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81 faufiler
faufiler [fofile]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb* * *fofile
1.
verbe transitif ( en couture) to baste
2.
se faufiler verbe pronominal1) ( se frayer un chemin)2) ( s'insinuer)se faufiler dans — [élément] to creep into [discours]
* * *fofile vtto tack, to baste* * *faufiler verb table: aimerA vtr Cout to baste.B se faufiler vpr1 ( se frayer un chemin) se faufiler à l'intérieur to worm one's way ou squeeze in; se faufiler à l'extérieur to slip out; se faufiler entre deux voitures/personnes [piéton] to squeeze between two cars/people; les cyclistes se faufilaient entre les voitures the cyclists were weaving in and out of the cars; se faufiler à travers [personne] to thread one's way through [foule]; [voiture, moto] to thread its way through [circulation]; se faufiler par une ouverture étroite to squeeze through a narrow opening;2 ( s'ajouter) [élément, question] to creep into;3 ( sinuer) [route] to snake in and out (entre between).[fofile] verbe transitif————————se faufiler verbe pronominal intransitif -
82 tasser
tasser [tαse]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb( = comprimer) [+ sol, neige] to pack down ; [+ foin, paille] to pack2. reflexive verbb. ( = se serrer) to bunch up• tassez-vous, il y a encore de la place squeeze up, there's still roomc. ( = s'arranger) (inf) to settle down• ne vous en faites pas, ça va se tasser don't worry - things will settle down* * *tɑse
1.
verbe transitif to press down [terre]; to tamp down [tabac]; to pack down [paille]; to pack [habits, gens]; to cram [bagages]l'accident lui a tassé les vertèbres — the accident has given him/her compression of the vertebrae
2.
se tasser verbe pronominal1) ( s'affaisser) ( avec l'âge) to shrink; ( volontairement) to make oneself look smaller2) ( se serrer) [personnes] to squash up3) (colloq) ( se calmer) [conflit] to die down* * *tɒse vt1) [terre, neige] to pack down2) (= entasser)3) INFORMATIQUE to pack* * *tasser verb table: aimerA vtr to press down [terre]; to tamp down [tabac] (dans in); to pack down [foin, paille]; to pack [habits] (dans in); to cram [bagages] (dans into; sous under); to pack [gens] (dans into); les passagers étaient tassés the passengers were packed in tightly; le sport/l'accident lui a tassé les vertèbres sport/the accident has given him/her compression of the vertebrae.B se tasser vpr2 ( se serrer) [personnes] to squash up, to squeeze up; il va falloir se tasser dans la voiture we'll have to squash ou squeeze up in the car;3 ○( se calmer) [histoire, rumeur, conflit] to die down; au bout de trois mois les choses se sont tassées after three months things settled down.[tase] verbe transitif1. [neige, terre] to pack ou to tamp down (separable)3. [faire paraître plus petit] to shrink————————[tase] verbe intransitif————————se tasser verbe pronominal intransitif1. [s'effondrer - fondations, terrain] to subside2. [se voûter - personne] to shrinken se tassant on peut tenir à quatre à l'arrière (de la voiture) if we squeeze up, four of us can get in the back (of the car)4. (familier) [s'arranger - situation] to settle down -
83 klemme
catch, clasp, cuddle, pinch, hug, squeeze* * *subst. (teleteknikk) clamp, clip, terminal subst. (elektronikk) conductor joint subst. (overført) difficulty, scrape, tight spot subst. [ hårklemme] grip, clip subst. [til sår o.l.] clot verb. squeeze, pinch verb. hug, embrace verb. pinch verb. squeeze (f.eks. ) verb. trap, get caught (f.eks. ) (komme i klemme) get into a scrape (kysse og klemme) hug and kiss -
84 pinch
1. noun1) (squeezing) Kniff, dergive somebody a pinch on the arm/cheek — etc. jemanden od. jemandem in den Arm/die Backe usw. kneifen
2) (fig.)feel the pinch — knapp bei Kasse sein (ugs.)
the firm is feeling the pinch — der Firma geht es finanziell nicht gut
3) (small amount) Prise, die2. transitive verb1) (grip tightly) kneifenpinch somebody's cheek/bottom — jemanden in die Wange/den Hintern (ugs.) kneifen
I had to pinch myself — ich musste mich erst mal in den Arm kneifen (ugs.)
3. intransitive verbget pinched — geschnappt werden (ugs.)
1) [Schuh:] drücken2) (be niggardly) knausern (ugs.) (on mit)* * *[pin ] 1. verb1) (to squeeze or press tightly (flesh), especially between the thumb and forefinger: He pinched her arm.) zwicken3) (to steal: Who pinched my bicycle?) klauen2. noun2) (a very small amount; what can be held between the thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt.) die Prise•- academic.ru/90107/pinched">pinched- feel the pinch* * *[pɪn(t)ʃ]I. vt1. (nip)▪ to \pinch sb/sth jdn/etw kneifen [ o bes SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ A. zwicken]; (squeeze) jdn/etw quetschenthese shoes \pinch my feet diese Schuhe drücken mich an den Füßen4.II. vi kneifen, zwicken; boots, shoes, slippers drückenIII. n<pl -es>to give sb a \pinch jdn kneifenhe gave her a playful \pinch on the bottom er kniff sie aus Spaß in den Hinterna \pinch of salt/sugar/dried thyme eine Prise Salz/Zucker/getrockneter Thymian3.▶ at [or AM in] a \pinch wenn es nicht anders geht, zur Not▶ to feel the \pinch merken, dass das Geld knapp wird▶ to take sth with a \pinch of salt etw mit Vorsicht genießen* * *[pIntS]1. n2) (= small quantity) Quäntchen nt; (COOK) Prise f3)(= pressure)
to feel the pinch — die schlechte Lage zu spüren bekommenI'm feeling the pinch a bit at the moment — ich bin im Augenblick ziemlich knapp bei Kasse (inf)
2. vt1) (with fingers) kneifen, zwicken; (with implement = squeeze) end of wire etc zusammendrücken, zusammenklemmen; (shoe) drückento pinch one's finger in the door — sich (dat) den Finger in der Tür (ein)klemmen
don't let anyone pinch my seat — pass auf, dass mir niemand den Platz wegnimmt
he pinched Johnny's girlfriend — er hat Johnny (dat) die Freundin ausgespannt (inf)
3) (inf: arrest) schnappen (inf), erwischen3. vi2)* * *pinch [pıntʃ]A v/t1. a) jemanden zwicken, kneifenpinch closed sich die Nase etc zuzwicken;pinch off abzwicken, abkneifen;pinch sb’s arm jemanden in den Arm zwicken oder kneifen;pinch one’s fingers in the door sich die Finger in der Tür klemmen;pinch one’s lips together die Lippen zusammenkneifen;pinch a nerve sich einen Nerv einklemmen;a pinched nerve ein eingeklemmter Nerv2. drücken (Schuh etc)3. beengen, einengenbe pinched for money knapp bei Kasse sein umg;be pinched for time wenig Zeit haben;pinched circumstances beschränkte Verhältnissebe pinched with cold durchgefroren sein;be pinched with hunger ausgehungert sein;6. sla) etwas klemmen, klauen:pinch sb’s girlfriend jemandem die Freundin ausspannenB v/i2. fig quälen (Durst etc)C s1. Kneifen n, Zwicken n:give sb a pinch jemanden kneifen oder zwicken2. fig Druck m, Notlage f:the pinch of hunger der quälende Hunger;if it comes to the pinch wenn es zum Äußersten kommt;feel the pinch die schlechte Lage zu spüren bekommen4. Quäntchen n (Butter etc)5. sl Festnahme f, Verhaftung f* * *1. noun1) (squeezing) Kniff, dergive somebody a pinch on the arm/cheek — etc. jemanden od. jemandem in den Arm/die Backe usw. kneifen
2) (fig.)feel the pinch — knapp bei Kasse sein (ugs.)
3) (small amount) Prise, die2. transitive verb1) (grip tightly) kneifenpinch somebody's cheek/bottom — jemanden in die Wange/den Hintern (ugs.) kneifen
3. intransitive verbget pinched — geschnappt werden (ugs.)
1) [Schuh:] drücken2) (be niggardly) knausern (ugs.) (on mit)* * *n.(§ pl.: pinches)= Kniff -e m. v.kneifen v.(§ p.,pp.: kniff, gekniffen)zwicken v. -
85 herausdrücken
v/t (trennb., hat -ge-)1. squeeze out ( aus of)2. (Brust) stick out* * *he|raus|drü|ckenvt septo squeeze out (aus of)die Brust heráúsdrücken — to stick one's chest out
* * *(to move in a way similar to large waves: The sails billowed out in the strong wind; Her skirt billowed out in the breeze.) billow out* * *he·raus|drü·ckenvt1. (durch Drücken hervorkommen lassen)2. (durch Drücken vorwölben)* * *transitives Verb1)etwas herausdrücken — squeeze something out ( aus of); squeeze or press < juice, oil> out ( aus of)
2) (vorwölben) stick out <chest etc.>* * *herausdrücken v/t (trennb, hat -ge-)1. squeeze out (aus of)2. (Brust) stick out* * *transitives Verb1)etwas herausdrücken — squeeze something out ( aus of); squeeze or press <juice, oil> out ( aus of)
2) (vorwölben) stick out <chest etc.> -
86 abziehen
(unreg., trennb., -ge-)I v/t (hat)1. (entfernen) (Bettbezug, Hut, Reifen etc.) take off; (Ring, Handschuhe) pull ( oder slip) off; (Folie) take off, peel back; (Fell, Haut) peel off ( alle von etw. s.th.); (Schlüssel) take out, remove ( von from); fig. (Hilfe, Truppen etc.) withdraw ( von from)3. (vervielfältigen) make a copy ( oder copies) of; DRUCK. (Fahne etc.) pull ( oder strike) off; FOT. make a print ( oder prints) of6. (abrechnen) subtract, deduct; etwas vom Preis abziehen deduct something from (umg. knock something off) the price; jemandem einen Punkt ( wegen unsportlichen Verhaltens) abziehen SPORT (Tennis) dock s.o. (for unsportsmanlike behavio[u]r)8. CHEM. abstract, extract10. (Handgranate) pull the pin ofII v/i1. (ist) Rauch: escape, (sich auflösen) clear, disappear; Nebel: clear, disperse; Wolken: move off, blow away; Gewitter: pass2. (ist) MIL. withdraw4. (hat) SPORT let fly* * *das Abziehensubtraction* * *ạb|zie|hen sep1. vt5) (= zurückziehen) Truppen, Kapital to withdraw6) (= subtrahieren) Zahlen to take away, to subtract; Steuern to deductEUR 20 vom Preis abziehen — to take EUR 20 off the price
man hatte mir zu viel abgezogen — they'd taken off or deducted too much, I'd had too much deducted
7) (= abfüllen) Wein to bottle8) (TYP = vervielfältigen) to run off; (PHOT ) Bilder to make prints of, to print10) (COOK) Suppe, Sauce to thickendie Suppe mit einem Ei abziehen — to beat an egg into the soup b
•See:2. vi1) aux sein (= sich verflüchtigen) (Rauch, Dampf) to escape, to go away; (Sturmtief etc) to move away2) aux sein (Soldaten) to pull out (aus of), to withdraw (aus from); (inf = weggehen) to go off or awayzieh ab! (inf) — clear off! (Brit inf), beat it! (inf)
3) (= abdrücken) to pull or squeeze the trigger, to fire4) (sl = schnell fahren)das Auto zieht ganz schön ab — that car can really move (inf)
3. vrSw = sich ausziehen) to undress, to take off one's clothes* * *1) (to subtract; to take away: They deducted the expenses from his salary.) deduct3) (to print or copy: I want 500 copies run off at once.) run off4) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) string5) (to remove the covering from something: He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch ( of its bark) with his knife.) strip* * *ab|zie·henI. vi1. Hilfsverb: sein MILzieh ab! go away!, clear off!, get lost! sl4. Hilfsverb: sein METEO▪ [irgendwohin] \abziehen to move away [or off] [somewhere] [or onII. vt Hilfsverb: haben1. (einbehalten)Steuern und Sozialabgaben werden direkt vom Gehalt abgezogen tax and national insurance are deducted directly from the wages2. MATH3. FINKapital [aus einer Firma/einem Land] \abziehen to withdraw capital [from a company/country]jdm eine Summe vom Konto \abziehen to debit a sum [of money] from sb's account4. MILTruppen aus einem Gebiet \abziehen to withdraw [or draw back] troops from an area5. (etw durch Ziehen entfernen)das Bett \abziehen to strip the bedein Laken \abziehen to remove [or sep take off] a sheeteinen Ring \abziehen to take [or pull] off a ring sep[jdm/einem Tier] das Fell/die Haut \abziehen to skin sb/an animal▪ etw \abziehen to run sth offbitte ziehen Sie das Manuskript 20 mal ab please make [or run off] 20 copies of the manuscript▪ etw \abziehen to take sth off* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb2) (Fot.) make a print/prints of3) (Druckw.) run off4) (Milit., auch fig.) withdraw5) (subtrahieren) subtract; take away; (abrechnen) deduct7) (häuten) skin8)eine Handgranate abziehen — pull the pin of a hand grenade
9) (herausziehen) take out < key>2.unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb, mit sein1) (sich verflüchtigen) escape2) (Milit.) withdraw* * *abziehen (irr, trennb, -ge-)A. v/t (hat)1. (entfernen) (Bettbezug, Hut, Reifen etc) take off; (Ring, Handschuhe) pull ( oder slip) off; (Folie) take off, peel back; (Fell, Haut) peel off ( allevon etwas sth); (Schlüssel) take out, remove (von from)3. (vervielfältigen) make a copy ( oder copies) of; TYPO (Fahne etc) pull ( oder strike) off; FOTO make a print ( oder prints) of6. (abrechnen) subtract, deduct;etwas vom Preis abziehen deduct something from (umg knock something off) the price;jemandem einen Punkt (wegen unsportlichen Verhaltens) abziehen SPORT (Tennis) dock sb (for unsportsmanlike behavio[u]r)8. CHEM abstract, extractShow abziehen make a scene ( oder fuss)10. (Handgranate) pull the pin of11. GASTR thicken;Suppe/Soße mit Ei abziehen blend ( oder stir) an egg into the soup/sauceB. v/i1. (ist) Rauch: escape, (sich auflösen) clear, disappear; Nebel: clear, disperse; Wolken: move off, blow away; Gewitter: pass* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb2) (Fot.) make a print/prints of3) (Druckw.) run off4) (Milit., auch fig.) withdraw5) (subtrahieren) subtract; take away; (abrechnen) deduct7) (häuten) skin8)9) (herausziehen) take out < key>2.unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb, mit sein1) (sich verflüchtigen) escape2) (Milit.) withdraw* * *v.to deduct v.to pull off v.to remove v.to strop v.to subtract v. -
87 estrechar
v.1 to narrow (hacer estrecho).Ellos estrecharon el camino They narrowed the path.2 to make closer (relaciones).ambos países estrecharon sus vínculos de amistad the two countries strengthened their ties of friendship3 to squeeze, to hug.estrechar la mano a alguien to shake somebody's handla estrechó entre sus brazos he hugged o embraced her4 to embrace, to hug, to clasp.Elsa estrechó a su hijo Elsa embraced her son.5 to accept, to embrace, to honor.Ellos estrecharon esa religión They accepted that religion.6 to create economic difficulties for, to constrict, to straiten.El pacto estrechó al país The pact created economic difficulties for the..* * *1 (carretera) to make narrower2 (prenda) to take in5 figurado (relaciones, lazos) to strengthen1 (valle etc) to narrow, become narrower2 (apretarse) to squeeze together, squeeze up3 figurado (relaciones etc) to strengthen, get stronger4 figurado (gastos etc) to economize, tighten one's belt\estrechar la mano de alguien to shake hands with somebody, shake somebody's handestrechar los lazos de amistad figurado to strengthen the bonds of friendship* * *verb1) to narrow2) tighten3) hug•* * *1. VT1) (=hacer estrecho) [+ calle] to narrow; [+ vestido] to take in¿me puedes estrechar esta falda? — can you take in this skirt for me?
2) (=aumentar) [+ lazos, relaciones] to tighten; [+ amistad] to strengthen3) (=abrazar) to hug, embrace frmme estrechó entre sus brazos — he held me in his arms, he hugged me
estrechar la mano a algn — to shake sb's hand, shake hands with sb
4) (=obligar) to compel5) [+ enemigo] to press hard2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <falda/pantalones> to take... in; < carretera> to make... narrower2) (apretar, abrazar) < persona>3) <relaciones/lazos> to strengthen2.estrecharse v pron1) carretera/acera to narrow, get narrower2) (recípr) ( apretarse)3) relaciones/lazos to strengthen* * *= constrict.Ex. The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.----* estrechar el cerco = close in on.* estrechar el control = tighten + the grip, tighten + Posesivo + grip on.* estrechar filas = close + ranks.* estrechar la relación = strengthen + links.* estrechar los lazos = strengthen + links.* estrecharse = taper, taper in.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <falda/pantalones> to take... in; < carretera> to make... narrower2) (apretar, abrazar) < persona>3) <relaciones/lazos> to strengthen2.estrecharse v pron1) carretera/acera to narrow, get narrower2) (recípr) ( apretarse)3) relaciones/lazos to strengthen* * *= constrict.Ex: The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.
* estrechar el cerco = close in on.* estrechar el control = tighten + the grip, tighten + Posesivo + grip on.* estrechar filas = close + ranks.* estrechar la relación = strengthen + links.* estrechar los lazos = strengthen + links.* estrecharse = taper, taper in.* * *estrechar [A1 ]vtA ‹falda/pantalones› to take … in; ‹carretera› to make … narrowerB (apretar, abrazar) ‹persona›estréchame fuerte hold me tightla estrechó entre sus brazos he held o clasped her tightly in his arms, he hugged o embraced herme estrechó la mano he shook my handC ‹relaciones/lazos› to strengthenA «carretera/acera» to narrow, get narrowerB ( recípr)(apretarse): se estrecharon en un abrazo they embraced, they huggedse estrecharon la mano they shook handsC «relaciones/lazos» to strengthen, grow stronger* * *
estrechar ( conjugate estrechar) verbo transitivo
1a) ‹falda/pantalones› to take … in;
‹ carretera› to make … narrower
2 (abrazar, apretar):
me estrechó la mano he shook my hand
estrecharse verbo pronominal
1
2 ( recípr) ( apretarse):
se estrecharon la mano they shook hands
estrechar verbo transitivo
1 to make narrow
2 (la mano) to shake
3 (entre los brazos) to hug
4 el Gobierno estrechará lazos con Cuba, the Government will strengthen bonds with Cuba
' estrechar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comer
- mano
English:
constrict
- gap
- narrow
- wrap
- deepen
- taper
* * *♦ vt1. [hacer estrecho] to narrow;[ropa] to take in2. [amistad, relaciones] to make closer;[lazos] to reinforce, to strengthen;ambos países estrecharon sus vínculos de amistad the two countries strengthened their ties of friendship3. [apretar] to squeeze, to hug;estrechar la mano a alguien to shake sb's hand;la estrechó entre sus brazos he hugged o embraced her* * *v/t1 ropa take in2 mano shake3:estrechar entre los brazos hug, embrace* * *estrechar vt1) : to narrow2) : to tighten, to strengthen (a bond)3) : to hug, to embrace4)estrechar la mano de : to shake hands with* * *estrechar vb -
88 meter
v.1 to put in.meter algo/a alguien en algo to put something/somebody in somethingmeter la llave en la cerradura to get the key into the lockmeter dinero en el banco to put money in the bankhe metido mis ahorros en esa empresa I've put all my savings into this venturele metieron en la cárcel they put him in prisonno consigo meterle en la cabeza (que…) (informal) I can't get it into his head (that…)2 to give (informal) (asestar).le metió un puñetazo he gave him a punch3 to give (informal) (echar, soltar).meter una bronca a alguien to tell somebody offme metió un rollo sobre la disciplina militar he gave me this routine about military discipline4 to take in (prenda, ropa).meter el bajo de una falda to take up a skirt5 to score (en deportes) (anotar).nos metieron dos goles they scored two goals against us6 to introduce, to get in, to get inside, to stick.Ella mete la caja She takes the box inside.7 to cause, to make, to create.Ese chico mete problemas That boy causes problems.8 to drive in.9 to take inside.* * *1 (introducir) to put2 (implicar) to put into (en, -), get into (en, -), involve in (en, -)4 (hacer) to make5 (ropa - acortar) to take up; (- estrechar) to take in7 DEPORTE to score1 (introducirse en) to get in■ se metió en el coche rápidamente he got quickly into the car, he jumped into the car2 (tomar parte - negocio) to go into (en, -); (involucrarse en) to get involved (en, in/with), get mixed up (en, in/with)3 (introducirse) to get involved (en, in)■ siempre te estás metiendo donde no te llaman you're always sticking your nose in where you're not wanted4 (ir) to go■ ¿dónde se habrá metido? where can he have got to?5 (provocar) to pick ( con, on)■ no te metas con él que es más fuerte que tú don't pick on him, he's stronger than you6 (dedicarse) to go (en, into)\a todo meter at full blastmeterse alguien donde no le llaman to poke one's nose into others' affairsmeterse alguien en lo que no le importa to stick one's nose into others' businessmeterse en todo to be a meddler, stick one's nose into everythingno meterse en nada not to get involved¡métetelo donde te quepa! tabú you can stuff it!* * *verb1) to put (in)2) insert, introduce3) place4) cause5) make•- meterse
- meterse a
- meterse con* * *1. VT1) (=poner, introducir) to put¿dónde has metido las llaves? — where have you put the keys?
metió el palo por el aro — she stuck o put the stick through the ring
mete las hamacas que está lloviendo — bring the hammocks in, it's raining
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meter algo en algo — to put sth in(to) sthmetió el dedo en la sopa — he dipped o put his finger in the soup
tienes que meter la pieza en su sitio — you have to fit o put the part in the correct place
consiguió meter toda la ropa en la maleta — she managed to get o fit all the clothes in(to) the suitcase
¿quién le metió esas ideas en la cabeza? — who gave him those ideas?
está lloviendo a todo meter — it's pelting with rain, it's pelting down
2) (Dep) to score3) (Cos) [para estrechar] to take in; [para acortar] to take upmétele la falda que le queda larga — take her skirt up a bit, it's too long
4) (Aut) [+ marcha] to go into¡mete el acelerador! — put your foot down!
5) (=internar)lo metieron en un colegio privado — they put him in o sent him to a private school
6) [en una profesión]lo metieron a o de fontanero — they apprenticed him to a plumber
7) (=implicar)no metas a mi madre en esto — don't drag o bring my mother into this
8) (=ocasionar)•
meter miedo a algn — to scare o frighten sb•
meter prisa a algn — to hurry sb, make sb get a move ontenemos que meterle prisa a Adela — we need to hurry Adela, we need to make Adela get a move on
¡no me metas prisa! — don't rush me!
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meter un susto a algn — to give sb a fright9) * (=dar)10) * (=endosar)11) * (=aplicar)le quedaba largo el traje y le metió las tijeras — her dress was too long, so she took the scissors to it
12) * (=hacer entender)no hay quien le meta que aquello era mentira — nobody seems able to make him understand that it was a lie, nobody is able to get it into his head that it was a lie
13)2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (introducir, poner) to putb) ( hacer entrar)meter a alguien en algo: puedo meter cuatro personas en mi coche I can get o fit four people in my car; lo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison; lo metió interno en un colegio she sent him to (a) boarding school; consiguió meterlo en la empresa she managed to get him a job in the company; meter a alguien de algo: lo metieron de aprendiz — they got him a job as an apprentice
c) ( involucrar)meter a alguien en algo — to involve somebody in something, get somebody involved in something
2)a) ( invertir) to putb) <tanto/gol> to scorec) ( en costura) < dobladillo> to turn upmeterle tijera/sierra a algo — to set to with the scissors/saw on something
d) (Auto) < cambio>3)a) (provocar, crear)meterle miedo a alguien — to frighten o scare somebody
a todo meter — (fam) <conducir/correr/estudiar> flat out
meterle — (AmL) to get a move on (colloq)
b) (fam) (encajar, endilgar)2.me metieron una multa — I got a ticket (colloq)
meter vi (Col arg) ( consumir marihuana) to smoke (dope)3.meterse v pron1)a) ( entrar)meterse en algo: me metí en el agua ( en la playa) I went into the water; ( en la piscina) I got into the water; nos metimos en un museo we went into a museum; se metió en la cama he got into bed; no sabía dónde meterse de la vergüenza she was so embarrassed she didn't know what to do with herself; ¿dónde se habrá metido el perro? where can the dog have got to?; (+ me/te/le etc) se me metió algo en el ojo — I got something in my eye
b) ( introducirse)meterse en algo: me metí el dedo en el ojo I stuck my finger in my eye; se metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in(to) his pocket; que se lo meta ahí mismo! or que se lo meta por dónde le quepa! (vulg) she can stuff it! (sl); ya sabes dónde te lo puedes meter — (vulg) you know where you can stuff it (vulg)
c) (fam) <comida/bebida> to put away (colloq)2)a) ( en trabajo)meterse de or a cura/monja — to become a priest/nun
b) ( involucrarse)c) ( entrometerse) to get involvedmeterse con alguien — (fam) to pick on somebody
* * *= pack up, embroil, sandwich, dip, shove, bung + Nombe + in, put in, take in.Ex. Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.Ex. By the time the weeding was finished in Nov 86, the Society had become embroiled in a major controversy over the handling of this project.Ex. The paper that is to be examined is simply sandwiched between a sheet of Perspex impregnated with carbon-14 and an unexposed photographic film, and left in the dark for a few hours.Ex. Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.Ex. Meanwhile the journeymen, who had just gone to bed, hearing the row quickly got up again, came downstairs and then shoved me out of the door.Ex. Instead of bunging it in the washing machine, clean it carefully by hand using lukewarm water.Ex. For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.Ex. Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.----* a todo meter = full steam ahead, at full stretch, at full speed, at full blast, at top speed, at full throttle.* avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.* meter a Alguien en la cárcel = put + Nombre + behind bars.* meter a la fuerza de un modo desordenado = stuff.* meter a presión = wedge.* meter bulla = make + a racket, hurry up, rush, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row, get + a move on.* meter cisco = make + trouble.* meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into.* meter con un calzador = shoehorn.* meter de ancho = take in.* meter de largo = take up.* meter el dobladillo = hem.* meter el estómago = hold + Posesivo + stomach in.* meter el lobo en el redil = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.* meter en = cram into.* meter en bolsas = bag.* meter en ceja y ceja = get it into + Posesivo + head.* meter en la cabeza = get it into + Posesivo + head.* meter en la cárcel = imprison, jail [gaol, -UK].* meter en la mollera = get it into + Posesivo + head.* meter en una jaula = cage.* meter la nariz en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in.* meter la pata = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder.* meter las manos en todos = have + a finger in every pie.* meter las narices en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).* meterle caña a = get + stuck into.* meterle mano a = get + stuck into.* meter mano = grope.* meter miedo = frighten, scare.* meter presionando = snap into.* meter preso = imprison.* meter prisa = hustle.* meterse = meddle (in/with), lodge, get + Posesivo + feet wet.* meterse + Algo = slip + Nombre + on.* meterse con = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.* meterse de lleno en = get + Posesivo + teeth into.* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.* meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.* meterse en = get into, step into.* meterse en el juego = get in + the game.* meterse en follones = get into + trouble.* meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.* meterse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.* meterse en los asuntos de = have + a leg in the camp of.* meterse en + Número + cosas a la vez = have + a foot in + Número + camps.* meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.* meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.* meterse en un aprieto = get into + a predicament.* meterse en un apuro = get into + a predicament.* meterse en una situación embarazosa = put + Reflexivo + into + position.* meterse en un berenjenal = get into + a predicament.* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.* meterse la camisa = tuck in + Posesivo + shirt.* meterse mano = snog, pet.* meter una pifia = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.* meter un litro en un recipiente de medio = squeeze a quart into a pint pot.* meter un pifiaso = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.* no saber dónde meterse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.* salir de Guatemala para meterse en Guatapeor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.* sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (introducir, poner) to putb) ( hacer entrar)meter a alguien en algo: puedo meter cuatro personas en mi coche I can get o fit four people in my car; lo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison; lo metió interno en un colegio she sent him to (a) boarding school; consiguió meterlo en la empresa she managed to get him a job in the company; meter a alguien de algo: lo metieron de aprendiz — they got him a job as an apprentice
c) ( involucrar)meter a alguien en algo — to involve somebody in something, get somebody involved in something
2)a) ( invertir) to putb) <tanto/gol> to scorec) ( en costura) < dobladillo> to turn upmeterle tijera/sierra a algo — to set to with the scissors/saw on something
d) (Auto) < cambio>3)a) (provocar, crear)meterle miedo a alguien — to frighten o scare somebody
a todo meter — (fam) <conducir/correr/estudiar> flat out
meterle — (AmL) to get a move on (colloq)
b) (fam) (encajar, endilgar)2.me metieron una multa — I got a ticket (colloq)
meter vi (Col arg) ( consumir marihuana) to smoke (dope)3.meterse v pron1)a) ( entrar)meterse en algo: me metí en el agua ( en la playa) I went into the water; ( en la piscina) I got into the water; nos metimos en un museo we went into a museum; se metió en la cama he got into bed; no sabía dónde meterse de la vergüenza she was so embarrassed she didn't know what to do with herself; ¿dónde se habrá metido el perro? where can the dog have got to?; (+ me/te/le etc) se me metió algo en el ojo — I got something in my eye
b) ( introducirse)meterse en algo: me metí el dedo en el ojo I stuck my finger in my eye; se metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in(to) his pocket; que se lo meta ahí mismo! or que se lo meta por dónde le quepa! (vulg) she can stuff it! (sl); ya sabes dónde te lo puedes meter — (vulg) you know where you can stuff it (vulg)
c) (fam) <comida/bebida> to put away (colloq)2)a) ( en trabajo)meterse de or a cura/monja — to become a priest/nun
b) ( involucrarse)c) ( entrometerse) to get involvedmeterse con alguien — (fam) to pick on somebody
* * *= pack up, embroil, sandwich, dip, shove, bung + Nombe + in, put in, take in.Ex: Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.
Ex: By the time the weeding was finished in Nov 86, the Society had become embroiled in a major controversy over the handling of this project.Ex: The paper that is to be examined is simply sandwiched between a sheet of Perspex impregnated with carbon-14 and an unexposed photographic film, and left in the dark for a few hours.Ex: Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.Ex: Meanwhile the journeymen, who had just gone to bed, hearing the row quickly got up again, came downstairs and then shoved me out of the door.Ex: Instead of bunging it in the washing machine, clean it carefully by hand using lukewarm water.Ex: For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.Ex: Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.* a todo meter = full steam ahead, at full stretch, at full speed, at full blast, at top speed, at full throttle.* avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.* meter a Alguien en la cárcel = put + Nombre + behind bars.* meter a la fuerza de un modo desordenado = stuff.* meter a presión = wedge.* meter bulla = make + a racket, hurry up, rush, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row, get + a move on.* meter cisco = make + trouble.* meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into.* meter con un calzador = shoehorn.* meter de ancho = take in.* meter de largo = take up.* meter el dobladillo = hem.* meter el estómago = hold + Posesivo + stomach in.* meter el lobo en el redil = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.* meter en = cram into.* meter en bolsas = bag.* meter en ceja y ceja = get it into + Posesivo + head.* meter en la cabeza = get it into + Posesivo + head.* meter en la cárcel = imprison, jail [gaol, -UK].* meter en la mollera = get it into + Posesivo + head.* meter en una jaula = cage.* meter la nariz en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in.* meter la pata = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder.* meter las manos en todos = have + a finger in every pie.* meter las narices en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).* meterle caña a = get + stuck into.* meterle mano a = get + stuck into.* meter mano = grope.* meter miedo = frighten, scare.* meter presionando = snap into.* meter preso = imprison.* meter prisa = hustle.* meterse = meddle (in/with), lodge, get + Posesivo + feet wet.* meterse + Algo = slip + Nombre + on.* meterse con = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.* meterse de lleno en = get + Posesivo + teeth into.* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.* meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.* meterse en = get into, step into.* meterse en el juego = get in + the game.* meterse en follones = get into + trouble.* meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.* meterse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.* meterse en los asuntos de = have + a leg in the camp of.* meterse en + Número + cosas a la vez = have + a foot in + Número + camps.* meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.* meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.* meterse en un aprieto = get into + a predicament.* meterse en un apuro = get into + a predicament.* meterse en una situación embarazosa = put + Reflexivo + into + position.* meterse en un berenjenal = get into + a predicament.* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.* meterse la camisa = tuck in + Posesivo + shirt.* meterse mano = snog, pet.* meter una pifia = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.* meter un litro en un recipiente de medio = squeeze a quart into a pint pot.* meter un pifiaso = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.* no saber dónde meterse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.* salir de Guatemala para meterse en Guatapeor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.* sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.* * *meter [E1 ]vtA1 (introducir, poner) to putle metieron un tubo por la nariz they put o ( colloq) stuck a tube up her nose¿dónde habré metido su carta? where can I have put his letter?meter algo EN algo:metí la tarjeta en un sobre I put the card in(to) an envelopeno lograba meter la llave en la cerradura she couldn't get the key into the lockmetió el pie en el agua he put his foot in(to) the watera ver si consigo meter todo esto en un folio I wonder if I can get o fit all of this onto one sheetno le metas esas ideas en la cabeza a la niña don't put ideas like that into her head, don't go giving her ideas like that2 (hacer entrar) meter a algn EN algo:no puedo meter más de cuatro personas en mi coche I can't get o fit more than four people in my carlo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prisonmetió a su hijo interno en un colegio he sent his son to (a) boarding school3 (colocar, emplear) meter a algn EN algo:consiguió meter a su amigo en la empresa she managed to get her friend a job with o in the companymeter a algn DE algo:lo metieron de aprendiz de carpintero they apprenticed him to a carpenter, they got him a job as a carpenter's apprenticela metieron de sirvienta en la ciudad they sent her to work as a maid in the city4 (involucrar) meter a algn EN algo to involve sb IN sth, get sb involved IN sthno quiero que metas a mi hijo en negocios sucios I don't want you involving my son o getting my son involved in any dirty businessno la metas a ella en esto don't bring o drag her into thisB1 (invertir) to putvoy a meter mis ahorros en el banco I'm going to put my savings in the bankmetió todo su capital en el negocio she put all her capital into the business2 ‹tanto/gol› to score3 (en costura) ‹dobladillo› to turn upmétele un poco en las costuras take it in a bit at the seams4meterle tijera/sierra a algo to set to with the scissors/saw on sth5 ( Auto) ‹marcha/cambio›mete (la) primera/tercera put it into first/third (gear)en este coche es muy difícil meter la marcha atrás it's very difficult to get into reverse in this carC1(provocar, crear): no metas ruido que estoy estudiando keep the noise down, I'm studyingno trates de meterme miedo don't try to frighten o scare menos están metiendo prisa en el trabajo we're under a lot of pressure to do things faster at worka todo meter ( fam); ‹ir/conducir› flat outlleva una semana estudiando a todo meter he's been studying flat out for a week¡métanle, que no llegamos! step on it o get a move on, or we won't get there in time!le metimos con todo we did our utmost, we pulled out all the stops, we did everything we could2 ( fam)(encajar, endilgar): me metieron una multa por exceso de velocidad I got a ticket for speeding ( colloq)no me metas más mentiras don't tell me any more lies, don't give me any more of your lies ( colloq)nos metió una de sus historias she spun us one of her yarns■ metervi■ meterseA1 (entrar) meterse EN algo:nos metimos en un museo we went into a museumse metió en la cama he got into bedmétete por esa calle go down that streetquise meterme bajo tierra I just wanted the ground to swallow me upno sabía dónde meterse de la vergüenza que le dio she was so embarrassed she didn't know what to do with herself o where to put herself¿dónde se habrá metido el perro? where can the dog have got to?, where can the dog be?(+ me/te/le etc): se me metió algo en el ojo I got something in my eyecuando se le mete una idea en la cabeza … when he gets an idea into his head …2 (introducirse) meterse algo EN algo:me metí el dedo en el ojo I stuck my finger in my eyese metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in(to) his pocketno te metas los dedos en la nariz don't pick your nose¡que se lo meta ahí mismo! or ¡que se lo meta por dónde le quepa! ( vulg); she can stuff it! (sl)B1(en un trabajo): se metió de secretaria she got a job as a secretarymeterse de or a cura/monja to become a priest/nun2 (involucrarse) meterse EN algo to get involved IN sthno quiero meterme en una discusión I don't want to get into o to get involved in an argumentte has metido en un buen lío you've got yourself into a fine messno te metas en gastos don't go spending a lot of moneyse había metido en un asunto muy turbio she had got involved in o mixed up in a very shady affair3 (entrometerse) to get involvedno te metas en lo que no te importa mind your own business, don't get involved in o don't meddle in things that don't concern youtodo iba bien hasta que ella se metió por medio things were going fine until she started interferingmeterse con algn ( fam): no te metas conmigo que yo no te he hecho nada don't go picking a fight with me, I haven't done anything to youno te metas conmigo que hoy no estoy para bromas leave me alone, I'm in no mood for jokes todaytú métete con los de tu edad/tamaño why don't you pick on someone your own age/size?con su hijo no te metas, que es sagrado ( iró); don't say a word against her son, she worships himmeterse donde no lo llaman to poke one's nose into other people's business ( colloq)¡no te metas donde no te llaman! mind your own business!* * *
meter ( conjugate meter) verbo transitivo
1
meter algo en algo to put sth in(to) sth;
logró meter todo en la maleta he managed to fit everything into the suitcaseb) ( hacer entrar):
consiguió meterlo en la empresa she managed to get him a job in the companyc) ( involucrar) meter a algn en algo to involve sb in sth, get sb involved in sth
2
d) (Auto):
meter la marcha atrás to get into reverse
3 (provocar, crear):
meterle miedo a algn to frighten o scare sb;
no metas ruido keep the noise down
meterse verbo pronominal
1a) ( entrar):
( en la piscina) I got into the water;
meterse en la cama/la ducha to get into bed/the shower;
¿dónde se habrá metido el perro? where can the dog have got to?;
se me metió algo en el ojo I got something in my eyeb) ( introducirse):
se metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in(to) his pocket
2a) ( en trabajo):
meterse de or a cura/monja to become a priest/nunb) ( involucrarse) meterse en algo to get involved in sth;
no te metas en lo que no te importa mind your own business;
meterse con algn (fam) to pick on sb;
meterse por medio to interfere
meter verbo transitivo
1 to put [en, in]
(en colegio, cárcel) to put: la metieron en un psiquiátrico, they put her in a mental hospital
(dinero) metimos el dinero en el banco, we paid the money into our bank
2 (invertir) to put: mételo en acciones, put it in shares
3 (involucrar) to involve [en, in], to get mixed up [en, in]
4 fam (causar) no le metas miedo al niño, don't frighten the child
5 (hacer) to make
meter jaleo, to make a noise
♦ Locuciones: familiar a todo meter, at full speed, in a flash
meter en el mismo saco, to lump together: son completamente distintos, no los puedes meter en el mismo saco, they're totally different, you can't lump them together as if they were the same
' meter' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apremiar
- baza
- cazo
- cizaña
- colarse
- contador
- cuezo
- embotellar
- follón
- fotómetro
- gamba
- hocico
- indicador
- indicadora
- introducir
- lectura
- M
- mano
- métrica
- metro
- nada
- nariz
- pata
- patinar
- prisa
- resbalar
- ruido
- saco
- sobre
- taxímetro
- venga
- altura
- apresurar
- apurar
- bandera
- bulla
- canasta
- compás
- distancia
- el
- encajar
- entrar
- gol
- lado
- m
- marcha
- medidor
- menos
- parquímetro
- por
English:
bake
- blunder
- boob
- brick
- bully
- bungle
- change up
- clanger
- dip
- engage
- enter
- fetch in
- finger
- flub
- foot
- get in
- grope
- hurry
- hustle
- insert
- inset
- jam
- let in
- meter
- mix up
- outdistance
- pad out
- parking meter
- postage meter
- push
- put
- quart
- round
- speed up
- squash in
- stick
- stick in
- taxi-meter
- trip up
- tuck
- tuck in
- unstuck
- waffle
- water meter
- wedge
- back
- cram
- deep
- fit
- get
* * *♦ vt1. [introducir] to put in;meter algo/a alguien en algo to put sth/sb in sth;metió las manos en los bolsillos she put her hands in her pockets;no puedo meter la llave en la cerradura I can't get the key in the lock;lo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison;su padre lo metió de conserje en la empresa his father got him a job in the company as a porter;meter dinero en el banco to put money in the bank;he metido todos mis ahorros en este proyecto I've put all my savings into this project;¿podrás meter todo en un solo disquete? will you be able to get o fit it all on one disk?;Fammeterle ideas a alguien en la cabeza to put ideas into sb's head;Famno consigo meterle en la cabeza (que…) I can't get it into his head (that…);Fammete la tijera todo lo que quieras cut off as much as you like¡en buen lío nos has metido! this is a fine mess you've got o gotten us into!me dieron un trapo y me metieron a limpiar el polvo they gave me a cloth and set me dusting4. [causar]meter prisa/miedo a alguien to rush/scare sb;meter ruido to make a noise5. [en automóvil]meter la primera/la marcha atrás to go into first gear/reverse;meter el freno to brake6. [en deportes] [anotar] to score;nos metieron dos goles they scored two goals against usle metió un puñetazo she gave him a punchmeter una bronca a alguien to tell sb off;me metió un rollo sobre la disciplina militar he gave me this routine about military discipline;te han metido un billete falso they've given you a forged banknote9. [prenda, ropa] to take in;hay que meter los pantalones de cintura the trousers need taking in at the waist;meter el bajo de una falda to take up a skirt10. Fam [dedicar, destinar]sabe jugar muy bien al billar porque le ha metido muchas horas he plays billiards really well because he's put the hours in o spent hours practising¡métele, que empieza la película! get a move on o hurry up, the movie's starting!♦ vi2. CompFama todo meter at full pelt* * *v/t1 put (en in, into)2 gol score3 ( involucrar) involve (en in);meter a alguien en un lío get s.o. into a mess;a todo meter at full speed* * *meter vt1) : to put (in)metieron su dinero en el banco: they put their money in the bank2) : to fit, to squeezepuedes meter dos líneas más en esa página: you can fit two more lines on that page3) : to place (in a job)lo metieron de barrendero: they got him a job as a street sweeper4) : to involvelo metió en un buen lío: she got him in an awful mess5) : to make, to causemeten demasiado ruido: they make too much noise6) : to spread (a rumor)7) : to strike (a blow)8) : to take up, to take in (clothing)9)a todo meter : at top speed* * *meter vb¿dónde has metido el abrelatas? where have you put the tin opener?2. (empleo) to get a job3. (implicar) to involve -
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sortir [sɔʀtiʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 16━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <a. to go or come out━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► sortir dans le sens de partir se traduit par to go out ou par to come out, suivant que le locuteur se trouve ou non à l'endroit en question.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• on est en train de faire un bonhomme de neige, tu devrais sortir ! we're making a snowman, come out!• mon père est sorti, puis-je prendre un message ? my father is out, can I take a message?• sortir de chez qn to go or come out of sb's house• sors (d'ici) ! get out (of here)!• je sors à 6 heures (du bureau, du lycée) I finish at 6• sortir de son lit [fleuve] to overflow its banks► d'où sort ?• d'où sort cette revue ? where has this magazine come from?• mais d'où sort-il ? (inf) ( = il est tout sale) where has he been! ; ( = il est mal élevé) where was he brought up? ; ( = il est bête) where did they find him?• Madame, est-ce que je peux sortir ? (en classe) Miss, can I be excused please?• la voiture est sortie de la route the car left or came off the road• c'est confidentiel, ça ne doit pas sortir d'ici it's confidential, it must not leave this roomd. (Theatre) « la servante sort » "exit the maid"• « les 3 gardes sortent » "exeunt the 3 guards"• sortir de terre [plante] to come upi. ( = être fabriqué, publié) to come out ; [disque, film] to be releasedj. (par hasard) [numéro, couleur, sujet d'examen] to come upk. ( = s'écarter) sortir du sujet to get off the subject• sortir (du jeu) [balle, ballon] to go out (of play)• sortir en touche [ballon] to go into touchl. ( = être issu) il sort de l'université de Perpignan he went to the University of Perpignan• pas besoin de sortir de Polytechnique pour comprendre ça (inf) you don't need a PhD to understand thatm. ( = résulter) sortir de to come of• que va-t-il sortir de tout cela ? what will come of all this?• il fallait que ça sorte I (or he etc) just had to say it2. <• sortez-le ! get him out of here!• sortir des vêtements d'une armoire/la voiture du garage to take clothes out of a wardrobe/the car out of the garage• il faut le sortir de là (d'un lieu) we must get him out of there ; (d'une situation difficile) we must get him out of itb. ( = mettre en vente) [+ produit] to bring out• il vous sort de ces réflexions ! the things he comes out with! (inf)• qu'est-ce qu'il va encore nous sortir ? what will he come out with next? (inf)d. ( = éliminer) [+ concurrent, adversaire] (inf) to knock out3. <• tu crois qu'il va s'en sortir ? (il est malade) do you think he'll pull through? ; (il est surchargé de travail) do you think he'll ever see the end of it? ; (il est en situation difficile) do you think he'll come through all right?• avec son salaire, il ne peut pas s'en sortir he can't get by on what he earns• va l'aider, il ne s'en sort pas go and help him, he can't cope• bravo, tu t'en es très bien sorti ! you've done really well!* * *
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1. sɔʀtiʀ1) ( promener) to take [somebody/something] out [personne, chien, cheval]j'y vais moi-même, ça me sortira — I'll go myself, it'll give me a chance to get out
2) (colloq) ( inviter) to take [somebody] out [personne]3) (colloq) ( expulser) to throw [somebody] out, to chuck (colloq) [somebody] out [personne] (de of); to send [somebody] out [élève]4) ( mettre à l'extérieur) to get [somebody/something] out (de of)5) ( délivrer)sortir quelqu'un de sa léthargie — to shake somebody out of his/her lethargy
6) ( commercialiser) to bring out [livre, disque, modèle]; to release [film]; to show [collection]7) ( produire) to turn out [livre, disque, film, produit]8) ( imprimer) to bring [something] out [exemplaire, numéro, journal]9) (colloq) ( dire) to come out with (colloq) [remarques]
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verbe intransitif (+ v être)1) ( aller dehors) [personne, animal] to go out; ( venir dehors) [personne, animal] to come out (de of)sortir dans la rue/sur le balcon — to go out into the street/on the balcony
sortir faire un tour — ( à pied) to go out for a walk
sortir discrètement — to slip out (de of)
empêcher de sortir — to keep [somebody/something] in
2) ( passer du temps dehors) to go out3) ( quitter un lieu)sortir du port — [navire] to leave port
sortir du pays — [personne, marchandise] to leave the country
sortez d'ici/de là! — get out of here/of there!
sortir de la route — [véhicule] to leave the road
sortir de la famille — [bijou, tableau] to go out of the family
4) ( venir d'un lieu)5) (quitter un état, une situation)sortir de son mutisme or silence — to break one's silence
6) ( venir de quitter un état)7) ( émerger) to come outelle est sortie de sa dépression très affaiblie — after her depression she was a mere shadow of her former self
8) ( s'échapper) [eau, air, étincelle, fumée] to come out (de of; par through)faire sortir — to squeeze [something] out [pâte, colle, eau, jus] (de of); to eject [cassette] (de from)
sortir en masse — [personnes] to pour out
9) ( pousser) [bourgeon, insecte] to come out; [dent] to come throughsortir de terre — [plante] to come through; [bâtiment] to rise from the ground
10) ( dépasser) to stick out11) ( être commercialisé) [film, disque, livre, nouveau modèle] to come outsortir tous les jours — [journal] to be published daily
12) ( provenir) [personne, produit] to come fromsortir de Berkeley — Université to have graduated from Berkeley
d'où sors-tu à cette heure? — (colloq) where have you been?
d'où il sort celui-là? — (colloq) where's he been living? (colloq)
13) ( être en dehors)sortir du sujet — [personne] to wander off the subject; [remarque] to be beside the point
14) ( être tiré) [numéro, sujet] to come up15) Informatique to exit
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se sortir verbe pronominal1) ( échapper)s'en sortir — ( situation difficile) to get out of it; ( maladie) to get over it
2) ( se débrouiller)s'en sortir — gén to pull through; ( financièrement) to cope; (intellectuellement, manuellement, physiquement) to manage
s'en sortir à peine — ( financièrement) to scrape a living
II sɔʀtiʀnom masculin* * *sɔʀtiʀ1. vi1) (= partir) to go outIl est sorti sans rien dire. — He went out without saying a word.
Il est sorti acheter le journal. — He's gone out to buy the newspaper.
2) (= aller au spectacle) to go outJ'aime sortir. — I like going out.
sortir avec qn (relation amoureuse) — to be going out with sb, to be seeing sb
Tu sors avec lui? — Are you going out with him?, Are you seeing him?
3) [produit] to come outCe modèle vient juste de sortir. — This model has just come out.
4) [plante, numéro] to come up5)sortir de (= quitter) — to leave, (en allant) to go out of, (en venant) to come out of, (= jaillir) to come out of, [maladie, mauvaise passe] to get over, [cadre, compétence] to be outside
Elle sort de l'hôpital demain. — She's coming out of hospital tomorrow.
Je l'ai rencontré en sortant de la pharmacie. — I met him coming out of the chemist's.
sortir du système INFORMATIQUE — to log out
2. vt1) (= déplacer) to take outElle a sorti son porte-monnaie de son sac. — She took her purse out of her bag.
Je vais sortir la voiture du garage. — I'll get the car out of the garage.
2) * (= expulser) to throw out3) COMMERCE, [produit] to bring out4) * (= dire) to come out with3. nm* * *sortir verb table: partirA nm au sortir de at the end of; au sortir de l'adolescence/mes études at the end of adolescence/my studies.B vtr1 ( promener) to take [sb/sth] out [personne, chien, cheval]; sortir un malade/son caniche to take a patient/one's poodle out; j'y vais moi-même, ça me sortira I'll go myself, it'll give me a chance to get outside;3 ○( expulser) to throw [sb] out, to chuck○ [sb] out [personne] (de of); to send [sb] out [élève]; se faire sortir en quart de finale to be knocked out in the quarterfinal;4 ( mettre à l'extérieur) to get [sb/sth] out [personne, papiers, parapluie, meubles de jardin, voiture, vêtements] (de of); sortir l'argenterie to get out the silverware; sortir qn du lit to get sb out of bed; sortir une bille de sa poche to take a marble out of one's pocket; sortir sa voiture en marche arrière to reverse one's car out; sortir les mains de ses poches to take one's hands out of one's pockets; sortir un couteau/revolver to pull out a knife/revolver; sortir le drapeau to hang out the flag; sortir les draps pour les aérer to put out the sheets to air; sortir du pus to squeeze out pus; sortir un point noir to squeeze a blackhead; sortir la poubelle/les ordures to put the bin/the rubbish GB ou garbage US out; sortir sa tête/langue to poke one's head/tongue out; sortir une carte to bring out a card;5 ( délivrer) sortir qn de to get sb out of; sortir un ami de prison to get a friend out of jail; sortir un ami de sa dépression to pull a friend out of his depression; sortir une entreprise de ses difficultés to get a company out of difficulties; sortir qn de sa léthargie to shake sb out of his/her lethargy;6 ( commercialiser) to bring out [livre, disque, modèle, nouveau produit, nouveau journal]; to release [film]; to present [collection];7 ( produire) to turn out [livre, disque, film, produit]; sortir mille téléviseurs par jour to turn out one thousand televisions a day;8 Imprim to bring [sth] out [exemplaire, numéro, journal];9 Ordinat [ordinateur] to output [données, résultats];10 ( exporter) ( légalement) to export [marchandises] (de from); ( illégalement) to smuggle [sth] out [marchandises] (de of);11 ○( dire) to come out with○ [paroles]; sortir des énormités/insultes/âneries to come out with rubbish/insults/nonsense; il (nous) sort toujours des excuses he's always coming out ou up with excuses; sortir une blague to crack a joke.C vi (+ v être)1 ( aller dehors) [personne, animal] to go out; ( venir dehors) [personne, animal] to come out (de of); sortir par la fenêtre/la porte de derrière to go out through the window/the back door; sortir dans la rue/sur le balcon to go out in the streets/on the balcony; sortir faire un tour ( à pied) to go out for a walk; (à vélo, cheval) to go out for a ride; ( en voiture) to go out for a drive; sortir faire des courses to go out shopping; sortir déjeuner to go out for lunch; être sorti to be out; sortez les mains en l'air! come out with your hands up!; sortez et ne revenez pas! get out and don't come back!; sortir discrètement to slip out (de of); sortir en vitesse to rush out; sortir en courant to run out; sortir en trombe de sa chambre to burst out of one's room; faire sortir qn to get sb outside; faire sortir son chien to take one's dog out; laisser sortir qn to allow sb out; laisser sortir les élèves ( à la fin de la classe) to dismiss the class; empêcher de sortir to keep [sb/sth] in [personne, animal]; sortir dans l'espace to space walk; sortir de scène to leave the stage; Figaro sort exit Figaro; Figaro et Almaviva sortent exeunt Figaro and Almaviva; ⇒ devant, œil;2 ( passer du temps dehors) to go out; sortir tous les soirs/avec des amis to go out every night/with friends; sortir au restaurant to go out to a restaurant; sortir avec qn to go out with sb; inviter qn à sortir to ask sb out; sortir en ville to go out on the town;3 ( quitter un lieu) sortir de to leave; sortir de chez qn to leave sb's house; sortir d'une réunion to leave a meeting; sortir du port [navire] to leave port; sortir du pays [personne, marchandise] to leave the country; sortir de chez soi to go out; sortir de la pièce to walk out of the room; sortez d'ici/de là! get out of here/of there!; sortir de son lit/son bain [personne] to get out of bed/the bath; sortir de la route [véhicule] to leave the road; sortir de la famille [bijou, tableau] to go out of the family; sortir tout chaud du four to be hot from the oven; ⇒ loup;4 ( venir d'un lieu) sortir de to come out of; sortir de chez le médecin to come out of the doctor's; sortir de sa chambre en chemise de nuit to come out of one's room in one's nightgown;5 (quitter un état, une situation) sortir d'un profond sommeil/d'un rêve to wake up from a deep sleep/from a dream; sortir de son mutisme or silence to break one's silence; sortir de l'adolescence to come out of adolescence; sortir de la récession to pull out of the recession; sortir d'un cercle vicieux to break out of a vicious circle; sortir de soi to lose control of oneself; sortir de l'hiver to reach the end of winter; on n'en sort jamais○ there's no end to it; on n'en sortira jamais! ( problème) we'll never see the end of it!; ( embouteillage) we'll never get out of it!; il refuse d'en sortir○ ( changer d'avis) he won't budge an inch○; il n'y a pas à sortir de là○ there's no two ways about it○;6 ( venir de quitter un état) sortir à peine de l'enfance to be just emerging from childhood; sortir de maladie/d'une dépression to be recovering from an illness/from a bout of depression; sortir d'une crise/guerre to emerge from a crisis/war;7 ( émerger) to come out; sortir différent/désenchanté/déçu to come out different/disenchanted/disappointed; elle est sortie de sa dépression très affaiblie after her depression she was a mere shadow of her former self;8 ( s'échapper) [eau, air, étincelle, fumée] to come out (de of; par through); le bouchon ne sort pas the cork won't come out; l'eau sort du robinet the water comes out of the tap GB ou faucet US; une odeur sort de la pièce there's a smell coming from the room; faire sortir to squeeze [sth] out [pâte, colle, eau, jus] (de of); to eject [cassette] (de from); sortir en masse [personnes] to pour out; ⇒ vérité;9 ( pousser) [plante, insecte] to come out; [dent] to come through; les bourgeons sortent the buds are coming out; sortir de terre [plante] to spring up; [bâtiment] to rise from the ground; il lui est sorti une dent he/she's cut a tooth;10 ( dépasser) to stick out; il y a un clou qui sort there's a nail sticking out; sortir de l'eau à marée basse [roche] to stick out of the water at low tide;11 ( être commercialisé) [film, disque, livre, nouveau modèle, nouveau produit, collection] to come out; Le Monde sort l'après-midi Le Monde goes on sale in the afternoon; sortir tous les jours/toutes les semaines/tous les mois [journal, périodique] to be published daily/weekly/monthly; sortir de la chaîne [produit industriel] to come off the production line; sortir des presses [journal, livre] to come off the press; ça sort tout juste des presses it's hot off the press;12 ( provenir) [personne, produit] to come from; sortir d'un milieu intellectuel/d'une famille de banquiers to come from an intellectual background/from a family of bankers; sortir de Berkeley Univ to have graduated from Berkeley; sortir de chez Hachette to have been with Hachette previously; d'où sors-tu à cette heure○? where have you been?; d'où sors-tu comme ça○? what have you been doing to look like that?; d'où sort-il celui-là○? what planet's he from○?;13 ( être en dehors) sortir du sujet [personne] to wander off the subject; [remarque] to be beside the point; cela sort de ma compétence/de mes fonctions that's not in my brief/within my authority;14 ( être tiré) [numéro, sujet] to come up; c'est le 17 qui est sorti it was (number) 17 that came up;15 Ordinat to exit.D se sortir vpr1 ( échapper) se sortir d'une situation difficile to get out of a predicament; se sortir de la pauvreté to escape from poverty; se sortir d'une dépression to come out of a bout of depression; se sortir d'une épreuve to come through an ordeal; s'en sortir ( situation difficile) to get out of it; ( maladie) to get over it; s'en sortir vivant to escape with one's life;2 ( se débrouiller) s'en sortir gén to pull through; ( financièrement) to cope; (intellectuellement, manuellement, physiquement) to manage; tu t'en sors? can you manage?; s'en sortir tant bien que mal to struggle through; s'en sortir à peine ( financièrement) to scrape a living.sortir par les trous de nez○ to get up one's nose○.I[sɔrtir] nom masculin(littéraire) [fin]dès le sortir de l'enfance, il dut apprendre à se défendre he was barely out of his childhood when he had to learn to fend for himself————————au sortir de locution prépositionnelle1. [dans le temps]2. [dans l'espace]je vis la cabane au sortir du bois as I was coming out of the woods, I saw the hutII[sɔrtir] verbe intransitif (aux être)1. [quitter un lieu - vu de l'intérieur] to go out ; [ - vu de l'extérieur] to come outsortir par la fenêtre to get out ou to leave by the windowMadame, je peux sortir? please Miss, may I leave the room?elle est sortie déjeuner/se promener she's gone (out) for lunch/for a walksi elle se présente, dites-lui que je suis sorti if she calls, tell her I'm out ou I've gone out ou I'm not inje l'ai vu qui sortait de l'hôpital/l'école vers 16 h I saw him coming out of the hospital/school at about 4 pm2. [marquant la fin d'une activité, d'une période]sortir de l'école/du bureau [finir sa journée] to finish school/worksortir de prison to come out of ou to be released from prison3. [pour se distraire]5. [se répandre] to come outc'est pour que la fumée sorte it's to let the smoke out ou for the smoke to escape6. [s'échapper] to get outsortir de: aucun dossier ne doit sortir de l'ambassade no file may be taken out of ou leave the embassyfaire sortir quelqu'un/des marchandises d'un pays to smuggle somebody/goods out of a countryje vais te confier quelque chose, mais cela ne doit pas sortir d'ici I'm going to tell you something, but it mustn't go any further than these four walls7. [être mis en vente - disque, film] to be released, to come out ; [ - livre] to be published, to come outça vient de sortir! it's just (come) out!, it's (brand) new!8. [être révélé au public - sujet d'examen] to come up ; [ - numéro de loterie] to be drawn ; [ - numéro à la roulette] to turn ou to come up ; [ - tarif, barème] to be out9. (familier) [être dit] to come outil fallait que ça sorte! it had to come out ou to be said!10. INFORMATIQUE11. NAUTIQUE & AÉRONAUTIQUEaujourd'hui, les avions/bateaux ne sont pas sortis the planes were grounded/the boats stayed in port todayle ballon est sorti en corner/touche the ball went out for a corner/went into toucha. [pour faute] the player was sent offb. [il est blessé] the player had to go off because of injury13. THÉÂTRE————————[sɔrtir] verbe transitif (aux avoir)1. [mener dehors - pour se promener, se divertir] to take out (separable)viens avec nous au concert, ça te sortira come with us to the concert, that'll get you out (of the house)2. [mettre dehors - vu de l'intérieur] to put out ou outside ; [ - vu de l'extérieur] to bring out ou outside (separable)3. [présenter - crayon, outil] to take out (separable) ; [ - pistolet] to pull out ; [ - papiers d'identité] to produce4. [extraire]sortir quelque chose de to take ou to get something out ofdes mesures ont été prises pour sortir le pays de la crise measures have been taken in order to get the country out of ou to rescue the country from the present crisissortir quelqu'un de to get ou to pull somebody out ofje vais te sortir d'affaire ou d'embarras ou de là I'll get you out of itelle a sorti la Suédoise en trois sets she disposed of ou beat the Swedish player in three setssortir un disque/filma. [auteur] to bring out a record/filmb. [distributeur] to release a record/filmsortir un livre to bring out ou to publish a bookil m'a sorti que j'étais trop vieille! he told me I was too old, just like that!8. [roue, train d'atterrissage] to drop[volet] to raise————————sortir de verbe plus préposition1. [emplacement, position] to come out of, to come offsortir des rails to go off ou to jump the railsa. [voiture] to come off ou to leave the trackb. [skieur] to come off the pisteça m'était complètement sorti de la tête ou de l'esprit it had gone right out of my head ou mindl'incident est sorti de ma mémoire ou m'est sorti de la mémoire I've forgotten the incident2. [venir récemment de] to have (just) come from3. [venir à bout de] to come out ofnous avons eu une période difficile mais heureusement nous en sortons we've had a difficult time but fortunately we're now emerging from it ou we're seeing the end of it now4. [se tirer de, se dégager de]lorsqu'on sort de l'adolescence pour entrer dans l'âge adulte when one leaves adolescence (behind) to become an adult5. [se départir de]il est sorti de sa réserve après quelques verres de vin he opened ou loosened up after a few glasses of wineelle est sortie de son silence pour écrire son second roman she broke her silence to write her second novel6. [s'écarter de]attention à ne pas sortir du sujet! be careful not to get off ou to stray from the subject!il ne veut pas sortir ou il ne sort pas de là he won't budgeil n'y a pas à sortir de là [c'est inévitable] there's no way round it, there's no getting away from it7. [être issu de]sortir d'une bonne famille to come from ou to be of a good familypour ceux qui sortent des grandes écoles for those who have studied at ou are the products of the grandes écolesa. [tu es mal élevé] where did you learn such manners?, where were you brought up?b. [tu ne connais rien] where have you been all this time?8. [être produit par] to come from9. (tournure impersonnelle) [résulter de]————————se sortir de verbe pronominal plus prépositionse sortir d'une situation embarrassante to get (oneself) out of ou (soutenu) to extricate oneself from an embarrassing situations'en sortir (familier) : aide-moi à finir, je ne m'en sortirai jamais seul! give me a hand, I'll never get this finished on my owndonne-lui une fourchette, il ne s'en sort pas avec des baguettes give him a fork, he can't manage with chopsticksa. [il a survécu] he pulled through in the endb. [il a réussi] he won through in the endon ne s'en sort pas avec une seule paie it's impossible to manage on ou to get by on a single wagemalgré les allocations, on ne s'en sort pas in spite of the benefit, we're not making ends meet -
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I 1. nounget/have a good/bad press — (fig.) eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen/haben
2) see academic.ru/58005/printing_press">printing press3) (printing house) Druckerei, diesend to [the] press — in Druck geben
go to [the] press — in Druck gehen
4) (publishing firm) Verlag, der6) (crowd) Menge, die7) (pressing) Druck, der2. transitive verb1) drücken; pressen; drücken auf (+ Akk.) [Klingel, Knopf]; treten auf (+ Akk.) [Gas-, Brems-, Kupplungspedal usw.]2) (urge) drängen [Person]; (force) aufdrängen ([up]on Dat.); (insist on) nachdrücklich vorbringen [Forderung, Argument, Vorschlag]he did not press the point — er ließ die Sache auf sich beruhen
3) (compress) pressen; auspressen [Orangen, Saft]; keltern [Trauben, Äpfel]4) (iron) bügeln5)3. intransitive verbbe pressed for space/time/money — (have barely enough) zu wenig Platz/Zeit/Geld haben
1) (exert pressure) drücken2) (be urgent) drängentime/something presses — die Zeit drängt/etwas eilt od. ist dringend
3) (make demand)press for something — auf etwas (Akk.) drängen
Phrasal Verbs:II transitive verbpress into service/use — in Dienst nehmen; einsetzen
* * *[pres] 1. verb1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) drücken2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) pressen3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) drängen4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) nachdrücklich bestehen auf5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) plätten2. noun1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) der Druck2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) die Presse3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) die Presse; Presse-...4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) die Presse5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) die Presse•- pressing- press conference
- press-cutting
- be hard pressed
- be pressed for
- press for
- press forward/on* * *[pres]I. n<pl -es>at the \press of a button auf Knopfdruckto give sth a \press [auf] etw akk drückento give sth a \press etw bügelngarlic \press Knoblauchpresse ftrouser \press Hosenpresse fwine \press Weinpresse f, Kelter f4. (news media, newspapers)▪ the \press + sing/pl vb die Pressethe story has been all over the \press die Geschichte wurde in allen Zeitungen gebrachtfreedom of the \press Pressefreiheit fto hold the \press[es] den Druck verzögernto leak sth to the \press etw der Presse zuspielenin the \press in der Presseto have a bad/good \press eine schlechte/gute Presse bekommen, schlechte/gute Kritiken bekommenII. vt1. (push)to speak to an operator, \press ‘0’ now um mit der Vermittlung zu sprechen, wählen Sie jetzt die ‚0‘Sammy \pressed his nose against the windowpane Sammy drückte die Nase gegen die Fensterscheibeto \press a bell/button/switch auf eine Klingel/einen Knopf/einen Schalter drücken▪ to \press sth ⇆ down etw herunterdrücken2. (flatten)▪ to \press sth etw zusammendrückento \press flowers Blumen pressen3. (extract juice from)▪ to \press sth etw auspressento \press grapes Weintrauben keltern4. (iron)5. (manufacture)▪ to \press sth CD, record etw pressen▪ to \press sb jdn bedrängen [o unter Druck setzen]▪ to \press sb to do sth jdn bedrängen, etw zu tunthey are \pressing demands on the country's leaders sie versuchen massiv, ihre Forderungen bei den führenden Vertretern des Landes durchzusetzen▪ to \press sb/sth into sth jdn/etw zu etw dat bringen [o zwingen]; of person also jdn zu etw dat nötigento \press sb for an answer/a decision jdn zu einer Antwort/Entscheidung drängento \press sb into a role jdn in eine Rolle hineindrängento \press sb into service jdn [gezwungenermaßen] in Dienst nehmen, jdn einspannen fam7. (forcefully promote)▪ to \press sth etw forcierento \press one's case seine Sache durchsetzen wollento \press one's claim auf seiner Forderung beharrento \press one's point beharrlich seinen Standpunkt vertreten, auf seinem Standpunkt herumreiten fam8. (insist on giving)▪ to \press sth [up]on sb gift, offer jdm etw aufdrängen▪ to be \pressed unter Druck stehenthey'll be hard \pressed to complete the assignment wenn sie den Auftrag ausführen wollen, müssen sie sich aber ranhalten11.▶ to \press home ⇆ sth etw durchzusetzen versuchen▶ to \press home one's advantage seinen Vorteil ausnutzenIII. vi1. (push) drücken\press down firmly on the lever drücken Sie fest auf den Hebelto \press against a door sich akk gegen eine Tür stemmento \press hard fest drückentime is \pressing die Zeit drängt* * *[pres]1. n3) (= newspapers, journalists) Presse fthe daily/sporting press — die Tages-/Sportpresse
to get a good/bad press — eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen
4) (= squeeze, push) Druck m6) (= crush) Gedränge nt2. vt1) (= push, squeeze) drücken (to an +acc); button, doorbell, knob, brake pedal drücken auf (+acc); clutch, piano pedal treten; grapes, fruit (aus)pressen; flowers pressen2) (= iron) clothes bügeln3) (= urge, persuade) drängen; (= harass, importune) bedrängen, unter Druck setzen; (= insist on) claim, argument bestehen auf (+dat)to press sb hard — jdm ( hart) zusetzen
he didn't need much pressing — man brauchte ihn nicht lange zu drängen
to press sb for an answer — auf jds Antwort (acc) drängen
to press the point — darauf beharren or herumreiten (inf)
to press home an advantage — einen Vorteil ausnutzen, sich (dat) einen Vorteil zunutze or zu Nutze machen
to press money/one's views on sb — jdm Geld/seine Ansichten aufdrängen
to be pressed for time — unter Zeitdruck stehen, in Zeitnot sein
to press sb/sth into service — jdn/etw einspannen
4) machine part, record etc pressenpressed steel — gepresster Stahl, Pressstahl m
3. vi1) (lit, fig: bear down, exert pressure) drückento press ( down) on sb (debts, troubles) — schwer auf jdm lasten
2) (= urge, agitate) drängento press for sth — auf etw (acc) drängen
to press ahead or forward ( with sth) (fig) — (mit etw) weitermachen; (with plans) etw weiterführen
* * *press [pres]A v/t1. (zusammen)pressen, (-)drücken:press sb’s hand jemandem die Hand drücken;press one’s nose against the window die Nase gegen die Scheibe pressen oder an die Scheibe quetschen; → flesh A 12. drücken auf (akk):press the button (auf) den Knopf drücken3. niederdrücken, drücken auf (akk)6. Kleider plätten, bügeln7. (zusammen-, vorwärts-, weg- etc) drängen, (-)treiben:press on weiterdrängen, -treiben8. MIL (hart) bedrängen9. jemanden bedrängen:a) in die Enge treiben, Druck ausüben auf (akk):press sb for money von jemandem Geld erpressenpress sb for sth jemanden dringend um etwas bitten;be pressed for money in Geldverlegenheit sein;10. jemanden, ein Tier antreiben, hetzen13. Nachdruck legen auf (akk):press one’s point auf seiner Forderung oder Meinung nachdrücklich bestehen;a) eine Forderung etc durchsetzen,b) einen Angriff energisch durchführen,B v/i1. a) pressen, drückenb) fig Druck ausüben2. plätten, bügeln3. drängen:time presses die Zeit drängtpress for the equalizer SPORT auf den Ausgleich drängen;press for sb to do sth jemanden drängen, etwas zu tun; darauf drängen, dass jemand etwas tut5. (sich) drängen (to zu, nach):press forward (sich) vordrängen;press in (up)on sba) auf jemanden eindringen,b) fig auf jemanden enstürmen (Probleme etc);press on vorwärtsdrängen, weitereilen;C s1. TECH (auch Frucht- etc) Presse f2. TYPO (Drucker)Presse f3. TYPOa) Druckerei(raum) f(m)b) Druckerei (-anstalt) fc) Druckerei(wesen) f(n)d) Druck m, Drucken n:correct the press Korrektur lesen;go to (the) press in Druck gehen, gedruckt werden;send to (the) press in Druck geben;in the press im Druck (befindlich);coming from the press neu erschienen (besonders Buch);ready for the press druckfertig5. Presse(kommentar) f(m), -kritik f:have a good (bad) press eine gute (schlechte) Presse haben6. Spanner m (für Skier oder Tennisschläger)7. (Bücher-, Kleider-, besonders Wäsche) Schrank m8. a) Drücken n, Pressen nb) Plätten n, Bügeln n:at the press of a button auf Knopfdruck9. Andrang m, Gedränge n, Menschenmenge f10. figa) Druck m, Hast fb) Dringlichkeit f, Drang m (der Geschäfte)11. press of sail, press of canvas SCHIFFa) (Segel)Press m (Druck sämtlicher gesetzter Segel)b) Prangen n (Beisetzen sämtlicher Segel):carry a press of sail Segel pressen;under a press of canvas mit vollen Segeln12. SCHIFF, MIL, HIST Zwangsaushebung f* * *I 1. noun1) (newspapers etc.) Presse, die; attrib. Presse-; der Presse nachgestelltget/have a good/bad press — (fig.) eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen/haben
3) (printing house) Druckerei, dieat or in [the] press — im Druck
send to [the] press — in Druck geben
go to [the] press — in Druck gehen
4) (publishing firm) Verlag, der6) (crowd) Menge, die7) (pressing) Druck, der2. transitive verb1) drücken; pressen; drücken auf (+ Akk.) [Klingel, Knopf]; treten auf (+ Akk.) [Gas-, Brems-, Kupplungspedal usw.]2) (urge) drängen [Person]; (force) aufdrängen ([up]on Dat.); (insist on) nachdrücklich vorbringen [Forderung, Argument, Vorschlag]3) (compress) pressen; auspressen [Orangen, Saft]; keltern [Trauben, Äpfel]4) (iron) bügeln5)3. intransitive verbbe pressed for space/time/money — (have barely enough) zu wenig Platz/Zeit/Geld haben
1) (exert pressure) drücken2) (be urgent) drängentime/something presses — die Zeit drängt/etwas eilt od. ist dringend
press for something — auf etwas (Akk.) drängen
Phrasal Verbs:II transitive verbpress into service/use — in Dienst nehmen; einsetzen
* * *n.(§ pl.: presses)Presse (Zeitung) f. (someone) close to one's heart expr.jemanden ans Herz drücken ausdr. v.Druck ausüben ausdr.bügeln v.drängen v.drücken v.plätten v.pressen v. -
91 exprimir
v.1 to squeeze (fruit).María apretó la mostaza Mary squeezed the mustard.2 to exploit (person).* * ** * *verb* * *1. VT1) [+ limón, naranja] to squeeze; [+ jugo] to squeeze out, express frm2) [+ ropa] to wring out, squeeze dry3) pey [+ persona] to exploit2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) <naranja/limón> to squeeze; < ropa> to wringb) ( explotar) < trabajadores> to exploit* * *= milk.Ex. A satisfactory balance between public and private involvement has not yet been reached and the companies involved are milking public funds.----* exprimirse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* exprimirse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* * *verbo transitivoa) <naranja/limón> to squeeze; < ropa> to wringb) ( explotar) < trabajadores> to exploit* * *= milk.Ex: A satisfactory balance between public and private involvement has not yet been reached and the companies involved are milking public funds.
* exprimirse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* exprimirse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* * *exprimir [I1 ]vt1 ‹naranja/limón› to squeeze2 ‹ropa› to wring3 ‹persona› (explotar) to exploitnos exprimían al máximo en ese trabajo we were badly exploited in that job, they got o wrung everything out of us that they could in that job* * *
exprimir ( conjugate exprimir) verbo transitivo
‹ ropa› to wring
exprimir verbo transitivo (un cítrico) to squeeze
(a una persona) to exploit
' exprimir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estrujar
English:
squeeze
* * *exprimir vt1. [fruta] to squeeze;[zumo] to squeeze out2. [explotar] to exploit;aquí te exprimen al máximo they get as much out of you as they can here, they really get their pound of flesh out of you here* * *v/t squeeze; ( explotar) exploit* * *exprimir vt1) : to squeeze2) : to exploit* * *exprimir vb to squeeze -
92 soutirer
soutirer [sutiʀe]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb* * *sutiʀe1) ( dérober)soutirer à quelqu'un — to squeeze [something] out of somebody [argent]; to extract [something] from somebody [aveu]
2) ( clarifier) to rack [vin]* * *sutiʀe vtsoutirer qch à qn — to squeeze sth out of sb, to get sth out of sb
* * *soutirer verb table: aimer vtr1 ( dérober) soutirer qch à qn to squeeze sth out of sb [argent]; to extract [sth] from sb [aveu, promesse];2 ( clarifier) to rack [vin, bière].[sutire] verbe transitif2. [extorquer]soutirer quelque chose à quelqu'un to get something from ou out of somebodysoutirer des renseignements à quelqu'un to get ou to squeeze some information out of somebody -
93 pinch
pin
1. verb1) (to squeeze or press tightly (flesh), especially between the thumb and forefinger: He pinched her arm.) pellizcar2) (to hurt by being too small or tight: My new shoes are pinching (me).) apretar3) (to steal: Who pinched my bicycle?) robar, birlar
2. noun1) (an act of pinching; a squeeze or nip: He gave her a pinch on the cheek.) pellizco2) (a very small amount; what can be held between the thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt.) pizca•- pinched- feel the pinch
pinch vb1. pellizcar2. robar / mangartr[pɪnʧ]1 (nip) pellizco2 (small amount) pizca1 (shoes) apretar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLif it comes to the pinch en caso de apuroto feel the pinch pasar apuros, pasar estrechecesto pinch oneself pellizcarsepinch ['pɪnʧ] vt1) : pellizcarshe pinched my cheek: me pellizcó el cachete2) steal: robarpinch vi: apretarmy shoes pinch: me aprietan los zapatospinch n1) emergency: emergencia fin a pinch: en caso necesario2) pain: dolor m, tormento m3) squeeze: pellizco m (con los dedos)4) bit: pizca f, pellizco ma pinch of cinnamon: una pizca de canelan.(§ pl.: pinches) = apuro s.m.n.(§ pl.: pinches) = dedada s.f.• pellizco s.m.• pizca s.f.• pizco s.m.• pulgarada s.f.• torniscón s.m.v.• limitar los gastos de v.• pellizcar v.• pizcar v.• pulir v.• robar v.pɪntʃ
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a) ( act) pellizco mto give somebody a pinch — pellizcar* or darle* un pellizco a alguien
in o (BrE) at a pinch — ( if necessary) si fuera necesario; ( at the most) como máximo
to feel the pinch — estar* apretado (de dinero), pasar estrecheces
b) ( small quantity) pizca f, pellizco m; salt I a)
II
1.
1) \<\<person\>\> pellizcar*; \<\<shoes\>\> apretar*2) (BrE colloq) ( steal) \<\<wallet\>\> robar; \<\<boyfriend\>\> levantar (fam); \<\<idea\>\> robar, quitar
2.
via) ( be too tight) \<\<shoes\>\> apretar*b) ( be frugal)[pɪntʃ]to pinch and scrape o save — hacer* economías
1. N1) (with fingers) pellizco mto give sb a pinch on the arm — dar a algn un pellizco en el brazo, pellizcar el brazo a algn
2) (=small quantity) pizca f- take sth with a pinch of salt3) (fig) apuro mat a pinch — en caso de apuro or necesidad
- feel the pinch2. VT1) (with fingers) pellizcar; [shoe] apretarto pinch off or out or back a bud — arrancar un brote con los dedos
2) * (=steal) robar, birlar *, guindar (Sp) *I had my pen pinched — me robaron la pluma, me birlaron la pluma *
he pinched Mike's girl — le pisó or levantó la novia a Mike *
3) * (=arrest) pescar *, coger, agarrar (LAm)he got pinched for a parking offence — lo pescaron en una infracción de aparcamiento *, le metieron un paquete por aparcamiento indebido *
3.VI [shoe] apretarthey pinched and scraped to send her to college — se privaron de muchas cosas para poder enviarla a la universidad
* * *[pɪntʃ]
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a) ( act) pellizco mto give somebody a pinch — pellizcar* or darle* un pellizco a alguien
in o (BrE) at a pinch — ( if necessary) si fuera necesario; ( at the most) como máximo
to feel the pinch — estar* apretado (de dinero), pasar estrecheces
b) ( small quantity) pizca f, pellizco m; salt I a)
II
1.
1) \<\<person\>\> pellizcar*; \<\<shoes\>\> apretar*2) (BrE colloq) ( steal) \<\<wallet\>\> robar; \<\<boyfriend\>\> levantar (fam); \<\<idea\>\> robar, quitar
2.
via) ( be too tight) \<\<shoes\>\> apretar*b) ( be frugal)to pinch and scrape o save — hacer* economías
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94 herauspressen
v/t (trennb., hat -ge-)* * *he|raus|pres|senvt sep(aus of) to squeeze out; Saft etc auch to press out; Geld, Geständnis auch to wring out* * *transitives Verb1) (aus etwas pressen) s. herausdrücken a2) (erpressen) squeeze out < money> ( aus from); wring out <confession, concession> ( aus from)* * *herauspressen v/t (trennb, hat -ge-)1. press ( oder squeeze) out (aus of)aus from)* * *transitives Verb1) (aus etwas pressen) s. herausdrücken a2) (erpressen) squeeze out < money> ( aus from); wring out <confession, concession> ( aus from) -
95 reventar
v.1 to burst.si no se lo digo, reviento (figurative) I'd have exploded if I hadn't said anything to himpor mí, como si revienta (informal figurative) he can drop dead as far as I'm concernedEl globo reventó The balloon exploded.2 to break down (echar abajo).3 to ruin, to spoil.4 to shatter (informal) (cansar mucho).5 to annoy (informal) (fastidiar).me revienta que… it really bugs me that…6 to explode (informal) (perder los nervios).7 to crack, to split-open, to crack open.El golpe reventó el coco The blow cracked the coconut.8 to blow up, to make explode, to detonate.El chico reventó la bomba The boy blew up the bomb.9 to vex, to get up someone's nose.Todo eso me revienta! All that gets up my nose!* * *1 (gen) to burst2 (neumático) to puncture, burst3 (romper) to break, smash4 (estropear) to ruin, spoil1 familiar (fastidiar) to annoy2 familiar (disgustar) to disgust, make sick3 (estallar) to burst4 (rajarse) to split1 (estallar) to burst2 familiar (cansarse) to tire oneself out\reventar de cansancio to be dead tiredreventar de orgullo to be bursting with pridereventar de rabia to be furious, be fumingreventar de risa to die laughing* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [por presión] [+ globo, neumático, tubería, ampolla] to burst; [+ espinilla] to squeezetengo una cubierta reventada — I've got a puncture, I have a flat tyre
el ruido de las discotecas me revienta los oídos — I find the racket inside clubs deafening, the noise in clubs is enough to burst your eardrums
"reventamos los precios" — "prices slashed"
2) [por una explosión] [+ puente, vehículo] to blow up; [+ cristales] to shatter, blow out3) (=estropear) to ruin4) (=agotar) [+ caballo] to ride into the ground5) * (=golpear)si me desobedece lo reviento — if he doesn't obey me, I'll kill him *
6) * (=hacer fracasar) [+ plan, espectáculo] to wreck; [+ asamblea, mitin, ceremonia] to disrupt; [+ huelga] to smash, quash; [+ manifestación] to break upun grupo de sindicalistas intentó reventar la intervención del conferenciante — a group of trade union members heckled the delegate's speech o tried to shout down the delegate during his speech
7) * (=fastidiar)2. VI1) (=explotar) [globo, tubería, depósito] to burst; [neumático] to burst, blow out; [granada, proyectil] to blow up; [cristal] to break, shatterla presa reventó e inundó el valle — the dam burst, flooding the valley
parecía que las venas del cuello le iban a reventar — it looked as if the veins in his neck were about to burst
hacer reventar — [+ neumático] to burst; [+ costuras] to split
es bastante joven, a todo reventar tiene 30 años — he's pretty young, 30 years old at the most
no llegué tan tarde anoche, a todo reventar debían ser las once — I didn't get back so late last night, it must have been eleven at the latest
2) [persona]a) [por estar lleno]no puedo comer más, voy a reventar — I can't eat any more, I'm full to bursting
necesito entrar al baño, voy a reventar — I need to go to the toilet, I'm bursting *
b) [por enfado] to explodecuando dijeron que no querían trabajar, reventé — when they told me they didn't want to work, I just exploded
como esto dure un día más, creo que reviento — if this carries on one more day, I think I'll explode
sus relaciones son tan tensas que van a reventar en cualquier momento — relations between them are so tense that things are going to blow up at any moment
3) [lugar]el teatro estaba a reventar — the theatre was packed full, the theatre was full to bursting
más de 20.000 personas llenaron la plaza de toros a reventar — more than 20,000 people packed the bullring, the bullring was full to bursting with more than 20,000 people
4)reventar de: reventaba de ganas de decirlo todo — I was dying o bursting to tell him all about it
reventar de cansancio — to be worn out, be shattered
reventar de ira — to be livid, be absolutely furious
reventar de risa — to kill o.s. laughing, split one's sides (laughing)
5)reventar por — to be dying to, be bursting to
reventaba por ver lo que pasaba — he was dying o bursting to see what was going on
revienta por saber lo que dicen — she's dying o bursting to know what they're saying
6) * (=morir) to drop dead *7) [ola] to break3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) globo to burst, pop; neumático to blow out, burst; ampolla/tubería to burst; ola to break; capullo to burst openb) (fam) prenda to split2)a) persona ( uso hiperbólico)si sigue comiendo así va a reventar — if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!
que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)
b) (fam) ( de ganas)cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)
c) ( de ganas de orinar)estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)
d) (fam) ( de cansancio)trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)
3) (fam) ( molestar) to rile (colloq), to make... mad (colloq)2.reventar vta) <globo/neumático> to burstb) (fam) ( destrozar)3.le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose
reventarse v pron1)a) globo, etc reventar 1) a)b) (fam) ( agotarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)* * *= bust, burst, pop, rupture.Ex. 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.Ex. The article 'Will the CD bubble burst: conflicting messages on the future of electronic publishing' considers the future of the CD-ROM market.Ex. The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.Ex. In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.----* a reventar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.* hablar hasta reventar = talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.* lleno a reventar = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.* reventarse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) globo to burst, pop; neumático to blow out, burst; ampolla/tubería to burst; ola to break; capullo to burst openb) (fam) prenda to split2)a) persona ( uso hiperbólico)si sigue comiendo así va a reventar — if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!
que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)
b) (fam) ( de ganas)cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)
c) ( de ganas de orinar)estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)
d) (fam) ( de cansancio)trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)
3) (fam) ( molestar) to rile (colloq), to make... mad (colloq)2.reventar vta) <globo/neumático> to burstb) (fam) ( destrozar)3.le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose
reventarse v pron1)a) globo, etc reventar 1) a)b) (fam) ( agotarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)* * *= bust, burst, pop, rupture.Ex: 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.
Ex: The article 'Will the CD bubble burst: conflicting messages on the future of electronic publishing' considers the future of the CD-ROM market.Ex: The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.Ex: In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.* a reventar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.* hablar hasta reventar = talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.* lleno a reventar = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.* reventarse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head.* * *reventar [A5 ]viA1 «globo» to burst, pop; «neumático» to blow out, burst; «ampolla» to burst; «tubería» to burstlas olas reventaban contra el acantilado the waves were breaking against the cliffcapullos a punto de reventar buds about to burst open2 ( fam); «prenda» to splitB1«persona» (uso hiperbólico): si sigue comiendo así va a reventar if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!por mí ¡que reviente! as far as I'm concerned, he can go to hell! ( colloq)estaba que reventaba de rabia she was absolutely furious o livid, she was seething with ragereventaba de indignación she was bursting with indignation2 ( fam)(de ganas): anda, cuéntamelo, que si no, vas a reventar come on, then, I can see you're bursting o dying to tell me ( colloq)3(de ganas de orinar): no puedo aguantar más, estoy que reviento I can't hold on any longer, I'm bursting (to go) ( colloq)4 ( fam)(de cansancio): trabajaron hasta reventar they worked until they dropped ( colloq), they worked their butts off ( AmE colloq), they slogged their guts out ( BrE colloq)■ reventarvt1 ‹globo/neumático› to burst2 ( fam)(destrozar): reventó la puerta a patadas he kicked the door downle reventó la nariz de un puñetazo he punched him and broke o smashed his nose¡o lo haces o te reviento! ( AmS); do it or I'll wallop you o ( BrE) I'll thump you ( colloq), if you don't do it, I'll knock you into the middle of next week! ( colloq)4 (hacer fracasar) ‹marcha/mitin› to break up; ‹plan/reunión/fiesta› to wreckplanean reventar el homenaje al escritor they are planning to disrupt the ceremony in honor of the writerhay muchos interesados en reventar las elecciones locales there are a lot of people who have an interest in wrecking the local electionsme revienta su tonito paternal that patronizing tone of his really riles me o makes me mad o gets me ( colloq)AB ( refl) ‹grano› to squeeze; ‹ampolla› to burstse reventó un dedo con el martillo ( fam); he banged up ( AmE) o ( BrE) banged his finger with the hammer ( colloq)iban a 120 y se reventaron contra un árbol ( AmS fam); they were doing 120 and they smashed straight into a tree* * *
reventar ( conjugate reventar) verbo intransitivo
1 [ globo] to burst, pop;
[ neumático] to blow out, burst;
[ampolla/tubería] to burst;
[ ola] to break
2
◊ si sigue comiendo así, va a reventar if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!
verbo transitivo ‹globo/neumático› to burst
reventarse verbo pronominal
‹ ampolla› to burst
reventar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (un globo, una rueda) to burst
2 (un caballo) to die of exhaustion
3 (una situación) to blow up, (una persona) to explode: está que revienta, he is fuming
reventábamos de orgullo, we were bursting with pride
4 fam (de deseos, ganas) to be dying: revienta de ganas de preguntarnos, he is dying to ask us
II verbo transitivo
1 (a un caballo) to ride to death
2 (una propuesta, huelga) to break
3 (molestar mucho, enfadar) to annoy, bother: le revienta que le lleven la contraria, he hates it when people cross him
4 (un globo, las costuras) to burst
5 (una puerta, cerradura, ventana, caja fuerte: con explosivos) to blow open
(: con palanca) to lever open
' reventar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estallar
- revienta
English:
blow
- burst
- pop
- rupture
- seam
- split
- pound
* * *♦ vt1. [hacer estallar] to burst;el hielo reventó las tuberías the ice burst the pipes2. [romper] to break;[echar abajo] to break down; [con explosivos] to blow up3. Andes, RP Fam [golpear]si no me devolvés eso te reviento if you don't give that back to me I'm going to thump you one4. [hacer fracasar] to ruin, to spoil;Comreventar los precios to make massive price cuts5. [boicotear] to disruptel jinete reventó al caballo the jockey rode the horse into the groundme revienta que… it really gets me that…;me revienta que nunca cuenten conmigo it bugs the hell out of me that they never include me♦ vi1. [estallar] [globo, neumático] to burst;el jarrón reventó al estrellarse contra el suelo the vase shattered when it hit the ground;Figsi no se lo digo, reviento I'd have exploded if I hadn't said anything to him;Fampor mí, como si revienta he can drop dead as far as I'm concernedFamestoy que reviento [estoy lleno] I'm stuffed;el estadio reventaba de espectadores the stadium was packed to the rafters;la sala estaba (llena) a reventar the room was bursting at the seamsreventaba por contarnos el último cotilleo she was dying o bursting to tell us the latest gossip5. Fam [perder los nervios] to explode (de with);al final reventó de impaciencia her impatience finally got the better of her* * *I 1 v/i burst;lleno a reventar bursting at the seams, full to bursting;reventar de risa burst out laughing;reventar de orgullo be bursting with pride2 ( molestar):me revienta que … it really irritates me that …3:si no va revienta he’ll be so disappointed if he doesn’t go* * *reventar {55} vi1) estallar, explotar: to burst, to blow up2)reventar de : to be bursting withreventar vt1) : to burst* * *me revienta... I hate... -
96 press
press [pres]presse ⇒ 1 (a)-(e) serrement ⇒ 1 (i) appuyer (sur) ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (e), 4 (a) presser ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (c) forcer ⇒ 3 (d) faire pression ⇒ 4 (b)1 noun(a) (newspapers) presse f;∎ the national/local press la presse nationale/locale;∎ freedom of the press la liberté de la presse;∎ they advertised in the press ils ont fait passer une annonce dans les journaux;∎ reports in the press were biased les comptes rendus parus dans la presse étaient tendancieux;∎ they managed to keep her name out of the press ils ont réussi à ce que son nom ne paraisse pas dans la presse(b) (journalists) presse f;∎ the press were there la presse était là;∎ she's a member of the press elle a une carte de presse;∎ ironic the gentlemen of the press ces messieurs de la presse(c) (report, opinion) presse f;∎ to get (a) good/bad press avoir bonne/mauvaise presse;∎ to give sb (a) good/bad press faire l'éloge/la critique de qn(d) (printing) presse f;∎ we go to press at 5 p.m. on est mis sous presse à 5 heures; (copy deadline) on boucle à 5 heures;∎ in or at (the) press sous presse;∎ hot or straight from the press tout frais;∎ ready for press prêt à mettre sous presse;∎ the proofs were passed for press on a donné le bon à tirer;∎ prices correct at time of going to press prix corrects au moment de la mise sous presse∎ (printing) press presse f;∎ to set the presses rolling mettre les presses en marche; figurative mettre la machine en marche(f) (publisher) presses fpl(g) (for tennis racket, handicrafts, woodwork, trousers) presse f; (for cider, oil, wine) pressoir m∎ the machine dispenses hot coffee at the press of a button il suffit d'appuyer sur un bouton pour que la machine distribue du café chaud;∎ give it a slight press appuyez légèrement là-dessus∎ he gave my hand a quick press il m'a serré la main rapidement∎ in the press for the door we became separated dans la ruée de la foule vers la porte, nous avons été séparés;∎ to force one's way through the press fendre la foule, se frayer un chemin à travers la foule∎ to give sth a press donner un coup de fer à qch(m) (in weightlifting) développé m(n) (in basketball) pressing m;∎ full court press zone-presse f (tout terrain);∎ American figurative it was the full court press on faisait le maximum;∎ to be engaged in a full court press to do sth faire le maximum ou tout son possible pour faire qch∎ press of sail or canvas pleine voilure f;∎ under press of sail toutes voiles dehors(reporter, photographer) de presse; (advertising) dans la presse(a) (push → button, bell, trigger, accelerator) appuyer sur;∎ try pressing it essayez d'appuyer dessus;∎ he pressed the lid shut il a fermé le couvercle (en appuyant dessus);∎ to press sth flat aplatir qch;∎ to press sth home enfoncer qch;∎ to press sth (back) into shape rendre sa forme à qch;∎ to press one's way through a crowd/to the front se frayer un chemin à travers une foule/jusqu'au premier rang;∎ he was pressed (up) against the railings il s'est trouvé coincé contre le grillage;∎ I pressed myself against the wall je me suis collé contre le mur;∎ she pressed a note into my hand elle m'a glissé un billet dans la main;∎ he pressed his nose (up) against the window il a collé son nez à la vitre;∎ he pressed his hat down on his head il rabattit ou enfonça son chapeau sur sa tête;∎ she pressed the papers down into the bin elle a enfoncé les papiers dans la poubelle∎ she pressed her son to her elle serra son fils contre elle∎ to press sb for payment/an answer presser qn de payer/répondre;∎ she pressed me to tell her the truth elle me pressa de lui dire la vérité;∎ if you press her she'll tell you si tu insistes, elle te le dira;∎ if pressed, he would admit… quand on insistait ou le poussait, il admettait…;∎ his creditors were pressing him hard ses créanciers le harcelaient ou ne lui laissaient pas le moindre répit;∎ to be pressed for time/money être à court de temps/d'argent∎ I was pressed into signing the contract j'ai été obligé de signer le contrat;∎ don't let yourself be pressed into going ne laissez personne vous forcer à y aller∎ can I press a cup of tea on you? puis-je vous offrir une tasse de thé?;∎ to press a gift on sb forcer qn à accepter un cadeau;∎ to press (home) one's advantage profiter d'un avantage;∎ to press one's attentions on sb poursuivre qn de ses assiduités;∎ I don't want to press the point je ne veux pas insister;∎ Law to press charges against sb engager des poursuites contre qn(f) (iron → shirt, tablecloth) repasser(h) (preserve by pressing → flower) presser, faire sécher (dans un livre ou un pressoir)(i) (in weightlifting) soulever∎ figurative to press into service réquisitionner;∎ the local mechanic was pressed into service le mécanicien du coin fut réquisitionné pour la circonstance∎ press here appuyez ou pressez ici;∎ he pressed (down) on the accelerator il appuya sur l'accélérateur;∎ the crowd pressed against the barriers/round the President la foule se pressait contre les barrières/autour du président;∎ they pressed forward to get a better view ils poussaient pour essayer de mieux voir;∎ to press through a crowd se frayer un chemin à travers une foule;∎ to press close against sb se serrer contre qn∎ the rucksack pressed on his shoulders le sac à dos pesait sur ses épaules;∎ her problems pressed on her mind ses problèmes lui pesaient;∎ time presses! le temps presse!∎ he pressed hard to get the grant il a fait des pieds et des mains pour obtenir la bourse;∎ to press for an answer insister pour avoir une réponse immédiate;∎ to press for an adjournment/the law to be tightened up exiger un ajournement/que la loi soit renforcée∎ some shirts press easily il y a des chemises qui se repassent facilement►► press agency agence f de presse;press agent attaché(e) m,f de presse;British the Press Association = la principale agence de presse britannique;press attaché attaché(e) m,f de presse;press badge macaron m de presse;press baron magnat m de la presse;press box tribune f de (la) presse;press button bouton-poussoir m;press campaign campagne f de presse;press card carte f de presse ou de journaliste;press clipping coupure f de presse or de journal;British the Press Complaints Commission = organisme britannique de contrôle de la presse;press conference conférence f de presse;press copy (of book) exemplaire m de service de presse;press corps journalistes mpl;∎ the White House press corps = les journalistes accrédités à la Maison-Blanche;British the Press Council = organisme indépendant veillant au respect de la déontologie dans la presse britannique;press coverage couverture-presse f;∎ the resignation got a lot of press coverage la démission a été largement couverte dans la presse;British press cutting coupure f de presse ou de journal;∎ a collection of press cuttings une collection de coupures de journaux, un dossier de presse;press gallery tribune f de (la) presse;press handout communiqué m de presse;press insert encart m presse;press kit dossier m de presse (distribué aux journalistes);press lord magnat m de la presse;press office service m de presse;press officer responsable mf des relations avec la presse;press pack dossier m de presse;press pass carte f de presse;Typography press proof tierce f;press relations relations fpl presse;press release communiqué m de presse;press report reportage m;∎ press reports of the incident were inaccurate les articles de presse relatant l'incident étaient inexacts;press run tirage m;Politics press secretary ≃ porte-parole m inv du gouvernement;British press stud bouton-pression m, pression f➲ press ahead = press onappuyer sur; (with force) enfoncer∎ to press down on sb peser sur qn(demand) exiger, réclamer;∎ they pressed for a pay rise ils ont réclamé ou exigé une augmentation de salaire;∎ the residents are pressing for a pedestrian zone les résidents font pression pour obtenir une zone piétonnière;∎ the opposition are pressing for an enquiry l'opposition exige une enquête ou insiste pour que l'on fasse une enquêteenfoncer(continue → on journey) poursuivre ou continuer son chemin; (→ with activity) continuer; (persevere → in enterprise, job) poursuivre, persévérer;∎ the travellers pressed on in the darkness les voyageurs poursuivirent leur chemin dans la nuit;∎ we must press on to York or as far as York il faut poursuivre jusqu'à York;∎ we pressed on regardless nous avons continué malgré tout(job, negotiations) continuer, poursuivre;∎ they pressed on with the plan in spite of opposition ils ont poursuivi leur projet malgré l'opposition rencontrée(a) (juice etc) exprimer -
97 durchdrücken
(trennb., hat -ge-)I v/t3. Kupplung, Gaspedal: press down4. (durchbiegen) sag5. fig. durchsetzen1 III v/refl* * *dụrch|drü|cken sep1. vtes durchdrücken, dass... — to get the decision through that...
3) Knie, Ellbogen etc to straighten4) Wäsche to wash through2. vrto squeeze or push (one's way) through (durch etw sth)* * *durch|drü·cken[ˈdʊrçdrʏkn̩]vt▪ etw \durchdrücken▪ [es] [bei jdm] \durchdrücken, dass to get accepted [by sb] thatwie hast du es denn [beim Chef] durchgedrückt, dass du eine Gehaltserhöhung bekommst? how did you manage to get a pay rise [out of the boss]?2. (straffen) to straighten sth* * *transitives Verb1)etwas [durch etwas] durchdrücken — press something through [something]
2) (strecken) straighten <limb, back>3) (ugs.): (durchsetzen) manage to get < extra holiday etc.>; manage to force < application> through* * *durchdrücken (trennb, hat -ge-)A. v/t1.2. (Knie etc) straighten;drück die Knie nie ganz durch don’t lock your knees; (Rücken) stretch3. Kupplung, Gaspedal: press down4. (durchbiegen) sag5. fig → durchsetzen1 AB. v/r* * *transitives Verb1)etwas [durch etwas] durchdrücken — press something through [something]
2) (strecken) straighten <limb, back>3) (ugs.): (durchsetzen) manage to get <extra holiday etc.>; manage to force < application> through -
98 herumdrücken
(trennb., hat -ge-)I v/refl umg.2. sich herumdrücken um try to get out of; sich um das wahre Problem herumdrücken (try to) avoid the issueIII v/t (Hebel etc.) turn* * *he|rụm|drü|cken sep1. vr (inf)2)(= vermeiden)
sich um etw herumdrücken — to dodge sth2. vi3. vtHebel to turn* * *he·rum|drü·cken1. (ohne Ziel aufhalten)2. (drücken)wir können uns nicht länger um eine Entscheidung \herumdrücken! we can't dodge making a decision any longer!II. vi* * *reflexives Verb1) (ugs.): (vermeiden)sich um etwas herumdrücken — get out of or (coll.) dodge something
2) (ugs.): (sich aufhalten) hang around* * *herumdrücken (trennb, hat -ge-)A. v/r umg1.sich herumdrücken hang (a)round (in +dat in)2.sich herumdrücken um try to get out of;sich um das wahre Problem herumdrücken (try to) avoid the issueB. v/i:herumdrücken an (+dat) squeezeC. v/t (Hebel etc) turn* * *reflexives Verb1) (ugs.): (vermeiden)sich um etwas herumdrücken — get out of or (coll.) dodge something
2) (ugs.): (sich aufhalten) hang around* * *v.to hang about expr. -
99 compress
1. transitive verb2) komprimieren [Luft, Gas, Bericht]3) (Computing) komprimieren2. noun(Med.) Kompresse, die* * *[kəm'pres](to press together; to force into a narrower space: All his belongings were compressed into a very small suitcase.) zusammenpressen- academic.ru/14886/compressible">compressible- compression
- compressed air* * *com·press1[kəmˈpres]vt▪ to \compress sth1. (squeeze together) etw zusammendrücken [o zusammenpressen]to \compress air/a gas Luft/ein Gas komprimierencom·press2<pl -es>[ˈkɒmpres, AM ˈkɑ:m-]n Kompresse f, Wickel mcold/hot \compress kalter/heißer Wickel* * *I [kəm'pres]1. vtalso data komprimieren (into auf +acc); air etc also, data verdichten; materials zusammenpressen (into zu)2. visich verdichten, sich komprimieren lassen II ['kɒmpres]nKompresse f, feuchter Umschlag* * *A v/t [kəmˈpres] zusammendrücken, -pressen, PHYS, TECH komprimieren (auch fig), verdichtenB s [ˈkɒmpres; US ˈkɑm-] MED Kompresse f* * *1. transitive verb2) komprimieren [Luft, Gas, Bericht]3) (Computing) komprimieren2. noun(Med.) Kompresse, die* * *n.Kompresse f.komprimieren v. -
100 zusammenpressen
v/t (trennb., hat -ge-) press together; die Lippen zusammenpressen press one’s lips together (tightly)* * *to compress* * *zu|sạm|men|pres|senvt septo press or squeeze together; (= verdichten) to compress* * *1) (to close tightly together: He clenched his teeth/fist.) clench2) compression3) (to press together; to force into a narrower space: All his belongings were compressed into a very small suitcase.) compress* * *zu·sam·men|pres·senvtdie Faust \zusammenpressen to clench one's fistzusammengepresste Fäuste/Lippen clenched fists/pinched lips* * *transitives Verb1) squeeze2) (aneinander pressen) press <lips, hands> together* * *zusammenpressen v/t (trennb, hat -ge-) press together;die Lippen zusammenpressen press one’s lips together (tightly)* * *transitives Verb1) squeeze2) (aneinander pressen) press <lips, hands> together
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