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  • 61 език

    1. анат. tongue
    обложен език a coated/furred tongue
    възпаление на езика мед. glossitis изплезихме езици, докато се качим до върха we were done up/all in/dog tired/dead beat by the time we reached the top
    не мога да си преобърна езика да го произнеса/изрека I can't get my tongue round it
    на езика ми е have s.th. on the tip of o.'s tongue
    каквото му е на ума, това му е на езика he wears his heart on his sleeve
    изплъзна ми се от езика it slipped out, I never meant to say it
    идваше ми да си отхапя езика I could have bitten my tongue off
    глътвам си езика be struck dumb, be scared to death, be dumbfounded; lose o.'s tongue
    вързан в езика tongue-tied
    развързвам си език a loosen o.'s tongue
    преплита ми се езика stammer, falter, become tongue-tied
    сърби ме езика be itching to speak
    чеша си езика wag o.'s tongue
    държа си езика hold o.'s tongue, keep a still tongue in o.'s head, bridle/curb o.'s tongue, put a bridle/curb on o.'s tongue
    дръж си езика hold your tongue! hold/stop your jaw! ( бъди по-учтив) keep a civil tongue! остър език a sharp/biting tongue
    злите езици evil tongues, slanderers
    злите езици разправят, че gossip has it that
    езикът няма кости, а кости троши the tongue is sharper than any sword
    2. тех. tongue; pawl; catch
    (на камбана) clapper, tongue (of a bell), jinglet
    огнени езици tongues of flame
    3. (реч) speech
    пренебр. lingo
    матерен език a mother tongue
    роден език o.'s own/native language, vernacular
    на народен език in the vernacular
    писмен език a written language
    говорим език a spoken language
    разговорен език everyday/conversational/colloquial speech
    литературен/книжовен език a literary language
    на прост/ясен език in simple phrase, (put) in simple language, in plain English
    имам груб език be rough-spoken
    мръсен език bad/foul language
    приличен език a clean tongue
    държа лош/грозен език be rude/impudent, speak roughly
    що за език! that's no way to talk! език на глухонемите finger/sign language
    чужд език a foreign language
    модерни/древни езици modern/ancient languages
    живи/мъртви езици living/dead languages
    славянски/германски/романски езици Slavonic, Slavic/Germanic/Romance languages
    той говори добре чужди езици he is a good linguist, he is good at languages
    (стил) style
    (идиом) idiom, parlance
    (жаргон) jargon, cant, lingo
    езикът на Ботев the language of Botev, Botev's style
    изящен език elegant style; a felicity of phrase
    точен език precise language, verbal accuracy
    вестникарски език journalese, newspaperese
    канцеларски език official language
    канцеларски български/английски и т. н. език Committee English/Bulgarian etc.
    езикът на сцената the language of the stage
    в правния/моряшкия/военния и т.н. език in legal/nautical/military etc. parlance
    научен език learned/scholarly language
    на езика на математиката/науката in terms of mathematics/science
    общ език прен. common ground, a common language
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    езѝк,
    м., -ци, (два) езѝка 1. tongue; анат. glossa; възпаление на \езикка мед. glossitis; обложен \езикк coated/furred tongue;
    2. техн. tongue; pawl; catch; застопоряващ \езикк ( палец) dog catch; (на обувка) tongue; (на камбана) clapper, tongue (of a bell), jinglet;
    3. ( реч) speech; (на даден народ) language, tongue; пренебр. lingo; \езикк на глухонемите finger/sign language; изучаван \езикк target language; малцинствен \езикк minority language; ма̀терен \езикк mother tongue; на прост/ясен \езикк (put) in simple language, in plain English;
    4. инф.: \езикк за управление на задания job control language; \езикк на командите command language; компилиращ \езикк assembly language;
    5. ( изразни средства) language; ( стил) style; ( идиом) idiom, parlance; (на документ) wording; ( жаргон) jargon, cant, lingo; вестникарски \езикк journalese, newspaperese; в правния/моряшкия/военния и т. н. \езикк in legal/nautical/military etc. parlance; изящен \езикк elegant style; на \езикка на математиката/науката in terms of mathematics/science; научен \езикк learned/scholarly language; точен \езикк verbal accuracy; филмов \езикк film idiom; • глътвам си \езикка be struck dumb, be scared to death, be dumbfounded; дръж си \езикка ( бъди по-учтив) keep a civil tongue! държа остър \езикк speak sharply; държа си \езикка bridle/curb o.’s tongue, put a bridle/curb on o.’s tongue; \езиккът няма кости, а кости троши the tongue is sharper than any sword; злите \езикци разправят, че gossip has it that; идваше ми да си отхапя \езикка I could have bitten my tongue off; изплезихме \езикци, докато се качим до върха we were done up/dog tired/dead beat by the time we reached the top; изплъзна ми се от \езикка it slipped out; имам груб \езикк be rough-spoken; каквото му е на ума, това му е на \езикка he wears his heart on his sleeve; на \езикка ми е have s.th. on the tip of o.’s tongue; не мога да си преобърна \езикка да го произнеса/изрека I can’t get my tongue round it; не можахме да намерим общ \езикк we talked at cross purposes; общ \езикк прен. common ground/language; преплита ми се \езиккът stammer, falter; развързвам си \езикка loosen o.’s. tongue; сърби ме \езиккът be itching to speak; чеша си \езикка wag o.’s tongue, chew the fat, chinwag, shoot the breeze; що за \езикк! that’s no way to talk!
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    machine code/ language: Do you speak foreign езикs? - Говориш ли чужди езици?; lingo (чужд); parlance ; tongue {`tXN} (анат.): a thick език - надебелен език
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    1. (жаргон) jargon, cant, lingo 2. (идиом) idiom, parlance 3. (изразни средства) language 4. (на даден народ) language, tongue 5. (на документ) wording 6. (на камбана) clapper, tongue (of a bell), jinglet 7. (на обувка) tongue 8. (реч) speech 9. (стил) style 10. mex. tongue;pawl;catch 11. ЕЗИКът на Ботев the language of Botev, Botev's style 12. ЕЗИКът на сцената the language of the stage 13. ЕЗИКът няма кости, а кости троши the tongue is sharper than any sword 14. анат. tongue 15. в правния/моряшкия/военния и т.н. ЕЗИК in legal/nautical/ military etc. parlance 16. вестникарски ЕЗИК journalese, newspaperese 17. във формата на ЕЗИК tongue-shaped 18. възпаление на ЕЗИКа мед. glossitis изплезихме езици, докато се качим до върха we were done up/all in/dog tired/dead beat by the time we reached the top 19. вързан в ЕЗИКа tongue-tied 20. глътвам си ЕЗИКa be struck dumb, be scared to death, be dumbfounded;lose o.'s tongue 21. говорим ЕЗИК a spoken language 22. дръж си ЕЗИКа hold your tongue! hold/stop your jaw! (бъди no-учтив) keep a civil tongue! остър ЕЗИК a sharp/biting tongue 23. държа лош/ грозен ЕЗИК be rude/impudent, speak roughly 24. държа остър ЕЗИК speak sharply 25. държа си ЕЗИКа hold o.'s tongue, keep a still tongue in o.'s head, bridle/curb o.'s tongue, put a bridle/ curb on o.'s tongue 26. живи/мъртви езици living/dead languages 27. злите езици evil tongues, slanderers 28. злите езици разправят, че gossip has it that 29. идваше ми да си отхапя ЕЗИКа I could have bitten my tongue off 30. изплъзна ми се от ЕЗИКа it slipped out, I never meant to say it 31. изящен ЕЗИК elegant style;a felicity of phrase 32. имам груб ЕЗИК be rough-spoken 33. каквото му е на ума, това му е на ЕЗИКа he wears his heart on his sleeve 34. канцеларски ЕЗИК official language 35. канцеларски български/английски и т. н. ЕЗИК Committee English/Bulgarian etc. 36. литературен/книжовен ЕЗИК а literary language 37. матерен ЕЗИК a mother tongue 38. модерни/древни езици modern/ancient languages 39. мръсен ЕЗИК bad/foul language 40. на ЕЗИКа ми е have s.th. on the tip of o.'s tongue 41. на ЕЗИКа на математиката/науката in terms of mathematics/science 42. на народен ЕЗИК in the vernacular 43. на прост/ясен ЕЗИК in simple phrase, (put) in simple language, in plain English 44. надебелен ЕЗИК a thick tongue 45. народен ЕЗИК vernacular 46. научен ЕЗИК learned/scholarly language 47. не мога да си преобърна ЕЗИКа да го произнеса/изрека I can't get my tongue round it 48. не можахме да намерим общ ЕЗИК we talked at cross purposes 49. неофициален ЕЗИК slang 50. обложен ЕЗИК а coated/furred tongue 51. общ ЕЗИК прен. common ground, a common language 52. огнени езици tongues of flame 53. писмен ЕЗИК a written language 54. пренебр. lingo 55. преплита ми се ЕЗИКa stammer, falter, become tongue-tied 56. приличен ЕЗИК а clean tongue 57. развързвам си ЕЗИК а loosen o.'s tongue 58. разговорен ЕЗИК everyday/conversational/colloquial speech 59. роден ЕЗИК o.'s own/native language, vernacular 60. славянски/германски/романски езици Slavonic, Slavic/Germanic/Romance languages 61. сърби ме ЕЗИКа be itching to speak 62. той говори добре чужди езици he is a good linguist, he is good at languages 63. той лошо говори чужди езици he is a bad/poor linguist 64. точен ЕЗИК precise language, verbal accuracy 65. филмов ЕЗИК film idiom 66. чеша си ЕЗИКa wag o.'s tongue 67. чужд ЕЗИК a foreign language 68. що за ЕЗИК! that's no way to talk! ЕЗИК на глухонемите finger/sign language

    Български-английски речник > език

  • 62 остър

    1. sharp, keen
    (заострен) pointed, sharp
    остър завой a sharp bend/turn
    много остър завой a hairpin bend
    остър молив a sharp/a sharply-pointed pencil
    остър нос pointed nose
    остър ъгъл an acute angle
    остри черти (на лицето) strongly marked features
    с остри черти sharp-featured, sharp-faced
    остра коса coarse/stiff/wiry hair
    остра брада a stiff beard
    остър плат coarse cloth
    3. (за вятър, време, болка. миризма) sharp; acute; biting
    остър вятър a sharp/keen/biting/nippy/nipping/brisk/searching wind
    остър климат a severe/inclement climate
    остър студ a biting cold
    остра болка a sharp/an acute/a keen/a severe/an exquisite/мед. a lancinating pain
    остър апендисит acute appendicitis
    остър вкус/остра миризма a sharp/pungent taste/smell, tang
    4. (силно развит, проницателен) keen; acute, sharp
    остър слух a sharp/an acute ear
    с остър слух sharp-eared
    остро зрение keen/acute eyesight
    остър ум a keen/a penetrating/an acute/a perspicacious mind, sharp wits/intelligence
    с остър ум sharp-witted
    5. (рязък, рязко проявен) sharp; acute
    (язвителен) sarcastic, caustic, biting
    (рязък, груб) harsh
    остър език a sharp/biting tongue
    с остър език sharp-tongued
    остър тон a sharp/cutting/biting/scathing/trenchant tone
    остра забележка sharp/biting/caustic remark
    остро пего a sharp pen
    остри думи hard/biting words
    остра сатира biting/trenchant satire
    остра критика a sharp/scathing criticism
    остър недостиг an acute shortage
    остра нужда a sharply-felt/pressing need
    остра криза an acute crisis
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    о̀стър,
    прил., -ра, -ро, -ри 1. sharp, keen; ( заострен) pointed, sharp; много \остърър завой hairpin bend; \остърри черти (на лицето) strongly marked features; \остърър молив sharp/sharply-pointed pencil; \остърър ъгъл acute angle; с \остърри черти sharp-featured, sharp-faced;
    2. ( твърд на пипане) coarse; \остърра коса coarse/stiff/wiry hair;
    3. (за вятър, време, болка, миризма) sharp; acute; bitting; в \остърра форма in acute form; \остърра болка sharp/acute/keen/severe/exquisite/мед. lancinating pain; ( стомашна) griping pain; \остърър апандисит acute appendicitis; \остърър вкус/остра миризма sharp/pungent taste/smell, tang; \остърър вятър sharp/keen/biting/nippy/nipping/brisk/searching wind; \остърър климат severe/inclement climate; \остърър студ biting cold;
    4. ( силно развит, проницателен) keen; acute, sharp; \остърър ум keen/penetrating/acute/perspicacious mind, sharp wits/intelligence; с \остърър слух sharp-eared; с \остърър ум sharp-witted;
    5. ( рязък, рязко проявен) sharp; acute; ( язвителен) sarcastic, caustic, biting; gingery; ( рязък, груб) harsh; \остърра забележка gingery/biting/caustic remark; \остърра критика sharp/scathing criticism; \остърра нужда sharply-felt/pressing need; \остърра сатира biting/trenchant satire; \остърър недостиг acute shortage; \остърър тон sharp/cutting/biting/scathing/trenchant tone.
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    sharp: I need a остър knife. - Трябва ми остър нож., остър curve - остър завой; metallic (за глас); acute (прен.); cultrate; cutting{`kXtiN}; edged; fine; fulgurating (за болка); incisive (за ум); keen (проницателен); nice; nipping; penetrative{`penitreitiv}; perspicacious; pithy{`piTi}; poignant (за ум); quick{kwik}; subtle (за ум)
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    1. (заострен) pointed, sharp 2. (рязък, груб) harsh 3. (рязък, рязко проявен) sharp;acute 4. (силно развит, проницателен) keen;acute, sharp 5. (твърд на пипане) coarse 6. (язвителен) sarcastic, caustic, biting 7. 3, (за вятър, време, болка. миризма) sharp;acute;biting 8. sharp, keen 9. ОСТЪР апендисит acute appendicitis 10. ОСТЪР вкус/остра миризма a sharp/pungent taste/ smell, tang 11. ОСТЪР вятър а sharp/keen/biting/nippy/nipping/brisk/ searching wind 12. ОСТЪР език a sharp/biting tongue 13. ОСТЪР завой a sharp bend/turn 14. ОСТЪР климат a severe/inclement climate 15. ОСТЪР молив a sharp/a sharply-pointed pencil 16. ОСТЪР недостиг an acute shortage 17. ОСТЪР нос pointed nose 18. ОСТЪР плат coarse cloth 19. ОСТЪР слух a sharp/an acute ear 20. ОСТЪР студ a biting cold 21. ОСТЪР тон a sharp/ cutting/biting/scathing/trenchant tone 22. ОСТЪР ум a keen/a penetrating/an acute/a perspicacious mind, sharp wits/intelligence 23. ОСТЪР ъгъл an acute angle 24. в остра форма in acute form 25. много ОСТЪР завой a hairpin bend 26. остра болка а sharp/an acute/a keen/a severe/an exquisite/ мед. a lancinating pain 27. остра брада a stiff beard 28. остра забележка sharp/biting/caustic remark 29. остра коса coarse/stiff/ wiry hair 30. остра криза an acute crisis 31. остра критика a sharp/scathing criticism 32. остра нужда a sharply-felt/pressing need 33. остра сатира biting/trenchant satire 34. остри думи hard/ biting words 35. остри черти (на лицето) strongly marked features 36. остро зрение keen/acute eyesight 37. остро пего a sharp pen 38. с ОСТЪР език sharp-tongued 39. с ОСТЪР слух sharp-eared 40. с ОСТЪР ум sharp-witted 41. с остри черти sharp-featured, sharp-faced

    Български-английски речник > остър

  • 63 mordaz

    adj.
    1 caustic, biting.
    2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.
    3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.
    * * *
    1 mordant, sarcastic
    * * *
    adj.
    sarcastic, biting
    * * *
    ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.
    Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    ----
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.

    Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

    Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

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    ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing
    * * *

    mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
    ‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
    mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
    ' mordaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corrosiva
    - corrosivo
    - afilado
    English:
    abrasive
    - acid
    - barbed
    - biting
    - caustic
    - cutting
    - damning
    - denunciation
    - incisive
    - pointed
    - scathing
    - sharp
    - dry
    - dryness
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    caustic
    * * *
    adj biting, sharp
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    : caustic, scathing

    Spanish-English dictionary > mordaz

  • 64 ir en contra de

    (v.) = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, turn against, play against, be contrary to, run up against, work against, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of
    Ex. Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.
    Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    Ex. But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.
    Ex. Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.
    Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex. What factors told against them?.
    Ex. These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
    Ex. Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex. These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.
    Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex. For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex. This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.
    Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex. Which means we must create a reading environment that helps and encourages reading rather than works against it.
    Ex. Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.
    Ex. Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.
    Ex. This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.
    Ex. Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex. Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.
    Ex. As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.
    * * *
    (v.) = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, turn against, play against, be contrary to, run up against, work against, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of

    Ex: Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.

    Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    Ex: But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.
    Ex: Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.
    Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex: What factors told against them?.
    Ex: These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
    Ex: Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex: These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.
    Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex: This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.
    Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex: Which means we must create a reading environment that helps and encourages reading rather than works against it.
    Ex: Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.
    Ex: Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.
    Ex: This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.
    Ex: Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex: Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.
    Ex: As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ir en contra de

  • 65 Я-13

    ЗЛОЙ ЯЗЫК NP sing only)
    1. \Я-13 чей, кого
    NP sing only) a person's habit of saying unkind, mocking etc things at the expense of s.o. or sth.: malicious (spiteful, vicious, evil, sharp etc) tongue.
    Так как никому не было пощады, то никто особенно не сердился на злой язык доктора (Герцен 1). Since no one was spared, по one particularly resented the doctor's spiteful tongue (1a).
    ...Его обыкновенная угрюмость, крутой нрав и злой язык имели сильное влияние на молодые наши умы (Пушкин 3)....His habitual sullenness, acrimonious temper, and sharp tongue made a strong impression on our young minds (3a).
    2. \Я-13- у кого
    VP subj. with copula) s.o. speaks in an unkind, mocking, sarcastic manner: у X-a злой язык - X has a malicious (spiteful, vicious, evil etc) tongue X is evil-tongued.
    У него был злой язык: под вывескою его эпиграммы не один добряк прослыл пошлым дураком (Лермонтов 1). Не had a malicious tongue, and, branded by his epigrams, more than one good soul came to be regarded as a vulgar fool (1b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Я-13

  • 66 comentario

    m.
    1 comment, remark.
    hizo un comentario muy acertado she made a very apt remark
    el presidente no quiso hacer comentarios the president did not wish to (make any) comment
    sin comentarios no comment
    sobran comentarios what can you say?
    2 commentary.
    comentario de texto literary commentary, textual analysis
    * * *
    1 (observación) remark, comment
    2 (explicación, narración) commentary
    \
    dar lugar a comentarios to cause gossip
    sin comentario no comment
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) comment, remark
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=observación) comment

    "sin comentarios" — "no comment"

    sin más comentario, pasemos a ver la película — without further ado, let's watch the film

    hacer un comentario: le hizo un comentario al oído — she said something in his ear

    2) (=redacción) essay

    un comentario sobre "El Quijote" — an essay on "Don Quixote"

    comentario de texto — [literario] (literary) commentary; [lingüístico] textual analysis

    3) pl comentarios (=cotilleo) gossip sing
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( observación) comment

    ¿quiere hacer algún comentario? — do you have any comments?

    sobran or huelgan los comentarios — it's best not to say anything

    b) ( mención)
    c) ( análisis) commentary
    2) (Rad, TV) commentary
    * * *
    = comment, commentary, gloss, observation, remark, statement, talk-aloud, explication, rider, riff.
    Ex. Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex. Texts published with commentary are entered under the commentator if the commentary is emphasised.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. I agree with the observation that in our catalog we had not brought together the 'American Scholar' and the 'Oration'.
    Ex. My second point may be a slightly tangential, but I hope it is a concrete reaction to the general tenor of Mr. Lubetzky's remarks and the general subject posed.
    Ex. Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.
    Ex. These evaluation techniques include full-screen logging, pre- and post-search, online/offline, and in-search interactive questionnaires, search replays as well as talk-aloud.
    Ex. Reference librarians make heavy use of their many literary checklists as well as their indexes to literary, drama, and poetry explication and criticism.
    Ex. This latter point is born out in a survey of the information needs of Californians, which, in affirming the existence of such needs, added the rider that Californians 'do not always perceive these needs to be related to information'.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    ----
    * apartado de comentarios = comments section.
    * basado en el comentario personal = reportage-based.
    * comentario al margen = tangential comment.
    * comentario aparecido en la prensa = press comment.
    * comentario crítico = criticism, critique, critical comment, critical commentary.
    * comentario escrito = write-up.
    * comentario final que zanja una cuestión = clincher.
    * comentario gracioso = witty remark, funny remark.
    * comentario ingenioso = witty remark.
    * comentario inicial = opening remark.
    * comentario introductorio = leading remark.
    * comentario literario = literary analysis.
    * comentario personal = reportage, personal note.
    * comentario personal de una lectura = reading-reportage.
    * comentarios = input, grapevine, feedback.
    * comentario sarcástico = sarcastic remark.
    * comentarios finales = concluding remarks.
    * comentario social = social commentary.
    * comentario tangencial = tangential comment.
    * hacer algunos comentarios sobre lo que Alguien ha dicho = take + a few cracks at.
    * hacer comentarios = air + comments.
    * hacer un comentario = make + observation, make + remark, offer + a comment.
    * intercambiar comentarios = exchange + remarks.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * persona que hace un comentario = commenter.
    * recabar un comentario = solicit + comment.
    * responder a un comentario = field + comment.
    * sección de comentarios = comments section.
    * suscitar un comentario = elicit + comment.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( observación) comment

    ¿quiere hacer algún comentario? — do you have any comments?

    sobran or huelgan los comentarios — it's best not to say anything

    b) ( mención)
    c) ( análisis) commentary
    2) (Rad, TV) commentary
    * * *
    = comment, commentary, gloss, observation, remark, statement, talk-aloud, explication, rider, riff.

    Ex: Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.

    Ex: Texts published with commentary are entered under the commentator if the commentary is emphasised.
    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex: I agree with the observation that in our catalog we had not brought together the 'American Scholar' and the 'Oration'.
    Ex: My second point may be a slightly tangential, but I hope it is a concrete reaction to the general tenor of Mr. Lubetzky's remarks and the general subject posed.
    Ex: Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.
    Ex: These evaluation techniques include full-screen logging, pre- and post-search, online/offline, and in-search interactive questionnaires, search replays as well as talk-aloud.
    Ex: Reference librarians make heavy use of their many literary checklists as well as their indexes to literary, drama, and poetry explication and criticism.
    Ex: This latter point is born out in a survey of the information needs of Californians, which, in affirming the existence of such needs, added the rider that Californians 'do not always perceive these needs to be related to information'.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    * apartado de comentarios = comments section.
    * basado en el comentario personal = reportage-based.
    * comentario al margen = tangential comment.
    * comentario aparecido en la prensa = press comment.
    * comentario crítico = criticism, critique, critical comment, critical commentary.
    * comentario escrito = write-up.
    * comentario final que zanja una cuestión = clincher.
    * comentario gracioso = witty remark, funny remark.
    * comentario ingenioso = witty remark.
    * comentario inicial = opening remark.
    * comentario introductorio = leading remark.
    * comentario literario = literary analysis.
    * comentario personal = reportage, personal note.
    * comentario personal de una lectura = reading-reportage.
    * comentarios = input, grapevine, feedback.
    * comentario sarcástico = sarcastic remark.
    * comentarios finales = concluding remarks.
    * comentario social = social commentary.
    * comentario tangencial = tangential comment.
    * hacer algunos comentarios sobre lo que Alguien ha dicho = take + a few cracks at.
    * hacer comentarios = air + comments.
    * hacer un comentario = make + observation, make + remark, offer + a comment.
    * intercambiar comentarios = exchange + remarks.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * persona que hace un comentario = commenter.
    * recabar un comentario = solicit + comment.
    * responder a un comentario = field + comment.
    * sección de comentarios = comments section.
    * suscitar un comentario = elicit + comment.

    * * *
    A
    1 (observación) comment
    ¿quiere hacer algún comentario? do you have any comments?
    ese comentario fue de muy mal gusto that remark o comment was in very bad taste
    sin comentario(s) no comment
    sobran or huelgan los comentarios it's best not to say anything, there's no need to say anything
    2 (análisis) commentary
    comentario de texto textual analysis, practical criticism
    B ( Rad, TV) commentary
    * * *

     

    comentario sustantivo masculino
    1


    fue un comentario de mal gusto it was a tasteless remark;
    sin comentario(s) no comment
    b) ( mención):




    2 (Rad, TV) commentary
    comentario sustantivo masculino
    1 comment, remark
    2 (de texto) commentary
    3 comentarios, (cotilleos) gossip
    ' comentario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ácida
    - ácido
    - acre
    - agudeza
    - ápice
    - burrada
    - conveniente
    - cortante
    - declaración
    - desafortunada
    - desafortunado
    - exacta
    - exacto
    - gusto
    - impertinencia
    - incisiva
    - incisivo
    - indiscreción
    - intención
    - jugosa
    - jugoso
    - ligereza
    - lucida
    - lucido
    - maldad
    - malintencionada
    - malintencionado
    - manifiesta
    - manifiesto
    - más
    - ocurrencia
    - oportuna
    - oportuno
    - paleta
    - paleto
    - picante
    - punta
    - puntual
    - punzante
    - rezar
    - reservarse
    - retirar
    - salida
    - segunda
    - sentar
    - sobra
    - superflua
    - superfluo
    - temeraria
    - temerario
    English:
    abrasive
    - abstain
    - accurate
    - acid
    - acrimonious
    - acute
    - amplify
    - apt
    - barbed
    - bitchy
    - biting
    - blistering
    - calculate
    - careless
    - catty
    - cheap
    - comeback
    - comment
    - commentary
    - complimentary
    - crack
    - curt
    - cutting
    - decline
    - derogatory
    - destructive
    - direct
    - do
    - gross
    - hurtful
    - impromptu
    - incisive
    - indignant
    - inept
    - innocuous
    - insulting
    - invidious
    - level
    - objectionable
    - oblique
    - observation
    - off-the-cuff
    - offensive
    - outline
    - parting
    - pass
    - passing
    - personal
    - pointed
    - qualify
    * * *
    1. [observación] comment, remark;
    hizo un comentario muy acertado she made a very apt remark;
    ahórrate tus comentarios keep your remarks to yourself;
    sólo era un comentario personal, no te lo tomes a mal it was just a remark between the two of us, don't take it the wrong way;
    el presidente no quiso hacer comentarios the president did not wish to (make any) comment;
    sin comentarios no comment;
    y, sin más comentarios, se marchó and, without another word, she left;
    sobran comentarios what can you say?
    2. [crítica] commentary
    comentario de texto literary commentary, textual analysis
    3. [televisivos, radiofónicos] commentary
    4.
    comentarios [murmuraciones] gossip;
    siempre hace comentarios a mis espaldas he's always talking about me behind my back
    5. Ling predicate
    * * *
    m
    1 comment;
    ¡sin comentarios! no comment!
    2
    :
    comentarios pl gossip sg
    * * *
    1) : comment, remark
    sin comentarios: no comment
    2) : commentary
    * * *
    comentario n comment / remark

    Spanish-English dictionary > comentario

  • 67 estar en desacuerdo con

    to be in disagreement with
    * * *
    (v.) = be at odds with, be at loggerheads with
    Ex. These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
    Ex. Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
    * * *
    (v.) = be at odds with, be at loggerheads with

    Ex: These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.

    Ex: Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar en desacuerdo con

  • 68 su

    adj. poss.
    1 his, her, her own, his own, its, of theirs, their own, its own.
    su coche his/her/your/their car
    sus libros his/her/your/their books
    su hocico its snout
    2 your, your own, thy.
    3 their.
    * * *
    su
    1 (de él) his; (de ella) her; (de usted, de ustedes) your; (de ellos, de ellas) their; (de animales, cosas) its; (de uno) one's
    ■ abra su maleta, por favor open your suitcase, please
    * * *
    adj.
    1) his, her, its, their
    2) your
    * * *
    ADJ POSES
    1) [sing] (=de él) his; (=de ella) her; (=de usted) your; (=de animal, cosa) its; [impersonal] one's
    2) [pl] (=de ustedes) your; (=de ellos, de ellas) their
    3) [uso enfático]
    * * *
    adjetivo (delante del n)
    a) ( de él) his; ( de ella) her; (de usted, ustedes) your; (de ellos, ellas) their; (de animal, cosa) its
    * * *
    = his, its, their, your.
    Ex. Of particular note is his classic monograph 'Prejudices and Antipathies', published by Scarecrow Press, a critique of LC entry and subject heading practices.
    Ex. Special thanks to the ISAD Program Planning Committee, in particular its chairperson, for the conceptual organization.
    Ex. The physical format of manual post-coordinate indexes also restricts their use to sectors in which the librarian or information officer acts as an intermediary between the index and its users.
    Ex. And there is a basis for your belief: money.
    ----
    * adelantado a su tiempo = ahead of + Posesivo + time(s).
    * aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.
    * aprender a su propio ritmo = learn at + Posesivo + own pace.
    * a su debido tiempo = in due course, timely, in due time.
    * a su propio ritmo = at an individual pace.
    * a su tiempo = in a timely fashion, in due course.
    * a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn.
    * atribuir su origen a = trace to, trace back to.
    * colocar en su lugar = drop into + place.
    * considerar en su justa medida = see + in proportion.
    * con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * dar su conformidad a = assent to.
    * dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo.
    * dejar su impronta en = set + Posesivo + stamp on.
    * demostrar su valía = prove + its worth, realise + its full potential.
    * desde su época = since + Posesivo + day.
    * desde su origen = from + its/their + inception, since + its/their + inception.
    * desde sus comienzos = from + its/their + inception, from + its/their + beginnings, since + its/their + beginnings, since + its/their + inception.
    * de su época = of + Posesivo + time.
    * dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.
    * directorio accesible por su contenido (cafs) = content-addressable file store (cafs).
    * distribución de una materia en su índice = subject scatter.
    * el todo es más grande que la suma de sus partes = the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * encontrar su sitio = find + a home.
    * en su base = at its core.
    * en su conjunto = overall, together, collective, put together.
    * en su debido momento = in due time.
    * en su defecto = failing that/these.
    * en su día = in its day.
    * en su eje = at its core.
    * en su esencia = in substance.
    * en su estricto sentido = strictly speaking.
    * en su haber = on the credit side.
    * en su infancia = in + Posesivo + infancy.
    * en su interior = between its covers.
    * en su lugar = instead, in + Posesivo + stead.
    * en su mayoría = for the most part, mostly, in most respects.
    * en su mayor parte = largely, mostly.
    * en su mejor momento = at + Posesivo + peak.
    * en su momento = in timely fashion.
    * en su momento álgido = at + Posesivo + peak.
    * en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en su parte central = at its core.
    * en su punto = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.].
    * en su punto más álgido = at its height.
    * en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en sus años de apogeo = in + Posesivo + heyday.
    * en sus años de auge = in + Posesivo + heyday.
    * en sus buenos tiempos = in + Posesivo + heyday.
    * en su seno = therein.
    * en sus inicios = in + Posesivo + infancy.
    * en su sitio = in place.
    * en sus orígenes = originally.
    * en su tiempo = formerly.
    * en su totalidad = as a whole, in + Posesivo + entirety, in full, in toto, in whole, wholesale.
    * esperar su momento = wait in + the wings.
    * esperar su oportunidad = wait in + the wings.
    * estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.
    * forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.
    * formar en su conjunto = weave + to form.
    * hacer su debut = make + Posesivo + debut.
    * hacer valer sus derechos = assert + Posesivo + rights.
    * hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.
    * hundirse por su propio peso = sink under + its own weight.
    * información en su estado primario = raw information.
    * llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.
    * poner en su sitio = put in + place.
    * por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.
    * por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.
    * por su papel = in its role.
    * por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.
    * por su volatilidad = mercurially.
    * que conserva su encanto natural = unspoilt [unspoiled, -USA].
    * reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.
    * reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.
    * retomar su camino = get back on + track.
    * reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.
    * se cae de su peso que = it goes without saying that.
    * según sus propias condiciones = in + Posesivo + own terms.
    * según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.
    * sentido muy desarrollado de su propio territorio = territoriality.
    * ser un producto de su tiempo = be a product of + Posesivo + time.
    * su (de ella) = her.
    * Sus Majestades = Their Majesties.
    * sustituir a Alguien en su ausencia = fill in + in + Posesivo + absence.
    * tener programado su comienzo = be scheduled to start.
    * tener su apogeo = flourish.
    * tener su efecto = take + Posesivo + toll (on).
    * tener su origen en = trace to, trace back to, have + Posesivo + roots in.
    * tener sus diferencias = have + their differences.
    * tener sus orígenes = be rooted in.
    * todo en su conjunto = whole affair, the.
    * vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.
    * ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.
    * ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.
    * volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.
    * volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, bite back.
    * volver a su camino = get back on + track.
    * * *
    adjetivo (delante del n)
    a) ( de él) his; ( de ella) her; (de usted, ustedes) your; (de ellos, ellas) their; (de animal, cosa) its
    * * *
    su (de ella)
    (adj.) = her

    Ex: Ms. Hinton received her library degree from the University of North Carolina after getting her bachelor's from the Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia.

    = his, its, their, your.

    Ex: Of particular note is his classic monograph 'Prejudices and Antipathies', published by Scarecrow Press, a critique of LC entry and subject heading practices.

    Ex: Special thanks to the ISAD Program Planning Committee, in particular its chairperson, for the conceptual organization.
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    * adelantado a su tiempo = ahead of + Posesivo + time(s).
    * aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.
    * aprender a su propio ritmo = learn at + Posesivo + own pace.
    * a su debido tiempo = in due course, timely, in due time.
    * a su propio ritmo = at an individual pace.
    * a su tiempo = in a timely fashion, in due course.
    * a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn.
    * atribuir su origen a = trace to, trace back to.
    * colocar en su lugar = drop into + place.
    * considerar en su justa medida = see + in proportion.
    * con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * dar su conformidad a = assent to.
    * dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo.
    * dejar su impronta en = set + Posesivo + stamp on.
    * demostrar su valía = prove + its worth, realise + its full potential.
    * desde su época = since + Posesivo + day.
    * desde su origen = from + its/their + inception, since + its/their + inception.
    * desde sus comienzos = from + its/their + inception, from + its/their + beginnings, since + its/their + beginnings, since + its/their + inception.
    * de su época = of + Posesivo + time.
    * dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.
    * directorio accesible por su contenido (cafs) = content-addressable file store (cafs).
    * distribución de una materia en su índice = subject scatter.
    * el todo es más grande que la suma de sus partes = the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * encontrar su sitio = find + a home.
    * en su base = at its core.
    * en su conjunto = overall, together, collective, put together.
    * en su debido momento = in due time.
    * en su defecto = failing that/these.
    * en su día = in its day.
    * en su eje = at its core.
    * en su esencia = in substance.
    * en su estricto sentido = strictly speaking.
    * en su haber = on the credit side.
    * en su infancia = in + Posesivo + infancy.
    * en su interior = between its covers.
    * en su lugar = instead, in + Posesivo + stead.
    * en su mayoría = for the most part, mostly, in most respects.
    * en su mayor parte = largely, mostly.
    * en su mejor momento = at + Posesivo + peak.
    * en su momento = in timely fashion.
    * en su momento álgido = at + Posesivo + peak.
    * en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en su parte central = at its core.
    * en su punto = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.].
    * en su punto más álgido = at its height.
    * en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en sus años de apogeo = in + Posesivo + heyday.
    * en sus años de auge = in + Posesivo + heyday.
    * en sus buenos tiempos = in + Posesivo + heyday.
    * en su seno = therein.
    * en sus inicios = in + Posesivo + infancy.
    * en su sitio = in place.
    * en sus orígenes = originally.
    * en su tiempo = formerly.
    * en su totalidad = as a whole, in + Posesivo + entirety, in full, in toto, in whole, wholesale.
    * esperar su momento = wait in + the wings.
    * esperar su oportunidad = wait in + the wings.
    * estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.
    * forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.
    * formar en su conjunto = weave + to form.
    * hacer su debut = make + Posesivo + debut.
    * hacer valer sus derechos = assert + Posesivo + rights.
    * hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.
    * hundirse por su propio peso = sink under + its own weight.
    * información en su estado primario = raw information.
    * llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.
    * poner en su sitio = put in + place.
    * por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.
    * por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.
    * por su papel = in its role.
    * por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.
    * por su volatilidad = mercurially.
    * que conserva su encanto natural = unspoilt [unspoiled, -USA].
    * reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.
    * reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.
    * retomar su camino = get back on + track.
    * reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.
    * se cae de su peso que = it goes without saying that.
    * según sus propias condiciones = in + Posesivo + own terms.
    * según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.
    * sentido muy desarrollado de su propio territorio = territoriality.
    * ser un producto de su tiempo = be a product of + Posesivo + time.
    * su (de ella) = her.
    * Sus Majestades = Their Majesties.
    * sustituir a Alguien en su ausencia = fill in + in + Posesivo + absence.
    * tener programado su comienzo = be scheduled to start.
    * tener su apogeo = flourish.
    * tener su efecto = take + Posesivo + toll (on).
    * tener su origen en = trace to, trace back to, have + Posesivo + roots in.
    * tener sus diferencias = have + their differences.
    * tener sus orígenes = be rooted in.
    * todo en su conjunto = whole affair, the.
    * vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.
    * ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.
    * ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.
    * volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.
    * volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, bite back.
    * volver a su camino = get back on + track.

    * * *
    su
    1 (de él) his; (de ella) her; (de usted, ustedes) your; (de ellos, ellas) their; (de un animal, una cosa) its
    cuando uno ha perdido su última esperanza when one's last hope is gone
    2
    (uso enfático): estas botas ya tienen sus años these boots have lasted a good many years
    debe pesar sus buenos 90 kilos he must weigh a good 90 kilos
    * * *

     

    su adjetivo ( delante del n) ( de él) his;
    ( de ella) her;
    (de usted, ustedes) your;
    (de ellos, ellas) their;
    (de animal, cosa) its
    su adj pos
    1 (de él) his: vino con su hija, he came with his daughter
    (de ella) her: sus amigos son italianos, her friends are Italians
    (de ellos, de ellas) their: perdieron su coche, they lost their car
    (de cosa, animal) its: su cola es naranja, its tail is orange
    (de varios animales) sus cachorros son moteados, their cubs are spotted
    (de usted, ustedes) your: su cena está lista, your dinner is ready
    sus entradas, por favor, your tickets, please
    2 fam (más o menos) cuesta sus (buenos) dos millones, it costs about two million
    'su' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - abandonar
    - abandonada
    - abandonado
    - abandonarse
    - abarcar
    - abdicar
    - ablandar
    - abogada
    - abogado
    - abominable
    - abrazarse
    - abuhardillada
    - abuhardillado
    - abusar
    - acabar
    - academicismo
    - acallar
    - acanallar
    - acentuar
    - acerba
    - acerbo
    - achantar
    - aciaga
    - aciago
    - aclararse
    - acoger
    - acometer
    - acostumbrar
    - acto
    - actuación
    - acusar
    - adolecer
    - afán
    - afectar
    - agradecer
    - agrado
    - agriar
    - aguijonear
    - aire
    - ajena
    - ajeno
    - alcanzar
    - alejarse
    - álgida
    - álgido
    - algo
    - alma
    - alteza
    - altura
    English:
    aback
    - abroad
    - abrupt
    - absence
    - abuse
    - acclaim
    - accompany
    - accomplished
    - account
    - aching
    - acknowledgement
    - admire
    - advantage
    - affirm
    - afford
    - after
    - against
    - ageing
    - aggravate
    - album
    - alienate
    - allege
    - aloud
    - ambit
    - amok
    - amount to
    - amusing
    - analyst
    - anniversary
    - announcement
    - annul
    - anticipate
    - apathetic
    - apologetic
    - applaud
    - applicant
    - apron
    - Arabian
    - archives
    - argue
    - around
    - aside
    - ask back
    - assignment
    - astonishment
    - astray
    - attachment
    - attest
    - attraction
    - auction
    * * *
    su adj posesivo
    [de él] his; [de ella] her; [de cosa, animal] its; [de uno] one's; [de ellos, ellas] their; [de usted, ustedes] your;
    su libro his/her/your/their book;
    sus libros his/her/your/their books;
    su hocico its snout;
    Fam
    debe de tener sus buenos millones en el banco she must have a good few million in the bank
    * * *
    su, sus
    adj pos: de él his; de ella her; de cosa its; de usted, ustedes your; de ellos their; de uno his, Br
    one’s
    * * *
    su adj
    1) : his, her, its, their, one's
    su libro: her book
    sus consecuencias: its consequences
    2) (formal) : your
    tómese su medicina, señor: take your medicine, sir
    * * *
    su adj
    1. (de él) his
    2. (de ella) her
    3. (de un animal, cosa) its
    4. (de ellos) their
    5. (de usted) your
    abra su maleta, por favor open your suitcase, please

    Spanish-English dictionary > su

  • 69 жлъчен

    1. анат. biliary, bilious, gall (attr.), жлъчен мехур gall-bladder
    жлъчен канал gallduet
    2. прен. (за човек) rancorous, bitter, acrimonious, acrid; splenetic
    (за думи, забележка) caustic, stinging, cutting, biting. bitter, corrosive, mordant
    жлъчен език a sharp/stinging tongue
    жлъчно перо a pen dip ped in gall
    жлъчен нрав an envenomed temper
    * * *
    жлъ̀чен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. анат. biliary, bilious, gall (attr.); \жлъченен мехур gall-bladder; gall-duct;
    2. прен. (за човек) rancorous, venomous, bitter, acrimonious, acrid; splenetic; (за думи, забележка) caustic, stinging, cutting, biting, bitter, corrosive, mordant; \жлъченен нрав envenomed temper; \жлъченно перо pen dipped in gall.
    * * *
    acrimonious ; bilious {bi;lixs}; corrosive ; splenic ; stinging ; venomous ; virulent
    * * *
    1. (за думи, забележка) caustic, stinging, cutting, biting. bitter, corrosive, mordant 2. ЖЛЪЧЕН език a sharp/ stinging tongue 3. ЖЛЪЧЕН канал gallduet 4. ЖЛЪЧЕН нрав an envenomed temper 5. анат. biliary, bilious, gall (attr.), ЖЛЪЧЕН мехур gall-bladder 6. жлъчно перо a pen dip ped in gall 7. прен. (за човек) rancorous, bitter, acrimonious, acrid;splenetic

    Български-английски речник > жлъчен

  • 70 острый язык

    - Я лично его мало знаю, то есть знаю по работе, а так мы не встречаемся, но Егоров говорит, что язык у него острый. (И. Эренбург, Оттепель) — 'I don't know him very well - we don't meet outside the office - but Yegor says his tongue is a bit sharp.'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > острый язык

  • 71 Á

    * * *
    a negative suffix to verbs, not;
    era útmakligt, at it is not unmeet that.
    * * *
    1.
    á, prep., often used elliptically, or even adverbially, [Goth. ana; Engl. on; Germ. an. In the Scandinavian idioms the liquid n is absorbed. In English the same has been supposed to happen in adverbial phrases, e. g. ‘along, away, abroad, afoot, again, agate, ahead, aloft, alone, askew, aside, astray, awry,’ etc. It is indeed true that the Ormulum in its northern dialect freq. uses o, even in common phrases, such as ‘o boke, o land, o life, o slæpe, o strande, o write, o naht, o loft,’ etc., v. the glossary; and we may compare on foot and afoot, on sleep (Engl. Vers. of Bible) and asleep; A. S. a-butan and on-butan (about); agen and ongean (again, against); on bæc, aback; on life, alive; on middan, amid. But it is more than likely that in the expressions quoted above, as well as in numberless others, as well in old as in modern English, the English a- as well as the o- of the Ormulum and the modern Scottish and north of England o- are in reality remains of this very á pronounced au or ow, which was brought by the Scandinavian settlers into the north of England. In the struggle for supremacy between the English dialects after the Conquest, the Scandinavian form á or a won the day in many cases to the exclusion of the Anglo-Saxon on. Some of these adverbs have representatives only in the Scandinavian tongues, not in Anglo-Saxon; see below, with dat. B. II, C. VII; with acc. C. I. and VI. The prep. á denotes the surface or outside; í and ór the inside; at, til, and frá, nearness measured to or from an object: á thus answers to the Gr. επί; the Lat. in includes á and i together.]
    With dat. and acc.: in the first case with the notion of remaining on a place, answering to Lat. in with abl.; in the last with the notion of motion to the place, = Lat. in with acc.
    WITH DAT.
    A. Loc.
    I. generally on, upon; á gólfi, on the floor, Nj. 2; á hendi, on the hand (of a ring), 48, 225; á palli, 50; á steini, 108; á vegg, 115; á sjá ok á landi, on sea and land. In some instances the distinction between d and i is loose and wavering, but in most cases common sense and usage decide; thus ‘á bók’ merely denotes the letters, the penmanship, ‘í’ the contents of a book; mod. usage, however, prefers ‘í,’ lesa í bók, but stafr á bók. Old writers on the other hand; á bókum Enskum, in English books, Landn. 24, but í Aldafars bók, 23 (in the book De Mensurâ Temporum, by Bede), cp. Grág. i. 76, where á is a false reading instead of at; á bréfi, the contents of a letter: of clothing or arms, mítr á höfði, sverð á hlið, mitre on head, sword on side, Fms. i. 266, viii. 404; hafa lykil á sér, on one’s person, 655 xxvii. 22; möttull á tyglum, a mantle hanging on (i. e. fastened by) laces, Fms. vii. 201: á þingi means to be present at a meeting; í þingi, to abide within a jurisdiction; á himni, á jörðu, on (Engl. in) heaven and earth, e. g. in the Lord’s Prayer, but í helviti, in hell; á Gimli, Edda (of a heavenly abode); á báti, á skipi denote crew and cargo, ‘í’ the timber or materials of which a ship is built, Eg. 385; vera í stafni á skipi, 177: á skógi, to be abroad in a wood (of a hunter, robber, deer); but to be situated (a house), at work (to fell timber), í skógi, 573, Fs. 5, Fms. iii. 122, viii. 31, xi. 1, Glúm. 330, Landn. 173; á mörkinni, Fms. i. 8, but í mörk, of a farm; á firðinum means lying in a firth, of ships or islands (on the surface of the water), þær eyjar liggja á Breiðafirði, Ld. 36; but í firði, living in a district named Firth; á landi, Nj. 98, Fms. xi. 386.
    II. á is commonly used in connection with the pr. names or countries terminating in ‘land,’ Engl. in, á Englandi, Írlandi, Skotlandi, Bretlandi, Saxlandi, Vindlandi, Vínlandi, Grænalandi, Íslandi, Hálogalandi, Rogalandi, Jótlandi, Frakklandi, Hjaltlandi, Jamtalandi, Hvítramannalandi, Norðrlöndum, etc., vide Landn. and the index to Fms. xii. In old writers í is here very rare, in modern authors more frequent; taste and the context in many instances decide. An Icelander would now say, speaking of the queen or king, ‘á Englandi,’ ruling over, but to live ‘í Englandi,’ or ‘á Englandi;’ the rule in the last case not being quite fixed.
    2. in connection with other names of countries: á Mæri, Vörs, Ögðum, Fjölum, all districts of Norway, v. Landn.; á Mýrum (in Icel.), á Finnmörk, Landn., á Fjóni (a Danish island); but í Danmörk, Svíþjóð (á Svíþjóðu is poët., Gs. 13).
    3. before Icel. farms denoting open and elevated slopes and spaces (not too high, because then ‘at’ must be used), such as ‘staðr, völlr, ból, hjalli, bakki, heimr, eyri,’ etc.; á Veggjum, Landn. 69; á Hólmlátri, id.: those ending in ‘-staðr,’ á Geirmundarstöðum, Þórisstöðum, Jarðlangsstöðum…, Landn.: ‘-völlr,’ á Möðruvöllum: á Fitjum (the farm) í Storð (the island), í Fenhring (the island) á Aski (the farm), Landn., Eg.: ‘-nes’ sometimes takes á, sometimes í (in mod. usage always ‘í’), á Nesi, Eb. 14, or í Krossnesi, 30; in the last case the notion of island, νησος, prevails: so also, ‘fjörðr,’ as, þeir börðust á Vigrafirði (of a fight o n the ice), Landn. 101, but orusta í Hafrsfirði, 122: with ‘-bær,’ á is used in the sense of a farm or estate, hón sa á e-m bæ mikit hús ok fagrt, Edda 22; ‘í bæ’ means within doors, of the buildings: with ‘Bær’ as pr. name Landn. uses ‘í,’ 71, 160, 257, 309, 332.
    4. denoting on or just above; of the sun, when the time is fixed by regarding the sun in connection with points in the horizon, a standing phrase in Icel.; sól á gjáhamri, when the sun is on the crag of the Rift, Grág. i. 26, cp. Glúm. 387; so, brú á á, a bridge on a river, Fms. viii. 179, Hrafn. 20; taka hús á e-m, to surprise one, to take the house over his head, Fms. i. 11.
    III. á is sometimes used in old writers where we should now expect an acc., esp. in the phrase, leggja sverði (or the like) á e-m, or á e-m miðjum, to stab, Eg. 216, Gísl. 106, Band. 14; þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi, then Starkad stabbed the king with the wand, Fas. iii. 34; bíta á kampi (vör), to bite the lips, as a token of pain or emotion, Nj. 209, 68; taka á e-u, to touch a thing, lay hold of it, v. taka; fá á e-u, id. (poët.); leggja hendr á (better at) síðum, in wrestling, Fms. x. 331; koma á úvart á e-m, to come on one unawares, ix. 407 (rare).
    B. TEMP. of a particular point or period of time, at, on, in:
    I. gener. denoting during, in the course of; á nótt, degi, nætrþeli …, Bs. i. 139; or spec. adding a pron. or an adject., á næsta sumri, the next summer; á því ári, þingi, misseri, hausti, vári, sumri …, during, in that year …, Bs. i. 679, etc.; á þrem sumrum, in the course of three summers, Grág. i. 218; á þrem várum, Fms. ii. 114; á hálfs mánaðar fresti, within half a month’s delay, Nj. 99; á tvítugs, sextugs … aldri, á barns, gamals aldri, etc., at the age of …, v. aldr: á dögum e-s, in the days of, in his reign or time, Landn. 24, Hrafn. 3, Fms. ix. 229.
    II. used of a fixed recurrent period or season; á várum, sumrum, haustum, vetrum, á kveldum, every spring, summer …, in the evenings, Eg. 711, Fms. i. 23, 25, vi. 394, Landn. 292: with the numeral adverbs, cp. Lat. ter in anno, um sinn á mánuði, ári, once a month, once a year, where the Engl. a is not the article but the preposition, Grág. i. 89.
    III. of duration; á degi, during a whole day, Fms. v. 48; á sjau nóttum, Bárð. 166; á því meli, during that time, in the meantime, Grág. i. 259.
    IV. connected with the seasons (á vetri, sumri, vári, hausti), ‘á’ denotes the next preceding season, the last winter, summer, autumn, Eb. 40, 238, Ld. 206: in such instances ‘á’ denotes the past, ‘at’ the future, ‘í’ the present; thus í vetri in old writers means this winter; á vetri, last winter; at vetri, next winter, Eb. 68 (in a verse), etc.
    C. In various other relations, more or less metaphorically, on, upon, in, to, with, towards, against:
    I. denoting object, in respect of, against, almost periphrastically; dvelja á náðum e-s, under one’s protection, Fms. i. 74; hafa metnað á e-u, to be proud of, to take pride in a thing, 127.
    2. denoting a personal relation, in; bæta e-t á e-m, to make amends, i. e. to one personally; misgöra e-t á e-m, to inflict wrong on one; hafa elsku (hatr) á e-m, to bear love ( hatred) to one, Fms. ix. 242; hefna sín á e-m, to take revenge on one’s person, on anyone; rjúfa sætt á e-m, to break truce on the person of any one, to offend against his person, Nj. 103; hafa sár á sér, 101; sjá á e-m, to read on or in one’s face; sér hann á hverjum manni hvárt til þín er vel eðr illa, 106; var þat brátt auðséð á hennar högum, at …, it could soon be seen in all her doings, that …, Ld. 22.
    3. also generally to shew signs of a thing; sýna fáleika á sér, to shew marks of displeasure, Nj. 14, Fs. 14; taka vel, illa, lítt, á e-u, to take a thing well, ill, or indifferently, id.; finna á sér, to feel in oneself; fann lítt á honum, hvárt …, it could hardly be seen in his face, whether …, Eb. 42; líkindi eru á, it is likely, Ld. 172; göra kost á e-u, to give a choice, chance of it, 178; eiga vald á e-u, to have power over …, Nj. 10.
    II. denoting encumbrance, duty, liability; er fimtardómsmál á þeim, to be subject to …, Nj. 231; the phrase, hafa e-t á hendi, or vera á hendi e-m, on one’s hands, of work or duty to be done; eindagi á fé, term, pay day, Grág. i. 140; ómagi (skylda, afvinna) á fé, of a burden or encumbrance, D. I. and Grág. in several passages.
    III. with a personal pronoun, sér, mér, honum …, denoting personal appearance, temper, character, look, or the like; vera þungr, léttr … á sér, to be heavy or light, either bodily or mentally; þungr á sér, corpulent, Sturl. i. 112; kátr ok léttr á sér, of a gay and light temper, Fms. x. 152; þat bragð hafði hann á sér, he looked as if, … the expression of his face was as though …, Ld., cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á sér svip, bragð, æði, sið, of one’s manner or personal appearance, to bear oneself as, or the like; skjótr (seinn) á fæti, speedy ( slow) of foot, Nj. 258.
    IV. as a periphrasis of the possessive pronoun connected with the limbs or parts of the body. In common Icel. such phrases as my hands, eyes, head … are hardly ever used, but höfuð, eyru, hár, nef, munnr, hendr, fætr … á mér; so ‘í’ is used of the internal parts, e. g. hjarta, bein … í mér; the eyes are regarded as inside the body, augun í honum: also without the possessive pronoun, or as a periphrasis for a genitive, brjóstið á e-m, one’s breast, Nj. 95, Edda 15; súrnar í augum, it smarts in my eyes, my eyes smart, Nj. 202; kviðinn á sér, its belly, 655 xxx. 5, Fms. vi. 350; hendr á henni, her hands, Gísl. (in a verse); í vörunum á honum, on his lips, Band. 14; ristin á honum, his step, Fms. viii. 141; harðr í tungu, sharp of tongue, Hallfred (Fs. 114); kalt (heitt) á fingrum, höndum, fótum …, cold ( warm) in the fingers, hands, feet …, i. e. with cold fingers, etc.; cp. also the phrase, verða vísa (orð) á munni, of extemporising verses or speeches, freq. in the Sagas; fastr á fótum, fast by the leg, of a bondsman, Nj. 27: of the whole body, díla fundu þeir á honum, 209. The pers. pron. is used only in solemn style (poetry, hymns, the Bible), and perhaps only when influenced by foreign languages, e. g. mitt hjarta hví svo hryggist þú, as a translation of ‘warumb betrübst du dich mein Herz?’ the famous hymn by Hans Sachs; instead of the popular hjartað í mér, Sl. 43, 44: hjartað mitt is only used as a term of endearment, as by a husband to his wife, parents to their child, or the like, in a metaphorical sense; the heart proper is ‘í mér,’ not ‘mitt.’
    2. of other things, and as a periphrasis of a genitive, of a part belonging to the whole, e. g. dyrr á husi = húsdyrr, at the house-doors; turn á kirkju = kirkju turn; stafn, skutr, segl, árar … á skipi, the stem, stern, sail … of a ship, Fms. ix. 135; blöð á lauk, á tré …, leaves of a leek, of a tree …, Fas. i. 469; egg á sverði = sverðs egg; stafr á bók; kjölr á bók, and in endless other instances.
    V. denoting instrumentality, by, on, or a-, by means of; afla fjár á hólmgöngum, to make money a-duelling, by means of duels, Eg. 498; á verkum sínum, to subsist on one’s own work, Njarð. 366: as a law term, sekjast á e-ju, to be convicted upon …, Grág. i. 123; sekst maðr þar á sínu eigini ( a man is guilty in re sua), ef hann tekr af þeim manni er heimild ( possessio) hefir til, ii. 191; falla á verkum sínum, to be killed flagranti delicto, v. above; fella e-n á bragði, by a sleight in wrestling; komast undan á flótta, to escape by flight, Eg. 11; á hlaupi, by one’s feet, by speed, Hkr. ii. 168; lifa á e-u, to feed on; bergja á e-u, to taste of a thing; svala sér á e-u, to quench the thirst on.
    VI. with subst. numerals; á þriðja tigi manna, up to thirty, i. e. from about twenty to thirty, Ld. 194; á öðru hundraði skipa, from one to two hundred sail strong, Fms. x. 126; á níunda tigi, between eighty and ninety years of age, Eg. 764, v. above: used as prep., á hendi, on one’s hand, i. e. bound to do it, v. hönd.
    VII. in more or less adverbial phrases it may often be translated in Engl. by a participle and a- prefixed; á lopti, aloft; á floti, afloat; á lífi, alive; á verðgangi, a-begging; á brautu, away; á baki, a-back, behind, past; á milli, a-tween; á laun, alone, secretly; á launungu, id.; á móti, against; á enda, at an end, gone; á huldu, hidden; fara á hæli, to go a-heel, i. e. backwards, Fms. vii. 70;—but in many cases these phrases are transl. by the Engl. partic. with a, which is then perh. a mere prefix, not a prep., á flugi, a-flying in the air, Nj. 79; vera á gangi, a-going; á ferli, to be about; á leiki, a-playing, Fms. i. 78; á sundi, a-swimming, ii. 27; á verði, a-watching, x. 201; á hrakningi, a-wandering; á reiki, a-wavering; á skjálfi, a-shivering; á-hleri, a-listening; á tali, a-talking, Ísl. ii. 200; á hlaupi, a-running, Hkr. ii. 268; á verki, a-working; á veiðum, a-hunting; á fiski, a-fishing; á beit, grazing: and as a law term it even means in flagranti, N. G. L. i. 348.
    VIII. used absolutely without a case in reference to the air or the weather, where ‘á’ is almost redundant; þoka var á mikil, a thick fog came on, Nj. 267; niðamyrkr var á, pitch darkness came on, Eg. 210; allhvast á norðan, a very strong breeze from the north, Fms. ix. 20; þá var á norðrænt, a north wind came on, 42, Ld. 56; hvaðan sem á er, from whatever point the wind is; var á hríð veðrs, a snow storm came on, Nj. 282; görði á regn, rain came on, Fms. vi. 394, xi. 35, Ld. 156.
    WITH ACC.
    A. Loc.
    I. denoting simple direction towards, esp. connected with verbs of motion, going, or the like; hann gékk á bergsnös, Eg. 389; á hamar, Fas. ii. 517.
    2. in phrases denoting direction; liggja á útborða, lying on the outside of the ship, Eg. 354; á annat borð skipinu, Fms. vii. 260; á bæði borð, on both sides of the ship, Nj. 124, Ld. 56; á tvær hliðar, on both sides, Fms. v. 73. Ísl. ii. 159; á hlið, sidewards; út á hlið, Nj. 262, Edda 44; á aðra hönd henni, Nj. 50, Ld. 46; höggva á tvær hendr, to hew or strike right and left, Ísl. ii. 368, Fas. i. 384, Fms. viii. 363, x. 383.
    3. upp á, upon; hann tók augu Þjaza ok kastaði upp á himin, Edda 47: with verbs denoting to look, see, horfa, sjá, líta, etc.; hann rak skygnur á land, he cast glances towards the land, Ld. 154.
    II. denoting direction with or without the idea of arriving:
    1. with verbs denoting to aim at; of a blow or thrust, stefna á fótinn, Nj. 84; spjótið stefnir á hann miðjan, 205: of the wind, gékk veðrit á vestr, the wind veered to west, Fms. ix. 28; sigla á haf, to stand out to sea, Hkr. i. 146, Fms. i. 39: with ‘út’ added, Eg. 390, Fms. x. 349.
    2. conveying the notion of arriving, or the intervening space being traversed; spjótið kom á miðjan skjöldinn, Eg. 379, Nj. 96, 97; langt upp á land, far up inland, Hkr. i. 146: to reach, taka ofan á belti, of the long locks of a woman, to reach down to the belt, Nj. 2; ofan á bringu, 48; á þa ofan, 91.
    III. without reference to the space traversed, connected with verbs denoting to go, turn, come, ride, sail, throw, or the like, motion of every kind; hann kastar honum á völlinn, he flings him down, Nj. 91; hlaupa á skip sitt, to leap on board his ship, 43; á hest, to mount quickly, Edda 75; á lend hestinum, Nj. 91; hann gengr á sáðland sitt, he walks on to his fields, 82: on, upon, komast á fætr, to get upon one’s legs, 92; ganga á land, to go a-shore, Fms. i. 40; ganga á þing, vii. 242, Grág. (often); á skóg, á merkr ok skóga, into a wood, Fb. i. 134, 257, Fms. xi. 118, Eg. 577, Nj. 130; fara á Finnmörk, to go travelling in Finmark, Fms. i. 8; koma, fara á bæ, to arrive at the farm-house; koma á veginn, Eg. 578; stíga á bát, skip, to go on board, 158; hann gékk upp á borg, he went up to the burg (castle), 717; en er þeir komu á loptriðið, 236; hrinda skipum á vatn, to float the ships down into the water, Fms. i. 58; reka austr á haf, to drift eastwards on the sea, x. 145; ríða ofan á, to ride down or over, Nj. 82.
    IV. in some cases the acc. is used where the dat. would be used, esp. with verbs denoting to see or hear, in such phrases as, þeir sá boða mikinn inn á fjörðinn, they saw great breakers away up in the bight of the firth, the acc. being due perhaps to a motion or direction of the eye or ear towards the object, Nj. 124; sá þeir fólkit á land, they saw the people in the direction of land, Fas. ii. 517: in phrases denoting to be placed, to sit, to be seated, the seat or bench is freq. in the acc. where the dat. would now be used; konungr var þar á land upp, the king was then up the country, the spectator or narrator is conceived as looking from the shore or sea-side, Nj. 46; sitja á miðjan bekk, to be seated on the middle bench, 50; skyldi konungs sæti vera á þann bekk … annat öndvegi var á hinn úæðra pall; hann setti konungs hásæti á miðjan þverpall, Fms. vi. 439, 440, cp. Fagrsk. l. c., Sturl. iii. 182; eru víða fjallbygðir upp á mörkina, in the mark or forest, Eg. 58; var þar mörk mikil á land upp, 229; mannsafnaðr er á land upp (viewed from the sea), Ld. 76; stóll var settr á mótið, Fas. i. 58; beiða fars á skip, to beg a passage, Grág. i. 90.
    V. denoting parts of the body; bíta e-n á barka, to bite one in the throat, Ísl. ii. 447; skera á háls, to cut the throat of any one, Nj. 156; brjóta e-n á háls, to break any one’s neck; brjóta e-n á bak, to break any one’s back, Fms. vii. 119; kalinn á kné, frozen to the knees with cold, Hm. 3.
    VI. denoting round; láta reipi á háls hesti, round his horse’s neck, 623. 33; leggja söðul á hest, Nj. 83; and ellipt., leggja á, to saddle; breiða feld á hofuð sér, to wrap a cloak over his head, 164; reyta á sik mosa, to gather moss to cover oneself with, 267; spenna hring á hönd, á fingr, Eg. 300.
    VII. denoting a burden; stela mat á tvá hesta, hey á fimtán hesta, i. e. a two, a fifteen horse load, Nj. 74: metaph., kjósa feigð á menn, to choose death upon them, i. e. doom them to death, Edda 22.
    B. TEMP.
    I. of a period of time, at, to; á morgun, to-morrow (í morgun now means the past morning, the morning of to-day), Ísl. ii. 333.
    II. if connected with the word day, ‘á’ is now used before a fixed or marked day, a day of the week, a feast day, or the like; á Laugardag, á Sunnudag …, on Saturday, Sunday, the Old Engl. a-Sunday, a-Monday, etc.; á Jóladaginn, Páskadaginn, on Yule and Easter-day; but in old writers more often used ellipt. Sunnudaginn, Jóladaginn …, by dropping the prep. ‘á,’ Fms. viii. 397, Grág. i. 18.
    III. connected with ‘dagr’ with the definite article suffixed, ‘á’ denotes a fixed, recurring period or season, in; á daginn, during the day-time, every day in turn, Grett. 91 A.
    IV. connected with ‘evening, morning, the seasons,’ with the article; á kveldit, every evening, Ld. 14; á sumarit, every summer, Vd. 128, where the new Ed. Fs. 51 reads sumrum; á haust, every autumn, Eg. 741 (perh. a misprint instead of á haustin or á haustum); á vetrinn, in the winter time, 710; á várit, every spring, Gþl. 347; the sing., however, is very rare in such cases, the old as well as mod. usage prefers the plur.; á nætrnar, by night, Nj. 210; á várin, Eg. 710; á sumrin, haustin, á morgnana, in the morning (á morgin, sing., means to-morrow); á kveldin, in the evening, only ‘dagr’ is used in sing., v. above (á daginn, not á dagana); but elliptically and by dropping the article, Icelanders say, kveld og morgna, nótt og dag, vetr sumar vor og haust, in the same sense as those above mentioned.
    V. denoting duration, the article is dropped in the negative phrase, aldri á sinn dag, never during one’s life; aldri á mína daga, never in my life, Bjarn. 8, where a possess. pron. is put between noun and prep., but this phrase is very rare. Such phrases as, á þann dag, that day, and á þenna dag, Stj. 12, 655 xxx. 2. 20, are unclassical.
    VI. á dag without article can only be used in a distributive sense, e. g. tvisvar á dag, twice a-day; this use is at present freq. in Icel., yet instances from old writers are not on record.
    VII. denoting a movement onward in time, such as, liðið á nótt, dag, kveld, morgun, sumar, vetr, vár, haust (or nóttina, daginn …), jól, páska, föstu, or the like, far on in the night, day …, Edda 33; er á leið vetrinn, when the winter was well on, as the winter wore on, Nj. 126; cp. áliðinn: also in the phrase, hniginn á inn efra aldr, well stricken in years, Ld. 68.
    C. Metaph. and in various relations:
    I. somewhat metaphorically, denoting an act only (not the place); fara á fund, á vit e-s, to call for one, Eg. 140; koma á ræðu við e-n, to come to a parley with, to speak, 173; ganga á tal, Nj. 103; skora á hólm, to challenge to a duel on an island; koma á grið, to enter into a service, to be domiciled, Grág. i. 151; fara á veiðar, to go a-hunting, Fms. i. 8.
    β. generally denoting on, upon, in, to; bjóða vöxtu á féit, to offer interest on the money, Grág. i. 198; ganga á berhögg, to come to blows, v. berhögg; fá á e-n, to make an impression upon one, Nj. 79; ganga á vápn e-s, to throw oneself on an enemy’s weapon, meet him face to face, Rd. 310; ganga á lagið, to press on up the spear-shaft after it has passed through one so as to get near one’s foe, i. e. to avail oneself of the last chance; bera fé á e-n, to bribe, Nj. 62; bera öl á e-n, to make drunk, Fas. i. 13; snúinn á e-t, inclined to, Fms. x. 142; sammælast á e-t, to agree upon, Nj. 86; sættast, verða sáttr á e-t, in the same sense, to come to an agreement, settlement, or atonement, 78, Edda 15, Eb. 288, Ld. 50, Fms. i. 279; ganga á mála, to serve for pay as a soldier, Nj. 121; ganga á vald e-s, to put oneself in his power, 267; ganga á sætt, to break an agreement; vega á veittar trygðir, to break truce, Grág. ii. 169.
    II. denoting in regard to, in respect to:
    1. of colour, complexion, the hue of the hair, or the like; hvítr, jarpr, dökkr … á hár, having white, brown, or dark … hair, Ísl. ii. 190, Nj. 39; svartr á brún ok brá, dark of brow and eyebrow; dökkr á hörund, id., etc.
    2. denoting skill, dexterity; hagr á tré, a good carpenter; hagr á járn, málm, smíðar …, an expert worker in iron, metals …, Eg. 4; fimr á boga, good at the bow: also used of mastership in science or arts, meistari á hörpuslátt, a master in striking the harp, Fas. iii. 220; fræðimaðr á kvæði, knowing many poems by heart, Fms. vi. 391; fræðimaðr á landnámssögur ok forna fræði, a learned scholar in histories and antiquities (of Are Frode), Ísl. ii. 189; mikill á íþrótt, skilful in an art, Edda (pref.) 148; but dat. in the phrase, kunna (vel) á skíðum, to be a cunning skater, Fms. i. 9, vii. 120.
    3. denoting dimensions; á hæð, lengd, breidd, dýpt …, in the heighth, length, breadth, depth …, Eg. 277; á hvern veg, on each side, Edda 41 (square miles); á annan veg, on the one side, Grág. i. 89.
    β. the phrase, á sik, in regard to oneself, vel (illa) á sik kominn, of a fine ( ugly) appearance, Ld. 100, Fas. iii. 74.
    III. denoting instrumentality; bjargast á sínar hendr, to live on the work of one’s own hands, (á sínar spýtur is a mod. phrase in the same sense); (vega) á skálir, pundara, to weigh in scales, Grág. ii. 370; at hann hefði tvá pundara, ok hefði á hinn meira keypt en á hinn minna selt, of a man using two scales, a big one for buying and a little one for selling, Sturl. i. 91; á sinn kostnað, at one’s own expense; nefna e-n á nafn, by name, Grág. i. 17, etc. The Icel. also say, spinna á rokk, snældu, to spin on or with a rock or distaff; mala á kvern, to grind in a ‘querne,’ where Edda 73 uses dat.; esp. of musical instruments, syngja, leika á hljóðfæri, hörpu, gígju …; in the old usage, leika hörpu …, Stj. 458.
    IV. denoting the manner or way of doing:
    1. á þessa lund, in this wise, Grág. ii. 22; á marga vega, á alla, ymsa vega, in many, all, respects, Fms. i. 114; á sitt hóf, in its turn, respectively, Ld. 136, where the context shews that the expression answers to the Lat. mutatis mutandis; á Þýðersku, after German fashion, Sks. 288.
    2. esp. of language; mæla, rita á e-a tungu, to speak, write in a tongue; á Írsku, in Irish, Ld. 76; Norrænu, in Norse, Eb. 330, Vm. 35; a Danska tungu, in Danish, i. e. Scandinavian, Norse, or Icelandic, Grág. i. 18; á Vára tungu, i. e. in Icelandic, 181; rita á Norræna tungu, to write in Norse, Hkr. (pref.), Bs. i. 59:—at present, dat. is sometimes used.
    3. in some phrases the acc. is used instead of the dat.; hann sýndi á sik mikit gaman, Fms. x. 329; hann lét ekki á sik finna, he shewed no sign of motion, Nj. 111; skaltú önga fáleika á þik gera (Cod. Kalf.), 14.
    V. used in a distributive sense; skal mörk kaupa gæzlu á kú, eðr oxa fim vetra gamlan, a mark for every cow, Grág. i. 147; alin á hvert hross, 442; á mann, per man (now freq.): cp. also á dag above, lit. B.
    VI. connected with nouns,
    1. prepositional; á hendr (with dat.), against; á hæla, at heel, close behind; á bak, at back, i. e. past, after; á vit (with gen.), towards.
    2. adverbially; á braut, away, abroad; á víxl, in turns; á mis, amiss; á víð ok dreif, a-wide and a-drift, i. e. dispersedly.
    3. used almost redundantly before the following prep.; á eptir, after, behind; á undan, in front of; á meðal, á milli, among; á mót, against; á við, about, alike; á frá (cp. Swed. ifrån), from (rare); á fyrir = fyrir, Haustl. 1; á hjá, beside (rare); á fram, a-head, forwards; á samt, together; ávalt = of allt, always: following a prep., upp á, upon; niðr á, down upon; ofan á, eptir á, post eventum, (temp.) á eptir is loc., id., etc.
    VII. connected with many transitive verbs, answering to the Lat. ad- or in-, in composition, in many cases periphrastically for an objective case. The prep. generally follows after the verb, instead of being prefixed to it as in Lat., and answers to the Engl. on, to; heita kalla, hrópa á, to call on; heyra, hlusta, hlyða á, to hearken to, listen to; hyggja, hugsa á, to think on; minna á, to remind; sjá, líta, horfa, stara, mæna, glápa, koma auga … á, to look on; girnast á, to wish for; trúa á, to believe on; skora á, to call on any one to come out, challenge; kæra á, to accuse; heilsa á, to greet; herja, ganga, ríða, hlaupa, ráða … á, to fall on, attack, cp. ágangr, áreið, áhlaup; ljúga á, to tell lies of, to slander; telja á, to carp at; ausa, tala, hella, kasta, verpa … á, to pour, throw on; ríða, bera, dreifa á, to sprinkle on; vanta, skorta á, to fall short of; ala á, to plead, beg; leggja á, to throw a spell on, lay a saddle on; hætta á, to venture on; gizka á, to guess at; kveða á, to fix on, etc.: in a reciprocal sense, haldast á, of mutual strife; sendast á, to exchange presents; skrifast á, to correspond (mod.); kallast á, to shout mutually; standast á, to coincide, so as to be just opposite one another, etc.
    2.
    f. [Lat. aqua; Goth. ahva; Hel. aha; A. S. eâ; O. H. G. aha, owa; cp. Germ. ach and aue; Fr. eau, eaux; Engl. Ax-, Ex-, etc., in names of places; Swed.-Dan. å; the Scandinavians absorb the hu, so that only a single vowel or diphthong remains of the whole word]:—a river. The old form in nom. dat. acc. sing. is , v. the introduction to A, page 1, Bs. i. 333 sq., where ́n, ́ (acc.), and ́na; so also Greg. 677; the old fragm. of Grág. ii. 222, 223, new Ed. In the Kb. of the Edda the old form occurs twice, viz. page 75, ́na (acc.), (but two lines below, ána), í ́nni (dat.) The old form also repeatedly occurs in the Kb. and Sb. of the Grág., e. g. ii. 266, 267: gen. sing. ár; nom. pl. ár, gen. á contracted, dat. ám, obsolete form ́m; Edda 43, Eg. 80, 99, 133, 185: proverbs, at ósi skal á stemma, answering to the Lat. principiis obsta, Edda 60; hér kemr á til sæfar, here the river runs into the sea, metaph. = this is the very end, seems to have been a favourite ending of old poems; it is recorded in the Húsdrápa and the Norðsetadrápa, v. Edda 96, Skálda 198; cp. the common saying, oil vötn renna til sævar, ‘all waters run into the sea.’ Rivers with glacier water are in Icel. called Hvítá, White river, or Jökulsá: Hitá, Hot river, from a hot spring, opp. to Kaldá, v. Landn.: others take a name from the fish in them, as Laxá, Lax or Salmon river (freq.); Örriða á, etc.: a tributary river is þverá, etc.: ár in the Njála often means the great rivers Ölfusá and Þjórsá in the south of Iceland. Áin helga, a river in Sweden, Hkr. ii: á is also suffixed to the names of foreign rivers, Tempsá = Thames; Dóná, Danube (Germ. Don-au), (mod.), etc. Vide Edda (Gl.) 116, 117, containing the names of over a hundred North-English and Scottish rivers.
    COMPDS: áráll, árbakki, árbrot, ardjúp, árfarvegr, árfors, árgljúfr, árhlutr, ármegin, árminni, ármót, áróss, árreki, árstraumr, árströnd, árvað, árvegr, árvöxtr.

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  • 72 tagliente

    sharp
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    tagliente agg. cutting, sharp (anche fig.); (fig.) harsh: coltello tagliente, sharp knife; freddo tagliente, sharp (o biting) cold; lingua tagliente, sharp (o biting) tongue; voce tagliente, harsh voice.
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    [taʎ'ʎɛnte]
    1) (affilato) [coltello, lama] sharp(-edged); [ pietra] sharp
    2) (pungente) [freddo, vento] biting
    3) fig. sharp, cutting
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    tagliente
    /taλ'λεnte/
     1 (affilato) [ coltello, lama] sharp(-edged); [ pietra] sharp
     2 (pungente) [freddo, vento] biting
     3 fig. sharp, cutting; una persona dalla lingua tagliente a sharp-tongued person.

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  • 73 affilato

    sharp
    naso thin
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    affilato agg.
    1 sharp (anche fig.): coltello affilato, sharp knife; lingua affilata, sharp tongue
    2 thin: naso, viso affilato, thin nose, face.
    * * *
    [affi'lato] 1. 2.
    1) (tagliente) sharp (anche fig.)
    2) (sottile) [volto, naso] thin
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    affilato
    /affi'lato/
     →  affilare
     1 (tagliente) sharp (anche fig.)
     2 (sottile) [volto, naso] thin.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > affilato

  • 74 гострий

    sharp; edged, keen, acute; edgy тж.; (різкий, агресивний) truculent; ( про присмак) poignant, pungent; (про зір, спух) quick; pointed (особл. про зауваження); (дошкульний, уїдливий) biting, trenchant, lashing

    гострий біль — acute (keen, stinging) pain, smart

    Українсько-англійський словник > гострий

  • 75 острый язык

    sharp tongue

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > острый язык

  • 76 חריפות-לשון

    sharp tongue; wit, sarcasm

    Hebrew-English dictionary > חריפות-לשון

  • 77 sharpness

    sharp·ness
    [ˈʃɑ:pnəs, AM ˈʃɑ:rp-]
    1. (of blade, edge, angle, point, curve) Schärfe f
    2. (of pain) Heftigkeit f, Stärke f, Intensität f
    3. (acerbity) Schärfe f, Härte f
    4. (markedness) Stärke f, Heftigkeit f
    5. (clarity) Schärfe f
    6. (perceptiveness) Intelligenz f, Scharfsinn m
    \sharpness of mind Geistesschärfe f, scharfer Verstand
    7. (stylishness) Eleganz f, Schick m
    8. (of taste) Würzigkeit f, Würze f
    * * *
    ['ʃAːpnɪs]
    n
    1) (of knife, blade etc) Schärfe f; (of needle, point etc) Spitzheit f
    2) (of outline, photo, contrast) Schärfe f
    3) (= keenness of eyes, wits, mind) Schärfe f; (of nose) Empfindlichkeit f; (of observation, remark) Scharfsinnigkeit f; (= intelligence, of person) Schläue f, Gewieftheit f (inf); (of child) Aufgewecktheit f
    4) (= suddenness, intensity of whistle, cry) Schrillheit f; (of frost, contrast) Schärfe f; (of desire, pain) Heftigkeit f; (of hunger) Größe f
    5) (= acuteness of angle) Spitzheit f; (of bend, turn by car) Schärfe f
    6) (pej: shrewdness) Gerissenheit f, Raffiniertheit f, Cleverness f (inf)
    7) (= fierceness) (of tongue, retort, tone of voice) Schärfe f; (of person) Schroffheit f; (of temper) Hitzigkeit f
    8) (= acidity, pungency of taste) Schärfe f; (of apple) Säure f; (of wine) Herbheit f

    there is a sharpness in the air — es ist sehr frisch

    * * *
    1. Schärfe f, auch fig Herbheit f, Strenge f, Heftigkeit f:
    2. Spitzigkeit f
    3. fig
    a) Scharfsinn m
    b) Aufgewecktheit f
    c) Gerissenheit f
    4. (FOTO Rand)Schärfe f
    * * *
    n.
    Schärfe -n f.

    English-german dictionary > sharpness

  • 78 колючий язык

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > колючий язык

  • 79 острый язык

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > острый язык

  • 80 lengua

    f.
    1 tongue.
    lengua de tierra tongue of land
    las malas lenguas dicen que… according to the gossip…
    ir/llegar con la lengua fuera (informal) to go along/arrive puffing and panting
    morderse la lengua to bite one's tongue
    se le trabó la lengua she stumbled over her words
    2 language (idioma, lenguaje).
    lengua materna mother tongue
    lengua muerta dead language
    * * *
    1 ANATOMÍA tongue
    2 (idioma) language
    3 (de tierra) strip
    \
    con la lengua fuera familiar with one's tongue hanging out
    dicen las malas lenguas que... gossip has it that...
    hacerse lenguas de algo to rave about something
    irse de la lengua familiar to let the cat out of the bag
    no tener pelos en la lengua figurado not to mince one's words
    tener algo en la punta de la lengua figurado to have something on the tip of one's tongue
    tener la lengua muy larga familiar to have a loose tongue
    tener una lengua viperina to have a vicious tongue
    tirar de la lengua a alguien familiar to pump somebody for information
    trabarse la lengua to get tongue-tied
    lengua de gato langue de chat
    lengua d'oc langue d'oc
    lengua d'oíl langue d'oïl
    lengua de trapo babbling
    lengua madre parent language
    lengua materna mother tongue
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Anat) tongue

    • beber con la lengua — to lap up

    • mala lengua — gossip

    según las malas lenguas... — according to gossip...

    • sacar la lengua, abra la boca y saque la lengua — open your mouth and put o stick your tongue out

    - ¿te ha comido la lengua el gato?

    lengua viperina — sharp tongue, vicious tongue

    largo 1., 1), trabar 3.
    2) [de campana] tongue, clapper
    3) (Geog)

    lengua de tierra — spit of land, tongue of land

    4) (Ling) language, tongue; Esp (Escol) Spanish language ( as a school subject)

    hablar en lengua — And to speak Quichua

    LENGUAS COOFICIALES Under the Spanish constitution catalán, euskera and gallego are lenguas oficiales and enjoy the same status as castellano in the autonomous regions in which they are spoken. These languages are also known as lenguas cooficiales to show they enjoy equal status with Spanish. The regional governments actively promote their use through the media and the education system.
    See:
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Anat) tongue

    darle a la lengua — (fam) to chatter

    desatársele la lengua a alguien — to start to talk

    irse de la lengua or írsele la lengua a alguien — (fam)

    no te vayas a ir de la lengua — make sure you don't tell anybody; malo I

    morderse la lengua — to bite one's tongue

    soltar la lengua — to spill the beans

    ¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? — (fam & hum) has the cat got your tongue? (colloq)

    tirarle de or (AmL) tirarle or jalarle la lengua a alguien: hay que tirarle (de) la lengua you have to drag everything out of him; sé mucho sobre ti así que no me tires (de) la lengua — I know a lot about you, so don't provoke me

    b) (Coc) tongue
    c) ( de tierra) spit, tongue; ( de fuego) tongue
    2) (Ling) language
    •
    •• Cultural note:
    The regional languages of Spain, catalán, euskera, and gallego, which now have equal status with Castilian in the regions where they are spoken. Banned under Franco, they continued to be spoken privately. They are now widely used in public life, education, and the media, cinema and literature
    * * *
    = language, tongue.
    Ex. A paraphrase is an interpretation of the concepts featured in a document, written in the language of the writer of the paraphrase.
    Ex. Although I do at times write with my tongue between my lips (the standard attitude of deep concentration), there are other times when it is equally firmly in my cheek.
    ----
    * Asociación de Lenguas Modernas (MLA) = Modern Language Association (MLA).
    * darle a la lengua = shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.
    * decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.
    * de lengua árabe = Arabic speaking.
    * dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.
    * dominio de una lengua extranjera = language proficiency.
    * en diversas lenguas = multilingually.
    * en dos lenguas = bilingually.
    * enfermedad de la lengua azul = bluetongue disease.
    * enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.
    * entre varias lenguas = cross-lingual.
    * en varias lenguas = cross-lingual, cross-language, multilingually.
    * hablar con lengua de serpiente = talk with + a twisted tongue.
    * hablar con lengua de serpiente = speak with + a twisted tongue, speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue.
    * hablar en lengua desconocida = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.
    * humedecer con la lengua = lick.
    * irse de la lengua = spill + the beans, shoot + Posesivo + mouth off, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff.
    * lengua autóctona = indigenous language.
    * lengua bífida = forked tongue, split tongue.
    * lengua de fuego = tongue of fire.
    * lengua de intercambio = exchange language.
    * lengua escrita = written language.
    * lengua extinta = extinct language.
    * lengua extranjera = foreign language.
    * lengua flexionada = inflected language.
    * lengua franca = lingua franca.
    * lengua hablada = spoken language.
    * lengua indígena = indigenous language.
    * lengua inglesa = English language.
    * lengua mandarina = Mandarin.
    * lengua materna = mother tongue.
    * lengua minoritaria = minority language.
    * lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.
    * lengua nacional = national language.
    * lengua nativa = native language, native tongue.
    * lengua negra = hairy tongue.
    * lengua oficial común = working language.
    * lengua oscurecida = black hairy tongue.
    * lengua peluda = hairy tongue.
    * lengua romance = romance language.
    * lengua vernácula = vernacular, vernacular language.
    * lengua /conocimiento de lengua = language skill.
    * mojar con la lengua = lick.
    * morderse la lengua = stay + Posesivo + tongue, hold + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + lip.
    * no morderse la lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * no tener pelos en lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * país cuya lengua oficial no es el inglés = non-English-speaking country.
    * persona que sólo habla una lengua = monoglot.
    * piercing para la lengua = tongue stud.
    * recuperación de información en varias lenguas = cross-language information retrieval (CLIR).
    * sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.
    * soltársele a Uno la lengua = tongue + be unloosed.
    * tener pelos en la lengua = mince + words.
    * TOEFL (Examen de Inglés como Segunda Lengua) = TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Anat) tongue

    darle a la lengua — (fam) to chatter

    desatársele la lengua a alguien — to start to talk

    irse de la lengua or írsele la lengua a alguien — (fam)

    no te vayas a ir de la lengua — make sure you don't tell anybody; malo I

    morderse la lengua — to bite one's tongue

    soltar la lengua — to spill the beans

    ¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? — (fam & hum) has the cat got your tongue? (colloq)

    tirarle de or (AmL) tirarle or jalarle la lengua a alguien: hay que tirarle (de) la lengua you have to drag everything out of him; sé mucho sobre ti así que no me tires (de) la lengua — I know a lot about you, so don't provoke me

    b) (Coc) tongue
    c) ( de tierra) spit, tongue; ( de fuego) tongue
    2) (Ling) language
    •
    •• Cultural note:
    The regional languages of Spain, catalán, euskera, and gallego, which now have equal status with Castilian in the regions where they are spoken. Banned under Franco, they continued to be spoken privately. They are now widely used in public life, education, and the media, cinema and literature
    * * *
    = language, tongue.

    Ex: A paraphrase is an interpretation of the concepts featured in a document, written in the language of the writer of the paraphrase.

    Ex: Although I do at times write with my tongue between my lips (the standard attitude of deep concentration), there are other times when it is equally firmly in my cheek.
    * Asociación de Lenguas Modernas (MLA) = Modern Language Association (MLA).
    * darle a la lengua = shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.
    * decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.
    * de lengua árabe = Arabic speaking.
    * dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.
    * dominio de una lengua extranjera = language proficiency.
    * en diversas lenguas = multilingually.
    * en dos lenguas = bilingually.
    * enfermedad de la lengua azul = bluetongue disease.
    * enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.
    * entre varias lenguas = cross-lingual.
    * en varias lenguas = cross-lingual, cross-language, multilingually.
    * hablar con lengua de serpiente = talk with + a twisted tongue.
    * hablar con lengua de serpiente = speak with + a twisted tongue, speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue.
    * hablar en lengua desconocida = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.
    * humedecer con la lengua = lick.
    * irse de la lengua = spill + the beans, shoot + Posesivo + mouth off, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff.
    * lengua autóctona = indigenous language.
    * lengua bífida = forked tongue, split tongue.
    * lengua de fuego = tongue of fire.
    * lengua de intercambio = exchange language.
    * lengua escrita = written language.
    * lengua extinta = extinct language.
    * lengua extranjera = foreign language.
    * lengua flexionada = inflected language.
    * lengua franca = lingua franca.
    * lengua hablada = spoken language.
    * lengua indígena = indigenous language.
    * lengua inglesa = English language.
    * lengua mandarina = Mandarin.
    * lengua materna = mother tongue.
    * lengua minoritaria = minority language.
    * lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.
    * lengua nacional = national language.
    * lengua nativa = native language, native tongue.
    * lengua negra = hairy tongue.
    * lengua oficial común = working language.
    * lengua oscurecida = black hairy tongue.
    * lengua peluda = hairy tongue.
    * lengua romance = romance language.
    * lengua vernácula = vernacular, vernacular language.
    * lengua /conocimiento de lengua = language skill.
    * mojar con la lengua = lick.
    * morderse la lengua = stay + Posesivo + tongue, hold + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + lip.
    * no morderse la lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * no tener pelos en lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * país cuya lengua oficial no es el inglés = non-English-speaking country.
    * persona que sólo habla una lengua = monoglot.
    * piercing para la lengua = tongue stud.
    * recuperación de información en varias lenguas = cross-language information retrieval (CLIR).
    * sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.
    * soltársele a Uno la lengua = tongue + be unloosed.
    * tener pelos en la lengua = mince + words.
    * TOEFL (Examen de Inglés como Segunda Lengua) = TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).

    * * *
    lenguas cooficiales (↑ lengua a1)
    A
    saca la lengua put out your tongue
    me sacó la lengua he stuck his tongue out at me
    se me traba la lengua I get tongue-tied
    tengo la lengua pastosa or estropajosa I have a cotton mouth ( AmE colloq), I've got a furry tongue ( BrE colloq)
    andar en lenguas ( fam); to be the subject of gossip
    con la lengua fuera ( fam): llegamos a casa con la lengua fuera by the time we got home our tongues were hanging out ( colloq)
    darle a la lengua ( fam); to chatter, gab ( colloq)
    hacerse lenguas de algn/algo ( fam); to rave about sb/sth ( colloq)
    todos se hacen lenguas de su belleza everyone raves about how beautiful she is
    quiero que sea una sorpresa así que no te vayas a ir de la lengua I want it to be a secret so don't go and let the cat out of the bag ( colloq)
    morderse la lengua to bite one's tongue
    soltar la lengua to spill the beans
    soltarle la lengua a algn to make sb talk
    ¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? o ( Esp) ¿te ha comido la lengua el gato? ( fam hum); has the cat got your tongue? ( colloq), have you lost your tongue? ( colloq)
    tirarle or ( AmL) jalarle (de) la lengua a algn: hay que tirarle de la lengua para que te cuente nada you have to drag everything out of him o you have to pump him, otherwise he doesn't tell you anything
    sé mucho sobre tus negocios sucios así que no me tires de la lengua I know a lot about your shady deals, so don't provoke me …
    2 ( Coc) tongue
    3 (de tierra) spit, tongue
    4 (de fuego) tongue
    Compuesto:
    langue de chat
    B ( Ling) language
    la lengua y el habla langue and parole
    lengua de trapo baby talk
    medio1 (↑ medio (1))
    Compuestos:
    target language
    ● lengua de oc/d'oil
    langue d'oc/d'oïl
    source language
    ● lengua madre or materna
    mother tongue
    target language, object language
    dead language
    target language, object language
    living language
    * * *

     

    lengua sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (Anat) tongue;


    irse de la lengua or írsele la lengua a algn (fam): no debía haberlo dicho pero se me fue la lengua I shouldn't have said it but it just slipped out;
    no te vayas a ir de la lengua make sure you don't tell anybody;
    See Also→ malo2
    b) (Coc) tongue


    ( de fuego) tongue
    2 (Ling) language;

    lengua sustantivo femenino
    1 Anat tongue
    figurado tener la lengua afilada, to have a sharp tongue
    lengua viperina, poisonous tongue
    mala lengua, gossip: dicen las malas lenguas que se casó con ella por interés, rumour has it that he married her for selfish reasons
    2 Ling language
    lengua materna, native o mother tongue
    lengua muerta, dead language
    segunda lengua, second language
    3 (franja estrecha) spit, tongue: una lengua de mar se adentra en la costa, a spit of land cuts into the coast
    4 (badajo) clapper
    ♦ Locuciones: con la lengua fuera: terminamos el examen con la lengua fuera, by the end of the exam we were exhausted
    fam fig irse de la lengua, to spill the beans
    morderse uno la lengua, to bite one's tongue: tuve que morderme la lengua para no decir lo que pensaba, I had to bite my tongue to stop myself from blurting it out
    familiar tener la lengua muy larga, to be a bigmouth: tu hermana tiene la lengua muy larga, your sister is a bigmouth
    fam fig tirarle a alguien de la lengua, to try to drag sthg out of sb
    ' lengua' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    academia
    - achicharrarse
    - autóctona
    - autóctono
    - bífida
    - bífido
    - chascar
    - chasquear
    - chasquido
    - contaminar
    - ELE
    - habla
    - hablar
    - materna
    - materno
    - pastosa
    - pastoso
    - pelo
    - punta
    - sacar
    - sarro
    - trabarse
    - vernácula
    - vernáculo
    - viperina
    - viperino
    - afilado
    - clásico
    - conocer
    - corromper
    - corrupción
    - enriquecer
    - manejo
    - nativo
    - quemar
    - románico
    - sucio
    - trabar
    - transmitir
    - vivo
    English:
    bite
    - bite back
    - click
    - draw out
    - first language
    - fur
    - guttural
    - language
    - mince
    - mother tongue
    - origin
    - put out
    - Romanic
    - second language
    - specially
    - stick out
    - thrust out
    - tip
    - tongue
    - venomous
    - assistant
    - hang
    - lick
    - mother
    - out
    - sharp
    - stumble
    - TEFL
    - tut
    - vernacular
    * * *
    lengua nf
    1. [órgano] tongue;
    sacarle la lengua a alguien to stick one's tongue out at sb;
    se le trabó la lengua she stumbled over her words;
    también Fig
    morderse la lengua to bite one's tongue;
    Fam
    darle a la lengua to chatter;
    Fam
    irse de la lengua, RP [m5] aflojar o [m5] soltar la lengua to let the cat out of the bag;
    Fam
    ir/llegar con la lengua fuera to go along/arrive puffing and panting;
    Fam
    ser largo de lengua, tener la lengua muy larga to be a gossip;
    las malas lenguas dicen que… according to the gossip…;
    lo tengo en la punta de la lengua I've got it on the tip of my tongue;
    Fam
    ¿(se) te ha comido la lengua el gato?, Am [m5]¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? has the cat got your tongue?;
    Fam lengua de buey [planta] bugloss;
    lengua de ciervo [planta] hart's-tongue fern;
    lengua de fuego tongue of flame;
    Esp lengua de gato [de chocolate] langue de chat; Fig lengua de víbora malicious tongue; Fig lengua viperina malicious tongue
    2. [de tierra] tongue
    Geol lengua glaciar glacier tongue
    3. [idioma, lenguaje] language
    lengua culta educated speech;
    lengua de destino target language;
    lengua escrita written language;
    lengua estándar standard language;
    lengua franca lingua franca;
    lengua fuente source language;
    lengua hablada spoken language;
    lengua de llegada target language;
    lengua materna mother tongue;
    mi lengua materna no es el español I'm not a native speaker of Spanish;
    lengua meta target language;
    lenguas modernas modern languages;
    lengua muerta dead language;
    lengua normativa standard language;
    lengua de oc langue d'oc;
    lengua de oíl langue d'oïl;
    lengua original original o source language;
    lengua romance Romance language;
    lengua románica Romance language;
    lengua viva living language;
    lengua vulgar vulgar o coarse language
    4. Esp [asignatura] Spanish (language)
    * * *
    f tongue;
    darle a la lengua fam chatter;
    de doble filo sharp tongue;
    tirar a alguien de la lengua get information out of s.o.;
    con la lengua fuera fig with one’s tongue hanging out;
    irse de la lengua let the cat out of the bag;
    morderse la lengua fig bite one’s tongue;
    sacar la lengua a alguien stick one’s tongue out at s.o.;
    lo tengo en la punta de la lengua it’s on the tip of my tongue
    * * *
    lengua nf
    1) : tongue
    morderse la lengua: to bite one's tongue
    2) idioma: language
    lengua materna: mother tongue, native language
    lengua muerta: dead language
    * * *
    1. (del cuerpo) tongue
    2. (idioma) language
    irse de la lengua to let the cat out of the bag [pt. & pp. let]
    lengua materna native language / mother tongue

    Spanish-English dictionary > lengua

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  • tongue — tongue1 [ tʌŋ ] noun ** ▸ 1 organ in mouth ▸ 2 language ▸ 3 way of speaking/writing ▸ 4 animal tongue as food ▸ 5 long narrow piece ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the long soft piece of flesh attached to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • tongue — I UK [tʌŋ] / US noun Word forms tongue : singular tongue plural tongues ** 1) [countable] the long soft piece of flesh fixed to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting, speaking etc I burnt my tongue on the hot coffee. 2) [countable]… …   English dictionary

  • tongue — n. language 1) one s mother, native tongue organ of speech speech 2) to use one s tongue ( to speak ) 3) to hold one s tongue ( to be silent ) 4) to find one s tongue ( to begin to speak ) 5) to stick out one s tongue (the child stuck out its… …   Combinatory dictionary

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