al lado de la ventana — the sofa will look better next to the window

ese tío está muy bueno — * that guy's gorgeous *, that guy's a bit of all right *

el traje te está grande — that suit is too big for you

5) (=estar listo) to be ready

estará a las cuatro — it'll be ready at four

en seguida está — it'll be ready in a moment

dos vueltas más y ya está — two more laps and that'll be it

¡ya está! ya sé lo que podemos hacer — that's it! I know what we can do

ya estoy — I'm done, that's me *

¡ya estamos! — [después de hacer algo] that's it!; [dicho con enfado] that's enough!

¿estamos? — [al estar listo] ready?; [para pedir conformidad] are we agreed?, right?, OK? *

¡ya estuvo! — Méx that's it!

6) [indicando fecha, distancia, temperatura]

estamos en octubre — it's October

cuando estemos en verano — when it's summer, in the summer

7) [en estructuras con preposición]
estar a
estamos a 8 de junio — it is 8 June {or} the 8th of June, today is 8 June {o} the 8th of June

estábamos a 40°C — it was 40°C

¿a cuántos estamos? — what's the date?

¿a cuánto estamos de Madrid? — how far are we from Madrid?

las uvas están a 1,60 euros — the grapes are one euro 60 cents

¿a cuánto está el kilo de naranjas? — how much are oranges per kilo?

estoy a lo que se decida en la reunión — I'm waiting to see what's decided at the meeting

estar a lo que resulte — to be waiting to see how things turn out
estar con
está con la gripe — he's down with flu, he's got the flu

estuvo con la enfermedad durante dos años — she had {o} suffered from the disease for two years

ya está otra vez con el mismo tema — he's harping on about the same old subject again

ya estoy con ganas de ir — I want to go now

estoy con ganas de pegarle — I feel like hitting him

• estar con [algn], yo estoy con él — I'm with him

los aliados estaban con ellos — the Allies were behind them
estar de
está de buen humor — he's in a good mood

están de charla — they're having a chat

está de camarero — he's working as a waiter

está de jefe temporalmente — he is acting as boss, he is the acting boss

está de luto — she's in mourning

¡estoy de nervioso! — I'm so nervous!

están de paseo — they've gone for a walk

estaba de uniforme — he was (dressed) in uniform

están de vacaciones — they are on holiday

está de viaje en este momento — he's away at the moment
estar en
en eso está el problema — that's (exactly) where the problem is

el problema está en que... — the problem lies in the fact that...

en ello estamos — we're working on it

no está en él hacerlo — it is not in his power to do it

creo que está usted en un error — I think you're mistaken

no está en sí — she's not in her right mind

yo estoy en que... — (=creer) I believe that...
estar para
para eso estamos — [gen] that's why we're here, that's what we're here for; [respondiendo a gracias] don't mention it

para eso están los amigos — that's what friends are for

• estar para [hacer] algo — (=a punto de) to be about to do sth, be on the point of doing sth

está para salir — he's about to leave

• [no] estoy para bromas — I'm not in the mood for joking

si alguien llama, no estoy para nadie — if anyone calls, I'm not in
estar por (=en favor de) [+ política] to be in favour {o} (EEUU) favor of; [+ persona] to support hueso 1) estar por ({+ infin})
la historia de ese hallazgo está por escribir — the story of that discovery is still to be written {o} has yet to be written

está por ver si es verdad lo que dijeron — it remains to be seen whether what they said is true

está todavía por hacer — it remains to be done, it is still to be done

yo estoy por dejarlo — I'm for leaving it, I'm in favour of leaving it

está por llover — LAm it's going to rain
estar sin ({+ infin})
las camas estaban sin hacer — the beds were unmade, the beds hadn't been made

¿todavía estás sin peinar? — haven't you brushed your hair yet?
estar sobre algn/algo
hay que estar mucho sobre él para que estudie — you have to keep on at him to make sure he studies

hay que estar sobre el arroz para que no se pegue — you need to keep a close eye on the rice to make sure it doesn't stick to the pan

estar sobre sí — to be in control of o.s.

8) [en oraciones ponderativas]

• está [que] rabia — * he's hopping mad *, he's furious

estoy que me caigo de sueño — I'm terribly sleepy, I can't keep my eyes open

2.

See:

estarse

* * *
I 1.
cópula

1) ( seguido de adjetivos) [ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1] to be

qué gordo está! — isn't he fat!, hasn't he got(ten) fat!

pobre abuelo! está viejo — poor grandpa! he's really aged

la sopa está deliciosa/muy caliente — the soup is delicious/very hot

está muy simpático conmigo — he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently)

todo está tan caro! — things are o have become so expensive!

está cansada/furiosa/embarazada — she is tired/furious/pregnant

2) (con bien, mal, mejor, peor)

están todos bien, gracias — they're all fine, thanks

qué bien estás en esta foto! — you look great in this photo!

está mal que no se lo perdones — it's wrong of you not to forgive him; ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor

3) ( hablando de estado civil) to be

está casada con un primo mío — she's married to a cousin of mine

4) ( seguido de participios)

estar sentado/echado/arrodillado — to be sitting/lying/kneeling (down)

estaban abrazados — they had their arms around each other; ver tb verbo auxiliar 2

5) ( con predicado introducido por preposición) to be; (para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente)

estoy a régimen — I'm on a diet

¿a cómo está la uva? — how much are the grapes?

estamos como al principio — we're back to where we started

está con el sarampión — she has (the) measles

siempre está con lo mismo — he's always going on about the same thing

está de buen humor — she's in a good mood

están de limpieza/viaje — they're spring-cleaning/on a trip

hoy estoy de cocinera — I'm doing the cooking today

estaba de secretaria — she worked as a secretary

no estoy para bromas — I'm not in the mood for jokes

estamos sin electricidad — the electricity is off at the moment

está sin pintar — it hasn't been painted yet

estar con alguien — ( estar de acuerdo) to agree with somebody; ( apoyar) to support somebody, be on somebody's side

el pueblo está con nosotros — the people are with us

estar en algo: no lo hemos solucionado pero estamos en ello or eso — we haven't solved it but we're working on it

6) ( introducido por que)

el agua está que pela — the water's scalding hot

está que no hay quien lo aguante — he's (being) unbearable
2.
estar vi

Sentido I

1) ( en un lugar)

edificio/pueblo ( estar ubicado) to be

¿dónde está Chiapas? — where's Chiapas?

está a 20 kilómetros de aquí — it's 20 kilometers from here

2)

a) persona/objeto ( hallarse en cierto momento) to be

¿sabes dónde está Pedro? — do you know where Pedro is?

¿a qué hora tienes que estar allí? — what time do you have to be there?

¿dónde estábamos la clase pasada? — where did we get to in the last class?

b) ( figurar) to be

yo no estaba en la lista — I wasn't on the list, my name didn't appear on the list

3) ( hallarse en determinado lugar)

¿está Rodrigo? — is Rodrigo in?

¿estamos todos? — are we all here?

4)

a) (quedarse, permanecer)

sólo estaré unos días — I'll only be staying a few days

¿cuánto tiempo estarás en Londres? — how long are you going to be in London (for)?

b) ( vivir)

ahora estamos en Soca — we're in o we live in Soca now

de momento estoy con mi hermana — at the moment I'm staying with my sister

Sentido II

5) ( en el tiempo)

¿a qué (día) estamos? — what day is it today?

¿a cuánto estamos hoy? — what's the date today?

estamos a 28 de mayo — it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May

estamos en primavera — it's spring

¿en qué mes estamos? — what month are we in o is it?

Sentido III

6) (existir, haber)

y después está el problema de... — and then there's the problem of...

luego están los niños, hay que pensar en ellos — then there are the children to think about

7) (tener como función, cometido)

estar para algo: para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for; estamos para ayudarlos — we're here to help them

8) ( radicar)

ahí está el quid del asunto — that's the crux of the matter

estar en algo: en eso está el problema that's where the problem lies; todo está en que él quiera — it all depends on whether he wants to or not

9) (estar listo, terminado)

la carne todavía no está — the meat's not ready yet

lo atas con un nudo y ya está — you tie a knot in it and that's it o there you are

enseguida estoy — I'll be right with you

ya está! ya sé la repuesta! — I've got it! I know the answer!

ahí está! — that's it!

10) ( quedar entendido)

que no vuelva a suceder ¿estamos? — don't let it happen again, understand? o (colloq) got it?

11)

ya que estamos/estás — while we're/you're at it

12) (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl)

te está grande/pequeña — it's too big/too small for you

la 46 te está mejor — the 46 fits you better
3.
estar v aux

1) ( con gerundio)

está lloviendo — it's raining

se está afeitando — he's shaving

estoy viendo que va a ser imposible — I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible

2) ( con participio)

la foto está tomada con flash — the photo was taken with flash

ese asiento está ocupado — that seat is taken

ya está hecho un hombrecito — he's a proper young man now; ver tb estar cópula 4)
4.
estarse v pron

1) (enf) ( permanecer) to stay

se estuvo horas ahí sentado — he remained sitting there for hours

¿no te puedes estar quieto? — can't you stay o keep still?

estése tranquilo — don't worry

2) (enf) ( llegar) to be

estáte allí media hora antes — be there half an hour before
II
masculino (esp AmL) living room

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= be, become, live with.

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* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* creer que estar bien = feel + right.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar la señal de estar listo = prompt.

* dejar como + estar = leave + untouched.

* dejar las cosas como están = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* el diablo está en los detalles = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* el futuro + estar + justo a la vuelta de la esquina = the future + be + just around the corner.

* esperanza + estar = hope + lie.

* estando de acuerdo = approvingly.

* estando de servicio = while on the job.

* estando sentado = from a seated position.

* estar a años de distancia = be years away.

* estar abierto a = be open to.

* estar abocado a ser = be doomed.

* estar absorto en = be wrapped up in.

* estar aburridísimo = be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.

* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.

* estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between, straddle (between).

* estar a caballo entre... y... = lie + midway between... and..., tread + a fine line between... and, tread + the thin line between... and, tread + a delicate line between... and.

* estar acabando con = eat away at.

* estar acabándose = be on the way out, be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar a + Cantidad + de distancia = Cantidad + distant from.

* estar a cargo de = man, be the responsibility of.

* estar accesible = be up.

* estar accesible en línea = go + online.

* estar accesible en red = go + online.

* estar acertado = be right on track.

* estar acostumbrado a = be familiar with, be no stranger to, be used to.

* estar acostumbrado a + Infinitivo = be accustomed to + Gerundio.

* estar a dos velas = not have a bean.

* estar a + Expresión Numérica + de distancia = be + Número + away.

* estar a favor de = be for, be in favour (of), come down in + favour of.

* estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.

* estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.

* estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.

* estar agradecido = be thankful.

* estar a la alerta de = be wary of.

* estar a la altura de = live up to, be equal to.

* estar a la altura de la circunstancias = make + the cut.

* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = come up with + the goods.

* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = rise (up) to + challenge.

* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, be equal to the occasion, rise (up) to + the occasion, deliver + the goods, measure up (to), be up to snuff.

* estar a la altura de las expectativas = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.

* estar a la altura de las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.

* estar a la altura de lo que se espera = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.

* estar a la baja = be down.

* estar al acecho = lie in + wait.

* estar a la entera disposición de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + feet.

* estar al alcance de la mano = be at hand.

* estar a la misma altura que = rank with.

* estar a la orden del día = be the order of the day.

* estar a la par de = rank with.

* estar a la vuelta de la esquina = be just around the corner.

* estar al borde de = teeter + on the edge of.

* estar al completo = overbook.

* estar al corriente = monitor + developments.

* estar al día = monitor + developments, stay on top of + the game, stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* estar alejado + Expresión Numérica = be + Número + away.

* estar al lado de = stand by + Lugar.

* estar al loro de = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* estar al máximo = overstretch.

* estar al mismo nivel = be on a par.

* estar al tanto = monitor + developments.

* estar al tanto de = be on the lookout for, keep + track of, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* estar a mano = be on hand, be around.

* estar a medio camino entre... y... = lie + midway between... and....

* estar a merced de = be at the mercy of.

* estar ansioso por = be eager to.

* estar ante = be faced with.

* estar apagado = be off.

* estar a punto de = be poised to, be about to, be on the point of, stand + poised, come + very close to.

* estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* estar a punto de + Infinitivo = be about + Infinitivo.

* estar aquí ya = be upon us.

* estar a resultas de = keep + track of.

* estar arraigado en = be rooted in.

* estar arrestado = be under arrest.

* estar arriba = sit on + top.

* estar a salvo = be in safe hands.

* estar asociado a = be associated with, be bound up with.

* estar atado a = hold + hostage to.

* estar atareado = be tied up.

* estar atento a = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* estar aterrorizado = be petrified of, be frightened to death, be scared stiff, be terrified.

* estar a tope = overstretch.

* estar atrancado = be stuck.

* estar atrasado en el pago = be in arrears.

* estar aumentando = be on the increase.

* estár aún más alejados = be one step further removed.

* estar aún por llegar = be yet to come.

* estar ausente = lack.

* estar ausente de = be absent (from).

* estar avanzado = be well under way.

* estar avergonzado = be ashamed.

* estar averiado = be out of order.

* estar aviado = be (in) a mess.

* estar bajo arresto = be under arrest.

* estar bajo la tutela de = fall under + the auspices of.

* estar bastante acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.

* estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart.

* estar bien = be okay, be in good shape, be in good health.

* estar bien de salud = be in good health.

* estar bien encaminado = be on the right track.

* estar bien pensado = be carefully thought out.

* estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.

* estar callado = keep + quiet.

* estar cansado de = be sick and tired of.

* estar capacitado para = be qualified to.

* estar casi finalizado = near + completion.

* estar casi terminado = be nearing completion, reach + near completion.

* estar castigado = be in the doghouse.

* estar cerca = be at hand, be on hand, be around.

* estar cerca de = be close to.

* estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.

* estar chupado = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a snap, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* estar clarísimo = be patently clear.

* estar claro = be plain, be out in the open.

* estar colado por = have + a crush on.

* estar como una cabra = be a real nutter.

* estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.

* estar completamente de acuerdo con = agree + wholeheartedly with.

* estar completamente equivocado = be way off.

* estar comprometido a = hold + hostage to.

* estar comprometido a + Infinitivo = be committed to + Gerundio.

* estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.

* estar condenado a ser = be doomed.

* estar conectado = be on.

* estar con el alma en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.

* estar con el tema = be on the topic.

* estar confinado = be confined.

* estar confuso = blur, be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.

* estar congelado = be frozen stiff.

* estar con la espalda contra la pared = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.

* estar contentísimo = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar contraindicado = be contraindicated.

* estar contra las cuertas = be against the ropes.

* estar convencido = there + be + strong feeling.

* estar convencido de la idea de que = be committed to the idea that.

* estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.

* estar correcto = be correct.

* estar correlacionado con = be correlated with.

* estar de acorde con = be commensurate with.

* estar de acuerdo = approve, be in agreement, concur (with), be agreed.

* estar de acuerdo con = accord with, conform to, fit, go along with, fit with, be in conformity with, mesh with, see + eye to eye (with/on), jive with.

* estar de acuerdo (con/en) = see + eye to eye (with/on).

* estar de acuerdo con una idea = subscribe to + idea.

* estar de acuerdo en que no + estar + de acuerdo = agree to + disagree.

* estar de acuerdo sobre = agree (on/upon).

* estar de acuerdo unánimemente = agree on + all hands.

* estar de baja = be off work.

* estar de baja por enfermedad = be off work sick.

* estar debatiéndose = be under discussion.

* estar de brazos cruzados = stand + idle, sit + idle.

* estar de buen humor = be high.

* estar de camino a = be on the road to.

* estar de capa caída = be in the doldrums.

* estar de cháchara = chinwag.

* estar decidido a = be determined to, be of a mind to, be intent on, be all set to.

* estar decidido a continuar = be set to continue.

* estar decidido a + Infinitivo = be set to + Infinitivo.

* estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.

* estar de moda = be in.

* estar densamente poblado de = be dense with.

* estar dentro de = fall within/into.

* estar dentro de la competencia = be the province of.

* estar dentro de las posibilidades de uno = lie within + Posesivo + power.

* estar de palique = chinwag.

* estar de parloteo = chinwag.

* estar de pie = stand.

* estar de pie por encima de = stand over.

* estar desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

* estar desacreditado = hold in + disrepute.

* estar desapareciendo = be on the way out.

* estar desasosegado = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.

* estar desbordado de = be snowed under with.

* estar desbordante de = spill over with.

* estar descaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar descontento con = express + dissatisfaction with.

* estar deseoso de = be anxious to, be more than ready for.

* estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.

* estar desocupado = stand + idle.

* estar desordenado = be out of order.

* estar desquiciado = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* estar destinado a = be intended for/to.

* estar destrozado = be + wreck, be a shambles.

* estar de suerte = be in luck.

* estar detenido = be under arrest.

* estar de vacaciones = be on vacation, be off on vacation.

* estar de vuelta = be back.

* estar de vuelta dentro de = be back in + Expresión Temporal.

* estar directamente relacionado con = be directly correlated to.

* estar disgustado por = feel deeply about.

* estar disperso = lie + scattered.

* estar disponible = be available, be forthcoming, be at hand.

* estar dispuestísimo a = be more than willing to.

* estar dispuesto = be game.

* estar dispuesto a = be keen to, be prepared to, be willing to, be of a mind to, be willing and able to, be ready, willing and able.

* estar dispuesto a todo = be ready, willing and able.

* estar dispuesto y deseoso a = be willing and able to.

* estar dominado por Alguien = be under + Posesivo + thumb.

* estar ducho en = be adept at.

* estar dudoso = be doubtful.

* estar embarazada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar emocionado = be thrilled.

* estar empachado = have + indigestion.

* estar empeorando = be in decline.

* estar en = be in the course of.

* estar en alza = be up.

* estar enamorado de = carry + a torch for + Nombre, have + a crush on.

* estar en apuros = be in trouble, be in a fix.

* estar en ascuas = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold, sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.

* estar en auge = go + strong.

* estar en Babia = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* estar en barbecho = lie + fallow.

* estar en buenas manos = be in safe hands.

* estar encaminado a = be on the road to.

* estar en camino de = be on the way to.

* estar encantadísimo = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar encantado = be thrilled.

* estar encantado de Hacer Algo = be more than happy to + Infinitivo.

* estar en casa = be in.

* estar en celo = be on heat, be in heat.

* estar encendido = be on.

* estar enchufado = be on.

* estar encinta = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar en consonancia con = be consonant with, attune to, align + Reflexivo + with.

* estar en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), be in touch (with).

* estar en contra de = be against.

* estar en debate = be under discussion.

* estar en decadencia = be in decline, be in retreat.

* estar en declive = be in decline.

* estar en desacuerdo = be at variance, disagree, quarrel with, beg to differ, be at sixes and sevens with each other.

* estar en desacuerdo con = be at odds with, be at loggerheads with.

* estar en desacuerdo sobre = be at odds over.

* estar en desigualdad = be under par.

* estar en desventaja = be disadvantaged, be at a disadvantage.

* estar en deuda = be in debt.

* estar en deuda con = be beholden to.

* estar endeudado = be in debt.

* estar en dificultades = be in trouble.

* estar en duda = be in question.

* estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.

* estar en el lugar indicado en el momento indicado = be in the right place at the right time.

* estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno = be in the right place at the right time.

* estar en el séptimo cielo = be on cloud nine, float on + air.

* estar en el sitio justo en el momento preciso = be on the spot.

* estar enemistados = be at loggerheads.

* estar en estado = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar en estado de buena esperanza = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar en estado de cambio = be in flux.

* estar enfermo de amor = be lovesick.

* estar en flor = be in bloom, be in flower.

* estar en floración = be in bloom, be in flower.

* estar en forma = be in shape, be in good shape.

* estar enfrascado en Algo = have + Nombre + on the go.

* estar enfrentados = be at loggerheads.

* estar en funcionamiento = be up.

* estar en función de = be a function of.

* estar en guardia = be on guard (against), be on + Posesivo + guard.

* estar en guerra con = be at war with.

* estar en igualdad de condiciones con = be on (an) equal footing with.

* estar en inferioridad de condiciones = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* estar en juego = be at stake.

* estar en la gloria = be on cloud nine, float on + air.

* estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* estar en la mejor posición para = be best positioned to.

* estar en la misma categoria que = rank with.

* estar en la onda = attune to + wavelength.

* estar en las mismas = be back to square one.

* estar en las últimas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar en lo cierto = hit + the truth.

* estar en manos privadas = hold in + private hands.

* estar en marcha = tick over.

* estar en mayoría = be in the majority.

* estar en medio de = caught in the middle.

* estar en minoría = be in the minority.

* estar en misa y repicando = have + a finger in every pie.

* estar enojado = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle.

* estar en paz = pay + Posesivo + dues.

* estar en peligro = be in jeopardy, be in question, be endangered, be at risk, be at stake.

* estar en peligro (de) = be in danger (of).

* estar en posición de = be in a position to.

* estar en proceso de = be on the way to, be in the process of, be in the course of.

* estar en proceso de cambio = be in flux.

* estar en proceso de + Infinitivo = be on to + Infinitivo.

* estar en retirada = be in retreat.

* estar en ruinas = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* estar en sintonía con = attune to.

* estar en situación de = be in a position to.

* estar en suspense = sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.

* estar en tensión = sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.

* estar en todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* estar en trance de = be in the process of.

* estar entre = fall between.

* estar entre la espada y la pared = be on the horns of a dilemma.

* estar entre los primeros = stay on top.

* estar entre rejas = be behind bars.

* estar entusiasmado = be thrilled.

* estar en un aprieto = be in a fix.

* estar en una situación diferente = be on a different track.

* estar en un berenjenal = be (in) a mess.

* estar en un mar de dudas = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* estar en un momento clave = be at a watershed.

* estar en un momento decisivo = be at a watershed.

* estar en un sinvivir = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.

* estar en venta = be up for sale.

* estar en vías de = be on the road to, be in the process of.

* estar en vías de conseguir = be on the road to.

* estar en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold, sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.

* estar equivoado = miss + the point.

* estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, be in the wrong.

* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).

* estar erróneo = be in error.

* estar esparcido = lie + scattered.

* estar estrechamente ligado a = be closely tied to.

* estar estropeado = be kaput.

* estar estropeándose = be on the way out.

* estar exento de pagar impuestos = write off.

* estar falto de = be short of.

* estar falto de práctica = get + rusty.

* estar familiarizado con = have + familiarity with.

* estar firmemente convencido = strongly held opinion.

* estar frenético = be furious.

* estar frito de sed = be parched, spit + feathers, be parched with thirst.

* estar fuera = be out.

* estar fuera con los amigos = be out with the guys.

* estar fuera de contienda = be out of contention.

* estar fuera del alcance = lie outside + the scope of.

* estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.

* estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.

* estar fuera de lugar = be out of place, be out of order.

* estar fuera de quicio = be beside + Reflexivo.

* estar fuera de rumbo = be off course.

* estar fuera de secuencia = be out of order.

* estar fuera de sí = be beside + Reflexivo.

* estar funcionando = be in place.

* estar furioso = fume.

* estar + Gerundio = be on the way to.

* estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.

* estar haciendo = be up to.

* estar haciendo Algo = have + Nombre + on the go.

* estar haciendo algo que no se debe = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* estar hambriento = starve.

* estar harto = have had enough.

* estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.

* estar hasta la coronilla de = be sick and tired of.

* estar hecho a escala = be to scale.

* estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to.

* estar hecho con la mismas dimensiones que el original = be to scale.

* estar hecho el uno para el otro = be well suited to each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* estar hecho para = be geared to, be intended for/to, mean, be cut out for.

* estar hecho polvo = be + wreck.

* estar hecho un desastre = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.

* estar hecho un esqueleto = be a bag of bones.

* estar hecho un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* estar hecho un perla = be a bit of a lad.

* estar hecho un pinta = be a bit of a lad.

* estar hecho un prenda = be a bit of a lad.

* estar helado = be frozen stiff.

* estar implícito en = run through.

* estar inactivo = lie + fallow, lie + dormant.

* estar incluido = be embedded.

* estar indeciso = be hesitant (to).

* estar indeciso entre... o... = be torn between... and....

* estar inerte = lie + fallow.

* estar informado puntualmente sobre = monitor + information on.

* estar inmune a = be immune against.

* estar inquieto = be disturbed.

* estar interesado en = be interested in, be keen to.

* estar inundado de = be snowed under with.

* estar junto a = stand by + Lugar.

* estar juntos = be together, stand + together.

* estar justo en medio de = stand + squarely in.

* estar la mar de contento = be over the moon.

* estar lejos de (ser) + Infinitivo = be far from + Gerundio.

* estar levantado = be up.

* estar libre de = be free from.

* estar ligado a = be bound up with.

* estar listo = stand + ready, be ready.

* estar listo para = be poised to, stand + poised, be all set to.

* estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.

* estar localizable = be locatable.

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon, be over the moon.

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

* estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar manga por hombro = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* estar marcado por = be pockmarked with.

* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.

* estar mejor = be better off, be better served by.

* estar metido en todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.

* estar motivado = be motivated, have + motivation.

* estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.

* estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.

* estar muerto de frío = be frozen stiff.

* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.

* estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.

* estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.

* estar muy acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.

* estar muy agradecido a = be indebted to.

* estar muy alejado de = be a long way from.

* estar muy arraigado en = be well embedded in.

* estar muy bajo = be way down.

* estar muy cerca de = be one step away from, be steps away from, come + very close to.

* estar muy convencido de = have + strong feelings about.

* estar muy emocionado con/por = be excited about.

* estar muy esparcido = spread + Nombre + thinly.

* estar muy lejano = be far off.

* estar muy lejos = be far off, be a long way off.

* estar muy por delante de = be way out ahead of.

* estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.

* estar muy puesto = stay on top of + the game, stay on top.

* estar muy separado = set + far apart.

* estar muy usado = be well thumbed.

* estar nervioso = be in a tizz(y), have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* estar oculto = lie + hidden.

* estar ocupado = busyness, be engaged, be tied up.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* estar orgulloso de = be proud (of/to).

* estar orientado a/para = be geared to.

* estar orientado hacia = target.

* estar orientado hacia + Nombre = be + Nombre + driven.

* estar patas arriba = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* estar pendiente de = be on the lookout for, pay + attention to, keep + an eye on, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* estar pendiente de todo = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* estar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + league, be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head, be all at sea.

* estar permitido = be permissible.

* estar plagado de = be rife with.

* estar plenamente convencido de Algo = feel (it) in + Posesivo + bones.

* estar pluriempleado = moonlight, work + a second job.

* estar pluriempleado, tener un segundo trabajo, tener un segundo empleo = work + a second job.

* estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.

* estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].

* estar por delante de = be ahead of.

* estar por demostrar = be unproven.

* estar por detrás = be behind.

* estar por encima de = overlay, overlie.

* estar por las nubes = be through the roof.

* estar por ver = be an open question.

* estar poseído por los espíritus = haunt.

* estar precavido = be on + Posesivo + guard, be on guard (against).

* estar predestinado a = be predestined to.

* estar predispuesto = feel + partial.

* estar predispuesto a = be predisposed to/toward(s).

* estar preñada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar preocupadísimo = be worried stiff (about), be worried sick.

* estar preocupado por = be anxious to.

* estar preparado = be readied, stand + ready, be ready.

* estar preparado para = be geared up for/to, stand + poised.

* estar preparado y dispuesto a = be willing and able to.

* estar preparado y dispuesto a todo = be ready, willing and able.

* estar presente = be manifest, be present, be in evidence.

* estar presionado = be under the gun.

* estar propuesto a = be intent on.

* estar próximo = be at hand.

* estar quedándose sin = run + low (on).

* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* estar realizándose = underway [under way], be in progress, be in hand.

* estar rebosante de = spill over with.

* estar rebosante de salud = fit as a fiddle.

* estar relacionado con = be associated with, regard.

* estar relacionado con el trabajo = be work related.

* estar resentido = carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder.

* estar resfriado = have + a cold.

* estar respaldado por Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.

* estar restringido = be constrained.

* estar resuelto a = be intent on, be all set to.

* estar saliendo con alguien = be in a dating relationship.

* estar salpicado de = be dotted with.

* estar sano y salvo = be alive and well.

* estar satisfecho (de) = be satisfied (with).

* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.

* estar sediento = be thirsty, spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.

* estar seguro = be sure, make + sure, set + your watch by.

* estar seguro de = be certain (of), be confident about, feel + confident.

* estar seguro de que = be confident that.

* estar sentado sin hacer o decir nada = sit by.

* estar separado = set + apart.

* estar separado de = be remote from.

* estar sesgado = bias, slant.

* estar siempre + Adjetivo = be ever + Adjetivo.

* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.

* estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.

* estar siendo + Participio = be in process of + Nombre.

* estar sin blanca = not have a bean.

* estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.

* estar sin trabajo = stay out of + work.

* estar sin una pela = not have a bean.

* estar sin un centavo = not have a bean.

* estar sin un céntimo = not have a bean.

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I 1.
cópula

1) ( seguido de adjetivos) [ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1] to be

qué gordo está! — isn't he fat!, hasn't he got(ten) fat!

pobre abuelo! está viejo — poor grandpa! he's really aged

la sopa está deliciosa/muy caliente — the soup is delicious/very hot

está muy simpático conmigo — he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently)

todo está tan caro! — things are o have become so expensive!

está cansada/furiosa/embarazada — she is tired/furious/pregnant

2) (con bien, mal, mejor, peor)

están todos bien, gracias — they're all fine, thanks

qué bien estás en esta foto! — you look great in this photo!

está mal que no se lo perdones — it's wrong of you not to forgive him; ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor

3) ( hablando de estado civil) to be

está casada con un primo mío — she's married to a cousin of mine

4) ( seguido de participios)

estar sentado/echado/arrodillado — to be sitting/lying/kneeling (down)

estaban abrazados — they had their arms around each other; ver tb verbo auxiliar 2

5) ( con predicado introducido por preposición) to be; (para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente)

estoy a régimen — I'm on a diet

¿a cómo está la uva? — how much are the grapes?

estamos como al principio — we're back to where we started

está con el sarampión — she has (the) measles

siempre está con lo mismo — he's always going on about the same thing

está de buen humor — she's in a good mood

están de limpieza/viaje — they're spring-cleaning/on a trip

hoy estoy de cocinera — I'm doing the cooking today

estaba de secretaria — she worked as a secretary

no estoy para bromas — I'm not in the mood for jokes

estamos sin electricidad — the electricity is off at the moment

está sin pintar — it hasn't been painted yet

estar con alguien — ( estar de acuerdo) to agree with somebody; ( apoyar) to support somebody, be on somebody's side

el pueblo está con nosotros — the people are with us

estar en algo: no lo hemos solucionado pero estamos en ello or eso — we haven't solved it but we're working on it

6) ( introducido por que)

el agua está que pela — the water's scalding hot

está que no hay quien lo aguante — he's (being) unbearable
2.
estar vi

Sentido I

1) ( en un lugar)

edificio/pueblo ( estar ubicado) to be

¿dónde está Chiapas? — where's Chiapas?

está a 20 kilómetros de aquí — it's 20 kilometers from here

2)

a) persona/objeto ( hallarse en cierto momento) to be

¿sabes dónde está Pedro? — do you know where Pedro is?

¿a qué hora tienes que estar allí? — what time do you have to be there?

¿dónde estábamos la clase pasada? — where did we get to in the last class?

b) ( figurar) to be

yo no estaba en la lista — I wasn't on the list, my name didn't appear on the list

3) ( hallarse en determinado lugar)

¿está Rodrigo? — is Rodrigo in?

¿estamos todos? — are we all here?

4)

a) (quedarse, permanecer)

sólo estaré unos días — I'll only be staying a few days

¿cuánto tiempo estarás en Londres? — how long are you going to be in London (for)?

b) ( vivir)

ahora estamos en Soca — we're in o we live in Soca now

de momento estoy con mi hermana — at the moment I'm staying with my sister

Sentido II

5) ( en el tiempo)

¿a qué (día) estamos? — what day is it today?

¿a cuánto estamos hoy? — what's the date today?

estamos a 28 de mayo — it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May

estamos en primavera — it's spring

¿en qué mes estamos? — what month are we in o is it?

Sentido III

6) (existir, haber)

y después está el problema de... — and then there's the problem of...

luego están los niños, hay que pensar en ellos — then there are the children to think about

7) (tener como función, cometido)

estar para algo: para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for; estamos para ayudarlos — we're here to help them

8) ( radicar)

ahí está el quid del asunto — that's the crux of the matter

estar en algo: en eso está el problema that's where the problem lies; todo está en que él quiera — it all depends on whether he wants to or not

9) (estar listo, terminado)

la carne todavía no está — the meat's not ready yet

lo atas con un nudo y ya está — you tie a knot in it and that's it o there you are

enseguida estoy — I'll be right with you

ya está! ya sé la repuesta! — I've got it! I know the answer!

ahí está! — that's it!

10) ( quedar entendido)

que no vuelva a suceder ¿estamos? — don't let it happen again, understand? o (colloq) got it?

11)

ya que estamos/estás — while we're/you're at it

12) (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl)

te está grande/pequeña — it's too big/too small for you

la 46 te está mejor — the 46 fits you better
3.
estar v aux

1) ( con gerundio)

está lloviendo — it's raining

se está afeitando — he's shaving

estoy viendo que va a ser imposible — I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible

2) ( con participio)

la foto está tomada con flash — the photo was taken with flash

ese asiento está ocupado — that seat is taken

ya está hecho un hombrecito — he's a proper young man now; ver tb estar cópula 4)
4.
estarse v pron

1) (enf) ( permanecer) to stay

se estuvo horas ahí sentado — he remained sitting there for hours

¿no te puedes estar quieto? — can't you stay o keep still?

estése tranquilo — don't worry

2) (enf) ( llegar) to be

estáte allí media hora antes — be there half an hour before
II
masculino (esp AmL) living room

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= be, become, live with.

Ex: Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.

Ex: Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.

Ex: Medical advances are improving the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, while prevention remains the key to stopping the spread of this disease.

* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* creer que estar bien = feel + right.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar la señal de estar listo = prompt.

* dejar como + estar = leave + untouched.

* dejar las cosas como están = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* el diablo está en los detalles = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* el futuro + estar + justo a la vuelta de la esquina = the future + be + just around the corner.

* esperanza + estar = hope + lie.

* estando de acuerdo = approvingly.

* estando de servicio = while on the job.

* estando sentado = from a seated position.

* estar a años de distancia = be years away.

* estar abierto a = be open to.

* estar abocado a ser = be doomed.

* estar absorto en = be wrapped up in.

* estar aburridísimo = be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.

* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.

* estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between, straddle (between).

* estar a caballo entre... y... = lie + midway between... and..., tread + a fine line between... and, tread + the thin line between... and, tread + a delicate line between... and.

* estar acabando con = eat away at.

* estar acabándose = be on the way out, be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar a + Cantidad + de distancia = Cantidad + distant from.

* estar a cargo de = man, be the responsibility of.

* estar accesible = be up.

* estar accesible en línea = go + online.

* estar accesible en red = go + online.

* estar acertado = be right on track.

* estar acostumbrado a = be familiar with, be no stranger to, be used to.

* estar acostumbrado a + Infinitivo = be accustomed to + Gerundio.

* estar a dos velas = not have a bean.

* estar a + Expresión Numérica + de distancia = be + Número + away.

* estar a favor de = be for, be in favour (of), come down in + favour of.

* estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.

* estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.

* estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.

* estar agradecido = be thankful.

* estar a la alerta de = be wary of.

* estar a la altura de = live up to, be equal to.

* estar a la altura de la circunstancias = make + the cut.

* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = come up with + the goods.

* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = rise (up) to + challenge.

* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, be equal to the occasion, rise (up) to + the occasion, deliver + the goods, measure up (to), be up to snuff.

* estar a la altura de las expectativas = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.

* estar a la altura de las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.

* estar a la altura de lo que se espera = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.

* estar a la baja = be down.

* estar al acecho = lie in + wait.

* estar a la entera disposición de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + feet.

* estar al alcance de la mano = be at hand.

* estar a la misma altura que = rank with.

* estar a la orden del día = be the order of the day.

* estar a la par de = rank with.

* estar a la vuelta de la esquina = be just around the corner.

* estar al borde de = teeter + on the edge of.

* estar al completo = overbook.

* estar al corriente = monitor + developments.

* estar al día = monitor + developments, stay on top of + the game, stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* estar alejado + Expresión Numérica = be + Número + away.

* estar al lado de = stand by + Lugar.

* estar al loro de = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* estar al máximo = overstretch.

* estar al mismo nivel = be on a par.

* estar al tanto = monitor + developments.

* estar al tanto de = be on the lookout for, keep + track of, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* estar a mano = be on hand, be around.

* estar a medio camino entre... y... = lie + midway between... and....

* estar a merced de = be at the mercy of.

* estar ansioso por = be eager to.

* estar ante = be faced with.

* estar apagado = be off.

* estar a punto de = be poised to, be about to, be on the point of, stand + poised, come + very close to.

* estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* estar a punto de + Infinitivo = be about + Infinitivo.

* estar aquí ya = be upon us.

* estar a resultas de = keep + track of.

* estar arraigado en = be rooted in.

* estar arrestado = be under arrest.

* estar arriba = sit on + top.

* estar a salvo = be in safe hands.

* estar asociado a = be associated with, be bound up with.

* estar atado a = hold + hostage to.

* estar atareado = be tied up.

* estar atento a = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* estar aterrorizado = be petrified of, be frightened to death, be scared stiff, be terrified.

* estar a tope = overstretch.

* estar atrancado = be stuck.

* estar atrasado en el pago = be in arrears.

* estar aumentando = be on the increase.

* estár aún más alejados = be one step further removed.

* estar aún por llegar = be yet to come.

* estar ausente = lack.

* estar ausente de = be absent (from).

* estar avanzado = be well under way.

* estar avergonzado = be ashamed.

* estar averiado = be out of order.

* estar aviado = be (in) a mess.

* estar bajo arresto = be under arrest.

* estar bajo la tutela de = fall under + the auspices of.

* estar bastante acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.

* estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart.

* estar bien = be okay, be in good shape, be in good health.

* estar bien de salud = be in good health.

* estar bien encaminado = be on the right track.

* estar bien pensado = be carefully thought out.

* estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.

* estar callado = keep + quiet.

* estar cansado de = be sick and tired of.

* estar capacitado para = be qualified to.

* estar casi finalizado = near + completion.

* estar casi terminado = be nearing completion, reach + near completion.

* estar castigado = be in the doghouse.

* estar cerca = be at hand, be on hand, be around.

* estar cerca de = be close to.

* estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.

* estar chupado = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a snap, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* estar clarísimo = be patently clear.

* estar claro = be plain, be out in the open.

* estar colado por = have + a crush on.

* estar como una cabra = be a real nutter.

* estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.

* estar completamente de acuerdo con = agree + wholeheartedly with.

* estar completamente equivocado = be way off.

* estar comprometido a = hold + hostage to.

* estar comprometido a + Infinitivo = be committed to + Gerundio.

* estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.

* estar condenado a ser = be doomed.

* estar conectado = be on.

* estar con el alma en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.

* estar con el tema = be on the topic.

* estar confinado = be confined.

* estar confuso = blur, be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.

* estar congelado = be frozen stiff.

* estar con la espalda contra la pared = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.

* estar contentísimo = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar contraindicado = be contraindicated.

* estar contra las cuertas = be against the ropes.

* estar convencido = there + be + strong feeling.

* estar convencido de la idea de que = be committed to the idea that.

* estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.

* estar correcto = be correct.

* estar correlacionado con = be correlated with.

* estar de acorde con = be commensurate with.

* estar de acuerdo = approve, be in agreement, concur (with), be agreed.

* estar de acuerdo con = accord with, conform to, fit, go along with, fit with, be in conformity with, mesh with, see + eye to eye (with/on), jive with.

* estar de acuerdo (con/en) = see + eye to eye (with/on).

* estar de acuerdo con una idea = subscribe to + idea.

* estar de acuerdo en que no + estar + de acuerdo = agree to + disagree.

* estar de acuerdo sobre = agree (on/upon).

* estar de acuerdo unánimemente = agree on + all hands.

* estar de baja = be off work.

* estar de baja por enfermedad = be off work sick.

* estar debatiéndose = be under discussion.

* estar de brazos cruzados = stand + idle, sit + idle.

* estar de buen humor = be high.

* estar de camino a = be on the road to.

* estar de capa caída = be in the doldrums.

* estar de cháchara = chinwag.

* estar decidido a = be determined to, be of a mind to, be intent on, be all set to.

* estar decidido a continuar = be set to continue.

* estar decidido a + Infinitivo = be set to + Infinitivo.

* estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.

* estar de moda = be in.

* estar densamente poblado de = be dense with.

* estar dentro de = fall within/into.

* estar dentro de la competencia = be the province of.

* estar dentro de las posibilidades de uno = lie within + Posesivo + power.

* estar de palique = chinwag.

* estar de parloteo = chinwag.

* estar de pie = stand.

* estar de pie por encima de = stand over.

* estar desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

* estar desacreditado = hold in + disrepute.

* estar desapareciendo = be on the way out.

* estar desasosegado = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.

* estar desbordado de = be snowed under with.

* estar desbordante de = spill over with.

* estar descaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar descontento con = express + dissatisfaction with.

* estar deseoso de = be anxious to, be more than ready for.

* estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.

* estar desocupado = stand + idle.

* estar desordenado = be out of order.

* estar desquiciado = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* estar destinado a = be intended for/to.

* estar destrozado = be + wreck, be a shambles.

* estar de suerte = be in luck.

* estar detenido = be under arrest.

* estar de vacaciones = be on vacation, be off on vacation.

* estar de vuelta = be back.

* estar de vuelta dentro de = be back in + Expresión Temporal.

* estar directamente relacionado con = be directly correlated to.

* estar disgustado por = feel deeply about.

* estar disperso = lie + scattered.

* estar disponible = be available, be forthcoming, be at hand.

* estar dispuestísimo a = be more than willing to.

* estar dispuesto = be game.

* estar dispuesto a = be keen to, be prepared to, be willing to, be of a mind to, be willing and able to, be ready, willing and able.

* estar dispuesto a todo = be ready, willing and able.

* estar dispuesto y deseoso a = be willing and able to.

* estar dominado por Alguien = be under + Posesivo + thumb.

* estar ducho en = be adept at.

* estar dudoso = be doubtful.

* estar embarazada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar emocionado = be thrilled.

* estar empachado = have + indigestion.

* estar empeorando = be in decline.

* estar en = be in the course of.

* estar en alza = be up.

* estar enamorado de = carry + a torch for + Nombre, have + a crush on.

* estar en apuros = be in trouble, be in a fix.

* estar en ascuas = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold, sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.

* estar en auge = go + strong.

* estar en Babia = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* estar en barbecho = lie + fallow.

* estar en buenas manos = be in safe hands.

* estar encaminado a = be on the road to.

* estar en camino de = be on the way to.

* estar encantadísimo = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar encantado = be thrilled.

* estar encantado de Hacer Algo = be more than happy to + Infinitivo.

* estar en casa = be in.

* estar en celo = be on heat, be in heat.

* estar encendido = be on.

* estar enchufado = be on.

* estar encinta = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar en consonancia con = be consonant with, attune to, align + Reflexivo + with.

* estar en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), be in touch (with).

* estar en contra de = be against.

* estar en debate = be under discussion.

* estar en decadencia = be in decline, be in retreat.

* estar en declive = be in decline.

* estar en desacuerdo = be at variance, disagree, quarrel with, beg to differ, be at sixes and sevens with each other.

* estar en desacuerdo con = be at odds with, be at loggerheads with.

* estar en desacuerdo sobre = be at odds over.

* estar en desigualdad = be under par.

* estar en desventaja = be disadvantaged, be at a disadvantage.

* estar en deuda = be in debt.

* estar en deuda con = be beholden to.

* estar endeudado = be in debt.

* estar en dificultades = be in trouble.

* estar en duda = be in question.

* estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.

* estar en el lugar indicado en el momento indicado = be in the right place at the right time.

* estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno = be in the right place at the right time.

* estar en el séptimo cielo = be on cloud nine, float on + air.

* estar en el sitio justo en el momento preciso = be on the spot.

* estar enemistados = be at loggerheads.

* estar en estado = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar en estado de buena esperanza = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar en estado de cambio = be in flux.

* estar enfermo de amor = be lovesick.

* estar en flor = be in bloom, be in flower.

* estar en floración = be in bloom, be in flower.

* estar en forma = be in shape, be in good shape.

* estar enfrascado en Algo = have + Nombre + on the go.

* estar enfrentados = be at loggerheads.

* estar en funcionamiento = be up.

* estar en función de = be a function of.

* estar en guardia = be on guard (against), be on + Posesivo + guard.

* estar en guerra con = be at war with.

* estar en igualdad de condiciones con = be on (an) equal footing with.

* estar en inferioridad de condiciones = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* estar en juego = be at stake.

* estar en la gloria = be on cloud nine, float on + air.

* estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* estar en la mejor posición para = be best positioned to.

* estar en la misma categoria que = rank with.

* estar en la onda = attune to + wavelength.

* estar en las mismas = be back to square one.

* estar en las últimas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar en lo cierto = hit + the truth.

* estar en manos privadas = hold in + private hands.

* estar en marcha = tick over.

* estar en mayoría = be in the majority.

* estar en medio de = caught in the middle.

* estar en minoría = be in the minority.

* estar en misa y repicando = have + a finger in every pie.

* estar enojado = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle.

* estar en paz = pay + Posesivo + dues.

* estar en peligro = be in jeopardy, be in question, be endangered, be at risk, be at stake.

* estar en peligro (de) = be in danger (of).

* estar en posición de = be in a position to.

* estar en proceso de = be on the way to, be in the process of, be in the course of.

* estar en proceso de cambio = be in flux.

* estar en proceso de + Infinitivo = be on to + Infinitivo.

* estar en retirada = be in retreat.

* estar en ruinas = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* estar en sintonía con = attune to.

* estar en situación de = be in a position to.

* estar en suspense = sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.

* estar en tensión = sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.

* estar en todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* estar en trance de = be in the process of.

* estar entre = fall between.

* estar entre la espada y la pared = be on the horns of a dilemma.

* estar entre los primeros = stay on top.

* estar entre rejas = be behind bars.

* estar entusiasmado = be thrilled.

* estar en un aprieto = be in a fix.

* estar en una situación diferente = be on a different track.

* estar en un berenjenal = be (in) a mess.

* estar en un mar de dudas = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* estar en un momento clave = be at a watershed.

* estar en un momento decisivo = be at a watershed.

* estar en un sinvivir = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.

* estar en venta = be up for sale.

* estar en vías de = be on the road to, be in the process of.

* estar en vías de conseguir = be on the road to.

* estar en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold, sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.

* estar equivoado = miss + the point.

* estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, be in the wrong.

* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).

* estar erróneo = be in error.

* estar esparcido = lie + scattered.

* estar estrechamente ligado a = be closely tied to.

* estar estropeado = be kaput.

* estar estropeándose = be on the way out.

* estar exento de pagar impuestos = write off.

* estar falto de = be short of.

* estar falto de práctica = get + rusty.

* estar familiarizado con = have + familiarity with.

* estar firmemente convencido = strongly held opinion.

* estar frenético = be furious.

* estar frito de sed = be parched, spit + feathers, be parched with thirst.

* estar fuera = be out.

* estar fuera con los amigos = be out with the guys.

* estar fuera de contienda = be out of contention.

* estar fuera del alcance = lie outside + the scope of.

* estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.

* estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.

* estar fuera de lugar = be out of place, be out of order.

* estar fuera de quicio = be beside + Reflexivo.

* estar fuera de rumbo = be off course.

* estar fuera de secuencia = be out of order.

* estar fuera de sí = be beside + Reflexivo.

* estar funcionando = be in place.

* estar furioso = fume.

* estar + Gerundio = be on the way to.

* estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.

* estar haciendo = be up to.

* estar haciendo Algo = have + Nombre + on the go.

* estar haciendo algo que no se debe = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* estar hambriento = starve.

* estar harto = have had enough.

* estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.

* estar hasta la coronilla de = be sick and tired of.

* estar hecho a escala = be to scale.

* estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to.

* estar hecho con la mismas dimensiones que el original = be to scale.

* estar hecho el uno para el otro = be well suited to each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* estar hecho para = be geared to, be intended for/to, mean, be cut out for.

* estar hecho polvo = be + wreck.

* estar hecho un desastre = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.

* estar hecho un esqueleto = be a bag of bones.

* estar hecho un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* estar hecho un perla = be a bit of a lad.

* estar hecho un pinta = be a bit of a lad.

* estar hecho un prenda = be a bit of a lad.

* estar helado = be frozen stiff.

* estar implícito en = run through.

* estar inactivo = lie + fallow, lie + dormant.

* estar incluido = be embedded.

* estar indeciso = be hesitant (to).

* estar indeciso entre... o... = be torn between... and....

* estar inerte = lie + fallow.

* estar informado puntualmente sobre = monitor + information on.

* estar inmune a = be immune against.

* estar inquieto = be disturbed.

* estar interesado en = be interested in, be keen to.

* estar inundado de = be snowed under with.

* estar junto a = stand by + Lugar.

* estar juntos = be together, stand + together.

* estar justo en medio de = stand + squarely in.

* estar la mar de contento = be over the moon.

* estar lejos de (ser) + Infinitivo = be far from + Gerundio.

* estar levantado = be up.

* estar libre de = be free from.

* estar ligado a = be bound up with.

* estar listo = stand + ready, be ready.

* estar listo para = be poised to, stand + poised, be all set to.

* estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.

* estar localizable = be locatable.

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon, be over the moon.

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

* estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar manga por hombro = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* estar marcado por = be pockmarked with.

* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.

* estar mejor = be better off, be better served by.

* estar metido en todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.

* estar motivado = be motivated, have + motivation.

* estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.

* estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.

* estar muerto de frío = be frozen stiff.

* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.

* estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.

* estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.

* estar muy acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.

* estar muy agradecido a = be indebted to.

* estar muy alejado de = be a long way from.

* estar muy arraigado en = be well embedded in.

* estar muy bajo = be way down.

* estar muy cerca de = be one step away from, be steps away from, come + very close to.

* estar muy convencido de = have + strong feelings about.

* estar muy emocionado con/por = be excited about.

* estar muy esparcido = spread + Nombre + thinly.

* estar muy lejano = be far off.

* estar muy lejos = be far off, be a long way off.

* estar muy por delante de = be way out ahead of.

* estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.

* estar muy puesto = stay on top of + the game, stay on top.

* estar muy separado = set + far apart.

* estar muy usado = be well thumbed.

* estar nervioso = be in a tizz(y), have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* estar oculto = lie + hidden.

* estar ocupado = busyness, be engaged, be tied up.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* estar orgulloso de = be proud (of/to).

* estar orientado a/para = be geared to.

* estar orientado hacia = target.

* estar orientado hacia + Nombre = be + Nombre + driven.

* estar patas arriba = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* estar pendiente de = be on the lookout for, pay + attention to, keep + an eye on, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* estar pendiente de todo = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* estar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + league, be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head, be all at sea.

* estar permitido = be permissible.

* estar plagado de = be rife with.

* estar plenamente convencido de Algo = feel (it) in + Posesivo + bones.

* estar pluriempleado = moonlight, work + a second job.

* estar pluriempleado, tener un segundo trabajo, tener un segundo empleo = work + a second job.

* estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.

* estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].

* estar por delante de = be ahead of.

* estar por demostrar = be unproven.

* estar por detrás = be behind.

* estar por encima de = overlay, overlie.

* estar por las nubes = be through the roof.

* estar por ver = be an open question.

* estar poseído por los espíritus = haunt.

* estar precavido = be on + Posesivo + guard, be on guard (against).

* estar predestinado a = be predestined to.

* estar predispuesto = feel + partial.

* estar predispuesto a = be predisposed to/toward(s).

* estar preñada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.

* estar preocupadísimo = be worried stiff (about), be worried sick.

* estar preocupado por = be anxious to.

* estar preparado = be readied, stand + ready, be ready.

* estar preparado para = be geared up for/to, stand + poised.

* estar preparado y dispuesto a = be willing and able to.

* estar preparado y dispuesto a todo = be ready, willing and able.

* estar presente = be manifest, be present, be in evidence.

* estar presionado = be under the gun.

* estar propuesto a = be intent on.

* estar próximo = be at hand.

* estar quedándose sin = run + low (on).

* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* estar realizándose = underway [under way], be in progress, be in hand.

* estar rebosante de = spill over with.

* estar rebosante de salud = fit as a fiddle.

* estar relacionado con = be associated with, regard.

* estar relacionado con el trabajo = be work related.

* estar resentido = carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder.

* estar resfriado = have + a cold.

* estar respaldado por Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.

* estar restringido = be constrained.

* estar resuelto a = be intent on, be all set to.

* estar saliendo con alguien = be in a dating relationship.

* estar salpicado de = be dotted with.

* estar sano y salvo = be alive and well.

* estar satisfecho (de) = be satisfied (with).

* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.

* estar sediento = be thirsty, spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.

* estar seguro = be sure, make + sure, set + your watch by.

* estar seguro de = be certain (of), be confident about, feel + confident.

* estar seguro de que = be confident that.

* estar sentado sin hacer o decir nada = sit by.

* estar separado = set + apart.

* estar separado de = be remote from.

* estar sesgado = bias, slant.

* estar siempre + Adjetivo = be ever + Adjetivo.

* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.

* estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.

* estar siendo + Participio = be in process of + Nombre.

* estar sin blanca = not have a bean.

* estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.

* estar sin trabajo = stay out of + work.

* estar sin una pela = not have a bean.

* estar sin un centavo = not have a bean.

* estar sin un céntimo = not have a bean

* * *

estar¹ [ A27 ]

GUIA DE BUSQUEDA

■ estar (cópula)

A seguido de adjetivos

B estar bien, mal, mejor, peor

C hablando de estado civil

D seguido de participios

E con preposición + predicado

F con que + predicado

■ estar (verbo intransitivo)

Sentido I

A quedar ubicado

B

1 hallarse en cierto momento

2 figurar

C

1 hallarse en determinado lugar

2 acudir

D

1 quedarse, permanecer

2 vivir

Sentido II en el tiempo

Sentido III

A existir, haber

B tener como función etc

C radicar

D estar listo, terminado

E quedar entendido

F quedar grande, pequeño etc

G Derecho

■ estar (verbo auxiliar)

A con gerundio

B con participio

■ estarse (verbo pronominal)

A permanecer

B acudir

cópula

A (seguido de adjetivos) [ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser¹ (↑ ser (1)) . Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser¹ (↑ ser (1)) ] to be

¡qué gordo está! isn't he fat!, hasn't he got(ten) fat! o put on a lot of weight!

¡qué alto está Ignacio! isn't Ignacio tall now!, hasn't Ignacio got(ten) tall o grown!

¡pobre abuelo! está viejo poor grandpa! he's really aged

el rape está delicioso ¿qué le has puesto? the monkfish is delicious, how did you cook it?

está muy simpático con nosotros ¿qué querrá? he's being o he's been so nice to us (recently), what do you think he's after?

no estuvo grosero contigo — sí, lo estuvo he wasn't rude to you — yes, he was

estás muy callado ¿qué te pasa? you're very quiet, what's the matter?

¡pero tú estás casi calvo! but you're almost bald, but you've gone almost bald o you've lost almost all your hair!

¿no me oyes? ¿estás sorda? can't you hear me? are you deaf?

¿está muerto/vivo? is he dead/alive?

está cansada/furiosa/embarazada she is tired/furious/pregnant

B ( con bien, mal, mejor, peor) [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

¿cómo están por tu casa? — están todos bien, gracias how's everybody at home? — they're all fine, thanks

¡qué bien estás en esta foto! you look great in this photo!

está mal que no se lo perdones it's wrong of you not to forgive him

ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor

C (hablando de estado civil) to be

está casada con un primo mío she's married to a cousin of mine

sus padres están divorciados her parents are divorced

D

(seguido de participios): estaba sentado/echado en la cama he was sitting/lying on the bed

está colgado de una rama it's hanging from a branch

estaban abrazados they had their arms around each other

estaba arrodillada she was kneeling (down)

ver tb estar¹ v aux B.

E (con predicado introducido por preposición) to be (para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente)

estoy a régimen I'm on a diet

¿a cómo está la uva? how much are the grapes?

estamos como al principio we're back to where we started

está con el sarampión she has (the) measles

estoy con muchas ganas de empezar I'm really looking forward to starting

siempre está con lo mismo/con que es un incomprendido he's always going on about the same thing/about how nobody understands him

estaba de luto/de uniforme he was in mourning/uniform

hoy está de mejor humor she's in a better mood today

están de limpieza/viaje they're spring-cleaning/on a trip

estoy de cocinera hasta que vuelva mi madre I'm doing the cooking until my mother comes back

estuvo de secretaria en una empresa internacional she worked as a secretary in an international company

estás en un error you're mistaken

no estoy para fiestas/bromas I'm not in the mood for parties/joking

estamos sin electricidad we don't have any electricity at the moment, the electricity is off at the moment

éste está sin pintar this one hasn't been painted yet

estar con algn (estar de acuerdo) to agree with sb; (apoyar) to support sb, be on sb's side

yo estoy contigo, creo que ella está equivocada I agree with you o ( colloq) I'm with you, I think she's mistaken

nuestro partido está con el pueblo our party supports o is on the side of the people

el pueblo está con nosotros the people are with us

estar en algo: todavía no hemos solucionado el problema, pero estamos en ello or eso we still haven't solved the problem, but we're working on it

estar por algn ( Esp fam); to be sweet o keen on sb ( colloq)

F (con predicado introducido por que):

está que no hay quien lo aguante he's (being) unbearable

el agua está que pela the water's scalding hot

vi

Sentido I (quedar ubicado)

A «edificio/pueblo» (quedar, estar ubicado) ; to be

la agencia está en el centro the agency is in the center

¿dónde está Camagüey? where's Camagüey?

el pueblo está a 20 kilómetros de aquí the town's 20 kilometers from here

B

1 «persona/objeto» (hallarse en cierto momento) to be

¿a qué hora tienes que estar allí? what time do you have to be there?

estando allí conoció a Micaela he met Micaela while he was there

¿dónde estábamos la clase pasada? where did we get to o had we got(ten) to in the last class?

2 (figurar) to be

esa palabra no está en el diccionario that word isn't in the dictionary

yo no estaba en la lista I wasn't on the list, my name didn't appear on the list

C

1

(hallarse en determinado lugar): fui a verla pero no estaba I went to see her but she wasn't there

¿está Rodrigo? is Rodrigo in?

¿estamos todos? are we all here?, is everyone here?

2

(Col, RPl) (acudir): el médico había estado a verla the doctor had been to see her

D

1

(quedarse, permanecer): sólo estaré unos días I'll only be staying a few days, I'll only be here/there a few days

¿cuánto tiempo estuviste en Londres? how long were you in London?

2

(vivir): ya no vivimos allí, ahora estamos en Soca we don't live there anymore, we're in o we live in Soca now

de momento estoy con mi hermana at the moment I'm staying with my sister

Sentido II [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

(en el tiempo): ¿a qué (día) estamos? what day is it today?

¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today o today's date?, what date is it today?

estamos a 28 de mayo it's May 28th ( AmE) o ( BrE) the 28th of May

estamos a mediados de mes we're halfway through the month

estamos en primavera it's spring, spring has come

¿en qué mes estamos? what month are we in o is it?

ellos están en primavera ahora it's spring for them now, it's their spring now

Sentido III

A

(existir, haber): y después está el problema de la financiación and then there's the problem of finance

dejar

B (tener como función, cometido) estar PARA algo:

para eso estamos that's what we're here for

para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for

ya que estamos/estás while we're/you're at it o ( BrE) about it

C

(radicar): ahí está el quid del asunto that's the crux of the matter

estar EN algo:

la dificultad está en hacerlo sin mirar the difficult thing is to do it o the difficulty lies in doing it without looking

todo está en que él quiera ayudarnos it all depends on whether he wants to help us or not

D

(estar listo, terminado): la carne todavía no está the meat's not ready yet

lo atas con un nudo aquí y ya está you tie a knot in it here and that's it o there you are

enseguida estoy I'll be with you in a minute o in a second, I'll be right with you

¡ya está! ¡ya sé lo que podemos hacer! I've got it! I know what we can do!

¡ahí está! that's it!

E

(quedar entendido): quiero que estés de vuelta a las diez ¿estamos? or (Ur) ¿está? I want you to be back by ten, all right?

que no vuelva a suceder ¿estamos? don't let it happen again, understand? o is that understood? o ( colloq) got it?

F

( Esp) (quedar) (+ me/te/le etc), (+ compl): esa falda te está grande/pequeña that skirt's too big/too small for you

la 46 te está mejor the 46 fits you better

G ( frml) ( Derecho) estar A algo:

se estará a lo estipulado en la cláusula 20 the stipulations of clause 20 will apply

■

v aux

A

(con gerundio): está lloviendo it's raining

no hagas ruido, están durmiendo don't make any noise, they're asleep

se está afeitando/duchando or está afeitándose/duchándose he's shaving/taking a shower

estuve un rato hablando con él I was talking o I talked to him for a while

¿qué estará pensando? I wonder what she's thinking

ya estoy viendo que va a ser imposible I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible

ya te estás quitando de ahí, que ése es mi lugar ( fam); OK, out of there/off there, that's my place ( colloq)

B

(con participio): ¿esta ropa está planchada? have these clothes been ironed?, are these clothes ironed?

la foto estaba tomada desde muy lejos the photo had been taken from a long way away o from a great distance

ese asiento está ocupado that seat is taken

ya está hecho un hombrecito he's a proper young man now

está hecha una vaga she's got(ten) o become lazy

ver tb cópula B

■ estarse

v pron

A ( enf) (permanecer) to stay

se estuvo horas ahí sentado sin moverse he remained sitting there for hours without moving, he sat there for hours without moving

¿no te puedes estar quieto un momento? can't you stay o keep still for a minute?

estése tranquilo don't worry

B ( enf) ( RPl) (acudir) to be

estáte allí media hora antes be there o arrive half an hour before

estar²

masculine

( esp AmL)

living room

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estar 1 ( conjugate estar) cópula
1
a) ( seguido de adjetivos)

◊ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1 to be;

estás más gordo you've put on weight;
estoy cansada I'm tired;
está muy simpático conmigo he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently);
¡todo está tan caro! things are o have become so expensive!
b) ( con

◊ bien, mal, mejor, peor): están todos bien, gracias they're all fine, thanks;

¡qué bien estás en esta foto! you look great in this photo!;
está mal que no se lo perdones it's wrong of you not to forgive him;
ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;
◊ está casada con un primo mío she's married to a cousin of mine

3 ( seguido de participios)
◊ estar sentado to be sitting;

estaban abrazados they had their arms around each other;
ver tb v aux 2
4 ( seguido de preposición) to be;
(para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente);
◊ estoy a régimen I'm on a diet;

¿a cómo está la uva? how much are the grapes?;
está con el sarampión she has (the) measles;
estoy de cocinera I'm doing the cooking;
estamos sin electricidad the electricity is off at the moment;
está sin pintar it hasn't been painted yet
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en un lugar) to be;
◊ ¿dónde está Chiapas? where's Chiapas?;

está a 20 kilómetros de aquí it's 20 kilometers from here;
¿sabes dónde está Pedro? do you know where Pedro is?;
¿está Rodrigo? is Rodrigo in?;
solo estaré unos días I'll only be staying a few days;
¿cuánto tiempo estarás en Londres? how long are you going to be in London (for)?
2 ( en el tiempo):
◊ ¿a qué (día) estamos? what day is it today?;

¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today?;
estamos a 28 de mayo it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May;
estamos en primavera it's spring
3
a) (tener como función, cometido):

◊ para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for;

estamos para ayudarlos we're here to help them
b) ( radicar) to lie;

◊ en eso está el problema that's where the problem lies

4 (estar listo, terminado):
◊ la carne todavía no está the meat's not ready yet;

lo atas con un nudo y ya está you tie a knot in it and that's it o there you are;
enseguida estoy I'll be right with you
5 (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl):
◊ te está pequeña it's too small for you;

la 46 te está mejor the 46 fits you better
estar v aux
1 ( con gerundio):
◊ está lloviendo it's raining;

estoy viendo que va a ser imposible I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible
2 ( con participio):
◊ ese asiento está ocupado that seat is taken;

ya está hecho un hombrecito he's a proper young man now;
ver tb estar cópula 3
estarse verbo pronominal ( enf) ( permanecer) to stay;
◊ ¿no te puedes estar quieto? can't you stay o keep still?;

estese tranquilo don't worry
estar 2 sustantivo masculino (esp AmL) living room
estar verbo intransitivo
1 (existir, hallarse) to be: está al norte, it is to the north
¿estarás en casa?, will you be at home?
no está en ningún lado, it isn't anywhere
estamos aquí para servirle, we are at your service
su pedido aún no está, your order isn't ready yet
2 (permanecer) to stay: estos días estoy en casa de mis padres, these days I'm staying at my parents' place
estoy en la oficina de ocho a dos, I'm at the office from eight to two
quiero que estés aquí un minuto, ahora vuelvo, stay here, I'll be right back
3 (tener una situación actual determinada: con adjetivo o participio) estaba blanco como la cera, he had turned as white as a sheet
está dormido, he's asleep
está teñida de rubio, her hair's dyed blonde
(con gerundio) está estudiando, he is studying
estaba preparando la comida, I was cooking
(con adverbio) estoy tan lejos, I'm so far away
está muy mal, (enfermo) he is very ill
4 (quedar, sentar) el jersey me está pequeño, the sweater is too small for me
5 (para indicar precio, grados, fecha) (+ a: fecha) to be: ¿a qué día estamos?, what's the date?
estamos a 1 de Julio, it is the first of July
(: precio) to be at: ¿a cómo/cuánto están las manzanas?, how much are the apples?
están a setenta pesetas el kilo, they're seventy pesetas a kilo
(: grados) en Madrid estamos a cuarenta grados, it's forty degrees in Madrid
♦ Locuciones: ¿estamos?, agreed?
estar a disposición de, to be at the disposal of
estar a la que salta, to be ready to take advantage of an opportunity
estar a las duras y a las maduras, to take the bad with the good
estar al caer, to be just round the corner
estar en baja, to be waning
estar en todo, to be on top of everything
estaría bueno, whatever next
ESTAR CON: (de acuerdo con) estoy con María, I agree with Mary
ESTAR DE: estoy de broma, I'm joking
está de camarero, he's working as a waiter
estaba de Dios que las cosas sucedieran así, it was God's will that things turned out this way, está de vacaciones, he's on holiday
me voy a marchar porque está claro que aquí estoy de más, I'm going to go because it's obvious that I'm in the way
ESTAR ENCIMA: su madre siempre está encima de él, his mother is always on top of him
ESTAR PARA: no estamos para bromas, we are in no mood for jokes
esa ropa está para planchar, these clothes are ready to be ironed
cuando estaba para salir, me llamaron, when I was just about to leave, they called me
ESTAR POR: la casa está por construir, the house has still to be built
estuve por decirle lo que pensaba, I was tempted to tell him what I thought
estoy por la igualdad de derechos, I'm for equal rights
ESTAR QUE: está que no puede con su alma, he is exhausted
familiar está que trina, he's hopping mad
ESTAR TRAS: está tras el ascenso, he is after promotion
estoy tras una blusa blanca, I'm looking for a white blouse
El uso del verbo to stay como traducción de estar en un lugar es incorrecto, a menos que quieras expresar lo contrario de irse o marcharse (no me voy a la playa, estaré en casa todo el verano, I'm not going to the beach, I'm staying at home all summer) o te refieras a alojarse: Estoy en el Palace. I'm staying at the Palace.

' estar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abismo
- acatarrada
- acatarrado
- acecho
- acomplejada
- acomplejado
- acostada
- acostado
- acostumbrada
- acostumbrado
- activa
- activo
- afónica
- afónico
- agradecer
- agua
- aire
- ajo
- ala
- alero
- alerta
- amiga
- amigo
- andar
- antena
- apañada
- apañado
- apogeo
- ascua
- atar
- aviar
- azotea
- Babia
- baja
- bandera
- banquillo
- barco
- blanca
- bordear
- borracha
- borracho
- bote
- braga
- brecha
- brete
- buena
- bueno
- cabal
- cabeza
- cabo
English:
about
- accustom
- action
- agree
- agreement
- ahead
- air
- alert
- alive
- alone
- aloof
- amenable
- amiss
- antsy
- anxious
- approve
- associate
- attend
- away
- back
- ball
- barbecue
- be
- bean
- beck
- beg
- behind
- believe in
- beside
- best
- board
- boil
- book
- boom
- bored
- brain
- breath
- bristle with
- broke
- brown
- bulge
- burn
- by
- cake
- call
- change
- charge
- cheese off
- clash
- close

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estar¹

♦ vi

1. [hallarse] to be;

¿dónde está la llave? where is the key?;

¿está María? – no, no está is Maria there? – no, she's not here

2. [con fechas]
¿a qué estamos hoy? what's the date today?;

hoy estamos a martes/a 15 de julio today is Tuesday/15 July;

estábamos en octubre it was October;

estamos en invierno it's winter

3. [quedarse] to stay, to be;

estaré un par de horas y me iré I'll stay a couple of hours and then I'll go;

¿cuánto tiempo piensas estar? how long do you plan on staying?;

estuvimos una semana en su casa we stayed with her for a week, we spent a week at her place

4. (antes de “a”) [expresa valores, grados]
estamos a 20 grados it's 20 degrees here;

el dólar está a 10 pesos the dollar is at 10 pesos;

están a dos euros el kilo they're two euros a kilo

5. [hallarse listo] to be ready;

¿aún no está ese trabajo? is that piece of work still not ready?;

¿ya estás? pues, vámonos are you ready? let's go then

6. [servir]
estar para to be (there) for;

para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for;

para eso estoy that's what I'm here for;

la vida está para vivirla life is for living;

no tires eso al suelo, que las papeleras están para algo don't throw that on the floor, the wastepaper bins are there for a reason

7. (antes de gerundio) [expresa duración] to be;

están golpeando la puerta they're banging on the door

8. (antes de “sin” + infinitivo) [expresa negación]
estoy sin dormir desde ayer I haven't slept since yesterday;

está sin acabar it's not finished;

estuve sin voz dos días I had no voice o I lost my voice for two days

9. [faltar]
eso está aún por escribir that has yet to be written;

eso está por ver that remains to be seen;

todavía está por hacer it hasn't been done yet

10. [consistir]
estar en to be, to lie in;

el problema está en la fecha the problem is the date;

el truco está en no mirar nunca al suelo the trick o secret is not to look at the ground

11. [hallarse a punto de]
estar al llegar o [m5] caer [persona] to be about to arrive;
[acontecimiento] to be about to happen;
estar por hacer algo to be on the verge of doing sth;

estuve por pegarle I was on the verge of hitting him;

estoy por no ir I'm not so sure I want to go;

estuve por llamarte I was about to phone you, I was just going to phone you

12. [expresa disposición]
estar para algo to be in the mood for sth;

no estoy para bromas I'm not in the mood for jokes;

el enfermo no está para ver a nadie the patient is in no condition to see anyone

13. [ser favorable]
estar por to be in favour of;

estoy por la libertad de expresión I'm in favour of o for freedom of speech

14. [hallarse embarazada]
está de cinco meses she's five months pregnant

15. RP [ir]
estuve a verlo en el hospital I went to see him in hospital;

estuvieron a visitarlo they went to visit him

♦ v copulativo

1. (antes de adj) [expresa cualidad, estado] to be;

los pasteles están ricos the cakes are delicious;

esta calle está sucia this street is dirty;

¡qué alta estás! you've really grown!;

estoy cansado/enfadado I'm tired/angry;

¿qué tal estás? how are you?;

está muy irritable últimamente she's been very irritable lately;

está divorciado he's divorced;

estoy enfermo/mareado I am ill/I feel sick;
Andes
cuando estaba chiquito when I was little

2. (antes de “con” o “sin” + sustantivo) [expresa estado] to be;

estamos sin agua we have no water, we're without water;
Fam
estoy sin blanca I'm broke, Br I'm skint

3. [expresa situación, acción]
estar de vacaciones to be on holiday;

estar de viaje to be on a trip;

estar de mudanza to be (in the process of) moving;

estamos de suerte we're in luck;

estar de mal humor to be in a (bad) mood;

¿has cambiado la rueda? – estoy en ello have you changed the tyre? – I'm working on it o I'm doing it right now;

¡ya está bien! that's enough (of that)!

4. [expresa permanencia]
estar en uso to be in use;

estar en guardia to be on guard

5. [expresa apoyo, predilección]
estoy contigo I'm on your side

6. [expresa ocupación]
estar como o [m5]de to be;

está como o [m5] de cajera she's a checkout girl;

yo he estado de portero toda la primera parte I've been in goal all of the first half

7. Esp [ropa]
este traje te está bien this suit looks good on you;

esa falda te está corta that skirt's too short for you;

¿cómo me está? how does this look?

8. (antes de “que” + verbo) [expresa actitud]
está que muerde porque ha suspendido he's furious because he failed

♦ v aux

1. (antes de gerundio) to be;

estuvo nevando it was snowing;

se está peinando she's brushing her hair;

estuvieron discutiendo durante toda la reunión they spent the whole meeting arguing, they were arguing throughout the whole meeting;

mañana a estas horas estaré bañándome en la playa this time tomorrow I'll be swimming at the beach

2. (antes de participio)
está terminado it's finished;

está organizado por el ayuntamiento it's organized by the town council

♦ See also the pronominal verb estarse

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estar

v/i

1 situación temporal be;

¿cómo está Vd.? how are you?;

estoy mejor I’m (feeling) better;

estoy bien/mal I’m fine/I’m not feeling too great;

estar de tres meses be three months pregnant;

estar sin dinero have no money;

¡ya estoy! I’m ready!

2 situación espacial

:

¿está Javier? is Javier in?;

mi padre no está my father isn’t here;

¡ahí está! there it is!;

ahora estoy con Vd. I’ll be with you in just a moment;

¿dónde estábamos? where were we?

3

:

estar haciendo algo be doing sth;

estoy leyendo I’m reading

4 ( sentar)

:

te está grande it's too big for you;

el vestido te está bien the dress suits you

5

:

estar de ocupación work as, be;

está de camarero he’s working as a waiter

6 ( padecer de)

:

estar del corazón/estómago have heart/stomach problems

7 indicando fechas, precios

:

estamos a 3 de enero it’s January 3rd;

el kilo está a un peso they’re one peso a kilo

8

:

estar con alguien agree with s.o.; ( apoyar) support s.o.;

estar a bien/mal con alguien be on good/bad terms with s.o.;

estar en algo be working on sth;

estar para hacer algo be about to do sth;

no estar para algo not be in a mood for sth;

estar por algo be in favor of sth;

está por hacer it hasn’t been done yet;

¡ya está! that’s it!

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estar {34} v aux

: to be

estoy aprendiendo inglés: I'm learning English

está terminado: it's finished

estar vi

1) (indicating a state or condition) : to be

está muy alto: he's so tall, he's gotten very tall

¿ya estás mejor?: are you feeling better now?

estoy casado: I'm married

2) (indicating location) : to be

están en la mesa: they're on the table

estamos en la página 2: we're on page 2

3) : to be at home

¿está María?: is Maria in?

4) : to remain

estaré aquí 5 días: I'll be here for 5 days

5) : to be ready, to be done

estará para las diez: it will be ready by ten o'clock

6) : to agree

¿estamos?: are we in agreement?

estoy contigo: I'm with you

7)

¿cómo estás? : how are you?

8)

¡está bien! : all right!, that's fine!

9)

estar a : to cost

10)

estar a : to be

¿a qué dia estamos?: what's today's date?

11)

estar con : to have

está con fiebre: she has a fever

12)

estar de : to be

estoy de vacaciones: I'm on vacation

está de director hoy: he's acting as director today

13)

estar bien (mal) : to be well (sick)

14)

estar para : to be in the mood for

15)

estar por : to be in favor of

16)

estar por : to be about to

está por cerrar: it's on the verge of closing

17)

estar de más : to be unnecessary

18)

estar que : to be (in a state or condition)

está que echa chispas: he's hopping mad

♦ See also the reflexive verb estarse

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estar vb

1. (en general) to be

estoy bien I'm fine

¿estás cansada? are you tired?

está en Londres he's in London

la falda te está grande the skirt's too big for you

2. (uso auxiliar) to be

está comiendo he's eating

está durmiendo she's asleep

3. (en casa, en el trabajo) to be in / to be there / to be here

¿está Pepe? is Pepe in? / is Pepe there?

¿está tu madre en casa? is your mother in?

no está en este momento he's not here right now

4. (listo, preparado) to be ready

en seguida está it'll be ready in a moment

5. (aspecto) to look

¡qué guapo estás! you look very smart!

estar a... to be...

estamos a viernes it's Friday

estamos a 10 grados the temperature's 10 degrees

¿a cuánto están los tomates? how much are the tomatoes?

estar de... to be...

estamos de vacaciones we're on holiday

está de exámenes she's doing exams

estar de más (no ser necesario) to be unnecessary (estorbar) to be in the way

estar por ver to remain to be seen

no estar para algo (apetecer) not to be in the mood for something (estar a punto) to be about to

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12 remonter

remonter [ʀ(ə)mɔ̃te]

➭ TABLE 1

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► remonter is conjugated with être, unless it has an object, when the auxiliary is avoir.

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1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = monter à nouveau) to go or come back up

• il remonta à pied he walked back up

• remonte me voir come back up and see me

• je remonte demain à Paris (en voiture) I'm driving back up to Paris tomorrow

• remonter sur les planches [comédien] to go back on the stage

   b. (dans un moyen de transport) remonter en voiture to get back into one's car

• remonter à cheval ( = se remettre en selle) to get back onto one's horse

• remonter à bord (bateau) to go back on board

   c. ( = s'élever de nouveau) [prix, température, baromètre] to rise again

• les bénéfices ont remonté au dernier trimestre profits were up again in the last quarter

• les prix ont remonté en flèche prices shot up again

• il remonte dans mon estime my opinion of him is improving again

• il est remonté de la 7^e à la 3^e place he has come up from 7th to 3rd place

   d. ( = réapparaître) to come back

• remonter à la surface to come back up to the surface

• une mauvaise odeur remontait de l'égout a bad smell was coming up out of the drain

   e. ( = retourner) to return

• remonter à la source/cause to go back to the source/cause

• il faut remonter plus loin pour comprendre l'affaire you must look further back to understand this business

• remonter jusqu'au coupable to trace the guilty person

• aussi loin que remontent ses souvenirs as far back as he can remember

• remonter dans le temps to go back in time

   f. remonter à ( = dater de) cette histoire remonte à plusieurs années all this goes back several years

2. transitive verb

   a. [+ étage, côte, marche] to go or come back up

• remonter l'escalier en courant to run back upstairs

• remonter le courant/une rivière (à la nage) to swim back upstream/up a river ; (en barque) to sail back upstream/up a river

   b. ( = rattraper) [+ adversaire] to catch up with

• se faire remonter par un adversaire to let o.s. be caught up by an opponent

   c. [+ mur, tableau, étagère] to raise ; [+ vitre] (en poussant) to push up ; (avec bouton ou manivelle) to wind up ; [+ store] to raise ; [+ pantalon, manche] to pull up ; (en roulant) to roll up ; [+ chaussettes] to pull up ; [+ col] to turn up ; [+ jupe] to pick up ; [+ mauvaise note] to raise

• il s'est fait remonter les bretelles par le patron (inf) the boss gave him a real tongue-lashing (inf)

   d. ( = remporter) to take or bring back up

• remonter une malle au grenier to take a trunk back up to the attic

   e. [+ montre, mécanisme] to wind up

   f. [+ machine, moteur, meuble] to put together again ; [+ robinet, tuyau] to put back

• ils ont remonté une usine à Lyon they have set up another factory in Lyon

• il a eu du mal à remonter les roues de sa bicyclette he had a job putting the wheels back on his bicycle

   g. ( = remettre en état) [+ personne] to buck (inf) up again ; [+ entreprise] to put back on its feet ; [+ mur en ruines] to rebuild ; → moral

   h. [+ pièce de théâtre, spectacle] to restage

3. reflexive verb

► se remonter to buck (inf) o.s. up

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ʀəmɔ̃te
1.

verbe transitif (+ v avoir)

1) ( transporter de nouveau)

remonter quelqu'un/quelque chose — ( en haut) gén to take somebody/something back up (à to); ( à l'étage) to take somebody/something back upstairs; ( d'en bas) gén to bring somebody/something back up (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [somebody/something] back upstairs [personne, objet]

remonter les bouteilles de la cave — to bring the bottles back up from the cellar

je peux vous remonter au village — I can take you back up to the village

2) ( replacer en haut) to put [something] back up [valise, boîte]

remonter un seau d'un puits — to pull a bucket up from a well

3) ( relever) to raise [étagère, store, tableau] (de by); to wind [something] back up [vitre de véhicule]; to roll up [manches, jambes de pantalon]; to hitch up [jupe, pantalon]; to turn up [col]; to pull up [chaussettes]

4) ( parcourir de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) to go back up [pente, rue]; to go ou climb back up [escalier, échelle]; ( en venant) to come back up [pente, rue, échelle]; [voiture, automobiliste] to drive back up [pente]

remonter la colline à bicyclette — to cycle back up the hill

il m'a fait remonter l'escalier en courant — he made me run back up the stairs

5) ( parcourir en sens inverse) [bateau] to sail up [fleuve]; [poisson] to swim up [rivière]; [personne, voiture] to go up [rue]

remonter une rivière à la nage — to swim up a river

remonter le flot de voyageurs — to walk against the flow of passengers

remonter une filière or piste — fig to follow a trail ( jusqu'à quelqu'un to somebody)

remonter le temps par la pensée — to go back in time in one's imagination

6) ( rattraper dans un classement) [cycliste] to catch up with [peloton, concurrent]

7) ( réconforter)

remonter quelqu'un or le moral de quelqu'un — to cheer somebody up, to raise somebody's spirits

8) ( assembler de nouveau) to put [something] back together again [armoire, jouet]; to put [something] back [roue]

9) ( retendre le ressort de) to wind [something] up [mécanisme, réveil]

être remonté à bloc — (colloq) fig [personne] to be full of energy

10) ( remettre en scène) to revive [pièce, spectacle]

2.

verbe intransitif (+ v être)

1) ( monter de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go back up, to go up again (à to); ( en venant) gén to come back up, to come up again (de from); ( à l'étage) to go/to come back upstairs; ( après être redescendu) to go/to come back up again; [train, ascenseur] to go back up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb again; [mer] to come in again; [prix, température, baromètre] to rise again, to go up again

reste ici, je remonte au grenier — stay here, I'm going back up to the attic

peux-tu remonter chercher mon sac? — can you go back upstairs and get my bag?

tu es remonté à pied? — did you walk back up?

remonter à l'échelle — to climb back up the ladder

remonter sur — [personne] to step back onto [trottoir]; to climb back onto [mur]

remonter à la surface — lit [plongeur] to surface; [huile, objet] to rise to the surface; fig [scandale] to resurface; [souvenirs] to surface again

remonter à cheval — to get back on a horse

remonter à bord d'un avion — to board a plane again

remonter dans les sondages — [politicien, parti] to move up in the opinion polls

remonter de la quinzième à la troisième place — [sportif, équipe] to move up from fifteenth to third position

remonter à Paris — ( retourner) to go back up to Paris

la criminalité remonte — crime is rising again

faire remonter les cours — to put prices up again

faire remonter la température — to raise the temperature

2) ( pour retrouver l'origine)

remonter dans le temps — to go back in time

remonter à — [historien] to go back to [époque, date]; [événement, œuvre, tradition] to date back to [époque, date, personnage historique]; [habitude] to be carried over from [enfance, période]; [enquêteur, police] to follow the trail back to [personne, chef de gang]

remonter 20 ans en arrière — [historien] to go back 20 years

faire remonter — to trace (back) [origines, ancêtres] (à to)

3) ( se retrousser) [pull, jupe] to ride up

4) ( se faire sentir)

les odeurs d'égout remontent dans la maison — the smell from the drains reaches our house

5) Nautisme

remonter au or dans le vent — to sail into the wind

3.

se remonter verbe pronominal

1) ( se réconforter)

se remonter le moral — ( seul) to cheer oneself up; ( à plusieurs) to cheer each other up

2) ( s'équiper de nouveau)

se remonter en meubles/draps — to get some new furniture/sheets

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ʀ(ə)mɔ̃te
1. vi

1) (d'où l'on vient) to go back up

Il est remonté au premier étage. — He has gone back up to the first floor.

remonter la pente fig — to get back on one's feet

2) (sur un cheval) to get back on, to remount

3) (dans un véhicule) to get back in

remonter en voiture — to get back into the car

4) [route, température, prix] to go up again

5) [vêtement] to ride up

2. vt

1) [personne] to cheer up, to buck up

Cette nouvelle m'a un peu remonté. — The news cheered me up a bit.

remonter le moral à qn — to raise sb's spirits, to cheer sb up

2) [manches, pantalon] to roll up

3) [col] to turn up

4) [fleuve, courant] (en bateau) to sail up, (à la nage) to swim up

5) [niveau, limite] to raise

6) [moteur, meuble] to put back together, to reassemble

7) [montre, mécanisme] to wind up

8)

remonter à (= dater de) — to date back to, to go back to

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remonter verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( transporter de nouveau) ( en haut) gén to take [sb/sth] back up [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] back upstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en bas) gén to bring [sb/sth] back up [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] back upstairs [personne, objet]; remonter les valises au grenier to take the suitcases back up to the attic; remonter les bouteilles de la cave to bring the bottles back up from the cellar; je peux vous remonter au village I can take you back up to the village; remonte-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers back up (to me); je leur ai fait remonter les valises au grenier I made them take the suitcases back up to the attic; j'ai fait remonter le piano dans la chambre I had the piano taken back up to the bedroom; faites-moi remonter les dossiers secrets get the secret files brought back up to me;

2 ( remettre en haut) to put [sth] back up [valise, boîte]; remonter la valise sur l'armoire to put the suitcase back up on the wardrobe; remonter un seau d'un puits to pull a bucket up from a well;

3 ( relever) to raise [étagère, store, tableau] (de by); to wind [sth] back up [vitre de véhicule]; to roll up [manches, jambes de pantalon]; to hitch up [jupe, pantalon]; to turn up [col]; to pull up [chaussettes]; remonter une étagère de 20 centimètres/d'un cran to raise a shelf another 20 centimetres^GB/by another notch; remonter une note de deux points to raise a mark GB ou grade US by two points;

4 ( parcourir de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) to go back up [pente, rue, étage]; to go ou climb back up [escalier, marches, échelle]; ( en venant) to come back up [pente, rue, marches, échelle]; [voiture, automobiliste] to drive back up [pente, route]; nous avons remonté la colline à pied ( en marchant) we walked back up the hill; ( et non à bicyclette) we went back up the hill on foot; remonter la colline en rampant/à bicyclette to crawl/cycle back up the hill; il m'a fait remonter l'escalier en courant he made me run back up the stairs;

5 ( parcourir en sens inverse) [bateau] to sail up [fleuve, canal]; [poisson] to swim up [rivière]; [personne, voiture] to go up [rue, boulevard]; tu remontes l'avenue jusqu'à la banque you go up the avenue until you get to the bank; remonter un canal en péniche to go up a canal in a barge; remonter une rivière en canoë/en yacht/à la nage to canoe/sail/swim up a river; remonter un boulevard à bicyclette/en voiture to cycle/drive up a boulevard; remonter le flot de voyageurs to walk against the flow of passengers; remonter une filière or piste fig to follow a trail (jusqu'à qn to sb); remonter le temps par la pensée or l'imagination to go back in time in one's imagination;

6 ( rattraper dans un classement) [cycliste] to catch up with [peloton, concurrent];

7 ( réconforter) remonter qn or le moral de qn to cheer sb up, to raise sb's spirits; la nouvelle/il m'a remonté le moral the news/he cheered me up;

8 ( assembler de nouveau) to put [sth] back together again [armoire, table, jouet]; to re-erect [échafaudage]; to reassemble [moteur, machine]; to put [sth] back [roue]; il s'amuse à démonter et remonter ses jouets he's having fun taking his toys apart and putting them back together again;

9 ( retendre le ressort de) to wind [sth] up [mécanisme, montre, réveil]; to wind [sth] up [boîte à musique] (avec with); être remonté à bloc○ fig [personne] to be full of energy;

10 ( remettre en scène) to revive [pièce, spectacle].

B vi

1 ( monter de nouveau) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go back up, to go up again (à to); ( à l'étage) to go back upstairs, to go upstairs again; ( en venant) gén to come back up, to come up again (de from); ( à l'étage) to come back upstairs, to come upstairs again; ( après être redescendu) ( en allant) to go back up again; ( en venant) to come back up again; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique] ( en allant) to go back up; ( en venant) to come back up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb again; [oiseau] to fly up again; [prix, taux, monnaie] to go up again; [chemin, route] to rise again; [mer] to come in again; [température, baromètre] to rise again, to go up again; reste ici, je remonte au grenier stay here, I'm going back up to the attic; peux-tu remonter chercher mon sac? can you go back upstairs and get my bag?; tu es remonté à pied? gén did you walk back up?; ( plutôt que par l'ascenseur) did you come back up on foot?; je préfère remonter par l'escalier I prefer to go back up by the stairs; nous sommes remontés par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked back up by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode back up by the path/the road; il est remonté vers moi en rampant he crawled back up to me; il est remonté au col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove back up to the pass; où est l'écureuil? il a dû remonter à l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have gone back up the tree; je suis remonté en haut de la tour/au sommet de la falaise I went back up to the top of the tower/to the top of the cliff; elle est remontée dans sa chambre she went back up to her bedroom; remonter à l'échelle/la corde to climb back up the ladder/the rope; remonter sur [personne] to step back onto [trottoir, marche]; [personne, animal] to climb back onto [mur, tabouret]; il est remonté sur le toit [enfant, chat] he's gone back up onto the roof; remonter dans son lit to get back into bed; remonter à la surface lit [plongeur] to surface; [huile, objet] to rise to the surface; fig [scandale] to resurface; [souvenirs] to surface again; remonter à cheval to get back on a horse; remonter en voiture/dans le train to get back in the car/on the train; remonter à bord d'un avion to board a plane again; remonter dans les sondages [politicien, parti] to move up in the opinion polls; remonter de la quinzième à la troisième place [sportif, équipe] to move up from fifteenth to third position; remonter à Paris ( retourner) to go back up to Paris; la criminalité remonte crime is rising again; les cours sont remontés de 20% prices have gone up another 20%; faire remonter le dollar to send ou put the dollar up again; faire remonter les cours to put prices up again; l’euro est remonté par rapport à la livre the euro has gone up ou risen against the pound again; faire remonter la température gén to raise the temperature; Méd to raise one's temperature;

2 ( pour retrouver l'origine) remonter dans le temps to go back in time; remonter à [historien] to go back to [époque, date]; [événement, œuvre, tradition] to date back to [époque, date, personnage historique]; [habitude] to be carried over from [enfance, période]; [enquêteur, police] to follow the trail back to [personne, chef de gang]; remonter 20 ans en arrière [historien] to go back 20 years; l'histoire remonte à quelques jours the story goes back a few days; il nous a fallu remonter jusqu'en 1770 we had to go back to 1770; les manuscrits remontent au XI^e siècle the manuscripts date back to the 11th century; remonter à l'époque où to date back to the days when; remonter aux causes de qch to identify the causes of sth; faire remonter to trace (back) [origines, ancêtres] (à to);

3 ( se retrousser) [pull, jupe] to ride up;

4 ( se faire sentir) les odeurs d'égout remontent dans la maison the smell from the drains reaches our house; j'ai mon petit déjeuner qui remonte○ my breakfast is repeating on me○;

5 Naut remonter au or dans le vent to sail into the wind.

C se remonter vpr

1 ( se réconforter) se remonter le moral ( seul) to cheer oneself up; ( à plusieurs) to cheer each other up;

2 ( s'équiper de nouveau) se remonter en meubles/draps to get some new furniture/sheets; se remonter en vin to replenish one's stock ou supply of wine.

[rəmɔ̃te] verbe transitif

1. [côte, étage] to go ou to climb back up

2. [porter à nouveau] to take back up

3. [parcourir - en voiture, en bateau etc.] to go up (inseparable)

remonter le Nil to sail up the Nile

les saumons remontent le fleuve the salmon are swimming upstream

nous avons remonté la Seine en voiture jusqu'à Rouen we drove along the Seine (upriver) to Rouen

remonter le défilé [aller en tête] to work one's way to the front of the procession

remonter la rue to go ou to walk back up the street

en remontant le cours des siècles ou du temps going back several centuries

4. [relever - chaussette] to pull up (separable) ; [ - manche] to roll up (separable) ; [ - col, visière] to raise, to turn up (separable) ; [ - robe] to raise, to lift ; [ - store] to pull up, to raise

remonter quelque chose to put something higher up, to raise something

remonte ton pantalon pull your trousers (UK) ou pants (US) up

elle a remonté la vitre she wound the window up

[augmenter - salaire, notation] to increase, to raise, to put up (separable)

tous les résultats des examens ont été remontés de 2 points all exam results have been put up ou raised by 2 marks

5. [assembler à nouveau - moteur, kit] to reassemble, to put back (separable) together (again) ; [ - étagère] to put back (separable) up

CINÉMA [film] to reedit

6. COMMERCE [rouvrir] to set up (separable) again

à sa sortie de prison, il a remonté une petite affaire de plomberie when he came out of prison he started up another small plumbing business

[faire prospérer à nouveau]

il a su remonter l'entreprise he managed to set ou to put the business back on its feet

7. [renouveler] to restock, to stock up again

remonter son stock (de cassettes vidéo) to stock up again (on video cassettes)

8. [mécanisme, montre] to wind (up)

9. [ragaillardir - physiquement] to pick up (separable) ; [ - moralement] to cheer up (separable)

prends un whisky, ça te remontera (familier) have a whisky, it'll make you feel better

remonter le moral à quelqu'un to cheer somebody up

10. SPORT [concurrent] to catch up (with)

11. THÉÂTRE to stage again, to put on (the stage) again

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[rəmɔ̃te] verbe intransitif (surtout aux être)

1. [monter de nouveau] to go back up, to go up again

l'enfant remonta dans la brouette/sur l'escabeau the child got back into the wheelbarrow/up onto the stool

remonte dans ta chambre go back up to your room

remonter à Paris to go back to Paris

2. TRANSPORTS

remonter dans

a. [bateau, bus, train] to get back onto

b. [voiture] to get back into

remonter à cheval

a. [se remettre en selle] to remount

b. [refaire de l'équitation] to take up riding again

3. [s'élever - route] to go back up, to go up again

le sentier remonte jusqu'à la villa the path goes up to the villa

[avoir un niveau supérieur]

la mer remonte the tide's coming in (again)

le baromètre remonte the barometer is rising

le prix du sucre a remonté [après une baisse] the price of sugar has gone back up again

sa fièvre remonte de plus belle his temperature is going up even higher

tu remontes dans mon estime you've gone up in my esteem

sa cote remonte (figuré) he's becoming more popular

ses actions remontent (figuré) things are looking up ou picking up for him

4. [jupe] to ride ou to go up

5. [faire surface - mauvaise odeur] to come back up

remonter à la surface

a. [noyé] to float back (up) to the surface

b. [plongeur] to resurface

c. [scandale] to reemerge, to resurface

6. [retourner vers l'origine]

remonter dans le temps to go back in time

remonter à [se reporter à] to go back to, to return to

le renseignement qui nous a permis de remonter jusqu'à vous the piece of information which enabled us to trace you

remonter de l'effet à la cause to trace the effect back to the cause

remonter à [dater de] to go ou to date back to

on fait généralement remonter la crise à 1910 the crisis is generally believed to have started in 1910

7. NAUTIQUE [navire] to sail north

[vent] to come round the north

remonter au vent to tack into the wind

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se remonter verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

ces nouvelles montres ne se remontent pas these new watches don't have to be wound up

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se remonter verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

[physiquement] to recover one's strength

[moralement] to cheer oneself up

elle dit qu'elle boit pour se remonter she says she drinks to cheer herself up ou to make herself feel better

se remonter le moral to cheer oneself up

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se remonter en verbe pronominal plus préposition

(familier) [se réapprovisionner en] to replenish one's stock of

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > remonter
13 subir

v.

1 to go/come up (ascender) (calle, escaleras).

subió las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran up o climbed the stairs as fast as she could

subir en ascensor to go/come up in the lift o (British) elevator (United States)

subir por la escalera to go/come up the stairs

2 to lift up (poner arriba).

ayúdame a subir la caja help me get the box up; (a lo alto) help me carry the box upstairs (al piso de arriba)

3 to put up, to increase (increase) (precio, peso).

La empresa sube los precios The company increases the prices.

Me subió la calentura My fever increased.

4 to raise (alzar) (mano, bandera, voz).

El chico sube la cama The boy raises the bed.

5 to raise the pitch of (Music).

6 to go up, to rise (increase) (precio, temperatura).

subir de categoría to improve; (mejorar) to be promoted (ser ascendido)

El elevador sube The elevator climbs.

7 to get on (montar) (en avión, barco).

sube al coche get into the car

8 to rise (cooking) (crecer).

9 to walk up, to climb.

Ella subió el sendero She walked up the path.

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subir

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ir hacia arriba - gen) to go up, come up; (- avión) to climb

2 (en un vehículo - coche) to get in; (autobús, avión, barco, tren) to get on, get onto

■ ¡venga, sube! go on, get in!

3 (montar - bicicleta) to get on; (- caballo) to get on, mount

4 (a un árbol) to climb up

5 figurado (elevarse, aumentar) to rise

6 figurado (categoría, puesto) to be promoted

7 figurado (cuenta) to come (a, to)

■ la deuda sube a dos mil euros the debt comes to two thoudsand euros

► verbo transitivo

1 (escaleras, calle) to go up, climb; (montaña) to climb

2 (mover arriba) to carry up, take up, bring up; (poner arriba) to put upstairs

■ súbelo arriba take it upstairs

3 (cabeza etc) to lift, raise

4 (pared) to raise

5 COSTURA to take up

■ subir un dobladillo to take up a hem

6 figurado (precio, salario, etc) to raise, put up

7 figurado (subir el volumen - voz) to raise; (- aparato) to turn up

8 figurado (color) to strengthen

► verbo pronominal subirse

1 (piso, escalera) to go up

2 (árbol, muro, etc) to climb up (a, -)

3 (en un vehículo - coche) to get in (a, -); (autobús) to get on (a, -); (avión, barco, tren) to get on (a, -), get onto (a,-)

■ ¡súbete, súbete al coche! get in, get into the car!

4 (en animales, bicicleta) to get on (a, -), mount

5 (ropa, calcetines) to pull up; (cremallera) to do up, zip up; (mangas) to roll up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

subir a bordo to get on board

subir al trono figurado to ascend to the throne

subir como la espuma familiar to spread like wildfire

subirse por las paredes figurado to hit the roof

subírsele a uno los humos a la cabeza figurado to become conceited

subírsele algo a la cabeza figurado to go to one's head

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verb

1) to increase, rise

2) raise

3) climb

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- subir a

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1. VT

1) (=levantar) [+ pierna, brazo, objeto] to lift, lift up, raise; [+ calcetines, pantalones, persianas] to pull up

sube los brazos — lift your arms (up), raise your arms

2) (=poner arriba) [llevando] to take up; [trayendo] to bring up

¿me puedes ayudar a subir las maletas? — can you help me to take up the cases?

voy a subir esta caja arriba — I'll take this box upstairs

¿puedes subir ese cuadro de abajo? — could you bring that picture up from down there?

lo subieron al portaequipajes — they put it up on the rack

lo subimos a un taxi — we put him in a taxi

3) (=ascender) [+ calle, cuesta, escalera, montaña] (=ir arriba) to go up; (=venir arriba) to come up

subió las escaleras de dos en dos — she went up the stairs two at a time

tenía problemas para subir las escaleras — he had difficulty getting up o climbing the stairs

4) (=aumentar) [+ precio, salario] to put up, raise, increase; [+ artículo en venta] to put up the price of

los taxistas han subido sus tarifas — taxi drivers have put their fares up o have raised their fares

van a subir la gasolina — they are going to put up o increase the price of petrol

5) (=elevar) [+ volumen, televisión, radio] to turn up; [+ voz] to raise

sube la radio, que no se oye — turn the radio up, I can't hear it

6) [en escalafón] [+ persona] to promote

7) (Arquit) to put up, build

subir una pared — to put up o build a wall

8) (Mús) to raise the pitch of

2. VI

1) (=ir arriba) to go up; (=venir arriba) to come up; [en un monte, en el aire] to climb

suba al tercer piso — go up to the third floor

sube, que te voy a enseñar unos discos — come up, I've got some records to show you

seguimos subiendo hasta la cima — we went on climbing till we reached the summit

estaba mirando como la mosca subía por la ventana — I watched the fly move slowly up the window

tuvimos que subir andando — we had to walk up

2) (Transportes) [en autobús, avión, tren, bicicleta, moto, caballo] to get on; [en coche, taxi] to get in

subir a un autobús/avión/tren — to get on(to) a bus/plane/train

subir a un coche — to get in(to) a car

subir a una bicicleta — to get on(to) a bike

subir a un caballo — to mount a horse, get on(to) a horse

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

3) [en el escalafón] to be promoted (a to)

nuestro objetivo es subir a primera división — our aim is to go up o be promoted to the First Division

4) (=aumentar) [precio, valor] to go up, rise; [temperatura] to rise

la gasolina ha vuelto a subir — (the price of) petrol has gone up again

sigue subiendo la bolsa — share prices are still rising

le ha subido la fiebre — her temperature has gone up o risen
tono 2)
5) (=aumentar de nivel) [río, mercurio] to rise; [marea] to come in

6) [cantidad]

subir a — to come to, total

3.

See:

subirse
SUBIR Otros verbos de movimiento ► Subir la cuesta/ la escalera {etc}, por regla general, se suele traducir por to come up o por to go up, según la dirección del movimiento (hacia o en sentido contrario al hablante), pero come y go se pueden reemplazar por otros verbos de movimiento si la oración española especifica la forma en que se sube mediante el uso de adverbios o construcciones adverbiales: Tim subió las escaleras a gatas Tim crept up the stairs El mes pasado los precios subieron vertiginosamente Prices shot up last month Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go up; ( acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie — you have to walk up

ahora subo — I'll be right up

los autobuses que suben al pueblo — the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima — the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

b)

subir A algo — a autobús/tren/avión to get on o onto sth; a coche to get in o into sth; a caballo/bicicleta to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml)

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up; ( en el escalafón) to be promoted

han subido a primera división — they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

d) ( en tenis)

subir a la red — to go up to the net

2)

a) marea to come in; aguas/río to rise

b) fiebre/tensión to go up, rise; temperatura to rise

c) leche materna to come in

3) precio/valor/cotización/salario to rise, go up
2.
subir vt

1) < montaña> to climb; < cuesta> to go up, climb; < escaleras> to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera — she ran upstairs

2)

a) <objeto/niño> ( llevar arriba - acercándose) to bring up; (- alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra — I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván — I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) <objeto/niño> ( poner más alto)

sube al niño al caballo — lift the child onto the horse

voy a subir un poco este cuadro — I'm going to put this picture up a bit higher

traía el cuello del abrigo subido — he had his coat collar turned up

c) <persiana/telón> to raise; < pantalones> to pull up

¿me subes la cremallera? — will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla — she raised the window

d) < dobladillo> to take up; < falda> to take o turn up

3) (Inf) to upload

4)

a) <precios/salarios> to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? — how much did your salary go up this year?

b) <volumen/radio> to turn up

sube un poco la calefacción — turn the heating o heat up a little
3.
subirse verbo pronominal

1)

a) (a coche, autobús, etc) verbo intransitivo 1 b

b) ( trepar) to climb

se subió al árbol/al muro — she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the walls

estaba subido a un árbol/caballo — he was up a tree/sitting on a horse

c) (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc)

el éxito se le subió a la cabeza — the success went to his head

se me subieron los colores — I went red o blushed

2) (refl) <calcetines/pantalones> to pull up

* * *

= go up, move up, raise, rise, ascend, mount, walk up, elevate, climb, bring up, zip, move down, hike up, scale, spike, crank up, get + high, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, mark + Nombre + up, amp up, turn up.

Ex. Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex. Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.

Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex. As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex. He fully expected the director to acquiesce, for his eyebrows mounted ever so slightly.

Ex. Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.

Ex. Some of the things that are said about genuine bookselling do at times seem to elevate this occupation to a level far beyond mere commerce.

Ex. Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

Ex. Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.

Ex. The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.

Ex. Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.

Ex. The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals.

Ex. You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.

Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex. Yes, some people with thin blood or whose pulse and blood pressure get high enough will have a nose bleed when excited.

Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex. Determine how much it costs to make the item, how much it costs to market that item, and then mark it up by 15-30% or more.

Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

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* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.

* subir a = board.

* subir al poder = rise to + power.

* subir al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.

* subir a un barco = board + ship.

* subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir de precio = rise in + price.

* subir el listón = raise + the bar, move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.

* subir el precio = push + cost + up, raise + price, jack up + the price, rack up + the price.

* subir el volumen = pump up + the volume.

* subir en = ride.

* subir en bici = ride + a bike.

* subir en bicicleta = ride + a bike.

* subir exageradamente = rise + steeply.

* subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.

* subirle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + up.

* subir ligeramente = nudge up.

* subir los impuestos = push + taxes.

* subir repentinamente = shoot up.

* subirse al autobús = get on + the bus.

* subirse al tren = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

* subírsele a la cabeza = go to + Posesivo + head.

* subírsele los colores = go + bright red.

* subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.

* subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.

* subir y/o bajar = move up and/or down.

* telón + subir = curtain + rise.

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go up; ( acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie — you have to walk up

ahora subo — I'll be right up

los autobuses que suben al pueblo — the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima — the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

b)

subir A algo — a autobús/tren/avión to get on o onto sth; a coche to get in o into sth; a caballo/bicicleta to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml)

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up; ( en el escalafón) to be promoted

han subido a primera división — they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

d) ( en tenis)

subir a la red — to go up to the net

2)

a) marea to come in; aguas/río to rise

b) fiebre/tensión to go up, rise; temperatura to rise

c) leche materna to come in

3) precio/valor/cotización/salario to rise, go up
2.
subir vt

1) < montaña> to climb; < cuesta> to go up, climb; < escaleras> to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera — she ran upstairs

2)

a) <objeto/niño> ( llevar arriba - acercándose) to bring up; (- alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra — I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván — I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) <objeto/niño> ( poner más alto)

sube al niño al caballo — lift the child onto the horse

voy a subir un poco este cuadro — I'm going to put this picture up a bit higher

traía el cuello del abrigo subido — he had his coat collar turned up

c) <persiana/telón> to raise; < pantalones> to pull up

¿me subes la cremallera? — will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla — she raised the window

d) < dobladillo> to take up; < falda> to take o turn up

3) (Inf) to upload

4)

a) <precios/salarios> to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? — how much did your salary go up this year?

b) <volumen/radio> to turn up

sube un poco la calefacción — turn the heating o heat up a little
3.
subirse verbo pronominal

1)

a) (a coche, autobús, etc) verbo intransitivo 1 b

b) ( trepar) to climb

se subió al árbol/al muro — she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the walls

estaba subido a un árbol/caballo — he was up a tree/sitting on a horse

c) (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc)

el éxito se le subió a la cabeza — the success went to his head

se me subieron los colores — I went red o blushed

2) (refl) <calcetines/pantalones> to pull up

* * *

= go up, move up, raise, rise, ascend, mount, walk up, elevate, climb, bring up, zip, move down, hike up, scale, spike, crank up, get + high, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, mark + Nombre + up, amp up, turn up.

Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex: Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.

Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex: As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex: He fully expected the director to acquiesce, for his eyebrows mounted ever so slightly.

Ex: Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.

Ex: Some of the things that are said about genuine bookselling do at times seem to elevate this occupation to a level far beyond mere commerce.

Ex: Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

Ex: Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.

Ex: The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.

Ex: Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.

Ex: The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals.

Ex: You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.

Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex: Yes, some people with thin blood or whose pulse and blood pressure get high enough will have a nose bleed when excited.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex: Determine how much it costs to make the item, how much it costs to market that item, and then mark it up by 15-30% or more.

Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.

* subir a = board.

* subir al poder = rise to + power.

* subir al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.

* subir a un barco = board + ship.

* subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir de precio = rise in + price.

* subir el listón = raise + the bar, move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.

* subir el precio = push + cost + up, raise + price, jack up + the price, rack up + the price.

* subir el volumen = pump up + the volume.

* subir en = ride.

* subir en bici = ride + a bike.

* subir en bicicleta = ride + a bike.

* subir exageradamente = rise + steeply.

* subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.

* subirle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + up.

* subir ligeramente = nudge up.

* subir los impuestos = push + taxes.

* subir repentinamente = shoot up.

* subirse al autobús = get on + the bus.

* subirse al tren = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

* subírsele a la cabeza = go to + Posesivo + head.

* subírsele los colores = go + bright red.

* subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.

* subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.

* subir y/o bajar = move up and/or down.

* telón + subir = curtain + rise.

* * *

subir [I1 ]

vi

A

1 «ascensor/persona» (alejándose) to go up; (acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie you have to walk up

ahora subo I'll be right up, I'm coming up now

voy a subir al caserío I'm going up to the farmhouse

los autobuses que suben al pueblo the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

2 (a un coche) to get in; (a un autobús, etc) to get on subir A algo ‹a un autobús/un tren/un avión› to get ON o ONTO sth; ‹a un coche› to get IN o INTO sth; ‹a un caballo/una bicicleta› to get ON o ONTO sth, to mount sth ( frml)

subir a bordo to go/get on board

3 (de categoría) to go up

ha subido en el escalafón he has been promoted

han subido a primera división they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

ha subido mucho en mi estima she has gone up a lot o ( frml) risen greatly in my estimation

4 ( Arg fam) to take up office/one's post

5

(en tenis): subir a la red to go up to the net

B

1 «marea» to come in; «aguas/río» to rise

las aguas no subieron de nivel the water level did not rise

2 «fiebre/tensión» to go up, rise

han subido las temperaturas temperatures have risen

3 ( Med) «leche» to come in, be produced

C «precio/valor/cotización» to rise, go up

la leche subió a 60 céntimos milk went up to sixty cents

el desempleo subió en 94.500 personas en el primer trimestre unemployment rose by 94,500 in the first quarter

ha subido el dólar con respecto al euro the dollar has risen against the euro

D ( Inf) to upload

■ subir

vt

A ‹montaña› to climb; ‹cuesta› to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera she ran upstairs

tiene problemas para subir la escalera he has trouble getting up o climbing the stairs

subió los escalones de dos en dos he went o walked up the stairs two at a time

B

1 ‹objeto/niño› (acercándose) to bring up; (alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván I have to put some boxes up in the attic

¿puedes subir las maletas? could you take the cases up?

sube al niño al caballo lift the child onto the horse

ese cuadro está muy bajo, ¿puedes subirlo un poco? that picture is very low, can you put it up a little higher?

traía el cuello del abrigo subido he had his coat collar turned up

2 ‹persiana/telón› to raise

¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper ( AmE) o ( BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla she wound the window up o closed o raised the window

ven que te suba los pantalones come here and let me pull your pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers up for you

3 ‹dobladillo› to take up; ‹falda› to take o turn up

C

1 ‹precios/salarios› to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? how much did your salary go up this year?

2 ‹volumen/radio› to turn up

sube el volumen turn the volume up

sube el tono que no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you

sube un poco la calefacción turn the heating o heat up a little

■ subirse

v pron

A

1 (a un coche, autobús, etc) subir vi A 2.

2 (trepar) to climb

se subió al muro she climbed (up) onto the wall

les encanta subirse a los árboles they love to climb trees

estaban subidos a un árbol they were up a tree

el niño se le subió encima the child climbed on top of him

3 (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc):

el vino enseguida se me subió a la cabeza the wine went straight to my head

el éxito se le ha subido a la cabeza success has gone to his head

noté que se me subían los colores (a la cara) I realized that I was going red o blushing

B ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up

* * *

subir ( conjugate subir) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ascensor/persona/coche] ( ir arriba) to go up;

( venir arriba) to come up;
◊ hay que subir a pie you have to walk up;

ahora subo I'll be right up;
el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill
b) subir A algo ‹a autobús/tren/avión› to get on o onto sth;

‹ a coche› to get in o into sth;
‹a caballo/bicicleta› to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml);
◊ subir a bordo to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up;

( en el escalafón) to be promoted
2
a) [ marea] to come in;

[aguas/río] to rise
b) [fiebre/tensión] to go up, rise;

[ temperatura] to rise
3 [precio/valor/cotización/salario] to rise, go up
verbo transitivo
1 ‹ montaña› to climb;
‹escaleras/cuesta› to go up, climb
2
a) ‹objeto/niño› ( traer arriba) to bring up;

( llevar arriba) to take up;
◊ tengo que subir unas cajas al desván I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) ( poner más alto) ‹ objeto› to put up … (higher);

‹ cuello de prenda› to turn up:
◊ sube al niño al caballo lift the child onto the horse

c) ‹persiana/telón/ventanilla› to raise;

‹ pantalones› to pull up;
◊ ¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

d) ‹ dobladillo› to take up;

‹ falda› to take o turn up
e) (Inf) to upload

3
a) ‹precios/salarios› to raise, put up

b) ‹volumen/radio/calefacción› to turn up

subirse verbo pronominal
1
a) (a coche, autobús, etc) See Also→ subir verbo intransitivo 1b

b) ( trepar) to climb;

◊ se subió al árbol/al muro she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the wall;

estaba subido a un árbol he was up a tree
c) ( a la cabeza) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ el éxito se le subió a la cabeza the success went to his head

2 ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up;
‹ cuello› to turn up
subir
I verbo transitivo
1 (una pendiente, las escaleras) to go up
(hacia el hablante) to come up
(una montaña) to climb
2 (llevar arriba) to take up: voy a subir las cajas, I'm going to take the boxes upstairs
(hacia el hablante) to bring up
3 (elevar) to raise: sube la mano izquierda, lift your left hand
(el sueldo, la temperatura, la voz, etc) to raise: sube (el volumen de) la radio, turn the radio up
II verbo intransitivo
1 (ascender) to go up: ¿por qué no subimos a verla?, why don't we go up to see her?
(acercándose al hablante) to come up ➣ Ver nota en ir 2 (a un avión, tren, autobús) to get on o onto: subimos al tren, we boarded the train
(a un coche) to get into o in
3 (la marea, las aguas) to rise
4 (la temperatura) to rise
5 (los precios, el sueldo, etc) to rise, go up
6 (de categoría) to go up
' subir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abrochar
- ascender
- bordo
- cajón
- cerrar
- cortante
- embarcación
- escena
- estrado
- irse
- trono
- abordar
- alto
- bien
- escalafón
- montar
- volumen
English:
aboard
- ascend
- board
- boarding card
- boarding pass
- climb
- come in
- come up
- curl
- elevate
- escalate
- flight
- get into
- get on
- go up
- hand up
- heave
- hoist
- increase
- jump on
- mount
- move up
- pile in
- push
- raise
- rise
- roll up
- send up
- sharply
- shoot up
- show up
- slope
- spiral up
- stair
- stand
- steeply
- tree
- turn up
- up
- volume
- walk up
- zip up
- air
- come
- do
- flow
- gain
- get
- go
- jump

* * *

subir

♦ vt

1. [poner arriba] [libro, cuadro] to put up;
[telón] to raise; [persiana] to roll up; [ventanilla] to wind up, to close;
he subido la enciclopedia de la primera a la última estantería I've moved the encyclopedia up from the bottom shelf to the top one;

sube el cuadro un poco move the picture up a bit o a bit higher;

¿me ayudas a subir las bolsas? could you help me take the bags up?;

ayúdame a subir la caja [a lo alto] help me get the box up;
[al piso de arriba] help me carry the box upstairs
2. [montar]
subir algo/a alguien a to lift sth/sb onto

3. [alzar] [bandera] to raise;

subir la mano to put one's hand up, to raise one's hand

4. [ascender] [calle, escaleras] to go/come up;
[escalera de mano] to climb; [pendiente, montaña] to go up;
subió las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran up o climbed the stairs as fast as she could;

subió la calle a todo correr he ran up the street as fast as he could

5. [aumentar] [precio, impuestos] to put up, to increase;
[música, volumen, radio] to turn up;
subió la voz o [m5] el tono para que se le oyera she raised her voice so she could be heard;

sube la voz o [m5]el tono, no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you;

subir el fuego de la cocina to turn up the heat;

subir la moral a alguien to lift sb's spirits, to cheer sb up

6. [hacer ascender de categoría] to promote

7. Mús to raise the pitch of

8. Fam Informát to upload

♦ vi

1. [a piso, azotea] to go/come up;

¿podrías subir aquí un momento? could you come up here a minute?;

subo enseguida I'll be up in a minute;

subir corriendo to run up;

subir en ascensor to go/come up in the Br lift o US elevator;

subir por la escalera to go/come up the stairs;

subir (a) por algo to go up and get sth;

subir a la red [en tenis] to come (in) to the net

2. [montar] [en avión, barco] to get on;
[en coche] to get in; [en moto, bicicleta, tren] to get on; [en caballo] to get on, to mount; [en árbol, escalera de mano, silla] to climb up;
subir a [coche] to get in(to);
[moto, bicicleta, tren, avión] to get on; [caballo] to get on, to mount; [árbol, escalera de mano] to climb up; [silla, mesa] to get o climb onto; [piso] to go/come up to;
subir a bordo to go on board;

es peligroso subir al tren en marcha it is dangerous to board the train while it is moving

3. [aumentar] to rise, to go up;
[hinchazón, cauce] to rise; [fiebre] to raise, to go up;
los precios subieron prices went up o rose;

subió la gasolina the price of petrol went up o rose;

el euro subió frente a la libra the euro went up o rose against the pound;

las acciones de C & C han subido C & C share prices have gone up o risen;

han subido las ventas sales are up;

este modelo ha subido de precio this model has gone up in price, the price of this model has gone up;

el coste total no subirá del millón the total cost will not be more than o over a million;

no subirá de tres horas it will take three hours at most, it won't take more than three hours;

está subiendo la marea the tide is coming in;

el jefe ha subido mucho en mi estima the boss has gone up a lot in my estimation

4. [cuenta, importe]
subir a to come o amount to

5. Culin [crecer] to rise

6. Fam [ir, venir] to come/go up;

subiré a la capital la próxima semana I'll be going up to the capital next week;

¿por qué no subes a vernos este fin de semana? why don't you come up to see us this weekend?

7. [ascender de categoría] to be promoted (a to); Dep to be promoted, to go up (a to);
el Atlético subió de categoría Atlético went up

♦ See also the pronominal verb subirse

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subir

I v/t

1 cuesta, escalera go up, climb; montaña climb

2 objeto raise, lift; intereses, precio raise

II v/i

1 para indicar acercamiento come up; para indicar alejamiento go up

2 de precio rise, go up

3 a un tren, autobús get on; a un coche get in

4

:

subir al poder rise to power;

subir al trono ascend to the throne

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subir vt

1) : to bring up, to take up

2) : to climb, to go up

3) : to raise

subir vi

1) : to go up, to come up

2) : to rise, to increase

3) : to be promoted

4)

subir a : to get on, to mount

subir a un tren: to get on a train

♦ See also the reflexive verb subirse

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subir vb

1. (ir arriba) to go up

subí las escaleras I went up the stairs

¡sube! ¡la vista es fantástica! come up! the view is fantastic!

2. (escalar) to climb

subimos la montaña we climbed the mountain

3. (en un coche) to get in

sube al coche get in the car

4. (en un tren, autobús, avión) to get on

subió al tren he got on the train

5. (aumentar) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to go up

el precio ha subido the price has gone up

6. (llevar arriba) to take up [pt. took; pp. taken] / to put up [pt. & pp. put]

sube estos trastos al desván put these old things up in the loft

7. (incrementar) to put up [pt. & pp. put] / to raise

han subido el precio del pan they've put the price of bread up

8. (hacer más fuerte) to turn up

sube el volumen de la radio turn the radio up

Spanish-English dictionary > subir
14 contre

contre [kɔ̃tʀ]

1. preposition

   a. (contact, juxtaposition) against

• s'appuyer contre un arbre to lean against a tree

• il s'est cogné la tête contre le mur he banged his head against the wall

• face contre terre face downwards

• il la serrait contre lui he clasped her to him

• pousse la table contre la fenêtre push the table up against the window

• elle se blottit contre sa mère she cuddled up to her mother

• elle s'assit (tout) contre lui she sat down (right) next to him

• les voitures étaient pare-chocs contre pare-chocs the cars were bumper to bumper

   b. (opposition, hostilité) against

• se battre/voter contre qn to fight/vote against sb

• Poitiers contre Lyon (Sport) Poitiers versus Lyon

• être en colère contre qn to be angry with sb

• je n'ai rien contre (cela) or là contre (formal) I have nothing against it

   c. (défense, protection) des comprimés contre la grippe flu tablets

• sirop contre la toux cough mixture

• s'assurer contre l'incendie to insure (o.s.) against fire

   d. (échange) (in exchange) for

• échanger qch contre to exchange sth for

   e. (proportion, rapport) 9 voix contre 4 9 votes to 4

• à 100 contre 1 at 100 to 1

2. adverb

• il a voté contre he voted against it

• je suis contre I'm against it

► par contre on the other hand

3. prefix

• contre(-) counter

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I
1. kɔ̃tʀ
préposition

1) ( marquant un contact entre personnes)

viens contre moi — come to me

ils étaient couchés l'un contre l'autre — they were lying close together

2) ( marquant l'opposition) against

être seul contre tous — to stand alone against everyone else

on ne peut rien contre ce genre de choses — there's nothing one can do about that kind of thing

dix contre un — ten to one

230 voix contre 110 — 230 votes to 110

Nantes contre Sochaux — Sport Nantes versus Sochaux

le procès Bedel contre Caselli — the Bedel versus Caselli case

2.

adverbe

1) ( marquant un contact)

il y a un mur et une échelle appuyée contre — there's a wall and a ladder leaning against it

2) ( marquant l'opposition)

la majorité a voté contre — the majority voted against it

3.

par contre locution adverbiale on the other hand

II kɔ̃tʀ
nom masculin

1) ( d'opposition)

le pour et le contre — the pros and cons (pl)

2) Sport counter-attack

faire un contre — to counter-attack

3) Jeux ( au bridge) double

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contre I

En général la préposition contre se traduit par against lorsqu'elle sert à indiquer

- un contact entre des choses: pousse le fauteuil contre le mur = push the armchair (up) against the wall. Les expressions telles que contre toute espérance, furieux contre sont traités sous l'élément principal, respectivement espérance, furieux etc

- une opposition: lutter/réagir/voter contre le racisme = to fight/react/vote against racism

- une défense: s'assurer contre le vol = to insure against theft; se protèger contre une attaque = to protect oneself against an attack

On aura toujours intérêt à consulter l'article de l'élément principal

Lorsque contre sert à indiquer la proximité, il se traduit par next to: leur jardin est contre le mien = their garden GB ou yard US is next to mine

Lorsque contre sert à indiquer un échange, il se traduit par for: changer une chemise trop petite contre une plus grande = to change a shirt which is too small for a larger one

Lorsque contre sert à indiquer une comparaison, il se traduit par as against: 22% contre 10% le mois dernier = 22% as against 10% last month

On trouvera ci-dessous d'autres exemples de contre dans ses diverses fonctions

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kɔ̃tʀ
1. prép

1) (situation, position) against

Ne mets pas ton vélo contre le mur. — Don't put your bike against the wall.

2) (désaccord) against

Tu es pour ou contre ce projet? — Are you for or against this plan?

3) (protection) against

une crème contre les effets du soleil — a cream to protect against the effects of the sun

4) (échange) for, in exchange for

échanger qch contre qch — to exchange sth for sth, to swap sth for sth

J'ai échangé mon dictionnaire contre un paquet de cigarettes. — I swapped my dictionary for a packet of cigarettes.

2. adv

Je lui ai demandé: il est contre. — I asked him: he's against it.

3. nm

1) (opposé au pour)

peser le pour et le contre — to weigh up the pros and cons

Il y a du pour et du contre, il faut bien y réfléchir. — There are pros and cons, we must think about it carefully.

2)

par contre — on the other hand

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I.

contre ⇒ Note d'usage

A prép

1 ( marquant un contact entre personnes) viens contre moi come to me; ils étaient couchés l'un contre l'autre they were lying close together;

2 ( marquant l'opposition) against; aller contre la décision de qn to go against sb's decision; je ne vais pas aller contre ce que tu as dit/fait I won't go against what you have said/done; c'est contre mes principes it's against my principles; il a tout le monde contre lui everyone is against him; tout est contre moi everything is against me; être seul contre tous to stand alone against everyone else; être contre une décision/un projet to be against a decision/a project; elle est toujours contre moi she's always against me; tu as quelque chose contre lui/cette idée? have you got anything against him/this idea?; je n'ai rien contre elle I've got nothing against her; on ne peut rien contre ce genre de choses there's nothing one can do about that kind of thing; dix contre un ( dans un pari) ten to one; la loi a été adoptée par 230 voix contre 110 the bill was passed by 230 votes to 110; Nantes contre Sochaux Sport Nantes versus Sochaux, Nantes vs Sochaux; le procès Bedel contre Caselli the Bedel versus Caselli case.

B adv

1 ( marquant un contact) il y a un mur et une échelle appuyée contre there's a wall and a ladder leaning against it;

2 ( marquant l'opposition) la majorité a voté contre the majority voted against it; ‘que penses-tu du projet?’-‘je suis contre’ ‘what do you think of the plan?’-‘I'm against it’; il refuse cette option, moi je n'ai rien contre he rejects this option, but I have nothing against it; si le comité vote en faveur des travaux je n'irai pas contre if the committee votes for the work to go ahead, I won't go against it.

C par contre loc adv on the other hand; je pense par contre que on the other hand I think that; en France, par contre, il est possible de… in France, on the other hand, it is possible to…; ⇒ fortune.

II.

contre nm

1 ( d'opposition) le pour et le contre the pros and cons (pl);

2 Sport counter-attack; faire un contre to counter-attack;

3 Jeux ( au bridge) double.

[kɔ̃tr] préposition

1. [indiquant la proximité] against, on

se frotter contre quelque chose to rub (oneself) against ou on something

se blottir contre quelqu'un to cuddle up to somebody

joue contre joue cheek to cheek

tenir quelqu'un tout contre soi to hold somebody close

allongé tout contre elle lying right next to ou beside her

un coup contre la vitre a knock on ou at the window

je me suis cogné la tête contre le radiateur I hit my head on the radiator

lancer une balle contre le mur to throw a ball against ou at the wall

mettez-vous contre le mur stand (right) by the wall

2. [indiquant l'opposition] against

nager contre le courant to swim upstream ou against the current

notre équipe aura le vent contre elle our team will play into the wind

être en colère contre quelqu'un to be angry at ou with somebody

je suis contre l'intervention I'm opposed to ou against (the idea of) intervention

voter contre quelqu'un/quelque chose to vote against somebody/something

Durier contre Chardin DROIT Durier versus Chardin

le match contre le Brésil the Brazil match, the match against ou with Brazil

avoir quelque chose contre quelqu'un to have something against somebody

pour une fois, j'irai contre mon habitude for once, I'll break my habit

vous allez contre l'usage/le règlement you're going against accepted custom/the regulations

3. [pour protéger de] against

pastilles contre la toux cough lozenges

lutter contre l'alcoolisme to fight (against) alcoholism

que faire contre l'inflation? what can be done about ou against ou to combat inflation?

s'assurer contre le vol to take out insurance against theft

4. [en échange de] for, in exchange ou return for

j'ai échangé mon livre contre le sien I swapped my book for hers

elle est revenue sur sa décision contre une promesse d'augmentation she reconsidered her decision after being promised a rise

5. [indiquant une proportion, un rapport] against, to

10 contre 1 qu'ils vont gagner! ten to one they'll win!

156 voix contre 34 156 votes to 34

ils nous sont tombés dessus à trois contre un there were three of them for every one of us, they were three to one against us

le dollar s'échange à 1,05 euros contre 1,07 hier the dollar is trading at 1.02 euros compared to ou (as) against 1.07 yesterday

6. [contrairement à]

contre toute attente contrary to ou against all expectations

contre toute logique against all logic

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[kɔ̃tr] adverbe

1. [indiquant la proximité]

il n'a pas vu le poteau, et sa tête a heurté contre he didn't see the post, and he banged his head against ou on it

2. [indiquant l'opposition] against

on partage? — je n'ai rien contre shall we share? — I've nothing against it ou it's OK by me

contre? levez la main hands up those against (UK), all against, hands up (US)

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[kɔ̃tr] nom masculin

1. [argument opposé]

le pour et le contre the pros and cons

2. SPORT & JEUX [au volley, au basket] block

[en escrime] counter

[au billard] kiss

[au bridge] double

marquer sur un contre FOOTBALL to score on a counter attack

faire un contre RUGBY to intercept the ball

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par contre locution adverbiale

on the other hand

il est très compétent, par contre il n'est pas toujours très aimable he's very competent, but on the other hand he's not always very pleasant

il parle espagnol, par contre son anglais laisse encore à désirer his Spanish is good, but his English isn't all it might be

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > contre
15 desatar

v.

1 to untie (nudo, lazo).

Elsa desató los zapatos del chico Elsa untied the boy's shoes.

2 to unleash.

Su mala actitud desató la furia His bad attitude unleashed the fury.

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desatar

► verbo transitivo

1 (soltar - gen) to untie, undo, unfasten; (- perro etc) to let loose

■ desató un paquete she undid a parcel

■ desata al perro let the dog loose

2 figurado (desencadenar) to spark off, give rise to; (pasiones) to unleash

■ su dimisión desató la polémica en el seno del partido his resignation sparked off a dispute within the party

► verbo pronominal desatarse

1 (soltarse) to come untied, come undone, come unfastened

2 figurado (desencadenarse) to break, explode

■ se desató una gran tormenta a great storm broke

■ se desató su alegría she exploded with happiness

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FRASEOLOGÍA

desatarse en to lash out with

■ se desató en insultos he lashed out with a stream of insults

desatarse la lengua to loosen one's tongue

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verb

1) to untie, undo

2) trigger

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1. VT

1) [+ nudo, cuerda, cordones] to untie, undo

desátate los zapatos — untie o undo your shoelaces

desata el paquete y saca el regalo — untie o undo the parcel and take out the present

no consiguió desatar al prisionero — he couldn't manage to untie the prisoner

la bebida le desató la lengua — the drink loosened his tongue

2) (=desencadenar) [+ guerra, crisis] to trigger, spark (off); [+ sentimiento, pasión] to unleash

las nuevas medidas han desatado una ola de atentados — the new measures have triggered o sparked (off) a wave of attacks

sus palabras desataron una intensa polémica — his words sparked (off) o unleashed a storm of controversy

3) (=disolver) to dissolve

4) †

desatar un compromiso — to break an agreement

2.

See:

desatarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <nudo/lazo> to untie, undo

b) < persona> to untie; < perro> to let... loose, let... off the leash

2) ( desencadenar)

a) (liter) <cólera/pasiones> to unleash

b) <crisis/revuelta> to spark off; < polémica> to provoke, give rise to
2.
desatarse v pron

1)

a) nudo/cordones to come undone o untied; perro/caballo to get loose

b) (refl) persona to untie oneself; <cordones/zapatos> to untie, undo

2) ( desencadenarse)

a) (liter) pasiones/ira/furia to be unleashed

b) polémica/crisis to erupt, flare up; revuelta to break out

c) tormenta/temporal to break

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= undo, spark, unleash, unwind, set off, untie.

Ex. The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.

Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.

Ex. The economic climate of the 1980s, unleashing competitive forces and threatening the survival of some institutions, has had a major impact on both hospitals and academic health centres.

Ex. Short wedges, or quoins, were then put in between the long wedges and the inside of the chase, loosely at first so that the string with which the pages were tied up could be unwound and removed.

Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.

Ex. Bridling a horse safely starts with untying the horse.

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* desatarse = come + undone, come + loose.

* desatar una crisis = precipitate + crisis, precipitate + crisis.

* desatar una guerra = precipitate + war.

* desatar un nudo = untie + knot.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <nudo/lazo> to untie, undo

b) < persona> to untie; < perro> to let... loose, let... off the leash

2) ( desencadenar)

a) (liter) <cólera/pasiones> to unleash

b) <crisis/revuelta> to spark off; < polémica> to provoke, give rise to
2.
desatarse v pron

1)

a) nudo/cordones to come undone o untied; perro/caballo to get loose

b) (refl) persona to untie oneself; <cordones/zapatos> to untie, undo

2) ( desencadenarse)

a) (liter) pasiones/ira/furia to be unleashed

b) polémica/crisis to erupt, flare up; revuelta to break out

c) tormenta/temporal to break

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= undo, spark, unleash, unwind, set off, untie.

Ex: The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.

Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.

Ex: The economic climate of the 1980s, unleashing competitive forces and threatening the survival of some institutions, has had a major impact on both hospitals and academic health centres.

Ex: Short wedges, or quoins, were then put in between the long wedges and the inside of the chase, loosely at first so that the string with which the pages were tied up could be unwound and removed.

Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.

Ex: Bridling a horse safely starts with untying the horse.

* desatarse = come + undone, come + loose.

* desatar una crisis = precipitate + crisis, precipitate + crisis.

* desatar una guerra = precipitate + war.

* desatar un nudo = untie + knot.

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desatar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹nudo/lazo› to untie, undo

2 ‹persona› to untie; ‹perro› to let … loose, let … off the leash

B (desencadenar)

1 ( liter); ‹cólera/pasiones› to unleash

2 ‹crisis› to spark off, trigger, precipitate ( frml); ‹revuelta› to cause, spark off; ‹polémica› to provoke, give rise to

han desatado una campaña de ataques contra ella they have launched a campaign of attacks against her

■ desatarse

v pron

A

1 «nudo/lazo/cordones» to come undone o untied; «perro/caballo» to get loose

2 ( refl) «persona» to untie oneself

3 ( refl) «persona» ‹cordones/zapatos› to untie, undo

B (desencadenarse)

1 ( liter); ‹pasiones/ira/furia› to be unleashed, be let loose

los nervios se desataron tempers flared

2

«persona»: se desató en insultos contra nosotros he let fly at us with a string of insults

3 «polémica/crisis» to erupt, flare up; «revuelta» to break out

una ola de violencia se ha desatado en todo el país a wave of violence has broken out throughout the country

4 «tormenta/temporal» to break

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desatar ( conjugate desatar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹nudo/lazo› to untie, undo

b) ‹ persona› to untie;

‹ perro› to let … loose
desatarse verbo pronominal
a) [nudo/cordones] to come undone o untied;

[perro/caballo] to get loose
b) ( refl) [ persona] to untie oneself;

‹cordones/zapatos› to untie, undo
desatar verbo transitivo
1 to untie, undo
2 (provocar, desencadenar) to unleash: la medida desató la indignación de los trabajadores, the measure drove the workers to a state of indignation
' desatar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
soltar
English:
draw out
- loosen
- spark off
- unfasten
- unleash
- untie
- loose
- undo

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desatar

♦ vt

1. [nudo, lazo] to untie;
[paquete] to undo
2. [animal] to unleash;
[persona] to untie
3. [tormenta, ira, pasión] to unleash;
[entusiasmo] to arouse; [motín, disturbios, protestas] to spark off, to trigger; [lengua] to loosen;
la decisión desató una ola de manifestaciones the decision set off o triggered a wave of demonstrations;

su dimisión desató la crisis de gobierno his resignation triggered o precipitated the governmental crisis

♦ See also the pronominal verb desatarse

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desatar

v/t untie; fig

unleash

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desatar vt

1) : to undo, to untie

2) : to unleash

3) : to trigger, to precipitate

♦ See also the reflexive verb desatarse

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desatar vb

1. (persona, cuerda, cordones) to untie

2. (paquete, nudo, lazo) to undo [pt. undid; pp. undone]

3. (perro) to let off the lead [pt. & pp. let]

Spanish-English dictionary > desatar
16 sich

abkühlen, sich
(Konjunktur) to cool off.
abmelden, sich
to notify one’s departure.
absprechen, sich
to come to an arrangement, to agree;
• sich mit seinen Mitarbeitern absprechen to consult with one’s fellow workers;
• Schadenersatz absprechen to disallow damages.
abwechseln, sich
to take turns, to alternate;
• jährlich abwechseln (Vorsitz) to rotate every year;
• in Schichten abwechseln to rotate shifts.
aneignen, sich
to acquire, to appropriate, to adopt;
• sich Geld aneignen to embezzle funds, to misappropriate (convert) money;
• sich einen Namen aneignen to adopt a name.
auspendeln, sich
(Zinssätze) to stabilize at a certain level.
auswirken, sich
to bear upon, to take effect;
• sich auf das Betriebsergebnis auswirken to come through into the results;
• sich kostenmäßig auswirken to make a showing on costs;
• sich in einer Preiserhöhung auswirken to result in a price increase;
• sich schnell auswirken (Investitionen) to pick up quickly;
• sich ungünstig auswirken to have an unfavo(u)rable effect;
• sich voll auswirken to be in full swing;
• sich als Vorteil auswirken to turn out to be an advantage.
behaupten, sich
to stand one’s ground, (Kurse) to hold their ground, to keep its head, to keep (remain) steady, to remain firm;
• sich gut behaupten (Wechselkurs) to hold fairly steady;
• weiterhin hohe Kurse behaupten to continue to rule high;
• seine Rechte behaupten to safeguard one’s rights;
• sich am Schluss behaupten oder leicht abschwächen (Börse) to close steady to slightly lower;
• sich in seiner Stellung behaupten to hold one’s position;
• seine Stellung im technologischen Wettbewerb behaupten to keep up in the technology race.
behauptend, sich
(Preis) steady.
behelfen, sich
to make shift, to manage, to resort to expedients;
• sich ohne Sekretärin behelfen to do without the services of a secretary.
belaufen, sich
to come (mount up, run) to, to reach, to rise, to run into, to make;
• sich auf 10.000 Euro belaufen to foot up (figure out) to euro 10,000 debts;
• sich auf das Doppelte des Voranschlags belaufen to come to double the estimate;
• insgesamt belaufen to aggregate, to total;
• sich ungefähr belaufen to come near to.
bereichern, sich
to line one’s pockets, to make one’s pile;
• sich an Kinderarbeit bereichern to exploit child labo(u)r;
• sich öffentlich bereichern to enrich o. s. from public office.
beruhigen, sich
(Börse) to settle down, (politische Lage) to become stable, to ease;
• Gläubiger mit einer Ratenzahlung beruhigen to put off a dun with an instal(l)ment.
bewegen, sich
(Preise) to range (vary) from... to...;
• sich abwärts bewegen to be on the downgrade (skids, US);
• sich fast einheitlich um die 20% bewegen to cluster around the 20 per cent mark;
• sich entsprechend der Preisindexziffern bewegen to move in sympathy with the index figures of prices.
bewerben, sich
to apply for, to stand as a candidate for (Br.), to run, to [run as a] candidate, to seek, to go up (Br.), (um Lieferungen) to make a bid for, to tender, (um einen Preis) to compete for;
• sich um ein Amt bewerben to run (stand) for an office (US);
• sich um einen Auftrag bewerben to make a tender;
• sich persönlich bewerben to make a personal application;
• sich um eine Stelle (Stellung) bewerben to apply (run) for a position, to put in for a post (job, fam.), to compete for a job.
bewähren, sich
(Artikel) to stand the strain (test);
• sich nicht bewähren to prove a failure.
drehen, sich
(Börse) to turn;
• sich um ein Thema drehen to run on a subject.
durchschlagen, sich
to shift for a living;
• kostenmäßig durchschlagen to make a showing on cost;
• auf die Ladenverkaufspreise durchschlagen to work through to prices in the shops;
• direkt auf die Preise durchschlagen to feed straight through into the prices.
eignen, sich
to qualify, to be suitable (qualified);
• sich als Kapitalanlage eignen to be suitable for investment.
einbürgern, sich
to become established;
• teilweise einbürgern to denizen;
• wieder einbürgern to repatriate.
einigen, sich
to agree, to come to terms, to settle an issue (Br.);
• sich über die Bedingungen einigen to agree upon the terms;
• sich mit seinen Gläubigern einigen to compound with one’s creditors;
• sich auf die Gründung einer Gesellschaft einigen to agree to form a company;
• sich gütlich einigen to settle a matter amicably, to come to an amicable arrangement;
• sich auf einen bestimmten Preis einigen to agree on a certain price;
• sich vergleichsweise einigen to reach a settlement.
einmischen, sich
to intervene, to interfere, to meddle, to barge in (fam.);
• sich in die Angelegenheiten eines Nachbarlandes einmischen to intervene in the affairs of a neighbo(u)ring country;
• sich unaufgefordert (ungefragt) einmischen to meddle.
einpendeln, sich
(Kurse) to even out, to settle down.
einschiffen, sich
to embark, to get (go) aboard, to join one’s ship, to go on board, to [take] ship.
einwählen, sich
(Computer) to plug into.
emporarbeiten, sich
to work one’s way up, to win one’s way from poverty.
entschließen, sich
to determine, to decide, to make up one’s mind, to resolve;
• sich zu einem Kauf entschließen to decide on buying.
ereignen, sich
to occur, to happen, to take place.
erholen, sich
to recreate, to convalesce, to recuperate, to pick up, (Industrie) to be reviving, (Kurse) to look (pick, prick) up, to recover, to revive, to rally, to rise, to improve, (Markt) to improve, (sich schadlos halten) to make up for one’s losses, to repay (reimburse, recoup) o. s.;
• sich bei jem. erholen to draw (reimburse o. s.) upon s. o.;
• sich von einem geschäftlichen Fehlschlag erholen to recover from a business setback;
• sich beim Giranten erholen to have recourse to the endorser of a note;
• sich von den Nachwirkungen des Krieges erholen to recover from the effects of the war;
• sich bei den Schlusskursen erholen to be improving at the close;
• sich schnell erholen (Kurse) to brisk up;
• sich wieder erholen (Kurse) to be picking up again, to experience a recovery;
• sich finanziell wieder erholen to recover financially (one’s strength), to recuperate;
• sich für eine Zahlung erholen to cover o. s.
etablieren, sich
to establish o. s., to set up shop for o. s., to start a business.
festigen, sich
to consolidate, (Börse, Kurse, Preise) to [become] firm, to steady, to stiffen, to strengthen, to harden, to stabilize;
• Dollarkurs festigen to strengthen the dollar price;
• seine Stellung festigen to strengthen one’s position, to solidify one’s place;
• Währung festigen to stabilize the currency;
• sich erneut im Vergleich mit anderen harten Währungen festigen to strengthen again against other major currencies;
• Wechselkurse festigen to stabilize exchange rates.
freizeichnen, sich
to contract out, to exempt o. s. from a liability.
gesundschrumpfen, sich
to shrink to profitable size;
• sich gesundstoßen to make a packet (fam.).
heraufarbeiten, sich
to work one’s way (o. s.) up (o. s. into a good position).
herauskristallisieren, sich
to crystallize, to take shape;
• sich herausmachen (Firma) to make good progress;
• sein Kapital herausnehmen to withdraw one’s capital;
• Gehälter aus dem Preisindexsystem herausnehmen to disindex salaries from the price index;
• Geld aus jem. herauspressen to squeeze money out of s. o.;
• weitere Steuern aus dem Volk herauspressen to screw more taxes out of the people;
• Gewinne aus einem fallenden und überbesetzten Markt herausprügeln müssen to be forced to slug it out in a slumping and overcrowded market;
• Geld herausrücken to cough up (US sl.), to fork out (sl.);
• Zahlungen herausschieben to postpone payment;
• herausschinden to eke out;
• Geld aus jem. herausschinden to extract money from s. o.;
• zusätzliche Urlaubswoche herausschinden to wangle an extra week’s holiday;
• Geld aus einer Sache herausschlagen to get one’s money’s worth;
• allerlei Vorteile herausschlagen to gain all kinds of advantages;
• Unfähige herausschmeißen to weed out the incompetents;
• heraussetzen (Mieter) to evict, to eject, to turn out.
herausstellen, sich
to turn out, to prove;
• besonders herausstellen (Presse) to feature (US coll.), to highlight (US);
• sich als Fälschung herausstellen to prove to be a forgery;
• groß herausstellen to give a build-up;
• sich als sehr hoch herausstellen (Kosten) to come rather high;
• sich als missglückt herausstellen (Anlage) to turn sour;
• sich als Vorteil herausstellen to turn out to be an advantage.
hinschleppen, sich
to drag on.
konkretisieren, sich
(Forderung) to crystallize.
konstituieren, sich
(parl.) to assemble;
• Ausschuss konstituieren to appoint a committee;
• sich als eingetragene Gesellschaft konstituieren to form themselves into a registered corporation.
kreuzen, sich
to intersect, (Interessen) to clash, to run counter, (Straße) to cross.
kristallisieren, sich
to crystallize.
kräftigen, sich
(Kurs) to improve, to recover, (Markt) to strengthen;
• Dollarkurs kräftigen to strengthen the dollar price.
lebensversichern, sich
to assure one’s life with a company (Br.);
• sich für 20.000 L lebensversichern to insure (assure, Br.) o. s. for L 20,000;
• sich gegenseitig lebensversichern to insure one’s own life for the benefit of the other;
• seine Schlüsselkräfte lebensversichern to take out life policies on one’s key man.
liieren, sich
(Gesellschafter) to unite, to join, to associate, to become a partner.
massieren, sich
(Aufträge) to pile up.
niederlassen, sich
to set up for o. s., to take up one’s abode (domicile, residence), to locate, (Wohnsitz) to settle down;
• sich als Anwalt niederlassen to settle down in the practice of law;
• sich als Arzt niederlassen to put up (hang out) one’s shingle;
• sich als Buchhändler niederlassen to establish o. s. (set up business) as a bookseller;
• sich für dauernd niederlassen to settle down for good;
• sich geschäftlich niederlassen to establish o. s. as a businessman, to set up for o. s., to set up shop, to set o. s. up in business;
• sich im Hauptgeschäftsviertel niederlassen to fix one’s residence in the city;
• sich widerrechtlich niederlassen to abate.
rentieren, sich
to pay [its way (for costs)], to pay well, to bring a return, (Betrieb) to be profitable, (Ware) to leave a margin;
• sich gut rentieren to yield good profits;
• sich nicht rentieren not to be worthwhile;
• sich noch rentieren to break even;
• sich gerade noch rentieren to wash its face (Br. sl.);
• sich in zehn Jahren rentieren to pay its way in ten years.
stabilisieren, sich
to become stable;
• Preise stabilisieren to stabilize (peg) prices.
treffen, sich
to meet, to gather, to assemble;
• Abkommen treffen to come to an agreement (terms);
• Anordnungen treffen to prescribe;
• Auslese treffen to cull;
• Buchung treffen to pass (effect) an entry;
• Freigabeverfügungen für die Wirtschaftshilfe treffen to loosen its grip on the economic-aid purse strings;
• auf Öl treffen to strike oil;
• Steuerzahler heftig treffen to clobber the taxpayers;
• Übereinkommen treffen to compact;
• Übereinkunft treffen to come to an arrangement;
• Verabredung treffen to make (fix) an appointment;
• Verbraucher unmittelbar treffen to fall directly onto the consumer;
• vorläufige Vereinbarung treffen to make a provisional arrangement;
• Vorbereitungen (Vorkehrungen) treffen to make preparations;
• Vorsichtsmaßregeln treffen to take precautionary measures.
unterordnen, sich
to subordinate o. s.
verausgaben, sich
to spend beyond one’s means, to run short of money.
verbürgen, sich
to [a]vouch, to undertake, to warrant, to guarantee, to stand surety, to bail;
• sich für einen Bericht verbürgen to warrant a report;
• sich für jds. Ehrlichkeit und Zuverlässigkeit verbürgen to warrant s. o. an honest and reliable person;
• sich für eine Schuld verbürgen to answer for a debt;
• sich für jds. Zahlungsfähigkeit verbürgen to vouch for s. one's ability to pay.
verkalkulieren, sich
to miscalculate, to overshoot.
vermehren, sich
to multiply;
• sein Vermögen vermehren to enlarge one’s fortune;
• Zahlungsmittelumlauf vermehren to expand the currency.
verschulden, sich
to run into debt, to take on debts, to involve o. s. (get into) debt, to outrun the constable (Br.), to run up a score (Br.);
• sich kurzfristig erheblich verschulden to borrow heavily on a short-term basis;
• sich erneut verschulden to run into debt again;
• sich total verschulden (Staat) to plunge into debt;
• sich ungewöhnlich verschulden to go into debt at a record chip (US).
verschätzen, sich
to be out in one’s calculation[s] (estimate).
verspekulieren, sich
to lose money by bad investment.
verspäten, sich
(Schiff, Zug) to be overdue (behind schedule, US).
versteifen, sich
(Markt) to tighten [up].
verzweigen, sich
to branch out.
zurückhalten, sich
to keep a low profile, (Börse) to stay on the sidelines, (Verbraucher) to hold back, to resist;
• Aktien in Erwartung von Kurssteigerungen zurückhalten to hold stocks for a rise;
• Informationsmaterial zurückhalten to hold back information;
• Mittel zurückhalten to bottle up funds;
• sich mit der Verwirklichung geplanter Kapazitätsausweitungen zurückhalten to hold back on bringing in planned new capacity;
• restliche Ware zurückhalten to hold over the rest of the goods;
• Waren unberechtigt zurückhalten to wrongfully detain goods.
zurückmelden, sich
to report one’s return;
• sich vom Urlaub zurückmelden to report back from leave (one’s return).
zusammenschließen, sich
to amalgamate, to merge, to combine, to consolidate (US), (pol.) to unite, to fuse;
• Arbeiter in einer Gewerkschaft zusammenschließen to unite workers in a trade union;
• Firmen (Gesellschaften) zusammenschließen to consolidate business companies;
• sich zu einem Kartell zusammenschließen to join a cartel;
• sich in einem großen Unternehmen zusammenschließen to merge into one large organization;
• sich zu einem Verein zusammenschließen to club.
ändern, sich
to vary;
• Eintragung ändern to rectify (alter) an entry;
• nachträglich ändern (Wechsel) to alter materially;
• zweckentsprechend ändern to adapt.
überschneiden, sich
to overlap, to intersect, (Ereignisse) to clash;
• sich mit einem anderen Termin überschneiden to clash with another date.

Business german-english dictionary > sich
17 курс

1) (направление) course, policy, line

взять курс на подъём чего-л. — to take the course / the path of raising smth.

держать курс на всестороннее развитие — to orient oneself to comprehensive development (of)

избрать курс — to adopt a course

изменять свой курс — to alter / to change one's course

намечать курс — to map out / to mark out a course; (в общих чертах) to outline a course

начертать курс — to chart a course (for)

отказаться от (проводимого) курса — to turn away from the line

отклоняться от курса — to swerve from one's course

придерживаться курса — to adhere / to stick to a policy / a course

проводить курс — to conduct / to pursue a policy, to hold / to pursue / to take a line, to steer / to tread a course

следовать курсом — to pursue / to follow the course

смягчить курс — to soften the line

ужесточить курс — to harden the line

авантюристический курс — adventurist(ic) policy, policy of adventure

внешнеполитический курс — foreign policy, foreign policy course

определить альтернативный внешнеполитический курс — to define an alternative foreign policy

провозгласить свой внешнеполитический курс — to proclaim one's foreign policy

разработать новый внешнеполитический курс — to evolve a new foreign policy

самостоятельный внешнеполитический курс — independent (line of) foreign policy

переориентация внешнеполитического курса — reorientation of foreign policy

эффективность внешнеполитического курса — effectiveness of foreign policy

внутриполитический курс — home-policy course

гегемонистский курс — hegemonistic course

генеральный курс — general line / course

жёсткий курс — hard / tough line, tough policy

проводить жёсткий курс в отношении страны — to take a strong / a hard line with a country

сторонник жёсткого курса — hard-liner

несговорчивый / упрямый сторонник жёсткого курса — intractable hard-liner

конфронтационный курс — confrontation course

милитаристский курс — militarist course / policy

независимый курс — independent course / policy

искажать / фальсифицировать политический курс — to falsify a policy

круто изменить политический курс — to reverse a policy

намечать политический курс — to shape a policy

сформулировать политический курс — to enunciate / to set out a policy

открытый политический курс — overt policy

официальный политический курс — official policy

позитивный / положительный политический курс — positive policy

согласованный политический курс — coordinated policy

чёткий политический курс — clear-cut policy

выработка политического курса — policy-making

изменение политического курса — policy shift

сторонник политического курса партии — party-liner

последовательный курс — consistent course

разумный курс — common-sense course

проводить разумный курс — to steer a common-sense course

стратегический курс — strategic course

твёрдый курс — firm course

умеренный курс — moderate line, middle-of-the road course

курс на затягивание чего-л. — policy of dragging out smth. курс на конфронтацию collision course курс на оздоровление / улучшение отношений course toward(s) improving relations

курс на "прямое противоборство" — policy of "direct confrontation"

курс на развитие личных контактов — person-to-person diplomacy

курс на разоружение — course for disarmament

курс на сегрегацию без каких-л. отступлений — hard-line segregationist platform

курс партии — party line, party's policy

курс перестройки экономики — course for reorganization / restructuring of the economy

приверженец устарелого курса — diehard

сторонник либерального курса — dove разг.

2) эк. course, rate, quotation exchange

играть на повышение курса — to be bullish, to go a bull

играть на понижение курса — to be bearish, to go bear

биржевой курс — exchange / market quotation, share price

средние биржевые курсы — market averages

валютный курс, курс валюты — (foreign) exchange rate, course / par / rate of exchange, exchange

отменить поддержку валютного курса — to unpeg the exchange rate

валютные курсы в Лондоне — London rates

выгодный валютный курс — profitable rate of exchange, favourable exchange

высокий валютный курс — high rate (of exchange) / exchange rate

гибкий валютный курс — flexible exchange rate / rate of exchange

двойной валютный курс — double exchange rate / rate of exchange

действующий / эффективный валютный курс — effective exchange rate / rate of exchange

завышенный валютный курс — overvalued rate of exchange

заключительный валютный курс — closing rate (of exchange) / exchange rate

закреплённый валютный курс — fixed rate (of exchange) / exchange rate

искусственно поддерживаемый валютный курс — pegged rate (of exchange) / exchange

колеблющийся валютный курс — floating / fluctuating / free exchange rate, variable exchange

единый / унифицированный колеблющийся валютный курс — unitary floating rate of exchange

контрактный валютный курс — exchange rate stipulated in the contract

множественные валютные курсы — multiple exchange rates

наличный валютный курс — current rate of exchange / exchange rate

начальный валютный курс — opening rate of exchange / exchange rate

неодинаковые / различные валютные курсы — different rates of exchange / exchange rates

неподдерживаемый / нерегулируемый валютный курс — unpegged rate of exchange / exchange rate

неустойчивый валютный курс — variable exchange rate / rate of exchange

номинальный валютный курс (в отличие от рыночного) — nominal exchange

обменный валютный курс — exchange rate, rate of exchange

неустойчивость обменных валютных курсов — uncertainty of the exchange rates

официально объявленный / официальный валютный курс (установленный центральным банком) — official rate (of exchange) / exchange rate

паритетный валютный курс — exchange rate parity

плавающий валютный курс — floating rate of exchange / exchange rate, float

вводить плавающий / свободно колеблющийся валютный курс — to float

повышенный валютный курс — higher rate of exchange / exchange rate

пониженный валютный курс — reduced rate (of exchange) / exchange rate

принудительный курс валюты — forced rate of exchange

свободный валютный курс — free rate of exchange / exchange rate

справочный валютный курс — posted rate of exchange / exchange

твёрдый / фиксированный валютный курс — fixed exchange rate / rate of exchange

текущий рыночный валютный курс — going market rate of exchange / exchange rate

центральный валютный курс (не основанный на паритете Международного валютного фонда) — central rate (of exchange) / exchange rate

введение нового соотношения / новой системы валютных курсов — exchange rate alignment

выравнивание валютных курсов — exchange rate realignment

расчёт валютного курса — (exchange) rate calculation, calculation of exchange

движение / динамика валютных курсов — exchange rate movements, movement in the exchange rate

изменение валютного курса — changes in the exchange rate

колебание валютного курса — fluctuation in the exchange rate

размах колебаний валютного курса, пределы отклонений валютного курса от паритета — fluctuation band

курс валюты — см. валюта

курс валюты на срок — time rate of exchange

манипуляция курсом валют — manipulation of exchange rates

курс иностранной валюты — exchange rate

неустойчивый курс иностраннной валюты — fluctuant foreign exchange rate, variable exchange

колебания курса иностранной валюты — exchange fluctuations

множественность валютных курсов — multiplicity of change

неустойчивость валютных курсов — instability of exchange rates

основа валютного курса — basis for the exchange rate

падение валютного курса — fall in the exchange rate / in exchange

повышение валютного курса — rise in the exchange rate

понижение валютного курса — decline in the exchange rate

поправки на валютный курс — exchange adjustments

различие в валютных курсах — difference of exchange (rates)

система стабильных валютных курсов — par value (exchange) rates

денежный курс — currency exchange rate

эмиссионный курс — rate of issue

курс акций — stock exchange; stock price амер.

преднамеренно вздувать курс акций до неоправданно высокого уровня — to kite the stocks

ежедневно / еженедельно публикуемый курс акций — daily / weekly average

курс бумажных денег при инфляции — rate of paper money during inflation

курс для пересчёта валют — exchange rate

курс дня (иностранной валюты) — exchange / rate of the day

купить валюту по курсу дня — to buy currency at the rate of the day

курс доллара — dollar rate

падение курса доллара (по отношению к евро) — the dollar's fall (against the euro)

курс на день платежа — rate on the day of payment

курс облигаций — bond rate

курс при закрытии банка / биржи / рынка — closing rate

курс при открытии банка / биржи / рынка — opening rate

курс рубля — rouble rate

курс фунта стерлингов — sterling rate

курс ценных бумаг — rate of securities, price

искусственно вздувать курсы ценных бумаг — to rig the market

продавать ценные бумаги по более высокому курсу — to sell securities at a higher rate

согласованный (в ходе переговоров) курс ценных бумаг — negotiated price

твёрдый / устойчивый курс ценных бумаг — firm price

умеренно снижающийся курс ценных бумаг — sagging price

курс, предлагаемый покупателем ценных бумаг — bid price

курс, предлагаемый продавцом ценных бумаг — asked price

3)

быть в курсе — to know all about it

быть в курсе политики — to be well informed / versed in politics

ввести в курс дела — to bring (smb.) up to date

держать в курсе дела — to keep (someone) informed

держать курс на — to head for

Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > курс
18 рост курса доллара США по отношению к гривне

Currency operations: rise in the U.S. dollar against the hryvnia

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > рост курса доллара США по отношению к гривне
19 Aktie

Aktie f BÖRSE, FIN, RW (BE) share, (AE) stock • Aktie sperren BÖRSE stop a stock • eine Aktie unter dem Nennwert emittieren BÖRSE issue a share at a discount from par value
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f <Börse, Finanz, Rechnung> share (BE), stock (AE), equity ■ Aktie sperren < Börse> stop a stock ■ eine Aktie unter dem Nennwert emittieren < Börse> issue a share at a discount

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Aktie
share (Br., Canada), stock (US), (Urkunde) share (Br.) (stock, US) certificate;
• Aktien corporate shares (stocks, US);
• zu einem Agio abgegebene Aktie premium stock;
• im Clearingverkehr abgerechnete Aktie clearinghouse stock;
• abgestempelte Aktien stamped (marked, Br.) shares;
• alte Aktie original stock;
• amortisierte Aktie redeemed stock;
• zusätzlich angebotene Aktien excess shares;
• ausgegebene Aktien shares outstanding, issued capital shares (stocks);
• neu ausgegebene Aktie baby (US sl.);
• über das genehmigte Aktienkapital hinaus ausgegebene Aktien overstocks (US);
• an Betriebsangehörige (die Belegschaft) ausgegebene Aktien staff shares, shares for the staff, employee’s shares, stock issued to employees;
• an den Gründer ausgegebene Aktie promoter’s stock;
• über dem Nennwert ausgegebene Aktien shares issued at premium;
• zum Nennwert ausgegebene Aktien shares issued at par;
• [noch] nicht ausgegebene Aktien unissued shares;
• in verschiedenen Serien ausgegebene Aktien classified stocks;
• an Strohmänner ausgegebene Aktien dummy shares;
• ausgeliehene Aktien shares loaned;
• mit Bezugsrecht ausgestattete Aktie stock carrying rights;
• ausländische Aktie foreign share (stock);
• effektiv im Besitz befindliche Aktie real (long) stock (US);
• begebene Aktie issued capital share;
• international beliebte Aktien international populars;
• im Sanierungsverfahren nicht beteiligte Aktien non-assented stocks;
• nicht bevorrechtigte Aktien deferred stocks;
• voll bezahlte Aktie paid-up (full-paid) stock;
• börsengängige (börsenfähige) Aktien stocks negotiable on the stock exchange, quoted (listed, US) stocks;
• börsennotierte Aktien quoted shares, shares quoted (Br.) (stocks listed, US) on the stock exchange;
• dividendenberechtigte Aktie participating share;
• nicht sofort dividendenberechtigte Aktie deferred stock;
• eigene Aktie reacquired bonds,own share, treasury stock;
• eingebrachte Aktie vendor’s share;
• amtlich eingeführte Aktien quoted shares, listed stocks, shares officially quoted (stocks listed) on the stock exchange;
• zur Einziehung eingelieferte Aktie surrendered share;
• eingetragene Aktie registered stock;
• eingezahlte Aktie paid-up stock;
• zu einem Drittel eingezahlte Aktie share on which one third has been paid;
• noch nicht eingezahlte Aktie partly paid [up] share;
• voll eingezahlte Aktie fully paid[-up] share, full-paid stock;
• eingezogene Aktie recalled share;
• endgültige Aktie definite share;
• erstklassige Aktien high-grade (gilt-edged) shares, glamor stocks, blue chips (US);
• fallende Aktien declining shares, sliding stocks;
• gängige Aktien active shares;
• garantierte Aktie guaranteed share;
• gebundene Aktie restricted share;
• gehandelte Aktien issues traded;
• unter einem Dollar gehandelte Aktien penny stocks (US);
• im Freiverkehr gehandelte (an der Freiverkehrsbörse notierte) Aktien shares traded over the counter, curb stocks;
• mit nur 1/4 des Pariwertes gehandelte Aktie quarter-stock;
• rege (lebhaft) gehandelte Aktien active stocks;
• im Wert geminderte Aktie share that shows a depreciation;
• gesplittete Aktien split-up stocks;
• unentgeltlich zur Verfügung gestellte Aktie donated stock;
• durch Käufe gestützte Aktien supported stocks;
• gewinnberechtigte Aktie participating share (stock), profit-sharing stock;
• gewöhnliche Aktie common share (Canada), ordinary stock;
• gezeichnete Aktien shares applied for, subscribed shares;
• nicht gezeichnete Aktien unsubscribed stocks;
• aus dem Verkehr gezogene Aktie withdrawn share;
• gleichrangige Aktien shares ranking pari passu;
• nur buchmäßig gutgeschriebene Aktien phantom stocks;
• herrenlose Aktie unclaimed share;
• hinterlegte Aktie deposited share (stock, US);
• im Sammeldepot hinterlegte Aktie assented stock;
• als Sicherheit hinterlegte Aktien shares lodged as collateral;
• inländische Aktien home (domestic) shares;
• junge Aktien new shares, junior issues (stocks);
• kaduzierte Aktien forfeited shares;
• kleingestückelte Aktie fractional share;
• kumulative Aktie cumulative share;
• kündbare Aktien callable stocks;
• auf den Inhaber lautende Aktie share warrant (stock certificate, US) to bearer;
• auf den Namen lautende Aktie registered share;
• lieferbare Aktien spots;
• lombardierte Aktie loaned share, stocks loaned;
• mehrstimmige Aktie stock entitling to a plural vote;
• mehrstimmige Aktie im Besitz der Direktion management stock;
• mündelsichere Aktie trustee stock;
• nachschuss- und umlagefreie Aktie non-assessable capital stock;
• nachschusspflichtige Aktie assessable stock;
• nicht nachschusspflichtige (nachzahlungsfreie) Aktie non-assessable capital stock;
• in voller Höhe nachschusspflichtige Aktie double-liability stock;
• nennwertlose Aktie no-par [value] share, unvalued share, non-par [value] stock;
• neue Aktien fresh (new, junior) shares, fresh (junior) stocks;
• Not leidende Aktie non-dividend-paying stock;
• notierte Aktien shares quoted on the stock exchange, quoted (listed) stocks;
• an der Börse nicht notierte Aktien displaced shares, unlisted stocks;
• an der Freiverkehrsbörse notierte Aktien curb stocks;
• rückkaufbare Aktien redeemable shares;
• spekulative Aktien speculative stocks;
• gut stehende Aktien shares at a premium;
• steigende Aktien advancing stocks;
• stimmberechtigte Aktie voted stock;
• nicht stimmberechtigte (stimmrechtlose) Aktie non-voting share, A-share;
• stimmrechtslose festverzinsliche Aktien non-voting fixed-interest shares;
• südafrikanische Aktien South Africans (Br.);
• teilbezahlte Aktien partly paid shares;
• überemittierte (ungültige) Aktie overissue stock;
• übertragbare Aktien negotiable stocks;
• formfrei übertragene Aktie street certificate (US);
• umtauschfähige Aktie convertible stock;
• unverwertete Aktie unissued share;
• auf Baisse verkaufte Aktie short stock;
• jederzeit verkäufliche Aktie unrestricted stock;
• nur an Private verkäufliche Aktie restricted stock;
• im Einzeldepot verwahrte Aktien non-assented stocks;
• verwässerte Aktien watered stocks;
• nicht weitergegebene Aktie non-negotiated share;
• in Raten zahlbare Aktien instal(l)ment shares;
• zinssatzempfindliche Aktie interest-rate sensitive stock;
• zinstragende Aktien interest-bearing shares;
• zur Börsennotierung zugelassene Aktien shares quoted (stocks listed) on the stock exchange, listed stocks;
• an der Börse nicht zugelassene Aktien unallowed shares;
• zum Börsenhandel nicht zugelassene Aktien shares not admitted (stocks not listed) on the stock exchange, unquoted shares;
• zum Verrechnungsverkehr zugelassene Aktie clearinghouse stock;
• zugeteilte Aktien shares allotted;
• von den Gründern zurückgegebene Aktien donated stocks;
• zweitklassige Aktien second-line stocks;
• Aktien einer Abzahlungsfinanzierungsgesellschaft hire-purchase finance shares;
• Aktien auswärtiger Banken zum Anschaffungspreis shareholding (stockholding, US) interest in foreign banks at cost;
• Aktie ohne Besitzerschein inscribed stock;
• Aktien mit geringen Börsenumsätzen inactive stock;
• Aktie mit von anderen AG’s garantierter Dividende guaranteed share;
• Aktie mit normaler Dividendenabrechnung equity share;
• Aktie mit rückwirkender Dividendenberechtigung cumulative stock;
• verpachtete Aktie mit Dividendengarantie leased-line share;
• Aktie mit Dividendenschein share cum rights;
• Aktie mit Dividendenvorzugsberechtigung stock preferred as to dividends;
• Aktien im Eigenbesitz stocks held in treasury;
• Aktien einer Finanzierungsgesellschaft finance-house shares;
• Aktien von Goldbergwerken gold shares;
• Aktien eines nur aus Aktien bestehenden Investmentfonds common stock funds;
• Aktien einer Kapitalanlagegesellschaft banker’s (trustee) shares;
• Aktien von Lagerhausgesellschaften warehouse stocks (US);
• Aktie mit bevorzugter Liquidationsberechtigung stock preferred as to assets;
• Aktie mit [von anderen Gesellschaften] garantierter Mindestdividende guaranteed share;
• Aktie mit Nennwert par value share;
• Aktie ohne Nennwert unvalued share, no-par value (NPV) share, no-par value capital stock, unvalued stock;
• Aktien unter dem Nennwert shares at a discount;
• Aktien und Obligationen stocks and bonds;
• Aktien mit einem Pariwert von $ 50 half stocks (US);
• Aktie ohne Prämienrechte share ex rights;
• Aktien mit hoher Rendite shares that yield high interest;
• Aktien der Schwerindustrie heavy-industry shares;
• Aktie mit bevorzugtem Stimmrecht golden share;
• Aktien von Terraingesellschaften land shares;
• Aktien einer Treuhandgesellschaft trust-company stocks;
• Aktien mit beschränkter Verwendungsfähigkeit letter stocks;
• Aktien von Wohnungsbaugesellschaften housing stocks;
• Aktie abnehmen to take delivery of stock;
• Aktien von der Notierung absetzen to remove shares from the stock-exchange list;
• Aktien abstoßen to unload stocks;
• Aktie vor der öffentlichen Ausgabe anbieten to beat down the guns (US);
• Aktien zur Generalversammlung anmelden to deposit shares for the general meeting;
• Aktie niedrig ansetzen to set a low value on a stock;
• Aktien seines Auftraggebers aufkaufen to run stocks against one’s client;
• Aktien auflegen to announce shares;
• Aktien ausgeben to issue shares;
• Aktien zum Nennwert ausgeben to issue shares at par;
• Aktien unter dem Nennwert ausgeben to issue shares at a discount;
• Aktien über Pari ausgeben to issue shares at a premium;
• Aktien unter Pari ausgeben to issue shares at a discount;
• Aktien ausleihen to lend stocks;
• Nachfrage nach Aktien auslösen to seek stocks;
• Bezugsrecht auf junge Aktien ausüben to exercise the right to subscribe (acquire) new shares;
• Aktie zum Nennwert berechnen to raise the face value;
• Aktien besitzen to hold shares;
• Aktien beziehen to take up shares;
• junge Aktien beziehen to subscribe to (for) new shares, to exercise the right to subscribe for shares (new stock);
• Aktien unmittelbar bei der Gesellschaft beziehen to subscribe the memorandum;
• Aktien bei (an) der Börse einführen to have shares admitted (stocks listed) at (to) the stock exchange;
• alte Aktien in neue eintauschen to exchange old shares for new ones;
• Aktien voll einzahlen to pay up shares;
• Aktien einziehen to call in (pay off, Br.) shares;
• verloren gegangene Aktien für kraftlos erklären to cancel shares;
• sich auf eine Vielzahl von Aktien erstrecken to spread over a wide variety of shares;
• seine eigenen Aktien erwerben to buy its own shares;
• Aktien in ungewöhnlich geringen Mengen erwerben to buy shares in odd lots;
• Aktien in Depotverwaltung geben to place shares in safe custody;
• noch Aktien einzudecken (gefixt) haben to be short of stocks;
• 10.000 Pfund in Aktien angelegt haben to have L 10,000 in stocks;
• Aktien als Sicherheit haben (halten) to hold stocks as security;
• mit Aktien handeln to job shares;
• Aktien hereinnehmen to take in shares for a borrower, to borrow stock;
• Aktien als Deckung hinterlegen to lodge stocks as cover;
• Aktien kaduzieren to cancel shares;
• Aktien kaufen to buy in;
• Aktien auf den Namen der Bank überschreiben lassen to transfer shares into the bank’s name;
• Einzahlung auf Aktien leisten to make a payment on shares, to pay a call on stocks;
• Aktien zu einem zugesicherten Preis liefern to put stocks at a certain price;
• Aktien lombardieren to lend money on stock;
• Aktien als zusätzliche Sicherheit lombardieren to lodge stock as an additional security;
• Aktien manipulieren to manipulate stocks;
• Aktien mitnehmen to pick up shares;
• auf Aktien nachzahlen (nachschießen) to make additional payment on shares;
• Aktien in Prolongation nehmen to borrow (carry) stocks;
• Aktie in Zahlung nehmen to take delivery of stock;
• Aktien an der Börse notieren to quote shares (list stocks) on the stock exchange;
• Aktie beim Publikum platzieren to place shares with the public;
• mit Aktien eingedeckt sein to be long of stocks;
• in Aktien spekulieren to play the stock market, to stag the market;
• Aktie splitten to split shares;
• Aktien stückeln to subdivide shares;
• Aktie um 2 1/4 Punkte auf 178 in die Höhe treiben to build up a stock 2 1/4 points to 178;
• Aktien übertragen to assign shares;
• Aktien umschreiben to transfer shares;
• aus Aktien in hochverzinsliche Obligationen umsteigen to switch out of stocks into high-yielding bonds;
• alte Aktien in neue umtauschen to exchange old shares for new;
• Aktien umwandeln to [re]convert shares;
• Aktien unterbringen to place shares;
• Aktie unterteilen to split a share;
• Aktien veräußern to realize shares;
• Aktien seines Auftraggebers verkaufen to run stock against one’s client;
• eine Aktie dont 1% auf einen Monat verkaufen to give 1 per cent call on a share for a month;
• Aktien im Kundenauftrag verkaufen to sell shares on its customer’s advice;
• Aktien durch Fehlspekulationen verlieren to sink stock in speculation;
• Aktien vernachlässigen (Börse) to ignore shares;
• Aktie verwahren to hold shares in safe custody;
• Aktien als Kreditunterlage verwenden to apply shares as collateral security;
• Aktien vinkulieren to restrict shares;
• Aktien auf den Markt werfen to spin stocks, to offload shares;
• Aktien zeichnen to apply (make application) for shares, to subscribe to (for) (take up) shares, to take stock in;
• neue Aktien zeichnen to subscribe to (for) new shares;
• Aktien zur Börsennotierung zulassen to quote shares (list stocks) at the stock exchange;
• Aktien an die Gesellschaft zurückgeben to surrender shares;
• Aktien für eine Haussebewegung zurückhalten to hold stocks for a rise;
• Aktien zurückkaufen to redeem shares;
• Aktien zurückzahlen to pay off shares;
• Aktien zusammenlegen to amalgamate (consolidate) shares;
• Aktien zuteilen to allocate shares;
• Aktien nach erfolgter Zeichnung zuteilen to allot shares;
• Aktien voll zuteilen to allot shares to all applicants.

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