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shows herself

1 व्यापक

vy-āpaka
mf ( ikā)n. pervading, diffusive, comprehensive, widely spreading orﾠ extending, spreading everywhere ( vyāpakaṉny-as orﾠ nyāsaṉkṛi, to put orﾠ place orﾠ fix orﾠ make applicable everywhere AgP.) KaṭhUp. MBh. etc.;

(in logic) invariably pervading orﾠ inherent orﾠ concomitant (as an attribute which is always found < as smoke> where some other < as fire> is found) Bhāshāp. IW. 62 ;
(in law) comprehending all the points of an argument, pervading the whole plea W. ;
( ikā) f. a woman who shows herself everywhere (?) MW. ;
-tā f.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > व्यापक
2 praesento

praesento, no perf. (praesentisse, Pac. ap. Pan. Theod. 3), ātum, 1, v. a. [praesens], to place before, exhibit to view, to show, present, hold out (post-Aug.):
sarcitis bubulas carnes praesentat,
looks like, Plin. 37, 10, [p. 1429] 67, § 181 (al. repraesentat): caput ab Achillā Caesari praesentatum est, handed or presented to, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 77:
supplicanti, statim sese Juno praesentat,
shows herself, App. M. 6, p. 175, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, p. 240; 11, p. 243.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praesento
3 show

show [ʃəʊ]

démonstration ⇒ 1 (a) semblant ⇒ 1 (a) ostentation ⇒ 1 (a) spectacle ⇒ 1 (b) émission ⇒ 1 (b) exposition ⇒ 1 (c) foire ⇒ 1 (c) montrer ⇒ 2 (a)-(c), 2 (e), 2 (f) présenter ⇒ 2 (a) exposer ⇒ 2 (a) faire preuve de ⇒ 2 (b) marquer ⇒ 2 (d) indiquer ⇒ 2 (d), 2 (f) enregistrer ⇒ 2 (h) passer ⇒ 2 (i), 3 (b) se voir ⇒ 3 (a)

(pt showed, pp shown [ʃəʊn])

1 noun

(a) (demonstration, display) démonstration f, manifestation f; (pretence) semblant m, simulacre m; (ostentation) ostentation f, parade f;

∎ a show of strength/unity une démonstration de force/d'unité;

∎ a show of hands un vote à main levée;

∎ she put on a show of indifference elle a fait semblant d'être indifférente;

∎ to make a show of being angry faire semblant ou faire mine d'être fâché;

∎ to make a great show of friendship faire de grandes démonstrations d'amitié;

∎ show of generosity affectation f de générosité;

∎ it's all a show ce n'est qu'une façade;

∎ he always makes such a show of his knowledge il faut toujours qu'il fasse étalage de ses connaissances;

∎ the metal strips are just for show les bandes métalliques ont une fonction purement décorative

(b) Theatre spectacle m; Television & Radio émission f;

∎ to go to a show aller au spectacle;

∎ we went to a restaurant after the show nous sommes allés au restaurant après le spectacle;

∎ variety show émission f de variétés;

∎ the show must go on le spectacle continue; figurative il faut continuer;

∎ figurative let's get this show on the road! allez, c'est parti ou on y va!;

∎ to make a show of oneself se donner en spectacle

(c) (exhibition) exposition f; (trade fair) foire f, salon m;

∎ have you been to the Picasso show? avez-vous visité l'exposition Picasso?;

∎ to be on show être exposé;

∎ I dislike most of the paintings on show je n'aime pas la plupart des tableaux exposés;

∎ the agricultural/motor show le salon de l'agriculture/de l'auto

(d) familiar (business, affair) affaire^□ f;

∎ she planned and ran the whole show c'est elle qui a tout organisé et qui s'est occupée de tout^□ ;

∎ it's up to you, it's your show c'est à toi de décider^□, c'est toi le chef

(e) (performance) performance f, prestation f;

∎ the team put up a good show l'équipe s'est bien défendue;

∎ it's a pretty poor show when your own mother forgets your birthday c'est un peu triste que ta propre mère oublie ton anniversaire;

∎ old-fashioned (jolly) good show, Henry! bravo, Henry!

2 transitive verb

(a) (display, present → gen) montrer, faire voir; (→ passport, ticket) présenter; (exhibit → work of art, prize, produce) exposer;

∎ to show sth to sb, to show sb sth montrer qch à qn;

∎ show me your presents fais-moi voir ou montre-moi tes cadeaux;

∎ you have to show your pass/your ticket on the way in il faut présenter son laissez-passer/son billet à l'entrée;

∎ you're showing a lot of leg this evening! tu es habillée bien court ce soir!;

∎ that dress shows everything she's got cette robe ne cache pas grand-chose;

∎ a TV screen shows what's happening in the next room un écran de télévision permet de voir ce qui se passe dans la pièce d'à côté;

∎ some of the drawings have never been shown in Europe before quelques-uns des dessins n'ont jamais été exposés en Europe auparavant;

∎ to show one's wares étaler ses marchandises;

∎ this jacket/colour really shows the dirt cette veste/couleur est vraiment salissante;

∎ come out from behind there and show yourself! sortez de là-derrière et montrez-vous!;

∎ if he ever shows himself or his face round here again, I'll kill him! si jamais il se montre encore par ici, je le tue!;

∎ to have sth to show for one's money en avoir pour son argent;

∎ I had very little to show for my efforts mes efforts n'avaient donné que peu de résultats;

∎ three months' work, and what have we got to show for it? trois mois de travail, et qu'est-ce que cela nous a rapporté?

(b) (reveal → talent, affection, readiness, reluctance) montrer, faire preuve de;

∎ she never shows any emotion elle ne laisse jamais paraître ou ne montre jamais ses sentiments;

∎ to show itself (emotion, tendency) se manifester;

∎ she showed herself more than willing to join in elle s'est montrée plus que prête à participer;

∎ she showed herself to be a hard worker elle s'est révélée ou avérée dure à la tâche;

∎ to show a preference for sth manifester une préférence pour qch;

∎ to show a taste for sth témoigner d'un goût pour qch;

∎ they will be shown no mercy ils seront traités sans merci;

∎ the audience began to show signs of restlessness le public a commencé à s'agiter;

∎ the situation is showing signs of improvement la situation semble être en voie d'amélioration;

∎ to show one's age faire son âge

(c) (prove) montrer, démontrer, prouver;

∎ first I shall show that Greenham's theory cannot be correct je démontrerai d'abord que la théorie de Greenham ne peut être juste;

∎ it just shows the strength of public opposition to the plan cela montre à quel point le public est opposé à ce projet;

∎ it just goes to show that nothing's impossible c'est la preuve que rien n'est impossible;

∎ it just goes to show what you can do if you work hard cela montre ou c'est la preuve de ce que l'on peut faire en travaillant dur;

∎ which only or all goes to show that… ce qui prouve que… + indicative

(d) (register → of instrument, dial, clock) marquer, indiquer;

∎ the thermometer shows a temperature of 20°C le thermomètre indique 20°C

(e) (represent, depict) montrer, représenter;

∎ this photo shows him at the age of seventeen cette photo le montre à l'âge de dix-sept ans;

∎ the picture shows three figures le tableau représente trois personnes

(f) (point out, demonstrate) montrer, indiquer;

∎ show me how to do it montrez-moi comment faire;

∎ to show (sb) the way montrer le chemin (à qn);

∎ figurative to show the way donner l'exemple;

∎ the government has very much shown the way with its green policies le gouvernement a bien donné l'exemple avec sa politique écologique;

∎ familiar I'll show you! tu vas voir!

(g) (escort, accompany)

∎ let me show you to your room je vais vous montrer votre chambre;

∎ will you show this gentleman to the door? veuillez reconduire Monsieur à la porte;

∎ an usherette showed us to our seats une ouvreuse nous a conduits à nos places;

∎ to show sb into a room introduire ou faire entrer qn dans une pièce

(h) (profit, loss) enregistrer;

∎ prices show a 10 percent increase on last year les prix sont en hausse ou ont augmenté de 10 pour cent par rapport à l'an dernier

(i) (put on → film, TV programme) passer;

∎ the film has never been shown on television le film n'est jamais passé à la télévision;

∎ as shown on TV (on packaging, sign) vu à la télé

(j) Computing (files, records) afficher

3 intransitive verb

(a) (be visible → gen) se voir; (→ petticoat) dépasser;

∎ she doesn't like him, and it shows elle ne l'aime pas, et ça se voit;

∎ a patch of sky showed through a hole in the roof on voyait un pan de ciel à travers un trou dans le toit;

∎ she lets her feelings show too much elle laisse trop voir ses sentiments;

∎ it shows in your face cela se voit ou se lit sur votre visage;

∎ fear showed in his eyes la peur se lisait dans ses yeux;

∎ their tiredness is beginning to show ils commencent à donner des signes de fatigue;

∎ it doesn't show ça ne se voit pas, on ne dirait pas;

∎ ah well, it just or all goes to show! eh oui, c'est la vie!

(b) (be on → film, TV programme) passer

(c) British (in a vote) lever la main;

∎ all those in favour please show que tous ceux qui sont pour lèvent la main

(d) familiar (turn up) arriver^□, se pointer;

∎ British he didn't show il n'est pas venu^□

►► show house maison f témoin;

show jumper (rider) cavalier(ère) m,f (participant à des concours de saut d'obstacle); (horse) sauteur m;

show jumping jumping m, concours m de saut d'obstacles;

Law show trial procès m à grand spectacle

➲ show around separable transitive verb

faire visiter;

∎ to show sb around the town faire visiter ou faire voir la ville à qn;

∎ my secretary will show you around (the factory) ma secrétaire va vous faire visiter (l'usine);

∎ we were shown around the house on nous a fait visiter la maison

➲ show in separable transitive verb

faire entrer

➲ show off

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (parade) faire étalage de;

∎ to show off one's skill/culture faire étalage de son savoir-faire/sa culture;

∎ he only came to show off his new girlfriend/car il n'est venu que pour exhiber sa nouvelle petite amie/voiture;

∎ she came in to show off her new baby elle est venue faire admirer son nouveau-né

(b) (set off) mettre en valeur;

∎ wearing white shows off a tan porter du blanc met le bronzage en valeur;

∎ the black background shows off the colours nicely le fond noir fait bien ressortir les couleurs;

∎ coat that shows off the figure well manteau m qui marque ou dessine bien la taille

2 intransitive verb

faire l'intéressant(e), frimer;

∎ to show off in front of sb chercher à épater qn;

∎ stop showing off! arrête de faire l'intéressant!;

∎ you don't have to drive that fast, you're just showing off tu n'as pas besoin de conduire aussi vite, tu fais juste l'intéressant

➲ show out separable transitive verb

reconduire ou raccompagner (à la porte);

∎ it's okay, I'll show myself out inutile de vous déranger, je saurai retrouver le chemin (tout seul)

➲ show over British = show around

➲ show round = show around

➲ show through

1 inseparable transitive verb

se voir à travers;

∎ her knickers showed through her trousers sa culotte se voyait à travers son pantalon

2 intransitive verb

se voir (à travers), transparaître;

∎ the old paint still shows through l'ancienne peinture se voit encore à travers;

∎ her knickers showed through under her dress on voyait ses sous-vêtements au travers de sa robe

➲ show up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (unmask → impostor) démasquer;

∎ the investigation showed him up for the coward he is l'enquête a révélé sa lâcheté

(b) (draw attention to → deficiency, defect) faire apparaître, faire ressortir;

∎ the poor results show up the deficiencies in the training programme les mauvais résultats font apparaître les défauts du programme de formation

(c) (embarrass) faire honte à; (deliberately humiliate) humilier;

∎ you're always showing me up in public il faut toujours que tu me fasses honte en public

(d) (escort upstairs) accompagner en haut

2 intransitive verb

(a) familiar (turn up, arrive) arriver^□ ;

∎ only two of our guests have shown up seuls deux de nos invités sont arrivés;

∎ to fail to show up ne pas se présenter^□ ;

∎ you're the boss, you really ought to show up tu es le patron, tu devrais vraiment y aller ou te montrer^□

(b) (be visible) se voir, ressortir;

∎ the dirt really shows up on a white carpet la saleté ressort ou se voit vraiment sur une moquette blanche;

∎ the difference is so slight it hardly shows up at all la différence est tellement minime qu'elle se remarque à peine

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > show
4 demostrar

v.

1 to show, to display.

demuestra tener mucho interés (en) he shows a lot of interest (in)

2 to demonstrate, to show (funcionamiento, procedimiento).

El chico demostró su hipótesis The boy demonstrated his hypothesis.

El vendedor demostró sus artículos The salesman demonstrated his ware.

3 to demonstrate, to prove.

4 to prove to, to demonstrate to, to show to.

Mi auto demostró ser el mejor My car proved to be the best.

5 to demo, to make a demonstration of.

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demostrar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (probar) to prove, show

■ eso demuestra que no es nada inteligente that proves he's not clever at all

2 (hacer una demostración) to demonstrate, show

3 (manifestar) to show

■ demostró buena voluntad she showed goodwill

4 MATEMÁTICAS to prove

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verb

1) to demonstrate

2) show

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VT

1) (=probar) to prove

usted no puede demostrar nada — you can't prove anything

demostró que Galileo tenía razón — she proved Galileo right, she proved o showed that Galileo was right

demostró lo mal que hablaba francés — it proved o showed how badly he spoke French

ha demostrado ser muy buena amiga — she has shown herself to be a very good friend

2) (=enseñar) to show, demonstrate

nos demostraron cómo funcionaba el sistema eléctrico — they showed us o demonstrated to us how the electrical system worked

3) (=mostrar) [+ emoción, sentimiento] to show, display

no demostró ningún interés en mis problemas — he showed o displayed no interest in my problems

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verbo transitivo

1) ( probar) < verdad> to prove, demonstrate; < teorema> to prove

eso demuestra su ignorancia — that shows o proves his ignorance

te voy a demostrar que tengo razón — I'm going to prove to you that I'm right

ha demostrado ser or que es muy capaz — he's shown himself to be very able

2)

a) <interés/sentimiento> to show

b) <funcionamiento/método> to demonstrate

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= demonstrate, evidence, exemplify, prove, show, substantiate, attest to + the fact that, provide + evidence, go to + show, bear + witness.

Ex. The two objectives are interdependent, and this can be demonstrated first by examining the first objective.

Ex. Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.

Ex. Natural language indexing is exemplified in many systems by the use of a character-string search.

Ex. One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.

Ex. This shows a record in an abstracts based bibliographic data base.

Ex. It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.

Ex. Statistical reports from several libraries attest to the 'fact' that the great majority of library users are performing topical subject searches, not author/title or known-item searches.

Ex. Against that kind of thinking it is pointless to quote research figures and surveys and reports that provide evidence time and again of the importance of book ownership in the acquisition of the 'better education' everybody wants for their children.

Ex. This example goes to show that talent for academic work is only one variety of giftedness.

Ex. Controversy and antagonism attended each area of investigation, as a flood of secondary publication bears witness.

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* demostrar Algo con pruebas = demonstrate + in print.

* demostrar claramente = demonstrate + clearly.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar la teoría de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar la valía = realise + the potential.

* demostrar lo contrario = prove + differently.

* demostrar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* demostrar los sentimientos de Uno = wear + Posesivo + heart on + Posesivo + sleeve, show + Posesivo + feelings.

* demostrarlo todo = be proof enough.

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

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

* demostrar que Algo no es cierto = debunk.

* demostrar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar ser = prove + to be, establish + a record.

* demostrar ser mejor = prove + superior.

* demostrar ser necesario = prove + necessary.

* demostrar ser superior = prove + superior.

* demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.

* demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar su utilidad = come into + Posesivo + own.

* demostrar su valía = prove + its worth, realise + its full potential.

* demostrar tajantemente = demonstrate + emphatically.

* demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.

* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.

* eso demuestra que = it (just) goes to show that.

* estar por demostrar = be unproven.

* evidencia + demostrar = evidence + show.

* experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.

* hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario = until proven otherwise.

* inocente hasta que se demuestre lo contrario = innocent until proven guilty.

* lo que demuestra que = which (just) goes to show that.

* que demuestra desequilibrio de carácter = off-balance.

* que puede demostrarse = demonstrably.

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verbo transitivo

1) ( probar) < verdad> to prove, demonstrate; < teorema> to prove

eso demuestra su ignorancia — that shows o proves his ignorance

te voy a demostrar que tengo razón — I'm going to prove to you that I'm right

ha demostrado ser or que es muy capaz — he's shown himself to be very able

2)

a) <interés/sentimiento> to show

b) <funcionamiento/método> to demonstrate

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= demonstrate, evidence, exemplify, prove, show, substantiate, attest to + the fact that, provide + evidence, go to + show, bear + witness.

Ex: The two objectives are interdependent, and this can be demonstrated first by examining the first objective.

Ex: Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.

Ex: Natural language indexing is exemplified in many systems by the use of a character-string search.

Ex: One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.

Ex: This shows a record in an abstracts based bibliographic data base.

Ex: It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.

Ex: Statistical reports from several libraries attest to the 'fact' that the great majority of library users are performing topical subject searches, not author/title or known-item searches.

Ex: Against that kind of thinking it is pointless to quote research figures and surveys and reports that provide evidence time and again of the importance of book ownership in the acquisition of the 'better education' everybody wants for their children.

Ex: This example goes to show that talent for academic work is only one variety of giftedness.

Ex: Controversy and antagonism attended each area of investigation, as a flood of secondary publication bears witness.

* demostrar Algo con pruebas = demonstrate + in print.

* demostrar claramente = demonstrate + clearly.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar la teoría de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar la valía = realise + the potential.

* demostrar lo contrario = prove + differently.

* demostrar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* demostrar los sentimientos de Uno = wear + Posesivo + heart on + Posesivo + sleeve, show + Posesivo + feelings.

* demostrarlo todo = be proof enough.

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

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

* demostrar que Algo no es cierto = debunk.

* demostrar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar ser = prove + to be, establish + a record.

* demostrar ser mejor = prove + superior.

* demostrar ser necesario = prove + necessary.

* demostrar ser superior = prove + superior.

* demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.

* demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar su utilidad = come into + Posesivo + own.

* demostrar su valía = prove + its worth, realise + its full potential.

* demostrar tajantemente = demonstrate + emphatically.

* demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.

* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.

* eso demuestra que = it (just) goes to show that.

* estar por demostrar = be unproven.

* evidencia + demostrar = evidence + show.

* experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.

* hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario = until proven otherwise.

* inocente hasta que se demuestre lo contrario = innocent until proven guilty.

* lo que demuestra que = which (just) goes to show that.

* que demuestra desequilibrio de carácter = off-balance.

* que puede demostrarse = demonstrably.

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demostrar [ A10 ]

vt

A (probar) ‹verdad› to prove, demonstrate; ‹teorema› to prove

sus respuestas demuestran una inteligencia poco común her answers demonstrate above average intelligence

eso demuestra que él ya lo sabía that shows o proves that he already knew

te voy a demostrar que tengo razón I'm going to prove to you that I'm right

demostrar + INF:

ha demostrado ser muy capaz he's shown himself to be very able

demostró no tener la más mínima idea he showed o demonstrated that he didn't have the slightest idea

B

1 ‹interés/sentimiento› to show

2 ‹funcionamiento/método› to demonstrate

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demostrar ( conjugate demostrar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹verdad/teorema› to prove, demonstrate;
‹ ignorancia› to show, prove;
◊ ha demostrado ser muy capaz he's shown himself to be very able;

demostrar que algo es/no es cierto to prove sth right/wrong
2
a) ‹interés/sentimiento› to show

b) ‹funcionamiento/método› to demonstrate

demostrar verbo transitivo
1 (enseñar) to show, demonstrate
2 (hacer evidente) to prove
' demostrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acreditar
- agradecimiento
- comprobar
- denotar
- desplegar
- identificar
- manifestar
- probar
English:
demonstrate
- prove
- show
- skill
- display
- exemplify
- exhibit
- QED
- unproven

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demostrar vt

1. [mostrar, exhibir] to show, to display;

demuestra tener mucho interés (en) he shows a lot of interest (in);

demostró ser lo suficientemente responsable para el puesto she showed herself to be responsible enough for the post;

el tenista australiano demostró ser uno de los mejores the Australian tennis player proved himself to be one of the best in the game;

demostraba no tenerle miedo a nadie she showed that she was afraid of nobody

2. [probar] to demonstrate, to prove;

¿me quieres? ¡pues demuéstramelo! you love me, do you? well, prove it!;

…lo cual demuestra que estabas equivocado …which goes to show that you were wrong

3. [funcionamiento, procedimiento] to demonstrate, to show;

¿nos podría demostrar cómo funciona? would you mind showing us how it works?

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demostrar

v/t

1 prove

2 ( enseñar) demonstrate

3 ( mostrar) show

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demostrar {19} vt

: to demonstrate, to show

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demostrar vb

1. (mostrar) to show [pt. showed; pp. shown]

eso demuestra que no has entendido nada that shows you haven't understood a thing

2. (probar) to prove

las pruebas demostraron su inocencia the evidence proved that he was innocent

Spanish-English dictionary > demostrar
5 revelar

v.

1 to reveal.

se negó a revelar la localización de la bomba he refused to reveal o disclose the whereabouts of the bomb

Ellos revelan los secretos They reveal the secrets.

2 to show.

3 to develop (photography).

María revela el rollo de película Mary develops the film.

4 to reveal to.

Esto reveló ser un beneficio This revealed to be a benefit.

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revelar

► verbo transitivo

1 to reveal, disclose

■ reveló el secreto she revealed the secret

2 (fotos) to develop

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verb

1) to reveal, disclose, unfold

2) develop

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1. VT

1) (=descubrir) to reveal

reveló los nombres de sus cómplices — she revealed the names of her accomplices

no quiso revelar su identidad — he did not want to reveal o disclose his identity, he did not want to identify himself

revelar un secreto — to reveal o give away a secret

2) frm (=evidenciar) to reveal, show

su expresión revelaba desprecio — his expression revealed o showed contempt

3) (Fot) to develop

todavía no hemos revelado las fotos — we haven't had the photos developed yet

2.

See:

revelarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <secreto/verdad> to reveal

2) (Cin, Fot) to develop
2.
revelarse v pron to show oneself

se reveló como una gran actriz — she proved herself to be a great actress

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <secreto/verdad> to reveal

2) (Cin, Fot) to develop
2.
revelarse v pron to show oneself

se reveló como una gran actriz — she proved herself to be a great actress

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revelar¹

¹ = belie, betray, give away, manifest, reveal, throw up, unlock, disclose, divulge, unveil, go + public, lay + bare, bring to + light, throw + light on, illuminate, bare, hold + clue.

Ex: But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.

Ex: Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.

Ex: The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.

Ex: A catalog, on the other hand, should manifest the attributes of a data base.

Ex: A study of the major general schemes reveals a wide gulf between theory, as outlined in the previous chapter, and practice, as reflected in the major schemes.

Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.

Ex: NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.

Ex: In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.

Ex: Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.

Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.

Ex: The article 'Can bibliotherapy go public?' advocates for the use of literature in the public library for total development and growth.

Ex: The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.

Ex: Her editorial does an excellent job of bringing to light the issues facing libraries, authors, and library patrons regarding the possibility and desirability of a single international copyright law.

Ex: It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.

Ex: This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.

Ex: The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.

Ex: To reconstruct palaeoclimates, palaeoclimatologists analyse tree rings, ice cores, sea sediments and even rock strata which may hold clues to the state of the climate millions of years ago.

* historia + revelar = story + unfold.

* no revelar información = keep + silent, keep + silence.

* no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* obras que revelan un escándalo = exposé.

* revelar Algo = break + the news.

* revelar detalles = give away + details.

* revelar el secreto de = lift + the curtain on.

* revelar la solución = unveil + the solution.

* revelar la verdad = reveal + the truth.

* revelar + Posesivo + verdadera identidad = blow + Posesivo + cover.

* revelarse = unfold, come to + light.

* revelarse ante + Posesivo + ojos = unfold before + Posesivo + eyes.

* revelar secretos = reveal + secrets.

* revelar un secreto = spill + secret, spill + the beans, tell + a secret, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff.

* sin revelar = undisclosed, unrevealed.

revelar²

² = develop.

Ex: In order to render the image visible, the copy paper must be developed.

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revelar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹secreto/verdad› to reveal

reveló sus intenciones she revealed her intentions

este informe revela que tienen problemas económicos this report shows o reveals that they have financial problems

B ( Cin, Fot) to develop

■ revelarse

v pron

to show oneself

se revela en esta obra como un gran narrador in this book he shows himself to be a great storyteller, in this book he reveals his talent as a storyteller

se reveló como una actriz de gran talento she proved herself to be a very talented actress

* * *

revelar ( conjugate revelar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹secreto/verdad› to reveal

b) (Cin, Fot) to develop

revelar verbo transitivo
1 (un conocimiento, secreto) to reveal, disclose
2 (mostrar) to reveal, betray: eso revela que no tiene interés, that shows he's not interested
3 Fot (un carrete) to develop
' revelar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descubrir
- desvelar
English:
away
- bare
- betray
- develop
- disclose
- divulge
- expose
- give away
- hand
- hold back
- let out
- process
- proclaim
- reveal
- show up
- turn up
- unfold
- unveil
- withhold
- give
- hold
- let
- throw
- uncover

* * *

revelar

♦ vt

1. [descubrir] to reveal;

se negó a revelar la localización de la bomba he refused to reveal o disclose the whereabouts of the bomb

2. [manifestar] to show;

sus acciones revelan una gran generosidad his actions show great generosity

3. Fot to develop

♦ See also the pronominal verb revelarse

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revelar

v/t FOT develop

* * *

revelar vt

1) : to reveal, to disclose

2) : to develop (film)

* * *

revelar vb

1. (fotos) to develop

he revelado las fotos de las vacaciones I've had the holiday photos developed

2. (secreto) to reveal

me juró que nunca revelaría mi secreto she swore that she'd never reveal my secret

Spanish-English dictionary > revelar
6 show

ʃəu
1. past tense - showed; verb
1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) enseñar, mostrar

2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) notarse, verse

3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) exhibir

4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) indicar, mostrar

5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) conducir, acompañar

6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) enseñar

7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) demostrar

8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) mostrar

2. noun
1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) exposición, espectáculo

2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) exhibición, demostración, alarde

3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) ostentación, apariencia

4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) ostentación, apariencia

5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) actuación

•

- showy
- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
- on show
- show off
- show up

show¹ n

1. espectáculo

it's a fabulous show es un espectáculo fabuloso

2. programa

a game show un programa concurso

a comedy show un programa de humor

3. feria / exposición

an agricultural show una feria agrícola

a dog show una exposición canina

show² vb

1. mostrar / enseñar

I showed him my passport le mostré mi pasaporte

he showed me how to do it me enseñó cómo hacerlo

2. demostrar

this work shows that he's a genius este trabajo demuestra que es un genio

3. verse / notarse

don't worry about that stain it doesn't show no te preocupes por esa mancha no se nota

El participio pasado de show es shown

show /ʃou/, /tʃou/ sustantivo masculino (pl
◊ shows) show

show sustantivo masculino show Locuciones: fam pey (llamar la atención) montar/dar un show, to make a scene ' show' also found in these entries: Spanish: acusar - acusarse - adorno - alzada - alzado - amable - aparentar - arrojar - boato - charlatán - charlatana - chula - chulo - concurso - dar - decir - delicia - demostrar - demostración - desarrollarse - desfile - despliegue - deterioro - echar - ensañarse - enseñar - espectáculo - estimable - evidencia - evidenciar - exhibir - exhibirse - expuesta - expuesto - exteriorizar - fanfarrón - fanfarrona - fanfarronear - fantasma - fastuosa - fastuoso - gala - guiñol - horterada - indicar - lucir - lucirse - manifestar - mano - marcar English: chat show - colour - delight - door - embarrassing - fashion show - favor - favour - flop - grandiose - guide - hand - mill about - mill around - parody - peep show - puppet show - quiz - rope - sensitivity - show - show in - show off - show out - show round - show up - show-jumper - show-jumping - show-off - show-stopper - shown - sign - sought-after - spectacle - spectacular - steal - talk-show - variety show - all - bear - belie - bristle - chat - comedy - demonstrate - display - dog - editor - entertainment - fashion

show

tr[ʃəʊ]

noun

1 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL (entertainment) espectáculo; (performance) función nombre femenino

■ let's go and see a show vayamos a ver un espectáculo

■ they perform two shows a day hacen dos funciones diarias

2 (on TV, radio) programa nombre masculino, show nombre masculino

3 (exhibition) exposición nombre femenino

4 (display) muestra, demostración nombre femenino

■ a show of strength una demostración de fuerza, una exhibición de fuerza

■ a show of hands una votación a mano alzada

5 (outward appearance, pretence) apariencia

■ she made a show of interest fingió estar interesada

6 (ostentation, pomp) alarde nombre masculino

■ it's all for show es pura fachada, todo es para aparentar

7 familiar (organization) negocio, tinglado

■ who runs this show? ¿quién manda aquí?

transitive verb (pt showed, pp showed o shown tr[ʃəʊn])

1 (display -gen) enseñar; (- things for sale) mostrar, enseñar

■ I showed her my photos le enseñé mis fotos

■ she showed me some beautiful jewellery me mostró unas joyas preciosas

2 (point out) indicar, señalar

■ do you want me to show you the way? ¿quieres que te indique el camino?

3 (reveal - feelings) demostrar, expresar; (- interest, enthusiasm, etc) demostrar, mostrar

■ she rarely shows his feelings raras veces demuestra sus sentimientos

■ they showed great kindness to me se mostraron muy amables conmigo

■ he showed no mercy no fue clemente

■ you should show some respect for your elders deberías guardar más respeto a tus mayores

4 (allow to be seen) dejar ver

■ black doesn't show the dirt el negro no deja ver la suciedad

5 (measurement etc) marcar; (profit, loss) indicar, registrar, arrojar

■ the clock showed 4.25 el reloj marcaba las 4.25

■ the thermometer shows a temperature of 20 degrees el termómetro marca una temperatura de 20 grados

■ figures out today show that inflation is up by 2% cifras publicadas hoy indican que la inflación ha subido un 2%

6 (teach) enseñar; (explain) explicar

■ she showed us how it works nos enseñó cómo funciona

■ I'll show him! ¡se va a enterar!

7 (prove, demonstrate) demostrar

■ this work shows real talent este trabajo demuestra mucho talento

■ research has shown that the common cold can be cured las investigaciones han demostrado que se puede curar el resfriado común

8 (depict, present) representar, mostrar

■ this photo shows him swimming in the sea en esta foto está nadando en el mar

■ this painting shows a rural scene este cuadro muestra una escena rural

■ motorways are shown in red las autopistas están señaladas en rojo

9 (guide) llevar, acompañar

■ I'll show you to your room te acompañaré a tu habitación

■ will you show Mr. Smith out please? ¿quieres acompañar al Sr. Smith a la puerta por favor?

■ he showed me round the factory me mostró la fábrica

10 (painting etc) exponer, exhibir; (film) dar, poner, pasar, proyectar; (slides) pasar, proyectar; (on TV) dar, poner

■ they're showing "Dracula" at the Rex dan "Drácula" en el Rex

■ are they showing the match live? ¿dan el partido en directo?

intransitive verb

1 (be perceptible) verse, notarse

■ the stain doesn't show no se ve la mancha

■ she was nervous but didn't let it show estaba nerviosa pero no se le notaba

■ I did it quickly - yes, it shows! lo hice deprisa - ¡sí, se nota!

2 SMALLCINEMA/SMALL poner, dar, echar, proyectar, exhibir

■ what's showing at the Odeon? ¿qué dan en el Odeon?, ¿qué echan en el Odeon?

■ now showing at a cinema near you ahora se exhibe en un cine muy cerca de ti

3 familiar (appear, turn up) aparecer, presentarse

■ he didn't show no se presentó

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

it just goes to show! ¡hay que ver!

let's get this show on the road! ¡manos a la obra!

the show must go on el espectáculo debe continuar

time will show el tiempo lo dirá

to be all show ser puro teatro, ser fingido,-a

to be on show estar expuesto,-a

to have nothing to show for something no reportarle a uno ningún beneficio

■ he had nothing to show for a life's work except a stupid watch lo único que tenía como recompensa a una vida dedicada al trabajo era un estúpido reloj

to have something to show for something tener algo que recompensa

■ at least you've got something to show for it al menos tienes algo que recompensa el esfuerzo que has hecho

■ and what have you got to show for it? ¿y qué tienes como recompensa?, ¿y qué beneficio te ha reportado?

to put on/up a good show hacer un buen papel, estar muy bien

to show a leg levantarse

to show one's age notársele los años a uno

to show one's face asomar la cara

to show one's teeth mostrar los dientes, enseñar los dientes

to show somebody the door echar a alguien (a la calle)

to show signs of something dar señales de algo, dar muestras de algo

to show the way (set an example) dar ejemplo

to steal the show llevarse la palma

agricultural show feria del campo

boat show salón nombre masculino náutico

fashion show desfile nombre masculino de modelos

horse show concurso hípico

quiz show programa nombre masculino concurso

show business el mundo del espectáculo

show house casa piloto

show trial juicio amañado (para influir en la opinión pública)

show ['ʃo:] v, showed ; shown ['ʃo:n] or showed ; showing vt

1) display: mostrar, enseñar

2) reveal: demostrar, manifestar, revelar

he showed himself to be a coward: se reveló como cobarde

3) teach: enseñar

4) prove: demostrar, probar

5) conduct, direct: llevar, acompañar

to show someone the way: indicarle el camino a alguien

6) : proyectar (una película), dar (un programa de televisión)

show vi

1) : notarse, verse

the stain doesn't show: la mancha no se ve

2) appear: aparecer, dejarse ver

show n

1) : demostración f

a show of force: una demostración de fuerza

2) exhibition: exposición f, exhibición f

flower show: exposición de flores

to be on show: estar expuesto

3) : espectáculo m (teatral), programa m (de televisión, etc.)

to go to a show: ir al teatro

show

n.

• actuación s.f.

• atuendo s.m.

• bambolla s.f.

• boato s.m.

• celebridad s.f.

• demostración s.f.

• espectáculo s.m.

• exhibición s.f.

• función s.f.

• lucimiento s.m.

• manifestación s.f.

• ostensión s.f.

• pompa s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: showed) or p.p.: shown•) = demostrar v.

• denotar v.

• enseñar v.

• exhibir v.

• exponer v.

• lucir v.

• manifestarse v.

• mostrar v.

• ostentar v.

• presentar v.

• probar v.

• representar v.

• revelar v.

• señalar v.

I
1. ʃeʊ
(past showed; past p shown or showed) transitive verb

1)

a) \<\<photograph/passport\>\> mostrar*, enseñar

to show somebody something, to show something TO somebody — mostrarle* algo a alguien

he won't show his face around here again — ése no vuelve a aparecer por aquí

to have nothing/something to show for something: they had little/nothing to show for their years of work vieron poco/no vieron recompensados sus años de trabajo; she has something to show for her efforts — sus esfuerzos han dado fruto or le han reportado algo

b) \<\<feelings\>\> demostrar*, exteriorizar*; \<\<interest/enthusiasm/taste\>\> demostrar*, mostrar*; \<\<courage\>\> demostrar* (tener)

he shows her no respect — no le tiene ningún respeto, le falta al respeto

could you show me the way? — ¿me podría indicar el camino?

c) ( allow to be seen)

this carpet shows every mark — en esta alfombra se notan todas las marcas

he's started to show his age — se le han empezado a notar los años

2)

a) (depict, present)

this photo shows her working in her garden — en esta foto está trabajando en el jardín

does the map show places of interest? — ¿están señalados or marcados en el mapa los lugares de interés?

as shown in fig. 2 — como se indica or se muestra en la figura 2

b) (record, register) \<\<barometer/dial/indicator\>\> marcar*, señalar, indicar*; \<\<profit/loss\>\> arrojar

the fuel light's showing red — la luz del combustible está en rojo

3)

a) ( demonstrate) \<\<truth/importance\>\> demostrar*

it just goes to show how wrong you can be about people — eso te demuestra cómo te puedes equivocar con la gente

b) ( teach) enseñar

I showed her how to do it — le enseñé cómo se hacía

I'll show them! — (colloq) ya van a ver!

4) ( by accompanying) (+ adv compl)

he showed us to our seats — nos llevó or nos acompañó hasta nuestros asientos

to show somebody in — hacer* pasar a alguien

to show somebody out — acompañar a alguien a la puerta

I'll show myself out — no hace falta que me acompañes

to show somebody over a building — mostrarle* or enseñarle a alguien un edificio

they showed us around the church — nos mostraron el interior de la iglesia

5)

a) ( screen) \<\<movie\>\> dar*, pasar, proyectar (frml), poner* (Esp); \<\<program\>\> dar*, poner* (Esp), emitir (frml); \<\<slides\>\> pasar, proyectar (frml)

they showed the game on TV — dieron el partido por televisión

b) ( exhibit) \<\<paintings/sculpture\>\> exponer*, exhibir; \<\<horse/dog\>\> presentar, exponer*

2.

vi

1) ( be visible) \<\<dirt/stain\>\> verse*, notarse; \<\<emotion/scar\>\> notarse

your petticoat is showing — se te ve la enagua

I did it in a hurry - yes, it shows! — lo hice deprisa y corriendo - sí, se nota! or sí, y así quedó!

to show through — verse*

you mustn't let your feelings show — no dejes transparentar lo que sientes

2)

a) ( be screened) ( Cin)

it's showing at the Trocadero — la están dando en el Trocadero, la ponen en el Trocadero (Esp)

b) ( exhibit) \<\<artist\>\> exponer*, exhibir

3) ( turn up) (colloq) aparecer*

3.

v refl

to show oneself

a) ( become visible) \<\<person\>\> asomarse, dejarse ver

b) ( prove to be) demostrar* ser; ( turn out to be) resultar ser

he showed himself to be a great player — demostró ser un gran jugador

Phrasal Verbs:

- show off

- show up

II

noun

1) c ( exhibition) ( Art) exposición f

agricultural show — feria f agrícola y ganadera, exposición f rural (RPl)

boat show — salón m náutico

to be on show — estar* expuesto or en exhibición

to put something on show — exponer* algo; (before n)

show house — (BrE) casa f piloto

2) c

a) ( stage production) espectáculo m

to put on a show — montar un espectáculo

the show must go on — hay que seguir adelante

to get the show on the road — (colloq) poner* manos a la obra

let's get this show on the road — manos a la obra!

to steal the show — \<\<actor\>\> robarse el espectáculo, llevarse todos los aplausos

b) (on television, radio) programa m

the Olga Winters Show — el show de Olga Winters

3) (no pl)

a) ( display) muestra f, demostración f

a show of force — un despliegue de fuerza

to vote by a show of hands — votar a mano alzada

b) ( outward appearance)

I made a show of enthusiasm — fingí estar entusiasmado; alarde m

their plush office is simply for show — su elegante oficina es sólo para darse tono

with a great show of indignation — con grandes muestras de indignación

4) (colloq) (no pl)

a) (activity, organization) asunto m

to run the show — llevar la voz cantante, llevar la batuta (fam), ser* el amo del cotarro (fam)

b) ( performance) (BrE)

to put up a good/poor show — hacer* un buen/mal papel, defenderse* bien/mal

good show! — espléndido!, bravo!

poor show! — qué mal!

[ʃǝʊ] (vb: pt showed) (pp shown)
1. N

1) (=showing) demostración f, manifestación f

• show of hands — votación f a mano alzada

• an impressive show of power — una impresionante exhibición de poder

• a show of strength — una demostración de fuerza

2) (=exhibition) exposición f ; [of trade] feria f

• agricultural show — feria f agrícola

• fashion show — pase m de modelos

• motor show — salón m del automóvil

• to be on show — estar expuesto
flower 3., horse 2., Lord Mayor
3) (=sight)

the garden is a splendid show — el jardín es un espectáculo

the dahlias make a fine show — las dalias están espléndidas

4) (Theat)

a) (=performance) espectáculo m, función f

• to go to a show — ir al teatro

• the last show starts at 11 — la última función empieza a las 11

• there is no show on Sundays — el domingo no hay función

• to stage a show — montar un espectáculo

b) (fig)

• bad show! — ¡malo!

• good show! * — ¡muy bien hecho!

to put up a good show * — dar buena cuenta de sí, hacer un buen papel

• on with the show!, the show must go on! — ¡que siga el espectáculo!

• to put up a poor show * — no dar buena cuenta de sí, hacer un mal papel

it's a poor show * — es una vergüenza

- give the show away

- let's get this show on the road

- steal the show

5) (Rad, TV) programa m

a radio show — un programa de radio

6) (=outward appearance) apariencia f

• it's all show with him — en su caso todo es apariencia, todo lo hace para impresionar

• to do sth for show — hacer algo para impresionar

it's just for show — (behaviour) es para impresionar nada más; (object) (=for decoration) es solo un adorno; (=not real) es de adorno

• the party made a show of unity at its conference — el partido presentó una fachada de gran unidad en su congreso

to make a show of resistance — fingir resistencia

7) (=affected display) alarde m

• to make a great show of sympathy — hacer un gran alarde de compasión

8) * (=organization)

• who's in charge of this show? — ¿quién manda aquí?

• this is my show — aquí mando yo

• he runs the show — manda él, él es el amo

2. VT

1) (gen) enseñar, mostrar

to show sb sth, show sth to sb — enseñar or mostrar algo a algn

have I shown you my hat? — ¿te he enseñado or mostrado ya mi sombrero?

he showed me his new car — me enseñó or mostró su nuevo coche

to show o.s.: she won't show herself here again — no volverá a dejarse ver por aquí

come on, show yourself! — vamos, ¡sal de ahí!

it shows itself in his speech — se revela en su forma de hablar, se le nota en el habla

• to show one's cards or one's hand — (lit) poner las cartas boca arriba; (fig) descubrir el juego

• don't show your face here again — no te vuelvas a dejar ver por aquí

• she likes to show her legs — le gusta enseñar or frm hacer exhibición de sus piernas

• he had nothing to show for his trouble — no vió recompensado su esfuerzo, no le lució nada el esfuerzo

• to show one's passport — mostrar or presentar su pasaporte

2) (=exhibit) [+ paintings] exhibir; [+ goods] exponer; [+ film] proyectar, pasar; [+ slides] proyectar; (Theat) representar, dar *

to show a picture at the Academy — exhibir un cuadro en la Academia

to show a film at Cannes — proyectar una película en Cannes

the film was first shown in 1968 — la película se estrenó en 1968

3) (=indicate) [dial, gauge, instrument] marcar

the speedometer shows a speed of... — el velocímetro marca...

it shows 200 degrees — marca or indica 200 grados

the motorways are shown in black — las autopistas están marcadas en negro

• the clock shows two o'clock — el reloj marca las dos

• the figures show a rise — las cifras arrojan un aumento

• as shown in the illustration — como se ve en el grabado

• to show a loss/ profit — (Comm) arrojar un saldo negativo/positivo

4) (=demonstrate) demostrar

to show that... — demostrar que..., hacer ver que...

it just goes to show (that)... — queda demostrado (que)...

I showed him that this could not be true — le hice ver or demostré que esto no podía ser cierto

• this shows him to be a coward — esto deja manifiesto lo cobarde que es, esto demuestra que es un cobarde

• I'll show him! * — ¡ya va a ver!, ¡ese se va a enterar!

• to show what one is made of — demostrar de lo que uno es capaz

5) (=express, manifest) demostrar

• to show one's affection — demostrar su cariño

• she showed great courage — demostró gran valentía

• to show his disagreement, he... — para mostrar su disconformidad, él...

• he showed no fear — no demostró tener miedo, no mostró ningún miedo

• her face showed her happiness — se le veía la felicidad en la cara

• she showed great intelligence — demostró ser muy inteligente, mostró gran inteligencia

• she showed no reaction — no acusó reacción alguna

• the choice of dishes shows excellent taste — la selección de platos demuestra or muestra un gusto muy fino

6) (=reveal)

• she's beginning to show her age — ya empieza a aparentar su edad

• white shoes soon show the dirt — los zapatos blancos pronto dejan ver la suciedad

• to show o.s. incompetent — descubrir su incompetencia, mostrarse incompetente

7) (=direct, conduct)

• to show sb to the door — acompañar a algn a la puerta

to show sb the door — (fig) echar a algn con cajas destempladas

• to show sb into a room — hacer que pase algn, hacer entrar a algn en un cuarto

I was shown into a large hall — me hicieron pasar a un vestíbulo grande

• to show sb over or round a house — enseñar a algn una casa

they showed us round the garden — nos mostraron or enseñaron el jardín

who is going to show us round? — ¿quién actuará de guía?, ¿quién será nuestro guía?

• to show sb to his seat — acompañar a algn a su asiento

• to show sb the way — señalar el camino a algn

3. VI

1) [stain, emotion, underskirt] notarse, verse

it doesn't show — no se ve, no se nota

your slip's showing — se te ve la combinación

fear showed on her face — se le notaba or frm manifestaba el miedo en la cara

don't worry, it won't show — no te preocupes, no se notará

"I've never been riding before" - "it shows" — -nunca había montado a caballo antes -se nota

the tulips are beginning to show — empiezan a brotar los tulipanes

2) [film]

there's a horror film showing at the Odeon — están pasando or (LAm) dando una película de horror en el Odeón

3) (=demonstrate)

it just goes to show that...! — ¡hay que ver que...!

4) (esp US) (also: show up) (=arrive) venir, aparecer

4.

CPD

show apartment N — (Brit) apartamento m modelo, piso m piloto (Sp), departamento m piloto or modelo (LAm)

show bill N — cartel m

show biz *, show business N — el mundo del espectáculo
showbiz column, showbiz reporter
show flat N — (Brit) apartamento m modelo, piso m piloto (Sp), departamento m piloto or modelo (LAm)

show home, show house N — (Brit) casa f modelo, casa f piloto

show jumper N — participante mf en concursos de saltos or de hípica

show jumping N — concursos mpl de saltos or de hípica

show ring N — pista f de exhibición

show trial N — proceso m organizado con fines propagandísticos

show window N — escaparate m

- show around

- show in

- show off

- show out

- show round

- show through

- show up

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I
1. [ʃeʊ]
(past showed; past p shown or showed) transitive verb

1)

a) \<\<photograph/passport\>\> mostrar*, enseñar

to show somebody something, to show something TO somebody — mostrarle* algo a alguien

he won't show his face around here again — ése no vuelve a aparecer por aquí

to have nothing/something to show for something: they had little/nothing to show for their years of work vieron poco/no vieron recompensados sus años de trabajo; she has something to show for her efforts — sus esfuerzos han dado fruto or le han reportado algo

b) \<\<feelings\>\> demostrar*, exteriorizar*; \<\<interest/enthusiasm/taste\>\> demostrar*, mostrar*; \<\<courage\>\> demostrar* (tener)

he shows her no respect — no le tiene ningún respeto, le falta al respeto

could you show me the way? — ¿me podría indicar el camino?

c) ( allow to be seen)

this carpet shows every mark — en esta alfombra se notan todas las marcas

he's started to show his age — se le han empezado a notar los años

2)

a) (depict, present)

this photo shows her working in her garden — en esta foto está trabajando en el jardín

does the map show places of interest? — ¿están señalados or marcados en el mapa los lugares de interés?

as shown in fig. 2 — como se indica or se muestra en la figura 2

b) (record, register) \<\<barometer/dial/indicator\>\> marcar*, señalar, indicar*; \<\<profit/loss\>\> arrojar

the fuel light's showing red — la luz del combustible está en rojo

3)

a) ( demonstrate) \<\<truth/importance\>\> demostrar*

it just goes to show how wrong you can be about people — eso te demuestra cómo te puedes equivocar con la gente

b) ( teach) enseñar

I showed her how to do it — le enseñé cómo se hacía

I'll show them! — (colloq) ya van a ver!

4) ( by accompanying) (+ adv compl)

he showed us to our seats — nos llevó or nos acompañó hasta nuestros asientos

to show somebody in — hacer* pasar a alguien

to show somebody out — acompañar a alguien a la puerta

I'll show myself out — no hace falta que me acompañes

to show somebody over a building — mostrarle* or enseñarle a alguien un edificio

they showed us around the church — nos mostraron el interior de la iglesia

5)

a) ( screen) \<\<movie\>\> dar*, pasar, proyectar (frml), poner* (Esp); \<\<program\>\> dar*, poner* (Esp), emitir (frml); \<\<slides\>\> pasar, proyectar (frml)

they showed the game on TV — dieron el partido por televisión

b) ( exhibit) \<\<paintings/sculpture\>\> exponer*, exhibir; \<\<horse/dog\>\> presentar, exponer*

2.

vi

1) ( be visible) \<\<dirt/stain\>\> verse*, notarse; \<\<emotion/scar\>\> notarse

your petticoat is showing — se te ve la enagua

I did it in a hurry - yes, it shows! — lo hice deprisa y corriendo - sí, se nota! or sí, y así quedó!

to show through — verse*

you mustn't let your feelings show — no dejes transparentar lo que sientes

2)

a) ( be screened) ( Cin)

it's showing at the Trocadero — la están dando en el Trocadero, la ponen en el Trocadero (Esp)

b) ( exhibit) \<\<artist\>\> exponer*, exhibir

3) ( turn up) (colloq) aparecer*

3.

v refl

to show oneself

a) ( become visible) \<\<person\>\> asomarse, dejarse ver

b) ( prove to be) demostrar* ser; ( turn out to be) resultar ser

he showed himself to be a great player — demostró ser un gran jugador

Phrasal Verbs:

- show off

- show up

II

noun

1) c ( exhibition) ( Art) exposición f

agricultural show — feria f agrícola y ganadera, exposición f rural (RPl)

boat show — salón m náutico

to be on show — estar* expuesto or en exhibición

to put something on show — exponer* algo; (before n)

show house — (BrE) casa f piloto

2) c

a) ( stage production) espectáculo m

to put on a show — montar un espectáculo

the show must go on — hay que seguir adelante

to get the show on the road — (colloq) poner* manos a la obra

let's get this show on the road — manos a la obra!

to steal the show — \<\<actor\>\> robarse el espectáculo, llevarse todos los aplausos

b) (on television, radio) programa m

the Olga Winters Show — el show de Olga Winters

3) (no pl)

a) ( display) muestra f, demostración f

a show of force — un despliegue de fuerza

to vote by a show of hands — votar a mano alzada

b) ( outward appearance)

I made a show of enthusiasm — fingí estar entusiasmado; alarde m

their plush office is simply for show — su elegante oficina es sólo para darse tono

with a great show of indignation — con grandes muestras de indignación

4) (colloq) (no pl)

a) (activity, organization) asunto m

to run the show — llevar la voz cantante, llevar la batuta (fam), ser* el amo del cotarro (fam)

b) ( performance) (BrE)

to put up a good/poor show — hacer* un buen/mal papel, defenderse* bien/mal

good show! — espléndido!, bravo!

poor show! — qué mal!

English-spanish dictionary > show
7 comme

comme [kɔm]

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1. conjunction

2. adverb

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1. <

   a. (temps) as

• elle est entrée juste comme je sortais she came in just as I was leaving

   b. (cause) as

• comme il pleuvait, j'ai pris la voiture as it was raining I took the car

   c. ( = en tant que) as

• nous l'avons eu comme président we had him as president

   d. (comparaison) like

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► Avec un nom, on utilise like ; avec un verbe, as et the way sont plus corrects que like, mais like est couramment utilisé.

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• c'est un homme comme lui qu'il nous faut we need a man like him

• il veut une moto comme celle de son frère he wants a motorbike like his brother's

• il pense comme nous he thinks as we do he thinks like us

• faites comme vous voulez do as you like

• il écrit comme il parle he writes the way he speaks he writes like he speaks

• c'est une excuse comme une autre it's as good an excuse as any

• il était comme fasciné par ces oiseaux he seemed fascinated by these birds

• il y a comme un problème (inf) there's a bit of a problem

   e. ( = tel que) like

• les fleurs comme la rose et l'iris sont fragiles flowers like roses and irises are fragile

• bête comme il est... stupid as he is...

   f. (locutions)

► comme ça, comme cela ( = ainsi) like that

• il est comme ça ! he's like that!

• il a pêché un saumon comme ça ! he caught a salmon this big!

• on a vu un film comme ça ! we saw a great (inf) film!

• je l'ai enfermé, comme ça il ne peut pas nous suivre I locked him in - that way he can't follow us

• c'est comme ça et pas autrement that's just the way it is

• si c'est comme ça, je m'en vais ! if that's the way it is, I'm leaving!

• alors, comme ça, vous nous quittez ? so you're leaving us just like that?

• le docteur m'a dit comme ça, prenez des calmants (inf) the doctor just told me to take tranquillizers► comme quoi

• comme quoi tout le monde peut se tromper which just goes to show that anybody can make a mistake► comme ci comme ça so-so (inf)

► comme il faut properly

• mange comme il faut eat properly

• c'est quelqu'un de très comme il faut (inf) he's very proper► comme si as if

• il se conduit comme si de rien n'était he behaves as if nothing had happened

• comme si nous ne le savions pas ! as if we didn't know!

• tu n'es pas content mais tu peux faire comme si (inf) you're not happy but you can pretend to be► comme tout

• elle est gentille comme tout she's so nice

• c'est facile comme tout it's as easy as can be► comme tout le monde like everybody else

• il fume pour faire comme tout le monde he smokes to be like everybody else

• je veux vivre comme tout le monde I want to lead a normal life► comme les autres

• c'est un métier comme les autres it's just like any other job

• il n'est pas comme les autres he's not like the others

• faire comme les autres to do as everybody else does

2. <

• comme ils sont bruyants ! they're so noisy!

• comme il fait beau ! isn't it a lovely day!

• tu sais comme elle est you know what she's like

• écoute comme elle chante bien ! isn't she a wonderful singer!

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kɔm
1.

adverbe how

comme il a raison! — how right he is!

2.

conjonction

1) ( de même que)

ici comme en Italie — here as in Italy

ils sont bêtes, lui comme elle — he's as stupid as she is

il est paresseux, comme sa sœur d'ailleurs — he's lazy, just like his sister

fais comme moi — do as I do

comme toujours — as always

j'y étais allé comme chaque matin — I'd gone there as I did every morning

jolie comme tout — ever so pretty GB, really pretty

2) ( dans une comparaison)

il est grand comme sa sœur — he's as tall as his sister

c'est tout comme — (colloq) it comes to the same thing

elle me traite comme un enfant — she treats me like a child, she treats me as if I were a child

je voudrais un manteau comme le tien — I'd like a coat like yours

elle a fait un geste comme pour se protéger — she made a movement as if to protect herself

3) ( dans une explication)

des pays industrialisés comme les États-Unis et le Japon — industrialized countries such as ou like the United States and Japan

alors comme ça tu vas travailler à l'étranger? — so you're going to work abroad then?

puisque c'est comme ça — if that's the way it is, if that's how it is

comme si je n'avais que ça à faire! — as if I had nothing better to do!

comme si j'avais besoin de ça! — that's the last thing I needed!

4) (colloq) ( dans une approximation)

elle a eu comme un évanouissement — she sort of fainted, she had a kind of fainting fit

5) ( indiquant l'intensité)

avare comme il est, il ne te donnera rien — he's so mean, he won't give you anything

6) ( indiquant une fonction) as

travailler comme jardinier — to work as a gardener

7) ( puisque) as, since

comme elle était seule — as ou since she was alone

8) ( au moment où) as

comme il traversait la rue — as he was crossing the road

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comme quoi! — which just shows!

comme ci comme ça — (colloq) so-so (colloq)

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kɔm
1. prép

1) (comparaison) like

Il est comme son père. — He's like his father.

Je voudrais un manteau comme celui de la photo. — I'd like a coat like the one in the picture.

tout comme son père — just like his father

fort comme un bœuf — as strong as an ox

comme on dit — as they say

2) (manière) like

Faites comme lui. — Do as he does., Do it like him.

comme ça (= ainsi) — like this

Ça se plie comme ça. — You fold it like this.

Faites-le comme ça. — Do it like this., Do it this way.

C'était un poisson grand comme ça. — The fish was this big.

comme ça,...; Comme ça on n'aura pas d'ennuis. — That way we won't have any problems.

comme cela,...; Comme cela nous n'aurons pas d'ennuis. — That way we won't have any problems.

comme ci, comme ça — so-so

"Comment est-ce que tu as trouvé le film?" - - "Comme ci comme ça." — "What did you think of the film?" - - "So-so."

"comment ça va?" - - "comme ça" — "how are things?" - - "ok"

3) (= en tant que) as

donner comme prix — to give as a prize

se donner comme objectif de faire qch — to set o.s. the goal of doing sth

J'ai travaillé comme serveuse cet été. — I worked as a waitress this summer.

Qu'est-ce que tu veux comme dessert? — What would you like for pudding?

4) (autres locutions)

comme tout; joli comme tout — ever so pretty

comme c'est pas permis; Il est malin comme c'est pas permis. — He's as smart as they come.

comme quoi (ce qui prouve que) — which just goes to show that, (selon quoi) saying that

Il s'en est tiré sain et sauf, comme quoi il y a un dieu pour les inconscients. — He escaped unharmed, which just goes to show there is a god for the reckless.

Il a écrit une lettre comme quoi il... — He wrote a letter saying that he...

comme il faut adv — properly

Mets le couvert comme il faut! — Set the table properly!, adjproper

Ce sont des gens comme il faut. — They're very proper people.

2. conj

1) (= ainsi que) as

Elle écrit comme elle parle. — She writes as she talks.

Faites comme vous voulez. — Do as you like.

comme si — as if

2) (= au moment où) as

Il est parti comme j'arrivais. — He left as I arrived.

3) (= puisque) as, since

Comme il était en retard, il... — As he was late, he...

3. adv

(intensif)

Comme il est beau! — He's so handsome!

Comme il est fort! — He's so strong!

Regarde comme c'est beau! — Look, isn't it lovely!, Look how lovely it is!

Comme c'est bon! — It's so good!

Comme tu as grandi! — How you've grown!

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comme

A adv how; comme tu es malin! how clever you are!; comme il a raison! how right he is!; comme j'aime lire! how I love reading!; comme tu as grandi, je ne t'ai pas reconnu how you've grown, I didn't recognize you.

B conj

1 ( de même que) ici comme en Italie ( exclusivement) here as in Italy; ( inclusivement) both here and in Italy; ils sont bêtes, lui comme elle they are both as stupid as each other, he's as stupid as she is; en France et en Angleterre, comme dans les autres pays d'Europe in France and in England as (well as) in the other European countries; contente-toi de dire comme moi just say the same thing as me; il est paresseux, comme sa sœur d'ailleurs he's lazy, just like his sister; il mange comme eux he eats the same things as they do; elle est sage-femme comme sa mère et sa grand-mère she's a midwife, like her mother and grandmother (before her); fais comme moi do as I do; nous avons fêté Noël chez nous, comme tous les ans we spent Christmas at home, as we do every year; été comme hiver all year round, summer and winter alike; comme toujours as always; j'y étais allé comme chaque matin I'd gone there as I did every morning; jolie/légère comme tout ever so pretty/light GB, really pretty/light;

2 ( dans une comparaison) il est grand comme sa sœur he's as tall as his sister; les cheveux du bébé sont lisses comme de la soie the baby's hair is as smooth as silk; c'est tout comme○ it comes to the same thing; rouge comme une pivoine as red as a beetroot GB ou beet US; je leur ai parlé tout comme je te parle I spoke to them just like○ I'm speaking to you now; c'est quelqu'un de comme ça○! he's/she's great!; il est bête/courageux comme pas un he's as stupid/brave as they come; il boit/travaille comme pas un he drinks/works like anything; comme tu y vas! that's going a bit far!; elle me traite comme un enfant she treats me like a child, she treats me as if I were a child;

3 ( dans une équivalence) c'est comme une brioche avec des raisins à l'intérieur it's like a brioche with currants in it; un chapeau comme celui-là a hat like that one; je voudrais un manteau comme le tien I'd like a coat like yours; comme pour faire as if to do; et comme pour bien marquer leur refus, ils sont sortis de la salle and as if to make a point of their refusal, they left the room; elle a fait un geste comme pour se protéger she made a movement as if to protect herself;

4 (dans une illustration, une explication) des pays industrialisés comme les États-Unis et le Japon industrialized countries such as ou like the United States and Japan; qu'est-ce que vous avez comme couleurs? what colours do you have?; qu'est-ce qu'il y a comme vaisselle? what is there in the way of crockery?; comme ça like that; alors comme ça tu vas travailler à l'étranger? so you're going to work abroad then?; puisque c'est comme ça if that's the way it is, if that's how it is; on va faire comme si we're going to pretend that; il a fait comme s'il ne me voyait pas he pretended (that) he hadn't seen me; c'est comme si it's as if; comme s'il dormait as if ou as though he was sleeping; comme si je n'avais que ça à faire! as if I had nothing better to do!; comme si j'avais besoin de ça! that's the last thing I needed!; ‘je ne trouve pas ça joli’-‘fais comme si’ ‘I don't think it's pretty’-‘just pretend you do’; elle m'a dit, comme si de rien n'était, que… she told me, just like that, that…; se comporter comme si de rien n'était to act as if nothing were wrong;

5 ○( dans une approximation) elle a eu comme un évanouissement she sort of fainted, she had a kind of fainting fit; elle semblait comme gênée she seemed somewhat embarrassed;

6 ( indiquant l'intensité) avare comme il est, il ne te donnera rien he's so mean, he won't give you anything; maigre comme elle est she's so thin;

7 ( indiquant une fonction) as; travailler comme jardinier to work as a gardener; il a été recruté comme traducteur he was taken on as a translator; la phrase est donnée comme exemple the sentence is given as an example; que veux-tu comme cadeau? what would you like for ou as a present?;

8 ( puisque) as, since; comme elle était seule as ou since she was alone; comme il l'aime, il lui pardonnera as ou since he loves him/her, he'll forgive him/her;

9 ( au moment où) as; juste comme just as; comme il traversait la rue as he was crossing the road; elle arrivait comme je partais she was coming in as I was going out.

Idiomes

comme quoi! which just shows!; comme ci comme ça○ so-so○.

[kɔm] conjonction

1. [introduisant une comparaison] as, like

c'est un jour comme les autres it's a day like any other

une maison pas comme les autres a very unusual house

ce fut comme une révélation it was like a revelation

il fait beau comme en plein été it's as hot as if it was the middle of summer

il a fait un signe, comme pour appeler he made a sign, as if to call out

c'est comme ta sœur, elle ne téléphone jamais your sister's the same, she never phones

je suis comme toi, j'ai horreur de ça I'm like you, I hate that kind of thing

fais comme moi, ne lui réponds pas do as I do, don't answer him

qu'est-ce que tu veux? — choisis comme pour toi what do you want? — get me the same as you

blanc comme neige white as snow

je l'ai vu comme je vous vois I saw it as sure as I'm standing here

la voiture fait comme un bruit the car's making a funny noise

j'ai comme l'impression qu'on s'est perdus! I've got a feeling we're lost!

il y a comme un défaut! (familier) something seems to be wrong!

il ne m'a pas injurié, mais c'était tout comme he didn't actually insult me, but it was close ou as good as

2. [exprimant la manière] as

fais comme il te plaira do as you like ou please

fais comme je t'ai appris do it the way I taught you

comme on pouvait s'y attendre, nos actions ont baissé as could be expected, our shares have gone down

ça s'écrit comme ça se prononce it's written as it's pronounced

la connaissant comme je la connais knowing her as well as ou like I do

je passerai vous prendre à 9 h comme convenu I'll pick you up at 9 as (we) agreed ou planned

comme dirait l'autre (familier) , comme dit l'autre (familier) as the saying goes, to coin a phrase, as they say

comme on dit as they say

comme il se doit en pareilles circonstances as befits the circumstances, as is fitting in such circumstances

c'était comme qui dirait un gémissement it was a sort of moan

fais comme bon te semble do whatever you wish ou like

comme ci comme ça (familier) : tu t'entends bien avec lui? — comme ci comme ça do you get on with him? — sort of ou so-so

3. [tel que] like, such as

mince comme elle est, elle peut porter n'importe quoi being as slim as she is everything suits her, she is so slim that everything suits her

les arbres comme le marronnier... trees like ou such as the chestnut...

D comme Denise D for Denise

4. [en tant que] as

il vaut mieux l'avoir comme ami que comme ennemi I'd sooner have him as a friend than as an enemy

je l'ai eu comme élève he was one of my students

qu'est-ce que vous avez comme vin? what (kind of) wine do you have?

c'est plutôt faible comme excuse! it's a pretty feeble excuse!

comme gaffeur, tu te poses là! (familier) you really know how to put your foot in it!

5. [pour ainsi dire]

il restait sur le seuil, comme paralysé he was standing on the doorstep, (as if he was) rooted to the spot

ta robe est comme neuve! your dress is as good as new!

il était comme fou he was like a madman

6. [et]

l'un comme l'autre aiment beaucoup voyager they both love travelling

cette robe peut se porter avec comme sans ceinture you can wear this dress with or without a belt

le règlement s'applique à tous, à vous comme aux autres the rules apply to everybody, you included

un spectacle que les parents, comme les enfants, apprécieront a show which will delight parents and children alike

à la ville comme à la scène in real life as well as on stage

7. [indiquant la cause] since, as

8. [au moment où] as, when

[pendant que] while

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[kɔm] adverbe

1. [emploi exclamatif] how

comme c'est triste! how sad (it is)!, it's so sad!

comme tu es grande! what a big girl you are now!, how big you've grown!

comme je te comprends! I know exactly how you feel!

2. [indiquant la manière]

tu sais comme il est you know what he's like ou how he is

comme ça locution adjectivale

1. [ainsi] like that

je suis comme ça I'm like that

il est comme ça, on ne le changera pas! that's the way he is, you won't change him!

j'ai fait pousser une citrouille comme ça! I grew a pumpkin that big!

2. [admirable] great

comme ça locution adverbiale

1. [de cette manière] like this ou that

qu'as-tu à me regarder comme ça? why are you staring at me like that?

c'est comme ça, que ça te plaise ou non! that's how ou the way it is, whether you like it or not!

il m'a répondu comme ça qu'il était majeur (familier) I'm old enough, he says to me

2. [en intensif]

alors comme ça, tu te maries? (oh) so you're getting married?

où vas-tu comme ça? where are you off to?

3. [de telle manière que] that way, so that

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comme il faut locution adjectivale

respectable, proper

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comme il faut locution adverbiale

1. [correctement] properly

2. (familier) [emploi exclamatif]

il s'est fait battre, et comme il faut (encore)! he got well and truly thrashed!

comme quoi locution conjonctive

1. [ce qui prouve que] which shows ou (just) goes to show that

2. (familier) [selon quoi]

j'ai reçu des ordres comme quoi personne ne devait avoir accès au dossier I've been instructed not to allow anybody access to that file

comme si locution conjonctive

1. [exprimant la comparaison] as if

il se conduit comme s'il était encore étudiant he behaves as if he was still a student

elle faisait comme si de rien n'était she pretended (that) there was nothing wrong, she pretended (that) nothing had happened

mais je n'y connais rien — fais comme si! but I don't know anything about it — just pretend!

2. [emploi exclamatif] as if, as though

c'est comme si c'était fait! it's as good as done!

comme s'il ne savait pas ce qu'il faisait! as if ou as though he didn't know what he was doing!

comme tout locution adverbiale

really, extremely, terribly

j'ai été malade comme tout sur le bateau I was (as) sick as a dog on the boat

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > comme

8 show up

1) проводить( кого-л.) наверх Show the doctor up when he comes. ≈ Проводите доктора наверх, когда он придет.
2) выявить, показать, обнаружить The bright sunlight shows up the cracks in the walls. ≈ При ярком солнечном свете стали видны трещины в стене. Performing by herself showed her up as a rather poor singer. ≈ Когда она выступала одна, выяснилось, что она довольно плохая певица.
3) выявляться, обнаруживаться The lines on her face show up in the pale spring light. ≈ При тусклом весеннем свете у нее на лице стали видны морщины. Her age showed up all too clearly. ≈ Ее возраст стал явно заметен.
4) изобличать;
разоблачать
5) сконфузить, повергнуть в смущение Don't argue with me in front of our guests, it shows me up. ≈ Давай не будем спорить у всех на виду, это смущает меня.
6) (четко) выделяться, вырисовываться The trees showed up against the sky. ≈ Деревья четко выделялись на фоне неба.
7) разг. (по) являться;
объявиться неожиданно Only thirty members showed up for the yearly General Meeting. ≈ Ко всеобщей неожиданности, только тридцать членов организации собрались на ежегодное общее собрание. разоблачать, изобличать - to * a fraud разоблачить обман - to * a swindler изобличить мошенника выявить, показать;
обнаружить - to * smb.'s faults обнаружить чьи-либо недостатки - close study of the picture shows up a network of fine cracks тщательный осмотр картины обнаруживает сеть тонких трещин выявляться, обнаруживаться - her age showed up all too clearly в отношении ее возраста не могло быть никаких сомнений - at times like these the true character of a man shows up в такие времена проявляется истинная сущность человека (разговорное) (по) являться, приходить - not to * at the meeting не являться на собрание - to * late опоздать - we've been waiting for hours for you to *! мы ждали вас целый час! (школьное) (жаргон) доносить, ябедничать сконфузить, повергнуть в смущение - I'm not afraid that our children are going to show me up я не боюсь, что наши дети будут плохо вести себя - that's the last time that you show me up in public! я больше не позволю тебе ставить меня в неловкое положение на людях! ясно обозначаться, вырисовываться, выделяться - the house shows up against the sky на фоне неба ( четко) вырисовываются очертания дома подавать для проверки (работу)

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > show up

9 show

ʃəu 1. past tense - showed; verb
1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) vise (fram)

2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) synes, kunne ses

3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) utstille, (fram)vise, gå

4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) vise

5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) følge, vise rundt

6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) vise, demonstrere

7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) (be)vise

8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) vise
2. noun
1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) forestilling, utstilling, show

2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) oppvisning, forevisning

3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) skinn av, det å late som

4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) (for) syns skyld

5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) oppvisning, forsøk

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- showy
- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
- on show
- show off
- show up

bevise
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presentere
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utstilling
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vise

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subst. \/ʃəʊ\/

1) forestilling, utstilling, oppvisning, fremvisning

• we went to the flower show

vi gikk på blomsterutstillingen

• he didn't like the air show

han likte ikke flyoppvisningen

2) skue, syn

• the orchard made a magnificent show

frukthagen var et praktfullt syn

3) ytre glans, pomp (og prakt), juggel

• he's fond of show

han er svak for pomp og prakt

4) skinn, utseende, tegn

• she makes a show of being rich

hun gir seg ut for å være rik

• he didn't offer even a show of resistance

han gjorde ikke tegn til å yte motstand

5) (medisin, før fødsel) tegning (blanding av slim og blod)

6) ( hverdagslig) greie, affære, historie

• Tom and Susan were sick of the whole show

Tom og Susan var luta lei hele greia

7) (amer. og austr. hverdagslig) sjanse

• give her a fair show to defend herself

gi henne en sjanse til å forsvare seg

be all over the show være en salig røre, være et eneste rot

for show for syns skyld

get the show on the road ( hverdagslig) komme i gang med (det hele)

• if we don't get the show on the road the plans will be out of date

om vi ikke kommer i gang, vil planene bli foreldet

give the show away slippe katten ut av sekken, avsløre alt

good show ( gammeldags) bravo, fint

be just for show være bare skuespill

make a fine show ta seg bra ut, gjøre en god figur

make a poor show ta seg dårlig ut, gjøre en dårlig\/slett figur

make a show of gjøre et stort nummer av, stille til skue skilte med late som, gi seg ut for

make a show of oneself være latterlig, dumme seg ut

be on show være utstilt ( om person) sitte på utstilling, bli vist\/la seg vise frem

put up a good show gjøre det bra, klare seg fint

run the show ha styringen, lede hele greia

under a show of under skinn av
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verb ( showed - shown eller showed) \/ʃəʊ\/

1) vise (frem)

• show me the money!

vis meg pengene!

• that'll show them

da skal de få se

2) (la) vise seg, (la) synes

• your slip is showing

underkjolen din synes

3) utstille, fremvise

• the firm showed its new designs

firmaet viste frem sine nye designer

• the film is shown at the Grand

filmen går på Grand

4) legge for dagen, vise, avsløre

• this performance showed her talent

denne forestillingen avslørte hennes talent

5) angi, vise, indikere

• a barometer shows the air pressure

et barometer viser lufttrykket

6) vise (veien), følge, ledsage

• she showed me to the door

hun fulgte meg til døren

7) påvise, bevise

• we have shown that the story is false

vi har bevist at historien er falsk

8) ( hverdagslig) dukke opp, komme

9) (amer.) forklaring: bli nr 3 eller bedre i et løp

it goes to show that det viser bare at

show a leg ( hverdagslig) komme seg opp (av sengen) sette fart, få opp farten

show fight ( overført) flekke tenner, reise bust, vise klør gjøre motstand, sette seg til motverge

show off briljere, skape seg, gjøre seg viktig

show one's face vise seg (offentlig)

show one's hand ( overført) legge kortene på bordet

show somebody his place ( overført) sette noen på plass

show somebody in vise noen inn, føre noen inn, be noen komme inn

• show him in!

be ham komme inn!

show somebody out følge (noen) ut vise noen døren

show somebody over\/round vise noen rundt

• he showed us round the house

han viste oss rundt i huset

show somebody the door vise en døren, kaste en ut

show something off vise frem noe (i stolthet), briljere med noe, briske seg med noe

• do you have to show off your knowledge?

må du briljere sånn med kunnskapene dine?

vise noe, fremheve noe

• the tight dress showed off her figure

den trange kjolen fremhevet figuren hennes

show something\/somebody up gjøre noe(n) klart synlig, vise noe avsløre noe

• she showed up a fraud

hun avslørte en svindel

show up synes tydelig, være tydelig

• his wrinkles showed up in the sunlight

rynkene hans ble tydelige i sollyset

( hverdagslig) vise seg, dukke opp, komme

• he never showed up at the party

han dukket aldri opp på festen

time will show det vil tiden vise

English-Norwegian dictionary > show

10 Geist

m; -(e)s, -er

1. nur Sg.; (Verstand) mind; (Intellekt) intellect; (Sinn, Gemüt) mind; (Witz) wit; (Seele) spirit; Geist und Körper mind and body, body and spirit; Mann von Geist man of wit; vor Geist sprühen oder seinen Geist sprühen lassen scintillate; den oder seinen Geist aushauchen geh. euph. (sterben) give up the ghost; den Geist aufgeben umg. (kaputtgehen) give up the ghost, conk out; das / er geht mir auf den Geist umg. it / he really gets on my nerves, it’s / he’s driving me crazy; im Geiste in one’s mind’s eye; im Geiste sah sie sich schon als Siegerin she already imagined ( oder saw) herself as the winner; wir werden im Geiste bei euch sein we will be with you in spirit; der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

2. nur Sg.; (Einstellung) spirit; (Verfassung) morale; (Atmosphäre) atmosphere, vibes Pl. umg.; der olympische Geist the Olympic spirit; der Geist des Christentums etc. the spirit of Christianity etc.; es herrschte ein kameradschaftlicher Geist there was a comradely spirit; in jemandes Geiste handeln act in the spirit of s.o.; daran sieht man, wes Geistes Kind er ist it says a lot about him

3. überirdischer: spirit; (Gespenst) ghost; (Erscheinung) apparition; ich glaube nicht an Geister I don’t believe in ghosts; böser Geist evil spirit, demon; der Böse Geist KIRCHL. the Evil One; hier geht ein Geist um this place is haunted; bist du denn von allen guten Geistern verlassen? are you out of your mind?, have you taken leave of your senses?; heilig

4. fig. Person: großer Geist great mind ( oder thinker); kleiner Geist small-minded person; dienstbarer Geist umg., hum. (Dienstbote) servant, domestic treasure; jemandes guter Geist s.o.’s guiding light; sie ist der gute Geist der Abteilung she is the moving spirit in the department; sie ist ein unruhiger Geist she’s a restless person ( oder spirit), she can’t sit still for one moment, she’s up and down like a yoyo umg.; scheiden III

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der Geist

(Gespenst) specter; ghost; phantom; spectre;

(Seele) animus; spirit;

(Verstand) brains; intellect; mind;

(Verstorbener) soul;

(Witz) wit

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[gaist]
m -(e)s, -er

1) no pl (= Denken, Vernunft) mind

der menschliche Géíst, der Géíst des Menschen — the human mind

Géíst und Materie — mind and matter

mit Géíst begabt — endowed with a mind

"Phänomenologie des Géístes" — "Phenomenology of the Spirit"

2) (REL = Seele, außerirdisches Wesen) spirit; (= Gespenst) ghost

Géíst und Körper — mind and body

seinen Géíst aufgeben or aushauchen (liter, iro) — to give up the ghost

der Géíst ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach (prov) — the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

der Heilige Géíst — the Holy Ghost or Spirit

der Géíst Gottes — the Spirit of God

der böse Géíst — the Evil One

der Géíst der Finsternis — the Prince of Darkness

gute/böse Géíster — good/evil spirits

die Stunde der Géíster — the witching hour

der gute Géíst des Hauses (geh) — the moving spirit in the household

von allen guten Géístern verlassen sein (inf) — to have taken leave of one's senses (inf)

jdm auf den Géíst gehen (inf) — to get on sb's nerves

in dem Schloss gehen Géíster um — the castle is haunted, the castle is walked by ghosts (liter)

3) (no pl = Intellekt) intellect, mind; (fig = Denker, Genie) mind

Géíst haben — to have a good mind or intellect; (Witz) to show wit

einen regen/lebhaften Géíst haben —

ein Mann von großem Géíst — a man of great intellect, a man with a great mind

die Rede zeugte nicht von großem Géíst — the speech was not particularly brilliant

das geht über meinen Géíst (inf) — that's way over my head (inf), that's beyond me (inf)

hier scheiden sich die Géíster — this is the parting of the ways

seinen Géíst anstrengen (inf) — to use one's brains (inf)

sie sind verwandte Géíster — they are kindred spirits

kleine Géíster (iro: ungebildet) — people of limited intellect; (kleinmütig) small-minded or petty-minded people

See:

→ unruhig

4) no pl (= Wesen, Sinn, Gesinnung) spirit

in kameradschaftlichem Géíst — in a spirit of comradeship

in diesem Büro herrscht ein kollegialer Géíst — this office has a friendly atmosphere

in seinem/ihrem Géíst — in his/her spirit

in jds Géíst handeln — to act in the spirit of sb

der Géíst der Zeit/der russischen Sprache — the spirit or genius (liter) of the times/of the Russian language

nach dem Géíst des Gesetzes, nicht nach seinem Buchstaben gehen — to go by the spirit rather than the letter of the law

daran zeigt sich, wes Géístes Kind er ist — that (just) shows what kind of person he is

5) no pl (= Vorstellung) mind

etw im Géíst(e) vor sich sehen — to see sth in one's mind's eye

sich im Géíst(e) als etw/als jd/an einem Ort sehen — to see or picture oneself as sth/as sb/in a place

im Géíste bin ich bei euch — I am with you in spirit, my thoughts are with you

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der

1) (a spirit, usually of a dead person: Do you believe in ghosts?; Hamlet thought he saw his father's ghost.) ghost

2) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) spirit

3) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; ( also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) spirit

4) (an elf or fairy: a water-sprite.) sprite

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Geist¹

<-[e]s, -e>

[ˈgaist]

m

1. kein pl (Vernunft) mind

die Rede zeugte nicht von großem \Geist the speech was no testament to a great mind

ihr \Geist ist verwirrt she's mentally deranged

seinen \Geist anstrengen to put one's mind to it

seinen \Geist aushauchen (euph geh) to breathe one's last

jdm [mit etw dat] auf den \Geist gehen (fam) to get on sb's nerves [with sth] fam

im \Geist[e] (in Gedanken) in spirit, in one's thoughts; (in der Vorstellung) in one's mind's eye, in one's thoughts

etw im \Geiste vor sich dat sehen to see sth in one's mind's eye, to picture sth

\Geist und Körper body and mind

der menschliche \Geist, der \Geist des Menschen the human mind

2. kein pl (Witz) wit

er sprühte vor \Geist he was as witty as could be

eine Rede voller \Geist und Witz a witty speech

\Geist haben to have esprit

ein Mann ohne/von \Geist a dull/witty man

\Geist versprühen to be scintillating

3. kein pl (Gesinnung) spirit

in diesem Büro herrscht ein kollegialer \Geist there's a spirit of cooperation in this office

an \Geist und Buchstaben einer S. gen halten to observe the spirit and letter of sth

der freie \Geist free thought

in kameradschaftlichem \Geist in a spirit of camaraderie [or comradeship]

in jds \Geist how sb would have wished

der \Geist der Zeit the spirit of the times [or age

4. (Destillat) spirit

5.

▶ seinen [o den] \Geist aufgeben (iron veraltet: sterben) to give up the ghost, to breathe one's last; (hum fam: kaputtgehen) to give up the ghost

▶ wes \Geistes Kind jd ist the kind of person sb is

▶ da [o hier] scheiden sich die \Geister opinions differ here

▶ der \Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

Geist²

<-[e]s, -e>

m

1. (Denker) mind, intellect

große \Geister stört das nicht (hum fam) that doesn't bother me/us etc.

kleiner \Geist small-minded person, person of limited intellect

2. (Charakter) spirit

ein guter \Geist an angel

der gute \Geist des Hauses the moving [or guiding] spirit of the household

ein unruhiger \Geist a restive spirit, a restless creature

verwandte \Geister kindred spirits

3. (Wesenheit) spirit

der böse \Geist the Evil One old

dienstbarer \Geist ministering spirit

der \Geist der Finsternis (geh) the Prince of Darkness

der \Geist Gottes the Spirit of God

der Heilige \Geist the Holy Ghost

4. (Gespenst) ghost

ihm erschien der \Geist seiner toten Mutter he was visited by the ghost of his dead mother

\Geister gehen hier um this place is haunted

wie ein \Geist aussehen to look very pale; krank a. to look like death warmed up [or AM over] fam; erschreckt a. to look as if one has seen a ghost

einen \Geist beschwören to invoke a spirit

böse/gute \Geister evil/good spirits

5.

▶ dienstbarer \Geist (hum fam) servant

▶ von allen guten \Geistern verlassen sein (fam) to have taken leave of one's senses

▶ jdm als Heiliger \Geist erscheinen, jdm den Heiligen \Geist schicken MIL, SCH (veraltet sl) to don fancy dress at night and thrash sb sleeping in bed

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der; Geist[e]s, Geister

1) o. Pl. (Verstand) mind

jemandes Geist ist verwirrt/gestört — somebody is mentally deranged/disturbed

jemandem mit etwas auf den Geist gehen — (salopp) get on somebody's nerves with something

den Geist aufgeben — (geh./ugs. scherzh., auch fig.) give up the ghost

im Geist[e] — in my/his etc. mind's eye

2) o. Pl. (Scharfsinn) wit

3) o. Pl. (innere Einstellung) spirit

4) (denkender Mensch) mind; intellect

ein großer/kleiner Geist — a great mind/a person of limited intellect

hier od. da scheiden sich die Geister — this is where opinions differ

5) (überirdisches Wesen) spirit

der Heilige Geist — (christl. Rel.) the Holy Ghost or Spirit

der böse Geist — the evil spirit

von allen guten Geistern verlassen sein — have taken leave of one's senses; be out of one's mind

6) (Gespenst) ghost

Geister gehen im Schloss um/spuken im Schloss — the castle is haunted

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Geist m; -(e)s, -er

1. nur sg; (Verstand) mind; (Intellekt) intellect; (Sinn, Gemüt) mind; (Witz) wit; (Seele) spirit;

Geist und Körper mind and body, body and spirit;

Mann von Geist man of wit;

vor Geist sprühen oder

seinen Geist sprühen lassen scintillate;

den oder

seinen Geist aushauchen geh euph (sterben) give up the ghost;

den Geist aufgeben umg (kaputtgehen) give up the ghost, conk out;

das/er geht mir auf den Geist umg it/he really gets on my nerves, it’s/he’s driving me crazy;

im Geiste in one’s mind’s eye;

im Geiste sah sie sich schon als Siegerin she already imagined ( oder saw) herself as the winner;

wir werden im Geiste bei euch sein we will be with you in spirit;

der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

2. nur sg; (Einstellung) spirit; (Verfassung) morale; (Atmosphäre) atmosphere, vibes pl umg;

der olympische Geist the Olympic spirit;

der Geist des Christentums etc the spirit of Christianity etc;

es herrschte ein kameradschaftlicher Geist there was a comradely spirit;

in jemandes Geiste handeln act in the spirit of sb;

daran sieht man, wes Geistes Kind er ist it says a lot about him

3. überirdischer: spirit; (Gespenst) ghost; (Erscheinung) apparition;

ich glaube nicht an Geister I don’t believe in ghosts;

böser Geist evil spirit, demon;

der Böse Geist KIRCHE the Evil One;

hier geht ein Geist um this place is haunted;

bist du denn von allen guten Geistern verlassen? are you out of your mind?, have you taken leave of your senses?; → heilig

4. fig Person:

großer Geist great mind ( oder thinker);

kleiner Geist small-minded person;

dienstbarer Geist umg, hum (Dienstbote) servant, domestic treasure;

jemandes guter Geist sb’s guiding light;

sie ist der gute Geist der Abteilung she is the moving spirit in the department;

sie ist ein unruhiger Geist she’s a restless person ( oder spirit), she can’t sit still for one moment, she’s up and down like a yoyo umg; → scheiden C

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der; Geist[e]s, Geister

1) o. Pl. (Verstand) mind

jemandes Geist ist verwirrt/gestört — somebody is mentally deranged/disturbed

jemandem mit etwas auf den Geist gehen — (salopp) get on somebody's nerves with something

den Geist aufgeben — (geh./ugs. scherzh., auch fig.) give up the ghost

im Geist[e] — in my/his etc. mind's eye

2) o. Pl. (Scharfsinn) wit

3) o. Pl. (innere Einstellung) spirit

4) (denkender Mensch) mind; intellect

ein großer/kleiner Geist — a great mind/a person of limited intellect

hier od. da scheiden sich die Geister — this is where opinions differ

5) (überirdisches Wesen) spirit

der Heilige Geist — (christl. Rel.) the Holy Ghost or Spirit

der böse Geist — the evil spirit

von allen guten Geistern verlassen sein — have taken leave of one's senses; be out of one's mind

6) (Gespenst) ghost

Geister gehen im Schloss um/spuken im Schloss — the castle is haunted

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-er m.

esprit n.

ghost n.

mind n.

soul n.

specter n.

spirit n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Geist

11 decir

v.

1 to say.

decir que sí/no to say yes/no

dice que no viene she says (that) she is not coming

¿cómo se dice “estación” en inglés? how do you say “estación” in English?

dicen que va a ser un verano muy seco they say it's going to be a very dry summer

Ella dijo la razón She said the reason.

Ella dijo incongruencias She said=uttered inconsistencies.

Esa historia dice algo cierto That story says something that is true.

2 to tell.

¿quién te lo ha dicho? who told you that?

¿qué quieres que te diga? what do you want me to say?, what can I say?

decir a alguien que haga algo to tell somebody to do something

decir la verdad to tell the truth

Decirle la verdad a Ricardo To tell the truth to Richard= To tell Richard the truth.

Le dije I told him.

3 to recite, to read.

4 to tell, to show.

eso lo dice todo that says it all

decir mucho (en favor) de to say a lot for

5 to call.

le dicen la carretera de la muerte they call it the road of death

6 to say to.

Ella había dicho hacer eso She had said to do that.

7 to say about.

Ese estudio dice mil años That study says about one thousand years.

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DECIR

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

digo, dices, dice, decimos, decís, dicen.

Past Indicative

dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijeron.

Future Indicative

diré, dirás, dirá, diremos, diréis, dirán.

Conditional

diría, dirías, diría, diríamos, diríais, dirían.

Present Subjunctive

diga, digas, diga, digamos, digáis, digan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

dijera, dijeras, dijera, dijéramos, dijerais, dijeran;

dijese, dijeses, dijese, dijésemos, dijeseis, dijesen.

Future Subjunctive

dijere, dijeres, dijere, dijéremos, dijereis, dijeren.

Imperative

di (tú), diga (él/Vd.), digamos (nos.), decid (vos.), digan (ellos/Vds.).

Past Participle

dicho,-a.

* * *

verb

1) to say

2) tell

3) speak

•

- decirse

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DECIR ¿"Say" o "tell"? Decir se puede traducir por say o por tell. Por regla general, say simplemente {dice} y tell {informa} u {ordena hacer algo}. ► Decir generalmente se traduce por say en estilo directo. Normalmente no lleva un complemento de persona pero si se menciona a quién se está dirigiendo el hablante, el complemento de persona tiene que ir precedido por la preposición to: "Ya son las tres", dije "It's already three o'clock," I said "¡Qué tiempo más malo!" Eso fue lo único que me dijo "What awful weather!" That's all he said to me ► En estilo indirecto, decir se puede traducir por say cuando simplemente se cuenta lo que alguien ha dicho. Si say lleva complemento de persona, este se coloca después del complemento directo: Dijo que se tenía que marchar He said he had to leave Me dijo algo que no entendí He said something to me that I didn't understand ► Decir se traduce por tell cuando se {informa} o se {ordena hacer algo}. Suele llevar un objeto de persona sin la preposición to: Me dijo que tenía una entrevista de trabajo He told me he had a job interview ¡Te he dicho que no lo toques! I told you not to touch it! ► Hay algunos usos idiomáticos en los que decir se traduce por tell aunque no lleva complemento de persona. Por ejemplo: to tell the truth (decir la verdad) y to tell a lie (decir una mentira). Otros verbos ► Si decir va acompañado de un calificativo en español, a menudo se puede traducir al inglés por otros verbos que no sean say o tell: "Lo he perdido todo", dijo entre sollozos "I've lost everything," she sobbed Dijo con voz ronca algo sobre necesitar un médico He croaked something about needing a doctor Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada Para otras expresiones con el participio, ver dicho.
1. VERBO TRANSITIVO

1) (=afirmar) to say

ya sabe decir varias palabras — she can already say several words, she already knows several words

- tengo prisa -dijo — "I'm in a hurry," she said

viene y dice: -estás despedido — * he goes, "you're fired" *

olvídalo, no he dicho nada — forget I said anything

¿decía usted? — you were saying?

• [como] dicen los madrileños — as they say in Madrid

como decía mi abuela — as my grandmother used to say

como iba diciendo... — as I was saying...

¿cómo ha dicho usted? — pardon?, what did you say?

• decir para {o} entre [sí] — to say to o.s.
decir que to say (that)
mi amigo dice que eres muy guapa — my friend says (that) you're very pretty

dicen que... — they say (that)..., people say (that)...

el cartel dice claramente que... — the sign says clearly {o} clearly states that...

decir que sí/no — to say yes/no

-¿viene? -dice que sí — "is she coming?" - "she says she is {o} she says so"

la miré y me dijo que sí/no con la cabeza — I looked at her and she nodded/shook her head
adiós 2.
2) decir algo a algn to tell sb sth

¿quién te lo dijo? — who told you?

se lo dije bien claro, pero no me hizo caso — I told her quite clearly, but she didn't take any notice of me

tengo algo que decirte — there's something I want to tell you, I've got something to tell you

hoy nos dicen las notas — they're telling {o} giving us our results today
decir a algn que ({+ indic}) to tell sb (that)
me dijo que no vendría — he told me (that) he wouldn't come

ya te dije que no tiene ni idea — I told you he hasn't got a clue

¿no te digo que no puedo ir? — I've already told you I can't go
decir a algn que ({+ subjun}) (=ordenar) to tell sb to ({+ infin}); (=pedir) to ask sb to ({+ infin})
la profesora me dijo que esperara fuera — the teacher told me to wait outside

le dije que fuera más tarde — I told her to go later

dile que venga a cenar mañana con nosotros — ask him to come and have supper with us tomorrow

te digo que te calles — I said shut up

3) (=contar) [+ mentiras, verdad, secreto] to tell

decir tonterías — to talk nonsense
verdad 1)
4) (=llamar) to call

¿cómo le dicen a esto en Perú? — what do they call this in Peru?

se llama Francisco, pero le dicen Paco — his name is Francisco, but he's known as Paco

le dicen "el torero" — he's known as "el torero"

en México se le dice "recámara" al dormitorio — in Mexico they say "recámara" instead of "dormitorio"

• me dijo de [todo] — he called me all the names under the sun

5) (=opinar) to say

podemos ir a Portugal, ¿tú qué dices? — we could go to Portugal, what do you say?

¿tu familia qué dice de la boda? — what does your family say about the wedding?

6) [rectificando]

había 8, digo 9 — there were 8, I mean 9

dirá usted aquel otro — you must mean that other one

¡qué digo! — what am I saying?

7) [texto] to say

no puedo leer lo que dice — I can't read what it says

no me dice nada este libro — this book leaves me cold

• como dice el [refrán]... — as the saying goes...

8) [+ misa] to say

9) [locuciones en indicativo]

digo... — Méx well, er...

mis súbditos se presentarán ante mí ¡he dicho! — my subjects shall appear before me: I have spoken!

• y dice [bien] — and he is quite right

• [como quien] dice — (=de alguna manera) so to speak; (=aproximadamente) in a way, more or less

aunque no es el director es, como quien dice, el que manda en la empresa — although he isn't the manager, he's the person in charge, so to speak, of the company

está, como quien dice, aquí al lado — it's just round the corner, as they say

como quien no dice nada — quite casually, as though it wasn't important

• [lo mismo] digo — likewise

- gracias por todo -lo mismo digo — "thank you for everything" - "likewise!" {o} "thanks to you too!"

• pero dice [mal] — but he is wrong

• pues si esto te parece mucha gente, no te digo [nada] en verano — if you think this is a lot of people, you should see it in summer

• no lo digo [por] ti — I'm not referring to you, I'm not getting at you

• sí, [porque tú] lo digas — yes, sir, aye, aye, captain! iró

• ¿[qué me] dices? — [sorpresa] you don't say!, well I never!; [incredulidad] come off it!

• [si tú] lo dices — if you say so

• eso digo [yo] — that's (just) what I say

deberías buscar trabajo, vamos, digo yo — you ought to look for a job, that's what I say, if you ask me, you ought to look for a job

¡si te lo digo yo! — of course it's true!

¡lo digo yo y basta! — you will do it because I say so!

• ¡[y que] lo digas! — you can say that again!

- decir digo donde dijo Diego

- no dijo ni pío

- dime con quien andas y te diré quien eres

10) [locuciones en infinitivo]

• [dar] que decir (a la gente) — to make people talk, set tongues wagging

• [es] decir — that is (to say)

mi prima, es decir, la hija de Ana — my cousin, that is (to say) Ana's daughter

• [ir] a decir, ¡a mí me lo vas a decir! — you're telling me!

• es [mucho] decir — that's saying something

• [ni que] decir tiene que... — it goes without saying that...

• [no hay más] que decir — there's nothing more to say

• para decirlo con otras [palabras] — to put it another way, in other words

• decir [por] decir — to talk for talking's sake

• [por así] decirlo — so to speak

• [querer] decir — to mean

¿qué quiere decir "spatha"? — what does "spatha" mean?

¿qué quiere usted decir con eso? — what do you mean by that?

¿querrás decir un millón, no un billón? — do you mean a million rather than a billion?

• [ya es] decir — that's saying something

les ha costado más cara que mi casa, y eso ya es decir — it cost them more than my house did, and that's saying something

11) [locuciones en subjuntivo, imperativo]

no es que yo lo diga, pero... — it's not because I say so, but...

es, digamos, un comerciante — he's a dealer, for want of a better word, he's a sort of dealer

¡haberlo dicho!, ¡me lo hubieras dicho! — you could have told me {o} said!

• digámoslo [así] — so to speak, for want of a better word

• digan [lo que] digan — whatever they say

• y [no] digamos... — not to mention...

y su madre, no digamos — not to mention his mother

• no es muy guapa [que] digamos — she's not what you'd call pretty, she's not exactly pretty

no estuvo muy cortés, que digamos — he wasn't what you'd call polite, he wasn't exactly polite

• ¡[no me] digas! — [sorpresa] you don't say!, well I never!; [incredulidad] come off it!

• ¿qué [quieres] que te diga? — what can I say?

12) [locuciones en condicional]

¿cómo (lo) diría yo? — how shall I put it?

¿cómo diríamos? — how shall I put it?

¡quién lo diría! — would you believe it!, who would have thought it!

13) el qué dirán

pero no quiso por el qué dirán — but she didn't want to because of what people might say

se preocupa mucho por el qué dirán — she's always worried about what people will say {o} think

2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO

1) [invitando a hablar]

-¿te puedo pedir un favor? -dime — "can I ask you a favour?" - "go ahead"

¿diga?, ¿dígame? — [al teléfono] hello?

usted dirá — [invitando a hablar] go ahead; [sirviendo bebida] say when; [en tienda] can I help you?

-¿te gustaría cambiar de coche? -¡hombre, ya me dirás! — "would you like a new car?" - "you bet I would!"

2) (=indicar)

su nombre no me dice nada — her name doesn't mean anything to me

su mirada lo dice todo — her expression says it all {o} speaks volumes

• eso dice mucho [de] su personalidad — that says a lot about her personality

una situación que tan mal dice de nuestro gobierno — a situation which shows our government in such a bad light

3.

See:

decirse

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I
masculino

¿cientos de personas? - bueno, es un decir — hundreds of people? - well, figuratively speaking
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1) <palabra/frase/poema> to say; <mentira/verdad> to tell

[ para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2]

ya dice `mamá' — he says `mama' now

no digas esas cosas, por favor — please don't say things like that

no digas estupideces — don't talk nonsense!

¿cómo pudiste decir eso? — how could you say that?

¿eso lo dices por mí? — are you referring to me?

no lo dirás en serio! — you can't be serious!

dijo que sí con la cabeza — he nodded

dicen or se dice que es el hombre más rico del país — he is said to be the richest man in the country

no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' — it isn't `andé', it's `anduve'

eso no se dice! — you mustn't say that!

¿cómo se dice `amor' en ruso? — how do you say `love' in Russian?

bonita, lo que se dice bonita, no es — she's not what you would call pretty

es el sábado; ni que decir tiene que estás invitado — it's on Saturday; you're invited, but that goes without saying

haberlo dicho antes — why didn't you say so before?

¿tendrá tiempo de hacerlo? - dice que sí — will he have time to do it? - he says he will

¿no lo encontró? - dice que no — didn't he find it? - no, he says he didn't

digan lo que digan — whatever people say

¿qué tal? ¿qué decís? — (RPl fam) hi, how are things? (colloq)

2)

decirle algo a alguien — to tell somebody something

eso no es lo que me dijo a mí — that's not what he told me

¿sabes qué me dijo? — do you know what he told me?; (expresando sorpresa, indignación, etc) do you know what he said to me?

se lo voy a decir a papá — I'm going to tell Dad

hoy nos dicen el resultado — they're going to give us the result today

Andrés me dijo lo de tu hermano — Andrés told me about your brother

a mí me lo vas a decir! — you're telling me!

ya te lo decía yo! — I told you so!

fue algo espantoso, todo lo que te diga es poco — it was terrible, I can't begin to tell you how terrible

no me digas que no es precioso! — isn't it beautiful?

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres — you can judge a man by the company he keeps

3)

a) (expresando o transmitiendo órdenes, deseos, advertencias)

porque lo digo yo! — because I say so!

harás lo que yo diga — you'll do as I say

papá dice que vayas — Dad wants you

dice que llames cuando llegues — she says (you are) to phone when you get there

dijo que tuviéramos cuidado — she said to be careful

decirle a alguien que + subj — to tell somebody to + inf

diles que empiecen — tell them to start

le dije que no lo hiciera — I told him not to do it

b)

decir adiós — to say goodbye

decirle adiós a alguien — to say goodbye to somebody

di adiós a tu vida de estudiante — you'd better say goodbye to your student days

4) ( por escrito) to say

¿qué dice aquí? — what does it say here?

el diario no dice nada sobre el asunto — there's nothing in the paper about it

5) ( llamar) to call

se llama Rosario pero le dicen Charo — her name is Rosario but people call her Charo

6) (sugerir, comunicar)

la forma de vestir dice mucho de una persona — the way someone dresses says a lot/tells you a lot about them

el tiempo lo dirá — time will tell

algo me decía que no iba a ser fácil — something told me it wasn't going to be easy

¿te dice algo ese nombre? — does that name mean anything to you?

7)

decir misa — to say mass

8)

querer decir — to mean

¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? — what does this word mean?

¿qué quieres decir con eso? — what do you mean by that?

¿quieres decir que ya no te interesa? — do you mean (to say) that you're no longer interested?

9) (opinar, pensar) to think

¿y los padres qué dicen? — what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?

quién lo hubiera dicho! — who would have thought o believed it?

habría que regalarle algo, no sé, digo yo — we ought to buy her a present, well, I think so anyway

es muy fácil - si tú lo dices... — it's very easy - if you say so...

10) (en locs)

a decir verdad — to tell you the truth, to be honest

como quien dice — so to speak

con decirte que: no me lo perdonó nunca, con decirte que ni me saluda... he's never forgiven me, he won't even say hello to me; decir por decir: lo dijo por decir he didn't really mean it; es decir that is; mi cuñada, es decir la mujer de Rafael my sister-in-law, Rafael's wife that is; es mucho decir: es la mejor película del año - eso ya es mucho decir it's the best movie of the year - I wouldn't go that far; he dicho! that's that o final!; no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! (colloq); por así decirlo so to speak; que digamos: no es muy inteligente que digamos he's not exactly o he's hardly what you'd call intelligent; que no se diga! shame on you!; que no se diga que no somos capaces! I don't want people saying that we can't do it; y (ya) no digamos or (AmL) y no se diga: le cuestan mucho las matemáticas y no digamos la física he finds mathematics very difficult, and as for physics...; el qué dirán (fam): siempre le ha importado el qué dirán — she's always been worried what other people (might) think; ver tb dicho I
2.
decir vi

a) ( invitando a hablar)

papá - dime, hijo — dad - yes, son?

quería pedirle un favor - usted dirá — I wanted to ask you a favor - certainly, go ahead

tome asiento, usted dirá — (frml) take a seat, and now, what can I do for you?

b) (Esp) ( al contestar el teléfono)

¿diga? or ¿dígame? — hello?
3.
decirse v pron

a) (refl) to say... to oneself

b) (recípr) to say.... to each other

se decían secretos al oído — they were whispering secrets to each other

se dijeron de todo — they called each other every name under the sun

c) (enf)

yo sé lo que me digo — I know what I'm talking about

tú te lo dices todo — you seem to have all the answers

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= declare, put, read, say, state, tell, volunteer, make + the point that, let + Nombre + know, let + it be known, observe, bid, reflect, utter, tender, hip, call + the tune.

Ex. 24.17 declares Enter a body created or controlled by a government under its own name unless it belongs to one or more of the types listed in 24.18.

Ex. As one respondent from this end of the information spectrum put it, 'Context is all in the information world'.

Ex. This error message is displayed in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and reads: DAWT008, 107, DFCR....

Ex. In conclusion, it should not be necessary to say that instructions and guiding must be as brief as possible.

Ex. Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex. Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.

Ex. 'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.

Ex. However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.

Ex. Then the secretary, having rallied herself, said forlornly 'I'll let him know you're here in a minute'.

Ex. It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex. 'All this is not very likely,' she observed at last, 'not only because of the strength of the selection process -- its imperviousness to proof before an arbitrator'.

Ex. 'Sit down please,' he bade her.

Ex. 'Now, you know, I could merely turn this over to the two division or all the department heads and let them decide,' reflected Bough.

Ex. The ideal was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.

Ex. 'Well,' Stanton tendered, 'one candidate clearly has the superior experience -- Kass'.

Ex. He was aghast after having been hipped to the fact there are hookers on the Internet.

Ex. As long as we allow other people to pay the piper, they will continue calling the tune in Africa.

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* ¡eso se dice pronto! = easier said than done.

* ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be kidding!.

* a decir de todos = by all accounts.

* a decir verdad = to tell the truth, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in truth, fact is, the fact is (that), to be fair.

* a decir verdad... = the fact of the matter is that....

* arriesgarse a decir = hazard.

* atreverse a decir = go + (as/so) far as to say.

* aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.

* aventurarse a decir = venture.

* baste decir que = suffice (it) to say.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* continuar diciendo = go on.

* cumplir lo que se dice = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir adiós = bid + Nombre + goodbye, bid + adieu, kiss + Nombre + goodbye, bid + farewell, wave + a bye.

* decir adiós (a) = say + goodbye (to).

* decir adiós al pasado = bid + farewell + to the past.

* decir adiós con la mano = wave + goodbye.

* decir adiós con un gesto = signal + goodbye.

* decir a favor de = say in + favour of.

* decir Algo = break + the news.

* decir Algo a Alguien = let + Nombre + in on.

* decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.

* decir Algo que es obvio por sí mismo = state + the obvious.

* decir balbuceando = splutter, sputter.

* decir bolas = fib.

* decir bromeando = quip.

* decir chorradas = bullshit.

* decir con desdén = sneer.

* decir con desprecio = sneer.

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* decir con toda confianza = say in + full confidence.

* decir con voz + Adjetivo = say in + a + Adjetivo + voice.

* decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

* decir disparates = shoot off + at the mouth, talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir en confianza = confide.

* decir en defensa de = say in + defence of.

* decir entrecordamente = splurt out.

* decir en voz alta = say + out loud, say in + a loud voice.

* decir en voz baja = say under + Posesivo + breath, say in + a low voice, say in + a quiet voice.

* decir + esperar = express + hope.

* decir estupideces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir gilipolleces = talk + nonsense, talk + rubbish, bullshit, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir humorísticamente = quip.

* decir inesperadamente = blurt out, pipe.

* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.

* decir la verdad = tell + the truth, speak + the truth, come + clean.

* decir la verdad sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.

* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

* decirlo = come out with + it.

* decir lo que Uno piensa = speak up, speak out.

* decir mentirijillas = fib.

* decir mentirillas = fib.

* decir mucho de Algo = speak + volumes.

* decir pamplinas = bullshit.

* decir + poseer = claim.

* decir que Uno se siente cómodo con Algo = express + comfort with.

* decir que Uno se siente confortable con Algo = express + comfort with.

* decir que Uno siente lo que le ha pasado a Otra Persona = express + sympathy for.

* decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.

* decir resoplando = snort.

* decir sandeces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, bullshit, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decirse = grapevine + carry + the story, make out to be, word + go (a)round.

* decirse que = be reputed to.

* decir suspirando = sigh.

* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir una grosería = make + rude remark.

* demostrar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say, say.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* el tiempo dirá = time will tell.

* el tiempo lo dirá = only time will tell.

* enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift.

* es decir = i.e. (latín - id est), in other words, that is, that is to say, which is to say.

* es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.

* expresar lo que Uno quiere decir = make + Posesivo + point.

* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.

* hacer lo que uno dice que es capaz de hacer = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* huelga decir = needless to say.

* la gente dice que = rumour has it that.

* ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be joking!.

* me atrevo a decir = may I say.

* ni que decir tiene que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* no decir a Alguien lo que está ocurriendo = leave + Nombre + in the dark.

* no decir nada = keep + quiet.

* no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* no decir palabrotas = watch + Posesivo + mouth.

* ¡no digas palabrotas! = watch your language!.

* no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* no preguntes porque no te puedo decir la verdad = ask no questions and hear no lies.

* no saber qué decir = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* predecible en cuanto a lo que dice = platitudinous.

* probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* qué me dices de... = what about....

* querer decir = mean.

* quién iba a decir entonces que... = little did + Verbo + then that....

* quién + Pronombre + iba a decir que... = little did + Pronombre + know that....

* recalcar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

* resaltar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

* se decía que = rumour had it that.

* se dice = so the story goes.

* se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.

* se dice que = rumour has it that, the saying + be + that.

* según se dice = reportedly, so the argument goes, reputedly.

* sin decir nada = dumbly.

* sin decir ni mú = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir ni pío = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].

* tener cuidado con lo que se dice = say + the right thing.

* tener cuidado con lo que Uno dice = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say.

* yo me atrevería a decir = dare I say.

* * *
I
masculino

¿cientos de personas? - bueno, es un decir — hundreds of people? - well, figuratively speaking
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1) <palabra/frase/poema> to say; <mentira/verdad> to tell

[ para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2]

ya dice `mamá' — he says `mama' now

no digas esas cosas, por favor — please don't say things like that

no digas estupideces — don't talk nonsense!

¿cómo pudiste decir eso? — how could you say that?

¿eso lo dices por mí? — are you referring to me?

no lo dirás en serio! — you can't be serious!

dijo que sí con la cabeza — he nodded

dicen or se dice que es el hombre más rico del país — he is said to be the richest man in the country

no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' — it isn't `andé', it's `anduve'

eso no se dice! — you mustn't say that!

¿cómo se dice `amor' en ruso? — how do you say `love' in Russian?

bonita, lo que se dice bonita, no es — she's not what you would call pretty

es el sábado; ni que decir tiene que estás invitado — it's on Saturday; you're invited, but that goes without saying

haberlo dicho antes — why didn't you say so before?

¿tendrá tiempo de hacerlo? - dice que sí — will he have time to do it? - he says he will

¿no lo encontró? - dice que no — didn't he find it? - no, he says he didn't

digan lo que digan — whatever people say

¿qué tal? ¿qué decís? — (RPl fam) hi, how are things? (colloq)

2)

decirle algo a alguien — to tell somebody something

eso no es lo que me dijo a mí — that's not what he told me

¿sabes qué me dijo? — do you know what he told me?; (expresando sorpresa, indignación, etc) do you know what he said to me?

se lo voy a decir a papá — I'm going to tell Dad

hoy nos dicen el resultado — they're going to give us the result today

Andrés me dijo lo de tu hermano — Andrés told me about your brother

a mí me lo vas a decir! — you're telling me!

ya te lo decía yo! — I told you so!

fue algo espantoso, todo lo que te diga es poco — it was terrible, I can't begin to tell you how terrible

no me digas que no es precioso! — isn't it beautiful?

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres — you can judge a man by the company he keeps

3)

a) (expresando o transmitiendo órdenes, deseos, advertencias)

porque lo digo yo! — because I say so!

harás lo que yo diga — you'll do as I say

papá dice que vayas — Dad wants you

dice que llames cuando llegues — she says (you are) to phone when you get there

dijo que tuviéramos cuidado — she said to be careful

decirle a alguien que + subj — to tell somebody to + inf

diles que empiecen — tell them to start

le dije que no lo hiciera — I told him not to do it

b)

decir adiós — to say goodbye

decirle adiós a alguien — to say goodbye to somebody

di adiós a tu vida de estudiante — you'd better say goodbye to your student days

4) ( por escrito) to say

¿qué dice aquí? — what does it say here?

el diario no dice nada sobre el asunto — there's nothing in the paper about it

5) ( llamar) to call

se llama Rosario pero le dicen Charo — her name is Rosario but people call her Charo

6) (sugerir, comunicar)

la forma de vestir dice mucho de una persona — the way someone dresses says a lot/tells you a lot about them

el tiempo lo dirá — time will tell

algo me decía que no iba a ser fácil — something told me it wasn't going to be easy

¿te dice algo ese nombre? — does that name mean anything to you?

7)

decir misa — to say mass

8)

querer decir — to mean

¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? — what does this word mean?

¿qué quieres decir con eso? — what do you mean by that?

¿quieres decir que ya no te interesa? — do you mean (to say) that you're no longer interested?

9) (opinar, pensar) to think

¿y los padres qué dicen? — what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?

quién lo hubiera dicho! — who would have thought o believed it?

habría que regalarle algo, no sé, digo yo — we ought to buy her a present, well, I think so anyway

es muy fácil - si tú lo dices... — it's very easy - if you say so...

10) (en locs)

a decir verdad — to tell you the truth, to be honest

como quien dice — so to speak

con decirte que: no me lo perdonó nunca, con decirte que ni me saluda... he's never forgiven me, he won't even say hello to me; decir por decir: lo dijo por decir he didn't really mean it; es decir that is; mi cuñada, es decir la mujer de Rafael my sister-in-law, Rafael's wife that is; es mucho decir: es la mejor película del año - eso ya es mucho decir it's the best movie of the year - I wouldn't go that far; he dicho! that's that o final!; no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! (colloq); por así decirlo so to speak; que digamos: no es muy inteligente que digamos he's not exactly o he's hardly what you'd call intelligent; que no se diga! shame on you!; que no se diga que no somos capaces! I don't want people saying that we can't do it; y (ya) no digamos or (AmL) y no se diga: le cuestan mucho las matemáticas y no digamos la física he finds mathematics very difficult, and as for physics...; el qué dirán (fam): siempre le ha importado el qué dirán — she's always been worried what other people (might) think; ver tb dicho I
2.
decir vi

a) ( invitando a hablar)

papá - dime, hijo — dad - yes, son?

quería pedirle un favor - usted dirá — I wanted to ask you a favor - certainly, go ahead

tome asiento, usted dirá — (frml) take a seat, and now, what can I do for you?

b) (Esp) ( al contestar el teléfono)

¿diga? or ¿dígame? — hello?
3.
decirse v pron

a) (refl) to say... to oneself

b) (recípr) to say.... to each other

se decían secretos al oído — they were whispering secrets to each other

se dijeron de todo — they called each other every name under the sun

c) (enf)

yo sé lo que me digo — I know what I'm talking about

tú te lo dices todo — you seem to have all the answers

* * *

= declare, put, read, say, state, tell, volunteer, make + the point that, let + Nombre + know, let + it be known, observe, bid, reflect, utter, tender, hip, call + the tune.

Ex: 24.17 declares Enter a body created or controlled by a government under its own name unless it belongs to one or more of the types listed in 24.18.

Ex: As one respondent from this end of the information spectrum put it, 'Context is all in the information world'.

Ex: This error message is displayed in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and reads: DAWT008, 107, DFCR....

Ex: In conclusion, it should not be necessary to say that instructions and guiding must be as brief as possible.

Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex: Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.

Ex: 'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.

Ex: However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.

Ex: Then the secretary, having rallied herself, said forlornly 'I'll let him know you're here in a minute'.

Ex: It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex: 'All this is not very likely,' she observed at last, 'not only because of the strength of the selection process -- its imperviousness to proof before an arbitrator'.

Ex: 'Sit down please,' he bade her.

Ex: 'Now, you know, I could merely turn this over to the two division or all the department heads and let them decide,' reflected Bough.

Ex: The ideal was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.

Ex: 'Well,' Stanton tendered, 'one candidate clearly has the superior experience -- Kass'.

Ex: He was aghast after having been hipped to the fact there are hookers on the Internet.

Ex: As long as we allow other people to pay the piper, they will continue calling the tune in Africa.

* ¡eso se dice pronto! = easier said than done.

* ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be kidding!.

* a decir de todos = by all accounts.

* a decir verdad = to tell the truth, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in truth, fact is, the fact is (that), to be fair.

* a decir verdad... = the fact of the matter is that....

* arriesgarse a decir = hazard.

* atreverse a decir = go + (as/so) far as to say.

* aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.

* aventurarse a decir = venture.

* baste decir que = suffice (it) to say.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* continuar diciendo = go on.

* cumplir lo que se dice = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir adiós = bid + Nombre + goodbye, bid + adieu, kiss + Nombre + goodbye, bid + farewell, wave + a bye.

* decir adiós (a) = say + goodbye (to).

* decir adiós al pasado = bid + farewell + to the past.

* decir adiós con la mano = wave + goodbye.

* decir adiós con un gesto = signal + goodbye.

* decir a favor de = say in + favour of.

* decir Algo = break + the news.

* decir Algo a Alguien = let + Nombre + in on.

* decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.

* decir Algo que es obvio por sí mismo = state + the obvious.

* decir balbuceando = splutter, sputter.

* decir bolas = fib.

* decir bromeando = quip.

* decir chorradas = bullshit.

* decir con desdén = sneer.

* decir con desprecio = sneer.

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* decir con toda confianza = say in + full confidence.

* decir con voz + Adjetivo = say in + a + Adjetivo + voice.

* decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

* decir disparates = shoot off + at the mouth, talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir en confianza = confide.

* decir en defensa de = say in + defence of.

* decir entrecordamente = splurt out.

* decir en voz alta = say + out loud, say in + a loud voice.

* decir en voz baja = say under + Posesivo + breath, say in + a low voice, say in + a quiet voice.

* decir + esperar = express + hope.

* decir estupideces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir gilipolleces = talk + nonsense, talk + rubbish, bullshit, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir humorísticamente = quip.

* decir inesperadamente = blurt out, pipe.

* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.

* decir la verdad = tell + the truth, speak + the truth, come + clean.

* decir la verdad sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.

* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

* decirlo = come out with + it.

* decir lo que Uno piensa = speak up, speak out.

* decir mentirijillas = fib.

* decir mentirillas = fib.

* decir mucho de Algo = speak + volumes.

* decir pamplinas = bullshit.

* decir + poseer = claim.

* decir que Uno se siente cómodo con Algo = express + comfort with.

* decir que Uno se siente confortable con Algo = express + comfort with.

* decir que Uno siente lo que le ha pasado a Otra Persona = express + sympathy for.

* decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.

* decir resoplando = snort.

* decir sandeces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, bullshit, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decirse = grapevine + carry + the story, make out to be, word + go (a)round.

* decirse que = be reputed to.

* decir suspirando = sigh.

* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.

* decir una grosería = make + rude remark.

* demostrar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say, say.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* el tiempo dirá = time will tell.

* el tiempo lo dirá = only time will tell.

* enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift.

* es decir = i.e. (latín - id est), in other words, that is, that is to say, which is to say.

* es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.

* expresar lo que Uno quiere decir = make + Posesivo + point.

* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.

* hacer lo que uno dice que es capaz de hacer = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* huelga decir = needless to say.

* la gente dice que = rumour has it that.

* ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be joking!.

* me atrevo a decir = may I say.

* ni que decir tiene que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* no decir a Alguien lo que está ocurriendo = leave + Nombre + in the dark.

* no decir nada = keep + quiet.

* no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.

* no decir palabrotas = watch + Posesivo + mouth.

* ¡no digas palabrotas! = watch your language!.

* no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* no preguntes porque no te puedo decir la verdad = ask no questions and hear no lies.

* no saber qué decir = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* predecible en cuanto a lo que dice = platitudinous.

* probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* qué me dices de... = what about....

* querer decir = mean.

* quién iba a decir entonces que... = little did + Verbo + then that....

* quién + Pronombre + iba a decir que... = little did + Pronombre + know that....

* recalcar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

* resaltar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

* se decía que = rumour had it that.

* se dice = so the story goes.

* se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.

* se dice que = rumour has it that, the saying + be + that.

* según se dice = reportedly, so the argument goes, reputedly.

* sin decir nada = dumbly.

* sin decir ni mú = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir ni pío = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].

* tener cuidado con lo que se dice = say + the right thing.

* tener cuidado con lo que Uno dice = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say.

* yo me atrevería a decir = dare I say.

* * *

decir¹

masculine

1

(manera de expresarse): en el decir popular in popular speech

¿cientos de personas? — bueno, es un decir hundreds of people? — well, it's just a manner of speaking o a figure of speech

supongamos, es un decir, que … let's assume, just for the sake of argument, that …

al decir de la gente, el clima está cambiando people say the climate is changing

2 decires mpl (dichos) sayings (pl); (rumores) talk

no son más que decires it's just talk

decir² [ I24 ]

GUIA DE BUSQUEDA

■ decir (verbo transitivo)

A decir: palabra, mentira etc

B decirle algo a alguien

C

1 transmitiendo órdenes, deseos etc

2 decir adiós

D por escrito

E llamar

F sugerir, comunicar

G decir misa

H

1 querer decir

2 digo (al rectificar)

I opinar, pensar

J en locuciones

■ decir (verbo intransitivo)

A

1 invitando a hablar

2 al contestar el teléfono

B decir bien/mal de

■ decirse (verbo pronominal)

1 reflexivo

2 recíproco

3 para enfatizar

vt

A ‹palabra/frase› to say; ‹mentira/verdad› to tell; ‹poema› to say, recite; ‹oración› to say

[ para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2] ya dice `mamá' he says ‘mama’ now

no digas esas cosas, por favor please don't say things like that

no digas estupideces/barbaridades don't talk nonsense o ( AmE) garbage o ( BrE) rubbish

¿cómo pudiste decir semejante disparate? how could you say such a stupid thing o make such a stupid comment?

no me dejó decir ni una palabra he didn't let me get a word in edgeways

¿eso lo dices por mí? are you referring to me?

no sé qué decir … un millón de gracias I don't know what to say … thank you very much indeed

¡qué callado estás! ¡no dices nada! you're very quiet, you've hardly said a word!

¡no lo dirás en serio! you can't be serious!

¡no irás a decir que no lo sabías! don't try and tell me you didn't know!

dijo que sí con la cabeza he nodded

—no puedo hacer nada —dijo Juan there is nothing I can do, said Juan o Juan said

como dice el refrán/mi abuela as the saying goes/as my grandmother says

lo dijeron por la radio they said it o it was announced on the radio

no eran ricos, digamos que vivían bien I don't mean they were rich, let's just say they lived well

dicen que de joven fue muy guapa they say she was very beautiful when she was young

dicen que es el hombre más rico del país he is said to be the richest man in the country

¿qué se dice? — gracias/por favor what do you say? — thank you/please

no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' it isn't `andé', it's `anduve'

¡eso no se dice! you mustn't say that!

¿cómo se dice `te quiero' en ruso? how do you say `I love you' in Russian?, what's the Russian for `I love you'?

bonita, lo que se dice bonita, no es she's not what you would call pretty

estoy harta, lo que se dice harta ¿me oyes? I'm fed up, absolutely fed up, do you hear?

eso se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil that's easier said than done

palatal: dícese del sonido cuya articulación … palatal: of, relating to or denoting a sound articulated …

es el sábado; ni que decir tiene que estás invitado it's on Saturday; you're invited, of course, but that goes without saying o but I don't need to tell you that

haberlo dicho antes why didn't you say so before?, you might have said so before!

¿tendrá tiempo de hacerlo? — dice que sí will he have time to do it? — he says he will

¿no lo encontró? — dice que no didn't he find it? — no, he says he didn't

digan lo que digan no matter what people say, whatever people say

¿qué tal? ¿qué decís? ( RPl fam); hi, how are things? ( colloq), hi, what's up? ( AmE colloq)

B

decirle algo a algn to tell sb sth

eso no es lo que me dijo a mí that's not what he told me, that's not what he said to me

¿sabes qué me dijo? do you know what he told me?; (expresando sorpresa, indignación, etc) do you know what he said to me?

se lo voy a decir a papá I'm going to tell Dad

hoy nos dicen el resultado they're going to give us the result today

me dijo una mentira he told me a lie, he lied to me

Andrés me dijo lo de tu hermano Andrés told me about your brother

¡a mí me lo vas a decir! you're telling me!, you don't have to tell me!

¿sabes lo que te digo? por mí que se muera look, as far as I'm concerned he can drop dead! ( colloq)

¿no te digo? éste se cree que yo soy la sirvienta see what I mean? he thinks I'm his servant

¿no te digo or no te estoy diciendo que hasta le pega? I'm telling you, he even hits her!

¿tú qué me aconsejas? — ¿qué quieres que te diga? tienes que tomar tú la decisión what do you think I should do? — well, to be quite frank o honest, I think you have to decide for yourself

ya te decía yo que no era verdad I told you it wasn't true, didn't I?

fue algo espantoso, todo lo que te diga es poco it was terrible, I just can't describe it o I can't begin to tell you

hace mal tiempo en verano, y no te digo nada en invierno … in summer the weather's bad, and as for the winter …

¡no me digas que no es precioso! isn't it beautiful?

a lo mejor te ofrecen el puesto ¿quién te dice? (CS); you never know, they might offer you the job

me resultó ¿cómo te diría? … violento I found it … how shall I put it? o I don't know … rather embarrassing

¡ya me dirás qué le cuesta escribirnos una carta! I mean, surely it's not too much trouble for him to write us a letter

no te creas todo lo que te dicen don't believe everything people tell you o everything you hear

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres you can judge a man by the company he keeps

C

1

(transmitiendo órdenes, deseos, advertencias): ¡porque lo digo yo! because I say so!

a mí nadie me dice lo que tengo que hacer nobody tells me what to do

harás lo que yo diga you'll do as I say

manda decir mi mamá que si le puede prestar el martillo ( AmL); mom says can she borrow your hammer?

Fernando pregunta si puede venir con nosotros — dile que sí Fernando wants to know if he can come with us — yes, tell him he can o say yes

decir QUE + SUBJ:

dice papá que vayas Dad wants you

dice que llames cuando llegues she says (you are) to phone when you get there

dijo que tuviéramos cuidado she said to be careful, she said we should be careful

decirle a algn QUE + SUBJ to tell sb to + INF

diles que empiecen tell them to start

le dije que no lo hiciera I told him not to do it

nos dijeron que esperáramos they told us o we were told to wait

te digo que vengas aquí enseguida I said, come here at once

2

decir adiós to say goodbye

vino a decirme adiós she came to say goodbye (to me)

di adiós a tu vida de estudiante that's the end of your student days, you'd better say goodbye to your student days

¿se lo prestaste? ¡ya le puedes decir adiós! you mean you lent it to him? well, you can kiss that goodbye! ( colloq)

D (por escrito) to say

¿qué dice aquí? what does it say here?

el diario no dice nada sobre el asunto there's nothing in the paper about it

E (llamar) to call

le dicen `Dumbo' por las orejas they call him `Dumbo' because of his ears

se llama Rosario pero le dicen Charo her name is Rosario but people call her Charo

no me digas de usted there's no need to call me `usted'

F

(sugerir, comunicar): la forma de vestir dice mucho de una persona the way someone dresses says a lot o tells you a lot about them

el tiempo lo dirá time will tell

por afuera la casa no dice nada the house doesn't look much from the outside

el poema no me dice nada the poem doesn't do anything for me

algo me decía que no iba a ser fácil something told me it wasn't going to be easy

¿te dice algo ese nombre? does that name mean anything to you?

la tarta estaba diciendo cómeme the cake was just asking to be eaten

G

decir misa to say mass

H

1

querer decir to mean

¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? what does this word mean?

¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?

no entendiste lo que quise decir you didn't understand what I meant

¿quieres decir que ya no te interesa? do you mean (to say) that you're no longer interested?

sólo quería decirte que … I just wanted to say that …

2

digo (al rectificar) I mean

el presupuesto asciende a diez mil, digo cien mil de euros we have a budget of ten thousand, (sorry,) I mean a hundred thousand euros

I (opinar, pensar) to think

¿y los padres qué dicen? what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?

podríamos ir mañana ¿tú qué dices? we could go tomorrow, what do you think?

¡quién lo hubiera dicho! who would have thought o believed it?

podría haber mencionado al resto del equipo, vamos, digo yo … he could have mentioned the rest of the team … well I'd have thought so, anyway

habría que regalarle algo, no sé, digo yo we ought to buy her a present, well, I think so anyway

es muy fácil — si tú lo dices … it's very easy — if you say so …

J ( en locuciones):

a decir verdad to tell you the truth, to be honest

como quien dice so to speak

el nuevo tren está, como quien dice, a la vuelta de la esquina the new train is, so to speak o to coin a phrase, just around the corner

la granja es, como quien dice, la razón de su vida I suppose you could say the farm is his whole reason for living

con decirte que: no me lo perdonó nunca, con decirte que ni me saluda … he's never forgiven me, he won't even say hello to me

decir por decir: lo dijo por decir he didn't really mean it

¡digo! ( Esp fam): ¡qué calor hace! — ¡digo! it's so hot! — you can say that again o I'll say! ( colloq)

¿y te gusta? — ¡digo! do you like it? — you bet I do o ( AmE) I sure do! ( colloq)

es decir that is

mi cuñada, es decir la mujer de Rafael my sister-in-law, Rafael's wife that is

no sé si voy a poder ir — es decir que no vas a ir I don't know if I'll be able to go — you mean you're not going

es mucho decir: es la mejor película del año — eso ya es mucho decir it's the best movie of the year — I wouldn't go that far

¡he dicho! that's that!, that's final!

lo mismo digo: mucho gusto en conocerle — lo mismo digo pleased to meet you — pleased to meet you o likewise

¡qué alegría verte! — lo mismo digo it's great to see you! — and you o you too

¡no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! ( colloq)

¿sabes que se casa Lola? — ¡no me digas! do you know Lola's getting married? — no! o you're joking! o really? o never!

por así decirlo so to speak

es, por así decirlo, el alma-máter de la empresa he is, so to speak o as it were, the driving force behind the company

que digamos: no es muy inteligente que digamos he's not exactly o he's hardly what you'd call intelligent

¿qué me dices?: saqué el primer puesto ¿qué me dices? I came first, how about that then?

¿y qué me dices de lo de Carlos? and what about Carlos then?

¿sabes que lo van a derribar? — ¿qué me dices? do you know they're going to demolish it? — what? o you're kidding!

¡que no se diga! shame on you!

¿te ganó un niño de seis años? ¡que no se diga! you were beaten by a six-year-old child? shame on you!

¡que no se diga que no somos capaces! I don't want people saying that we can't do it

se dice pronto no less

costó $20.000 ¡se dice pronto! it cost $20,000, which is no mean sum

lleva dos meses enferma, que se dice pronto she has been ill for two months, and that's a long time

¡y que lo digas! ( Esp); you can say that again!, you're telling me!, don't I know it!

y (ya) no digamos or ( AmL) y no se diga: le cuestan mucho las matemáticas y no digamos la física he finds mathematics very difficult, and as for physics …

el/la que te dije ( fam hum); you-know-who

el qué dirán ( fam): siempre le ha importado el qué dirán she's always been worried what other people (might) think

¿por qué te preocupa tanto el qué dirán? why do you worry about what people will o might say?

ver tb dicho¹ (↑ dicho (1))

■ decir

vi

A

1

(invitando a hablar): papá — dime, hijo dad — yes, son?

quería pedirle un favor — usted dirá ( frml); I wanted to ask you a favor — certainly, go ahead

tome asiento — gracias — usted dirá ( frml); take a seat — thank you — now, what can I do for you?

2

( Esp) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (al contestar el teléfono): ¿diga? or ¿dígame? hello?

B

decir bien/mal de algn/algo: sus trabajos dicen bien de él his work has created a good impression

la manera en que se comportó no dice muy bien de él the way he behaved doesn't show him in a very good light o doesn't say very much for him

■ decirse

v pron

1 ( reflexivo) to say to oneself

se dijo que no lo volvería a hacer he said to himself o he told himself that he wouldn't do it again

me dije para mis adentros que allí había gato encerrado I said o thought to myself, there's something fishy going on here

2 ( recíproco) to say to each other

se decían secretos al oído they were whispering secrets to each other

se dijeron de todo they called each other every name under the sun

3 ( enf):

tú hazme caso que yo sé lo que me digo you listen to me, I know what I'm talking about

no sé para qué me preguntas, si tú te lo dices todo I don't know why you're asking me, you seem to have all the answers

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decir 1 sustantivo masculino:
◊ ¿cientos de personas? — bueno, es un decir hundreds of people? — well, figuratively speaking

decir 2 ( conjugate decir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹palabra/frase/poema› to say;

‹mentira/verdad› to tell;
para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2
◊ no digas estupideces don't talk nonsense!;

¿eso lo dices por mí? are you referring to me?;
¡no lo dirás en serio! you can't be serious!;
dijo que sí con la cabeza he nodded;
no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' it isn't `andé', it's `anduve';
¡eso no se dice! you mustn't say that!;
¿cómo se dice `amor' en ruso? how do you say `love' in Russian?;
¿lo encontró? — dice que sí/no did he find it? — he says he did/he didn't
b)

◊ decir misa to say mass

2 decirle algo a algn to tell sb sth;
◊ voy a decirle a papá que … I'm going to tell Dad …;

¡ya te lo decía yo! I told you so!
3
a) (expresando órdenes, deseos, advertencias):

◊ ¡porque lo digo yo! because I say so!;

harás lo que yo diga you'll do as I say;
dice que llames cuando llegues she says (you are) to phone when you get there;
dijo que tuviéramos cuidado she said to be careful;
diles que empiecen tell them to start;
le dije que no lo hiciera I told him not to do it
b)

◊ decir(le) adiós (a algn) to say goodbye (to sb)

4
a) (opinar, pensar) to think;

◊ ¿y los padres qué dicen? what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?;

¡quién lo hubiera dicho! who would have thought o believed it?;
es muy fácil — si tú lo dices … it's very easy — if you say so …
b) (sugerir, comunicar):

◊ el tiempo lo dirá time will tell;

¿te dice algo ese nombre? does that name mean anything to you?
5
◊ querer decir [palabra/persona] to mean;

¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?
6 ( en locs)
◊ a decir verdad to tell you the truth, to be honest;

como quien dice so to speak;
es decir that is;
¡he dicho! that's that o final!;
ni que decir tiene que … it goes without saying that …;
¡no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! (colloq);
por así decirlo so to speak;
el qué dirán (fam) what other people (might) think;
ver tb dicho 1
verbo intransitivo
a) ( invitando a hablar):

◊ papá — dime, hijo dad — yes, son?;

quería pedirle un favor — usted dirá I wanted to ask you a favor — certainly, go ahead
b) (Esp) ( al contestar el teléfono): ¿diga? or ¿dígame? hello?

decirse verbo pronominal
a) ( refl) to say … to oneself

b) ( recípr) to say …. to each other;

◊ se decían secretos al oído they were whispering secrets to each other

decir
I m (dicho, sentencia) saying: es sólo un decir, it's just a manner of speaking
II verbo transitivo
1 to say: está diciendo una mentira/la verdad, she's telling a lie/the truth
no dijo nada, he said nothing
2 (con complemento indirecto) to tell: no le dije mi opinión, I didn't tell him my opinion
les dijo que esperaran un rato, she told them to wait for a while
3 (opinar, afirmar, proponer) ¿qué me dices de mi nuevo corte de pelo?, what do you think of my new haircut?, te digo que es una extravagancia, I think it's quite weird
yo digo que vayamos a Cuenca, I suggest going to Cuenca
4 (suscitar interés, una idea) to mean, appeal: ese libro no me dice nada, that book doesn't appeal to me
¿le dice algo esta cara?, does this face mean anything to you?
5 (mostrar, indicar) to say, show: lo que hizo dice mucho en su favor, what he did says a lot for him
su cara de decepción lo dice todo, his long face says it all
♦ Locuciones: Tel Esp diga o dígame, hello?
digamos, let's say
digo yo, in my opinion
el qué dirán, what people will say
es decir, that is (to say)
ni que decir tiene, needless to say
no decir esta boca es mía, not to say a word
¡no me digas!, really!
por así decirlo, as it were o so to speak
querer decir, to mean
¡y que lo digas!, you bet! ➣ Ver nota en mean
¿To tell o to say?
Observa que to tell menciona a la persona a la cual va dirigida una frase: Dime tu nombre. Tell me your name. Les dijo que se fueran. He told them to go away.
Por el contrario, to say se centra en el contenido del mensaje, sin importarnos a quién va dirigido: ¿Qué has dicho? What did you say? Dijo que sí. He said yes. ➣ Ver nota en tell.
' decir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- amén
- amohinarse
- año
- apéndice
- atinar
- bala
- barbaridad
- bastante
- burrada
- callar
- chorrada
- colmo
- comenzar
- confiar
- cosa
- declarar
- delirar
- descargo
- despedirse
- dilucidar
- disparate
- entender
- excusada
- excusado
- flexible
- fluir
- ir
- haber
- hablar
- holgar
- honestamente
- hoy
- lengua
- maravilla
- mu
- nada
- obviedad
- pelagatos
- pío
- precisamente
- puño
- querer
- rezar
- restar
- rey
- saciedad
- señor
- significar
- soltar
English:
ablaze
- abuse
- afraid
- anything
- bid
- bite back
- blurt out
- buzz off
- caller
- clear off
- dash off
- devil
- dinner
- distinctly
- drone
- enjoy
- eventual
- ever
- few
- flatter
- flounder
- fortune
- gasp out
- get
- get at
- go
- go on
- hand
- heart
- hotly
- i.e.
- keep in
- know
- lip
- loss
- mean
- mention
- mildly
- mind
- miserably
- mouth
- move
- need
- needless
- neither
- no
- nonsense
- O
- occasion
- oops!

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decir

♦ vt

1. [en general] to say;

siempre digo lo que pienso I always say what I think;

es muy callado, nunca dice nada he's very quiet, he never says anything o a word;

¿qué dice la etiqueta? what does the label say?;

no digas tonterías don't talk nonsense;

no digas tacos delante de los niños don't swear in front of the children;

lo dijo en broma she meant it as a joke;

¿quién te lo ha dicho? who told you that?;

me da igual lo que diga la gente I don't care what people say;

al decir esto, se marchó with these words o with that, he left;

no sabía qué decir I didn't know what to say, I was lost for words;

decir que sí/no to say yes/no;

dice que no viene she says (that) she's not coming;

como dice el refrán,… as the saying goes,…;

dicen que va a ser un verano muy seco they say it's going to be a very dry summer;

Comp

¡díjolo Blas, punto redondo! sure, whatever!, yes, sure!;

Comp

donde dije digo, digo Diego: ayer dijiste que me lo dejarías – sí, pero no puedo – ya, donde dije digo, digo Diego yesterday you told me you'd lend it to me – yes, but I can't now – you're always saying one thing one minute and another the next

2. [contar] to tell;

se lo voy a decir a la profesora I'm going to tell the teacher;

no se lo digas a nadie don't breathe a word of it to anyone;

¿qué quieres que te diga? what do you want me to say?, what can I say?;

ya te lo había dicho yo, es demasiado caro I told you it's too expensive;

decir la verdad to tell the truth;

decir mentiras to tell lies;

pregunta si le dejas salir – dile que sí/no she wants to know if she can go out – tell her she can/can't;

quiere saber si hemos terminado – dile que sí/no he wants to know if we've finished – tell him we have/haven't;

dile que estoy ocupado tell him I'm busy;

dígame lo que pasó tell me what happened;

eso no es lo que me dijo a mí that's not what she told me;

tengo que hacerte una pregunta – dime I need to ask you a question – go ahead;

dígame en qué puedo ayudarle what can I do for you?

3. [ordenar] to tell;

la ley dice que es obligatorio el uso del casco according to the law, it is compulsory to wear a crash helmet, the law says that it is compulsory to wear a crash helmet;

decir a alguien que haga algo to tell sb to do sth;

haz lo que te digan y no protestes do as you're told and don't complain;

dile que venga tell her to come;

nos dijeron que nos fuéramos they told us to go away;

lo vas a hacer porque lo digo yo you'll do it because I say so

4. [recitar] [de memoria] to recite;
[leyendo] to read
5. [revelar] to tell, to show;

eso lo dice todo that says it all;

decir mucho (en favor) de to say a lot for;

sus ropas dicen bastante sobre su situación económica her clothes say a lot about her financial situation;

su violenta reacción dice mucho sobre su personalidad his violent reaction tells us o reveals a lot about his personality

6. [llamar] to call;

me dicen Paco they call me Paco;

le dicen la carretera de la muerte they call it the road of death

7. [asegurar] to tell, to assure;

te digo que ella no está mintiendo I tell you o assure you (that) she isn't lying;

dice que llegará mañana sin falta she says (that) she'll definitely arrive tomorrow

8. [en frases]
a decir verdad, no me apetece nada ir a la boda to tell (you) the truth o to be honest, I don't really feel like going to the wedding;

como quien no dice nada as if it were nothing;

olvídalo, como si no hubiera dicho nada forget I ever mentioned it;

con decirte que me marché a los diez minutos, te puedes imaginar como fue la fiesta if I tell you that I left after ten minutes, you can imagine what the party was like;

cualquiera diría que no le dan de comer en casa anyone would o you'd think she never gets fed at home;

decir para sí to say to oneself;

decir por decir to talk for the sake of talking;

no te lo tomes en serio, lo dijo por decir don't take it seriously, she didn't really mean it;

decirle a alguien cuatro verdades to tell sb a few home truths;

es decir that is, that's to say;

aracnofobia, es decir miedo a las arañas arachnophobia, that is o that's to say, fear of spiders;

tengo otra cita – es decir, que no vendrás a la inauguración I've got another engagement – you mean o in other words you're not coming to the opening ceremony;

encantado de conocerte – lo mismo digo pleased to meet you – likewise;

tu primer examen estaba muy mal, y lo mismo digo del segundo you did very poorly in your first exam, and the same goes for the second one;

ni que decir tiene needless to say;

yo no digo o [m5]no quiero decir nada, pero… it's not for me to say, but…;

¿sabías que Santiago se ha casado? – ¡no me digas! did you know that Santiago got married? – no! o never!;

¡no me digas que no te gusta! don't tell me you don't like it!;

el tenis/este cuadro no me dice nada tennis/this picture doesn't do anything for me;

no hay más que decir that's all there is to it, that's that;

(o) mejor dicho or rather;

por más que digas, no le veo nada especial a esta ciudad whatever you say, I don't see what's so special about this city;

por decirlo así, por así decirlo in other words, so to speak;
RP Fam
¿qué decís? how are you doing?, how are things?;

preocuparse por el qué dirán to worry about what people will say;

no está lloviendo mucho que digamos it's not exactly raining hard;

él no es muy inteligente que digamos he isn't what you'd call intelligent;

ha sufrido un infarto – ¡qué me dices! she's had a heart attack – no! o surely not!;

¡quién lo diría! tan rico y sin embargo tan humilde who would have thought it, such a rich person and yet so humble!;

tardarán en construirlo cinco años, ¡se dice pronto! they're going to take five years, no less, to build it!;

yo lo hago en cinco minutos – eso se dice pronto, no sabes lo difícil que es I'll have it done in five minutes – that's easily said, you've no idea how difficult it is;

si tú lo dices if you say so;

¡tú lo has dicho! you said it!;
Esp
¡y que lo digas! you can say that again!;

y no digamos, Am [m5]ya no se diga, Am [m5] ni se diga to say nothing of;

no le gusta el pescado y no digamos el pollo she doesn't like fish, to say nothing of chicken

♦ vi

como quien dice, como si dijéramos so to speak;

es, como si dijéramos, una mezcla de danza y teatro it's a sort of mixture of dance and theatre;

es, como quien dice, el alma de la empresa he is, so to speak, the soul of the company;
Esp
¿diga?, ¿dígame? [al teléfono] hello?;
Fam
¡digo! [¡ya lo creo!] of course!;
[¡madre mía!] I say!;
tenemos muchas ganas de ir de vacaciones, y nuestros hijos, no digamos we can't wait to go on holiday, and as for our children…

♦ See also the pronominal verb decirse

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decir

<part dicho>

I v/t

1 say; ( contar) tell;

decir misa say mass;

decir que sí say yes;

decir que no say no;

se dice que … they say that …, it’s said that …;

diga lo que diga whatever he says;

¿qué quieres que te diga? what do you expect me to say?;

decir entre o

para sí say to o.s.

2 con infinitivo

:

querer decir mean;

es decir in other words;

dar que decir set people talking;

ni que decir tiene (que) it goes without saying (that);

por así decirlo so to speak;

ya es decir that’s saying something;

que ya es decir which is really something;

es mucho decir that’s saying a lot

3 con participio

:

¡quién hubiera dicho que María se iba casar! who would have thought that Maria would get married!;

dicho y hecho no sooner said than done;

mejor dicho or rather;

dicho sea de paso incidentally;

está dicho, lo dicho as I have already said

4

:

no es rico, que digamos let’s say he’s not rich;

¡no me digas! you’re kidding!;

¡dímelo a mí! tell me about it!, you’re telling me!;

como quien dice so to speak;

y que lo digas you bet;

¿y qué me dices de …? so what do you think of …?;

usted dirá how can I help you?;

ya decía yo que iba a acabar mal I knew it would end badly;

¡quién lo diría! who would believe it!;

¡cualquiera diría que tiene setenta años! who would have thought he was seventy!, you wouldn’t think o believe he was seventy!

II v/i

:

¡diga!, ¡dígame! Esp
TELEC hello
III m saying;

es un decir it’s just a figure of speech

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decir {23} vt

1) : to say

dice que no quiere ir: she says she doesn't want to go

2) : to tell

dime lo que estás pensando: tell me what you're thinking

3) : to speak, to talk

no digas tonterías: don't talk nonsense

4) : to call

me dicen Rosy: they call me Rosy

5)

es decir : that is to say

6)

querer decir : to mean

♦ See also the reflexive verb decirse

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decir¹ n saying

decir² vb

1. (en general) to say [pt. & pp. said]

¿qué ha dicho? what did he say?

dijo que estaba cansada she said she was tired

¿cómo se dice "biblioteca" en inglés? how do you say "biblioteca" in English?

2. (a alguien) to tell [pt. & pp. told]

me dijo que estaba cansada she told me she was tired

no se lo digas a nadie don't tell anybody

3. (para dar órdenes) to tell

me dijo que fuera en seguida she told me to go at once

4. (llamar) to call

le dicen "Chapi" people call him "Chapi"

dime / dígame (en tienda etc) yes?

es decir that is / that is to say

¿diga? / ¿dígame? (por teléfono) hello?

sin decir nada without a word

Spanish-English dictionary > decir

12 voir

voir [vwaʀ]

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1. transitive verb

2. intransitive verb

3. indirect transitive verb

4. reflexive verb

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➭ TABLE 30

1. <

   a. to see

• je l'ai vu de mes propres yeux I saw it with my own eyes

• je l'ai vu comme je vous vois I saw him as plainly as I see you now

• vous n'avez encore rien vu ! you ain't seen nothing yet! (inf)

• voyons un peu comment tu fais let's see how you do it

• il la voit beaucoup he sees a lot of her

• je l'ai assez vu (inf) I've had enough of him (inf)

• il voit le directeur ce soir he's seeing the manager tonight

• j'ai vu la mort de près I've looked death in the face

• des meubles comme on en voit partout ordinary furniture

• c'est ce que nous verrons ! we'll see about that!

• c'est à vous de voir it's up to you to see

• on aura tout vu ! we've seen everything now!

• comment voyez-vous l'avenir ? how do you see the future?

• je ne vois pas ce que vous voulez dire I don't see what you mean

• il ne voit que son intérêt he only considers his own interest

► voir + infinitif

• nous les avons vus sauter we saw them jump

• je l'ai vu casser la fenêtre I saw him break the window

• je l'ai vu entrer I saw him coming in

• je voudrais la voir travailler plus I'd like to see her do more work

• ce journal a vu son tirage augmenter this newspaper has seen an increase in its circulation

• notre pays voit renaître le fascisme our country is witnessing the rebirth of fascism► aller voir to go and see

• aller voir qn à l'hôpital to go and see sb in hospital

• aller voir un film to go to a film

• va voir ailleurs si j'y suis ! (inf) get lost! (inf!)► faire voir ( = montrer) to show

• fais voir ! let me have a look!

• faites-moi voir ce dessin let me see the picture

• va te faire voir (ailleurs) ! (inf!) get lost! (inf!)

• qu'il aille se faire voir (chez les Grecs) ! (inf!) he can go to hell! (inf!)► à le (ou te etc) voir

• à le voir si joyeux seeing him look so happy

• à le voir, on ne lui donnerait pas 90 ans to look at him, you wouldn't think he was 90

   b. ( = pouvoir voir, imaginer)

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► Lorsque voir exprime une faculté, il est souvent traduit par can see.

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• est-ce que tu le vois ? can you see it?

• tu me vois aller lui dire ça ? can you see me telling him that?

• je le vois mal habiter la banlieue I can't see him living in the suburbs

• je ne vois pas le problème I can't see what the problem is

• je ne vois pas comment ils auraient pu gagner I can't see how they could have won

• tu vois ça d'ici you can just imagine it

• il va encore protester, je vois ça d'ici he's going to start protesting again, I can see it coming

   c. ( = examiner, étudier) [+ dossier] to look at ; [+ circulaire] to read

   d. ( = supporter) (inf) elle ne peut pas le voir she can't stand him

• elle ne peut pas le voir en peinture she can't stand the sight of him

   e. (locutions)

• tu vas le faire tout de suite, vu ? (inf) you're going to do it straightaway, okay?

• vous m'en voyez ravi I'm delighted about that

• en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à qn to give sb a hard time

► façon de voir view of things

• nous n'avons pas la même façon de voir les choses we see things differently► c'est tout vu ! (inf) that's for sure!

► à voir

• c'est un film à voir it's a film worth seeing

• il a encore trois malades à voir he still has three patients to see

• à voir son train de vie, elle doit être très riche if her lifestyle is anything to go by, she must be very well-off

• il ne fera plus cette erreur -- c'est à voir he won't make the same mistake again -- we'll see► il n'y a qu'à voir

• il n'a pas de goût, il n'y a qu'à voir comment il s'habille he's got no taste, you only have to look at the clothes he wears► rien à voir

• ça n'a rien à voir that's got nothing to do with it

• je n'ai rien à voir dans cette affaire this has nothing to do with me► à voir avec

• cela a quelque chose à voir avec... this has got something to do with...

• son nouveau film ? rien à voir avec les précédents his new film? it's nothing like his previous work

• le résultat n'a plus grand-chose à voir avec le projet initial the result bears very little relation to the initial project► pour voir just to see

• essaie un peu, pour voir ! just you try!► passer voir

• passez me voir quand vous serez à Paris come and see me when you're in Paris

• je suis passé le voir I went to see him► vouloir + voir

• je veux voir ça ! I want to see that!

• je voudrais t'y voir ! I'd like to see you try!

• tu aurais dû refuser ! -- j'aurais voulu t'y voir ! you should have said no! -- I'd like to see what you'd have done!► bien voir

• nous allons bien voir ! we'll soon find out!

• on verra bien we'll see► voir venir ( = attendre les événements) to wait and see

• j'ai quelques économies, ça me permettra de voir venir (inf) I've got some savings which should be enough to see me through (inf)

• on va perdre, ça je le vois venir (gros comme une maison) (inf) ( = prévoir) we're going to lose, I can see it coming (a mile off (inf))

• je te vois venir (avec tes gros sabots) (inf) I can see what you're leading up to► se faire mal voir

• si elle ne revient pas travailler lundi, elle va se faire mal voir if she doesn't come back to work on Monday, it won't look too good

2. <

   a. to see

• voir mal to have trouble seeing

• on voit mal ici it's difficult to see in here

• voir trouble to have blurred vision

• il a vu grand he had big ideas

• dis-moi voir... tell me...

• essaie voir ! (inf) just you try it!

• regarde voir ce qu'il a fait ! (inf) just look what he's done!

• un peu de charité, voyons ! (rappel à l'ordre) come on now, let's be charitable!

• voyons voyons ! let's see now !

• c'est trop lourd pour toi, voyons ! come on now, it's too heavy for you!

3. <

• voir à ( = veiller à) (literary) to make sure that

• il faudra voir à ce qu'il obéisse we must make sure he does as he's told

4. <

► se voir

   a. (soi-même) to see o.s.

• se voir dans une glace to see oneself in a mirror

• elle se voyait déjà célèbre she pictured herself already famous

• je me vois mal habiter là I can't see myself living there somehow

• il la trouve moche -- il ne s'est pas vu ! he thinks she's ugly -- has he looked in the mirror lately?

   b. (mutuellement) to see each other

• ils se voient beaucoup they see a lot of each other

• nous essaierons de nous voir à Londres we'll try to meet in London

• ils ne peuvent pas se voir (inf) they can't stand the sight of each other (inf)

   c. ( = se trouver) se voir contraint de to find o.s. forced to

• je me vois dans la triste obligation de... I have the sad task of...

   d. ( = être visible) [tache, couleur, sentiments] to show

• la tache ne se voit pas the stain doesn't show

   e. ( = se produire) cela se voit tous les jours it happens every day

• cela ne s'est jamais vu ! it's unheard of!

   f. (fonction passive) ils se sont vu interdire l'accès du musée they were refused admission to the museum

• je me suis vu répondre que c'était trop tard I was told that it was too late

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vwaʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( percevoir par les yeux) to see [personne, objet]

je n'y vois rien — I can't see a thing

je les ai vus comme je te vois! — I saw them as plainly as I see you standing there!

à la voir si triste — when you see her so sad

à le voir, on le prendrait pour un clochard — to look at him, you'd think he was a tramp

faire voir quelque chose à quelqu'un — to show somebody something

laisser voir quelque chose — to show something

voir quelque chose en rêve — to dream about something

2) (être spectateur, témoin de) [personne] to see [film, incident]; [lieu] to see [événement, évolution]

la ville qui l'a vue naître — her native town

le film est à voir — the film is worth seeing

c'est beau à voir — it's beautiful to look at

ce n'est pas beau à voir — it's not a pretty sight

je voudrais bien t'y voir! — I'd like to see how you'd get on!

on n'a jamais vu ça! — it's unheard of!

on aura tout vu! — could you ever have imagined such a thing!

voyez-moi ça! — just look at that!

3) ( se figurer) to see

j'ai vu le moment où il allait m'étrangler — I thought he was about to strangle me

je vois ça d'ici — I can just imagine

4) ( juger) to see

c'est ma façon de voir (les choses) — that's the way I see things

c'est à toi de voir — it's up to you to decide

voir favorablement quelque chose — to be favourably [BrE] disposed toward(s) something

tu vas te faire mal voir de Sophie — Sophie is going to think badly of you

5) (comprendre, déceler) to see [moyen, avantage]

je ne vois pas qui tu veux dire — I don't know who you mean

si tu n'y vois pas d'inconvénient — if it's all right with you

on voit bien qu'elle n'a jamais travaillé! — you can tell she's never worked!

6) (constater, découvrir) to see

voir si/pourquoi — to find out ou to see if/why

on verra bien — well, we'll see

‘je ne paierai pas!’ - ‘c'est ce que nous verrons!’ — ‘I won't pay!’ - ‘we shall see about that!’

c'est à voir — that remains to be seen

touches-y, pour voir! — ( menace) you just touch it!

7) (examiner, étudier) to see [malade]; to look at [problème, dossier]

8) (recevoir, se rendre chez) to see [client, médecin, ami]

je passerai la voir demain — I'll call on her tomorrow

9) ( visiter) to see [ville, monument]

voir du pays — to see the world

10) ( avoir un rapport avec)

avoir quelque chose à voir avec — to have something to do with

2.

voir à verbe transitif indirect ( veiller à) to see to

voyez à ce que tout soit prêt — see to it ou make sure that everything is ready

3.

verbe intransitif

1) ( avec les yeux)

voir, y voir — to be able to see

je or j'y vois à peine — I can hardly see

je vois trouble — everything is a blur

2) ( par l'esprit)

voir clair dans quelque chose — to have a clear understanding of something

voir loin — ( être prévoyant) to look ahead; ( être perspicace) to be far-sighted

voir grand — to think big

elle a vu juste — she was right

il faut voir — (colloq) ( ça mérite réflexion) we'll have to see

3) ( rappel à l'ordre)

voyons, sois sage! — come on now, behave yourself!

4.

se voir verbe pronominal

1) (dans la glace, en imagination) to see oneself

il s'est vu sombrer dans la folie — he realized he was going mad

2) ( se remarquer) [tache, défaut] to show

la tour se voit de loin — the tower can be seen from far away

cela se voit tous les jours — it happens all the time ou every day

ça ne s'est jamais vu! — it's unheard of!

3) ( se trouver)

se voir obligé or dans l'obligation de faire quelque chose — to find oneself forced to do

4) ( se fréquenter) to see each other

ils ne peuvent pas se voir (en peinture (colloq)) — they can't stand each other

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ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez — to see no further than the end of one's nose

je préfère voir venir — (colloq) I would rather wait and see

on t'a vu venir! — (colloq) they/we saw you coming! (colloq)

je te vois venir — (colloq) I can see what you're getting at GB ou where you're coming from (colloq)

je t'ai assez vu — I've had enough of you

en voir de toutes les couleurs — to go through some hard times

j'en ai vu d'autres — I've seen worse

en faire voir à quelqu'un — to give somebody a hard time

qu'il aille se faire voir! — (colloq) tell him to get lost! (colloq)

il ferait beau voir ça! — that would be the last straw!

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vwaʀ
1. vi

1) (sens littéral) to see

D'ici, on voit mieux. — You can see better from here.

voir loin fig — to be far-sighted

faites voir — show me, let me see

2) (prendre le temps de réfléchir) to see

Voyons ce qu'on peut faire. — Let's see what we can do.

il faut voir — we'll have to see

3) (autres locutions)

regardez voir — just look

montrez voir — show me

dites voir — tell me

voyons voir — let's see now

voyons! (indignation) — come on!

Voyons, sois raisonnable! — Come on, be reasonable!

ni vu ni connu! — what the eye doesn't see...!, no one will be any the wiser

c'est tout vu — it's a foregone conclusion

2. vt

1) (= distinguer) to see

D'ici, on voit bien le Mont-Blanc. — You can see Mont Blanc clearly from here., You get a good view of Mont Blanc from here.

2) (= regarder) to see

faire voir qch à qn — to show sb sth

Il m'a fait voir sa collection de timbres. — He showed me his stamp collection.

3) (= être témoin de) to see

J'ai vu des cas semblables. — I have seen similar cases.

Je les ai vu humiliés. — I saw them humiliated.

4) (= rendre visite à) to see

Venez me voir quand vous serez à Paris. — Come and see me when you're in Paris.

5) (= comprendre) to see

Je ne vois pas pourquoi il a fait ça. — I don't see why he did that.

6) (= imaginer) to see

Je la voyais déjà en patronne de multinationale. — I could see her as the big boss of a multinational corporation.

7) (= supporter)

ne pas pouvoir voir qn fig — not to be able to stand sb, not to be able to stand the sight of sb

Je ne peux vraiment pas la voir. — I really can't stand her., I really can't stand the sight of her.

8) (autres locutions)

en faire voir à qn — to give sb a hard time

avoir quelque chose à voir avec — to have something to do with

n'avoir rien à voir avec — to have nothing to do with

Ça n'a rien à voir avec lui, c'est entre toi et moi. — It's nothing to do with him, it's between you and me.

attendons de voir venir — let's wait and see what happens

je te vois venir! ironique — I can see what you're getting at!, I can see what you're after!

voir à faire qch (= s'assurer que) — to see to it that sth is done

c'est ce qu'on va voir! — we'll see about that!

c'est à voir! — we'll see!

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voir verb table: voir

A vtr

1 ( percevoir par les yeux) to see [personne, objet]; dis-moi ce que tu vois gén tell me what you see; je ne vois rien I can't ou don't see anything; je n'y vois rien I can't see a thing; il faut le voir pour le croire it has to be seen to be believed; je les ai vus de mes propres yeux or de mes yeux vu! I saw them with my own eyes!; je les ai vus comme je te vois! I saw them as plainly as I see you standing there!; que vois-je! liter what's this I see?; à la voir si triste when you see her so sad; à le voir, on le prendrait pour un clochard to look at him, you'd think he was a tramp; faire voir qch à qn to show sb sth; laisser voir son ignorance to show one's ignorance; sa jupe fendue laissait voir ses cuisses her slit skirt showed her thighs; voir qch en rêve to dream about sth; ⇒ mûr;

2 (être spectateur, témoin de) [personne] to see [film, incident, événement]; [période, lieu, organisation] to see [événement, évolution, changement]; aller voir un film to go to see a film GB ou movie US; nous voyons les prix augmenter we see prices rising; je les ai vus partir/qui partaient I saw them leave/leaving; on l'a vue entrer she was seen going in, someone saw her go in; la voiture qu'il a vue passer the car he saw go by; la ville qui l'a vue naître her native town, the town where she was born; le film est à voir the film is worth seeing; c'est triste/intéressant à voir it' s sad/interesting to see; c'est beau à voir it's beautiful to look at; ce n'est pas beau à voir it's not a pretty sight; il faut voir comment○! you should see how!; j'aurais voulu que tu voies ça! you should have seen it!; je voudrais bien t'y voir! I'd like to see how you'd get on!; a-t-on jamais vu pareille audace! have you ever seen such cheek!; on n'a jamais vu ça! it's unheard of!; et vous n'avez encore rien vu! you ain't seen nothing yet○! hum; qu'est-ce qu'il ne faut pas voir, on aura tout vu! could you ever have imagined such a thing!; voyez-moi ça! just look at that!;

3 ( se figurer) to see; comment vois-tu l'avenir? how do you see the future?; je le vois or verrais bien enseignant I can just see him as a teacher; je ne la vois pas faire ça toute sa vie I can't see her doing it forever; voir sa vie comme un désastre to view one's life as a disaster; on voit bien comment it's easy to see how; on ne voit guère comment, on voit mal comment it's difficult to see how; j'ai vu le moment où il allait m'étrangler I thought he was about to strangle me; je vois ça d'ici I can just imagine; tu vois un peu s'il arrivait maintenant! just imagine, if he turned up now!;

4 ( juger) to see; c'est ma façon de voir (les choses) that's the way I see things; je ne partage pas ta façon de voir I see things differently from you; voir en qn un ami to see sb as a friend; je ne vois pas qu'il y ait lieu d'intervenir I don't see any reason to intervene; c'est à toi de voir it's up to you to decide; voir favorablement une réforme to be favourably^GB disposed toward(s) a reform; tu vas te faire mal voir de Sophie Sophie is going to think badly of you; je te vois mal parti you're heading for trouble;

5 (comprendre, déceler) to see [cause, moyen, avantage] (dans in); je vois I see; je vois ce que tu veux dire I see what you mean; je ne vois pas qui tu veux dire I don't know who you mean; tu vois où elle veut en venir? do you see what she's getting at?; je ne vois pas où est le problème I can't see the problem; je ne vois pas l'intérêt d'attendre I can't see the point of waiting; je n'y vois aucun mal I see no harm in it; je ne vois aucun mal à ce qu'elle signe I see no harm in her signing; si tu n'y vois pas d'inconvénient if it's all right with you, if you have no objection; tu ne vois pas qu'il ment? can't ou don't you see that he's lying? ; on voit bien qu'elle n'a jamais travaillé! you can tell ou it's obvious that she's never worked!; je le vois à leur attitude I can tell by their attitude; à quoi le vois- tu? how can you tell?;

6 (constater, découvrir) to see; comme vous le voyez as you can see; à ce que je vois from what I can see; voir si/combien/pourquoi to find out ou to see if/how much/why; vois si c'est sec see if it's dry; vois si ça leur convient find out ou see if it suits them; on verra bien well, we'll see; ‘je ne paierai pas!’-‘c'est ce que nous verrons!’ ‘I won't pay!’-‘we shall see about that!’; c'est à voir that remains to be seen; j'ai fait ça pour voir I did it to see what would happen; essaie pour voir try and see!; essaie un peu/touches-y, pour voir! ( menace) you just try it/touch it!; vous m'en voyez ravi I am delighted about it;

7 (examiner, étudier) to see [malade]; to look at [problème, dossier]; ( dans un texte) voir page 10/le mode d'emploi see page 10/instructions for use; je verrai (ce que je peux faire) I'll see (what I can do); voyons let's see;

8 (recevoir, se rendre chez, fréquenter) to see [client, médecin, ami]; je le vois peu en ce moment I don't see much of him at the moment; aller voir qn gén to go to see sb; ( à l'hôpital) to go to visit sb; je passerai la voir demain I'll call on her tomorrow, I'll pop in and see her tomorrow;

9 ( visiter) to see [ville, monument]; voir du pays to see the world;

10 ( avoir un rapport avec) avoir quelque chose à voir avec to have something to do with; ça n'a rien à voir! that's got nothing to do with it!; il n'a rien à voir là-dedans or à y voir it's got nothing to do with him. ⇒ chandelle.

B voir à vtr ind fml ( veiller à) to see (à to); voyez à ce que tout soit prêt see to it ou make sure that everything is ready; faudrait voir à réserver des places○ we ought to see about reserving ou booking GB seats; voyez à réserver les places make sure you reserve ou book GB the seats.

C vi

1 ( avec les yeux) voir, y voir to be able to see; est-ce qu'un bébé (y) voit à la naissance? can a baby see at birth?; je or j'y vois à peine I can hardly see; (y) voir double to see double; je vois trouble everything is a blur; voir loin lit to see a long way off;

2 ( par l'esprit) (y) voir clair dans qch to have a clear understanding of sth; voir loin ( être prévoyant) to look ahead; ( être perspicace) to be far-sighted; voir grand to think big; elle a vu juste she was right; il faut voir ( ça mérite réflexion) we'll have to see; ( c'est incroyable) you wouldn't believe it;

3 ( pour insister) voyons voir let's see now; regardez voir take a look; dites voir tell me; montrez voir show me;

4 ( en incise) vois-tu, voyez-vous you see;

5 ( rappel à l'ordre) voyons, sois sage! come on now, behave yourself!

D se voir vpr

1 (dans la glace, en imagination) to see oneself; elle se voyait déjà sur les planches she could already see herself on the stage;

2 ( être conscient de) to realize; il s'est vu sombrer dans la folie he realized he was going mad;

3 ( se remarquer) [tache, défaut] to show; ça se voit it shows; ça ne se voit pas qu'un peu○! it sticks out a mile!;

4 ( se produire) cela se voit tous les jours it happens all the time ou every day; cela ne se voit pas tous les jours it isn't something you see every day; ça ne s'est jamais vu! it's unheard of!;

5 ( se trouver) se voir obligé or dans l'obligation de faire qch to find oneself forced to do; ils se sont vu répondre que they were told that;

6 (se rencontrer, se fréquenter) to see each other;

7 ( sympathiser) ils ne peuvent pas se voir they can't stand each other;

8 ( être vu) to be seen; la tour se voit de loin the tower can be seen from far away;

9 ○ s'en voir to have a hard time (pour faire doing).

Idiomes

ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez to see no further than the end of one's nose; je préfère voir venir I would rather wait and see; on t'a vu venir○! they saw you coming○!; je te vois venir○ I can see what you're getting at GB ou where you're coming from○; je ne peux pas le voir (en peinture)○ I can't stand him; je t'ai assez vu I've had enough of you; en voir de belles or de toutes les couleurs to go through some hard times; j'en ai vu d'autres I've seen worse; en faire voir à qn to give sb a hard time; va te faire voir (ailleurs)○, va voir ailleurs or là-bas si j'y suis○! get lost○!; qu'il aille se faire voir○! tell him to get lost○!; il ferait beau voir ça! that would be the last straw!

[vwar] verbe transitif

A.[PERCEVOIR AVEC LES YEUX]

1. [distinguer] to see

PHYSIOLOGIE to (be able to) see

il ne voit rien de l'œil gauche he can't see anything with his ou he's blind in the left eye

grand-mère ne voit plus rien grandma's lost her sight

je voyais ses cartes I could see his cards

il faut le voir pour le croire! you have to see it to believe it!

à les voir, on ne dirait pas qu'ils roulent sur l'or to look at them, you wouldn't think they were rolling in it

à la voir si souriante, on ne dirait pas qu'elle souffre when you see how cheerful she is, you wouldn't think she's in pain

voir quelqu'un faire ou qui fait quelque chose to see somebody do ou doing something

elle m'a fait voir sa robe de mariée she showed me her wedding dress

fais voir! let me see!, show me!

voir le jour

a. [bébé] to be born

b. [journal] to come out

c. [théorie, invention] to appear

comme je vous vois: je les ai vues comme je vous vois I saw them with my own eyes

faut voir (ça) (familier) : il était habillé, faut voir! you should have seen what he was wearing!

il faut la voir lui répondre, il faut voir comment elle lui répond you should see the way she speaks to him

voir venir: je te vois venir, tu veux de l'argent! (familier) I can see what you're leading up to ou getting at, you want some money!

le garagiste m'a fait payer 800 euros — il t'a vu venir! (familier) the mechanic charged me 800 euros — he saw you coming!

Noël n'est que dans trois semaines, on a le temps de voir venir! Christmas isn 't for another three weeks, we've got plenty of time!

2. [assister à - accident, événement] to witness, to see ; [ - film, spectacle] to see

c'est vrai, je l'ai vue le faire it's true, I saw her do it

je l'ai vu faire des erreurs I saw him making ou make mistakes

à voir well worth seeing

c'est un film à voir absolument that film is a must

ici, les terrains ont vu leur prix doubler en cinq ans land prices here doubled over five years

tu n'as encore rien vu you haven't seen anything yet

n'avoir rien vu to be wet behind the ears ou green

on aura tout vu! that beats everything!

en voir: j'en ai vu d'autres! I've seen worse!, I've been through worse!

ils en ont vu, avec leur aînée! their oldest girl really gave them a hard time!

il en a vu de toutes les couleurs ou des vertes et des pas mûres (familier) ou de belles ou de drôles he's been through quite a lot

en faire voir (de toutes les couleurs) à quelqu'un (familier) to give somebody a hard time, to lead somebody a merry dance

pour voir: mets de l'eau dessus pour voir pour some water on it, just to see what happens

j'ai fait du chinois pendant un an pour voir I studied Chinese for a year just to see how I got on

répète un peu, pour voir! (you) DARE say that again!

vas te faire voir! (très familier) push off!

3. [trouver - spécimen] to see, to find, to encounter (soutenu) ; [ - qualité] to see

un homme galant comme on n'en voit plus the kind of gentleman they don't make any more

4. [inspecter - appartement] to see, to view ; [ - rapport] to see, to (have a) look at ; [ - leçon] to go ou to look over

[remarquer] to see, to notice

ne pas voir: il préfère ne pas voir ses infidélités he prefers to turn a blind eye to ou to shut his eyes to her affairs

elle me regarde mais ne me voit pas she stares at me but doesn't see me

[visiter] to see, to visit

qui n'a pas vu l'Égypte n'a rien vu unless you've seen Egypt, you haven't lived

5. [consulter, recevoir - ami, médecin] to see

le médecin va vous voir dans quelques instants the doctor will be with ou see you in a few minutes

il faut voir un psychiatre, mon vieux! (familier & figuré) you need your head examined, old man!

aller voir to go to

je dois aller voir le médecin I've got to go to the doctor's

je vais aller voir mes amis I'm going to go and see my friends

[fréquenter] to see

[être en présence de]

je la vois chaque jour I see her every day

va-t-en, je t'ai assez vu! (familier) go away, I've seen ou had enough of you!

6. [se référer à]

voir illustration p. 7 see diagram p 7

voyez l'horaire des trains check ou consult the train timetable

B.[PENSER, CONCEVOIR]

1. [imaginer] to see, to imagine, to picture

le pull est trop large — je te voyais plus carré que cela the jumper is too big — I thought you had broader shoulders

je nous vois mal gagner le match I can't see us winning the match

voir d'ici quelqu'un/quelque chose: lui confier le budget? je vois ça d'ici! ask him to look after the budget? I can just see it!

2. [concevoir - méthode, solution] to see, to think of

je ne vois pas comment je pourrais t'aider I can't see how I could help you

vous voyez quelque chose à ajouter? can you think of anything else (which needs adding)?

je ne vois pas de mal à cela I don't see any harm in it

voir quelque chose d'un mauvais œil, ne pas voir quelque chose d'un bon œil to be displeased about something

voir quelque chose/quelqu'un avec les yeux de: elle le voit avec les yeux de l'amour she sees him through a lover's eyes

(en usage absolu)

pose-moi n'importe quelle question — bon, je vais voir ask me anything — let's see ou let me think

il faut trouver un moyen! — je ne vois pas we must find a way! — I can't think of one ou anything

3. [comprendre - danger, intérêt] to see

tu vois ce que je veux dire? do you see ou understand what I mean?

je ne vois pas ce qu'il y a de drôle! I can't see what's so funny!, I don't get the joke!

je n'en vois pas l'utilité I can't see the point of it

il est directeur de banque — je vois! he's a bank manager — I see!

4. [constater] to see, to realize

tu vois que mes principes n'ont pas changé as you can see, my principles haven't changed

elle ne nous causera plus d'ennuis — c'est ou ça reste à voir she won't trouble us any more — that remains to be seen ou that's what YOU think!

5. [considérer, prendre en compte] to see, to consider, to take into account

ils ne voient que leur intérêt they only consider their own interest

6. [examiner] to see, to check

nous prenons rendez-vous? — voyez cela avec ma secrétaire shall we make an appointment? — arrange that with my secretary

voyez si l'on peut changer l'heure du vol see ou check whether the time of the flight can be changed

c'est à ou il faut voir: j'irai peut-être, c'est à voir I might go, I'll have to see

les photos seraient mieux en noir et blanc — hum, il faut voir the pictures would look better in black and white — mm, maybe (maybe not)

7. [juger] to see

tu n'es pas sur place, tu vois mal la situation you're not on the spot, your view of the situation is distorted

se faire bien/mal voir: se faire bien voir de quelqu'un to make oneself popular with somebody

se faire mal voir de quelqu'un to make oneself unpopular with somebody

8. (locution)

avoir à voir avec [avoir un rapport avec]: je voudrais vous parler: ça a à voir avec notre discussion d'hier I would like to speak to you: it's to do with what we were talking about yesterday

n'avoir rien à voir avec [n'avoir aucun rapport avec]: l'instruction n'a rien à voir avec l'intelligence education has nothing to do with intelligence

je n'ai rien à voir avec la famille des Bellechasse I'm not related at all to the Bellechasse family

cela n'a rien à voir avec le sujet that's irrelevant, that's got nothing to do with it

ça n'a rien à voir: tu parles de grèves, mais ça n'a rien à voir! you talk about strikes but that has nothing to do with it!

tu vois, vous voyez: tu vois, je préférais ne rien savoir I preferred to remain in the dark, you see

je te l'avais dit, tu vois! what did I tell you!

tu verras, tu verrais: essaie de recommencer et tu verras! just (you) try it again and see!

tu verrais, si j'avais encore mes jambes! if my legs were still up to it, there'd be no holding ou stopping me!

attendez voir (familier) hang on, wait a sec

dis voir, où est le calendrier? (familier) tell me, where's the calendar?

écoute voir, on va y aller ensemble, d'accord? (familier) listen, let's go together, OK?

essaie voir!

a. (familier) [encouragement] go on, have a try!

b. [défi] (you) just try!, don't you dare!

regardez voir (familier) (just) look at that

voyons voirou regardons voir ce que tu as comme note (familier) let's just have a look and see what mark you got

voyez-vous cela ou ça!: une moto à 14 ans, voyez-vous ça! a motorbike at 14, whatever next!

voyons! come (on) now!

un peu de courage, voyons! come on, be brave!

voyons, tu n'espères pas que je vais te croire! you don't seriously expect me to believe you, do you?

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[vwar] verbe intransitif

A.[PERCEVOIR LA RÉALITÉ - SENS PROPRE ET FIGURÉ]

1. PHYSIOLOGIE to (be able to) see

il ne voit que d'un œil he can only see out of one eye

elle ne ou n'y voit plus she can't see ou she's blind now

[exercer sa vue] to see

il ne sait pas voir he just doesn't use his powers of observation

voir bien to see clearly, to have good eyesight

voir mal to have poor eyesight

voir double to have double vision

2. [juger]

encore une fois, tu as vu juste you were right, once again

voir faux to have poor judgement

ne voir que par les yeux de quelqu'un to see everything through somebody's eyes

B.jeux [pour une mise]

aller ou jouer ou mettre sans voir to play ou to bet blind

20 euros, pour voir 20 euros, and I'll see you

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voir à verbe plus préposition

[veiller à]

voir à faire quelque chose to see to it ou to make sure ou to ensure that something is done

il faudrait voir à ranger ta chambre/payer tes dettes you'd better tidy up your room/clear your debts

voir à ce que quelque chose soit fait to see to it ou to make sure ou to ensure that something is done

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se voir verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

1. [se contempler] to (be able to) see oneself

il s'est vu mourir (figuré) he knew he was dying

2. [s'imaginer] to see ou to imagine ou to picture oneself

elle se voyait déjà championne! she thought the championship was hers already!

je ne me vois pas lui demander une augmentation I (just) can't see myself asking her for a rise

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se voir verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

[se rencontrer] to see each other

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se voir verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

1. [être visible, évident - défaut] to show, to be visible ; [ - émotion, gêne] to be visible, to be obvious, to be apparent

il porte une perruque, ça se voit bien you can tell he wears a wig

2. [se manifester - événement] to happen ; [ - attitude, coutume] to be seen ou found

ça se voit couramment it's commonplace

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se voir verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [se trouver]

se voir dans l'impossibilité de faire quelque chose to find oneself unable to do something

se voir dans l'obligation de... to find oneself obliged to...

leur équipe s'est vue reléguée à la 15^e place their team saw themselves drop to 15th position

les crédits se verront affectés à la rénovation des locaux the funds will be used to renovate the building

2. (suivi d'un infinitif)

se voir interdire l'inscription à un club to be refused membership to a club

il s'est vu retirer son permis de conduire sur-le-champ he had his driving licence taken away from him on the spot

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > voir

13 show up

show up а) проводить (кого-л.) наверх show the doctor up when he comes. б)выявить, показать, обнаружить The bright sunlight shows up the cracks in thewalls. Performing by herself showed Her up as a rather poor singer. в) выяв-ляться, обнаруживаться The lines on Her face show up in the pale spring light.Her age showed up all too clearly. г) изобличать; разоблачать; д) сконфузить,повергнуть в смущение Don't argue with me in front of our guests, it shows meup. е) (четко) выделяться, вырисовываться; The trees showed up against thesky. ж) coll. (по)являться; объявиться неожиданно Only thirty members showedup for the yearly General Meeting.

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > show up

14 lucir

v.

1 to shine.

El alumbrado luce The lighting shines.

2 to look good (quedar bonito).

luce mucho en el salón it looks really good in the lounge

luce mucho decir que hablas cinco idiomas being able to say that you speak five languages looks really good

Ella luce preciosa She looks beautiful.

3 to look. ( Latin American Spanish)

luce muy joven she looks very young

4 to wear, to sport.

5 to display, to show off, to sport.

Ella luce su vestido She shows off her dress.

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LUCIR

CONJUGACIÓN

(c changes to zc before a and o)

Present Indicative

luzco, luces, luce, lucimos, lucís, lucen.

Present Subjunctive

luzca, luzcas, luzca, luzcamos, luzcáis, luzcan.

Imperative

luce (tú), luzca (él/Vd.), luzcamos (nos.), lucid (vos.), luzcan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

to shine

- lucirse

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1. VI

1) (=brillar) to shine

lucían las estrellas — the stars were shining

2) (=destacar) to excel

no lucía en los estudios — he did not excel as a student

3) (=aprovechar)

trabaja mucho, pero no le luce el esfuerzo — he works hard but it doesn't do him much good

así le/te/me luce el pelo —

nunca estudia y así le luce el pelo — he never studies and it shows

4) LAm (=parecer) to look, seem

(te) luce lindo — it looks nice (on you)

2.

VT (=ostentar) to show off; [+ ropa] to sport

lucir las habilidades — to show off one's talents

lucía un traje nuevo — he was sporting a new suit

siempre va luciendo escote — she always wears low-cut dresses

3.

See:

lucirse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) ( aparentar) to look good

un regalo que no luce — a gift that doesn't look anything special; (+ me/te/le etc)

el dinero no le luce — (hum) you can't tell what he spends his money on

gasta mucho en ropa pero no le luce — she spends a fortune on clothes but it doesn't do much for her

b) (liter) estrellas to twinkle, shine

c) (AmL) (aparecer, mostrarse) (+ compl) to look

la catedral lucía esplendorosa — the cathedral stood out in all its splendor

te luce lindo — it looks nice on you
2.
lucir vt

a) (period) <vestido/modelo> to wear, sport (journ); <peinado/collar> to sport (journ)

b) <figura/piernas> to show off, flaunt
3.
lucirse v pron

a) ( destacarse) to excel

te luciste! — (iró) you really excelled yourself! (iro)

recetas para lucirse — recipes to impress your guests

b) ( presumir) to show off

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= showcase, sport.

Ex. Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.

Ex. She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.

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* lucirse = show off.

* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) ( aparentar) to look good

un regalo que no luce — a gift that doesn't look anything special; (+ me/te/le etc)

el dinero no le luce — (hum) you can't tell what he spends his money on

gasta mucho en ropa pero no le luce — she spends a fortune on clothes but it doesn't do much for her

b) (liter) estrellas to twinkle, shine

c) (AmL) (aparecer, mostrarse) (+ compl) to look

la catedral lucía esplendorosa — the cathedral stood out in all its splendor

te luce lindo — it looks nice on you
2.
lucir vt

a) (period) <vestido/modelo> to wear, sport (journ); <peinado/collar> to sport (journ)

b) <figura/piernas> to show off, flaunt
3.
lucirse v pron

a) ( destacarse) to excel

te luciste! — (iró) you really excelled yourself! (iro)

recetas para lucirse — recipes to impress your guests

b) ( presumir) to show off

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= showcase, sport.

Ex: Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.

Ex: She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.

* lucirse = show off.

* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.

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lucir [I5 ]

vi

1 (aparentar) to look good

lucirían mucho más en un florero alto they would look much better o would be shown (off) to much better effect in a tall vase

un regalo que no luce a gift that doesn't look anything special

(+ me/te/le etc): come mucho pero no le luce ( hum); he eats like a horse, but it doesn't show

gasta mucho en maquillaje pero no le luce she spends a fortune on makeup but it doesn't do much for her

2 ( liter); «estrellas» to twinkle, shine

3 ( AmL) (aparecer, mostrarse) (+ compl) to look

la paciente luce mucho mejor hoy the patient is looking much better today

la catedral lucía esplendorosa the cathedral stood out in all its splendor

■ lucir

vt

1 ( period); ‹vestido/modelo› to wear, sport ( journ); ‹peinado› to sport ( journ)

lucía un vestido de terciopelo azul she was sporting a blue velvet dress

la novia lucía un traje de organza the bride wore an organza wedding dress

2 ‹figura/piernas› to show off, flaunt

■ lucirse

v pron

1 (destacarse) to excel oneself

se lució en el oral she passed the oral with flying colors, she excelled herself in the oral

¡te has lucido! ( iró); you've really excelled yourself! ( iro)

recetas para lucirse recipes to impress your guests

2 (presumir) to show off

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lucir ( conjugate lucir) verbo intransitivo ( aparentar) to look good, look special;
◊ gasta mucho en ropa pero no le luce she spends a fortune on clothes but it doesn't do much for her

verbo transitivo
a) (period) ‹vestido/modelo› to wear, sport (journ);

‹peinado/collar› to sport (journ)
b) ‹figura/piernas› to show off, flaunt

lucirse verbo pronominal
a) ( destacarse) to excel oneself

b) ( presumir) to show off

lucir
I verbo intransitivo
1 (una estrella, bombilla) to shine
2 fam (un esfuerzo) trabaja bastante, pero no le luce, he works quite a lot, but it doesn't show
II verbo transitivo
1 (ropa, joyas, peinado) to wear
2 (cualidades) to display
' lucir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
luzca
English:
display
- show
- sport

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lucir

♦ vi

1. [brillar] to shine;

la montaña lucía blanca tras la nevada the mountain glistened white with new-fallen snow

2. [dar luz]
esta lámpara luce muy poco this lamp isn't very bright

3. [rendir]
no me lucían tantas horas de trabajo I didn't have much to show for all those hours of work;

dijo que estudió mucho para el examen – pues no le ha lucido he said he studied very hard for the exam – well, it hasn't done him much good

4. [quedar bonito] to look good;

ese sofá luce mucho en el salón that couch looks really good in the lounge;

luce mucho decir que hablas cinco idiomas being able to say that you speak five languages looks really good

5. Am [parecer] to look;

luces cansada you seem o look tired;

luce muy joven she looks very young

♦ vt
[llevar] to wear, to sport; [exhibir] to show off, to sport;
lucía un collar de perlas she was wearing o sporting a pearl necklace

♦ See also the pronominal verb lucirse

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lucir

v/i

1 shine

2 L.Am. ( verse bien) look good

II v/t ropa, joya wear

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lucir {45} vi

1) : to shine

2) : to look good, to stand out

3) : to seem, to appear

ahora luce contento: he looks happy now

lucir vt

1) : to wear, to sport

2) : to flaunt, to show off

♦ See also the reflexive verb lucirse

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lucir vb

1. (brillar) to shine [pt. & pp. shone]

las estrellas lucen por la noche the stars shine at night

2. (dar luz) to be bright

esa bombilla no luce mucho that bulb isn't very bright

3. (presumir de) to show off [pt. showed; pp. shown]

lucía sus joyas she was showing off her jewellery

4. (quedar bien) to look good

ese cuadro no luce nada ahí that picture doesn't look very good there

Spanish-English dictionary > lucir

15 prouver

prouver [pʀuve]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

to prove

• il est prouvé que... it has been proved that...

• cela prouve que... it proves that...

• sa culpabilité reste à prouver it has yet to be proved that he is guilty

• il a voulu se prouver (à lui-même) qu'il en était capable he wanted to prove to himself that he was capable of it

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pʀuve
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( établir la réalité de) to prove

il faudrait qu'il accepte, et ça n'est pas prouvé — (colloq) he has to accept and there's no guarantee that he will

2) ( indiquer) to show

3) ( exprimer) to demonstrate [sentiment]

2.

se prouver verbe pronominal

1) ( à soi-même) to prove to oneself

2) ( être démontré)

un axiome ne se prouve pas — an axiom cannot be proved

3) ( l'un l'autre)

ils se sont prouvé qu'ils s'aimaient — they proved their love

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n'avoir plus rien à prouver — to have proved oneself

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pʀuve vt
to prove

prouver que — to prove that

prouver par A+B que; prouver par A plus B que — to prove logically that

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prouver verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( établir la réalité de) to prove; ton hypothèse reste à prouver your hypothesis is yet to be proved; il faudrait qu'il accepte, et ça n'est pas prouvé○ he has to accept and there's no guarantee that he will; prouver par l'absurde to prove by reductio ad absurdum; prouver à qn que to prove to sb that; prouver qch à qn to prove sth to sb;

2 ( indiquer) to show; tout prouve qu'il est sincère everything shows that he's sincere;

3 ( exprimer) to demonstrate [sentiment].

B se prouver vpr

1 ( à soi-même) elle cherche à se prouver qu'elle a raison she's trying to prove to herself that she's right;

2 ( être démontré) un axiome ne se prouve pas an axiom cannot be proved;

3 ( l'un l'autre) ils se sont prouvé qu'ils s'aimaient they demonstrated their love for one another.

Idiome

n'avoir plus rien à prouver to have proved oneself.

[pruve] verbe transitif

1. [faire la preuve de] to prove

cela n'est pas encore prouvé it remains to be proved

il n'est pas prouvé que... there's no proof that...

les faits ont prouvé qu'elle était bel et bien absente the facts proved her to have indeed been absent

prouve-moi le contraire! give me proof of ou to the contrary!

il t'a menti — prouve-le-moi! he lied to you — prove it!

prouver le bien-fondé d'une accusation DROIT to substantiate a charge

il m'a prouvé par A + B que j'avais tort he demonstrated that I was wrong in a very logical way

2. [mettre en évidence] to show

cela prouve bien que j'avais raison it shows that I was right

son désintéressement n'est plus à prouver her impartiality is no longer open to question

3. [témoigner] to demonstrate

prouver à quelqu'un son amitié/sa reconnaissance to demonstrate one's friendship/gratitude to somebody, to give somebody proof of one's friendship/gratitude

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se prouver verbe pronominal transitif

se prouver quelque chose (à soi-même) to prove something (to oneself)

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > prouver

16 show

[ʃəʊ, Am ʃoʊ] n

1) ( display) Bekundung f, Demonstration f;

\show of force/ strength/ unity Demonstration f der Gewalt/Stärke/Einigkeit;

\show of solidarity Solidaritätsbekundung f;

just [or only] for \show nur für die Optik [o der Schau wegen];

do those lights have a function or are they just for \show? haben die Lichter irgendeine nützliche Funktion, oder sollen sie nur Eindruck machen?;

to make [or put on] a \show of [doing] sth so tun, als ob

2) ( exhibition) Schau f, Ausstellung f;

dog/fashion \show Hunde-/Modenschau f;

slide \show Diavorführung f, Diavortrag m;

retrospective \show Retrospektive f;

to be on \show ausgestellt sein

3) ( entertainment) Show f; ( on television) Unterhaltungssendung f, Show f;

puppet \show Puppenspiel nt, Marionettentheater nt;

quiz \show Quizsendung f, Quizshow f;

radio/stage \show Radio-/Bühnenshow f;

talent \show Talentwettbewerb m;

to stage a \show theat eine Show auf die Bühne bringen

4) (fam: activity) Angelegenheit f;

who will run the \show when she retires? wer wird den Laden schmeißen, wenn sie in Pension geht? ( fam)

sb's [own] \show jds [eigene] Angelegenheit;

she prefers to be in charge of her own \show sie zieht es vor, unabhängig schalten und walten zu können

5) (Am) (sl: Major League Baseball)

the \show die Baseballoberliga

PHRASES:

\show of hands [Abstimmung f per] Handzeichen nt;

who here has been to Europe? let me see a \show of hands wer von euch war schon in Europa? bitte mal die Hand hochheben;

by [or on] a \show of hands durch Handzeichen;

let's get the [or this] \show on the road ( fam) lasst uns die Sache [endlich] in Angriff nehmen;

to put on [or up] a good \show sich akk bemühen, Einsatz zeigen;

to make [or put on] a \show eine Schau abziehen ( fam)

to make [or put on] a \show of doing sth vortäuschen, etw zu tun;

the \show must go on ( go on) die Show [o das Leben] muss weitergehen vt <showed, shown>

1) ( display)

to \show sth etw zeigen [o sehen lassen];

to \show sb an ability jdm eine Fähigkeit vorführen;

to \show a flag eine Flagge hissen;

to \show slides Dias vorführen;

to \show one's work art eine Ausstellung machen, ausstellen

2) ( reveal)

to \show sth etw zeigen [o erkennen lassen];

he started to \show his age man begann, ihm sein Alter anzusehen;

to \show common sense/ courage/ initiative gesunden Menschenverstand/Mut/Unternehmungsgeist beweisen;

to \show genius/ originality Genie/Originalität beweisen;

to \show promise viel versprechend sein;

to \show no signs of improvement keine Anzeichen einer Besserung aufweisen;

to \show one's ticket/ one's passport seine Fahrkarte/seinen Pass vorzeigen;

he \showed his ticket to the conductor er zeigte dem Schaffner seine Fahrkarte

3) ( express)

to \show sth etw zeigen;

to \show a bias/ enthusiasm for sth eine Vorliebe/Begeisterung für etw akk zeigen;

to \show clemency Milde walten lassen;

to \show compassion [for sb] [mit jdm] Mitleid haben;

to \show compunction Gewissensbisse haben;

to \show one's gratitude sich akk als dankbar erweisen;

to \show sb respect jdm Respekt erweisen

4) ( expose)

to \show sth etw sehen lassen;

your shirt's so thin that it \shows your bra dein Hemd ist so dünn, dass man deinen BH durchsieht;

this carpet \shows all the dirt bei dem Teppich kann man jedes bisschen Schmutz sehen

5) ( point out)

to \show sth to sb jdm etw zeigen;

\show me where it hurts zeig mir, wo es wehtut;

she sent us a map which \showed where her house is sie schickte uns eine Karte, auf der ihr Haus zu sehen war;

on this map, urban areas are \shown in grey auf dieser Karte sind die Stadtgebiete grau dargestellt;

it's \showing signs of rain es sieht nach Regen aus

6) ( explain)

to \show sb sth jdm etw zeigen [o erklären];

to \show sb the way jdm den Weg zeigen

7) ( record)

to \show sth etw anzeigen; statistics etw [auf]zeigen;

to \show a loss/ profit einen Verlust/Gewinn aufweisen

8) ( prove)

to \show sth etw beweisen;

she has \shown herself [to be] a highly competent manager sie hat sich als sehr kompetente Geschäftsführerin erwiesen;

to \show sb that... jdm zeigen [o beweisen], dass...;

to \show [sb] how/why... [jdm] zeigen, wie/warum...;

to \show cause law seine Gründe vorbringen;

order to \show cause gerichtliche Verfügung;

to \show one's mettle zeigen, was in einem steckt

9) ( escort)

to \show sb somewhere jdn irgendwohin führen [o bringen];

I'll \show myself out ich finde schon allein hinaus;

to \show sb over [or ( Am usu) around] a place jdm einen Ort zeigen;

they \showed us over the estate sie führten uns auf dem Anwesen herum

10) ( project)

to \show a film einen Film zeigen [o ( fam) bringen];

this film has never been \shown on television dieser Film kam noch nie im Fernsehen

PHRASES:

to \show one's true colours Farbe bekennen;

to \show sb the door jdm die Tür weisen;

to dare [to] \show one's face es wagen, irgendwo aufzukreuzen ( fam)

to \show one's hand [or cards] seine Karten aufdecken;

to have nothing to \show for it [or one's efforts] [am Ende] nichts vorzuweisen haben;

you've had this job for five years, and what have you got to \show for your efforts? du hast diesen Job nun seit fünf Jahren, und was hast du nun von all der Mühe?;

to \show [sb] no quarter ( liter) kein Erbarmen [mit jdm] haben;

to \show one's teeth die Zähne zeigen ( fam)

to \show the way [forward] den Weg weisen ( fig)

that will \show sb ( fam) das wird jdm eine Lehre sein vi <showed, shown>

1) ( be visible) zu sehen sein;

the trees \show blue on these photographs die Bäume erscheinen auf diesen Fotos blau;

she's four months pregnant and starting to \show sie ist im vierten Monat schwanger und allmählich sieht man es auch;

to let sth \show sich dat etw anmerken lassen

2) (esp Am, Aus) (fam: arrive) auftauchen ( fam)

3) ( be shown) film gezeigt werden, laufen ( fam)

now \showing at a cinema near you! jetzt in einem Kino in Ihrer Nähe!

4) (Am) ( in horse racing) Dritte(r) f(m) werden

English-German students dictionary > show

17 entlarven

I v/t unmask, expose

II v/refl: sich entlarven als turn out ( oder prove) to be

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to debunk; to unmask

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ent|lạr|ven [ɛnt'larfn] ptp entla\#rvt
vt (fig)
Spion, Dieb etc to unmask, to expose; Pläne, Betrug etc to uncover, to expose
sich entlarven — to reveal one's true colours (Brit) or colors (US) or character

sich als Schuft etc entlarven — to reveal or show oneself to be a scoundrel etc

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(to make obvious: This light shows up the places where I've mended this coat.) show up

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ent·lar·ven *

[ɛntˈlarfn̩]

vt (enttarnen)

▪ jdn/etw [als etw] \entlarven Dieb, Spion to expose [or unmask] sb/sth [as sth]

das verlockende Angebot wurde als Falle entlarvt the tempting offer was revealed to be a trap

▪ sich akk \entlarven to reveal one's true character [or BRIT colours] [or AM colors]

▪ sich akk [selbst] als etw \entlarven to show oneself to be sth

sie entlarvte sich als Lügnerin she showed herself to be a liar

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transitives Verb expose

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entlarven

A. v/t unmask, expose

B. v/r:

sich entlarven als turn out ( oder prove) to be

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transitives Verb expose

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v.

to debunk v.

to unmask v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > entlarven

18 geist

m; -(e)s, -er

1. nur Sg.; (Verstand) mind; (Intellekt) intellect; (Sinn, Gemüt) mind; (Witz) wit; (Seele) spirit; Geist und Körper mind and body, body and spirit; Mann von Geist man of wit; vor Geist sprühen oder seinen Geist sprühen lassen scintillate; den oder seinen Geist aushauchen geh. euph. (sterben) give up the ghost; den Geist aufgeben umg. (kaputtgehen) give up the ghost, conk out; das / er geht mir auf den Geist umg. it / he really gets on my nerves, it’s / he’s driving me crazy; im Geiste in one’s mind’s eye; im Geiste sah sie sich schon als Siegerin she already imagined ( oder saw) herself as the winner; wir werden im Geiste bei euch sein we will be with you in spirit; der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

2. nur Sg.; (Einstellung) spirit; (Verfassung) morale; (Atmosphäre) atmosphere, vibes Pl. umg.; der olympische Geist the Olympic spirit; der Geist des Christentums etc. the spirit of Christianity etc.; es herrschte ein kameradschaftlicher Geist there was a comradely spirit; in jemandes Geiste handeln act in the spirit of s.o.; daran sieht man, wes Geistes Kind er ist it says a lot about him

3. überirdischer: spirit; (Gespenst) ghost; (Erscheinung) apparition; ich glaube nicht an Geister I don’t believe in ghosts; böser Geist evil spirit, demon; der Böse Geist KIRCHL. the Evil One; hier geht ein Geist um this place is haunted; bist du denn von allen guten Geistern verlassen? are you out of your mind?, have you taken leave of your senses?; heilig

4. fig. Person: großer Geist great mind ( oder thinker); kleiner Geist small-minded person; dienstbarer Geist umg., hum. (Dienstbote) servant, domestic treasure; jemandes guter Geist s.o.’s guiding light; sie ist der gute Geist der Abteilung she is the moving spirit in the department; sie ist ein unruhiger Geist she’s a restless person ( oder spirit), she can’t sit still for one moment, she’s up and down like a yoyo umg.; scheiden III

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der Geist

(Gespenst) specter; ghost; phantom; spectre;

(Seele) animus; spirit;

(Verstand) brains; intellect; mind;

(Verstorbener) soul;

(Witz) wit

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[gaist]
m -(e)s, -er

1) no pl (= Denken, Vernunft) mind

der menschliche Géíst, der Géíst des Menschen — the human mind

Géíst und Materie — mind and matter

mit Géíst begabt — endowed with a mind

"Phänomenologie des Géístes" — "Phenomenology of the Spirit"

2) (REL = Seele, außerirdisches Wesen) spirit; (= Gespenst) ghost

Géíst und Körper — mind and body

seinen Géíst aufgeben or aushauchen (liter, iro) — to give up the ghost

der Géíst ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach (prov) — the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

der Heilige Géíst — the Holy Ghost or Spirit

der Géíst Gottes — the Spirit of God

der böse Géíst — the Evil One

der Géíst der Finsternis — the Prince of Darkness

gute/böse Géíster — good/evil spirits

die Stunde der Géíster — the witching hour

der gute Géíst des Hauses (geh) — the moving spirit in the household

von allen guten Géístern verlassen sein (inf) — to have taken leave of one's senses (inf)

jdm auf den Géíst gehen (inf) — to get on sb's nerves

in dem Schloss gehen Géíster um — the castle is haunted, the castle is walked by ghosts (liter)

3) (no pl = Intellekt) intellect, mind; (fig = Denker, Genie) mind

Géíst haben — to have a good mind or intellect; (Witz) to show wit

einen regen/lebhaften Géíst haben —

ein Mann von großem Géíst — a man of great intellect, a man with a great mind

die Rede zeugte nicht von großem Géíst — the speech was not particularly brilliant

das geht über meinen Géíst (inf) — that's way over my head (inf), that's beyond me (inf)

hier scheiden sich die Géíster — this is the parting of the ways

seinen Géíst anstrengen (inf) — to use one's brains (inf)

sie sind verwandte Géíster — they are kindred spirits

kleine Géíster (iro: ungebildet) — people of limited intellect; (kleinmütig) small-minded or petty-minded people

See:

→ unruhig

4) no pl (= Wesen, Sinn, Gesinnung) spirit

in kameradschaftlichem Géíst — in a spirit of comradeship

in diesem Büro herrscht ein kollegialer Géíst — this office has a friendly atmosphere

in seinem/ihrem Géíst — in his/her spirit

in jds Géíst handeln — to act in the spirit of sb

der Géíst der Zeit/der russischen Sprache — the spirit or genius (liter) of the times/of the Russian language

nach dem Géíst des Gesetzes, nicht nach seinem Buchstaben gehen — to go by the spirit rather than the letter of the law

daran zeigt sich, wes Géístes Kind er ist — that (just) shows what kind of person he is

5) no pl (= Vorstellung) mind

etw im Géíst(e) vor sich sehen — to see sth in one's mind's eye

sich im Géíst(e) als etw/als jd/an einem Ort sehen — to see or picture oneself as sth/as sb/in a place

im Géíste bin ich bei euch — I am with you in spirit, my thoughts are with you

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der

1) (a spirit, usually of a dead person: Do you believe in ghosts?; Hamlet thought he saw his father's ghost.) ghost

2) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) spirit

3) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; ( also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) spirit

4) (an elf or fairy: a water-sprite.) sprite

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Geist¹

<-[e]s, -e>

[ˈgaist]

m

1. kein pl (Vernunft) mind

die Rede zeugte nicht von großem \Geist the speech was no testament to a great mind

ihr \Geist ist verwirrt she's mentally deranged

seinen \Geist anstrengen to put one's mind to it

seinen \Geist aushauchen (euph geh) to breathe one's last

jdm [mit etw dat] auf den \Geist gehen (fam) to get on sb's nerves [with sth] fam

im \Geist[e] (in Gedanken) in spirit, in one's thoughts; (in der Vorstellung) in one's mind's eye, in one's thoughts

etw im \Geiste vor sich dat sehen to see sth in one's mind's eye, to picture sth

\Geist und Körper body and mind

der menschliche \Geist, der \Geist des Menschen the human mind

2. kein pl (Witz) wit

er sprühte vor \Geist he was as witty as could be

eine Rede voller \Geist und Witz a witty speech

\Geist haben to have esprit

ein Mann ohne/von \Geist a dull/witty man

\Geist versprühen to be scintillating

3. kein pl (Gesinnung) spirit

in diesem Büro herrscht ein kollegialer \Geist there's a spirit of cooperation in this office

an \Geist und Buchstaben einer S. gen halten to observe the spirit and letter of sth

der freie \Geist free thought

in kameradschaftlichem \Geist in a spirit of camaraderie [or comradeship]

in jds \Geist how sb would have wished

der \Geist der Zeit the spirit of the times [or age

4. (Destillat) spirit

5.

▶ seinen [o den] \Geist aufgeben (iron veraltet: sterben) to give up the ghost, to breathe one's last; (hum fam: kaputtgehen) to give up the ghost

▶ wes \Geistes Kind jd ist the kind of person sb is

▶ da [o hier] scheiden sich die \Geister opinions differ here

▶ der \Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

Geist²

<-[e]s, -e>

m

1. (Denker) mind, intellect

große \Geister stört das nicht (hum fam) that doesn't bother me/us etc.

kleiner \Geist small-minded person, person of limited intellect

2. (Charakter) spirit

ein guter \Geist an angel

der gute \Geist des Hauses the moving [or guiding] spirit of the household

ein unruhiger \Geist a restive spirit, a restless creature

verwandte \Geister kindred spirits

3. (Wesenheit) spirit

der böse \Geist the Evil One old

dienstbarer \Geist ministering spirit

der \Geist der Finsternis (geh) the Prince of Darkness

der \Geist Gottes the Spirit of God

der Heilige \Geist the Holy Ghost

4. (Gespenst) ghost

ihm erschien der \Geist seiner toten Mutter he was visited by the ghost of his dead mother

\Geister gehen hier um this place is haunted

wie ein \Geist aussehen to look very pale; krank a. to look like death warmed up [or AM over] fam; erschreckt a. to look as if one has seen a ghost

einen \Geist beschwören to invoke a spirit

böse/gute \Geister evil/good spirits

5.

▶ dienstbarer \Geist (hum fam) servant

▶ von allen guten \Geistern verlassen sein (fam) to have taken leave of one's senses

▶ jdm als Heiliger \Geist erscheinen, jdm den Heiligen \Geist schicken MIL, SCH (veraltet sl) to don fancy dress at night and thrash sb sleeping in bed

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der; Geist[e]s, Geister

1) o. Pl. (Verstand) mind

jemandes Geist ist verwirrt/gestört — somebody is mentally deranged/disturbed

jemandem mit etwas auf den Geist gehen — (salopp) get on somebody's nerves with something

den Geist aufgeben — (geh./ugs. scherzh., auch fig.) give up the ghost

im Geist[e] — in my/his etc. mind's eye

2) o. Pl. (Scharfsinn) wit

3) o. Pl. (innere Einstellung) spirit

4) (denkender Mensch) mind; intellect

ein großer/kleiner Geist — a great mind/a person of limited intellect

hier od. da scheiden sich die Geister — this is where opinions differ

5) (überirdisches Wesen) spirit

der Heilige Geist — (christl. Rel.) the Holy Ghost or Spirit

der böse Geist — the evil spirit

von allen guten Geistern verlassen sein — have taken leave of one's senses; be out of one's mind

6) (Gespenst) ghost

Geister gehen im Schloss um/spuken im Schloss — the castle is haunted

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…geist m im subst; CHEM, GASTR spirit(s pl US);

Himbeergeist (white) raspberry brandy;

Mirabellengeist plum brandy

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der; Geist[e]s, Geister

1) o. Pl. (Verstand) mind

jemandes Geist ist verwirrt/gestört — somebody is mentally deranged/disturbed

jemandem mit etwas auf den Geist gehen — (salopp) get on somebody's nerves with something

den Geist aufgeben — (geh./ugs. scherzh., auch fig.) give up the ghost

im Geist[e] — in my/his etc. mind's eye

2) o. Pl. (Scharfsinn) wit

3) o. Pl. (innere Einstellung) spirit

4) (denkender Mensch) mind; intellect

ein großer/kleiner Geist — a great mind/a person of limited intellect

hier od. da scheiden sich die Geister — this is where opinions differ

5) (überirdisches Wesen) spirit

der Heilige Geist — (christl. Rel.) the Holy Ghost or Spirit

der böse Geist — the evil spirit

von allen guten Geistern verlassen sein — have taken leave of one's senses; be out of one's mind

6) (Gespenst) ghost

Geister gehen im Schloss um/spuken im Schloss — the castle is haunted

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-er m.

esprit n.

ghost n.

mind n.

soul n.

specter n.

spirit n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > geist

19 marca

f.

1 mark.

se le nota la marca del bañador you can see her tan line, you can see where she's been wearing her swimsuit

2 brand (commerce).

unos vaqueros de marca a pair of designer jeans

marca comercial trademark

marca de fábrica trademark

marca registrada registered trademark

3 label.

4 time (sport).

5 check mark, check.

6 make, mark.

7 record.

8 pit, small depression.

pres.indicat.

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

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marca

► nombre femenino

1 (señal) mark, sign

2 (en comestibles, productos del hogar) brand; (en otros productos) make

3 DEPORTE record

4 (acción) marking

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de marca brand

■ productos de marca brand products

de marca mayor familiar terrible, tremendous

marca de fábrica trademark

marca registrada registered trademark

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noun f.

1) mark, sign

2) brand

3) trademark

4) record

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SF

1) (=señal) mark

dejó una marca al principio del libro — he left a mark at the beginning of the book

se te nota la marca del bañador — I can see your tan line *, I can see the mark where your swimming costume was

haz una marca en la casilla correcta — tick the appropriate box

la película lleva la marca inconfundible de su director — the film bears all the hallmarks of its director

• sello de marca — hallmark

marca de agua — watermark

marca de la casa, un vino marca de la casa — a house wine

la mala educación parece ser la marca de la casa — bad manners seem to be the norm here

marca de ley — hallmark

marca de nacimiento — birthmark

marca transparente — watermark

2) (=huella) [de pie] footprint, footmark; [de dedos] fingerprint

seguí las marcas que habían dejado sobre la arena — I followed the tracks they had left in the sand, I followed their footprints o footmarks in the sand

3) (Com) [de comida, jabón, tabaco] brand; [de electrodoméstico, coche] make; [de ropa] label

¿qué marca de tabaco fumas? — what brand do you smoke?

¿de qué marca es tu televisor? — what make is your television?

venden productos de su propia marca — they sell own-brand goods

siempre va vestido de marca — he always wears fashion labels

• ropa de marca — designer-label clothes, designer-label clothing

- de marca mayor

es un imbécil de marca mayor — he's a total idiot *

marca de calidad — quality mark

marca de fábrica — trademark

marca registrada — registered trademark
imagen 4)
4) (Dep) [de especialidad] record; [de deportista] best time

su mejor marca personal — his personal best (time)

• batir una marca — to break a record

• establecer una marca — to set a record

acaba de establecer la mejor marca de la temporada — he's just set the best time of the season

• mejorar o superar una marca — to break a record

5) (Náut) [en tierra] seamark; [en el mar] marker, buoy

6) (Naipes) bid

7) [en el ganado] (=señal) brand; (=acción) branding

8) (=herramienta) brand, iron

9) ( Hist) march, frontier area

la Marca Hispánica — the Spanish March ( Catalonia)

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femenino

1)

a) (señal, huella) mark

b) ( en el ganado) brand

- marca de agua/ley

2) (Com) (de coches, cámaras) make; (de productos alimenticios, cosméticos, etc) brand

comprar artículos de marca — to buy brand products o brand names

una marca de prestigio — a well-known brand

ropa de marca — designer clothes

de marca mayor — (fam) terrible (colloq)

- marca de fábrica

- marca patentada or registrada

3) (Dep) record

superar or batir or mejorar una marca — to break a record

establecer una marca mundial — to set a world record

mi mejor marca de la temporada — my best time (o height etc) of the season

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= make, mark, marker, tick, check, brand, check mark [checkmark], imprint, print, designer label, scar, pockmark.

Ex. Certain makes of microprocessor have achieved sufficient sales to stimulate the production of a wide range of off-the-peg application packages.

Ex. Representations can be stored and communicated through different physical media: marks, signs, waves, card, vinyl, magnetic tape, and so on.

Ex. Extraction is carried out with the help of a dictionary of formal text characteristics ( markers, connectors, indicators).

Ex. Those terms to appear in the lead position, ie are required as access terms, are indicated usually by placing a tick (check) over them.

Ex. Those terms to appear in the lead position, ie are required as access terms, are indicated usually by placing a tick ( check) over them.

Ex. Now it is easy to realize this because they no longer stand for living controversies: Kipling's brand of imperialism and Shaw's brand of revolutionary socialism are both things of the past.

Ex. A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.

Ex. Harris was a librarian par excellence, whose imprint will become indelible in the history of Nigerian librarianship.

Ex. Some of the exhibition's objects are plaster casts of such perishables as dying daffodil heads and hoof prints.

Ex. They release selected second-hand clothes into fleamarket circulation labelled with their own designer label.

Ex. The scars will take months and years to heal.

Ex. Many walls still bear the pockmarks left by bullets.

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* asignación de la marca de Cutter = Cuttering.

* asignar la marca de Cutter = Cutter.

* con marca = branded.

* crear una marca de identidad = branding.

* dejar una marca = leave + Posesivo + mark.

* de marca = branded.

* hacer una marca para indicar el lugar donde uno se ha quedado leyendo = mark + Posesivo + place.

* identificación mediante marcas = tagging.

* llevar la marca de = bear + the mark(s) of, bear + the stamp of, bear + the imprint of, bear + the hallmarks of, have + the hallmarks of.

* llevar la marca distintiva de = bear + the hallmarks of, have + the hallmarks of.

* marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name, trademark [trade mark].

* marca de agua = watermark.

* marca de Cutter = Cutter mark, Cutter numbers.

* marca de final de campo = delimiter.

* marca de frenazo = skid mark.

* marca de inserción = caret (^).

* marca del acné = pockmark.

* marca de la viruela = pockmark.

* marca de patinazo = skid mark.

* marca de rachazo = skid mark.

* marca de subcampo = subfield marker.

* marca distintiva = hallmark, distinguishing mark.

* marca identificadora = marking.

* marca mundial = world record.

* marca muy conocida = household brand.

* marca personal = personal record.

* marca registrada = brand name, registered trademark, proprietary, trademark [trade mark].

* marcas de agua = watermarking.

* marcas de agua digitales = digital watermarking.

* poner una marca de comprobación = check-mark.

* quitar la marca = unmark.

* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.

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femenino

1)

a) (señal, huella) mark

b) ( en el ganado) brand

- marca de agua/ley

2) (Com) (de coches, cámaras) make; (de productos alimenticios, cosméticos, etc) brand

comprar artículos de marca — to buy brand products o brand names

una marca de prestigio — a well-known brand

ropa de marca — designer clothes

de marca mayor — (fam) terrible (colloq)

- marca de fábrica

- marca patentada or registrada

3) (Dep) record

superar or batir or mejorar una marca — to break a record

establecer una marca mundial — to set a world record

mi mejor marca de la temporada — my best time (o height etc) of the season

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= make, mark, marker, tick, check, brand, check mark [checkmark], imprint, print, designer label, scar, pockmark.

Ex: Certain makes of microprocessor have achieved sufficient sales to stimulate the production of a wide range of off-the-peg application packages.

Ex: Representations can be stored and communicated through different physical media: marks, signs, waves, card, vinyl, magnetic tape, and so on.

Ex: Extraction is carried out with the help of a dictionary of formal text characteristics ( markers, connectors, indicators).

Ex: Those terms to appear in the lead position, ie are required as access terms, are indicated usually by placing a tick (check) over them.

Ex: Those terms to appear in the lead position, ie are required as access terms, are indicated usually by placing a tick ( check) over them.

Ex: Now it is easy to realize this because they no longer stand for living controversies: Kipling's brand of imperialism and Shaw's brand of revolutionary socialism are both things of the past.

Ex: A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.

Ex: Harris was a librarian par excellence, whose imprint will become indelible in the history of Nigerian librarianship.

Ex: Some of the exhibition's objects are plaster casts of such perishables as dying daffodil heads and hoof prints.

Ex: They release selected second-hand clothes into fleamarket circulation labelled with their own designer label.

Ex: The scars will take months and years to heal.

Ex: Many walls still bear the pockmarks left by bullets.

* asignación de la marca de Cutter = Cuttering.

* asignar la marca de Cutter = Cutter.

* con marca = branded.

* crear una marca de identidad = branding.

* dejar una marca = leave + Posesivo + mark.

* de marca = branded.

* hacer una marca para indicar el lugar donde uno se ha quedado leyendo = mark + Posesivo + place.

* identificación mediante marcas = tagging.

* llevar la marca de = bear + the mark(s) of, bear + the stamp of, bear + the imprint of, bear + the hallmarks of, have + the hallmarks of.

* llevar la marca distintiva de = bear + the hallmarks of, have + the hallmarks of.

* marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name, trademark [trade mark].

* marca de agua = watermark.

* marca de Cutter = Cutter mark, Cutter numbers.

* marca de final de campo = delimiter.

* marca de frenazo = skid mark.

* marca de inserción = caret (^).

* marca del acné = pockmark.

* marca de la viruela = pockmark.

* marca de patinazo = skid mark.

* marca de rachazo = skid mark.

* marca de subcampo = subfield marker.

* marca distintiva = hallmark, distinguishing mark.

* marca identificadora = marking.

* marca mundial = world record.

* marca muy conocida = household brand.

* marca personal = personal record.

* marca registrada = brand name, registered trademark, proprietary, trademark [trade mark].

* marcas de agua = watermarking.

* marcas de agua digitales = digital watermarking.

* poner una marca de comprobación = check-mark.

* quitar la marca = unmark.

* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.

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marca

feminine

A

1 (señal, huella) mark

te ha quedado la marca del bikini you've got a mark where your bikini was

2 (en el ganado) brand

Compuestos:

● marca de agua

watermark

● marca de ley

hallmark

B ( Com) (de coches, cámaras) make; (de productos alimenticios, cosméticos, etc) brand

¿qué marca de lavadora es? what make (of) washing machine is it?

prefiero comprar artículos de marca I prefer to buy brand products o brand names

una marca de prestigio a well-known brand

ropa de marca designer clothes

de marca mayor ( fam); terrible ( colloq)

me llevé un susto de marca mayor I got one hell of a fright o a terrible fright

Compuestos:

● marca de fábrica

trade name

● marca de lujo

luxury brand

● marca líder

leading brand, brand leader

● marca registrada

registered trademark

C ( Dep) record

superar or batir or mejorar una marca to break a record

establecer una marca mundial to set a world record

mi mejor marca de la temporada my best time ( o height etc) of the season

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Del verbo marcar: ( conjugate marcar)

marca es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
marca
marcar
marca sustantivo femenino
1
a) (señal, huella) mark

b) ( en el ganado) brand

2 (Com) (de coches, cámaras) make;
(de productos alimenticios, cosméticos, etc) brand;
◊ comprar artículos de marca to buy brand products o brand names;

ropa de marca designer clothes;
marca patentada or registrada registered trademark
3 (Dep) record;
superar or batir una marca to break a record
marcar ( conjugate marcar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( con señal) ‹ropa/página/baraja› to mark;

‹ ganado› to brand
b) [experiencia/suceso] ( dejar huella) to mark

2
a) (indicar, señalar) to mark;

◊ el precio va marcado en la tapa the price is marked on the lid;

el reloj marca las doce en punto the time is exactly twelve o'clock
b) ( hacer resaltar) ‹cintura/busto› to accentuate

c) (Mús):

◊ marca el compás/el ritmo to beat time/the rhythm

3 ‹ pelo› to set
4 (Telec) to dial
5 (Dep)
a) ‹gol/tanto› to score

b) ‹ jugador› to mark

verbo intransitivo
1 (Dep) to score
2 (Telec) to dial
marcarse verbo pronominal:
◊ marcase el pelo ( refl) to set one's hair;

( caus) to have one's hair set
marca sustantivo femenino
1 (huella) mark: me levanté con la marca de las sábanas en la cara, I woke up with the mark of the sheet on my face
2 (distintivo) sign
la marca del Zorro, the sign of Zorro
es la marca de la ganadería de Vitorino, it's the brand of Vitorino
Com brand, make
3 (impronta) stamp: este trabajo lleva su marca, this work has her stamp
4 Dep time, result: consiguió una buena marca, he achieved a good time
marcar verbo transitivo
1 (señalar) to mark: su muerte me marcó profundamente, I was deeply marked by her death
las piedras marcan la linde, the stones mark the boundary
2 (resaltar) este vestido me marca las caderas, this dress shows off my hips
ese gesto marca la importancia del tratado, that gesture stresses the importance of the treaty
3 Tel to dial: marque el 123 321, dial 123321
4 (una hora, grados, etc) to indicate, show, mark: el metrónomo marca el compás, the metronome marks the time
5 Dep (un tanto) to score
(a otro jugador) to mark
6 (un peinado) to set: ¿lavar y marcar?, wash and set?
' marca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antojo
- capricho
- compás
- hasta
- impresión
- marcar
- mejorar
- peor
- rebasar
- registrar
- señalar
- superar
- tatuaje
- acreditado
- batir
- chuza
- establecer
- fama
- golpe
- líder
- matasellos
- mundial
- palomita
- patentado
- patentar
- punto
- rayar
- sello
- señal
- superficial
- surco
- tic
- viruela
English:
asterisk
- birthmark
- brand
- brand name
- make
- mark
- marker
- personal best
- premier
- proprietary
- registered trademark
- scar
- scorer
- sponsor
- stamp
- stand
- tick
- TM
- trademark
- tradename
- beating
- birth
- dent
- do
- imprint
- marking
- record
- register
- trade
- world

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marca nf

1. [señal] mark;
[de rueda, animal] track; [en ganado] brand; [en papel] watermark; [cicatriz] mark, scar;
se le nota la marca del bañador you can see her tan line, you can see where she's been wearing her swimsuit;

se quemó y le ha quedado una marca she burned herself and has been left with a scar;
Dep
en sus marcas, listos, ¡ya! on your marks, get set, go!

Comp
Imprenta marca de corte crop mark; Informát marca de párrafo paragraph mark; Imprenta marca de recorte crop mark
2. Com [de tabaco, café, perfume] brand;
[de vehículo, computadora] make;
sólo compro ropa de marca I only buy designer clothes;

unos vaqueros de marca a pair of designer jeans;
Fam
de marca mayor [muy grande] enormous;
[excelente] outstanding
Comp
marca blanca own-brand, own-label;
marca comercial trademark;

marca de fábrica trademark;

marca registrada registered trademark

3. [etiqueta] label

4. Dep [tiempo, distancia, altura] performance;

la mejor marca mundial del año en los 100 metros the fastest time in the world this year for the 100 metres;

su mejor marca del año her personal best this year

5. Dep [marcaje] marking;

se encarga de la marca del delantero más peligroso he's marking the most dangerous forward

6. [en rugby]
línea de marca try o goal line;

zona de marca in-goal area

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marca

f

1 ( señal) mark

2 MED scar, mark

3 COM brand;

de marca brand-name atr

4 DEP score;

batir o

superar una marca break a record;

mejor marca personal personal best;

sus 9,93 segundos son la segunda mejor marca his 9.93 seconds is the second best time;

de marca mayor fig tremendous

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marca nf

1) : mark

2) : brand, make

3) : trademark

marca registrada: registered trademark

4) : record (in sports)

batir la marca: to beat the record

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marca n

1. (señal) mark

tengo una marca en la pierna I've got a mark on my leg

2. (nombre de comestibles, ropa) brand

es una marca muy conocida it's a well known brand

3. (nombre de coches, motos) make

¿qué marca de coche es? ¿what make of car is it?

4. (en deportes) record

ha conseguido una nueva marca she's set a new record

marca registrada trademark

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20 beau

beau, belle [bo, bεl]

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1. adjective

2. masculine noun

3. feminine noun

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► bel, instead of beau, is used before a masculine noun beginning with a vowel or silent h.

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1. <

   a. beautiful ; [homme] good-looking

• il est beau garçon he's good-looking

• se faire beau to get dressed up

• il a fait du beau travail he did a beautiful job

• il m'a fait un très beau cadeau he gave me a lovely present

• les beaux quartiers the smart part of town

   b. (moralement) un beau geste a noble act

• ce n'est pas beau de mentir it isn't nice to tell lies

   c. ( = agréable) [voyage, journée] lovely

• il fait beau the weather's nice

• il fait très beau the weather's lovely

• il est arrivé un beau matin he turned up one fine morning

• c'est le bel âge ! it's nice to be young!

   d. ( = réussi) successful ; [résultat] excellent

• elle a fait une belle carrière she had a successful career

• c'est le plus beau jour de ma vie ! this is the best day of my life!

• c'est une belle mort it's a good way to go

• ce serait trop beau ! that would be too much to hope for!

   e. ( = grand) [revenu, profit] handsome ; [brûlure, peur] nasty

• ça fait une belle somme ! that's a tidy (inf) sum!

• ça a fait un beau scandale it caused quite a scandal

• il a attrapé une belle bronchite he's got a bad chest infection

• c'est un beau menteur he's a terrible liar

• c'est un beau salaud (inf!) he's a real bastard (vulg!)

   f. (locutions)

► avoir beau

• on a beau faire, ils n'apprennent rien no matter what you do, they don't learn anything

• il a eu beau essayer, il n'a pas réussi despite his efforts, he was unsuccessful

• on a beau dire, il n'est pas bête say what you like, he's not stupid► bel et bien really

• cet homme a bel et bien existé the man really did exist

• il s'est bel et bien trompé he got it well and truly wrong► de plus belle [crier, rire] even louder

• reprendre de plus belle [combat, polémique, violence] to start up again with renewed vigour

• continuer de plus belle [discrimination, répression] to be worse than ever

2. <

   a. le beau the beautiful

• elle n'achète que du beau she only buys the best

• c'est du beau ! (reproche) charming! ; (consternation) this is a fine mess!

   b. (temps) être au beau fixe [baromètre] to be set fair ; [relations] to be excellent

   c. faire le beau [chien] to sit up and beg

3. <

belle

   a. ( = femme) ma belle ! (inf) sweetheart!

• La Belle au bois dormant Sleeping Beauty

• La Belle et la Bête Beauty and the Beast

• se faire la belle (inf) to break out of jail

   b. ( = partie décisive) decider

• on fait la belle ? shall we play a decider?

   c. ( = action, parole) (inf) il en a fait de belles quand il était jeune he was a bit wild when he was young

• en apprendre de belles sur qn to hear things about sb

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1.

( bel before vowel or mute h), belle, mpl beaux bo, bɛl adjectif

1) ( esthétiquement) [enfant, femme, visage, yeux, cheveux] beautiful; [homme, garçon] handsome; [jambes] nice; [corps, silhouette] good; [couleur, son, jardin, objet] beautiful

se faire beau — to do oneself up

faire quelqu'un beau — to smarten somebody up

ce n'est pas (bien) beau à voir! — (colloq) it's not a pretty sight!

2) ( qualitativement) [vêtements, machine, spectacle] good; [collection, spécimen] fine; [travail, cadeau] nice; [temps, jour] fine, nice; [journée, promenade] lovely; [discours, projet] fine; [effort, victoire] nice; [geste, sentiment] noble; [carrière] successful; [succès, avenir, optimisme] great

fais de beaux rêves! — sweet dreams!

il fait beau — the weather is fine

il n'est pas beau de faire — it's not nice to do

un beau jour — one fine day

au beau milieu de — right in the middle of

c'est bien beau tout ça, mais — (colloq) that's all very fine, but

trop beau pour être vrai — too good to be true

ça serait trop beau! — (colloq) one should be so lucky! (colloq)

ce ne sont que de belles paroles — it's all talk

3) ( quantitativement) [somme, héritage] tidy; [salaire] very nice; [appétit] big

belle pagaille — absolute mess

bel égoïste — awful egoist

2.

nom masculin

1) ( choses intéressantes)

qu'est-ce que tu as fait de beau? — done anything interesting?

2) Philosophie ( beauté)

le beau — beauty

3) Météorologie

le temps est/se met au beau — the weather is/is turning fine

3.

avoir beau locution verbale

j'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas — it's no good my trying, I can't do it

l'économie a beau se développer, le chômage progresse — even if the economy does develop, unemployment is still growing

on a beau dire, ce n'est pas si simple — no matter what people say, it's not that easy

4.

bel et bien locution adverbiale

1) ( irréversiblement) well and truly

bel et bien fini — well and truly over

2) ( indiscutablement) definitely

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Phrasal Verbs:

- beau fixe

- beau gosse

- beau parleur

- beau parti

- beau sexe

- beaux jours

- bel esprit

- belle page

- belle plante

- belles années

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faire le beau — [chien] to sit up and beg; [personne] to show off

c'est du beau! — (colloq) iron lovely! iron

tout beau (tout beau)! — ( pour calmer) easy(, easy)!

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bo, bɛl (belle) bel (devant un nom masculin commençant par une voyelle ou un h muet) beaux mpl
1. adj

1) [maison, spectacle] lovely, beautiful, [vacances] lovely

un bel été — a lovely summer

une belle journée — a beautiful day, a lovely day

2) (femme) beautiful, (homme) handsome

C'est une belle femme. — She is a beautiful woman.

un bel homme — a handsome man

C'est un beau garçon. — He is a good-looking boy.

3) (temps) fine, nice

si le temps est beau — if the weather's fine, if the weather's nice

il fait beau; il fait beau temps — the weather's fine

Il fait beau aujourd'hui. — It's a nice day today.

4) (sentiment) fine, (acte) good

un beau geste fig — a fine gesture

5) (valeur intensive)

un beau salaire — a very nice salary, a very good salary

un beau gâchis — a fine mess

un beau rhume — an awful cold

6) (autres locutions)

le beau monde — high society

un beau parleur — a smooth talker

un beau jour — one day, one fine day

un beau matin — one morning, one fine morning

avoir beau jeu de; Il a beau jeu de protester. — It's easy for him to protest.

bel et bien — well and truly, (= vraiment) really, really and truly

de plus belle — more than ever

avoir beau faire qch; J'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas. — No matter how hard I try, I just can't do it., However hard I try, I just can't do it.

pour les beaux yeux de qn lit — for love of sb, for sb's sake

être promis à un bel avenir — to have a fine future ahead of one

Cette chanteuse d'à peine vingt ans semble promise à un bel avenir. — This singer, barely twenty years old, appears to have a fine future ahead of her.

2. nf

1) SPORT (= rencontre décisive) decider

2) (= évasion)

se faire la belle * — to do a bunk *

3. belles nfpl

en entendre de belles sur qn/qch — to hear a thing or two about sb/sth

en faire de belles — to do stupid things, to do some stupid things

en dire de belles — to say stupid things, to say some stupid things

4. nm

1) (= concept)

le beau — beauty

avoir le sens du beau — to have an aesthetic sense

2) (autres locutions)

le temps est au beau — the weather is set fair

le plus beau c'est que... — the best of it is that...

c'est du beau! — lovely! ironique

faire le beau [chien] — to sit up and beg

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beau ( bel before vowel or mute h), belle, mpl beaux

A adj

1 ( esthétiquement) [enfant, femme, visage, yeux, cheveux] beautiful; [homme, garçon] handsome; [jambes] nice; [corps, silhouette, dents] good; [couleur, son, musique, maison, jardin, objet] beautiful; tu es belle ( extraordinairement) you're beautiful; ( normalement) you look lovely; c'est une belle fille she's very nice-looking; c'est une belle femme she's a beautiful woman; avoir belle allure [personne] to cut a fine figure; [maison, voiture] to be fine-looking; se faire beau to do oneself up; faire beau qn to smarten sb up; ce n'est pas (bien) beau à voir○! it's not a pretty sight!; peindre qch sous de belles couleurs to make sth sound wonderful; ⇒ fille;

2 ( qualitativement) [vêtements, machine, performance, match, spectacle] good; [œuvre, collection, bijou, spécimen] fine; [travail, poste, cadeau, anniversaire] nice; [temps, jour] fine, nice; [journée, promenade, rêve] lovely; [promesse, débat, discours, projet] fine; [effort, victoire, exemple, manière] nice; [geste, sentiment, âme] noble; [pensée] beautiful; [carrière] successful; [succès, avenir, optimisme] great; fais de beaux rêves! sweet dreams!; il fait beau the weather is fine; il n'est pas beau de faire it's not nice to do; un beau jour/matin/soir one fine day/morning/evening; au beau milieu de right in the middle of; rien n'est trop beau pour lui/eux nothing is too good for him/them; c'est bien beau tout ça, mais○ that's all very fine, but; trop beau pour être vrai too good to be true; ça serait trop beau○! one should be so lucky○!; ce ne sont que de belles paroles it's all talk; assez de belles paroles, dites ce que vous avez à dire enough of your fine words, say what you have to say; il y a beau temps qu'il n'est pas venu he hasn't been here for ages; ⇒ démener, pluie;

3 ( quantitativement) [somme, héritage] tidy; [salaire] very nice; [appétit] big; belle pagaille absolute mess; beau mensonge whopping lie, whopper○; bel égoïste awful egoist; beau salaud◑ real bastard◑.

B nm

1 ( choses intéressantes) qu'est-ce que tu as fait de beau? done anything interesting?; tu n'as rien de beau à nous raconter? anything interesting to tell us?; le plus beau (de l'histoire) est que the best part (of the story) is that;

2 Philos ( beauté) le beau beauty; goût/recherche/sentiment du beau taste/quest/feeling for beauty;

3 ( bonne qualité) best quality; n'acheter que du beau to buy only the best quality;

4 ( homme) dandy; jouer les beaux to be a dandy; ⇒ vieux;

5 Météo le temps est/se met au beau the weather is/is turning fine.

C avoir beau loc verbale j'ai beau essayer/travailler, je n'y arrive pas it's no good my trying/working, I can't do it; l'économie a beau se développer, le chômage progresse even if the economy does develop, unemployment is still growing; on a beau dire, ce n'est pas si simple no matter what people say, it's not that easy.

D bel et bien loc adv

1 ( irréversiblement) well and truly; bel et bien fini well and truly over;

2 ( indiscutablement) definitely; il était bel et bien coupable he was definitely guilty.

E belle nf

1 ( femme) courtiser les belles to go courting the ladies; ma belle darling, love○ GB, doll○ US;

2 ( maîtresse) lady friend; avoir rendez-vous avec sa belle to have a date with one's lady friend;

3 Jeux decider; faire la belle to play the decider.

F de plus belle loc adv with renewed vigour^GB; les hostilités ont repris de plus belle hostilities resumed with renewed vigour^GB; la pluie a repris de plus belle it started raining again harder than ever; frapper de plus belle to hit harder than ever; crier de plus belle to shout louder than ever.

G belles○ nfpl ( paroles) stories; j'en ai appris or entendu de belles à ton sujet I have been hearing stories about you; on en raconte de belles sur elle there are quite a few stories about her.

Composés

beau fixe Météo fine weather; être au beau fixe [temps, baromètre] to be set fair; [[affaire, relation] to be going well; avoir le moral au beau fixe○ to be on a high○; beau gosse○ good-looking guy○; être beau gosse to be good-looking; beau linge○ high society; fréquenter le beau linge to hang out○ with society types; beau parleur smooth talker; beau parti ( homme) eligible bachelor; ( femme) good match; épouser un beau parti to marry money; beau sexe fair sex; beaux jours ( beau temps) fine weather ¢; ( belle époque) good days; les beaux jours sont arrivés the fine weather is here; c'étaient les beaux jours those were the days; Beau Danube bleu Mus Blue Danube; bel esprit bel esprit; la Belle au Bois dormant Sleeping Beauty; Belle Époque Belle Époque; style Belle Époque Belle Époque style; belle page Imprim right-hand page; belle plante○ gorgeous specimen○; belle vie life of ease; c'est la belle vie! this is the life!; avoir la belle vie to live it up; belles années happy years.

Idiomes

faire le beau [chien] to sit up and beg; [personne] to show off; (se) faire la belle○ ( s'évader) to do a bunk○ GB, to take a powder○ US; l'avoir belle○ to have an easy life; en faire voir de belles○ à qn to give sb a hard time; c'est du beau○! iron lovely! iron; tout beau (tout beau)! ( pour calmer) easy (, easy)!; il ferait beau voir○ (qu'il vienne) I'd like to see the day (when he shows up)○.

[bo] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou 'h' muet bel [bɛl]) ( féminin belle [bɛl], pluriel masculin beaux [bo], pluriel féminin belles [bɛl]) adjectif

A.

1. [bien fait, joli - femme] beautiful, good-looking ; [ - homme] good-looking, handsome ; [ - enfant, physique, objet, décor] beautiful, lovely

il est beau garçon ou (familier) gosse he's good-looking, he's a good-looking guy

ils forment un beau couple they make a lovely couple

se faire beau/belle to get dressed up, to do oneself up

ce n'était pas beau à voir (familier) it wasn't a pretty sight

il est beau comme l'amour ou un ange ou un astre ou le jour

a. [homme] he's a very handsome ou good-looking man

b. [petit garçon] he's a very handsome ou good-looking boy

il est beau comme un dieu he looks like a Greek god

elle est belle comme un ange ou le jour she's a real beauty

sois belle et tais-toi! (familier) just concentrate on looking pretty!

2. [attrayant pour l'oreille - chant, mélodie, voix] beautiful, lovely

3. [remarquable, réussi - poème, texte] fine, beautiful ; [ - chanson, film] beautiful, lovely

de beaux vêtements fine clothes

le boucher a de la belle marchandise the butcher's got nice meat

il y a eu quelques beaux échanges there were a few good ou fine rallies

nous avons fait un beau voyage we had a wonderful trip

4. MÉTÉOROLOGIE fine, beautiful

la mer sera belle the sea will be calm

temps froid mais beau sur tout le pays the whole country will enjoy cold but sunny weather

du beau temps nice ou good weather

les derniers beaux jours the last days of summer

B.

1. [digne] noble, fine

une belle âme a noble nature

[convenable] nice

ce n'est pas beau de mentir! it's very naughty ou it's not nice to lie!

2. [brillant intellectuellement] wonderful, fine

c'est un beau sujet de thèse it's a fine topic for a thesis

3. [d'un haut niveau social] smart

faire un beau mariage

a. [argent] to marry into money ou a fortune

b. [classe] to marry into a very good family

le beau monde ou (familier) linge the upper crust, the smart set

C.

1. [gros, important - gains, prime, somme] nice, handsome, tidy

donnez-moi un beau melon/poulet give me a nice big melon/chicken

il a un bel appétit he has a good ou hearty appetite

un beau coup en Bourse a spectacular deal on the Stock Exchange

2. [en intensif]

je me suis fait une belle bosse I got a great big bump

il y a eu un beau scandale there was a huge scandal

un bel hypocrite a real hypocrite

il y a beau temps: il y a beau temps de ce que je te dis là (familier) what I'm telling you now happened ages ago

3. [agréable] good

présenter quelque chose sous un beau jour to show something in a good light

c'est trop beau pour être vrai it's too good to be true

c'est beau l'amour! love's a wonderful thing!

4. [prospère] good

tu as encore de belles années devant toi you still have quite a few good years ahead of you

avoir une belle situation

a. [argent] to have a very well-paid job

b. [prestige] to have a high-flying job

5. [dans des appellations]

venez, ma belle amie do come along, darling

alors, (ma) belle enfant, qu'en dis-tu? (familier) what do you think about that, my dear?

mon beau monsieur, personne ne vous a rien demandé! my friend, this is none of your business!

6. [certain]

un beau jour/matin one fine day/morning

D. (ironique)

belle demande! [saugrenue] what a question!

c'est du beau travail! a fine mess this is!

beaux discours: ils ont oublié tous leurs beaux discours they've forgotten all their fine ou fine-sounding words

garde tes belles promesses ou tes beaux serments! you can keep your promises!

j'en ai appris ou entendu de belles sur toi! I heard some fine ou right things about you!

il en a fait de belles quand il était petit! he didn't half get up to some mischief when he was little!

nous voilà beaux! we're in a fine mess now!

c'est bien beau tout ça, mais... that's all very fine ou well, but...

le plus beau (familier) : et tu ne sais pas le plus beau! and you haven't heard the best part (yet)!, and the best part's still to come!

beau adverbe

1. MÉTÉOROLOGIE

il fait beau the weather's ou it's fine

il fera beau et chaud it'll be warm and sunny

il n'a pas fait très beau l'été dernier the weather wasn't very nice ou good last summer

2. (locution)

il ferait beau voir qu'elle me donne des ordres! her, boss me around? that'll be the day!

avoir beau faire (quelque chose): j'avais beau tirer, la porte ne s'ouvrait pas however hard I pulled, the door wouldn't open

j'ai eu beau le lui répéter plusieurs fois, il n'a toujours pas compris I have told him and told him but he still hasn't understood

on a beau dire, on a beau faire, les jeunes s'en vont un jour de la maison (familier) whatever you do or say, young people eventually leave home

vous avez beau dire, elle a quand même tout financé elle-même say what you like ou you may criticize, but she's paid for it all herself

a beau mentir qui vient de loin (proverbe) it's easy to lie when there's nobody around to contradict you

tout beau: alors, vous signez? — hé, tout beau (tout beau)! you will sign then? — hey, steady on ou not so fast!

beau nom masculin

1. [esthétique]

elle aime le beau she likes beautiful things

[objets de qualité]

pour les meubles du salon, je veux du beau I want really good ou nice furniture for the living room

2. [homme] beau, dandy

3. (locution)

au beau: le temps est au beau the weather looks fine

au beau fixe: le temps/baromètre est au beau fixe the weather/barometer is set fair

nos relations sont au beau fixe (familier) things between us are looking rosy

il a le moral au beau fixe (familier) he's in high spirits

c'est du beau! (familier) : elle a dit un gros mot — c'est du beau! she said a rude word! — how naughty!

faire le beau [chien] to sit up and beg

belle nom féminin

1. [jolie femme] beauty

[dame] lady

‘la Belle et la Bête’ Madame Leprince de Beaumont, Cocteau ‘Beauty and the Beast’

‘la Belle au bois dormant’ Perrault ‘Sleeping Beauty’

2. (familier) [en appellatif]

tu te trompes, ma belle! you're quite wrong my dear!

3. (humoristique & littéraire) [amie, amante] lady friend, beloved

4. SPORT decider, deciding match

JEUX decider, deciding game

5. (familier & locution)

(se) faire la belle to do a runner (UK), to cut and run (US)

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au plus beau de locution prépositionnelle

au plus beau de la fête when the party was in full swing

au plus beau du discours right in the middle of the speech

bel et bien locution adverbiale

well and truly

elle s'est bel et bien échappée she got away and no mistake

bel et bon locution adjectivale,

bel et bonne locution adjectivale

fine

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de plus belle locution adverbiale

[aboyer, crier] louder than ever, even louder

[frapper] harder than ever, even harder

[taquiner, manger] more than ever, even more

il s'est mis à travailler de plus belle he went back to work with renewed energy

belle de Fontenay nom féminin

Belle de Fontenay potato

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belle page nom féminin

IMPRIMERIE right-hand page

chaque chapitre commence en belle page each chapter starts on the right-hand page

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