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spin
1. present participle - spinning; verb1) (to (cause to) go round and round rapidly: She spun round in surprise; He spun the revolving door round and round.) hacer girar2) (to form threads from (wool, cotton etc) by drawing out and twisting: The old woman was spinning (wool) in the corner of the room.) hilar
2. noun1) (a whirling or turning motion: The patch of mud sent the car into a spin.) vuelta, giro2) (a ride, especially on wheels: After lunch we went for a spin in my new car.) vuelta, paseo•- spinner- spin-drier
- spin out
spin vb1. girar / dar vueltas2. hilartr[spɪn]1 (turn) vuelta, giro, revolución nombre femenino2 (of washing machine) centrifugado3 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (of ball) efecto4 (of plane) barrena; (of car) patinazo5 (ride, trip) vuelta, paseo (en coche o en moto)1 (make turn) hacer girar, dar vueltas a2 (washing) centrifugar3 (ball) darle efecto a4 (cotton, wool, etc) hilar; (spider's web) tejer1 (turn) girar, dar vueltas2 (washing machine) centrifugar3 (cotton, wool, etc) hilar5 (move rapidly) girar(se), darse la vuelta\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be in a flat spin estar hecho,-a un líoto put spin on a ball darle efecto a una pelotato spin somebody a yarn pegarle un rollo a alguiento spin a story / spin a tale contar una historiaspin bowler (in cricket) lanzador,-ra rápido,-a1) : hilar2) turn: girar3) reel: dar vueltasmy head is spinning: la cabeza me está dando vueltasspin vt1) : hilar (hilo, etc.)2) : tejerto spin a web: tejer una telaraña3) twirl: hacer girarspin n: vuelta f, giro mto go for a spin: dar una vuelta (en coche)n.• barrena s.f.• giro s.m.• vuelta s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: spun) = bailar v.• girar v.• hacer girar v.• hilar v.spɪn
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1)a) ( act)to give something a spin — hacer* girar algo
b) c ( in washing machine)give the sheets a spin — centrifuga las sábanas; (before n) <speed, program> de centrifugado
to put spin on the ball — lanzar* la pelota con efecto, darle* chanfle a la pelota (AmL)
2) ca) ( of aircraft) barrena f, caída f en espiralto be in a (flat) spin — estar* muy confuso or confundido, estar* sin saber qué hacer or qué pensar
b) ( Auto) trompo m3) c ( ride) (colloq)to go for a spin — ir* a dar un paseo en coche (or en moto etc), ir* a dar un garbeo (Esp fam)
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2)a) ( turn) \<\<wheel\>\> hacer* girar; \<\<top\>\> hacer* girar or bailarb) \<\<washing\>\> centrifugar*c) \<\<ball\>\> darle* efecto a, darle* chanfle a (AmL)3)a) \<\<wool/cotton\>\> hilarb) \<\<web\>\> tejer4) ( interpret with bias) <news/event> darle* una sesgo positivo a, sesgar* favorablemente
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spin vi1)a) ( rotate) \<\<wheel\>\> girar; \<\<top\>\> girar, bailarb) \<\<washing machine\>\> centrifugar*c) ( move rapidly) (+ adv compl): dar* vueltasd) ( Aviat) caer* en barrena2) ( Tex) hilar•Phrasal Verbs:- spin out[spɪn] (vb: pt, pp spun)1. N1) (=rotating motion) vuelta f, revolución f- be in a flat spinthe news sent the stock market into a flat spin — la noticia creó un estado de gran confusión en la bolsa
long/short spin — centrifugado m largo/corto
3) (Sport) (on ball) efecto m4) (=loss of control) (Aer) barrena f ; (Aut) trompo mto go into a spin — (Aer) entrar en barrena; (Aut) hacer un trompo
to pull or come out of a spin — (Aer) salir de barrena
5) (Brit) * (=short ride) vuelta f, paseo m, garbeo m (Sp) *to go for a spin — dar una vuelta or un paseo (en coche/moto etc), darse un garbeo (en coche/moto etc) (Sp) *
6) * (=interpretation) interpretación fto put a positive spin on sth — interpretar positivamente algo, dar un sesgo positivo a algo
2. VTto spin a coin — hacer girar una moneda; (to decide sth) echar una moneda a cara o cruz
2) (=spin-dry) [+ clothes] centrifugar3) (=turn suddenly) girarto spin sth/sb round — dar la vuelta a algo/algn
4) (Sport) [+ ball] dar efecto a5) [+ thread] hilar; [+ web] tejer; [+ cocoon] devanar, hacer- spin a web of lies- spin a yarn3. VI1) (=rotate) girar, dar vueltashis wheels began to spin as he tried to get off the grass — las ruedas empezaron a dar vueltas cuando intentó salir de la hierba
she spun around or round to face him — se dio la vuelta para tenerlo de frente
2) (=move quickly)to send sth/sb spinning: the blow sent him spinning — el golpe le hizo rodar por el suelo
3) [washing machine] centrifugar4) (with spinning wheel) hilar4.CPDspin doctor * N — (Pol) asesor(a) m / f político(a)
- spin out* * *[spɪn]
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1)a) ( act)to give something a spin — hacer* girar algo
b) c ( in washing machine)give the sheets a spin — centrifuga las sábanas; (before n) <speed, program> de centrifugado
to put spin on the ball — lanzar* la pelota con efecto, darle* chanfle a la pelota (AmL)
2) ca) ( of aircraft) barrena f, caída f en espiralto be in a (flat) spin — estar* muy confuso or confundido, estar* sin saber qué hacer or qué pensar
b) ( Auto) trompo m3) c ( ride) (colloq)to go for a spin — ir* a dar un paseo en coche (or en moto etc), ir* a dar un garbeo (Esp fam)
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2)a) ( turn) \<\<wheel\>\> hacer* girar; \<\<top\>\> hacer* girar or bailarb) \<\<washing\>\> centrifugar*c) \<\<ball\>\> darle* efecto a, darle* chanfle a (AmL)3)a) \<\<wool/cotton\>\> hilarb) \<\<web\>\> tejer4) ( interpret with bias) <news/event> darle* una sesgo positivo a, sesgar* favorablemente
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spin vi1)a) ( rotate) \<\<wheel\>\> girar; \<\<top\>\> girar, bailarb) \<\<washing machine\>\> centrifugar*c) ( move rapidly) (+ adv compl): dar* vueltasd) ( Aviat) caer* en barrena2) ( Tex) hilar•Phrasal Verbs:- spin out -
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1. transitive verb,-nn-, spun1) spinnen2) (in washing machine etc.) schleudern3) (cause to whirl round) [schnell] drehen; wirbeln [lassen]2. intransitive verb,spin a coin — eine Münze kreiseln lassen; (toss) eine Münze werfen
-nn-, spun sich drehen3. nounmy head is spinning — (fig.) (from noise) mir brummt der Schädel (ugs.); (from many impressions) mir schwirrt der Kopf
1) (whirl)give something a spin — etwas in Drehung versetzen
2) (Aeronaut.) Trudeln, das4) (outing)a spin in the car — eine Spritztour mit dem Auto
Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/91936/spin_out">spin out* * *[spin] 1. present participle - spinning; verb1) (to (cause to) go round and round rapidly: She spun round in surprise; He spun the revolving door round and round.) herumwirbeln2) (to form threads from (wool, cotton etc) by drawing out and twisting: The old woman was spinning (wool) in the corner of the room.) spinnen2. noun1) (a whirling or turning motion: The patch of mud sent the car into a spin.) der Drall2) (a ride, especially on wheels: After lunch we went for a spin in my new car.) die Spritztour•- spinner- spin-drier
- spin out* * *[spɪn]I. nwe made the decision on the basis of a \spin of the coin wir ließen die Münze entscheidento put \spin on a ball einem Ball Drall gebento send a car into a \spin ein Auto zum Schleudern bringento throw sb into a [flat] \spin ( fig fam) jdn in Panik versetzento give the clothes/wash a \spin die Kleidung/Wäsche schleudernto send a price into a \spin einen Preis abstürzen lassento go into a \spin abstürzento put a \spin on sth etw ins rechte Licht rücken [o setzento go for a \spin eine Spritztour machen famthat's pure \spin das ist völliger BlödsinnII. vithe wheels just spun in the snow die Reifen drehten im Schnee einfach durchhis car spun off the road sein Auto kam von der Straße abto \spin out of control außer Kontrolle geratenmy head is \spinning mir dreht sich alles famthese new computers will make your head \spin von diesen neuen Computern schwirrt einem der Kopf fam▪ to \spin along dahinsausen4. (make thread) spinnenIII. vt1. (rotate)▪ to \spin sth etw drehento \spin a ball einem Ball einen Drall gebento \spin clothes Wäsche schleudernto \spin a coin eine Münze werfento \spin records Platten spielen2. (give positive slant)▪ to \spin sth etw ins rechte Licht rückento \spin a cocoon/web einen Kokon/ein Netz spinnento \spin cotton/silk/wool Baumwolle/Seide/Wolle spinnen4.▶ to \spin one's wheels AM ( fam: waste time) seine Zeit verplempern fam; (waste efforts and energy) seine Energie verplempern fam* * *[spɪn] vb: pret spun or ( old) span, ptp spun1. nto give sth a spin — etw (schnell) drehen; spinning top etw treiben; (in washing machine etc) etw schleudern
to put spin on the ball — dem Ball einen Drall/Effet geben; (with racquet) den Ball anschneiden
3) (inf= interpretation)
to put a new/different etc spin on sth — etw neu/anders etc interpretieren5) (dated= trip)
to go for a spin — eine Spritztour machen2. vtSee:→ yarn2) (= turn) wheel drehen; (fast) herumwirbeln; top tanzen lassen, treiben; (in washing machine) schleudern; (= toss) ball, coin (hoch)werfen; (SPORT) ball einen Drall/Effet geben (+dat); (with racquet) (an)schneidenhe's just spinning his wheels ( US fig inf ) — er tritt nur Wasser (inf)
3. vi1) (person) spinnen2) (= revolve) sich drehen; (fast) (herum)wirbeln; (plane etc) trudeln; (in washing machine) schleudernto spin round and round — sich im Kreis drehen; (dancer)
the ball spun into the air/past him — der Ball flog wirbelnd in die Luft/an ihm vorbei
the car spun out of control — der Wagen begann, sich unkontrollierbar zu drehen
to send sb/sth spinning — jdn/etw umwerfen
* * *spin [spın]A v/t prät spun [spʌn], obs span [spæn], pperf spun2. Garn, einen Faden spinnen4. TECH (meist im pperf) Gold, Glas etc fadendünn ausziehen:5. schnell drehen, (herum)wirbeln, einen Kreisel drehen7. Wäsche schleudern9. eine Münze hochwerfen11. meist;spin out eine Geschichte etc in die Länge ziehen, ausspinnen, strecken14. mit künstlichem Köder angeln15. Br sl einen Kandidaten durchrasseln lassenB v/i1. spinnensend sb spinning jemanden zu Boden schleudern;my head is spinning mir dreht sich alles5. FLUG trudeln6. schleudern (Waschmaschine)C s1. (das) Herumwirbeln2. schnelle Drehung, Drall m4. umg Spritztour f:go for a spin eine Spritztour machen5. FLUGa) (Ab)Trudeln n:flat spin flaches Trudeln, Flachtrudeln;go into a spin abtrudeln;be in a (flat) spin bes Br umg am Rotieren sein;send sb into a (flat) spin bes Br umg jemanden zum Rotieren bringen,b) Sturzspirale f;6. Schleudern n (der Wäsche)7. SPORT Effet m:give (a) spin to the ball dem Ball Effet geben8. fig besonders US Anstrich m:give a report a positive spin einen Bericht positiv darstellen* * *1. transitive verb,-nn-, spun1) spinnenspin a yarn — (fig.) ein Garn spinnen (bes. Seemannsspr.); fabulieren
2) (in washing machine etc.) schleudern3) (cause to whirl round) [schnell] drehen; wirbeln [lassen]2. intransitive verb,spin a coin — eine Münze kreiseln lassen; (toss) eine Münze werfen
-nn-, spun sich drehen3. nounmy head is spinning — (fig.) (from noise) mir brummt der Schädel (ugs.); (from many impressions) mir schwirrt der Kopf
1) (whirl)2) (Aeronaut.) Trudeln, das4) (outing)Phrasal Verbs:- spin out* * *v.(§ p.,p.p.: spun)= drehen v.durchdrehen v. -
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[spɪn] spun or span vb: pt spun pp1. n1) (revolution) giroto give sth a long/short spin — (in washing machine) fare una centrifuga completa/ridotta
2) (on ball) effetto3) Aerto go into a spin — discendere in avvitamento, Auto fare un testa-coda
4)to go for a spin — fare un giretto5) Pol reinterpretazione fto put a new/different spin on sth — presentare qc da un'angolazione nuova/diversa
2. vt2) (cotton, wool) filare, (subj: spider) tessere3. vi1) filare•- spin out -
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soûlant°, e (inf) [sulɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective* * *(colloq), soûlante sulɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif* * *soûlant○, soûlante adj elle est soûlante! she makes my head spin!; son discours était soûlant his/her speech made my head spin.elle parle, elle parle, c'en est soûlant! she goes on and on, it makes your head spin! -
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tourner [tuʀne]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb• tournez s.v.p. please turn over• tourner et retourner [+ pensée, problème] to turn over and over in one's mindb. ( = orienter) [+ appareil, tête, yeux] to turn• elle tourna son regard or les yeux vers la fenêtre she turned her eyes towards the window• tourner la tête à droite/à gauche to turn one's head to the right/to the left• quand il m'a vu, il a tourné la tête when he saw me he looked awayc. [+ difficulté, règlement] to get roundd. [+ phrase] to turn ; [+ demande, lettre] to phrasee. ( = transformer) tourner qn/qch en ridicule to ridicule sb/sth• tourner un film ( = faire les prises de vues) to shoot a film ; ( = produire) to make a film ; ( = jouer) to make a filmg. [+ bois, ivoire] to turn ; [+ pot] to throw2. intransitive verb• la grande aiguille tourne plus vite que la petite the big hand goes round faster than the small one• tout d'un coup, j'ai vu tout tourner all of a sudden my head began to spin• son spectacle va tourner dans le Midi cet été his show is on tour in the South of France this summer• faire tourner la tête à qn [compliments, succès, vin] to go to sb's head ; [bruit, altitude] to make sb's head spin► tourner autour de to turn round ; [terre, roue] to go round ; [oiseau] to fly round ; [mouches] to buzz round ; [prix] to be around or about (Brit)• le prix doit tourner autour de 80 000 € the price must be around 80,000 eurosb. [vent, opinion, chemin, promeneur] to turn• la chance a tourné his (or her etc) luck has turnedc. ( = évoluer) bien tourner to turn out well• mal tourner [farce, entreprise, personne] to turn out badly• tourner au drame/au tragique to take a dramatic/tragic turnd. [programme informatique] to work• ça tourne sur quelles machines ? which machines does it work on?e. [lait] to turn sour ; [poisson, viande, fruits] to go bad3. reflexive verb• se tourner du côté de or vers qn/qch to turn towards sb/sth• se tourner vers une profession/la politique to turn to a profession/to politics* * *tuʀne
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1) ( faire pivoter) to turn [volant, clé, bouton, meuble]2) Cinéma to shoot [film, scène]3) ( éluder) to get around [difficulté, loi]4) ( formuler) to phrase [lettre, compliment, critique]5) Technologie ( façonner) to turn [bois, pièce]; to throw [pot]6) ( transformer)tourner quelqu'un/quelque chose en dérision or ridicule — to deride ou ridicule somebody/something
8) ( envisager)9) ( remuer) to stir [sauce]; to toss [salade]
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verbe intransitif1) ( pivoter) gén [clé, disque] to turn; [roue] to turn, to revolve; [planète, hélice] to rotate; [porte à gonds] to swing; [porte à tambour] to revolve; ( rapidement) [toupie, danseur] to spinfaire tourner — gén to turn; ( rapidement) to spin
faire tourner les tables — ( en spiritisme) to do table-turning
2) ( graviter)tourner autour de — gén to turn around; [planète, étoile] to revolve around; [avion] to circle
3) ( aller et venir)tourner (en rond) — [personne] to go around and around; [automobiliste] to drive around and around
tourner en rond — fig [discussion] to go around in circles
il tourne dans son bureau depuis une heure — he has been pacing up and down in his office for the last hour
5) ( se situer)tourner autour de — [effectifs, somme d'argent] to be (somewhere) in the region of, to be round about (colloq) GB, to be around
6) ( fonctionner) [moteur, usine] to runtourner rond — [moteur] to run smoothly; [entreprise, affaires] to be doing well
faire tourner — to run [entreprise]
il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans cette histoire — (colloq) there's something fishy (colloq) about this business
mon frère ne tourne pas rond (colloq) depuis quelque temps — my brother has been acting strangely for some time
7) ( évoluer)les choses ont bien/mal tourné pour lui — things turned out well/badly for him
tourner à l'avantage de quelqu'un/au désavantage de quelqu'un — to swing in somebody's favour [BrE]/against somebody
la réunion a tourné à la bagarre/en mascarade — the meeting turned into a brawl/into a farce
8) Cinéma [réalisateur] to shoot, to filmtourner (dans un film) — [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US
9) ( faire une tournée) [représentant, spectacle] to tour10) ( fermenter) [lait, sauce, viande] to go off11) ( chercher à séduire)
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se tourner verbe pronominal1) (se diriger, par intérêt ou besoin)se tourner vers or du côté de quelqu'un/quelque chose — to turn to somebody/something
ne pas savoir vers qui se tourner/de quel côté se tourner — not to know who to turn to/which way to turn
2) ( changer de position)se tourner vers quelqu'un/quelque chose — to turn toward(s) somebody/something
3) ( faire demi-tour sur soi-même) to turn aroundtourne-toi un peu plus sur la or à gauche — just turn a little bit more to the left
* * *tuʀne1. vt1) [manivelle, poignée] to turn2) [sauce, mélange] to stir, [salade] to toss3) CINÉMA, [scène] to shoot4) (= contourner) [obstacle] to get around, to get round Grande-Bretagnetourner le dos à (mouvement) — to turn one's back on, (position) to have one's back to
2. vi1) (mouvement, direction, orientation) to turnTournez à droite au prochain feu. — Turn right at the lights.
2) [moteur] to run3) [compteur] to tick away4) [lait] to go sour, to turnLe lait a tourné. — The milk's gone sour., The milk has turned.
Ça a mal tourné. — It all went wrong.
tourner à; tourner en — to turn into
tourner autour de (à pied, en voiture) — to go around, [axe, planète] to revolve around, péjoratif (= rôder) to hang around
* * *tourner verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( faire pivoter) to turn [volant, clé, bouton, meuble]; tourner la tête vers to turn to look at; tourner les yeux vers to look at; le bruit m'a fait tourner la tête I looked around at the noise; ⇒ bouche, tête;3 ( éluder) to get around [difficulté, obstacle, problème, loi];4 ( formuler) to phrase [lettre, compliment, critique]; il tourne bien ses phrases he has a nice turn of phrase; il tourne mal ses phrases he doesn't have a very elegant turn of phrase;6 ( transformer) tourner qn en dérision or ridicule to make sb a laughing stock; tourner qch en dérision to make a mockery of sth;8 ( envisager) tourner et retourner qch dans son esprit to mull sth over; tourner une proposition en tous sens pour en trouver les implications to look at a proposal from every angle to work out the implications;B vi1 ( pivoter) gén [clé, disque] to turn; [roue] to turn, to revolve; [planète, rotor, hélice] to rotate; [porte à gonds] to swing; [porte à tambour] to revolve; ( rapidement) [toupie, étoile, particule, danseur] to spin; tourner sur soi-même to spin around; faire tourner gén to turn; ( rapidement) to spin; danseur qui fait tourner sa partenaire dancer spinning his partner around; faire tourner les tables ( en spiritisme) to do table-turning; ⇒ heure, œil, tête;2 ( graviter) tourner autour de gén to turn around; [planète, étoile] to revolve around; [avion] to circle; tourner au-dessus de [hélicoptère, oiseau] to circle over; [insecte] to buzz around;3 ( aller et venir) tourner (en rond) [personne] to go around and around; [automobiliste] to drive around and around; tourner en rond fig [discussion, négociations] to go around in circles; ça fait une heure qu'on tourne ( en voiture) we've been driving around for an hour; il tourne dans son bureau depuis une heure he has been pacing up and down in his office for the last hour; ⇒ cage, pot;4 ( virer) to turn (vers toward, towards GB); tournez à gauche turn left; le chemin tourne entre les arbres the path winds between the trees; ⇒ chance, vent;5 ( se situer) tourner autour de [effectifs, somme d'argent] to be (somewhere) in the region of, to be round about○ GB, to be around;6 ( fonctionner) [moteur, usine, entreprise] to run; tourner rond [moteur] to run smoothly; [entreprise, affaires] to be doing well; l'usine tourne au tiers de sa capacité the factory is running at one third of its capacity; les affaires tournent (bien) business is good; faire tourner qch to run sth [entreprise]; il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans cette histoire○ there's something fishy○ about this business; mon frère ne tourne pas rond depuis quelque temps○ my brother has been acting strangely for some time;7 ( évoluer) comment ont tourné les choses? how did things turn out?; les choses ont bien/mal tourné pour lui things turned out well/badly for him; leur frère a mal tourné their brother turned out badly; leur réunion a mal tourné their meeting went badly; tourner à l'avantage de qn/au désavantage de qn to swing in sb's favourGB/against sb; la réunion a tourné à la bagarre /en mascarade the meeting turned into a brawl/into a farce; mon rhume a tourné en bronchite my cold turned into bronchitis;8 Cin [réalisateur] to shoot, to film; [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US; tourner dans un film [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US; tourner en Espagne to shoot in Spain; elle a tourné avec les plus grands acteurs she's worked with top actors; silence, on tourne! quiet everyone, we're shooting!;9 ( faire une tournée) [représentant, spectacle] to tour; troupe de théâtre qui tourne en Europe theatreGB company touring (in) Europe; le spectacle a tourné dans toute la France the show went all over France on tour;10 ( fermenter) [lait, sauce, viande] to go off;11 ( chercher à séduire) tourner autour de qn to hang around sb; qu'est-ce qu'il a à me tourner autour○? why doesn't he leave me alone?C se tourner vpr1 (se diriger, par intérêt ou besoin) se tourner vers or du côté de qn/qch to turn to sb/sth; se tourner vers la botanique/un ami to turn to botany/a friend; se tourner du côté du mysticisme to turn to mysticism; ne pas savoir vers qui se tourner/de quel côté se tourner not to know who to turn to/which way to turn; de quelque côté qu'on se tourne whichever way you turn;2 ( changer de position) se tourner vers qn/qch to turn toward(s) sb/sth; tous les yeux se sont tournés vers elle all eyes turned toward(s) her; nous nous sommes tournés dans la direction d'où venait le bruit we turned in the direction of the noise;3 ( faire demi-tour sur soi-même) to turn around; tournez-vous, je me change! turn around, I'm changing!; tourne-toi, que je voie ta coupe de cheveux turn around and let me see your haircut; tourne-toi un peu plus sur la or à gauche just turn a little bit more to the left; se tourner et se retourner dans son lit to toss and turn; ⇒ pouce.I[turne] verbe intransitifA.[DÉCRIRE DES CERCLES]II[turne] verbe intransitifA.[DÉCRIRE DES CERCLES]1. [se mouvoir autour d'un axe - girouette] to turn, to revolve ; [ - disque] to revolve, to spin ; [ - aiguille de montre, manège] to turn, to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - objet suspendu, rouet, toupie] to spin (round (UK)) ou around ; [ - aile de moulin] to turn ou to spin round (UK) ou around ; [ - clef, pédale, poignée] to turn ; [ - hélice, roue, tour] to spin, to rotateb. [vite] to spin (round and round)je voyais tout tourner everything was spinning ou swimminga. [pièce de monnaie, manège, roue] to spinb. [clef] to turn2. [se déplacer en cercle - personne] to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - oiseau] to fly ou to wheel round (UK) ou around, to circle (round (UK)) ou around ; [ - insecte] to fly ou to buzz round (UK) ou around ; [ - avion] to fly round (UK) ou around (in circles), to circle ; [ - astre, satellite] to revolve, to go round (UK) ou aroundj'ai tourné 10 minutes avant de trouver à me garer I drove round for 10 minutes before I found a parking space3. (familier) [être en tournée - chanteur] to (be on) tournotre représentant tourne dans votre région en ce moment our representative is in your area at the momentB.[CHANGER D'ORIENTATION, D'ÉTAT]1. [changer de direction - vent] to turn, to veer, to shift ; [ - personne] to turn (off) ; [ - véhicule] to turn (off), to make a turn ; [ - route] to turn, to bendla chance ou la fortune a tourné (pour eux) their luck has changed3. (familier) [se succéder - équipes] to rotateles médecins tournent pour assurer les urgences the doctors operate a rota system to cover emergenciesbien tourner [situation, personne] to turn out well ou satisfactorilymal tourner [initiative, plaisanterie] to turn out badly, to go wrongun jeune qui a mal tourné a youngster who turned out badly ou went off the straight and narrow5. [s'altérer - lait] to go off (UK), ou bad (US), to turn (sour) ; [ - viande] to go off (UK) ou bad ; [ - crème, mayonnaise] to curdlefaire tourner du lait/une mayonnaise to curdle milk/mayonnaiseC.[MARCHER, RÉUSSIR]1. [fonctionner - compteur] to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - taximètre] to tick away ; [ - programme informatique] to runle moteur tourne the engine's running ou goingl'heure ou la pendule tourne time passesfaire tourner une entreprise [directeur] to run a businessce sont les commandes étrangères qui font tourner l'entreprise orders from abroad keep the business going2. [réussir - affaire, entreprise, économie] to be running well————————[turne] verbe transitifA.[FAIRE CHANGER D'ORIENTATION]1. [faire pivoter - bouton, clé, poignée, volant] to turn2. [mélanger - sauce, café] to (give a) stir ; [ - salade] to toss3. [diriger - antenne, visage, yeux] to turntourner son regard ou les yeux vers to turn one's eyes ou to look towardstourner son attention vers to focus one's attention on, to turn one's attention to4. [retourner - carte] to turn over ou up (separable) ; [ - page] to turn (over) (separable) ; [ - brochette, grillade] to give a turn, to turn (over) (separable)tourner quelque chose contre un mur to turn something against ou to face a walltourner et retourner, tourner dans tous les sensa. [boîte, gadget] to turn over and overb. [problème] to turn over and over (in one's mind), to mull over6. (locution)a. (sens propre) to nauseate somebody, to turn somebody's stomachB.cinématélévision1. [cinéaste]a. [cinéaste] to shoot ou to film a sceneb. [acteur] to play ou to act a sceneelle a tourné plusieurs fois avec Pasolini she played in several of Pasolini's films (UK) ou movies (US)silence, on tourne! quiet please, action!C.[METTRE EN FORME]3. [transformer]tourner quelque chose à son avantage/désavantage to turn something to one's advantage/disadvantagetourner quelque chose/quelqu'un en ridicule to ridicule something/somebody, to make fun of something/somebody————————tourner à verbe plus prépositiontourner au burlesque/drame to take a ludicrous/tragic turnle temps tourne à la pluie/neige it looks like rain/snow————————tourner autour de verbe plus préposition1. [axe] to move ou to turn roundl'escalier tourne autour de l'ascenseur the staircase spirals ou winds round the lift2. [rôder]a. [généralement] to hang ou to hover round somebodyb. [pour le courtiser] to hang round somebodya. [par désœuvrement] the children had been hanging around outside the shop for a whileb. [avec de mauvaises intentions] the children had been loitering outside the shop for a whileles réparations devraient tourner autour de 200 euro the repairs should cost around ou should cost about ou should be in the region of 200 euro4. [concerner - suj: conversation] to revolve round, to centre ou to focus on ; [ - suj: enquête policière] to centre on————————tourner en verbe plus prépositionto turn ou to change into————————se tourner verbe pronominal intransitif1. [faire un demi-tour] to turn roundtourne-toi, je me déshabille turn round ou turn your back, I'm getting undressed2. [changer de position] to turnde quelque côté qu'on se tourne wherever ou whichever way you turn————————se tourner contre verbe pronominal plus préposition————————se tourner en verbe pronominal plus préposition————————se tourner vers verbe pronominal plus préposition1. [s'orienter vers] to turn towards2. (figuré)se tourner vers quelqu'un/Dieu to turn to somebody/God -
6 girare
1. v/t turnostacolo get roundposto, città, negozi go roundmondo, paese travel roundfilm shoot( mescolare) mixfinance endorse2. v/i turnrapidamente spin( andare in giro) wander or roam aroundcon un veicolo drive aroundmi gira la testa I feel dizzy, my head is spinning* * *girare v.tr.1 to turn: girare la chiave nella serratura, to turn the key in the lock; girare la pagina, to turn (over) the page; girare un rubinetto, to turn a tap; girare la testa, to turn one's head; girare la schiena a qlcu., a qlco., to turn one's back to s.o., sthg.; girare l'occhio, lo sguardo, to turn one's eyes, glance // per aprire, girare in senso antiorario, to open turn anticlockwise // girala come ti pare, hai sempre torto, it doesn't matter how you look at it, you are still wrong; gira e rigira, la situazione non cambia, whichever way you look at it, the situation is the same // girare il discorso, to change the subject // gira le cose in modo che sembra abbia ragione, he twists things in such a way that he seems to be right2 (mescolare) to stir: il risotto va girato spesso, the risotto has to be stirred frequently3 (avvolgere) to wind*: si girò la sciarpa intorno al collo, he wound the scarf round his neck; sarà meglio girare due volte lo spago intorno al pacco, it would be better to wind the string twice round the parcel4 (fare il giro di) to go* round: gira l'angolo e vai sempre dritto, go round the corner and straight on5 (percorrere, visitare) to tour; to go* round: gireremo la Spagna in camper, we are going to tour Spain in a camper; abbiamo girato tutta la città a piedi, we went round (o toured) the entire city on foot; non è prudente girare New York di notte, it's not wise to go round New York at night; ha girato mezzo mondo, he has been round half the world6 (aggirare, evitare) to avoid, to evade: girare una difficoltà, to avoid a difficulty; girare una domanda, to evade a question; girare un ostacolo, to get round an obstacle7 (passare ad altri) to pass (on): gira a me la telefonata quando ti chiama, pass me the call, when he phones you; ha girato al direttore la mia richiesta, he passed on (o referred) my request to the manager // ( sport) girare la palla a qlcu., to pass the ball to s.o.8 ( banca) to endorse; (trasferire) to transfer: girare una cambiale, to endorse a bill; girare un assegno, to endorse a cheque; girare in bianco, to endorse in blank; effetto non girato, unendorsed bill; (comm.) girare un credito, to transfer a credit9 (cinem.) (di regista) to shoot*, to take*; (di attore) to play (a part), to star, to act (in a film): girare una scena, to film a scene◆ v. intr.1 (compiere un giro, una curva) to turn: il viale gira a destra, the road turns (o bends) to the right; al semaforo gira a sinistra, turn left at the traffic lights2 (attorno al proprio asse) to turn, to revolve, to rotate; (rapidamente) to spin*; (roteare) to whirl: girare a vuoto, (di motore) to idle, (fig.) to get nowhere: la chiave gira a vuoto, the key doesn't catch (in the lock) // mi gira la testa, il capo, my head is spinning (o I feel dizzy); tutta questa confusione mi fa girare la testa, all this confusion makes my head spin; pagano cifre da far girare la testa, they pay figures that make your head spin; quella ragazza gli ha fatto girare la testa, that girl has turned his head // far girare le scatole a qlcu., to piss s.o. off (o to drive s.o. round the bend)3 (andare intorno) to go* round, to ring*, to encircle: la terra gira intorno al sole, the Earth goes round the Sun; il balcone gira intorno a tutta la casa, the balcony goes all round the house; le mura girano intorno alla città, the walls encircle the city // non girare intorno al problema, don't keep going round the problem4 (circolare, andare in giro) to go* round, to circulate, (andare a spasso) to walk, to stroll, to wander: mi piace girare a piedi per le strade del centro, I like wandering round the town centre; è meglio non girare per la città di notte, it's better not to go round the town at night; ho girato un bel po' per trovare un parcheggio, I drove round a fair while looking for a parking place; girano molte banconote false, there are a lot of counterfeit bank notes circulating; gira poco denaro in questo periodo, there isn't much money circulating (o in circulation) at the moment // girare in tondo, to go round in circles // gira al largo!, keep clear! // gira voce che..., there's a rumour going round that... // gira e rigira, ci siamo persi, wandering round and about we got lost // cosa ti gira per il capo?, what's got into you today? // se mi gira, verrò, if I feel like it, I'll come.◘ girarsi v.rifl. to turn; (completamente) to turn round: egli continuava a girare nel letto, he kept turning over in his bed; mi girai di scatto, I turned round abruptly; non sapere da che parte girare, (fig.) not to know which way to turn.* * *[dʒi'rare]1. vt1) (ruota, chiave, sguardo) to turn, (pagina) to turn (over)2) (museo, città, negozio) to go round3) (cambiale, assegno) to endorse4) Cine, (TV : scena) to shoot, film, (film: fare le riprese) to shoot, (esserne il regista) to makegirare su se stesso — (persona) to turn right round, (rapidamente) to spin round
2) (errare) to go round, wander roundgirare per i negozi — to go o wander round the shops
3) (voltare) to turn4) (denaro, notizie) to circulate5)mi gira la testa — I feel dizzy, my head's spinninggira e rigira... — after a lot of driving (o walking) about..., fig whichever way you look at it...
mi ha fatto girare le scatole fam — he drove me crazy o round the bend
3. vr (girarsi)(voltarsi) to turn (round), (nel letto) to turn over* * *[dʒi'rare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (fare ruotare) to turn [volante, chia ve]; to wind* [ manovella]2) (mes colare) to stir [ salsa]; to flip over [ frittata]4) fig. (volgere)girare la situazione a favore di qcn. — to sway o swing the outcome in sb.'s favour
5) (visitare) to tour [città, paese]girare il mondo — to wander o travel the world
6) (fare il giro di) to go* round [negozi, agenzie]7) (passare) to put* through [ telefonata]; to pass on, to refer [ richiesta] (a to)8) (trasformare) to rephrase [ frase]9) banc. to sign the back of, to endorse [ assegno]2.verbo intransitivo (aus. avere, essere)mi gira la testa — my head's spinning, I feel dizzy
fare girare la testa a qcn. — [ alcol] to make sb.'s head spin
(lei) ti ha fatto girare la testa — fig. she's turned your head
girare su se stesso — to spin around, to turn over and over
2) (andare in giro) to wander (around)girare per le strade — to wander o walk the streets
girare per la città, per negozi — to wander around town, in and out of the shops
è un'ora che giro — (in macchina) I've been driving around for an hour
3) (circolare)gira (la) voce che... — it is being put about that..., word got (a)round that...
4) (gravitare)girare attorno a — [ pianeta] to revolve around
girare in tondo — to go around and around, to go around in circles (anche fig.)
mille pensieri mi girano per la testa — fig. my head is whirling with all these thoughts
6) (svoltare) to turngirare a sinistra, a destra — to turn left, right
7) (funzionare) [ motore] to run*girare a vuoto — [ motore] to race
gli affari girano bene — fig. business is running smoothly
8) (fare una tournée) [ compagnia] to tour3.••gira e rigira — (alla fin fine) at the end of the day, all things considered
se mi gira,... — if I feel like it,...
* * *girare/dʒi'rare/ [1]1 (fare ruotare) to turn [volante, chia ve]; to wind* [ manovella]; girare la testa verso to turn to6 (fare il giro di) to go* round [negozi, agenzie]8 (trasformare) to rephrase [ frase]9 banc. to sign the back of, to endorse [ assegno](aus. avere, essere)1 (ruotare) [chiave, disco] to turn; [ ruota] to turn, to spin*; mi gira la testa my head's spinning, I feel dizzy; fare girare la testa a qcn. [ alcol] to make sb.'s head spin; (lei) ti ha fatto girare la testa fig. she's turned your head; girare su se stesso to spin around, to turn over and over2 (andare in giro) to wander (around); girare per le strade to wander o walk the streets; girare per la città, per negozi to wander around town, in and out of the shops; è un'ora che giro (in macchina) I've been driving around for an hour3 (circolare) gira (la) voce che... it is being put about that..., word got (a)round that...; qui gira denaro falso there is counterfeit money in circulation here5 (andare e venire) girare in tondo to go around and around, to go around in circles (anche fig.); mille pensieri mi girano per la testa fig. my head is whirling with all these thoughts6 (svoltare) to turn; girare a sinistra, a destra to turn left, right7 (funzionare) [ motore] to run*; girare a vuoto [ motore] to race; gli affari girano bene fig. business is running smoothly8 (fare una tournée) [ compagnia] to tourIII girarsi verbo pronominaleto turn ( verso to, towards); girati e fammi vedere turn around and let me see; - rsi e rigirarsi nel letto to toss and turn in bednon sapere più da che parte -rsi not to know which way to turn; gira al largo! get lost! gira e rigira (alla fin fine) at the end of the day, all things considered; girala come vuoi whichever way you look at it; che cosa ti gira? what's got into you? what's going on in your head? se mi gira,... if I feel like it,...; dipende da come gli gira it depends on which side of the bed he got out of. -
7 marear
v.1 to make sick.los viajes en barco me marean I get seasick when I travel by boat2 to make dizzy.3 to annoy (informal) (fastidiar).me marea con sus quejas she drives me up the wall with her complaining4 to be a pain (informal) (fastidiar).¡niño, deja de marear! you naughty boy! stop annoying me!* * *1 (producir malestar) to make sick2 (aturdir) to make dizzy3 familiar (molestar) to annoy■ deja ya de marear, niño stop being a nuisance1 (en general) to get sick; (en el coche) to get carsick; (en el mar) to get seasick; (en avión) to get airsick2 (sentir vértigo) to get dizzy; (a punto de desmayarse) to feel faint3 (emborracharse) to get tipsy* * *1. VT1) (Med)2) (=aturdir)3) (=emborrachar)marear a algn — to make sb feel drunk o light-headed
4) (=confundir)no grites tanto, que me mareas — don't shout so much, I can't hear myself think
¡decídete y no me marees más! — make up your mind and stop going on at me!
2.VI †† (Náut) to sail, navigate3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (Med) ( con náuseas) to make... feel sick o queasy; (con pérdida de equilibrio, etc) to make... dizzyel vino lo mareó — the wine made him feel drunk o light-headed
b) ( confundir) to confuse, get... confused o muddled2.marear vi (arc) to navigate3.marearse v prona) (Med)siempre se marea en el coche/en barco — he always gets carsick/seasick
miró hacia abajo y se mareó — he looked down and felt o went dizzy
con dos copas se mareó — she had two drinks and started to feel drunk o light-headed
b) ( confundirse) to get muddled o confused* * *----* marear a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.* marear la perdiz = kick to + death, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (Med) ( con náuseas) to make... feel sick o queasy; (con pérdida de equilibrio, etc) to make... dizzyel vino lo mareó — the wine made him feel drunk o light-headed
b) ( confundir) to confuse, get... confused o muddled2.marear vi (arc) to navigate3.marearse v prona) (Med)siempre se marea en el coche/en barco — he always gets carsick/seasick
miró hacia abajo y se mareó — he looked down and felt o went dizzy
con dos copas se mareó — she had two drinks and started to feel drunk o light-headed
b) ( confundirse) to get muddled o confused* * ** marear a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.* marear la perdiz = kick to + death, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.* * *marear [A1 ]vt1 ( Med):el olor a pintura me marea the smell of paint makes me feel sick o queasylas luces la mareaban the lights were making her dizzyel vino lo mareó the wine made him feel drunk o light-headed2 (confundir) to confuse, get … confused o muddledme mareas con tantas preguntas you're confusing me o making my head spin with all these questions, you're getting me confused o muddled with all these questionsme mareó más con su explicación his explanation confused me even more o got me even more confused o muddled■ marearvi( arc); to navigate■ marearse1 ( Med):siempre se marea en el coche/en barco/en avión he always gets carsick/seasick/airsickmiró hacia abajo y se mareó he looked down and felt o went dizzybebió dos copas y se mareó she had two drinks and started to feel drunk o light-headed2 (confundirse) to get muddled o confused* * *
marear ( conjugate marear) verbo transitivo
( con pérdida de equilibrio) to make … dizzy
marearse verbo pronominal
(— en barco) to get seasick;
(— en avión) to get airsick;
( perder el equilibrio) to feel dizzy;
( con alcohol) to get tipsy
marear verbo transitivo
1 (producir náuseas) to make sick
(producir desfallecimiento) to make dizzy
2 fam (molestar) to confuse, puzzle: me marea con tanta orden contradictoria, he confuses me with all his contradictory orders
' marear' also found in these entries:
English:
overpower
- over
* * *♦ vt1. [provocar náuseas en] to make sick;[en coche, avión] to make travel-sick; [en barco] to make seasick;los viajes en barco me marean I get seasick when I travel by boat2. [aturdir] to make dizzy;marear la perdiz to beat about the bushme marea con sus quejas she drives me up the wall with her complaining♦ vi¡niño, deja de marear! stop being such a pain!* * *I v/t1 make feel nauseous, Brmake feel sick2 fig ( confundir) confuseII v/i navigate* * *marear vt1) : to make sicklos gases me marearon: the fumes made me sick2) : to bother, to annoy* * *marear vb to make feel sick -
8 tanto
adj.so much, all that much, that much, as much.adv.so much, such a lot, so, so very much.pron.as much, so much, all that much, that much.m.1 portion, certain amount.2 score point, point.* * *► adjetivo1 (incontables) so much; (contables) so many■ ¡tengo tanto calor! I'm so hot!■ ¡ha pasado tanto tiempo! it's been so long!2 (comparación - incontable) as much; (- contables) as many1 (incontable) so much; (contable) so many► adverbio1 (cantidad) so much■ ¡te quiero tanto! I love you so much!2 (tiempo) so long3 (frecuencia) so often2 (cantidad imprecisa) so much, a certain amount3 (poco) bit\a las tantas familiar very late, at an unearthly houra tantos de sometime incon tanto / de tanto with so muchcuanto más... tanto más... the more... the more...en tanto / entre tanto / mientras tanto meanwhileeso es tanto como... that is like...ni tanto ni tan poco / ni tanto ni tan calvo familiar neither one extreme nor the otherno es para tanto / no hay para tanto it's not that badno será tanto it can't be as bad as you make outotro tanto as much again, the same againpor lo tanto thereforeser uno de tantos / ser una de tantos to be nothing specialtanto cuanto as much astanto más / tanto menos all the more / all the lesstanto mejor / tanto peor so much the better / so much the worsetanto si... como si... whether... or...uno de tantos / una de tantas run-of-the-milltanto por ciento percentage————————2 (cantidad imprecisa) so much, a certain amount3 (poco) bit* * *1. noun m.1) point, goal3) rate•2. (f. - tanta)adj.1) so many, so much, such2) as many, as much3. adv.1) so much2) so long•- al tanto- entre tanto
- por lo tanto
- un tanto 4. (f. - tanta)pron.so many, so much* * *1. ADJ1) [indicando gran cantidad] [en singular] so much; [en plural] so manyahora no bebo tanta leche — I don't drink so o as much milk now
tiene tanto dinero que no sabe qué hacer con él — he has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it
¡tuve tanta suerte! — I was so lucky!
¡tengo tantas cosas que hacer hoy! — I have so many things to do today!
había tantos coches que no había donde aparcar — there were so many cars that there was nowhere to park
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tanto gusto — how do you do?, pleased to meet you2) [indicando cantidad indeterminada]hay otros tantos candidatos — there are as many more candidates, there's the same number of candidates again
2. PRON1) (=gran cantidad) [en singular] so much; [en plural] so manyvinieron tantos que no cabían en la sala — so many people came that they wouldn't all fit into the room
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es uno de tantos — he's nothing special2) (=cantidad indeterminada)nació en el mil novecientos cuarenta y tantos — she was born in nineteen forty-something o some time in the forties
las tantas (de la madrugada o de la noche) —
el tren llegó a las tantas — the train arrived really late o in the middle of the night
-¿qué hora es? -deben de ser las tantas — "what's the time?" - "it must be pretty late"
3) [otras locuciones]•
entre tanto — meanwhile•
mientras tanto — meanwhile•
no es para tanto — [al quejarse] it's not as bad as all that; [al enfadarse] there's no need to get like that about it•
por lo tanto — so, thereforeni tanto así —
¡y tanto! —
-¿necesitarás unas vacaciones? -¡y tanto! — "do you need a holiday?" - "you bet I do!"
3. ADV1) [con verbos] [indicando duración, cantidad] so much; [indicando frecuencia] so oftense preocupa tanto que no puede dormir — he gets so worried that he can't sleep, he worries so much that he can't sleep
¡cuesta tanto comprar una casa! — buying a house is such hard work!
¡no corras tanto! — don't run so fast!
ya no vamos tanto al cine — we don't go to the cinema so o as much any more
ahora no la veo tanto — I don't see so o as much of her now, I don't see her so often now
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tanto como, él gasta tanto como yo — he spends as much as I do o as metanto como corre, va a perder la carrera — he may be a fast runner, but he's still going to lose the race
montar 2., 3)•
tanto es así que — so much so that2) [con adjetivos, adverbios]los dos son ya mayores, aunque su mujer no tanto — the two of them are elderly, although his wife less so
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tanto como, es difícil, pero tanto como eso no creo — it's difficult, but not that difficultes un poco tacaño, pero tanto como estafador, no — he's a bit on the mean side, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a swindler
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es tanto más difícil — it is all the more difficultes tanto más loable cuanto que... — it is all the more praiseworthy because...
tanto peor para ti — it's your loss o that's just too bad
3) [en locuciones conjuntivas]•
en tanto — as (being)estoy en contra de la leyes en tanto sistema represivo — I am against laws as (being) a repressive system
no puede haber democracia en tanto que siga habiendo torturas — for as long as there is torture, there can never be democracy, there cannot be democracy while there is torture
4. SM1) (=cantidad)¿qué tanto será? — LAm how much (is it)?
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otro tanto, las máquinas costaron otro tanto — the machines cost as much again o the same again2) (=punto) (Ftbl, Hockey) goal; (Baloncesto, Tenis) point•
apuntar los tantos — to keep scoretanto a favor — goal for, point for
apuntarse 3)tanto en contra — goal against, point against
3)• estar al tanto — to be up to date
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mantener a algn al tanto de algo — to keep sb informed about sth•
poner a algn al tanto de algo — to put sb in the picture about sth4)• un tanto — [como adv] rather
* * *I1) [see note under tan] ( aplicado a adjetivo o adverbio) so; ( aplicado a verbo) so muchsi es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better
y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!
no es tan difícil — it's not that difficult
ya no salimos tanto — nowadays we don't go out so often o so much
tan/tanto... que — so... (that)
tan/tanto... como — as... as
sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do
2) (AmL exc RPl)qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?
3) para locs ver tanto III 2)II- ta adjetivo1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyhabía tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children
tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!
tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)
2) (sing) (fam) ( con valor plural) so manyIII- ta pronombre1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyquería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much
¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?
ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far
no ser para tanto — (fam)
no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it
duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad
tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so
c) tanto ( refiriéndose a tiempo) so longaún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?
2) (en locs)en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as
entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime
hasta tanto + subj — (frml)
cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again
otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...
IVtan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...
1) ( cantidad)2) ( punto - en fútbol) goal; (- en fútbol americano) point; (- en tenis, en juegos) point3) (en locs)al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad
* * *I1) [see note under tan] ( aplicado a adjetivo o adverbio) so; ( aplicado a verbo) so muchsi es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better
y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!
no es tan difícil — it's not that difficult
ya no salimos tanto — nowadays we don't go out so often o so much
tan/tanto... que — so... (that)
tan/tanto... como — as... as
sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do
2) (AmL exc RPl)qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?
3) para locs ver tanto III 2)II- ta adjetivo1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyhabía tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children
tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!
tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)
2) (sing) (fam) ( con valor plural) so manyIII- ta pronombre1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyquería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much
¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?
ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far
no ser para tanto — (fam)
no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it
duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad
tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so
c) tanto ( refiriéndose a tiempo) so longaún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?
2) (en locs)en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as
entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime
hasta tanto + subj — (frml)
cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again
otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...
IVtan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...
1) ( cantidad)2) ( punto - en fútbol) goal; (- en fútbol americano) point; (- en tenis, en juegos) point3) (en locs)al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad
* * *tanto1* al tanto = in the know, in step.* al tanto de = on the lookout for, on the alert for, in step with.* debe por lo tanto ser una consecuencia lógica que = it must therefore follow that.* en tanto por ciento = percentage-wise.* estar al tanto = monitor + developments.* estar al tanto de = be on the lookout for, keep + track of, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* mantenerse al tanto = stay + tuned.* mantenerse al tanto de = keep in + sync, keep + a finger on the pulse of, keep + track of, stay in + step with, keep in + step with, keep + step with.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* mantenerse al tanto de las noticias = keep up with + the news.* mantenerse al tanto de los avances = track + developments.* mientras tanto = in (the) meantime, meantime, ad interim.* no estar al tanto de = be out of touch with.* otros tantos = as many.* poner a Alguien al tanto de = fill + Alguien + in on.* poner al tanto (de) = bring into + the swim of, bring + Nombre + up to speed (on), get + Nombre + up to speed on.* poner al tanto sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.* ponerse al tanto = get + up to speed, wise up.* ponerse al tanto de = get up to + speed on.* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.tanto2= so much, so + Participio, quite so much.Ex: It is rather a pity that book reviewers tend to ignore this very popular genre so much.
Ex: On the other hand, 626 is now unused, for the subject to which it was originally allocated, Canal engineering, has so decreased in importance that it no longer justifies a separate heading.Ex: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.* cada tanto = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.* cada tantos minutos = every few minutes.* cada tantos + Período de Tiempo = every few + Período de Tiempo.* cada tanto tiempo = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.* cambiar tanto que resulta irreconocible = change + beyond (all) recognition.* con tan buenos resultados = to such good effect.* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.* con tanta frecuencia = so often.* desde hace tanto tiempo = so long.* dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.* durante tanto tiempo = for so long, so long.* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.* en tanto en cuanto = as long as, so long as.* en tanto en cuanto que = inasmuch as, insomuch as.* en tanto en cuanto + Subjuntivo = provided (that).* en tanto que = insofar as [in so far as].* es por lo tanto deducible = it therefore follows that.* es por lo tanto lógico que = it therefore follows that.* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish, moreish.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.* no tan bueno = not-so-good.* quedarse tan fresco = not bat an eyelash, not bat an eyelid.* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.* tan = all too + Adjetivo.* tan + Adjetivo = most + Adjetivo, so + Adjetivo, as + Adjetivo + as that.* tan + Adjetivo/Adverbio = all that + Adjetivo/Adverbio.* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tan + Adverbio = ever so + Adverbio.* tan amado de todos = so beloved of all.* tan amado por todos = so beloved of all.* tan a menudo = so often.* tan anunciado = much-vaunted, much-touted, long-heralded, much-heralded.* tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox, as wily as a fox.* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.* tan bueno como ningún otro = as good as any.* tan cacareado = much-vaunted, much-touted, long-heralded, much-heralded, much acclaimed.* tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.* tan duro como el pedernal = as hard as nails.* tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails.* tan duro como la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.* tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.* tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.* tan famoso = much acclaimed.* tan fresco = as cool as a cucumber.* tan inocente como un bebé = as innocent as a lamb.* tan lejano como = as far afield as.* tan lejos como = as far away as.* tan manso como un cordero = as meek as a lamb.* tan pancho = as cool as a cucumber, unfazed.* tan pregonado = much-vaunted.* tan pronto = quite so soon.* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.* tan pronto como + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap), at an early a juncture as possible.* tan querido de todos = so beloved of all.* tan querido por todos = so beloved of all.* tan rápido como una liebre = as quick as a wink.* tan rápido como un rayo = as quick as a wink.* tan rápido como un relámpago = as quick as a wink.* tan renombrado = much acclaimed.* tan simple como = with as little ado as.* tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post.* tan sorprendente como pueda parecer = as amazing as it seems.* tan suave como el terciopelo = as smooth as silk, as soft as velvet.* tan suave como la seda = as soft as silk, as smooth as silk.* tan suave como un guante = as meek as a lamb.* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.* tanto como sea posible = as far as possible.* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.* tanto es así que = so much so that.* tanto mejor = so much the better.* tanto por ciento = percentage.* tanto que = so much so that, insomuch that.* tantos = so many.* tanto tiempo = so much time, this long, such a very long time.* tan tranquilo = unfazed.* tardar tanto tiempo en = take + so long to.* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the machine.* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the wheel.* un tanto + Adjetivo = vaguely + Adjetivo.tanto33 = goal.Ex: Kristen Taylor leads Carolina with three goals and an assist.
* encargado de anotar los tantos = scorer.* marcar un tanto = score, poach + a goal, score + goal.* tanto de la victoria = winning goal.* tanto del empate = equaliser [equalizer, -USA].* * *es tan difícil de describir it's so difficult to describe¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!¡te he echado tanto de menos! I've missed you so much!si es así, tanto mejor if that's the case, so much the bettery si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti and if you don't like it, too bad o ( colloq) tough!vamos, no es tan difícil come on, it's not that difficult¡y tanto! and how!el tan esperado acontecimiento the long-awaited eventya no cenamos afuera tanto nowadays we don't eat out so often o so muchde tanto que habla te marea he talks so much he makes your head spines tanto más importante cuanto que es su única fuente de ingresos ( frml); it is all the more important because it is his only source of incomeno deberías trabajar/gastar tanto you shouldn't work so hard/spend so muchtan/tanto … QUE:llegó tan tarde que ya no había nadie he arrived so late (that) everybody had gonetanto insistió que no tuve más remedio que quedarme he was so insistent that I just had to staytan/tanto … COMO:no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she lookssale tanto como tú/como se lo permiten los compromisos he goes out as much o as often as you do/as his commitments allowtan pronto como le sea posible as soon as you can, as soon as possibleno han mejorado tanto como para poder ganar el torneo they haven't improved enough to win the tournamenttanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted againstte lo cobran tanto si lo comes como si no lo comes they charge you for it whether you eat it or notB( AmL exc CS): qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?es difícil decir qué tanto hay de autobiográfico en la novela it is difficult to say how much of the novel is autobiographicalA1 ( sing) so much; (pl) so manyno sabía que había tanto espacio/tantas habitaciones I didn't know there was so much space/there were so many roomshabía tantísima gente ( fam); there were so many o such a lot of people¡tiene tanta fuerza …! she has such strength …!, she is so strong …!¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!, it's been such a long time!tanto … QUE:comió tanto chocolate que le hizo mal he ate so much chocolate (that) it made him illtanto … COMO:tengo tanto derecho como el que más I've got as much right as anyone else o as the next manno ha habido tantos turistas como el año pasado there haven't been as many o so many tourists as last year2 ( fam)(expresando cantidades indeterminadas): tenía setenta y tantos años he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd ( colloq)mil quinientos y tantos pesos one thousand five hundred and something pesos, fifteen hundred something pesos ( AmE)había tanto mosquito que no pudimos dormir there were so many mosquitoes we couldn't sleepA1 ( sing) so much; (pl) so many¿no querías azúcar? — sí, pero no tanta didn't you want sugar? — yes, but not that muchvinieron tantos que no alcanzaron los asientos so many people came there weren't enough seatses uno de tantos he's one of many¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco there's no need to go that farno es para tanto ( fam): no te pongas así, hombre; tampoco es para tanto come on, there's no need to get like that about itduele un poco, pero no es para tanto it hurts a bit, but it's not that badno pinta mal pero tampoco es para tanto she's not a bad artist but she's not that goodtanto tienes, tanto vales you are what you own2 ( fam)(expresando cantidades indeterminadas): hasta las tantas de la madrugada until the early hours of the morningte cobran tanto por folio/por minuto they charge you so much a sheet/a minuteen el año mil ochocientos treinta y tantos in eighteen thirty-somethingcincuenta y tantas fifty-odd, fifty or so3tanto (refiriéndose a tiempo) so longhace tanto que no me llama she hasn't called me for such a long time o for so long, it's been so long since she called metodavía faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long?B ( en locs):en tanto whileen tanto ella atendía a los clientes, él cocinaba while she served the customers, he did the cookingen tanto + SUBJ as long as, so long asen tanto tú estés aquí as long as you're hereentre tanto meanwhile, in the meantimehasta tanto + SUBJ( frml): hasta tanto (no) se solucione este conflicto until this conflict is solvedotro tanto: otro tanto cabe decir de su política exterior the same can be said of their foreign policyme queda otro tanto por hacer I have as many again still to docuesta unos $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto it costs about $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much againpor (lo) tanto thereforetan siquiera: ¡si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!no le escribió ni tan siquiera una notita he didn't even write her a little notecómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers o buy her some flowers, at leasttan sólo onlytenía tan sólo cuatro años he was only four years oldpor tan sólo dos mil pesos for only o for as little as two thousand pesostanto es así or tan así es so much sose sentía mal, tanto es así que no quiso comer she felt ill, so much so that she didn't want anything to eattanto más cuanto que specially since, all the more so becausees importante, tanto más cuanto que es su única fuente de ingresos it's important, specially since o all the more so because it's his only source of incomeA(cantidad): recibe un tanto por ciento por cada venta she gets a percentage o a certain percentage on every saletienes que entregar un tanto de depósito you have to put down so much o a certain amount as a depositapuntarse un tanto to score a pointC ( en locs):al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the pictureme mantengo al tanto de lo que pasa en el mundo I keep abreast of o I keep up to date with what is going on in the worldte mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informedya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happenedestáte al tanto para cuando venga keep an eye out for him ( colloq)un tanto somewhat, rather, a littleun tanto triste somewhat o rather o a little sad* * *
tanto 1 adverbio
1 [ see note under
( aplicado a verbo) so much;
¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!;
tanto mejor so much the better;
tan solo only;
tanto es así que … so much so that …;
ya no salimos tanto we don't go out so often o so much now;
llegó tan tarde que … he arrived so late (that) …;
no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she looks;
sale tanto como tú he goes out as much as you do;
tan pronto como puedas as soon as you can;
tanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted against
2 (AmL exc RPl)◊ qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tanto te duele? how much does it hurt?;
¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?
■ sustantivo masculino
1 ( cantidad):
hay que dejar un tanto de depósito you have to put down a certain amount as a deposit
2 ( punto — en fútbol) goal;
(— en fútbol americano, tenis, juegos) point
3 ( en locs)◊ al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture;
mantenerse al tanto de algo to keep up to date with sth;
estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq);
está al tanto de lo ocurrido he knows what's happened;
un tanto somewhat, rather;
un tanto triste somewhat sad
tanto 2◊ -ta adjetivo
(pl) so many;◊ había tanto espacio/tantos niños there was so much space/there were so many children;
¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!;
tanto dinero/tantos turistas como … as much money/as many tourists as …b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas):
■ pronombre
1
(pl) so many;◊ ¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!;
vinieron tantos que … so many people came (that) …;
¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?;
no ser para tanto (fam): duele, pero no es para tanto it hurts, but it's not that badb) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas):
treinta y tantas thirty or soc) ( refiriéndose a tiempo):
aún faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long?
2 ( en locs)
entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime;
otro tanto as much again;
me queda otro tanto por hacer I have as much again still to do;
por (lo) tanto therefore
tanto,-a
I adjetivo & pron
1 (gran cantidad, mucho) (con singular) so much
(con plural) so many: ¿cómo puedes ahorrar tanto (dinero)?, how are you able to save so much money?
no necesito tantos folios, I don't need so many sheets of paper
¡hace tanto tiempo!, it's been so long!
no es para tanto, it's not that bad
2 (cantidad imprecisa) le costó cuarenta y tantos dólares, it cost her forty-odd dollars
tiene cincuenta y tantos años, he's fifty something o fifty-odd
3 (en comparaciones: con singular) as much
(: en plural) as many: tiene tantos amigos como tú, he has as many friends as you
II adverbio tanto 1 (hasta tal punto) so much: no deberías beber tanto, you shouldn't drink so much
si vienes con nosotros, tanto mejor, if you come with us, so much the better
tanto peor, so much the worse
2 (referido a tiempo) so long: tardé un mes en escribirlo, - ¿tanto?, I spent one month writing it, - so long?
(a menudo) ya no sale tanto, nowadays he doesn't go out so often
III sustantivo masculino tanto 1 Dep point
Ftb goal
2 (una cantidad determinada) a certain amount
♦ Locuciones: figurado apuntarse un tanto, to score a point
estar al tanto, to be up-to-date
poner al tanto, to put sb in the picture
a las tantas: me llamó a las tantas de la madrugada/de la noche, she phoned me in the early hours of the morning/very late at night
entre tanto, meanwhile
otro tanto, as much again
por lo tanto, therefore
tanto (...) como (...), both: tanto Pedro como María, both Pedro and María
tanto por ciento, percentage
un tanto, somewhat, rather, a bit
un tanto cansado, rather tired
¡y tanto!, and how!
' tanto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alquilar
- amargada
- amargado
- atonía
- bar
- calva
- calvo
- ciento
- cuñada
- cuñado
- embrutecerse
- empañar
- escarnio
- fastidio
- griterío
- gusto
- hartar
- hermano
- histórica
- histórico
- idiotizar
- licuación
- marcar
- mejor
- mientras
- mucha
- mucho
- normal
- objeto
- padre
- para
- parecerse
- permitirse
- que
- ronca
- ronco
- satisfacción
- sobrino
- tanta
- tela
- toda
- todo
- tutearse
- ver
- vencerse
- anotar
- anular
- apuntar
- arreglar
- así
English:
acquaint
- all
- alone
- as
- awaken
- ball
- better
- bog down
- both
- critical
- delay
- din
- ear
- excitement
- fall apart
- fuss over
- hence
- labour
- lie down
- meantime
- meanwhile
- monopolize
- much
- must
- name
- neither
- packaging
- picture
- point
- privy
- rupture
- score
- scorer
- so
- somewhat
- song
- spin out
- stretch out
- such
- that
- therefore
- this
- whereas
- work
- alike
- begrudge
- cope
- every
- fail
- follow
* * *tanto, -a♦ adj1. [gran cantidad] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;tanto dinero so much money, such a lot of money;tanta gente so many people;tiene tanto entusiasmo/tantos amigos que… she is so enthusiastic/has so many friends that…;Famnunca había visto tanto niño junto en mi vida I'd never seen so many children in one place;de tanto gritar se quedó afónico he lost his voice from all that shouting, he shouted so much that he lost his voice;¡tanto quejarse del tiempo y luego se mudan a Alaska! they never stop complaining about the weather and then they move to Alaska!2. [cantidad indeterminada] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;nos daban tantos pesos al día they used to give us so many pesos per day;hay cuarenta y tantos candidatos there are forty-odd o forty or so candidates;tiene treinta y tantos años she's thirty-something o thirty-odd;nos conocimos en el año sesenta y tantos we met in nineteen sixty-something3. [en comparaciones]tanto… como as much… as;tantos… como as many… as;hoy no hay tanta gente como ayer there aren't as many people today as yesterday♦ pron1. [tan gran cantidad] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;tenemos tanto de qué hablar we have so much o such a lot to talk about;¿cómo puedes tener tantos? how can you have so many?;éramos tantos que faltó comida there were so many of us we ran out of food;ser uno de tantos to be nothing special2. [cantidad indeterminada] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;si el petróleo está a tanto el barril… if oil costs so much a barrel…;a tantos de agosto on such and such a date in August;debe de andar por los cuarenta y tantos he must be forty-odd;ocurrió en el sesenta y tantos it happened in nineteen sixty-something3. [igual cantidad] [singular] as much;[plural] as many;tantos as many;tantos como desees as many as you like;había mucha gente aquí, pero allí no había tanta there were a lot of people here, but there weren't as many there;otro tanto as much again, the same again;otro tanto le ocurrió a los demás the same thing happened to the rest of them;ponme otro tanto same again, please;Famni tanto ni tan calvo there's no need to go to extremes;Esptanto monta, monta tanto it makes no difference, it's all the same to me/him/ etc♦ adv1. [mucho][tiempo] so long (that…);tanto (que…) [cantidad] so much (that…);no bebas tanto don't drink so much;de eso hace tanto que ya no me acordaba it's been so long since that happened that I don't even remember;la aprecia tanto que… he's so fond of her that…;ya no llueve tanto it's not raining as much o so hard now;ya no vienen tanto por aquí they don't come here so often o as much any more;la quiero, pero no tanto I like her, but not that much;quizás tardemos una hora en llegar – ¡no tanto! it may take us an hour to get there – it won't take that long!;¿nos denunciarán? – no creo que la cosa llegue a tanto will they report us? – I don't think it will come to that;no es para tanto [no es tan grave, malo] it's not too serious;[no te enfades] there's no need to get so upset about it, it's not such a big deal;¿el mejor escritor de la historia? yo creo que no es para tanto the best writer ever? I don't see what all the fuss is about myself;faltan cien kilómetros todavía – ¿tanto? there are still a hundred kilometres to go – as much as that?;tanto (es así) que… so much so that…;odia las fiestas, tanto es así que no celebra ni su cumpleaños he hates parties, so much so that he doesn't even celebrate his own birthday;tanto más cuanto que… all the more so because…;tanto mejor/peor so much the better/worse;si no nos quieren invitar, tanto peor para ellos if they don't want to invite us, that's their loss;¡y tanto! absolutely!, you bet!;hay cosas más importantes en la vida – ¡y tanto! there are more important things in life – there certainly are! o that's too true!me gusta tanto como a ti I like it (just) as much as you do;la casa está deteriorada, pero no tanto como para demolerla the house is in a poor state of repair, but not so as you'd want to demolish it;tanto hombres como mujeres both men and women;tanto si estoy en casa como si no whether I'm at home or notno importa qué tanto sepan de tecnología it doesn't matter how much they know about technology♦ nm1. [punto] point;[gol] goal;marcar un tanto to scoretanto directo de saque [en tenis] ace;tanto de saque [en tenis] service point2. [ventaja] point;apuntarse un tanto (a favor) to earn a point in one's favoures un tanto pesada she's a bit of a bore o rather boring;se le ve un tanto triste he seems rather sadte cobran un tanto por la reparación y otro por el desplazamiento they charge you so much o a certain amount for the repair work and on top of that a call-out charge;un tanto así [acompañado de un gesto] this muchtanto por ciento percentage;¿qué tanto por ciento de IVA llevan los libros? what percentage Br VAT o US sales tax do you pay on books?♦ al tanto loc advsiempre está al tanto de todo she always knows everything that's going on;no estoy al tanto de lo que ha pasado I'm not up to date with what happened;te mantendremos al tanto we'll keep you informed;mantenerse al tanto (de algo) to keep up to date (on sth), to keep oneself informed (about sth);poner a alguien al tanto (de algo) to inform sb (about sth)♦ en tanto que loc conj1. [mientras, hasta que] while;espera en tanto que acabamos wait while we finish2. [mientras, pero] while, whereas;él dimitió en tanto que los demás siguieron en el cargo he resigned while o whereas the others remained in their posts♦ en tanto que loc prep[como] as;en tanto que director, me corresponde la decisión as manager, it's for me to decide♦ entre tanto loc adv[mientras] meanwhile;haz las camas y entre tanto, yo lavo los platos you make the beds and, meanwhile, I'll do the dishes♦ hasta tanto loc conj[hasta que] until;hasta tanto no se reúnan until they meet♦ por (lo) tanto loc conjtherefore, so* * *comí tantos pasteles que me puse malo I ate so many candies that I was ill;no vimos tantos pájaros como ayer we didn’t see as many birds as we did yesterdayun tanto a little;uno de tantos one of many;tienes tanto you have so much;no hay tantos como ayer there aren’t as many as yesterday;a las tantas de la noche in the small hourstardó tanto como él she took as long as him;tanto mejor so much the better;no es para tanto it’s not such a big deal;a tanto no llega things aren’t as bad as that;tanto es así que … so much so that…;tanto (me) da I don’t really care;¡y tanto! yeah!, right on!:por lo tanto therefore, so;entre tanto meanwhile;ella trabajaba en tanto que él veía la televisión she was working while he was watching televisionV m1 point;marcar un tanto DEP score a point;tanto por ciento percentage2:estar al tanto be informed (de about)3:él es muy inteligente, y ella otro tanto he is very intelligent and so is she o and she is too* * *tanto adv1) : so muchtanto mejor: so much the better2) : so long¿por qué te tardaste tanto?: why did you take so long?tanto, -ta adj1) : so much, so many, suchno hagas tantas preguntas: don't ask so many questionstiene tanto encanto: he has such charm, he's so charming2) : as much, as manycome tantos dulces como yo: she eats as many sweets as I do3) : odd, however manycuarenta y tantos años: forty-odd yearstanto nm1) : certain amount2) : goal, point (in sports)3)al tanto : abreast, in the picture4)un tanto : somewhat, ratherun tanto cansado: rather tiredtanto, -ta pron1) : so much, so manytiene tanto que hacer: she has so much to do¡no me des tantos!: don't give me so many!2)entre tanto : meanwhile3)por lo tanto : therefore* * *tanto1 adj pron1. (con nombres incontables) so much2. (con nombres contables) so many¡hay tantos mosquitos! there are so many mosquitoes!tanto... como as much... as / as many... as... y tantos... somethingtanto2 adv1. (en general) so much2. (tiempo) so longtardabas tanto, que me fui you took so long, that I wenttanto... como... both... and...tanto3 n point / goal -
9 Г-215
КРУЖИТСЯ/ЗАКРУЖИЛАСЬ ГОЛОВА чья, у кого (отчего) ЗАКРУЖИЛОСЬ В ГОЛОВЕ у кого (от чего) VP subj. (1st var.) VP, impers (2nd var.))1. s.o. experiences dizziness (from exhaustion, overwork etc): у X-a кружится голова (от Y-a) - XS head is swimming (spinning, reeling etc)XS head is going (a)round Y is making XS head swimspin, reel etc)X feels (is getting) dizzy (lightheaded).Дина глянула вниз, и у неё закружилась голова - так ей показалось высоко (Кузнецов 1). Dina looked down and her head swam, she seemed to be so high up (1b).«Давай поцелуемся мы с тобой, по-братскому ( ungrammat = по-братски), без злобы. И - ещё одну (бутылку твина) трахнем». — «Больше не буду. Голова у меня и так чего-то кружится» (Семёнов 1). "Let's embrace one another like brothers, without malice. And-let's have another one." "No more for me. My head's going round a bit as it is" (1a).Воспоминание о Средней Азии отложилось в его памяти одним цветовым пятном: нежно-зелёное на голубом с ослепительными вкраплениями белого. И все города рифмуются... а в них - устремлённые ввысь минареты и башни над убогой бескрылостью плоских кровель... И всё это залито прозрачным и вязким, словно желе, зноем, от которого до обморочности сладко кружится голова (Максимов 2). Central Asia is recorded in his memory as one splash of color: pale green on sky-blue with dazzling flecks of white. And cities with names that all rhyme with each other...in them minarets and towers soaring above humble, earthbound, flat roofs....And all of it bathed in a sticky, translucent, sultry heat that makes your head reel deliciously until you nearly faint (2a).2. s.o. is so overwhelmed (by success, troubles, responsibilities etc) that he loses the ability to think clearly, evaluate things soberly: у X-a кружится голова (от Y-a) = XS head is spinningswimming, in a whirl etc)Y makes XS head spinswim, reel etc)X feels lightheaded (dizzy, giddy)).(Аркадина:) Как меня в Харькове принимали, батюшки мои, до сих пор голова кружится! (Чехов 6). (A.:) How I was received in Kharkov! My gracious, my head's still in a whirl! (6c)....Он (Маршак) завел штат младших редакторов, постепенно продвигая их в старшие, которые точили, шлифовали и подпиливали каждую фразу, каждое слово, каждый оборот... У них кружилась голова от мысли, что они собственными руками делают литературу (Мандельштам 2)....Не (Marshak) created a special staff of junior editors, gradually promoting them to senior status, who polished, filed, and honed every sentence, every word and turn of phrase....The thought that they were creating literature with their own hands fairly made their heads spin... (2a). -
10 Г-257
МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll ДУРЙТЬ/ЗАДУРЙТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll VP subj: human often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc)1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.: X морочит Y-y голову - X is pulling the wool over Yb eyesX is leading Y up (down) the garden path X is trying to put something over on Y X is playing games with Y (in limited contexts) X is makingNeg Imper не морочь мне голову - don't take me for a fool.«Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая...» (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: «И это всё?» — «Всё», — сказал я. «Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову» (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь» (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).2. \Г-257\Г-257 (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc: X морочит Y-y голову (Z-om) ' X is driving Y crazy (with Z)X makes Yb head spin X makes Y dizzy X is pestering Y (with Z).«Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо» (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).«Дали бы ей (тётушке Хрисуле) чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет», - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her (Auntie Chrysoula) something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with oneX задурил Y-y голову - X turned Y's headX made Y fall for X.Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a). -
11 mover
v.1 to move.el fútbol profesional mueve mucho dinero a lot of money changes hands in the world of professional soccerRicardo movió el auto Richard moved the car.2 to shake (menear, agitar) (caja, sonajero).la vaca movía la cola the cow was swishing its tailel perro movía la cola the dog was wagging its tail3 to do something about.4 to energize, to activate, to power.La gasolina mueve el auto Gasoline energizes the car.* * *(o changes to ue in stressed syllables)Present IndicativePresent SubjunctiveImperative* * *verb1) to move2) shift3) shake4) prompt5) stir* * *1. VT1) (=cambiar de posición)a) [+ objeto, mano, pierna] to move•
mover a algn de algún sitio — to move sb from somewherede aquí no nos mueve nadie — we're staying right here, we're not moving from here
"no nos moverán" — "we shall not be moved"
b) [en juegos] [+ ficha, pieza] to move2) (=agitar) to stirmuévelo para que no se pegue — stir it o give it a stir so that it doesn't stick
3) (Mec) (=accionar) [+ máquina] to work, powerel agua movía el molino — the water turned o drove the wheel
el vapor mueve el émbolo — the steam drives o works the piston
4) (=incitar)lo hice movida por la curiosidad — it was curiosity that prompted o moved me to do it
•
mover a algn a algo — to move sb to sth•
mover a algn a hacer algo — to prompt sb to do sth, move sb to do sth¿qué fue lo que te movió a actuar de ese modo? — what prompted o moved you to act in that way?
5) (=agilizar) [+ asunto, tema] to push; [+ trámite] to handle•
mover una guerra contra algn — to wage war on sb•
mover un pleito contra algn — to start proceedings against sb6) [+ dinero] to move, handleesta empresa mueve miles de millones anualmente — this company moves o handles thousands of millions each year
el tráfico de armas mueve mucho dinero — arms trading involves o moves a lot of money
7) * [+ droga] to push2. VI1) [en juegos] to move¿con qué ficha has movido? — what piece have you moved?
¿a quién le toca mover? — whose move is it?
2) (=incitar)•
mover a algo, esta situación mueve a la risa — this situation makes you (want to) laugh3) (Bot) to bud, sprout3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (trasladar, desplazar) to moveb) (Jueg) <ficha/pieza> to movec) ( agitar)movió la cabeza — ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head); ( negando) she shook her head
d) ( accionar) to drivef) (fam) < droga> to push (colloq)2) (incitar, inducir)2.¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? — what moved him to do that?
mover vi1) (Jueg) to move2) (incitar, inducir)3.mover A algo: su situación mueve a la compasión — his predicament moves one to pity
moverse v pron1)a) ( desplazarse) to moveno te muevas de ahí — stay right where you are, don't move
b) ( menearse) to movedejá de moverte — stop fidgeting, stop moving about
la lámpara se movía con el viento — the lamp was moving o swaying in the wind
2)a) ( alternar) to moveb) ( hacer gestiones)se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel — she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail
c) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)* * *= shift, move, wiggle.Ex. In general, then, a post-co-ordinate index is simpler to produce than a pre-co-ordinate index, because it shifts the responsibility for co-ordination of index terms to the searcher.Ex. This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.Ex. I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.----* el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.* estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.* la fe mueve montañas = faith will move mountains.* mover Algo = make + Nombre + spin.* mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.* mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.* mover la cabeza = shake + head.* mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.* mover la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás = jerk + head.* mover lateralmente = move from + side to side.* mover montañas = move + mountains.* moverse = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave.* moverse de aquí para allá = move about.* moverse en el sitio = shuffle.* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.* no moverse = stay + put.* sentarse sin moverse = sit + still.* sin moverse del sitio = in place.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (trasladar, desplazar) to moveb) (Jueg) <ficha/pieza> to movec) ( agitar)movió la cabeza — ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head); ( negando) she shook her head
d) ( accionar) to drivef) (fam) < droga> to push (colloq)2) (incitar, inducir)2.¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? — what moved him to do that?
mover vi1) (Jueg) to move2) (incitar, inducir)3.mover A algo: su situación mueve a la compasión — his predicament moves one to pity
moverse v pron1)a) ( desplazarse) to moveno te muevas de ahí — stay right where you are, don't move
b) ( menearse) to movedejá de moverte — stop fidgeting, stop moving about
la lámpara se movía con el viento — the lamp was moving o swaying in the wind
2)a) ( alternar) to moveb) ( hacer gestiones)se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel — she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail
c) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)* * *= shift, move, wiggle.Ex: In general, then, a post-co-ordinate index is simpler to produce than a pre-co-ordinate index, because it shifts the responsibility for co-ordination of index terms to the searcher.
Ex: This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.Ex: I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.* el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.* estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.* la fe mueve montañas = faith will move mountains.* mover Algo = make + Nombre + spin.* mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.* mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.* mover la cabeza = shake + head.* mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.* mover la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás = jerk + head.* mover lateralmente = move from + side to side.* mover montañas = move + mountains.* moverse = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave.* moverse de aquí para allá = move about.* moverse en el sitio = shuffle.* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.* no moverse = stay + put.* sentarse sin moverse = sit + still.* sin moverse del sitio = in place.* * *mover [E9 ]vtA1 (trasladar, desplazar) to move2 ( Jueg) ‹ficha/pieza› to move3(agitar): no muevas la cámara keep the camera stillel viento movía las hojas de los árboles the wind shook the leaves on the treesestá vivo, acaba de mover la mano he's alive, he just moved his handmueve la cola cuando está contento it wags its tail when it's happy4(accionar): el agua mueve la rueda del molino the water turns o drives the millwheel5 (manejar) ‹dinero› to handlela Bolsa movió casi 300 millones de pesos dealings on the Stock Market amounted to almost 300 million pesos, almost 300 million pesos were moved o handled on the Stock Marketmueve enormes cantidades de dinero he handles huge amounts of moneyB(incitar, inducir): actuó movida por razones políticas her actions were politically motivatedmover a algn A algo:¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? what moved o prompted him to do that?me preguntan qué me mueve a escribir este tipo de poema I am asked what it is that inspires o moves me to write this kind of poemaquellas imágenes los movían a compasión they were moved to pity by those pictures■ moverviA ( Jueg) to movete toca a ti, yo acabo de mover it's your turn, I've just movedB (incitar, inducir) mover A algo:su situación mueve a la compasión his predicament moves one to pity■ moverseA1 (desplazarse) to moveno me he movido de aquí en toda la tarde I haven't moved from here o I've been right here all afternoonno te muevas de ahí stay right where you are, don't moveno pienso moverme de aquí hasta que me atiendan I have no intention of moving (from this spot) until I get some service2 (sin desplazarse) to move¡no te muevas! te voy a sacar una foto don't move o keep still! I'm going to take your photographno puedo moverme, me duele todo I can't move, I ache all overaunque me ve tan ocupado ella no se mueve she can see I'm busy but she doesn't lift a finger to help ( colloq)deja de moverte, me estás poniendo nerviosa stop fidgeting, you're getting on my nervesno se le mueve un pelo durante la pelea he never has a hair out of place throughout the fightB1 (alternar) to moveella se mueve en las altas esferas she moves in high circlesyo no me muevo en ese ambiente I don't move in those circles, that's not my scene ( colloq)2(hacer gestiones): si no te mueves no conseguirás encontrar piso if you don't get moving you'll never find an apartment ( colloq)se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail3 (apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on ( colloq)si no nos movemos, vamos a perder el tren if we don't hurry up o get a move on, we'll miss the train* * *
mover ( conjugate mover) verbo transitivo
1
c) ( agitar):
el viento movía los árboles the wind shook the trees;
movió la cabeza ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head);
( negando) she shook her head;
2 ( inducir):
verbo intransitivo (Jueg) to move
moverse verbo pronominal
la lámpara se movía con el viento the lamp was moving o swaying in the wind
mover verbo transitivo
1 to move: movimos la mesa, we moved the table
mover la cabeza, (afirmativamente) to nod
(negativamente) to shake one's head
2 (empujar, decidir) aquello me movió a viajar, that led me to travel
le mueve la codicia, she's driven by greed
no sabemos qué le movió a hacerlo, we don't know what made him do it
3 (activar) to drive: el aire mueve las aspas, the wind drives the sails
' mover' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrancar
- ayudar
- bigote
- cabecear
- tocar
- avanzar
- dar
- desplazar
- echar
- mueva
- pala
English:
dart
- displace
- ease
- flick
- fly
- get back
- heave
- hustle
- jerk
- manhandle
- move
- move back
- pass
- pound
- prompt
- pull
- roll
- run
- shift
- shoot
- shovel
- sideways
- slink
- sneak
- softly
- speed
- spring
- stick
- stone
- string
- struggle
- to
- twitch
- whip
- whisk
- wiggle
- drive
- furniture
- jiggle
- jog
- man
- mover
- play
- ply
- stir
* * *♦ vt1. [desplazar, trasladar] to move (de/a from/to); [mecánicamente] to drive;el viento mueve las palas the wind drives o turns the blades;Informátmover un fichero to move a file;mover una ficha [en juegos] to move a counter;el fútbol profesional mueve mucho dinero a lot of money changes hands in the world of professional soccer;ese cantante mueve masas huge numbers of people go to see that singer wherever he performs;Espmover ficha: ahora le toca al gobierno mover ficha it's the government's move, it's the government's turn to make the next move2. [menear, agitar] [caja, sonajero] to shake;[bandera] to wave;movía las caderas she was wiggling o swinging her hips;la vaca movía la cola the cow was swishing its tail;el perro movía la cola the dog was wagging its tail;mover la cabeza [afirmativamente] to nod;[negativamente] to shake one's head;muévelo bien [removiéndolo con cucharilla] stir it well;[agitándolo con las manos] shake it well¿qué te movió a hacerlo? what made you do it?, what prompted you to do it?;eso fue lo que nos movió a la huelga that was what made us strike o prompted us to strike;sólo la mueve la ambición she is driven solely by ambition;mover a alguien a compasión to move sb to pity4. [hacer trámites con] to do something about;hay muchos interesados en mover este asunto there are several people who are interested in doing something about this issue♦ vi1. [en ajedrez, damas, juego de mesa] to move;tú mueves it's your move* * *v/t1 move2 ( agitar) shake* * *mover {47} vt1) trasladar: to move, to shift2) agitar: to shake, to nod (the head)3) accionar: to power, to drive4) inducir: to provoke, to cause5) : to excite, to stir* * *mover vb to move -
12 закружилась голова
[VPsubj (1st var.; VP, impers (2nd var.)]=====1. s.o. experiences dizziness (from exhaustion, overwork etc): у X-a кружится голова( от Y-a) - X's head is swimming (spinning, reeling etc); X's head is going (a)round; Y is making X's head swim <spin, reel etc>; X feels < is getting> dizzy (lightheaded). Дина глянула вниз, и у неб закружилась голова - так ей показалось высоко (Кузнецов 1). Dina looked down and her head swam, she seemed to be so high up (1b).♦ "Давай поцелуемся мы с тобой, по-братскому [ungrammat = по-братски], без злобы. И - ещё одну [бутылку твина] трахнем". - "Больше не буду. Голова у меня и так чего-то кружится" (Семёнов 1). “Let's embrace one another like brothers, without malice. And-let's have another one.” “No more for me. My head's going round a bit as it is” (la).♦ Воспоминание о Средней Азии отложилось в его памяти одним цветовым пятном: нежно-зелёное на голубом с ослепительными вкраплениями белого. И все города рифмуются... а в них - устремлённые ввысь минареты и башни над убогой бескрылостью плоских кровель... И всё это залито прозрачным и вязким, словно желе, зноем, от которого до обморочности сладко кружится голова (Максимов 2). Central Asia is recorded in his memory as one splash of color: pale green on sky-blue with dazzling flecks of white. And cities with names that all rhyme with each other...; in them minarets and towers soaring above humble, earthbound, flat roofs....And all of it bathed in a sticky, translucent, sultry heat that makes your head reel deliciously until you nearly faint (2a).2. s.o. is so overwhelmed (by success, troubles, responsibilities etc) that he loses the ability to think clearly, evaluate things soberly: у X-a кружится голова( от Y-a) ≈ X's head is spinning <swimming, in a whirl etc>; Y makes X's head spin <swim, reel etc>; X feels lightheaded <dizzy, giddy>.♦ [Аркадина:] Как меня в Харькове принимали, батюшки мои, до сих пор голова кружится! (Чехов 6). [A.:] How I wa received in Kharkov! My gracious, my head's still in a whirl! (6c). i...Он [Маршак] завел штат младших редакторов, постепенно продвигая их в старшие, которые точили, шлифовали и подпиливали каждую фразу, каждое слово, каждый оборот... У них кружилась голова от мысли, что они собственными руками делают литературу (Мандельштам 2).... Не [Marshak] created a special staff of junior editors, gradually promoting them to senior status, who polished, filed, and honed every sentence, every word and turn of phrase....The thought that they were creating literature with their own hands fairly made their heads spin... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > закружилась голова
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13 закружилось в голове
[VPsubj (1st var.; VP, impers (2nd var.)]=====1. s.o. experiences dizziness (from exhaustion, overwork etc): у X-a кружится голова( от Y-a) - X's head is swimming (spinning, reeling etc); X's head is going (a)round; Y is making X's head swim <spin, reel etc>; X feels < is getting> dizzy (lightheaded). Дина глянула вниз, и у неб закружилась голова - так ей показалось высоко (Кузнецов 1). Dina looked down and her head swam, she seemed to be so high up (1b).♦ "Давай поцелуемся мы с тобой, по-братскому [ungrammat = по-братски], без злобы. И - ещё одну [бутылку твина] трахнем". - "Больше не буду. Голова у меня и так чего-то кружится" (Семёнов 1). “Let's embrace one another like brothers, without malice. And-let's have another one.” “No more for me. My head's going round a bit as it is” (la).♦ Воспоминание о Средней Азии отложилось в его памяти одним цветовым пятном: нежно-зелёное на голубом с ослепительными вкраплениями белого. И все города рифмуются... а в них - устремлённые ввысь минареты и башни над убогой бескрылостью плоских кровель... И всё это залито прозрачным и вязким, словно желе, зноем, от которого до обморочности сладко кружится голова (Максимов 2). Central Asia is recorded in his memory as one splash of color: pale green on sky-blue with dazzling flecks of white. And cities with names that all rhyme with each other...; in them minarets and towers soaring above humble, earthbound, flat roofs....And all of it bathed in a sticky, translucent, sultry heat that makes your head reel deliciously until you nearly faint (2a).2. s.o. is so overwhelmed (by success, troubles, responsibilities etc) that he loses the ability to think clearly, evaluate things soberly: у X-a кружится голова( от Y-a) ≈ X's head is spinning <swimming, in a whirl etc>; Y makes X's head spin <swim, reel etc>; X feels lightheaded <dizzy, giddy>.♦ [Аркадина:] Как меня в Харькове принимали, батюшки мои, до сих пор голова кружится! (Чехов 6). [A.:] How I wa received in Kharkov! My gracious, my head's still in a whirl! (6c). i...Он [Маршак] завел штат младших редакторов, постепенно продвигая их в старшие, которые точили, шлифовали и подпиливали каждую фразу, каждое слово, каждый оборот... У них кружилась голова от мысли, что они собственными руками делают литературу (Мандельштам 2).... Не [Marshak] created a special staff of junior editors, gradually promoting them to senior status, who polished, filed, and honed every sentence, every word and turn of phrase....The thought that they were creating literature with their own hands fairly made their heads spin... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > закружилось в голове
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14 кружится голова
[VPsubj (1st var.; VP, impers (2nd var.)]=====1. s.o. experiences dizziness (from exhaustion, overwork etc): у X-a кружится голова (от Y-a) - X's head is swimming (spinning, reeling etc); X's head is going (a)round; Y is making X's head swim <spin, reel etc>; X feels < is getting> dizzy (lightheaded). Дина глянула вниз, и у неб закружилась голова - так ей показалось высоко (Кузнецов 1). Dina looked down and her head swam, she seemed to be so high up (1b).♦ "Давай поцелуемся мы с тобой, по-братскому [ungrammat = по-братски], без злобы. И - ещё одну [бутылку твина] трахнем". - "Больше не буду. Голова у меня и так чего-то кружится" (Семёнов 1). “Let's embrace one another like brothers, without malice. And-let's have another one.” “No more for me. My head's going round a bit as it is” (la).♦ Воспоминание о Средней Азии отложилось в его памяти одним цветовым пятном: нежно-зелёное на голубом с ослепительными вкраплениями белого. И все города рифмуются... а в них - устремлённые ввысь минареты и башни над убогой бескрылостью плоских кровель... И всё это залито прозрачным и вязким, словно желе, зноем, от которого до обморочности сладко кружится голова (Максимов 2). Central Asia is recorded in his memory as one splash of color: pale green on sky-blue with dazzling flecks of white. And cities with names that all rhyme with each other...; in them minarets and towers soaring above humble, earthbound, flat roofs....And all of it bathed in a sticky, translucent, sultry heat that makes your head reel deliciously until you nearly faint (2a).2. s.o. is so overwhelmed (by success, troubles, responsibilities etc) that he loses the ability to think clearly, evaluate things soberly: у X-a кружится голова (от Y-a) ≈ X's head is spinning <swimming, in a whirl etc>; Y makes X's head spin <swim, reel etc>; X feels lightheaded <dizzy, giddy>.♦ [Аркадина:] Как меня в Харькове принимали, батюшки мои, до сих пор голова кружится! (Чехов 6). [A.:] How I wa received in Kharkov! My gracious, my head's still in a whirl! (6c). i...Он [Маршак] завел штат младших редакторов, постепенно продвигая их в старшие, которые точили, шлифовали и подпиливали каждую фразу, каждое слово, каждый оборот... У них кружилась голова от мысли, что они собственными руками делают литературу (Мандельштам 2).... Не [Marshak] created a special staff of junior editors, gradually promoting them to senior status, who polished, filed, and honed every sentence, every word and turn of phrase....The thought that they were creating literature with their own hands fairly made their heads spin... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > кружится голова
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15 дурить голову
• МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll; ДУРИТЬ/ЗАДУРИТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll[VP; subj: human; often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc]=====1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.:- [in limited contexts] X is making (trying to make) a fool of Y;|| Neg Imper не морочь мне голову≈ don't take me for a fool.♦ "Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая..." (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).♦ Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: "И это всё?" - " Все", - сказал я. "Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову" (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).♦ "Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь" (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).2. дурить голову (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc:- X is pestering Y (with Z).♦ "Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо" (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).♦ "Дали бы ей [тётушке Хрисуле] чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет", - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her [Auntie Chrysoula] something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one:- X made Y fall for X.♦ Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дурить голову
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16 задурить голову
• МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll; ДУРИТЬ/ЗАДУРИТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll[VP; subj: human; often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc]=====1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.:- [in limited contexts] X is making (trying to make) a fool of Y;|| Neg Imper не морочь мне голову≈ don't take me for a fool.♦ "Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая..." (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).♦ Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: "И это всё?" - " Все", - сказал я. "Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову" (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).♦ "Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь" (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).2. задурить голову (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc:- X is pestering Y (with Z).♦ "Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо" (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).♦ "Дали бы ей [тётушке Хрисуле] чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет", - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her [Auntie Chrysoula] something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one:- X made Y fall for X.♦ Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > задурить голову
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17 заморочить голову
• МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll; ДУРИТЬ/ЗАДУРИТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll[VP; subj: human; often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc]=====1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.:- [in limited contexts] X is making (trying to make) a fool of Y;|| Neg Imper не морочь мне голову≈ don't take me for a fool.♦ "Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая..." (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).♦ Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: "И это всё?" - " Все", - сказал я. "Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову" (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).♦ "Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь" (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).2. заморочить голову (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc:- X is pestering Y (with Z).♦ "Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо" (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).♦ "Дали бы ей [тётушке Хрисуле] чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет", - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her [Auntie Chrysoula] something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one:- X made Y fall for X.♦ Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > заморочить голову
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18 морочить голову
• МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll; ДУРИТЬ/ЗАДУРИТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll[VP; subj: human; often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc]=====1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.:- [in limited contexts] X is making (trying to make) a fool of Y;|| Neg Imper не морочь мне голову≈ don't take me for a fool.♦ "Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая..." (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).♦ Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: "И это всё?" - " Все", - сказал я. "Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову" (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).♦ "Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь" (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).2. морочить голову (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc:- X is pestering Y (with Z).♦ "Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо" (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).♦ "Дали бы ей [тётушке Хрисуле] чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет", - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her [Auntie Chrysoula] something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one:- X made Y fall for X.♦ Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > морочить голову
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19 голова кружится
(чья, у кого)1) (кто-либо испытывает головокружение (от усталости, опьянения и т. п.)) smb. is (feels) giddy (dizzy); smb.'s head is swimming; it makes smb.'s head spinЛедяные холмы стоят неподвижно, но у вас кружится голова и кажется, что мост вместе с вами и с публикой куда-то уходит. (А. Чехов, На реке) — The mounds of ice remain motionless, but you feel giddy, and it appears to you that the bridge, with you and all the people on it, is going somewhere.
Поля облегчённо откинулась назад. Слегка кружилась голова, как если бы после болезни впервые вышла на воздух. (Л. Леонов, Русский лес) — Polya threw herself back relieved. She felt somewhat dizzy, like a person coming out for the first time into the fresh air after an illness.
Внезапно Анне Кирилловне стало нехорошо - у неё закружилась голова. (И. Меттер, Вдвоём) — Suddenly Anna Kirillovna felt awful - her head was swimming.
2) (кто-либо теряет способность ясно соображать от множества дел, забот, переживаний и т. п.) smb.'s head is in a whirl; smb.'s thoughts are in a muddle; smb. is dazed by smth.3) (кто-либо переоценивает свои силы, способности от похвал, оказываемого почёта и т. п.) smb.'s head begins to swellНа досках почёта - на заводе и в городе - появились его портреты;... о нём писали, рассказывали по радио; его избирали в президиумы торжественных заседаний. Молодая голова кружилась. (В. Кочетов, Журбины) — Photographs of him appeared on the Boards of Honour at the shipyard and in the town;... there were articles and radio broadcasts about him, and he would be included in the platform party at ceremonial meetings. His young head began to swell.
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20 tłu|c
impf (tłukę, tłuczesz, tłucze, tłukł, tłukła, tłukli) Ⅰ vt 1. (rozbijać) to break, to smash [naczynia] ⇒ stłuc 2. (miażdżyć) to crush [przedmiot]; to grind [pieprz, cynamon]; to mash [kartofle]; to crack [orzechy] ⇒ utłuc 3. pot. (bić) to beat- tłukł dziecko za złe stopnie he beat the child for getting bad marks ⇒ stłuc4. pot. (intensywnie strzelać) to pound- artyleria tłukła do nich jak do kaczek the artillery pounded away at them5. pot. (wytwarzać seryjnie) to knock off 6. pot., (ciągle powtarzać) to hammer (coś komuś sth into sb) 7. pot. (uczyć się na pamięć) to cram- całą noc tłukł wzory na klasówkę z fizyki he spent the whole night cramming formulae for a physics test- on tłucze grubą forsę na tym interesie he makes a bundle on that businessⅡ vi (łomotać) to bang, to hammer, to batter- fale tłukły o skały the waves battered against the rocks- tłukł pięściami w drzwi he banged the door with his fists- w złości tłukła głową o ścianę she beat her head against the wall in angerⅢ tłuc się 1. (rozbijać się) to break, to be shattered 2. (uderzać) to bang, to batter 3. pot. (bić się) to fight 4. pot. (poruszać się głośno) to bang, to knock- ktoś się tam tłucze na górze somebody is banging around upstairs5. pot. (jechać długo i niewygodnie) to travel uncomfortably- tłukli się pociągiem osobowym cały dzień they travelled by a slow train the whole day6. pot. (włóczyć się) to knock about, to roam about 7. przen. (o myślach) to spin- niespokojne myśli tłuką mu sie po głowie his head is spinning with disconcerting thoughts■ tłuc głową o mur (bezskutecznie zabiegać) to bang one’s head against a brick wall- serce się mu/jej tłucze his/her heart is pounding- tłuc się jak Marek po piekle przysł. (nie móc sobie znaleźć miejsca) to be running around like a headless chickenThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > tłu|c
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