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1 plenty

'plenti
1. pronoun
1) (a sufficient amount; enough: I don't need any more books - I've got plenty; We've got plenty of time to get there.) bastante, suficiente

2) (a large amount: He's got plenty of money.) en abundancia, un montón de, montones de

2. adjective
That's plenty, thank you!) suficiente

- plenteous
- plentiful

plenty pron bastante / de sobra

don't run, there's plenty of time no corras, hay tiempo de sobra

plenty

tr['plentɪ]

noun

1 abundancia

■ years of plenty años de abundancia

pronoun

1 mucho,-a, muchos,-as

■ we've got plenty of time tenemos tiempo de sobra

■ there's plenty of food hay mucha comida

adverb

1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL familiar muy

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

in plenty en abundancia

plenty ['plɛnti] n

: abundancia f

plenty of time: tiempo de sobra

plenty of visitors: muchos visitantes

plenty

adj.

• suficiente adj.

adv.

• bastante adv.

• muy adv.

n.

• abundancia s.f.

• cantidad suficiente s.f.

• caudal s.m.

• lleno s.m.

• torrente s.m.

I 'plenti
mass noun abundancia f

in plenty — en abundancia

II

pronoun

1)

a) (large, sufficient number) muchos, -chas

b)

plenty of — muchos, -chas

plenty of books — muchos libros

there are plenty of us — somos muchos

2)

a) (large, sufficient quantity) mucho, -cha

there was plenty to eat — había comida en abundancia, había mucha comida

there's plenty more in here — aquí hay mucho más

$50 is plenty — 50 dólares es más que suficiente

b)

plenty of — mucho, -cha

plenty of time — tiempo de sobra

you'll need money and plenty of it — vas a necesitar dinero, y mucho

III

adverb (AmE colloq & dial) <worried/hungry/ugly> muy

she must love him plenty — debe quererlo mucho

['plentɪ]
1.

N abundancia f

in plenty — en abundancia

the land of plenty — la tierra de la abundancia

2. PRON

1) (=lots)

that's plenty, thanks — ¡así basta, gracias!

she's got plenty to do — tiene muchas cosas que hacer, tiene un montón que hacer *

there are plenty like me — hay mucha gente or hay muchos como yo

there's plenty more where that came from — aún queda más de esto

2)

plenty of — (=much, a good deal of) mucho(-a); (=many) muchos(-as)

it takes plenty of courage — requiere mucho valor

they have plenty of money — tienen mucho dinero

we've got plenty of time to get there — tenemos tiempo de sobra para llegar

I've got plenty of work to be getting on with — tengo trabajo más que suficiente para empezar

drink plenty of fluids — beba muchos líquidos

there are plenty of them — los hay en cantidad

plenty of people are self-employed nowadays — hoy en día hay mucha gente que trabaja de autónomo

we see plenty of Mum and Dad — vemos a mis padres con frecuencia, vemos mucho a mis padres

3.

ADV
(esp US) *
it's plenty big enough — es bastante grande

we like it plenty — nos gusta mucho

* * *

I ['plenti]
mass noun abundancia f

in plenty — en abundancia

II

pronoun

1)

a) (large, sufficient number) muchos, -chas

b)

plenty of — muchos, -chas

plenty of books — muchos libros

there are plenty of us — somos muchos

2)

a) (large, sufficient quantity) mucho, -cha

there was plenty to eat — había comida en abundancia, había mucha comida

there's plenty more in here — aquí hay mucho más

$50 is plenty — 50 dólares es más que suficiente

b)

plenty of — mucho, -cha

plenty of time — tiempo de sobra

you'll need money and plenty of it — vas a necesitar dinero, y mucho

III

adverb (AmE colloq & dial) <worried/hungry/ugly> muy

she must love him plenty — debe quererlo mucho

English-spanish dictionary > plenty
2 plenty

1. noun, no pl.
plenty of — viel; eine Menge; (coll.): (enough) genug

have you all got plenty of meat? — habt ihr alle reichlich Fleisch?

we gave him plenty of warning — wir haben ihn früh genug gewarnt
2. adjective
(coll.) reichlich vorhanden
3. adverb
(coll.)

it's plenty large enough — es ist groß genug

there's plenty more where this/those etc. came from — es ist noch genug da (ugs.)

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['plenti] 1. pronoun
1) (a sufficient amount; enough: I don't need any more books - I've got plenty; We've got plenty of time to get there.) reichlich

2) (a large amount: He's got plenty of money.) reichlich
2. adjective
That's plenty, thank you!) reichlich

- academic.ru/56180/plenteous">plenteous
- plentiful
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plen·ty

[ˈplenti, AM -t̬-]

I. n no pl ( form: abundance) Reichtum m

such natural phenomena as famine and \plenty Naturphänomene wie Hunger und Überfluss

food in \plenty Nahrung in Hülle und Fülle

a land of \plenty ein Land nt, wo Milch und Honig fließen prov

the land of \plenty das Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten

a time of \plenty üppige Jahre

seven years of \plenty REL sieben fette Jahre

to live in \plenty im Überfluss leben

II. adv inv ( fam)

I'm \plenty warm enough, thank you mir ist warm genug, fast schon zu warm, danke

the house is \plenty big enough das Hause ist mehr als groß genug

\plenty more noch viel mehr

there's \plenty more beer in the fridge es ist noch mehr als genug Bier im Kühlschrank

she has \plenty more ideas sie hat noch viele Ideen

there are \plenty more where he/she came from ( pej) wo er/sie herkommt, gibt's noch mehr davon fam

I hear you broke up with her — yeah, but there are \plenty more where she came from ich habe gehört, du hast mit ihr Schluss gemacht — ja, aber andere Mütter haben auch schöne Töchter hum

\plenty good/bad AM sehr gut/schlecht

III. pron

1. (more than enough) mehr als genug

there's still \plenty of storage space in the attic auf dem Dachboden kann man noch eine Menge unterbringen

he's had \plenty of opportunities to apologize er hatte reichlich Gelegenheiten, sich zu entschuldigen

I spent an hour with them one day and that was \plenty ich verbrachte einmal eine Stunde mit ihnen, und das war mehr als genug

\plenty of money/time viel Geld/Zeit

we've got \plenty of time before we need to leave for the airport wir haben noch jede Menge Zeit, bevor wir zum Flughafen fahren müssen

2. (a lot) genug

do we have problems? — yeah, we've got \plenty haben wir Probleme? — ja, allerdings!

you'll have \plenty to keep you busy du hast genug Beschäftigung

there's \plenty of work to be done wir haben [o es gibt] viel Arbeit zu erledigen

this car cost me \plenty AM ( fam) dieses Auto hat mich eine Stange Geld gekostet fam

IV. adj inv DIAL ( fam) viel

there was \plenty room es gab genug Platz

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['plentɪ]
1. n

1) eine Menge

land of plenty — Land des Überflusses

times of plenty — Zeiten pl des Überflusses, fette Jahre pl (Bibl)

in plenty — im Überfluss

three kilos will be plenty — drei Kilo sind reichlich

there's plenty here for six — es gibt mehr als genug für sechs

that's plenty, thanks! — danke, das ist reichlich

you've already had plenty — du hast schon reichlich gehabt

I met him once, and that was plenty! — ich habe ihn nur einmal getroffen und das hat mir gereicht!

to see plenty of sb — jdn oft sehen

there had been plenty going on — es war einiges los gewesen

there's plenty to do — es gibt viel zu tun

I've got plenty to do —

have I got problems? I've got plenty — ob ich Probleme habe? mehr als genug!

there's plenty more where that came from —

take plenty — nimm dir or bedien dich reichlich

there are still plenty left — es sind immer noch eine ganze Menge da

2)

plenty of — viel, eine Menge

plenty of time/milk — viel Zeit/Milch, eine Menge Zeit/Milch

plenty of eggs/reasons — viele Eier/Gründe, eine Menge Eier/Gründe

there is no longer plenty of oil — Öl ist nicht mehr im Überfluss vorhanden

he's certainly got plenty of nerve — der hat vielleicht Nerven! (inf)

a country with plenty of natural resources — ein Land mit umfangreichen Bodenschätzen

has everyone got plenty of potatoes? — hat jeder reichlich Kartoffeln?

there will be plenty of things to drink — es gibt dort ausreichend zu trinken

he had been given plenty of warning — er ist genügend oft gewarnt worden

we arrived in plenty of time to get a good seat — wir kamen so rechtzeitig, dass wir einen guten Platz kriegten

don't worry, there's plenty of time — keine Angst, es ist noch genug or viel Zeit

take plenty of exercise — Sie müssen viel Sport treiben

2. adj (US inf)
reichlich
plenty bananas — reichlich Bananen

3. adv (esp US inf)

plenty big (enough) — groß genug

he's plenty mean —

he was plenty rude to her — er war ziemlich grob zu ihr

it rained plenty — es hat viel geregnet

sure, I like it plenty — sicher, ich mag das sehr

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plenty [ˈplentı]

A s Fülle f, Überfluss m, Reichtum m ( alle:

of an dat):

years of plenty Jahre des Überflusses;

have plenty of sth mit etwas reichlich versehen sein, etwas in Hülle und Fülle haben;

in plenty im Überfluss;

plenty of money (time) eine Menge oder (sehr) viel Geld (Zeit);

plenty of times sehr oft; → horn A 6

B pron genug, reichlich:

give sb plenty to eat;

that’s plenty das genügt, das reicht

C adv umg

1. bei Weitem (oft unübersetzt):

plenty good enough gut genug

2. US mächtig, ganz schön:

he was plenty mad

* * *
1. noun, no pl.
plenty of — viel; eine Menge; (coll.): (enough) genug

have you all got plenty of meat? — habt ihr alle reichlich Fleisch?

we gave him plenty of warning — wir haben ihn früh genug gewarnt
2. adjective
(coll.) reichlich vorhanden
3. adverb
(coll.)

it's plenty large enough — es ist groß genug

there's plenty more where this/those etc. came from — es ist noch genug da (ugs.)

* * *

n.

Fülle nur sing. f.

Menge -n f.

Überfluss m.

English-german dictionary > plenty
3 plenty

plen·ty [ʼplenti, Am -t̬-] n

no pl

(form: abundance) Reichtum m;

such natural phenomena as famine and \plenty Naturphänomene wie Hunger und Überfluss;

food in \plenty Nahrung f in Hülle und Fülle;

a land of \plenty ein Land nt, wo Milch und Honig fließen ( prov)

the land of \plenty das Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten;

a time of \plenty üppige Jahre;

seven years of \plenty rel sieben fette Jahre;

to live in \plenty im Überfluss leben adv

inv ( fam);

I'm \plenty warm enough, thank you mir ist warm genug, fast schon zu warm, danke;

the house is \plenty big enough das Hause ist mehr als groß genug;

\plenty more noch viel mehr;

there's \plenty more beer in the fridge es ist noch mehr als genug Bier im Kühlschrank;

have another sandwich - there are \plenty more nimm dir noch ein Sandwich - wir haben mehr als genug;

she has \plenty more ideas sie hat noch viele Ideen;

there are \plenty more where he/ she came from ( pej) an der nächsten Ecke steht wieder ein Neuer/eine Neue von der Sorte, andere Mütter haben auch schöne Söhne/Töchter ( hum)

\plenty good/ bad (Am) sehr gut/schlecht pron

1) ( more than enough) mehr als genug;

there's still \plenty of storage space in the attic auf dem Dachboden kann man immer noch einiges unterstellen;

he's had \plenty of opportunities to apologize er hatte genügend Gelegenheiten, sich zu entschuldigen;

I spent an hour with them one day and that was \plenty ich verbrachte einmal eine Stunde mit ihnen, und das war mehr als genug;

\plenty of money/ time viel Geld/Zeit;

we've got \plenty of time before we need to leave for the airport wir haben noch viel Zeit, bevor wir zum Flughafen fahren müssen;

they've always had \plenty of money sie hatten immer viel Geld;

\plenty of people/ reasons viele Leute/Gründe

2) ( a lot) genug;

do we have problems? - yeah, we've got \plenty haben wir Probleme? - ja, allerdings!;

\plenty to do/ see viel zu tun/sehen;

you'll have \plenty to keep you busy du hast genug zu tun, damit du beschäftigt bist;

(Am) ( fam);

this car cost me \plenty dieses Auto hat mich eine Stange Geld gekostet ( fam)

there's \plenty of work to be done wir haben [o es gibt] viel Arbeit zu erledigen adj

inv ( DIAL) (fam: much) viel;

there was \plenty room es war genug Platz

English-German students dictionary > plenty
4 up

up [ʌp] (pt & pp upped, cont upping)

1 adverb

A.

(a) (towards a higher position or level) en haut;

∎ all the way up, the whole way up, right up (to the top) (of stairs, hill) jusqu'en haut;

∎ he's on his way up il monte;

∎ they had coffee sent up ils ont fait monter du café;

∎ hang it higher up accrochez-le plus haut;

∎ wait till the moon comes up attends que la lune se lève;

∎ familiar he doesn't have very much up top c'est pas une lumière, il a pas inventé l'eau chaude ou le fil à couper le beurre;

∎ familiar she's got plenty up top elle en a dans le ciboulot

(b) (in a higher position, at a higher level)

∎ she wears her hair up elle porte ses cheveux relevés;

∎ hold your head up high! redressez la tête!;

∎ heads up! attention!;

∎ up above au-dessus;

∎ the glasses are up above the plates les verres sont au-dessus des assiettes;

∎ up in the air en l'air;

∎ look at the kite up in the sky regardez le cerf-volant (là-haut) dans le ciel;

∎ I live eight floors up j'habite au huitième (étage);

∎ she lives three floors up from us elle habite trois étages au-dessus de chez nous;

∎ she's up in her room elle est en haut dans sa chambre;

∎ we spend our holidays up in the mountains nous passons nos vacances à la montagne;

∎ from up on the mountain du haut de la montagne;

∎ do you see her up on that hill? la voyez-vous en haut de ou sur cette colline?;

∎ what are you doing up there? qu'est-ce que vous faites là-haut?;

∎ the captain is up on deck le capitaine est en haut sur le pont;

∎ have you ever been up in a plane? avez-vous déjà pris l'avion?;

∎ up the top tout en haut;

∎ it's up on top of the wardrobe c'est sur le dessus de l'armoire;

∎ figurative she's up there with the best (of them) elle est parmi ou dans les meilleurs

(c) (in a raised position) levé;

∎ Charles has his hand up Charles a la main levée;

∎ wind the window up (in car) remontez la vitre;

∎ put your hood up relève ou mets ta capuche;

∎ she turned her collar up elle a relevé son col

(d) (into an upright position) debout;

∎ up you get! debout!;

∎ he helped me up il m'a aidé à me lever ou à me mettre debout;

∎ sit up straight! tiens-toi droit!;

∎ the trunk was standing up on end la malle était debout;

∎ familiar up and at them! grouillez-vous!

(e) (out of bed)

∎ get up! debout!;

∎ she got up late this morning elle s'est levée tard ce matin;

∎ she's always up and doing elle n'arrête jamais

(f) (facing upwards)

∎ the body was lying face up le corps était couché sur le dos;

∎ I turned the poster right side up j'ai mis l'affiche dans le bon sens ou à l'endroit;

∎ put it the other way up retournez-le;

∎ he turned his hand palm up il a tourné la main paume vers le haut;

∎ fragile - this way up (on packaging) fragile - haut;

∎ familiar figurative he doesn't know which end is up il est bête comme ses pieds

(g) (erected, installed)

∎ they're putting up a new hotel there ils construisent un nouvel hôtel là-bas;

∎ help me get the curtains/the pictures up aide-moi à accrocher les rideaux/les tableaux

(h) (on wall)

∎ up on the blackboard au tableau;

∎ I saw an announcement up about it je l'ai vu sur une affiche

(i) (removed)

∎ careful, we've got some of the floorboards up attention au plancher, il manque des lattes;

∎ when we've got the carpet up… quand nous aurons enlevé la moquette…

B.

(a) (towards north)

∎ they came up for the weekend ils sont venus pour le week-end;

∎ it's cold up here il fait froid ici;

∎ up there là-bas;

∎ up north dans le nord

(b) (in, to or from a larger place)

∎ up in Madrid à Madrid;

∎ she's up in Maine for the week elle passe une semaine dans le Maine;

∎ we're up from Munich nous venons ou arrivons de Munich;

∎ he was on his way up to town il allait en ville

(c) British (at university)

∎ he's up at Oxford il est à Oxford

(d) (further)

∎ there's a café up ahead il y a un café plus loin;

∎ the sign up ahead says 10 miles la pancarte là-bas indique 10 miles

(e) (in phrasal verbs)

∎ the clerk came up to him le vendeur s'est approché de lui ou est venu vers lui;

∎ a car drew up at the petrol pump une voiture s'est arrêtée à la pompe à essence;

∎ up came a small, blonde child un petit enfant blond s'est approché

(f) (close to)

∎ up close de près;

∎ I like to sit up front j'aime bien m'asseoir devant;

∎ when you get right up to her quand vous la voyez de près;

∎ they stood up close to one another ils se tenaient l'un contre l'autre ou tout près l'un de l'autre

C.

(a) (towards a higher level)

∎ prices have gone up by 10 percent les prix ont augmenté ou monté de 10 pour cent;

∎ bread has gone up again le pain a encore augmenté;

∎ the temperature soared up into the thirties la température est montée au-dessus de trente degrés;

∎ they can cost anything from £750 up ils coûtent au moins 750 livres, on en trouve à partir de 750 livres;

∎ suitable for children aged seven and up convient aux enfants âgés de sept ans et plus;

∎ all ranks from sergeant up tous les rangs à partir de celui de sergent

(b) (more loudly, intensely) plus fort;

∎ speak up parlez plus fort;

∎ he turned the radio up il a mis la radio plus fort

D.

(a) (indicating completion)

∎ drink up! finissez vos verres!;

∎ eat up your greens finis tes légumes;

∎ the river had dried up la rivière s'était asséchée

(b) (into small pieces)

∎ he ripped the shirt up il a mis la chemise en lambeaux;

∎ I tore up the letter j'ai déchiré la lettre (en petits morceaux)

(c) (together)

∎ add these figures up additionnez ces chiffres;

∎ the teacher gathered up his notes le professeur a ramassé ses notes

E.

(a) (before an authority)

∎ he came up before the judge for rape il a comparu devant le juge pour viol;

∎ the murder case came up before the court today le meutre a été jugé aujourd'hui;

∎ she comes up before the board tomorrow elle paraît devant le conseil demain

(b) familiar (indicating support)

∎ up (with) the Revolution! vive la Révolution!;

∎ Sport up the Lakers! allez les Lakers!

2 adjective

A.

(a) (at or moving towards higher level) haut;

∎ the river is up le fleuve est en crue;

∎ the tide is up la marée est haute;

∎ before the sun was up avant le lever du soleil;

∎ prices are up on last year les prix ont augmenté par rapport à l'année dernière;

∎ the temperature is up in the twenties la température a dépassé les vingt degrés

(b) (in a raised position) levé;

∎ the blinds are up les stores sont levés;

∎ keep the windows up (in car) n'ouvrez pas les fenêtres;

∎ her hair was up (in a bun) elle avait un chignon;

∎ her hood was up so I couldn't see her face sa capuche était relevée, si bien que je ne voyais pas sa figure;

∎ figurative his defences were up il était sur ses gardes

(c) (in an upwards direction)

∎ the up escalator l'escalier roulant qui monte

(d) British Railways (heading for a larger city)

∎ the up train le train qui va en ville;

∎ the up platform le quai où l'on prend le train qui va en ville

(e) (out of bed)

∎ is she up yet? est-elle déjà levée ou debout?;

∎ we're normally up at 6 d'habitude nous nous levons à 6 heures;

∎ she was up late last night elle s'est couchée ou elle a veillé tard hier soir;

∎ they were up all night ils ne se sont pas couchés de la nuit, ils ont passé une nuit blanche

(f) (in tennis)

∎ was the ball up? la balle était-elle bonne?

B.

(a) (road) en travaux;

∎ road up (sign) travaux

(b) (erected, installed)

∎ these buildings haven't been up long ça ne fait pas longtemps que ces immeubles ont été construits;

∎ are the new curtains up yet? les nouveaux rideaux ont-ils été posés?;

∎ when the tent's up quand la tente sera montée

(c) (on wall)

∎ are the results up yet? les résultats sont-ils déjà affichés?

C.

(a) (finished, at an end) terminé;

∎ time is up! (on exam, visit) c'est l'heure!; (in game, on meter) le temps est écoulé!;

∎ when the month was up he left à la fin du mois, il est parti

(b) (ahead) Sport

∎ Madrid was two goals up Madrid menait de deux buts;

∎ Sport Georgetown was 13 points up on Baltimore Georgetown avait 13 points d'avance sur Baltimore;

∎ Golf to be one hole up avoir un trou d'avance;

∎ familiar I'm $50 up on you j'ai 50 dollars de plus que vous^□ ;

∎ familiar to be one up on sb avoir un avantage sur qn^□

(c) familiar (ready) prêt^□ ;

∎ dinner's up le dîner est prêt

(d) (in operation)

∎ the computer's up again l'ordinateur fonctionne à nouveau

D.

(a) familiar (cheerful) gai^□ ;

∎ he seemed very up when I saw him il avait l'air en pleine forme quand je l'ai vu

(b) (well-informed)

∎ to be up on sth être au fait de qch^□ ;

∎ he's really up on history il est fort ou calé en histoire^□ ;

∎ she's always up with the latest trends elle est toujours au courant de la dernière mode^□

E.

(a) to be up (before an authority) comparaître;

∎ to be up before a court/a judge comparaître devant un tribunal/un juge;

∎ she's up before the board tomorrow elle comparaît devant le conseil demain

(b) familiar (idioms)

∎ something's up (happening) il se passe quelque chose^□ ; (wrong) quelque chose ne va pas^□ ;

∎ what's up? (happening) qu'est-ce qui se passe?^□ ; (wrong) qu'est-ce qu'il y a?^□ ; American (as greeting) quoi de neuf?;

∎ what's up with you? (happening) quoi de neuf?; (wrong) qu'est-ce que tu as?^□ ;

∎ do you know what's up? est-ce que tu sais ce qui se passe?^□ ;

∎ something's up with Mum il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas chez maman^□, maman a quelque chose^□ ;

∎ there's something up with the TV la télé débloque

3 preposition

(a) (indicating motion to a higher place or level)

∎ we carried our suitcases up the stairs nous avons monté nos valises;

∎ he ran up the stairs il a monté l'escalier en courant;

∎ she was up and down stairs all day elle montait et descendait les escaliers toute la journée;

∎ I climbed up the ladder je suis monté à l'échelle;

∎ the cat climbed up the tree le chat a grimpé dans l'arbre;

∎ the smoke went up my nose la fumée m'est montée par le nez;

∎ the gas goes up this pipe le gaz monte par ce tuyau;

∎ further up the wall plus haut sur le mur;

∎ literary up hill and down dale par monts et par vaux

(b) (at or to the top of)

∎ her flat is up those stairs son appartement est en haut de cet escalier;

∎ the cat is up a tree le chat est (perché) sur un arbre;

∎ we walked up the street nous avons monté la rue;

∎ she pointed up the street elle a montré le haut de la rue;

∎ she lives up this street elle habite dans cette rue;

∎ the café is just up the road le café se trouve plus loin ou plus haut dans la rue

(c) (towards the source of)

∎ up the river en amont;

∎ a voyage up the Amazon une remontée de l'Amazone

(d) British familiar (at, to) à^□ ;

∎ he's up the pub il est au pub;

∎ I'm going up the shops je vais faire les courses^□

(e) (idiom) very familiar

∎ up yours! va te faire voir!

4 transitive verb

(a) (increase) augmenter;

∎ they have upped their prices by 25 percent ils ont augmenté leurs prix de 25 pour cent;

∎ also figurative to up the stakes monter la mise

(b) (promote) lever, relever;

∎ the boss upped him to district manager le patron l'a bombardé directeur régional

(c) (idiom)

∎ to up sticks plier bagages

5 intransitive verb

∎ familiar she upped and left elle a fichu le camp;

∎ he just upped and hit him tout à coup il (s'est levé et) l'a frappé;

∎ he upped and married her en moins de deux, il l'a épousée

6 noun

(a) (high point) haut m;

∎ ups and downs (in land, road) accidents mpl; (of market) fluctuations fpl;

∎ I've had a lot of ups and downs in my life j'ai connu des hauts et des bas;

∎ we all have our ups and downs nous avons tous des hauts et des bas

(b) (increase)

∎ the market is on the up le marché est à la hausse;

∎ prices are on the up les prix sont en hausse

(c) familiar (drug) amphet f, amphé f

7 up against preposition

(a) (touching) contre;

∎ lean the ladder up against the window appuyez l'échelle contre la fenêtre

(b) (in competition or conflict with)

∎ you're up against some good candidates vous êtes en compétition avec de bons candidats;

∎ they don't know what they're up against! ils ne se rendent pas compte de ce qui les attend!;

∎ to be up against the law être dans l'illégalité;

∎ familiar to be up against it être dans le pétrin

8 up and about, up and around adjective

∎ I've been up and about since 7 o'clock (gen) je suis levé depuis 7 heures;

∎ so you're up and about again? (after illness) alors tu n'es plus alité?

9 up and down

1 adverb

(a) (upwards and downwards)

∎ he was jumping up and down il sautait sur place;

∎ she looked us up and down elle nous a regardés de haut en bas;

∎ the bottle bobbed up and down on the waves la bouteille montait et descendait sur les vagues;

∎ I was up and down all night (in and out of bed) je n'ai pas arrêté de me lever la nuit dernière

(b) (to and fro) de long en large;

∎ I could hear him walking up and down je l'entendais faire les cent pas ou marcher de long en large;

∎ she walked up and down the platform elle faisait les cent pas sur le quai

(c) (in all parts of)

∎ up and down the country dans tout le pays

2 adjective

∎ she's been very up and down lately elle a eu beaucoup de hauts et de bas ces derniers temps

10 up for preposition

(a) (under consideration, about to undergo) à;

∎ the house is up for sale la maison est à vendre;

∎ the project is up for discussion on va discuter du projet;

∎ she's up for election elle est candidate ou elle se présente aux élections

(b) (due to be tried for)

∎ he's up for murder/speeding il va être jugé pour meurtre/excès de vitesse

(c) familiar (interested in, ready for)

∎ are you still up for supper tonight? tu veux toujours qu'on dîne ensemble ce soir?^□ ;

∎ he's up for anything il est toujours partant^□ ;

∎ was she up for it? (willing to have sex) elle a bien voulu coucher?

11 up to preposition

(a) (as far as) jusqu'à;

∎ he can count up to 100 il sait compter jusqu'à 100;

∎ the river is up to 25 feet wide le fleuve a jusqu'à 25 pieds de largeur;

∎ the bus can take up to 50 passengers le bus peut accueillir jusqu'à 50 passagers;

∎ I'm up to page 120 j'en suis à la page 120;

∎ up to and including Saturday jusqu'à samedi inclus;

∎ up to here jusqu'ici;

∎ up to or up until now jusqu'à maintenant, jusqu'ici;

∎ up to or up until then jusqu'alors, jusque-là;

∎ we were up to our knees in mud nous avions de la boue jusqu'aux genoux

(b) (the responsibility of)

∎ should he attend the meeting? - that's up to him est-ce qu'il doit assister à la réunion? - il fait ce qu'il veut ou c'est à lui de voir;

∎ which film do you fancy? - it's up to you quel film est-ce que tu veux voir? - c'est comme tu veux;

∎ it's entirely up to you whether you go or not il ne tient qu'à toi de rester ou de partir;

∎ if it were up to me… si c'était moi qui décidais ou à moi de décider…;

∎ it's up to them to pay damages c'est à eux ou il leur appartient de payer les dégâts

(c) (capable of)

∎ to be up to doing sth être capable de faire qch;

∎ he's not up to heading the team il n'est pas capable de diriger l'équipe;

∎ my German is not up to translating novels mon niveau d'allemand ne me permet pas de traduire des romans;

∎ he's not up to it (not good enough) il n'est pas capable de le faire;

∎ are you going out tonight? - no, I don't feel up to it tu sors ce soir? - non, je n'en ai pas tellement envie;

∎ he's not up to the journey il n'est pas à même de faire le voyage;

∎ are you up to working or to work? êtes-vous capable de ou en état de travailler?;

∎ I'm not up to going back to work je ne suis pas encore en état de reprendre le travail;

∎ familiar the football team isn't up to much l'équipe de foot ne vaut pas grand-chose;

∎ familiar I don't feel up to much je ne me sens pas en super forme

(d) (as good as)

∎ his work is not up to his normal standard son travail n'est pas aussi bon que d'habitude;

∎ the levels are up to standard les niveaux sont conformes aux normes;

∎ I don't feel up to par je ne me sens pas en forme

(e) (engaged in, busy with)

∎ let's see what she's up to allons voir ce qu'elle fait ou fabrique;

∎ what have you been up to lately? qu'est-ce que tu deviens?;

∎ what's he been up to now? qu'est-ce qu'il a encore inventé?;

∎ what's he up to with that ladder? qu'est-ce qu'il fabrique avec cette échelle?;

∎ what are you up to with my girlfriend? qu'est-ce que tu lui veux à ma copine?;

∎ they're up to something ils manigancent quelque chose;

∎ she's up to no good elle prépare un mauvais coup;

∎ the things we got up to in our youth! qu'est-ce qu'on ou ce qu'on ne faisait pas quand on était jeunes!

►► Computing up arrow flèche f vers le haut;

up arrow key touche f de déplacement vers le haut

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > up
5 go

Ⅰ.

go¹ [gəʊ]

noun

(game) jeu m de go

Ⅱ.

go² [gəʊ]

aller ⇒ 1A (a)-(c), 1A (e), 1A (f), 1E (a)-(c), 1G (a), 2 (a) s'en aller ⇒ 1A (d) être ⇒ 1B (a) devenir ⇒ 1B (b) tomber en panne ⇒ 1B (c) s'user ⇒ 1B (d) se détériorer ⇒ 1B (e) commencer ⇒ 1C (a) aller (+ infinitif) ⇒ 1C (b), 1C (c) marcher ⇒ 1C (d) disparaître ⇒ 1D (a), 1D (c) se passer ⇒ 1E (d) s'écouler ⇒ 1E (e) s'appliquer ⇒ 1F (b) se vendre ⇒ 1F (e) contribuer ⇒ 1G (c) aller ensemble ⇒ 1H (a) tenir le coup ⇒ 1H (c) faire ⇒ 2 (b), 2 (c) coup ⇒ 3 (a) essai ⇒ 3 (a) tour ⇒ 3 (b) dynamisme ⇒ 3 (c)

(pl goes [gəʊz], 3rd pres sing goes [gəʊz], pt went [went], pp gone [gɒn])

1 intransitive verb

A.

(a) (move, travel → person) aller; (→ vehicle) aller, rouler;

∎ we're going to Paris/Japan/Spain nous allons à Paris/au Japon/en Espagne;

∎ he went to the office/a friend's house il est allé au bureau/chez un ami;

∎ I want to go home je veux rentrer;

∎ the salesman went from house to house le vendeur est allé de maison en maison;

∎ we went by car/on foot nous y sommes allés en voiture/à pied;

∎ there goes the train! voilà le train (qui passe)!;

∎ the bus goes by way of or through Dover le bus passe par Douvres;

∎ does this train go to Glasgow? ce train va-t-il à Glasgow?;

∎ the truck was going at 150 kilometres an hour le camion roulait à ou faisait du 150 kilomètres (à l')heure;

∎ go behind those bushes va derrière ces arbustes;

∎ where do we go from here? où va-t-on maintenant?; figurative qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant?;

∎ to go to the doctor aller voir ou aller chez le médecin;

∎ he went straight to the director il est allé directement voir ou trouver le directeur;

∎ to go to prison aller en prison;

∎ to go to the toilet aller aux toilettes;

∎ to go to sb for advice aller demander conseil à qn;

∎ let the children go first laissez les enfants passer devant, laissez passer les enfants d'abord;

∎ I'll go next c'est à moi après;

∎ who goes next? (in game) c'est à qui (le tour)?;

∎ Military who goes there? qui va là?, qui vive?;

∎ here we go again! ça y est, ça recommence!;

∎ there he goes! le voilà!;

∎ there he goes again! (there he is again) le revoilà!; (he's doing it again) ça y est, il est reparti!

(b) (engage in a specified activity) aller;

∎ to go shopping aller faire des courses;

∎ to go fishing/hunting aller à la pêche/à la chasse;

∎ to go riding aller faire du cheval;

∎ let's go for a walk/bike ride/swim allons nous promener/faire un tour à vélo/nous baigner;

∎ they went on a trip ils sont partis en voyage;

∎ British go and buy the paper, American go buy the paper va acheter le journal;

∎ I'll go to see her or American go see her tomorrow j'irai la voir demain;

∎ don't go and tell him!, don't go telling him! ne va pas le lui dire!, ne le lui dis pas!;

∎ don't go bothering your sister ne va pas embêter ta sœur;

∎ you had to go and tell him! il a fallu que tu le lui dises!;

∎ he's gone and locked us out! il est parti et nous a laissé à la porte!;

∎ you've gone and done it now! vraiment, tu as tout gâché!

(c) (proceed to specified limit) aller;

∎ he'll go as high as £300 il ira jusqu'à 300 livres;

∎ the temperature went as high as 36° C la température est montée jusqu'à 36° C;

∎ he went so far as to say it was her fault il est allé jusqu'à dire que c'était de sa faute à elle;

∎ now you've gone too far! là tu as dépassé les bornes!;

∎ I'll go further and say he should resign j'irai plus loin et je dirai qu'il ou j'irai jusqu'à dire qu'il devrait démissionner;

∎ the temperature sometimes goes below zero la température descend ou tombe parfois au-dessous de zéro;

∎ her attitude went beyond mere impertinence son comportement était plus qu'impertinent

(d) (depart, leave) s'en aller, partir;

∎ I must be going il faut que je m'en aille ou que je parte;

∎ they went early ils sont partis tôt;

∎ you may go vous pouvez partir;

∎ what time does the train go? à quelle heure part le train?;

∎ familiar get going! vas-y!, file!;

∎ archaic be gone! allez-vous-en!;

∎ either he goes or I go l'un de nous deux doit partir

(e) (indicating regular attendance) aller, assister;

∎ to go to church/school aller à l'église/l'école;

∎ to go to a meeting aller ou assister à une réunion;

∎ to go to work (to one's place of work) aller au travail

(f) (indicating direction or route) aller, mener;

∎ that road goes to the market square cette route va ou mène à la place du marché

B.

(a) (be or remain in specified state) être;

∎ to go barefoot/naked se promener pieds nus/tout nu;

∎ to go armed porter une arme;

∎ her family goes in rags sa famille est en haillons;

∎ the job went unfilled le poste est resté vacant;

∎ to go unnoticed passer inaperçu;

∎ such crimes must not go unpunished de tels crimes ne doivent pas rester impunis

(b) (become) devenir;

∎ my father is going grey mon père grisonne;

∎ she went white with rage elle a blêmi de colère;

∎ my hands went clammy mes mains sont devenues moites;

∎ the tea's gone cold le thé a refroidi;

∎ have you gone mad? tu es devenu fou?;

∎ to go bankrupt faire faillite;

∎ the country has gone Republican le pays est maintenant républicain

(c) (stop working → engine) tomber en panne; (→ fuse) sauter; (→ bulb, lamp) sauter, griller;

∎ the battery's going la pile commence à être usée

(d) (wear out) s'user; (split) craquer; (break) (se) casser;

∎ his trousers are going at the knees son pantalon s'use aux genoux;

∎ the jacket went at the seams la veste a craqué aux coutures

(e) (deteriorate, fail → health) se détériorer; (→ hearing, sight) baisser;

∎ all his strength went and he fell to the floor il a perdu toutes ses forces et il est tombé par terre;

∎ his voice is going il devient aphone;

∎ his voice is gone il est aphone, il a une extinction de voix;

∎ her mind has started to go elle n'a plus toute sa tête ou toutes ses facultés

C.

(a) (begin an activity) commencer;

∎ what are we waiting for? let's go! qu'est-ce qu'on attend? allons-y!;

∎ familiar here goes!, here we go! allez!, on y va!;

∎ go! partez!;

∎ you'd better get going on or with that report! tu ferais bien de te mettre à ou de t'attaquer à ce rapport!;

∎ it won't be so hard once you get going ça ne sera pas si difficile une fois que tu seras lancé;

∎ familiar go to it! (get to work) au boulot!; (in encouragement) allez-y!

(b) (expressing intention)

∎ to be going to do sth (be about to) aller faire qch, être sur le point de faire qch; (intend to) avoir l'intention de faire qch;

∎ you were just going to tell me about it vous étiez sur le point de ou vous alliez m'en parler;

∎ I was going to visit her yesterday but her mother arrived j'avais l'intention de ou j'allais lui rendre visite hier mais sa mère est arrivée

(c) (expressing future)

∎ are you going to be at home tonight? est-ce que vous serez chez vous ce soir?;

∎ we're going to do exactly as we please nous ferons ce que nous voulons;

∎ she's going to be a doctor elle va être médecin;

∎ there's going to be a storm il va y avoir un orage;

∎ he's going to have to work really hard il va falloir qu'il travaille très dur

(d) (function → clock, machine) marcher, fonctionner; (start functioning) démarrer;

∎ is the fan going? est-ce que le ventilateur est en marche ou marche?;

∎ the car won't go la voiture ne veut pas démarrer;

∎ he had the television and the radio going il avait mis la télévision et la radio en marche;

∎ the washing machine is still going la machine à laver tourne encore, la lessive n'est pas terminée;

∎ to get sth going (car, machine) mettre qch en marche; (business, project) lancer qch;

∎ her daughter kept the business going sa fille a continué à faire marcher l'affaire;

∎ to keep a conversation/fire going entretenir une conversation/un feu

(e) (sound → alarm clock, bell) sonner; (→ alarm, siren) retentir

(f) (make movement)

∎ she went like this with her eyebrows elle a fait comme ça avec ses sourcils

(g) (appear)

∎ to go on radio/television passer à la radio/à la télévision

D.

(a) (disappear) disparaître;

∎ the snow has gone la neige a fondu ou disparu;

∎ all the sugar's gone il n'y a plus de sucre;

∎ my coat has gone mon manteau n'est plus là ou a disparu;

∎ all our money has gone (spent) nous avons dépensé tout notre argent; (lost) nous avons perdu tout notre argent; (stolen) on a volé tout notre argent;

∎ I don't know where the money goes these days l'argent disparaît à une vitesse incroyable ces temps-ci;

∎ gone are the days when he took her dancing elle est bien loin, l'époque où il l'emmenait danser

(b) (be eliminated)

∎ the last paragraph must go il faut supprimer le dernier paragraphe;

∎ I've decided that car has to go j'ai décidé de me débarrasser de cette voiture;

∎ that new secretary has got to go il va falloir se débarrasser de la nouvelle secrétaire

(c) euphemism (die) disparaître, s'éteindre;

∎ he is (dead and) gone il nous a quittés;

∎ his wife went first sa femme est partie avant lui;

∎ after I go... quand je ne serai plus là...

E.

(a) (extend, reach) aller, s'étendre;

∎ our property goes as far as the forest notre propriété va ou s'étend jusqu'au bois;

∎ the path goes right down to the beach le chemin descend jusqu'à la mer;

∎ figurative her thinking didn't go that far elle n'a pas poussé le raisonnement aussi loin;

∎ my salary doesn't go very far je ne vais pas loin avec mon salaire;

∎ money doesn't go very far these days l'argent part vite à notre époque;

∎ their difference of opinion goes deeper than I thought leur différend est plus profond que je ne pensais

(b) (belong) aller, se mettre, se ranger;

∎ the dictionaries go on that shelf les dictionnaires se rangent ou vont sur cette étagère;

∎ where do the towels go? où est-ce qu'on met les serviettes?;

∎ that painting goes here ce tableau se met ou va là

(c) (be contained in, fit) aller;

∎ this last sweater won't go in the suitcase ce dernier pull n'ira pas ou n'entrera pas dans la valise;

∎ the piano barely goes through the door le piano entre ou passe de justesse par la porte;

∎ this belt just goes round my waist cette ceinture est juste assez longue pour faire le tour de ma taille;

∎ the lid goes on easily enough le couvercle se met assez facilement

(d) (develop, turn out) se passer;

∎ how did your interview go? comment s'est passé ton entretien?;

∎ I'll see how things go je vais voir comment ça se passe;

∎ we can't tell how things will go on ne sait pas comment ça se passera;

∎ everything went well tout s'est bien passé;

∎ if all goes well si tout va bien;

∎ the meeting went badly/well la réunion s'est mal/bien passée;

∎ the negotiations are going well les négociations sont en bonne voie;

∎ the vote went against them/in their favour le vote leur a été défavorable/favorable;

∎ there's no doubt as to which way the decision will go on sait ce qui sera décidé;

∎ everything was going fine until she showed up tout allait ou se passait très bien jusqu'à ce qu'elle arrive;

∎ everything went wrong ça a mal tourné;

∎ familiar how's it going?, how are things going? (comment) ça va?;

∎ the way things are going, we might both be out of a job soon au train où vont ou vu comment vont les choses, nous allons bientôt nous retrouver tous les deux au chômage

(e) (time → elapse) s'écouler, passer; (→ last) durer;

∎ the journey went quickly je n'ai pas vu le temps passer pendant le voyage;

∎ there were only five minutes to go before… il ne restait que cinq minutes avant…;

∎ time goes so slowly when you're not here le temps me paraît tellement long quand tu n'es pas là;

∎ how's the time going? combien de temps reste-t-il?

F.

(a) (be accepted)

∎ what your mother says goes! fais ce que dit ta mère!;

∎ whatever the boss says goes c'est le patron qui fait la loi;

∎ anything goes on fait ce qu'on veut

(b) (be valid, hold true) s'appliquer;

∎ that rule goes for everyone cette règle s'applique à tout le monde;

∎ that goes for us too (that applies to us) ça s'applique à nous aussi; (we agree with that) nous sommes aussi de cet avis

(c) (be expressed, run → report, story)

∎ the story or rumour goes that she left him le bruit court qu'elle l'a quitté;

∎ so the story goes du moins c'est ce que l'on dit ou d'après les on-dit;

∎ how does the story go? comment c'est cette histoire?;

∎ I forget how the poem goes now j'ai oublié le poème maintenant;

∎ how does the tune go? c'est quoi ou c'est comment, l'air?;

∎ her theory goes something like this sa théorie est plus ou moins la suivante

(d) (be identified as)

∎ to go by or under the name of répondre au nom de;

∎ he now goes by or under another name il se fait appeler autrement maintenant

(e) (be sold) se vendre;

∎ flats are going cheap at the moment les appartements ne se vendent pas très cher en ce moment;

∎ the necklace went for £350 le collier s'est vendu 350 livres;

∎ going, going, gone! (at auction) une fois, deux fois, adjugé!

G.

(a) (be given → award, prize) aller, être donné; (→ inheritance, property) passer;

∎ the contract is to go to a private firm le contrat ira à une entreprise privée;

∎ credit should go to the teachers le mérite en revient aux enseignants;

∎ every penny will go to charity tout l'argent va ou est destiné à une œuvre de bienfaisance

(b) (be spent)

∎ a small portion of the budget went on education une petite part du budget a été consacrée ou est allée à l'éducation;

∎ all his money goes on drink tout son argent part dans la boisson

(c) (contribute) contribuer, servir;

∎ all that just goes to prove my point tout ça confirme bien ce que j'ai dit;

∎ it has all the qualities that go to make a good film ça a toutes les qualités d'un bon film

(d) (have recourse) avoir recours, recourir;

∎ to go to arbitration recourir à l'arbitrage

H.

(a) (be compatible → colours, flavours) aller ensemble;

∎ orange and mauve don't really go l'orange et le mauve ne vont pas vraiment ensemble

(b) (be available)

∎ let me know if you hear of any jobs going faites-moi savoir si vous entendez parler d'un emploi;

∎ are there any flats going for rent in this building? y a-t-il des appartements à louer dans cet immeuble?;

∎ familiar any whisky going? tu as un whisky à m'offrir?^□

(c) (endure) tenir le coup;

∎ we can't go much longer without water nous ne pourrons pas tenir beaucoup plus longtemps sans eau

(d) euphemism (go to the toilet)

∎ we'll only stop if you're really desperate to go on ne s'arrête que si tu ne tiens vraiment plus;

∎ I went before I came j'ai fait avant de venir

(e) Mathematics

∎ 5 into 60 goes 12 60 divisé par 5 égale 12;

∎ 6 into 5 won't go 5 n'est pas divisible par 6

(f) (idioms)

∎ she isn't bad, as teachers go elle n'est pas mal comme enseignante;

∎ as houses go, it's pretty cheap ce n'est pas cher pour une maison;

∎ as things go today par les temps qui courent;

∎ there goes my chance of winning a prize je peux abandonner tout espoir de gagner un prix;

∎ there you go again, always blaming other people ça y est, toujours à rejeter la responsabilité sur les autres;

∎ there you go! (here you are) tiens!; (I told you so) voilà!;

∎ there you go, two hamburgers and a coke et voici, deux hamburgers et un Coca;

∎ there you go, what did I tell you? voilà ou tiens, qu'est-ce que je t'avais dit!

2 transitive verb

(a) (follow, proceed along) aller, suivre;

∎ if we go this way, we'll get there much more quickly si nous passons par là, nous arriverons bien plus vite

(b) (travel) faire, voyager;

∎ we've only gone 5 kilometres nous n'avons fait que 5 kilomètres;

∎ she went the whole length of the street before coming back elle a descendu toute la rue avant de revenir

(c) (say) faire; (make specified noise) faire;

∎ ducks go "quack" les canards font "coin-coin";

∎ the clock goes "tick tock" l'horloge fait "tic tac";

∎ the gun went bang et pan! le coup est parti;

∎ familiar then he goes "hand it over" puis il fait "donne-le-moi"

(d) (in gambling)

∎ to go 10 risquer 10;

∎ Cards to go no/two trumps annoncer sans/deux atout(s);

∎ figurative to go one better (than sb) surenchérir (sur qn)

(e) familiar (do with)

∎ I could really go a beer je me paierais bien une bière

(f) (idioms) familiar old-fashioned

∎ to go it (go fast) filer; (behave wildly) se défoncer;

∎ familiar how goes it? ça marche?

3 noun

(a) British (attempt, try) coup m, essai m;

∎ to have a go at sth/doing sth essayer qch/de faire qch;

∎ he had another go il a fait une nouvelle tentative, il a ressayé;

∎ let's have a go! essayons!; familiar (let me try) laisse-moi essayer!^□ ;

∎ have another go! encore un coup!;

∎ I've never tried it but I'll give it a go je n'ai encore jamais fait l'expérience mais je vais essayer;

∎ she passed her exams first go elle a eu ses examens du premier coup;

∎ he knocked down all the skittles at one go il a renversé toutes les quilles d'un coup;

∎ £1 a go (at fair etc) une livre la partie ou le tour;

∎ to have a go on the dodgems faire un tour d'autos tamponneuses;

∎ he wouldn't let me have or give me a go (on his bicycle etc) il ne voulait pas me laisser l'essayer

(b) British (in games → turn) tour m;

∎ it's your go c'est ton tour ou c'est à toi (de jouer);

∎ whose go is it? à qui de jouer?, à qui le tour?

(c) familiar (energy, vitality) dynamisme^□ m, entrain^□ m;

∎ to be full of go avoir plein d'énergie, être très dynamique;

∎ she's got plenty of go elle est pleine d'entrain;

∎ the new man has no go in him le nouveau manque d'entrain

(d) familiar (success) succès^□ m, réussite^□ f;

∎ he's made a go of the business il a réussi à faire marcher l'affaire;

∎ to make a go of a marriage réussir un mariage;

∎ I tried to persuade her but it was no go j'ai essayé de la convaincre mais il n'y avait rien à faire

(e) (fashion) mode f;

∎ short hair is all the go les cheveux courts sont le dernier cri ou font fureur

(f) familiar (idioms)

∎ to have a go at sb (physically) rentrer dans qn; (verbally) passer un savon à qn;

∎ they had a real go at one another! qu'est-ce qu'ils se sont mis!;

∎ she had a go at her boyfriend elle a passé un de ces savons à son copain;

∎ British police have warned the public not to have a go, the fugitive may be armed la police a prévenu la population de ne pas s'en prendre au fugitif car il pourrait être armé;

∎ it's all go ça n'arrête pas!;

∎ all systems go! c'est parti!;

∎ the shuttle is go for landing la navette est bonne ou est parée ou a le feu vert pour l'atterrissage

4 going on adverb

∎ he must be going on fifty il doit approcher de la ou aller sur la cinquantaine;

∎ it was going on (for) midnight by the time we finished quand on a terminé, il était près de minuit

5 on the go adjective familiar

(a) (busy)

∎ I've been on the go all day je n'ai pas arrêté de toute la journée^□ ;

∎ to be always on the go être toujours à trotter ou à courir, avoir la bougeotte;

∎ to keep sb on the go faire trimer qn

(b) (in hand)

∎ I have several projects on the go at present j'ai plusieurs projets en route en ce moment^□

6 to go

1 adverb

à faire;

∎ there are only three weeks/five miles to go il ne reste plus que trois semaines/cinq miles;

∎ five done, three to go cinq de faits, trois à faire

2 adjective

esp American (to take out) two hamburgers to go deux hamburgers à emporter!

➲ go about

1 intransitive verb

(a) (move) circuler; (of rumour) courir;

∎ policemen usually go about in pairs en général, les policiers circulent par deux;

∎ you can't go about saying things like that! il ne faut pas raconter des choses pareilles!

(b) Nautical (change tack) virer de bord

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (get on with) s'occuper de;

∎ to go about one's business vaquer à ses occupations

(b) (set about) se mettre à;

∎ she showed me how to go about it elle m'a montré comment faire ou comment m'y prendre;

∎ how do you go about applying for the job? comment doit-on s'y prendre ou faire pour postuler l'emploi?

(c) (country) parcourir

➲ go about with inseparable transitive verb

(frequent)

∎ her son goes about with an older crowd son fils fréquente des gens plus âgés que lui;

∎ he's going about with Rachel these days il sort avec Rachel en ce moment

➲ go across

1 inseparable transitive verb

traverser

2 intransitive verb

traverser;

∎ your brother has just gone across to the shop ton frère est allé faire un saut au magasin en face

➲ go after inseparable transitive verb

(a) (follow) suivre

(b) (pursue, seek → criminal) poursuivre; (→ prey) chasser; (→ job, prize) essayer d'obtenir;

∎ he goes after all the women il court après toutes les femmes;

∎ I'm going after that job je vais essayer d'obtenir cet emploi

➲ go against inseparable transitive verb

(a) (disregard) aller contre, aller à l'encontre de;

∎ she went against my advice elle n'a pas suivi mon conseil;

∎ I went against my mother's wishes je suis allé contre ou j'ai contrarié les désirs de ma mère

(b) (conflict with) contredire;

∎ that goes against what he told me c'est en contradiction avec ou ça contredit ce qu'il m'a dit;

∎ the decision went against public opinion la décision est allée à l'encontre de ou a heurté l'opinion publique;

∎ it goes against my principles c'est contre mes principes

(c) (be unfavourable to → of luck, situation) être contraire à; (→ of opinion) être défavorable à; (→ of behaviour, evidence) nuire à, être préjudiciable à;

∎ the verdict went against the defendant le verdict a été défavorable à l'accusé ou a été prononcé contre l'accusé;

∎ if luck should go against him si la chance lui était contraire;

∎ her divorce may go against her winning the election son divorce pourrait nuire à ses chances de gagner les élections

➲ go ahead intransitive verb

(a) (precede) passer devant;

∎ he went ahead of us il est parti avant nous;

∎ I let him go ahead of me in the queue je l'ai fait passer devant moi dans la queue

(b) (proceed) aller de l'avant;

∎ go ahead! tell me! vas-y! dis-le-moi!;

∎ the mayor allowed the demonstrations to go ahead le maire a permis aux manifestations d'avoir lieu;

∎ the move had gone ahead as planned le déménagement s'était déroulé comme prévu;

∎ to go ahead with sth démarrer qch;

∎ they're going ahead with the project after all ils ont finalement décidé de mener le projet à bien;

∎ he went ahead and did it (without hesitating) il l'a fait sans l'ombre d'une hésitation; (despite warnings) rien ne l'a arrêté

(c) (advance, progress) progresser, faire des progrès

➲ go along intransitive verb

(a) (move from one place to another) aller, avancer;

∎ go along and ask your mother va demander à ta mère;

∎ she went along with them to the fair elle les a accompagnés ou elle est allée avec eux à la foire;

∎ we can talk it over as we go along nous pouvons en discuter en chemin ou en cours de route;

∎ I just make it up as I go along j'invente au fur et à mesure

(b) (progress) se dérouler, se passer;

∎ things were going along nicely tout allait ou se passait bien

(c) (go to meeting, party etc) aller

➲ go along with inseparable transitive verb

(decision, order) accepter, s'incliner devant; (rule) observer, respecter;

∎ that's what they decided and I went along with it c'est la décision qu'ils ont prise et je l'ai acceptée;

∎ I go along with the committee on that point je suis d'accord avec ou je soutiens le comité sur ce point;

∎ I can't go along with you on that je ne suis pas d'accord avec vous là-dessus;

∎ he went along with his father's wishes il s'est conformé aux ou a respecté les désirs de son père

➲ go around intransitive verb

(a) (habitually) passer son temps à;

∎ he goes around mumbling to himself il passe son temps à radoter;

∎ she just goes around annoying everyone elle passe son temps à énerver tout le monde;

∎ he goes around in black leather il se promène toujours en ou il est toujours habillé en cuir noir

(b) (document, illness) circuler; (gossip, rumour) courir, circuler

(c) (be long enough for)

∎ will that belt go around your waist? est-ce que cette ceinture sera assez grande pour toi?

➲ go around with = go about with

➲ go at inseparable transitive verb

familiar (attack → food) attaquer, se jeter sur; (→ job, task) s'attaquer à; (→ person) attaquer;

∎ they were still going at it the next day ils y étaient encore le lendemain;

∎ she went at the cleaning with a will elle s'est attaquée au nettoyage avec ardeur

➲ go away intransitive verb

partir, s'en aller;

∎ go away! va-t'en!;

∎ I'm going away for a few days je pars pour quelques jours;

∎ she's gone away to think about it elle est partie réfléchir

➲ go back intransitive verb

(a) (return) revenir, retourner;

∎ she went back to bed elle est retournée au lit, elle s'est recouchée;

∎ to go back to sleep se rendormir;

∎ they went back home ils sont rentrés chez eux ou à la maison;

∎ I went back downstairs/upstairs je suis redescendu/remonté;

∎ to go back to work (continue task) se remettre au travail; (return to place of work) retourner travailler; (return to employment) reprendre le travail;

∎ to go back on one's steps rebrousser chemin, revenir sur ses pas;

∎ let's go back to chapter two revenons ou retournons au deuxième chapitre;

∎ we went back to the beginning nous avons recommencé;

∎ let's go back to why you said that revenons à la question de savoir pourquoi vous avez dit ça;

∎ the clocks go back one hour today on retarde les pendules d'une heure aujourd'hui

(b) (retreat) reculer;

∎ go back! recule!

(c) (revert) revenir;

∎ we went back to the old system nous sommes revenus à l'ancien système;

∎ he went back to his old habits il a repris ses anciennes habitudes;

∎ the conversation kept going back to the same subject la conversation revenait sans cesse sur le même sujet;

∎ men are going back to wearing their hair long les hommes reviennent aux cheveux longs ou se laissent à nouveau pousser les cheveux

(d) (in time) remonter;

∎ our records go back to 1850 nos archives remontent à 1850;

∎ this building goes back to the Revolution ce bâtiment date de ou remonte à la Révolution;

∎ familiar we go back a long way, Brad and me ça remonte à loin, Brad et moi

(e) (extend, reach) s'étendre;

∎ the garden goes back 150 metres le jardin s'étend sur 150 mètres

➲ go back on inseparable transitive verb

(fail to keep → agreement) rompre, violer; (→ promise) manquer à, revenir sur;

∎ they went back on their decision ils sont revenus sur leur décision;

∎ he won't go back on his word il ne manquera pas à sa parole

➲ go before

1 intransitive verb

(precede) passer devant; (happen before) précéder;

∎ that question has nothing to do with what went before cette question n'a rien à voir avec ce qui précède ou avec ce qui a été dit avant;

∎ the election was like nothing that had gone before l'élection ne ressemblait en rien aux précédentes;

∎ euphemism those who have gone before (the dead) ceux qui nous ont précédés

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (precede) précéder;

∎ we are indebted to those who have gone before us nous devons beaucoup à ceux qui nous ont précédés

(b) (appear before)

∎ your suggestion will go before the committee votre suggestion sera soumise au comité;

∎ to go before a judge/jury passer devant un juge/un jury;

∎ the matter went before the court l'affaire est allée devant les tribunaux

➲ go below intransitive verb

Nautical descendre dans l'entrepont

➲ go by

1 intransitive verb

(pass → car, person) passer; (→ time) passer, s'écouler;

∎ as the years go by avec les années, à mesure que les années passent;

∎ in days or in times or in years gone by autrefois, jadis;

∎ to let an opportunity go by laisser passer une occasion

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (act in accordance with, be guided by) suivre, se baser sur;

∎ don't go by the map ne vous fiez pas à la carte;

∎ I'll go by what the boss says je me baserai sur ce que dit le patron;

∎ he goes by the rules il suit le règlement

(b) (judge by) juger d'après;

∎ going by her accent, I'd say she's from New York si j'en juge d'après son accent, je dirais qu'elle vient de New York;

∎ you can't go by appearances on ne peut pas juger d'après ou sur les apparences

(c) (be known by)

∎ to go by a different/false name être connu sous un nom différent/un faux nom;

∎ the product goes by the name of "Bango" in France ce produit est vendu sous le nom de "Bango" en France

➲ go down

1 intransitive verb

(a) (descend, move to lower level) descendre;

∎ he went down on all fours or on his hands and knees il s'est mis à quatre pattes;

∎ going down! (in lift) on descend!, pour descendre!

(b) (proceed, travel) aller;

∎ we're going down to Tours/the country/the shop nous allons à Tours/à la campagne/au magasin

(c) (set → moon, sun) se coucher, tomber

(d) (sink → ship) couler, sombrer; (→ person) couler, disparaître (sous l'eau)

(e) (decrease, decline → level, price, quality) baisser; (→ amount, numbers) diminuer; (→ rate, temperature) baisser, s'abaisser; (→ fever) baisser, tomber; (→ tide) descendre;

∎ the dollar is going down in value le dollar perd de sa valeur, le dollar est en baisse;

∎ eggs are going down (in price) le prix des œufs baisse;

∎ my weight has gone down j'ai perdu du poids;

∎ he's gone down in my estimation il a baissé dans mon estime;

∎ the neighbourhood's really gone down since then le quartier ne s'est vraiment pas arrangé depuis;

∎ to have gone down in the world avoir connu des jours meilleurs

(f) (become less swollen → swelling) désenfler, dégonfler; (→ balloon, tyre) se dégonfler

(g) (food, medicine) descendre;

∎ this wine goes down very smoothly ce vin se laisse boire (comme du petit-lait)

(h) (produce specified reaction) être reçu;

∎ a cup of coffee would go down nicely une tasse de café serait la bienvenue;

∎ his speech went down badly/well son discours a été mal/bien reçu;

∎ how will the proposal go down with the students? comment les étudiants vont-ils prendre la proposition?;

∎ that kind of talk doesn't go down well with me je n'apprécie pas du tout ce genre de propos

(i) (lose) être battu;

∎ Mexico went down to Germany le Mexique s'est incliné devant l'Allemagne;

∎ Madrid went down to Milan by three points Milan a battu Madrid de trois points;

∎ I'm not going to go down without a fight je me battrai jusqu'à la fin

(j) (be relegated) descendre;

∎ our team has gone down to the second division notre équipe est descendue en deuxième division

(k) (be noted, recorded) être noté; (in writing) être pris ou couché par écrit;

∎ this day will go down in history ce jour restera une date historique;

∎ she will go down in history as a woman of great courage elle entrera dans l'histoire grâce à son grand courage

(l) (reach as far as) descendre, s'étendre;

∎ this path goes down to the beach ce sentier va ou descend à la plage

(m) (continue as far as) aller, continuer;

∎ go down to the end of the street allez ou continuez jusqu'en bas de la rue

(n) British University entrer dans la période des vacances

(o) Cards (in bridge) chuter

(p) Computing tomber en panne; (of computer network) planter;

∎ the computer's gone down l'ordinateur est en panne

(q) Music (lower pitch) descendre

(r) British familiar (be sent to prison)

∎ how long do you think he'll go down for? il écopera de combien, à ton avis?;

∎ he went down for three years il a écopé de trois ans

(s) American familiar (happen) se passer^□

2 inseparable transitive verb

(hill, stairs, ladder, street) descendre;

∎ my food went down the wrong way j'ai avalé de travers;

∎ Music the pianist went down an octave le pianiste a joué une octave plus bas ou a descendu d'une octave;

∎ British School to go down a class descendre d'une classe;

∎ figurative I don't want to go down that road je ne veux pas m'engager là-dedans

➲ go down on inseparable transitive verb

vulgar (fellate) sucer, tailler ou faire une pipe à; (perform cunnilingus on) sucer, brouter le cresson à

➲ go down with inseparable transitive verb

tomber malade de;

∎ he went down with pneumonia/the flu il a attrapé une pneumonie/la grippe

➲ go for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (fetch) aller chercher;

∎ he went for a doctor il est allé ou parti chercher un médecin

(b) (try to obtain) essayer d'obtenir, viser;

∎ she's going for his job elle va essayer d'obtenir son poste;

∎ familiar go for it! vas-y!;

∎ I'd go for it if I were you! à ta place, je n'hésiterais pas!;

∎ she was really going for it elle donnait vraiment son maximum

(c) (attack → physically) tomber sur, s'élancer sur; (→ verbally) s'en prendre à;

∎ dogs usually go for the throat en général, les chiens attaquent à la gorge;

∎ they went for each other (physically) ils se sont jetés l'un sur l'autre; (verbally) ils s'en sont pris l'un à l'autre;

∎ the newspapers really went for the senator les journaux s'en sont pris au sénateur sans retenue;

∎ go for him! (to dog) attaque!

(d) familiar (like) aimer^□, adorer^□ ;

∎ I don't really go for that idea l'idée ne me dit pas grand-chose;

∎ he really goes for her in a big way il est vraiment fou d'elle

(e) (choose, prefer) choisir, préférer

(f) (apply to, concern) concerner, s'appliquer à;

∎ what I said goes for both of you ce que j'ai dit vaut pour ou s'applique à vous deux;

∎ pollution is a real problem in Paris - that goes for Rome too la pollution pose un énorme problème à Paris - c'est la même chose à Rome;

∎ and the same goes for me et moi aussi

(g) (have as result) servir à;

∎ his twenty years of service went for nothing ses vingt ans de service n'ont servi à rien

(h) (be to the advantage of)

∎ she has a lot going for her elle a beaucoup d'atouts;

∎ that idea hasn't got much going for it frankly cette idée n'est franchement pas très convaincante

➲ go forth intransitive verb archaic or literary

(a) (leave) sortir;

∎ the army went forth into battle l'armée s'est mise en route pour la bataille;

∎ Bible go forth and multiply croissez et multipliez-vous

(b) (be pronounced) être prononcé; (be published) paraître;

∎ the command went forth that… il fut décrété que…

➲ go forward intransitive verb

(s')avancer;

∎ the clocks go forward tomorrow on avance les pendules demain;

∎ if this scheme goes forward… si ce projet est accepté…

➲ go in intransitive verb

(a) (enter) entrer, rentrer;

∎ it's cold - let's go in il fait froid - entrons;

∎ it's too big, it won't go in c'est trop grand, ça ne rentrera pas

(b) (disappear → moon, sun) se cacher

(c) Sport (in cricket) prendre son tour au guichet

(d) Military (attack) attaquer

➲ go in for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (engage in → activity, hobby, sport) pratiquer, faire; (→ occupation) se consacrer à; (→ politics) s'occuper de, faire;

∎ she went in for company law elle s'est lancée dans le droit commercial;

∎ he thought about going in for teaching il a pensé devenir enseignant

(b) familiar (be interested in) s'intéresser à^□ ; (like) aimer^□ ;

∎ I don't go in much for opera je n'aime pas trop l'opéra, l'opéra ne me dit rien;

∎ he goes in for special effects in a big way il est très branché effets spéciaux;

∎ we don't go in for that kind of film nous n'aimons pas ce genre de film;

∎ this publisher doesn't really go in for fiction cet éditeur ne fait pas tellement dans le roman

(c) familiar (use)

∎ they don't go in for injections so much nowadays ils ne sont pas tellement pour les piqûres de nos jours;

∎ why do scientists go in for all that jargon? pourquoi est-ce que les scientifiques utilisent tout ce jargon?

(d) (take part in → competition, race) prendre part à; (→ examination) se présenter à

(e) (apply for → job, position) poser sa candidature à, postuler

➲ go into inseparable transitive verb

(a) (enter → building, house) entrer dans; (→ activity, profession) entrer à ou dans; (→ politics, business) se lancer dans;

∎ she's gone into hospital elle est (r)entrée à l'hôpital;

∎ to go into the army (as profession) devenir militaire de carrière; (as conscript) partir au service;

∎ he went into medicine il a choisi la médecine

(b) (be invested → of effort, money, time)

∎ a lot of care had gone into making her feel at home on s'était donné beaucoup de peine pour la mettre à l'aise;

∎ two months of research went into our report nous avons mis ou investi deux mois de recherche dans notre rapport

(c) (embark on → action) commencer à; (→ explanation, speech) se lancer ou s'embarquer dans, (se mettre à) donner; (→ problem) aborder;

∎ I'll go into the problem of your taxes later j'aborderai le problème de vos impôts plus tard;

∎ the car went into a skid la voiture a commencé à déraper;

∎ to go into hysterics avoir une crise de nerfs;

∎ to go into fits of laughter être pris d'un fou rire

(d) (examine, investigate) examiner, étudier;

∎ you need to go into the question more deeply vous devez examiner le problème de plus près;

∎ the matter is being gone into l'affaire est à l'étude

(e) (explain in depth) entrer dans;

∎ the essay goes into the moral aspects of the question l'essai aborde les aspects moraux de la question;

∎ I won't go into details je ne vais pas entrer dans les détails;

∎ let's not go into that ne parlons pas de ça

(f) (begin to wear) se mettre à porter;

∎ to go into mourning prendre le deuil

(g) (hit, run into) entrer dans;

∎ a car went into him une voiture lui est rentrée dedans

(h) Computing (file, program) aller dans;

∎ to go into a file aller dans un fichier

➲ go off

1 intransitive verb

(a) (leave) partir, s'en aller;

∎ she went off to work elle est partie travailler;

∎ her husband has gone off and left her son mari l'a quittée;

∎ Theatre the actors went off les acteurs ont quitté la scène

(b) (stop operating → light, radio) s'éteindre; (→ heating) s'éteindre, s'arrêter; (→ pain) partir, s'arrêter;

∎ the electricity went off l'électricité a été coupée

(c) (become activated → bomb, firework) exploser; (→ gun) partir; (→ alarm, alarm clock) sonner;

∎ the grenade went off in her hand la grenade a explosé dans sa main;

∎ the gun didn't go off le coup n'est pas parti;

∎ figurative to go off into fits of laughter être pris d'un fou rire

(d) (have specified outcome) se passer;

∎ the interview went off badly/well l'entretien s'est mal/bien passé;

∎ her speech went off well son discours a été bien reçu

(e) (fall asleep) s'endormir

(f) British (deteriorate → food) s'avarier, se gâter; (→ milk) tourner; (→ butter) rancir; (→ athlete, sportsperson) perdre sa forme;

∎ the play goes off in the second half la pièce se gâte pendant la seconde partie

2 inseparable transitive verb

British familiar (stop liking) perdre le goût de^□ ;

∎ he's gone off classical music/smoking il n'aime plus la musique classique/fumer, la musique classique/fumer ne l'intéresse plus;

∎ I've gone off the idea cette idée ne me dit plus rien;

∎ she's gone off her boyfriend son copain ne l'intéresse plus;

∎ funny how you can go off people c'est drôle comme on se lasse des gens parfois

➲ go off with inseparable transitive verb

(a) (leave with) partir avec;

∎ he went off with the woman next door il est parti avec la voisine

(b) (make off with) partir avec;

∎ someone has gone off with his keys quelqu'un est parti avec ses clés;

∎ he went off with the jewels il s'est enfui avec les bijoux

➲ go on

1 intransitive verb

(a) (move, proceed) aller; (without stopping) poursuivre son chemin; (after stopping) repartir, se remettre en route;

∎ you go on, I'll catch up allez-y, je vous rattraperai (en chemin);

∎ they went on without us ils sont partis sans nous;

∎ after dinner they went on to Susan's house après le dîner, ils sont allés chez Susan;

∎ we went on home nous sommes rentrés

(b) (continue action) continuer;

∎ she went on (with her) reading elle a continué à ou de lire;

∎ the chairman went on speaking le président a continué son discours;

∎ "and that's not all", he went on "et ce n'est pas tout", a-t-il poursuivi;

∎ you can't go on being a student for ever! tu ne peux pas être étudiant toute ta vie!;

∎ go on looking! cherchez encore!;

∎ go on, ask her vas-y, demande-lui;

∎ familiar go on, be a devil vas-y, laisse-toi tenter!;

∎ go on, I'm listening continuez, je vous écoute;

∎ I can't go on like this! je ne peux plus continuer comme ça!;

∎ if he goes on like this, he'll get fired s'il continue comme ça, il va se faire renvoyer;

∎ their affair has been going on for years leur liaison dure depuis des années;

∎ the party went on into the small hours la soirée s'est prolongée jusqu'à très tôt le matin;

∎ life goes on la vie continue ou va son train;

∎ British familiar go on (with you)! allons, arrête de me faire marcher!;

∎ they have enough (work) to be going on with ils ont du pain sur la planche ou de quoi faire pour le moment;

∎ here's £25 to be going on with voilà 25 livres pour te dépanner

(c) (proceed to another action)

∎ he went on to explain why il a ensuite expliqué pourquoi;

∎ to go on to another question passer à une autre question;

∎ she went on to become a doctor elle est ensuite devenue médecin

(d) (be placed, fit) aller;

∎ the lid goes on this way le couvercle se met comme ça;

∎ I can't get the lid to go on je n'arrive pas à mettre le couvercle;

∎ the cap goes on the other end le bouchon se met ou va sur l'autre bout

(e) (happen, take place) se passer;

∎ what's going on here? qu'est-ce qui se passe ici?;

∎ there was a fight going on il y avait une bagarre;

∎ a lot of cheating goes on during the exams on triche beaucoup pendant les examens;

∎ several conversations were going on at once il y avait plusieurs conversations à la fois;

∎ while the war was going on pendant la guerre

(f) (elapse) passer, s'écouler;

∎ as the week went on au fur et à mesure que la semaine passait;

∎ as time goes on avec le temps, à mesure que le temps passe

(g) familiar (chatter, talk) parler^□, jacasser^□ ;

∎ she does go on! elle n'arrête pas de parler!, c'est un vrai moulin à paroles!;

∎ he goes on and on about politics il parle politique sans cesse;

∎ don't go on about it! ça va, on a compris!;

∎ I don't want to go on about it, but... je ne voudrais pas avoir l'air d'insister, mais...;

∎ what are you going on about now? qu'est-ce que vous racontez?

(h) familiar (act, behave) se conduire^□, se comporter^□ ;

∎ what a way to go on! en voilà des manières!

(i) (start operating → light, radio, television) s'allumer; (→ heating, motor, power) s'allumer, se mettre en marche

(j) Sport (player) prendre sa place, entrer en jeu

(k) Theatre (actor) entrer en scène

(l) (approach)

∎ he's going on for forty il va sur ses quarante ans

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (enter → boat, train) monter dans

(b) (embark on)

∎ to go on a journey/a holiday partir en voyage/en vacances;

∎ to go on a diet se mettre au régime

(c) (be guided by) se laisser guider par, se fonder ou se baser sur;

∎ the detective didn't have much to go on le détective n'avait pas grand-chose sur quoi s'appuyer ou qui puisse le guider;

∎ she goes a lot on instinct elle se fie beaucoup à ou se fonde beaucoup sur son instinct

(d) (approach)

∎ he's going on forty-five il va sur ses quarante-cinq ans;

∎ humorous she's fifteen going on forty-five (wise) elle a quinze ans mais elle est déjà très mûre; (old beyond her years) elle a quinze ans mais elle est vieille avant l'âge

(e) British familiar (usu neg) (appreciate, like) aimer^□ ;

∎ I don't go much on abstract art l'art abstrait ne me dit pas grand-chose

➲ go on at inseparable transitive verb

familiar (criticize) critiquer^□ ; (nag) s'en prendre à^□ ;

∎ the boss went on and on at her at the meeting le patron n'a pas cessé de s'en prendre à elle pendant la réunion;

∎ he's always going on at his wife about money il est toujours sur le dos de sa femme avec les questions d'argent;

∎ I went on at my mother to go and see the doctor j'ai embêté ma mère pour qu'elle aille voir le médecin;

∎ don't go on at me! laisse-moi tranquille!

➲ go out intransitive verb

(a) (leave) sortir;

∎ my parents made us go out of the room mes parents nous ont fait sortir de la pièce ou quitter la pièce;

∎ to go out for a meal aller au restaurant;

∎ to go out to dinner sortir dîner;

∎ to go out for a walk aller se promener, aller faire une promenade;

∎ she's gone out to get a paper elle est sortie (pour) acheter un journal;

∎ they went out to the country ils sont allés ou ils ont fait une sortie à la campagne;

∎ she goes out to work elle travaille en dehors de la maison ou hors de chez elle;

∎ he went out of her life il est sorti de sa vie;

∎ she was dressed to go out (ready to leave) elle était prête à sortir; (dressed up) elle était très habillée

(b) (travel) partir; (emigrate) émigrer;

∎ they went out to Africa (travelled) ils sont partis en Afrique; (emigrated) ils sont partis vivre ou ils ont émigré en Afrique

(c) (date) sortir;

∎ to go out with sb sortir avec qn;

∎ we've been going out together for a month ça fait un mois que nous sortons ensemble

(d) (fire, light) s'éteindre

(e) (disappear) disparaître;

∎ the joy went out of her eyes la joie a disparu de son regard;

∎ the spring went out of his step il a perdu sa démarche légère;

∎ all the heart went out of her elle a perdu courage

(f) (cease to be fashionable) passer de mode, se démoder;

∎ to go out of style/fashion ne plus être le bon style/à la mode;

∎ familiar that hairstyle went out with the ark cette coiffure remonte au déluge

(g) (tide) descendre, se retirer;

∎ the tide has gone out la marée est descendue, la mer s'est retirée;

∎ the tide goes out 6 kilometres la mer se retire sur 6 kilomètres

(h) figurative (set out)

∎ I went out to see for myself j'ai décidé de voir par moi-même;

∎ we have to go out and do something about this il faut que nous prenions des mesures ou que nous fassions quelque chose

(i) (be sent → letter) être envoyé; (be published → brochure, pamphlet) être distribué; (be broadcast → radio or television programme) être diffusé

(j) (feelings, sympathies) aller;

∎ our thoughts go out to all those who suffer nos pensées vont vers tous ceux qui souffrent;

∎ my heart goes out to her je suis de tout cœur avec elle dans son chagrin

(k) Sport (be eliminated) être éliminé;

∎ Agassi went out to Henman Agassi s'est fait sortir par Henman

(l) Cards terminer

(m) familiar (idiom)

∎ she went all out to help us elle a fait tout son possible pour nous aider^□

➲ go over

1 intransitive verb

(a) (move overhead) passer;

∎ I just saw a plane go over je viens de voir passer un avion

(b) (move in particular direction) aller; (cross) traverser;

∎ I went over to see her je suis allé la voir;

∎ they went over to talk to her ils sont allés lui parler;

∎ to go over to Europe aller en Europe

(c) (turn upside down) se retourner; (capsize → boat) chavirer, capoter

(d) (change, switch) changer;

∎ I've gone over to another brand of washing powder je viens de changer de marque de lessive;

∎ when will we go over to the metric system? quand est-ce qu'on va passer au système métrique?

(e) (change allegiance) passer, se joindre;

∎ he's gone over to the Socialists il est passé dans le camp des socialistes;

∎ she went over to the enemy elle est passée à l'ennemi

(f) (be received) passer;

∎ the speech went over badly/well le discours a mal/bien passé

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (move, travel over) passer par-dessus;

∎ the horse went over the fence le cheval a sauté (par-dessus) la barrière;

∎ we went over a bump on a pris une bosse

(b) (examine → argument, problem) examiner, considérer; (→ accounts, report) examiner, vérifier;

∎ would you go over my report? voulez-vous regarder mon rapport?

(c) (repeat) répéter; (review → notes, speech) réviser, revoir; (→ facts) récapituler, revoir; School réviser;

∎ she went over the interview in her mind elle a repassé l'entretien dans son esprit;

∎ I kept going over everything leading up to the accident je continuais de repenser à tous les détails qui avaient conduit à l'accident;

∎ let's go over it again reprenons, récapitulons;

∎ he goes over and over the same stories il rabâche les mêmes histoires

(d) (rehearse) refaire; (bars of music) rejouer; (sing) rechanter

(e) Television & Radio

∎ let's go over now to our Birmingham studios passons l'antenne à notre studio de Birmingham;

∎ we're going over live now to Paris nous allons maintenant à Paris où nous sommes en direct

➲ go past inseparable transitive verb

(move in front of) passer devant; (move beyond) dépasser

➲ go round

1 intransitive verb

(a) (be enough)

∎ is there enough cake to go round? est-ce qu'il y a assez de gâteau pour tout le monde?;

∎ to make the food go round ménager la nourriture

(b) (visit) aller;

∎ we went round to his house nous sommes allés chez lui;

∎ I'm going round there later on j'y vais plus tard

(c) (circulate → rumour) circuler, courir; (→ bottle, cold, flu) circuler

(d) (be continuously present → idea, tune)

∎ that song keeps going round in my head j'ai cette chanson dans la tête

(e) (spin → wheel) tourner;

∎ figurative my head's going round j'ai la tête qui tourne

(f) (make a detour) faire un détour;

∎ to go round the long way faire un long détour

2 inseparable transitive verb

(tour → museum) faire le tour de;

∎ I hate going round the shops j'ai horreur de faire les boutiques

➲ go through

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (crowd, tunnel) traverser;

∎ figurative a shiver went through her un frisson l'a parcourue ou traversée

(b) (endure, experience) subir, souffrir;

∎ he's going through hell c'est l'enfer pour lui;

∎ we all have to go through it sometime on doit tous y passer un jour ou l'autre;

∎ I can't face going through all that again je ne supporterais pas de passer par là une deuxième fois;

∎ after everything she's gone through après tout ce qu'elle a subi ou enduré;

∎ we've gone through a lot together nous avons vécu beaucoup de choses ensemble

(c) (consume, use up → supplies) épuiser; (→ money) dépenser; (→ food) consommer; (wear out) user;

∎ she goes through a pair of tights a week elle use une paire de collants par semaine;

∎ I've gone through the toes of my socks j'ai usé ou troué mes chaussettes au bout;

∎ humorous how many assistants has he gone through now? combien d'assistants a-t-il déjà eus?;

∎ his novel has gone through six editions il y a déjà eu six éditions de son roman

(d) (examine → accounts, document) examiner, vérifier; (→ list, proposal) éplucher; (→ mail) dépouiller; (→ drawer, pockets) fouiller (dans); (→ files) chercher dans; (sort) trier;

∎ we went through the contract together nous avons regardé ou examiné le contrat ensemble;

∎ did customs go through your suitcase? est-ce qu'ils ont fouillé votre valise à la douane?;

∎ he went through her pockets il a fouillé ses poches

(e) (of bill, law) être voté;

∎ the bill went through Parliament last week le projet de loi a été voté la semaine dernière au Parlement

(f) (carry out, perform → movement, work) faire; (→ formalities) remplir, accomplir;

∎ Music let's go through the introduction again reprenons l'introduction;

∎ we had to go through the whole business of applying for a visa nous avons dû nous farcir toutes les démarches pour obtenir un visa

(g) (participate in → course of study) étudier; (→ ceremony) participer à

(h) (practise → lesson, poem) réciter; (→ role, scene) répéter;

∎ let's go through it again from the beginning reprenons dès le début

2 intransitive verb

(a) (travel through, penetrate) passer, traverser

(b) (offer, proposal) être accepté; (business deal) être conclu, se faire; (bill, law) passer, être voté; (divorce) être prononcé;

∎ the adoption finally went through l'adoption s'est faite finalement

➲ go through with inseparable transitive verb

∎ to go through with sth aller jusqu'au bout de qch, exécuter qch;

∎ he'll never go through with it il n'ira jamais jusqu'au bout;

∎ they went through with their threat ils ont exécuté leur menace

➲ go together intransitive verb

(a) (colours, flavours) aller bien ensemble; (characteristics, ideas) aller de pair;

∎ the two things often go together les deux choses vont souvent de pair

(b) American (people) sortir ensemble

➲ go towards inseparable transitive verb

(a) (move towards) aller vers

(b) (effort, money) être consacré à;

∎ all her energy went towards fighting illiteracy elle a dépensé toute son énergie à combattre l'analphabétisme

➲ go under

1 intransitive verb

(a) (go down → ship) couler, sombrer; (→ person) couler, disparaître (sous l'eau)

(b) figurative (fail → business) couler, faire faillite; (→ project) couler, échouer; (→ person) échouer, sombrer

(c) (under anaesthetic) s'endormir

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (move, travel underneath) passer par-dessous

(b) (be known)

∎ to go under a false/different name utiliser ou prendre un faux nom/un nom différent;

∎ a glue that goes under the name of Stikit une colle qui s'appelle Stikit

➲ go up

1 intransitive verb

(a) (ascend, climb → person) monter, aller en haut; (→ lift) monter;

∎ to go up to town aller en ville;

∎ I'm going up to bed je monte me coucher;

∎ have you ever gone up in an aeroplane? êtes-vous déjà monté en avion?;

∎ going up! (in lift) on monte!;

∎ to go up in the world faire son chemin

(b) (increase → amount, numbers) augmenter, croître; (→ price) monter, augmenter; (→ temperature) monter, s'élever;

∎ rents are going up les loyers sont en hausse;

∎ meat is going up (in price) (le prix de) la viande augmente;

∎ to go up in sb's estimation monter dans l'estime de qn

(c) (sudden noise) s'élever;

∎ a shout went up un cri s'éleva

(d) (appear → notices, posters) apparaître; (be built) être construit;

∎ new buildings are going up all over town de nouveaux immeubles surgissent dans toute la ville

(e) (explode, be destroyed) sauter, exploser

(f) Music (raise pitch) monter

(g) Theatre (curtain) se lever;

∎ before the curtain goes up avant le lever du rideau

(h) British University entrer à l'université;

∎ she went up to Oxford in 1950 elle est entrée à Oxford en 1950

(i) American familiar (be sent to prison)

∎ he went up for murder il a fait de la taule pour meurtre

(j) Sport (be promoted)

∎ they look set to go up to the First Division ils ont l'air prêts à entrer en première division

2 inseparable transitive verb

monter;

∎ to go up a hill/ladder monter une colline/sur une échelle;

∎ Music the pianist went up an octave le pianiste a monté d'une octave;

∎ British School to go up a class monter d'une classe

➲ go up to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (approach)

∎ to go up to sb/sth se diriger vers qn/qch;

∎ the path goes up to the front door le chemin mène à la porte d'entrée

(b) (go as far as)

∎ the book only goes up to the end of the war le livre ne va que jusqu'à la fin de la guerre;

∎ I will go up to £100 je veux bien aller jusqu'à 100 livres

➲ go with inseparable transitive verb

(a) (accompany, escort) accompagner, aller avec;

∎ figurative to go with the crowd suivre la foule ou le mouvement;

∎ you have to go with the times il faut vivre avec son temps

(b) (be compatible → colours, flavours) aller avec;

∎ that hat doesn't go with your suit ce chapeau ne va pas avec ton ensemble;

∎ a white Burgundy goes well with snails le bourgogne blanc se marie bien ou va bien avec les escargots

(c) (be part of) aller avec;

∎ the flat goes with the job l'appartement va avec le poste;

∎ the sense of satisfaction that goes with having done a good job le sentiment de satisfaction qu'apporte le travail bien fait;

∎ mathematical ability usually goes with skill at chess des capacités en mathématiques vont souvent de pair avec un don pour les échecs

(d) familiar (spend time with) sortir avec^□ ;

∎ euphemism he's been going with other women (having sex) il a été avec d'autres femmes

➲ go without

1 inseparable transitive verb

se passer de, se priver de;

∎ he went without sleep or without sleeping for two days il n'a pas dormi pendant deux jours

2 intransitive verb

s'en passer;

∎ we'll just have to go without il faudra s'en passer, c'est tout

ⓘ Do not pass go, (do not collect £200/$200) Au Monopoly les joueurs tirent parfois une carte qui les envoie sur la case "prison". Sur cette carte sont inscrits les mots do not pass go, do not collect £200 (ou bien do not collect $200 s'il s'agit de la version américaine). Cette phrase, dont la version française est "ne passez pas par la case départ, ne recevez pas 20 000 francs", est utilisée de façon allusive et sur le mode humoristique dans différents contextes: on dira par exemple you do that again and you're going straight to jail, Bill. Do not pass go, do not collect $200 ("refais ça, Bill, et je t'assure que tu iras droit en prison). On peut également utiliser cette expression lorsque quelqu'un essaie de mener un projet à bien mais rencontre des obstacles: the country is trying hard to get back on its feet but because of the civil war it has not even been allowed to pass go, let alone collect £200 ("le pays fait de son mieux pour se rétablir mais la guerre civile n'arrange rien, bien au contraire").

ⓘ Go ahead, make my day C'est la formule prononcée par l'inspecteur Harry Callahan (incarné par Clint Eastwood) dans le film Sudden Impact (1983) lorsqu'il se trouve confronté à un gangster. Il s'agit d'une façon d'encourager le bandit à se servir de son arme afin de pouvoir l'abattre en état de légitime défense: "allez, vas-y, fais-moi plaisir". On utilise cette formule par allusion au film et en réaction à une personne qui vient de proférer des menaces. Ainsi, le président Reagan s'en servit en s'adressant à des travailleurs qui menaçaient de se mettre en grève.

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > go
6 oomph

oomph [ʊmf]

noun familiar

(a) (energy) punch m, pêche f;

∎ he's certainly got plenty of oomph! en tout cas, il a un sacré punch!;

∎ their new album lacks the oomph of the last one leur nouvel album n'a pas la pêche du précédent

(b) (sex appeal) sex-appeal^□ m;

∎ she's got plenty of oomph elle est vachement sexy

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > oomph
7 dar

v.

1 to give.

dar algo a alguien to give something to somebody, to give somebody something

se lo di a mi hermano I gave it to my brother

Ella me da dinero She gives me money.

Su elogio da ánimos His praise gives encouragement.

El negocio da muchas ganancias The business yields much profit.

2 to give, to produce.

la salsa le da un sabor muy bueno the sauce gives it a very pleasant taste, the sauce makes it taste very nice

3 to have, to hold (fiesta, cena).

dar una cena en honor de alguien to hold o give a dinner in someone's honor

4 to turn or switch on (luz, agua, gas) (encender).

5 to show (Cine, Teatro & TV).

dan una película del oeste they're showing a western, there's a western on

6 to show.

dar muestras de sensatez to show good sense

7 to teach.

dar inglés/historia to teach English/history

8 to deal (repartir) (en naipes).

9 to strike (horas).

dieron las tres en el reloj three o'clock struck

10 to get, to catch.

11 to deliver, to render, to allot, to confer.

12 to feel.

Me da alegría I feel joy.

13 to be given, to be granted, to be offered, to be handed in.

Se nos dio una buena casa We were given a good house.

14 to give forth, to burst out.

Ella dio un grito She gave forth a cry.

15 to make one feel.

Eso da asco That makes one feel revolt.

16 to hit.

Da duro el sol en este lugar The sun hits hard in this place

17 to give up.

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DAR

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

doy, das, da, damos, dais, dan.

Past Indicative

di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron.

Present Subjunctive

dé, des, dé, demos, deis, den.

Imperfect Subjunctive

diera, dieras, diera, diéramos, dierais, dieran;

diese, dieses, diese, diésemos, dieseis, diesen.

Future Subjunctive

diere, dieres, diere, diéremos, diereis, dieren.

Imperative

da (tú), dé (él/Vd.), demos (nos.), dad (vos.), den (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to give

2) hit, strike

3) hand over, deliver

4) produce, yield

5) be enough

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- dar a
- dar con
- dar contra
- dar por
- darse a
- darse de sí
- dárselas de
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Para las expresiones dar importancia, dar ejemplo, dar las gracias, dar clases, dar a conocer, dar a entender, darse prisa, ver la otra entrada.
1. VERBO TRANSITIVO

1) (=entregar, conceder) [+ objeto, mensaje, permiso] to give; [+ naipes] to deal (out); [+ noticias] to give, tell

le dio un bocadillo a su hijo — he gave his son a sandwich

se lo di a Blanca — I gave it to Blanca

me dieron un diploma por mi buen comportamiento — I was given a diploma for good conduct

le dieron el primer premio — he was awarded {o} given first prize

déme dos kilos — I'll have two kilos, two kilos, please

• ir dando [cuerda] — to pay out rope

• dar los buenos [días] a algn — to say good morning to sb, say hello to sb

2) (=realizar) [+ paliza] to give; [+ paso] to take

dar un alarido — to shriek

dar una bofetada a algn — to slap sb

dar un golpe a algn — to hit sb

dio un golpe en la mesa — he banged on the table

dar un grito — to let out a cry, give a cry

dar un paseo — to go for a walk, take a walk

dar un suspiro — to heave {o} give a sigh, sigh

3) (=celebrar) [+ fiesta] to have, throw

la embajada dará una recepción — the embassy will hold a reception

4) (=encender) [+ luz] to turn on

¿has dado el gas? — have you turned on the gas?

5) (=presentar) [+ obra de teatro] to perform, put on; [+ película] to show, screen

dan una película de Almodóvar — there's an Almodóvar film on, they're showing {o} screening an Almodóvar film

¿qué dan hoy en la tele? — what's on TV tonight?

6) (=hacer sonar) [reloj] to strike

el reloj dio las tres — the clock struck three

ya han dado las ocho — it's past {o} gone eight o'clock

7) (=producir) [+ fruto] to bear; [+ ganancias, intereses] to yield

dar flores — to flower

este negocio da mucho dinero — there's a lot of money in this business

una inversión que da un 7% de interés — an investment that pays {o} yields 7% interest

8) (=tener como resultado)

el cálculo dio 99 — the sum worked out at 99

el atleta dio positivo en el control antidoping — the athlete tested positive for drugs

9) (=hacer sentir) [+ placer] to give

me dio mucha alegría verla — I was very pleased to see her

las babosas me dan asco — I find slugs disgusting {o} revolting

este jersey me da demasiado calor — this jumper is too hot, I'm too hot in this jumper

da gusto hablar con él — he's really nice to talk to

tu padre me da miedo — I'm scared {o} frightened of your father

me da pena tener que tirarlo — it's a pity to have to throw it away

el vino me da sueño — wine makes me sleepy

10) * (=fastidiar) to ruin

vinieron a visitarme y me dieron la tarde — they came to visit and ruined my afternoon

¡me estás dando las vacaciones! — you're ruining the holiday for me!

11) dar por (=considerar) to consider

doy el asunto por concluido — I consider the matter settled, I regard the matter as settled

le dieron por desaparecido — they gave him up for lost

doy el dinero por bien empleado — I consider it money well spent

lo daba por seguro — he was sure {o} certain of it

lo podemos dar por terminado — we can consider it finished

12)

- ¡y dale!

- estar/seguir dale que dale o dale que te pego o dale y dale

la vecina está dale que dale al piano — our neighbour is pounding away at the piano

estoy dale que dale a este problema — I've been bashing away at this problem *

- a mí no me la das

- ¡ahí te las den todas!

- por si vienen mal dadas

para dar y tomar —

tenemos botellas para dar y tomar — we've got loads {o} stacks of bottles

aquí hay basura para dar y tomar — there's tons of rubbish here

- me da que...

me da que no va a venir — I have a feeling (that) he's not going to come

2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO

1) (=entregar) to give

dame, yo te lo arreglo — give it here, I'll fix it for you

- a quien dan no escoge

2) (=entrar)

me dieron ganas de vomitar — I felt like being sick

si te da un mareo siéntate — if you feel giddy, sit down

le dio un fuerte dolor en el costado — he felt a sudden sharp pain in his side

le dio un infarto — he had a heart attack

3) (=importar)

¡qué más da!, ¡da igual! — it doesn't matter!, never mind!

¿qué más te da? — what does it matter to you?

¿qué más da un sitio que otro? — surely one place is as good as another!, it doesn't make any difference which place we choose

lo mismo da — it makes no difference {o} odds

me da igual, lo mismo me da, tanto me da — it's all the same to me, I don't mind

4) [seguido de preposición]
dar a (=estar orientado) [cuarto, ventana] to look out onto, overlook; [fachada] to face
mi habitación da al jardín — my room looks out onto {o} overlooks the garden
darle a (=hacer funcionar) [+ botón] to press; (=golpear) to hit; [+ balón] to kick
dale a la tecla roja — hit {o} press the red key

darle a la bomba — to pump, work the pump

dale más fuerte a la bomba — pump harder

¡dale! — hit him!

no es capaz de darle al balón de cabeza — he can't head the ball
dar con (=encontrar) [+ persona] to find; [+ idea, solución] to hit on, come up with
dimos con él dos horas más tarde — we found him two hours later

al final di con la solución — I finally hit on the solution, I finally came up with the solution

no doy con el nombre — I can't think of the name

• dar [consigo] en — to end up in

dio consigo en la cárcel — he ended up in jail
dar contra (=golpear) to hit
el barco dio contra el puente — the ship hit the bridge
dar de
dar de palos a algn — to give sb a beating

dar de puñetazos a algn — to punch sb

dar de barniz a algo — to varnish sth

• dar de [beber] a algn — to give sb something to drink

• dar de [comer] a algn — to feed sb

• dar de [sí] — [comida, bebida] to go a long way

lo que cada uno puede dar de sí — what each person can contribute
dar en [+ blanco, suelo] to hit; [+ solución] to hit on, come up with
el sol me da en la cara — the sun is in my eyes

• dar en [hacer] algo — to take to doing sth

han dado en llamarle Boko — they've taken to calling him Boko
darle a algn por hacer algo
le ha dado por no venir a clase — he has taken to cutting classes

les dio por venir a vernos — they took it into their heads to come and see us

últimamente le ha dado por el golf — he's taken up golf lately

al chico le daba por dormirse en la clase — the boy was always falling asleep in class

la casa que a alguien le dio por llamar Miramar — the house that someone had the bright idea of calling Miramar
dar para (=ser suficiente) to be enough for
con eso da para cuatro personas — this is enough for four people

mi pobre cabeza no da para más hoy — I don't think my poor head can take any more today

5) dar que hablar to set people talking

una película que da en qué pensar — a thought-provoking film, a film which gives you a lot to think about

3.

See:

darse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1) ( entregar) to give

dale las llaves a Pedro — give the keys to Pedro

se las di a Jaime — I gave them to Jaime

déme un kilo de peras — can I have a kilo of pears?

500 dólares ¿quién da más? — any advance on 500 dollars?; conocer verbo transitivo 3b, entender verbo transitivo 2b

2) (regalar, donar) to give

¿me lo prestas? - te lo doy, no lo necesito — can I borrow it? - you can keep it, I don't need it

qué no daría por que así fuera! — I'd give anything for that to be the case

donde las dan las toman — two can play at that game

tener para dar y vender — to have plenty to spare

3) <cartas/mano> to deal

4)

a) ( proporcionar) <fuerzas/valor/esperanza> to give

eso me dio la idea — that's where I got the idea from

si le dan la ocasión — if he's given the chance

pide que te den más información — ask them to give you more information

b) (Mús) to give

¿me das el la? — can you give me an A?

5) (conferir, aportar) <sabor/color/forma> to give

las luces le daban un ambiente festivo — the lights gave a festive atmosphere

6)

a) ( aplicar) to give

dale otra capa de barniz — give it another coat of varnish

hay que darle cera al piso — the floor needs waxing

dale una puntada para sujetarlo — put a stitch in to hold it

b) <sedante/masaje> to give

7)

a) ( conceder) <prórroga/permiso> to give

el dentista me dio hora para el miércoles — I have an appointment with the dentist on Wednesday

dan facilidades de pago — they offer easy repayment facilities o terms

nos dieron un premio — we won o got a prize

me dieron un diploma — I got a diploma

no le doy ni un mes a esa relación — I don't think they'll last more than a month together

b) (RPl) ( calcular)

¿qué edad le das? — how old do you think he is?

8)

a) (expresar, decir)

¿le diste las gracias? — did you thank him?, did you say thank you?

no me dio ni los buenos días — she didn't even say hello

dales saludos — give/send them my regards

darle la bienvenida a alguien — to welcome somebody

me dio su parecer or opinión — she gave me her opinion

tuve que darle la noticia — I was the one who had to break the news to him

b) (señalar, indicar)

me da ocupado or (Esp) comunicando — the line's busy o (BrE) engaged

el reloj dio las cinco — the clock struck five

Sentido II

9) ( producir) <fruto/flor> to bear

estos campos dan mucho grano — these fields have a high grain yield

este negocio da mucho dinero — there's a lot of money in this business

esos bonos dan un 7% — those bonds yield 7%

10)

a) ( rendir)

ha dado todo lo que esperaba de él — he has lived up to my/his expectations

ese jugador lo da todo — that player puts everything into the game

b) (AmL) ( alcanzar hasta)

¿cuánto da ese coche? — how fast can that car go?

da 150 kilómetros por hora — it can do o go 150 kilometers an hour

venía a todo lo que daba — it was traveling at full speed

ponen la radio a todo lo que da — they turn the radio on full blast

11) (causar, provocar)

la comida muy salada da sed — salty food makes you thirsty

estos niños dan tanto trabajo! — these kids are such hard work!; (+ me/te/le etc)

¿no te da calor esa camisa? — aren't you too warm in that shirt?

el vino le había dado sueño — the wine had made him sleepy

me da mucha pena verla tan triste — it hurts me to see her so sad

qué susto me has dado! — you gave me such a fright!

este coche no me ha dado problemas — this car hasn't given me any trouble; ver tb asco, hambre, miedo, etc

dar que + inf: el jardín da muchísimo que hacer there's always such a lot to do in the garden; lo que dijo me dio que pensar — what he said gave me plenty to think about; ver tb dar III 1)

Sentido III

12) ( presentar) < concierto> to give

¿qué dan esta noche en la tele? — what's on TV tonight? (colloq)

ayer daban una obra de Calderón — there was a Calderón play on yesterday

¿dónde están dando esa película? — where's that film showing?

13)

a) < fiesta> to give; <baile/banquete> to hold

b) < conferencia> to give; < discurso> (AmL) to make

c) (CS) < examen> to take o (BrE) sit; ver tb clase 5)

Sentido IV

14) ( realizar la acción que se indica)

dar lectura a un comunicado — to read out a communiqué

dar un grito/un suspiro — to give a shout/heave a sigh

dar un paso atrás/adelante — to take a step back/forward

dame un beso/abrazo — give me a kiss/hug; ver tb golpe, paseo, vuelta, etc

Sentido V

15) ( considerar)

dar algo/a alguien por algo: lo dieron por muerto they gave him up for dead; doy por terminada la sesión I declare the session closed; ese tema lo doy por sabido I'm assuming you've already covered that topic; puedes dar por perdido el dinero you can say goodbye to that money; dalo por hecho! consider it done!; si apruebo daré el tiempo por bien empleado — if I pass it will have been time well spent
2.
dar vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( entregar)

no puedes con todo, dame que te ayudo — you'll never manage all that on your own, here, let me help you

¿me das para un helado? — can I have some money for an ice cream?

b) ( en naipes) to deal

te toca dar a ti — it's your deal

2) (ser suficiente, alcanzar)

dar para algo/alguien: este pollo da para dos comidas this chicken will do for two meals; con una botella no da para todos one bottle's not enough to go round; (+ me/te/le etc) eso no te da ni para un chicle you can't even buy a piece of chewing gum with that; no me dio (el) tiempo I didn't have time; dar de sí to stretch; qué poco dan de sí mil pesetas! a thousand pesetas doesn't go very far!; no dar para más: su inteligencia no da para más that's as much as his brain can cope with; lo que gano no da para más what I earn doesn't go any further; la fiesta no daba para más — the party was beginning to wind down

3) dar a

a) puerta to give onto, open onto; ventana to look onto, give onto

b) fachada/frente ( estar orientado hacia) to face

la terraza da al mar — the balcony overlooks o faces the sea

c) ( llegar hasta) río to flow into, go into; calle to lead to

4) ( arrojar un resultado)

el análisis le dio positivo/negativo — her test was positive/negative

¿cuánto da la cuenta? — what does it come to?

a mí me dio 247 — I made it (to be) 247

5) ( importar)

da lo mismo, ya iremos otro día — it doesn't matter, we'll go another day

qué más da! — what does it matter!

¿qué más da un color que otro? — what difference does it make what color it is?; (+ me/te/le etc)

¿el jueves o el viernes? - me da igual — Thursday or Friday? - I don't mind o it doesn't make any difference to me

¿y a ti qué más te da si él viene? — what's it to you if he comes? (colloq)

Sentido II

6)

a) (pegar, golpear)

darle a alguien — to hit somebody; ( como castigo) to smack somebody

le dio en la cabeza/con un palo — he hit him on the head/with a stick

dale al balón con fuerza — kick the ball hard

te voy a dar (de palos) — I'm going to give you a good beating

el balón dio en el poste — the ball hit the post

b) (fam) (a tarea, asignatura)

darle a algo: me pasé todo el verano dándole al inglés I spent the whole summer working on my English; cómo le da al vino! he really knocks back o (AmE) down the wine (colloq); cómo le han dado al queso! ya casi no queda! — they've certainly been at the cheese, there's hardly any left! (colloq)

c) ( acertar) to hit

dar en el blanco/el centro — to hit the target/the bull's-eye

7) (accionar, mover)

darle a algo — a botón/tecla to press something; a interruptor to flick something; a manivela to turn something; (+ compl)

dale al volante hacia la derecha — turn the wheel to the right

dale a esa palanca hacia arriba — push that lever up

dale para atrás — back up

8)

a) (fam) ( indicando insistencia)

y dale! ya te he dicho que no voy — there you go again! I've told you I'm not going (colloq)

y dale con lo de su edad! — stop going on about her age!

dale que dale or (Esp) dale que te pego! — (fam)

he estado todo el día dale que dale — I've been hard at it all day

dale que dale con lo mismo! — stop going on about it!

b) (RPl fam) ( instando a hacer algo) come on

dale, prestámelo — come on o go on, lend it to me

9) dar con ( encontrar) < persona> to find; < solución> to hit upon, find; < palabra> to come up with

Sentido III

10) (acometer, sobrevenir) (+ me/te/le etc)

le dio un mareo — she felt dizzy

le dio un infarto — he had a heart attack

me va a dar algo — (fam) I'm going to have a fit (colloq); ver tb dar verbo transitivo II 3, escalofrío, frío, gana, etc

11) (hablando de manías, ocurrencias)

darle a alguien por + inf — to take to -ing

le ha dado por pintar — he's taken to painting

le ha dado por decir que... — he's started saying that...

le ha dado por el yoga — she's got into yoga

le ha dado con que me conoce — she's got it into her head that she knows me

12) sol/viento/luz

aquí da el sol toda la mañana — you get the sun all morning here

en esa playa da mucho el viento — it's very windy on that beach

la luz le daba de lleno en los ojos — the light was shining right in his eyes
3.
1) darse v pron

Sentido I

2) ( producirse) to grow

en esta zona se da bien el trigo — wheat grows well in this area

3) ( presentarse) oportunidad/ocasión to arise

se dio el caso que iba pasando por ahí — it so happened that I was passing by

4) ( resultar) (+ me/te/le etc)

se le dan los idiomas — she's good at languages

¿cómo se te da a ti la costura? — are you any good at sewing?

Sentido II

5)

a) (dedicarse, entregarse)

darse a algo: se dio a la bebida she took to drink; se ha dado por entero a su familia/a la causa — she has devoted herself entirely to her family/to the cause

b) (CS, Ven) ( ser sociable)

darse con alguien — to get on with somebody

no se da con los suegros — she doesn't have much to do with her in-laws

Sentido III

6)

a) (refl) ( realizar la acción que se indica)

me di una ducha — I took o had a shower

darse un banquete — to have a feast

dárselas de algo: se las da de que sabe mucho he likes to make out he knows a lot; dárselas de listo to act smart; ¿y de qué se las da ése? — who does he think he is?

b) (golpearse, pegarse)

se dio con el martillo en el dedo — he hit his finger with the hammer

no te vayas a dar con la cabeza contra el techo — don't hit o bang your head on the ceiling

se dieron contra un árbol — they crashed into a tree

se dio dar un golpe en la rodilla — he hit his knee

c) (recípr)

se estaban dando (de) patadas/puñetazos — they were kicking/punching each other

Sentido IV

7) ( considerarse)

darse por algo: con eso me daría por satisfecha I'd be quite happy with that; darse por vencido — to give up; ver tb aludir a, enterado 1

* * *

= allow, give, issue, pitch, hand over, pass over, give away, give out, get + free.

Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex. An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.

Ex. Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.

Ex. Thus pitching instructions at the right level can be difficult.

Ex. Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.

Ex. She also indicated in passing that in future authors would not automatically pass over the copyright of research results in papers to publishers.

Ex. This must be done in a fully commercial way, not by giving away machines or paper, nor by giving away imported books.

Ex. Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.

Ex. Most people know 'earbuds' as the cheap-o earphones you get free with a cell phone.

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* acción de dar un nombre a Algo = naming.

* antes de darse cuenta = before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.

* con la sabiduría que da la experiencia = with the benefit of hindsight.

* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.

* da la casualidad = as it happens.

* dale alas a tu imaginación = let + your imagination fly!.

* dando sacudidas = jerkily.

* dar el esquinazo a = give + Nombre + a wide berth.

* dar a = look onto, give onto, overlook.

* dar a Algo el nombre de = earn + Nombre + the name of.

* dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.

* dar a Algo una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.

* dar a Alguien el beneficio de la duda = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.

* dar a Alguien una mano y te cogen el brazo = give + Pronombre + an inch and + Pronombre + take a mile, give + Pronombre + an inch and + Pronombre + take a mile.

* dar a Alguien una oportunidad de triunfar = give + Nombre + a fighting chance.

* dar a Alguien una palmada en la espalda = pat + Alguien + on the back for + Algo.

* dar a Alguien una palmadita en la espalda = pat + Alguien + on the back for + Algo.

* dar a Alguien una puñalada por la espalda = stab + Alguien + in the back.

* dar a Alguien una puñalada trapera = stab + Alguien + in the back.

* dar a Alguien un margen de confianza = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.

* dar abasto = cope.

* dar abasto con = cope with.

* dar acceso = provide + access.

* dar acceso a = give + access to.

* dar a conocer = bring to + the attention, communicate, publicise [publicize, -USA], report, articulate, make + known.

* dar a conocer la presencia de = make + Posesivo + presence known.

* dar a entender = give to + understand, hint, send + a clear signal that, lull + Nombre + into thinking, insinuate, intimate.

* dar agua = lose + water, leak.

* dar a la calle = give onto + the street.

* dar a la caza de = chase down.

* dar Algo a conocer = get + the word out.

* dar alguna esperanza = give + some cause for hope.

* dar al traste con los planes = upset + the applecart.

* dar al traste con + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* dar al traste con todo = upset + the applecart.

* dar a luz = birth, deliver.

* dar a luz a = give + birth to.

* dar ánimos = give + a word of encouragement, hearten.

* dar apoyo = give + support, support, provide + support.

* dar asco = stink, disgust.

* dar aullidos = caterwaul.

* dar autoría = lend + authoritativeness.

* dar autoridad a Algo = lend + authority to.

* dar bandazos = lurch.

* dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.

* dar brillo a = buff, buff up.

* dar buen uso a Algo = put to + good use.

* dar cabida a = accommodate, include, hold, take, make + room (for), leave + room for, leave + room for.

* dar cabida al crecimiento = accommodate + growth.

* dar caladas = puff.

* dar calidad = deliver + value.

* dar caprichos = pamper.

* dar cera = wax.

* dar chillidos = shriek.

* dar cien mil vueltas = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* dar clase = give + a lesson, teach + class, teach + lesson, hold + class.

* dar coba = toady, fawn (on/upon/over).

* dar comienzo a = give + a start to.

* dar como ejemplo = cite + as an example.

* dar como norma = rule.

* dar como resultado = add up to, result (in), lead to.

* dar con = hit on/upon, put + Posesivo + finger on, stumble on.

* dar conferencia = lecture.

* dar consejo sobre = give + advice on.

* dar consentimiento = give + licence.

* dar con una esponja húmeda = sponging.

* dar con una idea = hit on/upon + idea.

* dar con una solución = come up with + solution.

* dar coraje = peeve.

* dar corte = self-conscious, feel + shy.

* dar credibilidad = give + credence, lend + credence, bestow + credibility, provide + credibility.

* dar crédito = give + credence.

* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.

* dar cuenta = render + an account of.

* dar cuenta de = account for.

* dar cuenta de Algo = be held to account.

* dar cuerda a un reloj = wind + clock.

* dar cuerpo = give + substance.

* dar cuerpo a = flesh out.

* dar cuerpo y forma a = lend + substance and form to.

* dar datos de = give + details of.

* dar de alta = discharge from + hospital.

* dar de baja = take out of + circulation.

* dar de cara a = front.

* dar de comer = feed.

* dar de lado = short-circuit [shortcircuit], give + Nombre + the cold shoulder.

* dar de lleno = hit + home.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar de mamar = breast-feeding [breastfeeding].

* dar de mamar a = breast-feed [breastfeed].

* dar demasiada información y muy rápidamente = trot out.

* dar de qué hablar = raise + eyebrows, fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.

* dar de quilla = keel over.

* dar derecho a = entitle to.

* dar descanso de = give + relief from.

* dar de sí = stretch out.

* dar detalles de = give + details of.

* dar de Uno mismo = give of + Reflexivo.

* dar dinero = pay + money, donate + Posesivo + money.

* dar dirección = lend + direction.

* dar directrices = give + guidance, provide + guidance.

* dar duro = pack + a wallop.

* dar ejemplo = set + an example, lead by + example.

* dar ejemplo de = illustrate.

* dar el brazo a torcer = give in to.

* dar el brazo derecho = give + Posesivo + right arm.

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

* dar el efecto de = give + the effect of.

* dar el esquinazo = dodge.

* dar el esquinazo a = steer + clear of, steer away from.

* dar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace.

* dar el nombre = label.

* dar el oro y el moro = give + Posesivo + right arm.

* dar el pecho = breast-feed [breastfeed].

* dar el pésame = pass + Posesivo + condolences.

* dar el pistoletazo de salida = fire + the starting gun.

* dar el primer paso = make + a start, take + the first step.

* dar el puntillazo a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end.

* dar el salto = make + the leap.

* dar el todo por el todo = give + Posesivo + all.

* dar el último empujón = go + the last mile, go + the extra mile.

* dar el último repaso = tie + the pieces together.

* dar el visto bueno = approve, clear, give + green light, give + the go-ahead.

* dar el visto bueno a una factura = clear + invoice.

* dar el/un espectáculo = make + a spectacle of + Reflexivo.

* dar empujones = shove.

* dar en el blanco = hit + the bull's eye, strike + home, put + Posesivo + finger on, hit + the truth, hit + home.

* dar en el clavo = hit + the nail on the head, be spot on, strike + home, put + Posesivo + finger on, hit + the truth.

* dar en el larguero = hit + the crossbar, hit + the crossbar.

* dar en el travesaño = hit + the crossbar.

* dar energía = energise [energize, -USA].

* dar énfasis = give + emphasis, place + stress, give + stress.

* dar énfasis a = place + emphasis on.

* dar en garantía = pawn.

* dar en la diana = hit + home.

* dar en mano = hand (over).

* dar entrada = enter.

* dar esperanza = nurture + hope, give + hope, bring + visions of.

* dar esperanzas = raise + expectations, raise + hopes.

* dar estímulo = provide + boost.

* dar evasivas = stonewall, play for + time.

* dar evidencia = furnish with + evidence.

* dar fe = attest, certify.

* dar fe de = testify (to/of), vouch (for), be testimony to.

* dar fe de que = attest to + the fact that.

* dar fin = bring to + a close, draw to + a close, wind down.

* dar forma = become + cast, give + shape, shape, mould [mold, -USA], inform.

* dar forma cuadrada = square.

* dar fruto = bear + fruit, come to + fruition.

* dar fuerte = pack + a wallop.

* dar fuerza = empower, bring + strength.

* dar gato por liebre = buy + a pig in a poke, pass off + a lemon.

* dar golpes = pound.

* dar gracias por lo que Uno tiene = count + Posesivo + blessings.

* dar gritos = shriek, shout.

* dar guerra = act up, play up.

* dar gustirrinín = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.

* dar gusto = oblige, bring + pleasure, flavour [flavor, -USA].

* dar hipo = hiccup.

* dar ideas = offer + clues.

* da rienda suelta a tu imaginación = let + your imagination fly!.

* dar ímpetu = lend + force, give + impetus.

* dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.

* dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.

* dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.

* dar indicios de = show + signs of.

* dar indicios y pistas = drop + hints and clues.

* dar información = provide + information, give + information, release + information.

* dar información adicional = give + further details.

* dar información de = give + details of.

* dar interés = spice up, add + spice.

* dar la alarma = sound + alarm.

* dar la apariencia de = place + a veneer of.

* dar la bienvenida = welcome.

* dar la casualidad que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo.

* dar la cuenta atrás = count + Nombre + out.

* dar la enhorabuena = give + congratulations.

* dar la entrada para = make + a deposit on.

* dar la espalda = turn + aside.

* dar la idea = give + the impression that.

* dar la imagen = give + the impression that.

* dar la impresión = convey + impression, strike + Pronombre Personal, give + the impression that, confer + impression, come off as.

* dar la impresión de = contrive, conjure up + a picture of, come across as.

* dar la impresión de seriedad en el trabajo = appear + businesslike.

* dar la la lata = nag (at).

* dar la lata = play up.

* dar la mano = extend + Posesivo + hand.

* dar la mano derecha = give + Posesivo + right arm.

* dar la murga = be a pest.

* dar la noticia = give + the news.

* dar la opinión sobre = give + opinion on.

* dar la oportunidad = give + chance.

* dar la oportunidad de = present with + opportunities for, allow + the opportunity to.

* dar la oportunidad de expresarse libremente = give + voice to.

* dar la oportunidad de opinar = give + voice to.

* dar la puntilla a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end.

* dar largas = stonewall, play for + time, fob + Alguien + off with + Algo.

* dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feeding [spoonfeeding], spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed].

* dar la sensación = give + a sense.

* dar la sensación de = give + the effect of.

* dar la señal = give + the word, give + the signal.

* dar la señal de alarma = sound + the clarion.

* dar la señal de alerta = sound + the clarion.

* dar la señal de estar listo = prompt.

* dar lástima = feel + sorry for, pity.

* dar la talla = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, measure up (to), be up to snuff, make + the cut.

* dar latigazos = lash.

* dar la vida = lay down + Posesivo + life, give + Posesivo + life.

* dar la vuelta = turn + Nombre + (a)round, flip, swing around, swing back, turn (a)round.

* dar la vuelta a = round, turn on + its head.

* dar la vuelta en el aire = give + a toss.

* darle a Alguien carta blanca = give + Nombre + a blank cheque.

* darle a Alguien un cheque en blanco = give + Nombre + a blank cheque.

* darle a la botella = booze.

* darle a la lengua = shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.

* darle a la manivela de arranque = turn + the crank.

* darle alas a Alguien = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* darle al palique = gas.

* darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.

* darle caña = hurry up, get + a move on, put + pressure on.

* darle caña a = have + a go at, get + stuck into.

* dar lecciones = give + lessons.

* darle cien mil vueltas a Alguien = knock + spots off + Nombre.

* darle el puntillazo = nail it.

* darle la razón a Alguien = side in + Posesivo + favour.

* darle largas = play + Nombre + along.

* darle largas a Algo = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* darle la vuelta a la tortilla = turn + the tables (on).

* darle sopas con hondas a Alguien = knock + spots off + Nombre.

* darle una interpretación = give + interpretation.

* darle una lección a Alguien = school.

* darle una paliza a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners, give + Nombre + a beating, school.

* darle un buen repaso a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* darle un repaso a = buff up on, brush up on.

* darle un repaso a Alguien = school.

* darle vueltas a = dwell on/upon.

* darle vueltas a Algo = mull over, agonise over [agonize, -USA].

* darle vueltas a la idea = toy with, toy with + idea of.

* darle vueltas a la idea de = flirt with + the idea of.

* darle vueltas a un asunto = chew + the cud.

* darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.

* dar libertad = give + licence.

* dar libertad a un esclavo = manumit.

* dar libertad para + Infinitivo = afford + the freedom to + Infinitivo.

* dar lo mejor de Uno mismo = give of + Posesivo + best.

* dar los pasos necesarios = take + steps.

* dar los primeros pasos en = venture into.

* dar los últimos retoques a = put + the finishing touches on.

* dar lugar = produce.

* dar lugar a = cause, generate, give + rise to, mean, result (in), leave + room for, bring about, lead to, cause, open + the door to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

* dar lugar a la reflexión = provide + food for thought.

* dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.

* dar lugar a queja = evoke + complaint.

* dar lugar a rumores = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.

* dar luz verde = give + green light, give + the go-ahead.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* dar marcha atrás = do + an about-face, back up, backpedal [back-pedal].

* dar masaje = massage.

* dar más de sí = go further.

* dar más explicaciones = elaborate on.

* dar materia para la reflexión = provide + food for thought.

* dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.

* dar media vuelta = do + an about-face.

* dar mejora (en) = give + improvement (in).

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.

* dar mucho en qué pensar = give + Nombre + much to think about, give + Nombre + a lot to think about.

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

* dar muestras de = show + signs of.

* dar + Nombre + una oportunidad = give + Nombre + a fair chance.

* dar notoriedad a = create + a high profile for, give + a high profile.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar opción = give + option.

* dar origen = mother.

* dar origen a = give + rise to, bring about, lead to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

* dar otro paso muy importante = reach + another milestone.

* dar pábulo a = fuel, spark off.

* dar pábulo a rumores = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.

* dar palos de ciego = grope (for/toward).

* dar pánico = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, dread, scare + the hell out of.

* dar parte de = report.

* dar paso (a) = give + way (to), yield to, make + way (for).

* dar patadas en el estómago = stick in + Posesivo + craw.

* dar pavor = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified, scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, scare + the hell out of.

* dar pecho = breast-feeding [breastfeeding].

* dar pereza = can't/couldn't be bothered.

* dar permiso = give + permission, give + time off, grant + Alguien + leave.

* dar permiso en el trabajo = give + time off work.

* dar pie a = spark off, give + rise to, bring about, lead to, cause, open + the door to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

* dar pisotones = stomp.

* dar pistas = throw + hints.

* dar pistas falsas = throw out + false leads.

* dar placer = give + pleasure, give + enjoyment.

* dar poderes = give + powers.

* dar por = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.

* dar por concluido = put to + bed, close + the book on.

* dar por culo = piss + Nombre + off.

* dar por descontado = take for + granted, discount.

* dar por hecho = take for + granted.

* dar por perdido = be past praying for, write off.

* dar por saldado = close + the book on.

* dar por seguro que = rest + assured that.

* dar por sentado = take for + granted.

* dar por sentado Algo que realmente no lo está = beg + the question.

* dar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.

* dar preferencia = give + preference.

* dar prestigio = lend + authoritativeness.

* dar prioridad = award + priority, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + priority, give + precedence, assign + priority, give + preference.

* dar prioridad a = give + pride of place to, place + emphasis on, prioritise [prioritize, -USA].

* dar prioridad a algo = make + a priority.

* dar problemas = play up.

* dar propina = tipping.

* dar pruebas = provide + evidence.

* dar publicidad = publicise [publicize, -USA], give + publicity.

* dar puntapiés = kick + Posesivo + feet.

* dar punzadas = throb, twinge.

* dar quebraderos de cabeza = give + headaches.

* dar que hablar = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours, raise + eyebrows.

* dar quehacer = make + trouble.

* dar rabia = incense, gall, peeve.

* dar razón de ser = bring + purpose.

* dar recompensa = mete out + reward.

* dar registro = accession.

* dar relevancia = give + relevance.

* dar relevancia a = create + a high profile for, give + a high profile.

* dar relevancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda.

* dar resoplidos = chug.

* dar respuesta = provide + answer, elicit + answer, develop + answer.

* dar resultado = be successful, give + result, work, pay off, be a success, pay.

* dar resultados = produce + results.

* dar rienda suelta = unleash.

* dar rienda suelta a = give + free rein to, allow + vent for, give + vent to, vent.

* dar rienda suelta a + Nombre = let + Nombre + run riot.

* dar riqueza a = add + richness to.

* dar risitas = giggle.

* dar sabor = spice up, add + spice.

* dar salida a = vent.

* dar saltitos = hop, skip.

* dar sangre = donate + Posesivo + blood.

* darse = appear, occur.

* darse a = lend + Reflexivo + to.

* darse aires = strut.

* darse aires de grandeza = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* darse a la fuga = flee, lam (it), go into + hiding, make + a quick getaway, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.

* darse a los demás = give of + Reflexivo.

* darse con un canto en los dientes = count + Reflexivo + lucky, think + Reflexivo + lucky, consider + Reflexivo + lucky.

* darse cuenta = become + aware, dawn on, detect, perceive, find, note, make + aware, come to + realise, wise up, reach + understanding, eye + catch, strike + home, suss (out), hit + home.

* darse cuenta de = be aware of, be cognisant of, realise [realize, -USA], sense, wake up to, sink in, become + cognisant of, see through.

* darse cuenta del peligro que = see + the danger that.

* darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.

* darse de baja de una suscripción = unsubscribe.

* darse el caso que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo.

* darse el gusto de = indulge in.

* darse el gusto de comprar = splurge on.

* darse el lote = snog, neck.

* darse el lujo de = splurge on.

* darse golpes de pecho = beat + Posesivo + breast.

* darse golpes en el pecho = beat + Posesivo + breast.

* darse la mano = join + hands, shake + hand.

* dárselas de = fancy + Reflexivo.

* dársele Algo bien a Uno = be good at.

* dársele a Uno bien las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* dársele a Uno mejor Algo = be better at.

* dársele mejor a Uno = do + best.

* darse media vuelta = turn on + Posesivo + heel.

* darse (muchos) aires = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* dar sentido = make + sense (out) of, make + sense of life.

* dar sentido a = make + meaningful, give + meaning to.

* dar sentido a las cosas = sense-making, meaning making.

* dar sentido a la vida = give + meaning to life.

* dar sentido a + Posesivo + vida = make + sense of + Posesivo + life.

* dar señales de = show + signs of.

* dar señales de vida = show + signs of life.

* darse por afortunado = count + Reflexivo + lucky, think + Reflexivo + lucky, consider + Reflexivo + lucky.

* darse por aludido = take + things personally, take + a hint, take + things personally, get + a hint.

* darse por derrotado = sound + note of defeat.

* darse por vencido = throw in + the towel, throw in/up + the sponge.

* darse prisa = hurry, hurry up, get on + Posesivo + running shoes, shake + a leg, hot-foot it to, make + haste, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, put + Posesivo + skates on, get + Posesivo + skates on, get + a move on.

* darse prisa con calma = make + haste slowly.

* dar servicio = service.

* darse una comilona = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on).

* darse una leche = come + a cropper.

* darse un apretón de manos = clasp + hands.

* darse una situación más esperanzadora = sound + a note of hope.

* darse un atracón = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on), stuff + Posesivo + face.

* darse una transacción económica = cash + change hands.

* darse una tripotada = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on).

* darse una vacante = occur + vacancy.

* darse un baño de sol = sunbathe.

* darse un chapuzón = take + a dip.

* darse un descanso = give + Reflexivo + a break, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* darse un festín de = feast on.

* darse un garbeo = mosey.

* darse un porrazo = come + a cropper.

* darse un respiro = lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* darse un tortazo = come + a cropper.

* dar significado = imbue with + meaning.

* dar sombra = shade.

* dar su conformidad a = assent to.

* dar sugerencias = give + suggestions.

* dar terror = scare + the living daylights out of.

* dar testimonio = bear + witness, give + testimony.

* dar tiempo = give + time, donate + Posesivo + time.

* dar tiempo a Alguien = give + Nombre + some time.

* dar título = title.

* dar todo de Uno mismo = give of + Posesivo + best.

* dar todo el oro del mundo = give + Posesivo + right arm.

* dar tono = tone.

* dar trabajo = present + burden.

* dar una advertencia = raise + caveat, issue + warning.

* dar una apariencia de = provide + a semblance of, give + a semblance of.

* dar una azotaina = spank.

* dar una bofetada = cuff, slap.

* dar una bofetada a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

* dar una buena paliza = whitewash, thrash.

* dar una cabezadita = nap, catching 10, napping.

* dar una carcajada = give + a laugh, let out + a laugh.

* dar una charla = give + address, give + a talk, give + a presentation, give + speech.

* dar una conferencia = deliver + talk, make + a speech, give + speech, deliver + lecture, give + a lecture.

* dar una contractura muscular = pull + a muscle.

* dar una cornada = gore.

* dar una excusa = give + excuse.

* dar una explicación = present + explanation.

* dar una falsa impresión = keep up + facade, put on + an act.

* dar una fiesta = give + a party.

* dar una galleta = slap.

* dar una guantada = slap.

* dar una idea = give + idea, give + glimpse, provide + an understanding.

* dar una idea de = give + a feel for, give + indication, provide + a glimpse of, give + a flavour of, be indicative of, provide + insight into, give + a picture, give + an insight into, give + an inkling of.

* dar una idea general = put in + the picture, give + a general picture, paint + a broad picture.

* dar una imagen = convey + image, present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image, present + a picture.

* dar una imagen de = give + an impression of.

* dar una impresión = make + an impression, leave + an impression, present + an image.

* dar una impresión de = give + an impression of.

* dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.

* dar una lección de humildad = humble.

* dar una llamada de atención = sound + a wake-up call.

* dar una norma = give + prescription.

* dar una opinión = offer + opinion.

* dar una oportunidad = give + opportunity, provide + opportunity, grant + opportunity, present + an opportunity, create + opportunity.

* dar una oportunidad a Alguien = give + Nombre + a head start.

* dar una orden = issue + command, issue + instruction.

* dar una paliza = clobber, pummel, slaughter, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, whip, whitewash, thrash, wallop, lick, baste, take + a pounding, take + a beating, belt, trounce, beat + Nombre + (all) hollow.

* dar una paliza a Alguien = beat + Nombre + up, beat + Nombre + black and blue.

* dar una patada = kick, boot.

* dar una pista = give + a hint.

* dar una posibilidad = afford + opportunity.

* dar un apretón de manos = shake + hand.

* dar una rabieta = throw + a tantrum.

* dar una razón = give + reason.

* dar una respuesta = furnish + answer, frame + response.

* dar una sacudida = give + a shake, give + a jerk.

* dar una segunda oportunidad = give + a second chance.

* dar una segunda vida = give + a second life.

* dar una solución = provide + solution, develop + solution.

* dar una solución por buena que realmente no lo es = beg + the solution.

* dar un aspecto + Adjetivo = give + a + Adjetivo + look.

* dar un ataque de nervios = have + an attack of hysterics.

* dar una torta = slap.

* dar una torta a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

* dar una tunda = trounce.

* dar una ventaja = give + Nombre + an edge.

* dar una ventaja a Alguien = give + Nombre + a head start.

* dar una visión = present + view, provide + an understanding.

* dar una visión general = give + a general picture.

* dar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.

* dar una visión total = give + a complete picture.

* dar un aviso = make + warning.

* dar una voltereta = somersault, do + a somersault, summersault.

* dar una voz = holler.

* dar una vuelta de campana = capsize, somersault, do + a somersault, summersault.

* dar una vuelta en coche = go out for + a drive.

* dar un berrinche = throw + a tantrum.

* dar un beso de despedida = kiss + Nombre + goodbye.

* dar un bocado a = take + a bite out of.

* dar un bofetón = cuff, slap.

* dar un bofetón a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

* dar un cachete = spank, cuff, slap.

* dar un cachete a Alguien = slap + Nombre + on the wrist.

* dar un calambre = cramp.

* dar un chillido = holler.

* dar un comienzo a = give + a start to.

* dar un coscorrón = cuff.

* dar un ejemplo = give + example.

* dar un empujón = give + a boost.

* dar un golpe = knock.

* dar un golpe por detrás = rear-end.

* dar un gran paso adelante = reach + milestone.

* dar un grito = holler.

* dar un guantazo = slap.

* dar un hachazo = hack.

* dar un hervor = parboil.

* dar un impulso = kick-start [kickstart].

* dar un lavado de cara = spruce up.

* dar un manotazo = swat at, cuff, slap.

* dar un manotazo a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

* dar un nivel de prioridad alto = put + Nombre + high on + Posesivo + list of priorities.

* dar un nuevo acabado = refinish.

* dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.

* dar un nuevo nombre = rename.

* dar un ojo de la cara por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.

* dar unos azotes = spank.

* dar un paseo = take + a stroll.

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1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1) ( entregar) to give

dale las llaves a Pedro — give the keys to Pedro

se las di a Jaime — I gave them to Jaime

déme un kilo de peras — can I have a kilo of pears?

500 dólares ¿quién da más? — any advance on 500 dollars?; conocer verbo transitivo 3b, entender verbo transitivo 2b

2) (regalar, donar) to give

¿me lo prestas? - te lo doy, no lo necesito — can I borrow it? - you can keep it, I don't need it

qué no daría por que así fuera! — I'd give anything for that to be the case

donde las dan las toman — two can play at that game

tener para dar y vender — to have plenty to spare

3) <cartas/mano> to deal

4)

a) ( proporcionar) <fuerzas/valor/esperanza> to give

eso me dio la idea — that's where I got the idea from

si le dan la ocasión — if he's given the chance

pide que te den más información — ask them to give you more information

b) (Mús) to give

¿me das el la? — can you give me an A?

5) (conferir, aportar) <sabor/color/forma> to give

las luces le daban un ambiente festivo — the lights gave a festive atmosphere

6)

a) ( aplicar) to give

dale otra capa de barniz — give it another coat of varnish

hay que darle cera al piso — the floor needs waxing

dale una puntada para sujetarlo — put a stitch in to hold it

b) <sedante/masaje> to give

7)

a) ( conceder) <prórroga/permiso> to give

el dentista me dio hora para el miércoles — I have an appointment with the dentist on Wednesday

dan facilidades de pago — they offer easy repayment facilities o terms

nos dieron un premio — we won o got a prize

me dieron un diploma — I got a diploma

no le doy ni un mes a esa relación — I don't think they'll last more than a month together

b) (RPl) ( calcular)

¿qué edad le das? — how old do you think he is?

8)

a) (expresar, decir)

¿le diste las gracias? — did you thank him?, did you say thank you?

no me dio ni los buenos días — she didn't even say hello

dales saludos — give/send them my regards

darle la bienvenida a alguien — to welcome somebody

me dio su parecer or opinión — she gave me her opinion

tuve que darle la noticia — I was the one who had to break the news to him

b) (señalar, indicar)

me da ocupado or (Esp) comunicando — the line's busy o (BrE) engaged

el reloj dio las cinco — the clock struck five

Sentido II

9) ( producir) <fruto/flor> to bear

estos campos dan mucho grano — these fields have a high grain yield

este negocio da mucho dinero — there's a lot of money in this business

esos bonos dan un 7% — those bonds yield 7%

10)

a) ( rendir)

ha dado todo lo que esperaba de él — he has lived up to my/his expectations

ese jugador lo da todo — that player puts everything into the game

b) (AmL) ( alcanzar hasta)

¿cuánto da ese coche? — how fast can that car go?

da 150 kilómetros por hora — it can do o go 150 kilometers an hour

venía a todo lo que daba — it was traveling at full speed

ponen la radio a todo lo que da — they turn the radio on full blast

11) (causar, provocar)

la comida muy salada da sed — salty food makes you thirsty

estos niños dan tanto trabajo! — these kids are such hard work!; (+ me/te/le etc)

¿no te da calor esa camisa? — aren't you too warm in that shirt?

el vino le había dado sueño — the wine had made him sleepy

me da mucha pena verla tan triste — it hurts me to see her so sad

qué susto me has dado! — you gave me such a fright!

este coche no me ha dado problemas — this car hasn't given me any trouble; ver tb asco, hambre, miedo, etc

dar que + inf: el jardín da muchísimo que hacer there's always such a lot to do in the garden; lo que dijo me dio que pensar — what he said gave me plenty to think about; ver tb dar III 1)

Sentido III

12) ( presentar) < concierto> to give

¿qué dan esta noche en la tele? — what's on TV tonight? (colloq)

ayer daban una obra de Calderón — there was a Calderón play on yesterday

¿dónde están dando esa película? — where's that film showing?

13)

a) < fiesta> to give; <baile/banquete> to hold

b) < conferencia> to give; < discurso> (AmL) to make

c) (CS) < examen> to take o (BrE) sit; ver tb clase 5)

Sentido IV

14) ( realizar la acción que se indica)

dar lectura a un comunicado — to read out a communiqué

dar un grito/un suspiro — to give a shout/heave a sigh

dar un paso atrás/adelante — to take a step back/forward

dame un beso/abrazo — give me a kiss/hug; ver tb golpe, paseo, vuelta, etc

Sentido V

15) ( considerar)

dar algo/a alguien por algo: lo dieron por muerto they gave him up for dead; doy por terminada la sesión I declare the session closed; ese tema lo doy por sabido I'm assuming you've already covered that topic; puedes dar por perdido el dinero you can say goodbye to that money; dalo por hecho! consider it done!; si apruebo daré el tiempo por bien empleado — if I pass it will have been time well spent
2.
dar vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( entregar)

no puedes con todo, dame que te ayudo — you'll never manage all that on your own, here, let me help you

¿me das para un helado? — can I have some money for an ice cream?

b) ( en naipes) to deal

te toca dar a ti — it's your deal

2) (ser suficiente, alcanzar)

dar para algo/alguien: este pollo da para dos comidas this chicken will do for two meals; con una botella no da para todos one bottle's not enough to go round; (+ me/te/le etc) eso no te da ni para un chicle you can't even buy a piece of chewing gum with that; no me dio (el) tiempo I didn't have time; dar de sí to stretch; qué poco dan de sí mil pesetas! a thousand pesetas doesn't go very far!; no dar para más: su inteligencia no da para más that's as much as his brain can cope with; lo que gano no da para más what I earn doesn't go any further; la fiesta no daba para más — the party was beginning to wind down

3) dar a

a) puerta to give onto, open onto; ventana to look onto, give onto

b) fachada/frente ( estar orientado hacia) to face

la terraza da al mar — the balcony overlooks o faces the sea

c) ( llegar hasta) río to flow into, go into; calle to lead to

4) ( arrojar un resultado)

el análisis le dio positivo/negativo — her test was positive/negative

¿cuánto da la cuenta? — what does it come to?

a mí me dio 247 — I made it (to be) 247

5) ( importar)

da lo mismo, ya iremos otro día — it doesn't matter, we'll go another day

qué más da! — what does it matter!

¿qué más da un color que otro? — what difference does it make what color it is?; (+ me/te/le etc)

¿el jueves o el viernes? - me da igual — Thursday or Friday? - I don't mind o it doesn't make any difference to me

¿y a ti qué más te da si él viene? — what's it to you if he comes? (colloq)

Sentido II

6)

a) (pegar, golpear)

darle a alguien — to hit somebody; ( como castigo) to smack somebody

le dio en la cabeza/con un palo — he hit him on the head/with a stick

dale al balón con fuerza — kick the ball hard

te voy a dar (de palos) — I'm going to give you a good beating

el balón dio en el poste — the ball hit the post

b) (fam) (a tarea, asignatura)

darle a algo: me pasé todo el verano dándole al inglés I spent the whole summer working on my English; cómo le da al vino! he really knocks back o (AmE) down the wine (colloq); cómo le han dado al queso! ya casi no queda! — they've certainly been at the cheese, there's hardly any left! (colloq)

c) ( acertar) to hit

dar en el blanco/el centro — to hit the target/the bull's-eye

7) (accionar, mover)

darle a algo — a botón/tecla to press something; a interruptor to flick something; a manivela to turn something; (+ compl)

dale al volante hacia la derecha — turn the wheel to the right

dale a esa palanca hacia arriba — push that lever up

dale para atrás — back up

8)

a) (fam) ( indicando insistencia)

y dale! ya te he dicho que no voy — there you go again! I've told you I'm not going (colloq)

y dale con lo de su edad! — stop going on about her age!

dale que dale or (Esp) dale que te pego! — (fam)

he estado todo el día dale que dale — I've been hard at it all day

dale que dale con lo mismo! — stop going on about it!

b) (RPl fam) ( instando a hacer algo) come on

dale, prestámelo — come on o go on, lend it to me

9) dar con ( encontrar) < persona> to find; < solución> to hit upon, find; < palabra> to come up with

Sentido III

10) (acometer, sobrevenir) (+ me/te/le etc)

le dio un mareo — she felt dizzy

le dio un infarto — he had a heart attack

me va a dar algo — (fam) I'm going to have a fit (colloq); ver tb dar verbo transitivo II 3, escalofrío, frío, gana, etc

11) (hablando de manías, ocurrencias)

darle a alguien por + inf — to take to -ing

le ha dado por pintar — he's taken to painting

le ha dado por decir que... — he's started saying that...

le ha dado por el yoga — she's got into yoga

le ha dado con que me conoce — she's got it into her head that she knows me

12) sol/viento/luz

aquí da el sol toda la mañana — you get the sun all morning here

en esa playa da mucho el viento — it's very windy on that beach

la luz le daba de lleno en los ojos — the light was shining right in his eyes
3.
1) darse v pron

Sentido I

2) ( producirse) to grow

en esta zona se da bien el trigo — wheat grows well in this area

3) ( presentarse) oportunidad/ocasión to arise

se dio el caso que iba pasando por ahí — it so happened that I was passing by

4) ( resultar) (+ me/te/le etc)

se le dan los idiomas — she's good at languages

¿cómo se te da a ti la costura? — are you any good at sewing?

Sentido II

5)

a) (dedicarse, entregarse)

darse a algo: se dio a la bebida she took to drink; se ha dado por entero a su familia/a la causa — she has devoted herself entirely to her family/to the cause

b) (CS, Ven) ( ser sociable)

darse con alguien — to get on with somebody

no se da con los suegros — she doesn't have much to do with her in-laws

Sentido III

6)

a) (refl) ( realizar la acción que se indica)

me di una ducha — I took o had a shower

darse un banquete — to have a feast

dárselas de algo: se las da de que sabe mucho he likes to make out he knows a lot; dárselas de listo to act smart; ¿y de qué se las da ése? — who does he think he is?

b) (golpearse, pegarse)

se dio con el martillo en el dedo — he hit his finger with the hammer

no te vayas a dar con la cabeza contra el techo — don't hit o bang your head on the ceiling

se dieron contra un árbol — they crashed into a tree

se dio dar un golpe en la rodilla — he hit his knee

c) (recípr)

se estaban dando (de) patadas/puñetazos — they were kicking/punching each other

Sentido IV

7) ( considerarse)

darse por algo: con eso me daría por satisfecha I'd be quite happy with that; darse por vencido — to give up; ver tb aludir a, enterado 1

* * *

= allow, give, issue, pitch, hand over, pass over, give away, give out, get + free.

Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.

Ex: Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.

Ex: Thus pitching instructions at the right level can be difficult.

Ex: Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.

Ex: She also indicated in passing that in future authors would not automatically pass over the copyright of research results in papers to publishers.

Ex: This must be done in a fully commercial way, not by giving away machines or paper, nor by giving away imported books.

Ex: Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.

Ex: Most people know 'earbuds' as the cheap-o earphones you get free with a cell phone.

* acción de dar un nombre a Algo = naming.

* antes de darse cuenta = before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.

* con la sabiduría que da la experiencia = with the benefit of hindsight.

* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.

* da la casualidad = as it happens.

* dale alas a tu imaginación = let + your imagination fly!.

* dando sacudidas = jerkily.

* dar el esquinazo a = give + Nombre + a wide berth.

* dar a = look onto, give onto, overlook.

* dar a Algo el nombre de = earn + Nombre + the name of.

* dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.

* dar a Algo una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.

* dar a Alguien el beneficio de la duda = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.

* dar a Alguien una mano y te cogen el brazo = give + Pronombre + an inch and + Pronombre + take a mile, give + Pronombre + an inch and + Pronombre + take a mile.

* dar a Alguien una oportunidad de triunfar = give + Nombre + a fighting chance.

* dar a Alguien una palmada en la espalda = pat + Alguien + on the back for + Algo.

* dar a Alguien una palmadita en la espalda = pat + Alguien + on the back for + Algo.

* dar a Alguien una puñalada por la espalda = stab + Alguien + in the back.

* dar a Alguien una puñalada trapera = stab + Alguien + in the back.

* dar a Alguien un margen de confianza = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.

* dar abasto = cope.

* dar abasto con = cope with.

* dar acceso = provide + access.

* dar acceso a = give + access to.

* dar a conocer = bring to + the attention, communicate, publicise [publicize, -USA], report, articulate, make + known.

* dar a conocer la presencia de = make + Posesivo + presence known.

* dar a entender = give to + understand, hint, send + a clear signal that, lull + Nombre + into thinking, insinuate, intimate.

* dar agua = lose + water, leak.

* dar a la calle = give onto + the street.

* dar a la caza de = chase down.

* dar Algo a conocer = get + the word out.

* dar alguna esperanza = give + some cause for hope.

* dar al traste con los planes = upset + the applecart.

* dar al traste con + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* dar al traste con todo = upset + the applecart.

* dar a luz = birth, deliver.

* dar a luz a = give + birth to.

* dar ánimos = give + a word of encouragement, hearten.

* dar apoyo = give + support, support, provide + support.

* dar asco = stink, disgust.

* dar aullidos = caterwaul.

* dar autoría = lend + authoritativeness.

* dar autoridad a Algo = lend + authority to.

* dar bandazos = lurch.

* dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.

* dar brillo a = buff, buff up.

* dar buen uso a Algo = put to + good use.

* dar cabida a = accommodate, include, hold, take, make + room (for), leave + room for, leave + room for.

* dar cabida al crecimiento = accommodate + growth.

* dar caladas = puff.

* dar calidad = deliver + value.

* dar caprichos = pamper.

* dar cera = wax.

* dar chillidos = shriek.

* dar cien mil vueltas = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* dar clase = give + a lesson, teach + class, teach + lesson, hold + class.

* dar coba = toady, fawn (on/upon/over).

* dar comienzo a = give + a start to.

* dar como ejemplo = cite + as an example.

* dar como norma = rule.

* dar como resultado = add up to, result (in), lead to.

* dar con = hit on/upon, put + Posesivo + finger on, stumble on.

* dar conferencia = lecture.

* dar consejo sobre = give + advice on.

* dar consentimiento = give + licence.

* dar con una esponja húmeda = sponging.

* dar con una idea = hit on/upon + idea.

* dar con una solución = come up with + solution.

* dar coraje = peeve.

* dar corte = self-conscious, feel + shy.

* dar credibilidad = give + credence, lend + credence, bestow + credibility, provide + credibility.

* dar crédito = give + credence.

* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.

* dar cuenta = render + an account of.

* dar cuenta de = account for.

* dar cuenta de Algo = be held to account.

* dar cuerda a un reloj = wind + clock.

* dar cuerpo = give + substance.

* dar cuerpo a = flesh out.

* dar cuerpo y forma a = lend + substance and form to.

* dar datos de = give + details of.

* dar de alta = discharge from + hospital.

* dar de baja = take out of + circulation.

* dar de cara a = front.

* dar de comer = feed.

* dar de lado = short-circuit [shortcircuit], give + Nombre + the cold shoulder.

* dar de lleno = hit + home.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar de mamar = breast-feeding [breastfeeding].

* dar de mamar a = breast-feed [breastfeed].

* dar demasiada información y muy rápidamente = trot out.

* dar de qué hablar = raise + eyebrows, fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.

* dar de quilla = keel over.

* dar derecho a = entitle to.

* dar descanso de = give + relief from.

* dar de sí = stretch out.

* dar detalles de = give + details of.

* dar de Uno mismo = give of + Reflexivo.

* dar dinero = pay + money, donate + Posesivo + money.

* dar dirección = lend + direction.

* dar directrices = give + guidance, provide + guidance.

* dar duro = pack + a wallop.

* dar ejemplo = set + an example, lead by + example.

* dar ejemplo de = illustrate.

* dar el brazo a torcer = give in to.

* dar el brazo derecho = give + Posesivo + right arm.

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

* dar el efecto de = give + the effect of.

* dar el esquinazo = dodge.

* dar el esquinazo a = steer + clear of, steer away from.

* dar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace.

* dar el nombre = label.

* dar el oro y el moro = give + Posesivo + right arm.

* dar el pecho = breast-feed [breastfeed].

* dar el pésame = pass + Posesivo + condolences.

* dar el pistoletazo de salida = fire + the starting gun.

* dar el primer paso = make + a start, take + the first step.

* dar el puntillazo a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end.

* dar el salto = make + the leap.

* dar el todo por el todo = give + Posesivo + all.

* dar el último empujón = go + the last mile, go + the extra mile.

* dar el último repaso = tie + the pieces together.

* dar el visto bueno = approve, clear, give + green light, give + the go-ahead.

* dar el visto bueno a una factura = clear + invoice.

* dar el/un espectáculo = make + a spectacle of + Reflexivo.

* dar empujones = shove.

* dar en el blanco = hit + the bull's eye, strike + home, put + Posesivo + finger on, hit + the truth, hit + home.

* dar en el clavo = hit + the nail on the head, be spot on, strike + home, put + Posesivo + finger on, hit + the truth.

* dar en el larguero = hit + the crossbar, hit + the crossbar.

* dar en el travesaño = hit + the crossbar.

* dar energía = energise [energize, -USA].

* dar énfasis = give + emphasis, place + stress, give + stress.

* dar énfasis a = place + emphasis on.

* dar en garantía = pawn.

* dar en la diana = hit + home.

* dar en mano = hand (over).

* dar entrada = enter.

* dar esperanza = nurture + hope, give + hope, bring + visions of.

* dar esperanzas = raise + expectations, raise + hopes.

* dar estímulo = provide + boost.

* dar evasivas = stonewall, play for + time.

* dar evidencia = furnish with + evidence.

* dar fe = attest, certify.

* dar fe de = testify (to/of), vouch (for), be testimony to.

* dar fe de que = attest to + the fact that.

* dar fin = bring to + a close, draw to + a close, wind down.

* dar forma = become + cast, give + shape, shape, mould [mold, -USA], inform.

* dar forma cuadrada = square.

* dar fruto = bear + fruit, come to + fruition.

* dar fuerte = pack + a wallop.

* dar fuerza = empower, bring + strength.

* dar gato por liebre = buy + a pig in a poke, pass off + a lemon.

* dar golpes = pound.

* dar gracias por lo que Uno tiene = count + Posesivo + blessings.

* dar gritos = shriek, shout.

* dar guerra = act up, play up.

* dar gustirrinín = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.

* dar gusto = oblige, bring + pleasure, flavour [flavor, -USA].

* dar hipo = hiccup.

* dar ideas = offer + clues.

* da rienda suelta a tu imaginación = let + your imagination fly!.

* dar ímpetu = lend + force, give + impetus.

* dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.

* dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.

* dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.

* dar indicios de = show + signs of.

* dar indicios y pistas = drop + hints and clues.

* dar información = provide + information, give + information, release + information.

* dar información adicional = give + further details.

* dar información de = give + details of.

* dar interés = spice up, add + spice.

* dar la alarma = sound + alarm.

* dar la apariencia de = place + a veneer of.

* dar la bienvenida = welcome.

* dar la casualidad que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo.

* dar la cuenta atrás = count + Nombre + out.

* dar la enhorabuena = give + congratulations.

* dar la entrada para = make + a deposit on.

* dar la espalda = turn + aside.

* dar la idea = give + the impression that.

* dar la imagen = give + the impression that.

* dar la impresión = convey + impression, strike + Pronombre Personal, give + the impression that, confer + impression, come off as.

* dar la impresión de = contrive, conjure up + a picture of, come across as.

* dar la impresión de seriedad en el trabajo = appear + businesslike.

* dar la la lata = nag (at).

* dar la lata = play up.

* dar la mano = extend + Posesivo + hand.

* dar la mano derecha = give + Posesivo + right arm.

* dar la murga = be a pest.

* dar la noticia = give + the news.

* dar la opinión sobre = give + opinion on.

* dar la oportunidad = give + chance.

* dar la oportunidad de = present with + opportunities for, allow + the opportunity to.

* dar la oportunidad de expresarse libremente = give + voice to.

* dar la oportunidad de opinar = give + voice to.

* dar la puntilla a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end.

* dar largas = stonewall, play for + time, fob + Alguien + off with + Algo.

* dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feeding [spoonfeeding], spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed].

* dar la sensación = give + a sense.

* dar la sensación de = give + the effect of.

* dar la señal = give + the word, give + the signal.

* dar la señal de alarma = sound + the clarion.

* dar la señal de alerta = sound + the clarion.

* dar la señal de estar listo = prompt.

* dar lástima = feel + sorry for, pity.

* dar la talla = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, measure up (to), be up to snuff, make + the cut.

* dar latigazos = lash.

* dar la vida = lay down + Posesivo + life, give + Posesivo + life.

* dar la vuelta = turn + Nombre + (a)round, flip, swing around, swing back, turn (a)round.

* dar la vuelta a = round, turn on + its head.

* dar la vuelta en el aire = give + a toss.

* darle a Alguien carta blanca = give + Nombre + a blank cheque.

* darle a Alguien un cheque en blanco = give + Nombre + a blank cheque.

* darle a la botella = booze.

* darle a la lengua = shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.

* darle a la manivela de arranque = turn + the crank.

* darle alas a Alguien = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* darle al palique = gas.

* darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.

* darle caña = hurry up, get + a move on, put + pressure on.

* darle caña a = have + a go at, get + stuck into.

* dar lecciones = give + lessons.

* darle cien mil vueltas a Alguien = knock + spots off + Nombre.

* darle el puntillazo = nail it.

* darle la razón a Alguien = side in + Posesivo + favour.

* darle largas = play + Nombre + along.

* darle largas a Algo = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* darle la vuelta a la tortilla = turn + the tables (on).

* darle sopas con hondas a Alguien = knock + spots off + Nombre.

* darle una interpretación = give + interpretation.

* darle una lección a Alguien = school.

* darle una paliza a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners, give + Nombre + a beating, school.

* darle un buen repaso a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* darle un repaso a = buff up on, brush up on.

* darle un repaso a Alguien = school.

* darle vueltas a = dwell on/upon.

* darle vueltas a Algo = mull over, agonise over [agonize, -USA].

* darle vueltas a la idea = toy with, toy with + idea of.

* darle vueltas a la idea de = flirt with + the idea of.

* darle vueltas a un asunto = chew + the cud.

* darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.

* dar libertad = give + licence.

* dar libertad a un esclavo = manumit.

* dar libertad para + Infinitivo = afford + the freedom to + Infinitivo.

* dar lo mejor de Uno mismo = give of + Posesivo + best.

* dar los pasos necesarios = take + steps.

* dar los primeros pasos en = venture into.

* dar los últimos retoques a = put + the finishing touches on.

* dar lugar = produce.

* dar lugar a = cause, generate, give + rise to, mean, result (in), leave + room for, bring about, lead to, cause, open + the door to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

* dar lugar a la reflexión = provide + food for thought.

* dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.

* dar lugar a queja = evoke + complaint.

* dar lugar a rumores = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.

* dar luz verde = give + green light, give + the go-ahead.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* dar marcha atrás = do + an about-face, back up, backpedal [back-pedal].

* dar masaje = massage.

* dar más de sí = go further.

* dar más explicaciones = elaborate on.

* dar materia para la reflexión = provide + food for thought.

* dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.

* dar media vuelta = do + an about-face.

* dar mejora (en) = give + improvement (in).

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.

* dar mucho en qué pensar = give + Nombre + much to think about, give + Nombre + a lot to think about.

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

* dar muestras de = show + signs of.

* dar + Nombre + una oportunidad = give + Nombre + a fair chance.

* dar notoriedad a = create + a high profile for, give + a high profile.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar opción = give + option.

* dar origen = mother.

* dar origen a = give + rise to, bring about, lead to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

* dar otro paso muy importante = reach + another milestone.

* dar pábulo a = fuel, spark off.

* dar pábulo a rumores = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.

* dar palos de ciego = grope (for/toward).

* dar pánico = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, dread, scare + the hell out of.

* dar parte de = report.

* dar paso (a) = give + way (to), yield to, make + way (for).

* dar patadas en el estómago = stick in + Posesivo + craw.

* dar pavor = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified, scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, scare + the hell out of.

* dar pecho = breast-feeding [breastfeeding].

* dar pereza = can't/couldn't be bothered.

* dar permiso = give + permission, give + time off, grant + Alguien + leave.

* dar permiso en el trabajo = give + time off work.

* dar pie a = spark off, give + rise to, bring about, lead to, cause, open + the door to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

* dar pisotones = stomp.

* dar pistas = throw + hints.

* dar pistas falsas = throw out + false leads.

* dar placer = give + pleasure, give + enjoyment.

* dar poderes = give + powers.

* dar por = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.

* dar por concluido = put to + bed, close + the book on.

* dar por culo = piss + Nombre + off.

* dar por descontado = take for + granted, discount.

* dar por hecho = take for + granted.

* dar por perdido = be past praying for, write off.

* dar por saldado = close + the book on.

* dar por seguro que = rest + assured that.

* dar por sentado = take for + granted.

* dar por sentado Algo que realmente no lo está = beg + the question.

* dar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.

* dar preferencia = give + preference.

* dar prestigio = lend + authoritativeness.

* dar prioridad = award + priority, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + priority, give + precedence, assign + priority, give + preference.

* dar prioridad a = give + pride of place to, place + emphasis on, prioritise [prioritize, -USA].

* dar prioridad a algo = make + a priority.

* dar problemas = play up.

* dar propina = tipping.

* dar pruebas = provide + evidence.

* dar publicidad = publicise [publicize, -USA], give + publicity.

* dar puntapiés = kick + Posesivo + feet.

* dar punzadas = throb, twinge.

* dar quebraderos de cabeza = give + headaches.

* dar que hablar = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours, raise + eyebrows.

* dar quehacer = make + trouble.

* dar rabia = incense, gall, peeve.

* dar razón de ser = bring + purpose.

* dar recompensa = mete out + reward.

* dar registro = accession.

* dar relevancia = give + relevance.

* dar relevancia a = create + a high profile for, give + a high profile.

* dar relevancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda.

* dar resoplidos = chug.

* dar respuesta = provide + answer, elicit + answer, develop + answer.

* dar resultado = be successful, give + result, work, pay off, be a success, pay.

* dar resultados = produce + results.

* dar rienda suelta = unleash.

* dar rienda suelta a = give + free rein to, allow + vent for, give + vent to, vent.

* dar rienda suelta a + Nombre = let + Nombre + run riot.

* dar riqueza a = add + richness to.

* dar risitas = giggle.

* dar sabor = spice up, add + spice.

* dar salida a = vent.

* dar saltitos = hop, skip.

* dar sangre = donate + Posesivo + blood.

* darse = appear, occur.

* darse a = lend + Reflexivo + to.

* darse aires = strut.

* darse aires de grandeza = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* darse a la fuga = flee, lam (it), go into + hiding, make + a quick getaway, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.

* darse a los demás = give of + Reflexivo.

* darse con un canto en los dientes = count + Reflexivo + lucky, think + Reflexivo + lucky, consider + Reflexivo + lucky.

* darse cuenta = become + aware, dawn on, detect, perceive, find, note, make + aware, come to + realise, wise up, reach + understanding, eye + catch, strike + home, suss (out), hit + home.

* darse cuenta de = be aware of, be cognisant of, realise [realize, -USA], sense, wake up to, sink in, become + cognisant of, see through.

* darse cuenta del peligro que = see + the danger that.

* darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.

* darse de baja de una suscripción = unsubscribe.

* darse el caso que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo.

* darse el gusto de = indulge in.

* darse el gusto de comprar = splurge on.

* darse el lote = snog, neck.

* darse el lujo de = splurge on.

* darse golpes de pecho = beat + Posesivo + breast.

* darse golpes en el pecho = beat + Posesivo + breast.

* darse la mano = join + hands, shake + hand.

* dárselas de = fancy + Reflexivo.

* dársele Algo bien a Uno = be good at.

* dársele a Uno bien las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* dársele a Uno mejor Algo = be better at.

* dársele mejor a Uno = do + best.

* darse media vuelta = turn on + Posesivo + heel.

* darse (muchos) aires = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* dar sentido = make + sense (out) of, make + sense of life.

* dar sentido a = make + meaningful, give + meaning to.

* dar sentido a las cosas = sense-making, meaning making.

* dar sentido a la vida = give + meaning to life.

* dar sentido a + Posesivo + vida = make + sense of + Posesivo + life.

* dar señales de = show + signs of.

* dar señales de vida = show + signs of life.

* darse por afortunado = count + Reflexivo + lucky, think + Reflexivo + lucky, consider + Reflexivo + lucky.

* darse por aludido = take + things personally, take + a hint, take + things personally, get + a hint.

* darse por derrotado = sound + note of defeat.

* darse por vencido = throw in + the towel, throw in/up + the sponge.

* darse prisa = hurry, hurry up, get on + Posesivo + running shoes, shake + a leg, hot-foot it to, make + haste, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, put + Posesivo + skates on, get + Posesivo + skates on, get + a move on.

* darse prisa con calma = make + haste slowly.

* dar servicio = service.

* darse una comilona = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on).

* darse una leche = come + a cropper.

* darse un apretón de manos = clasp + hands.

* darse una situación más esperanzadora = sound + a note of hope.

* darse un atracón = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on), stuff + Posesivo + face.

* darse una transacción económica = cash + change hands.

* darse una tripotada = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on).

* darse una vacante = occur + vacancy.

* darse un baño de sol = sunbathe.

* darse un chapuzón = take + a dip.

* darse un descanso = give + Reflexivo + a break, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* darse un festín de = feast on.

* darse un garbeo = mosey.

* darse un porrazo = come + a cropper.

* darse un respiro = lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* darse un tortazo = come + a cropper.

* dar significado = imbue with + meaning.

* dar sombra = shade.

* dar su conformidad a = assent to.

* dar sugerencias = give + suggestions.

* dar terror = scare + the living daylights out of.

* dar testimonio = bear + witness, give + testimony.

* dar tiempo = give + time, donate + Posesivo + time.

* dar tiempo a Alguien = give + Nombre + some time.

* dar título = title.

* dar todo de Uno mismo = give of + Posesivo + best.

* dar todo el oro del mundo = give + Posesivo + right arm.

* dar tono = tone.

* dar trabajo = present + burden.

* dar una advertencia = raise + caveat, issue + warning.

* dar una apariencia de = provide + a semblance of, give + a semblance of.

* dar una azotaina = spank.

* dar una bofetada = cuff, slap.

* dar una bofetada a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

* dar una buena paliza = whitewash, thrash.

* dar una cabezadita = nap, catching 10, napping.

* dar una carcajada = give + a laugh, let out + a laugh.

* dar una charla = give + address, give + a talk, give + a presentation, give + speech.

* dar una conferencia = deliver + talk, make + a speech, give + speech, deliver + lecture, give + a lecture.

* dar una contractura muscular = pull + a muscle.

* dar una cornada = gore.

* dar una excusa = give + excuse.

* dar una explicación = present + explanation.

* dar una falsa impresión = keep up + facade, put on + an act.

* dar una fiesta = give + a party.

* dar una galleta = slap.

* dar una guantada = slap.

* dar una idea = give + idea, give + glimpse, provide + an understanding.

* dar una idea de = give + a feel for, give + indication, provide + a glimpse of, give + a flavour of, be indicative of, provide + insight into, give + a picture, give + an insight into, give + an inkling of.

* dar una idea general = put in + the picture, give + a general picture, paint + a broad picture.

* dar una imagen = convey + image, present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image, present + a picture.

* dar una imagen de = give + an impression of.

* dar una impresión = make + an impression, leave + an impression, present + an image.

* dar una impresión de = give + an impression of.

* dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.

* dar una lección de humildad = humble.

* dar una llamada de atención = sound + a wake-up call.

* dar una norma = give + prescription.

* dar una opinión = offer + opinion.

* dar una oportunidad = give + opportunity, provide + opportunity, grant + opportunity, present + an opportunity, create + opportunity.

* dar una oportunidad a Alguien = give + Nombre + a head start.

* dar una orden = issue + command, issue + instruction.

* dar una paliza = clobber, pummel, slaughter, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, whip, whitewash, thrash, wallop, lick, baste, take + a pounding, take + a beating, belt, trounce, beat + Nombre + (all) hollow.

* dar una paliza a Alguien = beat + Nombre + up, beat + Nombre + black and blue.

* dar una patada = kick, boot.

* dar una pista = give + a hint.

* dar una posibilidad = afford + opportunity.

* dar un apretón de manos = shake + hand.

* dar una rabieta = throw + a tantrum.

* dar una razón = give + reason.

* dar una respuesta = furnish + answer, frame + response.

* dar una sacudida = give + a shake, give + a jerk.

* dar una segunda oportunidad = give + a second chance.

* dar una segunda vida = give + a second life.

* dar una solución = provide + solution, develop + solution.

* dar una solución por buena que realmente no lo es = beg + the solution.

* dar un aspecto + Adjetivo = give + a + Adjetivo + look.

* dar un ataque de nervios = have + an attack of hysterics.

* dar una torta = slap.

* dar una torta a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

* dar una tunda = trounce.

* dar una ventaja = give + Nombre + an edge.

* dar una ventaja a Alguien = give + Nombre + a head start.

* dar una visión = present + view, provide + an understanding.

* dar una visión general = give + a general picture.

* dar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.

* dar una visión total = give + a complete picture.

* dar un aviso = make + warning.

* dar una voltereta = somersault, do + a somersault, summersault.

* dar una voz = holler.

* dar una vuelta de campana = capsize, somersault, do + a somersault, summersault.

* dar una vuelta en coche = go out for + a drive.

* dar un berrinche = throw + a tantrum.

* dar un beso de despedida = kiss + Nombre + goodbye.

* dar un bocado a = take + a bite out of.

* dar un bofetón = cuff, slap.

* dar un bofetón a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

* dar un cachete = spank, cuff, slap.

* dar un cachete a Alguien = slap + Nombre + on the wrist.

* dar un calambre = cramp.

* dar un chillido = holler.

* dar un comienzo a = give + a start to.

* dar un coscorrón = cuff.

* dar un ejemplo = give + example.

* dar un empujón = give + a boost.

* dar un golpe = knock.

* dar un golpe por detrás = rear-end.

* dar un gran paso adelante = reach + milestone.

* dar un grito = holler.

* dar un guantazo = slap.

* dar un hachazo = hack.

* dar un hervor = parboil.

* dar un impulso = kick-start [kickstart].

* dar un lavado de cara = spruce up.

* dar un manotazo = swat at, cuff, slap.

* dar un manotazo a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

* dar un nivel de prioridad alto = put + Nombre + high on + Posesivo + list of priorities.

* dar un nuevo acabado = refinish.

* dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.

* dar un nuevo nombre = rename.

* dar un ojo de la cara por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.

* dar unos azotes = spank.

* dar un paseo = take + a stroll, t

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dar [ A25 ]

GUIA DE BUSQUEDA

■ dar (verbo transitivo)

Sentido I

A entregar

B regalar, donar

C en naipes

D

1 proporcionar

2 Música

E conferir, aportar

F

1 aplicar capa de barniz etc

2 dar: inyección etc

G

1 conceder prórroga etc

2 atribuir

3 pronosticando duración

4 dar: edad, años

H

1 expresar, decir

2 señalar, indicar

Sentido II

A producir

B rendir, alcanzar hasta

C causar, provocar

D arruinar, fastidiar

Sentido III

A presentar

B ofrecer, celebrar

C dar: conferencia

Sentido IV

A realizar la acción indicada

B dar: limpiada etc

Sentido V considerar

■ dar (verbo intransitivo)

Sentido I

A

1 entregar

2 en naipes

B ser suficiente, alcanzar

C

1 dar a: puerta etc

2 llegar hasta

3 estar orientado hacia

D comunicar

E arrojar un resultado

F importar

Sentido II

A

1 pegar, golpear

2 darle a algo: tarea

3 darle a algo: hacer uso de

4 acertar

B

1 darle a algo: accionar

2 mover

C

1 indicando insistencia

2 instando a alguien a hacer algo

D dar con

Sentido III

A acometer, sobrevenir

B

1 darle a alguien por algo

2 darle a alguien con algo

C dar en

D dar: sol, viento, luz

E acabar

■ darse (verbo pronominal)

Sentido I

A producirse

B ocurrir

C resultar

Sentido II

A dedicarse, entregarse

B tratarse, ser sociable

Sentido III

A realizar la acción indicada

B

1 golpearse, pegarse

2 darse (de) golpes

3 darse (de) patadas etc

Sentido IV considerarse

vt

Sentido I

A (entregar) to give

dale las llaves a Jaime give the keys to Jaime, give Jaime the keys

se las di a Jaime I gave them to Jaime

dale esto a tu madre de mi parte give this to your mother from me

deme un kilo de peras can I have a kilo of pears?

500 dólares ¿quién da más? any advance on 500 dollars?

dar algo A + INF:

da toda la ropa a planchar/lavar she sends all her clothes to be ironed/washed, she has all her ironing/washing done for her

comer¹ vi A 2. (↑ comer (1)), conocer, entender¹ vt A 2. (↑ entender (1)), mamar

B (regalar, donar) to give

¿me lo prestas? — te lo doy, yo no lo necesito can I borrow it? — you can have it o keep it, I don't need it

a mí nunca nadie me dio nada nobody's ever given me anything

daría cualquier cosa por que así fuera I'd give anything o ( colloq) I'd give my right arm for that to be the case

donde las dan las toman two can play at that game

estarlas dando ( Chi fam): entremos sin pagar, aquí las están dando let's just walk in without paying, they're asking for it ( colloq)

con ese profesor las están dando they get away with murder with that teacher ( colloq)

para dar y tomar or vender: coge los que quieras, tengo para dar y tomar or vender take as many as you want, I have plenty to spare o ( colloq) I've stacks of them

C (en naipes) to deal

¡me has dado unas cartas horribles! you've dealt o given me a terrible hand

D

1 (proporcionar) ‹fuerzas/valor/esperanza› to give

sus elogios me han dado ánimos his praise has given me encouragement o has encouraged me

eso me dio la idea para el libro that's where I got the idea for the book, that's what gave me the idea for the book

me dio un buen consejo she gave me some useful advice

mi familia no pudo darme una carrera my family weren't in a position to send me to o put me through university o to give me a university education

es capaz de robar si le dan la ocasión given the chance he's quite capable of stealing

pide que te den un presupuesto/más información ask them to give you o supply you with an estimate/more information

2 ( Música) to give

¿me das el la? can you give me an A?

E (conferir, aportar) ‹sabor/color/forma› to give

las luces le daban un ambiente festivo a la plaza the lights gave the square a very festive atmosphere, the lights lent a very festive atmosphere to the square

les dio forma redondeada a las puntas he rounded off the ends

necesita algo que le dé sentido a su vida he needs something that will give his life some meaning

F

1 (aplicar) ‹capa de barniz/mano de pintura› to give

dale otra capa de barniz/otra mano de pintura give it another coat of varnish/paint

hay que darle cera al piso we have to wax the floor

dale una puntada para sujetarlo put a stitch in to hold it

2 ‹inyección/lavativa/sedante› to give, administer ( frml); ‹masaje› to give

G

1 (conceder) ‹prórroga/permiso› to give

te doy hasta el jueves I'll give you until Thursday

¿quién te ha dado permiso para entrar allí? who gave you permission to go in there?, who said you could go in there?

si usted nos da permiso with your permission, if you will allow us

el dentista me ha dado hora para el miércoles I have an appointment with the dentist on Wednesday

dan facilidades de pago they offer easy repayment facilities o terms

nos dieron el tercer premio we won o got third prize, we were awarded third prize

al terminar el cursillo te dan un diploma when you finish the course you get a diploma

2

(atribuir): no le des demasiada importancia don't attach too much importance to it

yo le doy otra interpretación a ese pasaje I see o interpret that passage in a different way

tuvieron que darme la razón they had to admit I was right

3 (pronosticando duración) to give

no le dan ni dos meses de vida they've given him less than two months to live

no le doy ni un mes a esa relación I don't think they'll last more than a month together

4

( RPl) ‹edad/años› ¿cuántos años or qué edad le das? how old do you think o reckon she is?

yo no le daba más de 28 I didn't think he was more than 28

H

1

(expresar, decir): ¿le diste las gracias? did you thank him?, did you say thank you?

no me dio ni los buenos días she didn't even say hello

dales recuerdos de mi parte give/send them my regards

darle la bienvenida a algn to welcome sb

tenemos que ir a darles el pésame we must go and offer our condolences

me gustaría que me dieras tu parecer or opinión I'd like you to give me your opinion

le doy mi enhorabuena I'd like to congratulate you

¿me da la hora, por favor? have you got the time, please?

me tocó a mí darle la noticia I was the one who had to break the news to him

te han dado una orden you've been given an order, that was an order

han dado orden de desalojar el edificio they've ordered that the building be vacated

2

(señalar, indicar): me da ocupado or ( Esp) comunicando the line's busy o ( BrE) engaged

el reloj dio las cinco the clock struck five

muestra

Sentido II

A

(producir): estos campos dan mucho grano these fields have a high grain yield

esta estufa da mucho calor this heater gives out a lot of heat

esta clase de negocio da mucho dinero there's a lot of money in this business

esos bonos dan un 7% those bonds give a yield of 7%

los árboles han empezado a dar fruto the trees have begun to bear fruit

no le pudo dar un hijo she was unable to bear o give him a child

B

(rendir, alcanzar hasta): ¿cuánto da ese coche? how fast can that car go?

da 150 kilómetros por hora it can do o go 150 kilometers an hour

ha dado todo lo que el público esperaba de él he has lived up to the public's expectations of him

el coche venía a todo lo que daba the car was traveling at full speed

ponen la radio a todo lo que da they turn the radio on full blast

C

(causar, provocar): la comida muy salada da sed salty food makes you thirsty

¡estos críos dan tanto trabajo! these kids are such hard work!

(+ me/te/le etc): ¿no te da calor esa camisa? aren't you too warm in that shirt?

el vino le había dado sueño the wine had made him sleepy

me da mucha pena verla tan triste I can't bear o it hurts me to see her so sad

¡qué susto me has dado! you gave me such a fright!

me da no sé qué que se tenga que quedar sola I feel a bit funny about leaving her on her own

este coche no me ha dado problemas this car hasn't given me any trouble

ver tb asco, hambre, miedo, etc dar QUE + INF:

el jardín da muchísimo que hacer there's always such a lot to do in the garden

los niños dan que hacer children are a lot of work

lo que dijo me dio que pensar what he said gave me plenty of food for thought o plenty to think about

ver tb dar vi Sense III A.

D ( Esp fam) (arruinar, fastidiar) to spoil, ruin

Isabelita nos dio la noche we had an awful night thanks to little Isabel

Sentido III

A

(presentar): ¿qué dan esta noche en la tele? what's on TV tonight? ( colloq)

en el cine Avenida dan una película buenísima there's a really good movie on at the Avenida, they're showing a really good movie at the Avenida

ayer fuimos al teatro, daban una obra de Calderón we went to the theater yesterday, it was a play by Calderón

va a dar un concierto el mes que viene he's giving a concert next month

deja de gritar así, estás dando un espectáculo stop shouting like that, you're making a spectacle of yourself

B (ofrecer, celebrar) ‹fiesta› to give; ‹baile/banquete› to hold

C ‹conferencia› to give

dar examen (CS); to take o ( BrE) sit an exam

ver tb clase¹ f E. (↑ clase (1))

Sentido IV

A

(realizar la acción indicada): dieron lectura al comunicado they read out the communiqué

estuvo dando cabezadas durante toda la película he kept nodding off all through the film

dio un grito/un suspiro she shouted/sighed, she gave a shout/heaved a sigh

dio un paso atrás/adelante he took a step back/forward

(+ me/te/le etc): dame un beso/abrazo give me a kiss/hug

me dio un tirón del pelo he pulled my hair

golpe, paseo, vuelta, etc

dársela a algn ( Esp fam); to take sb in, put one over on sb

dárselas a algn ( Chi fam); to beat sb up

B

‹limpiada/barrida/planchazo› con que le des una enjuagada alcanza just a quick rinse will do

hay que darle una barrida al suelo de la cocina the kitchen floor needs a sweep o needs sweeping

quiero darle otra leída a este capítulo ( AmL); I want to run o read through this chapter again

Sentido V (considerar) dar algo/a algn POR algo:

lo dieron por muerto they gave him up for dead

doy por terminada la sesión I declare the session closed

ese tema lo doy por sabido I'm assuming you've already covered that topic

si le has prestado dinero ya lo puedes dar por perdido if you've lent him money you can kiss it goodbye

¿eso es lo que quieres? ¡dalo por hecho! is that what you want? consider it done! o ( AmE colloq) you got it!

si apruebo daré el tiempo por bien empleado if I pass it will have been time well spent

sentado

■ dar

vi

Sentido I

A

1

(entregar): dame, yo te lo coso let me have it o give it here, I'll sew it for you

no puedes con todo, dame que te ayudo you'll never manage all that on your own, here, let me help you

¿me das para un helado? can I have some money for an ice cream?

2 (en naipes) to deal

te toca dar a ti it's your deal, it's your turn to deal

B (ser suficiente, alcanzar) dar PARA algo/algn:

este pollo da para dos comidas this chicken is enough o will do for two meals

con una botella no da para todos one bottle's not enough to go round

da para hablar horas y horas you could talk about it for hours

(+ me/te/le etc): eso no te da ni para un chicle you can't even buy a piece of chewing gum with that

no le da la cabeza para la física he hasn't much of a head for physics

no me dio (el) tiempo I didn't have time

dar de sí to stretch

me quedan un poco ajustados, pero ya darán de sí they're a bit tight on me, but they'll stretch o give

¡cuánto ha dado de sí esa botella de jerez! that bottle of sherry's gone a long way!

¡qué poco dan de sí seis euros! six euros don't go very far!

el pobre ya no da más de sí the poor guy's fit to drop

no dar para más: su inteligencia no da para más that's as much as his brain can cope with

yo me voy, esto ya no da para más I'm leaving, this is a waste of time

ya no da para más or (CS) ya no da más de tanto trabajar he's worked himself into the ground

estoy que no doy más I'm all in ( colloq), I'm shattered o dead beat ( colloq), I'm pooped ( AmE colloq)

C dar a

1 «puerta/habitación» (comunicar con) to give on to

la puerta trasera da a un jardín/a la calle Palmar the back door opens o gives onto a garden/onto Palmar Street

todas las habitaciones dan a un patio all the rooms look onto o give onto a courtyard

2 (llegar hasta) «río» to go o flow into; «camino/sendero» to lead to

la calle va a dar directamente a la playa the street goes right down o leads straight to the beach

3 «fachada/frente» (estar orientado hacia) to face

la fachada principal da al sur the main facade faces south

la terraza da al mar the balcony overlooks o faces the sea

D

( RPl) (comunicar) darle a algn CON algn: ¿me das con Teresa, por favor? can I speak to Teresa, please?

en seguida le doy con el señor Seco I'll just put you through to Mr Seco

E

(arrojar un resultado): ¿cuánto da la cuenta? what does it come to?

a mí me dio 247 ¿y a ti? I made it (to be) 247, how about you?

el análisis le dio positivo/negativo her test was positive/negative

F

(importar): ¿cuál prefieres? — da igual which do you prefer? — I don't mind

da lo mismo, ya iremos otro día it doesn't matter, we'll go another day

(+ me/te/le etc): ¿el jueves o el viernes? — a mí me da igual Thursday or Friday? — I don't mind o it doesn't matter o it doesn't make any difference to me o it's all the same to me

la sopa se ha enfriado un poco — ¡qué más da! the soup's gone a bit cold — never mind o it doesn't matter

¿qué más da un color que otro? surely one color is as good as another!, what difference does it make what color it is?

(+ me/te/le etc): ¡qué más le da a él que otros tengan que hacer su trabajo! what does he care if others have to do his work?

¿y a ti qué más te da si él viene? what difference does it make to you if he comes?, what's it to you if he comes? ( colloq)

no quiere venir — tanto da she doesn't want to come — it makes no difference o so what?

(+ me/te/le etc): ¿a qué hora quieren cenar? — tanto nos da what time do you want to have dinner? — it's all the same to us o whenever

Sentido II

A

1 (pegar, golpear) (+ me/te/le etc):

le dio en la cabeza it hit him on the head

dale al balón con fuerza kick the ball hard

¡te voy a dar yo a ti como no me obedezcas! you're going to get it from me if you don't do what I say ( colloq)

le dio con la regla en los nudillos she rapped his knuckles with the ruler

cuando te agarren te van a dar de palos when they get you they're going to give you a good beating

2 ( fam) (a una tarea, asignatura) darle A algo:

me pasé todo el verano dándole al inglés I spent the whole summer working on o studying my English ( colloq)

vas a tener que darle más fuerte si quieres aprobar you're going to have to push yourself harder o put more effort into it if you want to pass

quiero darle un poco más a esta traducción antes de irme I want to do a bit more work on this translation before I go

3 ( fam) (hacer uso de) darle A algo:

¡cómo le da al vino! he really knocks back o ( AmE) down the wine ( colloq)

¡cómo le han dado al queso! ¡ya casi no queda! they've certainly been at the cheese, there's hardly any left! ( colloq)

¡cómo les has dado a estos zapatos! you've really been hard on these shoes!, you've worn these shoes out quickly!

lengua

4 (acertar) to hit

dar en el blanco/el centro to hit the target/the bull's-eye

clavo

B

1 (accionar) darle A algo:

dale a esa palanca hacia arriba push that lever up

le dio al interruptor she flicked the switch

le di a la manivela I turned the handle

dale al pedal press the pedal

tienes que darle a este botón/esta tecla you have to press this button/key

2 (mover) (+ compl):

dale al volante hacia la derecha turn the wheel to the right

dale para atrás ( Auto) back up

C

1 ( fam)

(indicando insistencia): ¡y dale! ya te he dicho que no voy there you go again! I've told you I'm not going ( colloq)

estuvo todo el día dale que dale con el clarinete he spent the whole day blowing away on his clarinet

¡y dale con lo de la edad! ¿qué importa eso? stop going on about her age! what does it matter?

¡dale que te pego! ( fam): he estado toda la mañana dale que te pego con esto I've been slaving away at this all morning

yo quiero olvidarlo y él ¡dale que te pego con lo mismo! I want to forget about it and he keeps on and on about it o he keeps banging on about it

2

( RPl fam) (instando a algn a hacer algo): dale, metete, el agua está lindísima come on, get in, the water's lovely

dale, prestámelo come on o go on, lend it to me

D dar con (encontrar) to find

por mucho que buscaron no dieron con él although they searched high and low they couldn't find him

creo que ya he dado con la solución I think I've hit upon o found the solution

cuando uno no da con la palabra adecuada when you can't come up with o find the right word

Sentido III

A (acometer, sobrevenir) (+ me/te/le etc):

le dio un mareo she felt dizzy

le dio un infarto he had a heart attack

como no se calle, me va a dar algo ( fam); if you don't shut up, I'm going to have a fit ( colloq)

¡me da una indignación cuando hace esas cosas …! I feel so angry when he does those things!

me da que ya no vienen ( fam); I have a (funny o sneaky) feeling they're not coming ( colloq)

ver tb dar vt Sense II C., escalofrío, frío² m B. (↑ frío (2)), gana, impresión, etc

B (hablando de ocurrencias, manías)

1 darle a algn POR algo:

le ha dado por decir que ya no lo quiero he's started saying that I don't love him any more

le ha dado por beber he's taken to drink, he's started drinking

le ha dado por el yoga she's got into yoga

¡menos mal que me dio por preguntar por cuánto saldría! it's just as well it occurred to me to ask o I thought to ask how much it would be!

darle a algn por ahí ( fam): ¿ahora hace pesas? — sí, le ha dado por ahí is he doing weights now? — yes, that's his latest craze o that's what he's into now

¿por qué lo hiciste? — no sé, me dio por ahí why did you do it? — I don't know, I just felt like it

cualquier día le da por ahí y la deja one of these days he'll just up and leave her

2 darle a algn CON algo:

le ha dado con que me conoce he's got it into his head he knows me

C dar en

(tender a): ha dado en salir acompañada por galanes jóvenes she has taken to being escorted in public by handsome young men

ha dado en esta locura she has got this crazy idea into her head

lo que se ha dado en llamar `drogodependencia' what has come to be known as `drug-dependence'

D

«sol/viento/luz»: aquí da el sol toda la mañana you get the sun all morning here

siéntate aquí, donde da el sol sit down here in the sun

en esa playa da mucho el viento it's very windy on that beach

la luz le daba de lleno en los ojos the light was shining right in his eyes

E

(acabar): ir/venir a dar: la pelota había ido a dar al jardín de al lado the ball had ended up in the next door garden

¿cómo habrá venido a dar esto aquí? how on earth did this get here?

■ darse

v pron

Sentido I

A (producirse) to grow

en esta zona se da bien el trigo wheat grows well in this area

B

(ocurrir) «caso/situación»: bien podría darse una situación así this kind of situation could well arise o occur

se dio la circunstancia de que la alarma estaba desconectada the alarm happened to be disconnected

para esto se tienen que dar las siguientes circunstancias this requires the following conditions

¿qué se da? ( fam); what's going on o happening? ( colloq)

C (resultar) (+ me/te/le etc):

se le dan muy bien los idiomas she's very good at languages

¿cómo se te da a ti la costura? how are you at sewing?, how's your sewing?

Sentido II

A (dedicarse, entregarse) darse A algo:

se dio a la bebida she took to drink, she hit the bottle ( colloq)

se da a la buena vida he spends his time having fun o living it up

se ha dado por entero a su familia/a la causa she has devoted herself entirely to her family/to the cause

B

( RPl) (tratarse, ser sociable) darse CON algn: no se da con la familia del marido she doesn't have much to do with her husband's family

Sentido III

A ( refl)

(realizar la acción indicada): voy a darme una ducha I'm going to take o have a shower

vamos a darnos un banquete we're going to have a feast

dárselas de algo: se las da de que sabe mucho he likes to make out he knows a lot

va dándoselas de rico y no tiene un duro he makes out he's rich but he hasn't got a penny

¿pero ése de qué se las da? si es un obrero como tú y yo who does he think he is? he's just another worker like you and me

no te las des de listo don't act so smart

B

1

(golpearse, pegarse): se dio con el martillo en el dedo he hit his finger with the hammer

no te vayas a dar con la cabeza contra el techo don't hit o bang your head on the ceiling

se dieron contra un árbol they crashed o went into a tree

se va a dar un golpe en la cabeza/espalda he's going to hit o bump his head/hit his back

se dio con la nariz or de narices contra la puerta he ran/walked straight into the door, he went smack into the door ( colloq)

2 ( refl):

darse (de) golpes to hit oneself

¡podría darme (de) patadas! I could kick myself!

3 ( recípr):

se estaban dando (de) patadas/tortazos en plena calle they were kicking/punching each other right there on the street

Sentido IV (considerarse) darse POR algo:

con eso me daría por satisfecha I'd be quite happy with that

no se dará por vencida hasta que lo consiga she won't give up until she gets it

puedes darte por contento de haber salido con vida you can count yourself lucky you weren't killed

no quiere darse por enterado he doesn't want to know

aludir vi 1. (↑ aludir)

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dar ( conjugate dar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( entregar) to give;

◊ dale las llaves a Pedro give the keys to Pedro;

déme un kilo de peras can I have a kilo of pears?;
See Also→ conocer verbo transitivo 3 b, entender verbo transitivo
b) ‹cartas/mano› to give

2
a) (donar, regalar) ‹sangre/limosna› to give;

◊ me dio su reloj she gave me her watch

b) ( proporcionar) ‹fuerzas/valor/esperanza› to give;

‹información/idea› to give
3
a) (conferir, aportar) ‹sabor/color/forma› to give

b) ( aplicar) ‹mano de pintura/barniz› to give

c) ‹sedante/masaje› to give

4 ( conceder) ‹prórroga/permiso› to give;
◊ el dentista me dio hora para el miércoles I have an appointment with the dentist on Wednesday;

nos dieron un premio we won o got a prize
5
a) (expresar, decir) ‹parecer/opinón› to give;

◊ ¿le diste las gracias? did you thank him?, did you say thank you?;

dales saludos give/send them my regards;
tuve que darle la noticia I was the one who had to break the news to him
b) (señalar, indicar): me da ocupado or (Esp) comunicando the line's busy o (BrE) engaged;

◊ el reloj dio las cinco the clock struck five

1
a) ( producir) ‹fruto/flor› to bear;

‹ dividendos› to pay;
◊ un negocio que da mucho dinero a business which makes a lot of money

b) (AmL) ( alcanzar hasta):

◊ da 150 kilómetros por hora it can do o go 150 kilometres an hour;

venía a todo lo que daba it was travelling at full speed;
ponen la radio a todo lo que da they turn the radio on full blast
2 (causar, provocar) ‹placer/susto› to give;
‹ problemas› to cause;
◊ dar trabajo to be hard work;

el calor le dio sueño/sed the heat made him sleepy/thirsty
1 ( presentar) ‹ concierto› to give;
◊ ¿qué dan esta noche en la tele? what's on TV tonight? (colloq);

¿dónde están dando esa película? where's that film showing?
2
a) ‹fiesta/conferencia› to give;

‹baile/banquete› to hold;
‹ discurso› (AmL) to make
b) (CS) ‹ examen› to take o (BrE) sit;

ver tb clase 4
( realizar la accion que se indica) ‹ grito› to give;
◊ dar un paso atrás to take a step back;

dame un beso give me a kiss;
ver tb golpe, paseo, vuelta, etc
( considerar) dar algo/a algn por algo:
◊ lo dieron por muerto they gave him up for dead;

ese tema lo doy por sabido I'm assuming you've already covered that topic;
¡dalo por hecho! consider it done!
verbo intransitivo
1
◊ dar a [ puerta] to give onto, open onto;

[ventana/balcón] to look onto, give onto;
[fachada/frente] to face
2 (ser suficiente, alcanzar) dar para algo/algn to be enough for sth/sb;
◊ no me dio (el) tiempo I didn't have time;

dar de sí ‹zapatos/jersey› to stretch
3 ( arrojar un resultado):
◊ el análisis le dio positivo her test was positive;

¿cuánto da la cuenta? what does it come to?;
a mí me dio 247 I made it (to be) 247
4 ( importar):
◊ da lo mismo it doesn't matter;

¡qué más da! what does it matter!;
¿qué más da? what difference does it make?;
me da igual I don't mind
5 ( en naipes) to deal
1
a) (pegar, golpear): darle a algn to hit sb;

( como castigo) to smack sb;
◊ dale al balón kick the ball;

el balón dio en el poste the ball hit the post
b) ( acertar) to hit;

◊ dar en el blanco to hit the target

2 (accionar, mover) darle a algo ‹a botón/tecla› to press sth;
‹ a interruptor› to flick sth;
‹a manivela/volante› to turn sth
3
◊ dar con ( encontrar) ‹ persona› to find;

‹ solución› to hit upon, find;
‹ palabra› to come up with
4 (hablando de manías, ocurrencias) darle a algn por hacer algo ‹por pintar/cocinar› to take to doing sth;
◊ le ha dado por decir que … he's started saying that …

5 [sol/luz]:
◊ aquí da el sol toda la mañana you get the sun all morning here;

la luz le daba de lleno en los ojos the light was shining right in his eyes
darse verbo pronominal
1 ( producirse) [fruta/trigo] to grow
2 ( presentarse) [oportunidad/ocasión] to arise
3 ( resultar) (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ se le dan los idiomas she's good at languages

a) ( refl) ( realizar lo que se indica) ‹ducha/banquete› to have;

◊ dárselas de algo: se las da de valiente/de que sabe mucho he likes to make out he's brave/he knows a lot;

dárselas de listo to act smart
b) (golpearse, pegarse):

◊ se dio con el martillo en el dedo he hit his finger with the hammer;

se dieron contra un árbol they crashed into a tree;
se dio dar un golpe en la rodilla he hit his knee
( considerarse) darse por algo:
◊ con eso me daría por satisfecha I'd be quite happy with that;

ver tb aludir a, enterado 1
dar
I verbo transitivo
1 to give: dame la mano, hold my hand
2 (conceder) to give: mi padre me dio permiso, my father gave me permission
le doy toda la razón, I think he is quite right
3 (transmitir una noticia) to tell
(un recado, recuerdos) to pass on, give
dar las gracias, to thank
4 (retransmitir u ofrecer un espectáculo) to show, put on
5 (organizar una fiesta) to throw, give
6 (producir lana, miel, etc) to produce, yield
(fruto, flores) to bear
(beneficio, interés) to give, yield
7 (causar un dolor, malestar) dar dolor de cabeza, to give a headache
(un sentimiento) dar pena, to make sad
le da mucha vergüenza, he's very embarrassed
8 (proporcionar) to provide: su empresa da trabajo a cincuenta personas, his factory gives work to fifty people
9 (una conferencia, charla) to give
(impartir clases) to teach
(recibir una clase) to have
US to take
10 (presentir) me da (en la nariz/en el corazón) que eso va a salir bien, I have a feeling that everything is going to turn out well
11 (estropear) to ruin: me dio la noche con sus ronquidos, he spoilt my sleep with his snoring
12 (abrir el paso de la luz) to switch on
(del gas, agua) to turn on
13 (propinar una bofetada, un puntapié, etc) to hit, give
14 (aplicar una mano de pintura, cera) to apply, put on
(un masaje, medicamento) to give
15 (considerar) dar por, to assume, consider: lo dieron por muerto, he was given up for dead
ese dinero lo puedes dar por perdido, you can consider that money lost
dar por supuesto/sabido, to take for granted, to assume
16 (la hora, un reloj) to strike: aún no habían dado las ocho, it was not yet past eight o'clock
17 (realizar la acción que implica el objeto) dar un abrazo/susto, to give a hug/fright
dar un paseo, to go for a walk
dar una voz, to give a shout
II verbo intransitivo
1 (sobrevenir) le dio un ataque de nervios, she had an attack of hysterics
2 dar de comer/cenar, to provide with lunch/dinner 3 dar a, (mirar, estar orientado a) to look out onto, to overlook
(una puerta) to open onto, lead to: esa puerta da al jardín, this door leads out onto the garden 4 dar con, (una persona, objeto) to come across: no fuimos capaces de dar con la contraseña, we couldn't come up with the password
dimos con él, we found him 5 dar de sí, (una camiseta, bañador) to stretch, give 6 dar en, to hit: el sol me daba en los ojos, the sun was (shining) in my eyes 7 dar para, to be enough o sufficient for: ese dinero no me da para nada, this money isn't enough for me
♦ Locuciones: dar a alguien por: le dio por ponerse a cantar, she decided to start singing
le dio por nadar, he got it into his head to go swimming
dar a entender a alguien que..., to make sb understand that...
dar la mano a alguien, to shake hands with sb
dar para: el presupuesto no da para más, the budget will not stretch any further
dar que hablar, to set people talking
dar que pensar: el suceso dio que pensar, the incident gave people food for thought
dar a conocer, (noticia) to release
' dar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abasto
- abrigar
- acelerón
- acertar
- acogerse
- acomodar
- acreditar
- admitir
- aflojar
- agradecer
- alarma
- albergue
- alcance
- alerta
- alimentar
- alojamiento
- alta
- amagar
- apetecer
- apurar
- armar
- asesorar
- atinar
- baño
- batalla
- blanca
- blanco
- bola
- bote
- brazo
- brinco
- buena
- bueno
- cabezada
- cabida
- cada
- calabaza
- calentar
- callar
- callada
- callo
- campanada
- cancha
- cante
- cara
- carpetazo
- carrete
- casar
- chivatazo
- citar
English:
about-face
- about-turn
- act up
- advance
- amplify
- announce
- around
- attach
- attest
- back
- backpedal
- barge into
- bear
- beat
- beat up
- beg
- begrudge
- birth
- block
- bluster
- bolster
- bop
- boss about
- boss around
- bother
- bounce
- bound
- breast-feed
- brief
- buff
- bull's-eye
- butt
- call
- chase down
- checkmate
- cheer
- chime
- circle
- clout
- coach
- come across
- credence
- day
- deal
- death
- deliver
- deposit
- direct
- discharge
- disgust

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dar

♦ vt

1. [entregar, otorgar] to give;

dar algo a alguien to give sth to sb, to give sb sth;

da parte de sus ingresos a los necesitados she gives o donates part of her income to the poor;

dame el azúcar, por favor could you pass o give me the sugar, please?;

¡dámelo! give it to me!, give me it!;

se lo di a mi hermano I gave it to my brother;

daría cualquier cosa por saber lo que piensa I'd give anything to know what he's thinking

2. [pagar] to give;
[ofrecer en pago] to offer;
¿cuánto te dieron por la casa? how much did they give you for the house?;

el concesionario me da 2.000 euros por la moto vieja the dealer's offering 2,000 euros for my old motorbike;

300 dólares, ¿quién da más? [en subasta] is there any advance on 300 dollars?

3. [proporcionar] to give, to provide with;

la salsa le da un sabor muy bueno the sauce gives it a very pleasant taste, the sauce makes it taste very nice;

este color le da un aspecto diferente a la habitación this colour makes the room look different;

le di instrucciones de cómo llegar a casa I gave her directions for getting to my house;

no nos dio ninguna explicación sobre su ausencia he didn't give us o provide us with any explanation for his absence;

le dimos ánimos para que siguiera con su trabajo we encouraged her to continue with her work;

su familia hizo un gran esfuerzo por darle estudios universitarios his family went to a great deal of effort to enable him to go to university

4. [conceder] to give;

le han dado el Premio Nobel she has been awarded o given the Nobel Prize;

le dieron una beca he was awarded o given a grant;

yo no le daría demasiada importancia I wouldn't attach too much importance to it;

al final me dieron la razón in the end they accepted that I was right;

le dieron una semana más para presentar el informe they gave o allowed him one more week to hand in the report;

me dieron permiso para ir al médico I got o was allowed time off work to go to the doctor;

¿da su permiso para entrar? may I come in?;

nos dieron facilidades de pago they offered us easy payment terms;

los médicos no le dan más de seis meses de vida the doctors don't give him more than six months (to live);

¿qué interpretación das a este descubrimiento? how would you interpret this discovery?

5. [decir]
dar los buenos días to say hello;

dar la bienvenida a alguien to welcome sb;

le di las gracias por su ayuda I thanked her for her help;

fuimos a darles el pésame we went to offer them our condolences;

dale recuerdos de mi parte give him my regards, say hello to him from me;

dale la enhorabuena give her my congratulations;

me dio su opinión al respecto he gave me his opinion on the matter;

¿quién le dará la noticia? who's going to tell o give her the news?

6. [producir] to give, to produce;
[frutos, flores] to bear; [beneficios, intereses] to yield;
estas vacas dan mucha leche these cows produce a lot of milk;

esta cuenta da un 5 por ciento de interés this account offers a 5 percent interest rate, this account bears interest at 5 percent;

esta lámpara da mucha luz this light is very bright;

le dio tres hijos she bore him three children

7. [provocar] to give;

me da vergüenza/pena it makes me ashamed/sad;

me da risa it makes me laugh;

me da miedo it frightens me;

¡me da una rabia que me traten así! it infuriates me that they should treat me in this way!;

me dio un susto tremendo she gave me a real fright;

el viaje me dio mucho sueño the journey made me really sleepy;

da gusto leer un libro tan bien escrito it's a pleasure to read such a well-written book;

los cacahuetes dan mucha sed peanuts make you very thirsty;

este paseo me ha dado hambre this walk has made me hungry o given me an appetite;

estas botas dan mucho calor these boots are very warm

8. [luz, agua, gas] [encender] to turn o switch on;
[suministrar por primera vez] to connect; [suministrar tras un corte] to turn back on
9. [fiesta, cena] to have, to hold;

dar una cena en honor de alguien to hold o give a dinner in sb's honour;

darán una recepción después de la boda there will be a reception after the wedding

10. [en naipes] [repartir] to deal

11. [sujeto: reloj] to strike;

el reloj dio las doce the clock struck twelve

12. Cine, Teatro & TV to show;
[concierto, interpretación] to give;
¿qué dan esta noche en la tele? – dan una película del oeste what's on the TV tonight? – they're showing a western o there's a western on;

dieron la ceremonia en directo they broadcast the ceremony live

13. [propinar]
le di una bofetada I slapped him, I gave him a slap;

dio una patada a la pelota he kicked the ball;

darle un golpe/una puñalada a alguien to hit/stab sb

14. [untar con, aplicar]
dar una capa de pintura al salón to give the living-room a coat of paint;

dar barniz a una silla to varnish a chair

15. [señales, indicios] to show;

dar pruebas de sensatez to show good sense;

dar señales de vida to show signs of life

16. [enseñar] to teach;
[conferencia] to give;
dar inglés/historia to teach English/history;

dio una clase muy interesante she gave a very interesting class;

mañana no daremos clase there won't be a class tomorrow

17. Esp [recibir] [clase] to have;

doy clases de piano con una profesora francesa I have piano classes with a French piano teacher;

doy dos clases de francés a la semana I have two French classes a week

18. [expresa acción]
dar un grito to give a cry;

dar un suspiro to sigh, to give a sigh;

dar un vistazo a to have a look at;

dio lectura a los resultados de la elección she read out the election results;

cuando se enteró de la noticia, dio saltos de alegría when he heard the news, he jumped for joy;

voy a dar un paseo I'm going (to go) for a walk

19. Esp Fam [fastidiar] to ruin;

es tan pesado que me dio la tarde he's so boring that he ruined the afternoon for me;

el bebé nos da las noches con sus lloros the baby never lets us get a decent night's sleep

20. [considerar]
dar algo por to consider sth as;

eso lo doy por hecho I take that for granted;

doy por sentado que vendrás a la fiesta I take it for granted that o I assume you'll be coming to the party;

doy por explicado este periodo histórico that's all I want to say about this period of history;

doy esta discusión por terminada I consider this discussion to be over;

dar a alguien por muerto to give sb up for dead

21. Fam [presentir]
me da que no van a venir I have a feeling they're not going to come

22. RP [inyección] to give

23. Comp

donde las dan las toman you get what you deserve;

no dar una to get everything wrong

♦ vi

1. [en naipes] [repartir] to deal;

me toca dar a mí it's my deal

2. [entregar]
dame, que ya lo llevo yo give it to me, I'll carry it

3. [horas] to strike;

dieron las tres three o'clock struck

4. [golpear]
le dieron en la cabeza they hit him on the head;

la piedra dio contra el cristal the stone hit the window;

como no te portes bien, te voy a dar if you don't behave, I'll smack you

5. [accionar]
dar a [llave de paso] to turn;
[botón, timbre] to press;
dale al control remoto hit the remote control;

dale al pedal press down on the pedal;
Informát
dale a la tecla de retorno hit o press return;

dale a la manivela turn the handle

6. [estar orientado]
dar a [sujeto: ventana, balcón] to look out onto, to overlook;
[sujeto: pasillo, puerta] to lead to; [sujeto: casa, fachada] to face;
todas las habitaciones dan al mar all the rooms look out onto o face the sea

7. [sujeto: luz, viento]
el sol daba de lleno en la habitación the sunlight was streaming into the room;

la luz me daba directamente en la cara the light was shining directly in my face;

aquí da mucho viento it's very windy here

8. [encontrar]
dar con algo/alguien to find sth/sb;

he dado con la solución I've hit upon the solution

9. [proporcionar]
dar de beber a alguien to give sb something to drink;

da de mamar a su hijo she breast-feeds her son

10. [ser suficiente]
dar para to be enough for;

Comp

no dar ni para pipas: ¡eso no te da ni para pipas! that's not even enough to buy a bag of peanuts!

11. [motivar]
esta noticia va a dar mucho que hablar this news will set people talking;

aquello me dio que pensar that made me think

12. [importar]
¡y a ti qué más te da! what's it to you?;

me da igual o [m5] lo mismo it's all the same to me, I don't mind o care;

no vamos a poder ir al cine – ¡qué más da! we won't be able to go to the cinema – never mind!;

y si no lo conseguimos, ¿qué más da? if we don't manage it, so what?;

¡qué más da quién lo haga con tal de que lo haga bien! what does it matter o what difference does it make who does it as long as they do it properly?;

lo siento, no voy a poder ayudar – da igual, no te preocupes I'm sorry but I won't be able to help – it doesn't matter, don't worry;

¿vamos o nos quedamos? – da lo mismo should we go or should we stay? – it doesn't make any difference

13. [acertar]
dio en el blanco she hit the target;

diste en el blanco, hay que intentar reducir las pérdidas you hit the nail on the head, we have to try and reduce our losses

14. [tomar costumbre]
le ha dado por el yoga he's decided to go in for yoga;

ahora le ha dado por no comer fruta now she's decided not to eat fruit;

le dio por ponerse a cantar en medio de la clase he took it into his head to start singing in the middle of the class;

¿está aprendiendo ruso? – sí, le ha dado por ahí is she learning Russian? – yes, that's her latest thing;
Formal
dar en hacer algo to take to doing sth;

el viejo dio en leer libros de caballería the old man took to reading books on chivalry

15. [expresa repetición]
le dieron de palos they beat him repeatedly with sticks

16. [afectar]
le dio un infarto he had a heart attack

17.
dar de sí [ropa, calzado] to give, to stretch;

no dar más de sí o [m5] para más [persona, animal] not to be up to much any more;

este sueldo da mucho de sí this salary goes a long way;

estos zapatos no dan para más these shoes have had it;

es un poco tonto, no da para más he's a bit stupid, he's not up to anything else

18. [expresa enfado]
te digo que pares y tú, ¡dale (que dale)! I've told you to stop, but you just carry on and on!;

¡y dale con la música! there he goes again, playing loud music!;

te hemos dicho que no menciones el tema, y tú, dale que te pego we've told you not to mention the subject, but you just carry on regardless o but here you are, bringing it up again;

¡y dale! te lo he dicho bien claro, no voy a ir how many times do I have to tell you? o I've said it once and I'll say it again, I'm not going

19. RP [comunicar]
¿me darías con tu madre? could I speak to your mother?, could you put your mother on?;

le doy con el Sr. Hualde I'll put you through to Mr Hualde

20. Comp
Fam
para dar y tomar: había cerveza para dar y tomar there was loads of beer;
Fam
darle a: ¡cómo le da a la cerveza! he certainly likes his beer!;
Fam
darle algo a alguien: si no se calla me va a dar algo if he doesn't shut up soon, I'll go mad;

si sigues trabajando así te va a dar algo you can't go on working like that;
Esp muy Fam
¡que le den!: ¿que no quiere cooperar? ¡que le den! he doesn't want to co-operate? well, stuff him!

♦ See also the pronominal verb darse

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dar

<part dado>

I v/t

1 give; fiesta give, have;

dar un salto/una patada jump/kick, give a jump/kick;

dar miedo a frighten;

el jamón me dio sed the ham made me thirsty;

dar de comer/beber a alguien give s.o. something to eat/drink

2 fruta bear; luz give off; beneficio yield

3 película show, screen

4

:

el reloj dio las tres the clock struck three

5

:

¡dale (que dale)! fam don’t keep on! fam ;

y siguió dale que te pego fam and he kept on and on

II v/i

1 give; de cartas en juego deal;

dame give it to me, give me it

2

:

dar a de ventana look onto

3

:

dar con algo/alguien come across sth/s.o., find sth/s.o.;

no di con el nombre I couldn’t think of the name

4

:

dar de sí de material stretch, give;

dar para be enough for;

no da para más it’s past its best

5

:

le dio por insultar a su madre fam she started insulting her mother

6

:

¡qué más da! what does it matter!;

da igual it doesn’t matter

7

:

dar contra o

en algo hit sth;

el sol le daba en la cara he had the sun in his eyes, the sun was in his eyes

8

:

dar por muerto a alguien give s.o. up for dead

9

:

dar que hablar give people something to talk about;

da que pensar it makes you think, it gives you something to think about

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dar {22} vt

1) : to give

2) entregar: to deliver, to hand over

3) : to hit, to strike

4) : to yield, to produce

5) : to perform

6) : to give off, to emit

7)

dar como or

dar por : to regard as, to consider

dar vi

1) alcanzar: to suffice, to be enough

no me da para dos pasajes: I don't have enough for two fares

2)

dar a or

dar sobre : to overlook, to look out on

3)

dar con : to run into

4)

dar con : to hit upon (an idea)

5)

dar de sí : to give, to stretch

♦ See also the reflexive verb darse

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dar vb

1. (en general) to give [pt. gave; pp. given]

dale esta carta a tu madre give this letter to your mother

me has dado una idea you've given me an idea

me dio permiso para ir a la excursión he gave me permission to go on the trip

¿cuánto me das por lavarte el coche? how much will you give me for washing your car?

2. (poner en las manos) to pass

me puedes ayudar dándome los libros you can help me by passing me the books

3. (pedir en una tienda)

¿me da un kilo de naranjas, por favor? could I have a kilo of oranges, please?

4. (poner en la televisión) to be on

esta noche dan una película estupenda en la tele there's a great film on TV tonight

5. (ofrecer fiesta) to have

los García dan una fiesta the Garcías are having a party

6. (impartir clases) to teach [pt. & pp. taught]

da clases de inglés she teaches English

7. (tener ataque, enfermedad) to have

le ha dado un ataque de asma she had an asthma attack

8. (producir fruto, flores) to bear [pt. bore; pp. borne]

el peral da peras the pear tree bears pears

9. (sonar las horas) to strike [pt. & pp. struck]

el reloj dio las ocho the clock struck eight

ya han dado las diez it's gone ten o'clock

10. (encender, conectar) to turn on

¿has dado el gas? have you turned the gas on?

11. (chocar, golpear) to hit [pt. & pp. hit]

la pelota dio contra el cristal the ball hit the window

12. (decir) to say [pt. & pp. said]

me dio las buenas noches he said goodnight to me / he wished me goodnight

le di las gracias I thanked him

dar a to overlook / to look onto

esta habitación da a la calle this room overlooks the street

dar a entender to imply [pt. & pp. implied]

dar a luz to give birth [pt. gave; pp. given]

dio a luz a una niña preciosa she gave birth to a beautiful little girl

dar de comer to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

dar igual not to matter / not to mind

da igual it doesn't matter

me da igual I don't mind

¿qué más da? what difference does it make?

Spanish-English dictionary > dar
8 faltar

v.

1 to lack, to be missing, to have not enough.

Me falta comida I lack food.

Me falta comida I lack food.

Falta un tornillo A screw is missing.

2 to be lacking, to be needed.

falta aire there's not enough air

falta sal it needs a bit of salt

3 to be necessary, to have yet to, to have still to. (hacer falta).

me falta tiempo I need time

para que su felicidad fuera completa sólo faltaba que viniera su hijo all it needed to make her happiness complete was for her son to arrive

¡lo que me faltaba! that's all I needed!

sólo le faltó ponerse a llorar he did everything but burst into tears

Me falta terminar esto I have still to finish this.

4 to be absent or missing (estar ausente).

falta Elena Elena is missing

el día que yo falte when I have passed on

Falta María Mary is absent.

5 to offend.

Me faltó mi hermana My sister offended me.

Me faltó mi hermano My brother offended me.

6 to omit, to skip.

7 to become scarce for.

Me faltó el dinero Money became scarce for me.

Me faltó el dinero Money became scarce for me.

8 to be not enough.

Falta comida There is not enough food.

9 to be yet to.

Falta barrer There is yet to sweep.

10 to be offended.

Se me faltó I was offended.

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faltar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (no estar una cosa) to be missing; (una persona) to be absent

■ me falta un zapato one of my shoes is missing

■ ¿quién falta? who's missing?

■ ha faltado mucho a clase he has missed a lot of classes

■ mañana a las tres, ¡no faltes! tomorrow at three, be sure to come!

2 (haber poco) to be lacking, be needed

■ falta (más) leche we need (more) milk, there isn't enough milk

3 (no tener) to lack, not have (enough)

■ le falta genio she's got no character

4 (quedar) to remain, be left

■ ¿cuánto falta para Alicante? how much further is it to Alicante?

■ falta poco para que... it won't be long till...

■ falta mucho por hacer there's still a lot to be done

5 (no respetar) to insult, be rude to

■ no la perdonaré que me faltara I'll never forgive her for being rude to me

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FRASEOLOGÍA

faltar a la verdad not to tell the truth, lie

faltar a su deber to fail in one's duty

faltar a su palabra to break one's word

faltar a su promesa not to keep one's promise

faltar al respeto a alguien to be rude to somebody, insult somebody

faltar en los pagos not to keep up with the payments

¡lo que me (te, le, etc) faltaba! that's all I (you, he, etc) needed!

¡no faltaba más! (por supuesto) of course!, but of course! 2 (por supuesto que no) absolutely not!

¡sólo me (te, le, etc) faltaba eso! that's all I (you, he, etc) needed!

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verb

1) to be lacking

2) be absent

3) be unfaithful, break

4) remain

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VI

1) (=no haber suficiente)

faltan profesores — there aren't enough teachers

a la sopa le falta sal — there isn't enough salt in the soup

faltan viviendas asequibles — there is a shortage of affordable housing

faltan dos sillas — we are two chairs short

• faltar algo a algn, le falta todavía un impreso — you still need another form

¿te falta dinero? — do you need any money?

nos falta tiempo para hacerlo — we don't have enough time to do it

te faltan dos centímetros para poder ser policía — you're two centimetres too short to be a policeman

no le falta valor — he doesn't lack courage

- ¡lo que me faltaba!

- ¡no faltaba o faltaría más!

- ¡no faltaba más que eso!

- es mejor que sobre que no que falte

2) (=no estar) to be missing

faltan varios libros del estante — there are several books missing from the shelf

faltan 20 euros de la caja — there are 20 euros missing from the till

me falta un bolígrafo — one of my pens is missing

faltaba de su casa desde hacía un mes — he had been missing for a month

¿quién falta? — who's missing?, who's not here?

no podemos irnos, falta Manolo — we can't go, Manolo isn't here yet

• no faltar, un desayuno en el que no faltan los huevos y el beicon — a breakfast which doesn't fail to include eggs and bacon

un partido en el que no faltaron goles — a match which was not short of goals

no falta ninguno de los ingredientes de la novela policíaca — all of the ingredients of the detective novel are present

no falta quien opina que... — there are those who think that...

3) (=no ir)

no he faltado ni una sola vez a las reuniones — I haven't missed a single meeting

faltaron tres personas a la reunión — there were three people missing o absent from the meeting

¡no faltaré! — I'll be there!

• faltar a una cita — [de negocios] to miss an appointment, not to turn up for an appointment; [con amigo] not to turn up for a date

• faltar a clase — to miss school

• faltar al trabajo — to be off work

nunca falta al trabajo — he's never off work

4) (=quedar)

falta todavía bastante por hacer — there is still quite a lot to be done, quite a lot remains to be done

• falta mucho todavía — there's plenty of time to go yet

¿falta mucho? — is there long to go?

¿te falta mucho? — will you be long?

• faltar para algo, faltan tres semanas para las elecciones — there are three weeks to go to the election, the election is three weeks off

faltan cinco minutos para que comience la representación — the performance will begin in five minutes

faltan cinco para las siete — LAm it's five to seven

• falta poco para las ocho — it's nearly eight o'clock, it's getting on for eight o'clock

falta poco para que termine el partido — the match is almost over o finished

5) (=estar a punto de)

faltó poco para que lo pillara un coche — he was very nearly run down by a car

le faltaba poco para decírselo — she was about to tell him

6) (=insultar)

¡sin faltar!, ¿eh? — keep it polite, right?

faltar a algn — (=ofender) to offend sb; (=ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to sb; (=no apoyar) to fail sb

faltar a algn al respeto — to be rude to sb, be disrespectful to sb

7) (=no cumplir)

• faltar en algo, faltar en los pagos — to default on one's payments

no faltaré en comunicárselo — I shall not fail to tell him
decencia 1), palabra 4), promesa 1., 1), respeto 1), verdad 1)
8) euf (=estar muerto)

desde que falta su madre — since his mother passed away

cuando falte yo — when I'm gone

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verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( no estar) to be missing

falta dinero de la caja — there's some money missing from the till

¿quién falta? — who's missing?; (en colegio, reunión de trabajo) who's absent?

falta de su domicilio — she has been missing from home; (+ me/te/le etc)

te falta un botón — you have a button missing

a esta taza le falta el asa — there's no handle on this cup

b) ( no haber suficiente)

va a faltar vino — there won't be enough wine

más vale que sobre comida y no que falte — it's better to have too much food than too little; (+ me/te/le etc)

nos faltó tiempo — we didn't have enough time

le falta experiencia — he lacks experience

me faltan palabras para expresarlo — I can't find the words to express it

ganas no me faltan — I'd love to

me falta el aire — I can't breathe

c) (en frases negativas)

no falta quien lo piensa — some people think that

no faltará oportunidad — there will be plenty of opportunities

d) ( hacer falta)

le falta alguien que la aconseje — she needs someone to advise her

2) ( quedar)

yo estoy lista ¿a ti te falta mucho? — I'm ready, will you be long?

a la carne le faltan 15 minutos — the meat needs another 15 minutes

sólo me falta pasarlo a máquina — all I have to do is type it out

sólo falta decorarlo — it just needs decorating

aún me falta pintarlo — I still have to paint it

falta poco para Navidad — it's not long until Christmas

falta poco para las diez — it's almost o nearly ten o'clock

faltan cinco minutos para que empiece — there are five minutes to go before it starts

¿te falta mucho para terminar? — will it take you long to finish?

¿falta mucho para que llegue? — will it be long until she arrives?

nos falta poco para terminar/llegar — we're almost finished/there

me faltan tres páginas para terminar el libro — I have three pages to go to finish the book

aún falta mucho — ( tiempo) there's plenty of time yet; ( distancia) there's a long way to go yet

poco faltó para que me pegara — he nearly hit me

esto es lo único que faltaba! — (iró) that's all I/we needed! (iro)

no faltaba or faltaría más! — ( respuesta - a un agradecimiento) don't mention it!; (- a una petición) of course, certainly; (- a un ofrecimiento) I wouldn't hear of it!; ( expresando indignación) whatever next!

3)

a) ( no asistir)

te esperamos, no faltes — we're expecting you, make sure you come

faltar a algo — al colegio/a clase to be absent from something; a una cita to miss something

ha faltado dos veces al trabajo — she's been off work twice

b) ( no cumplir)

faltar a algo: faltó a su promesa/palabra he didn't keep his promise/word; no me faltes al or (CS) el respeto! don't be rude to me; faltas a la verdad — you are not telling the truth

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= lack, be lacking, be short of.

Ex. I think that we have established a communication which we have lacked in the past.

Ex. The blame was not theirs that they were so lacking in gumption.

Ex. Libraries are ordinarily short of space for collections, staff, and readers = Generalmente, las bibliotecas andan faltas de espacio para las colecciones, el personal y los lectores.

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* al que no se puede dejar de faltar = unmissable.

* empezar a faltar = be in short supply, be at a premium.

* faltar a clase = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school.

* faltar al respeto = disrespect, diss.

* faltar a una clase = miss + class, cut + class.

* faltar a una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.

* faltar de = be absent (from).

* faltar el canto de un duro para = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, come + very close to.

* faltar el respeto = disrespect, diss.

* faltar mucho = be a long way off.

* faltar mucho (para) = there + be + a long way to go (before), have + a long way to go (before).

* faltar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).

* faltar un poco = be some way off.

* faltar versatilidad = be a one-trip pony.

* no faltar el respeto = be civil towards.

* para que no falte = for good measure.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* para que no vaya a faltar = for good measure.

* pieza clave que falta = missing piece.

* trabajo + no faltar = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

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verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( no estar) to be missing

falta dinero de la caja — there's some money missing from the till

¿quién falta? — who's missing?; (en colegio, reunión de trabajo) who's absent?

falta de su domicilio — she has been missing from home; (+ me/te/le etc)

te falta un botón — you have a button missing

a esta taza le falta el asa — there's no handle on this cup

b) ( no haber suficiente)

va a faltar vino — there won't be enough wine

más vale que sobre comida y no que falte — it's better to have too much food than too little; (+ me/te/le etc)

nos faltó tiempo — we didn't have enough time

le falta experiencia — he lacks experience

me faltan palabras para expresarlo — I can't find the words to express it

ganas no me faltan — I'd love to

me falta el aire — I can't breathe

c) (en frases negativas)

no falta quien lo piensa — some people think that

no faltará oportunidad — there will be plenty of opportunities

d) ( hacer falta)

le falta alguien que la aconseje — she needs someone to advise her

2) ( quedar)

yo estoy lista ¿a ti te falta mucho? — I'm ready, will you be long?

a la carne le faltan 15 minutos — the meat needs another 15 minutes

sólo me falta pasarlo a máquina — all I have to do is type it out

sólo falta decorarlo — it just needs decorating

aún me falta pintarlo — I still have to paint it

falta poco para Navidad — it's not long until Christmas

falta poco para las diez — it's almost o nearly ten o'clock

faltan cinco minutos para que empiece — there are five minutes to go before it starts

¿te falta mucho para terminar? — will it take you long to finish?

¿falta mucho para que llegue? — will it be long until she arrives?

nos falta poco para terminar/llegar — we're almost finished/there

me faltan tres páginas para terminar el libro — I have three pages to go to finish the book

aún falta mucho — ( tiempo) there's plenty of time yet; ( distancia) there's a long way to go yet

poco faltó para que me pegara — he nearly hit me

esto es lo único que faltaba! — (iró) that's all I/we needed! (iro)

no faltaba or faltaría más! — ( respuesta - a un agradecimiento) don't mention it!; (- a una petición) of course, certainly; (- a un ofrecimiento) I wouldn't hear of it!; ( expresando indignación) whatever next!

3)

a) ( no asistir)

te esperamos, no faltes — we're expecting you, make sure you come

faltar a algo — al colegio/a clase to be absent from something; a una cita to miss something

ha faltado dos veces al trabajo — she's been off work twice

b) ( no cumplir)

faltar a algo: faltó a su promesa/palabra he didn't keep his promise/word; no me faltes al or (CS) el respeto! don't be rude to me; faltas a la verdad — you are not telling the truth

* * *

= lack, be lacking, be short of.

Ex: I think that we have established a communication which we have lacked in the past.

Ex: The blame was not theirs that they were so lacking in gumption.

Ex: Libraries are ordinarily short of space for collections, staff, and readers = Generalmente, las bibliotecas andan faltas de espacio para las colecciones, el personal y los lectores.

* al que no se puede dejar de faltar = unmissable.

* empezar a faltar = be in short supply, be at a premium.

* faltar a clase = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school.

* faltar al respeto = disrespect, diss.

* faltar a una clase = miss + class, cut + class.

* faltar a una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.

* faltar de = be absent (from).

* faltar el canto de un duro para = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, come + very close to.

* faltar el respeto = disrespect, diss.

* faltar mucho = be a long way off.

* faltar mucho (para) = there + be + a long way to go (before), have + a long way to go (before).

* faltar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).

* faltar un poco = be some way off.

* faltar versatilidad = be a one-trip pony.

* no faltar el respeto = be civil towards.

* para que no falte = for good measure.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* para que no vaya a faltar = for good measure.

* pieza clave que falta = missing piece.

* trabajo + no faltar = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

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faltar [A1 ]

vi

A

1 (no estar) to be missing

aquí faltan tres recibos there are three receipts missing

falta dinero de la caja there's some money missing from the till

¿estamos todos? — no, falta Inés are we all here? — no, Inés is missing o Inés isn't here

(+ me/te/le etc): te falta un botón you have a button missing, you're missing a button

revisen sus bolsos a ver si les falta algo check your bags to see if there's anything missing

le faltan todos los dientes de abajo he's lost all his bottom teeth

a esta taza le falta el asa there's no handle on this cup

a la muñeca le falta un brazo the doll is missing an arm, the doll has an arm missing

falta de su domicilio desde hace un mes she has been missing from home for a month

el día que yo falte ¿qué va a ser de este chico? ( euf); what will become of this boy when I'm gone? ( euph)

2

(no haber suficiente): no faltará vino there will be plenty of wine, there will be no shortage of wine

más vale que sobre comida y no que falte it's better to have too much food than too little

(+ me/te/le etc): me falta el aire I can't breathe

nos faltó tiempo para terminar we didn't have enough time to finish

me faltan palabras para expresarle mi agradecimiento I don't know how to thank you

le falta experiencia he lacks experience, he doesn't have enough/any experience

ganas no me faltan, pero no tengo dinero I'd love to, but I haven't got any money

3 ( en frases negativas)

(no haber): no falta quien piensa que fue un error there are those who think it was a mistake

no faltará oportunidad de retribuirles la atención there will be plenty of opportunities to return their kindness

4

(hacer falta): le falta alguien que la aconseje she needs someone to advise her

le falta un objetivo en la vida he needs a goal in life

B

(quedar): yo estoy lista ¿a ti te falta mucho? I'm ready, will you be long?

a la carne le faltarán unos 15 minutos the meat needs another 15 minutes or so

sólo me falta pasarlo a máquina all I have to do is type it out, I just need to type it out

el pastel está listo, sólo falta decorarlo the cake is ready, it just needs decorating

todavía me falta pintar la puerta I still have to paint the door, I've still got the door to paint

falta poco para Pascua it's not long until Easter

faltaba poco para las diez it was almost o nearly ten o'clock, it was going on for ten o'clock ( BrE)

sólo faltan cinco minutos para que empiece la carrera there are just five minutes to go before the race starts

¿falta mucho para que llegue la abuela? will it be long until grandma arrives?

ya falta poco para llegar we're nearly o almost there now

se puso furioso, poco faltó para que me pegara he got so angry, he nearly hit me

me faltan tres páginas para terminar el libro I have three pages to go to finish the book

¿te falta mucho para terminar? will it take you long to finish?, have you got much more to do?

todavía faltan muchas cosas por hacer there are still a lot of things to do

¡esto es lo único que faltaba! ( iró); that's all I/we needed! ( iro)

¡lo que me faltaba por oír! now I've heard everything!

¡faltaría or no faltaba más! (en respuesta — a un agradecimiento) don't mention it!, you're welcome!; (— a un pedido) of course, certainly; (— a un ofrecimiento, una atención) I wouldn't hear of it!; (expresando indignación) can you imagine!, whatever next!

pase usted primero — ¡no faltaba más! after you — no, after you!

C

1

(no asistir): te esperamos, no faltes we're expecting you, make sure you come

faltar A algo to be absent FROM sth

falta mucho a clase he's often absent (from school), he misses a lot of classes

esta semana ha faltado dos veces al trabajo she's been off work twice this week, she's stayed home from work twice this week ( AmE)

nunca falta a una cita he never misses an appointment

2 (no cumplir) faltar A algo:

faltó a su promesa/palabra he didn't keep his promise/word, he broke his promise/word

¡no le faltes al or (CS) el respeto a tu padre! don't be rude to your father

no le falté I wasn't rude to him

faltas a la verdad you are not telling the truth

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faltar ( conjugate faltar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( no estar) to be missing;

◊ ¿quién falta? who's missing?;

(en colegio, reunión) who's absent?;
◊ te falta un botón you have a button missing;

a esta taza le falta el asa there's no handle on this cup
b) ( no haber suficiente):

◊ va a faltar vino there won't be enough wine;

nos faltó tiempo we didn't have enough time
c) ( hacer falta):

◊ le falta alguien que la aconseje she needs someone to advise her;

les falta cariño they need affection
2 ( quedar):
◊ yo estoy lista ¿a ti te falta mucho? I'm ready, will you be long?;

nos falta poco para terminar we're almost finished;
me faltan tres páginas para terminar el libro I have three pages to go to finish the book;
solo me falta pasarlo a máquina all I have to do is type it out;
falta poco para Navidad it's not long until Christmas;
faltan cinco minutos para que empiece there are five minutes to go before it starts;
¡no faltaba más! ( respuesta — a un agradecimiento) don't mention it!;

(— a una petición) of course, certainly;
(— a un ofrecimiento) I wouldn't hear of it!
3
a) ( no asistir):

◊ te esperamos, no faltes we're expecting you, make sure you come;

faltar a algo ‹ al colegio› to be absent from sth;

‹ a una cita› to miss sth;
◊ faltar a clase to skip lessons;

ha faltado dos veces al trabajo she's been off work twice
b) ( no cumplir):

◊ faltó a su promesa he didn't keep his promise;

¡no me faltes al respeto! don't be rude to me
faltar verbo intransitivo
1 (estar ausente) to be missing: falta el jefe, the boss is missing
2 (no tener) to be lacking: le falta personalidad, he lacks personality
3 (restar) to be left: aún falta para la Navidad, it's a long time until Christmas
faltó poco para que ganaran, they very nearly won
no falta nada por hacer, there's nothing more to be done
sólo me falta el último capítulo por leer, I've only got the last chapter to read
4 (no acudir) tu hermano faltó a la cita, your brother didn't turn up/come
5 (incumplir) eso es faltar a la verdad, that is not telling the truth
faltar uno a su palabra, to break one's word
6 (insultar) faltar a alguien, to be rude to someone: ¡sin faltar!, don't be rude!
(ofender) no era mi intención faltarte al respeto, I didn't mean to be rude to you
♦ Locuciones: ¡lo que faltaba!, that's all it needed!
¡no faltaba más!, (but) of course!
' faltar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahogarse
- quedar
- respeto
- tornillo
English:
default setting
- go back on
- missing
- unaccounted
- word
- absent
- go
- hooky
- miss
- skip
- truant

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faltar vi

1. [no haber] to be lacking, to be needed;

falta aire there's not enough air;

le falta sal it needs a bit of salt;

faltó comida there wasn't enough food;

a esta casa no le falta nada this house lacks nothing o has everything;

después del robo faltaban dos cuadros after the robbery, two paintings were missing;

abrí la cartera y me faltaban varios documentos I opened my briefcase and several documents were missing

2. [estar ausente] to be absent o missing;

falta Elena Elena is missing;

el día que yo falte when I have passed on;

falta de su domicilio desde hace tres semanas she has been missing (from home) for three weeks

3. [no acudir]
sólo faltaron mis padres only my parents weren't there o failed to turn up;

faltar a una cita not to turn up at an appointment;

¡no faltes (a la cita)! don't miss it!, be there!;

ha faltado a clase tres veces esta semana she has been absent o off three days this week;

últimamente ha faltado mucho al trabajo he's been off work a lot recently, he's had a lot of time off work recently

4. [no cumplir]
faltó a su palabra she went back on her word, she broke o didn't keep her word;

faltó a su obligación he neglected his duty;

faltó a la verdad she wasn't being truthful, she wasn't telling the truth

5. [ofender]
faltar a alguien en algo to offend sb in sth;

faltar a alguien al respeto to be disrespectful to sb;

¡a mí no me faltes!, ¡sin faltar! don't you speak to me like that!

6. [no tener]
le faltan las fuerzas he lacks o doesn't have the strength;

le falta experiencia she lacks experience;

le falta una mano he has got only one hand;

al equipo le faltan buenos defensas the team is short of good defenders;

le falta una pata a la mesa the table is missing a leg;

me faltan palabras para expresar mi agradecimiento I can't find the words to express my gratitude

7. [hacer falta]
me falta tiempo I need time;

nos va a faltar cerveza we're going to run out of beer, we're not going to have enough beer;

para que su felicidad fuera completa sólo faltaba que viniera su hijo all it needed to make her happiness complete was for her son to arrive;

ganas no nos faltan, pero no vamos a poder ir it isn't because we don't want to, but we won't be able to go;

sólo le faltó ponerse a llorar he did everything but burst into tears;

¡lo que me faltaba! that's all I needed!;

¡lo que faltaba, otro pinchazo! that's all I needed, another flat tyre!

8. [quedar]
falta mucho por hacer there is still a lot to be done;

falta poco para llenar del todo el camión the truck o Br lorry is almost completely full now;

sólo te falta firmar all you have to do is sign;

falta un mes para las vacaciones there's a month to go till the holidays;

¿falta mucho para el final? is there long to go?;

falta poco para las once it's nearly eleven o'clock;

falta poco para que llegue it won't be long till he arrives, he'll soon be here;

¿cuánto falta para Bogotá? how much further is it to Bogota?;

aún faltan 10 kilómetros there are still 10 kilometres to go;

faltó poco para que lo matase I very nearly killed him;

¿lo mató? – poco faltó did she kill him? – very nearly

9. Euf [morir] to pass away

10. [en frases]
¡no faltaba o [m5] faltaría más! [asentimiento] of course!;
[rechazo] that tops it all!, that's a bit much!;
claro que puedes usar mi teléfono, ¡no faltaba o [m5] faltaría más! of course you can use my telephone, there's no need for you to ask;

por supuesto que no te dejo ir, ¡faltaría más! of course I'm not letting you go, what can you be thinking of!

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faltar

v/i

1 be missing;

cuando falten mis padres when my parents die

2 ( quedar)

:

falta una hora there’s an hour to go;

faltan 10 kilómetros there are 10 kilometers to go;

sólo falta hacer la salsa there’s only the sauce to do;

falta poco para las diez it’s almost o nearly ten o’clock;

falta poco para que empiece la película it won’t be long before the film starts, the film will be starting soon;

faltó poco para que me cayera I almost o nearly fell;

y por si faltaba algo … and as if that wasn’t enough …

3

:

faltar a be absent from;

faltar a clase miss class, be absent from class

4

:

faltar a alguien be disrespectful to s.o.;

faltar a su palabra not keep one’s word

5

:

¡no faltaba o

faltaría más! ( por supuesto) certainly!, of course!; (de ninguna manera) certainly not!;

¡lo que faltaba! that’s all I/we etc needed!

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faltar vi

1) : to be lacking, to be needed

me falta ayuda: I need help

2) : to be absent, to be missing

3) quedar: to remain, to be left

faltan pocos días para la fiesta: the party is just a few days away

4)

¡no faltaba más! : don't mention it!, you're welcome!

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faltar vb

1. (no estar) to be missing

a este libro le faltan hojas this book has some pages missing

pasó lista para ver quién faltaba he called the register to see who was missing

2. (no haber suficiente) not to be enough

me parece que falta pan I don't think there's enough bread

me falta dinero I haven't got enough money

3. (carecer de) to lack

le falta sentido del humor he lacks a sense of humour

4. (no acudir) to miss

falta mucho a clase she is often absent from school

faltó a la cita he didn't turn up

5. (quedar tiempo) to be left

faltan cinco minutos there are five minutes left

aún falta mucho para las vacaciones it's still a long time until the holidays

6. (quedar por hacer) to have to do

ya sólo me falta el último ejercicio I just have to do the last exercise

7. (ofender, molestar) to be rude

faltar a tu palabra to break your word [pt. broke; pp. broken]

no faltaba más / faltaría más (desde luego) of course / certainly (ni pensarlo) no way

Spanish-English dictionary > faltar
9 temps

temps [tɑ̃]

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1. masculine noun

2. compounds

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1. <

   a. (qui passe) time

• le temps time

• réaliser un très bon temps to achieve a very good time (PROV) le temps c'est de l'argent(PROV) time is money (PROV) il y a un temps pour tout there's a time for everything

• c'était le bon temps those were the days

• s'accorder un temps de réflexion to give o.s. time to think

• les temps modernes modern times

• les temps sont durs ! times are hard!

• les premiers temps at the beginning

• par les temps qui courent these days

• je me suis arrêté juste le temps de prendre un verre I stopped just long enough to have a drink

► ces derniers temps lately

► ces temps-ci these days

► tout le temps all the time

• l'air est presque tout le temps pollué the air is almost always polluted

• il se plaint tout le temps he complains all the time► peu de temps

• peu de temps avant Noël shortly before Christmas

• je l'ai vu peu de temps après I saw him shortly afterwards

• en peu de temps in a short time

• dans peu de temps before very long► il est temps

• il est temps de partir it's time to go

• il est temps qu'il parte it's time he went

• il est grand temps de réagir it's high time we took action► il était temps ! ( = ce n'est pas trop tôt) about time too! ; ( = c'était juste) it came in the nick of time!

► avoir + temps

• avoir le temps de faire qch to have time to do sth

• avoir le temps to have time

• je n'ai pas le temps I haven't got time

• je n'ai pas le temps de le faire I haven't got time to do it

• vous avez tout votre temps you have plenty of time► faire + temps

• il a fait son temps he has had his day

• il a fait son temps à la tête du parti his days as party leader are over

• ma machine à laver est morte, elle a fait son temps my washing machine is past praying for► mettre + temps

• la blessure mettra du temps à guérir the wound will take time to heal

• il a mis beaucoup de temps à se préparer he took a long time to get ready► passer + temps

• passer tout son temps à faire qch to spend all one's time doing sth

• cela fait passer le temps it passes the time

• comme le temps passe ! how time flies!► perdre + temps

• perdre du temps to waste time

• perdre son temps to waste one's time

• il n'y a pas de temps à perdre there's no time to lose

• le temps presse time is short► prendre + temps

• cela prend trop de temps it takes up too much time

• prendre du bon temps to have a good time

• prendre le temps de faire qch to find time to do sth

• prendre le temps de vivre to make time to enjoy life

• il a pris son temps ! he took his time!► à temps in time

• j'arrive à temps ! I've come just in time!► à plein temps full-time

• travailler à plein temps to work full-time► à temps partiel part-time

• travailler à temps partiel to work part-time► au + temps

• au temps où... in the days when...

• au temps de la marine à voile in the days of sailing ships

• au temps des Tudors in Tudor times

• au bon vieux temps in the good old days

• au temps pour moi ! my mistake!► avec le temps in time

• avec le temps, ça s'arrangera things will sort themselves out in time► dans + temps

• dans le temps in the old days

• être dans les temps (Sport) to be within the time limit ; [travail] to be on schedule ; ( = pas en retard) to be in time► de + temps

• de mon temps in my time

• il faut être de son temps you have to move with the times

• de tout temps from time immemorial

• de temps à autre

• de temps en temps from time to time► en + temps

• en temps de guerre in wartime

• en temps de paix in peacetime

• en temps de crise in times of crisis

• en ce temps-là at that time

• en temps et en heure in due course

• en temps normal usually

• en temps opportun at the appropriate time

• en temps voulu in due course

• en temps utile in due course► entre temps meanwhile

► pendant ce temps meanwhile

► pour un temps for a time

   b. ( = conditions atmosphériques) weather

• quel temps fait-il ? what's the weather like?

• il fait beau temps the weather's fine

• il fait mauvais temps the weather's bad

• le temps s'est mis au beau the weather has turned fine

• par mauvais temps in bad weather

• sortir par tous les temps to go out in all weathers

• avec le temps qu'il fait ! in this weather!

• il fait un temps de chien (inf) the weather's awful

   c. ( = phase) l'opération s'est déroulée en trois temps the operation was carried out in three phases

• dans un premier temps at first

• dans un deuxième temps subsequently

   d. (marquant un rythme) (Music) beat ; [d'exercice, mouvement] stage

• les temps forts d'un roman the powerful moments of a novel

• une valse à trois temps a waltz in triple time

• moteur à 4 temps 4-stroke engine

• un 2 temps a 2-stroke

   e. [de verbe] tense

• temps simple simple tense

• temps composé compound tense

• adverbe de temps adverb of time

2. <

► temps d'antenne airtime

► temps d'arrêt pause

• marquer un temps d'arrêt to pause ► temps de cuisson cooking time

► temps libre spare time

• comment occupes-tu ton temps libre ? what do you do in your spare time? ► temps mort (Football, rugby) injury time uncount ; (dans le commerce, le travail) slack period ; (dans la conversation) lull

► temps de parole (dans une émission) air time

► temps partagé

• le travail à temps partagé job-sharing ► temps de pose (Photography) exposure index

► temps de réaction reaction time

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tɑ̃
nom masculin invariable

1) Météorologie weather [U]

un beau temps — fine weather

un temps de cochon — (colloq) lousy (colloq) weather

le temps est à la pluie — it looks like rain

le temps est à l'orage — there's going to be a storm

par temps clair — ( de jour) on a clear day; ( de nuit) on a clear night

par temps de pluie — when it rains

2) ( durée) time

peu de temps avant — shortly before

dans peu de temps — shortly

dans quelque temps — before long

(pendant) quelque or un certain temps — ( assez courte période) for a while; ( période plus longue) for some time

pendant or pour un temps — for a while

pendant ce temps(-là) — meanwhile

en un rien de temps — in no time at all

les trois quarts du temps — most of the time

depuis le temps que j'en parle! — I've been talking about it for long enough!

depuis le temps que ça existe, tu devrais être au courant — you should have known, it's been around for so long

le temps d'installation a été plus long que prévu — it took longer than expected to install

ils sont restés le temps de l'élection — they stayed just for the duration of the election

il a souri le temps de la photo — he smiled just long enough for the photo to be taken

un an, le temps d'écrire un roman — a year, just long enough to write a novel

le temps de me retourner, il avait disparu — by the time I turned round GB ou around, he had disappeared

le temps de ranger mes affaires et j'arrive — just let me put my things away and I'll be with you

(j'ai) pas l'temps! — (colloq) not now!

avoir tout le temps — to have plenty of time

avoir dix or cent fois le temps — to have all the time in the world

vous avez combien de temps pour le déjeuner? — how long do you have for lunch?

nous avons du temps devant nous — we have plenty of time

plus de temps que — longer than

ne pas prendre beaucoup de temps — not to take long

tu as mis combien de temps? — how long did it take you?

ça a pris or mis un temps fou — (colloq) it took ages (colloq)

tu y as mis le temps!, tu en as mis du temps! — you (certainly) took your time!

j'y mettrai le temps qu'il faudra, mais je le ferai — however long it takes, I'll get it done

le temps passe vite — time flies

faire passer le temps — to while away the time ( en faisant doing)

j'ai perdu un temps fou — (colloq) I've wasted loads (colloq) of time

avoir du temps à perdre — to have time on one's hands

faire quelque chose à temps perdu — to do something in one's spare time

le temps presse! — time is short!

j'ai trouvé le temps long — (the) time seemed to drag

nous sommes dans les temps — we've still got time

finir dans les temps — to finish in time

3) ( moment) time

de temps en temps, de temps à autre — from time to time

il était temps! — ( marquant l'impatience) (and) about time too!; ( marquant le soulagement) just in the nick of time!

il est temps — it's about time

il est grand temps — it's high time ( de faire to do)

il n'est plus temps de faire — it's too late to do

en temps utile — in time

en temps voulu — ( à venir) in due course; ( quand il aurait fallu) at the right time

ne durer qu'un temps — to be short-lived

4) ( époque) time

au temps des dinosaures — in the age of the dinosaurs

au or du temps où — in the days when

regretter le temps où — to feel nostalgia for the days when

le bon vieux temps — the good old days (pl)

c'était le bon temps! — those were the days!

ces derniers temps — recently

ces temps-ci — lately

de mon temps — in my day

dans le temps, j'étais sportif — in my day, I did a bit of sport

dans le temps, on n'avait pas l'électricité — in those days, we didn't have electricity

depuis le temps, les choses ont dû bien changer — since then things must have really changed

il est loin le temps où — the days are long gone when

en temps normal — usually

en d'autres temps — at any other time

en temps de paix — in peacetime

être de son temps — to move with the times

être en retard sur son temps — to be behind the times

avoir fait son temps — [prisonnier, militaire] to have served one's time; [fonctionnaire, diplomate] to have put in one's time; [personne usée] to have outlived one's usefulness, to be past it (colloq); [produit à la mode, appareil, voiture] to have had its day

5) ( phase) stage

dans un premier temps — first

dans un deuxième temps — subsequently

dans un dernier temps — finally

6) Linguistique ( de verbe) tense

adverbe de temps — adverb of time

7) ( de travail) time

avoir un travail à temps partiel/plein — to have a part-/full-time job

temps de travail quotidien — working day GB, workday US

8) Sport time

il a réalisé le meilleur temps — he got the best time

rester dans les temps — to be inside the time

9) ( de moteur) stroke

moteur à quatre temps — four-stroke engine

10) Musique time

mesure à deux temps — two-four time

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Phrasal Verbs:

- temps d'antenne

- temps d'attente

- temps fort

- temps mort

- temps de positionnement or de recherche

- temps universel

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au temps pour moi! — my mistake!

le temps perdu ne se rattrape jamais — Proverbe you can't make up for lost time

par les temps qui courent — with things as they are

prendre le temps comme il vient — to take things as they come

prendre or se payer (colloq) du bon temps — to have a whale of a time

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tɑ̃ nm
1) (atmosphérique) weather

il fait beau temps — the weather is fine

il fait mauvais temps — the weather is bad

quel temps fait-il? — what's the weather like?

2) (qui passe) time

avoir le temps — to have time

Je n'ai pas le temps. — I haven't got time.

avoir tout le temps — to have plenty of time

avoir juste le temps — to have just enough time

prendre son temps — to take one's time

avoir fait son temps — to have had its day

Cette idée a fait son temps. — This idea has had its day.

3) (= époque) time, times pl

les temps changent — times are changing

les temps sont durs — times are hard

en temps de guerre — in wartime

en temps de paix — in peacetime

dans le temps — in the old days

Dans le temps, on pouvait circuler à vélo sans danger. — In the old days, it was safe to go around by bike.

de tout temps — always

du temps que — at the time when, in the days when

du temps où; au temps où — at the time when

4) (= moment)

il est temps de... — It's time to...

Il est temps qu'il prenne sa retraite. — It's time for him to retire.

en temps utile; en temps voulu — in due time, in due course

de temps en temps; de temps à autre — from time to time, now and again

en même temps — at the same time

à temps [partir, arriver] — in time

Il est arrivé à temps pour le match. — He arrived in time for the match.

juste à temps — just in time

pendant ce temps — in the meantime

5) LINGUISTIQUE tense

6) MUSIQUE beat

7) TECHNIQUE stroke

8) (autres locutions)

à plein temps; à temps complet [travailler] — full time, (emploi) full-time

Elle travaille à plein temps. — She works full time.

à temps partiel [travailler] — part time, (emploi) part-time

le travail à temps partiel — part-time work

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temps ⇒ La mesure du temps nm inv

1 Météo weather ¢; un or du temps gris grey GB ou gray US weather; un beau temps fine weather; quel beau/sale temps! what lovely/awful weather!; il faisait un temps merveilleux/de cochon it was marvellous^GB/lousy weather; le mauvais temps nous a empêchés de sortir the bad weather stopped us from going out; le temps est à la pluie/neige it looks like rain/snow; le temps est à l'orage there's going to be a storm; le temps se met à la pluie the weather is turning to rain; vu le temps qu'il fait (what) with the weather as it is; quel temps fait-il? what's the weather like?; ça dépendra du temps qu'il fera it'll depend on the weather; par beau/mauvais temps in fine/bad weather, when the weather's fine/bad; par beau temps, on peut voir la tour on a clear day ou when the weather's fine, you can see the tower; par un si beau temps, tu devrais sortir! with such fine weather, you should go out!; par temps clair ( de jour) on a clear day; ( de nuit) on a clear night; par temps de pluie/neige when it rains/snows, in rainy/snowy weather; par tous les temps in all weathers; ⇒ pluie;

2 ( notion) time; la fuite du temps the swift passage of time; le temps efface tout everything fades with time; oublier avec le temps to forget in ou with time; avec le temps, on s'y fait you get used to it in ou with time; le temps arrangera les choses time will take care of everything, it'll be all right in the end; ⇒ vivre;

3 ( durée) peu de temps avant/après shortly before/after; en peu de temps in a short time; dans peu de temps shortly, before long; il y a or ça fait peu de temps que le train est parti the train left a short time ago; d'ici or dans quelque temps before long; (pendant) quelque or un certain temps ( assez courte période) for a while; ( période plus longue) for some time, for quite a while; depuis quelque or un certain temps il est bizarre he has been behaving oddly for a while now ou for some time now; il y a quelque or beau or un certain temps qu'on ne l'a pas vue it's been some time since anyone saw her; pendant or pour un temps for a while; pendant tout un temps for quite a while; pendant ce temps(-là) meanwhile, in the meantime; qu'as-tu fait tout ce temps(-là)? what have you been doing all this time?; qu'as-tu fait pendant (tout) ce temps(-là)? what did you do all that time?; en un rien de temps in next to no time, in no time at all; la plupart or les trois quarts du temps most of the time; tout le temps all the time; depuis le temps que j'en parle all this time I've been talking about it; depuis le temps que ça existe, tu devrais être au courant you should have known, it's been around for so long; le temps d'installation a été plus long que prévu it took longer than expected to install; le temps de la fouille m'a paru interminable the search seemed to go on forever; le temps d'un après-midi/d'un week-end/d'un instant just for an afternoon/a weekend/a minute; ils sont restés le temps de l'élection they stayed just for the duration of the election; il a souri le temps de la photo he smiled just long enough for the photo to be taken; un an, le temps d'écrire un roman a year, just long enough to write a novel; le temps de me retourner or que je me retourne, il avait disparu by the time I turned round GB ou around, he had disappeared; le temps de ranger mes affaires et j'arrive just let me put my things away and I'll be with you; avoir/ne pas avoir le temps to have/not to have (the) time (pour for; de faire to do); je n'ai plus beaucoup de temps I haven't got much time left; (j'ai) pas l'temps○! not now!; on a le temps we've got (plenty of) time; si tu as le temps, pourrais-tu…? if you've got time, could you…?; avoir juste le temps to have just (enough) time; avoir tout le temps to have bags○ of time ou plenty of time; avoir dix or cent fois le temps to have all the time in the world; je n'avais que le temps de faire I only had time to do; vous avez combien de temps pour le déjeuner? how long do you have for lunch?; avoir du temps (de) libre to have (some) free time; nous avons du temps devant nous we have plenty of time, we have time to spare; tu as vraiment du temps devant toi! iron have you got time to kill?; je n'ai pas le temps matériel de faire, je n'ai matériellement pas le temps de faire there just aren't enough hours in the day (for me) to do; consacrer du temps à qn/qch to devote time to sb/sth GB, to spend time on sb/sth; donner or laisser à qn le temps de faire to give sb time to do; mettre or prendre du temps to take time (à faire, pour faire to do); il faut du temps pour faire it takes time to do; beaucoup de temps [mettre, prendre] a long time; moins de temps que [falloir, mettre, prendre] less time than; plus de temps que [falloir, mettre, prendre] longer than; prendre peu de temps not to take a long time, not to take long; ne pas prendre beaucoup de temps not to take long; il m'a fallu or cela m'a pris or j'ai mis beaucoup de temps it took (me) a long time; il t'a fallu or cela t'a pris or tu as mis combien de temps? how long did it take you?; ça a pris or mis un temps fou○ it took ages○; prendre le temps de faire to take the time to do; prendre son temps to take one's time; prendre tout son temps to take all the time one needs; les enfants prennent tout mon temps the children take up all my time; tu y as mis le temps!, tu en as mis du temps! you (certainly) took your time!; j'y mettrai le temps qu'il faudra, mais je le ferai however long it takes, I'll get it done; le temps que met sa lumière à nous parvenir the time its light takes to reach us; si tu savais le temps que ça (m')a pris! if you knew how long it took (me)!; le temps passe vite time flies; le temps passe et rien n'est prêt time's slipping by and nothing's ready; laisser passer le temps to let time slip by; ça passe le temps it passes the time; faire passer le temps to while away the time (en faisant doing); passer (tout) son temps à faire to spend (all of) one's time doing; passer le plus clair de son temps à faire to spend most of one's time doing; perdre du temps to waste time (à qch, en qch on sth; à faire doing); perdre son temps to waste one's time; nous avons perdu beaucoup de temps à discuter or en discussions we've wasted a lot of time arguing; j'ai perdu un temps fou○ I've wasted loads○ of time (à faire doing); avoir du temps à perdre to have time on one's hands; c'est du temps perdu, c'est une perte de temps it's a waste of time; cette visite, c'était vraiment du temps (de) perdu that visit was a real waste of time; faire qch à temps perdu to do sth in one's spare time; il n'y a plus de temps/pas de temps à perdre there's no more time/no time to lose; le temps presse! time is short!; être pressé par le temps to be pressed ou pushed for time; trouver le temps de faire to find (the) time to do; j'ai trouvé le temps long (the) time seemed to drag, time went really slowly; être dans les temps Sport to be within the time; nous sommes dans les temps we've still got time; finir dans les temps to finish in time;

4 ( moment) time; à temps [partir, terminer] in time; juste à temps just in time; de temps en temps, de temps à autre from time to time, now and then; en même temps at the same time (que as); je suis arrivé en même temps qu'elle I arrived at the same time as her ou as she did; le temps est venu de faire the time has come to do; il y a un temps pour tout there's a time for everything; il était temps! ( marquant l'impatience) (and) about time too!; ( marquant le soulagement) just in the nick of time!; il est temps, il n'est que temps it's about time; il est grand temps it's high time (de faire to do); il n'est que temps de partir it's high time we left; il est temps de partir or que nous partions it's time we left; il est temps que tu fasses it's time you did ou for you to do; il n'est plus temps de faire it's too late to do; en temps utile in time; en temps voulu in due course; en temps opportun at the appropriate time; en temps et lieu at the right time and place; la mesure/décision a été prise en son temps the measure/decision was taken at the right time ou when it should have been;

5 ( époque) au or du temps des Grecs in the time of the Greeks; au or du temps de mes grand-parents/de César in my grandparents'/Caesar's time; les temps modernes/préhistoriques modern/prehistoric times; le temps des semailles/examens sowing/exam time; au temps des dinosaures/de l'exploration spatiale in the age of the dinosaurs/of space exploration; au or du temps où in the days when; regretter le temps où to feel nostalgia for the days when; l'échelle des temps géologiques the scale of geological ages; les temps héroïques de the heroic days of; le bon or beau temps de l'expansion the good old days (pl) of expansion; le bon vieux temps the good old days (pl); comme au bon vieux temps as in the good old days; c'était le bon temps! those were the days!; au plus beau temps de in the heyday of; au pire temps de in the worst days of; l'événement le plus grand/extraordinaire de tous les temps the greatest/most extraordinary event of all time; les temps sont durs times are hard; ces derniers temps, ces temps derniers recently; ces temps-ci lately; en tout temps at all times; de mon/leur temps in my/their day ou time; dans le temps, j'étais sportif in my day, I did a bit of sport; dans le temps, on n'avait pas l'électricité in those days, we didn't have electricity; depuis le temps, les choses ont dû bien changer since then things must have really changed; il est loin le temps où the days are long gone when; il n'est pas loin le temps où tu n'étais qu'une enfant it's not so long ago that you were but a child; n'avoir or ne durer qu'un temps to be short-lived; en un temps où at a time when; en temps normal or ordinaire usually; en d'autres temps at any other time; en temps de paix/guerre in peacetime/wartime; en ces temps de pénurie/d'abondance in these times of hardship/of plenty; en ce temps-là at that time; être de son temps to move with the times; être en avance sur son temps to be ahead of one's time; être en retard sur son temps to be behind the times; avoir fait son temps [prisonnier, militaire] to have served one's time; [fonctionnaire, diplomate] to have put in one's time; pej [personne usée] to have outlived one's usefulness, to be past it○; [produit à la mode, appareil, voiture] to have had its day; ⇒ mœurs;

6 ( phase) stage; en deux temps in two stages; temps mort (d'activité, de travail) slack period; dans un premier temps first; dans un deuxième temps subsequently; dans un dernier temps finally; ⇒ deux;

7 Ling ( de verbe) tense; les temps simples/composés/du passé simple/compound/past tenses; adverbe de temps adverb of time;

8 Entr ( de travail) time; avoir un travail à temps partiel/plein to have a part-/full-time job; travailler à temps partiel to work part-time; travailler à temps plein or à plein temps or à temps complet to work full-time; être employé à plein temps to be in full-time work; je cherche un temps partiel○ I'm looking for a part-time job; temps de travail working hours (pl); temps de travail quotidien working day GB, workday US; temps de travail hebdomadaire working week GB, workweek US;

9 Sport time; un excellent temps an excellent time; il a fait or réalisé le meilleur temps he got the best time; améliorer son temps d'une seconde to knock a second off one's time; être or rester dans les temps to be inside the time; jouer les temps d'arrêt ( au football) to play injury time;

10 Mécan ( de moteur) stroke; moteur à quatre temps four-stroke engine;

11 Mus time; temps de valse waltz time; mesure à deux/trois/quatre temps two-four/three-four/four-four time.

Composés

temps d'accès access time; temps d'antenne airtime; temps d'arrêt Ordinat down time; temps atomique international, TAI international atomic time, TAI; temps d'attente Ordinat latency, waiting time; temps choisi Entr flexitime; temps civil Admin local time; temps différé Ordinat batch mode; temps d'exploitation operating time; temps faible Mus piano; temps fort Mus forte; fig high point; temps d'indisponibilité unavailable time; temps légal Admin local time; temps mort Ordinat idle time; temps partagé Ordinat time-sharing; en temps partagé time-sharing ( épith); temps de pose Phot exposure time; temps de positionnement Ordinat seek time; temps primitifs Ling principal parts of the verb; temps de réaction Psych reaction time; temps de recherche = temps de positionnement; temps réel Ordinat real time; en temps réel real-time ( épith); temps de réponse response time; temps sidéral sidereal time; temps solaire solar time; temps solaire moyen/vrai mean/true solar time; temps universel Greenwich Mean Time, GMT, universal time; temps universel coordonné, TUC universal time coordinated, UTC; temps de vol flying time.

Idiomes

au temps pour moi! my mistake!; il y a un temps de se taire et un temps de parler there is a time to keep silence and a time to speak; le temps perdu ne se rattrape jamais or ne revient point Prov you can't make up for lost time; par le temps qui court, par les temps qui courent with things as they are; prendre le temps comme il vient to take things as they come; prendre or se donner or se payer○ du bon temps to have a whale of a time.

[tɑ̃] nom masculin

A.[CLIMAT] weather

quel temps fait-il à Nîmes? what's the weather like in Nîmes?

avec le temps qu'il fait, par ce temps in this weather

il fait un temps gris it's overcast, the weather's dull (UK) ou gloomy

par beau temps ou par temps clair, on voit la côte anglaise when it's fine ou on a clear day, you can see the English coast

B.[DURÉE]

1. [écoulement des jours]

le temps time

comme le temps passe!, comme ou que le temps passe vite! how time flies!

le Temps Old Father Time

2. [durée indéterminée] time (substantif non comptable)

c'est du temps perdu it's a waste of time

mettre du temps à faire quelque chose to take time to do something

mettre du temps à se décider to take a long time deciding ou to decide

passer son temps à: je passe mon temps à lire I spend (all) my time reading

pour passer le temps to while away ou to pass the time

prendre du temps to take time

ça prendra le temps qu'il faudra ou que ça prendra (familier) it'll take as long as it takes

trouver le temps long to feel time dragging by

3. [durée nécessaire] time (substantif comptable)

le temps que: calculer le temps que met la lumière pour aller du Soleil à la Terre to compute the time that light takes to go from the Sun to the Earth

va chercher du lait, le temps que je fasse du thé go and get some milk while I make some tea

le temps de: le temps de faire quelque chose (the) time to do something

le temps d'enfiler un manteau et j'arrive just let me put on a coat and I'll be with you

juste le temps de les entendre just long enough to hear them

avoir le temps de faire quelque chose to have (the) time to do something

prendre son temps to take one's time

surtout prends ton temps! (ironique) take your time, won't you?, don't hurry, will you?

prendre le temps de faire quelque chose to take the time to do something

temps de cuisson/préparation CUISINE cooking/preparation time

un temps partiel a part-time job

un temps plein ou plein temps a full-time job

être ou travailler à temps partiel to work part-time

être ou travailler à plein temps ou à temps plein to work full-time

travailler à temps complet to work full-time

faire un trois quarts (de) temps ≃ to work 30 hours per week

le temps de la réflexion time to think

diminuer le temps de travail to reduce working hours

4. [loisir] time (substantif comptable)

maintenant qu'elle est à la retraite, elle ne sait plus quoi faire de son temps now that she's retired, she doesn't know how to fill her time

avoir du temps ou le temps to have time

mon train est à 7 h, j'ai grandement ou tout le temps my train is at 7, I've plenty of time (to spare)

avoir tout son temps to have all the time in the world

ne nous pressons pas, on a tout notre temps! (ironique) couldn't you go (just) a little bit slower?

avoir du temps devant soi to have time to spare ou on one's hands

temps libre free time

avoir du temps libre to have some spare time

5. [moment favorable]

il est temps: il est (grand) temps! it's high time!, it's about time!

la voilà — il était temps! here she is — it's about time ou and not a minute too soon ou and about time too!

il était temps, le bol allait tomber that was close, the bowl was about to fall

il n'est plus temps time's run out

il est temps de now's the time for

il n'est plus temps de discuter, il faut agir the time for discussion is past ou enough talking, we must act

il est temps que tu t'inscrives you'd better enrol soon, it's time you enrolled

le temps était venu pour moi de partir the time had come for me to ou it was time for me to leave

6. [époque déterminée] time (substantif comptable)

le temps n'est plus aux querelles we should put quarrels behind us, the time for quarelling is past

il fut un temps où... there was a time when...

le temps n'est plus où... gone are the days when...

la plus grande découverte de notre temps the biggest discovery of our time

être en avance/en retard sur son temps to be ahead of/behind one's time

être de son temps to move with the times

il n'était pas de son temps

a. [en retard] he was out of step with his time

b. [en avance] he was ahead of his time

dans mon jeune temps when I was young, in my younger days

j'ai cru, un temps, que... I thought, for a while, that...

il y a un temps pour tout there's a time for everything

elle est fidèle — ça n'aura ou ne durera qu'un temps she's faithful — it won't last

faire son temps [détenu, soldat] to do ou to serve one's time

la cafetière/mon manteau a fait son temps (familier) the coffee machine's/my coat's seen better days

des idées qui ont fait leur temps outmoded ideas

en temps normal ou ordinaire usually, in normal circumstances

en temps voulu in good time

en temps utile in due time ou course

en son temps in due course

chaque chose en son temps there's a right time for everything

7. [saison, période de l'année] time (substantif comptable), season

le temps des moissons harvest (time)

le temps des cerises/pêches the cherry/peach season

8. [phase - d'une action, d'un mouvement] stage

dans un premier temps first

dans un deuxième temps secondly

dans un troisième temps thirdly

9. INFORMATIQUE time

temps d'accès/d'amorçage access/start-up time

temps partagé time sharing

temps réel real time

traitement en temps réel real-time processing

travailler en temps réel to work in real time

10. LINGUISTIQUE tense

11. MÉCANIQUE stroke

12. MUSIQUE beat

valse à trois temps waltz in three-four time

13. RELIGION

le temps de l'avent/du carême (the season of) Advent/Lent

le temps pascal Easter time, Eastertide

14. SPORT [d'une course] time

elle a fait le meilleur temps aux essais hers was the best time ou she was the fastest in the trials

ESCRIME [durée - d'une action] time, temps ; [ - d'un combat] bout

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[tɑ̃] nom masculin pluriel

[époque] times, days

les temps sont durs ou difficiles! times are hard!

les temps modernes/préhistoriques modern/prehistoric times

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à temps locution adverbiale

in time

je n'arriverai/je ne finirai jamais à temps! I'll never make it/I'll never finish in time!

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à temps perdu locution adverbiale

in one's spare time, in a spare moment

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au même temps

→ link=enen même temps

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au même temps que

→ link=enen même temps que

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au temps de locution prépositionnelle

in ou at the time of, in the days of

au temps de Voltaire in Voltaire's time ou day

au temps jadis locution adverbiale

in times past, in the old days

au temps où locution conjonctive,

au temps que locution conjonctive

in the days when, at the time when

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avec le temps locution adverbiale

with the passing of time

avec le temps, tout s'arrange time is a great healer

ces temps-ci locution adverbiale

these days, lately

dans ce temps-là locution adverbiale

in those days, at that time

dans le même temps

→ link=enen même temps

dans le même temps que

→ link=enen même temps que

dans le temps locution adverbiale

before, in the old days

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dans les temps locution adverbiale

on time

être dans les temps

a. [pour un travail] to be on schedule ou time

b. [pour une course] to be within the time (limit)

de temps à autre locution adverbiale,

de temps en temps locution adverbiale

from time to time, occasionally, (every) now and then

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du temps de locution prépositionnelle

du temps de Louis XIV in the days of Louis the XIVth

du temps de notre père, tu n'aurais pas osé when our father was (still) alive, you wouldn't have dared

de mon temps, ça n'existait pas when I was young ou in my day, there was no such thing

du temps où,

du temps que

→ link=auau temps où

en ce temps-là

→ link=dansdans ce temps-là

en même temps locution adverbiale

at the same time

en même temps que locution conjonctive

at the same time as

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en temps de locution prépositionnelle

en temps de guerre/paix in wartime/peacetime

en temps de prospérité/récession in times of prosperity/recession

en temps et lieu locution adverbiale

in due course ou time, at the proper time and place

en un temps où locution conjonctive

at a time when

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par les temps qui courent locution adverbiale

(familier) (things being as they are) these days ou nowadays

tout le temps locution adverbiale

all the time, always

ne me harcèle pas tout le temps! don't keep on pestering me!

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temps fort nom masculin

MUSIQUE strong beat

(figuré) high point, highlight

un des temps forts du festival one of the high points ou highlights of the festival

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temps mort nom masculin

1. [au basketball, au volleyball] time-out

2. (figuré) lull, slack period

[dans une conversation] lull, pause

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > temps

10 tiempo

m.

1 time.

al poco tiempo soon afterward

a tiempo (de hacer algo) in time (to do something)

a un tiempo, al mismo tiempo at the same time

cada cierto tiempo every so often

con el tiempo in time

con tiempo with plenty of time to spare, in good time

dar tiempo al tiempo to give things time

del tiempo of the season; (fruta) at room temperature (bebida)

de un tiempo a esta parte recently, for a while now

en mis tiempos in my day o time

estar a tiempo de to have time to

tener tiempo de to have time to

fuera de tiempo at the wrong moment

ganar tiempo to save time

hace mucho tiempo que no lo veo I haven't seen him for ages

hacer tiempo to pass the time

matar o engañar el tiempo to kill time

perder el tiempo to waste time

en tiempos de Maricastaña donkey's years ago

a tiempo completo full-time

a tiempo parcial part-time

tiempo de cocción cooking time

tiempo de exposición shutter speed (en cámara)

tiempo libre spare time

tiempo muerto (sport) time out

tiempo real (computing) real time

tiempo de respuesta response time

2 long time (periodo largo).

hace tiempo que it is a long time since

hace tiempo que no vive aquí he hasn't lived here for some time

tomarse uno su tiempo to take one's time

3 age.

¿qué tiempo tiene? how old is he?

4 movement (movimiento).

motor de cuatro tiempos four-stroke engine

5 weather (clima).

hizo buen/mal tiempo the weather was good/bad

si el tiempo lo permite o no lo impide weather permitting

hace un tiempo de perros it's a foul day

poner a o al mal tiempo buena cara to put a brave face on things

6 half (sport).

7 tense (grammar).

tiempo simple/compuesto simple/composite tense

8 time (Music) (compás).

9 tempo, beat, rhythmic unit, time.

10 turn, time.

11 Father Time.

12 tempus.

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tiempo

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) time

■ no tuve tiempo para hablar con él I didn't have time to talk to him

2 (época) time, period, age, days plural

■ en tiempo de los romanos in Roman times

3 METEREOLOGÍA weather

■ ¿qué tiempo hace? what's the weather like?

4 (edad) age

■ ¿qué tiempo tiene el niño? how old is your baby?

5 (temporada) season, time

■ fruta del tiempo fruit in season

6 (momento) moment, time

■ no es tiempo de preguntarle eso it's not the time to ask him that

7 MÚSICA tempo, movement

8 DEPORTE (parte) half

9 GRAMÁTICA tense

10 TÉCNICA stroke

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a su tiempo / a su debido tiempo in due course

a tiempo (en el momento oportuno) in time 2 (a la hora) on time

a través de los tiempos through the ages

a un tiempo at the same time

al mismo tiempo at the same time

al poco tiempo soon afterwards

antes de tiempo too early, too soon

con el tiempo in the course of time, with time

con tiempo in advance

¿cuánto tiempo...? how long...?

■ ¿cuánto tiempo estuviste allí? how long did you stay there?

■ ¿cuánto tiempo llevas aquí en España? how long have you lived in Spain?

¿cuánto tiempo hace...? how long ago...?

■ ¿cuánto tiempo hace que no vas al cine? how long ago is it since you went to the cinema?

dar tiempo to give time

dar tiempo al tiempo figurado to let matters take their course

dar tiempo a uno de/para to have enough time to

■ si salgo a las cinco me dará tiempo de hacer las compras if I leave at five I'll have enough time to do the shopping

de tiempo en tiempo from time to time

de tiempo inmemorial from time immemorial

de un tiempo a esta parte for some time now

demasiado tiempo too long

desde hace tiempo / desde hace mucho tiempo for a long time

el tiempo corre time goes by, time flies

el tiempo es oro figurado time is money

en mis tiempos in my time

en otro tiempo / en otros tiempos formerly

estar a tiempo de to still have time to

fuera de tiempo (de temporada) out of season 2 (inoportunamente) at the wrong moment

ganar tiempo to save time

hace tiempo a long time

■ hace tiempo que no cantas you haven't sung for a long time

hacer buen tiempo / hace mal tiempo the weather is good / the weather is bad

hacer tiempo / hacer el tiempo to kill time

matar (el) tiempo / pasar (el) tiempo to kill time

no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose

perder el tiempo / perder tiempo to waste time

¡qué tiempos aquellos! those were the days!

sin perder tiempo at once

tiempo atrás some time ago, time ago

tomarse tiempo to take one's time

¡y si no, al tiempo! time will tell!

tiempo de perros familiar lousy weather

tiempo libre free time

tiempos difíciles hard times

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noun m.

1) time

2) period, epoch, age

3) weather

4) tense

5) tempo

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SM

1) [indicando duración] time

no tengo tiempo — I haven't got time

tenemos todo el tiempo del mundo — we have all the time in the world

el tiempo pasa y no nos damos ni cuenta — time goes by o passes and we don't even realize it

tómate el tiempo que quieras — take as long as you want

• me llevó bastante tiempo — it took me quite a long time

hace bastante tiempo que lo compré — I bought it quite a while ago

• ¿ cuánto tiempo se va a quedar? — how long is he staying for?

¿cuánto tiempo hace de eso? — how long ago was that?

¿cuánto tiempo hace que vives aquí? — how long have you been living here?

¡cuánto tiempo sin verte! — I haven't seen you for ages!

• más tiempo, necesito más tiempo para pensármelo — I need more time o longer to think about it

no puede quedarse más tiempo — he can't stay any longer

• mucho tiempo, una costumbre que viene de mucho tiempo atrás — a long-standing custom

has tardado mucho tiempo — you took a long time

ocurrió hace mucho tiempo — it happened a long time ago

hace mucho tiempo que no la veo — I haven't seen her for a long time

• al poco tiempo de — soon after

al poco tiempo de su muerte — soon after his death

se acostumbró a la idea en muy poco tiempo — she soon got used to the idea, it didn't take her long to get used to the idea

tiempo de exposición — (Fot) exposure time

tiempo libre — spare time, free time

2) [otras locuciones]

• a tiempo — in time

llegamos a tiempo de ver la película — we got there in time to see the film

todavía estáis a tiempo de cambiar de idea — it's still not too late for you to change your minds

el avión llegó a tiempo — the plane arrived on time

• cada cierto tiempo — every so often

• a tiempo completo — full-time

trabajar a tiempo completo — to work full-time

• con tiempo, llegamos con tiempo de darnos un paseo — we arrived in time to have a walk

si me lo dices con tiempo — if you tell me beforehand

• con el tiempo — eventually

con el tiempo lo conseguiremos — we'll manage it eventually

• dar tiempo, no da tiempo a terminarlo — there isn't enough time to finish it

¿crees que te dará tiempo? — do you think you'll have (enough) time?

dale tiempo — give him time

• fuera de tiempo — at the wrong time

• ganar tiempo — to save time

• hacer tiempo — to while away the time

• matar el tiempo — to kill time

• a tiempo parcial — part-time

trabajo a tiempo parcial — part-time work

trabajador a tiempo parcial — part-timer

• de un o algún tiempo a esta parte — for some time (past)

• pasar el tiempo — to pass time

no es más que una forma de pasar el tiempo — it just a way of passing time

• perder el tiempo — to waste time

estás perdiendo el tiempo — you're wasting your time

me estás haciendo perder el tiempo — you're wasting my time

sería simplemente perder el tiempo — it would just be a waste of time

¡rápido, no perdamos (el) tiempo! — quick, there's no time to lose!

sin perder tiempo — without delay

• sacar tiempo para hacer algo — to find the time to do sth

• tener tiempo para algo — to have time for sth

- andando el tiempo

- el tiempo apremia

- dar tiempo al tiempo

- de tiempo en tiempo

- con el tiempo y una caña hasta las verdes caen

- el tiempo es oro

- el tiempo dirá

- el tiempo todo lo borra

3) (=momento) time

al mismo tiempo, a un tiempo — at the same time

al (mismo) tiempo que — at the (same) time as

cada cosa a su tiempo — everything in good time

• llegamos antes de tiempo — we arrived early

ha nacido antes de tiempo — he was born prematurely, he was premature

• a su debido tiempo — in due course

4) (=época) time

durante un tiempo vivimos en Valencia — we lived in Valencia for a time o while

en tiempo de los griegos — in the days of the Greeks

en mis tiempos — in my day

en tiempos de mi abuelo — in my grandfather's day

en los buenos tiempos — in the good old days

en estos tiempos que corren — these days

en otros tiempos — formerly

en los últimos tiempos — recently, lately, in recent times

a través de los tiempos — through the ages

los tiempos están revueltos — these are troubled times

hay que ir con los tiempos — you have to move with the times

en tiempos de Maricastaña —

va vestida como en tiempos de Maricastaña — her clothes went out with the ark, her clothes are really old-fashioned

una receta del tiempo de Maricastaña — an ancient o age-old recipe

tiempos modernos — modern times

5) (=edad) age

Ricardo y yo somos del mismo tiempo — Ricardo and I are the same age

¿cuánto o qué tiempo tiene el niño? — how old is the baby?

6) (Dep) half

primer tiempo — first half

segundo tiempo — second half

tiempo muerto — (lit) time-out; (fig) breather

7) (Mús) [de compás] tempo, time; [de sinfonía] movement

8) (Ling) tense

en tiempo presente — in the present tense

tiempo compuesto — compound tense

tiempo simple — simple tense

9) (Meteo) weather

hace buen tiempo — the weather is good

hace mal tiempo — the weather is bad

¿qué tiempo hace ahí? — what's the weather like there?

si dura el mal tiempo — if the bad weather continues

• del tiempo, ¿quiere el agua fría o del tiempo? — would you like the water chilled or at room temperature?

prefiero la fruta del tiempo — I prefer fruit that's in season

- a mal tiempo, buena cara
mapa, hombre
10) (Inform) time

tiempo compartido — time-sharing

tiempo de ejecución — run time

tiempo real — real time

conversación en tiempo real — real-time conversation

cada jugador está conectado en tiempo real — all the players are playing in real time

11) (Industria) time

tiempo de paro, tiempo inactivo — downtime

tiempo preferencial — prime time

12) (Náut) stormy weather

13) (Mec) cycle

motor de dos tiempos — two-stroke engine

* * *

masculino

Sentido I

1) ( que transcurre) time

el tiempo pasa — time passes o goes by

cómo pasa el tiempo!/el tiempo vuela! — how time flies!

te acostumbrarás con el tiempo — you'll get used to it in time

el tiempo dirá — time will tell

el tiempo apremia — time is short, time is of the essence (frml)

perder el tiempo — to waste time

no hay tiempo que perder! — there's no time to lose!

recuperar el tiempo perdido — to make up for lost time

pérdida de tiempo — waste of time

para ganar tiempo — (in order) to gain time

- tiempo compartido

- tiempo universal

2)

a) (duración, porción de tiempo) time

¿cuánto tiempo hace que no lo ves? — how long is it since you last saw him?

hace (mucho) tiempo que no sé de él — I haven't heard from him for a long time

ya hace tiempo que se marchó — she left quite some time ago o quite a while ago

cuánto tiempo sin verte! — I haven't seen you for ages

estudió todo el tiempo — she studied the whole time

la mayor parte del tiempo — most of the time

al poco tiempo — soon after

dentro de muy poco tiempo — very soon

¿cada cuánto tiempo? — how often?

cada cierto tiempo — every so often

de tiempo en tiempo — from time to time

me llevó mucho tiempo — it took me a long time

no pude quedarme más tiempo — I couldn't stay any longer

hace algún tiempo que no viene — he hasn't been around for some time

nos quedaremos (por) un tiempo — we'll stay for a while

un or algún tiempo atrás — some time ago o back

viene de tiempo atrás — this goes back a long way

poco tiempo después — a short time after

de un tiempo a esta parte está insoportable — he's been quite unbearable for some time now

de un tiempo a esta parte ha estado muy triste — he's been very sad recently

a tiempo completo/parcial — full time/part time

de tiempo completo — full-time

b) (período disponible, tiempo suficiente) time

no tenemos mucho tiempo — we don't have much time

tengo todo el tiempo del mundo — I've got all the time in the world

no sé de dónde voy a sacar el tiempo — I don't know where I'm going to find the time

hay tiempo de sobra — there's plenty of time

me va a faltar tiempo — I'm not going to have enough time

c) (Dep) ( marca) time

d) ( de bebé)

¿cuánto tiempo tiene? — how old is he?

- tiempo libre

3) (en locs)

a tiempo — in time

no vamos a llegar a tiempo — we won't get there in time

todavía estás a tiempo — you still have time

al mismo tiempo or a un tiempo — at the same time

al tiempo que — at the same time as o that

con tiempo — in good time

con (el) tiempo y una caña... — everything in good time

dar(le) tiempo al tiempo — to be patient

hacer tiempo — to while away the time; (Dep) to play for time

matar el tiempo — (fam) to kill time

robarle tiempo al sueño — to burn the candle at both ends

el tiempo es oro — time is precious o money

el tiempo todo lo cura — time is a great healer

4)

a) ( época)

en mi(s) tiempo(s) — in my day o my time

eran otros tiempos — things were different then

qué tiempos aquellos! — those were the days!

es del tiempo de mi abuela — from my grandmother's time

en aquellos tiempos — at that time, in those days

los problemas de nuestro tiempo — the problems of our time o age

en los tiempos que corren — these days, nowadays

ser del tiempo de Maricastaña — (fam) to have come out of the ark (colloq)

b) ( temporada) season

c) (momento propio, oportuno)

a su (debido) tiempo — in due course

cada cosa a su tiempo — everything in (its own) good time

nació antes de tiempo — he was premature

5) (Dep) ( en partido) half

primer/segundo tiempo — first/second half

- tiempo extra or suplementario

- tiempo muerto

6) (Mús) ( compás) tempo, time; ( de sinfonía) movement

7) (Ling) tense

Sentido II

8) (Meteo) weather

hace buen/mal tiempo — the weather's good/bad

mal tiempo — bad weather

el pronóstico del tiempo — the weather forecast

¿qué tal el tiempo por ahí? — what's the weather like over there?

del or (Méx) al tiempo — at room temperature

a mal tiempo, buena cara — I/you/we may as well look on the bright side

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masculino

Sentido I

1) ( que transcurre) time

el tiempo pasa — time passes o goes by

cómo pasa el tiempo!/el tiempo vuela! — how time flies!

te acostumbrarás con el tiempo — you'll get used to it in time

el tiempo dirá — time will tell

el tiempo apremia — time is short, time is of the essence (frml)

perder el tiempo — to waste time

no hay tiempo que perder! — there's no time to lose!

recuperar el tiempo perdido — to make up for lost time

pérdida de tiempo — waste of time

para ganar tiempo — (in order) to gain time

- tiempo compartido

- tiempo universal

2)

a) (duración, porción de tiempo) time

¿cuánto tiempo hace que no lo ves? — how long is it since you last saw him?

hace (mucho) tiempo que no sé de él — I haven't heard from him for a long time

ya hace tiempo que se marchó — she left quite some time ago o quite a while ago

cuánto tiempo sin verte! — I haven't seen you for ages

estudió todo el tiempo — she studied the whole time

la mayor parte del tiempo — most of the time

al poco tiempo — soon after

dentro de muy poco tiempo — very soon

¿cada cuánto tiempo? — how often?

cada cierto tiempo — every so often

de tiempo en tiempo — from time to time

me llevó mucho tiempo — it took me a long time

no pude quedarme más tiempo — I couldn't stay any longer

hace algún tiempo que no viene — he hasn't been around for some time

nos quedaremos (por) un tiempo — we'll stay for a while

un or algún tiempo atrás — some time ago o back

viene de tiempo atrás — this goes back a long way

poco tiempo después — a short time after

de un tiempo a esta parte está insoportable — he's been quite unbearable for some time now

de un tiempo a esta parte ha estado muy triste — he's been very sad recently

a tiempo completo/parcial — full time/part time

de tiempo completo — full-time

b) (período disponible, tiempo suficiente) time

no tenemos mucho tiempo — we don't have much time

tengo todo el tiempo del mundo — I've got all the time in the world

no sé de dónde voy a sacar el tiempo — I don't know where I'm going to find the time

hay tiempo de sobra — there's plenty of time

me va a faltar tiempo — I'm not going to have enough time

c) (Dep) ( marca) time

d) ( de bebé)

¿cuánto tiempo tiene? — how old is he?

- tiempo libre

3) (en locs)

a tiempo — in time

no vamos a llegar a tiempo — we won't get there in time

todavía estás a tiempo — you still have time

al mismo tiempo or a un tiempo — at the same time

al tiempo que — at the same time as o that

con tiempo — in good time

con (el) tiempo y una caña... — everything in good time

dar(le) tiempo al tiempo — to be patient

hacer tiempo — to while away the time; (Dep) to play for time

matar el tiempo — (fam) to kill time

robarle tiempo al sueño — to burn the candle at both ends

el tiempo es oro — time is precious o money

el tiempo todo lo cura — time is a great healer

4)

a) ( época)

en mi(s) tiempo(s) — in my day o my time

eran otros tiempos — things were different then

qué tiempos aquellos! — those were the days!

es del tiempo de mi abuela — from my grandmother's time

en aquellos tiempos — at that time, in those days

los problemas de nuestro tiempo — the problems of our time o age

en los tiempos que corren — these days, nowadays

ser del tiempo de Maricastaña — (fam) to have come out of the ark (colloq)

b) ( temporada) season

c) (momento propio, oportuno)

a su (debido) tiempo — in due course

cada cosa a su tiempo — everything in (its own) good time

nació antes de tiempo — he was premature

5) (Dep) ( en partido) half

primer/segundo tiempo — first/second half

- tiempo extra or suplementario

- tiempo muerto

6) (Mús) ( compás) tempo, time; ( de sinfonía) movement

7) (Ling) tense

Sentido II

8) (Meteo) weather

hace buen/mal tiempo — the weather's good/bad

mal tiempo — bad weather

el pronóstico del tiempo — the weather forecast

¿qué tal el tiempo por ahí? — what's the weather like over there?

del or (Méx) al tiempo — at room temperature

a mal tiempo, buena cara — I/you/we may as well look on the bright side

* * *

tiempo¹

¹ = time, length of time, period.

Ex: Because not all files need to be reorganized at once, but only those which are very full, the time required for this procedure is reduced to a minimum.

Ex: There is a correlation between length of time spent obtaining the book required and loss of interest.

Ex: Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.

* absorber tiempo = absorb + time.

* acabarse el tiempo = time + run out, time + be + up.

* acaparar el tiempo de Alguien = monopolise + time.

* adaptarse a los tiempos = change with + the times, move with + the times, keep up with + the times, adapt to + the times.

* adelantado a su tiempo = ahead of + Posesivo + time(s).

* adelantarse a + Posesivo + tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.

* administración del tiempo = time management.

* administrar el tiempo = manage + time.

* adquirido con el transcurso del tiempo = time-based.

* agotarse el tiempo = time + run out.

* ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.

* ahorrar tiempo = save + time.

* ahorrar tiempo de escritura = save + typing.

* ahorro de tiempo = time-saving [timesaving], economy of time, savings in time.

* Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].

* Algo que ahorra tiempo = time saver [timesaver].

* Algo que lleva mucho tiempo de hacer = time-consuming [time consuming].

* Algo que se hace para matar el tiempo = time filler.

* Algo que se le va tomando el gusto con el tiempo = acquired taste.

* algún tiempo = awhile.

* al mismo tiempo = at once, at the same time, concurrently, in the process, simultaneously, contemporaneously, at the same instant, at one and the same time, in parallel, concomitantly, at the one time, all the while.

* al mismo tiempo que = in parallel to/with, while, as the same time as, cum, in conjunction with.

* al mismo tiempo que + Indicativo = whilst + Gerundio.

* a lo largo del tiempo = longitudinal, longitudinally.

* alquilar tiempo = buy + time.

* a medida que pasaba el tiempo = as time passed (by), as time went by.

* a medida que pasa el tiempo = as time goes by, as time passes (by).

* andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* anunciado desde hace tiempo = long-heralded.

* apurado de tiempo = time-rationed, crunched for time, time-crunched.

* a su debido tiempo = in due course, timely, in due time.

* a su tiempo = in a timely fashion, in due course, in a timely manner.

* a tiempo = in timely fashion, on time, promptly, timely, just in time, in time.

* a tiempo completo = full-time.

* a tiempo parcial = part-time.

* a través del tiempo = over time.

* avatares del tiempo, los = vicissitudes of time, the, whims of time, the.

* avecinarse tiempos difíciles = tough times ahead, lean times ahead, darker times + lie ahead, hard times ahead.

* basado en el tiempo = time-based.

* bastante tiempo = ample time.

* breve período de tiempo = while.

* buenos tiempos = good times.

* cada cierto tiempo = episodic, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* cada tanto tiempo = every so often, every now and again, every once in a while.

* cambiar con el paso del tiempo = change over + time.

* cambiar con el tiempo = change over + time.

* cambiar con el transcurso del tiempo = change over + time.

* cantar victoria antes de tiempo = speak too soon.

* cantidad de tiempo = length of time.

* cápsula del tiempo = time capsule.

* carrera contra el tiempo = race against time, race against the clock.

* comprar tiempo = buy + time.

* con el correr del tiempo = over the years, in the process of time, with the passage of time.

* con el decursar del tiempo = with the passage of time, in the process of time.

* con el paso del tiempo = over the years, over time, with the passage of time, as time goes by, in due course, over a period of time, in the course of time, over the course of time, in the process of time, as time passed (by), as time passes (by), as time went by.

* con el tiempo = in time, over the years, with time, with the passage of time, eventually, in due course, over a period of time, in due time, over time, in the process of time, as time passed (by), as time passes (by), as time goes by, as time went by, by and by.

* con el transcurrir del tiempo = with the passage of time, in the process of time, as time passed (by).

* con el transcurso del tiempo = over time, with time, with age, as time goes by, in the course of time, over the course of time, as time passes (by), as time went by.

* consagrado por el tiempo = time-proven.

* conseguir tiempo = buy + time.

* considerado desde hace mucho tiempo = long considered.

* consumir + Posesivo + tiempo = swallow up + Posesivo + time.

* con un plazo de tiempo muy corto = at (a) very short notice.

* con un plazo de tiempo tan corto = at such short notice.

* cumplido hace tiempo = long overdue.

* curso a tiempo completo = full-time course.

* dar tiempo = give + time, donate + Posesivo + time.

* dar tiempo a Alguien = give + Nombre + some time.

* de algún tiempo a esta parte = for some time now.

* dedicación de tiempo = expenditure of time.

* dedicar algún tiempo a hacer algo = have + a turn at.

* dedicar el tiempo y el esfuerzo = take + the time and effort.

* dedicar tiempo = spend + time, lend + time, expend + time, devote + time, dedicate + time.

* dedicar tiempo a = take + time on.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-term, long-lost.

* dejar tiempo = free up + time.

* dejar tiempo libre = free up + time.

* demasiado tiempo = too long.

* demostrado válido por el tiempo = time-tested.

* de otros tiempos = of yore.

* de otro tiempo = of yore.

* desde el comienzo de los tiempos = since the beginning of time, from the beginning of time, since time began.

* desde el principio de los tiempos = since the beginning of time, from the beginning of time, since time began.

* desde hace algún tiempo = for some time past, for days.

* desde hace la tira (de tiempo) = for yonks and yonks, for yonks.

* desde hace muchísimo tiempo = in ages (and ages and ages).

* desde hace mucho tiempo = for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages).

* desde hace tanto tiempo = so long.

* desde hace tiempo = long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], over the years, for a long time, long since, for some time.

* desde hace un montonazo de tiempo = for yonks and yonks.

* desde hace un montón de tiempo = for yonks.

* desde hace ya algún tiempo = for some time now.

* desde los primeros tiempos = since the earliest of times, from earliest times.

* desde los viejos tiempos = since olden times.

* desde tiempo inmemorial = since earliest time, since time immemorial, from time immemorial, since time out of mind, from time out of mind.

* desde tiempos prehistóricos = since prehistoric times.

* desperdiciar tiempo = squander + time.

* desperdicio de tiempo = time waster.

* deteriorado por el paso del tiempo = timeworn.

* de todos los tiempos = all-time, of all time(s).

* de un tiempo a esta parte = for some time now.

* dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado = time out mechanism.

* donar tiempo = donate + Posesivo + time.

* donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.

* durante algún tiempo = for a while, for some time, for some while, for some time to come, for days.

* durante cierto tiempo = over a period of time.

* durante cuánto tiempo = how long.

* durante demasiado tiempo = for too long.

* durante este tiempo = in this time.

* durante largos períodos de tiempo = over long periods of time.

* durante la tira de tiempo = for donkey's years.

* durante muchísimo tiempo = for ages and ages (and ages).

* durante mucho tiempo = long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], for generations, long-time [longtime], for a long time to come, for long periods of time, for a long period of time, lastingly, for a very long time, for many long hours, for a long time, in ages (and ages and ages), in ages (and ages and ages).

* durante tanto tiempo = for so long, so long.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* durante un largo período de tiempo = over a long time scale, over a long period of time, for a long period of time, over a long period.

* durante un período de tiempo = for a number of years.

* durante un periodo de tiempo determinado = over a period of time.

* durante un período de tiempo indefinido = over an indefinite period of time, over an indefinite span of time.

* durante un porrón de tiempo = for donkey's years.

* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.

* durar tiempo = take + time, take + long.

* el paso del tiempo = the passage of time, the sands of time.

* el tiempo de Algo = in season.

* el tiempo dirá = time will tell.

* el tiempo es oro = time is money.

* el tiempo lo dirá = only time will tell.

* el tiempo vuela = time flies (by).

* el transcurrir del tiempo = the sands of time.

* embates del tiempo, los = ravages of time, the.

* emplear tiempo = spend + time, expend + time, devote + time.

* en aquellos tiempos = at the time, the then + Nombre, by this time, in those days.

* encontrar el tiempo = make + an opportunity.

* encontrar tiempo = find + time.

* encuesta sobre el uso del tiempo = time-use survey.

* en estos tiempos = in these times, in this day and age.

* en los últimos tiempos = latterly, in recent times, in modern times, in recent memory.

* en muy poco tiempo = before long.

* en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.

* en otros tiempos = in days of yore, in times of yore.

* en otro tiempo = in days of yore, in times of yore.

* en poco tiempo = before very long, in quite a short time, in a short time, in a short span of time.

* en sus buenos tiempos = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* en su tiempo = formerly.

* en tiempo de carnaval = carnivalistically.

* en tiempo de feria = carnivalistically.

* en tiempo de guerra = wartime [wart-time].

* en tiempo real = real time [real-time], in real time.

* en tiempos de = in times of.

* en tiempos de adversidad = in times of + adversity.

* en tiempos de austeridad = in austere times.

* en tiempos de guerra = in time(s) of war.

* en tiempos de Maricastaña = in olden days, in olden times.

* en tiempos de paz = in peacetime, during peacetime, in peace, in time(s) of peace.

* en tiempos de recesión = in recessionary times.

* en tiempos de recesión económica = in recessionary times.

* en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.

* en tiempos más recientes = in more recent times.

* en tiempos prehistóricos = in prehistoric times.

* en un corto espacio de tiempo = in a short space of time.

* en un corto período de tiempo = in a short period of time.

* en un tiempo razonable = timely.

* en un tiempo relativamente corto = in a relatively short time, in a relatively short span of time.

* equivalente a tiempo completo = full-time equivalent (FTE).

* esa época ya pasó hace tiempo = that time is long past.

* escaso de tiempo = time-strapped, short of time.

* esperado durante tiempo y con ansiedad = long-and-expectantly-awaited.

* esperado hace tiempo = overdue.

* establecido desde hace tiempo = long-established.

* estado del tiempo = weather conditions.

* estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.

* estragos del tiempo, los = ravages of time, the.

* faceta de tiempo = Time facet.

* factor tiempo = time factor.

* facturación por tiempo de conexión = metered pricing, metered billing.

* falta de tiempo = tightness of scheduling.

* falto de tiempo = crunched for time, time-crunched, short of time.

* finito en el tiempo = timebound [time-bound].

* florecer antes de tiempo = bolt.

* frontera del tiempo = time boundary.

* fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.

* fuera de onda con los tiempos modernos = out of keeping with the times, out of tune with the times.

* ganar tiempo = win + time, buy + time, free up + time.

* germinar antes de tiempo = bolt.

* gestión del tiempo = time management.

* gusto que se adquiere con el tiempo = acquired taste.

* hablar antes de tiempo = speak too soon.

* hace algún tiempo = some time ago, a while back, some while ago.

* hace demasiado tiempo = too long ago.

* hace la tira (de tiempo) = yonks and yonks, yonks.

* hace muchísimo tiempo = ages (and ages) ago, aeons ago, yonks.

* hace mucho tiempo = all those many moons ago, many moons ago.

* hace muy poco tiempo = a short time ago.

* hace poco tiempo = a short time ago.

* hacer algún tiempo = sometime back.

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

* hacer mucho tiempo que Algo ha desaparecido = be long gone.

* hace tiempo = for some time, long ago, once, long since.

* hace un montonazo de tiempo = yonks and yonks.

* hace un montón de tiempo = yonks.

* hace ya mucho tiempo que = gone are the days of.

* hace ya tiempo = long since.

* hasta el final de los tiempos = till the end of time.

* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.

* instalaciones para dedicar el tiempo libre = leisure facilities.

* intentar ganar tiempo = play for + time, temporise [temporize, -USA].

* intervalo de tiempo = date range.

* inversión de tiempo = commitment of time.

* invertir el tiempo de Uno en = invest + Posesivo + time in.

* ir en contra del tiempo = race against + time, race against + the clock.

* justo a tiempo = (just) in the nick of time, just in time, not a moment too soon.

* la mayoría del tiempo = most of the time.

* largos períodos de tiempo = long periods of time.

* la tira de tiempo = donkey's years.

* liberar tiempo = free up + time.

* limitado por el tiempo = time-constrained.

* límite de tiempo = time limit.

* llegar a tiempo = arrive + in time, arrive + on time.

* llevar tiempo = take + time, take + a while, take + long, absorb + time.

* llevar tiempo y esfuerzo = take + time and effort.

* los buenos tiempos = the good old days.

* los viejos tiempos = the good old days.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* margen de tiempo = time frame [timeframe].

* matar el tiempo = kill + time.

* mejoría del tiempo = break in the weather.

* muchísimo tiempo después = ages and ages hence.

* mucho tiempo = long time, a very long time, long hours, ample time, for a long time.

* mucho tiempo antes de (que) = long before.

* mucho tiempo después = ages and ages hence.

* mucho tiempo después (de que) = long after.

* muy apreciado desde hace tiempo = long-revered.

* muy a tiempo = in good time.

* muy venerado desde hace tiempo = long-revered.

* no cantes victoria antes de tiempo = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

* noción del tiempo = notion of time, sense of time.

* no hace mucho tiempo = not so long ago.

* no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.

* no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.

* nuevos tiempos, los = wind(s) of change, the.

* observar atentamente y durante cierto tiempo = maintain + vigil.

* ocupar el tiempo = fill in + Posesivo + time.

* ocupar tiempo = occupy + time, take up + time.

* olvidado desde hace tiempo = long forgotten.

* pasar algún tiempo en = have + a turn at.

* pasar el tiempo = pass + the time, hang around, spend + Posesivo + days, hang about, hang out.

* pasar el tiempo libre = spend + Posesivo + leisure, spend + Posesivo + leisure time.

* pasar mucho tiempo antes de que = be a long time before.

* pasar tiempo = spend + time.

* pasar tiempo haciendo Algo = do + stint at.

* perder el tiempo = dawdle, mess around, pissing into the wind, mess about, faff (about/around), pootle, sit + idle, muck around/about, piddle around.

* perder la noción del tiempo = lose + track of time, lose + all notion of time, lose + all sense of time.

* perder tiempo = waste + time, lose + time.

* pérdida de tiempo = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand.

* pérdida de un tiempo precioso = waste of precious time.

* perdido hace tiempo = long-lost.

* período de tiempo = amount of time, time, time frame [timeframe], time lapse, time period, time span [time-span], time slot, period of time, date range.

* permanecer estable con el tiempo = be stable over time.

* pero al mismo tiempo = but then again.

* plazo de tiempo = timeline [time line].

* poco tiempo = short while, short time.

* poco tiempo después = shortly afterwards.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* por algún tiempo = for sometime.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* por un período de tiempo limitado = on a short-term basis.

* por un tiempo = for a time.

* por un tiempo indefinido = for indefinite time.

* postulado desde hace mucho tiempo = long-espoused.

* precio calculado según el tiempo de conexión = connect time based pricing.

* precio calculado según el tiempo empleado = time-based charge.

* preocupado por el tiempo = time-conscious.

* programador de tiempo = egg timer.

* prolongar el tiempo = prolong + time.

* propugnado desde hace mucho tiempo = long-espoused.

* que cambia con el tiempo = ever-changing [ever changing], time-variant, ever-shifting.

* que consume tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].

* quedar anulado con el paso del tiempo = be overtaken by events.

* que depende del tiempo = time-dependent.

* que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.

* que lleva tiempo en cartelera = long-running.

* que se percibe desde hace mucho tiempo = long-felt.

* que utiliza el tiempo como variable = time-dependent.

* recuperar el tiempo perdido = make up for + lost time.

* reloj que registra el tiempo de conexión = accounting clock.

* remontarse bastante en el tiempo = go back + a long way.

* remontarse en el tiempo = extend + far back, stretch + far back in time.

* resistir el paso del tiempo = stand + the test of time, withstand + the test of time, survive + the test of time, pass + the test of time.

* robarle tiempo al sueño = burn + the candle at both ends.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sensible al tiempo = time-sensitive [time sensitive].

* sentido del tiempo = sense of time, notion of time.

* ser una pérdida de tiempo = be idle, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.

* ser un pérdida de tiempo = flog + a dead horse.

* ser un producto de su tiempo = be a product of + Posesivo + time.

* si el tiempo lo permite = weather permitting.

* siempre que Uno puede dedicarle el tiempo = in + Posesivo + own time, on + Posesivo + own time.

* si hay tiempo = time permitting.

* sin importar el tiempo = all-weather.

* si no lo impide el tiempo = weather permitting.

* sin tiempo que perder = without a minute to spare.

* si queda tiempo = time permitting.

* sistema de tiempo real = real-time system.

* sobrado de tiempo = unpressed for time.

* sólo por tiempo limitado = for a limited time only.

* subordinado al tiempo = time-dependent.

* suficiente tiempo = long enough, ample time.

* superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.

* tanto tiempo = so much time, this long, such a very long time.

* tardar tanto tiempo en = take + so long to.

* tardar tiempo = take + time, take + long.

* tarifa calculada según el tiempo de conexión = connect time based pricing.

* tarifa calculada según el tiempo empleado = time-based charge.

* tarifa calculada según el tiempo utilizado = time-based tariff.

* tener mucho tiempo libre = have + plenty of time to spare.

* terminarse el tiempo = time + run out.

* tiempo adicional = extra-time.

* tiempo agotado = time out.

* tiempo + apremiar = time + press, time + be of the essence.

* tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.

* tiempo de acceso = access time, seek time, access speed.

* tiempo de búsqueda = search time.

* tiempo de calidad = quality time.

* tiempo de carga = loading time.

* tiempo de conexión = connect time.

* tiempo de conexión en línea = online time.

* tiempo de CPU = CPU time.

* tiempo de demora = lead time.

* tiempo de descarga = download time.

* tiempo de descarga de datos = download time, latency.

* tiempo de duración = lifespan [life span].

* tiempo de emisión = airtime.

* tiempo de espera = lead time, wait time, waiting time, waiting period.

* tiempo de estudio = study time.

* tiempo de inicio = start time.

* tiempo de ordenador = computer time, computer time.

* tiempo de préstamo = document delivery.

* tiempo de proceso = processing time.

* tiempo de reacción = reaction time.

* tiempo de respuesta = response time, turnaround time, turnabout time, fill time, reaction time.

* tiempo durante el cual el ordenador no está disponible al público = down time.

* tiempo + estar a favor de Alguien = time + be + on + Posesivo + side.

* tiempo estar de lado de Alguien = time + be + on + Posesivo + side.

* tiempo familiar = quality time.

* tiempo fuera de servicio = downtime.

* tiempo futuro = future tense.

* tiempo inmemorial = time immemorial.

* tiempo libre = leisure, leisure time, free time, idle hours, spare time.

* tiempo muerto = downtime, time out.

* tiempo + pasar = time + march on.

* tiempos alocados = heady days.

* tiempos de los romanos = Roman times.

* tiempos de paz = peacetime [peace time].

* tiempos difíciles = difficult times, tough times, hard times, embattled time(s).

* tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

* tiempos emocionantes = heady days.

* tiempo + ser esencial = time + be of the essence.

* tiempo + ser + precioso = time + be + precious.

* tiempos mejores = better times.

* tiempos modernos = modern times.

* tiempos turbulentos = embattled time(s).

* tiempo transcurrido = elapsed time.

* tiempo verbal = tense.

* todo al mismo tiempo = all at once.

* todo el tiempo = all of the time, left, right and centre, the whole time, all the while.

* tomar el tiempo = time.

* tomarse el tiempo que Uno necesita = take + Posesivo + time.

* tomar tiempo = take + time, take + long.

* trabajador a tiempo parcial = part-timer.

* trabajar durante un período de tiempo = serve + stint.

* trabajo a tiempo parcial = part-time work, part-time employment, part-time job.

* transcurrir tiempo = lapse + time.

* tratar de ganar tiempo = temporise [temporize, -USA], play for + time.

* un porrón de tiempo = donkey's years.

* un tiempo = awhile.

* usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].

* vencido hace tiempo = long overdue.

* venir de mucho tiempo atrás = go back + a long way.

* viajar hacia atrás en el tiempo = travel back in + time.

* viaje a través del tiempo = time travel.

* viaje en el tiempo = time travel.

* vicisitudes del tiempo, las = vicissitudes of time, the, whims of time, the.

* viejos tiempos, los = good old days, the.

* ya hace algún tiempo = for quite some time.

* ya hace bastante tiempo = for quite a while now.

* y al mismo tiempo = and in the process, yet.

tiempo²

² = weather.

Ex: Data Resources Inc., again US-based, covers data bases in economics, finance, energy and weather.

* alerta del tiempo = weather warning.

* artífice del tiempo = weather-maker, rainmaker.

* buen tiempo = fair weather.

* cuando el tiempo lo permita = when the weather permits.

* del tiempo = room temperature.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* hombre del tiempo = weatherman.

* justo a tiempo = not a minute too soon.

* mapa del tiempo = weather map.

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* si hace buen tiempo = weather permitting.

* tiempo + aclararse = weather + clear.

* tiempo de invierno = winter weather.

* tiempo de verano = summer weather.

* tiempo estival = summer weather.

* tiempo inclemente = intemperate weather.

* tiempo invernal = winter weather.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* * *

tiempo

masculine

Sentido I

A (como algo que transcurre) time

ya ha pasado mucho tiempo desde aquello that all happened a long time ago o a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then

el tiempo va pasando y las cosas no mejoran time passes o goes by and things don't get any better

¡cómo pasa or corre el tiempo! how time flies!, doesn't time go quickly!

ya te acostumbrarás con el tiempo you'll get used to it in time

el tiempo dirá time will tell

el tiempo apremia time is short, I'm/we're pressed for time, time is of the essence ( frml)

¡el tiempo vuela! how time flies!

a ver si dejas de perder el tiempo why don't you stop wasting time?

¡qué manera de perder el tiempo! what a waste of time!

no pierdas tiempo con eso don't waste time with o on that

¡deprisa, no hay tiempo que perder! quick, there's no time to lose!

sin perder tiempo without wasting a moment, without further ado

hay que recuperar el tiempo perdido we must make up for lost time

todas las advertencias fueron tiempo perdido all our warnings were a waste of time

es una pérdida de tiempo it's a waste of time

para ganar tiempo, ve metiendo las cartas en los sobres to save time, start putting the letters into the envelopes

les contó una historia para ganar tiempo to gain time she told them a story, she played for time by telling them a story

creo que si vamos por aquí ganamos tiempo I think we'll save time if we go this way

Compuestos:

● tiempo compartido

time-sharing

● tiempo real

real time

● tiempo universal

universal time, Greenwich Mean Time

B

1 (duración, porción de tiempo) time

luego de todo este tiempo after all this time

¿cuánto tiempo hace que no lo ves? how long is it since you last saw him?

¿cuánto tiempo hace que vives aquí? how long have you lived o been living here?

de esto que te cuento ya hace mucho tiempo all this happened a long time ago now

¡cuánto tiempo sin verte! I haven't seen you for ages o it's been ages since I last saw you o ( colloq) long time, no see

hace demasiado tiempo, no creo que se acuerde it was too long ago, I don't think she'll remember

hace mucho tiempo que no sé nada de ellos I haven't heard from them for a long time o ( colloq) for ages

todavía falta or queda mucho tiempo para su boda it's still a long time till their wedding

todo este tiempo me ha estado mintiendo he's been lying to me all this time

se ha pasado todo el tiempo hablando she's done nothing but talk the whole time

pasaba la mayor parte del tiempo leyendo he spent most of the time reading

tómate el tiempo que te haga falta take as long as you need

dentro de muy poco tiempo very soon o very shortly

¿cada cuánto tiempo conviene hacerse un chequeo? how often should one have a check-up?

cada cierto tiempo every so often

de tiempo en tiempo from time to time

¿cuánto tiempo van a pasar en Los Ángeles? how much time o how long are you going to spend in Los Angeles?

me llevó mucho tiempo preparar la tarta it took me a long time o ( colloq) ages to make the cake

no pude quedarme (por) más tiempo I couldn't stay any longer

¿por qué tardaste tanto tiempo en contestarme? why did you take such a long time o so long to answer me?

ya hace algún or un tiempo que no se le ve por aquí he hasn't been around here for some time o for quite a time o for quite a while now

queremos quedarnos (por) un tiempo we want to stay for a while o for a time

un or algún tiempo atrás some time ago o back

una costumbre que viene de mucho tiempo atrás a custom that dates back a long way

poco tiempo después or al poco tiempo se volvieron a encontrar a short time later they met again o they met again not long afterward(s)

de un tiempo a esta parte se ha vuelto muy agresivo he's been very aggressive recently o ( frml) of late

trabajar a tiempo completo/parcial to work full time/part time

2

(mucho tiempo): hacía tiempo que no lo veíamos we hadn't seen him for a long time o for quite a while o ( colloq) for ages

ya hace tiempo que se marchó she left quite some time ago o quite a while ago

¡mira que yo lo venía diciendo desde hacía tiempo! haven't I been saying so for a long time o ( colloq) for ages?

3

(período disponible, tiempo suficiente): no he tenido tiempo de terminarlo I haven't had time to finish it

hay tiempo de sobra para eso there's plenty of time for that

no tenemos mucho tiempo we don't have much time

tengo todo el tiempo del mundo I've got all the time in the world

no sé de dónde voy a sacar el tiempo I don't know where I'm going to find the time

no tengo tiempo ni para respirar I hardly have time to breathe

no he tenido tiempo material para hacerlo I haven't had a moment to do it o I just haven't had the time to do it

me va a faltar tiempo para terminarlo I'm not going to have enough time to finish it

no me ha dado tiempo a or de acabarlo I haven't had time to finish it

no da tiempo de hacerlo todo there isn't (enough) time to do it all

dame un poco de tiempo give me a bit of o a little time

no me dieron suficiente tiempo they didn't give me enough time

4 ( Dep) (marca) time

¿qué tiempo hizo Espinosa? what was Espinosa's time?

lo hizo en un tiempo récord she did it in record time

5

(de un bebé): ¿cuánto tiempo tiene? how old is he?

Compuestos:

● tiempo de funcionamiento

uptime

● tiempo libre

spare time, free time

C ( en locs):

a tiempo in time

no vamos a llegar a tiempo we won't get there in time

llegas justo a tiempo de echarnos una mano you're just in time to give us a hand

todavía estamos a tiempo de coger el tren si vamos en taxi we can still catch o we still have time to catch the train if we take a taxi

piénsatelo, todavía estás a tiempo think about it, there's still time

con tiempo in good time

le gusta llegar con tiempo she likes to arrive with time to spare o in good time

avísame con tiempo let me know in advance o in good time

si llegan con tiempo pueden ver la galería antes if you arrive early, you can have a look at the gallery beforehand

al mismo tiempo or a un tiempo at the same time

no hablen todos al mismo tiempo don't all talk at once o at the same time

llegaron al mismo tiempo they arrived at the same time

al tiempo que at the same time as o that

con el tiempo y una caña … everything in good time

dar(le) tiempo al tiempo to be patient

seguro que va a mejorar, tú dale tiempo al tiempo I'm sure she's going to get better, you just have to be patient o to give it time

no debemos precipitarnos, hay que dar tiempo al tiempo let's not rush into this, we must be patient

hacer a tiempo ( RPl): no hice a tiempo a ir al banco I didn't have enough time to go to the bank

hacerse tiempo (CS); to make time

hacer tiempo (mientras se espera algo) to while away the time, to kill time; (para hacer algo) to make time;

( Dep) to play for time

matar el tiempo ( fam); to kill time

robarle tiempo al sueño to have less sleep than one needs, to burn the candle at both ends

y si no ¡al tiempo! just you wait and see!, mark my words!

el tiempo es oro time is precious, time is money

el tiempo todo lo cura time is a great healer

todo tiempo pasado fue mejor the past always looks better

D

1

(época): en mi(s) tiempo(s) esas cosas no pasaban things like that didn't use to happen in my day o my time

eran otros tiempos things were different then

¡qué tiempos aquellos! those were the days!

esa música es del tiempo de mi abuela that music is from my grandmother's time

en aquellos tiempos un helado costaba una peseta at that time o back then o in those days an ice cream used to cost one peseta

los problemas de nuestro tiempo the problems of our time o age

en los tiempos que corren these days, nowadays

desde tiempos inmemoriales from o since time immemorial

aquéllos eran tiempos difíciles those were difficult times

en tiempos de paz in times of peace, in peacetime

estamos viviendo tiempos de crisis we are living in extremely difficult times

se ha adelantado a su tiempo he is ahead of his time

hubo un tiempo en que yo pensaba igual there was a time when I thought the same

ese peinado es del tiempo de Maricastaña ( fam); that hairstyle looks as if it came out of the ark ( colloq), that hairstyle looks really old-fashioned o out-of-date

2 (temporada) season

todavía no ha llegado el tiempo de las naranjas oranges aren't in season yet

fruta del tiempo fresh fruit, seasonal fruit

3

(momento propio, oportuno): eso lo trataremos a su (debido) tiempo we'll deal with o discuss that in due course

cada cosa a su tiempo everything in (its own) good time

lo sacó del fuego antes de tiempo she took it off the heat before it was ready

nació antes de tiempo he was premature, he was born prematurely

Compuesto:

tiempo pascual

Eastertide

E

1 ( Dep)

(en un partido): primer/segundo tiempo first/second half

medio¹ (↑ medio (1))

2 ( Mec):

un motor de dos/cuatro tiempos a two-stroke/four-stroke engine

3 (de una sinfonía) movement

Compuestos:

● tiempo complementario

( Dep) overtime ( AmE), extra time ( BrE); ( Com) period of inactivity

● tiempo muerto

time out

● tiempo(s) extra

( Méx) overtime ( AmE), extra time ( BrE)

● tiempo suplementario

overtime ( AmE), extra time ( BrE)

F (compás) tempo, time

G ( Ling) tense

tiempo simple/compuesto simple/compound tense

Sentido II ( Meteo) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] weather

hace buen tiempo the weather's good o fine, it's good o fine weather, it's fine

el mal tiempo reinante the prevailing o current bad weather

nos hizo un tiempo estupendo/asqueroso we had wonderful/terrible weather

el pronóstico del tiempo the weather forecast

¿qué tal el tiempo por ahí? what's the weather like over there?

del or ( Méx) al tiempo at room temperature

un vaso de leche del tiempo a glass of milk at room temperature

a mal tiempo, buena cara I/you/we may as well look on the bright side

* * *

tiempo sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( en general) time;

◊ ¡cómo pasa el tiempo! how time flies!;

te acostumbrarás con el tiempo you'll get used to it in time;
perder el tiempo to waste time;
¡no hay tiempo que perder! there's no time to lose!;
para ganar tiempo (in order) to gain time;
tiempo libre spare time, free time;
¿cuánto tiempo hace que no lo ves? how long is it since you last saw him?;
hace tiempo que no sé de él I haven't heard from him for a long time;
ya hace tiempo que se marchó she left quite some time ago;
¡cuánto tiempo sin verte! I haven't seen you for ages;
la mayor parte del tiempo most of the time;
me llevó mucho tiempo it took me a long time;
no pude quedarme más tiempo I couldn't stay any longer;
poco tiempo después a short time after;
de un tiempo a esta parte for some time (now);
a tiempo completo/parcial full time/part time;
no vamos a llegar a tiempo we won't get there in time;
al mismo tiempo at the same time;
avísame con tiempo let me know in good time;
¡qué tiempos aquellos! those were the days!;
en aquellos tiempos at that time, in those days
b) ( temporada) season;

◊ fruta del tiempo fruits in season

c) (momento propio, oportuno):

◊ a su (debido) tiempo in due course;

cada cosa a su tiempo everything in (its own) good time
d) ( edad de bebé):

◊ ¿cuánto tiempo tiene? how old is he?

2 (Dep) ( en partido) half;
◊ primer tiempo first half

3 (Mús) ( compás) tempo, time;
( de sinfonía) movement
4 (Ling) tense
5 (Meteo) weather;
◊ hace buen/mal tiempo the weather's good/bad;

del or (Méx) al tiempo ‹ bebida› at room temperature
tiempo sustantivo masculino
1 (indeterminado) time: llegó a tiempo para ver el espectáculo, he got there in time to see the show
hace mucho tiempo, a long time ago
me llevó mucho tiempo, it took me a long time
la vi poco tiempo después, I saw her a short time after o soon afterwards
¿cuánto tiempo tienes para acabarlo?, how long have you got to finish it?
es tiempo perdido, it's a waste of time
tómate tu tiempo, take your time
no puedo quedarme más tiempo, I can't stay any longer
a su (debido) tiempo, in due course
a un tiempo/al mismo tiempo, at the same time
de tiempo en tiempo, from time to time
tiempo libre, free time
2 (de un bebé) age: ¿cuánto o qué tiempo tiene?, how old is she?
3 (época) en mis tiempos de estudiante, in my student days
nació en tiempos de Luis XIV, he was born in the time of Louis XIV
malos tiempos o fig tiempo de vacas flacas, hard times o rainy days
4 Meteor weather
hace buen tiempo, the weather is good
tiempo tormentoso, stormy weather
5 Mús tempo
6 Dep half
primer tiempo, first half
tiempo muerto, time out
7 Ling tense 8 del tiempo, (temperatura ambiente) póngame un refresco del tiempo, no lo quiero con hielo, could I have a non-refrigerated soft drink, please
9 Auto (motor) de dos/cuatro tiempos, two-cycle/four-cycle
♦ Locuciones: dar tiempo al tiempo, to let matters take their course
hacer tiempo, to while away the time
matar el tiempo, to kill time
Lab a tiempo parcial/completo, part/full time
con el tiempo, in the course of time
de un tiempo a esta parte, lately
' tiempo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acá
- achuchar
- adelanto
- alborotada
- alborotado
- alborotarse
- allá
- andar
- anquilosarse
- antes
- anticiclónica
- anticiclónico
- anticiparse
- apremiar
- aprovechada
- aprovechado
- apurada
- apurado
- aquí
- áspera
- áspero
- atonía
- atrás
- avenida
- avenido
- bizantina
- bizantino
- bochorno
- cargada
- cargado
- cerca
- coincidir
- conceder
- congraciarse
- contrarreloj
- contrato
- corta
- corto
- costar
- cuando
- cuanta
- cuanto
- cundir
- de
- debida
- debido
- dedicar
- descontar
- desde
English:
absorb
- accomplice
- accustom
- administration
- advance
- advantage
- after
- age
- ago
- ahead
- allow
- as
- at
- barring
- be
- beautiful
- before
- begin
- behind
- best
- between
- beyond
- bitter
- bleak
- boiling
- breezy
- brighten up
- brisk
- busy
- by
- bygone
- calm
- catch up
- change
- clear up
- clock
- concurrently
- corner
- course
- dawdle
- demand
- depend
- dilly-dally
- distant
- drag
- dull
- early
- encroach
- end
- enough

* * *

tiempo nm

1. [transcurso, rato, momento] time;

en poco o [m5] dentro de poco tiempo lo sabremos we will soon know;

tardé o [m5] me llevó bastante tiempo it took me quite a while o quite a long time;

es una tarea que lleva mucho tiempo it's a very time-consuming task;

¡cómo pasa el tiempo! time flies!;

todo el tiempo all the time;

estuvo todo el tiempo de pie he was standing up the whole time;

al mismo tiempo at the same time;

al poco tiempo, poco tiempo después soon after(wards);

podríamos discutirlo al tiempo que comemos we could discuss it while we eat;

antes de tiempo [nacer] prematurely;
[florecer, celebrar] early;
muchos llegaron antes de tiempo a lot of people arrived early;

a tiempo completo full-time;

a tiempo parcial part-time;

a su (debido) tiempo in due course;

cada cosa a su tiempo everything in due course o in good time;

a un tiempo at the same time;

empujaron todos a un tiempo they all pushed together o at the same time;

cada cierto tiempo every so often;

¿cada cuánto tiempo tiene que tomarlo? how often o frequently does he have to take it?;

con el tiempo in time;

de tiempo en tiempo from time to time, now and then;

de un tiempo a esta parte recently, for a while now;

dar tiempo al tiempo to give things time;

el tiempo lo dirá time will tell;

ganar tiempo to save time;

hacer tiempo to pass the time;
RP
hacerse tiempo to make time, to find time;

matar el tiempo to kill time;

perder el tiempo to waste time;

no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose;

Comp

el tiempo es oro time is money;

Comp

el tiempo todo lo cura time is a great healer

Comp
Informát tiempo de acceso access time; Informát tiempo de búsqueda search time;
tiempo de cocción cooking time;
Fot tiempo de exposición exposure time;
tiempo libre: [m5] no me queda mucho tiempo libre I don't have much free o spare time any more;

te dan tiempo libre para asuntos personales they give you time off for personal matters;

tiempo muerto idle time;

tiempo de ocio leisure time;
Informát tiempo real real time; Informát tiempo de respuesta response time;
tiempo universal coordinado Coordinated Universal Time

2. [periodo disponible, suficiente] time;

¡se acabó el tiempo! pueden ir entregando los exámenes time's up, start handing in your papers!;

a tiempo (para algo/de hacer algo) in time (for sth/to do sth);

no llegamos a tiempo de ver el principio we didn't arrive in time to see o for the beginning;

estar a tiempo de hacer algo to be in time to do sth;

si quieres apuntarte, aún estás a tiempo if you want to join in, you still have time o it's not too late;

con tiempo (de sobra) with plenty of time to spare, in good time;

¿nos dará tiempo? will we have (enough) time?;

no me dio tiempo a o [m5] no tuve tiempo de decírselo I didn't have (enough) time to tell her;

dame tiempo y yo mismo lo haré give me (a bit of) time and I'll do it myself;

me faltó tiempo para terminarlo I didn't have (enough) time to finish it;
Fam Irónico
le faltó tiempo para ir y contárselo a todo el mundo she wasted no time in telling everyone about it;

sacar tiempo para hacer algo to find (the) time to do sth;

¿tienes tiempo para tomar algo? do you have time for a drink?;

tenemos todo el tiempo del mundo we have all the time in the world

3. [periodo largo] long time;

¿cuánto tiempo hace (de eso)? how long ago (was that)?;

¿cuánto tiempo hace que no vas al teatro? how long is it since you went to the theatre?;

¡cuánto tiempo sin verte! it's been ages since I saw you!, I haven't seen you for ages!;

hace tiempo que it is a long time since;

hace tiempo que no vive aquí he hasn't lived here for some time;

hace mucho tiempo que no lo veo I haven't seen him for ages;

tiempo atrás some time ago;
Méx
tener tiempo de algo: tiene tiempo de estudiar lingüística she's been studying linguistics for a long time;

tómate tu tiempo (para hacerlo) take your time (over it o to do it)

4. [época] time;

aquél fue un tiempo de paz y felicidad those were peaceful and happy times, it was a time of peace and happiness;

corren o [m5] son malos tiempos para el estudio del latín it isn't a good time to be studying Latin;

en estos tiempos que corren these days;

del tiempo [fruta] of the season;

las ideas de nuestro tiempo the ideas of our time o day;

el hombre de nuestro tiempo modern man;

el mejor boxeador de todos los tiempos the greatest ever boxer, the greatest boxer of all time;

mi álbum favorito de todos los tiempos my all-time favourite album, my favourite ever album;

en aquellos tiempos, por aquel tiempo in those days, back then, at that time;

en los buenos tiempos in the good old days;

en mis tiempos in my day o time;

Johnson, en otro tiempo plusmarquista mundial,… Johnson, once the world record-holder o the former world record-holder,…;

en tiempo(s) de Napoleón in Napoleon's time o day;

eran otros tiempos (entonces) things were different (back) then;

¡qué tiempos aquellos! those were the days!;

en tiempos [antiguamente] in former times;

Comp

en tiempos de Maricastaña donkey's years ago;

Comp

ser del tiempo del Perú, RP [m5] ñaupa o Chile [m5] ñauca to be ancient, to be as old as the hills

5. [edad] age;

¿qué tiempo tiene? how old is he?

6. [clima] weather;

¿qué tal está el tiempo?, ¿qué tal tiempo hace? what's the weather like?;

buen/mal tiempo good/bad weather;

hizo buen/mal tiempo the weather was good/bad;

nos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible weather;

del tiempo, Méx [m5] al tiempo [bebida] at room temperature;

estas cervezas están del tiempo these beers aren't cold o haven't been chilled;

si el tiempo lo permite o [m5] no lo impide weather permitting;

Comp

hace un tiempo de perros it's a foul day;

Comp

poner al mal tiempo buena cara to put a brave face on things

7. Dep [mitad] half;
[cuarto] quarter;
primer/segundo tiempo first/second half

Comp
tiempo añadido injury o stoppage time;
tiempo de descuento injury o stoppage time;

tiempo muerto time-out;

tiempo reglamentario normal time

8. [marca] [en carreras] time;

consiguió un tiempo excelente his time was excellent;

lograron clasificarse por tiempos they qualified as fastest losers

Comp
tiempo intermedio split time [at halfway point];
tiempo parcial split time;

tiempo récord record time;

en un tiempo récord in record time

9. [movimiento] movement;

levantó las pesas en dos tiempos he lifted the weights in two movements;

motor de cuatro tiempos four-stroke engine

10. Gram tense

Comp
tiempo compuesto compound tense;
tiempo simple simple tense

11. Mús [ritmo] tempo;
[movimiento] movement; [compás] time
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tiempo

m

1 time;

a tiempo in time;

a un tiempo, al mismo tiempo at the same time;

antes de tiempo llegar ahead of time, early; celebrar victoria too soon;

a su (debido) tiempo in due course;

cada cosa a su tiempo all in good time;

con tiempo in good time, early;

dar tiempo al tiempo give things time;

hacer tiempo while away the time;

desde hace mucho tiempo for a long time;

hace mucho tiempo a long time ago;

de tiempo en tiempo from time to time;

de un tiempo a esta parte for some time now;

durante algún tiempo for some time;

por poco tiempo for a short time;

hace tanto tiempo it’s so long ago;

el tiempo es oro time is money;

con el tiempo, andando el tiempo with time, in time;

trabajar a tiempo completo/parcial work full/part time;

le faltó tiempo para … fig he couldn’t wait to…;

poner al mal tiempo buena cara fig look on the bright side;

volver el tiempo atrás fig turn the clock back

2 ( época)

:

en mis tiempos in my day

3 ( clima) weather;

hace buen/mal tiempo the weather’s fine/bad

4 GRAM tense

5 DEP de juego half;

medio tiempo half time

6 ( edad)

:

¿qué tiempo tiene? de un niño how old is he?

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tiempo nm

1) : time

justo a tiempo: just in time

perder tiempo: to waste time

tiempo libre: spare time

2) : period, age

en los tiempos que corren: nowadays

3) : season, moment

antes de tiempo: prematurely

4) : weather

hace buen tiempo: the weather is fine, it's nice outside

5) : tempo (in music)

6) : half (in sports)

7) : tense (in grammar)

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tiempo n

1. (período, momento) time

no tengo tiempo para salir de compras I haven't got time to go out shopping

en tiempos de mi abuelo in my grandfather's time

2. (período largo) long time / ages

ya hace tiempo que vive aquí he's lived here for a long time

3. (estado atmosférico) weather

hizo buen tiempo the weather was good

4. (parte) half [pl. halves]

marcó en el primer tiempo he scored in the first half

5. (de un bebé) age

¿cuánto tiempo tiene tu bebé? how old is your baby?

6. (verbal) tense

un tiempo compuesto a compound tense

a tiempo in time

al mismo tiempo at the same time

con tiempo in good time

del tiempo (fruta) in season (bebida) at room temperature

hacer tiempo to pass the time

perder el tiempo to waste time

¿cuánto tiempo hace que...? how long...?

¿cuánto tiempo hace que conoces a Susana? how long have you known Susana?

¡cuánto tiempo sin verte! it's been ages since I saw you!

tiempo libre free time / spare time

Spanish-English dictionary > tiempo

11 tout

c black tout, toute [tu, tut]

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1. adjective

2. indefinite pronoun

3. adverb

4. masculine noun

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(masculine plural tous, feminine plural toutes)

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► Lorsque tout fait partie d'une locution comme en tout cas, tout le temps, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.

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1. <

   a. ( = entier)

• tout le all the

• toute la all the

• tout le reste all the rest

• il a tout le temps qu'il lui faut he has all the time he needs

• toute la France regardait le match the whole of France was watching the match

• pendant tout le voyage during the whole trip

• il a plu toute la nuit it rained all night

• il a dépensé tout son argent he has spent all his money

• il a passé toutes ses vacances à lire he spent all his holidays reading

► tout le monde everybody everyone

• tout le monde le sait everybody knows

• ils veulent vivre comme tout le monde they want to live like everybody else

• il ne fait jamais comme tout le monde he always has to be different► tout, toute + nom

• il a lu tout Balzac he has read all of Balzac

   b. ( = unique) only

• c'est tout l'effet que ça lui fait that's all the effect it has on him

• c'est là tout le problème that's the whole problem

• pour tout mobilier, il avait un lit et une table the only furniture he had was a bed and a table

   c. (indéfini)

► tout, toute + nom singulier ( = n'importe quel) any

• toute personne susceptible de nous aider any person able to help us

• à tout âge at any age

• pour tout renseignement, téléphoner... for information, ring...► à toute ! (inf) see you later!

► tous les, toutes les + nom pluriel ( = chaque) every ; ( = la totalité des) all the

• tous les jours every day

• tous les deux jours every two days

• tous les 10 mètres every 10 metres

• toutes les trois heures every three hours

• tous les enfants étaient à l'école all the children were at school

• tous les enfants ont besoin d'amour all children need love

• toutes les personnes que nous connaissons all the people that we know

• toutes les fois que je le vois every time I see him

• il avait toutes les raisons d'être mécontent he had every reason to be displeased

• un film tous publics a U film (Brit) a G film (US)► tous, toutes + nombre

• tous les deux both of them

• tous les trois all three of them

• tous deux both of them

2. <

   a. (singulier) everything

• il a tout organisé he organized everything

• on ne peut pas tout faire you can't do everything

• tout va bien everything's fine

• il mange tout et n'importe quoi he eats absolutely everything

• ses enfants mangent de tout her children will eat anything

• il vend de tout he sells everything

• il a tout pour réussir he's got everything going for him

• il a tout pour plaire (inf) he's got nothing going for him

• tout a une fin everything comes to an end

• tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well

• être tout pour qn to be everything to sb

► tout ce qui

• tout ce qui lui appartient everything that belongs to him► tout ce que

• tout ce que je sais, c'est qu'il est parti all I know is that he's gone

• c'est tout ce qu'il m'a dit that's all he told me

• ne croyez pas tout ce qu'il raconte don't believe everything he tells you► tout ce qu'il y a de ( = extrêmement) most

• il a été tout ce qu'il y a de gentil he couldn't have been kinder

• c'était tout ce qu'il y a de chic it was the last word in chic► avoir tout de + nom

• elle a tout d'une star she's every inch a star

• ça a tout d'un canular it's obviously a practical joke

• l'organisation a tout d'une secte the organization is nothing less than a sect► à tout va (inf) [licencier, investir, recruter] like mad (inf) ; [libéralisme, communication, consommation] unbridled

• à l'époque, on construisait à tout va at that time there were buildings going up everywhere► en tout ( = au total) in all

• nous étions 16 en tout there were 16 of us in all

• ça coûte 1 000 € en tout it costs 1,000 euros in all

• leurs programmes politiques s'opposent en tout their political programmes clash in every way► en tout et pour tout all in all

• il lui reste 150 euros en tout et pour tout he only has a total of 150 euros left► et tout (inf) and everything

• avec les vacances et tout, je n'ai pas eu le temps what with the holidays and all (inf), I didn't have time

• j'avais préparé le dîner, fait le ménage et tout et tout I'd made the dinner, done the housework and everything► c'est + tout

• c'est tout that's all

• ce sera tout ? will that be all?

• et ce n'est pas tout ! and that's not all!

• c'est pas tout ça, mais il est tard (inf) all this is very nice, but it's getting late► ce n'est pas tout de

• ce n'est pas tout de faire son métier, il faut le faire bien it's not enough just to do your job, you have to do it well

• ce n'est pas tout d'en parler there's more to it than just talking about it► pour tout dire

• cette idée avait surpris et pour tout dire n'avait pas convaincu this idea surprised everybody and, to be honest, wasn't convincing

c black   b. (pluriel) tous

• toutes ( = l'ensemble des personnes) all

• tous sont arrivés they have all arrived

• il les déteste tous he hates them all

• écoutez bien tous ! listen, all of you!

• tous ensemble all together

• nous avons tous nos défauts we all have our faults

• vous toutes qui m'écoutez all of you who are listening to me

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✦ The final s of tous is pronounced only when it is a pronoun.

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3. <

   a. ► tout + adjectif ( = très) very ; ( = entièrement) quite

• il est tout étonné he's very surprised

• c'est une toute jeune femme she's a very young woman

• elles étaient toutes contentes they were very pleased

• les toutes premières années the very first years

• c'est tout autre chose that's quite another matter

• c'est tout naturel it's quite natural

• toute petite, elle aimait la campagne as a very small child she liked the country► tout (+ en) + nom

• je suis tout ouïe ! I'm all ears!

• tout en laine all wool

• habillé tout en noir dressed all in black

• un jeu tout en douceur a very delicate style of play

• le jardin est tout en fleurs the garden is a mass of flowers► tout + adverbe

• tout près very near

• tout là-bas right over there

• tout en bas de la colline right at the bottom of the hill

• tout au fond right at the bottom

• tout simplement quite simply

• tout plein de (inf) loads (inf) of

• il est mignon tout plein (inf) he's very sweet

   b. ( = déjà) tout prêt

• tout préparé ready-made

• phrases toutes faites set phrases

• idées toutes faites preconceived ideas

   c. ► tout en + participe présent

• tout en marchant while walking

• je suis incapable de travailler tout en écoutant de la musique I can't work and listen to music at the same time

• tout en prétendant le contraire il voulait être élu although he pretended otherwise he wanted to be elected

   d. (locutions)

► tout à fait quite

• ce n'est pas tout à fait la même chose it's not quite the same thing

• c'est tout à fait faux it's quite wrong

• il est tout à fait charmant he's quite charming

• je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous I totally agree with you

• vous êtes d'accord ? -- tout à fait ! do you agree? -- absolutely!► tout à l'heure ( = plus tard) later ; ( = peu avant) a short while ago

• je repasserai tout à l'heure I'll come back later

• tout à l'heure tu as dit que... you said earlier that...

• à tout à l'heure ! see you later!► tout de suite straightaway

• j'ai tout de suite compris I understood straightaway

• ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( = ce n'est pas près d'arriver) it won't happen overnight ; ( = c'est improbable) it's hardly likely to happen

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   a. ( = ensemble) whole

• ces éléments forment un tout these elements make up a whole

• prendre le tout to take all of it (or them)

• jouer le tout pour le tout to stake one's all

• mon tout est un roi de France my whole is a king of France

   b. ( = essentiel) le tout c'est de faire vite the main thing is to be quick about it

• c'est pas le tout mais j'ai du travail (inf) this is all very well but I've got work to do

• ce n'est pas le tout de s'amuser, il faut travailler there's more to life than enjoying yourself, people have got to work

   c. (locutions)

► du tout

• pas du tout ! not at all!

• il n'y a plus du tout de pain there's no bread left at all

• je ne vois rien du tout I can't see a thing► du tout au tout ( = complètement) completely

• il avait changé du tout au tout he had changed completely

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tu
1.

toute tut, mpl tous tu adj, tus pron, fpl toutes tut pronom indéfini

1) tout ( chaque chose) everything; ( n'importe quoi) anything; ( l'ensemble) all

tout est prêt — everything is ready

tout peut arriver — anything can happen

tout est prétexte à querelle(s) — any pretext will do to start a quarrel

tout n'est pas perdu — all is not lost

en tout — ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect

en tout et pour tout — all told

tout bien compté or pesé or considéré — all in all

tout est là — fig that's the whole point

c'est tout dire — I need say no more

et tout et tout — (colloq) and all that sort of thing

ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir — it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished

avoir tout d'un assassin — to look just like a murderer

2) tous tus, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/you

tous ensemble — all together

tous ne sont pas d'accord — not all of them agree

toutes tant qu'elles sont — all of them, each and every one of them

est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? — will it suit everybody ou everyone?

2.

adjectif

1) ( exprimant la totalité)

bois tout ton lait — drink all your milk, drink up your milk

tout le reste — everything else

manger tout un pain — to eat a whole loaf

tout Pompéi a été enseveli — the whole of Pompeii was buried

je ne l'ai pas vu de tout l'été — I haven't seen him all summer

tout le problème est là — that's where the problem lies

tout cela ne compte pas — none of that counts

tout le monde — everybody

2) ( véritable)

c'est tout un travail/événement — it's quite a job/an event

3) (devant ce qui/que/dont) ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything

tout ce dont j'ai besoin — all I need

j'ai acheté tout ce qui était sur la liste — I bought everything that was on the list

il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête — he says anything that comes into his head

tout ce qu'il dit n'est pas vrai — not all of what he says is true

être tout ce qu'il y a de plus serviable — to be most obliging

c'est tout ce qu'on fait de mieux — it's the best there is

‘tu en es sûr?’ - ‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ — ‘are you sure?’ - ‘as sure as can be’

4) ( n'importe quel) any

à tout âge — at any age

à tout moment — ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly

toute publicité est interdite — all advertising is prohibited

5) ( total)

en toute innocence/franchise — in all innocence/honesty

en toute liberté — with complete freedom

en toute hâte — in a great hurry

de toute beauté — most beautiful

6) (unique, seul)

il a souri pour toute réponse — his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply

on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages — all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables

7) tous, toutes ( les uns et les autres sans distinction) all, every (+ sg)

en toutes choses — in all things, in everything

toutes les pages sont déchirées — all the pages are torn, every page is torn

tous les prétextes leur sont bons — they'll use any excuse ( pour to)

meubles tous budgets — furniture to suit every pocket

nous irons tous les deux — both of us will go, we'll both go

je les prends tous les quatre — I'm taking all four (of them)

8) ( chaque) tous/toutes les every

à tous les coins de rue — on every street corner

tous les jours — every day

tous les deux jours — every other day

tous les combien? — how often?

3.

adverbe (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)

1) (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) all

tout doucement — very gently

tout étonnées/toutes honteuses — very surprised/ashamed

tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner — as a small child she already liked to draw

c'est tout naturel — it's quite natural

des yeux tout ronds de surprise — eyes wide with surprise

être tout mouillé/sale — to be all wet/dirty

faire quelque chose tout seul — to do something all by oneself

c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire — it's a different matter altogether

2) ( devant un nom)

c'est tout le portrait de sa mère — she's the spitting ou very image of her mother

c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire — it's the very opposite

ça m'en a tout l'air — it looks very much like it to me

tu as tout le temps d'y réfléchir — you've got plenty of time to think it over

avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre — you see everything in black and white

3) ( tout à fait)

la toute dernière ligne — the very last line

tout à côté de/contre/en haut — right by/against/at the top

il les a mangés tout crus — he ate them raw

j'en sais tout autant que lui — I know just as much as he does

maison tout en longueur — very long and narrow house

ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur — they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat

être tout en larmes — to be in floods of tears

la colline est tout en fleurs — the hill is a mass of flowers

elle est tout(e) à son travail — she's totally absorbed in her work

4) ( d'avance)

tout prêt — ready-made

des légumes tout épluchés — ready-peeled vegetables

5) ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although

il lisait tout en marchant — he was reading as he walked

elle le défendait tout en le sachant coupable — she defended him although she knew he was guilty

6) (marquant la concession: quoique)

tout aussi étrange que cela paraisse — however strange it may seem

tout malin/roi qu'il est, il... — he may be clever/a king, but he...

7) ( rien d'autre que)

je suis tout ouïe — hum I'm all ears

veste tout cuir — all leather jacket

4.

du tout locution adverbiale

(pas) du tout, (point) du tout — not at all

sans savoir du tout — without knowing at all

5.

nom masculin (pl touts)

1) ( ensemble)

former un tout — to make up ou form a whole

mon tout — ( charade) my whole, my all

du tout au tout — completely

2)

le tout — ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing

vendre le tout pour 50 euros — to sell the (whole) lot for 50 euros

le tout est de réussir — the main ou most important thing is to succeed

ce n'est pas le tout! — (colloq) this is no good!

6.

Tout- (in compounds)

le Tout-Paris/-Londres — the Paris/London smart set

Phrasal Verbs:

- tout à coup

- tout d'un coup

- tout à fait

- tout à l'heure

- tout de même

- tout de suite

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être tout yeux tout oreilles — to be very attentive

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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal

Remarques sur l'adjectif

1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière générale

On emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I know

On emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/group

tout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole book

Mais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stay

Avec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my life

tout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient

2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)

Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier

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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal

Remarques sur l'adjectif

1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière générale

On emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I know

On emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/group

tout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole book

Mais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stay

Avec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my life

tout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient

2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)

Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier

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tu, tut tout, -e tous mpl toutes fpl
1. adj

1) (avec article singulier) all

tout le lait — all the milk

tout le livre — the whole book

tout un pain — a whole loaf

toute la journée — all day

toute la nuit — all night, the whole night

tout le temps — all the time, the whole time

tout le monde — everybody

c'est tout le contraire — it's quite the opposite

c'est toute une affaire; c'est toute une histoire — it's quite a business, it's a whole rigmarole

2) (avec article pluriel) (= chaque) every, (idée d'intégralité) all

toutes les filles — all the girls

tous les livres — all the books

tous les jours — every day

toutes les nuits — every night

toutes les fois — every time

toutes les deux semaines — every other week, every two weeks

toutes les trois semaines — every three weeks, every third week

tous les deux jours — every two days

tous les deux; Nous y sommes allés tous les deux. — We both went., Both of us went.

Nous y sommes allés tous les trois. — All three of us went.

Je les ai invités tous les trois. — I invited all three of them.

3) (sans article) (= n'importe quel)

à tout âge — at any age

à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit — at any time of the day or night, (= seul)

pour toute nourriture, il avait... — his only food was..., (= chaque)

de tous côtés; de toutes parts (= de partout) — from everywhere, from every side, (= partout) all around

2. pron

tout — everything

tous; toutes — all

Il a tout fait. — He did everything.

Il a tout organisé. — He organized everything.

Je les vois tous. — I can see them all., I can see all of them.

Je les connais tous. — I know them all., I know all of them.

Nous y sommes tous allés. — We all went., All of us went.

Nous y sommes toutes allées. — We all went., All of us went.

tout ou rien — all or nothing

c'est tout — that's all

tout de...; Elle a tout d'une mère. — She's a real mother., She's a true mother.

en tout — all together, altogether

Ça fait combien en tout? — How much is that altogether?

en tout et pour tout — all in all

tout ce que...; tout ce qu'il sait — all he knows

C'était tout ce qu'il y a de plus chic. — It was the last word in chic., It was the ultimate in chic.

3. nm

un tout — a whole

Ceci forme un tout. — It forms a whole.

le tout — all of it

Je prends le tout. — I'll take it all., I'll take the whole lot.

le tout est de... — the main thing is to...

pas du tout — not at all

du tout au tout — completely

4. adv

1) (= très, complètement) very

tout près; tout à côté — very near

Elle habite tout près. — She lives very near.

le tout premier; la toute première — the very first

tout seul; toute seule — all alone

Il est tout seul. — He's all alone.

Elle est toute seule. — She's all alone.

Il était tout rouge. — He was all red in the face.

Elle était toute rouge. — She was all red in the face.

parler tout bas — to speak very quietly

le livre tout entier — the whole book

l'histoire tout entière — the whole story

tout en haut — right at the top

tout droit — straight ahead

tout de suite — immediately, straight away

2)

tout en... — while...

tout en travaillant — while working

Il a fait son travail tout en chantant. — He sang as he worked., He sang while he worked.

3) (autres locutions)

tout d'abord — first of all

tout à coup; tout d'un coup — suddenly

tout à fait — absolutely

tout à fait! — exactly!

tout de même — all the same

tout simplement — quite simply

tout court; Charles-Henri, pouvez-vous... — Je vous en prie, appelez-moi Charles tout court. — Charles-Henri, could you... — Please, just call me Charles.

communication par internet, mais aussi communication tout court — communication via the internet, but also simply communication

tout à l'heure (passé) — just now, a short while ago

Je l'ai vu tout à l'heure. — I saw him just now., (futur) shortly, in a moment

Je finirai ça tout à l'heure. — I'll finish it in a moment.

à tout à l'heure! — see you later!

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tout ⇒ Note d'usage, toute, mpl tous, fpl toutes

A pron indéf

1 tout ( chaque chose) everything; ( n'importe quoi) anything; ( l'ensemble) all; penser à tout to think of everything; tout est prêt everything is ready; le sucre, les graisses, le sel, tout me fait mal sugar, fat, salt, everything is bad for me; être tout pour qn to be everything to sb; tout peut arriver anything can happen; le chien mange (de) tout the dog will eat anything; tout est prétexte à querelle(s) any pretext will do to start a quarrel; tout n'est pas perdu all is not lost; tout ou rien all or nothing; tout ou partie de qch all or part of sth; tout va bien all's well, everything's fine; en tout ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect; en tout et pour tout all told; et tout ça parce que/pour and all because/for; tout bien compté or pesé or considéré all in all; tout est là fig that's the whole point; c'est tout dire I need say no more; et tout et tout○ and all that sort of thing; et ce n'est pas tout! and that's not all!; ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished; avoir tout d'un singe/assassin to look just like a monkey/murderer; ⇒ bien, monde, salaire, or;

2 tous, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/you; nous sommes tous des pécheurs we are all sinners; le film n'est pas à la portée de tous the film is not accessible to all; merci à tous thank you all; tous ensemble all together; ce sont tous d'anciens soldats all of them are ou they are all former soldiers; il les a tous cassés he has broken all of them, he's broken them all; il l'a dit devant nous tous he said it in front of all of us; leurs enfants, tous musiciens de talent their children, all of them talented musicians; tous ne sont pas d'accord not all of them agree; toutes tant qu'elles sont all of them, each and every one of them; vous tous qui le connaissez all of you who know him; écoutez-moi tous listen to me, all of you; est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? will it suit everybody ou everyone?

B adj

1 ( exprimant la totalité) bois tout ton lait drink all your milk, drink up your milk; tout le reste est à jeter everything else is to be thrown away; manger tout un pain to eat a whole loaf; tout Pompéi a été enseveli the whole of Pompeii was buried; tout Nice se réjouit the whole of ou all Nice rejoiced; il a plu toute la journée it rained all day (long) ou the whole day; pendant toute une année for a whole year; la semaine se passa toute à attendre the whole ou entire week was spent waiting; j'ai passé tout mon dimanche à travailler I spent the whole of ou all Sunday working; je ne l'ai pas vu de tout l'été I haven't seen him all summer; cet enfant est toute ma vie this child is my whole life; c'est tout le plaisir que tu y trouves? is that all the pleasure ou the only pleasure it gives you?; tout le problème est là that's where the problem lies; tout cela ne compte pas none of that counts; le meilleur dentiste de toute la ville the best dentist in town; tout le monde everybody; ⇒ cœur, monde, temps;

2 ( véritable) c'est tout un travail/événement it's quite a job/an event; il a fait toute une histoire he made a real ou big fuss, he made quite a fuss; c'est tout un art there's a whole art to it;

3 tout ce qui/que/dont ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything; tout ce qui compte all that matters; c'est tout ce que je fais that's all I do; tout ce dont j'ai besoin all I need; j'ai acheté tout ce qui était sur la liste I bought everything that was on the list; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he says anything that comes into his head; tout ce qu'il dit n'est pas vrai not all of what he says is true; tout ce que le village compte d'enfants, tout ce qu'il y a d'enfants dans le village all the children in the village; être tout ce qu'il y a de plus serviable to be most obliging; c'est tout ce qu'on fait de mieux it's the best there is; ‘tu en es sûr?’-‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ ‘are you sure?’-‘as sure as can be’, ‘absolutely sure’;

4 ( n'importe quel) any; à tout âge at any age; de toute nature of any kind; à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit at all times of the day or night; ‘service à toute heure’ ‘24 hour service’; à tout moment ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly; tout prétexte leur est bon they'll jump at any excuse; toute personne qui anyone ou anybody who; toute autre solution serait rejetée any other solution would be rejected; tout autre que lui/toi aurait abandonné anybody else would have given up; toute publicité est interdite all advertising is prohibited; pour toute réclamation, s'adresser à… all complaints should be addressed to…; tout billet n'est pas valable not all tickets are valid; ⇒ vérité;

5 (sans déterminant: total) en toute innocence/franchise in all innocence/honesty; en toute liberté with complete freedom; donner toute satisfaction to give complete satisfaction; c'est tout bénéfice it's all profit; il aurait tout intérêt à placer cet argent it would be in his best interests to invest this money; partir en toute hâte to leave in a great hurry; un jardin de toute beauté a most beautiful garden; être à toute extrémité to be close to death; ⇒ épreuve, hasard, prix, vitesse;

6 (unique, seul) il a souri pour toute réponse his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply; on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables; elle a un chien pour toute compagnie the only company she has ou all she has for company is a dog;

7 tous, toutes ( les uns et les autres sans distinction) all, every (+ v sg); ceci vaut pour tous les candidats this applies to all candidates ou to every candidate; en tous pays in all countries, in every country; en toutes choses in all things, in everything; toutes les pages sont déchirées all the pages are torn, every page is torn; les lettres ont toutes été signées the letters have all been signed; j'ai toutes les raisons de me plaindre I have every reason to complain; tous les hommes sont mortels all men are mortal; il a fait tous les métiers he's done all sorts of jobs; tous les prétextes leur sont bons they'll use any excuse (pour to); meubles tous budgets furniture to suit every pocket; tous deux se levèrent both of them got up, they both got up; nous irons tous les deux both of us will go, we'll both go; je les prends tous les trois/quatre etc I'm taking all three/four etc (of them);

8 ( chaque) tous/toutes les every; à tous les coins de rue on every street corner; saisir toutes les occasions to seize every opportunity; tous les jours/mois/ans every day/month/year; tous les quarts d'heure/10 mètres every quarter of an hour/10 metres; un cachet toutes les quatre heures one tablet every four hours; tous les deux jours/mois every other day/month; tous les combien? how often?

C adv (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)

1 (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) all; tout doucement very gently; ils sont tout contents they are very happy; elles sont tout étonnées/toutes honteuses they are very surprised/ashamed; être tout excité to be very ou all excited; être tout jeune/petit to be very young/small; tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner as a small child she already liked to draw; c'est tout naturel it's quite natural; des yeux tout ronds de surprise eyes wide with surprise; être tout mouillé/sale to be all wet/dirty; tout seul dans la vie all alone in life; faire qch tout seul to do sth all by oneself; c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire it's a different matter altogether;

2 ( devant un nom) c'est tout le portrait de sa mère she's the spitting ou very image of her mother; c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire it's the very opposite; ça m'en a tout l'air it looks very much like it to me; tu as tout le temps d'y réfléchir you've got plenty of time to think it over; avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre you see everything in black and white;

3 ( tout à fait) la toute dernière ligne the very last line; les tout premiers fruits de l'été the very first fruits of summer; j'habite tout près I live very close by ou very near; tout près de very close to, very near; tout à côté de/contre/en haut right by/against/at the top; il les a mangés tout crus he ate them raw; un gâteau tout entier a whole cake; j'en sais tout autant que lui I know just as much as he does; c'est tout aussi cher it's just as expensive; vêtue tout de noir, tout de noir vêtue dressed all in black; maison tout en longueur very long and narrow house; un jeu tout en finesse a very subtle game; une semaine toute de fatigue a very tiring week; une vie toute de soucis a life full of worry; ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat; être tout en larmes to be in floods of tears; la colline est tout en fleurs the hill is a mass of flowers; elle est tout(e) à son travail she's totally absorbed in her work;

4 ( d'avance) tout prêt ready-made; sauces/idées toutes faites ready-made sauces/ideas; des légumes tout épluchés ready-peeled vegetables; ⇒ cuit, vu;

5 ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although; il lisait tout en marchant he was reading as he walked; elle le défendait tout en le sachant coupable she defended him although she knew he was guilty; ⇒ en;

6 (marquant la concession: quoique) tout aussi étrange que cela paraisse however strange it may seem; tout prudemment que l'on conduise however carefully one drives; tout malins qu'ils sont, ils… clever though they may be, they…, they may be clever, but they…; toute reine qu'elle est, elle ne peut pas faire ça she may be a queen, but she can't do that;

7 ( rien d'autre que) être tout énergie/muscle to be all energy/muscle; être tout sourires to be all smiles; je suis tout ouïe hum I'm all ears; veste tout cuir/laine all leather/wool jacket; ⇒ feu, sucre.

D du tout loc adv pas du tout, point du tout liter not at all; sans savoir du tout without knowing at all; je ne le vois plus du tout I don't see him at all now; il ne m'en reste plus du tout I have none left at all; crois-tu qu'il m'ait remercié? du tout! do you think he thanked me? not at all!

E nm (pl touts)

1 ( ensemble) former un tout to make up ou form a whole; mon tout ( charade) my whole, my all; du tout au tout completely;

2 le tout ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing; vendre le tout pour 200 euros to sell the (whole) lot for 200 euros; le tout est de réussir/qu'il réussisse the main ou most important thing is to succeed/that he should succeed; le Grand Tout Relig the Great Whole; ce n'est pas le tout○! this is no good!

F tout- ( in compounds) le Tout-Paris/-Londres the Paris/London smart set.

Composés

tout à coup suddenly; tout d'un coup ( soudain) suddenly; ( à la fois) all at once; tout à fait ( entièrement) quite, absolutely; ce n'est pas tout à fait vrai/pareil it's not quite true/the same thing; c'est tout à fait vrai it's quite ou absolutely true; ‘tu es d'accord?’-‘tout à fait’ ‘do you agree?’-‘absolutely’; il est tout à fait charmant he's absolutely ou perfectly charming; être tout à fait pour/contre to be totally for/against; tout à l'heure ( bientôt) in a moment; ( peu avant) a little while ago, just now; à tout à l'heure! see you later!; tout de même ( quand même) all the same, even so; ( indigné) tout de même! really!, honestly!; ( vraiment) quite; tu aurais tout de même pu faire attention! all the same ou even so you might have been careful!; c'est tout de même un peu fort! really ou honestly, it's a bit much!; c'est tout de même bizarre que it's quite strange that; tout de suite at once, straight away; ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( ce n'est pas pressé) there's no rush; ( ce sera long) it's going to take some time.

Idiomes

tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well; être tout yeux tout oreilles to be very attentive.

[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) adjectif qualificatif (au singulier)

1. [entier] all (the), the whole (of the)

toute la nuit all night

elle a parcouru toute la distance en 2 heures she covered the full distance in 2 hours

il se plaint toute la journée he complains all the time ou the whole day long

tout le village a participé the whole village took part

toute une journée a whole day

tout ceci/cela all (of) this/that

tout ce travail pour rien! all this work for nothing!

j'ai tout mon temps I've plenty of time ou all the time in the world

toute ma fortune my whole fortune

ils se sont aimés toute leur vie they loved each other all their lives

avec lui, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre with him, it's either (all) black or (all) white

2. [devant un nom propre] all

j'ai visité tout Paris en huit jours I saw all ou the whole of Paris in a week

3. [devant un nom sans article]

on a tout intérêt à y aller it's in our every interest to go

c'est en toute liberté que j'ai choisi I made the choice completely of my own free will

rouler à toute vitesse to drive at full ou top speed

en toute franchise/simplicité in all sincerity/simplicity

c'est de toute beauté it's extremely beautiful

4. [avec une valeur emphatique]

c'est toute une affaire! it's quite a to-do!

c'est toute une expédition pour y aller! getting there involves quite a trek!

5. (comme adverbe) [entièrement] completely

elle était toute à son travail she was completely absorbed in her work

6. [unique, seul] only

c'est tout l'effet que ça te fait? is that all it means to you?

ma fille est tout mon bonheur my daughter is my sole ou only source of happiness

pour tout remerciement on m'a renvoyé by way of thanks I got fired

pour toute famille il n'avait qu'une cousine éloignée one distant cousin was all the family he had

7. [suivi d'une relative]

tout ce qu'on dit everything people say

tout ce qui me gêne, c'est la différence d'âge the only thing ou all I'm worried about is the age difference

tout ce que l'entreprise compte de personnel qualifié the company's entire qualified workforce

ils s'amusaient tout ce qu'ils savaient they were having a whale of a time

tout ce qu'il y a de: ses enfants sont tout ce qu'il y a de bien élevés his children are very well-behaved ou are models of good behaviour

ce projet est tout ce qu'il y a de plus sérieux this project couldn't be more serious

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[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) déterminant (adjectif indéfini)

A.[AU SINGULIER] [chaque, n'importe quel] any, all, every

tout citoyen a des droits every citizen has rights, all citizens have rights

toute personne ayant vu l'accident any person who witnessed the accident

tout changement les inquiète the slightest change worries them

pour tout renseignement, écrivez-nous for further information, write to us

à tout âge at any age

à toute heure du jour et de la nuit at any hour of the day or night

de tout temps since time immemorial, from the beginning of time

en tout temps throughout ou all through history

tout autre anybody else

tout autre que lui aurait refusé anyone other than him ou anybody else would have refused

toute peine mérite salaire (proverbe) the labourer is worthy of his hire (proverb)

B.[AU PLURIEL]

1. [exprimant la totalité] all

tous les hommes all men, the whole of mankind

tous les gens everybody, everyone

je veux tous les détails I want all the details ou the full details

ça se vend maintenant à tous les coins de rue it's now sold on every street corner

2. [devant un nom sans article]

ils étaient 150 000, toutes disciplines/races confondues there were 150,000 of them, taking all disciplines/races together

champion toutes catégories overall champion

il roulait tous feux éteints he was driving with his lights off

je dois le rencontrer toutes affaires cessantes I must meet him forthwith

il est mon préféré à tous égards I like him best in every respect

3. [exprimant la périodicité] every

tous les jours every day

toutes les deux semaines every other week, every second week, every two weeks

à prendre toutes les quatre heures to be taken every four hours ou at four-hourly intervals

toutes les fois qu'on s'est rencontrés every time we've met

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[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) pronom indéfini

A.[AU SINGULIER] everything, all

[n'importe quoi] anything

j'ai tout jeté I threw everything away

dis-moi tout tell me all about it

t'as tout compris! (familier) that's it!, that's right!

c'est tout dire that says it all

il mange de tout he eats anything

il est prêt à tout he's ready for anything

capable de tout capable of anything

c'est tout that's all

ce sera tout? [dans un magasin] will be that all?, anything else?

ce n'est pas tout that's not all

ce n'est pas tout de faire des enfants, il faut les élever ensuite having children is one thing, but then you've got to bring them up

être tout pour quelqu'un to be everything for somebody, to mean everything to somebody

et tout et tout (familier) and all that (sort of thing)

on aura tout vu! now I've ou we've seen everything!

tout est là

a. [objets] that's everything

b. [problème] that's the whole point ou the crux of the matter

vous serez remboursé tout ou partie you'll get all or part of your money back

avec toi c'est tout ou rien with you, it's all or nothing ou one extreme or the other

c'est tout sauf du foie gras it's anything but foie gras

il est tout sauf un génie call him anything but not a genius

tout se passe comme si... it's as though...

à tout faire [produit] all-purpose

tout bien considéré, tout bien réfléchi all things considered

tout bien pesé after weighing up the pros and the cons

il a tout de son père he's every bit like his father

B.[AU PLURIEL]

1. [désignant ce dont on a parlé]

il y a plusieurs points de vue, tous sont intéressants there are several points of view, they are all interesting

j'adore les prunes — prends-les toutes I love plums — take them all ou all of them

2. [avec une valeur récapitulative] all

Jean, Pierre, Jacques, tous voulaient la voir Jean, Pierre, Jacques, they all wanted to see her

c'est tous feignants et compagnie! (familier) they're just a bunch of idlers!

3. [tout le monde]

vous m'entendez tous? can you all hear me?

à vous tous qui m'avez aidé, merci to all of you who helped me, thank you

des émissions pour tous programmes suitable for all (audiences)

tous ensemble all together

tous tant ou autant que nous sommes all of us, every (single) one of us

tout ( féminin toute, pluriel féminin toutes) adverbe (s'accorde en genre et en nombre devant un adjectif féminin commençant par une consonne ou un h aspiré)

1. [entièrement, tout à fait] quite, very, completely

ils étaient tout seuls they were quite ou completely alone

la ville tout entière the whole town

tout neuf brand new

tout nu stark naked

tout cru (totally) raw

un tout jeune homme a very young man

sa chevelure était toute hérissée his/her hair was all messy

ses tout premiers mots his/her very first words

les tout premiers temps at the very beginning

une robe tout en dentelle a dress made of lace

le jardin est tout en longueur the garden is just one long strip

un de nos tout meilleurs acteurs one of our very best actors

tout mouillé wet ou soaked through, drenched

être tout occupé à faire quelque chose to be very busy doing something

je t'aime tout autant qu'autrefois I love you just as much as I did before

tout simplement/autrement quite simply/differently

téléphone-moi, tout simplement just phone me, that's the easiest (way)

une toile tout coton a 100% cotton cloth, an all cotton material

il est toute bonté/générosité he is goodness/generosity itself

ça, c'est tout lui! that's typical of him ou just like him!

2. [en intensif]

tout en haut/bas right at the top/bottom

c'est tout près it's very close

tout à côté de moi right next to me

tout contre le mur right up against the wall

c'est tout le contraire! it's quite the opposite!

3. [déjà]

tout prêt ou préparé ready-made

tout bébé, elle dansait déjà even as a baby, she was already dancing

on verra — c'est tout vu! we'll see — it's already decided!

4. (avec un gérondif) [indiquant la simultanéité]

on mangera tout en marchant we'll eat while we're walking

[indiquant la concession]

tout en avouant son ignorance dans ce domaine, il continuait à me contredire although he'd confessed his ignorance in that field, he kept on contradicting me

tout nom masculin

1. [ensemble] whole

former un tout to make up a whole

mon tout est un instrument de musique [dans une charade] my whole ou all is a musical instrument

2. [l'essentiel]

le tout the main ou the most important thing

le tout c'est de ne pas bafouiller the most important thing is not to stutter

ce n'est pas le tout, mais je dois partir (familier) that's all very well, but I've got to go now

ce n'est pas le tout de critiquer, il faut pouvoir proposer autre chose it's not enough to criticize, you've got to be able to suggest something else

jouer ou risquer le tout pour le tout to risk (one's) all

tenter le tout pour le tout to make a (final) desperate attempt ou a last ditch effort

c'est un tout it's all the same, it makes no difference

à quand le tout informatique? when will everything be computerized?

la politique du tout ou rien an all-or-nothing policy

changer du tout au tout to change completely

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du tout locution adverbiale

not at all

je vous dérange? — du tout, du tout! am I disturbing you? — not at all ou not in the least!

elle finissait son café sans du tout se soucier de notre présence she was finishing her coffee without paying any attention to us at all ou whatsoever

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en tout locution adverbiale

1. [au total] in total, in all

cela fait 95 euros en tout that comes to 95 euros in all ou in total

2. [exactement] exactly, entirely

la copie est conforme en tout à l'original the copy matches the original exactly

en tout et pour tout locution adverbiale

(all) in all

en tout et pour tout, nous avons dépensé 300 euros all in all, we've spent 300 euros

tout à coup locution adverbiale

all of a sudden, suddenly

tout à fait locution adverbiale

1. [complètement] quite, fully, absolutely

en es-tu tout à fait conscient? are you fully aware of it?

je vous comprends tout à fait I understand you perfectly well

ce n'est pas tout à fait exact it's not quite correct

n'ai-je pas raison? — tout à fait! am I right? — absolutely!

2. [exactement] exactly

c'est tout à fait ce que je cherche/le même it's exactly what I've been looking for/the same

3. [oui] certainly

vous faites les retouches? — tout à fait do you do alterations? — certainly (we do)

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tout de même locution adverbiale

1. [malgré tout] all the same, even so

j'irai tout de même all the same, I'll still go

2. [en intensif]

tout de même, tu exagères! steady on!, that's a bit much!

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tout de suite locution adverbiale

1. [dans le temps] straight away, right away, at once

apporte du pain — tout de suite! bring some bread — right away!

2. [dans l'espace] immediately

tournez à gauche tout de suite après le pont turn left immediately after the bridge

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tout... que locution conjonctive

tout directeur qu'il est ou qu'il soit,... he may well be the boss,...

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tout

12 tener

v.

1 to have.

tengo un hermano I have o I've got a brother

tener fiebre to have a temperature

tuvieron una pelea they had a fight

tener un niño to have a baby

¡que tengan buen viaje! have a good journey!

tengo las vacaciones en agosto my holidays are in August

Yo tengo una casa I have a house.

El carro tuvo un accidente The car had an accident.

Esto tiene azúcar This has=is made of sugar.

Yo tengo dos hijos I have=am the parent of two sons.

Tengo un primo I have a cousin,

Ella tuvo una gran idea She had a great idea.

Yo tengo paperas I have=suffer from the mumps.

Tengo un ataque de nervios I am having a nervous fit.

Ella tiene su aprobación She has=meets with his approval.

2 to be.

tiene 3 metros de ancho it's 3 meters wide

¿cuántos años tienes? how old are you?

tiene diez años she's ten (years old)

tengo tres años aquí I've been here for three years (Am)

tener hambre/miedo to be hungry/afraid

tener mal humor to be bad-tempered

le tiene lástima he feels sorry for her

3 to get (recibir) (mensaje, regalo, visita, sensación).

tuve un verdadero desengaño I was really disappointed

tendrá una sorpresa he'll get a surprise

4 to hold.

tenlo por el asa hold it by the handle

Ella tiene su bolso She holds her purse.

5 to offer, to have.

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TENER

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, tenéis, tienen.

Past Indicative

tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron.

Future Indicative

tendré, tendrás, tendrá, tendremos, tendréis, tendrán.

Conditional

tendría, tendrías, tendría, tendríamos, tendríais, tendrían.

Present Subjunctive

tenga, tengas, tenga, tengamos, tengáis, tengan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

tuviera, tuvieras, tuviera, tuviéramos, tuvierais, tuvieran;

tuviese, tuvieses, tuviese, tuviésemos, tuvieseis, tuviesen.

Future Subjunctive

tuviere, tuvieres, tuviere, tuviéremos, tuviereis, tuvieren.

Imperative

ten (tú), tenga (él/Vd.), tengamos (nos.), tened (vos.), tengan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to have

2) hold

3) own, possess

4) feel

•

- tener en cuenta
- tener que
- tenerse por
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Para las expresiones como tener cuidado, tener ganas, tener suerte, tener de particular, tener en cuenta, ver la otra entrada.
1. VERBO TRANSITIVO
El uso de got con el verbo have es más frecuente en inglés británico, pero solo se usa en el presente.
1) (=poseer, disponer de) to have, have got

¿tienes dinero? — do you have {o} have you got any money?

¿tienes un bolígrafo? — do you have {o} have you got a pen?

¿tiene usted permiso para esto? — do you have {o} have you got permission for this?

tiene un tío en Venezuela — he has an uncle in Venezuela, he's got an uncle in Venezuela

ahora no tengo tiempo — I don't have {o} I haven't got time now

2) [referido a aspecto, carácter] to have, have got

tiene el pelo rubio — he has blond hair, he's got blond hair

tenía una sonrisa preciosa — she had a lovely smile

tiene la nariz aguileña — she has an aquiline nose, she's got an aquiline nose

tenía el pelo mojado — his hair was wet

3) [referido a edad] to be

tiene siete años — he's seven (years old)

¿cuántos años tienes? — how old are you?

al menos debe de tener 55 años — she must be at least 55

4) [referido a ocupaciones] to have, have got

tenemos clase de inglés a las 11 — we have an English class at 11, we've got an English class at 11

el lunes tenemos una reunión — we're having a meeting on Monday, we've got a meeting on Monday

mañana tengo una fiesta — I'm going to a party tomorrow

5) (=parir) to have

va a tener un niño — she's going to have a baby

6) (=medir) to be

tener 5cm de ancho — to be 5cm wide

7) (=sentir) + sustantivo to be + adj

tener hambre/sed/calor/frío — to be hungry/thirsty/hot/cold

no tengas tantos celos — don't be so jealous

hemos tenido mucho miedo — we have been very frightened

le tengo mucho cariño — I'm very fond of him

he tenido un presentimiento — I've had a premonition

8) (=padecer, sufrir) to have

han tenido un accidente — they have had an accident

hemos tenido muchas dificultades — we have had a lot of difficulties

Luis tiene la gripe — Luis has {o} has got flu

tengo fiebre — I have {o} I've got a (high) temperature

¿qué tienes? — what's the matter with you?, what's wrong with you?

9) (=sostener) to hold

tenía el pasaporte en la mano — he had his passport in his hand, he was holding his passport in his hand

tenme el vaso un momento, por favor — hold my glass for me for a moment, please

¡ten!, ¡aquí tienes! — here you are!

10) (=recibir) to have

aún no he tenido carta — I haven't had a letter yet

¿has tenido noticias suyas? — have you heard from her?

11) (=pensar, considerar)

• tener [a bien] hacer algo — to see fit to do sth

• tener a algn [en] algo, te tendrán en más estima — they will hold you in higher esteem

• tener a algn [por] — + adj to consider sb (to be) + adj

le tengo por poco honrado — I consider him (to be) rather dishonest

• ten por [seguro] que... — rest assured that...

12) tener algo que ({+ infin})

tengo trabajo que hacer — I have {o} I've got work to do

no tengo nada que hacer — I have {o} I've got nothing to do

eso no tiene nada que ver — that has {o} that's got nothing to do with it

13) [locuciones]

ya saben dónde me tienen — you always know where you can find me

• ¡[ahí] lo tienes! — there you are!, there you have it!

• tener algo [de] + adj —

de bueno no tiene nada — there's nothing good about it

no tiene nada de particular — it's nothing special

¿qué tiene de malo? — what's wrong with that?

• tenerlo [difícil] — to find it difficult

• tenerlo [fácil] — to have it easy

- ¿conque esas tenemos?

- no tenerlas todas consigo

no las tengo todas conmigo de que lo haga — I'm none too sure that he'll do it, I'm not entirely sure that he'll do it

- tener todas las de ganar

- tener todas las de perder

- quien tuvo retuvo

2. VERBO AUXILIAR

1) tener que ({+ infin})

a) [indicando obligación]

tengo que comprarlo — I have to {o} I've got to buy it, I must buy it

tenemos que marcharnos — we have to {o} we've got to go, we must be going

tienen que aumentarte el sueldo — they have to {o} they've got to give you a rise

tuvo que devolver todo el dinero — he had to pay all the money back

tiene que ser así — it has to be this way

b) [indicando suposición, probabilidad]

¡tienes que estar cansadísima! — you must be really tired!

tiene que dolerte mucho ¿no? — it must hurt a lot, doesn't it?

tiene que estar en tu despacho — it must be in your office

tiene que haberte dolido mucho — it must have hurt a lot

c) [en reproches]

¡tendrías que haberlo dicho antes! — you should have said so before!

¡tendría que darte vergüenza! — you should be ashamed of yourself!

¡tú tenías que ser! — it would be you!, it had to be you!

d) [en sugerencias, recomendaciones]

tendrías que comer más — you should eat more

tendríamos que pedirle perdón — we should apologize to him

2) + participio

tenía puesto el sombrero — he had his hat on

nos tenían preparada una sorpresa — they had prepared a surprise for us

tenía pensado llamarte — I had been thinking of phoning you

te lo tengo dicho muchas veces — I've told you hundreds of times

yo no le tengo visto — I've never set eyes on him

3) + adj

procura tener contentos a todos — he tries to keep everybody happy

me tiene perplejo la falta de noticias — the lack of news is puzzling, I am puzzled by the lack of news

4) esp Méx (=llevar)

tienen tres meses de no cobrar — they haven't been paid for three months, it's three months since they've been paid

tengo cuatro años aquí — I've been here for four years

3.

See:

tenerse

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1.
verbo transitivo [El uso de 'got' en frases como 'I've got a new dress' está mucho más extendido en el inglés británico que en el americano. Éste prefiere la forma 'I have a new dress']

Sentido I

1) (poseer, disponer de) <dinero/trabajo/tiempo> to have

¿tienen hijos? — do they have any children?, have they got any children?

no tenemos pan — we don't have any bread, we haven't got any bread

no tengo a quién recurrir — I have nobody to turn to

tú no tienes idea de lo que fue — you've no idea what it was like

aquí tienes al culpable — here's o this is the culprit

ahí tienes! yo te lo dije — there you are! I told you so

¿conque ésas tenemos? — so that's the way things are, is it?

2)

a) ( llevar encima) to have

¿tiene hora? — have you got the time?

b) ( llevar puesto) to be wearing

qué traje más elegante tienes! — that's a smart suit you're wearing!

3) (hablando de actividades, obligaciones) to have

tengo invitados a cenar — I have o I've got some people coming to dinner

tenemos clases mañana — we've got school tomorrow

tener... que + inf — to have... to + inf

tengo cosas que hacer — I have o I've got things to do

4)

a) (señalando características, atributos) to have

tiene el pelo largo — she has o she's got long hair

tiene mucho tacto — he's very tactful

la casa tiene mucha luz — the house is very light o gets a lot of light

tiene un metro de largo — it is one meter long

tiene mucho de su padre — he's very much like his father

¿y eso qué tiene de malo? — and what's so bad about that?

no tiene nada de extraño — there's nothing strange about it

le lleva 15 años - ¿y eso qué tiene? — (AmL fam) she's 15 years older than he is - so what does that matter?

b) ( expresando edad)

¿cuántos años tienes? — how old are you?

tengo veinte años — I'm twenty (years old)

c) ( con idea de posibilidad)

no creo que tenga arreglo — I don't think it can be fixed

el problema tiene solución — there is a solution to the problem

5) ( dar a luz) <bebé/gemelos> to have

Sentido II

6) (sujetar, sostener) to hold

tenlo derecho — hold it upright

7) ( tomar)

ten la llave — take o here's the key

Sentido III

8) ( recibir) to have

no hemos tenido noticias de él — we haven't heard from him

la propuesta tuvo una acogida favorable — the proposal was favorably received

9)

a) ( sentir)

tengo hambre/sueño/frío — I'm hungry/tired/cold

tiene celos de su hermano — she's jealous of her brother

no tiene interés por nada — she's not interested in anything

le tengo mucho cariño — I'm very fond of him

tengo el placer de... — it gives me great pleasure to...

¿qué tienes? — what's wrong?, what's the matter?

b) (refiriéndose a síntomas, enfermedades) to have

tengo dolor de cabeza — I have o I've got a headache

no saben lo que tiene — they don't know what's wrong with him

c) (refiriéndose a experiencias, sucesos) to have

que tengas buen viaje — have a good trip

tener una discusión con alguien — to have an argument with somebody

10) ( refiriéndose a actitudes)

ten más respeto — have a little more respect

ten paciencia/cuidado — be patient/careful

Sentido IV

11) (indicando estado, situación) (+ compl)

la mesa tiene una pata rota — one of the table legs is broken

tengo las manos sucias — my hands are dirty

tienes el cinturón desabrochado — your belt's undone

lo tiene dominado — she has him under her thumb

lo tengo terminado — I've already finished it

me tiene muy preocupada — I'm very worried about it

nos tuvo allí esperando — he kept us waiting there

me tienen de sirvienta — they treat me like a maid

tengo a la niña enferma — my little girl's sick

12) ( considerar)

tener algo/a alguien por algo: se lo tiene por el mejor he/it is considered (to be) the best; siempre lo tuve por tímido I always thought he was shy; ten por seguro que lo hará — you can be sure he'll do it
2.
tener v aux

Sentido I

1)

a) (expresando obligación, necesidad)

tener que + inf — to have (got) to + inf

tengo que estudiar hoy — I have to o I must study today

no tienes más que apretar este botón — all you have to do is press this button

no tengo por qué darte cuentas a ti — I don't have to explain anything to you

tienes que comer más — you ought to eat more

b) (expresando propósito, recomendación)

tener que + inf: tenemos que ir a verla we must go and see her; tengo que hacer ejercicio I must get some exercise; tendrías que llamarlo — you should ring him

2) ( expresando certeza)

tener que + inf: tiene que estar en este cajón it must be in this drawer; tiene que haber sido él it must have been him; tú tenías que ser! — it had to be you!

Sentido II

3) ( con participio pasado)

¿tiene previsto asistir? — do you plan to attend?

tengo entendido que sí viene — I understand he is coming

te tengo dicho que eso no me gusta — I've told you before I don't like that

teníamos pensado irnos hoy — we intended leaving today

tiene bastante dinero ahorrado — she has quite a lot of money saved up

4) (AmL) ( en expresiones de tiempo)

tienen tres años de casados — they've been married for three years

tenía un año sin verlo — she hadn't seen him for a year
3.
tenerse v pron

1) ( sostenerse)

no podía tenerse en pie — he couldn't stand

no tenerse de sueño — to be dead o asleep on one's feet

2) (refl) ( considerarse)

tenerse por algo: se tiene por muy inteligente — he considers himself to be very intelligent

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= bear, contain, have, hold, own, carry, have got, have + in place, live with, have at + Posesivo + disposal, possess.

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Ex. The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.

Ex. Many of the aspects of the indexing process including, in particular, term selection and search logic have common features.

Ex. If the search is made with a call number, a summary of copies with that call number which are held by the library is first displayed.

Ex. For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.

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Ex. The first country to have in place an operational domestic geostationary satellite communications system was Canada.

Ex. Medical advances are improving the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, while prevention remains the key to stopping the spread of this disease.

Ex. But this would require time and competencies, which not all policy makers have at their disposal.

Ex. Not every index necessarily exhibits all the features of either of these types of indexing systems, and indeed, some will possess elements of both types of systems.

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* acabar teniendo = end up with.

* acontecimiento + tener lugar = occurrence + take place.

* a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play.

* aquí tiene(s) = here is/are.

* a tener en cuenta en el futuro = for future reference.

* cambio + tener lugar = change + take place.

* curso que tiene lugar fuera de la universidad = extension course, off-campus course.

* dar gracias por lo que Uno tiene = count + Posesivo + blessings.

* del que se tiene constancia = recorded.

* demostrar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point.

* el cliente siempre tiene la razón = the customer is always right.

* empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.

* empezar a tener sentido = become + meaningful.

* estudiar + Nombre + teniendo en cuenta + Nombre = place + Nombre + against the background of + Nombre.

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

* hombre que tiene mucho mundo = a man of the world.

* lo que tenga que pasar, que pase = que sera sera, what's meant to be, will be, whatever will be, will be.

* lo que tenga que ser, será = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.

* mujer que tiene mucho mundo = a woman of the world.

* necesitarse tener en cuenta = need + consideration.

* negar tener relación con = disclaim + connection with.

* no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.

* no tener alternativa = have + no choice.

* no tener apetito = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* no tener constancia de Algo = unrecorded.

* no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.

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

* no tener dos dedos de frnete = knucklehead.

* no tener en cuenta = disregard, overlook, skip over, be oblivious of/to, close + the door on, leave + Nombre + out of the picture, fly in + the face of, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.

* no tener errores = be error-free.

* no tener éxito = come up with + nothing, prove + unsuccessful, be unsuccessful.

* no tener fin = there + be + no end to.

* no tener fronteras = have + no boundaries.

* no tener fundamento = be unfounded.

* no tener ganas = can't/couldn't be bothered, can't/couldn't be bothered.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* no tener hijos = be childless.

* no tener hogar = be homeless.

* no tener idea = have + no clue, have + no idea.

* no tener idea de = be clueless about, have + no understanding of.

* no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.

* no tener información = be undocumented.

* no tener la más mínima idea sobre Algo = Negativo + have + the foggiest idea.

* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.

* no tener la necesidad de usar Algo = have + no use for.

* no tener la obligación de = be under no obligation.

* no tener la preparación = be untrained.

* no tener límite = have + no limit.

* no tener límites = be boundless.

* no tener lugar = fall through.

* no tener más alternativa que = have + no other option but.

* no tener más opción que = have + little choice but, have + no other option but.

* no tener más remedio que = be stuck with, be left with the need to, get + stuck with.

* no tener nada en contra de = have + no quarrel with, have + nothing against.

* no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + no quarrel about + Nombre.

* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.

* no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.

* no tener ni idea sobre Algo = not know the first thing about.

* no tener ni la más mínima posibilidad = not to have a prayer.

* no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.

* no tener ningún escrúpulo en = have + no qualms about.

* no tener ningún fundamento = not have a leg to stand on.

* no tener ningún interés = can't/couldn't be bothered.

* no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.

* no tener ningún remilgo en = have + no qualms about.

* no tener ningún reparo = have + no qualms about.

* no tener ni pies ni cabeza = be pointless.

* no tener ni punto de comparación = be in a different league.

* no tener ni puta idea = not get + Posesivo + shit together.

* no tener ni puta idea sobre Algo = not know the first thing about.

* no tener ni un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.

* no tener ni voz ni voto en = have + no say in.

* no tener noticias es buena señal = no news is good news.

* no tener opción = have + no choice.

* no tener otra alternativa = have + no choice.

* no tener otra alternativa que = have + no other option but.

* no tener otra opción = have + no choice.

* no tener otra opción que = have + no other option but.

* no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.

* no tener otro sitio donde recurrir = have + nowhere else to turn.

* no tener parangón = be unequalled, be without peer.

* no tener pelos en la lengua = call + a spade a spade.

* no tener posibilidades = be dead meat.

* no tener prejuicios = be open-minded.

* no tener presente = be oblivious of/to.

* no tener que ir muy lejos = not have to look far.

* no tener razón = be wrong.

* no tener razón de ser + Infinitivo = there + be + no sense in + Gerundio.

* no tener reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.

* no tener reparos en admitir que = make + no bones about + Algo.

* no tener representación = be unrepresented.

* no tener respuesta = be unanswerable.

* no tener rival = be second to none.

* no tener rumbo = lose + Posesivo + way.

* no tener salida = be stuck, get + stuck.

* no tenerse en pie = Negativo + hold + water.

* no tener sentido = be meaningless, be pointless, be senseless.

* no tener sentido el + Infinitivo = there + be + no point in + Gerundio.

* no tener sentido + Infinitivo = there + be + little point in + Gerundio, there + be + no sense in + Gerundio.

* no tener suerte = be out of luck.

* no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.

* no tener trabajo = be unemployed.

* no tener trascendencia = be of no consequence.

* no tener un duro = not have a bean.

* no tener valor = be valueless.

* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.

* ¡Ojalá tuviera...! = I wish I had....

* ¡Ojalá tuviese...! = I wish I had....

* parece tener poco sentido que = there + seem + little point in.

* por si + tener + suerte = on spec.

* que no tiene compensación = non-compensatory [noncompensatory].

* que no tiene precio = priceless.

* que pase lo que tenga que pasar = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.

* que tiene lugar una vez a la semana = once-weekly.

* que tiene precio = priced.

* que tiene sentido = meaningful.

* que tiene solución = solvable.

* revista que tiene una gran demanda popular = mass-market journal.

* sin tener = in the absence of.

* sin tener en cuenta = never mind, without regard to, independently of, disregarding, not including.

* sin tener en cuenta el hecho de que = overlook + the fact that.

* sin tener que recurrir a = without recourse to.

* tenemos intereses en ambas partes = our feet are in both worlds.

* tener a Alguien metido en un puño = have + Nombre + under + Posesivo + thumb.

* tener a cargo de uno = have + as + Posesivo + charge.

* tener acceso a información confidencial = be on the inside.

* tener acuerdos con = have + deals with.

* tener afinidades = share + common ground.

* tener aire acondiconado = be air-conditioned.

* tener a la disposición de Uno = have at + Posesivo + disposal.

* tener al alcance = have at + Posesivo + touch.

* tener Algo al alcance = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.

* tener algo a mano = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.

* tener + Algo + a + Posesivo + entera disposición = have + the run of the + Nombre.

* tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.

* tener Algo claro = clarify + Posesivo + mind.

* tener Algo en común = have + Nombre + in common, share + Nombre + in common.

* tener algo en contra de = have + something against.

* tener Algo fácilmente accesible = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.

* tener Algo hecho a la medida de uno = have + Nombre + cut out.

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

* tener algo que decir sobre = have + a say in.

* tener algo que ver con = have + something to do with.

* tener algo reservado = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.

* tener alguna incidencia en = have + some bearing on.

* tener alguna posibilidad = have + a fighting chance.

* tener alguna posibilidad de triunfar = have + a fighting chance.

* tener alguna relevancia para = have + some bearing on.

* tener alucinaciones = hallucinate.

* tener a mano = have at + Posesivo + touch, have + on call, have + to hand, keep within + reach, be to hand.

* tener ansias de = crave, crave for.

* tener antecedentes de = have + a track record of.

* tener antojo de = crave, crave for.

* tener a + Posesivo + cargo = have + in + Posesivo + charge.

* tener aspecto = look.

* tener atrasos = be in arrears.

* tener aversión a = have + aversion to.

* tener beneficios = have + benefits.

* tener buena mano con las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* tener buen apetito = have + a good appetite.

* tener buenas intenciones = be well-intentioned, mean + well.

* tener buenas perspectivas para = be well-placed to.

* tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.

* tener bulla = be in a hurry.

* tener cabida para = hold, accommodate, include, take.

* tener calentura = have + a temperature, have + a fever.

* tener características en común = share + similarities.

* tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener carencias = find + wanting.

* tener carta blanca = have + carte-blanche.

* tener causa justificada = have + good cause.

* tener cautela = proceed + with caution.

* tener celos = feel + jealous.

* tener claro = be clear in your mind.

* tener coherencia = cohere.

* tener cólicos = be colicky.

* tener como consecuencia = result (in).

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.

* tener como sede = headquarter (at/in).

* tener compasión de = have + compassion for.

* tener conocimiento de = be privy to, be aware of.

* tener consecuencias = have + consequences.

* tener consecuencias en = have + implication for.

* tener consecuencias negativas = backfire.

* tener contacto = have + contact.

* tener contactos = liaise (with/between).

* tener controlado a Alguien = have + Nombre + on the run.

* tener control sobre = have + hold on.

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

* tener correlación con = bear + correlation with.

* tener correspondencia = bear + correspondence (to).

* tener cosas en común = share + common ground.

* tener cualidades + Adjetivo = be of + Adjetivo + quality.

* tener cuidado = exercise + care, exercise + caution, proceed + with caution, watch out, take + caution.

* tener cuidado con = watch for, beware (of/that), look out for, be wary of.

* tener cuidado con lo que se dice = say + the right thing.

* tener cuidado con lo que Uno dice = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say.

* tener cuidado de = be careful, be chary of, take + (great) pains to.

* tener cuidado (de que) = take + care (that).

* tener cultivos = grow + crops.

* tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.

* tener delante = have + before.

* tener demasiada prisa = be in too much of a hurry, be in too much of a rush.

* tener derecho a = be entitled to, have + a right to, entitle to, have + the right to, have + a say in.

* tener derecho a expresar + Posesivo + opinión = be entitled to + Posesivo + own opinion.

* tener derecho de paso = have + the right of way.

* tener dificultad = struggle, experience + difficulty, be hard pressed.

* tener dificultad de + Infinitivo = have + difficulty + Gerundio, have + difficulty in + Gerundio.

* tener dificultad en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.

* tener dificultades = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.

* tener dinero a punta pala = roll in + Dinero.

* tener dominado a Alguien = have + Nombre + on the run.

* tener dudas = be doubtful, have + misgivings, have + reservations (about), be suspicious.

* tener dudas sobre = be ambivalent about.

* tener efecto = take + effect, have + effect.

* tener efecto sobre = impinge on/upon.

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

* tener el corazón de un león = have + the heart of a lion.

* tener el deber de = have + a responsibility to.

* tener el derecho de = have + the right to.

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

* tener el destino de = suffer + the fate of.

* tener el estatus profesional de + Nombre = have + Nombre + status.

* tener el gusto de = take + pleasure.

* tener el hábito de = have + the habit of.

* tener el honor de = have + the honour of.

* tener el lujo = have + luxury.

* tener el mando = rule + the roost.

* tener el mejor aspecto posible = look + Posesivo + best.

* tener el mismo destino = suffer + the same fate.

* tener el mono = suffer from + withdrawal symptoms.

* tener el placer de = take + pleasure.

* tener el plazo cumplido = be due.

* tener el plazo vencido = be overdue.

* tener el poder = be the boss, call + the shots, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener el poder de = have + the power to.

* tener el toque mágico = have + the magic touch.

* tener el valor = have + the courage.

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

* tener en común = hold in + common, tread + common ground.

* tener en común con = partake (in/of).

* tener en consideración = take into + consideration, take into + consideration.

* tener en cuenta = allow for, bear in + mind, cater for/to, consider (as), heed, make + allowances, take + account of, take + cognisance of, take + cognition of, take into + account, take into + consideration, make + provision for, bring into + play, give + an ear to, factor, have + regard for, factor in, be aware of, note, keep in + mind.

* tener en cuenta las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.

* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = take into + account + viewpoint, contemplate + view.

* tener en funcionamiento = have + in effect.

* tener en gran estima = have + a very high regard for.

* tener en mente = bear in + mind, have + in mind, keep in + mind.

* tener en observación = hold under + observation, keep under + observation.

* tener en reserva = hold in + reserve.

* tener entre manos = be up to.

* tener envidia de = envy.

* tener errores = be flawed.

* tener éxito = achieve + success, be successful, get + anywhere, meet + success, prove + successful, succeed, attain + appeal, be a success, find + success, come up + trumps, prove + trumps, take off, meet with + success, hit + the big time, be popular, go + strong.

* tener éxito en el mundo = succeed in + the world.

* tener éxito en la vida = succeed in + life, get on in + life.

* tener expectativas = hold + expectations, have + expectations.

* tener experiencia = have + experience.

* tener fácilmente accesible = have at + Posesivo + touch.

* tener fallos = be flawed.

* tener fe = have + faith (in).

* tener fe en = have + faith (in).

* tener fiebre = have + a temperature, have + a fever.

* tener fijación por = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).

* tener flatulencia = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* tener forma + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in shape.

* tener frenillo = lisp.

* tener fundamento para pensar que = have + reason to believe that.

* tener futuro = have + potential, there + be + a future for/in, have + a future.

* tener ganada la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.

* tener ganada sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.

* tener ganas de = be keen to, have + an/the inclination to.

* tener ganas de + Infinitivo = feel like + Gerundio.

* tener gancho = be engaging.

* tener gastos = incur + costs.

* tener gastos generales = incur + overheads.

* tener gran éxito = hit + a home run, hit it out of + the park, knock it out of + the park.

* tener gran importancia = be of high significance.

* tener gran repercusión = be far reaching.

* tener hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.

* tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.

* tener hijos = father + children, have + children.

* tener hipo = hiccup.

* tener horario ajustado = be under time constraint.

* tener horror a = loathe, hate.

* tener idea = have + a clue.

* tener impacto = make + impact.

* tener impacto (sobre) = have + impact (on).

* tener implicaciones para = have + implication for.

* tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.

* tener indigestión = have + indigestion.

* tener influencias = have + pull.

* tener influencia sobre = have + hold on.

* tener iniciativa = be proactive.

* tener intereses en = have + a stake in.

* tener intereses en juego = have + invested.

* tener interés por = have + an interest in.

* tener interés por/en = be interested in.

* tener inventiva = be inventive.

* tener jurisdicción = have + jurisdiction (over).

* tener la autoridad = have + mandate.

* tener la bragueta abierta = fly + be undone.

* tener la capacidad de = have + the potential (to/for).

* tener la cara de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la cara descompuesta = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener la categoría profesional de + Nombre = hold + Nombre + rank, have + Nombre + rank, enjoy + Nombre + rank.

* tener la certeza de = feel + confident.

* tener la certeza de que = rest + assured that.

* tener la conciencia limpia = have + a clear conscience.

* tener la conciencia tranquila = have + a clear conscience.

* tener la convicción = it + be + Posesivo + understanding.

* tener la costumbre de = have + a habit of, have + the habit of.

* tener la costumbre de + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.

* tener la cuenta bancaria = bank.

* tener la culpa (por/de) = be at fault (for/to).

* tener la culpa de Algo que se ha causado Uno mismo = be of + Posesivo + own making.

* tener la desfachatez de = have + the gall to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la desvergüenza de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la doble función = double as, double up as.

* tener la facultad de = have + powers to.

* tener la fama de = have + a good record for.

* tener la fecha de + Fecha = be dated + Fecha.

* tener la frescura de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la función de = be in the business of.

* tener la impresión = have + the impression, get + the impression.

* tener la impresión de que = get + the feeling that.

* tener la intención de = be intended to, intend, mean.

* tener la intención de + Infinitivo = set out to + Infinitivo.

* tener la libertad de = be at liberty to, feel + free to.

* tener la libertard de/para = have + the latitude to.

* tener la malafortuna de = have + the misfortune to.

* tener la mirada perdida = stare into + space, gaze into + space.

* tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.

* tener la obligación de = be under the obligation to.

* tener la ocasión de = have + opportunity to.

* tener la oficina central en = headquarter (at/in).

* tener la opinión = it + be + Posesivo + understanding.

* tener la oportunidad = have + the opportunity.

* tener la oportunidad de = get + (a/the) + chance to, have + opportunity to, get + a chance to.

* tener la osadía de = have + the gall to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la paciencia del santo Job = have + the patience of Job.

* tener la paciencia de un santo = have + the patience of a saint.

* tener la posibilidad de = have + chance.

* tener la potestad = have + mandate.

* tener la potestad de = have + the power to, have + the right to.

* tener lapsus = have + lapses.

* tener la reputación de ser = be well known for.

* tener la responsabilidad = charge, undertake + burden.

* tener la responsabilidad de = have + the responsibility of.

* tener la sartén por el mango = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener la seguridad de = have + the security of.

* tener la seguridad de que = rest + assured that.

* tener la sensación de que = have + a gut feeling that.

* tener las mismas prerrogativas = have + an equal voice in.

* tener las riendas de = hold + the reins of.

* tener las riendas del poder = hold + the reins of power.

* tener lástima = pity.

* tener lástima de = take + pity on.

* tener la tentación de = be tempted to.

* tener la última palabra = have + the ultimate say, have + the final say, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener la vista cansada = need + reading glasses.

* tenerle manía a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* tenerle rabia a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* tenerle tirria a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* tener libertad = have + freedom.

* tener libertad sobre = have + wide discretion over.

* tenerlo crudo = not be easy.

* tenerlo difícil = not be easy, not be easy.

* tenerlo duro = not be easy.

* tenerlo fácil = have + an easy ride.

* tener lo mejor de ambos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.

* tener lo mejor de los dos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.

* tener lo que hace falta = have + what it takes.

* tener lo que hay que tener = have + what it takes.

* tener lo que se necesita = have + what it takes.

* tener los días contados = day + be + numbered, be doomed, doomed, be dead meat, the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.

* tener los nervios de punta = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* tener los nervios en el estómago = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* tener los pies firmemente en el suelo = feet + be + firmly planted on the ground.

* tenerlo todo = have + the best of both worlds.

* tenerlo todo hecho = have + an easy ride.

* tener lugar = take + place, go on, come to + pass.

* tener madera de = be cut out for.

* tener mala fama por = hold in + disrepute, be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal de amores = be lovesick.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener más paciencia que el santo Job = have + the patience of Job.

* tener más paciencia que un santo = have + the patience of a saint.

* tener mérito = be meritorious.

* tener miedo = be afraid, be in fear, frighten.

* tener miedo a = be scared of.

* tener miedo a Alguien = regard + Nombre + with fear.

* tener motivo = be right.

* tener motivo justificado = have + good cause.

* tener motivo para = have + cause to.

* tener movilidad = be mobile.

* tener mucha distancia que recorrer = have + a long way to go.

* tener mucha ilusión = be thrilled.

* tener mucha personalidad = be full of character.

* tener mucho camino que recorrer = have + a long way to go.

* tener mucho carácter = be full of character.

* tener mucho cuidado = be extra vigilant.

* tener mucho éxito = hit + a home run, hit it out of + the park, knock it out of + the park.

* tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.

* tener mucho interés por = be keen to.

* tener mucho que ver con = have + a great deal to do with.

* tener mucho tiempo libre = have + plenty of time to spare.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener niños = have + children.

* tener + Nombre = be not without + Nombre.

* tener noticias de = hear from.

* tener + Número + Período de Tiempo = be + Período de Tiempo + old.

* tener obligación = have + obligation.

* tener obsesión con = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).

* tener ojeras = have + bags under + Posesivo + eyes.

* tener ojos en la nuca = have + eyes in the back of + Posesivo + head.

* tener opinión = take + view.

* tener paciencia = be patient.

* tener paciencia con = bear with + Pronombre.

* tener palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* tener paralelo = have + parallel.

* tener pelos en la lengua = mince + words.

* tener pérdidas = make + a loss.

* tener perplejo = stump.

* tener plena conciencia de = be fully aware of.

* tener poca información = be information poor.

* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.

* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.

* tener poco que ver = have + little to do.

* tener poco valor = be of little value.

* tener por costumbre + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.

* tener por término medio = average.

* tener posibilidades = stand + chance, be in with a chance.

* tener potencial = have + potential.

* tener precaución de = be chary of.

* tener precedencia = take + priority.

* tener preferencia = be preferential, have + the right of way.

* tener preferencia (sobre) = take + precedence (over).

* tener presente = be mindful of/that, bear in + mind, consider (as), keep in + focus, keep in + mind, make + consideration, mind, make + provision for, have + regard for, be aware of.

* tener presente las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.

* tener prioridad = trump.

* tener prisa = be in a hurry.

* tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.

* tener problemas = have + problems.

* tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.

* tener programado su comienzo = be scheduled to start.

* tener programado su finalización = be scheduled for completion.

* tener pros y contras = be a mixed blessing.

* tener que = have to, hafta [have to].

* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.

* tener que arreglárselas solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.

* tener que cargar con = be stuck with, saddle with, get + stuck with.

* tener que cargar con el peso de = be burdened with.

* tener que cargar con el peso de la tradición = be burdened with + tradition.

* tener que competir con = face + competition from.

* tener + que felicitar a Alguien = have to hand it to + Nombre.

* tener que ocurrir = be boun.

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1.
verbo transitivo [El uso de 'got' en frases como 'I've got a new dress' está mucho más extendido en el inglés británico que en el americano. Éste prefiere la forma 'I have a new dress']

Sentido I

1) (poseer, disponer de) <dinero/trabajo/tiempo> to have

¿tienen hijos? — do they have any children?, have they got any children?

no tenemos pan — we don't have any bread, we haven't got any bread

no tengo a quién recurrir — I have nobody to turn to

tú no tienes idea de lo que fue — you've no idea what it was like

aquí tienes al culpable — here's o this is the culprit

ahí tienes! yo te lo dije — there you are! I told you so

¿conque ésas tenemos? — so that's the way things are, is it?

2)

a) ( llevar encima) to have

¿tiene hora? — have you got the time?

b) ( llevar puesto) to be wearing

qué traje más elegante tienes! — that's a smart suit you're wearing!

3) (hablando de actividades, obligaciones) to have

tengo invitados a cenar — I have o I've got some people coming to dinner

tenemos clases mañana — we've got school tomorrow

tener... que + inf — to have... to + inf

tengo cosas que hacer — I have o I've got things to do

4)

a) (señalando características, atributos) to have

tiene el pelo largo — she has o she's got long hair

tiene mucho tacto — he's very tactful

la casa tiene mucha luz — the house is very light o gets a lot of light

tiene un metro de largo — it is one meter long

tiene mucho de su padre — he's very much like his father

¿y eso qué tiene de malo? — and what's so bad about that?

no tiene nada de extraño — there's nothing strange about it

le lleva 15 años - ¿y eso qué tiene? — (AmL fam) she's 15 years older than he is - so what does that matter?

b) ( expresando edad)

¿cuántos años tienes? — how old are you?

tengo veinte años — I'm twenty (years old)

c) ( con idea de posibilidad)

no creo que tenga arreglo — I don't think it can be fixed

el problema tiene solución — there is a solution to the problem

5) ( dar a luz) <bebé/gemelos> to have

Sentido II

6) (sujetar, sostener) to hold

tenlo derecho — hold it upright

7) ( tomar)

ten la llave — take o here's the key

Sentido III

8) ( recibir) to have

no hemos tenido noticias de él — we haven't heard from him

la propuesta tuvo una acogida favorable — the proposal was favorably received

9)

a) ( sentir)

tengo hambre/sueño/frío — I'm hungry/tired/cold

tiene celos de su hermano — she's jealous of her brother

no tiene interés por nada — she's not interested in anything

le tengo mucho cariño — I'm very fond of him

tengo el placer de... — it gives me great pleasure to...

¿qué tienes? — what's wrong?, what's the matter?

b) (refiriéndose a síntomas, enfermedades) to have

tengo dolor de cabeza — I have o I've got a headache

no saben lo que tiene — they don't know what's wrong with him

c) (refiriéndose a experiencias, sucesos) to have

que tengas buen viaje — have a good trip

tener una discusión con alguien — to have an argument with somebody

10) ( refiriéndose a actitudes)

ten más respeto — have a little more respect

ten paciencia/cuidado — be patient/careful

Sentido IV

11) (indicando estado, situación) (+ compl)

la mesa tiene una pata rota — one of the table legs is broken

tengo las manos sucias — my hands are dirty

tienes el cinturón desabrochado — your belt's undone

lo tiene dominado — she has him under her thumb

lo tengo terminado — I've already finished it

me tiene muy preocupada — I'm very worried about it

nos tuvo allí esperando — he kept us waiting there

me tienen de sirvienta — they treat me like a maid

tengo a la niña enferma — my little girl's sick

12) ( considerar)

tener algo/a alguien por algo: se lo tiene por el mejor he/it is considered (to be) the best; siempre lo tuve por tímido I always thought he was shy; ten por seguro que lo hará — you can be sure he'll do it
2.
tener v aux

Sentido I

1)

a) (expresando obligación, necesidad)

tener que + inf — to have (got) to + inf

tengo que estudiar hoy — I have to o I must study today

no tienes más que apretar este botón — all you have to do is press this button

no tengo por qué darte cuentas a ti — I don't have to explain anything to you

tienes que comer más — you ought to eat more

b) (expresando propósito, recomendación)

tener que + inf: tenemos que ir a verla we must go and see her; tengo que hacer ejercicio I must get some exercise; tendrías que llamarlo — you should ring him

2) ( expresando certeza)

tener que + inf: tiene que estar en este cajón it must be in this drawer; tiene que haber sido él it must have been him; tú tenías que ser! — it had to be you!

Sentido II

3) ( con participio pasado)

¿tiene previsto asistir? — do you plan to attend?

tengo entendido que sí viene — I understand he is coming

te tengo dicho que eso no me gusta — I've told you before I don't like that

teníamos pensado irnos hoy — we intended leaving today

tiene bastante dinero ahorrado — she has quite a lot of money saved up

4) (AmL) ( en expresiones de tiempo)

tienen tres años de casados — they've been married for three years

tenía un año sin verlo — she hadn't seen him for a year
3.
tenerse v pron

1) ( sostenerse)

no podía tenerse en pie — he couldn't stand

no tenerse de sueño — to be dead o asleep on one's feet

2) (refl) ( considerarse)

tenerse por algo: se tiene por muy inteligente — he considers himself to be very intelligent

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= bear, contain, have, hold, own, carry, have got, have + in place, live with, have at + Posesivo + disposal, possess.

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Ex: Typical examples of enquiries of this kind that could be satisfied within minutes in any decently stocked library are ' Have you got anything on organising weddings?' 'Can you find me something on the history of paddle-steamers?'.

Ex: The first country to have in place an operational domestic geostationary satellite communications system was Canada.

Ex: Medical advances are improving the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, while prevention remains the key to stopping the spread of this disease.

Ex: But this would require time and competencies, which not all policy makers have at their disposal.

Ex: Not every index necessarily exhibits all the features of either of these types of indexing systems, and indeed, some will possess elements of both types of systems.

* acabar teniendo = end up with.

* acontecimiento + tener lugar = occurrence + take place.

* a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play.

* aquí tiene(s) = here is/are.

* a tener en cuenta en el futuro = for future reference.

* cambio + tener lugar = change + take place.

* curso que tiene lugar fuera de la universidad = extension course, off-campus course.

* dar gracias por lo que Uno tiene = count + Posesivo + blessings.

* del que se tiene constancia = recorded.

* demostrar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point.

* el cliente siempre tiene la razón = the customer is always right.

* empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.

* empezar a tener sentido = become + meaningful.

* estudiar + Nombre + teniendo en cuenta + Nombre = place + Nombre + against the background of + Nombre.

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

* hombre que tiene mucho mundo = a man of the world.

* lo que tenga que pasar, que pase = que sera sera, what's meant to be, will be, whatever will be, will be.

* lo que tenga que ser, será = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.

* mujer que tiene mucho mundo = a woman of the world.

* necesitarse tener en cuenta = need + consideration.

* negar tener relación con = disclaim + connection with.

* no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.

* no tener alternativa = have + no choice.

* no tener apetito = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* no tener constancia de Algo = unrecorded.

* no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.

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

* no tener dos dedos de frnete = knucklehead.

* no tener en cuenta = disregard, overlook, skip over, be oblivious of/to, close + the door on, leave + Nombre + out of the picture, fly in + the face of, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.

* no tener errores = be error-free.

* no tener éxito = come up with + nothing, prove + unsuccessful, be unsuccessful.

* no tener fin = there + be + no end to.

* no tener fronteras = have + no boundaries.

* no tener fundamento = be unfounded.

* no tener ganas = can't/couldn't be bothered, can't/couldn't be bothered.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* no tener hijos = be childless.

* no tener hogar = be homeless.

* no tener idea = have + no clue, have + no idea.

* no tener idea de = be clueless about, have + no understanding of.

* no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.

* no tener información = be undocumented.

* no tener la más mínima idea sobre Algo = Negativo + have + the foggiest idea.

* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.

* no tener la necesidad de usar Algo = have + no use for.

* no tener la obligación de = be under no obligation.

* no tener la preparación = be untrained.

* no tener límite = have + no limit.

* no tener límites = be boundless.

* no tener lugar = fall through.

* no tener más alternativa que = have + no other option but.

* no tener más opción que = have + little choice but, have + no other option but.

* no tener más remedio que = be stuck with, be left with the need to, get + stuck with.

* no tener nada en contra de = have + no quarrel with, have + nothing against.

* no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + no quarrel about + Nombre.

* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.

* no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.

* no tener ni idea sobre Algo = not know the first thing about.

* no tener ni la más mínima posibilidad = not to have a prayer.

* no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.

* no tener ningún escrúpulo en = have + no qualms about.

* no tener ningún fundamento = not have a leg to stand on.

* no tener ningún interés = can't/couldn't be bothered.

* no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.

* no tener ningún remilgo en = have + no qualms about.

* no tener ningún reparo = have + no qualms about.

* no tener ni pies ni cabeza = be pointless.

* no tener ni punto de comparación = be in a different league.

* no tener ni puta idea = not get + Posesivo + shit together.

* no tener ni puta idea sobre Algo = not know the first thing about.

* no tener ni un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.

* no tener ni voz ni voto en = have + no say in.

* no tener noticias es buena señal = no news is good news.

* no tener opción = have + no choice.

* no tener otra alternativa = have + no choice.

* no tener otra alternativa que = have + no other option but.

* no tener otra opción = have + no choice.

* no tener otra opción que = have + no other option but.

* no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.

* no tener otro sitio donde recurrir = have + nowhere else to turn.

* no tener parangón = be unequalled, be without peer.

* no tener pelos en la lengua = call + a spade a spade.

* no tener posibilidades = be dead meat.

* no tener prejuicios = be open-minded.

* no tener presente = be oblivious of/to.

* no tener que ir muy lejos = not have to look far.

* no tener razón = be wrong.

* no tener razón de ser + Infinitivo = there + be + no sense in + Gerundio.

* no tener reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.

* no tener reparos en admitir que = make + no bones about + Algo.

* no tener representación = be unrepresented.

* no tener respuesta = be unanswerable.

* no tener rival = be second to none.

* no tener rumbo = lose + Posesivo + way.

* no tener salida = be stuck, get + stuck.

* no tenerse en pie = Negativo + hold + water.

* no tener sentido = be meaningless, be pointless, be senseless.

* no tener sentido el + Infinitivo = there + be + no point in + Gerundio.

* no tener sentido + Infinitivo = there + be + little point in + Gerundio, there + be + no sense in + Gerundio.

* no tener suerte = be out of luck.

* no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.

* no tener trabajo = be unemployed.

* no tener trascendencia = be of no consequence.

* no tener un duro = not have a bean.

* no tener valor = be valueless.

* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.

* ¡Ojalá tuviera...! = I wish I had....

* ¡Ojalá tuviese...! = I wish I had....

* parece tener poco sentido que = there + seem + little point in.

* por si + tener + suerte = on spec.

* que no tiene compensación = non-compensatory [noncompensatory].

* que no tiene precio = priceless.

* que pase lo que tenga que pasar = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.

* que tiene lugar una vez a la semana = once-weekly.

* que tiene precio = priced.

* que tiene sentido = meaningful.

* que tiene solución = solvable.

* revista que tiene una gran demanda popular = mass-market journal.

* sin tener = in the absence of.

* sin tener en cuenta = never mind, without regard to, independently of, disregarding, not including.

* sin tener en cuenta el hecho de que = overlook + the fact that.

* sin tener que recurrir a = without recourse to.

* tenemos intereses en ambas partes = our feet are in both worlds.

* tener a Alguien metido en un puño = have + Nombre + under + Posesivo + thumb.

* tener a cargo de uno = have + as + Posesivo + charge.

* tener acceso a información confidencial = be on the inside.

* tener acuerdos con = have + deals with.

* tener afinidades = share + common ground.

* tener aire acondiconado = be air-conditioned.

* tener a la disposición de Uno = have at + Posesivo + disposal.

* tener al alcance = have at + Posesivo + touch.

* tener Algo al alcance = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.

* tener algo a mano = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.

* tener + Algo + a + Posesivo + entera disposición = have + the run of the + Nombre.

* tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.

* tener Algo claro = clarify + Posesivo + mind.

* tener Algo en común = have + Nombre + in common, share + Nombre + in common.

* tener algo en contra de = have + something against.

* tener Algo fácilmente accesible = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.

* tener Algo hecho a la medida de uno = have + Nombre + cut out.

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

* tener algo que decir sobre = have + a say in.

* tener algo que ver con = have + something to do with.

* tener algo reservado = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.

* tener alguna incidencia en = have + some bearing on.

* tener alguna posibilidad = have + a fighting chance.

* tener alguna posibilidad de triunfar = have + a fighting chance.

* tener alguna relevancia para = have + some bearing on.

* tener alucinaciones = hallucinate.

* tener a mano = have at + Posesivo + touch, have + on call, have + to hand, keep within + reach, be to hand.

* tener ansias de = crave, crave for.

* tener antecedentes de = have + a track record of.

* tener antojo de = crave, crave for.

* tener a + Posesivo + cargo = have + in + Posesivo + charge.

* tener aspecto = look.

* tener atrasos = be in arrears.

* tener aversión a = have + aversion to.

* tener beneficios = have + benefits.

* tener buena mano con las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* tener buen apetito = have + a good appetite.

* tener buenas intenciones = be well-intentioned, mean + well.

* tener buenas perspectivas para = be well-placed to.

* tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.

* tener bulla = be in a hurry.

* tener cabida para = hold, accommodate, include, take.

* tener calentura = have + a temperature, have + a fever.

* tener características en común = share + similarities.

* tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener carencias = find + wanting.

* tener carta blanca = have + carte-blanche.

* tener causa justificada = have + good cause.

* tener cautela = proceed + with caution.

* tener celos = feel + jealous.

* tener claro = be clear in your mind.

* tener coherencia = cohere.

* tener cólicos = be colicky.

* tener como consecuencia = result (in).

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.

* tener como sede = headquarter (at/in).

* tener compasión de = have + compassion for.

* tener conocimiento de = be privy to, be aware of.

* tener consecuencias = have + consequences.

* tener consecuencias en = have + implication for.

* tener consecuencias negativas = backfire.

* tener contacto = have + contact.

* tener contactos = liaise (with/between).

* tener controlado a Alguien = have + Nombre + on the run.

* tener control sobre = have + hold on.

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

* tener correlación con = bear + correlation with.

* tener correspondencia = bear + correspondence (to).

* tener cosas en común = share + common ground.

* tener cualidades + Adjetivo = be of + Adjetivo + quality.

* tener cuidado = exercise + care, exercise + caution, proceed + with caution, watch out, take + caution.

* tener cuidado con = watch for, beware (of/that), look out for, be wary of.

* tener cuidado con lo que se dice = say + the right thing.

* tener cuidado con lo que Uno dice = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say.

* tener cuidado de = be careful, be chary of, take + (great) pains to.

* tener cuidado (de que) = take + care (that).

* tener cultivos = grow + crops.

* tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.

* tener delante = have + before.

* tener demasiada prisa = be in too much of a hurry, be in too much of a rush.

* tener derecho a = be entitled to, have + a right to, entitle to, have + the right to, have + a say in.

* tener derecho a expresar + Posesivo + opinión = be entitled to + Posesivo + own opinion.

* tener derecho de paso = have + the right of way.

* tener dificultad = struggle, experience + difficulty, be hard pressed.

* tener dificultad de + Infinitivo = have + difficulty + Gerundio, have + difficulty in + Gerundio.

* tener dificultad en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.

* tener dificultades = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.

* tener dinero a punta pala = roll in + Dinero.

* tener dominado a Alguien = have + Nombre + on the run.

* tener dudas = be doubtful, have + misgivings, have + reservations (about), be suspicious.

* tener dudas sobre = be ambivalent about.

* tener efecto = take + effect, have + effect.

* tener efecto sobre = impinge on/upon.

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

* tener el corazón de un león = have + the heart of a lion.

* tener el deber de = have + a responsibility to.

* tener el derecho de = have + the right to.

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

* tener el destino de = suffer + the fate of.

* tener el estatus profesional de + Nombre = have + Nombre + status.

* tener el gusto de = take + pleasure.

* tener el hábito de = have + the habit of.

* tener el honor de = have + the honour of.

* tener el lujo = have + luxury.

* tener el mando = rule + the roost.

* tener el mejor aspecto posible = look + Posesivo + best.

* tener el mismo destino = suffer + the same fate.

* tener el mono = suffer from + withdrawal symptoms.

* tener el placer de = take + pleasure.

* tener el plazo cumplido = be due.

* tener el plazo vencido = be overdue.

* tener el poder = be the boss, call + the shots, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener el poder de = have + the power to.

* tener el toque mágico = have + the magic touch.

* tener el valor = have + the courage.

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

* tener en común = hold in + common, tread + common ground.

* tener en común con = partake (in/of).

* tener en consideración = take into + consideration, take into + consideration.

* tener en cuenta = allow for, bear in + mind, cater for/to, consider (as), heed, make + allowances, take + account of, take + cognisance of, take + cognition of, take into + account, take into + consideration, make + provision for, bring into + play, give + an ear to, factor, have + regard for, factor in, be aware of, note, keep in + mind.

* tener en cuenta las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.

* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = take into + account + viewpoint, contemplate + view.

* tener en funcionamiento = have + in effect.

* tener en gran estima = have + a very high regard for.

* tener en mente = bear in + mind, have + in mind, keep in + mind.

* tener en observación = hold under + observation, keep under + observation.

* tener en reserva = hold in + reserve.

* tener entre manos = be up to.

* tener envidia de = envy.

* tener errores = be flawed.

* tener éxito = achieve + success, be successful, get + anywhere, meet + success, prove + successful, succeed, attain + appeal, be a success, find + success, come up + trumps, prove + trumps, take off, meet with + success, hit + the big time, be popular, go + strong.

* tener éxito en el mundo = succeed in + the world.

* tener éxito en la vida = succeed in + life, get on in + life.

* tener expectativas = hold + expectations, have + expectations.

* tener experiencia = have + experience.

* tener fácilmente accesible = have at + Posesivo + touch.

* tener fallos = be flawed.

* tener fe = have + faith (in).

* tener fe en = have + faith (in).

* tener fiebre = have + a temperature, have + a fever.

* tener fijación por = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).

* tener flatulencia = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* tener forma + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in shape.

* tener frenillo = lisp.

* tener fundamento para pensar que = have + reason to believe that.

* tener futuro = have + potential, there + be + a future for/in, have + a future.

* tener ganada la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.

* tener ganada sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.

* tener ganas de = be keen to, have + an/the inclination to.

* tener ganas de + Infinitivo = feel like + Gerundio.

* tener gancho = be engaging.

* tener gastos = incur + costs.

* tener gastos generales = incur + overheads.

* tener gran éxito = hit + a home run, hit it out of + the park, knock it out of + the park.

* tener gran importancia = be of high significance.

* tener gran repercusión = be far reaching.

* tener hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.

* tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.

* tener hijos = father + children, have + children.

* tener hipo = hiccup.

* tener horario ajustado = be under time constraint.

* tener horror a = loathe, hate.

* tener idea = have + a clue.

* tener impacto = make + impact.

* tener impacto (sobre) = have + impact (on).

* tener implicaciones para = have + implication for.

* tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.

* tener indigestión = have + indigestion.

* tener influencias = have + pull.

* tener influencia sobre = have + hold on.

* tener iniciativa = be proactive.

* tener intereses en = have + a stake in.

* tener intereses en juego = have + invested.

* tener interés por = have + an interest in.

* tener interés por/en = be interested in.

* tener inventiva = be inventive.

* tener jurisdicción = have + jurisdiction (over).

* tener la autoridad = have + mandate.

* tener la bragueta abierta = fly + be undone.

* tener la capacidad de = have + the potential (to/for).

* tener la cara de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la cara descompuesta = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener la categoría profesional de + Nombre = hold + Nombre + rank, have + Nombre + rank, enjoy + Nombre + rank.

* tener la certeza de = feel + confident.

* tener la certeza de que = rest + assured that.

* tener la conciencia limpia = have + a clear conscience.

* tener la conciencia tranquila = have + a clear conscience.

* tener la convicción = it + be + Posesivo + understanding.

* tener la costumbre de = have + a habit of, have + the habit of.

* tener la costumbre de + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.

* tener la cuenta bancaria = bank.

* tener la culpa (por/de) = be at fault (for/to).

* tener la culpa de Algo que se ha causado Uno mismo = be of + Posesivo + own making.

* tener la desfachatez de = have + the gall to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la desvergüenza de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la doble función = double as, double up as.

* tener la facultad de = have + powers to.

* tener la fama de = have + a good record for.

* tener la fecha de + Fecha = be dated + Fecha.

* tener la frescura de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la función de = be in the business of.

* tener la impresión = have + the impression, get + the impression.

* tener la impresión de que = get + the feeling that.

* tener la intención de = be intended to, intend, mean.

* tener la intención de + Infinitivo = set out to + Infinitivo.

* tener la libertad de = be at liberty to, feel + free to.

* tener la libertard de/para = have + the latitude to.

* tener la malafortuna de = have + the misfortune to.

* tener la mirada perdida = stare into + space, gaze into + space.

* tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.

* tener la obligación de = be under the obligation to.

* tener la ocasión de = have + opportunity to.

* tener la oficina central en = headquarter (at/in).

* tener la opinión = it + be + Posesivo + understanding.

* tener la oportunidad = have + the opportunity.

* tener la oportunidad de = get + (a/the) + chance to, have + opportunity to, get + a chance to.

* tener la osadía de = have + the gall to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la paciencia del santo Job = have + the patience of Job.

* tener la paciencia de un santo = have + the patience of a saint.

* tener la posibilidad de = have + chance.

* tener la potestad = have + mandate.

* tener la potestad de = have + the power to, have + the right to.

* tener lapsus = have + lapses.

* tener la reputación de ser = be well known for.

* tener la responsabilidad = charge, undertake + burden.

* tener la responsabilidad de = have + the responsibility of.

* tener la sartén por el mango = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener la seguridad de = have + the security of.

* tener la seguridad de que = rest + assured that.

* tener la sensación de que = have + a gut feeling that.

* tener las mismas prerrogativas = have + an equal voice in.

* tener las riendas de = hold + the reins of.

* tener las riendas del poder = hold + the reins of power.

* tener lástima = pity.

* tener lástima de = take + pity on.

* tener la tentación de = be tempted to.

* tener la última palabra = have + the ultimate say, have + the final say, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener la vista cansada = need + reading glasses.

* tenerle manía a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* tenerle rabia a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* tenerle tirria a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* tener libertad = have + freedom.

* tener libertad sobre = have + wide discretion over.

* tenerlo crudo = not be easy.

* tenerlo difícil = not be easy, not be easy.

* tenerlo duro = not be easy.

* tenerlo fácil = have + an easy ride.

* tener lo mejor de ambos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.

* tener lo mejor de los dos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.

* tener lo que hace falta = have + what it takes.

* tener lo que hay que tener = have + what it takes.

* tener lo que se necesita = have + what it takes.

* tener los días contados = day + be + numbered, be doomed, doomed, be dead meat, the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.

* tener los nervios de punta = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* tener los nervios en el estómago = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* tener los pies firmemente en el suelo = feet + be + firmly planted on the ground.

* tenerlo todo = have + the best of both worlds.

* tenerlo todo hecho = have + an easy ride.

* tener lugar = take + place, go on, come to + pass.

* tener madera de = be cut out for.

* tener mala fama por = hold in + disrepute, be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal de amores = be lovesick.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener más paciencia que el santo Job = have + the patience of Job.

* tener más paciencia que un santo = have + the patience of a saint.

* tener mérito = be meritorious.

* tener miedo = be afraid, be in fear, frighten.

* tener miedo a = be scared of.

* tener miedo a Alguien = regard + Nombre + with fear.

* tener motivo = be right.

* tener motivo justificado = have + good cause.

* tener motivo para = have + cause to.

* tener movilidad = be mobile.

* tener mucha distancia que recorrer = have + a long way to go.

* tener mucha ilusión = be thrilled.

* tener mucha personalidad = be full of character.

* tener mucho camino que recorrer = have + a long way to go.

* tener mucho carácter = be full of character.

* tener mucho cuidado = be extra vigilant.

* tener mucho éxito = hit + a home run, hit it out of + the park, knock it out of + the park.

* tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.

* tener mucho interés por = be keen to.

* tener mucho que ver con = have + a great deal to do with.

* tener mucho tiempo libre = have + plenty of time to spare.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener niños = have + children.

* tener + Nombre = be not without + Nombre.

* tener noticias de = hear from.

* tener + Número + Período de Tiempo = be + Período de Tiempo + old.

* tener obligación = have + obligation.

* tener obsesión con = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).

* tener ojeras = have + bags under + Posesivo + eyes.

* tener ojos en la nuca = have + eyes in the back of + Posesivo + head.

* tener opinión = take + view.

* tener paciencia = be patient.

* tener paciencia con = bear with + Pronombre.

* tener palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* tener paralelo = have + parallel.

* tener pelos en la lengua = mince + words.

* tener pérdidas = make + a loss.

* tener perplejo = stump.

* tener plena conciencia de = be fully aware of.

* tener poca información = be information poor.

* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.

* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.

* tener poco que ver = have + little to do.

* tener poco valor = be of little value.

* tener por costumbre + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.

* tener por término medio = average.

* tener posibilidades = stand + chance, be in with a chance.

* tener potencial = have + potential.

* tener precaución de = be chary of.

* tener precedencia = take + priority.

* tener preferencia = be preferential, have + the right of way.

* tener preferencia (sobre) = take + precedence (over).

* tener presente = be mindful of/that, bear in + mind, consider (as), keep in + focus, keep in + mind, make + consideration, mind, make + provision for, have + regard for, be aware of.

* tener presente las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.

* tener prioridad = trump.

* tener prisa = be in a hurry.

* tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.

* tener problemas = have + problems.

* tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.

* tener programado su comienzo = be scheduled to start.

* tener programado su finalización = be scheduled for completion.

* tener pros y contras = be a mixed blessing.

* tener que = have to, hafta [have to].

* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.

* tener que arreglárselas solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.

* tener que cargar con = be stuck with, saddle with, get + stuck with.

* tener que cargar con el peso de = be burdened with.

* tener que cargar con el peso de la tradición = be burdened with + tradition.

* tener que competir con = face + competition from.

* tener + que felicitar a Alguien = have to hand it to + Nombre.

* tener que ocurrir = be boun

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tener [ E27 ]

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■ tener (verbo transitivo)

Sentido I

A poseer, disponer de

B

1 llevar encima

2 llevar puesto

C actividades, obligaciones

D

1 señalando características

2 expresando edad

3 con idea de posibilidad

E dar a luz

Sentido II

A sujetar, sostener

B tomar

Sentido III

A recibir

B

1 sentir

2 refiriéndose a síntomas

3 refiriéndose a sucesos

C refiriéndose a actitudes

Sentido IV

A indicando estado, situación

B tener algo/a alguien por algo

■ tener (verbo auxiliar)

Sentido I

A

1 tener que: obligación

2 tener que: propósito

B tener que: certeza

Sentido II

A con participio pasado

B en expresiones de tiempo

■ tenerse (verbo pronominal)

A sostenerse

B tenerse por algo

vt

[El uso de `got' en frases como `I've got a new dress' está mucho más extendido en el inglés británico que en el americano. Éste prefiere la forma `I have a new dress']

Sentido I

A (poseer, disponer de) ‹dinero/trabajo/tiempo› to have

ése ya lo tengo I already have that one, I've already got that one

¿tienen hijos? do they have any children?, have they got any children?

tiene un sueldo muy bueno she earns a very good salary, she is on a very good salary

no tenemos aceitunas we don't have any olives, we haven't got any olives

no tenía bastante dinero I didn't have enough money

no tengo a quién recurrir I have o I've got nobody to turn to

tú no tienes idea de lo que fue you've no idea o you can't imagine what it was like

aquí tienes al autor del delito here's o this is the culprit

¡ahí tienes! ¿ves cómo no se los puede dejar solos? there you are! you see how they can't be left on their own?

¿conque ésas tenemos? so that's the way things are, is it?

no tenerlas todas consigo ( fam): no sé, no las tengo todas conmigo I don't know, I'm not entirely sure o I'm not a hundred percent sure o I'm not at all sure

tenerla con algn (CS fam); to have it in for sb ( colloq)

tenerla con algo (CS fam); to keep o go on about sth ( colloq)

B

1 (llevar encima) to have

¿tienes cambio de $100? do you have change for $100?

no tengo un lápiz I don't have a pencil (on me), I haven't got a pencil (on me)

¿tiene hora? have you got the time?, could you tell me the time?

2 (llevar puesto) to be wearing, have on

¡qué traje más elegante tienes! that's a smart suit you're wearing o you have on!

C (hablando de actividades, obligaciones) to have

esta noche tengo una fiesta I'm going to o I have a party tonight

los viernes tenemos gimnasia we have keep-fit on Fridays

tenemos invitados a cenar we have o we've got some people coming to dinner

tengo un par de camisas que planchar I have o I've got a couple of shirts to iron

D

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (señalando características, atributos) to have

tiene los ojos castaños/el pelo largo she has o she's got brown eyes/long hair

tiene mucho tacto/valor he's very tactful/brave

tiene habilidad para esas cosas he's very good at that sort of thing

tiene sus defectos he has o he's got his faults

la habitación tiene mucha luz the room is very light o gets a lot of light

tiene cuatro metros de largo por tres de ancho it is four meters long and three meters wide

¿cuánto tienes de cintura? what's your waist measurement?

tiene mucho de su padre he's very much like his father, he takes after his father

tener algo DE algo:

¿y eso qué tiene de malo? and what's (so) bad about that?

no tiene nada de extraño there's nothing strange about it

le lleva 15 años — ¿y eso qué tiene? ( AmL fam); she's 15 years older than he is — so what does that matter?

2 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

(expresando edad): ¿cuántos años tienes? how old are you?

tengo cuarenta años I'm forty (years old)

tengo edad para ser tu padre I'm old enough to be your father

el televisor ya tiene muchos años the television set is very old

3

(con idea de posibilidad): no creo que tenga arreglo I don't think it can be fixed, I think it's beyond repair

el problema no tiene solución there is no solution to the problem, the problem is insoluble

E (dar a luz) to have

tener un niño or hijo or bebé to have a child o baby

Sentido II

A (sujetar, sostener) to hold

sube, que yo te tengo la escalera go on up, I'll hold the ladder for you

¿me tienes esto un minuto? could you hold this for a minute?

tenlo derecho hold it upright

B

(tomar): ten la llave take the key, here's the key

Sentido III

A (recibir) to have

hace un mes que no tenemos noticias de él we haven't heard from him for a month

la propuesta tuvo una acogida favorable the proposal was favorably received

tuvo una gran decepción/sorpresa it was a terrible disappointment/a big surprise for her

B

1

(sentir): tengo hambre/sueño/frío I'm hungry/tired/cold

tiene celos de su hermano she's jealous of her brother

no tiene interés por nada she's not interested in anything

le tengo mucho cariño a esta casa I'm very fond of this house

tengo el placer/honor de anunciar … it gives me great pleasure/I have the honor to announce …

¿qué tienes? ¿por qué lloras? what's wrong? o what's the matter? why are you crying?

2 (refiriéndose a síntomas, enfermedades) to have

tengo un dolor de cabeza horrible I have o I've got a terrible headache

¿has tenido las paperas? have you had mumps?

está enfermo, pero no saben qué tiene he's ill, but they don't know what it is o what he's got o what's wrong with him

3 (refiriéndose a sucesos, experiencias) to have

tuvimos un verano muy bueno we had a very good summer

tuve un sueño espantoso I had a terrible dream

que tengas buen viaje have a good trip

tuve una discusión con él I had an argument with him

C

(refiriéndose a actitudes): ten un poco más de respeto have a little more respect

ten paciencia/cuidado be patient/careful

tuvo la gentileza de prestármelo she was kind enough to lend it to me

tuvo la precaución de llamar antes de ir she had the foresight to phone before she went

bien² adv G. (↑ bien (2))

Sentido IV

A (indicando estado, situación) (+ compl):

el sofá tiene el tapizado sucio the upholstery on the sofa is dirty

la mesa tiene una pata rota one of the table legs is broken

tenía el suéter puesto al revés he had his sweater on back to front

tengo las manos sucias my hands are dirty

tenía los ojos cerrados she had her eyes closed

tienes el cinturón desabrochado your belt's undone

lo tengo escondido I have it hidden away

ya lo tiene roto it's already broken o he's broken it already

la tuvo engañada mucho tiempo he was cheating on her for a long time

lo tiene dominado she has him under her thumb

eso me tiene muy preocupada I'm very worried about that

me tuvo escribiendo a máquina toda la tarde she had me typing all afternoon

nos tuvo allí esperando una hora he kept us waiting there for an hour

a la pobre la tienen de sirvienta they treat the poor girl like a maid

tengo a la niña enferma my little girl's sick

¿en qué mano lo tengo? which hand is it in?

B (considerar) tener algo/a algn POR algo:

se lo tiene por el mejor hospital del país it is supposed to be o it is considered (to be) the best hospital in the country

lo tienen por buen cirujano he's held to be o he's considered (to be) a good surgeon

siempre lo tuve por tímido I always thought he was shy

ten por seguro que lo hará rest assured o you can be sure he'll do it

■

v aux

Sentido I

A

1 (expresando obligación, necesidad) tener QUE + INF:

tengo que terminarlo hoy I have to o I must finish it today

tienes que comer más, estás muy delgada you must eat more, you're very thin

no tienes más que apretar este botón all you have to do is press this button

no tienes que estar allí hasta las nueve you don't have to be there until nine

no tengo por qué darte cuentas a ti I don't have to explain anything to you, I don't owe you any explanations

no tienes que comer tanto (no debes) you mustn't eat so much; (no hace falta) you don't have to eat that much, there's no need to eat that much

tendría que cambiarme, no puedo ir así I'd have to o I ought to o I should change, I can't go like this

2 (expresando propósito, recomendación) tener QUE + INF:

tenemos que ir a ver esa película we must go and see that movie

tengo que hacer ejercicio I must get some exercise

tienes que leerlo, es buenísimo you must read it, it's really good

B (expresando certeza) tener QUE + INF:

tiene que estar en este cajón it must be in this drawer

tiene que haber sido él it must have been him

tengo que haberlo dejado en casa I must have left it at home

¡tú tenías que ser! it had to be you, didn't it?

ver² vt I. (↑ ver (2))

Sentido II

A

(con participio pasado): ¿tiene previsto asistir al congreso? do you plan to attend the conference?

ya tenían planeada su estrategia they already had their strategy worked out

tengo entendido que llega mañana I understand he's arriving tomorrow

tiene ganado el afecto del público she has won the public's affection

te tengo dicho que eso no me gusta I've told you before I don't like that

teníamos pensado irnos el jueves we intended leaving on Thursday

tiene bastante dinero ahorrado she has quite a lot of money saved up

B

( AmL) (en expresiones de tiempo): cuatro años tenía sin verlo she hadn't seen him for four years

tienen tres años de casados they've been married for three years

■ tenerse

v pron

A

(sostenerse): no podía tenerse en pie he couldn't stand

tiene un sueño que no se tiene ( fam); he's out o dead on his feet ( colloq)

B ( refl) (considerarse) tenerse POR algo:

se tiene por muy inteligente he considers himself to be o he thinks he is very intelligent

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Multiple Entries:
tener
tener algo
tener ( conjugate tener) verbo transitivo El uso de `got' en frases como `I've got a new dress' está mucho más extendido en el inglés británico que en el americano. Este prefiere la forma `I have a new dress'
1
a) (poseer, disponer de) ‹dinero/trabajo/tiempo› to have;

◊ ¿tienen hijos? do they have any children?, have they got any children?;

no tenemos pan we don't have any bread, we haven't got any bread;
tiene el pelo largo she has o she's got long hair
b) ( llevar encima) ‹lápiz/cambio› to have;

◊ ¿tiene hora? have you got the time?

c) (hablando de actividades, obligaciones) to have;

◊ tengo invitados a cenar I have o I've got some people coming to dinner;

tengo cosas que hacer I have o I've got things to do
d) ( dar a luz) ‹bebé/gemelos› to have

2
a) (señalando características, tamaño) to be;

◊ la casa tiene mucha luz the house is very light;

tiene un metro de largo it is one meter long;
le lleva 15 años — ¿y eso qué tiene? (AmL fam) she's 15 years older than he is — so what does that matter?
b) ( señalando edad) to be;

◊ ¿cuántos años tienes? how old are you?;

tengo veinte años I'm twenty (years old)
3
a) (sujetar, sostener) to hold;

◊ tenlo derecho hold it upright

b) ( tomar):

◊ ten la llave take o here's the key

4
a) ( sentir):

◊ tengo hambre/frío I'm hungry/cold;

le tengo mucho cariño I'm very fond of him;
tengo el placer de … it gives me great pleasure to …
b) ( refiriéndose a enfermedades) ‹gripe/cáncer› to have;

◊ tengo dolor de cabeza I have o I've got a headache

c) ( refiriéndose a experiencias) ‹discusión/accidente› to have;

◊ que tengas buen viaje have a good trip

5 ( refiriéndose a actitudes):
◊ ten más respeto have a little more respect;

ten paciencia/cuidado be patient/careful;
tiene mucho tacto he's very tactful
6 (indicando estado, situación):
◊ la mesa tiene una pata rota one of the table legs is broken;

tengo las manos sucias my hands are dirty;
tienes el cinturón desabrochado your belt's undone;
me tiene muy preocupada I'm very worried about it
tener v aux
1 tener que hacer algo
a) (expresando obligación, necesidad) to have (got) to do sth;

◊ tengo que estudiar hoy I have to o I must study today;

tienes que comer más you ought to eat more
b) (expresando propósito, recomendación):

◊ tenemos que ir a ver esa película we must go and see that movie;

tendrías que llamarlo you should ring him
c) ( expresando certeza):

◊ tiene que estar en este cajón it must be in this drawer;

¡tú tenías que ser! it had to be you!
2 ( con participio pasado):
◊ tengo entendido que sí viene I understand he is coming;

te tengo dicho que … I've told you before (that) …;
teníamos pensado irnos hoy we intended leaving today
3 (AmL) ( en expresiones de tiempo):
◊ tienen tres años de casados they've been married for three years;

tenía un año sin verlo she hadn't seen him for a year
tenerse verbo pronominal ( sostenerse):
◊ no podía tenerse en pie he couldn't stand;

no tenerse de sueño to be dead on one's feet
tener
I verbo transitivo
1 (poseer, disfrutar) to have, have got: tengo muy buena memoria, I have a very good memory
no tiene coche, he hasn't got a car
tiene dos hermanas, he has two sisters
tiene mucho talento, he's very talented
no tenemos suficiente dinero, we don't have enough money
(ser dueño de) to own: tiene una cadena de hoteles, he owns a chain of hotels ➣ Ver nota en have 2 (contener) to contain: esta bebida no tiene alcohol, this drink doesn't contain alcohol
3 (asir, sujetar) to hold: la tenía en brazos, she was carrying her in her arms
4 (hospedar) tiene a su suegra en casa, his mother-in-law is staying with them
5 (juzgar, considerar) la tengo por imposible, I regard her as a hopeless case
nos tienen por tontos, they think we are stupid
tenlo por seguro, you can be sure
6 (pasar el tiempo de cierta manera) to have: he tenido un día espantoso, I've had a dreadful day
7 (padecer, sentir) tiene celos, he's jealous
tengo hambre/sed, I'm hungry/thirsty
ten paciencia conmigo, be patient with me
tengo un dolor de cabeza terrible, I have a terrible headache
8 (profesar) to have: me tiene cariño, he is very fond of me
no le tengo ningún respeto, I have no respect for him
9 (años, tiempo) to be: el bebé tiene ocho días, the baby is eight days old
(medidas) la cama tiene metro y medio de ancho, the bed is one and a half metres wide
10 (mantener) to keep: no sabe tener la boca cerrada, she can't keep her mouth shut
nos tuvo dos horas esperando, he kept us waiting for two hours
tiene su habitación muy ordenada, he keeps his room very tidy
me tiene preocupada, I'm worried about him
11 ( tener que + infinitivo) tengo que hacerlo, I must do it
tienes que tomarte las pastillas, you have to take your pills
tendrías que habérselo dicho, you ought to have told her ➣ Ver nota en must
II verbo aux to have: mira que te lo tengo dicho veces, I've told you time and time again
Tener tiene dos traducciones básicas: to have o to have got. Esta segunda se usa casi únicamente para expresar posesión y solo en el presente: Tengo un coche nuevo. I have got a new car.
La primera se usa en sentido más general: Va a tener un problema. He's going to have a problem. Recuerda que la forma interrogativa de I have got es have I got?, mientras que la forma interrogativa de I have es do I have?
Cuando tener significa sentir, se traduce por el verbo to be: Tengo hambre. I am hungry.

' tener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- abuela
- abundar
- acarrear
- accidente
- acostumbrar
- admirar
- adolecer
- agobiarse
- añorar
- antena
- apetecer
- apremiar
- aptitud
- arcada
- arte
- banco
- bombera
- bombero
- burbuja
- cabida
- cabronada
- cacao
- caer
- cagalera
- calor
- cantar
- capaz
- carácter
- carrete
- celebrarse
- céntimo
- certeza
- certidumbre
- ciega
- ciego
- conciencia
- conllevar
- consecuencia
- constar
- contingente
- corazón
- correa
- correrse
- cosa
- cosquillas
- costar
- creer
- cruda
- crudo
English:
access
- accommodate
- act
- add up
- afraid
- agree
- aim to
- allow for
- allowance
- approve of
- around
- associate
- attached
- augment
- authoritarian
- ax
- axe
- barrel
- be
- bear
- bear with
- bearing
- begrudge
- believe in
- belong
- beware
- boast
- bone
- boomerang
- breathing space
- broody
- brush
- butterfly
- calculate
- careful
- celebrate
- clash
- clever
- come off
- command
- connected
- conscience
- consider
- consideration
- count
- crash
- date
- daunt
- debt
- depend

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tener

♦ vt

1. [poseer, disfrutar de] [objeto, cualidad, elemento, parentesco] to have;

no tengo televisor/amigos I haven't got o I don't have a television/any friends;

¿tienes un bolígrafo? have you got o do you have a pen?;

¿tiene usted hora? have you got the time?;

tenemos un mes para terminarlo we've got a month in which to finish it;

tiene el pelo corto, ojos azules y gafas she has (got) short hair, blue eyes and she wears glasses;

muchos no tienen trabajo o [m5] empleo a lot of people are out of work;

el documental no tiene mucho interés the documentary is not very interesting;

¿cuántas habitaciones tiene? how many rooms has it got o does it have?;

¿tienes hermanos? have you got o do you have any brothers or sisters?;

tengo un hermano I've got o I have a brother;

tener un niño to have a baby;

no tienen hijos they haven't got o don't have any children;
RP Fam
tener algo a bocha [en gran cantidad] to have tons o loads of sth;

Comp

¿conque ésas tenemos?, ¿ahora no quieres ayudar? so that's the deal, is it? you don't want to help now, then;

Comp

no las tiene todas consigo he is not too sure about it;

Comp
muy Fam
tenerlos bien puestos to have guts;

Prov

tanto tienes, tanto vales you are what you own

2. [padecer, realizar, experimentar] to have;

tener fiebre to have a temperature;

tiene cáncer/el sida she has (got) cancer/AIDS;

doctor, ¿qué tengo? what's wrong with me, doctor?;

no tienes nada (grave) it's nothing (serious), there's nothing (seriously) wrong with you;

tuvieron una pelea/reunión they had a fight/meeting;

tengo las vacaciones en agosto my holidays are in August;

mañana no tenemos clase we don't have to go to school tomorrow, there's no school tomorrow;

¡que tengan buen viaje! have a good journey!;

no he tenido un buen día I haven't had a good day;

tiene lo que se merece she's got what she deserves

3. [medida, años, sensación, sentimiento] to be;

tiene 3 metros de ancho it's 3 metres wide;

¿cuántos años tienes? how old are you?;

tiene diez años she's ten (years old);
Am
tengo tres años aquí I've been here for three years;

tener hambre/miedo to be hungry/afraid;

tener suerte/mal humor to be lucky/bad-tempered;

tengo un dolor de espalda terrible I have a terrible backache;

tengo alergia al polvo I'm allergic to dust;

me tienen cariño/envidia they're fond/jealous of me;

le tiene lástima he feels sorry for her;

tengo ganas de llorar I feel like crying

4. [hallarse o hacer estar en cierto estado]
tenía la cara pálida her face was pale;

tienes una rueda pinchada you've got a Br puncture o US flat;

tienes la corbata torcida your tie isn't straight;

me tuvo despierto it kept me awake;

eso la tiene despistada/preocupada that has her confused/worried;

esto la tendrá ocupada un rato this will keep her busy for a while;

un psicópata tiene atemorizada a la población a psychopath is terrorizing the population;

nos tuvieron una hora en comisaría they kept us at the police station for an hour;

me tuvo esperando una hora she kept me waiting an hour;

nos tuvieron toda la noche viendo vídeos they made us watch videos all night;

la tienen como o [m5] de encargada en un restaurante she's employed as a manageress in a restaurant

5. [sujetar] to hold;

tenlo por el asa hold it by the handle;

¿puedes tenerme esto un momento? could you hold this for me a minute?;

ten los brazos en alto hold your arms up high

6. [tomar]
ten el libro que me pediste here's the book you asked me for;

¡aquí tienes!, ¡ten! here you are!;

ahí tienes la respuesta there's your answer

7. [recibir] [mensaje, regalo, visita, sensación] to get;

tuve una carta suya I got o had a letter from her;

el que llegue primero tendrá un premio whoever arrives first will get a prize;

tendrás noticias mías you'll hear from me;

tenemos invitados/a la familia a cenar we've got guests/the family over for dinner;

tendrá una sorpresa he'll get a surprise;

tenía/tuve la impresión de que… I had/got the impression that…;

tuve una verdadera desilusión I was really disappointed

8. [valorar, estimar]
tener en mucho/poco a alguien to think a lot/not to think very much of sb;

me tienen por tonto they think I'm stupid;
Formal
tener a bien hacer algo to be kind enough to do sth;

les ruego tengan a bien considerar mi candidatura para el puesto de… I would be grateful if you would consider my application for the post of…

9. [guardar, contener] to keep;

¿dónde tienes las joyas/el dinero? where do you keep the jewels/money?;

¿dónde tendré las gafas? where can my glasses be?;

la botella tenía un mensaje the bottle had a message inside;

esta cuenta no tiene fondos there are no funds in this account

10. RP Fam
tenerla con algo/alguien to go on about sth/sb;

¡cómo la tenés con tu vecino! you're always going on about your neighbour!;

¡cómo la tiene con el auto que se va a comprar! he's always going on about the car he's going to buy!;

¡cómo la tiene el jefe contigo! the boss really has it in for you!

♦ v aux

1. [antes de participio] [haber]
teníamos pensado ir al teatro we had thought of going to the theatre, we had intended to go to the theatre;

¿cuánto tienes hecho de la tesis? how much of your thesis have you (got) done?;

te tengo dicho que no pises los charcos I've told you before not to step in puddles;

tengo entendido que se van a casar I understand (that) they are going to get married

2.
tener que: [indica obligación] [m5] tener que hacer algo to have to do sth;

tenía/tuve que hacerlo I had to do it;

¿tienes que irte? do you have to go?, have you got to go?;

tienes que esforzarte más you must try harder;

tiene que ser así it has to be this way;

tenemos que salir de aquí we have (got) to o need to get out of here, we must get out of here;

teníamos que haber hecho esto antes we should have o ought to have done this before;

no tienes que disculparte you needn't apologize, you don't need to apologize;

si quieres algo, no tienes más que pedirlo if you want something, all you have to do is ask;

no tienes por qué venir, si no quieres you don't have to come if you don't want to

3.
tener que: [indica propósito, consejo] [m5] tenemos que ir a cenar un día we ought to o should go for dinner some time;

tienes que ir a ver esa película you must see that movie;

tenías que haber visto cómo corría you should have seen him run;

tendrías que dejar de fumar you ought to give up smoking

4.
tener que: [indica probabilidad] [m5] ya tienen que haber llegado they must have o should have arrived by now;

las llaves tienen que andar por aquí the keys must be round here somewhere;

tendría que haber terminado hace rato she should have o ought to have finished some time ago;

tenía que ser él, no podía ser otro it had to be him, it couldn't have been anyone else

5.
tener que ver: tener que ver con algo/alguien to have to do with sth/sb;

actitudes que tienen que ver con la falta de educación attitudes which are related to a lack of education;

se apellida Siqueiros, pero no tiene que ver con el pintor his surname is Siqueiros, but he's got nothing to do with the painter;

¿qué tiene eso que ver conmigo? what has that got to do with me?;

no tener nada que ver con algo/alguien to have nothing to do with sth/sb;

lo que digo no tiene nada que ver con eso what I'm saying has nothing to do with that;

aunque los dos vinos sean Rioja, no tienen nada que ver even if both wines are Riojas, there's no comparison between them;

¿qué tiene que ver que sea mujer para que haga bien su trabajo? what's her being a woman got to do with whether or not she does a good job?;

es un poco tarde, ¿no? – ¿y qué tiene que ver? it's a bit late, isn't it? – so what?;

tener que ver en algo to be involved in sth;

dicen que la CIA tuvo que ver en ello rumour has it the CIA were involved;

¿has tenido tú algo que ver en esto? have you had something to do with this?

♦ See also the pronominal verb tenerse

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tener

v/t

1 have;

tener 10 años be 10 (years old);

tener un metro de ancho/largo be one meter wide/long o in width/length

2

:

ha tenido un niño she’s had a little boy

3

:

tener a alguien por algo regard s.o. as sth, consider s.o. to be sth

4

:

tengo que madrugar I must get up early, I have to o I’ve got to get up early;

tuve que madrugar I had to get up early

5

:

conque ¿esas tenemos? so that’s how it is o things stand, eh?;

no tuvo a bien saludarme he did not see fit to greet me;

no las tengo todas conmigo fam I’m not one hundred per cent sure;

eso me tiene nervioso that makes me nervous

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tener {80} vt

1) : to have

tiene ojos verdes: she has green eyes

tengo mucho que hacer: I have a lot to do

tiene veinte años: he's twenty years old

tiene un metro de largo: it's one meter long

2) : to hold

ten esto un momento: hold this for a moment

3) : to feel, to make

tengo frío: I'm cold

eso nos tiene contentos: that makes us happy

4)

tener por : to think, to consider

me tienes por loco: you think I'm crazy

tener v aux

1)

tener que : to have to

tengo que salir: I have to leave

tiene que estar aquí: it has to be here, it must be here

2) (with past participle)

tenía pensado escribirte: I've been thinking of writing to you

♦ See also the reflexive verb tenerse

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tener vb

1. (en general) to have

¿tienes hermanos? have you any brothers or sisters?

tiene el pelo largo she has long hair

tenía dolor de cabeza I had a headache

tuve un sueño I had a dream

En el presente, sobre todo en inglés hablado, se puede emplear have got en vez de have, por ejemplo, have you got any brothers or sisters?

2. (edad, tamaño) to be

tiene quince años she's fifteen years old

la habitación tiene cuatro metros de largo the room is four metres long

Muchas veces se utiliza el verbo to be y el sustantivo se traduce con un adjetivo

tengo calor I'm hot

tengo hambre I'm hungry

tengo miedo I'm afraid

tengo sed I'm thirsty

aquí tienes here you are

tener pensado hacer algo to intend doing something

tener que to have to

tengo que ir a trabajar I have to go to work

tienes que estudiar más you have to study more

tener que ver to have to do with / to concern

no tiene nada que ver contigo it's got nothing to do with you / it doesn't concern you

Spanish-English dictionary > tener

13 get

get [get]

recevoir ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (d), 1A (g), 1A (i), 1B (b) avoir ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (b) toucher ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (b), 1B (b) trouver ⇒ 1A (b), 1A (h) obtenir ⇒ 1A (b), 1A (h) tenir ⇒ 1A (c) offrir ⇒ 1A (e) acheter ⇒ 1A (f) prendre ⇒ 1A (f), 1A (k), 1A (l) gagner ⇒ 1A (i) chercher ⇒ 1A (j) attraper ⇒ 1A (k), 1A (l), 1B (a) réserver ⇒ 1A (m) répondre ⇒ 1A (n) faire faire ⇒ 1C (b)-(d) préparer ⇒ 1D (a) entendre ⇒ 1D (b) comprendre ⇒ 1D (d) atteindre ⇒ 1E (a) devenir ⇒ 2A (a) se faire ⇒ 2A (b) commencer à ⇒ 2A (c), 2B (c) aller ⇒ 2B (a) réussir à ⇒ 2B (e)

( British pt & pp got [gɒt], cont getting [getɪŋ], American pt got [gɒt], pp gotten [gɒtən], cont getting [getɪŋ])

1 transitive verb

A.

(a) (receive → gift, letter, phone call) recevoir, avoir; (→ benefits, pension) recevoir, toucher; (→ medical treatment) suivre;

∎ I got a bike for my birthday on m'a donné ou j'ai eu ou j'ai reçu un vélo pour mon anniversaire;

∎ I get 'The Times' at home je reçois le 'Times' à la maison;

∎ this part of the country doesn't get much rain cette région ne reçoit pas beaucoup de pluie, il ne pleut pas beaucoup dans cette région;

∎ the living room gets a lot of sun le salon est très ensoleillé;

∎ I rang but I got no answer (at door) j'ai sonné mais je n'ai pas obtenu ou eu de réponse; (on phone) j'ai appelé sans obtenir de réponse;

∎ many students get grants beaucoup d'étudiants ont une bourse;

∎ he got five years for smuggling il a écopé de ou il a pris cinq ans (de prison) pour contrebande;

∎ he got a bullet in his shoulder il a reçu une balle dans l'épaule;

∎ familiar you're really going to get it! qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre ou écoper!;

∎ familiar I'll see that you get yours! je vais te régler ton compte!

(b) (obtain → gen) avoir, trouver, obtenir; (→ through effort) se procurer, obtenir; (→ licence, loan, permission) obtenir; (→ diploma, grades) avoir, obtenir;

∎ where did you get that book? où avez-vous trouvé ce livre?;

∎ they got him a job ils lui ont trouvé du travail;

∎ I got the job! ils m'ont embauché!;

∎ can you get them the report? pouvez-vous leur procurer le rapport?;

∎ I got the idea from a book j'ai trouvé l'idée dans un livre;

∎ I got a glimpse of her face j'ai pu apercevoir son visage;

∎ you get a fine view from here il y a une vue magnifique d'ici;

∎ I've got six more to get (in collection) il m'en manque six;

∎ the town gets its water from the reservoir la ville reçoit son eau du réservoir;

∎ we get our wine directly from the vineyard en vin ou pour le vin, nous nous fournissons directement chez le producteur;

∎ they stopped in town to get some lunch (had lunch there) ils se sont arrêtés en ville pour déjeuner; (bought something to eat) ils se sont arrêtés en ville pour acheter de quoi déjeuner;

∎ I'm going out to get a breath of fresh air je sors prendre l'air;

∎ I'm going to get something to drink/eat (fetch) je vais chercher quelque chose à boire/manger; (consume) je vais boire/manger quelque chose;

∎ can I get a coffee? je pourrais avoir un café, s'il vous plaît?;

∎ get yourself a good lawyer trouvez-vous un bon avocat;

∎ get advice from your doctor demandez conseil à votre médecin;

∎ I need all the advice I can get j'ai besoin de tous les conseils qu'on peut me donner;

∎ to get (oneself) a wife/husband se trouver une femme/un mari;

∎ to get sb to oneself avoir qn pour soi tout seul;

∎ to get a divorce obtenir le divorce;

∎ get plenty of exercise faites beaucoup d'exercice;

∎ get plenty of sleep dormez beaucoup;

∎ try and get a few days off work essayez de prendre quelques jours de congé;

∎ I'll do it if I get the time/a moment je le ferai si j'ai le temps/si je trouve un moment;

∎ I got a lot from or out of my trip to China mon voyage en Chine m'a beaucoup apporté;

∎ she got very little from her lessons elle a très peu appris de ses leçons;

∎ he didn't get a chance to introduce himself il n'a pas eu l'occasion de se présenter

(c) (inherit → characteristic) tenir;

∎ she gets her shyness from her father elle tient sa timidité de son père

(d) (obtain in exchange) recevoir;

∎ they got a lot of money for their flat la vente de leur appartement leur a rapporté beaucoup d'argent;

∎ they got a good price for the painting le tableau s'est vendu à un bon prix;

∎ what did you get for your car? combien est-ce que tu as vendu ta voiture?;

∎ he got nothing for his trouble il s'est donné de la peine pour rien;

∎ you don't get something for nothing on n'a rien pour rien

(e) (offer as gift) offrir, donner;

∎ what did she get him for Christmas? qu'est-ce qu'elle lui a offert ou donné pour Noël?;

∎ I don't know what to get Jill for her birthday je ne sais pas quoi acheter à Jill pour son anniversaire

(f) (buy) acheter, prendre;

∎ get your father a magazine when you go out achète une revue à ton père quand tu sortiras;

∎ get the paper too prends ou achète le journal aussi;

∎ we got the house cheap on a eu la maison (à) bon marché

(g) (learn → information, news) recevoir, apprendre;

∎ we turned on the radio to get the news nous avons allumé la radio pour écouter les informations;

∎ she just got news or word of the accident elle vient juste d'apprendre la nouvelle de l'accident;

∎ he broke down when he got the news en apprenant la nouvelle il a fondu en larmes

(h) (reach by calculation or experimentation → answer, solution) trouver; (→ result) obtenir;

∎ multiply 5 by 2 and you get 10 multipliez 5 par 2 et vous obtenez 10

(i) (earn, win → salary) recevoir, gagner, toucher; (→ prize) gagner; (→ reputation) se faire;

∎ plumbers get £20 an hour un plombier gagne ou touche 20 livres de l'heure;

∎ he got a good name or a reputation as an architect il s'est fait une réputation dans le milieu de l'architecture;

∎ someone's trying to get your attention (calling) quelqu'un vous appelle; (waving) quelqu'un vous fait signe

(j) (bring, fetch) (aller) chercher;

∎ he went and got a book from the library il est allé chercher un livre à la bibliothèque;

∎ go and get a doctor allez chercher un médecin;

∎ get me my coat va me chercher ou apporte-moi mon manteau;

∎ we had to get a doctor nous avons dû faire venir un médecin;

∎ he went to get a taxi il est parti chercher un taxi;

∎ what can I get you to drink? qu'est-ce que je vous sers à boire?;

∎ can I get you anything? (to somebody ill etc) est-ce que vous avez besoin de quelque chose?;

∎ they sent him to get help ils l'ont envoyé chercher de l'aide

(k) (catch → ball) attraper; (→ bus, train) prendre, attraper;

∎ did you get your train? est-ce que tu as eu ton train?

(l) (capture) attraper, prendre; (seize) prendre, saisir;

∎ the Mounties always get their man la police montée attrape toujours son homme (au Canada);

∎ he got me by the arm il m'a attrapé par le bras;

∎ the dog got him by the leg le chien l'a attrapé à la jambe;

∎ (I've) got you! je te tiens!

(m) (book, reserve) réserver, retenir;

∎ we're trying to get a flight to Budapest nous essayons de réserver un vol pour Budapest

(n) (answer → door, telephone) répondre;

∎ the doorbell's ringing - I'll get it! quelqu'un sonne à la porte - j'y vais!;

∎ will you get the phone? peux-tu répondre au téléphone?

B.

(a) (become ill with) attraper;

∎ he got a chill il a pris ou attrapé froid;

∎ I get a headache when I drink red wine le vin rouge me donne mal à la tête;

∎ familiar to get it bad for sb avoir qn dans la peau

(b) (experience, feel → shock) recevoir, ressentir, avoir; (→ fun, pain, surprise) avoir;

∎ I got the feeling something horrible would happen j'ai eu l'impression ou le pressentiment que quelque chose d'horrible allait arriver;

∎ I get the impression he doesn't like me j'ai l'impression que je ne lui plais pas;

∎ to get a thrill out of sth/doing sth prendre plaisir à qch/faire qch;

∎ familiar to get religion devenir croyant^□

(c) (encounter)

∎ you get some odd people on these tours il y a de drôles de gens dans ces voyages organisés;

∎ you get a lot of people marrying young here il y a beaucoup de gens qui se marient jeunes par ici;

∎ we don't get many accidents here nous n'avons pas beaucoup d'accidents par ici

C.

(a) (with adj or past participle) (cause to be) she managed to get the window closed/open elle a réussi à fermer/ouvrir la fenêtre;

∎ I got the car started j'ai démarré la voiture;

∎ don't get your feet wet! ne te mouille pas les pieds!;

∎ get the suitcases ready préparez les bagages;

∎ the children are getting themselves ready for school les enfants se préparent pour (aller à) l'école;

∎ I finally got her on her own or alone j'ai fini par réussir à la voir en tête à tête;

∎ we managed to get him in a good mood nous avons réussi à le mettre de bonne humeur;

∎ they've got me so I don't know whether I'm coming or going c'en est à un tel point que je ne sais plus où j'en suis;

∎ to get people interested (in sth) intéresser les gens (à qch);

∎ let me get this clear que ce soit bien clair;

∎ to get things under control prendre les choses en main;

∎ he likes his bath as hot as he can get it il aime que son bain soit aussi chaud que possible;

∎ the flat is as clean as I'm going to get it j'ai nettoyé l'appartement le mieux que j'ai pu;

∎ he got himself nominated president il s'est fait nommer président;

∎ don't get yourself all worked up ne t'en fais pas

(b) (with infinitive) (cause to do or carry out) we couldn't get her to leave on n'a pas pu la faire partir;

∎ get him to move the car demande-lui de déplacer la voiture;

∎ I got it to work, I got it working j'ai réussi à le faire marcher;

∎ we have to get the government to tighten up on pollution control il faut que l'on obtienne du gouvernement qu'il renforce les lois contre la pollution;

∎ he got the other members to agree il a réussi à obtenir l'accord des autres membres;

∎ I can always get someone else to do it je peux toujours le faire faire par quelqu'un d'autre;

∎ I got her to talk about life in China je lui ai demandé de parler de la vie en Chine;

∎ they can't get the landlord to fix the roof ils n'arrivent pas à obtenir du propriétaire qu'il fasse réparer le toit;

∎ how do you get jasmine to grow indoors? comment peut-on faire pousser du jasmin à l'intérieur?

(c) (with past participle) (cause to be done or carried out) to get sth done/repaired faire faire/réparer qch;

∎ to get one's hair cut se faire couper les cheveux;

∎ I didn't get anything done today je n'ai rien fait aujourd'hui;

∎ it's impossible to get anything done around here (by oneself) il est impossible de faire quoi que ce soit ici; (by someone else) il est impossible d'obtenir quoi que ce soit ici

(d) (cause to come, go, move)

∎ how are you going to get this package to them? comment allez-vous leur faire parvenir ce paquet?;

∎ they eventually got all the boxes downstairs/upstairs ils ont fini par descendre/monter toutes leurs boîtes;

∎ I managed to get the old man downstairs/upstairs j'ai réussi à faire descendre/monter le vieil homme;

∎ I managed to get him away from the others j'ai réussi à l'éloigner des autres;

∎ get him away from me débarrassez-moi de lui;

∎ can you get me home? pouvez-vous me raccompagner?;

∎ they got her to the airport on time ils l'ont amenée à l'aéroport à l'heure;

∎ his friends managed to get him home ses amis ont réussi à le ramener (à la maison);

∎ how are we going to get the bike home? comment est-ce qu'on va ramener le vélo à la maison?;

∎ I got a message to them je leur ai fait parvenir un message;

∎ he can't get the children to bed il n'arrive pas à mettre les enfants au lit;

∎ I can't get my boots off/on je n'arrive pas à enlever/mettre mes bottes;

∎ we couldn't get the bed through the door nous n'avons pas pu faire passer le lit par la porte;

∎ figurative where has all this got us? où est-ce que tout ça nous a menés?;

∎ this is getting us nowhere ça ne nous mène nulle part, ça ne nous mène à rien;

∎ that won't get you very far! ça ne te servira pas à grand-chose!, tu ne seras pas beaucoup plus avancé!

D.

(a) (prepare → meal, drink) préparer;

∎ he's in the kitchen getting dinner il est à la cuisine en train de préparer le dîner;

∎ who's going to get the children breakfast? qui va préparer le petit déjeuner pour les enfants?;

∎ she got herself some breakfast elle s'est préparé un petit déjeuner

(b) (hear correctly) entendre, saisir;

∎ I didn't get his name je n'ai pas saisi son nom

(c) (establish telephone contact with)

∎ I got her father on the phone j'ai parlé à son père ou j'ai eu son père au téléphone;

∎ I couldn't get her at the office je n'ai pas pu l'avoir au bureau;

∎ did you get the number you wanted? avez-vous obtenu le numéro que vous vouliez?;

∎ get me extension 3500 passez-moi ou donnez-moi le poste 3500

(d) familiar (understand) comprendre^□, saisir^□ ;

∎ I don't get it, I don't get the point je ne comprends ou ne saisis pas, je n'y suis pas du tout;

∎ I don't get you or your meaning je ne comprends pas ce que vous voulez dire;

∎ if you get my meaning si tu vois ce que je veux dire^□ ;

∎ don't get me wrong comprenez-moi bien;

∎ I think he's got the message now je crois qu'il a compris maintenant;

∎ I don't get the joke je ne vois pas ce qui est (si) drôle^□ ;

∎ get it?, get me?, get my drift? tu saisis?, tu piges?;

∎ (I've) got it! ça y est!^□, j'y suis!^□ ;

∎ oh, I get you! ah! j'ai pigé!

(e) (take note of) remarquer;

∎ did you get his address? lui avez-vous demandé son adresse?

(f) familiar (look at) viser;

∎ get him! who does he think he is? vise un peu ce mec, mais pour qui il se prend?;

∎ get (a load of) that! vise un peu ça!

(g) familiar (listen to) écouter^□ ;

∎ get a load of this! écoute un peu ça!;

∎ get him! écoute-le, celui-là!;

E.

(a) familiar (hit) atteindre^□ ; (hit and kill) tuer^□ ;

∎ she got him in the face with a pie elle lui a jeté une tarte à la crème à la figure;

∎ the bullet got him in the back il a pris la balle ou la balle l'a atteint dans le dos;

∎ a car got him il a été tué par une voiture

(b) familiar (harm, punish)

∎ everyone's out to get me tout le monde est après moi

(c) familiar (take vengeance on) se venger de^□ ;

∎ we'll get you for this! on te revaudra ça!;

∎ I'll get him for that! je lui revaudrai ça!

(d) familiar (affect physically)

∎ the pain gets me in the back j'ai des douleurs dans le dos^□

(e) familiar (affect emotionally) émouvoir^□ ;

∎ that song really gets me cette chanson me fait vraiment quelque chose

(f) familiar (baffle, puzzle)

∎ you've got me there alors là, aucune idée

(g) familiar (irritate) énerver^□, agacer^□ ;

∎ it really gets me when you're late qu'est-ce que ça peut m'énerver quand tu es en retard!

(h) American (learn) apprendre;

∎ to get sth by heart apprendre qch par cœur

(i) archaic (beget) engendrer;

∎ to get sb with child faire un enfant à qn

(j) Radio & Television (signal, station) capter, recevoir

(k) familiar (idiom)

∎ he got his in Vietnam il est mort au Viêt Nam^□

2 intransitive verb

A.

(a) (become) devenir;

∎ I'm getting hungry/thirsty je commence à avoir faim/soif;

∎ get dressed! habille-toi!;

∎ to get fat grossir;

∎ to get married se marier;

∎ to get divorced divorcer;

∎ don't get lost! ne vous perdez pas!;

∎ how did that vase get broken? comment se fait-il que ce vase soit cassé?;

∎ he got so he didn't want to go out any more il en est arrivé à ne plus vouloir sortir;

∎ to get old vieillir;

∎ it's getting late il se fait tard;

∎ this is getting boring ça devient ennuyeux;

∎ to get used to sth/doing sth s'habituer à qch/à faire qch;

∎ familiar will you get with it! mais réveille-toi un peu!

(b) (used to form passive)

∎ to get elected se faire élire, être élu;

∎ suppose he gets killed et s'il se fait tuer?;

∎ to get drowned se noyer;

∎ we got paid last week on a été payés la semaine dernière;

∎ I'm always getting invited to parties on m'invite toujours à des soirées

(c) (with present participle) (start) commencer à, se mettre à;

∎ let's get going or moving! (let's leave) allons-y!; (let's hurry) dépêchons(-nous)!, grouillons-nous!; (let's start to work) au travail!;

∎ I'll get going on that right away je m'y mets tout de suite;

∎ I can't seem to get going today je n'arrive pas à m'activer aujourd'hui;

∎ she got talking to the neighbours elle s'est mise à discuter avec les voisins;

∎ we got talking about racism nous en sommes venus à parler de racisme;

∎ he got to thinking about it il s'est mis à réfléchir à la question

B.

(a) (go) aller, se rendre; (arrive) arriver;

∎ when did you get home? quand es-tu rentré?;

∎ it's nice to get home ça fait du bien de rentrer chez soi;

∎ how do you get to the museum? comment est-ce qu'on fait pour aller au musée?;

∎ how did you get in here? comment êtes-vous entré?;

∎ they should get here today ils devraient arriver ici aujourd'hui;

∎ how did you get here? comment es-tu venu?;

∎ how did that bicycle get here? comment se fait-il que ce vélo se trouve ici?;

∎ I took the train from Madrid to get there j'ai pris le train de Madrid pour y aller;

∎ she's successful now but it took her a while to get there elle a une bonne situation maintenant, mais ça ne s'est pas fait du jour au lendemain;

∎ he got as far as buying the tickets il est allé jusqu'à acheter les billets;

∎ I'd hoped things wouldn't get this far j'avais espéré qu'on n'en arriverait pas là;

∎ are you getting anywhere with that report? il avance, ce rapport?;

∎ now you're getting somewhere! enfin tu avances!;

∎ I'm not getting anywhere or I'm getting nowhere with this project je fais du surplace avec ce projet;

∎ we're not getting anywhere with this meeting cette réunion est une perte de temps;

∎ she won't get anywhere or she'll get nowhere if she's rude to people elle n'arrivera à rien en étant grossière avec les gens;

∎ where's your sister got to? où est passée ta sœur?;

∎ where did my keys get to? où sont passées mes clés?

(b) (move in specified direction)

∎ he got along the ledge as best he could il a avancé le long du rebord du mieux qu'il pouvait;

∎ she got behind a tree elle s'est mise derrière un arbre;

∎ to get into bed se coucher;

∎ get in or into the car! monte dans la voiture!;

∎ get over here! viens ici!;

∎ we couldn't get past the truck nous ne pouvions pas passer le camion

(c) (with infinitive) (start) commencer à, se mettre à;

∎ each city is getting to look like another toutes les grandes villes commencent à se ressembler;

∎ to get to know sb apprendre à connaître qn;

∎ we got to like her husband nous nous sommes mis à apprécier ou à aimer son mari;

∎ you'll get to like it in the end ça finira par te plaire;

∎ his father got to hear of the rumours son père a fini par entendre les rumeurs;

∎ he's getting to be known il commence à être connu, il se fait connaître;

∎ they got to talking about the past ils en sont venus ou ils se sont mis à parler du passé

(d) (become) devenir;

∎ it's getting to be impossible to find a flat ça devient impossible de trouver un appartement;

∎ she may get to be president one day elle pourrait devenir ou être président un jour;

∎ they got to be friends ils sont devenus amis

(e) (manage) réussir à;

∎ we never got to see that film nous n'avons jamais réussi à ou nous ne sommes jamais arrivés à voir ce film;

∎ I didn't get to speak to him in person je n'ai pas pu lui parler en personne

(f) familiar (be allowed to)

∎ he never gets to stay up late on ne le laisse jamais se coucher tard^□ ;

∎ I never get to drive on ne me laisse jamais conduire^□

(g) familiar (leave) se tirer;

∎ get! fous le camp!, tire-toi!

3 noun

familiar (in tennis) beau retour^□ m

➲ get about intransitive verb

(a) (be up and about, move around) se déplacer;

∎ how do you get about town? comment vous déplacez-vous en ville?;

∎ she gets about on crutches/in a wheelchair elle se déplace avec des béquilles/en chaise roulante;

∎ I don't get about much these days je ne me déplace pas beaucoup ces temps-ci

(b) (travel) voyager;

∎ I get about quite a bit in my job je suis assez souvent en déplacement pour mon travail

(c) (be socially active)

∎ she certainly gets about elle connaît beaucoup de monde

(d) (story, rumour) se répandre, circuler;

∎ the news or it got about that they were splitting up la nouvelle de leur séparation s'est répandue

➲ get across

1 intransitive verb

(a) (succeed in crossing) traverser, passer;

∎ the river was flooded but we managed to get across la rivière était en crue mais nous avons réussi à traverser

(b) (be communicated)

∎ our message is not getting across notre message ne passe pas

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (over water, street → person) faire traverser;

∎ we couldn't get the supplies across (across the river) nous ne pouvions pas faire passer les vivres de l'autre côté;

∎ it was easy to get the people across (across the border) il était facile de faire passer les gens

(b) (communicate) communiquer;

∎ I can't seem to get the idea across to them je n'arrive pas à leur faire comprendre ça;

∎ he managed to get his point across il a réussi à faire passer son message

➲ get after inseparable transitive verb

poursuivre

➲ get ahead intransitive verb

(succeed) réussir, arriver;

∎ to get ahead in life or in the world réussir dans la vie;

∎ if you want to get ahead at the office, you have to work si tu veux de l'avancement au bureau, il faut que tu travailles

➲ get along intransitive verb

(a) (fare, manage) aller;

∎ how are you getting along? comment vas-tu?, comment ça va?;

∎ she's getting along well in her new job elle se débrouille bien dans son nouveau travail;

∎ we can get along without him nous pouvons nous passer de lui ou nous débrouiller sans lui

(b) (advance, progress) avancer, progresser;

∎ the patient is getting along nicely le patient est en bonne voie ou fait des progrès

(c) (be on good terms) s'entendre;

∎ we get along fine nous nous entendons très bien, nous faisons bon ménage;

∎ she doesn't get along with my mother elle ne s'entend pas avec ma mère;

∎ she's easy to get along with elle est facile à vivre

(d) (move away) s'en aller, partir; (go) aller, se rendre;

∎ it's time for me to be getting along, it's time I was getting along il est temps que je parte;

∎ I must be getting along to the office il faut que j'aille au bureau;

∎ British get along with you! (leave) va-t'en!, fiche le camp!; familiar (I don't believe you) à d'autres!

➲ get around

1 inseparable transitive verb

(obstacle, problem) contourner; (law, rule) tourner;

∎ there's no getting around it, we'll have to tell her il n'y a pas d'autre moyen, il va falloir que nous le lui disions;

∎ there's no getting around the fact that he lied to us il reste qu'il nous a menti

2 intransitive verb

= get about

➲ get around to inseparable transitive verb

∎ she won't get around to reading it before tomorrow elle n'arrivera pas à (trouver le temps de) le lire avant demain;

∎ he finally got around to fixing the radiator il a fini par ou il est finalement arrivé à réparer le radiateur;

∎ it was some time before I got around to writing to her j'ai mis pas mal de temps avant de lui écrire

➲ get at inseparable transitive verb

(a) (reach → object, shelf) atteindre; (→ place) parvenir à, atteindre;

∎ I've put the pills where the children can't get at them j'ai mis les pilules là où les enfants ne peuvent pas les prendre;

∎ familiar just let me get at him! si jamais il me tombe sous la main!

(b) (discover) trouver;

∎ to get at the truth découvrir la vérité

(c) (mean, intend) entendre;

∎ I see what you're getting at je vois où vous voulez en venir;

∎ just what are you getting at? qu'est-ce que vous entendez par là?, où voulez-vous en venir?;

∎ what I'm getting at is why did she leave now? ce que je veux dire, c'est pourquoi est-elle partie maintenant?

(d) familiar (criticize) s'en prendre à^□, s'attaquer à^□ ;

∎ you're always getting at me tu t'en prends toujours à moi

(e) familiar (bribe, influence) acheter, suborner^□ ;

∎ the witnesses had been got at les témoins avaient été achetés

➲ get away

1 intransitive verb

(a) (leave) s'en aller, partir;

∎ she has to get away from home/her parents il faut qu'elle parte de chez elle/s'éloigne de ses parents;

∎ I was in a meeting and couldn't get away j'étais en réunion et je ne pouvais pas m'échapper ou m'en aller;

∎ will you be able to get away at Christmas? allez-vous pouvoir partir (en vacances) à Noël?;

∎ to get away from the daily grind échapper au train-train quotidien;

∎ get away from it all, come to Florida! quittez tout, venez en Floride!;

∎ she's gone off for a couple of weeks to get away from it all elle est partie quelques semaines loin de tout

(b) (move away) s'éloigner;

∎ get away from that door! éloignez-vous ou écartez-vous de cette porte!;

∎ get away from me! fichez-moi le camp!

(c) (escape) s'échapper, se sauver;

∎ the murderer got away l'assassin s'est échappé;

∎ the thief got away with all the jewels le voleur est parti ou s'est sauvé avec tous les bijoux;

∎ there's no getting away from or you can't get away from the fact that the other solution would have been cheaper on ne peut pas nier (le fait) que l'autre solution aurait coûté moins cher;

∎ you can't get away from it, there's no getting away from it c'est comme ça, on n'y peut rien

(d) British familiar (idiom)

∎ get away (with you)! à d'autres!

2 separable transitive verb

(remove → person) emmener;

∎ get that child away from the road! éloignez cet enfant de la route!;

∎ get me away from here! fais-moi sortir d'ici!;

∎ get your dog away from my garden! faites sortir votre chien de mon jardin!;

∎ they managed to get him away from the TV ils ont fini par l'arracher de devant la télévision;

∎ to get sth away from sb prendre qch à qn

➲ get away with inseparable transitive verb

∎ he got away with cheating on his taxes personne ne s'est aperçu qu'il avait fraudé le fisc;

∎ I can't believe you got away with it! je n'arrive pas à croire que personne ne t'ait rien dit!;

∎ he got away with a small fine il s'en est tiré avec une petite amende;

∎ that child gets away with murder on laisse tout faire à ce gamin;

∎ her skirt is really tiny but she gets away with it sa jupe est vraiment très courte mais elle peut se le permettre

➲ get back

1 intransitive verb

(a) (move backwards) reculer;

∎ get back! éloignez-vous!, reculez!

(b) (return) revenir, retourner;

∎ I can't wait to get back home je suis impatient de rentrer (à la maison);

∎ get back in bed! va te recoucher!, retourne au lit!;

∎ I got back in the car/on the bus je suis remonté dans la voiture/dans le bus;

∎ to get back to sleep se rendormir;

∎ to get back to work (after break) se remettre au travail; (after holiday, illness) reprendre le travail;

∎ things eventually got back to normal les choses ont peu à peu repris leur cours (normal);

∎ getting or to get back to the point pour en revenir au sujet qui nous préoccupe;

∎ let's get back to your basic reasons for leaving revenons aux raisons pour lesquelles vous voulez partir;

∎ I'll get back to you on that (call back) je vous rappelle pour vous dire ce qu'il en est; (discuss again) nous reparlerons de cela plus tard

(c) (return to political power) revenir;

∎ do you think the Democrats will get back in? croyez-vous que le parti démocrate reviendra au pouvoir?

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (recover → something lost or lent) récupérer; (→ force, strength) reprendre, récupérer; (→ health, motivation) retrouver;

∎ he got his job back il a été repris;

∎ I got back nearly all the money I invested j'ai récupéré presque tout l'argent que j'avais investi;

∎ you'll have to get your money back from the shop il faut que vous vous fassiez rembourser par le magasin

(b) (return) rendre;

∎ we have to get this book back to her il faut que nous lui rendions ce livre

(c) (return to original place) remettre, replacer;

∎ I can't get it back in the box je n'arrive pas à le remettre ou le faire rentrer dans le carton;

∎ I want to get these suitcases back down to the cellar je veux redescendre ces valises à la cave;

∎ he managed to get the children back to bed il a réussi à remettre les enfants au lit

(d) familiar (idiom)

∎ to get one's own back (on sb) se venger (de qn)^□

➲ get back at inseparable transitive verb

se venger de;

∎ he only said it to get back at him il n'a dit ça que pour se venger de lui

➲ get behind

1 intransitive verb

(gen) rester à l'arrière, se laisser distancer; Sport se laisser distancer; figurative prendre du retard;

∎ he got behind with his work il a pris du retard dans son travail;

∎ we mustn't get behind with the rent il ne faut pas qu'on soit en retard pour le loyer

2 inseparable transitive verb

(support, sympathize with) appuyer

➲ get by

1 intransitive verb

(a) (pass) passer;

∎ let me get by laissez-moi passer

(b) (be acceptable) passer, être acceptable;

∎ their work just about gets by leur travail est tout juste passable ou acceptable

(c) (manage, survive) se débrouiller, s'en sortir;

∎ how do you get by on that salary? comment tu te débrouilles ou tu t'en sors avec un salaire comme ça?;

∎ they get by as best they can ils se débrouillent ou s'en sortent tant bien que mal;

∎ we can get by without him nous pouvons nous passer de lui ou nous débrouiller sans lui

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (move past)

∎ can you get by the washing machine? est-ce que vous avez assez de place pour passer à côté de la machine à laver?

(b) (escape attention of → censor, editor) échapper à;

∎ her film got by the censors son film a échappé à l'attention de la censure

➲ get down

1 intransitive verb

descendre;

∎ get down off that chair! descends de cette chaise!;

∎ may I get down (from the table)? (leave the table) puis-je sortir de table?;

∎ they got down on their knees ils se sont mis à genoux;

∎ get down! (hide) couchez-vous!; (to dog) bas les pattes!

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (bring, fetch down → book from shelf etc) descendre

(b) (reduce → temperature, inflation etc) faire baisser;

∎ to get one's weight down perdre du poids

(c) (write down) noter;

∎ I didn't manage to get down what she said je n'ai pas réussi à noter ce qu'elle a dit

(d) (depress) déprimer, démoraliser;

∎ work is really getting me down at the moment le travail me déprime vraiment en ce moment;

∎ this rainy weather gets him down cette pluie lui fiche le cafard;

∎ don't let it get you down ne te laisse pas abattre

(e) (swallow) avaler, faire descendre

➲ get down to inseparable transitive verb

se mettre à;

∎ I have to get down to balancing the books il faut que je me mette à faire les comptes;

∎ it's not so difficult once you get down to it ce n'est pas si difficile une fois qu'on s'y met;

∎ he got down to working on it this morning il s'y est mis ou s'y est attelé ce matin;

∎ it's hard getting down to work after the weekend c'est difficile de reprendre le travail après le week-end;

∎ we eventually got down to details nous avons fini par en arriver aux détails;

∎ when you get down to it, there's very little difference between them en fin de compte, il y a très peu de différence entre eux

➲ get in

1 intransitive verb

(a) (into building) entrer;

∎ the thief got in through the window le cambrioleur est entré par la fenêtre;

∎ a car pulled up and she got in une voiture s'est arrêtée et elle est montée dedans;

∎ water had got in everywhere l'eau avait pénétré partout

(b) (return home) rentrer;

∎ we got in about 4 a.m. nous sommes rentrés vers 4 heures du matin

(c) (arrive) arriver;

∎ what time does your plane get in? à quelle heure ton avion arrive-t-il?

(d) (be admitted → to club) se faire admettre; (→ to school, university) entrer, être admis ou reçu;

∎ he applied to Oxford but he didn't get in il voulait entrer à Oxford mais il n'a pas pu

(e) (be elected → person) être élu; (→ party) accéder au pouvoir

(f) familiar (become involved) participer^□ ;

∎ she got in at the beginning elle est arrivée au début^□

(g) (interject) glisser;

∎ "what about me?" she managed to get in "et moi?" réussit-elle à glisser

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (fit in)

∎ I hope to get in a bit of reading on holiday j'espère pouvoir lire ou que je trouverai le temps de lire pendant mes vacances;

∎ she got in some last-minute revision before the exam elle a réussi à faire des révisions de dernière minute avant l'examen

(b) (insert) faire pénétrer;

∎ I couldn't get a word in je n'ai pas pu placer un mot, je n'ai pas pu en placer une

(c) (collect, gather → crops) rentrer, engranger; (→ debts) recouvrer; (→ taxes) percevoir

(d) (lay in)

∎ I must get in some more coal je dois faire une provision de charbon;

∎ to get in supplies s'approvisionner

(e) (call in → doctor, plumber) faire venir; (→ dog, cat) faire rentrer;

∎ shouldn't Elaine be in on this meeting? - of course, could you get her in? on n'a pas besoin d'Elaine pour cette réunion? - si, bien sûr, tu peux lui demander de venir?

(f) (hand in, submit) rendre, remettre;

∎ did you get your application in on time? as-tu remis ton dossier de candidature à temps?

(g) (cause to be admitted → to club, university) faire admettre ou accepter; (cause to be elected) faire élire

(h) (plant → seeds) planter, semer; (→ bulbs, plants) planter

(i) British familiar (pay for, stand) payer^□, offrir^□ ;

∎ he got the next round in il a payé la tournée suivante

3 inseparable transitive verb

(building) entrer dans; (vehicle) monter dans;

∎ he had just got in the door when the phone rang il venait juste d'arriver ou d'entrer quand le téléphone a sonné

➲ get in on

1 inseparable transitive verb

∎ to get in on a deal prendre part à un marché;

∎ to get in on the fun se mettre de la partie

2 separable transitive verb

faire participer à;

∎ he got me in on the deal il m'a intéressé à l'affaire

➲ get into

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (building) entrer dans; (vehicle) monter dans

(b) (arrive in) arriver à;

∎ we get into Madrid at 3 o'clock nous arrivons à Madrid à 3 heures;

∎ the train got into the station le train est entré en gare

(c) (put on → dress, shirt, shoes) mettre; (→ trousers, stockings) enfiler, mettre; (→ coat) endosser;

∎ she got into her clothes elle a mis ses vêtements ou s'est habillée;

∎ can you still get into your jeans? est-ce que tu rentres encore dans ton jean?

(d) (be admitted to → club, school, university) entrer dans;

∎ he'd like to get into the club il voudrait devenir membre du club;

∎ her daughter got into medical school sa fille a été admise dans ou est entrée dans une école de médecine;

∎ to get into office être élu

(e) (become involved in)

∎ he wants to get into politics il veut se lancer dans la politique;

∎ they got into a conversation about South Africa ils se sont mis à parler de l'Afrique du Sud;

∎ we got into a fight over who had to do the dishes nous nous sommes disputés pour savoir qui devait faire la vaisselle;

∎ this is not the moment to get into that ce n'est pas le moment de parler de ça

(f) familiar (take up) s'intéresser à^□ ;

∎ he got into Eastern religions il a commencé à s'intéresser aux religions orientales;

∎ it's a hard book to get into c'est un livre dans lequel il est difficile de rentrer ^□

(g) (become accustomed to)

∎ he soon got into her way of doing things il s'est vite fait ou s'est vite mis à sa façon de faire les choses

(h) (experience a specified condition or state)

∎ to get into debt s'endetter;

∎ he got into a real mess il s'est mis dans un vrai pétrin;

∎ the children were always getting into mischief les enfants passaient leur temps à faire des bêtises;

∎ I got into a real state about the test j'étais dans tous mes états à cause du test;

∎ she got into trouble with the teacher elle a eu des ennuis avec le professeur

(i) (cause to act strangely) prendre;

∎ what's got into you? qu'est-ce qui te prend?, quelle mouche te pique?;

∎ I wonder what got into him to make him act like that je me demande ce qui l'a poussé à réagir comme ça

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (insert into)

∎ to get sth into sth (faire) (r)entrer qch dans qch;

∎ to get the key into the lock mettre ou introduire la clef dans la serrure;

∎ to get an article into a paper faire accepter un article par un journal;

∎ to get an idea into one's head se mettre une idée en tête;

∎ familiar when will you get it into your thick head that I don't want to go? quand est-ce que tu vas enfin comprendre que je ne veux pas y aller?^□

(b) (cause to be admitted to → club) faire entrer à; (→ school, university) faire entrer dans;

∎ he got his friend into the club il a permis à son ami de devenir membre du club;

∎ the president got his son into Harvard le président a fait entrer ou accepter ou admettre son fils à Harvard

(c) (cause to be in a specified condition or state) mettre;

∎ she got herself into a terrible state elle s'est mis dans tous ses états;

∎ he got them into a lot of trouble il leur a attiré de gros ennuis

(d) (involve in) impliquer dans, entraîner dans;

∎ you're the one who got us into this c'est toi qui nous as embarqués dans cette histoire

(e) familiar (make interested in) faire découvrir^□ ; (accustom to) habituer à^□, faire prendre l'habitude de^□ ;

∎ he got me into jazz il m'a initié au jazz^□

➲ get in with inseparable transitive verb

(a) (ingratiate oneself with) s'insinuer dans ou s'attirer les bonnes grâces de, se faire bien voir de;

∎ they tried to get in with the new director ils ont essayé de se faire bien voir du nouveau directeur

(b) (associate with → person, group etc) fréquenter;

∎ he has got in with a new gang il n'est pas plus avec la même bande;

∎ she got in with the wrong crowd at school elle avait de mauvaises fréquentations à l'école

➲ get off

1 intransitive verb

(a) (leave bus, train etc) descendre;

∎ get off at the next stop descendez au prochain arrêt;

∎ familiar I told him where to get off! je l'ai envoyé sur les roses!, je l'ai envoyé promener!;

∎ familiar where do you get off telling me what to do? qu'est-ce qui te prend de me dicter ce que je dois faire?

(b) (depart → person) s'en aller, partir; (→ car) démarrer; (→ plane) décoller; (→ letter, parcel) partir;

∎ I have to be getting off to work il faut que j'aille au travail;

∎ figurative the project got off to a bad/good start le projet a pris un mauvais/bon départ

(c) (leave work) finir, s'en aller; (take time off) se libérer;

∎ what time do you get off? à quelle heure finissez-vous?;

∎ can you get off early tomorrow? peux-tu quitter le travail de bonne heure demain?

(d) (escape punishment) s'en sortir, s'en tirer, en être quitte;

∎ she didn't think she'd get off so lightly elle n'espérait pas s'en tirer à si bon compte;

∎ the students got off with a fine/warning les étudiants en ont été quittes pour une amende/un avertissement

(e) (let go of something) lâcher;

∎ hey! get off! that's MY book! hé! laisse ça! c'est mon livre ou c'est à moi ce livre!

(f) (go to sleep) s'endormir

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (leave → bus, train, plane etc) descendre de

(b) (descend from → bike, wall, chair etc) descendre de;

∎ he got off his horse il est descendu de cheval;

∎ if only the boss would get off my back si seulement le patron me fichait la paix

(c) (depart from) partir de, décamper de;

∎ get off my property fichez le camp de chez moi;

∎ get off the grass! ne marche pas sur la pelouse!;

∎ we got off the road to let the ambulance pass nous sommes sortis de la route pour laisser passer l'ambulance

(d) (let go of)

∎ get off me! laisse-moi tranquille!, lâche-moi!

(e) (escape from) se libérer de; (avoid) échapper à;

∎ she managed to get off work elle a réussi à se libérer;

∎ how did you get off doing the housework? comment as-tu fait pour échapper au ménage?

3 separable transitive verb

(a) (cause to leave, climb down) faire descendre;

∎ get the cat off the table fais descendre le chat de (sur) la table;

∎ the conductor got the passengers off the train le conducteur a fait descendre les passagers du train;

∎ figurative try to get her mind off her troubles essaie de lui changer les idées

(b) (send) envoyer, faire partir;

∎ I want to get this letter off je veux expédier cette lettre ou mettre cette lettre à la poste;

∎ she got the boys off to school elle a expédié ou envoyé les garçons à l'école;

∎ we got him off on the morning train nous l'avons mis au train du matin

(c) (remove → clothing, lid) enlever, ôter; (→ stains) faire partir ou disparaître, enlever;

∎ I can't get this ink off my hands je n'arrive pas à faire partir cette encre de mes mains;

∎ get your hands off that cake! ne touche pas à ce gâteau!;

∎ get your hands off me! ne me touche pas!;

∎ get your feet off the table! enlève tes pieds de sur la table!;

∎ figurative he'd like to get that house off his hands il aimerait bien se débarrasser de cette maison

(d) (free from punishment) tirer d'affaire; (in court) faire acquitter;

∎ he'll need a good lawyer to get him off il lui faudra un bon avocat pour se tirer d'affaire;

∎ to get sb off doing sth dispenser qn de faire qch

(e) (put to sleep) endormir;

∎ I've just managed to get the baby off (to sleep) je viens de réussir à endormir le bébé

(f) (have as holiday)

∎ to get a day/week off prendre un jour/une semaine de congé;

∎ can you get tomorrow afternoon/next week off? est-ce que tu peux prendre un congé demain après-midi/la semaine prochaine?

(g) (obtain)

∎ to get sth off sb obtenir qch de qn;

∎ I got that story off the woman next door je tiens cette histoire de la voisine;

∎ I got this cold off the woman next door la voisine m'a passé son rhume

➲ get off on inseparable transitive verb

(a) familiar (sexually)

∎ he gets off on pornographic films il prend son pied en regardant des films pornos;

∎ is that what you get off on? c'est comme ça que tu prends ton pied?;

∎ figurative he gets off on teasing people il adore taquiner les gens^□ ;

∎ I really get off on hip-hop! j'adore le hip-hop!^□

(b) very familiar drugs slang

∎ he gets off on heroin il se défonce à l'héroïne

➲ get off with inseparable transitive verb

British familiar

∎ to get off with sb faire une touche avec qn

➲ get on

1 intransitive verb

(a) (on bus, plane, train) monter; (on ship) monter à bord

(b) (fare, manage)

∎ how's your husband getting on? comment va votre mari?;

∎ how did he get on at the interview? comment s'est passé son entretien?, comment ça a marché pour son entretien?;

∎ you'll get on far better if you think about it first tout ira mieux si tu réfléchis avant

(c) (make progress) avancer, progresser;

∎ Jennifer is getting on very well in maths Jennifer se débrouille très bien en maths;

∎ how's your work getting on? ça avance, ton travail?

(d) (succeed) réussir, arriver;

∎ to get on in life or in the world faire son chemin ou réussir dans la vie;

∎ some say that in order to get on, you often have to compromise il y a des gens qui disent que pour réussir (dans la vie), il faut souvent faire des compromis

(e) (continue) continuer;

∎ we must be getting on il faut que nous partions;

∎ do you think we can get on with the meeting now? croyez-vous que nous puissions poursuivre notre réunion maintenant?;

∎ get on with your work! allez! au travail!;

∎ they got on with the job ils se sont remis au travail

(f) (be on good terms) s'entendre;

∎ my mother and I get on well je m'entends bien avec ma mère;

∎ they don't get on ils ne s'entendent pas;

∎ she's never got on with him elle ne s'est jamais entendue avec lui;

∎ to be difficult/easy to get on with être difficile/facile à vivre

(g) (grow late → time)

∎ time's getting on il se fait tard;

∎ it was getting on in the evening, the evening was getting on la soirée tirait à sa fin

(h) (grow old → person) se faire vieux (vieille);

∎ she's getting on (in years) elle commence à se faire vieille

(i) (idioms)

∎ get on with it! (continue speaking) continuez!; (continue working) allez! au travail!; (hurry up) mais dépêchez-vous enfin!;

∎ familiar get on with you! (I don't believe you) à d'autres!

2 inseparable transitive verb

(bus, train) monter dans; (plane) monter dans, monter à bord de; (ship) monter à bord de; (bed, horse, table, bike) monter sur;

∎ he got on his bike il est monté sur ou il a enfourché son vélo;

∎ get on your feet levez-vous, mettez-vous debout;

∎ how did these papers get on my desk? comment est-ce que ces papiers se sont retrouvés ou sont arrivés sur mon bureau?;

∎ figurative it took the patient a while to get (back) on his feet le patient a mis longtemps à se remettre

3 separable transitive verb

(a) (help onto → bus, train) faire monter dans; (→ bed, bike, horse, table) faire monter sur;

∎ they got him on his feet ils l'ont mis debout;

∎ figurative the doctor got her on her feet le médecin l'a remise sur pied

(b) (coat, gloves, shoes) mettre, enfiler; (lid) mettre;

∎ I can't get these trousers on any more je n'entre plus dans ce pantalon

(c) American familiar

∎ to get it on (with sb) (have sex) s'envoyer en l'air (avec qn); (fight) se friter (avec qn);

∎ to get it on (get started) s'y mettre^□

➲ get on for inseparable transitive verb

∎ the president is getting on for sixty le président approche de la soixantaine ou a presque soixante ans;

∎ it's getting on for midnight il est presque minuit, il n'est pas loin de minuit;

∎ it's getting on for three weeks since we saw her ça va faire bientôt trois semaines que nous ne l'avons pas vue;

∎ there were getting on for ten thousand demonstrators il n'y avait pas loin ou il y avait près de dix mille manifestants

➲ get onto

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) = get on inseparable transitive verb

(b) (turn attention to)

∎ to get onto a subject or onto a topic aborder un sujet;

∎ how did we get onto reincarnation? comment est-ce qu'on en est venus à parler de réincarnation?;

∎ I'll get right onto it! je vais m'y mettre tout de suite!

(c) (contact) prendre contact avec, se mettre en rapport avec; (speak to) parler à; (call) téléphoner à, donner un coup de fil à

(d) familiar (become aware of) découvrir^□ ;

∎ the plan worked well until the police got onto it le plan marchait bien jusqu'à ce que la police tombe dessus

(e) (nag, rebuke) harceler;

∎ his father is always getting onto him to find a job son père est toujours à le harceler pour qu'il trouve du travail

(f) (be elected to)

∎ he got onto the school board il a été élu au conseil d'administration de l'école

2 separable transitive verb

(a) = get on separable transitive verb

(a)

(b) (cause to talk about) faire parler de, amener à parler de;

∎ we got him onto (the subject of) his activities in the Resistance nous l'avons amené à parler de ses activités dans la Résistance

➲ get out

1 intransitive verb

(a) (leave building, room etc) sortir; (leave vehicle) descendre; (leave organization, town) quitter;

∎ he got out of the car il est sorti de la voiture;

∎ to get out of bed se lever, sortir de son lit;

∎ you'd better get out of here tu ferais bien de partir ou sortir;

∎ get out! sortez!;

∎ get out of here! (leave) sortez d'ici!; American familiar (I don't believe it) mon œil!;

∎ to get out while the going is good partir au bon moment

(b) (go out) sortir;

∎ they don't get out much ils ne sortent pas beaucoup

(c) (be released from prison, hospital) sortir

(d) (information, news) se répandre, s'ébruiter;

∎ the secret got out le secret a été éventé

(e) (escape) s'échapper;

∎ the prisoner got out of his cell le prisonnier s'est échappé de sa cellule;

∎ he was lucky to get out alive il a eu de la chance de s'en sortir vivant

(f) American (empty)

∎ theaters were getting out les gens sortaient des théâtres

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (bring out → champagne, furniture, books, car) sortir; (person) (faire) sortir;

∎ to get a book out from the library emprunter un livre à la bibliothèque

(b) (produce, publish → book) publier, sortir; (→ list) établir, dresser

(c) (speak with difficulty) prononcer, sortir;

∎ I could barely get a word out c'est à peine si je pouvais dire ou prononcer ou sortir un mot;

∎ familiar to get out from under s'en sortir^□, s'en tirer^□

(d) (free → hostages etc) libérer

(e) (remove) enlever; (nail etc) arracher; (cork) retirer; (stain) faire disparaître

(f) Sport (in cricket → batsman) renverser le guichet à

➲ get out of

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (leave → building) sortir de; (car, train) descendre de;

∎ let's get out of here partons d'ici;

∎ he managed to get out of the country (criminal, refugee) il a réussi à quitter le pays;

∎ to get out of bed se lever;

∎ to get out of prison/the army sortir de prison/quitter l'armée;

∎ to get out of sb's way s'écarter du chemin de qn, faire place à qn;

∎ very familiar get the hell out of here! fiche(-moi) le camp!

(b) (avoid) éviter, échapper à; (obligation) se dérober ou se soustraire à;

∎ how did you get out of doing the dishes? comment as-tu pu échapper à la vaisselle?;

∎ he tried to get out of helping me il a essayé de se débrouiller pour ne pas devoir m'aider;

∎ we have to go, there's no getting out of it il faut qu'on y aille, il n'y a rien à faire ou il n'y a pas moyen d'y échapper;

∎ there's no getting out of it, you were the better candidate il faut le reconnaître ou il n'y a pas à dire, vous étiez le meilleur candidat

(c) (escape from)

∎ to get out of trouble se tirer d'affaire;

∎ they managed to get out of the clutches of the mafia ils ont réussi à se tirer des griffes de la mafia;

∎ how can I get out of this mess? comment puis-je me tirer de ce pétrin?

(d) (become unaccustomed to)

∎ to get out of (the habit of) doing sth perdre l'habitude de faire qch

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (take out of) sortir de;

∎ get the baby out of the house every now and then sors le bébé de temps en temps;

∎ she got a handkerchief out of her handbag elle a sorti un mouchoir de son sac à main;

∎ how many books did you get out of the library? combien de livres as-tu emprunté à ou sorti de la bibliothèque?

(b) (help to avoid)

∎ the lawyer got his client out of jail l'avocat a fait sortir son client de prison;

∎ figurative the phone call got her out of having to talk to me le coup de fil lui a évité d'avoir à me parler;

∎ he'll never get himself out of this one! il ne s'en sortira jamais!;

∎ my confession got him out of trouble ma confession l'a tiré d'affaire

(c) (extract → cork) sortir de; (→ nail, splinter) enlever de; (→ stain) faire partir de, enlever de;

∎ I can't get the cork out of the bottle je n'arrive pas à déboucher la bouteille;

∎ the police got a confession/the truth out of him la police lui a arraché une confession/la vérité;

∎ we got the money out of him nous avons réussi à obtenir l'argent de lui;

∎ I can't get anything out of him je ne peux rien tirer de lui;

∎ I can't get the idea out of my mind je ne peux pas chasser cette idée de mon esprit

(d) (gain from) gagner, retirer;

∎ to get a lot out of sth tirer (un) grand profit de qch;

∎ I didn't get much out of that class ce cours ne m'a pas apporté grand-chose, je n'ai pas retiré grand-chose de ce cours;

∎ the job was difficult but she got something out of it la tâche était difficile, mais elle y a trouvé son compte ou en a tiré profit

➲ get over

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (cross → river, street) traverser, franchir; (→ fence, wall) franchir, passer par-dessus

(b) (recover from → illness) se remettre de, guérir de; (→ accident) se remettre de; (→ loss) se remettre de, se consoler de;

∎ I'll never get over her je ne l'oublierai jamais;

∎ he can't get over her death il n'arrive pas à se remettre de sa mort ou disparition;

∎ we couldn't get over our surprise nous n'arrivions pas à nous remettre de notre surprise;

∎ I can't get over how much he's grown! qu'est-ce qu'il a grandi, je n'en reviens pas!;

∎ I can't get over it! je n'en reviens pas!;

∎ he couldn't get over the fact that she had come back il n'en revenait pas qu'elle soit revenue;

∎ I can't get over your having refused je n'en reviens pas que vous ayez refusé;

∎ he'll get over it! il n'en mourra pas!

(c) (master, overcome → obstacle) surmonter; (→ difficulty) surmonter, venir à bout de;

∎ they soon got over their shyness ils ont vite oublié ou surmonté leur timidité

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (cause to cross) faire traverser

(b) (communicate → idea, message) faire passer

3 intransitive verb

(a) (cross) traverser;

∎ to get over to France/America aller en France/Amérique;

∎ we'll try to get over next weekend (to visit) nous essayerons de venir vous voir le week-end prochain

(b) (idea, message) passer

➲ get over with inseparable transitive verb

(finish with) en finir avec;

∎ let's get it over with finissons-en;

∎ I expect you'll be glad to get it over with j'imagine que vous serez soulagé quand ce sera terminé

➲ get round

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) = get around

(b) (exhibition, museum) faire le tour de; (corner) passer

2 separable transitive verb

∎ (bring, take) I'll get the books round (to you) as soon as I can je t'apporterai les livres dès que je le pourrai

3 intransitive verb

(a) = get about

(b) the doctor said she'd get round as soon as she could le docteur a dit qu'elle viendrait ou passerait dès qu'elle pourrait;

∎ I didn't manage to get round to each pupil in the class je n'ai pas réussi à m'occuper de chaque élève de la classe

➲ get round to inseparable transitive verb

= get around to

➲ get through

1 intransitive verb

(a) (reach destination) parvenir;

∎ the road was blocked and no one could get through la route était bloquée et personne ne pouvait passer;

∎ they managed to get through to the wounded ils ont réussi à parvenir jusqu'aux blessés;

∎ the letter got through to her la lettre lui est parvenue;

∎ the message didn't get through le message n'est pas arrivé;

∎ despite the crowds, I managed to get through malgré la foule, j'ai réussi à passer

(b) (candidate, student → succeed) réussir; (→ in exam) être reçu, réussir;

∎ the team got through to the final l'équipe s'est classée pour la finale

(c) (bill, motion) passer, être adopté ou voté

(d) (make oneself understood) se faire comprendre;

∎ I can't seem to get through to her elle et moi ne sommes pas sur la même longueur d'onde

(e) (contact) contacter; Telecommunications obtenir la communication;

∎ I can't get through to his office je n'arrive pas à avoir son bureau

(f) American (finish) finir, terminer;

∎ call me when you get through appelez-moi quand vous aurez ou avez fini

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (come through → hole, window) passer par; (→ crowd) se frayer un chemin à travers ou dans; (→ military lines) percer, franchir

(b) (survive → storm, winter) survivre à; (→ difficulty) se sortir de, se tirer de;

∎ he got through it alive il s'en est sorti (vivant)

(c) (complete, finish → book) finir, terminer; (→ job, project) achever, venir à bout de;

∎ I got through an enormous amount of work j'ai abattu beaucoup de travail;

∎ it took us one week to get through the entire play il nous a fallu une semaine pour venir à bout de la pièce

(d) (consume, use up) consommer, utiliser;

∎ we get through a litre of olive oil a week nous utilisons un litre d'huile d'olive par semaine;

∎ they got through their monthly salary in one week en une semaine ils avaient dépensé tout leur salaire du mois;

∎ he gets through eight shirts a week il salit huit chemises par semaine;

∎ we'll never get through all this food nous ne viendrons jamais à bout de toute cette nourriture

(e) (endure, pass → time) faire passer;

∎ how will I get through this without you? comment pourrai-je vivre cette épreuve sans toi?;

∎ they got through the day without a single argument ils ne se sont pas disputés une seule fois de toute la journée;

∎ the Government may have difficulty getting through another six months le gouvernement aura peut-être du mal à tenir encore six mois

(f) (exam) réussir, être reçu à

(g) (of bill, motion) passer;

∎ the bill got through both Houses le projet de loi a été adopté par les deux Chambres

3 separable transitive verb

(a) (transport, send successfully) faire parvenir;

∎ they got the food supplies through ils ont réussi à faire parvenir les provisions alimentaires (à destination);

∎ to get sth through customs (faire) passer qch à la douane;

∎ you'll never get that desk through tu n'arriveras jamais à faire passer ce bureau

(b) (transmit → message) faire passer, transmettre, faire parvenir;

∎ can you get this letter through to my family? pouvez-vous transmettre ou faire parvenir cette lettre à ma famille?

(c) (make understood)

∎ I finally got it through to him that I wasn't interested j'ai fini par lui faire comprendre que je n'étais pas intéressé;

∎ familiar when will you get it through your thick head that I don't want to go? quand est-ce que tu vas enfin comprendre que je ne veux pas y aller?^□

(d) (bill, motion) faire adopter, faire passer;

∎ the party got the bill through the Senate le parti a fait voter ou adopter le projet de loi par le Sénat

(e) (cause to succeed)

∎ it was your essay that got you through (the exam) c'est grâce à ta dissertation que tu as réussi l'examen

(f) (enable to endure)

∎ I need four cups of coffee to get me through the day il me faut mes quatre tasses de café par jour

➲ get through with inseparable transitive verb

terminer, finir

➲ get to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (reach) arriver à;

∎ where have you got to? (in book, work) où en es-tu?;

∎ it got to the point where he couldn't walk another step il en est arrivé au point de ne plus pouvoir faire un pas

(b) (deal with) s'occuper de;

∎ I'll get to you in a minute je suis à toi ou je m'occupe de toi dans quelques secondes;

∎ he'll get to it tomorrow il va s'en occuper demain

(c) familiar (have an effect on)

∎ that music really gets to me (moves me) cette musique me touche vraiment^□ ; (annoys me) cette musique me tape sur le système;

∎ don't let it get to you! ne t'énerve pas pour ça!

(d) American familiar

∎ they got to the witness (bribed) ils ont acheté le témoin; (killed) ils ont descendu le témoin

➲ get together

1 intransitive verb

(a) (meet) se réunir, se rassembler;

∎ can we get together after the meeting? on peut se retrouver après la réunion?

(b) (reach an agreement) se mettre d'accord;

∎ the committee got together on the date les membres du comité se sont entendus ou se sont mis d'accord sur la date;

∎ you'd better get together with him on the proposal vous feriez bien de vous entendre avec lui au sujet de la proposition

2 separable transitive verb

(people) réunir, rassembler; (things) rassembler, ramasser; (thoughts) rassembler;

∎ to get some money together réunir une somme d'argent;

∎ let me get my thoughts together laissez-moi rassembler mes idées;

∎ familiar to get one's act together se secouer;

∎ familiar she's really got it together (in life) elle sait ce qu'elle fait^□ ; (in job etc) elle domine son sujet^□ ;

∎ familiar I never thought he would get it together je n'aurais jamais pensé qu'il y arriverait^□

➲ get up

1 intransitive verb

(a) (arise from bed) se lever;

∎ it was 6 o'clock when we got up il était 6 heures quand nous nous sommes levés;

∎ I like to get up late on Sundays j'aime faire la grasse matinée le dimanche;

∎ get up! sors du lit!, debout!, lève-toi!

(b) (rise to one's feet) se lever, se mettre debout;

∎ she had to get up from her chair elle a été obligée de se lever de sa chaise;

∎ to get up from the table se lever ou sortir de table;

∎ get up off the floor! relève-toi!;

∎ please don't bother getting up restez assis, je vous prie

(c) (climb up) monter;

∎ they got up on the roof ils sont montés sur le toit;

∎ she got up behind him on the motorcycle elle est montée derrière lui sur la moto

(d) (of wind) se lever

(e) (to horse)

∎ get up! allez!

2 inseparable transitive verb

(stairs) monter; (ladder, tree) monter à; (hill) gravir

3 separable transitive verb

(a) (cause to rise to feet) faire lever; (awaken) réveiller

(b) (move up) monter;

∎ how are we going to get this desk up to the fifth floor? comment allons-nous monter ce bureau jusqu'au cinquième étage?;

∎ to get sb up the stairs (help climb) aider qn à monter l'escalier

(c) (generate, work up)

∎ to get up speed gagner de la vitesse;

∎ to get one's courage up rassembler son courage;

∎ I can't get up any enthusiasm for the job je n'arrive pas à éprouver d'enthousiasme pour ce travail

(d) familiar (organize → entertainment, party) organiser^□, monter^□ ; (→ petition) organiser^□ ; (→ play) monter^□ ; (→ excuse, story) fabriquer^□, forger^□

(e) (dress up) habiller; (in costume) déguiser;

∎ their children are always so nicely got up leurs enfants sont toujours si bien habillés;

∎ to get oneself up se mettre sur son trente et un

(f) familiar (study → subject) bûcher, travailler^□ ; (→ notes, speech) préparer^□

(g) very familiar (idiom)

∎ to get it up bander

➲ get up to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (do) faire;

∎ he gets up to all kinds of mischief il fait des tas de bêtises;

∎ what have you been getting up to lately? qu'est-ce que tu deviens?

(b) (reach)

∎ I've got up to chapter 5 j'en suis au chapitre 5;

∎ where have you got up to? (in book, work) où en êtes-vous?

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14 harto

adj.

1 fed-up, satiate, glutted, up to one's ears.

2 fed-up, disgruntled, browned-off, brassed off.

adv.

enough.

pres.indicat.

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

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harto

► adjetivo

1 (repleto) full, satiated

2 familiar (cansado) tired (de, of), fed up (de, with)

■ estoy harto de leer I'm tired of reading

3 desuso (bastante) enough

■ hartas dificultades enough difficulties

► adverbio harto

1 desuso (muy) quite, very

■ harto bueno very good

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡me tienes harto,-a! I'm fed up with you!

¡ya estoy harto,-a! I'm fed up!, I'm sick and tired of it!

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harto

► adverbio

1 desuso (muy) quite, very

■ harto bueno very good

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(f. - harta)

adj.

1) full

2) fed up

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=cansado) fed up *

¡ya estamos hartos! — we've had enough!, we're fed up! *

¡me tienes harto! — I'm fed up with you! *

• estar harto de algo/algn — to be tired of sth/sb, be fed up with sth/sb *, be sick of sth/sb *

estaban un poco hartos de tanta publicidad — they were a bit tired of all the publicity, they were a bit fed up with o sick of all the publicity *

está harto de su jefe — he's fed up with o sick of his boss *

• estar harto de hacer algo — to be tired of doing sth, be fed up of doing sth *, be sick of doing sth *

está harto de no tener dinero — he's tired o fed up * o sick of * not having any money

• estar harto de que — + subjun to be fed up with * + ger, be sick of * + ger

estamos hartos de que lleguen siempre tarde — we're tired of o fed up with * o sick of * them arriving late

2) (=lleno)

• harto de algo — stuffed with sth *

3) (=mucho)

a) frm

ocurre con harta frecuencia — it happens very often o very frequently

tienen hartas razones para sentirse ofendidos — they have plenty of reasons to feel offended

b) LAm plenty of, a lot of

usaste harta harina — you used plenty of o a lot of flour

hartos chilenos — plenty of o a lot of Chileans

ha habido hartos accidentes — there have been a lot of o plenty of accidents

2. ADV

1) [con adjetivo]

a) frm very, extremely

una tarea harto difícil — a very difficult task, an extremely difficult task

b) LAm very

llegaron harto cansados — they were very tired when they arrived

2) LAm [con adverbio] very

lo sé harto bien — I know that very well o all too well

3) LAm [con verbo] a lot

te quiero harto — I love you a lot

dormí harto anoche — I slept a lot last night

3.

PRON LAm

hace harto que no lo veo — it's been a long time since I saw him

-¿queda leche? -sí, harta — "is there any milk left?" - "yes, lots"

falta harto para llegar — there's still a long way to go

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harto con tantas exigencias — I'm sick o tired of all your demands

harto de algo/alguien — fed up with something/somebody, tired of something/somebody

harto de + inf — tired of -ing, fed up with -ing

estaba harta de que le dijeran eso — she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2) (delante del n) ( mucho)

a) (frml)

con harta frecuencia — very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas — they had many advantages

b) (AmL exc RPl)

te llamé hartas veces — I phoned you lots of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte — he really wants to see you

había harta gente — there were a lot of people
II
adverbio

1) ( modificando un adjetivo)

a) (frml) extremely, very

b) (AmL exc RPl) very

es harto mejor que el hermano — he's much o a lot better than his brother

2) ( modificando un verbo) (AmL exc RPl)

me gustó harto — I really liked it

bailamos harto — we danced a lot
III
- ta pronombre (AmL exc RPl)

tenía harto que hacer — I had an awful lot to do

¿tienes amigos allí? - sí, hartos! — do you have friends there? - yes, lots

* * *

= fed up, jaded.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.

Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

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* estar harto = have had enough.

* estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.

* harto de = sick of.

* harto de comida = fullfed.

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harto con tantas exigencias — I'm sick o tired of all your demands

harto de algo/alguien — fed up with something/somebody, tired of something/somebody

harto de + inf — tired of -ing, fed up with -ing

estaba harta de que le dijeran eso — she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2) (delante del n) ( mucho)

a) (frml)

con harta frecuencia — very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas — they had many advantages

b) (AmL exc RPl)

te llamé hartas veces — I phoned you lots of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte — he really wants to see you

había harta gente — there were a lot of people
II
adverbio

1) ( modificando un adjetivo)

a) (frml) extremely, very

b) (AmL exc RPl) very

es harto mejor que el hermano — he's much o a lot better than his brother

2) ( modificando un verbo) (AmL exc RPl)

me gustó harto — I really liked it

bailamos harto — we danced a lot
III
- ta pronombre (AmL exc RPl)

tenía harto que hacer — I had an awful lot to do

¿tienes amigos allí? - sí, hartos! — do you have friends there? - yes, lots

* * *

= fed up, jaded.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

* estar harto = have had enough.

* estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.

* harto de = sick of.

* harto de comida = fullfed.

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harto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harta con tantas exigencias I'm sick of o tired of o fed up with all your demands, I've had enough of your demands

¡ya estoy harto! I've had enough!

harto DE algo/algn fed up WITH sth/sb, tired OF sth/sb, sick OF sth/sb harto DE + INF tired OF -ING, fed up WITH -ING, sick OF -ING

estoy harto de tener que repetirte todo I'm tired of o fed up with o sick of having to repeat everything I tell you

harto DE QUE + SUBJ:

estaba harta de que le dijeran lo que tenía que hacer she was tired of o fed up with o sick of them telling her what to do

2 (de comida) full, full up ( BrE colloq)

B ( delante del n) (mucho)

1 ( frml):

esto sucede con harta frecuencia this happens very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas they had many advantages

2

( AmL exc RPl): te he llamado hartas veces I've phoned you lots of o ( colloq) loads of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte he really wants to see you, he's dying to see you ( colloq)

había harta gente allí there were a lot of o ( colloq) loads of people there

harto²

adverb

A (modificando un adjetivo)

1 ( frml); extremely, very

una doctrina harto peligrosa an extremely o a very o a highly dangerous doctrine

una tarea harto difícil an extremely o a very difficult task

2 ( AmL exc RPl) very

tiene una nariz harto grande she has a very big nose

es harto mejor que el hermano he's much o a lot o ( colloq) miles better than his brother

para serte harto franca to be quite frank with you

B

(modificando un verbo) ( AmL exc RPl): me gustó harto la película I really liked the movie, I thought the movie was great ( colloq)

bailamos harto we danced a lot

me divertí harto con él I had a great time with him

harto³ -ta

pronoun

( AmL exc RPl): tenía harto que hacer I had an awful lot to do, I had loads to do ( colloq)

¿tienes amigos allí? — ¡sí, hartos! do you have friends there? — yes, lots o loads ( colloq)

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Del verbo hartar: ( conjugate hartar)

harto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

hartó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
hartar
harto
hartar ( conjugate hartar) verbo transitivo
1 (cansar, fastidiar):
◊ me hartó con sus quejas I got tired of his complaints

2 (fam) ( llenar): nos hartaban a or de sopa they fed us on nothing but soup;
◊ lo hartoon a palos they gave him a real beating

hartarse verbo pronominal
1 (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up;
hartose de algo/algn to get tired o sick of sth/sb, get fed up with sth/sb;
hartose de hacer algo to get tired o sick of doing sth, get fed up with doing sth
2 ( llenarse): hartose (de algo) to gorge oneself (on sth), to stuff oneself (with sth) (colloq)
harto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up;

harto de algo/algn fed up with sth/sb, tired of sth/sb;
harto de hacer algo tired of doing sth, fed up with doing sth;
◊ estaba harta de que le dijeran eso she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2 ( delante del n) ( mucho) (AmL exc RPl):
◊ te llamé hartas veces I phoned you lots of times;

tiene hartas ganas de verte he really wants to see you
■ pronombre (AmL exc RPl):
◊ tenía harto que hacer I had an awful lot to do;

¿tienes amigos allí? — ¡sí, hartos! do you have friends there? — yes, lots
harto 2 adverbio
a) (AmL exc RPl) ( modificando un adjetivo) very;

◊ es harto mejor que el hermano he's much o a lot better than his brother

b) ( modificando un verbo):

◊ me gustó harto I really liked it;

bailamos harto we danced a lot
hartar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, cansar) to annoy: la escuché hasta que me hartó con tanto reproche, I listened to her until I got sick of hearing so much criticism
2 (saciar) to satiate
3 (dar en abundancia) to overwhelm [de, with]: me hartaron de comida, they made me eat too much
harto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (de comida) full
2 (hastiado, aburrido) fed up: ¡me tiene harto!, I'm fed up with him!
estoy harto de decírtelo, I'm fed up with telling you
II adv frml (muy) very: es harto difícil que ganemos, it's going to be hard for us to win
' harto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahíta
- ahíto
- amargada
- amargado
- cansada
- cansado
- enferma
- enfermo
- frita
- frito
- harta
- hartar
- hartarse
- quemada
- quemado
- satisfecha
- satisfecho
- torear
- aburrido
- podrido
English:
brassed off
- cheese off
- enough
- fed
- fill
- play along
- sick
- tired
- weary
- dare
- ditto
- thing
- whole

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harto, -a

♦ adj

1. [de comida] full;

estoy harto de dulces I've had enough sweet things;

Comp
Esp Fam
ni harto de vino: ése no ayuda a nadie ni harto de vino he wouldn't help you if you were drowning;

no le dejaría mi coche ni harto de vino I wouldn't lend him my car in a million years

2. [cansado] tired (de of), fed up (de with);
estoy harto de mi jefe I'm sick of my boss;

estoy harto de repetirte que cierres la puerta I'm sick and tired of telling you to shut the door;

me tiene harto con el piano I'm fed up of o with her and her piano;

empiezo a estar un poco harto de sus quejas I'm starting to get rather tired of o fed up with his complaints

3. Am salvo RP [mucho] a lot of, lots of;

tiene harto dinero she has a lot of o lots of money;

de este aeropuerto salen hartos aviones a lot of o lots of planes fly from this airport

♦ adv

1. Esp Formal [muy] extremely;

es harto frecuente it's extremely common;

el examen fue harto difícil the exam was extremely difficult

2. Am salvo RP [muy] very, really;
[mucho] a lot, very much;
es harto grande it's very o really big;

nos cansamos harto we got really tired;

te quiero harto I love you very much

♦ pron
Am salvo RP [mucho]
¿tiene muchos muebles? – hartos does she have a lot of furniture? – yes, she's got loads;

sabes harto que te quiero you know perfectly well that I love you

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harto

I adj

1 fed up fam ;

estar harto de algo be sick of sth fam, be fed up with sth fam

2 ( lleno) full (up)

3

:

había hartos pasteles there were cakes in abundance

II adv very much; delante del adjetivo extremely;

me gusta harto L.Am. I like it a lot;

hace harto frío L.Am. it’s very cold

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harto adv

: most, extremely, very

harto, -ta adj

1) : full, satiated

2) : fed up

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harto adj

1. (en general) fed up

estoy harto de esto I'm fed up with this

me tienes harto con tus tonterías I'm fed up with your nonsense

2. (de comida) full up

Spanish-English dictionary > harto

15 molto

1. adj a lot of

con nomi plurali a lot of, many

2. adv a lot

con aggettivi very

molto meglio much better, a lot better

da molto for a long time

fra non molto before long

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molto agg.indef.

1 (con riferimento alla quantità) much (gener. in frasi negative o interr.); a lot of, lots of, a great (o a good) deal of, a great (o a large) quantity of, plenty of: non beve molto vino, he doesn't drink much wine; c'è molto traffico sulle strade, there is a lot of traffic on the roads; fu sprecato molto tempo in inutili discussioni, a great deal of time was wasted in useless arguing; ci vuole molta pazienza con i bambini, you need a lot of (o a good deal of) patience with children; non c'è rimasto molto pane, we haven't got much bread left; quel ragazzo non dedica molto tempo allo studio, that boy doesn't devote much time to studying; non c'era molto tempo per agire, there wasn't much time to act; avete molto tempo libero?, do you get much spare time?; hanno molto denaro, they have plenty of (o lots of) money

2 (con riferimento all'intensità) great; a lot of: con molto piacere, molta cura, with great pleasure, care; ho appreso con molta gioia la notizia, the news gave me great joy (o I was delighted to hear the news); quell'insperato successo gli diede molta soddisfazione, the unexpected success gave him great satisfaction; le sue dimissioni hanno destato molto scalpore, his resignation caused a great sensation; non hanno dato molta importanza alla cosa, they didn't attach much importance to the matter // avere molta stima di qlcu., to have a high opinion of s.o.; non avere molta stima di qlcu., not to think much of s.o. // c'è molto sole, it's very sunny; c'era molta nebbia, it was very foggy; non c'era molto freddo, it wasn't very cold; lo spettacolo ha avuto molto successo, the show was very successful; dovete fare molta attenzione, you must be very careful; ho molta sete, I'm very thirsty; hanno avuto molto coraggio, they were very brave

3 (con riferimento alla durata) long: molto tempo, a long time; molto tempo prima, a long time before (o long before); molto tempo dopo, a long time after (o long after); da allora è passato molto tempo, a long time has elapsed since then; ho atteso molto tempo prima che qualcuno venisse ad aprire, I waited a long time before someone came and opened the door; non lo vedo da molto tempo, I haven't seen him for a long time; ti assenterai per molto tempo?, will you be away (for) long?; non ci volle molto tempo per capire cosa stava accadendo, it didn't take us long to realize what was going on // Usato anche in espressioni ellittiche: fra non molto, before long; ho dovuto aspettare molto, I had to wait a long time; ci vuole molto per prepararti?, will it take you long to get ready?; ne avrai per molto?, will you be long?; è uscito da non molto, he left not long ago; non manca molto a Natale, it isn't long to Christmas

4 (con riferimento all'estensione nello spazio) a long way, far: ho fatto molta strada per arrivare fin qui, I've come a long way to get here; da qui alla stazione la distanza non è molta, it isn't far from here to the station

5 pl. many (gener. in frasi negative e interrogative); a lot of, a great many, a large number of; plenty of, a good many, lots of (gener. in frasi affermative): ha molti amici, he has a lot of (o a great many o lots of) friends; hai fatto molti errori nel compito, you made a lot of mistakes in the test; c'erano molte persone nella piazza, there were a lot of (o a great many o a large number of) people in the square; molti scienziati sostengono che..., many scientists claim that...; ci sono molti negozi nella zona?, are there many shops in the area?; non ho visto molti film quest'anno, I haven't seen many films this year

◆ pron.indef.

1 much (in frasi affermative è gener. sostituito da a lot, a great deal, plenty): io ho poco tempo per leggere, ma tu ne hai molto, I get (very) little time for reading, but you get a lot; molto di quanto ci hanno riferito è falso, much of what they told us is wrong; c'è molto di vero in ciò che ha detto, there is a great deal of (o a lot of) truth in what he said; hanno fatto molto per me, they did a lot for me; non ne so molto, non me ne intendo molto di informatica, I don't know much about computer technology; ''Hai del pane?'' ''Sì, ne ho molto'', ''Have you got any bread?'' ''Yes, I've got plenty''; non c'è molto da dire, there isn't much (o a lot) to be said; ci sarebbe molto da imparare da lui, a lot could be learnt from him; chiedono molto per quella casa?, are they asking much (o a lot) for that house?; non ci voleva molto a capirlo, it didn't take much (o a lot of) understanding // è già molto se..., it's already saying a lot if...; è già molto che io sia arrivato in tempo con tutto quel traffico, it's already saying a lot that I got here on time, with all that traffic // a dir molto, at (the) most (o worst): sarò occupato ancora un paio d'ore, a dir molto, I'll be busy for another couple of hours at (the) most

2 pl. many, a lot of; (molta gente) many people, a lot of people: Sono quadri bellissimi, ne vendete molti?, They're beautiful pictures. Do you sell a lot of them?; molti di loro hanno preferito prendere l'aereo, many of them preferred to go by air; molti dei turisti erano tedeschi, many of the tourists were German; era stimato da molti, he was respected by many (people); eravate in molti?, were there many of you?; sono partiti in molti, ma non tutti hanno concluso la gara, there were a lot of starters, but not all of them finished the race; ''Sono rimasti molti posti liberi?'' ''No, non (ce ne sono) molti '', ''Are there many seats left?'' ''No, not many''; molti ritengono che..., many people (o a lot of people) think that...

◆ s.m.: non si accontenta né del poco né del molto, he's never satisfied.

molto avv.

1 (davanti ad agg. e avv. di grado positivo e con p.pres. usato come agg.) very; most: una casa molto grande, a very large house; un uomo molto intelligente, a very (o a most) intelligent man; un giornalista molto noto, a (very) well-known journalist; è stato uno spettacolo molto divertente, it was a very (o a most) enjoyable show; ha parlato molto bene, he spoke very well; lo farò molto volentieri, I'll be very glad to do it (o form. I shall do it most willingly); mi alzo molto presto, tardi, I get up very early, late; eravamo molto a disagio, we felt very (o most) uncomfortable; sono constatazioni molto amare, they are very bitter observations; possiamo fare molto poco per lui, we can do very little for him

2 (con agg. e avv. compar.) much; far: molto più grande, much bigger; molto migliore, much (o far) better; molto meno, più, much less, much more; molto più lentamente, much more slowly; oggi è molto più freddo di ieri, today is much colder than yesterday; è molto più coraggioso di quanto sembri, he is much braver than he seems; si conobbero molto più tardi, they met much later

3 (con p.pass.) much; greatly, widely: è molto apprezzato dai colleghi, he is much (o greatly) appreciated by his colleagues (o he is very popular with his colleagues); i provvedimenti sono stati molto criticati da tutti, the measures were greatly criticized by all (o were widely criticized); rimasi molto colpito dalla sua bellezza, I was greatly struck by her beauty; il problema ecologico è molto dibattuto, the ecological problem is a much debated one; è molto cambiato, he is much (o greatly) changed // un prodotto molto richiesto, a product in great demand

4 (con verbi) much (gener. in frasi negative e interr. o preceduto da very o so); a lot (gener. in frasi affermative); (spesso) often: non legge molto, he doesn't read (very) much; mi piace molto questa musica, I like this music very much; ci siamo divertiti molto alla festa, we enjoyed ourselves very much (o we had a wonderful time) at the party; non lo vediamo molto, we don't often see him; Vi ringraziamo molto per..., Thank you very (o so) much for...; non ho apprezzato molto il suo ultimo film, I didn't think much of his last film; viaggiate molto?, do you do much travelling?; non ci vediamo molto in questo periodo, we haven't seen much of each other lately; stanotte non ho dormito molto, I didn't sleep much last night // studiare, lavorare molto, to study, to work hard // né molto né poco, (per nulla) at all: la cosa non mi interessa né molto né poco, it doesn't interest me at all.

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['molto] molto (-a)
1. avv

1) a lot, (very) much, a great deal

non legge molto — he doesn't read much o a great deal

ha viaggiato molto — he has travelled a lot o a great deal

ti è piaciuto? — sì, molto — did you like it? — yes, very much

questo libro è molto meglio dell'altro — this book is a lot o much better than the other one

ci vorranno a dir molto 3 giorni — it will take 3 days at the most

2) (con aggettivi, avverbi) very, (con participio passato) (very) much

l'ha fatto molto bene — he did it very well

molto lodato — highly o (very) much praised

sono molto stanco — I'm very tired

3)

(distanza, tempo) c'è ancora molto da camminare — there's still a long way to go

ci vuole molto? — (tempo) will it take long?

non la vedo da molto — I haven't seen her for quite a while o for a long time

ne hai ancora per molto? — will you be much longer?

arriverà fra non molto — he'll arrive soon

2. agg

(quantità) a great deal of, a lot of, lots of, much (in domande e con negazioni), (numero) a lot of, lots of, many (in domande e con negazioni)

molta gente — a lot of people, many people

molti libri — a lot of books, many books

c'è molta neve — there's a great deal of o a lot of snow

non c'è molto pane — there isn't a lot of bread, there isn't (very) much bread

non ho molto tempo — I don't have o haven't got much time

non c'erano molti turisti — there weren't many tourists

3. pron

much, a lot

molti; molte — many, a lot

c'è pane? — sì, molto — is there any bread? — yes plenty o lots fam

molti pensano che sia giusto — many (people) think it's right

molti di noi — many of o a lot of us

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['molto] 1.
aggettivo indefinito

1) (un gran numero di)

- i fiori — many flowers

- e persone — many o a lot of people

è da -i anni che — it's a long time that

2) (una gran quantità di)

- i soldi — lots o plenty o a great deal of money

- a gente — many people

non rimane più molto pane — there isn't much bread left

abbiamo fatto -a strada — we've gone very far

3) (tanto)

con -a gentilezza, cura — with much o great kindness, care

ho -a fame, paura — I'm very hungry, scared

fate -a attenzione — be very careful

avere -a fortuna — to be very lucky, to have a lot of luck

4) (in un comparativo)

molto più, meno denaro — much more, less money

-e meno persone, -i meno libri — far fewer people, books

è molto più difficile — it's much more difficult
2.
pronome indefinito

1) (un gran numero)

- i di loro — many of them

-i dei luoghi che ho visitato... — many of the places I visited

2) (tante persone)

- i sono pensionati — many (of them) are pensioners

- i sono tentati di crederlo — many people tend to believe him

3) (tanto)

vincere, scrivere molto — to win, write a lot

ho molto da fare — I've got a lot of things to do

avete già fatto molto per me — you've already done so much for me

non ci vuole molto a capirlo — it doesn't take much understanding

molto di quello che dici è vero — much of what you say is true

non me ne intendo molto di cinema — I don't know much about cinema

4) (tanto tempo)

è da molto che non lo vedo — I haven't seen him for a long time o for so long

aspetti da molto? — have you been waiting long?

non ci vorrà molto a finire — it won't take long to finish

fra non molto — before long

ho aspettato molto — I waited for a long time

5) (una gran cosa)

è già molto se non ci sbatte fuori — we'll be lucky if he doesn't throw us out

è già molto che sia venuta — it's already saying a lot that she came

è molto per la tua età — it's a lot for your age

6) a dir molto at the utmost
3.
avverbio

1) (con un verbo)

la ringrazio molto — I thank you very much

amare molto qcn. — to love sb. very much

va molto a teatro — he goes to the theatre a lot

è cambiato molto — he has changed a lot

non mi piace molto — I don't really like it

mi è piaciuto molto — I enjoyed it very much o a great deal

2) (con un avverbio) very

molto bene — very well

sto molto bene — I'm really fine, I feel very well

si è comportato molto male — he behaved really badly

molto gentilmente, volentieri — very kindly, with much pleasure

molto prima, dopo — a long time before, after

3) (con un aggettivo o un participio passato)

molto felice, pulito, famoso — very happy, clean, famous

è molto amato a scuola — he's very much loved at school

molto in anticipo — far in advance

4) (in un comparativo)

sta molto meglio — he's much better

molto meno — much less

lavora molto più velocemente di me — he works much faster than me

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molto

/'molto/

Molto può essere usato come aggettivo, pronome o avverbio. - Come aggettivo e come pronome, si traduce con much davanti o al posto di nomi non numerabili ( molto vino = much wine; molta cura = much care; ne hai mangiato molto? = have you eaten much (of it)?) e many davanti o al posto di sostantivi plurali ( molti nemici = many enemies; molti (di loro) non vivono a Londra = many (of them) don't live in London). Si noti che much e many sono preferibilmente usati in frasi negative e interrogative, mentre in frasi affermative sono spesso sostituiti da a lot (of), lots (of), plenty (of), a good / great deal (of): molte persone = a lot of people; guadagno molto = I earn a lot. - Come avverbio, molto si usa dopo un verbo, e in tal caso si traduce much, very much o a lot ( non bevo mai molto = I never drink much / very much / a lot); quando precede un altro avverbio o un aggettivo, si traduce con very ( molto presto = very soon; molto veloce = very fast), ma se tale avverbio o aggettivo è al comparativo si rende con much ( molto più presto = much sooner; molto più veloce = much faster). - v. anche la nota della voce alcuno. ⇒ 31

I aggettivo indefinito

1 (un gran numero di) - i fiori many flowers; - e persone many o a lot of people; è da -i anni che it's a long time that

2 (una gran quantità di) - i soldi lots o plenty o a great deal of money; - a gente many people; non rimane più molto pane there isn't much bread left; abbiamo fatto -a strada we've gone very far

3 (tanto) con -a gentilezza, cura with much o great kindness, care; ho -a fame, paura I'm very hungry, scared; fate -a attenzione be very careful; avere -a fortuna to be very lucky, to have a lot of luck

4 (in un comparativo) molto più, meno denaro much more, less money; -e meno persone, -i meno libri far fewer people, books; è molto più difficile it's much more difficult

II pronome indefinito

1 (un gran numero) - i di loro many of them; -i dei luoghi che ho visitato... many of the places I visited...

2 (tante persone) - i sono pensionati many (of them) are pensioners; - i sono tentati di crederlo many people tend to believe him

3 (tanto) vincere, scrivere molto to win, write a lot; ho molto da fare I've got a lot of things to do; avete già fatto molto per me you've already done so much for me; non ci vuole molto a capirlo it doesn't take much understanding; molto di quello che dici è vero much of what you say is true; non me ne intendo molto di cinema I don't know much about cinema

4 (tanto tempo) è da molto che non lo vedo I haven't seen him for a long time o for so long; aspetti da molto? have you been waiting long? non ci vorrà molto a finire it won't take long to finish; fra non molto before long; ho aspettato molto I waited for a long time

5 (una gran cosa) è già molto se non ci sbatte fuori we'll be lucky if he doesn't throw us out; è già molto che sia venuta it's already saying a lot that she came; è molto per la tua età it's a lot for your age

6 a dir molto at the utmost

III avverbio

1 (con un verbo) la ringrazio molto I thank you very much; amare molto qcn. to love sb. very much; va molto a teatro he goes to the theatre a lot; è cambiato molto he has changed a lot; non mi piace molto I don't really like it; mi è piaciuto molto I enjoyed it very much o a great deal

2 (con un avverbio) very; molto bene very well; sto molto bene I'm really fine, I feel very well; si è comportato molto male he behaved really badly; molto gentilmente, volentieri very kindly, with much pleasure; molto prima, dopo a long time before, after

3 (con un aggettivo o un participio passato) molto felice, pulito, famoso very happy, clean, famous; è molto amato a scuola he's very much loved at school; molto in anticipo far in advance

4 (in un comparativo) sta molto meglio he's much better; molto meno much less; lavora molto più velocemente di me he works much faster than me.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > molto

16 bien

adv.

1 well (debidamente, adecuadamente).

¿cómo estás? — bien, gracias how are you? — fine, thanks

hacer algo bien to do something well

has hecho bien you did the right thing

¡bien hecho! well done!

habla inglés bien she speaks English well

cierra bien la puerta shut the door properly

hiciste bien en decírmelo you were right to tell me

¿vamos bien de gasolina? are we doing all right for petrol o (British) gas?, have we got plenty of (United States) petrol o (British) gas? (United States)

2 very (muy, bastante).

hoy me he levantado bien temprano I got up nice and early today

quiero un vaso de agua bien fría I'd like a nice cold glass of water

3 all right, OK (vale, de acuerdo).

¿nos vamos? — bien shall we go? — all right

4 quite happily.

ella bien que lo haría, pero no le dejan she'd be happy to do it, but they won't let her

intj.

1 all right, OK, it's OK, it's okay.

2 well done.

3 well then.

4 good.

m.

1 good (concepto abstracto).

el bien y el mal good and evil

hacer el bien to do good (deeds)

2 good (provecho).

esto te hará bien this will do you good

por el bien de for the sake of

lo hice por tu bien I did it for your own good

3 good (note).

4 possession, good, article, asset.

5 well-being, good, welfare.

Buscamos su bien We seek his well-being.

6 benefit, sake.

Para su bien For his sake.

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bien

► adverbio

1 (gen) well

■ canta bien she sings well

■ la casa está bien construida the house is well built

■ trabaja bien her work is good, she does a good job

■ todo eso está muy bien, pero... that's all very well, but...

2 (como es debido) properly, right

■ si no pronuncias bien, no te van a entender if you don't pronounce the words properly, they won't understand you

■ siéntate bien sit properly

■ ¡pórtate bien! behave yourself!

■ no está bien que hagan eso it's not right for them to do that

3 (acertadamente) right, correctly

■ contestó bien a todas las preguntas she answered all the questions correctly

4 (con éxito) successfully

5 (de acuerdo) O.K., all right

■ ven mañana a las dos, --bien come tomorrow at two, --all right

6 (de buena gana) willingly, gladly

■ bien me iría contigo si no tuviera que trabajar I'd gladly go with you if I didn't have to work

7 (mucho) very

■ quiero un vaso de leche bien fría I want a glass of nice cold milk

■ ha pagado bien caro su error he has paid dearly for his mistake

■ dale bien fuerte hit it good and hard

■ es bien sencillo it's really simple

8 (fácilmente) easily

■ bien se ve que... it is easy to see that...

■ bien podrías haberme avisado you might have warned me

9 (de gusto, olor, aspecto, etc) good, nice, lovely

■ esta cerveza está muy bien this beer's very good

■ la comida estaba bien the food was nice

■ quiero uno que esté bien I want a good one

10 (de salud) well

■ ¿te encuentras bien? are you feeling all right?

11 (físicamente) good-looking

■ su novio está muy bien her boyfriend's very good-looking

► adjetivo

1 (acomodado) well-off

► nombre masculino

1 good

■ el bien siempre triunfa sobre el mal good always triumphs over evil

2 (bienestar) benefit

■ lo hice por el bien de todos I did it for the good of everyone

► nombre masculino plural bienes

1 property sing, possessions

► conjunción bien... bien

1 either... or

■ se lo enviaremos bien por correo, bien por mensajero we'll send it to you either by post or by messenger

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en bien de for the sake of

estarle bien algo a alguien to serve somebody right

■ lo han despedido y le está bien he's got the sack and it serves him right

■ le está bien lo que le ha pasado he deserves what happened to him

hacer bien to do good

bien que although

tener a bien de hacer algo to be good enough to do something

¡ya está bien! that's enough!

bien de consumo consumer item

bienes de consumo consumer goods

bien de equipo capital asset

bienes de equipo capital goods, capital assets

bienes inmuebles real estate sing

bienes muebles movables, personal property sing

gente bien familiar the upper classes plural

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1. adj.
well-to-do
2. adv.
1) well

2) correctly, properly

3) all right

4) easily

•

- más bien

- si bien
3. interj.
good
4. noun m.
good

- bienes
- bienes de consumo
- bienes de equipo
- bienes raíces
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1. ADV

1) (=satisfactoriamente) well

hablas bien el español — you speak good Spanish, you speak Spanish well

el libro se ha vendido bien — the book has sold well

no veo muy bien — I can't see very well

lo sé muy bien — I know that perfectly well

viven bien — they live well

me gusta la carne bien hecha — I like my meat well-done

bien gracias, ¿y usted? — fine thanks, and you?

¡muy bien! — very good!; [aprobando un discurso] hear, hear!

¡qué bien! — great!, excellent!

• oler bien — to smell good

• saber bien — to taste good

2) (=correctamente)

¿has puesto bien la rueda? — have you put the wheel on properly?

si no cierras la tapa bien, se saldrá el líquido — if you don't screw the top on properly, the liquid will leak out

se limpia bien el pescado — clean the fish thoroughly o well

¡bien hecho! — well done!

has contestado bien — you gave the right answer, you answered correctly

no consigo hacerlo bien — I can't seem to do it right

haces bien — you're (quite) right

• hacer bien en, hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him, you did the right thing in telling him

3)

• estar bien, ¿estás bien? — are you all right?, are you OK?

aquí se está bien — it's nice here

¡está bien!, lo haré — O.K. o all right, I'll do it!

¡pues sí que estamos bien! — this is a fine mess we're in!

ese libro está muy bien — that book's very good, that's a very good book

estás muy bien con ese sombrero — you look really nice in that hat

la casa está muy bien — the house is really nice

está muy bien que ahorres dinero — it's very good that you're saving

que esté(s) bien — Col * bye *

¡eso no está bien! — [a un niño] that's not very nice!

te está bien la falda — the skirt fits you fine

¡ya está bien! — that's enough!

ya está bien de quejas — that's (quite) enough complaining

• estar bien de algo, estar bien de salud — to be well, be in good health

estar bien de dinero — to be well off

no está bien de la cabeza — he isn't right in the head

4) (=de acuerdo)

¡bien! — all right!, O.K.!

-¿quieres que vayamos al cine? -bien — "shall we go to the cinema?" - "O.K. o all right"

si a ustedes les parece bien — if it's all right with o by you

5) (=muy)

un café bien caliente — a nice hot coffee

un coche bien caro — a pretty expensive car

bien temprano — pretty early

estoy bien seguro — I am pretty certain

eso es bien tonto — that's pretty silly

esperamos hasta bien entrada la noche — we waited until very late at night, we waited until well into the night

6)

• bien de (=muchos) —

bien de veces — lots of times

¡te han dado bien de regalos! — you got a lot of presents!

bebe bien de café — he drinks a lot of coffee

7) (=de buena gana)

yo bien iría, pero... — I'd gladly go, but..., I'd be happy to go, but...

bien me tomaría ahora un café — I'd love a coffee now

8) (=fácilmente) easily

bien se ve que... — it is easy to see that...

¡bien podía habérmelo dicho! — he could have told me!

9) [locuciones]

• estar a bien con algn — to be on good terms with sb

• de bien en bien o mejor — better and better

• bien que mal — one way or another, by hook or by crook

• más bien — rather

más bien bajo — on the short side, rather short

más bien creo que... — I actually think...

• pues bien — well

• tener a bien hacer algo — to see fit to do sth

sus padres tienen a bien que se vaya a vivir con su tía — her parents have seen fit to send her to live with her aunt

le ruego tenga a bien inscribirme en la lista — please be so kind as to include me on the list, I would be grateful if you would include me on the list

le ruego tenga a bien comunicarlo a sus lectores — please be kind enough to inform your readers

• bien es verdad que... — it is of course true that...

• ¿y bien? — well?

2. CONJ

1)

• si bien — although

si bien es cierto que... — although it's true that...

2)

• no bien, ni bien Cono Sur —

no bien llegó, empezó a llover — no sooner had he arrived than it started to rain, as soon as he arrived it started to rain

3) [en alternancia]

bien por avión, bien en tren — either by air or by train

bien se levantó, bien se sentó — whether he stood up or sat down

3.

ADJ [persona] well-to-do; [restaurante, barrio] posh *

son gente bien — they're well-to-do

son de casa bien — they come from a good home

4. SM

1) (=bondad) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good

hombre de bien — good man

2) (=provecho) good

el bien común o público — the common good

en bien de — for the good of

hacer algo para el bien de — to do sth for the good of

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

3) [apelativo]

• mi bien — my dear, my darling

4) pl bienes (=géneros) goods; (=propiedad) property sing, possessions; (=riqueza) riches, wealth sing

bienes activos — active assets

bienes de capital — capital goods

bienes de consumo — consumer goods

bienes de consumo duraderos — consumer durables

bienes de equipo — capital goods

bienes de inversión — capital goods

bienes de la tierra — agricultural produce sing

bienes de producción — industrial goods

bienes de servicio — services

bienes dotales — dowry sing

bienes duraderos — durables

bienes fungibles — perishables

bienes gananciales — shared possessions

bienes inmuebles — real estate sing

bienes mostrencos — unclaimed property sing

bienes muebles — personal property sing, goods and chattels

bienes públicos — government property sing

bienes raíces — real estate sing, realty sing (EEUU)

bienes relictos — estate sing, inheritance sing

bienes semovientes — livestock sing

bienes terrestres — worldly goods

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adjetivo invariable

1) [estar] ( sano) well

no me siento or encuentro bien — I don't feel well

tú no estás bien de la cabeza! — you're not right in the head!

2) [estar] (fam) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

3) [estar] (cómodo, agradable)

¿vas bien ahí atrás? — are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra — it's nice in the shade

4) ( agradable) <oler/saber>

qué bien huele! — it smells really good!

este café sabe muy bien — this coffee tastes very good o nice

5) [estar]

¿está bien así, señorita? — is that all right, miss?

saliste muy bien en esta foto — you look really good in this photo

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí — that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien — we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien — the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien — have you read it? it's very good

está bien! si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas — all right o okay, then! don't do it if you don't want to

qué bien mañana es fiesta! — great! tomorrow's a holiday!

no funciona - pues qué bien! — (iró) it's not working - oh, great! (iro)

6) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa — it's right and proper that initiative should be rewarded

7)

a) ( suficiente)

estar or andar bien de algo — to be all right for something

¿estamos bien de aceite? — are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo — I'm a bit short of time

b)

ya está bien — that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir — you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

8)

a) (fam) ( de buena posición social) <familia/gente> well-to-do

un barrio bien — a well-to-do o (BrE) posh area

b) (RPl fam) <gente/persona> ( honrado) respectable, decent
II
adverbio

1) ( de manera satisfactoria) <dormir/funcionar/cantar> well

no le fue bien en Alemania — things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar — you have to be cruel to be kind

2) ( ventajosamente) well

vendió el coche muy bien — she got a good price for the car

3) ( favorablemente)

pensar bien de la gente — to think well of people

hablar bien de alguien — to speak highly of somebody

4)

a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

bien cocido — well o properly cooked

¿cerraste bien? — did you lock the door properly?

bien sabes que... — you know perfectly well that...

bien se ve que está enamorado — it's obvious that he's in love

b) (con cuidado, atención) <escuchar/mirar> carefully

5) ( correctamente) well

bien hecho/dicho! — well done/said!

pórtate bien — behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him

siéntate bien — sit properly

6) ( como intensificador)

a) ( muy) very

canta bien mal — he sings really badly

llegó bien entrada la noche — she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? — are you positive?

ser bien de adentro — (Per fam) to be a good sort

b) ( fácilmente) easily

bien pudo suceder — it could well o easily have happened

c) (en recriminaciones, protestas)

bien podías haberlo ayudado — you could o might have helped him!

d)

bien que...: bien que llama cuando necesita dinero — he soon calls when he needs money

7) (en locs)

más bien: es más bien delgada she's quite slim; no bien as soon as; si bien although; estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with somebody; tener a bien hacer algo (frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma — we would ask you to pay this sum (frml)
III
interjección

a) ( como enlace)

bien, sigamos adelante — right then o fine, let's continue

bien,... ¿dónde estábamos? — right,... where were we?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo... — so, as I was telling you...

b)

bien! — ( expresando aprobación) well done!

no habrá clases hoy - bieeeen! — there won't be any lessons today - yippee o hurrah!
IV
conjunción

puede abonarse o bien al contado o bien en 12 cuotas mensuales — (frml) payment may be made either in cash or in twelve monthly installments
V
masculino

1) (Fil) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good deeds

haz bien y no mires a quién — do good to all alike

un hombre de bien — a good man

2)

a) (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

por el bien de todos — for the good of all

b)

hacer bien — (+ me/te/le etc)

esto te hará bien — this will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien — what he said did me a lot of good

3) ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

4)

a) ( posesión)

le dejó todos sus bienes — she left him everything she owned

mi bien más preciado — my most precious possession

b) bienes masculino plural (Fin) assets (pl)

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes — the order applies to all his assets

•

- bien de consumo

- bien de equipo

- bien ganancial

- bien inmueble

- bien mueble

- bien raíz

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I
adjetivo invariable

1) [estar] ( sano) well

no me siento or encuentro bien — I don't feel well

tú no estás bien de la cabeza! — you're not right in the head!

2) [estar] (fam) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

3) [estar] (cómodo, agradable)

¿vas bien ahí atrás? — are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra — it's nice in the shade

4) ( agradable) <oler/saber>

qué bien huele! — it smells really good!

este café sabe muy bien — this coffee tastes very good o nice

5) [estar]

¿está bien así, señorita? — is that all right, miss?

saliste muy bien en esta foto — you look really good in this photo

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí — that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien — we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien — the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien — have you read it? it's very good

está bien! si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas — all right o okay, then! don't do it if you don't want to

qué bien mañana es fiesta! — great! tomorrow's a holiday!

no funciona - pues qué bien! — (iró) it's not working - oh, great! (iro)

6) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa — it's right and proper that initiative should be rewarded

7)

a) ( suficiente)

estar or andar bien de algo — to be all right for something

¿estamos bien de aceite? — are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo — I'm a bit short of time

b)

ya está bien — that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir — you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

8)

a) (fam) ( de buena posición social) <familia/gente> well-to-do

un barrio bien — a well-to-do o (BrE) posh area

b) (RPl fam) <gente/persona> ( honrado) respectable, decent
II
adverbio

1) ( de manera satisfactoria) <dormir/funcionar/cantar> well

no le fue bien en Alemania — things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar — you have to be cruel to be kind

2) ( ventajosamente) well

vendió el coche muy bien — she got a good price for the car

3) ( favorablemente)

pensar bien de la gente — to think well of people

hablar bien de alguien — to speak highly of somebody

4)

a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

bien cocido — well o properly cooked

¿cerraste bien? — did you lock the door properly?

bien sabes que... — you know perfectly well that...

bien se ve que está enamorado — it's obvious that he's in love

b) (con cuidado, atención) <escuchar/mirar> carefully

5) ( correctamente) well

bien hecho/dicho! — well done/said!

pórtate bien — behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him

siéntate bien — sit properly

6) ( como intensificador)

a) ( muy) very

canta bien mal — he sings really badly

llegó bien entrada la noche — she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? — are you positive?

ser bien de adentro — (Per fam) to be a good sort

b) ( fácilmente) easily

bien pudo suceder — it could well o easily have happened

c) (en recriminaciones, protestas)

bien podías haberlo ayudado — you could o might have helped him!

d)

bien que...: bien que llama cuando necesita dinero — he soon calls when he needs money

7) (en locs)

más bien: es más bien delgada she's quite slim; no bien as soon as; si bien although; estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with somebody; tener a bien hacer algo (frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma — we would ask you to pay this sum (frml)
III
interjección

a) ( como enlace)

bien, sigamos adelante — right then o fine, let's continue

bien,... ¿dónde estábamos? — right,... where were we?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo... — so, as I was telling you...

b)

bien! — ( expresando aprobación) well done!

no habrá clases hoy - bieeeen! — there won't be any lessons today - yippee o hurrah!
IV
conjunción

puede abonarse o bien al contado o bien en 12 cuotas mensuales — (frml) payment may be made either in cash or in twelve monthly installments
V
masculino

1) (Fil) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good deeds

haz bien y no mires a quién — do good to all alike

un hombre de bien — a good man

2)

a) (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

por el bien de todos — for the good of all

b)

hacer bien — (+ me/te/le etc)

esto te hará bien — this will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien — what he said did me a lot of good

3) ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

4)

a) ( posesión)

le dejó todos sus bienes — she left him everything she owned

mi bien más preciado — my most precious possession

b) bienes masculino plural (Fin) assets (pl)

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes — the order applies to all his assets

•

- bien de consumo

- bien de equipo

- bien ganancial

- bien inmueble

- bien mueble

- bien raíz

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bien¹

¹ = fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], neatly, tidy, jolly + Adjetivo/Adverbio, aright, alright [all right], all right [alright], good.

Ex: The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.

Ex: This arrangement is ideal for well-defined subjects which coincide neatly with the interest of the library user.

Ex: This was all very tidy, but who was to judge significance?.

Ex: The public library people and some others have needs that have long been unmet, but jolly well ought to be as soon as possible.

Ex: Another wise precaution at this preliminary stage is to make sure that he has heard aright.

Ex: The article 'The kids are alright?' presents some of the findings of the questionnaire study which had as its focus the qualitative impact of public libraries on children's reading.

Ex: So the system apparently works all right and no one is suggesting that it needs a major overhaul.

Ex: It is imperative for young people to learn to be empathetic, both for their own good and for the good of society as a whole.

* abrigarse bien = wrap up + warm.

* acoger bien = welcome.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* ahora bien = now.

* bastante bien = good enough, rather well, fairly + Verbo.

* bien aceptado = well-accepted.

* bien acomodado = well-to-do, well-off.

* bien administrado = well-managed.

* bien afeitado = clean shaven.

* bien andado = well trodden.

* bien anunciado = well-advertised, well-announced.

* bien arado = well-tilled.

* bien argumentado = well-considered.

* bien arreglado = well-groomed.

* bien comprendido = well-understood.

* bien común, el = common good, the, common wealth, the.

* bien conectado = well-connected.

* bien conocido = well-known, well-understood.

* bien conseguido = well-rendered.

* bien conservado = well-kept.

* bien considerado = all things considered.

* bien construido = well-built.

* bien controlado = well-regulated.

* bien cuidado = clean-cut, well-tended.

* bien cultural = cultural product.

* bien definido = well-defined, clearly defined, clearly-drawn, clean-cut, articulated, clear-cut.

* bien demarcado = hard-edged.

* bien de todos, el = common good, the.

* bien dicho = amen to that!.

* bien diferenciado = well differentiated.

* bien dirigido = well-regulated.

* bien documentado = well documented [well-documented].

* bien dotado = well-equipped, well-endowed, well-resourced.

* bien dotado de medios = well-resourced.

* bien dotado de personal = well-staffed.

* bien dotado de recursos = well-resourced.

* bien educado = urbane.

* bien encaminado = a step in the right direction.

* bien ensayado = well-practised [well-practiced, -USA].

* bien entrada la noche = late at night.

* bien equilibrado = well balanced [well-balanced].

* bien equipado = well-appointed, well-equipped, well-resourced.

* bien equipado de medios = well-resourced.

* bien equipado de recursos = well-resourced.

* bien escrito = well-written.

* bien estructurado = well thought out, well-structured [well structured].

* bien expresado = well-articulated.

* bien financiado = well-funded.

* bien formado = shapely [shapelier -comp., shapeliest -sup.], articulated.

* bien formalizado = well-formalised [well-formalized].

* bien formulado = well-formulated.

* bien fundado = well-justified, well-formulated.

* bien fundamentado = well-founded.

* bien gestionado = well-managed.

* bien gobernado = well-regulated, well-governed.

* bien hecho = well-made, well formed [well-formed], well-rendered, well done.

* ¡bien hecho! = the way to go!.

* bien iluminado = well-lit.

* bien informado = well-informed, informed.

* bienintencionado = well-intentioned, well meant, well-intended, well-meaning.

* bien justificado = well-founded, well-formulated.

* bien llevado = well-run.

* bien merecido = well deserved, well deserved, well-earned.

* bien mirado = all things considered.

* bien... o... = either... or..., either... or....

* bien ordenado = well-kept, well-ordered, in good order.

* bien organizado = well-organised [well-organized], well-structured [well structured].

* bien pagado = well-paid.

* bien parecido = personable, good looking.

* bien pensado = well thought out.

* bien planeado = well-planned.

* bien planificado = well-planned.

* bien practicado = well-practised [well-practiced, -USA].

* bien preparado = well-trained, well-prepared.

* bien presentado = well-presented, well-rendered.

* bien producido = well-produced, well-made.

* bien proporcionado = shapely [shapelier -comp., shapeliest -sup.].

* bien provisto = well-endowed.

* bien provisto (de) = well-stocked (with).

* bien público = public good, commonwealth.

* bien recibido = welcome.

* bien reconocido = well-recognised [well-recognized].

* bien redondito = well-rounded.

* bien remunerado = well-paid.

* bien representado = well represented, well-rendered.

* bien seleccionado = well-chosen, well-selected.

* bien sincronizado = well-synchronised [well-synchronized, -USA].

* bien surtido (de) = well-stocked (with).

* bien testado = well-tested.

* bien tratado = well represented.

* bien uniformado = well-uniformed.

* bien ventilado = airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.].

* bien vestido = well-dressed, dapper.

* bien visto = welcome.

* caerse bien = hit it off.

* cambiar Algo para bien = turn + Nombre + into a good thing.

* cambiar para bien = change for + the better.

* casar bien = fit in + well.

* comenzar bien = get off to + a (good/great) start, make + a good start.

* comprender bien = be clear in your mind.

* comprenderse bien = be well understood.

* conservarse bien = keep + well.

* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.

* creer que estar bien = feel + right.

* cuatro verdades bien dichas = home truth.

* dársele Algo bien a Uno = be good at.

* dársele a Uno bien las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.

* desempeñar bien una función = perform + well.

* despedirse de Alguien deseándole que todo vaya bien = wish + well.

* el bien de = the good of.

* empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.

* estar bien = be okay, be in good shape, be in good health.

* estar bien de salud = be in good health.

* estar bien encaminado = be on the right track.

* estar bien pensado = be carefully thought out.

* funcionar bien = be in order.

* gente bien = well-to-do, well-off.

* hablar muy bien de = rant and rave.

* hablarse bien de Algo o Alguien = be well spoken of.

* hacer Algo muy bien = do + an excellent job of, make + an excellent job of.

* hacer bien = do + good.

* hacerlo bien = put + matters + right, be right on track.

* hacer sentir bien = make + Nombre + feel good.

* hasta ahora, todo bien = so far, so good.

* haz el bien y no mires a quién = cast your bread upon the waters.

* impuesto de bienes inmuebles (IBI) = property tax.

* ir bien = go + well, do + well, go + strong.

* ir bien encaminado = be on the right track.

* ir todo bien = be fine.

* jugar bien + Posesivo + baza = play + Posesivo + cards right.

* jugar bien + Posesivo + cartas = play + Posesivo + cards right.

* llevarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* llevarse bien = get along, on good terms.

* llevarse bien con Alguien = get on with + Pronombre Personal.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* mantener los ojos bien abiertos = keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* mantenerse bien = keep + well.

* marchar bien = go + strong.

* más bien = if you like, instead.

* más bien bajo = shortish.

* más bien pequeño = smallish.

* más bien todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* masticar bien = chew up.

* mirándolo bien = all things considered.

* muy bien = nicely.

* ¡muy bien! = the way to go!.

* muy bien pagado = highly paid.

* muy bien + podría + Verbo = might + well + Verbo.

* muy bien + puede + Verbo = may well + Verbo.

* muy bien remunerado = highly paid.

* no caer bien = not take + kindly to.

* no estar bien equilibrado = skew.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no importa lo bien = no matter how well.

* no muy bien informado = not-too-well-informed.

* no ser bien visto = be in the doghouse.

* no tomárselo bien = not take + kindly to.

* pago único y bien grande = fat lump sum.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* parecer bien = be all right with + Persona.

* pasarlo bien = have + fun, be a great time.

* pasárselo bien = have + a good time, have + a great time.

* pasárselo la mar de bien = have + a whale of a time, have + a great time.

* persona que duerme bien = good sleeper.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* puede muy bien ser = could well be.

* puede muy bien ser que = it may well be that.

* puede que al final sea para bien = be a blessing in disguise.

* pues bien = well.

* que bota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.].

* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.

* que no cierra bien = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.

* que no queda bien = ill-fitting.

* que rebota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.].

* recibir bien = welcome.

* recibir bien una iniciativa = welcome + initiative.

* salir bien = go + well.

* salir bien al final = turn out + right in the end.

* salir todo bien = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet.

* seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.

* sentar bien a Alguien = look + good on + Nombre.

* sentirse bien = feel + good, wellness, feel + right, get + high.

* sentirse bien con Uno mismo = feel + right.

* ser algo bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo (muy) bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser por el bien de Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.

* estar suficientemente bien + Participio Pasado = be sufficiently well + Participio Pasado.

* ser suficientemente bien + Participio Pasado = be sufficiently well + Participio Pasado.

* ser un hecho bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser un hecho bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* servir muy bien = take + Nombre + a long way.

* si bien es cierto que = albeit (that).

* sin bien se mira = all things considered.

* sino más bien = rather.

* sino (que) más bien = but rather.

* todo ir bien = all + be + well with the world.

* tomárselo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.

* usar Algo bien = put to + good use.

* venir bien = be none the worse for (that), suit + best.

* venir muy bien = fit + the bill.

* ver bien = welcome.

* * *

bien¹

adj inv

A [ ESTAR] (sano) well

mi padre no anda or no está bien my father's not very well

no me siento or encuentro bien I don't feel well

¡tú no estás bien de la cabeza! you're not right in the head!

estuvo enfermo pero ya está bien he was ill but he's all right now

B [ ESTAR]

(económicamente acomodado): los padres están muy bien her parents are well off

no son ricos, pero están bien they're not rich but they're reasonably well off o they're comfortably off

C [ ESTAR] ( fam) (refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

D [ ESTAR]

(cómodo, agradable): estoy bien aquí I'm fine o all right here

¿vas bien allí atrás? are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra it's nice in the shade

E (agradable) ‹oler/saber›

¡qué bien huele! it smells really good!

¡qué bien hueles! you smell nice!

este café sabe muy bien this coffee tastes very good o nice

F [ ESTAR]

(satisfactorio): ¿está bien así, señorita? is that right o all right, miss?

estás or quedaste or saliste muy bien en esta foto you look very nice o really good in this photograph

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien have you read it? it's very good

¡está bien!, si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas all right o okay, then! if you don't want to do it, don't

¡qué bien, mañana es fiesta! great! tomorrow's a holiday!

la lavadora no funciona — ¡pues qué bien! ( iró); the washing machine's not working — oh, great! o well, that's great! ( iro)

G [ ESTAR] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa it's right o good that initiative should be rewarded

estuviste bien en negarle la entrada you did o were right to refuse to let him in

H

1 (indicando suficiencia) estar bien DE algo:

¿estamos bien de aceite? are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo I'm a bit short of time, I don't have much time

2

ya está bien that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

I

1 ( fam) (de buena posición social) ‹familia/gente› well-to-do

viven en un barrio bien they live in a well-to-do o ( BrE) posh area

niño² (↑ niño (2))

2 ( RPl fam) ‹gente/persona› (honrado) respectable, decent

bien²

adverb

A (de manera satisfactoria) ‹dormir/funcionar/cantar› well

se come de bien allí … the food is so good there!

¿cómo te va? — bien, ¿y a ti? how are things? — fine, how about you?

no le fue bien en Alemania things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar you have to be cruel to be kind

B (ventajosamente) well

el local está muy bien ubicado the premises are very well situated

vendió el coche muy bien she sold the car well o for a good price

C

(favorablemente): me habló muy bien de ti he spoke very highly of you

yo prefiero pensar bien de la gente I prefer to think well of people

D

1 (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

¿cerraste bien? did you make sure the door was locked (properly)?

el cerdo debe comerse bien cocido pork should be well cooked o properly cooked before being eaten

bien sabes que … you know perfectly well o very well that …

2 (con cuidado, atención) carefully

escucha bien lo que te voy a decir listen carefully to what I'm going to say

E (correctamente) well

pórtate bien behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo you did the right thing to tell him

¡bien dice tu padre que eres un terco! your father's dead right when he says you're stubborn

¡bien hecho/dicho! well done/said!

F (como intensificador)

1 (muy) very

canta bien mal he sings really o very badly

llegó bien entrada la noche she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? are you positive o certain?, are you absolutely sure?

bien por debajo de lo normal well below average

ponte bien adelante sit close to the front, sit well forward

2 (fácilmente) easily

vale bien dos millones it's worth two million easily

yo no me acuerdo pero bien pudo ser I don't remember but it could well o easily have been

3

(en recriminaciones, protestas): bien podías haberlo ayudado you could o might have helped him!

4

bien que …: pero bien que llama cuando necesita dinero he's quick enough to call when he needs money, though

¿por qué no le compras algo?, a ti bien que te gusta que te hagan regalos why don't you buy her something? you like it when people give you presents

G ( en locs):

más bien: una chica más bien delgada a rather thin girl

no me cae bien — di más bien que no lo puedes ver I don't like him — what you mean is you can't stand the sight of him

¿vas a ir? — ¡más bien! ( Arg fam); are you going to go? — you bet! ( colloq)

no bien or ( RPl) ni bien. as soon as

no bien llegó, le dieron la noticia no sooner had he arrived than they told him the news, as soon as he arrived they told him the news

si bien although

estar a bien con algn to be on good terms with sb

tener a bien hacer algo ( frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma a la mayor brevedad posible we would ask you to pay this sum as soon as possible ( frml)

le ruego tenga a bien considerar mi solicitud I would be grateful if you would consider my application

Compuesto:

bien nacido, bien nacida

masculine, feminine nice person ver tb bienintencionado, bien parecido, etc

bien³

interjection

1

(como enlace): bien, sigamos adelante right then o fine, let's continue

bien, … ¿dónde estábamos? now o right, … where were we?

y bien ¿estás dispuesto a hacerlo o no? so, are you prepared to do it or not?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo … so, as I was telling you …

2

¡bien! (expresando aprobación) well done!

¡bien, muchachos! well done, boys!

no habrá clases hoy — ¡bieeeen! there won't be any lessons today — yippee o hurrah!

bien⁴

conjunction

puede abonarse (o) bien al contado (o) bien en 12 cuotas mensuales ( frml); payment may be made (either) in cash or in twelve monthly installments

o bien te disculpas o te quedas castigado either you say you're sorry or I'll keep you in

bien⁵

masculine

A ( Fil) good

el bien y el mal good and evil

haz bien y no mires a quién do good to all alike

un hombre de bien a good man

B

1 (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien it's for your own good

trabajar por el bien de todos to work for the good of all

que sea para bien I hope things go well for you/him/them

acepté, no sé si para bien o para mal I accepted, though I'm not sure if it was a good move or not

2

hacer bien (+ me/te/le etc): la sopa te hará bien the soup will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien what he said helped me a lot o did me a lot of good

C ( apelativo) dear, darling

¡mi bien! or ¡bien mío! ( ant o hum); my dear o darling

D (en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

E

(posesión): el único bien valioso the only item of value

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes the order applies to all his assets o possessions o goods

Compuestos:

● bien comunal

common asset

bienes comunales common property

● bien de consumo

consumer article o item

bienes de consumo consumer goods

● bien de equipo

capital item o asset

bienes de equipo capital goods o assets

● bienes parafernales

mpl wife's personal property

● bienes semovientes

mpl livestock ( sing or pl)

● bien ganancial

joint asset ( acquired during marriage)

bienes gananciales joint property, community property ( AmE)

● bien inmueble

immovable item o asset

● bien mostrenco

item of unclaimed property

● bien mueble

movable item

bienes muebles movables, personal property, goods and chattels

● bien raíz

immovable item o asset

bienes raíces real estate, realty ( AmE), property ( BrE)

● bien vacante

ownerless piece of land ( o asset etc)

* * *

bien 1 adjetivo invariable
1 [estar] (de salud, en general) well;
sentirse or encontrarse bien to feel well;
◊ ¿cómo estás? — muy bien, gracias how are you? — (I'm) very well, thank you;

¡qué bien estás! you look really well!;
¡tú no estás bien de la cabeza! you are not right in the head
2 [estar]
a) (cómodo, agradable):

◊ ¿vas bien ahí atrás? are you all right in the back?;

se está bien a la sombra it's nice in the shade;
la casa está muy bien the house is very nice
b) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right;

◊ la fecha/el reloj está bien the date/the clock is right;

¿está bien así? is this all right?;
si te parece bien if that's all right with you;
el cuadro no queda bien ahí the picture doesn't look right there
c) ( suficiente): estar or andar bien de algo to be all right for sth;

◊ ¿estamos bien de aceite? are we all right for oil?;

ya está bien that's enough
3 [estar]
a) ( en calidad) good;

◊ ¿lo has leído? está muy bien have you read it? it's very good

b) (fam) ( sexualmente atractivo) good-looking, attractive

4 (fam)
a) ( de buena posición social) ‹familia/gente› well-to-do

b) ‹ barrio› well-to-do, posh (BrE)

bien 2 adverbio
1
a) ( de manera satisfactoria) ‹dormir/funcionar/cantar› well;

◊ no le fue bien en Alemania things didn't work out for her in Germany

b) ( correctamente) well;

◊ habla muy bien inglés she speaks English very well o very good English;

¡bien hecho/dicho! well done/said!;
pórtate bien behave yourself;
hiciste bien en decírselo you were right to tell him;
siéntate bien sit properly
c) ( de manera agradable) ‹oler/saber› good

2
a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly;

◊ bien cocido well o properly cooked;

¿cerraste bien? did you lock the door properly?;
bien sabes que … you know perfectly well that …
b) (con cuidado, atención) ‹escuchar/mirar› carefully

3
a) ( como intensificador) ( muy) very;

◊ canta bien mal he sings really badly;

bien entrada la noche very late at night;
¿estás bien seguro? are you positive?
b) ( en locs)

◊ más bien rather;

no bien as soon as;
si bien although
■ interjección:
◊ ¡(muy) bien! well done!, (very) good!;

¡qué bien! great!
■ conjunción: bien … o … either … or …;
se puede subir bien a pie o a caballo you can go up either on foot or on horseback
bien 3 sustantivo masculino
1 (Fil) good;
◊ el bien y el mal good and evil;

hacer el bien to do good deeds;
un hombre de bien a good man
2
a) (beneficio, bienestar) good;

◊ es por mi/tu bien it's for my/your own good

b)

◊ hacer bien (+ me/te/le etc): esto te hará bien this will do you good

3 ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10
4
◊ bienes

a) sustantivo masculino plural (Com) goods;

◊ bienes de consumo consumer goods

b) (Der) property;

◊ le dejó todos sus bienes she left him everything she owned;

bienes inmuebles or raíces real estate (AmE), property (BrE);
bienes muebles personal property, goods and chattels;
bienes públicos public property
bien
I sustantivo masculino
1 (justicia, bondad) good
no sabe diferenciar entre el bien y el mal, he can't tell the diference between good and evil
una persona de bien, a good person
2 (provecho, ventaja) lo hago por tu bien, I do it for your sake
en bien de la comunidad, for the good of community
3 (propiedad) property: no tiene ningún bien con el que avalar el crédito, he has no property or goods to guarantee his credit
bienes, goods
bienes de consumo, consumer goods pl; bienes gananciales, communal property
bienes inmuebles/raíces, real estate
II adverbio
1 (correctamente) well: hiciste bien en protestar, you were right to protest
toca bien el piano, she plays piano well
2 (sano) well, fine
sentirse/encontrarse bien, to feel well
3 (satisfactoriamente) este vestido te sienta bien, this dress suits you
oler bien, to smell nice
vivir bien, to be comfortably off
4 (antepuesto a un adjetivo: muy) very, quite
una cerveza bien fría, a nice cold beer
bien pronto, very early, very soon
(de buena gana) willingly, gladly: bien me iría ahora al cine, I'd love to go to the movies now
III conj ahora bien, now, now then
bien... o bien..., either... or...
bien que mal, one way or another
más bien, rather, a little
no bien, as soon as: no bien llegó..., no sooner had she arrived than...
pues bien, well then
o bien, or, or else
si bien, although, even though...: si bien es cierto que..., although it's quite clear that...
IV exclamación ¡bien!, good!, great!
¡está bien!, (¡de acuerdo!) fine!, all right
¡muy bien!, excellent, first class!
¡qué bien!, great!, fantastic
(desaprobación) ¡pues qué bien!, that's all I needed!
¡ya está bien!, that's (quite) enough!
V adj inv un barrio bien, a well-to-do neighbourhood
un niño bien, a rich kid
En general se traduce por well. Sin embargo, cuando hablamos de personas decimos fine al referirnos a su salud: ¿Qué tal estás? - Muy bien, gracias. How are you? - Fine, thanks. Para describir un objeto puedes usar good: Ese libro está muy bien. That book is very good.
' bien' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- acabar
- acero
- agarrar
- ahora
- alternar
- amarrar
- andar
- antes
- atrancar
- avenida
- avenido
- avenirse
- bailar
- barbaridad
- base
- bastante
- cabeza
- caer
- casar
- cerrarse
- columpiarse
- cómo
- comprobar
- comunicada
- comunicado
- comunitaria
- comunitario
- coña
- concesión
- considerada
- considerado
- consuelo
- contraria
- contrario
- convenir
- cumplir
- dar
- darse
- decirse
- declarar
- defenderse
- deteriorarse
- diáfana
- diáfano
- dinero
- discreta
- discreto
- disfrutar
- disputarse
English:
absence
- acquit
- agree
- airy
- all right
- along
- alternatively
- antisocial
- appreciate
- aptly
- articulate
- at
- aware
- balance
- ball
- begin
- behave
- beneath
- best
- better
- bookmobile
- boom
- border
- bouncy
- by
- card
- charity
- cheap
- clean-shaven
- clockwork
- closely
- cloud
- come in
- come off
- come out
- conform
- congenial
- convenient
- cosy
- cozy
- deserve
- do
- done
- effective
- either
- enjoy
- enunciate
- equipped
- familiar
- far

* * *

bien

♦ adj inv
[respetable]
una familia bien a good family;

un barrio bien a good area;
Pey a posh area;
un restaurante bien a posh restaurant;
Pey
niño bien rich kid;

gente bien well-to-do people

♦ nm

1. [concepto abstracto] good;

el bien y el mal good and evil;

se cree que está por encima del bien y del mal she thinks ordinary moral laws don't apply to her;

hacer el bien to do good (deeds);

un hombre de bien a good man

2. [provecho] good;

los padres desean el bien de los hijos parents desire the best for their children;

esto te hará bien this will do you good;

si se marcha, nos hará un bien a todos if she leaves, she'll be doing us all a favour;

espero que el cambio sea para bien I hope the change is for the best, I hope the change works out well;

por el bien de for the sake of;

lo hice por tu bien I did it for your own good;

han trabajado muy duro por el bien de todos they have worked very hard for the good of everyone

3. [nota] = mark between 6 and 6.9 out of 10, ≈ pass, ≈ C

♦ bienes nmpl

1. [patrimonio] property

Comp
bienes de capital capital assets;
bienes comunales common property;

bienes fungibles perishables;

bienes gananciales shared possessions;

bienes inmateriales intangible assets;

bienes inmuebles real estate, US real property;

bienes muebles personal property;

bienes públicos public property;

bienes raíces real estate, landed property

2. [productos] goods

Comp
bienes de consumo consumer goods;
bienes de consumo duraderos consumer durables, US hard goods;

bienes de equipo capital goods;

bienes de producción industrial goods;

bienes terrenales worldly goods

♦ adv

1. [debidamente, adecuadamente] well;

¿cómo estás? – bien, gracias how are you? – fine, thanks;

habla inglés bien she speaks English well;

¡agárrate bien! hold on tight!;

cierra bien la puerta shut the door properly;

conoce bien el tema she knows a lot about the subject, she knows the subject well;

¿vamos bien de gasolina? are we doing all right for Br petrol o US gas?, have we got plenty of Br petrol o US gas?;

bien mirado [bien pensado] if you look at it closely;
[bien visto] well-regarded;
bien pensado on reflection;

contestar bien [correctamente] to answer correctly;
[cortésmente] to answer politely;
escucha bien,… listen carefully,…;

estar bien relacionado to have good connections;

le está bien empleado he deserves it, it serves him right;

hacer algo bien to do sth well;

has hecho bien you did the right thing;

hiciste bien en decírmelo you were right to tell me;

pórtate bien be good, behave yourself;

salir bien librado to get off lightly;

todo salió bien everything turned out well;

vivir bien [económicamente] to be well-off;
[en armonía] to be happy
2. [expresa opinión favorable] well;

¡muy bien! very good!, excellent!;

¡bien hecho! well done!;

me cayó muy bien I liked her a lot;

me han hablado bien de él they have spoken well of him to me;

en Portugal se come muy bien the food is very good in Portugal;

estar bien [de aspecto] to be nice;
[de salud] to be o feel well; [de calidad] to be good; [de comodidad] to be comfortable;
¡está bien! [bueno, vale] all right then!;
[es suficiente] that's enough!;
este traje te está bien this suit looks good on you;

la tienda está bien situada the shop is well situated;

está bien que te vayas, pero antes despídete it's all right for you to go, but say goodbye first;

tal comportamiento no está bien visto such behaviour is frowned upon;

encontrarse bien [de salud] to feel well;

no se encuentra nada bien she doesn't feel at all well;

oler/saber bien to smell/taste nice o good;

¡qué bien huele en esta cocina! it smells nice o good in this kitchen!;

opinar bien de alguien to think highly of sb;

no acaba de parecerme bien I don't really think it's a very good idea;

no me parece bien que no la saludes I think it's wrong of you not to say hello to her;

¿te parece bien así? is it O.K. like this?, is this all right?;

pasarlo bien to have a good time;

¡qué bien, mañana no trabajo! great, I don't have to go to work tomorrow!;
Irónico
¡qué bien, ahora dice que no me puede pagar! isn't that just great, now she says she can't pay me!;

salir bien to turn out well;

¡qué bien sales en la foto! you look great in the photo!;

sentar bien a alguien [ropa] to suit sb;
[comida] to agree with sb; [comentario] to please sb;
el rojo no te sienta nada bien red doesn't suit you at all;

come tan rápido que no le puede sentar bien she eats so quickly she's bound to get indigestion;

algunos consideran que una copita de vino sienta bien some people think a glass of wine is good for you;

no le sentó nada bien que lo criticaras en público he didn't like you criticizing him in public at all, he was none too impressed by you criticizing him in public;

tu ayuda va a venir muy bien your help will be very welcome;

no me viene nada bien salir esta tarde it's not very convenient for me o it doesn't really suit me to go out this afternoon;

Prov

bien está lo que bien acaba all's well that ends well

3. [muy]
quiero el filete bien hecho I want my steak well done;

bien abierto wide open;

abre bien la boca open wide

4. [uso enfático] pretty;

un regalo bien caro a pretty expensive present;

vamos a llegar bien tarde we're going to be pretty late;

estoy bien cansado I'm pretty tired;

hoy me he levantado bien temprano I got up nice and early today;

quiero un vaso de agua bien fría I'd like a nice cold glass of water

5. [vale, de acuerdo] all right, O.K.;

¿nos vamos? – bien shall we go? – all right

6. [de buena gana, fácilmente] quite happily;

ella bien que lo haría, pero no le dejan she'd be happy to do it o she'd quite happily do it, but they won't let her

7. [expresa protesta]
¡bien podrías haberme avisado! you could at least have told me!;

¡bien podrías pagar tú esta vez! it would be nice if you paid for once o for a change!

8. [en frases]
bien es verdad que… it's certainly true that…;

¡bien por…! three cheers for…!;

¡ya está bien! that's enough!;

¡ya está bien de hacer el vago! that's enough lazing around!;

estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with sb;

¡pues (sí que) estamos bien! that's all we needed!;

tener a bien hacer algo to be good enough to do sth;

le rogamos tenga a bien pasarse por nuestras oficinas we would ask you to (be good enough to) come to our offices

♦ conj

bien… bien either… or;

puedes venir bien por avión, bien por barco you can come by plane or by boat;

dáselo bien a mi hermano, bien a mi padre give it to either my brother or my father

♦ interj

1. [aprobación] good!, great!;
[fastidio] oh, great!;
hoy saldréis al recreo media hora antes – ¡bien! break time will be half an hour earlier today – great!;

se acaba de estropear la televisión – ¡bien, lo que nos faltaba! the television has just broken down – oh great, that's all we needed!

2. [enlazando]
y bien, ¿qué te ha parecido? well o so, what did you think of it?;

y bien, ¿a qué estás esperando? well, what are you waiting for?

♦ más bien loc conj

rather;

no estoy contento, más bien estupefacto I'm not so much happy as stunned;

más bien creo que no vendrá I rather suspect she won't come, I think it unlikely that she'll come

♦ no bien, RP ni bien loc conj

no sooner, as soon as;

no bien me había marchado cuando empezaron a… no sooner had I gone than they started…

♦ si bien loc conj

although, even though

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bien

I m good;

por tu bien for your own good;

bienes pl goods, property sg ;

hombre de bien good man;

estar por encima del bien y del mal be above the law

II adj

:

¡está bien! it’s OK!, it’s alright!;

estoy bien I’m fine, I’m OK;

¿estás bien aquí? are you comfortable here?;

la gente bien well-to-do people

III adv

1 well; ( muy) very;

¡bien hecho! well done!;

bien está lo que bien acaba all’s well that ends well

2 ( correctamente) well, properly

3 en locuciones

:

más bien rather;

tener a bien hacer algo see fit to do sth;

hicieron bien en reservar los billetes con tanta antelación they did the right thing booking the tickets so far ahead;

haces bien en llevarte el paraguas it’s a good idea to take your umbrella;

estar (a) bien con alguien be on good terms with s.o.

IV conj

:

o bien … o … either … or …;

si bien, bien que although;

no bien as soon as

V int

:

¡ya está bien! that’s it!, that’s enough!;

pues bien well

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bien adv

1) : well

¿dormiste bien?: did you sleep well?

2) correctamente: correctly, properly, right

hay que hacerlo bien: it must be done correctly

3) : very, quite

el libro era bien divertido: the book was very amusing

4) : easily

bien puede acabarlo en un día: he can easily finish it in a day

5) : willingly, readily

bien lo aceptaré: I'll gladly accept it

6)

bien que : although

7)

más bien : rather

bien adj

1) : well, OK, all right

¿te sientes bien?: are you feeling all right?

2) : pleasant, agreeable

las flores huelen bien: the flowers smell very nice

3) : satisfactory

4) : correct, right

bien nm

1) : good

el bien y el mal: good and evil

2) bienes nmpl

: property, goods, possessions

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bien¹ adj (acomodado) well off / rich

un niño bien a rich kid

bien² adv

1. (en general) well

lo conozco bien I know him well

toca el piano muy bien she plays the piano really well

el examen le fue bien the exam went well / he did well in the exam

2. (de salud) well / fine

ayer me dolía el estómago, pero ya estoy bien I had a stomachache yesterday, but I'm fine now

estoy muy bien, gracias I'm very well, thank you

no me encuentro bien I don't feel very well

¿estás bien? are you all right?

3. (de gusto, olor, aspecto) nice / good [comp. better; superl. best]

¡qué bien huele! what a nice smell! / it smells really good!

4. (de manera correcta) properly / correctly / right

es importante comer bien it's important to eat properly

lo hace todo bien he does everything right

5. (para intensificar) very / quite

bien caliente nice and hot / very hot

es bien diferente it's quite different

6. (de acuerdo) all right / OK

¿vienes? Bien are you coming? OK

hacer bien en hacer algo to be right to do something

haces bien en no enfadarte you're right not to get angry

pasarlo bien to have a good time

portarse bien to behave yourself

bien³ conj either... or

se puede ir bien en tren, bien en autocar you can either go by train or by coach

bien⁴ n

1. (lo bueno) good

el bien y el mal good and evil

2. (beneficio) good

es por tu propio bien it's for you own good

3. (nota académica) good / C

sacó un bien he got a C

Spanish-English dictionary > bien

17 colocar

v.

1 to place, to put.

hay que colocar bien ese cuadro, está torcido that picture needs to be hung properly, it isn't straight

vuelve a colocar ese libro donde estaba put that book back where it was

Ella coloca el jarrón en la mesa She places the vase on the table.

La financiera coloca dinero The finance company invests money.

2 to place, to invest.

3 to find a job for.

colocó a su hijo de abogado en su empresa he found his son a job as a lawyer in his own firm

4 to marry off.

5 to palm off (informal) (endilgar).

le colocaron una moto que no funciona they palmed a motorbike off on him that doesn't work

6 to place in a job, to place.

Ella coloca a Ricardo She places Richard in a job.

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colocar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to place, put; (alfombra) to lay; (cuadro) to hang

2 (dar empleo) to get a job for

3 (casar) to marry off

■ ha colocado a su hija he has married off his daughter

4 MILITAR to position

5 FINANZAS to invest

■ colocar dinero to invest money

6 (mercancías) to sell well

7 familiar (artículos defectuosos) to fob off

8 familiar (explicar) to give

■ me colocó el mismo rollo he gave me the same old story

9 argot (drogas) to get stoned

► verbo pronominal colocarse

1 (situarse) to place oneself, put oneself, find oneself a place

■ el gato se colocó allí the cat settled down there

2 (trabajar) to find a job (de, as), get a job (de, as)

■ se ha colocado de enfermera she has got a job as a nurse

3 DEPORTE (clasificarse) to be

■ se han colocado segundos they are in second place

4 argot (embriagarse) to get sozzled; (drogarse) to get stoned

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verb

1) to place, put

2) arrange

•

- colocarse

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1. VT

1) (=situar) [gen] to place; [+ cartel] to put up; [+ bomba] to plant, place; [+ tropas] to position, place; [+ baldosa, moqueta, primera piedra] to lay; [+ cuadro] to hang; (Náut) [+ quilla] to lay down

coloca en cada plato una bola de helado — place a scoop of ice cream on each plate

colocamos la estatua en el centro — we placed the statue in the centre

de un solo pase colocó la pelota en la portería — he put o placed the ball in the net with just one touch

coloca las tazas en su sitio — put the cups away

colocaron carteles en el colegio — they put posters up around the school

colocar un producto en el mercado — to place a product on the market

2) (=ordenar) [+ muebles, objetos, libros] to arrange

tenemos que colocar los muebles de otro modo — we need to arrange the furniture differently

he colocado las revistas por orden alfabético — I've arranged the magazines in alphabetical order

colocó a los niños en fila — he lined the children up

3) (=dar trabajo)

colocar a algn — [agencia] to get sb a job; [empresario, jefe] to give sb a job

ha colocado a su hermano como camarero en su bar — he got his brother a job as a waiter in his bar

4) (Econ) [+ acciones, dinero] to place

5) † (=casar) to marry off

tiene a todas sus hijas bien colocadas — she has all her daughters nicely married off

6) * (=endilgar)

colocar algo a algn — to palm sth off on sb, palm sb off with sth

nos han colocado un vídeo que no funciona — they've palmed us off with a video that doesn't work

no sé a quién colocar estas enciclopedias — I don't know who to palm these encyclopaedias off on

otra vez quería colocarnos el mismo rollo — he tried to fob us off with the same old story again *

2.

VI Esp
** [drogas, alcohol]
este vino coloca — this wine is pretty strong stuff

3.

See:

colocarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( en lugar) to place, put; <losas/alfombra> to lay; < cuadro> to hang

b) (Com, Fin) < acciones> to place; < dinero> to place, invest; < producto> to put

2) < persona>

a) ( en lugar) to put

b) ( en trabajo) to get... a job

el padre lo colocó como jefe de departamento — his father placed him in charge of the department
2.
colocarse v pron

1) (situarse, ponerse)

se colocó a mi lado — she stood/sat beside me

si gana se colocará en tercer lugar — if he wins he'll move into third place

2) ( en trabajo) to get a job

3) (Esp arg) ( con drogas) to get stoned (colloq)

4) (refl)

a) ( arreglarse) < sombrero> to adjust; < falda> to straighten

b) (Chi) ( ponerse) <reloj/abrigo> to put on

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= arrange, collocate, place, position, sit, site, tuck, lay + in place, go on, dispose, lay on, range, set up, lay out.

Ex. A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex. Author entry gives direct access to particular documents whilst at the same time collocating documents with the same author.

Ex. In each class the most significant facet is placed first, the next most significant next, and so on.

Ex. Once the cursor has been positioned to where the mistake was made, then enter in the correct data.

Ex. It would be highly desirable to have a phone sitting on top of the library catalogue (if your are still in the dark ages with a card catalogue that is).

Ex. The library's data bases are available at a number of locations via appropriately sited terminals.

Ex. The easy chairs are however often tucked into odd corners where you could not put a full table and chair anyway.

Ex. Finally gold leaf was laid in place over the blind impressions, and fixed into them with further impressions of the hot tools, surplus gold being rubbed off.

Ex. If the issue is to go on the display shelf, an 'X' appears under 'Display'.

Ex. This system promises to augment existing networks with the appropriate intelligence which will enable them to build, test, manage, maintain, change, dispose and withdraw services easily, rapidly and cost effectively.

Ex. Machine-made paper, provided that it was dry, could be laid on with sufficient accuracy for register to be made with no more ado than adjustment of the forme for the second run.

Ex. Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.

Ex. The reference service is set up next to, on in the case of small units, in the reading room.

Ex. There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.

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* colocar Algo en reserva = place + Nombre + in reserve, place + Nombre + on reserve, place + Nombre + on hold.

* colocar como primer elemento de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead.

* colocar de nuevo en los estantes = reshelve [re-shelve].

* colocar en el lugar donde = put in + the place where.

* colocar en los estantes = shelve.

* colocar en los estantes sin distinguir tipo de material = intershelve.

* colocar en sentido horizontal = lay + flat.

* colocar en su lugar = drop into + place.

* colocar en un lugar = put into + place.

* colocar en un lugar erróneo = misplace.

* colocar fuera de alcance = place + out of reach.

* colocar junto a = juxtapose.

* colocar juntos en el catálogo = collocate.

* colocarse = get + high.

* colocarse en la posición de = place + Reflexivo + in the position of.

* colocarse las medallas = take + the credit (for).

* colocar una bomba = plant + bomb.

* que se coloca en lo alto del televisor = set-top.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( en lugar) to place, put; <losas/alfombra> to lay; < cuadro> to hang

b) (Com, Fin) < acciones> to place; < dinero> to place, invest; < producto> to put

2) < persona>

a) ( en lugar) to put

b) ( en trabajo) to get... a job

el padre lo colocó como jefe de departamento — his father placed him in charge of the department
2.
colocarse v pron

1) (situarse, ponerse)

se colocó a mi lado — she stood/sat beside me

si gana se colocará en tercer lugar — if he wins he'll move into third place

2) ( en trabajo) to get a job

3) (Esp arg) ( con drogas) to get stoned (colloq)

4) (refl)

a) ( arreglarse) < sombrero> to adjust; < falda> to straighten

b) (Chi) ( ponerse) <reloj/abrigo> to put on

* * *

= arrange, collocate, place, position, sit, site, tuck, lay + in place, go on, dispose, lay on, range, set up, lay out.

Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex: Author entry gives direct access to particular documents whilst at the same time collocating documents with the same author.

Ex: In each class the most significant facet is placed first, the next most significant next, and so on.

Ex: Once the cursor has been positioned to where the mistake was made, then enter in the correct data.

Ex: It would be highly desirable to have a phone sitting on top of the library catalogue (if your are still in the dark ages with a card catalogue that is).

Ex: The library's data bases are available at a number of locations via appropriately sited terminals.

Ex: The easy chairs are however often tucked into odd corners where you could not put a full table and chair anyway.

Ex: Finally gold leaf was laid in place over the blind impressions, and fixed into them with further impressions of the hot tools, surplus gold being rubbed off.

Ex: If the issue is to go on the display shelf, an 'X' appears under 'Display'.

Ex: This system promises to augment existing networks with the appropriate intelligence which will enable them to build, test, manage, maintain, change, dispose and withdraw services easily, rapidly and cost effectively.

Ex: Machine-made paper, provided that it was dry, could be laid on with sufficient accuracy for register to be made with no more ado than adjustment of the forme for the second run.

Ex: Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.

Ex: The reference service is set up next to, on in the case of small units, in the reading room.

Ex: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.

* colocar Algo en reserva = place + Nombre + in reserve, place + Nombre + on reserve, place + Nombre + on hold.

* colocar como primer elemento de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead.

* colocar de nuevo en los estantes = reshelve [re-shelve].

* colocar en el lugar donde = put in + the place where.

* colocar en los estantes = shelve.

* colocar en los estantes sin distinguir tipo de material = intershelve.

* colocar en sentido horizontal = lay + flat.

* colocar en su lugar = drop into + place.

* colocar en un lugar = put into + place.

* colocar en un lugar erróneo = misplace.

* colocar fuera de alcance = place + out of reach.

* colocar junto a = juxtapose.

* colocar juntos en el catálogo = collocate.

* colocarse = get + high.

* colocarse en la posición de = place + Reflexivo + in the position of.

* colocarse las medallas = take + the credit (for).

* colocar una bomba = plant + bomb.

* que se coloca en lo alto del televisor = set-top.

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colocar [A2 ]

vt

A

1 (en un lugar) to place, put; ‹losas/alfombra› to lay; ‹cuadro› to hang

coloca el cuadro un poco más arriba put o hang the picture a little higher up

colocó los sillones a ambos lados del sofá he placed o arranged o positioned the armchairs on both sides of the sofa

los libros estaban colocados por orden alfabético the books had been placed o arranged in alphabetical order

colocó el jarrón en el centro de la mesa she placed o put o positioned the vase in the center of the table

colócalo de manera que no obstruya el paso put it somewhere it's not going to get in people's way

2 ( Com, Fin) ‹acciones› to place; ‹dinero› to place, invest

colocó el dinero al 9% she placed o invested the money at 9%

colocar un producto en el mercado to launch a product on to the market

B ‹persona›

1 (en un lugar) to put

la colocaron en primera fila they put her in the front row

colocó a los niños por orden de estatura he put o arranged the children in order of height

2

(en un trabajo): un amigo lo colocó en el banco a friend got him a job at the bank

el padre lo colocó como jefe de departamento his father placed him in charge of the department

3 ‹hija› to marry off

■ colocarse

v pron

A

(ponerse, situarse): entró y se colocó al lado del director she came in and stood/sat beside the director

se colocaron en primera fila they sat in the front row

con esta victoria el equipo se coloca en tercer lugar after this win the team moves into third place

B (en un trabajo) to get a job

se colocó como secretaria she got a job as a secretary

se colocó en una casa muy buena she found a position in a very good household

en cuanto acabó la carrera se colocó as soon as she finished studying she found o got a job

C

1 ( fam) (emborracharse) to get plastered ( colloq)

2 ( arg) (con drogas) to get stoned ( colloq)

D ( refl) ( Chi) ‹reloj/abrigo/sombrero› to put on

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colocar ( conjugate colocar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( en lugar) to place, put;

‹losas/alfombra› to lay;
‹ cuadro› to hang;
‹ bomba› to plant
b) (Com, Fin) ‹ acciones› to place;

‹ dinero› to place, invest
2 ‹ persona›
a) ( en lugar) to put

b) ( en trabajo) to get … a job

colocarse verbo pronominal
a) (situarse, ponerse):

◊ se colocó a mi lado she stood/sat beside me

b) ( en trabajo) to get a job

colocar verbo transitivo
1 to place, put
2 (dar un empleo) to give work to
3 Fin (invertir) to invest
4 (encasquetar) ese vendedor ya me ha colocado una batidora manual, that salesman saddled me with a manual mixer
4 argot (drogar) to stone
' colocar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actual
- disponer
- estacar
- estirón
- recoger
- atravesar
- depositar
- emplear
- encajar
- instalar
- lado
- montar
- poner
- situar
- ubicar
English:
actual
- arrange
- lay
- maybe
- perch
- place
- plant
- plonk
- pose
- position
- put
- range
- replace
- set
- sit
- stack
- stand
- station
- bomb
- bug
- hang
- reset
- stick
- turf
- upright

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colocar

♦ vt

1. [en un sitio] to place, to put;

colocar una bomba to plant a bomb;

el acomodador coloca a los espectadores en sus asientos the usher shows the audience to their seats;

vuelve a colocar ese libro donde estaba put that book back where it was;

nos colocaron en la parte de atrás del avión they put us in the rear section of the plane

2. [en una posición]
colocar los brazos en alto to raise one's arms;

hay que colocar bien ese cuadro, pues está torcido that picture needs to be hung properly, it isn't straight

3. [en un empleo] to find a job for;

colocó a su hijo de abogado en su empresa he found his son a job as a lawyer in his own firm

4. [casar] to marry off

5. Bolsa [acciones] to place;
[dinero] to invest;
coloqué mis ahorros en acciones I invested my savings in esp Br shares o esp US stock(s);

colocaron un millón de títulos they placed a million in bonds

6. [endilgar] to palm off (a on);
le colocaron una moto que no funciona they palmed a motorbike off on him that doesn't work;

el vendedor me intentó colocar un modelo más caro the salesman tried to get me to buy a more expensive model

7. Fam [sujeto: droga] to give a high to;

¿a ti te coloca la marihuana? does marijuana give you a high?

♦ vi
Fam [droga, alcohol]
este costo coloca cantidad this hash gives you a real high;

este ponche coloca mucho this punch is strong stuff

♦ See also the pronominal verb colocarse

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colocar

v/t put, place;

colocar a alguien en un trabajo get s.o. a job

* * *

colocar {72} vt

1) poner: to place, to put

2) : to find a job for

3) : to invest

♦ See also the reflexive verb colocarse

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colocar vb

1. (en general) to put [pt. & pp. put] / to place

coloca la ropa en el armario put your clothes in the wardrobe

2. (instalar) to install

vamos a colocar la antena parabólica we're going to install a satellite dish

3. (proporcionar un empleo) to find a job [pt. & pp. found] / to get a job

su padre lo colocó en la fábrica his father got him a job in the factory

4. (endilgar) to get rid of

al fin consiguió colocar el coche he finally got rid of his car

Spanish-English dictionary > colocar

18 sobrado

adj.

more than enough, generous, quite enough, abundant.

m.

attic, garret.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: sobrar.

pres.indicat.

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

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sobrado

► adverbio

1 (demasiado) too

► nombre masculino

1 (desván) attic, garret

————————

sobrado

► participio pasado

1→ link=sobrar sobrar

► adjetivo

1 (que sobra) ample, more than enough, plenty of

► adverbio sobrado

1 (demasiado) too

► nombre masculino

1 (desván) attic, garret

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FRASEOLOGÍA

andar sobrado,-a to have a lot to spare, have plenty to spare

■ andamos sobrados de tiempo we've got plenty of time to spare

estar sobrado,-a de algo to have plenty of

■ están sobrados de dinero they've got plenty of money

tener sobrada razón to be quite right

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1. ADJ

1) [cantidad, tiempo] (=más que suficiente) more than enough; (=superfluo) superfluous, excessive; (=sobreabundante) superabundant

hay tiempo sobrado — there's plenty of time

motivo más que sobrado para hacerlo — all the more reason to do it

tuvo razones sobradas para... — he had good reason to...

sobradas veces — repeatedly

2)

estar sobrado de algo — to have more than enough of sth

3) (=acaudalado) wealthy

no anda muy sobrado — he's not very well off

4) (=atrevido) bold, forward

5) Cono Sur (=enorme) colossal

6)

darse de sobrado — And * to be full of oneself

2.

ADV too, exceedingly

3. SM

1) (=desván) attic, garret

2) pl sobrados Andalucía, Cono Sur leftovers

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I
- da adjetivo

1)

a) < experiencia>: ample, more than enough

un escritor con sobrados méritos para el premio — a writer who is more than worthy of the prize

tengo sobrados motivos para sospechar — I have good reason to be suspicious

b) [ESTAR] < persona>

sobrado DE algo: está sobrada de dinero she has plenty of money; no ando muy sobrado de dinero I'm a bit short of money at the moment; no estoy muy sobrado de tiempo — I'm a bit short of time

2) (Andes fam) ( engreído) full of oneself (colloq)
II
adverbio (Andes)

llegó sobrado a la meta — he crossed the finishing line well ahead of the rest

lo sé sobrado — I know that only too well
III
- da masculino, femenino (Andes fam) bighead (colloq)

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* sobrado de tiempo = unpressed for time.

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I
- da adjetivo

1)

a) < experiencia>: ample, more than enough

un escritor con sobrados méritos para el premio — a writer who is more than worthy of the prize

tengo sobrados motivos para sospechar — I have good reason to be suspicious

b) [ESTAR] < persona>

sobrado DE algo: está sobrada de dinero she has plenty of money; no ando muy sobrado de dinero I'm a bit short of money at the moment; no estoy muy sobrado de tiempo — I'm a bit short of time

2) (Andes fam) ( engreído) full of oneself (colloq)
II
adverbio (Andes)

llegó sobrado a la meta — he crossed the finishing line well ahead of the rest

lo sé sobrado — I know that only too well
III
- da masculino, femenino (Andes fam) bighead (colloq)

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* sobrado de tiempo = unpressed for time.

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sobrado¹ -da

adjective

A

1 ‹experiencia/motivos›

con experiencia sobrada with more than enough o with ample experience

un escritor con sobrados méritos para el premio a writer who is more than worthy of the prize

tengo sobrados motivos para sospechar I have every o ample reason to be suspicious

2 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› sobrado DE algo:

está sobrada de dinero she has plenty of money

no ando muy sobrado de dinero I don't have much money at the moment, I'm not very well off at the moment, I'm a bit short of money at the moment

no estoy muy sobrado de tiempo I'm a bit short of time, I don't have too much o all that much time

B ( Andes fam) (engreído) full of oneself ( colloq)

desde que lo nombraron jefe se ha puesto muy sobrado since he was made the boss he's been very full of himself o he's become very conceited

sobrado²

adverb

( Andes): llegó sobrado a la meta he won easily, he crossed the finishing line well ahead of the rest

lo sé sobrado I know that only too well

¿llegarás a tiempo? — ¡sobrado! do you think you'll make it? — easily!

sobrado³

masculine

A (desván) loft, attic

B sobrados mpl ( Col fam) (sobras) leftovers (pl)

sobrado⁴ -da

masculine, feminine

( Andes fam)

show-off ( colloq), bighead ( colloq)

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Del verbo sobrar: ( conjugate sobrar)

sobrado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
sobrado
sobrar
sobrado
◊ -da adjetivo

1
a) ‹ experiencia› ample, more than enough;

◊ tengo sobrados motivos para sospechar I have every reason to be suspicious

b) ‹ persona›:

◊ estar sobrado de algo to have plenty of sth;

no ando muy sobrado de tiempo I'm a bit short of time
2 (Andes fam) ( engreído) full of oneself (colloq)
sobrar ( conjugate sobrar) verbo intransitivo
a) (quedar, restar):

◊ sobró mucha comida there was a lot of food left over;

¿te ha sobrado dinero? do you have any money left?
b) ( estar de más):

◊ ya veo que sobro aquí I can see I'm not wanted/needed here;

a mí no me sobra el dinero I don't have money to throw around (colloq);
sobra un cubierto there's an extra place
sobrado,-a
I adjetivo more than enough, plenty
II m (altillo, desván) loft
sobrar verbo intransitivo
1 (quedar) to be left (over): si sobra tela hago un cojín, if there's any fabric left, I'll make a cushion
2 (haber en exceso) to be more than enough: nos sobra espacio para ponerlo, we have plenty of room to put it
3 (estar de más, ser innecesario) su marido sobraba en aquella reunión, her husband wasn't wanted at that meeting
sobran las disculpas, there is no need for you to apologize
' sobrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
holgada
- holgado
- sobrada
- sobrar

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sobrado, -a

♦ adj

1. [de sobra]
con sobrada experiencia with ample experience;

tengo sobradas sospechas para desconfiar de él I've more than enough reasons to suspect him

2. [con suficiente]
estar sobrado de dinero/tiempo to have more than enough money/time

3. Chile [enorme] enormous, huge

♦ sobrados nmpl Andes

leftovers

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sobrado

I adj

:

estar o

andar sobrado de algo have plenty of sth;

no andar muy sobrado de algo not have much sth

II adv easily;

te conozco sobrado I know you well enough

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sobrado, -da adj

: abundant, excessive, more than enough

Spanish-English dictionary > sobrado

19 time

I [taɪm]
nome

1) (continuum) tempo m.

in o with time col tempo; in the course of time nel corso del tempo; as time goes, went by con il passare del tempo; at this point in time a questo punto; for all time per tutto il tempo, per sempre; the biggest drugs haul of all time — la più grossa partita di droga mai vista

2) (specific duration) tempo m.

most of the time — la maggiore parte del tempo

for some of the time — per un certo periodo

I was waiting for you here all the time — ti ho aspettato qui per tutto il tempo

she was lying all the time — aveva sempre mentito

you've got all the time in the world — hai tutto il tempo del mondo

you've got plenty of time — hai molto tempo

to take one's time — prendersela comoda

it'll be a long time before I go back there! — passerà molto tempo prima che io ci torni!

you took a long time! — ce ne hai messo di tempo!

we had to wait for a long time — abbiamo dovuto aspettare a lungo

a long, short time ago — molto, poco tempo fa

we haven't heard from her for some time — non abbiamo sue notizie da un po' di tempo

in no time at all o in next to no time in un niente; in five days' time nel giro di o in cinque giorni; within the agreed time entro i termini convenuti; in your own time (at your own pace) al tuo ritmo; (outside working hours) al di fuori dell'orario di lavoro; on company time durante l'orario di ufficio; my time isn't my own — non sono padrone del mio tempo

3) (hour of the day, night) ora f.

what time is it? what's the time? — che ora è? che ore sono?

the time is 11 o'clock — sono le 11 (in punto)

10 am Italian time — le dieci antimeridiane, ora italiana

this time last week, year — la scorsa settimana a questa stessa ora, l'anno scorso in questo stesso periodo

by this time next week — a quest'ora fra una settimana

on time — a tempo, puntualmente

the train times — gli orari dei treni

it's time for bed — è ora di andare a letto

it's time we started — è ora di cominciare

to lose time — [ clock] restare indietro

that clock keeps good time — quell'orologio è sempre preciso

about time too! — alla buonora!

not before time! — era proprio ora!

to arrive in good time — arrivare in anticipo

in time for Christmas — (in tempo) per Natale

to be behind time — essere in ritardo o indietro

twenty minutes ahead of time — venti minuti in anticipo

4) (era, epoch) tempo m., epoca f.

in Victorian times — nell'epoca vittoriana

in Dickens' times — ai tempi di Dickens

at the time — al tempo, all'epoca

time was o there was a time when one could... ci fu un tempo in cui o un tempo si poteva...; to be ahead of o in advance of the times precorrere i tempi; to be behind the times non essere al passo con i tempi; to keep up o move with the times tenersi o essere al passo con i tempi; in times past in former times nei tempi passati, nel passato; it's just like old times è proprio come ai vecchi tempi; give peace in our time relig. concedi la pace ai nostri giorni; at my time of life alla mia età; she was a beautiful woman in her time era una bella donna ai suoi tempi; it was before my time (before my birth) non ero ancora nato; (before I came here) non ero ancora venuto qua; if I had my time over again se potessi ricominciare, se potessi ritornare indietro, se ridiventassi giovane; to die before one's time — morire prima del tempo o prematuramente

5) (moment) momento m.

at times — a volte

at the time I didn't notice — al momento non l'avevo notato

at the right time — al momento giusto

this is no time for jokes — non è il momento di scherzare

at all times — tutti i momenti, sempre

at any time — in qualsiasi momento

the time has come for action — è giunto il momento di agire

by the time I finished the letter the post had gone — quando finii la lettera la posta era già partita

by the time she had got downstairs he had gone — quando scese di sotto era già partito

by this time most of them were dead — a quel punto la maggior parte di loro erano morti

some time this week — un giorno di questa settimana

some time next month — il mese prossimo

for the time being — per il momento

from that o this time on a partire da quel o questo momento; when the time comes quando viene il momento; in times of crisis nei momenti di crisi; until such time as fino al momento in cui; at the same time allo stesso tempo; I can't be in two places at the same time — non posso essere in due posti allo stesso tempo

6) (occasion) volta f.

nine times out of ten — nove volte su dieci

three times a month — tre volte al mese

time after time o time and time again continuamente, in continuazione; three at a time tre per o alla volta; she passed her driving test first time round ha passato l'esame di guida al primo colpo; from time to time di tanto in tanto; for months at a time per mesi interi; (in) between times — nel frattempo o intanto

7) (experience)

to have a tough o hard time doing incontrare delle difficoltà a fare; he's having a rough o hard o tough time sta attraversando un periodo difficile; we had a good time ci siamo divertiti; to have an easy time (of it) cavarsela facilmente; the good, bad times i momenti felici, difficili; she enjoyed her time in Canada — è stata molto bene durante il suo soggiorno in Canada

8) amm. ind. (hourly rate)

to work, be paid time — lavorare, essere pagato a ore

to be paid time and a half — essere pagato una volta e mezza la tariffa normale

9) (length of period)

flight, journey time — durata del volo, del viaggio

10) mus. tempo m.

to beat o mark time battere o segnare il tempo; in waltz time — a tempo di valzer

11) sport tempo m.

a fast time — un buon tempo

to keep time — cronometrare

12) mat. fig.

three times four — tre per quattro

ten times stronger — dieci volte più forte

eight times as much — otto volte tanto

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from time out of mind — dalla notte dei tempi

there is a time and place for everything — c'è un tempo e un luogo per ogni cosa

there's always a first time — c'è sempre una prima volta

he'll tell you in his own good time — te lo dirà a suo tempo o quando lo vorrà lui

all in good time — tutto o ogni cosa a suo tempo

only time will tell — chi vivrà vedrà

to pass the time of day with sb. — fare due chiacchiere con qcn.

to have time on one's hands — avere del tempo libero

to have a lot of time for sb. — ammirare o apprezzare molto qcn.

I've got no time for that sort of attitude — non sopporto quel tipo di atteggia mento

to do time — colloq. (in prison) stare al fresco

give me Italy every time! — non c'è niente come l'Italia!

long time no see! — colloq. è un bel po' che non ci si vede!
II 1. [taɪm]
verbo transitivo

1) (schedule) fissare, programmare [holiday, visit]; fissare [appointment, meeting]

we time our trips to fit in with school holidays — programmiamo i nostri viaggi in modo che coincidano con le vacanze scolastiche

the bomb is timed to go off at midday — la bomba è regolata per esplodere a mezzogiorno

to be well-, badly-timed — avvenire al momento giusto, sbagliato

the announcement was perfectly timed — l'annuncio fu dato al momento giusto

2) (judge) calibrare [blow, shot]

to time a joke — scegliere il momento adatto per una battuta

3) (measure speed, duration) cronometrare [athlete, cyclist]; calcolare la durata di [journey, speech]
2.
verbo riflessivo

to time oneself — cronometrarsi

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1. noun
1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) ora

2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) tempo

3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) momento, ora

4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') tempo

5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) momento

6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) volta

7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) periodo, tempo

8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) tempo
2. verb
1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) cronometrare

2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) (scegliere il momento di)

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- timeless
- timelessly
- timelessness
- timely
- timeliness
- timer
- times
- timing
- time bomb
- time-consuming
- time limit
- time off
- time out
- timetable
- all in good time
- all the time
- at times
- be behind time
- for the time being
- from time to time
- in good time
- in time
- no time at all
- no time
- one
- two at a time
- on time
- save
- waste time
- take one's time
- time and time again
- time and again
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I [taɪm]
nome

1) (continuum) tempo m.

in o with time col tempo; in the course of time nel corso del tempo; as time goes, went by con il passare del tempo; at this point in time a questo punto; for all time per tutto il tempo, per sempre; the biggest drugs haul of all time — la più grossa partita di droga mai vista

2) (specific duration) tempo m.

most of the time — la maggiore parte del tempo

for some of the time — per un certo periodo

I was waiting for you here all the time — ti ho aspettato qui per tutto il tempo

she was lying all the time — aveva sempre mentito

you've got all the time in the world — hai tutto il tempo del mondo

you've got plenty of time — hai molto tempo

to take one's time — prendersela comoda

it'll be a long time before I go back there! — passerà molto tempo prima che io ci torni!

you took a long time! — ce ne hai messo di tempo!

we had to wait for a long time — abbiamo dovuto aspettare a lungo

a long, short time ago — molto, poco tempo fa

we haven't heard from her for some time — non abbiamo sue notizie da un po' di tempo

in no time at all o in next to no time in un niente; in five days' time nel giro di o in cinque giorni; within the agreed time entro i termini convenuti; in your own time (at your own pace) al tuo ritmo; (outside working hours) al di fuori dell'orario di lavoro; on company time durante l'orario di ufficio; my time isn't my own — non sono padrone del mio tempo

3) (hour of the day, night) ora f.

what time is it? what's the time? — che ora è? che ore sono?

the time is 11 o'clock — sono le 11 (in punto)

10 am Italian time — le dieci antimeridiane, ora italiana

this time last week, year — la scorsa settimana a questa stessa ora, l'anno scorso in questo stesso periodo

by this time next week — a quest'ora fra una settimana

on time — a tempo, puntualmente

the train times — gli orari dei treni

it's time for bed — è ora di andare a letto

it's time we started — è ora di cominciare

to lose time — [ clock] restare indietro

that clock keeps good time — quell'orologio è sempre preciso

about time too! — alla buonora!

not before time! — era proprio ora!

to arrive in good time — arrivare in anticipo

in time for Christmas — (in tempo) per Natale

to be behind time — essere in ritardo o indietro

twenty minutes ahead of time — venti minuti in anticipo

4) (era, epoch) tempo m., epoca f.

in Victorian times — nell'epoca vittoriana

in Dickens' times — ai tempi di Dickens

at the time — al tempo, all'epoca

time was o there was a time when one could... ci fu un tempo in cui o un tempo si poteva...; to be ahead of o in advance of the times precorrere i tempi; to be behind the times non essere al passo con i tempi; to keep up o move with the times tenersi o essere al passo con i tempi; in times past in former times nei tempi passati, nel passato; it's just like old times è proprio come ai vecchi tempi; give peace in our time relig. concedi la pace ai nostri giorni; at my time of life alla mia età; she was a beautiful woman in her time era una bella donna ai suoi tempi; it was before my time (before my birth) non ero ancora nato; (before I came here) non ero ancora venuto qua; if I had my time over again se potessi ricominciare, se potessi ritornare indietro, se ridiventassi giovane; to die before one's time — morire prima del tempo o prematuramente

5) (moment) momento m.

at times — a volte

at the time I didn't notice — al momento non l'avevo notato

at the right time — al momento giusto

this is no time for jokes — non è il momento di scherzare

at all times — tutti i momenti, sempre

at any time — in qualsiasi momento

the time has come for action — è giunto il momento di agire

by the time I finished the letter the post had gone — quando finii la lettera la posta era già partita

by the time she had got downstairs he had gone — quando scese di sotto era già partito

by this time most of them were dead — a quel punto la maggior parte di loro erano morti

some time this week — un giorno di questa settimana

some time next month — il mese prossimo

for the time being — per il momento

from that o this time on a partire da quel o questo momento; when the time comes quando viene il momento; in times of crisis nei momenti di crisi; until such time as fino al momento in cui; at the same time allo stesso tempo; I can't be in two places at the same time — non posso essere in due posti allo stesso tempo

6) (occasion) volta f.

nine times out of ten — nove volte su dieci

three times a month — tre volte al mese

time after time o time and time again continuamente, in continuazione; three at a time tre per o alla volta; she passed her driving test first time round ha passato l'esame di guida al primo colpo; from time to time di tanto in tanto; for months at a time per mesi interi; (in) between times — nel frattempo o intanto

7) (experience)

to have a tough o hard time doing incontrare delle difficoltà a fare; he's having a rough o hard o tough time sta attraversando un periodo difficile; we had a good time ci siamo divertiti; to have an easy time (of it) cavarsela facilmente; the good, bad times i momenti felici, difficili; she enjoyed her time in Canada — è stata molto bene durante il suo soggiorno in Canada

8) amm. ind. (hourly rate)

to work, be paid time — lavorare, essere pagato a ore

to be paid time and a half — essere pagato una volta e mezza la tariffa normale

9) (length of period)

flight, journey time — durata del volo, del viaggio

10) mus. tempo m.

to beat o mark time battere o segnare il tempo; in waltz time — a tempo di valzer

11) sport tempo m.

a fast time — un buon tempo

to keep time — cronometrare

12) mat. fig.

three times four — tre per quattro

ten times stronger — dieci volte più forte

eight times as much — otto volte tanto

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from time out of mind — dalla notte dei tempi

there is a time and place for everything — c'è un tempo e un luogo per ogni cosa

there's always a first time — c'è sempre una prima volta

he'll tell you in his own good time — te lo dirà a suo tempo o quando lo vorrà lui

all in good time — tutto o ogni cosa a suo tempo

only time will tell — chi vivrà vedrà

to pass the time of day with sb. — fare due chiacchiere con qcn.

to have time on one's hands — avere del tempo libero

to have a lot of time for sb. — ammirare o apprezzare molto qcn.

I've got no time for that sort of attitude — non sopporto quel tipo di atteggia mento

to do time — colloq. (in prison) stare al fresco

give me Italy every time! — non c'è niente come l'Italia!

long time no see! — colloq. è un bel po' che non ci si vede!
II 1. [taɪm]
verbo transitivo

1) (schedule) fissare, programmare [holiday, visit]; fissare [appointment, meeting]

we time our trips to fit in with school holidays — programmiamo i nostri viaggi in modo che coincidano con le vacanze scolastiche

the bomb is timed to go off at midday — la bomba è regolata per esplodere a mezzogiorno

to be well-, badly-timed — avvenire al momento giusto, sbagliato

the announcement was perfectly timed — l'annuncio fu dato al momento giusto

2) (judge) calibrare [blow, shot]

to time a joke — scegliere il momento adatto per una battuta

3) (measure speed, duration) cronometrare [athlete, cyclist]; calcolare la durata di [journey, speech]
2.
verbo riflessivo

to time oneself — cronometrarsi

English-Italian dictionary > time

20 Luft

f; -, Lüfte

1. air; (Atmosphäre) atmosphere; im Bauch: wind; frische Luft schnappen umg. oder an die Luft gehen get some fresh air; er kommt zu wenig an die Luft he doesn’t get enough fresh air, he doesn’t get out enough; den ganzen Tag an der frischen Luft sein be out in the open all day; etw. an die Luft hängen hang s.th. out (to air); in der Luft (über dem Boden) schwebend etc.: in mid-air; die Aufnahmen sind aus der Luft gemacht the photographs were taken from the air; sich in die Lüfte schwingen geh. glide high in the air; es liegt ein Gewitter in der Luft there’s a storm coming; die Luft herauslassen aus let the air out of; aus Reifen etc.: auch let down; umg., fig. uncork; die Luft aus jemandes Glas lassen umg., hum. fill up s.o.’s glass; aus etw. ist die Luft raus umg., fig. s.th. has fizzled out ( oder gone phut); die Luft ist rein umg., fig. the coast is clear; es liegt etwas in der Luft fig. there’s something in the air; es muss wohl an der Luft liegen bei auffälligem Verhalten von Personen: there must be something in the water; jemanden an die Luft setzen umg., fig. throw ( oder kick) s.o. out; jemanden wie Luft behandeln act as if s.o. wasn’t there; sie ist für mich Luft she doesn’t exist as far as I’m concerned; vor Freude in die Luft springen jump for joy; in die Luft fliegen umg. blow up, explode; in die Luft jagen umg. blow up; in die Luft gehen umg., fig. hit the roof, go ballistic; leicht in die Luft gehen be quick to lose one’s temper, have a short fuse; sich in Luft auflösen umg. disappear into thin air; Pläne etc.: go up in smoke; das hängt oder schwebt alles ( noch) in der Luft umg., fig. it’s all up in the air; dick, greifen I, Loch etc.

2. (Atem) breath; (Atempause) breathing space; Luft holen take a ( oder draw) breath; beim Sprechen etc.: pause for breath; tief Luft holen take a deep breath; fig., vor Erstaunen: swallow hard; da musste ich erst mal tief Luft holen umg., fig. I had to swallow hard; keine Luft haben be out of breath; ich bekam keine Luft mehr I couldn’t breathe properly, I felt I was going to suffocate; ich bekam fast keine Luft I could hardly breathe; nach Luft schnappen umg. gasp for breath; wieder Luft bekommen get one’s breath back (auch fig.); mir blieb die Luft weg umg., fig. it took my breath away, I just stood gaping; halt ( mal) die Luft an! umg., fig. give us a break, Brit. auch put a sock in it (, will you); von Luft und Liebe leben umg. live on air; wir können nicht von der Luft oder nicht von Luft und Liebe leben umg. auch we can’t live on nothing (at all); ausgehen 3

3. (Luftbewegung) light breeze, breath of air; sich (Dat) / jemandem. Luft zufächeln fan o.s. / s.o.

4. umg., fig. (Raum) space; (Spielraum) room to move; zeitlich: leeway; TECH. clearance; seiner Wut Luft machen let out one’s anger, vent one’s wrath; sich (Dat) oder seinen Gefühlen Luft machen let out one’s pent-up feelings; seine Gefühle machten sich Luft his feelings all came pouring out; jetzt hab ich endlich wieder Luft I can breathe again at last, I’ve got some space again; ich muss mir Luft schaffen I’ve got to make myself some space; sobald ich etwas Luft habe as soon as I’ve got a breathing space ( oder a moment to spare); wir haben genügend Luft there’s plenty of time

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die Luft

air

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Lụft [lʊft]
f -, (liter) -e
['lʏftə]
1) air no pl

die Lüfte pl (liter) — the skies, the air sing

frische Luft hereinlassen — to let some fresh air in

im Zimmer ist schlechte Luft — the room is stuffy, the air or it is stuffy in the room

bei schlechter Luft kann ich nicht schlafen — I can't sleep when it's stuffy

dicke Luft (inf) — a bad atmosphere

kommen lassen — to let the air get to sth

an or in die/der (frischen) Luft — in the fresh air

an die ( frische) Luft gehen/kommen — to get out in the fresh air

or schöpfen (geh) — to get some fresh air

die Luft ist rein (inf) — the coast is clear

die Luft reinigen (lit, fig) — to clear the air

jetzt ist das Flugzeug in der Luft — the plane is now airborne or in the air

aus der Luft — from the air

die Luft aus etw lassen — to let the air out of sth

die Luft ist raus (fig inf) — the fizz has gone

jdn an die (frische) Luft setzen (inf) — to show sb the door; (Sch) to send sb out

in die Luft fliegen (inf) — to explode, to go up

or sprengen — to blow sth up

leicht or schnell in die Luft gehen (fig) — to be quick to blow one's top (inf), to be very quick-tempered

er geht gleich in die Luft (fig) — he's about to blow his top

es liegt ein Gewitter in der Luft — there's a storm brewing

es liegt etwas in der Luft — there's something in the air

in die Luft starren or gucken — to stare into space or thin air

jdn/etw in der Luft zerreißen (inf) — to tear sb/sth to pieces

das kann sich doch nicht in Luft aufgelöst haben — it can't have vanished into thin air

in der Luft hängen (Sache) — to be (very much) up in the air; (Mensch) to be in (a state of) limbo, to be dangling

die Behauptung ist aus der Luft gegriffen — this statement is (a) pure invention

vor Freude in die Luft springen — to jump for or with joy

von Luft und Liebe/von Luft leben — to live on love/air

jdn wie Luft behandeln — to treat sb as though he/she just didn't exist

er ist Luft für mich — I'm not speaking to him

2) (= Atem) breath

der Kragen schnürt mir die Luft ab — this collar is choking me, I can't breathe in this collar

nach Luft schnappen — to gasp for breath or air

die Luft anhalten (lit) — to hold one's breath

keine Luft mehr kriegen — not to be able to breathe

nach Luft ringen — to struggle for breath

tief Luft holen (lit, fig) — to take a deep breath

mir blieb vor Schreck/Schmerz die Luft weg — I was breathless with shock/pain

wieder Luft bekommen or kriegen/haben (nach Sport etc) — to get/have got one's breath back; (nach Schnupfen etc) to be able to breathe again; (fig) to get/have a chance to catch one's breath

3) (= Wind) breeze

linde/laue Lüfte (liter) —

sich (dat) Luft machen (= fächeln) — to fan oneself

seinem Herzen Luft machen (fig) — to get everything off one's chest

seinem Ärger/Zorn etc Luft machen — to give vent to one's annoyance/anger etc

4) (fig = Spielraum, Platz) space, room

zwischen Wand und Regal etwas Luft lassen — to leave a space between the wall and the bookcase

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die

1) (the mixture of gases we breathe; the atmosphere: Mountain air is pure.) air

2) (the space above the ground; the sky: Birds fly through the air.) air

3) (breath: Climbing these stairs takes all the wind out of me.) wind

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Luft

<-, (liter) Lüfte>

[lʊft, pl ˈlʏftə]

f

1. kein pl (Atmosphäre) air no pl

frische/verbrauchte \Luft fresh/stale air

er ist den ganzen Tag an der frischen \Luft he is out in the open all day

an die [frische] \Luft gehen to get [or grab] some fresh air

\Luft an etw akk kommen lassen to let the air get to sth

die \Luft aus etw dat [heraus]lassen to let the air out of sth

die \Luft aus einem Reifen lassen to let down a tyre

[frische] \Luft schnappen (fam) to get [or grab] some [fresh] air

die \Luft ist zum Schneiden (fam) the air is stale as anything, there's a terrible fug

2. (Atem) breath

jdm die \Luft abdrücken (fam) to strangle sb; (fig a.) to ruin sb

die \Luft anhalten to hold one's breath

jdm die \Luft zum Atmen nehmen (fam) to cut off sb's air supply; (fig) to totally dominate sb

keine \Luft mehr bekommen [o (fam) kriegen] to not be able to breathe

wieder \Luft bekommen [o (fam) kriegen] (wieder atmen können) to be able to breathe again, to get one's breath back; (wieder durchatmen können) to be able to breathe freely again

jdm bleibt [vor Erstaunen] die \Luft weg sb is flabbergasted

jdm bleibt vor Schmerzen die Luft weg sb is overcome by [or with] pain

jdm geht die \Luft aus (fam) sb is running out of steam

[tief] \Luft holen to take a deep breath

nach \Luft ringen to struggle for breath

nach \Luft schnappen (fam) to gasp for breath; (wirtschaftlich in einer schlechten Lage sein) to struggle to keep one's head above water

3. pl geh (Raum über dem Erdboden) air no pl

langsam erhob sich der Ballon in die \Luft the balloon rose slowly into the air

ein Vogel schwingt sich in die Lüfte (geh) a bird takes to the skies

in der \Luft in midair

in die \Luft fliegen [o gehen] (fam) to explode

etw in die \Luft sprengen [o jagen] (fam) to blow up sth sep

[vor Freude] in die \Luft springen to jump [for joy]

in die \Luft starren [o gucken (fam)] to stare into space

4. (Wind)

linde [o laue] Lüfte (geh) gentle [or soft] [or light] breeze

5. kein pl (Platz) space no pl, elbow room; (Freiheit) leeway; (Zeit) time

jeder Künstler braucht \Luft zur freien Entfaltung every artist needs space to develop freely

ich rufe dich an, sobald ich etwas \Luft habe I'll give you a ring as soon as I've got a moment to spare

wir haben noch genügend \Luft we've still got plenty of time

lass etwas \Luft zwischen den beiden Schränken leave some space between the two cupboards

in etw dat ist noch \Luft drin (fam) to still have leeway in sth

\Luft schaffen [o machen] für etw akk to make space [or room] for sth

6.

▶ sich akk in \Luft auflösen (spurlos verschwinden) to vanish into thin air; (nicht realisiert werden) to come to nothing

▶ jdn wie \Luft behandeln to cold-shoulder sb, to give sb the cold shoulder

▶ irgendwo ist [o herrscht] dicke \Luft (fam) there is a tense [or bad] atmosphere somewhere

hier herrscht dicke Luft trouble is brewing

▶ aus der \Luft gegriffen sein to be completely made up [or a total fabrication]

▶ [schnell] in die \Luft gehen (fam) to [be quick to] blow one's top [or hit the roof] fam

▶ gesiebte \Luft atmen (hum fam) to be behind bars

▶ nun halt mal die \Luft an! (fam: hör auf zu reden!) put a sock in it! fam; (hör auf zu übertreiben!) come on! fam

▶ in der \Luft hängen (fam) Person to be in limbo [or [left] in the dark]; Sache to be up in the air

▶ von \Luft und Liebe leben (hum fam) to live off fresh air alone

▶ nicht von \Luft [und Liebe] leben können to not to be able to live off fresh air alone

▶ es liegt etwas in der \Luft there's sth in the air

▶ etw dat \Luft machen to give vent to sth

▶ sich dat \Luft machen to give vent to one's feelings

▶ aus etw dat ist die \Luft raus (fam) sth has fallen flat [or run out of steam]

▶ die \Luft rauslassen (fam) to calm down, to cool it fam

▶ die \Luft ist rein (fam) the coast is clear fam

▶ die \Luft reinigen to clear the air

▶ \Luft für jdn sein (fam) to not exist as far as sb is concerned

er ist \Luft für mich (fam) I totally ignore him

▶ jdn an die [frische] \Luft setzen [o befördern] (euph fam: jdn hinauswerfen) to throw sb out, to show sb the door, to send sb packing; (jdn fristlos entlassen) to sack sb

▶ jdn/etw in der \Luft zerreißen (sehr wütend auf jdn sein) to make mincemeat of sb/sth; (jdn scharf kritisieren) to tear sb to pieces

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die; Luft, Lüfte

1) o. Pl. air

an die frische Luft gehen/in der frischen Luft sein — get out in[to]/be out in the fresh air

jemanden an die [frische] Luft setzen od. befördern — (ugs.): (hinauswerfen) show somebody the door

die Luft anhalten — hold one's breath

halt die Luft an! — (ugs.) (hör auf zu reden!) pipe down (coll.); put a sock in it (Brit. sl.); (übertreib nicht so!) come off it! (coll.)

tief Luft holen — take a deep breath

Luft schnappen — (ugs.) get some fresh air

er kriegte keine/kaum Luft — he couldn't breathe/ could hardly breathe

die Luft ist rein — (fig.) the coast is clear

sich in Luft auflösen — (ugs.) vanish into thin air; < plans> go up in smoke (fig.)

er ist Luft für mich — (ugs.) I ignore him completely

da bleibt einem die Luft weg — (ugs.) it takes your breath away

ihm/der Firma geht die Luft aus — (fig. ugs.) he's/the firm's going broke (coll.)

2) (Himmelsraum) air

Aufnahmen aus der Luft machen — take pictures from the air

etwas in die Luft sprengen od. jagen — (ugs.) blow something up

in die Luft fliegen od. gehen — (ugs.): (explodieren) go up

in die Luft gehen — (fig. ugs.) blow one's top (coll.)

aus der Luft gegriffen sein — (fig.) < story, accusation> be pure invention

in der Luft liegen — (fig.) <crisis, ideas, etc.> be in the air

in die Luft gehen — (fig. ugs.) blow one's top (coll.)

etwas in der Luft zerreißen — (fig. ugs.) tear something to pieces

3) o. Pl. (fig.): (Spielraum) space; room

4)

sich (Dat.) od. seinem Herzen Luft machen — get it off one's chest (coll.)

seinem Zorn/Ärger usw. Luft machen — (ugs.) give vent to one's anger

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Luft f; -, Lüfte

1. air; (Atmosphäre) atmosphere; im Bauch: wind;

frische Luft schnappen umg oder

an die Luft gehen get some fresh air;

er kommt zu wenig an die Luft he doesn’t get enough fresh air, he doesn’t get out enough;

den ganzen Tag an der frischen Luft sein be out in the open all day;

etwas an die Luft hängen hang sth out (to air);

in der Luft (über dem Boden) schwebend etc: in mid-air;

die Aufnahmen sind aus der Luft gemacht the photographs were taken from the air;

sich in die Lüfte schwingen geh glide high in the air;

es liegt ein Gewitter in der Luft there’s a storm coming;

die Luft herauslassen aus let the air out of; aus Reifen etc: auch let down; umg, fig uncork;

die Luft aus jemandes Glas lassen umg, hum fill up sb’s glass;

aus etwas ist die Luft raus umg, fig sth has fizzled out ( oder gone phut);

die Luft ist rein umg, fig the coast is clear;

es liegt etwas in der Luft fig there’s something in the air;

es muss wohl an der Luft liegen bei auffälligem Verhalten von Personen: there must be something in the water;

jemanden an die Luft setzen umg, fig throw ( oder kick) sb out;

jemanden wie Luft behandeln act as if sb wasn’t there;

sie ist für mich Luft she doesn’t exist as far as I’m concerned;

vor Freude in die Luft springen jump for joy;

in die Luft fliegen umg blow up, explode;

in die Luft jagen umg blow up;

in die Luft gehen umg, fig hit the roof, go ballistic;

leicht in die Luft gehen be quick to lose one’s temper, have a short fuse;

sich in Luft auflösen umg disappear into thin air; Pläne etc: go up in smoke;

das hängt oder

schwebt alles (noch) in der Luft umg, fig it’s all up in the air; → dick, greifen A, Loch etc

2. (Atem) breath; (Atempause) breathing space;

Luft holen take a ( oder draw) breath; beim Sprechen etc: pause for breath;

tief Luft holen take a deep breath; fig, vor Erstaunen: swallow hard;

da musste ich erst mal tief Luft holen umg, fig I had to swallow hard;

keine Luft haben be out of breath;

ich bekam keine Luft mehr I couldn’t breathe properly, I felt I was going to suffocate;

ich bekam fast keine Luft I could hardly breathe;

nach Luft schnappen umg gasp for breath;

wieder Luft bekommen get one’s breath back (auch fig);

mir blieb die Luft weg umg, fig it took my breath away, I just stood gaping;

halt (mal) die Luft an! umg, fig give us a break, Br auch put a sock in it (, will you);

von Luft und Liebe leben umg live on air;

wir können nicht von der Luft oder

nicht von Luft und Liebe leben umg auch we can’t live on nothing (at all); → ausgehen 3

3. (Luftbewegung) light breeze, breath of air;

sich (dat)

/j-m. Luft zufächeln fan o.s./sb

4. umg, fig (Raum) space; (Spielraum) room to move; zeitlich: leeway; TECH clearance;

seiner Wut Luft machen let out one’s anger, vent one’s wrath;

sich (dat) oder

seinen Gefühlen Luft machen let out one’s pent-up feelings;

seine Gefühle machten sich Luft his feelings all came pouring out;

jetzt hab ich endlich wieder Luft I can breathe again at last, I’ve got some space again;

ich muss mir Luft schaffen I’ve got to make myself some space;

sobald ich etwas Luft habe as soon as I’ve got a breathing space ( oder a moment to spare);

wir haben genügend Luft there’s plenty of time

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die; Luft, Lüfte

1) o. Pl. air

an die frische Luft gehen/in der frischen Luft sein — get out in[to]/be out in the fresh air

jemanden an die [frische] Luft setzen od. befördern — (ugs.): (hinauswerfen) show somebody the door

die Luft anhalten — hold one's breath

halt die Luft an! — (ugs.) (hör auf zu reden!) pipe down (coll.); put a sock in it (Brit. sl.); (übertreib nicht so!) come off it! (coll.)

tief Luft holen — take a deep breath

Luft schnappen — (ugs.) get some fresh air

er kriegte keine/kaum Luft — he couldn't breathe/ could hardly breathe

die Luft ist rein — (fig.) the coast is clear

sich in Luft auflösen — (ugs.) vanish into thin air; < plans> go up in smoke (fig.)

er ist Luft für mich — (ugs.) I ignore him completely

da bleibt einem die Luft weg — (ugs.) it takes your breath away

ihm/der Firma geht die Luft aus — (fig. ugs.) he's/the firm's going broke (coll.)

2) (Himmelsraum) air

Aufnahmen aus der Luft machen — take pictures from the air

etwas in die Luft sprengen od. jagen — (ugs.) blow something up

in die Luft fliegen od. gehen — (ugs.): (explodieren) go up

in die Luft gehen — (fig. ugs.) blow one's top (coll.)

aus der Luft gegriffen sein — (fig.) <story, accusation> be pure invention

in der Luft liegen — (fig.) <crisis, ideas, etc.> be in the air

in die Luft gehen — (fig. ugs.) blow one's top (coll.)

etwas in der Luft zerreißen — (fig. ugs.) tear something to pieces

3) o. Pl. (fig.): (Spielraum) space; room

4)

sich (Dat.) od. seinem Herzen Luft machen — get it off one's chest (coll.)

seinem Zorn/Ärger usw. Luft machen — (ugs.) give vent to one's anger

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¨-e f.

air n. ¨-e Kraftstoff-Verhältnis n.

air-fuel ratio n.

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